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Language Scots Name Beaton, James, diplomat and Archbishop of Glasgow, 1517-1603 Level [40] File

1. Add MS 48027

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Add MS 48027
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

2. Add MS 48049

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 48049
Title:
Papers relating to Scotland and Mary, Queen of Scots, 1565-c. 1600
Scope & Content:
This volume is made up of copies and drafts relating to Mary Queen of Scots and more broadly to Scottish politics in the reign of King James VI (up to c. 1600). The volume forms part of the papers collected by Robert Beale, Clerk of the Council, and there are many endorsements, memoranda and dra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Greek, Ancient, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1560-1605
Extent:
1 volume

3. Cotton MS Caligula C VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C VII
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1582–1584, including correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots
Scope & Content:
This is a collection of original documents - including many reports from the English Ambassador in Edinburgh, Robert Bowes, as well as letters from James VI, Mary, Queen of Scots, and Catherine de Medici - alongside scribal copies from the early 17th century. Many of the originals of these copie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1582-1631
Extent:

1 volume

4. Harley MS 7004

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 7004
Title:
Miscellaneous papers and correspondence, c. 1532-1687, primarily of Scottish, Anglo-Scottish, Irish and Welsh matters
Scope & Content:
This is a miscellaneous collection. It includes some items which relate largely or wholly to England, such as the Elizabethan papers on harquebusiers and trained bands (ff. 175r-176v, 177r-179r). There are also outlying documents either side of the heart of the collection in the late 16th- and e...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1532-1687
Extent:
1 volume