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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Cotton MS Language Cipher Name Archibald, Douglas, conspirator and Church of Scotland minister, c 1540-c 1602

1. Cotton MS Caligula C II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C II
Title:
Records and papers (primarily originals) concerning England and Scotland, 1569–1572.
Scope & Content:
This volume is a rich source of materials for Anglo-Scottish relations and the issue of Mary, Queen of Scots in English and Scottish politics between 1570 and 1572 (there is one document, and possibly another, from 1569). It includes original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots (r: 1542–1567;...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1570-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume.

2. Cotton MS Caligula C VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C VI
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1580–1581
Scope & Content:
A volume of records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1580–1581. It includes items in the hand of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (d. 1598). ff. 2r–v: Robert Bowes, to William Cecil, reporting a plot of Esmé Stuart , Earl of Lennox and his friends to ruin Mor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, and French
Date Range:
1580-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Cotton MS Caligula C VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C VII
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1582–1584, including correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots
Scope & Content:
This is a collection of original documents - including many reports from the English Ambassador in Edinburgh, Robert Bowes, as well as letters from James VI, Mary, Queen of Scots, and Catherine de Medici - alongside scribal copies from the early 17th century. Many of the originals of these copie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1582-1631
Extent:

1 volume