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Notebook, 1936-1940

Notebook of Canon J M J Fletcher Librarian 1936-1940

1 volume
1 sheet

Personal notebook of Canon Fletcher (with possibly annotations by Christopher Wordsworth) likely to have been kept during his time as Cathedral Librarian. Contains: transcript [?] or notes on Salisbury manuscripts from Edward Bernard's 'Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae in unum collecti cum indice alphabetico' (Oxford, 1697, ?1698) with cross references to Salisbury Cathedral's 1880 manuscripts catalogue; notes on 'The Sarum Tonale' (MS 175) an article by J Lambert published in the Journal of the British Archaeological Association (1859); 'Notes on MSS in the Library at Salisbury Cathedral by W H Black FSA' at a meeting of the Congress of the British Archaeological Association 2-7 Aug 1858 and published in the Journal of the Royal British Archaeological Association vol XV (1859), mss mentioned include MS 158, MS 133, MS 175, MS 117, MS 88, MS 80, MS 119, MS 168, MS 120, T.2.45; notes on 'Saxon Book found in Salisbury Cathedral Library sent by Bishop Jewel to the Archbishop Matthew Parker'; notes on 'Bishop Jewell's Book' as published in [Wiltshire?] Notes & Queries 11th series vol IX; reference to a volume held at the University of Cambridge; reference to a pontifical bequeathed by Bishop Roger de Mitford of Salisbury and now at the Bodelian Library; typed letter signed by Neil Ker listing the Salisbury manuscripts at the Bodelian Library; list headed 'Muniment Room Press II box lettered Dean' of books given to the Cathedral library by Thomas Cooke (28 May 1669) ie volumes E.3.3, Y.2.9, N.2.9, M.1.15, Y.2.13, T.3.32, T.2.41, T.2.42, R.4.6, Y.2.21 and 22, T.5.17, K.2.6, A.5.12, K.2.2, K.2.27, T.4.17, C.2.8; List of Dean Bayley's Books for Sarum Library (also kept in 'Muniment Room Press II box lettered Dean') ie volumes B.1.22, Z.1.54, A.3.12-18, B.5.30, M.1.3-4, N.1.1, A.3.1-3, E.2.10, A.4.15, A.4.3, A.2.1-2, A.3.4-6, A.3.7-8. M.1.24-25, B.3.16, F.2.26, N.5.18, N.5.21, N.5.19, N.5.20, I.5.1, N.6.31, N.6.30; also kept in Press II Dean details of a deed of Richard Watson prebendary of Bitton referring to a gift of a book 'Textus Magestri Sententiarum' 1528 to the Cathedral library; list of 39 of Canon Fletcher's Books given to the library by Mrs Fletcher March 1940 following Canon Fletcher's death with cross referenced notes to shelfmarks of other copies [?] already held by the library; list of 'Places where Books were printed'; list of 'Books attended to by Mr Bailey, Nov 1940' ie Antiquitates Sarisburiensis (no shelf number), K.3.20, ZC1 2.3, T.3.45, Y.3.32. Note by Canon Quick dated 14 Mar 1940 on the insde front board reads: 'Note. Pencil sketch of Dean Hamilton sent to Dean Henderson in Febr 1940 and by him given to me for safe custody 14.3.40 - this I have placed in Sarum Epitaphs 1825-1913 shelf no B.a.7.15.'

English

Material: paper

Fletcher, James Michael John
Ker, Neil Ripley
Wordsworth, Christopher
Jewel, John
Bailey, Harry
Quirk, Robert
Bodelian Library