Add MS 48001

TREATIES and diplomatic correspondence between England, Denmark, Portugal, etc., with papers relating to the Channel Isles; 14th-16th centt. For other copies of artt. 31-41 see Add. 48094. Add. 48152, artt. 1-12, 14, contains further materials relative to Denmark, including drafts annotated by Beale.

1. ff. 27-32. English ratification of the treaty with Denmark of 3 Oct. 1465; 20 Nov 1465. IBT, p. 25.

2. ff. 33-37b. English ratification of the agreement with Denmark of 17 July 1449, and related instruments; 1 April [1450]. IBT, p. 25.

3. ff. 38-41. Duplicate of art. 1 above.

4. ff. 41b-47. Transcripts from the French rolls of letters concerning relations with Denmark; 1473-1480. Foedera, v, pt.3, pp. 29, 69, 71, 74, 81, 98, 106-107.

5. ff. 56-61. Letter from Frederick II of Denmark to Elizabeth I, reciting the treaty of 6 Aug. 1489, regretting the failure of recent negotiations concerning trade and navigation, but expressing interest in the formation of a Protestant League; 12 Sept. 1577. 46th DKR, 1885, App. II, pp. 25-56. Annotations by Beale. See also SPF 1575-1577, no. 916 and 1577-1578, no. 285. On these negotiations see W. Kirchner, 'England and Denmark, 1558-1588', Journal of Modern History, xvii, 1945, pp. 1-15.

6. ff. 61-65b. Report of John Rogers and Anthony Jenkinson, Commissioners treating with the Danish Commissioners; [Aug. 1577]. SPF 1577-1578, no. 171.

7. ff. 61-66b. Letter from John Rogers to Sir Francis Walsingham; 20 Oct. 1577.

8. ff. 67-67b. Instructions to John Rogers and Anthony Jenkinson to treat with the Danish Commissioners; [20 July] 1577. SPF 1577-1578, no. 28.

9. f. 68. Private memorial from Walsingham to John Rogers; [July 1577]. SPF 1577-1578, no. 29.

10. ff. 68-68b. Draft treaty for establishing a Protestant League; [1577].

11. ff. 68b-69b. Commission to John Rogers and Anthony Jenkinson to treat with the Danish Commissioners upon disputed points concerning the Russia trade and Iceland fisheries; 16 July 1577. SPF 1577-1578, no. 31.

12. ff. 70-71. Declaration by the Danish Commissioners concerning the negotiations with Rogers and Jenkinson; 13 Aug. 1577.

13. ff. 71b-75. Summary of English merchants' complaints against Denmark, and of the treaties bearing on disputed points; 1490-1575.

14. ff. 75-76. Letter from Frederick II to Elizabeth I demanding the end of English navigation to Russia round the North Cape; 24 Jan. 1582. See Kirchner, op. cit., p. 7.

15. ff. 76-77b. Elizabeth I's reply to the preceding; [20 April 1582]. SPF 1581-1582, no. 689.

16. ff. 78-99b. Instructions, commissions and other instruments relative to Lord Willoughby's embassy to Frederick II to invest him with the Garter, and for mercantile negotiations; June-August 1582. SPF 1582, no. 130; see also Kirchner, op. cit., p. 9.

17. ff. 101-101b. Letter from Elizabeth I to Frederick II; 2 Dec. 1582.

18. ff. 102-102b. Letter from Nicolas Kaas, Chancellor of Denmark, to Walsingham; 8 Dec. 1582.

19. ff. 103-104b. Walsingham's reply to the preceding; 15 Jan. o.s. 1583.

20. ff. 105-107. Letter from Frederick II to Elizabeth I; 3 March 1583. SPF 1583, no. 156.

21. ff. 107b-109. Letter from Nicolas Kaas to Walsingham; 26 Feb. 1583. SPF 1583, no. 145.

22. ff. 109b-113. Instructions to John Herbert for his embassy to Denmark; [May] 1583.

