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31. Cotton Ch IV 13/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 13/3
Title:
Draft bond of John Cotton of Gidding Abbas to John Giffard of Boscobel for £4000 for Giffard to hold lands in Shropshire
Scope & Content:
Draft bond of John Cotton of Gidding Abbas (Huntingdonshire), son of Thomas Cotton, to John Giffard of Boscobel (Shropshire), for £4000 for Giffard to hold the site of the former White Ladies Priory of St Leonard, Brewood (Shropshire), and lands in Stafford, a house in Boscobel, and the farm of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1632
Extent:
1 leaf

32. Cotton Ch I 5/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 5/5
Title:
Dossier for the case of Sir Thomas Cotton against John Milton, scrivener, and John Bower concerning a debt
Scope & Content:
Collection of documents relating to a court case. Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Draft complaint by Sir Thomas Cotton (1594-1662), 2nd baronet, against John Milton of Bread Street, London (1562-1647), father of the poet of the same name, concerning a debt owed by Thomas’ uncle, John, for whom Thomas is ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1630s
Extent:
1 booklet

33. Cotton Ch IV 48

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 48
Title:
Notes to Arthur Atie on the payment of troops for the Netherlands
Scope & Content:
Notes to Arthur Atie, esquire and principal secretary to Robert Dudley, 1st earl of Leicester and governor of the Netherlands, on the payment of troops for the Netherlands. Endorsed: 'To the worshipful my good / frend Arthur Atie / esquire principalle secretory / to his excellency' (late 16th c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1586
Extent:
1 leaf

34. 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

35. Cotton Ch I 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 9
Title:
Levy on the parish of Leighton Bromswold for raising £40 towards a warship
Scope & Content:
A levy on the parish of Leighton Bromswold (Huntingdonshire), 25 December 1636, for raising £12 towards a warship of 200 tonnes. Bound together with Cotton Chs I 8 (ff. 24r-29v), I 13, and XXVI 19 (ff. 153r-v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1636
Extent:
1 leaf

36. Cotton Ch I 16

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 16
Title:
Inventory of the goods of Sir Robert Cotton, deceased, in his Westminster house
Scope & Content:
An inventory of the goods of Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), knight and baronet, deceased, in his Westminster house. The document lists the contents of each room, mostly furniture and hangings, with a total value per room. Made 20 May 1631.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1631
Extent:
1 leaf

37. Cotton Roll II 28/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll II 28/1
Title:
Bill of John Nott of Westminster against Thomas Johnson, concerning land in Conington
Scope & Content:
Bill of John Nott of Westminster against Thomas Johnson, concerning the conversion of 500 acres of arable land into pasture in Conington (Huntingdonshire). With a note in English instructing a lawyer. 29 March 1623. The signature of John Sotherton. Dorse: An account of legal fees.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1623
Extent:
1 roll

38. Cotton Roll I 2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll I 2/7
Title:
Replication of the plaintiffs William Williams and others in a case concerning rents in Huntingdonshire
Scope & Content:
The replication of the plaintiffs William Williams, Robert Michell, Walter Marks, Robert Marsh, Edward Ditchfield, John Highlord, Humphrey Clarke and Francis Moss in a case concerning the rents of land in Huntingdonshire. Dated Trinity Term 1631. The plaintiffs in this case were William Willia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1631
Extent:
1 roll

39. Cotton Ch I 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 4
Title:
Rentals of the manors of Aylesbury, Bierton Huckett, Ellesborough, Weston and Belgrove
Scope & Content:
Rentals of the manors of Sir John Pakington (1621-80), 2nd baronet, namely of Aylesbury, Bierton Huckett, Ellesborough, Weston and Belgrove (Buckinghamshire), for the half of the year due at Michaelmas 1627.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1627
Extent:
1 booklet

40. Cotton Ch I 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 8
Title:
Levy on the parishes of Alconbury and Weston for raising £40 towards a warship
Scope & Content:
A levy on the parishes of Alconbury and Weston (Huntingdonshire) for raising £40 towards a warship of 200 tonnes. Probably dates to c 1636 as part of the same levy in Cotton Ch I 9. Bound together with Cotton Chs I 9 (ff. 67r-v), I 13, and XXVI 19 (ff. 153r-v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1636
Extent:
1 booklet

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