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Cole, William, (1714-1782), Anglican clergyman and antiquary

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Surname: Cole
Forenames: William
Gender: Male
Date: 1714-1782
Biography: ODNB link for Cole, William (1714-1782) Anglican Clergyman and Antiquary
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P147196 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P6126 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Cole
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 33498
See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
2
collections, misc corresp, personal papers, journal and diary
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 5798-887, 5952-62, 5992-4, 6034-5, 6057, 6151, 6396-402
3
1747-82: letters and misc papers
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
MS 25526
4
Cambridgeshire and Ely collections incl biographies of Bishops of Ely 1438-1515
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Add 3852-53, 4153, 6224-25
See Summary Guide 1966
5
1750-1781: MS music transcribed by him
Cambridge University: Fitzwilliam Museum
See Select Biographical Sources (Library Association survey) 1971
6
1754: copy of Thomas Gardner's Account of Dunwich, Blithburgh etc with MS additions by Cole
Suffolk Archives - Ipswich
HD 1538/208/8
NRA 39544
7
various printed works with Cole's MS notes and additions
British Library, Modern English and Reader Services, Humanities and Social Sciences
See RC Alston, Books with manuscript, passim
8
1781-82: corresp with John Nichols
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Top gen c 8
9
1762-82: letters (176) to Horace Walpole
Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library
Forster Collection
NRA 38887 Forster
10
1762-82: corresp with Horace Walpole
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 5952-5953, 5824-5874
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995