Add MS 48062

PAPERS RELATING TO FOREIGN AFFAIRS, etc.; 16th-17th centt. Some Latin, French and Italian. Partly copies.

1. ff. 4-43b. Tabular analysis of the state of Europe, showing military forces, religious and political affiliations, etc., with detailed accounts of the Italian states, Transylvania, the Turkish Empire and the Swiss Cantons; late 16th cent. Italian.

2. ff. 60-133b. Sir George Carew al. Cary, Account of the State of France; 1609 (MS., wrongly, 1610, f. 60). Copy. Memorandum (f. 60) in the hand of Add. 48087, artt. 1-21. Printed in T. Birch, Historical View of the Negotiations between the Courts of England, France and Brussels, 1749, pp. 414-528. Other copies are: Add. MSS. 4466, ff. 22-51b and 34846; Egerton MS. 921, ff. 102-127.

3. ff. 134-183. Discipline or Book of Order of the French Reformed Churches, as promulgated by the national synod at St Maixent; 1609. French. Copy. See Add. MSS. 48040, art. 4(d), where the item is described and 48118,

art. 1.

4. ff. 184-227b. 'The State of Germany': description of the political structure of Germany, including detailed accounts of the Palatinate (ff. 188b-193*) and Saxony (ff. 193*-202), followed (ff. 214-227b) by tables showing the number and cost of soldiers each Circle of the Empire was required to contribute to the imperial army; July-Nov. 1569. Copy, 17th cent. The unidentified author may have been associated with Henry Killigrew's mission to the Palatinate in 1569 (on which see A. C. Miller, Sir Henry Killigrew, 1963, pp. 101-122), see his reference to a visit to the Freiberg mines with Killigrew, 21 June 1569, f. 195.

5. ff. 231-243b. 'A discourse touchinge the Palsgraves acceptinge the Crowne of Bohemia. By J.D.'; c. 1620.

6. ff. 245-283b. 'Tom Tell Troth or a free discourse touching the murmures of the tyme, directed to his Late Ma.tie [James I] by waie of humble advertisment'; c. 1621. Copy, temp. Charles I. Printed as a separate tract

in 1630?, STC 23868, and in 1642, STC T 1786; Catalogue of the Pamphlets . . . collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, 1908, i, p. 202; Somers Tracts, ii, pp. 469-492. Another copy is Add. 11308, ff. 2-45b.

7. ff. 284-285. Note on the ancestry of Gustavus II Adolphus, King of Sweden, by 'J.M.'; aft. 1612.

8. ff. 286-286b. Another copy of Add. 48044, art. 7(a).

9. ff. 288-296b. 'The Policia or goverment of the United Provinces'; c. 1614-1625. Copy. Somers Tracts, iii, pp. 630-635. Other copies are: Cotton MS. Titus C. VII, ff. 34-38; Lansdowne MS. 213, ff. 75-80; Sloane MS. 1786, ff. 28b-37.

10. ff. 297-298b. 'The Lady Elizabeth - Her Graces answer made at Hatfeild the 26 of Aprill 1558 to Sr Tho: Pope Kt being sent from ye Quee[n]s Maty to understand howe her grace like of ye mocion of marryage made by the Kinge elect of Swethlands Messenger'. Copy, 17th cent. Somers Tracts, i, pp. 56-57. See also SPD 1547-1580, p. 101. Other copies are: Cotton MSS. Vitellius C.XVI, ff. 334-335b (imperfect) and Titus C.VII, ff. 42b-43; Harley MS. 444, ff. 28-29b; Sloane MS. 1786, ff. 39-40b.

11. ff. 300-304b. Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans, 'A Shorte veiwe to bee taken of greate Brittayne and Spayne'; 1619. Copy. Printed in J. Spedding, The Works of Francis Bacon, 1857-1874, xiv, pp. 22-28, from Add. 4263, ff. 102-105b, and Harley MS. 6353, ff. 72-75. Other copies are Add. MSS. 48116, art. 19(b) and 39254, ff. 44-49b, and Stowe MS. 159, ff. 262-265b.

