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Berkeley, George, 1601-1658 (8th Baron Berkeley)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1601 - 1658

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Henry Stanford's collection of verses etc., c 1581-1613

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dd.05.75
Scope and Contents Contains odes, ‘New Year’s gifts’, sonnets, epigrams, riddles, etc. The pieces which are dated range between the years 1581 and 1612. The following title occurs at f. 10: ‘Gulielmi Pagetti versiculi quos ex suo cerebro depromptos Aviæ [i. e. to his grandmother] officii et anni testificandi causa obtulit calendis Januarii A. D. 1584, annos nato 12 dies 14’. The William Paget thus referred to was in all probability the 4th baron of the name, who died in 1629. Other traces of him are...
Dates: c 1581-1613
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