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2431. Cotton MS Vespasian C III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C III
Title:
Correspondence concerning England and Spain, February 1525–December 1526
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–156r: Correspondence (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Spain, February 1525–December 1526, principally of King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547) and Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey (d. 1530). Primarily English and Latin, partly in cipher, with occasional items in Spanish and Fre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1525-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2432. Cotton MS Vespasian C IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C IV
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Spain, 1527-1529
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Spain, between January 1527 and December 1529. Principally correspondence of Thomas Wolsey (1470/71–1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal, and Henry VIII (1491–1547), king of England and Ireland, with some papers of Charles V (1500-1558...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1527-1529
Extent:
1 volume

2433. Cotton MS Vespasian C IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C IX
Title:
Copy-book of Sir Charles Cornwallis, English ambassador to Spain (1605–1609; d. 1629), comprising instructions for the earl of Nottingham (1r–4v) and Cornwallis (4v–10r); correspondence of Cornwallis, April 1605–March 1607 (10r–148r, 152v–161v, 175r–220r, 225r–226v, 233v–249v, 254r–269r, 269v–283r, 286r–320r, 322v–329v, 332r–389v, 393r–524r, 527r–603r, 608r–688r); A Discours upon the Citation (148r–152v); King James I, Discourse concerning the unlawfull Assembly or Councell lately held by the...
Scope & Content:
Language(s): English; French (167r–174v) Codex chartac. in fol. folior. 688. {This and the two following volumes are printed nearly entire in Sir Ralph Winwood's Memorials &c. Vols. 2 & 3. Lond. 1725.} An Official Copy Book. 1. Instructions for the earl of Nottingham, Ld. high admira...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

2434. Cotton MS Vespasian C V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C V
Title:
Letter-book of Sir Charles Cornwallis, English ambassador to Spain (1605–1609; d. 1629), May 1605–July 1609
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Spanish
Date Range:
1605-1609
Extent:
1 item

2435. Cotton MS Vespasian C VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C VI
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Spain, 1154-1603
Scope & Content:
Records and papers (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Spain. From the reigns of King Henry II (1154–1189) to Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603) of England, including: records of the Spanish government, 1574–1577 (5r–178v); ordinance of King Philip II of Spain (1556–1598) concerning ti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1154-1603
Extent:
1 volume

2436. Cotton MS Vespasian C VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C VII
Title:
Correspondence and other records (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Spain, May 1471–June 1588, including letters of King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547), Charles V, king of Spain (1516–1556) and Holy Roman emperor (1519–1556; d. 1558), King Philip II of Spain (1556–1598) and Queen Elizabeth I of England (1558–1603), and incorporating Considerations necessaires sur un Traicté de Paix avec l’Espagnol, 1587 (ff. 3–14: printed text)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): primarily Latin, English and Spanish, partly in cipher, with occasional items in French, Portuguese and Italian Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 487. 1. A printed tract, entitled, "Considerations necessaires sur un traicté de paix avec l'Espagnol." 1587. 3.2. Edward IV;...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

2437. Cotton MS Vespasian C VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C VIII
Title:
Records and papers (originals and transcripts) concerning Anglo-Spanish relations, 1587-1603
Scope & Content:
This is a collection of transcripts and original documents. A number of documents are identified as gifts, or translations from the papers of, the Spanish Ambassador (Gondomar) in 1615 ((ff. 11*r, 276r-v, 281r-284r, 289r-293v). Some of the documents probably came from Robert Beale. The document...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1587-1631
Extent:
1 volume

2438. Cotton MS Vespasian C X

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C X
Title:
Sir Charles Cornwallis, Discourse of the State of Spayne, 1607 (1r–35r); correspondence of Sir Charles Cornwallis, English ambassador to Spain (1605–1609; d. 1629), March 1607–April 1608, November 1614 (35r–180v, 189r–233r, 235v–348r); Sir Charles Cornwallis, A discourse to prove that a coniunction by allyance of England and Spayne is the most honorable and proffitablest course, 1607 (180v–189r); letter of King James I of England (1603–1625) on English grievances in Spain (233r–235v)
Scope & Content:
Codex chart. in fol. folior. 348. {See note to the preceding no.} An Official Copy Book. 1. A discourse of the state of Spain, written by sir Ch. Cornwallis, ambassador at that court, about the beginning of the year 1607. 1.2. A series of letters from and to sir Ch. Cornwallis. 1607. 35. {1.}...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

2439. Cotton MS Vespasian C XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C XI
Title:
Correspondence of Sir Charles Cornwallis, English ambassador to Spain (1605–1609; d. 1629), April 1608–November 1609, September 1610, including letters of King James I of England (1603–1625) (250v–252r, 348v–349v) and King Philip III of Spain (1598–1621) (403r–v)
Scope & Content:
Codex chart. in fol. folior. 405. {See note to Vespasian C. IX.} An Official Copy Book. 1. Sir Ch. Cornwallis and sir Nath. Bacon, knights of the shire of Norfolk, to the Ld. chancellor Ellesmere; their appointment of collectors for the receipt of the 15ths and 10ths. Sept. 12, 1610. 2.2. Mon...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

2440. 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

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