Search

Project / Collection Cotton Collection Language English

21. Cotton Ch III 7/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch III 7/7
Title:
Collection of papers relating to the case of Edmund Prideaux, attorney general, against William Walrond and others, concerning the lands of William Riplingham in Great Harborough
Scope & Content:
Collection of papers, court orders legal bills, and letters to Sir Thomas Cotton from Lawrence Cotton and Jonathan Waller, relating to the case of Edmund Prideaux, attorney general, against William Walrond, Samuel Pearce and Thomas Armeston, concerning the lands of William Riplingham, deceased, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1651-1657
Extent:
1 booklet

22. Cotton Ch III 10

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch III 10
Title:
Letter of Robert Cecil to Robert Devereux, earl of Essex, asking for his servant's horses to be returned
Scope & Content:
Letter of Robert Cecil (1563-1612, later 1st earl of Salisbury) to Robert Devereux, 2nd earl of Essex (1565-1601), asking that Devereux's keeper of East Bere forest (Hampshire) release the horses of Cecil's servant, a mariner who has recently leased a copse called Horwithy in the forest, which t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1588
Extent:
1 booklet

23. Cotton Ch III 12

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch III 12
Title:
Petition of Edward Howard and others asking for arbitration in their cases against Henry Pierrepont, marquis of Dorchester, Henry Mordaunt, earl of Peterborough, and Thomas Howard, duke of Norfolk, earl marshal
Scope & Content:
Petition of Edward Howard, Bernard Howard, Alex McDonnell, and Elizabeth MacDonnell asking for arbitration in their cases against Henry Pierrepont (1606-1680), 1st marquis of Dorchester, Henry Mordaunt (1621-1697), 2nd earl of Peterborough, and Thomas Howard (1627-1677), 5th duke of Norfolk, ear...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1677
Extent:
1 booklet

24. Cotton Ch IV 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 4
Title:
Memoranda regarding a sealed bag in the treasury of Westminster Abbey
Scope & Content:
Memorandum that a sealed canvas bag was delivered by Vincent Skinner to the treasury of Westminster Abbey, on the orders of William Cecil (1521-1598), Lord Burghley and Treasurer of England. The bag is not to be removed except by order of Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603). 6 November ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1595-1604
Extent:
1 leaf

25. Cotton Ch IV 13/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 13/1
Title:
Revocation by John Giffard of Boscobel of an indenture granting lands to Frances, Dorothy and Philippa Giffard, his daughters
Scope & Content:
Revocation by John Giffard of Boscobel (Shropshire), esquire, of an indenture granting to Frances, Dorothy and Philippa Giffard, his daughters, the site of the former White Ladies Priory of St Leonard, Brewood (Shropshire), and lands in Stafford, a house in Boscobel, and the farm of Necholls, To...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1632
Extent:
1 leaf

26. Cotton Ch IV 13/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 13/2
Title:
Indenture of John Giffard granting John Cotton and Frances Giffard lands in Shropshire
Scope & Content:
Indenture of John Giffard granting John Cotton, son of Thomas Cotton of Gidding Abbots (Huntingdonshire), and Frances Giffard, Giffard's daughter and Cotton's intended wife, the site of the former White Ladies Priory of St Leonard, Brewood (Shropshire), and lands in Stafford, a house in Boscobel...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1632
Extent:
1 leaf

27. Cotton Ch IV 13/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 13/3
Title:
Draft bond of John Cotton of Gidding Abbas to John Giffard of Boscobel for £4000 for Giffard to hold lands in Shropshire
Scope & Content:
Draft bond of John Cotton of Gidding Abbas (Huntingdonshire), son of Thomas Cotton, to John Giffard of Boscobel (Shropshire), for £4000 for Giffard to hold the site of the former White Ladies Priory of St Leonard, Brewood (Shropshire), and lands in Stafford, a house in Boscobel, and the farm of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1632
Extent:
1 leaf

28. Cotton Ch IV 13/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 13/5
Title:
Bond of John Cotton, Francis Gaston and Thomas Bedingfield, with Thomas Geers, for £200
Scope & Content:
Recto: Bond of John Cotton of Gidding (Huntingdonshire), son of Thomas Cotton, Francis Gaston of Clauden (Surrey), and Thomas Bedingfield of Oxborough (Norfolk), esquires, with Thomas Geers of St Benets' parish, Paul's Wharf, London, gentleman, for £200, for payment of £102. Given 17 March 1638...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1638
Extent:
1 leaf

29. Cotton Ch IV 17

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 17
Title:
Execution speech of Edward Seymour
Scope & Content:
This single leaf contains an account of the speech given by Edward Seymour (b. 1500, d. 1552), 1st Duke of Somerset, on 22 January 1552, on the scaffold at Tower Hill, awaiting execution on a charge of felony (or 'seeking a change of government'). The brief account records the text of the speech...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 leaf

30. Cotton Ch IV 25

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 25
Title:
Draft writ of Elizabeth I to Sir Francis Drake on the preparations for his raid on Spain’s American colonies
Scope & Content:
Draft of a writ of Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603) to Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) regarding the preparations for his raid on Spain’s American colonies in 1585. The queen is pleased with the preparations for the voyage of 11 ships, 4 barques and 80 privateers, for Drake and his men...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1585
Extent:
1 leaf

Limit your search

more »
more »
more »