Anne Heigham, 1781–ca. 1785. 

38 items.

Includes multiple female authors, son's tribute to mother at the end of the book, and epilogues presumably spoken at local productions.

Polite poetry.

Philip Yorke 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, ca. 1756. Principal figure in Yorke-Grey coterie.

12 items—11 original or local poems, 1 Latin paste-in.

Sonnets.

Anonymous, ca. 1746.

37 items, 23 poems.

Largely the work of Hannah Wakeford ("Amynta"). Begins with seven letters from Amynta to Aurelia followed by religious hymns and poems, enigmas, and poems on friendship and solitude.

Reflects the work of the Towgood-Steele-Wakeford family. 

Anonymous, ca. 1770s.

19 items.

Unbound booklet with some copy errors suggesting this may have been a first copying of materials for a later collection.

Thematic focus on contentment, lack of ambition, choice of retirement and friendship over wealth and power.

Stephen Barrett, 1770-1794.

Gift from Cuthbert Wilson with a presentation poem.

45 items.

Original poems in Latin and English, mostly by Barrett, including school exercises; translations by Barrett of early modern and eighteenth-century English poems into Latin.

Anne Blandford, 1791 and later.

114 poems, mostly occasional.

Mostly verses by Hannah More and her circle. 

Charles Earle, ca. 1750–1770. 

96 items.

Original epitaphs, occasional poetry, prayers, and letters.

Anne Dickinson, 1787.

Only considered as a miscellaneous verse manuscript up to p. 146 (/338) because the later section is in different hands, and is dated after 1820. 

95 poems.

Many poems about couples where one of the two dies; very much a women’s manuscript, with themes of love, conduct, friendship, pets etc.

Stephen Simpson, 1773. 

Courtship gift to Sarah Leaper, Simpson's future wife.

29 poems.

Themes of love and friendship. 

Anonymous, maybe Diana Burroughs, ca. 1774–1787.

85 poems.

A mix of original and well-known poetry with a high proportion of original occasional verse.

Norfolk circle of EM and Diana Burroughs.

Anonymous schoolmistress (possibly named Eliza), 1788.

61 items.

Frequent references to the material having been written for schoolchildren or for occasions such as weddings and departures of friends.

Anonymous, early nineteenth-century.

19 poems.

Primarily sentimental poems, many written by Edward Venn and C.A. Venn on such subjects as passions, nature, friendship, and solitude.

Anonymous, with illustration by Mary Rogers, 1808.

37 poems. 

Two of the three sections are poems by "Bree," "Nadine," and "Rio" composed for "Employment" during winter 1808. 

Pastoral poems; conduct, morality poems; poems about domestic life and nature.

Charles Parr Burney, ca. 1803. 

354 pages.

Primarily elegies, love poems, and occasional verse, with some patriotic and religious verse, and short comic verses. 

A large section copied from a Crewe Hall album composed during the 1780s, reflecting the work of the Crewe coterie. 

Anne Butler, begun in 1806.

186 pages.

Elegies, epitaphs, and poems on death, friendship, moderation, hope and female virtue.

Hester Bradley, 1807–1810, with two poems added in 1831. 

49 poems.

Occasional poems and poems about friends and family, all with a Quaker bent. 

Anonymous, 1811–1818.

Over 100 poems.

Largely poems on nationalistic subjects, others focused on serious and sentimental subjects like nature, death, friendship, and religion. 

Thomas Phillibrown, 1740–1757.

Divided into sections according to odd and even numbered pages.

152 poems.

Very London oriented (Public affairs, local interest, celebrities). 

Reflects a mid-century coterie centering around John Hawkins and Moses Browne.

Mr. Davis, ca. 1750–1765.

146 items.

Pastorals, love poems, and poems on aging with one about inability to perform sexually.

Kidlington circle with key to coterie pseudonyms on final page.

Unknown author, ca. 1750. 

9 poems.

