Add MS 48035

PAPERS RELATING TO DIPLOMATIC AND ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS; 1554-1600. Latin, English, French and Spanish. Partly copies.

1. ff. 2-100b. Correspondence and papers relating to the peace conference at Boulogne; 1600. Partly Latin, French and Spanish. Mostly copies. Numerous annotations and corrections by Beale. The names of the writers will be found in the index to the present catalogue.

2. ff. 101-116. Instructions to Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby, William Brooke, Lord Cobham, Sir James Croft, Valentine Dale and Daniel Rogers, envoys on a mission to the Duke of Parma to negotiate peace with Spain; 1588. Followed (ff. 110b-116) by abstracts of further directions to the envoys, etc.

3. ff. 117-125b. Miscellaneous notes by Beale on negotiations with Spain, customs payments, etc.; 1600, n.d. Partly Latin.

4. ff. 127-128b. 'Propositiones que les Embaxadores de la Magd cesar: proposieron a los Estados de les Islas de Hollanda y Zelanda'; [1600?]. Spanish.

5. ff. 135-186b. Papers concerning ecclesiastical affairs, the Spanish threat to England, etc.; 1554-1594, n.d. As follows: (a) 'A declaration of the sentence and desposition of Elizabeth the usurperant pretenset Queene of Englande': manifesto in the name of Pope Sixtus V intended for promulgation by the Duke of Parma's forces in the event of a Spanish invasion of England; 1588. Probably composed by Cardinal William Allen or Robert Parsons. A copy of the printed manifesto, STC 22590, is BL c.23 e.14. ff. 135-136b; (b) Brief given by Pope Gregory XIII to James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald, Governor of Desmond and Irish rebel; 1577. Latin. Copy. f. 137; (c) 'Faculties graunted by the Pope to the Preists and Jesuits in England'; n.d. Partly Latin. Copy. ff. 138-140b; (d) 'A coppye of the devise for alteration of religion at the first yeare of Queene Elizabethe'; 1558. A note by Beale, f. 14, states that this was taken 'out

of a book of Sr Tho: Smithe'. Printed in G. Burnet, History of the Reformation . . . , ii, 1681, pp. 327-331 and Strype, Annals, i, pt.2, pp. 392-398. See also: H. Gee, The Elizabethan Prayer-Book and Ornaments, 1902, pp. 16-20; Cotton MS. Julius F.VI, f. 161; SPF 1559-1560, nos. 59-60. ff. 141-146b; (e) 'An Advise given by Sr Willm Peter [Sir William Petre, Secretary of State] unto Quene Mary at the coming over of Cardell Poole'; 1554. ff. 147-150b; (f) Letter by Thomas Norton, concerning the proceedings of Cardinal Wolsey against the monasteries; 1581. Copy. ff. 151-152; (g) 'Notes touching the manner of the consecration of BB. Taken out of the notes of Bishop Bonner [Edmund Bonner, bishop of London], to show the unlawfulness of his deprivation'; 1559-1565. A comparison of the 1534 order for episcopal consecration with the new order. Partly Latin. Copy. A note by Beale, f. 155, states that 'These were Bonners note, to prove that the BB wch had proceeded against him were no Bishops: bycause they were not made according to the maner of 25 Hen. 8 for the later book was not yet confermed by parlement. This or such like cause, I think gave occasion to the making of the Statute of 8 Eliz.' ff. 153-156b; (h) Notes concerning contributions for the relief of Geneva; 1583. ff. 157-160b; (i) Notes on the deprivation, etc., of bishops; n.d. Partly Latin. ff. 161-167b; (k) 'Articles du Concile de Trente qui semblent estre contre et au preiudice des droiots du Roy et libertez de l'Eglise Gallicane'; 16th cent. For another copy, see Add. 48152, art. 33. ff. 163-166b;

(l) Short confession of the faith of the Elector Palatine Frederick IV, given to the Emperor at Ratisbon; 1594. Latin. Copy. ff. 167-168b; (m) Con-fession of Gaspar de Gusman, regimental barber in Spanish service; n.d. French. ff. 169-170b; (n) Letter from Elizabeth I to the bishops, ordering them to certify sales of their woods; 1580. Copy. ff. 171-172b;

(o) Orders by Philip and Mary to Justices of the Peace, concerning measures to be taken for maintenance of the peace, 1555, with an original signed order. ff. 173-176b; (p) Letter from the Council to the Bishops, ordering them to undertake parochial visitations to ensure compliance with the Act of Uniformity; 1573. Copy. Printed in E. Cardwell, Documentary Annals of the Reformed Church of England, Oxford, 1844, i, pp. 387-388. ff. 177-178b; (q) Answers given by John Hart, S.J., to his interrogators; 1580. Abstract. ff. 179-182b; (r) 'Articles to be ministred to the Italians and Spaniardes lately brought prisonners out of Irland'; 1580? Partly Italian. ff. 183-185b; (s) 'Relacion muy verdadera delas senaladas victorias que con el favor de dios nuestro señor, han consequido mos de Anjou hermano del rey de francia contra los lutheranos de su reino, Y los catholicos de Yrlanda contra los perfidos hereges de Ynglatierra . . . '; pamphlet printed by Bernard de Sancto Domingo at Valladolid, 1569. Copy. ff. 185-186b.

