Allowance of £58 to Thomas Reve, upon His petition, 1568 March 27, X.d.329

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Exchequer, England and Wales

Allowance of £58 to Thomas Reve, upon His petition

March 27, 1568

X.d.329

This article features a transcription of a Folger Shakespeare Library manuscript, Allowance to Thomas Reve upon his petition, X.d.329, featured in the Age of Lawyers Exhibition, September 12, 2015-January 3, 2016.

Transcription

Below is a semi-diplomatic transcription of Folger manuscript X.d.329. The transcription below was created by the Early Modern Manuscripts Online (EMMO) project. To access an image of the original leaf, click on each transcription's heading.

X.d.329, letter side

The Peticion of Thomas Reve

xxvij.mo Martij. 1568

Thesaide Thomas desirith to have allowance for his attending

on Roger Taverner generall Surueior of the Quenes maiesties

Woodes on thisside trent by the space of xlti daies in serching

out of divers recordes touching the state of divers the Quenes

maiesties Parkes fforrestes and chasis

Also he desirith to have allowance for the Writing of dyvers

and sondry copies out of thesaide recordes for thesaide Roger

Taverner Which copies amounte in thole to Ciiijxx shetes of paper

as by a bill subscribid With thande of thesaide Roger Taverner

more playnlie maie appere All which thinges thesaide Thomas

didde by vertue of a Warrant to hym directid datid xxix°

Januarij 1565. and subscribid with thandes of the right

honorable the Marques of Winchester Lord Tresaurer of

Englande and Sir walter Mildmay knight Chauncellor

of the Quenes maiesties Courte of Thexchequyer.

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Allow for

his the

somm of vjli xiijs iiijd

viijd

Also he desirith to have allowance for hym self and his

company aswell for the removing of the recordes out of

the Lower Tresaury within the Abbey of Westminster which

Laie verie vnorderlie as also for the sorting and plasying of

thesame in moche better order. Viz for.

[Note: the next three lines appears in the left margin of the above paragraph]

Allow for

this forty

poundes

xli____________________________________________xli

Humfrey Shelton} man.___________________William Staunton } Minister

______________ }________________________ Nicholas Craiford }

xli____________ }

Thomas Reve:__}

xli____________ } officiar

Anthony knyvet:}

Also thesaide Thomas Reve desirith to have allowance

for the making of a repertorie for the better and redier

fynding of all maner of Leagues and Entercourses betwixt

Prynce and Prynce.

[Note: The next four lines appear in the left margin next to the above paragraph]

Allow to

Reve in

prest for

this xli

The travill and paynes afore remembrid they [sic.] saide Thomas

did take by vertue of a warrant to hym directid datid

xxvto Iunij 1567 and subscribid with thandes of the right

Honorable the Marques of Wynchester Lord Tresaurer

of Englande and Sir walter Mildmay knyght Chauncelor

of the Quenes maiesties Courte of Thexchequyer.

Winchester_________________________________Record.

___________________Wa: Mildmaye

Mr Stonley I prey you make

payment hereof Humfrey Shelton

Notes in margin and at bottom by Sheldon. Signed by Winchester and Milmay.