Transcripts of the papers, 1704-25, of John Scattergood, from Public Record Office, Masters' Exhibits in Chancery, Scattergood v. Raworth, Bundles 134/1-2, made for B.P. Scattergood, 1916-17.
Transcripts of the Papers of John Scattergood
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Eng. hist. d. 156-63
- Dates of Creation
- 1916-17 (transcripts of 18th century originals)
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 8 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
John Scattergood (1681-1723) was an East India merchant.
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 transcripts were given to the Library in 1937.
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. 40113-20.
Bibliography
A number of the documents are printed in The Scattergoods and the East India Company, ed. Sir R.C. Temple, Lavinia M. Anstey, and B.P. Scattergood (Bombay and Harpenden, 1935).
Additional Information
The originals are held by the Public Record Office, see Scope and Content.