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Senate House Library, University of London

Poems by Sir Francis Hubert, Sir Robert Cotton and Ben Jonson


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS304

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Poems by Sir Francis Hubert, Sir Robert Cotton and Ben Jonson

Date(s): c1650-1700

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 286 leaves, 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Poems by Sir Francis Hubert, Sir Robert Cotton and Ben Jonson: ff 2-147. 'The Deplorable Life and Death of Edward the Second': The first poem [by Sir Francis Hubert] comprises 581 seven line stanzas. Printed in 1628 and 1629. MS. Harleian 2393 in the British Museum has two versions of the poem, the first "imperfect at the end, as wanting all after the 352 stanza ... It is written to Queen Elizabeth"; the second, like the present MS., "revised and corrected ... being now fitted-up for the perusal of King James I ... and, in the whole, consists of 581 stanzas ... the author, at the end, calls himself Infortunio."; ff 150-164: 'A short view of the Raigne of King Henry the third': The second poem is by Sir Robert Cotton and was printed in 1627. ff 276b-278: 'The bodie'. Daniell, poet; 'The minde', the third poem ['Daniell, poet'] is, in fact, by Ben Jonson. It has 8 four line stanzas. 'The minde', the last poem, has 18 four line stanzas.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Arranged as set out above in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purposes of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original, which must be assessed by a conservator. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Calf; gold-stamped centre panel

Finding aids:

Collection level description

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Unknown

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by J Caudwell.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: 29 August 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Poetry | Literary forms and genres | Literature

Personal names
Cotton | Sir | Robert Bruce | 1571-1631 | Knight | antiquary
Hubert | Francis | d 1629 | Knight poet
Jonson | Ben | 1572-1637 | dramatist

Corporate names

Places