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Project / Collection Cotton Collection Name Edward III, King of England and Lord of Ireland, 1312-1377 Level [40] File

1. Cotton Ch IV 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 9
Title:
Receipt that Adam Orleton, bishop of Hereford, has delivered valuables to the Tower of London for the coronation of Edward III
Scope & Content:
Receipt that Adam Orleton, bishop of Hereford (r. 1317-1327) and Treasurer, in the presence of Walter de Norroy, baron of the Exchequer, has delivered to the Tower of London and Sir Robert Woodhouse, Keeper of the King's Wardrobe, by the hands of Orleton's clerk, Sir John of Houton, plate and va...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1327
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Cotton Ch IV 23

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 23
Title:
Complaint by Thomas of Folsham and Joan, his wife, to the king that they have been unlawfully disinherited
Scope & Content:
Recto: Complaint by Thomas of Folsham and Joan, his wife, to the king and his council that John of Londham, sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, and Robert Hovel have erased and amended a suspicious and defective brief of mort d’ancestor. The bearer of this brief, John son of Robert Pollard of Wethde...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1328-1330
Extent:
1 leaf

3. Cotton MS Nero A X/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A X/2
Title:
Four anonymous poems in Middle English: Pearl, Cleanness, Patience and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Scope & Content:
Cotton MS Nero A X originally contained 4 items, consecutively numbered, which were bound together by Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631) and separated into 2 volumes in 1964. The texts are often referred to as articles 1-6, following the numbering in Thomas Smith, Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptum Biblio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1375-1424
Extent:

Parchment codex

4. Cotton MS Nero B I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero B I
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Portugal, 1373–1604
Scope & Content:
Collection of records and papers concerning England and Portugal, dating from between 1373 and 1604. Including letters by Henry VI (1421–1471), king of England, lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine; King João I of Portugal (1385–1433); King João III of Portugal (1521–1577); and William Cecil, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
1378-1604
Extent:
1 volume

5. Cotton MS Nero B VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero B VII
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Italy, 1371-1612
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Italy, 1371-1612. Including letters of Andrea Gritti, doge of Venice (1523-1538); Marino Grimani, doge of Venice (1595-1606); and King Charles V of Spain, Holy Roman Emperor (1519-1556, d. 1558). f. 1r: Title-page. f. 2r: Letter from King Henry VI of E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1371-1612
Extent:
1 volume

6. Cotton MS Vespasian C VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C VI
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Spain, 1154-1603
Scope & Content:
Records and papers (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Spain. From the reigns of King Henry II (1154–1189) to Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603) of England, including: records of the Spanish government, 1574–1577 (5r–178v); ordinance of King Philip II of Spain (1556–1598) concerning ti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1154-1603
Extent:
1 volume

7. Cotton MS Vespasian C XII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C XII
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Spain, 1262-1509
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning England and Spain, 1262-1509. Including the marriage contract of Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486-1502), and Katherine of Aragon (1485–1536) in 1497 (ff. 227r-237v), and the marriage contract of Prince Henry, later King Henry VIII (1491–1547), and Katherine of Aragon in 1502 (ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1262-1509
Extent:
1 volume

8. Cotton MS Vespasian C XVI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C XVI
Title:
Records and papers (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Scotland, 1296–1584, including muster-rolls of Berwick-upon-Tweed and other English garrisons in Scotland, 1311/12, and of horses in the same garrisons; an indenture for the release of David II, 1357; libellus concerning the captivity of David II, 1363–1364; a history of Scotland, reign of Robert II–c. 1454; Archibald Whitelaw, Oratio ad regem Ricardum III, 1484; diary of the movements of Edward I in Scotland, 1296; the Red...
Scope & Content:
Records and papers (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Scotland, 1296–1584. The will of Mary, Queen of Scots, has been bound separately as Cotton MS Vespasian C XVI/1. ff. 1r–8r: A muster roll on parchment and in Latin of military tenants at Berwick, specifying the times of their...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1312-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Cotton Roll II 14

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll II 14
Title:
Copies of charters relating to Torksey
Scope & Content:
Copies of charters relating to Torksey (Lincolnshire) in multiple hands. Contents: m. 2: Grant by Henry III to John de Balliol (d. 1268) and Devorguilla of Galloway (d. 1290), his wife, of the manors of Liddingland and Torksey. Given at Guildford, 11 December 1227. m. 3: A further grant by He...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 roll