Shrewsbury Papers

Shrewsbury Papers

1471-1598

Folio 1

Sir William Hewett, Alderman [of London], to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from London, 28 April 156[3], about the raising of money and goods for the Earl at Kingston-upon-Hull, [co. York]. Mentions the death of his wife. 1p. Endorsed. Torn.

Folio 3

Edward Osbo[rne] [Alderman of London 1573, Lord Mayor 1583, knighted 1584.] to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from London, 13 January [1563/4], concerning money received from Flanders and the adverse rates of exchange. Refers to the losses in England from this and from high prices due to the wars. Mentions the Earl's lead at Kingston-upon-Hull, [co. York]. 1p. Endorsed. Torn.

Enclosing,

Folio 5

An account of his financial transactions, 16 February 1562/3 - 13 January 1563/4. 1p.

Folio 6

The same to the same, 8 March 1573/4, about financial transactions. 1p. Seal. Endorsed.

Folio 8

Sir William Hewett to the same, from London, 12 May 1564, sending his account for dealings since their last reckoning at Cold Harbour [The Earl's house in Dowgate Ward, London.] on 4 December 1562, mainly in cloth. Mentions the Earl's house in Tower Street, which is much out of repair, and its possible sale. The plague is in London. 2pp. Endorsed.

Folio 10

Edward Osborne to the same, from London, 17 October 1565, about money for the Earl taken up in Flanders, the rates of exchange and brokerage. Thanks the Earl for venison. 1p. Endorsed.

Folio 11

The same to the same, 18 September 1567, about his purchase from the Earl of land at Harthill and Woodhall [co. York], and about six red deer pasties sent to him. A postscript contains a statement of account between them. 1p. Endorsed.

Folio 12

The same to the same, 18 December 1568, referring to the lack of news from abroad owing to contrary winds; sale of lead and raising money. Asks for the bailiwick of Rotherham, [co. York], for Henry Lylle. 2pp. Seal. Endorsed.

Folio 14

The same to the same, 28 February 1576/7, relating to money to be paid to Mr. Cavendish, [Perhaps Henry Cavendish, eldest stepson and son-in-law of the Earl.] and to a loan obtained for the Earl of Rutland, who had left the money lying for three weeks at Mansfield, [co. Nott.]. ½p. Seal. Endorsed.

Folio 16

The same to the same, 26 February 1573/4, about financial transactions and the sending of money to Wylde at Mansfield, [co. Nott.]. 1p. Endorsed.

Folio 18

The same to the same, from London, 7 January 1573/4, on the same subject, 1p. Seal. Endorsed.

Folio 20

The same to the same, 17 January 1573/4, on the same subject. Mentions money for 'the Scotyche Quynes dyot.' 1p. Seal. Endorsed.

Folio 22

The same to the same, 29 January 1573/4, on the same subject, mentioning also the diet money and a loan to the Earl of Lincoln. 1p. Endorsed.

Folio 23

Robert Jollie, a servant of the Earl, to the same, from London, 16 March 1581/2, stating that he has received £100 from Alderman [Edward] Osborne. ½p. Endorsed.

Folio 25

Edward Osborne to the same, from London, 20 September 1582, recommending Peter Wilcoks, who wishes to serve the Earl. ½p. Seal. Endorsed by the Earl. 'The gentleman is honest on whose behalfe this lettre is written, able to supply any corne.'

Folio 27

The same to the same, from London, 20 September 1585, accompanying 10 lbs. of nutmeg at 5s. a pound and another 10 lbs. at 2s.6d. of the kind 'we sell ... unto the grosers which take towe or thre houndereth ponds wourthe at a tyme.' Discusses the purchase of cattle, and the method of paying for them. A postscript announces the arrival of a ship from Turkey with carpets etc., and asks if the Earl wishes to buy any. 1p. Endorsed.

