Janus: Henry Bradshaw: Papers

Manuscripts contains:
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MS Add.4190-4192, 4194	George Crabbe: Notebooks on entomology, botany and chemistry
MS Add.4193, 4195-4199, 4201-4204	Edward Byles Cowell: Papers
MS Add.42	Miscellaneous collection of verses, ballads, epitaphs and inscriptions
MS Add.4200	Translation of the poems of Llynwarch Owain Gwalchmai by Llynwarch O. Reynolds
MS Add.4206-4608	Irish and English Grammar and Verse
MS Add.4209, 4227-4228, 4545-4602, 5120, 5990	Henry Bradshaw: Papers
MS Add.4211	Seventeenth Century Sermons
MS Add.4212-4214	Transcription of Fynes Morysons Itinerary
MS Add.4215-4216	[John Ratcliff]: Journals of Continental Tours
MS Add.4217	Military sketches and plans
MS Add.4223	Catalogue of Oriental manuscripts and printed books
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Henry Bradshaw: Papers

Title	Henry Bradshaw: Papers
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.4209, 4227-4228, 4545-4602, 5120, 5990
Creator	Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886)
Covering Dates	1846–1915
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.

Bibliographical notes, calendars, correspondence, diaries and transcripts.

Bequeathed by Henry Bradshaw, 1886.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Henry Bradshaw: Papers, MS Add.4209, 4227-4228, 4545-4602, 5120, 5990

Further information

Cambridge University Library holds other Bradshaw papers, MSS.Add.4321-4323, 5344, 6419-6437, 6439, 5440 and 6617. A letter from Thomas Kerslake removed from MS.Add.4565, a letter from E.C. Thomas removed from MS.Add.4572, and letters from C.H. Cooper, G.M. Gorham and Alfred Newton removed from MS.Add.4595 are now with MS.Add.7339.

Index Terms

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

Manuscripts/MS Add.4209, 4227-4228, 4545-4602, 5120, 5990 contains:

MS Add.4209

Collectio Canonum Hibernensis, in Latin: a transcript of Bodleian MS Hatton 42, fos 1-142, made for HB by Alfred Rogers.
1 volume; paper.

1876

MS Add.4227

Nicolai Perotti, Regulae Grammaticales (extracts). Extracts in the hand of HB of English passages.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume.

1874

MS Add.4228

Cambridge, Grythowefield: medieval terrier, 19th century copy. Transcripts in the hand of HB of the parts of MS.Add.2601, a 15th century terrier of Cambridge West Fields, which relates to Grythowefield; made in the 19th century, and written in Latin and English, 51 folios.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume.

1850

MS Add.4545

Note Book I. Rough notes, mostly on books and mostly in pencil. In Latin, English, and Greek.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

March 1863-May 1863

MS Add.4546

Note Book II. Notes on books and MSS at Dublin, Beford, Cambridge and Oscott. Autograph. In English and Latin. The verso is mostly blank.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

8 July 1863–5 Aug 1863

MS Add.4547

Note Book III. Notes, almost entirely in pencil, on books and MSS in the libraries of Trinity, King's and Emmamuel Colleges and the University Library Cambridge, in the Pepys Library, Magdalene College, and in Oscott. Autograph. In English and Latin.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

11 Aug 1863-Sept 1863

MS Add.4548

Note Book IV. Notes on books and MSS with a diary of a visit to Glasgow. Autograph. In English, Hebrew, Latin and French. The verso is mostly blank.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume.

5 Dec 1865-Jan 1866

MS Add.4549

Note Book V. Notes on printed books and related subjects. Autograph. In English, Irish, Latin, Greek and Sanskrit. The verso is mostly blank.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

9 May 1863–4 Aug 1866

MS Add.4550

Note Book VI. Notes on MSS and printed books. Autograph. In English, Latin and Dutch.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

28 Sept 1863–4 Aug 1866

MS Add.4551

Note Book VII. Notes on manuscripts and books in the University Library. Autograph. In English and Latin. The verso is blank.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

Jan 1866–4 Aug 1866

MS Add.4552

Note Book VIII. Notes on MSS and printed books. Autograph. In English and Latin.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

23 Feb 1866–15 Aug 1866

MS Add.4553

Note Book IX. Notes on printed books. Autograph. The verso is usually blank.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

15 Aug 1866–25 Aug 1866

MS Add.4554

Note Book X. Notes on early printed books. Autograph. The verso is usually blank.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

25 Aug 1866–10 Oct 1866

MS Add.4555

Note Book XI. Notes on MSS and early printed books.. Autograph. In Latin, English, French, and Sanskrit.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

11 Oct 1866–8 Feb 1867

MS Add.4556

Note Book XII. Notes on MSS and printed books. Autograph.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

20 April 1867–5 Aug 1867

MS Add.4557

Note Book XIII. Series of notes on MSS and related subjects. In English, Sanskrit, Latin and Provencal.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

11 Jan 1864–6 Sept 1867

MS Add.4558

Note Book XIV. Series of notes on MSS, printed books and related subjects.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry, 1831-1886.
1 volume; paper.

4 Nov 1867–10 Dec 1867

MS Add.4559

Note Book XV. Series of notes. In English, Hebrew, Dutch and Latin.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

18 Dec 1867–17 Mar 1869

MS Add.4560

Note Book XVI. Series of bibliographical notes. In English, Tibetan, Low German, Latin and Hebrew.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

19 Mar 1869–14 Oct 1869

MS Add.4561

Note Book XVII. Series of bibliographical notes. In English, French, Dutch and Latin.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

14 Oct 1869–2 Jan 1870

MS Add.4562

Note Book XVIII. Series of bibliographical notes.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

3 Jan 1870–25 Aug 1870

MS Add.4563

Note Book XIX. Series of bibliographical notes.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

1 Sept 1871–26 Mar 1872

MS Add.4564

Note Book XX. Series of bibliographical notes.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

1 Aug 1870–29 Jan 1873

MS Add.4565

Note Book XXI. Series of bibliographical notes. In English, Latin, Greek and Persian.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

30 Jan 1873–29 Sept 1873

MS Add.4566

Note Book XXII. Series of bibliographical notes.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

27 Oct 1873–12 Jan 1875

MS Add.4567

Note Book XXIII. Series of bibliographical notes. In English, Italian, Latin and Breton.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

14 Feb 1875–15 Sept 1876

MS Add.4568.1

Note Book XXIV. Series of bibliographical notes.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

22 Sept 1876–20 Oct 1877

MS Add.4568.2

Note Book. Series of bibliographical notes.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

3 July 1877–3 Sept 1877

MS Add.4568.3

Diaries, 1857, 1875 and 1877-8.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

1857–1878

MS Add.4568.4

Diary.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

1878–1885

MS Add.4569

Note Book XXV. Series of bibliographical notes.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

10 Jan 1878–30 Aug 1879

MS Add.4570

Note Book XXVI. Series of bibliographical notes.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

8 Sept 1879–7 Apr 1880

MS Add.4571

Note Book XXVII. Series of bibliographical notes, mostly in pencil.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

17 Aug 1880–1 May 1881

MS Add.4572

Note Book XXVIII. Series of bibliographical notes.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

18 May 1881–4 Oct 1882

MS Add.4573

Note Book XXIX. Series of bibliographical notes. In English, Latin, Irish and Greek.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

5 Oct 1882–20 Sept 1883

MS Add.4574

Note Book XXX. Series of bibliographical notes.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

26 Dec 1883–17 Sept 1884

MS Add.4575

Note Book XXXI. Series of bibliographical notes. In English, French, Latin and Greek.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

18 Sept 1884–26 Dec 1885

MS Add.4576

Note Book XXXII. Series of bibliographical notes.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

28 Dec 1885–9 Feb 1886

MS Add.4577

Notebook containing a series of bibliographical notes.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

24 Aug 1882–31 Aug 1882

MS Add.4578

The 'Gerald Ritchie' Note Book. Series of bibliographical notes.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

14 Dec 1875–14 Mar 1876

MS Add.4579

St. Columbia's College day book and related papers. Includes: (fo. 1) Day book of St Columba's College, Dublin, in English, 19 January - 10 April 1856; (fo. 9) Henry Bradshaw: bibliographical notes, in Latin and English; (fo. 37) the same: list of the contents of Trinity College MSS R.3.19 and R.3.21; (fo. 61v) the same: bibliographical notes.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume.

