From the end of the eighteenth century onward, the Library received by
gift or purchase a number of small collections on county history, including
Bridges (1795-6), Blakeway (1840), Milles (1843), W. N. Clarke (1868), Gough
Nichols (1874) and Watson (1875). In 1884 all these collections except Blakeway
were formed into a series called MSS. Top(ography), subdivided into gen(eral)
and eccles(iastical), and into England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, with
further subdivisions for English, Scottish and Welsh counties. The volumes were
also arranged by size, which is denoted by a small letter preceding the running
number from 'a' for the largest volumes to 'g' for the smallest. Most medieval
manuscripts in the series were acquired after 1916 and do not have a
Summary Catalogue number.
| Shelfmark |
MS. Top. gen. c. 62 |
| Summary Catalogue no.
|
Not in SC (late accession): description
unpublished, only available in Library
|
| Summary of contents |
Cartulary of Sir John de Norwich (d. 1362), relating to properties in Norfolk and
Suffolk.
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| Language |
Latin, Norman French |
| Origin |
English |
| Date |
14th century, c. 1353 (fols.
6-49), with later additions
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| Material |
parchment |
|
Provenance |
Thomas Martin of Palgrave, his sale, Lynne, 1772, lot 262
folio; John Ives, his sale, Baker & Leigh, 5 March 1777 lot 474; bought by
Gustavus Brander; his sale, Sotheby's 13 Feb. 1790, lot 1158; bought by Craven
Ord, his sale 27 June 1829, lot 559; Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), MS.
3796; Sotheby's 11 Nov. 1946, lot 130
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| Bibliography |
| A. G. Watson, Catalogue of dated and
datable manuscripts c. 435-1600 in Oxford
libraries, Oxford 1984, I, no. 708 (fols. 6-49), II, pl. 196 (fol.
12r)
|
|
| Shelfmark |
MS. Top. gen. d. 20 (R) |
| Summary Catalogue no.
|
Not in SC (late accession): description
unpublished, only available in library
|
| Summary of contents |
Compotus roll of the manors of Isabella de Forz in Southern
England.
|
| Language |
Latin |
| Origin |
English |
| Date |
1267-1268 |
| Material |
parchment |
|
Provenance |
Inscribed in ink '7', 18th century (?); inscribed in pencil with
sale lot no (?): '375', 19th century; Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), MS.
14009, with this number on one of his characteristic printed labels, his sale,
11 Nov. 1946, lot 118.
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| Bibliography |
| Notable Accessions: Guide to an
exhibition held in 1958, Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1958, no. 10
|
|
| Shelfmark |
MS. Top. Glouc. d. 2 |
| Summary Catalogue no.
|
Not in SC (late accession): description
unpublished, only available in Library
|
| Summary of contents |
Founder's and benefactors' book of Tewkesbury abbey. |
| Language |
English |
| Origin |
English, Tewkesbury |
| Date |
16th century, beginning |
| Material |
parchment |
|
|
| Decoration |
| Good miniatures, arms. Copies of an earlier manuscript (?).
(P&A iii. 1177, pl. CVIII)
|
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|
|
Provenance |
'Johannes E[wis]ham hunc librum fecit fieri'; Sir 'Edward
Grevell' of Milcote (d. 1559); Robert, Lord
Spencer, of Wormleighton; given to Mary, Baroness le Despencer; John, 17th Earl
of Westmorland (bookplate); bequeathed by C. H. Bickerton Hudson, 1938.
|
|
|
| Bibliography |
| Bodleian Library Record, 1,
no. 1, Oct. 1939, pp. 14-15
|
|
| Summary catalogue of post-medieval
western manuscripts, no. 54301
|
|
| Shelfmark |
MS. Top. Kent d. 3 |
| Summary Catalogue no.
|
Not in SC (late accession): description
unpublished, only available in Library
|
| Summary of contents |
Cartulary of St. Laurence's Hospital, Canterbury. |
| Language |
Latin, English |
| Origin |
English, Canterbury |
| Date |
14th century, late |
| Material |
parchment |
|
|
| Decoration |
| Plain red initials. |
|
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|
Provenance |
W. Shaw Mason, his sale, Sotheby's 27 Nov. 1830, part of lot
1094; Duke of Newcastle, Sotheby's 15 Feb. 1938, lot 1143; bought from
Quaritch, 1938.
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| Bibliography |
| Davis, G. R. C., Medieval cartularies
of Great Britain: a short catalogue, London: Longmans Green, 1958, no.
210
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