23. ff. 114-129b. Petition of English merchants to Frederick II, 13 June 1583, the King's reply, 14 June, and Herbert's negotiations on their behalf.

24. ff. 130-133. Final agreement between the English and Danish Commissioners on the Russia navigation; 22 June 1583.

25. ff. 133b-136b. Letter from Herbert to Walsingham giving an account of his negotiations; 10 July 1583.

26. ff. 137-137b. Observations by the Russia Merchants on Herbert's agreement with Denmark; 1583.

27. ff. 139-142b. Letter to Frederick II, and letters patent of Elizabeth I relating to the interpretation of Herbert's agreement; 12 Oct. 1583. SPF 1583-1584, no. 162. The letter is printed in Kouri, no. 19. For a draft, see Add. 48126, art. 27(a). The draft patent, annotated by Beale, is Add. 48152, art. 7.

28. ff. 143-145b. Letter from Frederick II to Elizabeth I, 4 May 1585, complaining about the activities of English fishermen in Iceland, with a Privy Council order against their disorderly conduct, 15 July 1585.

29. ff. 146*-146*b. Letter from Christian IV of Denmark to Elizabeth I against the proposed transfer of the English trade from Hamburg to Stade; 29 July 1588. 46th DKR, 1885, App. II, p. 31 (where it is dated 27 July).

30. ff. 148-149. Edict of Frederick II concerning English merchants and navigation; 4 Oct. 1583.

31. ff. 149-149b. Letter from Elizabeth I to the King of Denmark accrediting Lord Zouche and Dr Christopher Parkins to make representations about interference with trade at Oresund; 2 June 1598. 45th DKR, 1884, App. II, p. 32.

32. ff. 149b-150. Letter from Elizabeth I to Queen Anne of Denmark, congratulating her upon her marriage; 5 June 1598. See Add. 48128, art. 12.

33. ff. 150-150b. Letter from Elizabeth I to the Margrave of Brandenburg, congratulating him on the marriage of his daughter to the King of Denmark; 2 June o.s. 1598. See Add. 48128, art. 12.

34. ff. 150b-153. Propositions by Lord Zouche to the Danish Commissioners on behalf of English merchants; 7 July 1598.

35. ff. 153-156. The Commissioners' reply to the preceding; 9 July 1598. Foedera, vii, pt.1, p. 203.

36. ff. 156-156b. English relation of the proceedings with the Danish Commissioners; 9-11 July 1598.

37. ff. 157-159b. The King of Denmark's reply to Lord Zouche; 10 July 1598. 46th DKR, 1886, App. II, p. 36.

38. ff. 159b-170b. Instructions to Dr Christopher Parkins, and his representations on behalf of English merchants; 10 Sept. 1598.

39. ff. 170b-177b. The Danish Commissioners' reply to the preceding; 28 Nov. 1598.

40. ff. 177b-178. Letter of credence from the King of Denmark to Elizabeth I for Nicolas Crag to make representations about English piracy; 25 Nov. 1598. Foedera, vii, pt.1, p. 207.

41. f. 178. Extract from Elizabeth I's reply to the King of Denmark touching the preceding; [15 or 17 April] 1599. A draft of the same, annotated by Beale, dated 19 April, is Add. 48152, art. 9.

42. ff. 253-257b. Convention with Dietrich von Mörs, Archbishop of Cologne; 23 Aug. 1440. IBT, p. 24.

43. ff. 258b-259b. Agreement with Joannes van Horn, Bishop of Liège; 12 Jan. 1502. IBT, p. 33.

44. ff. 260-263b. Treaty with Philip, King of Castile; 9 Feb. 1506. IBT, p. 34.

45. ff. 264b-271. Treaty of friendship with Charles, Prince of Spain; [21 Dec. 1507]. IBT, p. 35.

