Add MS 48000

Copies of treaties between England, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire, between 1254 and 1599, with related documents. Partly in the hand of Petruccio Ubaldini, Italian soldier, illuminator, calligrapher and scholar.

ff. xxviii-xxxii: Inspeximus of King Henry VI. Of a commercial treaty with Holland Zeeland and Friesland (10 April 1445). 8 March 1453.

ff. xli-xlii: Documents concerning the obligation of mayors and aldermen of England for the payment of 500,000 crowns should the proposed marriage of Mary, daughter of King Henry VII, and Charles, Prince of Spain, be prevented. Lacks the beginning. [January 1508]. See also PRO E30/1734.

ff. xlii-xliii: Document of security by Margaret, Duchess of Savoy, for the repayment to King Henry VII of his loan to Charles, Prince of Spain. Lacks the end. [November 1508]. See also PRO E30/1738.

ff. 15-26: misplaced before f. 1.

ff. 15r-23v: Paper renewing and modifying the commercial treaty between England and Flanders. 3 April 1489.

ff. 24r-26v: Blank.

ff. 1r-12v: Mercantile treaty with Brabant, Flanders and Malines, and related documents. 4 August 1446.

ff. 13r-14v: Blank.

ff. 27r-32v: Commercial treaty with Burgundy, and related documents. 24 November 1467.

ff. 33r-37v: Treaty of perpetual friendship with Burgundy, 25 July 1474. With related documents, including the ratification by King Edward IV, 1 August 1480.

ff. 37v-39v: Marriage treaty between Philip, Count of Charolais, son of Maxililian, Duke of Burgundy, and Anne, daughter of King Edward IV. 5 August 1480. With related documents, 1480-1481.

f. 40r-40v: Blank.

ff. 41r-44v: Notification by Philip, Duke of Burgundy, of concessions to English merchants. Brussels, 6 August 1446. Collated with the original by a notary. See ff. 1r-12v above.

ff. 45r-55v: Treaty of friendship and freedom of trade with Philip, Archduke of Austria and Duke of Burgundy. 24 February 1496. With related documents, 1495-1496.

ff. 56r-63v: Terms of the continuation of the treaty above (ff. 45r-55v), 25 April 1499. With related documents. See ff. 107r-113v below.

f. 64r-64v: Blank.

f. 65r: Extract of a ratification of the commercial treaty with Maximilian, King of the Romans (19 June 1502), 28 July 1502.

ff. 66r-72r: Commercial treaty with Philip, King of Castile, 9 February 1506. With related documents.

ff. 73r-75r: Provisional commercial treaty with the Holy Roman Empire. 5 June [July] 1507.

f. 76r-76v: Blank.

ff. 77r-78r: Abridgement of the terms of the Holy League against France, between England, the Pope, the Holy Roman Empire, Aragon, and Castile. [5 April 1513]. See PRO E30/1405.

ff. 79r-104v: Draft treaty for the marriage of King Henry VII and Margaret of Savoy, concluded 20 March 1506. With a note by Robert Beale (f. 104v), that it bore the King’s sign-manuel. Apparently not in the National Archives.

ff. 105r-106v: Blank.

ff. 107r-113v: Ratification of the commercial treaty of Burgundy, made 18 May 1499. See ff. 56r-63v above.

f. 114r-114v: Blank.

ff. 115r-124r: Ratification of the treaty of aid and friendship with Castile. 15 [18] May 1506.

ff. 125r-127r: Draft or abridgement of the provisional mercantile treaty with the Holy Roman Empire, concluded 5 June 1507. See PRO E30/1630, and ff. 130r-134r below.

ff. 128r-129r: Draft certificate by Thomas Isaac, Toison d’Or King of Arms, to the Emperor Maximilian. For pawning a jewel called ‘La riche fleur de lis’ to King Henry VII for 50,000 gold crowns. [21 December 1508]. See PRO E30/1404. Additional Charter 1262 is a duplicate of the schedule describing the jewel, PRO E30/713.

ff. 130r-148r: Provisional mercantile treaty with the Holy Roman Empire. 5 June 1507. See ff. 125r-127r above.

ff. 149r-156v: Ratification by King Henry VII of his marriage treaty with Margaret of Savoy (20 March 1506). 15 May 1506. With related documents. See ff. 79r-104v above.

f. 157r-157v: Blank.

ff. 158r-229v: Treaty of marriage between Princess Mary and Charles, Prince of Spain, 21 December 1507. With related documents, 1507-1508. See ff. xli-xliii above, and ff. 263r-268r below.

f. 230r-230v: Blank.

ff. 231r-238v: Renunciations by King Ferdinand of Aragon, Queen Joanna of Castile, and Katherine, Princess of Wales, of all claims upon Katherine’s dowry. 9 June 1509.

