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Sixteenth century

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Subject Source: Fast

Found in 11 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
Found in: Folger Shakespeare Library / Papers of Nathaniel Bacon

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 Bacon-Townshend family of Stiffkey, Norfolk, 1550-1640

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 the Bagot family of Blithfield, Staffordshire

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 Cavendish-Talbot family

John Payne Collier copies of manuscripts and printed material, approximately 1400-approximately 1700

 Collection
Identifier: C65367
Abstract

Manuscript and printed transcriptions of ballads as well as references about ballads and hangmen. Also, notes and transcriptions on miscellaneous topics related to early modern Britain.

Dates: approximately 1825-1861
Found in: Folger Shakespeare Library / John Payne Collier copies of manuscripts and printed material, approximately 1400-approximately 1700

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 / De conquestu Angliae per Hispanos

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 / Papers of the Dering family

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 Ferrers Family of Tamworth Castle

Papers of the More family of Loseley Park, Surrey

 Collection
Identifier: M67567
Abstract Consists of papers collected by the More family of Loseley Park, Surrey, dealing largely with: the Offices of the Tents and of the Revels under Sir Thomas Cawarden (d.1559); property in Blackfriars, London, owned by Cawarden and later by his executor, Sir William More (1520-1600); and the activities, personal and governmental, of Cawarden, Sir William, and Sir George More (1553-1632). Also includes 14 autograph letters signed from John Donne (1573-1631), as well as the official and personal...
Dates: 1489 - 1682; Majority of material found within 1538 - 1630
Found in: Folger Shakespeare Library / Papers of the More family of Loseley Park, Surrey

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 / Collection of political and parliamentary documents

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