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HOWARD, THOMAS.
TEXT:  LETTER(S).
ORIGINAL LETTERS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF ENGLISH
HISTORY; INCLUDING NUMEROUS ROYAL LETTERS.
THIRD SERIES, VOL. I.
ED. H. ELLIS.
LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, 1846. 
PP. 85.22 - 87.26 (31) (THOWARD)

TUNSTALL, CUTHBERT.
TEXT:  LETTER(S).
Idem.
PP. 134.1 - 138.24 (51) (TUNSTALL)

TEXT:  A LETTER BY THE LORDS OF THE COUNCIL.
Idem.
PP. 123.32 - 125.28 (145) (LORDS)

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WOLSEY, THOMAS.
TEXT:  LETTER(S).
ORIGINAL LETTERS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF ENGLISH
HISTORY; INCLUDING NUMEROUS ROYAL LETTERS.
SECOND SERIES, VOL. II.
ED. H. ELLIS.
LONDON: HARDING AND LEPARD, 1827. 
PP. 17.1 - 21.29 (99) (WOLSEY)

SAMPLE 3:

HENRY VIII.
TEXT:  LETTER(S).
ORIGINAL LETTERS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF ENGLISH
HISTORY; INCLUDING NUMEROUS ROYAL LETTERS.
THIRD SERIES, VOL. I.
ED. H. ELLIS.
LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, 1846. 
PP. 236.1 - 240.8 (83-84) (HENRY)

BEDYLL, THOMAS.
TEXT:  LETTER(S).
Idem.
PP. 76.1 - 78.22 (128) (BEDYLL)

CROMWELL, THOMAS.
TEXT:  LETTER(S).
Idem.
PP. 100.15 - 103.16 (137) (CROMWELL)

MORE, THOMAS.
TEXT:  LETTER(S).
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PP. 203.1 - 206.25 (72) (MOREWOL)
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<P I,85>
[} [\LETTER XXXI.\] }]

[} [\LORD SURREY'S SECOND LETTER OF CHALLENGE TO KING
JAMES THE FOURTH OF SCOTLAND.\] }]

<P I,86>
   Right highe and mightie Prince, so itt is that latelie
I sent unto you Rougecrosse pursevant at Armes
and by him advertised yo=r= Grace that I and other, my
Sovereigne Lord's subjects, were come to represse and
resist your Invasions of this the Kinges my Sovereigne
Lordes realme. And for that intent I offered to give
you battell on this half, Friday next coming, which my
message your Grace tooke pleasure to heare as I am
enformed. And by your herauld Isley ye made answere 
that you were right joyeous of my desire, and
would not faile to accomplishe the same and to abide
me there, where you were at the tyme of my message
so shewed unto your Grace. And albeit it hathe pleased
yow to change your said promise and put your self
into a ground more like a fortresse or Campe then
upon any indifferent ground for battel to be tryede,
wherefore considering the day apointed is so nighe
<P I,87>
approching I desire now of your Grace for the accomplishment
of your honorable promise yow will despose
your self for yo=r= parte, like as I shall doo for myne, to
be to morrowe with your host in your side of the plaine
of Milfeild, in likewise as I shall doo for myne, and
shalbe with the subjects of my sovereign Lord on my
side of the playne of the said feild to give yow battell
betwixt xij. of the clock and iij. in the afternoone, upon
sufficient warning by yow to be given by viij=th=. or ix of
the Clock in the Morning by the said Pursevant. And
like as I and other Noblemen my company binde us
by our writeing subscribed with our hands to keepe
the same tyme to the intent above said: ift may like
your Grace by your honorable Letters subscribed with 
your hand to bind yo=r= Grace for the accomplishment
of this desire, trusting that yow will depeach our said
Pursevant immediatly, for the long delay of so honorable
a Journey wee think should sound to your dishonor.
Written in the feild in Woller haughe the 7=th=.
day of September at five of the Clock in the afternoone

Thomas Surrey.
 
  Thomas Haward, Thom. Dacre, Clifford, Henerie
Scroope, Ralphe Scrope, Rich. Latimer, William Conyers,
J. Lomley, R. Ogle, W. Percye, E. Stanley, William Molynex,
Marmaduke Constable, W. Gascoigne, W. Griffith,
George Darcy, W. Bulmer, Thom. Strangwayes, &c.

