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Cotton MS Cleopatra E III

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040-001103822

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032-001101582

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Cotton MS Cleopatra E III

Title:

Collections relating to the Church in England, volume 3, including a confirmation of the union of the Greek and Latin churches as declared at the Council of Florence, 5 July 1439 (ff. 80–81)

Scope & Content:

Language(s): English and Latin; Latin and Greek (ff. 80–81)

Codex chartaceus, in folio, membranis quamplurimis insertis, constans foliis 178.

"The state of the Church of Great Britain, &c.

THE THIRD VOLUME:"

Beginning with the reign of K. Henry VI. and ending with Henry VII.

[some things from this vol. are published in Ware's Annales Rerum Hibern. Hen VII. sub. anno 1504. and Mary are pr. in Nicolas' Acts of the Privy Council]

1. "Oratio" (in fert titulus) "in Synodo, tempore Jacobi et Johannae regis et reginae Hungariae Jeruslaem et Siciliae:" quid velit parum constat. 2.
2. "Oratio in concilio generali:" sine die, ac profecto sine argumento. 10.
3. Mandatum R. Henrici VI. de haeretico (sc. W. Taylour) comburendo. Mar. 1, 1422. 21.
4. Martini V. Papae bulla, de componenda lite inter Philippum Burgundiae et Humfredum Glocestriae duces. (In perg.) Romae, 3 Kal. Maii, 1425. 24.
5. Regis Hen. VI. mandatum de haeretico (sc. W. Russell) arrestando. Mar. 15, 1426. 25.
6. Sermo pro parte regis Angliae, ad Papam Martinum V. super reformationem ecclesiae. 26.
7. Henry (Beaufort) Bp. of Winchester, his petition to the King for leave to go on a pilgrimage. (On vellum; signed by various prelates. [and others whose names are printed by Ellis]) 1426. [Printed ii Ellis i. 101.] 30. b.
8. R. Henrici VI. litera remissionis, gratia Jo&hmacron;nis. Spenser monachi. (In perg.) 1426. 30. b.
9. A remonstrance, and the answer thereto, touching the non-residence of the clergy. 1426. 31.
10. Henry VI. to the Pope; "the king, pretending unthriftiness in the abbot of Battel, [not Bello but Bello loco i. e. Beaulieu in the New Forest] makes his uncle Hen. Bp. of Winchester, guardian of the same, with power to take the revenue," &c. (Lat. on vellum.) Southamtpon, July 1427. 32.
11. A series of briefs of Pope Martin V. addressed to, and in behalf of, Henry cardinal of Beaufort. (Lat.) 1427. 33.
12. A fragment of a charter or instrument of K. Hen. V. in behalf of Robt. Fitzhugh, D. D. (Lat. on vellum.) Westm. July 15, 1429. 41.
13. Martinus V. Papa, Johanni D. Bedfordiae; quaerens de injuria nuncio suo illata. Romae, 6 Kal. Jul. 1424. 41.
14. Credentia commissa mag&rmacron;o. Nicholao Billeston LL. D. declaranda summo pontifici ex parte Dom. regis Angliae. (In perg.) Westm. die Jan. 1430. 43.
15. Compacta inter Bohemos et ambasciatores concilii Basileensis, de haeresi sc. Bohemorum. Pragae, 1431. 44.
16. Fragmentum cui inscribitur "de Bohemis in concilio Basileensi." 1431. 49.
17. De proclamatione facienda pro rege contra haereticos et Lollardos. die 13 Martii, 1431. 51.
18. Regium breve de non associando cardinalem (de Beaufort.) die 7 Nov. 1431. 51. b.
19. Articuli missi per Eugenium IV. Papam, ad regem Romanorum, de haeresi Bohemorum, et de concilio Basileensi. 1431. 52.
20. Quaedam de regnis Castiliae et Legionis in concilio Basileensi tractanda. 1431. 53.
21. Domini quidam privati concilii R. Angliae, ad .......: in laudem Ardicini cardinalis Novariensis, in Anglia oratoris vicem gerentem. (Autogr.) 54. b.
22. Julianus cardinalis Sci. Angeli, in concilio Basileensi praeses, ad Hen. VI. de rebus quae in concilio tractantur, praecipue quoad haereticos. Basil, die 24 Sept. 1431. 54. b.
23. Some notes, and a project of a statute for the endowment of vicars. (Fr.) 55.
24. An order of council for delivering a mitre to Henry Chicheley Abp. of Canterbury. (Orig. Fr.) Westm. July 1, 1426. 57.
25. Orders of council for the payment of 100 marks to the bishop of Ax (d'Ax) going to a council. (Orig. Lat and Fr.) Feb. 22, 1433. 58. b.
26. Litera Bohemiorum ad universos, per quam universitas perplexa: aliaque ad eorundem haeresin spectantia. 59.
27. Henrici VI. commissio ad legatos ad concilium Basileensem missos. 1434. 65.
28. Two writings, relating to the council of Basil. (Lat.) 1434. 66.
29. Henry VI, to Tho. (Bronus) reproving him for accepting of the Pope's nomination to the church of Worcester. 1434. 67.
30. Henry VI, to Andrew Huls and others at Rome; charging them to prevent the Pope from naming to the vacant Bpk. of Rochester. Oct. 26. 1434. 68.
