OrderNo | Title | Date | Link |
CM IV/152 | Bond to the Queen to appear before the Archbishop [John Whitgift]. Francis Burgh gent., of Trelegg, Monmouth. | 9 April 1595 | CM/4/152 |
CM I/15 | Grant by Archbishop Whitgift to Christopher Wormall, of keepership of Croydon. 17 April 1588. Endorsement of surrender, 13 Nov. 1594. | 17 April 1588, 13 Nov. 1594 | CM/1/15 |
CM I/16 | Grant by Archbishop Whitgift | 11 May 1585. | CM/1/16 |
CM VI/104 | Two receipts for archiepiscopal rents, 1593-4, and a bill for building work done at Lambeth 'after the great wind at Twelfstyde last' i.e. Jan. 1589-90 | 1590-1594 | CM/6/104 |
CM VI/86c | Miscellaneous vouchers for the Archbishop [John Whitgift] 1583 and 1593. (velvet from Thomas Cutler at the sign of our Lady in Cheapside, loan of £100 by Richard Bancroft.) | 1583, 1593 | CM/6/86c |
CM VI/61 | Restitution of temporalities of see of Worcester to John Whitgift. | 10 May 1577. | CM/6/61 |
CM VI/86b | Bill for glazier's and smith's work in the Archbishop's [John Whitgift] new house at Bekesbourne | 1591-1592 | CM/6/86b |
CM I/87 | F. Philips to the Archbishop, . He will send his man, being reluctant to travel while the ways are so infected. Oulton. | 30 October 1592 | CM/1/87 |
CM VI/52 | Appointment by Archbishop John Whitgift of Richard Bancroft as his domestic chaplain. | 29 Aug. 1584 | CM/6/52 |
MS 1308 pp. 1-36 | Statuta sive Ordinationes Iohannis Whitgift, Cant[uariensis] Archiepiscopi, Croydon | 28 July 1587 | MSS/1308/1-36 |
CM IV/139 | Bond to the Queen to appear before the archbishop [John Whitgift]. Hugh Mason, yeoman, of Monmouth. | 9 April 1595 | CM/4/139 |
CM XII/41 | Royal exemplification of the new ordinances for Eastbridge Hospital, Kent, issued by Archbishop John Whitgift and confirmed by Act of Parliament. The exemplification is made at the request of Thomas Lawse, master of the hospital. | 9 April 1585 | CM/12/41 |
CM IV/23 | Bond to procure learned divines to confer with his wife Marie and to bring her before the Archbishop of Canterbury [John Whitgift]. | 24 April 1593 | CM/4/23 |
CM VI/84 | Household accounts and memoranda (? steward's vouchers) for the Archbishop's [John Whitgift] houses and estates 1583-93, fish, plate, repairs at Bekesbourne, Hollands | 1583-1593 | CM/6/84 |
MS 1727 f. 100 | Letter from Archbishop Whitgift to Nathaniel Bacon, son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, asking him to arbitrate in a dispute between Symon Pecock, clerk, and Laurence Webster. | 1589 | MSS/1727/100 |
CM I/29 | Appointment by Archbishop Whitgift of John Allen sen. and jun. and Edmund Whitinge as keeper of woods | 24 Nov. 1589 | CM/1/29 |
CM II/22 | Counterpart lease of Wastells in Alvechurch, co. Worc., by John Whitgift, Bishop of Worcester, to Richard Cosyn D.C.L. | 25 June 1583 | CM/2/22 |
MS 648, f. 151 | WHITGIFT (John), Archbishop of Canterbury. | 1593 | MSS/647-662/648/151 |
MS 1355 ff. 12-13v | Decree and letter of Archbishop Whitgift forbidding the admission of children to the Hospitals, with a note of other orders concerning the same | 20 May 1591 | MSS/1355/12-13v |
CM VI/160 | Archiepiscopal voucher | | CM/6/151-176/160 |
MS 680 | COPIES OF PAPERS OF WILLIAM LAUD AND JOHN WHITGIFT | 1703-1704 | MSS/680 |
MS 462 | WILLIAM WILKES. CRONOGRAPHIA ET TEMPORUM SERIES | late 16th century | MSS/462 |
MS 647, f. 194 | WHITGIFT (John), Archbishop of Canterbury. | 1585 | MSS/647-662/647/194 |
