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Folio 1

 

Robert [Dudley, first Earl of] Leicester to [George Talbot, sixth] Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal, from Richmond, 13 March 1571/2, apologizing for advising [Francis], Lord Talbot to repair to Court, 1p. Endorsed. Address.

 

Folio 5

 

Sir Thomas Gargrave to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Nostell, 23 March 1571/2. He discusses laws and customs concerning the enclosure of woodlands on the Earl's Yorkshire estates. The Queen's ships are preparing and wars and troubles are expected. 1p. Endorsed. Address.

 

Folio 9

 

A check-roll of the household of Mary, Queen of Scots at Sheffield Castle, 3 May 1571. 2pp. Clerk's hand, signed by Alexander [Gordon, Bishop of] Galloway and [Andrew] Beaton [Master of the Household]. Endorsed in sixth Earl's hand. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), i.520, Joseph Hunter, The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York, ed. Rev. A. Gatty (1869), p.88)

 

Folio 13

 

The Earl of Leicester to the Earl of Shrewsbury, K.G., Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, from the Court, 26 May [1571]. The Queen is in good health. He presents Shrewsbury with his patent of the high stewardship of all his lands in England as a token of affection and kinship and because many of his lands lie near Shrewsbury's. 1p. Endorsed. Address.

 

Folio 17

 

The Earl of Leicester to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal, no place, 5 July [1571]. He wishes to relinquish his troublesome office of deputy Earl Marshal. His conduct in asking for certain royalties in Shrewsbury's possession in the hundred of Bampton ("Brampton") in Oxfordshire has been misrepresented. He re-affirms his loyalty to Shrewsbury. 2pp. Endorsed.

 

Folio 21

 

Sir Nicholas Bacon to [Sir John Zouch] High Sheriff of Derbyshire, from Gorhambury, 25 July 1571, reprimanding him for neglecting to attend to the execution of the Queen's writ for the election of a coroner and complaining that the Earl of Shrewsbury's request for a meeting of the justices of the county at Derby on Thursday last, 18 July, was ignored. 2pp. Endorsed. Address.

 

Folio 23

 

Notes of evidences relating to Derbyshire and Yorkshire lands of the Earl of Shrewsbury, 1571. 2pp. Scribbled; a lawyer's hand?

 

Folio 29

 

Sir Thomas Gargrave to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Nostell, 13 August 1571. The meeting of the justices of the forest of Galtres has had to be postponed until Michaelmas. He also discusses some land transactions. 1p. Endorsed.

 

Folio 33

 

William [Cecil, first Baron] Burghley to the Earl of Shrewsbury, [from the Court at Horeham, cf. Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), i.525], 5 September [1571]. After the enclosed letters were sealed, he learnt that the Queen desires Shrewsbury to inform Mary, Queen of Scots that her practices with [Thomas Howard, fourth] Duke of Norfolk and others in connection with the Ridolfi Plot are now fully known and to provoke her to answer somewhat. The Queen is anxious that Mary should be very straitly kept. 1p. Endorsed 'haste'. Address; in the sixth Earl's hand, 'The Quene's... Letter... for the Redusenge of the Scots Quene's nombre to xvj parsons of all sortes'. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), i.542, W. de G. Birch, 'Original Documents Relating to Sheffield, principally in connection with Mary Queen of Scots', Journal of the British Archaeological Association (March, 1874), p.313)

 

Folio 37

 

The Bishop of Galloway to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Edinburgh, 16 November 1571, reporting on the state of Scots affairs and hoping that the Queen will withdraw her countenance from the enemies of the Marian party. 1p. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), i.531)

 

Folio 39

 

The Earl of Shrewsbury to [Lord Burghley], Lord Treasurer, from Sheffield Castle, 24 September 1572, Mary, Queen of Scots is in safe keeping. 'For all her anger' he will not allow her out of the Castle. He has also added 30 soldiers to the guard. 1p. Copy. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), i.549, W. de G. Birch, 'Original Documents Relating to Sheffield, principally in connection with Mary Queen of Scots', Journal of the British Archaeological Association (March, 1874), p.314)

 

Folio 41

 

The Queen to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal, from Windsor Castle, 22 October 1572. She has had an attack of smallpox but is now recovered. A post-script assures him, in her own hand, that no one would know she had had it. 1p. Clerk's hand, subscribed and signed. Endorsed. Address. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), i.551)

 

Folio 45

 

The Queen to Henry [Hastings, third] Earl of Huntingdon, Lord President in the North, [Edmund Grindal], Archbishop of York, the Earl of Shrewsbury and others, from Westminster, 3 July 1572. Names the commissioners for the collection of the subsidy in the West Riding. ½p. Latin. Clerk's hand.

 

Folio 47

 

The Earl of Leicester to the Earl of Shrewsbury, K.G., Earl Marshal, no place, 30 January [1573/4]. He has committed the Earl's chaplain, Corcar [Thomas Corker] to Dr. [Thomas] Wilson's house. 'He makes now foule and evyll reports of your Lordship but ys lyke to prove them or forswere them or he depart' [cf. folio 77 and MS.3206 folios 673, 679, 691]. Leicester has also sent to Islington to apprehend another clergyman, Haworth, who is making accusations against Shrewsbury. 1p. Endorsed.

