Cotton MS Caligula B IX/1

Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1556-1579. Volume 1 of 2.

f. 1r-1v: List of titles of documents concerning the borders.

ff. 2r-6v: Proceedings of Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton, and other commissioners concerning the borders. Containing copies of an indenture between the commissioners, a proclamation, an oath, and correspondence between Queen Mary of England and the Privy Council. 1556.

f. 7v: Agreement between Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton, and John Maxwell, 4th Lord Herries, English and Scottish wardens of the West Marches. Concerning the quiet of the borders. Carlisle, March 27 1579.

ff. 8r-11v: Indenture between Sir Thomas Cornwallis, Sir Robert Bowes, Sir Robert Carnegye and Sir John Bellenden. For settling all differences on the borders. Berwick, December 4 1553.

ff. 12r-13r: Remembrance of imperfections and abuses in the laws and customs of the Marches. No date.

ff. 13v-14v: Paper on the causes of the borders’ weakening, chiefly in the Middle Marches, with means of redress. No date.

ff. 15r-26v: Marriage contract between Francis, Dauphin of France, and Mary, Queen of Scots. Edinburgh, 14 December 1557. French. With a second copy.

f. 27r-27v: Paper titled ‘Sentences in Greek and Latin’.

f. 28r-28v: Paper on the proportion of victuals necessary for 2000 men for one month, at Calais. c. 1557.

ff. 29r-30v: Ordinance of King Henri II of France. Granting privileges to Scottish men in France, in consequence of his son’s marriage to Mary, Queen of Scots. Given at Ville-Coteret and registered by the parliament of Paris, July 11 1558. French.

f. 31r-31v: Memoranda concerning the Scottish embassy at the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots. 1558. French.

f. 32r-32v: An account of transactions concerning religion in Scotland following the return of Mary, Queen of Scots, and events at the chapel of Holyroodhouse. 1563. French.

f. 33r-33v: Corrected draft of Queen Elizabeth I’s confirmation of the Treaty of Upsettlington, May 29. Hampton Court, August 30 1559. Latin.

f. 34r-38v: Corrected draft of an agreement between Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, on behalf of Queen Elizabeth I, James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault and 2nd Earl of Arran, and others of the Scottish nobility. In support of the Protestant religion. Berwick, February 27 1559. With a brief for the agreement. 1559.

ff. 39r-40v: Letter, possibly from John Knox to one Raylton, containing intelligence on the state of the Reformation in Scotland. October 23 1559.

ff. 41r-44v: Commission of Queen Elizabeth I. Appointing representatives to negotiate with Scottish commissioners concerning an article in the treaty of Chateau-Cambresis (April 2 1559). Westminster, May 20 1559. Latin.

ff. 45r-46v: Commission of Queen Elizabeth I. For receiving the oaths of Francis, Dauphin of France, and Mary, Queen of Scots, and confirming the treaty of Cambresis. Westminster, May 26 1559. Latin.

ff. 47r-48v: Commission of Francis, Dauphin of France, and Mary, Queen of Scots. For the release of prisoners on the borders. Edinburgh, August 8 1559. Latin.

ff. 49r-50v: Commission of Francis, Dauphin of France, and Mary, Queen of Scots. Appointing the Marquis of Elbeuf as Regent of Scotland. Blois, December 11 1559. Latin.

ff. 51r-55v: Treatise on the manoeuvres of France towards obtaining possession of Scotland, through the marriage of Francis, Dauphin of France, and Mary, Queen of Scots. 1559. Latin.

f. 56r-57v: Commission of Francis, Dauphin of France, and Mary, Queen of Scots. Appointing commissioners for quieting troubles in Scotland. Amboise, April 1 1559. French.

f. 58r-58v: Letter from Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, to an unknown recipient. Enclosing a treaty and some letters, and discussing a meeting. Alnwick, May 16 1559.

ff. 59r-66v: Copy of the Treaty of Upsettlington between England and Scotland, following the treaty of Chateau-Cambresis, confirmed at Norham, May 31 1559. Latin.

