Anonymous, 1728.

79 items.

Primarily witty poetry, both high and low; some serious political and moral poems.

Gabriel Lepipre, ca. 1744–45. 

252 poems.

Mostly sociable verse, especially arising out of interactions with women, and public affairs. 

Anonymous, late eighteenth-century.

29 poems on the First Line Index.

Collection of poems by various authors, riddles, parodies, etc.

Frances Glanville Boscawen and Julia Evelyn, begun in 1746.

120 poems.

Popular and original poetry on various themes. Large section of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

Reginald Heber, ca. 1788–1789.

Very plain book. 

18 poems.

Commemoration of people and events in the Brent River area. 

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.

Mary Tadwell, 1744–1761. Taken over by John Watson Tadwell in a clear effort to continue/complete Mary Tadwell's work.

Three volumes composed roughly chronologically.

167 poems.

Contents heavy on riddles, acrostics, songs; frequent country-city theme, but with no sense of a specific country locality.

William Taylor of South Weald, ca. 1730.

61 poems.

Miscellaneous poetry collection including many Latin and Jacobite-related poems, in addition to original poetry. Irregular folio numbering suggests a post-bound compilation.

Tickell family, 1787–ca. 1828.

35 poems.

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

John Sanderson, 1787–ca. 1816, with one entry from 1832.

Four volumes, but this entry concerns only the first three (the poetry miscellanies).

121 poems.

Translations of Latin poetry, humorous poetry, apparently all original.

H. Watkins, ca. 1730s–1775.

245 items.

Broad range of subject matter, but generally serious poetry.

John Brewster, ca. 1770–ca. 1810.

130 poems.

Frequent epitaphs, poems on death. 

Anonymous, ca. 1799-1803.

Ambigraph volume with poetry beginning at one end and prose anecdotes, mainly biographical, at the other. This listing pertains only to the poetry end of the manuscript. 

288 poems.

Miscellaneous and short poems, mostly extracts, epitaphs, and epigrams.

Anonymous, 1786–1798.

120 poems.

A very feminocentric collection with many female-authored work.

Tighe family coterie; Cavendish-Ponsonby-Crewe network.

Henry Jodrell, ca. 1780.

Ambigraph book with Shakespeare plays at one end, poetry at the other. Given the limited number of entries, the poetry end was perhaps abandoned.

12 poems.

Anonymous, seemingly ca. 1755. 

Second volume seems to be organized thematically, with blank leaves left to be filled in later on the same theme (a good example of an organizational system in progress). 

82 items.

Initially focused on high-profile writers of the turn of the century, though the second volume contains mid-century work. 

Emma Puleston, ca. 1819–1822.

Decorated with watercolours.

147 items, 100 poems.

Many very short sayings, and items related to Waterloo and the Irish rebellion representing a patriotic British stance. 

Anonymous, 1724–1728.

109 poems.

Almost entirely early eighteenth-century poetry. Many contemporary satirical pieces, and items from Mist's Weekly Journal.

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.

Caroline Kilderbee, 1812–1863.

245 poems.

Mostly satirical items; great interest in celebrities.

Anonymous, ca. 1741.

147 poems.

Many epitaphs, epigrams, and satires.

Daniel Wray circle.

Anonymous, ca. 1750. 

36 items.

Chiefly epigrams and satirical verse.

Anonymous, ca. 1765.

29 items.

Coz. Widow Davis gives compiler a Shenstone manuscript ca. 1752.

Lighthearted poems (many about public affairs) with some social satire. 

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. 

Rev. Thomas Austen, 1760.

Three volumes, only the first two of which are manuscript verse miscellanies, and therefore included in this entry.

768 poems. 

A real variety of contents. The first volume revolves around poems about various natural elements and experiences of country life. The second volume

Anonymous, 1780.

55 poems.

Mainly devotional or conduct related poems, some describing Bristol and Quaker life. 

Melesinda Munbee (seemingly transcribed by Elizabeth Munbee), 1749–1750.

A manuscript verse miscellany assembled in childhood, based on a father's library. 

Two volumes, 44 poems.

Many items by Swift; other bawdy contents.

Mary Capell, ca. 1740–1751.

Verso pages are filled with explanatory notes identifying people and places from the poems.

87 items.

Political satire, love poems; poems about poetry (writing, collection, gifts of poetry), the arts, and prologues and epilogues.

The final section of poems seems to be associated with the Yorke-Grey coterie. 

George Scott, 1728–1779.

Consecutive hands (George Scott is the second hand) seemingly linked by a Miss Verney who becomes Mrs. Bowes, then a Miss Bowes in part two.

99 items.

The first section contains quite a few poems by women; the second half sees a shift to copying newspaper items, many of which are attributed. 

Anonymous, ca. 1740s.

73 poems.

Seemingly a woman’s book with themes of nature, courtship, public affairs.

Anonymous, 1723, with a few later additions in 1740s.

153 poems. 

Mostly seventeenth-century poetry, typically very short poems with thematic titles. Lots of verses on classical Greek figures.

Anonymous, 1715–1717.

318 poems.

Diverse collection of poems, with a significant number of poems satirising women and marriage; also interested in the classics, public affairs, literature, Oxford, theatre, and religious satire.