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Cotton MS Vitellius B X

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040-001102993

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Cotton MS Vitellius B X

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Records and papers concerning England and Rome, 1528

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Codex chartac. in folio, folior. 197.

[B. X. See Burnet, vol. i. Coll. f. 20. 21. 26. 28. 29. 30. 34. 37. 38. 40. 41. 47. 48.]

1. Wm. Knight, to Card. Wolsey and Henry VIII; two dispatches on his negociations at the Papal Court, chiefly about the divorce. (Orig.) Orvieti, Jan. 1, 1528. 2.
2. A paper, entitled, "the coming and receiving of the Ld. Cardinal at St. Paul's for the escaping of Clement VII." Jan. 5, 1528. 6.
3. Card. Wolsey, to sir G. Casalis; instructions about the application for the divorce. (Lat. a corrected draught.) Jan. 1528. 7.
4. Secret instructions to Bp. Staphyleus of what he is to transact at Rome in the king's name, concerning the divorce. (Lat.) Jan. 8? 1528. 15.
5. Card. Wolsey, to Clement VII; lamenting his late confinement, and intimating the king's great solicitude about the matter applied for (the divorce?) (Lat. a corrected draught.) [7] Jan. 1528. 19.
6. Henry VIII, to Clement VII; on the same subjects. (Lat. a corrected draught.) Jan. 1528. 21.
7. Card. Wolsey's instructions to Bp. Staphyleus, on the matters he hath to treat at Rome in the name of the king. (Lat.) [5] Jan. 1528. 24.
8. Three fragments of draughts of letters and instructions: probably by Wolsey. [Part of art. 7.] 1528. 27.
9. Clau. Dodieu (sic) to the Fr. king? intelligence concerning the armies, and their leaders, in Apulia, &c. (Orig. Fr.) Florence, Jan. 9, 1528. [1529] 29.
10. Wm. Knight, to Card. Wolsey; chiefly concerning his negociations about the divorce. (two originals.) Aste, Jan. 10 and 9, 1528. 31.
11. Sir Robt. Jerningham, to Card. Wolsey; the Pope hesitates to accede to the league; and about Mons. de Lautrec's proceedings. (Orig.) Bologna, Jan. 10, 1528. 34.
12. Extracts from a letter of sir G. Casalis, with various intelligence concerning the hostilities in Italy, and about the application concerning the divorce, &c. (Lat.) Jan. 13, 1528. 35.
13. Her. Card. Gonzaga, to Card. Wolsey; complimental. (Orig. Lat.) Mantua, Jan. 16, 1528. 38. b.
14. The Bp. of Verona, to Card. Wolsey; expressing his devotedness, and his resolution to retire to Verona. (Orig. Lat.) Venice, Jan. 18, 1528. 39.
15. Mons. de Lautrec, to the Fr. king; about the Pope's backwardness in joining the league; the Lansquenets refuse to leave Rome without money; and various intelligence about the armies. (Fr.) Ancona, Jan. 29, 1528. 41.
16. Bp. Staphyleus, to Card. Wolsey; acquaints him that he and the Bp. of Rochester had, during the voyage, strenuously disputed on a certain point (probably the divorce.) (Orig. Lat.) Bologna, Jan. 20, 1528. 42.
17. Sir Robt. Jerningham, to Card. Wolsey; intelligence received from Lautrec, about his endeavours to make the Pope accede to the league; a descent into Sardinia, his own (Lautrec's) progress toward Naples. (Orig.) Rymol, Jan. 29, 1528. 42. b.
18. Card. Wolsey, to Card. Campeius and Card. SSorum Quatuor; when Gardiner and Fox were sent to Rome. (Lat. two draughts.) Jan. [12 Febr.] 1528. 43.
19. Card. Wolsey, to the Pope; in favour of Bp. Staphyleus, sent by the king to his court. (Lat. a rough draught.) Lond. Jan. [5 Jan.] 1528. 45. b.
20. Henry VIII, to And. Gritti the Doge of Venice; desiring the restitution of the towns of Ravenna and Cervia, and a store of salt, to the Pope, which the Republic had seized during his imprisonment. (Lat. a draught.) [21 March] 1528. 46.
