Cotton MS Caligula C V

ff. 3r–200r: A volume of records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1575–1579, including the original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots, and drawings by John Dunstall (ff. 73r–75r), including 'Certaine Emblemes upon a clock of the Q. of Scots' (f. 74r).

ff. 3r–v: Letter from ? to Elizabeth, informing her about some symptoms of alienation in the regent of Scotland, 12 April 1575.

ff. 4r–v: Letter from ? to Elizabeth; proposing that someone is sent into Scotland to observe the disposition of the regent. 14 April 1575.

ff. 5r–7v: John Naysmith's answers whilst he was interrogated; chiefly relating to Alexander Hamilton. 28 April 1575.

ff. 8r–10v: Original copy of Henry Cockyn's answers whilst he was interrogated; chiefly about letters and writings which had passed through his hands; against Dr Good's examination: with a long supplement concerning Hamilton. In Cockyn's own hand. 28 April 1575.

ff. 11r–v: The examination of Dr James Good, before Thomas Randolph and Thomas Bromley. Original signed by the three parties, 28 April 1575.

ff. 12r–14v: Original copy of the voluntary confession of Nevil Sands, of things which he denied before the commissioners, and through the lieutenant's means was persuaded to declare. In his own hand. 4 May 1575.

ff. 15r–16v: Original copy of the examination of Dr James Good, taken at the Tower. 12 May 1575.

ff. 17r–v: Original of the confession of Alexander Hamilton. 21 May 1575.

ff. 18r–19v: Original of Henry Cockyn's confession about Nevil Sands. In his own hand. 20 May 1575.

ff. 20r–v: Original of the confession of John Naysmith, concerning James Hamilton. 20 May 1575.

f. 22r: French letter from Villeroy to a friend of Mary; informing him that the King of France cannot send the two or three ships required. 22 May 1575, Paris.

ff. 23r–26v: Articles wherewith to charge certain persons: gathered out of Cockyn's confession, drawn up by Mr. Solicitor. The persons charged are Goodyere, Richard Lowther, Fr Bertey, Dr Good, Dr. Archlowe, Morgan, Alexander Hamilton schoolmaster to Lord Shrewsbury's children, Nevil Sands, Jackson, and Watkin Dawes. 1575.

ff. 28r–v: Sir John Forster to the Lords of the Council; assigning the reasons why the borders are not so well furnished with horses as they had been before. 6 June 1575, Berwick.

ff. 29r–33r: Advertisements from Scotland, consisting of 50 articles. 1576.

ff. 35r–v: Articles concluded between the Regent of Scotland, &c. and the Earl of Huntingdon, &c. for redressing the disorders committed at a meeting between Sir John Forster warden of the middle march of England, and John Carmichael junior deputy keeper of Liddisdale. 7 July 1575, Foulden. Authorised as a true copy by Huntingdon.

f. 36r: A minute of a letter from ? to Henry Killigrew; some instructions about settling the disorders on the borders, mentioned in the above. 12 July 1575, Killingworth.

f. 36v: Extract of a letter from John Selby to Francis Walsingham; reporting various outrages committed by the Scots on the borders. 15 July 1575.

f. 36v–37v: Nicholas Errington to Walsingham; reporting his remonstrance with the regent about the late outrages on the borders. 20 July 1575, Berwick.

ff. 38r–39v: Original letter from the Earl of Huntingdon to Sir Thomas Smith; reports his negotiation with the regent of Scotland, about the redress of the outrages on the borders, 16 August 1575, Berwick.

ff. 40r–41v: The state of the disorder chanced at the Red Swire the 7th of July, at a meeting betwixt the warden of the middle marches of England, and John Carmichael, deputy keeper of Liddisdale. Signed by Huntingdon and four others, August 1575.

ff. 42r–v: Original letter from Lord Hunsdon to [William Cecil?] stating his opinion concerning the latest outrages on the borders; and about the regent's unpopular conduct. 24 August 1575, Berwick.

ff. 43r–44v: An account of the meeting for redress of the disorders on the borders, signed by John Forster, July 1575.