12. ff. 305-313. 'Reasons Coniecturall off Warre and Truce, Betwixt theis Spanyardes, and Archduke on the one Partye, and the Lord States generall, on the other . . . ': reasons why Spain and the United Provinces might go to war and considerations which might nevertheless lead them to prefer peace; 1621. Copy. Other copies are: Add. MSS. 48116, art. 19(c) and 39254, ff. 50-59; Harley MS. 6353, ff. 75-79b; Stowe MS. 159, ff. 266-272.

13. ff. 313-316. 'For the Freeing of the Pallatinate by Armes': a consideration of different methods of military support for the Palatinate, followed (ff. 315b-316) by 'Heades to be Advised uppon by the Councill of Warre'; c. 1620. Copy. Other copies are: Add. MSS. 48116, art. 19(d) and 39254, ff. 40-43; Harley MS. 6353, ff. 70b-72; Stowe MS. 159, ff. 273-275.

14. ff. 318-321. 'Questions propounded by Queene Marye, and Aunswered by hir Councell, Touchinge the Contynuance of a Treatye, made by Hen: 8: wth the Emperor: and Kinge of Fraunce, For Maintenance of a Quarrell, Betwene Fraunce, and Kinge Phillip: of Spayne'; c. 1554. Copy, 17th cent. Other copies are Sloane MS. 1786, ff. 77b-80, and Stowe MS. 145, ff. 66-69b.

15. ff. 321-324b. Papers relating to the state of royal finances; 1613. Copies. As follows: (a) Ordinary annual receipts and issues of the Exchequer. ff. 321-322b; (b) 'Abatements now in beinge or to bee very shortlye, uppon the Marryage of the Ladye Elizabeth to the Counte Pallatyne of the Rhine, Anno, 1613; and otherwise for the King's Beneffitt, By the Comissioners of the Treasurye.' A draft of the list of abatements in the hand of Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, is Cotton MS. Cleopatra F.VI, ff. 84-85, with the statement of ordinary receipts and issues at ff. 102b-103. This draft also contains (ff. 85-87b) notes on 'Abatementes to be made within a while but not for the present', 'Abatements not present' and improvements both 'nowe present' and 'not in beinge but dependinge', which are omitted in the present MS. and other copies. Other copies are: Cotton MS. Titus C.VII, ff. 200-202; Harley MS. 444, ff. 52b-56; Sloane MS. 1786, ff. 80b-83; Stowe MS. 145, ff. 69b-71b (omits the statement of ordinary receipts and issues). ff. 323-324b.

16. ff. 326-367b. Sir Charles Cornwallis, Discourse of the State of Spain; Jan. 1608. Copy. Somers Tracts, iii, pp. 304-315. Other copies are: Add. MSS. 4149, ff. 132-152, 36444, ff. 14-61 and 39853, ff. 150-161; Cotton MS. Vespasian C.X, ff. 1-35.

17. ff. 370-385. Sir Walter Ralegh 'A Discourse touchinge the present Consultacion Concerninge ye peace wth Spain and ye retaineinge of the Netherlands in Societie . . . presented to Kinge James in the first yeare of his raigne 1602 [recte 1603]'. Copy. First printed by Ralegh's grandson, Philip, in Three Discourses of Sir Walter Ralegh, 1702. Also in The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, 1829 edn. (repr. New York, 1962), viii, pp. 299-316. Other copies are Harley MS. 444, ff. 92-108, and Sloane MS. 63, ff. 58-69.

18. ff. 385b-391b. 'A Councell of Warre the 27th of November 1587 Anno Reginae Elizabethae [30] - The advice of the Lords Gray Sr Frauncis Knolles Sr John Norris and others touchinge the meanes fittest to be obtained for defence of the Realme'. Copy, 17th cent. See further E. Tenison, Elizabethan England, vii, 1940, pp. 213-214. Other copies include: Egerton MS. 2618, ff. 3-6b; Harley MSS. 168, ff. 110-114 and 444, ff. 108-115; Royal MS. 18 C.XXI, ff. 25b-28b.

