Collection of papers relating to ecclesiastical jurisdiction, principally from the 16th and early 17th centuries. ff. 1r-2*v: Table of contents. f. 2r: Title page. f. 3r-3v: Second table of contents. ff. 4r-38v: Discourse concerning causes of ecclesiastical cognizance, acknowledged and confi...
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1590–1603
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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, ...
Records and correspondence concerning England and France, 1529
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Fragments of records and correspondence concerning England and France, all c. 1529. Badly damaged by fire in 1731, the majority now fragmentary. f. 1r: Fragment of a letter. French. f. 2r: Fragment of a letter. French. f. 3r: Fragment of a letter. Dated 5 June, signed de Boys. French. f. 4r:...
Records and papers concerning England and Rome, 1525
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ff. 1r–218r: A volume of records and papers concerning England and Rome, 1525. The majority of items relate to negotiations with Clement VII and Francis I's captivity. f. 2r: A note about signatures which have been cut from letters in the volume, and the letters where the signatures have been p...
Records and papers concerning England and Burgundy, 1516
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Collection of records and papers concerning England and Burgundy, dating from c. 1516. f. 1r: Cottonian title-page. f. 2r-2v: Draft letter from Thomas Wolsey to King Henry VIII’s commissioners in Flanders. Sending instructions for their negotiation concerning the King’s mediation between the E...
Records and papers concerning England and Burgundy, 1518–1521
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Collection of records and papers concerning England and Burgundy, dating from between 1518 and 1521. f. 1r: Cottonian title-page. f. 2r-2v: Letter from King Charles of Castile to Thomas Wolsey. Recommending his ambassador, de Lachaulx, dispatched to King Henry VIII. Brussels, February 11 [1522...
Winchcombe Chronicle; Calendar; Bede, De Temporum Ratione; Bede, De Natura Rerum; Bede, De Temporibus; Abbo of Fleury, De Differentia Circuli et Sphere; Helperic of Auxerre, De Computo; Robert the Lotharingian, Excerptio de Chronica Mariani; Abbo of Fleury, Computus
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Contents: ff. 1r-27v: The Winchcombe Chronicle, including the bull of Pope Leo III (pope between 795-816) to King Cenwulf of Mercia (reigned 796-821) and his heirs, regarding the monastery where Cenwulf would be buried (Winchcombe) and other monastic houses in England (f. 13v); the purported fo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 14th century
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1574-1576
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Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1574–1576. f. 1r Letter to an unknown recipient, possibly from William, Prince of Orange. Containing an appeal for intelligence. Flushing, January 4 1574-1575. French. f. 2r Letter from Philip de Croy, possibly to Robert Dudley, Earl...
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1589
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Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries. From July to December 1589. ff. 3r-5v Letter from Thomas Bodley to the Privy Council. Reporting his negotiations with the States General. The Hague, July 9 1589. ff. 6r-7v Letter from Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State, to Th...
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1593–1594
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Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, mainly between 1593 and 1594. f. 1r Ordinance of the Council of Holland. Granting Thomas Bodley a dwelling. The Hague, January 24 1589-1590. ff. 2r-6v Three letters from Thomas Bodley to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Concerning ...