Sir Philip Sidney

A quarto verse miscellany, in nine secretary and italic hands, 42 leaves (including blanks), in old marbled boards within modern reversed calf.

This MS (the Bright MS) described in Ringler, pp. 538-9.

Copy of sonnets 1-66, 87-108, and songs i, ix-xi, in one or possibly two professional secretary hands, untitled, imperfect, 53 oblong quarto leaves (plus some blanks), in 19th-century brown calf gilt.

Made by or for Sir Edward Dymoke (c.1559-1624), of Scrivelsby and Kyme, Lincolnshire (inscribed Ed Dymoke on f. 3r).

This MS collated in Ringler and described pp. 539-40. Facsimile of f. 10v (Sonnet 13) in H.R. Woudhuysen, Sir Philip Sidney and the Circulation of Manuscripts 1558-1640 (Oxford, 1996), Plate VIII facing p. 273.

A tall folio miscellany of verse and prose, including a series of Pithie sentences and wise sayinges, largely in a secretary hand, iv + 120 leaves (including blanks), in contemporary dark brown calf on wooden boards (rebacked), with remains of brass clasps.

Compiled principally by William Briton (1564-1637), of Kelston, Somerset.

An octavo volume of miscellaneous entries, 266 pages.

Volume X of the miscellaneous collections of Brian Twyne (1579?-1644).

A quarto verse miscellany, in an accomplished mixed hand throughout, with headings or incipts in engrossed lettering, 194 leaves, in 19th-century half-morocco.

This MS volume discussed in Katherine K. Gottschalk, Discoveries concerning British Library MS Harley 6910, MP, 77 (1979-80), 121-31.

A verse miscellany, including 55 poems which have been attributed to Wyatt (one copied twice) as well as his Penitential Psalms, in several hands, originally compiled by, or for, John Harington of Stepney (1520?-82) and continued by his son, Sir John Harington of Kelston (1560-1612), whose hand occurs frequently in the MS, imperfect, once comprising 228 leaves of which 145 remain.

This volume described, and the full text edited, with facsimile examples of ff. 53r and 66v, in Hughey. Also discussed in Ruth Hughey, The Harington Manuscript at Arundel Castle and Related Documents, The Library, 4th Ser. 15 (1934-5), 388-444.

A transcript of the whole MS made c.1810 for George Frederick Nott is in the British Library, Add. MS 28635.

Extracts from Sidney, in a predominantly secretary hand, on the verso of the first rear endpaper in a printed exemplum of Bernardo Tasso, Le lettere (Venice, 1585), an octavo in quarter calf on marbled boards.

Photocopies are in the British Library, RP 8191.

Extracts from Sidney, in a predominantly secretary hand, on the verso of the first rear endpaper in a printed exemplum of Bernardo Tasso, Le lettere (Venice, 1585), an octavo in quarter calf on marbled boards.

Photocopies are in the British Library, RP 8191.

Extracts from Sidney, in a predominantly secretary hand, on the verso of the first rear endpaper in a printed exemplum of Bernardo Tasso, Le lettere (Venice, 1585), an octavo in quarter calf on marbled boards.

Photocopies are in the British Library, RP 8191.

A folio composite volume of verse and some prose, in various hands, v + 179 leaves, in early 18th-century half-calf.

A quarto volume, comprising a treatise by Sir John Harington, to which was subsequently added (pp. 263-8), in a cursive secretary hand, after 1623, a tract relating to a prognostication by Sebalt Brandt Schweizer, xiv + 268 pages, in contemporary vellum.

The treatise in the hands of Harington's servant Thomas Combe and of Harington's brother Francis.

A folio songbook, in probably two secretary and italic hands, 25 leaves, in a recycled contemporary vellum indenture within modern half red morocco.

A complete facsimile of this volume in English Song 1600-1675, ed. Elise Bickford Jorgens, Vol. 1 (New York & London, 1986).

Extracts from Sidney, in a predominantly secretary hand, on the verso of the first rear endpaper in a printed exemplum of Bernardo Tasso, Le lettere (Venice, 1585), an octavo in quarter calf on marbled boards.

Photocopies are in the British Library, RP 8191.

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

A set of five oblong octavo music part books for five voices, namely (i) Cantus, (ii) Medius, (iii) Tenor, (iv) Bassus, and (v) Quintus, the lyrics in a single neat italic hand, respectively 58, 56, 56, 56, and 56 leaves, each volume in modern red morocco.

An oblong folio volume of musical works, the lyrics almost entirely in a single neat italic hand, with (ff. 1r-2r, 99r-v) a table of contents, 99 leaves, in contemporary brown calf, both covers stamped in gilt Edwardvs Paston.

A quarto booklet of verse, ff. 1r-10r in a cursive secretary hand, additions afterwards in other hands, sixteen leaves (ff. 12-13 stubs), unbound.

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

A quarto verse miscellany, in an accomplished mixed hand throughout, with headings or incipts in engrossed lettering, 194 leaves, in 19th-century half-morocco.

This MS volume discussed in Katherine K. Gottschalk, Discoveries concerning British Library MS Harley 6910, MP, 77 (1979-80), 121-31.

Extracts from Sidney, in a predominantly secretary hand, on the verso of the first rear endpaper in a printed exemplum of Bernardo Tasso, Le lettere (Venice, 1585), an octavo in quarter calf on marbled boards.

Photocopies are in the British Library, RP 8191.

A quarto miscellany of verse and some prose, 63 leaves, partly mounted on guards, in modern quarter-calf on marbled boards.

Compiled by Henry Stanford (d.1616), household tutor to the Paget and Carey families, including George Carey, second Lord Hunsdon.

A complete transcription of this volume in Steven W. May, Henry Stanford's Anthology: An Edition of Cambridge University Library Manuscript Dd. 5.75 (New York, 1988).

A folio volume of largely vocal music, mainly in a single secretary hand, 120 pages, in mottled calf.

Complete facsimile in Jorgens, VI (1987).

A verse miscellany, including 55 poems which have been attributed to Wyatt (one copied twice) as well as his Penitential Psalms, in several hands, originally compiled by, or for, John Harington of Stepney (1520?-82) and continued by his son, Sir John Harington of Kelston (1560-1612), whose hand occurs frequently in the MS, imperfect, once comprising 228 leaves of which 145 remain.

This volume described, and the full text edited, with facsimile examples of ff. 53r and 66v, in Hughey. Also discussed in Ruth Hughey, The Harington Manuscript at Arundel Castle and Related Documents, The Library, 4th Ser. 15 (1934-5), 388-444.

A transcript of the whole MS made c.1810 for George Frederick Nott is in the British Library, Add. MS 28635.

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

A folio volume of music and verse, in several secretary and italic hands, 46 leaves (plus numerous blanks), in 19th-century half brown calf on marbled boards.

A set of five oblong octavo music part books for five voices, namely (i) Cantus, (ii) Medius, (iii) Tenor, (iv) Bassus, and (v) Quintus, the lyrics in a single neat italic hand, respectively 58, 56, 56, 56, and 56 leaves, each volume in modern red morocco.

An oblong folio volume of musical works, the lyrics almost entirely in a single neat italic hand, with (ff. 1r-2r, 99r-v) a table of contents, 99 leaves, in contemporary brown calf, both covers stamped in gilt Edwardvs Paston.

MS verses written in late 16th-century hands in a late 15th-century rubricated MS of tracts relating to Scottish expeditions of Edward I up to the reign of Richard II, 64 folio leaves of parchment, in calf.

Discussed, with facsimile examples, in Hilton Kelliher, Unrecorded Extracts from Shakespeare, Sidney and Dyer, EMS, 2 (1990), 163-87.

Copy of Arcadia, i + 247 folio leaves, imperfect, in 17th-century panelled calf (rebacked).

Probably in three secretary hands: A, ff. 1r-183v, 197r to the bottom of f. 240v; B, ff. 184r-92v; C, ff. 193r-6v, bottom of f. 240v to 246r.

Copy of Arcadia (the Clifford MS), in a single professional secretary hand, 229 folio leaves, in contemporary limp vellum.

A folio composite miscellany of verse and prose, compiled entirely by William Drummond, 403 leaves, in 19th-century calf gilt.

An unbound sheaf of six folio leaves of poems, in a neat secretary hand, in double columns.

Among papers of Adam Ottley (1685-1752), Registrar of the diocese of St David's, Wales, and formerly in Pitchford Hall, Shropshire.

This MS discussed. with facsimile examples, in Peter Beal, Poems by Sir Philip Sidney: The Ottley Manuscript, The Library, 5th Ser. 33 (1978), 284-95. See also correspondence with Jean Robertson in The Library, 6th Ser. (June 1980) and (June 1981).

