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Language English Name Wotton, Nicholas, diplomat and dean of Canterbury and York, c. 1497-1567 Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable)

1. Add MS 25114

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 25114
Title:
Original state papers, 1527–1545
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–351v: A volume of original letters and state papers, relating chiefly to the embassies of Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, to the courts of Francis I and Charles V, 1527–1545. ff. 1r–18r: Copy of a treaty in Latin between Francis I and Henry VIII for the marriage of the Princess M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1527-1545
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 33591

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 33591
Title:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Ralph Sadler, Volume I (1554-1559)
Scope & Content:
Official papers and correspondence of Sir Ralph Sadler, diplomat and administrator (1507-1587), relating to transactions between England and Scotland, May 1554-October 1559. f. 1r-1v Letter from Queen Mary I to Sir Ralph Sadler. St James Manor, 9 May [1554]. ff. 2r-3v Letter from Queen Mary I ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1554-1559
Extent:

1 volume

3. Add MS 33592

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 33592
Title:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Ralph Sadler, Volume II (1559-1560)
Scope & Content:
Official papers and correspondence of Sir Ralph Sadler, diplomat and administrator (1507-1587), relating to transactions between England and Scotland, November 1559-April 1560. f. 1 Letter from Sir William Cecil to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft. The court, 3 November 1559. f. 3 Letter ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1559-1560
Extent:

1 volume

4. Add MS 48007

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 48007
Title:
Papers on negotiations between England and Spain, 1556-1594
Scope & Content:
Copies of papers concerning negotiations between England and Spain, mostly concerning trade with the Netherlands, 1556-1594. Other copies of these documents can be found in Add MS 48011 and Cotton MSS Galba C I, II, IV and V. From the collections of Robert Beale (1541–1601), administrator and di...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1556-1594
Extent:
1 volume

5. Cotton MS Vitellius B XXI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius B XXI
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Germany, 1526-1545
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning England and Germany, 1526-1545. f. 1r: Title-page. f. 2r: Paper containing intelligence concerning a treaty between Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and King Francis I of France. January 31 1526. Latin. ff. 3r-4v: Two papers of intelligence concerning the retreat of King Ferd...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1526-1545
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 523

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 523
Title:
Letters of Sir Philip Hoby, 1548-1553
Scope & Content:
Collection of copied letters dating from 1548-1553. Concerning Sir Philip Hoby (1504/5–1558), diplomat and administrator, the Privy Council, and others. f. 1*r: Pasted title page. ‘Sir Phillip Hobby & otheres Ambasages with the Emperore. R:S: 1616’. f. 2*r: ‘Sir Phillipe hobes letters dat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c. 1616
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 1582

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1582
Title:
State papers, 1553-1596
Scope & Content:
This volume is entitled on the spine, 'Original Letters and Papers on State Affairs'. It contains a wide range of materials on English relations with, and intelligence on, France, the Low Countries and Germany in the late 16th century. It has also been termed, not entirely happily but with a g...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1553-1596
Extent:

1 volume.