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11. 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

12. Harley MS 289

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 289
Title:
Sixteenth-century letters and papers relating to Scotland and England
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–211v: A collection of letters and papers, originals and contemporary copies, including information about Scotland; relations between Scotland and England, and diplomacy during the reigns of Tudor monarchs. f. 1r: A genealogy of the Hamiltons. f. 1v: Unfinished note beginning 'Of this ho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

13. Harley MS 6101

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6101
Title:
A Scots heraldic manuscript
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A full-page coat of arms with crest (quarterly of nine): arms of Jermyn. f. 2r: The ‘Armes of the Balliam’. ff. 3r-17r: Royal arms, from King Malcolm III (‘Malcum Camoir’) to Mary I of Scotland [Mary, Queen of Scots] (r. 1542-1567). ff. 18r-71r: The arms of Scots peerage...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Scots
Date Range:
1567-1578
Extent:
1 volume

14. Harley MS 6149

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6149
Title:
A collection of Scots and Latin heraldic and chivalric treatises
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-1v: An untitled Scots heraldic treatise on the different rights and privileges of the kings of arms and heralds, and the sergeants of arms in service of the king, beginning: ‘Arthour son to the duke of Bertaingnie erle of Richmont lord of partynay Counstable of ffrance Till all...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Scots
Date Range:
c 1494
Extent:
1 volume

15. 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