 

Folio 53

 

The Earl of Leicester to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal, no place, 3 February [1572/3]. By now, Shrewsbury has perhaps had letters from the Queen and from the Privy Council by the hands of Mr. [Robert] Beale which Leicester hopes will make Shrewsbury decide to come to Court. 'Be of good comfort and make much of yourself that your frends may the longer enjoye your lyfe and companye'. 1p. Endorsed 'haste'.

 

Folio 57

 

The Earl of Shrewsbury to Lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer, from Sheffield Castle, 21 February 1572/3. He confronted Mary, Queen of Scots with Burghley's letters of 16 February, stating that she had received 40,000 crowns from France. She responded with a long discourse on her great expenses and needs. Shrewsbury would prefer to send some of her servants to France than to have some come to her from France, but 'whatsoever she pretend of wants for herself and hers, her very meaning and desire is of intelligence, and practices for her purpose, not tolerable'. A post-script states that she has complained bitterly of the dealings in her affairs of her uncle, the Cardinal [of Lorraine, Charles Guise]. 4pp. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed. Address in Burghley's clerk's hand. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.8)

 

Folio 61

 

Sir Thomas Smith to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal, from Greenwich, 17 February 1572/3. The Queen and Lords of the Council are pleased at the pains Shrewsbury's agents have taken in seeking out recusants. [William Somerset, third] Earl of Worcester was well entertained as the Queen's representative at the christening of Mary Elizabeth [daughter of Charles IX. of France] but robbed by pirates near Boulogne. James Kirkcaldy of Grange has been taken prisoner by the Regent of Scotland, [James Douglas, fourth] Earl of Morton. 2pp. Paper seal. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.4)

 

Folio 65

 

Lord Burghley to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Privy Councillor and Earl Marshal, from the Court [at Hempstead], 10 August 1573. The Queen is content that Shrewsbury should move Mary, Queen of Scots to Buxton, if he thinks that he can do so without peril and if strangers can be kept away while she is there. [James Kirkcaldy of] Grange has been hanged in Edinburgh. 2pp. Damaged Ms. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.30, W. de G. Birch, 'Original Documents Relating to Sheffield, principally in connection with Mary Queen of Scots', Journal of the British Archaeological Association (March, 1874), p.315)

 

Folio 69

 

Valentine Browne to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Privy Councillor, from Berwick, 6 November 1573. News from Scotland, 1p. Endorsed.

 

Folio 73

 

The Earl of Leicester to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal, from the Court, 10 December 1572. Shrewsbury has told him that Mary, Queen of Scots regards him as her enemy and he would know why. 3pp. Endorsed. Address in sixth Earl's hand. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), i.557)

 

Folio 77

 

The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Earl of Leicester, [Sheffield], 24 December 1573. Haworth and Corker [cf. folio 47] he has allowed to come to London, 'nothing doubting... that... they should plainly appeare as they be vile wicked verlets and shamefull slanderers of true religion'. 1p. Copy. Endorsed by sixth Earl.

 

Folio 79

 

Gilbert Talbot to the Earl of Shrewsbury, [from the Court], 11 May 1573. The Earl of Leicester is very much with the Queen. [Thomas Radcliffe, third] Earl of Sussex 'goes with the tide'. [Edward de Vere, seventeenth] Earl of Exford 'is lately grown into great credit'. [Sir Christopher] Hatton is sick. Dr. Wilson has asked him about the removal of Mary, Queen of Scots to Sheffield Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838) while the Castle is cleaned. He has told him that she is so guarded that 'unless she could transform herself to a flea or a mouse, it was impossible that she should escape'. 2pp. Clerk's hand. signed. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii. 16, Joseph Hunter, The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York, ed. Rev. A. Gatty (1869), p.90).

 

Folio 81

 

The Earl of Shrewsbury to [the Earl of Leicester, Sheffield, 1573]. He understands by Mr. [John] Bateman of his lordship's friendly dealings with Justice Harpar [Richard Harpur] for 'my son Pierrepont's causes [Henry Pierrepont had married Frances Cavendish, daughter of the Countess of Shrewsbury]. 'My charge here is safe but not quiett and the more troubled for that che hathe nott forthe of Scotland'. 1p. Draft, in the sixth Earl's hand.

 

Folio 83

 

Gilbert Talbot to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from the Court, 25 May 1573. He has found a sober maiden to wait on his wife, one Margaret Butler, about 27 years old; 'she is not very beautiful, but very cleanly in doing of anything chiefly about a sick body' and is well thought of by Mr. Bateman. A post-script refers to a letter from the Earl to Mr. Bateman, who has dealt earnestly with Pierrepont's matter [cf. folio 81]. 3pp. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.21)

 

Folio 87

 

Richard Topcliffe to the Earl of Shrewsbury, no place, 26 May 1574. He asks for four fothers of good lead from the Earl in such part of Derbyshire or the Peak as carriage by wain may best be had. 1p. Clerk's hand, signed.

 

Folio 89

 

Francis, Lord Talbot to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Greenwich, 28 June 1574. He had hoped to accompany the Lord Admiral [Edward Clinton, first Earl of Lincoln] to sea but this hope is now dashed as no ship is going. The Queen has been of a melancholy disposition of late. 1p.

