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Cotton MS Vitellius B XX

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040-001103000

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001101582

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Cotton MS Vitellius B XX

Title:

Records and papers concerning England and Germany, 1517–1523

Scope & Content:

Records and papers concerning England and Germany, from 1517-1523. Damaged by fire in 1731, which has obscured the majority of material in the volume. The following account of the volume consists chiefly of writers’ names, and dates, as could be ascertained.

f. 1r: Page giving various titles for the volume.

ff. 1a-b: Blank.

f. 2r: Fragment of a key to the cipher of Richard Pace (1483?–1536), diplomat, humanist, and administrator. [1517].

ff. 3r-6v: Letter from Richard Pace. [October 1516]. Cipher, deciphered.

ff. 7r-8v: Fragments of letters, in English. No dates.

f. 9r-9v: Fragment in the handwriting of King Henry VIII. [4 December 1516].

ff. 10r-14v: Fragments in the handwriting of Thomas Wolsey (1470/71–1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal.

ff. 15r-19v: Five leaves of extracts and fragments. [12 July 1516].

ff. 20r-22v: Letter from Matthäus Schiner, cardinal of Sion, to Thomas Wolsey. Duren, January 17 1517. Latin, partly cipher.

ff. 23r-24v: A letter to Richard Pace, no date.

ff. 25r-26v: Letter from Sir Richard Wingfield (b. in or before 1469, d. 1525), diplomat, to Thomas Wolsey. Treves, January 6 1517.

f. 27r: Paper concerning Maximilian I (22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519), Holy Roman Emperor. Duren, January 18 1517. Latin.

ff. 28r-31v: Letter from Sir Richard Wingfield to Thomas Wolsey and King Henry VIII. Duren, January 17 1517.

ff. 32r-36v: Letter from Richard Pace to Thomas Wolsey. Turgaw, January 19 1517.

ff. 37r-39v: Two letters sent from Matthäus Schiner, cardinal of Sion, [to Hedin] and Anchises Visconti. Turgaw, February [13 and] 12 1517 [1518]. Latin.

ff. 40r-48v: Three letters sent from Richard Pace to Thomas Wolsey. [24 March 1517]. Partly cipher, deciphered.

ff. 49r-50v: Letter from Maximilian I to King Henry VIII. April 9 1518. Latin.

ff. 51r-55v: Fragments of letters from Richard Pace. Constance, May 16 1517 [1516]. Partly cipher, deciphered.

ff. 56r-57v: Extracts of letters from Galeazzo Visconti. Trent, May 20 1517 [1516]. Latin.

ff. 58r-60v: Letter from Richard Pace to Thomas Wolsey. Constance, May 23 1517.

f. 61r-61v: Letter from the Chancellor of the city of [Cologne] to [Thomas Wolsey]. Mentz, July 10 1517. Latin.

ff. 62r-63v: Letter from Richard Pace to an unknown recipient. Constance, July 11 1517.

f. 64r: Letter from an unknown correspondent to King Henry VIII. Cologne, July 13 1517. Latin.

ff. 65r-69v: Three letters from Richard Pace to Thomas Wolsey. Constance, July 27, August 4 and 14 1517.

ff. 70r-73v: Two letters from Matthäus Schiner, cardinal of Sion, to Thomas Wolsey. Schwitz, August 17 1517. Latin.

f. 74r-74v: Letter from Louis Maroton to an unknown recipient. Rute, August 29 1517. Latin.

ff. 75r-76v: Letter relating to a treaty between King Henry VIII and the Swiss government. 1517 [1515]. Latin.

ff. 77r-82v: Three letters from Richard Pace to Thomas Wolsey. Constance, September 19 and October 6 1517.

ff. 83r-84v: Letter from Louis Maroton to an unknown recipient. Viterbo, November 3 1517.

ff. 85r-86v: Letter from Sir Richard Wingfield to King Henry VIII. Bonn, November 13 1517.

