• Skip links for Friends of the National Libraries
  • Skip to main navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
  • Join FNL
  • Contact FNL
  • Twitter

Friends of the National Libraries

Home » Signed letter addressed to Louis XI of France

Signed letter addressed to Louis XI of France

Grant information

Item author: Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, the King-maker
Item date: 1471
Grant Value: 90
Item cost:
Item cost pre-decimal: 90
Item date acquired: 1955
Item institution: British Library
Item Provenance: Andre de Coppet collection sold at Sothebys July 1955, lot 1013.
Town/City: London
County:

Subscription and signature are autograph, text throws light on negotiations for an alliance between England and France against Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. Arthur Gimson donated 40 of the total purchase price. Add MS 48988, f 40

  • Home
  • About FNL
  • Join FNL!
  • Prince of Wales Fund
  • Applying for Grants
  • Grants since 1931
  • Support FNL
  • News
  • Contact FNL

Join FNL

  • Contact the FNL

PO Box 4291, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 9JA |  Registered Charity No. 313020

  1. Privacy and Cookie Policy