Antiquary; known for his interest in Irish legends, songs, and music. 

Associate of Diana Burroughs, possibly located in Norfolk.

Associated of Diana Burroughs, possibly located in Norfolk; major author in an anonymous manuscript associated with the Burroughs-Crowfoot circle, including two poems addressed to Diana Burroughs. 

Compiler of a manuscript verse miscellany of occasional and religious poems, which features many of his own compositions. 

Poet; associated with Newcastle; famous for simple pastorals with themes of nature. 

Playwright and writer; his ballads appear in some miscellaneous verse miscellanies. 

Later owner of J. Rolfe’s manuscript verse miscellany. 

Poet; author of Latin verses, and imitations of Horace, Milton, and Swift. 

Mid-century compiler of a manuscript verse miscellany of pastoral and love poems featuring the Kidlington circle. 

Later owner of the Rae family manuscript verse miscellany.

Compiler of a manuscript verse miscellany which features poems about and by her family, including her cousin Martha Roberts and her uncle J.B. Dickinson. 

Father of Maria Stow, whose birthday poem to his daughter featurs in Anne Dickinson’s manuscript verse miscellany.

Uncle of Martha Roberts and Anne Dickinson, whose poetry addressed to his nieces features prominently in Anne Dickinson’s manuscript verse miscellany.

Appears to have been a graphic artist and musician; collector of items for a six-volume manuscript verse miscellany of popular eighteenth-century poetry.

Owner of an anonymous Cheshire manuscript verse miscellany.

Bookseller and writer; member of William Shenstone’s circle. 

Quaker, mother of writers Maria Hack and Bernard Barton; poet whose sentimental verses feature in Thomas Binns’ manuscript verse miscellany.

Friend of Sir Walter Scott and Lady Louisa Stuart; member of Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury’s circle. 

Naturalist and poet; compiler of Beinecke Osborn c481. 

Church of England clergyman; major author in his cousin Mary Woodyeare Tibbits’ manuscript verse miscellany.

Seventeenth century poet and pamphleteer. 

Poet, playwright, and critic; England’s first Poet Laureate; celebrity of Restoration literature. 

Daughter of poet Stephen Duck; addressee of Jenny Hamilton Moore’s poem “Miss Hamilton to Miss Duck,” which was popular among manuscript verse miscellany compilers.

Labouring class poet; known for The Thresher’s Labour (1730), a poem about the difficulty of field work.