Autograph Letters of celebrities, with other select papers; The majority appear to...

Autograph Letters of celebrities, with other select papers; The majority appear to have belonged to the Harleian collection of Manuscripts and to have been reserved when Henrietta, widow of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, and Margaret, Duchess of Portland, her daughter, sold the collection to the nation in 1753 (see below, PO/VOL. II, artt. 90-93); others formed part of the family correspondence of Holles and Harley.

1. Henry VIII. to Sir Hugh Vaughan, Captain of Jersey, and the Bailly and Jurats of the same, ordering that no taxes be levied on the commons of the island without his special license; Richmond, 2 Aug. [1516?] Signed "Henry R". f.1.

2. Henry VIII. to the Bailly, Jurats, etc., of Jersey, ordering them to obey Sir Hugh Vaughan, their captain, etc.; Winchester, 8 Aug., 1516. Signed "Henry R", and countersigned by Card. Wolsey. f.2.

3. Instructions from Henry VIII. to Richard Pace, his chief secretary, of "suche charges and matiers as he shall disclose to the Duke and senate of Venice"; [9 June, 1522]. Signed, at head and foot, "Henry R". See "Cal. of State Papers, Venetian," 1520-1526, p. 269, and Strype, "Memorials", ed. 1822, vol.i. pt. ii. p. 36. f.8.

4. Card. Wolsey to Rich. Pace, ambassador at Venice, instructing him to urge the Venetians to join the Emperor in opposing French designs on Naples and Milan; "at my place besides Westminster", 16 Jan. [1524-1525]. Signed. Printed by Strype, "Memorials", vol.i. pt.ii. p.36. f.13.

5. Card. Wolsey to Dr William Knight, Ambassador to "the Lady Margarett", Governess of the Netherlands, about the King's powder at Antwerp, the danger from the French sympathies of the provost of Utretcht, etc.; 2 Mar, [1524-1525]. Signed. Printed, ib. vol.i. pt.i. p.86. f.18.

6. Richard Pace to Henry VIII, with an account of the Emperor's crossing of the Alps and invasion of French territory; Luca, 5 Aug., Printed, ibid. vol.i. pt.ii. p.27. f.23.

7. John Clerk, Bishop of Bath, and Sir Anthony Browne, ambassadors to France, to Cardinal Wolsey, giving an account of their interview with the Queen-mother as to his meeting the King of France at Amiens; Paris, 2 July, [1527]. Printed, ibid. vol.i. pt.ii. p.45. f.25.

8. Card. Wolsey to Stephen Gardiner, the King's secretary, (a) praying him to send him particulars of his ordering; Asher [Esher, Christmas, 1529]. Holograph, signed "T. Car[dina]lis Ebor. miserrimus". f.29. On f.27 are notes by Rev. J. E. Jackson of remarks by B. D'Israeli and W. E. Gladstone on being shown this letter in 1874 and 1877;- (b) thanking him for his kindness to the Provost of Beverley and praying for his favour with the king for his College at Oxford, etc.; Sothewell [Southwell], 23 July, [1530]. Signed. f.32;- (c) praying for his favour in the "uncharitable sute of Strangwishe [Strangways]" for an alleged debt of £700; Sothewel, 25 Aug., [1530]. Signed. f.35. Printed, ibid. vol.i pt.ii. pp.135, 137, 138.

9. Dr Thomas Cranmer, ambassador to the Emperor, on a "contracte of marchandise" between England and the Netherlands and on the Emperor's desire for a subsidy, with news of the Turk, etc.; Regensburg, 4 Sept., [1531]. Holograph. f.37. Printed by Strype, "Mem. of Cranmer", 1812, vol.ii. p. 679.

10. Accompt of money given to Henry VIII. for New-year's gifts, 1532-1533, amounting to £792.10.10. f.39.

11. Acquittance by Thomas Cromwell, Chief Secretary to the King, to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, for £10, for a fee granted him by the Duke out of Snape manor, co. Suffolk; 20 May, 1534. Signed. f.41.

12. Thomas Cromwell to Sir John Wallop, ambassador in France, instructing him how to justify the king's actions as to his divorce, the execution of More and Fisher, etc.; Thornebery, 23 Aug., [1535]. Signed. Pr. by Strype, "Memorials", vol. i. pt. ii. p. 247. f. 43.

