Miscellany on religion and state affairs, 1559-1601 [manuscript], compiled ca. 1601.
Águila, Juan del, 1545-1602.; Arundel, Philip Howard, Earl of, Saint, 1557-1595, correspondent.; Bacon, Nicholas, Sir, 1509-1579.; Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. Devise to entertain the Queen at Essex House.; Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576.; Digges, Thomas, approximately 1546-1595. Humble motives for association to maintaine religion established.; Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601.; Hammond, John, 1542-1589 or 1590.; Norfolk, Thomas Howard, Duke of, 1538-1572, correspondent.; Norris, Margery, -1599, addressee.; Rainolds, John, 1549-1607.; Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.; Rich, Barnabe, 1540?-1617. Looking glass for her majesty wherein to view Ireland.; Savile, Henry, Sir, 1549-1622.; Some, Robert, 1542-1609.; Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599. View of the state of Ireland.; Walsingham, Francis, Sir, 1532-1590, correspondent.; Greene, Richard, former owner.; Scott, Thomas, former owner.; Knatchbull, John, former owner.; Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.; England and Wales. Privy Council.
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Title
Miscellany on religion and state affairs, 1559-1601 [manuscript], compiled ca. 1601.
Variant title
Folger card catalog title: Commonplace book on religion and state affairs [manuscript], 1559-1601.
Description
1 v. ; 23 x 32 cm
Associated name
Águila, Juan del, 1545-1602.
Arundel, Philip Howard, Earl of, Saint, 1557-1595, correspondent.
Bacon, Nicholas, Sir, 1509-1579.
Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576.
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601.
Hammond, John, 1542-1589 or 1590.
Norfolk, Thomas Howard, Duke of, 1538-1572, correspondent.
Norris, Margery, -1599, addressee.
Rainolds, John, 1549-1607.
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.
Savile, Henry, Sir, 1549-1622.
Some, Robert, 1542-1609.
Walsingham, Francis, Sir, 1532-1590, correspondent.
Greene, Richard, former owner.
Scott, Thomas, former owner.
Knatchbull, John, former owner.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
England and Wales. Privy Council.
Arundel, Philip Howard, Earl of, Saint, 1557-1595, correspondent.
Bacon, Nicholas, Sir, 1509-1579.
Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576.
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601.
Hammond, John, 1542-1589 or 1590.
Norfolk, Thomas Howard, Duke of, 1538-1572, correspondent.
Norris, Margery, -1599, addressee.
Rainolds, John, 1549-1607.
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.
Savile, Henry, Sir, 1549-1622.
Some, Robert, 1542-1609.
Walsingham, Francis, Sir, 1532-1590, correspondent.
Greene, Richard, former owner.
Scott, Thomas, former owner.
Knatchbull, John, former owner.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
England and Wales. Privy Council.
Scope and content
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.
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.
Note
[1], 4-5, 7-109, 111-139, 141-166, 169-271 p.
Part of leaf 109 lacking. 2 leaves tipped in between leaves 201 and 202. Vellum stubs: scrap of music manuscript and another scrap of manuscript in binding.
Table of contents and a modern list of contents tipped in at end.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Part of leaf 109 lacking. 2 leaves tipped in between leaves 201 and 202. Vellum stubs: scrap of music manuscript and another scrap of manuscript in binding.
Table of contents and a modern list of contents tipped in at end.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Publications about material
For a discussion of this manuscript see Elizabethan and Jacobean Studies, 1959, p. 219
Provenance
Richard Greene, 1601 -- Thomas Scott of Eggerton, Kent -- John Knatchbull (of Mercham, Kent) -- Chambrun-Longworth.
The names, Thomas Scott of Eggerton, Gent., and John Knatchbull on the end leaves suggest that the volume was compiled by one or more people connected with the families of Scott of Scot's Hall, Kent and Knatchbull of Mersham, Kent, who intermarried several times in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Sir John Scott (1570-1616) was implicated in the Essex plot (See Oxford DNB under Sir William Scott, d. 1350)
Formerly Folger MS 6185.1
The names, Thomas Scott of Eggerton, Gent., and John Knatchbull on the end leaves suggest that the volume was compiled by one or more people connected with the families of Scott of Scot's Hall, Kent and Knatchbull of Mersham, Kent, who intermarried several times in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Sir John Scott (1570-1616) was implicated in the Essex plot (See Oxford DNB under Sir William Scott, d. 1350)
Formerly Folger MS 6185.1
Cited/described in
Charteris, R. Annotated catalogue of the music manuscripts in the Folger, 101
Includes
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. Devise to entertain the Queen at Essex House.
Digges, Thomas, approximately 1546-1595. Humble motives for association to maintaine religion established.
Rich, Barnabe, 1540?-1617. Looking glass for her majesty wherein to view Ireland.
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599. View of the state of Ireland.
Digges, Thomas, approximately 1546-1595. Humble motives for association to maintaine religion established.
Rich, Barnabe, 1540?-1617. Looking glass for her majesty wherein to view Ireland.
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599. View of the state of Ireland.
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V.b.214
Folger accession
6185