Letters to Robert Southwell from Philip Madoxe.
Dates
- Creation: 1683-1690
Extent
0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. lett. c. 53, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. lett. c. 53-54
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13332
Abstract
Letters to Sir Robert Southwell from Philip Madoxe
Biographical / Historical
Sir Robert Southwell (1635-1702) was a diplomat. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography. Philip Madoxe was his agent at Whitehall.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 40850-1.
Custodial History
Thomas Thorpe, 1836 catalogue, item 812; Phillipps MS. 8588; Sotheby's, 15 June 1908, lot 500; ticket of R. D. Steedman, bookseller, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The letters were bought from A. Rogers of Newcastle in 1937.
Topical
- Title
- Letters to Sir Robert Southwell from Philip Madoxe
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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