Stowe MS 305 - Political Tracts and Poems from the Reigns of Charles II to Anne

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 24
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1097)
Title
Political Tracts and Poems from the Reigns of Charles II to Anne
Shelfmark
Stowe MS 305
Creation Date
1661 - 1714
Repository
Contents Note

Collection of various items including letters, political poetry, and dialogues, mostly copied from printed materials. The subject matter is chiefly political, and particularly relating to religious politics. A second hand begins at 295f. Folios after 315 are blank.

Material Features

Large volume in modern cloth binding with modern foliation. Pages are ruled in columns in red.

Acquisition

The Stowe collection of manuscripts held at the British Library is named after Stowe House, where the library was assembled by Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, First Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1776-1839). The collection was subsequently purchased by Bertram Ashburnham, Fourth Earl of Ashburnham. His son sold the collection to Parliament; following which, it was deposited in the British Museum, with the exception of the manuscripts which were of Irish interest, which were deposited in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin.

Source of Data

BL Catalogue; Anne James; David Robinson; Hannah Yip.

GEMMS record created
February 27, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024