Folio 29

List of offers made for the purchase of woods in co. Salop belonging to the Earl of Shrewsbury, 1539. [Calendar of Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, vol.xiv, pt.ii, no.814.] 4pp.

Folio 31

Robert Swyfte to [the Earl of Shrewsbury], from London, 5 May 1548, relating to negotiations on the part of the Earl for the purchase of chantry lands, [Probably in Nottinghamshire. C.f. Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History, 1791, 2nd edition, 1838, unpublished papers, 151 (125).] and to a report that the Protector had appointed the Earl Justice of the Forests beyond Trent. ½p. Address: My Lorde.

Folio 33v

Two writs, dated 12 May and 19 May 1551, to the Sheriff of Yorkshire, ordering him to distrain on the lands and chattels (a) of the Commissioners of the North Riding of Yorkshire, and (b) of the Commissioners of the East Riding, appointed to assess the second payment of a relief granted by Parliament, in order to enforce their presence in the Exchequer to make their returns. 2pp. Copies.

Folio 35

Sir John Yorke to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from London, 4 September 1551, asking his protection as Lord President of the Council of the North, for a kinsman of the writer, against whom the Council had passed a decree during the Earl's absence. ½p. Seal. Address: President of the Council of the North.

Folio 37

James Rolleston to [the Earl of Shrewsbury], from Mathefelde [Mayfield, co. Staff.], 22 March 1553/4, acknowledging a letter ordering him to attend the Earl at Oxford during the Parliament to be held there, and giving an account of financial negotiations with Sir Humfrey Bradburon. 1p. Address: My Lorde.

Folio 39

[The Earl of Shrewsbury] to [the bailiff of Rotherham, co. York], from Cold Harbour, [London, 9] June 1561, concerning the payment of benevolences by the Earl's tenants at Rotherham. 2pp. Copy. Endorsed.

Folio 41

Robert Adlington to [the Earl of Shrewsbury], 21 July 1559, stating that he is very ill, and asking that his son be appointed to his place in the Earl's service. ½p. Address: My Lorde.

Folio 43

Humfrey Bentley to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from London, 20 June 1552, relating to a lawsuit. Mentions his interview with the Lord Chancellor [Thomas Goodrich] and Serjeant [William] Cooke at Westminster Hall, and an arrangement that Cooke should wait on the Earl after he had been to the Assizes at Wisbech, [co. Camb.]. 1p. Endorsed.

Folio 45

Robert Townesend, Griffithe Leyson, Adam Mytton and William Symonds to Lords of the Council of the North, from Ludlow, [co. Salop], 19 January 1554/5, about a theft of horses belonging to Richard Powell, gent., stolen from the mountains of co. Radn. They ask that order be taken that John Lyonds, living in the see of Durham, appear before the Council for examination. ½p. Seal. Endorsed.

Folio 47

Robert Swyfte to [the Earl of Shrewsbury], from Shifnal, [co. Salop.], Midsummer Day 1555, about the administration of the estate of Sir John Talbot, who died intestate, by his widow, and his interview with her brother Sir Thomas Jeffurthe [Gyfforde] about the provision which Sir John intended to make for his daughter Jane. 2pp. Seal. Address: My lord.

Folio 49

Edward Hatfeld, priest, to [the Earl of Shrewsbury], from Chelsea, [London], 25 January [1543-45], relating to the payment of 200 marks to Sir Brian Tuke for the King; to repayment of part of a loan from the Earl of Rutland 'for the fynding of my lorde Talbot and his wife;' to a New Year's gift from the King; to the tenants of Fullwode Boothe, whose estates the Earl wishes to have. 3pp. Address: My Lorde.

Folio 51

Robert Shakerley to [the Earl of Shrewsbury], from Chesterfield, [co. Derby], 14 April 1562, reporting that the bailiff, who is foreman of the 'quest of Survey,' has delivered the returns of the same, which are 'somewhat subtill.' ½p. Address: My Lorde.