19. ff. 392-395b. 'Sommaire des droits de la ville of Geneve pour monstre combien les Ducs de Savoye sont malfondez en leur pretentions contre icelle'. French. A note by Beale on f. 395b states that this tract was 'Made at ye Request of me R.B. by Monsr Lectius [Jacques Lect, Professor of Law at Geneva and Syndic of Geneva] sent from ye Citye of Geneva for a Collection to be made in England ao 1589 or 1590 for the relief of ye Citye then besieged by ye duke of Savoye'. Lect was Genevan envoy in England during 1590: SPF 1589-1590, nos. 689-690, and ibid. 1590-1591, no. 705. The present tract is not included in the lists of Lect's works in Michaud's Biographie Universelle or Didot's Nouvelle Biographie Universelle. Another MS. is Cotton MS. Vespasian F.V, ff. 131-134b. See also Add. 48024, art. 17. f. 395 is the sealed wrapper.

20. ff. 397-399b. 'Relation touchant le Goverment De La Cite et Republique De Geneve'; aft. 1635 (f. 397b). French.

21. ff. 400-401b. 'Articles of Treaty concluded on, betwene the French King And the unyted Provinces at the Hagh Jan: 23 1608'. English translation. Dumont, v, pt.2, pp. 89-90.

22. ff. 402-404b. Letter from Dr John Hammond to Sir Francis Walsingham, concerning the laws and customs of Guernsey; 28 May 1583. Autograph.

23. ff. 405-407. Fair copy of art. 25 below (not in Beale's hand).

24. ff. 408-409b. 'The names of ye fortes & castells alongest the sea coast'; temp. Eliz. I. Other copies of this list are Add. 48088, art. 7, Stowe MS. 570 (Yelverton MS 22), and Harley MS. 168, ff. 116-117.

25. ff. 410-413b. 'Touching the Isle Sarck': articles in Beale's hand concerning the imposition on Sark of the Custom of Guernsey and the jurisdictional relationship between Sark and Guernsey; 1582-1583. The Privy Council considered Guernsey's claim to supremacy over Sark in 1582-1583 and issued an order determining Sark's position on 24 April 1583. See L. Selosse, L'île de Serk: Un état féoda au xxe siècle, 1928, pp. 25-27, 322-326; J. L. V. Cachemaille, The Island of Sark, 1928, pp. 43-49. The present articles are apparently a draft proposal for an order in council on this question. They differ significantly from the order finally issued, for example they propose 6 Jurats for Sark, not 5, and omit reference to such issues as ecclesiastical jurisdiction. A fair copy of these articles, not in Beale's hand, is art. 23 above. See also Add. 48001, artt. 63, 64.

26. ff. 414-415. Second draft bull granting dispensation to Henry VIII to marry again, to be requested from Pope Clement VII on Henry's behalf by William Knight, afterwards Bishop of Bath and Wells; 1527. Latin. Copy, late 16th cent. See further J. J. Scarisbrick, Henry VIII, 1968, pp. 160-161, 202-204. Printed in N. Pocock, Records of the Reformation, 1870, i, pp. 22-27. See also LP Hen. VIII, iv, 3686. Other copies are: Add. MSS. 6874, ff. 110-111b and 25173, ff. 188-189; Harley MSS. 297, ff. 237-238 (English translation) and 4994, ff. 150-150b. A note by Beale on f. 414 states: 'Copy of ye Bull for K. Henry the VIII. second marriage. vide Guiciardini:'; Francesco Guicciardini, Storia d'Italia, Book 18 (1527-1528); in A. Gherardi's 1919 edition, iv, pp. 162-164. It is not apparent which edition Beale was referring to. Guicciardini does not give the text of the proposed bull in full.

27. ff. 416-431. 'Monita Privata Societatis Jesu': an apocryphal code of secret instructions to members of the Society of Jesus forged by Jerome Zaorowsky, a former Jesuit; c. 1613. Latin. Copy. See further New Catholic Encyclopedia, ix, p. 1062. Other copies are: Add. 15674 (Spanish translation); Lansdowne MSS. 343, ff. 112-139 (English translation) and 602, ff. 36-48.