Paper; ff. 187. 17th-cent. foliation. Folio. XVI cent.-1600. Vellum binding, numbered '39' on spine.

Elizabeth I of England: Papers of R. Beale, Clerk of the Council: 16th cent.

Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Correspondence and papers.

includes:

• ff. 2-100 Baltasar de Zúñiga, Spanish minister: Correspondence, etc., as envoy to peace conference at Boulogne: 1600: Partly Lat., Fr. and Span: Mostly copies.
• ff. 2-100 passim Sir Henry Neville, MP; diplomatist: Correspondence, etc., as envoy to peace conference at Boulogne: 1600: Partly Lat., Fr. and Span: Mostly copies.
• ff. 2-100b Netherlands, Southern Provinces. Governors of. Albert and Isabella Clara Eugenia, Archduke and Archduchess of Austria: Correspondence and papers rel. to peace conference at Boulogne: 1600: Partly Lat., Fr. and Span: Copies.
• ff. 2-100b Philip III of Spain: Correspondence and papers conc. peace conference at Boulogne: 1600: Partly Lat., Fr. and Span.: Mostly copies.
• ff. 2-100b Elizabeth I of England: Correspondence and papers conc. peace conference at Boulogne: 1600: Partly Lat., Fr. and Span: Mostly copies.
• ff. 2-100b Boulogne: Correspondence, etc., conc. peace conference at: 1600: Partly Lat., Fr. and Span: Mostly copies.
• ff. 2-100b passim Sir John Herbert, Secretary of State: Correspondence, etc., as envoy to peace conference at Boulogne: 1600: Partly Lat., Fr. and Span: Mostly copies.
• ff. 2-100b passim Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Correspondence with envoys at Boulogne: 1600: Copies.
• ff. 2-100b passim Luis Verreycken, Secretary of State in the Southern Netherlands: Correspondence, etc., as secretary at peace conference at Boulogne: 1600: Partly Lat., Fr. and Span: Mostly copies.
• ff. 2-100b passim Ferdinando Carillo, envoy to peace conference at Boulogne: Correspondence, etc.,: 1600: Partly Lat., Fr. and Span: Mostly copies.
• ff. 2-100b passim Jan Richardot, alias Grusset; President of the Council of the Southern Provinces of the Netherlands: Correspondence, etc., as envoy to peace conference at Boulogne: 1600: Partly Lat., Fr. and Span: Mostly copies.
• ff. 2-100b passim Sir Thomas Edmondes, diplomatist: Correspondence, etc., as envoy to peace conference at Boulogne: 1600: Partly Lat., Fr. and Span: Mostly copies.
• ff. 51, 65 Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere; 1st Viscount Brackley: Letters to envoys at Boulogne: 1600: Copies.
• ff. 51, 65, 83, 87 Thomas Sackville, 1st Baron Buckhurst; 1st Earl of Dorset: Letters to envoys at Boulogne: 1600: Copies.
• ff. 55b-57b William Alnwick, Bishop of Lincoln: Grant of privileges to Eton College: 1443: Lat: Copy, mid 16th cent.
• f. 65 William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury: Letter to envoys at Boulogne: 1600: Copy.
• f. 65 George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon: Letter to envoys at Boulogne: 1600: Copy.
• f. 65 Sir John Fortescue, Chancellor of the Exchequer: Letter to envoys at Boulogne: 1600: Copy.
• ff. 65, 83, 87 England; Privy Council: Letters to envoys at Boulogne: 1600: Copies.
• ff. 65, 83, 87 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham: Letters to envoys at Boulogne: 1600: Copies.
• f. 93 Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester: Letter to R. Beale: 1600.
• ff. 95-100b Treaties: Project for general peace treaty: 1600: Partly Lat: Draft.
• ff. 101-116 Valentine Dale, DCL; MP: Instructions, etc., as envoy to negotiate peace with Spain: 1588: Copy and abstract.
• ff. 101-116 Daniel Rogers, Clerk to the Privy Council: Instructions, etc., as envoy to negotiate peace with Spain: 1588: Copy and abstracts.
• ff. 101-116 William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham: Instructions to, etc., as envoy to negotiate peace with Spain: 1588: Copy and abstracts.
• ff. 101-116 Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby: Instructions, etc., as envoy to negotiate peace with Spain: 1588: Copy and abstracts.
