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Transactions between Scotland and England, November 1543-February 1544 (Hamilton Papers)

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Official correspondence and state papers relating to transactions between England and Scotland between March and May 1544. Volume 8 of the Hamilton Papers (Add MSS 32646-32657).

ff. 2r-3v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Edinburgh, 1 November [1543].

ff. 4r-5v: Letter from Sir Thomas Wharton, Warden of the English West Marches and Governor of Carlisle, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Workington [Cumberland], 2-3 November [1543].

ff. 6r-8v: Letter from Sir Thomas Wharton, Warden of the English West Marches and Governor of Carlisle, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Carlisle Castle, 5 November [1543]. Enclosed: copy of a letter from Wharton to Robert Maxwell. 5 November [1543].

ff. 9r-10v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Sir Anthony Browne. Tantallon [Haddington], 6 November [1543].

ff. 11r-15v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to the Privy Council. 6 November [1543]. Cipher, with decipher.

ff. 16r-19v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 7 November [1543].

ff. 20r-24v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham. Tantallon, 7 November 1543. Cipher, with decipher. Enclosed: letter from Alexander Crichton, Laird of Brunston, to Sadler. No date. Cipher, with decipher.

ff. 25r-27v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham. Tantallon, 7 November 1543. Cipher, with decipher.

ff. 28r-30v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to the Privy Council. Edinburgh [miswritten for Tantallon], 9 November [1543]. Enclosed: schedule of goods of Hugh a Douglas in the Scottish ships taken in England.

ff. 31r-34v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham. Tantallon, 10 November 1543. Cipher, with decipher.

ff. 35r-36v: Letter from James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, to King Henry VIII. Edinburgh, 10 November [1543].

ff. 37r-39v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 10 November [1543].

ff. 40r-51v: Draft letter from King Henry VIII to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Ampthill Manor, endorsed 12 November 1543.

ff. 52r-54v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham. Tantallon, 12 November 1543. Partly cipher, with decipher.

ff. 55r-56v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to King Henry VIII. Tantallon, 12 November [1543].

ff. 57r-58v: Letter from William Eure, Warden of the East and Middle Marches, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Berwick Castle, 12 November [1543].

ff. 59r-62v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to the Privy Council. Tantallon, 13 November [1543]. Cipher, with decipher.

ff. 63r-65v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham. Tantallon, 13 November [1543]. Partly cipher, with decipher.

ff. 66r-67v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 13 November [1543].

ff. 68r-69v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham. Tantallon, 14 November 1543.

ff. 70r-72v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, to King Henry VIII. Darlington, 15 November [1543].

ff. 73r-74v: Draft letter from the Privy Council to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Endorsed 17 November 1543.

ff. 75r-79v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 20 November [1543].

ff. 78r-82v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham. Tantallon, 21 November [1543]. Partly cipher, with decipher. Enclosed: copy of a letter from Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, to Sadler. Douglas, 18 November [1543]. Cipher, with decipher.

ff. 83r-84v: Draft letter from the Privy Council to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Endorsed 21 November 1543.

ff. 85r-86v: Draft letter from King Henry VIII to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Ampthill, 21 November [1543].

ff. 87r-88v: Draft letter from the Privy Council to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Endorsed 22 November 1543.

ff. 89r-93v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 22 November [1543].

ff. 94r-96v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 24 November [1543].

ff. 97r-100v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 25 November [1543]. Enclosed: letter from Sir Thomas Wharton, Warden of the English West Marches and Governor of Carlisle, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Carlisle Castle, 24 November [1543].

ff. 101r-102v: Letter from William Eure, Warden of the East and Middle Marches, Thomas Hylton, and George Bowes, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Berwick Castle, 25 November [1543].

ff. 103r-106v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to King Henry VIII. Tantallon, 26 November [1543]. Partly cipher, undeciphered. Enclosed: copy of a letter from Alexander Crichton, Laird of Brunston, to Sadler. Musselburgh [Edinburgh], no date. Cipher, undeciphered.

