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Harley MS 6345
- Record Id:
- 040-002052194
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002052194
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000899.0x0002bd
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100155076247.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6345
- Title:
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Copybook of Cardinal Wolsey's letters
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 1*r–216v: A copybook of Cardinal Wolsey's letters. It also includes a copy of Princess Mary's confession (ff. 211r–v) along with unrelated material from the 17th century.
f. 1*r: Note about Lady De La Warr's ownership of the volume, with the original ownership note pasted on.
f. 5*v: The beginning of some notes in Latin under the heading 'Questiones illustres et earum solutiones.'
ff. 1r–2v: Notes about Austria and Spain, dated February 1627.
ff. 3r–5v: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to the Bishop of Bath [and Wells; John Clerk], 25 March 1524.
ff. 6r–7v: Copy of a letter from Henry VIII to his orator at Rome, January 1517.
ff. 8r–9v: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Richard Sampson, 6 November 1523.
ff. 10r–14r: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to the king's ambassadors in Rome, upon news of Clement VII's election, December 1523. A note explains that this is the Bishop of Bath [and Wells].
ff. 14v–19r: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to the Bishop of Bath [and Wells], December 1524.
ff. 19v–25v: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Sampson, 13 February 1525.
ff. 26r–29r: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to the king's orator at Rome, March 1524.
ff. 29v–31r: Document in Latin, concerning Clement VII.
ff. 31v–34r: Copy of a letter from Richard [Jerningham?] to Wolsey, 3 July 1523.
ff. 34v–37v: Copy of a letter from [Wolsey?] to Sampson, no date. f. 37v has a paragraph of decoded cipher, with an alphabet at the end of the page.
ff. 38r–v: Memorial in Latin on the Duke of Bourbon.
ff. 38v–39r: Copy of letters sent by the king's ambassador at Rome to Wolsey, 24 February 1524.
ff. 39r–v: Copy of Richard Pace's letters to Henry VIII, 26 January 1525.
f. 39v: Copy of a letter from ? to [Brian] Tuke, 26 January 1525.
ff. 40r–v: Secret instructions containing certain points and articles which Henry VIII would like his ambassadors to ask about and report back on, 1523.
ff. 40v–43v: Instructions from Henry to Thomas Boleyn and Richard Sampson, about overtures he would like them to make to the Emperor, 1524.
ff. 44r–45v: A memorandum with instructions for Sir John Russell to do on the king's behalf with the Duke of Bourbon.
ff. 45v–46r: The effect of the instructions from the Emperor for Mr Bearbrayn, concerning Bourbon, 28 May 1523.
f. 46r: A memorandum with instructions for Sir John Russell to do on the king's behalf with the Duke of Bourbon, 28 May 1523.
ff. 46v–55v: The effect of the instructions from the Emperor for Mr Bearbrayn, concerning Bourbon, 30 May 1525.
ff. 56r–v: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to the Lord Privy Seal (Cuthbert Tunstall) and Richard Wingfield, ambassadors to the Emperor, 3 April 1525.
ff. 56v–57v: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to the Bishop of London (Cuthbert Tunstall) and Richard Wingfield, ambassadors to the Emperor, 7 April 1525.
ff. 58r–62r: Copy of a letter from Henry to Tunstall, Wingfield and Sampson, ambassadors to the Emperor, 8 September 1525, Stony Stratford.
ff. 62r–v: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Jerningham and Sampson, 10 August 1523, Westminster.
ff. 62v–66r: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Jerningham and Sampson, 3 July 1523, Westminster.
ff. 66r–68r: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Jerningham and Sampson, 30 August 1523, Hampton Court.
ff. 68r–71v: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Jerningham and Sampson, 4 December 1523, Westminster.
ff. 71v–72r: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Jerningham and Sampson, no date.
ff. 73r–74v: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to ?, 14 January 1523, Hampton Court. The beginning of the letter is missing.
ff. 75r–79r: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to ?, 24 January 1523, Greenwich.
ff. 79r–84v: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Sampson, 25 March [no year], Westminster.
ff. 84v–87r: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Sampson, 4 June 1524, Westminster.
ff. 87r–90r: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Sampson, 26 September 1524.
f. 90r: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Sampson, 5 December 1524, Westminster.
ff. 90r–93v: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Thomas Boleyn and Sampson, no date.
ff. 93v–94v: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to the Bishop of Bath (Clerk), no date.
ff. 94v–96v: Copy of the Emperor's letters to his ambassadors for the marriage of Portugal, 11 August 1525. In French.
