Cotton MS Titus B II/1

ff. 1r–222r: Records and papers from the reigns of Edward VI (1547–1553) to Elizabeth I (1558–1603).

f. 1r: A list of contents.

ff. 2r–v: A restraint against the exportation of grain, 7 December 1547.

f. 3r: A proclamation to certify the names of the collectors appointed for the XVth and Xth; and for them to bring in their accounts, 14 May 1547, Westminster.

ff. 4r–v: A proclamation that the merchants of the staple at Calais shall have the first bargain of any wool within the realm, the cloth-makers and some others excepted, 31 March 1547, Westminster.

f. 5r: A proclamation for gentlemen to repair to their several dwellings in Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, 16 August 1550.

ff. 6r–v: A proclamation or licence to carry into outward parts all manner of grain, until such time as the price thereof shall rise, 16 May 1547, Westminster.

ff. 7r–v: A proclamation for the preservation of game in the manor of Grafton in Northampton, 9 July 1547, Westminster.

f. 8r: A restraint on the exportation of bell metal, butter, cheese, and candles. 27 July 1547, Westminster.

ff. 9r–v: A proclamation against those who disturb the king’s deer in the forest of Barnewood, Bucks. 30 July 1547, Westminster.

f. 10r: A proclamation that all those in whose houses the plague rages, shall set forth a cross upon their street door, 18 November 1547, Westminster.

ff. 11r–v: Notes on astrology in Latin.

ff. 12r–v: A licence for the exportation of grain, 30 March 1548.

f. 13r: A summons for the judges and justices to appear in the Star Chamber, 5 May 1548, Westminster.

f. 14r: A proclamation to cause the chaunters, priests and others to repair to their several countries, there to receive their pensions, 14 May 1548, Westminster.

ff. 15r–16r: A proclamation of pardon for the king’s subjects in Cornwall, for murdering of William Boddye, gentleman. 17 May 1548, Westminster.

f. 17r: A restraint on the exportation of leather and salt hides, 1 June 1548, Westminster.

f. 18r: A proclamation adjourning a Michaelmas term on account of the plague, 6 September 1548, Hartfield.

ff. 19r–20v: Two proclamations restraining the exportation of corn and victuals, 8 October 1548 and 18 January 1549.

ff. 21r–v: A proclamation for the new coin of gold and silver, 24 January 1549, Westminster.

f. 22r: A proclamation commanding all captains and soldiers that have received any wages, to depart towards Ireland, 27 April 1551.

f. 23r: A proclamation for the reformation of quarrels, and other like abuses in the church. 39.

ff. 24r–v: The proclamation of the death of Henry VIII, and of the accession of his son Edward VI, 1 February 1547, Westminster.

f. 25r: Title page 'Letters and State Papers in the time of Edward VI.'

[See Strype’s Annals, vol. i. App. 2 F. vol iii. App. f. 220. Memorials, vol. ii. App. fol. 19. 78. 139. 141. vol iii. App. f. 5. 35. 189. 276. Burnet, vol. ii f. 92. Coll. & f. 103, 183, 282, 283, 314, 324, 256. Wilkins Conc. iv. f. 10. Strype’s Cranmer. App. f. 167. 203.]

ff. 26r–27v: A letter of the Privy Council, sent with a new commission of the peace for the county of Norfolk, 12 February [no year], Tower of London.

f. 28r: Letter from [Princess Elizabeth?] to Edward VI, 16 July [no year], Richmond.

ff. 29r–30v: A letter to a lord; its writer disclaims having fomented the variance between the Duke of Somerset and the Earl of Warwick, 17 February 1550, York.

ff. 31r–v: An order of the Council at London; countermanding the levy of forces against the Duke of Somerset, as he is no longer dangerous, 11 October 1549, London.

ff. 32r–33v: Letter from Henry Ratcliffe, Earl of Sussex to his wife, informing her about Henry VIII’s death, and the state of the regency, 31 January 1547, Ely Place.

ff. 34r–35v: Letter from the Privy Council to the Earl of Sussex, and other justices of the peace for the county of Norfolk, the original of the letter on ff. 26r–27v. 12 February [no year].

ff. 36r–37v: Original letter from the Privy Council remaining in London to Edward VI, disapproving of the king’s displeasure, and remonstrating against the Duke of Somerset, October 1549.