Folio 53

Piers Ord [? Dod] to [the Earl of Shrewsbury], from Whitchurch, [co. Salop.], 13 April 1563, about estate management. 1p. Address: My Lord.

Folio 55

[George, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury], to Serjeant [Thomas] Walmesley and [Richard] Shuttylworth, engaging them to be present on behalf of the writer at the hearing of a case between the Crown, Lord Morley, and Mr. Harrington concerning the lands of Lord Monteagle by a special commission. This is followed by a list of instructions (f.55v), and by a pedigree of Harrington (f.56). [Lord Monteagle died 10 Nov. 1581, and his daughter and heir was the wife of Lord Morley. His grandfather, Edward, 1st Lord Monteagle, married Anne daughter of Sir John Harington, of Hornby Castle, Lancs.] 3pp. Endorsed. 'This letter went not.'

Folio 57

[George, 6th] Earl of Shrewsbury, to Thomas Bawdewyne, from Sheffield, 1 October no year, about some lease and agreement. 1p. Endorsed.

Folio 59

Thomas Genkyns to the Earl of Shrewsbury, at Coventry, from York, 25 December 1569, stating that the whole year's rent for the manor of Kimberworth, [co. York], amounting to £57 10 10, was due to the Crown. Owing to 'this troublesom tyme', the Queen's auditor did not attend at Doncaster, but the writer intends to be there in January to receive the revenue. ½p. Seal. Endorsed.

Folio 61

The Earl of Shrewsbury to Thomas Bawdewyne, from Sheffield, 13 November 1578, on business affairs, the Langford lands, the Queen of Scots' diet money, the debts of Francis Talbot. 1p. Seal. Endorsed.

Folio 63

Richard Moreton to [the Earl of Shrewsbury], from his house called Haughton, 2 March 1563/4, about a payment to be made to the Earl. ½p.

Folio 65

Sir Andrew Corbett to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Whitchurch, [co. Salop.], 2 April 1563, relating to a lawsuit between Ralph Walche and Thomas Edge. Mentions the burning of a hedge and fixing of a threatening bill to Walche's house. 1p. Endorsed.

Folio 67

Robert Shakerley to [the Earl of Shrewsbury], from Sheffield, 9 February 1562/3, acknowledging the receipt of a packet of letters summoning various of the Earl's officers to Sheffield, where they were called on to pay 5s. 8d. or give a bill for such amounts as were within their office. Business concerning the estates of the Guilds of Sheffield. 3pp. Address: My Lorde.

Folio 69

Thomas Hartley to [the Earl of Shrewsbury], from Shifnal, [co. Salop.], 15 March 1562/3, about the payment of a debt of 100 marks by John Strynger and Homefrey Basset, apparently iron-smelters, and the supply of ironstone and coal to the furnaces. 2pp. Address: Or lord and master.

Folio 71

[George, 6th] Earl of Shrewsbury, to Thomas Bawdewyne, no date [but before 1578], referring apparently to the transaction mentioned at f.61, his own health and the medicine presented by Mr. Tylton [?]. 1p. Endorsed.

Folio 73

Robert Swyfte, [C.f. Calendar of Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic, 1542, no. 331, and Archaeologia, vol.xxxiii, 5-6.] the younger, to [the Earl of Shrewsbury], from London, Ascension Day [1542], describing how the dowager Countess of Northumberland [Sister of the Earl, and widow of Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland.] presented a petition for maintenance from her husband's estate to the King at Greenwich. Refers to a dispute with Mrs. Wortley and to lands of Lord Braye. [Lord Braye married Anne, daughter of Francis, Earl of Shrewsbury.] 2pp. Address: My Lorde.

Folio 75

Robert Penson, skinner, to [George, 4th] Earl of Shrewsbury, no date, relating to the barter of six timber of sables in return for lead worth £100, and to the payment of £40 to [Thomas Jane], Bishop of Norwich, and £30 to Tempull, the Earl's servant. 1p. Endorsed '1499'.

