MS 349: Account Book of Henry Handley Norris

Together with MSS 350-355 this forms a set of six 19th century account books, and a bank pass book, belonging to Henry Handley Norris (1771-1850, Church of England clergyman and leader of the High Church faction known as the Hackney Phalanx). This volume covers the years 1815-1820. Purchased using the Leishman fund in 1981 (Colvin's supplement to Coxe).

1. Fols 1v-64r: Norris, Henry Handley. Account book recording income and expenditure for 1815-1820. English. Single 19h c. hand in black ink. Accounts with ca. 49 lines to a page. Double-entered. Divided into five unequal vertical columns with pencil rules. [Fols 64v-66v blank]

Inserted leaf
1. 1slip x mm. Financial calculations.

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Purchased using the Leishman fund in 1981 (Colvin's supplement to Coxe).

This catalogue entry derives from Stewart Tiley's unpublished descriptive catalogue of the post-1500 western manuscripts at St John's College, Oxford (2018).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