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1. 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

2. 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

3. Cotton MS Caligula C VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C VIII
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1584–1586
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, from the years 1584 to 1586. ff. 3r-4v: Letter from Robert Bowes to Francis Walsingham, principal secretary. Informing him of reports at Edinburgh that John Erskine, 2nd Earl of Marr, and Sir Thomas Lyon, Master of Glamis have returned from Ir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1584-1586
Extent:
1 volume

4. Cotton MS Caligula D I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula D I
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1587–1589
Scope & Content:
Volume of records and papers concerning England and Scotland, mainly between 1587 and 1589. Damaged and many sheets lost (see Planta). Harley MS 4647, Add MS 4248, and Harley MS 6680-4684 contain transcripts from many of these papers. ff. 1r-26v: Fragment of a treatise, titled ‘Detectio Maria...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1587-1589
Extent:
1 volume

5. Cotton MS Caligula D XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula D XI
Title:
Records and correspondence concerning England and France, 1529
Scope & Content:
Fragments of records and correspondence concerning England and France, all c. 1529. Badly damaged by fire in 1731, the majority now fragmentary. f. 1r: Fragment of a letter. French. f. 2r: Fragment of a letter. French. f. 3r: Fragment of a letter. Dated 5 June, signed de Boys. French. f. 4r:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1529
Extent:
1 volume

6. Cotton MS Cleopatra F I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra F I
Title:
Collection relating to ecclesiastical affairs
Scope & Content:
Collection of papers concerning ecclesiastical affairs between 1515 and 1580. f. 1r-1v: Flyleaf containing illuminated musical notation on parchment. f. 2r: Title ‘Collections concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction viz. 1 A Discourse about the Jurisdiction of the Clergy, and against their Inc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1515-1580
Extent:

1 volume

7. Cotton MS Cleopatra F II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra F II
Title:
Papers relating to ecclesiastical jurisdiction
Scope & Content:
Collection of papers relating to ecclesiastical jurisdiction, principally from the 16th and early 17th centuries. ff. 1r-2*v: Table of contents. f. 2r: Title page. f. 3r-3v: Second table of contents. ff. 4r-38v: Discourse concerning causes of ecclesiastical cognizance, acknowledged and confi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1500-1650
Extent:
1 volume

8. Cotton MS Faustina A XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Faustina A XI
Title:
Discourse on the marriage of Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, and Lady Katherine Grey
Scope & Content:
Discourse on the subject of the 1560 secret marriage between Edward Seymour, first earl of Hertford (1539?–1621), courtier, and Katherine Seymour, [née Grey], countess of Hertford (1540?–1568), noblewoman and royal kinswoman. With a list of the commissioners in the case, and notes on conflicti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1561
Extent:
1 volume

9. Cotton MS Galba B III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba B III
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Burgundy, 1510–1515
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Burgundy, between 1510 and 1515. ff. 1r-2v: Letter from Thomas Spinelly to Lewis Moreton. Protesting against the demands of Emperor Maximilian. Malines, January 9 1512/13. French. ff. 3v-4r: Contract between Thomas Spinelly and Hans Popenruyter. Concer...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1510-1515
Extent:
1 volume

10. Cotton MS Galba B IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba B IV
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Burgundy, 1516
Scope & Content:
Collection of records and papers concerning England and Burgundy, dating from c. 1516. f. 1r: Cottonian title-page. f. 2r-2v: Draft letter from Thomas Wolsey to King Henry VIII’s commissioners in Flanders. Sending instructions for their negotiation concerning the King’s mediation between the E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1516
Extent:
1 volume

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