Volume of draft poems, devotional and polemical, by 'John Brereley, Priest' (sometimes identified with James Anderton)
Volume of draft poems, devotional and polemical, by 'John Brereley, Priest' (sometimes identified with James Anderton), with alterations and additions by the author. Thirty five pieces were printed in [anon.] Epigrammes [Rouen, 1630], and forty-three pieces in I. B., Virginalia ([Rouen], 1632).
Typescript lists of titles and first lines, and of the items printed in the above works, are MS. Eng. misc. b. 247, fols. 13-33.
(fols. 48-60 are blank)
Dates
- Creation: c. 1620-1630
Extent
60 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. poet. c. 61, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. poet. c. 61
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 17752
Abstract
Volume of draft poems, devotional and polemical, by 'John Brereley, Priest' (sometimes identified with James Anderton)
Biographical / Historical
James Anderton (pseud. John Brereley, 1557-1613) was a religious controversialist.
Other Finding Aids
Custodial History
Thomas Thorpe, 1836 catalogue, item 1311; Phillipps MS. 9095; Sotheby's, 10 June 1896, lot 763; bookplate of Joseph Gillow.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from members of the Gillow family, 1969.
Physical Facet
19th-century half calf
Topical
- Title
- Volume of draft poems, devotional and polemical, by 'John Brereley, Priest' (sometimes identified with Laurence Anderton)
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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