There is reference on-line to a “Matthew Betham Tune Book 1815”.

 

The Tune Book has several inscriptions including “Matthew Betham Towcett” , Matthew Betham’s Book 1815”, Jane Betham Towcett Hall” and “William Docker Newby Head”. It is a manuscript book in which some 100 tunes are hand written on 50 pages. The book is now in the Cecil Sharp House, a folk music museum in London. A transcription of the entire book can be downloaded from the website www.village-music-project.org.uk  All the tunes are 16 bars long and designed for dancing to.

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It appears that these are tunes collected by Matthew Betham (1798 - 1863) of Towcett who possibly played them on the fiddle.

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A sample of the tunes: