Add MS 46455

ff. 1r–154v: A volume of letters and papers from Jean de Blicquy de Houpplines, French Secretary at Calais, from the reign of Henry VII and the early years of the reign of Henry VIII.

f. 1r: Copy of a letter in French from the Lieutenant General of Bailiwick, Amiens to [Richard Nanfan], the Deputy Lieutenant of Calais, c. 1500.

ff. 2r–v: Copy of a letter in French from the Lieutenant General of Bailiwick, Amiens, to the Deputy Lieutenant of Calais, c. 1500.

ff. 3r–v: Copy of a letter in French from the Deputy Lieutenant of Calais, etc., to the magistrates of Ardres, 1505.

ff. 4r–10v: Copy in French of a petition from the Earl of Suffolk and others for jousts to be held in honour of the marriage of Arthur, Prince of Wales, 1501.

f. 11r: Copy in Latin of an epitaph for Arthur, Prince of Wales, c. 1502.

f. 11v: Letter in French [1505?]

f. 12r: Document in French.

f. 12v: Copy of a writ from Henry VII for payment to Cristoforo Spini, merchant of Florence, no date.

ff. 13r–14v: Undated document in French.

ff. 15r–v: Copy of a petition in French to Henry VII from Lenard Baultry, prisoner at Calais, c. 1500.

ff. 16r–v: Undated document in French.

ff. 17r–v: Letter in French from Anthoine de Berghes, Abbot of St Bertin to Sir Richard Nanfan, alias Nanphant, Deputy Lieutenant of Calais [1502?–1506].

f. 18r: Copy of an unsigned, undated letter in French.

ff. 19r–v: Letter in French from Nanfan to Berghes, c. 1502.

ff. 22r–v: Letter in French from Anthoine de Berghes, Abbot of St. Bertin, in France: Correspondence with Deputy Lieut. of Calais: [1502?- 1506].: Fr.

ff. 23r–24v: Draft letters in French from de Houpplines to Robert Blagge, Baron of the Exchequer 1511; King's Remembrancer, 1504, 1505, and no date.

ff. 25r–39v: Correspondence between Francois de Crequy, Seneschal of Boulogne and the Deputy Lieutenant of Calais, c. 1502–1506.

f. 40r: Draft of a licence from the Deputy Lieutenant of Calais for William Boulton, merchant of the Staple, Calais, 1504. In French

f. 40v: Draft in French of a safe conduct for L. Browne from Jean Picquenot of Calais, 1506.

ff. 41r, 42r–v: Drafts of a petition in French from William Bound, goldsmith of Whitechapel, London, to Henry VII, 1501.

ff. 43r–v: Draft of a letter in French from de Houpplines to J. Braybroue, c. 1500.

ff. 44r–46v: Drafts of papers in French relating to a ship belonging to Sir Anthony Browne, the Constable of Calais, 1504, 1505.

ff. 47r–v: Draft letter in French from Sir Anthony Browne to F. Browne, 1505.

ff. 48r–v: Letter in French (with a draft on the back) from Antoine Brusset, Lieutenant of Gravelines to the Deputy Lieutenant of Calais, 1502.

ff. 49r–50r: Document in French with the title ‘Extrait’, concerning King Edward [the fourth?]

f. 50v: Draft letter in French, no date.

ff. 51r–v: Draft documents in French. ff. 52r–56v: Draft papers in French relating to Nanfan’s appointment to Calais, c. 1490. On f. 55v is a copy of an agreement in Latin between de Houpplines and J. de Lides, 1504.

ff. 57r–v: Draft document in French.

ff. 58r–65v: List in French of soldiers, including archers, footsoldiers and soldiers on horseback; on ff. 65r–v is a list of soldiers in the retinue of the Castle of Calais. ff. 66r–v: The number of soldiers in the retinue of the captain of Calais.

ff. 67r–83v: Accounts in Latin and French from the Calais garrison, etc., 1477–1478.

