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1. Cotton MS Caligula C I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C I
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1567–1570
Scope & Content:
Much of this volume relates to the exile of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1567; d. 1587), and including the original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots; Elizabeth I, Queen of England; Catherine de Medici, Queen Dowager of France (d. 1589); Sir William Cecil (later 1st Baron Burghley, d. 1598); ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1567-1631
Extent:
1 volume.

2. Cotton MS Claudius A V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A V
Title:
Pseudo-John of Peterborough, Peterborough Chronicle, AD 654-868, 890-1368; William of Malmesbury Gesta Pontificum Anglorum; William of Malmesbury, Vita Sancti Aldhelmi Episcopi; genealogy of King Henry II of England; Vita Sancti Erkenwaldi Episcopi; Vita Sancte Wenefrede Virginis; Miracula Sancte Wenefrede Virginis; Vita Sancti Neoti Abbatis; William of Malmesbury, Vita Sancti Wulfstani Episcopi
Scope & Content:
This is a composite manuscript of three parts. The first part, ff. 2r-45r, is a copy of the Peterborough Chronicle, copied in the 2nd half of the 14th century with a continuation added in the 17th century. The second part, ff. 46r-134r, includes William of Malmesbury's (b. c. 1080, d. 1143) Gest...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

3. Cotton MS Nero C X

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C X
Title:
Papers of King Edward VI
Scope & Content:
ff. 2–4: Correspondence relating to Prince Edward of England (the future King Edward VI). ff. 5–9: Letters of Prince Edward of England (ff. 5, 7–9 in Latin). ff. 10–83: Diary of Edward VI, king of England (1547–1553). ff. 84–117: Miscellaneous documents relating to the reign of Edward VI (ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1537-1553
Extent:

Paper codex

4. Cotton MS Caligula C III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C III
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland (originals and copies), 1568/9–1585, including a diary of John Lesley, bishop of Ross (d. 1596), 1571 (4r–40r); letters of Mary, queen of Scots (1542-67; d. 1587) (ff. 171, 244–248, 261–262, 423, 618, 620); and the pleading of Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk (d. 1572) (f. 189)
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 597. 1. A tract in 12mo. entitled, "Commentaria diurna Jo. Leslie episcopi Rossensis:" being the bishop’‘s journal, in his own hand, from April 11 to Oct. 16, 1571. 1. 2. Various papers and memorandums on the affairs of Scotland, and the nobility ther...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1571-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Cotton MS Claudius C IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius C IX
Title:
Hugh of Saint-Victor, Chronicle; annalistic chronicle, AD 1–1171; William of Malmesbury, Gesta regum Anglorum; Notarial copy of letters patent of Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558–1603), issued at Hereford Cathedral; Charters of Kings Edward I (r. 1272–1307) and Henry III (r. 1216–72) of England for the Abingdon Abbey; Award of Norham, addressed to the abbot and convent of Battle; Liber terrarum of Abingdon Abbey and other memoranda
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of three parts that were produced separately in England during the 12th and 13th centuries. The first part (ff. 4-17), written in the 2nd half of the 12th century, contains the Chronicle of the theologian Hugh of Saint-Victor (b. c. 1096, d. 1141). The second p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

6. Cotton MS Domitian A VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A VIII
Title:
Libellus de primo Saxonum aduentu; Letter of Pope Paschal II; Concordat of Worms; Planctus of Oedipus; Hildebert of Le Mans, De sancta Trinitate; Chronicle from Noah to Louis the Pious; Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, F-text; Robert de Torigni, Chronicle, AD 1153–1179 (imperfect); Quadripartitus (imperfect); Henry of Huntingdon, De contemptu mundi (Historia Anglorum, book viii), Coronation charter of King Henry I of England (imperfect); List of Welsh cantrefi, Aelred of Rievaulx, Genealogia regum Angl...
Scope & Content:
This codex contains: f. 1*: an early modern list of contents; between f. 1* and f. 2r there are two blank folios; ff. 2r-15v: Libellus de primo Saxonum aduentu, letter of Pope Paschal II, Concordat of Worms; Planctus of Oedipus; Hildebert of Le Mans, De sancta Trinitate, followed by two blank ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, English, Old, English., and Welsh
Date Range:
4th quarter 11th century-1st half 17th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

7. Cotton MS Vitellius C III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C III
Title:
(1) Old English Illustrated Herbal and Medicina de quadrupedibus in Old English; (2) Peter of Poitiers, Compendium in Genealogia Christi; (3) Macrobius, Saturnalia, books i–ii; (4) notes by William Harvey
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains four separate items, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631): f. 1: Cottonian frontispiece. f. 3r: early modern endleaf. f. 4r: early modern table of contents. ff. 5r-10v: Peter of Poitiers, Compendium in Genealogia Christi, copied in England in the 1st qua...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, English, Old, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 9th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

8. Cotton MS Vespasian C IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C IV
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Spain, 1527-1529
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Spain, between January 1527 and December 1529. Principally correspondence of Thomas Wolsey (1470/71–1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal, and Henry VIII (1491–1547), king of England and Ireland, with some papers of Charles V (1500-1558...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1527-1529
Extent:
1 volume

9. Cotton MS Galba B VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba B VI
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Burgundy, 1518–1521
Scope & Content:
Collection of records and papers concerning England and Burgundy, dating from between 1518 and 1521. f. 1r: Cottonian title-page. f. 2r-2v: Letter from King Charles of Castile to Thomas Wolsey. Recommending his ambassador, de Lachaulx, dispatched to King Henry VIII. Brussels, February 11 [1522...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1518-1521
Extent:
1 volume

10. Cotton MS Galba B VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba B VIII
Title:
Correspondence and papers concerning England and Burgundy, 1514–1525
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other records concerning England and Burgundy, 1514–1525, including letters in the hands of Charles V, King of Spain (1516–1556) and Holy Roman emperor (1519–1556; d. 1558), and Sir Thomas More (1478–1535), lord chancellor, humanist and martyr. f. 1r: Cottonian title-page. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1514-1525
Extent:
1 volume