Papers of the Bacon-Townshend family of Stiffkey, Norfolk [manuscript], 1550-1640.

Papers of the Bacon-Townshend family of Stiffkey, Norfolk [manuscript], 1550-1640.

Former title: Bacon-Townshend collection, 1550-1640.

1,036 items (17 boxes)

Letters and documents concerned with family, business, estate, financial, legal, and governmental affairs of Sir Nathaniel Bacon (1547-1622), Sir Nicholas Bacon (1509-1579), and members of the Townshend family, all of Norfolk. A few items are earlier than 1550 or later than 1640.

Transcribed in: The papers of Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey. Norfolk Record Society, 46- (1979- ) In progress.

For a fuller description, see online finding aid.
Typescript finding aid also available (Calendar of the Bacon-Townshend collection, 1550-1640. compiled ca. 1958. Z6621.F61 B3 R.R.).

B33869

Acquired from Frank Marcham, October 1925.

L.d. 420 Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2008-2009. Breaking News (catalog entry 18)
L.d.20. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006-2007. Technologies of Writing in the Age of Print.
L.d.477, L.d. 858, L.d. 636 Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2015. Age of Lawyers. Opening: displayed at an angle
L.d. 639, 739, 839, 856, 868 Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2015. Age of Lawyers. Opening: displayed flat

Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 1472.2-1023

Folgerpedia article about Folger Shakespeare Library L.d.18 (with transcription)
Folgerpedia article about Folger Shakespeare Library L.d.101-775 (with partial transcription)
To request items from this collection, view the finding aid for the Papers of the Bacon-Townshend family of Stiffkey, Norfolk
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library L.d.1-1036

Great Britain -- England.

L.d.1-1036

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