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Letter from George Ferrers to Sir Thomas Cawarden. The Lord of Misrule considers...

Catalogue reference: Z/407/Lb.285

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Letter from George Ferrers to Sir Thomas Cawarden. The Lord of Misrule considers the apparel sent for his eight counsellors, who include Sir Robert Stafford and Thomas Wyndeham, too mean and 'torchebererlyke' for gentlemen of such reputation. He desires better garments for them, also armour for himself and his horse, hobby horses and counterfeit harness and arms, 'viij visars for a dronken maske and viij swordes and dagers for ye same purpose' and apparel for divers others of his attendants. The apparel and other equipment are for the ride through London planned for Monday 4 Jan, 'by viij of ye Clocke'. [Cf Lb.286, a Privy Council warrant closely related; printed in Feuillerat, 1914, p.59 (see also pp.276-277) and Kempe, 1836, pp.28-29; Film Fo 321.1]

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2 Jan 1552

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Letter from George Ferrers to Sir Thomas Cawarden. The Lord of Misrule considers the apparel sent for his eight counsellors, who include Sir Robert Stafford and Thomas Wyndeham, too mean and 'torchebererlyke' for gentlemen of such reputation. He desires better garments for them, also armour for himself and his horse, hobby horses and counterfeit harness and arms, 'viij visars for a dronken maske and viij swordes and dagers for ye same purpose' and apparel for divers others of his attendants. The apparel and other equipment are for the ride through London planned for Monday 4 Jan, 'by viij of ye Clocke'. [Cf Lb.286, a Privy Council warrant closely related; printed in Feuillerat, 1914, p.59 (see also pp.276-277) and Kempe, 1836, pp.28-29; Film Fo 321.1]