Correspondence, and literary and antiquarian papers of Thomas Percy.
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
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.