Letter signed from Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, the Court at St. James, to Mr. Richard Bagot, Esq., Staffordshire [manuscript], 1588 September 21.

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Letter signed from Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, the Court at St. James, to Mr. Richard Bagot, Esq., Staffordshire [manuscript], 1588 September 21.

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Requests Bagot, as a commissioner, to make a secret survey of the Cannock forest and ironworks, and to prevent any wrong, disgrace, or damage from being laid upon his cousin Greville and himself. Autograph postscript from Essex: "It doth much trouble me that so indirect a course is taken to preiudice my Cosin Greuill and to disgrace myself. Besides I am the more mened in yt because my L. Tresorer doth refuse the knowledg of this commission."

2 leaves; 34 x 23 cm.

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Bagot, Richard, approximately 1530-1597

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Greville, Fulke, Baron Brooke, 1554-1628

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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...