Collection of two Latin and English MSS.

Title

Collection of two Latin and English MSS.

Shelfmark

MS. Wood B. 14

Summary

(8585) 17th-cent. genealogical notes from MSS. in the Heralds' Office, by Anthony à Wood. Given to Wood by Richard Reeves of Magdalen college, Oxford, 1673, of which a better MS. is in MS. Aubrey 21. Written in divers hands of the 17th century, 154 pages.

(8587):

Fol. i. An account by Wood of Worcester cathedral, with lists of deans, prebendaries, and archdeacons since 1500, from material received from mr. William Hopkyns, prebendary of Worcester

Fol. 17. notes of 16th-cent. institutions, etc., from a Norwich register, followed by lists of priors and deans of Norwich (fol. 29)

Fol. 34. sir Thomas Browne's 'Repertorium, or some account of the tombes, monuments, etc., in the cathedral church of Norwych an. 1680', printed from the original among the posthumous works (1712)

Fol. 50. autograph travel-notes by Ralph Sheldon, 1668-9, concerning Lyons, Florence, and Rome

Fol. 67. heraldic notes concerning creations of knights of the garter and baronets since the restoration, and (fol. 87) fees due at the creation of noblemen

Fol. 97. statutes given by Savile for the geometry and astronomy professors, of his own creation, 1619

Fol. 104. excerpts from the register of John Halton, bishop of Carlisle (1293-1318), printed for the Canterbury and York Society

Fol. 111. the names of all resident doctors and M.A.s in 1616

Written around 1668-86 by Anthony à Wood, Ralph Sheldon, etc., 132 leaves.

Labelled 8585 ('123'), 8587 ('125')

Date

Written in the 17th century and in 1668-1686

Language

Multiple languages

Latin

English

Physical facet

On paper

Physical extent

1 box