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221. Cotton MS Vespasian F I

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Cotton MS Vespasian F I
Title:
Correspondence (originals and transcripts) concerning England, Hungary, Poland, Genoa, Venice, Transylvania, the Hanse merchants, Rhodes and Moldavia, including letters patent of Leonardo Lauredano, doge of Venice (1501–1521) (ff. 113–114)
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 250. 1. Instructions of K. Henry IV. to ambassadors sent to Sigismund K. of Hungary. (Lat. the beginning wanting.) Windsor, April 29, 1411. 1. 2. Instructions of K. Henry IV. to Hortank van Clux and John Stokes, sent ambassadors to Sigismund K. of Hun...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1241-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

222. Cotton MS Vespasian F II

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Cotton MS Vespasian F II
Title:
Papers relating to the Cleves-Julich succession, 1609–1612, including L’acte d’appel de l’electeur de Brandenbourg et du Comte Palatin (1r–32r, 222r–250r: 2 copies)
Scope & Content:
Codex chartac. in folio. constans ex foliis 251. continens tractatus varii [!!] de successionis Juliaco-Cliviensi controversia, post obitum ducis Johannis Wilhelmi A. 1609: haec precipue notanda. 1. L'Acte d'appel des illustres princes, l'electeur de Brandenbourg duc en Prusse, et le comte Pala...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

223. Cotton MS Vespasian F III

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Cotton MS Vespasian F III
Title:
Correspondence and other documents written or attested by various monarchs
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other documents written or attested by the kings, queens and rulers of England, France, Scotland, Castile, Aragon, Spain, Portugal, Florence, Tuscany, the Holy Roman Empire, Bohemia, Denmark, Sweden, Hungary and Russia, including William I of England (1066–1087) and his succes...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, English, French, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

224. Cotton MS Vespasian F IX

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Cotton MS Vespasian F IX
Title:
Miscellaneous papers, including the statutes of St George’s College, Windsor (2r–18r), and a record of its visitation, 1570 (18v–22r); ordinances for the Augustinian canons in England, 1519 (23r–32v); letters and papers concerning precedency (39r–93r, 100r–113r); record of the autopsy performed on Prince Henry of England (d. 1612) (136r); Articles concerning the Admiralty of England, 1591 (ff. 173–174: printed text); topographical notes by John Leland (d. 1552) (198r–199r); historical memoran...
Scope & Content:
A paper volume in folio, consisting of 309 leaves, besides an imperfect table of contents at the beginning. 1. Statuta ecclesiae collegiatae castri de Windsor, confirmata ex auctoritate Clementis VI. papae: with a table of contents at fol. 15, and some of the oaths administered. 1. 2. Injunctio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1384-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

225. Cotton MS Vespasian F V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian F V
Title:
Records and papers (predominantly transcripts) concerning France, including Traitte des princes, conseillers et autres ministres de l’etat de France (1r–47v: imperfect); Peace of Madrid, 1526 (65r–100v); Peace of Cambrai, 1529 (101r–119v); Peace of Câteau-Cambrésis, 1559 (140v–151r, 152v); advertisement for a Professor of Mathematics, Paris, 1576 (f. 232: printed text); request addressed to Henri III, king of France (1574–1589), 1576 (237r–252r); papers relating to Paris peace negotiations, 1...
Scope & Content:
Codex chartac. in folio, constans foliis 503. 1. Traité des princes, conseillers, et autres ministres de l'etat de France, ainsi que de l'etat du royaume, vers la fin du XVIme siecle. 1.2. An extract of all the lieutenants, governors, &c. in France, as they were placed by Henry IV. 48.3. A ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

226. Cotton MS Vespasian F VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian F VI
Title:
Correspondence and other records (originals and transcripts) concerning England and France, 1572, including letters of Queen Elizabeth I of England (1558–1603), King Charles IX of France (1560–1574), William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (d. 1598), Francis Walsingham (d. 1590) and Sir Thomas Smith (d. 1577); Treaty of Blois, 1572 (24r–44v); Ad Serenissimam Angliæ, Franciæ, Hyberniæ Reginam Elizabetham, Pro Christianorum Defensio Oratio (289r–294v)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): English, French, Latin and Italian, partly in cipher Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 297. 1. Sir Fr. Walsingham? to Ld. Burleigh? giving an account of an interview he had with the Q. of Navarre, concerning the proposed marriage between the prince of Navarre; and lady M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1572-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

227. Cotton MS Vespasian F VII

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Cotton MS Vespasian F VII
Title:
Records and correspondence (all originals) concerning England and Scotland, 1296–1547, including the renunciation of fealty by John Balliol, king of Scots (1292–1296; d. 1313), to King Edward I of England (1272–1307), 1296 (f. 42); instructions sent by Humphrey, duke of Gloucester (d. 1447), to John Scrope, Lord Scrope of Masham (d. 1455), 1430 (f. 48); letter of Mary, queen of Scots (1542–1567; d. 1587), 1547 (f. 73); early modern list of contents (ff. 126–130)
Scope & Content:
Codex membran. et chartac. in folio, constans foliis 121. [See Stevenson's Illustrations of Scottish History] 1. Rotulus de munitionibus castrorum Scotiae: being a table, or tariff, of the pay of certain chiefs and their men on the borders of Scotland. (Lat. on vellum.) 29 Edw. III. 1355. 1. 2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1296-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

228. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XV
Title:
(1) Old English adaptations of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia and other texts (known as the 'Southwick Codex'); (2) Beowulf, The Marvels of the East, Judith, and other texts in Old English (known as the 'Nowell Codex')
Scope & Content:
This volume, containing the unique medieval copy of Beowulf and other important texts in Old English, comprises two manuscripts of different origin and date, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631). The so-called 'Southwick Codex' (ff. 4–93), named after its medieval home, was ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old, French, and Latin
Date Range:
990s-2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

229. Cotton MS Vitellius B II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius B II
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Rome, 1509–1515
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Rome, dating between 1509 and 1515. f. 1r: Title-page. f. 2v: Fragment of a letter to King Henry VIII, from an unnamed cardinal. Sending intelligence from Italy, and reporting that Bologna has been taken by Imperial forces. Latin. f. 3r-3v: Letter fr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1509-1515
Extent:
1 volume

230. Cotton MS Vitellius B VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius B VI
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Rome, 1524
Scope & Content:
ff. 1*r–304v: A volume of records and documents (originals and copies) concerning England and Rome, 1524. ff. 1r–11v: These folios are described as being taken from Appendix XXIX. ff. 1r–v: Original letter from Charles de Bourbon to Cardinal Wolsey, 28 January 1524. ff. 2r–v: Mutilated letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

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