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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
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Drue Burton collection of state papers and other materials
Collection
Identifier: B87378
Abstract
The call number for this collection is G.b.10.Contents include copies of documents taken from Richard Hakluyt's Principal navigations, 1598-1600 (fol. 1v-18v), and of others relating to Irish affairs from Part II of Fynes Moryson's An itinerary ..., 1617 (fol. 19r-35v). Also, contemporary copies of Sir Ralph Winwood's papers when principal secretary of state, 1614-1617, with a few from an earlier and a later date, as well as many petitions; letters of recommendation; letters to...
Dates:
approximately 1607-1625
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
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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- Arran, Dorothy Butler, Countess of, -1716 1
- Bacon, Nathaniel, 1547-1622 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
- Burton, Drue, active 1607-1630 1
- Carew, George Henry Warrington, 1830-1874 1
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- Cokayne, Dorothy, -1595 1
- Cokayne, Edward, -1629 1
- Cokayne, Thomas, Sir, approximately 1519-1592 1
- Crane, Francis, Sir, -1636 1
- De Coppet, Andre, 1892-1953 1
- Deputy Lieutenant (Norfolk, England) 1
- Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 1
- England and Wales. Parliament 1
- England and Wales. Privy Council 1
- England and Wales. Secretary of State 1
- Ferrers, Anne, -1599 1
- Ferrers, Dorothy, -1616 1
- Ferrers, Elizabeth, active 1600 1
- Ferrers, Henry de, active 11th century 1
- Ferrers, Henry de, approximately 1303-1343 1
- Ferrers, Humphrey, -1554 1
- Ferrers, Humphrey, approximately 1541-1608 1
- Ferrers, Humphrey, approximately 1600-1633 1
- Ferrers, Isabella de, 1317-1349 1
- Ferrers, John, -1576 1
- Ferrers, John, 1629-1680 1
- Ferrers, John, approximately 1566-1633 1
- Ferrers, Thomas, -1458 1
- Ferrers, Thomas, 1422-1498 1
- Ferrers, Thomas, active 1580 1
- Ferrers, William, 1333-1371 1
- Ferrers, William, 1372-1445 1
- France. Sovereign (1589-1610 : Henry IV) 1
- Frobisher, Martin, Sir, approximately 1535-1594 1
- Fulke, William, 1538-1589 1
- Gower, Sarah, -1661? 1
- Gower, Stanley 1
- Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645 1
- Guise, Henri, duc de, 1550-1588 1
- Heydon, Christopher, Sir, 1561-1623 1
- James I, King of England, 1566-1625 1
- Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, 1532?-1588 1
- Lodge, Thomas, 1558?-1625 1
- Matthew, Tobie, Sir, 1577-1655 1
- Monson, William, Sir, 1569-1643 1
- Moryson, Fynes, 1566-1630 1
- Neville, Henry, approximately 1520-1593 1
- Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872 1
- Puckering, John, 1543 or 1544-1596 1
- Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618 1
- Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Hardwick Talbot, Countess of, 1527?-1608 1
- Shrewsbury, George Talbot, Earl of, approximately 1522-1590 1
- Shrewsbury, Gilbert Talbot, Earl of, 1552-1616 1
- Slingsby, Henry, 1559 or 1560-1634 1
- Smith, Thomas, 1558?-1625 1
- Style, Humphrey, 1594 or 1595-1659 1
- Talbot family 1
- Townshend, Charlotte Townshend, Viscountess, -1770 1
- Townshend, George Townshend, Marquess, 1755-1811 1
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