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1. Harley MS 260

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 260
Title:
Letter-Book of Francis Walsingham as Ambassador to France, 26 Jan 1571-1 April 1573, with the reply to the French Ambassador, 20 Aug 1573
Scope & Content:
This is a scribal copy of the letter-book of Francis Walsingham covering most of his period as English Resident in Paris between early 1571 and spring 1573. The period covers the marriage negotiations of Queen Elizabeth I with two of the brothers of the King of France: Henri, Duke of Anjou (late...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1619-1628
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 1582

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1582
Title:
State papers, 1553-1596
Scope & Content:
This volume is entitled on the spine, 'Original Letters and Papers on State Affairs'. It contains a wide range of materials on English relations with, and intelligence on, France, the Low Countries and Germany in the late 16th century. It has also been termed, not entirely happily but with a g...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1553-1596
Extent:

1 volume.

3. Harley MS 4943

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4943
Title:
Orders of the Privy Council, 1570-1580
Scope & Content:
Copies of orders of the Privy Council, principally between 1570 and 1580. Mainly letters from Elizabeth I (1533–1603), queen of England and Ireland. f. 1*r: Flyleaf containing pen-trials, notes in Latin and English, and two names: ‘Xtopher Troughton Julij 1624’; ‘Edw: Pynchon’. ff. 1r-14v: Two...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1570-1580
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 6035

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6035
Title:
Journal of Sir Francis Walsingham's office, 1583-1585
Scope & Content:
Journal or memorandum book of Sir Francis Walsingham, principal secretary of state (c. 1532-1590). In the hands of Sir Francis Walsingham, Francis Mylles, Thomas Lake, Robert Beale, and others. f. i: Parchment fragment: ‘A leiger took out of the Secretaries office 1583’. ff. 1r-118v: Daily mem...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1583-1585
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 6369

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6369
Title:
William Davison on the execution of Mary Queen of Scots
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–10r: A late 16th or early 17th-century copy of William Davison's declaration to Francis Walsingham concerning the beheading of Mary Queen of Scots. f. 1r: title page ('Secretarie Davisons declar[ation] to Secretarie Walsingham of his innocencie touching the Skotish Queene beheadinge'). ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 6986

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6986
Title:
Letters and state papers of English sovereigns, from King Henry VI to King James I
Scope & Content:
Letters and state papers of English sovereigns, from the reign of King Henry VI to the reign of King James I. ff. 1r-2r Letters patent, sent from King Henry VI to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. Containing a list of demands, and the King's answer to each article. Kennington, 11 May [1437]. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1485-c 1625
Extent:

1 volume

7. Harley MS 6991

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6991
Title:
Letters written by prominent individuals such as the Duke of Norfolk and the Earl of Leicester, 1571–1574
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–139r: A volume of letters written by prominent individuals such as the Duke of Norfolk and the Earl of Leicester, from 1571–1574. With a modern index and notes on the individuals who wrote them. ff. 1r–2v: Original letter from Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury to the Earl of Leicester, concerni...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1571–1574
Extent:
1 volume

8. Harley MS 6992

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6992
Title:
Letters on state affairs, 1575–1580
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–140v: Letters on state affairs from many prominent individuals, including Francis Walsingham, Richard Shelley, John Perrot, Thomas Smith and John Norreys, 1575–1580. ff. 1r–2v: Original letter from Sir Thomas Smith, Secretary of State to the Lord Treasurer William Cecil Lord Burghley, 27...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1575-1580
Extent:

1 volume

9. Harley MS 6994

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6994
Title:
Letters on state affairs, 1586–1589
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–216v: Letters on state affairs from many prominent individuals, including Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester; William Cecil, Lord Burghley; John Puckering; Sir Walter Mildmay, and Francis Walsingham, 1586–1589. ff. 1r–v: Original complimentary letter in Latin from Hieronymus Groslotiu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1586-1589
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 6999

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6999
Title:
Letters and state warrants, 1580-1581
Scope & Content:
Letters and state warrants, from the years 1580-1581. ff. 1r-2v: List of contents. f. 3r: Letter from Robert Bowes to Francis Walsingham. Reporting on the case of James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, and his adherents, and requesting advice as to whether he should travel to London to answer the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher and English
Date Range:
1580-1581
Extent:
1 volume