Egerton MS 3378

LEEDS PAPERS. Vol. LV (ff. 80). A collection of tracts and other papers, transcribed in the same hand, relating to currency, politics, etc., and including many by Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Bart.; 17th cent. (aft. 1638).

(1) 'Of the Proceedings against Ambassadours', by Cotton; 27 Apr. 1624. Other copies are in Harley MSS. 304, ff. 40-41, 444, ff. 79-83b, 1858, ff. 58-69, 156-161b, Lansdowne MS. 811, ff. 133-139, Stowe MS. 159, ff. 112-118b, and Add. MS. 25250, ff. 172-177b. Printed in Cottoni Posthuma: divers choice pieces of ... Sir Robert Cotton, ed. J. Howell, 1651, pp. 1-9. ff. 2-4.

(2) 'A Breefe Abstract of the Question of Praecedencie betweene England and Spaine ...', by Cotton, following a dispute between the English and Spanish Ambassadors in France, 1600. Other copies are in Harley MSS. 1858, ff. 1-11, 4889, ff. 11-19, and Add. MS. 36081, ff. 110-115. Printed separately with the same title in 1642 and in Cottoni Posthuma, pp. 73-89. ff. 5-9.

(3) 'An Answere to certaine Arguments raised from supposed Antiquitie and Practice, by some Members of the Lower house of Parliament, to prove that Ecclesiasticall Lawes ought to bee enacted by Temporall Men', by Cotton. Other copies are in Harley MS. 3142, ff. 64-67, and Add. MS. 26634, ff. 45-48b. Printed in Cottoni Posthuma, pp. 201-207. ff. 10-14.

(4) A speech by Cotton in the lower House of Parliament at Oxford, critical of the policies of Charles I; 6 Aug. 1625. Printed in Cottoni Posthuma, pp. 271-281, and W. Cobbett, Parliamentary History, ii, 1807, pp. 14-17. ff. 15-17b.

(5) A speech by Cotton in the Council on the alteration of the coinage; 2 Sept. 1626. Other copies are in Harley MSS. 38, ff. 232-235, 1583, ff. 3-6, Lansdowne MSS. 213, ff. 135-139, 811, ff. 140-147b, and Stowe MS. 296, ff. 87-91b. First printed in 1641 as Sir Thomas Roe his speech at the Counselltable but later attributed to Cotton in Cottoni Posthuma, pp. 283-294, and reprinted in J. R. MacCulloch, A Select Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts on Money, 1856, pp. 121-131. ff. 18-21.

(6) Answer by the committees of the Council, on the same subject as the preceding; 2 Sept. 1626. Other copies are in Harley MSS. 38, ff. 229-231b, 1583, ff. 6-8 (imperf.), Lansdowne MSS. 213, ff. 139-143, and 811, ff. 148-156. Printed in Cottoni Posthuma, pp. 295-307, and in MacCulloch, op. cit., pp. 132-141. ff. 22-25b.

(7) Treatise on the duties of a king, here entitled 'Another Speech of Sir Robert Cotton. . . .' The authorship is ascribed to Sir Francis Bacon (Viscount St. Alban 1621) in other copies in Lansdowne MS. 491, ff . 45b-48, and Stowe MS. 180, ff . 43-45b, and in the first edition, An Essay of a King, 1642, but this attribution was rejected by J. Spedding, R. L. Ellis and D. D. Heath in their edition in The Works of Francis Bacon, 1857-1874, vi, pp. 592-597. ff. 26-27.

(8) 'Il di loda la sera' [by Sir Walter Cope]: an Apology for Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury; circ. 1612. Other copies are in Lansdowne MS. 151, ff. 112-124b, Add. MSS. 34323 and 40629, ff. 106-114. Printed in J. Gutch, Collectanea Curiosa, 1781, i, pp. 119-133. ff. 28-34.

