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Charles I, King: instructions to Earl of Bridgewater

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8448

Scope and Contents

'Instructions given by our late Sovereign Lord King Charles the First to...John Earle of Bridgewater Lord President of the Councell...signed by his Ma[jes]tie at Theobalds the 12th day of May in the ninth yeare of his Ma[jes]ties reigne', 72 numbered pages. The volume has the bookplate of the Duke of Beaufort, 1705.

Dates

  • Creation: 1650 (Circa. Copy of original which is dated 1633)

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 collection

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Received from the library of Sir Geoffrey Keynes, 1982.

Bibliography

The collection is no. 16 in Sir Geoffrey Keynes, Bibliotheca bibliographici (London, 1964), p. 4.
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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