13. Itinerary of Henry VIII. "in his progresse northward", 2 July - 29 Oct., 1540, ending with his return to Hampton Court. f.47.

14. William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton, Lord Privy Seal, to the Council, on the best way for the king's going from Bawtry to Scrooby, etc.; Hatfield, 12 Aug., [1541]. Holograph. f.49.

15. "Confession of Q[ueen] Catharine Howard ... afor the Kings Counsell at Hampton Court"; 12 Nov., 1541. Copy, certified by the signatures of Tho. Cranmer, Archb. of Canterbury, Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, and nine other members of the Council. The above title is on the back in the hand of William Cecil. f.51.

16. Accompt, endorsed in the hand of Will. Cecil "A benevolence to the King by the subiectes uppon commission to all the countyes", amounting to £70,723.18.10. f.57.

17. Queen Mary, before her accession, to Tho. Wriothesley, Secretary to the King, asking that her footman may have "a coote to ryn in, with housen and other thinges for a footman convenyent"; Hertford Castle, 19 Dec., [1544]. Signed. f.59.

18. Sir John Cheke to his brother in law, Will. Cecil, servant to the Protector, in favour of the bearer, a foreign bishop, who wishes for an interview with the Protector; 10 Oct, [1547-49]. In Greek. Holograph. f.62.

19. John Dudley, Earl of Warwick [Duke of Northumberland 11 Oct., 1551], to the Lord Chamberlain, sending to him for the king a picture of Isabel, daughter of Henry II of France, formerly given to the king by "Guydot" and entrusted to his (the Earl's) care; Otford, 25 July, 1551. Signed. f.63.

20. Tho. Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, to Secretary Will. Cecil, (a) on behalf of Miles Coverdale, Bishop-elect of Exeter, that "he may the soner take his othe" and obtain "his sute concerning the first fruites"; Croydon, 23 Aug., 1551. Signed. f.65;- (b) defending himself and his brethren against the charge of covetousness, knowing "none but al beggeres except it be one", etc.; 21 July [1552]. Holograph. Printed by Strype, "Memorials of Cranmer", 1840, ii. p. 908. f.67;- (c) on the peace between the Emperor and Duke Moritz of Saxony, and the printing of the Book of Common Prayer in French, recommending [David] Whitehead, [Richard] Turner and others for the arch-bishopric of Armagh, etc.; 26 Aug., 1552. Signed. Printed, ibid. pp.905, 1035. f.69;- (d) on Turner's objections to going to Armagh on the ground that he knows no Irish, and stating that he has sent the "Boke of Article for religion unto Mr Cheke"; 19 Sept., [1552]. Holograph. Printed, ibid. ii. p.907. f.71;- (e) saying he has written to the Duke of Northumberland to explain his delay in proceeding with a commission and in favour of Michael Angelo, with reflections on foreign news, etc.; Ford, 20 Nov., 1552. Holograph. Printed, ibid. p.1036. f.73;- (f.) to the Council, on the "Boke of Articles"; Ford, 24 Nov., [1552]. Hol. Printed, ibid. p.905. f.75;- (g) to Sir W. Cecil, expressing his desire not to be on ill terms "with my Lorde Warden", his near neighbour; Ford, 30 Nov., [1552]. Hol. Printed, ibid. p.1037. f.77;- (h) on the indictment of Sir J. Cheke and Lord Russell and his own powerlessness, "beinge in the same condemnation that they be", etc.; Lambith, 14 Aug., [1553]. Hol. Printed ibid. p.1037. f.79.

21. "The lamentacion that Ladie Jane made, saiyng for my fathers proclamacion now must I lese my heade": a ballad, printed on a broadside, "at London, for Jhon Wight", after the execution of Lady Jane Grey (Dudley), 12 Feb., 1554. f.80.

22. Warrant of Philip and Mary to Thomas Strete, Keeper of the Wardrobe at Oatlands, to furnish altar-cloths and other furniture to the church of Weybridge on Thames; Hampton Court, 2 May, 1555. Signed; with seal. f.81.

23. Memorial of Thomas Gresham, mercer, to Queen Elizabeth on the fall of exchange and his own services to her father, brother and sister; [circ. 1560]. Printed, from a copy, in Burgon's "Life and Times of Sir T. Gresham", 1839, i. p.483. f.83.

