Cotton MS Otho E XI

Codex chartaceus, in folio, ignis strage semideletus; foliis constans 417.

• 1. Collections about levying men for the service of war; out of ancient records. (Lat.) much burnt. 1.
• 2. An order of Henry VIII. for the levy of troops. (Orig?) 20.
• 3. William (Warham, Abp. of) Canterbury, to Card. Wolsey; proposing a proclamation, prohibiting persons who possessed any "harness" to part with it without the king's leave. (Orig.) Nov. [1528] 28.
• 4. A table relating to the different cathedrals; the purport of it uncertain. 30.
• 5. An account of the supply of men yielded by different persons in the reign of Henry VIII. certified by sir Robt. Cotton. 32.
• 6. Ten warrants for musters; all of them probably of Henry VIII. some originals, addressed to sir Adrian Fortescue: several much burnt. 40.
• 7. An account of some paymaster of the army; of wages, imprests, &c. paid to divers officers and others who have subscribed their names. temp. H. VIII. 48.
• 8. A navy account. 61.
• 9. A list of generals and other officers serving in France. 69.
• 10. Five fragments, too much damaged to be of use: the fourth is an original order of Privy Council to the mayor of London, for array. Jan. 7, 1557. 71.
• 11. Instructions to the Ld. lieutenant of Bedford, for beacons, musters, &c. 76.
• 12. Seven fragments concerning musters: much burnt. 78.
• 13. An order of council to the sheriffs and justices along the sea coast, for mustering and being in readiness against the coming of the Spanish navy: and two other fragments of orders. (Orig.) May 29, 1574. 90.
• 14. Instructions to Ld. lieutenants for musters. 95.
• 15. A commission of Q. Elizabeth, for the increase of horses, geldings, and mares. (Lat.) 100.
• 16. Five fragments concerning musters: the third an original order of Council. 102.
• 17. Four papers of orders and instructions concerning musters: three of them draughts corrected by Cecil. 112.
• 18. A table of the supply of men by different counties. 133.
• 19. Two fragments of instructions concerning musters. temp. Eliz. 135.
• 20. Instructions and schedules about musters, beacons, &c. with corrections by Cecil. 139. b.
• 21. Ten fragments of orders, instructions, and other papers relating to musters; the 1st and 5th being original orders of Council: all much damaged. 148.
• 22. An account of monies paid out of the queen's exchequer in Ireland and the Low Countries, in the year 1588. 191.
• 23. Tho, (Cowper Bp. of) Winchester, to the E. of Sussex Ld. Lieut. of Hants; concerning the musters in his diocese. (Orig.) Jan. 25 and 27, 1587-8. 196.
• 24. Fragments of a table, an account, and an original order of Council, touching musters. 198. b.
• 25. Three commissioners of Q. Elizabeth, to Leicester, &c. concerning musters. 1588 and 1585. 202.
• 26. Fragments of a table, and of two accounts, relating to musters. 212. b.
• 27. An account of men and arms sent into the Low Countries, and how much thereof are returned. 1587-1595. 218.
• 28. A schedule of the state of the county of Devon; signed "W. Bathon." (Orig.) 1592. 220.
• 29. A rate for the way of paying 3000 soldiers. 222.
• 30. Tho. Baskerville, to the Lds. of Council; concerning the state of the ports and creeks in the county of Cornwall. (Orig.) Plymouth, Aug. 5, 1593. 224.
• 31. Fragments of a letter for the defence of the Isle of Wight, of a proclamation for the prices of provisions (printed), and of rules and words of command for the exercising of troops. [2 Nov. 1594] [to Muns, Queen's Lieutenant at Portsmouth. v. Tit. B. III. f. 95 and passim] 226.
• 32. A note of the number of men supplied by the diocese of Coventry and Litchfield: on vellum, much burnt, and almost useless. 231.
• 33. Five fragments; two of them original orders of Council touching armaments: the first order is dated Jan. 1612; and the other is of Jan. 1605. 234.
• 34. A statement of the forces of all the different counties of England and Wales; with small maps of each, alphabetically arranged. 240.
• 35. A collection of various orders of the Privy Council, letters, accounts, &c. 44 in number; relating to the state of the sea port towns, their fortifications, and chiefly those of Portsmouth: many of them originals, but all so much mutilated as to be almost useless. 291.
• 36. A tract on the duties of a muster-master, and the qualifications required in him. 347.
• 37. A tract, apparently consisting of several articles, on the evolutions and discipline of, and the requisites for an army. 351.
• 38. A discourse on the defence of a country, the conduct of a fleet and army, &c. the name of Walter Raleigh appears at the end of this tract. 368.
• 39. Part of a tract, or report, on the defence of the coast about Portsmouth. 373.
• 40. A treatise concerning the intended Spanish invasion, and the means of resisting it. 376.
• 41. A proposal for forming and training a large body of harquebusers for her majesty's service. 392.
• 42. A paper on the rasing and discipline of troops. 398.
• 43. A tract, signed Edmund York; concerning the marshalling the city of London into a true form of discipline. 400.
• 44. A paper said to be from Mr. Lane, to Q. Elizabeth; concerning the discipline of an army, the distribution of captures, &c. Dec. 26, 1589. 405.
• 45. A fragment on military affiars, the true contents of which cannot be made out without more pains than they seem to deserve. 410.
• 46. (Geo. Bridges?) Ld. Chandos, to Hen. E. of Manchester, Ld. Privy Seal; complaining of an oppressive tax-gatherer in his parish of Harefield. N. B. his brother "George" is mentioned in a P. S. Harefield, Jan. 15, 1638. 415.
• 47. A petition of Cassandra Benson, to the Privy Seal, for relief in her great necessities. 417. b.