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Document Reference	Pw V 308
Title	MS poem on Peckwater Quadrangle, Christ Church, Oxford by [Thomas] Bromley [or Noel Broxholme] for poetic competition; 1712
Date	1712
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of an 84-line poem in hexameters on the subject of Peckwater Quadrangle (Christ Church, Oxford). Annotated with the name Mr Bromley; received 5 Dec. 1712. Submitted for the Christ Church poetry competition 1712 (see Pw V 307). Bromley took first prize in the competition, but Stratford told Lord Harley that the verses were in fact composed by [Noel] Broxholme (HMC, Portland VII pp 111-13; 16 and 17 Nov. 1712). The HMC index identifies Bromley as Speaker William Bromley, but this must surely be his son Thomas.
Title Of Work	Atrium Pecwateriense
First Line of Poem	Cecropias Arces Centumq<ue> habitata Camaenis
Last Line of Poem	Pierias, Tua Regna videns, lutaberis arces
Language	Latin
Term	buildings, Peckwater Quadrangle Christ Church Oxford
Physical Description	One sheet folded once to form two folios
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Arms of Great Britain within crowned garter, under the arms, cartouche reads Semper Eadem, approx. 117 x 77 mm Countermark: Royal Cipher, AR surmounted by crown, approx. 30 x 27 mm.
Watermark	Arms of Great Britain
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Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA74484	Bromley; Thomas (c.1693-1716); Mr; son of William Bromley Speaker of the Commons; matric. Christ Church Oxford 1710	c.1693-1716
NA74422	Broxholme; Noel (c.1686-1748); Dr; physician; matric. Christ Church Oxford 1704 MA 1711	c.1686-1748

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