24. Petition to Qu. Elizabeth from Raphe Morice, late Secretary to Archb. Cranmer, praying for a pension fallen in by the death of [John] Wilbore, late Prior of St. Augustine's. Printed by Strype," Mem. of Cranmer", p.1018. f.85.

25. Arms in colours of Mary, Queen of Scots, as Dauphiness, with an inescutcheon of the arms of England, endorsed by Sir W. Cecil "The first devise to sett the arms of England in the Scott. Q. name"; 1559. f.87.

26. Warrant of Qu. Elizabeth to the Master of the Game and Keepers of Eltham Park, co. Kent, to allow no one for two years to hunt or kill the deer and game without a special licence under her own hand; Richmond, 1 Aug., 1560. Signed, with seal. f.89.

27. Sir William Cecil to Thomas Randolph, "the Queenes servant in Scotland", on the relations between the two countries and the need of a "perpetuall leage"; Westminster, - Mar., 1560. Holograph. f.90.

28. Katherine [sc. Lady Katherine Grey, wife of Edward Seymour, Earl of] Hertford, to her husband; without date, but written from the Tower, circ. 1565. Copy. f.92. Printed in the "Wilts Archæol. Mag"., XV., 1875, p.192.

29. Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, to Qu. Elizabeth, on the subject of her marriage; Norwich, 15 Nov., 1567. Hologr. f.95. Pr. in "Wilts Archæol. Mag.," XIV. 1874, p.197.

30. The Privy Council to the Archbishop of York, on a controversy between Sir Henry Gates and John Vaughan on the one side and Sir John Constable and others, ordering Sir J. Constable to be discharged from the Council of the North, etc.; Hampton Court, 6 Dec, 1567. Signed by Lord Keeper Bacon, the Marquis of Northampton, the Earls of Pembroke and Leicester and five others. f.97.

31. General release from Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst, to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk; 1 Dec., 1570. Signed. f.99

32. Memorial to Lord Burghley on abuses in the Chapter of Chester, endorsed by him "A pre[sent] state of the Coledg. of Chester"; circ. 1575-80. f.100.

33. A table of precedency, male and female, from Duke to Gentleman, in the hand of Lord Burghley. f.102.

34. "A note of things written in the glasse windowes at Buxstons" [Buxton], by Mary, Queen of Scots, and others, the dates, where given, extending from 1573 to 1582. f.104.

35. Portion of an engraved Indenture, with names filled in by hand, whereby Walter Raleigh, of Collyton Raleigh, co. Devon, as patentee, grants licence to Phebe Taylor, wife of Thomas Taylor, of Horndon, co. Essex, vintner, to keep a tavern or wine-cellar at Horndon; 6 July. 1583. With the arms of Raleigh in the initial-letter. f.107.

36. John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, to Lord Burghley, (a) defending himself against malicious charges of [Robert] Beale; Lambeth, 8 May, 1584. Holograph. See Strype, "Life of Whitgift", 1822, i. p. 297. f.108;- (b) in answer to a Council letter "in the behalf of certaine ministers of the dioces of Elie", and about Beale's insolence; Croydon, 26 May, 1584. Hologr. See ibid. pp. 298, 303. f.110;- (c) concerning the Puritans, the Papists of Cheshire, "Mr Goodman, a man for his perversnes sufficientlie knowne", etc.; Croydon, 14 June, 1584. Hologr. See ibid. p.304. f.114;- (d) on the deprivation of Anthony Hickman, fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (see below, art. 44); Croydon, 18 Dec., 1588. See ibid. p.523. Signed. f.128.

37. John Barefoot, Archdeacon of Lincoln, to Archbishop Whitgift, on his efforts to induce recusant ministers to subscribe; Lincoln, 1 June, 1584. Hologr. See Strype "Annals", vol. iii. pt.i. p.350. f.112

38. Sir Walter Ralegh (a) to Dr Howland, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, complaining of contempt of his patent to grant licences to sell wines; "From my Lodging at the Cort", 9 July, 1584. This letter and the next two are copies in the hand of Thomas Baker, the Cambridge antiquary, from originals at Cambridge. They are printed by Edwards, "Life of Sir W. Ralegh" ii. pp. 24, 27, 28. f.116;- (b) to the same, on the same subject; "From the Cort at Somerset Howse", 10 Feb., 1584[5]. f.116b;- (c) to the same, complaining of their "peremtory and proud manner of delinge", and saying he will "try the uttermost" of his patent-right; 20 Feb., 1584[5]. f.117. See also below, art. 50, etc.

