Record Number: 6320

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Marginalia]: ms note on binding page appears to refer both to the battle of Flodden and to poems about it: '... The battle of Flodden Field which was fought between the English under the Earl of Surrey ( in the absence of Henery 8th) and the Scots under their valiant King James IV who was slain on the field of battle in the year 1513. An ... poem ... collected from .... ms by Joseph Philamoth ... These three poems differ ... from each other. British Topography Chpt. [?] p. 61'.

Century:

1700-1799, 1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

unknown

Time

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Place:

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Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

unknown

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Lambe

Title:

An exact and circumstantial history of the battle of Floddon in verse written about the time of Queen Elizabeth. In which are related many particular facts not to be found in the English history[...]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Berwick-upon-Tweed: Printed and sold by R. Taylor, and by E. and C. Dilly, and G. Freer, London, 1774

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6320

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife; Lambe, Robert, "An exact and circumstantial history of the battle of Floddon in verse written about the time of Queen Elizabeth. In which are related many particular facts not to be found in the English history. Published from a curious manuscript in the possession of John Askew ... with notes, by Robert Lambe", (Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1774), binding page [DH LIB 1666].

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife; Lambe, Robert, "An exact and circumstantial history of the battle of Floddon in verse written about the time of Queen Elizabeth. In which are related many particular facts not to be found in the English history. Published from a curious manuscript in the possession of John Askew ... with notes, by Robert Lambe", (Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1774), binding page [DH LIB 1666]. , http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6320, accessed: 09 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

The item has been re-bound and now has no provenance evidence. The main period of collection and use of the library was from mid 18th to late 19th century.