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Harley MS 1244

Record Id:
040-002047073
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
040-002047073
MDARK:
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LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1244
Title:
Relations between France and Scotland
Scope & Content:

Collection of treaties between France and Scotland 791-1587, privileges accorded to the Scots by French kings, and Scotland’s renunciation of the alliance with France in 1292 and 1296. Chiefly in French with some Latin. Written in a single italic hand.

Contents:

f. 1*: Title: ‘Traittez entre les Roys de France, et les Roys d’Escosse. Privilleges accordez aux Escossois, par les Roys de France. Et les Memoires comment les Roys d’Escosse a reconnu le Royaume d’Escosse à Foy & Hommage du Royaume d’Angleterre; et a renoncé a l’Alliance de France; Années 1292. 1296’. Ownership inscriptions of

ff. 1-12: Table of contents.

ff. 14-292: Part 1. Treaties between Scotland and France to 1587. For a detailed list see the 1808 printed catalogue of Harley MSS (Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, vol. 1, pp. 622-625).

ff. 293-326: Part 2. Privileges granted to the Scots by the King of France. Title: ‘Privileges accordez par les Roys de France aux Escossois’. Includes:

  • 'Lettres de Naturalité Generalle’ granted for all Scottish people wherever they may be, Amiens, 1513 (ff. 294-299).
  • Declaration of King Francois I in favour of Cardinal David Beton, Bishop of Mirepoix [etc.] 1539 (ff. 300-304).
  • ‘Lettres de Naturalité’ granted to members of the Scottish guard by King Henri II, November 1547, verified in the Chambre des Comptes, 12 February 1548 (ff. 305-308).
  • Report of proceedings in the French parliament at the verification of the King’s letters permitting Scottish people to hold offices and benefices in France, from Parliamentary registers, 8 July 1558 (ff. 309-312).
  • Declaration of naturalisation to Scots by King Henri IV, Fontainebleau, March 1599 (ff. 313-316).
  • Complaint of the Scottish guard to the King 1612 (ff. 317-326).

ff. 337-398: Part 3.

  • ‘Memoire comment le Roy d’Escosse a reconnu le Royaume d’Escosse à Foy & Hommage du Royaume d’Angleterre; et a renonςé à l’Alliance de France, l’annees 1292, & 1296 (ff. 327-328).
  • Treaty of Berwick for truce and ransom of King David of Scotland with Edward III, 1357 (ff. 329-343).
  • Constitution of Scotland, dated 1559. Ends with words ‘Ce jourd’huy 11me Janvier mil cinq cens, cinquante neuf. Par Commandement et Ordonnance de la Reyne Douatriere et Regente de ce Royaume, avons Signé ce present cahier contenant treize feuilletz et demy escritz, paraphez par nous M. Jaques Makgill, Clerk du Registre, et Jean Bellenden Clerc de la Justice de ce Royaume d’Escosse, pour estre envoyé au Roy et Reyne nos Souverains’ (ff. 344-367).
  • Letter of certain Scottish Lords who had taken up arms against the Queen of Scotland (Mary of Guise) on account of religion. 24 January 1559 (ff. 368-369v).
  • Treaty between the Queen of England and the Scots, Berwick, 17 February 1559 (ff. 369v-372).
  • Articles proposed to the Queen of Scots by the Queen of England’s ambassador, 8 August 1565 (ff. 373-376).
  • Response of the Queen of Scots to the articles, 1565 (ff. 376-379).
  • Marriage between Mary Queen of Scots and James, Lord Bothwell, before his earlier marriage had been declared null. Heton, 5 April, 1567 (ff. 380-381).
  • Brief notes about the time of his earlier marriage (ff. 382).
  • Peace agreements between the Scottish Lords, except the Humes and Grange, Ledington, the Queens secretary, and other enemies, 3 February 1573 (ff. 382v-384).
  • Negotiations in England concerning the Queen and estates of Scotland. 1575 (ff. 385-389).
  • Brief note of certain things which her Majesty the Queen agreed on matters proposed by Monsieur de Foix, in the presence of the Duc de Montmorency and M. de la Mothe-Fenelon (ff. 390-393).
  • Letters patent of the King granting Scots permission to hold benefices in France. From the parliamentary registers, 31 July 1599 (ff. 394-395).
  • Letter from the Scots to the King of England on the union of the two kingdoms. Edinburgh, 7 March 1607 (ff. 395v-398).

ff. 399-455: Part 4. Collection of instruments with the title: ‘Actes pour monstrer que le Roy d’Escosse est Vassal du Roy d’Angleterre. For a detailed list see the 1808 printed catalogue of Harley MSS (Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, vol. 1, pp. 622-625).

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Harley Collection
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002045828
040-002047073
Is part of:
Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

 

Harley MS 1244 : Relations between France and Scotland
Hierarchy:
032-002045828[1244]/040-002047073
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 volume
Digitised Content:
Languages:
French
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
17th century
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper.

Dimensions: 385 x 255 mm.

Foliation: 1*, 455 folios.

Binding: Post-1600 Harley binding, red leather with gold tooling and gilt fore-edge.

Custodial History:

The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (1661-1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (1689-1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.

Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (1694-1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.

Former owner: Fra. Hay, possibly = Francis Hayes of the Inner Temple, fl. 1705. Ownership inscription on f. 1* (Wright, Fontes Harleiani, p. 184).

Former owner: Bartholomew Shower (1658-1701), Recorder of London. Ownership inscription on f. 1* (Wright, Fontes Harleiani, p. 305).

Finding Aids:

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), I (1808), no. 1244.

Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), p. 184, 305.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)