ff. 38r–v: Original letter from John Dudley, Earl of Wawick to Lord Paget, cautioning him to be vigilant in certain matters he now has in hand, 22 January 1550, Greenwich.

ff. 39r–40v: Original letter from Henry Howard Earl of Surrey (beheaded the year after) to Sir William Paget, Secretary of State, about some rewards to strangers, and certain offices he had given to two servants of his at Boulogne, some of which had been objected to. 14 July 1546.

ff. 41r–42v: Rough drafts of two letters from the Council to [Richard] Morison, by and chiefly in favour of his servant Weston, 8 September 1552.

ff. 43r–44v: Original letter from minutes of letters to be sent from the King or Council to Lord Winchester and Thomas Wyatt, then with the Emperor [1552?]

ff. 45r–46v: A panegyric in Latin of Edward VI, by someone who had written a treatise on medicine.

ff. 47r–48v: A list of things necessary to be had for the duke and duchess of Somerset, and Sir Rauf Vane.

f. 49r: A note of the plate given to the Emperor's ambassador, 23 September 1554.

ff. 50r–v: A list of the prisoners remaining in the Tower [1551?]

f. 51r: Notes of persons murdered in the Tower, etc. by Richard III.

ff. 52r–55v: Minutes of the reception of Mr Rochester, Sir Fr. Inglefeld, and Mr Walgrave, officers to Lady Mary, sent with a message to her from the council, probably on matters of religion.

f. 56r: A list of the Duke of Norfolk’s peers.

ff. 57r–58v: A list of the peers, said to have been sent for by Edward VI.

ff. 59r–60v: A remonstrance of the Council, to Edward VI, against sending forces abroad, etc., 1 February 1551.

ff. 61r–62v: Original letter from Sir Philip Hoby to the Duke of Somerset; various intelligence about the Emperor, the elector of Saxony, etc., 17 July 1548, Augsburg.

ff. 63r–64v: Notes in Latin on articles the Protestants will not agree to.

ff. 65r–69v: Orders of the justices of Cornwall, for the regulation of the prices of provisions at their markets, September 1551.

ff. 70r–71v: Original letter from Sir Philip Hoby to the Duke of Somerset; an official dispatach, chiefly about the duke of Saxony, then a prisoner, 9 July 1548, Augsburg.

ff. 72r–74v: 'Publicatio ac dimissio conventus Augustini, die 29 Junii, 1548': probably enclosed in the preceding letter.

ff. 75r–v: Original letter with seals from the Earl of Sussex and others, commissioners for enforcing the third payment of the relief on all manors, etc., granted to the king by parliament; their warrant for various people appearing before them at Aldborough, to receive orders concerning the above, 22 January 1551.

ff. 76r–77v: An original order in Latin from Edward VI to the Archbishop of York, concerning a general visistation the king meant to hold all over the kingdom, 4 May 1547.

ff. 78r–v: Original letter from Edward VI to the Earl of Sussex, ordering him to find two horses and demi-lances for the defence of the north, 6 May 1548, Westminster.

ff. 79r–83r: A minute of a consultation of the council, for the preservation of the honour and surety of the King and his realm, against the attempts of the French king and the Pope: superscribed 'Mr Paget, Ao 1546, in August.'

ff. 84r–90r: Commonplaces of state delivered to King Edward VI by William Thomas, clerk of the council, in his own hand.

ff. 91r–95v: The commission of Edward VI, to his council, in consequence of his father’s will, 1547.

f. 96r: Title page: Letters and papers from Mary's reign.

ff. 97r–98v: Original letter from Mary to [Stephen] Gardiner, the Earl of Arundel, and Paget, desiring them to endeavour to procure the interest of the French court, towards the election of Cardinal Pole to the papacy, 30 May 1555, Hampton Court.

ff. 99r–v: Original letter from Philip and Mary; their commission to the magistrates of some county, directing and empowering them to preserve the peace of the same, 26 March 1555, Westminster.

ff. 100r–102v: An order from Philip and Mary to the sheriff and justices of Norfolk, for the its good government, 26 March 1555.

ff. 103r–v: An original order, with blanks, from Mary, for the good treatment of the Emperor’s ships in her ports, February 1554.

ff. 104r–105v: Original letter from Mary, to the sheriff and justices of Norfolk; an order for quelling seditious and rebellious practices, 23 May 1554, St James’s.

