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Record Id:

032-002032358

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002032358

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Add MS 25079

Title:

LETTERS and papers relating to the family of Spencer, or Spenser, of Althorp, co. Northampton, and Wormleighton, co. Warwick; 1522-1656. Besides private letters and papers, there are many official documents, chiefly concerning the musters in co. Northampton, during the deputy-lieutenancies of Sir John Spencer and Robert, Lord Spencer, 1560-1610, and including two original orders of the Privy Council with the signatures of the members. ff. 48, 70. Paper. Folio.

Scope & Content:

Army; England: Papers concerning musters: 1560-1610.

Northamptonshire: Papers relating to the musters: 1560-1610.

Spencer family; of Althorp and Wormleighton: Letters, papers, and household accounts: 1522-1656.

includes:

f. 2 Wills of individuals to A.D. 1600: Dame Susan Spencer: 1549.
f. 4 Sir Edward Montagu, of Boughton: Letter to Lord Northampton: 1560.
f. 4 Robert Lane: Letter to Lord Northampton: 1560.
f. 4 Sir William Parr, Baron Parr; Earl of Essex and Marquis of Northampton: Letter to, from Lord Zouche and others: 1560.
ff. 4-32 Sir John Spencer, of Althorp and Wormleighton: Correspondence and papers: 1558-1584.
ff. 6, 8, 10, 11 William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester: Correspondence with the Commissioners of Musters and others, in co. Northampton: 1558.
f. 12 Philip and Mary I of England: Letters to Sir H. Stafford and Sir J. Spencer: 1558.
f. 12 Sir Humphrey Stafford: Letters to, from Qu. Mary: 1558.: Copy.
f. 16 Elizabeth I of England: Letters to Lord Zouche, Lord Vaux, Sir W. Mildmay, Sir J. Spencer, and others: 1565.
f. 16 Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer: Letters to, from Qu. Elizabeth: 1565.
f. 22 Sir Edmund Brudenell: Letter to Sir J. Spencer: 1569.
f. 28 Colonel Henry Sydney, Viscount Sydney (1689) and Earl of Romney (1694) Envoy to Holland; Secretary of State: Order for musters in co. Northampton: circ. 1580.
f. 28 William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer: Muster-schedule for co. Northampton: 1571-1588.
ff. 28, 48 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham: Privy Council warrants and letters: 1580-1604.
f. 32 Lewes Mordaunt, of Drayton: Letter to Sir J. Spencer: 1584.
f. 34 Edward Fisher: Letter to Sir J. Spencer: 1590.
f. 36 Arthur Throckmorton: Letter to Sir J. Spencer: 1592.
f. 38 Wills of individuals to A.D. 1600: Sir J. Spencer, of Althorp: 1595.
f. 38 Sir John Spencer, of Althorp: Will: 1595.
f. 41 Stephen French: Acquittance to R. Spencer: 1600.
f. 43 William Procter, Clerk, of Boddington: Acquittance to R. Spencer: 1600.
ff. 43-94 Robert Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer: Correspondence and papers: 1600-1615.
ff. 45, 50 Jasper Holliman, Carver, of Burton-on-Trent: Bond and acquittance to R. Spencer: 1600.
f. 48 Elizabeth I of England: Letter from the Privy Council to R. Spencer: 1600.
f. 48 George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon: Orders of Council signed by: 1600.
f. 48 William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury: Letter to R. Spencer: 1600.
f. 48 John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letter to R. Spencer: 1600.
f. 48 Thomas Sackville, 1st Baron Buckhurst; 1st Earl of Dorset: Letter to R. Spencer: 1600.
ff. 48, 70 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Letters to Lord Spencer: 1600, 1610.
ff. 48, 70 Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere; 1st Viscount Brackley: Signatures: 1600, 1604, 1610.
ff. 53, 59 Alice Stanley, widow of Ferdinando, 5th Earl of Derby: Letters to her nephew, Sir R. Spencer: 1600.
ff. 55, 66 Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter: Letters to Sir R. Spencer: 1602, 1607.
f. 62 Henry Graye: Letter to Lord Spencer: 1604.
f. 64 John Harington, Lord Harington: Letter to Lord Spencer: 1604.
f. 70 Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton: Privy Council order to Lord Spencer: 1610.
f. 70 Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk: Letter to Lord Spencer: 1610.
ff. 72, 78-88, 95-106 William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer: Correspondence and papers: 1610-1637.
ff. 74, 76 Frauncis Pyll: Letters to Lord Spencer: 1611, 1612.
f. 89 William Owen: Suit v. G. Thorne: 1614.
f. 89 Denshanger, Northamptonshire: Suit for lands in: 1614.
f. 89 George Thorne: Suit v. W. Owen,: 1614.
ff. 91, 93 Sir Thomas Fowler, of Islington: Acquittances from him and Mary his wife to Lord Spencer: 1615.
f. 95 Robert Anderson: Letter to his uncle, Lord Spencer: 1635.
f. 97 John Glanvil: Letter to H. Moore: 1630.
f. 98 John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater: Letter to Lord Spencer: 1630.
ff. 100, 108 Henry Moore: Letters to Lord Spencer and Sir H. Denton: 1630, 1631.
f. 101 Richard Samwell: Letter to Lord Spencer: 1632.
f. 103 County of Warwick: Memoranda of court-rolls of manors in, belonging to the Spencer family.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1522

