Cotton MS Galba C II

Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1564-1567.

ff. 2r-3r Notes by William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Titled ‘A memorial for things appertaining to the colloquy’. 1565.

ff. 4r-17v Articles titled ‘A collection of certain reasons which may be used in the question of the entercourses’. 1565.

ff. 18r-34r Memorial titled ‘A memorial of the matters to be intreated, at the colloquy to be holded at Bruges, betwixt the commissioners of her Majesty, Lord Montague, Dr Wotton, and Mr Haddon, and the commissioners of the King of Spain’. With ‘Answers to the articles’. Westminster, March 11 1564-1565.

ff. 35r-35v Letter from Queen Elizabeth I, possibly to Sir Thomas Challoner. Concerning the seizure of English ships in Spain. Windsor, March 20 1563.

ff. 36r-47v Articles titled ‘Generalia gravimina per mercatores, ser reginae Angliae subditos, in conventi Brugensi, Ill. Regiae Maj. Catholicae commissariis, exhibita’. March 28 1565.

ff. 48r-54v Articles titled ‘Justificationes gravaminum per mercatores Angliae primo loco datorum’. No date.

f. 55r-55v Notes titled ‘Notae quaedam rerum tractatarum quinto die Julii 1565’.

ff. 56r-58v Articles titled ‘Responsio legatorum regis Cathol. as articulos nomine ser. reginae ab ejus oratoribus exhibitis’. 1565.

ff. 59r-60v Exposition for the commissioners of England and Spain. Concerning the merchants of Biscap and Guipuscoa residing at Bruges. No date. Latin.

ff. 61r-62v Articles titled ‘Restitutiones quae subditis regis Cathol. ab Anno 1560 ad Anno 1564 in Anglia fuerunt decretae et factae’.

f. 63r-63v Articles titled ‘Responsum ser. reginae ad certos articulos legatis Cathol. regis, exhibitum 3 September’. No date.

ff. 64r-67r Articles titled ‘Responsa legatorum ser. reginae Angliae ad gravamina mercator. et subditor. regis Cathol. tertio loco datarum’. No date.

ff. 68r-70r Articles titled ‘Brevis ac succincta enarratio gravaminum de quibus plerique ex incolis Com. Hollandiae conqueruntur se ab Anglis ledi, praeterque solitum gravari: commissariis Regiae Matis exhibitae Brugis’. No date.

ff. 71r-72r Articles titled ‘Responsa mercatorum stapulae Angliae apud Bruges sitae, ad articulos contra eos ab incolis Com. Hollandiae objectos’. No date.

ff. 73r-74r Articles titled ‘Responsum legatorum ser. Regae Angliae, ad reliquas Hollandorum querelas’. No date.

f. 75r-75v Articles titled ‘Articuli quidam in quibus ser. Angliae Rega in gratiam ser. Regis Cathol. ejusdem subditis gratificatura, partim de jure suo aliquid remittere, partim juri suo cedere, non gravabitur: et responsa ad quaedam alia’. No date.

f. 76r-76v Articles titled ‘Brevis eorum annotatio quae legati Regis Cathol. sibi exponi petierunt à clar. Angliae legatis, pro majore elucidatione scripti ab illis, 22 Julij exhibita’.

ff. 77r-83v Articles titled ‘Summa posteriorum probationum per Anglos exhibita’. No date.

ff. 84r-89v Articles titled ‘Summa controversiae inter Flandros et Anglos’. No date.

ff. 90r-91v Articles titled ‘Statuta de quibus conqueruntur rex Cathol. et subditi ipsius inferioris Germaniae; promulgata et publicata per ser. reginam Angliae nunc regnantem’. April 11 1565.

ff. 92r-94v Articles titled ‘Ad querelas super statutos per ser. Angl. Regam promulgatos, per ser. regis Cathol. subditos propositas, responsio’. No date.

ff. 95r-98v Articles titled ‘Brevis expositio certorum argumentorum utrinque propositorum in Burgensi Colloquio quod fuit, Anno 1565’.

ff. 99r-100v Articles titled ‘Articuli quidam in quibus serenissima Regina Anglie in gratiam serenissima Regis Catholici’. No date.

