[Address Leaf: Notes]
Copy of ye Erle of
Leycester lettre to ye
Countess of Shrewsbury's
ho.
[Letter Text: Notes]
Good Madam, I shall not nede to move her Maiestie anye ~
further in yor cause findinge her very myndfull thereof And
she doth ^dowtes^ nothinge but my Lo. will performe the order she hathe
sett downe to him wch is that my Lo yor husband sholde
haue vCli in Lande worthe so muche by yere/ yor self and
yor Children to enioye the rente of yor Landes and leases quietlie
and that yow sholde haue suche arrerages as was dewe to yow by
yor tenantes whome also her pleasure is sholde be well vsed
And further my Lo sholde not trowble yor sonnes wth those
accions he had againste them/ Thus muche her matie//
willed me to saie to yow and that yor La sholde not thincke
she dothe forgett what she hathe promysed aswell for the
Leases of the Peake fforreste and for Asheford. Allbeit for my
parte Madam I wolde rather haue wished my Lo had
had the [deletion] Leases as also for yor greater quietnes to suffer my
Lo to take his Choise of the reste./ Thus in some haste../
ffrome Grenewch this xijth of Julye I take my Leave:/

Yor La assured ffrende/


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