L.b.356 [Burbage Blackfriars Gatehouse deed] RESTRICTED. Please use digital facsimile. Original available by special permission only.
L.b.526-L.b.543 [John Donne letters] RESTRICTED. Please use digital facsimiles. Originals available by special permission only.

Papers of the More family of Loseley Park, Surrey [manuscript], 1489-1682 (bulk 1538-1630).

Previously known as: Loseley collection
Former title: Loseley collection, 1489-1682 (bulk 1538-1630)

712 items (22 boxes).

Consists of papers collected by the More family of Loseley Park, Surrey, dealing largely with: The Offices of the Tents (1542-1558) and Office of the Revels under Sir Thomas Cawarden (ca. 1514-1559); property in Blackfriars, London, owned by Cawarden and later by his executor, Sir William More (1520-1600); and the activities, personal and governmental, of Cawarden, Sir William and Sir George More (1553-1632).
Also includes 14 autograph letters signed from John Donne (1573-1631), as well as the official and personal papers of Sir Christopher More, (d. 1549); Sir William More (1520-1600); Sir George More (1553-1632); Sir Robert More (1581-1626); Sir Poynings More, bart. (1606-1649); Sir William More, bart. (1644-1684); Rev. Nicholas More (d. 1684); and Sir Thomas Cawarden (ca. 1514-1559). Includes 2 documents signed by Queen Elizabeth to Cawarden (L.b.4 and L.b.33).

Another closely related selection of manuscripts belonged to J. More-Molyneux of Loseley Park, Surrey (some medieval, but mainly ca. 1500-ca. 1700). The majority are available on 23 reels of negative microfilm, filmed in 1983 (Film Acc. 571.1-23); ca. 1000 letters are available in photocopies. The microfilm and photocopies are described in a brief guide and an annotated copy of the "List of Loseley MSS reproduced by the Historical Manuscripts Commission" (Z6621.G8 L595)). N.B. The call nos. may have been changed. Anyone wishing to cite these More-Molyneux Loseley manuscripts should consult the Surrey History Centre at Woking where they are now deposited.

For a fuller description or context, see online finding aid.

M67567

Yeandle, Laetitia and W. R. Streitberger. "The Loseley Collection of Manuscripts at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C." Shakespeare Quarterly, v. 38, no. 2 (Summer, 1987), p. 201-207.
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. 31-34.

Protective housing, July 2017. Please close top flap first when finished consulting this document.
rehousing needed, old housing moved to "housing graveyard" on Deck C, 2017-12
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L.b.358 Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2002. Pen's Excellencie
L.b.33, L.b.109, L.b.111 Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2003. Elizabeth I
L.b.1 Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006-2007. Technologies of Writing in the Age of Print.
L.b.1 Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2010. Vivat Rex! (catalog entry 118)
L.b.669 Washington, D.C. Folger Shakespeare Library 2015. The Age of Lawyers.

To request items from this collection, view the finding aid for the Papers of the More family of Loseley Park, Surrey, 1489-1682 (bulk 1538-1630)
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library L.b.1-712

Great Britain -- England.

L.b.1-712

L.b.345 and L.b.347-358 in map case. Curatorial files available.