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Inventory of Mr. Pope [manuscript], ca. 1600.

Pope, Mr., active 1600, author.; Pope, Thomas, Sir, 1507?-1559, attributed name.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
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Title
Inventory of Mr. Pope [manuscript], ca. 1600.
Description
1 leaf ; 32 x 22 cm
Associated name
Pope, Mr., active 1600, author.
Pope, Thomas, Sir, 1507?-1559, attributed name.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Scope and content
Contains a partial inventory of furniture, household goods, and apparel of Mr. Pope (possibly Sir Thomas Pope). The list includes belongings in the closet within the great chamber, the stair's head, Mr. Pope's chamber, the chamber over Mr. Pope's chamber, the Hall, and the buttery. Household goods include "a great bible" and "a paire of tables w[i]t[h] table men." Includes some corrections in another hand, some in Latin.
Provenance
Phillipps (no number).
Formerly Folger MS Add 986.
Source of acquisition
Acquired in 1994.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2000. Decade of Collecting (catalog entry 21)
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Inventories.

Call number
X.d.548
Folger accession
MS Add 986