Miscellaneous papers relating to English ecclesiastical history, including Sir Robert Cotton, Antiquity of Christian Religion in this Island (2r–4v); Arthur Agard, Of the Antiquitie of Christian Religion in this Island (8r–10v); papal bulls and other documents (originals and copies) (ff. 64–65, 115–116, 118–123, 133, 138–141, 143–150, 183–190, 194–195, 197–200, 202–204, 211–213, 224–225, 228, 240–241, 244–245, 261–264, 266–267, 275–276, 305–307, 310–312), among them an account of the election...
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Language(s): English, Latin, Anglo-Norman French Dated: 1st half of the 12th century to 1st quarter of the 17th century; 1st half of the 15th century (ff. 184, 188, 312)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Episcopal and abbatial professions (17r–32v, 35r–38r); papal and royal letters and privileges (32r, 32v–35r, 40r–47v); account of the profession of Archbishop Thomas of York (47v–49r); canons of the Council of Winchester, 1072 (49r–50v); letters of Lanfranc, archbishop of Canterbury (1070–1089), Pope Alexander II (1061–1073), Pope Paschal II (1099–1118) and Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury (1093–1109) (50v–53r, 54r–57v); canons of the Council of London, 1075 (53r–54r)
Papers relating to the Dissolution of the monasteries
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f. 1r–v: Fragment of a treatise on the virtues and vices. Other portions in Cotton MS Cleopatra E IV/2, f. 475; Cotton MS Claudius C VI, ff. 1, 205; Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff. 157–164; Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff. 145–58; and Cotton MS Cleopatra E I, ff. 184, 188, 312. ff. 2–7: Early mode...
Papers relating to the Dissolution of the monasteries
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ff. 233–474: Papers relating to the Dissolution of the monasteries. f. 475r–v: Fragment of a treatise on the virtues and vices. Other portions in Cotton MS Cleopatra E IV/1, f. 1; Cotton MS Claudius C VI, ff. 1, 205; Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff. 157–164; Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff. 145–58;...
ff. i, 1–3: Early modern endleaves, including Cottonian title page (f. 1r). ff. 4–221: Papers concerning the reformation of the church in England during the reign of King Henry VIII, many of them corrected by the king’s own hand.
ff. 222–416: Papers concerning the reformation of the church in England during the reign of King Henry VIII, many of them corrected by the king’s own hand.
Collection of tracts and papers concerning the power of the King in ecclesiastical councils; the duties of bishops and priests; and the rights of the Church of England against the claims of the Pope. ff. 1r-15v: ‘De potestate regis’. Copy of the latter part of the book published by the authorit...
Collection of tracts and papers concerning the power of the King in ecclesiastical councils; the duties of bishops and priests; and the rights of the Church of England against the claims of the Pope. ff. 168r-179v: Letter from Sir Thomas More to King Henry VIII. Defending himself. Chelchith, 5 ...