By ihe Rev. Canon J. E. JacJcson, F.S.A. 



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amendid then she was in London / so that I perceive it mych better for hir to be 

 abrode, & trusted that she would shortlie be through hole [thoroughly whole] 

 except her agew tornyd to some other good sicknea. 



I can not tell whither he had commission to say so mych to me as he did / Y£ 

 my wief can do my Ladies grace eny service, she shall wait as hir dutie is. 



Yf hir grace hath enough all rodie, as I undei-stand ther is, & my wief shnld be 

 comberaunce, I had mych rather she tarrid still with mc either here in the court, 

 as me thynkes she had leifest be, or in London, or at Eaton, 



This bearer Watson my man still is suter unto you I pray yow ones dispache 

 hym and then he shall troble you & me no lenger / and ye shall do me great 

 pleasure if ye can sped hym. Fare ye most heiiely well. From Grenewich 

 xxix"" Aprilis 1549. 



"Yo' allwais assured 

 " To myne assured freend Sir " T. Smith. 



John Thyn Knight, Steward of the 



Household to my lord Protector's grace." 



Docketed : " xxix". Aprilis 1549 M'. Secretary Smyth to my M^ from Grene- 

 wich." 



2. 14th June, 1549, Richmond. The same to the same. 



" Sir I am moved by this bearer William Kelb to be suter unto you for the 

 office of the Custumership * now lately void by the death of one Eaton. He saith 

 he will do as mych as an other will and requyreth this letter but onely to biyng 

 hym to you bycause he hath no acquayntaunce all redy. Thus I bid you right 

 hartely fare well. From Richemond the xiiij'^'' of June 1549. 



"yor assuredly 

 " To the right worshipful! " T. Smith." 



and myn assured Freend 



S' John Thyn Knight, 



steward of Household to my 



Lord Protectors grace." 



Docketed : " xiiij" Junii 1549 M'. Secretary Smyth to my M'." 



3. June, 1567, London. 



[This letter supplies the date of Sir Thomas's return from his second 



embassy to France, for which his biographers have been at a loss 



(ArchEeol. xxxviii., 111). What the domestic affliction was on 



which he condoles with Sir John Thynne does not appear. It 



could not have been Sir John's first wife, for she had died in May, 



1565, and he had married again in 1566.] 



" Sir I am right sory for your mischaunce wherof I harde for my furst newse 

 comyng out of Praunce of a servaunt of yours dwellyng at Graveseand / But ye 

 have knowen I trust so much of Christ that ye can take his visitacion and profe 



• The Customs used to be let on lease to individuala who were called " Farmers ': " and a very 

 profitable species of culture they found it. 



