The History of Mary I, Queen of England / as found in the public records, despatches of ambassadors, in original private letters, and other contemporary documents

by J. M. Stone

[47] R. Brereton of Chester to W. Brereton, Groom of the King’s Privy Chamber, 25th August 1526, Record Office.

[48] Cotton MS. Vit. C. i., f. 36, Brit. Mus.

[49] Cotton MS. Vesp. F. xiii., f. 72, Brit. Mus. Mary wrote a beautiful, firm, and clear hand, a specimen of which is reproduced at page 192 of this volume.

[50] The Life of Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria, by Henry Clifford. Transcribed from the ancient MS. in the possession of Lord Dormer by Canon Estcourt, and edited by the Rev. Joseph Stevenson, p. 82.

[51] Privy Purse Expenses of the Princess Mary, Introductory Memoir.

[52] For this prayer and Mary’s translation see Appendix A.

[53] Sanuto Diaries, vol. xliii., p. 55. Spinelli to the Doge, 11th Sept. 1526.

[54] Masters’ MS., f. 113.

[55] Dodieu’s Narrative.

[56] Sanuto Diaries, vol. xliv., p. 97.