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Add MS 19400
- Record Id:
- 040-002096039
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002096038
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001517.0x00037c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163596475.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 19400
- Title:
- Letters from English reformers and martyrs
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 1r–110v: Original letters, principally of English reformers and martyrs from the reign of Mary I. Prefixed is a descriptive list of the letters, by the Reverend William Jacobson.
ff. 1r–16v: Jacobson’s descriptive list.
ff. 17r–v: Letter from Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester to Matthew Parker, later Archbishop of Canterbury [1536 ?]
ff. 18r–v: Letter in Latin from Philip Melancthon to Martin Bucer, St Luke’s Day (18 October) 1549.
ff. 19r–v: Letter from Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, to Parker, 8 January 1551.
ff. 20r–v: Letter in Latin from Peter Martyr to ?, 20 September 1550.
ff. 21r–22v: Letter in Latin from Bucer to the Marquis of Northampton [26 December 1550].
ff. 23r–: Letter from Richard Taverner to Parker, 21 January [no year], Hampton Court.
ff. 24r–: Letter from Thomas [Goodrich], Bishop of Ely, to Parker, 1 February [no year], Downham.
ff. 25r–26v: Letter from John [Hooper], Bishop of Gloucester to his brethren, relievers and helpers in the city of London, 2 September 1554.
ff. 27r–v: Letter from John [Hooper], Bishop of Gloucester to a merchant of London, 3 December 1554.
ff. 28r–v: Letter from John [Hooper], Bishop of Gloucester to ?, 2 February 1556, Newgate.
ff. 29r–30v: Letter from Roland Taylor to Nicholas Ridley, and in his name to Cranmer and Latimer, no date.
ff. 31r–32v: Letter from John Bradford to all that profess the gospel and true doctrine of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in the city of London, 10 February 1555.
ff. 33r–34v: Letter from Bradford to Henry Hart, John Berry, and to all others that fear the Lord and love his truth, abiding in kent, Essex, Sussex and thereabouts, 14 February 1555.
ff. 35r–40r: Letter from Bradford to Joyce Hales, no date.
ff. 41r–v: Letter from Bradford to Bucer, no date, London.
ff. 42r–43v: Letter subscribed by Bradford, Robert Ferrar [Bishop of St. David's], Roland Taylor and John Philpott to Cranmer, Latimer and Ridley, no date.
ff. 44r–45v: Letter from Ridley to Bradford, no date.
ff. 46r–v: Letter from John Careles to Bradford, no date,
ff. 48r–49v: Letter from John Careles to Bradford, no date.
ff. 50r–51v: Letter from John Philpott to Lady Vane, 20 August [no year].
ff. 52r–53r: Letter in Latin from Ridley to, no date.
ff. 54r–55r: Ridley’s account of a disputation at Oxford, no date.
ff. 56r–57v: Letter from Bartlet Grene to the right worshipful mistress Elizabeth C., 20 January 1556, Newgate.
ff. 58r–59r: Letter from Thomas Whittyll to Careles, 21 January 1556.
ff. 60v–61v: Letter from William Tymmys to his dear brothers and sisters, even so many as have a sorrowful heart for their backsliding from Christ for fear of persecution, no date.
ff. 62r–63r: Letter from John Careles to [Ralph?] Jackson, no date.
ff. 64r–65v: Letter from Careles to A. B. at Baxterley, no date.
ff. 66r–v: Letter from Careles to M. C. (Margery Cooke), no date.
ff. 67r–68v: Letter from Careles to Thomas Harland and John Osward, no date.
ff. 69r–70v: Letter from Careles to Mary Glover, no date.
ff. 71r–v: Letter from Careles to M. C. (Margery Cooke), no date.
f. 71v: Letter from Thomas Upchere to ?, no date.
ff. 72r–v: Letter from Careles to his dear and faithful loving brother Austen, from the bench.
