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- Record Id:
- 040-002089387
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002088831
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001490.0x000350
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100155062777.0x000001
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- Add MS 35840
- Title:
- Roger Ascham's letterbook
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The letterbook of Roger Ascham as Latin Secretary to Queen Mary I (1553–1558). Volume CCCCXCII of the Hardwicke Papers. It contains copies of letters in Latin from Mary to foreign sovereigns, princes and others, 1554–1558, and is largely holograph. Royal MS 13 B I is the continuation of Ascham’s letterbook. Some of the letters (ff. 55r, 56r, 56v, 68v) are noted to have been composed by Dr John Boxall.
f. 1r: Pen trials in Latin and English, by various hands, including ‘The conffecyon of owr Synes’ and ‘Imponere vobis.’
ff. 2r–5r: The styles or epistolary addresses of kings, electors, and princes, etc. etc.
f. 5v: Note in Latin that in England the year begins on the Feast of the Annunciation (i.e. 25 March).
ff. 6r–v: Letter from Mary I to Albert, Margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach, 7 January 1554.
ff. 7r–v: Safe-conduct for Giovanni de Bassano, 22 February 1554.
f. 8r–v: Letter from Mary I to William, Duke of Cleves and Juliers, 4 April 1554.
ff. 9r–v: Letter from Mary I to Cosimo de' Medici, Duke of Florence, 7 April 1554.
ff. 10r–v: Letter from Mary I to Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland, 27 April 1554.
f. 11r: Letter from Mary I to the City of Hamburg, 28 April 1554.
ff. 11v–12v: Letter from Mary I to Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, 8 May 1554.
f. 12v: Letter from Mary I to Nicholas Radziwill, Duke of Olyka, 8 May 1554.
f. 13r: Letter from Mary I to Catherine, Queen of Poland, 8 May 1554.
ff. 13v–14r: Letter from Mary I to Albert, Margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach, 8 May 1554.
ff. 14r–v: Letter from Mary I to Ferdinand, King of the Romans, 8 May 1554.
ff. 14v–15r: Letter from Mary I to Christian III, King of Denmark, 22 May 1554.
f. 15v: Letter from Mary I to Marcantonio Trevisan, Doge of Venice, 28 May 1554.
f. 16r: Letter from Mary I to Hercules II, Duke of Ferrara, 29 July 1554.
ff. 16v–17r: Letter from Mary I to [Otto Truchsess von Waldburg], Cardinal Bishop of Augsburg, 2 August 1554.
f. 17v: Letter from Mary I to the city of Gdańsk, 12 August 1554. The bearer of this letter was William Watson.
f. 18r: Letter from Mary I to Cosimo de' Medici, Duke of Florence, 14 August 1554.
ff. 18r–v: Letter from Mary I to the Republic of Genoa, 14 August 1554.
f. 18v: Letter from Mary I to [Guglielmo Gonzaga], Duke of Mantua, 14 August 1554.
f. 19r: Letter from Mary I to Margaret, Dowager Duchess of Mantua, 14 August 1554.
f. 19v: Letter from Mary I to Anne, Dowager Marchioness of Montferrat, 14 August 1554.
f. 20r: Letter from Mary I to [Hercules Gonzaga], Cardinal Bishop of Mantua, 14 August 1554.
f. 20v: Letter from Mary I to [Christoforo Madruzzo], Cardinal Bishop of Trent, 14 August 1554.
ff. 20v–21r: Letter from Mary I to [Pedro Pacheco de Villena], Cardinal Bishop of Siguenza, 14 August 1554.
f. 21r: Letter from Mary I to Cardinal [Giovanni] Poggio, 22 August 1554.
f. 21v: Letter from Mary I to [Bona Sforza], Queen Dowager of Poland, 22 August 1554.
f. 22r: Letter from Mary I to [Ercole Gonzaga], Cardinal Bishop of Mantua, 26 August 1554
ff. 22v–23r: Letter from Mary I to the city of Gdańsk, 3 August 1554.
ff. 23r–v: Letter from Mary I to [Pietro Tagliavia], Cardinal Bishop of Palermo, 7 September 1554.
f. 23v: Letter from Mary I to [Carlos de Aragonia], Marquis of Terranova, 7 September 1554.
f. 24r: Letter from Mary I to the Republic of Lucca, 20 September 1554.
f. 24v: Letter from Mary I to Rodolfo Pio, Cardinal of Carpi, 20 September 1554.
ff. 24v–25r: Letter from Mary I to [Juan Alvarez de Toledo], Cardinal of Santiago de Compostela, 26 September 1554.
