92 Amye Robsart. 
No. IX. (p. 59.)' 
Orders to tradesmen, signed by Anthony Forster. A.D. 1566. 
(Original at Longleat.) 
‘Mr, Peegck I pray you delyver to thys berer foure elles of blak taffata for 
a shorte gowne and thre yards of blak vellet to gard the same whyche gowne 
my lord dothe gyve to Mr. Smythe the quenes man. and also iij yards quarter 
of crymsen satten for a dublet whyche my lord gyvythe to the Mayre of Abyngton 
and vij yards di’ of blak satten for ij dubletts whyche my lord gyvythe to ij of 
the mayres brethern of the towne of Abyngton. thys hartely fare you well. 
thys xvi of May 1566, 
y AntTHo: ForstER.” 
‘¢ Mres, Mountagewe I pray you deliver to this berer my Lords hosyer so moch 
crymsyne fringe and lace as will tryme a paire of crymsyne hose,for Mr. Phillipe 
Sidney and so moch purple as will tryme a paire of carnacon stammell hose * 
and also so moch blewe and grene lace as will tryme ij payre of Lether hose. 
Thus fare ye well. Wryten the second of August 1566. 
yo’. frinde 
AnTHO: ForstTER.” 
‘“M's, Mowntagew wher as you have delyvered to‘Mr. Bull on[e] gross of 
poynts and viij armyng poynts thys is yo" warrant for the delyvery of the same 
whyche were delyvered thys progres at the guenes beyng at Kyllyngworthe. fare 
you well thys xxiij of december 1566. 
yo". very friend 
ANnTHO: ForsTER.” 
No. X. (p. 59.) 
Letter to Anthony Forster, from Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, 
about preparations at Kenilworth for the Lord Keeper Bacon’s 
visit. . 
‘¢ Foster 
I wylled Ellys to speak with you and Mr. Spinola againe for that I 
perceaved that he hath word from Flaunders that I can not have such hangings 
thence as I loked for, for my dynyng chamber at Killingworth yet he thought 
ther wold very good be had at this present in London and as good cheap as in 
Flaunders. Palmer’s wyfe told me at Hatfeld that she was offred very good for 
xj’. or xij. a nell. In any wise deale with Mr. Spinola hereabout for [he] ys 
abel to gett such stuff better cheap than any man. and I am suer he wyll doe 
his best for me. And though I cannot have them so depe as I wolde yet yf they 
be large of wydenes and xij or xiij foote hygh hit shall suffyce. I pray you lett 
* © Stamell,.a coarse kind of red, inferior to scarlet.’”—Nares’s Glossary. 
