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Further information on copyright and citation can be found at:- (URL: http://www.bessofhardwick.org/background.jsp?id=171) X.d.428 (113) 185 My bounden duty duty &c: on fryday at nyghte my L:ord sente to me to be wi^th 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 L:ord spekynge of Welbeck my L:ord of Rutlande sayde he was suer my L:ord wolde pay for it, & so quo^d he you promised me yesternight whi^ch my L:ord denyed, but sayde my L:ord/ you^r L:ordship was exceding ernest wi^th me so to doe, wherat they were bothe very merry, & he styll was ernest wi^th my L:ord therin, but he laughed it of. after dynner, my L:ord caled me to him into his chamber, & tolde me a longe tale of the cause of his metynge wi^th that Lord, theffecte in substance was to contynew frendshipp wi^th 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 & ya^t he lovethe me excedinge well & sware by god he was never more ernestly delte wi^th then he had done bene by him synce his cumminge for me, bothe to be good to him me in present & herafter, & bad me take knowledge therof & gyve him thankes, & ya^t in any case I sholde goe to Newarke to him, & before he had ended ended more 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 fin brefely gave him thankes for ya^t my L:ord 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 L:ord's way wi^th him// he tolde me ya^t the cause he wolde not have me carry my wyfe to London was for ya^t he thoughte you^r La:dyship wolde goe vpp to London & then wolde my wyfe ioyne wi^th you in exclaminge agaynste him, & so make him to Iudge the worsste of me, wi^th much to ya^t effecte, I alledged the nessessitie of my wyves estate how ill I colde lyve here wi^thoute any provisions, but he cutt me of, saynge he loked owrely for leve to goe vpp 173 & 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 ya^t he harde my L:ord had commanded me to putt away my wyfe & caled Lewis & he affyrmed it, & so my L:ord willed me to charge folliambe therwi^th & make him brynge oute his autor //Then he tolde me that the matters was harde betw=yxte you^r La:dyship & him & ya^t Si^r W:alter M:ildmay & the maste^r of the Rolles was wholy on you^r syde & wolde have sett done an order clene agaynste him, but ya^t the L:ord 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 ya^t the order was deferred tyll thursday laste, and that this laste weeke he had founde oute & sente vpp all all the paper bookes wrytten by Ryc:hard cooke, of all maner of conveances whatsoever, wherby there appered that Knyveton & cooke delte the moste trecherously wi^th him ya^t ever any men had done, but recyted not wherin, savynge that he hathe not hardwyk & the West cuntrey landes wi^thoute Immpechemen^t of waste, as he wolde be sworne his meninge was. further ya^t W:illiam candishe he sayde was not asshamed to demande xviij hundred poundes for lott & cope, & made suche a matter of ya^t as was never harde, wherof he spake so oute of purpos as it were in vayne to wryte it.// Then commended h:enry Candishe excedingly for deschardinge mayntayninge his honor, whi^ch he sayde he sholde fare the better for, & tolde ya^t dyvers noble men had of late answered for him very stoutely espetially y^e erle of cumberland.// Then tolde ya^t Bentall herynge how evell he was spoken of at London, & for ya^t you^r La:dyship had caled him traytor, he desyred leve to goe vpp, ether to be clered or condemned, & ya^t he had wrytten by him to my L:ord Tresurer & my L:ord of Lester ya^t he mighte be thorroly tryed & have his as so he had deserved, as for his knowledge of him he wrote he had founde founde him the truest & faythfullest servante ya^t ever he hadd. he sayde Bentall rather chose to goe vpp h of him selfe then to be sente for And ya^t he had bene twise examined before my L:ord Tresurer & my L:ord of Lester, & had sped well & so wolde doe he hoped Thes are all the spetiall poyntes ya^t 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 the his chyldren & ya^t I had never geven him cause of offence, but in tarryinge so longe at chateswo^rthe, whi^ch 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 wi^th the purveors whi^ch is apoynted at belper chappell the nexte day beynge Sain^te Mathews day.// When I was parted wi^th my L:ord I mett style wi^th the stuffe// The secrete he tolde me of thestate of my L:ord's boddy was ya^t swellinge, whi^ch he sayde he thoughte none but him selfe did know, but when I tolde him where it was he marvayled ya^t I knew it he tolde me ya^t bentall perswaded my L:ord ya^t 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 ya^t serves my L:ord of Lester, but Steele sayd he verely thoughte he sholde be layde vpp in pryson he sayde he talked wi^th curle all the day before he wente, & all ya^t morninge, but I colde gett oute no partyculer thynge of him besydes his contynuall familiaritie wi^th all the scottes, he sayde ther is not any aboute my L:ord but Strynger but sekethe my vndoynge. I am in hope to mete maste^r Seriante Roodes at Wynkefeld.// herinclosed is a note for you^r La:dyship to reede.// the remaynder of Rufford & Langeford is assuredly in my bro:ther h:enry Candishe as the other landes ya^t are vnrevocable are// I desyre to know whether you^r La:dyship thynkethe that her Ma:jes^tie will be offended wi^th my goynge to Newarke to ya^t erle or not, considerynge what speches she vsed to me of him. if it be not in ya^t respecte I thynke it is very nessessary I goe thither seeynge ya^t he hathe vsed me so good offyces for me to my L:ord// my L:ord sayde to one ya^t my L:ord of Lester was Bentalls gret frend & had promised to brynge him to her ma:jes^tie to clere him selfe.// this be god prosper you^r La:dyship in all thynges We moste humblie beseche you^r La:dyship’s blessinge to vs all./ G Talbott Mary Talbott Initial release version, September 2013