A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
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252 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS [114 114. PARKER'S CORRESPONDENCE. \ ~, ' [ L . jT ames vac. Codex chartaceus in folio, cui titulus, EPISTOL^E PRINCIPUM. In eo autem continentur, 1. Epistola papae Julii II, ad Henricum VIII. in qua regem orat ut eum et sedem apostolicam contra inimicos defendat, data 14 Martii 1512, p. 4. 2. Henry VIII's recommendatory letter for Dr. Parker to be master of Corpus Christi College, dated Westminster ultimo Nov. anno regni 36°. original, p. 5. 3. Letter from queen Katherine [Parr] recommending Randall Radclyff to the bayliwick of the college of Stoke, dated Westm. 14 Nov. 36 Hen. VIII. p. 7. 4. Warrant for a doe out of the forest of Wayebrige under the sign manual of Henry VIII. dated Salisbury Oct. 13, anno regni 36, p. 8. 5. Letter from queen Elizabeth to the archbishop directing him to receive and entertain the French ambassador in his way to London. Richmond May 14, anno regni 6*°. p. 13. 6. From the same, commanding the archbishop to give his orders for a general prayer and fasting during the time of sickness, and requiring obedience from all her subjects to his directions, dated Richmond Aug. I, anno regni 5*°. p. 15. 7. From the same, directing the archbishop and other commissioners to visit Eaton-college, and to enquire into the late election of a provost, dated Lea 22 Aug. anno regni 3*°. p. 21. 8. Visitatio collegii de Eaton per Mattheum Parker archiepiscopum Cantuariensem, Robertum Home episcopum Winton et Anthonium Cooke militem, facta 9, 10 et 11 Sept. 1561, p. 23. 9. Commissio data ab Elizabetha regina, Willelmo Cecill militi, Antonio Coco militi, Mattheo Parker S. T. P. Willelmo Billo S. T. P. Gualtero Haddono L. L. D. Willelmo Maio L. L. D. Thomaa Wendeo M. D. Roberto Home S. T. P. et Jacobo Pilk- ington S. T. P. ad visitandum collegium de Eaton, et totam academiam Cantab. 20 Junii, anno regni imo. p. 29. 10. Letter from queen Elizabeth, desiring the archbishop to collate Dr. Newton dean of Winchester to a prebende in the church of Canterbury then vacant, dated Hampton-court 17 Jan. 1568,/. 43. n. From the earl of Leicester on the same subject, dated from the court Jan. 16, P. 45. Paper, about \2\ x 8^, pp. 966 numbered. Bound in two volumes. 114 A, containing nos. 1-176, pp. 1-498. „ B „ „ 177-342, pp. 499-966. The following references to printed items are probably not complete. 2. Strype, Parker, App. 5: Parker Corresp., Parker Soc. xm. 3. Corr. xii. 4. Corr. IV. 5. Corr. CLXI. 6. Strype, App. 21, Corr. cxxxvn. 7. Strype, App. 16, Corr. CVlll. 8. Corr., p. 150 note. 9. Lamb, Documents 275. 10. Corr. CCLXI. ii. Corr. CCLXI note. 114] CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE 253 12. Letter from the lords of the privy-council to all her majesties subjects, signifying her majesties pleasure, that they should permit the archbishop or his deputies to view and peruse all the records and monuments belonging to the late dissolved monasteries that were in their hands, dated from Howard-place July, 1568, printed and attested by I. Incent, Notary-publick, p. 49. 13. The same in writing, probably the original but the signatures are all cut off, p. 51. 14. Letter from the lords of the council to the archbishop and the bishop of London, desiring them to take such means as they should think meet, to persuade Dr. Smith of Oxford to conform to the established church, dated from Hampton 24 Aug. 1559, p. 53. 15. Letter from the same to Dr. Parker, commanding his attendance upon the king dated Westminster, Dec. 13, 1551, p. 61. 16. Letter from the same, to the archbishop and other ecclesiastical commissioners, desiring them to proceed against Dr. Carter and Seggiswick recusants, dated West- minster Nov. 9, 1559, p. 55. 17. Letter from Dr. Skypp to Dr. Parker, desiring him to come up to court, and informing him that the king intends to appoint him one of his chaplains, dated Westm. Feb. I2,/. 62. 18. Letter from the lords of the council for the removal of William Rise a recusant to the tower, dated Westm. Dec. 14, 1561, p. 65. 19. Letter from the same, desiring the archbishop to recommend a person skilled in the civil law to be marshall of the town of New-haven, dated Greenwich June 28, 1563, /. 67. 20. Letter from the same, directing William Rise to be again removed to the arch- bishop's house, and desiring his grace to endeavour to persuade him to take the oath of supremacy, dated from St. James 24 Oct. 1561, p. 69. 21. Acknowledgement of the queen's supremacy by Rise, p. 71. 