[78]. Rolson was a gentleman pensioner of Elizabeth who betrayed his father, one of the conspirators who engaged in 1570 with the sons of the Earl of Derby in a plot to convey Mary out of Chatsworth through a window. She mentioned him four years later in a letter to “Monsieur de Glasgo” with the greatest abhorrence, both as filial traitor and as author of a design to poison her.
[79]. I.e. Of her keep and its cost.
[80]. The Act referred to is one passed in the reign of Richard II to punish the slander of high personages or officials.
[81]. State MSS.
[82]. By “A Catholic,” State MSS.
[83]. Hunter’s Hallamshire.
[84]. Blank in the MS.
[85]. Ellis’s Letters.
[86]. Ellis’s Letters.
[87]. Costello.