File 21 - Papers relating to The Correspondence of Richard Bentley, edited by John and Christopher Wordsworth

Identity area

Reference code

Add. MS c/21

Title

Papers relating to The Correspondence of Richard Bentley, edited by John and Christopher Wordsworth

Date(s)

  • [19th cent] (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

1 box

Context area

Name of creator

Wordsworth, Christopher (1807-1885), Bishop of Lincoln
(1807-1885)

Name of creator

Wordsworth, John (1805-1839), classical scholar
(1805-1839)

Repository

Trinity College Library, Cambridge

Archival history

The papers were originally an editing project of James Henry Monk, Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, who gave the project papers to John Wordsworth. On his death John Wordsworth's papers passed to Christopher Wordsworth. They were given to J. Edleston by Christopher Wordsworth.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Gift of Miss Edleston, 1953.

Allied materials area

Publication note

The Correspondence of Richard Bentley. 2 vols. London, 1842.

Notes area

Note

Accompanied by a letter from Christopher Wordsworth to Joseph Edleston dated 15 May [1848?].

Access points

Name access points

Archivist's note

An undated handwritten list in the box was used as the source for item records added in 2020 by Diana Smith.