CM VI/112 | Archiepiscopal receipts, 1588-93; cloth, collections, Whalley school, scholars at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, building repairs at Bekesbourne. Thomas Dunscombe, preacher to the Kent contingent of H.M.F. Dec. 1590. 1-12. | 1588-c1620 | CM/6/112 |
CM II/25 | Counterpart lease of 2 leas of meadow in Kempsey, co. Worc. John Whitgift, Bishop of Worcester, to Thomas Turwell. | 25 June 1583 | CM/2/25 |
MS 577 pag. 245 | Answers of Archbp. Whitgift to 16 Petitions preferred by the Nonconformists about the year 1585. | | MSS/577/70 |
MS 577 pag. 237 | Two Petitions of Nonconformist Ministers in Prison to Archbp. Whitgift, desiring his favour, and professing that they never meant to separate from the Communion of our Church | | MSS/577/69 |
MS 577 pag. 248 | Orders of the same Archbp. [Archbishop Whitgift] | | MSS/577/71 |
MS 577 pag. 249 | Reasons of the same Archbp. [Whitgift] against the Bill then exhibited in Parliament against Pluralities of Benefices, &c. | | MSS/577/72 |
MS 652, f. 325 | Letter from DEVEREUX (Robert), 2nd Earl of Essex, to WHITGIFT (John), Archbishop of Canterbury (copy). | 1595 | MSS/647-662/652/325 |
CM I/108 | The Lord President (Henry Sydney) to John Whitgift, Bishop of Worcester, vice president, concerning the circuit of sessions of the Council of the Marches. From the court. | 14 Aug. 1579 | CM/1/108 |
MS Film 21 | Microfilm copy | n.d. | MSFilm/21 |
CM IV/68 | Bond to the Queen to appear before the Archbishop of Canterbury [John Whitgift]. Robert Gray esq. of Martin, Norfolk. | 11 July 1597. | CM/4/68 |
CM I/22 | Appointment by Archbishop Whitgift of Michael Murgatroyd as master of faculties. 14 Feb. 1597-8. | 14 Feb. 1598 | CM/1/22 |
CM IV/129 | Bond to the Queen to appear before the Archbishop of Canterbury [John Whitgift] etc. Robert Lylesse gent., of Canterbury and John Swetson, apothecary, of Canterbury. | 2 Nov. 1595 | CM/4/129 |
CM XII/46 | Petition to William, Lord Burghley, and other barons of the Exchequer, by John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, for the recovery of Long Bech Wood, which was wrongfully seized by Sir James a Croft during the vacancy of the see after Archbishop Parker's death. | c. 1585 | CM/12/46 |
CM II/61 | Conveyance by Robert Morer, silkweaver of Southwark, to John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, of land in Crowhurst near Croydon. | 29 Nov. 1602 | CM/2/61 |
CM II/79 | Commission by Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury | 20 Jan. 1583 | CM/2/79 |
CM I/25 | Appointment by Archbishop Whitgift of Richard Cosin as auditor, vicar general and official principal | 2 Oct. 1588 | CM/1/25 |
MS 952 | MISCELLANY | 1349-1756 | MSS/952 |
MS 655, ff. 85-6, 91 | Letters from BACON (Anthony), Secretary to the Earl of Essex, to WHITGIFT (John), Archbishop of Canterbury (copies). | 1596-[1597] | MSS/647-662/655/85-6, 91 |
MS 655, f. 133 | LAWSON (Thomas), servant of Anthony Bacon. | [1597] | MSS/647-662/655/133 |
CM I/101 | Draft letter to the Privy Council about the difficulties and poor results in the campaign against 'Romish rogues' | | CM/1/101 |
MS 661, f. 203 | SELWIN, SELWYN (Edward), agent of Nicholas Fount and Anthony Bacon. | [1597] | MSS/647-662/661/203 |
MS 1075b | CORONATION OF JAMES I | Early 17th century | MSS/1075b |
MS 938 | Printed Material | 1662-1710 | MSS/929-942/938 |