ff. 107r-109v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham. Tantallon, 26 November [1543]. Cipher, with decipher.

ff. 110r-111v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 27 November [1543].

ff. 112r-113v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 27 November [1543].

ff. 114r-116v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Tantallon, 29 November [1543]. Cipher, with decipher.

ff. 117r-118v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham. Tantallon, 29 November [1543].

ff. 119r-120v: Draft letter from the Privy Council to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham. Endorsed 30 November 1543.

ff. 121r-123v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to the Privy Council. Tantallon, 30 November 1543. Enclosed: an order given by Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, to expel Sadler from Tantallon Castle. Lindores, Fife, 17 November [1543].

ff. 124r-125v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham. Tantallon, 30 November 1543.

ff. 126r-127v: Letter from Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn, and Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassillis, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Douglas, 30 November 1543.

ff. 128r-133v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 30 November [1543]. Enclosed: copy of a letter from Brandon to Sir George Douglas, of Pittendreich. 30 November [1543].

ff. 134r-135v: Copy of a letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, to Sir George Douglas, of Pittendreich. No date.

ff. 136r-143v: Two draft letters from the Privy Council to Sir George Douglas, of Pittendreich. One unfinished. Bisham [Berkshire], 1 December 1543.

ff. 144r-148v: Copy of a letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, to Sir George Douglas, of Pittendreich. Endorsed 2 December 1543.

ff. 149r-152v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 6 December [1543].

ff. 153r-154v: Letter from Sir Thomas Wharton, Warden of the English West Marches and Governor of Carlisle, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Carlisle Castle, 8 December [1543].

ff. 155r-158v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, to King Henry VIII. Darlington, 8 December 1543.

ff. 159r-160v: Draft letter from the Privy Council to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Endorsed 9 December 1543.

ff. 161r-162v: Letter from William Eure, Warden of the East and Middle Marches, and Edward Shelley, Treasurer of the Council of the North and Captain of Berwick, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Berwick Castle, 10 December [1543].

ff. 163r-164v: Extract from the records of the Acts of the Parliament of Scotland, 5-11 December 1543. On the annulment of the Articles of Peace and Marriage between Scotland and England. Recorded by Sir James Murray of Philiphaugh, Clerk Register of Scotland, c. 1706-1707.

ff. 165r-166v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Berwick, 12 December [1543].

ff. 167r-176v: Draft letter from King Henry VIII to Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland. Endorsed 13 December 1543.

ff. 177r-180v: Draft letter from the Privy Council to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Endorsed 13 December [1543].

ff. 181r-187v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 14 December [1543]. Enclosed: copy of a letter from Brandon to Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn, and Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassillis. 14 December [1543]. Also enclosed: copy of a letter from Brandon to Sir George Douglas, of Pittendreich. 14 December [1543]. With a schedule of money to be distributed among the King’s friends in Scotland. No date.

ff. 188r-189v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 17 December [1543].

ff. 190r-206v: Two drafts of a declaration made by Henry Ray, Berwick Pursuivant, to the Scottish Parliament. Presented to James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, 20 December 1543.

ff. 207r-208v: Answer from James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, to Henry Ray, Berwick Pursuivant. No date.

ff. 209r-210v: Copy of a letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, to Sir George Douglas, of Pittendreich. 21 December 1543.

ff. 211r-212v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 27 December [1543]. In Sadler’s hand.

ff. 213r-216v: Draft letter from the Privy Council to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Endorsed 28 December 1543.

ff. 217r-218v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 28 December [1543].

ff. 219r-220v: Copy of a letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, to Sir George Douglas of Pittendreich. Endorsed 30 December 1543.

ff. 221r-222v: Heads from the letters of James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, between 28 July and 29 August [1543].

ff. 223r-224v: Copy of a letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, to Sir George Douglas, of Pittendreich. c. 31 December 1543.

ff. 225r-228v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 5 January [1543/4]. Enclosed: letter from James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, to King Henry VIII. Edinburgh, 21 December [1543].

ff. 229r-230v: Letter from Sir George Douglas, of Pittendreich, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Edinburgh, 15 January [1543/4].

ff. 231r-232v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 18 January [1543/4].

f. 233r-233v: Letter from James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Edinburgh, 19 January [1543/4].

ff. 234r-235v: Letter from James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, to King Henry VIII. Edinburgh, 19 January [1543/4].

ff. 236r-237v: Letter from Cardinal David Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrews, to King Henry VIII. Edinburgh, 19 January [1543/4].

ff. 238r-243v: Two drafts of a memorial concerning the Privy Council’s answer to Ross Herauld, of Scotland. To show to the nobles and lords of Scotland. No date.

ff. 244r-246v: Draft letter from King Henry VIII to Cardinal David Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrews. No date.

f. 247r-247v: Draft letter from the Privy Council to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Endorsed 21 January [1543/4].

ff. 248r-249v: Letter from Sir Thomas Wharton, Warden of the English West Marches and Governor of Carlisle, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Carlisle Castle, 25 January [1543/4].

ff. 250r-256v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 25 January [1543/4].

ff. 257r-260v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 25 January [1543/4].

ff. 261r-262v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 27 January [1543/4].

ff. 263r-269v: Draft letter from King Henry VIII to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Endorsed 29 January [1543/4].

ff. 270r-271v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, to King Henry VIII. Darlington, 1 February [1543/4].

ff. 272r-273v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, to King Henry VIII. Darlington, 2 February [1543/4].

ff. 274r-277v: Draft letter from the Privy Council to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Endorsed 5 February [1543/4].

ff. 278r-279v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, to King Henry VIII. Darlington, 7 February [1543/4].

ff. 280r-281v: Draft letter from the Privy Council to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Endorsed 9 February [1543/4].

ff. 282r-283v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 9 February [1543/4].

ff. 284r-285v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, to the Privy Council. Darlington, 11 February [1543/4].

ff. 286r-287v: Letter from Sir Thomas Wharton, Warden of the English West Marches and Governor of Carlisle, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Carlisle Castle, 14 February [1543/4].

ff. 288r-289v: Letter from Sir Thomas Wharton, Warden of the English West Marches and Governor of Carlisle, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Carlisle Castle, 19 February [1543/4].

ff. 290r-293v: Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, to King Henry VIII. Darlington, 28 February [1543/4].

ff. 294r-295v: Letter from Thomas Carlisle to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Berwick, c. February [1543/4].

ff. 296r-298v: Paper of preparations ‘for the enterprise of Scotland’, c. February [1543/4].

ff. 299r-300v: Paper titled ‘A devise to subdue Scotlande’. c. February [1543/4].

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1543

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1544

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1 Nov 1543-[28 Feb 1544]

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England, Scotland.

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper.

Dimensions: 360 x 240 mm.

Foliation: ff. xv + 300.

Binding: Post-1600. British Museum.

Script: Secretary, italic.

Custodial History:

Origin:

England, Scotland.

Provenance:

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, politician (1606-1649): former owner.

Acquired by the British Museum in 1886.

Publications:

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the years 1882-1887 (London: British Museum, 1889), pp. 205-10.

Joseph Bain, ed., The Hamilton Papers: Letters and Papers Illustrating the Political Relations of England and Scotland in the XVIth Century, vol. 2 (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1892).

A. Clifford, ed., The state papers and letters of Sir Ralph Sadler, 2 vols. (Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1809).

Letters and Negotiations of Sir Ralph Sadler, Ambassador of King VIII of England to Scotland (Edinburgh: James McEuen and George Stewart, 1720).

Joseph Robertson, ed., ‘Descriptive Catalogue of the State Papers and other Historical Documents preserved in the archives at Hamilton Palace A.D. 1309-A.D. 1759’, in Miscellany of the Maitland Club, Consisting of Original Papers and Other Documents Illustrative of the History and Literature of Scotland, vol. 4, part 1 (Glasgow: Maitland Club, 1847), pp. 59-209.

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Tantallon Castle, Haddingtonshire