Papers of Henry Handley Norris

Collection Level Description: Papers of Henry Handley Norris

Reference: MSS. Eng. lett. b. 38, c. 789-91; Eng. misc. b. 439, c. 942, d. 1367
Title: Papers of Henry Handley Norris
Dates of Creation: 1795-1864
Extent: 7 shelfmarks

Language of Material: English

Administrative/Biographical History

Henry Handley Norris (1771-1850) was Rector of St. John of Jerusalem, Hackney and a theologian. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence to and from Norris, some of which relates to the church in India; notes by Norris, mainly for sermons; and a copy of the journal of William Ward, describing the work of Baptist missionaries among British troops in India, 1807-17.

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were bought from Charles Higham (SPCK bookshop) in 1978.

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

A full description is available in the Library.

Access Points

Missionaries | India

Sermons

Norris | Henry Handley | 1771-1850 | Theologian

Church of England

India

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