Autograph signature to letter : to the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Oxford, 1680 Apr. 16.
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Essex, Arthur Capel, Earl of, 1631-1683
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Arthur Capel, Earl of Essex, served as statesman in various capacities during the reign of Charles II and died in the Tower of London after being implicated in the Rye House plot. During his lifetime, Capel amassed a great library at his estate in Cashiobury. John Evelyn writes, "No man has been more industrious than this noble lord in planting about his seate [Cashiobury], adorned with walks, ponds, and other rural excellencies; while the library is large, and very nobly furnished, and all the ...