ff. 106r–107v: An original warrant from Mary, granting an acre of wood in Lewisham to the friars of Greenwich, 1 February 1558, Westminster.

ff. 108r–v: Original letter from Mary to the Earl of Sussex, ordering him to raise forces against the rebels, 30 January 1554, Westminster.

ff. 109r–110v: Original corrected autograph draft of a letter in French from Mary to Philip, to whom she was at this time betrothed; affectionate and submissive, 1554.

ff. 111r–112v: Original letter in Latin from Philip to Mary, recommending a petition of the Hanse towns that had been presented to him, 19 December 1555, Brussels.

f. 113r: An original passport in French from Philip in favour of Mr Paget, 11 May 1556, Brussels.

ff. 114r–v: Original letter in Latin from Philip to the English council, concerning a negotiation with Savoy, and the cloth trade in Flanders, 1 November 1556, Ghent.

ff. 115r–v: Original letter in Latin from Philip to the English council, submitting a petition of Minali, a merchant, concerning insurance, 9 May 1556, Brussels.

ff. 116r–v: Original letter in Latin from Philip to the English council in answer to several of their letters; about Mary having sent to the Pope for Cardinal Pole, the hostile proceedings of the Scots, etc., 7 August 1557, Cambrai.

ff. 117r–118v: Original autograph letter in French from Ferdinand I, Charles V's brother, to Mary, concerning her marriage with his nephew, 28 October [no year].

ff. 119r–127v: Six original letters in French from Charles V to Mary, five of which are in his own hand, on her marriage with his son.

f. 128r: Original, complimentary letter in Spanish from the Duke of Fryas to Mary, 2 September [no year], Burgos.

ff. 129r–130v: Original letter in Spanish from the Duke of Medina Sidonia to Mary, with congratulations on her marriage, 20 April 1554, San Lucar.

ff. 131r–132v: Original letter in Portuguese from [Payuga?] to Mary, with compliments, 16 September [no year], Lisbon.

ff. 133r–v: Original autograph letter in French from Christina Duchess of Lorraine (wife of Francis) to Mary, congratulating her on her victories, probably against her rebels.

ff. 134r–v: Original autograph letter in French from Anne of Lorraine (perhaps sister of Francis) to Mary, informing her that she had held a daughter of Monsieur d’Egmont at the font in her name, 7 January [no year], Brussels.

ff. 135r–v: A draft of a letter from the Privy Council, to a minister with the queen, informing him of an audience demanded by the French ambassador, 29 July 1557.

ff. 136r–137v: Original letter from Mary to the Lord Treasurer (Marquis of Winchester) about the grant of some lands to Sir Edmund Peckam, 4 July [no year], Franham. (Printed in ii Ellis ii. 251.)

f. 138r: A minute of a letter from certain attendants on Princess Elizabeth, to a lord of the Queen’s Council, giving reasons for the princess’s not coming, and lamenting the rebellious practices then prevailing.

ff. 139r–140v: A signed minute of a letter from the Privy Council to Sir Thomas Pope, charging him to acquaint princess Elizabeth with how certain traitors have abused her name, 30 July 1556, Eltham.

ff. 142r–143v: Original letter from John (Hopton Bishop of) Norwich to Lord Sussex, about some misconduct on the curate of Old Bokenham; the report of the queen’s delivery of a prince, etc., 3 May 1555, Norwich. (Printed I Ellis, ii 188).

ff. 144r–145v: The speech the Duke of Northumberland made on the scaffold before his execution, 22 August 1553. [See also Royal MS 12 AXXVI and Harley MS 284 and Sepulveda, lib. xxix.]

ff. 146r–147v: A paper of intelligence, concerning the practices of Dudley, and various public and private transactions in France, 1556.

ff. 148r–159v: Instructions from Cardinal Pole to Mr Thomas Goldwell, sent to Mary (Printed in Strype’s Cranmer App. f. 170 and also partly in Burnet vol. ii. Coll.)

ff. 160r–161v: Directions from Mary to her Privy Council, concerning the administration, 29 August 1555.

ff. 162r–v: A remembrance of Cardinal Pole, addressed to Mary, concerning certain things she had ordered him to lay before her.

f. 163r: A warrant from the Earl of Sussex, justice in oyer south of the Trent, for all the officers of the forest of Rockingham in Northampt. to appear before him at Brygstocke, 23 March 1555.

