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1. Cotton Ch IV 38/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 38/2
Title:
Draft of a speech by Elizabeth I dissolving Parliament
Scope & Content:
A draft version of a speech by Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603), dissolving Parliament. The text is written in the queen's hand and features numerous revisions. It is headed '1563, 5th Elizabeth [error for 1567]. A letter in Queen Elizabeth hand to the Commons in Parliament about the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1567
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Cotton Ch XIII 39

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XIII 39
Title:
John Dee, Brytanniae Reipublicae Synopsis
Scope & Content:
John Dee, Brytanniae Reipublicae Synopsis (1570). A table of subjects in Dee's hand, belonging partly to ethics and partly to political economy (such as justice and wealth), drawn in the form of a pedigree, which he considered necessary ‘to make this Kingdome florishing, Triumphant, famous and Bl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1570
Extent:

Paper leaf

3. Cotton MS Appendix L

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix L
Title:
State Papers, 1513-1637
Scope & Content:
This volume, primarily of original douments, includes correspondence in the hands of Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey (1470/71-1530), Thomas Cromwell (d. 1540), and William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520/1521-1598); letters from Sir Francis Walsingham (c. 1532-1590) relating to the Babington conspiracy,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1513-1637
Extent:
1 volume

4. Cotton MS Augustus III/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus III/1
Title:
A collection of drawings, maps and diagrams from the reign of Henry VIII; prints belonging to or associated with the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a miscellaneous collection of drawings of armies, men-at-arms and landscapes, maps, and what are thought to be the original designs for King Henry VIII’s tents for the Field of Cloth of Gold. The second volume is now bound as Cotton MS Augustus III/2. Cotton MS Augustus...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1500-c 1577
Extent:
1 volume

5. Cotton MS Caligula B IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula B IV
Title:
Records and papers concerning Mary, Queen of Scots
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, mainly concerning Mary (1542–1587), Queen of Scots. ff. 2r-94v: Copy of Edmund Plowden’s ‘Treatise of Succession’. Concerning the King’s two bodies, i.e. natural and political, and intended to prove the title of Mary, Queen of Scots, to the su...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1542-1567
Extent:
1 volume

6. Cotton MS Caligula B IX/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula B IX/1
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1556-1579
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1556-1579. Volume 1 of 2. f. 1r-1v: List of titles of documents concerning the borders. ff. 2r-6v: Proceedings of Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton, and other commissioners concerning the borders. Containing copies of an indenture between th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1556-1579
Extent:
1 volume

7. Cotton MS Caligula B VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula B VIII
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
ff. 4r–414v: Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, from the reigns of Henry VIII (1509–1547) and Elizabeth I (1558–1603), including The Act for furthering of Iustice in criminall causes, 9 November 1588 (Edinburgh: Henrie Charteris, 158), STC 21887.5, ff. 38r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, Scots, and Spanish
Date Range:
1st quarter 16th century-1st half 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Cotton MS Caligula B X/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula B X/1
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1558-1561
Scope & Content:
This is volume 1 of 2 volumes created from Cotton MS Caligula B X. Contents: f. 1r: Note ‘Scotland ab ao. 1558 usque 1567'. f. 1v: Note ‘Lord let mee knowe mine end & the munites of my dayes that I may be Certified how long I have to live saith David'. f. 2r: Inscription of Robert Cotto...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1558-1631
Extent:
1 volume

9. Cotton MS Caligula B X/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula B X/2
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1562-1567
Scope & Content:
This is the second of two volumes created by the splitting of Cotton MS Caligula B X. Contents: ff. 209r-212v: Four draft papers by Sir William Cecil. Containing arguments for and against a meeting between Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots. 21 and 30 Jun 1562. Another draft is below (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1562-1631
Extent:
1 volume.

10. 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.