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Papers of the Bacon-Townshend family of Stiffkey, Norfolk, 1550-1640
Collection
Identifier: B33869
Abstract
Letters and documents concerned with family, business, estate, financial, legal, and governmental affairs of Sir Nathaniel Bacon (1547-1622), Sir Nicholas Bacon (1509-1579), and members of the Townshend family, all of Norfolk. A few items are earlier than 1550 or later than 1640.
Dates:
1550-1640
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Papers of Robert Bennet
Collection
Identifier: B46763
Abstract
Contains mostly Bennet's official papers and reflect the shifting fortunes of the Parliamentarians and Royalists. Many of the official papers concern or are from both houses of Parliament, and the Council of State. Among the personal papers are several concerning law-suits and other business matters, a few deeds, Hannibal Vyvyan's directions to Colonel Bennet when he was sick in 1649 (155), and letters to and from fellow Anabaptists at Looe, 1656. A few miscellaneous documents seem to have...
Dates:
1603-1678 (bulk 1642-1663); Majority of material found within 1642 - 1663
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Papers of the Dering family
Collection
Identifier: D44756
Abstract
Papers principally of Sir Edward Dering, 1st bart., and of his son, Sir Edward Dering, 2nd bart. Contains: Family and business papers, 1606-1638, including a copy of a letter from the archbishop of Canterbury to Sir Daniel Donne about certain seats in Pluckley church, September 11, 1606, and a copy of a letter from the Privy Council concerning the laxness of the Commissioners for the loans in collecting the loans, June 3, 1627 (1-7); Genealogical papers and notes from the public records, ca....
Dates:
approximately 1450-1680
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
North family collection of letters and papers relating to Tate Wilkinson, Mrs. Siddons, and the North family of York
Collection
Identifier: N67436
Abstract
Collection of material relating to Tate Wilkinson (1739-1803), his descendants, and the York Theatre, especially the Siddons acting family; 2 scrapbooks of theatrical engravings including several York playbills; 5 letters to Wilkinson; 10 letters between H.G.I. Siddons and Mary North concerning North's collection of Siddons memorabilia; 2 commonplace books of Anne and Jane Wilkinson; photographs and silhouettes of members of the Wilkinson and Siddons families, and other miscellaneous...
Dates:
1732-1955
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Collection of political and parliamentary documents
Collection
Identifier: P65737
Abstract
Compiled by several people, this collection of political and parliamentary documents contains speeches; letters and petitions (including to Elizabeth I, Queen of England and James I, King of England); reports of famous trials; notes on the history of England (covering from the time of William the Conqueror through the Commonwealth), France (particularly the Huguenots and the death of Henry I, Duke of Guise), and Spain (including the West Indies and Central America); Anglo relations with the...
Dates:
compiled circa 1550-circa 1650
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
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