Add MS 48010

PAPERS CONCERNING RELATIONS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE HANSEATIC LEAGUE; temp. John-1587. Latin, English, French and German. Copies, late 16th cent. The manuscript is annotated by Beale throughout and may have been compiled on his instructions in or around 1587, see ff. 153b, 202. Some of the items occur in Cotton MS. Claudius E.VII. Contents table, ff. 2-3.

1. ff. 24-91. Treaties, etc., relating to England and the Hanseatic League; 1409-1560. Apparently formerly part of another MS., this section bears 16th cent. foliation 469-536, and the quires are marked 42-46 from f. 24. As follows: (a) Inspeximus by Edward IV of the Act of Parliament of 6 Oct. 1473, for reconciliation with the Hanse; 26 Dec. 1473. Latin and English. Another copy is Add. 48006, art. 8. ff. 25-29; (b) Notarially certified copies of the treaties between England and the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, with associated documents, 1409-1410, 1436-1437; 13 July 1450. Latin. See Urkundenbuch, v, no. 981 and Dumont, iii, pt.1, pp. 3-5. Other copies are art. 2(c) below. ff. 29b-38b; (c) Inspeximus by? Edward VI of letters patent of Edward IV, 20 July 1474, ratifying the Treaty of Utrecht; n.d. Latin. ff. 41-63; (d) Letters Patent of Mary I to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer; 15 Jan. 1554. English translation. CPR 1553-1554, pp. 58-59. ff. 63b-64; (e) Documents relating to negotiations with the Hanse; 1560. Latin. (i) Articles offered to the Hanse envoys by the English commissioners; 5 Aug. 1560. Höhlbaum, i, App. 51. See also SPF 1560-1561, no. 390. ff. 70-71; (ii) Terms offered by the Hanseatic envoys; July-Aug. 1560. Another copy is Lansdowne MS. 141, ff. 149-151. ff. 71b-73; (f) Act of Parliament confirming the Steelyard to the Hanse; 1475. Rot. Parl., vi, pp. 123-124. ff. 74-76b.

2. ff. 91b-202. Copies and extracts from English records concerning the privileges of the Hanseatic League and the individual towns; tempp. John - Edw. IV. Latin and French. Annotations by Beale include notes from similar records not transcribed. Also included are: (a) Agreement between the City of London and the Hanse; 12 May 1475. Latin. Urkundenbuch, x, no. 415. ff. 125-128; (b) The Treaty of Utrecht; 28 Feb. 1474. Latin. IBT, p. 27. ff. 182-190; (c) Another copy of art. 1(b) above. ff. 192-

200; (d) Decree of the Hanse under the seal of Lübeck; 1 May 1474. Latin. Hanserecesse, II, vii, no. 147. With signed memoranda by Beale, stating that he has seen the original, 8 June 1587. ff. 201-202.

3. ff. 206-219. Correspondence and memoranda, 1516? -c. 1585. (a) Report from English envoys on negotiations with the Hanse, possibly to Henry VIII, from the meeting at Bruges; June-July 1516? See LP Hen. VIII, ii, pt.i, nos. 422, 723. ff. 206-209b; (b) Letter from Henry VIII in reply to the above; Woodstock, 9 July 1516? ff. 209b-210b; (c) Statement of relations with the Hanse up to Dec. 1580; early 1581. Latin. ff. 212-

217b; (d) Account of complaints made by the Hanse to the Emperor and other princes, of the monopolies, etc., of English merchants in the Baltic; c. 1585. Latin. ff. 218-219.

4. ff. 222-251b. Papers relating to the revocation of Hanseatic privileges by Edward VI, and subsequent negotiations; 1551-1553. ff. 222-242b are paginated 1-42 in a contemporary hand, and the first two quires are marked 'A' and 'B' on the bottom recto of each folio. As follows: (a) Papers relating to a case in the Exchequer against Adrian and Michael Koesler of Danzig for having traded contrary to the privileges of the Teutonic Hanse in England: (i) Articles and depositions; 28 Sept.-9 Oct. 1551. ff. 222-

224b; (ii) Correspondence of Hanse merchants; 30 Nov. 1550-3 Sept. 1551. English translations. ff. 224b-225b; (iii) Extracts from letters of Steelyard merchants seized by the English customs; 8-9 Oct. 1551. English translations. ff. 226-227; (iv) Inquisition taken by the Eschaetor of the City of London against certain Hanse merchants; 25 Nov. 1551. Latin. ff. 227-229; (b) Documents relating to complaints of the Merchant Adventurers against the Hanse; 1551-1552: (i) Petition of the Merchant Adventurers to the Privy Council at Hampton Court, with articles of grievance against the Hanse; [27 Sept.?]-14 Oct. 1551. ff. 229-231; (ii) Complaints of Merchant Adventurers trading at Danzig; [autumn 1551?]. ff. 231-232b; (iii) Articles of complaint against the Steelyard, presented to the Privy Council by the Merchant Adventurers; 24 Feb. 1552. See SPD 1547-1580, p. 38. Höhlbaum, i, no. 656; (iv) Reply of the Alderman of the Steelyard to the above, with (f. 237) response of the English merchants; 24 Feb. 1552. Höhlbaum, i, nos. 657, 658. ff. 234-239; (v) Evidence against Hanseatic privileges in England; 24 Feb. 1552. ff. 239-240b; (vi) Information to the Privy Council by the Merchant Adventurers against the Hanse; 24 Feb 1552? ff. 240b-241; (c) Extract from the Privy Council register containing the decree of resumption against the Steelyard; 24 Feb. 1552. APC 1550-1552, pp. 487-489. ff. 241-242; (d) Correspondence between the Hanse, their envoys in England, Dr John Rudell and Dr Franz Pfeil, Edward VI and the Privy Council; 28 Feb.-16 July? 1552. Latin. Höhlbaum, i, nos. 660, 678-679, 687, 690-691, 693-695, 704. ff. 242b-250b; (e) Correspondence, etc., relating to the mission to England of Herman Appollonius; 1553. Latin. See SPF 1547-1552, no. 623: (i) Letter to the Privy Council from the Hanse; early 1553. ff. 250b-251; (ii) Response of Edward VI to the address of Herman Apollonius; c. 5 April 1553. ff. 251-251b; (iii) Letter to Lübeck from Edward VI; Greenwich, April 1553. f. 251b.

5. ff. 253-391. Material relating to negotiations between England and the Hanseatic League; 1553-1560. Hanseatic envoys were in England, June 1553-Feb. 1554, Jan.-April 1556, April-July 1557, April-Sept. 1558, May-Aug. 1560. For reports on these missions see Simson, App. 9, 15 and Höhlbaum, i, App. 28, 35, 56. As follows: (a) Speech of the Hanse envoys to Mary I, with response; 27 Aug. 1553. Latin. ff. 253-255; (b) Petitions of Hanse envoys with decree of the Privy Council; 23 March 1556. Taken from the Privy Council register. Latin and English. APC 1554-1556, pp. 252-257. ff. 256-257; (c) Certificate from the Senate of Bergen-op-Zoom of depositions of Brabant merchants concerning the sale of English cloth by Hanse merchants at Antwerp; 31 Jan. 1556. Latin. ff. 258-

258b; (d) Pleas of the Hanse envoys to the Privy Council, with (f. 260) response of the City of London; 1556. Latin. ff. 259-260b; (e) Orders

in Council; 26 Feb. 1555, 19 March 1555, 23 Dec. 1556, 12 April 1557. See Höhlbaum, i, no. 1103 and APC 1556-1558, pp. 33-34, 73-74. See also (n) below. ff. 261-262b; (f) Letter from departing Hanse envoys to Nicholas Heath, Archbishop of York and Chancellor; c. 19 April 1556. Latin. f. 263; (g) Letter from Danzig to the City of London; 24 April 1557. Latin. Höhlbaum, i, no. 1359. ff. 263b-264; (h) Petition to King Philip from the Hanse envoys; 30 June 1557? Latin. ff. 264b-266; (i) Defences of English merchants against petitions of the Hanse envoys; June 1557? Latin. ff. 266b-273; (j) Declaration of English commissioners negotiating with the Hanse; 24 Oct. 1553. Latin. f. 274; (k) Petition to Mary I from John IV, Margrave of Bergen-op-Zoom, with reply of the Merchant Adventurers; 1554. English translation. ff. 274b-275b;

