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O./3.61/4
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Letter signed by members of the Privy Council to the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal [Nicholas Bacon] re order for general musters
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- 24 Jun. 1577 (Creation)
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1 folded sheet with printed cutting from dealer's catalogue taped on; 1 engraving. In later wrapper.
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W. C. Whetham (later Dampier) noted that this document was purchased from W. V. Daniell in Oct. 1906.
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Signed by W[illiam Cecil, Lord] Burghley; E[dward Fiennes de Clinton, Earl of] Lincoln; T[homas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of] Sussex; F[rancis Russell, 2nd Earl of] Bedford; F[rancis] Knollys; Fra[ncis] Walsingham.
With engraving of Walsingham by J. Cochran, published by Harding & Lepard, Pall Mall East, Jun. 1829.
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O.3.61/4
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- Cecil, William (? 1520–1598) 1st Baron Burghley, royal minister (Subject)
- Clinton, Edward Fiennes de (1512-1585), 1st Earl of Lincoln, military commander (Subject)
- Radcliffe, Thomas (c 1525-1582), 3rd Earl of Sussex, lord lieutenant of Ireland and courtier (Subject)
- Russell, Francis (c 1527-1585), 2nd Earl of Bedford, politician (Subject)
- Knollys, Sir Francis (c 1511-1596), knight, politician (Subject)
- Walsingham, Sir Francis (c. 1532-1590), principal secretary (Subject)
- Bacon, Sir Nicholas (1510-1579), knight, lawyer and administrator (Subject)