Add MS 48149

LETTERS AND PAPERS RELATING TO THE NETHERLANDS: transcripts of letters and papers principally relating to Beale's mission to William, Prince of Orange, 1576, and Leicester's administration of the Netherlands 1586-1588; 1572-1596, n.d. Partly Latin, Dutch and French. Copies, 17th cent. The documents transcribed are from Beale's own papers: many of the originals are now in Add. 14028, Egerton MSS. 1693-1694 and Stowe MS. 163, and most of the items are not among the State Papers. The documents relating to Beale are not in Lettenhove, vii, viii, which print other letters and papers concerning this mission. The documents relating to Leicester's administration of the Netherlands include correspondence of Leicester not in Bruce or Brugmans.

1. ff. 3b-9b. 'A Treatise of the office of a Councellor and Principall Secretarie to her Matie . . . Instructions for a Principall Secretarie observed by R:B: [Beale] for Sr Edwarde Wotton: Ao Doni 1592'. Possibly copied from an item in Yelverton 97, a missing MS. (see CMA). Printed in Read, Walsingham, i, pp. 423-443.

2. ff. 11-25. Letters from Thomas Wilkes, as English envoy in the Netherlands, to Sir Francis Walsingham. Not among Wilkes' numerous letters as envoy in Egerton MS. 1694 passim. As follows: (a) 7 Aug. o.s. 1586. ff. 24-25; (b) 8 June o.s. 1587. Printed in Brugmans, ii, pp. 330-333, from a copy among the State Papers. See also SPF April-Dec. 1587, pp. 102-103. Another copy is Add. 48078, ff. 134-135. ff. 15-18b;

(c) 10 June o.s. 1587. Printed in Brugmans, ii, pp. 337-339, from a

copy among the State Papers. See also SPF April-Dec. 1587, p. 105. Another copy is Add. 48078, ff. 135-136b. ff. 19-20b; (d) 12 June o.s. 1587. Another copy is Add. 48078, f. 135b. ff. 11-11b; (e) 23 June o.s. 1587. Another copy is Add. 48078, f. 135b. ff. 12-14b; (f) 10 July o.s. 1587. ff. 21-21b; (g) 18 July o.s. 1588. ff. 22-23b.

3. f. 26. Letter from Walsingham to Beale; 3 April 1576. Extract. The original is Egerton MS. 1694, ff. 14-15b.

4. ff. 29-32. Letter from the Privy Council to Beale concerning his mission to the Prince of Orange; 10 June 1576. Followed (ff. 30-32) by a letter from Sir Henry Palmer, naval commander, to Edward Clinton, Earl of Lincoln, enclosed in the preceding; 8 June 1576. See APC, ix, 1575-1577, pp. 137-138.

5. ff. 33-36b. Letter from Beale to Walsingham; 10 June 1576.

6. ff. 37-38. Letter from Thomas Cartwright, factor of the Merchant Adventurers at Middelburg, to Beale, concerning proceedings against pirates who had attacked Beale; 7 Sept 1577. See SPF 1577-1578, pp. 146-148.

7. ff. 39-40b. Letter from Leicester to Beale, relating to Beale's mission to the Lutheran princes of Germany; 30 Oct. 1577.

8. ff. 41-42. Letter from Edmund Tremayne, M.P., Clerk to the Council, to Beale; 21 June 1576.

9. ff. 43-44. Letter from Burghley to Beale, relating to Beale's mission to the Lutheran princes of Germany; 3 Nov. 1577.

10. ff. 45-47b. Letter from the Council of State of the United Provinces to Leicester concerning the misapplication of money contributed by them; 2 Sept. n.s. 1586. French. Transcribed from Stowe MS. 163, ff. 7-9b, which contains marginal notes included in the present copy.

11. ff. 48-48b. 'The Draught of the Prince of orange of an accord offerd to Sr Willm [Winter] and me [Beale]'; 1576. French. The original is Add. 14028, ff. 20-21b, which is endorsed with this title.

12. ff. 49-49b. Letter from Sir William Russell, afterwards Lord Russell of Thornhaugh, as Governor of Flushing, to Beale; 23 Aug. [n.s.?] 1587.

13. ff. 50-52. 'Response aux articles presentez a son Excllce [Leicester] par Mr de Killigre [Sir Henry Killigrew] & Beale pour ceux de la ville de Flissinghen'; 1587. French. Probably copied from Stowe MS. 163, ff. 27-27b.

