TRANSCRIPTS Of State papers and political tracts; circ. 1565-1629. The contents are :- 1. A conference between William Axton, minister of Morton-Corbet, co. Salop, and [Thomas Bentham] Bishop of Lichfield, Thomas Bickley, Chancellor of Lichfield, and... Unspecified

Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547

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Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled. His disagreement with Pope Clement VII about such an annulment led Henry to initiate the English Reformation, separating the Church of England from papal authority. He appointed himself Supreme Head of the Church of England and dissolved convents and monasteries, for w...

James I, King of England, 1566-1625

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James VI was born in Edinburgh Castle in 1566, the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her second husband, Lord Darnley. As Mary was forced to abdicate shortly after his birth, he acceded to the Scottish throne as an infant and was brought up to be distanced from his mother. He was learned, taught by some of the best tutors available in the Scottish Humanist school, but also deeply superstitious, secretive and something of a misanthropist. He married Anne of Denmark in 1590, though ...

Villiers, George

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Title: 2nd Duke of Buckingham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x00005d Title: 1st Duke of Buckingham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x00032d Epithet: of Hargrave MS 168 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000628.0x000051 Epithet: V...

Salsbury, of Stowe MS 156

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Cornwallis, Charles, Sir, -1629

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Sir Charles Cornwallis (1555-1629) was a courtier and diplomat who served as treasurer to the household of Prince Henry from 1610 until the prince's death. His biography of Prince Henry was first published in 1641 as The Life and Death of Our Late Most Incomparable and Heroique Prince, Henry Prince of Wales. From the description of Prince Henrie his life, death, and funeralles : who was borne at Steurling Castle the 19th of Februarie 1594 and deceased at St. James on Fridaie, the 6th...

Holles, John, Earl of Clare

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Guzman, Gaspar de, Conde de Olivares

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Rouse, Francis, MP for Tregony

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Epithet: MP for Tregony British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000161.0x00017f ...

Henry III

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Hambleton, of Stowe MS 156

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Philip IV

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Accession date: 1285 Places: France Title: of France British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000387.0x00031e Accession date: 1621 Places: Spain Title: of Spain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x00003f Epithet: of Add MS 8672 Title...

Rudyard, Benjamin, Sir, active 1601, MP for Wilton

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Epithet: MP for Wilton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x00032f ...

Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leicester

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Epithet: self-styled Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x0002ff Epithet: Earl of Leicester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x000038 ...

Bentham, Thomas, -1579, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry

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Epithet: Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001243.0x00027f ...

Carr, Robert, Sir, Commissioner to Massachusetts and Connecticut

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Epithet: Commissioner to Massachusetts and Connecticut British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000986.0x000262 Title: 2nd Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000986.0x000264 Epithet: Earl of Somerset British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/...

Montagu, Henry, Sir, Viscount Mandeville 1620 and (1626) 1st Earl of Manchester

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Eliot, John, 1971-

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Epithet: MP for Cornwall British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x00007b Epithet: Quaker British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x000069 Epithet: of Stowe MS 156 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x000083 ...

Philip II

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Title: Duke of Savoy British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x0000b1 Accession date: 1556,1554 Places: Spain,Netherlands,England,Naples and Sicily Title: of Spain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000387.0x000388 Epithet: of United Kingdom Title: of Spain ...

Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631

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English antiquary. From the description of Abstract by Sir Robert Cotton, 1600. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 48840411 From the description of Abstract by Sir Robert Cotton, 1600. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 52263047 Antiquarian. From the description of Antiquarian collection of Sir Robert Cotton, 1577-1608. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78915327 Epithet: antiquary Title: 1st Baronet ...

Frederick V, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, King of Bohemia

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Epithet: Elizabeth, wife of Frederick V Title: Elector Palatine of the Rhine British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x000369 Epithet: King of Bohemia Title: Elector Palatine of the Rhine British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x00036a ...

Seymour, Francis

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Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000800.0x0002cb Epithet: General Title: 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000800.0x0002ce Epithet: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1660) Title: Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (1641) British Librar...

