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D5775 - Titus Wheatcroft of Ashover (1679-1762), parish clerk and writer - c1728-c1744
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D5775/1
Title
Titus Wheatcroft (1679-1762) of Ashover: 'Wheatcroft's Divine and Profitable Meditations Rais'd from rocks, seas. And gardens being divine and Profitable for all ages'
Date
c1736
Description
Commonplace book, containing poems, prayers, commentary on biblical texts, didactic prose, proverbs and anecdotes. Bears the date February 28, 1736 on the inside cover, but contents may have been entered over a number of years.
Extent
1 volume
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Leonard Wheatcroft of Ashover (1627-1706) parish clerk and poet
Related Material
2 items transferred from Derby Local Studies Library in 2002. 1 item doanted to DRO in September 2006
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