46. ff. 272-274. Agreement with the Commissioners of the Emperor Maximilian supplementing the treaty of 20 June 1502; [Nov. 1502]. PRO E30/1396; L. and I., xlix, p. 67; IBT, p. 33.

47. ff. 275-277b. Convention with George, Duke of Saxony; 30 Dec. 1505. IBT, p. 34.

48. ff. 277-281. Confirmation of the preceding by Henry VIII; 9 June 1511. LP Hen. VIII, i, no. 1718.

49. ff. 287-295. Alliance of Henry V with Sigismund, King of the Romans (15 Aug. 1416) and its confirmation in Parliament, 19 Oct. 1416, with (ff. 292-294) Sigismund's instructions to his orator. IBT, p. 21.

50. ff. 296-299b. English ratification of the convention with the Archbishop of Cologne (10 May 1416); 25 June 1416. IBT, p. 21.

51. ff. 303-307. English ratification of the confederation with Genoa (29 May 1421); 26 May 1421. IBT, p. 23.

52. ff. 309-310. Exemption for six years to merchants of Genoa and other Italian merchants from payment of certain personal subsidies; 10 July 1476. CPR 1476-1485, p. 2.

53. ff. 321-326b. Renewal of the treaty of 9 May 1386 with Portugal; 11 March (MS., May) 1472. Foedera, v, pt.3, pp. 15-18.

54. ff. 335-340b. Treaty with Portugal of 29 Oct 1576, and related documents. SPF 1575-1577, no. 986.

55. ff. 360-366. Exemplification by Philip and Mary, under the Exchequer seal, of the process held in accordance with letters patent of 29 July 1323 (CPR 1321-1324, p. 329), touching errors in the records of previous commissions relative to the King's rights in Guernsey; 14 Nov. 1554.

56. ff. 370-372. Exemplification of letters patent of Elizabeth I, 15 March 1560 (CPR 1558-1560, p. 337), confirming the liberties and privileges of Guernsey; 20 Aug. 1568.

57. ff. 374-376. Proceedings of the Privy Council relating to disturbances in Guernsey; 11 March 1569. See SPD Addenda 1566-1579, pp. 64, 67.

58. ff. 376b-378. Privy Council order relative to the redress of the grievances of the inhabitants of Guernsey against the Bailiff and Jurats; 9 Oct. 1580. See APC 1580-1581, p. 231 and art. 67 below. See also Add. 48083, art. 59.

59. ff. 378b-382. Privy Council letter to the Bailiff and Jurats of Guernsey concerning the admission of appeals; Sept. 1580. Ibid., p. 193.

60. ff. 380-382. Privy Council order for the redress of grievences in Guernsey; 28 Aug. 1580. See also art. 68 below. Ibid., pp. 174-178.

61. ff. 383-385. Privy Council orders concerning Guernsey, in response to a complaint by Sir Thomas Leighton against the Bailiff and Jurats; 30 July 1581. APC 1581-1582, p. 143.

62. ff. 386-387. Privy Council instructions, and memorandum of a letter, to the Commissioners appointed to enquire into grievences in Jersey; June 1582. Ibid., p. 440.

63. ff. 387b. Memorandum of a Privy Council letter to Sir Thomas Leighton concerning the government of Sark; June 1582. See also Add. 48062, artt. 23, 25.

64. ff. 388-389b. Privy Council orders relative to the dispute between Sir Thomas Leighton and Philip de Carteret concerning jurisdiction in Sark; April 1583.

65. ff. 390-398b. Abstracts of the privileges and customs of Guernsey made pursuant to the Privy Council order of 20 June 1580, see APC 1580-1581, pp. 62-63.

66. ff. 399-401. Articles in French presented by the Procurer for the reform of Guernsey, with the opinion of the Queen's Attorney thereon; Aug. 1580.

67. ff. 401b-403b. Duplicate of art. 58 above.

68. ff. 404-405. Abstract of the Guernsey order of 28 Aug. 1580, art. 60 above.

