Finding Aid for the Ann Yerbury Papers 1729-1753, 1950, 1956
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Ann Yerbury Papers,
Date: 1729-1753,
Date: 1950,
Date: 1956
Collection number: MS.1994.002
Creator: Yerbury,
Ann
Extent:
2 boxes (16 linear inches)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: Poems and prose written by Ann Yerbury
between 1729 and 1753 on various themes including illness, religion,
friendship, reflections, and death.
Physical Location: Clark Library
Language of Materials: Collection materials in English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the William Andrews Clark Memorial
Library, UCLA. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Clark Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the William Andrews
Clark Memorial Library, UCLA as the owner of the physical items and is
not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder,
which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ann Yerbury Papers, MS.1994.002, William
Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1994.
Biography
Ann Yerbury was the wife of William Yerbury, who was part of a wealthy
family of clothiers in the Bristol region of England. The poems, hymns,
and prose written on a variety of subjects, gives a
view into her life from 1729 to 1753. She was very careful to date and
title all her poems.
According to a leatherbound notebook written by Ann's mother, Ann was
married on June 24th of 1735 to William Yerbury. Soon after, they moved
to London. The births of three of her children were recorded in the
notebook: John, born on the 20th of August 1736; Ann, born on the 6th of
December 1737; and Mary, born on the 1st of June 1738. Her husband died
in 1741. It is possible she is the widow Ann Yerbury of Bradford,
Wiltshire, whose will is dated May 30th, 1799, located in the National
Archives (UK). Histories of the town of Bradford-on-Avon have given her maiden name as Wereat.
Scope and Content
This collection contains items by and about Ann Yerbury. The majority
of items are poems, but there are also three pieces of prose, a notebook
of important family events, and a modern newspaper article and letter.
The poems and prose range in date from 1729 to 1753. The letter and
newspaper article date from 1950 and 1956, respectively.
Original spelling, capitalization, and
punctuation were retained in this finding aid. Some poems have
additional titles docketed on the versos of the page; this is indicated as
"title on verso" in the note field. These verso titles vary slightly in wording, spelling, or capitalization from
the heading title at the top of the poem.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged thematically: the modern items, the
notebook, poems, and prose. Poems are arranged chronologically, with a
separate folder for each year. Only one item is housed in Box 2, as noted below. All other items are housed in Box 1 and
are enumerated here by folder and item number only.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Devotional poetry--Early
works to 1800
Women poets, English--Early works to 1800
Genres and Forms
Poems--England--18th
century
Container List
Folder 1, Item 1
Newspaper Article about Francis Yerbury
December 28, 1950
Note
[Western Daily Pr]ess and Bristol Mirror article from December
28, 1950 -- "Notes of the Day" column briefly mentions the Yerbury
family in relation to Belcombe Court in Wilshire.
Folder 1, Item 2
Letter about Francis Yerbury
July 18, 1956
Note
Letter dated July 18th, 1956 from C.J.S. Nicholl (a chartered
land agent in Cardiff) to Mr. Bangham, with a transcription from a grave
in Bradford-on-Avon of Francis Yerbury.
Folder 2, Item 1
Small notebook with four pages
Note
A leather notebook with four pages (many preliminary pages were apparently torn out at an early date). Written by
Ann Yerbury's mother, it details births, deaths, and marriages in the
family. One item reads "My daughter Ann now married to Mr. William
Yerbury on the 24th of June 1735 and went to London July the 21st 1935.
Her son John was born on the 20th of August 1736. Her daughter Ann was
born on Tuesday 6th of December 1737. Her daughter Mary was born the 1st
of June 1738."
Box 2, Item 1
Souvenir etching
January 30, 1740
Note
A souvenir of the 1739/40 Frost Fair 'printed on the river of
Thames when frozen over, January 30, 1739 40,' with an etching by J.
Lightbody, and Ann Yerbury's name printed underneath. Frost Fairs were
held during particularly cold winters (1683/4, 1739/40 and 1814),
originally in 1564 because the River Thames froze over. The winter of
1739/40 was particularly harsh, and is known as the Great Frost.
Folder 4, Item 1
an expostulatary Dialogue between a young Lady & her
heart
1729
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: Dialogues between a young Lady & her
heart
Folder 4, Item 2
a rapture on Death
1729
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Folder 4, Item 3
a divine song
1729
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Folder 4, Item 4
To a profess'd Libertine
1729
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: To a Libertine
Folder 5, Item 1
some thoughts on redemption
1730
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: on Redemption
Folder 5, Item 2
the divine wish
1730
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: a divine wish
Folder 5, Item 3
a divine expostulatory petition
1730
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: a Petition
Folder 6, Item 1
On the Creation
1731
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
"corrected some years after"
Folder 7, Item 1
The Evening Contemplation
1732
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Folder 7, Item 2
The divine reflection & Petition
1732
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Folder 7, Item 3
A mournful soliloquy in the Illness of a Relation
1732
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Folder 7, Item 4
The vision on the late epidemical Distemper
1732
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
"Corrected in 1754."