(l) List of Hanse merchants who have sold cloth at Antwerp; [1554-1555?]. ff. 275b-276b; (m) Declaration of harm done to English trade and shipping by the Hanse; [1554-1555?]. ff. 276b-277b; (n) Orders in Council; 26 Feb. 1555, 19 March 1555, 24 March 1556. Latin and English. See also (e) above and APC 1556-1558, pp. 255-257. ff. 278-279; (o) Memoranda in defence of English merchants against the Hanse, and on Hanseatic privileges; 1557? Latin and English. ff. 280-286b; (p) Legal opinions in favour of the Hanse and Danzig; 1557? Latin. ff. 287-293; (q) Protest of English merchants detained in Danzig April-June 1557, made before the Burgomaster of Danzig; June 1557? Latin. ff. 293b-296; (r) Petition of detained English merchants to the Senate of Danzig; June 1557? Latin. ff. 297-298b; (s) Letter from Danzig to the City of London; 24 April 1557. Latin. Höhlbaum, i, no. 1359. ff. 299-299b; (t) Declaration of wrongs suffered by English merchants at Danzig; April-Aug. 1557. ff. 300-301; (u) Attestations by English merchants of injuries done to them in Danzig and other Hanseatic cities; 1557. ff. 301b-307; (v) Letter from the Hanse to Mary I; Lübeck, 9 Sept. 1557. Latin. Höhlbaum, i, no. 1428. ff. 308-310; (w) Letter from Mary I to the Hanse; St James', 6 Oct. 1557. Latin. Höhlbaum, i, no. 1438. SPF 1553-1558, p. 339. ff. 312-313b; (x) Edict of the Hanse relating to English trade; Danzig, 13 Oct. 1557. Two copies. English translation. Simson, no. 3228. ff. 314-314b, 318-318b;

(y) Declaration to the Privy Council of injuries suffered by English merchants at Danzig, April-Aug. 1557; 6 May 1558. ff. 315-317b; (z) Defence of the English merchants to King Philip and Mary I against the Hanseatic envoys; 19 June 1558. ff. 319-320; (aa) Responses of the English merchants to Hanseatic demands; 1558? Latin. ff. 320b-322b;

(bb) Hanseatic objections; 1558. Latin. ff. 323-324; (cc) Response of advocates of the English merchants to the above objections; 26 June 1558. Another copy is Cotton MS. Claudius E.VII, ff. 227-232. ff. 324-336; (dd) Defence of the English merchants against the Hanse envoys; 26 June 1558. Latin. See SPF 1553-1558, p. 386. ff. 338-341b; (ee) Opinions for the English merchants against the Hanse; 1560? Latin. ff. 342-353b, 354-359; (ff) Pleas, etc., of London merchants against the Hanse; 1560? Latin. ff. 360-361; (gg) Grievances brought about by the practice of Hanseatic privilege; 1560? Latin. ff. 362-363b; (hh) Requests of Hanse envoys, with the English Council's responses; 2 and 8 July 1560. Latin. Höhlbaum, i, App. 45, 46. ff. 364-365; (ii) Response on behalf of English merchants to Hanse requests; July 1560. Latin. ff. 365b-366; (jj) Petition of English merchants to? Elizabeth I, with extracts from other bills, petitions, etc.; July 1560? ff. 367-368b; (kk) Injustices suffered by English merchants at Danzig; c. 1557-1558. Latin. ff. 369-369b;

(ll) Injustices suffered by English merchants in Danzig and other Hanse towns; April-Aug. 1557. Latin. ff. 370-371b; (mm) Response of the Hanse envoys to proposals of the English commissioners; 27 July 1560. Latin. See Höhlbaum, i, App. 47, 48, and Cotton MS. Claudius E.VII,

ff. 251-261. ff. 372-380; (nn) Memoranda relating to an act of Parliament, tempp. Edw. IV-Hen. VIII; n.d. ff. 380b-381; (oo) Response of English commissioners to the Hanse declaration (mm above); late July 1560. ff. 382-386b; (pp) Petition of the Hanse to Elizabeth I; July 1560? Latin. ff. 387-388; (qq) Articles offered to the Hanse by the English commissioners; 5 Aug. 1560. Latin. Höhlbaum, i, App. 51. See also SPF 1560-1561, no. 390. ff. 389-390; (rr) Decree of Albert, Duke of Prussia; Königsberg, 26 Nov. 1557. English translation. Simson, no. 3248.

ff. 390b-391.

6. ff. 398-414b. Papers concerning negotiations between England and the Hanse in 1574, particularly relating to the import of bowstaves to England; 1573-1574. Hanseatic envoys were in London, Aug.-Nov. 1574 (Höhlbaum, ii, nos. 512, 541, 550). As follows: (a) Letters from Danzig to Elizabeth I; 1573. Latin. (i) 1 Oct. Simson, no. 6652. ff. 398-398b;

(ii) 4 Oct. f. 399; (b) Letters from Lübeck and Hamburg to Elizabeth I; 1574. Latin. See APC 1572-1575, p. 242. (i) 4 Jan. Simson, no. 6698.

ff. 399b-400; (ii) 23 April. ff. 400-400b; (c) Letter from Cologne, Hamburg and Lübeck to Elizabeth I, accrediting the Hanseatic envoy:

23 June 1574. Latin. Simson, no. 6756. ff. 400b-401; (d) Petition presented to Elizabeth I by the Hanse envoys; Oct. 1574? Latin. ff. 401-403; (e) Information to Elizabeth I and her commissioners from the Hanse envoys; Oct. 1574? Latin. Refers to a Council decree of 8 Feb. 1574. See APC 1571-1575, p. 242. ff. 403-405b; (f) Memoranda on acts of parliament 12 Edw. IV, 1 Ric. III and 13 Eliz., concerning the import of bow staves. ff. 406-407; (g) Complaints of English merchants against Danzig, etc.; Oct. 1574. ff. 407b-411b; (h) Petition of the Hanse exhibited to the English commissioners; 28 Oct. 1574. Latin. Another copy is Cotton MS. Claudius E.VII, ff. 292-293b. ff. 412-413; (i) Response of the English commissioners to the above petition; 2 Nov. 1574. Latin. Another copy is Cotton Claudius E.VII, ff. 294-295b. In SPF 1572-1574 a draft of this document, dated 31 Oct., is placed under 1572. ff. 413b-414b.

