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Add MS 48007
- Record Id:
- 040-001951016
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001951006
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000392.0x00039c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100153835143.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 48007
- Title:
- Papers on negotiations between England and Spain, 1556-1594
- Scope & Content:
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Copies of papers concerning negotiations between England and Spain, mostly concerning trade with the Netherlands, 1556-1594. Other copies of these documents can be found in Add MS 48011 and Cotton MSS Galba C I, II, IV and V. From the collections of Robert Beale (1541–1601), administrator and diplomat.
Contents:
ff. 1r-11v: Papers relating to the dispute between the Merchant Adventurers' Company and the merchants from Italy and Aragon in London. 1556-1557. See Add MS 48082, ff. 126r-161v, on the Italian merchants in London in this period.
ff. 13r-30v: Instructions, propositions and correspondence relating to the mission of Dr Thomas Martyn to the Netherlands. 1556. Latin.
ff. 37r-85v: Papers relating to the second stage of negotiations concerning the Netherlands, chiefly regarding the ‘colloquy of Bruges’ between the commissioners of Queen Elizabeth I and King Philip II of Spain. April-June 1556. Latin.
ff. 86r-125v: Correspondence of the English commissioners with Queen Elizabeth I and the Privy Council. March-September 1565. Instructions from Queen Elizabeth I to the commissioners, 11 March 1565, are printed in Ramsay, The Queen’s Merchants (see Publication Note). Latin.
ff. 130r-296v: Papers relating to the second stage of negotiations concerning the Netherlands. March-September 1565. With some earlier papers (ff. 132r-182v) dating to 1563-1565. Proclamations by Queen Elizabeth I, 23 March 1564 (f. 172r) and 29 December 1564 (f. 178v), are printed in Hughes and Larkin, Proclamations (see Publication Note). Latin and Dutch.
ff. 298r-299v, 304r-304v, 306r-310v: Details of cloth and other goods shipped to the Netherlands, 1563-1564.
ff. 313r-315v: Address by Valentine Dale to Margaret, Duchess of Parma and Governor of the Netherlands. On behalf of Queen Elizabeth I. Partly printed in Lettenhove, Relations Politiques (see Publication Note), where it is dated 23 January 1564. Latin and French.
ff. 317r-319v: Letter from Margaret, Duchess of Parma and Governor of the Netherlands, to Queen Elizabeth I. 2 February 1564. Printed in Lettenhove, Relations Politiques (see Publication Note). French.
ff. 67v, 320r-321v: Two copies of a paper submitted by the English commissioners at Bruges. 5 June 1566. Latin.
ff. 323r-363v: Papers relating to the restoration of trade between England and the Netherlands, 1573, and the negotiations of the commissioners of Queen Elizabeth I and King Philip II of Spain, 1573-1575. Partly in the hand of Robert Beale. Another copy of the commission from Queen Elizabeth I to Sir Thomas Smith, 22 February 1574 (ff. 323r-324v), can be found in Add MS 48000, ff. 454v-455r. Another copy of the treaty of Bristol, 21 August 1574 (ff. 353v-354v), can be found in Add MS 48000, ff. 452r-454r. The original copies of the Duke of Alba’s appointment of commissioners, and King Philip II’s ratification, 29 September and 19 December 1573 (ff. 325r-326v), can be found in Add Ch. 9203 and 9204. See also Lettenhove, Relations Politiques (Publication Note). Partly Latin and French.
ff. 364v, 365v-366v: Passports issued by Queen Elizabeth I, and commissions for Henry Stanley, fourth Earl of Derby, William Brooke, tenth Baron Cobham, and other English commissioners dispatched to the Netherlands. 12 February 1588.
f. 365r: Safe-conduct papers issued by Queen Elizabeth I, for Charles de Ligne, Comte d'Arenberg, Frédéric Perrenot, Baron de Renaix, Seigneur de Champagney, and other Spanish commissioners appointed by Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma, as Governor of the Netherlands. February 1588. Latin.
f. 375r-375v: Letter from Queen Elizabeth I to Ernest, Archduke of Austria, as Governor of the Netherlands. 11 September 1594. Annotated by Beale: ‘'Vacat for this message was not sent', although the Archduke acknowledges the receipt of a letter of the same date. The original copy of his reply is Cotton MS Vespasian C VIII, f. 232r. French.
f. 376r: Safe-conduct papers issued by Ernest, Archduke of Austria, as Governor of the Netherlands, for Thomas Wilkes. 9 October 1594.
ff. 376v-377v: Letter from the Privy Council to Jean Richardot, President of the Privy Council of the Netherlands. 20 October 1594. With his reply, 25 November 1594. The original copy of his reply is Cotton MS Vespasian C VIII, f. 231r.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001951006
040-001951016 - Is part of:
- Add MS 48000-48196 : THE YELVERTON MSS
Add MS 48007 : Papers on negotiations between England and Spain, 1556-1594 - Hierarchy:
- 032-001951006[0004]/040-001951016
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 48000-48196
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100153835143.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Dutch
English
French
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1556
- End Date:
- 1594
- Date Range:
- 1556-1594
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- The Netherlands, England, Spain.
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 320 x 220 mm.
Foliation: ff. xxiv + 380.
Binding: Pre-1600. Vellum, with leather ties. Coloured label ‘B’ on front cover; title and numbered ‘7 Pars Secunda’ on spine.
Script: Secretary.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
The Netherlands, England, Spain.
Provenance:
Robert Beale (1541-1601), administrator and diplomat: former owner.
Henry Yelverton, 15th Baron Grey of Ruthin and 1st Viscount de Longueville (1664-1704): former owner.
Gough-Calthorpe family; Barons Calthorpe of Elvetham: former owner, their heraldic book-stamp.
- Former Internal References:
- Yelverton MS 7, part 2
- Publications:
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The British Library Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts: The Yelverton Manuscripts, Part 1: Descriptions (London: The British Library, 1994), pp. 25-26.
Hughes, P.L., and J.F. Larkin, Tudor Royal Proclamations (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1964-1969), vol. 2, pp. 247-49, 259-60.
Lettenhove, J.M.B.C. Kervyn de, Relations Politiques des Pays-Bas et de l’Angleterre sous le règne de Philippe II (Brussels: Hayez, 1882-1900), vol. 3, pp. 615-16, 636-39, vol. 6, pp. 818-19, and vol. 7, pp. 145-46, 153, 495-526.
Ramsay, G.D., The Queen’s Merchants and the Revolt of the Netherlands (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1986), pp. 206-19.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)