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

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
7 Letter from Edmund Gosse to W. Aldis Wright Item 5 May 1885
9 Letter from Charles E. Grant to W. Aldis Wright Item 4 Apr. 1887
15 List of ‘Sussex Words’, in an unidentified hand Item late 19th or early 20th c.
17 List of notable words in Legh’s Accedens of Armory (1562, etc.) and Holme’s Academy of Armory (1688), compiled by W. Aldis Wright Item late 19th or early 20th c.
19 Notes by W. Aldis Wright on literary references to henbane and on the etymology of the word Item late 19th or early 20th c.
1 Note by W. W. Skeat of a passage in Wyclif’s Works, to illustrate a phrase in Hamlet Item 1871?
10 Rough notes on Scandinavian words, in an unidentified hand Item late 19th or early 20th c.
14 Transcript by W. Aldis Wright of entries in the Stationers’ Register, 2 May-19 Sept. 1605, relating to The Life and Death of Gamaliel Ratsey and Bacon’s Advancement of Learning Item late 19th or early 20th c.
18-30 Notes by W. Aldis Wright on various literary and philological matters 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 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.
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
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
2 Letter from T. Duffus Hardy to W. Aldis Wright Item 5 Feb. 1868
5 Letter from Sir T. Duffus Hardy to W. Aldis Wright Item 6 Dec. 1872
9 Letter from Sir T. Duffus Hardy to W. Aldis Wright Item 16 Apr. 1874