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<P I,134>
[} [\LETTER LI.\] }]

[} [\D=R=. CUTHBERT TUNSTALL TO KING HENRY THE EIGHTH
CONCERNING MAXIMILIAN'S PROPOSAL TO RESIGN THE
EMPIRE TO HENRY. A.D. 1517.\] }]

   Plese it your Grace to undirstond that besids al
other maters contenyd in our Lettres jointly written
at thys tyme to your Grace, oon is in them untowchyd
by cause I wold not make my clerke privey to the secretie
theroff, which yff I shold not to longe have taried
the last curror save thys, I shold then have written.
But by cause then we wer sent for to come to th'emperor
commissionars, and our Lettres wer redy written
contenyng a longe discurse and declaration off many
mattres shewyd by the Cardinal Sedunensis which was
necessary your Grace shold know in al haste, we therfor
not knowinge how long th'emperors commissioners
shuld lete us, dispached that poste, reservyng thys to
<P I,135>
be written by my selff at laysor which then I had not.
The thinge is this. The said Cardinal Sedunens. in
makinge his long discurse hertofor by us written,
emongest other things shewyd me that oon off the secrete
mater stretyd betuyx th'emperor and your Grace
was that th'emperor entendeth to resigne the Empire
unto your Grace, and to obten your Election by hys
procurement and sollicitinge off the Electors therunto,
which th'emperor entendyd to do for the avancement of
your honor and the love which he berith you. Which
mater when I herd I lete as I nothynge had marked it,
and lete hym passe on in tellynge off his tale which
endyd in thys, that thys thynge shold be oon off the
secrete maters treatid by hym betwix th'Emperor and
your Grace. Sire besids that I am your Graces subject
and servant, and sworn off your counsel thoff
unworthi, your Grace hath also shewyd so largely your
bounteousnes and liberalite anenst me that I ougth mo
to desire the incresement and augmentation off your
Graces honor then any servaunt to your Grace belonginge.
Which I assure your Grace I doo tendre as
moch to my symple powar as any subjiet in your realme
or ellys it wer pitie I shuld lyve. And lykwyse yff
therbe any thynge soundinge to your Grace's damage
or hynderaunce iff I shold concele it; ther coud no pain
be to great for me. Wherfor I most humbly besech
your Grace to accepte graciously and favorably the
<P I,136>
thinge which now I write both for the ardent love
which I bere unto your Grace, and for the accomplishment
off my dutie. Surly yff it lyke your Grace I
thinke the said Election off your Grace to th'empire
cannot be brogth aboute by no means, for diverse                #
considerations.
Fyrste that lyke as in the Election off the
Pope a certain forme is to be kept which not observed
makith the Election to be voyd, so off auncient tyme
and ordinaunce off the universale churche a certain
forme must be observyd in chesinge off th'emperor,
which ometted, the Election is voyde. Oon of the
cheffe points in the Election off th'emperor is that he
which shal be electyd must be off Germanie subgiet to
[{the{] Empire; wheras your Grace is not, nor never
sithen the Cristen faith the Kings of Englond wer subgiet
to th'empire. But the Crown of Englond is an
Empire off hitselff mych bettyr then now the Empire
of Rome: for which cause your Grace werith a close
Crown. And therfor yff ye wer chosen, sens your
Grace is not off th'empire the Election wer voide. And
iff your Grace shuld accepte the said Election therby
ye must confesse your realme to be under subjection
off th'empire to the perpetual prejudice off your successor,
or ells the said Election wer voyde as made off
a person not eligible. Besids that the forme off the
Election contenyth that first he must be Kinge of Romains
and the coronation at Rome makith hym have
the name off the Emperor, wher befor he is callyd but
<P I,137>
Kinge off Romains. Over thys yff th'emperor which
nou is remain stil Kyng off Romains as I understond
he entendeth to doo, then yff your Grace wer eligible
and undir th'empire, yet ye coud not be chosen Emperor,
by cause ye were never Kinge of Romains. And 
also he remanyng ye could not be chosen Kynge off
Romains, bycause the Kingdome is not voyde, and
noon can be chosen therto but when it is voyd edyr by
dethe or ellys when the Kinge off Romains is crownyd
Emperor, wherby undir hym may be chosen a Kinge
off Romains. The said Empire also (as it is now establyshed)
may not have two Emperors at oon tyme,
but oon as cheff, and the odyr as here apparaunt,
which is callyd the Kinge off Romains, wher he must
begyn that wyl come to th'empire. For which considerations
I repute it impossible (the laws theron made
stondinge) that your Grace may be chosen. And I am
afferd lest the said offer beinge so speciouse at the first
heringe was oonly made to get therby sum money of
your Grace: Which they move to have kepte secret
lest the publyshynge off it shuld make their intent to be
knowen, and frustrate them off thir purpose befor they
coud acheve it. Surly yff it lyke your Grace my simple
advise is that your Grace interpretinge al to the
beste, and the said offer to be made rather off th'emperors
good mynd and grete benivolence then for odyr
purpose, yff the mater shal herafter be set forward or
<P I,138>
movyd to gyff most exquisite thanks to th'emperor for
his good mynd therin: which peraventure may procede
off good benivolence, and so to withdraw your fote bake
out off that mater, and to make good interpretation
opon so grete an offer, which shal be most honorable.
Thus in thys mater I have shewed my simple advise
and mynd; which, I thougth, my dutie savyd, I could
not kepe close from your Grace, wherin I trust such
as be lernyd in the law far bettyr then I wil afferme the
same if it lyke your Grace to make them privey to it.
And iff I doo erre, as I suppose I do not, I submitte
to reformation besechinge your Grace graciously to
accepte my trew mynde and rygth meanyng in thys
mater, which I have touchyd for my discharge lest heraffter
it mygth be imputyd to me not to have shewyd
it in tyme when it came first to my knowledge. In al
other maters at thys tyme we have written at large how
her we find not al persons inclyned at it was thougth
they shold be. And thus Almyghty Jhu~ preserve your
Grace to his plesur with encrese off mych honor. From
Machlyn the xij=th=. day of Februarie

