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1. Cotton MS Caligula C VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C VII
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1582–1584, including correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots
Scope & Content:
This is a collection of original documents - including many reports from the English Ambassador in Edinburgh, Robert Bowes, as well as letters from James VI, Mary, Queen of Scots, and Catherine de Medici - alongside scribal copies from the early 17th century. Many of the originals of these copie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1582-1631
Extent:

1 volume

2. Cotton MS Caligula C VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C VIII
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1584–1586
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, from the years 1584 to 1586. ff. 3r-4v: Letter from Robert Bowes to Francis Walsingham, principal secretary. Informing him of reports at Edinburgh that John Erskine, 2nd Earl of Marr, and Sir Thomas Lyon, Master of Glamis have returned from Ir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1584-1586
Extent:
1 volume

3. Cotton MS Caligula D I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula D I
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1587–1589
Scope & Content:
Volume of records and papers concerning England and Scotland, mainly between 1587 and 1589. Damaged and many sheets lost (see Planta). Harley MS 4647, Add MS 4248, and Harley MS 6680-4684 contain transcripts from many of these papers. ff. 1r-26v: Fragment of a treatise, titled ‘Detectio Maria...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1587-1589
Extent:
1 volume

4. Cotton MS Galba C V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba C V
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1574-1576
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Flemish, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1574-1576
Extent:
1 volume

5. Cotton MS Galba D IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba D IV
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1589
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1589. ff. 3r-4v Letter from Anna Walbourg de Nieuwenaar, wife of Adolf van Nieuwenaar, possibly to Sir Francis Walsingham. Concerning the proceedings against Prounincq of Deventer and Captain Claerhagen. Utrecht, January 3 1589. Fren...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume.

6. Cotton MS Galba D XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba D XI
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1595
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, mainly from 1595. f. 2r: Notes titled ‘Serment des gens de guerre à la charge des Estats de Zelande’. French. ff. 3r-6r: Instructions from Queen Elizabeth I to Thomas Bodley. For his dispatch to the States General. 1594. ff. 7r-10r:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1595
Extent:
1 volume

7. Cotton MS Galba D XII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba D XII
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1596-1607
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, mainly between 1596 and 1607. ff. 1r-4v Letter from Thomas Bodley to William Cecil, Baron Burghley. Reporting on his conferences with Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and the States General, concerning the war. The Hague, January 4 1595/6. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1596-1607
Extent:
1 volume

8. Cotton MS Galba D XIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba D XIII
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Germany, 1558–1603
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Germany, mainly between 1558 and 1603. f. 1r-1v: Letter from Queen Elizabeth I to Frederick IV, Elector Palatine. Commending his agent Philip de Hoghensax. Woodstock, July 29 1574. Latin. ff. 2r-3v: Letter from George Michael Lingelsheim to Sir Henry S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, German, Low, and Latin
Date Range:
1558-1603
Extent:
1 volume

9. Cotton MS Julius F VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius F VI
Title:
Historical and topographical collections, 1529-1640
Scope & Content:
Collection of historical letters and papers, principally from the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James VI and I. From the collection of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician. Partly assembled by Cotton and William Camden (1551–1623), historian an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1529-1640
Extent:

1 volume

10. 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