322 Charles, Lord Stourton, 8fc. 



excepte they sholde resseyve the queue's speeyall letters. And also declared by 

 the same letter that he was Levetenaunte of this shire and others : And had 

 auctoryte to put the lawse yn execusion withyn the same shires : and the Duke 

 of Sothefolk * and his ij bretherne were by name proelamyd Traytors apon 

 Mondaye last yn Sarum. I have sent you gunpolder and bowstrynges, for 

 weche-hazell bowes there be none. Arnold the joyner I cannot speke to, but a 

 frynd of myne wuU cawse hym to cum over to you. The gunpolder coste me 

 xvi'^ every pownde but it is warrant me good: ylFyou wull have eny more, at 

 that price you may have inow att Corneles yn Sarum. The blessed Trinyte 

 preserve you safely. Wreten from Sarum the vij"' of February by yours 

 assuryd 



T. Chaftn of Mere." 

 " To the right wurshipfull Sir John Thynne 

 Knyght, be this delyvered with spede." 



The last document that has been met with relating to the quarrel 

 arising out of the Proclamation of Queen Mary is a letter from 

 Sir John Thynne to a Mr. "VVolseley. It is a very long one, 

 reproaching that person with ingratitude and neglect in sundry 

 matters. The following extract relates to our subject. 



(No. 55.) 1555, July 15. Sir John Thynne to Mr. Wolseley. {Original at 

 Longleat.) 



— " As touchynge the Lord Stourton's suit agaynst me as daungerous as you 

 make hyt (consyderyng that in dede hyt is but a feyned quarrell) I lyttell waye 

 yt, not douting but that Justice shall be so mynystred that the truthe shall 

 take effect wheresoever hyt be tryed, although you (whiche shall not become 

 you) woold be against me. And as touching Modie's fryndshipp in decept of 

 hym that doeth putt hym in trust I will nether prayse nor allowe. Neither can 

 I immaggyn why Modie shuld offer me suehe fryndshipp (beyng a man with 

 whom I never hadd acquayntance), onlesse hyt were for some other respect 

 then I can well understand. And where you say he is ernest to have lovynge 

 fryndshippe betwene the Lord Stourton and me, and hath practised with my 

 Chapleyn for the same I thynke you knowe that I sought not the bieache of 

 fryndshippe betwene hym and me neither will I seke the reconsiliacyon. 



T do not a lyttell marvell that you charge me that I should ayde, styrre or 

 comforte Mr. Hartgill to be stowte agaynst the Lord Stourton, consyderynge 

 that yourself knoweth (no man better) that I never meddell in any man's mat- 

 ters but myne own, although I pitie his manyfeste injurie and almost utter 

 undoing, and sure I am if the honorable councell dyd as well know all his doyngs 

 towards Hartgyll as hyt ys knowen to the cuntrye, there is no doute but they 

 would sett an Order betwene them." 



The result of this great slander case we have no means of 

 knowing. 



• Henry Grey, Duke of Suifolk, father of Lady Jane Grey. He Tras beheaded on Tower Hill, 23rd 

 February. Hia brother Thomas 27th Api-il. 



