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'The History of Edward ye second by Sr F: H:'

Reference code
MSS/0022
Title
'The History of Edward ye second by Sr F: H:'
Date
early 17th century
Level of description
item
Extent and format
Paper; ff. iii + 99.
Quarto.
Leather binding, brown, with gilt-tooling including a centrepiece of the arms of Henry Chitting (?1580-1638), Chester Herald (C. Davenport, English Heraldic Book-stamps (1909), 114).
Scope and content
'The History of Edward ye second by Sr F: H:'. A poem in 581 stanzas, in rhyme royal, beg. 'I sing thy sad disastor fatall King'. The author has been identified as Sir Francis Hubert. (Inf. Professor Steven May.)
Creator
Hubert, Francis (c 1568-1629), Knight, poet
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/22