John Walker's collection consists of papers on which he based his Attempt towards...an Account of the numbers and sufferings of the Clergy of the Church of England...who were sequester'd. harass'd. &c., in the late times of the Grand Rebellion, occasion'd by the ninth chapter...of Dr Calamy's Abridgment of the Life of Mr Baxter... (London, 1714). The papers include a large number of original communications from all parts of England, but especially Devonshire, as well as Walker's own notes and extracts.
Dates
- Creation: 1646-1715
Extent
2.25 Linear metres (27 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. J. Walker b. 1, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. J. Walker b. 1-2, c. 1-13, e. 1-12
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 7245, 13449
Abstract
John Walker Collection
Biographical / Historical
John Walker was born in Exeter in January 1674, and matriculated at Exeter college, Oxford, 9 November 1691. He was a Fellow of the college, 1695-1700, BA 1698, MA 1699, DD 1714. He was Rector of several Devonshire livings, and (1714-47) Prebendary of Exeter. He died in June 1747. Further details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Arrangement
The collection was bound in 1865.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, nos. 10859-10883 and vol. V, nos. 27863-27864.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers are stated by Mr Macray (Annals of the Bodleian Library, 2nd ed., p. 230) to have been received from Walker's son William, a druggist in Exeter, in 1754, but the paper on which this statement is based cannot now be found, and the Library records mention the gift under 1756.
- Title
- John Walker Collection
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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