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A folio volume (bound up with the preceding one [Add MS 5495]) containing copies of various instruments, warrants and letters issued by, or addressed to, the Earl of Hertford [Edward Seymour], when Lord Lieutenant of the counties of Somerset and Wiltshire, 1608-1611, relative to the musters, viz.

1. Commission of Edward, Earl of Hertford, from King James I constituting him Lieutenant of the counties of Somerset and Wiltshire. Westminster, 28 June 41 James I. f. 1.

2. Letter from the Lords of the Privy Council to the Earl of Hertford, directing a general review of horse and foot within the counties of Somerset and Wiltshire. Greenwich, 30 June 1608. f. 3b.

3. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Deputy Lieutenant of the same counties, on the same subject. Almsbury, 25 July, 1608. f. 6b.

4. Deputation from the same to the Deputy Lieutenant of the county of Wiltshire, viz. to Sir Thomas Gorges, Sir James Mervin, Sir Walter Long and Sir William Eyre, knights. 25 July 1608. f. 8.

5. Similar deputation to the Mayor of Bristol [Matthew Haviland]. Same date. f. 9b.

6. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the same, for a muster of the 300 foot within that city. Almsbury, 25 July, 1608. f. 11b.

7. Letter from Sir Maurice Barkeley to the Earl of Hertford, thanking him for his appointment as Deputy Lieutenant of county Somerset. Langford, 28 Jul 1608. f. 12b.

8. Letter from Sir Thomas Thynne to the same, desiring to have his commission as colonel bestowed on some other person, on account of his being sheriff (not dated). f. 13b.

9. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Bishop of Salisbury [Henry Cotton], concerning the finding of arms by the clergy. Almsbury, 6 Aug 1608. f. 14.

10. Letter from Matthew Haviland, Mayor of Bristol, to the Earl of Hertford, appointing a time for the muster. Bristol, 8 Aug 1608. f. 14b.

11. ‘The agreement that was made amongst the Deputie Lieutenants and Justices of the Peace for the appoynting of ye Musters.’ 10 Aug 1608. f. 15.

12. Letter from Henry, Bishop of Salisbury, to the Earl of Hertford concerning the finding of arms by the clergy. 11 Aug 1608. f. 17.

13. Letter from James [James Montague], Bishop of Bath and Wells, to the same. On the same subject. Wells, 18 Aug 1608. f. 18.

14. Letter from Sir William Eyre concerning some things to be considered of touching the horse troops. Chanfield, 19 Aug 1608. f. 18b.

15. Letter from Sir Walter Long to the same. Excusing his not meeting the rest of the Deputy Lieutenants at Almsbury. Draycott, 24 Aug 1608. f. 19.

16. Letter from Sir Richard Gifford to the same. Inspecting the appointment of another person in the place of his brother, Sir Nicholas Hawlswell, as Deputy Lieutenant. Sombonne, 25 Aug 1608. f. 19b.

17. Letter from Sir Thomas Gorges to the same. Requesting to have the muster books. Langford, 29 Aug 1608.

18. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Deputy Lieutenants county Wiltshire. Desiring them to take care that the colonels and captains are present at the musters, and match and powder ready. Almsbury, 31 Aug 1608. f. 20b.

19. Letter from Henry [Henry Cotton], Bishop of Sarum, to the Earl of Hertford, concerning the finding of arms by the clergy. Sarum, 31 Aug 1608. f. 21b.

20. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Bishop of Sarum. Referring the appointment of a captain over the clergy to the Bishop’s choice. Almsbury, 31 Aug 1608. f. 22b.

21. ‘The forme of his Ips. warrant unto the new chose Cap’ens.’ Almsbury, 31 Aug 1608, with the names of those to whom it was sent. f. 23.

22. Letter from John Aprice to the Earl of Hertford, returning thanks for his appointment as captain (not dated). f. 24.

23. Letter from Thomas Hamon, stating his insufficiency to be captain. 2 Sept 1608. f. 24b.

24. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Mayor of Bristol, appointing Captain Norton [George Norton] to take the muster. Almsbury, 3 Sept 1608. f. 25b.

25. Letter from Thomas Hinton to the Earl of Hertford. Desiring to be excused from being captain. Marlborough, 3 Sept 1608. f. 26.

26. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to Sir Giles Wroughton, knight. Conferring on him the coloneley of horse. Almsbury, 4 Sept 1608. f. 26b.

27. Letter from the Bishop of Sarum to the Earl of Hertford. Thanking him for the choice of captain. Sarum, 4 Sept 1608. f. 27.

28. ‘A second forme of his (Ips.) tries unto Colonells and Cap’ens to authorise them to take that place upon them.’ Almsbury, 5 Sept 1608, with the names of those to whom it was sent. f. 27b.

29. Letter from Sir Maurice Barkeley, Sir Hugh Smith and Thomas Homer, esquire, Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset, to the Earl of Hertford, showing their proceedings in the musters of that county. Wells, 6 Sept 1608. f. 28b.

30. Letter from the Mayor, and his brethren of the city of Sarum, to the same, beseeching the continuance of their former custom of mustering the private company of foot of that city. Sarum, 8 Sept 1608. f. 30.

31. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Mayor of Sarum. Reply to their request, granting it. Easton, 10 Sept 1608. f. 31b.

32. Letter from the same to Sir Thomas Gorges. Concerning the training of 100 men in the city of Sarum. Easton, 10 Sept 1608. f. 32b.

33. Letter from the Bishop of Bath and Wells to the Earl of Hertford. Respecting the assessing of the clergy. Wells, 14 Sept 1608. f. 33.

34. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset. In answer to theirs’ of the 6th instant, allowing time for the musters. Easton, 14 Sept 1608. f. 34.

35. Letter from the same to George Norton of Leigh, to execute his brother’s place. Easton, 14 Sept 1608. f. 35.

36. Letter from the same to the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Concerning the clergy. Easton, 17 Sept 1608. f. 35b.

37. Letter from the same to Sir James Mervin. Concerning Sir Thomas Thynne. Easton, 18 Sept 1608. f. 36.

38. Letter from the Mayor of Salisbury to the Earl of Hertford. Notifying the time of the muster in that city. Sarum, 18 Sept 1608. f. 37.

39. Letter from Sir James Mervin to the same, concerning Sir Thomas Thinn [Sir Thomas Thynne] (not dated). f. 37b.

40. Letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury [Richard Bancroft] to the Bishop of Bath and Wells, with a copy of a letter from the Lords of the Council to himself, touching their meaning for the musters and assessment of the clergy. Lambehith, 19 Sept 1608. f. 38b.

41. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Deputy Lieutenants and Justices of Peace, county Wiltshire. For the settling of the muster masters’ charges. Easton, 3 Oct 1608. f. 40.

42. Letter from Doctor Francis James to the Earl of Hertford. Touching the assessment of the clergy. Wells, 5 Oct 1608. f. 41.

43. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Deputy Lieutenants and Justices of the Peace, county Wiltshire. Giving them thanks for settling the muster masters’ pay. Easton, 8 Oct 1608. f. 41b.

44. Letter from the same to Francis Englefield, esquire, and others absent from the musters, ordering them to show their footmen and lances to the Deputy Lieutenants. Easton, 12 Oct 1608. f. 42.

45. Letter from the same to Sir Thomas Snell, Sir Walter Vaughan and Sir John Ernly, knight. Respecting the supply of the defects of the horse. Easton, 29 Oct 1608. f. 42b.

46. Letter from Sir Giles Wroughton to Sir Thomas Gorges. Showing him the impossibility of supplying the defects by the time specified. Sarum, 1 Nov 1608. f. 43b.

47. Letter from Sir Thomas Gorges to the Earl of Hertford. Concerning the proceedings for supplying the defects. Langford, 2 Nov 1608. f. 44.

48. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to Sir Thomas Gorges. Reply to the last. Easton, 2 Nov 1608. f. 45.

49. Letter from Matthew Haviland, Mayor of Bristol, to the Earl of Hertford. Concerning the end of the musters in that city. Bristol, 26 Sept 1608. f. 45b.

50. Letter from Sir Hugh Smith (Deputy Lieutenant county Somerset) to the same. For the discharge of his cousin Gorges as captain of horse, and appointment of William Winter in his place. Longaistyton [Long Ashton], 9 Nov 1608. f. 46.

