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Cotton Ch IV 4
- Record Id:
- 040-004536218
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003202582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100181567400.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton Ch IV 4
- Title:
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Memoranda regarding a sealed bag in the treasury of Westminster Abbey
- Scope & Content:
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Memorandum that a sealed canvas bag was delivered by Vincent Skinner to the treasury of Westminster Abbey, on the orders of William Cecil (1521-1598), Lord Burghley and Treasurer of England. The bag is not to be removed except by order of Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603).
6 November 1595.
A further memorandum by Arthur Agard (1536-1615) that the bag had been removed by Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst, and is not to be returned.
16 February 1603/4.
Endorsed: 'Account of a commis- / -sion with the execution / of it delivered with the / Exchequer-Record-Office / by Treasurer Burley / 1595'. (17th century).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003202582
040-004536218 - Is part of:
- Cotton Ch : Cotton Charters
Cotton Ch IV 4 : Memoranda regarding a sealed bag in the treasury of Westminster Abbey - Hierarchy:
- 032-003202582[0168]/040-004536218
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton Ch
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1595
- End Date:
- 1604
- Date Range:
- 1595-1604
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 300 x 220 mm.
Foliation: f. 1.
Script: Secretary.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Arthur Agard (1536-1615), archivist and antiquary.
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician. Cotton’s collection was augmented by his son, Sir Thomas Cotton (b. 1594, d. 1662), 2nd baronet, and his grandson, Sir John Cotton.
Sir John Cotton (b. 1621, d. 1702), 3rd baronet: bequeathed the entire Cotton collection of books and manuscripts to trustees ‘for Publick Use and Advantage’, 12 and 13 William III, c. 7.
Formed one of the foundation collections of the British Museum in 1753.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Agard, Arthur, archivist and antiquary, 1536-1615
Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley, royal minister, Lord Treasurer 1572, 1520-1598,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121428768
Cotton, John, 3rd Baronet, 1621-1702
Cotton, Robert Bruce, first baronet, antiquary and politician, 22 Jan 1571-6 May 1631,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000008116498X
Cotton, Thomas, 2nd Baronet, 1594-1662
Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121446237
Sackville, Thomas, Lord Buckhurst and Earl of Dorset, Lord High Treasurer
Westminster Abbey, 1559- - Places:
- England