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Jan. 11.
"My howse" Friday. |
1. Thos. Lord Seymour to the Duke of Somerset. Excuses himself
from coming to speak with him till to-morrow at the Parliament
House, or at Westminster in the afternoon. [Lord Seymour was committed to the Tower on Thursday the 17th of January 1549, and not
on the 19th, as stated by Burnet, and after him by all subsequent
historians. This Holograph letter of Seymour's being dated on
Friday "from my house," cannot therefore be later than Friday the
11th of January.] |
| Jan. 18. |
2. Instructions to Sir Hugh Pawlett, Sir Thomas Chaloner, and
John Yernley, to search the Lord Admiral's house at Bromham, in
Wiltshire. |
| Jan. [21]. |
3. Inventory of the goods, chattels, &c. in and about the manor
of Cheseworth, co. Sussex, belonging to the Lord Admiral, taken by
Sir Thos. Cawerden and Sir Wm. Goryng. |
| Jan. 21. |
4. Similar inventory of goods, &c. belonging to the Lord Admiral,
at the Manor Place of Sheffield and Forest of Worthe, co. Sussex,
taken by the same parties. |
Jan. 28.
London. |
5. Wm. Gyffard to Laurence Lee. Has received commission to
make sale of woods in the manor of Colleweston, and 30 acres in
Tomlyn's Wood, in the manor of Apthorpe. |
Jan. 31.
Hatfield. |
6. Sir Robt. Tyrwhit to Somerset. His endeavours to ascertain what
had passed about a marriage between Lord Seymour and the Princess
Elizabeth. Her statements. Supposes Mrs. Ashley knows all. |
| Jan. (?) |
7. Deposition by Henry, Marquis of Dorset, relative to matters at
sundry times imparted to him by Seymour. His promise to get Lady
Jane Grey married to the King, &c. |
| Jan. (?) |
8. Deposition by Edw. Rouse. Orders given by Seymour for
keeping his house at Bewdley, in Shropshire. |
| Jan. (?) |
9. Deposition by Sir Ric. Cotton, as to speeches of the Lord Admiral
after the death of his wife. |
| Jan. (?) |
10. Confessions of John Fowler, as to his being urged by the Lord
Admiral to procure the King's opinion as to his marriage. To incite
the King with money given by Seymour, &c. With a note of sums
received by Fowler. |
| Jan. (?) |
11. Depositions by Edw. Lord Clynton, relative to certain speeches
of the Lord Admiral. |
| Jan. (?) |
12. Deposition by Henry, Earl of Rutland, of conversations with
the Lord Admiral. |
| Jan. (?) |
13. Depositions by Sir Wm. Sharington, as to speeches of the
Lord Admiral. Money lent by him to Seymour. His designs on
Lady Jane Grey and the Princess Elizabeth. |
| Jan. (?) |
14. Deposition by Wm. Marquis of Northampton, relative to the
tenour of certain discourses held with the Lord Admiral, previous to
his committal. |
| Jan. (?) |
15. Deposition by Thos. Earl of Southampton. Conversation
between him and Seymour on their way to dine at Sir John Gresham's.
His advice to Seymour not to make a party or breed a faction. |
| Jan. (?) |
16. Deposition relative to certain communications between John
Lord Russell (Lord Privy Seal) and the Lord Admiral, principally
about a marriage with either Princess Mary or Princess Elizabeth, and
Sharington's affairs. |
| Jan. (?) |
17. Depositions of Sir George Blagge and the Earl of Warwick,
relative to certain speeches of Seymour, who threatened to stab any
that should attempt to arrest him. |
| (?) |
18. Memorandum of certain points, by which the subject may be
liable to forfeit his lands to the Crown. |
