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CLXXXIX. Minute of a Letter from Queen Elizabeth to

the Queen of Scots, Feb. 1st. 1571.........

Henry Middelmore to Lord Burghley, report-

ing a Conversation he had had with the Lord

Admiral of France, concerning Flanders, the

proposed match with the Duke d'Anjou, &c.

Sir Thomas Smith to Lord Burghley. Lord

Lincoln's arrival and reception at Paris ;

their joint proceedings..

Edwin Sandys bishop of London to Lord

Burghley, upon the News of the Massacre

of St. Bartholomew. Recommends measures

for safety, with the BEHEADING of the Queen

of Scots.....

The Earl of Sussex to the Lord Treasurer, upon

the Queen's wish to sign a Commission to

execute by martial Law.....

William Fletewood, Recorder of London, to

Lørd Burleigh, on the manner of tanning

Leather in the reign of Queen Elizabeth in

different parts of England...

Walter Earl of Essex to the Lord Treasurer,

offering his eldest son to be married to his

Lordship's daughter...

cxcvi. Edmund Bishop of Peterborough to Lord

Burghley ; upon the state of his Diocese,

and the unruliness of the Puritans in it....

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Lionel Duckett Lord Mayor of London, to

Lord Burghley, upon the reformation of ex-

cessive feasting in the Halls of the City Com-

panies and in Taverns...

37

cxcviii. Sir Thomas Smith to Lord Burghley. The

Queen anxious on the Affairs of Ireland.

The business of Ulster...

39

Sir Thomas Smith to Lord Burghley. Queen

Elizabeth has a convenient Cold......... 40

Richard Prise of Brecknock to Lord Burghley,

upon the abuse of the Cymmortha and the

general state of Wales......

41

John Langley Lord Mayor of London to Lord

Burghley, claiming the accustomed War-

rants for Venison....

51

Serjeant Fletewood, Recorder of London, to

Lord Treasurer Burleigh, upon the Black As,

size at Oxford ; various City Intelligence, &c. 53

Elizabeth Countess of Lenox to Lord Burgh-

ley, thanking him for using his interest with

the Scottish Ambassador that the Earldom

of Lenox might devolve upon her daughter

Arabella, A. D. 1578.......

57

The Earl of Shrewsbury to Lord Burghley and

Lord Leicester, announcing the death of Eli-

zabeth Countess of Lenox.....

59

The Countess of Shrewsbury to Lord Burghley,

that the Lady Arabella may have the lands

which were assigned to the late Countess of

Lenox her mother. A. D. 1581-2........ 62

The Countess of Shrewsbury to Lord Burghley:

again respecting the assignment of an Income

to the Lady Arabella. A. D. 1582...

64

The Duc d'Anjou to the Earl of Sussex, ex-

pressing his attachment to the Queen.... 67

CCVIII. The young Earl of Essex to Lord Burghley;

his first Letter from Trinity College Cam-

bridge...on

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R. Wrighte, tutor to the Earl of Essex at

Trinity College Cambridge, to Mr. Richard

Broughton, for clothes and plate for the Earl 75

Robert Earl of Essex to Lord Burghley in an-

swer to his Letter which had recommended

to him what was true Nobility......

77

The Earl of Essex, from Cambridge, to Lord

Burghley; pleased with his return to the

University from Keiston in Huntingdonshire,

where he had retired for a time from the

Plague.....

78

The Earl of Essex, from Cambridge, to Lord

Burghley, to pay an annuity to a poor man a

friend of his father.....

79

CCXIII. The Earl of Essex to Lord Burghley upon his

Lordship's charging him with want of frugality 80

The Earl of Essex to Lord Burghley, that he

yields to sell Keyston to pay his debts...... 81

The Lords of the Council to the Bishops, re-

commending a Collection to be made among

the Clergy for the Town of Geneva.

83

The Recorder of London to Lord Burghley,

upon his Searches for Seminary Priests....

Father Sanders the Jesuit, to the Catholick

Nobility and Gentry of Ireland, to stir them

to Rebellion ...

92

ccxvii. Lord Burghley to Sir George Carey and Mr.

Bowes at Berwick. Impatient at not hear-

ing of the Scots affairs.....

