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Clark, Richard, 1780-1856. Recollections of Herne's oak and Windsor by Richard Clark [manuscript], ca. 1850.

Title: Recollections of Herne's oak and Windsor by Richard Clark [manuscript], ca. 1850.

A rambling, old man's account in much detail. In the autograph of Richard Clark.

ArchivalResource: 46 leaves.

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Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889. Miscellaneous collection of J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps [manuscript], [19th century].

Title: Miscellaneous collection of J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps [manuscript], [19th century].

Autograph notes on Elizabethan writers in Edmond Malone's autograph; two letters of Robert Bell Wheeler (1813-14); one by James Saunders to John Britton; a transcript relating to Robert Daborne, dramatist; also printed matter. Collection undated.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889,. An essay on one particular view of tragedy not sufficiently attended to by modern poets [manuscript], ca. 1760.

Title: An essay on one particular view of tragedy not sufficiently attended to by modern poets [manuscript], ca. 1760.

Remarks occasioned by Arthur Murphy's play, The orphan of China. Contains many illustrations from Shakespeare.

ArchivalResource: 35 leaves.

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Hathaway, P., fl. 1690-1741,. Collection of sermons [manuscript], ca. 1690-ca. 1741.

Title: Collection of sermons [manuscript], ca. 1690-ca. 1741.

Majority delivered at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, possibly by a P. Prestbury, and not by P. Hathaway. Also contains notes on astronomy, on early Christian history and heresies, on points of Catholic theology, a list of Popes with short biographies and a medicinal cure.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Clark, Richard, 1780-1856. Autograph statement regarding the true Herne's oak at Windsor by Richard Clark [manuscript], ca. 1850.

Title: Autograph statement regarding the true Herne's oak at Windsor by Richard Clark [manuscript], ca. 1850.

A certificate signed by residents of New Windsor and Datchet, against the claims of "Mr. Jesse's" oak.

ArchivalResource: 6 leaves.

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Drury Lane Theatre. Bills and receipts for the wardrobe, stage properties, writings and printing [manuscript], 1713-1716.

Title: Bills and receipts for the wardrobe, stage properties, writings and printing [manuscript], 1713-1716.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889,. Copy of the diary of a Sheffield dissenter [manuscript], [18th-19th century].

Title: Copy of the diary of a Sheffield dissenter [manuscript], [18th-19th century].

ArchivalResource: 16 leaves ; 19.5 x 15.5 cm.

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Atkins, Francis, poet. Poetical miscellany, possibly compiled by a person connected with Christ Church, Oxford [manuscript], ca. 1640.

Title: Poetical miscellany, possibly compiled by a person connected with Christ Church, Oxford [manuscript], ca. 1640.

Poets include: Francis Atkins, William Stroud (Strode), Ben Jonson, Richard Corbet. At the end are several witticisms and lampoons, ca. 1790. According to Halliwell-Phillipps also includes epigrams, and an epitaph on Burbage mentioning characters performed in Shakespeare's plays.

ArchivalResource: 238 p. ; 14 x 9 cm.

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Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883. Copy of the Carman's whistle, ca. 1842 [manuscript], 17th century?

Title: Copy of the Carman's whistle, ca. 1842 [manuscript], 17th century?

ArchivalResource: 5 leaves

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Capell, Edward, 1713-1781. Various readings [to Shakespeare] by Edward Capell [manuscript], ca. 1775.

Title: Various readings [to Shakespeare] by Edward Capell [manuscript], ca. 1775.

ArchivalResource: 6 v.

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Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889,. Curious notices of Shakespeare [manuscript], compiled between 1842 and 1859.

Title: Curious notices of Shakespeare [manuscript], compiled between 1842 and 1859.

Scrapbook, compiled by J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps for the Earl of Warwick, of printed notices including mentions of Shakespeare, 1630-1687.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 20 x 13 cm.

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Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812. List of English Poets by Edmond Malone [manuscript], 18th or 19th century.

Title: List of English Poets by Edmond Malone [manuscript], 18th or 19th century.

ArchivalResource: 24 leaves.

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Ireland, W. H. (William Henry), 1777-1835. Autograph copies of Vortigern in the hand of Mrs. Freeman and Anna Maria Ireland [manuscript], ca. 1795.

Title: Autograph copies of Vortigern in the hand of Mrs. Freeman and Anna Maria Ireland [manuscript], ca. 1795.

Play by W.H. Ireland who claimed that it was the work of William Shakespeare. The first transcript, in the autograph of Mrs. Freeman, the Ireland family housekeeper and mother of W.H. Ireland, has a number of changes and additions which suggest use in the staging of the play, April 2, 1796. The 2nd transcript is by Anna Maria Ireland. Followed by transcripts of spurious letters of Shakespeare and William Holmes, a printer, one dated 1604. Note on leaf 1 in W.H. Ireland's autograph.

ArchivalResource: 217 leaves.