14. ff. 53-59. Instructions to Thomas Wilkes on his mission to the Netherlands; Oct. 1586. Printed in Bruce, pp. 432-437, from the original in Cotton MS. Galba C.X, ff. 79-81b. See also Add. 14028, ff. 66-69b, which is apparently an original draft.

15. ff. 60-61. Letter from Leicester to Beale and Sir Henry Killigrew as members of the Council of State of the United Provinces; 25 July o.s. 1587. The present copy is wrongly dated 30 July 1587. The original is Egerton MS. 1694, f. 145.

16. ff. 62-63b. Letter from Elizabeth I to Nicolò da Ponte, Doge of Venice, concerning impositions on English merchants; 14 Oct. 1581. Latin.

17. ff. 64-64b. Letter from to Beale, who is described as 'Gentilhomme Anglois estant avec lembassader dEngleterre [i.e. Killigrew, English ambassador in France], requesting an interview with Killigrew or Beale; 4 March 1572. French.

18. ff. 65-66. Letter from Sir Thomas Lake to Robert Cecil concerning a treaty with the United Provinces; [1596-1603].

19. ff. 67-69. Letter from Wilkes to Leicester; 12 Dec. o.s. 1586. See SPF 1586-1587, pp. 268-269, and Brugmans, ii, pp. 319-321.

20. ff. 70-71. Letter from Claude al. Jacques Nau, sec. to Mary, Queen of Scots, to Beale; 7 March 1583. The original is Egerton MS. 1693, f. 62.

21. ff. 72-82. 'Poloni ad Ducem Moscoviae': address to Ivan IV of Russia on behalf of Stephen Báthory, King of Poland and Prince of Transylvania, denouncing Ivan's use of the title Emperor; 1576-1584. Latin.

22. ff. 83-86. Instructions from the Privy Council to Beale on his mission to the Netherlands; 20 May 1576.

23. ff. 87-88b. Letter from Frederick II of Denmark to Walsingham concerning Sir Thomas Bodley's mission there; 14 June o.s. 1585. Latin.

24. ff. 89-91. Order by Leicester concerning the taking of musters in the United Provinces; Sept. 1587. Probably copied from the draft in Stowe MS. 163, ff. 25-26b.

25. ff. 92-94. Order of the Privy Council to William Lower, 'Vice-Admiral of Cornwall', for the release of four ships in the service of the Prince of Orange detained at Falmouth; 1576. Probably copied from Stowe MS. 163, ff. 28-29b, a draft corrected by Beale.

26. ff. 95-98. 'Accord between the Prince [of Orange] & Sr Willm Winter'; July 1576. French. Printed in Lettenhove, viii, pp. 417-418, from Cotton MS. Galba C.V, ff. 289-290. An original draft is Add. 14028, ff. 18-19 from which the present transcript is taken: in the numeration in the second paragraph, 5 was altered to 6 in the original, but both numbers are copied in the transcript.

27. ff. 99-102b. 'Copy for his Exc' [Leicester's] answer to ye counsell of States lettre to ye 2 of Septembr touching the complaint of those of Holland yt their garrisons were not payd'; 5 Sept. o.s. 1586. French. Copied from Add. 14028, ff. 64-65b, which is endorsed with this title.

28. ff. 103-103b. Letter from Francis Giraldi to Beale; 22 April 1576.

29. ff. 104-105. Letter from Daniel de Borchgrave al. Burchgrave, Secretary to Leicester and to the Council of State, to Killigrew; 22 July n.s. 1587. French.

30. ff. 106-107b. Dates of commissions of governors and superintendents in the Netherlands; 1586. French. The original is Add. 14028, f. 74.

31. ff. 108-108b. 'Particulieres requestes' made to the Prince of Orange on behalf of Leicester and Walsingham for safe-conducts, release of prisoners, etc.; 1583-1584? French. The original, in Beale's hand, is Add. 14028, ff. 80-80b, and is addressed to Phillippe de Marnix, Sieur de Mont St Aldegonde, governor of Antwerp.

32. ff. 109-110. 'Certains Points et difficultez trouvez par la Communicacion qu'a en le Comis Van Does avec le Commisser Genll des Moustres Digges pour le fait et liquidation et des comptes des troupes angloises Estans al la charge de sa Majtie depuis le 12me D'Octabr dernier . . . '; 1587? French. Copied from Add. 14028, ff. 100-101b, which contains annotations by Beale included in the present transcript.

