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
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
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. d. 239, fols. 1-2]
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.
Other Finding Aids
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.
Subject
- 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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