Fair copy of poems by Henry King, Bishop of Chichester
Single Item
MS. Eng. poet. e. 30
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.
109 leaves.
Dates
- 17th century
Extent
109 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. poet. e. 30, fols. 1-2].
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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.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991). Vol. 2, no. 46453.
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
black morocco
- Title
- Fair copy of poems by Henry King, Bishop of Chichester
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk