Cotton MS Julius F VI

Collection of historical letters and papers, principally from the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James VI and I. From the collection of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician. Partly assembled by Cotton and William Camden (1551–1623), historian and herald, on their visit to Hadrian’s Wall in 1600 (ff. 290r-358v).

ff. 1-2 Binding waste. Latin fragment, on parchment. c. 15th century. Another fragment of this document can be found in Cotton MS Julius F X (ff. 1r-2v).

f. 3r: Contemporary title-page.

ff. 4r-5v: Pen trials, alphabet, and notes in Latin. With the name ‘Robert’, and the inscription of Sir Robert Cotton.

f. 6r: Letter from Sir Amias Paulet to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Concerning dangers from France. Blois, April 1577.

ff. 7r-10v: Extracts from letters by Mary, Queen of Scots, and Matthew Stuart, fourth Earl of Lennox. Concerning the affairs of Scotland, and the murder of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. 1563-1566.

ff. 11r-12v, 14r-15v: Paper on the cause given by Queen Elizabeth I for deferring the delivery of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the restitution of the crown of Scotland.

f. 13r: Account of the honours conferred on Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, with a list of 14 knights created by him. 1565.

f. 16r: Questions, possibly intended for the examination of the Duke of Norfolk.

ff. 17r-18v: Abstact of a book, written in defence of the honour of Mary, Queen of Scots. Delivered in December 1571 by Dr Harpfield and Weston, then in the Fleet prison, to Serjeant Barram and Mr Bromley, solicitor. Now remaining with Robert Cecil, first Earl of Salisbury. 1610.

f. 19r-19v: Two copies of a letter from Mary, Queen of Scots, to Queen Elizabeth I. On the current state of affairs, and some complaints concerning her treatment. Tutbury, March 14 1569.

ff. 20r-21r: Memorial on the affairs of Scotland, and proposals of marriage for Mary, Queen of Scots. c. 1563.

ff. 22r-23r: Brief note of the treaties that were attempted concerning Mary, Queen of Scots, with the reasons for their lack of effect. From a note in the hand of William Cecil, first Baron Burghley.

f. 24r-24v: Letter from William Asheby, possibly to William Cecil, first Baron Burghley. Possibly soon after the defeat of the Armada. Edinburgh, July 14 1589.

f. 25r-25v: Five causes against Mary, Queen of Scots. 1572.

f. 26r-26v: Notes on a council held at Richmond, for the direction of Robert Bowes, English ambassador in Scotland. September 18 1580.

ff. 27r-29v: Transcripts from the journal of King Edward VI. See Cotton MS Nero C X, ff. 40r, 45r. Concerning the apprehension and trial of the Duke of Somerset, and others.

f. 30r: Letter from Queen Elizabeth I to King James VI of Scotland. Upbraiding him for breaking his word. August 7 1583.

f. 30v-32v: Letter from Robert Beale to an unknown recipient. Discussing the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. London, September 26 1586.

ff. 33r-34v: Letter from Amias Paulet to an unknown recipient. Concerning his proceedings with regard to restraining Mary, Queen of Scots, and securing her money. Chartley, 10 September 1586. With a note on the back, on the impracticability of a foreign invasion in England.

ff. 35r-36r: Extract of a list of grievances of Mary, Queen of Scots. With answers to the same. November 1582 and April 1583.

ff. 36v-40r: Charges against Thomas Wolsey. 1529.

f. 41r-41v: ‘Articuli pardonationis Rev. patris Thomae Carlis Eboracensis’. 12 February 1530. Latin.

f. 42v: Fragment relating to an examination concerning Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Babington plot. c. 1586.

ff. 43v-45v: Depositions of H. Cockin, regarding individuals concerning Mary, Queen of Scots, including one D. Good, and John Lesley, Bishop of Ross. 14 March 1574.

ff. 46r-47r: Letter from Robert Bowes to William Cecil, first Baron Burghley. Reporting the state of affairs in Scotland. March 29 1579.

f. 47v: Attestation of Claude Nauè and Gilbert Curle concerning their deposition over the Babington plot. c. 1586.

f. 48r-48v: Paper arguing that the proceedings against Mary, Queen of Scots, were just and lawful according to the common and civil law.

ff. 48v-49r: Letter from Sir Francis Walsingham to Gilbert Curle. Defending himself against a charge of having broken his promise. September 1586.

ff. 49v-51r: ‘Excerpta ex Sandero de Schismate’. Latin.