ff. 67r-68v: Two articles of complaint by French ambassadors. Concerning the seizure of ships by Admiral Winter, with Winter’s answer. March 16 1559.

ff. 69r-70v: Notes concerning the succession to the crown of England.

ff. 71r-72v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft to William Cecil, Secretary of State. Reporting on insurrections in Scotland. Berwick, October 23 1559.

ff. 73r-74v: Copy of a letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft to one Randall. Sending instructions on how to advise the lords of the congregation. Cipher, deciphered. October 27 1559.

ff. 75r-76v: Letter from Sir James Croft to John Knox. In answer to an application for aid in money and arms. Berwick, October 27 1559.

ff. 77r-78v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft to William Cecil, Secretary of State. Reporting on their correspondence in Scotland. Berwick, October 27 1559.

ff. 79r-80v: Letter from John Sinclair to Sir James Croft. On the Scottish Protestants’ need for assistance. Edinburgh, October 29 1559.

ff. 81r-82v: Letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft to William Cecil, Secretary of State. Reporting that they have sent £1000 to the Scottish forces, by Lord Ormeston. Berwick, October 31 1559.

ff. 83r-84v: Letter from Henry Balnaves to Sir Ralph Sadler. Reporting that Lord Ormeston has been taken, and the French at Leith have attacked Edinburgh. Defending himself, and emphasising the needs of the Scottish Protestants. Edinburgh, November 4 1559.

f. 85r-85v: Letter from Henry Balnaves to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft. Reporting that the congregation is not discouraged, and that they have sent William Maitland of Lethington to Queen Elizabeth I. St. Andrews, November 19 1559.

f. 86r-86v: Instructions from Queen Elizabeth I to a nobleman sent to the North, possibly Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk. December 25 [1559].

ff. 87r-87v: Articles to be represented to Mary, Queen of Scots, on behalf of the people of Scotland. January 8 [1559].

ff. 88r-93v: Copy of instructions from the Council of the congregation, titled their ‘ratifications and amplifications of certain answers to the questions moved by the Council of England’. To be delivered by Robert Melville. Authenticated by James Stewart and James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault and 2nd Earl of Arran. Stirling, December 24 1559.

ff. 94r-95v: Letter from Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, and Francis, Duke of Guise, to the Dowager Queen of Scotland. Reporting on the relief sent to her, the news that the Marquis of Elbeuf has been sent back to Dieppe, the need for caution with Queen Elizabeth I, and sending advice. Vendome, February 19 1560. French.

ff. 96r-96v: Letter from Nicolas de Pellevé, Bishop of Amiens, to Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine. On the insurrection, and the measures taken to suppress it. Edinburgh, March 27 1560. French. Cotton MS Caligula B X contains an English translation of this letter.

ff. 97r-98r: Letter from Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, and Francis, Duke of Guise, to the Dowager Queen of Scotland. On the measures taken to appease Queen Elizabeth I, and directions for action. Amboise, April 19 1560. French.

f. 98v: Letter from Jacques de la Brosse and Nicolas de Pellevé, Bishop of Amiens, to Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, and Francis, Duke of Guise. On Queen Elizabeth I’s jealousy, la Brosse’s return to France being impeded by Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, and the Dowager Queen of Scotland’s recommendation of the Dean of Glasgow for the post of Bishop of Ross. Edinburgh, March 27 1560. French. Cotton MS Caligula B X contains an English translation of this letter.

f. 99r: Letter from Henri Cleutin, seigneur d'Oisel et de Villeparisis, to Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, and Francis, Duke of Guise. Representing the necessities of the French in Scotland, and reporting on his measures for the security of Leith and Dunbar. Dunbar, March 27 1560. French. Cotton MS Caligula B X contains an English translation of this letter.

ff. 99v-100r: Letter from the Dowager Queen of Scotland to Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, and Francis, Duke of Guise. Reporting on affairs in Scotland, that there are great apprehensions from the English in the Firth, and some mismanagement concerning the ambassador Sevre. Edinburgh, March 27 1560. French. Cotton MS Caligula B X contains an English translation of this letter.

