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Letterbook of correspondence with Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, Sir Henry Griffith and other Yorkshire officials regarding military affairs in wapentakes of Buckrose and Dickering

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Letterbook of correspondence between Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, then Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire, the Privy Council, and various sheriff, bailiffs, and Justices of the Peace, mainly Sir Henry Griffith, and other Yorkshire officials. The correspondence deals with military affairs in wapentakes of Buckrose and Dickering; also, with muster lists, assessments, papers regarding poor relief, etc., copies of letters from Sir Thomas Postumus Hobby, Matthew Hutton and others. The letter book is in two volumes: Vol. I - 131 pages, 33 x 23 cm., sewn into a fragment of a 15th century manuscript on vellum; Vol. II - 44 pages, 30 x 21 cm., both volumes with damaged pages and loss of text.
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Production date
1588-1611.
Call number
mssHM 50657
Creator
Great Britain(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from Christie's London, Lot 76, May 5, 1982.
Associated people
Griffith, Henry, (1558-1620.)
Hobby, Thomas Postumus, (1565 or 1566-1641.)
Huntingdon, Henry Hastings, (1535-1595.)
Hutton, Matthew, (1529-1606.)
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