f. 51r-51v: Depositions in defence of Roman Catholics. Said to be by one Cresswell, and Charles Cornwallis.

f. 52r-56r: Fragment of an act of attainder of Shane O’Neil. With an account of his crimes. With a fragment concerning the rebellion of Lord Tyrone. No date.

f. 56v: Extract from a letter sent by Thomas Randolph to Francis Walsingham. March 22 1685 [1585].

f. 57r: Letter from Dr Parkins to Sir Robert Cecil, first Earl of Salisbury. Concerning trade with Spain, and the Hanse. 11 September 1597.

ff. 58r-59r: Paper on the ease of an invasion of England. From a discourse found with Creighton, the Jesuit from Scotland. c. 1584.

f. 60r: Fragment on the propriety of a treaty between England and France.

f. 61r-61v: Letter from Archduke Charles, brother of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor. Containing his requisition to be allowed to exercise his religion in secret, with other conditions, in the case of his marriage to Queen Elizabeth I. 24 October 1567.

ff. 62r-63r: Paper on behalf of Queen Elizabeth I, addressed to an unnamed German prince. Concerning the privileges of the Hanse towns in England. 1595. Latin.

f. 64r: Instructions given to Sir Henry Killigrew, on his dispatch to Frederick, Count Palatine. 26 June 1568.

f. 65r: Memorial of matters to be considered in a treaty with Spain. 11 June 1588. See Lediard, Naval History (Publication Note).

ff. 65v-66r: Paper of intelligence concerning the Spanish forces, especially the Armada. Extracted from a letter by John Conway, dated Ostend, August 1588.

ff. 66v-67r: Extract of the propositions made by English commissioners to Spanish commissioners, with the answers of the latter.

f. 67v: Report by Sir Francis Bacon. Concerning thirteen objections regarding the union of the two kingdoms, and giving the name of Britain to both. [25 April 1604].

f. 68r: Instructions given to Thomas Bodley, possibly upon his dispatch to Denmark. Concerning the title of the House of Lorrain. 27 April 1585.

f. 68v-69r: Patent by King James VI and I. Putting the office of Earl Marshal in commission. 4 Jaunary 1604.

f. 69v-70v: Letter from Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, to Queen Elizabeth I. Defending himself. c. 1587.

ff. 71r-73v: Letter from an unnamed English statesman to an unnamed Scottish correspondent. On the impropriety of King James VI and I resenting the execution of his mother. c. 1587.

ff. 74r-75r: ‘Capita foederis arctissimi inter Elizabetham R. Angliae, et Jacobum VI. Scot. R.’. 1586.

f. 75v-76r: Reasons against King James VI and I revenging his mother’s death. Also concerning his intended marriage to a Danish princess or Lady Arbella Stuart. c. 1588.

f. 76v-77r: Paper relating to the puritanical libels of Martin Marprelate (aka John Penry), and others. With some notes concerning Queen Elizabeth I.

f. 77v-78r: Schedule of bundles of papers, from the time of King Henry VIII.

f. 78v: Copy of the arraignment of Sir Walter Ralegh. 17 November 1618. See Lediard, Naval History (Publication Note).

f. 79r-79v: Copy of the trial of John Elphinstone, 2nd Lord Balmerino, at St Andrews. March 4 1634.

ff. 75v-82r: ‘Sententiae ex Tacito excerptae, res publicas praecipue spectantes. Itidem quaedam ex Casaubono et Horatio; aliaeque notulae’. Latin.

ff. 82v-84v: Answers to two questions concerning whether ambassadors who raise insurrections are protected by the law of nations, and the privileges of a prince outside his dominions. No dates. With pen trials and accounts, including the name Robert Stanton (f. 84v).

f. 85r: Proceedings in a parliament held at Leicester, April 1414. About reversing the attainder of the Earl of Salisbury, possibly John Montacute, who by an oversight in the commons, was not tried until after his execution.

ff. 86r-88v: Paper giving reasons for reducing the prices of silver and gold. No date.

f. 89r-89v: Paper giving reasons against the decrying of money. No date.

f. 90r: Letter of intelligence. Sent from Edinburgh, 1 May 1589.

f. 91r: Letter sent to Scotland. Recommending that King James VI of Scotland be diverted from his proceedings against the United Provinces. Savoy, 31 October 1588.

f. 92r: Letter from one Ribadeneira, a Jesuit, to D. Juna de Idiaque. Concerning public grievances. 10 March 1596.