ff. 25r–v: Letter from Mary I to [Giovanni Pietro Carafa], Bishop of Ostia, 26 September 1554.
ff. 25v–26r: Letter from Mary I to [Cosimo de' Medici], Duke of Florence, 7 October 1554.
ff. 26r–v: Letter from Mary I to Cardinal Pole, 14 October 1554.
ff. 26v–27r: Letter from Mary I to [Adolf von Schaumburg], Archbishop of Cologne, 20 November 1554.
ff. 27r–v: Letter from Mary I to Francesco Venerio, Doge of Venice, 5 December 1554.
ff. 27v–28r: Letter from Mary I to [Guglielmo Gonzaga], Duke of Mantua, 6 December 1554.
f. 28r: Letter from Mary I to Margaret, Dowager Duchess of Mantua, 6 December 1554.
f. 28v: Letter from Mary I to Anne, Dowager Marchioness of Montferrat, 6 December 1554.
ff. 28v–29r: Letter from Mary I to Isabella [di Gonzaga], Marchioness of Pescara, 6 December 1554.
ff. 29r–v: Letter from Mary I to Isabella de Colonna, Princess of Sulmona, 10 December 1554.
ff. 29v–30r: Letter from Mary I to Inico Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi, 12 December 1554.
f. 30r: Letter from Mary I to Cardinal [Giovanni Michael] Saraceno, 12 December 1554.
f. 30v: Letter from Mary I to the City of Naples, 15 December 1554. ff. 31r–v: Letter from Mary I to Albert, Margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach, 15 December 1554.
ff. 31v–32r: Letter from Mary I to the Council of Venice, 14 February 1555.
f. 32v: Letter from Mary I to Christian III, King of Denmark, 18 February 1555.
ff. 33r–v: Letter from Mary I to Christian III, King of Denmark, concerning the London citizen Thomas Bannister, 2 March 1555.
ff. 33v–34r: Letter from Mary I to Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, 4 March 1555.
f. 34r: Letter from Mary I to the Senate of Milan, 13 March 1555.
ff. 34r–v: Letter from Mary I to Cosimo de' Medici, Duke of Florence, 18 March 1555.
ff. 34v–35r: Letter from Mary I to the city of Pavia, 19 March 1555.
f. 35r: Letter from Mary I to [Carlos de Aragonia], Marquis of Terranova, 4 April 1555.
f. 35v: Letter from Mary I to [Pietro Tagliavia], Cardinal Bishop of Palermo, 4 April 1555.
ff. 35v–36r: Letter from Mary I to Otho Henry, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, 12 May 1555.
f. 36v: Letter from Mary I to Francesco Venerio, Doge of Venice, 4 May 1555.
ff. 36v–37r: Letter from Mary I to to [Bona Sforza], Queen Dowager of Poland, 27 June 1555.
ff. 37r–v: Letter from Mary I to Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, 5 July 1555.
ff. 37v–38r: Letter from Mary I to Catherine, Queen of Poland, 3 July 1555.
ff. 38r–v: Letter from Mary I to Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, 1 July 1555.
f. 38v: Letter from Mary I to the Grand Master of St John of Jerusalem, in favour of Caesar Puccino, 13 July 1555.
f. 39r: Letter from Mary I to Albert, Margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach, 14 December 1555.
f. 39v: Letter from Mary I to Hercules II, Duke of Ferrara, 16 December 155[5].
f. 40r Letter from Mary I to Cosimo de' Medici, Duke of Florence, 16 December 1555.
ff. 40r–v: Letter from Mary I to Guido Ubaldo, Duke of Urbino, 16 December 1555.
ff. 40v–41r: Letter from Mary I to Cardinal Giovanni Poggio, 16 December 1555.
f. 41v: Letter from Mary I to Gerolamo Sauli, Archbishop of Genoa, 16 December 1555.
f. 42r: Letter from Mary I to the Senate of Milan, 16 December 1555.
ff. 42v–43r: Letter from Mary I to John III, King of Portugal, 27 January 1556.
ff. 43r–v: Letter from Mary I to Catherine, Queen of Portugal (wife of John III), King of Portugal, 27 January 1556.
f. 44r: Letter from Mary I to the city of Gdańsk, 3 February 1556. Deleted.
ff. 44r–v: Letter from Mary I to the city of Gdańsk, 7 February 1556.
ff. 45r–v: Letter from the Council to Philip II, 7 February 1556.
ff. 46r–v: Letter from Mary I to John III, King of Portugal, 27 January 1556.