39. Sir Francis Walsingham to the Justices of Assise for cos. Oxon and Berks, asking them not to include Ralph Warcuppe in the list of sheriffs for the next year; 31 Oct., 1585. Signed. f.118.

40. The Privy Council to the Justices of Assise in co. Carmarthen, to stay proceedings against David Lloyd and Margaret his wife, convicted on the accusation of Alice Jordan of having instigated her to poison her husband, for which she had been executed; Greenwich, 5 Mar., 1585-1586. Signed by Lords Hunsdon and Buckhurst, Sir Christ. Hatton, Sir F. Walsingham and Sir James Croft. f.120.

41. Warrant of Lord Burghley and Sir Walter Mildmay for a lease to John Walker of Tin-mines in Carnedon Prior and elsewhere, co. Cornwall; 8 July, 1587. Signed. f.122.

42. Sir Francis Drake to Lord Burghley, with news of "the great fleete that the kinge of Spaigne hath made readie", and protesting that the Lord Admiral is "so well affectede ... as it dothe assure all his followers of good successe and hope of victorie"; "From aboard her Maiesties good shipp Revenge ridinge in Plymouth Sound", 6 June, 1588. Signed. f.124.

43. Statement of Spanish ships and men lost "in the fight betixt the English and Spanish navies"; 1588. Printed. f.126.

44. "The answeare unto the objections mentioned in my Lord of Canterbury and Mr. Dr. Copcots letters against Hickmans cause" (see art.36d.), signed by Anthony Hykman and apparently addressed to Lord Burghley; [1588]. f.130.

45. Sir Christopher Hatton, Chancellor, to Sir Nicholas Bacon and Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy, referring to them a cause between Will. Heskett and Alice, his wife, and Thomas Whaite; 6 May, 1589. Signed. f.132.

46. Thomas Bodley, Resident in the United Provinces, to Lord Burghley, (a) on the honour given to Count Maurice, the great reputation of Sir Francis Vere, etc.; Hague, 27 Sept., 1589. Hologr. f.135;- (b) on the movements of the English forces under Sir Francis Vere; Hague, 10 Oct., 1589. Hologr. f.137;- (c) to Sir Francis Walsingham, about "the motion of Groeninghen", which is "both easie and assured", and on the instructions of the "Deputies that are sent for France", etc.; 10 Oct., 1589. Hologr. f.139. See also below art.62

47. Henry Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, to Lord Burghley, on the defences of Milford Haven; Ivychurch, 25 July, 1590. Signed. f.141.

48. Sir Robert Cecil to Michael Hicks, Secretary to Lord Burghley, with news of the Earl of Essex being joined with Marshal Biron in the siege of Rouen, etc; Stansteed near Portsmouth, 25 Aug, [1591]. Hologr. f.143

49. Sir William Fitzwilliam, Lord Deputy of Ireland, to Michael Hicks, regretting he cannot send him a horse, "the cuntrie is so voide and spoiled of them", but praying him to accept "twentie royalls" to buy him a "good English nagge for sommer", with Irish news; Dublin Castle, 7 Mar., 1591[2]. Signed. f.145.

50. Sir Walter Ralegh and Sir John Hawkins to the Lord High Admiral, asking that the three ships "appointed to keep the narrow seas" be sent to guard "the East Indian shippe to be brought to Plymouth by Sir John Burgh", lest the Spaniards attempt to retake or burn her; 27 Aug., 1592. Signed. f.147.

51. Sir Walter Ralegh to Lord Burghley, (a) on the partition of the spoils of the above Spanish prize, the Madre de Dios; "From this unsavory dongeon", [15?] Sept., [1592]. f.149;- (b) on the same subject; 16 Sept., [1592]. f.151;- (c) on the plundering of the cargo of the same prize; Sunday [17 Sept, 1592]. f.153. All holograph. Printed by Strype, "Annals", IV. pp. 178, 180, 182, and by Edwards, "Life of Ralegh", ii. pp. 67, 69, 70.

