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.
Associated People
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 (Contributor name)
Catherine Evans
Sermons Contained
Sermon on Romans 12:2 -- No. 45, ff. 91 - 92.
Sermon on John 14:23 -- No. 46, ff. 93 - 97
GEMMS record created
July 14, 2022
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024