By your most humble
subjecte and servaunt
Cuthbert Tunstal.

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<P I,123>
[} [\LETTER CXLV.\] }]

[} [\THE LORDS OF THE COUNCIL TO KING HENRY VIII=TH=.           #
RESPECTING
THE LORD LAWARRE, A.D. 1539.\] }]

<P I,124>
   Our most bounden dueties right humbly remembred
to your most excellent Maieste. Please your most noble
Grace to be advertised that We your most humble
subjects and obedient servaunts have this present daye
employed all our most diligence, industrie, and activite
to trye oute the veray botom and pith of suche things
as the Lorde Lawarre hath ben detected to have offended
your Majeste. But as yet we can fynde no sufficient 
grounde to committe hym to prison into your
Graces Towr. And for thies two or thre dayis th'affaires
(as your Maieste knoweth) be suche that we have
differred tyll the same be passed the further enserching,
with all meanes possible to trye the very effect of his
detection. In the meane tyme we have in your Maiesties
name commaunded hym to write all suche things as
he hath allredy confessed, and that can come to his
mynd. And further, that upon payne of his allegeaunce
he shal kepe his house, and commone with no
maner suspecte persone tyll we shall further declare
unto hym your graciouse pleasur. Beseching your most
noble and benigne Grace that, seen upon consyderacion
that we fynde as yet no sufficient mater agenst
hym, and that having respect aswell to your mercyfull
clemencye, as also to your Graces honor, that wold not
have hym upon a weak grounde (wherof he myght
clere hym self afterwarde) to be extremely handeled,
we have respyted his Emprisonement. It may please
<P I,125>
your Highnes not to be offended therewith, but to pardone
us as we trust your Highnes of your most gracious
disposition woll. Assuredly if we shuld have committed
hym to the Towr, howesoever the matier shuld
waye, it shuld so moch touch his honeste, and he by
the same shuld be put to such a rebuke, that he shuld
never be hable to recover it. Therefore agayn, most
humbly prostrate at your Maiesties fete, we beseche
the same to pardone us: not doubting but in the same
and all other your Highnes maters we shal not faile to
endevoyre our selfs according to our most bounden
dueties as shalbe, we hoope, to your Graces satisfaction
and contentement. Prayeng Allmyghty God to
maynteyne your Ma=ties=. prosperouse regne, honor, and
lif, to our fruition long to endure. Writen at your
Graces Cite of London, the first daye of Decembr the
xxx=th= yere of yo=r= most prosperouse and noble regne.
Your Maiesties most bounden feithfull
and humble subjects servaunts
and beadesmen

Thomas Audeley.
T. Norfolk.
Charlys Suffolk.
Thomas Crumwell.
Robt. Sussex.
E. Hertford.
W. Southampton
"To the Kings moost
Royall Maieste."

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<P II,17>
[} [\LETTER XCIX.\] }]

[} [\CARDINAL WOLSEY TO KING HENRY THE EIGHTH, CHIEFLY
UPON THE DISCONTENT EXPRESSED AT THE MANNER OF SUPRESSING
THE SMALL MONASTERIES WITH WHICH HIS
COLLEGE AT OXFORD WAS TO BE ENDOWED.\] }]