7. ff. 423-491. Papers relating to the cancellation of English privileges at Hamburg in 1577 and subsequent measures taken by England and the Hanse; 1567-1584. As follows: (a) Letter to Danzig from Elizabeth I; Oatlands, 23 Sept. 1577. Latin. SPF 1577-1578, no. 248. f. 423;

(b) Last clause of the grant of trading privileges by Hamburg to England, 19 July 1567, with denunciation of the same by Hamburg; 19 July 1577. Latin. SPF 1577-1578, p. 426. Höhlbaum, ii, App. 64. ff. 425-426b; (c) Decree of the Senate of Hamburg against the Merchant Adventurers, with postscript; 20, 21 June 1578. Latin. SPF 1578-1579, no. 29. ff. 427-428; (d) Declaration by Dr Thomas Wilson, Secretary of State, on Hanseatic complaints; Greenwich, 28 Aug. 1579. Latin. Simson, no. 7991. ff. 428b-429b; (e) Declaration by the Corporation of London to the Steelyard; 2 Dec. 1578. SPD 1547-1580, p. 607. ff. 430-430b; (f) Privy Council decrees relating to the Hanse: (i) 9 Dec. 1578. A German version is printed in Höhlbaum, ii, App. 100. ff. 431-432; (ii) 13 Sept. 1579. This version includes material that is omitted in the text printed in APC 1578-1580, pp. 261-262. f. 432b; (iii) 7 April 1579. SPF 1578-1579, no. 644. ff. 433-433b; (g) Record of decree of the Hanse at the Diet held at Lüneburg; 2-17 Nov. 1580. SPF 1579-1580, no. 480. f. 434; (h) Decree of the Senate of Lübeck against the Merchant Adventurers; 22 April 1580. German and two different English translations. Followed (f. 436b) by a letter from John Leigh, merchant at Lübeck, to the Merchant Adventurers in England, enclosing the decree. ff. 435-436b; (i) Extracts from letters; 1580. Latin. (i) Danzig to Elbing; 14 March f. 437; (ii) Lübeck to Danzig; 25 April. Simson, no. 8180? See Talbot, iv, no. 4. f. 437; (iii) Heinrich Suderman, syndic of the Hanse, to Lübeck; 8 April. f. 437b; (j) Decree of Cologne against the Merchant Adventurers; 8 April 1580. Simson, no. 8154 and SPF 1579-1580, no. 251. Latin and English translation. ff. 437b, 441b-442; (k) John Langton and other English merchants at Elbing to the City of Elbing; 1580, aft. 21 May. Latin. ff. 438-439b; (l) Memorandum of the Privy Council on the interpretation of decrees in force against the Steelyard; 24 Jan. 1580. f. 442b; (m) Grievances of English merchants at Danzig; 16 April 1580. ff. 443-443b; (n) Letter from Burghley to the customs officers of the port of London; Richmond, 6 Oct. 1580. f. 444; (o) Opinions on the Lübeck decree of 4 Nov. 1581; winter 1581-1582. (i) of the Merchant Adventurers. f. 444b; (ii) of the Alderman of the Steelyard. f. 445; (p) Grant of trading privileges by Hamburg to England; 19 July 1567. Latin. Printed in R. Ehrenberg, Hamburg und England im Zeitalter der Königin Elisabeth, 1896, pp. 312-326. ff. 446-455; (q) 'A trewe abstract of such matters concerning the Esterlinges privileges . . . ', temp. Edw. VI-1579; 1579-1580. ff. 460-462; (r) 'The state of the cause betwene the Haunses and the Merchantes Adventurers', 1567-1583; aft. 20 Nov. 1583. ff. 464-468; (s) Newsletter from Hamburg; August 1584. ff. 468b-470; (t) Account of proceedings in England against the Steelyard; 20 June 1578-24 Jan. 1580. ff. 471-473; (u) Account of the controversy between Hamburg and the Merchant Adventurers; Nov. 1581. ff. 473b-476; (v) Declaration by the Alderman of the Steelyard as to what information relating to their negotiations with the Privy Council, June 1578-March 1580, they have passed to the Hanseatic League; spring 1580. ff. 476b-478; (w) Letter from Elizabeth I to Hamburg; 8 Oct. 1577. Latin. Höhlbaum, ii, App. 70. f. 479; (x) Letter from the Hanse to Elbing; Lübeck, 16 Nov. 1581. English translation. ff. 480-482; (y) Reply of Elbing to the above; 1 Feb. 1582. English translation. For a German version, see Simson, App. 52. ff. 482b-484b; (z) Petition to the Privy Council from the Alderman of the Steelyard; 1 Oct. 1581. SPD 1581-1590, p. 27, where the item is dated 7 Oct? See also APC 1581-1582, p. 226, and artt. 7(bb) and 8(dd) below. f. 485; (aa) Considerations offered to the Privy Council against the above petition; early Oct. 1581. Two items. ff. 485b-486, 486b-488; (bb) Extract from the Privy Council register; 8 Oct. 1581. APC 1581-1582, pp. 226-227. ff. 488b-489; (cc) Decree of the Hanse; Lübeck, 4 Nov. 1581. English translation. SPF 1581-1582, no. 381. ff. 489b-490; (dd) Memorial to the Privy Council opposing suspension of decrees against the Hanse; Oct. 1581? ff. 490b-491.

