Cotton MS Vitellius B IV

Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 228, quoram 3 ultimi membran.

[See Rymer XIII. 373.]

• 1. ........ to Card. Wolsey; congratulating and commending him on the league he had been the means of concluding. (Lat.) Saragossa, Jan. 1519. 1.
• 2. Fred. Gonzaga, Marq. of Mantua, to Henry VIII; notifying the death of his father, and his succession to the marquisate. (Orig. Lat.) Mantua, March 29, 1519. 2. b.
• 3. The Bp. of Worcester, to Card. Wolsey; a report of his negociations with the Pope; about the general truce; the war against the Turks, &c. (Orig. Lat. a great part in cypher.) Rome, March 29, 1519. 3.
• 4. Alphons. Trottus, to Henry VIII; with the present of a horse. (Orig. Lat.) Ferrara, April 10, 1519. 7.
• 5. Two fragments; 1. of a letter of intelligence from the Bp. of Worcester? and 2. of a leter from the Pope, to Henry VIII. (Lat.) 9.
• 6. Alph. Trottus, to Henry VIII; informing him that he sends a groom with the horse. (Orig. Lat.) Ferrara, April, 12, 1519. 22. b.
• 7. A fragment of a letter from the Bp. of Worcester? concerning the election of an emperor. (Lat.) 23.
• 8. The Bp. of Worcester, to Card. Wolsey; about the tithes of the clergy. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, June 10, 1519. 24.
• 9. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; reports an audience he had of the Fr. king concerning peace with England. (Orig. Lat.) Blois, Sept. 21, 1519. 26.
• 10. The Bp. of Worcester, to Henry VIII; acquainting him with the favourable account given by Card. Campeius of his majesty and the English court. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, Nov. 9, 1519. 28.
• 11. The Bp. of Worcester, to Card. Wolsey; reports his journey from Rome towards England, and his return to the same, &c. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, Nov. 17, 1519. 30.
• 12. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; reports his arrival at Rome, and first proceedings there. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, Oct. [Dec.] 4, 1519. 32.
• 13. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; concerning a pardon he had solicited of the king for Ralph Bryerton, guilty of accidental homicide. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, Dec. 8, 1519. 35. b.
• 14. Fred. Gonzaga, Marq. of Mantua, to Henry VIII; recommending Gia. And. da Camino, who wishes to enter into the king's service. (Orig. Ital.) Mantua, Dec. 12, 1519. 36.
• 15. Fabrit. ........ to Henry VIII; about mutual presents of horses. (Orig. Lat.) Naples, Jan. 25, 1520. 37. b.
• 16. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; about a licence to eat meat. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, Feb. 23, 1520. 38.
• 17. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; about some promotion intended for the Bp. of Worcester; and various intelligence from France, Hungary, &c. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, Feb. 1, 1520. N. B. The sheets in this article do not seem to follow regularly. 39.
• 18. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; a fragment, mentioning the Pope being gone to Florence. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, March 3, 1520. 42.
• 19. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; soliciting a loan of £.1,000 for 3 years. (Orig. Lat.) 1520. 42. b.
• 20. Articles of a truce between the French king on one side, and the Pope and the king of the Romans on the other. (Fr.) 1520. [12 Oct. 1521] 43.
• 21. Card. Campeius, and the Bp. of Worcester? to Card. Wolsey; about the Pope's satisfaction in receiving some communications from the king. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, March 3, 1520. 44.
• 22. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; about a safe-conduct. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, March 3, 1520. 44. b.
• 23. The Bp. of Worceser, to Card. Wolsey; expressing his gratitude for the application made for his promotion to the dignity of cardinal, &c. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, March 3, 1520. 45.
• 24. The Bp. of Worcester, to Card. Wolsey; intelligence. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, March 14, 1520. 47.
• 25. The Bp. of Worceser, to Henry VIII; thanks for his recommendation. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, March 14. 1520. 48.
• 26. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; intelligence, and about the loan he solicits. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, March 13, 1520. 48. b.
• 27. The Bp. of Worcester, to Card. Wolsey; about some indulgences desired by the king; the arrival of the Imperial ambassador at Rome, &c. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, April, 15, 1520. 50.
• 28. W. Duke de Croy, to Card. Wolsey; about a meeting between his sovereign (Charles V.) and Henry VIII. (Orig. Lat.) Corona (Cronsatdt?) [!!!] April 29, 1520. 50. b.