A verse miscellany, including 55 poems which have been attributed to Wyatt (one copied twice) as well as his Penitential Psalms, in several hands, originally compiled by, or for, John Harington of Stepney (1520?-82) and continued by his son, Sir John Harington of Kelston (1560-1612), whose hand occurs frequently in the MS, imperfect, once comprising 228 leaves of which 145 remain.

This volume described, and the full text edited, with facsimile examples of ff. 53r and 66v, in Hughey. Also discussed in Ruth Hughey, The Harington Manuscript at Arundel Castle and Related Documents, The Library, 4th Ser. 15 (1934-5), 388-444.

A transcript of the whole MS made c.1810 for George Frederick Nott is in the British Library, Add. MS 28635.

A verse miscellany, including 55 poems which have been attributed to Wyatt (one copied twice) as well as his Penitential Psalms, in several hands, originally compiled by, or for, John Harington of Stepney (1520?-82) and continued by his son, Sir John Harington of Kelston (1560-1612), whose hand occurs frequently in the MS, imperfect, once comprising 228 leaves of which 145 remain.

This volume described, and the full text edited, with facsimile examples of ff. 53r and 66v, in Hughey. Also discussed in Ruth Hughey, The Harington Manuscript at Arundel Castle and Related Documents, The Library, 4th Ser. 15 (1934-5), 388-444.

A transcript of the whole MS made c.1810 for George Frederick Nott is in the British Library, Add. MS 28635.

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

A tall folio volume, comprising a transcript of D^r Harington's Manuscript N^o. 2: i.e. of The Duke of Norfolk, Arundel Castle, MSS (Special Press), Harrington MS. Temp. Eliz. (the Arundel-Harington MS).

Typed and MS notes relating to this volume made in the 1920s by Professor Hyder Edward Rollins (1889-1958) are in Harvard MS Eng 1613.

A quarto composite verse miscellany, comprising three miscellaneous MSS in different hands, 151 leaves, in modern half-morocco gilt.

Fols 11r-78r, largely in a single secretary hand, comprising a verse miscellany compiled by the antiquary St Loe Kniveton, of Gray's Inn. c.1585-90s.

A quarto miscellany of verse and some prose, 63 leaves, partly mounted on guards, in modern quarter-calf on marbled boards.

Compiled by Henry Stanford (d.1616), household tutor to the Paget and Carey families, including George Carey, second Lord Hunsdon.

A complete transcription of this volume in Steven W. May, Henry Stanford's Anthology: An Edition of Cambridge University Library Manuscript Dd. 5.75 (New York, 1988).

A folio composite volume of miscellaneous papers, originally in calf, now disbound.

Copy of the Old Arcadia, in a professional secretary hand, to which is added some of the Certain Sonnets in an italic hand, 242 folio leaves, in contemporary vellum, with traces of ties, within modern vellum.

Copy of the Old Arcadia, in a professional secretary hand, to which is added some of the Certain Sonnets in an italic hand, 242 folio leaves, in contemporary vellum, with traces of ties, within modern vellum.

A printed exemplum of a work by Jean Bouchet.

Copy of the Old Arcadia, in a professional secretary hand, to which is added some of the Certain Sonnets in an italic hand, 242 folio leaves, in contemporary vellum, with traces of ties, within modern vellum.

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

Copy, headed A translation of Horace his 10^th Ode of y^e second booke ab Licinium, on a leaf inserted after p. 476 in a printed exemplum of Arcadia (London, 1598).

An octavo volume, chiefly devoted to Colvil's Mock poem, in a single small hand, with verses etc. in English and Latin added afterwards, written from both ends, 86 leaves (plus blanks), in contemporary calf.

An octavo volume, chiefly devoted to Colvil's Mock poem, in a single small hand, with verses etc. in English and Latin added afterwards, written from both ends, 86 leaves (plus blanks), in contemporary calf.

A quarto verse miscellany, in a single hand, 114 leaves, bound with a printed exemplum of Thomas Watson's <GREEK> or Passionate Centurie of Love (London, [1581?]).

Compiled by John Lilliat (c.1550-c.1599).

This MS volume printed in full, with facsimile examples, in Liber Lilliati: Elizabethan Verse and Song (Bodleian MS Rawlinson Poetry 148), ed. Edward Doughtie (Newark, DE, 1985).

An octavo composite miscellany of verse and prose, in several secretary, italic and mixed hands, 190 leaves (irregularly numbered), in contemporary limp vellum.

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

A quarto composite verse miscellany, comprising three miscellaneous MSS in different hands, 151 leaves, in modern half-morocco gilt.

Fols 11r-78r, largely in a single secretary hand, comprising a verse miscellany compiled by the antiquary St Loe Kniveton, of Gray's Inn. c.1585-90s.

An oblong quarto verse miscellany, in three accomplished secretary hands, xvi + 52 pages (including blanks), being a fragment of a larger volume, now mounted in an album, in russia gilt.

Discussed in William H. Bond, The Cornwallis-Lysons Manuscript and the Poems of John Bentley, Joseph Quincy Adams Memorial Studies, ed. James G. McManaway, Giles E. Dawson, and Edwin E. Willoughby (Washington, DC, 1948), pp. 683-93, and in Arthur F. Marotti, Folger MSS V.a.89 and V.a.345: Reading Lyric Poetry in Manuscript, in The Reader Revealed, ed. Sabrina Alcorn Baron, et al. (Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC, 2001), pp. 44-57.

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

A quarto composite verse miscellany, comprising three miscellaneous MSS in different hands, 151 leaves, in modern half-morocco gilt.

Fols 11r-78r, largely in a single secretary hand, comprising a verse miscellany compiled by the antiquary St Loe Kniveton, of Gray's Inn. c.1585-90s.

An octavo composite miscellany of verse and prose, in several secretary, italic and mixed hands, 190 leaves (irregularly numbered), in contemporary limp vellum.

Copy of the Old Arcadia, in a professional secretary hand, to which is added some of the Certain Sonnets in an italic hand, 242 folio leaves, in contemporary vellum, with traces of ties, within modern vellum.

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

An octavo volume, chiefly devoted to Colvil's Mock poem, in a single small hand, with verses etc. in English and Latin added afterwards, written from both ends, 86 leaves (plus blanks), in contemporary calf.

An octavo composite miscellany of verse and prose, in several secretary, italic and mixed hands, 190 leaves (irregularly numbered), in contemporary limp vellum.

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

A quarto verse miscellany, in an accomplished mixed hand throughout, with headings or incipts in engrossed lettering, 194 leaves, in 19th-century half-morocco.

This MS volume discussed in Katherine K. Gottschalk, Discoveries concerning British Library MS Harley 6910, MP, 77 (1979-80), 121-31.

A quarto composite verse miscellany, comprising three miscellaneous MSS in different hands, 151 leaves, in modern half-morocco gilt.

Fols 11r-78r, largely in a single secretary hand, comprising a verse miscellany compiled by the antiquary St Loe Kniveton, of Gray's Inn. c.1585-90s.

An octavo composite miscellany of verse and prose, in several secretary, italic and mixed hands, 190 leaves (irregularly numbered), in contemporary limp vellum.

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

A duodecimo miscellany of verse and prose, in a single neat largely italic hand, 155 leaves, in modern half-morocco.

A verse miscellany, including 55 poems which have been attributed to Wyatt (one copied twice) as well as his Penitential Psalms, in several hands, originally compiled by, or for, John Harington of Stepney (1520?-82) and continued by his son, Sir John Harington of Kelston (1560-1612), whose hand occurs frequently in the MS, imperfect, once comprising 228 leaves of which 145 remain.

This volume described, and the full text edited, with facsimile examples of ff. 53r and 66v, in Hughey. Also discussed in Ruth Hughey, The Harington Manuscript at Arundel Castle and Related Documents, The Library, 4th Ser. 15 (1934-5), 388-444.

A transcript of the whole MS made c.1810 for George Frederick Nott is in the British Library, Add. MS 28635.

A verse miscellany, including 55 poems which have been attributed to Wyatt (one copied twice) as well as his Penitential Psalms, in several hands, originally compiled by, or for, John Harington of Stepney (1520?-82) and continued by his son, Sir John Harington of Kelston (1560-1612), whose hand occurs frequently in the MS, imperfect, once comprising 228 leaves of which 145 remain.

This volume described, and the full text edited, with facsimile examples of ff. 53r and 66v, in Hughey. Also discussed in Ruth Hughey, The Harington Manuscript at Arundel Castle and Related Documents, The Library, 4th Ser. 15 (1934-5), 388-444.

A transcript of the whole MS made c.1810 for George Frederick Nott is in the British Library, Add. MS 28635.

A tall folio composite volume of verse MSS, in various hands and paper sizes, 195 leaves, mounted on guards, in half-morocco.

Compiled chiefly by members of the Caryll family.

A quarto composite verse miscellany, comprising three miscellaneous MSS in different hands, 151 leaves, in modern half-morocco gilt.