   To the King's Most noble Grace, Defensor of
the Faith.
   S=r=. After my most humble & lowly recommendations,
it may like your Highness to understand that
it hath been & is much to my rejoyce & comfort, to
perceive by the relation of S=r=. Tho. More how the discourses
& communications which I have had with the
<P II,18>
Chancellor of Alanson sent from my Lady the Fr.
King's mother for treaty of peace with your Highness,
have been to your contentation & pleasure; wherein S=r=.
as in all other your affairs, I have not, ne shall pretermit
any labor, diligence, study, or travail, which may
be to the conducing of the same to such end as shall be
to your Highness honor, exaltation, & benefit. And
where it hath pleased your Highness of your excellent
goodness & gracious favour, to advertise me by the said
S=r=. Tho. More of such reports as have ben made unto
your Highness, consisting in two things, the one concerning
the office of Clerk of the Market within the
liberties of the Monastery of St. Albans, & the other
my officers in the Suppression of certain exile & small
Monasteries, wherein neither God is served, ne religion
kept, which, with your gracious ayde & assistance,
converting the same to a far better use, I purpose to
annex unto your intended College of Oxford, for the
encrease of good Letters & virtue. I most humbly
thank your Highness for that it hath pleased the
same, so like a good & gracious Master, to give unto
me knowledge & admonition therof, ascertaining your
Grace, that as to the office of Clerk of the Market
within the liberties of the said Monastery, I never was
minded either to extend or to diminish, but in such
manner to use the same as I found the said Monastery
possessed aforetime; for at your last being there, the
<P II,19>
Graunts made by your noble Progenitors, confirmed
also by the late King of famous memory, your noble
father, whose soule Jesus pardon, & also by your
Highness, were show'd unto your Councell, whereby
they evidently perceived, that neither the Marshall of
England, ne the Steward of your most hon=ble=. Household,
ne also the office of Clerk of the Markets, shall be
exercised with the said liberties, by other then the officers
of the said Monastery, as by the Graunts & Confirmations,
ready at your good pleasure to be eftsone showed,
doth right largely appear. Nevertheless, whereas the
inquest & officers there, have not justly, discreetly, &
indifferently assessed & taxed the prices of the Market,
as to right, equity, & the good commodity of your
Grace's servants hath appertayned; I who knew nothing
thereof, am not only discontented with them, for
their misdemeanor in that behalf, & shall with God's
grace, see them ordered accordingly, but also have
no small cause most humbly to thank your Highness,
whome it hath pleased to see the said prices reformed,
unto the due order & direct course. And God forbid
that I should, or suffer any man to, encroach upon any
part of your jurisdiction royall, trusting verily, in           #
consideration
of my poor service, that your Highness will
be as good a Lord to that your Monastery, as your
noble Progenitors have been, as I most humbly, on my
knees, beseech your Highness to be.
   And albeit S=r=. some folks, which be always more
<P II,20>
prone to speak evil & report the worst without knowledge
of the truth, have percase informed your Highness
of some disorder that should be used by my Commissaries
in suppressing of the said Monasteries, yet
most humbly I shall beseech your Highness, after your
noble & accustomed manner, to give no credence unto
them unto such time as your Grace may hear my declaration
in that behalf. For S=r=. Allmighty God I
take to my record, I have not meant, intended, or
gone about, ne also have willed mine Officers, to do
any thing concerning the said Suppressions, but under
such forme & manner, as is & hath largely been to the
full satisfaction, recompence, & joyous contentation of
any person which hath had, or could pretend to have
right or interest in the same, in such wise, that many
of them giving thanks & laude to God, for the good
chance succeeded unto them would for nothing, if they
might, return or be restored, & put again into their
former State, as your Highness shall abundantly &
largly perceive, at my next repair unto the same.
Verily S=r=. I would be loath to be noted, that I should
intend such a vertuous foundation for the encrease of
your Highnesses merit, profit of your subjects, the
advancement of good learning, & for the weale of my
poore soule, to be established or adquired (\ex rapinis\) .
But, God willing, shall in such wise proceed to the
perfection thereof, with prejudice or derogation of any
man's right or interest, that it shall appear to all the
<P II,21>
world, that I am minded to sett forth that act sincerely,
purely, & without injury, wrong, or damage to any
person. Howbeit, S=r=. I account myself most bounden
unto your Highness, in that it hath pleased the same
so favourably & benignly to advertise me, of the reports
contrived in that behalf, which I trust in such
wise to avoyd, that your Highness shall not only be
therwith contented, but also they shall peradventure be
the more circumspect, to make any such like reports
hereafter.
   Finally, S=r=, I send herewith unto your Highness, a
Copy of certain Articles & Clauses excerpted & taken
out of the Popes Letters now sent unto his Oratour
here resident, declaring in what terms he doth stand
with the French King, alledging that he hath nothing
done, nor intendeth to do, to the prejudice of your
Highness & the Emperour. And albeit his Holynesses
demeanor in that behalf, is not so laudable, ne of
such sort, as I would it were, yet it is not so evill as
it hath ben bruted & reported, trusting that after the
arrivall of my last Letters, wherein I have ben rounde
& plain, his said Holyness shall alter his copie, & percase
shew himself according to such expectation as
your Highness & I have had of him. And thus Jesus
preserve your most noble & royall estate. At my
Howse besides Westminster y=e= 5=th=. day of Febr. by 
your

most humble Chapleyn,
T. Card=lis=. Ebor.

