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Add MS 33740
- Record Id:
- 040-002024636
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002024628
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001443.0x0003ae
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147915981.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 33740
- Title:
- Papers relating to the Spanish Armada, 1588
- Scope & Content:
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f. 1r: modern contents page.
f. 2r: Letter from the Privy Council to the Lord Admiral Howard, informing him that 'a good number of the best and choysest shotte of the trayned bandes' of Kent 'should be forthwith sent to the sea side . . . . to double man the shippes', 21 July 1588, Richmond. Signed by: Christopher Hatton, Lord Chancellor; William Cecil, Lord Burghley; Sir Francis Knollys; Sir Thomas Heneage; Sir Amias Paulet, and Sir John Wolley.
ff. 4r–v: Modern notes on the letter.
f. 5v: transcription of the letter facing on f. 6r.
f. 6r: Decision by the English Council of War to pursue the Armada, 1 August 1588. Signed by: C[harles Howard, Lord] Howard [of Effingham, Lord High Admiral], George [Clifford, Earl of] Cumberland, [Lord] T[homas] Howard, Edmund [Sheffield, Lord] Sheffield, [Sir] Francis Drake, [Sir] Edward Hoby, [Sir] John Hawkins, and [Capt.] Thomas Fenner.
ff. 7r–v: Modern notes on the letter.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002024628
040-002024636 - Is part of:
- Add MS 33733-33791 : Grenville Manuscripts
Add MS 33740 : Papers relating to the Spanish Armada, 1588 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002024628[0008]/040-002024636
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 33733-33791
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147915981.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1588
- End Date:
- 1588
- Date Range:
- 26 Jul 1588-1 Aug 1588
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 340 x 240 mm.
Foliation: ff. 7 + 38 (modern endleaves).
Binding: Thomas Grenville binding.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Thomas Grenville (1755–1846).
Purchased by the British Museum in 1890.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1888–1893 (London: Longmans and Co., 1894), p. 99.
Sir Francis Drake: An Exhibition to Commemorate Francis Drake's Voyage around the World, 1577–1580 (London: British Library, 1977), p. 117.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)