Fols 11r-78r, largely in a single secretary hand, comprising a verse miscellany compiled by the antiquary St Loe Kniveton, of Gray's Inn. c.1585-90s.

A quarto miscellany of verse and some prose, 63 leaves, partly mounted on guards, in modern quarter-calf on marbled boards.

Compiled by Henry Stanford (d.1616), household tutor to the Paget and Carey families, including George Carey, second Lord Hunsdon.

A complete transcription of this volume in Steven W. May, Henry Stanford's Anthology: An Edition of Cambridge University Library Manuscript Dd. 5.75 (New York, 1988).

Copy of the Old Arcadia, in a professional secretary hand, to which is added some of the Certain Sonnets in an italic hand, 242 folio leaves, in contemporary vellum, with traces of ties, within modern vellum.

The greater part of a quarto commonplace book of extracts, compiled by Edward Pudsey (1573-1613), iii + 104 leaves, in 19th-century green morocco gilt.

Four leaves of this commonplace book are in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, ER 82/1/21.

All the Shakespearian texts except Othello were edited from this MS in Richard Savage's Shakespearean Extracts (1887). The MS also edited in Juliet Mary Gowan, An Edition of Edward Pudsey's Commonplace Book (c.1600-1615) (unpublished M. Phil., University of London, 1967). It was then found that the miscellany lacked several of its original leaves, including extracts from six plays by Shakespeare. These leaves were rediscovered in 1977 among Savage's papers at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, ER 82/1/21, and the Othello extracts identified by Gowan. The MS also discussed in J. Rees, Shakespeare and Edward Pudsey's Booke, 1600, N&Q, 237 (September 1992), 330-1; in Juliet Gowan, One Man in His Time: The Notebook of Edward Pudsey, Bodleian Library Record, 22 (2009), 94–101; in Fred Schurink, Manuscript Commonplace Books, Literature, and Reading in Early Modern England, HLQ, 73/3 (2010), 453-69 (pp. 465-9), with a facsimile of f. 31r on p. 467; and in Tom Lockwood, At Mr Marston’s Request: Edward Pudsey and the Inns of Court, N&Q, 63 (September 2016), 450-3.

The greater part of a quarto commonplace book of extracts, compiled by Edward Pudsey (1573-1613), iii + 104 leaves, in 19th-century green morocco gilt.

Four leaves of this commonplace book are in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, ER 82/1/21.

All the Shakespearian texts except Othello were edited from this MS in Richard Savage's Shakespearean Extracts (1887). The MS also edited in Juliet Mary Gowan, An Edition of Edward Pudsey's Commonplace Book (c.1600-1615) (unpublished M. Phil., University of London, 1967). It was then found that the miscellany lacked several of its original leaves, including extracts from six plays by Shakespeare. These leaves were rediscovered in 1977 among Savage's papers at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, ER 82/1/21, and the Othello extracts identified by Gowan. The MS also discussed in J. Rees, Shakespeare and Edward Pudsey's Booke, 1600, N&Q, 237 (September 1992), 330-1; in Juliet Gowan, One Man in His Time: The Notebook of Edward Pudsey, Bodleian Library Record, 22 (2009), 94–101; in Fred Schurink, Manuscript Commonplace Books, Literature, and Reading in Early Modern England, HLQ, 73/3 (2010), 453-69 (pp. 465-9), with a facsimile of f. 31r on p. 467; and in Tom Lockwood, At Mr Marston’s Request: Edward Pudsey and the Inns of Court, N&Q, 63 (September 2016), 450-3.

Autograph MS of the Autobiography of Alice Thornton, including some verses, 303 duodecimo pages, in contemporary calf gilt.

A microfilm of this MS is also in the British Library, RP 2346.

A folio volume comprising two MSS bound together, the first (iii + 323 leaves) a 15th-century MS of John Lydgate's Destruction of Troy, the second (v + 82 leaves, including blanks) a verse miscellany in various hands, in modern quarter-calf on marbled boards.

The volume owned and possibly partly compiled by Sir James Murray, of Tibbermure, or by someone in his household, dated at the end anno 1612 y^e 24 of Maij.

A quarto verse miscellany, largely in two neat mixed hands, with subsequent additions in other hands, 32 leaves, in modern half crushed morocco.

Probably compiled in Scotland by members of the Rutherford family.

Briefly discussed in Marcia Allentuck, An Unpublished Commonplace Book of Scottish Interest in the Folger Shakespeare Library, SSL, 7, No. 4 (April 1970), 270-1.

A quarto miscellany, in several hands, written from both ends, 77 leaves, in contemporary calf gilt.

Compiled by members of the Cartwright family, of Aynho, Northamptonshire, including (ff. 4r-7v) verse by William Cartwright (1634-76).

Copy, written on sig. A6 in an exemplum of John Stanbridge's Pervula printed by Wynkyn de Woorde [1495?].

This MS recorded in Ringler, p. 493.

A duodecimo commonplace book of extracts, in English and Latin, written from both ends, 60 leaves, disbound.

Owned and probably compiled by John Abbott (b.1653/4), of St John's College, Oxford.

Copy, in a printed exemplum of Arcadia (London, 1590), written to fill the blank space left for this epitaph.

Recorded in Ringler, p. 493.

Copy written in a printed exemplum of Arcadia (London, 1590) to fill the blank space left for this epitaph.

This MS recorded in Ringler, p. 493.

Copy written in a printed exemplum of Arcadia (London, 1590) to fill the blank space left for this epitaph.

This MS recorded in Ringler, p. 493.

A miscellaneous collection of MS verse, totally unconnected with each other, and written on backs of letters, or other scraps of paper.

Selectively edited (as his Fourth Division: Miscellaneous Poems) in Arthur Clifford, Tixall Poetry (Edinburgh, 1813), pp. 207-324.

A folio composite volume of miscellaneous papers, originally in calf, now disbound.

A folio composite volume of miscellaneous papers, originally in calf, now disbound.

Copy of Psalms 1-150, in an accomplished professional secretary and roman hand, iv + 227 folio pages. in formerly half-calf marbled boards (rebacked).

Entitled The Psalmes of Dauid translated into diuers & sundry kindes of verse, more rare, & excellent, for the method & varietie then euer yet hath bene don in English: begun by the noble & learned gent. S^r P: Sidney Kt., & finished by the R: honnorable the Countesse of Pembroke, his Sister, & by her dirrection & appointment.

This MS described in Ringler, p. 548. Facsimile of the title-page in Rathmell, p. xxxiii.

Copy of Psalms 1-87, 102-30, in the small hand of Dr Samuel Woodford, lacking a title, vi + 157 folio leaves (ff. 83r-99v and 132r-45v blank), incomplete, in vellum boards.

Inscribed on f. 82v, after Psalm 87, But here all the leaues are torn off, to the 23 verse of the CII. Psalms, to be supplyd if possible from some other Copy, of w^ch ther is a fayre one in Trinity Colledg library in Cambridg, & of w^ch many years since I had y^e sight when I first began my Paraphrase Sam: Woodforde and, on f. 131v, after Psalm 130, But from this place to the end, my Copy is defective the leaves being torn off Ita tester Sam: Woodforde who for S^r philip Sedneys sake, & to preserue such a remaine of him undertook this tiresome task of transcribing, 1694/5.

Psalms 1-43 edited from this MS in Ringler and described pp. 547-8. Psalm 85 edited from this MS and discussed in Noel Kinnamon, A Variant of the Countess of Pembroke Psalm 85, Sidney Newsletter, 2/2 (1981), 9-12.

Copy of Psalms 1-26, 51, 58, 68-71, 73-8, 80, 83-6, 88-9, 91, 93, 96, 98-100, 102, 104-5, 108-13. 117, 120-7. 129-34, 137-8, 142-3, 147, 149, 150 (in an irregular order), with second versions of Psalms 75, 89 and 122, untitled, on 95 quarto leaves, in black leather gilt.

In the secretary hands of Harington's servant Thomas Combe and of Harington's brother Francis, with Harington's occasional autograph corrections and insertions largely in italic.

This MS described in Ringler, p. 550.

Copy of Psalms 1-150, in a probably professional roman hand, with a few alterations in a different ink, the title-page and pages towards the end faded, 148 quarto leaves, in modern half red morocco.

This MS described in Ringler, pp. 549-50.

Copy of Psalms 1-6, 8-148, chiefly in the hand of Harington's servant Thomas Combe, with corrections and annotations in Harington's hand, untitled, imperfect.

Volume VII of the Harington Papers.

This MS collated in Ringler and described pp. 551-2.

Copy, on 355 octavo pages.

Inscribed on the last page Haec meminisse juvat Apr. 23 163[ ].

This MS discussed in Gavin Alexander, A New Manuscript of the Sidney Psalms: A Preliminary Report, Sidney Journal, 18/1 (Summer 2000), 43-56.

