Record

Document Reference	Pw V 554
Title	MS poem, untitled 'A thin ill natur'd Ghost that haunts the King'; 1690
Date	1690 (c)
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of nine 8-line verses. Written in 1690; on the nine peers who assisted Queen Mary in the government of England while King William was fighting in Ireland.
First Line of Poem	A thin ill natur'd Ghost that haunts the King
Last Line of Poem	Should ere be thus condemn'd to Counselling
Language	English
Physical Description	One sheet folded once forming two folios, on a single guard.
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Arms of the City of London, 57 x 45 mm Countermark: Letters EB, large, 17 x 38 mm
Watermark	Arms of London
Related Material	Crum, Index, A 493
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 44/5
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 46/56
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 47/40
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 48/26
	Other versions of the same MS.
Publication Note	Poems on Affairs of State, vol V (1971), pp 196-201

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1084	Mary II (1662-1694); Queen of England Scotland and Ireland	1662-1694
NA1083	William III (1650-1702); King of England Scotland and Ireland	1650-1702
NA28878	Sheffield; John (1647-1721); 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby; 3rd Earl of Mulgrave; Lord Chamberlain 1685-88	1647-1721