Collections relating to crown lands in England and Wales, compiled by S.J. Madge in preparation for a thesis on 'the legislation, surveys and sales of the royal estates during the Commonwealth', presented for the degree of D.Sc. (Econ.), London, 1929.
Collections Compiled by S.J. Madge
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Eng. hist. d. 187-209
- Dates of Creation
- 1922-8
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 23 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Sidney Joseph Madge (1874-1961) was an antiquary and topographer. Details are given in Who Was Who.
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 collections were given to the Library by the compiler in 1941.
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. 40142-64.
Bibliography
Much of the material is incorporated in The Domesday of crown lands (London, 1938).