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