Fair copy of poems by Henry King, Bishop of Chichester
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
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. poet. e. 30, fols. 1-2].
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
Topical
Subject
- 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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