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Document Reference	Pw V 493
Title	MS poem, entitled 'An Epistle from Jack Sheppard to the E[arl] of Mac[clesfield]... ', by Philip, Duke of Wharton; [post 1724]
Date	(1724)
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of eleven 3-line verses, each followed by the refrain 'Which nobody can deny'. Dated from another copy of poem, in which date of 1724 appears in title. For details of that version see under Pw V 492.
Title Of Work	An Epistle from Jack Sheppard to the E[arl] of Mac[clesfield]...
First Line of Poem	Since your Curiosity led you So far
Last Line of Poem	Is the only favour your L<ordshi>p can hope
Language	English
Physical Description	One quarto
Condition	Fragile
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Post Horn within ornate and crowned shield, approx. 50 x 55 mm.
Watermark	Horn (crowned shield)
Related Material	Crum, Index, S 659
	University of Nottingham Library:Pw V 492, 494/1
	University of Nottingham Library:
	Other copies of Pw V 493
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)
Publication Note	Simpson, The British Broadside Ballad, pp 274-78

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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