Autograph letter signed from Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, Lees, to Lettice Blount, Countess of Leicester [manuscript], between 1589 and 1600.
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Title
Autograph letter signed from Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, Lees, to Lettice Blount, Countess of Leicester [manuscript], between 1589 and 1600.
Description
2 leaves ; 30 x 21 cm
Associated name
Summary
Apologizes for a previous letter with which "y[ou]r La[dyshi]p found y[ou]r self greeued w[i]th," explaining that "amongst the infinite l[ett]res w[hi]ch are offred to me to signe I might signe some such ere I know whatt yt was."
Note
Bifolium, including integral address leaf.
Addressed: To my noble and most honored mother the Countesse of Leycester. Dated: Lees this first of Sept. Signed: Essex.
Earliest possible date based on reference to Sir Christopher Blount, whom the Countess of Leicester married in July 1589.
Addressed: To my noble and most honored mother the Countesse of Leycester. Dated: Lees this first of Sept. Signed: Essex.
Earliest possible date based on reference to Sir Christopher Blount, whom the Countess of Leicester married in July 1589.
Publications about material
Letterwriting in Renaissance England / compiled and edited by Alan Stewart and Heather Wolfe. Washington, DC: Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2004, no. 37.
Provenance
Formerly Folger MS Add 1038.
The Hulton Papers (Sotheby's (London), December 14, 1992, lot 6).
The Hulton Papers (Sotheby's (London), December 14, 1992, lot 6).
Source of acquisition
Gift of Dorothy Rouse-Bottom, 1998.
Exhibited
Exhibited: Letterwriting in Renaissance England, curated by Alan Stewart and Heather Wolfe, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., November 18, 2004-April 2, 2005.
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Lees.
Call number
X.c.127
Folger accession
MS Add 1038