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Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1593-1641

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1593 - 1641

Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford (1593-1641), English statesman.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

[Parliamentary speeches and two treatises].

 Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB174
Overview: Anonymous MS, written in various scribes' hands. Original limp vellum.
Dates: 17th century

[Miscellaneous Parliamentary manuscripts]

 Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB158
Overview: Volume, in multiple hands, of seven booklets primarily on such topics as law, Parliament, government, and public finances. Parliamentary items include speeches by Thomas Wentworth, earl of Strafford, and Francis Seymour, Baron Trowbridge, complaining about forced loans, billeting of soldiers, and other grievances; a copy of the Spanish ambassador's complaints against George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, as well as his own excuses for the conduct of the Spanish during marriage negotiations...
Dates: [17th century]

[Parliamentary speeches, negotiations, etc., (most from 1640-1641)]

 Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB161
Overview: Manuscript, primarily in Browne's hand, though numerous items are in other hands, of a collection of about 74 items, primarily on Parliamentary subjects and mostly dated 1641. Items include extracts from Parliamentary journals; speeches by James I and Charles I; discussions concerning Scotland; notes on the speeches of Edward, Earl of Conway and Sir John Coke; Parliamentary resolutions declaring ship money to be illegal; a protestation by the House of Commons vowing to uphold the Church of...
Dates: 1599-1641

[Collection of prints, letters, and printed ephemera pertaining to the Earl of Strafford]

 Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB145
Overview: Includes an original watercolor, 2 Dutch prints, 3 English prints, prints of Charles I (1600-49), Lords and Commons as they appeared at Strafford's trial, and Strafford's execution, facsimiles of autographs, and a contemporary printed copy of "The Earle of Straffords last Speech on the Scaffold."
Dates: 1630-1641