Letter from Queen Elizabeth I to Lady Elizabeth Southwell, 1598 October 15 : manuscript

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Title: Letter from Queen Elizabeth I to Lady Elizabeth Southwell, 1598 October 15 : manuscript
Alternative Title: Elizabeth's Southwell Condolence
Creator: Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
Published / Created: 1598 October 15.
Publication Place: Richmond Upon Thames, London, England and England London
Abstract: Letter signed from Queen Elizabeth to her maid of honour Lady Elizabeth Southwell, daughter of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, sending condolences on the death of Lady Southwell's husband, Sir Robert Southwell. Written from the Queen's palace at Richmond, 1598 October 15.
Description: Elizabeth Howard married Sir Robert Southwell and, after his death, Sir John Stewart, from 1628 Earl of Carrick.
In English.
Variant title from description in Parkes, S. et al, Elizabethan Club of Yale University and its Library.
Parkes, S. et al dates the death of Robert Southwell and therefore the letter to 1599.
Provenance: Purchased by the Elizabethan Club (Yale University), 2003.
Extent: 1 item (1 sheet) : 27.3 x 19 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Letters of condolence
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: text
Subject (Name): Carrick, Elizabeth Howard, Countess of, 1564-1646.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
Southwell, Robert, Sir, 1563-1598.
Subjects: Carrick, Elizabeth Howard, Countess of, 1564-1646
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
Southwell, Robert, Sir, 1563-1598

Access: Public
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Citation: Elizabeth I, Queen of England, Letter from Queen Elizabeth I to Lady Elizabeth Southwell, 1598 October 15. Elizabethan Club, Yale University.