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Percy, Thomas, (1729-1811), Bishop of Dromore, antiquary

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Surname: Percy
Forenames: Thomas
Gender: Male
Date: 1729-1811
Biography: ODNB link for Percy, Thomas (1729-1811) Bishop of Dromore antiquary
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P143854 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P22636 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Thomas Percy
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
literary MSS
See information in published source
See HMC Guide to the papers of antiquaries and historians; Location index to English literary MSS
2
c1753-1811: corresp, papers and genealogical and ballad collections
British Library, Manuscript Collections
3
letters to him from various correspondents
British Library, Manuscript Collections
4
corresp, papers and literary MSS
Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
5
1750-1805: corresp and papers
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 17151 Percy
6
papers
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
7
corresp and papers (5 boxes)
Harvard University: Houghton Library
NRA 20129 Harvard Univ MSS
8
literary papers
Northamptonshire Archives Service
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
9
c1760-89: papers
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
10
1761-1804: letters and papers
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
11
letters and papers (10 items)
Boston Public Library
NRA 11046 Boston Library
12
sermons
Shrewsbury School Library
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
13
c1767: metrical romances transcribed for him (5 vols)
Harvard University: Houghton Library
NRA 20129 Harvard Univ MSS
14
1801: 'A statement of what passed' (1 vol)
Harvard University: Houghton Library
NRA 20129 Harvard Univ MSS
15
1774: dictionary of Bridgnorth dialect
Shropshire Archives
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
16
genealogical collections rel to the Percy family
The London Archives: City of London
17
1776-1804: corresp (11 items) and literary MSS
Huntington Library
See Guide to literary MSS 1979
18
notes rel to Hudibras
Trinity College Dublin
See TK Abbott, Catalogue of MSS (1900)
19
annotated collection of ballads
British Library, Modern English and Reader Services, Humanities and Social Sciences
See RC Alston, Books with manuscript (1994)
20
annotated copy of Allan Ramsay's Evergreen
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
21
annotated copy of Langbaine's English Dramatick Poets
Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections
22
1802-07: letters and MSS (17 items) from Thomas Robinson
Harvard University: Houghton Library
NRA 20129 Harvard Univ MSS
23
1755-60: letters to Thomas Apperley (copies)
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
24
1763-65: letters to Thomas Birch
British Library, Manuscript Collections
25
1798: letters to JB Blakeway
Shropshire Archives
See List of Accessions 1970
26
1773-1790: corresp with James Boswell
Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library
NRA 22146 Boswell
27
c1788-1806: letters from the Marquess of Buckingham
National Library of Ireland
28
1769-90: letters to Sir Robert Chambers
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
29
1762-83: letters to Sir David Dalrymple
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
30
1762-65: letters (14) to Evan Evans
National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
31
1762-73: corresp (54 items) with Richard Farmer
British Library, Manuscript Collections
32
1762-83: letters to Lord Hailes
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
NRA 17690 Dalrymple

See NRA(S)0909
33
1773-1805: letters to Earls of Hardwicke
British Library, Manuscript Collections
34
1760-73: letters from Samuel Johnson
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
35
1767-1811: corresp with Edmond Malone (c50 items)
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
36
1768-79: corresp with George Paton
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
NRA 23720 Paton
37
1767-72: letters to Samuel Pegge
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
38
1778-79: letters from John Pinkerton
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
39
1757-63: corresp with William Shenstone
British Library, Manuscript Collections
40
1786-89: letters (12) to JC Walker
Cambridge University: Fitzwilliam Museum
See Location register of English literary MSS 18th-19th cent
41
letters to John Watson
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society
See Catalogue of MSS and Deeds (1931)
42
1800-21: corresp with Jane West
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
43
1761-70: letters to Thomas Warton, incl notes and transcripts of ballads
British Library, Manuscript Collections
44
1765-1811: corresp
Alnwick Castle
NRA 836 Percy
45
c1760-1811: corresp
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
46
1788: letters and accounts rel to the purchase of Scottish firs
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 8117 Oxford Agric
47
letters (36)
Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library
NRA 18661 Osborn coll
48
library, with marginal notes, and papers
Queens University, Belfast
See Pilgrim Trust Annual Report, 1969, p32