MS 317: Fragments of a copy of Laud's Diary

Archive Unit
  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 473 MS317
  • Dates of Creation
      England, 17th c.; 1640s?
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
      English Latin
  • Physical Description
      Support (paper) 198 x 76 mm. Text area: typically 195 x 60 mm. Fol. 4 leaves. (1 later pencil sequence of foliation in top right of each rector: 4 leaves). Taped onto stubs in an album of 14 leaves (231 x 149 mm), leaves 1-2 of the manuscript on a stub formed from leaf 3 of the album, and leaves 3-4 on a stub formed from leaf 6. Binding: 20th c. deep green buckram with shelf number in gilt on spine.

Scope and Content

Fragments of a broadly contemporary copy of the diary of William Laud (1573-1645, Archbishop of Canterbury). The two fragments cover the dates May 1629 to August 1632, and 21st December 1640 to 4th January 1641/2. The original comprises St John's manuscript number 258.

1. Fols 1r-4v: Laud, William. Fragments of a copy of his diary. Chiefly English but with several passages in Latin. Single 17th c. cursive mixed hand. Written in 1 column with ca. 40 lines to a page. Dates in left hand margins.

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This catalogue entry derives from Stewart Tiley's unpublished descriptive catalogue of the post-1500 western manuscripts at St John's College, Oxford (2018).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

Geographical Names

England