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Add MS 34563
- Record Id:
- 032-002087513
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- 032-002087513
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000052.0x000361
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100162924594.0x000001
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- Add MS 34563
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Papers relating to Sir Henry Bedingfield and the custody of Princess Elizabeth, 1554–1555
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ff. 1v–66v: A volume of letters and papers relating to Sir Henry Bedingfield's service as vice-chamberlain in the royal household, and the custody of Princess Elizabeth in 1554–1555, during Mary I's reign.
f. 1v: A note of the allowance given to Bedingfield for bouge of court as vice-chamberlain, 23 December 1557.
ff. 2r–5r: Notes relating to Bedingfield's service as vice-chamberlain over 17 December 1557 – 13 July 1558.
ff. 6r–58v: 'A memoriall off all letters, warrunntes, etc. whyche I haue to shewe concernyng the seruice aboute my Ladie Elizabethes grace"; consisting of transcripts, for the most part in his own hand, of the correspondence of Bedingfield with Mary I and the Privy Council respecting the custody of the Princess Elizabeth, 4 May 1554–17 April 1555.
ff. 6r–v: Letter from Mary to Bedingfield, undated.
ff. 6v–7v: 'Articles committed to my brother Anthonie to know my lord chamberleyn of the householde his pleasure in. and all other that he dydde prescribe vnto me, as orders to be observed by his presidente aboute my Ladie elizabethes grace.'
ff. 7v–8r: 'Articles committed to my brother Anthonie to know the plesures & commaundment off the quenes Maiestie or hir graces honorable counsell.' A copy of the original on f. 59r.
ff. 8v–9r: 'The Articles agreed vppon by my lorde Chamberleyne.' A copy of the original on ff. 59r–v.
ff. 9r–v: Privy Council Order 'for the furniture off c. men, etc.'; [19 May]. Signed by William Paulet, Marquis of Winchester; Thomas Thirlby, Bishop of Norwich; Sir John Gage, Constable of the Tower of London; Sir Robert Rochester, Comptroller of the Household; Sir William Petre, Secretary of State, and Sir Nicholas Hare. The original is on ff. 61r–62v.
ff. 9v–11r: 'My letter to the quenes hyghnes recityng the manner off my ladye Elizabethes iourneye ffrom the tower to Wodestock', 21 May 1554.
ff. 11r–12v: 'A rememberaunce off the iourneye made by my Ladye Elizabeth grace from Wyndsore to Syr Wyllm Dormers house at West Wyckham the xxith off maye Ao 1o marie regine.'
ff. 12v–13r: 'A rememberaunce off hyr graces iourneye from M. Dormers house in Westwyckham vnto the Lorde Wyllams house the xxiith daye of maye.'
ff. 13r–14v: 'A rememberaunce off hyr enterteynm[en]t at the Lorde Wyllams And hir iorneye from thense to Woodestock the xxiiith off maye.'
ff. 14v–15r: 'The Counselles letters w[I]th the quenes instruccions concerning my ladye Elizabethe order at Woodestocke', 26 May 1554, St James'.
ff. 15v–16v: 'A memoriall gyven by the quenes highness vnto hir trustie and ryght well beloved counsellour Sir henrye Bed. knyghte, for the purposes ensuing xxio maii 1554.' The original is on ff. 63r–64v.
ff. 16v–19v: 'My letter answering to the former the Counselles letter', 27 May 1554, Woodstock.
ff. 19v–21r: 'The Counselles lettere answaryng to theys', 31 May 1554, Richmond.
f. 21v: 'The quenes letter for removing off Sandes And placing off marburye', 26 May 1554, St James'.
ff. 21v–22r: 'The counselles letter to admitte Smyth to speake w[i]th the Ladye Elizabeth', 28 May 1554.
ff. 22v–23v: 'The counselles letters', 2 June 1554, Richmond.
ff. 24r–v: 'My letter answaryng to the forsayde the councelles letters', 5 June 1554, Richmond.
ff. 25r–27r: 'An other off my letters to the Councell', 9 June 1554, Woodstock.
ff. 27r–v: 'The Councelles lettres', 12 June 1554, Richmond.
ff. 27v–29v: 'My letters to the Counsell', 12 June 1554.
ff. 29v–30v: 'The Councelles letter', 13 June 1554, Richmond.
ff. 30v–31r: 'The copie of the warraunte ffrom the quenes highness to M parrye my ladyes graces coferer', 14 June 1554, Richmond.
ff. 31r–v: 'The Councelles letter', 25 June 1554, Farnham Castle.
ff. 32r–33r: 'The quenes letter', 25 June 1554, Farnham Castle.
ff. 33r–v: 'Message to be delivered to my brother Edmonde to declare ouer to my lorde chamberlayne', undated.