22. Letter from the lords of the council, desiring the archbishop to endeavour to persuade Anthony Atkins, fellow of Merton-college Oxford, then a prisoner in the tower, to conform to the established church, dated Hampton-court Sept. 7, 1559, /. 77. 23. Letter from the same, desiring the archbishop's opinion, whether the recusants confined in the tower might not with safety be permitted to meet together at meals, dated Wyndesour 4 Sept. 1560, p. 79. 24. From the archbishop to the lieutenant of the tower on the same subject, dated Lambeth Sept. 6. p. 80. 25. Letter from the lords of the council, desiring the archbishop to examine the vicar of Howe in Kent, then a prisoner in the marshalsea, and to set him at liberty, if he appeared to him to deserve it, dated Hampton-court 23 Sept. 1559, p. 81. 26. Letter from the same, directing the archbishop to release Peter Langrige and John Earl, late prebendary and peti-canon of Winchester, then prisoners in the benche and the marshalsea, after taking bond for their good behaviour and certainty of abode, dated Westm. 2 Nov. 1559, p. 83. 12. Corr. CCLI note. 13. Corr. ecu note. 14. „ LVII. 15. „ xxxvii. 16. „ Lxxnr. 17. „ vn. 18. CXIII. 19. „ cxxxin. 20. cxn and note. 21. „ cxn and note. 22. LX. 23. „ LXXXVII. 24. LXXXVIII. 25. „ LXII. 26. LXX. 254 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS [114 27. Letter from the same, directing Dr. Thirleby and Dr. Boxall to be removed from the tower to the archbishop's house on account of the plague, dated Windesore 15 Sept. 1563* p. 87. 28. Letter from the same, refusing to give Boxall his liberty which he had petitioned for, because Dr. Scott late bishop of Chester, to whom they had granted that favour, had clandestinely withdrawn himself, dated Rychemont 23 June 1564,^. 89. 29. Letter from the same, directing the archbishop and lord Cobham to use all possible means of having proper persons elected to serve in parliament for the county of Kent, and the cities and boroughs of the same, dated Westm. 17 P'eb. 1570,^5. 95. 30. Letter from the same, desiring the archbishop to recommend two persons to the queen to be nominated to the archbishoprick of Armagh and the bishoprick of Meath, dated Greenwich 30 May 1560, p. 99. 31. Letter from the same, desiring the archbishop and other ecclesiastical com- missioners to examine sir John Southwork on oath, and to report his examination to them, dated Greenwich 5 July, 1568, p. 101. 32. Letter from the duke of Norfolk to Dr. Parker when dean of Stoke, desiring him to send him the original foundation of his college for a pattern for himself in the erection of a college of secular priests, into which he had the king's licence to change the monastery at Thetford, dated Denston 19 Aug. /. 105. 33. Letter from the duke of Norfolk, desiring the archbishop to grant his chaplain a dispensation to hold two livings, dated from the court 2 Aug. 1568, p. 107. 34. Order of precedency amongst the nobility and list of English peers, p. 109. 35. Letter from the duke of Norfolk, desiring the archbishop's favour and protection towards Mr. Salesbury archdeacon of Anglesey, who had been deprived by the bishop of Bangor, dated from the court 23 June, 1563, p. 113. 36. Letter from the same, desiring the strangers at Norwich may have a church assigned them, dated Norwich 24 Dec. 1565,^. 115. 37. The archbishop's answer, that he had written to the bishop of Norwich to assign them a church, p. 117. 38. Letter from sir Nicholas Bacon lord-keeper, acquainting the archbishop that the queen purposed dining at Lambeth on the Monday following, dated 24 July, 1560, p. 123- 39. Letter from lady Bacon recommending Fitzwilliam to the archbishop, dated 27 June, 1561, p. 124. 40. Two letters from sir Nicholas Bacon lord-keeper, p. 125. 41. Letter from the marquis of Winchester, desiring the archbishop's advice and direction about the nomination of preachers in the vacant dioceses, dated 17 July, 1560,^. 127. 42. Letter from the same, desiring the archbishop to accept the resignation of Mr. Pratte, parson of Bedendowne in Kent in favour of his chaplain, dated Jan. 22, 1559, p. 129. 43. Letter from the marquis of Northampton, desiring that Mary Hamner widow may have the administration of her husband's effects which had been unjustly granted to sir Thomas Hamner knight, dated Windesor 12 Aug. I565,/. 133. 27. Corr. CXLV. 28. Corr. CLXV. 29. „ CCLXXXVII. 30. „ LXXXI. 31. „ CCLII. 36, 37. „ cxcvi and note. 38. „ LXXV. 46. „ (l) LV, (2) LXI. 41. „ LXXXIV. U4] CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE 255 44. Letter from the earl of Arundell, thanking the archbishop for having granted a dispensation to sir John Chauntler his chaplain, dated from Arundell-place 8 July 1568, P- 137- 45.