24. Mr. Recorder, Fleetwood informs Lord Burghley, of a Butcher killing and telling flesh in Lent, by virtue of the Earl of Essex's warrant, which he sends inclosed, but which he thinks insufficient, March 20, 1589.
25. A letter of the French Ambassador, to Lord Burghley; backing an inclosed petition of the Members of the French Congregation, in London, to be excused paying towards the Subsidy, Jan. 31, 1589. (French.)
26. Sir Henry Cocke's letter to Lord Burghley, of proccedings at the Sessions at Hertford, Jan. 7, 1589. This letter mentions a new office in England, viz. Provost Marshalship.
29. Sir J. Popham and Sir T. Egerton, to Sir T. Heneage and Sir F. Walsingham; that Mrs. Dyer is not fully guilty of witchcraft, Jan. 7, 1589. See Strype's Annals, Vol. IV. p. 7.