Autograph letter signed from Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury, to the lord deputy of Ireland, Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy

Folger bibliographic ID: 193452
Folger call number: FILM Fo. 3563
Folger holdings ID: 259471

About Irish affairs. Written from "the court." Informs Mountjoy that the reinforcements are being sent to him and then asks in a lengthy postscript that he confer a colonelcy on the brother of the earl of Northumberland [Sir Richard Percy], cryptically referring to Mountjoy's future wife, Penelope Rich, and to Sir Walter Raleigh, and adding that the earl "is one whom I would not discontent."

General notes

Provenance: Said to be a Phillipps MS Also available on microfilm

Extended title: Autograph letter signed from Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury, to the lord deputy of Ireland, Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy 1601 October 11

Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Earl of, 1563-1612 Devonshire, Charles Blount, Earl of, 1563-1606 Rich, Penelope, Lady, 1562?-1607 Percy, Richard, 1575-1648 or 1649 Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618 Ireland

correspondent: Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Earl of, 1563-1612
subject: Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Earl of, 1563-1612
subject: Devonshire, Charles Blount, Earl of, 1563-1606
subject: Rich, Penelope, Lady, 1562?-1607
subject: Percy, Richard, 1575-1648 or 1649
subject: Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618
correspondent: Devonshire, Charles Blount, Earl of, 1563-1606
former owner: Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872