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Cotton MS Vitellius B XXI

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040-001103001

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032-001101582

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ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x000244

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ark:/81055/vdc_100172856514.0x000001

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Cotton MS Vitellius B XXI

Title:

Records and papers concerning England and Germany, 1526-1545

Scope & Content:

Papers concerning England and Germany, 1526-1545.

f. 1r: Title-page.

f. 2r: Paper containing intelligence concerning a treaty between Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and King Francis I of France. January 31 1526. Latin.

ff. 3r-4v: Two papers of intelligence concerning the retreat of King Ferdinand I of Hungary, and the diet of Spire. February 14 [1528] and August 11 1526. French.

ff. 5r-13v: Seven letters from Sir John Wallop to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Cologne, November 17, October 8 and 16, November 3 and 30, September 30, and Bingen, December 16 1526.

ff. 14r-15v: Letter from Herman Rincus to King Henry VIII. Reporting on the execution of orders, and sending intelligence. Cologne, December 20 1526.

ff. 16r-17v: Paper containing intelligence on the meetings of German princes and the Turkish forces. [20 December] 1526. Latin and English.

ff. 18r-28r: Accounts, titled ‘Summa presidii in comitiis Constantientibus collecta, ad iter faciendum Romam, atque ad consequendam coronam Caesariam, atque ad alia commoda, atq. res Romani Imperii’. [12 June 1529].

ff. 30r-33v: Three letters from Sir John Wallop to King Henry VIII. Sending intelligence concerning the coronation of King Ferdinand of Hungary at Prague. Augsburg, January 12, Cologn, March 2, Prague, March 12 1527.

f. 34r-34v: Letter from King Ferdinand of Hungary to Thomas Wolsey. Requesting he prevail upon King Henry VIII to lend his aid against the Turkish forces. Breslaw, May 5 1527. Latin.

ff. 35r-38v: Two letters from Sir John Wallop, possibly to King Henry VIII, and to an unnamed acquaintance. Sending intelligence concerning King Ferdinand of Hungary. Vienna, July 11 1527.

ff. 39r-43v: Letter from Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Investing Count Enno with East Friesland. Spire, September 24 1528. Latin.

ff. 44r-45v: Letter from Herman Rincus to King Henry VIII. Sending intelligence. Cologne, December 1527. Latin.

f. 46r-46v: Paper containing intelligence concerning King Ferdinand of Hungary. [11 February 1528].

ff. 47r-48v: Letter from Herman Rincus to King Henry VIII. Sending intelligence. Cologne, February 1528. Latin.

ff. 49r-50v: Letter from Herman Rincus to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence. Cologne, October 1528.

ff. 51r-52v: Letter from King Ferdinand of Hungary to King Henry VIII and Thomas Wolsey. Sending credentials in favour of Charles of Burgundy, Lord of Breda and Louregham. Vienna, December 7 1528, and Innsbruck, January 15 1529.

f. 53r-53v: Narrative of the defection of one Catzianer, a Stirian leader, and the resulting defeat of his corps by the Turkish forces. [18 October 1528]. Latin.

ff. 54r-57v: Paper by Emperor Sigismund. A charter of liberties for the East Frisians. Constance, September 30 1417. Latin.

ff. 58r-59r: Letter from an unnamed correspondent to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence on the Emperor’s heath, and the state of religion. Ratisbonne, March 14 1530 [1532].

f. 60r-60v: Instructions issued by King Henry VIII to Sir Thomas Elliot, sent to the Emperor. October 7 [1531].

ff. 61r-63v: Paper containing points to be determined by King Henry VIII, relating to a treaty, including the marriage of his daughter. No date.

ff. 64r-65v: Paper concerning a settlement to be made by the Emperor in Italy, possibly a fragment of instructions given to Sir Thomas Wyatt. In the hand of King Henry VIII.

ff. 66r-67v: Letter from an unnamed correspondent, A[…] A[…], to Thomas Cromwell. Sending intelligence. Ratisbonne, March 21 1532. Latin.

