Willis Donation

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Bodl. 10, 69, 754, 840, 872, 891, 944, 976, 980; Willis 106
  • Dates of Creation
    • 14th-18th century
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English, Latin, and French.
  • Physical Description
    • 10 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Ten manuscripts collected by Browne Willis, including material relating to British history.

Administrative / Biographical History

Browne Willis, of Whaddon Hall, near Winslow in Buckinghamshire, was born in 1682, and educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 23 March 1700). He was a student of the Inner Temple, MP for Buckinghamshire 1705-8, and FSA 1718. He received from the University of Oxford the honorary degrees of MA in 1720 and DCL in 1749. He died on 5 February 1760. Further 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 presented to the Library by Browne Willis in 1720.

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. 27652-61.

Related Material

See also Willis Manuscripts (MSS. Willis 1-105, 107-12).

Geographical Names