Autograph letter signed from Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury, to the lord deputy of Ireland, Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy [manuscript], 1601 October 11.

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Autograph letter signed from Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury, to the lord deputy of Ireland, Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy [manuscript], 1601 October 11.

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About Irish affairs. Written from "the court." Informs Mountjoy that the reinforcements are being sent to him and then asks in a lengthy postscript that he confer a colonelcy on the brother of the earl of Northumberland [Sir Richard Percy], cryptically referring to Mountjoy's future wife, Penelope Rich, and to Sir Walter Raleigh, and adding that the earl "is one whom I would not discontent."

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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

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English antiquary and collector. He began collecting while at Rugby School and Oxford. On inheriting his father's estate at Middle Hill in Worcestershire, Phillipps embarked on a career of collecting manuscripts and books. His collection of manuscripts eventually numbered over 60,000 items. During Continental trips in the 1820s Phillipps bought heavily, and back in England he continued to do so, often buying up entire estate libraries at auction. He collected Eastern, Greek and Lat...

Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618

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Percy, Richard, 1575-1648 or 1649

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Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Earl of, 1563-1612

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Rich, Penelope, Lady, 1562?-1607

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Devonshire, Charles Blount, earl of, 1563-1606

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