ff. 96v–98r: Copy of certain articles extracted from the Treaty of Madrill, no date. In French, with some titles in English.
f. 98r: Copy of the king's letters of credence (i.e. Henry VIII), 11 June 1525.
ff. 98v–100v: Copy of a declaration made to the States of Spain on behalf of the Emperor, concerning a marriage with England, certified in Spanish, 13 June 1525. In English and Latin.
f. 101r: Copy of a brief to the King of England, Defender of the Faith. In Latin.
ff. 101v–105r: Copy of instructions given by Henry to William Knight, his ambassador to Lady Margaret, concerning certain matters to be treated with the Duke of Bourbon.
ff. 105v–109r: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Richard Pace, Henry VIII's chief secretary, 31 August 1524, the More.
ff. 109r–111r: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Pace, 7 August 1524, Hampton Court.
ff. 111r–113r: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Pace, 28 May 1524, Westminster
ff. 113r–114r: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Pace, 5 March 1524, Bridewell.
ff. 114r–115r: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Pace and Sir John Russell, 5 March 1524, Bridewell.
ff. 115v–116v: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Pace and Sir John Russell, 16 January 1524, Westminster.
ff. 116v–117r: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Pace and Sir John Russell, 16 January 1524, Westminster.
ff. 117r–119r: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Pace, 25 June 1524, Westminster.
ff. 119r–121r: Copy of instructions given by the king to Pace, relating to Venice, August 1522.
ff. 121v–123v: Copy of instructions given by the king to Pace, relating to his embassy with the Swiss, 1524.
ff. 124r–125r: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Pace, 1525.
ff. 125v–126r: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Clerk, no date.
ff. 126r–134r: Copy of letters from Tunstall and Wingfield, ambassadors to the Emperor at Toledo, 2 June 1525.
ff. 134r–v: Copy of the peace treaty between the French regent (Francis I's mother, Louise of Savoy) and Henry VIII, 17 September 1525.
ff. 134v–135r: Copy of the peace treaty between the French regent (Francis I's mother, Louise of Savoy) and Henry VIII, 11 August 1525. In French.
f. 135v: Copy of a treaty between the king and the emperor, 11 August 1525.
f. 136r: Copy of a treaty between the king and the emperor, 11 August 1525.
ff. 136r–v: Copy of a letter from Tunstall and Wingfield to Wolsey, 7 April 1525, Hampton [Court].
ff. 136v–137r: Copy of a letter from Tunstall and Wingfield to Wolsey, 10 April 1525, Hampton [Court].
ff. 137r–138r: Copy of a letter from Tunstall and Wingfield to Henry, 30 April 1525, Ribadeo.
ff. 138r–141v: Copy of a letter from Tunstall, Wingfield and Sampson to Henry, 26 June 1525, Toledo.
ff. 141v–142r: Copy of a letter from Tunstall, Wingfield and Sampson to Henry, 20 June 1525, Toledo.
ff. 142r–v: Copy of a letter from Sampson to Wolsey, 1 April 1525, Madrid.
ff. 142v–144r: Copy of a letter from Sampson to Wolsey, 1 April 1525, Madrid.
ff. 145r–v: Copy of a letter from Tunstall, Wingfield and Sampson to Wolsey, 8 July 1525, Toledo.
ff. 146r–148v: Copy of a letter from Tunstall, Wingfield and Sampson to Henry, 8 July 1525, Toledo.
ff. 148v–150r: Copy of a letter from Tunstall, Wingfield and Sampson to Henry, 9 July 1525, Toledo.
ff. 150r–151r: Copy of a letter from Tunstall, Wingfield and Sampson to Henry, 10 July 1525, Toledo.
ff. 151r–152r: Copy of a letter from Tunstall and Sampson to Henry, 28 July 1525, Toledo.
ff. 152r–153r: Copy of a letter from Tunstall to Wolsey, 10 August 1525, Toledo.
f. 153v: Copy of a letter from Tunstall to Wolsey, 11 August 1525, Toledo.
ff. 153v–160r: Copy of a letter from Tunstall and Sampson to Henry, 11 August 1525 [no place].
f. 160r: Copy of a letter from Tunstall and Sampson to Henry, 14 August 1525, Toledo.
ff. 160v–170v: Copy of a letter from Tunstall and Sampson to Henry, 2 December 1525, Toledo.
ff. 171r–v: Copy of a letter from Tunstall to Henry, 2 December 1525, Toledo.
ff. 171v–173r: Copy of a letter from Tunstall to Henry, 2 December 1525, Toledo.
