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England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II). Copy of letters patent from Charles II to William Legge, on behalf of Davenant and Killigrew, March 31, 1664 [manuscript], 19th century.

Title: Copy of letters patent from Charles II to William Legge, on behalf of Davenant and Killigrew, March 31, 1664 [manuscript], 19th century.

License to new build...one theatre...and erect a company and a nursery...under the general supervision of Thomas Killigrew and Sir William Davenant.

ArchivalResource: 4 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311263504 View

D'Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668. A poem to the King's Most Sacred Majesty : manuscript, 1663.

Title: A poem to the King's Most Sacred Majesty : manuscript, 1663.

Contemporary fair copy or transcript, in unknown hand. A few spelling errors are corrected, and spelling differs from the printed version but text appears to be identical.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (12 leaves) ; 21 x 16 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49373000 View

Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687. Poems and songs, ca. 1600-ca. 1750, compiled ca. 1713 and ca. 1745.

Title: Poems and songs, ca. 1600-ca. 1750, compiled ca. 1713 and ca. 1745.

The collector included many pro-Tory and anti-Catholic satires; some have been taken from newspapers. Among the poets are: Ben Jonson, Andrew Marvell, the Earl of Rochester [John Wilmot], John Thomas, Abel Roper, Abraham Cowley, Matthew Prior (see leaves 112r, 132v and reference to him on leaf 120r), Jonathan Swift, Colley Cibber, Edmund Waller, Thomas D'Urfey, Sir Roger L'Estrange, and William Davenant. Also, a receipt against the plague; Will (poem) of Matthew A-y of Cambridge in New England, December 30, 1731, "To my dear wife" (leaf 113v); manuscript copy of the illustrated title page of John Taylor's Mad fashions, od fashions, all out fashions from 1642 (leaf 74), and other items. Leaf 157v appears to be in a child's hand.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/299095628 View

Eccles, John, d. 1735. Copy of Music to Macbeth, ca. 1696, 1845.

Title: Copy of Music to Macbeth, ca. 1696, 1845.

Literary text by William D'Avenant, adapted from William Shakespeare. A transcript, by Thomas Oliphant, of the original playhouse copy [ca. 1696], now in the British museum (Add. MSS. 12.219). Various notes by Oliphant, W.H. Cummings, and Tho. Robb, the bookseller.

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. score (23 leaves) ; 25 x 31 cm. (Obl. Fo.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318649596 View

Hoyt, Richard. [Songs] / Richard Hoyt.

Title: [Songs] / Richard Hoyt. [196-?]-1986.

ArchivalResource: 5 ms. scores ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42234870 View

D'Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668,. The song of Macketh [manuscript], ca. 1775.

Title: The song of Macketh [manuscript], ca. 1775.

16 line poem, attributed to Sir William Davenant (Crum L327).

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/281749091 View

Herbert, Henry, Sir, 1595-1673,. Letter signed (draft) from Sir Henry Herbert, London, to Mr. Michaell Mohan [manuscript], 1660 October 13.

Title: Letter signed (draft) from Sir Henry Herbert, London, to Mr. Michaell Mohan [manuscript], 1660 October 13.

Concerning the struggle for control of theaters in London following the Restoration with mention of Davenant and Killigrew and an official demand for lowering the rates at the Cockpit Theatre in Drury Lane (to the rates "as were formerly taken at the Black-fryers, by the Late Company of Actors") and for the right to censor plays.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 29 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/591041494 View

Bagot, William Bagot, Baron, 1773-1856. Letters to and from Col. William Legge, transcribed from the originals in the possession of William Fourth Earl of Dartmouth, 1816-1817.

Title: Letters to and from Col. William Legge, transcribed from the originals in the possession of William Fourth Earl of Dartmouth, 1816-1817.