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<P I,236>
[} [\LETTER LXXXIII.\] }]

[} [\KING HENRY THE EIGHTH TO THE EARL OF SURREY.\] }]

   Henry R. By the King.
   Right trusty and right welbiloved Cousin we grete
you wel; and have receyved your Lettres bearing
date the iij=de=. and iiij=th=. dayes of this instant moneth,
the first mencyonyng the siege laide by the Duke of
Albany unto the Castel of Werke with the assaulte
geven unto the same, and the valiant defence therof
by Sir William Lisle capitain of that place; and how,
upon knowledge geven to the said Duke that ye with
our hole armye was coming to the rescue, he shamefully
and cowardly removed his siege and fled, but to
what place ye then knewe not. By the ij=de=. Lettre apperith
upon the reaporte of the Priores of Calstreme
howe that on Tuesday at nyght last past about mydnyzt
the said Duke being then at Eccles informed
that our armye passed the Ryver after hym, removed
from thens, toke his ordenance away, and is clerely
departed; the truthe wherof ye doubted not to be advertised
from diverse wayes by the next daye: at
whiche tyme uppon the more knowledge had, ye wolde
assemble al the noble men to divise and determyne
what ye and they sholde further do, desiring that after
<P I,237>
the Duks army skaled, we in consideration of your
desease and seknes wolde discharge you, geving you
licence to retourne: and thinking the lord Dacres
aswel for his strenght as experience in those parties
most mete to take the charge of offyce of wardyn til
suche tyme as that we shal appoint som other therunto;
and finally requiryng that bothe money and
our lettres of Thanks may be sent, as in the said lettres
is conteyned more at large. As herunto we signifie
unto you, like as thancked be almyzty God, thise 
newes be right good, comfortable, and honorable unto
us and this our Realme; so they be and shalbe unto
the said Duke of Albany's perpetual reproche, shame,
and losse of reputacion bothe in Fraunce, Scotland,
and elliswhere, and to the no little abashement and
discorage of the Frenche King, besids the alienation
percase of the mynds of the Lords of Scotland more
facily then afore from the faction of France unto our
devotion. And for the grete travaile, labor, studie,
payn, and diligence by you with al effect right actively,
valiauntly, and with perfite corage, discrecion,
and good conduyte taken and used by many substancial,
discrete, and politique wayes for resistence of the
said Duke of Albany, with deliberation and intent to
have geven hym bataile in cace he durst have abyden
the same we geve unto you our most cordial and
herty thanks; assuring you that amongst many your
high and notable service done unto us, we shal have
<P I,238>
this in our contynual and perfite remembrance to your
weale, exaltation, honor, and profite as your merits
and deserts condignely and worthely do requyre.
Praying you also to geve on our behalf special thanks
unto all the lords, capitains, and other whiche to their
grete payn and travaile have right towardly, benivolently,
and conformably served us under you in this
Jorney, for whose more corage and comforte, we at
this tyme sende suche lettres of thanks as ye desire.
   Over this we having tendre respect unto your helthe
and comfort, have resolved and determyned that upon
advertisement receyved from you of skaling of the
said duks armye, and aunswer therupon geven unto
you, with ordre for establishing of suche garnisons and
other direction to be taken there as for the suretie and
weale of that countrey shalbe thought expedient, ye
shal then have our Lettres of discharge of your office
there and retorne unto us accordingly; being myndyd
according to your advice and opynyon that our right
trusty counsaillor the Lorde Dacres whom we thinke
most mete and able therfor, shal exercise also th'office
of Wardeyn of our Est and Myddel Marches for a
season, to whom we shall then with our lettres sende
sufficient commyssion accordingly. Having no doubte
but that by suche direction as our most entierly
welbeloved counsaillour the Lord Legate Cardinal
Archebisshop of Yorke and our Chauncelor hathe
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advertised you, ye be before this tyme sufficiently furnished
of money for defraying of that our Armye as
shal appertayn. Yeven under our Signet at our manor
of Woodstok the xij=th=. day of November.

To our right trusty and right
welbeloved Cousin and Counsaillor th'Erle of
Surrey our Treasorer and Admiralle of England.