f. 47r: Note in Latin to the effect that there is a letter to the city of Lubeck of 20 April 1556 in another volume.
ff. 47r–v: Letter from Mary I to Otho Henry, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, 26 August 1556.
ff. 47v–48v: Safe-conduct for John Bret, 26 August 1556.
ff. 48v–49r: Letter from Mary I to Lorenzo Priuli, Doge of Venice, 4 September 1556.
ff. 49r–50r: Letter from Mary I to William, Duke of Cleves and Juliers, 18 September 1556.
ff. 50r–51v: Letter from Mary I to the City of Lubeck, 18 September 1556.
ff. 52r–53r: Three letters from Mary I to Lorenzo Priuli, Doge of Venice; two dated 12 October 1556, and the last October 1556.
f. 53v: Letter from Mary I to Francisco de Vargas, Ambassador from King Philip to Venice, appointing his successor Juan de Ayala, 8 November 1556.
f. 54r: Letter from Mary I to Albert, Margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach, 20 December 1556.
f. 54v: Letter from Mary I to Lorenzo Priuli, Doge of Venice, 28 December 1556.
f. 55r: Letter from Mary I to Philip, Duke of Pomerania, 24 February 1557. Composed by Dr John Boxall.
f. 55v: Letters from Mary I to Lorenzo Priuli, Doge of Venice, February 1557, and [Pietro Tagliavia], Cardinal Bishop of Palermo, 2 July 1557.
f. 56r: Letter from Mary I to Christian III, King of Denmark, 24 February 1557. Composed by Dr John Boxall.
f. 56v: Letter from Mary I to Cosimo de' Medici, Duke of Florence, 1 July 1557.
ff. 56v–57r: Letter from Mary I and Philip to Gustavus Vasa of Sweden, 9 May 1557. Composed by Dr John Boxall.
ff. 57v–58r: Letter from Mary I to Albert, Margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach, 6 May 1557.
ff. 58r–59r: Letter from Mary I to William, Duke of Cleves and Juliers, 4 September 1557.
f. 59r: Letter from Mary I to William, Duke of Cleves and Juliers, 4 September 1557.
f. 59v: Notes in Latin on some Irish nobles.
ff. 59v–60v: Letter from Mary I to Con Baccach O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, no date.
f. 60v: Letter from Mary I to Calough O'Donnell, 18 January 1558.
ff. 60v–61r: Letter from Mary I to Albert, Margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach, 23 January 1558.
ff. 61r–v: Letter from Mary I and Philip II to Valentine Sickierzinski, 14 February 1558.
f. 62r: Letter from Mary I to Bernardo de Fresneda, Philip II’s confessor, 23 February 1558.
ff. 62v–65r: Letter from Mary I to the City of Lubeck and the Hanseatic League, 6 October 1557.
ff. 65r–v: Letter from Mary I to the Grand Master of St John of Jerusalem, 6 March [no year].
f. 66r: Letter from Mary I to Adolph, Duke of Schleswig Holstein, [11?] March 1558.
f. 66v: Letter from Mary I to Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, 10 March [no year].
ff. 66v–67r: Letter from Mary I to Albert, Margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach, 9 May 1558.
ff. 67r–v: Letter from Mary I to [Christoforo Madruzzo], Cardinal Bishop of Trent, 20 May 1558.
f. 68r: Letter from Mary I to Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, 2 July 1558.
f. 68v: Letter from Mary I to Adolph, Duke of Schleswig Holstein, 28 July 1558. Composed by Dr John Boxall.
ff. 69r–v: Letter from Mary I to the Hanse Towns, 29 August 1558.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002088831
036-002089355
037-002089356
040-002089387 - Is part of:
- Add MS 35349-36278 : THE HARDWICKE PAPERS. CORRESPONDENCE and collections of the first four Earls of Hardwicke and other members of the Yorke family…
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Add MS 35840 : Roger Ascham's letterbook - Hierarchy:
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
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- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1554
- End Date:
- 1558
- Date Range:
- 1554-1558
- Era:
- CE
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 391 x 275 mm.
Foliation: ff. 69 + 3 (1 early modern and 2 modern endleaves).
Binding: British Museum binding.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Volume 492 of the Hardwicke Papers. Correspondence and collections of the first four Earls of Hardwicke and other members of the Yorke family in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1894–1899 (London: British Museum Trustees, 1901), pp. 346–47.
CELM, http://ref2014.www.celm-ms.org.uk/introductions/AschamRoger.html
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- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
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