 

Folio 93

 

The Earl of Leicester to the Earl of Shrewsbury, K.G., [from the Court], 1 May [1575]. The Queen is well pleased that the Countess of Shrewsbury should have access to Mary, Queen of Scots, preferring her to pass the time with Lady Shrewsbury than with meaner persons. 1p. Endorsed. Address in sixth Earl's hand. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.73)

 

Folio 97

 

The Earl of Leicester to the Earl of Shrewsbury, K.G., Earl Marshal, [Wilton], 5 September 1574. The Queen's health was never better and she has now returned to Salisbury on her progress. She has lately received such tokens as Mary, Queen of Scots has sent her kindly, and Leicester thinks that Shrewsbury should tell Mary before she hears it from someone else. 1p. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.41)

 

Folio 103

 

The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Queen, from Sheffield, 2 December 1574. Mary, Queen of Scots is safe. He understands that the Queen is displeased at the marriage of his Countess's daughter [Elizabeth Cavendish] to the son of Lady Lennox [Charles Stuart]. 'It was dealt in suddenly, and without my knowledge' but his Countess meant no disrespect to the Queen in furthering it. 1p. Copy. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.43)

 

Folio 104

 

The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Lord Treasurer [Lord Burghley], from Sheffield, 2 December 1574. He asks for support in the matter of the marriage [cf. folio 103]. 1p. Copy. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.45)

 

Folio 105

 

The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Earl of Leicester, from Sheffield, 2 December 1574, asking for support in the matter of the marriage, on which he had written more fully earlier [cf. folio 103]. 1p. Copy.

 

Folio 107

 

The Earl of Leicester to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from the Court, 1 June [1573]. Edinburgh Castle is likely to be taken soon [by the Regent from Kirkcaldy's party, cf. folios 61,65]. The brother of the King of France [Henry Valois, Duke of Anjou] is chosen King of Poland. La Rochelle holds out against the King [Charles IX]. The Queen is in good health and shows favour to both Shrewsbury's sons [Francis, Lord Talbot and Gilbert Talbot]. 2pp. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.23)

 

Folio 109

 

The Earl of Leicester to the Earl of Shrewsbury, [from the Court], 6 December [1574]. He is confident that the Muscovy Company adventure, in which Shrewsbury has invested at his suggestion, 'will fall out the best voyage that ever was made out of this realm'. There is no certainty about the marriage proposal [between the Queen and Francois Valois, Duke of Alençon]. 1p. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.46)

 

Folio 117

 

Lord Burghley to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Privy Councillor and Earl Marshal, from Hampton Court, 24 December 1574, thanking him warmly for suggesting a marriage between his son [Edward Talbot] and Burghley's daughter [Elizabeth]. He declines for the present for two reasons - her youth and the suspicion the Queen has that he is over-friendly with Mary, Queen of Scots, which was confirmed by his recent visit to Buxton and might be further aroused by any proposed marriage between his family and Shrewsbury's. 3pp. Damaged MS. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.52)

 

Folio 121

 

Francis, Lord Talbot to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Hampton Court, 4 January 1575/6. Ambassadors from France are at Court, both from the King [Henry III] and from Monsieur [Francois Valois, Duke of Alençon]. An ambassador has arrived from the Prince of Orange [William the Silent] to offer the Low Countries to the Queen [as their hereditary sovereign]. It is not known what shall be done in either matter yet. 2pp. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.58)

 

Folio 125

 

Francis, Lord Talbot and Gilbert Talbot to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Baynard's Castle, Friday, 16 March 1575/6. Lord Talbot is indisposed; a letter is enclosed from the Earl of Leicester which he received. Legal business precludes an early return to Shrewsbury's presence. Parliament was prorogued yesterday and the Queen made 'a very eloquent and grave oration, which was as well uttered and pronounced as it was possible for any creature'. A post-script states that their sister, [Katherine, Countess of Pembroke], has arrived and sends her respects; she is weak but hopes to mend. Dr. [Edwards] Atslowe is her physician. 1p. Clerk's hand, signed by both. Endorsed.

 

Folio 129

 

The Earl of Sussex to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal, from Langfield, 11 August 1575. He was sorry not to have been able to visit Chatsworth; he will tell the Queen what the Earl desired him. 1p. Endorsed.

 

Folio 133

 

Gilbert Talbot to the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, from the Court, Monday at noon, 20 February 1575/6. Parliament is likely to end shortly; there is a bill concerning attendance at church in the Lords but it has not come to the Commons yet. He dined yesterday with [Edmund Grindal], Archbishop of Canterbury. His sister Pembroke [cf. folio 125] is weak still but somewhat better. 1p. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.61)

 

Folio 137

 

Sir Ralph Sadler, [Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster] and Judge George Bromley to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from the Duchy house at the Savoy, 1 March 1575/6, demanding the payment to Thomas Bullock, the Queen's feodary at Tickhill Castle, of 5¼ knights' fees at 6s. 8d. each for one year's homage and £26 5s. for a release on the death of his father, due to the Crown from the manor of Worksop. 1p. Clerk's hand, signed by both. Endorsed.