Bickley, Thomas, Chancellor of Lichfield and (1585) Bishop of Chichester

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Epithet: Chancellor of Lichfield and (1585) Bishop of Chichester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001439.0x00003b ...

Neville, Henry

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Epithet: of Stowe MS 156 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001390.0x000057 Title: 2nd Earl of Abergavenny British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001390.0x00038d Epithet: Deacon of Glasgow Tailors British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc...

Cecil, Robert

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Epithet: of Add MS 15914 Title: Earl of Salisbury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001196.0x0000cc Epithet: of Add MS 12097 Title: Earl of Salisbury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001196.0x0000cb Epithet: 2nd son of James, 3rd Earl of Salisbury British ...

Selden, John, 1584-1654

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John Selden (1584-1654) was a lawyer, parliamentarian and a scholar. His De Diis Syris (1617) established his credentials as an orientalist, which were consolidated by his later studies in rabbinical law. Further details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography . From the guide to the Oriental manuscripts of John Selden, 13th-17th century, (University of Oxford, Department of Oriental Collections, Bodleian Library) English jurist. From the description of...

Barker, James, active 1639

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Epithet: captain of the ' Royal Charles,' E Indiaman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000742.0x00032e Epithet: of Stowe MS 156 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000742.0x000352 Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/8105...

Russell, Francis

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Epithet: of Add MS 12579 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x000070 Title: 5th Duke of Bedford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x00014d Title: 2nd Earl of Bedford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x000290 Title: Earl of Bedf...

Charles I, of England

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Accession date: 1625 Places: England Title: of England British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x000017 ...

Heath, Robert

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Epithet: of Add MS 33084 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x00033a Epithet: mathematician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000390.0x000027 Epithet: son of Sir R Heath: Auditor of the Court of Wards British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description ...

Parliament (active 0601-1988)

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Hutton, Matthew.

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Epithet: Dean of York, Bishop of Durham, Archbishop of York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001127.0x00014b Epithet: Rector of Aynho, Antiquary British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001127.0x00014d Epithet: Archbishop of York; of Stowe MS 1058 British Library Archives and Manuscript...

Egerton, Thomas, 1st Baron Ellesmere, 1st Viscount Brackley

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Epithet: 1st Viscount Brackley Title: 1st Baron Ellesmere British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x0003a5 ...

Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634

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Epithet: Lord Chief Justice British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x00021c Sir Edward Coke was a justice of assize for Suffolk. From the description of The sum of my lord Coke's charge [to the jury] at Bury [St. Edmunds, Suffolk] [manuscript], 1609 July 26. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 651046666 ...

Digby, John

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Title: 1st Earl of Bristol British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000296.0x0003b4 Epithet: MP, of Mansfield Woodhouse, county Nottinghamshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x000090 Epithet: of Add MS 36996 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descrip...

James VI, of Scotland, of Add MS 72890

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Epithet: of Add MS 72890 Title: of Scotland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000214.0x0002ab ...

Wriothesley, Henry, 3rd Earl of Southampton

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Epithet: of Add MS 12506 Title: Earl of Southampton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x000257 Title: 3rd Earl of Southampton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x00036e ...

Blackwell, George

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Epithet: Archpriest of the R C Secular Clergy in England British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000126.0x00009a ...

Williams, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 38309 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000212.0x00039e Epithet: Dean of Westminster, Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Keeper, afterwards Archbishop of York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000212.0x00038d Epithet: Bishop of Lincoln; Lord Keeper; of Add MS 32056 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catal...

Clapham, Henoch

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Henry

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Epithet: of Huntingdon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000387.0x0000c9 Epithet: the merchant of Wilburton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x000397 Epithet: Prior of Worksop British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000390.0x0001c2 Epithet: of Wo...

Bancroft, Richard

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Epithet: Bishop of London (1597) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1604) British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000742.0x000175 ...

Axton, William, Minister of Morton-Corbet

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Epithet: Minister of Morton-Corbet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001294.0x0001b3 ...