Henry Howard (subsequently earl of Northampton, d. 1614), Treatise in defence of the proposed marriage of Elizabeth I, queen of England (1558–1603), and François of Valois, duke of Alençon (subsequently duke of Anjou) (d. 1582)
These eight fragments formerly belonged to Cotton MS Otho D VIII, part of the collection of Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1570/1, d. 1631), which was damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731. The composite manuscript is made up of six parts that were produced at separate times in England between the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Bull of Pope Lucius III (1181–1185), exempting all Cistercian monasteries from the payment of tithes on the produce of their own labour (‘Audiuimus et audientes’): Verona, 21 March (1185)
Bull of Pope Innocent IV (1243–1254) addressed to the prelates of the Church, upholding the immunity of the Cistercian Order (‘Dilecti filii, abbas’): Lyons, 28 March 1249