ff. 100v-101r: Memorial from King Charles IX of France, or his council, to the Dowager Queen of Scotland. Directing her, due to the inflexibility of Queen Elizabeth I, to act in the defensive. Promising speedy aid, partly from Spain. April 11 1560. French. Cotton MS Caligula B X contains an English translation of this letter.

f. 101v: Letter from the Dowager Queen of Scotland to Henri Cleutin, seigneur d'Oisel et de Villeparisis. Reporting that she is besieged in Leith by Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, and representing her difficulties. Some of her ciphers have been intercepted and deciphered, and Lord Gray threatens to attack Edinburgh. May 3 1560. French. Cotton MS Caligula B X contains an English translation of this letter.

ff. 102r-106v: Letter, possibly from John Knox to a friend in England. Defending the Scottish forces from the suspicion of treachery or ingratitude, discussing the causes of the emnity between the English and Scottish, and pointing out the consequences of abandoning Scotland to the French. St. Andrews, January 20 1559.

ff. 107r-108r: Copy of the commission of Queen Elizabeth I above (ff. 41r-44v). Appointing representatives to negotiate with Scottish commissioners concerning an article in the treaty of Chateau-Cambresis (April 2 1559). Westminster, May 20 1559. Latin.

ff. 108v-109r: Copy of the commission of Francis, Dauphin of France, and Mary, Queen of Scots, above (ff. 47r-48v). For the release of prisoners on the borders. Edinburgh, August 8 1559. Latin.

ff. 109v-110r: Copy of the commission of Queen Elizabeth I above (ff. 45r-46v). For receiving the oaths of Francis, Dauphin of France, and Mary, Queen of Scots, and confirming the treaty of Cambresis. Westminster, May 26 1559. Latin.

f. 110v: Copy of the Treaty of Upsettlington above (ff. 59r-66v). Confirmed at Norham, May 31 1559. Latin.

ff. 111r-113v: Instructions from Queen Elizabeth I to Sir Ralph Sadler and others, sent to negotiate with the Dowager Queen of Scotland. 1559.

ff. 114r-115v: Letter from Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, to Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex. Reporting that many of the French in Scotland had landed at Calais, and the five ships from Dieppe with wine were coming to Ireland. From the Court at Farnham, August 8 1560.

f. 116r-116v: Letter from Jean de Monluc, Bishop of Valence, and two French commissioners, to the English commissioners. For the safe travel of their troops. Lisleburg, July 14 1560. French.

ff. 117r-120v: Memorial of Michel de Sèvre, French ambassador, on behalf of King Charles IX of France, to Queen Elizabeth I and her council. Reporting the King’s intentions. April 20 1560. French. Printed by Wolfe in 1560.

ff. 121r-124v: Instructions from Queen Elizabeth I to William Cecil, Secretary of State, and four commissioners. Concerning their meeting with French commissioners for the conclusion of peace. May 26 1560.

ff. 125r-126v: Memoranda concerning the Scottish nobility and ‘the order of the discharge given to the King’s servants’. July 29 1583.

ff. 127r-128v: Corrected draft of the articles of pacification concluded at Berwick. Signed by the commissioners. June 14 1560. French.

ff. 129r-134v: Copy of the articles of agreement between Francis, King of France, and Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Scottish nobility. Signed by the commissioners. Romorentin, June 2 1560. French.

ff. 135r-136v: Letter from Robert Dudley to Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex. Giving an account of the last peace. Greenwich, July 11 1560.

ff. 137r-140v: Request made by the nobility of Scotland to Francis, King of France, and Mary, Queen of Scots. For the quiet government of their country. June 21, 1560. Another copy is in Caligula MS VIII.

f. 141r-141v: Fragment of a treaty. Edinburgh, July 6 1560. Latin.

f. 142r-142v: Letter from William Cecil, Secretary of State, possibly to James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton. Reporting that the Scottish ambassadors had arrived at Court, and the King of Sweden was expected. Westminster, November 2 1560. French translation.

ff. 143r-144v: Letter from Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, to William Cecil, Secretary of State. Reporting that he had not been joined by horsemen, and demanding supplies. Berwick, July 2 1560.

ff. 145r-146v: Letter from Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, to William Cecil, Secretary of State. Requesting a supply of money if the war should continue. Berwick, July 1 1560.

ff. 147r-148v: List of lords and commoners present at the Scottish parliament in August 1560.

ff. 149r-150v: Paper on the demolition of Leith, and the removal of French and English soldiers from Scotland. 1560.

f. 151r-151v: Commission of Queen Elizabeth I. To treat concerning the war of Leith. Greenwich, May 25 1560. Latin.

ff. 152r-155v: Copy of the instructions from Queen Elizabeth I above (ff. 121r-124v). To her commissioners for Scotland. May 26 1560.

ff. 156r-157v: Passport issued by Queen Elizabeth I to Mr de Randan, a French ambassador, and his attendants. Greenwich, May 26 1560.

ff. 158r-159v: Commission of Queen Elizabeth I. Concerning lieutenancy and council in the North. Westminster, April 6 1561. Latin.

ff. 160r-167v: Indenture for the regulation and defence of the northern borders. August 20 1561.

ff. 168r-169v: Letter from Thomas Randolph to William Cecil, Secretary of State. On behalf of a sea-captain detained as a pirate, reporting the arrival of Sir Peter Meautys in Edinburgh, and recommending David Lindsay, Rothesay Herald. Edinburgh, October 5 1561.

ff. 170r-172v: Fragments of notes.

ff. 173r-174v: Letter from Thomas Randolph to William Cecil, Secretary of State. Reporting on proceedings at Berwick, and the state of the court after the return of the French courtiers who had accompanied Mary, Queen of Scots. Berwick, September 12 1561.

ff. 175r-176v: Credential sent from Mary, Queen of Scots, to Queen Elizabeth I. In favour of William Maitland of Lethington. Holyroodhouse, September 1 1561.

f. 177r-177v: Letter from Mary, Queen of Scots, to Sir Nicholas Throckmorton. Requesting him to transact some business with her uncles in France. Seyton, January 5 1561-2.

ff. 178r-180v: Agreement for the meeting of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Queen Elizabeth I at York. Greenwich, July 15 1562.

ff. 181r-182v: Letter from Thomas Randolph to Robert Dudley. Reporting that one Villemorte and a servant of Mr D’Anville had visited Mary, Queen of Scots, and that James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault and 2nd Earl of Arran had interceded on behalf of his son in law, George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly. Edinburgh, November 18 1562.

ff. 183r-184v: Letter from Thomas Randolph to William Cecil, Secretary of State. Reporting in disorder in Edinburgh, the agreement between John Knox and James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault and 2nd Earl of Arran, and the valour of some Scottish forces at Rouen. Edinburgh, November 30 1562.

ff. 185r-187v: Letter from Thomas Randolph to William Cecil, Secretary of State. Sending remarks on the designs of the Guises and the Papists, and assuring him the Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Scottish people, are well affected towards Queen Elizabeth I. Edinburgh, December 3 1562.

ff. 188r-196v: Abstracts of letters sent by Thomas Randolph from Scotland, between April 1 1563 and March 20 1564, and between May 3 1565 and May 4 1566.

ff. 197r-203v: Indenture for the regulation and government of the borders. September 24 1563.

f. 204r-204v: Commission of Queen Elizabeth I. To negotiate with Scotland respecting the borders. Windsor, August 4 1563. Latin.

ff. 205r-206v: Instructions from Queen Elizabeth I to her commissioners. Concerning negotiating with Scotland. August 1563.

ff. 207r-211v: Copy of the indenture above (ff. 197r-203v). For the regulation of the borders. September 24 1563.

ff. 212r-212v: Abstracts of letters, possibly from Thomas Randolph, sent in 1558, 1559, 1563, 1564, and 1568.

f. 213r-213v: Copy of the commission of Queen Elizabeth I above (f. 204r-204v). To negotiate with Scotland respecting the borders. Windsor, August 4 1563. Latin.

ff. 214r-215v: Instructions from Queen Elizabeth I, for settling all differences on the borders. August 1563.

