Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies of Great Britain: From the Commencement of the Twelfth Century to the Close of the Reign of Queen Mary, Volume 3

Mary Anne Everett Green

H. Colburn, 1846 - English letters

Contents

• XV: 30
• XXIII: 50
• Honor viscountess Lisle to lord Lisle 1538: 56
• Lady Frances Basset to lady Lisle 1538: 57
• The same to the same 1538: 60
• Margaret lady Coffin to lord Cromwell 1538: 63
• Mrs Anne Owen to lord Cromwell vers 1538: 64
• Sibyl Penne nurse of prince Edward to lord Cromwell vers 1538: 66
• Margaret lady Bryan to lord Cromwell 1538: 67
• Catherine Bulkeley abbess of Godstow to lord Cromwell vers 1538: 69
• The same to the same vers 1538: 71
• The same to the same vers 1538: 72
• Anne lady Berkeley to lord Cromwell 1538: 74
• Lady Cecil Dudley to lord Cromwell 1539: 77
• Anne lady Skeffington to lord Cromwell vers 1539: 80
• Elizabeth lady Delaware to lord Cromwell 1539: 82
• Joanna Vane prioress of Dartford to lord Cromwell vers 1539: 85
• Florence Bonnewe late prioress of Ambres bury to lord Cromwell: 87
• Margaret countess of Salisbury to lord Lisle: 91
• Elizabeth duchess of Norfolk to lord Crom: 96
• well: 97
• Anne lady Conyers to lord Cromwell: 103
• The same to the same XLVI Margaret marchionessdowager of Dorset to lord Cromwell vers 1539: 104
• The same to the same vers 1539: 107
• The same to the same vers 1539: 108
• Elizabeth lady Carew to lord Cromwell 1539: 110
• Margaret lady Bryan to lord Cromwell 1539: 112
• Elinor countess of Rutland to lady Lisle vers 1539: 115
• Catherine Basset to lady Lisle 1539: 116
• Honor viscountess Lisle to the earl of Hert ford 1539: 119
• Felicia Hertford to lady Lisle: 121
• Margaret lady Grenville to lady Lisle vers 1539: 123
• Maud lady Grenville to lady Lisle 1539: 125
• Jane lady Ringley to lady Lisle vert 1539: 128
• 1539: 130
• The same to the same 1539: 133
• 89: 138
• Mary lady Kingston to lady Lisle 1539: 142
• Elizabeth lady Wallop to lady Lisle vert 1539: 143
• Catherine Basset to lady Lisle 1539: 145
• Anne Basset to lady Lisle 1539: 148
• Elinor countess of Rutland to lady Lisle 1540: 149
• Anne Basset to lady Lisle 1540: 151
• Mary lady Kingston to Mr Wriothesley 1540: 153
• Margaret countessdowager of Ormond to Henry VIII 1540: 155
• Lettice lady Lee to lord Cromwell 1540: 157
• Elizabeth lady Cromwell to Henry VIII 1540: 159
• Queen Anne of Cleves to Henry VIII 1540: 160
• Elizabeth duchess of Norfolk to the earl of Westmoreland 1541: 163
• Margaret queen of Scotland to Henry VIII 1541: 165
• The same to the same 1541: 167
• Elinor countess of Rutland to sir William Paston: 168
• The same to the same 1544: 170
• Queen Catherine Parr to the council with the king 1544: 171
• The same to Henry VIII 1544: 173
• The same to the same 1544: 174
• Princess Elizabeth to queen Catherine Parr 1544: 176
• The same to the same 1544: 177
• Queen Catherine Parr to princess Mary 1544: 180
• Catherine countess of Westmoreland to the earl of Shrewsbury veri 1544: 182
• Lady Eleanor ODonel to Henry VIII 1545: 184
• Elizabeth duchess of Norfolk to lord Stafford: 189
• Princess Elizabeth to lord admiral Seymour 1547: 191
• The same to princess Mary 1547: 193
• Marion lady Hume to protector Somerset 1547: 194
• Lady Jane Grey to lord admiral Seymour 1548: 197
• Ladies Margaret and Jane Seymour to Edward VI vers 1548: 199
• Princess Mary to sir William Paget vert 1548: 200
• Mary duchess of Richmond tosecretary Smith 1548: 201
• The same to the same 1548: 204
• Elizabeth countess of Kildare to her son Gerald Fitzgerald 1548: 205
• Margaret countess of Lenox to the earl of Angus 1549: 209
• XCVTII Princess Mary to Edward VI 1549: 212
• Princess Elizabeth to the duke of Somerset 1549: 218
• The same to the same 1549: 219
• Mrs Ashley governess to the princess Eliza beth to Cecil vers 1549: 220
• Princess Elizabeth to Edward VI: 221
• The same to the same: 223
• The same to the same: 225
• The same to the same: 227
• The same to the same: 229
• The same to the same: 230
• The same to the same: 232
• The same to the same: 234
• Anne countess of Sussex to her mother lady Calthorp tiers 1549: 236
• Frances marchioness of Dorset to the earl of Shrewsbury vers 1550: 244
• Catherine duchess of Suffolk to Cecil 1550: 245
• The same to the same 1550: 248
• The same to the same 1550: 249
• The same to the same 1550: 250
• The same to the same 1551: 251
• The same to the same 1551: 253
• Jane lady Southampton to sir William Petre 1551: 255
• Princess Mary to Edward VI 1551: 256
• The same to the privy council 1552: 258
• The same to Edward VI 1552: 259
• Elizabeth lady Cromwell to sir William Cecil 1552: 260
• Princess Elizabeth to the duke of Northum berland 1553: 263
• Grace countess of Shrewsbury to the earl of Shrewsbury 1553: 267
• The same to the same: 269
• Lady Elizabeth Dacres to the countess of Shrewsbury: 270
• The same to the earl of Shrewsbury: 272
• Princess Elizabeth to lady Knollys 1553: 279
• Mary queen of Scots to queen Mary I 1554: 281
• Mary I to lord Chandos 1554: 282
• The same to sir Hugh Pollard and others 1554: 285
• The same to the nobility of England 1554: 287
• Mary I to the earl of Sussex 1554: 289
• The same to king Philip 1554: 290
• The same to the justices of Norfolk 1554: 292
• Princess Elizabeth to king Philip 1554: 294
• The same to queen Mary 1554: 295
• The same to the marquis of Winchester 1554: 296
• King Philip and queen Mary to cardinal Pole 1555: 297
• Mary countessdowager of Northumberland: 298
• to the earl of Shrewsbury 1555: 299
• Gertrude marchioness of Exeter to the earl of Devonshire 1555: 301
• The same to the same 1555: 303
• The same to the same 1555: 304
• The same to the same 1555: 306
• The same to the same 1555: 307
• 91: 309
• Mary I to the barons of the Cinque Ports 1557: 311
• The same to the earl of Shrewsbury 1557: 312
• The same to the sheriffs of counties 1557: 314
• The same to the lords of Eure and Wharton 1557: 316
• The same to the noblemen of England 1558: 317
• CLVI: 323
• 100: 330
• 103: 331

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Bibliographic information

• Title: Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies of Great Britain: From the Commencement of the Twelfth Century to the Close of the Reign of Queen Mary, Volume 3; Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies of Great Britain: From the Commencement of the Twelfth Century to the Close of the Reign of Queen Mary, Mary Anne Everett Green
• Editor: Mary Anne Everett Green
• Publisher: H. Colburn, 1846
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Aug 17, 2005