Admiralty papers compiled by Croke, including drafts of a digest of Admiralty law.
Croke Admiralty Papers
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Add. C. 156-61
- Dates of Creation
- 1795-1835
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 6 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Sir Alexander Croke (1758-1842), knight, was a lawyer and author. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
The papers were bought from William Ogden of Oxford, dealer in antiquities, in 1878.
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. 29136-41.