Add MS 32655

Official correspondence and state papers relating to transactions between England and Scotland between June and October 1544. Volume 10 of the Hamilton Papers (Add MSS 32646-32657).

ff. 2r-3v Paper titled ‘Advertisementes out of Scotlande’. c. 1 June 1544.

ff. 4r-5v Letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to the Privy Council. [Darlington,] 1 June [1544].

ff. 6r-7v Draft letter from King Henry VIII to Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, and William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn. Endorsed 2 June 1544.

ff. 8r-9v Letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to King Henry VIII. [Darlington,] 7 June [1544].

ff. 10r-11v Letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to the Privy Council. [Darlington,] 8 June [1544].

ff. 12r-13v Draft letter from King Henry VIII to Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford. Endorsed 10 June 1544.

ff. 14r-15v Draft letter from the Privy Council to Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland. Endorsed 10 June 1544.

ff. 16r-17v Letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to King Henry VIII. [Darlington,] 10 June [1544].

ff. 18r-19v Letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, to the Privy Council. 10 June [1544].

ff. 20r-24v Draft letter from Sir Thomas Wharton, Governor of Carlisle, to William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn. Endorsed 10 June 1544.

f. 25r-25v Draft letter from the Privy Council to Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford. St James, 11 June 1544.

ff. 26r-28v Letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to King Henry VIII. [Darlington,] 12 June [1544].

ff. 29r-30v Letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to King Henry VIII. [Darlington,] 13 June [1544].

ff. 31r-32v Letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, to the Privy Council. 13 June [1544].

ff. 33r-38v Letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to King Henry VIII. [Darlington,] 15 June [1544]. Enclosed: letter from Sir George Douglas, of Pittendreich, to Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford. 11 June [1544]. Also enclosed: letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, to George Douglas, of Pittendreich. [Darlington,] 15 June [1544].

ff. 39r-40v Letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to King Henry VIII. [Darlington,] 17 June [1544].

ff. 41r-42v Letter from Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to King Henry VIII. [Darlington,] 17 June [1544].

ff. 43r-44v Letter from George Douglas, of Pittendreich, to King Henry VIII. North Berwick, 20 June [1544].

ff. 45r-46v Letter from George Douglas, of Pittendreich, to Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford. 20 June [1544].

ff. 47r-52v Letter from Mary, Queen of Scots, to Christian III of Denmark. Concerning the arrival of John Hay as her ambassador. Edinburgh, 30 April 1544. Enclosed: John Hay’s credence, with an answer to the credence by Christian III of Denmark. Flemsburgh, 21 June 1544. Latin. Copies made c. 1700.

ff. 53r-54v Copy of a letter from Mary, Queen of Scots, to King Henry VIII. Stirling, 21 June [1544].

f. 55r-55v Letter from Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, to Sir Thomas Wharton, Governor of Carlisle. Dumfries, 22 June [1544].

ff. 56r-79v Three drafts of the indenture of covenants between King Henry VIII and Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox. On Stewart’s marriage to Lady Margaret Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and the late Margaret Tudor, widow of King James IV. [26] June 1544.

ff. 80r-81v Draft letter from King Henry VIII to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Endorsed 28 June 1544.

f. 82r-82v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to the Privy Council. [Darlington,] 5 July [1544]. In Sadler’s hand.

ff. 83r-86v Two copies of a letter from King Henry VIII to Mary, Dowager Queen of Scotland. Endorsed 5 July 1544.

ff. 87r-88v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to King Henry VIII. [Darlington,] 6 July 1544.

ff. 89r-90v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to the Privy Council. [Darlington,] 8 July 1544.

ff. 91r-92v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to the Privy Council. [Darlington,] 10 July 1544.

ff. 93r-94v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 12 July 1544.

ff. 95r-96v Letter from the Privy Council to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Signed by: Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury; Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State; Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford; and Sir William Petre, Secretary of State. Westminster, 13 July 1544.

f. 97r-97v Draft letter from the Privy Council to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Endorsed 14 July [1544].

ff. 98r-99v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 14 July 1544.

ff. 100r-101v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 18 July 1544.

ff. 102r-103v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 19 July 1544.

ff. 104r-105v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 20 July 1544. In Sadler’s hand.