33. ff. 111-112. Certified extract from the register of resolutions of the Council of State; 19 Sept. n.s. 1587. French. A copy of a note by Beale, f. 111b, states 'Before this resolucion was taken his Excy sent from Mr Killigrew & myself up into his chamber for that ye Estats of Holland were com unto his att ye same time so as nether or j were present at ye resolution'. Another copy, without the Beale note, is Add. 48083, art. 50.

34. ff. 113-114b. Letter from Anthoine Oliver to Beale; 31 Oct. 1572. French.

35. ff. 115-116b. Letter from Guillaume Suderman and other Dutch captains to Sir Thomas Knowles al. Knollys, Governor of Ostend and Flushing;

[19 March n.s. 1586?]. French.

36. ff. 117-124. Address of Leicester to the United Provinces; 14 July o.s. 1587. French. Another copy is Stowe MS. 163, ff. 13-18b, where it is described as a 'letter drawen by M. Daventre [Gerard Prounincq al. van Deventer, burgomaster of Utrecht] to be sent from his Excy to the Particular Provinces'.

37. ff. 125-126b. Letter from the Council of State to Leicester; 29 May n.s. 1586. French.

38. ff. 127-129b. Letter from the Council of State to Leicester; 13 Aug. n.s. 1586. French.

39. ff. 130-132b. Letter from the Treasurers-General of the United Provinces to Leicester; 12 Dec. n.s. 1586. French. The original is Add. 14028, ff. 72-73.

40. ff. 133-134b. Form of commission issued by Leicester; Aug. 1586. Dutch. Another copy is Add. 14028, ff. 62-62b.

41. ff. 135-136b. Letter from the Council of State to Leicester; 23 Oct. n.s. 1587. French.

42. ff. 137-138. Letter from the States General to Leicester; 9 Aug. n.s. 1586. French.

43. ff. 139-141b. Letter from the States General to Leicester; 5 June n.s. 1587. Enclosed (ff. 141-141b) is a copy of the response made by Pierre L'Oyseleur, sec. to William of Orange, to charges made against him by Leicester; 5 June 1587. French. See Brugmans, ii, pp. 294-295, which does not print the enclosure.

44. ff. 142-142b. Order by Leicester concerning the taking of musters in the United Provinces; 4 Sept. [n.s.?] 1587. French. A copy endorsed by Beale is Stowe MS. 163, ff. 21-22b.

45. ff. 143-145b. Letter from Elbert Leoninus, Chancellor of Gelderland, to Leicester, 13 Aug. [n.s.?] 1586, enclosing (ff. 144-145b) a letter from Adolf, Count of Nieuwenaar, to Leicester, 29 July 1586, 'stilo consueto'. French.

46. ff. 146-146b. Letter from Jacques de Ségur-Pardaillan, envoy of the King of Navarre, to Beale, concerning a proposed letter to the King of Denmark and Princes of Germany; Sept. 1583. French.

47. ff. 147-148b. Address of Leicester to the States General; Nov. 1586. French. Another copy is Add. 14028, ff. 70-71.

48. ff. 149-153b. Report to Leicester by Jacobus Junius, sec. to Leicester, on treatment he received at Delft from representatives of the States General; c. 14 July n.s. 1587. French. For another copy, see Add. 48014, art. 80(b), where the item is described.

49. ff. 154-156. Letter from Leicester to? the States General; 9 Sept. o.s. 1587. French.

50. ff. 157-159. Memorandum of Jacob Valcke and Joos van Menin, affirming delivery to the States of Holland of a message from Leicester; 2 Sept. n.s. 1587. Italian. Copied from Stowe MS. 163, ff. 19-20b, which contains a memorandum by Beale included in the present transcript. Other copies are Add. MSS. 48083, art. 9 and 48129, art 2(g), the descriptions of which give further details.

51. ff. 160-161. Letter from Charles de Danzay, as French envoy in Denmark, to Beale; 18 Dec. [n.s.?] 1583. French.

52. ff. 162-162b. Letter from the Council of State to Leicester; 28 May n.s. 1586. French.

53. ff. 163-163b. Letter from the Council of State to Leicester; 20 Jan. n.s. 1587. French. The original is Egerton MS. 1694, ff. 89-90b. Dutch text in Bor, ii, pp. 887-888.

54. ff. 164-164b. Letter from the Council of State to Leicester; 16 May 1586. French.

55. ff. 165-165b. 'Estat du traitement et pied d'une compagnie de 150: testes a raison de 1700 cts par mois'; notes on the cost of paying companies; n.d. French.