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<P I,239>
[} [\LETTER LXXXIV.\] }]

[} [\KING HENRY THE EIGHTH TO THE CITIZENS OF LONDON, ON
THEIR NEGLECTING TO PROVIDE HORSES FOR THE CARRIAGE
OF HIS WINES AND PROVISIONS.\] }]

   Henry R.
   Trusty and welbiloved we grete you wele. Signifieng
unto you it is shewed unto us that albeit our
welbiloved servant Edward Vaux, oon of the purveyors
of our wynes, hath been with you sundry tymes in our
name to cause provision to be made for cariage of our
wynes from that our Citie of London, for th'expenses
of our Household, into these parties: yet neverthelesse
ye have litle regarded the said provision, as it
is sayed, whereby we be destitute of suche wynes as
we wold have here: of the which your demeanur
herin we cannot a litle mervaile: wherfor we advertise
you of the same, willing and commaunding you that
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whansoever any our Surveyors either for Wynes or
other stuf, from hensforth, shall reasorte unto you in
our name for provision of cariage of the same hither
or elliswhere where it shall fortune us to be, ye will
effectually endevoir yourself for the qwyk expedicion
therof, without any failing as ye entende to please us.
Yeven under our Signet at our Monasterie of Abendon
the xj=th=. day of Aprill.

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[} [\LETTER CXXVIII.\] }]

[} [\THOMAS BEDYLL TO LORD CROMWELL, RESPECTING THE
MONKS OF THE CHARTER HOUSE AT LONDON. A. D. 1537.\] }]

   My very good Lord, after my moost hertie
commendations it shall please yo=r= Lordship to understand
that the monks of the Charterhouse here at London,
whiche wer committed to Newgate for thair traitorus
behavor long tyme continued against the Kings Grace,
be almoost dispeched by th'and of God; as it may apper
to you by this byll inclosed. Wherof considering
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thair behavor and the hole mater, I am not sory, but
wold that al suche as love not the Kings Highnes and
his wordly honor wer in like caas. My Lord (as ye
may) I desir you in the wey of charite, and none other
wise, to be good lord to the Prior of the said Charterhouse,
which is as honest a man as ever was in that
habite (or els I am much deceyved), and is one whiche
never offended the Kings grace by disobedience of
his Lawes, but hath labored very sore continually
for the reformation of his brethern, and now at the
last, at myn exhortation and instigation, constantly
moved and finally persuaded his brethern to surrender
thair house, lands, and goods, into the Kings hands,
and to trust only to his mercy and grace. I beseche
you, my Lord that the said Prior may be so entreated
by your help, that he be not sory, and repent that
he hath fered and folowed your sore words and my
gentil exhortation made unto him to surrender his
said house; and think that he myght have kept the
same, if yo=r= Lordshyp and I had not led him to the
said surrender. But suerly (I beleve) that I knowe
the man so well that how soever he be order he wolbe
contented without grudge. He is a man of suche
charite as I have not seen the like. As towching the
house of the Charterhouse I pray Good if it shall
please the King to alter it, that it may be turned into
a better use (seing it is in the face of the world) and
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muche communication wol run thereof throughout this
realme; for London is the common countrey of al England,
from which is derived to al parts of this realme
al good and yll occurrent here. From London the
xiiij=th=. day of Juny.

By yo=r= Lordships at
commaundement
Thomas Bedyll

(^Ther be departed.^)
Brother William Greenewode.
Dane John Davye.
Brother Robert Salt.
Brother Water Peereson.
Dane Thomas Greene.
(^Ther be even the poynt of dethe.^)
Brother Thomas Scryven.
Brother Thomas Reedyng.
(^Ther be sycke.^)
Dane Thomas Jonson.
Brother William Hore.
(^One is hole.^)
Dane Bird.

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[} [\LETTER CXXXVII.\] }]

[} [\THOMAS LORD CROMWELL TO THE EARL OF CHESTER, FOR THE
EXTIRPATION OF GIPSIES.\] }]

