Letters and documents concerning Somerset’s legal, financial, political and estate affairs
Overview
Volume of 59 letters signed by Somerset apparently written to Sir Thomas Pengelly (his agent or counsel for legal, financial, political, and estate affairs).
Dates
- Creation: September 12, 1716 - September 27, 1727 and some undated
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
None
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 volume (1 item) : Binding: 68 documents on guards; 1 loose. Binding title: Somerset letters. Pengelly papers. Ornamentation: (plan of tower of Somerset's house)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
MS E74
Custodial History
Pengelly left his papers to John Webb; these held by Rev. Thomas William Webb of Hardwick Vicarage, Herefordshire in 1879; sold as "Other properties," Sotheby, February 19, 1963 to F. Edwards.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
M. David Magee, 1964
- Title
- Guide to the Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, Papers
- Subtitle
- Letters and documents concerning Somerset’s legal, financial, political and estate affairs
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, 1964; revised by ksc, 2006. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2006.
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in<language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/4095563168
- Preferred citation
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Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, Papers, Department of Special Collections, MS E74, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository