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11. 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

12. Cotton Ch I 12

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 12
Title:
Inventory of Kellie Castle
Scope & Content:
Inventory of furniture, hangings, pewter, brass and other valuables in Kellie Castle (Fife), belonging to Thomas Erskine (1566-1639), 1st Earl of Kellie, handed over by Archibald Dummond to Alexander Erskine (d. 1633), Viscount Fenton. 9 September 1625.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1625
Extent:
1 booklet

13. Cotton Ch I 13

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 13
Title:
Assessments, accounts and related letters for the ship money collection in Huntingdonshire
Scope & Content:
A volume of assessments for ship money for several parishes in Huntingdonshire, arranged alphabetically. Contains letters regarding the collection to and from various officials including Sir Thomas Cotton (1594-1662), 2nd baronet, sheriff of Huntingdonshire. Bound together with Cotton Chs I 8 (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1636-1637
Extent:
1 booklet

14. Cotton Ch I 14

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 14
Title:
Contributions of Huntingdonshire to repairing St Paul's Cathedral; assessment for the poor relief of Ridley parish
Scope & Content:
f. 1r: Memorandum of contributions from the inhabitants of Huntingdonshire to the repairs of St Paul's Cathedral, London, 26 April 1634. ff. 3r-v: Assessment for the poor relief for Ridley parish (Huntingdonshire), 1635. Signed by Oliver Cromwell (c 1562-1655), uncle of Oliver Cromwell, the fut...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1634-1637
Extent:
1 booklet

15. Cotton Ch I 15

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 15
Title:
Acquittance of Elizabeth Parsons of Bridgewater and Ann Parsons, wife of Thomas Campion, of any debt owed to them by Sir Robert Cotton
Scope & Content:
Acquittance of Elizabeth Parsons of Bridgewater (Somerset), widow, and Ann Parsons, wife of Thomas Campion, minister, of any debt owed to them by Sir Robert Cotton of Westminster (1571-1631), knight and baronet. The pair also denounce any false rumours about their past connection to Cotton. Giv...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1629
Extent:
1 leaf

16. Cotton Ch I 16

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 16
Title:
Inventory of the goods of Sir Robert Cotton, deceased, in his Westminster house
Scope & Content:
An inventory of the goods of Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), knight and baronet, deceased, in his Westminster house. The document lists the contents of each room, mostly furniture and hangings, with a total value per room. Made 20 May 1631.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1631
Extent:
1 leaf

17. Cotton Ch I 17

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 17
Title:
Bills, receipts and accounts for works on the house of Sir Robert Cotton and Sir Thomas Cotton at Westminster
Scope & Content:
Bills, receipts and accounts of Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), 1st baronet, and his son Sir Thomas Cotton (1594-1662), 2nd baronet, for works on their house in Westminster by various carpenters, masons, painters and other craftsmen, for building materials, rent, clothes, repairs, household expen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1614-1661
Extent:
1 booklet

18. Cotton Ch II 15

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch II 15
Title:
Indenture between Edward Fynes, Lord Clinton and Saye, and James Leveson of Wolverhampton, selling lands in Warwickshire and elsewhere
Scope & Content:
An indenture between Edward Fynes, Lord Clinton and Saye, and James Leveson of Wolverhampton (Staffordshire), selling Leveson the reversion of the manor of Shustoke and Austrey (Warwickshire), and lands in Aminton, Whiteley, Woodhouse, Makstock and Tamworth, upon the death of Lady Jane Clinton, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1540
Extent:
1 leaf

19. Cotton Ch II 25/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch II 25/7
Title:
Letters and papers gathered for the defence in the Star Chamber case against Sir Thomas Cotton concerning the enclosure of land
Scope & Content:
Letters and papers gathered for the defence in the case against Sir Thomas Cotton (1594-1662), 2nd baronet, in the Star Chamber, concerning the illegal enclosure of common land in the manor of Conington (Huntingdonshire), turning arable land into pasture. Contents: ff. 1r-2v: Copies of court ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1636
Extent:
1 booklet

20. Cotton Ch II 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch II 27
Title:
Proceedings in the Court of Delegates in the annulment of the marriage of William Sandes of Latimer and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Brooke
Scope & Content:
Copy of the proceedings before the Court of Delegates in the annulment of the marriage of William Sandes of Latimer (Buckinghamshire), esquire, and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Brooke, on grounds of compulsion. 1612-1613.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1612-1613
Extent:
1 booklet

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