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HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS, chiefly relating to the reigns of Edward III. and Richard II.; copied by a single hand. The contents are: - 1. " De pace Francie et Anglie" : the articles of the peace of Bretigni, as amended at Calais, promulgated by Edward III. and Edward, Prince of Wales, with an addit...
Warrants, official and private letters from the reigns of Henry IV to James VI and I
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ff. 1r–86v: Original papers, warrants, official and private letters, from the reigns of Henry IV to James I and VI. The volume includes several letters from abbots of monasteries before the Dissolution, the reports to the Privy Council of Commissioners appointed to take account of Church goods i...
MISCELLANEOUS historical letters, etc.; 1375-1810. In two series, English or relating to England and (artt. 87-106) foreign. 1. Andrea Contarini, Doge of Venice, to Edward III. of England, desiring a safe conduct for merchant-ships about to be sent to Flanders; " in nostro ducali Palatio," 5 F...
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of papers, tracts, copies of letters, etc., 15th-18th centt., written in many different hands, as follows:- 1. List of State Papers and Letters relating to England and her dealings with the Netherlands, France, etc., tempp. Hen. VII.- Hon. VIII., contained in Cotton MS...
Collection of original orders and warrants, chiefly by King Henry VIII and Thomas Wolsey, the King’s Almoner. Dating from between 1512 and 1515. Principally addressed to John Daunce, Treasurer for War. Concerning payments to English and foreign merchants for victualling the army in Spain, the s...
TRANSCRIPTS, facsimiles, and drafts of English and Foreign State letters; 1549-1765. A few of them have memoranda in the hand of Thomas Astle, and are copies of letters that have since been acquired by the British Museum. The contents are:- 1. Henry II. of France to, [Con Baccach] O'Neill, Ear...
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION Of papers relating to the history of Scotland, and more particularly to the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745:- 1. Award "concerning sundry disputes" between William, Bishop of Orkney and Shetland, and Haco Johnson; Kirkwall, F. of St. Urban, Pope [25 May], 1369. Trans...
COLLECTION Of miscellaneous historical, topographical, and other papers; 1360-1807. 1. Proceedings at, and list of princes attending, the Imperial Diet at Augsburg in June-August, 1582. Germ. ff. 1, 3. 2. Edict of Gebhardt, Archbishop Elector of Cologne, granting toleration to the Protestant...
Papers of Thomas Edmondes, Agent at the French Court, 1592-1596 and n.d., volume 1
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Edmonde Papers, vol. 1, 18 June 1592-16 May 1596. This volume includes letters from William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Sir Robert Cecil and Sir John Norris, commander in Brittany, to Thomas Edmondes. Much of this volume comprises drafts (described on the endorsements as copies or minutes) of t...
Edmondes Papers, volume 2: English diplomatic correspondence, 1597-1605, including the reports of Thomas Edmondes, Ralph Winwood and Dudley Carleton in France; negotiations with the Spanish Netherlands; and letters of Ralph Winwood as Ambassador to the Dutch Republic
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Edmondes Papers, volume 2, 26 October 1597-20 March 1605. Thomas Edmondes had been English agent at the French Court from 1592 to 1595 (he was also Secretary there before and after). He had returned to England in May or June 1596, returning to France on special missions in late March and early ...
