Add MS 48100

NEGOTIATIONS RELATING TO NAVIGATION: notebook of transcripts concerning the negotiations of Jean de Thumery, Sieur de Boissise, French ambassador to England, on the subject of mutual protection of shipping and the depredations of English pirates; 1598-1601. Latin, English and French. Copies. The negotiations are discussed in L'Ambassade. Thumery, pp. 243-261. Several items in the present manuscript are printed among the 'Pièces justificatives' in this work from MSS. at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.

1. ff. 5-7. Letters patent of Elizabeth I appointing commissioners to decide claims by French subjects in respect of piratical acts committed by English seamen; [3 Jan. o.s.] 1599. The commissioners include Julius Caesar and Robert Beale. Latin. Foedera, vii, pt.1, pp. 210-211.

2. ff. 8-9b. Letters patent of King Henry IV of France appointing judges and commissioners for maritime depredations; 19 July n.s. 1599. French. See L'Ambassade. Thumery, p. 290. Printed in Recueil général, xv, 1829, pp. 224-226.

3. ff. 10-11. Propositions of the French ambassador; Sept. 1598. French. Boissise did not leave France until late Sept.-early Oct. 1598, so the date in the present manuscript may refer to the preparation of the articles in France (see L'Ambassade. Thumery, p. 244, and HMC, Salisbury MSS., viii, p. 362). L'Ambassade. Thumery, 'Pièces justificatives', pp. 258-260.

4. ff. 12-13. English reply to the French propositions (art. 3 above); [11 Jan. o.s.] 1599. Latin. Ibid., pp. 260-262, where the reply is dated 12 Jan.; see also pp. 249-250.

5. ff. 14-16. The French ambassador's response to the reply (art. 4 above); 25 Jan. n.s. 1599. French. Ibid., pp. 263-266; see also p. 252.

6. ff. 17-18. English reply to French response (art. 5 above); [17 Jan. o.s.] 1599. Latin. See L'Ambassade. Thumery, p. 253.

7. ff. 19-21. Articles produced by the French in response to art. 6 above, followed by names, etc., of French judges for maritime depredations; Feb.-March 1599. French. See ibid., p. 260.

8. ff. 22-23. English response, probably by Admiralty commissioners, to the articles in art. 7 above; Feb.-March 1599. See ibid., p. 260.

9. ff. 24-24b. 'The answer to the articles sent out of France agreed uppon by us'; [26 Feb. o.s.] 1599. Another version of the English response (art. 8 above). See ibid., p. 260. The date 1589 on f. 24 is probably a scribal error.

10. ff. 27-27b. 'Ultimum commissariorum responsum'; 16 April [o.s.?] 1599. Latin. Printed in ibid., 'Pièces justificatives', pp. 266-268, as articles of the treaty of navigation accepted and signed by Cecil, 10 April 1599. See also p. 261, and R. Winwood, Memorials . . . , ed. E. Sayer, 1725, i, pp. 392-394.

11. ff. 29-32. Memorandum by Boissise delivered to Julius Caesar of French maritime causes outstanding before the English judges; 28 Sept. [n.s.?] 1600. French. L'Ambassade. Thumery, 'Pièces justificatives', pp. 269-273. See also p. 520 and Lansdowne MS. 148, ff. 334-335b, 396, 435.

12. ff. 33-40b. Memorandum delivered to Robert Cecil of French maritime causes outstanding before the English judges; [27 Jan. n.s.?] 1601. French. For the reply, see Add. 48126, art. 31.

Paper; ff. 82. Contemporary foliation. Quarto. c. 1601. 'Fra: Beale' in mirror writing, f. 82 rev. Vellum binding, titled on back cover and numbered '109' (twice) on spine.

Piracy: Papers rel. to negotiations between England and France conc. maritime depredations: 1598-1601: Partly Lat. and Fr: Copies.

Navigation: Papers conc. negotiations between England and France: 1598-1601: Partly Lat. and Fr: Copies.

Jean de Thumery, Sieur de Boissise; French ambassador to England: Papers rel. his embassy to England: 1598-1601: Engl., Lat. and Fr: Copies.

Elizabeth I of England: Papers conc. the embassy to England of J. de Thumery: 1598-1601: Partly Lat. and Fr: Copies.

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. 5-7 Sir Julius Caesar, judge: Letters patent appointing him a judge for maritime depredations: 1599: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 5-7 Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Letters patent appointing him a judge for maritime depredations: 1599: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 5-7 Elizabeth I of England: Letters patent appointing judges for maritime depredations: 1599: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 8-9b Henry IV of France: Letters patent appointing judges etc., for maritime depredations: 1599: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 29-32 Sir Julius Caesar, judge: Memorandum of French maritime causes, delivered to: 1600: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 33-40b Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Memorandum of French maritime causes, delivered to: 1601: Fr: Copy.
• f. 82 Francis Beale, son of R Beale: Name written: early 17th cent.