ff. 239r-244r: Provisional mercantile treaty between King Henry VII and Prince Charles of Castile. [1507]. See PRO E30/706, 708, 1630 and 1649, and Add MS 48003, ff. 48r-75v.

ff. 245r-247v: Articles of Margaret of Savoy, as Archduchess of Austria, to the orators of King Henry VIII relative to the Holy League. 1512. See Add MS 48003, ff. 48r-75v.

f. 248r-248v: Blank.

ff. 249r-253v: Draft articles of a treaty with Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor against King Louis XII. [1513]. See Add MS 48003, ff. 48r-75v.

f. 254r-254v: Blank.

ff. 255r-260r: Paper by the Holy League, with Pope Leo X, for the defence of the Church. [5 April 1513]. See Add MS 48003, ff. 48r-75v.

ff. 261r-262v: Blank.

ff. 263r-266r: Paper containing forms and ceremonies for the marriage of Princess Mary and Prince Charles of Spain [21 December] 1508. Copied ‘ex libro impresso per Richardum Pinson’, i.e. from Petri Carmeliani Carmen, [1509], STC 4659. See also ff. xli-xliii and

ff. 158r-229v above, and ff. 267r-268r below.

ff. 267r-268r: Paper by Princess Mary, renunciating the above contract (ff. xli-xliii; ff. 158r-229v; and ff. 263r-266r). 30 July 1514.

ff. 269r-274v: Blank.

ff. 275r-281v: King Henry VIII’s confirmation of King Henry VII’s treaty with the Holy Roman Empire (20 June 1502). 20 August 1509.

ff. 282r-293r: Paper containing the accession of Castile and Savoy to the Treaty of London, with King Louis XII of France (7 August 1514). 8 October 1514.

f. 294r-294v: Blank.

ff. 295r-309v: Treaty of friendship with Prince Charles of Spain, and related documents. 24 January 1516.

f. 310r-310v: Blank.

ff. 311r-324r: Ratification by King Henry VIII of the League for the Defence of the Church (29 October 1516). 15 November 1516.

f. 325r-325v: Blank.

f. 326r: Oath by Bernard de Mesa, Bishop of Trinopolis, on behalf of King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Joanna of Castile. That they will observe the terms of the treaty of peace of 19 October 1515. [27 October 1516]. See also PRO E36/799.

ff. 327r-329r: League between King Henry VIII, Maximilan I, Holy Roman Emperor, and King Charles of Spain. [29 October 1516. See also PRO E36/799.

ff. 330r-335r: Treaty for mercantile trade with the Holy Roman Empire. With related instruments. 11 April 1520.

f. 336r-336v: Blank.

ff. 337r-342r: Treaty between King Charles V and King Henry VII against France and the enemies of the Church. [24 November] 1521.

ff. 343r-356v: Treaty to arrange the arrival of the Holy Roman Emperor in England, and the time, place and manner of his meeting with King Henry VIII. 11 April 1520.

ff. 357r-359r: Summary of a mercantile treaty with the Holy Roman Empire. 24 January 1516.

f. 360r-360v: Blank.

ff. 361r-365r: Treaty with the Holy Roman Empire and France, for securing the Narrow Seas. With part of a related letter from Thomas Wolsey to the English ambassadors to the Holy Roman Empire. 11 October 1521.

f. 366r-366v: Blank.

ff. 367r-387r: Treaties with Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, against France and for a marriage with Princess Mary. 25 August and 24 November 1521.

ff. 388r-390v: Treaty with Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, regulating the Imperial coinage and the Calais wool staple. 7 January 1523.

ff. 391r-392v: Confirmation of the Treaty of Windsor, with Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, against France. June 1522.

f. 393r-393v: Blank.

ff. 394r-397v: Treaty of peace, friendship, league and confederation with the Holy Roman Empire. 5 August 1529.

f. 398r-398v: Blank.

ff. 399r-408r: Articles of a treaty with the Holy Roman Empire. Against France, allied with Turkey. 11 February 1543. Signed by Eustache Chapuys, Imperial ambassador, with his seal.

ff. 408v-410v: Blank.

ff. 411r-424v: Copies of the treaty above (ff. 399r-408v), with related instruments.

ff. 425r-428r: Supplementary treaty revising the treaty above (ff. 399r-408r). 16 January 1547.

ff. 429r-432v: Articles agreed between William Paget and representatives of the Emperor. To remove the arrests of ships and goods of subjects of the Emperor and the King of England. With a list of customs dues. Brussels, 6 April 1545.

f. 433r-433v: Blank.

f. 434r-434v: Articles proposed by the Emperor, to supplement the Treaty of Utrecht. 16 January 1547.

f. 435r-435v: Blank.

