33. A petition of the Mayor and Burgesses of Reading, for the fee-farm of sorne land, to provide better for the poor of the borough, by erecting an almshouse; with Sir Fr. Walsingham's attestation of the Queen's consent.
60. Mr. Ardem and Mr. Geldert, to Lord Burghley; that the custom on deal boards brought by strangers is denied them by the Mayor of the town, Aug. 23, 1576.