Drue Burton collection of state papers and other materials [manuscript], ca. 1607-ca. 1625.
Burton, Drue, active 1607-1625, compiler.; Moryson, Fynes, 1566-1630. Itinerary.; Winwood, Ralph, Sir, 1563?-1617.; Matthew, Tobie, Sir, 1577-1655.; Monson, William, Sir, 1569-1643.; Smith, Thomas, 1558?-1625.; Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.; Lodge, Thomas, 1558?-1625.; Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634.; Crane, Francis, Sir, -1636.; De Coppet, Andre, 1892-1953, former owner.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.; England and Wales. Secretary of State.; France. Sovereign (1589-1610 : Henry IV); Crowcombe Court, former owner.
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Title
Drue Burton collection of state papers and other materials [manuscript], ca. 1607-ca. 1625.
Description
136 leaves.
Associated name
Burton, Drue, active 1607-1625, compiler.
Winwood, Ralph, Sir, 1563?-1617.
Matthew, Tobie, Sir, 1577-1655.
Monson, William, Sir, 1569-1643.
Smith, Thomas, 1558?-1625.
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.
Lodge, Thomas, 1558?-1625.
Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634.
Crane, Francis, Sir, -1636.
De Coppet, Andre, 1892-1953, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
England and Wales. Secretary of State.
France. Sovereign (1589-1610 : Henry IV)
Crowcombe Court, former owner.
Winwood, Ralph, Sir, 1563?-1617.
Matthew, Tobie, Sir, 1577-1655.
Monson, William, Sir, 1569-1643.
Smith, Thomas, 1558?-1625.
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.
Lodge, Thomas, 1558?-1625.
Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634.
Crane, Francis, Sir, -1636.
De Coppet, Andre, 1892-1953, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
England and Wales. Secretary of State.
France. Sovereign (1589-1610 : Henry IV)
Crowcombe Court, former owner.
Scope and content
Contents include copies of documents taken from Richard Hakluyt's Principal navigations, 1598-1600, and of others relating to Irish affairs from Part II of Fynes Moryson's An itinerary ..., 1617. Also, copies of Sir Ralph Winwood's papers when principal secretary of state, 1614-1617, with a few from an earlier and a later date, as well as many petitions; letters of recommendation; letters to and from envoys and agents in Spain, Savoy, Venice, Turkey, the Netherlands (one of 1617 mentions [Hugo] Grotius), Belgium, France, the county Palatine and Portugal; several letters from the lords-deputy of Ireland, Sir Edward Coke, Sir Tobie Matthew, Sir Thomas Smith, and Sir William Monson; two letters to Sir Walter Raleigh, one about a debt claimed by Peter Frobisher in right of his uncle, Captain Frobisher, and Raleigh's proposal for his last voyage to Guiana, [1616?]; a letter from Dr. Thomas Lodge and another discussing a debt owing to him; a letter and petition of Dr. William Fulke's daughter relating to her right to print his books; a copy of the French king's edict, January 1607, for drawing certain makers of tapestry from the Low Countries into France and Sir Francis Crane's proposal for a similar undertaking in England. Date range found in volume: 1607 on leaf 55v and 1625 on leaf 115v.
Note
Many leaves blank. The copies are arranged in no apparent order; many are of Irish interest. Fragmentary title on spine: [---]anowich & others of Lord Bucleigh [-] . Typescript list of contents tipped in at end.
Signed "Sum D. Burton" on leaf 1 and "D. Burton" on verso of last leaf.
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.
Transcription made ca. 1830, with corrections by Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1842, cataloged separately as Folger M.b.27.
Signed "Sum D. Burton" on leaf 1 and "D. Burton" on verso of last leaf.
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.
Transcription made ca. 1830, with corrections by Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1842, cataloged separately as Folger M.b.27.
Finding aid
For a fuller description, see online finding aid.
Finding aid identifier
B87378
Publications about material
Historical Manuscripts Commission, 4th, p. 372.
Provenance
Crowcombe Court -- André de Coppet.
Formerly Folger MS Add 34.
Formerly Folger MS Add 34.
Source of acquisition
Sotheby's July 4-5, 1955, lot 1001.
Cited/described in
Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts, 6856
Includes
Moryson, Fynes, 1566-1630. Itinerary.
Principall navigations, voiages, and discoveries of the English nation.
Principall navigations, voiages, and discoveries of the English nation.
Item Details
Call number
G.b.10
Folger accession
MS Add 34