Contemporary copy of a letter : to William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, undated [after May 1641].
Record ID:
130442
Accession number:
MA 1475.12
Credit:
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1953.
Description:
1 item (1 p.) ; 31 cm
Notes:
The conjugate leaf bears the note, "Copy of the King's letter to my Lord Say. 1639?"
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.
Summary:
Instructing him to permit the transfer of the wardship of Philip, 2nd Viscount Strangfond, from Sir Thomas Hatherley to Barbara, Viscountess Strangford, mother of the boy, as already agreed upon between the principals.
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.
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