• 29. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; about the nomination of nuncios, and the Turkish war. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, May 2, 1520. 51.
• 30. The Bp. of Worcester, to Card. Wolsey; intimating the Pope's displeasure at not hearing often from England; about a jubilee; the nuncio to be sent, &c. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, May 4, 1520. 52.
• 31. Card. de Medicis, to Card. Wolsey; recommending the Bp. of Asculo, sent nuncio to England. (Orig. Lat.) Florence, May 5, 1520. 53. b.
• 32. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; mentioning several things sent over; the departure of the Bp. of Asculo for England, and some news. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, May 15, 1520. 55.
• 33. Card. Campeius and the Bp. of Worcester, to Card. Wolsey; acknowledging the receipt of letters, and their having communicated the contents to the Pope. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, May 28, 1520. 56.
• 34. Hier. Pothelinus, to Leo X; reporting that the Bp. of Vesprim (Pet. Berizlo) had been slain by the Turks, and desiring aid. (Orig. Lat.) Segina, May 30, 1520. 57.
• 35. Hier. Pothelinus, to a Card. .........; with a more detailed account of the death of the above Bp. and about two Turkish gallies that had entered Pouzzoli. (Lat.) Rome, June 10, 1520. 57. b.
• 36. The Bp. of Worcester, to Henry VIII; about the Turkish war. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, June 4, 1520. 58.
• 37. Card. Campeius and the Bp. of Worcester, to Card. Wolsey; about the Turkish war. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, June 4, 1520. 60.
• 38. The Bp. of Worcester, to Card. Wolsey; about a negociation for a continuation of peace, preparations of the Turks, &c. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, June 22, 1520. 62.
• 39. Laur. de Gorre ........ to Card. Wolsey? desiring to procure the king's interest for his brother being made a cardinal. (Orig. Lat.) Ghent, Aug. 2, 1520. 63.
• 40. Hyppol. Card. de Ferrara (Este), to Card. Wolsey; complimental. (Orig. Lat.) Ferrara, Aug. 6, 1520. 64.
• 41. Ger. de Plenie, D. de la Roche, to ........ stating his endeavours to restore some losses in Flanders. (Orig. Lat.) London, Aug. 16, 1520. 64. b.
• 42. Card.Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; extolling the king's magnificence at the meetings with the Fr. K. and the Emperor; Wolsey's election to the Bpk. of Badajoz; his (Campeius's) wish to be named protector of the German nation, &c. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, Aug. 22, 1520. 65.
• 43. The Bp. of Worcester, to Card. Wolsey; reports the Pope's dangerous illness, which prevented his nomination of cardinals. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, Sept. 3, 1520. 67.
• 44. ........ to Card. Wolsey; interceding for some person. (Orig. Lat.) London, Sept. 9, 1520. 68.
• 45. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; congratulates him on his return from France, and sends him some intelligence. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, Sept. 15, 1520. 68. b.
• 46. The Bp. of Worcester, to Card. Wolsey; about his own disappointment, &c. (Orig. Lat. partly in cyper.) Rome, Sept. 26, 1520. 69. b.
• 47. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; on the reports he has received from England, &c. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, Nov. 11, 1520. 71.
• 48. Card. Campeius, to Henry VIII; congratulating him on the fame he had acquired. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, Nov. 11, 1520. 72. b.
• 49. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; aboutsome negociation at Rome concerning the public tranquillity. (Orig. Lat.) Rome Dec. 23, 1520. 73.
• 50. Card. Campeuis, to Card. Wolsey; intelligence about the Turks, the insurrection of one Gazele, &c. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, Jan. 19, 1521. 79.
• 51. The substance of letters of intelligence from the Bp. of Worcester, from Florence. Jan. 1521. [1516] 80.
• 52. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; complimental; about some application of his own; the Bpk. of Badajoz, &c. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, March 3, 1521. 83.
• 53. The Bp. of Worcester, to Rich. Pace; about a little work against M. Luther; some things desired by Pace obtained from the Pope, &c. (Ital.) Rome, March 28, 1521. 84.
• 54. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; congratulates him on a nomination to the Bpk. of Lincoln; about Luther's "pestiferous hisses, " &c. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, March 29, 1521. 85.
• 55. Card. Campeius, to Henry VIII; extolling his nomination of J. Longland? to the Bpk. of Lincoln. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, March 29, 1521. 86.
