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Part I. Lord Chancellor Ellesmere, up to 1617
Official Papers
Official Matters in the Courts of Law
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"A true Collection as well of all the Kinge's Maties, offices and fees of his Maties, honorable howshold, Togethr wth all fees apertaineinge to Captaines and souldiors haveinge charge of Castells, Bullwarkes, and fortresses wth in ye Realme of England, And Likewiese ye offices and fees of his hignes honorable howses, Parkes, forrestes, and chases wth in ye said Realme."

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"A true Collection as well of all the Kinge's Maties, offices and fees of his Maties, honorable howshold, Togethr wth all fees apertaineinge to Captaines and souldiors haveinge charge of Castells, Bullwarkes, and fortresses wth in ye Realme of England, And Likewiese ye offices and fees of his hignes honorable howses, Parkes, forrestes, and chases wth in ye said Realme."

Description: Official, semi-official, and personal papers of six generations of the Egerton family, particularly those accumulated by Sir Thomas Egerton, 1540?-1617, Baron Ellesmere and Viscount of Brackley, Solicitor-General (1581-1592), Attorney-General (1592-1594), Lord Keeper (1596-1603), and Lord Chancellor (1603-1617); Sir John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater, 1579-1649, President of the Council of Wales (1631-1649); John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, 1622-1686, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (1660-1686); John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater, 1646-1701, President of the Board of Trade (1696-1699), First Lord of Admiralty (1699-1701), Speaker of the House of Lords (1697 and 1700); John Scrope Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater, 1681-1745, a Whig courtier under Anne and George I, and Francis, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, 1736-1803
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1150-1803.
Call number: EL 3042a (35/C/33)
Creator: Egerton (Family)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased with the Bridgewater library from John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere, through the agency of George D. Smith and Sotheby's of London, 1917.
Rights: Facsimile material: Researchers must apply for permission to publish or quote these materials from the owners of the originals. Please contatct: Estate Administrator. Mertoun Estate. St. Boswell's, Melrose, Roxburghshire. SCOTLAND TD6 0EA.
Associated people: Ellesmere, Thomas Egerton, (1540?-1617.); Bridgewater, John Egerton, (-1649.); Bridgewater, John Egerton, (1623-1686.); Bridgewater, John Egerton, (1646-1701.); Bridgewater, John Scrope Egerton, (1681-1745.); Bridgewater, Francis Egerton, (1736-1803.); Derby, Ferdinando Stanley, (approximately 1559-1594.); Stanley (Family)
Associated organizations: England and Wales.; England and Wales.; England and Wales.; Great Britain.; Great Britain.; Maryland.; Virginia.
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