Oldys, William, (1696-1761), Herald and Antiquary

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Surname:	Oldys
Forenames:	William
Gender:	Male
Date:	1696-1761
Biography:	ODNB link for Oldys, William (1696-1761) Herald and Antiquary
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P159553 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P21618 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Oldys

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	notes on trees, birds and on Langbaine's English Dramatic Poets	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 20724-25, 22592-95
2	MS of London libraries	Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department		See MSS in Hunterian Library
3	c1718: commonplace books	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 12522-23
4	1729: essay on epistolary writings with respect to the Grand Collection of Thomas, Earl of Strafford (ms copy)	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	c476	NRA 18661 Osborn coll
5	c1746: annotations to a MS copy of Edward Bolton's petition to James I for a Royal Academy	Society of Antiquaries of London	MS 103	See PJ Willetts, Manuscripts in the Society of Antiquaries of London (2000)
6	several printed works with his copious MS notes and additions	British Library, Modern English and Reader Services, Humanities and Social Sciences		See RC Alston, Books with manuscript, passim
7	notes on Tanner's Notitia monastica	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	NLW MS 21601B