Papers of John Thomas Godfrey, local historian, 1887-1891

The papers comprise:

• An unpublished manuscript bibliography of written works about Nottinghamshire by John Thomas Godfrey. The bibliography was to be published by subscription under the title 'Bibliotheca Nottinghamiensis', undated, c.1891 (MS 654/1).
• An unpublished manuscript volume entitled 'Lineal Descents of Peers and Baronets concerned with the County of Nottinghamshire', November 1887 (MS 654/2).
• Printed pamphlet entitled 'Notes on the bibliography of Nottinghamshire' by John T. Godfrey, 1891 (MS 654/3).

John Thomas Godfrey of Lenton, Nottinghamshire, was born in 1857. He was a historian of Nottinghamshire publishing abstracts of marriages in parishes in the county, and histories of churches in Lenton and Nottingham and in the hundreds of Rushcliffe and Bingham. Godfrey received part of his financial backing for publication from Mr James Ward. Ward also purchased manuscripts about Nottinghamshire and employed Godfrey to edit and transcribe them. Godfrey died in 1911. He was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

The papers in MS 654/1 are arranged alphabetically by author.

ACCESS: Accessible to all registered readers.

REPROGRAPHIC: Reprographic copies can be supplied for educational use and private study purposes only, depending on access status and the condition of the documents.

This description is the only finding aid available for the collection. Copyright in the description belongs to The University of Nottingham.

COPYRIGHT: Permission to make published use of any material from this collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Keeper of the Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections (email mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk). The Department will try to assist in identifying copyright owners but this can be difficult and the responsibility for copyright clearance before publication ultimately rests with the person wishing to publish.

LANGUAGE: English

One item in the collection has a separate provenance. 'Lineal Descents' (MS 654/2) bears the bookplates of John T. Godfrey and Christopher Barber Collinson. It was purchased by the University of Nottingham's library in Spetember 1995.

Nottinghamshire Archives: notes on Nottinghamshire churches by J. T. Godfrey, undated. DD/TS/6/4/20-21