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Alternative title

Miscellaneous Letters and Tracts

Type of resource

mixed material

Extent

pp. 462

Date created

[ca. 1500-1599]

Language

Latin, Italian, English

Material

Paper

Height (mm)

315

Width (mm)

210

Writing

in several hands

Foliation

ff. i-iii + pp. 1-456 + ff. iv-v

Additions

Flyleaf (pasted over) from service-book as in MS 104 etc. (ff. iiir-iiiv)

Summary

Matthew Parker's manuscript collection naturally reflects his interest in Reformation theology and a large part of the material bound together in MS 105 reflects this interest. This volume contains a copy of Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560), De libro Coloniensis and tracts on issues such as marriage to the sister of a deceased wife, the removal of images from churches and in defence of the English Reformation. However this manuscript also includes evidence of other aspects of Parker's career and interests. There are numerous documents and accounts relating to the uneasy relations between England and Scotland at the start of Elizabeth's reign, a result of Parker's involvement with Elizabeth's rule. There is also an Anglo-Saxon wordlist, a reflection of Parker's interest in the church in Anglo-Saxon England. The volume also includes accounts of the coronation of king Edward VI, the baptism of Elizabeth I and excerpts from the Croyland continuation of Peter of Blois regarding the foundation of the University of Cambridge. The manuscript dates to the third quarter of the sixteenth century.

Contents

Letter of Martin Luther to Philipp Melanchthon concerning the latter's writing, 23 December 1539 -- De libro Coloniensis -- Defence of the reformation of the English church -- Why it is not licit to marry the sister of a deceased wife -- An answer to the previously stated objections as to why it is not licit to marry the sister of a deceased wife -- A reply to the answer to why it is not licit to marry the sister of a deceased wife -- Causes as to why marriage in many degrees is prohibited -- Arguments out of canon law why it is not possible to marry the sister of a deceased wife -- Arguments on why it is not possible to marry the sister of a deceased wife -- Letter of John Jewell, bishop of Salisbury, against marriage to a sister of a deceased wife, dated at Sarum, November 1561 -- Letter from the bishops to queen Elizabeth for the removal of images out of churches -- Account of the expedition into Scotland, the siege of Leith, and the peace that ensued, 1560 -- Extract from the roll of new-years gifts signed with the queen's hand in the eighth year of her reign -- That bishops do not require the judgement of the laity in divine matters -- Tract on Romans 9:18 Deus cuius uult miseretur, quem uult indurat -- Some queries tending towards reformation -- Fragment of a theological dispute on sin, to which theological aphorisms are added -- The coronation of King Edward VI -- Prayer to defend the godly from calumny and for christian princes to establish true religion -- Instruments of Richard Watkis notary, concerning the baptism of Elizabeth I -- Royal writ directing the archbishop of Canterbury to receive into the sacrament N.N. J.P. -- The commodities which England may have, being joined in amity and friendship with Scotland -- The oath of the lord protector in Scotland 1567 -- Letters from Lord Cobham and the sheriff of Kent about the execution of the commission for collecting the subsidy in Kent -- The effect of the agreement between the queen dowager of Scotland and the lords of the congregation published by proclamation at Edinburgh 26 July 1559 -- A memorial of such things as have been done from day to day between the queen dowager of Scotland and the lords of the congregation assembled at Lithgow from the 15 October to the 20 November 1559 -- A declaration concerning the untrue and slanderous report of some which have reported that he should set up the mass again -- Effects of Robert Holgate late archbishop of York left at Battersea when he was committed to the Tower of London -- Letter of Christian, king of Denmark to Edward VI and the duke of Somerset congratulating them on establishing true religion in England -- English translation of the Letter of Christian, king of Denmark to Edward VI and the duke of Somerset congratulating them on establishing true religion in England -- Excerpts from ancient canons concerning the jurisdiction of priests -- Letters of William Cecil to Matthew Parker and of the Welsh council to the privy council concerning sedition, 1561 -- A seditious tract circulating in Wales -- An addition with an apology to the causes of the burning of St Paul's church -- Instructions given to the ambassadors of France sent to the Council of Trent, May 1562 -- Articles of agreement between the emperor's majesty and the Landgrave -- Accounts of Cardinal Pole -- Articles concerning the wool staple at Calais temp. Henry VIII -- Anglo-Saxon word list -- The founding of the University of Cambridge taken from the Croyland continuation of Peter of Blois

