France
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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