f. 68r: Fragment of a letter from the Imperial commissaries to the English commissaries at Calais. Requesting answers to some points before they visit them. Dunkirk, May 25 1532. Latin.

ff. 69r-72v: Letter from the above unnamed correspondent (ff. 58r-59r) to Thomas Wolsey. Sending intelligence from Germany. Ratisbonne, August 11 1532.

ff. 73r-79v: ‘New tidings how the soldiers of the Spaniards and Venetians would have sold the Emperor’s and the King’s majesties to the Turk; translated out of the Dutch’.

ff. 80r-86v: Circular letter from King Henry VIII to Ernest, Duke of Brunswick; Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt; Philip, Duke of Brunswick; Philip, Landgrave of Hesse; and William and Lewis, Dukes of Bavaria. With another letter to Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt, giving credentials in favour of Nicholas Hawkins, archdeacon of Ely, sent as ambassador to the Emperor. Greenwich, September 27 and 30 1532. Latin.

f. 87r-88v: Letter from King Henry VIII to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and King Ferdinand of Hungary. Sending credentials in favour of Nicholas Hawkins, sent to replace Thomas Cranmer. Greenwich, October 1 and 2 1532. French.

ff. 89r-91r: Letter from Thomas Cranmer to King Henry VIII. Sending intelligence concerning the movements of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Villach, October 20 1532.

ff. 92r-93v: Letter from the above A[…] A[…] (ff. 66r-67v), possibly to Thomas Cromwell. An expostulatory letter, also sending intelligence. 1532. Latin.

ff. 94r-95v: Instructions given by Queen Mary I to Richard Shelly, sent to the King of Hungary, at the time of her projected marriage. London [1553]. French.

f. 96r-96v: Letter from an unnamed correspondent to King Henry VIII. Concerning a negotiation with the Duke of Saxony, and intelligence received from Germany. London, March 18 1533.

ff. 97r-150r: Letter from Gervais Warin to King Henry VIII. Concerning a league among the German princes against Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, and a treaty between him and the Turkish forces. Soleure, May 17 1533.

ff. 101r-102v: Letter from Laurence Stauber to Thomas Cromwell. Professing devotion, and sending intelligence concerning negotiations in Germany. Nuremberg, September 6 1533. Latin.

f. 103r-103v: Letter from Nicholas Heyth to Thomas Cromwell. Reporting that he has accquitted himself of his orders concerning some German princes. Nuremberg, March 31 [1534].

ff. 104r-105v: An Imperial edict, concerning a ceremonial. Incomplete. Latin.

f. 106r-106v: Letter from King Henry VIII to the Archbishop of Bremen. On behalf of George Wollwever, an English man imprisoned in Bremen. Greenwich, February 10 1535. Latin.

f. 107r-107v: Draft letter from King Henry VIII to the magistrates of Lubeck. On behalf of William Gylbank, a master of a ship. Richmond, May 24 1534. Latin.

f. 108r-108v: Letter of intelligence, from Hamburg. May 25 [1534].

f. 109r-109v: Letter from King Henry VIII to Henry, Count Hogen, and Vroic Rhusen. Sending thanks for his offer of services. Hampton Court, June 3 1534. Latin.

ff. 111r-116v: Fragments of five letters from King Henry VIII to the magistrates of Bremen, Nuremberg, an unnamed town, Laurence Stayber, and the Duke of Middleburg. Greenwich, March 17 and 23, and May 25, 1535. Latin.

f. 117r-117v: Letter from Frederick II, Count Palatine and Duke of Bavaria, to King Henry VIII. Desiring that favour be shown to King Christian of Denmark, his father-in-law. Heidelberg, September 30 1535. Latin. See Waitz, Lübeck unter Jürgen (Publication Note).

f. 118r-119v: Fragment of a letter from King Henry VIII to Frederick II, Count Palatine and Duke of Bavaria. Hampton Court, October 4 1535. Latin.

ff. 120r-121v: Letter from Robert Barnes to Thomas Cromwell. Concerning his negotiations with Frederick II, Count Palatine, and sending news from Wittemberg. October 6 1535.

