Document Reference | Pw V 567 |
Title | MS poem entitled 'The History and Fall of the Conformity Bill being an excellent new song'; Jan. 1704 |
Date | January 1704 (c) |
Extent | 2 ff |
Level | Piece |
Content Description | Text consists of thirty-seven 4-line verses.
Glosses 'To the Tune of the Ladys Fall etc'. |
Title Of Work | The History and Fall of the Conformity Bill, being an Excellent New Song |
First Line of Poem | God Bless our Gracious Sovraigne Anne |
Last Line of Poem | On t'othere side the and main |
Language | English |
Term | Second Conformity Bill, 25 November 1703 |
Physical Description | One folio folded once forming two quartos, on a single guard. |
Condition | Good |
Descriptive Features | Watermark: Arms of the City of London, in simple shield, 60 x 45 mm
Countermark: Name Elliston [and] Basket, 12 x 168 mm |
Watermark | Arms of London (simple) |
Related Material | Crum, Index, G 242 |
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 42/68 |
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 566 |
Other versions of the same MS. |
Publication Note | Poems on Affairs of State, vol VII (1975), pp 6-14 |
Simpson, The British Broadside Ballad, |
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Persons
Code | PersonName | Dates of existence |
NA18608 | Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland | 1665-1714 |
NA13806 | Churchill; John (1650-1722); 1st Duke of Marlborough; created 1702; Marquis of Blandford | 1650-1722 |
NA18706 | Churchill; Sarah (1660-1744); Duchess of Marlborough; née Jennings; dau of Richard Jennings of Sandridge; m John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough 1678 | 1660-1744 |
NA29198 | Seymour; Edward (1633-1708); 4th Baronet; M.P. speaker of the House of Commons; succ. 1685; Lord of the Treasury | 1633-1708 |
NA30787 | Howe; John G. (1657-1722); Mr; M.P.; privy councillor | 1657-1722 |
NA893 | Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714 | 1661-1724 |
NA18601 | Burnet; Gilbert (1643-1715); Bishop of Salisbury; attended Lord Russell on the scaffold; Bishop of Salisbury 1689-1715 | 1643-1715 |
NA25973 | Finch; Daniel (1647-1730); 7th Earl of Winchilsea | 1647-1730 |
NA72718 | Finch; Heneage (-1719); 1st Earl of Aylsford; cr. Baron Guernsey 1703; cr. 1st Earl of Aylesford 1714; appointed solicitor general 1678 | -1719 |
NA29366 | Hedges; Charles (-1714); Sir; politician; lawyer; knighted 1689 | -1714 |
NA72719 | North; William (1678-1734); 6th Lord North and Grey; succ. 1691; cr. Earl North in 1722 by titular James III | 1678-1734 |
NA28878 | Sheffield; John (1647-1721); 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby; 3rd Earl of Mulgrave; Lord Chamberlain 1685-88 | 1647-1721 |
NA72698 | Mainwaring; Arthur (1668-1712); Mr | 1668-1712 |