Burchett, Josiah, 1666?-1746
The compiler of the manuscript is unknown. Josiah Burchett (1666?-1746) was M.P. for Sandwich 1703-1713 and 1721-1741, secretary of the Admiralty, and the author of a naval history published in 1720; see the Dictionary of National Biography. Bowman Samson may have been a local amateur poet.
From the guide to the Two English satirical poems relating to Sandwich in Kent, by Josiah Burchett and Bowman Samson, ca. 1730, (Leeds University Library)
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