Finding Aid for the Ann Yerbury Papers 1729-1753, 1950, 1956 MS.1994.002
Processed by Jamie Henricks.
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
©2009
Contributing Institution:
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Title: Ann Yerbury Papers,
Identifier/Call Number: MS.1994.002
Physical Description:
1.3 Linear Feet
2 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1729-1753, 1950, 1956
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 Material:
English
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Collection is open for research.
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.
[Identification of item], Ann Yerbury Papers, MS.1994.002, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California,
Los Angeles.
Purchase, 1994.
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.
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Poems -- England -- 18th century
Women poets, English -- Early works to 1800
Devotional poetry -- Early works to 1800
box 1, Folder 1
box 1, Folder 1
box 1, Folder 2
Small notebook with four pages
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
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.
box 1, Folder 4
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Sacraments 1737, 1738, 1749
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.
box 1, Folder 24
box 1, Folder 24