Volume 1

Catalogue of the Stowe manuscripts in the British Museum.

  • British Museum. Department of Manuscripts (Stowe MSS)
Date:
1895-1896
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Catalogue of the Stowe manuscripts in the British Museum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    commission for the manufacture of some hangings at Brussels for the Iving; Brussels, 10 July, 1605. f. 69. 15. Sir H. Wotton, on the “ King of Spayns arming in the lower sea all the Galies of his Kingdomes within the streights besides those of Genua and Malta,” and that “ the Pope also and the Great Duke desire to come into the action ” ; Venice, 13 July, 1605. f. 71. 16. “ Mr. Winwoodes proposicions to the States to permit! the Spauyardes which were put into Dover to passe into Flanders without their interruption ” ; 19 July, 1605. Fr. f. 73. 17. Lord Salisbury, in favour of a claim of Andre Bacheler and Anthoine de Launay; Theobald’s, 22 July, 1605. f. 76. 18. R. Win wood, on the movements of Pr. Maurice and Spinola, and a rumour that the Earl of Arundel is to command the English in the Archduke’s service . . . “ yf yt be soe, this kynd of proceeding will inforce thease provinces to resolve of strange courses ”; Hague, 27 July, [1605]. f. 82. 19. .James I. to Win wood, on the Dover affair and the satisfaction demanded by the Dutch for losses sustained from the English cannon, etc.; — July, 1605. Copy. f. 87. 20. Sir II. Wotton, on the quiet state of Venice, and the departure of the Spanish fleet from Messina; Venice, 2 Aug. [1605]. f. 93. 21. Charles, Sieur et Due de Croy et [Due] d’Aerschot, to James I., communicating his approaching marriage with his cousin [Dorothee de Croy d’Havre] ; Brussels, 4 Aug. 1605. Fr. f. 95. 22. Sir T. Parry, on the proposed regulations for trade between France and England; Paris, 5 Aug. [1605]. f. 97. 23. St. Sauveur, giving a full account of the interview between Qu. Marguerite de Valois, first wife of Henry IV., and Marie de’ Medici, his second wife, with other news; Paris, 5 Aug. 1605. The signature has been obliterated, f. 99. 24. [Conrad Schetz van Grobbendonck] Baron de Hoboeque [Hoboken], Ambassador from the Archduke in London ; Stepney, 6 Aug. 1605. Fr. f. 103. 25. Lord Salisbury, on the objections of the States to the transporting of the Spaniards, in England since the Dover affair, to Flanders, or the despatch of British troops to the Archduke under the Earls of Hume and Arundel, etc.; Rockingham, 12 Aug. 1605. f. 107. 26. R. Win wood, on the same subject, and on the military movements in Flanders; Hague, 16, 24 Aug. 1605. ff. 112, 117. 1 27. Answers of the Archduke to the propositions of James I. “ for the openinge of the trade by the River of Antwerp, & for disarming shippes in the Narrow Seas ” ; n. d. f. 114. 28. Sir C. Cornwallis, on the endeavours of France to supplant England in the favour of Spain; — Aug. 1605. f. 123.
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