Queen Elizabeth - Volume 12: April 1560

Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth, 1547-80. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1856.

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'Queen Elizabeth - Volume 12: April 1560', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth, 1547-80, (London, 1856) pp. 151-152. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/edw-eliz/1547-80/pp151-152 [accessed 14 April 2024]

April 1560

April 1.
Pirgo.		 1. Lord John Grey of Pirgo to Sir Wm. Cecill. Praises his Protestant principles. Expresses his wish that the devices of Paget and Masone may be defeated.
April 6. 2. Memoranda in Cecill's hand relative to several points of public business.
April 8.
Rughfourthe.		 3. George Lord Talbot to Cecill. Edward Savile being divorced from his wife, has proposed a marriage between one of Lord Talbot's daughters and the son of Henry Savile, who is his next heir male. Asks his advice thereon.
April 10.
Settrington.		 4. Mrs. Mabell Forteskue to "her governor," Francis Yaxley. Thanks him for her gloves and other articles. Mary Silles also returns her thanks.
April 10.
Ferrara.		 5. John Battista Pigna to the Prince of Ferrara. Touching duels or single combats; arising upon the question that a gentleman, being called "a knave," answered simply that "he was an honest man."Translated for the Right Hon. Lord Carew.
April 12. 6. Memoranda, in Cecill's hand, of things necessary for the preservation and good order of the realm. Meetings of Council; appointment of Bishops; Earl of Sussex to be sent into Ireland, &c.
April 18. 7. Names of Lieutenants and muster masters in several English counties. Sir Henry Sydney, Lord President of Wales.
April 18. 8. Another list of Lord Lieutenants and muster masters.
April 18 (?) 9. List of Lieutenants of counties; with order for aid to and from various points, for defence in case of attack.
April 20. 10. Instructions, by the Queen, to the Earl of Arundel (Steward of the Household), Lieutenant of the counties of Surrey and Sussex, to have the forces of those counties in readiness.
April 20. 11. Similar instructions, mutatis mutandis, to Sir Tho. Parry, Treasurer of the Household, and Sir Henry Nevill, as Lieutenants of Berkshire.
April 24. 12. Warrant to the Exchequer to pay the allowances of persons named, appointed to repair as muster masters into divers counties.
April (?) 13. Thos. Lardge to the Council. Prays to be relieved from penalties he has incurred by having heard mass in the house of Sir Thos. Warton at Boreham, Essex.
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