21. Card. Wolsey, to the Prothonotary (Casalis?) instructions about the king's application at Rome for the divorce. (Lat.) 1528. [6 Dec. 1527] 47.
22. Part of letter said to be from sir G. Casalis, to Card. Wolsey; concerning the unwillingness of the Venetians to enter into the league. (Lat.) [31 Aug.] 1528. 50.
23. Part of a letter from Card. Wolsey, to the Bp. of Verona; concerning the Bp's. intended retreat. (Lat.) [11 Feb.] 1528. 51.
24. Henry VIII; to the College of Cardinals; and also a draught of a circular letter to particular cardinals; acknowledging their readiness to acquiesce in his request. (Lat.) 1528. 52.
25. Card. Wolsey, to some person in France; acknowledging favours. (Lat. a draught.) [11 Feb.] 1528. 53.
26. Card. Wolsey, to the Bp. of Verona. (Lat. a draught.) [11 Febr.] 1528. 54.
27. Henry VIII, to the Card. SSor. Quatuor Coronator. (Lat. a draught.) [12 Febr.] 1528. 56.
28. Henry VIII, to the Bp. of Verona. (Lat. a draught.) [11 Feb.] 1528. 58.
29. Henry VIII, to the Doge of Venice; in favour of the Proth. Casalis. (Lat. a draught.) 1528. [Dec. 1530] 60.
30. Card. Wolsey, to the Card. of Ancona; recommending the king's suit. (Lat. a draught.) 1528. 62.
31. ........ to Card. Wolsey; concerning the unwillingness of the Venetians to restore Ravenna and Cervia to the Pope. (Lat.) Orvieti, Jan. 21, 1528. 63.
32. Card. Wolsey, to the Pope; great professions of devotedness, and reprobating the untowardness of the Venetians about the restoration. (Lat. a draught.) [31 Aug.] 1528. 65.
33. Card. Wolsey, to M. de Lautrec? about the restoration refused by the Venetians. (Lat. a draught.) [31 Aug.] 1528. 66.
34. Card. Wolsey, to sir G. Casalis; acknowledging the good offices of the Card. SSor. Quatuor, about the restitution of Ravenna, &c. (Lat. draughts; perhaps more than one letter.) [4 Oct] 1528. 67.
35. Part of a letter from the Bp. of Worcester (Silv. Gigles?) to Card. Wolsey; about the co-adjutorship of the abbey of St. Martin at Tournay. (Lat.) 1517? [April 1517] 70.
36. Card. Wolsey, to the Pope; urging him most earnestly to send over a decretal commission in the best form. (Lat. a draught.) 1528. [6 Dec. 1527] 71.
37. Henry VIII, to the Doge of Venice? concerning the restitution of Ravenna and Cervia. (Lat. a draught.) [31 Aug.] 1528. 71. b.
38. Sir Robt. Jerningham, to Card. Wolsey; Lautrec's army arrives on the frontiers of Naples, Civitella surrenders. (Orig.) Ferme, Feb. 6, 1528. 72.
39. Card. Wolsey, to sir G. Casalis and Pet. Vannes, the king's orators at Rome; cautioning them about the election of a new Pope: a report probably prevailed of the death of Clement VII. (Orig. Lat.) London, Feb. 6, 1528. 72. b.
40. Henry VIII, to the Pope; acknowledgments, &c. (Lat. two draughts.) 1528. 73.
41. Henry VIII, to Card. Campeius; strongly recommending his suit at Rome. (Lat. a draught.) 1528. 75.
42. Herc. Missolus, to Card. Wolsey; reports his arrival and transactions at Paris with the Fr. king, the Card. de Lorraine, Dr. Taylor, &c. also news from Italy. (Orig. Lat.) Paris, Feb. 25, 1528. 76.
43. M. Card. Grimanus, to Card. Wolsey; notifies his being made a cardinal. (Orig. Lat.) Venice, Feb. 18, 1528. 77. b.
44. Card. Wolsey, and Henry VIII, to the Pope; most earnestly urging the king's suit. (Lat. two draughts.) Feb. 10? [11 Feb.] 1528. 78.
45. Henry VIII, to Card. de Monte? complimental, and desiring his concurrence in the suit. (Lat. a draught.) Feb. 1528. 80.
46. Louisa of Savoy, mother to Fracnis I, to Clement VII; strongly recommending the king of England's suit. (Fr.) St. Germain en l'Aye, Feb. 28, 1528. 80. b.
47. Francis I. and Louisa, his mother, to Mons. de Lautrec; desiring him to interfere in favour of Henry VIIIth's suit at Rome. (Fr. two letters.) St. Germ. Feb. 28, 1528. 81.