f. 106r-106v Draft letter from the Privy Council to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Hampton Court, 22 July 1544.

ff. 107r-108v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 23 July 1544.

ff. 109r-112v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 25 July 1544. Enclosed: copy of a letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, to Sir Thomas Wharton, Governor of Carlisle. 25 July 1544.

ff. 113r-114v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 27 July 1544.

ff. 115r-116v Letter from the Council of the North to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Signed by: Robert Holgate, Bishop of Llandaff; Thomas Magnus, Archdeacon of the East Riding; Sir Marmaduke Constable; Sir Henry Savile; Sir Thomas Fairfax; Sir William Babthorp; and Robert Chaloner. York, 28 July [1544].

ff. 117r-118v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 28 July 1544. In Sadler’s hand.

ff. 119r-120v Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 29 July 1544.

ff. 121r-122v Draft letter from the Privy Council to Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox. Hampton Court, 29 July 1544.

ff. 123r-124v Draft letter from the Privy Council to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Endorsed 30 July 1544.

ff. 125r-126v Draft letter from the Privy Council to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Endorsed July 1544.

ff. 127r-128v Draft letter from Katharine Parr, Queen Regent, to Sir William Eure, 1st Baron Eure and Captain of Berwick. Endorsed July 1544.

ff. 129r-130v Letter from Sir William Eure, 1st Baron Eure and Captain of Berwick, to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Warkeworth Castle, 1 August [1544].

f. 131r-131v Draft letter from the Privy Council to Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox. Hampton Court, 1 August [1544].

ff. 132r-133v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 2 August 1544.

ff. 134r-135v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 3 August 1544. In Sadler’s hand.

ff. 136r-141v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 6 August [1544]. In Sadler’s hand. Enclosed: letter from Sir Cuthbert Radcliffe, Deputy Warden of the English Middle Marches, to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Berwick Castle, 4 August [1544]. Also enclosed: letter from Thomas Gower to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Berwick, 5 August [1544].

ff. 142r-143v Letter from Sir Thomas Wharton, Governor of Carlisle, to Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State. Carlisle, 7 August [1544].

ff. 144r-145v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 8 August 1544. In Sadler’s hand.

ff. 146r-149v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, and Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 11 August 1544. Enclosed: letter from William Eure, 1st Baron Eure and Captain of Berwick, to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Berwick, 9 August [1544].

ff. 150r-151v Draft letter from the Privy Council to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Endorsed 12 August 1544.

ff. 152r-153v Letter from the Privy Council to Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox. Signed by: Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury; Thomas Wriothesley, Secretary of State; Thomas Thirlby, Bishop of Westminster; and Sir William Petre, Secretary of State.

ff. 154r-155v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 17 August 1544.

ff. 156r-159v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 23 August 1544. Enclosed: two intercepted Scottish letters taken in the Frith. The first is from Alexander Brand, Vicar, to James Anderson in Straytbogy, officer to Lord Huntley. St. Andrews, 8 August [1544]. The second is from an unknown correspondent to Master Hugh Crag, Vicar Choral of the Chapter of Moray Cathedral. St. Andrew’s, 8 August [1544].

ff. 160r-161v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 24 August 1544.

ff. 162r-163v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 28 August 1544.

ff. 164r-165v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 29 August 1544.

ff. 166r-167v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 2 September 1544.

f. 168r-168v Draft letter from Katharine Parr, Queen Regent, to the Wardens of the East and West Marches. Endorsed 2 September 1544.

ff. 169r-170v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Robert Holgate, Bishop of Llandaff, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. 4 September [1544]. In Sadler’s hand.

ff. 171r-172v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Robert Holgate, Bishop of Llandaff, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 5 September [1544]. In Sadler’s hand.

ff. 173r-177v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 7 September [1544]. Enclosed: paper titled ‘Exployts doon severally by the lorde Wharton, the Lord Eure, and Sir Raufe Eure’. 6 September 1544.

ff. 178r-179v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. Richmond [Yorkshire], 10 September [1544]. With postscript in Sadler’s hand.

ff. 180r-183v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. Richmond [Yorkshire], 12 September [1544]. Enclosed: copy of an answer made by Sir Ralph Sadler to a letter of the 28 August 1544 from Sir George Douglas, of Pittendreich.

