THE 



WILTSHIRE MAGAZINE. 



"MFLTOBUM MANIBFS GEANDE LEVATUB ONUS." — Ovid. 



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By the Rev. Canon J. E. Jackson, F.S.A. 

 (Continued from Vol. xviii., p. 48.^ 



28. A.D. 1548-76. Sir Thomas Smith, Secretary op State to 



Edward VI. and Queen Elizabeth, and Provost 

 of Eton College. His Letters to Sir John 

 Thynne, the Founder of Longleat. 



29. „ 1573 (?). Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex. 



1. Sir Fulke Greville to the Earl, for 

 help to be restored to the queen's 



FAVOUR. 



2. Charles Chester to Mr. Meyrick, the 

 Earl's Steward, for leave to wear his 

 Lord's Cloth. 



3. The Earl to the Lord Chief Justice 

 of England (Sir John Popham), to bias 

 him in the Decision of a cause depen- 

 ding BEFORE HIM. 



4. Estimate of the Earl's Expenses in the 

 Queen's Service. Signed by Sir Gelly 

 Meyrick. 



30. „ 1608, May. Samuel Danyel, Poet Laureate to 



Queen Elizabeth. Two Letters from him 

 to Mr. James Kirton, Steward to Edward 

 Seymour, Earl of Hertford, 

 vol. xviii. — no. liv. u 



