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- Record Id:
- 040-002097222
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002097220
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000122.0x000238
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100162936983.0x000001
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- ISAD(G)
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- Add MS 23241
- Title:
- Letters of James VI of Scotland, and others
- Scope & Content:
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Original letters of James VI of Scotland, and others, 1567-1595.
ff. 1r-4v Proclamation of Mary, Queen of Scots. With a seal. Borthwick Castle, 11 June 1567. With a copy.
ff. 5r-6v Letter from King James VI to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. Holograph. No date [May 1584].
ff. 7r-8v Letter from King James VI to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. Holograph. No date [1584].
ff. 9r-10v Letter from Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State, to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. Greenwich, 11 February 1585.
ff. 11r-12v Letter from King James VI to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. Holograph. No date [1586-1587].
ff. 13r-14v Letter from King James VI to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. Holograph. No date [April-May 1587].
ff. 15r-16v Letter from Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State, to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. St James’s Palace, 17 August 1588.
ff. 17r-18v Letter from Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor, to Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State. Draft. Lethington, 19 September 1588.
ff. 19r-20v Letter from Sir Richard Cockburne, Secretary to James VI, to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. London, 2 April 1589.
ff. 21r-22v Letter from Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State, to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. Barn Elms, 19 April 1589.
ff. 23r-24v Letter from King James VI to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. Holograph. No date [April-May 1589].
ff. 25r-26v Letter from Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State, to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. Barn Elms, 16 May 1589.
ff. 27r-28v Letter from Sir Richard Cockburne, Secretary to James VI, to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. 4 August 1589.
ff. 29r-30v Letter from King James VI to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. Holograph. No date [20 October 1589].
ff. 31r-37r Instructions from Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor, to Sir John Carmichael. Draft, with a letter. Holyroodhouse, 10 June 1590.
ff. 38r-39v Letter from Sir Richard Cockburne, Secretary to James VI, to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. 11 August 1590.
ff. 40r-41r Letter from King James VI to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. Holograph. No date [June 1591].
ff. 42r-43v Letter from Sir Richard Cockburne, Secretary to James VI, to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. 21 June 1592.
ff. 44r-45v Letter from Sir Richard Cockburne, Secretary to James VI, to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. 23 June 1592.
ff. 46r-47v Letter from Sir Richard Cockburne, Secretary to James VI, to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. 1592.
ff. 48r-49v Letter from Sir Richard Cockburne, Secretary to James VI, to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. 28 June 1592.
ff. 50r-51v Letter from King James VI to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. Holograph. Stirling, 3 February 1593.
ff. 52r-52v Letter from King James VI to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. Holograph. Stirling, 31 August 1594.
ff. 53r-54v Letter from King James VI to Sir John Maitland, Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor. Holograph. No date [April 1595].
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002097220
040-002097222 - 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 23241 : Letters of James VI of Scotland, and others - Hierarchy:
- 032-002097220[0002]/040-002097222
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- 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_100162936983.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1567
- End Date:
- 1595
- Date Range:
- 1567-1595
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- England, Scotland.
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 350 x 235 mm.
Foliation: ff. xiii + 54.
Binding: Post 1600. British Museum.
Script: Secretary, italic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England, Scotland.
Provenance:
Purchased by the British Museum from Miss Ryder, through the agency of J.L. Blackford. April 1860.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1854-1860 (London: British Museum, 1875), p. 855.
Letters of King James VI & I, ed. G. P. V. Akrigg (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)