[179] Suffolk to the King: MS. State Paper Office; Letters to the King and Council, Vol. V.
[180] It is to be remembered that Darcy still professed that he had been forced into the insurrection by Aske. This is an excuse for Norfolk’s request, though it would have been no excuse for Darcy had he consented.
[181] Deposition of Percival Cresswell: Rolls House MS. A 2, 29.
[182] MS. State Paper Office, first series. Autograph letter of Lord Darcy to the Duke of Norfolk. It is unfortunately much injured.
[183] One of these is printed in the State Papers, Vol. I. p. 506. The editor of these Papers does not seem to have known that neither this nor any written answer was actually sent. Amidst the confusion of the MSS. of this reign, scattered between the State Paper Office, the Rolls House, and the British Museum, some smothered in dirt and mildew, others in so frail a state that they can be scarcely handled or deciphered, far greater errors would be pardonable. The thanks of all students of English history are due to Sir John Romilly for the exertions which he has made and is still making to preserve the remnants of these most curious documents.
[184] Henry VIII. to the Earl of Rutland: Rolls House MS. first series, 454
[185] Aske’s Narrative: Rolls House MS.
[186] Rolls House MS. first series, 1805; and see State Papers, Vol. I. p. 558.
[187] Deposition of John Selbury: Rolls House MS. A 2. 29.
[188] Sir Anthony Wingfield to the Duke of Norfolk: Rolls House MS. first series, 692.