| Document Reference | Pw V 1081 |
| Title | MS poem, entitled 'In Answ<e>r to J. P.'s Letter why I don't let my Wife keep some sort of Company', not ascribed; n.d. |
| Extent | 2 ff |
| Level | Item/file |
| Content Description | The text consists of 122 lines mainly in rhyming couplets. In f 1v and f 2r there is some division of the text into verses. Throughout proper names are indicated by intials alone but there are some notes in the right-hand margins on identities possibly in the same hand. There is bracketing around lines 105-7 and lines 114-16.
It is possible to identify the 'J.P.' of the title as J. Poultney. From the margin notes it is also possible to suggest identities of those referred to. |
| Title Of Work | In Answ<e>r to J. P.'s Letter why I don't let my Wife keep some sort of Company |
| First Line of Poem | And why to Mee this Letter of Complaint, |
| Last Line of Poem | a Husband's prudence you will soon excuse. |
| Language | English |
| Physical Description | One sheet folded once forming two folio leaves |
| Condition | Fragile |
| Descriptive Features | Watermark: Seven Provinces Lion in shield within crowned, double rimmed circle (unclear), 100 x 78 mm
Countermark: Letters VRCD (unclear), approx. 10 x 65 mm |
| Watermark | Lion |
| Related Material | Crum, Index, A 1334 |
| Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Eng. poet. e 50, p 94 |
| University of Nottingham Library:Pw V 48 p 198 |
| University of Nottingham Library:Pw V 44/42 |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates of existence |
| NA893 | Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714 | 1661-1724 |
| NA1145 | Harley; Sarah (-1737); Countess of Oxford and Mortimer | -1737 |
| NA7995 | Pierrepont; Evelyn (c.1665-1726); 1st Duke of Kingston upon Hull; cr. Duke 1715 1st Marquess of Dorchester of 2nd creation 1706; 5th Earl of Kingston | c.1665-1726 |
| NA72892 | Bellew; Richard (-c.1714); Baron Bellew | -c.1714 |
| NA72893 | Radcliffe; Mary (-1726); Countess of Derwentwater; née Tudor illeg. daughter of Charles II; wife of 2nd Earl of Derwentwater | -1726 |
| NA31687 | Mordaunt; Carey (-1709); Countess of Peterborough; née Fraser; dau. of Sir Alexander Fraser; m. 3rd Earl of Peterborough c.1678 | -1709 |
| NA1141 | Wharton; Thomas (1648-1715); 1st Marquess of Wharton; succ. as Baron Wharton 1696; cr. Earl 1706; cr. Marquess 1715 | 1648-1715 |
| NA30199 | Wharton; Lucy (-1717); Marchioness of Wharton; m. 1st Marquess of Wharton 1692; née Brydges dau. of 6th Baron Chandos of Sudeley | -1717 |
| NA72894 | Berkeley; Barbara (-1708); Viscountess Fitzhardinge of Berehaven; née Villiers; wife of Viscount Fitzhardinge of Berehaven | -1708 |
| NA72895 | Montagu; Elizabeth (1674-1757); Countess of Sandwich; née Wilmot wife of 3rd Earl of Sandwich | 1674-1757 |
| NA72896 | Sedley; Catherine (1657-1717); Countess of Dorchester and Countess of Portmore; née Sedley; mistress of James II; later married Sir David Colyear, Earl of Portmore | 1657-1717 |