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Cotton MS Vespasian C VI
- Record Id:
- 040-001103271
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0002c2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163583011.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian C VI
- Title:
- Records and papers concerning England and Spain, 1154-1603
- Scope & Content:
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Records and papers (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Spain. From the reigns of King Henry II (1154–1189) to Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603) of England, including: records of the Spanish government, 1574–1577 (5r–178v); ordinance of King Philip II of Spain (1556–1598) concerning titles, Seville, 1586 (ff. 244–245: printed text); instructions of King Henry VII of England (1485–1509) to his ambassadors to Spain, 1507 (338r–371v); letters patent of Luys de Toledo, prior of Guadalupe, granting confraternity to Katherine of Aragon, 1514 (f. 390).
ff. 5r-34v: Collection of papers on the state of the Spanish government in 1577. Containing an account of the councils, audiences, vice-royalties, archbishops, bishops, and priories, with the nobility, kingdoms, cities, army, and navy. With a table of contents at the beginning. Spanish.
ff. 36r-49v: Statement of pay for the household and civil and military establishment of the King of Spain. With a table of contents at the beginning. Spanish.
ff. 50r-65v: Another collection of papers on the state of the Spanish government in 1577. Different from the collection above (ff. 5r-34v), and not including the army or navy. With a table of contents at the beginning. Spanish.
ff. 67r-82v: Statement of the revenues of the King of Spain, in 1577. Spanish.
ff. 84r-89v: Statement of the revenues which the King of Spain received from India, Naples, Sicily, Milan, Sardinia, Majorca, and Flanders, in 1577. Spanish.
ff. 90r-96r: List of harbours in Spain and Portugal. Specifying the number of ships each supply, the greater number being only fishing towns. 1577. Spanish.
ff. 98r-103v: Statement of the land forces in Spain. With a statement on the gallies maintained by the King of Spain. 1577. Spanish.
ff. 104r-109v: Statement of the Spanish forces in Naples and Sardinia. 1577. Spanish.
ff. 110r-115v: Statement of the Spanish forces in Sicily. 1577. Spanish.
ff. 116r-121v: Statement of the Spanish forces in Milan. 1577. Spanish.
ff. 122r-131v: Account of the Spanish civil and ecclesiastical establishment in India. With a table of contents. 1577. Spanish.
ff. 132r-141v: Tract on the finances of Spain. 1577. Spanish.
ff. 142r-156r: Schedule or order from King Philip II of Spain. Concerning certain grievances sustained in contracts with the Genoese and others. Issued 1575. Spanish.
ff. 157r-164v: Memorial from the Genoese, in answer to the above schedule (ff. 142r-156v). Spanish.
ff. 165r-178v: Memorial presented by the Genoese to King Philip II of Spain. Stating their rights upon the decree of his majesty of 1577. Spanish.
ff. 188r-196v: Account of the dominions belonging to the Spanish monarchy, with their revenues. By one Tiepoli, on his return from Spain. 1577. Italian.
ff. 198r-202v: A list of the Archbishops, Bishops, and nobility of Spain, with their incomes. No date. Spanish.
f. 203r-203v: Memorandum concerning the revenues of the King and nobility of Spain. No date.
f. 207v: Memorandum of the revenues and expenditure of the King of Spain. No date. Spanish.
f. 208r: Memorandum concerning Spanish finances. No date. Spanish.
ff. 209r-210r: Memorial of the revenue and charges of the King of Spain, for 1561.
ff. 211r-222r: A view of the state of Spain. Collected by William Lyllestone, and dedicated to Dr Valentine Dale, Master of the Requests to Queen Elizabeth I. 1582. Another copy can be found in MS Sloane 904.
ff. 227r-229r: A note on the rents and revenues of the King of Spain, totalling 12,900,000 ducats. Taken out of his auditor’s books. No date.
ff. 231r-232r: Account of strong places and forces in Catalonia. No date. Italian.
ff. 234r-238r: Draft account of Spanish forces and their pay. With the charges of the civil establishment and shipping. No date.
