Admiralty papers compiled by Croke, including drafts of a digest of Admiralty law.
Croke Admiralty Papers
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- ReferenceGB 161 MSS. Add. C. 156-61
- Dates of Creation1795-1835
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- Language of MaterialEnglish.
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Administrative / Biographical History
Sir Alexander Croke (1758-1842), knight, was a lawyer and author. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
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Acquisition Information
The papers were bought from William Ogden of Oxford, dealer in antiquities, in 1878.
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Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
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. V, nos. 29136-41.