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040-002026108

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LITERARY correspondence of Bishop Percy with various persons; 1762-1789. The names of the writers will be found in the Index. At f. 72 is the draft of a 1etter from Percy to Lord Dacre, 6 Sept. 1773, and at f. 124 a letter from Sir Robert Chambers to Percy, 9 Nov. 1789, on the Chatterton forgeries; and two letters of Thomas Warton, ff. 76, 83, refer to the same subject. At the end are two letters on family matters, l795, ff. 130, 132. Paper; ff. 142. Small Folio.

Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore: Literary correspondence: 1762-1789.

includes:

ff. 1, 2 Thomas Gray, poet: Letters to Bp. Percy and Prof. L. Brocket: n.d.
f. 3 Thomas Gray, poet: Anecdote of: circ. 1750.: Fragment.
ff. 4, 9, 13 James Stonhouse, afterwards Reverend Sir James, Baronet; M D, of Northampton: Letters to Bp. Percy: 1762.
f. 5 John Nixon, FRS, Vicar of Cold Higham: Letter to Sir J. Stonehouse: 1762.
f. 15 James Stonhouse, afterwards Reverend Sir James, Baronet; M D, of Northampton: "Friendly advice to a Patient": circ. 1762.: Printed.
f. 22 Richard Hurd, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry: Letter to Rev. R. Farmer: 1763.
ff. 24, 70, 81 Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford 1791: Letters to Bp. Percy: 1765, 1773, 1775.
ff. 28, 76, 83, 85 Dr Thomas Warton: Letters to Bp. Percy on the Chatterton forgeries, etc.: 1765-1776.
ff. 31, 64 Benjamin Kennicott, DD: Letters to Bp. Percy: 1765, 1773.
ff. 33, 91 Robert Lowth, Bishop of London: Letters to Bp. Percy: 1765, 1777.
ff. 35, 40, 137, 139 James West, MP for St. Alban's Secretary to the Treasury; President of the Royal Society: Letters to Bp. Percy: 1767, 1770.
f. 36 Granville Sharp: Letter to BP. Percy: 1767.
f. 38 John Wallis, Curate of Simonburn: Letter to Bp. Percy: 1767.
f. 42 James Sharp: Letter to Bp. Percy: 1771.
ff. 44, 68 Reverend William Mason, poet and musician: Letters to Bp. Percy: 1772, 1773.
f. 46 J- Sharp: Letter to Bp. Percy: 1772.
ff. 48, 58, 60 John Hoadley, LL.D: Letters to Dr. Warton and Bp. Percy: 1772.
ff. 52, 136 Joseph Warton, Head Master of Winchester College (1766): Letters to Bp. Percy: [1765 - 1769], 1772.
f. 54 Robert Lambe: Letter to Bp. Percy: 1772.
f. 56 William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester: Letter to Bp. Percy: 1772.
f. 62 Captain Francis Grose, antiquary: Letter to Bp. Percy: 1773.
f. 72 Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore: Letter to Lord Dacre on the Chatterton forgeries: 1773.
ff. 72, 76, 83, 124 Thomas Chatterton, poet: Letters of Bishop Percy and others on the forgeries of: 1773-1776, 1789.
f. 78 John Ives, Suffolk Herald Extraordinary: Letter to Bp. Percy: 1775.
ff. 80, 89, 93, 95, 122 Andrew Coltee Ducarel, LL.D; FSA: Letters to Bp. Percy: 1775-1782.
f. 87 Gustavus Brander, Antiquary: Letter to Bp. Percy: 1777.
ff. 92, 99, 101 Treadway Russel Nash, DD; Author of the History of Worcestershire: Correspondence with Bp. Percy: 1777, 1778.
ff. 97, 103, 116 John Bowle, Vicar of Idmiston, county Wiltshire: Letters to Bp. Percy: 1778, 1780.
ff. 105, 108, 110 Lionel Charlton: Letters to Bishop Percy: 1779.
f. 106 John Blackett: Letter to Bp. Percy: 1779.
f. 112 Samuel Pegge, Antiquary: Letter to Bp. Percy: 1779.
f. 114 John Stafford Smith, musicologist and composer: Letter to Dr. Percy: 1780.
f. 124 Sir Robert Chambers, Chief Justice of Bengal 1789: Letter to Bp. Percy on the Chatterton forgeries: 1789.
f. 130 Thomas Percy: Letter to his uncle, Bp. Percy: 1795.
f. 132 William Taylor: Letter to Bp. Percy: 1795.
f. 134 James Bindley: Letter to Bp. Percy: [1769-1778].

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Add MS 32323-32339 : Percy Manuscripts

Add MS 32329 : LITERARY correspondence of Bishop Percy with various persons; 1762-1789. The names of the writers will be found in the Index. At f.…

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1762

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1795

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1762-1795

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Names:

Bindley, James, of Add MS 32329
Blackett, John
Bowle, John, Vicar of Idmiston, county Wiltshire
Brander, Gustavus, Antiquary
Chambers, Robert, Knight, judge, 1737-1803
Charlton, Lionel
Chatterton, Thomas, poet
Ducarel, Andrew Coltée, archivist, librarian, antiquary and lawyer, 1713-1785
Gray, Thomas, poet and scholar, 1716-1771
Grose, Francis, antiquary, draughtsman, army officer and lexicographer, 1731-1791
Hoadley, John, LL.D
Hurd, Richard, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry
Ives, John, Suffolk Herald Extraordinary
Kennicott, Benjamin, DD
Lambe, Robert, of Add MS 32329
Lowth, Robert, Bishop of London
Mason, William, Reverend poet and musician
Nash, Treadway Russel, DD; Author of the History of Worcestershire
Nixon, John, FRS, Vicar of Cold Higham
Pegge, Samuel, Antiquary; of Add MS 32329
Percy, Thomas, of Add MS 32329
Percy, Thomas, writer and Bishop of Dromore, 1729-1811
Sharp, Granville, of Add MS 32329
Sharp, J-
Sharp, James, of Add MS 32329
Smith, John Stafford, musicologist and composer
Stonhouse, James, afterwards Reverend Sir James, Baronet; M D, of Northampton
Taylor, William, of Add MS 32329
Wallis, John, Curate of Simonburn
Walpole, Horatio, 4th Earl of Orford, author, politician, and patron of the arts, 1717-1797,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000054064246
Warburton, William, Bishop of Gloucester; of Add MS 32329
Warton, Joseph, Head Master of Winchester College (1766)
Warton, Thomas, Dr
West, James, politician and antiquary, 1703-1772