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John de Ponte, a poor Frenchman, to Secretary

Cromwell.......

74

Edmund Knightley, and three other Commis-

sioners, to Secretary Cromwell, in favor of

the Nunnery of Catesby in Northamptonshire 71

The Prioress and Convent of the Cistercian

Nunnery of Legborne in Lincolnshire to their

Founder, previous to the Dissolution of their

House. A. D. 1537.........

Thomas Bedyll to Lord Cromwell, respecting

the Monks of the Charter House at London.

Dr. John London, one of the Visitors of Reli-

gious Houses, to Lord Cromwell, upon the

pulling down of the Image of our Lady of

Caversham, near Reading; and in favour of

the Corporation of that Town.......

Elis Price to Lord Cromwell, to know what he

should do with the Image of Darvell Gathern.

Thomas Duke of Norfolk and Sir Roger Town-

shend, to Lord Cromwell, respecting the in-

tended execution of a Friar at Norwich, for

denying the King's Supremacy...

The Inhabitants of the Lordship of Holm Cul-

tram in Cumberland, to Lord Cromwell, en-

treating for the preservation of the Abbey

Church there. A. D. 1538........

John Clusey to Lord Cromwell, in favor of a

Nun of Shaftesbury, the natural daughter of

Cardinal Wolsey.......

John Freeman to Lord Cromwell, upon the

unnecessary and unlawful fees granted to

various persons upon the Surrender of the

Monasteries....

Robert Warner to Robert Ratcliff Lord Fitz-

walter; a Letter of Intelligence from Court 96

John Lord Russell, to Lord Cromwell, respect-

ing the trial and execution of the Abbat and

two Monks of Glastonbury....

Thomas Lord Cromwell to the Earl of Chester,

for the extirpation of Gipsies.....

CXXXVIII. King James Vth of Scotland to Sir Thomas

Wharton, in answer to his Complaints against

certain scurrilous Ballads. A. D. 1538....

Thomas Wyllughby to Lord Cromwell, con-

cerning his proceedings against the Rebels in

William Pennison to

ing the reception of the Lady Motrell in

John Foster, a priest, to Lord Cromwell, upon

his obedience to the King in putting away a

wife whom he had married... . . .

Sir Thomas Elyot to Secretary Cromwell, de-

tailing the History of his Life.....

Edward Earl of Hertford, afterwards Protector,

to Lord Cromwell upon the King's intended

marriage with the Lady Anne of Cleves, &c. 119

Nicholas Wotton to King-Henry VIIIth, giving

an Account of the Person and Accomplish-

ments of the Lady Anne of Cleves.....

The Lords of the Council to King Henry VIIIth

respecting the Lord Lawarre. A. D. 1539.. 123

Ten Ladies of the Court, to King Henry VIIIth

upon visiting His Majesty's new Great Ship

at Portsmouth...

Ottwell Johnson, to his brother John Johnson

a merchant of the Staple at Calais, describing

the Execution of Queen Catherine Howard.. 128

King Henry VIIIth, when before Boulogne, to

Queen Catherine Parr......

Prince Edward to Queen Catherine Parr; a

Letter of duty...

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Prince Edward to the Queen: in Latin............... 132

Prince Edward to the Queen; a Letter in
French......

Prince Edward to his sister the Princess Mary;

a Letter of affection, from Hunsdon....

Prince Edward to his father, King Henry VIIIth

Thanks for toys, &c. in Latin.........

Prince Edward to Archbishop Cranmer, in re-

turn for a Present of a Cup...

Henry Radclyf, Earl of Sussex, to his Countess,

notifying the death of Henry VIIIth A. D.

King Edward VIth to Queen Catherine Parr,

upon the death of King Henry VIIIth in La-

King Edward VIth to his sister the Princess

Mary on the same; in Latin.....

King Edward VIth to the Princess Elizabeth

upon the same. Latin.....

King Edward VIth to his Uncle the Earl of

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The Princess Elizabeth to King Edward VIth.. 145

The Princess Elizabeth to King Edward VIth

with a present of her Portrait....

King Edward the Sixth, to the Duke of Somer-

set, upon his Successes against the Scotch... 148

The Princess Mary to the Lord Admiral Sey-

mour, declining to interfere in his courtship

of the Queen dowager...

The Queen Dowager to the Lord Admiral Sey-

mour, while her marriage with him was kept

The Princess Elizabeth to the Protector Somer-

set, in favor of her governess, Catherine Ash-

ley, and concerning the Lord Admiral's pro-

ject to marry her.....

The Princess Elizabeth to the Lord Protector,

that he is displeased with her Letters, and to

have rumours against her checked.........

The Princess Elizabeth to King Edward VIth

upon his recovery from sickness......

Princess Elizabeth to her brother King Edward

VIth in Latin, from Enfield....

The Princess Mary to . . .

King's Council; a Letter of reproof........ 161

The Princess Elizabeth to the Princess Mary;

Divers Lords of the Council in London, to the

Council at Windsor, professing their purpose

to remove the Duke of Somerset from the

Protectorship. A. D. 1549.....

The Lords of the Council in London to those

at Windsor, respecting the care of the King's

Archbishop Cranmer, Sir William Paget, and

Sir Thomas Smith to the Lords of the Coun-

cil in London, offering terms of accommoda-

tion....

The Lords of the Council in London, to Sir

William Paget, comptroller of the Household

respecting the safety of the person of King

Edward VIth; and urging him to cause the

Duke of Somerset to be apprehended...... 173

The Princess Mary to King Edward VIth upon

receiving the prohibition to use the Mass in

her Household.....

The Lady Jane Gray, as Queen, to the Marquis

of Northampton, Lieutenant of the County

Second Letter from the Lady Jane as Queen, to

the Lieutenancy of Surrey.....

CLXXIX. John Hopton Bishop of Norwich to Lord Sus-

183

186

sex; upon the behaviour of the Curate of

Old Buckenham, and that the Queen was

delivered of a Prince......

Cardinal Pole to Sir Edward Hastings. A. D.

Edwin Bishop of Worcester to Sir William Ce-

cil afterwards Lord Burghley: with a New-

Year's gift of a Clock...

Henry Lord Berkeley to the Earl of Sussex, re-

specting the treatment of his sister the Lady

Thomas Randolph to Sir William Cecill, upon

the publication of the banns, previous to the

marriage of Queen Mary with Lord Darnley. 198

Thomas Randolph to the Earl of Leicester,

from Edinburgh July 31, 1565; giving an ac-

count of the Marriage of the Queen of Scots

to Lord Darnley....

Thomas Randolph to Sir William Cecil: va-

rious Intelligence.

The Earl of Bedford and Mr. Thomas Randolph

to the Privy Council of England, giving an

Account of the murder of David Rizzio..... 207

CLXXXVII. Queen Elizabeth, to Sir John Foster respecting

the Earl of Morton, the Lord Ruthven, and

their accomplices...

CLXXXVIII. Mary Queen of Scots to the Lords of Queen

Elizabeth's Council upon her right in the

Queen Elizabeth to the Lady Hoby: condolence

on the death of her husband...

Mary Queen of Scots to Queen Elizabeth;

written immediately upon her landing at

Workington in Cumberland: May 17, 1568.

with a Translation.....

Mary Queen of Scots to Sir William Cecil..... 237

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