The text is particularly valuable for the history of the County in being the only known source for many events. Relates more to political and administrative detail than ecclesiastical events
Compiled over a period of about 50 years by at least six scribes at St Mary's Abbey, York.
Also contains Adam of Eynshams life of St Hugh of Lincoln.
93 quarto leaves, partly a notebook of Biblical quotations and prayers, but also containing accounts of the Fairfaxes and the Careys (his wifes family) during the civil war and Fairfaxs own involve
The book is entitled Poems, Epitaphs, Acrosticks and Elogies on several Occasions and Persons ... It contains verses of local interest and family arms
Julianne Simpson, Collections and Discovery Manager writes: The John Rylan
Thomas Barlow, Bodleys Librarian 1652-60, identifield the contents of the MS on p22 and Anthony Wood wrote his name and the date 1670 at the end of the text.
19 personal letters from Park to his wife Alison Anderson 1801 - 05 including his last surviving letter to her from Segou, in modern Mali.
Keith graduated MA from Marischal College Aberdeen in 1712 and became its Chancellor.
Wakes library and some papers were bequeathed by him to the College.
Letters written from Harcourt House in Cavendish Square to William Pierce, builder of Jermyn Street, concerning the Dukes house at 13 Hyde Park Gardens, which was being prepared for the storage of
Montagu and Walpole first met at Eton and shared many tastes, this most significant collection of letters is remarkable for its literary quality and joie de vivre.