Autograph letter from Mr. [Samuel Weller?] Singer to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 18th or 19th century.

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Autograph letter from Mr. [Samuel Weller?] Singer to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 18th or 19th century.

Thanks the recipient for the copy of the tract on Wolsey's life. He asks the recipient if he wishes to have his tract put forth anonymously or whether the writer may mention to whom he is indebted for a valuable addition to [his] book. Mentions Sir Egerton Brydges.

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Singer, Samuel Weller, 1783-1858

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Epithet: of Add MS 20082 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x0000c3 Epithet: Librarian to the Royal Institution British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x0000c2 ...

Cavendish, George, 1500-1561?

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"Wolsey, Thomas (1470/71--1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal, was the son of Robert Wolsey of Ipswich (d. 1496), often described as a butcher but evidently also a grazier, and his wife, Joan Daundy (d. 1509) ... Wolsey's first benefice came from the marquess of Dorset, whose sons he had taught ... Following Henry VIII's accession Wolsey became the new king's almoner in November 1509 ... In February 1513 he became dean of York, and on 6 February 1514 bishop of Li...

Brydges, Egerton, Sir, 1762-1837

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Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530

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Archbishop of York, 1514-1530. From the description of Manuscript receipt signed, 1514 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270583819 ...