ff. 93r-95r: Letter from Thomas Randolph, ambassador in Scotland, to Queen Elizabeth I. Concerning the intended marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots. Edinburgh, 7 November 1564.

ff. 96r-98v: Letter from Frances Russell, Earl of Bedford, and Thomas Randolph, to Queen Elizabeth I. Sending an ample report on the intended marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots. Berwick, November 23 1564.

ff. 99r-103v: Fragment of the instructions given to Robert Cecil, John Herbert, and Thomas Wilkes, on their dispatch to negotiate in the Low Countries. February 1597.

f. 104r: Copy of the above letter (f. 24r-24v) from William Asheby, possibly to William Cecil, first Baron Burghley.

ff. 105r-108v: Discussion of the union of the two kingdoms.

ff. 109r-110r: Abstract concerning the trade of wool between England and the Netherlands. No date.

f. 111r: List of the Hanse towns, with their divisions as they were in confederacy. 1590.

ff. 112r-115r: Political tract, possibly sent by an ambassador, concerning the interests of the Italian states, the Swiss and Spain, during the time of King Philip II of Spain.

ff. 116r-121v: Paper on the body and power of the Hanses. No title.

ff. 122r-126r: Minutes of dispatches sent by Thomas Randolph to Sir William Cecil. Concerning the state of affairs in Scotland. November-December 1564. With an abstract of Randolph’s instructions of 17 November 1563.

f. 127r-127v: Paper containing depositions relating to the assault of one Robert Bowler, and the killing of one Richard Brown. 19 April 1625.

ff. 128r-129v: Letter from Abraham Wheelock to Sir Thomas Cotton. Returning Bede’s history. Cambridge, 31 March 1640.

f. 130r-130v: Paper concerning trade with the Netherlands. Said to be out of ‘Rob. Cotton de Comerciis’.

ff. 131v-134r: Paper in which the Earl of Essex defends his return from Ireland. No date.

f. 132v: Short account of the death (4 December 1612) and funeral of Sir Philip Sidney.

ff. 134r-135r: Paper titled ‘Ex Personii (Parsons) jesuitae, maledica discussione pag. 217:’, being a false account of some charms given to Queen Elizabeth I, and of her death.

ff. 136r-138v, 142r: Paper stating some proceedings of the Jesuits (Parraius or Pareius, William Critton, and others) for restoring papacy in England, and proceeding against the person of Queen Elizabeth I.

ff. 139r-141r: Letter from Sir Edward Ashfield to King James VI of Scotland. Concerning the succession to the English crown, with some accounts of the lawyers and clergy in England. No date.

ff. 143r-147v: An incomplete discussion of attempts to invade England. No date.

ff. 148r-150r: Letter from Robert Parson to one Mr M. T. Professing his hopes for the restoration of papacy in England, and greatly commending the King’s book Basilikon Doron. Rome, 24 May 1603.

f. 151r: Paper relating to the restitution of some money to the Genoese. Titled ‘Ex Suevinghemi postulatis’. 10 April 1573.

ff. 152r-153r: Letter from William Cecil, first Baron Burghley, to Sir Henry Norris, ambassador at Paris. Concerning restitutions to be made to the Genoese. 1569. See Cotton MS Caligula E VI.

ff. 154r-155r: Letter from Sir Francis Walsingham to Henry Carey, Baron Hunsdon, then in Scotland. Justifying himself. 7 November 1584.

ff. 156r-159r: Paper on the proceedings of the King of Spain and the affairs of the Low Countries. Possibly part of an ambassador’s dispatch. See the report by Francis Bacon above (f. 67v).

f. 160r: Letter from an unnamed Irish member of Parliament to an English minister. Giving their reasons for withdrawing from Parliament, and recognising King James VI and I’s title to the crown of Ireland. No date.

ff. 161v-162v: Discussion concerning a match with a princess of Tuscany. No date.

f. 163v: Letter from Francis and Mary, King and Queen of France, Scotland, England and Ireland, to Mary, Dowager Queen of Scotland. On sending over de Brosse and Pelleve, Bishop of Amiens, to assist in quelling the insurrections. 1559. Latin.

ff. 164r-166v: Copy of part of the fourth and sixth sections of Francis Bacon, Certain Observations made upon a Libel. Concerning the proceedings between Spain and England, with notes upon the actions of William Cecil, first Baron Burghley. [c. 1592-early 1600s].

