L.a.239 - Letter from Richard Broughton to Richard Bagot | GEMMS: GATEWAY TO EARLY MODERN MANUSCRIPTS

GEMMS Manuscript ID

GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 945
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1425)

Title

Letter from Richard Broughton to Richard Bagot

Shelfmark

L.a.239

Creation Date

1577 - 1577

Repository

Folger Shakespeare Library

Contents Note

A letter from Richard Broughton to Richard Bagot concerning the printed funeral sermon for Walter Devereux, First Earl of Essex, dated 6 May [1577].

Associated People

manuscript owner - Bagot, Richard (1530-03-25 - 1597-02-02)

manuscript owner - Broughton, Richard (1542-03-25 - 1604-03-25)

manuscript owner - De Coppet, André (1892-01-01 - 1953-01-01)

Acquisition

The greater part of this collection of over 1,000 letters and documents was purchased at the sale of André de Coppet MSS at Sotheby's, 4-5 July 1955.

Source of Data

Hannah Yip

Other Note

This letter forms part of the Papers of the Bagot family of Blithfield, Staffordshire (see finding aid below), which consist primarily of autograph letters dating from 1557 until 1671.

Sermon Reports Contained

Report of sermon by Richard Davies -- 1 leaf

URLs

http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/detail/FOLGERCM1~6~6~371219~131715:Letter-f… Digitised copy of Folger Shakespeare Library, L.a.239.

http://findingaids.folger.edu/dfobagot.xml Papers of the Bagot family of Blithfield, Staffordshire.

GEMMS record created

January 15, 2021

GEMMS record last edited

July 15, 2024