51. Letter from George Norton to the same. Moving his Lordship for Captain John Hopkins to be colonel of the trained bands of Bristol. Marlborough, 10 Nov 1608. f. 46b.

52. Letter from the same to the same. Concerning the end of the musters in Somerset. Marlborough, 10 Nov 1608. f. 47b.

53. Letter from Sir Thomas Snell to the same. Showing what has been done to supply the defects in his troop of horse. Kinton, 11 Nov 1608. f. 48.

54. ‘The King’s Matie tries unto his Lt. for ye planting of Mulberre trees for Silke Wormes wthin the Counties of Somerset and Wiltes.’ Westminster. 16 Nov. 6 Jac. 1. f. 48b.

55. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Deputy Lieutenants county Wiltshire. Concerning the execution of the King’s [James I] letters. Hertford House, Westminster. 20 Nov 1608. f. 50b.

56. Letter from the same to the Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset respecting the punishment of such as refuse to supply the defect of arms. Hertford House, 27 Nov 1608. f. 51.

57. Letter from Captain Samuel Norton to the Earl of Hertford. Containing an account of the Earl of Thomond’s [Donogh O’Brien] proceedings in Ireland, and news from the groyne. Limmerick, 8 Sept 1608. f. 51b.

58. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to John Paulet, appointing John Paulet colonel of horse in John Colles’s place. Hertford House, 27 Nov 1608. f. 52b.

59. Letter from the same to the Lords of the Privy Council, with a certificate of the musters. Hertford House, 9 Dec 1608. f. 53.

60. Letter from the same to Sir Thomas Gorges. Concerning military affairs. Hertford House, 12 Dec 1608. f. 54.

61. Letter from Sir Thomas Gorges to the Earl of Hertford. Respecting the muster of the clergy, and other matters. 5 Jan 1608. f. 54b.

62. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset. Signifying the pleasure of the Lords of the Council concerning those who neglected to find arms, or attend the musters. Hertford House, 9 Feb 1608. f. 55.

63. Letter from John [John Thornborough], Bishop of Bristol, to the Earl of Hertford. Concerning the muster of the forces there. Bristol, 21 Jan. 1608. f. 56.

64. Warrant to the Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset to authorise Charles Brooke, esquire, to be colonel of foot, in the place of Sir Maurice Barkeley. Hertford House, 25 May 1608. f. 56b.

65. Letter to the same from the Earl of Hertford. Concerning the appointment of the musters. Hertford House, 24 May 1609. f. 57.

66. Letter to the Deputy Lieutenants county Wiltshire from the same. On the appointment of musters. Hertford House, 26 May 1609. f. 58.

67. Letter to the Mayor of Bristol from the same. For the ordering of the forces there. Hertford House, 8 June 1609. f. 58b.

68. Letter to the Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset from the same. Respecting the appointment of some other person as captain of horse, in the place of John Colles. Hertford House, 10 June 1609. f. 59.

69. Letter to the Earl of Hertford from the Deputy Lieutenants county Wiltshire. Desiring a longer time for the appointment of the musters. Almsbury, 26 June 1609. f. 59b.

70. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Deputy Lieutenants county Wiltshire. Reply to the last, granting their request. 27 June 1609. f. 60.

71. Letter from the same to the Mayor of Bristol. For mustering and training the train-bands of that city. Hertford House, 8 June 1609. f. 60b.

72. Duplicate of no. 68. f. 61b.

73. Letter from the same to Thomas Horner, esquire. Granting his request to have another person appointed in his place, as Deputy Lieutenant county Somerset. Elvetham, 16 June 1609. f. 62.

74. Letter from Sir Hugh Smyth [Sir Hugh Smith] and Thomas Homer to the Earl of Hertford. Beseeching a longer time for mustering the troops in county Somerset. Long Ashton, 28 June, 1609. f. 62b.

75. Letter from the Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset to the same. Nearly a duplicate of the last. 29 June 1609. f. 63.

76. Letter from William Clif, Mayor of Bath, William Sherston, and Walter Chapman, alderman, to the same. Respecting the training of 27 men for the city, and hundred, of Bath-forum. Bath, 3 July 1609. f. 63b.

