Papers of Sir Robert Harley of Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire, 1604-1630
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This volume is largely composed of the papers of Sir Robert Harley (bap. 1579, d. 1656) of Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire, 1604-1630. However, it opens with a letter to his father Thomas Harley (c. 1543-1631) and with copies of a letter of the divine Samuel Ward (1603). It seems probable that the...
Recto: A sequence of seasons and months of year; a table of Latin numerals i-xxx. Verso: A perpetual calendar with saints' days; calculations of the number of years since biblical events, ending with 1412 years since the birth of Christ. Decoration: Miniatures in colours: the labours of the ...
These letters are calendared in Historical Manuscripts Commission, Portland Manuscripts, II, 5-64. They form part of a section of miscellaneous manuscripts amongst the Portland Papers, which were originally held at Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire. The Portland Papers were deposited at the British...
George North, ‘A brief discourse of rebellion and Rebells’
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Discourse by George North (fl. 1561–1581), translator, titled ‘A brief discourse of rebellion and Rebells, wherein is showyd, the treasur[e] that Traytors in the execution of theyr treason, by tym attayne to’. Part of the Portland Papers (Add MSS 70001-70523). With a dedication to Sir Roger Nor...