Autographs of royal, noble, learned, and remarkable personages conspicuous in English history, from the reign of Richard the Second to that of Charles the Second; with some illustrious foreigners; containing many passages from important letters. Engraved under the direction of Charles John Smith. Accompanied by concise biographical memoirs, and interesting extracts from the original documents / by John Gough Nichols.

  • Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873.
Date:
1829
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Credit: Autographs of royal, noble, learned, and remarkable personages conspicuous in English history, from the reign of Richard the Second to that of Charles the Second; with some illustrious foreigners; containing many passages from important letters. Engraved under the direction of Charles John Smith. Accompanied by concise biographical memoirs, and interesting extracts from the original documents / by John Gough Nichols. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Suffolk, William De la Pole, 1st Duke of, 1. -John De la Pole, 2d Duke of, 3. —— Charles Brandon, Duke of, 9. -Katherine Duchess of, 20. ■ Henry Grey, Duke of, 19. -Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of, 38. Sully, Maximilian de Bethune, Due de, 47. Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of, 9. Sussex, Robert Ratclyffe, 1st Earl of, 15. ■ Henry Ratclyffe, 2d Earl of, 15. ■ -Thomas Radclyffe, 3d Earl of, 24. -Henry Radelyffe, 4th Earl of, 26. Sydney, Sir Henry, K. G. 27. ■ Lady Mary, 25. See Corrections below. — Sir Robert, 30. -See Sidney. Sylvester, Josuah, 32. Talbot. Vide Shrewsbury. Thurloe, John, 53. Totnes, George Carew, Earl of, 47. Trumbull, William, 49. Tuke, Sir Brian, 16. Tunstall, Cuthbert, Bishop of Durham, 10. Typtot, or Tiptoft, John, Lord, 1. Usher, James, Archbishop of Armagh, 29. Vandyck, Sir Anthony, 47. Vere, Sir Horace, 30. Vergil, Polydore, 13. Verstegan, Richard, 44. Verulam, Francis Bacon, Viscount, 40. Vincent, Augustine, 31. Walsingham, Sir Francis, 27. Ware, Sir James, 43. Warham, William, Archb. of Canterbury, 10. Warwick, Richard Nevill, Earl of, 2. -Ambrose Dudley, Earl of 23. ■■ — ■ Robert Rich, 2d Earl of, 37. -Anne Countess of, 25. Wenlock, John Lord, 1. Wentworth, Sir Nicholas, 16. -Thomas 1st Lord, 16. Westmoreland, Ralph Nevill, 4th Earl of, 14. -Charles Nevill, 6th Earl of, 23. Weston, Sir Richard, 16. -Sir Richard, 1st Earl of Portland, 41. Whitelocke, Bulstrode, 53. Whitgift, John, Archbishop of Canterbury, 28. Whytney, Geffrey, 12. Wiat, SirThomas, 12. Wiltshire, James Butler, Earl of, 1. —— Thomas Boleyn, Earl of, 9. Williams, John, Archbishop of York, 41. Winchelsea, Heneage Finch, 2d Earl of, 54. Winchester, Wm. Paulett, 1st Marquis of, 23. Windebank, Sir Francis, 47- -Sir Thomas, 49. Windsor, Edward 3d Lord, 23. Wingfield, Sir Anthony, K. G. 16. -Sir Richard, K. G. 16. Wolsey, Thomas, Cardinal, 10. Worcester, John Typtot, Earl of, 1. ■-Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of, 17. -Henry Somerset, 2d Earl of, 9. -William Somerset, 3d Earl of, 26. -Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of, 37- Wotton, Nicholas, 15. -Sir Henry, 41. -Edward 1st Lord, 41. Wriothesley, SirThomas, 16. Wulcy, Thomas. Vide Wolsey. York, Richard Plantagenet, Duke of, 2. -Anne Duchess of, 55. CORRECTIONS. Plate 6, art. 2, line penult, for peds read sped. Plate 7, art. 1. SirThomas Boleyn married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas second Duke of Norfolk, K. G. an alliance which must have considerably contributed to his original advancement. Plate 10, art. 1, line penult, for Wuley read Wulcy. Plate 14, art. 9. The Autograph is erroneously attributed to the sixth Earl of Northumberland, whose Signature will be seen in Plate 20.— Henry Percy, fifth Earl of Northumberland, K. G. (to whom the present Autograph belongs,) was born in 1477-8, and succeeded his father at the age of eleven in 1489. He was one of the chief commanders at the battle of Blackheath in 1497, and in 1503 was selected to conduct the Princess Margaret to her husband the Scottish King. In the reign of Henry the Eighth he was Warden of the Marches towards Scotland, and he died May 19, 1527. It was to this Earl that the “ Northumberland Household-book,” published by Bishop Percy, belonged; and it affords honourable evidence of the Earl’s own munificence and taste, as well as of the general economy and manners of the age. Plate 16. Omit the words “ first Viscount Montagu and in third line, for “ he” read “ his son Anthony,” who was the first Viscount Montagu, created in 1554. Plate 23, art. 13, five lines from the bottom, for immediately” read “ subsequentlyand for “ Alice” read “ Lettice.” Plate 24, art. 3, line 2, for sister” read “ niece.” Plate 25, art. 8. This Autograph is not that of Mary Sydney, Countess of Pembroke, but of her mother Lady Mary Dudley, eldest daughter of John Duke of Northumberland, and sister to the favou¬ rite Leicester. She was the wife of Sir Henry Sydney, K.G. (whose success at Court doubtless in part arose from this alliance), and mother to the immortal Sir Philip. [Portrait by E. Harding.] To the Earl of Sussex, to whom the letter is addressed, this lady was “ sister, from his wife being Frances Sydney, sister to her husband Sir Henry; the Countess of Pembroke would (by the same matrimo¬ nial connection) have been his niece. Plate 37, art. 1. line penult. Instead of the “ Earl of Bristol,” the case of Lord Cottington (see Clarendon) is that to which the Editor intended to refer ; although Buckingham's behaviour to the Earl of Bristol in Spain, and to several other persons on various occasions, was of a very similar complexion. Plate 39, art. 9, line 2, for “ his” read her. Plate 50, art. 3, line 14, for “ June 16” read 11. Plate 52, art. 2, 3. The Signature No. 2, e: O. Cromwell, May 1651,” and No. 3, “ Oliver P.” are both from Harl. MSS. 7502. Plate 54, art 2. A monumental inscription in the Tower of London records that Sir Allen Apsley, Knight, Victualler of the Navy twenty-one years, and Lieutenant of the Tower fourteen, died May 24, 1630. The Sir Allen who was a servant of James Duke of York was his son ; see a Pedigree of the family in the Memoirs of Col. Hutchinson.” Westminster : Printed by J. B. Nichols and Son.