CIII.

CIV.

CV.

CVI.

CVII.

CVIII.

CIX.

CX.

CXI.

CXII.

Cardinal Wolsey to Dr. Stephen Gardener, af-

terwards Bishop of Winchester, respecting

his pardon

Cardinal Wolsey to Dr. Stephen Gardener; for

augmentation of income

Cardinal Wolsey to Secretary Gardener; an-

other Letter of supplication..

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.

CXVII.

CXVIII.

CXIX.

CXX.

CXXI.

CXXII.

CXXIII.

CXXIV.

PACE

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

M'. 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....

Sir Thomas More to King Henry VIIIth; a

Letter of submission and excuse

56

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......

Sir William Kyngston to Secretary Cromwell,`

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 ...

Sir William Kingston to Lord Cromwell, appa-

rently May 18, 1556.

Lady Rocheford to Secretary Cromwell, pray-

ing him to intercede for her to have the pro-

perty of her husband who was executed....

67

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CXXV.

CXXVI.

CXXVII.

John de Ponte, a poor Frenchman, to Secretary

Cromwell

PAGE

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

....

.....

CXXVIII. Thomas Bedyll to Lord Cromwell, respecting

the Monks of the Charter House at London.

A. D. 1537

CXXIX.

CXXX.

CXXXI.

CXXXII.

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.

A. D. 1538

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 .....

............

CXXXIII. John Clusey to Lord Cromwell, in favor of a

Nun of Shaftesbury, the natural daughter of

Cardinal Wolsey

cxxxiv. John Freeman to Lord Cromwell, upon the

unnecessary and unlawful fees granted to

various persons upon the Surrender of the

Monasteries

.....

CXXXV. Robert Warner to Robert Ratcliff-Lord Fitz-

walter; a Letter of Intelligence from Court 96

cxxxvi. John Lord Russell, to Lord Cromwell, respect-

ing the trial and execution of the Abbat and

two Monks of Glastonbury........

CXXXVII. Thomas Lord Cromwell to the Earl of Chester,

for the extirpation of Gipsies

98

100

CXXXVIII. King James Vth of Scotland to Sir Thomas

Wharton, in answer to his Complaints against

certain scurrilous Ballads. A. D. 1538...... 103

exxxix. Thomas. Wyllughby to Lord Cromwell, con-

cerning his proceedings against the Rebels in

the West. A. D. 1539.....

William Pennison to ..

CXL.

CXLI.

CXLII.

.....

concern-

ing the reception of the Lady Motrell in

London

....

104

107

111

113

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.......

CXLIII. 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

CXLIV.

CXLV.

CXLVI.

CXLVII.

Ottwell Johnson, to his brother John Johnson

a merchant of the Staple at Calais, describing

the Execution of Queen Catherine Howard.. 128

CXLVIII. King Henry VIIIth, when before Boulogne, to

CXLIX. Prince Edward to Queen Catherine Parr; a

130

Letter of duty......

131

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CL.

CLI.

CLII.

CLIII.

CLIV.

CLV.

CLVI.

CLVII.

PAGE

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.

1547.....

....

King Edward VIth to Queen Catherine Parr,

upon the death of King Henry VIIIth in La-

.....

ib.

133

135

136

137

tin
King Edward VIth to his sister the Princess
Mary on the same; in Latin ....

CLVIII. King Edward VIth to the Princess Elizabeth

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

secret....

......

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,

149

151

153