Catalogue description LORD WYLLUGHBY to LORD TREASURER BURGHLEY.

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Details of 8ANC12/45,46
Reference: 8ANC12/45,46
Title: LORD WYLLUGHBY to LORD TREASURER BURGHLEY.
Description:

--"My Lord, your Lordship's honorable protestations and proceedings make me bold to impart to your Lordship a disorder comitted this present Sonday (a day for prayer and not for frays) in Stamford against one of my servaunts, who being in her Majestie's peace without weapon was very leudly delt withall by being twice shouldered from the company he was in, and told to his face it was to brave him, and at the second time by the said leud party also stroken. This don not far of my window where my wife loking out, being with child, was not a lytle afraighted. Notwithstanding these disorders my man was committed, and the party late serving and recommended by Mr. Wingfield for your Lordship's countenance nothing said to, having also formerly braved one of those whom your Lordship bound to the good behavior: I hope your Lordship is persuaded if I would give libarty to nature thus wronged, I do both dare and may revenge, tho' it should cost me life and lands, tho' my selfe unable yet to them would do it for me, but religion and duty to her Majesties laws referres me to justice, and to you a specyall justicer, to whom that towne, as you wrote, belongeth, and to whose selfe for many respects before these mischeis grow to worse conclusions, I thought to appeale. Do as your honorable Christian wisdome by conscience and law shall seme mete.

 

"I beseach you judge me flesh and blood, a worm troden that will torne, but yet eschew it as mutch as a Christian and a good subject to the State and one that honoreth your Lordship as I ought to doo.

 

"Even this night just now betwixt 9 and 10, they attempted a man late Sir Frauncis Alleins, whom they would likewise most riotously have imprisoned, notwithstanding he had put in securitie to me in my house to answer any cause could be laid unto him at the next sessions." Draft by Lord Willoughby. Also copy of the same.

Date: 1595, April 13
Held by: Lincolnshire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Physical description: 1 page.

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