80° 
Amye Robsart. 
that such a man, if he had been suspected of having, and much 
less if he really had, any direct or indirect hand in the death 
of Amye Robsart, would have been, as he was, within four years of 
her death, elected Steward of the Boroughs of Wallingford, Reading, 
and Abingdon, and CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY oF OXFORD, 
all within a few miles of Cumnor Puacz. 
i. 
iil. 
Vi. 
Vill. 
J. E. Jackson. 
APPENDIX. 
Original and Contemporary Documents. 
. (4 Edw. VI., A.D. 1550, 24th May.) Covenant by John 
Dudley, Earl of Warwick (afterwards Duke of Northumber- 
land), to settle Cokkisford Priory, Co. Norfolk, and other 
lands, on his son, “ Robert Duddeley, Esquyer,” upon his 
intended marriage with Amye, daughter and pee of Sir 
John Robsart, Kt. 
(1553, 1557, and 1558.) Later deeds naming Robert Dudley 
and Amye as husband and wife. 
(1558, 1 Eliz.) Items relating to Amye, Lady Dudley, ex- 
tracted from the account books of Lord Robert Dudley. 
. William Edney the taylor’s bill to my Lord Robert’s wife. 
. (1560.) Expenses of the funeral of Amye, Lady Dudley, ex- 
tracted from the accounts of Richard Ellys, steward to 
Lord Robert. 
(1560, October 10th and 29th.) Letters from Sir Nicholas 
Throckmorton after Lady Dudley’s death. 
i. (1563, 20th June.) Warrant from Queen Elizabeth to deliver 
possession of Kenilworth Castle to Lord Robert Dudley. 
(1563.) A butcher’s bill to Robert Dudley, Earl of Fags oe 
audited by Anthony Forster and others. 
