The John Bargrave Collection
Humfrey Wanley (21 March 1672 - 6 July 1726)
Librarian to Robert Harley (Earl of Oxford). Wanley is referred to several times in Ralph Thoresby's Diary and Catalogue. In Thoresby's diary Wanley is referred to in connection with the Earl of Oxford's library, "At eight, at Mr. Dale's, with whom I walked to the Earl of Oxford's most noble library; viewed several valuable manuscripts, ancient and modern, European and American: met there not only with my old friend, Mr. Wanley, the librarian" (Vol 2 page 98). In Thoresby's Catalogue Wanley is mentioned in connection with some curiosities Thoresby aqcuired. "Two Indian Pencils fixed in Reeds seven Inches long. Don. D. Hum. Wanley." Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28664 Relevant locations: Birth place in CoventryPeople linked to person: John Bagford (1650/1-5 May 1716) was a seller to Humfrey Wanley
Joseph Boyse (1660-1728) was a friend of Humfrey Wanley