Title
The Lord and Ladye of Huntingdon's entertainment of their right noble mother Alice, Countess Dowager of Derby, [1818 or after].
Physical Description
1 v. (24 leaves) ; 21 cm
Provenance
Phillipps MS 19482. Gift of Thomas E. Marston (Yale 1927), 1953.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
John Marston (1575?-1634) was an English poet, playwright, and satirist.
Summary
Manuscript, bound, in an unidentified hand, of a masque prepared by John Marston in honor of a visit by the Dowager Countess of Derby to her son-in-law and daughter Elizabeth, the Earl and Countess of Huntingdon, at their seat at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, England, in August, 1607. Front fly leaf contains the title and note "From the original Ms. in the possession of the Earl of Ellesmere." Paper contains watermark of 1818.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
February 11, 2015
References
John Marston, The Lord and Ladye of Huntingdon's Entertainment of Their Right Noble Mother Alice, Countess Dowager of Derby. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
John Marston, The Lord and Ladye of Huntingdon's Entertainment of Their Right Noble Mother Alice, Countess Dowager of Derby. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.