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"A Discourse of passages, between the Earle of Essex, Northamton, and Somersett, the Countess of Somersett, S.r Thomas Overbury, with their Risings and Falles...", [ca. 1630] File 19125

Manuscript of a narrative history
of the Sir Thomas Overbury affair
involving Frances Devereux Howard,
Countess of Essex and Robert Carr,
Viscount Rochester (later Earl
of Somerset). The text takes a
pointedly moral view of the scandal
and comments on the effect of court
corruption on the political life
of England.
Subtitle: "With Divers other Matters
acted during the Late raigne of
King James, and also of the Duk of
Buckinghames first coming into
favor. Of the condition of the state
of England, and the relation it
had to other Provinces."
Stitched.
ACC.: 02.1.5

  1. Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
  2. Osborn Manuscript Files, 1332-1989
  3. Numerical Sequence: 19124-19309
  4. [WILSON, ARTHUR, 1595-1652]

"A discourse of the Earl of Anglesea's Lord Privy Seal upon two several conferences had between the two Houses touching the Bill for an additional imposition on foreign commodities and setting forth the jurisdiction of the Lords and power of the Commons in granting subsidies etc", 1671 Apr 19 File 251

Regarding the relative powers of
the two houses of Parliament.

  1. Yale University -Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
  2. Osborn Manuscript Files, 1332-1989
  3. "A"
  4. ANGLESEY, ARTHUR ANNESLEY, 1ST EARL OF, 1614-1686