Correspondence regarding John Donne's Seal

Arthur William Crawley-Boevey (b. 1845), barrister-at-law; John Jeremiah Daniell (c. 1818-1898), vicar of Langley-Burrell, Wiltshire; Francis John Henry Jenkinson (1853-1923), Cambridge University Librarian; Augustus Jessopp (1823-1914), headmaster of the King Edward VI Grammar School, Norwich; Francis Lewis Shaw Merewether (b. 1811), chancellor of Sydney University; Henry Robert Merewether (b. 1816), vicar of East Peckham; and Brinsley Nicholson (1824-1892), scholar.

John Donne (1572-1631), poet and divine, was ordained in 1615, and became chaplain to James I. He was divinity reader at Lincoln's Inn, and dean of St Paul's, 1621-1631.

10 folios, including the following letters: (fo. 1) Augustus Jessopp to Francis Jenkinson, 20 August 1911; (fo. 2) Arthur William Crawley-Boevey to an unidentified recipient, 16 December 1895 (copy); (fo. 3) Brinsley Nicholson to Jessopp, 29 August 1891; (fo. 4) Nicholson to Jessopp, 15 September 1891; (fo. 5) John Jeremiah Daniell to an unidentified recipient, 12 June 1897; (fo. 6) Henry R. Merewether to an unidentified recipient, 5 June 1897; (fo. 7) Crawley-Boevey to Francis L.S. Merewether, 13 December 1895 (copy); (fo. 8) F.L.S. Merewether to H. Merewether, 7 June 1897, and H. Merewether to an unidentified recipient, 8 [June] 1897 (both copies); (fo. 9) F.L.S. Merewether to H. Merewether, 7 June 1897; (fo. 10) F.L.S. Merewether to H. Merewether, 7 June 1897, and H. Merewether to an unidentified recipient, 8 [June] 1897.

Presented by the Revd Augustus Jessopp, 1911.

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Correspondence regarding John Donne's Seal, MS Add.5147