Billers, John, b ? 1649 (Public Orator at Cambridge University)
Person
Dates
- Existence: b ? 1649
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Commonplace book and miscellaneous transcripts, seventeenth century
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Ee.05.23
Scope and Contents
A volume originally intended to form a commonplace book, with various titles written in alphabetical order on the pages; but very few entries have been made, and it was subsequently used for other purposes. Contents:(I) (1) ‘Love verses and songs on all occasions’, 20 in number; (2) scattered very short extracts in a handwriting of the seventeenth century, followed by (a) ‘Mr Billars ye publick orators speech of Cambrigd to ye king and queen upon the Region [sic] walk, anno dom....
Dates:
seventeenth century
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