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Add MS 33509

Record Id:
032-002024344
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002024344
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000054.0x00008a
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 33509
Title:

NOTE-BOOK of Thomas Stringer [of Ivychurch, near Salisbury, co. Wilts], containing chiefly memoranda on matters of Agriculture, with numerous recipes, etc.; circ. 1655-1680. Amon- the subjects treated are:-the breeding of rabbits, ff. 2, 6 b;-silkworms, f. 6 the supply of coals from the pits, f. I 0 b ;-turnips, f. 11 b ;-clovergrass, f. 18;-" the planting Of liquorish," f. 26;-.saffron, f. 26 b; -the planting of woods, f. 29 b;-the feeding of horses without hay or corne," f. 30 b;-hops, f. 31 b;-fruit-trees, f. 33;-ploughs and carts, f. 35;-the growing of corn, f. 40;-liquid-manure ponds, f. 45 b,,-the destruction of caterpillars, f. 60;-the means of taking fish, moles, foxes and deer, ff. 61, 62, 63 b, 64;-cures for "gowt and scurvy," for " the stone and strangury," for " the kings evill," etc., ff. 66, 66 b, 68;-articles of manufacture in Lancashire and Cheshire, f. 71 ;-mushrooms, f. 78 b;-French firs, f. 79 b. At the end (f. 84 b), reversing the volume, is a sonnet in another hand, headed " A satyr against J[ohn] M[ilton] " and beg. " Religion was for other ends design'd." Paper; ff.. 85. Small Quarto.

Scope & Content:

Thomas Stringer, of Ivychurch, county Wiltshire-: Note-book of agricultural memoranda, etc.: circ. 1655-1680.

Arboriculture: Note-book of T. Stringer on: circ. 1655-1680.

Agriculture: Note-book of T. Stringer on: circ. 1655-1680.

includes:

  • ff. 2, 6 b Rabbits: Notes on the breeding of: circ. 1655-1680.
  • f. 6 Silkworms: Notes on: circ. 1655-1680.
  • f. 10 b Coal: Notes on the supply of coal from the pits: circ. 1655-1680.
  • ff. 66, 66 b, 68 Recipes: Medical,: 15th cent.; circ. 1655 - 1680.
  • ff. 66, 66 b, 68 King's Evil: Cures for: circ. 1655-1680.
  • f. 78 b Mushrooms: Notes on: circ. 1655-1680.
  • f. 84 b John Milton: Satire on: 17th cent.
  • f. 84b Political and Satirical Poems: Satire on Milton: 17th cent.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002024344
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-002024344
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1650
End Date:
1685
Date Range:
c 1655-c 1680
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Milton, John, of Add MS 33509
Stringer, Thomas, of Ivychurch, county Wiltshire-