A formal copy of all 150 Psalms, in a professional hand, with decorated initial majuscules, 248 folio pages, in leather gilt.

Copy of Psalms 1-150, in a calligraphic italic hand, with elaborate and partly coloured ornamentation, with a title-page, The Psalmes of David Done into English Verse, By the moste noble and vertuouse gentellman s^r: Phillipp Sydney knight, subscribed W. H., 228 folio leaves (plus blanks), in contemporary calf gilt (rebacked) bearing the initials T M.

Described in G.F. Waller, The Text and Manuscript Variants of the Countess of Pembroke's Psalms, RES, NS 26 (1975), 1-18. A facsimile example is in the Sotheby's 1980 sale catalogue. Two microfilms are in the British Library: RP 412 and RP 2051.

Copy of Psalms 1-150, untitled, on 118 folio leaves (plus three blanks), in contemporary vellum.

In a professional secretary hand, with three lines in black ink possibly added in a second hand after Psalm 23 on f. 17r.

This MS described in Cecil C. Seronsy, Another Huntington Manuscript of the Sidney Psalms, HLQ, 29 (1965-6), 109-16.

Copy of Psalms 1-150, in an accomplished, professional, predominantly italic hand, on 164 quarto leaves, including a title-page The Psalmes of Dauid done into English Verse by the Most Noble & Vertuous gent: S^r. Phillipp Sidney Kn^t, in late-17th- or early-18th-century red morocco gilt.

This MS described in Ringler, p. 552.

Copy of Psalms 1-150, in a single professional secretary hand, on 321 quarto pages, with a title-page The Psalmes of David metaphrased into verse by the noble, learned, & famous gent S^r Philip Sidney Knight, gilt-edged in modern brown morocco gilt.

This MS described in Ringler, p. 552.

A manuscript of The Psalms of David, i + 145 folio leaves, in contemporary vellum richly gilt, the volume possibly prepared for presentation to Queen Elizabeth.

Copy of Psalms 1-150, in at least two italic hands, entitled The Psalms of David done into English Verse by the Most Noble and Vertuous Gent. S^r. Phillip Sidney Kn^t., 191 leaves, in 18th-century vellum boards.

Copy of Psalms 1-150, with a second version of Psalms 75 and 131.

This MS described in Ringler, p. 552.

A calligraphic copy of Psalms 4-150, transcribed, probably from the Countess of Pembroke's working copy, by John Davies (1565-1618) of Hereford, 135 folio leaves, imperfect; lacking a title and first three psalms, in later red leather.

Edited from this MS in Rathmell. Collated in Ringler and described pp. 546-7. Facsimile of Psalm 117 in John Buxton, Sir Philip Sidney and the English Renaissance, revised edition (London, 1964), after p. 156. Discussed, with facsimile examples of ff. 45v, 54v, 118r, and 135r, in Noel Kinnamon, The Sidney Psalms: The Penshurst and Tixall Manuscripts, EMS, 2 (1990), 139-61.

Copy of Psalms 1-150, in two or more probably professional secretary hands, headed The Psalmes of Dauid done into English verse By y^e most noble & vertuous gent: S^r Phillip: Sydney knight, 158 quarto leaves, in contemporary calf gilt.

This MS described in Ringler, p. 549.

Copy of Psalms 1-150, in an accomplished professional secretary hand, with some corrections in another hand, with a title-page, The Psalms of David Translated into English Verse by That Noble and Virtuous Gent: S^r Philip Sydney, 169 quarto leaves, in 17th-century calf gilt (rebacked).

This MS described in Ringler, p. 549.

Copy of Psalms 1-150, in an accomplished professional hand, some initials decorated, with a title-page, The Psalmes of Dauid metaphrased into sundry Kindes of verse, By the noble & famous gent: Sir Philip Sidney Knight, 302 folio pages, in old calf.

This MS described in Ringler, p. 549.

Copy of Psalms 17-150, here beginning My sute is just, just Lord to my sute harke, imperfect, lacking a title and the first sixteen Psalms.

This MS described in Ringler, pp. 548-9.

Copy, quarto.

Copy, described as Certain Psalms of David, translated into English Verse by the Countess of Pembroke and Sir Philip Sidney; prefixed is a copy of Edmund Campion's Virgilian epic in Latin on the early history of the Church entitled Nascentis Eclesiæ generatio prima.

A quarto composite volume of miscellaneous state tracts, speeches, and verse, in various largely professional hands, iv + 413 leaves (including a thirty-page index and some blanks), in half-calf (rebacked).

Transcribed from the Yelverton papers chiefly belonging to Sir Christopher Yelverton (1535?-1612), Sir Henry Yelverton (1566-1629), and their family.

A folio songbook, in probably two secretary and italic hands, 25 leaves, in a recycled contemporary vellum indenture within modern half red morocco.

A complete facsimile of this volume in English Song 1600-1675, ed. Elise Bickford Jorgens, Vol. 1 (New York & London, 1986).

A folio composite volume of state tracts and miscellaneous papers, in various largely professional hands, 480 leaves, in red morocco gilt.

A series of quarto leaves of devotional poems, apparently copied by William Dugdale Jr, bound with a printed Book of Common Prayer (1679).

Copy of Psalm 137, in a neat italic hand, as translated by Mary Countesse of Pembrook, here beginning Nigh-seated where the riuer floes, on the first two pages of an unbound pair of conjugate quarto leaves, once folded as a letter or packet.

A collection of papers of Sir John Harington (1560-12) and his family.

These manuscripts edited in Nugae Antiquae (first published in two volumes, London, 1769); various editions, expanded to 2 vols, ed. Henry Harington [and Thomas Park], London, 1804.

A folio commonplace book of miscellaneous historical material, in Latin and English, iii + 145 leaves (including blanks), in vellum.

Originally used as a commonplace book by T. Metcalf in 1598 (up to f. 63v), and then by James Ussher (1581-1656), Archbishop of Armagh.

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

A quarto composite verse miscellany, comprising three miscellaneous MSS in different hands, 151 leaves, in modern half-morocco gilt.

Fols 11r-78r, largely in a single secretary hand, comprising a verse miscellany compiled by the antiquary St Loe Kniveton, of Gray's Inn. c.1585-90s.

A formal transcript of John Aubrey's Naturall Historie of Wiltshire (1685), in the neat italic hand of B.G. Cramer, made for the Royal Society and dedicated to the President, the Earl of Pembroke, 393 folio pages, in contemporary elaborately blind-stamped diced russia.

A folio composite miscellany compiled entirely by William Drummond of Hawthornden, including (ff. 165r-6v, 246r-7v) copies of, or brief extracts from, nineteen poems by Donne, 300 leaves, in 19th-century calf gilt.

Cited in IELM, I.i (1980), as the Drummond Miscellany: DnJ Δ 66. Some extracts from this MS edited in Laing (1831), pp. 78-82. Drummond's Catalogue of Comedies (ff. 122-3). Recorded in MacDonald, Library of Drummond, pp. 231-2.

A formal transcript of John Aubrey's Naturall Historie of Wiltshire (1685), in the neat italic hand of B.G. Cramer, made for the Royal Society and dedicated to the President, the Earl of Pembroke, 393 folio pages, in contemporary elaborately blind-stamped diced russia.

A quarto composite verse miscellany, comprising three miscellaneous MSS in different hands, 151 leaves, in modern half-morocco gilt.

Fols 11r-78r, largely in a single secretary hand, comprising a verse miscellany compiled by the antiquary St Loe Kniveton, of Gray's Inn. c.1585-90s.

An unbound sheaf of six folio leaves of poems, in a neat secretary hand, in double columns.

Among papers of Adam Ottley (1685-1752), Registrar of the diocese of St David's, Wales, and formerly in Pitchford Hall, Shropshire.

This MS discussed. with facsimile examples, in Peter Beal, Poems by Sir Philip Sidney: The Ottley Manuscript, The Library, 5th Ser. 33 (1978), 284-95. See also correspondence with Jean Robertson in The Library, 6th Ser. (June 1980) and (June 1981).

A quarto composite verse miscellany, comprising three miscellaneous MSS in different hands, 151 leaves, in modern half-morocco gilt.

Fols 11r-78r, largely in a single secretary hand, comprising a verse miscellany compiled by the antiquary St Loe Kniveton, of Gray's Inn. c.1585-90s.

A folio composite miscellany compiled entirely by William Drummond of Hawthornden, including (ff. 165r-6v, 246r-7v) copies of, or brief extracts from, nineteen poems by Donne, 300 leaves, in 19th-century calf gilt.

Cited in IELM, I.i (1980), as the Drummond Miscellany: DnJ Δ 66. Some extracts from this MS edited in Laing (1831), pp. 78-82. Drummond's Catalogue of Comedies (ff. 122-3). Recorded in MacDonald, Library of Drummond, pp. 231-2.

