Record

Document Reference	Pw V 416
Title	MS poem, entitled 'A Hue & Cry after Four of the Kings Liege Subjects, who were lately suppos'd to be seen at Roystone in Hartfordshire', by [Charles Bridgeman]; 18 Mar 1721
Date	1721
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	'Soho Soho Soho' precedes the first line. Text consists of 65 lines Dating at top of poem 'Mar. 18. 1720/1' Footnote added to reference in line 23 'Of Bears' - 'Ursula'. The poem is not ascribed but the author has been identified as Charles Bridgeman by William Pinkerton in Notes and Queries (3rd Ser., vi, 490-491). The poem concerns Wimpole, Cambridgeshire and satirizes several contemporaries associated with Robert Harley of Wimpole.
Title Of Work	A Hue & Cry after Four of the Kings Liege Subjects, who were lately suppos'd to be seen at Roystone in Hartfordshire, Mar. 18. 1720/1:
First Line of Poem	All you that come this way or t'other way go
Last Line of Poem	The Ballad is ended, In wheelbarrow made
Language	English
Term	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Physical Description	One sheet folded once to form two folios
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Pro Patria, Dutch maid and Seven Provinces Lion within fenced field, approx. 100 x 98 mm Countermark: Letters IV, approx. 15 x 23 mm
Watermark	Pro Patria
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library:Pw V 417
	University of Nottingham Library:
	Pw V 417 is another copy of Pw V 416

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA10335	Thornhill; James (1675-1734); Sir; painter and M.P.	1675-1734
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724
NA74547	Gibbs; James (1682-1754); Mr; architect	1682-1754
NA74548	Reisen; Charles Christian (1680-1725 ); seal engraver	1680-1725
NA38958	Bridgeman; Charles (-1738); Mr; landscapist	-1738