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Borlase, William, (1696-1772), rector of Ludgvan, antiquary and naturalist

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Surname:	Borlase
Forenames:	William
Gender:	Male
Date:	1696-1772
Biography:	ODNB link for Borlase, William (1696-1772), rector of Ludgvan, antiquary and naturalist
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P154086 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P2991 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Borlase

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1740: parochial memoranda rel to Cornwall	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MS 2657	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
2	c1750-1758: original MS of Natural History of Cornwall	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Ashmolean MS 1823	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
3	1764: Discourse on the Poor	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng misc e 557	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
4	1771: treatise on Creation	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng th e 151	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
5	1748: topographical sketches, church monuments, epitaphs, etc	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	Z19/16/1	NRA 31736 Exeter City L See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
6	1752: journal of tour to Scilly Isles; description of Ludgvan, etc	Morrab Library		See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
7	c1735-1772: papers	Royal Institution of Cornwall	B, BB, BV	NRA 38757 Royal See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
8	1752-1768: corresp (54 items)	Royal Institution of Cornwall	BLP
9	c1748-1762: memoranda on the Cornish tongue (1 vol); addenda to his Antiquities and Natural History of Cornwall (1755-62)	Kresen Kernow (formerly Cornwall Record Office)	EN 2000, 2002	NRA 2651 See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
10	corresp	Morrab Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
11	1748-1767: corresp with EM da Costa	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 28535 ff1-176
12	1752-1764: corresp with John Ellis	Linnean Society of London	Ellis papers	NRA 9516
13	1748-1768: letters to Charles Lyttelton	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Stowe MS 752 ff106-240
14	1761-1770: letters to Thomas Pennant	Warwickshire County Record Office	CR 2017	NRA 23685

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