Add MS 45140

Vol. I; circ. 1585-1637, n.d. Also included (ff. 6-9) are some autograph notes by Francis Godwin, Bishop of Hereford (d. 1633) concerning his Rerum Anglicarum Annales, 1616; n.d.

Louis XIII of France: Miscellaneous papers of Viscount Scudamore as ambassador to: circ. 1585-1642.

includes:

• f. 2 Netherlands, United Provinces: Petition from, to Qu. Elizabeth I: circ. 1585.: Copy.
• ff. 6-9 Francis Godwin, Bishop of Llandaff and (1617) of Hereford: Notes by, rel. to his 'Rerum Anglicarum Annales': circ. 1616-1633.
• ff. 12-35 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Reports as Sec. of State, jointly with J. Herbert, to the Privy Council: 1598.: Copies.
• ff. 12-35 John Herbert, Master of Requests: Reports, with Sir R. Cecil, to the Privy Council: 1598.: Copies.
• ff. 38-55 Frederick V; Elector Palatine of the Rhine; King of Bohemia: Report to, rel. to Britain, France and Holland: 1620.: Lat. transl.: Imperf.
• f. 56 Louis XIII of France: Opinion of the French clergy rel. to the marriage of Princes of the Blood: 1635.: Fr.: Copy.
• ff 60-63 Louis XIII of France: Articles of agreement with Col. G. Synnot to raise a regiment of foot: 1635.: Fr.: draft.
• ff. 60-63 Colonel Georges Synnot: Agreement with Louis XIII to raise a regiment of foot: 1635.: Fr.: Draft.
• ff. 66-67 The Grisons: Treaty of the Seigneurs with the inhabitants of Valtellina: 1636.: Fr.: Copy.
• f. 70 Johan Banér, Swedish Field-Marshal: Extract from a letter to Count A. Oxenstierna: 1636.: Fr.: Copy.
• ff. 74-79 Melchior Mitte de Chevriéres-Miolans, Marquis de St-Chamond; French Ambassador to Hamburg: Correspondence with Count A. Oxenstierna: 1636.: Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 74-79 Count Axel Oxenstierna,; Chancellor of Sweden: Correspondence with the Marquis de St Chamond: 1636.: Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 82-84 Ferdinand II; Emperor of Germany: Speech of the Polish Ambassador in the Electoral College, Regensburg: 1636.: Lat.: Copy.
• ff. 82-84 Prince George Ostolinski,; Treasurer of the King of Poland: Speech in the Electoral College, Ratisbon: 1636: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 88-91 Ferdinand II; Emperor of Germany: Articles presented to the Electors denouncing Imperial neutrality towards Holland: 1636.: Lat.: Copy.
• f. 93 Christina of Sweden: Extract from a letter by the Swedish royal treasurer as ambassador to Holland: 1636.: Lat.: Copy.
• f. 95 Wladislas VII; King of Poland: Speech of the French Ambassador to Poland: 1636.: Lat.: Copy.
• ff. 99-100 Carlo Casati, Spanish Ambassador to Switzerland: Letter to the Roman Catholic Cantons: 1637.: Ital.: Copy.
• ff. 103-104 Blaise Meliand, French Ambassador in Switzerland: Letter to the Roman Catholic cantons: 1637.: Fr.: Copy.
• f. 107 The Grisons: Letter to the Swiss cantons: 1637.: Ital. transl.
• ff. 111-112 The Grisons: Treaty with the Duc de Rohan: 1637.: Ital.: Copy.
• ff. 111-112 Henri Rohan, Duc de Rohan: Treaty with the Grisons: 1631.: Ital.: Copy.
• f. 115 Philip IV of Spain: List of Spanish forces leaving Alessandria for Nice: 1637.: Ital.: Copy.
• f. 119 Philip IV of Spain: Account of the French surrender of Nice to the Spanish, with the terms of surrender: 1637.: Fr.: Copies.
• f. 119 Louis XIII of France: Account, etc., of the surrender of Nice to the Spanish: 1637.: Fr.: Copies.
• f. 132 Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy: Account of victory over the Spanish: 1637.: Ital.: Copy.
• f. 135 Poetry LATIN: Verses on the Spanish defeat at Leucate: 1637.
• f. 135 Philip IV of Spain: Verses on Spanish defeat at Leucate, Aude: 1637.: Lat.
• f. 136 Louis XIII of France: Verses, etc., for a Court Masque on the recapture of Breda by the Prince of Orange: 1637.: Lat., Gr. and Fr.