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032-002102422

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032-002102422

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Add MS 46469

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'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 Record, 1854, and How the Ecclesiastical Courts rob the Public, 1856. The papers, of which the original arrangement has been preserved, comprise:-

(1) Letter from Bruce to Dickens, offering to carry out the investigation; 13 Aug. 1850. ff. 1-5.

(2) Correspondence and collections of Bruce and Dickens concerning the state of ecclesiastical registries:- (a) General. ff. 6-50;- (b) Canterbury. ff. 51-72;- (c) York. ff. 73-108;- (d) Lincoln. ff. 109-121;-

(e) Lichfield. ff. 122-132;-(f) Winchester. f. 125b;- (g) Chester. ff. 133-147b;- (h) Exeter. ff. 148-149. The names of the writers of letters, etc., will be found in the Index to the present Catalogue. Paper; ff. 149. Folio. A. D. 1850. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books.

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: Letter to W. D. Bruce: 1850.
f. 57 Charles Longley, Bishop of Ripon and (1856) Durham; Archbishop of York (1860) and Canterbury (1862): Letter to W. D. Bruce: 1850.
f. 58 John Bird Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letter to the Bishop of Ripon: 1850.
f. 60 John Richard Walbran, of Ripon; FSA 1854: Letter to W. D. Bruce: 1850.
f. 68 W. Hall: Letter to W. D. Bruce: circ. 1850.
ff. 70-72b Charles Dynely, Deputy Registrar of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Correspondence with W. D. Bruce: circ. 1850.
f. 73 Thomas Musgrave, Archbishop of York: Letter to the Bishop of Oxford: 1850.
ff. 74, 78 Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford and (1869) of Winchester: Correspondence with W. D. Bruce: 1850.
f.76 Egerton Vernon Harcourt, Registrar of York Diocese: Letter to the Bishop of Oxford: 1850.: Copy.
f. 77 Joseph Buckle, Deputy Registrar of York Diocese: Letter to E. V. Harcourt: 1850.: Copy.
f. 77b William Paver, of York: Letter to J. Buckle: circ. 1850.: Copy.
f. 80 William Hargrove, Editor of the 'York Herald': Letter to W. D. Bruce: 1850.
f. 82 George Pelsant Dawson, of Osgodby, East Riding of Yorkshire: Letter to W. D. Bruce: 1850.
f.84b William Paver, of York: Extracts by, from marriage allegations: 1850.: Partly printed.
ff. 88-94b, 97 Egerton Vernon Harcourt, Registrar of York Diocese: Correspondence with Charles Dickens: 1850.
ff. 88-94b, 97 Charles Dickens, novelist: Correspondence with E. V. Harcourt: 1850.
f. 95 William Henry Wills, author: Letter to Charles Dickens: 1850.
f.99 Egerton Vernon Harcourt, Registrar of York Diocese: Letter to W. H. Wills: 1850.
f. 104 William Paver, of York: Letter to E. D. Protheroe: 1850.
f.108 William Paver, of York: Letter to W. D. Bruce: 1850.
f.109 John Kaye, Bishop of Lincoln: Letter to C. Lillingstone: 1850.
f. 111 Robert Swan, Registrar of Lincoln Diocese: Letter to Messrs. Bradbury and Evans: 1850.
f. 113 Richard Pretyman, Precentor of Lincoln Cathedral: Letter to E. D. Protheroe: 1850.
f.117 Richard Pretyman, Precentor of Lincoln Cathedral: Letter to W. D. Bruce: 1850.
f. 122 John Lonsdale, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry: Letter to W. D. Bruce: 1850.
ff. 125-132 co. Staff. Diocese of Lichfield: Notes on the Registry: 1850.
f.133 John Graham, Bishop of Chester: Letter to W. D. Bruce: 1850.
ff. 136-143 See of Chester: Notes by W. D. Bruce on the Registry: 1850.
f. 145 Charles Parry, Secretary to the Bishop of Chester: Letter to W. D. Bruce: 1850.
f.148 Lieutenant-Colonel William Harding, of Exeter: Letter to W. D. Bruce: 1850.

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

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English

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Latin

Start Date:

1850

End Date:

1850

Date Range:

1850

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Names:

Bruce, William Downing, FSA
Buckle, Joseph, Deputy Registrar of York Diocese
Dawson, George Pelsant, Deputy Lieutenant for Yorkshire, 1802-1882
Dickens, Charles John Huffam, novelist, 1812-1870,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000448885549,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/88666393
Diocese of Lichfield, Staffordshire
Dynely, Charles, correspondent of William Downing Bruce, fl 1850
Graham, John, Bishop of Chester and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, 1794-1865
Graves, James, Rector of Ennisnag 1863
Hall, W., of Add MS 46469
Harcourt, Egerton Vernon, Registrar of York Diocese
Harding, William, Lieutenant-Colonel; of Exeter
Hargrove, William, Editor of the 'York Herald'
Kaye, John, Bishop of Lincoln
Longley, Charles Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1794-1868
Lonsdale, John, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry
Musgrave, Thomas, Archbishop of York
Parry, Charles, Secretary to the Bishop of Chester
Paver, William, of York
Pretyman, Richard, Precentor of Lincoln Cathedral
Protheroe, Edward Davis, of Halifax; formerly MP
See of Chester
Sumner, John Bird, Archbishop of Canterbury
Swan, Robert, Registrar of Lincoln Diocese
Walbran, John Richard, of Ripon; FSA 1854
Wilberforce, Samuel, Bishop of Oxford and of Winchester, fl 1869
Wills, William Henry, author