Papers of the Cavendish-Talbot family

Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts: 20556-20558
Folger bibliographic ID: 244373
Folger Shakespeare Library. Breaking news: 1
Folger call number: X.d.428 (1-203)
Folger holdings ID: 309964
Accession Number: MS Add 279

Mostly consists of correspondence, as well as various financial documents, warrants, petitions, orders, physician instructions and other miscellaneous documents relating to the Cavendish, Talbot, Wentworth, and Slingsby families as well as to Sir Humphrey Style, and Stanley and Sarah Gower. Correspondents and recipients include but not limited to: Bess Hardwick, her husbands including the Earl of Shrewsbury (George Talbot) and his son Gilbert, and Henry Slingsby

General notes

Sometimes referred to as the Cavendish-Talbot manuscripts Also available as a digital reproduction John Wilson of Broomhead Hall, near Sheffield -- Phillipps MS Formerly Folger MS Add 279 Some items transcribed in: Hallamshire : the history and topography of the parish of Sheffield in the county of York / Joseph Hunter. London : Printed for the editor by Virtue and co., 1869 Also available on microfilm

Publications

Rastas, Johanna. ""By my Lords comand, I am to acquainte you”: An Edition of the Seventeenth-Century Correspondence of the Wentworth Family in the Folger Shakespeare Library." MA thesis, University of Turku, 2016. Doria (http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2016092324258)

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2003. Elizabeth I (catalog p. 83, 109) (X.d.428 (87, 128, 130)) Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2008-2009. Breaking News (catalog entry 1) (X.d.428 (60)) Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2004-2005. Letterwriting in Renaissance England (catalog entry 22, 44, 71) (X.d.428 (77, 104, 158))

Extended title: Papers of the Cavendish-Talbot family 1333-1705 (bulk 1548-1676)
Alternate titles: Cavendish-Talbot manuscripts, Letters to and from herself [i.e. Elizabeth Hardwick Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury] and various members of her family, as well as letters of the Wentworth, Slingsby, Style and Gower families

Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Hardwick Talbot, Countess of, 1527?-1608 Shrewsbury, George Talbot, Earl of, approximately 1522-1590 Shrewsbury, Gilbert Talbot, Earl of, 1552-1616 Slingsby, Henry, 1559 or 1560-1634 Style, Humphrey, 1594 or 1595-1659 Gower, Stanley Gower, Sarah, -1661? Cavendish family Talbot family Slingsby family Wentworth family Gower family Barbur, Thomas, d. ca. 1529

subject: Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Hardwick Talbot, Countess of, 1527?-1608
subject: Shrewsbury, George Talbot, Earl of, approximately 1522-1590
subject: Shrewsbury, Gilbert Talbot, Earl of, 1552-1616
subject: Slingsby, Henry, 1559 or 1560-1634
subject: Style, Humphrey, 1594 or 1595-1659
subject: Gower, Stanley
subject: Gower, Sarah, -1661?
subject: Cavendish family
subject: Talbot family
subject: Slingsby family
subject: Wentworth family
subject: Gower family
subject: Barbur, Thomas, d. ca. 1529
associated with: Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Hardwick Talbot, Countess of, 1527?-1608
associated with: Shrewsbury, George Talbot, Earl of, approximately 1522-1590
associated with: Shrewsbury, Gilbert Talbot, Earl of, 1552-1616
associated with: Slingsby, Henry, 1559 or 1560-1634
associated with: Style, Humphrey, 1594 or 1595-1659
associated with: Gower, Stanley
associated with: Gower, Sarah, -1661?
former owner: Wilson, John, 1719-1783
former owner: Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
associated with: Talbot family
associated with: Cavendish family
associated with: Wentworth family
associated with: Slingsby family
associated with: Gower family