Folio 76

The Archbishop of York to the same, from York, 5 May no year, asking for assistance in obtaining the necessary number of freeholders for an assize of land between his nephew Sir John Savage and Thomas Cotton on the one part and Thomas Venables on the other. 1p. Seal. Endorsed.

Folio 77

Thomas Jakes to the same, from London, 3 November [1501], describing an interview with Mr. Haye [? of the Exchequer], who promised that the Sheriffs of Nottingham and Derby should not be appointed without the Earl's approval. List of candidates for the same office in cos. Staff., Salop. and Leic. Appointment of [Thomas] Woode [Wood was appointed Chief Justice of Common Pleas on 28 October 1501 and was knighted on 14 November following.] as Chief Justice of Common Pleas, and other legal news. 1p. Endorsed.

Folio 78

Sir Walter Herbert to [the same], from Raglan, [co. Mon.], 22 July [1511], on behalf of a young kinsman named Robert ap Hoell, who had been summoned before the Earl, and was apparently the defendant in a lawsuit brought by one of the Earl's servants. [Calendar of Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic, 1538, vol.xiii, pt.i, no. 1471(5).] 1p. Address: My lorde Steward.

Folio 79

John Gosnold and Thomas Alen, priest, to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from London, 20 August 1547, claiming payment of a year's rent of One Ash Grange [ Monyash co. Derby] due to Deonyce Beresford, now beyond seas, for whom they are attornies. 1p. Endorsed.

Folio 80

C[ ], gent., to [ ] Tempyll, servant to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Westminster, 24 November [1517], mentioning the King's plans for spending Christmas at Woodstock, [co. Oxon.] or Abingdon, [co. Berk.] owing to the plague in London, and the general pardon issued that year by the Pope. 1p. Endorsed.

Folio 81

Robert Swyfte, the younger, to [the Earl of Shrewsbury], from London, 4 July [1531], stating that he had received the Earl's letters; paid £100 to the Master of the Savoy; given the images sent by the Earl into the keeping of Roland Shakerley and his wife; arranged for Shakerley to have ready the goods asked for in six days time, and for the daughter-in-law of Lady Greye to travel with Shakerley. Mentions the Earl's Privy Seals, and arrangements with Garter King-of-Arms for escutcheons for the roof of the Earl's chapel. [Calendar of Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic, 1538, vol.xiii, pt.i, no.1471(2).] 1p. Address: My Lorde.

Folio 82

Edmond Norton to William Talbout, household steward, or Mr. Bradshawye, clerk of the kitchen to [George, 4th] Earl of Shrewsbury, at Hardwick, [co. Derby], no date, stating that he had reported the Earl's wishes to the Lord President of the Council [of the North], and that the President had asked whether the Earl was Steward of Doncaster, and wished him to attend the Council. [Calendar of Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic, 1538, vol.xiii, pt.i, no.1471(6). Here stated to be addressed to the 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, but the true date would appear to be after the Earl's marriage in 1568.] 2 1p. Endorsed.

Folio 83

John Popeley to his cousin Shereley, then dwelling with [George, 4th] Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Steward of the Household, from Worksop, [co. Nott.], no date, stating that the priest of the Earl's chantry at Tiln, [co. Nott.], was dead, and that the writer had seized his goods. Asks for the payment of silver due to him, and mentions the Earl's tenants at Clarborough and Hayton, [co. Nott.] [Calendar of Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic, 1538, vol.xiii, pt.i, no.1471(3).] 1p. Endorsed.

