[127] Henry had written him a second letter on the 9th of October, in which, knowing nothing as yet of the rising in Yorkshire, he had expressed merely a continued confidence in Darcy's discretion. [128] Stapleton's Confession: _Rolls House MS._ A 2, 28. [129] Examination of Sir Thomas Percy: _Rolls House MS._ Demeanour of Sir Thomas and Sir Ingram Percy: _MS._ ibid. first series, 896. [130] "The said Aske suffered no foot man to enter the city, for fear of spoils."--Manner of the taking of Robert Aske: _Rolls House MS._ A 2, 28. [131] Earl of Oxford to Cromwell: _MS. State Paper Office_, second series, Vol. III. [132] Henry VIII. to Lord Darcy, October 13: _Rolls House MS._ [133] Lord Darcy to the King, October 17: _Rolls House MS._ [134] Lord Shrewsbury to Lord Darcy: _Rolls House MS._ first series, 282. Darcy certainly received this letter, since a copy of it is in the collection made by himself. [135] Manner of the taking of Robert Aske: _Rolls House MS._ A 2, 28. [136] I believe that I am unnecessarily tender to Lord Darcy's reputation. Aske, though he afterwards contradicted himself, stated in his examination that Lord Darcy could have defended the castle had he wished.--_Rolls House MS._, A 2, 29. It was sworn that when he was advised "to victual and store Pomfret," he said, "there was no need; it would do as it was." Ibid. And Sir Henry Saville stated that "when Darcy heard of the first rising, he said, 'Ah! they are up in Lincolnshire. God speed them well. I would they had done this three years ago, for the world should have been the better for it.'"--Ibid. [137] Aske's Deposition: _Rolls House MS._ first series, 414. [138] Examination of Sir Thomas Percy: _Rolls House MS._ [139] Stapleton's Confession: Ibid. A 2, 28. [140] Examination of Christopher Aske: _Rolls House MS._ first series, 840 [141] Ibid. [142] Henry VIII. to the Duke of Suffolk: _Rolls House MS._ [143] Wriothesley to Cromwell: _State Papers_, Vol. I. p. 472. [144] The Marquis of Exeter, who was joined in commission with the Duke of Norfolk, never passed Newark. He seems to have been recalled, and sent down into Devonshire, to raise the musters in his own county. [145] _State Papers_, Vol. I. p. 493. [146] _State Papers_, Vol. I. p. 519. [147] _State Papers_, Vol. I. p. 495.