A Mirrour of Virtues and vices in 2 decads by way of description and Characters

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0096 MS296
Held at	: Senate House Library, University of London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections ›
Full title	: A Mirrour of Virtues and vices in 2 decads by way of description and Characters
Date(s)	: c1560-1570
Level of description	: Fonds
Extent	: 38 leaves, 1 volume
Name of creator(s)	: Bilson | Thomas | 1547-1616 | Bishop of Winchester
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Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Bilson born 1547 in Winchester, where he was educated and at New College Oxford; fellow 1564/5; Prebendary of Winchester, and Warden of the College there; Bishop of Worcester, 1596; translated to the see of Winchester, three years later; died 1616.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

A Mirrour of Virtues and vices in 2 decads by way of description and Characters manuscript by Thomas Bilson, successively Bishop of Worcester and of Winchester. In a prefatory note to his sister, Bilson characterizes the work as "the extract of the superfluous humour of youth's distemperature, which I hope maturity of judgment, and ripenesse of further experience will either purify or utterly extinguish." Perhaps written while he was at Oxford.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

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Conditions governing reproduction:

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Archival Information

Archival history:

Unknown

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown

Allied Materials

Related material:

Other Bilson material British Library Lansdowne Manuscripts 77, 79, 80, 84, 145, Additional 6177, Burney Manuscripts, 366; Bodleian Rawlinson Manuscripts D47, D1175, Western Manuscripts, 28, 184; Lambeth Palace Manuscripts 943; Winchester College and New College muniments.

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by J Caudwell.

Rules or conventions:
National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000.

Date(s) of descriptions:
J Caudwell 2002-08-29