 

Folio 141

 

Intelligence from France, dated Paris, 14 February [1575/6], received by the Earl of Shrewsbury from Mr. Secretary [Sir Francis] Walsingham, 24 February 1575/6. 1p. Clerk's hand. Endorsed in sixth Earl's hand. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.64)

 

Folio 145

 

Sir Francis Walsingham to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from the Court, 29 March 1576. The Privy Council has sent for Ralph Radish from Chester, that he might be examined further. The Queen understands that secret messengers have left Scotland with letters for Mary, Queen of Scots and asks Shrewsbury to try to apprehend them. He encloses the latest news from France [cf. folio 141]. 1p. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed. Address in sixth Earl's hand: 'Answered this the last of March 1576'. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.62)

 

Folio 149

 

The Earl of Leicester to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal, [from the Court], 7 June 1576, telling of the visit of the Countess of Shrewsbury to Court. 'Without flattery I doe assure your Lordship I have not sene her Majestie make more of any boddy than she have done of my Lady'. 1p. Endorsed. Address in sixth Earl's hand: 'Answered the xiiij of June 1576'.

 

Folio 153

 

Sir Francis Walsingham to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from the Court, 27 June 1576. He has told the Queen of Shrewsbury's objections to Tutbury as a place of custody for Mary, Queen of Scots and she is now content that he should conduct her from Buxton to his house at Sheffield. 1p. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed. Address in sixth Earl's hand. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.74)

 

Folio 157

 

Gilbert Talbot to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from the Court, 6 July 1576. There has been much discussion but no settlement on the summer's royal progress. Wherever the Earl of Leicester goes, however, he must drink Buxton water twenty days together. Walsingham has secured the signing of the bill for the Queen of Scots' diet today. Very fair hangings may be had at 5s. the stick and he asks Shrewsbury to send him measurements of his requirements; 'I have yet seen none that I think deep enough for a great chamber'. The Earl of Leicester is assuredly well disposed towards 'your Lordship and yours'. 2pp. Clerk's hand, signed: Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.75)

 

Folio 161

 

Francis, Lord Talbot to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from the Court, 11 July 1576. The Queen has asked after his parents kindly. It is now decided that the progress shall stop at Grafton [cf. folio 157]. He is going to join his wife in Wiltshire before coming to his father. 1p. Endorsed.

 

Folio 163

 

Sir Francis Walsingham to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from London, 31 July 1576. He thanks the Earl for courtesy to his sister, [Mary] Lady Mildmay, at Buxton. He encloses two packets for Mary, Queen of Scots, and letters for Sir Thomas Smith at Buxton, as well as news from France for the Earl. A post-script states that yesterday the Queen began her progress towards Havering. 1p. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed.

 

Folio 165

 

Sir Walter Mildmay to the Earl of Shrewsbury at Sheffield, from Apethorpe, 3 August 1576, thanking him for his civility to his wife when at Buxton [cf. folio 163]. 1p. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed.

 

Folio 169

 

The Earl of Leicester to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from the Court at Havering, 4 August 1576, requesting a favour for one of Shrewsbury's tenants, Elizabeth Dodde of Shropshire, that she may renew a lease of her tenement and 8 or 9 acres belonging to it. Her father served Shrewsbury's father and grandfather almost 80 years. 1p. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed.

 

Folio 173

 

The accounts of Averey Copley, receiver to Mr. Edward Saville, ward to the Earl of Shrewsbury, 14 July 1576 to 7 December 1576. 4pp. Clerk's hand, signed. Annotated and endorsed by sixth Earl.

 

Folio 181

 

The Earl of Sussex to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from the Court, 15 November 1576, acknowledging a letter from Shrewsbury seeking the preferment of Dr. Mey [John May] to the bishopric of Durham 'or some other like'. He knows nothing of him but is impressed by Shrewsbury's commendation of his sound preaching and good hospitality. 1p. Endorsed. Address in sixth Earl's hand.

 

Folio 185

 

The Earl of Leicester to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Privy Councillor, K.G., Earl Marshal, [from the Court], 8 December 1576. Dr. May's suit for a bishopric is successful [cf. folio 181; he was nominated Bishop of Carlisle in May, 1577]. He has dealt with [George] Rolston [cf. MS.3206 folios 783 and 899], who now seems content to accept Shrewsbury's offer of £40 a year to leave his park. 1p. Endorsed.

 

Folio 189

 

Gilbert and Mary Talbot to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Goodrich, Thursday, 3 January 1576/7. Gilbert has been busy for a fortnight dealing with the commissioners for the purchase of Wilton [in Herefordshire, property of William, fourteenth Baron Grey of Wilton, prisoner in France]. He has raised his first offer of £5,000 by £1,000 but it has been refused and now he has offered £10 for a week's respite while he measures some of the land. He begs his father to help him secure the property and thanks him for the advowson of Whitchurch. 3pp. Clerk's hand, signed by both. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.78)

 

Folio 193

 

Francis, Lord Talbot to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Bampton, 11 January 1576/7. He has inspected Bampton and would like it well, but will need still more [financial] help from Shrewsbury. 1p. Endorsed.

 

Folio 197

 

The Earl of Leicester to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal, 'from my house', 15 February [1576/7]. He has spoken with the Queen as Shrewsbury desired and she is well disposed towards him. The news from the Low Countries is not good, that from Scotland better. 'It is the greatest care I have that her Majesty may have good amity with that King, for if so it may be, I have no great fear, as the world stands, of all the rest of her enemies abroad whatsoever'. 2pp. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.91)

 

Folio 201

 

John [May, Bishop of] Carlisle to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Huntingdon, 1 June 1577, asking him to intervene with the Earl of Leicester that he may continue to have the benefice of Darfield in commendam, since [Henry, ninth Baron] Scroope has the use of Rose Castle until Michaelmas and he has relinquished his mastership of St. Catherine's Hall, Cambridge, 1p. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed. Address by Gilbert Talbot that he forgot to deliver this when he was in Sheffield.

