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Document ReferencePw V 234
TitleMS poem in Latin, untitled, by Dr Robert Freind on Mr [Philip] Carteret's monument in Westminster Abbey; 1711
Date1711
Extent1 f
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionText consists of three Sapphic stanzas; followed by a brief description of Carteret's monument in Westminster Abbey.

Annotation states: 'Ld Carteret's charge' (Lord Carteret, who later became Earl Granville, brother of Mr Carteret).

Endorsed 'Mr Carteret's Epitaph set up in West: Abbey Aug: 21: 1711'. This Carteret is probably Philip Carteret, brother of Earl Granville.

Text and endorsement in the handwriting of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford.
First Line of PoemQuid breves te delicias tuorum
Last Line of PoemAemula pubes
LanguageLatin
English
Physical DescriptionOne quarto
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CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA74452Carteret; Philip (c.1692-1711); Mr; son of George 1st Baron Carteretc.1692-1711
NA8194Carteret; John (1690-1763); 2nd Earl Granville; statesman; succ. his father as Baron Carteret 1695; succ. his mother as 2nd Earl Granville 17441690-1763
NA72787Freind; Robert (1667-1751); Dr; headmaster of Westminster School retired 1733; Canon of Christ Church Oxford from 17371667-1751
NA1047Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-17241689-1741
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