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Stowe MS 940
- Record Id:
- 040-001953787
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000534.0x0001dc
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 940
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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EXTRACTS from the Textus Roffensis, containing many articles Dot printed in Hearne's edition; copied in imitation of the ancient writing by James Smith (described at f. 21 as " puer decennis "), and collated with the original by William and Elizabeth Elstob in 1712. At f. 2 is a list by Dr. Samuel Pegge of the articles included in this volume and not in Hearne. Paper; ff. 136. Dr. S. Pegge mentions this transcript in his Historical Account of the Textus Roffensis " (no. xxv. of Bibliotheca Topograhica Britannica, 1784, pp. 10, 11), and states that on
W. Elstob's death (1715) it came into the hands of his uncle, Dr. Charles Elstob, Prebendary of Canterbury, that on the latter's death (1721) it was bought by Joseph Ames, and that he (Pegge) bought it at Ames's auction in 1760. In a note on f. 1 Thomas Astle states that he bought it in 1798 at the sale of the MSS. of Michael Bray, who had it from Matthew Duane. Folio.
James Smith: Wrote: in 1712.
Rochester, Kent: Extracts from the " Textus Roffensis": 1712.
William Elstob, MA: Collated: in 1712.
Elizabeth Elstob: Collated: in 1712.
Anglo-Saxon: Extracts from the " Textus Roffensis ": 1712.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Stowe Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001953770
040-001953787 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 924-946 : CLASS XX.MONASTIC CHARTULARIES, ETC.
Stowe MS 940 : EXTRACTS from the Textus Roffensis, containing many articles Dot printed in Hearne's edition; copied in imitation of the ancient… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0020]/036-001953770[0017]/040-001953787
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1712
- End Date:
- 1712
- Date Range:
- 1712
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Custodial History:
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Samuel Pegge, LLD, FSA: Owned: in 1760 and in 1775.
Charles Elstob, Prebendary of Canterbury: Owned: 1715-21.
Matthew Duane, Trustee of the British Museum: Owned: in 18th cent.
Michael Bray: Owned: in 18th cent.
Thomas Astle, ob. 1803: Owned.
Joseph Ames: Owned: in 1721.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Ames, Joseph, of Stowe MS 1049
Astle, Thomas, archivist and collector of books and manuscripts, 1735-1803
Bray, Michael, of Stowe MS 222
Duane, Matthew, lawyer and patron of the arts, 1707-1785
Elstob, Charles, prebendary of Canterbury Cathedral; uncle of Elizabeth Elstob, fl 1685-1721
Elstob, Elizabeth, calligrapher and Old English scholar, 1683-1756
Elstob, William, Anglo-Saxon scholar and clergyman, 1674?-1715
Pegge, Samuel, LLD, FSA
Smith, James, of Stowe MS 940 - Places:
- Rochester, Kent