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England

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Warrants and orders from Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household to Master of the Great Wardrobe

 Collection
Identifier: G74937
Abstract

Warrants and orders mainly pertaining to the upkeep of the royal household.

Dates: 1669; 1676-1677

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