Paper; ff. 434 + 193*. Folio. XVI-XVII centt. 17th-cent. foliation. Art. 3 has a separate contemporary foliation, 1-50. 17th-cent. vellum binding with leather ties. Numbered '68' on the spine, which bears traces of label.

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. 4-43b Political Tracts: Tabular analysis of the state of Europe: 16th cent: Ital.
• ff. 60-133b Sir George Carew, alias Cary; diplomatist: Account of the state of France: 1609: Copy.
• ff. 60-133b Henry IV of France: Account of the state of France, by Sir G. Carew: 1609: Copy.
• ff. 60-133b Political Tracts: Sir G. Carew: Account of the state of France: 1609: Copy.
• ff. 134-183 Protestants: Discipline of French Reformed Churches: 1609: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 134-183 St Maixent, France: Discipline of French Reformed Churches promulgated in synod at: 1609: Fr: Two copies.
• ff. 134-183 Henry IV of France: Discipline of the French Reformed Churches: 1609: Fr: Two copies.
• ff. 184-227b Germany, General: `The state of Germany': 1569.
• ff. 184-227b Political Tracts: `The state of Germany': 1569.
• ff. 188b-193* Rhine; Palatinate of the: Description of political structure of: 1569.
• ff. 193*-202 Saxony: Description of its political structure: 1569.
• ff. 231-243b Political Tracts: J.D.: `A discourse touchinge the Palsgraves acceptinge the Crowne of Bohemia': c. 1620.
• ff. 231-243b J. D: `A discourse touchinge the Palsgraves acceptinge the Crowne of Bohmeia' by: c. 1620.
• ff. 231-243b Frederick V; Elector Palatine of the Rhine; King of Bohemia: `A discourse touchinge the Palsgraves acceptinge the Crowne of Bohemia', by `J.D.': c. 1620.
• ff. 245-283b James I of England: `Tom Tell Troth or a free discourse touching the murmures of the tyme', addressed to: c. 1621: Copy.
• ff. 245-283b Political Tracts: `Tom Tell Troth or a free discourse touching the murmures of the tyme': c. 1621: Copy.
• ff. 284-285 Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden: Note on his ancestry, by `J.M.': aft. 1612.
• ff. 284-285 J. M: Note on ancestry of Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden: aft. 1612.
• ff. 286-286b Netherlands, United Provinces: Ratification by Philip III of Spain of treaty with Archdukes of Austria: 1607: Engl. transl.
• ff. 286-286b Philip III of Spain: Ratification of treaty of peace between the Archdukes of Austria and the States General: 1607: Engl. transl.
• ff. 286-286b Netherlands, Southern Provinces. Governors of. Albert and Isabella Clara Eugenia, Archduke and Archduchess of Austria: Ratification by Philip III of Spain of treaty with the States General: 1607: Engl. transls.
• ff. 286-286b Treaties: Ratification by Philip III of Spain of treaty between the Archdukes of Austria and the States General: 1607: Engl. transl.
• ff. 288-296b Netherlands, United Provinces: `The Policia or goverment of the United Provinces': c. 1614-1625: Copy.
• ff. 288-296b Political Tracts: `The Policia or goverment of the United Provinces': c. 1614-1625: Copy.
• ff. 297-298b Sir Thomas Pope, founder of Trinity College, Oxford: Report on Elizabeth I's response to a proposal of marriage with the King-Elect of Sweden: 1558: Copy.
• ff. 297-298b Elizabeth I of England: Answer to proposal of marriage by the King-Elect of Sweden: 1558: Copy.
• ff. 300-304b Political Tracts: F. Bacon: `A Shorte veiwe to bee taken of greate Brittayne and Spayne': 1619: Copies.
• ff. 300-304b Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans: `A Shorte veiwe to bee taken of greate Brittayne and Spayne': 1619: Copies.
• ff. 305-313 Political Tracts: Philip III of Spain: Tract on the likelihood of war or truce between Spain and the United Provinces: 1621: Copies, 17th cent.
