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Cotton MS Vespasian C XVI/1
- Record Id:
- 041-003475494
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100097298528.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100166748480.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian C XVI/1
- Title:
- The draft will of Mary, Queen of Scots, 1577
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 1r–7v: The draft will of Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1587), written by her secretary, Claude Nau, and with her autograph notes, February 1577, Sheffield. In French.
This item was removed and bound separately from Cotton MS Vespasian C XVI in 1855.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103281
041-003475494 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vespasian C XVI : Records and papers (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Scotland, 1296–1584, including muster-rolls…
Cotton MS Vespasian C XVI/1 : The draft will of Mary, Queen of Scots, 1577 - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0964]/040-001103281[0001]/041-003475494
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100166748480.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- French
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1577
- End Date:
- 1577
- Date Range:
- 1577
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: approximately 365 × 260 mm.
Foliation: ff. 7 + 22 (endleaves).
Binding: British Museum 1855.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
Sheffield; written by Claude Nau (d. 1605), secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots
Provenance:
Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587): owned and annotated.
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician: owned.
Cotton’s collection was augmented by his son, Sir Thomas Cotton (b. 1594, d. 1662), 2nd baronet, before passing to his grandson, Sir John Cotton (b. 1621, d. 1702), 3rd baronet. Sir John Cotton bequeathed the entire collection of manuscripts to the British nation ‘for Publick Use and Advantage’, by Act of Parliament (12 and 13 William III, c. 7).
The Cotton collection formed one of the foundation collections of the British Museum in 1753, and was transferred to the British Library in 1973.
- Publications:
- Joseph Planta, Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library, deposited in the British Museum (London, 1802), p. 474.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)