Transcripts of accounts of journeys of Spanish nobility and royalty

Scope and Content

Journeys include: Isabel Clara Eugenia of Austria from Milan to Flanders, 1599; entry of Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain, into Ferrara 13 November 1598; Philip III of Spain to Madrid in 1599; Archduke Albert of Austria, Count of Flanders, from Barcelona to Genoa in 1599; entry of Phillip III into Valencia in 1599.

Administrative / Biographical History

No information was available at the time of compilation.

Arrangement

See hard-copy catalogue.

Access Information

Open for research. 24 hours notice should be given before a research visit.

Acquisition Information

Guildhall Library.

Other Finding Aids

A hard-copy catalogue is also available in the Special Collections reading room.

Archivist's Note

Date(s) of descriptions: 2000-02-15 Joseph Gelfer.

Conditions Governing Use

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Custodial History

In 1928 Phelips bequeathed the collection to the Corporation of London in memory of his sister, Clare Louisa Eliot; in 1950 the Guildhall Library placed it on permanent deposit in the University Library.