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'La dissolution du Mariage d'entre Henry 4e Roy de France ... et Margueritte de France ...'
'La dissolution du Mariage d'entre Henry 4e Roy de France ... et Margueritte de France ...'
Shelfmark: MS. Add. D. 34
Extents: 147 Leaves
Dates:
Written in the 17th century
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Letters from Elizabeth Jenkins to A.L. Rowse
Letters from Elizabeth Jenkins to A.L. Rowse, 1960-1993.
Shelfmark: MS. 12052
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1960-1993
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Letters from R.G. Collingwood
Letters from R.G. Collingwood, 1920-1940.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 3337, fols. 1-41
Extents: 41 Leaves
Dates:
1920-1940
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Letters to Alexander Nicoll, 1817-28, with a memoir of him by his brother
Letters to Alexander Nicoll, 1817-28, with a memoir of him by his brother
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. b. 7
Extents: 90 Leaves
Dates:
1817-28
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The life of George Hickes, by John Lewis, with copies of related papers
The life of George Hickes, by John Lewis, with copies of related papers, 1744-5.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. hist. c. 273
Extents: 206 Leaves
Dates:
1744-1745.
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Life of Luther in Danish, part 2
Life of Luther in Danish, part 2, written in the 18th century.
Shelfmark: MS. Add. C. 174
Extents: 522 pages
Dates:
written in the 18th century
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A Life of pope Alexander vi (d. 1503)
A Life of pope Alexander vi (d. 1503)
Shelfmark: MS. Add. C. 130
Extents: 122 Leaves
Dates:
Written in the second half of the 17th century
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A Life of sir Thomas More
A Life of sir Thomas More, written in or soon after 1599.
Shelfmark: MS. Add. A. 112
Extents: 131 Leaves
Dates:
written in or soon after 1599
Collection
Literary papers of Elizabeth Jenkins
Literary papers of Elizabeth Jenkins, 1962-1982.
Extents: 1.2 Linear metres (8 boxes)
Dates:
1962-1982
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Lives of members of the Florentine family of Strozzi by Lorenzo Strozzi
Lives of members of the Florentine family of Strozzi by Lorenzo Strozzi.
Shelfmark: MS. Ital. c. 22
Extents: 102 Leaves
Dates:
18th century
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Lives of the Popes from St. Peter to Innocent XI by Pietro de Sebastiani
Lives of the Popes from St. Peter to Innocent XI by Pietro de Sebastiani.
Shelfmark: MS. Ital. d. 11
Extents: 130 Leaves
Dates:
late 17th-early 18th century
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Memoir of Teddy (Z.E.) and Dorothy Kingdon
Posted in Tanganyika, 1930-1956, typescript memoir by Teddy and Dorothy Kingdon, with photocopies of drawings.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2255
Extents: 1 folder
Dates:
[c1980-2000]
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Memoirs of [eighteen] celebrated professors of the belles Letters in the Academy of Inscriptions etc. at Paris
Memoirs of [eighteen] celebrated professors of the belles Letters in the Academy of Inscriptions etc. at Paris, written in A.D. 1757 by R. Gough.
Shelfmark: MS. Add. A. 372
Extents: 148 pages
Dates:
written in A.D. 1757 by R. Gough
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Memoirs of Wilfred J. Plumbe
Typescript memoirs, c1985, entitled African Morning: Adventures in Nigeria & Sudan.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2275
Extents: 249 pp.
Dates:
c1985
Collection
Memoirs of Yvonne Fox
The Years Between, a typescript memoir dealing with her family, social and religious life, and with her later work as a teacher training college lecturer, covering the period 1945-1960; Bawku, carbon copy of a typescript memoir relating to period in the Gold Coast from 1939.
Extents: 2 Volumes
Dates:
[c1939-1960]
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Memorial of the life and character of John Shute Duncan by his brother Philip Bury Duncan
Memorial of the life and character of John Shute Duncan by his brother Philip Bury Duncan
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon. e. 697
Extents: 97 Leaves
Dates:
1844-1845
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'Memorialls & Remaines containing the Life & Death of my deare Sonne John Freind...'
