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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 424
Title
MS poem, untitled, an epitaph on Lord Fairfax, by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham; n.d.
Date
(1671 post)
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
The text, which consists of 60 lines, is untitled but is an epitaph on Thomas Fairfax, the author's father in law.
Date not given on text but was written after the death of Thomas Fairfax in 1671.
First Line of Poem
Beneath this Place doth Lye
Last Line of Poem
A man as great in warre, as iust in Peace as Hee
Language
English
Physical Description
Two individual folios
Condition
Generally good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Post Horn within crowned, ornate shield and inisgnia 4WR suspended below the shield, approx. 127 x 64 mm
Notice gold graphing
Watermark
Horn (crowned shield)
Related Material
University of Nottingham Library:
University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note
Poems on Affairs of State i, (6th ed. 1710) pp 123-24
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA23473
Fairfax; Thomas (1612-1671); Sir; commander-in-chief of the New Model Army; knighted 1641
1612-1671
NA28866
Villiers; George (1628-1687); 2nd Duke of Buckingham
1628-1687
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