Collection of writings relating to the trial of the Earl of Essex [manuscript], 1601.
Francis ap Rice, active 1601, author.; Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601, addressee.; Rich, Penelope, Lady, 1562?-1607, correspondent.; Ellesmere, Thomas Egerton, Baron, 1540?-1617, addressee.; Ouseley, William, 1767-1842, former owner.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889.; Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601. Considerations touching the peace.; Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603, addressee.
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Title
Collection of writings relating to the trial of the Earl of Essex [manuscript], 1601.
Description
[1], 165 leaves.
Associated name
Francis ap Rice, active 1601, author.
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601, addressee.
Rich, Penelope, Lady, 1562?-1607, correspondent.
Ellesmere, Thomas Egerton, Baron, 1540?-1617, addressee.
Ouseley, William, 1767-1842, former owner.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603, addressee.
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601, addressee.
Rich, Penelope, Lady, 1562?-1607, correspondent.
Ellesmere, Thomas Egerton, Baron, 1540?-1617, addressee.
Ouseley, William, 1767-1842, former owner.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603, addressee.
Scope and content
Written by Francis ap Rice. Contents: proceedings of Robert, Earl of Essex and Henry, Earl of Southampton, February 8, 1601. The arraignment (leaf 8 (older numbering) missing; leaf 15 misplaced), February 19, with a description of the court itself, the execution and Essex' speech. Speeches in the Star Chamber against the earl, February 11. Letter to Essex from Egerton with his answer, January 9, and one to the Queen from Lady Penelope Rich. List of those implicated with Essex. Poem composed by Essex in the Tower. Considerations touching the peace, 1597, by Essex. Reasons for amity between England and Spain. A poem - Rota fortunae in Gyeo (leaf 157). Also a note of Buckingham's death (leaf 4).
Note
Several series of older foliations.
Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines. First line: From silent night true register of moans. First line: Some would complain of fortune and blind chance.
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Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines. First line: From silent night true register of moans. First line: Some would complain of fortune and blind chance.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Provenance
William Ouseley manuscript.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2003. Elizabeth I (catalog p. 73)
Cited/described in
Halliwell-Phillipps, J.O. Calendar of the Shakespearean rarities, drawings and engravings preserved at Hollingbury copse (1887), 83
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 452.2
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 452.2
Includes
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601. Considerations touching the peace.
Rota fortunae in Gyeo.
Rota fortunae in Gyeo.
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Poems.
Addresses.
Poems.
Addresses.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
V.a.164
Folger accession
cs452