8. ff. 492-612. Correspondence, etc., relating to disputes between the Hanse and England, negotiations with Hamburg, and the residencies at Emden and Stade; 1578-1587. Other copies of some of these items occur in Cotton MS. Claudius E.VII. As follows: (a) Correspondence between Elizabeth I and various Hanseatic cities; 1579. Latin. With marginal comments, dates of receipt, etc. (i) Letters from Lübeck; 17 Feb., 11 April 1579. Höhlbaum, ii, App. 103, 108. ff. 492-493, 493b-494; (ii) Letter from the Hanse; Lübeck, 7 July 1579. Höhlbaum, ii, App. 115, where the item is dated 8 July. ff. 494b-498; (iii) Letter from Elizabeth I to the Hanse; Greenwich, 8 Sept. 1579. Höhlbaum, ii, App. 121. ff. 498b-499; (iv) Letter from Lübeck, Bremen and Hamburg; Hamburg, 29 Dec. 1579. Höhlbaum, ii, App. 129. ff. 499b-500b; (b) Letter to the Hanse from Thomas Wilson, Secretary of State; Westminster, 4 March 1580. Höhlbaum, ii, App. 136. f. 501; (c) Letter to Beale from George Liseman, secretary of the Steelyard; Lübeck, 13 Jan. 1580. Latin. Signed? ff. 503-507; (d) Letter from Elizabeth I to Emperor Rudolf II; Oatlands, 7 Sept. 1580. Latin. Claudius E.VII, f. 323b. SPF 1583 and Addenda, no. 583. f. 509; (e) Letter from Rudolf II to Elizabeth I; Prague, 20 Feb. 1581. Latin. Höhlbaum, ii, no. 1859. See Claudius E.VII, f. 326 (English translation). ff. 509b-510; (f) Letter from Elizabeth I to Rudolf II; St James', 5 April 1581. Latin. Höhlbaum, ii, no. 1868. f. 510b; (g) Letter from Elizabeth I to Augustus, Elector and Duke of Saxony; St James', 2 April 1581. Latin. Höhlbaum, ii, no. 1867. f. 510b; (h) Letter from Augustus, Duke of Saxony, to Elizabeth I; Dresden, 19 June 1581. Latin. Claudius E.VII, f. 332b. Höhlbaum, ii, no. 1879. ff. 511b-512; (i) Letter from Rudolf II to Elizabeth I; Prague, 28 June 1581. Latin. Claudius E.VII, f. 331b. Höhlbaum, ii, no. 1880. SPF 1583 and Addenda, no. 622. ff. 512b-513; (j) Letter from Elizabeth I to Rudolf II; Westminster, late Aug.-early Sept. 1581. Latin. Höhlbaum, ii, no. 1917. ff. 513b-514; (k) A German translation of (e) above. ff. 514b-515b; (l) Letter from Lübeck to Elizabeth I; 11 April 1579. Latin. For another copy see f. 493b above. ff. 516-516b; (m) Letter from Frederick II of Denmark to Elizabeth I; 14 April 1581. Latin. See W.D. Macray, '2nd report on the Royal archives of Denmark . . . ', 46th DKR, App. II, p. 26. f. 519; (n) Letter from Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, to Elizabeth I; Harburg, 14 Nov. 1578. English translation. ff. 526-527b; (o) Correspondence between Rudolf II and the Counts of East Friesland; 1580-1581. See Claudius E.VII, ff. 327-329. (i) Letter from Rudolf II to Edzard II and his brother, Count John; Prague, 20 Feb. 1581. Höhlbaum, ii, no. 1860. ff. 528-528b (English translation) and 538-539 (Latin); (ii) Edzard II to Rudolf II; Emden, 10 April 1581. Höhlbaum, ii, no. 1870. ff. 529-531b (English translation), 540-542 (Latin); (iii) Rudolf II to Edzard II and Count John; Prague, 3 June 1580. German. Höhlbaum, ii, no. 1781. ff. 544-545; (p) Letter from Stephen, King of Poland, to Elizabeth I; Grodno, 7 Aug. n.s. 1586. Latin.Talbot, iv, no. 46. ff. 546-546b; (q) Correspondence between Rudolf II and Edzard II, Count of East Friesland; 1580. English translations. See Claudius E.VII, ff. 320-321b. SPF 1579-1580, no. 380. (i) Rudolf II to Edzard II; Prague, 3 July. ff. 548-548b; (ii) Edzard II to Rudolf II; Emden, 26 July. Höhlbaum, ii, no. 1796. ff. 549-551; (r) Correspondence between Elizabeth I and the Counts of East Friesland; 1579-1582. Latin. (i) Edzard II to Elizabeth I; Emden, 14 Aug. 1580. Claudius E.VII, f. 322b. Höhlbaum, ii, no. 1800. f. 552; (ii) Elizabeth I to Edzard II; Richmond, c. 7 Sept. 1580. Claudius E.VII, f. 323. Höhlbaum, ii, no. 1817. f. 552b; (iii) John, Count of East Friesland, to Elizabeth I; Greetsiel, 8 Aug. 1580. Claudius E.VII, f. 322. Höhlbaum, ii, no. 1799, f. 553; (iv) Edzard II to Elizabeth I; Emden, 6 May 1581. Claudius E.VII, ff. 330-331. SPF 1581-1582, no. 165. ff. 553b-554b; (v) Edzard II to Elizabeth I; Aurich, 14 Feb. 1582. SPF 1581-1582, no. 545. ff. 555-555b; (vi) Elizabeth I to Edzard II and John; Greenwich, 5 Sept. 1579. f. 556; (vii) Count John to Elizabeth I; Emden, 4 Dec. 1579. ff. 556b-557; (viii) Edzard II to Elizabeth I; Aurich, 29 Nov. 1579. See SPF 1579-1580, no. 102, where the letter is dated 1 Dec. ff. 557-557b; (s) Instructions for George Gilpin, secretary to the Merchant Adventurers at Antwerp, as envoy to the Diet of Augsburg; c. 5 April 1582. See SPF 1583 and Addenda, nos. 631, 633, for rough notes for these instructions and covering letter from Walsingham. ff. 558-562b; (t) Brief narrative of the state of negotiations between England and the Hanse relating to Hanseatic privileges; aft. Nov. 1581. Latin. ff. 563-565; (u) Letters, etc., of Rudolf II; 1582-1583. Latin. (i) Letter to Elizabeth I; Augsburg, 27 Sept. 1582. SPF 1583 and Addenda, nos. 681, 682. f. 570; (ii) Response from Rudolf II to George Gilpin, English envoy at Augsburg; 27 Sept. o.s. 1582. SPF 1583 and Addenda, nos. 678-682. ff. 570b-571; (iii) Letter to Elizabeth I; Vienna, 23 March 1583. Höhlbaum, ii, no. 2091. Dated 22 March in SPF 1583 and Addenda, no. 720. f. 571b; (v) Letter to Rudolf II from the Diet of the Netherlandish and Westphalian Hanse; Cologne, 15 Jan. 1583. German. Höhlbaum, ii, no. 2074. SPF 1583 and Addenda, no. 36. ff. 572-572b; (w) Letter from Elizabeth I to Rudolf II; Greenwich, 22 April 1583. Latin. Höhlbaum, ii, no. 2102. ff. 574-574b; (x) Letter from Rudolf II to Elizabeth I; Ebersdorf, 7 June 1583. Latin. Höhlbaum, ii, no. 2112. SPF 1583 and Addenda, no. 741. f. 575; (y) Papers relating to negotiations with Hamburg and the Steelyard; 1584. (i) Letter from Heinrich Sudermann, syndic of the Hanse, to the Alderman of the Steelyard; Lübeck, 14 July n.s. 1584. English translation. SPF 1583-1584, no. 722. ff. 578-580b; (ii) Letter to Elizabeth I from Hamburg; 4 Aug. 1584. Latin. Simson, no. 9160, where it is dated 13 Aug. n.s. f. 581; (iii) Letter to Walsingham from Hamburg; 13 Aug. n.s. 1584. Latin. Simson, no. 9159. f. 581b; (iv) Propositions of the Alderman of the Steelyard to the Privy Council, with responses; 6 Sept. 1584. Höhlbaum, ii, App. 183, 184. ff. 582b, 583; (z) Decree of the Senate of Hamburg; 22 Aug. n.s. 1587. Latin. SPF 1586-1588, p. 352. f. 591; (aa) Letter from Hamburg to Elizabeth I; 7 Nov. n.s. 1587. Latin. SPF 1586-1588, pp. 398-399. ff. 591b-593; (bb) Papers relating to the residence at Stade; 1587. Latin. (i) Letter from Stade to Elizabeth I; 6 Nov. n.s. 1587. SPF 1586-1588, pp. 397-398. f. 593b; (ii) Agreement between Stade and the Merchant Adventurers; 28 Sept. 1587. Höhlbaum, ii, no. 2500. See G. D. Ramsay, 'The Settlement of the Merchant Adventurers at Stade', Politics and Society in Reformation Europe, ed. E. I. Kouri, 1987, p. 461 and n.46. ff. 594-605b; (iii) Articles treated on between the Merchant Adventurers and Stade; 7 Nov. n.s. 1587. SPF 1586-1588, pp. 399-400. f. 608; (cc) Edzard II to Elizabeth I; Aurich, 23 Oct. n.s. 1587. Latin. SPF 1586-1588, p. 393. ff. 608b-609; (dd) Extract from the Privy Council register and petition of the Alderman of the Steelyard to the Privy Council; 1, 8 Oct. 1581. See art. 7(z) and (bb) above for a full description. ff. 610-611; (ee) Decrees of the Hanse. English translations. (i) Lüneburg, 2-17 Nov. 1580. SPF 1579-1580, no. 480. f. 611b; (ii) Lübeck, 4 Nov. 1581. SPF 1581-1582, no. 381. f. 612.

9. ff. 627-656b. Transcript of articles agreed between England and Elbing, attested by the City of Elbing; 20 Nov. 1581. Latin. Printed from Cotton MS. Nero B.II, ff. 129-160, in Talbot, xvii, no. 73.

10. ff. 663-712b. Papers relating to negotiations for a residence at Elbing and the missions of John Herbert there; Sept. 1582-1584. Latin, unless otherwise noted. Documents printed in Talbot, xvii, are taken from Cotton MS. Galba D.XIII. For related material see Add. 48009, art. 8. As follows: (a) Letter from Elbing to Elizabeth I, with memoranda by Elbing on the propositions for agreement; 30 Jan. 1583. Simson, nos. 8863, 8864. ff. 663-677b; (b) Letter from Elbing to Elizabeth I; 24 March 1583. Simson, no. 8886. See SPF 1583 and Addenda, no. 723, where it is dated 31 March. ff. 668-668b; (c) English reply to the opinion of Elbing on the propositions for agreement; June?-early July 1583. Margin, in Beale's hand, 'Signed by Mr. Secretary and delivered to Mr. Herbert'. ff. 669-670b; (d) Letter from Elizabeth I to Stephen, King of Poland; 6 July o.s. 1583. Talbot, xvii, no. 140. f. 671; (e) Commission from Elizabeth I to Herbert and William Salkins to treat at Elbing; Greenwich, 5 July 1583. Talbot, xvii, no. 141. f. 671b; (f) Letter from Elizabeth I to Elbing; Greenwich, 6 July o.s. 1583. Simson, no. 8942. f. 672; (g) Another copy of Add. 48009, art. 8(d). ff. 672b-675b; (h) Articles offered by Stephen, King of Poland, in negotiation for the English residence at Elbing; Sept. 1582. Simson, App. 55. ff. 676-679b; (i) Letter from Frederick II, King of Denmark, to Elbing; Schanderburgh, 4 Oct. 1583. f. 680; (j) Despatch from Herbert to Walsingham; Elbing, 4 Aug. 1584. English. SPF 1584-1585, pp. 3-7. Talbot, iv, no. 30. ff. 681-683; (k) Letter from Stephen, King of Poland, to his commissioners at Elbing; Grodno, 11 June 1584. Simson, no. 9084. f. 687; (l) Acts of the commissioners at Elbing; 9 Feb. n.s.-27 July n.s. 1584. Compiled by Herbert and sent to England before 4 Aug. (Talbot, iv, no. 30). Printed in Talbot, xvii, no. 145. ff. 687b-712b.

