Northumberland Manuscript Part 2: Henry Neville's Pen Trials

Topic: Northumberland Manuscript Part 2: Henry Neville's Pen Trials

1. Verified Sourced Facts

• This packet preserves a local image set from Ken Feinstein’s 6 Nov. 2019 Northumberland Manuscript follow-up post.

• The preserved post identifies the comparison document only as a Berkshire Record Office draft letter from 1598.

• Within the current Northumberland sequence, this Part 2 packet is the one that introduces the Berkshire Record Office pen-trial comparison document behind the Northumberland handwriting argument.

2. Ken Feinstein Twitter and Blog Information

• A Ken Feinstein blog post dated 6 Nov. 2019 states:

“Henry Neville made scribbles that almost exactly match the scribbles on the flyleaf.”

• The same post states:

“I discovered this while examining his papers at the Berkshire Record Office.”

• The same post identifies:

“a draft letter from 1598, clearly written in Henry Neville's handwriting.”

• The same post states:

“On the back of the letter there are some scribbles (or "pen trials").”

• The same post states:

“the exact same letter forms are scribbled on both documents.”

• The same post states:

“Reading the words on these scribbles, it immediately becomes apparent what Henry Neville is writing. "After my harty" and "After my harty commendacions" and "after my" are written on the right.”

• The same post also states:

“On the left we have "To the right" and then "ho ho the the".”

• The same post states:

“Henry Neville often wrote "To the right honorable" when he was addressing a letter”

• The same post further states:

“John Casson discovered a book inscribed by Henry Neville in 1600. There are "h" scribbles”

• The same post concludes:

“it seems to me very likely that Henry Neville was indeed the owner and scribbler of the Northumberland Manuscript.”

3. Quoted Source Text

Ken Feinstein blog post, 6 Nov. 2019

• “Henry Neville made scribbles that almost exactly match the scribbles on the flyleaf.”
• “I discovered this while examining his papers at the Berkshire Record Office.”
• “a draft letter from 1598, clearly written in Henry Neville's handwriting.”
• “On the back of the letter there are some scribbles (or "pen trials").”
• “the exact same letter forms are scribbled on both documents.”
• “Reading the words on these scribbles, it immediately becomes apparent what Henry Neville is writing. "After my harty" and "After my harty commendacions" and "after my" are written on the right.”
• “On the left we have "To the right" and then "ho ho the the".”
• “Henry Neville often wrote "To the right honorable" when he was addressing a letter”
• “John Casson discovered a book inscribed by Henry Neville in 1600. There are "h" scribbles”
• “it seems to me very likely that Henry Neville was indeed the owner and scribbler of the Northumberland Manuscript.”

4. Citations

• Feinstein, Ken. “Part 2: Henry Neville, Shakespeare, and the Northumberland Manuscript.” kenfeinstein.blogspot.com, 6 Nov. 2019, https://kenfeinstein.blogspot.com/2019/11/part-2-henry-neville-shakespeare-and.html. Local preservation: blog_northumberland_part2_2019-11-06.md.
• northumberland_manuscript.md, broader packet.
• henry_nevilles_italic_handwriting.md, related handwriting packet.

5. Evidence Images

6. Notes on Access

• This packet preserves the second Northumberland blog post as a Ken Feinstein handwriting-analysis packet.
• The packet’s core evidentiary claim is the match between Neville pen trials and Northumberland flyleaf scribbles.
• The preserved blog post identifies the comparison document only as a Berkshire Record Office draft letter from 1598; the packet still needs the specific Berkshire Record Office catalog reference before the comparison can be checked independently from the blog layer.
• This Part 2 packet is currently the strongest evidentiary packet in the Northumberland sequence because it introduces the comparison document behind the pen-trial argument.