Twysden, Roger, Sir. Collection of historical documents compiled by Sir Roger Twysden

Folger bibliographic ID: 234843
Folger call number: G.b.7
Folger holdings ID: 288315
Accession Number: MS Add 33

Transcripts of letters, treatises, dialogues, etc., relating to the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. Includes R. Wingfield's letter to Burghley describing the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, February 11, 1586/87, the letter from Thomas Alured to the marquis of Buckingham, 1621, Lambarde's Archion, an account of Sir Walter Raleigh's death and his speech from the scaffold, and a dialog between a Councilor and a justice of the peace attributed to Raleigh

General notes

Collection appears to have been formed, and is annotated by, Twysden. Several of the items were copied from Sir Robert Cotton's library List of contents tipped in Sir Thomas G.S. Sebright bookplate

Extended title: Collection of historical documents compiled by Sir Roger Twysden ca. 1620-1630

Wyngfield, Robert, active 1587 Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598 Alured, Thomas Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592-1628 Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587

compiler: Twysden, Roger, Sir, 1597-1672
subject: Wyngfield, Robert, active 1587
subject: Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598
subject: Alured, Thomas
subject: Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592-1628
subject: Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587
associated with: Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618
correspondent: Wyngfield, Robert, active 1587
correspondent: Alured, Thomas
correspondent: Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598
correspondent: Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592-1628
associated with: Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631
former owner: Sebright, Thomas Gage Saunders, 1802-1864