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Kinwelmersh, Francis, d. 1580?. Collection of historical papers, ca. 1555-1577 [manuscript], compiled 1577.

Title: Collection of historical papers, ca. 1555-1577 [manuscript], compiled 1577.

Many of the documents are connected with Oxford University. They include letters from Jerónymo Osório to R. Ascham, October 27, 1561, from Laurence Humphrey and [Thomas Sampson] to the bishops, and to the Queen concerning the Vestiarian controversy, [1565], from [the Commissioners for Queen's College, Oxford?] to Edmund Grindal [1561], from Roger Marbeck to the Queen, the Earl of Leicester, Thomas Thornton, [Thomas Young, Matthew Parker], the bishop of Salisbury, John Dolbeare, Henry Blageus, William Clerk, Reginald Pole, Dom. E. Rosse, and [Thomas?] (Barnard), canon of Christ Church, Oxford, [1561?-1564]; a speech delivered by Tobie Matthew before the Earl of Leicester, 1570; a letter from Matthew to the Earl 1577, and his prayer; speeches by Marbeck, Nicholas Balgay, John Rainolds, Peter Wentworth (in Parliament, [February 8, 1576]), and a speech castigating Richard II; sermons by Rainolds, 1576; petitions of Christ Church, Oxford, to the Queen, the Earl of Leicester and Lord Burghley, July 10, 1575, signed by Robert Dorset and Thomas Thornton; two discourses of Sir Thomas Smith touching the succession and the Queen's marriage, ca. 1560; reasons for the Queen to proceed with severity in the case of the Queen of Scots; ["articles" of religion "delivered unto Master Edward Dering ... " 1573?], beginning in the middle of his answer to the 7th Article; [Edward Waterhouse's] account of the death of the Earl of Essex, 1576, with the song he sang before he died, beginning, O heavenly God O father dear, [attributed to F. Kinwelmarsh]; a poem by the Queen, beginning, The doubt of future foes; the address of the French besieged in La Rochelle to the Queen, [1573] -- incomplete; and a petition of the Poles to the French king, September 18, 1574.

ArchivalResource: [2], 92 leaves.

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Águila, Juan del, 1545-1602. Miscellany on religion and state affairs, 1559-1601 [manuscript], compiled ca. 1601.

Title: Miscellany on religion and state affairs, 1559-1601 [manuscript], compiled ca. 1601.

Contents include many reports and letters to and from the Earl of Essex, the Queen, the Privy Council and others relating to the 1596 Cadiz expedition, (including one from Sir Walter Raleigh), the 1597 voyage to the Azores, Ireland from 1599 to 1601, and the 1601 Essex rebellion; Essex' Apology; the Statesman's speech from Francis Bacon's Device to entertain the Queen at Essex house [1595]; [Edmund Spenser's] View of the present state of Ireland, 1597; [A looking glass for her Majesty wherein to view Ireland, by Bernabe Rich, 1599]; proclamation of Don Juan del Aguila to the Catholics of Ireland, [1601]. Also includes various controversial writings and sermons arising from the Bishops' Articles by Edward Dering, Robert Some, [John?] Hammond, John Rainolds; several sermons; speeches of the Queen to the ambassador to the King of Poland, 1597, and to the students at Oxford, [1592]; Henry Savile's oration to the Queen at Oxford, 159[2]; a letter of the Queen to Lady Norris, 1597; the first part of Thomas Digges' [Humble motives] and his notes on Holland and Zeeland; letters to the Queen from the Duke of Norfolk, 1571, Philip, Earl of Arundel, [1585] and Sir Francis Walsingham, 1581; a letter from the Duke of Norfolk to his son, [1572]; speeches of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1559-1569; a general band for the preservation of James VI of Scotland and his right to the English throne, 1599; the instrument of association for the preservation of Elizabeth, 1584; a letter discussing the Duke of Mayenne's answer ... [1593?]; and Bainbridge & Johnson of the oath. Vellum stubs: According to Charteris: formerly used as reinforcement in the binding date from the Medieval times. Unidentified fragments, which derived from a liturgical music manuscript, contain incomplete text and one includes Gregorian chant in square notation.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 23 x 32 cm.

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