Autograph Letters by English Bishops and Deans

  • Reference
    • GB 133 Eng MSS 841-843
  • Dates of Creation
    • 17th to 19th Century
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 3 volumes.

Scope and Content

In three volumes, lettered Portraits and Letters of English Bishops. The contents consist of letters, notes, signed documents, cut-away signatures, etc. The volumes contain the following items:

  • Volume I, [Eng MS 841], 1-147;
  • Volume II, [Eng MS 842], 148-262;
  • Volume III, [Eng MS 843], 263-381.

Inserted are numerous engravings and other illustrations, portraits and caricatures. Numbers 1-322 are autographs of Archbishops and Bishops of the British Isles and Dominions; most of the others are autographs of Deans.