Digges, Thomas, of Wootton, Kent

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Epithet: of Wootton, Kent

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x0000cb

Epithet: mathematician, Muster-master-General in the Netherlands

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x000089

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creatorOf POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS AND DIPLOMATIC PAPERS, etc.; 15th cent.-c. 1601. Some Latin and French. Copies, except where otherwise described. 1. ff. 1-3. Anon. political tract, beg. 'Monseig[neu]r encores que la bonne fortune conionte avec vostre diligence ..., 1400-1606 British Library
referencedIn LETTERS AND PAPERS RELATING TO THE NETHERLANDS: transcripts of letters and papers principally relating to Beale's mission to William, Prince of Orange, 1576, and Leicester's administration of the Netherlands 1586-1588; 1572-1596, n.d. Partly Latin, D..., 1572-1640 British Library
creatorOf PAPERS AND CORRESPONDENCE CHIEFLY RELATING TO MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS and the conspiracies and plots involving her; 1559-1594, n.d. Some Latin, French and Spanish. Mostly contemporary copies. Further official copies of many of the items are in Cotton MS..., 1558-1626 British Library
creatorOf PAPERS RELATING TO THE NETHERLANDS, and in particular to the financing of the English forces during Leicester's expeditions; c. 1571-1595. Partly Latin, Dutch, French and Italian. Endorsements and notes by Beale passim.1. ff. 2-5b. Memorial as to whe..., 1560-1599 British Library
referencedIn Copy of a plan of Dover Castle, Town, and Harbour, drawn in 1581, by, or for the use of, Thomas Digges, Esq., of Wootton, in Kent, who was employed as head engineer to restore the Harbour, drawn on a scale of fifteen poles to an inch;-Colored plan of..., 1581-1805 British Library
creatorOf [THOMAS DIGGES]: 'A Brieffe discourse against Succession knowen . . . ', a tract addressed to Elizabeth I proposing a means of protecting her by the recruitment (f. 20b) of an army of 40,000 and of ensuring her own choice of successor; c. 1585. Copy,... British Library
creatorOf PAPERS RELATING TO THE NETHERLANDS, particularly to the events of 1587-1588 and Leicester's second expedition; 1586-1589. Partly Latin, Dutch, French and Italian. Copies, unless otherwise described. Endorsements, etc., by Beale passim. 1. ff. 2-5b. A..., 1579-1589 British Library
creatorOf LETTERS AND PAPERS MAINLY RELATING TO THE NETHERLANDS; 1583-1590. English, Dutch, French and Italian. Mostly printed from the present MS. in Cabala, ii: several letters are originals of materials published from copies in SPF. See also MacCaffrey. End..., 1583-1590 British Library
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Sluys, the Netherlands
Delft, the Netherlands
Dover, Kent
Antwerp, Belgium
Netherlands, Europe
Flushing, the Netherlands
Ireland, Europe
Ostend, Flanders
Gouda, the Netherlands
Brill, the Netherlands
Danzig, Germany
Dordrecht, the Netherlands
Leiden, the Netherlands
Medemblik, the Netherlands
Mantes, France
Ramekens, the Netherlands
Bergen-op-Zoom, the Netherlands
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Elbing, Poland
Axel al. Axelle, Netherlands
Netherlands, Europe
Falmouth, Cornwall
Flushing, the Netherlands
Netherlands, Europe
Netherlands, Europe
Hamburg, Germany
Norwich, Norfolk
Brill, the Netherlands
Geertruidenberg, N. Brabant
Brill, the Netherlands
London, England
Guernsey, Channel Islands
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