4. LETTER FROM (HENRY PERCY, EIGHTH Earl of) NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G to Sir George More, acknowledging the receipt of a dispensation for his appearance at the feast of the celebration of the Order of the Garter, though he thinks it had not been needful, considering his restraint from absolute liberty. Dated Petworth, May 12, (? 1585). Holograph. 5. LETTER FROM E(DWARD SOMERSET, FOURTH EARL OF) WORCESTER, to Sir George More and Laurence Stoughton, Esq., respecting the yearly contribution of oats for the provision of Her Majesty's stables, from the Hundred of Farnham. Dated Court at Whitehall, November 17, 1602. Signature of Lord Worcester. 6. WARRANT OF (CHARLES HOWARD) EARL OF NOTTINGHAM, to the Reguarders of the Royal Forest of Windsor, to certify the number of acres contained in "Spring Grove" Coppice, and whether it may "convenientlye be incopsed and felled this yeare without prejudice and annoyance of the vert and game of venison there." Dated Arundel, December 8, 1604. Signature and seal of arms of the Earl of Nottingham. 1264.-Frame VII. 1. LETTER FROM SIR NICHOLAS BACON, Lord Keeper of the Seal, to Sir William More, Knt., announcing the reform of the disorders of the "protection men " and clarkes whom they have corrupted," and desiring him to punish Thomas Manne "for his offence in caryeng abought a harlott in stead of his wief." Dated Gorhambury, December 8, 1573. Signature of Sir N. Bacon, C.S. (Custos Sigilli). 2. LETTER FROM (CHARLES) HOWARD, LORD HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM, to the Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Surrey, enclosing letters from the Lords of the Council, and desiring a certificate of their action in the matters contained. Dated Court at Windsor, August 16, 1586. Signature of Lord Howard. 3. LETTER FROM Robert DUDLEY, EARL OF LEICESTER, to the Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Surrey, announcing the appointment of the writer's nephew, Sir Robert Sidney, Knt., to take charge of certain levies now being raised in the county. Dated Leicester, June 8, 1587. Signature of the Earl of Leicester. 4. LETTER FROM SIR JULIUS CÆSAR, KNT., Judge of the Admiralty, and afterwards Master of the Rolls, desiring him not to remove Mr. John Young from his office of Deputy Vice-Admiral of Sussex until he is able to confer with him upon the matter. Dated London, April, 1588. Signature of Sir Julius Cæsar. WARRANT FROM SIR CHRISTOPHER HATTON, Lord Chancellor, to Sir William CASE AA-Balcony. PROCLAMATIONS, BROAD SHEETS, &c. 1265. BULL OF POPE INNOCENT VIII. for confirmation of the marriage of Henry VII. and Elizabeth of York, and for establishing the succession to the crown of England to Henry and his heirs, whether by this or by any subsequent marriage. The original Bull, of which this is a translation, was issued 3rd March, 1486. [Printed by Caxton (), London, 1486.] Lent by The EARL SPENCER. 1266. "PROUYSION made by the Kyng's hyghness and his Counsayll for puttynge a parte thexcessyue fare & redusynge the same to such moderacion as folowyngly ensueth thobseruance whereof to begyn the laste daye of May the IX yere of the raygne of the Kynge nowe our soueraygne lorde Henry the VIII." [1517.] Printed by Richard Pynson, London, 1517. A sumptuary proclamation determining the number of dishes allowed at the dinners of the various grades of men. The ranks given are Cardinals, Archbishops, Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, Bishops, Abbots, Mayors of the City of London, Judges, Chief Barons of the Exchequer, King's Counsels, Sheriffs of London, and all persons spiritual or temporal, according to their yearly expenditure or the value of their goods. The proclamation goes on to say-"Finally it is determyned that if any persone or persones shall otherwyse ordre themself than is contayned in the foresayd Rate and prouysion and so folowyng theyr sensuall appetite shall violate the same, he or they so doynge shall not oonly be reputed and taken as a man of euyll ordre contemptuously disobeyinge the direccion of the Kynge's hyghness and his Counsayll but also be sent for to be corrected and punysshed at the Kynge's pleasure to the example of other that shal enterpresse any suche folyous and sensuall appetites hereafter." Lent by The EARL SPENCER. 1267. "HERE followeth the manner of the whole proceeding of his [Sir Philip Sidney's] ffunerall, which was celebrated in St. Paules, the 16 of ffebr. 1586. ... This worke was first drawne and invented by Theo. Lant, Gent. servant to the said Knight, and graven on copper by Derick Theodor de Brij, in the Cittye of London, 1587." A roll showing the complete funeral procession. The present copy is imperfect, wanting the representation of the black pinnace, which is found in the British Museum Copy. Lent by The LORD DE L'ISLE AND DUDLEY. 