Documents of the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I [manuscript], 1716.

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Documents of the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I [manuscript], 1716.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/281643272

Transcripts of letters, narratives, and official papers, mainly 1580-1610. The trial of the Earl of Essex is prominent in M.b.50. M.b. 52 contains the narrative of Sir Henry Unton's embassage to France, 1591-92. All appear to have been transcribed from mauscripts in the Bodleian for the Earl of Ailsbury.

4 v. (740 leaves)

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Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603

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Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn was born at Greenwich on 7 September 1533. She was the half-sister of the elder Mary (1516-1558) and the younger Edward (1537-1553). In her early years she acquired knowledge of Latin, French, and Italian, and showed proficiency in music. Her governesses and tutors tended to adhere to Reformation principles. Identification with Protestantism aroused the suspicions of Mary, a Catholic, on her succession after the death of Edward, even though she h...

Bodleian Library.

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James I, King of England, 1566-1625

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James VI was born in Edinburgh Castle in 1566, the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her second husband, Lord Darnley. As Mary was forced to abdicate shortly after his birth, he acceded to the Scottish throne as an infant and was brought up to be distanced from his mother. He was learned, taught by some of the best tutors available in the Scottish Humanist school, but also deeply superstitious, secretive and something of a misanthropist. He married Anne of Denmark in 1590, though ...

Unton, Henry, Sir, 1557?-1596

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Unton, the second son of Sir Edward Unton, was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, knighted by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester for his services during the siege of Zutphen, was Elizabeth I's personal envoy to Henry IV of France, 1591, member of Parliament for New Woodstock, 1584, and Berkshire, 1592-1593, and ambassador to France, 1595. From the description of Papers of Sir Henry Unton, 1474-1645 (bulk 1591-1610). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32960032 Unton,...

Ailesbury, Charles Bruce, Earl of, 1682-1747

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Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601

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Frederick of Mömpelgard (d. 1608) became the Duke of Württemberg in 1593. Robert, Earl of Essex (1586-1601) was a favorite of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, and occupied a variety of military posts. However, after his failure as Lord Lieutenant and his defiance of the Queen, he was tried for treason and executed in 1601. From the description of [Letter] 1597 Feb. 22 [to Dom. Friderico Duci Wirtembergensi] / Essex. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 212211253 Essex's Azor...