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Nicolson, William, (1655-1727), Bishop of Derry, antiquary

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Surname: Nicolson
Forenames: William
Gender: Male
Date: 1655-1727
Biography: ODNB link for Nicolson, William (1655-1727) Bishop of Derry Antiquary
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P151133 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P21248 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Nicolson
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
diaries, almanacs and accounts (copies)
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
See Report 1960-65 p179
2
c1694-1713: collections and notes incl plan for his book on Northumbria
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS top gen c 1-2
3
1678-79: travel journal
Oxford University: Queen's College Library
MS 68
See HO Coxe, Catalogue of MSS in Oxford Colleges, Collegii Reginensis p11
4
1702-1718: diaries (photocopies)
Parliamentary Archives
BOOK/1342
5
collections rel to his English Historical Library
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Eng misc f 72
6
adversaria for his Scottish Historical Library
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
La III 243
7
1683-1727: corresp
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 34265
8
collections rel to diocese of Carlisle (4 vols)
Carlisle Library
9
1715-17: letters received
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Adv.MS.81.1.22
10
1700-23: diaries, almanacs and accounts (32 vols)
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust
11
c1686-1716: misc corresp
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Add C 217
12
1683-1702: letters to Arthur Charlett
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Ballard 4
13
1702-24: letters (c120 copies) from Edmund Gibson
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Add A 269
14
1708-23: corresp with William King
Trinity College Dublin
MSS 1995-2008
NRA 20078
15
1691-1723: letters (c60) to Ralph Thoresby
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society
MSS1-36
NRA 41920
16
1697-1725: letters (185) to William Wake (copies)
Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library
Forster Collection
NRA 38887 Forster
17
1697-1721: letters to William Wake
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 6116
18
1715-18: corresp with David Wilkins
Lambeth Palace Library
See Accessions to Repositories 1979
19
1696-1703: letters (16) from Robert Wodrow
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
La III 355