(9) Supposititious letter of Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State, to 'Monsieur Cretoy, Principall Secretary of Fraunce, in defence of the Queen's proceedings in Causes Ecclesiasticall'; circ. 1589-1590. Another copy is in Sloane MS. 1775, ff. 75-78. Printed in Scrinia Sacra, 1654, pp. 38-41, G. Burnet, History of the Reformation in England, 1681, ii, pp. 418-421, and as Letter to Monsieur Critoy, concerning the Queen's proceedings against both Papists and Puritans, 1687. J. Spedding, etc., published it as a work by Bacon, op. cit., viii, pp. 95-102. A very similar text is printed in Bacon's Observations on a Libel, 1592. ff. 35-37b.

(10) 'A Project for Ireland concerning Alteracion of Coyne there', on the proposed debasement of the coinage, here described as by Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury; circ. 1600. Another copy without author's name is in Cotton MS. Otho E. x, ff. 250-252. ff. 39-41.

(11) 'Project against the Jesuites, Schole Hostages and League with Spaine, delivered in a speech to Queene Elizabeth', here described as by Robert Cecil, lst Earl of Salisbury; circ. 1584-1585. First printed as a work by William Cecil, 1st Baron of Burghley, in The Felicity of Queen Elizabeth and her times, with other things by the Right Honourable Francis, Lord Bacon, Viscount St. Alban, 1651, pp. 121-156, and reprinted in A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts [The Somers Tracts], 2nd ed., ed. Sir W. Scott, i, 1809, pp. 164-170. J. Spedding, etc., published it from Harley MS. 6867, ff. 42-69, as a tract by Bacon, op. cit., viii, pp. 43-56. Other copies are in Harley MS. 35, ff. 412-416b, and Lansdowne MS. 213, ff. 1-6. ff. 42-47b.

(12) 'The last letter from Queen Anne Boleyn to King Henry VIII; the Tower, 6 May 1536. Other copies are in Cotton MS. Otho C.x., f. 232, Stowe MS. 151, ff. 1-2, and Add. MS. 22587, f. 22. Printed in Scrinia Sacra, 1654, pp. 9-10, Love Letters from King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn, 1714, pp. 36-39, and elsewhere. ff. 48-49.

(13) 'A Project of Money's', on raising the value of English money to parity with foreign currency, by Andrew Palmer, Assay Master of the Mint; aft. 1612. ff. 50-52b.

(14) 'The manner and meanes whereby other Countries are able to give more for Bullion then England to carry away our moneyes and undervalue our, and overvalue their commodities': related in subject to the preceding article; aft. 1612. ff. 54-60.

(15) Account of the unsuccessful expedition to Cadiz in 1625, presented to the Council by Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, and other officers, in criticism of their commander, Edward Cecil, Viscount Wimbledon, followed (ff. 68-73) by the latter's reply. Other copies are in Harley MSS. 37, ff. 88-111b, 3638, ff. 114-120b (Wimbledon's reply only), 6807, ff. 223-243b, 244-277, Lansdowne MS. 213, ff. 262-295, Stowe MS. 151, ff. 113-147b, and Add. MS. 4183, ff. 68-77b. Printed in The Genuine Works, in verse and prose, of George Granville, Lord Lansdowne, 1732, ii, pp. 249-315. ff. 61-73.

(16) Speech in favour of ship-money by Sir Richard Weston during the trial of John Hampden; 27 Jan. 1637/8_{. Another copy is in Lansdowne MS. 616, ff. 1-25b, and a briefer version is in Harley MS. 786, ff. 39-43b. A different text, erroneously attributed to Sir Francis Weston and fuller than the manuscript versions, is printed in The Tryal of John Hampden, 1719, pp. 112-118, and reprinted in W. Cobbett, Complete Collection of State Trials, iii, 1809, pp. 1065-1078. ff. 74-80b.}

Bookplates and Book-stamps: Osborne (George William Frederick), 6th Duke of Leeds; d. 1838.

includes:

