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111. Cotton MS Vespasian C II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C II
Title:
Correspondence (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Spain, April 1522–October 1524
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–382r: Correspondence (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Spain, April 1522–October 1524, principally of King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547) and Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey (d. 1530), some in the hand of Charles V, king of Spain (1516–1556) and Holy Roman emperor (1519–1556; ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1522-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

112. Cotton MS Vespasian C III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C III
Title:
Correspondence concerning England and Spain, February 1525–December 1526
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–156r: Correspondence (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Spain, February 1525–December 1526, principally of King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547) and Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey (d. 1530). Primarily English and Latin, partly in cipher, with occasional items in Spanish and Fre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1525-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

113. Cotton MS Vespasian C IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C IV
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Spain, 1527-1529
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Spain, between January 1527 and December 1529. Principally correspondence of Thomas Wolsey (1470/71–1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal, and Henry VIII (1491–1547), king of England and Ireland, with some papers of Charles V (1500-1558...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1527-1529
Extent:
1 volume

114. Cotton MS Vespasian C VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C VIII
Title:
Records and papers (originals and transcripts) concerning Anglo-Spanish relations, 1587-1603
Scope & Content:
This is a collection of transcripts and original documents. A number of documents are identified as gifts, or translations from the papers of, the Spanish Ambassador (Gondomar) in 1615 ((ff. 11*r, 276r-v, 281r-284r, 289r-293v). Some of the documents probably came from Robert Beale. The document...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1587-1631
Extent:
1 volume

115. Cotton MS Vespasian C XVI/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C XVI/1
Title:
The draft will of Mary, Queen of Scots, 1577
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r–7v: The draft will of Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1587), written by her secretary, Claude Nau, and with her autograph notes, February 1577, Sheffield. In French. This item was removed and bound separately from Cotton MS Vespasian C XVI in 1855.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1577
Extent:
1 volume

116. Cotton MS Vespasian F III

Reference (shelfmark):
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

117. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

Reference (shelfmark):
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

118. Cotton MS Vitellius B XXI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius B XXI
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Germany, 1526-1545
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning England and Germany, 1526-1545. f. 1r: Title-page. f. 2r: Paper containing intelligence concerning a treaty between Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and King Francis I of France. January 31 1526. Latin. ff. 3r-4v: Two papers of intelligence concerning the retreat of King Ferd...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1526-1545
Extent:
1 volume

119. Cotton Roll XIII 17

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll XIII 17
Title:
Genealogical Roll Chronicle to Edward I with a continuation to Edward III
Scope & Content:
This manuscript may also be referred to as Cotton Charter XIII 17. Order as Cotton Roll XIII 17. Contents: A genealogical chronicle with a commentary in Anglo-Norman French dated to the reign of Edward I (1272-1307). Face: Membranes 1-4: A genealogical diagram of the kings of England from A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
1307-1327
Extent:

1 roll

120. Cotton Roll XIII 33

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll XIII 33
Title:
Universal Roll Chronicle
Scope & Content:
This manuscript may also be referred to Cotton Charter XIII 33. Order as Cotton Roll XIII 33. Contents: A universal chronicle in four columns with a history of popes until Urban VI (d. 1389), of emperors (Roman and medieval) until Ludwig IV of Bavaria (d.1347), a genealogy of the kings of Fra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 roll

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