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1. Add MS 78172-78185

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SIR RICHARD BROWNE (d. 1604), M.P. 78172-78185. EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. V-XVIII. Papers of Sir Richard Browne (circa 1538-1604), M.P., as servant to the Earl of Leicester and Elizabeth I, etc.; 1552-1601, n.d. In the 1570s Browne entered the service of Robert Dudley (d. 1588), Earl of Leicester, Steward of the Household to Elizabeth I. On the death of his patron he obtained the post of Clerk of the Green Cloth and subsequently of Clerk Comptroller of the Household (1596). Between 1584 and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1552-1601
Extent:
14 items

2. Add MS 78179-78185

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Papers relating to the Royal Household.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1547-1601]
Extent:
7 items

3. Add MS 78172-78178

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Papers of the Earl of Leicester 78172-78178. EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. V-XI. Papers of and relating to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester; 1552-1589, n.d. The provenance and former extent of this collection are described by Adams, loc. cit.; while a brief account (now PRO SP 45/20/282) by Sir Joseph Williamson, Secretary of State 1674-1678, is abstracted in a ‘Calendar of documents relating to the history of the State Paper Office to the year 1800’, in the Thirtieth Report of the Deputy Keeper...
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Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester: Sir Richard Browne, MP: Accounts, inventories, etc., assembled by Sir R. Browne as servant to the Earl of Leicester: 1552-1589, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1552-1589
Extent:
7 items

4. Add MS 78185

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. XVIII. Establishment-List of the Household of Edward VI; circa July 1552-July 1553. Copy, circa 1572-1576, with additions. The date of the original document is settled by its inclusion of Sir John Gates as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The list incorporates names...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c Jul 1552-Jul 1553
Extent:
1 item

5. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1560-1587
Extent:
1 item

6. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1576-Feb [1580]
Extent:
1 item

7. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1585-1589
Extent:
2 items

8. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1579-1582
Extent:
2 items

9. Add MS 78184

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. XVII. Miscellaneous papers of Sir Richard Browne, M.P., relating to the royal household, commerce, etc.; 1553-1601. Partly copies. ff. 65. 1. Four documents rel. to the coronation feast of Queen Mary, 1 Oct. 1553. Docketed by Evelyn as part of ‘Bundle .I. Coronat Fea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1553-1601
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 78179

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. XII. Regulations for the reformation of the household of Elizabeth I; n.d., after 1575. Fair copy, with revisions and additions in several hands. These orders, which replace those issued in the first year of Elizabeth’s reign, are said to be transcribed from those set out ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1575
Extent:
1 item