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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 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
Papers of the Ferrers Family of Tamworth Castle
Collection
Identifier: F47836
Abstract
Family and official papers of the Ferrers family of Tamworth Castle dating from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century (mostly mid-sixteenth century to mid-seventeenth century) concerning the family's political, legal, financial, personal, and manorial affairs mostly in Derbyshire, Essex, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, and Warwickshire.
Dates:
1371-1806 (bulk 16th - 17th century); Majority of material found within 1500 - 1600
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Papers of the Rattray family of Craighall
Collection
Identifier: R38373
Abstract
Contains primarily incoming correspondence to the Lairds of Craighall including David Rattray, James Rattray and Patrick Rattray. Correspondents include, but are not limited to: William Fullerton of Fullerton; David Leslie, Lord Newark; Patrick Lyon, Earl of Kinghorne; and John Ogilvy of Balfour. Also includes incoming correspondence to the Ladies of Craighall, outgoing correspondence from the Lairds, and some miscellaneous correspondence relating to the Rattray's of Craighall, as well as a...
Dates:
1593-1699
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Papers of the Rich family
Collection
Identifier: R53443
Abstract
Contains family and estate papers of the Rich family of Mulbarton, Norfolk, and of Roos Hall and Ashman's Hall, Suffolk, principally of: Sir Edwin Rich (1594-1675); Sir Charles Rich (ca. 1619-1677); Sir Robert Rich (1648-1699); as well as of: Sir Edwin Rich (d. 1640); Richard Rich (1597-1676); Lady Elizabeth Rich (ca. 1623-1694); Lady Mary Rich (d. 1714); Civel Rich (d. 1716); Sir Robert Rich (1685-1768); and Charles Rich (ca. 1731-1808). The papers primarily consist of correspondence,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1649-1715; 1485-ca. 1820
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
E. Williams watermark collection, including the papers of the Hale family of King's Walden and other papers
Collection
Identifier: W55553
Abstract
A collection of paper from sixteenth and seventeenth-century manuscripts and printed books, broadsides, and pamphlets, gathered and arranged according to watermark type by E. Williams of Hove, Sussex, in the early twentieth century. Many of the manuscripts relate to the legal, financial, and manorial affairs of the Hale family of King's Walden, Hertfordshire.
Dates:
Majority of material found within ca. 1570-1699
Found in:
Folger Shakespeare Library
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