ff. 165v–168r: A fragment of a key to a cypher.

f. 169r: Brief notes in Latin about Wales.

ff. 170r–171v: An original warrant from the Earl of Sussex, about selling some timber from the forest of Barnewood in Oxfordshire, 1 December 1555.

ff. 172r–173v: Instructions from Philip and Mary to the Earl of Bedford, appointed lieutenant of Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall, 17 March 1557.

ff. 174r–176*v: An examination of various people in Yorkshire, concerning a report spread there about the queen being being pregnant.

f. 177r: Title page: Bills signed by Queen Elizabeth. (See Strype’s Annals vol. ii. App. f. 128.)

ff. 178r–179v: Original of Elizabeth's recommendation of Stephen Herenden, to be clerk and spender of Romney Marsh, 27 May 1587, Nonsuch.

ff. 180r–v: Elizabeth’s patent, appointing Robert Bell chief baron of the exchequer, 1577.

ff. 181r–182v: A warrant from Elizabeth, concerning the reversion of the manor of Penkridge to Fulk Greville, on his payment of a certain sum into her exchequer, 1582.

f. 183r: Title page, Queen Elizabeth's letters to several persons.

ff. 184r–185v: Original letter in Latin from Elizabeth to the magistrates of Hamburg, recommending William Herle, 18 March 1563, Westminster. The signature of Roger Ascham is at the bottom of the page.

ff. 186r–187r: Elizabeth to James VI, in favour of William Nichols, whose ship had been seized in the Isle of Mull, October1581, Richmond.

ff. 188r–189v: Letter in Latin from Elizabeth to King John of Sweden, in favour of Christopher Thornton, a master of a ship, 9 July 1584, Richmond.

ff. 190r–191v: Letter in Latin from Elizabeth to James VI, recommending Robert Melvill to his favour, 15 March 1579, Westminster.

ff. 192r–v: Letter in French from Elizabeth to Charles IX, with credentials in favour of Lord Hunsdon and Sir Thomas Smith, sent over with the order of the garter, 1564, Richmond.

ff. 193r–194r: Letter in French from Elizabeth to the Duke of Montpensier, acquainting him with the manner in which the five daughters of the lately assassinated prince of Orange had been disposed of, 18 October 1584, Hampton Court.

ff. 195r–196v: Letter from Elizabeth to the Marquis of Winchester and the Earl of Sussex, lieutenants of the county of Southampton; directing them to prepare the power of their county against an invasion. 18 June 1588, Greenwich.

f. 197r: Title page, Letters vnto Queene Elizabeth from seuerall persons.

ff. 198r–v: Original letter from Richard Windebank, deputy, and two other officers of the castle of Guisnes to Mary, professing their loyalty, and justifying Lord Grey Wilton as their governor, 25 July [1553], Guisnes.

ff. 199r–200v: Original letter from Thomas Wilkes to Elizabeth, with an account of some dispatches seized in the Low Countries from a Danish messenger, returning from the Duke of Milan. 19 January 1587, the Hague.

ff. 201r–204v: Imperfect copy of a letter from Philip Howard Earl of Arundel to Elizabeth, lamenting the loss of her favour, and justifying himself; a letter he wrote when he proposed to leave the kingdom, 1584. See Camden's Annals of Elizabeth.

ff. 205r–206v: Petition in Italian from the musician Gioseffo Lupo to Elizabeth, for an increase in wages.

ff. 207r–v: Minutes of letters from Charles Duke of Sudermania and John King of Sweden to Elizabeth in favour of masters of ships, January and August 1590.

ff. 208r–210r: Letter in French from the marquis de Havre to Elizabeth, in favour J. de la Faille, a merchant at Antwerp, with a petition of the same la Faille [1577].

ff. 211r–212v: Letter in Italian from Sir [Horatio?] Pallavicini to Elizabeth, reporting an audience her ambassador had in France, 20 August 1583.

ff. 213r–214v: Original letter in French from Isabeau de la Touche to Elizabeth on domestic concerns, 17 November 1575, Canfort.

ff. 215r–216v: Letter in Italian from the Bassani brothers to Elizabeth (her musicians), requesting the payment of the wages of their brother Edward.

ff. 217r–222r: Letter in French from G. Martruyt and J. Fuys to Elizabeth, offering a scheme for raising money from new-born infants, a certain multiple whereof shall be returned to them at a certain period, with a calculation.