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Cotton MS Galba B IV

Record Id:

040-001102772

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001101582

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Cotton MS Galba B IV

Title:

Records and papers concerning England and Burgundy, 1516

Scope & Content:

Collection of records and papers concerning England and Burgundy, dating from c. 1516.

f. 1r: Cottonian title-page.

f. 2r-2v: Draft letter from Thomas Wolsey to King Henry VIII’s commissioners in Flanders. Sending instructions for their negotiation concerning the King’s mediation between the Emperor and France. In Wolsey’s hand.

f. 3r-3v: Letter from William de Barris, possibly to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Berghes, September 2 [1522]. French.

f. 4r-4v: Letter from De Hesdin to Thomas Wolsey. Offering his services, particularly to supply King Henry VIII with harness, accoutrements, and arms. Antwerp, January 6 1520. French.

ff. 5r-6v: Letter from Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Partly in cipher.

ff. 7r-8r: Letter from Thomas Wolsey to Cuthbert Tunstall. On the peace between the French king and the Emperor, and Henry VIII’s promise to give the Emperor ten thousand florins.

f. 9v: Letter from Thomas Wolsey to King Henry VIII. Sending letters and news received from Flanders. [26 July 1516].

ff. 10r-13v: ‘Tractatus pacis et amicitiae inter Henricum VIII. Angliae regem, et Maximilianum Imp. elect. et Johannem et Carolem Hispae et Flandriae reges’. 1516.

f. 14v: Letter from De Berghes to Thomas Wolsey. Exculpating John Hewster, a governor against whom there had been a complaint. Berghes, January 14 1516 [19 January 1519]. French.

f. 15r-15v: Fragment of a letter from Thomas Spinelly to an unknown correspondent. The end is below (ff. 24r-42v). Partly cipher.

ff. 16r-17v: Letter from William Knight to Thomas Wolsey. Advising that the Swiss forces may be retained, in case the war with France were to be continued. January 5.

ff. 18r-21v: Treaty of amity and intercourse between King Henry VIII and Prince Charles of Castille. Brussels, January 24 1516. Latin.

f. 22r-22v: Letter from Melchior Langleus to Thomas Wolsey. Sending secret intelligence. Brussels, January 21 [1516]. Latin.

f. 23r-23v: Copy of a letter of intelligence from Flanders. Containing a decipher code for the articles above and below (ff. 15r-15v, 24r-42v).

ff. 24r-42v: Eight letters from Thomas Spinelly to King Henry VIII and Thomas Wolsey. January 9, February 23, 4, 14, and 23, March 13 and 13, 1516.

ff. 43r-44v: Letter from Edward Poynings and Cuthbert Tunstall to King Henry VIII. Reporting their audience of condolences on the death of the King of Aragon, and discussing the renewal of treaties. Brussels, March 14 1516.

ff. 45r-46v: Letter from Thomas Spinelly to King Henry VIII. Sending intelligence. Brussels, March 17 1516.

f. 47r: Letter from the Bishop of Alba to Thomas Wolsey. Reporting his favourable reception by King Charles of Spain, and the death of King Ferdinand. Brussels, March 22 1516. Latin.

f. 48r-48v: Letter from Francis Taxis to Sir Bryan Tucke, postmaster in England. Reporting on the movements of the Emperor in Lombardy. Brussels, March 23 1516. Latin.

f. 49r-49v: Fragment of a letter from Edward Poynings and Cuthbert Tunstall to King Henry VIII. Concerning the renewal of treaties with Spain. 1516.

f. 50r-50v: Letter from Thomas Spinelly to King Henry VIII. Sending intelligence. Malines, March 27 1516.

f. 51r-51v: Letter from King Charles of Castille to King Henry VIII. On behalf of a merchant, Jacques de Hase. Malines, March 28 1516.

ff. 53r-54v: Letter from Edward Poynings and Cuthbert Tunstall to Thomas Wolsey. Concerning the renewal of treaties. Brussels, April 10 1516.

f. 55r-55v: Letter from Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Brussels, April 11 1516.

f. 56r-56v: Letter from one R. de Medicis to Thomas Spinelly. Concerning the Emperor’s proceedings in Lombardy. 9 April 1516 [9 April 1517].

ff. 58r-65v: Two letters from Edward Poynings and Cuthbert Tunstall to King Henry VIII. Sending a report of their negotiations. Brussels, 14 April and 25 May 1516.

ff. 66r-68v: Letter from Thomas Spinelly to King Henry VIII. Concerning commotions in Sicily and Spain. With other intelligence. Brussels, 3 May 1516.

