Add MS 72470

TRUMBULL PAPERS. Vol. CCXXIX (ff. 18). Sir Robert Cotton: 'A shorte Viewe of Kinge: Hen: the 3: his Raigne'; circa 29 Apr. 1614. Copy, early 17th cent. This tract was first printed anonymously in 1627 as having been 'Presented to King James'. For an account of its publishing-history during the 17th cent. see William A. Jackson, 'Sir Robert Bruce Cotton's A short view of the long life and raigne of Henry the Third, King of England', Harvard Library Bulletin, vol. IV, no.1 (Winter 1950), pp. 28-37. The date of 29 April 1614 is found in the copies in MSS Additional 5994, ff. 178-184v, Harley 2245, ff. 1-8, and Sloane 3073, ff. 38-49. Further copies are Additional 12504, ff. 46-57, 21993, ff. 222v-230v, and 69394, ff. 1-10v; Harley 252, ff. 129-136, 305, ff. 216-225, 354, ff. 44-60, 6451, ff. 1-20, and 7021, ff. 54-64; Royal App. 7, ff. 72-77v (imperfect); Sloane 1709, ff. 23-34, and 3561; and Stowe 156, ff. 68-80. For a further tract attributed to Cotton see above, Add. 72414, ff.??-??.

Paper: ff. 18. 320 x 208mm. Single gathering, of which f. 15 is a stub. Watermark of eagle bearing crozier on breast, and pendant of three balls. From Add. 19(1).

Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet; antiquary: Henry III of England: Short view of the reign of Henry III by Sir Robert Bruce Cotton: circa early 17th cent.: Copy.