Add MS 48044

Correspondence and papers of Robert Beale (1541-1601), administrator and diplomat. Including original correspondence of English ambassadors in France and Rome, 1530-1533, as well as documents relating to the Netherlands, the 1604 Treaty of London, and the Spanish Match.

ff. 4r-5v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, to Sir John Wallop and Sir Francis Bryan, ambassadors in France. 1533.

ff. 6r-16v Four letters from King Henry VIII to Sir Francis Bryan and Edward Fox, ambassadors in France. In the hand of Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester and envoy to France. 1531.

ff. 17r-20v Draft letter from William Benet, ambassador in Rome, to King Henry VIII. [1530-1532].

ff. 21r-25v Instructions sent to Gabriel de Grammont, Bishop of Tarbes, and François de Tournon, Archbishop of Bourges. For proceedings on behalf of King Henry VIII. 1533. Latin.

ff. 26r-29v Letter from William Benet, ambassador in Rome, to King Henry VIII. May 21 [1530-1532].

ff. 30r-35r Letter from William Benet, ambassador in Rome, to King Henry VIII. Enclosing a copy of Innocent III's decretal, 'Gaudemus in Domino'. 1530. Latin.

ff. 36r-37v Letter from Sir Edward Carne to King Henry VIII. 18 September [1530].

ff. 38r-41v An address to Pope Clement VII, in the name of the nobles of England. Draft English translation. No date.

ff. 42r-43v Letter from William Benet, ambassador in Rome, to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. 7 February 1532.

ff. 45r-49v Letter from William Benet, ambassador in Rome, to King Henry VIII. 18 September 1530.

ff. 51r-55v Letter from Sir Francis Bryan and Edward Fox, ambassadors in France, to King Henry VIII. 28 November 1531.

ff. 56r-65v Draft letter from King Henry VIII to Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester and envoy to France. [January-February 1532].

ff. 66r-69v Instructions from King Henry VIII to Henry Knyvet, gentleman of the Privy Chamber. As envoy to the Queen of Navarre. [1533].

ff. 70r-85v Three letters from King Henry VIII to Sir Francis Bryan and Edward Fox, ambassadors in France. [1531]. Endorsed '56 Thomas Hylles'.

ff. 86r-92v Treaty between England and France. For the suppression of piracy. 1525. Latin.

ff. 93r-100r Treaty between England and France. For perpetual peace. 1527. Latin.

ff. 104r-106r Treaty between England and France. For reciprocal obligation. 1526. Latin.

ff. 107r-126v Treaty between England and France. For the payment of two million gold crowns to King Henry VIII, by King Francis I of France. 1525. Latin.

ff. 127r-130v Notes concerning a treaty between Queen Elizabeth I and King Henry IV of France. 1596.

ff. 131r-157r Account by Sir William Monson. Titled ‘A Relation of Divers passages, by Sir William Mounson, during the tyme of his Commaund of the narrow seas, between him and the Admiral of Holland, directed to the Lord Chancellour Elsmere’. 1616.

ff. 159r-179r Notes concerning benefices and prebendal perquisites of St Paul’s Cathedral. Possibly intended to support the case of William Cotton, Prebendary of Sneating, concerning the loss of his perquisites as a prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral. Latin.

ff. 183r-214r Account of negotiations between Sir Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland, and the ministers of Isabella Clara Eugenia, Archduchess of Austria. Concerning a suspension of the deposition of arms. Brussels, 1622. Another copy is Add MS 4149.

f. 215r-215v Copy of the first form of King Philip III of Spain’s ratification of the treaty of peace between the States General and Archduke Albert and Archduchess Isabella of the Netherlands. Another copy is Add MS 48062, article 8.

ff. 216r-222r Copy of the States General’s resolution on the second form of ratification by King Philip III of Spain.

ff. 223r-226v Letter from Thomas Alured to George Villiers, Marquess of Buckingham. Concerning the Spanish Match. 1620. Other copies include Add MS 4149 (ff. 158r-162v), Add MS 18201 (f. 13r), Add MS 22473 (ff. 74r-79r), Add MS 34127 (ff. 18r-19r), Add MS 37999 (ff. 52r-54v), Add MS 40629 (ff. 117r-122r), Add MS 44848 (ff. 132r-138r), Egerton MS 2882 (ff. 208r-209v), Sloane MS 1455 (ff. 20r-23v).

f. 227r Paper on the Treaty of London, titled ‘A proclamicion for the League betweene Spaine and England’. 1604.

ff. 227v-228r Paper on the Treaty of London, titled ‘Articles of the peace’. 1604.

ff. 228v-233r Paper on the Treaty of London, titled ‘Consideracions of the Peace nowe in speech’. 1604.

