Record

Document Reference	Pw V 357
Title	MS poem, entitled 'To My honorable friend Sir William Masham Knt. Baronet.', by Francis Quarles; n.d.
Extent	6 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of eighteen 6-line verses and is an elegy on Masham's wife, Lady Frances. Above the title on f 1r, in a different hand, is written 'Iusserat hæc rapidis aboleri carmina flammis' [a hexameter] 'Franciscus Masham'. Beneath the title, occupying the rest of f 1r, is an address to Sir William Masham from the author, explaining why this 'Monument' has been written, although he did not know the subject personally. Signature copied as 'Fra: Quailes'.
Title Of Work	To My honorable friend Sir William Masham Knt. Baronet.
First Line of Poem	So have I seene the gray- ey'd morning break
Last Line of Poem	Some Angell lend a Tongue: or else remaine untold
Language	English
Physical Description	Three small folios folded once forming six quartos, ff 5 and 6 blank. Sewing thread present, although pages now detached.
Condition	Creased paper, generally good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Post Horn within ornate shield and letters HG under the shield, approx. 65 x 50 mm Countermark: Letters LL, approx. 10 x 20 mm Previously stitched together with black cotton remnants of which still attached here
Watermark	Horn (ornate shield)
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library:
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Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA74520	Masham; William (c.1592-c.1656); Sir	c.1592-c.1656
NA74521	Masham; Frances; Lady; wife of Sir William Masham
NA74522	Quarles; Francis (1592-1644); Mr	1592-1644