48. Bryan Tuke, to Card. Wolsey; intelligence about public affairs, the negociations for peace between France and the Emperor, &c. (Orig.) London, March 4, 1528. 82.
49. John Carow, to Card. Wolsey; notifying the death of sir R. Jerningham, and requesting the grant of some of his lands in Suffolk. (Orig.) Camp near Naples, April 26, 1528. 84.
50. Card. Wolsey, to Card. Campeius? wishing him to be sent Legate to England, and most earnestly recommending the king's suit. (Lat. a draught.) May 11? 1528. 85.
51. Phi. de Senis, Cam. Apost. Decanus, to ......... requesting that Card. Wolsey may be applied to, to take off the sequestration of some allum belonging to Aug. Ghisi. (cf. X. 72.) (Orig.) Civita vecchia, May 3, 1528. 86. b.
52. Seven draughts of letters to Rome: 1. Card. Wolsey, to sir G. Casalis: 2. Card. Wolsey, to Card. ......... 3. Henry VIII, to Clement VII: 4. Card. Wolsey, to Clement VII: 5. Henry VII, to the College of Cardinals: 5. Card. Wolsey, to the College of Cardinals: 6. Card. Wolsey, to sir G. Casalis: 7. Card. Wolsey, to Card. Campeius? on his being named Legate. (Lat.) May, 1528. 88.
53. Pope Clement VII; his bull about the divorce: addressed to the Cardinals Wolsey and Campeius. (Lat.) Viterbo, June 1528. 97.
54. Fr. Card. Cornelius, to Henry VIII; notifying his being made a cardinal. (Orig. Lat.) Venice, June 13, 1528. 101.
55. ........ de Foix, [Odet de Foix? Marichal de Lautrec] to a [the] president [of Provence, Fr. Ambr]; reporting an advantage obtained before Naples. (Orig. Fr.) Camp before Naples, June 27, 1528. 101. b.
56. Salviati? to Card. Cornlelius; reports some operations of the armies in Lombardy, &c. (Orig. Ital.) Viterbo, July 11, 1528. 102. b.
57. Jo. Casalis Prothonotary, to Card. Wolsey; about the restitution og Ravenna and Cervia, &c. (Orig. Lat.) Venice? Aug. 21, 1528. 103.
58. Extracts of letters, from 1. sir Greg. Casalis, of Aug. 25: 2. Sir Greg. Casalis, Viterbo, Aug. 26: 3. the Proth. Casalis, Venice Aug. 31; containing reports concerning the death of Lautrec, the command given to the Marq. de Saluzzo, the affair of the restitution of Ravenna, &c. (Lat.) 1528. 106.
59. Jo. Casalis Proth. to Card. Wolsey; reports a defeat of the French near Naples. (Orig. Lat.) Venice, Sept. 10, 1528. 109.
60. Paul Casalis, to sir Gregory his brother; reports some negociations between And. Doria in the name of the Emperor, and the Pope, &c. (Orig. Ital.) Vitberbo, Sept. 29, 1528. 111.
61. Extract from a letter of sir G. Casalis, on the military affairs in Italy. (Lat.) Laureti, Oct. 10, 1528. 112.
62. Jo. Casalis, to Card.Wolsey; intelligence concerning the war in Italy. (Orig. Lat.) Venice, Oct. 12, 1528. 113.
63. Paul Casalis; a note of an advantage gained by the Romans in Calabria. (Lat.) Rome, Oct. 13, 1528. 114. b.
64. Seven copies and parts of letters of intelligence from, 1. Sir G. Casalis, to Pet. Vannes, Bologna, Oct. 23, and Nov. 11: 2. Jac. Salviati, to Sir Greg. Casalis: 3. Sir Greg? Casalis, to ........ Rome, Oct. 24 (this probably was the Proth.) 4. and 5. the Proth. Casalis, to Vannes, Rome, Oct. 30: 6. Casalis, to Vannes, Rome, Nov. 2: 7. Jo. Joachim, to ........ Camerina, Oct. 25, 1528. (Lat.) 115.
65. The Proth. Casalis, to Card. Wolsey; reports his proceedings with the Pope, &c. during the indisposition of his brother sir Greg. who was gone to Bologna. (A copy, and the original Lat.) Rome, Oct. 30, 1538. 135.
66. A bull of Pope Clement VII. authorizing Henry VIII. to apply certain funds to the endowment of King's College Cambridge, and the College of Windsor: it is addressed to Card. Wolsey as legate. (Lat.) Rome, Nov. 2, 1528. 130.
