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2. Cotton Ch I 2/1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Ch I 2/1
- Title:
- Papers relating to the case of William Williams and others against Sir Robert Cotton and others, concerning rents in Huntingdonshire
- Scope & Content:
- Papers relating to the case of William Williams and others against Sir Robert Cotton and others. This volume may have been created as a dossier for the defendants' lawyers. The plaintiffs in this case were William Williams, Robert Michell, Walter Marks, Robert Marsh, Edward Ditchfield, John Hig...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1631
- Extent:
- 1 booklet
3. Cotton Ch I 3/2
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Ch I 3/2
- Title:
- Dossier of documents relating to the attempted blackmail of Sir Robert Cotton
- Scope & Content:
- A dossier of documents relating to the attempted blackmail of Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), 1st baronet. Contents: ff. 1r-2v: Confession of Anne Pike, wife of Richard Pike, retracting the accusations she made against him and begging his forgiveness. 22 July 1630. ff. 3r-v: Letter from Robert...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1630-1631
- Extent:
- 1 booklet
4. Cotton Ch I 3/3
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Ch I 3/3
- Title:
- Confession of John Stephenson, accused of defamation by Sir Robert Cotton
- Scope & Content:
- Confession of John Stephenson of St Margaret's Parish, Westminster, who has been summoned in a case of defamation by Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), 1st baronet, knight. Stephenson confesses that in August or September 1630, he falsely accused Cotton of attempting to have carnal knowledge of Mar...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1630
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
5. Cotton Ch I 3/4
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Ch I 3/4
- Title:
- Testimony of Amphillis Ferrours that John Wilcox and others had falsely accused Sir Robert Cotton of having had carnal knowledge of Margaret Ferrours
- Scope & Content:
- Testimony of Amphillis Ferrours, widow, of St Margaret's Parish, Westminster, that John Wilcox, Jane, his wife, and Thomas Jones had falsely accused Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), 1st baronet, knight, of having had carnal knowledge of Margaret Ferrours, her daughter and the wife of John Stephens...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1630
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
6. Cotton Ch I 4
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Ch I 4
- Title:
- Rentals of the manors of Aylesbury, Bierton Huckett, Ellesborough, Weston and Belgrove
- Scope & Content:
- Rentals of the manors of Sir John Pakington (1621-80), 2nd baronet, namely of Aylesbury, Bierton Huckett, Ellesborough, Weston and Belgrove (Buckinghamshire), for the half of the year due at Michaelmas 1627.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1627
- Extent:
- 1 booklet
7. Cotton Ch I 5/5
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Ch I 5/5
- Title:
- Dossier for the case of Sir Thomas Cotton against John Milton, scrivener, and John Bower concerning a debt
- Scope & Content:
- Collection of documents relating to a court case. Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Draft complaint by Sir Thomas Cotton (1594-1662), 2nd baronet, against John Milton of Bread Street, London (1562-1647), father of the poet of the same name, concerning a debt owed by Thomas’ uncle, John, for whom Thomas is ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1630s
- Extent:
- 1 booklet
8. Cotton Ch I 6
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Ch I 6
- Title:
- The right and title of Thomas Cotton to his house in Westminster
- Scope & Content:
- The right and title of Thomas Cotton (1594-1662) to his house and gardens in St Margaret's Parish, Westminster. Lists the descent of the house from its grant by King James I of England (r. 1603-1625) to Robert Bowyer (c. 1560-1621), parliamentary official and politician, in 1614. Bowyer sold th...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1630
- Extent:
- 1 booklet
9. Cotton Ch I 8
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Ch I 8
- Title:
- Levy on the parishes of Alconbury and Weston for raising £40 towards a warship
- Scope & Content:
- A levy on the parishes of Alconbury and Weston (Huntingdonshire) for raising £40 towards a warship of 200 tonnes. Probably dates to c 1636 as part of the same levy in Cotton Ch I 9. Bound together with Cotton Chs I 9 (ff. 67r-v), I 13, and XXVI 19 (ff. 153r-v).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- c 1636
- Extent:
- 1 booklet
10. Cotton Ch I 9
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Ch I 9
- Title:
- Levy on the parish of Leighton Bromswold for raising £40 towards a warship
- Scope & Content:
- A levy on the parish of Leighton Bromswold (Huntingdonshire), 25 December 1636, for raising £12 towards a warship of 200 tonnes. Bound together with Cotton Chs I 8 (ff. 24r-29v), I 13, and XXVI 19 (ff. 153r-v).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1636
- Extent:
- 1 leaf