An unbound sheaf of six folio leaves of poems, in a neat secretary hand, in double columns.

Among papers of Adam Ottley (1685-1752), Registrar of the diocese of St David's, Wales, and formerly in Pitchford Hall, Shropshire.

This MS discussed. with facsimile examples, in Peter Beal, Poems by Sir Philip Sidney: The Ottley Manuscript, The Library, 5th Ser. 33 (1978), 284-95. See also correspondence with Jean Robertson in The Library, 6th Ser. (June 1980) and (June 1981).

An unbound sheaf of six folio leaves of poems, in a neat secretary hand, in double columns.

Among papers of Adam Ottley (1685-1752), Registrar of the diocese of St David's, Wales, and formerly in Pitchford Hall, Shropshire.

This MS discussed. with facsimile examples, in Peter Beal, Poems by Sir Philip Sidney: The Ottley Manuscript, The Library, 5th Ser. 33 (1978), 284-95. See also correspondence with Jean Robertson in The Library, 6th Ser. (June 1980) and (June 1981).

Copy of Arcadia, i + 247 folio leaves, imperfect, in 17th-century panelled calf (rebacked).

Probably in three secretary hands: A, ff. 1r-183v, 197r to the bottom of f. 240v; B, ff. 184r-92v; C, ff. 193r-6v, bottom of f. 240v to 246r.

Copy of the complete text, closely written in a small and probably professional secretary hand, the headings, incipits and colophons in engrossed lettering, 285 quarto pages (including various blanks and plus a number of blanks at the end), imperfect at the beginning and end and lacking a title, in contemporary calf.

This MS collated in Robertson and the poems collated in Ringler. Described in Ringler, p. 525.

Copy of an almost complete text, predominantly in two neat secretary hands, one that of Harington's servant Thomas Combe, with a number of autograph insertions by Harington, another that of harington's brother Francis, headed A treatis made by S^r Phillip Sydney Knyght of certeyn accidents in Arcadia. made in the yeer 1580 and emparted to some few of his frends, in his lyfe tyme and to more sence his vnfortunat deceasse, i + 202 quarto leaves, lacking the last leaf, in contemporary vellum, with traces of ties.

This MS collated in Robertson and the poems collated in Ringler. Described in Ringler, pp. 526-7. The identification of Harington's hand established in P.J. Croft, Sir John Harington's Manuscript of Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, in Stephen Parks and P.J. Croft, Literary Autographs (Los Angeles, 1983), pp. 37-75, with facsimiles of ff. 85r, 87r, 126r, as Plates 4, 2, and 3.

Copy of the complete text, in a single professional secretary hand, untitled, with a later title (f. ii^r, supplied by Thomas Martin) S^r. Philip Sydneys Arcadia A Romance, &c. In Prose & Verse..., 190 leaves, in modern half calf.

This MS (the Davies MS) collated in Robertson and the poems collated in Ringler. Described in Ringler, p. 526.

Copy of 66 poems from Arcadia and two prose passages from Book II, in a single professional hand, untitled, 38 leaves, with two staves of music at the end, in contemporary vellum, within modern quarter-vellum.

Inscribed on the original cover Swr Henry Lee delivered being champean to the qwen delivered to my lord cwmberland by willeam Simons: i.e. delivered to George Clifford (1558-1605), third Earl of Cumberland, courtier and privateer, and then owned by Sir Henry Lee (1530-1610), of Ditchley, Oxfordshire, the Queen's Champion. Presented by Harold Arthur Lee-Dillon (1844-1932), seventeenth Viscount Dillon, CH, antiquary.

This MS (the Lee MS) collated in Robertson and the poems collated in Ringler. Described in Ringler, pp. 527-8.

Copy of Arcadia (the Clifford MS), in a single professional secretary hand, 229 folio leaves, in contemporary limp vellum.

Copy of works by Sir Philip Sidney, in a probably professional secretary and italic hand, ii + 147 folio leaves, in contemporary brown calf gilt (rebacked).

Formerly in the library of the Tollemache family, at Helmingham Hall, Suffolk, and probably once owned by Sir Lionel Tollemache, first Baronet (1562-1612?), whose initials (S L T) are stamped in blind on the cover.

Recorded in HMC, 1st Report (1870), Appendix, p. 61.

Copy, largely in six largely secretary hands, imperfect, lacking a title and beginning on the original fol. 7 (now f. 1r), also lacking one or more leaves after f. 94v, 183 folio leaves, in contemporary vellum.

This MS (the Ashburnham MS) collated in Robertson and the poems collated in Ringler; described in Ringler, p. 528. Facsimiles of ff. 116v and 154r in DLB, vol. 167, Sixteenth-Century British Non-Dramatic Writers. Third Series, ed. David A. Richardson (Detroit, 1996), pp. 204-5.

An unbound sheaf of six folio leaves of poems, in a neat secretary hand, in double columns.

Among papers of Adam Ottley (1685-1752), Registrar of the diocese of St David's, Wales, and formerly in Pitchford Hall, Shropshire.

This MS discussed. with facsimile examples, in Peter Beal, Poems by Sir Philip Sidney: The Ottley Manuscript, The Library, 5th Ser. 33 (1978), 284-95. See also correspondence with Jean Robertson in The Library, 6th Ser. (June 1980) and (June 1981).

Copy of the complete text, in three probably professional secretary hands, untitled, probably transcribed from SiP 98, vii + 142 large folio leaves (plus some blanks), in contemporary calf elaborately gilt, gauffered edges.

This MS collated in Robertson and the poems collated in Ringler. Described in Ringler, pp. 525-6.

Copy of the Old Arcadia, in a professional secretary hand, to which is added some of the Certain Sonnets in an italic hand, 242 folio leaves, in contemporary vellum, with traces of ties, within modern vellum.

A fragment of an otherwise lost MS copy of Arcadia.

Containing the text of poems OA 18 (here The seauenth songe: beginning Yee lovinge Pouers enclosed in statelye shryne) and OA 19, lines 1, 8-12, 11 (here The Eighte songe beginning My wordes in hoope to blase my stedfast mynde, with related prose, written in the accomplished secretary hand of John Paxton, steward of the Huddleston estate, on the first page of a pair of conjugate folio leaves (c.355 x 230mm.), probably discarded because of a mistake in copying (eyeskip) and later used to reinforce the lower cover of a vellum-bound manuscript terrier relating to manors of Sir Edmund Huddleston dated 10 May 1580.

This MS, discovered by Steven W. May, discussed, with a facsimile, in H.R. Woudhuysen, A New Manuscript Fragment of Sidney's Old Arcadia: The Huddleston Manuscript, EMS, 11: Manuscripts and their Makers in the English Renaissance (2002), 52-69. The prose text corresponds to Robertson's edition of Old Arcadia, p. 109, lines 27-9, and p. 110, lines 13-28. The poems are in Ringler, pp. 40-1.

A quarto fair copy.

Copy, neatly written and apparently prepared for the press, three octavo volumes (containing 44, 33 and 36 chapters respectively), 584 pages.

A folio composite volume of miscellaneous papers, originally in calf, now disbound.

A folio composite miscellany of verse and prose, compiled entirely by William Drummond, 403 leaves, in 19th-century calf gilt.

Epitome of Books I-III, with ten of the poems, based on the edition of 1627; entitled The History of Arcadia.

This MS recorded in Ringler, p. 531.

A small quarto commonplace book of extracts, in a single mixed hand, 83 leaves, in modern half-morocco.

A quarto composite volume of state and miscellaneous papers, in several hands, 115 leaves, with an Index (ff. 68r-77r), in modern quarter crushed morocco on cloth boards gilt.

An oblong octavo pocket commonplace book, comprising (f. 1r) Poems / Characters / Proverbs / Sentences / Historicall Remarques / Tales, in Latin, English and Greek, in perhaps two or more hands, probably associated with Cambridge University, in modern half crushed morocco on cloth boards gilt.

Including (on ff. 17-27, rectos only) portions of 17 English poems by Crashaw.

Recorded in IELM as Sloane MS: CrR Δ 5. Crashaw's work collated in Martin (cited as S) and discussed p. lxxix.

A folio composite volume of verse MSS, in various hands.

Recorded (erroneously as Volume XXIV) in HMC, 12th Report, Appendix V, Rutland II (1889), pp. 316-31.

A folio composite volume of verse chiefly by John Evelyn Jr (1655-99) and his tutor Ralph Bohun, 39 leaves, in modern half red morocco.

An octavo commonplace book of extracts under headings, in Latin and English, in a single mixed hand, written from both ends, 92 leaves, paginated 1-89 then foliated 3-49, in modern wrappers.

