MS 274: Richard Rawlinson, Transcripts from the Tanner MSS

Together with St John's MS 273 forms a collection of transcripts from the Tanner manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, in the hand of Dr Richard Rawlinson, topographer and bishop to non-jurors (1690-1755).

Fols 12r-257r. Copies of letters in the Tanner Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library made by Richard Rawlinson and in his hand. English. In black ink, with 27-28 lines to a page. Some leaves have both margins ruled in red ink, som in black, some unruled. Frequent blanks. Later in the MS (from fol. 218-224?) there are also transcripts of papers by Thomas Rawlins of Pophills, Warwickshire (Bodleian MS 11, ff 20-23). Several transcriptions verified, signed and dated by Rawlinson, usually to October, 1738.

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On fol. 1r a black-inked inscription: "These Copies of papers in the Bodleian Library to be preserved in that of St John's Coll. Oxon. R+R." Also later Pencil note: "St John's Rawlinson MS 3" and the mark "5b".

Inscription in 18th/19th c. hand inserted around text on fol. 12r: "Liber Coll: Sti. Joann: Bapt: Oxon:"

18th c. bookpile style bookplate on front pastedown, with Rawlinson's? monogram, and also current shelfmark, in 20th c. pencil.

This catalogue entry derives from Stewart Tiley's unpublished descriptive catalogue of the post-1500 western manuscripts at St John's College, Oxford (2018). This entry was uploaded to ArchivesHub in April 2023 as part of the St John's College Library digitization project. To learn more about the project and to find digital resources, please visit the Digital Library