67. The Proth. Casalis, to Card. Wolsey; a long report of his proceedings concerning a bull for the erection of cathedrals, &c. also intelligence about the court of Rome, &c. (An original, and copy of another letter, to P. Vannes, Lat.) Rome, Nov. 14 and 15, 1528. 135.
68. Extracts from letters of sir G. de Casalis, to Pet. Vannes; on the affairs of Rome, to which place he intends to return the next day. (Lat.) Bologna, Nov. 20, 1528. 141.
69. Sir G. de Casalis, to Pet. Vannes? concerning his return to Rome, his expenses, &c. (Orig. Lat.) Bologna, Nov. 21, 1528. 145.
70. Henry VIII; his instructions to sir Fr. Bryan, and Mr. Pet. Vannes, sent as his orators to the court of Rome. (Orig. signed by Henry at the beginning and end.) Dec. 1? [27 Nov.] 1528. 146.
71. A declaration or promise of Q. Catharine of Aragon, made before certain bishops and notaries, that she will forthwith send to Spain for the original breve of the Pope concerning her marriage with Henry VIII. (Orig. Lat. on vellum.) Greenwich, Dec. 10, [13 Oct.] 1528. 159. b.
72. Phi. de Senis, Cam. Apost. Dec. to Card. Wolsey; requesting the restitution of some allum seized in London. (cf. X. 51.) (Orig. Lat.) Civitavecchia? Dec. 7, 1528. 161.
73. Sir Fr. Bryan, and Pet. Vannes, to Card. Wolsey; reporting some intelligence they collected on their journey, chiefly at Boulogne. (Orig. Lat.) Motrelle, Dec. 7, 1528. 162. [179]
74. Pope Clement VII, to Card. Wolsey; credential in favour of Fr. Campanus. (Lat. probably an original, but not signed.) Rome, Dec. 15, 1528. 163. b.
75. Jo. Casalis, Proth. to Card. Wolsey; a long report of his proceedings at the Papal Court, chiefly about the divorce. (Orig. Lat.) Rome, Dec. 16, 1528. 164.
76. John Weston, [Weste] a fryar preacher and confessor, to ........ complaining of persecution, and desiring a dispensation. (Orig.) From his convent at Greenwich, Dec. 17, 1528. 171.
77. Sir Fr. Bryan, and P. Vannes, to Card. Wolsey; intelligence concerning the cruelties of the Spaniards in Naples, &c. (Orig.) Paris, Dec. 17, 1528. 172. [189]
78. Card. Wolsey, to sir Fr. Bryan, and Pet. Vannes; a long dispatch, containing instructions and intelligence: with a P. S. fol. 185. b. (Orig.) Westm. Dec. 19. 1528. 173.
79. Pasqual Spinula, to Card. Wolsey; concerning the restitution of the allum. (vid. X. 51 and 72.) (Orig. Lat.) London, Dec. 21, 1528. 185.
80. Sir Fr. Bryan, and P. Vannes, to Card.Wolsey; report intelligence received from Campanus and Vinc. Casalis, chiefly concerning their missions; the Pope's dilemma, &c. (Orig. Lat.) Chambery, Dec. 28, 1528. 186.
81. A fragment, probably of a letter from sir G. Casalis, from Rome. N. B. This is part of X. 83. Dec. 31? 1528. [1527] 189. b.
82. Card. Wolsey, to sir G. Casalis; about the decretal bulls brought by Campeius, which he earnestly desires he may have the exhibiting of, &c. (Lat. a draught.) [4 Oct.] 1528. 190.
83. Sir G. Casalis, probably to Card.Wolsey; reports the Pope's compliance and great dilemma. (Lat. an extract.) Dec. 31, 1528. [1527] 195.
84. Heads of things to be expedited, as contained in the instructions of sir Fr. Bryan and Mr. P. Vannes. (Lat.) Dec. [20 Nov.] 1528. 197.

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Cotton MS Vitellius B X : Records and papers concerning England and Rome, 1528

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1525

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1549

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Condition: leaves damaged by fire in 1731

Materials: paper and parchment

Dimensions: approximately 320 × 250 mm

Foliation: fos. 216; 1 (f. 1: modern endleaf) + 215 (ff. 2-216)

Binding: British Museum 1962

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

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