"Commission de lunatico inquirendo" to inquire into the sanity of the Revd Thomas Gayfere
- Date:
- January-February 1845
- Reference:
- MS.6047
- Part of:
- Gayfere, The Revd Thomas (c. 1806-1851), lunatic
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Papers relating to the commission de lunatico inquirendo to inquire into the sanity of the Revd Thomas Gayfere of the Gloucester County Lunatic Asylum (and formerly of Dr [Charles C] Langworthy's asylum at Box, Wilts.).
Depositions include statements by William John Church, surgeon, of Bath, and Charles Edward Prior, surgeon of the Gloucester Country Lunatic Asylum.
Also included are writings by Gayfere, including letters to Sir Robert Peel and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Publication/Creation
January-February 1845
Physical description
27 items
Finding aids
Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores