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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Cotton MS Name Cotton, Thomas, 2nd Baronet, 1594-1662

41. Cotton MS Otho E IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Otho E IX
Title:
Papers and letters on maritime affairs, including the Spanish Armada
Scope & Content:
Papers and letters relating to the Admiralty, Navy and shipping, 1513-1634. Including a report by Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) of the raid on Cadiz, 1587, letters of Charles Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham (1536-1624), Sir Francis Drake, and Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618), and items conce...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1513-1634
Extent:
1 volume.

42. Cotton MS Otho E VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Otho E VIII
Title:
Papers relating to the Admiralty and Navy, 1553-1613
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the Admiralty and Navy, dating from 1553 to 1613. Including items concerning Sir Richard Hawkins (c. 1560–1622), naval officer; Sir Walter Raleigh (1554–1618), courtier, explorer, and author; Sir Hugh Willoughby (d. 1554?), sea captain; Sir John Hawkins (1532–1595), merchant a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1553-1613
Extent:
1 volume

43. Cotton MS Tiberius B V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B V
Title:
11th-century collection of computistical, astronomical, geographical and historical texts and Pseudo-Joachim of Fiore, De oneribus prophetarum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of 5 separate items bound together in two volumes: Cotton Tiberius B V/1 includes: ff. 2-73, 77-88: A collection of computistical, historical and astronomical texts, including maps and diagrams; f. 74: Documents relating to Ely Abbey; f. 75: Leaf of a Gospel-book in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
700-1350
Extent:

2 parchment codices

44. Cotton MS Titus B IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus B IX
Title:
Irish Parliament, Acts of Henry IV to Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
Collection of Acts of the Irish Parliament, titled ‘Severall Statutes and Acts of Parliament holden att Dublin in Ireland. As you may see in the Index at the latter end of this booke’ (f. 1r). Owned by George Carew, Earl of Totnes (1555-1629), whose annotations are on ff. 8v-14r. f. 2r Abridgem...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-1st half 17th century
Extent:
1 volume.

45. Cotton MS Titus B VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus B VII
Title:
Letters to the Earls of Leicester, Sussex and others
Scope & Content:
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
Date Range:
1558-1625
Extent:
1 volume

46. Cotton MS Titus B XIII/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus B XIII/1
Title:
Records and papers relating to Ireland, 1558-1580
Scope & Content:
Collection of records and papers relating to Ireland, dating from between 1558 and 1580. This is the first of two volumes. ff. 1r-2v: Contents list. ff. 3r-4v: Collection of items concerning instructions for Thomas Radclyffe, third Earl of Sussex and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. By Sir William ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1558-1580
Extent:
1 volume

47. Cotton MS Titus B XIII/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus B XIII/2
Title:
Records and papers relating to Ireland, 1580-1603
Scope & Content:
Collection of records and papers relating to Ireland, dating from between 1580 and 1603. This is the second of two volumes. ff. 292r-291v: Paper giving the opinion of Sir Nicholas Malby, concerning the government of Ireland. September 26 1579. ff. 292r-295v: Two letters from Sir William Pelham...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1580-1603
Extent:
1 volume

48. Cotton MS Titus C XII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus C XII
Title:
Papers relating to Scotland, c. 1558-1569
Scope & Content:
Collection of papers concerning Scotland, and Mary (1542–1587), Queen of Scots. From c. 1558-1569. Formerly owned by William Dugdale (1605–1686), antiquary and herald. Contents: f. 1r: Partial contents list, covering the first four items in the manuscript. In the hand of William Dugdale. ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1558-1569
Extent:

1 volume

49. 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

50. Cotton MS Vespasian C IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C IV
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Spain, 1527-1529
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Spain, between January 1527 and December 1529. Principally correspondence of Thomas Wolsey (1470/71–1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal, and Henry VIII (1491–1547), king of England and Ireland, with some papers of Charles V (1500-1558...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1527-1529
Extent:
1 volume

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