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Cotton Ch IV 17
- Record Id:
- 040-004386516
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003202582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100170727466.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Ch IV 17
- Title:
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Execution speech of Edward Seymour
- Scope & Content:
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This single leaf contains an account of the speech given by Edward Seymour (b. 1500, d. 1552), 1st Duke of Somerset, on 22 January 1552, on the scaffold at Tower Hill, awaiting execution on a charge of felony (or 'seeking a change of government'). The brief account records the text of the speech in English (beginning, 'Masters and good fellows, I am come hither for to die...') and the reported response of the assembled crowd.
For an edition of the speech based on this manuscript, see Ellis, Original Letters, Illustrative of English History (1827), II, pp. 215-16.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003202582
040-004386516 - Is part of:
- Cotton Ch : Cotton Charters
Cotton Ch IV 17 : Execution speech of Edward Seymour - Hierarchy:
- 032-003202582[0120]/040-004386516
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton Ch
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1550
- End Date:
- 1574
- Date Range:
- 3rd quarter of the 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Dimensions: 306 x 208 mm (written space: 270 x 185 mm).
Foliation: f. 1.
Script: Gothic cursive.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician. Cotton’s collection was augmented by his son, Sir Thomas Cotton (b. 1594, d. 1662), 2nd baronet, and his grandson, Sir John Cotton.
Sir John Cotton (b. 1621, d. 1702), 3rd baronet: bequeathed the entire Cotton collection of books and manuscripts to trustees ‘for Publick Use and Advantage’, 12 and 13 William III, c. 7.
Formed one of the foundation collections of the British Museum in 1753.
- Publications:
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Henry Ellis, Original letters illustrative of English history, including numerous royal letters from autographs in the British Museum, the State Paper Office, and one or two other collections, 2nd series (London: Harding and Lepard, 1827), II, pp. 215-16.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Cotton, John, 3rd Baronet, 1621-1702
Cotton, Robert Bruce, first baronet, antiquary and politician, 22 Jan 1571-6 May 1631,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000008116498X
Cotton, Thomas, 2nd Baronet, 1594-1662
Seymour, Edward, Duke of Somerset, soldier and royal servant, c 1500-1552 - Places:
- England