BIB_ID
106764
Accession number
MA 420.12
Creator
Dolben, John, 1625-1686.
Display Date
[1684 or 1685?] Apr. 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.7 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Mr. Henry Thynne / at the Ld. Keeper's House / in Queene Street / London."
Part of the St. Paul's Cathedral collection, a five-volume bound set of letters, portraits and prints related to the history of the cathedral; see collection records for MA 420-424 for more information.
Signed while Archbishop of York. Dolben became Archbishop of York in July 1683 and died on April 11, 1686. This letter (postmarked Apr. 11) must have been written in 1684 or 1685.
With postmark ("AP / 11") and seal.
Part of the St. Paul's Cathedral collection, a five-volume bound set of letters, portraits and prints related to the history of the cathedral; see collection records for MA 420-424 for more information.
Signed while Archbishop of York. Dolben became Archbishop of York in July 1683 and died on April 11, 1686. This letter (postmarked Apr. 11) must have been written in 1684 or 1685.
With postmark ("AP / 11") and seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1906.
Summary
Concerning the trouble arising from his induction of Mr. Bridon, as ordered by the Lord Keeper (George Savile, Marquis of Halifax?).
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