By the JRev. Canon J. E. Jackson, F.S.A. 25 



the enteryng or cvei* he have liyt w}41 nott Ictt me he in rest after hyt ys his 

 From Halfe-naker the xxx daye of October. 



" by yo' h)rclshippes 

 " assured frynd to 

 " To the Right onnerabell " my power 



my verey good kird(! the " JoHN GjBEY." 



Lorde Roberde Dudle 

 master of the Queenes horse." 

 Endorsed : " October 1560 

 L''. John Grey " 



XVII. 1558— 6;5, April 8th. Sir Thomas Lucy, of Chaul- 

 COTE [The "Justice Shallow" of Shakesi^eare], to Lokd Robert 

 Dudley. 



" Right honorable, and my singuler good lorde : pleasith it youar honor to be 

 advertised that according [**c] youar lordships request and my one promyse I 

 have sent you my sarvaunt Burnell whom I feare will not be hable to doo yo' 

 lordshipp such sarvice as I could wish nor as his hart woold sai-ve, for that by 

 occasion of longe sicknes his strength is greatly decayed and thereby his shuting 

 much hinderid. Youar lordshipp must take hede in making of yo'' matches that 

 Burnell be not overmarked for that at this instante he is hable to shute no fan* 

 ground which if youar lordshipp forsee I doo not mistrust but he will be hable to 

 shute with the best. Thus as one of the lest of youar lordshipps friends in power 

 or habilitie to doo youar lordshipp any sarvice or pleasure, aUthough as willing 

 as the greatest in hart and good will as youar lordshipp shall well understand 

 when occasion shall sarve, I comende you unto Almightie God who send you long 

 life in the feare of God with increas of honor according to youar lordshipp's one 

 desier. From Charlcot the viij"' of Aprill, at youar lordships coinaundment 

 during life 



Addressed : " Thomas Luct." 



" To the right honorable 



and his Singuler good 



Lorde, my L. Roberte 



Dudley, M'. of the 



Queues horse." * 



XVIII. 1565, March. The Duchess of Suffolk's earnest 

 APPEAL TO Robert Dudley for help. 



[Katharine Willoughby, in her own right. Baroness Willoughby 

 D'Eresby, was the fourth wife of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. 



• There is no date of year on the letter ; but as Dudley was not appointed to be Master of the 

 Horse before 1558, and ceased to be " Lord Robert " in 1563, when he was created Earl of Leicester, 

 the letter must have been written in the interval between those two years, A copy of it was com* 

 municated to N. and Qt in 18C7. 



