Documents on the case of Richard Blake of Ardfry in Galway including his various petitions

Creator:

Blake, Richard (creator)

Name:

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

Date:

1698

Description:

Contains a number of petitions by Blake to the King, Lords Justices of Ireland, and others protesting his innocence in bearing arms on behalf of James II against William III. Marked (Co-332). This document possibly once bound as part of Phillipps MS 24,523.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Part of the Southwell family papers owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps. These had originally been purchased in bulk by the bookseller Thomas Thorpe and sold in a series of sales in the 1830s. This item formerly owned by Archibald Cameron Elias Jr. (1944-2008). Elias purchased it as part of a collection of Phillipps/Southwell material at Sotheby’s (London) in their 4 April 1977 sale, as lot 140. Gift of the Elias estate to the Penn Libraries.

Subject:

Glorious Revolution; Petitions

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Geographic Subject:

Ireland -- Galway

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

See full finding aid at http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/ead/upenn_rbml_PUSpMsColl1085

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 1084, folder 11

Collection:

Southwell family papers on Ireland