Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??

Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...

Stowe MS 276

Record Id:

040-001953078

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001952775

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000493.0x00032a

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Stowe MS 276

Title:

Scope & Content:

1. Copy of the letter of [Robert Devereux], Earl of Essex, to [Henry Wriothesley], Earl of Southampton, written shortly before the execution of the former in 1601. Printed in 1642. f. 3 b.

2. Treatise, " Of the foundacion of a State and the essencial parts that form a Prince." A note in another hand ascribes it to the Earl of Essex, with date 1523. The date is, however, impossible, as there is a reference in the past tense to Pietro Strozzi, who died in 1558 and it appears to belong to the time of James I. [1623?]. f. 5. On a fly-leaf (f. 2) is a copy of the poem on Sir Henry Lee, referring to his retirement (in 1590) from his self-assumed office of Champion to Queen Elizabeth, beg. " His golden locks time hath to silver turned." lt was recited, but in the first person, on the occasion of the ceremony accompanying Sir H. Lee's retirement (Segar, Honor, Military and Civill, 1602, p. 197). The present copy is signed by 0. St. John [i.e. Oliver, Lord St. John, afterwards first Earl of Bolingbroke, 1584-1646; see his signature in Cott. MS. Jul. C. iii., f. 8], but the poem is generally assigned to George Peele, having been printed in 1590 with his Polyhymnia, a poem written with reference to the same occasion (Works, ed. Dyce, ii. p. 192). Reprinted by Mr. A. H. Bullen (who does not doubt the correctness of the ascription to Peele) in Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, 1891. Paper and (ff. 1, 25) vellum; ff. 25. Early xviith cent. The two vellum leaves are from a MS. of the 14th cent., containing portions of a work on Canon Law, and wore formerly used as covers. Folio.

includes:

ff. 1, 25 Canon Law: Fragments: 14th cent.
f. 2 Oliver St. John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke (1624): Signature to a poem in honour of Sir H. Lee: 1590.
f. 2 George Peele: Poem in honour of Sir H. Lee: 1590.: Copy, 17th cent.
f. 2 Sir Henry Lee, KG: Poem on his retirement from the office of Champion: 1590.
f. 3 b Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton: Letter to, from the Earl of Essex: 1601.
f. 3 b Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Letter to the Earl of Southampton: 1601.: Copy.
f. 5 Political Tracts: "Of the foundacion of a State ": temp. James I.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Stowe Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001952775
036-001952833
037-001953069
040-001953078

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 276 : 1. Copy of the letter of [Robert Devereux], Earl of Essex, to [Henry Wriothesley], Earl of Southampton, written shortly before…

Hierarchy:

032-001952775[0004]/036-001952833[0006]/037-001953069[0009]/040-001953078

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:

1600

End Date:

1640

Date Range:

Early 17th century

Era:

Access:

Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.

Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.

Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.

If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.

This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.

User Conditions:

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Devereux, Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex, soldier and politician, 1565-1601,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121382245
Lee, Henry, queen's champion, 1533-1611,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000007930105X
Peele, George, of Stowe MS 276
St. John, Oliver, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke (1624)
Wriothesley, Henry, 3rd Earl of Southampton, courtier and literary patron, 1573-1624,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000058873454