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Arabella, Stuart, 1575-1615. Autograph note signed : [London], to Francis Seymour, ca. 1611-1615.

Title: Autograph note signed : [London], to Francis Seymour, ca. 1611-1615.

Being a note added to a document describing accounts pertaining to her, asking her brother-in-law if he can show the letter to friends willing to "lay out so much for me."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (fol.)

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Somerset, William Seymour, Duke of, 1588-1660. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to his brother, Sir Francis Seymour, 1615 Sept. 5.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to his brother, Sir Francis Seymour, 1615 Sept. 5.

Explaining his straightened finances and asking for repayment of "my debts."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

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Arabella, Stuart, 1575-1615. Autograph letter signed : [London], to Francis Seymour, [n.d.].

Title: Autograph letter signed : [London], to Francis Seymour, [n.d.].

Thanking him for his kindness during a difficult time [probably written from the Tower of London], and expressing the hope of their becoming better acquainted.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (fol.)

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England and Wales. Parliament. [Parliamentary speeches and two treatises], 17th century.

Title: [Parliamentary speeches and two treatises], 17th century.

Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of 16 Parliamentary speeches and treatises, many on the subject of the rights of Parliament. Speeches on this topic include one by Francis, Baron Seymour, on grievances and the rights and privileges of Parliament; one by King Charles I at the dissolution of Parliament; one by King James I to the speaker of the House of Commons, warning Parliament not to meddle in foreign affairs; and a protestation and declaration of liberties by the House of Commons upon the adjournment of Parliament in 1621. The volume also includes two treatises on the structure and practices of Parliament, and speeches by Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, and Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, on royal finances.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (ca. 170 p.) ; 28 cm.

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England and Wales. Parliament. Speeches in the Parliament : manuscript, 1628.

Title: Speeches in the Parliament : manuscript, 1628.

Speeches made by King Charles I, Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, Francis Seymour, the Duke of Buckingham, Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Keeper, Sir Benjamin Rudyerd, and others, with letters (read before Parliament), petitions, and remonstrances.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (310 leaves) ; 29 cm.

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England and Wales. Parliament. Speeches in the Parliament : manuscript, 1627-1628.

Title: Speeches in the Parliament : manuscript, 1627-1628.

Speeches made by King Charles I, Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, Francis Seymour, the Duke of Buckingham, Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Keeper, Sir Benjamin Rudyerd, and others, with letters (read before Parliament), petitions, and remonstrances.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (101 leaves) ; 32 cm.

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Huntly, George Gordon, Marquess of, d. 1649. Reports of speeches in Parliament and the Council, petitions to the King ... [manuscript], 1639-1640, ca. 1650.

Title: Reports of speeches in Parliament and the Council, petitions to the King ... [manuscript], 1639-1640, ca. 1650.

Reports are in the first person and some follow the printed versions fairly closely. Contents of Part I: Huntley's speech to the Covenanters in Scotland, [April 20, 1639], Sir Thomas Rowe's speech at the Council Table, [July] 1640, the King's speech to the Great Council at York, September 24; speeches in Parliament -- Pym's, April 22 (2 versions), [Robert?] Walker's, Sir Francis Seymour's, April, the King's, November 3, Sir John Culpepper's, November 9; acts of the Scottish Parliament, June 11 (2 accounts); petitions of the grand jury of Berkshire, July 11, of the Commissioners ... of Scotland, [September 4], of the gentry of York, July 28 and September 12; grievances voted in the House; and Sir Francis Bacon's submission to Parliament, April 22, 1621. Contents of Part II: Quotations and poems, including one on Francis Bacon; and an account of 1751.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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