GB 0114 MS0030 - Isham, Elizabeth

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Reference code

GB 0114 MS0030

Title

Isham, Elizabeth

Date(s)

  • c 1659 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

1 volume

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Elizabeth Isham was born in Braunston, Northamptonshire, in c 1558. She lived in Warden, Bedfordshire and married Henry Cave. She died in c 1630.

No biographical information is currently known for Thomas Sendall, fl 1659.

Archival history

GB 0114 MS0030 c 1659 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Isham , Elizabeth , c 1558-c 1630 , writer

Sendall , Thomas , fl 1659 , writer

Elizabeth Isham was born in Braunston, Northamptonshire, in c 1558. She lived in Warden, Bedfordshire and married Henry Cave. She died in c 1630.

No biographical information is currently known for Thomas Sendall, fl 1659.

Papers of Elizabeth Isham and Thomas Sendall, c 1659, comprising a manuscript volume of recipes. The title page contains two titles. The first 'This is a booke of phisick of Elizabeth Isham' and the second 'Thomas Sendall Scripsit An[no] domini 1659'. The titles are in two different scripts. It was possibly originally started by Elizabeth Isham and then continued by Thomas Sendall. Other scripts also occur in the volume. Some recipes are titled with names of their 'creators' eg Lady Simon, Dr Stevens, Lady Dowglasse, Mrs Dormor. Inserted after page 48 there is a short note on the theatres of Elizabethan London.

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Copying conditions Photocopying prohibited due to fragile nature of manuscript. Photographic copies may be acceptable at the discretion of the Librarian, provided the copy is for private study or research (non-commercial).

English

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

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Compiled by Anya Turner.

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Papers of Elizabeth Isham and Thomas Sendall, c 1659, comprising a manuscript volume of recipes. The title page contains two titles. The first 'This is a booke of phisick of Elizabeth Isham' and the second 'Thomas Sendall Scripsit An[no] domini 1659'. The titles are in two different scripts. It was possibly originally started by Elizabeth Isham and then continued by Thomas Sendall. Other scripts also occur in the volume. Some recipes are titled with names of their 'creators' eg Lady Simon, Dr Stevens, Lady Dowglasse, Mrs Dormor. Inserted after page 48 there is a short note on the theatres of Elizabethan London.

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As outlined in Scope and Content.

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Access to bona fide researchers by written appointment.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copying conditions Photocopying prohibited due to fragile nature of manuscript. Photographic copies may be acceptable at the discretion of the Librarian, provided the copy is for private study or research (non-commercial).

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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Finding aids

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

Card catalogue and Access database.

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Royal College of Surgeons of England

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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