Prose miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1630-1762.
Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682. Martyrologie. Selections.; Temple, John, Sir, 1600-1677. Irish rebellion. Selections.; Sanderson, William, 1586?-1676. Compleat history of the life and raigne of King Charles. Selections.; Sandys, George, 1578-1644. Relation of a journey begun an. Dom. 1610. Selections.; Person of quality. History of Portugal. Selections.; Sarpi, Paolo, 1552-1623. Historia del Concilio tridentino. Selections. English.; Prynne, William, 1600-1669. Brief narrative of the manner how divers Members of the House of Commons, that were illegally and unjustly imprisoned or secluded by the Armies force. Selections.; Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576-approximately 1643. Compleat gentleman. Selections.; Estcourt family.
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Title
Prose miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1630-1762.
Description
161 leaves (partially blank) ; 20 x 16 cm
Associated name
Estcourt family.
Scope and content
Used by members of the Estcourt family of Estcourt Manor, Shipton Moyne, Tetbury, in Gloucestershire at various times in the 17th and 18th centuries. Includes extracts from numerous printed works in English dated between 1622 and 1662 (texts similar to Wing T627, S646, S677, and STC 21761, L2622, W2887a, H2135, P3912, L2478a). Also, a record of births and deaths by Matthew Estcourt (signature on leaf 4).
Extracts: leaves 2-52 (partially blank): begins "Observa[tio]ns upon severall texts of scripture"; leaves 84-86: Clarke's A martyrologie, 1652 (Wing C4546); leaves 87-88: Temple's The Irish Rebellion, 1646 (Wing T627); leaf 89: "Wilsons History of K. James" (either Wing W2886, S4818, or Wing W2887a); leaves 90-92r: Sanderson's A compleat history of the life and raigne of King Charles, 1658 (Wing S646); leaf 92v: "Religion of [th]e Greeks," 7 lines; leaves 93-95r: Sandys traveyles, 1652 (Wing S677); leaf 95v: "History of portugall a new book" (Wing H2135?); leaves 96-97: Sarpi's The historie of the Councel of Trent, 1620 (STC 21761); leaf 98r: "Names of [th]e High Court of Justice [tha]t sate upon the Kings death Jan: 1648: He suffered Jan: 30" (Wing L2478a?); leaves 98v-99r: "41: Members of Parliament forcibly secluded & imprisoned by [th]e Ge[ner]all O. Crumwell & his souldiers Deceb: 6: & 7: 1648" (similar to Wing P3912); leaves 100-117: Peacham, The compleat gentleman, chapter 12 (STC 19502); leaves 114-119: Peacham, "To prepare a table for an oyle picture" (STC 19502); leaves 138-140r: "Under [th]e presbyteraon [in Greek script] parliament dyed" (unidentified); leaves 144-145r: "What good [th]e Scotts have done & how required" (unidentified); leaves 146-153: unused ruled index of Bible books; leaves 154-160: "Catalogues Quaestionu[m] ad methodu[m] Bellarmini dispositus" (unidentified).
Also includes: leaf 4v: "An account of my Children's Scooleing"; leaves 54v-57r: Estcourt family genealogical information; leaves 57v-58: list of legal actions in Gloucestershire, 1734-1735.
