Papers of the Herrick family of Leicestershire, consisting of family letters, and official business and estate papers. Most of the papers are of Sir William Herrick.
Papers of the Herrick Family of Leicestershire
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Eng. hist. b. 216, c. 474-84
- Dates of Creation
- 16th-19th century
- Language of Material
- English, and Latin.
- Physical Description
- 12 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The Herrick family of Leicestershire included Sir William Herrick (1562-1653), who was a goldsmith and moneylender, and one of the four Tellers of the Exchequer of Receipt, 1616-23.
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 bought from Hofmann and Freeman, with the aid of a grant from the fund administered by the Victoria and Albert Museum, in 1968.
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. 39666-77.
Bibliography
Many of the papers are printed in John Nichols, History and antiquities of the county of Leicester (London, 1795-1811).