71. Matthew, Abp. of Canterbury, to Sir Wm. Cecill; desiring the Queen's licence for building a Grammar School at Sandwich, in Kent, to be endowed by Mr. Manwood: praising also the good order of that town, Aug. 27, 1563.
72. Richard Cheney, Bp. of Gloucester, to Sir Wm. Cecill; expressing his earnest desire to resign his Bishopricks of Glocester and Bristol, and to lead a poor quiet life as before, Sept. 17, 1563.
75. Matthew, Abp. of Canterbury, to Sir Wm. Cecill; showing his apprehensions lest Dr. Thirlby, and Mr. Boxal, Dean of Windsor, appointed by the Council to be kept in custody by him, should bring infection with them, Sept. 20, 1563.
76. Thomas Young, Abp. of York, to Sir Wm. Cecill; requesting to know his pleasure concerning some Scotch Priests in prison in the Castle of York, Oct. 3, 1563.
77. Edmund, Bp. of London, to Sir Wm. Cecill; giving him advice how to manage a pain in his back, with a strong commendation of warm clothing; also concerning the placing of Watson and Feckenham with some Bishops and other matters, Oct. 15, 1563. Printed in Strype's life of Grindall, p. 80.
78. Thomas, Abp. of York, to Sir Wm. Cecill recommending one Lakyns to be presented to the vacant living of Awthorpe in Lincoln diocese; and desiring further advice concerning the imprisoned Scotch Priests, Nov. 5, 1563.
79. Edmund, Bp. of London, to Sir Wm. Cecill; concerning injunctions to be observed in Xt. Church College, Oxon. where Mr. Sampson was Dean, Nov. 12, 1563.
80. Gilbert Berkeley, Bp. of Bath and Wells, to Sir Wm. Cecill; that he could not send to him sooner, on account of a house being infected with the plague at Welles; that he had now sent an account (Harl. 594, f. 45) of the chapels, &c. in his diocese, Nov. 17, 1563.