Bromley, William. Miscellany Collections, 1663-1731 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Bromley, William. Miscellany Collections, 1663-1731

ID: 01/02/02/POST-1650 MS 0021

Primary Creator: Bromley, William (1663?-1732)

Other Creators: Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

Extent: 1.0 Volumes

Date Acquired: 11/25/1986

Subjects: English poetry - 18th century, Epitaphs, Law - England

Languages: English

This volume, entitled Miscellany Collections on its first page, contains copied works of prose and poetry dated 1663-1731. Many entries are extracts from letters patent, legal proceedings, and wills; the book also includes biographical notes, epitaphs, and book lists. Some of the poems are works by Alexander Pope. The final pages have a contemporary table of contents.

A bookplate indicates that William Bromley of Baginton, Warwickshire, owned this volume in the early 18th century.

William Bromley (1663-1732) was a native of Baginton, England. A Tory, he represented Warwickshire (1690-1698) and the University of Oxford (1701-1732) in Parliament and also served as Speaker of the House of Commons (1710-1713) and Secretary of State for the Northern Department (1713-1714).

Source

Hanham, A. A. "Bromley, William  (bap. 1663, d. 1732)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online edition. Oxford University Press, 2011. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/3515

English poetry - 18th century
Epitaphs
Law - England

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Acquisition Source: Donated by Robert W. Rogers

Finding Aid Revision History: Revised by Meg Hixon, August 2016

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