This manuscript contains the Complainte sur la mort d'Anne de Bretagne, a eulogistic French poem in honour of Anne of Brittany (b. 1477, d. 1514), Queen of France, followed by a prose description of her funeral in 1514. The work has been attributed to Pierre Choque (b. c. 1450, d. 1530), herald ...
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1568–1575
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ff. 2r–330v: Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1568–1575. Includes the original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–67; d. 1587); the instructions issued by Sir William Drury (d. 1579), High Marshal of Berwick and General of Her Majesty’s Force...
Acts of the Privy Council, 1389–1421 (all originals), much of it relating to the rebellion in Wales led by Owain Glyn Dŵr (d. c. 1416) and the expedition to France, 1415, and including the correspondence of King Henry IV of England (1399–1413) and King Henry V of England (1413–1422: also as Henry, Prince of Wales)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
last quarter 14th century-1st quarter 15th century
Grant of Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832) to Christ Church, Canterbury
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Archbishop Wulfred grants three sulungs (aratra) at Folcwining lond in the district of Eastry, a sulung in the same district, and a sulung at Dunwaling lond, Kent, in exchange for four sulungs at Burnan (Bishopsbourne), Kent; dated 21 April 811, Canterbury (Sawyer, no. 1264). Endorsed in a 12th...
‘Second Charter’ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) to Westminster Abbey
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King Edward confirms the privileges of Westminster Abbey; dated 1 August 1045, London, spurious (Sawyer, no. 1011). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Edwardus’; in a 14th-century hand [?]; and in a 15th-century hand, ‘Secunda Carta Sancti Edwardi’.
Letters and papers relating to the sequestration of the estates of Sir Thomas Cotton (d. 1662) (ff. 1–8, 17–19, 21, 23–167, 172–173, 175–181, 183–200, 202–313, 315–344, 346–358); An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the raising of 66666l. 13s. 4d. by way of loane, for the better enabling of our brethren of Scotland, for our assistance and defence, in this common cause of our Religion and Liberty (London: Laurence Blaikelocke, 27 October 1643) (ff. 9–12: printed pa...
