Scope and Contents
English and foreign, including some from the ancient world. In various 17th-cent. hands, completed in the hand of Samuel Knight. Incorporating printed copy of William Barker, 'Epitaphia et Inscriptiones lugubres', London, 1566.
Dates
- Creation: 1566-1750 (Circa)
Creator
- Knight, Samuel, 1677-1746 (Church of England clergyman and antiquary) (Person)
- Barker, William, fl 1540-1576 (translator and member of Parliament) (Person)
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Extent
1 object(s) (1 object (parcel paper))
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
From Samuel Knight DD, prebend of Ely and rector of Bluntisham, Hunts (d. 1746), the MS. descended to John Percy Baumgartner of Milton, Cambs., who presented it to the Library in 1861.
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm available
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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