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1. A Poem as it was presented to His Sacred Majesty on the discovery of the plott / written by a lady of quality
- Creator:
- Ephelia, fl. 1679
- Published / Created:
- 1679
- Call Number:
- BrSides By6 1679
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Abstract:
- Begins: "Haile mighty prince! whom heaven has desig’nd [!]."
- Description:
- By an woman writing under the pseudonym Ephelia. Attributed by Wing to Mrs. Joan Philips, and by Maureen E. Mulvihill to Lady Mary Villiers, later Stuart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (1622-1685); see Ephelia / introduction by Maureen E. Mulvihill. Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2003, p. ix-xi.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain --Politics and government --1660-1688
- Subject (Name):
- Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685
- Subject (Topic):
- Popish Plot, 1678
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A Poem as it was presented to His Sacred Majesty on the discovery of the plott / written by a lady of quality
2. John Taylor of Guilfoord ...
- Published / Created:
- 1676 [1677]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b359
- Collection Title:
- Some trialls and motions ap[u]d bancho regis termino hill[ary] Jan: 29th 166/7 [sic], [1677-1678]
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in a single cursive hand, of notes on some cases heard in the Court of King?s Bench in 1677 and 1678. and Many of the notes concern the trials involving Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, including his suit for slander against Lord Digby, the habeas corpus issued for him, and his own trial in King?s Bench. The notes include summaries of the arguments made by Shaftesbury?s and Digby?s representatives and the debate concerning the """"prorogation"""" or """"adjournment"""" of Parliament.
- Description:
- Binding: contemporary sheep; impression of central boss on front panel. and Teaching resource: English Paleography Examples, 16th-18th century
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain --Politics and government --1660-1688 and Great Britain --Social conditions --17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Digby, John, Earl of Bristol, 1635?-1698, Great Britain. Court of King’s Bench, Great Britain. Parliament, 1661-1678, Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683, and Taylor, John, of Guilfoord, Essex
- Subject (Topic):
- Atheism, Blasphemy, Law, Libel and slander, Trials, and Whig Party (Great Britain)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > John Taylor of Guilfoord ...
