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Add MS 70520
- Record Id:
- 040-002044041
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002043439
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000541.0x000209
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165151906.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 70520
- Title:
- George North, ‘A brief discourse of rebellion and Rebells’
- Scope & Content:
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Discourse by George North (fl. 1561–1581), translator, titled ‘A brief discourse of rebellion and Rebells, wherein is showyd, the treasur[e] that Traytors in the execution of theyr treason, by tym attayne to’. Part of the Portland Papers (Add MSS 70001-70523).
With a dedication to Sir Roger North, second Baron North (1531–1600), nobleman and administrator. A reference to the government of Queen Elizabeth I as being ‘by 17 years’ continuance’ (f. 57r) dates the work to 1575-1576.
Contents:
ff. 5r-8v: Dedication ‘To the right Honorable Sir Roger North Knyght Lorde North Baron of Cartledg and High Stuard of the Dutchie’, i.e. Sir Roger North, second Baron North (1531–1600). Signed ‘Geor: North’.
ff. 9r-61r: Discourse, titled ‘A brief discourse of rebellion and Rebells, wherein is showyd, the treasur[e] that Traytors in the execution of theyr treason, by tym attayne to’.
Including (ff. 50r-51r) a poem of fifty-two lines titled ‘Owyn Glendor’; a poem of fifty-eight lines titled ‘Jacke Cade’ (ff. 51r-53r); and a poem of seventy-six lines titled ‘The Black Smythe’, i.e. Michael Joseph, one of the leaders in the Cornish rebellion of 1497 (ff. 53r-55r). With a eulogy to Queen Elizabeth I (ff. 56v-61r).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002043439
033-002044025
040-002044041 - Is part of:
- Add MS 70001-70523 : THE PORTLAND PAPERS. Papers of the Harley Family of Brampton Bryan, and of the related families of Vere, Holles, Cavendish…
Add MS 70506-70523 : I. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS 70506-70523. PORTLAND PAPERS. Vols. DVI-DXXIII (29/16, 55-61, 240, 243, 327-333). Miscellaneous…
Add MS 70520 : George North, ‘A brief discourse of rebellion and Rebells’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-002043439[0009]/033-002044025[0012]/040-002044041
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 70001-70523
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100165151906.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1575
- End Date:
- 1576
- Date Range:
- 1575-1576
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Script: Secretary and italic.
- Custodial History:
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Sir Roger North, second Baron North (1531–1600), nobleman and administrator: dedicatee.
North family, of Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire, Earls of Guildford: former owners, their bookplate (flyleaf).
Sold by Myers & Co., 1933, for 40 guineas.
William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (1857-1943): former owner, his bookplate (flyleaf).
Deposited at the British Museum as part of the Portland Papers, 9/10 September 1949, later reclassified as Loan 29/327. See ‘List 2. Second Deposit: Inventory of Harley and other MS. material removed from Welbeck Abbey to the British Museum, 9 Sept. 1949’ (departmental records), p. 3; and ‘Department of MSS Register of Deposits 1768 to 3276’ (departmental records), entry 2308, 10 September 1949.
Accepted by the Government in lieu of Capital Transfer Tax, March 1986.
Allocated to the British Library in accordance with the wishes of the Portland executors, May 1987.
Officially acquired by the British Library, 1990.
- Publications:
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British Library Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts, New Series 1986-1990, 2 vols. (London: British Library, 1993), vol. 2, Descriptions, p. 605.
‘Department of MSS Register of Deposits 1768 to 3276’ (departmental records), entry 2308, 10 September 1949.
‘List 2. Second Deposit: Inventory of Harley and other MS. material removed from Welbeck Abbey to the British Museum, 9 Sept. 1949’ (departmental records), p. 3.
McCarthy, Dennis, and June Schlueter, eds., ‘A Brief Discourse of Rebellion and Rebels’ by George North: A Newly Uncovered Manuscript Source for Shakespeare's Plays (Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, in association with the British Library, 2018).
Myers & Co., An Illustrated Catalogue of Fine and Rare Books (London: Myers & Co., 1927), item no. 205.
Myers & Co., An Illustrated Catalogue of Very Rare Books, Choice Illuminated Manuscripts, Important Autograph Letters (Old and Modern) Etc. (London: Myers & Co., 1933), item no. 349.
Olney, R.J., ‘The Portland Papers’, Archives, vol. 19, no. 82 (1989), pp. 78-87.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)