Year-long menu for Princess Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII
Scope & Content:
A year-long lunch and dinner menu for Princess Mary Tudor (later Mary I), daughter of Henry VIII, beginning with the dishes for Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Twelfth Night, and then listing the menu for each day of the week and for fish days. The menu is divided into six columns. The first...
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.