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Document ReferencePw V 415
TitleMS poem, entitled 'A New song', by Bache Thornhill; n.d.
Extent2 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionText consists of fourteen quatrains.

Title is followed by additional information 'by Bache Thornhill Esq<ui>re: Master of Robin Hood.' This song may possibly be by a local author; Francis Needham (librarian to the 6th Duke of Portland) refers on the cover to several Thornhills with the Christian name Bache living in the parish of Norton Cuckney, Nottinghamshire, in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Title Of WorkA New song
First Line of PoemCome list jolly sportsmen who many long miles
Last Line of PoemIn prayres to unkennel such foxes as These derry down &c.
LanguageEnglish
Physical DescriptionOne folio folded once to form two quartos
ConditionGenerally good
Descriptive FeaturesCountermark: Letter W, approx. 14 x 24 mm

Notice gold graphing
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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA74546Thornhill; Bache
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