ILLUSTRATIVE OF

ENGLISH HISTORY;

INCLUDING

NUMEROUS ROYAL LETTERS:

FROM AUTOGRAPHS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM,

AND

ONE OR TWO OTHER COLLECTIONS.

WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS

БҮ

HENRY ELLIS, F.R.S. SEC. S.A.

KEEPER OF THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

HARDING, TRIPHOOK, AND LEPARD.

MDCCCXXV.

CIII

CIV.

Cardinal Wolsey to Dr. Stephen Gardener, af-

terwards Bishop of Winchester, respecting

his pardon.

Cardinal Wolsey to Dr. Stephen Gardener; for

augmentation of income ...

3

7

CV.

Cardinal Wolsey to Secretary Gardener; an-

other Letter of supplication....

10

......

King Henry VIIIth to William Lord Dacre. A. D.

1530. respecting the reception of Wolsey in

the North

Queen Catherine of Arragon to her daughter the

Princess Mary.. . . . .

Thomas Frysby, a canon of Laund abbey, to

Thomas Cromwell....

.....

Thomas Audeley Lord Keeper, to Secretary

Cromwell, on King Henry VIIIth's return

from his Interview with the French King.

......

A. D. 1532..

Sir William Fitzwilliam Treasurer of the House-

hold, to Secretary Cromwell, that Queen Ca-

therine of Arragon might keep her Maundy

as Princess dowager...

The Princess Mary to Secretary Cromwell, in

favor of Sir Rice Mansell. . . . .

King Henry VIIIth to the Lord Steward and

LETTER

CXIII.

CXIV.

CXV.

CXVI.

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30

other Officers of the Household, appointing

the Diet for the Lady Lucy. A. D. 1533....

Letter of Summons to the Lady Cobham to at-

tend the Coronation of Queen Anne Boleyn 32

Thomas Cranmer archbishop of Canterbury, to

Mr. Hawkyns the Ambassador at the Empe-

ror's Court; upon the divorce of Queen Ca-

therine, and the Coronation of Queen Anne

Boleyn. A. D. 1533

Edward Earl of Derby and Sir Henry Faryng-

ton to King Henry VIIIth, with the examina-

tions of certain persons upon slanderous re-

ports against Queen Anne..........

Queen Anne Boleyn to Thomas Cromwell, to

favor Richard Herman, who had been impri-

soned at Antwerp for giving help to set forth

the New Testament in English...

...

CXVII. Sir Thomas More to King Henry VIIIth; a

Letter of submission and excuse

CXVIII.

CXIX.

CXX.

CXXI.

CXXII.

CXXIII.

CXXIV.

33

41

45

47

Sir William Kingston to Secretary Cromwell,›

upon Queen Anne's committal to the Tower 52

Sir William Kyngston to Secretary Cromwell,

on Queen Anne's behaviour in Prison....... .56

Sir William Kyngston to Secretary Cromwell,

61

with further details of the Queen's conduct 59

Edward Baynton to the Treasurer: declaring

that only one person named Mark, will con-

fess any thing against Queen Anne.....

Sir William Kyngston to Secretary Cromwell,

May 16, 1536, upon the preparations for

the execution of my Lord Rochford and

Queen Anne

62

64

Sir William Kingston to Lord Cromwell, appa-

rently May 18, 1536 ...

Lady Rocheford to Secretary Cromwell, pray-

ing him to intercede for her to have the pro-

perty of her husband who was executed.... 67