31. Concilium privatum Henrici VI. ad Papam Eugenium IV.de episcopatu Wigorn, Tho. Bourchier, non enim Tho. Bronu, tradendo. 68.
32. Henricus VI. ad cardinalem Sci. Angeli, consilii Basil. praesidentem: quaerens de dilatione quadam in concilio. die 12 Feb. 1435. 68.
33. An order to the custom-house officers of Southampton, to search carefully all strangers that shall arrive there; and some notes. July 18, 1436. 69.
34. Memoranda de reformandis in consilio generali Basileensi, pro commodo ecclesiae Anglicanae. 1436. 70.
35. A congé d'elire for the bishoprick of Ely; Thomas Snow recommended, but he does not appear in the list of bishops. 1436. 72.
36. Henricus VI, ad Papam Eugenium IV; de pace inter ipsum regem, et regem Franciae compenenda. Westm. die 31 Julii, 1437. 74.
37. A petition of John Spencer, a monk, to be restored from the outlawry he had incurred for accepting of a provisor: the grant signed by K. Hen. VI. Jan. 8, 1438. 74.
38. Henricus VI, ad Ric. Archiep. Dublinensem: pro Waltero Shiryngton, ut veniam se absentandi à canonicatu suo in cathedrali Dublinensi ei concedatur. die 1 Aug. 1436. 74.
39. Mandatum regis de comburendo Jo. Bismere haereticum. d. 14 Maii 1437. 75.
40. The king's mandate for maintaining John Sourlay in the possession of the treasurership of the cathedral of Limerick, against a papal bull. July 12, 1438. 75.
41. Mandatum regis ad vicecomitem Rauc. de prisonariis sc. haereticis recipiendis. d. 11 Nov. 1438. 75. b.
42. Actum in synodo generali Florentino, de unione ecclesiarum Latinae et Graecorum. 76.
43. Decretum originale unionis ecclesiae Graecae et Latinae in concilio Florentino, datum pridie nonas Julii 1439, et à Johanne Palaeologo imperatore solo, ex parte Graecorum, et ab Eugenio IV. Papa, et cardinalibus, archiepsicopis, episscopis, &c. ab altera parte signata: Graece et Latine columnatim, conf. Smithi praefatio ad hujus bibliothecae catalogum impressum, p. xlv. 78.
44. Miscellanea, de haereticis; aliisque. 79.
45. A petition of the Cistercian monks, to the King; requesting that he will enforce the meeting of a chapter of their order. April 30, 1441. 81.
46. A petition of John Lowe Bp. of St. Asaph, for licence to make his will. 82.
47. Eugenii IV. bulla, vel potius narratio, de unione ecclesiae Romanae et Graecae. 1444. 84.
48. Orders of Henry VI, addressed to certain priests at Coventry; directing them to prevent the preaching of heresy in their town. 1446. 90.
49. A recantation of John Bredon, a fryer, of several opinions he had delivered, especially about the perquisites of lights, &c. given to the cathedral of Coventry at burials. March 13, 1446. 91.
50. An order of the king to ........ to repeal a prohibition of a citation of the ordinary of the parson of Netherden, who had incurred censure. 1448. 93.
51. A petition of Wm. Strete, a monk of Glastonbury, for leave to remove from his abbey. 1449. 94.
52. A petition of William Bp. of Lichfield and Coventry, desiring to be authorized to repress immorality at Chester. July 2, 1448. 94.
53. An order of the King, to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, to surcease certain suits they were wont to issue against Wm. de la Barre. Oct. 12, 1451. 97.
54. The King's Council, to Pope Calixtus III; about filling up the bishoprick of Exeter: George Nevill named. (Orig. Lat.) Dec. 4, 1456. 100.
55. A certificate that the abbot of Grimsby had taken his oaths. Sept. 27, 1457. 101.
56. A few scattered notes in this and the three following numbered leaves. 102.
57. Oratiuncula ordinata ut diceretur in convocatione cleri, die 19 Aprilis, 1483, pro Edwardo V: non tamen est dicta hoc tempore. 106.
58. F. Cardinalis Senensis R. Henrico VII; sacri consistorii confirmationem Thomae Savage in episcopatu Norwicense significans. (Autogr.) Romae, d. 15 Junii, 1499. 112.
59. Propositiones in convocatione cleri, circa tempora Ric. III. vel Hen. VII. 117.
60. Capita orationis legati R. Henrici VII. ad Papam, post matrimonium cum Elizabetha filia Edwardi IV. 1486. 123.
61. Bulla originalis Innocentii VIII. Papae concedens ut fures, homicidiae, &c. ex locis sacris, de mandato regis extrahi possint. Romae, Id. Augusti, 1487. 134.
62. Henry VII; mandate to the abbess and nuns of Wylton, to admit Anicia Preston as a nun, whom he names by virtue of a royal prerogative at the coronation of a queen, the K. meaning to marry Margaret of Austria. (Lat.) Aug. 16, 1508. 135.
63. Litera archiepiscopi Cantuar. pro Johanne Vynherst et Nich. Overay de com. Cant. pro variis excessibus incarceratis. Magherfield, die 16 Junii. 135. b.
64. Henry VII; his order for the restitution of temporalities to Tho. Langton Bp. of Winchester. (Orig. signed by the king.) Kenelworth, June 25, 1493. 136. [135]
