Anthony À Wood was born on 17 December 1632. He was educated at New College School, Thame School, and Merton College, Oxford (Commoner 1647, BA 1652, MA 1655). He did not, however, distinguish himself in academic pursuits and published nothing until late in life. His manuscript 'History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford' was bought by the University Press, which published it in a Latin translation as Historia et Antiquitates Universitatis Oxoniensis (1674). Wood, dissatisfied with this, continued to work at the English copy, which was eventually published in a longer form by John Gutch in 1786-90. In 1691-2 he produced his Athenae Oxonienses, a biographical dictionary of Oxford writers and bishops. Next year he was exiled from the University for his libel on the Earl of Clarendon's father, but he recanted and was allowed to return. He died on 29 November 1695. Further details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Wood's manuscripts are arranged in four collections:
The manuscripts were acquired by the Library, 1690-1860.
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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. II, nos. 8463-8622.
Publication NoteA full account of the collection can be found in Andrew Clark, Life and Times of Anthony Wood, vols. i (1891), pp. 6-21; iv (1895), pp. 228-50 (Oxford Historical Society, vols. xix, xxx).
Langbaine | Gerard | 1609-1658 | Provost of Queen's College Oxford Royalist Pamphleteer and Archivist
Wood | Anthony | 1632-1695 | Antiquary
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MSS. Wood B. 1-15, C. 1-12, D. 1-5, D. 7-20, D. 33, E. 1-12, E. 14, E. 29, F. 1-21, F. 23-37 MSS. Wood Language of material: English, Latin, and Greek 99 shelfmarks Wood's antiquarian manuscripts, including:
The manuscripts were bequeathed to the University in November 1695 and were housed in the Ashmolean Museum until their transference to the Bodleian in 1860. Finding AidsFalconer 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. II, nos. 8463-8588. Access PointsHeraldry Genealogy University of Oxford Berkshire (England) Buckinghamshire (England) Oxford (England) |
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MSS. Wood empt. 1-25 MSS. Wood empt. Language of material: Latin, English, and French 25 shelfmarks Medieval manuscripts acquired by Wood. The manuscripts were bought by the Library in 1690 for £30. Finding AidsFalconer 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. II, nos. 8589-8613. Access PointsManuscripts, Medieval |
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MSS. Wood donat. 1-9 MSS. Wood donat. Language of material: Latin 9 shelfmarks The manuscripts consist of nine volumes of Gerard Langbaine's Adversaria. The manuscripts were bequeathed to the Library by Wood in 1695. Finding AidsFalconer 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. II, nos. 8614-8622. Related Units of DescriptionSee also Langbaine Manuscripts. |
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MSS. Add. C. 173; Ashm. Mus. c. 1; Wood C. 52-3, D. 32, E. 32-3, F. 29b-c, F. 39-51; Wood Rolls 1 MSS. Wood Additional Language of material: English and Latin 23 shelfmarks Manuscripts chiefly relating to the history of the University and city of Oxford. The manuscripts were transferred from the Ashmolean Museum in 1860. Part were bequeathed to the Ashmolean by Wood in 1695 and part were later acquisitions. Finding AidsFalconer 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. V, nos. 25206-25228. Access PointsUniversity of Oxford Oxford (England) |