Fragmenta regalia, or observations of the late Q[ueen] Elizabeth her times and favourites, [ca. 1640].

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Fragmenta regalia, or observations of the late Q[ueen] Elizabeth her times and favourites, [ca. 1640].

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Manuscript on paper, in single secretary hand, of a brief biography of Elizabeth's life combined with descriptions of favorites and courtiers. Subjects include Paulet, Marquess of Winchester, William, Earl of Pembroke, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, William Cecil, Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Francis Walsingham, Sir Nicholas Bacon, Sir Francis Knollys, Sir John Perrot, Sir Christopher Hatton, Howard Lord of Effingham (Lord Admiral of Nottingham), Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdon, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Fulke Greville, Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, Sackville Lord Buckhurst, Charles Blount, Lord Montjoy, Sir Robert Cecil, and Sir Francis Vere.

1 v. (117 p.) ; 20 x 15 cm.

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