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Autograph letter signed from Lady Elizabeth Cooke Hoby Russell to Judge Francis Gawdy, Serjeants' Inn [manuscript], between 1574 and 1584.

Russell, Elizabeth Cooke Hoby, Lady, 1540-1609, sender.; Gawdy, Francis, -1605, addressee.
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Title
Autograph letter signed from Lady Elizabeth Cooke Hoby Russell to Judge Francis Gawdy, Serjeants' Inn [manuscript], between 1574 and 1584.
Description
2 leaves ; 31 x 21 cm
Associated name
Russell, Elizabeth Cooke Hoby, Lady, 1540-1609, sender.
Gawdy, Francis, -1605, addressee.
Scope and content
Concerns the arrest of her 'man', probably John, Lord Russell, condemning Gawdy for the arrest and invoking the name of Francis Bacon.
Note
Signed: Elizab. Ru[ssell]. Addressed: To Mr Justice Gawdy at Sergeants Inn.

Undated letter probably written between 1574 when Elizabeth married John, Lord Russell and 1584 when Lord Russell died.

1 bifolium.
Publications about material
Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 8th Report, pt. 2, 1881, no 126.
Provenance
Papers of the Duke's of Manchester -- on deposit at the PRO from 1880 to 1969.
Formerly Folger MS Add 808.
Source of acquisition
Purchased from Hofman and Freeman March, 1983.
Linked resources
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library X.c.87
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Letters (correspondence)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
X.c.87
Folger accession
MS Add 808

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