Three Commonplace Books of Nonjurors

Collection Level Description: Three Commonplace Books of Nonjurors

Reference: MSS. Eng. th. c. 45-7
Title: Three Commonplace Books of Nonjurors
Dates of Creation: Late 17th-early 18th cent.
Extent: 3 shelfmarks
Name of Creator: Hilkiah Bedford, George Hickes, and (probably) George Smith.

Language of Material: English

Administrative/Biographical History

See the Dictionary of National Biography for entries on Hilkiah Bedford (1663-1724), George Hickes (1642-1715) and George Smith (1693-1756).

Scope and Content

Three commonplace books of nonjurors. The books include entries on theological subjects (some from printed sources, especially Minucius Felix's Octavius), and a list of the published works of nonjurors John Milner, George Hickes and Thomas Wagstaffe.

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought by the Library from E. Williams of Hove, 1917.

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

Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 46589-91.

Access Points

Apologetics

Nonjurors

Theology

Bedford | Hilkiah | 1663-1724 | nonjuror

Hickes | George | 1642-1715 | Dean of Worcester, nonjuror, philologist, and antiquary

Minucius Felix | Marcus | fl 2nd century | Christian apologist

Smith | George | 1693-1756 | nonjuror

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09 June 2011