Viner Papers

Collection Level Description: Viner Papers

Reference: MSS. Viner 1-53
Title: Viner Papers
Dates of Creation: 17th-18th cent.
Extent: 53 shelfmarks

Language of Material: English and Latin

Administrative/Biographical History

Charles Viner (1678-1756) was a legal writer. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Scope and Content

Papers of Charles Viner, including:

Notes of law cases, 1705-44, mainly in shorthand, with names in longhand, and an index of cases in each volume, probably compiled for Viner
Legal notes, extracts and transcripts from printed works and legal cases
Legal papers and correspondence of Viner, ca 1680-1755

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were deposited in the Library in 1860 and became the property of the Library in 1932.

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. 55483-535.

Related Units of Description

The law library of Charles Viner is held by the Bodleian Law Library.

Access Points

Law

Legal documents

Shorthand

Viner | Charles | 1678-1756 | Legal Writer

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09 June 2011