CM V/2 | Letter. Martin Fotherby, Cambridge, to the Archbishop, on account of John Whitgift's expenses, n.d. but c. 1590. | c. 1590 | CM/5/2 |
CM XIII/37 | Survey of all clergy in the archdeaconries of Coventry, Stafford, Salop and Derby, diocese of Coventry and Lichfield, giving information about degrees, life, learning, date and place of ordination and /or institution. | [c. 1600] | CM/13/37 |
MS 2872 ff. 13-14 | Letter [from Archbishop John Whitgift] to Hermannus Rennecherus, German theologian (copy) | [1592] | MSS/2872/13-14 |
CM II/23 | Counterpart grant of wardship of John Whittington, son of Alex. Whittington of Holme Lacy, co. Hereford, by John Whitgift, Bishop of Worcester, to Thomas Handford. | 30 June 1581 | CM/2/23 |
CM I/98 | Draft of a letter to 'my singuler good Lord' attacking a proposed renewal of the religious visitation in the Marches. | | CM/1/98 |
CM II/59 | Letters patent of John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury. | 19 May 1597 | CM/2/59 |
CM II/67 | Bond for the performance of a will. Alex. Brickenden gent, to John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury. | 19 June 1586 | CM/2/67 |
CM I/11 | Grant by Archbishop Whitgift of the offices of chief auditor and receiver of manors to Thomas Wiseman and Roger Bringborne | 3 Feb. 1591 | CM/1/11 |
MS 661, f. 98 | Letter from BACON (Anthony), Secretary to the Earl of Essex, to WHITGIFT (John), Archbishop of Canterbury (copy). | | MSS/647-662/661/98 |
CM I/84 | Petition from Thomas Atkyns to John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury. | 15 May [1592] | CM/1/84 |
MS 656, f. 87 | Letter from BACON (Anthony), Secretary to the Earl of Essex, to WHITGIFT (John), Archbishop of Canterbury (copy). | | MSS/647-662/656/87 |
MS 661, f. 66 | Letter from HOWARD (Henry), 1st Earl of Northampton (1604), to WHITGIFT (John), Archbishop of Canterbury (copy). | [1597] | MSS/647-662/661/66 |
MS 555 | ARMORIAL OF THE ARCHBISHOPS OF CANTERBURY | late 16th century-early 19th century | MSS/555 |
MS 807 | JOHN WHITGIFT: ACCOUNTS | 1570-1587 | MSS/807 |
MS 2010 | 'Epistolae virorum doctorum de rebus ecclesiasticis tempore Elizabethae reginae', containing correspondence principally between the English Bishops and the continental Reformers. | | MSS/2000-2019/2010 |
CM VI/90 | Petition to the Archbishop [John Whitgift?] of the principals of the four Inns of Court, the Ancients of the Inns, various counsellors and attorneys at Law, and other inhabitants of St. Andrew's Holborn, on behalf of Mr. Heaton, their 'retained preacher'. No date but perhaps c. 1600. | [c. 1600?] | CM/6/90 |
MS 4246 | Bales, Peter (1547-?1610) | 1594 | MSS/4246 |
CM II/58 | Bond by the lessee (Sir John Byron of Newstead) to John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury. | 12 Dec. 1590 | CM/2/58 |
LR/F/62/45-51 | WHITGIFT REGISTER: INDEX | 1760 | LR/F/62/45-51 |
CM I/21 | Appointment by Archbishop Whitgift of Michael Murgatroyd as master of faculties. 14 Feb. 1597-8 | 14 Feb. 1598 | CM/1/21 |
CM V/15 | Petition to John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, by the inhabitants of Halecourt and Beaverley. | Late 16th century | CM/5/15 |
MS 935 | Miscellaneous Papers | 1594-1708 | MSS/929-942/935 |
CM V/9 | Petition to John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, by Thomas Bostock | Late 16th century | CM/5/9 |