1268. WOODCUT AND ADVERTISEMENT of “A very rich Lotterie, generall, without any Blanckes, containing a great number of good Prices, as wel of redy money as of plate and certaine sorts of Marchaundiyes, hauing been valued and priced by the commaundment of the queenees most excellent Maieste, by men expert and skielful; and the same Lotterie is erected by her Maiesties order, to the intent that suche commodite as may chaunce to arise thereof after the charges borne, may be converted towards the reparation of the Hawens, and strength of the Realme, and towards such other publique good works. The number of Lots shall be Foure hundredth thousand and no moe: and euery Lot shall be the summe of Tenne shillings sterling onely, and no more." The first Prize in this Royal Lottery was £5,000, the second £3,500, &c. The woodcut at the head represents a shield of the Royal Arms of Queen Elizabeth, encircled in a Garter bearing the motto of the Order, ensigned with a Royal Crown and supported by a Lion rampant guardant crowned, and a griffin. To the left, a view of the City of London. "Civitas Londinium." Below, in compartments, a large variety of articles of plate, chests, and bags of money, and a tableau representing the "Judgment of Solomon." Lent by W. MORE MOLYNEUX, Esq. 1269. PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR OF LONDON, fixing the date of the "Readyng of the sayde Lotterie" to the Feast of the Purification of St. Mary the Virgin, 1568, at Cates. Printed by Henrie Bynneman, in Paternoster Row, at the sign of the "Mermaid," September 13, 1567. Lent by W. MORE MOLYNEUX, ESQ. R 1270. LIST OF MOTTOES used in the above lottery. Lent by W. MORE MOLYNEUX, ESQ. 1271. PROCLAMATION BY LADY JANE GREY, as Queen, setting forth her claim to the Crown of England. Dated July 10th [1553]. Printed by Richard Grafton, London, 1553. Lent by The SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES. 1272. WARRANT FROM LADY JANE GREY TO SIR THOMAS CAWARDEN, Master of the Queen's tents, to deliver four tents to her beloved father and councillor, the Duke of Suffolk. Dated July 19th, 1 Jane (1553). Signature of "Jane the Quene." Lent by W. MORE MOLYNEUX, Esq. 1273. SUMPTUARY PROCLAMATION BY QUEEN ELIZABETH relating to women's apparel. Lent by W. MORE MOLYNEUX, ESQ. CASE BB-Balcony. PRINTED BOOKS. THE ENGLISH BIBLE. 1274. THE PENTATEUCH, translated by William Tyndale. Printed "at Malborow in the land of Hesse [i.e. at Marburg] by me Hans Luft," in 1534. The second edition of Tyndale's Pentateuch. The first edition printed at Marburg in 1530 was probably issued in separate books, and the Book of Genesis only was" corrected and amended" in the second edition, the rest being exactly uniform with the first edition. Numbers is in black letter, and the rest in Roman type; but Genesis in the first edition was also in black letter. Tyndale's Pentateuch was the first complete portion of the Old Testament printed in English. In 1531 a translation of Jonah appeared in Tyndale's name, and besides that translations of the "portions of Scripture appointed for the epistles" taken from the Old Testament appear at the end of his New Testament. The printer's name given above is from the colophon of the first edition. Lent by The EARL SPENCER. 1275. "BIBLIA. The Bible, that is the Holy Scripture of the Olde and New Testament faithfully and truly translated out of Douche and Latyn in to Englishe 1535." The first edition of Miles Coverdale's translation, the first complete Bible published in English. According to an affidavit by Emmanuel van Meteren in the archives of the Dutch Church, Austin Friars, this edition was printed at Paris and London by Jacob van Meteren and Edward Whitchurch. The whole of the sheets being sent to England, a title-page and a dedication to Henry VIII. were added by an English publisher, probably James Nicholson of Southwark, who reprinted the translation in 1537. translation was made principally from the Vulgate and Luther's German version, perhaps at the instigation of Sir Thomas More. This Coverdale was born in Yorkshire in 1488. He studied at Cambridge, was ordained in 1514, and became an Augustinian Friar. He left his convent at Cambridge in about 1526, and after a few years went abroad to Antwerp and Hamburg. At Paris he superintended the printing of the Greek Bible, and in 1539 returned to England, where he remained till the fall of Cromwell, when he retired abroad. He married, in 1540, Elizabeth Macheson. In 1548 he returned to England, and in 1551 was made Bishop of Exeter. He was deprived by Mary, and was allowed to escape to Denmark. At the accession of Elizabeth he returned, and was one of the assistant bishops at the consecration of Parker in 1559. He died in 1568. Lent by The EARL SPENCER. |