A stitched booklet, largely about the travels of a group of young friends and their local community of Blandford. Phonetic spelling and unpolished verse suggest a relatively uneducated compiler.

Eleanor Peart, 1768.

Organized chronologically and thematically.

182 poems. 

A high proportion of original poetry; strong emphasis on the pastoral including the use of pastoral pseudonyms.

Peart-Bate coterie.

Reginald Heber, ca. 1768–1774.

12 poems.

All original poetry by his mother, Mary Allanson Heber; likely kept as a souvenir rather than read on a regular basis.

Eliza Chapman, 1788-89.

87 poems.

Contributions by Scriblerus, Eliza Chapman's suitor. 

Tickell family, 1787–ca. 1828.

35 poems.

Poems about love, friendship, and artistic pursuits, as well as commemorative poems about deaths in the family.

Elizabeth Sarah Wilmot, 1744–1784.

52 poems.

Original compositions of Elizabeth Sarah Wilmot and her mother, Sarah Wilmot. Many poems about female friends and family.

Anonymous, ca. 1709–1712.

57 items.

Very author oriented, with source attributions.

Anonymous (with many references to the Cotton family of Eardley), ca. 1788.

Only the first section of the manuscript (by the first hand) is examined in this entry.

17 poems.

Themes of friendship. 

Catherine Springett (with contributions by her daughter and granddaughter, Mary Boys and Mary Sankey), ca. 1742–1749.

149 poems.

Quite a few enigmas, riddles, but mostly poems, almost all contemporary. Seemingly indicative of a coterie with original poetry by "T.T." and other friends.

Mrs. Stapleton for Miss Mary Arnold, ca. 1780s–1790s. 

212 poems.

A gift for formal or informal educational use. A lot of riddles and poems about flowers; emphasis on items written by young ladies. Most items about or intended for women.

Anne Blandford, ca. 1795–1805.

113 poems.

Emphasis on apparently original writings/occasional writings by Hannah More, and More's sisters and friends in youth that might not be found elsewhere.

Hannah More circle.

Benjamin Church, 1750–1752.

16 poems.

Mainly satirical poems by group of Harvard students. 

Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi, 1810–1814.

Five volumes for her adopted nephew, but only the first three are primarily poetry, and therefore considered manuscript verse miscellanies. 

Largely original occasional poems accompanied by prose biographical material and information about the circumstances of each item's composition. 

B. Cumberlege, 1703.

Contains title pages for many individual poems.

34 poems on the Table of Contents, but some grouped together under headings, so really closer to 50 items.

Occasional and religious poems, many about friendship, and a high proportion by the compiler. Position appears to be Jacobite and Roman Catholic.

Region of creation possibly London, based on later Cumberlege family records. 

Charlotte Burney Francis Broome, 1771–ca. 1806.

82 poems.

Mostly original poetry by members of the Burney family with themes of family, courtship/marriage, and death.

Hester Thrale Piozzi, ca. 1818.

183 poems.

Mostly other authors, some original work, often addressed to her daughters.

Anonymous, ca. 1750–1770.

This entry pertains only to ff. 1–64v (the first two compilers of three). 

68 items.

Many poems about love, courtship, marriage, women.

Eliza Pettigrew, 1778 - ca. 1796.

108 items.

Themes of friendship; Quakerism; anti-slavery; many friendship poems addressed to Eliza by A. Strangman.

Sarah Gregory, ca. 1771-1774.

74 items. 

Themes of works include death and afterlife, the ephemerality of life, and friendship. 

Revd. William Heath Marsh, ca. 1810.

~100 + ~85 = ~185 poems.

Volume 1 consists primarily of copied poetry, especially pastoral and morality poems or poems with classical themes; volume 2 contains much more original poetry, poems related to public affairs, and references to a Norfolk social network centred around Marsh and Thomas and Mary Blofeld.

Anonymous author, ca. 1758-1776. 

122 items, 77 poems.

Gentle satires of love, manners, morals, and thoughtlessness about life's brevity; also humorous and sentimental poems.