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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Cotton MS Language Cipher Name Ghinucci, Girolamo, diplomat, Cardinal and Bishop of Worcester, d 1541

1. Cotton MS Vespasian C III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C III
Title:
Correspondence concerning England and Spain, February 1525–December 1526
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–156r: Correspondence (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Spain, February 1525–December 1526, principally of King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547) and Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey (d. 1530). Primarily English and Latin, partly in cipher, with occasional items in Spanish and Fre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1525-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Cotton MS Vespasian C IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C IV
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Spain, 1527-1529
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Spain, between January 1527 and December 1529. Principally correspondence of Thomas Wolsey (1470/71–1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal, and Henry VIII (1491–1547), king of England and Ireland, with some papers of Charles V (1500-1558...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1527-1529
Extent:
1 volume

3. Cotton MS Vitellius B XIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius B XIII
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Rome, 1530–1532
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–240v: Records and papers concerning England and Rome, 1530–1532, including papers concerning the divorce of King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547) from Catherine of Aragon. See Burnet, vol. i. Coll. f. 85. 88. 107. 110-118 vol. iii. Coll. f. 32.] f. 1r: Title-page. ff. 2r–5v: An account...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume