GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-
136
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1659)
Title
Burghley Papers
Shelfmark
Lansdowne MS 17
Creation Date
1573 - 1573
Repository
Contents Note
State papers and letters in a variety of hands.
Material Features
220 ff. Bound in 19th-century half-morocco.
Associated People
Provenance
Lansdowne MSS 1-122 is made up of the papers of 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, British Library Catalogue.
Sermons Contained
The Sum of Millayans Sermon against the church of England -- ff. 176 - 179
GEMMS record created
July 14, 2022
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024