| Document Reference | Pw V 22 |
| Title | Autograph MS volume, entitled 'Horse-manshipp', by William, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; n.d. [May 1660-1667] |
| Date | May 1660-1667 |
| Extent | 47 ff, 2 front and 2 end flyleaves. |
| Level | Item/file |
| Access Conditions | Microfilm surrogate available - readers may be required to use the microfilm in the first instance. |
| Content Description | Written after the Restoration of Charles II and Newcastle's return to England (see f 3v), and according to Sönmez, before the final printer's copy of the 1667 riding manual (see f 7v). |
| Title Of Work | Horse-manshipp |
| Language | English |
| ReprodnNote | Volumes from Pw V cannot be photographed by readers with their own camera or device, but reprographic copies can be supplied for educational and private study purposes only. |
| Physical Description | Folio, 17 written folios followed by 30 blank folios.
Paper is uniformly cropped, 292 x 190 mm. |
| Condition | Good |
| Descriptive Features | Watermark: Crozier and Post within ornate shield, the crozier is flanked by letters GS, approx. 60 x 40 mm; the entire MS has one type of watermark form.
Free flowing italic script.
Gold stamped vellum on paste-board with remnants of light blue silk ribbon ties to fore-edge; upper and lower covers are decorated with a similar oblong panel enclosed in a double-line fillet close to the outer borders; the central panel consists of a triple-line fillet forming an oblong frame which is decorated with a vase and floral tool stamped at the four corners of the frame; a set of fillet lines ending in small curls are stamped parallel to the central panel; spine is gold stamped with seven double fillet lines from head to tail. |
| Watermark | Crozier and Post Horn |
| Related Material | University of Nottingham Library: |
| University of Nottingham Library: |
| Publication Note | M. J-M. Sönmez, 'English Spelling in the Seventeenth Century: A Study of the nature of Standardisation as seen through the MS and Printed Versions of the Duke of Newcastle's "A New Method"' (Ph.D., University pf Durham, 1993), 2 vols |
| Duke of Newcastle, A New and Extraordinary Method to dress Horses (London, 1667) |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates of existence |
| NA689 | Cavendish; William (1593-1676); 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; cr. Viscount Mansfield 1620; Earl of Newcastle upon Tyne 1628; Marquess of Newcastle upon Tyne 1643; Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne 1665 | 1593-1676 |