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Bale, John, (1495-1563), Bishop of Ossory, antiquary

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Surname: Bale
Forenames: John
Gender: Male
Date: 1495-1563
Biography: ODNB link for Bale, John (1495-1563), Bishop of Ossory, antiquary
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P135026 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P1320 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for John Bale
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
religious collections incl many papers rel to Carmelite order, transcripts of some of his notes and misc papers
British Library, Manuscript Collections
See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
2
1525-57: collections rel to Carmelites and bibliographical studies, his MS additions to a volume rel to John Wycliffe and the Lollards
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
3
c1514-23: tracts rel to Carmelite order
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
See Catalogue of MSS 1867, Vol II pp531-32
4
c1548-58: Illustrium Maioris Britanniae with his MS notes and additions
Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections
5
1557-63: Illustrium Maioris with MS annotations and additions
British Library, Modern English and Reader Services, Humanities and Social Sciences
See RC Alston, Books with manuscript 1994, p27
6
c1552-57: epitome of John Leland's work with notes on papal history
Cambridge University: Trinity College Library
See Index of English Literary MSS vol 1, 1450-1625
7
c1561: papers, annotations to other MSS
Lambeth Palace Library
See Index of English Literary MSS vol I 1450-1625
8
further misc papers and annotations to other MSS
See information in published source
See Index of English literary MSS vol 1 1450-1625
9
further papers
See information in published source
See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003