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L.b.238: Letter from William Howard, 1st baron Howard of Effingham, to Sir Thomas Browne, 1572 April 7: autograph manuscript signed

Catalog record:http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=244741
Collection:Papers of the More family of Loseley Park, Surrey
Preferred Citation:Letter from William Howard, 1st baron Howard of Effingham, to Sir Thomas Browne, 1572 April 7: autograph manuscript signed, Papers of the More family of Loseley Park, Surrey. Transcription by Early Modern Manuscripts Online (EMMO). MS L.b.238, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC.
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Mr Browne, I haue receyved the Quenes Maiesties Commission
vnder the greate Seale of England, touchinge fugetives, in
the countye of Surrie/ In which Commission, Mr Weson, Mr
Baron Birche Mr More, Mr Agmondesham and you are
ioyned with me. I purpose (god willinge) to be at my howse
at Reigate vpon ffridaie nexte; where I would most
willinglye haue you all, to consider if the contentes of the same
Commission, and theirevpon to proceade accordinglye. I praie
you theirefore finde some meanes to sende woorde hereof vnto
Mr Weston, Mr More, Mr Agmondesham, and Mr Birche
(if he be nere at hande) and that they be with me at my
howse vpon mondaie nexte, and then we will consider conferr together
what is beste to Done / And so with commendacions I bid
you farewell. / ffrom the Courte this Mondaie mornynnge
the viith of Aprill / 1572 /

Your Lovinge frende
William Howard /


leaf 1 verso

L. W. Howarde


7. Apr. 1572

about a Commission for
fugitives in Surrey
to meet at his house at
Reigate, to consider what
should be done



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