Folio 84

Robert Swyfte to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from London, 25 [June c.1538-45][Calendar of Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic, 1538, vol.xiii, pt.i, no. 1471(1).], relating to the Earl's Privy Seals delivered to Mr. [Thomas] Wrothesleye[Subsequently Earl of Southampton and Lord Chancellor.] at Hampton Court; to a gentlewoman of the late Lady Mautravers,.[Catharine Grey, wife of Henry Fitz Alan, Lord Mautravers, later Earl of Arundel, died 1 May 1532.] whom Roland Shakerley and his wife were seeking to obtain for the Earl's household; to apparel left to Mistress Grace[Grace, daughter of Robert Shakerley, of Little Longstone, Derbyshire, married Francis Carless and subsequently Francis, Earl of Shrewsbury, before August 1553.] by her brother Hugh Shakerley. Asks for particulars of the clothes wanted by the Earl and Mistress Grace; the Master of the Savoy hoped to have heard from him before Midsummer. He has paid the Earl's money to Sir Brian Tuke. [Died 26 August 1545.] 1p. Seal. Endorsed.

Folio 85

Thomas Magnus, [Canon of Windsor, 1520-47] priest, to the same, from Benningbrough Grange in the Forest of Galtres, [co. York], 29 September [1535], agreeing to the Earl's request for the use of his house at Windsor, where Parliament has been adjourned. [Calendar of Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic, 1535, vol.ix, no. 475.] 1p. Seal. Endorsed.

Folio 86

The Privy Council to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Westminster, 31 October 1544, stating that the King sends £5000 by the bearer. [Calendar of Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic, 1544, vol.xix, pt.ii, no.510.] ½p. Address: Lieutenant General in the North.

Folio 87

The Archbishop of York to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from York, 31 May 1548, relating to Commissioners for musters in co. York, and enclosing a schedule of those summoned to send their 'demy lances' to Pontefract, [co. York] to muster before the Earl on 4 June. There will be over 300 light horsemen in co. York when occasion arises apart from the 100 sent with Francis Aslabye. 1p. Address: Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire.

Enclosing,

Folio 88

Schedule of demi lances appointed to be at Pontefract, 4 June 1548. 1p.

Folio 89

Lord Dacre [of Gilsland] to the same, from Kirkoswald, [co. Cumb.], 5 June no year, announcing the birth of a daughter and the illness of his wife, [Elizabeth, daughter of George, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury.] and asking that the Countess of Northumberland [Mary, daughter of the same.] might come to her. [Calendar of Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic, 1538, vol.xiii, pt.i, no.1471 (4).] ½p. Endorsed.

Folio 90

Robert Stryng[er], servant to Sir John Talbot, deceased, to Master William Talbot [household steward to the Earl of Shrewsbury], from Upton-Warren, [co. Worc.], 20 August [1555], about Sir John's affairs, the portion of his daughter, the interest of Secretary Petre in the matter and the action of the widow and her friends. 1p. Endorsed. Signature torn.

Folio 91

Certificate of Thomas Sclyngesby, deputy to the Earl of Cumberland at Knaresborough Castle, [co. York], to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord President of the Council of the North, and to the Council, from Knaresborough, [c.1550], about two Frenchmen taken prisoner by Lord Gray [of Wilton] at Yester Castle, Scotland, who had been at Knaresborough nearly two years at the writer's expense. 1p. Endorsed.

Folio 92

Lord Dacre [of Gilsland] to the same, from Kirkoswald, [co Cumb.], 17 January 1550/1, seeking a meeting at Worksop, [co. Nott.], on his way to London to obtain the Earl's advice on the negotiations for the marriage of his daughter to the Earl of Cumberland. [Anne Dacre married the Earl of Cumberland in 1552 or 1553. C.f. Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History, 1791, 2nd edition, 1838, unpublished papers, 151 (157).] 1p.

Folio 93

The Earl of Rutland to the Countess of Shrewsbury, from Belvoir, [co. Leic.], 25 November 1552, acknowledging the gift of a hawking glove 'from so straunge a contrey,' and sending her for Christmas attire 'whiche the ladies do use about Flambrough.' 1p. Endorsed.

