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18th century 128
Poetry 67
19th century 46
Literature 34
17th century 28
20th century 24
Poets 21
Letters 18
16th century 11
Latin poetry 11
English poetry -- 18th century 8
Poetry -- 18th century 8
Welsh poetry 8
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Authors 4
Diaries -- 18th century 4
Drama 4
English literature 4
English literature -- 18th century 4
Latin literature 4
Oxford (England) 4
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Ballads 3
Greek literature 3
Law 3
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Philosophy 3
Poetry, Greek 3
Poetry, Italian 3
Poets -- 18th century 3
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21st century 2
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Diaries -- 19th century 2
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Poets -- 19th century 2
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Politicians 2
Prayers 2
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Romances 2
Theology 2
University of Oxford 2
Wiltshire (England) 2
World War, 1914-1918 2
x - 15th century 2
Anabaptists 1
Art 1
Artists 1
Authors, Classical 1
Authors, classical 1
Autographs -- Collections 1
Baptists 1
Bible 1
Biography 1
Biography -- 18th century 1
Biography -- 19th century 1
Book collectors 1
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Classical languages 1
Coinage 1
Colonial administrators 1
Colonies 1
Commerce 1
Commonplace books 1
Constitutions 1
Cornwall (England) 1
Diaries -- 17th century 1
Diaries -- 20th century 1
Diplomats -- Great Britain 1
Dissenters 1
Dorset (England) 1
Drama -- 18th century 1
Drawings 1
Durham (England) 1
Dutch literature 1
Ecclesiastical courts 1
Elegiac poetry, Latin 1
English literature -- 17th century 1
Indexed names
Southey | Robert | 1774-1843 | poet, journalist, and biographer 5
Cowper | William | 1731-1800 | poet 3
Crabbe | George | 1754-1832 | Poet 3
Hayley | William | 1745-1820 | Poet 3
Addison | Joseph | 1672-1719 | poet and statesman 2
Bridges | Robert Seymour | 1844-1930 | Poet Laureate 2
Burns | Robert | 1759-1796 | poet 2
Gladstone | William Ewart | 1809-1898 | statesman 2
Locke | John | 1632-1704 | philospher 2
Madan | Judith | 1702-1781 | Poet 2
Mason | William | 1724-1797 | poet 2
Ovidius Naso | Publius | 43 BC-AD 17 | Roman poet 2
Pope | Alexander | 1688-1744 | Poet 2
Pope | Alexander | 1688-1744 | poet 2
Shelley | Mary Wollstonecraft | 1797-1851 | née Godwin | writer 2
Shelley | Percy Bysshe | 1792-1822 | poet 2
Shelley | Sir | Percy Florence | 1819-1889 | 3rd Baronet 2
Taylor | Sir | Henry | 1800-1886 | Knight Author 2
Warton | Joseph | 1722-1800 | Critic 2
Adimari | Lodovico | 1644-1708 | poet 1
Albert | 1819-1861 | Prince Consort of Queen Victoria 1
Aldrich | Henry | fl 1685-1710 | sub-dean and dean of Christ Church 1
Allan | George | 1736-1880 | antiquary and topographer 1
Amherst | Elizabeth | c.1716-1779 | poet and amateur naturalist 1
Atterbury | Francis | 1662-1732 | Bishop of Rochester 1
Aubrey | Herbert | fl. 1729 | of Clehonger, Herefs. 1
Augustine | d 604 | Saint, first Archbishop of Canterbury 1
Bacon | Phanuel | 1700-1783 | Church of England clergyman and writer 1
Barber | Eric Arthur | 1888-1965 | classical scholar 1
Beaumont | fl 1688-1730 | Nonconformist 1
Beddoes | Thomas Lovell | 1803-1849 | poet and physiologist 1
Bishop | Elizabeth | b 1763 | nee Wollstonecraft 1
Bottomley | Gordon | 1874-1948 | Poet and playwright 1
Boutflower | Cecil Henry | Right Reverend | 1863-1942 | bishop 1
Bowles | William Lisle | 1762-1850 | Canon of Salisbury, Poet, and Antiquary 1
