Add MS 33591

Official papers and correspondence of Sir Ralph Sadler, diplomat and administrator (1507-1587), relating to transactions between England and Scotland, May 1554-October 1559.

f. 1r-1v Letter from Queen Mary I to Sir Ralph Sadler. St James Manor, 9 May [1554].

ff. 2r-3v Letter from Queen Mary I and King Philip II of Spain to Sir Ralph Sadler. Hampton Court, 20 April [1555].

ff. 4r-5v Letter from Nicholas Heath, Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor, to Sir Ralph Sadler. Court, 24 February [1556/7].

ff. 6r-7v List of garrisons of Berwick. With a copy of a warrant to Sir William Ingleby, Treasurer of Berwick, for payment of the garrison. Berwick, 2 May [1558].

ff. 8r-12v Speech by Sir Ralph Sadler in Parliament. Concerning the subsidy and the succession to the Crown. In Sadler’s hand.

ff. 13r-15v Instructions for Sir Ralph Sadler’s dispatch to Berwick. August 1559. Signed by Queen Mary I and Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley.

ff. 16r-19v Letter from Queen Elizabeth I to Sir Ralph Sadler. Nonsuch, 8 August 1559. In Cecil’s hand. Enclosed: memorial for Sir Ralph Sadler.

ff. 20r-21v Instructions from Queen Elizabeth I to Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, Sir Ralph Sadler, and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. [8 August 1559]. Signed by Queen Elizabeth I and Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley.

ff. 22r-23v Letter from the Privy Council to Sir Ralph Sadler, Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, and Sir William Ingleby, Treasurer of Berwick. Hampton Court, 15 August 1559. Signed by: William Parr, Marquis of Northampton; Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel; Edward Clinton, 9th Baron Clinton; William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham; Sir Thomas Parry; Sir Edward Rogers; Sir Francis Knollys; Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley; Sir Richard Sackville; and Nicholas Wotton, Dean of Canterbury and York.

ff. 24r-26v Letter from Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, to Sir Ralph Sadler. Warkworth [Northumberland], 19 August 1559. Enclosed: copy of a letter from Percy to Mary of Guise, Queen Dowager of Scotland. Warkworth, 16 August 1559.

ff. 27r-30v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Endorsed 20 August 1559.

ff. 31r-32v Draft letter from Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to John Knox. Endorsed 20 August 1559.

ff. 33r-47v Account of the royal debt to the garrisons in the North, 22 August 1559. With papers on captains’ entertainment since 2 August 1559, the charges of the garrisons, 22 August 1559, the royal charges in Berwick, and an estimate of yearly fees and allowances of the garrison in Berwick.

ff. 48r-49v Letter from Queen Elizabeth I to Sir Ralph Sadler. 24 August 1559. In Cecil’s hand.

ff. 50r-53v Letter from Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, to Sir Ralph Sadler. Hampton Court, 24 August [1559]. Enclosed: copy of a letter from Cecil to James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, 1st Duke of Châtelhérault, Governor of Scotland. 24 August [1559].

ff. 54r-55v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to Queen Elizabeth I. Endorsed 28 August.

ff. 56r-57v Copy of a commission from Francis and Mary, King and Queen of Scots, to James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington, and Sir Walter Ker, of Cessford, Warden of the Middle Marches of Scotland. To negotiate with English commissioners for redress of the Borders. Edinburgh, 28 August 1559.

ff. 58r-61v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Endorsed 29 August 1559. Enclosed: copy of a letter from Mary of Guise, Queen Dowager of Scotland, to Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland. Edinburgh, 19 August 1559. Also enclosed: copy of a letter from Mary of Guise, Queen Dowager of Scotland, to Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, Sir Ralph Sadler, and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. Edinburgh, 23 August 1559.

ff. 62r-63v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Endorsed 29 August 1559.

ff. 64r-65v Letter from Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, to Sir Ralph Sadler. Warkworth, 29 August 1559.

ff. 66r-68v Letter from Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, to Sir Ralph Sadler. Warckworth, 30 August 1559. Enclosed: copy of a letter from the Privy Council to Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, and Sir Ralph Sadler. Hampton Court, 25 August 1559.

ff. 69r-70v Letter from William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. Hampton Court, 31 August 1559. Partly cipher, deciphered.

f. 71r-71v Letter from William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, to Sir Ralph Sadler. 31 August 1559.

ff. 72r-75v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler to Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland. Endorsed 31 August 1559.

ff. 76r-77v Passports for Thomas Barnaby [i.e. Thomas Randolph] and Monsieur de Beaufort [i.e. James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, 1st Duke of Châtelhérault, Governor of Scotland]. From London to Scotland. Hampton Court, 31 August 1559. Signed by Queen Elizabeth and William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. With private passports signed by Cecil. 31 August 1559.