ff. 73r–74v: Letter from Careles to W. T. (William Tymmys), no date.
ff. 75r–v: Fragment of a letter from [Careles?] to his wife, no date.
ff. 76r–77v: Letter from Joyce H[ales] to Careles, 26 of the month, Calais.
ff. 78r–79r: Letter from J. H. (Joyce Hales) to Careles, no date.
ff. 80r–81v: Letter from Robert Glover to Augustine [Bernher, Latimer’s servant], no date.
ff. 82r–83v: Letter from Steven Gratwyke to Mrs Lounfforde, no date.
ff. 84r–85r: John Devennyshe and Hugh Foxe to their sisters and prisonfellows in Christ, 18 December [1557], Newgate.
f. 86r: Letter in Latin from Walter Haddon to ?, 5 November 1563.
ff. 87r–88v: John [Jewell], Bishop of Salisbury to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, 30 January 1564, Salisbury.
ff. 89r–90v: Letter from Laurence Humfrey to Leicester, 18 April 1565, Oxford.
ff. 91r–v: Letter in Latin from [Heinrich Bullinger?] to Robert Horn, Bishop of Winchester, 3 November 1565.
f. 92r: Richard [Cox], Bishop of Ely to Parker, 3 May 1566.
ff. 93r–94v: John Fecknam [or Feckenham, real name Howman], Abbot of Westminster to Leicester, 13 June 1566, from the Tower.
ff. 95r–v: Letter in Latin from Walter Haddon to ?, 13 June 1566.
ff. 96r–v: Letter in Latin from Carolus Rockelfingher to D. M. Doyly, 24 December 1569.
ff. 97r–v: Letter in Latin from John Foxe to Parker and Bishop Grindal, no date.
ff. 98r–v: Letter from Richard Smythe to his wife, no date.
ff. 99r–v: Letter in Latin from Wilhelmus Klebitius [or Klebitz] to Blauer, 4th Sunday in Lent, Worcester.
ff. 100r–v: [Bill addressed to the Bishop of London?]
ff. 101r–102v: Letter from F. C. to [P. J.?], no date.
f. 103r: Regulations in Latin, for the colleges at one of the universities, said to be in John Cheke’s hand. No date.
ff. 104r–106v: Copies of inscriptions in an album dated at Wittenberg, etc., in Greek, Latin and Hebrew, 1546–1553.
f. 107r: Rubbing of the monumental inscription of Rowland Taylor, d. 1555.
ff. 108v–110r: Alphabetical list of contents.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002096038
040-002096039 - Is part of:
- Add MS 19400-19400* : LETTERS, principally of English Reformers and Martyrs of the time of Queen Mary
Add MS 19400 : Letters from English reformers and martyrs - Hierarchy:
- 032-002096038[0001]/040-002096039
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 19400-19400*
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100163596475.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
Greek, Ancient
Hebrew
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1530
- End Date:
- 1570
- Date Range:
- Mid 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 360 x 260 mm.
Foliation: 110 + 14 (modern endleaves).
Binding: British Museum binding.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Henry Bull (d. 1577).
John Foxe (1516/17–1587).
Sir Henry Spelman (c. 1562–1641).
Acquired by the British Museum in 1853.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1848–1853 (London: British Museum Trustees, 1868), pp. 235–36.
'"The Good Ministrye of Godlye and Vertuouse Women": The Elizabethan Martyrologists and the Female Supporters of the Marian Martyrs', Journal of British Studies, 39 (2000), 8–33.
Susan Wabuda, 'Henry Bull, Miles Coverdale, and the Making of Foxe's Book of Martyrs', in Martyrs and Martyrologies, ed. Diana Wood (Oxford: Blackwell, 1993), pp. 245–58.
Michael F. Graham and Gretchen E. Minton, 'The Word as an Artifact of Remembrance: Joyce Hales, John Bradford, and a Bible', Reformation, 18 (2013), 64-83.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)