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Add MS 89253
- Record Id:
- 032-003378323
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003378323
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100046391646.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89253
- Title:
- Sir John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont. Autograph letter about Irish affairs to “JP”, John Pigott. 23 September 1685, Burton, Cork.
- Scope & Content:
- Long Autograph Letter initialled "JP" to John Pigott, from Burton, [Co. Cork], 23rd September 1685. Describes the state of Ireland in 1685, after the death of Charles II and the accession of James II, referring to the state of the country in the wake of James II's accession, and Monmouth's Rebellion, "for His Majesty having soe happily & seasonably put an end to the late Rebellion in England hath not only obviated all evil designs from the fanaticks of this Country if any here were so mad as to be Rebels...", rumours of an attack by "fanaticks" on his castle of Liscarrol, "But God be praised all these imaginary dangers are vanished and the inhabitants on both sides more at ease and trade begins again to flourish; though a passage at last Clonmel Assizes did make some apprehensive, for there were noe less than 160 English freeholders... all indicted some for seditious words & 89 in one indictment for a Rebellious assembly to further Monmouth's design".
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003378323", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 89253: Sir John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont. Autograph letter about Irish affairs to “JP”, John Pigott. 23 September 1685, Burton, Cork." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003378323
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003378323
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
-
1 item (bifolium)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1685
- End Date:
- 1685
- Date Range:
- 1685
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former Internal References:
- Deposit 10944
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Perceval, John, 1st Earl of Egmont, politician and diarist, 1683-1748
- Places:
- Cork, Ireland