Comprises 54 separate poems.
Collection of verse, partly political and addressed to the Cecil family, including many epitaphs
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt q 44
- Dates of Creation
- ca. 1626-1649
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (60 ff.), predominantly in a single hand, ca. 1626, with later additions, bound within vellum covers. On the inside front cover there are the words 'At Leth the 4 June 1649 R.[D.?] Carr' written in a hand similar to that of the main text, and the name 'Douglas Grant' written in pencil in a modern hand.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The compiler of this anthology is unknown.
Access Information
Access is unrestricted.
Acquisition Information
Purchased at Sotheby's on 26 August 1981.
Note
In English.
Other Finding Aids
The poems are indexed in the BCMSV database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/bcmvlink.htm#bcltq44