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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Humphryes, Sydney

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0059

Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England

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 AND 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.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

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

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Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.