90 SIR WILLIAM CAVENDISH 1557- 



here of suche bokes of survey as were late made by my fellowes yr 

 hyghnes Comissions as well for saale of friars howses here wche yr 

 pleasure is sholde be solde, as also of one to fynishe th' accompt of yr 

 Vicethesaurerl here And trusting, upon the seying ageyne of Mr. 

 Cavendishe the same is as yet slacked. Which Mr. Cavendyshe toke 

 grate paynes at his being here in yr saide saervice as well wth conty- 

 newall paynes aboute the saide accompts and surveis, as in taking very 

 paynful jorneys, aboute the same as to Lymericke and those ptes where 

 I thinke none of your hyghnes mgtie comssonrs com this meny yeers, 

 and in suche wether of snowe and froste that I nev' roode in the like 

 to my remembraunce. And I note him to be suche a man as letill 

 ferythe the displeasure of any man in yor hyghnes sarvice wherfore I 

 accompte him the meter man for this lande if yr hyghness pleasure so 

 be ; wherefore most humblie beseching yr majestic to pardon this my 

 rude wryting, for seeing the grate paynes toke here in yr sarvice, I 

 thought I coulde no lesse do then to signifie the same unto yr Majestic ; 

 and also to desire yr hyghness that the same bokes, or the Copies of 

 them may be retourned for the better order of yr Majesties affairs here, 

 and the finishinge of yr saide Vicethesauriers accompts. And thus I 

 beseche almightye Jhesu long to preserve yr mooste excellente Majestic 

 in mooste prosperous helthe to his pleasure flfrom yr hyghnes Mano' of 

 Kilmaynan the vith of Maye in the xxxiiij. yere of your Majesties mooste 

 Victorious reign. 



Your Magestes most humble and obedyent subject and sarvant, 



Antony Sentlegr'. 



In Sir William Cavendish's pocket book at Welbeck there is 

 this entry : — 



Md, that I was marryed unto Elizabeth my Wife, Daughter of Thomas 

 Parker of Postingford in Suffolk, Esq., at the Black Fryars in London, 

 the Morrowe after All Souls Dale, Anno 34, R. H. 8 (1543)- 



His Wife died 1545; her three children died young. 



Md, That I was marryed to Elizabeth Hardwycke my third Wiflfe in 

 Lecestersheere at Bradgatt (Bradgate) my Lord Marquesses (Dorset) 

 House the 20th of August in the first yeere of kinge Edward the 6, at 2. 

 of the clock after midnight ; The Domynicall letter B. 



The list of the god-parents is a most interesting one, and 

 ought to be studied. If we except two names — the Duke of 

 Somerset, the Protector, and the Duke of Norfolk — it contains 

 the principal political personages of the period. And this 

 should be noticed — during the reign of Edward VI. they were 

 all chosen from the Reforming party. Sir William and Lady 

 Cavendish cast in their lot with the Reformers. Their married life 



1 Vice-treasurer. 