97

Lord Burghley to Sir George Carey, upon the

forbearance of James the Sixth toward the

Duke of Lenox.....

100

Sir Robert Carey to his father Lord Hunsdon,

that the Queen is impatient for his Lordship

to go to his Government of Berwick.

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Lord Hunsdon to Lord Burghley. His grief

for her Majesty's speeches to his son: and

his desire to resign his office...

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The Mayor and Aldermen of Exeter to Lord

Burghley, to know the truth of the Hue and

Cry that the Queen of Scots had fled...... 106

CCXXIII. The Mayor and Aldermen of Exeter to the

Lords of the Council to know if London had

been set on fire.....

109

ccxxiv. The Lords of the Council to the Earl of Shrews-

bury Earl Marshal of England, directing the

execution of the Q. of Scots...

111

CCXXV, Robert Carvyle of Berwick to Secretary Wal-

singham, after the death of the Scottish

Queen

118

ccxxvi. Thomas Randolph to Secretary Walsingham.

The King of Scots indisposed; he depends

upon the Queen : wishes for some persons of

her Majesty's hunting establishment to be

sent to him.....

120

ccxxvii. Walter Stokes at Rouen to Dr. Elye, on the

state of Affairs in England after the Execu-

tion of the Queen of Scots..

125

ccxxvIII. The. Warden and Fellows of All Souls Col-

lege Oxford to Lord Burghley, that they

cannot let their woods as the Queen would

wish to Lady Stafford.....

128

CCXXIX. The Warden and Fellows of All Souls College

Oxford to Lord Burghley, intreating him to

pacify the Queen's displeasure..

132

B. C. an English Spy to his Government, upon

the preparation of the Spanish Armada.... 134

The Queen to the Marquis of Winchester and

the Earl of Sussex, Lieutenants of the County

of Southampton, TO PREPARE AGAINST IN-

137

ccxxxI. Sir Edward Radclyffe to the Earl of Sussex.

The Queen's Visit to the Camp at Tilbury.. 141

ccxxxii. Daniel Rogers to Lord Burghley, upon the state

of Denmark. A. D. 1588....

143

ccxxxiv. George Longe to Lord Burghley, Desires a

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Patent for Glass-making. He states how

that Art came first to England...

157

ccxxxv. Dr. Whitaker to Lord Burghley, upon a false

report that he had forbidden an Oration to be

made in his College upon the Queen's Day.. 160

ccxxxvi. King James the Sixth of Scotland to Queen

Elizabeth. The failure of the conspiracy at

Falkland

162

ccxxxvii. The Earl of Essex to Lord Burghley, in favour

of the Lady Walsingham..

164

ccxxxviii. The Countess of Shrewsbury to Lord Burgh-

ley, representing her care of the Lady Arabella 165

ccxxxix. Anthony Hall the elder, to Lord Burghley, that

his son Anthony might be made a Pursuivant.

Reminds Lord Burghley of secret services.. 168

The Lords of the Council to the Lords Lieu.

tenants of Sussex, to inquire what sons or

kinsmen of Gentlemen in that County were

beyond the Seas obtaining Education.... 171

Sir Henry Cocke to Lord Burghley, from Hert-

fordshire; upon the mode of furnishing the

Trained Bands of that County with Arms.. 175

Lord Essex to Lord Burghley upon the taking

of Cadiz..

178

CCXLIII. Camden the Historian to Sir Robert Cotton.

The Queen seriously ill. A. D. 1596...... 179

ccxliv. Sir Robert Wrothe to Mr. Michael Hickes.

Intelligence concerning robbers who fre-

quented Layton Heath in Essex.... 180

Mr. Francis Bacon to Mr. Hickes, apparently

at the time of Queen Elizabeth's last Illness 188

ccxLvI. Thomas Wilson, to Sir Thomas Parry at Paris.

The State of England immediately after King

James's Accession....

201

CCXLVII. Sir Robert Cecil to Sir Thomas Parry. An

Omission in a Letter from James the First to

Henry the Fourth of France....

203

ccxlviii. Sir Robert Cecil to Sir Thomas Parry. The

Treaty with Spain. A portion of a Letter.. 205

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