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Letter

8 Jul 1652: Junius, Franciscus, 1591-1677 (Amsterdam, North Holland, (United Provinces) Netherlands) to Selden, John, 1584-1654

Catalogue: Selden catalogue
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Dates

8 July 1652

Original Calendar: Julian (start of year: 25 Mar).

(As Marked: Anno 1652 the 8 of July stilo novo.)

People

Authors

Junius, Franciscus, 1591-1677
German philologist, writer on art, and manuscript collector; son of Franciscus Junius (or Du Jon) (1545–1602); brother-in-law of Gerardus Joannes Vossius (1577-1649); uncle of Isaac Vossius (1618-89)

Recipients

Selden, John, 1584-1654
lawyer, and historical and linguistic scholar

Mentions

Bridgman (Mr) (mentioned in 1652)
English merchant in Amsterdam; son-in-law of Mr Watson

Corbett, Thomas (Sir) (mentioned 1652)
of Norfolk; brother of Miles Corbett, politician (1594-1662)

Couse, William (mentioned 1652)
agent for Aletheia Howard, countess of Arundel (d.1654)

Howard, Aletheia, d.1654
countess of Arundel, of Surrey, and of Norfolk, suo jure Baroness Furnivall, Baroness Talbot, and Baroness Strange of Blackmere; patron and collector of art; wife of Thomas Howard, fourteenth earl of Arundel, fourth earl of Surrey, and first earl of Norfolk (1585–1646)

Liddal, William
ward of Elizabeth Grey, countess of Kent and then of John Selden

Watson (Mr) (mentioned in 1652)
father-in-law of Mr Bridgman; near Naerden, Netherlands

Places

Origin

As marked: at Amsterdam

Amsterdam, North Holland, (United Provinces) Netherlands

Content

Keywords

schooling; Naerden, Netherlands; Amsterdam; living expenses

Language

English

Repositories & Versions

Versions (originals, copies, etc)

Letter
- Repository: British Library, Manuscript Collections
  City: London
  
  Country: England, United Kingdom
- Shelfmark: MS BL Harley 7001 f. 232

Comments

School and financial arrangements for William Liddal or Lyddall, who was the ward of Elizabeth Grey, countess of Kent and then, after her death, of John Selden.

Edit Record Source of data: Gerald J. Toomer, calendared by Kim McLean-Fiander, October 2011

Record ID 700329, last changed by Miranda Lewis on 10/02/2012.