11. ff. 718-724. The following items, which duplicate material in the body of the manuscript, were found loose at the beginning of the volume: (a) Extract from the Charter Rolls, 18 Edw. I, authenticated by Michael Heneage, Keeper of the Records at the Tower; 1587. Latin. This item relates to art. 2 above, f. 106. Endorsed 'Mr. Beele'. ff. 718-720; (b) Duplicate of material in art. 5 above, ff. 253-255. The old folio numbers 253-256 are also duplicated. ff. 721-724.

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• ff. 24-76b Hanseatic League: Treaties, etc., with England: 1409-1560: Lat. and Engl: Copies, 16th cent.
• ff. 24-76b Treaties: Agreements, etc., between England and the Hanseatic League: 1409-1560: Lat. and Engl: Copies, 16th cent.
• ff. 25-29 Edward IV of England: Inspeximus of Act of Parliament for reconciliation with the Hanse: 1473: Lat. and Eng: Copies, 15th-16th centt.
• ff. 29b-38b, 192-200 England General: Notarially certified copy of treaties, etc., 1409-1437, with the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order: 1450: Lat: Copies, 16th cent.
• ff. 29b-38b, 192-200 Orders Military. Teutonic Order: Notarially certified copy of treaties etc., 1409-1437, of the Grand Master with England: 1450: Lat: Copies, 16th cent.
• ff. 41-63 Edward VI of England: Inspeximus of letters patent of Edward IV, ratifying the Treaty of Utrecht: 1547-1553: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 63b-64 Mary I of England: Letters patent to the Exchequer: 1554: Engl. transl.
• ff. 70-71, 71b-73 Elizabeth I of England: Articles offered during negotiations between England and the Hanse: 1560: Copies.
• ff. 70-71, 71b-73 Hanseatic League: Articles offered during negotiations with England: 1560: Copies.
• ff. 74-76b England; Parliament: Act confirming the Steelyard to the Hanse: 1475: Copy.
• ff. 74-76b London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Act of Parliament confirming the Steelyard to the Hanseatic League: 1475: Copy.
• ff. 91b-202 Hanseatic League: Docs. from English records conc. privileges of: temp. John-Ed.IV: Lat. and Fr: Extracts and copies, 16th cent.
• ff. 91b-202 Records, Public: Extracts from, conc. the privileges of the Hanseatic League: temp. John-Ed.IV: Lat. and Fr: Copies, 16th cent.
• ff. 125-128 Hanseatic League: Agreement with the City of London: 1475: Lat: Copies, 16th-17th centt.
• ff. 125-128 London; Lord Mayor, Corporation, etc: Confirmation of liberties of the Hanse: 1475: Lat: Copies, 16th cent.
• ff. 182-190 Treaties: Treaty of Utrecht: 1474: Lat: Copies, 16th cent.
• ff. 182-190 Hanseatic League: Treaty of Utrecht with England: 1474: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
• ff. 182-190 Edward IV of England: Treaty of Utrecht with the Hanse: 1474: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
• ff. 201-202 Hanseatic League: Decree of: 1474: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
• f. 202 Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Memoranda: 1587: Signed.
• f. 203 Nicholas Heath, Archbishop of York; Lord Chancellor: Letter to, from Hanseatic envoys: 1556: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 206-209b Hanseatic League: Report of English envoys on negotiations with,: 1516(?): Copy.
• ff. 206-209b Henry VIII of England: Report to, from English envoys, on negotiations with the Hanse: 1516(?): Copy.
• ff. 209b-210b Henry VIII of England: Letter to English envoys at Bruges(?): 1516(?): Copy.
• ff. 212-217b Hanseatic League: Account of English relations with: 1581: Lat.
• ff. 212-217b Trade and Commerce: Account of English relations with the Hanse: 1581: Lat.
• ff. 218-219 Trade and Commerce: Account of complaints made by the Hanse, against English merchants in the Baltic: circa 1585: Lat.
• ff. 218-219 Hanseatic League: Account of complaints made by, against English merchants in the Baltic: circa 1585: Lat.
• ff. 222-229 Michael Koesler, merchant, of Danzig: Papers conc. a case against, in the Exchequer: 1550-1551: Lat., Engl. and Engl. transls: Copies.
• ff. 222-229 Exchequer: Papers conc. a case in, against A. and M. Koesler of Danzig: 1550-1551: Lat., Engl., and Engl. transls: Copies.
• ff. 222-229 Adrian Koesler, merchant, of Danzig: Papers conc. a case against, in the Exchequer: 1550-1551: Lat., Engl. and Engl. transls: Copies.
• ff. 222-251b Hanseatic League: Papers conc. the revocation of their privileges by Edward VI, and subsequent negotiations: 1551-1553: Lat., Engl., and Engl. transls: Copies.
• ff. 222-251b Edward VI of England: Papers conc. his revocation of Hanseatic privileges and subsequent negotiations: 1551-1553: Lat., Engl. and Engl. transls: Copies.
• ff. 224b-225b Hanseatic League: Correspondence of Hanse merchants trading with England: 1550-1551: Engl. transls.
• ff. 226-227 Hanseatic League: Letters of merchants of the Steelyard: 1551: Engl. transls: Extracts.
• ff. 227-229 Hanseatic League: Inquisition taken by the Eschaetor of the City of London against merchants of: 1551: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 227-229 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Inquisition taken by the Eschaetor of, against Hanse merchants: 1551: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 229-241 passim Company of Merchant Adventurers: Petitions, etc., to the Privy Council against the Hanse: 1551-1552: Copies.
• ff. 229-241 passim. England; Privy Council: Petitions, etc., of the Merchant Adventurers to, against the Hanse: 1551-1552: Copies.
• ff. 231-232b City of Danzig: Complaints of Merchant Adventurers trading at: 1551(?): Copy.
• ff. 234-237 Hanseatic League: Reply of the Alderman of the Steelyard to complaints of the Merchant Adventurers: 1552: Copy.
• ff. 241-242 England; Privy Council: Extract from register of: 1552.
• ff. 241-242 Hanseatic League: Decree of resumption against the Steelyard, from the Privy Council register: 1552: Copy.
• ff. 242b-250b passim Dr Franz Pfeil, Hanseatic envoy to England: Correspondence with Edward VI and the Privy Council: 1552: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 242b-250b passim Dr John Rudell, Hanseatic envoy to England: Correspondence with Edward VI and the Privy Council: 1552: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 242b-250b passim England; Privy Council: Correspondence with Hanseatic envoys: 1552: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 242b-250b passim. Edward VI of England: Correspondence with Hanseatic envoys: 1552: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 250b-251 England; Privy Council: Letter to, from the Hanse: 1553: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 250b-251 Hanseatic League: Letter to the Privy Council: 1553: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 250b-251b Herman Appollonius, Hanseatic envoy to England: Correspondence, etc., conc. his mission: 1553: Lat: Copies.
• f. 251b City of Lübeck: Letter to, from Edward VI: 1553: Lat: Copy.
• f. 251b Edward VI of England: Letter to Lübeck: 1553: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 251-251b Edward VI of England: Response to the address of H. Apollonius, envoy from the Hanse: 1553: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 253-255, 721-723b Mary I of England: Speech of Hanseatic envoys to, with response: 1553: Lat: Two copies.
• ff. 253-391 Hanseatic League: Papers conc. negotiations with England: 1553-1560: Lat., Engl. and Engl. transls: Copies.
• ff. 256-257 England; Privy Council: Extract from register conc. the Hanse: 1556: Lat. and Engl.
• ff. 256-371b Philip and Mary I of England: Papers conc. negotiations between England and the Hanse: 1556-1558: Lat., Engl. and Engl. transls: Copies.
