Add MS 32648

Official correspondence and state papers relating to transactions between England and Scotland between October 1542 and December 1542. Volume 3 of the Hamilton Papers (Add MSS 32646-32657).

f. 1 Modern title page.

ff. 2r-5v Draft letter from the Privy Council to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Endorsed 1 October [1542]. The original letter is in Harley MS 6989, f. 101r.

ff. 6r-7v Draft letter from the Privy Council to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Endorsed 2 October [1542]. The original letter is in Harley MS 6989, f. 103r.

ff. 8r-9v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, William Fitz-William, Earl of Southampton and Lord Privy Seal, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, and Sir Anthony Browne to the Privy Council. York, 2 October [1542].

ff. 10r-11v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, to Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, and Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State. York, 2 October [1542].

f. 12r-12v Letter from Edward Shelley, Treasurer of the Council of the North and Captain of Berwick, to Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State. Berwick, 3 October [1542].

ff. 13r-16v Draft letter from the Privy Council to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, William Fitz-William, Earl of Southampton and Lord Privy Seal, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, and Sir Anthony Browne. Endorsed 4 October [1542]. The original letter is in Harley MS 6989 f. 105r.

ff. 17r-22v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, William Fitz-William, Earl of Southampton and Lord Privy Seal, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, and Sir Anthony Browne to King Henry VIII. York, 5 October [1542]. Enclosed: letter from Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, to Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Norfolk. Berwick, 2 October [1542].

ff. 23r-26v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, William Fitz-William, Earl of Southampton and Lord Privy Seal, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, and Sir Anthony Browne to the Privy Council. York, 6 October [1542]. Enclosed: letter from Sir William Eure, 1st Baron Eure, Captain of Berwick and Warden of the East and Middle Marches, and Sir George Lawson, Treasurer of Berwick, to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Berwick, 2 October [1542].

ff. 27r-28v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, to Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, and Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State. York, 6 October [1542]. Detached seal.

ff. 29r-30v Letter from William Fitz-William, Earl of Southampton and Lord Privy Seal, to Sir Thomas Wriothesey, Secretary of State. York, 6 October [1542].

ff. 31r-34v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, William Fitz-William, Earl of Southampton and Lord Privy Seal, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, and Sir Anthony Browne to the Privy Council. York, 7 October [1542]. Enclosed: letter from Sir Thomas Wharton, Warden of the English West Marches and Governor of Carlisle, to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, and his colleagues above. Carlisle Castle, 5 October [1542].

f. 35r-35v Letter from William Fitz-William, Earl of Southampton and Lord Privy Seal, to Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State. York, 7 October [1542].

ff. 36r-37v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, William Fitz-William, Earl of Southampton and Lord Privy Seal, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, and Sir Anthony Browne to the Privy Council. York, 8 October [1542].

ff. 38r-40v Draft letter from the Privy Council to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, William Fitz-William, Earl of Southampton and Lord Privy Seal, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, and Sir Anthony Browne. Greenwich, 8 October [1542].

ff. 41r-43v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, William Fitz-William, Earl of Southampton and Lord Privy Seal, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, and Sir Anthony Browne to the Privy Council. Harlsey [Yorkshire], 10 October [1542]. Enclosed: letter from Sir Arthur Darcy, second son of Thomas, Baron Darcy of Darcy, to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. 8 October [1542].

ff. 44r-45v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, and Sir Anthony Browne, to the Privy Council. Newcastle, 12 October [1542].

ff. 46r-47v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, to Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, and Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State. Newcastle, 12 October [1542].

ff. 48r-53v Draft letter from King Henry VIII to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, William Fitz-William, Earl of Southampton and Lord Privy Seal, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, and Sir Anthony Browne. Endorsed 13 October [1542].

ff. 54r-55v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, and Sir Anthony Browne to the Privy Council. Newcastle, 13 October [1542].

ff. 56r-58v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, to Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, and Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State. Newcastle, 13 October [1542]. Enclosed: article in the hand of Thomas Howard, concerning the choice of successor to William Fitz-William.

ff. 59r-60v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, and Sir Anthony Browne to the Privy Council. Newcastle, 14 October [1542].

ff. 61r-62v Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, and Sir Anthony Browne to the Privy Council. Newcastle, 15 October [1542].

ff. 63r-64v Letter from Sir Anthony Browne to John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford and Lord Admiral, and Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State. Newcastle, 15 October [1542].

ff. 65r-69v Draft letter from King Henry VIII to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, and Sir Anthony Browne. Endorsed 16 October [1542].

