Add MS 48066

MISCELLANEOUS HISTORICAL MATERIALS; mostly 16th cent. Partly Latin. Copies, late 16th cent.

1. ff. 2-15. Papers relating to religious reform; temp. Eliz. I. As follows: (a) Tract on the reform of religion, education, justice, etc. Beg. 'It is a lamentable thing to Greave for every man complayneth . . . '. Ends ' . . . he should be able to berde or entercounter his prince.' ff. 2-7b; (b) Proposed parliamentary bill [of Anthony Bridgeman] for the ending of pluralities, the dissolution of cathedral and collegiate churches and redistribution of their revenues, etc.; Feb. 1589. See Neale, Parliaments, ii, pp. 230-231 and SPD 1581-1590, p. 578. ff. 8-11; (c) 'Reasons to further this acte (i.e. (b) above) for the well usinge of the goodes of the churche . . . '. ff. 12-12b; (d) 'The comodyties that are like to followe by making of this Statute'.

f. 13: (e) 'Howe the possessions of the Spiritualitie and their revenues may be beste employed to godes glorie and the welth of the Realme': a computation of church revenues and proposals for their redistribution.

ff. 14-15.

2. ff. 20-75b. Extracts from various chronicles and legal authorities, including Hall, William of Newburgh, the St Albans chronicle, Matthew Paris, Bracton and Glanville. Partly Latin. Also included are: (a) Henry VIII's will, 30 Dec. 1546 (Foedera, vi, pt.2, pp. 142-145), and a memorandum thereon, 20 Jan. 1568. ff. 20b, 24-29b; (b) Memorandum on the marriages of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (d.1545), see the Salisbury MS. quoted in LP Hen. VIII, iv, pt. 3, p. 2620. See also Cambridge Univ. Libr. MS. Dd.3.85, art. 18, a memorandum by Beale on the validity of Brandon's marriage with Mary, Queen Dowager of France.

f. 30.

3. ff. 76-81. Statutes of the Order of the Garter, in English, as altered by Edward VI for presentation to the Chapter of 24 April 1552, but not adopted: one of the several draft revisions preceding the final version adopted 17 March 1553 (and abrogated by Mary I 27 Sept. 1553), on the history of which see E. M. Thompson in Archaeologia, liv, 1894, pp. 173-198. The present copy (which was unknown to Thompson) was made from a copy corrected by the King himself, and reproduces his deletions and, in an italic hand, his additions and amendments, see the preface, f. 76. A Latin draft and two other English drafts by the King are printed in J. G. Nichols, Literary Remains of King Edward the Sixth, Roxburghe Club, 1857, ii,

pp. 511-538, from the autographs, Cotton MS. Nero C.X, ff. 98-112. The Statutes finally adopted (though never put into effect), 17 March 1553, are printed in J. Anstis, Register of the Order of the Garter, 1724, ii, App.

pp. xlvi-lii. See also G. F. Beltz, Memorials of the . . . Order of the Garter, 1841, pp. xcvi-xcviii.

4. ff. 90-165b. George Cavendish: Life of Cardinal Wolsey; c. 1557. Title and first six lines of prologue by Beale, f. 90. Listed in App. C of the edition by R. S. Sylvester, EETS, ccxliii, 1959, based upon the autograph MS. Egerton 2402. Marginal Greek letters show where passages relating to the Boleyns, etc., have been modified and omitted; they are supplied in

art. 5 below, marked with the corresponding letters.

5. ff. 175-182b. 'The supplements or defects in the booke of Cardinall Wolseys life and fall made by Georg Candish' (title by Beale, f. 175). See art. 4 above.

6. ff. 183-188b. Three signet letters (headings by Beale, ff. 183, 184, 186, 188) from Henry VIII to Sir Francis Bryan, ambassador at Blois, concerning the alleged treason of Cardinal Wolsey, and notifying him of Wolsey's death; 11 and 16 Nov., 8 Dec. 1530. Not in LP Hen. VIII, but Bryan's reply to the letter to 11 Nov. is ibid., iv, pt.3, no. 6733.

7. ff. 193, 198-310. Treatise by Nicholas Harpsfield on the divorce of Henry VIII (no title); [c. 1553-1558]. The present MS. is not among the texts collated by N. Pocock for his edition, A treatise on the pretended divorce between Henry VIII and Catharine of Aragon, Camden Soc., n.s., xxi, 1878.

8. ff. 319-373. Nicholas Harpsfield, 'Life of Sir Thomas More'; 1557? Collated for the edition by E. V. Hitchcock and R. W. Chambers, EETS, clxxxvi, 1932.

Paper; ff. 374 + (93*, 194*, 282*). 17th-cent. foliation; a superseded foliation, 33-106, is on ff. 2-75. Folio. Late XVI cent. Artt. 3-6 were formerly part of another MS., quire markings occurring as follows: art. 3, 11, f. 76; art. 4, 24-30 from f. 90; art. 5, 31, f. 175; art. 6, 32, f. 183. For other similar sections see Add. 48048. Written in several hands. Vellum binding with leather ties, numbered '72' 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. 8-15 England; Parliament: A. Bridgeman's proposed bill for the dissolution of cathedral churches, etc.,: 1589: Copy.
• ff. 8-15 Anthony Bridgeman: Proposed parliamentary bill for the dissolution of cathedral churches, etc.,: 1589: Copy.
• ff. 20-72b Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk; d.1545: Memorandum on his marriages: late 16th cent.
• ff. 20b, 24-29b Wills: Henry VIII, 1546, with memorandum, 1568. Copies: late 16th cent.
• ff. 20b, 24-29b Henry VIII of England: Will and memorandum thereon: 1546, 1568: Copies, late 16th cent.
• ff. 76-81 Edward VI of England: Statutes for the Order of the Garter: 1552: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 76-81 Orders Military. Garter: Statutes: 1552: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 90-182b George Cavendish: Life of Cardinal Wolsey: c. 1557: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 90-182b Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal; Archbishop of York: Life of, by G. Cavendish: c. 1557: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 183-188b Henry VIII of England: Signet letters to Sir F. Bryan: 1530: Copies, late 16th cent.
• ff. 183-188b Sir Francis Bryan, diplomatist; Lord Justice of Ireland: Letters to, from Henry VIII: 1530: Copies, late 16th cent.
• ff. 198-310b Nicholas Harpsfield, theologian; d.1575: Treatise on the divorce of Henry VIII: c. 1553-1558: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 198-310b Henry VIII of England: Treatise by N. Harpsfield on his divorce: c. 1553-1558: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 319-373 Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor: Life of, by N. Harpsfield: 1557(?): Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 319-373 Nicholas Harpsfield, theologian; d.1575: Life of Sir Thomas More: 1557(?): Copy, late 16th cent.