QUERY1850
QUERIES CONCERNING OLD MSS.
By EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.
I am very desirous of gaining some knowledge respecting the following MSS., especially as regards their locality at the present time. Perhaps some of your numerous readers can help me to the information which I seek. 1. "Whitelocke's Labours remembered in the Annales of his Life, written for the use of his Children." This valuable MS. contains a most minute and curious account of the performance of Shirley's masque, entitled *The Triumphs of Peace*. In 1789, when Dr. Burney published the third volume of his *History of Music*, it was in the possession of Dr. Morton of the British Museum. —Quer…
Topics: Manuscripts, Illumination, Historical Documents, Genealogy
Locations: British Museum, Earl of Oxford, London, Bromley Hall, Essex, Nacton, Suffolk, Yelverton Library