ff. 436r-446v: Articles of the marriage treaty between Mary I and Philip, Prince of Spain. 12 January 1554. With a signed note by Robert Beale (f. 439r): ‘'This was written with the hande of Mr. William Cliffe then Clerke to William Petre here Mate['s] Secretarie at that time conserned with the treatie that passed. Robert Beale'. With the English ratification of the treaty and an annexed clause. March 1544.

f. 447r-447v: Blank.

ff. 448r-450v: Ratification by Spain of the articles for the renewal of intercourse between England and the Netherlands. March 1573.

f. 451r-451v: Blank.

ff. 452r-454r: Copy of the Treaty of Bristol with Spain. 21 August 1574. With heading, marginal notes, and some additions by Robert Beale, who has also added the names of the signatories. There is apparently no copy of the text in the series C76, SP108 and E30 at the PRO, though some of its articles are in PRO SP70/131, no. 926. See also Add MS 48007, ff. 353v-354v.

ff. 454v-455r: Commission of Queen Elizabeth I for the above treaty (ff. 452r-454r) to Sir Thomas Smith, David Lewis and William Aubrey. 22 February 1574. See also Add MS 48007, ff. 323r-323v.

ff. 455v-457v: Commission of King Philip II for the above treaty (ff. 452r-454r) to Don Luis de Requescens, successor to the Duke of Alva as Governor of the Netherlands. 8 May 1574. With letters from Requescens appointing François de Halewyn and Jan van Boischot van Stakenborch as treaty commissioners, 8 July 1574. Copies of the treaty commission of King Philip II to the Duke of Alva; Alva’s appointment of the same commissioners; and King Philip II’s ratification thereof, 30 March, 29 September and 19 December 1573, are found in Add MS 48007, ff. 324r-326v.

ff. 458r-464r: Bipartite charter, as provided for in the above treaty (ff. 452r-454r). Containing lists and valuations of English goods detained in Spain and the Netherlands. The names of the Spanish signatories have been added in Robert Beale’s hand.

ff. 464r-466r: Documents relating to the embassy of Sir Henry Cobham in Spain. Concerning the treatment of foreigners by the Inquisition. 1575. See also f. 472r below, and Add MS 48001, f. 545r-545v.

f. 467r-467v: Documents relating to the grievances and losses by Christopher Hatton and English merchants in the sack of Antwerp. 1576.

ff. 468r-471r: Instructions sent to Thomas Wilkes, diplomat, for his dispatch to Spain. [19 December] 1577.

f. 471v: Letter from King Philip II of Spain to Queen Elizabeth I. Sending credentials for Frederick Perennot, Sieur de Champigny. 27 December 1575. See also ff. 472v-477r below.

f. 472r: Extract from a letter from King Philip II of Spain to Don Luis de Requescens, Governor of the Netherlands and Commendador Major of Castile. Concerning the forthcoming mission of Henry Cobham. 1575 [misdated 29 December 1586].

ff. 472v-477r: Documents relating to the mission of Perennot. 1575. See also f. 471v above.

ff. 477v-412v: Blank.

ff. 513r-518r: Treaty of perpetual alliance with the King of Castile. 6 August 1466.

ff. 519r-520v: Blank.

f. 521r: Declaration by King Alfonso X of Castile. For perpetual alliance with King Henry VIII, and relaxation of his rights in Gascony. 22 April 1254.

f. 521v: Abbreviated paper concerning the relaxation by King Alfonso X of Castile of his rights in Gascony to Edward, son of King Henry III. 1 November 1254.

ff. 522r-526v: Renewal of alliance and treaty of friendship with Castile. 22 June 1362. With related documents.

ff. 527r-545v: Blank.

ff. 546r-553v: Treaty with Spain for the marriage of Prince Arthur to the Infanta, Katherine. 1 October 1496.

ff. 554r-557v: Blank.

ff. 558r-567r: Spanish ratification of the treaty of 10 July 1499. For the marriage of Prince Arthur to the Infanta, Katherine. 20 January 1500.

ff. 567v-569v: Blank.

ff. 570r-586r: Spanish ratification of the treaty of 23 June 1503. For the marriage of Prince Henry to the Infanta, Katherine. 24 September 1503.

ff. 586v-589v: Blank.

ff. 590r-594v: English ratification of the treaty, league, and peace with Aragon and Castile, of 24 May 1510.

f. 595r-595v: Blank.

ff. 596r-613v: English ratification of the league with Aragon for the rescue of the Pope of 17 November 1511. 9 February 1512.

ff. 614r-622v: Treaty with the Holy Roman Empire and Aragon for resuming the war against France. 17 October 1513.

ff. 623r-625v: Blank.

ff. 626r-633r: English ratification of the treaty of friendship with Aragon of 19 Oct. 1515. 27 October 1515.

ff. 633v-661v: Blank.