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Contains

• Letter of Martin Luther to Philipp Melanchthon concerning the latter's writing, 23 December 1539. 1-6

  Nasmith

  Epistola Martini Lutheri ad Philippum Melanchton, de quodam ejus scripto, forsan sequenti, data sabbato Innocentium 1539. 1-6

  Author

  Martin Luther

  Note

  Not autograph

• Philipp Melanchthon, De libro Coloniensis. 7-74

  Nasmith

  Philippus Melanchton de libro capituli Coloniensis scripto contra reformationem reverendissimi archiepiscopi. 7-74

  Author

  Philipp Melanchthon

  Note

  Originale propria manu Melanctonis
  Cf. Melanchthon, Opera 1562, II 93

• Defence of the reformation of the English church. 75-122

  Nasmith

  Defensio reformationis ecclesiae Anglicanae. 75-122

  Note

  Hic tractatus scriptus est regnante Elizabetha, ideoque Bucero, ut Cl. Stanley placuit, minime ascribendus

  Incipit

  (75) Quotiens lego illud Pauli Apostoli ad suum Timotheum. Salutat te Pudens et Claudia

  Note

  Unfinished: in several hands

• Why it is not licit to marry the sister of a deceased wife. 123-134

  Nasmith

  Quod non licet mortua uxore ducere sororem mortuae. 123-134

  Note

  partim Latine, partim Anglice
  (123) a.

  Incipit

  (123) Ex academiarum non paucarum sententia

  Note

  (125) b.
  ? In Cranmer's hand

  Incipit

  (125) My wif & I be (as Christe saith) one fleshe

• An answer to the previously stated objections as to why it is not licit to marry the sister of a deceased wife. 135-150

  Nasmith

  An answer unto the aforesaide objections. 135-150

  Incipit

  (135) The firste is a parologisme a non causa

• A reply to the answer to why it is not licit to marry the sister of a deceased wife. 151-174

  Nasmith

  A replie to the former answer. 151-174

• Causes as to why marriage in many degrees is prohibited. 175-180

  Nasmith

  Causae cur in nuptiis multi gradus prohibeantur. 175-180

• Arguments out of canon law why it is not possible to marry the sister of a deceased wife. 181-184

  Nasmith

  Argumenta ex libris jurisconsultorum quod quis non possit uxorem ducere sororem uxoris praemortuae. 181-184

  Note

  Cf. MS 113, 49, 50; MS 340, 23

• Arguments on why it is not possible to marry the sister of a deceased wife. 185-194

  Nasmith

  Alia argumenta de hac re. 185-194

  Note

  Cf. MS 113, 49, 50; MS 340, 23

• Letter of John Jewell, bishop of Salisbury, against marriage to a sister of a deceased wife, dated at Sarum, November 1561. 195-200

  Nasmith

  Letter from Jewell bishop of Salisbury, in which he gives his opinion against the lawfulness of such marriages, dated Sarum, kalendis Novembris 1561. 195-200

  Author

  John Jewell, bishop of Salisbury

  Note

  Printed Strype, Parker, Appendix 19
  p. 199 has another set of arguments in Latin

• Letter from the bishops to queen Elizabeth for the removal of images out of churches. 201-216

  Nasmith

  Letter from the bishops to queen Elizabeth for the removal of images out of churches, citing many passages from the scriptures and the fathers to prove the unlawfulness of them. 201-216

  Note

  Printed Parker Correspondence, lxvi

• Account of the expedition into Scotland, the siege of Leith, and the peace that ensued, 1560. 217-219

  Nasmith

  Account of the expedition into Scotland, the siege of Leith, and the peace that ensued, in which the French king relinquished the title of king of England, &c. A.D. 1560. 217-219

• Extract from the roll of new-years gifts signed with the queen's hand in the eighth year of her reign. 220-220

  Nasmith

  Extract from the roll of new-years gifts signed with the queen's hand, containing an account of plate given to embassadors and other persons in the eighth year of her reign amounting to 65 oz. gold and 6292.25 oz. silver, valued at 3160£. 2s. 5d. 220-220