f. 69r-69v: Letter from King Charles of Castille to King Henry VIII. On behalf of a physician named Jacques Semel. Middleburgh, 23 May 1516. French.

ff. 70r-71v: Two letters from Margaret, Duchess of Savoy, to King Henry VIII and Thomas Wolsey. On behalf of a servant of the Cardinal de Gurce. Brussels, June 3 1516. French.

ff. 72r-75v: Letter from Thomas Spinelly to King Henry VIII and Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Arras, 18 May, and Antwerp, 27 May 1516.

ff. 76r-81r: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall and Richard Wingfield to King Henry VIII. Reporting their conferences with the Lord Chievres, and the Chancellor of Brabant. Brussels, 6 June 1516.

f. 82r-82v: Letter from Margaret, Duchess of Savoy, to King Henry VIII. Recommending that Leonardo Frescobaldi be reimbursed. Brussels, 6 June 1516. French.

f. 83r-83v: Letter from Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Brussels, 4 June 1516.

f. 84r-84v: Letter from De Hausen, secretary to Cardinal de Gurce, to Thomas Wolsey. Requesting that Gerard Stassart be allowed to transact the affairs of the Cardinal in England. Brussels, 4 June 1516. Latin.

ff. 85r-86v: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall and Richard Wingfield to King Henry VIII. Reporting on their negotiations with Lord Chievres. Louvain, 12 June 1516.

f. 87r-87v: Letter from Margaret, Duchess of Savoy, to King Henry VIII. Commending the services of Leonardo Frescobaldi to the Emperor. Louvain, 10 June 1516. French.

ff. 88r-94r: Three letters from Cuthbert Tunstall and Richard Wingfield to King Henry VIII and Thomas Wolsey. On their negotiations. Brussels, 23, 28 and 29 June 1516.

ff. 95r-96v: Intelligence sent from a spy in Holland, Anthoine, to Thomas Spinelly. Reporting that pirates taken by Isselstein have been executed. Antwerp, 18 June 1516. French.

ff. 97r-98v: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall to Thomas Wolsey. Reporting on some intelligence received from a stranger, concerning a governor. Louvain, 15 June 1516.

f. 99r-99v: Letter from King Charles of Castille to King Henry VIII. Sending a credential. Louvain, 15 June 1516. French.

f. 100r-100v: Letters of intelligence, sent from a spy in Flanders. Malines, 10 June 1516. French.

f. 101r: Letter from Jaques de Cesbecke. A receipt for 60 florins paid to him by Thomas Spinelly, for two journeys enquiring on the business of the Blanche Rose. Brussels, 21 June 1516. French.

ff. 102r-106v: Two letters from Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence, the former with a postscript. Brussels, 23 June and 1 July 1516.

ff. 107r-108v: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall and Richard Wingfield to King Henry VIII. Reporting on their conferences with Lord Chievres and the Chancellor. Brussels, 4 July 1516.

ff. 109r-110v: Letter from Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Brussels, 5 July 1516.

ff. 111r-117r: Draft instructions issued by King Henry VIII to his commissioners in Flanders. Corrected by Thomas Wolsey. [15 July 1516].

f. 118r-118v: Letter from King Charles of Castille to Thomas Wolsey. On behalf of Jaques Semel. Brussels, 10 July 1516. Latin.

ff. 119r-120v: Letter from Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence and a receipt from one Bernard Stecher, for a bill of exchange worth 48,000 florins. Brussels, 12 July 1516.

ff. 121r-122v: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall and Richard Wingfield to King Henry VIII. Reporting on their negotiations and sending intelligence. Brussels, 12 July 1516.

f. 123r-123v: Letter from Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Brussels, 14 July 1516.

ff. 124r-125r: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall to Thomas Wolsey. Reporting on his conferences with Lord Berghes. Brussels, 10 July 1516.

f. 125v: Letter from Margaret, Duchess of Savoy, to Thomas Wolsey. Recommending De Hesdin. Malines, 16 July 1516. French.

ff. 126r-127v: Letter from the magistrates of Antwerp to Thomas Wolsey. Requesting redress for Jehan Crul and Jacques de Haze, merchants. 18 July 1516. French.

ff. 128r-130v: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall and Richard Wingfield to King Henry VIII. Reporting on their negotiations and the agreement over the diet of Noyon. Brussels, 18 July 1516.

ff. 131r-132r: Letter from Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Brussels, 19 July 1516.

f. 132v: Note from a ‘Maitre d’Hotel’ to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. [Yetinghen], 20 July 1502.