 

Folio 205

 

Lord Burghley to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal and Privy Councillor, from Westminster, 19 July 1577. He now has the Queen's permission to come to Buxton; he will have with him his son Thomas Cecil and Mr. Roger Manners. He asks the Earl to send his servant back to his house, Burghley, with news of the lodgings which may be available for them. 1p. Endorsed. Address (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.83)

 

Folio 209

 

Lord Burghley to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Kingston Wood, 23 July 1577. He has had a letter from the Earl, dated 21 July, in reply to his of 19 July [cf. folio 205], from which he gathers that the Earl would displace any one at Buxton to suit Burghley's convenience, but he will not suffer any to be displaced 'except they were far inferior'. He hopes to be at Burghley tonight. 1p. Endorsed. Address (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.85)

 

Folio 213

 

Lord Burghley to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal and Privy Councillor, [Buxton], 4 August 1577. Many of the freeholders at the assize in Oxford are dead [from pestilence]. Sir John Smith has come from Spain and reports that the King [Philip II] has great lack of treasure. The Queen has not yet decided on her progress. 1p. Clerk's hand, subscribed and signed. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.86)

 

Folio 217

 

The Earl of Shrewsbury to Lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer, from Sheffield, 22 August 1577, complaining of the intrigues of Sir John Zouch against him, especially at the time of the marriage of his wife's daughter to [Charles Stuart] Earl of Lennox [cf. folio 103]. 3pp. Clerk's hand. signed. Endorsed. Address by Burghley's clerk.

 

Folio 221

 

Lord Burghley to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal and Privy Councillor, from Wingfield, 17 August 1577. Compliments and thanks for his kind reception. 1p. Endorsed. Address.

 

Folio 225

 

The Earl of Shrewsbury to Lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer, from Sheffield, 7 November 1577. He wishes neither Godfrey Foljambe nor Ralph Sacheverell to be appointed Sheriff of Derbyshire; Foljambe has sundry suits in the shire, Sacheverell is 'a very sedytiouse and arrogant person and extreme busie in purytanisme'. He names as suitable Mr. Curzon of Croxall, Mr. John Vernon of Sudbury, and Mr. Anthony Gell of Hopton. 1p. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed. Address by Burghley's clerk.

 

Folio 229

 

[Judge] George Bromley to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal, from his chamber in the Inner Temple, 30 November 1577. The Earl has asked him to forgo his warrants for the winter deer at Tutbury, but he is short of venison for Christmas and asks for two does. 1p. Endorsed.

 

Folio 233

 

The Earl of Shrewsbury to Lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer, from Sheffield, 4 March [1577/8], requesting his interest for the wardship of Lady Arbella Stuart. 1p. Endorsed. Address by Burghley's clerk.

 

Folio 237

 

Gilbert Talbot to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Charing Cross, 3 May 1578. There is come from the King of France 'Mons. Gondie' [Albert de Gondy, Court of Retz] with licence to have access to Mary, Queen of Scots, if Elizabeth agrees, and to pass on into Scotland. Gilbert suggests that the Earl had best be prepared, in case he comes up suddenly, as did the Duke of Arschot [and Aremberg]. He saw the Queen on May Day and offered the thanks of the Earl and Countess for her gracious dealing in the matter of their daughter Lady Lennox [cf. folio 233]. The Earl of Leicester 'threateneth' to come to Buxton this summer. 2pp. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.96)

 

Folio 241

 

Gilbert and Mary Talbot to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Charing Cross, 1 April 1579. He has shown the Earl's letter, and a copy of a letter from the Earl to Lord Burghley, to the Earl of Leicester, who said that Shrewsbury now seemed to offer the Queen for the custom of lead only as much as she received now. Gilbert told him that the Earl was likely to be willing to pay more; he would like instructions on the point. He has heard that there is civil war in France. 2pp. Seal. Clerk's hand, signed by both. Endorsed.

 

Folio 245

 

The Bishop of Carlisle to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Privy Councillor, at Sheffield, from Rose Castle, 25 July 1578. Profuse thanks for his kindness, especially in supporting him with the Earl of Leicester against those who would slander him. The Scots Parliament has met at Stirling and he sends a full report. 2pp. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed 'with all speed'. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.100)

 

Folio 249

 

The Bishop of Carlisle to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Privy Councillor, at Sheffield, from Rose Castle, 30 July 1578, giving more news from Scotland. 1p. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed 'with speed'.

 

Folio 253

 

Articles of agreement between the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury concerning Medowepleck [Meadow Place] and the sheep there, 24 August 1578. The Earl rents the land for £200 yearly and buys the ewes and lambs at 5s. and 4s. each respectively. 1p. Clerk's hand, signed by both.

 

Folio 255

 

Robert Eyre to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Tyddiswold [Tideswell], 15 September 1578. He has spoken with William Lytton of the charges preferred against him and secured his promise to attend upon the Earl after he has been to Chesterfield fair to sell oxen and young cattle. Eyre advises the Earl to secure a copy of the Sheriff's writ. 1p. Endorsed. 'To my Lord'. Address in sixth Earl's hand.

