Contains 36 pieces of English verse, five being signed or initialled by Tempest; a few pieces of Latin verse; London sermons etc. from various sources; three extracts from speeches before parliament from 1628; an extract from Francis Bacon, The advancement and proficience of learning, and one from Lewis Roberts, The merchants map of commerce, 1638; business and legal forms of oath and other documents, apparently drawn up or copied by an apprentice to Rowland and George Wynne or Winne of London; recipes and receipts, and tables. A loose leaf of recipes is pasted onto f."267" [280]. References in the text point to the Company of Merchant Adventurers. Some Yorkshire names and wool trade references.
Commonplace book compiled by Jo. Tempest
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- ReferenceGB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt q 9
- Dates of Creation1640-1650
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish Latin
- Physical Description1 vol. (286 ff.); In a contemporary binding of sheepskin. The inside of the front board is inscribed "G. A. Farsyde Fylingdales nr Whitby Y[ks?] 1825 [altered to 1826]. These M.S. were found amongst the papers of my Uncle Watson Farsyde".
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Nothing is known of the compiler of this commonplace book
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Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Peter Murray Hill, May 1960
Note
In English and Latin
Other Finding Aids
The English poems are indexed in the BCMSV database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/intro.html
Custodial History
Formerly the property of Watson Farsyde and G. A. Farsyde