Warrant for payment from the Exchequer to John Dryden [manuscript], 1675/6 February 28.

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Warrant for payment from the Exchequer to John Dryden [manuscript], 1675/6 February 28.

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For the payment of £200 annual fee to John Dryden as Poet Laureate. Signed by the Earl of Danby (Thomas Osborne), as the Lord Treasurer of England.

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England and Wales. Exchequer

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Dryden, John, 1631-1700

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John Dryden, 1631-1700, was an influential English poet, literary critic, and playwright, who dominated the literary life of Restoration England. From the description of John Dryden Letter to Elizabeth Steward, 1698-1699. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 147971227 From the guide to the John Dryden Letter to Elizabeth Steward, 1698-1699, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida) Epithet: poet and dramatist...

Leeds, Thomas Osborne, Duke of, 1631-1712

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Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby (1631/32-1712), son of a Yorkshire baronet, entered Parliament as member for York in 1661, served Charles II in a series of adminstrative positions, and was made Lord High Treasurer and Earl of Danby in 1674. In 1678, he pressed for the investigation of the Popish Plot, but the Commons impeached him in December of that year for his involvement in the French "subsidies" to Charles II. Released from the Tower in 1684, Danby supported William III and was rewarded with ...