Catalogue description LORD TREASURER BURGHLEY to LORD WILLOUGHBY.

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Details of 8ANC7/36
Reference: 8ANC7/36
Title: LORD TREASURER BURGHLEY to LORD WILLOUGHBY.
Description:

--"My Lord, after my last letter written to yow in answer of one of yours dated the 13 of this moneth, I receaved a letter from the Alderman of Stamford and 3 or 4 other his brethren Justices of peace in that towne, informing me quite contrary to your Lordships letter, in that upon a fraye made by one of them unknowne upon one Atkinson, the Alderman sent to the howse of one Langton, where the partie was, requiring that the partie should appeere before the Alderman to answere the complaint. But certaine of your Lordships servauntes in favour of the partie did affirme that he should not appeere, and the partie also armed himself, threatening to kill them that would come into the howse. And then your Lordship in youre owne person accompanied with a number of youre servauntes by youre owne speech forbad the apprehension of the partie, swearing by no small oathes that yow would with shotte and bulletes pull downe the howse, or teare it in peeces, with many more such terrible speeches of your Lordship as they that were sent from the Alderman durst not proceed in their charge, and so by your Lordships meanes the offender was rescued and scaped, which informacions are by confessions of seven or eight men, being officers of the towne, testefyed, with other circumstaunces, which seemed straunge to mee, and different from the manner of your Lordships former letter, wherof I have thought good to advertise your Lordship, wishing that I had no cause thus to write, and yet not minding to affirme these to be altogether true untyll it may please your Lordship to make answere. Signed. Seal of arms in garter.

 

Endorsed as not received until the 3rd of May.

Date: 1595, April 21. The Court at Westminster
Held by: Lincolnshire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Physical description: 1 page.

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