77. Letter from Charles Brooke to the same. Requesting to be released from the command of Sir Maurice Barkeley’s regiment. London, 7 July 1609. f. 64.

78. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset. Granting them a longer time to muster the forces in that county. Letly. 9 July 1609. f. 64b.

79. ‘The Coppie of the Deputie Lieutennants of Wiltes theyr warrants unto ye Collonells to appeare at the Musters.’ f. 65.

80. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset. Conferring the coloneley of Sir Maurice Barkeley’s regiment on Edward Bisse of Spargrove, esquire. Almsbury, 28 Aug 1609. f. 66.

81. Warrant from the same to Edward Bisse, to take Sir Maurice Barkeley’s regiment. Almsbury, 28 Aug 1609. f. 66b.

82. Letter from Captain Samuel Norton to the Earl of Hertford. Concerning the musters in county Somerset. Ansford, 3 Oct 1609. f. 67.

83. Letter from the same to the same. Respecting the muster at Bristol having been delayed on account of the sickness there. 29 Oct 1609. f. 67b.

84. Letter from Sir Thomas Gorges to the same. Concerning the muster rolls, and Sir James Mervin’s conduct therein. London 16 Nov 1609. f. 68.

85. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset. Concerning the appointment of musters. Hertford House, 17 July 1610. f. 68b.

86. Letter from the same to the Deputy Lieutenants county Wiltshire. In similar terms. Hertford House, 17 July 1610. f. 69.

87. Letter from the same to the Bishop of Salisbury. To appoint a muster for the clergy. Almsbury, 27 Aug 1610. f. 69b.

88. Letter from Captain Samuel Norton to the Earl of Hertford. Asking leave to go to Ireland, and advising the musters to be deferred on account of the plague at Bridgwater. Ligh, 2 Aug 1610. f. 70.

89. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to Sir John Horton, knight. To take the charge of a company of foot, lately under Captain Tobias Horton. Almsbury. 2 Sept 1610. f. 70b.

90. Letter from the same to the Mayor of Salisbury. Order to muster the foot there. Almsbury, 2 Sept 1610. f. 71.

91. Letter from the Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset to the Earl of Hertford. About altering Sir John Mallet’s regiment, and deferring the musters on account of the plague. 29 Aug 1610. f. 71b.

92. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset. Reply to the last, and ordering the musters to be proceeded with. Almsbury, 1 Sept 1610. f. 72.

93. Letter from Sir John St. John to the Earl of Hertford. Thanking him for his appointment as colonel, 11 Aug 1610. f. 72b.

94. Letter from John Hungerford, esquire, to the same. Desiring to be released from the coloneley in the place of Sir Henry Baynton. Cadnam, 4 Sept 1610. f. 73.

95. Letter from Thomas Horner to the same. About supplying the place of Sir Barnaby Samborne etc. Cloford, 6 Sept 1610. f. 73b.

96. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to Thomas Horner. Answer to the last. Almsbury, 8 Sept 1610. f. 74.

97. Letter from Henry Mervin to the Earl of Hertford. Returning thanks for his appointment (as colonel of light horse), 11 Aug 1610. f. 74b.

98. Letter from John Sherston, Mayor of Bath, William Sherston and Walter Chapman, alderman, to the same. Respecting the muster of men within the city, as allowed by letters patent of Queen Elizabeth. Bath, 20 Sept 1610. f. 75.

99. ‘Tymes and places appointed by the Earle of Hertford for ye Viewing and traynnige of everie Regimt.’ f. 75b.

100. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Deputy Lieutenants county Wiltshire. Order for viewing the defaults in the troops, and store of powder. Almsbury. 2 Oct 1610. f. 76b.

101. Letter from Sir William Eyre and Sir Henry Baynton. Respecting the deficiencies in the regiments of John Hungerford, esquire, Sir John St. John, Sir Thomas Snell, and Sir George Ivie. Chippenham, 4 March 1610. f. 77b.

102. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Deputy Lieutenants county Wiltshire. Orders to view the defaults in the troops. Hertford House, 14 Feb 1610. f. 78.

