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Add MS 71715

Record Id:
032-001966031
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-001966031
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 71715
Title:

Miscellaneous Letters, etc.; 1615-1673. Partly French and Italian. Presented by Richard H. Byne of San Antonio, Texas, in December 1995.

Paper: ff. ii+5. Quarto. Binding of full blue morocco, unsigned but probably by Riviere, with gilt doublures and foredges, lettered on the front cover, 'Sir Edward Waldegrave [rule] Autograph letter signed / concerning / the Earls of / Southampton and Pembroke / 1615'. For item (1) see (f. ii) Sotheby's sale-cat. 17 Feb. 1936, lot 181, and Messrs. Maggs' Catalogue no.798 (1950), item 528. Items (2) and (3), subsequently inserted loose in volume, now tipped in.

As follows:—

1. f. 1. Edward Waldegrave, 1st Bart.: Letter of news apparently to Theobald Maurice, secretary to the Privy Council of the Elector Palatine, mentioning the appointment of George Villiers, later 1st Duke of Buckingham, as Gentleman of the Bedchamber to James I; 28 April 1615. French.

2. f. 2. Vittoria de' Medici, wife of Ferdinand II, Grand Duke of Tuscany: Letter to the Marquess Gabriello Riccardi, Florentine Ambassador at Rome, requiring his good offices for Giovanni Carlo Coppola, Bishop of Muro, who is to visit Rome 'con la permissione di poter mandare in luce il suo Poema'; Florence, 31 Oct. 1646. Italian. Signed.

3. f. 4. George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham: Order, as Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding, to the Deputy-Lieutenants for regulating the Militia following the late Act of Parliament; 29 May 1673. Fair copy, with revisions and facsimile signature.

Scope & Content:

includes:

  • f. 1 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Sir Edward Waldegrave, 1st Baronet: Theobald Maurice, Secretary to the Privy Council of the Elector Palatine: Letter to Theobald Maurice from Sir Edward Waldegrave, rel. to George Villiers: 1615: Fr.
  • f. 2 Vittoria de' Medici, wife of Ferdinand II, Grand Duke of Tuscany: Gabriello Riccardi, Marquess: Giovanni Carlo Coppola, Bishop of Muro: Letter to Gabriello Riccardi from Vittoria de' Medici, rel. to Giovanni Carlo Coppola: 1646: Ital.
  • f. 4 York, of. W.R: Order to deputy-lieutenants: 1673.
  • f. 4 George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham: Order to deputy-lieutenants of co. W. R. York from George Villiers: 1673: Signed.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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032-001966031
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
French
Italian
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1615
End Date:
1673
Date Range:
1615-1673
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Richard H. Byne, of San Antonio, Texas: Presented, in 1995.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Byne, Richard H, of San Antonio Texas
Coppola, Giovanni Carlo, Bishop of Muro
Maurice, Theobald, Secretary to the Privy Council of the Elector Palatine
Medici, Vittoria de', wife of Ferdinand II Grand Duke of Tuscany
Riccardi, Gabriello, Marquess
Villiers, George, 1st Duke of Buckingham, 1592-1628,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121403704
Villiers, George, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 1628-1687
Waldegrave, Edward, 1st Baronet
Places:
West Riding of Yorkshire, England