Sloane MS 33

Elizabeth I of England: Royal letters, commissions, warrants, etc.: 1595-1598.: Copies.

includes:

• ff. G-S b Roger North, 2nd Baron North: Commission of lieutenancy to, for co. Cambridge: 1596.: Copy.
• f. 1 b Channel Islands: Minute for levying men from cos. Somerset and Wilts for defence of Guernsey and Jersey: 1595.
• f. 2 George Gilpin, diplomatist: Instructions to: 1598.: Copy.
• f. 2 b Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester: Letter to, from Qu. Elizabeth: 1597.: Imperf.
• f. 3 George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland: Grant to, of letters of marque: 1597.
• ff. 4 b, 5, 5 b Navy: Commissions for furnishing ships and men: 1596, 1597.: Copies.
• f. 5 b Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Warrant for payment to, for naval volunteers: 1596.: Copy.
• f. 8 b Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere; 1st Viscount Brackley: Commission to, for renewing commissions of lieutenancy: 1596.: Copy.
• f. 9 b Sir Thomas Baskervill: Commission to be commander of the English forces in Picardy: 1596.: Copy.
• f. 11 William Paulet, 3rd Marquis of Winchester: Royal letter to, as Lieutenant of Hampshire, for men to be sent to the Isle of Wight: circ. 1596.: Copy.
• f. 11 Isle of Wight: Letter to the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire for men to be sent to: circ. 1596.: Copy.
• f. 11 Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy; Earl of Devonshire: Letter to, as Lieutenant of Hampshire, for men to he sent to the Isle of Wight: circ. 1596.: Copy.
• f. 11 b Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke: Royal letter to, for men to be sent out of Wales into Ireland: 1596.: Copy.
• f. 11 b Principality of Wales: Royal letter for men to be sent out of Wales into Ireland: 1596.: Copy.
• f. 11b Ireland: Letters to Lieutenants of English counties for men to be sent into Ireland: 1596.: Copies.
• f. 12 Boulogne: Letter for levying soldiers for: 1596.: Copy.
• f. 14 Sir Drew Drury, Lieutenant of the Tower: Discharge from his office: 1596.: Copy.
• f. 14 b Sir Richard Berkeley: Appointment as Lieutenant of the Tower: 1596.: Copy.