ff. 244r-245v: Printed ordinance of King Philip II of Spain. Concerning titles to be given in speech and writing, and the privilege of bearing a coronet on a coat of arms. St. Lorenzo, October 8 1586. Spanish.
ff. 250r-257v: Report concerning the King of Spain, the Spanish Court, and the general state of the Spanish monarchy. By Francesco Vendramino, on his return from his embassy in Spain. 1593. Italian. Another copy can be found in Additional MS 10186.
ff. 259r-270r: Account of the state of Spain, including an account of the revenues of the crown, the nobility, and the higher clergy. No date.
ff. 272r-272v: An award of King Henry II of England. As arbitrator in a contest concerning some frontier castles, between King Alphonsus VIII of Castile, and King Sancho VI of Navarre. Latin.
ff. 276r-306r: Titles of state papers relating to transactions between England and Castile, possibly taken out of the Gascon roll. From the reigns of Kings Henry III, Edward I, Edward III, Richard II, Henry V, Edward IV, and Richard III.
ff. 309r-310v: Letter from King Henry VII to John Wilteshire, Comptroller of Calais. Ordering him to communicate with Lady Margaret of Savoy concerning a meeting at Calais to settle a marriage between his daughter Mary and the Prince of Castille. Greenwich, May 24 [no year].
f. 313r: Titles of state papers concerning King Henry VIII and King Ferdinand II of Aragon.
ff. 328r-329v: Paper titled ‘Articles of the Bishop of Palentia ambassador from Henry King of Aragon’. No date. Spanish.
f. 332r: Title of a treaty between King Edward IV and King John of Aragon.
ff. 338r-371v: Instructions from King Henry VII to James Braybrooke, Francis Marsin and John Stile. On their dispatch as ambassadors to King Ferdinand II of Aragon, with answers to various heads of instructions. No date.
ff. 375r-380r: Treaty between King Henry VIII and King Ferdinand II of Aragon. Concerning the war against France. [9 May 1513]. Latin.
ff. 382r-384r: Titles of state papers between King Henry VIII and Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, and King Henry VIII and King Ferdinand II of Aragon.
ff. 385r-389r: Statement of the revenues of the orders of Santjago, Calatrava, and Alcantara. No date.
f. 390r-390v: Patent of the Prior of the monastery of St. Mary of Guadelupe. Admitting Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England, into the fraternity of the monastery. May 25 1514. Spanish.
ff. 391r-395v: List of Archbishops, Bishops, and nobility of Spain, with their revenues. Including the Spanish ambassadors in other countries, with their annual allowances, and notes of the Spanish forces, navy, harbours and exports.
ff. 396r-397v: Statement of the revenues and expenditure of the King of Spain. Similar but not the same as that above (f. 207v).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103271 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vespasian C VI : Records and papers concerning England and Spain, 1154-1603 - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0954]/040-001103271
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100163583011.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
Italian
Latin
Spanish - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1154
- End Date:
- 1603
- Date Range:
- 1154-1603
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- England, Spain.
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper, parchment.
Dimensions: 350 x 220 mm.
Foliation: ff. iv + 397.
Binding: British Museum 1958.
Script: Secretary, italic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England, Spain.
Provenance:
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician: former owner, his signature on f. 1r.
Robert Cecil, 1st earl of Salisbury (1563–1612), politician and courtier: borrowed c. 1605-1612 (see Tite).
Thomas Wilson (d. 1629), record keeper and author: borrowed c. 1605-1612 (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:
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Planta, Joseph, ed., A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library Deposited in the British Museum (London: Hansard, 1802), pp. 451-452.
Harrison, Julian, ‘Printed material and the Cotton manuscripts’, in Giles Mandelbrote & Barry Taylor (eds.), Libraries within the Library: The origins of the British Library’s printed collections (London, 2009), p. 79.
Nichols, J.G., ed. The Chronicle of Calais in the Reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII (London: Camden Society, 1846).
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. 180.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)