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Cotton MS Titus B II

Record Id:

040-001103520

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001101582

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x00032c

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ISAD(G)

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Cotton MS Titus B II

Title:

Records and papers, 1547–1603

Scope & Content:

Two volumes of records and papers, from the reigns of Edward VI (1547–1553) to Elizabeth I (1558–1603). Volume I is ff. 1r–222r, Volume II is ff. 223r–514v.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Cotton Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001101582
040-001103520

Is part of:

Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts

Cotton MS Titus B II : Records and papers, 1547–1603

Contains:

Cotton MS Titus B II/1 : Letter and papers, reigns of Edward VI (1547–1553) to Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
Cotton MS Titus B II/2 : Records and papers, reign of Elizabeth I
Cotton MS Titus B I/1 :

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Hierarchy:

032-001101582[1060]/040-001103520

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

2 volumes

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
French
Italian
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1547

End Date:

1624

Date Range:

mid 16th century-1st quarter 17th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Condition: intact

Materials: paper and parchment

Dimensions: approximately 355 × 280 mm

volume 1: 354 x 304

vol 2: 354 x 298 mm.

Foliation: fos. 514; 1 (f. 1: early modern endleaf) + 513 (ff. 2–514)

Binding: British Library 2004, bound in two volumes: part I (ff. 1–222), part II (ff. 223–514)

Custodial History:

William Cecil (annotated f. 212v.)

Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1603).

William Dugdale.

Sir William Howard, 1638.

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

Administrative Context:

Origin: England

Publications:

Joseph Planta (ed.) A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library Deposited in the British Museum (London: Hansard, 1802), pp. 520–525.

C. G. C. Tite, The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton's Library: Formation, Cataloguing, Use (London: British Library Board, 2003), p. 193.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

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