Folio 94

Receipt of Robert Wilsonne of Wales, co. York, servant to Sir William Hewett, of London, draper and alderman, for £103 2 4 paid by the Earl of Shrewsbury in settlement of all debts, 12 October 1554. 1p. Seal.

Folio 95

Lord Darcy to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Aston, [co. York], 17 April 1550, reporting that the inhabitants of Wales, [co. York], are grievously menaced by one John Dyckones who refuses to submit to a warrant issued to the constable of Wales by Darcy, who asks for the Earl's assistance. 1p. Address: Lord President of the Council of the North.

Folio 96

The Earl of Westmorland to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Raby Castle, [co. Durham], 27 December 1553, stating that he will come to York to take the oath on his appointment to the Queen's Council [of the North]. 1p. Endorsed.

Folio 97

[The Council of the North] to Lord Wharton, from York, 11 March 1555/6, asking him to assist the bearer, George Moreton, to the settlement of accounts between him and the executors of George Hakins of Carlisle, deceased. 1p. Copy. Endorsed.

Folio 98

John Thorneton, Mayor, and the Aldermen of Kingston-upon-Hull, [co. York], to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Kingston-upon-Hull, 5 October 1553, stating that eight French men-of-war had been driven up the Humber by storms to Grimsby, [co. Linc.], with Flemish fishing boats taken as prizes. They ask if it is lawful to buy these. 1p. Endorsed.

Folio 99

Certificate of musters and horsemen, possibly in the East Riding of Yorkshire, September [1557]. 1p.

Folio 100

[The Earl of Shrewsbury] to the Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor, from York, May 1557, stating that John Skyffe, deceased, had a lease of 14 acres of land near Bishopthorpe, [co. York], from the Archbishop's predecessor [Edward] Lee, and that it is now in the hands of his heirs. Asks that a new lease be granted to Skyffe's successor in office. 1p. Copy. Endorsed.

Folio 101

[The Earl of Shrewsbury] to the Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor, from York, [May 1557], agreeing to the hearing in Chancery of a suit between Thomas Bothe, plaintiff, and William Foster and others, defendants, all the parties being copyhold tenants to the writer. 1p. Copy. Endorsed.

Folio 102

[The Earl of Shrewsbury] to [the Queen], from Sheffield, 25 June 1557, acknowledging her letter of the 15th, and stating that he cannot send the daughter of Lord Latimer to her mother as the Queen desired, [Calendar of State Papers Domestic, 1547-1580, 92.] as the child is sickly and the weather hot. He will bring her to London later in the year. 1p. Copy. Endorsed.

Folio 103

[The Earl of Shrewsbury] to the Earl of Northumberland, [10 September 1558], stating that he would be willing to send Lord Latimer's daughter to the Countess of Northumberland, [Lady Latimer and the Countess of Northumberland were sisters, daughters of Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester. Catherine Latimer married Henry Percy, brother and heir of Northumberland.] but that the Queen had written for her to be sent to her mother in London, and therefore Northumberland must act speedily if he wishes her to be sent to him. 1p. Copy. Endorsed.

Folio 104

Certificate of Sir William Gascoygne, the elder, to the Lord President [the Earl of Shrewsbury] and the Council of the North, [1552], about James Baylie, son and heir of Saunders Bayles, aged 10 or 12 years, one of the Scottish hostages held in pledge for his father for some two years. 1p. Seal. Endorsed.

Folio 105

[The Earl of Shrewsbury] to [the Mayor of Kingston-upon-Hull, co. York], from York, 13 September 1557, concerning ships sent from Hull to Newcastle on the Queen's service. 1p. Copy. Endorsed.

Folio 106

List of nine gentlemen, nine servingmen, three marines, five Scots and one Frenchmen, with a note in another hand that Stafford and four others had been sent to London, two men had been killed and two drowned, no date [Edward Stafford appeared before the Privy Council on 3 May 1557. [Acts of the Privy Council, 1556-1558, 83].] 1p. Endorsed. 'Letters and Copies of Letters concerninge the late trayterouse attempte at Skarborough.'

