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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Cotton MS Vespasian C II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C II
Title:
Correspondence (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Spain, April 1522–October 1524
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–382r: Correspondence (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Spain, April 1522–October 1524, principally of King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547) and Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey (d. 1530), some in the hand of Charles V, king of Spain (1516–1556) and Holy Roman emperor (1519–1556; ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1522-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Cotton MS Galba B III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba B III
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Burgundy, 1510–1515
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Burgundy, between 1510 and 1515. ff. 1r-2v: Letter from Thomas Spinelly to Lewis Moreton. Protesting against the demands of Emperor Maximilian. Malines, January 9 1512/13. French. ff. 3v-4r: Contract between Thomas Spinelly and Hans Popenruyter. Concer...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1510-1515
Extent:
1 volume

7. Cotton MS Galba B V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba B V
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Burgundy, 1516–1519
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–442v: Volume of letters and papers concerning England and Burgundy, 1516–1519. f. 1r: Title-page inserted by Cotton. ff. 2r–5v: Corrected draft in Latin of the form of the pledge to be given by the earls of Oxford, Arundel, etc. and several towns, for the fulfilling of the marriage cont...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter 16th century-1st half 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Cotton MS Otho E VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Otho E VIII
Title:
Papers relating to the Admiralty and Navy, 1553-1613
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the Admiralty and Navy, dating from 1553 to 1613. Including items concerning Sir Richard Hawkins (c. 1560–1622), naval officer; Sir Walter Raleigh (1554–1618), courtier, explorer, and author; Sir Hugh Willoughby (d. 1554?), sea captain; Sir John Hawkins (1532–1595), merchant a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1553-1613
Extent:
1 volume

9. 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

10. Cotton MS Vespasian C VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C VIII
Title:
Records and papers (originals and transcripts) concerning Anglo-Spanish relations, 1587-1603
Scope & Content:
This is a collection of transcripts and original documents. A number of documents are identified as gifts, or translations from the papers of, the Spanish Ambassador (Gondomar) in 1615 ((ff. 11*r, 276r-v, 281r-284r, 289r-293v). Some of the documents probably came from Robert Beale. The document...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1587-1631
Extent:
1 volume