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Add MS 18992
- Record Id:
- 032-002095618
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002095618
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000041.0x000047
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100162924274.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 18992
- Title:
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Two letters of King Charles I to Edward Littleton, Baron Littleton, Keeper of the Great Seal, dated York, 15 and 19 May 1642
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 1r-2v: Letter of King Charles I to Edward Littleton, Baron Littleton, Lord Keeper, York, 14 May 1642. With postscript and signature in the king's hand. The letter orders a proclamation for holding Trinity term next ensuing at York.
f. 3r: Letter of King Charles I to Edward Littleton, Baron Littleton, Lord Keeper, York, 19 May 1642. In the King's hand with his signature. The letter directs him to deliver up the Great Seal to the bearer, with promise to return it upon his coming to York.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002095618", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 18992: Two letters of King Charles I to Edward Littleton, Baron Littleton, Keeper of the Great Seal, dated York, 15 and 19 May 1642" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002095618
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002095618
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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1 volume (bound with Add MS 18983)
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100162924274.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1642
- End Date:
- 1642
- Date Range:
- 14 May 1642-19 May 1642
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- England.
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 300mm x 205mm (writing area: 185-275 mm x 175-185mm).
Foliation: ff. 3 (plus four flyleaves at front and eleven flyleaves at back; also in the same volume Add MS 18983, 17ff., and five leaves between Add MS 18983 and Add MS 18992).
Script: 17th-century secretary hands.
Binding: British Museum. Red leather; gold tooling.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
In 1813 in the family papers Henry Fotherly Whitfeld of the Bury, Rickmanworth, Hertfordshire.
Purchased by the British Museum of Messrs Waller, 14 Aug 1852.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts of the British Museum in the Years MDCCCCVVIII-MDCCCCLIII (London: British Museum, 1868), p. 184.
Gentleman's Magazine, vol 83, part 2 (1813), 412-13 (transcriptions of the two letters in Add MS 18992).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)