A collection of papers, chiefly originals, concerning the reformation of the church in the reign of King Henry VIII, many of them corrected by the king's own hand.
Collection of tracts and papers concerning the power of the King in ecclesiastical councils; the duties of bishops and priests; and the rights of the Church of England against the claims of the Pope. In two volumes: Cotton MS Cleopatra E VI/1 and Cotton MS Cleopatra E VI/2.
Collection of papers concerning ecclesiastical affairs between 1515 and 1580. f. 1r-1v: Flyleaf containing illuminated musical notation on parchment. f. 2r: Title ‘Collections concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction viz. 1 A Discourse about the Jurisdiction of the Clergy, and against their Inc...
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...
Acts of the Privy Council, 1389–1421 (all originals), much of it relating to the rebellion in Wales led by Owain Glyn Dŵr (d. c. 1416) and the expedition to France, 1415, and including the correspondence of King Henry IV of England (1399–1413) and King Henry V of England (1413–1422: also as Henry, Prince of Wales)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
last quarter 14th century-1st quarter 15th century
Collections of Sir Robert Cotton relating to the revenues of Crown
Scope & Content:
Codex chartac. membranulis quibusdam insertis, in folio; folior. 445. A collection of various Papers, chiefly relating to the revenue of the Crown, made by sir Robert Cotton, for his Majesty's service, in time (as is expressed in the title) of extremity. 1. An answer to such motives as were of...
Collections relating to the precedence of England, France and Spain, including Robert Wingfield, Nobilissima disceptatio super dignitate et magnitudine Regnorum Britannici et Gallici, habita ab utriusque oratoribus et legatis in concilio Constantiensi (Louvain: Theodoricus Martinus, 1517) (ff. 43-68: printed text), and Iacob Valdesio, De dignitate regum regnorumque Hispaniae, et honoratiori loco eis, seu eorum legatis a conciliis, ac Romana sede iure debito (Granada: Ferdinand Diaz a Montoya,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, Italian, Latin, and Spanish