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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR GEORGE WHELER
Catalogue reference: MS 3286
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- MS 3286
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Title (The name of the record)
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR GEORGE WHELER
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1701
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Description (What the record is about)
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Autobiography of Sir George Wheler (1650-1723), divine and traveller, describing his early years and education at Lincoln College, Oxford, up to 1673 when he left England to travel abroad, written in 1701 (ff.1-32).
Also a letter from Wheler to Archdeacon William Beveridge, later (1704) Bishop of St. Asaph, from Durham, 25 March 1701, describing obstacles to the comprehension of Dissenters in the Church of England (copy) (f.33); letter from the same to an unnamed correspondent, from Durham, 6 August 1703, about his family history (copy by Wheler) (f.37); various genealogical notes (ff.39-42, 45); letter from John Kettlewell, divine, to Wheler, from Lincoln College, Oxford, 3 September 1681, discussing a patron for him (f.43).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Lambeth Palace Library
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- x + 58 folios
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Given by the Friends of Lambeth Palace Library, 1986.
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Bound in calf by Waters of Newcastle, 20th century
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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An account of the provenance of the papers by E.G. Wheler, of Clarendon Leys, Warwick, 14 February 1909 (ff.iv-v). Bookplates of Granville Wheler, 1752, and Edward Galton Wheler, and ownership inscription of Brent Gratian-Maxfield, 1963.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/ee8d3f7b-e7bf-4ae6-8946-4d7f820739b3/
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR GEORGE WHELER