Commonplace book, [1662-1731].

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Commonplace book, [1662-1731].

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This book, consisting chiefly of original poetry, with some family records and other material, was begun by Thomas Withers in 1662 and carried on by him until the year before his death; it then came into the hands of his eldest son who wrote in it until 1731. The poems of Thomas Withers include many on religious subjects, anagrams on members of his family and friends, epitaphs, and a quantity of poems on special personal events and other occasions. The poems of Edmund Withers are less religious in character, and include besides anagrams similar to his father's, epitaphs and actual tombstone inscriptions. Also present are notes on births, baptisms, marriages, moves, and deaths of family members. The volume consists of 302 pages, some blank, written up to page 159 by Thomas Withers, and beginning at the end and going forward by Edmund Withers.

1 v. (275 p.) ; 15 cm.

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Withers family.

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Copley, Joseph Sir,

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Withers, Thomas, 1642-1706

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Thomas Withers was born at Nether Kellett, Lancashire, in 1642, went to Oxford in May 1660, married Agatha Tatham of Tunstall on October 6, 1668, and had six children: Mary (b. 1669), Martha (1672-1677), Edmund (1674-1731), William (b. 1677), Elizabeth (1679-1688), and Thomas (b. 1682). He lived at Kellett until May 1673 and then successively at Scearton and Lancaster until he became vicar of Halton in June 1678 where he remained until his death on May 26, 1706. From the description ...

Withers, Edmund, 1674-1731

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