f. 122r-122v: Letter from Hubert Leodius, secretary to Frederick II, Count Palatine, to Thomas Cromwell. Wishing that a good understanding be cultivated between their two masters. Newmark, October 11 1535. Latin.

ff. 123r-123v: Letter from Robert Barnes to Thomas Cromwell. Concerning negotiations in Germany. Gotha [February 2 1535].

ff. 124r-125v: Letter from one Gislerus Thalassius to Thomas Cromwell. Concerning negotiations. Heidelberg, May [June] 6 1535.

ff. 126r-128v: Two letters from Robert Barnes to Thomas Cromwell. On his negotiations with German states. Hamburg, August 24 and 22 1535.

ff. 129r-131v: Statement concerning the succession of the Dukedom of Guelders. Annotated by William Cecil.

ff. 132r-135r: Fragment of King Henry VIII’s instructions to Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire. With an answer from Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. [December 1529].

f. 136r-136v: Letter from Hans de Gerstenberg and Jerome Wideman, to an unknown recipient. [1 July 1534]. Latin.

f. 136r-136v: Letter from an unknown correspondent to Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire. Berne, March 12 1536. Enclosed in the below letter (ff. 153r-156v).

f. 138r-138v: Letter from Edmund Bonner and Richard Caundyshe, to King Henry VIII. Hamburg, March 13 1536. Latin.

ff. 139r-143r: League between King Henry VIII and the Duke of Guelders. January 23 1536.

f. 144r-144v: Letter from Thomas Theobald to Thomas Cromwell. Reporting on an earthquake at Carstadt. 153[…].

ff. 145r-147v: Letter from Thomas Cromwell to Christopher Mount and Thomas Paynell. Sending instructions to demand an answer from the Duke of Cleves concerning the King’s offer of marriage, and discussing the affairs of Germany. London, March 10 [1540].

f. 148r-148v: Letter from Edmund Bonner to Thomas Sherley. On private concerns. Hamburg, February 17 1536.

f. 149r-149v: Letter from Edmund Bonner and Richard Caundyshe to Thomas Cromwell. Hamburg, February 22 1536. Latin.

f. 150r-150v: Letter from Richard Caundyshe to Thomas Cromwell. Concerning naval stores procured by him. Hamburg, February 25 1536.

ff. 151r-152v: Letter from Thomas Theobald to an unnamed correspondent. Concerning the pursuit of a delinquent. Augsburg, March [19 1536].

ff. 153r-156v: Letter from Thomas Theobald, possibly to Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire. Concerning his travels. [12 March 1536]. See the letter above (f. 136r-136v).

ff. 157r-158v: Letter from George, Duke of Saxony, to King Henry VIII. Concerning a German translation of Henry’s book against Luther. Dresden, March 16 1527. Latin.

ff. 159r-163v: Letter from Thomas Cromwell to Christopher Mount and Thomas Paynell. Concerning their negotiations with the German princes. London, March 22 [1540].

ff. 164r-168v: Instructions given by King Henry VIII to William Pagett, dispatched to the princes of Germany. No date.

f. 169r-169v: Letter from Bernard à Mela, possibly to Thomas Cromwell. Requesting that a trusty person may be sent to him, and sending intelligence on Danish affairs. Lubeck, September 28 1536.

ff. 170r-172v: Fragment of a corrected draft letter from King Henry VIII to a German prince. Sent to Thomas Cromwell by Thomas Wriothesley and Peter Vannes. Hampton Court, February 25 1537. Latin.

f. 173r-173v: Letter from King Henry VIII to Frederick, Elector of Saxony. Sending credentials in favour of Christopher Mount. Hampton Court, February 25 1537. Latin.

ff. 174r-175r: Memorial containing instructions from Thomas Cromwell to Christopher Mount. 1537.

ff. 176r-177v: Letter from Joannes Aepinus to Thomas Cromwell. Concerning one Adam, confined in the Low Countries, on account of religion. Hamburg, April 23 1536. Latin.

f. 178r-178v: Letter from William Clifton, possibly to Thomas Cromwell. Frankfurt, May 11 [1536].

