'ERBYSHIRE tRCHM)LOGICAL 



AND 



Matural History Society 



papers vclattng to SciljgsljiiT iWustcvs temp. 

 (St, ^UjatJctt), fomprtstng tl)c fluster 

 3^oU for tf)c lui)olc fountg matrc m 1587 

 m expectation of ti)e Spantsl) Jlnbaston ; 

 from ti^e original trocuments preserbetr at 

 Belijoir.* 



Contributed by W. A. Carrington. 

 By permission of His Grace the Duke of Rutland. 



' Letter from the Privy Council to the Sheriff and Justices of the 

 Coufity of Derby — A.D. 1581. — 150 soldiers for Ireland.) 



•' After o' verie hartie comendacons. ^\'hereas by our lefs latelie 

 addressed unto yo' bearing date the xix"' of marche yo" were 



* The Society and ihe County at large aie deeply indebted to Mr. Carring- 

 ton ior this nicit valuable contribution to the History of Derbyshire, none of 

 the items having been previously published. 



In the Muster Books the names of the .--oldiers are arranged in columns, but 

 for economy of sfiace we have been obliged to adopt another method. 



The Editor deeply regrets that owing to the financial lestrictions necessarily 

 imposed upon him by the committee, he has been compelle<l to defer the 

 publication of several valuable papers, for which he begs to offer his sincere 

 apology to the contriliutors. 



