Humphryes, Sydney
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0114 MS0059 |
Held at | : Royal College of Surgeons of England Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums-and-archives/archives/ › |
Full title | : Humphryes, Sydney |
Date(s) | : 1646-[1668] |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 volume |
Name of creator(s) | : Humphryes | Sydney | fl 1686 | collector of recipes |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Currently no biographical information on Sydney Humphryes is known.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Sydney Humphryes, 1646-c1668, comprising a volume containing 'receipts' or recipes compiled by Sydney Humphryes, although the volume contains a variety of other hands. Including recipes for fruit waters and hair dyes, as well as treatments for burns, vomiting, the plague, and scrofula.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
As outlined in Scope and Content.
Conditions governing access:
By written appointment only.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No photocopying permitted.
Finding aids:
Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.
Archival Information
Archival history:
A note on the second page states "Given to me by my friend R Winburn Esq. July 1820. Henry Butterworth, 7 Fleet Street". Henry Butterworth (1786-1860) was a publisher of law books.
Immediate source of acquisition:
The volume was stamped by the Library on 11 Jun 1895.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Anya Turner.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Aug 2008
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