f. 45r: An extract of a letter from Sir John Forster to the Earl of Leicester; about Carmichael's act of violence upon Sir William Carr, warden of the middle marches of Scotland, 9 August 1575.

ff. 45r–v: Extract of a letter from Lord Huntingdon to Smith; reports some declarations of the regent concerning the late disorders on the borders, 17 August 1575.

ff. 45v–46v: Copy of a letter from Lord Huntingdon to Elizabeth, concerning border affairs, 24 August 1575.

ff. 46v–48r: Report of the cause of the late falling out between Sir John Forster, and the laird of Carmichael, 28 August 1575.

ff. 48v–49v: Elizabeth, to the Earl of Huntingdon; directions about his negotiation for reparation concerning the insult offered on the borders, 29 August 1575, Cornbury Park.

f. 50r: brief note (unrelated to the previous letter).

ff. 51r–53r: Elizabeth to Henry Killigrew; instructing him about the reparation he is to claim from the regent, September 1575.

f. 53v: Extract of a letter from the regent of Scotland to Walsingham; laying blame upon Forster; and stating the peaceful state of the realm of Scotland, 5 April 1575.

ff. 54r–56v: The Earl of Huntingdon to the Earl of Leicester; concerning his dealings with the regent of Scotland on the affair on the borders, 10 September 1575, Berwick.

f. 56v: Two short letters from the Earl of Huntingdon to the Earl of Leicester about his movements, 11 September 1575, Durham, and undated.

ff. 57r–v: Notes of the beginning of the disorder of the Red Swire, and of the reformation and punishment appointed to follow, collected by Mr. Gargrave, which arrived with letters from the Earl of Huntingdon, September 1575.

ff. 58r–59v: Original letter from Robert Bowes to Walsingham, stating the proceedings at Faulder; and adding an apology for himself, 14 September 1575, Berwick.

ff. 60r–v: Original letter from the Earl of Huntingdon and five other commissioners to the lords of Council; reporting their negotiation with the Scottish commissioners, about the affair of the borders, 14 September 1575, Berwick.

ff. 62r–63v: Copy of the Regent of Scotland's declaration, concerning the late affair on the borders; addressed to Lord Huntingdon, September 1575.

f. 66r: A fragment of a letter from the Regent of Scotland to Henry Killigrew, acquainting him with his journey from Dalkeith to Edinburgh, and of the good treatment he had received from the nobility, 15 October 1575.

f. 69r: An extract from a letter from Sir Robert Constable, marshal of Berwick to the Lords of the Council, about the regent's rigorous administration of justice at Edinburgh, 28 February [1575/6?]

ff. 70r–v: An extract from a letter from the Regent of Scotland to Henry Killigrew, announcing his intention of coming to the borders, and settling all differences. 4 November 1575.

ff. 72r–v: Letter in French from Michel de Castelnau (French ambassador) to Walsingham; desiring a passport for sending several things (clothes, sweetmeats, and letters) to Mary, 12 January 1576, London.

ff. 73r–75r: Various emblems, some on a clock belonging to Mary Queen of Scots (f. 74r).

ff. 77r–v: Letter in French from Mary to Castelnau, complaining about her health, asking him to procure leave for her treasurer to come to her and settle the accounts of her dowry, &c., 12 March 1576, Sheffield.

ff. 78r–v: Letter in French from the Archbishop of Glasgow, partly to his brother and partly to Mary; about the impediments to their correspondence, and the necessities of Mary's adherents, 1575. It includes a cipher.

f. 81r: Letter from the Regent of Scotland to Lord Burleigh, desiring the restoration of some goods, and warning him of some new intentions to create troubles on the borders. 8 May 1576.

f. 84r: Original letter from John Hamilton to ?, reporting some measures taken in France in favour of Mary, 1 August 1576, Brussels.

f. 85r: Extract of a letter in Latin from Pope Gregory XIII to Mary, professing his zeal in her cause, 18 August 1576.

f. 87r: [Original?] letter from the Regent of Scotland to an English officer on the borders, desiring that troops might be sent to Lord Scroope, warden of the west borders, to enable him to enforce the measures taken for the tranquillity of the marches, 29 November 1576, Jedburgh.

