'Collections relating to the Isle of Man, from the following authors ...'
MS. Gough Islands 1
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
'Collections relating to the Isle of Man, from the following authors ...'
Shelfmark
MS. Gough Islands 1
Summary
'Collections relating to the Isle of Man, from the following authors ...:' three printed:
Daniel King (1656)
W. Sacheverell (1702)
Geo. Waldron (1731)
Four in manuscript:
Dr. Is. Barrow's State of the Island (about 1670)
Bp. Tho. Wilson's State of the Church in the island (d. 1755)
Dr. Mark Hildesley's Present state of the church of Man (1762), and letters from him
The compiler seems to have been dr. Edw. Yardley, archdeacon of Cardigan (d. 1769 or 1770). At fols. iv, iiv, iiiv, vv are drawings of Bishop's Court, Peel Castle, Castel Rushin, and a map of the island: among the papers at end are a pedigree of the Stanley family, 1500-1735 (fol. 66v), and a letter from dr. Francis Stoughton Sullivan about the Manx language, 3 Jan. 1764 (fol. 77).
Date
Written in the second half of the 18th century by E. Yardley
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
88 Leaves
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Collection contents
Islands
'Collections relating to the Isle of Man, from the following authors ...'
