The manuscript receipt, shown above, is an example of the difficulties faced when working on 18th century manuscripts. It was written by Chatterton and given to George Catcott, who passed it on to his nephew, the Bristol surgeon, Richard Smith, before it eventually ended up at Bristol Library.   

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The Ms. is very difficult to read, which leads me to believe that it has faded further since it was first transcribed, which is partly why the Chatterton Manuscript Project exists. This drove me to seek out a transcript, which I remembered reading in the past; it took me a good while to find it and upload it to this page, direct from page 124 of The True Chatterton by John Ingram - see above  

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It is also, at times, difficult to determine what was and what was not written by Chatterton;  for this reason I choose to be guided by a combination of E.H.W. Meyerstein & Donald S. Taylor, but I also refer to all of the writers and publications generated after the publication of the 1777 edition of 'Rowley's' work. It is also important to note that the start of it all should, perhaps, be regarded as the 1st October 1768 with the publication of the first 'Rowley' piece to appear in print : The Mayor's First Passing over the Old Bridge.

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Each poem or piece of work is on a light green, white, or yellow background. This is simply to indicate individual items.

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The list is fully Searchable via your browser search function, or simply press ctrl+F. 

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The works are split into the phases of Chatterton's Life, as follows:

 

Colston's  -  Lamberts  -  Shoreditch - Brooke Street  -  Lost Works