Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 543: Letters and Speeches by Nicholas Bacon

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Title:
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 543: Letters and Speeches by Nicholas Bacon
Language:
English
Extent:
ff. 143 (35 used)
Dimensions:
285 Height (mm) and 190 Width (mm)
Approximate Date:
[ca. 1600 - 1625]
Provenance:
Given by Lord Queenborough in 1923.
Table of contents:
  • Letter from Nicholas Bacon to Queen Elizabeth (no date)
  • Letter from Nicholas Bacon to Queen Elizabeth 26 November 1577
  • Letter from Nicholas Bacon to Queen Elizabeth 6 May 1578
  • Letter from Nicholas Bacon to Francis Walsingham 24 July 1578
  • Speech of Nicholas Bacon in the council
  • Speech of Nicholas Bacon in the council
  • Petition of the Lords to Queen Elizabeth, 1571
  • Speech of Nicholas Bacon in Parliament
  • Speech of Nicholas Bacon in Parliament
  • Letter of William Cecil to a councillor 12 May 1587
  • Nicholas Throckmorton's memoranda to the Queen 1558
Description:
CCCC MS 543 contains transcripts of various letters and speeches of Sir Nicholas Bacon (1510-79) along with other contemporary letters and documents, including a 1571 petition of the House of Lord to Queen Elizabeth I and a letter of William Cecil to an unknown fellow councillor dated May 1587. The manuscript was never part of Parker's collection but was instead donated to the college by Lord Queenborough (1861-1949) in 1923.
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