William Bright (1824-1901) was an ecclesiastical historian. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Papers of William Bright and of his executors, including:

• Letters to Bright from H.P. Liddon, 1861-90
• Diaries of Bright's friendship with W.H. Seary, 1873-1900
• Notebooks containing antiquarian notes by Bright on Oxford university and city, especially Christ Church, c.1882-7
• Bank books, household account books and business papers, 1851-1901
• Legal and financial papers relating to the affairs of Bright's mother and step-father, Marianne and Daniel Maude, 1838-1911
• Account book of the trust fund set up under Maude's will, 1875-1910
• Five copies and drafts of Bright's will, 1900-1, with related papers of his executors, 1901-16
• Papers relating to chief rents in Hulme and Lower Broughton, Lancs., bought by Daniel Maude, 1851, and sold by Bright's executors, 1902

The papers were given to the Library by Morrell, Peel & Gamlen, solicitors, of Oxford, through J.F.R. Peel, in 1969.

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/).

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 41723-52.

A fuller description is available in the Library and at the National Register of Archives.

Bright | William | 1824-1901 | Ecclesiastical Historian

Liddon | Henry Parry | 1829-1890 | Canon of St Paul's

Maude | Daniel | fl. 1838-1911 | of Manchester

Maude | Marianne | fl. 1838-1911

Seary | William Henry | fl. 1873-1900

University of Oxford

University of Oxford | Christ Church

Oxford (England)