 

Folio 259

 

Lord Chief Justice Sir Christopher Wray to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Glentworth, 26 September 1578, thanking him for the good wine and asking that his brother Foljambe might smelt lead with a mill for a consideration. 1p. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed. Address in sixth Earl's hand.

 

Folio 263

 

Francis, Lord Talbot to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Pountifrect [Pontefract], 7 October 1578, asking for a loan of £100, as he has spent much money on account of his wife's illness. 1p. Endorsed.

 

Folio 267

 

Lord Burghley to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal and Privy Councillor, from Theobalds, 8 October 1578. Don John of Austria is dead of the plague, and Sebastian, King of Portugal, has been killed. A post-script asks that he be told when Lady Lennox is coming. 1p. Endorsed. Address in sixth Earl's hand: 'answered 11 October 1578'. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii. 125)

 

Folio 271

 

Ambrose [Dudley, first] Earl of Warwick to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Privy Councillor and K.G., no place, 4 November 1578. Excessive compliments. 1p. Endorsed. Address in sixth Earl's hand.

 

Folio 275

 

The Lords of the Council to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Greenwich, 16 November 1579, urging him to clemency for four tenants of Glossopdale threatened with eviction by the Earl as 'continual kindlers of these coals of controversy between you and the rest of your tenants' [cf. MS.3206 folio 951]. 1p. Paper seal. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed.

 

Folio 279

 

John Aleyn to the Bishop of Carlisle at Rose Castle, from Edinburgh, 5 November 1578. The Scottish lords are quiet and will assemble in a Parliament here on Monday. [John Stuart, fourth] Earl of Atholl is converted from Catholicism, and [George, fifth Baron] Seton also declares himself converted but he is 'so inconstant'. 1p. Endorsed 'with speed'. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii. 134)

 

Folio 283

 

The Earl of Warwick to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Privy Councillor and K.G., from the Court, 23 November 1578. Compliments. 1p. Seal. Endorsed. Address in sixth Earl's hand.

 

Folio 287

 

Gilbert and Mary Talbot to the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, from Charing Cross, 13 February 1578/9. The Earl of Leicester has written them by the same messenger. The arbitrators in the cause of [Edward] Burnell have appointed the hearing for Wednesday next [cf. Acts of the Privy Council 1578-80, p.102]. Gilbert will acquaint the Earl of Leicester and the Lord Chief Justice with the points on their side, but he expects that they will lose the case from what he has heard. The Duke [John] Casimir leaves tomorrow; he has been chosen one of the order of the Garter and given many presents by the Queen and leading noblemen. The Queen continues to use M. de Simier well. Mary Talbot does well and is an obedient patient; Mr. Julio [Borgarucci, physician] has written about her to the Countess. 3pp. Gilbert's hand, signed by both. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.138)

 

Folio 291

 

Richard Topcliffe to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal, from Mr. Talbot's house, [Charing Cross? cf. folio 287], 28 February 1578/9. He has called upon Mr. Clarentius [Robert Cooke, Clarencieux king of arms] and seen the work he has set out for the roof of the earl's chamber next the gallery [at Shrewsbury Place; cf. MS.3206 folio 929]. He discusses the successor to the late Lord Keeper [Sir Nicholas Bacon] and the departure from England of the Duke Casimir. 1p. Seal. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.143)

 

Folio 295

 

Gilbert Talbot to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Charing Cross, Thursday at night, 5 March 1578/9, also discussing the succession to the Lord Keepership and the Duke Casimir's departure; it is rumoured that his brother, the Elector Palatine [Louis] is dead. Mr. Julio is sure of Mary Talbot's perfect recovery [cf. folio 287]. 2pp. Seal. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.145)

 

Folio 299

 

Edwin [Sandys], Archbishop of York to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Bishopthorpe, 10 March 1578/9, recommending that Mr. [Robert] Holland, Vicar of Sheffield, be given the benefice of Whiston; he is a preaching pastor. 1p. Clerk's hand, subscribed and signed. Endorsed. Address in sixth Earl's hand, indicating consent. (Joseph Hunter, The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York, ed. Rev. A. Gatty (1869), p. 269, W. de G. Birch, 'Original Documents Relating to Sheffield, principally in connection with Mary Queen of Scots', Journal of the British Archaeological Association (March, 1874), p. 319)

 

Folio 303

 

The Lords of the Council to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal, from Westminster, 29 May 1579. They have examined Otwall Higginbotham touching his speeches for the assistance of the Earl's tenants in Glossopdale and find the case not proved, so they have sent him to crave the Earl's favour [cf. Acts of the Privy Council 1578-80, p. 145]. 2pp. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed. Address in sixth Earl's hand.