• That bishops do not require the judgement of the laity in divine matters. 221-222

  Nasmith

  Episcoporum in rebus divinis non laicorum judicium esse requirendum. 221-222

  Note

  Cf.MS 113, 46

• James Pilkington, Tract on Romans 9:18 Deus cuius uult miseretur, quem uult indurat. 223-228

  Nasmith

  Tractatus Jacobi Pilkington, dum erat studens Cantabrigiensis in Romanorum ix. 18. Deus cujus vult miseretur, quem vult indurat. 223-228

  Author

  James Pilkington

  Note

  Parker Society, Pilkington, p. 673

• Thomas Cranmer, Some queries tending towards reformation. 229-232

  Nasmith

  Some queries written in archbishop Cranmer's own hand tending toward reformation. 229-232

  Author

  Thomas Cranmer

  Incipit

  (230) What or wherin John fastynge, gyvynge almes in Englande doth profet and aveyle Thomas dwellynge in Italy and not knowinge what John in Englande doth, etc.

• Fragment of a theological dispute on sin, to which theological aphorisms are added. 233-234

  Nasmith

  Voluntarie peccantibus nulla reliqua est spes veniae, fragmentum disputationis theologicae: cui adduntur aphorismi quidam theologici. 233-234

  Note

  8 priores lineae a Cranmero scriptae videntur

• The coronation of King Edward VI. 235-242

  Nasmith

  The crownation of kinge Edwarde VI, on shrove-sunday beinge the 20 day of February anno 1546, at the monastery of Westminster. 235-242

  Note

  Strype, Cranmer, I 202

• John Joscelyn, Prayer to defend the godly from calumny and for christian princes to establish true religion. 243-273

  Nasmith

  Anglorum oratio, qua partim suae religionis instaurationem adversus quorundam calumnias defendunt, partim christianos principes hortantur ut religionis sincerioris procurationem in se suscipiant; autore I. Josselyn. 243-273

  Author

  John Joscelyn

  Note

  By Joscelyn, Parker's secretary

• Instruments of Richard Watkis notary, concerning the baptism of Elizabeth I. 274-276

  Nasmith

  Copia instrumenti sub sigillo Ricardi Watkii proto-notarii regii, attestantis baptizationem praeclarissimae dominae Elizabethae serenissimi regis Henrici filiae apud ecclesiam conventualem fratrum minorum prope Greenwich 5 Sept. 1533. 274-276

• Royal writ directing the archbishop of Canterbury to receive into the sacrament N.N. J.P. 281-282

  Nasmith

  Breve dominae reginae directum domino archiepiscopo Cantuariensi ad recipiendum sacramentum N. N. justic. pacis cum forma juramenti. 281-282

• The commodities which England may have, being joined in amity and friendship with Scotland. 283-283

  Nasmith

  The commodities which England maye have beyng joynd in amytie and friendship with Scotland. 283-283

• The oath of the lord protector in Scotland 1567. 285-286

  Nasmith

  The othe of the lord protector in Scotland 1567. 285-286

• Letters from Lord Cobham and the sheriff of Kent about the execution of the commission for collecting the subsidy in Kent. 296-296

  Nasmith

  Letters from lord Cobham and the sheriff of Kent about the execution of the said commission. 296-296

• The effect of the agreement between the queen dowager of Scotland and the lords of the congregation published by proclamation at Edinburgh 26 July 1559. 297-298

  Nasmith

  Theffect of thagreement betwene the queene dowager of Scotlande and the lords of the congregation published by proclamation at Edenburg 26 Julii anno 1559. 297-298

• A memorial of such things as have been done from day to day between the queen dowager of Scotland and the lords of the congregation assembled at Lithgow from the 15 October to the 20 November 1559. 299-320

  Nasmith

  A memorial of such things as have been done from daye to daye betwene the queene dowager of Skotland and the lords of the congregation assembled at Lythcowe from the 15 of October to the 20 of November 1559. 299-320

• Thomas Cranmer, A declaration concerning the untrue and slanderous report of some which have reported that he should set up the mass again. 321-322

  Nasmith

  A declaration of the reverend father in God Thomas archbishop of Canterbury concerning the untrue and slanderous report of some which have reported that he should set up the mass again. 321-322

  Author

  Thomas Cranmer

  Note

  Parker Society, Cranmer, Lord's Supper, p. 428, also in Emmanuel MS. 260,128

• Effects of Robert Holgate late archbishop of York left at Battersea when he was committed to the Tower of London. 329-334

  Nasmith

  Monye specyalities of dettes plate jewels and writings left at Battersea by Robert [Holgate] late archbishop of York, when he was commytted to the tower, or which has been since taken from Cawood and other places by Ellys Markham. 329-334

  Note

  Gent. Mag. 1825 , pt I, 595
  (329) Also: A paper in Cranmer's hand with a list of names to be submitted to the Lord Chancellor for a Committee (?)

