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Fair copy of poems by Henry King, Bishop of Chichester

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MS. Eng. poet. e. 30
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Fair copy of poems by Henry King, Bishop of Chichester, with corrections and additions by King on fols. 9v, 23-25, 40, 49, 53v, 55v-57v, 65v, and (fols. 87v-105v) sermon preached at the funeral of Catherine Cholmondeley, Countess of Leinster, 1657. Fols. 5-57v are in the hand of Thomas Manne. All the poems are printed in Poems (London, 1657), except four epigrams on fols. 54-55, printed in Poems and psalms, ed. John Hannah (Oxford, 1843). Verse in Crum.

109 leaves.

Dates

  • Creation: 17th century

Extent

109 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

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Shelfmark:

MS. Eng. poet. e. 30

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 16240

Abstract

Fair copy of poems by Henry King, Bishop of Chichester.

Biographical / Historical

Henry King (1592–1669) was a British poet and Bishop of Chichester.

Custodial History

Owned by J. Wilson, 18th century, and by William Pickering, 19th century.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought, Hodgson's, 12 July 1928, lot 227.

Bibliography

  • See The poems of Henry King, ed. Margaret Crum (Oxford, 1965), 48-53.

Physical Facet

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Title
Fair copy of poems by Henry King, Bishop of Chichester
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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