Papers of Thomas Percy

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Percy b. 1-3, c. 1-11, d. 1-11, e. 1-10
  • Dates of Creation
    • 17th-19th century
  • Language of Material
    • English, and Latin.
  • Physical Description
    • 35 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Correspondence, and literary and antiquarian papers of Thomas Percy.

Administrative / Biographical History

Thomas Percy (1729-1811) was Bishop of Dromore and 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 papers were given to the Library, with some of his printed books, by Percy's great grand-daughter in 1932.

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. II, nos. 49781-815.