ff. 174r–178v: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Dr Taylor, Archdeacon of Buckingham, and Thomas Cheiny [i.e. Thomas Cheyne], knight of the king's body, 4 May 1526, Westminster.
f. 178v: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Dr Taylor, 10 May 1526, Westminster.
ff. 179r–v: Latin treaty between Francis I and Henry VIII, 29 January 1520.
f. 179v: Article from the treaty contended by Pomeray, 1532.
ff. 179r–v: Latin treaty between Francis I and Henry VIII, 29 January 1520.
f. 180v: Document in French, 28 April 1521, Worms.
ff. 181r–182v: The articles delivered to the French king's council. In French.
ff. 183r–v: Copy of a letter from Henry to Francis, no date.
ff. 184r–186r: Instructions given by Henry to his ambassadors Sir William Fitzwilliam and Jerningham, to be delivered to the French king (i.e. Francis I), 1521.
ff. 186r–v: Copy of a letter from Fitzwilliam to Wolsey, 13 September 1521. The letter is accompanied by a cipher.
ff. 187r–v: Copy of a letter from Jerningham to Henry, 1521.
f. 187v: Two letters from Jerningham to Wolsey, 1521. The latter was in cipher, but has been deciphered.
f. 188r: Copy of a letter from Jerningham to Henry, 1521.
ff. 188r–189r: Copy of a letter from Wolsey to Sir William Fitzwilliam and Jerningham, 1521.
ff. 189r–v: Copy of a letter from Fitzwilliam and Jerningham to Wolsey, 1521.
ff. 189v–190r: Copy of a letter from Wingfield to Jerningham, 1521.
ff. 190r–191r: Copy of a letter from Fitzwilliam and Jerningham to Wolsey, 30 May [1521; 1621 must be an error].
ff. 191r–v: Copy of a letter from Wingfield to Fitzwilliam and Jerningham, 12 June 1521, [Maastricht?].
ff. 191v–192r: Copy of a letter from Fitzwilliam and Jerningham to Wolsey, 8 June [1521; 1621 must be an error].
ff. 192r–v: Copy of a letter from Wingfield to Jerningham, 25 June [1521; 1621 must be an error], Maastricht. Wingfield's cipher is at the end of the letter.
ff. 193r–197r: Copy of a letter in Latin from Wolsey to Gregory di Casale, Henry VIII's orator, 5 December 1527.
ff. 198r–202v: Instructions given by the king to Sir Francis Bryan, knight of the henchmen and a gentleman of the privy chamber and Peter Vannes, the King's Latin secretary, sent as his orators to the Roman court, 1 December 1528.
ff. 203r–205v: Instructions given by the king to Sir William Paget, one of the clerks of the signet, sent to the King of Poland and the Dukes of Pomerania, to the cities of Gdansk and Szczecin, 1 December 1528.
ff. 206r–210r: Copy of a letter from Paget to Henry, 16 March [no year, Greiffenberg?]
ff. 210r–v: Two letters, perhaps from Paget to Henry, both dated 16 March [no year, Greiffenberg?]
ff. 211r–v: Copy of a letter from Princess Mary to her father Henry, with her confession in which she declares that her mother Katharine of Aragon's marriage to him had been unlawful and incestuous, 11pm Thursday, Hunsdon [15 June 1536].
ff. 212r–214v: Copy of a letter from de Veilly, Bishop of [Macon?], the French king's orator at Rome, to ?, 19 April 1536, Rome.
ff. 215r–v: Copy of a letter from Henry to ?, no date. A note explains that the beginning of this letter is in Harley MS 6345, f. 120v.
ff. 216r–v: Copy of a letter from ? to Pace, 1525. The letter appears to be unfinished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002052194", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 6345: Copybook of Cardinal Wolsey's letters" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002052194 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 6345 : Copybook of Cardinal Wolsey's letters - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[6350]/040-002052194
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100155076247.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Cipher
English
French
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1622
- End Date:
- 1632
- Date Range:
- c 1627
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 387 x 270 mm.
Foliation: ff. 216 + 32 (endleaves and blank pages).
Binding: British Museum binding.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Char[lotte] MacCart[h]y (d. 1735). Daughter of Donogh MacCarthy, 4th Earl of Clancarty, and afterwards (1721) 1st wife of John West, 7th Baron and 1st Earl de la Warr. Owned in 1716: f. 1*r.
John West (1693–1766). Owned until 1737.
Edward Harley, who records the gift of the manuscript from West on f. 11*v.
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 under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.
- Publications:
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A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808–12), III (1808), p. 358.
Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A study of the sources of the Harleian collection of manuscripts preserved in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), pp. 230, 351.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)