Treatises on the divorce of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, published in Letters...

Treatises on the divorce of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, published in Letters and Papers ... of Henry VIII, vol. V, no 5(8): 1531

SP 1/63 fos 244-407v, [LP v. 5 (8)]: (lower right foliation; alphabetical designations follow those first used by Murphy, 'The Debate over Henry VIII's First Divorce: An Analysis of the Contemporary Treatises' (unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Cambridge, 1984), pp. 81-90, and Edward Surtz and Virginia Murphy, eds, The Divorce Tracts of Henry VIII (Angers, 1988), pp. v-viii), consisting of:

Section A, folios 244-64, dated between mid-November 1527 and June 1529, probably early 1528. See Murphy, 'Debate', pp. 84-90. A draft of 'Henricus octavus' (Cambridge, Trinity MS B. 15. 19), the treatise submitted in the King's name to the 1529 legatine trial, probably on 21 June.

Section B, folios 265-303v, incomplete at end, a draft of 'Henricus octavus', the treatise submitted in the King's name to the 1529 legatine trial, probably on 21 June.

Section C, folios 304-13v, incomplete at beginning, in Gardiner's hand, probably later than sections A and B but also before June 1529, a draft of 'Henricus octavus', the treatise submitted in the King's name to 1529 legatine trial, probably on 21 June.

Section D, folios 314rv, in Gardiner's hand, related to SP 1/54, fos 166-217v above. See Murphy, 'Debate', p. 89.

Section E, folios 315-58, 'asserant leviticam', in Gardiner's hand, a later version of SP 1/54 fos 218-29v above. Also includes part of SP 1/54 fos 166-217v above, starting from fo 173v, including the three folios missing there. See Murphy, 'Debate', pp. 140-2.

Section F, folios 360-84v, contains revisions in the (unidentified) hand of its author. A complete version of section C, probably later than sections A and B but also before June 1529. A draft of 'Henricus octavus', the treatise submitted in the King's name to 1529 legatine trial, probably on 21 June. See Murphy, 'Debate', pp. 81-90.

Section G, folios 385rv.

Section H, folios 386-407v, incomplete at beginning and end, dated probably before early 1531. A copy, possibly later, of 'Non hodie', SP1/62 fos 60-139 above. Also related to sections C/F. See Murphy, 'Debate', pp. 148-9.

A further Treatise on the divorce of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, published in Letters and Papers ... of Henry VIII, vol. V, no 5(9):

SP 1/63 fos 1-65v (lower right foliation), 'sapore febricitans', imperfect at beginning and end. A reply, along with SP1/62 fos 60-139 (LP v. 5 (4)) above and SP 1/67, fos 184-280v (LP v. 461) below, to a now lost treatise by Fisher which had probably been composed between mid-1529 and early 1530. See Murphy, 'Debate', pp.142-63.

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