MSS. Wood

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Wood B. 1-15, C. 1-12, D. 1-5, D. 7-20, D. 33, E. 1-12, E. 14, E. 29, F. 1-21, F. 23-37
  • Dates of Creation
    • 11th-17th century
  • Language of Material
    • English, Latin, and Modern Greek (1453-).
  • Physical Description
    • 99 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Wood's antiquarian manuscripts, including:

  • Papers relating to the University and city of Oxford
  • Heraldic and genealogical papers
  • Church notes, for various counties, including Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire

Acquisition Information

The manuscripts were bequeathed to the University in November 1695 and were housed in the Ashmolean Museum until their transference to the Bodleian in 1860.

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. II, nos. 8463-8588.

Corporate Names

University of Oxford