f. 87r-87v: Letter from Maximilian I to Thomas Wolsey. Thanking him for his good offices in maintaining alliances with the King. Lintz, January 1 1518. Latin.

ff. 88r-89v: Letter from William Knight to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence on the health of Maximilian I. Wells, Austria, January 14 1518.

ff. 90r-91v: An agreement for Count Faukenbergh, serving in the army of King Henry VIII. 1518. French.

ff. 92r-94r: Letter from Matthäus Schiner, cardinal of Sion, to Thomas Wolsey. Concerning the negotiations of Maximilian I. [28 December 1516]. Latin.

ff. 95r-96r: Letter from Count Titionus to Thomas Wolsey. Augsburg, February 21 1518. Latin.

f. 97r-97v: Letter from Maximilian I to King Henry VIII. Concerning an expedition against the Turkish forces. Innsbruck, April 24 1518. Latin.

ff. 98r-99v: Letter from Richard Pace to Thomas Wolsey. [June 24] 1518.

ff. 100r-111v: Corrected draft of a defensive alliance between Maximilian I and the Kings of England, France and Spain. Signed by King Henry VIII and his counsellors. London, October 2 1518. Latin.

ff. 112r-115v: Letter from Maximilian I to Thomas Wolsey. Concerning a treaty with the Swiss government. Ympst, October 25 1518. Latin.

f. 116r-116v: Letter from Matthäus Schiner, cardinal of Sion, to Thomas Wolsey. Thanking him for a pension of 1000 nobles, granted by King Henry VIII. Turgaw, December 20 1518. Latin.

ff. 117r-120v: Three drafts in the handwriting of Thomas Wolsey. One addressed to Sir Edward Poynings. No date.

f. 121r-121v: Commission from King Henry VIII to Richard Pace. On his dispatch to the electors after the death of Maximilian I. London, May 20 1519. Latin.

f. 122r-122v: Draft letter from Thomas Wolsey to King Henry VIII. Concerning some disturbance in London. [8 July 1519].

f. 123r-123v: Letter from Leonard Friscobaldi to Antony Cavalari. Concerning a loan of sixty thousand florins. Trent, May 22 1519.

ff. 124r-146v: Seven letters from Richard Pace to Thomas Wolsey. On the election to the Empire. Cologne, May 30 and June 3; on the Rhine?, June 9 and 10; Mentz, June 11 and 12, all 1519.

f. 147r-147v: Letter from Albert of Brandenburg, elector of Mentz, to Thomas Wolsey. On the approaching election to the empire. Frankfurt, June 13 1519. Latin.

ff. 148r-154v: Three letters from Richard Pace to Thomas Wolsey. Mentz, June 14, 15, and 20 1519.

f. 155r-155v: Letter from Frederick III, elector of Saxony, to King Henry VIII. Concerning the election. Frankfurt, June 16 1519. Latin.

ff. 156r-157v: Letter from Richard Pace to Thomas Wolsey. Concerning the election. Mentz, June 24 1519.

f. 158r-158v: Letter from seven German electors and princes to Richard Pace. Reporting the election of Charles V. Hoest, June 28 1519. Latin.

ff. 159r-164v: Five letters from Richard Pace to Thomas Wolsey. Mentz, June 28, 21 and 22; Frankfurt, July 3; Mentz, July 4 1519.

ff. 165r-166v: Draft paper in the handwriting of Thomas Wolsey. Containing directions for the King’s ambassadors at the diet. [20 May] 1519.

f. 167r-167v: Letter from an unnamed German prince to King Henry VIII. Mentz, July 4 1519. Latin.

ff. 168r-169v: Letter from Richard Pace to Thomas Wolsey. Before the election. June 1519.

f. 170r: Draft paper in the handwriting of Thomas Wolsey. Containing directions for the King’s ambassadors at the diet. [20 May] 1519.

f. 171r: Paper containing intelligence on some armaments of the Counts of Cleves and Juliers. Antwerp, April 10 1529 [10 April 1523?]. French.