ff. 90r–v: Elizabeth to the Regent of Scotland, in answer to a letter of his in which he cautions her against evil designs, and declares his purpose to administer strict justice to her subjects, for all which she thanks him, February 1576.

f. 92r: Extract of a letter in French from Mary to ? about the consequences of the journey of one of her friends towards her, 1577.

f. 93r: Extract of a letter from Lord Scroope to Walsingham, reporting Lord Maxwell's intention to resign his office of warden, 31 March 1577.

ff. 95r–v: Original letter from the Earl of Shrewsbury to Walsingham, reporting several things about Mary, and the practices of her friends, 26 April 1577, Sheffield.

ff. 97v–98r: Letter from Secretary Escovedo to his master the King of Spain, advising to attack 'the isles' (the original in cypher on f. 98r, and the decypher in Spanish, and an English translation on f. 97v.) 9 April 1577, Antwerp.

ff. 99r–v: Letter from the Regent of Scotland, to Lord Scroope, mentioning some measures he had taken in consequence of Lord Maxwell's resignation of the wardenship, 2 May 1577.

f. 99v: [Secretary Walsingham?] to the Earl of Shrewsbury, signifying the queen's permission for him to remove to Chatsworth, and wondering at Monsieur Vergier's long stay with Mary, 9 May 1577.

ff. 100r–101v: A letter in French signed 'Mlle Castelnau' (Michel Seigneur de Mauvisieres) French ambassador in London to a nobleman at the French court (the grand master of the wardrobe), with various intelligence about the interests of the French, and the Catholics in England, 15 May 1577, London.

f. 102r: Original letter from Robert Bowes to Walsingham about hawks sent, the Scottish bands in Holland, discontents in Scotland, &c., 2 August 1577, Berwick.

ff. 103r–v: Letter from Mary to Dr Allen, expressing her great zeal for the Catholic faith, deciphered by Mr Somers, 3 August 1577, Sheffield.

ff. 104r–105v: 'The present estate of the nobility in Scotland, and how they stand affected', 1577.

ff. 107r–108v: Original letter from the Earl of Leicester to Walsingham, concerning a private dispute between him and Mr George Scot, August 1577.

ff. 109r–v: Minute of a letter from Elizabeth to the Earl of Shrewsbury, directing him to narrow Mary's confinement, 9 September 1577.

ff. 110r–111v: Original letter from Robert Bowes to the Earl of Leicester, concerning the probability of fresh troubles breaking out in Scotland, 9 October 1577, Berwick.

f. 113r: Letter from Elizabeth to the Earl of Athol, expressing her desire that the differences between him and the regent, and all dissensions among the nobility of Scotland might be composed, for which purpose she sends down Robert Bowes, December 1577, Windsor.

ff. 115r–116v: Robert Bowes to Lord Burleigh, reporting the attempt of some noblemen and abbots at Stirling, and the sequel of it, 28 April 1577, Edinburgh.

ff. 118r–126v: The negotiation of the abbot of Dumfermling ambassador from Scotland to Elizabeth stating his declarations to the Queen and her council, and the causes he assigned that should move her majesty to be favourable to the king: also the answers made thereto, 30 July 1577.

ff. 127r–128r: Articles agreed upon in Scotland between the king and the lords, 13 August 1578, and an order made in consequence, 14 August 1578, Stirling.

f. 129r: Original letter from Lord Hunsdon to [Lord Burleigh?], reporting some transactions in Scotland against Morton, and declaring that Elizabeth may have both parties at her devotion, 19 August 1578, Berwick.

ff. 130r–135v: Extracts from fourteen letters and documents in Latin to and from the Bishop of Ross, concerning Mary's affairs: his correspondents were the Archbishop of Glasgow, Mary, Philip II of Spain, the Earl of Athol, Cardinal Comensis, [i.e. Tolommes Gallo.] the Archbishop of Treves [John de Schonenberg.] Also the D. of Bavaria to ?, which is said (erroneously) to have been directed to Mary: likewise a list of the Scottish nobility and clergy, and of the party they support, and some matters represented to the emperor Rudolph. 10 April 1578– 4 February 1579.