56. ff. 166-166b. Letter from the Council of State to Leicester; 16 Jan. n.s. 1588. French.

57. ff. 167-170. Articles put to the States General by Leicester, with the response of the States; 1587? French.

58. ff. 171-176b. 'Apostilles responsives sur l'exposition de la Lettres de 4me de fevrier 1587': response to the letter from the States to Leicester of 4 Feb. n.s. 1587, the original of which is Add. 48129, ff. 158-161b. French. Another copy of the present document is Stowe MS. 163, ff. 9-12b, annotated by Beale, who attributes it to Gerard Prounincq al. Van Deventer, burgomaster of Utrecht.

59. ff. 177-180b. Certified extract from the register of resolutions of the Council of State; 3 Aug. n.s. 1587. French.

60. ff. 181-188. Another copy of Add. 48083, art. 37.

61. ff. 189-200. Remonstrance by Thomas Wilkes to the States General;

16 March n.s. 1587. French. For a contemporary copy, see Add. 48014, art. 73.

62. ff. 201-204. 'Memoires reduits en Articles presentees a Messrs les Estats generaulx par les Seigrs du Conseill d'Estat': remonstrance by the Council of State to the States General urging need for resolution on government, etc.; n.d. French.

63. ff. 215-233b. 'Actes de Zelande': demands made by Beale during his mission to secure release of English shipping held by the Dutch, with Dutch replies, 1576, annotated by Beale so as to form a journal of his mission. Mostly French. Beale's original collection of these documents, with his annotations, is Add. 14028, ff. 1-14. As follows: (a) 'Doleances particulieres d'aucuns sujets de la Royne D'Engleterre': specific complaints of English subjects exhibited to the Dutch Admiralty; 27 April 1576.

ff. 215-216b; (b) 'Addition of certain other plaints upon ye Receit of Mr Secretarys letters': supplementary complaints exhibited to the Dutch Admiralty; 13 May 1576. ff. 216b-217; (c) Response to the Admiralty to the specific complaints, received 30 April 1576. ff. 218-219;

(d) 'Demandes pour estre resolves par Messrs les officiers de ladmirauté de Flussinghen': general demands presented by Beale to the Dutch Admiralty; 27 April 1576. ff. 220-221b; (e) Letter from the Dutch Admiralty to Beale saying that the preceding had been referred to the Prince of Orange; 30 April 1576. Followed by a note by Beale stating that he could get no answer from the Prince but the following. f. 222; (f) Response of the Prince of Orange to the general demands; 2 May 1576. ff. 223-224b;

(g) 'Demandes exhibited to ye Prince of Orange in Middlebourgh 12th of May 1576'. ff. 225-226; (h) Memorandum concerning the four ships from Flushing arrested at Falmouth, exhibited by Beale to the Prince of Orange; 12 May 1576. ff. 227-229b; (i) 'The offer wch I [Beale] made to ye Prince to release the shipps', exhibited to the Prince 18 May 1576.

ff. 230-233b.

Paper; ff. iii + 250. Contemporary ink pagination from f. 11, modern pencil foliation, presumably made in connection with Read's edition of art. 1, ff. 1-15. Quarto. Early XVII cent. Art. 1 in the main hand of Add. 48087; one hand throughout artt. 2-63. Pen trial on f. 1. Not in CMA. Calthorpe armorial stamp passim. Vellum binding, with remnants of blue cloth fastenings; numbered '161' on the spine, also '136' or '186', an earlier numeration. Two fragments of a 14th-cent. theological work in Latin (ff. i, iii) are used as binding strips. Notes on front cover: '(12)'; 'Copys of Letters'; 'C'.

Elizabeth I of England: Papers conc. R. Beale's mission to the Netherlands: 1576: Mostly Fr. and Ital: Copies.

Netherlands, United Provinces: Papers conc. Leicester's administration: 1586-1588: Mostly Fr., Dutch and Ital: Copies.

Elizabeth I of England: Papers conc. Leicester's administration of the Netherlands: 1586-1588: Mostly Fr., Dutch and Ital: Copies.

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester: Papers conc. his administration of the Netherlands: 1586-1588: Mostly Fr., Dutch and Ital: Copies.

Ships and Shipping: Documents conc. mission for release of English ships held by the Dutch: 1576: Mostly Fr. and Ital: Copies.

William I, Princes of Orange: Documents conc. R. Beale's mission to: 1576: Mostly Fr. and Ital: Copies.

Netherlands, General: Papers conc. R. Beale's mission to: 1576: Mostly Fr. and Ital: Copies.

