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Indexed names
Southey | Robert | 1774-1843 | poet, journalist, and biographer 5
Cowper | William | 1731-1800 | poet 3
Crabbe | George | 1754-1832 | Poet 3
Hayley | William | 1745-1820 | Poet 3
Addison | Joseph | 1672-1719 | poet and statesman 2
Bridges | Robert Seymour | 1844-1930 | Poet Laureate 2
Burns | Robert | 1759-1796 | poet 2
Gladstone | William Ewart | 1809-1898 | statesman 2
Locke | John | 1632-1704 | philospher 2
Madan | Judith | 1702-1781 | Poet 2
Mason | William | 1724-1797 | poet 2
Ovidius Naso | Publius | 43 BC-AD 17 | Roman poet 2
Pope | Alexander | 1688-1744 | Poet 2
Pope | Alexander | 1688-1744 | poet 2
Shelley | Mary Wollstonecraft | 1797-1851 | née Godwin | writer 2
Shelley | Percy Bysshe | 1792-1822 | poet 2
Shelley | Sir | Percy Florence | 1819-1889 | 3rd Baronet 2
Taylor | Sir | Henry | 1800-1886 | Knight Author 2
Warton | Joseph | 1722-1800 | Critic 2
Adimari | Lodovico | 1644-1708 | poet 1
Albert | 1819-1861 | Prince Consort of Queen Victoria 1
Aldrich | Henry | fl 1685-1710 | sub-dean and dean of Christ Church 1
Allan | George | 1736-1880 | antiquary and topographer 1
Amherst | Elizabeth | c.1716-1779 | poet and amateur naturalist 1
Atterbury | Francis | 1662-1732 | Bishop of Rochester 1
Aubrey | Herbert | fl. 1729 | of Clehonger, Herefs. 1
Augustine | d 604 | Saint, first Archbishop of Canterbury 1
Bacon | Phanuel | 1700-1783 | Church of England clergyman and writer 1
Barber | Eric Arthur | 1888-1965 | classical scholar 1
Beaumont | fl 1688-1730 | Nonconformist 1
Beddoes | Thomas Lovell | 1803-1849 | poet and physiologist 1
Bishop | Elizabeth | b 1763 | nee Wollstonecraft 1
Bottomley | Gordon | 1874-1948 | Poet and playwright 1
Boutflower | Cecil Henry | Right Reverend | 1863-1942 | bishop 1
Bowles | William Lisle | 1762-1850 | Canon of Salisbury, Poet, and Antiquary 1
Bracton | Henry de | c 1210-1268 | Judge, Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral 1
Bright | William | 1824-1901 | Ecclesiastical Historian 1
Brydges | Samuel Egerton | 1762-1837 | 13th Baron Chandos | Writer and genealogist 1
Burdett | Sir | Francis | 1770-1844 | 5th Baronet | politician 1
Burnett | George | 1774/5-1811 | writer 1
Burton | John | 1710-1771 | Antiquary 1
Butler | Alfred Joshua | 1850-1936 | historian 1
Butler | Rohan D'Olier | 1917-1996 | historian and civil servant 1
Butler | Sir | Harold Beresford | 1883-1951 | civil servant 1
Butt | John Everett | 1906-1965 | Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh 1
Byron | Anne Isabella | 1792-1860 | 11th Baroness Wentworth and Baroness Byron | Social reformer and philanthropist 1
Byron | George Gordon | 1788-1824 | | 6th Baron Byron | poet 1
Caroline of Anspach | 1683-1737 | Wife of George II 1
