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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 48000-48196 Language English Name Digges, Thomas, mathematician, politician and engineer, c 1546-1595

1. Add MS 48023

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Political and religious papers, 1558-1601, with some 15th-century diplomatic copies
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This volume from the Yelverton Manuscripts was largely in the possession of Robert Beale, administrator and diplomat (1541-1601), at the time of his death. It is probable that the volume was bound after his death, as there is one item dated as late as 1601 ('The Viewe of Fraunce or The Method of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1419-1874
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 48027

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Add MS 48027
Title:
Papers and correspondence relating chiefly to Mary, Queen of Scots, 1559-1594
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Papers and correspondence relating to Mary, Queen of Scots: the conspiracies and plots involving her and her trial and execution and its aftermath, 1559-1594, n.d. Mostly contemporary copies. Further official copies of many of the items are in Cotton MS Caligula C IX. This volume was compiled b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, Scots, and Spanish
Date Range:
1559-1626
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 48083

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PAPERS RELATING TO THE NETHERLANDS, particularly to the events of 1587-1588 and Leicester's second expedition; 1586-1589. Partly Latin, Dutch, French and Italian. Copies, unless otherwise described. Endorsements, etc., by Beale passim. 1. ff. 2-5b. Answers of the Privy Council to a memorial fr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1579-1589
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 48084

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PAPERS RELATING TO THE NETHERLANDS, and in particular to the financing of the English forces during Leicester's expeditions; c. 1571-1595. Partly Latin, Dutch, French and Italian. Endorsements and notes by Beale passim. 1. ff. 2-5b. Memorial as to whether the Queen should intervene in the Nethe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1560-1599
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 48099

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[THOMAS DIGGES]: 'A Brieffe discourse against Succession knowen . . . ', a tract addressed to Elizabeth I proposing a means of protecting her by the recruitment (f. 20b) of an army of 40,000 and of ensuring her own choice of successor; c. 1585. Copy, early 17th cent. The author refers (ff. 21 sq...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 48127

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LETTERS AND PAPERS MAINLY RELATING TO THE NETHERLANDS; 1583-1590. English, Dutch, French and Italian. Mostly printed from the present MS. in Cabala, ii: several letters are originals of materials published from copies in SPF. See also MacCaffrey. Endorsements, etc., by Beale passim. The names of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1583-1590
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 48149

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LETTERS AND PAPERS RELATING TO THE NETHERLANDS: transcripts of letters and papers principally relating to Beale's mission to William, Prince of Orange, 1576, and Leicester's administration of the Netherlands 1586-1588; 1572-1596, n.d. Partly Latin, Dutch and French. Copies, 17th cent. The docume...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1572-1640
Extent:
1 item