Responding to rumors that he has been favoring the exile Sir Francis Windebank; warning against the "Lord of Bristow"; expressing regret that he cannot help Montagu's brother Walter become a cardinal; sending confidential news of the trade in recusant books and of activities among English exiles including Sir Kenelm Digby
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Bifolium
Dated: Paris 15/5 Feb. 1640/1. Signed: Your Lo[rd] brother and humble servant Leycester
In red pencil on leaf 2v: 488
Also available as a digital reproduction
Acquired from Swann, April 2010 (sale Autographs, item 93)
Publications
Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 8th Report, pt. 2, 1881, no. 488
Manchester, W.D.M. Court and society from Elizabeth to Anne. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1864, v. 1, p. 362-364 and v. 2, p. 17
Also known as
Extended title: Autograph letter signed from Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester, Paris, to Edward Montagu, London 1640/1 February 5/15