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D517 - Miller Mundy family of Shipley Hall, Heanor - [16th-20th cent]
- F - Family papers - [early 16th cent]-1982
  - Z - Family papers not identifiable to individuals
    - 1 - Poems and literary works
      - 1 - Satirical verse in different hands - [late 17th cent-late 18th cent]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D517/BOX/A/10/7
Title	Verses labelled "Ilays Screen" and respectively entitled "Hitt or miss Luck is all" and "Wrote on a window at Wetherby"
Date	[mid-18th cent]
Description	"Hitt or miss Luck is all" appears in a letter of 3 June 1742, from Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann (source: Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University) Tells the story of Ilay, a nobleman, who has trees cleared from his garden. At first a pleasing view of a ruined church is revealed followed by a view of a gibbett, so fresh trees are planted 15 lines. "Wrote on a window at Wetherby" is a scathing verse comparing he who likes a treeless landscape to vermin. 10 lines. The heading appears to be the title of the verse, but it may also indicate that the writer copied it from a window in a house in Wetherby
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Miller Mundy family of Shipley Hall, Heanor
Administrative History	The lines entitled "Hitt or miss Luck is all" are an apparent reference to Whitton Place, Twickenham, the house of Lord Ilay [sometimes Islay] (1682-1761) and were written by Rev. James Bramston (c1694-1744), poet and author of 'The Art of Politics'.
Administrative History Sources	W.S. Lewis, et al., Eds (1954) 'Horace Walpole's Correspondence with Sir Horace Mann Yale Edition', Volume 17, p. 441, fn. 4. Available online from the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, https://libsvcs-1.its.yale.edu/hwcorrespondence/
Format	Document
Copies	A digital copy of this item can be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Term	Poetry
Term	Poems
Acknowledgements	D517/Box/A/10/1-23 have been described by Cataloguing Volunteer, Roger Jennens in October 2022.

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