GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000744
TitleChoyce receits collected out of the book of receits, of the Lady Vere Wilkinson
ShelfmarkV.a.612
Creation Dateca. 1674 - 1770
RepositoryFolger Shakespeare Library
Contents NoteThis volume consists mainly of recipes recorded between 1674 and 1770. According to the inscription on f. 1r (Part I), the recipes were "begun to be written by the Right Hon[oura]ble the Lady Anne Carr", who is identified by the cataloguer as most likely "a member of the Kerr family, Earls of Ancram and Lothian." It also contains a small amount of religious material, including notes on two sermons by John Stoughton (pp. viii-13 [Part II]).
Material Features178 leaves, 15 x 10 cm. The recipes proceed from the front cover on foliated leaves (Part I). The text continues upside-down and backward from the back cover with numbered pages (Part II). The book contains two inscriptions identifying Susan(a) Hixon as the owner: one dated simply 28 January on f. 1r (Part I) and one dated 17 May 1674 on p. i (Part II). Also on p. i (Part II) is a seventeenth-century inscription by Edward Wordsworth.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Hixon, Susana (Susan)manuscript owner - Kerr (Carr), Annemanuscript owner - Wordsworth, Edward
Provenance
AcquisitionAcquired by Folger from Maggs Bros. in 2011.
Source of DataAdam Richter; LUNA: Folger Digital Image Collection
Other Note
Sermons ContainedThe Happiness of Peace -- pp. 1-10 (Part II)The Love-Sicke Spouse -- pp. 11-13 (Part II)
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdJanuary 31, 2018
GEMMS record last editedJune 10, 2022