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MORE MOLYNEUX FAMILY OF LOSELEY, LOSELEY MANUSCRIPTS HELD BY THE FOLGER SHAKESPEARE...

Catalogue reference: Z/407

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This record is about the MORE MOLYNEUX FAMILY OF LOSELEY, LOSELEY MANUSCRIPTS HELD BY THE FOLGER SHAKESPEARE... dating from 1489-1682.

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Reference
Z/407
Title
MORE MOLYNEUX FAMILY OF LOSELEY, LOSELEY MANUSCRIPTS HELD BY THE FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY, WASHINGTON DC
Date
1489-1682
Description

The papers can be consulted on five microfilms referenced as follows:

Z/407/1: Folger references Lb.1-42

Z/407/2: Folger references Lb.43-284

Z/407/3: Folger references Lb.285-505

Z/407/4: Folger references Lb.506-525

Z/407/5: Folger references Lb.526-712

'Film Fo' references given in square brackets at the end of item descriptions are to microfilm held at the Folger.

Arrangement

This catalogue is based on and follows the arrangement of that prepared by the Folger Shakespeare Library although section numbers have been added to facilitate cross referencing between the Folger holdings and the main body of Loseley manuscripts held at Surrey History Centre. Items have been arranged under the various members of the More family, the papers of an official nature separated from those of a more personal nature, and each divided into several categories which have been arranged chronologically. The papers of Sir Thomas Cawarden, including most of the manuscripts which refer in any way to the Blackfriars estate even when the Mores become owners of the property in succession to Cawarden, have been placed at the end. The location of any transcriptions or reproductions of particular manuscripts is noted when applicable.

Related material

<span class="wrapper"><p>For the main body of archives of the More Molyneux family of Loseley held by Surrey History Centre, 13th-20th centuries, see LM/-; for the bound historical correspondence, c.1506-1935, see 6729/-; for loose letters and papers, c.1506-1878, see LM/COR/-.</p> <p>Note that this catalogue does not provide detailed cross-references to the related records held at Surrey History Centre.</p></span>

Held by
Surrey History Centre
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • <famname>More family of Loseley Park, Surrey</famname>
  • <famname>More Molyneux family of Loseley Park, Surrey</famname>
  • <famname>Molyneux, More, family of Loseley Park, Surrey</famname>
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Custodial history

Microfilms of the Loseley manuscripts held at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC, were purchased from the Library in September 2003. The Library acquired its collection of Loseley manuscripts at five different times. The first group relating to the office of the Revels came in 1938; the second including the Blackfriars deeds in 1939; the third consisting of the letters of John Donne in Apr 1940 and a little later a receipt of his; the fourth in 1941; and the fifth in 1954 after fourteen years of negotiation. They were purchased from the family via the bookseller William H. Robinson Ltd

Administrative / biographical background

For an account of the More Molyneux family and of the Loseley estate see the introduction to LM/-.

Publication note(s)
<span class="wrapper"><p>Some of the documents from this collection are described and illustrated in The Pen's Excellencie: Treasures from the Manuscript Collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library (University of Washington Press, 2002).</p> <p>Some items are transcribed or reproduced in the following works: The Loseley manuscripts, edited by A J Kempe (London, 1836) [Kempe]; Documents relating to the revels at court in the time of King Edward VI and Queen Mary, ed A G Feuillerat (Louvain, 1914) [Feuillerat, 1914]; Documents relating to the Office of the Revels in the time of Queen Elizabeth, ed A G Feuillerat (Louvain, 1908) [Feuillerat, 1908]; Collections (Blackfriars records), Malone Society, vol II, part 1, ed A G Feuillerat (Oxford, 1913) [Feuillerat, 1913]; Collections (Blackfriars records), Malone Society, vol VI, part I, ed A G Feuillerat (Oxford, 1924) [Feuillerat, 1924]; A century of persecution under Tudor and Stuart sovereigns from contemporary records, by St G K Hyland (London, 1920) [Hyland]. Some items are printed or described in 'The manuscripts of William More Molyneux, esq., of Loseley Park, Guildford, co. Surrey,' Historical Manuscripts Commission, 7th report, part I, Appendix (London, 1879), pp.596-681 [HMC].</p></span>
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MORE MOLYNEUX FAMILY OF LOSELEY, LOSELEY MANUSCRIPTS HELD BY THE FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY, WASHINGTON DC