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Cotton MS Titus C XII
- Record Id:
- 040-001103545
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x000363
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100153851684.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Titus C XII
- Title:
- Papers relating to Scotland, c. 1558-1569
- Scope & Content:
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Collection of papers concerning Scotland, and Mary (1542–1587), Queen of Scots. From c. 1558-1569. Formerly owned by William Dugdale (1605–1686), antiquary and herald.
Contents:
f. 1r: Partial contents list, covering the first four items in the manuscript. In the hand of William Dugdale.
ff. 2r-55v: A remonstrance addressed to the Pope and all Christian princes. On the claim of Mary, Queen of Scots, to the crown of England, following the death of Mary I (1516–1558), queen of England and Ireland. No date. French.
ff. 56r-62v: Copy of the statutes of Berwick. No date. See ‘The Statutes of Barwicke’ (Publication Note).
ff. 63r-75v: Treatise on the defence of the borders. With an unattributed address to Queen Elizabeth I. No date.
ff. 76r-89v: Fragment of a topographical and military account of the Marches. With coloured illustrations of castles (ff. 76r, 79r) and coloured maps (ff. 77r, 82r) of the Marches. See Armstrong, The History of Liddesdale (Publication Note).
ff. 90r-93v: Report on Scottish affairs, sent to Queen Elizabeth I. No date.
ff. 94r-96r Copy of a letter addressed to Mary, Queen of Scots. Concerning negotiations with Sir Francis Englefield, and Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, third Duke of Alba. Antwerp, June 1 1569. French.
ff. 97r-159v: Papers of the commissioners at York and London. Concerning the affairs of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the powers of the commissioners. 1568-1569.
ff. 160r-172v: Copies of works by Gerald of Wales, in the hand of Thomas Talbot (c. 1535–1595x9), antiquary. Latin.
• ff. 160r-161r: Excerpts of ‘De principis instructione’.
• ff. 161r-168r: Excerpts of the Chronicle of Melrose Abbey, 1056-1270.
• ff. 168v-170r: Excerpts of the Barnwell Chronicle.
• f. 171r-171v: List of the bishops of Winchester, ending with Stephen Gardiner (1531-1551).
• f. 172r-172v: Notes on the Foliet and Mortimer familes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103545 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Titus C XII : Papers relating to Scotland, c. 1558-1569 - Contains:
- Cotton MS Titus C XII, ff 2–55 : The claim of Mary, queen of Scots (1542–1567; d. 1587), to the crown of England
Cotton MS Titus C XII, ff 56–62 : The Statutes of Berwick
Cotton MS Titus C XII, ff 63–75 : Treatise on the defence of the Anglo-Scottish border
Cotton MS Titus C XII, ff 76–89 : Account of the Scottish marches (imperfect)
Cotton MS Titus C XII, ff 90–96 : Report on Scottish affairs sent to Queen Elizabeth I of England (1558–1603) (90r–93v); letter addressed…
Cotton MS Titus C XII, ff 97–159 : Proceedings of the commissioners into the affairs of Mary, queen of Scots (1542–1567; d. 1587),…
Cotton MS Titus C XII, ff 160–172 : Gerald of Wales, De principis instructione (160r–161r: excerpts); Chronicle of Melrose Abbey, AD…
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- 032-001101582[1083]/040-001103545
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume
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- Languages:
- English
French
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1558
- End Date:
- 1569
- Date Range:
- c. 1558-1569
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 305 x 225 mm.
Foliation: ff. iv + 172.
Binding: Post-1600. British Museum 1962.
Script: Secretary, italic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England, Scotland.
Provenance:
William Dugdale (1605–1686), antiquary and herald: former owner (see Tite).
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician: former owner, his inscription f. 2r.
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.
- Former External References:
- Cotton MS Vespasian E XV
- 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), p. 562.
Armstrong, Robert Bruce, The History of Liddesdale, Eskdale, Ewesdale, Wauchopedale, and the Debateable Land, Part I (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1883), Appendix no. LXX, pp. cvi-cxvi.
Sharpe, Kevin, Sir Robert Cotton, 1586–1631: History and Politics in Early Modern England (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979).
‘The Statutes of Barwicke: MS Cotton Titus C. XII f. 56’, Transactions of the Border Club, vol. 1, part 1 (1840) pp. 1-37.
Tite, Colin G.C., The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton’s Library: Formation, Cataloguing, Use (London: British Library, 2003), p. 197.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)