52. Cardinal William Allen to Richard Hopkins at Antwerp, offering to procure some persons unnamed an audience with the Pope, etc, "and all this with as muche seacrecy as themselves shall desire"; Rome, 14 Aug. 1593. Signed. The end of the letter only. Endorsed by Lord Burghley. f.155. The whole letter is printed by Strype, "Annals", IV. p. 203.

53. Anthony Bacon to Michael Hicks, respecting debts to him and his brother; Twitnam, 19 June, [circ. 1595]. Signed. f.157.

54. Seene from a play, "Enter Tamora pleadinge for her sonnes going to execution", the other characters being Titus and Aaron. It is made up of Tamora's speech in Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus", Act i, Sc. i. ll. 104-121, "Stay, Roman brethren", etc., and Aaron's in Act V. sc. i. ll. 125-144 "Ah, now I curse the day", etc., Separated by three lines by Titus. Endorsed "Henrye Peacham's hand, 1595". At the top of the page is a pen and ink sketch of the scene, and at the side "Henricus Peacham, Anno mo qo q qto" [?1594]. Peacham was author of "The Compleat Gentleman", 1622, and other works. "Titus Andronicus" was acted 23 Jan, 1593-1594, and was entered in the "Stationers Register", 6 Feb., but the earliest extant edition is of 1600. f.159b.

55. Sir George Carey or Carew to Lord Keeper Puckering, in behalf of Francis Cotten, J.P. for Hampshire, outlawed for debt; Blackfriars, [circ. 1592-1596]. Signed. f.161.

56. Sir Henry Savile to Lady Russell [Burghley's sister in law] on his hopes of obtaining the Provostship of Eton by the Lord Treasurer's means (he was made Provost 26 May); 4 Feb., [1595-1596]. Hologr. f.163.

57. Sir. Edward Coke (a) to Lord Burghley, on his discovery of the "spreader of the slaunders of my Lo. Admirall", etc., 20 May, [1596]. Hologr. f.165;- (b) to --, promising to do his best to settle his controversies with his tenants; 1 Jan, --. Hologr. f.167.

58. Charles Howard, Lord Howard, Lord Admiral, to Lord Burghley, giving an account of the expedition to Cadiz; "abroad the Arke", 8 July, 1596. Signed f.168.

59. Sir Walter Ralegh to Michael Hicks, (a) asking his favour for the suit of the bearer, and wishing him a "good, rich and lstye wife" (mar. in 1597); Sherborne, 9 July, --. Hologr. f.173;- (b) asking his interest for bapt. Springe in order to obtain payment of a debt from the Crown; Sherborne, 12 July, [1598?]. Hologr. Printed by Edwards, ii. p.382. f.181.

60. Sir Edward Coke to Lord Burghley, thanking him for liberty to retire into the Country, etc., Godwike, 3 Aug. 1597. Hologr. f.175.

61. Peter Warburton, Serjeant at law, to Lord Burghley, as to a coat of arms granted to him by Garter; 20 May, 1597. Hologr. f.177.

62. Thomas Bodley to Lord Burghley, on reasons for and against a peace between the Netherlands and Spain, etc., London, 8 May, 1598. Hologr. f.179.

63. John Whitgift, Archb. of Canterbury, to Sir Arthur Heveningham and Sir B. Gawdie, requiring them to tender a bond to Humfrey Bedingfield, a Recusant; Croydon, 22 Aug, 1599. Signed. f.183.

64. Lucie Paulet, Marchioness of Winchester, to --, thanking him for his care of her husbands' "troblesome busines" and sending the patent of Steple Ashton; Basing, 29 Oct, 1600. Signed. f.185.

65. Sir Edward Coke to--Pembridge, directing him to deliver evidences of lease of Keyston, co. Hunts, belonging to Robert, late Earl of Essex, "attaynted of heigh treason"; 17 May, 1602. Signed. f.186.

66. James I. to Sir Henry Cocke, continuing him in his office of Cofferer, and summoning him to meet him at Berwick or Newcastle; Holyrood, 2 Apr, 1603. Contemp, copy. On the back is a list of stages in the King's journey to London, from Doncaster southwards. f. 188.

67. List of those selected "To be knightes of the Bathe" [24 July 1603], f.190.

68. Certeine hellish verses devysed by that Athiest and traitor Rawley as yet is sayd", beg. "When first this circkell round". Contempt. copy. f.191.