Bracton | Henry de | c 1210-1268 | Judge, Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral 1
Bright | William | 1824-1901 | Ecclesiastical Historian 1
Brydges | Samuel Egerton | 1762-1837 | 13th Baron Chandos | Writer and genealogist 1
Burdett | Sir | Francis | 1770-1844 | 5th Baronet | politician 1
Burnett | George | 1774/5-1811 | writer 1
Burton | John | 1710-1771 | Antiquary 1
Butler | Alfred Joshua | 1850-1936 | historian 1
Butler | Rohan D'Olier | 1917-1996 | historian and civil servant 1
Butler | Sir | Harold Beresford | 1883-1951 | civil servant 1
Butt | John Everett | 1906-1965 | Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh 1
Byron | Anne Isabella | 1792-1860 | 11th Baroness Wentworth and Baroness Byron | Social reformer and philanthropist 1
Byron | George Gordon | 1788-1824 | | 6th Baron Byron | poet 1
Caroline of Anspach | 1683-1737 | Wife of George II 1
Chapman | Thomas | fl 1766 | author 1
Charlett | Arthur | 1655-1722 | Master of University College Oxford 1
Chaucer | Geoffrey | c 1340-1400 | Poet 1
Cholmondeley | Mary | 1787-1846 | nee Heber 1
Church of England | Diocese of London | Consistory Court 1
Churchill | Charles | 1732-1764 | poet 1
Collier | Jeremy | 1650-1726 | nonjuror 1
Collingwood | Robin George | 1889-1943 | philosopher and historian 1
Congreve | William | 1670-1729 | Dramatist 1
Coningsby | Thomas | 1657-1729 | first earl of Coningsby | politician 1
Cooper | J.G. | fl 1745-1762 1
Courthope | William John | 1842-1917 | Poet and literary scholar 1
Cowper | Maria Frances Cecilia | 1726-1797 | Poet 1
Cowper | family 1
Crabbe | George | 1785-1857 | Biographer 1
Desaguliers | John Theophilus | 1683-1744 | natural philosopher and engineer 1
Dodsley | Robert | 1703-1764 | Poet, dramatist and bookseller 1
Dovaston | John | 1740-1808 | nurseryman and antiquary 1
Dovaston | William | 1743-1765 1
Drummond | Robert Hay | 1711-1776 | archbishop of York 1
Dryden | John | 1631-1700 | poet, playwright, and critic 1
Edwards | Thomas | 1738-1810 | Welsh poet 1
Edwards | Thomas | ? 1651-1721 | Church of England clergyman and orientalist 1
Ellis | Sir | Henry | 1777-1869 | Librarian 1
Emmett | William | fl 1731-1732 1
England and Wales | Exchequer 1
England and Wales | Royal Navy 1
Eton College 1
Fairfax | Sir | William | d. 1597 | politician 1
Fanshawe | Sir | Richard | 1608-1666 | 1st Baronet | Diplomat and Author 1
Firth | Charles Harding | 1857-1936 | Sir | Knight and historian 1
Firth | Sir | Charles Harding | 1857-1936 | Knight | historian 1
Fitzwilliams | John | fl 1600-1699 | Nonjuror 1
Fleming | Robert | ? 1660-1716 | Presbyterian Minister 1
French Protestant Church 1
Furse | John Henry Monsell | 1860-1950 | sculptor 1
Furse | Margaret Cecilia | 1890-1975 | née Newbolt | wife of Sir Ralph Furse 1
Furse | Ralph Dolignon | 1887-1973 | Sir | Knight and Colonial Administrator 1
Gilbert | Davies | 1767-1839 | Cornish engineer, author and politician 1
Gleig | George Robert | 1796-1888 | Chaplain to the armed forces and author 1
Godwin | Mary Jane | 1768-1841 | formerly Clairmont | nee de Vial | translator and bookseller 1
Godwin | William | 1756-1836 | philosopher and novelist 1
Godwin | family 1
Gough | Richard | 1735-1809 | antiquary 1
Grenville | Denis | 1637-1703 | Jacobite Archbishop of York | also known as Denis Granville 1
Gronovius | Jacobus | 1645-1716 | classical scholar 1
Gunning | Peter | 1614-1684 | Bishop of Ely 1
Hardy | Thomas | 1840–1928 | novelist and poet 1
Hawes | Samuel | fl 1694-1700 | Nonjuror 1
Hearne | Thomas | 1678-1735 | Antiquary and Nonjuror 1
Heber | Reginald | 1728-1804 | fellow and tutor of Brasenose College, Oxford 1
Heber | Reginald | 1783-1826 | Bishop of Calcutta 1

