# Egerton Collection

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The **Egerton Collection** is a collection of historical [manuscripts](/source/Manuscript) held in the [British Library](/source/British_Library). The core of the collection comprises 67 manuscripts bequeathed to the [British Museum](/source/British_Museum) in 1829 by [Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater](/source/Francis_Henry_Egerton%2C_8th_Earl_of_Bridgewater), along with £12,000 (the Bridgewater fund). To this sum a further £3000 (the Farnborough Fund) was added in 1838 by Egerton's cousin, [Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough](/source/Charles_Long%2C_1st_Baron_Farnborough). The income from the bequests is devoted to the purchase of further manuscripts, which are added to the original collection.[1] This means that the Egerton series, unlike most other named series of manuscripts held by the Library, remains open to new accessions.

## See also

- [British Library, MS Egerton 88](/source/British_Library%2C_MS_Egerton_88)

- [British Library, MS Egerton 1782](/source/British_Library%2C_MS_Egerton_1782)

- [Egerton Gospel](/source/Egerton_Gospel)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Egerton MSS](http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/manuscripts/ongoingcoll/ongoingcollections.html#egerton) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180818082111/http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/manuscripts/ongoingcoll/ongoingcollections.html#egerton) 18 August 2018 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) British Library, 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.

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