Falmouth, Cornwall: Papers conc. Dutch ships arrested at: 1576: Mostly Fr: Copies.

Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Correspondence and papers.

Elizabeth I of England: Papers of R. Beale, Clerk of the Council: 16th cent.

includes:

• ff. i, iii Theology LATIN: Treatise: 15th cent: Fragm.
• ff. 3b-9b England; Privy Council: R. Beale, Treatise on the office of Councillor and Principal Secretary: 1592.
• ff. 3b-9b Elizabeth I of England: R. Beale, Treatise on the office of Councillor and Principal Secretary: 1592.
• ff. 3b-9b Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Treatise on the office of Councillor and Principal Secretary: 1592.
• ff. 11-25 Sir Thomas Wilkes, Clerk to the Privy Council: Letters to Sir F. Walsingham: 1586-1588: Signed and copies.
• ff. 11-25 Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State: Letters to, from Sir T. Wilkes: 1586-1588: Copies.
• f. 26 Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State: Letter to R. Beale: 1576: Extract.
• ff. 29-30 Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln 1572; alias Fiennes: Instructions, as Privy Councillor, to R. Beale: 1576: Copy.
• ff. 29-32, 83-86 England; Privy Council: Instructions to R. Beale on his mission to the Netherlands: 1576: Copies.
• ff. 29-32, 83-86 Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex; alias Ratclyffe: Instructions, as Privy Councillor, to R. Beale: 1576: Copies.
• ff. 29-32, 83-86 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Instructions, as Privy Councillor, to R. Beale: 1576: Copies.
• f. 30 Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln 1572; alias Fiennes: Letter to, from Sir H. Palmer: 1576: Copy.
• f. 30 Sir Henry Palmer, comptroller of the navy: Letter to Lord Lincoln: 1576: Copy.
• f. 33 Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State: Letter to, from R. Beale: 1576: Copy.
• f. 37 Thomas Cartwright, factor of the Merchant Adventurers at Middelbourg: Letter to R. Beale: 1577: Copy.
• f. 39 Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester: Letter to R. Beale: 1577: Copy.
• ff. 39, 43 Rudolf II; Emperor of Germany: Letters rel. to R. Beale's mission to the Lutheran Princes of Germany: 1577: Copies.
• f. 41 Edmund Tremayne, Clerk to the Privy Council: Letter to R. Beale: 1576: Copy.
• f. 43 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Letter to R. Beale: 1577: Copy.
• ff. 48-48b, 95-98 Sir William Winter, naval commander: Papers conc. his mission to the Netherlands: 1576: Fr: Copies.
• f. 49 William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh: Letter, as Governor of Flushing, to R. Beale: 1587: Copy.
• ff. 50-52 Sir Henry Killigrew, diplomatist: Response of Lord Leicester to articles presented by: 1587: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 53-59 Sir Thomas Wilkes, Clerk to the Privy Council: Instructions to, on various missions to the Netherlands: 1586: Copies.
• f. 60 Sir Henry Killigrew, diplomatist: Letter to, from Lord Leicester: 1587: Copy.
• f. 62 Nicolò da Ponte; Doge of Venice: Letter to, from Qu. Elizabeth: 1581: Lat: Copy.
• f. 62 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to the Doge of Venice: 1581: Lat: Copy.
• f. 65 Sir Thomas Lake, Secretary of State: Letter to R. Cecil: 1596-1603: Copy.
• f. 65 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Letter to, from Sir T. Lake: 1596-1603: Copy.
• f. 67 Sir Thomas Wilkes, Clerk to the Privy Council: Letters to Lord Leicester: 1586-1587: Signed and copies.
• f. 70 Jacques de la Boisselière Nau, alias Claude; Secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots: Letter to R. Beale: 1582: Copy.
• ff. 72-82 Ivan IV of Russia: Address to, from Stephen Báthory of Poland: 1576-1584: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 72-82 Stephen Báthory of Poland: Address, on his behalf, to Ivan IV of Russia: 1576-1584: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 83-86 Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State: Instructions, as Privy Councillor, to R. Beale: 1576: Copy.
• ff. 83-86 Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester: Instructions, as Privy Councillor, to R. Beale: 1576: Copy.
