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Deeds rel. to Richard Gardyner al. Gardener, Alderman and (1478) Lord Mayor of London, whose widow Etheldreda, afterw. married Sir Gilbert Talbot, Deputy of Calais, viz:-

(1) Bonds, quit-claim, etc., from various persons to; 1458-1477. 73930-73943.

(2) General pardon to, from Richard III; 1484. H.M.C., p. 296. 73944.

(3) Award by Gardyner and James Walker, clerk, in a dispute conc. a sum of £40 bequeathed by Henry Crosse, Rector of St. John the Baptist, Walbrook (d. 1469); as a loan fund for his parishioners and the parishioners of St. Mary Aldermary, London; 1485. 73945.

(4) Receipt from Henry VII to Gardyner for a salt of gold (which had been deposited with the latter by William Dabeney, Clerk of the Jewels, as security for a loan to Richard III) together with Gardyner's receipt for £100, his share of £2400 borrowed by Richard III from the Mayor and Alderman of London upon security of a 'coronall of golde garnysshed with precious stones and many other grete and riche Jewelles'; 1485. Sign manual of Henry VII and impression of his signet (damaged). H.M.C., p. 296. 73946.

(5) Will of Richard Gardyner (property in Westley Waterless, Horseheath and Shudy Camps, co. Camb., and chattels), n.d., with probate, 1490. For his London property see R. R. Sharpe, Cal. of Wills in the Court of Husting, ii, 1890, p. 591. H.M.C., p. 297. 73947 A-D.

Deeds rel. to the Talbot family:-

(1) Warrant from John Talbot, 7th Lord Talbot, and Lord Furnivall (1st Earl of Shrewsbury 1442), to the receivers of his castle and lordship of Alton, co. Staff., for payment of arrears of an annuity to Sir Laurence Marbury; 1423. Fr. H.M.C., p. 301. 73948.

(2) Grant of confraternity by William [Goddard] 'minister et servus' of Franciscans in England to Gilbert Talbot I (K.G. 1496), and Elizabeth his wife; 1479. 73949.

(3) Indenture of apprenticeship of John, son of Robert Pounde, citizen and grocer of London, to Sir Gilbert Talbot I (K.G. 1496), Merchant of the Staple of Calais; 1491. 73950.

(4) Indenture of service by which Sir Gilbert Talbot I binds himself to serve over-seas for one year with retinue; 1492. Fragments of Privy Seal of Henry VII. 73951.

(5) Warrant from Henry VII to Sir Gilbert Talbot I for the arrest of Rauf of Mottrom [Mottram] and Thomas Bawden, of Bowden, co. Derby, for murder of John Creswell, jun., of Bowden, at Chapel en le Frith, co. Derby, 1494. Fragment of Privy Seal. 73952.

(6) Writ for attachment of two labourers formerly in service of Sir Gilbert Talbot I; [?1494]. 73953.

(7) Petition to Sir Gilbert Talbot I; circ. 1500. Fragment. 73954.

(8) Letters patent of Henry VII appointing Sir Gilbert Talbot I High Steward of the Honour of Tutbury; 1503-1504. Seal of the Duchy of Lancaster (fragment). 73963.

(9) Commission from Henry VII to Sir Gilbert Talbot I, Richard, Abbot of Glastonbury, and Robert Shirbourn, Dean of St. Paul's, to invest Guido Ubaldi [Guidobaldo da Montefeltro], Duke of Urbino, with the Order of the Garter; 1504. With fragment of the Garter Seal. H.M.C., p. 302. 73955.

(10) Grant by Silvestro de' Gigli, Bishop ofWorcester, to Sir Gilbert Talbot, of the reversion of the stewardship of the temporalities of his see in cos. Worc. and Warw.; with postscript note of assent by the Prior and Convent; 1504. Seal of the Prior and Convent (fragment). H.M.C., p. 308. 73956.

(11) General and other pardons, etc., to members of the Talbot family; 1509-1626. Mostly with Great Seals. 73957-73960, 73977-73980, 73987, 73988.

(12) Inventory of the goods of Sir Gilbert Talbot I, made after his death [16 Aug. 1517]. Imperf. at beginning. H.M.C., p. 308. 74187 (roll).

(13) Covenant for marriage of Mary, daughter of Sir Gilbert Talbot II, and Thomas, son of Richard Asteley; 1525. H.M.C., p. 309. 73961.