 

Folio 307

 

Gilbert and Mary Talbot to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Charing Cross, Saturday morning, 4 April 1579. [Thomas] Baldwin delivered ten fothers of lead to the Lord Treasurer [Lord Burghley] three days ago, very secretly, and Gilbert has given him the Earl's letter. He promised to discuss the matter with the Earl of Leicester, but their leisure is at the moment very restricted, as the Privy Council has been meeting for the last five days from 8 a.m. till dinner about the matter of Monseigneur [Francois Valois, Duke of Alençon] who is said to be likely to visit England and marry the Queen. 'It is verily thought this marriage will come to pass of a great sort of wise men; yet, nevertheless, there are divers others like St. Thomas of Jude, who would not believe till he had both seen and felt'. A post-script states that Burghley looks to hear from the Earl about Rolston [cf. folio 345]. 2pp. Seal. Gilbert's hand, signed by both. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii. 148)

 

Folio 311

 

Alderman Thomas Pullyson to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal and Privy Councillor, at Sheffield, from London, 10 April 1579. The lead shipped by his man John Walley at Hull has arrived safely at London. It weighs over 60 fothers, of which ten have been delivered to the Lord Treasurer by the Earl's order [cf. folio 307] and 30 are at Pullyson's adventure. At £9 a fother, Pullyson owes £270 and he has given the Earl's servant [Thomas] Baldwin a bill for that amount to be paid at midsummer. Lead is out of request at London at the moment, so he proposes to ship both some of his and some of the Earl's to Rouen. As for the 20 fothers Walley has concluded with the Earl for, to be delivered at Hull between May and Whitsuntide, it will suit Pullyson's turn as well if it comes between midsummer and St. Bartholomew's. 1p. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed. Address in sixth Earl's hand: 'mete to be kepte'.

 

Folio 315

 

The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Lords of the Council, [Sheffield], 24 April 1579. The tenants in Glossopdale who have complained to the Privy Council have held their lands as tenants at will for the last sixteen years and not by lease as they contend. 2pp. Draft, clerk's hand. Address in sixth Earl's hand.

 

Folio 319

 

The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Earl of Leicester, from Sheffield, 4 May 1579. He never intended to displace more than four of his Glossopdale tenants [cf. folio 275] or that the others should pay the increased rents he assessed at the value of the lands. His chaplain, [Robert] Holland, who chances to be in London, will testify that the Earl asked him to preach in Glossopdale that he intended to be good lord to the tenants. 1p. Draft of MS 3206 f. 965. Address.

 

Folio 321

 

The Bishop of Carlisle to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Privy Councillor, at Sheffield, from Rose Castle, 11 May 1579. He expects the Earl will have heard of the death of the Earl of Atholl, it is rumoured by poison. The two sons of [James Hamilton, second Earl of Arran], the Lord Arbroth [John Hamilton] and the Lord of Paisley [Claud Hamilton, Commendator of Paisley] are fled to France. 1p. Clerk's hand, unsigned. Endorsed. Address in sixth Earl's hand: 'not yett answered'. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii. 151)

 

Folio 325

 

The examination by Sir George Calveley of Thomas Booth, [cf. Acts of the Privy Council 1578-80, p. 411] concerning a fraudulent visitation of Cheshire by William Dakins, pretended Norroy King of Arms, 27 November 1579, with the names of the Cheshire gentlemen from whom Dakins and Randulph Massy received sums of money. 3pp. Clerk's hand, first page signed by Calveley. Address in sixth Earl's hand.

 

Folio 331

 

Gilbert Talbot to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Charing Cross, Friday, late at night, 15 May 1579. As it has been wet and the Earl of Leicester is away from the Court, he delivered the Earl's letter to the Queen about the Glossopdale tenants to Mr. Secretary [Sir Francis] Walsingham and understands she liked it well. He has also delivered letters on the subject to the Earl of Leicester and Lord Treasurer [Burghley]. With the coming up of Higginbotham, Gilbert trusts that this is the end of the affair [cf. folios 303, 319]. Those unreasonable people of Ashford have returned again to the north without placing their complaints and Leicester feels that this is as well, who told him that the Queen was likely to be disturbed about Mary, Queen of Scots remaining with the Earl if there were any suggestion of disagreement between the Earl and the Countess or between the Earl and his tenants. The Monseigneur affair [cf. folio 307] grows cold. A post-script states that he heard from the Earl of Leicester the next day after this was written that the Queen believed the Earl and Countess to be making 3-4,000 marks yearly out of the Peak, which Leicester assured her was untrue. 3pp. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.153)

 

Folio 335

 

The Bishop of Carlisle to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Privy Councillor, from Rose Castle, 20 July 1579, requesting a loan of £100 and reporting the funeral of the Earl of Atholl. It is thought that Spanish ambassadors have arrived in Scotland. 3pp. Endorsed.

 

Folio 339

 

The Earl of Leicester to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Marshal, from the Court, 11 July [1579]. Compliments. 1p. Endorsed. Address.

 

Folio 341

 

Francis, Lord Talbot, to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Pontefract, 21 July 1579, thanking him for the present of 100 sheep and asking permission to purchase a lease from the widow of the Earl's servant Thomas Leaton, which lies very conveniently for him. The Archbishop of York intends to visit him next Saturday night. 1p. Endorsed.

 

Folio 345

 

Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor, to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from London, 3 November 1579, telling him to desist in his suit with Francis Rollestone [Rolston] for the tithes of Mathfield [Mayfield] as the Queen can have no interest in the matter. 1p. Clerk's hand, subscribed and signed. Endorsed. Address in the sixth Earl's hand.

