A new Norfolk ballad. By Sir Francis Walssingham's [sic] ghost, to the tune of Packington's pound.

People / Organizations

• Sir Francis Walsingham's Ghost (Author)
• A Moore ("printed for")
• A. Moore (pseud.) ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for A Moore, [1730?]

Publication year

1730-1730

ESTC No.

N10315

Grub Street ID

322

Description

1 sheet ; 1/2⁰

Note

Sometimes attributed to William Pulteney.

"Good people of England give ear to my song".

A satire on Walpole's annual house-parties at Houghton.

Another edition by A. Moore was advertised in the Daily journal, 17 November 1730.

Uncontrolled note

Not in Foxon. - MH-H copy = 36cm.x22cm. - See Treadwell, M.: 'Of false and misleading imprints'. In: 'Fakes and frauds', 1989, pp. 41-43