Title

Letter from Queen Mary I to Lord Seymour of Sudeley, 4th June 1547.Artist: Queen Mary I

Caption

Letter from Queen Mary I to Lord Seymour of Sudeley, 4th June 1547. Letter written from Wanstead by Mary I (written before her accession) to Lord Seymour of Sudeley (Lord High Admiral, uncle of Edward VI and brother of the Duke of Somerset) in answer to his request for her assistance towards his marriage with Catherine (Parr), widowed queen of Henry VIII. From the third series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I-V, (London, 1899).
The Print Collector collection

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C17_309

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,4Mb) / 12,5in x 15,6in / 3743 x 4671 (300dpi)

Keywords

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