Benson Family Papers

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. misc. c. 512; Top. gen. d. 57
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1770-1884
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 2 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Benson family papers, including correspondence and papers, 1770-1823, and a sketch-book of Mary E. Benson, 1874-83.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Benson family of Halifax, Yorks, were ancestors of E.W. Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury.

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 papers were bought from Peter Eaton in 1971.

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. 44119-20.