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Bess (Lady Cavendish) writes to Sir John Thynne after completing a long and troublesome journey home, with an account of her travel difficulties and the disordered state in which she found her 'poor house' (i.e. Chatsworth) upon arrival.
Bess (Lady Cavendish) writes to Sir John Thynne with news of 'disordered things' recently put 'into some good order', including relations with her tenants. She hopes Thynne can visit Chatsworth on his next trip to London or when visiting his estates in Yorkshire.
Bess (widow of Sir William Cavendish) writes to Sir John Thynne regarding a bill against her and others currently in parliament, asking him to come to London speedily to help prevent its passing. Letter ID 211 is a copy of this.
Bess (widow of William Cavendish) writes to Sir John Thynne regarding a bill unfavourable to her in parliament, thanking him and hoping for his continued support in preventing its passing. Letter ID 212 is a copy of this.
Bess (Lady St. Loe) instructs her servant James Crompe on the management of several builders; and perceives how 'Sir James is much misliked for his religion but I think his wisdom is such that he will make small account of that matter'. She also relates a message for her aunt Marcella Linacre about a garden for the new house, enclosing '3 bundles of garden seeds'.
Bess (Lady St. Loe) writes to Sir John Thynne, builder of Longleat, and his first wife Christian (née Gresham), asking them to spare her 'your plasterer' the one who 'flowered your hall' (that is, decorated with ornate plaster-mould cornicing, decked flowers). Bess requests that either he be sent directly to her in London, or that he report to James Crompe at Chatsworth.
Bess (Lady St. Loe) writes to Henry Babington of Dethick (Derbyshire) concerning lands, postponing a meeting on Babington's holdings until she receives further information regarding the lands' values. Babington forwards the letter (adding a postscript and second superscription) to one Alexander White and gives further instructions to fulfil Bess's requests.
Bess (countess of Shrewsbury) writes to Sir John Thynne, informing him that she has been unsuccessful in convincing her husband, George, sixth earl of Shrewsbury, to grant Thynne's suit.
Bess, countess of Shrewsbury, writes to Matthew Parker, archbishop of Canterbury, in support of 'preferring one Martin Nelson to the vicarage of Catterick in Richmondshire'. She is informed he has 'good zeal to religion and towardness in learning'.
Bess (countess of Shrewsbury) writes to one Henry Foljambe, concerning a recently widowed woman, Elizabeth Flint, who has asked that her brother Roland, currently in Bess's employment, be sent to her for 'urgent cause to employ him otherwise'. Bess asks Foljambe to favour the woman's cause.
Bess (countess of Shrewsbury) writes to Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, complaining about the delayed delivery of his latest letters concerning the imminent arrival of Mary Queen of Scots at Tutbury Castle.
Henry Cavendish writes to his mother, Bess (countess of Shrewsbury), regrettably reporting a squabble between some of his servants which has resulted in a sword duel and the death of one of them. Bess forwards the letter to her husband, George, sixth earl of Shrewsbury, expressing her own sentiments in a postscript to him (and asking that he 'return this').
Bess (countess of Shrewsbury) writes to Lord Thomas Paget, reprimanding him about persuading her son Henry to negotiate an agreement with unspecified contemptible parties, which has been to Henry's disadvantage. She asks Paget to 'stand the more [Henry's] friend' for the conclusion of the matter.
Bess (countess of Shrewsbury) writes to an unidentified addressee with advice on how to write a persuasive letter to one of her sons, suggesting that 'the more earnest and plain it is the more good it will do you'.
Bess (countess of Shrewsbury) writes to Lord Thomas Paget regarding her servant, Robinson, who has been accused of murder. She requests Paget 'to stand his good lord', for she would 'gladly do the poor man good in this case'.
Bess (countess of Shrewsbury) writes to Sir Francis Walsingham with thanks for his 'friendly dealing towards me'. And while 'her majesty's pleasure is that the Scottish queen shall presently [go] to Buxton', she asks him to procure a warrant for the sake of her husband, George, sixth earl of Shrewsbury, as 'I think my word will not satisfy his lordship'.
Bess (countess of Shrewsbury) writes to her husband, George, sixth earl of Shrewsbury, about an upcoming visit from her daughter Elizabeth (countess of Lennox), grand-daughter Arbella Stuart and daughter-in-law Grace Cavendish (née Talbot), which she would like to postpone due to danger of 'the infection'. She also writes of arranging a timber delivery for gates and other things, and asks for Shrewsbury's help in the matter.
Bess (countess of Shrewsbury) writes to Queen Elizabeth I, thanking her for the 'most especial and gracious goodness to grant unto my poor daughter [Elizabeth] Lennox the custody of her child [Arbella Stuart]'.
Bess's husband, George, sixth earl of Shrewsbury, writes to William Cecil, Lord Burghley, expressing his trust in Burghley's good influence with the queen to show goodwill towards Bess's daughter Elizabeth, countess of Lennox, and grand-daughter, Arbella Stuart. He proposes to send lead for Burghley's building projects by midsummer. Bess (countess of Shrewsbury) adds a postscript, thanking Burghley for another instance where he spoke to the queen on Bess's daughter, Elizabeth's behalf.
Bess's husband George, sixth earl of Shrewsbury, writes to Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, and describes how he and Bess have received alarming news (in a letter which is enclosed) that the king of Scotland (James VI) and his court are 'determined altogether to defeat our little Arbella of her right to the earldom of Lennox'. He and Bess hope for Leicester’s influence on queen Elizabeth I in this matter. The letter is written in Shrewsbury's own hand but signed by both he and Bess (countess of Shrewsbury).