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661. Cotton MS Caligula C III

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Cotton MS Caligula C III
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland (originals and copies), 1568/9–1585, including a diary of John Lesley, bishop of Ross (d. 1596), 1571 (4r–40r); letters of Mary, queen of Scots (1542-67; d. 1587) (ff. 171, 244–248, 261–262, 423, 618, 620); and the pleading of Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk (d. 1572) (f. 189)
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 597. 1. A tract in 12mo. entitled, "Commentaria diurna Jo. Leslie episcopi Rossensis:" being the bishop’‘s journal, in his own hand, from April 11 to Oct. 16, 1571. 1. 2. Various papers and memorandums on the affairs of Scotland, and the nobility ther...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1571-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

662. Cotton MS Caligula C IV

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Cotton MS Caligula C IV
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1568–1575
Scope & Content:
ff. 2r–330v: Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1568–1575. Includes the original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–67; d. 1587); the instructions issued by Sir William Drury (d. 1579), High Marshal of Berwick and General of Her Majesty’s Force...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, and French
Date Range:
1573-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

663. Cotton MS Caligula C IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C IX
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1581–1587, including the correspondence of James VI, King of Scots
Scope & Content:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1581–1587. Includes the correspondence of James VI, King of Scots (1567–1625) (the future King James I of England).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1581-1st half 17th century
Extent:
2 volumes

664. Cotton MS Caligula C V

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Cotton MS Caligula C V
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1575–1579
Scope & Content:
ff. 3r–200r: A volume of records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1575–1579, including the original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots, and drawings by John Dunstall (ff. 73r–75r), including 'Certaine Emblemes upon a clock of the Q. of Scots' (f. 74r). ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1575-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

665. Cotton MS Caligula C VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C VI
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1580–1581
Scope & Content:
A volume of records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1580–1581. It includes items in the hand of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (d. 1598). ff. 2r–v: Robert Bowes, to William Cecil, reporting a plot of Esmé Stuart , Earl of Lennox and his friends to ruin Mor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, and French
Date Range:
1580-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

666. 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

667. Cotton MS Caligula C VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C VIII
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1584–1586
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, from the years 1584 to 1586. ff. 3r-4v: Letter from Robert Bowes to Francis Walsingham, principal secretary. Informing him of reports at Edinburgh that John Erskine, 2nd Earl of Marr, and Sir Thomas Lyon, Master of Glamis have returned from Ir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1584-1586
Extent:
1 volume

668. Cotton MS Caligula D I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula D I
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1587–1589
Scope & Content:
Volume of records and papers concerning England and Scotland, mainly between 1587 and 1589. Damaged and many sheets lost (see Planta). Harley MS 4647, Add MS 4248, and Harley MS 6680-4684 contain transcripts from many of these papers. ff. 1r-26v: Fragment of a treatise, titled ‘Detectio Maria...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1587-1589
Extent:
1 volume

669. Cotton MS Caligula D II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula D II
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1590–1603
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–468r: A volume of records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1590–1603. f. i: Note about transcripts of the volume. [See Rymer, vol. XVI. 68, 81, 100, 107-110, 136, 148, 183, 186, 190-193, 197, 198, 209, 219, 222, 224, 225, 229, 230, 238, 240, 242, 244, 247, 248, 250-263, 269, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

670. Cotton MS Caligula D III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula D III
Title:
Records (primarily originals) concerning England, France and Flanders, Henry III–Henry IV (1216–1413), including the declaration of King Richard II of England (1377–99) for quelling the insurrection led by Wat Tyler, 1381 (f. 137)
Scope & Content:
This volume was marked on the back Calig. E. XIII. but it appears to be a great part of Calig. D. III. which was supposed to have been lost. Codex et chartaceus et membran. in folio, constans foliis 160. 1. A charter of Henry III. confirmed by some of his subjects; by which he engages to assis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

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