1. Add MS 46469
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 46469
- Title:
- 'THE DOOM OF ENGLISH WILLS': correspondence and papers of William Downing Bruce, F.S.A., relating to his investigation of the custody of wills and other records by the Registrars of Ecclesiastical Courts of Record, and to the publication by Charles Dickens of five articles, based on this investigation, under the above title in Household Words, ii, 1850, pp. 1-205 passim. The material was also used by Bruce himself for articles in Postulates and Data, reprinted as Ecclesiastical Courts of Rec...
- Scope & Content:
- William Downing Bruce, FSA: Correspondence and papers rel. to 'The Doom of English Wills': 1850. includes: ff. 10, 54, 101-103, 115, 118-121 Edward Davis Protheroe, of Halifax; formerly MP: Letters to W. D. Bruce: 1850-1851.: Partly dictated.f. 15 James Graves, Rector of Ennisnag 1863: Let...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1850
- Extent:
- 1 item