• 56. A report from Rome. April, 1521. [? May 1520 acc. to Brewer, Card. de Medici to Jerome de Shinucci, Nuncio in England, Bishop of Ascoli and Auditor of the Papal Chamber, afterwards Bishop of Worcester. v. f. 91. 95.] 87.
• 57. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; about his own pecuniary necessities, and desiring to be "surrogated" to a bishoprick. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, April, 10, 1521. 89.
• 58. Copies of dispatches from Rome, partly concerning Luther. [March] 1521. 90.
• 59. Rich. Pace, to Card. Wolsey; about a new book of Luther, and the king's zeal against the said Luther. 1521. [Pr. ii Ellis i. 286] 96.
• 60. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; reports the Bp. of Worcester's dangerous illness, and requests the succession to this Bpk. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, April 15, 1521. 98.
• 61. a. Card. de Medicis, to Card. Wolsey; complimental; on the arrival of John Clerk. (Orig. Lat.) Florence, April 15, 1521. 98. b.
• 61. b. Card. Cameius, to Henry VIII; on the Bp. of Worcester's illness, requesting the succession to the Bpk. and also to be translated to that of Salisbury. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, April, 15, 1521. 99.
• 62. a. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; reports the death and burial of the Bishop of Worcester. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, April 23, 1521. 99. b.
• 62. b. John Clerk: a dispatch of his, probably from Rome; but chiefly on the proceedings of the French. (beginning and end wanting.) 1521. 100.
• 63. a. Card. Wolsey, and ........ to the Bp. of Worcester; instructions about negociations for peace; onjections to the Card. of York (Bambridge) being sent legate à latere, &c. (Part Latin and part English.) 104.
• 63. b. "Capitula quae conclusa sunt in senatu Imperii, de novis doctrinis Lutheri." May 8, 1524. [11 Aug. 1526] 107.
• 64. A copy of a dispatch from Rome. 1521? 109.
• 65. Card. Campeius, to Henry VIII; professing his devotedness, &c. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, May 3, 1521. 110. b.
• 66. The ceremony of publishing Pope Leo Xth's sentence against Martin Luther, in St. Paul's church. May 12, 1521. [v. Archaeol. xxv. p. 63.] 111.
• 67. Card. Campeius, to Henry VIII; seemingly congratulating him on his having escaped some danger. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, June 9. 1521. 113.
• 68. Card. de Medicis, to Henry VIII; on his nomination to the Bpk. of Worcester. (Orig. Lat.) Florence, June 13, 1521. 114.
• 69. Card. de Medicis, to Card. Wolsey, on the same subject; and concerning Luther. (Orig. Lat.) Florence. June 13, 1521. 115.
• 70. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; about a title to be conferred by the Pope on Henry VIII, &c. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, June 27, 1521. 116.
• 71. John Clerk, to Card. Wolsey; a dispatch, chiefly about the dissentions between the pope and the French. Gaziani, July 3, 1521. [This date of 3 July is not the date of Clerk's own dispatch but only of a Latin letter copied by him in the middle of his own. The date is really 9 July] 117.
• 72. M. Card. of Sion, to Card. Wolsey; professing devotedness to the K. and Wolsey; sent by the dean of Breslaw. (Orig. Lat.) Bursella? June 29, 1521. 121. b.
• 73. J. Clerk, to Card. Wolsey; concerning his negociations at Rome about peace, &c. (Orig. two letters, chiefly in cypher.) Rome, July 9, 1521. 122.
• 74. A dispatch from Rome, about the Bpk. of Worcester, M. Luther, &c. (Lat.) July 12, 1521? 131.
• 75. Jo. Clerk, to Card. Wolsey. (Orig. chiefly in cypher.) Rome, July 21, 1521. 132.
• 76. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; about Wolsey's going to to Calais; the motions of the Imp. forces in Italy, &c. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, Aug. 5, 1521. 135.
• 77. Jo. Clerk, to Card. Wolsey; a dispatch about the war in Hungary and Italy, &c. (Orig. chiefly in cypher, with a decypher on the margin.) Rome, Aug. 8, 1521. 136.
• 78. Jo. Clerk, to Card. Wolsey; a report of his negociations at Rome. Aug. 1521. 140.
• 79. Jo. Clerk, to Card. Wolsey; a cypher. (Orig.) Rome, Aug. 12, 1521. 143.
• 80. Card. Wolsey, to Mr. Clerk; about the king's book against Luther, &c. (A draught, corrected by Wolsey.) Bruges, Aug. 25, 1521. 145.
