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Description: | At the head of the 1st page the following note from the queen in her best Italic hand: "My good Peregrine I blis God that your olde prosperous succes foloweth your valiant actes and joy not a litel that safty acompaneth your luck. Your lovinge Soverain Elizabeth R". Richmond.
The formal letter continues: Willoughby's stay in France has already been longer than was first required, which his yielding to divers services there had been partly a cause, contrary to the queen's expectation, the king's purpose at first, and to his own former letters which had caused orders to be given for ships to bring the troops home. Nevertheless owing to the satisfaction of the king and the good reputation of the troops, giving the lie to those who might have conceived an opinion of the weakness or decay & want of courage of the English nation, she has decided that they shall stay for a further month and she hopes that the King will then be content to dismiss them with liberty and, in case he shall not be able to keep them in pay & satisfy them for any longer tyme, with his good favour to return to England. In the meantime Willoughby should be careful of the troops wellbeing so that they may want neither pay nor suffer otherwise. He is to signify the Queen's pleasure at the valour of himself and his men to the whole company and especially to such captains and gentlemen as he shall think most worthy, and to tell the king also that, in regard to what the men have endured, she might have been unwilling for them to remain, yet when she understood he hoped to do himself more good by the use of them she was overcome and even enchanted to yield.
Endorsed: received the 15 by le Roye. | Subjects: | Country Estates | Temporal: | 6 Dec 1589 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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