Strode, Richard. Annotations and notes interleaved with Culpeper's An ephemeris for the year 1652 and in A new-years-gift, 1651 being the yeare of liberty

Folger bibliographic ID: 233487
Folger call number: V.a.491 (ms. content)
Folger holdings ID: 282295
Accession Number: MS Add 980

Annotations and notes in contemporary or near-contemporary hands including Richard Strode's. Many are copies of documents relating to prisoners kept during the Commonwealth and Protectorate, particularly concerning Strode, including a copy of Strode's petition to Oliver Cromwell for his release from the Chancery Prison, a copy of his petition to the Court of Common Pleas, notes on the Chancery Court. Also many Biblical references and other material

General notes

66 leaves (some blank) interleaved with 39 leaves of Culpeper (sig. [E5] missing) and 12 leaves of A new-years-gift Ephemeris for the year 1652 by Nicholas Culpeper (Wing A1522) and A new-years-gift, 1651 [i.e. 1650] : being the yeare of liberty, as in Levit. 25. 13. (no Wing #). Cataloged separately Bennett -- A.M. Broadley MS Note dated 1744, that the volume was bought by William Bennett from a barber in Evershot for 2 shillings, 6 pence, and that "This Book I belive to be of the hand wrighting of Sr Richard Strode of Nunham in Devon . . ." (pasted on leaf after sig. A3 of Culpeper), a supposition born out by what appears to be a direct transcript from the original address leaf of Strode's petition (copied on the verso of leaf iv) Broadley's former ownership described in Notes & queries for Somerset and Dorset. Sherborne : Printed by J.C. and A.T. Sawtell, 1903, vol. VIII, no. 160 Formerly Folger MS Add 980 Contemporary binding in brown suede on boards with metal clasps Acquired from Sotheby's December 1993, lot 391

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006-2007. Technologies of Writing in the Age of Print

Extended title: Annotations and notes interleaved with Culpeper's An ephemeris for the year 1652 and in A new-years-gift, 1651 being the yeare of liberty ca. 1652

Strode, Richard, 1584-1669 Great Britain Prisoners Bible

author: Strode, Richard, 1584-1669
subject: Strode, Richard, 1584-1669
former owner: Bennett, Willm (William), active 1744
former owner: Broadley, Alexander Meyrick, 1847-1916