Five manuscripts relating to the history of Cheshire.
Gower Manuscripts
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- ReferenceGB 161 MSS. Top. Cheshire c. 8-10, e. 9, e. 11
- Dates of Creation17th-18th century
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish, and Latin.
- Physical Description5 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Foote Gower (1726-1780) was an Anglican Clergyman, physician and antiquary. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Access Information
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).
Acquisition Information
Part were purchased in 1842 for 10 10s and another part in 1846 for 6 6s.
Note
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. 28483-90.