Papers of the Woodforde family, consisting of:
- Papers of Samuel Woodford, 1662-1695, including his diary, 1663-1665
- Papers of Robert Woodforde, 1697-1791, including interleaved and annotated volumes of a printed Bible and The book of common prayer (London, 1683); and a notebook containing a catalogue of books, with prices, in Robert Woodforde's hand and copies by Anna Maria Woodforde of letters from her to members of her family, 1780-1791
- Papers of James Woodforde, 1758-1826, including diaries, 1758-1802; and sermons, 1764-1826
- Papers of Anna Maria Woodforde, 1800-1830, including accounts, 1807-1819; collections of verse; and an inventory of her goods, 1830
- Miscellaneous papers of the Woodforde family, 1733-19th century
Dates
- Creation: 17th-19th century
Extent
1.98 Linear metres (36 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
- Greek, Modern (1453-)
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. misc. b. 76, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. misc. b. 76, d. 600, e. 333, e. 465-470, e. 555, f. 101-173, f. 381-382, f. 396; Eng. poet. e. 98; Eng. th. c. 67-68, d. 45-47, e. 55, e. 65-100, e. 153; Lat. liturg. d. 39
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 8972, 17227
Abstract
Archive of the Woodforde Family
Biographical / Historical
The Woodforde family includes Samuel Woodford (1636-1700), Canon of Winchester, poet and divine; Robert Woodforde (1675-1762); James Woodforde (1740-1803), clergyman and diarist; and Anna Maria Woodforde (1757-1830). Details for Samuel and James are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Other 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. I, nos. 42715-845.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were acquired by the Library, 1950-1963.
Bibliography
- Extensive selections from the diary of James Woodforde were printed in The diary of a country parson, ed. James Beresford (5 vols., London, 1924-31), and Woodforde at Oxford 1759-1776, ed. W.N. Hargreaves-Mawdsley (Oxford Historical Society, n.s. 21, Oxford, 1969).
Subject
- Woodforde | Anna Maria | 1757-1830 (Person)
- Woodforde | James | 1740-1803 | Clergyman Diarist (Person)
- Woodforde | Robert | 1675-1762 (Person)
- Woodforde | Samuel | 1636-1700 | poet and divine (Person)
- Woodforde | family | Ansford (Family)
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of the Woodforde Family
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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