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Letter from Gilbert Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, Whitehall Palace, to Mr. John Harpur, Esq., Swarkeston, Derbyshire, 1603 March 30

 Item — Box: X.d.428 (101-150)
Identifier: X.d.428 (116)

Scope and Contents

Informs his good friends in Derbyshire and Staffordshire that he (Shrewsbury) may be entertaining the King at Worksop, Nottinghamshire, and asks for their company. He will not refuse any fat capons, hens, partridges or the like if the King come to him.

This is a copy in the hand of John Curzon, who adds a P.S. stating that he had received the letter from his cousin Harpur so that his friends may consider it.

Dates

  • 1603 March 30

Availability

Collection is open for research.

Repository Details

Part of the Folger Shakespeare Library Repository

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