f. 84r: Accounts in French of the salaries of officers at Calais, c. 1500.

ff. 86r–88v: Accounts of William Hafter and Edward Durant as purveyors of wheat to the garrison of Calais, 1507.

f. 89r: Fragment in French.

ff. 90r–91v: Accounts in French.

ff. 92r–93r: Notes in French relating to the Calais staple, c. 1500.

f. 94r: Note of timber sent by Master- Oxburgh from Winchelsey to the Lieutenant of Risebank, c. 1500.

ff. 95r–96r: List of accounts in French entitled ‘Pour le Roy.’

ff. 97r–98v: List of accounts in Latin, in a different hand to the former item.

ff. 99r–100r: Accounts in Latin.

ff. 101r–107v: Copies of letters in Latin and French.

f.108r: Copy of a letter in French from Bastart de Cardone to the Deputy Lieutenant of Calais, 1502.

f. 109r: Fragment of a letter in French.

ff. 110r–113v: Copies and drafts of letters in French relating to the reform of the order of Carmelites in England, 1502, 1505. On ff. 111r¬–v is a copy of a letter from Louis de Lyra, Prior of the Carmelites of Meaux to Henry VII, 1502. On ff. 112r–113v are two letters from de Houpplines to Henry VII, 7 September [c. 1500], London, and September [no year], London.

ff. 114r–v: Draft letter in French from de Houpplines to Henry VII, c. 1500.

f. 115v: Draft letter in French from de Houpplines to Quintin Poulet, Keeper of the King's Library, c. 1500, and to J. Braybroue, c. 1500.

ff. 116r–v: Draft letter in French from de Houpplines to Henry VII, c. 1500.

ff. 117r–v: Letter from Eustace Chefdeuille, jeweller of Paris to de Houpplines [22 September 1500?].

ff. 118r–v: Letter in French from Guillaume de Croy, Seigneur de Chièvres, Governor-General of the Netherlands to the Deputy Lieutenant of Calais, 1505.

ff. 119r–120v: Draft letter in French from de Houpplines to the Lord Chamberlain [Lord Daubeney?], c. 1500.

ff. 121r–v: Draft letter in French from the Deputy Lieutenant of Calais to the Captain of Dunkirk, 1503.

ff. 122r-v: Document in French with draft letter on the back.

ff. 123r–128r: Evidence relating to the soldiers John and Bartholomew Flammake at Calais, taken before John Blount, 3rd Baron Mountjoy, 1511. Signatories include Henry Plankney, Mayor of Calais and Sir John Wiltshire, Comptroller of Calais (f. 125r); Sir Richard Carew, Lieutenant of Calais Castle (f. 125v); Robert Wotton, Chief Porter of Calais; afterwards Knight (f. 126r), and Walter Culpeper, Vice-Marshal of Calais (f. 127r). All these men sign on f. 128r.

f. 129r: Draft letter in French from de Houpplines to Henry VII, c. 1500.

ff. 130r–v: Letter in French from the Lieutenant of Fiennes to the Captain of Guines, 1502.

ff. 131r–v: Notes on the forces in Charles VIII of France’s Italian expedition, 1495.

ff. 132r–133v: Copies in French of letters from Charles VIII to the Duc de Bourbon, 1495.

ff. 134r–v: List in French.

ff. 135r–v: Copy of a letter in Latin from Louis XII of France to the Sultan of Constantinople, 1499.

ff. 136r–144r: De Houpplines’s notes as Ambassador to France, 1499. In French.

f. 145r: Draft letter in French from de Houpplines to Louis XII, c. 1500.

f. 145v: Document in French concerning Richard Nanfan.

f. 146r: Draft letter in French from the Deputy Lieutenant of Calais to Louis XII of France, c. 1500.

f. 147r: Copy of a letter from a [royal servant?] Richard Bedanne.

ff. 148r–154r: Papers relating to payments from France to England under the Treaty of Étaples, 1501–1506. In French.