Satirical poem to James II occasioned by the Declaration of Indulgence

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt q 41
  • Dates of Creation
      ca. 1687-1688
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      2 ff., a bifolium manuscript. Written in a single late seventeenth-century hand and formerly folded as a letter. F.2v is inscribed thus: 'Mr James' and 'These for my Lady Long at Draicott near Chippeham in Wiltshire'.

Scope and Content

Comprises a satirical poem on the Declaration of Indulgence, in which poets express their thanks and urge all other loyal subjects to fall in with the King's wishes. For variant manuscript versions see Crum T281, where one Bodleian copy is attributed to Sir Roger L'Estrange.

Administrative / Biographical History

Both the author and the scribe of this manuscript are unknown.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted.

Acquisition Information

Purchased at Christie's on 15 May 1980.

Note

In English.

Other Finding Aids

The poems are indexed in the BCMSV database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/bcmvlink.htm#bcltq41