• Letter of Christian, king of Denmark to Edward VI and the duke of Somerset congratulating them on establishing true religion in England. 335-336

  Nasmith

  Epistola Christiani regis Danorum ad Edwardum VI. regem Angliae, et ad ducem Somersetiae protectorem, qua gratulatur eis de vera religione in Anglia stabilita, et suadet pacem cum Scotis faciendam. 335-336

  Author

  Christian, king of Denmark

• English translation of the Letter of Christian, king of Denmark to Edward VI and the duke of Somerset congratulating them on establishing true religion in England. 337-342

  Nasmith

  English translation of the foregoing letter. 337-342

  Author

  Christian, king of Denmark

  Note

  On pp. 340 and 342 in Cranmer's hand : Captayne Borthicke

• Excerpts from ancient canons concerning the jurisdiction of priests. 343-362

  Nasmith

  Excerpta ex antiquis canonibus de jurisdictione sacerdotum et episcoporum, de conjugio clericorum, de potestate regia in episcopos et clericos, et de potestate et celebratione conciliorum. 343-362

• Letters of William Cecil to Matthew Parker and of the Welsh council to the privy council concerning sedition, 1561. 363-366

  Nasmith

  A letter from secretary Cecill to archbishop Parker, and another from the council of Wales to the privy-council, relating to some seditious and popish writings spread abroad in Wales 1561. 363-366

  Author

  William Cecil

  Note

  Parker Correspondence, cxviii

• A seditious tract circulating in Wales. 367-378

  Nasmith

  The seditious tract mentioned in the preceding letters. 367-378

• An addition with an apology to the causes of the burning of St Paul's church. 379-390

  Nasmith

  An addicion with an apology to the causes of the brynning of Paules church, the which causes were uttered at Paules crosse by the reverend bushopp of Durysme the 8 of June 1561. 379-390

  Note

  See Parker Society, Pilkington, p. 481

• Instructions given to the ambassadors of France sent to the Council of Trent, May 1562. 391-402

  Nasmith

  Instructions given to the embassadors of Fraunce sent to the counsell of Trent. 391-402

  Note

  Dated May 1562

• Articles of agreement between the emperor's majesty and the Landgrave. 403-410

  Nasmith

  Articles of agreament betwixt themperours majestie and the Lantgrave. 403-410

• Accounts of Cardinal Pole. 411-422

  Nasmith

  Status reditus et expensarum cardinalis Pole. 411-422

  Note

  Latine, Italice, et Anglice

• Articles concerning the wool staple at Calais temp. Henry VIII. 423-426

  Nasmith

  Articuli concernentes stapulam lanarum, quae est apud Calen, oblati a commissariis imperatoris, tempore regis Henrici VIII. 423-426

• Anglo-Saxon word list. 443-454

  Nasmith

  Expositio quorundam antiquorum vocabulorum Saxonicorum. 443-454

  Note

  ordine alphabetico usque ad literam M

  Incipit

  (443) Aldermen: i. Comes quia Thanus est nobilis homo etc.

  Note

  Ends

  Explicit

  (454) Mishersing i. defaulte in pledinge etc.

  Note

  (Wanley, p. 148)

• The founding of the University of Cambridge taken from the Croyland continuation of Peter of Blois. 455-456

  Nasmith

  De fundatione academiae Cantabrigiensis ex continuatione historiae Croylandensis per Petrum Blessensem. 455-456

  Note

  item47 is on two smaller and mutilated leaves or one leaf torn into two (now one leaf)
  See Savile, Scriptores, p. 519

TJames

vac.

Stanley

Misc. B

Repository

UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

Location

MS 105

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