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… done to her Majesty's profit. "Capteine Colburne returned of late from the Court, this waie, and brought neither letters nor conduict for his passage, savinge certeu lettres of my lord of Leicester and othres, whereof I much …
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… to deliver all the goods in his hands and procure delivery of the rest. He promised to do this and that the King "should … warning "he would be shote at with a harquabuse" by one of the pirates newly come to town. There is no way to get … 99. Cessford to Sir John Selby. [July 25.] I have been at Court complaining of the disobedience "of them bewest the …
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… Scottish Border Complaints. [July 5.] The chief occasion of the present trouble is the Lord Scrope's refusal to keep … or make redress in the West March, "be the space almaist of sevin yeir by past"whereby far greater enormities have … to act accordingly, and orders should be directed from Court to his warden. I promised to advertise her Majesty and …
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… you, if her Majesty and your honors expect my return to court, after the dispatch of the service we have in hand, to dispense with it,"for that … so longe a jorney. I have also a cause for a good portion of inherytance, this next assyses at Durham, to be tryed …
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… Collingwood to Walsingham. [July 12.] "I was boulde of late to wryte unto your honour, the ruenous estate of this beggerly border, evne so urged by the lamentable … time to time rather agravatyd then reformed, for that nowe of late, in exstremetie, exsedinge all other times of …
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… Burghley. [July 12.] I have this day received your letter of the 4 th, requesting that the Laird of Buccleuch may have the like correspondence of justice at … done. "For my owne paie, being twyse a sueter att the court to your honour, I did spend yt and a greate deale more. …
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… to take jurney uppon Weddensdaie next to the Weste Borders of Scotlande to pursewe the Erll Bothwell and his confederats, of whom he hath executede ten alreadie, and is of intention … th, I sent a messenger to Dumfries to inform me from that court, of the King's complaints against those of this march, …
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… [July 1.] As you requested in your last, I return the copy of Lord Maxwell's letter with my notes on the "margent," as … last direction wherein is to call on me for delivery of such Englishmen as reset the Earl Bothwell. I intend to … and it appertains to that office to keep a marshal's court to hear and determine suits and complaints, and she has …
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… Scrope to Walsingham. [June 1.] Immediately on receipt of your letter of 19 th ultimo, I delivered the letter inclosed to "the … Scotland, has written to you at length of the state of the Court and country, I omit to trouble you longer. Carlisle. …
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… on George Grame. [June 4.] Inquisition taken at the city of Carlisle 4 th June 26 Eliz. before Anthoney Colldell and Thomas Browne the Queen's coroners there on a view of the dead body of George Grame alias Parcivells Geordye, by … like to deliver these to Hunsdon before the latter left Court for Berwick, he is coming up with all speed. Berwick. …