103. Letter from Sir Giles Wroughton and Sir William Vaughan to the Earl of Hertford. Respecting the deficiencies in the light horse. Sarum, 4 March 1610. f. 78b.

104. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to Sir William Eyre and Sir Henry Baynton. Further order to view the defaults. Abbetstone, 9 March 1610. f. 79.

105. Letter from Sir Giles Wroughton and Sir William Vaughan on the same subject. Sarum, 23 March 1610. f. 79b.

106. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to Sir Giles Wroughton and Sir William Vaughan. On the same subject. Letly, 5 Apr 1611. f. 80.

107. Letter from Robert Ailworth, Mayor of Bristol, to the Earl of Hertford. Certifying the muster to have taken place. Bristol, 27 Sept 1610. f. 80b.

108. Letter from Thomas Snell to the same. Respecting the lances furnished to the last musters, and names of those who furnished them. Kington, 11 Apr 1611. f. 81.

109. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Deputy Lieutenants county Wiltshire. Orders to call a general muster at Whitsuntide. Letly, 18 Apr 1611. f. 81b.

110. ‘Directions set downe by the Earle of Hertford, Lord Lieutenante of Wiltes, for the managing and ordering the Service Martiall wth the saide Countie.’ f. 82.

111. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Lords of the Privy Council. Respecting the execution of orders relative to musters. Letly, 28 Apr 1610. f. 83.

112. Letter from the Lords of the Privy Council to the Earl of Hertford. Returning him thanks. Whitehall, 4 May 1611. f. 83b.

113. Letter from Sir Henry Baynton and Sir William Vaughan to the same. To defer the musters till Michaelmass. 29 Apr 1611. f. 84.

114. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset. To call a muster of Michaelmass. Almsbury, 20 Jul 1611. f. 84b.

115. Letter from the same to Sir Nicholas Haswell [Sir Nicholas Hawlswell]. Respecting the appointment of George Grymes in the room of Samuel Norton. Almsbury, 20 July 1611. f. 85.

116. Letter from the same to Captain Thomas Baskervill. Order to take the charge of a company of foot. Almsbury, 26 July 1611. f. 85b.

117. Letter from the same to the Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset. To defer the musters till Whitsuntide. Almsbury, 12 Aug 1611. f. 86.

118. Letter from the same to the Deputy Lieutenants and Justices of Peace, county Somerset. Respecting the allowances to be made to George Grymes, appointed muster master in the room of Samuel Norton. Almsbury, 15 Sept 1611. f. 86b.

119. Letter from the same to George Norton. To deliver the muster books to George Grymes. Almsbury, 20 July 1611. f. 87.

120. Letter from Sir Maurice Barkley to the Earl of Hertford. Acceptance of George Grymes as muster master. Evill-chester [Evilchester], 18 Sept 1611. f. 87b.

121. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to Sir Nicholas Haswell [Sir Nicholas Hawlswell]. Requiring the muster books. Almsbury, 21 Aug 1611. f. 88.

122. Letter from the Justices of the Peace, county Wiltshire, to the Earl of Hertford. Requesting the postponement of the musters. 10 Sept 1611. f. 88b.

123. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Deputy Lieutenant and Justices of the Peace, county Wiltshire. Respecting a yearly allowance to the muster master, Hercules Staunter. Almsbury, 30 Sept 1611. f. 89.

124. Letter from the Justices of Peace, county Wiltshire, to the Earl of Hertford. On the same subject. Marlborough, 2 Oct 1611. f. 89b.

125. Letter of James I addressed to the Earl of Hertford, respecting the raising of a loan from the counties of Wiltshire and Somerset. Westminster, 31 Oct. 9. Jac. I. f. 90.

126. Form of privy seal intended for the loan. f. 91.

127. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset. Concerning the loan. Totnam, 8 Nov 1611. f. 91b.

128. Letter from the Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset to the Earl of Hertford. Requesting to meet the Justices of the Peace for the same county to confer respecting the loan. Orchard [Orchard Wyndham], 14 Nov 1611. f. 92.

129. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset. To invite them to be more earnest in the matter of the loan. Hertford House, 28 Nov 1611. f. 92b.

130. Letter from the same to Sir William Eyre, Deputy Lieutenant county Wiltshire. Respecting the loan. Totnam, 9 Nov 1611. f. 93.

