Janus: Henry Bradshaw: Notes on manuscripts in the Library of Jesus College, Cambridge.

Manuscripts contains:
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MS Add.2716.24	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge: correspondence relating to Parker Exhibitions,
MS Add.2716.25	Recipe for pickling lemons
MS Add.2716.26	Richard Shilleto: Verses
MS Add.2716.3	John Playford: Introduction to the Skill of Music
MS Add.2716.4	Charles I: Declaration concerning the Treaty and his Dislike of the Army's Proceedings; Reasons against the pretended Jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice
MS Add.2716.5	Sir John Edwin Sandys: translation into English of Pindar, Isthmians 1 and 2.
MS Add.2716.6	Fragments of a bookseller's daybook, [Antwerp]
MS Add.2716.7	Memoir of William Ward of Stowmarket
MS Add.2716.9	Cabool, A Poem
MS Add.2717.1	Extract from John Bellars' will.
MS Add.2717.2	Recommendation of Charles Gale for deacon's orders, signed by the Master and Senior Fellows, Trinity College, Cambridge
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Henry Bradshaw: Notes on manuscripts in the Library of Jesus College, Cambridge.

Title	Henry Bradshaw: Notes on manuscripts in the Library of Jesus College, Cambridge.
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.2721
Creator	Bradshaw, Henry, 1831-1886
Covering Dates	1861
Extent and Medium	1 volume; paper
Repository	Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Content and context

Henry Bradshaw (1831-1886) was born in London on 2 February 1831. He attended Eton, before entering King's College, Cambridge, in 1850 (B.A, 1854; M.A., 1857), where he was a Fellow, 1853-1856, and Dean, 1857-1858 and 1863-1865. In 1856 he became Assistant Master at St Columba's College, near Dublin. Thereafter, he joined Cambridge University Library, where he was Assistant, 1856-1858, and Superintendent of Manuscripts, 1859-1867. He carried out the reform of the Department of Manuscripts, and served as University Librarian, 1867-1886. Bradshaw died on 11 February 1886.

Acquired on the death of Henry Bradshaw, University Librarian, 1886.

Access and Use

In English and Latin

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Henry Bradshaw: Notes on manuscripts in the Library of Jesus College, Cambridge., MS Add.2721

Index Terms

Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886) scholar, antiquary and librarian

Jesus College, Cambridge

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