47 letters and documents, on paper (one document on parchment) in various cursive scripts, produced in England between 1554 and 1706. Mostly from the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, they consist of claims for expenses, wages, and other benefits. They include an account of a banquet (15 November 1561), signed by the Marquis of Winchester and Sir Walter Mildmay; a Claim for Allowances (1563) by Sir Thomas Chaloner, Ambassador to Spain; L. S. (1578) by Lord Burgley about money to be sent to Ireland and mentioning Sir Philip Sidney; A. L. S. (1597) by George, Lord Hunsdon; A. K. S. (Chester, 11 Aug. 1601) by the antiquary and mathematician Edward Brerewood to the Privy Council. The documents also include signatures of other government officials and nobles. and The documents derive from the papers of Robert Petre, Auditor for the Exchequer, and his colleague Vincent Skinner.
Description:
Binding: Middle Hill boards, spine missing., Ex libris Sir Thomas Phillipps (unnumbered MS)., and Modern pencil pagination employed. Wanting p. 43-46, 65-68, 109-114, 119-120, 125-132, 139-142, 161-168, 177-178.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Politics and government--1533-1603 and Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1625
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth--I,--Queen of England,--1533-1603, Great Britain.--Exchequer, James--I,--King of England,--1566-1625, and Phillipps, Thomas,--Sir,--1792-1872--Ownership
Subject (Topic):
Finance, Public--Great Britain and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscripts, in different hands, of a collection of several dozen primarily satirical and anonymous poems, many scatological. The majority of the poems are political satires, especially concerning the abdication of King James II and the accession of King William III; other targets include Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax; religious zeal; and France. Other poems satirize women, including Barbara Villiers (afterwards Palmer), Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland, with reference to her affair with rope-dancer Jacob Hall; Mrs. Moseley and her link with Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley and 1st Earl of Shaftesbury; and women's conduct generally. The collection also includes a broadside printing of Packington's Pound, as well as numerous satirical songs sung to its tune.
Description:
Binding: marbled covers, detached. and See "Early American Literature, vol. XIV, 1979, concerning the attribution of "A Fart" (p. 193).
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Court and courtiers, Great Britain--Politics and government--1660-1714, and Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
Subject (Name):
Cleveland, Barbara Villiers Palmer, Duchess of, 1641-1709, Etherege, George, Sir, 1635?-1691, Hall, Jacob, James II, King of England, 1633-1701. aut, Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683, and William III, King of England, 1650-1702
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English, English poetry--17th century, Political poetry, English, Songs, English, Verse satire, English, and Women--Conduct of life
The collection contains autograph manuscripts and typescripts, corrected, of works by William Maxse Meredith, including the short stories Marion, A Winter Tour, and Will She Regret It?, as well as letters by and to him, including letters to Edward Clodd; William Morris Colles; S. M. Ellis; and Arthur Wing Pinero.
Description:
Acquired from various sources. For more information see catalog cards filed in the collection.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--19th century--Archives, Authors, English--20th century--Archives, English literature--19th century, and English literature--20th century
English poetry --18th century, Family --England --Domestic relations, Female friendship --Poetry, Humorous poetry, English, and Occasional verse, English
Pembroke, Anne Clifford Herbert, Countess of, 1590-1676
Published / Created:
1600-1602.
Call Number:
Osborn b27
Image Count:
86
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, of personal accounts on behalf of Lady Anne Clifford. The manuscript records gifts from various sources, such as gold "geven by my Lady of Warwick to my La. Anne at the court," and money allowed by her mother, Lady Cumberland, as well as its expenditure on clothes, charity, and play. Entries include sums "Given by my La. Anne for a reward to a poore woman that brought her Lap. apples & cakes," "for half a thousand of pynnes," "delivered to Mrs. Taylor for buying a white parchmt fanne for my Lady Anne," "geven by my Lady Anne to ii poore men in the fields," and "lost at cardes." The manuscript also records sums borrowed by Lady Anne, and the names of her creditors.
Description:
Binding: limp parchment., Dos-a-dos, two pages of pen trials and proverbs., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Signatures of Anne Clifford appear throughout the manuscript.
Subject (Geographic):
England--Social life and customs
Subject (Topic):
Account books, Accounting, Maxims, Nobility--England, Women--Conduct of life, and Women--Social life and customs