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Papers of the Bagot family of Blithfield, Staffordshire
Collection
Identifier: B34684
Abstract
Primarily autograph letters signed, dating from 1557-1671, especially of Richard Bagot and of his son Walter. They are letters to them, letters from them (some of them drafts written on blank parts of letters addressed to them) and copies made by them of letters addressed to others, especially of official letters. The letters cover a wide range of topics and amply illustrate the life of a prosperous county family the multifarious duties it members were called upon to perform for the Crown....
Dates:
1428-1671 (bulk 1557-1671); Majority of material found within 1557 - 1671
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
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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- Bagot, Richard, approximately 1530-1597 1
- Bagot, Walter, 1557?-1623 1
- Bennet, Robert, 1605-1683 1
- Bennet, William, 1611 or 1612- 1
- Bradshaw, John, 1602-1659 1
- Broughton, Richard, -1604 1
- Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 1
- Desborough, John, 1608-1680 1
- Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 1
- England and Wales. Army 1
- England and Wales. Council of State 1
- England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell) 1
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- Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671 1
- Guise, Henri, duc de, 1550-1588 1
- James I, King of England, 1566-1625 1
- Mulys, John, of Halmpstone 1
- Rous, Anthony, approximately 1605-1677 1
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- Waight, John, fl. 1648-1655 1
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