Manuscripts, in a single hand, containing copies of 373 letters arranged in chronological order and dated between 1641 and 1688, and extra-illustrated with many prints and drawings, primarily engraved portraits of the correspondents. The letters in the first volume are addressed to William Legge, and mainly discuss political and military activities, including tactics during the English Civil War; correspondents include Sir William Davenant and King Charles I. This volume also contains numerous letters concerning the marriage negotations of John Butler, 1st Earl of Gowran, the son of the Duke of Ormonde. The letters are annotated in red ink. The work is prefaced by a letter to William, 4th Earl of Dartmouth, by Bagot, Dartmouth's relative. The second volume contains letters addressed to Legge's son, George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth, which primarily concern political affairs. Many letters are from James II, which refer to his exile and his attempts to return to England. Others mention the Rye House Plot; congratulate Dartmouth on becoming Master of the Ordinance; and discuss opposition to King Charles II. Several letters request Dartmouth's help in releasing Philip, Baron Wharton from the Tower. The third volume contains letters addressed to Baron Dartmouth, which primarily concern preparations for a naval resistance to the expected invasion by William, Prince of Orange. Letters include instructions from the Admiralty naming Dartmouth an Admiral of the fleet and instructing him to oppose William's landing; and letters from James II and Samuel Pepys providing rumors and information on the movements of William's fleet.

ArchivalResource: 3 vols. ; 38 x 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702177563 View

Contemporary engravings [manuscript] ca. 1600-ca. 1825.

Title: Contemporary engravings [manuscript] ca. 1600-ca. 1825.

The collection contains 29 engravings of European musicians, ca. 1600-ca. 1825. Engravings of ... Karl Abel, Thomas Arne, J.B. Breval, Thomas Britton, Wilhelm Cramer, J.B. Davaux, William Davenant, Hanss Fiedelbogen, Frederick II of Prussia, Christoph W. Gluck, A.E.M. Grétry, Hans Leo Hassler, Joseph Haydn, Michel Haydn, William Herschel, Michel Richard De Lalande, Orlando de Lassus, Antonio Pisani, Ignaz Pleyel, Henry Purcell, Johann Joachim Quantz, J.P. Rameau, A.M.G. Sacchini, Johannes Staden, S.T. Staden, Joseph Schuster, and Heinrich Schütz. Also, one of the engraver Steffano de la Bella.

ArchivalResource: 29 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647965526 View

D'Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668. Covenant of Sir William D'Avenant with King Charles I of England [manuscript], 1639 October 2.

Title: Covenant of Sir William D'Avenant with King Charles I of England [manuscript], 1639 October 2.

To seek official approval of D'Avenant's site before starting to build a theatre near the Three Kings' Ordinary in Fleet Street, London, as permitted in Letters Patent of March 20, 1639. (The theater was never erected.)

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/642831665 View

Williams, Adin,. Autograph letters signed from Adin Williams, Fairford, to F.G. Fleay [manuscript], 1878.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Adin Williams, Fairford, to F.G. Fleay [manuscript], 1878.

(1) Dated April 1, 1878; Speaks of the connection between D'Avenant and Shakespeare and a book he owns which references the pun on "Rome" and "Roome" in Julius Casesar. (2) Dated October 19, 1878; Williams comments on F.G. Fleay's opinion on Fabyan in his edition of Marlowe's Edward II. (3) Dated November 13, 1878; Regarding pronunciation of monosyllablc words in as disyllables in imitation of the Gloucestershire peasant dialect.

ArchivalResource: 3 items ; 18 x 12 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/414960942 View

Leveridge, Richard, 1670 or 71-1758. The music of MacBeth set by M. Leveridge.

Title: The music of MacBeth set by M. Leveridge. [17--]

ArchivalResource: Ms. score ([34] p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39014684 View

[State papers], [ca. 1620-1639].

Title: [State papers], [ca. 1620-1639].