ff. 133r-136v: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall and Richard Wingfield to King Henry VIII. Reporting on a conference with Lord Chievres and the Chancellor. Brussels, 23 July 1516.

f. 137r-137v: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall to an unknown recipient. On the Chancellor of Brabant, and the possibility of conducting an interview with him. Brussels, [23] July 1516.

ff. 138r-140v: Two letters from Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Brussels, 27 and 26 July 1516.

f. 141r-141v: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence and reporting the departure of Lord Chievres and the Chancellor for Noyon. Brussels, 27 July 1516.

ff. 142r-143v: Promissory deed by King Charles of Castille. To reimburse a sum lent by King Henry VIII. Brussels, August 1516. French.

ff. 144r-145r: Deed of security by six nobles of the Low Countries. For the payment of the above loan (ff. 142r-143v). [August] 1516. French.

ff. 146r-149v: Two letters from Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Brussels, 4 and 6 August 1516.

f. 150v: Letter from John Bth[…]us Ticionens Comes Decian, and De Hesdin, to Thomas Wolsey. Concerning a sum owed them by Leonardo Frescobaldi. London, 5 August 1516. Latin.

ff. 151r-152v: Letter from Jehan de le Sauch to Thomas Wolsey. On receiving the money from the above loan (f. 151r-152v). London, 10 August 1516 [1518]. French.

ff. 153r-156v: Letter from Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence received from Noyon. Brussels, 10 August 1516.

f. 157r-157v: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Brussels, 13 August 1516.

ff. 158r-160r: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall and Richard Wingfield to King Henry VIII. Reporting on a conference with the Treasurer, Felynger, and sending intelligence. Brussels, 13 August 1516.

ff. 161r-163v: Two letters from Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Brussels, 15 and 14 August 1516.

f. 164r-164v: Letter from King Charles of Castille to Thomas Wolsey. On behalf of Mary de Nivelle. Brussels, 24 August 1516. French.

ff. 165r-168v: Two letters from Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. 26 and 30 August 1516.

ff. 169r-172v: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall and Richard Wingfield to King Henry VIII. Reporting on a conference with Lord Chievres and the Chancellor. Brussels, 31 August 1516.

f. 173r-173v: Letter from an unknown correspondent to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence and offering services. Berghes, 1 September 1516. French.

f. 174r-174v: Letter, possibly from King Charles of Castille, to King Henry VIII. Praising Thomas Wolsey. French.

ff. 175r-177v: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall and Richard Wingfield to Thomas Wolsey. Concerning their negotiations. Brussels, 1 September 1516.

f. 178r-178v: Letter from Thomas Wolsey to Margaret, Duchess of Savoy. Concerning a conference conducted with De Hesdin. London, 2 September 1516. French.

f. 179r-179v: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall to Thomas Wolsey. Concerning the departure of King Charles of Castille for Spain. Brussels, 4 September 1516.

ff. 180r-181r: Draft letter from Thomas Wolsey to Cuthbert Tunstall and Richard Wingfield. Concerning their negotiations. September 1516.

f. 181r: Credential sent from Margaret, Duchess of Savoy, to Thomas Wolsey. Brussels, 11 September 1516. French.

f. 182r-182v: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall to King Henry VIII. Sending intelligence concerning a plot by the French forces to retake Tournay. Brussels, 13 September 1516.

ff. 183r-184v: Two letters from Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Brussels, 14 and 13 September 1516.

f. 185r-185v: Letter from Margaret, Duchess of Savoy, to the ambassadors of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, in London. Concerning the receipt of money. Brussels, 12 September 1516. French.

f. 186r-186v: Letter from Jehan Frescobaldi to one Mountjoy, governor of Tournay. Concerning the death of his nephew in London. Bruges, 12 September 1516. French.

ff. 187r-189v: Letter from Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Brussels, 17 September 1516. Cipher, deciphered.

ff. 190r-191v: Letter from Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Brussels, 9 September 1516.

ff. 192r-193v: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall to Thomas Wolsey. Reporting that King Charles of Castille is not to go into Spain. Brussels, September 20 1516.

ff. 194r-196v: Two letters from Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Cipher, one deciphered. Brussels, 20 and 27 September 1516.

f. 198r-198v: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall to Thomas Wolsey. Concerning the motions of the French forces in Calais. Brussels, September 27 1516.

ff. 199r-200v: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall to Thomas Wolsey. Reporting that King Charles of Castille is to arm against Guelders. Brussels, 4 October 1516.

f. 201r-201v: Letter from Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Brussels, 4 October 1516.