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Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803. Aristotle and Shakespeare [manuscript], ca. 1861.

Title: Aristotle and Shakespeare [manuscript], ca. 1861.

Ascribed to Johann Gottfried Herder by the translator (fol. 21). Followed by "The Mulberry tree, a tale" and "Mr. Sharp's affidavit" concerning the wood of the mulberry tree at New Place.

ArchivalResource: 29 leaves.

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White, T. Holt (Thomas Holt), 1724-1797. Random notes and suggested emendations of passages in a large number of Shakespeare's plays [manuscript], ca. 1795.

Title: Random notes and suggested emendations of passages in a large number of Shakespeare's plays [manuscript], ca. 1795.

In three hands, one that of Holt White, with his signature. A pencilled endorsement assigns one incorrectly, to Bishop Percy. The other two hands have not been identified. All references are keyed to the 1793 Johnson-Steevens edition.

ArchivalResource: 18 leaves.

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Ireland, W. H. (William Henry), 1777-1835. Vortigern (fragment) [manuscript], ca. 1800.

Title: Vortigern (fragment) [manuscript], ca. 1800.

Written by Ireland in the hand which alleged to be Shakespeare's.

ArchivalResource: 21 leaves.

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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. A dialogue in the Fairy queen [manuscript], ca. 1700 / Mr. Hen: Purcell.

Title: A dialogue in the Fairy queen [manuscript], ca. 1700 / Mr. Hen: Purcell.

A single volume, manuscript score of songs by Henry Purcell. A song beginning, "Now ye maids and ye men are making of hay," from the adaptation of A midsummer night's dream. P. 74-78 of a longer score. P. 73 is a fragment of another song, variously identified as Blow Boreas blow, composed by Robert Bradley, and The flashes of lightening by Henry Purcell. See worksheet file for additional information.

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. score (3 leaves)

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Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812. Rough notes on Shakespeare in the hand of Edmond Malone [manuscript], 18th-19th century.

Title: Rough notes on Shakespeare in the hand of Edmond Malone [manuscript], 18th-19th century.

Rough drafts of notes on Shakespeare, mainly biographical. They are incomplete, disordered, and full of deletions, interlineations, and other additions. Many small slips are pasted to the regular numbered leaves. Many of the notes are genealogical and not clearly connected with Shakespeare; some are definitely notes on Spenser.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (32 leaves) ; 35.6 x 23 cm.

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Poole, Josua, fl. 1632-1646. Commonplace book [manuscript], ca. 1710.

Title: Commonplace book [manuscript], ca. 1710.

Written in an interleaved copy of Joshua Poole's English Parnassus, 1677, which was probably extended into four volumes. This volume includes pages 481-639. Poole's English Parnassus is a printed commonplace book consisting of poetical extracts under subject headings arranged alphabetically. The portion included in this volume runs from "Pale" to "Zoilus" and ends with some forms. This manuscript forms a continuation of Poole, with extracts, both prose and poetry, paralleling Poole's arrangement and in the main under the same subject headings. A system of shorthand is used for articles and other common words. The extracts are identified by symbols, for which a key is suppled inside the back cover, one of the last works listed being Congreve's Works (published 1710)

ArchivalResource: 195 leaves ; 17 x 11 cm.

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Part for the role of Falstaffe in Henry IV, part I [manuscript], 1762.

Title: Part for the role of Falstaffe in Henry IV, part I [manuscript], 1762.

ArchivalResource: 16 leaves.

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Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889,. Heraldic coats of arms [manuscript], ca. 1650.

Title: Heraldic coats of arms [manuscript], ca. 1650.

With notes and sketches.

ArchivalResource: 14 leaves : coats of arms ; 15 x 9 cm.

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Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889,. Shaksperian collectanea [manuscript], compiled ca. 1860.

Title: Shaksperian collectanea [manuscript], compiled ca. 1860.

Scrapbooks, compiled by J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps for the Earl of Warwick, containing mostly print material with some manuscripts including correspondence, a leaf of a commonplace book, tax lists and drawings. The greater part of the volumes are occupied by printed extracts from plays, with transcripts and facsimiles, including the title page to the 1600 quarto of Midsummer's Night Dream. The correspondence includes letters dated 1814 from Robert Bell Wheler to John Britton regarding the cast made from the monumental bust of Shakespeare (V.a.493). The leaf from John Evans commonplace book includes entries on "Humilitie", "Husband" and "Hypocrisie" (V.a.494). The tax lists and similar manuscripts of Stratford-upon-Avon regarding repairs to be made to the Stratford chancel (V.a.493). Drawings include 2 Guidonian hands from the 15th century with musical notation for Merchant of Venice and Taming of the Shrew; a print of a forged drawing of New Place; 2 prints of male characters, one of a ballet-singer; and a print of "Mal Cut Purse" (V.a.494).

ArchivalResource: 3 v. ; 24 x 19 cm.

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