65. Hen. VII. his order for the restitution of temporalities to Tho. Dunster abbot of St. Augustin, Canterb. Westm. March 25, 1508. 137.
66. Alexandri VI. Papae bulla, vel actis confoederationis inter illum, Maximilianum imperatorem, Ferdinandum et Elizabetham Hispan. R. et Regin. et tandem Henricum VII. Angl. R. contra Carolum VIII. Franciae regem. (Transumptum in pergamena.) die 18 Julii, 1496. 138.
67. F. Card. Senensis, ad Henricum VII; de negotiis à Jo. Giglio regis oratore apud pontificem tractatis, &c. (Autogr.) Romae, die 10 Junii, 1497. 142.
68. Alexandri VI. Papae, bulla originalis dispensationis pro nuptiis inter Arthurum Walliae principem, et Catherinam de Aragonia. Romae, Id. Feb. 1497. 144.
69. Jo. Card. Perusinus, ad Henricum VII; in laudem Jo. Giglis, eique successionem in episcopatu Wigorniensi optans. (Orig.) Romae, die ........ Junii, 1497. 144. b.
70. Alexandri VI. Papae bulla originalis, confirmans bullam Innocentii VIII. dispensationis de matrimonio inter R. Henricum VII. et Elizabetham, quarto consanguinitatis gradu conjuncti, Romae, 6 Kal. Apr. 1486 datam. Romae, 12 Kal. Jan. 1498. 147.
71. Henry VII, to the Bp. of Winchester; signifying that Jersey and Guernsey had, by a Pope's bull, been separated from the see of Coutance, and annexed to that of Winchester. (Orig. signed by the king.) Langley, Oct. 25, 1499. 147. b.
72. Alexandri VI. bulla originalis, rogatum regis Franciae de pecunia ei à rege Angliae debita, auctoritate pontifica corroborans. Romae, Prid. Id. Junii, 1500. 149.
73. The contents of the King's letters to the Pope, concerning provisions to be made for resisting the Turk. 1501. [17 Hen. VII.] [Pr. I Ellis, i. 48.] 150.
74. The articles of the Pope's bull for a holy Jubilee, to be distributed in England by Wm. Butts, student at Cambridge; also of the bull of dispensation respecting simony, usury, &c. 157. b.
75. Julii II. Papae bulla originalis, sub sigillo, de canonizatione regis Henrici VI. Romae, 13 Kal. Junii, 1504. 161.
76. Hadrianus Card. Sci. Chrysogoni, ad Henricum VII; de variis rebus in curia Romana tractatis. (Autograph.) Romae, die 4 Jan. 1504. 162.
77. Forma dandi pallium. (In perg. quondam sigillo munita.) 170.
78. Thomas Alcock, episcopi Wigorniensis vicarius, ad abbatem de Parshore; de officiis pro R. Henrico VII. celebrandis. Wigorn. die 28 Nov. 1504. 171.
79. Polydorus Castellensis, ad episcopum Albanens. Card. S. Georgii. D. Papae Cancel. de rebus quibusdam Dnum. Bothe, Ricard. Bowier, alique ecclesiam in Anglia spectantibus. (Autogr.) Lond. die 7 Aprilis 1507. 173.
80. Jn. de Nonnia, ad amicum; de licentia à rege Angliae data, ut alumina ex partibus infidelium advecta, in regno suo vendanatur. Bononiae, Dec. 12, 1507. 174.
81. Jerom Bonvix, to Henry VIII; intelligence concerning the war in Italy, &c. (Orig.) Rome, April 30, 1509. 175.

Dated: 13th century to 16th century; 1439 (ff. 80–81)

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Western Manuscripts

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Cotton Collection

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040-001103822

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Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts

Cotton MS Cleopatra E III : Collections relating to the Church in England, volume 3, including a confirmation of the union of the Greek and…

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English
Greek, Modern
Latin

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Latin

Start Date:

1400

End Date:

1649

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15th century-1st half 17th century

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Physical Characteristics:

Condition: intact

Materials: paper and parchment

Dimensions: approximately 350 × 225 mm

Foliation: fos. i + 183; i (f. i: Cottonian title-page) + 183 (ff. 1-183)

Binding: British Museum 1920

Custodial History:

Previously owned by: Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631)

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Origin: England

Publications:

Bell, H. I., 'A list of original papal bulls and briefs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum', English Historical Review 36 (1921), p. 417 (no. 221).

Byzantium: treasures of Byzantine art and culture from British collections, ed. D. Buckton, London 1994, p. 220.

The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 84.

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Greek Manuscripts, (online), 18 September 2016-

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Related Material:

ff. 80–81, 164–165 and a bulla are all boxed separately