Collections relating to Devonshire compiled by John Pike Jones.
J.P. Jones Manuscripts
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Top. Devon d. 1-2, e. 1-6
- Dates of Creation
- 1810-52
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 8 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
John Pike Jones (1790-1857) of Chudleigh, Devon, was an 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
The manuscripts were bought from S. Drayton & Sons in 1884.
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. 29462-9.