Add MS 36308

NOTE-BOOK of recipes, chiefly medical and culinary, in most cases with the names of the persons recommending them, and sometimes with the dates (1619-1674) ; in several hands. There are frequent references to " my brother Will: Washbourne" (ff. 71, 72, etc.) and " my cosen Lygon " (ff. 67 b, 74, etc.), and at f. 1 10 are " Mr. Pope Archdeacon of Glo: his receipts" [Edward Pope, Archdeacon of, Gloucester, 1662-1671]. The first-named is therefore probably William Washbourne, Canon of Gloucester (ob. 1675). The recipes include " Dr. Haruy hys prescription for ye eyes for Mr. Washbourne, Apryll ye 2d. 1643 " (f. 85), " My brother Jones his way of making ink " (with other ways, ff. 91 b- 92 b), and a prescription " for my Father, Dec. 22, [16]74 " (f. 105 b). Separate indices of medicine and cookery at the end. Paper; ff. 130. XVII. cent. On f. 129, " Dorothy Washbourn (see above); on ff. 1, 2, " John Imber, 1715," and " Given by the Revd. R: Cole to J. Pickering, 1816." 5 in. x 3 in. Presented by Spencer George Perceval, Esq.