Folio 107

Thomas Fairfax to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Kinnersley, 19 August [1563-4], making his submission in matters between them. ½p. Endorsed.

Folio 108

Letter, [before 29 April 1559], stating that Mrs. [Isabell] Fitzwilliam, widow, had been accused to the Privy Council of speaking slanderous words against the Queen. Asks that the punishment appointed be suspended or that the matter be referred to the Earl of Shrewsbury and the Council of the North. [Acts of the Privy Council, 1558-1570, 95.] 1p. Copy. Endorsed.

Folio 109

Examination by Francis Frobyser of witnesses against Isabell Fythwilliam [Fitzwilliam] of Bentley, [co. York], 17 March 1558/9. 2pp. Copy.

Folio 110

Grant to John, 3rd. Earl of Shrewsbury, 11 September 1471. [Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1467-1477, 294.] 1p. Copy. Endorsed.

Folio 112

To [the Privy Council, 28 June 1557], relating to the death of John Burton and the imprisonment of the servants of Sir Robert Stapleton in connection therewith. [Acts of the Privy Council, 1556-1558, 101] 1p. Copy. Endorsed.

Folio 113

Thomas Karlell to [the Earl of Shrewsbury, February 1544/5], describing his visit at the order of the Warden of the East March [William, Baron Eure.] to the Warden of the Middle March [Sir Ralph Eure.] at Norham, [co. Northumb.], where Sir George Douglas had arrived to negotiate the return of prisoners taken at Solway Moss. Has learnt that the Scots will protract negotiations until sure whether the French king will send help. Mentions reported discharge of 100 English captains, and hopes for further employment. His prisoner John Foster was taken at the same time as Sir George Bowes was taken. Report of a raid on Crenshawe Castle in Lammermuir. [Calendar of Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic, 1545, vol.xx, pt.i, no.174(2).] 2pp. Copy. Torn.

Folio 114

Thomas Gower to the same, from Berwick, 11 February [1544/5], seeking consent to his appointment as captain of a border garrison in the event of Sir Robert Constable declining it, and asking for the Earl's commission to enlist men throughout the Lordship of Sheriff Hutton, [co. York] [Calendar of Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic, 1545, vol.xx, pt.i, no.176.] 1p.

Folio 115

[Francis, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury], to Mr. Byron, no date about complaints of the delay of justice by the Earl's servants in the High Peak, [co. Derby]. 2pp. Copy. Endorsed, 'The copy to Sir John Byron.'[Sheriff of Nottingham and Derby, 1542 and 1551.]

Folio 117

Alexander Hatfeld to [the Earl of Shrewsbury], from Darlington [Dernton, co. Durham], 4 June [1545], relating to the Earl's stores, some of which had been taken over by the Earl of Hertford, who is at Newcastle, and inquiring if the remainder should be sent to Sheffield. [Calendar of Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic, 1545, vol.xx, pt.i, no.868.] 2pp. Address: My lord.

Folio 119v

Grant to Sir George Talbot, later Earl of Shrewsbury, of the office of Justice in Eyre of the Forests beyond Trent, 14 December 1555. 2pp. Copy. Endorsed.

Folio 121

Lord Wharton, [Warden of the West Marches], to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Healaugh, [co. York], 10 March 1549/50, apologising for not visiting him owing to an injury to his leg, and asking for the return of his falcon, which Sir Ingram Clifford had in his keeping. 1p. Address: Lord President of the Council of the North. Endorsed.

Folio 123

Sir Thomas Gargrave to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from York, 18 March 1569/70, relating to the assizes to be held for the trial of the rebels, with other news. 1p. Endorsed.

Folio 125

Henry Hethcote to [the Earl of Shrewsbury], from London, 1 April 1574, announcing that the Earl's ship, the Talbotte, is ready to sail, and giving information of the sale of lead and the shipment of wine. 1½pp. Address: My Lorde. Seal. Endorsed.