1856

MS Add.4580

List of Irish books and MSS belonging to H. Bradshaw, with descriptive extracts from the earlier ones.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

1860

MS Add.4581

Series of bibliographical notes.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

1863

MS Add.4582

Series of bibliographical notes.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

1850–1863

MS Add.4583

Series of bibliographical notes.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

1865

MS Add.4584

List of books relating to Ireland printed between 1501 and 1643.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

1870

MS Add.4585

Miscellaneous list of books entered under the date of printing 1539-1854.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

1870

MS Add.4586

Statement of books purchased by Bradshaw, with their prices.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

1854–1856

MS Add.4587

A rough list of the numbers of books in Archbishop Parker's collection.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume; paper.

1860

MS Add.4588

Irish literary and bibliographical notes.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 Volume.

1856

MS Add.4589

Bibliographical Notes. A list of books, presumably in Cambridge University Library, removed into lock-up classes or sold.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume.

1857–1858

MS Add.4590

Lists of books relating to Ireland, 1501 - c. 1680, a 'list of numbers' and further lists of books.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume.

1856

MS Add.4591

Lists of books printed between 1483 and 1688 arranged chronologically in sections. In Latin, English, Irish and Spanish.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume.

1860

MS Add.4592

Note book of purchases from E.P. Williams made for Henry Bradshaw at Eton College, and a lists of books.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume.

1846–1852

MS Add.4593

Diary.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume.

1859

MS Add.4594

Notes, transcripts and tracings regarding the Book of Deer, Cambridge University Library MS Ii.6.32.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume.

1860

MS Add.4595

Bibliographical and genealogical notes.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume.

1881

MS Add.4596

Bibliographical notes. In English, French, Latin and Irish.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume.

1860–1863

MS Add.4597

Calendar of Printed Works in the Irish Library of Henry Bradshaw. Includes bibliographical notes; written in English, Irish, French and Latin. The calendar was intended to be printed at Cambridge by Jonathan Palmer, 1857, but apparently was not printed.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume.

1857

MS Add.4598

1859

MS Add.4599

List of Irish books. In English, Latin, Irish, Flemish and Portuguese.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume.

1883

MS Add.4600

Bibliographical notes, including notes on St Patrick's Purgatory. In English, French, Latin, Spanish and German.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume.

1856

MS Add.4601

Bibliographical notes. In English, Latin, Irish and Dutch.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume.

1855–1885

MS Add.4602

Correspondence. I. Original letters, notes and testimonials (1-166); II. Copies of letters from Henry Bradshaw to C.J. Clay, 12 October 1880 - 23 November 1885 (18 leaves of foolscap); III. Copies of letters of Henry Bradshaw (24 leaves of foolscap).
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886).
1 volume.

1854–1915

MS Add.5120

Notebook dealing with Irish bibliography.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry, 1831-1886.
1 volume.

1850

MS Add.5990

Calendars. The names of the saints are filled in on forms on which the dates are printed. They include a Greek kalendar from an Evangelion printed in Venice, 1851, the Sanctorale and Temporale from a Capitulare Evangeliorum attributed to the early ninth cent. and probably coming from Luxeuil Abbey, Burgundy, a kalendar from King's College MS 13, and a kalendar composed from Sermones de Sanctis in King's College MS 17b, fo. 127.
Creator: Bradshaw, Henry, d. 1886.
1 volume.

1864