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& 3Lfet of tf>t "^Icijoitscs, Emxts, autr 

 ftaucnies/' in 49n*2»f)irc m tfje Tear 1577. 



Transcribed from the Domestic State Papers 

 (Elizabeth, vol 118, No. 25). 



By W. H. Hart, F.S.A. 



Y moost bunden dutie unto your Right honorable 

 Lordshippis humblye remembred pleasseth hit your 

 Right honorable Lordshippes accordyng to your 



commandement I have herewyth sent the nowmber and namys 

 of all such as kepe any alehowsis Innys and Taverns within this 

 Countie of Derbie wherof many are very poore. And so 

 praye God long to prosper your Right honorable lordshipp 

 with long lyfle and felycyty. 



At my poore howse Sutton the xv ,h of this November 1577- 

 Humblye at your honors 

 commandement. 



Francis Leek. 



(Addressed) 



To the Right honorable 



Lordes my very good 



Lordes of the Quene's 



Maiesties moost honorable 



privie Councell. 



(In dor so). 

 15 Novembris 1577- 

 S' Fra: Leake certifieng the nomber of Alehouses Innes & 

 Tavernes in the County of Darby. 



