Collection Level Description: Papers of James Parsons, Farmer at Woodstock, Oxfordshire
Reference: MSS. Top. Oxon. c. 779, e. 634, f. 102
Title: Papers of James Parsons, Farmer at Woodstock, Oxfordshire
Dates of Creation: 1818-35
Extent: 3 shelfmarks
Name of Creator: James Parsons
Language of Material: English
Administrative/Biographical History
James Parsons (fl. 19th century) was a farmer at Woodstock in Oxfordshire.
Scope and Content
Papers of James Parsons, farmer at Woodstock, comprising:
- correspondence and accounts relating to the sale of the farming stock and effects of James Parsons, 1818-34
- printed catalogue of the sale by R. Howland of Parson's farming stock at Waterstock and Shabbington, annotated with prices
fetched
- statement of account of Parson's estate with T. Mallam, 1832-5.
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given to the Library in 1953.
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.
II, nos. 55059-61.
Access Points
Agriculture
Parsons | James | fl 19th
century | farmer
Oxfordshire (England)
Woodstock (England)
Enquiries
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09 June 2011