(14) Mortgage by Sir Gilbert Talbot II, of a silver-gilt basin, as security for a loan; 1526. 73962.

(15) Exchequer acquittances to:- (a) Sir John Talbot I, of Grafton Manor and Albrighton (d. 1549), as High Sheriff of co. Salop; 1527-1528, 1533-1534. 74188, 74189 (rolls);- (b) to his son Sir John Talbot II, as High Sheriff of co. Worc.; 1552-1553. 74190 (roll).

(16) Commission from Henry VIII to Sir Giles Grevile, Sir Gilbert Talbot, and Sir John Talbot to appoint inspectors of grain, etc., in the market-towns of co. Worc.; 1528. Great Seal (fragment). 73964.

(17) Inventory of furniture, plate, cattle and other goods of John Talbot, son of Sir John Talbot II, at Grafton Manor and Salwarpe, 1570. H.M.C., p. 310. 74191 (roll).

(18) Articles submitted for redress by George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, to arbitrators in his dispute with his wife Elizabeth (Bess of Hardwick); 1581. Certified copy. 73965.

(19) Bonds and other deeds rel. to settlement on proposed marriage of Thomas, son of John Hamer, of Hanmer, co. Flint, and Anne, daughter of John Talbot (lands in co. Flint); 1585. 73966-73969.

(20) Exchequer acquittances to John Talbot, of Grafton Manor (d. 1611), for recusancy fines; 1587-1603. 73970-73976.

(21) Grant by John Talbot to Henry Thornehull of an annuity; 1606. 73981.

(22) Licences from James I to George Talbot, son of above (9th Earl of Shrewsbury 1618), (a) to repair to England and sue forth livery of his lands without taking the Oath of Supremacy, and absolving him from the Oath of Allegiance; 1614. 73982;- (b) to travel overseas for three years; 1616. With sign manual and signet en placard. 73984.

(23) Grant from James I to same of the wardship of his nephew John Talbot (10th Earl of Shrewsbury 1630), son and heir of John Talbot, junior; 1615. 73983.

(24) Licence from George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury, to same and to his household to eat meat on fast days, 1622, with Letters Patent of James I in confirmation, 1622. Great Seal. 73985, 73986.

(25) Receipt from John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, to Thomas Baker, High Sheriff of co. Salop, for an annuity of £20 from the profits of the county due under a grant to his ancestor by Henry VI; 1649. H.M.C., p. 312. 73989.

(26) Commissions, patents, etc., to Charles Talbot, 12th Earl (and, 1694, Duke) of Shrewsbury, (a) as Captain of a troop of Horse, 1685. Signed by James II and counter-signed by Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland. H.M.C., p. 312. 73990;- (b) as Governor of the Charterhouse, 1689. With signatures and seals of the Governors, and seal of the Charterhouse. Ibid., p. 313. 73993;- (c) as Duke of Shrewsbury, 1694. With coloured border and portrait of William III and fragment of the Great Seal. Ibid., p. 313. 73994;- (d) as Lord Lieut. of cos. Heref., Montgomery, Denbigh, Flint, Carnarvon, Merioneth and Anglesey, 1694. With engr. portraits of William III and Mary. 73995.

(27) Sales of shares in a joint-stock company engaged in a West Indies undertaking:- (a) by Charles Mordaunt, 2nd Viscount Mordaunt (Earl of Monmouth 1689, and 3rd Earl of Peterborough 1697), to Charles Talbot, 12th Earl (and, 1694, Duke) of Shrewsbury, 1687. 73991;- (b) by the latter to John Arden, 1687. 73992.

(28) Grant by William III to Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury, of the wardship of Gilbert Talbot, of Albrighton, lunatic; 1697. With Great Seal and engr. portrait of the King. 73996.

(29) Certificate by the Prefects and Senators of Augsburg of the marriage of the Duke of Shrewsbury with 'Adelhaide' [Adelhida], Marchesina de Palleoti [Paleotti], 1705. With seal en placard of the Secret Council. 73997.

(30) Writ of summons to Charles Talbot, 15th Earl of Shrewsbury, to attend Parliament; 1807. 73998.

(31) Miscellaneous bonds, receipts and releases of the Talbot family; 1491-1664. 73999-74015.