Stowe MS 174

Volume 9 of the Edmondes Papers (Stowe MS 166-177). State papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Edmondes (d. 1639), diplomat, during his embassy to France (1610-1617). The correspondence is principally concerned with the negotiations for the marriage of Prince Charles with the Princess Christine.

ff. 1r-2v Letter from Sir John Digby, Earl of Bristol, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the affairs of the Spanish court. Madrid, 26 March 1613.

ff. 3r-5v Letter from Sir Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the condition of Mantua after the death of Duke Francis III, and the disputed custody of his infant daughter Maria. Venice, 30 March 1613.

ff. 6r-7v Letter from William Trumbull, Secretary to the English Embassy at Paris, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Recommending Edward Eustace. Brussels, 8 April 1613.

f. 8r-8v Fragment of a letter addressed to an unnamed woman. Paris, 13 April 1613. French.

ff. 9r-11v Draft letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to King James VI and I. Paris, 9 April, 1613.

f. 12r Letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to King James VI and I. Paris, 9 April, 1613.

ff. 13r-14v Letter from Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. London, 13 April 1613.

ff. 15r-16v Letter from Henri La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the suppression of the theological controversy between Pierre Du Moulin and Daniel Tilenus. Sedan, 16 April 1613. French.

ff. 17r-18v Letter from Isaac Casaubon to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the progress of his work Exercitationes xvi. ad Baronii annales (London, 1614). London, 20 April 1613. French.

ff. 19r-20v Letter from John Sanford, Chaplain to the English Embassy to Spain and Prebendary of Canterbury, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the Jesuits in Spain, and the Inquisition of Pedro Baca. Madrid, 21 April 1613.

ff. 21r-22v Letter from Sir John Digby, Earl of Bristol, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Madrid, 23 April 1613.

ff. 23r-27v Draft letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to King James VI and I. 24 April 1613.

f. 28r-28v Draft letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to an unknown recipient. Paris, 24 April 1613.

f. 29r-29v News letter from Constantinople. 14/24 April 1613.

ff. 30r-33v Letter from Sir Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the outbreak of hostilities between the Dukes of Mantua and Savoy, and the designs of the latter on the Duchy of Montferrat. Venice, 26 April 1613.

ff. 34r-36v Draft letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to King James VI and I. 28 April 1613.

ff. 37r-38v Letter from Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Sending instructions to continue negotiations for the marriage of Prince Charles with Princess Christine. 1 May 1613.

ff. 39r-40v Letter from an unknown correspondent to Henri La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon. 2 May 1613. French.

ff. 41r-42v Letter from Sir John Digby, Earl of Bristol, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Madrid, 2 May 1613.

ff. 43r-44v Draft letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to King James VI and I. Paris, 6 May 1613.

ff. 45r-46v Letter from Wolrad de Plessen, Ambassador of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Paris, 12 May 1613. French.

ff. 47r-48v Letter from Sir Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the operations of the Duke of Savoy’s army in Montferrat, and the actions taken by the Governor of Milan and the Italian States in the quarrel. Venice, 12 May 1613.

ff. 49r-50v Letter from Benjamin Buwinckhausen a Wallmerodt to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Stuttgart, 18/28 May 1613. French.

ff. 51r-52v Letter from Jacques Anjorrant de Soully, of Geneva, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the affairs of Montferrat. Fontainebleau, 21 May 1613. French.

ff. 53r-55v Draft letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to King James VI and I. Paris, 24 May 1613.

ff. 56r-58v Letter from Sir Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the affairs of Montferrat, and the support promised to Mantua by France. Venice, 25 May 1613.

ff. 59r-60v Letter from Wolrad de Plessen, Ambassador of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the Cleves succession and the German Protestant Union. Heidelberg, 26 May 1613. French.

f. 61r Letter from Sir John Digby, Earl of Bristol, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Madrid, 26 May 1613.

ff. 62r-63v Letter from Christophe Justel, French Protestant canon lawyer, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the resolution of the French government to oppose the Duke of Savoy in Montferrat. Fountainebleau, 29 May 1613. French.

ff. 64r-65v Letter from Henri La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the French government’s resolution. Fontainebleau, 31 May 1613. French.

ff. 66r-67v Letter from Jacques Anjorrant de Soully, of Geneva, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Geneva, 2 June 1613. French.

