Autograph letter signed from John Ferrers, Preston, to Thomas Parker, Esq., Browsholme [manuscript], 1682 April 15.
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Title
Autograph letter signed from John Ferrers, Preston, to Thomas Parker, Esq., Browsholme [manuscript], 1682 April 15.
Description
1 leaf ; 20 x 31 cm
Scope and content
Ferrers discusses help that might be given to him in a forthcoming law case at Whalley-Sessions. More significantly, the letter concerns events relating to the Rye-House plot, including the burning of the Rump at Covent Garden after the return of the Duke of York (James II), the burning of an effigy of a Presbyterian Minister, the burning of the Earl of Shaftesbury's effigy, as well as the Exclusion Bill and other related news.
Note
Dated: Preston, 15o April 82o. Signed: J. fferrers. Addressed: For his honoured friend Thomas Parker, Esqr., att Broosholme. Intact red wax seal to right of address.
Historical background
John Ferrers is possibly the same John Ferrers, gentleman, who appears in an appeal to Lancashire Quarter Sessions, 1668-69. Those documents state that Ferrers was a Derbyshire man, an attorney by training.
Provenance
Formerly Folger MS Add 1210.
Source of acquisition
Acquired from A.R. Heath, February 2003 (no. 27)
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library X.c.118
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Lancashire.
Item Details
Call number
X.c.118
Folger-specific note
Adopted by Marie Hojnacki and Garrett Sullivan, Acquisitions Night 2004.
Folger accession
MS Add 1210