[Letter book], [ca. 1590-1638].

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[Letter book], [ca. 1590-1638].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702177389

Manuscript, in a single hand, of copies of letters primarily written by Castillion to family and acquaintances, followed by literary excerpts, religious poetry, proverbs, and lists of nobility. The letters primarily ask for favors from the nobility, and include several to Elizabeth I and one to King James I asking pardon for an offense Castillion had committed. A letter to the Earl of Hertford asks for his support in his bid for Burgess of Bedwin, followed by Hertford's regretful reply that he has already written a letter in support of another; another letter to Lady Momperson asks if she would let his eldest daughter attend on her. Many other letters are to the Lady Worseley, asking for her favor towards Castillion's son, whom he hopes to match into her family; the other letters praise her purity and beauty. One such letter is annotated, "This my letter was written all in gold unto the Lady Worseley 1630." The collection also contains numerous letters to family members, as well as a copy of the inscription "to be set in Speene Church for Baptist Castillion Esquier, with an epitaph, by his eldest son Sir Francis Castillion," and a letter of challenge to Sir Francis Caulton in 1607 over a dishonor to his wife. The letters are followed by a collection of miscellaneous material, including "moral sentences" excerpted from Philip Sidney's Arcadia and Erasmus; poetry based on New Testament passages; a list of the names of all knights, citizens, and burgesses of ever shire in England and Wales at Parliament in 1620; and an eyewitness account of Queen Elizabeth's visit to the army at Tilbury after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, "I myselfe beinge there a Captayne, and an eye Witnesse. F.C." The last pages in the manuscript are in a 19th century hand, and contain copies of Castillion's letters as well as a copy of a letter dated 1838 regarding a pulley or "paralytic apparatus" sent to Sir B. Brodie, Bart., and a list of scientific notes.

1 v. (241 p.) ; 31 x 20 cm.

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