ff. 78r-80v Letter from Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. Warkworth, 3 September 1559. Enclosed: letter from James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington, and Sir Walter Ker, of Cessford, Warden of the Middle Marches of Scotland, to Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, Sir Ralph Sadler, and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. Edinburgh, 30 August 1559.

ff. 81r-82v Letter from Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, to Sir Ralph Sadler. 3 September 1559.

ff. 83r-84v Letter from William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, to Sir Ralph Sadler. 5 September [1559].

ff. 85r-86v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler to Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland. Endorsed 5 September 1559.

ff. 87r-88v Letter from Thomas Randolph, alias Barnaby, to Sir Ralph Sadler. Alnwick, 6 September 1559.

ff. 89r-97v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Endorsed 8 September 1559.

ff. 98r-101v Letter from Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. Warkworth, 9 September 1559. Enclosed: letter from James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington, and Sir Walter Ker, of Cessford, Warden of the Middle Marches of Scotland, to Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, Sir Ralph Sadler, and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. Melrose, 7 September 1559.

ff. 102r-103v Letter from William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. 11 September 1559. Partly in cipher, undeciphered.

ff. 104r-105v Letter from Edward Clinton, 9th Baron Clinton, to Sir Ralph Sadler. Semperyngham [Lincolnshire], 11 September 1559.

ff. 106r-107v Letter from William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, to Sir Ralph Sadler. 12 September 1559. Partly in cipher, deciphered.

ff. 108r-110v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 12 September [1559].

ff. 111r-115v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Endorsed 12 September 1559.

ff. 116r-117v Letter from Queen Elizabeth I to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. Hampton Court, 13 September [1559].

ff. 118r-119v Letter from Sir William Ingleby, Treasurer of Berwick, to Sir Ralph Sadler. Riplaie [Yorkshire], 13 September 1559.

f. 120r-120v Letter from William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. Burlegh [Northamptonshire], 14 September 1559.

ff. 121r-126v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Berwick, 16 September [1559].

ff. 127r-128v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 19 September [1559].

ff. 129r-130v Letter from Oswald Chapman, Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, Sir Ralph Sadler, and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. Newcastle, 21 September 1559.

ff. 131r-132v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to the Privy Council. Endorsed 21 September 1559.

ff. 133r-134v Articles agreed upon by the Commissioners of England and Scotland for redress of the Borders. Berwick, 22 September 1559. Signed by James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington, and Sir Walter Ker, of Cessford, Warden of the Middle Marches of Scotland, Sir Ralph Sadler, and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household.

ff. 135r-136v Letter from from Sir William Ingleby, Treasurer of Berwick, to Sir Ralph Sadler. Riplaie [Yorkshire], 22 September 1559.

ff. 137r-138v Letter from William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, to Sir Ralph Sadler. Hampton Court, 23 September 1559. Partly cipher, deciphered.

ff. 139r-140v Letter from William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, to Sir Ralph Sadler. Hampton Court, 27 September 1559.

ff. 141r-144v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 27 September 1559.

ff. 145r-147v Draft minutes of a letter to the Lords of the Congregation in Scotland, not sent. c. 27 September 1559. In Sadler’s hand.

f. 148r-148v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler to James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, 1st Duke of Châtelhérault, Governor of Scotland. Endorsed 28 September 1559.

f. 149r-149v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler to James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran. Endorsed 28 September 1559.

ff. 150r-157v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 29 September [1559]. Enclosed: copy of a letter from John Sinclear [i.e. John Knox] to Sir James Croft. St. Andrews, 21 September 1559. Also enclosed: copy of a letter from Henry Balnaves, of Halhill, to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft. Stirling, 23 September 1559.

ff. 158r-159v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Endorsed 30 September 1559.

ff. 160r-164v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Endorsed 30 September 1559.

f. 165r-165v Letter from Thomas Randolph, ambassador in Scotland, to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. Hamilton, 30 September 1559. In cipher, deciphered.

ff. 166v-167v Cipher, titled ‘Randolph’s Ciphre’. Deciphered.

ff. 168r-169v Draft letter from Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to the Privy Council. 2 October 1559.

ff. 170r-171v Letter from William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. Westminster, 3 October 1559. Partly in cipher, deciphered.

ff. 172r-173v Draft letter from Ralph Sadler, Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, and John Abington, Purveyor of victuals at Berwick, to the Privy Council. 4 October 1559.

ff. 174r-175v Letter from Queen Elizabeth I to Sir Ralph Sadler. Westminster, 5 October 1559.

