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ILLUSTRATIVE OF
ENGLISH HISTORY;
INCLUDING
NUMEROUS ROYAL LETTERS:
FROM AUTOGRAPHS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM,
AND
ONE OR TWO OTHER COLLECTIONS.
WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS
BY
HENRY ELLIS, F. R. S. SEC. S. A.
KEEPER OF THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
SECOND SERIES.
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR
HARDING AND LEPARD, PALL-MALL EAST.
MDCCCXXVII.
579.
LETTER
CONTENTS.
PAGE
XCVI.
XCVII.
XCVIII.
XCIX.
CI
.....
Richard Fox Bishop of Winchester to Cardinal
Wolsey, in answer to some Inquiries concern-
ing Calais and its fortifications.....
Anne Boleyn to her father Sir Thomas Boleyn,
upon her coming to Court
The Vice President and Fellows of Magdalen
College to Cardinal Wolsey, upon his re-
quest to dig stone from their quarries in
the neighbourhood of Oxford for his New
College
Cardinal Wolsey to King Henry the Eighth,
chiefly upon the discontent expressed at the
manner of suppressing the small Monasteries
with which his College at Oxford was to be
endowed
1
10
13
17
26
c. Henry Stafford to King Henry the Eighth,
praying to be restored as son and heir of
Edward Duke of Buckingham. A. D. 1529. 22
Cardinal Wolsey to Thomas Cromwell, en-
treating him to come to him, and to enquire
if the Lady Anne's displeasure is assuaged..
Cardinal Wolsey to Thomas Cromwell, con-
cerning his House, belonging to the See of
York, at Battersea, in Surrey
Cardinal Wolsey to King Henry the VIIIth.
recommending to the King his College at
Oxford
CII.
CIII.
......
29
32
CIV. Wolsey to Cromwell. Thanks for assistance;
cví.
35
cv. John Briertonne to Mr. Tho. Wriothesley
Clerk of the King's Council, reporting the
Journey of his Master an English Ambassa-
dor, through France, with remarks upon the
rigidness of search which was exercised in the
time of Charles Vth. the Emperor, in Spain 38
Eleanor Countess of Rutland to the Lady Lisle ;
a Letter of thanks and kindness
John Coke to Master Thomas Cromwell, re-
porting a satyrical exhibition at Barrow re-
flecting on King Henry and Queen Anne
Mathew Kyng to Thomas Cromwell, upon the
raising of the Siege of Coron by Andrew
Doria.....
CVII.
CVIII.
CIX.
CX.
CXI.
CXII.
Lord James Butler to Mr. Rob. Cowley in Lon-
don, censuring the conduct of the Earl of
Kildare, then Lord Deputy, and others, in
Ireland
....
More and
John Mason at Valladolid, to Thomas Starkey
at Padua, A D. 1535. Observations made
in Spain. News from England
Fisher committed to the Tower. Execution
of the Holy Maid of Kent, &c.......
Richard Layton to Lord Cromwell, from him-
self and his associates, upon his Visitation of
the University of Oxford. A. D. 1535.............
William Pepwell to King Henry the Eighth.
Intelligence concerning the Emperor, Bar-
barossa, &c.
41
42
45
48
54
60
CXIII. Archbishop Cranmer to King Henry the VIIIth.
chiefly concerning Reginald Pole, who after-
wards succeeded him in the Archbishoprick
of Canterbury....
CXIV.
65
Henry Montague to Secretary Cromwell de-
siring his protection, upon the Death of his
father-in-law Lord Bergavenny Erridge.... 69
CXV. Edmund Harvel from Venice, to Dr. Starkey.
News respecting the Emperor and affairs in
Italy.................
CXVI.
CXVII.
CXVIII.
CXIX.
CXX.
CXXI.
CXXII.
Edmund Harvel to Mr. Thomas Starkey. The
opinion expressed at Venice upon Henry the
VIIIth's cruelty to the Monks. Barbarossa
settled in Tunis ...
70
73
Edmund Harvel to Mr. Thomas Starkey, from
Venice 5 Feb 1535-6. A Portion of a Letter 76
Edmund Harvel from Venice, to Dr. Starkey:
after the arrival of the News of Queen Anne
Boleyn's execution.....
Lady Brian, Governess of the Lady Elizabeth,
to Lord Cromwell, from Hunsdon, for In-
structions concerning her, after the death of
Q. Anne her mother
Mary, widow of Henry Duke of Richmond, to
the Duke of Norfolk her father, respecting
her suit to the King for her maintenance ...
King Henry VIIIth. to
to examine
into certain matters relating to Gardiner
bishop of Winchester, and Morris his receiver.
A. D. 1536
77
78
89
85
William Earl of Southampton to Lord Crom-
well concerning Blockhouses to be made at
Calshot Point and Cowes
CXXIII. King Henry the Eighth to the Lady Anne
Savon, widow...
CXXIV.
CXXV.
CXXVI.
King Henry the Eighth to the Mayor and
Aldermen of London, respecting the Office
of Metership of Linen Cloth and Canvas in
London..
Thomas Cumptun to Lord Cromwell, upon the
dismissal of the Franciscan Monks of Guern-
sey, who had refused to take the oaths re-
quired by the King. A. D. 1537
Robert Cowley, one of the Council in Ireland,
to the Duke of Norfolk, a Discussion on the
Finances of Ireland..