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- Record Id:
- 040-001951098
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- 032-001951006
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100153843885.0x000001
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- Title:
- Papers relating to the German Protestant states, 1563-1580
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Copies of papers concerning foreign affairs, chiefly with reference to the German Protestant states between 1563 and 1580. Alarmed by divisions between Lutherans and Calvinists in Germany, Queen Elizabeth I sent three missions to that country in 1577, with the aim of establishing a Protestant League in Europe: Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586), author and courtier, from February-June; Dr Daniel Rogers (c. 1538–1591), diplomat and author, dispatched in June; and Robert Beale (1541–1601), administrator and diplomat, who received his instructions in August.
Beale was told to prevent a Lutheran assembly, planned to be held in Magdeburg in October that year, from taking place, and similarly to hinder a proposed Calvinist assembly at Frankfurt. Beale arrived in Germany in September and remained there until the end of December: he attended the Calvinist assembly at Frankfurt in September and visited the courts of the prominent Protestant princes. At this time the Lutheran party was attempting to define its doctrine: the result was the 'Book of Concord' or 'Formula of Concord' which was first printed at Dresden, in 1580. See Heppe (Publication Note).
ff. 2v-4r: Instructions from Queen Elizabeth I and Francis Walsingham to Robert Beale. On his mission to Germany. 21 August 1577.
f. 5r-5v: Blank.
ff. 6r-7*v: Letter from Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, to Queen Elizabeth I. 14 December 1577. With a seal. See below, ff. 76r-97v, and Heppe, vol. 4, p. 15 (Publication Note). German.
f. 8r-8v: Blank.
ff. 9r-25r: Seven articles on the Eucharist and eight articles on the Person of Christ, with condemnations of both, and further points of controversy between Protestants subscribed to by Jacob Andreae and other Lutheran theologians at the conference at Berge, near Magdeburg, in May 1577. With additions and annotations in the hand of Joannes von Glauberg of Frankfurt. See also Egerton MS 1692, f. 73. Latin.
ff. 26r-32v: Statement subscribed to by Jacob Andreae and other Lutheran theologians at Berge, 28 May 1577. Copy in Latin, with annotations by Robert Beale and Joannes von Glauberg. With a copy in German. See Themel, pp. 301-305 (Publication Note).
f. 33r-33v: Blank.
ff. 34r-53v: Papers relating to the assembly of representatives from Calvinist states at Frankfurt, September 1577. Latin. Including:
• ff. 34r-37v: Proceedings of the Frankfurt assembly, September 1577.
• f. 38r: A letter of introduction from the Frankfurt assembly for Dr Paul Knibbius on his mission to the Electors of Brandenburg and Saxony. 24 September 1577.
• ff. 38v-40r: Petitions to the Electors of Brandenburg and Saxony from the Frankfurt assembly, carried out by Dr Paul Knibbius. 24 September 1577.
• ff. 40v-41r: Letter from Augustus, Elector and Duke of Saxony. Dippoldsvald, 6 November 1577.
• ff. 41v-44r: Response of Augustus, Elector and Duke of Saxony. Dippoldsvald, 6 November 1577. The original is Cotton MS Galba B XI, ff. 373r-376v.
• f. 44v: Letter from Anna, Duchess of Saxony. Dippoldsvald, 6 November 1577.
• f. 45r-45v: Response of Anna, Duchess of Saxony. Dippoldsvald, 6 November 1577.
• f. 46r-46v: Letter from John George, Elector and Margrave of Brandenburgh. Custrinensi, 31 October 1577.
• f. 47r-47v: Letter from Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel and administrator of Halberstadt. Castro Schningensi, 8 December 1577.
• f. 48r-48v: Letter from William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel. Cassel, 26 December 1577.
• ff. 49r-50v: Response of William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel. Cassel, 26 December 1577.
• ff. 51r-53r: Letter of Louis, Duke of Württemberg. Stuttgart, 23 December 1577. The original is in Cotton MS Galba B IX, ff. 369r-372v. See Sattler, vol. 5, app. 11 (Publication Note).
ff. 53v-59v: Blank.
ff. 60r-74v: Letters and memoranda from Robert Beale to German Protestant princes. September-December 1577. Latin. Including:
• f. 60r-60v: Letter from Robert Beale to an unnamed prince.