'Memorialls & Remaines containing the Life & Death of my deare Sonne John Freind...'
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Oxon f. 31
Extents: 372 pages
Dates:
Written about 1675-1678 by Nathaniel Freind
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Miscellaneous 'Scraps' in English
Miscellaneous 'Scraps' in English
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 4
Extents: 64 Leaves
Dates:
Written in the 16th-19th century
Collection
Notebooks of Alexander Chalmers
Notebooks of Alexander Chalmers, containing literary references for the lives of well-known persons.
Extents: 1.20 Linear metres (24 boxes)
Dates:
1810
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Notes made by Ann Thwaite while compiling My Oxford
Notes made by Ann Thwaite while compiling My Oxford
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7556, fols. 116-124
Extents: 9 Leaves
Dates:
1976-1977
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- Jenkins | Margaret Elizabeth Heald | 1905-2010 | novelist and biographer 2
- Lewis | John | 1675-1747 | Antiquary 2
- Rhodes | Cecil John | 1853-1902 | imperialist, colonial politician and mining entrepreneur 2
- Thwaite | Ann Barbara | 1932 | née Harrop | biographer 2
- Acworth | Harriet Garland | d 1846 | Wife of William Acworth 1
- Acworth | William | 1803-1899 | Evangelical clergyman 1
- Ainley | J M | b 1925 | Agricultural Officer 1
- Aldhelm | c. 639-709 | Saint | Bishop of Sherborne 1
- Alexander III | 356-323 BC | known as Alexander the Great | King of Macedon 1
- Alexander VI | d 1503 | Pope 1
- Alexander | Boyd | 1913-1980 | writer 1
- Andrew | b. c.650 | Saint | of Jerusalem 1
- Annan | Kofi Atta | 1938-2018 | diplomat 1
- Aubrey | John | 1626-1697 | antiquary and biographer 1
- Aubrey | John | 1626-1697 | antiquary, topographer 1
- Bantock | J.R. Granville | fl 1920-1939 | colonial police officer 1
- Barham | Richard Harris | 1788-1845 | Author 1
- Barnard | Basil Henry F. | fl 1901-1948 | forester 1
- Barnard | H. John | fl 1901-1948 | colonial police officer 1
- Barnes | N. F. | fl. 1973 1
- Bartholomew | fl. 1st century | Saint 1
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- Beckford | William Thomas | 1760-1844 | writer and art collector 1
- Bede | 672/3-735 | Saint 1
- Beer | Esmond Samuel | de | 1895-1990 | historical scholar and editor 1
- Bevan | James | 1828-1917 | entrepreneur explorer 1
- Bevan | Mike | fl 1940-1945 1
- Bishop | Elizabeth | b 1763 | nee Wollstonecraft 1
- Blakiston | J. M. G | fl. 1975 1
- Bowen | Elizabeth Dorothea Cole | 1899-1973 | afterwards Cameron | novelist 1
- Bradley | James | 1693-1762 | Chaplain to Bishop of Hereford, astronomer 1
- Bradley | Meta | fl 1879-1884 1
- Brand | John | 1744-1806 | Antiquary and Historian 1
- Braun | Helene Margarete Hedwig Hildburg | 1910-2004 | née Weber 1
- Braun | Konrad Ernst Leonard | 1896-1969 | lawyer and judge, Quaker scholar 1
- Braun | Thomas Felix Rudolf Gerhard | 1935-2008 | classicist and Dean of Merton College, Oxford 1
- Brooke | F. C. | fl. 1801-1900 1
- Bruce | John | 1802-1869 | Antiquary 1
- Bullock | John Frederick Watkinson | 1840-1918 | Author 1
- Butler | Stephen Seymour | 1880-1964 | Major-General 1
- Cather | Willa | 1873-1947 | novelist and short-story writer 1
- Cenci | Beatrice | 1577-1599 | noblewoman 1
- Chalmers | Alexander | 1759-1834 | Writer 1
- Church of England | Jamaica | Clergy | Biography 1