ff. 167r-169r: Copy of plans for the alteration of religion during the first year of Queen Elizabeth I.

f. 169v: Consultation held at Greenwich, discussing whether the Abbot of Martinego, the Pope’s Nuncio, should be admitted into England. 1559.

ff. 170r-171r: Paper of historical notes concerning Queen Elizabeth I’s title to Calais, the actions of Mary, Queen of Scots in assuming the arms of England, and the proceedings of the French and Scottish forces. No date.

ff. 172r-173v: Extract of a letter from Sir Thomas Smith to Queen Elizabeth I. Concerning her right to Calais, and some other related papers. 1567.

f. 174r: Extraction from the instructions given to Sir Thomas Smith. Concerning the marriage between Queen Elizabeth I and François, Duke of Anjou. 1571.

ff. 174v-175r: ‘Tractatûs Blesensis inter Carolum IX. et R. Elizabetham, epitome’. 9 April 1572. Latin.

ff. 175v-177v: List of commissioners for negotiating the marriage between Queen Elizabeth I and François, Duke of Anjou. 1571. With notes ‘Ex Stubbaei libello contra nuptias Dnae Reginae et Ducis Andini’.

f. 178r: ‘Articuli puritanorum’. c. 1587. Latin.

f. 179r-179v: Articles of marriage between Queen Mary I and King Philip II of Spain. 12 January 1554.

f. 180r-180v: ‘Responsum R. Elizabethae tribus articulis ab oratoribus R. Christianissimi propositis, circa matrimonium ejusdem Reginae cum duce Andin. [i.e Anjou]’. 24 August 1571. Latin.

f. 181r-181v: Fragment concerning the marriage between Queen Elizabeth I and François, Duke of Anjou. With extracts from letters between William Cecil, first Baron Burghley, Sir Francis Walsingham, and Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, on the same subject. 1571.

f. 182r: List of Scottish noblemen and their wives, with notes concerning coins.

f. 183r: Authorities concerning the privileges of princes and ambassadors when in foreign countries. Collected from civilians and history.

ff. 184r-186v: ‘Replicatio legatorum reginae Elizabethae, ad responsionem factam per legatos regis Catholici’. Bourbourg, 20 June 1588. Latin.

f. 187r-187v: ‘Legatorum R. Catholici responsio, ad replicationem proxime antecedentem’. 1588. Latin.

f. 188r-188v: ‘Postulata legatorum reginae Elizabethae’. Bourbourg, 17 June 1588.

ff. 189r-190v: ‘Alia responsio legatorum regis Catholici’. 1588.

f. 191r: ‘Articuli a Jacobo Crofto, milite Parmensi, propositi in pacis tractatione. (Anglice.)’. 1588.

f. 192v: Extract from the instructions of Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby, on his dispatch to Denmark. June 1583 [1582]. See also Cotton MS Nero B III, ff. 244, 250, 252.

ff. 193r-194v: Paper on the state of the Scottish common wealth, with the causes of the disorders in it. No date.

f. 195r-196v: List of Scottish bishops and noblemen, with the mothers and wives of the latter. No date.

f. 197r: Printed table of the comparative weights of English and Scottish coins.

f. 198r-202r, 204r: Memoranda concerning the pay of soldiers, and that standard of money in various countries.

f. 203r-203v: Fragment of the proclamation of Lady Jane Grey, upon assuming the crown.

f. 205r-205v: ‘Declaratio D. Joh. del Aguila, regis Catholici in Hibernia ducis, contra R. Elizabetham’. 1601. See Sloane MS 25, f. 343r for a translation, also Stafford, Pacata Hibernia (Publication Note). Latin.

f. 206r-206v: Description of the province of Munster, Ireland.

ff. 207r-208v: Account of the proceedings of Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex, as Lord Deputy in Ireland, against the rebel Tyrone, and the siege of Kinsale. With a note concerning the siege of Ostend. 1599. See f. 205r-205v above, and Cotton MS Titus B XIII, f. 578r.

f. 209r: Order of the arraignment of Philip Howard, thirteenth Earl of Arundel. 1587.

f. 209v-215r: Account of the arraignment, trial, and confession of Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk. With his confession at his execution. 1571. See Strype, Annals, vol. 2, App. f. 27 (Publication Note).

ff. 216v-217r: ‘Memoranda ex navigatione Fr. Drake in Mare del Zur’. Latin.