• f. 65v: Document containing Robert Beale’s propositions to the princes, with different inserts for various individuals, such as the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. See Sattler, vol. 5, app. 9 (Publication Note).
• ff. 71r-74v: Letters from Robert Beale to the Elector and Electress of Saxony, and to the Elector of Brandenburg.
ff. 76r-97v: Letter from Julius, Duke of Brunswick, to Queen Elizabeth I. 14 December 1577. With a seal. See also ff. 6r-7*v above, and Heppe, vol. 4, p. 15 (Publication Note).
ff. 98r-104v: Papers relating to trade in Brunswick. Latin. Including:
• ff. 99r-101v: Propositions from William de Rade and William de Rhem, advisors on trade and navigation, to Julius, Duke of Brunswick. For improving riverborn trade in the Duchy. c. 1575. See Heinemann (Publication Note).
• ff. 102r-104v: Letter from Julius, Duke of Brunswick, to Queen Elizabeth I. Introducing William de Rade and William de Rhem, advisors on trade and navigation. Wolfenbüttel, 23 July 1575.
ff. 106r-127v: Two letters from William IV, Landgrave of Hesse, to Augustus, Elector of Saxony. March-April 1578. German.
ff. 128r-129v: Letter from William IV, Landgrave of Hesse, to Augustus, Elector of Saxony. Rottenberg, 24 October 1572. German.
ff. 130r-135v: Letter said to be from Dr Tilemann Heshusen to Julius, Duke of Brunswick. Helmstedt, 25 February 1578. See Heppe, vol. 4, pp. 23-4, Schottenloher, vol. 4, no. 39239, and Heshusen (Publication Note).
f. 136r-136v: Blank.
ff. 137r-141v: Letter from Louis, Elector Palatine, to the Electors of Brandenburg and Saxony. c. 1577. German.
ff. 142r-155v: Letter, possibly from William of Hesse to the Elector of Saxony. Summer 1577. Latin.
ff. 156r-158v: Blank.
ff. 159r-167v: Letter from William of Hesse to Julius, Duke of Brunswick. Cassel, 1 November 1577. German.
f. 168r-168v: Blank.
ff. 169r-181v: Reflections of the theologians of Nuremberg on the Book of Concord. Autumn 1577. See Heppe, vol. 3, pp. 299-307. German.
ff. 182r-185v: Letter from William of Hesse to the Elector Palatine, and the Elector of Saxony. Relating to a work by Kasper Franck, theologian of Ingolstadt. 24 August 1578. German. Endorsed by Robert Beale as being to the Electors of Brandenburg and Saxony.
ff. 186r-199v: Preface which the theologians at Berge prefixed to the Book of Concord. May 1577. See Heppe, vol. 4, pp. 109, 111, and Schottenloher, no. 39275 (Publication Note). German.
f. 200r-200v: Blank.
ff. 201r-205v: Letter from the Protestant Electors to William of Hesse. 8 September 1579. German.
f. 206r-206v: Blank.
ff. 207r-223v: Letter from William of Hesse to the Protestant Electors. 26 October 1579.
ff. 224r-224v: Blank.
ff. 225r-247v: Response sent to William, Landgrave of Hesse, by Jacob Andreae, Martin Chemnitz and William Zimmermann, theologians and ambassadors from the Electors to the Landgrave. [28] October 1579. See Heppe, vol. 4, p. 141. German.
ff. 248r-255v: Letter from William of Hesse to Jacob Andreae, Martin Chemnitz and William Zimmermann, theologians and ambassadors from the Electors. 30 October 1579. German.
f. 256r-256v: Blank.
ff. 257r-289v, 296r-331v: Opinion of the Anhalt theologians addressed to Joachim Ernst, Prince of Anhalt, on the Preface to the Book of Concord. Dessau, 21 October 1579. Two copies. See Heppe, vol. 4, p. 148. German.
ff. 290r-295r: Draft treatise against the use of certain phrases by the Lutheran party in defining doctrine. 1577-1578. Amended by Robert Beale. Latin.
ff. 331v-333v: Blank.