CM VI/86a | Letter to the Archbishop [John Whitgift] from John Heigham concerning an attempt to reconcile a married couple (Edward Warner and his wife), Barrow, . Note that he has sent off 'a box ensealed of obligacions which I toke to her Majesty's use of the 9 recusentes of late commytted to my costedy - in the bishopes pallace of Ely'. | 9 Oct. 1599 | CM/6/86a |
CM VI/51 | Commission from John Whitgift, Bishop of Worcester, William Awbrey, Doctor of Laws, vicar-general of Archbishop of Canterbury, and Ralph Griffyne, commissaries for visitation of the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield | 28 Feb. 1583. | CM/6/51 |
CM XIII/3 | Royal letters patent | 11 Feb. 1604 | CM/13/3 |
CM II/26 | Counterpart lease by John Whitgift, Bishop of Worcester, to his brother, George Whitgift, of a coney warren on Hartlebury Heath. | 29 Dec. 1579 | CM/2/26 |
CM I/24 | Appointment by Archbishop Whitgift of Thomas Byng as auditor of causes in Canterbury Court of Audience. | 19 July 1595 | CM/1/24 |
MS 2019 | Letter from divines to Archbishop Parker, Edmund Grindal, Bishop of London, Robert Horne, Bishop of Winchester, Richard Cox, Bishop of Ely, and Edmund Gheast, Bishop of Rochester, Commissioners for Causes Ecclesiastical, asking them to show forbearance in things in-different | [20 March 1565] | MSS/2000-2019/2019 |
CM VI/70 | Inhibition addressed by John Whitgift, Bishop of Worcester, to Dean and Chapter for visitation of Worcester. 7 March 1582-3. | 7 March 1583. | CM/6/70 |
CM IV/53 | Bond to the Queen to frequent divine service and to bring a certificate of conformity to the Archbishop [John Whitgift]. William Kirkham of Pynne, co. Devon. | 14 April 1590. | CM/4/53 |
MS 3563 | Miscellaneous Papers | 1600-1943 | MSS/3563 |
MS 675 | CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL STATUTES | [1585-1586] | MSS/675 |
MS 1222 | STATUTES OF ALL SOULS COLLEGE, OXFORD | c. 1680 | MSS/1222 |
MS 2014 | Miscellaneous Papers | 15th century - 16th century | MSS/2000-2019/2014 |
MS 2006 | Notes on church government | [1547-1603] | MSS/2000-2019/2006 |
CM XII/15 | Articles objected against David Blake (Black), schoolmaster, of Kilkhampton, Cornwall and accusing him of attacking episcopacy, before the Court of High Commission. Signature of Archbishop Whitgift. | Post 1583 | CM/12/15 |
CM IV/41 | Bond to the Queen not to hunt game in Ford Park, nor to conceal similar hunting | 17 Dec. 1596 | CM/4/41 |
CM 39/5 | Petition of John Rhodes | 1602 | CM/39/5 |
MS 2008 | Letters from the Privy Council to Archbishop Whitgift, unless otherwise stated, mainly about recusants | 24 December 1589-24 June 1593 | MSS/2000-2019/2008 |
MS 2218 f. 2 | Letter from John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, to John Boys, steward of the liberties of Canterbury, protesting against a proposal to muster the singing-men of Canterbury for military duties in time of peace. | 2 June 1599 | MSS/2218/2 |
MS 2003 | Replies by Bishops and others to an inquiry by Archbishop Grindal into Puritan 'prophesyings' in English and Welsh dioceses, with papers concerning the Archbishop's suspension | 1576-1577 | MSS/2000-2019/2003 |
MS 3475 | Drafts of Acts of Parliament and copies of legal papers collected and bound by Sir Matthew Hale | 1376 - 1660 | MSS/3470-3533/3475 |
TB 1 | Lease Book | c.1605 | T/B/1 |
MS 1351 | EXTRACTS FROM ARCHIEPISCOPAL REGISTERS | | MSS/1351 |
