Papers of the Seymour family [manuscript], ca. 1536-ca. 1675.

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Papers of the Seymour family [manuscript], ca. 1536-ca. 1675.

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Collection of 25 miscellaneous items which include titles to property in Somerset, Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Cornwall, Lincolnshire and elsewhere; a few accounts; marriage settlements; pedigrees; papers relating to the claim to the Dukedom of Somerset, ca. 1660; a copy of a letter from Walsingham, June 27, 1582; "All the passages concerning the combat between the late deceased lord Bruce and the now Earl of Dorset", [1613]; a copy of a letter reporting the rout of Solway Moss by [Sir Thomas Wharton], November 24, [1542]; and considerations on the marriage of the Earl of Essex and the Lady Frances, daughter of the Earl of Suffolk, ca. 1606. One document states that it was transcribed from old papers belonging to the late lord viscount Weymouth, December 1721, and is initialed G. H. [George Harbin].

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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...

Walsingham, Francis, Sir, 1530?-1590

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Epithet: of Sloane MS 1523 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x00033d ...

Fairfax family,

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Harbin family,

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Wharton, Thomas Wharton, Baron, approximately 1495-1568

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Somerset, Frances Howard Carr, Countess of, 1593-1632

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Harbin, George, active 18th century

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George Harbin matriculated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1683 (B.A., 1686). He took orders, and became chaplain to Francis Turner, Bishop of Ely. After Turner's death he was chaplain and librarian to Viscount Weymouth. Harbin died in September 1744. From the guide to the George Harbin: Extracts from the Ely Priory Register, 1735, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives) ...

Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1591-1646

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Bruce, Edward, Baron Bruce of Kinloss, -1613

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Weymouth, Thomas Thynne, Viscount, 1640?-1714

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Seymour family.

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Dorset, Edward Sackville, Earl of, 1591-1652

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