BIB_ID
122591
Accession number
MA 1475.6
Creator
Leicester, Lettice Dudley, Countess of, 1543-1634.
Display Date
undated [perhaps 1607?].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1953.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 30.1 cm
Notes
"1607" written at the top by another hand.
Part of a collection of 17 documents relating to the Sidney family. Items are individually cataloged in 17 records (MA 1475.1-17); see related records for more information.
Part of a collection of 17 documents relating to the Sidney family. Items are individually cataloged in 17 records (MA 1475.1-17); see related records for more information.
Provenance
Percy Clinton Sidney Smythe, sixth Viscount Strangford and Baron Penhurst (bound with doublures bearing his arms in 1837 or later); by descent to his granddaughter Mrs. P.M. Russell (Philippa Augusta Maria Baillie Russell), and sold by her (London, Sotheby's, 30 May 1927, lot 533) to Quaritch; purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1953.
Summary
Inquiring after his welfare, and mentioning his payment to Lord Burkley. Signed "Your [lordship's] aunt that doth much love and honour you" and with her signature.
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