Manuscript commonplace book of Latin and Greek epigrams and verse, assembled by Mark Stuart Pleydell
Limp vellum-bound, paginated volume of neo-Latin and -Greek poems and epigrams, mainly unpublished, collected by Mark Stuart Pleydell (1692–1768), of Coleshill, later first Baronet, as a child of 10 or 11 in 1703.
The authors are mostly identified by initial and surname, and most appear to have been from Wiltshire and studied at the University of Oxford. The authors include poet [George] Duckett (1684-1732) and T[homas] Toppinge (d. 1715).
There is one published work in the volume: 'Nundinae Sturbrigiensis' (ff. 61–70), by the Cambridge Latin poet Thomas Hill (1682/3–1758). This account of Stourbridge fair was based on a trip there in 1702 and published in 1709. In this volume it is signed 'Anonymus'.
There is an index by Pleydell at the end.
Dates
- Creation: 17 Nov 1703
Extent
1 volume
Language of Materials
- English
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Latin
Shelfmark:
MS. 23624
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 23624
Abstract
Manuscript volume of Greek and Latin epigrams and poetry compiled by Mark Stuart Pleydell.
Biographical / Historical
Sir Mark Stuart Pleydell, born 1692, was the first and last baronet of Coleshill, Berkshire. He matriculated at the University of Oxford (Oriel College) on 2 July 1707, aged 14. He was made baronet on 15 June 1732 and died 14 Oct 1768. He married Mary Stuart, and their only child, a daughter named Harriet, married William de Bouverie, 1st Earl of Radnor in 1748, but predeceased both her husband and her father, dying in 1750 shortly after the birth of her only child, Jacob de Bouverie, who became 2nd Earl of Radnor. The 2nd Earl inherited the Pleydell estate and in accordance with Sir Mark Stuart Pleydell's wishes, subsequent Bouverie heirs added Pleydell to their family name.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Bernard Quaritch Ltd. with the help of the Friends of the Bodleian, Dec 2023.
- Title
- Catalogue of a manuscript commonplace book of Latin and Greek epigrams and verse, assembled by Mark Stuart Pleydell
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Charlotte McKillop-Mash
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Catalogued with the generous support of the Roy Davids bequest.
- Edition statement
- First edition
Repository Details
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