[126] Letters to and from Lord Darcy: Rolls House MS. first series, 282.
[127] Henry had written him a second letter on the 9th of October, in which, knowing nothing as yet of the rising in Yorkshire, he had expressed merely a continued confidence in Darcy’s discretion.
[128] Stapleton’s Confession: Rolls House MS. A 2, 28.
[129] Examination of Sir Thomas Percy: Rolls House MS. Demeanour of Sir Thomas and Sir Ingram Percy: MS. ibid. first series, 896.
[130] “The said Aske suffered no foot man to enter the city, for fear of spoils.”—Manner of the taking of Robert Aske: Rolls House MS. A 2, 28.
[131] Earl of Oxford to Cromwell: MS. State Paper Office, second series, Vol. III.
[132] Henry VIII. to Lord Darcy, October 13: Rolls House MS.
[133] Lord Darcy to the King, October 17: Rolls House MS.
[134] Lord Shrewsbury to Lord Darcy: Rolls House MS. first series, 282. Darcy certainly received this letter, since a copy of it is in the collection made by himself.
[135] Manner of the taking of Robert Aske: Rolls House MS. A 2, 28.