Copies of 'Burghley Papers' or Cecil papers
MSS. Add. C. 27-28
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Copies of 'Burghley Papers' or Cecil papers
Shelfmark
MSS. Add. C. 27-28
Summary
Copies of 'Burghley Papers' or Cecil papers, written in the middle of the 18th century.
Associated place
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 17th century
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 16th century
Date
middle of the 18th century
Language
English
French
Physical extent
0.22 Linear metres
2 boxes
Custodial history
These appear to be transcripts made for the Rev. William Murdin's Collection of Stale Papers in the reign of Elizabeth, 1571-1596 (London, 1759), continuing the Rev. Samuel Haynes's Collection, 1542-1570 (London, 1740), and to be the papers not printed by Murdin, either in order to contract the work within narrower limits, or because they were outside his period as finally determined.
The volumes bear the armorial bookplate of Dr. Martin Wall, and notes by him and Dr. Philip Bliss show that these copies belonged, after Murdin resigned his editorship, to his coadjutor Dr. Swithin Adee, and were given to Dr. Wall on the death of Dr. Adee's youngest daughter Catherine in 1822, by Sir David Smith, bart., of Alnwick, her executor.
Acquisition
'Purchased 1824 of Mr. [Samuel] Parker who bought Dr. Wall's Library.'
Subject
18th century
