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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 492
Title
MS poem, entitled 'An Epistle from Jack Shephard to the E[arl] of M[acclesfield]... 1724', by Philip, Duke of Wharton; 1724
Date
(1724)
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of eleven 3-line verses, each followed by the refrain 'Which nobody can deny'.
Title Of Work
An Epistle from Jack Shephard to the E[arl] of M[acclesfield]... 1724
First Line of Poem
Since your curiosity led you so far
Last Line of Poem
If ye only favour y<ou>r L<ordshi>p can hope
Language
English
Physical Description
One folio folded once to form two quartos
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Countermark: Letters HR, approx. 10 x 25 mm
Notice gold graphing
Related Material
Crum, Index, S 659
University of Nottingham Library:Pw V 493, 494/1
University of Nottingham Library:
Other copies of Pw V 492
Publication Note
J. Ralph, Miscellaneous poems by Several hands, particularly the D___ of W_____n, Sir S. Garth... (London, 1729) p 149; An Epistle from Jack Shepherd to the Earl of Macclesfield (1725)
Simpson, The British Broadside Ballad, pp 274-78
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA29005
Parker; Thomas (1667-1732); 1st Earl of Macclesfield; M.P.; became Lord Chancellor 1718; resigned and impeached 1725; cr. 1721
1667-1732
NA30145
Wharton; Philip (1698-1731); Duke of Wharton; cr. 1718; styled Viscount Winchendon 1706-15; 2nd Marquess of Wharton 1715-8; Jacobite; attainted; estates forfeited
1698-1731
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