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1. Cotton Ch IV 38/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 38/2
Title:
Draft of a speech by Elizabeth I dissolving Parliament
Scope & Content:
A draft version of a speech by Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603), dissolving Parliament. The text is written in the queen's hand and features numerous revisions. It is headed '1563, 5th Elizabeth [error for 1567]. A letter in Queen Elizabeth hand to the Commons in Parliament about the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1567
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Cotton Ch XIII 39

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XIII 39
Title:
John Dee, Brytanniae Reipublicae Synopsis
Scope & Content:
John Dee, Brytanniae Reipublicae Synopsis (1570). A table of subjects in Dee's hand, belonging partly to ethics and partly to political economy (such as justice and wealth), drawn in the form of a pedigree, which he considered necessary ‘to make this Kingdome florishing, Triumphant, famous and Bl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1570
Extent:

Paper leaf

3. Cotton Roll III 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll III 5
Title:
List of English religious houses to be suppressed
Scope & Content:
A list of the English religious houses to be suppressed, recording 120 religious houses, organised by county, including those to whom the properties were to be granted. This was the official list of English religious houses to be dissolved following the first Suppression Act of March 1536 (27 He...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1536
Extent:
1 roll