ff. 234r-239r Paper titled ‘A Discourse of the troubles lately happened in the Kingdome of England. Ano 1569.’ A translation of the French pamphlet ‘Discours des Troubles nouvellement advenus au Royaume d'Angleterre, Oct. 1569’, printed by Nicolas Chesneau. 1570.

ff. 240r-246v Copy of a letter from Sir Philip Sidney to Queen Elizabeth I. Advancing arguments against her marriage to François de Valois, Duc d'Anjou. Originally written between November and December 1579, this copy c. 1623-30.

ff. 247r-248r Speech by Sir Thomas Egerton, Lord Chancellor, Baron Ellesmere and Viscount Brackley. At the opening of Parliament, 1606-1607.

ff. 248r-250v Memorial of resolutions taken by King James I, in answer to a petition exhibited by the gentlemen of the Lower House. 1606-1607. Other copies include Add MS 41613 (ff. 207v-211r), Cotton MS Titus F.IV (ff. 86r-92r), Harley MS 299 (ff. 23r-37r) and Harley MS 589 (ff. 79r-83r), and Lansdowne MS 486 (ff. 106r-111r).

ff. 248r-250v Speech by King James I, at the opening of Parliament. 1606-1607.

ff. 253r-274v Instructions and advice for Sir Robert Sidney, as envoy to France. Titled ‘Touchinge a toleration of two Religions in one Realme; for Sir Robert Sidney her Majesty’s Ambassador in France'. With annotations and corrections by Robert Beale. 1593. Partly Latin.

ff. 276r-286v Paper by Sir Charles Cornwallis, diplomat, titled ‘A relation of the marriage that should have beene betwixt this Prince of Wales and the Infanta major alsoe after with the younger Infanta. c. 1620. Another copy is Add MS 4149 (ff. 163r-172v).

ff. 287r-289v Paper on the Spanish Match, titled ‘The prepositions to the Kinge of greate Brittaine proferred touchinge the match betweene the Prince of Wales and the Infanta of Spaine sent to Rome together with the Popes replyes and demands'. 1623. Another copy is Sloane MS 363 (ff. 9r-10v).

ff. 290r-293v Paper on the Spanish Match, titled ‘A Coppie of a draught or writeinge wch the Illustrious Prince of Wales sent as answeare to other propositions of his Catholique Majesty'. 1623.

ff. 294r-294v Copy of a letter from Prince Charles to Pope Gregory XI. Concerning the Spanish Match. 8 July 1623.

ff. 295r-296v Copy of the submission sent by Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Baron Verulam and Viscount St Albans, to the House of Lords. 22 April 1621. Other copies include Add MS 5503 (f. 128r), Add MS 25085 (f. 11r), Add MS 28011 (f. 1v), Add MS 61683 (ff. 36r-37r), Egerton MS 2651 (f. 27r), and Sloane MS 826 (f. 7r).

ff. 297r-301r Copies of ordinances in Chancery by Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Baron Verulam and Viscount St Albans. For the better and more regular administration of justice in the Chancery. Omits clauses 59-72 and 77-101. 1619.

ff. 302r-304v Reply given by a committee of the House of Commons. In response to objections raised by judges on behalf of the Crown in the Fortescue-Goodwin election dispute. 3 April 1604. Other copies include Add MS 48101 (article 10) and Stowe MS 180 (ff. 11r-12v).

ff. 305r-306r Letter from Oliver St John to the Mayor of Marlborough. Against benevolences. 1614. Other copies include Add MS 19402 (f. 124r), Add MS 34599 (f. 94r), Add MS 40838 (f. 19v), Add MS 44848 (f. 96r), Sloane MS 1856 (f. 1r) and Hargrave MS 226 (f. 291r).

ff. 306v-308r Notes on a conference between King James VI of Scotland and Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State. Titled ‘'The heades of the Conference betweene the Kinge of Scotts and Secretary Wal[s]ingham.’ [September 12 1583].

ff. 309r-332v Two copies of questions put to John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol, on behalf of King James I. With his answers. 1624. Other copies include Add MS 4990 (ff. 16v-54v), Add MS 32092 (ff. 317r-323v), Harley MS 4267 (ff. 1r-19v), Harley 6798 (ff. 207r-224v), Lansdowne MS 213 (ff. 117r-131r), and Stowe MS 365 (ff. 2r-12r).

ff. 334r-357r Paper of advice as to how Queen Elizabeth I and King Henry IV of France may proceed with the Princes of Germany, concerning the late League. With corrections and annotations by Robert Beale. After 1594.

ff. 358r-375v Discourse advocating English assistance to King Henry IV of France. [c. 1593].

f. 376v Note: '30 leaves of verses lent with this booke'.