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11. Cotton MS Caligula C I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C I
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1567–1570
Scope & Content:
Much of this volume relates to the exile of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1567; d. 1587), and including the original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots; Elizabeth I, Queen of England; Catherine de Medici, Queen Dowager of France (d. 1589); Sir William Cecil (later 1st Baron Burghley, d. 1598); ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1567-1631
Extent:
1 volume.

12. 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.

13. Cotton MS Caligula C III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C III
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland (originals and copies), 1568/9–1585, including a diary of John Lesley, bishop of Ross (d. 1596), 1571 (4r–40r); letters of Mary, queen of Scots (1542-67; d. 1587) (ff. 171, 244–248, 261–262, 423, 618, 620); and the pleading of Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk (d. 1572) (f. 189)
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 597. 1. A tract in 12mo. entitled, "Commentaria diurna Jo. Leslie episcopi Rossensis:" being the bishop’‘s journal, in his own hand, from April 11 to Oct. 16, 1571. 1. 2. Various papers and memorandums on the affairs of Scotland, and the nobility ther...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1571-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

14. Cotton MS Caligula C IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C IV
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1568–1575
Scope & Content:
ff. 2r–330v: Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1568–1575. Includes the original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–67; d. 1587); the instructions issued by Sir William Drury (d. 1579), High Marshal of Berwick and General of Her Majesty’s Force...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, and French
Date Range:
1573-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

15. Cotton MS Caligula C V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C V
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1575–1579
Scope & Content:
ff. 3r–200r: A volume of records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1575–1579, including the original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots, and drawings by John Dunstall (ff. 73r–75r), including 'Certaine Emblemes upon a clock of the Q. of Scots' (f. 74r). ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1575-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

16. 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

17. 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

18. Cotton MS Caligula D IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula D IX
Title:
Correspondence and other records (all originals) concerning England and France, 1525–1526, including letters in the hand of King Francis I of France (1515–47)
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 322. 1. Francis I, to the Dss. of Angouleme? about the military proceedings in the Milanese. (Fr. a fragment.) 1525. [25 Oct. 1524.] 1.2. A treaty of peace and friendship between Henry VIII, and the lady regent [Louise Duchess of Angouleme] of France;...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1525-1526
Extent:
1 item

19. Cotton MS Caligula D VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula D VIII
Title:
Correspondence and other records (many of them originals) concerning England and France, 1521-1524, including letters and drafts in the hands of King Francis I of France (1515–47) and Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey (d. 1530); note of the apparel of Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631), 14 October 1621 (f. 117)
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 233. 1. Sir Rd. Jerningham, and sir Nic. Carew, to Card. Wolsey; respecting the negociations between the emperor and Francis I; and containing other intelligence. (Orig.) Romorantin, Jan. 8, 1521. 1.2. Hen. VIII; his instructions to Fitzwilliam and Je...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1521-1621
Extent:
1 item

20. Cotton MS Caligula E III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula E III
Title:
Records and correspondence concerning England and France, 1514–1540
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 345. 1. Lewis XII, to Henry VIII; on the peace with Spain. (Orig. Fr.) Blois, 12, 1514? 2. 2. Card. Wolsey, to Hen. VIII; various intelligence. (Orig.) Westm. Feb. 24. 3. 3. Card. Wolsey, to the duke of Norfolk; instructions. (Orig.) Greenw. April 11....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item