Papers of J.C. Brooke

Collection Level Description: Papers of J.C. Brooke

Reference: MSS. Top. gen. e. 99-128; Top. Yorks. c. 75; Eng. lett. c. 221-7, e. 98-9; Eng. misc. a. 13, c. 455
Title: Papers of J.C. Brooke
Dates of Creation: 1769-1828
Extent: 42 shelfmarks

Language of Material: English

Administrative/Biographical History

John Charles Brooke (1748-94) was Somerset Herald 1777-94. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Scope and Content

Brooke's papers consist of correspondence, 1769-94; 'field books' containing notes on topographical, antiquarian and personal matters made by Brooke during his travels in England and Belgium, 1775-93; and various other papers containing topographical and genealogical notes.

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were bought from Winifred A. Myers in 1967.

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. 54253-94.

Access Points

Genealogy

Brooke | John Charles | 1748-1794 | Herald, Antiquary, and Topographer

Belgium | Description and travel

Great Britain | Topography | 18th century

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09 June 2011