131. Letter from the Deputy Lieutenants county Wiltshire to the Earl of Hertford. On the same subject, with a certificate of such persons as are able to lend monies in that county. Marlborough, 28 Nov. 1611. f. 93b.

132. ‘A note of the names of such persons as are thought fitt to lend mony to the King’s Matie by way of Privy Seales, togeather wth their names and dwelling places, and their severall summes.’ f. 94.

133. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Lords of the Privy Council. Forwarding the preceding certificate. Hertford House, 4 Dec 1611. f. 97b.

134. Letter from the same to the Mayor of Bristol [William Cary]. Touching the service of the loan. Hertford House, 30 Nov 1611. f. 98.

135. Letter from the Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset. On the same subject, with a certificate of the persons able to lend monies in that county. Taunton, 18 Dec 1611. f. 98b.

136. ‘The names as well of such persons as formerlie but his Matie wth their severall summes (a third parte being deducted of the former loane) as also the names of all others within the countie aforesaid as are thought to be of sufficient abilitie to furnishe his Matie wth monies.’ f. 99.

137. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Lords of the Privy Council. Forwarding the above certificate. Letly, 28 Dec 1611. f. 101.

138. Letter from the same to the Lord Treasurer [Sir Robert Cecil]. Respecting the loan in county Somerset. Letly, 25 Dec 1611. f. 101b.

139. Letter from William Cary, Mayor of Bristol, to the Earl of Hertford. Begging to be exempt from the loan, on account of the decay of the city. Bristol, 26 Dec 1611. Ib.

140. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Mayor of Bristol. Admonishing him to a better consideration of the service of the loan. Letly, 28 Dec 1611. f. 102b.

141. Letter from the Lords of the Privy Council to the Earl of Hertford. Requiring a better certificate from the county of Somerset. Whitehall, 29 Dec 1611. f. 103.

142. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset. Desiring a new certificate. Letly, 1 Jan 1611. f. 103b.

143. Letter from the Mayor of Bristol to the Earl of Hertford. Nearly in the same terms as no. 139. Bristol, 4 Jan 1611. f. 104.

144. Letter from Laurence Hyde to the same, on behalf of the city of Bristol, to be exempted from the loan. Sarum. 5 Jan 1611. f. 104b.

145. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Lords of the Privy Council. Respecting the loan from Bristol. Letly, 7 Jan 1611. f. 105.

146. Letter from Honor Hardinge to the Earl of Hertford. Desiring to be released from the charge of a privy seal. Jan 1611. f. 105b.

147. Letter from the Lords of the Privy Council to the same. Desiring him to use his endeavours to oblige the city of Bristol to assist in the loan. Whitehall, 13 Jan 1611. f. 106.

148. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Mayor of Bristol. On the same subject. Letly, 16 Jan 1611. f. 106b.

149. Letter from the same to the Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset. On the same subject. Letly, 16 Jan 1611. f. 107.

150. Letter from the Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset to the Earl of Hertford. Concerning the loan for that county, with a fuller certificate than before. Wells, 15 Jan 1611. f. 107b.

151. ‘The names of those that were newly taxed to the loane, after the first certificate.’ f. 108.

152. Letter from the Mayor of Bristol to the Earl of Hertford. With a certificate of persons within that city able to lend money. Bristol. 22 Jan 1611. f. 109b.

153. ‘Certificate of the names of such persons as are to lend severall sommes of mony to the Kinge’s most excellent Matie wthin the Cyttie of Bristoll.’ f. 110.

154. Letter from Sir Hugh Smith and Thomas Horner, Deputy Lieutenants county Somerset. Respecting the above loan, from Bristol. St. Augustines Greene, 20 Jan 1611. f. 110b.

155. Letter from the Earl of Hertford to the Lords of the Privy Council. Concerning the newly raised sum within the county of Somerset. Letly, 19 Jan 1611. f. 111.

156. Letter from the same to the same. Respecting the loan from Bristol. Letley, 29 Jan 1611. f. 111b.

157. Letter from the same to the Deputy Lieutenants county Wiltshire. To call a general muster within the said county (left incomplete). f. 112.

Folio, ff. 112.