Discussed in Fred Schurink, Manuscript Commonplace Books, Literature, and Reading in Early Modern England, HLQ, 73/3 (2010), 453-69 (p. 460 et seq.), with a facsimile of f. 6r on p. 464.

A quarto verse miscellany, in several hands, ff. 2r-26r in a single secretary hand, ff. 26r-40v in yet another, with later additions near the end dated 1653, 60 leaves (plus blanks), in contemporary vellum.

Identified in Ringler, PQ (1975), as the Quarto MS from which Percy derived the texts of three poems by Breton edited in his Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765). Substantial extracts from it edited in Grosart's edition of Breton (1879). Also briefly discussed in P.M. Buck, Jr, Add MS. 34064 and Spenser's Ruins of Time and Mother Hubberd's Tale, MLN, 22 (1907), 41-6, and in Robertson's edition of Breton, pp. liv-lv.

Typed and MS notes relating to this volume made in the 1920s by Professor Hyder Edward Rollins (1889-1958) are in Harvard MS Eng 1613.

A folio composite volume of plays.

A quarto miscellany of verse and some prose, 63 leaves, partly mounted on guards, in modern quarter-calf on marbled boards.

Compiled by Henry Stanford (d.1616), household tutor to the Paget and Carey families, including George Carey, second Lord Hunsdon.

A complete transcription of this volume in Steven W. May, Henry Stanford's Anthology: An Edition of Cambridge University Library Manuscript Dd. 5.75 (New York, 1988).

A quarto miscellany of verse and prose, in English and Latin, in several hands, written from both ends, 84 leaves, in contemporary calf.

Probably compiled principally by an Oxford University man.

A quarto volume of Divine and Morall Observations, in verse and prose, in a neat roman hand varying in style, with later additions at the end, 61 leaves (plus blanks), in modern half black leather.

Inscribed by the compiler, on an elaborate title-page (f. 1r), Abygall Guilford her Booke 1672.

A quarto verse miscellany, in an accomplished mixed hand throughout, with headings or incipts in engrossed lettering, 194 leaves, in 19th-century half-morocco.

This MS volume discussed in Katherine K. Gottschalk, Discoveries concerning British Library MS Harley 6910, MP, 77 (1979-80), 121-31.

A quarto composite verse miscellany, comprising three miscellaneous MSS in different hands, 151 leaves, in modern half-morocco gilt.

Fols 11r-78r, largely in a single secretary hand, comprising a verse miscellany compiled by the antiquary St Loe Kniveton, of Gray's Inn. c.1585-90s.

A quarto miscellany of verse and some prose, 63 leaves, partly mounted on guards, in modern quarter-calf on marbled boards.

Compiled by Henry Stanford (d.1616), household tutor to the Paget and Carey families, including George Carey, second Lord Hunsdon.

A complete transcription of this volume in Steven W. May, Henry Stanford's Anthology: An Edition of Cambridge University Library Manuscript Dd. 5.75 (New York, 1988).

An octavo volume, chiefly devoted to Colvil's Mock poem, in a single small hand, with verses etc. in English and Latin added afterwards, written from both ends, 86 leaves (plus blanks), in contemporary calf.

An octavo miscellany of verse and prose, in a single cursive secretary hand, 153 pages (including many blanks), in contemporary limp vellum.

A folio composite volume of plays.

An octavo notebook of extracts, in a single small mixed hand, written from both ends, 165 leaves, in contemporary calf.

Compiled by one William Bright, entitled ffragmenta hic omnigena è varijs excerpta authoribus ad priuatum existunt vsum WB ex anno 1644.

An oblong octavo book of roundels, in a formal Scottish hand with some rubrication, 152 pages, in near-contemporary calf elaborately gilt, with clasps.

With a title-page Ane buck off roundells...Collected and notted by dauid meluill. 1612, the compiler David Melvill, of Aberdeen, being the brother of James Melvill (1556-1614), Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages.

This MS edited as The Melvill Book of Roundels, ed. Granville Bantock and H. Orsmond Anderton (Roxburghe Club, London, 1916).

An octavo volume, chiefly devoted to Colvil's Mock poem, in a single small hand, with verses etc. in English and Latin added afterwards, written from both ends, 86 leaves (plus blanks), in contemporary calf.

A quarto verse miscellany, in a single cursive hand, written from both ends, 25 leaves (including blanks), in a paper wrapper.

A quarto musical part book, in several neat secretary and italic hands, with some initial-letter decoration, headed (f. 5r) This is the fyrst Buke addit to the four psalme Bukkes, for songis of four or fyue partis, meit and apt for musitians, to recreat..., with (ff. 2r-4r) a table of contents, 63 leaves, in old blind-stamped calf.

One of the part books of the St Andrews Psalter.

A folio composite volume of plays.

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

A quarto verse miscellany, in several hands, ff. 2r-26r in a single secretary hand, ff. 26r-40v in yet another, with later additions near the end dated 1653, 60 leaves (plus blanks), in contemporary vellum.

Identified in Ringler, PQ (1975), as the Quarto MS from which Percy derived the texts of three poems by Breton edited in his Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765). Substantial extracts from it edited in Grosart's edition of Breton (1879). Also briefly discussed in P.M. Buck, Jr, Add MS. 34064 and Spenser's Ruins of Time and Mother Hubberd's Tale, MLN, 22 (1907), 41-6, and in Robertson's edition of Breton, pp. liv-lv.

Typed and MS notes relating to this volume made in the 1920s by Professor Hyder Edward Rollins (1889-1958) are in Harvard MS Eng 1613.

A folio composite volume of verse and some prose, in various hands, v + 179 leaves, in early 18th-century half-calf.

A quarto verse miscellany, in several hands, ff. 2r-26r in a single secretary hand, ff. 26r-40v in yet another, with later additions near the end dated 1653, 60 leaves (plus blanks), in contemporary vellum.

Identified in Ringler, PQ (1975), as the Quarto MS from which Percy derived the texts of three poems by Breton edited in his Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765). Substantial extracts from it edited in Grosart's edition of Breton (1879). Also briefly discussed in P.M. Buck, Jr, Add MS. 34064 and Spenser's Ruins of Time and Mother Hubberd's Tale, MLN, 22 (1907), 41-6, and in Robertson's edition of Breton, pp. liv-lv.

Typed and MS notes relating to this volume made in the 1920s by Professor Hyder Edward Rollins (1889-1958) are in Harvard MS Eng 1613.

A quarto verse miscellany, in an accomplished mixed hand throughout, with headings or incipts in engrossed lettering, 194 leaves, in 19th-century half-morocco.

This MS volume discussed in Katherine K. Gottschalk, Discoveries concerning British Library MS Harley 6910, MP, 77 (1979-80), 121-31.

A quarto miscellany of verse and some prose, in probably two or more secretary hands, 108 pages, in half brown morocco.

An octavo verse miscellany, including 13 poems by Donne and 14 poems by Corbett, in several hands, probably associated with Oxford University, written from both ends, 102 leaves, in 17th-century calf.

Cited in IELM, I.i (1980) and II.i (1987), as the Lawson MS: DnJ Δ 37 and CoR Δ 2.

A quarto verse miscellany, in several hands, ff. 2r-26r in a single secretary hand, ff. 26r-40v in yet another, with later additions near the end dated 1653, 60 leaves (plus blanks), in contemporary vellum.

Identified in Ringler, PQ (1975), as the Quarto MS from which Percy derived the texts of three poems by Breton edited in his Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765). Substantial extracts from it edited in Grosart's edition of Breton (1879). Also briefly discussed in P.M. Buck, Jr, Add MS. 34064 and Spenser's Ruins of Time and Mother Hubberd's Tale, MLN, 22 (1907), 41-6, and in Robertson's edition of Breton, pp. liv-lv.

Typed and MS notes relating to this volume made in the 1920s by Professor Hyder Edward Rollins (1889-1958) are in Harvard MS Eng 1613.

An octavo miscellany of verse and prose, closely written in possibly several minute predominantly secretary hands, 291 leaves (ff. 212-16 bound out of order after f. 24), in modern calf.

Discussed, with facsimile examples, in Giles E. Dawson, John Payne Collier's Great Forgery, SB, 24 (1971), 1-26.

An octavo composite miscellany of verse and prose, in several secretary, italic and mixed hands, 190 leaves (irregularly numbered), in contemporary limp vellum.

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

A quarto verse miscellany, in a single hand, 114 leaves, bound with a printed exemplum of Thomas Watson's <GREEK> or Passionate Centurie of Love (London, [1581?]).

Compiled by John Lilliat (c.1550-c.1599).

This MS volume printed in full, with facsimile examples, in Liber Lilliati: Elizabethan Verse and Song (Bodleian MS Rawlinson Poetry 148), ed. Edward Doughtie (Newark, DE, 1985).

A quarto verse miscellany, in several hands, ff. 2r-26r in a single secretary hand, ff. 26r-40v in yet another, with later additions near the end dated 1653, 60 leaves (plus blanks), in contemporary vellum.

