Towneley Manuscripts

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Add. C. 203-4, D. 70-2, D. 73A-C, E. 4
  • Dates of Creation
    • 15th-19th century
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English, and French.
  • Physical Description
    • 9 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Manuscripts owened by Charles Towneley, including material relating to various members of the Towneley family, particularly the antiquary Charles Towneley (1737-1805).

Administrative / Biographical History

Colonel Charles Towneley (1803-1876).

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 bought at the Col. Charles Towneley sale at Sotheby's, 19-20 April 1877.

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. 29110-18.