Records relating to Buckinghamshire
MS. Willis 1
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Records relating to Buckinghamshire
Shelfmark
MS. Willis 1
Summary
Records relating to Buckinghamshire, among which are:
1. (p. 1a). Extracts chiefly from the Lincoln Registers of Institutions to Buckinghamshire livings, 1216-1547 and in some cases to 1584: made for Browne Willis.
2. (p. 553). A list of churches in the county, which paid Peter's Pence in A.D. 1460, copied in 1737.
3. (p. 575). Parochial notes supplied to, or collected by, Browne Willis, chiefly in or soon after 1712, from:
Dinton, Hampden (p. 628)
Hartwell (p. 633)
Woburn (p. 647)
Wotton Underwood (p. 657)
Hadenham (p. 667)
Ivinghoe (p. 671)
Pitston (p. 691)
Hawridge (p. 695)
Princes Risborough (p. 696)
Adstock (p. 699)
Middle Claydon (p. 707)
Burnham (p. 711)
Taplow (p. 719)
Wexham (p. 723)
Hambledon (p. 727), etc.
These are generally answers to the Queries printed by Browne Willis in 1712, of which there are specimens at pp. 651, 663.
Date
Written in the first half of the 18th century
Language
English
Latin
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
766 pages
Custodial history
Mark by which the Collection was referred to until about A.D. 1870: fol. 1
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Collection contents
Records relating to Buckinghamshire