• ff. 2-14 Political Tracts: Tracts by Sir R. B. Cotton: 1600, 1624, n.d.: Copies, 17th cent.
• ff. 2-4 Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet; antiquary: 'Of the Proceedings against Ambassadours',: 1624.: Copy, 17th cent.
• ff. 5-9 Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet; antiquary: 'A breefe Abstract of the Question of praecedencie between England and Spaine',: 1600.: Copy, 17th cent.
• ff. 10-14 Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet; antiquary: Answer to arguments on the enactment of ecclesiastical laws: n.d.: Copy, 17th cent.
• ff. 15-17b Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet; antiquary: Speech in the Commons at Oxford: 1625.
• ff. 15-17b England; Parliament: Speech by Sir R. B. Cotton at Oxford: 1625.: Copy.
• ff. 15-21, 26-27 Speeches: Speeches attrib. to Sir R. B. Cotton: 1625, 1626, n.d.
• ff. 18-21 Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet; antiquary: Speech in the Council attrib. to, on the alteration of the coinage: 1626.: Copy, 17th cent.
• ff. 18-25b Privy Council, The: Speech of Sir R. B. Cotton, etc., rel. to coinage: 1626.
• ff. 18-25b, 39-41,50-60 Political Tracts: Tracts on coinage: circ. 1600-1626.
• ff. 18-25b, 39-41,50-60 Coinage: Tracts and memoranda rel. to: circ. 1600- [1676?].
• f. 26 Political Tracts: On the duties of a king, attrib. to Sir F. Bacon: circ. 1642.
• ff. 26, 35, 42-47b Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans: Tracts by or attrib. to: n.d.
• ff. 26-27 Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet; antiquary: Speech attrib. to, on the duties of a king: n.d.: Copy, 17th cent.
• ff. 28-34 Sir Walter Cope: Apology for Robert, 1st Lord Salisbury: circ. 1612.: Copy, 17th cent.
• ff. 28-34 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Apology for, by Sir W. Cope: circ. 1612: Copy, 17th cent.
• ff. 28-34 Political Tracts: Apology for Lord Salisbury, by Sir W. Cope: circ. 1612.: Copy, 17th cent.
• ff. 35-37b Political Tracts: Supposititious letter of Sir F. Walsingham to 'Monsieur Cretoy': circ. 1589-1590.
• ff. 35-37b Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State: Supposititious letter to 'Monsieur Cretoy': circ. 1589-1590.
• ff. 39-41 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Proposals attrib. to, rel. to coinage in Ireland: circ. 1600.
• ff. 39-41 Ireland: Proposals attrib. to Lord Salisbury, rel. to coinage in: circ. 1600.
• ff. 42-47 b Speeches: 'Project against the Jesuites, Schole Hostages and League with Spaine', attrib. to 1st Lord Salisbury: circ. 1584-1585.
• ff. 42-47b Political Tracts: Speech against the Jesuits, etc., attrib. to 1st Lord Salisbury: circ. 1584-1585.
• ff. 42-47b Sir William Cecil, Baron Burghley 1571; Lord Treasurer 1572: Speech attrib. to, against the Jesuits, etc.: circ. 1584-1585.
• ff. 42-47b Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Speech attrib. to, against the Jesuits, etc.: circ. 1584-1585.
• ff. 48-49 Henry VIII of England: Letter to, from Qu. Anne Boleyn: 1536.: Copy, 17th cent.
• ff. 50-52b Andrew Palmer, Assay Master of the Mint: Proposals for raising the value of English money.: aft. 1612.: Copy, 17th cent.
• ff. 54-60 Trade and Commerce: Tract rel. to currency and foreign trade: aft. 1612.
• ff. 61- 73 Privy Council, The: Complaint to, conc. Lord Wimbledon's expedition to Cadiz, with his reply,: 1625.: Copy, 17th cent.
• ff. 61-67b Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex: Charges against Lord Wimbledon rel. to the expedition to Cadiz,: 1625.: Copy, 17th cent.
• ff. 61-67b Diaries and Memoranda: Journal of the Cadiz expedition: 1625.
• ff. 61-73 Edward Cecil, Viscount Wimbledon: Charges against, and defence by, rel. to the expedition to Cadiz: 1625.: Copy, 17th cent.
• ff. 61-73 Cadiz, Spain: Account of the expedition to: 1625.
• ff. 74-80 b Sir Richard Weston, Baron of the Exchequer: Speech conc. ship money in J. Hampden's trial: 1638.: Copy, 17th cent.
• ff. 74-80b John Hampden, statesman: Speech of Sir R. Weston at his trial: 1638.: Copy, 17th cent.