Letters from John Johnson to William Hayley and Samuel Rose concerning William Cowper

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. d. 134
Letters from John Johnson
Extents: 173 Leaves
Dates: 1793-1804

Letters, poems and translations by John Potenger

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. d. 161
Letters, poems and translations by John Potenger (1647-1733).
Extents: 261 pages
Dates: 1647-1733

Locke Manuscripts

 Collection
Papers and correspondence of John Locke (1632-1704).
Extents: 10 Linear metres (134 boxes)
Dates: 17th-18th cent.

Malone Manuscripts

 Collection
Manuscripts collected by Edmond Malone (1741-1812) critic and author
Extents: 3.41 Linear metres (31 boxes)
Dates: c.1600-19th cent.

A manual of natural history compiled by George Crabbe

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Don. e. 34
A manual of natural history compiled by George Crabbe
Extents: 232 pages
Dates: 1767

Manuscript commonplace book of Latin and Greek epigrams and verse, assembled by Mark Stuart Pleydell

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 23624
Manuscript volume of Greek and Latin epigrams and poetry compiled by Mark Stuart Pleydell.
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: 17 Nov 1703

'Manuscript pieces by P. H[omer],' preceded by a printed copy of his Anthologia (Lond., 1789, 4°)

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Add. C. 282
'Manuscript pieces by P. H[omer],' preceded by a printed copy of his Anthologia (Lond., 1789, 4°), written about A. D. 1795.
Extents: 70 pages
Dates: written about A. D. 1795

Manuscript poem by William Mason, ‘Ode to Memory’, Nov 1745

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6859, fols. 21-22
Manuscript poem by William Mason, ‘Ode to Memory’, Nov 1745
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates: Nov 1745

Manuscripts Collected by Sir Charles Harding Firth

 Collection
Manuscripts collected by Sir Charles Harding Firth (1857-1936), with some working papers.
Extents: 2.5 Linear metres (28 boxes)
Dates: 17th-20th century

Mathematical puzzles and conundrums, many in verse, with solutions

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7020
Mathematical puzzles and conundrums, many in verse, with solutions
Extents: 153 Leaves
Dates: 1741

Microfilm of a holograph letter (20 Jan 1775) to James Macpherson from Dr Samuel Johnson

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Film 93
Microfilm of a holograph letter (20 Jan 1775) to James Macpherson from Dr Samuel Johnson
Extents: 1 item
Dates: Date not recorded at time of cataloguing

Microfilm of William Blake, 'Vala' (British Library, Add. MS 39764)

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Film 461
Microfilm of William Blake, 'Vala' (British Library, Add. MS 39764)
Extents: 1 item
Dates: Date not recorded at time of cataloguing

Miscellaneous papers collected by Dr. Robert Shippen

 Collection
Miscellaneous papers collected by Dr. Robert Shippen
Extents: 0.33 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Dates: Chiefly written in about 1680-1740

Miscellaneous papers of general and political interest, mainly English verse, mid-18th cent., copied by various hands on separate sheets

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 48
Miscellaneous papers of general and political interest, mainly English verse, mid-18th cent., copied by various hands on separate sheets
Extents: 147 Leaves
Dates: Mid 18th century

Miscellaneous pieces in verse and prose, chiefly in English, some of which are printed in Dryden's Miscellany Poems

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Add. B. 105
Miscellaneous pieces in verse and prose, chiefly in English, some of which are printed in Dryden's Miscellany Poems, written in the first half of the 18th century.
Extents: 108 Leaves
Dates: written in the first half of the 18th century

'A miscellany of poems', early 18th century, in three hands

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. e. 45
'A miscellany of poems', early 18th century, in three hands.
Extents: 188 Leaves
Dates: Early 18th century

Montagu Manuscripts

 Collection
Manuscripts collected by Captain Montagu, 15th-19th century.
Extents: 3.52 Linear metres (62 boxes)
Dates: 15th-19th century

Newbolt and Furse family archive

 Collection
Papers of the Newbolt and Furse families, mainly of Sir Henry Newbolt, Margaret Newbolt (née Duckworth), John Henry Monsell Furse, Sir Ralph Furse and Celia Furse (née Newbolt).
Extents: 5.04 Linear metres (88 boxes)
Dates: [1515]-2020; Majority of material found within 1760-2020

'Oeuvres diverses de Poesies du Sieur N.C.M.' [Nicolas de Chalenay de Malézieu]

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 12242
'Oeuvres diverses de Poesies du Sieur N.C.M.' [Nicolas de Chalenay de Malézieu], 1703
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: c 1703-c 1725

Oxford pieces, chiefly Christ Church exercises in Latin prose and verse

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Lat. misc. c. 14
Oxford pieces, chiefly Christ Church exercises in Latin prose and verse
Extents: 152 pages
Dates: Made up of papers written in about 1685-1710 at Oxford