Transcript of Papers relating to the Earl of Essex, Sir Gelly Meyrick and the Essex Rebellion, 1596-1602 [manuscript], ca. 1837.

1 v.

Contains transcripts of 69 of the 72 items of Folger MS G.b.4 (items 1-67, 69, 71) including a copy of Essex's letter to the Privy Council at his departure from Plymouth (June 1596) [printed in Lives and letters of the Devereux Earls of Essex, by W.B. Devereux, 1853, I, 349]; copies of a counterfeit letter from Anthony Bacon to Essex and of Essex's reply, warrants and other documents arising out of Essex and Sir Gelly Meyrick's imprisonment in the Tower; inventories and receipts of household goods at Wanstead House, Essex House, and elsewhere; and an account of the executions of Sir Gelly and Henry Cuffe, March 8, 1600/1.

Stanhope was one of the commissioners for seizing the Earl's goods and probably the Michael Stanhope of Sudbury who was knighted in 1603.

Dawson Tuner -- Phillipps 16134 MS

Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts, 16134

W.b.4

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