ff. 101r-105v Articles titled ‘Responsio legatorum regis Cathol. ad articulos nomine ser. Regae Angliae ab ejus oratoribus exhibitos’. No date.

f. 106r-106v Articles titled ‘Brevis eorum anotatio quae legati regis Cathol. sibi exponi petierant, à clariss. Angliae oratoribus primo (sic) majori elucidatione scripti, ab illis 22 Junii exhibita’.

f. 107r-107v Articles titled ‘Generalia gravamina per mercatores regni Angliae secundo data et proposita’. No date.

f. 108r-108v Articles titled ‘Responsio legator. regis Cathol. ad querelas oratorum ser. reginae Angliae’. No date.

ff. 109r-111v Articles titled ‘Alii articuli gravaminum praeter eos quos Reg. Cathol. legati primos exhibuerunt legatis Regae Angliae’. No date.

ff. 112r-113r Articles titled ‘Querelae mercatorum ser. Reg. Angliae subditorum, tertio exhibitae’. No date.

ff. 114r-115v Articles titled ‘Relationes quibus posteriores mercatorum Angliae querelae, secundo loco datae nituntur’. No date.

ff. 117r-119r Articles titled ‘Gravamina quae proponunt mercatores decanus et suppositi communitatis nautarum civitatis Vlissingensis, coram legatis majestatis regiae, et reginae Angliae’. No date.

ff. 120r-124v Articles titled ‘Gravamina quae proponunt nautae Antwerpenses, coram legatis regiae Majtis et reginae Angliae’. No date.

ff. 125r-127r Articles titled ‘Querelae oratorum regis Cathol. et oratorum Regnae Angliae ad easdem responsum’. 20 May 1565.

ff. 128r-129v Articles titled ‘Ea quae oratores regis Cathol. et Reg.nae Angliae proponendum duxerunt, ut ea quae inter ipsos controversa super edictis quibusdam in Anglia promulgatis, finis tandem imponatur’. No date.

ff. 130r-132r Articles titled ‘Ad scriptum ad articulum proximo superiorem; una cum oratorum ser. regis Cathol. responsione’. No date.

ff. 134r-140v Articles titled ‘Rationes quibus Regnae Angliae legati responsiones suas ad gravamina regis Cathol. oratoribus postremo exhibita, confirmant’. No date.

ff. 141r-142v Articles titled ‘Responsa legatorum Regnae Angliae, ad secundum librum generalium gravaminum à legatis Cathol. regis, exhibitum’. No date.

ff. 143r-153r Articles titled ‘Gravamina aliquot quibus mercatores et subditi ser. Cath. regis se in Anglia esse affectos conquerunt’. No date.

ff. 154r-156v Articles titled ‘Causae seu justificationes gravaminum, a regis Cathol. legatis exhibitorum’. No date.

ff. 157r-159r Articles titled ‘Apostilae oratorum Angliae, ad scriptum postremo loco per oratores regis Cathol. traditum’. No date.

ff. 160r-161v Attestation of a commission given by Queen Elizabeth I to Sir Richard Read, and Doctors Weston, Hewick, and Mowse. To enquire into the grievances of the subjects of the Low Countries. June 6 1565. Latin.

ff. 162r-164v Letter from Anthony Montague, Nicholas Wotton and Walter Haddo to the Lords of the Council. Reporting their proceedings at the colloquy at Bruges. Bruges, August 6 1565.

ff. 165r-166v Letter from Margaret, Duchess of Parma, to Queen Elizabeth I. Demanding redress for piracy committed by William Earl. Brussels, August 2 1565. French.

f. 167r-167v Matters upon which witnesses were examined through Queen Elizabeth I’s commission to the Doctors Hewick and Mowse.

ff. 168r-169v Articles titled ‘Concerning the custom-house, and the affairs thereof’.

ff. 170r-182v Two dispatches from Queen Elizabeth I to her commissioners at Bruges. Containing instructions on negotiations. August 1565.

ff. 183r-184v Report from the commissioners at Bruges to the Lords of the Council. Bruges, August 17 1565.

