Seymour family. Papers of the Seymour family

Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts: 4910
Folger bibliographic ID: 235322
Folger call number: V.b.248
Folger holdings ID: 288973
Accession Number: MS Add 280

Collection of 25 miscellaneous items which include titles to property in Somerset, Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Cornwall, Lincolnshire and elsewhere; a few accounts; marriage settlements; pedigrees; papers relating to the claim to the Dukedom of Somerset, ca. 1660; a copy of a letter from Walsingham, June 27, 1582; "All the passages concerning the combat between the late deceased lord Bruce and the now Earl of Dorset", [1613]; a copy of a letter reporting the rout of Solway Moss by [Sir Thomas Wharton], November 24, [1542]; and considerations on the marriage of the Earl of Essex and the Lady Frances, daughter of the Earl of Suffolk, ca. 1606. One document states that it was transcribed from old papers belonging to the late lord viscount Weymouth, December 1721, and is initialed G. H. [George Harbin]

General notes

1-20, 25-139 p List of contents tipped into volume Portions also available as a digital reproduction Purchased from Stanley Crowe, March 1961 (catalogue 70, item 28) Fairfax -- Harbin -- Phillipps -- Munby Formerly Folger MS Add 280 This record contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email HamnetHelp@folger.edu for assistance

Publications

Pitcher, John. "Negotiating a marriage for Lady Anne Clifford: Samuel Daniel's advice" Review of English studies (2013)

Extended title: Papers of the Seymour family ca. 1536-ca. 1675

Seymour family Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1591-1646 Somerset, Frances Howard Carr, Countess of, 1593-1632

author: Seymour family
subject: Seymour family
subject: Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1591-1646
subject: Somerset, Frances Howard Carr, Countess of, 1593-1632
associated with: Weymouth, Thomas Thynne, Viscount, 1640?-1714
associated with: Wharton, Thomas Wharton, Baron, approximately 1495-1568
associated with: Dorset, Edward Sackville, Earl of, 1591-1652
associated with: Bruce, Edward, Baron Bruce of Kinloss, -1613
associated with: Walsingham, Francis, Sir, 1530?-1590
former owner: Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
former owner: Munby, A. N. L. (Alan Noel Latimer), 1913-1974
former owner: Harbin, George, active 18th century
former owner: Fairfax family