f. 70r-71v Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, to Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State. Topelif, [Yorkshire], 17 October [1542].

ff. 72r-74v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, to Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State. Berwick, 17 October [1542]. Enclosed: schedule of provisions remaining at Berwick. 15 October [1542].

ff. 75r-76v Letter from Ralph Clesbe to Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State. Berwick, 18 October [1542].

ff. 77r-78v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, and Sir Anthony Browne to the Privy Council. Berwick, 19 October [1542].

ff. 79r-80v Letter from Sir Anthony Browne to John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford and Lord Admiral, and Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State. Berwick, 19 October [1542].

f. 81r-81v Letter from Sir Anthony Browne to Sir John Gage, Comptroller of the Royal Household. Berwick, 19 October [1542].

ff. 82r-83v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, Sir John Gage, Comptroller of the Royal Household, and Sir Anthony Browne to the Privy Council. Berwick, 22 October [1542].

f. 84r-84v Letter from Sir John Gage, Comptroller of the Royal Household, to Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State. Berwick, 22 October [1542].

ff. 85r-95v Draft letter from King Henry VIII to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, Sir John Gage, Comptroller of the Royal Household, and Sir Anthony Browne. Endorsed 26 October [1542].

ff. 96r-101v Letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, to the Privy Council. Alnwick, 28 October [1542]. Enclosed: news sent from Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland, and Sir Thomas Wharton. With a letter from Sir William Eure to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Berwick Castle, 27 October [1542].

ff. 102r-107v Letter from Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, to the Privy Council. Alnwick, 28 October [1542]. Enclosed: letter from Brian Layton, Captain of Norham, to Cuthbert Tunstall. Norham Castle, 7 October [1542]. With an examination of the garrison as to the strength or weakness of the Castle.

ff. 108r-111v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, Sir John Gage, Comptroller of the Royal Household, and Sir Anthony Browne. ‘Camp of Hawtell in Scotland’, 28 October [1542]. Enclosed: letter from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, and his colleagues listed above. Morpathe, 25 October [1542].

ff. 112r-113v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, to Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, and Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State. 28 October [1542].

ff. 114r-115v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, to Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State. Berwick, 29 October [1542].

ff. 116r-117v Letter from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, Sir John Gage, Comptroller of the Royal Household, and Sir Anthony Browne to King Henry VIII. Berwick, 29 October [1542].

ff. 118r-119v Letter from James Stewart, Earl of Murray, to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Lawder, Berwick, 31 October [1542].

ff. 120r-130v Draft letter from King Henry VIII to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, Sir John Gage, Comptroller of the Royal Household, and Sir Anthony Browne. Endorsed 2 November [1542].

ff. 131r-140v Draft letter from King Henry VIII to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, Sir John Gage, Comptroller of the Royal Household, and Sir Anthony Browne. Endorsed 8 November [1542].

ff. 141r-142v Draft letter from King Henry VIII to John Uvedale, Secretary to the Council of the North. Endorsed 10 November [1542].

ff. 143r-144v Copy of a commission for John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches. For carts and horses. [13 November 1542].

ff. 145r-147v Copy of a warrant for the diet of for John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches. Hampton Court, 13 November [1542]. With enclosed bill.

ff. 148r-149v Letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, to King Henry VIII. Alnwick Castle, 19 November [1542].

ff. 150r-151v Letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, to Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State. 19 November [1542].

ff. 152r-153v Draft letter from the Privy Council to Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford. Endorsed 20 November [1542].

ff. 154r-155v Letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, to Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State. Alnwick Castle, 23 November [1542].

ff. 156r-157v Copy of a letter sent from Sir William Musgrave to Sir Anthony Browne. Carlisle, 24 November [1542]. A detailed account of the battle of Solway Moss.

ff. 158r-159v Letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, to Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State. Alnwick Castle, 27 November [1542].

ff. 160r-161v Letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, to the Privy Council. Alnwick Castle, 29 November [1542].

ff. 162r-163v Letter from Letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, to Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State. 29 November [1542].

ff. 164r-169v Draft letter from King Henry VIII to Sir Thomas Wharton. Endorsed 1 November [1542].

ff. 170r-172v Letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches, and John Uvedale, Secretary to the Council of the North, to the Privy Council. Alnwick Castle, 1 December [1542].

ff. 173r-178v Two letters from John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, and John Uvedale, Secretary to the Council of the North, to King Henry VIII. Alnwick Castle, 4 December [1542]. Enclosed: two letters from Sir William Eure, 1st Baron Eure, Captain of Berwick and Warden of the East and Middle Marches, to John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches. Berwick Castle, 4 December [1542].

