Copy of letters patent from Charles II to William Legge, on behalf of Davenant and Killigrew, March 31, 1664 [manuscript], 19th century.

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Copy of letters patent from Charles II to William Legge, on behalf of Davenant and Killigrew, March 31, 1664 [manuscript], 19th century.

License to new build...one theatre...and erect a company and a nursery...under the general supervision of Thomas Killigrew and Sir William Davenant.

4 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7307175

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Killigrew Thomas (1612-1683).

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Killigrew was sent to Italy by the exiled King Charles II to petition for arms and money. From the description of Copy of letters from Thomas Killigrew to Ferdinando II, Grand Duke of Tuscany [manuscript], ca. 1649-1650 (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 698250038 English dramatist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Miss Faukenbrig, 1637 Oct 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270488839 English dramatist and royali...

England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)

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King Charles II of England (1630-1685) did not have any official heirs. He did, though, have many children by a number of mistresses. Historians believe the number of children is somewhere between 10 and fifteen. The use of 'armes' or titles of nobility and the privileges that came with it was one way the King acknowledged that these were his children. The most children attributed to a relationship is that between King Charles and Barbara née Villiers (1641–1709), the Duchess of Cleveland, five,...

D'Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668

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Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883

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Critic and journalist. From the description of John Payne Collier correspondence, 1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453934 Epithet: of Add MS 34574 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000246.0x0002e1 Epithet: of Add MS 37907 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000246.0x0002e3 John Payne Collier, English liter...

Legge, William, 1609?-1670

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