ff. 334r-335r: Letter from William of Hesse to an unnamed kinsman. October-November [1576?]. Annotated by Robert Beale. Latin.
ff. 336r-349v: Letter from William of Hesse to Louis, Duke of Württemberg. Rottenberg, 10 August 1580. German.
ff. 350r-351r: Memoranda on the nature of the Eucharist. c. 1577. Latin.
ff. 352r-375v: Papers relating to the diplomatic missions of Sir Thomas Smith, who was ambassador to France between 1562 and 1566. He returned to France between March and June 1567, to negotiate for the return of Calais, and again in the winter of 1571-1572, to discuss the Anjou marriage. During this period Robert Beale was employed at the English embassy in Paris. The name of his son, Francis Beale, is written on f. 352r. Including:
• ff. 353r-361v: Letter from Sir Thomas Smith to Queen Elizabeth I. 19 December 1563.
• ff. 362r-368v: Paper giving reasons for the restoration of Calais to the English. Spring 1567. Another copy can be found in Cotton MS Caligula E V, ff. 235r-244r.
• ff. 369r-370v: Instructions for Sir Thomas Smith on his embassy to France. 22 March 1567. Another copy can be found in Cotton MS Caligula E V, ff. 245r-254v.
• ff. 371r-375v: Instructions for Sir Thomas Smith on his embassy to France. 3 December 1571. These instructions have been considered lost, see Read, p. 170, and Wernham, p. 316 (Publication Note). A contemporary extract can be found in Cotton MS Julius F VI, f. 174r.
ff. 376r-387v: Blank.
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Add MS 48085 : Papers relating to the German Protestant states, 1563-1580 - Hierarchy:
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- Languages:
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German
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- Start Date:
- 1563
- End Date:
- 1580
- Date Range:
- 1563-1580
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 320 x 220 mm.
Foliation: ff. ii + 387.
Binding: Vellum. Pre-1600. Remains of blue silk ties; numbered ‘92’ twice on spine; traces of label on spine.
Script: Secretary, italic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England, Germany.
Provenance:
Robert Beale (1541-1601), administrator and diplomat.
Henry Yelverton, 15th Baron Grey of Ruthin and 1st Viscount de Longueville (1664-1704): Former owner.
Gough-Calthorpe family; Barons Calthorpe of Elvetham: heraldic book-stamp.
- Former Internal References:
- Yelverton MS 92
- Publications:
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The British Library Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts: The Yelverton Manuscripts, Part 1: Descriptions (London: The British Library, 1994), pp. 230-33.
The British Library Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts 1951-1955, Part 1: Descriptions (London: The British Library, 1982).
Heinemann, O., ‘Herzog Julius von Braunschweig und seine Navigationspläne’, Braunschweigisches Magazin, 4 (1898), 25-28, 35-37, 43-46.
Heshusen, Tilemann, Erdichtet Lesterschrifft, so vnder D.Tilemanni Heshusij Namen (Frankfurt/Main: Paul Reffeler, 1578).
Heppe, Heinrich, Geschichte des deutschen Protestantismus in den Jahren 1555-1581, 4 vols. (Warburg: R.G. Elwertscher Druck und Verlag, 1852-1859), vols. 3 and 4.
Kouri, E.I., Elizabethan England and Europe: forty unprinted letters from Elizabeth I to Protestant powers, Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, Special Supplement 12 (1982), no. 11, note 41.
Read, Conyers, Mr Secretary Walsingham and the Policy of Queen Elizabeth, 3 vols. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1925), vol. 1, p. 170.
Sattler, C.F., Geschichte des Herzogthums Würtemberg unter der Regierung der Herzogen, 13 vols. (Frankfurt: 1769-1783), vol. 5, app. 11.
Schottenloher, K., Bibliographie zur Deutschen Geschichte in Zeitalter der Glaubensspaltung 1517-1585, 6 vols. (Leipzig: K.W. Hiersemann, 1933-65), vol. 4.
Themel, K., ‘Dokumente von der Entstehung der Konkordienformel’, Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte, 64 (1973), pp. 301-05.
Wernham, R.B., Before the Armada: the growth of English foreign policy, 1485-1588 (London: Cape, 1966, reprinted 1972), p. 316.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
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