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751. Stowe MS 168

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Stowe MS 168
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EDMONDES PAPERS. VOL. III. (ff. 385). 21 Feb. 1605-22 Mar. 1606, N.S. Edmondes started for Brussels on 19 April, 1605, and his first letter here is dated 3 May, containing an account of the Marquis Ambrosio Spinola, the newly-appointed Spanish General in the Low Countries. The principal events t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
21 Feb 1605-22 Mar 1606
Extent:
1 item

752. Stowe MS 169

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Stowe MS 169
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EDMONDES PAPERS. Vol. IV. (ff. 309). 29 March, 1607- 16 March, 1607 [8]. A gap of a whole year occurs between this and the preceding volume. The latter part of 1606 had been taken up by the secret negotiations of John Ney, Commissary General of the Friars Minor, on behalf of the Archduke, for a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
29 Mar 1607-16 Mar 1608
Extent:
1 item

753. Stowe MS 170

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Stowe MS 170
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Papers of Sir Thomas Edmondes, Vol. 5: 28 Mar 1608-23 Mar 1609
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Papers of Sir Thomas Edmondes (d. 1639), diplomat: Vol. 5: 28 Mar 1608-23 Mar 1609. Edmondes was in this period Ambassador to the Spanish Netherlands, to the Archdukes Albert and Isabella, at Brussels. The great majority of the letters here are originals, with some drafts by Edmondes, usually ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
28 Mar 1608-23 Mar 1609
Extent:
1 volume

754. Stowe MS 171

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Stowe MS 171
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EDMONDES PAPERS. Vol. VI. (ff. 387). 28 March, 1609 - 24 March, 1610[1]. A truce for twelve years having been signed at Antwerp on 9 April, 1609, the letters of Edmondes from Brussels, of Carew from Paris, of Cornwallis from Madrid, and of Winwood from the Hague show how it was received in those...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
28 Mar 1609-24 Mar 1611
Extent:
1 item

755. Stowe MS 172

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Stowe MS 172
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EDMONDES PAPERS. Vol. VII. (ff. 321). 26 March, 1611-30 June, 1612. During this period affairs connected with the succession of Cleves were quiet. The two Electors were content, after Juliers had been recaptured, to renew their engagement to continue joint rulers of the disputed Duchies; while t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
26 Mar 1611-30 Jun 1612
Extent:
1 item

756. Stowe MS 173

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Stowe MS 173
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EDMONDES PAPERS. Vol. VIII. (ff. 311). 1 July, 1612-24 March, 1612 [3]. Edmondes's drafts are very numerous in this volume, and are addressed to the King and to Robert Carr, Viscount Rochester. They give a very particular account of the dissensions in the French Court. James I. took great intere...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
1 Jul 1612-24 Mar 1613
Extent:
1 item

757. Stowe MS 174

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Stowe MS 174
Title:
State papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Edmondes, 1613-1614
Scope & Content:
Volume 9 of the Edmondes Papers (Stowe MS 166-177). State papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Edmondes (d. 1639), diplomat, during his embassy to France (1610-1617). The correspondence is principally concerned with the negotiations for the marriage of Prince Charles with the Princess Christi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
26 Mar 1613-8 Jul 1614
Extent:
1 volume

758. Stowe MS 175

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Stowe MS 175
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EDMONDES PAPERS. Vol. X. (ff. 389). 16 July, 1614-24 Mar. 1615 [6]. The volume opens with the instructions of James I. to Edmondes on his return to France. The latter continues to give full details of the dissensions in the French Court, which lasted through 1614 and 1615 and resulted in the Con...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Jul 1614-24 Mar 1616
Extent:
1 item

759. Stowe MS 176

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Stowe MS 176
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EDMONDES PAPERS. Vol. Xl. (ff. 296). 25 March, 1616-28 Jan. 1632 [3]. During Edmondes's absence at the Loudun Conference, which resulted in a treaty signed 5 May, 1616, his secretary, Woodford, reported the state of affairs at the French Court. In September of the same year Edmondes requested Ja...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
25 Mar 1616-28 Jan 1633
Extent:
1 item

760. Stowe MS 177

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Stowe MS 177
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EDMONDES PAPERS. Vol. XII. (ff. 237). Copies of treaties and miscellaneous papers relating for the most part to the correspondence contained in the preceding volumes; 1470-1663. The contents are :- 1. Treaties between France and the Swiss; 1470-1579. Lat. and Fr. ff. i-30. 2. Treaty of peace...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1470-1663
Extent:
1 item