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Record Id:

032-002091788

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032-002091788

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Add MS 40079

Title:

TRANSCRIPTS of papers in the Florentine archives relating to a proposed marriage between Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (d. 6 Nov. 1612), and a sister of Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1611-1612. The chief correspondents are the Florentine representatives and emissaries in England and Rome and members of the Tuscan court. The arrangement is roughly chronological. A number of ecclesiastical pronouncements are in Latin, the rest of the papers in Italian. Different extracts from the same dossier are printed by C. Guasti in Giornale Storico degli Archivi Toscani, i (1857), pp. 56-64, 275-279. Paper; ff. ii + 528. Folio. xix cent. Copied for Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, under the supervision of S. Ciampi (so the account in the Guilford sale-cat., 8 Dec. 1830, lot 414). Phillipps MS. 5705 (sale-cat. 1893, lot 277). Bookplate of arms of Sir Thomas Brooke, Bart., of Armitage Bridge, F.S.A. Belonged later to Sir John Arthur Brooke, Bart., of Fenay Hall (sale-cat., Sotheby, 1921, lot 722).

Scope & Content:

Ottaviano Lotti, Florentine Resident in London and Emissary to Rome: Correspondence with the Tuscan court.: 1611-1612.: Ital.: Copies.

Henry Frederick (d, Princes of Wales; 1612): Papers rel. to proposed marriage of, 1611-1612.: 19th cent.: Lat. and Ital.: Copies.

Bookplates: Brooke (Sir Thomas), Bart.; F.S.A.: 19th cent.

James I of England: Papers rel. to proposed marriage of Prince Henry with a Tuscan princess, 1611-1612.: 19th cent.: Lat. and Ital.: Copies.

Cosimo II; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Papers rel. to proposed marriage of his sister with the Prince of Wales, 1611-1612.: 19th cent.: Lat. and Ital.: Copies.

Florence, Italy: Transcripts from archives at, rel. to proposed marriage of Prince of Wales with a Tuscan princess: 1611-1612.: Copies, 19th cent. Ital. and Lat.

includes:

ff. 8, 115 b, 348 b Leonardo, Augustinian friar; confessor of the Grand Duchess Of Tuscany: Opinion, etc., rel. to proposed Anglo-Tuscan marriage: 1612.: Lat. and Ital.
ff. 43-186 passim Law CANON: Opinions of Roman ecclesiastics on proposed marriage of the Prince of Wales with a Tuscan princess: 1612.: Lat. and Ital.: Copies.
f. 191 Giovanni Gualtieri: Letter to Picchena: 1612.: Ital.: Copy.
f. 192 b Thomaso Vitolombardi: Letter to -: 1612.: Ital.: Copy.
ff. 199-477 b passim Giovanni de' Medici: Correspondence with Cosimo II: 1612.: Ital.: Copies.
ff. 307, 313 b Belisario Vinta: Letters to G. de' Medici: 1612.: Ital.: Copies.
f. 332 Henry IV of France: Letter of Qu. Marie de Médicis to the Ambassador in Florence: 1612.: Ital.: Extract.
ff. 359 b-372 Andrea Cioli, Florentine Resident in London: Credentials to the English court: 1612.: Ital.: Copies.
f. 369 James I of England: Form of letter to be sent by Queen Anne to the Pope, 1612.: 19th cent.: Ital.: Copy.
ff. 386, 390 Claudio Acquaviva, General of the Jesuit Order 1581: Memorials to, from Cosimo II of Florence: 1612.: Ital.: Copies.
ff. 411, 429 b, 447, 451 Andrea Cioli, Florentine Resident in London: Letters to the Tuscan court: 1612.: Ital.: Copies.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

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Hierarchy:

032-002091788

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
Italian
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1800

End Date:

1899

Date Range:

19th century

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Custodial History:

Sir Thomas Phillipps, Baronet; of Middle Hill: Owned.

Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford: Owned, 19th cent.

Sir Thomas Brooke, Baronet; of Armitage Bridge, 1899; FSA: Owned (bookplates).

Sir John Arthur Brooke, 1st Baronet of Almondbury: Owned: 1919.

Former External References:

Phillipps MS 5705

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Acquaviva, Claudio, General of the Jesuit Order 1581
Brooke, John Arthur, 1st Baronet of Almondbury, 1844-1920
Brooke, Thomas, 1st Baronet, of Armitage Bridge, woollen merchant, 1830-1908
Cioli, Andrea, Florentine Resident in London
Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Gualtieri, Giovanni
Henry Frederick (d, Princes of Wales, 1612)
Henry IV, of France
James VI and I, King of Scotland, England and Ireland, 1566-1625,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109229555
Leonardo, Augustinian friar; confessor of the Grand Duchess Of Tuscany
Lotti, Ottaviano, Florentine Resident in London and Emissary to Rome
Medici, Giovanni de'
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Phillipps, Thomas, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts, 1792-1872,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083446892
Vinta, Belisario
Vitolombardi, Thomaso

Places:

Florence, Italy