Introduction
A
Papers of Jane Johnson,
1732-59
B
Papers of Barbara Johnson, daughter of Jane Johnson,
1759-1816
C
Journal of Robert Augustus Johnson of Kenilworth,
1771-7
D
Papers of other members of the Johnson family,
17th-19th cent.
| Abstract: Correspondence and papers of Jane Johnson of Olney, Buckinghamshire (1706-59) and of her family, 17th-19th cent. |
Jane Johnson (1706-59) was the wife of Woolsey Johnson, Vicar of Olney, Buckinghamshire. She was the author of the earliest known (to date) example of an English fairy story for children (MS. Don. d. 198 - see 'Related Material' below). For further details see the Bodleian Library Record, vol. XVI, no. 2, Oct. 1997, pp. 165-70.
Robert Augustus Johnson (1745-99) was the son of Jane Johnson. He married Anna Rebecca Ludford Taylor, née Craven, sister of the 6th Lord Craven. He was at one time Rector of Wistanstow in Shropshire, in the patronage of the Earls of Craven, and was Rector of Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, 1791-9. At the time the journals described in section C were written he was living in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, close to the Craven seat at Combe Abbey where he seems to have been a frequent visitor.
Oxford, Bodleian Library [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. b. 2070, fols. 1-2].
The fairy story which Jane wrote for her children in 1744 is MS. Don. d. 198 - see the on-line catalogue of Literary Manuscripts.
| Correspondence and papers of Jane Johnson,
1732-59 Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 190 Extent: 118 leaves Scope and Content: Including
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| Pocket book of Jane Johnson, containing prayers and
devotional writings, n. d. Shelfmark: MS. Don. e. 193 Extent: 22 leaves; decorated paper wrappers |
| Letters to Barbara, 1762-1816,
n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 191 Extent: 125 leaves Scope and Content: From
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| Papers of Barbara Johnson, 1759-1816, n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 192 Extent: 117 leaves Scope and Content: Comprises
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Notebooks containing journal of Robert Augustus Johnson, mainly of tours in England, with some extracts from books read; e. 195-8 interleaved with blotting paper.
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5 Mar. -31 Dec. 1771
Shelfmark: MS. Don. e. 194 Extent: 23 leaves |
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1 Jan. 1772-31 Dec. 1773
Shelfmark: MS. Don. e. 195 Extent: 56 leaves |
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1 Jan. -16 Oct. 1775
Shelfmark: MS. Don. e. 196 Extent: 57 leaves |
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14 Nov. -31 Dec. 1776
Shelfmark: MS. Don. e. 197 Extent: 37 leaves |
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1 Jan. -29 July 1777
Shelfmark: MS. Don. e. 198 Extent: 58 leaves |
| Letters to George William Johnson of Witham on the
Hill, Lincolnshire Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 193 Extent: 117 leaves Scope and Content: From
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| Letters to G.W. Johnson Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 194 Extent: 107 leaves Scope and Content: From
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| Correspondence and papers of members of the Johnson
and Craven families, 18th-19th cent. Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 195 Extent: 136 leaves Scope and Content: Includes
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| Journal of W.A. Johnson of the 32nd (Cornwall)
Regiment of Foot, 1 Jan. 1811-29 June 1812 Shelfmark: MS. Don. e. 199 Extent: i + 67 leaves Binding: Vellum over boards |
| Papers of members of the Johnson family,
17th-18th cent. Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 196 Extent: 91 leaves Scope and Content: Many annotated by Jane Johnson in 1756, including
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| Notebook containing 'a private Expostulation' of
William Johnson (1665-1736), n. d. Shelfmark: MS. Don. e. 200 Extent: 10 leaves Binding: Paper wrappers |
| Estate accounts of William Johnson, 1693-4,
1694-8 Shelfmark: MS. Don. b. 39 Extent: 20 leaves Scope and Content: Endorsed (fols. 10v, 20v) by Jane Johnson with an account of the characters of William and his father, Thomas Johnson, 1756 |
| Two pedigrees of the Johnson family, 19th
cent. Shelfmark: MS. Don. b. 40/1-2 Extent: 26 pages; 6 leaves |
| Copy by Arthur Hawley, 1901, of
'the Abraham Johnson manuscript' of 1638, containing
queries about his ancestry to establish his coat of arms Shelfmark: MS. Don. d. 202 Extent: ii + 19 leaves |