• ff. 258-258b Bergen-op-Zoom, the Netherlands: Certificate from the Senate of: 1556: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 259-259b England; Privy Council: Pleas of Hanse envoys to: 1556: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 260-260b London; Lord Mayor, Corporation, etc: Response to pleas of the Hanse envoys: 1556: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 261-262b, 278-279 England; Privy Council: Orders in Council: 1555-1557: Lat. and Engl: Copies.
• f. 263 Hanseatic League: Letter from their envoys to England to the Abp. of York: 1556: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 263b-264, 299-299b London; Lord Mayor, Corporation, etc: Letter to, from Danzig: 1557: Lat: Two copies.
• ff. 263b-264, 299-299b City of Danzig: Letter to the City of London: 1557: Lat: Two copies.
• ff. 264b-266 Philip and Mary I of England: Petition to King Philip, from Hanseatic envoys: 1557: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 264b-266 Hanseatic League: Petition of Hanseatic envoys to England to King Philip: 1557: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 266b-268b, 269-273 Trade and Commerce: Defence of English merchants against the claims of Hanseatic envoys: 1557: Lat: Copies.
• f. 274b Bergen-op-Zoom, Margraves of. John IV: Petition to Qu. Mary: 1554: Engl. transl.
• f. 274b Mary I of England: Petition to, from the Margrave of Bergen-op-Zoom: 1554: Engl. transl.
• ff. 274b-275b Company of Merchant Adventurers: Reply to petition of the Margrave of Bergen-op-Zoom: 1554: Copy.
• ff. 275b-276b Hanseatic League: List of Hanse merchants who have sold cloth at Antwerp: 1554-1555(?).
• ff. 275b-276b Trade and Commerce: List of Hanse merchants who have sold cloth at Antwerp: 1554-1555(?).
• ff. 275b-276b Antwerp, Netherlands: List of Hanseatic merchants who have sold cloth at: 1554-1555(?).
• ff. 276b-277b Trade and Commerce: Declaration of harm done to English trade by the Hanse: 1554-1555(?).
• ff. 280-286b Trade and Commerce: Memoranda in defence of English merchants against the Hanse, and on Hanseatic privileges: 1557(?): Lat. and Engl.
• ff. 280-286b Hanseatic League: Memoranda on privileges of, and in defence of English merchants: 1557(?): Lat. and Engl.
• ff. 287-293 Hanseatic League: Legal opinions in favour of: 1557(?): Lat: Copies.
• ff. 287-293 City of Danzig: Legal opinions in favour of: 1557(?): Lat: Copies.
• ff. 293b-296 Trade and Commerce: Protest of English merchants detained in Danzig: 1557(?): Lat.
• ff. 293b-296 City of Danzig: Protest of English merchants detained in: 1557: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 297-298b Trade and Commerce: Petition of English merchants to the Senate of Danzig: 1557(?): Lat: Copy.
• ff. 297-298b City of Danzig: Petition of English merchants to the Senate of: 1557(?): Lat: Copy.
• ff. 300-301 City of Danzig: Declaration of wrongs suffered by English merchants at: 1557: Copy.
• ff. 300-301 Trade and Commerce: Declaration of wrongs suffered by English merchants at Danzig: 1557: Copy.
• ff. 301b-307 City of Danzig: Attestations by English merchants of injuries done to them at Danzig: 1557: Copy.
• ff. 301b-307b Trade and Commerce: Attestations by English merchants of injuries done to them in Danzig and other Hanseatic cities: 1557: Copy.
• ff. 308-310 Hanseatic League: Letter to Qu. Mary: 1557: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 308-310 Philip and Mary I of England: Letter to, from the Hanse: 1557: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 312-313b Philip and Mary I of England: Letter to the Hanse: 1557: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 312-313b Hanseatic League: Letter to, from Qu. Mary: 1557: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 314-314b, 318-318b Hanseatic League: Edict of, conc. the English trade: 1557: Engl. transl: Two copies.
• ff. 315-317b City of Danzig: Declaration of injuries suffered by English merchants at: 1558: Copy.
• ff. 315-317b England; Privy Council: Declaration to, of injuries suffered by English merchants at Danzig: 1558: Copy.
• ff. 319-320, 320b-322b, 324-336, 338-341b Trade and Commerce: Defence and opinions of English merchants against the Hanseatic envoys: 1558: Lat and Engl: Copies.
• ff. 342-368b passim Trade and Commerce: Pleas, opinions, etc., of English merchants against the Hanse: 1560, 1560(?): Lat and Engl: Copies.
• ff. 360-361 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Pleas, etc., by merchants of, against the Hanse: 1560(?): Lat: Copy.
• ff. 364b-365 England; Privy Council: Response to Hanseatic envoys: 1560: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 367-368b Elizabeth I of England: Petition, etc., to (?), from English merchants: 1560(?).
• ff. 367-368b Trade and Commerce: Petition, etc., of English merchants to(?) Elizabeth I: 1560(?): Copies.
• ff. 369-369b, 370-371b Trade and Commerce: Injustices suffered by English merchants at Danzig: 1557-1558: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 369-369b, 370-371b City of Danzig: Injustices suffered by English merchants at: 1557-1558: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 380b-381 England; Parliament: Memoranda conc. acts of, temp. Ed. IV - Hen. VIII: 16th cent.
• ff. 387-388 Hanseatic League: Petition to Qu. Elizabeth: 1560(?): Lat: Copy.
• ff. 387-388 Elizabeth I of England: Petition to, from the Hanse: 1560 (?): Lat: Copy.
• ff. 390b-391 Albert; Duke of Prussia: Decree of: 1557: Engl. transl.
• ff. 398-398b, 399 Elizabeth I of England: Letters to, from Danzig: 1573: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 398-398b, 399 City of Danzig: Letters to Qu. Elizabeth: 1573: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 398-414b Hanseatic League: Papers conc. negotiations with England: 1573-1574: Lat. and Engl: Copies.
• ff. 398-414b Elizabeth I of England: Papers conc. negotiations with the Hanse: 1573-1574: Lat and Engl: Copies.
• ff. 399b-400, 400-400b Elizabeth I of England: Letters to, from Lübeck and Hamburg: 1574: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 399b-400, 400-400b, 400b-401 City of Hamburg: Letters to Elizabeth I: 1574: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 399b-401 City of Lübeck: Letters to Elizabeth I: 1574: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 400b-401 Cologne, Germany: Letter to Qu. Elizabeth: 1574: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 400b-401 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to, from Cologne, Hamburg and Lübeck: 1574: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 407b-411b City of Danzig: Complaints of English merchants against: 1574: Copy.
• ff. 407b-411b Trade and Commerce: Complaints of English merchants against Danzig: 1574: Copy.
• f. 423 City of Danzig: Letter to, from Qu. Elizabeth: 1577: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 423 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to Danzig: 1577: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 423-491 Elizabeth I of England: Papers rel. to negotiations, etc., conc. the English residence at Hamburg: 1567-1584: Lat., Engl., Engl. transls. and Germ: Copies.
• ff. 423-491 Hanseatic League: Papers rel. to negotiations, etc., conc. the English residence at Hamburg: 1567-1584: Lat., Engl., Engl. transls. and Germ: Copies.
• ff. 425-426b, 446-455 City of Hamburg: Grant of trading privileges to England: 1567: Lat: Copy and extracts.
• ff. 426-426b City of Hamburg: Denunciation of trading agreement with England by: 1577: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 427-428 City of Hamburg: Decree of the Senate of, against the Merchant Adventurers: 1578: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 427-428 Company of Merchant Adventurers: Decree of the Senate of Hamburg against: 1578: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 428b-429b Thomas Wilson, Secretary of State: Declaration on complaints of the Hanse: 1579: Lat.
• ff. 430-430b London; Lord Mayor, Corporation, etc: Declaration to the Steelyard: 1578: Copy.
• ff. 430-430b Hanseatic League: Declaration of the City of London to the Steelyard: 1578: Copy.
• ff. 431-432, 432b, 433-433b England; Privy Council: Decrees conc. the Hanse: 1578-1579: Copies.
• ff. 434, 489b-490, 611b-612 Hanseatic League: Decrees of: 1580-1581: Engl. transls.
• ff. 435, 435b, 436 City of Lübeck: Decree of, against the Merchant Adventurers: 1580: Germ. and Engl. transls: Copies.
• f. 436b John Leigh, merchant, at Lübeck: Letter to the Merchant Adventurers in England: 1580: Copy.
• f. 437 City of Lübeck: Letter to Danzig: 1580: Lat: Extract.
• f. 437 City of Danzig: Letter to, from Lübeck: 1580: Lat: Extract.
• f. 437 City of Elbing: Letter to, from Danzig: 1580: Lat: Extract.
• f. 437 City of Danzig: Letter to Elbing: 1580: Lat: Extract.
• f. 437b Heinrich Sudermann, Syndic of the Hanse: Letter to Lübeck: 1580: Lat: Extract.
• f. 437b City of Lübeck: Letter from H. Sudermann to: 1580: Lat: Extract.
• f. 437b, 441b-442 Company of Merchant Adventurers: Decree of Cologne against: 1580: Lat and Engl. transl.
• ff. 437b, 441b-442 Cologne, Germany: Decree against the Merchant Adventurers: 1580: Lat. and Engl. transl: Copies.
• ff. 438-439b City of Elbing: Letter to, from J. Langton: 1580: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 438-439b John Langton, merchant at Elbing: Letter to Elbing: 1580: Lat: Copy.
• f. 442b England; Privy Council: Memorandum conc. decrees against the Steelyard: 1580: Copy.
• ff. 443-443b City of Danzig: Grievances of English merchants at: 1580: Copy.
• ff. 443-443b Trade and Commerce: Grievances of English merchants at Danzig: 1580.
• f. 444 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Letter to the customs officers of the port of London: 1580: Copy.
• f. 444 London; Secular Institutions. Port: Letter to the customs officers of, from Lord Burghley: 1580: Copy.
• f. 444b Company of Merchant Adventurers: Opinion on a decree of the Hanse: 1581-1582: Copy.
• f. 445 Hanseatic League: Opinion of the Alderman of the Steelyard on a decree of: 1581-1582: Copy.
• ff. 460-462 Hanseatic League: Treatise on Hanseatic privileges: 1579-1580.
• ff. 464-468 Hanseatic League: Treatise on relations with the Merchant Adventures: 1583.
• ff. 464-468 Company of Merchant Adventurers: Treatise on relations with the Hanse: 1583.
• ff. 468b-470 Newsletters From Germany: Hamburg: 1584.
• ff. 468b-470 City of Hamburg: Newsletter from: 1584.
• ff. 471-473 Hanseatic League: Account of proceedings in England against the Steelyard: 1578-1580.
• ff. 473b-476 City of Hamburg: Account of controversy with the Merchant Adventurers: 1581.
• ff. 473b-476 Company of Merchant Adventurers: Account of controversy with Hamburg: 1581.
• ff. 476b-480 Hanseatic League: Declaration by the Alderman of the Steelyard: 1580.
• f. 479 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to Hamburg: 1577: Lat: Copy.
• f. 479 City of Hamburg: Letter to, from Qu. Elizabeth: 1577: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 480-482 Hanseatic League: Letter to Elbing: 1581: Engl. transl.
• ff. 480-482 City of Elbing: Letter to, from the Hanse: 1581.
• ff. 482b-484b Hanseatic League: Letter to, from Elbing: 1582: Engl. transl.
• ff. 482b-484b City of Elbing: Letter to the Hanse: 1582: Engl. transl.
• ff. 485, 611 Hanseatic League: Petition to the Privy Council from the Alderman of the Steelyard: 1581: Two copies.
• ff. 485, 611 England; Privy Council: Petition to, from the Alderman of the Steelyard: 1581: Two copies.
• ff. 485b-486, 486b-488 England; Privy Council: Considerations offered to, against a petition of the Alderman of the Steelyard: 1581.
• ff. 488b-489, 610-610b England; Privy Council: Extract from the register of: 1581: Two copies.
• ff. 490b-491 England; Privy Council: Memorial to, opposing suspension of decrees against the Hanse: 1581(?).
• ff. 492-493, 493b-494, 499b-500, 516-516b City of Lübeck: Letters to Elizabeth I: 1579: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 492-493, 493b-494, 516-516b Elizabeth I of England: Letters to, from Lübeck: 1579: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 492-612 Elizabeth I of England: Correspondence, etc., rel. negotiations between England and Hanseatic cities: 1578-1587: Lat., Engl., Engl. transls. and Germ: Copies.
• ff. 492-612 Hanseatic League: Correspondence, etc., conc. negotiations of Hanseatic cities with England: 1578-1587: Lat., Engl., Engl. transls. and Germ: Copies.
• ff. 494b-498 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to, from the Hanse: 1579: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 494b-498 Hanseatic League: Letter to Qu. Elizabeth: 1579: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 498b-499 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to the Hanse: 1579: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 498b-499 Hanseatic League: Letter to, from Qu. Elizabeth: 1579.
• ff. 499b-500b Elizabeth I of England: Letter to, from Lübeck, Bremen and Hamburg: 1579: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 499b-500b City of Bremen: Letter to Qu. Elizabeth: 1579: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 499b-500b City of Hamburg: Letter to Qu. Elizabeth: 1579: Lat: Copy.
• f. 501 Thomas Wilson, Secretary of State: Letter to the Hanse: 1580: Copy.
• f. 501 Hanseatic League: Letter to, from T. Wilson: 1580.
• ff. 503-507 George Liseman, Secretary of the Steelyard: Letter to R. Beale: 1580: Lat: Signed (?).
• ff. 503-507 Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Letter to, from G. Liseman: 1580.
• ff. 509, 510b, 513b-514 Elizabeth I of England: Letters to Emperor Rudolf II: 1580, 1581: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 509, 510b, 513b-514 Rudolf II; Emperor of Germany: Letters to, from Elizabeth I: 1580, 1581.
• ff. 509b-510, 512b-513, 514b-515b Rudolf II; Emperor of Germany: Letters to Elizabeth I: 1581: Lat. and Germ. transl: Copies.
• ff. 509b-510, 512b-513, 514b-515b Elizabeth I of England: Letter to, from Emperor Rudolf II: 1581: Copies.
• f. 510b Augustus, Dukes and Electors of Saxony: Letters to, from Elizabeth I: 1577, 1581: Lat: Copies.
• f. 510b Elizabeth I of England: Letter to Augustus, Duke of Saxony: 1581: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 511b-512 Augustus, Dukes and Electors of Saxony: Letters to Elizabeth I: 1577, 1581: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 511b-512 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to, from Augustus, Duke of Saxony: 1581: Lat: Copy.
• f. 519 Frederick II of Denmark: Letter to Qu. Elizabeth: 1581: Lat: Copy.
• f. 519 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to, from Frederick II of Denmark: 1581.
• ff. 526-527b Otto; Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Harburg: Letter to Qu. Elizabeth: 1578: Engl. transl.
• ff. 526-527b Elizabeth I of England: Letter to, from Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg: 1578.
• ff. 528-528b, 538-539, 544-545 John Cirksena, Count of East Friesland: Letters to, from Emperor Rudolf II: 1580, 1581: Lat., Engl. transl. and Germ: Copies.
• ff. 528-528b, 538-539, 544-545, 548-548b Rudolf II; Emperor of Germany: Letters to Edzard II and John, Counts of East Friesland: 1580, 1581: Lat., Engl. transl. and Germ: Copies.
• ff. 528-528b, 538-539, 544-545, 548-548b Edzard II, Counts of Friesland, East: Letters to, from Emperor Rudolf II: 1580, 1581: Lat., Engl. transl. and Germ: Copies.
• ff. 529-531b, 540-542, 549-551 Edzard II, Counts of Friesland, East: Letters to Emperor Rudolf II: 1580-1581: Lat. and Engl. transl: Copies.
• ff. 529-531b, 540-542, 549-551 Rudolf II; Emperor of Germany: Letters to, from Edzard II, Count of East Friesland: 1580-1581: Lat. and Engl. transl: Copies.
• ff. 546-546b Elizabeth I of England: Letter to, from Stephen, King of Poland: 1586.
• ff. 546-546b Stephen Báthory of Poland: Letter to Qu. Elizabeth: 1586: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 552-557b passim Elizabeth I of England: Letters to, from Edzard II, Count of East Friesland: 1579-1582: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 552-557b passim, 608b-609 Edzard II, Counts of Friesland, East: Letters to Elizabeth I: 1579-1587: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 552b, 556 Elizabeth I of England: Letters to Edzard II, Count of East Friesland: 1579, 1580: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 552b, 556 Edzard II, Counts of Friesland, East: Letters to, from Qu. Elizabeth: 1579, 1580: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 553, 556b-557 John Cirksena, Count of East Friesland: Letters to Qu. Elizabeth: 1579, 1580: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 553, 556b-557 Elizabeth I of England: Letters to, from John, Count of East Friesland: 1579, 1580: Lat: Copies.
• f. 556 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to John, Count of East Friesland: 1579: Lat: Copy.
• f. 556 John Cirksena, Count of East Friesland: Letter to, from Qu. Elizabeth: 1579: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 558-562b George Gilpin, diplomatist: Instructions for, as envoy to the Diet of Augsburg: 1582: Copy.
• ff. 563-565 Hanseatic League: Narrative of negotiations with England: 1581-1582: Lat.
• ff. 570, 571b, 575 Elizabeth I of England: Letters to, from Emperor Rudolf II: 1582, 1583: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 570, 571b, 575 Rudolf II; Emperor of Germany: Letters to Elizabeth I: 1582-1583: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 570b-571 George Gilpin, diplomatist: Response to, as English envoy at Augsburg, from Emperor Rudolf II: 1582: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 570b-571 Rudolf II; Emperor of Germany: Response of, to G. Gilpin, English envoy: 1582: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 572-572b Rudolf II; Emperor of Germany: Letter to, from the Diet of the Netherlandish and Westphalian Hanse: 1583.
• ff. 572-572b Hanseatic League: Letter from the Diet of the Netherlandish and Westphalian Hanse to Emperor Rudolf II: 1583: Germ: Copy.
• ff. 574-574b Elizabeth I of England: Letter to Emperor Rudolf II: 1583: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 574-574b Rudolf II; Emperor of Germany: Letter to, from Qu. Elizabeth: 1583: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 578-580b Hanseatic League: Letter to the Alderman of the Steelyard from H. Sudermann: 1584.
• ff. 578-580b Heinrich Sudermann, Syndic of the Hanse: Letter to the Alderman of the Steelyard: 1584: Engl. transl.
• f. 581 City of Hamburg: Letter to Qu. Elizabeth: 1584: Lat: Copy.
• f. 581 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to, from Hamburg: 1584.
• f. 581b City of Hamburg: Letter to Sir F. Walsingham: 1584: Lat: Copy.
• f. 581b Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State: Letter to, from Hamburg: 1584: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 582b-583 Hanseatic League: Propositions of the Alderman of the Steelyard to the Privy Council, with responses: 1584.
• ff. 582b-583 England; Privy Council: Propositions to, of the Alderman of the Steelyard, with responses: 1584: Two copies.
• f. 591 City of Hamburg: Decree of the Senate of: 1587: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 591b-593 City of Hamburg: Letter to Elizabeth I: 1587: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 591b-593 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to, from Hamburg: 1587.
• f. 593b City of Stade: Letter to Qu. Elizabeth: 1587: Lat: Copy.
• f. 593b Elizabeth I of England: Letter to, from Stade: 1587: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 594-605b City of Stade: Agreement with the Merchant Adventurers: 1587: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 594-605b Company of Merchant Adventurers: Agreement with Stade: 1587: Lat: Copy.
• f. 608 Company of Merchant Adventurers: Articles for negotiation with Stade: 1587: Lat: Copy.
• f. 608 City of Stade: Articles for negotiation with the Merchant Adventurers: 1587: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 608b-609 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to, from Edzard II, Count of East Friesland: 1587: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 627-656b Elizabeth I of England: Articles agreed between England and Elbing: 1581: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 627-656b City of Elbing: Articles agreed between England and the city of: 1581: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 663-667b, 668-668b City of Elbing: Letters to Qu. Elizabeth: 1583: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 663-667b, 668-668b Elizabeth I of England: Letters to, from Elbing: 1583.
• ff. 663-712b Sir John Herbert, Secretary of State: Papers conc. his mission to Elbing: 1582-1584: Lat. and Engl: Copies.
• ff. 663-712b City of Elbing: Papers conc. the mission of J. Herbert to: 1582-1584: Lat. and Engl: Copies.
• f. 671 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to Stephen, King of Poland: 1583: Lat: Copy.
• f. 671 Stephen Báthory of Poland: Letter to, from Qu. Elizabeth: 1583: Lat: Copy.
• f. 671b Elizabeth I of England: Commission to J. Herbert and W. Salkins, envoys to Elbing: 1583: Lat: Copy.
• f. 671b Sir John Herbert, Secretary of State: Commission to, from Qu. Elizabeth: 1583: Lat: Copy.
• f. 671b William Salkins, Deputy for the Baltic merchants at Elbing: Commission to, from Qu. Elizabeth: 1583: Lat: Copy.
• f. 672 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to Elbing: 1583: Lat: Copy.
• f. 672 City of Elbing: Letters to, from Elizabeth I: 1583, 1584: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 676-679b Stephen Báthory of Poland: Articles of, for negotiation of the English residence at Elbing: 1582: Lat: Copy.
• f. 680 Frederick II of Denmark: Letter to Elbing: 1583: Lat: Copy.
• f. 680 City of Elbing: Letter to, from Frederick II of Denmark: 1583: Lat: Two copies.
• ff. 681-683 Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State: Despatch to, from J. Herbert: 1584: Copy.
• ff. 681-683 Sir John Herbert, Secretary of State: Despatch to Sir F. Walsingham: 1584: Copy.
• f. 687 Stephen Báthory of Poland: Letter to his commissioners at Elbing: 1584: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 687b-712b Sir John Herbert, Secretary of State: Acts of the commissioners at Elbing, compiled by: 1584: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 687b-712b City of Elbing: Acts of the commissioners negotiating for the English residence at: 1584: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 687b-712b Stephen Báthory of Poland: Acts of commissioners negotiating for the English residence at Elbing: 1584: Lat: Copies.
• ff. 718-720 Michael Heneage, Keeper of the Records at the Tower: Extract from the Charter Rolls authenticated by: 1587: Lat: Signed.
• ff. 718-720 Records, Public: Extract from the Charter Rolls 18 Ed. I: 1587: Lat.