<P I,101>
   After my right hartie commendations. Whereas
the Kings Maiestie, about a twelfmoneth past, gave a
pardonne to a company of lewde personnes within this
realme calling themselves Gipcyans, for a most shamfull
and detestable murder commytted amongs them,
with a speceall proviso inserted by their owne consents,
that onles they shuld all avoyde this his Graces
realme by a certeyn daye sythens expired, yt
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shuld be lawfull to all his Graces offycers to hang
them in all places of his realme, where they myght
be apprehended, without any further examynacion or
tryal after forme of the lawe, as in their letter patents
of the said pardon is expressed. His Grace, hering
tell that they doo yet lynger here within his realme,
not avoyding the same according to his commaundement
and their owne promes, and that albeit his poore
subjectes be dayly spoyled, robbed, and deceyved by
them, yet his Highnes officers and Ministres lytle regarding
their dieuties towards his Majestye, do permyt
them to lynger and loyter in all partys, and to exercise
all their falshods, felonyes, and treasons unpunished,
hathe commaunded me to sygnifye unto youe,
and the Shires next adjoynyng, whether any of the sayd
personnes calling themselfes Egipcyans, or that hathe
heretofore called themselfes Egipcyans, shall fortune to
enter or travayle in the same. And in cace youe shall
here or knowe of any suche, be they men or women,
that ye shall compell them to depart to the next porte
of the See to the place where they shalbe taken, and
eyther wythout delaye uppon the first wynde that may
conveye them into any parte of beyond the Sees, to
take shipping and to passe in to owtward partyes, or
if they shall in any wise breke that commaundement,
without any tract to see them executed according to
the Kings Hieghnes sayd Lettres patents remaynyng
of Recorde in his Chauncery which, with these, shalbe
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your discharge in that behaulf: not fayling t'accomplishe
the tenor hereof with all effect and diligence,
without sparing uppon any Commyssion, Licence, or
Placarde that they may shewe or aledge for themselfes
to the contrary, as ye tender his Graces pleasor which
also ys that youe shall gyve notyce to all the Justices
of Peax in that Countye where youe resyde, and
the Shires adjoynant, that they may accomplishe the
tenor hereof accordingly. Thus fare ye hertely wel;
From the Neate the v=th=. day of December the xxix=th=
yer of his Ma=ties= most noble Regne

Yo=r= louyng ffreend
Thomas Crumwell.

To my verye good Lorde my Lorde
of Chestre President of the Marches
of Wales.

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[} [\LETTER LXXII.\] }]

[} [\SIR THOMAS MORE TO CARDINAL WOLSEY.\] }]

   Hit may lyke your good Grace to be advertised
that I have received your Graces Lettres directed to
my selfe dated the last day of Auguste, with the Lettres
of my Lord Admirall to your Grace, sent in Post, and
copies of Lettres sent bytwene the Quene of Scotts and
his Lordshipp concernyng the maters and affeires of
Scotland, with the prudent Answeris of your Grace as
well to my said Lord in your awne name, as in the
name of the Kings Highnes to the said Quene of
Scotts. All which Lettres and copies I have distinctely
redde unto his Grace, who hath in the reding
therof substancially considered as well the Quene his
sisters Lettre with the Lettres agaynward devised and
sent by my lord Admirall to her, and his Lettres of
advertisement to your Grace, as your moost politique
devises and answeres un to all the same; among which
the lettre which your Grace devised in the name of his
Highnes to the Quene his sister, his Grace so well
lyked that I never saw hym lyke thing bettre; and as
helpe me God in my pore fantasie, not causeles, for
hit is for the quantite one of the best made Lettres
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for wordis, mater, sentence, and cowching that ever I
redde in my life.
   His Highnes, in your Graces Lettre directed to my
lord Admirall, marked and well lyked that your Grace
towched my said Lord and my Lord Dacres, in that
that theire opinions had bene to the lett of the great
Roode which if hit had bene ere this tyme made in to
Scotland, as by your prudent advice hit had if theyre
opinions with other had not bene to the contrarie, hit
shold, as by the Quenes Lettre appereth, have bene
th'occasion of some great and good effecte.
   His Highnes also well allowed that your Grace
noteth not onely remisse dealing, but also some suspitione
in that the Lord Dacre so litle estemede the
mynde and opinion of the Kings sister, wherof he had
by his servant so perfait knowledge.
   Finally his Highnes is of the mynde of your Grace,
and singularly commendeth your policie in that your
Grace determineth for a finall way that my Lord Admirall
shall sett forth his entreprises without eny longer
tracte of tyme, not ceacing to preace theym with all the
annoyance possible till they fall ernestly and effectually
to some bettre trayne and conformitie. And veryly
his Highnes thinketh as your Grace writeth, that for
eny lakke of those things which as he wryteth are not
yet cummen to hym, he shold not have neded to
forbore to have done theym with smaller Roods, at the
lest way some annoyauns in the meane season.
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   I redde also to his Highnes the Lettre of M=r=. Doctor
Knyght, written un to your Grace, with your Grace's
Lettres written to my selfe, by the tenor wherof his
Grace well perceiveth your moost prudent answere devised
and made as well to his said embassiator as to
thembassiator of themperor, concernyng the disbursyng
of such money as his Highnes shold lay owte for
th'entretenement of the x=M=. lance knights, wherin his
Grace highly well approveth, as well your moost politique
foresight, so wisely dowting leste this delay of the
declaration myght happen to be a device whereby th'emperor
myght spare his awne charge and entreteign
th'almaigness with th'only coste of the Kings Grace, as
also your moost prudent ordre taken therin, by which
his Highnes shalbe bounden to no charge excepte the
Duke first passe the Articles sent by Sir John Russll,
and that the x=M=. almaynes be levied and joyned with
the Duke and he declared enemy to the French King.
   I red also to his Highnes the copie of your Graces
Lettres devised to M. Doctor Sampson and M. Jernyngham,
wherin his Highnes well perceived and
marked what labor and payn your Grace had taken
as well in substantiall advertising his said embassiators
at length of all occurraunts here, with the goodly rehersall
of the valiaunt acquitall of his army on the See
not onely there done, but also descending on the land
with all the preparations and armyes sett forth and
furnyshed as well toward France as Scotland, as also
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in your good and substantiall instructions geven un to
theym for the semblable advauncyng of th'emperors
Army and actuall invasion to be made on that side for
his part.
   His Highnes hath also seen and signed the Lettres
by your Grace devised in his name, as well to Don
Ferdinando and to the Duke of Mechelberge in answere
of their late lettres sent un to his Grace, as also to
the Duke of Ferrare in commendation of the Kings
Orators in case the Duke accepte the Ordre.
   In the reding and advising of all which things, his
Highnes saied that he perceived well what labor, studie,
payn, and travaile your Grace had taken in the
device and pennyng of so many, so greate things, so
high well dispached in so brief tyme, whan the onely
redyng therof held hym above twoo howres. His
Highnes therfore commaunded me to write un to your
Grace that, for your labor, travaile, study, paine, and
diligens he geveth your Grace his moost harty, and not
more harty than highly well-deserved thanks. And
thus our Lord long preserve your good Grace in honor
and helth. At Okyng the first day of Septembre.

