Longleat Papers, No. 8. 

 „ Mr. Astley, of Melton, Co. Norfolk, to the 



SAME. 



1559, July 2nd. Lord John Grey to Lord Robert 



Dudley. 



1560, Oct. 30th. The same to the same. 



1558 — 1563, April 8th. Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charl- 

 cote [The " Justice Shallow " of Shakespeare], 

 to the same. 



1565, March. Duchess of Suffolk's earnest appeal 

 to the Earl of Leicester, for help to some 

 relative in peril. 

 The same to Walter Devereux, First Earl of 

 Essex, for ditto. 

 „ The same to the Earl of Leicester, desiring 

 him to get her excused from waiting at 

 Court. 



„ The same to the same about the poor Relative* 

 1572, May 8th. Richard Farmer to the Earl, from 

 the Tower. 



„ June 12th. Sir Thomas Wrothe, alias Wriothesley,, 

 Garter King at Arms, to the same, about 

 the Committal of one Rawlins, for unlaw- 

 fully playing the Game of Riffe. 



„ June 21. John Bullingham to the Earl, applying 

 for the Benefice of Upton on Severn, Co. 



WORC, IN EXCHANGE FOR BRINGTON, Co. HUN- 

 TINGDON. 



1572, March 18th. Sir Philip Sidney, on his 

 Travels in his nineteenth year, to his Uncle, 

 the Earl of Leicester, from Frankfort. 

 „ March 23rd. The same to the same, from 

 ditto. 



1574, April 14th. John Scory, Bishop of Hereford, 

 to the Earl, Complaining of an Assault 

 upon Himself and his Servants whilst he 

 was riding to the Parliament. 



