John Scattergood (1681-1723) was an East India merchant.

Transcripts of the papers, 1704-25, of John Scattergood, from The National Archives, Masters' Exhibits in Chancery, Scattergood v. Raworth, Bundles 134/1-2, made for B.P. Scattergood, 1916-17.

The transcripts were given to the Library in 1937.

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/).

The originals are held by The National Archives, see Scope and Content.

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. 40113-20.

Typed copies of the transcripts were given to the British Museum (Add. MSS. 43730-3), the India Office, and Guildhall Library.

A number of the documents are printed in The Scattergoods and the East India Company, ed. Sir R.C. Temple, Lavinia M. Anstey, and B.P. Scattergood (Bombay and Harpenden, 1935).

Scattergood | John | 1681-1723 | East India Merchant

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