A ballad made of a high and mighty controversy betwixt two knights in Cheshire

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt q 59
  • Dates of Creation
    • ca. 1700-1750
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 2 ff. conjoined, folio manuscript. Written in a single hand on ff.1v-2r. On f.1r the name 'Mr Toft', possibly an owner, is written.

Scope and Content

Comprises a single poem concerning a quarrel between two kinsmen, Sir Peter Leycester and Sir Thomas Mainwaring, concerning a female ancestor, corresponding to Crum T3451.

Administrative / Biographical History

The author of the poem and the writer of the manuscript are both unknown.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted.

Acquisition Information

Purchased at Heath's bookshop on 21 April 1994.

Note

In English.

Other Finding Aids

The poem is indexed in the BCMSV database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/bcmvlink.htm#bcltq59