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- Record Id:
- 040-002097221
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002097220
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000122.0x000237
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100162918025.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 23240
- Title:
- Letters (originals and copies) of Elizabeth I to James VI of Scotland, 1582–1596
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 1r–151v: A volume of letters from Elizabeth I to James VI of Scotland, 1582–1596. Mostly autograph, with later copies. Also included are letters from James VI to Elizabeth, and a letter from Anne of Denmark to Elizabeth.
ff. 1r–2v: Original letter from Elizabeth to James, 18 October 1582, Windsor.
ff. 3r–4v: Copy of the previous letter.
ff. 5r–6v: Original letter from Elizabeth to James, 18 May 1584, Windsor.
ff. 7r–8v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James [January 1585].
ff. 9r–10v: Copy of the previous letter.
ff. 11r–12v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James [January or February 1585].
ff. 13r–14v: Copy of the previous letter.
ff. 15r–16v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James [June or July 1585].
ff. 17r–18v: Copy of the previous letter.
ff. 23r–24v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James [November 1585].
ff. 25r–26v: Copy of the previous letter.
ff. 27r–v: Contemporary copy of a letter from James to Elizabeth, 20 December 1585, Linlithgow.
f. 28r: Contemporary copy of a letter from James to [Sir Francis Walsingham?], 20 December 1585, Linlithgow.
f. 29r: Contemporary copy of a letter from James to [Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester?], 20 December 1585, Linlithgow.
ff. 30r–31v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James [c. January 1586]; a reply to his letter of 20 December.
ff. 32r–33v: Copy of the previous letter.
ff. 34r–35v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James [February 1586].
ff. 36r–37v: Copy of the previous letter.
ff. 38r–39v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James [March 1586].
ff. 40r–v: Copy of the previous letter.
f. 41r: Original autograph draft letter from James to Elizabeth [April 1586]; a reply to her letter from March.
ff. 43r–44r: Original letter from Elizabeth to James, 8 April 1586, Greenwich.
ff. 45r–46v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James [c. end of May 1586].
ff. 47r–48v: Copy of the previous letter.
ff. 49r–50v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James, endorsed 4 October 1586.
ff. 51r–52v: Copy of the previous letter.
ff. 53r–54v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James, endorsed 15 October 1586.
ff. 55r–56v: Copy of the previous letter.
ff. 57v–58r: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James [January 1587; 'Resauit 17 February 1586 be post.']
ff. 59r–60v: Copy of the previous letter.
ff. 61r–62v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James [c. February 1587.]
ff. 63r–64v: Copy of the previous letter (with a note no longer visible on the original letter, 'Resavit 8 Feb[rua]ry 1586 be post.')
ff. 65r–66v: Original autograph letter from James to Elizabeth [c. March 1587.]
ff. 67r–68v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James, received 15 May 1587.
ff. 69r–70v: Copy of the previous letter.
ff. 71r–72v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James, endorsed 9 July 1588.
ff. 73r–74v: Copy of the previous letter.
f. 75r: Contemporary copy of a letter from James to Elizabeth, 1 August 1588.
ff. 77r–78v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James, August 1588.
ff. 79r–80v: Copy of the previous letter.
ff. 81r–82v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James, September 1589.
ff. 83r–84v: Copy of the previous letter.
ff. 85r–87r: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James, 1590.
ff. 88r–89v: Copy of the previous letter.
ff. 90r–91v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James, May 1590.
ff. 92r–93v: Copy of the previous letter.
ff. 94r–95v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James, 6 July 1590 (date taken from another copy).
ff. 96r–97v: Copy of the previous letter.
ff. 98r–99v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James, received 29 April 1591.
ff. 100r–101v: Copy of the previous letter.
ff. 102r–103v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James, 18 October 1591, Richmond.
ff. 104r–105v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James, delivered 28 January 1592.
ff. 106r–107v: Copy of the previous letter.
ff. 108r–109v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James, delivered 21 January 1593.
ff. 110r–v: Contemporary copy of the previous letter.
ff. 111r–112v: Another, later copy of the previous letter.
ff. 113r–114v: Original letter from Elizabeth to James, 23 May 1592, Greenwich, presented by Mr Bowes 3 June 1592.
ff. 115r–116v: Original letter from Elizabeth to James, 12 February 1593, Westminster, delivered by Mr Bowes 16 March 1593.
ff. 117r–v: Copy of a letter from Anne of Denmark, wife of James VI, to Elizabeth, 3 April 1593, Holyroodhouse.
ff. 118r–119v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James, delivered by Roger Aston, [14?] May 1593.
ff. 120r–121v: A copy of the previous letter.
ff. 122r–123v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James [August or September 1593]; delivered at Stirling [19?] September 1593 by Mr Bowes.
ff. 124r–125v: A copy of the previous letter.
ff. 126r–127v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James [October 1593]; delivered to him 19 October 1593 at Thirlestane Castle.
ff. 128r–129v: A copy of the previous letter.
ff. 130r–131v: Original letter, with autograph addition, from Elizabeth to James, 29 October 1593, Westminster, delivered to Edinburgh by Mr Bowes, 8 November 1593.
ff. 132r–133v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James, endorsed May 1594.
ff. 134r–135v: A copy of the previous letter.
ff. 136r–137v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James [c. end of October 1594].
ff. 138r–139v: A copy of the previous letter.
ff. 140r–141v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James, [January or February 1596], received from Mr Bowes February 1596.
ff. 142r–143v: A copy of the previous letter.
ff. 144r–145v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James, no date.
ff. 146r–147v: A copy of the previous letter.
ff. 148r–149v: Original autograph letter, partially torn, from Elizabeth to James, no date.
ff. 150r–151v: Original autograph letter from Elizabeth to James, no date.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002097220
040-002097221 - Is part of:
- Add MS 23240-23251 : ORIGINAL, papers and correspondence of John Maitland, 2nd Earl of Lauderdale, created in 1672 Duke of Lauderdale, and in 1674…
Add MS 23240 : Letters (originals and copies) of Elizabeth I to James VI of Scotland, 1582–1596 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002097220[0001]/040-002097221
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 23240-23251
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100162918025.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1582
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- Late 16th century-17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 360 x 262 mm.
Foliation: ff. 151 + 10.
Binding: British Museum binding.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Possibly the Maitland family, during the 16th and 17th century.
Mr Ryder, solicitor, d. 1839.
His son, Reverend Charles Ryder, since 1839.
British Museum, since 1860.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1854–1860 (London, 1875), pp. 854–55.
John Bruce (ed.), Letters of Queen Elizabeth and King James VI of Scotland (Camden Society, 1849).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)