V.a.612 - Choyce receits collected out of the book of receits, of the Lady Vere Wilkinson

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 955
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-744)
Title
Choyce receits collected out of the book of receits, of the Lady Vere Wilkinson
Shelfmark
V.a.612
Creation Date
ca. 1674 - 1770
Contents Note

This volume consists mainly of recipes recorded between 1674 and 1770. According to the inscription on f. 1r (Part I), the recipes were "begun to be written by the Right Hon[oura]ble the Lady Anne Carr", who is identified by the cataloguer as most likely "a member of the Kerr family, Earls of Ancram and Lothian." It also contains a small amount of religious material, including notes on two sermons by John Stoughton (pp. viii-13 [Part II]).

Material Features

178 leaves, 15 x 10 cm. The recipes proceed from the front cover on foliated leaves (Part I). The text continues upside-down and backward from the back cover with numbered pages (Part II). The book contains two inscriptions identifying Susan(a) Hixon as the owner: one dated simply 28 January on f. 1r (Part I) and one dated 17 May 1674 on p. i (Part II). Also on p. i (Part II) is a seventeenth-century inscription by Edward Wordsworth.

Acquisition

Acquired by Folger from Maggs Bros. in 2011.

Source of Data

Adam Richter; LUNA: Folger Digital Image Collection

Sermons Contained
GEMMS record created
January 31, 2018
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024