List of traitors from the Essex Rebellion, 1601 [manuscript], ca. 1601.

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List of traitors from the Essex Rebellion, 1601 [manuscript], ca. 1601.

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Comprising 87 names in two columns headed by the Earl of Essex and drawn up in order of rank, five names are incomplete and the Earls of Bedford and Sussex and Lord Rich are included with the marginal note "theis 3: comitted but not openly p[ro]claymed." Includes notes on Essex in a later hand in pencil on 2v.

2 leaves ; 28 x 18 cm.

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Sussex, Robert Radcliffe, Earl of, 1569?-1629

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Bedford, Edward Russell, Earl of, 1572-1627

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Rich, Robert, Earl of Warwick, 1559?-1619

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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...