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1. Add MS 78172

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. V (ff. 55). Miscellaneous papers and accounts mostly relating to military and household duties and mercantile ventures of Leicester; 1565-1586. 1. ff. 1-4. New Year's gifts received by and presented to Leicester; 1564. Included are jewels, plate and household stuff, cloth...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1560-1587
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1 item

2. Add MS 78173

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. VI. Accounts of John Barker, merchant, with the Earl of Leicester; May 1576-Feb. 1579/80. Autograph, signed on final page. These record credits and debits for ships registered in various English ports, viz: the White Bear, the Nicholas of Barnstaple, Robert of Bristol, the...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1576-Feb [1580]
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1 item

3. Add MS 78174-78175

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. VII, VIII. Accounts of the Merchant Adventurers trading to Barbary; 1585-1589. Fair copies, partly imperfect. Letters patent were issued on 5 July 1585 (PRO, C66/1266/1-3) for the charter of the Barbary Company, which was to run for twelve years. Leicester was a leading member, along with his secretary (later Sir) Arthur Attye, Richard Staper, a Levant merchant, and Alexander Avenon, who acted as agent in London. Henry Roberts, agent in Morocco, returned from Marrak...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1585-1589
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2 items

4. Add MS 78176-78177

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. IX, X. Inventories of goods in Leicester’s houses; circa 1579-1582. Included are lists of the contents of Leicester House, in London, Kenilworth Castle, co. Warwick, Wanstead, co. Essex, Grafton Court, co. Northants., and Stoke Newington, co. Middx. Some eight separate inventories of Leicester’s goods, dated between 18 July 1580 and 21 Nov. 1590, are listed among the papers of the Marquess of Bath at Longleat in H.M.C., 58th Report, V, 1980, pp. 202-224. Another, of f...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1579-1582
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2 items

5. Add MS 78178

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Earl of Leicester's disbursement book, 1584–1586
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–81v: Volume XI of the Evelyn Papers. Imperfect disbursement book of the Earl of Leicester, 1584–1586. The entries, dated 10 and 17 April 1584, 2 October–13 December 1585, 21–31 March and 26 May–30 June 1586, record payments made on Leicester’s warrant to household servants, tradesmen and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1584-1586
Extent:
1 volume