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1. Add MS 35840

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Add MS 35840
Title:
Roger Ascham's letterbook
Scope & Content:
The letterbook of Roger Ascham as Latin Secretary to Queen Mary I (1553–1558). Volume CCCCXCII of the Hardwicke Papers. It contains copies of letters in Latin from Mary to foreign sovereigns, princes and others, 1554–1558, and is largely holograph. Royal MS 13 B I is the continuation of Ascham’s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1554-1558
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 35830

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Add MS 35830
Title:
State letters and papers (Hardwick Papers vol. 482)
Scope & Content:
State letters and papers, principally the correspondence of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton (1515/16-1571), diplomat and member of parliament. He was appointed ambassador to France in May 1559, two months before the death of King Henry II, and his letters give detailed accounts of his interviews wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1557-1561
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 35831

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Add MS 35831
Title:
State letters and papers (Hardwicke Papers vol. 483)
Scope & Content:
State letters and papers including the correspondence of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, diplomat and Member of Parliament (1515/16-1571) during his time as Ambassador in France, 1561-1564. f. 1 Letter from Mary, Queen of Scots, to Queen Elizabeth I: as Queen Elizabeth I is not satisfied with her pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1562-1599
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 35832

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Add MS 35832
Title:
Hardwicke Papers, Vol. 484. Miscellaneous State Letters, Vol. III, 1615-1625
Scope & Content:
This is one of three volumes of Miscellaneous State Papers, Add MSS 35830-35832, covering the period 1425-1625, a subset of the massive collection of Hardwicke Papers in the British Library (Add MSS 35349-36278): Correspondence and collections of the first four Earls of Hardwicke and other membe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1615-1625
Extent:
1 volume