ff. 179r-182v Letter from John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, and John Uvedale, Secretary to the Council of the North, to the Privy Council. Alnwick Castle, 6 December [1542]. Enclosed: letter from Sir William Eure, 1st Baron Eure, Captain of Berwick and Warden of the East and Middle Marches, to John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches. Berwick Castle, 6 December [1542].

ff. 183r-185v Letter from John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches, to King Henry VIII. Alnwick Castle, 7 December [1542].

ff. 186r-187v Letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, to Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State. Newcastle, 7 December [1542].

ff. 188r-189v Letter from John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches, to Sir Thomas Wriothesley. Alnwick, 7 December [1542].

ff. 190r-192v Letter from John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, and John Uvedale, Secretary to the Council of the North, to the Privy Council. Alnwick Castle, 8 December [1542]. Enclosed: Paper titled ‘The certen knowlege by espiall where the king of Skotts was at the tyme of the Conflict [Solway Moss]’.

ff. 193r-195v Letter from Thomas Dacre, illegitimate son of Thomas, 2nd Lord Dacre, to the Privy Council. Lanercost [Cumberland], 9 December [1542]. Enclosed: schedule titled ‘The names of suche prisoners as Thomas Dacre has delivered to Maister Wardein to be sent up to London’.

ff. 196r-197v Letter from Robert Holgate, Bishop of Llandaff and President of the Council of the North, to the Privy Council. York, 11 December [1542].

ff. 198r-200v Letter from John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, and John Uvedale, Secretary to the Council of the North, to King Henry VIII. Alnwick, 12 December [1542].

ff. 201r-204v Letter from John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, and John Uvedale, Secretary to the Council of the North, to King Henry VIII. 12 December [1542].

ff. 205r-212v Letter from John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, and John Uvedale, Secretary to the Council of the North, to the Privy Council. Alnwick, 13 December [1542]. Enclosed: letter from Sir William Eure, 1st Baron Eure, Captain of Berwick and Warden of the East and Middle Marches, to John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches. Berwick Castle, 12 December [1542]. With a letter from Eure to the Privy Council, of the same date, and a letter from Eure to Dudley, Berwick Castle, 13 December [1542].

ff. 213r-215v Letter from Sir Henry Savile, KB of Thornhill, and Sir Thomas Wentworth, of Wentworth Woodhouse, to the Privy Council. Newark upon Trent, 16 December [1542]. Enclosed: schedule of names of attendants on the Scottish Lords taken at Solway Moss and sent to London in the charge of Savile and Wentworth.

ff. 216r-221v Letter from John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, to King Henry VIII. Enclosed: two letters from Sir George Douglas of Pittendreich to Dudley. Berwick, 16 and 17 December [1541].

ff. 222r-223v Letter from John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, to King Henry VIII. Alnwick Castle, 18 December [1542].

ff. 224r-227v Letter from John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches, to King Henry VIII. Alnwick Castle, 19 December [1542].

ff. 228r-229v Letter from John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches, to King Henry VIII. Alnwick Castle, 21 December [1542].

ff. 230r-231v Letter from John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland, and Sir Richard Manners, brother of Lord Rutland, to the Privy Council. Alnwick Castle, 21 December [1542].

ff. 232r-233v Letter from the Scottish Council to King Henry VIII. Edinburgh, 21 December 1542. Another copy is in Royal MS 18 B VI, f. 149r.

ff. 234r-235v Letter from John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches, to King Henry VIII. Alnwick Castle, 24 December [1542].

ff. 236r-237v Letter from the Privy Council to the Scottish Council. Hampton Court, 29 December [1542]. Signed by: Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury; Thomas Audley, Baron Audley of Walden and Lord Chancellor; Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk; Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk; John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford; Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford; Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester; Thomas Thirlby, Bishop of Westminster; William Paulet, Baron St John of Basing; Sir Thomas Cheyne; Sir John Gage, Comptroller of the Royal Household; Sir Anthony Browne; Sir Anthony Wingfield; Sir Thomas Wriothesley; Sir Ralph Sadler; Sir John Baker; and Robert Dacres.

ff. 238r-243v Letter from John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland and Warden of the English Marches, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and Durham and Master of the Rolls, Sir Richard Manners, brother of Lord Rutland, and John Uvedale, Secretary to the Council of the North, to King Henry VIII. Alnwick Castle, 30 December [1542]. Enclosed: copy of a letter from Dudley to the Scottish Council. Alnwick Castle, 29 December [1542].