IV. — A Royal Wardrobe in the \&th Century. — From Jonathan 

 Couch, F.L.S., &c. 



THE following Documents, closely copied from the Originals, con- 

 tain a list of the articles from the Eoyal "Wardrobe, granted by 

 the first Queen Mary to the "Lady Marquess" of Exeter, and her 

 son the Earl of Devon, in the first year of that Queen's reign. This 

 Earl, the last of his family in regular succession, fell into a con- 

 sumption, and for the recovery of his health, went to Italy ; where 

 he died : leaving his inheritance to four sisters, who were afterwards 

 married to gentlemen of Cornwall : of all of whom the only male 

 descendant in the male line now existing is Sir John Salusbury 

 Trelawny, of Trelawne, Baronet. 



letter sente unto my La. Marques. 



It may lyke yo. good Ladyshepe to understand That examynynge the 

 sev'all warrants of the stuffe geven by the Quenes ma'tie unto yo. La. and 

 to the late Erie of Devon your Sonne whose sowle our Loed p'don, The 

 copyes wherof we send you herew'th we fynde that all the stuffe nowe re- 

 maynynge yn our hands / Pte wherof yo"^ La. dothe chalenge ys comprysyd 

 wythyn the warrants gevyn to hys Lordeshyppe And moche more wch we be 

 ynformyd remayned yn yo'' possessyon And as we wold be very lothe to de- 

 teyne & wyth hold any thynge that of ryghte belongythe unto yo"' La. So we 

 doubte not but the same wyll restore unto us suche stuffe as belongyd unto 

 the seyd Earle yo"^ Son to b^ usyd and employed to suche uses as we stand 

 chargyd to p'f orme / Prayenge yo"^ La. to take order for the spedy dely^<=« ther- 

 of unto us And to thentente yow may well imderstand her Ma''^= fre gyfte & 

 dyspocycyon of that stuffe comprysyd wthyn the warrante made unto hys Lo. 

 to be mente by her hyghnes to hymselfe We be assuiydly advysyd that they 

 wer p'curyd & goten for hym by o' very good Lord the L prevy Seale that 

 now ys And thus we truste shall satysfye yow towchynge the premysses And 

 as for the .... ales of clothe of gold & tynsell we mynde not yf the gyfte of 

 the' may be dewly pvyd from yo"^ Son to yo"" La. to deteyne them any longer 

 from the same / We pray yow thyncke no unkyndenes for that we be so cu- 

 ryows yn kepynge & demaundynge of suche thyngs as p'teynyd to the seyd Earle 

 for that we entend as we be bound to bestowe the same after the satysfacon 

 of hys debts yn relyffe of hys poor S'vnts & yn suche good &; cherytable uses 

 as y"^ La. shall have no cause to judge that we mynd to take any benyfytt 



