GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001097
TitlePolitical Tracts and Poems from the Reigns of Charles II to Anne
ShelfmarkStowe MS 305
Creation Date1661 - 1714
RepositoryBritish Library
Contents NoteCollection of various items including letters, political poetry, and dialogues, mostly copied from printed materials. The subject matter is chiefly political, and particularly relating to religious politics. A second hand begins at 295f. Folios after 315 are blank.
Material FeaturesLarge volume in modern cloth binding with modern foliation. Pages are ruled in columns in red.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Ashburnham, Bertrammanuscript owner - Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Richard
Provenance
AcquisitionThe Stowe collection of manuscripts held at the British Library is named after Stowe House, where the library was assembled by Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, First Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1776-1839). The collection was subsequently purchased by Bertram Ashburnham, Fourth Earl of Ashburnham. His son sold the collection to Parliament; following which, it was deposited in the British Museum, with the exception of the manuscripts which were of Irish interest, which were deposited in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin.
Source of DataBL Catalogue; Anne James; David Robinson; Hannah Yip.
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Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdFebruary 27, 2019
GEMMS record last editedMay 29, 2019