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Name Henry IV, of France Place Switzerland Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Add MS 4159

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State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1652-1660, with other state papers, c. 1578-1629 and 1661-1692.
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Many of the documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intell...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1578-1700
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 8301

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of papal instructions, relazioni, and letters relating to Rome, France, Venice, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the German Empire, Persia and Turkey; circa 1507-1619. Italian. Copies, 17th cent. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. XLIX' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '493' in ink in fifth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 493 (vol. 49 of 'Memorie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 23v. Owned by Frederick ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-17v Alexander de' Medici, Cardinal of Florence: Clement VIII; Pope: Henry IV of France: Instructions to Alexander de' Medici from Clement VIII , rel. to France: 1596: Ital: Copy. ff. 18-21 Netherlands, General: Venice: Heads of agr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8305

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of tracts, relazioni, discourses, and letters relating to Switzerland, Rome, Florence, the Valtelline, Spain, France, the Council of Trent, Venice, Padua, and some moral and religious issues; circa 1562-1621. Italian. Copies. Including (art. 7, ff. 75-85) an anonymous commentary on the first book of the Historiae by Publius Cornelius Tacitus. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. LI' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '495.' in ink in ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Political Tracts: Political and historical tracts: circa 1563-1621: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 2-5 Switzerland: Relazione of: circa 1562-1564: Ital: Copy. ff. 6-10 Pius V; Pope: Discourse rel. to papal authority: circa 1569: Ital: Copy. ff. 11-2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1562-1621
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 30656

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(ff. 445). " RECUEIL de ce qui s'est passé aux affaires généralles de Suisse, Genève, et Savoye, et autres lieux ob Monseigneur [Nicolas Brulart] de Sillery, conseiller du Roy en son oonseil d'Estat et son ambassadeur en Suisse, a esté employé pour le service de sa Majesté " ; 1587-1593. Duchy ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 38013

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CORRESPONDENCE and papers of Thomas Coxe, special Envoy to the Swiss Cantons to negotiate a treaty for levying troops in Switzerland 18 Nov. 1689-19 Alay, 1692. A précis of the negotiations will be found at ff. 9-11 b, and various projects for the treaty are interspersed. Other correspondence of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1654-1759
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 48118

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RELAZIONI, documents relating to France etc., including tracts on the St Bartholomew Massacre; 1539-1621, n.d. French and Italian. Copies. 1. ff. 1-50. Discipline or Book of Order of the French Reformed Churches, as promulgated at the national synod at St Maixent; 1609. French. See Add. MSS. 4...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Stowe MS 136

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Stowe MS 136
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Vol. V. (ff. 227). HELVETICA: papers relating to the general history of the Swiss from the earliest times to 1635, but particularly to that of the West and Central Cantons, and consisting chiefly of alliances with successive kings of France. 1. " Chronologie des Ligues de Suisse " : a history ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1453-1635
Extent:
1 item

8. Stowe MS 176

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Stowe MS 176
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EDMONDES PAPERS. Vol. Xl. (ff. 296). 25 March, 1616-28 Jan. 1632 [3]. During Edmondes's absence at the Loudun Conference, which resulted in a treaty signed 5 May, 1616, his secretary, Woodford, reported the state of affairs at the French Court. In September of the same year Edmondes requested Ja...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
25 Mar 1616-28 Jan 1633
Extent:
1 item

9. Stowe MS 177

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Stowe MS 177
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EDMONDES PAPERS. Vol. XII. (ff. 237). Copies of treaties and miscellaneous papers relating for the most part to the correspondence contained in the preceding volumes; 1470-1663. The contents are :- 1. Treaties between France and the Swiss; 1470-1579. Lat. and Fr. ff. i-30. 2. Treaty of peace...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1470-1663
Extent:
1 item