Holograph commonplace book containing excerpts from books, magazines and newspapers on a variety of subjects, including antiquities; recent history and politics; voyages of discovery; agriculture and agricultural improvement; natural history; methods ...
Description:
Richard Bailye of Lichfield (b. 1718) was a schoolfellow of Peter and David Garrick at the Lichfield Grammar School, and joined them in the wine trade for several years in the 1760s. Bailye probably continued his father's bookselling business in Lich...
Nine documents relating to the career and family of the first Earl of Holland. The collection contains Holland's 1648 will, written "considering the violence and accidents in this time of danger and distraction;" a letter to his wife and daughters, pr...
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Henry Rich, first Earl of Holland (1590-1649) was both Royalist and Parliamentarian at various points during the English Civil Wars. Returning to the Royalist side in 1648, he rose for the King at Kingston but was defeated on July 7, 1648, and capture...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., England., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Ashurst, Diana Paget, Lady, d. 1707., Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649., Holland, Elizabeth Ingram, Countess of, d. 1661., Holland, Henry Rich, Earl of, 1590-1649., Holland, Henry Rich, Earl of, 1590-1649, Holland, Isabel Cope, Countess of, d. 1655., Macclesfield, Charles Gerard, Earl of, 1618?-1694., Ormonde, Elizabeth Butler, Duchess of, -1684., Paget, Frances Rich, Lady, d. 1678., and Paget, William Paget, Baron, 1609-1678.
Subject (Topic):
Will, Nobility, Puritans, Royalists, History, and Politics and government
