Papers of W. Aldis Wright relating to philology, etc.

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
4 List of cognate Hebrew and Indo-Germanic roots, from Tregelles’ translation of Gesenius’ Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon, in an unidentified hand Item late 19th or early 20th c.
8 List of corrigenda for an edition of Spenser’s Faerie Queene, Books I-III, in an unidentified hand Item late 19th or early 20th c.
13 Note by W. Aldis Wright of historical events referred to in Henry VIII Item late 19th or early 20th c.
15 Collation by W. Aldis Wright of two copies of the ‘Butter’ quarto of King Lear (1608) Item late 19th or early 20th c.
16 Note by W. Aldis Wright of passages in Budaeus’ De Asse quoted by Robert Burton in The Anatomy of Melancholy Item late 19th or early 20th c.
1 Cutting from the Norwich Mercury, containing reports of court proceedings, in which the word ‘havel’ has been underlined Item 15 June 1867
4 Cutting from the Daily News, containing a letter to the editor from J.C.G., headed ‘The “Haw”’, in which the word ‘haw’ has been underlined Item 9 July 1880
8 Cutting from the Norfolk News, containing notes on the dialect words and phrases ‘dutfin’, ‘meat for manners’, ‘summerly’, ‘knawing’ or ‘gnawing’, ‘eddish’, ‘bears’ muck’, ‘pightle’, and ‘maukin’ Item 17 Sept. 1910
2 Printed menu and programme of the ‘46th Annual State Banquet of Sapience’ of the Society of Noviomagus on 4 July 1874, including quotations from the works of Shakespeare Item 1874
4 Cuttings from The Scotsman, containing a review by Lewis Campbell of Charles Wordsworth’s edition of Shakspeare’s Historical Plays Item 12 Jan. 1883
5 Letter from W. G. Stone to W. Aldis Wright Item 15 Mar. 1885
7 Cutting from the Transactions of the New Shakspere Society, containing a paragraph from a paper by Robert Boyle entitled ‘Henry VIII: An Investigation into the Origin and Authorship of the Play’ Item 1885
9 Cutting from the Derby Mercury, containing an article headed ‘A Find at Haddon and Ashford’ concerning discoveries made by F. J. Furnivall at Haddon Hall and Ashford church; annotated by Furnivall Item 22 Aug. 1888
10 Printed leaf or cutting, containing four versions of the casket song in The Merchant of Venice, as printed in four different editions, with handwritten notes in an unidentified hand Item 19th c.
5 Letters and papers from an envelope marked 'Halliwell’s Dictionary | vol. i. | Loose Papers' File 1866-95
6 Letter from T. Smith Woolley to W. Aldis Wright Item 16 Feb. 1881
10 Letter from S. Wilton Rix to W. Aldis Wright Item 2 July 1887
12 Letter from Basil R. Airy to W. Aldis Wright Item 28 Oct. 1895
13 List of ‘Keysoe Words and Phrases’, compiled by William Airy Item before 1874
14 Rough list of notable words and phrases, in an unidentified hand Item late 19th or early 20th c.
1 Portion of a manuscript, containing, on one side, a note of a fine levied in 47 Edw. III (1373-4) between (1) William Curszoun of Berford (Barford), Robert Courszoun of Honyngham (Honingham), etc., and (2) Thomas Curszoun of Bintre (Bintree), in respect of various properties in Norfolk, and, on the other, part of an account of clothes and fabrics Item 18th c.?
4 List of Huntingdonshire words, sent to W. Aldis Wright by Mrs Warren of Over Item 22 Nov. 1868
6 Letter from Alfred Ainger to W. Aldis Wright Item 6 Mar. 1885
9 Letter from C. H. Griffith to A. F. Kirkpatrick Item 25 Oct. 1904
10 Letter from Annie M. Robinson to W. Aldis Wright Item 1893 x 1914
1 Letter from Alfred Newton to W. Aldis Wright Item 20 Mar. 1880
5 Proof of three articles under the heading ‘Suffolk Notes and Queries’: (i) ‘Captain Ward’ by ‘Rector’ (Robert H. Groome), annotated by the author; (ii) ‘William Dowsing’ by R. H. G. (the same); and (iii) ‘“County Biography”’ by L. O. Item c. 23 Nov. 1877
9 Letter from T. Smith Woolley on the word ‘shot’ File 1881
1 Letter from T. Smith Woolley to W. Aldis Wright Item 20 June 1881
1 Letter from T. Duffus Hardy to W. Aldis Wright Item 5 Feb. 1868