ff. 68r-69v Letter from Sir John Digby, Earl of Bristol, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the despatch of Don Iñigo de Cardenas to France, to oppose the marriage between Prince Charles and Princess Christine. Madrid, 4 June 1613. Partly in cypher.

ff. 70r-74r Draft letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to King James VI and I. Paris, 7 June 1613.

f. 75r-75v Draft letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to an unknown recipient. Paris, 7 June 1613.

ff. 76r-77v Letter from King James VI and I to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Deprecating the interference of France in the affairs of Savoy and Mantua. 7 June [1613].

ff. 78r-79v Letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to an unknown recipient. Paris, 8 June 1613. French.

ff. 80r-83v Letter from Sir Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the affairs of Mantua. Venice, 8 January 1613.

ff. 84r-88v Letter from King James VI and I to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the proposed articles of marriage. Westminster, 9 June 1613.

ff. 89r-90v Letter from Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Forwarding the above letter from King James VI and I (ff. 84r-88v). Greenwich, 10 June 1613.

ff. 91r-92v Letter from Sir George Goring to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the condition of Princess Elizabeth. Heidelberg, 13 June 1613.

f. 93r-93v Letter from Louise Coligny, widow of William I, Prince of Orange, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the perfections of Princess Elizabeth. Breda, 14 June 1613. French.

ff. 94r-97v Draft letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to King James VI and I. Paris, 18 June 1613.

ff. 98r-99v Letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to an unknown recipient. Paris, 20 June 1613. French.

ff. 100r-102v Letter from Sir John Digby, Earl of Bristol, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the affairs of Mantua, and the movements of the Jesuits. Madrid, 20 June 1613.

f. 103r-103v Letter from Ferdinand, Duke of Mantua, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Mantua, 20 June 1613. Italian.

ff. 104r-105v Letter from King James VI and I to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Recommending James Bowey, sergeant of the King’s cellar. Greenwich, 20 June [1613].

ff. 106r-107v Letter from Sir Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the progress of the war in Montferrat. Venice, 23 June 1613.

ff. 108r-109v Draft letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to King James VI and I. 25 June 1613.

ff. 110r-111v Letter from Jacques Anjorrant de Soully, of Geneva, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the war in Montferrat. Geneva, 23 June/3 July 1613. French.

ff. 112r-113v Letter from Isaac Casaubon to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On his visit to Oxford, the printing of his Exercitationes xvi. ad Baronii annales (London, 1614), and the slanders against his father in the Responsio ad epistolam L Casauboni (Col. Agrip., 1612) of Andrae Eudaemon-Joannes. London, 16 July 1613. French.

f. 114r Letter from Jean Hotman de Villiers, French agent at Düsseldorf, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Düsseldorf, 8 July 1613.

ff. 115r-115v Fragment of a letter addressed to an unnamed woman. Paris, 14 July 1613. French.

ff. 116r-117v Letter from Sir Henry Neville to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Defending himself against an unjust report. London, 16 July 1613.

ff. 118r-120v Letter from John Pory, traveller and geographer, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Relating a conversation he had at Turin with Charles Emmanuel, Duke of Savoy, on the North-West passage, and the proposed marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Christine. Turin, 16 July 1613.

ff. 122r-123v Draft letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to King James VI and I. 17 July 1613.

ff. 124r-130v Letter from King James VI and I to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Sending instructions on the articles of marriage. 20 July 1613.

ff. 131r-132v Letter from King James VI and I to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Sending instructions to further the Elector Palatine's suit against the French crown for payment of his debt. 21 July [1613].

ff. 133r-134v Letter from Sir Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the close of the war in Montferrat, and the affairs of Switzerland. Venice, 20 July 1613.

ff. 135r-136v Letter from Jacques Anjorrant de Soully, of Geneva, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the marriage negotioations. Geneva, 12/22 July 1613.

ff. 137r-138v Letter from Wolrad de Plessen, Ambassador of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the theological controversy between Père Gontier and the ‘Theologians of the Marquis of Baden’, and on the Imperial Diet at Ratisbon. Paris, 22 July 1613. French.

ff. 139r-140v Letter from Benjamin Buwinckhausen a Wallmerodt to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Urach, 28 July 1613.

