1. Egerton MS 3787
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 3787
- Title:
- JOHN, 2ND BARON HERVEY: 'Agrippina, a Tragedy', etc.; circa 1709-1744. Copies. Hervey's unpublished play forms the main text in a notebook of miscellaneous material that is transcribed in a single unidentified hand. Armorial bookplate (f. ii), after 1756, of the Earl of Ilchester inside front cover, on paste-down (f. i) which also carries letter 'A' jotted in modern pencil in bottom left-hand corner. Purchased, through the Farnborough Fund, from Richard Hatchwell of Chippenham, co. Wilts, 16...
- Scope & Content:
- includes: ff. 4-8 Thomas Burnet, DD; prebend of Sarum: Meditations addressed to Lady Hertford on the death of her son Viscount Beauchamp: 1744: Copy.ff. 4-8v George Seymour, Viscount Beauchamp: Frances Seymour, wife of Algernon, 7th Duke of Somerset: Thomas Burnet, DD; prebend of Sarum: Cor...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1704-1744
- Extent:
- 1 item