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1. Cotton Ch I 2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 2/1
Title:
Papers relating to the case of William Williams and others against Sir Robert Cotton and others, concerning rents in Huntingdonshire
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the case of William Williams and others against Sir Robert Cotton and others. This volume may have been created as a dossier for the defendants' lawyers. The plaintiffs in this case were William Williams, Robert Michell, Walter Marks, Robert Marsh, Edward Ditchfield, John Hig...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1631
Extent:
1 booklet

2. Cotton Ch I 3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 3/2
Title:
Dossier of documents relating to the attempted blackmail of Sir Robert Cotton
Scope & Content:
A dossier of documents relating to the attempted blackmail of Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), 1st baronet. Contents: ff. 1r-2v: Confession of Anne Pike, wife of Richard Pike, retracting the accusations she made against him and begging his forgiveness. 22 July 1630. ff. 3r-v: Letter from Robert...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1630-1631
Extent:
1 booklet

3. Cotton Ch I 3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 3/3
Title:
Confession of John Stephenson, accused of defamation by Sir Robert Cotton
Scope & Content:
Confession of John Stephenson of St Margaret's Parish, Westminster, who has been summoned in a case of defamation by Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), 1st baronet, knight. Stephenson confesses that in August or September 1630, he falsely accused Cotton of attempting to have carnal knowledge of Mar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1630
Extent:
1 leaf

4. Cotton Ch I 3/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 3/4
Title:
Testimony of Amphillis Ferrours that John Wilcox and others had falsely accused Sir Robert Cotton of having had carnal knowledge of Margaret Ferrours
Scope & Content:
Testimony of Amphillis Ferrours, widow, of St Margaret's Parish, Westminster, that John Wilcox, Jane, his wife, and Thomas Jones had falsely accused Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), 1st baronet, knight, of having had carnal knowledge of Margaret Ferrours, her daughter and the wife of John Stephens...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1630
Extent:
1 leaf

5. Cotton Ch I 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 4
Title:
Rentals of the manors of Aylesbury, Bierton Huckett, Ellesborough, Weston and Belgrove
Scope & Content:
Rentals of the manors of Sir John Pakington (1621-80), 2nd baronet, namely of Aylesbury, Bierton Huckett, Ellesborough, Weston and Belgrove (Buckinghamshire), for the half of the year due at Michaelmas 1627.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1627
Extent:
1 booklet

6. Cotton Ch I 5/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 5/1
Title:
Response of John Milton of Bread Street in Thomas Cotton's case against him concerning a debt
Scope & Content:
The response of John Milton of Bread Street (1562-1647), father of the poet of the same name, London, in the case brought against him by Sir Thomas Cotton (1594-1662), 2nd baronet, concerning a debt owed by Thomas’ uncle, John Cotton, for whom Thomas is executor. 1 May 1637.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1637
Extent:
1 volume

7. Cotton Ch I 5/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 5/5
Title:
Dossier for the case of Sir Thomas Cotton against John Milton, scrivener, and John Bower concerning a debt
Scope & Content:
Collection of documents relating to a court case. Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Draft complaint by Sir Thomas Cotton (1594-1662), 2nd baronet, against John Milton of Bread Street, London (1562-1647), father of the poet of the same name, concerning a debt owed by Thomas’ uncle, John, for whom Thomas is ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1630s
Extent:
1 booklet

8. Cotton Ch I 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 6
Title:
The right and title of Thomas Cotton to his house in Westminster
Scope & Content:
The right and title of Thomas Cotton (1594-1662) to his house and gardens in St Margaret's Parish, Westminster. Lists the descent of the house from its grant by King James I of England (r. 1603-1625) to Robert Bowyer (c. 1560-1621), parliamentary official and politician, in 1614. Bowyer sold th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1630
Extent:
1 booklet

9. Cotton Ch I 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 8
Title:
Levy on the parishes of Alconbury and Weston for raising £40 towards a warship
Scope & Content:
A levy on the parishes of Alconbury and Weston (Huntingdonshire) for raising £40 towards a warship of 200 tonnes. Probably dates to c 1636 as part of the same levy in Cotton Ch I 9. Bound together with Cotton Chs I 9 (ff. 67r-v), I 13, and XXVI 19 (ff. 153r-v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1636
Extent:
1 booklet

10. Cotton Ch I 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 9
Title:
Levy on the parish of Leighton Bromswold for raising £40 towards a warship
Scope & Content:
A levy on the parish of Leighton Bromswold (Huntingdonshire), 25 December 1636, for raising £12 towards a warship of 200 tonnes. Bound together with Cotton Chs I 8 (ff. 24r-29v), I 13, and XXVI 19 (ff. 153r-v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1636
Extent:
1 leaf

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