ff. 33v–34v: 'My reporte to the ladye Elizabeth off the letter from the queen addressed to me according to the councelles comaundm[en]t given vnto me by their former lettres off the xxvth off June.'
ff. 34v–35r: 'Doctouyr owens letter to me', 22 June 1554, Guildford. A copy of the original on ff. 65r–66v.
ff. 35r–36r: Bedingfield's notes to Mr Parry on a letter he received from Mary's council, dated 24 June, Farnham Castle, with the names of the lords that signed the letter.
ff. 36r–41r: 'My letters to the councell', 4 July 1554, Woodstock.
ff. 41r–42r: 'The councelles lettres awnswaring to my former letters', 7 July 1564 [i.e. 1554], Farnham Castle
ff. 42r–v: 'The Quenes letters vnto me', 7 July 1554, Farnham Castle.
ff. 42v–43v: 'My Letters to the Councell', 16 July 1564 [i.e. 1554], Woodstock.
f. 44r: 'The Councelles Lettres to me', 19 July 1554 [i.e. 1554], Waltham.
ff. 44r–45r: 'My Letters to the Councell', 30 July 1554, Woodstock.
ff. 45r–v: 'My Ladye Elizabethes graces sute', 30 July.
f. 45v: deleted copy of a letter from Mary I.
f. 46r: 'The Councelles letter', 8 August 1554, Wyndsor.
ff. 46v–47r: 'My letter to the Councell', 16 August 1554, Woodstock.
ff. 47r–48r: 'My Letters to my L. off Elye', 16 August 1554, Woodstock.
f. 48r: 'The Councelles letters', 20 August 1554, Westminster.
ff. 48v–49r: Bedingfield's letter to the council (no heading), 14 September 1554, Woodstock.
ff. 49r–v: 'The councelles letters', 15 September 1554, Hampton Court.
ff. 50r–51r: 'My lettres to the councell', 20 September 1554, Woodstock.
ff. 51v–52r: 'My lettres to the quenes highnesse', 4 October 1554, Woodstock.
ff. 52r–v: 'The quenes letters', 6 October 1554, Westminster.
ff. 52v–53v: 'My letters to the councell', 4 October 1554, Woodstock.
ff. 53v–54r: 'The quenes letters', 7 October 1554, Westminster.
ff. 54r–55r: 'My letters to the quenes highnesse', 16 October 1554, Woodstock.
ff. 55r–v: 'My lettres to the Counsell', 20 October 1554, Woodstock.
ff. 56r–v: Bedingfield's letter to the council (no heading), 21 October 1554, Woodstock.
ff. 56v–57r: 'Marye the quene/ by the Quene', 25 October 1554, Westminster.
ff. 57r–58r: 'My letters to the Counseyll', 19 November 1554, Woodstock.
ff. 58r–v: 'Marye the quene/ by the Quene', 17 April 1555, Hampton Court.
f. 59r–60v: 'Articles committed to my brother Anthonie to know the plesures & commaundment off the quenes Maiestie or hir graces honorable counsell.' A copy is on ff. 7v–8r.
ff. 59r–60v: 'The Articles agreed vppon by my lorde Chamberleyne.' A copy is on ff. 8v–9r.
ff. 61r–62v: Privy Council Order 'for the furniture off c. men, etc.'; [19 May]. Signed by William Paulet, Marquis of Winchester; Thomas Thirlby, Bishop of Norwich; Sir John Gage, Constable of the Tower of London; Sir Robert Rochester, Comptroller of the Household; Sir William Petre, Secretary of State, and Sir Nicholas Hare. A copy is on ff. 9r–v. See Acts of the Privy Council, 1554–1556, p. 24.
ff. 63r–64v: Signed instructions from Mary I to Bedingfield, for the removal of Princess Elizabetlh from the Tower to Woodstock; 21 May 1554. A copy is on ff. 15v–16v.
ff. 65r–66v: Signed letter from George Owen [Mary's physician] to Bedingfield, respecting Princess Elizabeth's health, 22 June 1554, Guildford. A copy is on ff. 34v–35r.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-002087513
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1554
- End Date:
- 1558
- Date Range:
- 4 May 1554-13 Jul 1558
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 320 x 242 mm.
Foliation: ff. 66 + 5.
Binding: British Museum binding.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Sir Henry Bedingfield (1509–1583), administrator.
Purchased by the British Museum from Reverend C. R. Manning, 17 April 1894 (note on endleaf.)
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1894–1899 (London: British Museum Trustees, 1901), p. 8.
Acts of the Privy Council, 1554–1556, p. 24.
C. R. Manning, 'State Papers relating to the custody of the Princess Elizabeth at Woodstock, in 1554; being Letters between Queen Mary and her Privy Council, and Sir Henry Bedingfield, Knight, of Oxburgh, Norfolk', in Norfolk Archaeology, IV (Norwich: Charles Muskett, 1855), pp. 133–231.
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