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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Cotton MS Language Italian Name Wilkes, Thomas, Clerk to the Privy Council and diplomat, c 1545-1598

1. Cotton MS Galba C V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba C V
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1574-1576
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1574–1576. f. 1r Letter to an unknown recipient, possibly from William, Prince of Orange. Containing an appeal for intelligence. Flushing, January 4 1574-1575. French. f. 2r Letter from Philip de Croy, possibly to Robert Dudley, Earl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Flemish, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1574-1576
Extent:
1 volume

2. Cotton MS Galba C X

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba C X
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1586–1587
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, between 1586 and 1587. ff. 2r-9v Articles proposed by Thomas Wilkes to the Council of State. With their answers. Utrecht, 3 September 1586. French. ff. 10r-15v Account of the contributions grated to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter 16th century-1st half 17th century
Extent:
1 volume.

3. Cotton MS Galba C XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba C XI
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1587
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1587. The first 60 folios have been damaged by fire. f. 1 Fragment of title page engraving. ff. 2-60 Fragments, including letters and accounts of the armies in the Low Countries. Captains mentioned in the accounts include: Colonel Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter 16th century-1st half 17th century
Extent:
1 volume.

4. Cotton MS Galba D II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba D II
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1587
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1587. ff. 3r-3v, 5r-8v Draft instructions to Queen Elizabeth I’s commissioners. Concerning their journey to the Low Countries to treat for peace. In the hand of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. September 1587. f. 4r-4v Letter from ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
September 1587-December 1587
Extent:
1 volume

5. Cotton MS Titus B VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus B VII
Title:
Letters to the Earls of Leicester, Sussex and others
Scope & Content:
Letters to the earls of Leicester, Sussex, and others, mainly from the reign of Elizabeth I and James I (1558-1625). f. 1r partial contents list of letters. ff. 2r-3v Letter from Robert Zinzan to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Reporting his delivery of the Queen’s present of horses to King ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
1558-1625
Extent:
1 volume