69. ff. 406-408. Petition to Sir Francis Walsingham for the reform of the state of Alderney by John Chamberleyn, fee-farmer of the island: with Privy Council orders for the Commissioners for Alderney; [1583-1584?].

70. f. 408b. Munitions to be furnished by Alderney; [1583-1584?].

71. ff. 409b-421b. Grievances of Guernsey against the Bailiff and Jurats, with their reply; [1579]. See artt. 58-60 above.

72. ff. 413b-414. Note to the Privy Council of things to be reformed in Guernsey; [1580]. See APC 1578-1580, p. 336.

73. ff. 414b-422. Report of the Privy Council Commission of Enquiry into Guernsey affairs; [1580]. See ibid., p. 347.

74. ff. 423-423b. Abstract of parts of the commission to enquire into Crown leases, etc., in Guernsey; 25 May 1563. CPR 1560-1563, pp. 523-525.

75. ff. 434-436. Patent of incorporation of English merchants trading to Andalusia, 1 Sept. 1530, with confirmation by Emperor Charles V, 28 Sept 1530. C. T. Carr, Select Charters of Trading Companies, Selden Soc., xxviii, 1913, pp. 1-4, and LP Hen. VIII, iv, pt.iii, nos. 6640, 6654(1).

76. ff. 436b-448. Patent of incorporation of merchants trading to Spain and Portugal; [8 June 1577]. Lacks the end. Printed in V. M. Shillington and A. B. W. Chapman, Commercial Relations of England and Portugal, [1907], pp. 313-326.

77. ff. 449-462. 'The Corporacion of the merchannte Adventurers as it was rewrote by the Quenes Maiestie': the draft patent of incorporation, with many additions and alterations in a neat secretary hand; 18 July 1564. CPR 1563-1566, no. 922.

78. ff. 463-463b. English translation of the letter of the Tsar Ivan IV to Edward VI licensing English trade with Russia; Feb. 1554. Printed in G. Tolstoi, England and Russia, 1553-1593, St Petersburgh, 1875, pp. 7-8.

79. ff. 464-470b. Patent granting corporate privileges and the monopoly of Russia trade to the Merchant Adventurers; 25 Feb. 1555. CPR 1554-1555, pp. 55-59.

80. ff. 471-474b. Act for the incorporation of the Merchant Adventurers, 8 Eliz. c.XVI (17); 1566.

81. ff. 475-479b. Privileges granted by Ivan IV to English merchants in Russia; 20 June 1569. See SPF 1569-1571, no. 309.

82. ff. 483-485. Privileges granted to English merchants by the Shah of Persia, with a letter from Elizabeth I to the Shah on their behalf; 12 June 1579.

83. ff. 505-515. Translation of a privilege of Henry VIII to English merchants trading to Spain, 14 July 1519, confirmed by the Emperor 2 Sept. 1538; together with a privilege of the Duke of Medina Cidonia to English merchants at San Lucar, 15 Oct. 1530, and a judgement of the King of Spain in favour of Hugh Tipton, merchant and English consul at San Lucar. For another copy see LP Hen. VIII, xiii, pt.ii, no. 271. See also art. 84 below.

84. ff. 517-520b. English abstract of the Duke of Medina Cidonia's privilege (see art. 83 above).

85. ff. 521-522b. Spanish and English translations of Henry VIII's privilege of 14 July 1519, see art. 83 above.

86. ff. 523-534. Charter of incorporation of the Eastland Company; 17 (MS., 7) Aug. 1579. Printed in M. Sellers, Acts and Ordinances of the Eastland Company, Camden 3rd ser., xi, 1906, pp. 142-151.

87. ff. 535-539b. Method of payment of customs and other duties at Rouen, Nantes, Rochelle, Bordeaux, etc.; n.d.

88. ff. 540-541. Petition of English merchants trading to France; [1581?]. See APC 1581-1582, pp. 52-54.