ff. 176r-178v Letter from William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, to Sir Ralph Sadler. 5 October 1559. Partly in cipher, deciphered. Enclosed: complaint of Gilles de Noailles, Abbé de Lisle and French ambassador in England, sent to Queen Elizabeth I and the Privy Council. [No date]. French.

f. 179r-179v Paper against Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland and Sir Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland. [No date]. French. Endorsed in Cecil’s hand.

ff. 180r-181v Letter from Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton and Governor of Carlisle, to Sir Ralph Sadler. Wharton [Westminster], 5 October 1559.

ff. 182r-183v Letter from William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, to Sir Ralph Sadler. Westminster, 6 October 1559.

ff. 184r-185v Letter from Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton and Governor of Carlisle, to Sir Ralph Sadler. Harteley [Westminster], 7 October 1559.

ff. 186r-189v Letter from Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, to Sir Ralph Sadler. Warkworth, 8 October 1559. Enclosed: copy of a letter from the Privy Council to Sir Ralph Sadler and Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland. Hampton Court, 25 September 1559.

ff. 190r-191v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to Thomas Randolph, ambassador in Scotland. Berwick, 8 October [1559].

ff. 192r-193v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to Thomas Randolph, ambassador in Scotland. Endorsed 8 October 1559.

ff. 194r-195v Letter from the Privy Council to Sir Ralph Sadler, Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, and John Abington, Purveyor of victuals at Berwick. Westminster, October 1559. Signed by: Sir Ambrose Cave; William Parr, Marquis of Northampton; Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel; Edward Clinton, 9th Baron Clinton; William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham; Sir Thomas Parry; Sir Edward Rogers; Sir Francis Knollys; and Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley.

ff. 196r-197v Letter from the Privy Council to Sir Ralph Sadler. Westminster, October 1559. Signed by: Sir Ambrose Cave; William Parr, Marquis of Northampton; Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel; Edward Clinton, 9th Baron Clinton; William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham; Sir Thomas Parry; Sir Edward Rogers; Sir Francis Knollys; and Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley.

ff. 198r-199v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler to Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 11 October [1559].

f. 200r-200v Letter from Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. Westminster, 12 October 1559.

ff. 201r-204v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Berwick, 12 October [1559].

ff. 205r-206v Letter from Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. Warkworth, 12 October 1559.

ff. 207r-208v Letter from the Privy Council to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. Westminster, 13 October 1559. Signed by: Edward Clinton, 9th Baron Clinton; William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham; Sir Thomas Parry; Sir Edward Rogers; and Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley.

ff. 209r-211v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 14 October [1559]. Enclosed: copy of a letter from Thomas Randolph, ambassador in Scotland, to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. Hamilton, 12 October 1559. In cipher, deciphered.

ff. 212r-213v Letter from Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton and Governor of Carlisle, to Sir Ralph Sadler. Wharton [Westminster], 16 October [1559].

ff. 214r-215v Letter from Thomas Gower, Master of the Ordnance in the North Parts, to Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. Newcastle, 18 October 1559.

ff. 216r-217v Letter from William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, to from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. Westminster, 20 October [1559]. Partly in cipher, deciphered.

ff. 218r-219v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Endorsed 20 October 1559.

ff. 220r-221v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Endorsed 24 October 1559.

ff. 222r-232v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Endorsed 25 October 1559. Enclosed: letter from Thomas Randolph, ambassador in Scotland, to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. 22 October 1559. In cipher, deciphered. Also enclosed: letter from the Lords of the Congregation to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. In cipher, deciphered.

ff. 233r-234v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to Thomas Randolph, ambassador in Scotland. 25 October [1559].

ff. 235r-238v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 27 October 1559. Enclosed: letter from Thomas Randolph, ambassador in Scotland, to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. Edinburgh, 25 October 1559. In cipher, deciphered.

ff. 239r-241v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to Thomas Randolph. 27 October [1559].

ff. 242r-243v Draft letter from Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to John Knox. Endorsed 27 October 1559. In Sadler’s hand.

ff. 244r-245v Letter from Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton and Governor of Carlisle, to Sir Ralph Sadler. Harteley [Westminster], 28 October 1559.

ff. 246r-247v Letter from Queen Elizabeth I to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. Westminster, 30 October 1559. Partly in cipher, deciphered.

f. 248r-248v Letter from William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. 30 October 1559.

ff. 249r-250v Letter from William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, to Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household. 31 October 1559.

ff. 251r-252v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 31 October 1559.

ff. 253r-254v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to the Privy Council. 31 October 1559.

ff. 255r-257v Draft letter from Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Deputy of Ireland and Controller of the Royal Household, to Thomas Randolph, ambassador in Scotland. 31 October 1559. Endorsed this was torne by the lord of Ormeston, when he was taken by Therle Bothwell’.