Copy of Leycesters commonwealth, 1584 [manuscript], 16th century.
Items
Details
Title
Copy of Leycesters commonwealth, 1584 [manuscript], 16th century.
Uniform title
Leycesters commonwealth.
Description
56 leaves ; 31 x 20 cm
Associated name
Note
A rough transcript with many inter-lineations and corrections.
This work, first published in 1584, has been erroneously attributed to Robert Parsons. According to Sir Thomas Walsingham, it was written by Thomas Morgan; see Leslie Hotson, in The listener, XLIII (March 16, 1950), 481-483. In his edition of Leicester's Commonwealth, 1985, D.C. Peck contends the work is by Charles Arundell and others.
See related Folger MS: G.a.7, G.a.8, G.a.9, G.b.12, G.b.13, and V.b.41.
This work, first published in 1584, has been erroneously attributed to Robert Parsons. According to Sir Thomas Walsingham, it was written by Thomas Morgan; see Leslie Hotson, in The listener, XLIII (March 16, 1950), 481-483. In his edition of Leicester's Commonwealth, 1985, D.C. Peck contends the work is by Charles Arundell and others.
See related Folger MS: G.a.7, G.a.8, G.a.9, G.b.12, G.b.13, and V.b.41.
Provenance
Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, MS.
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 797.2
Genre/form
Item Details
Call number
G.b.11
Folger accession
cs797