Identified in Ringler, PQ (1975), as the Quarto MS from which Percy derived the texts of three poems by Breton edited in his Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765). Substantial extracts from it edited in Grosart's edition of Breton (1879). Also briefly discussed in P.M. Buck, Jr, Add MS. 34064 and Spenser's Ruins of Time and Mother Hubberd's Tale, MLN, 22 (1907), 41-6, and in Robertson's edition of Breton, pp. liv-lv.

Typed and MS notes relating to this volume made in the 1920s by Professor Hyder Edward Rollins (1889-1958) are in Harvard MS Eng 1613.

A quarto verse miscellany, in two styles of italic, the last poem (f. 93v) added in a later hand, 93 leaves (plus ten blanks), in modern quarter-morocco gilt.

Including 14 poems by Donne, six poems (plus one of doubtful authorship) by Carew, ten poems by Habington and 13 poems (plus one of doubtful authorship) by Randolph. Owned and possibly compiled by Arthur Capell (1631-83), second Earl of Essex, whose name is inscribed in red ink (1*), in a similar roman hand to that on ff. 1r-19r. He married (1653) Elizabeth Percy (1636-1718), daughter of Algernon, tenth Earl of Northumberland; she was therefore the great niece of Habington's mother-in-law, Eleanor Percy, sister of the ninth Earl of Northumberland.

Cited in IELM, I.i (1980) and II, i-ii (1987-93), as the Capell MS: DnJ Δ 43, CwT Δ 17, and RnT Δ 3. Discussed in Geoffrey Tillotson, The Commonplace Book of Arthur Capell, MLR, 27 (1932), 381-91.

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

A quarto verse miscellany, in several hands, ff. 2r-26r in a single secretary hand, ff. 26r-40v in yet another, with later additions near the end dated 1653, 60 leaves (plus blanks), in contemporary vellum.

Identified in Ringler, PQ (1975), as the Quarto MS from which Percy derived the texts of three poems by Breton edited in his Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765). Substantial extracts from it edited in Grosart's edition of Breton (1879). Also briefly discussed in P.M. Buck, Jr, Add MS. 34064 and Spenser's Ruins of Time and Mother Hubberd's Tale, MLN, 22 (1907), 41-6, and in Robertson's edition of Breton, pp. liv-lv.

Typed and MS notes relating to this volume made in the 1920s by Professor Hyder Edward Rollins (1889-1958) are in Harvard MS Eng 1613.

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

A quarto verse miscellany, made up from a larger book, 184 leaves, stubs of some excised leaves, in green boards.

Compiled by John Ramsay (b.1578), of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and the Middle Temple.

A large folio volume of autograph vocal music by Henry Lawes (1596-1662), ix + 184 leaves, in modern black morocco gilt.

Comprising over 300 songs and musical dialogues by Lawes, probably written over an extended period (c.1626-62) in preparation for his eventual publications, including settings of 38 poems by Carew, fourteen poems by or attributed to Herrick, and fifteen by Waller.

Recorded in IELM, II.i-ii (1987-93), as the Henry Lawes MS: CwT Δ 16; HeR Δ 3; WaE Δ 11. Discussed, with facsimile examples, in Pamela J. Willetts, The Henry Lawes Manuscript (London, 1969). Facsimiles of ff. 42r, 78r, 80r, 84r, 111r and 169r in The Poems and Masques of Aurelian Townshend, ed. Cedric C. Brown (Reading, 1983), pp. 59, 60, 62, 64, 66 and 117. Also discussed in Willa McClung Evans, Henry Lawes: Musician and Friend of Poets (New York and London, 1941), and elsewhere. A complete facsimile of the volume in English Song 1600-1675, ed. Elise Bickford Jorgens, Vol. 3 (New York & London, 1986).

A quarto miscellany of verse and some prose, 63 leaves, partly mounted on guards, in modern quarter-calf on marbled boards.

Compiled by Henry Stanford (d.1616), household tutor to the Paget and Carey families, including George Carey, second Lord Hunsdon.

A complete transcription of this volume in Steven W. May, Henry Stanford's Anthology: An Edition of Cambridge University Library Manuscript Dd. 5.75 (New York, 1988).

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

A quarto miscellany of verse and some prose, 63 leaves, partly mounted on guards, in modern quarter-calf on marbled boards.

Compiled by Henry Stanford (d.1616), household tutor to the Paget and Carey families, including George Carey, second Lord Hunsdon.

A complete transcription of this volume in Steven W. May, Henry Stanford's Anthology: An Edition of Cambridge University Library Manuscript Dd. 5.75 (New York, 1988).

A quarto miscellany of verse and some prose, 63 leaves, partly mounted on guards, in modern quarter-calf on marbled boards.

Compiled by Henry Stanford (d.1616), household tutor to the Paget and Carey families, including George Carey, second Lord Hunsdon.

A complete transcription of this volume in Steven W. May, Henry Stanford's Anthology: An Edition of Cambridge University Library Manuscript Dd. 5.75 (New York, 1988).

A folio songbook, in probably two secretary and italic hands, 25 leaves, in a recycled contemporary vellum indenture within modern half red morocco.

A complete facsimile of this volume in English Song 1600-1675, ed. Elise Bickford Jorgens, Vol. 1 (New York & London, 1986).

A quarto composite verse miscellany, comprising three miscellaneous MSS in different hands, 151 leaves, in modern half-morocco gilt.

Fols 11r-78r, largely in a single secretary hand, comprising a verse miscellany compiled by the antiquary St Loe Kniveton, of Gray's Inn. c.1585-90s.

A quarto verse miscellany, in several hands, ff. 2r-26r in a single secretary hand, ff. 26r-40v in yet another, with later additions near the end dated 1653, 60 leaves (plus blanks), in contemporary vellum.

Identified in Ringler, PQ (1975), as the Quarto MS from which Percy derived the texts of three poems by Breton edited in his Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765). Substantial extracts from it edited in Grosart's edition of Breton (1879). Also briefly discussed in P.M. Buck, Jr, Add MS. 34064 and Spenser's Ruins of Time and Mother Hubberd's Tale, MLN, 22 (1907), 41-6, and in Robertson's edition of Breton, pp. liv-lv.

Typed and MS notes relating to this volume made in the 1920s by Professor Hyder Edward Rollins (1889-1958) are in Harvard MS Eng 1613.

A quarto miscellany of verse and some prose, 63 leaves, partly mounted on guards, in modern quarter-calf on marbled boards.

Compiled by Henry Stanford (d.1616), household tutor to the Paget and Carey families, including George Carey, second Lord Hunsdon.

A complete transcription of this volume in Steven W. May, Henry Stanford's Anthology: An Edition of Cambridge University Library Manuscript Dd. 5.75 (New York, 1988).

A verse miscellany, including 55 poems which have been attributed to Wyatt (one copied twice) as well as his Penitential Psalms, in several hands, originally compiled by, or for, John Harington of Stepney (1520?-82) and continued by his son, Sir John Harington of Kelston (1560-1612), whose hand occurs frequently in the MS, imperfect, once comprising 228 leaves of which 145 remain.

This volume described, and the full text edited, with facsimile examples of ff. 53r and 66v, in Hughey. Also discussed in Ruth Hughey, The Harington Manuscript at Arundel Castle and Related Documents, The Library, 4th Ser. 15 (1934-5), 388-444.

A transcript of the whole MS made c.1810 for George Frederick Nott is in the British Library, Add. MS 28635.

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

A quarto composite verse miscellany, comprising three miscellaneous MSS in different hands, 151 leaves, in modern half-morocco gilt.

Fols 11r-78r, largely in a single secretary hand, comprising a verse miscellany compiled by the antiquary St Loe Kniveton, of Gray's Inn. c.1585-90s.

A quarto miscellany of verse and some prose, 63 leaves, partly mounted on guards, in modern quarter-calf on marbled boards.

Compiled by Henry Stanford (d.1616), household tutor to the Paget and Carey families, including George Carey, second Lord Hunsdon.

A complete transcription of this volume in Steven W. May, Henry Stanford's Anthology: An Edition of Cambridge University Library Manuscript Dd. 5.75 (New York, 1988).

A large folio volume of autograph vocal music by Henry Lawes (1596-1662), ix + 184 leaves, in modern black morocco gilt.

Comprising over 300 songs and musical dialogues by Lawes, probably written over an extended period (c.1626-62) in preparation for his eventual publications, including settings of 38 poems by Carew, fourteen poems by or attributed to Herrick, and fifteen by Waller.