• f. 87 Frederick II of Denmark: Letter to Sir F. Walsingham: 1585: Lat: Copy.
• f. 87 Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State: Letter to, from Frederick II of Denmark: 1585: Lat: Copy.
• f. 87 Sir Thomas Bodley, diplomatist and scholar: Letter conc. his mission to Denmark: 1585: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 89-91, 109-110, 142-142b Thomas Digges, mathematician; Muster-master-General in the Netherlands: Papers conc. his proceedings in the Netherlands: 1587: Mostly Fr: Copies.
• ff. 92-94 William Lower, Vice-Admiral of Cornwall: Order to, from Privy Council: 1576: Copy.
• f. 103 Francis Giraldi: Letter to R. Beale: 1576: Ital: Copy.
• f. 104 Sir Henry Killigrew, diplomatist: Letter to, from D. Borchgrave: 1587: Fr: Copy.
• f. 104 Daniel de Borchgrave, alias Burchgrave; Secretary to the Netherlands Council of State and to Lord Leicester: Letter to Sir H. Killigrew: 1587: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 108-108b Philip van Marnix, Heer van St Aldegonde: Requests addressed to: 1583-1584(?): Fr: Copy.
• ff. 108-108b Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State: Requests to the Prince of Orange: 1583-1584(?): Fr: Copy.
• ff. 109-110 Janus van der Does, Lord of Nortwyck: Paper conc. his negotiations with T. Digges: 1587(?): Fr: Copy.
• f. 113 Anthoine Oliver: Letter to R. Beale: 1572: Fr: Copy.
• f. 115 Sir Thomas Knowles, Governor of Ostend and Flushing: Letter to, from Dutch captains: 1586: Fr: Copy.
• f. 115 Jan de Hanne, Dutch captain: Letter to Sir T. Knowles: 1586: Fr: Copy.
• f. 115 Dominique de Allein, Dutch captain: Letter to Sir T. Knowles: 1586: Fr: Copy.
• f. 115 H. de Potere, Dutch captain: Letter to Sir T. Knowles: 1586: Fr: Copy.
• f. 115 Guillaume Suderman, Dutch captain: Letter to Sir T. Knowles: 1586: Fr: Copy.
• f. 115 Johan Honischet, Dutch captain: Letter to Sir T. Knowles: 1586: Fr: Copy.
• f. 115 Wingaerden, Dutch captain: Letter to Sir T. Knowles: 1586: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 117-124, 171-176b Gerard Prounincq, alias Van Deventer; Burgomaster of Utrecht: Papers drafted by (?): 1587: Fr: Copies.
• ff. 139-141b Pierre L'Oyseleur, Sieur de Villiers: Response to charges by Lord Leicester against him: 1587: Fr: Copy.
• f. 143 Elbert Leoninus, Chancellor of Gueldres: Letter to Lord Leicester: 1586: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 144-145b Count Adolf van Nieuwenaar,; Stadtholder of Gelderland and Utrecht: Letter to Lord Leicester: 1586: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 146-146b Jacques de Ségur-Pardaillan, superintendent of finance to the King of Navarre: Letters to R. Beale: 1583-1587: Fr: Partly copy.
• ff. 149-153b Jacobus Junius, of Zeeland; Secretary to the Earl of Leicester: Report by: 1587: Fr: Two copies.
• ff. 157-159 Jacob Valcke, Treasurer of Zeeland: Memorandum conc. actions as Lord Leicester's intermediary: 1587: Ital: Copies.
• ff. 157-159 Joos van Menin, deputy to the States General: Memorandum conc. actions as Leicester's intermediary: 1587: Ital: Copies.
• ff. 160-161 Charles de Danzay, French diplomatist: Letter, as French envoy in Denmark, to R. Beale: 1583: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 181-188 William Bardesius, Burgomaster of Amsterdam: Report of negotiations with Count Hohenloe: 1587: Fr: Copies.
• ff. 181-188 Jacob Valcke, Treasurer of Zeeland: Report of negotiations with Count Hohenloe: 1587: Fr: Copies.
• ff. 181-188 Philip Hohenlohe, Count von Hohenlohe: Report of his negotiations with the Council of State: 1587: Fr: Copies.
• ff. 181-188 Cunningham, deputy of the Netherlands States General: Report of his negotiations with Count Hohenloe: 1587: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 181-188 Mortwick, deputy of the States General of the United Provinces: Report of his negotiations with Count Hohenloe: 1587: Fr: Copy.
• ff. 181-188 Gerlich van Capelle, President of the Netherlands States General: Report of his negotiations with Count Hohenloe: 1587: Fr: Copies.
• ff. 189-200 Sir Thomas Wilkes, Clerk to the Privy Council: Remonstrance to the States General: 1587: Fr: Copies, 16th-17th centt.