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Treatises on the Reformation in Scotland, written out for King Edward VI, Early 1550s

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Gg.06.14

Scope and Contents

(1) ‘Articuli XII in Joannem Barthoreum [i.e. Sir John, or Captain Borthwike] propter quos cardinalis episcopi et abbates Scotici in eum mortis tulerant sententiam, cum sui ipsius vindicatione’; begins, after the dedication to Edward VI (‘Non existimes, rex charissime ...’), ‘Amici cuiuspiam opera, aliquot articuli propter quos Scoticus cardinalis’; both the articles against him and his answers are given at length in English; (2) ‘The manner of Adam Wallace’s accusation in the black fires [friers] of Edinbourge the 17 of July, 1550’; begins ‘Ther was a scaffolde made harde to the chancerie wall of the blacke frires church of Edinbourge ...’; this is in a different hand from the former treatise.

Dates

  • Creation: Early 1550s

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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Extent

1 volume(s)

Language of Materials

Latin

English

Custodial History

The arms and initials (E. R.) of King Edward VI are stamped on the binding. In the Library by the mid 1750s.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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