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Papers of Nathaniel Bacon
Collection
Identifier: B33638
Abstract
Contains papers and letters relating to Bacon's career: 11 papers relating to his work as Justice of the Peace, including a paternity case, and 5 papers concerning a case brought forward by a Nicholas Ringolde for money owed; 3 papers as Clerk of Methwold and Deputy Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster; and 26 papers relating to the Norfolk Militia, of which 6 concern an inquiry into the number of forces raised and paid in Norfolk, 1594-1595 and 20 concern the musters in Norfolk, 1603-1620,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1574-1650 ( 1590-1622); 1574 - 1650
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
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 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
Papers of the Cavendish-Talbot family
Collection
Identifier: C38835
Abstract
Mostly consists of correspondence, as well as various financial documents, warrants, petitions, orders, physician instructions and other miscellaneous documents relating to the Cavendish, Talbot, Wentworth, and Slingsby families as well as to Sir Humphrey Style, and Stanley and Sarah Gower.
Dates:
1333-1705 (bulk 1548-1676); Majority of material found within 1548 - 1676
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Autograph letters signed and initialled from John Payne Collier to various recipients
Collection
Identifier: C65547
Abstract
Letters written by John Payne Collier, mostly from later in his life. Also, newspaper clippings about the forgery controversy. Items not collected together until Folger staff created this collection.
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1830-1882; 1824-1882
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Collection of letters and papers of Augustin Daly
Collection
Identifier: D35384
Abstract
A collection of letters and papers (n.d., 1849-1916) of Augustin Daly (1838-1899) arising mainly out of his management of the two successive Fifth Avenue Theatres (1869-1877), the Grand Opera House (1872-1874), and Daly’s Theatre (1879-1899), all in New York City. The majority of the letters are addressed to Daly. Letters in German are described in greater detail in the Guide to Letters and Papers by German Authors.
Dates:
undated, 1849-1916
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
De conquestu Angliae per Hispanos
Collection
Identifier: D43667
Abstract
Bound collection of contemporary copies of nineteen documents concerning English Catholics and diplomatic affairs during the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604). Specifically, the documents concern Catholic plans to conquer England and Scotland.
Dates:
1570-1604 (bulk 1580s); Majority of material found within 1580 - 1589
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
Records of Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres
Collection
Identifier: D78368
Abstract
Descriptive lists of records of Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres. Includes lists of journals, nightly accounts, pay books, records of the wardrobe keepers, lists of plays with casts, inventories, etc. with dates.
Dates:
1714-1880
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
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- Nichols, J. B. (John Bowyer), 1779-1863 2
- Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 2
- Allen, William, 1532-1594 1
- Alleyn, Edward, 1566-1626 1
- Arlington, Henry Bennet, Earl of, 1618-1685 1
- Arran, Dorothy Butler, Countess of, -1716 1
- Ashman's Hall (England) 1
- Bacon, Nathaniel, 1547-1622 1
- Bagot family 1
- Bagot, Richard, approximately 1530-1597 1
- Bagot, Walter, 1557?-1623 1
- Bailey, James W. 1
- Balmanno, Robert, 1780-1861 1
- Bancroft, Richard, 1544-1610 1
- Barlow, Edward (treasurer) 1
- Baverstock, E. J., 19th century 1
- Bell and Daldy 1
- Bennet, Robert, 1605-1683 1
- Bennet, William, 1611 or 1612- 1
- Bennett, Mrs. (Anna Maria), -1808 1
- Bennett, W. C. (William Cox), 1820-1895 1
- Bliss, Philip, 1787-1857 1
- Bradbourne family 1
- Bradbourne, Anthony, active 1590 1
- Bradbourne, Elizabeth, active 1575-1600 1
- Bradbourne, Humphrey, -1581 1
- Bradbourne, William, active 1581-1600 1
- Bradshaw, John, 1602-1659 1
- Broughton, Richard, -1604 1
- Brown, Henry, 19th cent. 1
- Brushfield, T.N. (Thomas Nadauld), 1828-1910 1
- Bunyan, John, 1628-1688 1
- Cage, Anthony 1
- Camden Society (Great Britain) 1
- Carter, Sydney C., fl. 1955 1
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- Catholic Church. Pope (1585-1590 : Sixtus V) 1
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- Cawarden, Thomas, approximately 1514-1559 1
- Chapman and Hall 1
- Chapman, George, 1559?-1634 1
- Chappell, W. (William), 1809-1888 1
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- Chesterfield, Anne Stanhope, Countess of, -1667 1
- Church of England 1
- Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604 1
- Cokayne, Dorothy, -1595 1
- Cokayne, Edward, -1629 1
- Cokayne, Thomas, Sir, approximately 1519-1592 1
- Cole, Robert, 19th cent. 1
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 1
- Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883 1
- Collins, John, 1742-1808 1
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 1
- Daly's Opera House 1
- Daly's Theatre (London, England) 1
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- Dawney, John, Sir, active 1660 1
- Dearing family 1
- Deputy Lieutenant (Norfolk, England) 1
- Dering family 1
- Dering, Edward, Sir, 1598-1644 1
- Dering, Edward, Sir, 1625-1684 1
- Desborough, John, 1608-1680 1
- Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1640-1707 1
- Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879 1
- Donne, John, 1572-1631 1
- Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631 1
- Dun, Daniel, 1544 or 1545-1617 1
- Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869 1
- Ebsworth, Joseph Woodfall, 1824-1908 1
- Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901 1
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- England and Wales. Commissioners of Customs. 1
- England and Wales. Council of State 1
- England and Wales. Great Wardrobe. 1
- England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell) 1
- England and Wales. Mint 1
- England and Wales. Office of the Revels 1
- England and Wales. Office of the Tents 1
- England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. 1
- England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I) 1
- Fairfax, Ferdinando Fairfax, Baron, 1584-1648 1
- Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671 1
- Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866 1
- Ferrers, Anne, -1599 1
- Ferrers, Dorothy, -1616 1
- Ferrers, Elizabeth, active 1600 1 + ∧ less
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