 

Folio 349

 

Thomas Baldwin to the Earl of Shrewsbury, [London, December 1579, cf. folio 361, in which this was possibly enclosed]. He was forced to exhibit a complaint against the Earl's tenants of Glossopdale in his own name. He approached several Privy Councillors and hopes 'to have set them up in prison for theire lyves'. The tenants and he were summoned before the Council on Tuesday last and he put the Earl's case fully [cf. folios 315, 319] but the Council seem unconvinced. 4pp. Letter lacks conclusion

 

Folio 353

 

Sir Francis Walsingham to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from the Court at Whitehall, [late] December 1579. The Queen will give no decisive answer to Monseigneur [Francois Valois, Duke of Alençon] until the return next week of her ambassador to France, Mr. [Sir Edward] Stafford. 1p. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed.

 

Folio 357

 

Sir Francis Walsingham to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from London, 11 December 1579. He is glad to learn that the Earl is recovering from his gout. The Queen awaits news of the answer of Monseigneur [cf. folio 353] until after M. Simier has seen him. 1p. Paper seal. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed. Address.

 

Folio 361

 

Thomas Baldwin to the Earl of Shrewsbury, [London], 5 December 1579. The tenants of Glossopdale and he were before the Privy Council last Tuesday [cf. folio 349] when they claimed tenant right. They were much blamed for their stubbornness and commanded to depart, but Baldwin fears they will not comply. 1p. Endorsed. Address in sixth Earl's hand: 'To my wyfe the Countess of Shrewsbury'.

 

Folio 365

 

Gilbert Talbot to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Rufford, 25 January 1579/80. A long letter of family business and money matters; his wife is well and he will tell his father as soon as she is quick with child. 3pp. Endorsed. Address in sixth Earl's hand.

 

Folio 369

 

William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, to the Earl of Shrewsbury, K.G., Earl Marshal, from London, 23 February 1579/80, thanking him for the stopping of 'that naughty fellow's course' [cf. folio 325] and enclosing the decree in Star Chamber. 1p. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed.

 

Folio 373

 

The Archbishop of York to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Privy Councillor, from London, 5 March 1579/80. The French marriage proposal is revived again and M. Simier is expected before Easter. [Henry Fitz Alan, tenth] Earl of Arundel is dead. 1p. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii. 162)

 

Folio 377

 

Richard Topcliffe to the Earl of Shrewsbury, K.G., Earl Marshal and Privy Councillor, [London], 16 March 1579/80. News out of Portugal, conveyed to him by the Earl of Leicester's chief physician, Dr. [Rodrigo] Lopez. 'Your bad tenants of Glossopdale want coals to their irons' which Mr. [Thomas] Baldwin is doing his best to supply [cf. folios 349, 361]. A post-script states that four of the Queen's ships are due to sail the next day. 1p. Seal. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii. 164)

 

Folio 379

 

Sir Francis Walsingham to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from the Court, 22 March 1579/80. Parliament is likely to be prorogued from 11 April to 2 May. 1p. Clerk's hand, signed. Endorsed to [Francis Russell, second] Earl of Bedford but addressed to Shrewsbury.

 

Folio 383

 

Francis, Lord Talbot to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from the Savoy, 29 May 1580. The Queen asked him particularly where he had seen his father and Mary, Queen of Scots. He replied that he had seen his father at a house he is building at Sheffield [Handsworth?] but he had not seen the Queen of Scots in many years. News of the Court: the matter of the French marriage is in suspense and the Queen has removed to Nonsuch. 1p. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.166, W. de G. Birch, 'Original Documents Relating to Sheffield, principally in connection with Mary Queen of Scots', Journal of the British Archaeological Association (March, 1874), p. 320)

 

Folio 385

 

Francis, Lord Talbot to the Earl of Shrewsbury at Sheffield, from the Court at Nonsuch, 23 June 1580. Mr. [Sir] Edward Stafford has gone to France. Mr. [Sir] John Norris [general of the English forces in the Low Countries] has been shot in Antwerp but will live. The Queen is 'no ways well disposed' on account of the French business. 1p. Damaged Ms. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii. 167)

 

Folio 389

 

Francis, Lord Talbot to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from York, 16 November 1580, requesting a loan of £200 to pay Sir Thomas Cecil for a house in the Sapowe [Savoy] in which he wishes to reside. 1p.

 

Folio 393

 

[Francis, Lord Talbot] to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Sapou [the Savoy], 13 February [1580]. Monseigneur [the Duke of Alençon] has gone to Antwerp [to be Governor], accompanied by the Earl of Leicester and sundry English noblemen. The parting with the Queen was mournful: 'she loth to let him go, and he as loth to depart'. 1p. Seal. Signature cut off Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii.203)

 

Folio 395

 

The Earl of Leicester to the Earl of Shrewsbury, K.G., Privy Councillor, no place, 18 January [1580/1], reassuring him of the Queen's favour towards him. 1p. Endorsed. Address in sixth Earl's hand.

 

Folio 399

 

The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Queen, from Sheffield Castle, 26 January 1580/1, asking that the allowance paid him for the maintenance of Mary, Queen of Scots, be not now abated. 1p. Endorsed. (Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History (second edition, 1838), ii. 187)

 

Folio 403

 

Francis, Lord Talbot to the Earl of Shrewsbury, from Newark, 8 January 1580/1. He has heard that the Earl is at Worksop and sends the bearer for any commands that his father may have of him. 1p. Endorsed.

Date: 1571-1581
Held by: Lambeth Palace Library, not available at The National Archives
Former reference in its original department: MS.3197
Language: English
Custodial history:

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