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1. Add MS 4155

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Title:
English political and diplomatic papers, 1587-1689
Scope & Content:
This is a miscellaneous collection of papers, including Elizabethan political and military matters; the parliamentary politics of the 1620s; and a number of early 17th-century diplomatic letters. There are probably some originals amongst the collection, but it is evidently mainly a collection of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1587-1740
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 4158

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Title:
State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1657-1660
Scope & Content:
The documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intelligence s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1657-1660
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 19399

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Title:
Royal and noble autographs, 1646-1768
Scope & Content:
Original letters, bills of privy seal, orders of Privy Council, and other documents, bearing the autograph signatures of royal and noble people, principally of England. Between 1646 and 1768. f. 1r-1v: Letter from the Parliamentary Commissioners to William Lenthall, Speaker of the House of Com...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 32092

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Title:
State papers and documents, 1576-1624
Scope & Content:
Volume II of state papers and documents owned by the Malet family, baronets, of Wilbury, Wiltshire. Covering the period 1576-1624. ff. 1r-2v Letter from Johannes Sturmius, Rector of the Academy at Strassburg, to Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury. On Grindal’s appointment to that see. Arg...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1576-1624
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 35830

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Title:
State letters and papers (Hardwick Papers vol. 482)
Scope & Content:
State letters and papers, principally the correspondence of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton (1515/16-1571), diplomat and member of parliament. He was appointed ambassador to France in May 1559, two months before the death of King Henry II, and his letters give detailed accounts of his interviews wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1557-1561
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 48007

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Title:
Papers on negotiations between England and Spain, 1556-1594
Scope & Content:
Copies of papers concerning negotiations between England and Spain, mostly concerning trade with the Netherlands, 1556-1594. Other copies of these documents can be found in Add MS 48011 and Cotton MSS Galba C I, II, IV and V. From the collections of Robert Beale (1541–1601), administrator and di...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1556-1594
Extent:
1 volume

7. Add MS 48027

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Title:
Papers and correspondence relating chiefly to Mary, Queen of Scots, 1559-1594
Scope & Content:
Papers and correspondence relating to Mary, Queen of Scots: the conspiracies and plots involving her and her trial and execution and its aftermath, 1559-1594, n.d. Mostly contemporary copies. Further official copies of many of the items are in Cotton MS Caligula C IX. This volume was compiled b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, Scots, and Spanish
Date Range:
1559-1626
Extent:
1 volume

8. Egerton MS 1693

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Egerton MS 1693
Title:
Miscellaneous papers of Robert Beale, 1569-1593
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous papers of Robert Beale, 1569-1593, comprising: continental correspondence; papers relating to Mary, Queen of Scots; and correspondence about the Church of England in the 1580s. This is a miscellaneous collection of papers once belonging to Robert Beale which have become separated...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1569-1593
Extent:
1 volume

9. Stowe MS 146

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Stowe MS 146
Title:
Royal orders and warrants, 1512-1515
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1512-1515
Extent:
1 volume