• 81. J. Clerk, to Card. Wolsey; intelligence about the war in Italy; the conduct of the Swiss, &c. (Orig. a great part in cypher.) Sept. 1521. 151.
• 82. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; on his return from some mission. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, Oct. 24, 1521. [1525] 155.
• 83. J. Clerk, to Card. Wolsey; two dispatches in cypher: one of them, on the king's book against Luther, peace, &c. decyphered. (Orig.) Sept. 1521. 156.
• 84. The duchess of Milan, (Isabella Sforza?) to Henry VIII; accounting for her not having sent certain horses sooner. (Orig. Ital.) Naples, Sept. 14, 1521. 159.
• 85. J. Clerk, to Card. Wolsey; two dispatches on the war in Italy: in cypher, with their decyphers. (Orig.) Rome, Sept. 4, and 3. 1521. 160.
• 86. J. Clerk, to to Card. Wolsey; reporting an audience he had from the Pope, on the king's book, &c. (Orig. partly cypher.) Rome, Sept. 14, 1521. 165.
• 87. Fred. marquis of Mantua, captain-general of the ecclesiastical forces, to ......... on the operations of the troops under his command, in passing the Po, &c. (Orig. Ital.) Casalmajor, Oct. 2, 1521. 170.
• 88. Jo. Clerk, to Card. Wolsey; a dispatch, in cypher. 172.
• 89. Extracts out of letters from the emperor Charles V. and the Bp. of Palentia, to his ambassadors at the congress of Calais. (Lat.) Oct. 7, 1521. 177.
• 90. Jo. Clerk, to Card. Wolsey; concerning Wolsey's recommendation of Melross to the Abk. of St. Andrew's, &c. (Orig.) Rome, Oct. 7, 1521. 181.
• 91. Extracts from the Bp. of Worcester's letters of intelligence from Rome. Oct. 10. [1517] 184.
• 92. Jo. Clerk, to Card. Wolsey; a report of his audiences from the Pope, &c. (Two Orig. dispatches; the last in cypher.) Rome, Oct. 10, 1521. 185.
• 93. Extracts out of two dispatches, out of Italy. (Lat.) Oct. 1521. 193.
• 94. Leo X, to Henry VIII; in praise of his book against Luther; and acquainting him that the title of Defender of the Faith had been conferred on him. (Lat.) Rome, Nov. 4, 1521. 196.
• 95. Rich Pace? to Card. Wolsey; about the death of the abbot of St. Alban's, and a licence for the election of a successor. (Orig. part of it nearly obliterated.) 1521. 197.
• 96. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; in commendation of the king's book. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, Nov. 15, 1521. 200.
• 97. Extracts from letters concerning the war in Lombardy. (Lat.) Milan, Nov. 19 and 21, 1521. 203.
• 98. Card. Campeius, to Card. Wolsey; about the war in Italy. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, Nov. 26, 1521. 205.
• 99. J. Clerk, to Card. Wolsey; about the war in Italy, the Pope's illness, &c. (Orig. cypher, with the decypher on the margin.) Rome, Dec. 1, 1521. 206.
• 100. Card. Wolsey, to J. Clerk; on his (Wolsey's) return from Bruges; about the king's book, a treaty with the Pope and Emperor, his having obtained the abbey of St. Alban's in commendam, &c. (A draught.) Dec. 1521. 207.
• 101. Card. de Medicis (vice-chancellor) to Henry VIII; notifying the death of Leo X.; and sending the bull for the king's title of Defender of the Faith. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, Dec. 24, 1521. 209.
• 102. Jo. Clerk, to Card. Wolsey; concerning the family of Medicis, &c. (Orig. cypher, decyphered on the margin.) Dec. 14? 1521. 210.
• 103. Charles V, to his ambassador at Rome; directing him to solicit the cardinals to elect Wolsey to the papacy. (Lat.) Dec. 30? 1521. 222.
• 104. Rich. Pace? to Card. Wolsey; intelligence on the war in Italy, and the candidates for the papacy. (Lat.) Spires, Dec. 31, 1521. 224.
• 105. The bull of Pope Leo X., conferring on Henry VIII. the title of Defender of the Faith. (Orig. Lat. on vellum; greatly damaged.) Rome, 5, Id. Oct. 1521. v. Rym. XIII. 756. The bull preserved in the Chapter House, is the confirmation of the present by pope Clement VII. 226.
• 106. Two fragments, on vellum; much damaged. Lat. [June 1519. Bulls of Pope Leo X on Wolseys Legateship] 227.