Nine documents relating to the career and family of the first Earl of Holland. The collection contains Holland's 1648 will, written "considering the violence and accidents in this time of danger and distraction;" a letter to his wife and daughters, pr...
Description:
Henry Rich, first Earl of Holland (1590-1649) was both Royalist and Parliamentarian at various points during the English Civil Wars. Returning to the Royalist side in 1648, he rose for the King at Kingston but was defeated on July 7, 1648, and capture...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., England., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Ashurst, Diana Paget, Lady, d. 1707., Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649., Holland, Elizabeth Ingram, Countess of, d. 1661., Holland, Henry Rich, Earl of, 1590-1649., Holland, Henry Rich, Earl of, 1590-1649, Holland, Isabel Cope, Countess of, d. 1655., Macclesfield, Charles Gerard, Earl of, 1618?-1694., Ormonde, Elizabeth Butler, Duchess of, -1684., Paget, Frances Rich, Lady, d. 1678., and Paget, William Paget, Baron, 1609-1678.
Subject (Topic):
Will, Nobility, Puritans, Royalists, History, and Politics and government
