Lord +WENTWORTH+, the Lord Deputy of Calais, and the Council there. _Letter to Queen MARY, 23rd May, 1557._ [_State Papers. Foreign, MARY, Vol. X. No. 615._ In Public Record Office.] It may please your Highness to understand that, where upon circumspect consideration and view of your Majesty's store here of munition and other habiliments of war, there is presently [_at this moment_] found not only a great want of many kinds thereof, but also such a decay in divers other things as the same are not serviceable, and will be utterly lost if they be not with speed repaired and put in better estate; as this bearer, Master HIGHFIELD, Master of your Ordnance here [_p. 196_], can declare more amply the particularities thereof, either unto your Majesty, or unto such of your Council as shall please your Highness to direct him: we have thought it our bounden duties to be most humble suitors to your Majesty, that it would please the same to give immediate order, as well for the supplement of the said lacks, as also for your warrant to be addressed hither, for the repairing of all other things requisite to be done within his office. And thus we continually pray Almighty GOD for the long preservation of your Highness in most prosperous estate. From your town of Calais, the 23rd of May, 1557. Your Majesty's Most humble bounden and obedient subjects and servants, WENTWORTH, WILLIAM GREY, RALPH CHAMBERLAIN, A. CORNWALLIS, EDWARD GRYMSTONE, EUSTACE HOBYNTON. Lords +WENTWORTH+ and +GREY+, and the Council at Calais. _Report to Queen MARY,_ _27th December, 1557._ [_State Papers. Foreign, MARY, Vol. XI. No. 698._ Our bounden duties most humbly remembered unto your Highness. Upon the receipt of the intelligences sent unto your Majesty this other day, from me your Grace's Deputy; I forthwith dispatched to my Lord GREY [_at Guisnes_], requiring his Lordship to repair to this town, that we might consult of the state of your Highness's places and country on this side. So his Lordship coming hither, we have conferred together our several intelligences: and finding the same in effect to agree, it hath very much augmented our suspicion that this train [_design_] now meant by the enemy, should be made towards your Highness's country or pieces. Whereupon we, all together, have considered the state of the same; and said our opinions therein, as it may appear unto your Highness by these articles which we send herewith to your Majesty, which we have thought our duties to signify unto you. Most humbly beseeching your Highness to return unto us your pleasure therein. So, we pray JESU, grant your Majesty long and prosperous reign. At your town of Calais, 27th December, 1557.