ff. 216r-219v: Notes of various incidents concerning Scotland, 1564-1565. Said not have been collected by the Lord Treasurer.

f. 220r-220v: Copy of a letter, possibly from Thomas Randolph. Giving an account of the return to Edinburgh of Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of Lennox. October 1564.

f. 221r-221v: Declaration of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. Purporting to destroy David Rizzio. Edinburgh, March 1 1565/6.

f. 222r-222v: Declaration of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. That he was not the author of the conspiracy against David Rizzio. 1566.

ff. 223r-224v: Letter from Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, to William Cecil, Secretary of State. Sending information on the exiled lords, Mary, Queen of Scots, and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley’s adherence to Catholicism, and border matters. Berwick, February 8 1565/6.

ff. 225r-226v: Letter from Thomas Randolph to William Cecil, Secretary of State. Reporting on an audience with Mary, Queen of Scots, concerning the commissioners, and on a negotiation with the Parson of Flisk and the Justice Clerk on the same subject. Berwick, January 24 1565/6.

ff. 227r-228v: Letter from Thomas Randolph to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. On the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots, with an unfavourable account of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. Edinburgh, July 31 1565.

ff. 229r-230v: Letter from Thomas Randolph to William Cecil, Secretary of State. Concerning the exiled lords, the pregnancy of Mary, Queen of Scots, the unfavourable state of affairs in Scotland, the intention of Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll, to ally with Shane O’Neill, chieftain, and the application of Mary, Queen of Scots, for the release of a man belonging to Walter Ker of Cessford. Edinburgh, January 16 1656/6.

ff. 231r-232v: Letter from Sir John Foster to William Cecil, Secretary of State. Requesting directions for the treatment of the Riddisdale men, who are well affected. Carlisle, October 13 1565.

ff. 233r-234v: Letter from Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, possibly to William Cecil, Secretary of State. Concerning affairs and regulations on the borders. Berwick, August 5 1565.

ff. 235r-236v: Letter from Henry Scrope, 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton, to William Cecil, Secretary of State. Concerning some correspondence with the lords of the congregation, the attempt of Mary, Queen of Scots, to stop Tamworth from refusing a passport in the names of the King and Queen, and some matters concerning the borders. Carlisle, August 22 1565.

ff. 237r-238v: Letter from Thomas Randolph to William Cecil, Secretary of State. On the intended marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the discontented lords. Edinburgh, July 24 1565.

ff. 239r-240v: Letter from Sir John Foster, possibly to Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford. Relating a conspiracy against James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell. Berwick, April 3 1565.

ff. 241r-242v: Letter from Thomas Randolph to William Cecil, Secretary of State. Concerning the appointment of another commissioner instead of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, reporting that Melville has set off for England, and relating the state of Scotland, chiefly about religion. Edinburgh, February 10 1565/6.

ff. 243r-244v: Letter from Queen Elizabeth I to Thomas Randolph. Recommending Tamworth. Richmond, July 30 1565.

f. 245r-245v: Letter from Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll, and James Stewart to Thomas Randolph. Inviting him to a meeting. Lochleven, July 1 1565.

ff. 246r-248v: Copy of the above letter from Thomas Randolph to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (ff. 227r-228v). On the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots, with an unfavourable account of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. Edinburgh, July 31 1565.

ff. 249r-254v: Paper titled ‘An admonition from the General Assembly at Edinburgh, to all those that faithfully confess the Lord Jesus in the realm of Scotland’. December 25 1565.

ff. 255r-265v: Allegations against the title of Mary, Queen of Scots, to the crown of England. Copy of a tract printed December 7 1565. A copy of the printed tract is in BM 600 f. 1-6. Cotton MS Caligula C IX contains a copy.

f. 266r-266v: Letter from Theodore Beza to John Cousin, a French minister in London. Reporting with horror on the persecutions of Protestants at Lyon, and desiring that the English bishops and clergy may offer relief. Geneva, September 23 1572. Latin.

ff. 267r-269v: Discourse titled ‘That princes ought not to buy friendship with money, but with reputation of force and virtue’. No date.