Folder 7, Item 5
On the Birth, Life & Death, of our Saviour
1732
Physical Description: 1 large trifold sheet
Folder 7, Item 6
a Poem on the Sabbath day
1732
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: on the Sabbath day
Folder 8, Item 1
on a storm of thunder and lightning
1733
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: on a violent storm of Thunder &
Lightning
Folder 8, Item 2
on the melancholy accident of Mr Io: Clavy's shooting off his
hand: and address'd to him
1733
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: on Mr. Io Clavy
Folder 8, Item 3
a Hymn (to be sung after my own funeral sermon)
1733
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: Hymn to be sung after my funeral
sermon
Folder 8, Item 4
The divine vision
1733
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Folder 8, Item 5
Hymn (to be sung before my own funeral sermon)
1733
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: a Hymn to be sung at my Burial
Folder 9, Item 1
a Hymn
1734
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Folder 9, Item 2
The divine Rapture & Soliloquy
1734
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Folder 9, Item 3
a Hymn
1734
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Folder 9, Item 4
a Hymn for the last moments (or this to be sung
after)
1734
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: a Hymn for ye last moments
Folder 10, Item 1
on my recovery from an illness in ye spring
1736
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: on my Recovery
Folder 10, Item 2
on entering a new Closet
1736
Physical Description: 1 large folded sheet
Folder 10, Item 3
on the first news of Mr Spriggs' being hurt by a fall from
his Horse
1736
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: on ye news of Mr Sprigg's fall from his
Horse
Folder 10, Item 4
on Mr Sprigg's Death, Kill'd by the fall from a Horse. To
Celia
1736
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: on Mr Spriggs Death
Folder 10, Item 5
on receiving the blessed sacrament
1736
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: on the sacrament
Folder 11, Item 1
On the Qeen's Illness
1737
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: on Queen Caroline
Folder 11, Item 2
An address to the Supreme Being or petition. On my Childs
bruising his finger, which was expected wo'd have thrown him into a
feavour.
1737
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Scope and Content Note
Title on verso: on Jackys bruising his finger
Folder 12, Item 1
Cleone to Lucinda in her last moments
1738
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: on a young Lady who 'twas thought starv'd
her self to Death
Folder 13, Item 1
on Mr Chanler's sons illness
1739
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: on Mr Chandler's son
Folder 13, Item 2
on Mr Yerbury's being dangerously ill of a Feavour
1739
Physical Description: 1 large folded sheet
Folder 13, Item 3
a Divine petition, being in Wiltshire at Bradford. And Polly
very Ill at nurse.
1739
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: on leaving Polly very ill
Folder 14, Item 1
On my Birth Day. Feb 4 ye th 12. 1741
February 12, 1741
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: on my Birth day
Folder 15, Item 1
To a Gentleman who desir'd me to write a few lines on Doctor
Youngs Night Thoughts
1744
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Folder 15, Item 2
An Address to Heaven, occasiond by Publick Prayers for a Lady
suddenly seiz'd with extremity of sickness & Pain, & under a
near Prospect of Travail
February 17, 1744
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: a Petition for a Lady near her Time &
dangerously Ill
Folder 16, Item 1
on a Picture
1745
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Folder 16, Item 2
on being disappointed of ye assistance of a friend in some
Distressing Affair
1745
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: on being disappointed of ye assistances of a
friend
Folder 16, Item 3
A Hymn on the Sufferings & Death of our Saviour
1745
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: A Hymn for the Lords Supper
Folder 16, Item 4
A Hymn for the late Public Saft. in ye time of the
Rebellion
1745
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: a hymn for ye public saft
(Probably about the Jacobite Rebellion in 1745.)
Folder 17, Item 1
a Petition for a Lady under great Disorders
1746
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Folder 17, Item 2
Some reflections in an illness, on that passage of scripture
it is sown in dishonour, it is rais'd in Glory
1746
Physical Description: 1 folded sheet
Folder 17, Item 3
a soliloquy on celestial Bliss
1746
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Folder 18, Item 1
Reflections in a Mornings Walk
1747
Physical Description: 1 folded sheet
Folder 18, Item 2
a soliloquy on sudden Death (thoughts occasion'd by my dear
Mother's sudden Death)
1747
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Folder 19, Item 1
To the Author of a Scurrilous Elegy unquestionably wrote on a
Gentleman Deceas'd about ye time of its appearance
1749
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Folder 20, Item 1
A Hymn on Redemption
1750
Physical Description: 1 sheet plus fragment
Folder 20, Item 2
Some Thoughts in the late terrible Earthquakes
1750
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Folder 20, Item 3
A Paraphrase on the 19th & 20th verses of the 60th
Chapter of Isaiah
1750
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Folder 21, Item 1
To Mr Halliday on his Ladys illness
1751
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Folder 21, Item 2
An Ode compos'd in illness. Dec'br 1751 address'd to
Lysander
1751
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Folder 22, Item 1
a Hymn on recovery from great Disorders
1753
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Folder 22, Item 2
A Hymn of thankfullness for daily mercys
1753
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Title on verso: a hymn
Folder 22, Item 3
a petition for a Friend dangerously ill
1753
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
"for Dr. Clark"
Folder 23, Item 1
Sacraments
1737,
1738,
1749
Physical Description: 1 booklet
Note
This booklet is 16 pages bound in the original blue paper
wrappers. It includes the following: The Lords Prayer. a version; on a
Sacrament day, confin'd at home, being near my time; on long absence
from ye Sacrament being in ye Country; on the return of the Sacrament [3
versions]; an Evening Soliloquy.
Folder 24, Item 1
Some reflections on Death
1730
Physical Description: 1 folded sheet
Note
Prose.
Folder 24, Item 2
a Theme on the Last Judgement
1732
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Prose.
Folder 24, Item 3
a theme upon reflection
173?
Physical Description: 1 sheet
Note
Prose.