ff. 185r-187r Articles titled ‘Responsio legatorum regis Cathol. ad articulos nomine ser. Regnae Angliae, ab ejus oratoribus, exhibitos, facta 17 August 1565’.

ff. 188r-198v Articles titled ‘Directorium probationum per legatos reginae Angliae. 28 August 1565’.

ff. 199r-201r Titles of articles relating to the negotiations at Bruges.

f. 202r Drafts of the articles above (ff. 75r-75v, 99r-100v).

ff. 202v-204r Articles titled ‘Articuli in quibus oratores regis Cathol. petunt quaedam insolita, urgent iniquia, et conditiones non ferendas exigunt’. No date.

ff. 205r-208r Statement of facts and considerations concerning the English cloth trade. 1565.

f. 209r-209v Articles titled ‘Responsum ser. reginae ad certos articulos, legatis Cath. Regis exhibitum tertio Septembris’.

ff. 210r-211v Paper sent to the Privy Council, possibly from the merchant adventurers. Concerning the wool trade in the Low Countries.

ff. 212r-214r Two letters from Anthony Montague, Nicholas Wotton and Walter Haddo to the lords of the Council. Bruges, September 4 and 9, 1565.

ff. 215r-216r Letter from the merchant adventurers to the Privy Council. Concerning the carrying of English commodities.

ff. 217r-219r Tract titled ‘Tractatus in Brugensi civitate, inter Elizabetham reginam, et Philippum regem Hispaniae’. September 20 1565.

f. 220r Letter from Anthony Montague, Nicholas Wotton and Walter Haddo to the Privy Council. Bruges, September 24 1565.

f. 221r-221v Abstracts of four state papers concerning the colloquy at Bruges. September 1565.

f. 222r Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth. Declaring the prorogation of the treaty of Bruges. Westminster, October 16 1565. Printed.

f. 223r-223v Proclamation of the King of Spain. Antwerp, October 29 1565. French.

ff. 224r-231v Summary of issues remaining in question between the commissioners at Bruges.

ff. 234r-240v Memorial addressed to the Privy Council. Concerning the inconveniences that may ensue from equality of custom.

ff. 241r-244v Articles titled ‘Articuli quibus apparet quousque Regna Angliae, in querelis cum subditis inferioris Germaniae, de suo jure recessit’. January 1565-1566.

ff. 235r-248r List of wares that may be exported from England.

ff. 249r-250r Considerations on the articles of the treaty, and of new instructions. Latin.

ff. 251r-250r A brief on the meetings of 1499, as concerns the merchant adventurers. With their opinion on the same. March 12, 1565-1566.

ff. 253r-254v Articles relating to the treaty, with observations.

ff. 255r-256r Licence from Queen Elizabeth I to William Tresorer, a musical instrument maker. To buy and export ashes and old shoes. Westminster, March 13, 1560.

f. 257r-257v Remonstrance of the Spanish commissioners, with an answer of the English commissioners. Concerning an article in the treaty of Bruges. Latin.

ff. 258r-260r Three fragments of a juridical discussion concerning the dominion of the seas, and articles in a treaty. Latin.

ff. 261r-265r Three letters or proclamations from Margaret Duchess of Parma. Concerning the restraining of apostacy and insurrections in the Low Countries. Brussels, January 4, 19 and 26 1566-1567. French.

f. 266r-266v Petition from the protestants at Antwerp to the magistrates. For admitting a minister. With a short letter. January 1566-1567. French.

ff. 268r-269v Oath of Count D’Egmont, as governor of Flanders and Artois. February 18 1566-1567. French.

ff. 264r-267v Placart of King Philip II. Concerning the purchase of saltpetre and gunpowder. Brussels, March 25 1566-1567. French.

ff. 274r-283v Instructions from Queen Elizabeth I to Anthony Montague, Nicholas Wotton and Walter Haddo. Concerning treating with the ambassadors of the King of Spain, at Bruges. Greenwich, March 26, 1566.

f. 284r-284v Instructions from Queen Elizabeth I, possibly to her commissioners in Flanders. April 28 1566.

