| Uniform title | Faithfull scout (London, England : 1651) |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Series | Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Local note | Reproduced from source library: no. 5, [Friday-Tuesday, January 24-31, 1651] ; no. 8, Friday, February 7-14, 1651 ; no. 12, Friday, March 7-14, 1651 ; no. 55, Friday, January-February 30-6, 1652 ; no. 66, Friday, April 16-23, 1652 ; no. 77, Friday, July 2-9, 1652 ; no. 105, Friday, February 18-25, 1653 ; no. 114, Friday, April 23-30, 1653 ; Friday, June 29-July 6, 1655 ; no. 243, Friday, September 1-8, 1655 ; no. [245], Friday, September 7-14, 1655. |
| Local note | Images from the source library are selected or scattered issues as well as various editions of the cataloged title and related titles (where indicated in the MARC record) as representative of the general publishing history of the title during the 17th and 18th centuries. |
| General note | Description based on: Numb. 1. (From Friday the 27th of December, to Friday the 3d of January, 1651.); title from caption. |
| General note | Edited by Daniel Border. |
| General note | Imprint from colophon; some issues have imprint below caption title. |
| General note | Latest issue consulted: Numb. 246. (From Fryday Septem. 21. to Fryday Septem. the 28. 1655). |
| General note | Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London). |
| General note | Some issues illustrated. |
| General note | Subtitles vary: 1) Faithful scout. Impartially comprising ... No. 126-161 (26 Aug. 1653-20 Jan. 1654). 2) Faithful scout. Containining [sic]... No. 162-216 (27 Jan. 1654-2 Mar. 1655). 3) Faithful scout. Containing... No. 217-237 (9 Mar. 1655-27 July 1655). |
| General note | Text begins with a factotum initial, the initial surrounded by a motto: "The faithfvll scovt". |
| General note | This record subsumes all editions (including counterfeits and rival editions, et cetera) of individual issues of this title, as recorded by Nelson and Seccombe. Some issues printed by George Horton, who was at times associated with Wood as printer or publisher, or by Horton and Wood together. |
| General note | With continuous pagination and register. |
| Citation/References note |
Frank, J. Beginnings of the English newspaper 1620-1660 |
| References |
NCBEL, I:2107 |
| References |
Nelson & Seccombe. Brit. newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700, 150.001-246 |
| Special numbering | No. 115-119 ('The Armies scout') repeated in numbering; other numbering slightly irregular and some issues unnumbered. |
| Special numbering | None known to have been published from 4 Jul. to 15 Aug. 1651; from 31 Dec. 1652 to 11 Feb. 1653; and from 28 Mar. to 30 Apr. 1653. |
| Title history note | Counterfeited during part of 1654 by: The faithful scovt, published by George Horton using the same dating and numbering as the original, but with different text. |
| Title history note | Unclear how this title relates to 'The Faithfull scout' (subsequently 'National scout' and 'Loyal scout') published from 1659 to 1660 and also attributed to Daniel Border. |
| Related Item | Faithful scovt |
| Related Item | Faithfull scout (London, England : 1659) |
| Genre/form | Newsbooks. |