CM XIX/7 | List of those subscribing, on ordination and admission to benefices, before Gervase Babington, Bishop of Worcester, 1597-8, with certificate of the bishop, addressed to Archbishop John Whitgift. | 1597-1598 | CM/19/7 |
MS 3200 | Talbot Papers | 1583-1600 | MSS/3192-3206/3200 |
MS 3199 | Talbot Papers | 1570-1599 | MSS/3192-3206/3199 |
MS 3471 | Letters and papers on Scottish affairs | 1572-c.1612 | MSS/3470-3533/3471 |
MS 402 | THE CONFERENCE BETWEEN JOHN RAINOLDS AND JOHN HART | n.d. [1582-1584] | MSS/402 |
MS 447 | SERMONS AND OTHER WORKS | 16th century-17th century | MSS/447 |
MS 3996 | Autograph Letters | 1558-1987 | MSS/3996 |
MS 3470 | Letters and papers mainly on ecclesiastical affairs, 16th-17th cents. | 1547-1601 | MSS/3470-3533/3470 |
MS 3152 (ff. 4-5) | Contemporary copy | 28 March 1603 | MSS/3152/4-5 |
MS 3408 (ff. 1-18) | Letters to Matthew Hutton (1529-1606), successively Bishop of Durham and (1596) Archbishop of York | 1565-1600 | MSS/3408/1-18 |
MS 2872 ff. 51-74 | Papers mainly concerning Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex. | Early 17th century | MSS/2872/51-74 |
MS 2002 | Miscellaneous Papers | 1536-1601 | MSS/2000-2019/2002 |
MS 2004 | Miscellaneous Papers | 1577-1640 | MSS/2000-2019/2004 |
MS 2007 | Papers concerning the Archpriest controversy, and in particular the appeal by the secular priests to the Pope in 1602. | 1553-1603 | MSS/2000-2019/2007 |
MS 2009 | Letters and papers concerning musters of the clergy. | 1580-1601 | MSS/2000-2019/2009 |
MS 374 | SERMONS AND TREATISES | late 16th century-early 17th century | MSS/374 |
MS 275 | WHITGIFT HOSPITAL | 1595-1603 | MSS/275 |
MS 4267 | Further papers collected by James Fairhurst | 1589-20th cent | MSS/4267-4269/4267 |
CM IV/199 | Draft letter from John Whitgift, Bishop of Worcester to Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury. | [c. 1580] | CM/4/199 |
CM IV/183 | Worcester recusants | [c. 1580] | CM/4/183 |
CM V/5 | R. Baker to John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, concerning his title to the advowson of Kingsnothe or Eastkingsnothe | 12 March 1594. | CM/5/5 |
CM IV/27 | Bond to remain in England and to appear before the Privy Council and the Archbishop [John Whitgift]. | 11 June 1594 | CM/4/27 |
CM I/111 | List of outstanding debts due to be paid from the fines of the Council of the Marches. | 1577-1579. | CM/1/111 |
CM I/90 | Draft of a letter (? from Whitgift) to Lord Buckhurst. | 10 Jan. 1593 | CM/1/90 |
Reg. Whitgift 1 | Register of John Whitgift | 1583-1592 | V/A/19Whitgift1 |
Reg. Whitgift 2 | Register of John Whitgift | 1592-1597 | V/A/19Whitgift2 |
Reg. Whitgift 3 | Register of John Whitgift | 1598-1604 | V/A/19Whitgift3 |
MS 113 | MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS | 16th century - early 17th century | MSS/113 |
MS 178 | MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS | late 16th century-early 17th century | MSS/178 |
MS 941 | Miscellaneous Papers | 1603-1715 | MSS/929-942/941 |
Benson 64 ff.205-8 | Correspondence and papers on the restoration of the archiepiscopal tombs in CROYDON, Surrey, St John the Baptist | 1888 | Benson/64/205-8 |
Benson 79 ff.23-5 | Correspondence and papers on the restoration of the archiepiscopal tombs in CROYDON, Surrey, St John the Baptist | 1889 | Benson/79/23-5 |
Benson 90 ff.1-8 | Correspondence and papers on the restoration of the archiepiscopal tombs in CROYDON, Surrey, St John the Baptist | 1890 | Benson/90/1-8 |