Papers of the Dandridge Family of Rousham, Oxfordshire

Papers of the Dandridge family, consisting of:  

• Journal of Edward Dandridge on a voyage from England to India, June 1781-May 1782, copied by Edward Dandridge for his father, 1783
• Sermons by J.S. Dandridge, rector of Rousham, 1804-41
• Notes on John Hey, Lectures in divinity (4 vols., Cambridge, 1796), ca. 1800. Owned by George Dandridge, rector of Rousham, 1841-58
• Exercise books of Charles Dandridge, son of J.S. Dandridge, on mathematics, 1817
• Exercise books containing a 'Chapter on prayer', probably in the hand of Catherine Dandridge, late 19th century

The Dandridge family of Rousham, Oxfordshire, included Edward Dandridge, John Strange Dandridge (d 1841), rector of Rousham, George Dandridge (d 1858), rector of Rousham, Charles Dandridge, son of John Strange Dandridge, and Catherine Dandridge.

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).

The papers were given to the Library in 1973.

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

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. 45536-42.