ff. 184r-186v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 14 September [1544]. In Sadler’s hand.

ff. 186r-187v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 14 September [1544]. In Sadler’s hand.

ff. 188r-189v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 16 September [1544].

ff. 190r-191v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 18 September [1544]. In Sadler’s hand.

ff. 192r-196v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 20 September [1544]. Enclosed: letter from Robert Holgate, Bishop of Llandaff, to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Old Malton [Yorkshire], 19 September [1544]. Also enclosed: letter from Richard Robinson, Bailiff of Flamborough, to the Justices of Peace at Cowlam, Yorkshire. 19 September [1544].

ff. 197r-198v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 22 September [1544].

ff. 199r-206v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 27 September [1544]. Enclosed: letter from William Eure, 1st Baron Eure and Captain of Berwick, to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Berwick, 24 September [1544]. Also enclosed: letter from Sir Thomas Wharton, Governor of Carlisle, to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Carlisle, 25 September [1544]. Signed by Wharton, and his Deputy Wardens, Edward Aglionby and John Thomson.

ff. 207r-208v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 28 September [1544].

ff. 209r-213v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Katharine Parr, Queen Regent. [Darlington,] 2 October [1544]. With postscript in Sadler’s hand. Enclosed: credence for Thomas Gower, sent by the Wardens of the East and Middle Marches to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Also enclosed: letter from Robert Holgate, Bishop of Llandaff, to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. York, September 1544.

ff. 214r-215v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to King Henry VIII. [Darlington,] 4 October [1544].

ff. 216r-217v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to King Henry VIII. [Darlington,] 4 October [1544]. In Sadler’s hand.

ff. 218r-219v Draft letter from the Privy Council to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Endorsed 6 October 1544.

ff. 220r-221v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to King Henry VIII. [Darlington,] 6 October 1544.

ff. 222r-225v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to King Henry VIII. [Darlington,] 7 October 1544. Enclosed: letter from Sir Michael Stanhope, Governor of Hull, to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Hull, 6 October [1544].

ff. 226r-229v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to King Henry VIII. [Darlington,] 8 October 1544. Enclosed: letter from Robert Brandlyng, Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Newcastle, 6 October [1544].

ff. 230r-231v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to King Henry VIII. [Darlington,] 10 October 1544.

ff. 232r-233v Letter from Sir John Lowther, Captain of Carlisle, to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Carlisle Castle, 13 October [1544].

ff. 234r-237v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to the Privy Council. [Darlington,] 14 October 1544. Enclosed: declaration of arrears due to officers and others of Berwick, 14 October 1544.

ff. 238r-240v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to King Henry VIII. [Darlington,] 17 October 1544. Enclosed: letter from Sir George Douglas, of Pittendreich, to Sir Ralph Sadler. [Jedburgh, Roxburghshire,] 7 October [1544].

ff. 241r-242v Draft letter from the Privy Council to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Endorsed 21 October 1544.

ff. 243r-244v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to the Privy Council. [Darlington,] 24 October [1544]. In Sadler’s hand.

ff. 245r-246v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to the Privy Council. [Darlington,] 26 October [1544]. In Sadler’s hand.

f. 247r-247v Draft letter from Sir William Petre, Secretary of State, to Robert Holgate, Bishop of Llandaff. Westminster, 30 October [1544].

ff. 248r-250v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to Sir William Petre, Secretary of State. [Darlington,] 31 October [1544]. Enclosed: letter from Robert Raughton, Bailiff of Scarborough, to the Governor of Kingston-on-Hull. Scarborough, Yorkshire, 26 October [1544].

f. 251r-251v Letter from the Alderman and Brethren of Hartlepool to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury. Hartlepool, Durham, 31 October [1544].

ff. 252r-253v Letter from Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, and Sir Ralph Sadler, ambassador to Scotland, to the Privy Council. [Darlington,] October [1544]. In Sadler’s hand.

f. 254r-254v Letter from an unknown correspondent to Sir Walter Ker, Laird of Cessford and Warden of the East Marches of Scotland. Halydon, Roxburghshire, [no date].