Trustie and welbeloved we gret you well; And wheras our faythfull servante Sr Thomas Gresham knighte is one of the citizens and fredome of or citie of London, and by reason therof maye perchance hereafter be called upon or elected to serve in the office of maior alderman or shref wthin our saide citie of London or countye of Middlesex. Forasmuche as the same Sr Thomas Gresham not onlye in tymes past hathe ben employed in or service about our weightye affayres in the partyes of beyond the sea concerninge the state of or Realme, But also hereafter duringe his lif muste and shalbe employed aboute or like weightye affayres in or service concerninge the state of oure realme from tyme to tyme as our pleasure shalbe to appoynte. These ar to signifye unto you that those & other speciall consideracõns us movinge our request and expresse pleasure is that at yor nexte comen assembly or comen counsayle daye to be holden wthin our saide cittye ye do cause it to be fyrmely and perfectley ordered and of recorde emongest yon regestred by an absolute acte of comen counsell that or saide servante Sr Thomas Gresham from hensfourth duringe his life shalbe free and clerely discharged of and from the saide offices of maior, alderman and shriff afore mencõned and of and from every of them and not at any tyme to be elected or charged wth the same offices or any of them. And that ye fayle not herof as ye tender or favor. And of yor procedinges in observacõn of this our request, that ye do furthwith after yor nexte comen counsell daye assertayne us by writing from you to the intent we maye have consideracõn of the same as shall appertayne. And sowe bidd you fare well from or palace at Westminster the vijth daye of Marche in the fyveth yere of our reigne [1562-3]. No. 47. Proclamation against the Earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland for their rebellion against the Queen's Majesty. Dated Windsor Castle, 24 Nov., 1569. Journal 19, fo. 202b. By the Queene.