Collections made by James Bowen
MS. Gough Shropshire 20
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Collections made by James Bowen
Shelfmark
MS. Gough Shropshire 20
Summary
Collections made by James Bowen, a painter and undertaker of Shrewsbury (d. 1774: his printed trade-card is in Gough Shropshire 2, p. 744; 18, p. 41) and his son John, for a history of Shropshire and especially Shrewsbury: Miscellaneous copies of records by James Bowen, 1772, among which are:
Extracts relating to Wenlock (fol. 7)
Church notes of Broadway (fol. 11v)
Tredington (fol. 20)
Shipston on Stour (fol. 32)
All in Worcestershire, and of Ebburton (fol. 29)
Mickleton (fol. 31), both in Gloucestershire
At fol. 2 is a letter from dr. Humphrey Owen thanking James Bowen for presenting to the Bodleian copies of Caxton's Recueil of the Histories of Troy and Game of Chess, 1751
Date
Written chiefly in the third quarter of the 18th century, partly by J. Bowen
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
69 Leaves
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Collection contents
Shropshire
Collections made by James Bowen
