Tanner, Thomas, 1674-1735 (bishop and antiquary)

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Dates

Existence: 1674 - 1735

Biography

Thomas Tanner (1674-1735), Bishop of St Asaph, 1732-35, antiquary

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Thomas Tanner: Collections on the history of Cambridgeshire

Fonds

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3824

Scope and Contents Autograph, hand of Charles Cowles, and other hands. Includes: (fo. 41) poem 'On the funeral of Robert Trotman Esq.'; (fo. 47v) poem, beg.: 'At Kirton near Bostone (my story is true ...'; (fo. 56) notes on Cambridgeshire items in PRO; (fo. 91) speech by Sir Simonds D'Ewes in parliament, on the antiquity of the University of Cambridge, 2 Jan. 1641; (fo. 100) 'Cantabrigiae Origo etc.': legendary account of early Cambridge; (fo. 102) chronicle of Cambridge, 1229-1388, with abstract of return for...

Dates: 1720 (Circa)

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