Manuscript on paper, in various hands, of a collection of several dozen documents relating to English political history between 1620 and 1639, including letters, papers, and Parliamentary speeches. The volume contains, for example, a list titled A True Remonstrance of the Spannish Armade In This Present Yeare 1639; copies of documents pertaining to the trial of Mervin, Earle of Castlehaven for rape and sodomy, including his arraignment, confession, and execution; and a poem by Sir William Davenant titled "Mr. Davnants New-yeares guift to the Kinge 1631." Other documents include copies of speeches related to the House of Commons' Petition of Right in 1628 and a newsletter dated London 6th Decembris 1636 which notes that "Captain Smith beeing to carrie Sr John Harvey to Virginia, the black George sprung so many leakes att sea, 110 leagues out, that shee (500 passengers beeing therin) was almost foundered and is put back into one of his Majesty's ports in the narrow Seas."

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (375 p.) ; 33 x 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702177370 View

D'Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668. Fly leaf inscribed to Robert Brereton, Esq., by William Davenant [manuscript], 1651.

Title: Fly leaf inscribed to Robert Brereton, Esq., by William Davenant [manuscript], 1651.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/432692342 View

England and Wales. Secretary of State. Precedents issued by the Secretary of State's office, 1662-63 and 1674.

Title: Precedents issued by the Secretary of State's office, 1662-63 and 1674.

Manuscript, in a single secretary hand, of a collection of almost a thousand warrants, bills, and other royal commands, on such subjects as political appointments, salaries, leases, prisoners, and coinage. The collection includes a lease of Suffolk stables to the Earl of Suffolk; a grant for George Moxon, "a poor boy," to have his livery as one of the children of the Chapel Royal; a warrant to secure suspicious persons in London and Westminster; a warrant to deliver Sir Henry Vane out of the Tower to be beheaded; a command for Quakers to be released from Salisbury; a stipend to the apothecary of the royal household; and a grant to Thomas Killigrew and Sir William D'Avenant to erect and govern two playhouses.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (290 p., plus index) ; 37 x 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702177411 View

Davenant, Alexander, fl. 1692. Bargain and sale from Alexander Davenant to Anne Siderfin of Kennington, Surrey [manuscript], 1691/2 February 22.

Title: Bargain and sale from Alexander Davenant to Anne Siderfin of Kennington, Surrey [manuscript], 1691/2 February 22.

Bargain and sale for £495. Half of one share of the receipts "of the theater erected in or neare Lisles tennis court in Lincolns Inne Fields", or of any other theater to which the company should move, divided into 15 equal shares by agreement of November 15, 1660. Ten of the 15 original shares were reserved for Sir William D'Avenant, and the deed traces the transfer of this half share from Sir William through six other hands to his son, Alexander Davenant.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/430230385 View

Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889,. Autograph letter signed from James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, West Brompton, London, to Norman MacColl [manuscript], 1882 June 25.

Title: Autograph letter signed from James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, West Brompton, London, to Norman MacColl [manuscript], 1882 June 25.

The new edition of his Outlines of the life of Shakespeare contains material refuting the D'Avenant scandal against Shakespeare.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/281558032 View

Arthur H. Nethercot (1895-1981) Papers, 1927-1981

Title: Arthur H. Nethercot (1895-1981) Papers 1927-1981

Scholar and professor of English Literature Arthur Hobart Nethercot joined NU's English faculty in 1919 and remained with the University until retirement. The Arthur Nethercot Papers consist of biographical materials and clippings documenting Nethercot's career at Northwestern, correspondence from literary figures, and copies and reprints of Nethercot's poetry, fiction, and scholarly publications.

ArchivalResource: 3.00

http://findingaids.library.northwestern.edu/catalog/inu-ead-nua-archon-221 View

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Music in The tempest as alter'd by Dryden & Davenant / composed by Henry Purcell.

Title: Music in The tempest as alter'd by Dryden & Davenant / composed by Henry Purcell. [1778?]

