Cheke, Essex, Lady. Autograph letters signed from Lady Essex Cheke to the Earl and Countess of Manchester

Folger bibliographic ID: 227849
Folger call number: X.c.85 (1-5)
Folger holdings ID: 281375
Accession Number: MS Add 805

Contains 5 letters, three to her daughter Essex and two to the Earl of Manchester, commenting on the contemporary political scene, on a duel fought by her son, on the progress of the English Civil War, sending peaches and nectarines (X.c.85 (3)), mentioning a proposed marriage and details of the contract, her son-in-law's ill health, projected visits and the loss of Manchester's horses to the Royalists (X.c.85 (3))

General notes

Lady Essex Cheke was the daughter of Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick, and Penelope Devereux (daughter of the first Earl of Essex), and the wife of Sir Thomas Cheke. Their daughter Essex was first married to Sir Robert Bevill of Chesterton, Huntingdonshire before her marriage to the Earl of Manchester in 1642 (X.c.85 (1)) Dated: Warwick house, new years [1641/2?]. Signed: Essex Cheek. Addressed: for my deare daughter the Lady Beuell at Cheasterton, huntingdonshere. Contains seal. In red pencil no. 493. 2 leaves; 26 x 16 cm (X.c.85 (2)) Dated: undated [1641, August in pencil, later hand, or, about 1640?]. Signed: SX. Addressed to Deare Essex. In red pencil no. 473. 2 leaves; 26 x 18 cm (X.c.85 (3)) Dated: undated [after 1642, possibly summer 1644?]. Signed: Essex Cheek. Addressed: for my deare daughter the Countes of Manchester at Cheley. Contains seal. In red pencil no. 541. 2 leaves; 20 x 19 cm (X.c.85 (4)) Dated: ... the 16 of Maye [1640?]. Signed: SX. Addressed: For your Lo: In red pencil: 472. 2 leaves; 30 x 20 cm (X.c.85 (5)) Dated: Warwick house the 10 of October [yr. 1656? in pencil, later hand, or, 1654]. Signed: SX. Addressed: for the Earle of Manchester. In red pencil no. 631. 2 leaves; 28 x 18 cm Dates from Report of the Royal Commission Also available as a digital reproduction Duke of Manchester family papers -- on deposit at the PRO from 1880 to 1969 -- Sotheby's (London) 29 October 1975, lot 41 Formerly Folger MS Add 805 Purchased from Hofmann & Freeman in November 1982

Publications

Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 8th Report, pt. 2, 1881, no 472, 473, 493, 541 and 631

Extended title: Autograph letters signed from Lady Essex Cheke to the Earl and Countess of Manchester ca. 1640-1654

Cheke, Essex, Lady Manchester, Essex Montagu, Countess of, -1658 Manchester, Edward Montagu, Earl of, 1602-1671 Great Britain Dueling Marriage Prenuptial agreements

correspondent: Cheke, Essex, Lady
subject: Cheke, Essex, Lady
subject: Manchester, Essex Montagu, Countess of, -1658
subject: Manchester, Edward Montagu, Earl of, 1602-1671
correspondent: Manchester, Essex Montagu, Countess of, -1658
correspondent: Manchester, Edward Montagu, Earl of, 1602-1671