ff. 141r-145v Draft letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to King James VI and I. Paris, 29 July 1613.

ff. 146r-147v Letter from Sir John Digby, Earl of Bristol, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the King of Spain’s displeasure with the Duke of Savoy’s endeavours for a marriage between one of his daughters and Prince Charles, and on the differences between Denmark and Holland concerning the Sound. Madrid, 3 August 1613.

ff. 148r-149v Letter from Wolrad de Plessen, Ambassador of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the affairs of Germany. 8 August, 1613. French.

ff. 150r-151v Letter from Ludovic Stuart, Duke of Lennox, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the marriage proposals and Edmondes’s wishes for the post of Secretary of State. Cranbourne, 9 August 1613.

ff. 152r-153v Letter from Daniel Fairclough, Chaplain to the English Embassy at Paris, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Requesting release from his promise to return to Paris, on the ground of the offer made to him of the living of North Hill in Cornwall. London, 10 August 1613.

ff. 154r-155v Letter from King James VI and I to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Sending instructions to order the return of George Moreton into England. Salisbury, 12 August [1613].

ff. 156r-157v Letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to an unknown recipient. Paris, 12/22 August 1613. French.

ff. 158r-159v Letter from John II, Count Palatine of Zweybrück and Administrator of the Electoral Palatinate, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Heidelberg, 14 August 1613. French.

ff. 160r-161v Draft letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to King James VI and I. Paris, 14 August 1613.

ff. 162r-163v Letter from Sir Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Reporting that the Governor of Milan, the Duke of Savoy, and the forces from Venice continue in arms. Venice, 17 August 1613.

ff. 164r-165v Letter from William Trumbull, Secretary to the English Embassy at Paris, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Recommending T. Shelton. Brussels, 18 August 1613.

f. 166r Letter from George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Concerning one Withrington, and his book in defence of the Oath of Allegiance. Lambeth, 25 August 1613.

ff. 167r-169r Draft letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to King James VI and I. Paris, 27 August 1613.

ff. 170r-171v Letter from Sir John Digby, Earl of Bristol, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On a controversy between Spanish and English merchants concerning the Whale Fishery in Greenland. Madrid, 14 September 1613.

ff. 172r-173v Letter from Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Enclosing a letter to Henri La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon. Theobalds, 20 September [1613].

ff. 174r-177v Draft letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to King James VI and I. Paris, 11 October 1613.

ff. 178r-179v Letter from King James VI and I to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the desire of the Princes of the Union that he should persuade France to approve of certain of the Swiss Cantons entering into the Protestant League. Hinchinbrook, 13 October [1613].

ff. 180r-181v Letter from King James VI and I to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On a book of poems which Edmondes had sent him, by a nephew of Guillaume de Saluste Du Bartas. Hinchinbrook, 14 October [1613].

ff. 182r-183v Letter from Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On Edmondes’s coming to England. Royston, 17 October [1613].

ff. 184r-185v Letter from Francis van Aerssen, Heer van Sommelsdyck, Dutch Ambassador to England, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the affair of Juliers, and his own relations with the French Court. The Hague, 4 November 1613. French.

ff. 186r-187v Draft letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to King James VI and I. Paris, 14 November 1613.

ff. 188r-191v Draft letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to King James VI and I. Paris, 14 November 1613.

ff. 192r-195v Letter from Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Enclosing the King's replies to De Villeroy's articles on the marriage. Royston, 25 November [1613].

ff. 196r-200v Draft letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to King James VI and I. Paris, 3 December 1613.

ff. 201r-204v Draft letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to King James VI and I. Paris, 14 December 1613.

ff. 205r-207v Letter from Frederick V, Elector Palatine, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Announcing the birth of his son. Heidelberg, 3 January 1614. French.

ff. 207r-209v Letter from Francis van Aerssen, Heer van Sommelsdyck, Dutch Ambassador to England, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On his quarrel with the French Court. The Hague, 3 January 1614. French.

ff. 209r-210v Letter from David Home, French Protestant Minister, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the Du Moulin controversy. London, 6 January 1614.

ff. 211r-211v Letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to an unknown recipient. 8 January 1614. French.

