Collection Level Description: Papers of Joseph Bingham
Reference: MSS. Eng. th. e. 156-7, f. 47-50; Eng. hist. f. 13; Eng. misc. e. 582
Title: Papers of Joseph Bingham
Dates of Creation: 1695-1763
Extent: 8 shelfmarks
Language of Material: English and Latin
Administrative/Biographical History
Joseph Bingham (1668-1723) was a theologian and historian. Details are given in the Dictionary of
National Biography.
Scope and Content
Sermons and other writings of Joseph Bingham, consisting of:
- Sermons, 1695-1763
- Translation of fourteen discourses of St. Chrysostom, 1716
- Annals of the papacy, 1252-1558, the original heading 'Hist. of Pop. usurpations & rebel. from 1512 to
1558'
- Two sets of praelectiones by Joseph Bingham the younger (1713-35), written at
Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1733
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library in 1964.
Access Conditions
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a
valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).
Further Information
Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the
Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 46741-8.
Access Points
Papacy
Sermons
Theology
Bingham | Joseph | 1668-1723 | Theologian and Historian
Bingham | Joseph | 1713-1735
Chrysostom | John | 347-407 | Saint
Enquiries
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