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Cotton MS Caligula E I

Record Id:

040-001102399

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001101582

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001246.0x0002f9

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Cotton MS Caligula E I

Title:

Records and correspondence concerning England and France, 1509–1521, including letters of Louis XII (1498–1515), king of France

Scope & Content:

Codex chartaceus, in folio, contains foliis 160.

[These two vols. have been (1902) rearranged in chronological order:- Cal. E. I. circ. 1416-1521. Cal. E. II. 1522-1555.]

1. Catherine of Aragon Q. of England, to Claude Q. of France. [1518] [printed in Strype's Eccl. Memorials] 1.
2. Francis I; two original letters to Hen. VIII. [10 Dec. 1519.] [see Burnet's Reformn. vol. ii. Coll. 198, 201.] 2.
3. Francis I, thirteen original letters to Card. Wolsey. 4.
4. Francis I. to the connetable de Bourbon; ordering him to proceed against Galeazzo Visconti. (Orig. Fr.) Lyons, March 24. 17.
5. The Dss. of Angouleme; one letter to the Emperor, one to Hen. VIII, and three to Card. Wolsey. (all Orig. Fr.) 18.
6. Bonnivet, to Henry VIII, Wolsey, &c. (four originals. Fr.) 23.
7. A rough draught of a letter to the commissioners at Calais, in Card. Wolsey's hand. 27.
8. Twenty articles in English (twelve being original letters) severally signed by the magistrates of Calais, John Dudley, Barnaby Fitzpatrick, Simon Heyn.... Hugh Pole, William. ........ Arthur Lisle, Peter Meawtys, Richard Tate, Florence Volusene, &c. The two last are "overtures to Fr. ambassadors; and an agreement for the keeping of the castle of Guines." 28.
9. A French account of the fortifications of Boulogne; and a drawing of that town, and its adjacent works. [Cal. E. II. f. 270. b.] 56.
10. "The order how the king's battail shalle proseede." [13 April 1513.] 58.
11. Twenty-eight original letters; signed: Arigny, Grammont, &c, Pacollet, de Bordes, de la Guiche, Planis, Bouton, la Chaux, Tavernier, Byron, Montmorency?, Thurvianville, Dubus, Morette, de Villebre[sme]. The signatures of some of them are dubious. 59.
11. b. Paulus Parmenis Mr Gelis oris minrum, to Henry VIII. (Orig. Lat.) Ex Pontis ara. Idib. Januar. 79.
12. Forty-four fragments in French, being miscellaneous papers, some of them too much mutilated to be distinctly made out. N. B. At fol. 122, 127, 132, and 140, are four English fragments. 80.
13. Three [Three deleted] original latin letters [letter] to Card. Wolsey, signed Bellanis (de Bellay) de Prato, and Bernard. [de Prato, and Bernard. deleted] [7 Febr. 1529.] 142.
14. Abbreviationes quorundam articulorum in diversis tractatibus. 145.
15. A draught of a commission of Henry VIII, to treat with the French king. (Latin.) 147.
16. A summary of news extracted from letters. (Italian.) March 20, 1529. 149.
16. b. A paper of intelligence from France; Albany going to Scotland. 1521 or 1523. [28 Jan. 1523?] 149. b.
17. A statement of the number of men for ten ships equipped on the coast of Normandy. (French.) [April 1513] 150.
18. A list of artillery and ammunition. (French.) [1512] 151.
19. A list of the captains of Calais, from 38 to 49 Ed. III. 152.
20. Notes of divers treaties, from 1486 to 1569. 153.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Cotton Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001101582
040-001102399

Is part of:

Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts

Cotton MS Caligula E I : Records and correspondence concerning England and France, 1509–1521, including letters of Louis XII (1498–1515), king…

Hierarchy:

032-001101582[0538]/040-001102399

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
French
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1500

End Date:

1524

Date Range:

1st quarter of the 16th century

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User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Condition: leaves damaged by fire in 1731

Materials: paper

Dimensions: approximately 440 × 305 mm

Foliation: fos. 287

Binding: British Museum 1902

Custodial History:

Previously owned by: the Cotton family, Bts, Conington, 17th century

Administrative Context:

Origin: England, France and Flanders

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)