ff. 179r-180v: Report of the proceedings of Edward Fox, Bishop of Hereford, Nicholas Heth, and Robert Barnes, in Germany. [25 December 1535].

ff. 181r-184v: Five fragments of letters in Latin. Calais, February 27 1539; Nuremberg, March 17 1539; Frankfurt, April 5 1539; one concerning Laurence Staiberus, Franconia, April 2[0] 1539; and one concerning Francis Burguatus and George à Beineburg, London, August 5 1538.

ff. 185r-192v: Instructions given to Sir Thomas Wyatt and Philip Hoby, dispatched to the Emperor’s court. No date.

f. 193r-193v: Letter from Stephen à Haschenperg to an unknown recipient. Concerning some ships. April 12 1539. Latin.

ff. 194r-202v: Letter from Nicholas Wotton and Richard Berde to Thomas Cromwell. Reporting their negotiations with the Duke of Cleves, concerning the King’s marriage. Cleves, May 3 1539.

ff. 203r-205r: Letter from Nicholas Wotton to King Henry VIII. Sending a report of negotiations between the Duke of Cleves, the Elector of Saxony, and other German princes. With an account of Anne of Cleves. Duren, August 11 1539.

ff. 206r-208r: Fragments of papers containing intelligence from Germany. Concerning the Duke of Cleves, and some requirements of Lord Sands, a governor of the English possessions in Picardy. [1539].

ff. 209r-212v: Two fragments, directed to Sir Thomas Wyatt. April 28 1540. English and Latin.

ff. 213r-214r: Letter from King Henry VIII, possibly to Richard Pace. Sending instrucitons concerning negotiations with Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. October [1516].

ff. 215r-217v: Two fragments reporting the Pope’s calling of a council. [3 March 1537].

ff. 218r-220v: Letter from King Henry VIII to Nicholas Wotton. Concerning his negotiations with the Duke of Cleves, over Guelders. [1539].

ff. 221r-222r: Observations on some articles offered to King Henry VIII by the Elector of Saxony and the Landgrave of Hesse. Concerning religious affairs. No date.

ff. 223r-225r: Letter from an unnamed German prince in response to a message delivered by English ambassadors. No date.

ff. 226r-242v: Nine fragments:

• Fragment in Latin.

• Instructions issued by King Henry VIII, October 25 1539.

• Fragment in Latin, dated Basle, September 25.

• Fragment concerning King Henry VIII, Westminster, January 30 1545.

• List of names, possibly related to the reformation in Germany.

• A letter from Nicholas Wotton to King Henry VIII. Cleves, June 13 1541.

• Fragment containing intelligence from Germany.

• Articles concerning affairs on the continent.

• Minutes of letters received from Germany, concerning the Emperor’s forces.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Cotton Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001101582
040-001103001

Is part of:

Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts

Cotton MS Vitellius B XXI : Records and papers concerning England and Germany, 1526-1545

Hierarchy:

032-001101582[0828]/040-001103001

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Languages:

English
French
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1526

End Date:

1545

Date Range:

1526-1545

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Place of Origin:

England, Germany.

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Physical Characteristics:

Leaves damaged by fire in 1731.

Materials: Paper.

Dimensions: 280 x 255 mm.

Foliation: ff. xiv + 242.

Binding: Post-1600. British Museum 1898.

Script: Secretary, italic.

Custodial History:

Origin:

England, Germany.

Provenance:

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

Edward Herbert, first Baron Herbert of Cherbury and first Baron Herbert of Castle Island (1582?–1648), diplomat and philosopher: loaned in 1636 (see Tite).

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. 420-422.

Sharpe, Kevin, Sir Robert Cotton, 1586–1631: History and Politics in Early Modern England (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979), p. 162.

Tite, Colin G.C., The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton’s Library: Formation, Cataloguing, Use (London: British Library, 2003).

Waitz, George, Lübeck unter Jürgen Wullenwever und die europäische Politik, 3 vols (Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1855), vol. 2, pp. 251-255.

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