Astle, Thomas, (1735-1803), antiquary, archivist and palaeographer

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Surname:	Astle
Forenames:	Thomas
Gender:	Male
Date:	1735-1803
Biography:	ODNB link for Astle, Thomas (1735-1803) Antiquary Archivist Palaeographer
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P166549 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P925 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1760-91: corresp, commonplace book, antiquarian notes and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Stowe MSS passim	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
2	c1775-1803: antiquarian corresp, collections and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 4729, 4646-59, 34668, 34711	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
3	papers rel to Anglo-Saxon charters (1 vol)	University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections	1956/iv/11	NRA 32504 BUL misc See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
4	1775-1803: account of searches of public records in Tower record office	Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society	MS 380	See Catalogue 1931
5	1768-72: letters to him rel to the printing of the Rolls of Parliament	Essex Record Office	D/DQs 35	NRA 5380 Avery
6	c1760-80: notes rel to Thetford and list of MSS rel to Norfolk and Suffolk	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Top Norfolk e 1	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
7	1780: MS on Old Sarum	Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre	1946/Box 2	NRA 17343 Pleydell-Bouverie
8	c1775: MS catalogue of the papers of Sir Richard Worsley	Isle of Wight Record Office	JER/WA	NRA 26748
9	1796: MS volume	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	MS OGDEN 50
10	1757-1803: corresp	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	Astle
11	letters (13) from him	Lewis Walpole Library		NRA 22338 Walpole Library
12	1763-1800: letters from George Cressner and others	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng lett c 130, 196, 291, d 76	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
13	letters from Richard Greene and other antiquaries	Cambridge University: Fitzwilliam Museum		See Select Biographical Sources (Library Association survey) 1971
14	1788-88: letters to Lord Grenville	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 59000, 59258
15	letters (30) to the Grenville family	Huntington Library		See Guide 1982
16	1769-80: letters (14) from JA Hammond	Kent History and Library Centre	U998	NRA 9383 See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
17	1767-86: letters to 2nd Lord Hardwicke	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 35608-36269 passim
18	1775-1803: corresp with Robert Lemon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 34711
19	1800: Parliamentaria: a collection of extracts from the public records 1524-1631	Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre	4019	See Annual Return 2011