ff. 202r-204v: Letter signed ‘Alamire’, possibly sent to Thomas Wolsey. With some musical notes, and secret intelligence concerning Richard de […]. Latin.

f. 205v: Letter from Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Brussels, 7 October 1516.

ff. 206r-215v: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall to King Henry VIII. Sending two long reports of his proceedings. Brussels, October 16 and 26, 1516.

ff. 216r-217v: Letter from Jacobus Vil[…], possibly a servant of the Cardinal, to the Cardinal of Sion. Communicating several incidents, and discussing money matters. Brussels, 4 November 1516. Latin.

f. 218r-218v: Letter from Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence, partly cipher. Brussels, 30 October 1516.

ff. 219r-220v: Two letters from Cuthbert Tunstall to King Henry VIII and Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Brussels, 9 November 1516.

f. 221r-221v: Letter from Margaret, Duchess of Savoy, to an unnamed ambassador of Aragon. Mons, [16] November 1516.

ff. 222v-223v: Letter from Margaret, Duchess of Savoy, to Thomas Wolsey. On the return of the Cardinal of Sion. Brussels, [16] November 1516.

f. 224r: Titles of treaties between King Henry VIII, the Holy Roman Emperor, and the King of Castille.

ff. 225r-269v: Copy of the league between England, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire, ‘pro defensione eccelsiae’. With full powers and confirmations, and letters on the subject. London, 29 October 1516.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Cotton Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001101582
040-001102772

Is part of:

Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts

Cotton MS Galba B IV : Records and papers concerning England and Burgundy, 1516

Hierarchy:

032-001101582[0679]/040-001102772

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View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Cipher
English
French
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1516

End Date:

1516

Date Range:

c. 1516

Era:

Place of Origin:

England, Flanders, France.

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Physical Characteristics:

Leaves damaged by fire in 1731.

Materials: Paper.

Dimensions: 330 x 235 mm.

Foliation: ff. vii + 269.

Binding: Post-1600. British Museum 1841.

Script: Secretary, italic.

Custodial History:

Origin: England, Flanders, France.

Provenance:

Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (1571-1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician: former owner.

John Selden (1584–1654), lawyer and historical and linguistic scholar: loaned in 1621 (see Tite).

Bulstrode Whitelocke (1605–1675), lawyer and politician: loaned in 1652 (see Tite).

Cotton’s collection was augmented by his son, Sir Thomas Cotton (b. 1594, d. 1662), 2nd baronet, and his grandson, Sir John Cotton.

Sir John Cotton (b. 1621, d. 1702), 3rd baronet: bequeathed the entire Cotton collection of books and manuscripts to trustees ‘for Publick Use and Advantage’, 12 and 13 William III, c. 7. Formed one of the foundation collections of the British Museum in 1753.

Publications:

Planta, Joseph, ed., A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library Deposited in the British Museum (London: Hansard, 1802), pp. 249-251.

Sharpe, Kevin, Sir Robert Cotton, 1586–1631: History and Politics in Early Modern England (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979).

Tite, Colin G.C., The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton’s Library: Formation, Cataloguing, Use (London: British Library, 2003), p. 141.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Berghes, John, Imperial Ambassador to England, 1452-1532
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120965852
Cotton, John, 3rd Baronet, 1621-1702
Cotton, Robert Bruce, first baronet, antiquary and politician, 22 Jan 1571-6 May 1631,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000008116498X
Cotton, Thomas, 2nd Baronet, 1594-1662
Croy, Guillaume, Seigneur de Chièvres, Governor-General of the Netherlands, 1458-1521
Ferdinand II, King of Aragon, called 'the Catholic', 1452-1516
Frescobaldi, Leonardo, merchant of Florence, fl. 1513
Henry VIII, King of England and Ireland, 1491-1547,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000122586127
Knight, William, Secretary of State to Henry VIII, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1475-1547
Margaret of Austria, archduchess, princess of Asturias, duchess of Savoy, and governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, 1480-1530
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1459-1519
Poynings, Edward, Comptroller of the Household, Lord Deputy of Ireland, etc, 1459-1521
Selden, John, lawyer and historical and linguistic scholar, 1584-1654,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109004698
Spinelly, Thomas, diplomat
Tuke, Bryan, administrator, d. 1545
Tunstall, Cuthbert, Bishop of Durham and diplomat, 1475-1559,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108778421
Whitelocke, Bulstrode, lawyer and politician, 1605-1675,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000008151007X
Wingfield, Richard, diplomat, 1469-1525
Wolsey, Thomas, royal minister, Archbishop of York, and cardinal, 1470/71-1530,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000012099862X