Extracts: leaves 2-52 (partially blank): begins "Observa[tio]ns upon severall texts of scripture"; leaves 84-86: Clarke's A martyrologie, 1652 (Wing C4546); leaves 87-88: Temple's The Irish Rebellion, 1646 (Wing T627); leaf 89: "Wilsons History of K. James" (either Wing W2886, S4818, or Wing W2887a); leaves 90-92r: Sanderson's A compleat history of the life and raigne of King Charles, 1658 (Wing S646); leaf 92v: "Religion of [th]e Greeks," 7 lines; leaves 93-95r: Sandys traveyles, 1652 (Wing S677); leaf 95v: "History of portugall a new book" (Wing H2135?); leaves 96-97: Sarpi's The historie of the Councel of Trent, 1620 (STC 21761); leaf 98r: "Names of [th]e High Court of Justice [tha]t sate upon the Kings death Jan: 1648: He suffered Jan: 30" (Wing L2478a?); leaves 98v-99r: "41: Members of Parliament forcibly secluded & imprisoned by [th]e Ge[ner]all O. Crumwell & his souldiers Deceb: 6: & 7: 1648" (similar to Wing P3912); leaves 100-117: Peacham, The compleat gentleman, chapter 12 (STC 19502); leaves 114-119: Peacham, "To prepare a table for an oyle picture" (STC 19502); leaves 138-140r: "Under [th]e presbyteraon [in Greek script] parliament dyed" (unidentified); leaves 144-145r: "What good [th]e Scotts have done & how required" (unidentified); leaves 146-153: unused ruled index of Bible books; leaves 154-160: "Catalogues Quaestionu[m] ad methodu[m] Bellarmini dispositus" (unidentified).
Also includes: leaf 4v: "An account of my Children's Scooleing"; leaves 54v-57r: Estcourt family genealogical information; leaves 57v-58: list of legal actions in Gloucestershire, 1734-1735.
Note
Includes exact copy of the text as printed in Peacham's The compleat gentleman, 1622 (STC 19502), Chapter 12 "Of drawing, Limning, and Painting: with the lives of the famous Italian Painters," p. 100-117.
Blank leaves: 5-9, 15v-16, 18, 40v-43, 44v-51r, 52v-54r, 59-83, 99v-113, 120-137, 140v-143, and 161. Vellum stub between leaves 9 and 10. Text block trimmed effecting text. Leaf 57 with item pinned-in.
Blank leaves: 5-9, 15v-16, 18, 40v-43, 44v-51r, 52v-54r, 59-83, 99v-113, 120-137, 140v-143, and 161. Vellum stub between leaves 9 and 10. Text block trimmed effecting text. Leaf 57 with item pinned-in.
Binding information
Small quarto with red ruled borders, jug watermark. Bound in local plain calfskin or doeskin in 2nd quarter of 17th century. Vellum endleaves from a legal document relating to a lease of arable land in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, to a man named Webbe.
Source of acquisition
Acquired from Maggs Bros., May 2007.
Includes
Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682. Martyrologie. Selections.
Temple, John, Sir, 1600-1677. Irish rebellion. Selections.
Sanderson, William, 1586?-1676. Compleat history of the life and raigne of King Charles. Selections.
Sandys, George, 1578-1644. Relation of a journey begun an. Dom. 1610. Selections.
Person of quality. History of Portugal. Selections.
Sarpi, Paolo, 1552-1623. Historia del Concilio tridentino. Selections. English.
Prynne, William, 1600-1669. Brief narrative of the manner how divers Members of the House of Commons, that were illegally and unjustly imprisoned or secluded by the Armies force. Selections.
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576-approximately 1643. Compleat gentleman. Selections.
List of the names of those pretended judges who sat, and sentenced to death, our sovereign King Charles the First.
Temple, John, Sir, 1600-1677. Irish rebellion. Selections.
Sanderson, William, 1586?-1676. Compleat history of the life and raigne of King Charles. Selections.
Sandys, George, 1578-1644. Relation of a journey begun an. Dom. 1610. Selections.
Person of quality. History of Portugal. Selections.
Sarpi, Paolo, 1552-1623. Historia del Concilio tridentino. Selections. English.
Prynne, William, 1600-1669. Brief narrative of the manner how divers Members of the House of Commons, that were illegally and unjustly imprisoned or secluded by the Armies force. Selections.
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576-approximately 1643. Compleat gentleman. Selections.
List of the names of those pretended judges who sat, and sentenced to death, our sovereign King Charles the First.
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Great Britain -- England.
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V.a.535
Folger accession
264115