• ff. 305-313 Political Tracts: `Reasons Coniecturall off Warre and Truce, Betwixt theis Spanyardes, and Archduke on the one Partye, and the Lord States generall, on the other': 1621: Copy.
• ff. 305-313 Philip III of Spain: `Reasons Coniecturall off Warre and Truce, Betwixt theis Spanyardes, and Archduke on the one Partye, and the Lord States generall, on the other': 1621: Copy.
• ff. 305-313 Netherlands, United Provinces: `Reasons Coniecturall off Warre and Truce' between Spain and the United Provinces: 1621: Copy.
• ff. 313-316 Political Tracts: Treatise on freeing the Palatinate by arms: c. 1620: Copies, mid 17th cent.
• ff. 313-316 Frederick V; Elector Palatine of the Rhine; King of Bohemia: Treatise on freeing the Palatinate by arms: c. 1620: Copies, mid 17th cent.
• ff. 313-316 Frederick V; Elector Palatine of the Rhine; King of Bohemia: Proposals for military support for: c. 1620: Copy.
• ff. 313-316 James I of England: Proposals for military intervention in the Palatinate: c. 1620: Copy.
• ff. 318-321 Mary I of England: Response of the Council to questions by, conc. treaty with France and the Empire against Spain: c. 1554: Copy.
• ff. 321-322b James I of England: Ordinary annual receipts and issues: 1613: Copy.
• ff. 321-324b Accounts: Papers conc. royal finances: 1613: Copies.
• ff. 323-324b Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton: Paper on abatements in royal expenditure: 1613: Copy.
• ff. 323-324b James I of England: Abatements in royal expenditure: 1613: Copy.
• ff. 326-367b Political Tracts: Sir C. Cornwallis: Discourse of the state of Spain: 1608: Copy.
• ff. 326-367b Philip III of Spain: Discourse of the state of Spain, by Sir C. Cornwallis: 1608: Copy.
• ff. 326-367b Sir Charles Cornwallis, diplomatist: Discourse of the state of Spain: 1608: Copy.
• ff. 370-385 Sir Walter Ralegh, alias Raleigh; military and naval commander; author: Discourse conc. Spain and the Netherlands: 1603: Copy.
• ff. 370-385 Political Tracts: Sir W. Ralegh, Discourse conc. Spain and the Netherlands: 1603: Copy.
• ff. 385b-391b Elizabeth I of England: Advice to, at a Council of War: 1587: Copy.
• ff. 392-395b Jacques Lect, Professor of Law at Geneva: `Sommaire des droits de la ville de Geneve . . .': 1590: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 392-395b City of Geneva: `Sommaire des droits de la ville de Geneve . . .' by J. Lect: 1590: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 397-399b City of Geneva: `Relation touchant le Goverment De La Cite et Republique de Geneve': aft. 1635: Fr.
• ff. 400-401b Henry IV of France: Treaty with United Provinces: 1608: Engl. transl.
• ff. 400-401b Netherlands, United Provinces: Treaty with France: 1608: Engl. transl.
• ff. 400-401b Treaties: Treaty between France and United Provinces: 1608: Engl. transl.
• f. 402 John Hammond, LL.D: Letter to Sir F. Walsingham: 1583.
• f. 402 Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State: Letter to, from Dr J. Hammond: 1583.
• f. 402 Island of Guernsey: Letter by Dr J. Hammond conc. laws and customs of: 1583.
• ff. 405-407, 410-413b Island of Sark: Articles conc. laws and customs of Sark: 1582-1583: Partly copy.
• ff. 408-409b Fortification: Names of forts and castles on the English coast: temp. Eliz. I.
• ff. 408-409b England General: Names of coastal forts and castles: temp. Eliz. I.
• ff. 414-415 Henry VIII of England: Proposed bull granting dispensation for his second marriage: 1527: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 414-415 Clement VII; Pope: Proposed bull granting dispensation to Henry VIII to marry again: 1527: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 416-431 Jerome Zaorowsky, former Jesuit: `Monita Privata Societatis Jesu' forged by: circa 1613: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 416-431 Orders Religious. Jesuits: `Monita Privata Societatis Jesu': c. 1613: Lat: Copy.