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Name Radcliffe, Thomas, 3rd Earl of Sussex, Lord President of the Council of the North

1. Add MS 48018

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Add MS 48018
Title:
Formulary for a Clerk of the Privy Council, compiled by Robert Beale
Scope & Content:
Robert Beale (1541-1601), administrator and diplomat, was a Clerk of the Privy Council from 1572 until his death in 1601. This was the second of two formularies for his office that he compiled: the first (dated 1572) is now Add MS 48150. A note by Beale on f. i recto states that 'This Booke of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1575-c 1586
Extent:

1 volume

2. Cotton MS Caligula C II

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Cotton MS Caligula C II
Title:
Records and papers (primarily originals) concerning England and Scotland, 1569–1572.
Scope & Content:
This volume is a rich source of materials for Anglo-Scottish relations and the issue of Mary, Queen of Scots in English and Scottish politics between 1570 and 1572 (there is one document, and possibly another, from 1569). It includes original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots (r: 1542–1567;...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1570-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume.

3. 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.

4. Cotton MS Titus B II/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus B II/2
Title:
Records and papers, reign of Elizabeth I
Scope & Content:
ff. 223r–514v: Records and papers from the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603), including discourses related to her marriage and the succession of the crown (ff. 255r–258v and ff. 260r–261v). f. 223r: Title page, Letters and Papers of State temp. Eliz. Reg. ff. 224r–225v: An intercepted letter f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Egerton MS 3048

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3048
Title:
PRECEDENT-BOOK, containing copies of letters of the Privy Council, with a few other State Papers. A collection similar to Stowe MS. 160 and Add. MS. 32323, which include some of the same letters; cf. also Harley MS. 4943. Late 16th cent. (the dates of the original letters range from 1540 to 1590). Earlier letters are arranged by subject, examples of passports and safe conducts being followed by licences, warrants, and orders for the apprehension, punishment and examination of criminals. The ...
Scope & Content:
Privy Council, The: Precedent-book of letters from: late 16th cent. Ireland: Privy Council letters, etc., rel. to: 1577-1590, n.d.: Copies. Elizabeth I of England: Precedent-book of the Privy Council: late 16th cent. includes: ff. 12b, 13 Sir Thomas Heneage, Vice Chamberlain to the Queen: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 item

6. 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

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