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Copy by Paul Thompson, for John Clapham, of '... the last enstructions which the Emperour Charles the fiveth gave to his sonne Philipp before his death: translated out of Spanishe' by Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton

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MS. Eng. misc. d. 239
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Copy by Paul Thompson (1563-1617), for John Clapham, of '... the last enstructions which the Emperour Charles the fiveth gave to his sonne Philipp before his death: translated out of Spanishe' by Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, with his dedication to Queen Elizabeth.

Fols. 2-9 contain poems in a different hand. Fols. 1a-b are leaves from a manuscript on vellum containing portions of Cicero, Epistolae ad familiares, probably written in N. E. Italy, second quarter of the 15th cent., formerly used as wrappers. Verse in Crum.

Dates

  • Creation: c. 15th-16th century

Extent

41 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

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Shelfmark:

MS. Eng. misc. d. 239

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 17499

Abstract

Copy by Paul Thompson (1563-1617), for John Clapham, of '... the last enstructions which the Emperour Charles the fiveth gave to his sonne Philipp before his death: translated out of Spanishe' by Henry Howard

Biographical / Historical

Henry Howard (1540-1614) was the 1st Earl of Northampton.

Custodial History

Owned by Richard Mullings (see Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 30 (1898), 39, 85-6); given to the Wilts. Archaeological and Natural History Society by John Mullings, 1898.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Given by the Wilts. Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1933.

Title
Copy by Paul Thompson, for John Clapham, of '... the last enstructions which the Emperour Charles the fiveth gave to his sonne Philipp before his death: translated out of Spanishe' by Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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