Chapman | Thomas | fl 1766 | author 1
Charlett | Arthur | 1655-1722 | Master of University College Oxford 1
Chaucer | Geoffrey | c 1340-1400 | Poet 1
Cholmondeley | Mary | 1787-1846 | nee Heber 1
Church of England | Diocese of London | Consistory Court 1
Churchill | Charles | 1732-1764 | poet 1
Collier | Jeremy | 1650-1726 | nonjuror 1
Collingwood | Robin George | 1889-1943 | philosopher and historian 1
Congreve | William | 1670-1729 | Dramatist 1
Coningsby | Thomas | 1657-1729 | first earl of Coningsby | politician 1
Cooper | J.G. | fl 1745-1762 1
Courthope | William John | 1842-1917 | Poet and literary scholar 1
Cowper | Maria Frances Cecilia | 1726-1797 | Poet 1
Cowper | family 1
Crabbe | George | 1785-1857 | Biographer 1
Desaguliers | John Theophilus | 1683-1744 | natural philosopher and engineer 1
Dodsley | Robert | 1703-1764 | Poet, dramatist and bookseller 1
Dovaston | John | 1740-1808 | nurseryman and antiquary 1
Dovaston | William | 1743-1765 1
Drummond | Robert Hay | 1711-1776 | archbishop of York 1
Dryden | John | 1631-1700 | poet, playwright, and critic 1
Edwards | Thomas | 1738-1810 | Welsh poet 1
Edwards | Thomas | ? 1651-1721 | Church of England clergyman and orientalist 1
Ellis | Sir | Henry | 1777-1869 | Librarian 1
Emmett | William | fl 1731-1732 1
England and Wales | Exchequer 1
England and Wales | Royal Navy 1
Eton College 1
Fairfax | Sir | William | d. 1597 | politician 1
Fanshawe | Sir | Richard | 1608-1666 | 1st Baronet | Diplomat and Author 1
Firth | Charles Harding | 1857-1936 | Sir | Knight and historian 1
Firth | Sir | Charles Harding | 1857-1936 | Knight | historian 1
Fitzwilliams | John | fl 1600-1699 | Nonjuror 1
Fleming | Robert | ? 1660-1716 | Presbyterian Minister 1
French Protestant Church 1
Furse | John Henry Monsell | 1860-1950 | sculptor 1
Furse | Margaret Cecilia | 1890-1975 | née Newbolt | wife of Sir Ralph Furse 1
Furse | Ralph Dolignon | 1887-1973 | Sir | Knight and Colonial Administrator 1
Gilbert | Davies | 1767-1839 | Cornish engineer, author and politician 1
Gleig | George Robert | 1796-1888 | Chaplain to the armed forces and author 1
Godwin | Mary Jane | 1768-1841 | formerly Clairmont | nee de Vial | translator and bookseller 1
Godwin | William | 1756-1836 | philosopher and novelist 1
Godwin | family 1
Gough | Richard | 1735-1809 | antiquary 1
Grenville | Denis | 1637-1703 | Jacobite Archbishop of York | also known as Denis Granville 1
Gronovius | Jacobus | 1645-1716 | classical scholar 1
Gunning | Peter | 1614-1684 | Bishop of Ely 1
Hardy | Thomas | 1840–1928 | novelist and poet 1
Hawes | Samuel | fl 1694-1700 | Nonjuror 1
Hearne | Thomas | 1678-1735 | Antiquary and Nonjuror 1
Heber | Reginald | 1728-1804 | fellow and tutor of Brasenose College, Oxford 1
Heber | Reginald | 1783-1826 | Bishop of Calcutta 1