ff. 217v-219r: A methodical disquisition on the subject ‘that it were not commodious for Queen Elizabeth to marry’. With an answer. No date.

ff. 220r-221v: Discourse concerning the ecclesiastical and law courts of the Duchy of Lancaster. No date.

f. 222r-222v: Paper on the courts in Westminster Hall. From Sir Thomas Smith, ‘De Republica Anglorum’. No date.

f. 223v: ‘Consilium evangelicum cantonibus Helvetiae datum, cum Sabaudus iam in Genevenses bellum moliretur’. July 1582.

f. 224r: Imperfect list of the contents of Cotton MS Julius E II.

ff. 225v-226r: Table of the seventeen United Provinces.

f. 227r: Notes on the power of the Pope’s Legate.

f. 228r-228v: ‘Relatio D. Christoph Varsovicii, regis Poloniae ad R. Sueciae legati, de recuperanda Narva’. May 1582. Latin.

ff. 229r-231r: Account of the commodities of America and Spain, and the revenues of the latter.

f. 231r: Account of minerals found in England.

f. 231v-232r: Historical notes concerning the attainder at Paris of King John, the establishing of Maximilian Sforza, Duke of Milan, at Milan, and the lines that succeeded each other in Spain.

f. 233r-234r: Articles of the arraignment of Sir John Perrott, in the King’s Bench. 27 April 1592.

f. 235r-235v: Letter from Queen Elizabeth I to Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex. A letter of reproof to the Earl in Ireland. Nonsuch, 14 September 1599.

ff. 236r-239r: Notes concerning the courts of law in England. No date.

ff. 240r-242v: ‘Breviculae falsissimae narrationes de rebus Anglicis, ab Ina Rege ad Elizabetham Reginam; an ex Sandero?’. Latin.

ff. 243r-247r: Notes on affairs in Ireland. 1578.

f. 248r: ‘Rationes cur regina Elizabetha successorem suum non declaraverit’. Latin.

ff. 249r-253v: Letter from Anthony Babington to Mary, Queen of Scots. With a reply. c. 1586.

ff. 254r-255v: A letter of advice, obscurely worded. Beginning ‘Squire my advice to thy Master’. Later titled, with the above (ff. 249r-253v) ‘Ant. Babbingtons letter to the Qeene of Scottes’. No date.

f. 256r-256v: Account of the death of Mary, Queen of Scots. 1586-1587.

ff. 257r-259r: Copies and extracts of letters from Mary, Queen of Scots, to Anthony Babington, Sir Francis Throckmorton, and other traitors. With their answers.

ff. 260r-264r: Copy of the proceedings against Mary, Queen of Scots, at Fotheringay Castle. 12 October 1586. With a fragment of Chidiock Tichborne’s ‘Lament’, beginning ‘My prime of youth is b[ut a frost of cares]’.

ff. 265r-268v: Discussion of whether it were behoveful for Queen Elizabeth I to put Mary, Queen of Scots, to death, or to keep her prisoner. No date.

ff. 269r-271v: Fragment of a paper against women inheriting the crown. Concerning the House of Lancaster, written in the time of King Edward IV.

ff. 272v-277r: ‘Rationes legati regis Gallorum pro Scotiae regina’. With answers in abstract and in full.

ff. 277v-278v: Copy of the above account (f. 256r-256v) of the death of Mary, Queen of Scots.

f. 279r-279v: Brief description of Ireland.

f. 281r: Account of an expedition to the coast of Spain. Partly printed in Lediard, Naval History (Publication Note).

ff. 282r-284v: ‘Breves adimadversiones in Britanniam Camdeni’. Latin, Greek.

ff. 285r-287r: Paper of considerations concerning peace with Spain.

ff. 287v: List of Spanish forces commanded by Albert VII, Archduke of Austria. 1600.

ff. 288r-289v: Notes on the English navy. c. 1588. Printed in in Lediard, Naval History (Publication Note).

f. 290v-292r: Two Roman inscriptions.

f. 293r-295v: Three Roman inscriptions near Glasgow, and in Dunnottar Castle, Aberdeenshire.

f. 296r-300v: Three letters from Francis Godwin, Bishop of Llandaff, to William Camden. Concerning Roman antiquities found in Caerleon and elsewhere in Wales. June 1602, January and July 1603.

f. 301r-301v: Note from one Mr Wharton, to his brother. Relating to antiquities. No date.

