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Papers connected with suits at law concerning the validity of the will (dat. 5 Aug....

Catalogue reference: DE/Boxes XIII-XVI

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DE/Boxes XIII-XVI

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Papers connected with suits at law concerning the validity of the will (dat. 5 Aug. 1642) of Robert Devereux, 3rd and last Earl of Essex (d. 14 Sept. 1646), and the disposition of his estates.

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Longleat House
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English

Publication note(s)
<p>For an account of the litigation as to the will, with references to the Longleat MSS., see W. B. Devereux, "Lives of the Devereux", 1853, vol. ii p. 470.</p>
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Papers connected with suits at law concerning the validity of the will (dat. 5 Aug....