• ff. 101-116 Elizabeth I of England: Instructions, etc., to envoys to negotiate peace with Spain: 1588: Copy and abstracts.
• ff. 101-116 Sir James Croft, Lord Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household: Instructions, etc., as envoy to negotiate peace with Spain: 1588: Copy and abstracts.
• ff. 127-128b Netherlands, General: Propositions from envoys of the Emperor to the States of Holland and Zeeland: 1600(?): Span: Copy.
• ff. 135-136b William Allen, Cardinal: Manifesto against Elizabeth I composed by (?): 1588: Copy.
• ff. 135-136b Sixtus V; Pope: Manifesto in the name of, against Elizabeth I: 1588.
• ff. 135-136b Robert Parsons, SJ: Manifesto against Elizabeth I composed by (?): 1588: Copy.
• ff. 135-137 Elizabeth I of England: Papal declarations against her title: 1577, 1588: Partly Lat: Copies.
• ff. 135-186b passim Roman Catholics: Papers conc.: 1554-1594: Partly Lat., Ital., Fr. and Span: Mostly copies.
• ff. 135-186b passim Church History: Papers conc. catholicism, deprivation of bishops, etc.,: 1554-1594: Partly Lat., Ital., Fr. and Span: Mostly copies.
• f. 137 Gregory XIII; Pope: Brief to J. Fitzgerald: 1577: Lat: Copy.
• f. 137 James FitzMaurice FitzGerald, Captain of Desmond: Brief given to, by Pope Gregory XIII: 1577: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 138-140b Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: `Faculties graunted by the Pope to the Preists and Jesuits in England': late 16th cent: Partly Lat: Copy.
• ff. 141-146b Sir Thomas Smith, Secretary of State: Extract from book owned by: c. 1558.
• ff. 141-146b Elizabeth I of England: `A coppye of the devise for alteration of religion at the first year of Queene Elizabethe': c. 1558.
• ff. 147-150b Reginald Pole, Cardinal; Archbishop of Canterbury 1555: Advice of Sir W. Petre to Qu. Mary on his arrival: 1554.
• ff. 147-150b Mary I of England: Advice to, from Sir W. Petre, on the arrival of Cardinal Pole: 1554.
• ff. 147-150b Sir William Petre, Secretary of State: Advice to Qu. Mary on the arrival of Cardinal Pole: 1554.
• f. 151 Thomas Norton, Remembrancer of the City of London: Letter to --: 1581: Copy.
• ff. 153-156b Edmund Bonner, Bishop of London: Notes on episcopal consecration by: 1559-1565: Partly Lat: Copy.
• ff. 153-156b Law CANON: Notes on episcopal consecration, by Bp. Bonner: 1559-1565: Partly Lat: Copy.
• ff. 157-160b City of Geneva: Notes on contributions for relief of: 1583.
• ff. 161-162b Law CANON: Notes on deprivation, etc., of bishops: 16th cent: Partly Lat.
• ff. 163-166b Councils: `Articles du Concile de Trente qui semblent estre contre et au preiudice des droiots du Roy et libertez de l'Eglise Gallicane': 16th cent: Fr.
• ff. 163-166b Trent, Italy: France General: Articles of the Council of Trent which appear prejudicial to the French Church: 16th cent: Fr: Two copies.
• ff. 167-168b Frederick IV; Elector Palatine of the Rhine: Brief confession of his faith: 1594: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 169-170b Gaspar de Gusman, regimental barber, in Spanish service: Confession: 16th cent: Fr.
• f. 171 Elizabeth I of England: Letter ordering bishops to certify sale of woods: 1580: Copy.
• ff. 173-176b Philip and Mary I of England: Orders conc. maintenance of the peace: 1555: Partly signed.
• ff. 177-178b Elizabeth I of England: Order by council for enforcement of Act of Uniformity: 1573: Copy.
• ff. 177-178b Law CANON: Order for enforcement of Act of Uniformity: 1573: Copy.
• ff. 177-178b England; Privy Council: Order to Bishops to undertake parochial visitations: 1573: Copy.
• ff. 179-182b John Hart, SJ: Answers given to his interrogators: 1580: Abstract.
• ff. 183-185b Ireland: `Articles to be ministred to the Italians and Spaniardes lately brought prisonners out of Irland': 1580(?): Partly Ital.
• ff. 185-186b Ireland: Pamphlet conc. catholic rebellion, etc., in: 1569: Span: Copy.
• ff. 185-186b Political Tracts: Account of Catholic victories in Ireland, etc.,: 1569: Span: Copy.
• ff. 185-186b Bernard de Sancto Domingo, Spanish printer: Pamphlet published by: 1569: Span: Copy.