My bounden duty duty &c: on fryday at nyghte my Lord
sente to me to be with him the nexte morninge erly, I
came to Worsop aboute ix a clock & founde the ij erles
together, but saw them not tyll dynner was on the table
after ordinary greetynge., at the borde my Lord spekynge
of Welbeck my Lord of Rutlande sayde he was suer my Lord
wolde pay for it, & so quod he you promised me yesternight
which my Lord denyed, but sayde my Lord/ your Lordship was exceding
ernest with me so to doe, wherat they were bothe very
merry, & he styll was ernest with my Lord therin, but he
laughed it of. after dynner, my Lord caled me to him
into his chamber, & tolde me a longe tale of the cause
of his metynge with that Lord, theffecte in substance was
to contynew frendshipp with him, & recyted many resons
that he had to truste him better then any noble man,
& sayde that I had lyke cause to doe so, bothe in
respecte of kyndred & yat he lovethe me excedinge well
& sware by god he was never more ernestly delte with
then he had bene by him synce his cumminge for me, bothe to be good to me
in present & herafter, & bad me take knowledge therof
& gyve him thankes, & yat in any case I sholde goe to
Newarke to him, & before he had ended all
that it seemed he wolde have sayde, he was caled
away by the others beynge reddy to goe done to horsse
so when I came oute I brefely gave him thankes
for yat my Lord had tolde me, & he wysshed he were
able to doe me any pleasure, desyred me to cum to
Newarke & he wolde tell me more, & non lyvynge
be better wellcum, & so we parted, then rode I sum parte
of my Lord's way with him// he tolde me yat the cause
he wolde not have me carry my wyfe to London was
for yat he thoughte your Ladyship wolde goe vpp to London &
then wolde my wyfe ioyne with you in exclaminge agaynste him,
& so make him to Iudge the worsste of me, with much
to yat effecte, I alledged the nessessitie of my wyves estate
how ill I colde lyve here withoute any provisions, but
he cutt me of, saynge he loked owrely for leve to goe vpp
& after he had been there him selfe I mighte carry her if I wolde
& if I did before he colde not thynke I loved him, & for her
helthe, he sayd fisitians myghte be sente for tho he bare the
charges, & wolde not suffer me to speke a worde more therof
but bad me now doe it if I wolde.// Then he tolde me
that Lewis beynge at Newarke hercules foliambe tolde him yat
he harde my Lord had commanded me to putt away my wyfe
& caled Lewis & he affyrmed it, & so my Lord willed me
to charge folliambe therwith & make him brynge oute his autor
//Then he tolde me that the matters was harde betwyxte your Ladyship & him & yat Sir Walter Mildmay & the master of the Rolles
was wholy on your syde & wolde have sett done an order clene
agaynste him, but yat the Lord chefe Iustyce wolde not therto
consent, but stuck to him as frendly as ever man did &
he wolde honor & love him for it whylste he lyved, and
yat the order was deferred tyll thursday laste, and that
this laste weeke he had founde oute & sente vpp
all the paper bookes wrytten by Rychard cooke, of all maner of
conveances whatsoever, wherby there appered that Knyveton
& cooke delte the moste trecherously with him yat ever any
men had done, but recyted not wherin, savynge that
he hathe not hardwyk & the West cuntrey landes withoute
Immpechement of waste, as he wolde be sworne his meninge
was. further yat William candishe he sayde was not asshamed
to demande xviij hundred poundes for lott & cope, & made suche
a matter of yat as was never harde, wherof he spake so oute of
purpos as it were in vayne to wryte it.// Then commended henry
Candishe excedingly for mayntayninge his honor, which he sayde
he sholde fare the better for, & tolde yat dyvers noble men
had of late answered for him very stoutely espetially ye erle
of cumberland.// Then tolde yat Bentall herynge how
evell he was spoken of at London, & for yat your Ladyship had caled
him traytor, he desyred leve to goe vpp, ether to be clered
or condemned, & yat he had wrytten by him to my Lord Tresurer
& my Lord of Lester yat he mighte be thorroly tryed & have as
he had deserved, as for his knowledge of him he wrote he had founde
him the truest & faythfullest servante yat ever he hadd.
he sayde Bentall rather chose to goe vpp of him selfe then to be sente for
And yat he had bene twise examined before my Lord Tresurer
& my Lord of Lester, & had sped well & so wolde doe he hoped
Thes are all the spetiall poyntes yat I can remember he
spake of. I began many tymes to tell him my greffes &
to open my estate but he wolde not suffer me to speke
but sayde he loved me beste of all his chyldren
& yat I had never geven him cause of offence, but in
tarryinge so longe at chatesworthe, which thynge he also
wolde not suffer me to answere, but sayde it was
paste, & he wolde not here more therof. he apoynted
me to mete him at Wynkefeld to morrow at nyghte touching
the cause with the purveors which is apoynted at belper chappell the
nexte day beynge Sainte Mathews day.// When I was parted
with my Lord I mett style with the stuffe// The secrete he
tolde me of thestate of my Lord's boddy was yat swellinge, which
he sayde he thoughte none but him selfe did know, but
when I tolde him where it was he marvayled yat I knew it
he tolde me yat bentall perswaded my Lord yat he was able to
doe him suche servis above as he never had done him, and
to discover the secretes of all thynges, espetially by his brother
yat serves my Lord of Lester, but Steele sayd he verely thoughte
he sholde be layde vpp in pryson he sayde he talked with
curle all the day before he wente, & all yat morninge, but
I colde gett oute no partyculer thynge of him besydes his contynuall
familiaritie with all the scottes, he sayde ther is not any
aboute my Lord but Strynger but sekethe my vndoynge.
I am in hope to mete master Seriante Roodes at Wynkefeld.//
herinclosed is a note for your Ladyship to reede.// the remaynder of
Rufford & Langeford is assuredly in my brother henry Candishe as the
other landes yat are vnrevocable are// I desyre to know whether
your Ladyship thynkethe that her Majestie will be offended with my goynge to
Newarke to yat erle or not, considerynge what speches she vsed to
me of him. if it be not in yat respecte I thynke it is very
nessessary I goe thither seeynge yat he hathe vsed so
good offyces for me to my Lord// my Lord sayde to one yat my Lord
of Lester was Bentalls gret frend & had promised to brynge him to her
majestie to clere him selfe.// god prosper your Ladyship in all thynges
We moste humblie beseche your Ladyship’s blessinge to vs all./
G Talbott
Mary Talbott