f. 172r-172v: Letter from Charles V to Thomas Wolsey. Professing his desire to gratify King Henry VIII and Wolsey. In the handwriting of Charles V. Worms, April 23 1520. French.

ff. 173r-174v: Letter from Richard Pace to Thomas Wolsey. Cologne, July 8 1520 [1519].

ff. 175r-176v: Letter from Laurene Starben to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Nuremberg, September 15 [1528].

f. 177r-177v: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall (1474–1559), bishop of Durham and diplomat, to Thomas Wolsey. On the Emperor’s coronation. Liege, October 12 1520.

f. 178r-178v: Letter from Charles V to Thomas Wolsey. On conferring on him the Bishopric of Helvae (Elvas). Lobania, October 8 1520.

ff. 179r-185v: Two letters from Cuthbert Tunstall to Thomas Wolsey. Cologne, November 6 1520.

ff. 186r-189v: Letter from Sir Thomas Spinelly, diplomat, to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Cologne, November 7 1520. Partly cipher, deciphered.

ff. 190r-191v: Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall to Thomas Wolsey. On a concern of one Mr Tuke. Cologne, November 8 1520.

f. 192r-192v: List of German princes, and their forces. [20 October 1520].

ff. 193r-196v: Two letters from Cuthbert Tunstall to Thomas Wolsey. The first lacks the end. Worms, November [20] and December 17 1520.

f. 197r-197v: Draft paper in the handwriting of Thomas Wolsey. [January 1521].

ff. 198r-199v: Fragment of a treaty with the ambassadors of Charles V.

f. 200r-200v: Fragment of a letter from Sir Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. [1521].

ff. 201r-209v: Abstracts of letters sent from Cuthbert Tunstall to King Henry VIII.

ff. 210r-211v: Memorial of some regulations concerning the Empire. Made at a diet at Worms. January 6 1521.

ff. 212r-216v: Letter from Sir Thomas Spinelly to an unnamed recipient. Worms, January 24 1521. Cipher, not deciphered.

ff. 217r-237v: Eight letters from Cuthbert Tunstall to Thomas Wolsey. Concerning Martin Luther (1483-1546), professor, priest and monk. Worms, January 29, February 9 and 16, March 6 and 22, 1521. Cipher, partly deciphered.

ff. 238r-239v: Draft letter to King Henry VIII from an unnamed correspondent. Concerning an intended marriage, possibly that of Charles V. March 1521.

ff. 240r-246v: Two letters from Sir Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Worms, April 11 and 20 [12] 1521.

f. 247r-247v: Letter from Charles V to the Prevost de Paris [Utrecht]. Concerning Robert de la Marche. Worms, April 28 1521. French.

ff. 248r-249v: Letter from Sir Richard Wingfield and Sir Thomas Spinelly to Thomas Wolsey. Mentz, June 1 1521.

ff. 250r-252v: Letter from Sir Richard Wingfield to Thomas Wolsey. Mentz, June 3 1521.

ff. 253r-261v: Draft instructions in the handwriting of Thomas Wolsey. Intended for Sir Richard Wingfield.

f. 262r-262v: Letter addressed to Monsieur le Tresorier [of Calais]. [6 December 1522]. French.

f. 263r-266v: Draft instructions in the handwriting of Thomas Wolsey. Intended for William Knight, ambassador in France. [10 November 1521].

ff. 267r-268v: Letter from Vitus Sutor, ambassador to Charles V in Switzerland. Sending intelligence. Zurich, November 30 1521. Latin.

ff. 268r-271v: Draft memorial from Thomas Wolsey to Lord St. John, and one Thomas. In Wolsey’s handwriting. [20 October 1521].

ff. 272r-274v: Draft letter from Thomas Wolsey to King Henry VIII. Shortly after the coronation of Charles V. 1521.

f. 275r-275v: Letter from the deputies of the Cantons of Switzerland to Thomas Wolsey. Zurich, March 22 1522. Latin.

