Percy, Thomas, (1729-1811), Bishop of Dromore, antiquary

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Surname:	Percy
Forenames:	Thomas
Gender:	Male
Date:	1729-1811
Biography:	ODNB link for Percy, Thomas (1729-1811) Bishop of Dromore antiquary
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P143854 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P22636 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Thomas Percy

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	literary MSS	See information in published source		See HMC Guide to the papers of antiquaries and historians; Location index to English literary MSS
2	c1753-1811: corresp, papers and genealogical and ballad collections	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 22592-95, 27879, 32323-39, 34756, 38728, 39547, 42515-17; RP413, 1632, 2619, 3781
3	letters to him from various correspondents	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MS 201
4	corresp, papers and literary MSS	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
5	1750-1805: corresp and papers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Percy	NRA 17151 Percy
6	papers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Add a 265-66, 269
7	corresp and papers (5 boxes)	Harvard University: Houghton Library	MSS Eng B 891, 893	NRA 20129 Harvard Univ MSS
8	literary papers	Northamptonshire Archives Service	E(S)	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
9	c1760-89: papers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng misc b 38
10	1761-1804: letters and papers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng lett d 59
11	letters and papers (10 items)	Boston Public Library		NRA 11046 Boston Library
12	sermons	Shrewsbury School Library	Auden-Percy MSS 1-2	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
13	c1767: metrical romances transcribed for him (5 vols)	Harvard University: Houghton Library	MS Eng 748	NRA 20129 Harvard Univ MSS
14	1801: 'A statement of what passed' (1 vol)	Harvard University: Houghton Library	MS Eng 955	NRA 20129 Harvard Univ MSS
15	1774: dictionary of Bridgnorth dialect	Shropshire Archives	MS 1175/2	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
16	genealogical collections rel to the Percy family	The London Archives: City of London	CLC/521/MS03071
17	1776-1804: corresp (11 items) and literary MSS	Huntington Library		See Guide to literary MSS 1979
18	notes rel to Hudibras	Trinity College Dublin	MS 960	See TK Abbott, Catalogue of MSS (1900)
19	annotated collection of ballads	British Library, Modern English and Reader Services, Humanities and Social Sciences		See RC Alston, Books with manuscript (1994)
20	annotated copy of Allan Ramsay's Evergreen	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 494-95
21	annotated copy of Langbaine's English Dramatick Poets	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	La III 647
22	1802-07: letters and MSS (17 items) from Thomas Robinson	Harvard University: Houghton Library	MS Eng 734.3	NRA 20129 Harvard Univ MSS
23	1755-60: letters to Thomas Apperley (copies)	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Facs b 56	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
24	1763-65: letters to Thomas Birch	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 4316
25	1798: letters to JB Blakeway	Shropshire Archives		See List of Accessions 1970
26	1773-1790: corresp with James Boswell	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	GEN MSS 89	NRA 22146 Boswell
27	c1788-1806: letters from the Marquess of Buckingham	National Library of Ireland	MS 5022
28	1769-90: letters to Sir Robert Chambers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Autogr d 4, Eng poet b 6	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
29	1762-83: letters to Sir David Dalrymple	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS 25296	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
30	1762-65: letters (14) to Evan Evans	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	NLW MS 2039D	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
31	1762-73: corresp (54 items) with Richard Farmer	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 28222
32	1762-83: letters to Lord Hailes	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc 7228 8987	NRA 17690 Dalrymple See NRA(S)0909
33	1773-1805: letters to Earls of Hardwicke	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 35350, 35611, 35728-763 passim
34	1760-73: letters from Samuel Johnson	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng lett c 132	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
35	1767-1811: corresp with Edmond Malone (c50 items)	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Malone 26-27, 39	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
36	1768-79: corresp with George Paton	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Adv MSS 29 3 8, 29 5 5-8	NRA 23720 Paton
37	1767-72: letters to Samuel Pegge	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng lett d 46	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
38	1778-79: letters from John Pinkerton	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS 1713	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
39	1757-63: corresp with William Shenstone	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 28221
40	1786-89: letters (12) to JC Walker	Cambridge University: Fitzwilliam Museum	Perceval Bequest	See Location register of English literary MSS 18th-19th cent
41	letters to John Watson	Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society	MS 332	See Catalogue of MSS and Deeds (1931)
42	1800-21: corresp with Jane West	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng lett d 71
43	1761-70: letters to Thomas Warton, incl notes and transcripts of ballads	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 42560
44	1765-1811: corresp	Alnwick Castle		NRA 836 Percy
45	c1760-1811: corresp	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Adv MSS 22 3 11, 22 4 10
46	1788: letters and accounts rel to the purchase of Scottish firs	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Dep c 408(6)	NRA 8117 Oxford Agric
47	letters (36)	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library		NRA 18661 Osborn coll
48	library, with marginal notes, and papers	Queens University, Belfast	Percy	See Pilgrim Trust Annual Report, 1969, p32