69. Sir Robert Cecil to Michael Hicks, referring to Ralegh's trial: "For Sir W. Ralegh, his contempts are high, howsoever his crimes may fall in foro judicy"; [Aug. 1603]. Hologr. f.193.

70. William Bourchier, Earl of Bath, to Sir Thomas Erskine, explaining his inability to attend upon the king from an "old griefe" in his leg; Towstocke, 22 Feb., 1603[4]. Signed. f.195;- (b) to Thomas Hinson; 22 Mar., 1603[4]. Holograph. f.197;- (c) to his daughter, Lady Frances Bourchier; 6 June, --. Hologr. f.199.

71. Sir Walter Ralegh to ----, concerning a composition for his land, etc.; [1603-4?]. Hologr. f.201;- (b) to Sir Michael Hicks, praying him to "spare John Shelbury for a little time", who stands bound for him in £1500; [endorsed 10 Nov., 1604]. Hologr. f.202;- (c) to Sir Robert Carr, on his obtaining his estates from the king, "lost in the lawe for want of a word"; [endorsed Dec. 1608]. Contempt. Copy. See Edwards, ii. p. 326. f.206.

72. Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, to Henry, Prince of Wales, in praise of his hawk, and saying that he has sent his son Lord Cranborne "to pass the seas"; Whitehall, Dec. 1608. Hologr. f.204.

73. The Privy Council to Thomas Knyvet, Lord Knyvet, as to the manner of payment of his aid; Whitehall, 20 May, 1609. Signed by Lord Chancellor Ellesmere, Rob. Cecil. Earl of Salisbury, and four others. f.208.

74. Sir Francis Bacon to Sir Michael Hicks, desiring to confer with him on "some business which concerneth me much"; [endorsed 17 Jan, 1609-1610]. Hologr. f.210.

75. John Donne, to Henry, Prince of Wales, sending him a copy of his "Pseudo-Martyr", published in 1610; without date [1610]. Hologr. f.211.

76. Sir Edward Cecil, afterwards Viscount Wimbledon to Henry, Prince of Wales, on the taking of Juliers and his intended return home to "render an account of all [his] poore indevors", and giving particulars of "that arch-Jesuit Father Baldwin", whom the bearer is bringing prisoner to England; Skinckscare [Schenkenschanz], 14 Sept., 1610. Hologr. Printed, C. Dalton, "Life of Sir Edw. Cecil", 1885, i. p. 196. f.213.

77. Queen Anne of Denmark to James I, her husband, saying she cannot wait upon him at Salisbury because she is "not furnished with money" and has "noe Maides of Honour to attend" her; no date. Copy. f.215.

78. Sir William Monson to the Earl of Salisbury, on the capture of Lady Arabella Seymour [Stuart] on her attempted escape from England; [7 June, 1611]. Hologr. Printed in the "Wills Archaol. Mag.", XV. 1875, p. 201. f.217.

79. Printed advertisement of "divers rare and costly things ... which are to be rifled [sc. raffled] and wonne by their chance at dice", etc....."at Maister Taylors house, one of the kings Maiesties servants, in Lincolnes Inne fields", etc., 18 June - 19 July [endorsed 1612]. f.219.

80. Henry, Prince of Wales, to James I, on the negotiations for his marriage with Christine, daughter of Henry IV, of France; 29 July, 1612. Copy. f.221.

81. Edward Denny, Lord Denny, to Henry, Prince of Wales, regretting his absence when the Prince came into his parts, and sending him a young horse; no date [1604-12]. Signed. f. 222

82. Sir John Harington to the same, in favour of a servant whom he returns to the Prince; no date [bef. Nov., 1612]. Signed. f. 224.

83. James Hamilton, Marquis of Hamilton, to the same, thanking him for recommending his "richt of the duchi of Chattellaraut" to the French ambassador; [1612?]. Hologr. f. 226.

84. "Sir Symon Burleis Tragedye": a poem in 67 stanzas by Thomas Churchyard, on the fate of Sir Simon Burley, favourite of Richard II., impeached and beheaded in 1388. Printed (no.6) in "The firste parte of Churchyardes Chippes", etc., 1575, and reprinted in his "Challenge", 1593. f. 227.

Appendix to Vol I

Letters of J J. Rousseau to the Duchess of Portland 1766-1776