Recorded in IELM, II.i-ii (1987-93), as the Henry Lawes MS: CwT Δ 16; HeR Δ 3; WaE Δ 11. Discussed, with facsimile examples, in Pamela J. Willetts, The Henry Lawes Manuscript (London, 1969). Facsimiles of ff. 42r, 78r, 80r, 84r, 111r and 169r in The Poems and Masques of Aurelian Townshend, ed. Cedric C. Brown (Reading, 1983), pp. 59, 60, 62, 64, 66 and 117. Also discussed in Willa McClung Evans, Henry Lawes: Musician and Friend of Poets (New York and London, 1941), and elsewhere. A complete facsimile of the volume in English Song 1600-1675, ed. Elise Bickford Jorgens, Vol. 3 (New York & London, 1986).

A quarto composite verse miscellany, comprising three miscellaneous MSS in different hands, 151 leaves, in modern half-morocco gilt.

Fols 11r-78r, largely in a single secretary hand, comprising a verse miscellany compiled by the antiquary St Loe Kniveton, of Gray's Inn. c.1585-90s.

An octavo verse miscellany, in a single small neat predominantly secretary hand but for additions in a second hand on ff. 35v and 58r, compiled by an Oxford man, possibly a member of Wadham College, 97 leaves (inclusing two blanks), in half-calf.

Including 14 poems by Carew (and a second copy of one poem), eight poems (plus 3 of doubtful authorship) by Randolph, and 28 poems by Strode (plus a second copy of one and two of doubtful authorship).

Cited in IELM, II.i-ii (1987-93), as the Fulman MS: CwT Δ 2; RnT Δ 6; StW Δ 16.

A quarto verse miscellany, in several hands, ff. 2r-26r in a single secretary hand, ff. 26r-40v in yet another, with later additions near the end dated 1653, 60 leaves (plus blanks), in contemporary vellum.

Identified in Ringler, PQ (1975), as the Quarto MS from which Percy derived the texts of three poems by Breton edited in his Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765). Substantial extracts from it edited in Grosart's edition of Breton (1879). Also briefly discussed in P.M. Buck, Jr, Add MS. 34064 and Spenser's Ruins of Time and Mother Hubberd's Tale, MLN, 22 (1907), 41-6, and in Robertson's edition of Breton, pp. liv-lv.

Typed and MS notes relating to this volume made in the 1920s by Professor Hyder Edward Rollins (1889-1958) are in Harvard MS Eng 1613.

A quarto miscellany of verse and some prose, 63 leaves, partly mounted on guards, in modern quarter-calf on marbled boards.

Compiled by Henry Stanford (d.1616), household tutor to the Paget and Carey families, including George Carey, second Lord Hunsdon.

A complete transcription of this volume in Steven W. May, Henry Stanford's Anthology: An Edition of Cambridge University Library Manuscript Dd. 5.75 (New York, 1988).

A quarto verse miscellany (originally in two separate volumes), including eleven poems by Donne, chiefly in two hands, probably associated with the University of Oxford, 98 leaves, one of the original vellum covers now incorporated in modern red morocco.

Cited in IELM, I.i (1980), as the Welden MS: DnJ Δ 49.

A folio composite volume of prose and verse principally on religious matters, in several hands and paper sizes, 342 leaves, in contemporary brown calf (rebacked), with traces of metal clasps.

A quarto composite volume of verse MSS, in several hands and paper sizes, 129 leaves, in 19th-century half-morocco.

Collected by Peter Le Neve (1661-1729), Norroy King of Arms, antiquary, his brother Oliver, and (in 1714) by Thomas Martin (1697-1771), of Palgrave, Suffolk, antiquary and collector.

A large folio composite volume of verse, in various largely secretary hands, 327 leaves (plus blanks), in contemporary calf.

Collected, and partly written, by Elias Ashmole (1617-92), astrologer and antiquary.

Betagraph of the watermark in f. 29 in Ted-Larry Pebworth, Towards a Taxonomy of Watermarks, in Puzzles in Paper: Concepts in Historical Watermarks, ed. Daniel W. Mosser, Michael Saffle and Ernest W. Sullivan, II (London, 2000), pp. 229-42 (p. 239).

An octavo verse miscellany, including 13 poems by Donne and 14 poems by Corbett, in several hands, probably associated with Oxford University, written from both ends, 102 leaves, in 17th-century calf.

Cited in IELM, I.i (1980) and II.i (1987), as the Lawson MS: DnJ Δ 37 and CoR Δ 2.

An octavo miscellany of verse and prose, in a single cursive secretary hand, 153 pages (including many blanks), in contemporary limp vellum.

A quarto verse miscellany, including fifteen poems by Donne, with a title-page Miscellanies Or A Collection of Diuers Witty and pleasant Epigrams, Adages, poems Epitaphes &c for the recreation of y^e ouertravelled sences: 1630 Robert Bishop, in a single mixed hand, probably associated with the University of Oxford, 306 pages, in old calf.

Cited in IELM, I.i (1980) as the Bishop MS: DnJ Δ 59. Edited in David Coleman Redding, Robert Bishop's Commonplace-Book: An Edition of a Seventeenth Century Miscellany (unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 1960) [Mic 60-3608].

A duodecimo verse miscellany in several hands, written from both ends, 46 leaves, in contemporary calf.

A quarto verse miscellany, in an accomplished mixed hand throughout, with headings or incipts in engrossed lettering, 194 leaves, in 19th-century half-morocco.

This MS volume discussed in Katherine K. Gottschalk, Discoveries concerning British Library MS Harley 6910, MP, 77 (1979-80), 121-31.

An octavo verse miscellany, in various hands, including seventeen poems by Carew, a title-page inscribed A book of Verses / Seria mixta Jocis, c.260 pages, in calf blind-stamped V/I F 1667.

References to Westminster Drollerie (which was not published until 1671) added on pp. 1 and 242.

A quarto verse miscellany, in a single hand, 114 leaves, bound with a printed exemplum of Thomas Watson's <GREEK> or Passionate Centurie of Love (London, [1581?]).

Compiled by John Lilliat (c.1550-c.1599).

This MS volume printed in full, with facsimile examples, in Liber Lilliati: Elizabethan Verse and Song (Bodleian MS Rawlinson Poetry 148), ed. Edward Doughtie (Newark, DE, 1985).

A quarto miscellany chiefly of verse, largely in a single secretary hand, compiled by a Cambridge student, vii + 130 leaves, in later calf.

This volume is edited in Cummings, who suggests that the compiler is Sir John Finett (1571-1641), of Fordwich, Kent: hence it is often cited as The John Finett miscellany. The hands do not appear to be his, however, and this attribution is questionable.

A verse miscellany, including 55 poems which have been attributed to Wyatt (one copied twice) as well as his Penitential Psalms, in several hands, originally compiled by, or for, John Harington of Stepney (1520?-82) and continued by his son, Sir John Harington of Kelston (1560-1612), whose hand occurs frequently in the MS, imperfect, once comprising 228 leaves of which 145 remain.

This volume described, and the full text edited, with facsimile examples of ff. 53r and 66v, in Hughey. Also discussed in Ruth Hughey, The Harington Manuscript at Arundel Castle and Related Documents, The Library, 4th Ser. 15 (1934-5), 388-444.

A transcript of the whole MS made c.1810 for George Frederick Nott is in the British Library, Add. MS 28635.

A small (?sextodecimo) miscellany, entitled (f. 1r) Miscellanea Vol 2 1690, largely in a neat minute hand (up to f. 60v), 85 leaves (plus 37 blanks), in contemporary calf.

Autograph MS of the Autobiography of Alice Thornton, including some verses, 303 duodecimo pages, in contemporary calf gilt.

A microfilm of this MS is also in the British Library, RP 2346.

A large folio miscellaneous compilation of verse and prose, chiefly in a single neat hand, written from both ends, 189 leaves, in contemporary vellum (rebound).

Associated with the Freville family and probably assembled by Gilbert Frevile, of Bishop Middleham, Co. Durham, whose name appears on the cover with the date 1591. A pen-and-ink ornamental drawing at the end inscribed Finis quoth G. W.

A quarto and duodecimo composite volume of miscellaneous papers in several European languages, in various hands, 500 leaves.

A folio composite volume of plays.

Copy of A Draught of Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, a satirical poem based on Arcadia, beginning Hee that would read and understand, in the same hand as SiP 000.

Privately edited at the New Bodleian Library, Oxford, 1961, and reedited in Historical Essays 1600-1750 Presented to David Ogg (London, 1963), pp. 60-77.

A MS index to Arcadia, in two parts, in the same hand as SiP 000.

The first part entitled S^r Philip Sydneys exact Characters wherein hee is both painter & poet; the owtward Character poynting at the painter, the inward description at the poet; the second entitled A Clavis opening ye names and referring to the Characters.

Discussed by John Buxton in Sidney and Theophrastus, ELR, 2 (1972), 79-82.

Copy, in a neat non-professional roman hand, comprising an address To the Reader and four chapers numbered VI-IX, 259 small folio pages, in contemporary calf.