Notebooks of Henry Gough

Collection Level Description: Notebooks of Henry Gough

Reference: MSS. Eng. hist. e. 185-6
Title: Notebooks of Henry Gough
Dates of Creation: 1882
Extent: 2 shelfmarks

Language of Material: English

Administrative/Biographical History

Henry Gough (1821-1905) was an antiquary and bibliographer.

Scope and Content

Two notebooks of Henry Gough, consisting of:

Transcript by W.D. Macray, 1882, annotated by Gough, of two pieces in a late 14th-century manuscript in the library at Reigate church, Surrey
Fair copy of the above, given to Macray by Gough, 1882

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were bought from Blackwell's in 1921.

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. I, nos. 40327-8.

Access Points

Gough | Henry | 1821-1905 | Antiquary and Bibliographer

Macray | William Dunn | 1826-1916 | Rector of Ducklington, Antiquary, and Archivist

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09 June 2011