Vaughan Thomas Papers

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Add. C. 88, C. 184, C. 190-1, D. 77; Eng. poet. e. 7; Top. Oxon. b. 18-19, Top. Warwickshire b. 2, c. 9, d. 1, e. 1
  • Dates of Creation
    • 17th-19th century
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English, and Latin.
  • Physical Description
    • 12 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Papers of Vaughan Thomas, including papers relating to Dr Samuel Wilson Warneford (1763-1855), the University of Oxford, and Stoneleigh, Warwickshire.

Administrative / Biographical History

Vaughan Thomas (1775-1858), Vicar of Yarnton, Oxfordshire, was an antiquary and philanthropist. 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 manuscripts were acquired by the Library, 1877-80.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, nos. 29119-25, 29129-31, 29192-3.

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