Copies of letters and dispatches written by Arthur Capel when Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1672-77, arranged chronologically in five volumes.
Papers of Arthur Capel, Earl of Essex
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- ReferenceGB 161 MSS. Add. C. 33-7
- Dates of Creation1690-1700
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- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description5 shelfmarks
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Administrative / Biographical History
Arthur Capel (1631-1683) 1st Earl of Essex, was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1672-7. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
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Acquisition Information
The papers were acquired by the Library not later than 1862.
Note
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, nos. 30231-5.