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Name Walsingham, Francis, of Add MS 30156

1. Add MS 30156

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 30156
Title:
COPIES of the instructions and correspondence of Sir Francis Walsingham, during his embassy to Fiance; 11 Aug. 1570-20 Aug. 1573. Collected 'by Sir Dudley Digges, Master of the Rolls, and published, with the addition of negotiations in 1581, under the title of The Compleat Ambassador, in 1655. Paper; ff. 509. xviith cent. Folio.
Scope & Content:
Sir Francis Walsingham: Instructions and correspondence as Ambassador to France: 1570-1573. Charles IX of France: Instructions and correspondence of Sir F. Walsingham, English Ambassador: 1570-1573. Elizabeth I of England: Instructions and correspondence of Sir F. Walsingham, Ambassador to Fra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Egerton MS 2598

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2598
Title:
CORRESPONDENCE and papers of William Asheby, of Loseby, co. Leicester, during his embassy to Scotland, whither he was sent in July 1588, being recalled in Jan. 15 89/90 ; extending over the latter part of his embassy, from July 1589, and continuing down to the time of his election as M.P. for Chichester, through the interest of Lord Lumley, in 1593. Asheby's letters relating to public affairs are especially valuable as being the drafts, mostly holograph, of his correspondence with the Englis...
Scope & Content:
William Asheby, of Loseby, English Ambassador in Scotland: Correspondence and papers: 1589-1593. Elizabeth I of England: Correspondence and papers of W. Asheby, Ambassador in Scotland: 1589-1593. James VI of Scotland: JAMES VI. Correspondence and papers of the English Ambassador: 1589-1590. F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1589-1859
Extent:
1 item