ff. 212r-213v Letter from Frederick V, Elector Palatine, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Requesting his services in the matter of the debt owed to him by France. Heidelberg, 22 January 1614.

ff. 214r-215v Copy of a letter from Henri La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon, to King James VI and I. On matters of religion, and the marriage negotiations. Paris, 24 January 1614. French.

ff. 216r-217v Letter from Jacques Anjorrant de Soully, of Geneva, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the affairs of Mantua. Geneva, 26 January 1614. French.

ff. 218r-219v Letter from Nicholas de Neufville, Seigneur de Villeroy and Secretary of State, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Enclosing a memoir in the marriage and requesting he confer with King James VI and I concerning it. Paris, 27 January 1614. French.

ff. 220r-221v Letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to Nicholas de Neufville, Seigneur de Villeroy and Secretary of State. 28 January 1614.

ff. 222r-231v Two letters from John Beaulieu to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the cabal of the French Princes, headed by the Prince de Condé, against the Queen Regent. Paris, 29 January and 4 February 1614. French.

ff. 232r-233v Copy of a letter from King James VI and I to Henri La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon. Urging union among all French Protestants. February 1614. French.

ff. 234r-241r Drafts of a paper on the discontentment of the Prince de Condé and other Princes, and the courses available to King James VI and I. By Sir Thomas Edmondes. February 1614.

ff. 242r-245v Draft letters from Sir Thomas Edmondes to Henri La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon. 10 February 1614. French.

ff. 246r-247v Letter from Francis van Aerssen, Heer van Sommelsdyck, Dutch Ambassador to England, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. In favour of Cornelis van der Myle, sent as Dutch Ambassador Extraordinary to France. The Hague, 10 February 1614. French.

ff. 248r-250v Draft letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to Henri La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon. London, 10 February 1614. French.

ff. 251r-254v Letter from John Beaulieu to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the movements of the disaffected Princes, the attack on the citadel of Mezières by the Duc de Nevers, and the departure of the Queen Regent and King Louis XIII with an army. Paris, 10 February 1614. French.

ff. 255r-258v Two letters from Pierre Du Moulin to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Excusing himself from accepting the King's invitation to England, unless the matter be urgent. Paris, 12 February 1614, and no date. French.

ff. 259r-260v Letter from John Beaulieu to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Paris, 14 February 1614. French.

ff. 261r-262v Letter from Henri La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon, to King James VI and I. On a letter printed by the Papists, under the King’s name, on divisions in the Church. Sedan, 14 February 1614. French.

ff. 263r-264v Letter from Henri La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon, to King James VI and I. On the movements of the French Princes. Mezières, 22 February [1614]. French.

ff. 265r-266v Letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the debts of his nephew William Seymour. Letley, 18 February 1614.

ff. 267r-270v Letter from John Beaulieu to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the Queen Regent’s attempts to conciliate the disaffected Princes. Paris, 21 February 1614. French.

ff. 271r-272v Letter from William Trumbull, Secretary to the English Embassy at Paris, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On general news. Brussels, 24 February 1614.

ff. 273r-274v Letter from John Dickenson, English Commissioner at Düsseldorf, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the disagreements between the Prince of Brandenburg and the Elector of Neuburg, joint rulers of Juliers. Düsseldorf, 26 February 1614.

ff. 275r-278v Letter from John Beaulieu to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the intention of sending Jacques August de Thou to negotiate with the Prince de Condé at Mezières, and the latter’s manifesto to the Queen Regent. Paris, 26 February 1614. French.

ff. 279r-280v Letter from Charles de Lorraine, Duc de Guise, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the cabal. Paris, 28 February 1614. French.

ff. 281r-282v Letter from William Trumbull, Secretary to the English Embassy at Paris, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On general news. Brussels, 3 March 1614.

ff. 283r-290v Two letters from John Beaulieu to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On negotiations between Jacques August de Thou and the disaffected Princes. Paris, 5 and 14 March, 1614. French.

ff. 291r-292v Copy of a letter from King James VI and I to Henri La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon. In reply to his letters above (ff. 255r-258v) concerning Pierre Du Moulin. [15 March 1614]. French.

ff. 293r-294v Copy of a letter from King James VI and I to the National Synod of the reformed churches in France. [15 March 1614]. French.

