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Container Reference (shelfmark) Cotton MS Name Cotton, Thomas, 2nd Baronet, 1594-1662 Digitised Content No

1. Cotton MS Caligula B V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula B V
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, including Thomas Churchyard, The scole of warre callid the sege of Lethe (1560)
Scope & Content:
Records and papers on English and Scottish affairs in the mid 16th century and the first half of the 17th century. Including The scole of warre callid the sege of Lethe, a poem by Thomas Churchyard (1523?–1604), writer and soldier, concerning the 1560 siege of Leith. ff. 2r-36v: Account of all ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1525-1650
Extent:
1 volume

2. Cotton MS Caligula D XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula D XI
Title:
Records and correspondence concerning England and France, 1529
Scope & Content:
Fragments of records and correspondence concerning England and France, all c. 1529. Badly damaged by fire in 1731, the majority now fragmentary. f. 1r: Fragment of a letter. French. f. 2r: Fragment of a letter. French. f. 3r: Fragment of a letter. Dated 5 June, signed de Boys. French. f. 4r:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1529
Extent:
1 volume

3. Cotton MS Cleopatra F I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra F I
Title:
Collection relating to ecclesiastical affairs
Scope & Content:
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 Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1515-1580
Extent:

1 volume

4. Cotton MS Galba B IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba B IV
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Burgundy, 1516
Scope & Content:
Collection of records and papers concerning England and Burgundy, dating from c. 1516. f. 1r: Cottonian title-page. f. 2r-2v: Draft letter from Thomas Wolsey to King Henry VIII’s commissioners in Flanders. Sending instructions for their negotiation concerning the King’s mediation between the E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1516
Extent:
1 volume

5. Cotton MS Galba C IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba C IV
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1570–1573
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1570-1573. ff. 3r-7v Three letters from John Fitzwilliams to William Cecil, first Baron Burghley. Concerning affairs of the Low Countries and the negotiations between England and Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba. Antwerp, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, Flemish, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1570-1573
Extent:
1 volume.

6. Cotton MS Galba D III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba D III
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1588–1589
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1588-1589. ff. 3r-4v Letter from Sir William Russell to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Reporting the dangers he apprehends for Flushing. Flushing, January 2 1587-8. ff. 5r-6v Memorandum for Joachim Ortell, agent sent from the Stat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1588-1589
Extent:
1 volume

7. Cotton MS Nero A X/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A X/1
Title:
Works of Justus de Justis and theological excerpts
Scope & Content:
Cotton MS Nero A X originally contained 4 items, which were bound together by Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631) and separated into 2 volumes in 1964. The texts are often referred to as articles 1-6, following the numbering in Thomas Smith, Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptum Bibliothecae Cottonianae (Oxfo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1250-1475
Extent:

Parchment codex

8. Cotton MS Vespasian C I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C I
Title:
Correspondence concerning England and Spain, 1511-1520
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning England and Spain between 1511 and 1520. Correspondents include Henry VIII (1491–1547), king of England and Ireland, Thomas Wolsey (1470/71–1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal, Ferdinand II (1452-1516), King of Aragon, and Charles V (1500-1558), Holy Roman E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1511-1520
Extent:
1 volume

9. Cotton MS Vitellius B II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius B II
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Rome, 1509–1515
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Rome, dating between 1509 and 1515. f. 1r: Title-page. f. 2v: Fragment of a letter to King Henry VIII, from an unnamed cardinal. Sending intelligence from Italy, and reporting that Bologna has been taken by Imperial forces. Latin. f. 3r-3v: Letter fr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1509-1515
Extent:
1 volume

10. Cotton MS Vitellius B XX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius B XX
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Germany, 1517–1523
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Germany, from 1517-1523. Damaged by fire in 1731, which has obscured the majority of material in the volume. The following account of the volume consists chiefly of writers’ names, and dates, as could be ascertained. f. 1r: Page giving various titles fo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1516-1523
Extent:
1 volume