Poet and biographer; husband of popular poet Elizabeth Singer Rowe.

Initials to which five poems in Mary Hilhouse’s manuscript verse miscellany are attributed, including two “thought[s] on sickness.”

Poet and politician; known for his lampoons. 

Politician.

Son of George Sale, the orientalist; compiler of a manuscript verse miscellany of early eighteenth-century poems.

Church of England clergyman; Philip and Charles Yorke’s tutor at Cambridge. 

Clergyman and Oxford alumnus; compiler of a four-volume manuscript verse miscellany of his original poetry, the last of which is a prose memoir.

Granddaughter of Catherine Springett and later owner of Springett’s manuscript verse miscellany.

Poet and playwright; author of the humorous narrative poem “A True Tale of a young Squire” or “Apple pye” popular with miscellany compilers.

Lawyer; compiler of the second part of a manuscript verse miscellany into which he copied poems from newspapers.

Poet; known for her poem The Female Advocate (1774), which praises contemporary writers, particularly women. 

Poet and hymn writer.

Novelist and poet; known  for popular Romantic narrative verses such as The Lady of the Lake (1810) and Marmion (1808). 

Unidentified Warminster suitor of Eliza Chapman whose original poetry and adaptations feature in her manuscript verse miscellany.

Daughter of Sarah Morris Wilmot; compiler of a manuscript verse miscellany of her mother’s poetry.

Poet and correspondent; author of elegies and sonnets, associated with a tradition described as “female friendship poetry.” 

Playwright and poet, who gained new acclaim in the eighteenth-century; excerpts from his plays, as well as his sonnets, were popular with miscellany compilers. 

Father of Anna Sharpe; author of three poems which appear in his daughter’s manuscript verse miscellany, including “An epitaph by Mr S[harpe] intended for his daughter A[nna] S[harpe] whom he believed dying aged ten years, Sept 7th 1744.”

Compiler of a lighthearted manuscript verse miscellany; potentially the same person as later owner Anna Maria Sharpe, if not a relative.

Later owner of Anna Sharpe’s manuscript verse miscellany; potentially the same person as compiler Anna Sharpe, if not a relative.

Poet; known for political satire. 

Writer and landscape gardener; known for his pastoral poems and works published by his friend Robert Dodsley; very popular with miscellany compilers, often inspiring amateur imitations of his work because of its distinct aesthetic style. 

Singer and writer; wife of Richard Brinsley Sheridan and sister of Mary Linley Tickell.