Possibly the compiler of an anonymous manuscript verse miscellany of pet poems (multiple poems are related to them).

Poet and playwright; his epistle "To the Earl of Dorset” was popular with miscellany compilers.

Poet; known for the highly regarded posthumous edition of her poetry, which included her translations of Pierre Corneille’s Pompée and Horace.

Compiler of a manuscript verse miscellany showcasing the work of the London-based Phillibrown-Hawkins network.

Members of the Pigott family who owned the Jacobite miscellany Beinecke Osborn fc58; one of them may have been the compiler.

Unidentified poet featured in Thomas Phillibrown’s manuscript verse miscellany, which is associated with the London-based Phillibrown-Hawkins network.

Poet and autobiographer; author of a poem about writing on a new piece of paper that was popular in manuscript verse miscellanies.

Clergyman and religious poet whose “Sermon in Verse” was popular with miscellany compilers.

Writer and literary hostess; famous friend and biographer of Samuel Johnson; prolific compiler of manuscripts such as Thraliana (1776–1809).

Nephew and adopted son of Hester Thrale Piozzi; addressee and recipient of her manuscript verse miscellany Houghton MS Eng 1280.

Translator and poet.

Church of England clergyman and antiquary; author of comic verse such as the electioneering squib “The Yorkshire Horse Racers.”

Compiler of a manuscript miscellany possibly connected to Dr. Newcome’s school in Hackney, and reflective of a friendship circle that includes John Hoadly and Isaac Hawkins Brown.

Politician; later owner of his brother Charles Plumptre’s manuscript verse miscellany.

Writer; known for The Art of Eloquence (1785), later retitled The English Orator, and Influence of Local Attachment (1796, 1798, and 1810).

Poet; known for “The Choice,” which celebrates an idyllic life of moderation in the country. 

Noblewoman; member of the Cavendish-Ponsonby-Crewe network. 

Younger of the Ladies of Llangollen, whose unconventional relationship and lifestyle made them celebrities, and a source of inspiration to the Romantic poets.

Poet; known for satirical and discursive poetry such as The Rape of the Lock (1712), The Dunciad (1728), and An Essay on Criticism (1711); very popular with miscellany compilers. 

Poet and translator; best known for his Azaria and Hushai (1682), a reply to John Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel (1679–1681).

Classical scholar; regius professor of Greek at Cambridge and author of theological criticism.

Unidentified sister of William Warren Porter, possibly called Eliza, whose poems feature in the Porter family’s manuscript verse miscellany.

Clergyman and painter whose poetry features in the Porter family’s manuscript verse miscellany.