ff. 285r-286r Tract titled ‘Exemplum libelli supplicis Christianorum in Germania inferiore, propter veram religionem afflictorum; imperatori in comitiis Augustanis exhibiti’. 1566.

ff. 287r-302v Articles titled ‘Responsum ad petitiones D. Glasion Epi. Aquilae’. No date.

ff. 303r-304r Articles titled ‘Vectigal pondagii, ratae, vectigal pannorum’. No date.

ff. 305r-308v Articles titled ‘Première requete presentée par les nobles des Pays Bas, à madame la gouvernante, et à ceux de son conseil, le 5 Avril 1566-7’. With a relating confederation.

ff. 209r-310v Placart against libels, for Utrecht and Holland. May 1 1566. Dutch.

ff. 311r-324v Articles titled ‘Primo articuli conventionum, per ser. Regnae Angliae oratores, exhibiti’. May 26 1566.

f. 325r-325v Complaints regarding Flanders. No date. Latin.

ff. 326r-327r Articles titled ‘Responsio ad legatos ser. Regnae super 4 articulos, de pondagio, pannis’. No date.

ff. 328r-329r Proclamation of King Philip II of Spain. Concerning the oppressions suffered by his subjects, the merchants trading in England. Brussels, May 22 1564. English translation.

ff. 330-332r Letter from John Mann, Dean of Gloucester, possibly to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Reporting an audience he had with King Philip II of Spain. Madrid, May 19 1566.

f. 333r Articles titled ‘Articulus exhibitus per legatum ser. Regnae Angliae; et responsio ser. Reg. Cathol’. No date.

f. 334r-334v Letter from John Mann, Dean of Gloucester, possibly to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Reporting a conference. Madrid, May 20 1566.

ff. 335r-336v Extracts from letters sent by John Mann, Dean of Gloucester, during his legation in Spain. 1566 and 1567.

ff. 337-338r Articles titled ‘Protestationes Belgarum circa articulos de pondagio, pannis, lanis, &c. per legatos Angliae promulgatis, die 6 Maii 1566’.

f. 339r-339v Articles titled ‘Gemina supputatio emptionis centum pannorum ordinariorum, qualis plerumque fieri solet Londini’. May 1566.

ff. 340r-343v Articles titled ‘Brevis instructio qua negociatores extranei commercium lanarum in regno Angliae transfigere solent’. 1566.

ff. 344r-350r Articles of a treaty of commerce between England and the Low Countries, with marginal observations. [May 21, 1566]. Latin.

ff. 350v-360v Set of articles exhibited by the Spanish commissioners. With marginal observations by the English commissioners. No date. Latin.

ff. 361r-363v Articles titled ‘Conventionum articuli circa vectigal in Anglia solutum, et depredationes utrinque perpetratas, per regis Cathol. oratores, 1 Junii exhibiti; cum ser. reginae orator. ad eosdem apostillis’.

ff. 364r-370r Articles of a treaty of commerce between England and the Low Countries. A draft corrected in some places. June 1 1566.

ff. 371r-372r Letter from Queen Elizabeth I to Anthony Montague. Containing instructions concerning their negotiations. [1566].

f. 373r-367v Article titled ‘Responsio ser. Regnae Angliae oratorum, ad affecuratorum Antverpiensium querelas secundo loco datas’. No date.

ff. 374r-382v Articles titled ‘Directorium posterior probationum per ser. Regnae Angliæ oratores, in secundo congressu Brugensi exhibitarum’. No date.

ff. 383r-384r Letter from Queen Elizabeth to the commissioners at Bruges. With instructions. Greenwich, June 9 1566.

ff. 385r-428v Articles titled ‘Articuli ax omnibus conventionum articulis, ultro citroque exhibitis, decerpti; cum apostillis nostris’. With a negotiation on the treaty of commerce between England and the Low Countries. Latin.

ff. 429r-431r Letter from Queen Elizabeth to the commissioners in Flanders. With instructions. No date.

ff. 432r-433v Paper titled ‘Conclusion recessus colloquii Brugensis, 21 Junii 1566’.

ff. 434r-435v Letter from the merchant adventurers to the Privy Council. Complaining of the exactions of the toll-gatherers in the Low Countries. No date.