Letters patent from Elizabeth I, Queen of England, to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester [manuscript], 1574 April 5.
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Title
Letters patent from Elizabeth I, Queen of England, to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester [manuscript], 1574 April 5.
Description
9 leaves : ill. ; 65 x 81 cm
Corporate author
England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I)
Associated name
Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, 1532?-1588.
Houghton, Richard, active 1566.
Tratman, Richard, active 1566.
Tratman, Edward, active 1566.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
Houghton, Richard, active 1566.
Tratman, Richard, active 1566.
Tratman, Edward, active 1566.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
Material base
Manuscript on vellum.
Scope and content
Begins with a grant to Richard Houghton, Richard Tratman, and Edward Tratman, of lands formerly belonging to the Abbey of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire dated April 12, 1566, followed by abstracts from a large number of other gifts of lands and reversions to the Earl of Leicester in Southill, Barford, Haynes, Shillington, Warden, Kempston, Bedfordshire; Enborne, Berkshire; Missenden, Buckinghamshire; Killignock (Shednock), Cornwall; Wigley, Derbyshire; Plympton, Devon; Cranborne, Alderholt, Gillingham, Dorset; Brockworth, Welford-on-Avon (Wellenford), Gloucestershire; Stockton, Herefordshire; Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire; Holy Trinity, Minories, Shoe Lane, London; Wellingborough, Twywell, Northamptonshire; Charlton on Otmoor, Banbury, Wardington, Oxfordshire; Bishop's Castle, Cleobury, Salop (Shropshire); Chew, Stowey, Stoke, Northwick, Somerset; Feltham, Falkenham, Felixstowe, Trimley, Dennington, Walton, Suffolk; Mitcham, Surrey; Felpham, Warningcamp, Westichenor, Sussex; Pull Court, Pull, Bengeworth, Worcester; Kymmer, Llanellcyd, Llanfachreth, Redcreive, Dolgelly, Cumkadyon, Merioneth; Clero, Painscastle, Radnor.
Language Note
In Legal Latin.
Note
Includes drawing of Queen Elizabeth in first initial letter (leaf 1).
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Publications about material
Elizabeth I : then and now / compiled and edited by Georgianna Ziegler. Washington, DC : Folger Shakespeare Library ; Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2003, p. 152-154.
Exhibited
Exhibited: Elizabeth I, Then and Now, curated by Georgianna Ziegler, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., March 21-August 2, 2003.
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 1281.1
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Great Britain -- Wales.
Great Britain -- Wales.
Item Details
Call number
Z.e.5 Map case
Folger accession
cs1281