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Autograph letter signed from Francis Bayllye, Redford, to Sir Edward Hoby [manuscript], 1602 August 29.

Bayllye, Francis, active 1602, sender.; Hoby, Edward, Sir, 1560-1617, addressee.; Tench, Randall, active 1590, addressee.; England and Wales. Council of the North.
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Title
Autograph letter signed from Francis Bayllye, Redford, to Sir Edward Hoby [manuscript], 1602 August 29.
Description
1 leaf ; 36 x 31 cm
Associated name
Bayllye, Francis, active 1602, sender.
Hoby, Edward, Sir, 1560-1617, addressee.
Tench, Randall, active 1590, addressee.
England and Wales. Council of the North.
Scope and content
Starts with copy of a signet letter from Queen Elizabeth and the Council of the North, dated September 14, 1590, to a Randall Tench, "deputie for Mr Boyer" and now living in Leeds, concerning the unlawful buying and selling of wools; Bayllye asks for clarification as to whether offenders should be examined upon oath, as stated in the 1590 letter, or not.
Note
On July 12, 1590 a Simon Bowyer was granted a moiety of all the fines and forfeitures for breach of two statutes regulating the sale of wool (State Papers Domestic, 1581-1590, p. 679). In 1594 Sir Edward Hoby was granted letters patent for buying wool in several counties (History of Parliament... 1558-1603, and Oxford DNB).

Dated: Reford the xxivth day off August 1602. Signed: Frauncis Bayllye. Addressed: To the Right worshipfull Ser Edward Hoby, knight.
Provenance
Formerly Folger MS Add 1057.
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Letters (correspondence)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Redford.

Call number
X.d.549

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