Gower Manuscripts

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Top. Cheshire c. 8-10, e. 9, e. 11
  • Dates of Creation
    • 17th-18th century
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English, and Latin.
  • Physical Description
    • 5 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Five manuscripts relating to the history of Cheshire.

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.

Geographical Names