This volume, primarily of original douments, includes correspondence in the hands of Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey (1470/71-1530), Thomas Cromwell (d. 1540), and William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520/1521-1598); letters from Sir Francis Walsingham (c. 1532-1590) relating to the Babington conspiracy,...
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1556-1579
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Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1556-1579. Volume 1 of 2. f. 1r-1v: List of titles of documents concerning the borders. ff. 2r-6v: Proceedings of Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton, and other commissioners concerning the borders. Containing copies of an indenture between th...
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland 1556-1579
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Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1556-1579. Volume 2 of 2. ff. 270r-283v: Discourse by Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven. Concerning Mary, Queen of Scots, and trouble with the Scottish nobility. Newcastle, 1565. f. 284r-284v: Copy of a French translation of George Buchanan’...
Records and papers (primarily originals) concerning England and Scotland, 1569–1572.
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This volume is a rich source of materials for Anglo-Scottish relations and the issue of Mary, Queen of Scots in English and Scottish politics between 1570 and 1572 (there is one document, and possibly another, from 1569). It includes original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots (r: 1542–1567;...
Two volumes of records and papers, from the reigns of Edward VI (1547–1553) to Elizabeth I (1558–1603). Volume I is ff. 1r–222r, Volume II is ff. 223r–514v.
Letters to the Earls of Leicester, Sussex and others
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Letters to the earls of Leicester, Sussex, and others, mainly from the reign of Elizabeth I and James I (1558-1625). f. 1r partial contents list of letters. ff. 2r-3v Letter from Robert Zinzan to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Reporting his delivery of the Queen’s present of horses to King ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish