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

1. Cotton MS Galba D XII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba D XII
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1596-1607
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, mainly between 1596 and 1607. ff. 1r-4v Letter from Thomas Bodley to William Cecil, Baron Burghley. Reporting on his conferences with Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and the States General, concerning the war. The Hague, January 4 1595/6. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1596-1607
Extent:
1 volume

2. 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

3. Cotton MS Vespasian C VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C VIII
Title:
Records and papers (originals and transcripts) concerning Anglo-Spanish relations, 1587-1603
Scope & Content:
This is a collection of transcripts and original documents. A number of documents are identified as gifts, or translations from the papers of, the Spanish Ambassador (Gondomar) in 1615 ((ff. 11*r, 276r-v, 281r-284r, 289r-293v). Some of the documents probably came from Robert Beale. The document...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1587-1631
Extent:
1 volume