ff. 295r-296v Copy of a letter from King James VI and I to Frederick V, Elector Palatine. [15 March 1614]. French.

ff. 297r-298v Copy of a letter from King James VI and I to Pierre Du Moulin. [15 March 1614]. French.

ff. 299r-300v Letter from William Trumbull, Secretary to the English Embassy at Paris, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On general news. Brussels, 17 March 1614.

f. 301r-301v Copy of a letter from Sir Thomas Edmondes to William Trumbull, Secretary to the English Embassy at Paris. March 1613. French.

ff. 302r-303v Copy of a treaty made between Jacques August de Thou and the French Princes at Mezières. March 1614. French.

ff. 304r-305v Letter from John Beaulieu to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the proposed conference at Soissons to consider the demands of the French Princes. Paris, 27 March 1614. French.

ff. 306r-310v Letter from David Home, French Protestant Minister, to King James VI and I. Soissons, 3 April 1614. French.

ff. 312r-313v Letter from David Home, French Protestant Minister, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Soissons, 3 April 1614. French.

ff. 314r-316v Letter from John Beaulieu to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the agreement at Soissons and the refusal to Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, of a licence to pass through France on his way to Brussels. Paris, 7 April 1614. French.

ff. 317r-381v Letter from David Home, French Protestant Minister, to King James VI and I. Soissons, April 1614. French.

ff. 319r-320v Letter from David Home, French Protestant Minister, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Soissons, April 1614. French.

ff. 321r-327v Three letters from John Beaulieu to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the negotiations for ending the cabal, and on Henri La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon. Paris, 12, 15, and 24 April 1614. French.

ff. 328r-332r Letter from John Beaulieu to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the state of affairs in Juliers. Enclosed: a copy of the articles of agreement made at Ste. Ménehould, France, between the Queen Regent and the Princes. Paris, 9 May 1614. French.

ff. 333r-334v Letter from William Trumbull, Secretary to the English Embassy at Paris, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the treaty made at Ste. Ménehould, France. Brussels, 11 May 1614.

ff. 335r-338v Letter from John Beaulieu to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the treaty made at Ste. Ménehould, France, and its immediate effect on the attitude of the Princes. Also reporting an attempt on the life of Louis XIII of France. Paris, 22 May 1614. French.

f. 339r-339v Letter from Henri de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Recommending the Sieur de la Grange, his secretary, whom he has sent to give an account of the recent events in France to King James VI and I. Sedan, 25 May 1614. French.

ff. 340r-345v Letter from John Beaulieu to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the dissatisfaction of the Duc de Vendome with the treaty made in Ste. Ménehould, France; the reconciliation of the Duc de Mayenne with the Queen Regent; the relations of Henri de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, with the Court; and the active intervention of the States General of Holland in favour of the Brandenburg party for the Cleves succession, consequent on the conversion to Catholicism of the Elector of Neuburg. Enclosed: a copy of the interrogation of Charles Cardinal, merchant of Nancy, accused of attempting to assassinate Louis XIII of France. Paris, 1 June 1614. French.

f. 346r-346v Copy of a letter from King James VI and I to Henri La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon. On the substitution of Grenoble for Gergeau for the Assembly of Protestant Deputies. [c. June 1614]. French.

f. 347r-347v Letter from David Home, French Protestant Minister, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the Du Moulin controversy, and the appointment of Grenoble by the Queen Regent for the Assembly of Protestant Deputies. Bordeaux, 9 June 1614. French.

ff. 348r-354v Letter from John Beaulieu to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On the state of French affairs. Enclosed: copies of letters from Louis XIII of France and the Queen Regent. Paris, 11 June 1614. French.

ff. 355r-358v Letter from John Beaulieu to Sir Thomas Edmondes. On a fresh outbreak of hostilities on the part of Henri de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, and the defence of the city of Poitiers by the Bishop. Paris. 22 June 1614. French.

ff. 359r-362v Draft letters from Sir Thomas Edmondes to Henri de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, and the Duc de Mayenne. London, 22 June 1614 and no date. French.

ff. 363r-366v Two letters from John Beaulieu to Sir Thomas Edmondes. Paris, 25 June and 8 July 1614. French.

ff. 367r-368v Letter from Robert Bell, of the East India Company, to Sir Thomas Edmondes. No date.