Sherly Joseph (Sherlie, Scherley, Shirley, Shirly)
39 pieces (Preludes, Almains, Corantos, Gigues, Arias) for lyra viol
GB-Mp BRm 832 Vu 51 Manchester (14 pieces); GB-Ob ms.mus.sch. D.245-247 Merro (10 pieces); GB-Och ms. 439 (4 pieces); IRL-Dtc ms. 408/1 (olim D.1.21/I) William Ballet (3 pieces); GB-Cu ms. Dd 5.20 (1 piece); GB-Cu ms. Nn 6.36 Holmes (1 piece); GB-Lbl add. 63852 Griffith Boynton (1 piece)
Peacock Press 2003 (Manchester) ; Oriana Music (Ballet Lutebook); Atelier Philidor (Manchester); VDGSA (Manchester)
ms. Griffith Boynton : https://opac.rism.info/search?id=806252117&View=rism
ms. Merro : https://opac.rism.info/search?id=800271631&View=rism
Andrew Ashbee, John Merro’s Manuscripts Revisited, «The Viola da Gamba Society Journal», 2013, vol 7, pp 1-19. http://vdgs.org.uk/journal/Vol-07.pdf