Lansdowne MS 23 - Burghley Papers

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 135
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1657)
Title
Burghley Papers
Shelfmark
Lansdowne MS 23
Creation Date
ca. 1570 - 1580
Repository
Contents Note

A folio composite volume of state letters and papers.

Material Features

In various hands bound in 19th-century half-morocco. 204 ff. plus blanks.

Provenance

The ‘Burghley Papers’, Lansdowne MSS 1-122, are the papers of and relating to William Cecil, Lord Burghley.

Acquisition

This collection belonged to William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (1737-1805) and was purchased for the British Museum with a parliamentary grant in 1807.

Source of Data

Catherine Evans

Sermons Contained
GEMMS record created
July 14, 2022
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024