Manuscript copy of Sir John Bickerton Williams, Memoirs of the life, character, and writings of Sir Matthew Hale (London, 1835) with many deletions and emendations in the author's hand, used by the printer.
Copy of Sir John Bickerton Williams,Memoirs of the life, character, and writings of Sir Matthew Hale
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Eng. hist. d. 281-2
- Dates of Creation
- 1835
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 2 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Sir John Bickerton Williams (1792-1855) was a nonconformist. 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
The copy was bought from Knight, Frank & Rutley in 1968.
Note
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
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. 40203-4.