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Archer, Sir Simon, (1581-1662), Knight, antiquary and MP

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Surname:	Archer
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Simon
Gender:	Male
Date:	1581-1662
Title:	Knight
Biography:	ODNB link for Archer, Sir Simon (1581-1662), knight, antiquary and MP
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P142557 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P734 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Simon Archer

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1634-56: antiquarian notebooks (4)	Warwickshire County Record Office	CR 1059	NRA 3519 Warwicks RO misc See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
2	c1640-50: antiquarian notebooks (2)	Shakespeare Birthplace Trust	DR 473/293-94	NRA 33781 See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
3	MS copy of Leland's Itinerary Through Wales (1 vol)	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	NLW MS 12693	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
4	1622-50: antiquarian and genealogical corresp and papers (copies), account book	Shakespeare Birthplace Trust	ER 1/101, 105, 141	NRA 4523 Shakespeare misc See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
5	1649-53: accounts and papers	Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections	H-P Coll 350	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
6	1627-46: letters to Archer incl many from Sir William Dugdale and draft replies from him	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng lett b 1	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
7	12th-18th cent: Archer family papers and a genealogical history compiled by Sir Symon but not in his hand	Shakespeare Birthplace Trust	DR37, DR503	NRA 4523 Shakespeare misc See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
8	transcripts and copies of papers in his possession rel to Warwickshire	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Dugdale 9, 12, 13, 15, 21, 23; MS Dodsw 65; MSS top Warwickshire c 1-3, d 2-3	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
9	1627-60: corresp (copies) with Dugdale and others and notes rel to manor of Solihull	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 27972, 28564	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
10	1650-54: letters (17) and fragments of letters to Sir William Dugdale	Warwickshire County Record Office	CR721	NRA 8199 Dugdale See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003

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