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

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Margaret queen of Scotland to Henry VIII 1530
18
The same to the same 1538
19
Anne Basset to lady Lisle 1538
21
Mary Basset to lady Lisle 1538
25
The same to Philippa Basset
27
The same to lady Lisle
28
Honor viscountess Lisle to Thomas Thirlby 1538
30
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31
The same to lord Lisle 1538
32
The same to the same 1538
34
The same to the same 1538
37
The same to the same 1538
38
The same to the same 1538
41
Jane lady Clinton to lady Lisle 1538
44
Honor viscountess Lisle to lord Lisle 1538
46
The same to the same 1538
50
The same to the same 1538
53
Margaret lady Coffin to lord Cromwell
63
Catherine Bulkeley abbess of Godstow
69
Lady Cecil Dudley to lord Cromwell
77
Florence Bonnewe late prioress of Ambres
87
Elizabeth duchess of Norfolk to lord Crom
96
well
103
Elizabeth lady Carew to lord Cromwell
110
Maud lady Grenville to lady Lisle
125
No A D Page LVII Jane lady Ringley to lady Lisle vers 1539
127
The same to the same vers 1539
128
Honor viscountess Lisle to lord Lisle 1539
130
The same to the same 1539
133
The same to the same 1539
136
Mary lady Kingston to lady Lisle 1539
142
Elizabeth lady Wallop to lady Lisle vers 1539
143
Catherine Basset to lady Lisle 1539
145
Anne Basset to lady Lisle 1539
147
The same to the same 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
Elinor countess of Rutland to sir William Paston
168
The same to the same 1544
170
Elizabeth duchess of Norfolk to lord Stafford
189
Princess Elizabeth to lord admiral Seymour 1547
191
The same to princess Mary 1547
193
Princess Mary to sir William Paget
200
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201
Margaret countess of Lenox to the earl
209
Princess Elizabeth to the duke of Somerset
218
Catherine duchess of Suffolk to Cecil
245
Jane lady Southampton to sir William Petre 1551
255
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 to the earl of Shrewsbury 1555
298
Gertrude marchioness of Exeter to the earl of Devonshire 1555
301
The same to the same 1555
303
1555
304
The same to the same 1555
306
The same to the same 1555
307
Mary of Guise queendowager of Scotland to queen Mary 1557
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
Mary I to the lord admiral 1558
319
The same to John Task esquire 1558
320
Princess Elizabeth to queen Mary 1558
321
Mary I to Dr Robinson 1558
323
The same to the fellows of Magdalen College 1558
324
Princess Elizabeth to king Philip 1558
326

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