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51. Cotton Roll I 2/11

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll I 2/11
Title:
Interrogations and depositions on behalf of the defendants in the case of William Williams and others against Sir Robert Cotton and others, concerning rents in Huntingdonshire
Scope & Content:
Interrogations and depositions on behalf of the defendants in the case of William Williams and others against Sir Robert Cotton and others concerning the rents of several manors in Huntingdonshire. Dated to around 1631, when the case came to court. The plaintiffs in this case were William Will...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1631
Extent:
1 roll

52. 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

53. Cotton Ch I 2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch I 2/1
Title:
Papers relating to the case of William Williams and others against Sir Robert Cotton and others, concerning rents in Huntingdonshire
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the case of William Williams and others against Sir Robert Cotton and others. This volume may have been created as a dossier for the defendants' lawyers. The plaintiffs in this case were William Williams, Robert Michell, Walter Marks, Robert Marsh, Edward Ditchfield, John Hig...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1631
Extent:
1 booklet

54. Cotton Roll I 2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll I 2/4
Title:
Responses of Sir Robert Cotton and Thomas Cotton in the case brought against them by William Williams and others, concerning rents in Huntingdonshire
Scope & Content:
Responses of Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), 1st baronet, and Thomas Cotton (1594-1662), in the case brought against them by William Williams, Robert Michell, Walter Marks, Robert Marsh, Edward Ditchfield, John Highlord, Humphrey Clark and Francis Moss, concerning the rents of land in Huntingdons...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1631
Extent:
1 roll

55. Cotton Ch II 15

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch II 15
Title:
Indenture between Edward Fynes, Lord Clinton and Saye, and James Leveson of Wolverhampton, selling lands in Warwickshire and elsewhere
Scope & Content:
An indenture between Edward Fynes, Lord Clinton and Saye, and James Leveson of Wolverhampton (Staffordshire), selling Leveson the reversion of the manor of Shustoke and Austrey (Warwickshire), and lands in Aminton, Whiteley, Woodhouse, Makstock and Tamworth, upon the death of Lady Jane Clinton, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1540
Extent:
1 leaf

56. Cotton Roll I 2/12

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll I 2/12
Title:
Interrogations and depositions on behalf of the defendants in the case of William Williams and others against Sir Thomas Cotton and others, concerning rents in Huntingdonshire
Scope & Content:
Interrogations and depositions taken before Sir Humphrey Davenport, knight and Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 16 November 1631, on behalf of the defendants in the case of William Williams and others against Sir Thomas Cotton and others, concerning the rents of several manors in Huntingdonshire. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1631
Extent:
1 roll

57. Cotton Roll I 2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll I 2/6
Title:
Response of Sir Robert Bevill in the case brought against him and others by William Williams and others, concerning rents in Huntingdonshire
Scope & Content:
The response of Sir Robert Bevill, KB, knight, in the case brought against him and others by William Williams and others, concerning the rents of lands in Huntingdonshire. Given 15 June 1631. The plaintiffs in this case were William Williams, Robert Michell, Walter Marks, Robert Marsh, Edward ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1631
Extent:
1 roll

58. Cotton Ch IV 26

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 26
Title:
Grant of Elizabeth I to George Gower of a monopoly on painting her portraits
Scope & Content:
Grant of Elizabeth I, Queen of England (r. 1558-1603), to George Gower (d. 1596), his deputies or assigns, of an exclusive licence for life to make the portraits of the queen on canvas, copper, wood, stone or any other material. Given the [blank] day of [blank] in the 26th year of her reign (17...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1583-1584
Extent:
1 leaf

59. Cotton Ch III 12

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch III 12
Title:
Petition of Edward Howard and others asking for arbitration in their cases against Henry Pierrepont, marquis of Dorchester, Henry Mordaunt, earl of Peterborough, and Thomas Howard, duke of Norfolk, earl marshal
Scope & Content:
Petition of Edward Howard, Bernard Howard, Alex McDonnell, and Elizabeth MacDonnell asking for arbitration in their cases against Henry Pierrepont (1606-1680), 1st marquis of Dorchester, Henry Mordaunt (1621-1697), 2nd earl of Peterborough, and Thomas Howard (1627-1677), 5th duke of Norfolk, ear...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1677
Extent:
1 booklet

60. Cotton Roll I 11

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll I 11
Title:
Copy of a lease of Elizabeth I to John Wyngard of waste ground outside the Palace of Westminster
Scope & Content:
m. 1-3: Copy of a lease from Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603) to John Wyngard, groom of the Wardrobe, of waste ground outside the Palace of Westminster for a term of 30 years. Given at Westminster, 10 October 1588. m. 4: Notes on the later descent of the land down to 1614.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 roll

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