Janus: Basil Montagu: Papers concerning Francis Bacon.

Manuscripts/MS Add.4326-4338 contains:
MS Add.4326	Lists of works by or concerning Francis Bacon
MS Add.4327	Lists of works by or concerning Francis Bacon, in the hand of Basil Montagu and one other
MS Add.4328	List of works by or concerning Francis Bacon, compiled by Basil Montagu
MS Add.4329	Two works by Francis Bacon
MS Add.4330	Transcripts concerning Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, made for Basil Montagu
MS Add.4331	Collectanea regarding Francis Bacon, in English and Latin, in various hands
MS Add.4332	Transcripts of tracts dealing with Bacon's Novum organum, made for Basil Montagu, in English, Latin and French
MS Add.4333	List of manuscripts regarding Francis Bacon, compiled by Basil Montagu
MS Add.4334	Francis Bacon: 'Instauratio Magna', Parts IV and V, translated by F. Wrangham
MS Add.4335	Francis Bacon: foreign correspondence, compiled for Basil Montagu
MS Add.4336	Miscellanea concerning Francis Bacon, compiled by Basil Montagu
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Basil Montagu: Papers concerning Francis Bacon.

Title	Transcripts concerning Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, made for Basil Montagu
Reference	MS Add.4330
Creator	Montagu, Basil, 1770-1851
Covering Dates	1831 (Circa)
Extent and Medium	1 volume; paper

Content and context

(Fo. 1) Earl of Essex: 'A precious Letter to the Earl of Southampton', a transcript of an edition printed in London, 1643; (fos 11, 15 and 20) Francis Bacon: speeches at the trial of the Earls of Essex and Southampton, 19 February 1601, made from British Library, Harley MSS 5202 and 6854; (fos 25, 96, 111, 114 and 124) extracts of letters from Rowland Whyte to Sir Robert Sydney, 1599-1600; (fo. 71) extract on Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex; (fo. 76) extract from William Camden's History of Elizabeth (London, 1688); (fo. 82) extracts from T. Birch, Memoirs of the reign of Queen Elizabeth (London, 1754); (fo. 118) notes by Montagu; (fo. 121) printed extracts; (fo. 183) copy of a letter from Thomas Egerton to [Essex], undated. The versos are blank.

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