CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

Richard I. to pope Clement

Letter of Richard I.

was the emperor's prisoner

King John to William Picolf

Richard I. to the emperor of Germany, Henry V., when he

Mandate of Henry III. concerning the heart of his father 1235 10

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1190 5

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1196 7

1200 10

Henry III. to the prior of the hospital of Saint John of

Edward I. to the magistrates of the isle of Oleron

Edward II. to his consort, Isabella of France, sister to

Charles le Bel, king of France

Edward II. to his son, Edward prince of Wales

1325 27

1325 29

Richard II. to the duke of York, Custos of England, and to

the Privy Council

1395 51

Henry IV. His renewal of the letters patent granted by

Richard II. to Geoffrey Chaucer

1399 53

Henry prince of Wales to the count of Monte Alegre

62

The king Henry V. to the mayor and sheriffs of London

Henry V. to the sheriff of Kent

Letter of proclamation of Henry V. to his soldiers before the

battle of Agincourt

Henry V. to the mayor and aldermen of the city of London

1418 88

Henry V. to the mayor, aldermen, and commons of London

1419 90

Henry V. to the mayor and aldermen of the city of London

1420 102

103

Henry V. to the bishops and lords of his council

1422 105

1431 108

Henry VI. to the duke of Burgundy

King Henry VI. to the abbot of St. Edmondsbury, and to

the aldermen and bailiffs of the town for the suppres-

sion of the Lollards

King Henry VI. to the abbot of St. Edmondsbury and to

the aldermen and bailiffs of the town for the suppres-

sion of the Lollards

114

115

1438 119

1445 120

Henry VI. His mandate for the burning of a heretic, John

Bismire, alias John Chandyrer

Henry VI. to the abbess and convent of Wylton

Edward the Fourth, when earl of March, and his brother,

the earl of Rutland, to their father, Richard duke of

York

Letter of king Edward IV.

Edward IV. to the king of Scots

Edward IV. to Thomas Cooke, alderman of London

Edward IV. to his chancellor

Edward IV. to John Paston, Esq.

Edward IV. to the duke of Clarence

Letters of Instructions from king Edward IV. to the earl

of Rivers, and John Russell, bishop of Rochester, for

the education of his son Edward, prince of Wales

Edward IV. to the mayor and aldermen of London

Edward IV. to Dr. Alexander Legh, his almoner and

ambassador in Scotland

Edward IV. to the notable and eminent men, administra-

tors of the law and justice in the town of Dunkirk, our

right beloved friends

The duke of Gloucester, lord protector, (Richard III.) to

John Newton, mayor of York; delivered by Richard

Ratcliffe, knight

Richard III. to the noble and well-born brother, Leonard

de Prato, knight of Jerusalem and commissioner of

that religious body, to England and Ireland

Richard III. to Piers Courteis, keeper of his wardrobe

Richard III. to the bishops

Richard III. to the corporation of York

Richard III. to sir John Mordaunt and William Salisbury

Richard III. to the mayor and his brethren of the city of

York

Richard III. to his chancellor, the bishop of Lincoln

Henry, earl of Richmond, before he was king, to his friends

in England

Richard III. to the chieftains of his army, before the battle

of Bosworth Field

Henry Earl of Richmond (Henry VII.) His proclamation

to his army, on the eve of the battle of Bosworth

Field

Circular letter of Henry VII. after the battle of Bosworth

Field

Henry VII. to the earl of Ormond

.

Henry VII. to sir Gilbert Talbot

Henry VII. to the mayor and citizens of Waterford, con-

cerning Perkin Warbeck

From the same to the same

Henry VII. to sir Gilbert Talbot

6

Henry VII. to his mother, Margaret, countess of

Richmond

Henry VII. to the bishop of Bath and Wells

The contents of the king's letters sent by his grace to the

pope's holiness, concerning provision to be made to re-

sist the malicious disposition of the great Turk, enemy

to the christian faith

Henry VII. to the lord mayor and aldermen of London

Henry VIII. to Ferdinand II. of Arragon

1502 185

1507 194

1509 196

1512 199

1513 202

1513 204

1513 213

1513 216

1514 220

1514 223

1514 225

1514 229

Henry VIII. to the emperor Maximilian, soliciting his co-

operation and assistance against the pope's enemies

A letter sent to sir David Owen by king Henry VIII.

Henry VIII. to cardinal Remus

Henry VIII. to the dean of Windsor

Henry VIII. to James IV. of Scotland

Henry VIII. to lord Darcy

Henry VIII. to the marquis of Mantua

Henry VIII. to pope Leo

Henry VIII. to the marquis of Mantua

Henry VIII. to the French minister