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Request for payment from William Robinson [manuscript], 1580 April.

Robinson, William (Messenger), active 16th century, author.; Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598, signer.; Taillor, Robert (Teller of the Exchequer), active 1580, associated name.; Petre, Robert, -1593, associated name.
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library X.d.721

Title
Request for payment from William Robinson [manuscript], 1580 April.
Created/published
England, 1580 April.
Description
1 item ; 24 x 20 cm
Associated name
Robinson, William (Messenger), active 16th century, author.
Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598, signer.
Taillor, Robert (Teller of the Exchequer), active 1580, associated name.
Petre, Robert, -1593, associated name.
Summary
William Robinson, one of the Queens messengers of the Exchequer, requests reimbursement for delivering messages to the appointed escheators of the counties of Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall. Asks for authorization of payment "by the Ryght honnorable my Lord Burgheley" and specifies desire "to be payde by one of the Quenes Ma[jes]ties Telleres of the Recayte at Westm[inster]."
Note
Signed: W. Burghley.

Statement of entry by Robert Taillor (a teller of the Exchequer) and Robert Petre (auditor of the Exchequer).

Pin pricks along top and bottom edges.

Vertical tear repaired; a few letters in middle obscured. Tear in left margin repaired with stitching.
Source of acquisition
Acquired from Maggs Bros., 2013 (Catalogue 1457, no. 13).
Linked resources
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library X.d.721
Genre/form
Financial records.
Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.

Call number
X.d.721
Folger-specific note
Adopted by John Eberhardt, Acquisitions Night 2014.
Folger accession
267702