89. ff. 541b-544. Privy Council ordinances for the sale of goods of subjects of the King of Spain; [1571]. See CPR 1569-1572, no. 2510.

90. f. 545. Reply of the Duke of Alva to Sir Henry Cobham, English ambassador in Madrid, concerning the treatment of Englishmen in Spain by the Inquisition; [1576]. Spanish. See SP Span. 1568-1579, pp. 537-538. See also Add. 48000, artt. 52, 56.

91. ff. 546-554b. Privileges granted to English merchants at Antwerp; 14 Jan. 1518.

92. ff. 554b-557. Condemnation by Emperor Charles V of the town of Antwerp in its dispute with English merchants, and ratification of art. 91 above; 21 Dec. 1537. See LP Hen. VIII, xii, pt.ii, no. 1240.

93. ff. 557b-558. Supplementary agreement on the privileges of the English in Antwerp; 20 Aug. 1548.

94. ff. 558b-566. Mercantile treaty with Bergen-op-Zoom, 16 May 1470, with privileges granted to the English in the town, 1469-1519.

Paper; ff. ix + 570 + (146*, 341*). Contemporary foliation. Superseded numberings 537-568, ff. 26-54; 569-620, ff. 202-252; 423-468, ff. 315-359; 621-692, ff. 433-504; for other examples see Add. 48000. f. iii, a leaf with miscellaneous jottings, formerly preceded f. 74. Folio. Late XVI cent. The number '23795846' is written on f. ix. Calthorpe armorial stamp passim. Vellum binding, titled and numbered '2' on the spine, incorporating (ff. i-ii, v-viii) fragments of a 14th-cent. concordance to the Scriptures, containing words beginning with 'M', with red and blue initials.

includes:

• ff. 27-178 Denmark. General: Treaties and diplomatic correspondence with England: 1465-1599: Copies, temp. Eliz. I.
• ff. 253-257b, 296-299b Cologne, Archbishop Elector of. Dietrich von Mörs II: Conventions with England: 1416, 1440: Copies, late 16th cent.
• ff. 258b-259b Joannes van Horn, Bishop of Liège: Agreement with England: 1502: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 260-271, 505-522b, 541b-545 Spain, General: Treaties with England, and related documents: 1254-1577: Copies, late 16th cent.
• ff. 272-274, 287-295 Germany, General: Treaties between the Empire and England, and related documents: 1502-1547: Mostly copies, late 16th cent.
• ff. 275-281 George; Duke of Saxony: Convention with England: 1505: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 303-307 Republic of Genoa: Confederation with England: 1421: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 309-310 Republic of Genoa: Exemption for Genoese merchants from payment of English subsidies: 1476: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 321-340b Portugal General: Treaties with England: 1472, 1576: Copies, late 16th cent.
• ff. 360-423b Channel Islands: Material from public records rel. to the administration of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and Sark: 1554-1583: Copies and extracts, late 16th cent.
• ff. 449-462 Company of Merchant Adventurers: Patent of incorporation: 1564: Draft.
• ff. 463-463b, 475-479b Ivan IV of Russia: Privileges to English merchants: 1554, 1569: Copies, late 16th cent.
• ff. 464-470b Company of Merchant Adventurers: Patent granting monopoly of Russia trade to: 1555: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 471-474 Company of Merchant Adventurers: Act of incorporation: 1566: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 483-485 Persia, Shahs of. Mahommed Mirza: Privileges to English merchants, with a letter from Qu. Elizabeth on their behalf: 1579: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 523-534 Eastland Company: Charter of incorporation: 1579: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 535-541 France General: Treaties with England and other powers, and related documents: 1478-1581: Copies, late 16th cent.
• ff. 546-558 Antwerp, Netherlands: English privileges in, etc.,: 1518-1548: Copies, late 16th cent.
• ff. 558b-566 Bergen-op-Zoom, the Netherlands: Mercantile treaty with England, and English privileges at: 1469-1519: Copies, late 16th cent.