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West, James, (1703-1772), politician and antiquary

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Surname: West
Forenames: James
Gender: Male
Date: 1703-1772
Biography: ODNB link for West, James (1703-1772), politician and antiquary
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P134219 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P30184 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
MS collections
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Lands MSS
2
corresp and papers incl some rel to his historical researches
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 34727-47
3
corresp and papers incl some rel to antiquarian subjects
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Eng misc c 399
See Fuller list in Sotheby's cat 29th Oct 1962, lot 190
4
corresp and papers
Warwickshire County Record Office
NRA 4349 West
5
commonplace book containing entries on misc antiquities, statutes, laws and customs
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Lands MS 196
6
c1742-58: notes incl some of debates in the Commons and misc financial papers
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 6048, 18248, 30203, 35877-78
7
1660-1768: papers rel to the Royal Society
Royal Society
8
copy of Thomas Tanner's Notitia Monastica with his copious MS notes and additions
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
Gough eccl top 31
9
1729-35: letters to Thomas Hearne
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Rawl letters 11-12, 27c
10
1748-61: letterbook of corresp with John Maule
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS 10781
11
1747-68: corresp with Duke of Newcastle etc
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 32711-33088 passim