End Date:

1656

Date Range:

1522-1656

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Names:

Anderson, Robert, of Add MS 25079
Army of England
Brudenell, Edmund, of Add MS 25079
Carey, George, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, diplomat, politician, and courtier, 1548-1603
Cecil, Robert, Viscount Cranborne, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 1563-1612
Cecil, Thomas, 1st Earl of Exeter
Cecil, William, Lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer
Egerton, John, 1st Earl of Bridgewater, politician and lawyer, 1579-1649
Egerton, Thomas, 1st Baron Ellesmere, 1st Viscount Brackley, 1540-1617
Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121446237
Fisher, Edward, correspondent of Sir John Spencer, fl 1590
Fowler, Thomas, of Islington
French, Stephen
Glanvil, John, correspondent of Henry Moore, fl 1630
Graye, Henry, correspondent of Robert, Lord Spencer, fl 1604
Harington, John, Lord Harington
Holliman, Jasper, Carver, of Burton-on-Trent
Howard, Charles, 1st Earl of Nottingham
Howard, Henry, Earl of Northampton, 1540-1614
Howard, Thomas, 1st Earl of Suffolk, 1561-1626
Knollys, William, 1st Earl of Banbury, 1544-1632
Lane, Robert, of Add MS 25079
Mary I, of England
Mildmay, Walter, administrator and founder of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, ?1520-1589
Montagu, Edward, of Boughton
Moore, Henry, of Add MS 25079
Mordaunt, Lewes, of Drayton
Owen, William, of Add MS 25079
Parr, William, Marquess of Northampton, 1513-1571,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000061215241
Paulet, William, 1st Marquess of Winchester
Philip II, King of Spain; King of Naples and Sicily, 1527-1598
Procter, William, Clerk, of Boddington
Pyll, Frauncis
Sackville, Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset, poet and administrator, 1536-1608,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108650890
Samwell, Richard
Spencer, Family
Spencer, John, of Althorp
Spencer, John, of Althorp and Wormleighton
Spencer, Robert, 1st Baron Spencer
Spencer, William, 2nd Baron Spencer
Stafford, Humphrey, of Add MS 25079
Stanley, Alice, widow of Ferdinando, 5th Earl of Derby
Sydney, Henry, Viscount Sydney (1689) and Earl of Romney (1694), Colonel; Envoy to Holland; Secretary of State
Thorne, George, of Add MS 25079
Throckmorton, Arthur
Whitgift, John, Archbishop of Canterbury

Places:

Denshanger, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire, England
Warwickshire, England