ff. 136r–v: Original letter in French from Mary to Monsieur de Mauvisiere about the refusal of passports, 6 October 1578, Sheffield.

f. 137r: Original letter from Robert Bowes to [Lord Burleigh?] about the precarious state of affairs in Scotland, and about some 'leade' sent, 3 November 1578, Edinburgh.

ff. 138r–v: Original letter from Robert Bowes to [Walsingham?] concerning his negotiations with the Scottish lords; the Earl of Argyle will, to satisfy Elizabeth, forego his rents out of Ireland, his intention to return to Berwick, and wish that he may be allowed to come to court. 24 November 1578, Edinburgh.

ff. 140r–141v: Original of Elizabeth's instructions to Thomas Randolph, on his going to Scotland as ambassador, countersigned by Walsingham, 31 January 1579.

f. 143r: Instructions upon which Tomson, Walsingham's man, should confer with an Italian at Bologna.

ff. 143v–144v: Tomson's proceedings thereupon, 1579.

ff. 145r–v: Two letters in Italian, one of which has CAD at the end, from the Italian at Bologna to whom Tomson had been sent; the first concerning a medicine, and the second perhaps to Walsingham, dated March 8, 1579, relating to some emissary.

ff. 149r–v: Robert Bowes to Lord Burleigh; various intelligence from Scotland; d'Aubigny created Earl of Lennox; Morton's strife with Argyle increases; the poisoning of Athol to be enquired into; Sir Thomas Carr recalled in spite of Morton, &c., 29 March 1579.

ff. 150r–152r: Lists of persons who have, or ought to have pensions, 1579.

ff. 155r–159r: Occurrences in Scotland, 14 May; from Edinburgh, 24 May, occurrences and advertisements from Scotland, 1 June 1579.

ff. 161r–v: The offers of lord Hume to the king and regent, referred to letters from Lord and Lady Hume to her Majesty, 10 July 1579.

f. 162r: Part of a letter from Sir Henry Cobham, deciphered, concerning some transactions in France, 1579.

ff. 163r–v: An original inventory in French of several things (accounts, apparel, &c.) sent to Mary by du Verger, 21 July 1579, Paris.

ff. 166r–167r: Original letter in French from Mary to Walsingham, complaining about the delay of her letters, 5 September 1579, Sheffield.

ff. 168r–v: Original letter from Nicholas Arrington to [Walsingham?], reporting a negotiation with James VI and various intelligence about d'Aubigny's rising favour, &c., 10 October 1579, Berwick.

ff. 170r–172v: Occurrences in Scotland, signed N. Arrington, October 1579.

ff. 173r–174v: Original letter from Robert Bowes to Lord Burleigh; various intelligence from Scotland, about d'Aubigny, &c., 22 October 1579, Berwick.

ff. 175r–180v: A memorial for Mr. Arrington to repair to the King of Scots; with her majesty's letters for answer to the letters of the said king. Nov. 1, 1579. 137.

ff. 181r–186r: The attainder of John Hamilton, commendator of Arbroath, Claud Hamilton, commendator of Paisley, and others, in a parliament held at Edinburgh, 10 November 1579.

ff. 186r–187r: Revocation of the infeoffment of the earldom of Lennox to Lord Charles Stewart; and confirmation of the same to Lord Robert Stewart, former Bishop of Caithness, 3 May 1579, Stirling.

ff. 187r–189v: James VI's grant of the earldom of Lennox, lands, etc. to Robert Stewart, 17 June 1578.

ff. 192r–194v: A copy of Elizabeth's instructions to Bowes for Randolph, during the time of Morton's regency.

ff. 197r–198v: 'Memoriall of the present estate of Scotland'; the regent Morton desires leave of the king to go beyond seas. 31 Dec. 31 1579.

ff. 199r–v: 'The Copy of the Accord for border matters', 31 December 1579.

ff. 199v–200r: 'Memory touching the Border causes', delivered to Nicholas Errington, to be communicated to Elizabeth, 31 December 1579.