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<p> [[Bishop]] and antiquary, born at [[Market]] Lavington, Wiltshire; became a graduate and [[Fellow]] of Oxford; took orders, and rose to be bishop of St. Asaph; his reputation as a learned and accurate antiquary rests on his two great works "Notitia Monastica, or a Short Account of the [[Religious]] Houses in [[England]] and Wales," and "Bibliotheca Britannico-Hibernica," a veritable mine of biographical and bibliographical erudition; bequeathed valuable collections of charters, deeds, &c., to the Bodleian Library (1674-1735). </p> | Thomas Tanner <ref name="term_80771" /> | ||
==References == | <p> [[Bishop]] and antiquary, born at [[Market]] Lavington, Wiltshire; became a graduate and [[Fellow]] of Oxford; took orders, and rose to be bishop of St. Asaph; his reputation as a learned and accurate antiquary rests on his two great works "Notitia Monastica, or a Short Account of the [[Religious]] [[Houses]] in [[England]] and Wales," and "Bibliotheca Britannico-Hibernica," a veritable mine of biographical and bibliographical erudition; bequeathed valuable collections of charters, deeds, &c., to the Bodleian [[Library]] (1674-1735). </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:06, 15 October 2021
Thomas Tanner [1]
Bishop and antiquary, born at Market Lavington, Wiltshire; became a graduate and Fellow of Oxford; took orders, and rose to be bishop of St. Asaph; his reputation as a learned and accurate antiquary rests on his two great works "Notitia Monastica, or a Short Account of the Religious Houses in England and Wales," and "Bibliotheca Britannico-Hibernica," a veritable mine of biographical and bibliographical erudition; bequeathed valuable collections of charters, deeds, &c., to the Bodleian Library (1674-1735).
