Papers connected with the Fairfax family, including portraits, pedigree notes, correspondence and papers.
Dates
- Creation: 1602-1832
Extent
0.88 Linear metres (8 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS Fairfax 30, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Fairfax 30-37
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12949
Abstract
Papers Connected with the Fairfax Family
Biographical / Historical
Fairfax Family, Barons Fairfax of Cameron.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, nos. 31064-71.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were bought at the Cosens sale in July 1890.
Topical
- Title
- Papers Connected with the Fairfax Family
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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