Folio 127

The Earl of Shrewsbury to Thomas Bawdewine, at Shrewsbury House, London, from Sheffield, 20 October 1580, about various matters of business. 2pp. Seal. Endorsed.

Folio 129

Thomas Reresbye to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Thrybergh, [co. York], 23 October 1594, stating that he will endeavour to send his rough copies of examinations [? of witnesses], of which the fair copies have been lost. ½p. Seal. Endorsed.

Folio 131

Raufe Sacheurell to his cousin John Harper, at London, from Stanton, [ ], 19 January 1597/8, desiring him to bring to the Earl's notice matters relating to the estates of [ ] Gell, deceased, and to the wardship of his sons. 1¼pp. Endorsed. Torn.

Folio 133

Robert Lyster to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from the Exchequer, 2 December [1538], relating to payments demanded from the manor of Harthill, [co. York]. [Calendar of Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic, 1538, vol.xiii, pt.ii, no.976.] 1p. Endorsed.

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B.5 f. 35

B.7 f. 37

B.9 f. 39

B.11 f. 41

B.13 f. 43

B.15 f. 45

B.17 f. 47

B.19 f. 49

B.21 f. 51

B.23 f. 53

B.25 f. 55

B.25 (sic) f. 57

B.27 f. 61

B.29 f. 59

B.31 f. 63

B.33 f. 65

B.35 f. 67

B.23 f. 61

B.27 f. 63

B.29 f. 64

B.31 f. 65

B.33 f. 66

B.35 f. 67

B.37 f. 68

B.39 f. 69

B.43 f. 70

B.45 f. 71

f. 72

B.49 f. 73

B.51 f. 74

B.53 f. 75

B.63 f. 80

B.65 f. 81

B.67 f. 82

B.71 f. 84

B.73 f. 85

B.75 f. 86

B.77 f. 87

B.79 f. 83

B.81 f. 89

B.83 f. 90

B.85 f. 91

B.87 f. 92

B.89 f. 93

B.93 f. 95

B.95 f. 96

B.97 f. 97

B.99 f. 98

B.101 f. 99

B.109 f. 103

B.111 f. 104

B.113 f. 105

B.115 f. 106

B.117 f. 107

B.119 f. 108

B.121 f. 109

B.123 f. 110

B.125 f. 111

B.127 f. 112

B.129 f. 113

B.131 f. 114

C.1 f. 115

C.3 f. 116

C.5 f. 117

C.7 f. 118

C.11 f. 120

C.13 f. 121

C.17 ff. 123-6

C.19 ff. 123-6

C.21 ff. 123-6

C.23 ff. 123-6

C.27 f. 128

C.31 f. 130

B.37 f. 69

B.39 f. 71

B.41 f. 73

C.1 f. 75

C.3 f. 76

C.5 f. 77

C.7 f. 78

C.9 f. 79

C.11 f. 80

C.11 (sic) f. 81

C.13 f. 82

C.15 f. 83

C.15 (sic) f. 84

C.17 f. 85

C.19 f. 86

C.21 f. 87

C.25 f. 89

C.27 f. 90

C.29 f. 91

C.31 f. 92

C.33 f. 93

C.35 f. 94

C.37 f. 95

C.39 f. 96

C.41 f. 97

C.43 f. 98

C.45 f. 99

C.47 f. 100

C.49 f. 101

C.51 f. 102

C.53 f. 103

C.55 f. 104

C.57 f. 105

C.59 f. 106

C.61 f. 107

C.63 f. 108

C.65 f. 109

C.67 f. 110

C.69 f. 112

D.1 f. 113

D.3 f. 114

D.5 f. 115

D.7 f. 117

D.9 f. 119v

D.11 f. 121

D.13 f. 123

D.15 f. 125

D.17 f. 127

D.19 f. 129

D.21 f. 131

D.23 f. 133