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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Cotton MS Name Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603, http://isni.org/isni/000000... Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Digitised Manuscripts (unavailable)

1. Cotton MS Galba B XI/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba B XI/1
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Burgundy
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–202v: A volume of letters and papers concerning Germany and Belgium, over the late-fifteenth to late-sixteenth centuries. ff. 2r–4r: Latin extracts from treaties of commerce between England and the Low Countries, from 1496 to 1564. ff. 5r–10r: A rough draft in Latin of a proclamation o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Last quarter 15th century-3rd quarter 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Cotton MS Otho E IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Otho E IV
Title:
Letter-book of Sir Henry Brooke alias Cobham (d. 1592) as English Ambassador in France, 1580-1582
Scope & Content:
This is the letter-book (1580-1582) of Sir Henry Brooke alias Cobham (1537-1592), English Ambassador in France. (Cobham preferred to use the family title of Cobham as surname rather than the actual family name of Brooke). The volume was badly damaged in the fire of the Cotton MSS in 1731, so na...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1580-1582
Extent:
1 volume.