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Stowe MS 275

Record Id:

040-001953077

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001952775

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000493.0x000329

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Stowe MS 275

Title:

Scope & Content:

" AN APOLOGIE of [Robert Devereux] the earle of Essex against those which falsly and malitiously take him to be the onely hinderance of the peace and quietnes of his countrye ": a defence of the policy of war with Spain, addressed to Anthony Bacon in 1598. To this is annexed, in the same hand, a report of the speeches made by the Lord Keeper Egerton, Secretary Cecil, and others in the Star Chamber on 29 Nov. 1599, in reference to the Earl's conduct in Ireland (f. 13), and copies of a letter from T[homas] E[gerton], Lord Keeper, to Essex [15 Oct. 1598], urging him to make his peace with the Queen, and of Essex's reply [ 18 Oct.], refusing to follow this advice (ff. 15, 15 b). The Apology appears to have been first printed in 1600, and immediately suppressed (Birch, Memoirs of Qu. Elizabeth, ii., 1754, p. 444). it was published in 1603; and again in 1729, as The Earl of Essex's Vindication of the War with Spain, being followed in this edition (p. 55) by a summary of the speeches delivered in the Star Chamber, not identical with the report here. The letters are printed in Cabala, 1654, pt. ii. pp. 27-31, Birch, op. cit., ii. p. 348, and elsewhere. Paper; ff. 16. xvith-xviith cent. Small folio.

includes:

ff. 1-12 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Apology for the war with Spain: 1598.
f. 13 Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere; 1st Viscount Brackley: Speeches in the Star Chamber: 1598, 1599, [1602].
f. 13 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Speech in Star Chamber in case of Lord Essex: 1599.
ff. 13-15 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Papers relating to his conduct in 1599.
ff. 15, 15 b Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere; 1st Viscount Brackley: Correspondence with Lord Essex: 1598.: Copies.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Stowe Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001952775
036-001952833
037-001953069
040-001953077

Is part of:

Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 54-310 : CLASS IV.HISTORY.
Stowe MS 268-310 : SECT. VI.-POLITICAL TRACTS, COLLECTIONS, CARICATURES, ETC.

Stowe MS 275 : " AN APOLOGIE of [Robert Devereux] the earle of Essex against those which falsly and malitiously take him to be the onely…

Hierarchy:

032-001952775[0004]/036-001952833[0006]/037-001953069[0008]/040-001953077

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1500

End Date:

1699

Date Range:

16th century-17th century

Era:

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Material Type:

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Legal Status:

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Names:

Cecil, Robert, Viscount Cranborne, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 1563-1612
Devereux, Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex, soldier and politician, 1565-1601,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121382245
Egerton, Thomas, 1st Baron Ellesmere, 1st Viscount Brackley, 1540-1617