Your humble Orator and moost
bouden beedman
Thomas More.

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[} [\LETTER LXXIV.\] }]

[} [\SIR THOMAS MORE TO CARDINAL WOLSEY.\] }]

   Hit may like your good Grace to be advertised
that I have this nyght, after that the Kings Grace had
souped, presented and distinctely redde un to his Highnes
as well your Grace's Lettre dated xxj=th= day of
this present Septembre addressed un to my selfe, as
the iiij. lettres of the Quene of Scotts, directed twayne
to the Kings Grace, and thother twayn to my Lord of
Surrey; and also the twoo lettres by your good Grace
in the Kings name moost politiquely devised un to the
said Quene of Scotts. For which your labour, payne,
traveil, diligence, and study therin used, his Grace
geveth unto Yours his moost affectuouse thankis. And
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for as mych as in the reding of my Lord of Surrey's
Lettre directed un to your Grace, the King noted that
my said Lord had all redy wrytten un to the Quene of
Scotts answer un to both her said Lettres: his Grace
requyreth Yours that it may lyke you to send hym
the copies which his lettre specifieth to have sent un
to your Grace.
   His Grace also thinketh hit right good that the
Humes and Duglas be received upon convenient hostages;
and that as well the Chauncellor as the other
Lords mencioned in the Quenes lettre shold be attempted
by promessis, gifts, and good policie to be
wonne from the Duke and his faction.
   And for as mych as his Grace mych desireth in
these things to be advertised of your moost politique
advice and counsaile, which he thinketh your Grace
entendeth to declare by way of instructions to be gevyn
un to my said Lord of Surrey, his Highnes therfore
hartely requyreth your Grace that it may lyke the
same to send to hym the said instructions, that his
Grace may by the same be lerned of your Grace's
prudent advise and counsaile in the premissis.
   His Highnes thinketh hit very necessary not onely
that my lord of Surrey were in all possible haste advertised
of the declaration of the Duke of Burbon, but
also that the same were insert within the lettre which
the Quene of Scottes shall shew to the Lordis, with
good exaggeration of the tyranny for which he renounceth
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the French King; and of the harme and
ruyne that is lykely to fall to Fraunce therby.
   His Highnes also requyreth your Grace to paise
and considre the clawse of the Queny's lettre by which
she desireth with her trustie servants to be received in
to his realme, and how your high wisedome thinketh
good that mater to be ordered or answered. And to
th'entent in all these things your Grace may the more
conveniently send hym your moost prudent advise, he
hath commaunded me, with these presents, to remitt
all the said wrytings un to your good Grace, to be by
your good Grace agayne sent un to his Highnes with
your moost politique counsaile theruppon. And thus
our Lord long preserve your good Grace in honor and
helth. Wrytten at Woodstok the xxij=th=. day of Septembre
at mydnyght.

Your humble orator and moost
bounden beedman
Thomas More.
To my Lord Legates
good Grace.



