Trusty and welbeloved we grete you well And perceyvyng by the relacõn of or Ryght trusty and Right welbelovyd counsailor the lorde privie seale howe at the contemplacõn of or lettres lately dyrected unto you for yor lovyng graunte to be made unto the merchauntes of or citye of London for theyre reasonable money to have of you suche yor howses and tenementes situate and lyeng yn Lombardstrete as shulde be mete for a burse wherunto the merchauntes of or said Cytye shulde for the trafique of marchaundyses have dayly concorse and accesse to the beautifyeng of or sayd Cytie and the advauncement of or common wealth of the same ye have lyke a lovyng subiect conformed yorself unto the same And have of yor owne gentlenes shewed and declared more conformitye unto theyre sute and Request than we desyred of you by or sayd lettres lyke as for yor gentle Accomplysshement thereof we geve unto you or cordyall and condynge thankes So we assure you we shall have the same yor towardnes yn the performyng hereof yn suche remembrance as whan occasyon shall serve yn yor lawfull pursuytes the same shall redownde unto yor benefyte accordyngly Yeven under or signet at or Royall palace of Westminster the xxv day of Novembre. No. 40. Proclamation by Henry VIII forbidding public hunting and hawking in the suburbs of London. Dated 7 July, 1545. Journal 14, fo. 240b. Forasmoche as the Kynges moste Royall Maistey is moche desyrous to have the Games of hare partriche ffesaunte and heron preserved in and abowte his honor at his paleys of Westmynster for his owne disporte and pastyme That is to save from his said paleys at Westmynster to saint Gyles in the feelde and from thens to Islyngton to or ladye of the Oke to Hyghegate to Harnesey parke to Hampstede Hethe and from thens to Shotehophyll to Wyllesdon to Acton to Cheseweke to Chelsehethe and so from thens to his said paleys of Westmynster to be preserved and kepte for his owne disporte pleasure and Recreacõn. His Highnes therefore straytlye chargethe and Commaundeth all & singuler his subiectes of what Estate Degree or condicõn soever they be that they ne any of them do presume or attempte to hunte or hawke or in any manener of meanes to take or kyll any of the said Games wthin the precincte aforesaid as they tender his favour and wull exchewe further punysshement at his Maiestyes wyll and pleasure. * * * Dated Westminster, 7 July, 37 Henry VIII [1545]. No. 41. Letter from King Edward VI and the Protector Somerset to the City asking for a force of 1000 men as a protection against conspirators. Dated Hampton Court, 6 Oct. [1549]. Letter Book R, fo. 39b.