Miscellaneous writings, some relating to Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, c. 1550
Scope and Contents
(1) Copy of the will of King Henry VII, with some erasures on the last page; (2) ‘Pious meditations by Collyns’, beginning ‘Farewell worlde synce that no man may truste to the ...’, followed by nineteen couplets beginning ‘When I considere what is man, O Lord, I know of right ...’; (3) ‘To make a verye fyne perfume to avoyde the daunger of the place suspected of the plague’; (4) ‘This was the duke of Somersetts style wch he write [sic] to the Scottes after Mustleburrowe feilde; at whiche tyme he was Lorde Protectoure’; (5) ‘Theise sayeinges followeinge were geven to the duke of Somersett for his newe yeares gifte at his first beinge prysoner in the towre of London. By his servaunte Grey’, 1550, nine couplets following, beginning ‘If ever noble manne were bounde to thanke god ...’; (6) ‘When the duke of Somersett was at his libertie upon Newe yeares daye next followinge the afore sayde Grey his servaunte gave these sayeinges unto the sayde duke his Mr.’, consisting of more than 50 couplets, beginning ‘The wourkes of God be greate and also straunge ...’; (7) ‘Thordynarye entreteynment of estraungers which were some tyme servinge at Boulloigne and Guisnes as well horsemen as ffootemen’: a statement of the rates of pay of the officers and soldiers.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1550
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 volume(s) (30 pages.)
Language of Materials
Latin
English
Custodial History
In the Library by the mid 1750s.
Physical Description
Paper.
Repository Details
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