Manuscripts collected by Furney, relating to Gloucestershire, particularly the city of Gloucester.
Furney Manuscripts
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Top. Glouc. b. 1, c. 1-5
- Dates of Creation
- 17th-18th century
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English, and Latin.
- Physical Description
- 6 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Rev. Richard Furney (1694-1753) was Archdeacon of Surrey. He had been Master of the Crypt School at Gloucester from 1719 to 1724.
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 bequeathed to the Library by Furney in 1753.
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. 27825-30.