f. 302r: Letter from Thomas Braithwate to an unknown correspondent. Concerning Roman antiquities found at Ribchester. Lancaster, 18 January 1604.

f. 303r-303v: Letter from Francis Tate to William Camden. Concerning antiquities in Wales. 7 August 1604.

f. 304r-305v: Copies of Roman inscriptions, and a Runic inscription found at Papcastle.

f. 306r-306v: Copies of arms in churches at Paris. Tricked.

f. 307r-307v: Copy of a Roman inscription. With a short remark upon some mistakes in William Camden’s Britannia.

ff. 308r-311v: Copies of Roman inscriptions in Cumberland, and elsewhere.

f. 312r: Verses, containing a short account of Baddesley, near Hampton. Beginning ‘This seate and soyle from Saxone Bade, a man of honest fame / Who held it in the Saxons time, of Badesly took the name’.

f. 313r: Small Runic inscription, possibly found at Bucastle.

f. 314r-315v: Letter from Roger Dodsworth to Sir Robert Cotton. Concerning antiquities at Ribblecester.

f. 316r: Letter from Henry Savile, possibly to William Camden. Concerning antiquities near Otley in Yorkshire.

ff. 317r-347r, 350r-359r: Account of antiquities in Cumberland, Northumberland, Westmorland, and Durham. Including several Roman inscriptions, drawings of altars and figures, and descriptions. Possibly by Reginald Bainbrigg, schoolmaster of Appleby, who travelled in these counties to collect materials for William Camden’s Britannia.

f. 248r-248v: ‘Genealogia Gospatriciorum, et Curwenorum’. Possibly by Reginald Bainbrigg.

f. 349r-349v: ‘De Baronibus de Kandala, et familia de Bruis’.

ff. 360r-376v: ‘Excerpta, ex libro antiquo qui inscribitur, Chronica Angliae'.

f. 377r-377v: ‘Excerpta ex veteri registro ecclesiae Wigorniensis, de castro ibidem’.

f. 378r: Fragments of papers, including a signature of Mary, Queen of Scots.

ff. 379r-386v: Collections of papers concerning towns in Dorset, and Somerset, such as Bruton, Milton or Middleton, and Sturton. Also on the pedigree of the Fanes.

ff. 387r-389v: Notes concerning Gloucestershire, the college of Stratford-upon-Avon, and Warwick church, town and castle.

ff. 390r-391v: Notes on the port and town of Yarmouth.

ff. 392r-393v, 407v-408r: Historical and topographical notes, concerning baronetcies in England.

ff. 394r-406r: Notes concerning Somerset, the manor of Trente, and the fens in Huntingdonshire and Berkley. With several charters and pedigrees.

ff. 409r-410v: ‘Excerpta de castellis in Cantia’.

f. 411r-411v: Notes concerning the castle of Hartlebury, given by Offa, King of Mercia, to the Bishop of Worcester.

f. 412r-412v: Notes concerning places in Devonshire.

f. 413r: Letter from one Richard Gr[…] to William Camden. Concerning ancient topography. Anglesey, [date obscured] January.

f. 414v: Rough drafts of dedications, by William Camden.

f. 415r: Notes concerning Winchelsea.

f. 416r-416v: Notes on great victories gained by the English.

ff. 417v-425v: Rough notes, principally historical, by William Camden. Relating to the topography of Scotland.

ff. 426r-429v: Two letters from Roger Dodsworth and Nicholas Cowpland to William Camden. Containing illustrations and Roman inscriptions.

f. 430r-430v: Epitaphs, by William Camden.

ff. 431r-444r: Tract by John Hales concerning the succession to the crown. Arguing that Catherine Grey was heir to the crown. See Strype, Annals, vol. 2, App. f. 9 (Publication Note).

ff. 445r-452r: Answer given to imputations against Sir Ferdinando Gorges, concerning the ruin of the Earl of Essex. Written ‘in the Gatehouse’, no date.

f. 452v: ‘De grassatoribus in vitam Henrici IV. R. Galliae’.

ff. 453r-462r: Letter from one H. Tr[…], possibly to Sir Thomas Chaloner. Concerning antiquities in the north of England, particularly around Gisborough.

f. 463r: Preamble to the will of Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton. c. 1614. Another copy can be found in Harley MS 6693, article 4.

ff. 464r-465v: Letter from William Camden to Sir Edward Cecil. Concerning the troops sent into Flanders in 1572. No date.

ff. 466r-468v: Alphabetical index to an unnamed work.