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Add MS 27440
- Record Id:
- 032-002030879
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002030879
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000045.0x0002e3
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- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 27440
- Title:
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MEMOIRS and copies of correspondence of Charles Allestree, of Christ Church, Oxford, and Vicar of Daventry, co. Northampton, with other matter. Autograph. The contents are:-
1. "Calendarium Oxoniense," notes of incidents at Oxford, 6 July- 17 Nov. 1677; with an account of the foundation of Oriel and Queen's Colleges and of St Edmund's Hall, f. 2.
2. "The Preamble of Mr. [Charles] Montague's Patent," created Lord Halifax, 1700, f. 20.
3. "Reasons why the University of Oxford could not handsomly create Mr. William Nicholson (Lord Bishop of Carlile Elect) Doctor in Divinity," 1702, f. 21.
4. "The Dissertation of Favourinus, the philosopher, in wch he endeavours to perswade a Noble Lady to nurse the children she had, or should bring forth," addressed to Mrs. Cartwright, of Aynho, ff. 27, 130.
5. "Some letters relating to my own affaires at Daventry;" 1679-1702, f. 33.
6. Literary and other letters of Charles Allestree; 1689-1706, f. 59.
7. "Some papers, or. Memoires, Relating to my own Affairs at Daventry, and to the inhospitable usage, that I have receiv'd without the least intermission, for Twenty years succesively in this place of Torment, from this wicked Corporation. . . . . .by Charles Allestre, A.M., presbyter of the Church of England," f. 122.
8. "An Appendix to the Votes of the House of Commons in the First Parliament call'd by Queen Anne;" 1702-1705: a political account of different members of the House, f. 133. Paper; xviiith cent. With a table of contents added. Belonged to Isaac Reed in 1770. Quarto.
- Scope & Content:
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Charles Allestree, Vicar of Daventry: Memoirs and letters: 1677-1706.
includes:
- f. 2 Oxford; University of. St Edmund Hall: Account of its foundation: 1677.
- f. 2 Oxford; University of. Queen's College: Account of its foundation: 1677.
- f. 2 Oxford; University of. Oriel College: Account of its foundation: 1677.
- ff. 2-33, 122-139 Diaries and Memoranda: Rev. C. Allestree: 1677-1705.
- f. 20 Charles Montagu, afterwards Earl of Halifax, Commissioner of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer: Preamble of his patent as Baron Halifax: 1700.
- f. 21 William Nicolson, Bishop of Carlisle (1702), of Derry (1718), and Archbishop of Cashel (1727): Refusal of a degree of D.D. to, by Oxford University: 1702.
- ff. 27, 130 Armine Cartwright, wife of Thomas Cartwright, MP, of Aynho: Dissertations addressed to: circ. 1700.
- ff. 122-129 Daventry, Northamptonshire: Scandalous, behaviour of the Corporation to the Vicar: 17th-18th cent.
- ff. 133-172 England; Parliament: Account of different members: 1702-1705.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002030879
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002030879
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Allestree, Charles, Vicar of Daventry
Cartwright, Armine, wife of Thomas Cartwright, MP, of Aynho
Montagu, Charles, afterwards Earl of Halifax, Commissioner of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer
Nicolson, William, Bishop of Carlisle (1702), of Derry (1718), and Archbishop of Cashel (1727)
Oriel College, University of Oxford
Parliament
Queen's College, University of Oxford
St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford - Places:
- Daventry, England