f. 276r-276v: Draft letter from Thomas Wolsey to King Henry VIII. 1521.

f. 277r-278v: Paper concerning an interview between Charles V and King Francis I of France. 1522. French.

f. 279r-279v: Letter from Wilhelm III von Hohnstein, bishop of Strasbourg, and others, to Thomas Wolsey. Turgaw, February 5 1522. Latin.

ff. 280v-281v: Paper on the Helvetic Diet, in answer to William Knight, ambassador in France. Zurick, March 13 1522. Latin.

ff. 282r-282*v: Latin fragment, faded. Part of a letter from Augustine de Augustinis to Thomas Cromwell, see Cotton MS Vitellius B XXI, ff. 82r-83v.

f. 283r-283v: Letter from Jacob Banisius to Charles V. Sending intelligence from Italy. Trent, June 3 1522. Latin.

f. 284r-284v: Letter from the bishop of Verulam, to Thomas Wolsey. Constance, August 4 1522. Latin.

ff. 285r-290v: Four letters from Henry Parker, 9th Lord Morley, to Thomas Wolsey. On being sent with the Order of the Garter to Archduke Ferdinand, brother of Charles V. Nuremberg, October and November 1522.

f. 291r-291v: Letter from Archduke Ferdinand to King Henry VIII. Sending credentials in favour of Henry de Emenchurt, who had been sent to ask for assistance against the Turkish forces. Nuremberg, November 20 1522. Latin.

f. 292r: Draft letter from Thomas Wolsey, possibly to the deputy of Calais. [27 August 1529].

ff. 293r-293v: Letter from Archduke Ferdinand to King Henry VIII. Sending thanks for aid promised. Innsbruck, April 5 [1524]. Latin.

ff. 294r-295v: Letter to King Henry VIII, possibly from Charles V. Notifying a favour received at Prague. June 1 1522. French.

ff. 296r-297v: Paper containing some decisions concerning a cause between Charles V and King Henry VIII. [19 June] 1522. Latin.

ff. 298r-299v: Commission of Archduke Ferdinand. Appointing George de Alo[…], Baron de Conryne, his proxy for his installation at Windsor. Brisac, [8 December 1523].

ff. 300r-304v: Letter from Frederick, elector, and one John D[…] of Saxony, to King Henry VIII. Altenburg, May 3 1522 [1524].

ff. 305r-306v: Commission of King Henry VIII to William Knight, ambassador in France. On his dispatch to induce Charles V to join him against the French forces. June 23 1523. Latin.

ff. 307r-309v: Letter from Henry Knight to King Henry VIII. Sending a report. Hausen, near Spire, July 26 1523.

ff. 310r-312v: Instructions by Charles V. Concerning negotiations with Denmark. Valladolid, August 1523. Latin.

ff. 313r-314v: Two fragments, possibly concerning Archduke Ferdinand. Nuremberg, October 21, and Neustadt, Austria, October 27 1523.

f. 315r-315v: Letter from Charles de Lannoy to Mr Grant, Chancellor to Charles V. Innsbruck, May 31 [1517]. French.

ff. 316r-319v: Two fragments in Latin, dated Nuremberg, November 9 and December 9, and one fragment in German, dated August 1522 [1523].

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Cotton Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001101582
040-001103000

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Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts

Cotton MS Vitellius B XX : Records and papers concerning England and Germany, 1517–1523

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032-001101582[0827]/040-001103000

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Extent:

1 volume

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Languages:

Cipher
English
German
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1516

End Date:

1523

Date Range:

1516-1523

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Place of Origin:

England and Germany.

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Physical Characteristics:

Leaves damaged by fire in 1731.

Materials: Paper, parchment.

Dimensions: 320 x 255 mm.

Foliation: ff. xiii + 319.

Binding: British Museum 1962.

Script: Secretary, italic.

Custodial History:

Origin:

England and Germany.

Provenance:

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

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. 418-420.

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. 162.

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