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. score ([107] p.), bound ; 24 x 32 cm. + 1 libretto ([6] p. ; 23 cm.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/713024007 View

D'Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668. Supplementary cantos to Gondibert, by Sir William Davenant.

Title: Supplementary cantos to Gondibert, by Sir William Davenant. 1678.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50522272 View

Nethercot, Arthur Hobart, 1895-1981. Arthur H. Nethercot Papers, 1927-1981.

Title: Arthur H. Nethercot Papers, 1927-1981.

The Papers include one folder of biographical materials and clippings documenting Nethercot's career at Northwestern University, one folder of correspondence from literary figures to Nethercot covering the period 1922-1977 and one folder of copies and reprints of Nethercot's poetry, fiction, and scholarly publications. The bulk of the papers is comprised of a three volume, 714-page "Autobiographical Memoir" written between July 24, 1977 and June 9, 1979. Among Nethercot's correspondents were: Malcolm Cowley, Bernard De Voto, Walter Kerr, Garrett Mattingly, Carl Sandburg, Stephen Spender, Lorado Taft and Mark Van Doren.

ArchivalResource: 1.2 cu. ft. (2 boxes and 3 scrapbooks).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122605118 View

D'Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668. Letter to Lord Conway, [1640 Aug] 24.

Title: Letter to Lord Conway, [1640 Aug] 24.

Autograph letter signed to Lord Conway, General of the Horse, concerning the necessity of money for horses to transport artillery to Hull.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (1 p.) ; 30 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702177597 View

Wells, George, fl. 1709,. Assignment from George and Mary Wells to Jacob Tonson, Jr. of copyrights, London [manuscript], 1709 October 22.

Title: Assignment from George and Mary Wells to Jacob Tonson, Jr. of copyrights, London [manuscript], 1709 October 22.

For over 300 books (listed). Shakespeare, Beaumont and Fletcher, Davenant, and Milton are among the authors mentioned. Signed and sealed by Wells and his sister Mary.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311262077 View

D'Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668. Beat on proud billows, Boreas blow [manuscript], ca. 1700.

Title: Beat on proud billows, Boreas blow [manuscript], ca. 1700.

Copy of poem composed while imprisoned in Cowes Castle, ca. 1650. Not included in D'Avenant's Works, 1673, from which these leaves were removed.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/226220614 View

Nicholson, Brinsley, 1824-1892,. Autograph letters signed from Brinsley Nicholson, Shepherd's Bush, to Clement Mansfield Ingleby [manuscript], 1879.

Title: Autograph letters signed from Brinsley Nicholson, Shepherd's Bush, to Clement Mansfield Ingleby [manuscript], 1879.

(1) Is dated October 22, 1879 and mentions Halliwell-Phillipps' argument that Midsummer night's dream came earlier than 1596; Collier's forgeries; and D'Avenant's Macbeth. (2) Is dated November 5, 1879 and mentions Collier and Arber; (3) is dated November 8, 1897 and mentions Collier and correspondence with Arber. Address appears on items (1) and (3) as 306 Gold Hawk Rd., Shepherd's Bush.

ArchivalResource: 3 letters ; 18 x 12 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/428976498 View

Locke, Matthew, 1621 or 2-1677. [Incidental music from Macbeth [microform].

Title: [Incidental music from Macbeth [microform]. 16--]

ArchivalResource: Ms. score ([42] leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39015644 View

Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812,. Autograph letter signed from Edmond Malone, Foley Place, to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1810 September 12.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Edmond Malone, Foley Place, to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1810 September 12.

Informs the recipient that the story of Davenant, Shakespeare's supposed illegitimate son, is mentioned in his edition twice. Addressed to "Sir."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 19 x 12 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/442778276 View

Anecdotes [manuscript], ca. 1675.

Title: Anecdotes [manuscript], ca. 1675.

Consists of about 230 amusing stories of the times, a very few with political allusions. Additions made ca. 1690. Numbers 8, 9, and 11 are about Sir William D'Avenant.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/501176631 View