Collection, copied c.1735, of satires, occasional verse and prose

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. f. 12
Collection, copied c.1735, of satires, occasional verse and prose.
Extents: 168 pages
Dates: c.1735

Collection of classical and contemporary Latin verse

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Lat. misc. e. 96
Collection of classical and contemporary Latin verse, 18th century.
Extents: 174 pages
Dates: 18th century

Collection of English and Latin verse, riddles and epitaphs in the hand of William Parry

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. e. 183
Collection of English and Latin verse, riddles and epitaphs in the hand of William Parry
Extents: 83 Leaves
Dates: Begun 1741

Collection of fables, epigrams, satires and topical verse entitled 'Lusus seniles or trifles to kill time'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. d. 47
Collection of fables, epigrams, satires and topical verse entitled 'Lusus seniles or trifles to kill time'
Extents: 180 Leaves
Dates: Mid-18th century

'A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Poems. Dublin, James Freeman, scrip. M, DCC, LXXXV'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. f. 22
'A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Poems. Dublin, James Freeman, scrip. M, DCC, LXXXV'
Extents: 228 pages
Dates: Written in A.D. 1785 by J. Freeman in shorthand

A collection of jokes, riddles and verse entitled 'The Young Men and Maids Merry Companion' by Thomas Chapman

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7018
A collection of jokes, riddles and verse entitled 'The Young Men and Maids Merry Companion' by Thomas Chapman.
Extents: 182 Leaves
Dates: 1766

Collection of poems, letters and other items, mostly original and mainly in Italian

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Ital. c.77
Collection of poems, letters and other items, mostly original and mainly in Italian
Extents: 1 box; 42 folios
Dates: 1489-1747

Collection of religious and didactic verse and prose, mainly copied from printed works

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. e. 47
Collection of religious and didactic verse and prose, mainly copied from printed works, 18th century.
Extents: 151 pages
Dates: 18th century

Collection of verse by John Lumby of the Queen's College, Oxford, mainly letters in verse

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. e. 42
Collection of verse by John Lumby of the Queen's College, Oxford, mainly letters in verse, 1728-1737. Verse in Crum.
Extents: 94 Leaves
Dates: 1728-1737

Collection of verse, copied from manuscripts, printed editions and newspapers, by John Phillipps of the Middle Temple and Exeter College, Oxford

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. e. 241
Collection of verse, copied from manuscripts, printed editions and newspapers, by John Phillipps of the Middle Temple and Exeter College, Oxford
Extents: 200 Leaves
Dates: 1776-1804

Collection of verse, epitaphs and riddles, copied by Gabriel Lepipre

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. e. 40
Collection of verse, epitaphs and riddles, copied by Gabriel Lepipre, mid-18th century.
Extents: 171 Leaves
Dates: mid-18th century.

Collection of verse in Latin, Greek and English

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Lat. misc. e. 53
Collection of verse in Latin, Greek and English, 1744-67, mainly by Charles Weston of Christ Church, Oxford.
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1744-1767

Collection of Welsh Poems

 Collection
Collection of Welsh Poems
Extents: 0.20 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Dates: 17th-18th century

Commonplace book containing contemporary Spanish prose and verse and classical Latin extracts

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Spanish e. 9
The commonplace book comprises four discernible sections. The commonplacing sections are in two sections, either side of Psalle et Sile. Poems by Miguel Ladrón and Fulvio Testi are incorporated into Eva y Ave, beginning on fols. 31r and 49v respectively. This description follows the original foliation as it appears in the manuscript. The foliation underwent changes at the hand of the author himself, and shows evidence that he reordered...
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: Early 18th cent.

Copies of a few English poems

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. e. 18
Copies of a few English poems
Extents: 42 pages
Dates: Written in the second half of the 18th century

Copies of Properti carmina

 Collection
Enlarged microfilm copies and photocopies of Propertius's works, used by E.A. Barber for his edition of Propertius.
Extents: 0.55 Linear metres (5 boxes)
Dates: 20th century

Copies of two letters from Joseph Addison to Lord Warwick

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 3336, fols. 73-74
Copies of two letters from Joseph Addison to Lord Warwick, 1709
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates: 1709

Copies of verse from various sources, mainly printed

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. e. 39
Copies of verse from various sources, mainly printed, 18th century.
Extents: 230 pages
Dates: 18th century.

Copy of a letter in verse, 'O tempora O mores', from Robert Southey to C. W. W. Wynn

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. e. 27
Copy of a letter in verse, 'O tempora O mores', from Robert Southey to C. W. W. Wynn.
Extents: 10 Leaves
Dates: 1791

Copy of The college: a satire (London, 1797)

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Top. London d. 3
Copy of The college: a satire (London, 1797) with (fols. 1-25) a draft of the poem, an attack on the Royal College of Physicians, Nov. 1796.
Extents: 73 Leaves
Dates: 1796-1797