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Project / Collection Cotton Collection Name Henry VI, King of England and Lord of Ireland, 1421-1471 Level [40] File

1. Cotton Ch IV 15

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 15
Title:
Order of Henry VI to the Keeper of the Privy Seal to have the Chancellor draw up letters patent appointing William Cotton as Keeper of the Great Wardrobe
Scope & Content:
Order of King Henry VI of England (r. 1422-1461, 1470-1471) to Master Andrew Holes, Keeper of the Privy Seal, to make out letters to the Lord Chancellor, ordering him to draw up letters patent appointing William Cotton as Keeper of the Great Wardrobe following the resignation of Thomas Tuddenham...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1450
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Cotton Ch IV 37

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 37
Title:
List of grievances from the time of Henry VI (mislaid)
Scope & Content:
A list of grievances, possibly from Kent, from around the time of King Henry VI of England (r. 1422-1461, 1470-1471). This item was recorded as mislaid in 1826.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Unspecified
Date Range:
1422-1471
Extent:

1 document

3. Cotton MS Domitian A XVII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A XVII
Title:
Psalter (‘Psalter of Henry VI’)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript was made around 1405-1410, possibly for Louis, duke of Guyenne and Dauphin of France; in c. 1420 it was supplemented with a set of computistical tables (ff. 8r-11r); and in c. 1430-1431 the Psalter was possibly adapted for king Henry VI of England. At this stage the English arms ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
c 1405-c 1430
Extent:

288 folios.

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 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

7. Cotton MS Vespasian F III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian F III
Title:
Correspondence and other documents written or attested by various monarchs
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other documents written or attested by the kings, queens and rulers of England, France, Scotland, Castile, Aragon, Spain, Portugal, Florence, Tuscany, the Holy Roman Empire, Bohemia, Denmark, Sweden, Hungary and Russia, including William I of England (1066–1087) and his succes...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, English, French, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Cotton Roll II 23

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Roll II 23
Title:
Collection of prophecies, poems, manifestos and other political documents, including the manifesto of Cade's Rebellion
Scope & Content:
A collection of prophecies, poems, manifestos and other political documents from 1447-1452, mostly relating to the downfall of William de la Pole, 1st duke of Suffolk (1396-1450), and to Cade's Rebellion, 1450. Probably compiled by a Yorkist partisan from London or with an interest in the city. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
c 1452
Extent:
1 roll