Part of Archbishop Spottiswood's History of the Church of Scotland ; from the year 1596 to the end, 1625, 17th century

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MS. Rawl. C. 219

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Considerably shorter than the printed narrative (fol. Lond. 1655, where, at the foot of p. 426, this copy begins), and possibly a transcript (by a contemporaneous hand) from an original draught which was afterwards enlarged.

At the end is an appendix of documents which are, for the most part, incorporated in the text of the printed history: viz.

(fol. 70) "The first booke of Church policie; referred to the yeare 1560, Lib. 3." Printed at p. 152.
(fol. 105) "The second book of Church policie, referred to the year 1578, Lib. 6." Printed at p. 289.
(fol. 129) "The excommunication of the archbp. Adamson by the Assemblie at St. Andrew's, and his protestation against their foul proceedings, in large, to be referred to the year 1586." Printed at p. 345.
(fol. 133b) "The King's speach to the meeting at St. Andrew's, 10 of Julie, 1617." Printed at p. 533.
(fol. 134b) "Tuo letters from the King to the Bps. after the Assemblie at St. Andrew's, 25 Nov. 1617." Printed at p. 535.
(fol. 136) "The King's letter to the Assemblie at Perth, and its articles." Printed at p. 537.
(fol. 141b) "The articles of the Assemblie, 1610, about the government of Bps. as they stand ratified in the Parliament, 1612. Referr this to the year 1612." Printed, in a brief abstract, under the year 1610, at p. 512.
(fol. 145b) "The forme of electing superintendents exscryved from the Cronicle commonlie called Johne Knoxe's. To be referred to the fyft head of the first book of Policie concerneing superintendents."
(fol. 150b) "The judgment of Johne Willok and Johne Knox in the deposition of the Queen, as it is sett down in Knoxe's Church historie: to be referred to the year 1559." Printed at p. 136.
(fol. 151b) "The forme of the deprivation" of Queen Mary from the Regency, 21 Oct 1559.
(fol. 154b) "The letter sent to the Queen at the sam tyme." An abstract printed at p. 137.
(fol. 155b) Doubts "about the negative confession. 1580."

Dates

Creation: 17th century

Extent

156 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. C. 219

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens (Oxford, 1862), no. C. 219.

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 12081.

Physical Facet

On paper, in octavo

Related Names

Creator

From the Collection: Rawlinson | Richard | 1690-1755 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Pepys | Samuel | 1633-1703 | MP, Diarist, Public Servant, Antiquary (Person)
From the Collection: Thurloe | John | 1616-1668 | Secretary to the Council of State (Person)
From the Collection: Wilkinson | Thomas | fl 1600-1699 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
From the Collection: Bracton | Henry de | c 1210-1268 | Judge, Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral (Person)
From the Collection: Gunning | Peter | 1614-1684 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
From the Collection: Lewis | John | c 1700-1799 | Minister of Margate (Person)
From the Collection: Robinson | John | 1650-1723 | Bishop of London (Person)
From the Collection: Fitzwilliams | John | fl 1600-1699 | Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Grenville | Denis | 1637-1703 | Jacobite Archbishop of York | also known as Denis Granville (Person)
From the Collection: Locke | John | 1632-1704 | philospher (Person)
From the Collection: Mandeville | Sir | John | d 1372 | travel writer (Person)
From the Collection: Nedam | James | fl 1532-1543 | Royal Surveyor of Works (Person)
From the Collection: Roach | Richard | 1662-1730 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
From the Collection: Beaumont | fl 1688-1730 | Nonconformist (Person)
From the Collection: Fleming | Robert | ? 1660-1716 | Presbyterian Minister (Person)
From the Collection: Hawes | Samuel | fl 1694-1700 | Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Price | Daniel | fl 1685-1706 | Dean of St Asaph (Person)
From the Collection: Stanton | William | fl 1697-1704 (Person)
From the Collection: Swadlin | Thomas | 1600-1670 | Royalist divine (Person)
From the Collection: Turner | Francis | ? 1638-1700 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
From the Collection: Turner | Thomas | 1645-1714 | President of Corpus Christi College Oxford (Person)
From the Collection: Samber | Robert | fl 1710-1729 | Poet (Person)
From the Collection: Williams | John | fl 1709-1726 | Poet (Person)
From the Collection: Hearne | Thomas | 1678-1735 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Wharton | Philip | 1613-1696 | 4th Baron Wharton (Person)
From the Collection: Zamboni | Giovanni Giacomo | fl 1723-1751 | resident in England for Duke of Modena (Person)
From the Collection: Sancroft | William | 1617-1693 | Archbishop of Canterbury (Person)
From the Collection: Neve | John Le | 1679-1741 | Antiquary (Person)
From the Collection: L'Estrange | Hamon | 1605-1660 | theologian and historian (Person)
From the Collection: Gronovius | Jacobus | 1645-1716 | classical scholar (Person)
From the Collection: Smith | Thomas | 1638-1710 | Nonjuror Historian and Librarian (Person)
From the Collection: Holman | William | d 1730 | Essex Antiquary Congregational Minister (Person)

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