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1. Stowe MS 166-177

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Stowe MS 166-177
Title:
COLLECTION of State Papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Edmondes, Knt.; 1592-1633. A few earlier and later papers are included in the last volume. Edmondes was English Agent at Paris, 1592-1599; Ambassador at the Archduke Albert's court at Brussels, 1605-1609; Ambassador to France, 1610-1617; Comptroller of the Household, 1616 ; Treasurer of the Household, 1618; and died in 1639. Twelve volumes. Paper. Folio. The collection includes original letters of English ambassadors to France and S...
Scope & Content:
Sir Thomas Edmondes, diplomatist: Correspondence and papers: 1592-1633, with additions 1470-1663.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1592-1633
Extent:
12 items

2. Stowe MS 174

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Stowe MS 174
Title:
State papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Edmondes, 1613-1614
Scope & Content:
Volume 9 of the Edmondes Papers (Stowe MS 166-177). State papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Edmondes (d. 1639), diplomat, during his embassy to France (1610-1617). The correspondence is principally concerned with the negotiations for the marriage of Prince Charles with the Princess Christi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
26 Mar 1613-8 Jul 1614
Extent:
1 volume

3. Stowe MS 177

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Stowe MS 177
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Scope & Content:
EDMONDES PAPERS. Vol. XII. (ff. 237). Copies of treaties and miscellaneous papers relating for the most part to the correspondence contained in the preceding volumes; 1470-1663. The contents are :- 1. Treaties between France and the Swiss; 1470-1579. Lat. and Fr. ff. i-30. 2. Treaty of peace...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1470-1663
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 167

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Stowe MS 167
Title:
Edmondes Papers, volume 2: English diplomatic correspondence, 1597-1605, including the reports of Thomas Edmondes, Ralph Winwood and Dudley Carleton in France; negotiations with the Spanish Netherlands; and letters of Ralph Winwood as Ambassador to the Dutch Republic
Scope & Content:
Edmondes Papers, volume 2, 26 October 1597-20 March 1605. Thomas Edmondes had been English agent at the French Court from 1592 to 1595 (he was also Secretary there before and after). He had returned to England in May or June 1596, returning to France on special missions in late March and early ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
26 Oct 1597-10 Mar 1605
Extent:
1 volume

5. Stowe MS 166

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 166
Title:
Papers of Thomas Edmondes, Agent at the French Court, 1592-1596 and n.d., volume 1
Scope & Content:
Edmonde Papers, vol. 1, 18 June 1592-16 May 1596. This volume includes letters from William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Sir Robert Cecil and Sir John Norris, commander in Brittany, to Thomas Edmondes. Much of this volume comprises drafts (described on the endorsements as copies or minutes) of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1592-1601
Extent:
1 volume

6. Stowe MS 170

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Stowe MS 170
Title:
Papers of Sir Thomas Edmondes, Vol. 5: 28 Mar 1608-23 Mar 1609
Scope & Content:
Papers of Sir Thomas Edmondes (d. 1639), diplomat: Vol. 5: 28 Mar 1608-23 Mar 1609. Edmondes was in this period Ambassador to the Spanish Netherlands, to the Archdukes Albert and Isabella, at Brussels. The great majority of the letters here are originals, with some drafts by Edmondes, usually ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
28 Mar 1608-23 Mar 1609
Extent:
1 volume

7. Stowe MS 173

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Stowe MS 173
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EDMONDES PAPERS. Vol. VIII. (ff. 311). 1 July, 1612-24 March, 1612 [3]. Edmondes's drafts are very numerous in this volume, and are addressed to the King and to Robert Carr, Viscount Rochester. They give a very particular account of the dissensions in the French Court. James I. took great intere...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
1 Jul 1612-24 Mar 1613
Extent:
1 item

8. Stowe MS 169

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Stowe MS 169
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EDMONDES PAPERS. Vol. IV. (ff. 309). 29 March, 1607- 16 March, 1607 [8]. A gap of a whole year occurs between this and the preceding volume. The latter part of 1606 had been taken up by the secret negotiations of John Ney, Commissary General of the Friars Minor, on behalf of the Archduke, for a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
29 Mar 1607-16 Mar 1608
Extent:
1 item

9. Stowe MS 172

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Stowe MS 172
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EDMONDES PAPERS. Vol. VII. (ff. 321). 26 March, 1611-30 June, 1612. During this period affairs connected with the succession of Cleves were quiet. The two Electors were content, after Juliers had been recaptured, to renew their engagement to continue joint rulers of the disputed Duchies; while t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
26 Mar 1611-30 Jun 1612
Extent:
1 item

10. Stowe MS 176

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Stowe MS 176
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Scope & Content:
EDMONDES PAPERS. Vol. Xl. (ff. 296). 25 March, 1616-28 Jan. 1632 [3]. During Edmondes's absence at the Loudun Conference, which resulted in a treaty signed 5 May, 1616, his secretary, Woodford, reported the state of affairs at the French Court. In September of the same year Edmondes requested Ja...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
25 Mar 1616-28 Jan 1633
Extent:
1 item