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81. Cotton Ch IV 40

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 40
Title:
Letter of Maurice of Nassau to Elizabeth I asking her support in arranging a marriage
Scope & Content:
Letter of Maurice of Nassau (1567-1625) to Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603), asking her to use her influence in favour of a marriage between his eldest sister and Frederick IV (1574-1610), Elector Palatine of the Rhine. Given at the camp before Geertruidenberg, 13 April 1593. Bound ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1593
Extent:
1 leaf

82. Cotton Ch IV 41

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 41
Title:
Letter of James Digges to the Privy Council offering intelligence on the Netherlands
Scope & Content:
Letter of James Digges to the Privy Council, offering intelligence on the situation in the Netherlands and complaining about being maligned by his enemies. Written February 1591/2. Bound with Cotton Chs IV 38/1, 38/2, IV 40-43, IV 45-48 and IV 59.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1592
Extent:
1 leaf

83. Cotton Ch IV 42

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 42
Title:
List of captains in the garrison of Bergen op Zoom
Scope & Content:
List of the captains in the garrison of Bergen op Zoom (Netherlands) on 20 September 1622 and the number of their troops. Endorsed: Note on the siege of Bergen op Zoom in 1622. Bound with Cotton Chs IV 38/1, 38/2, IV 40-43 and IV 45-48.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1622
Extent:
1 leaf

84. Cotton Ch IV 43

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 43
Title:
Letter of Simon von Petkum to Philip Sidney, governor of Zeeland, offering him two Hebrew books and asking him to intercede on his behalf with Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester
Scope & Content:
Letter of Simon von Petkum (d. 1620) to Sir Philip Sidney, governor of Zeeland (1554-1586), offering him two newly-published Hebrew books, one a book of grammar by Francisco Junio, the other a book of Psalms, and asking him to intercede on his behalf with Robert Dudley, 1st earl of Leicester (15...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1585-1586
Extent:
1 leaf

85. Cotton Ch IV 44

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 44
Title:
Mislaid or unassigned
Scope & Content:
Mislaid or unassigned. According to Add MS 43502, f. 167r, there was no entry under this number in the early catalogues of the Cottonian library.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Undetermined
Date Range:
Undetermined
Extent:

not applicable

86. Cotton Ch IV 45

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 45
Title:
Account of the marriages and children of the dukes of Brabant, 1312-1467
Scope & Content:
Account of the marriages and children of the dukes of Brabant, from John III in 1312 to the accession of Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, in 1467. Bound with Cotton Chs IV 38/1, 38/2, IV 40-43, IV 46-48 and IV 59.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 leaf

87. Cotton Ch IV 47

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 47
Title:
Letter of Lisle Cave to Mr Hearle about his estate
Scope & Content:
Letter of Lisle Cave to Mr Hearle, discussing his plans for his estate and to meet with Sir Ralph Sadler and others, with an added account of news from Antwerp, dated 22 November 1578. Written at Richmond, 24 November 1578. Endorsed: 'To my dear frende Mr / Hearle also ther' (16th century). B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1578
Extent:
1 leaf

88. Cotton Ch IV 48

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 48
Title:
Notes to Arthur Atie on the payment of troops for the Netherlands
Scope & Content:
Notes to Arthur Atie, esquire and principal secretary to Robert Dudley, 1st earl of Leicester and governor of the Netherlands, on the payment of troops for the Netherlands. Endorsed: 'To the worshipful my good / frend Arthur Atie / esquire principalle secretory / to his excellency' (late 16th c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1586
Extent:
1 leaf

89. Cotton Ch IV 49

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 49
Title:
Letter of the University of Oxford to Charles I, presenting to him the revised statutes of the university
Scope & Content:
Letter of the chancellor, masters, and scholars of the University of Oxford to King Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649), presenting to him a copy of the revised statutes of the university. Endorsed: 'Serenissimo potentissimoque principi / Carolo dei gratia magnae Britanniae / Franciae et Hibern...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1636
Extent:
1 leaf

90. Cotton Ch IV 51

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch IV 51
Title:
Richard II's pardon of the commons of Kent
Scope & Content:
Copy of the pardon of the commons of Kent by King Richard II of England (r. 1377-1399). Given at London, 15 June 1381. Followed by a note that the original sealed charter remains in the hands of Henry Appulderfield, with a list of the dates of the Black Death, the capture of John II of France,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1381
Extent:
1 leaf

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