- Clark Kerr | Archibald John Kerr | 1882-1951 | Baron Inverchapel | British diplomat 1
- Clarke | Henry | 1828-1907 | Church of England clergyman and politician 1
- Codrington | family | 1700-1869 | baronets | Antigua and Barbuda 1
- Collier | John Payne | 1789-1883 | Shakespearean scholar and forger, antiquary, and journalist 1
- Collingwood | Robin George | 1889-1943 | philosopher and historian 1
- Davis | Henry William Carless | 1874-1928 | historian 1
- Deneke | Margaret Clara Adèle | 1882-1969 | author and musicologist 1
- Devereux | Robert | 1591-1646 | third earl of Essex | parliamentarian army officer 1
- Dickens | Charles John Huffam | 1812-1870 | Novelist and Journalist 1
- Dictionary of National Biography | Oxford 1
- Douie | James Mccrone | 1854-1933 | Sir | Knight and Colonial Administrator 1
- Eckert | Robert Paul | d. 1966 | biographer 1
- Eckhard | Frederic | fl. 1970s-present | spokesperson and civil servant 1
- Elias | fl. 9th century | prophet 1
- European Commission x Commission Européenne 1
- Fell | John | 1625-1686 | Bishop of Oxford 1
- Ferris | John William | 1920-1992 | airman and colonial administrator 1
- Fitzgerald | Penelope Knox | 1916-2000 | Novelist 1
- Forrest | Jack W. | b 1908 | colonial education officer 1
- Fox | Yvonne | fl 1939-1960 | wife of S.A. Fox, colonial administrator 1
- Freind | John | d 1673 | student of St Edmund Hall, Oxford University 1
- Frost | Ada S | fl 1902 1
- Germanus | Saint 1
- Gilpin | Bernard | 1517-1583 | Archdeacon of Durham 1
- Gladstone | William Ewart | 1809-1898 | statesman 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
- Gray | A F | b 1925 | Meteorological Officer 1
- Great Britain and Northern Ireland | HM Treasury 1
- Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Home Office 1
- Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Liberal Democrats 1
- Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Ministry of Aviation | 1964-1965 1
- Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Social Democratic Party | 1981-1988 1
- Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Social and Liberal Democrats | 1988-1989 1
- Gwinnett | Button | [1735]-1777 | President of Georgia signatory of the American Declaration of Independence 1
- Halden | Gerald | fl c1995 | biographer? 1
- Halley | Edmond | 1656-1742 | Astronomer 1
- Hamilton | Ian | 1938-2001 | critic, biographer and poet 1
- Heaney | Leonard M. | b 1906 | colonial officer 1
- Henri IV | 1553-1610 | King of France and Navarre 1
- Herbert | George | 1593-1633 | Anglican clergyman and public orator 1
- Herbert | Sir | Thomas | 1606-1682 | first baronet | traveller and government official 1
- Hook | Theodore | 1788-1841 | Novelist 1
- Hooker | Richard | 1554-1600 | theologian and philosopher 1
- Huet | Pierre Daniel | 1630-1721 | French Bishop of Avranches, scholar 1
- Jenkins | Arthur | 1882-1946 | politician 1
- Jenkins | Dame | Mary Jennifer | née Morris | 1921-2017 | public servant 1
- Jenkins | Roy Harris | Baron Jenkins of Hillhead | 1920-2003 | politician 1
- Jennings | Elizabeth Joan | 1926-2001 | poet 1
- John | d. A.D. 28 | Saint | the Baptist 1
- Johnson | Jane | 1798-1884 | nee Cleveland | x Williams | x Hogg 1
- Jónsson | Eyjólfur | 1670-1745 | priest and chronicler 1
- Kelly | W.F.P. | b 1912 | colonial administrator 1
- Kingdon | Dorothy | fl 1930-1956 1 ∧ less
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