A ballad on a certain lord's altering his chapel at Grove into a kitchen

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt q 27
  • Dates of Creation
    • ca.1746
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 f. The watermark resembles Churchill (1935), Vryheyt, nos. 81-4, 86, 94-5, 98 and 105, having "leopard" holding vertical standard in sinister paw, thunderbolt in dexter paw, within full Latin motto, surmounted by crown; details at foot undeciphered

Scope and Content

Humorous ballad on the conversion of a chapel into a kitchen by Lord Doneraile at his house at Grove, attributed severally to Paul Whitehead and to Sir Charles Hanbury Williams

Administrative / Biographical History

The true author of the ballad is unknown

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Purchased from Hofmann, May 1974

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

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