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1. Cotton Ch IV 40

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 40
Title:
Letter of Maurice of Nassau to Elizabeth I asking her support in arranging a marriage
Scope & Content:
Letter of Maurice of Nassau (1567-1625) to Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603), asking her to use her influence in favour of a marriage between his eldest sister and Frederick IV (1574-1610), Elector Palatine of the Rhine. Given at the camp before Geertruidenberg, 13 April 1593. Bound ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1593
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Cotton Ch IV 59

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 59
Title:
Letter of Elizabeth I to Maurice of Nassau accrediting William Davison as her agent in the Netherlands
Scope & Content:
Letter of Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603) to Maurice of Nassau (1567-1625), accrediting William Davison as her agent in the Netherlands. Written at Hampton Court, October 1584. Bound with Cotton Chs IV 38/1, 38/2, IV 40-43 and IV 45-48.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1584
Extent:
1 leaf

3. Cotton MS Appendix L

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix L
Title:
State Papers, 1513-1637
Scope & Content:
This volume, primarily of original douments, includes correspondence in the hands of Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey (1470/71-1530), Thomas Cromwell (d. 1540), and William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520/1521-1598); letters from Sir Francis Walsingham (c. 1532-1590) relating to the Babington conspiracy,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1513-1637
Extent:
1 volume

4. Cotton MS Caligula B IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula B IV
Title:
Records and papers concerning Mary, Queen of Scots
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, mainly concerning Mary (1542–1587), Queen of Scots. ff. 2r-94v: Copy of Edmund Plowden’s ‘Treatise of Succession’. Concerning the King’s two bodies, i.e. natural and political, and intended to prove the title of Mary, Queen of Scots, to the su...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1542-1567
Extent:
1 volume

5. Cotton MS Caligula B IX/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula B IX/1
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1556-1579
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1556-1579. Volume 1 of 2. f. 1r-1v: List of titles of documents concerning the borders. ff. 2r-6v: Proceedings of Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton, and other commissioners concerning the borders. Containing copies of an indenture between th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1556-1579
Extent:
1 volume

6. Cotton MS Caligula B IX/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula B IX/2
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland 1556-1579
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1556-1579. Volume 2 of 2. ff. 270r-283v: Discourse by Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven. Concerning Mary, Queen of Scots, and trouble with the Scottish nobility. Newcastle, 1565. f. 284r-284v: Copy of a French translation of George Buchanan’...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1556-1579
Extent:
1 volume

7. Cotton MS Caligula B V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula B V
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, including Thomas Churchyard, The scole of warre callid the sege of Lethe (1560)
Scope & Content:
Records and papers on English and Scottish affairs in the mid 16th century and the first half of the 17th century. Including The scole of warre callid the sege of Lethe, a poem by Thomas Churchyard (1523?–1604), writer and soldier, concerning the 1560 siege of Leith. ff. 2r-36v: Account of all ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1525-1650
Extent:
1 volume

8. Cotton MS Caligula B VI/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula B VI/1
Title:
Correspondence and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1474–1528
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning England and Scotland, between 1474 and 1528. Including items sent by James IV (1473–1513), king of Scots; James V, king of Scots (1513–1542); Margaret, queen of Scots (d. 1541); Katherine of Aragon (1485–1536), queen of England and first consort of Henr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1474-1528
Extent:
1 volume

9. Cotton MS Caligula B VI/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula B VI/2
Title:
Correspondence and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1474–1528
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning England and Scotland, between 1474 and 1528. Including items sent by James IV (1473–1513), king of Scots; James V, king of Scots (1513–1542); Margaret, queen of Scots (d. 1541); Katherine of Aragon (1485–1536), queen of England and first consort of Henr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1474-1528
Extent:
1 volume

10. Cotton MS Caligula B VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula B VIII
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
ff. 4r–414v: Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, from the reigns of Henry VIII (1509–1547) and Elizabeth I (1558–1603), including The Act for furthering of Iustice in criminall causes, 9 November 1588 (Edinburgh: Henrie Charteris, 158), STC 21887.5, ff. 38r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, Scots, and Spanish
Date Range:
1st quarter 16th century-1st half 17th century
Extent:
1 volume