Ink, Stink Bait, Revenge, and Queen Elizabeth: A Yorkshire Yeoman's Household Book

287 Pages·2015·1.558 MB·English

by  Steven W. May, Arthur F. Marotti

Ink, Stink Bait, Revenge, and
Queen Elizabeth

Ink, Stink Bait, Revenge, and
Queen Elizabeth
A Yorkshire Yeoman’s Household Book
Steven W. May and Arthur F. Marotti
Cornell University Press
Ithaca and London
Cover illustration: Detail of map of West Riding, Yorkshire, from
John Speed [Theatrum imperii Magnae Britanniae, London, 1616;
STC 23044]. By permission of the Folger Shakespeare Library.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
May, Steven W., author.
Ink, stink bait, revenge, and Queen Elizabeth : a Yorkshire yeoman’s
household book / Steven W. May and Arthur F. Marotti.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8014-5355-7 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN 978-0-8014-5656-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Hanson, John, 1517–1599—Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
2. English literature—Early modern, 1500–1700—History and criticism.
3. Manuscripts, English—England—Yorkshire. 4. England—Social
conditions—16th century—Sources. I. Marotti, Arthur F., 1940– author.
II. Title.
PR421.M28 2014
820.9'003—dc23 2014029089
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Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Abbreviations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1. The Eland-Beaumont Feud 26
2. Two Lost Ballads of the Armada Thanksgiving Celebration 107
3. Verse and Prose from Other Printed Sources 148
4. Other Texts from Manuscript Sources 173
5. Recipes for Ink and Stink Bait plus Other Utilitarian Items 211
Conclusion 239
Bibliography 251
Index 261

Illustrations
1. Tipped-in folio to replace lost sheet of prose account of
Eland-Beaumont feud 33
2. Beginning of prose account of Eland-Beaumont feud 51
3. Detail of map of the West Riding of Yorkshire from
John Speed 57
4. Start of ballad about Eland-Beaumont feud 84
5. Title page of A Psalme and collect of thankesgiving 111
6. Huntington Library MS EL 1118, f. 18 113
7. Beginning of second Armada thanksgiving ballad 140
8. Poem attributed to Queen Elizabeth, “Nowe leave
and let me Rest” 194
9. Page of manuscript showing three different hands 223
10. Page from fish-bait section showing additions in hand later
than that of John Hanson 229

Abbreviations
BL British Library, London
CP Cause Papers of the Consistory Court, Borthwick Institute,
University of York
EEBO Early English Books Online, http://eebo.chadwyck.com/home
HM Huntington Library Manuscript
ODNB The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, ed. H. C. G. Mat-
thew and Brian Harrison, http://www.oxforddnb.com
OED Oxford English Dictionary, http://www.oed.com
PRO Public Record Office, Kew
STC A. W. Pollard and G. R. Redgrave, A Short-Title Catalogue of
Books Printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland and of English
Books Printed Abroad 1475–1640, 2nd ed., rev. W. A. Jackson,
F. S. Gerguson, and Katharine F. Pantzer, 3 vols. (London:
Bibliographical Society,1976–91)
Wing Donald Wing, comp., Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed
in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of