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Gilbert and Mary Talbot write to Mary's mother, Bess (countess of Shrewsbury), reporting that 'our business' at court is delayed daily. Gilbert writes how Robert Devereux, the earl of Essex, planned on renewing his suit regarding Tutbury, but is willing to 'surcease his suit for himself and to further me therein all that he could'. Further, Gilbert includes a detailed report about the murder of Henry III in France, and the rumour that the murderer is a Dominican friar. In a postscript, Mary writes that nothing has been 'performed for your ladyship's case', but the queen has 'asked me very carefully for my lady Arbella [Stuart, Bess's grand-daughter]'.
Bess (dowager countess of Shrewsbury) writes to William Cecil, Lord Burghley, in reply to his letter about rumoured plans to abduct Bess and her grand-daughter, Arbella Stuart. Bess assures him that she will protect Arbella to the best of her ability. She also tells him about one of Arbella's attendants, Morley, who she has dismissed due to his suspicious behaviour. The letter was penned by her son, William Cavendish, because her head hurts; however, no one else knows of the matter.
Frances Pierrepont (née Cavendish) writes to her mother, Bess (dowager countess of Shrewsbury), reporting on news received from a recent visitor, John Hales: to do with the king's movements and supposed peace in southern parts of the country in spite of Lord Beauchamp's 'feeble assemblies'.
William Cavendish writes to his mother, Bess (dowager countess of Shrewsbury), with various pieces of news: the travel plans of Bess's stepson and son-in-law, Gilbert, seventh earl of Shrewsbury; princess Mary's godparents (among them Bess's grand-daughter, Arbella Stuart); the birth of the Spanish queen's son and the Spanish ambassador's celebratory fireworks in front of his London home; and the new pope and his expected alliance with the French.
James Montague, dean of the Chapel Royal, writes to Bess (dowager countess of Shrewsbury) from court following discovery of the Gunpowder Plot, with news of the parliament's unanimous approval of bills 'all one in effect to have some severe execution upon the priests and recusants for the late executions of the traitors'; and about the apprehension of a Jesuit, (Henry) Garnet or Walley, 'the most dangerous man to this state that lives'.
James Montague, dean of the Chapel Royal, writes to Bess (dowager countess of Shrewsbury) from court following discovery of the Gunpowder Plot, reporting about the parliament's decision on obligatory communion; Henry Garnet's incarceration in the Tower of London, and the expected clearing of the earl of Northumberland; the King of France's army; and the queen's pregnancy.
William Kniveton writes to Bess (dowager countess of Shrewsbury) of 'the certainest news I can at this time write': including that of land enclosures thrown open by 'unruly persons' near Lincoln; uneventful days in parliament; Thomas Fleming's new status as lord chief justice of England; and the king's intention for a progress and sending of a diamond ring to the lord treasurer (Thomas Sackville).