Collection of loose sheets almost entirely of English verse, in many different hands, dating from the early 17th to the early 18th century; with a letter, 19 June 1622, from Thomas Gorstelow, and a bill of sale at the Royal Coffee-House at Charing Cross, 20 February 1679.
Collection of English verse
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- ReferenceGB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt q 11
- Dates of Creationca.1600-ca.1710
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description63 ff.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The compiler of the collection is unknown
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Peter Murray Hill Ltd., December 1958
Note
In English
Other Finding Aids
The poems are indexed in the BCMSV database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/intro.html
Additional Information
Apparently corresponds to many of the items in vol. A352 (as catalogued by Bloom ca.1903) of the papers of the Newdegate family, Arbury Hall, Nuneaton, Warwickshire. An annotated photocopy of the catalogue entry is enclosed with the manuscript.