The Earl of Strafforde's letters and dispatches, . with an essay towards his life by Sir George Radcliffe. From the originals in the possession of his great grandson the Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Malton, Knight of the Bath. By William Knowler, LL.D. ...
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593 – 1641)
Category
Books
Date
1739
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3049091
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v., plate . port.. . fol... Not indigenous. Provenance: Inscription on pastedown of both vols.: 1749. Given by Thomas Marquess of Rockingham to W. W. [i.e. by Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham (1693-1750), Whig politician, to William Wrightson (1676-1760)]. Wrightson's armorial bookplate: William Wrightson of Cusworth in Yorkshire, Esq. (Franks 32674). Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Binding: Eighteenth-century full mottled calf over boards; spine gilt- and blind-tooled; gilt spine title: "Earl. of. Strafford's Letters"; sewn on six raised bands.
Makers and roles
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593 – 1641) William Knowler Sir George Radcliffe (1593–1657) William Knowler (1699-1773) Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham