| Description | Writer: Cecil, Robert, 1st earl of Salisbury
Addressee: Rogers, Richard, dean of Canterbury Cathedral, and chapter
Elizabeth I had wanted the lease of Bersted [Sussex] to be renewed to the existing farmer, but the Dean and Chapter had promised it to [William Redman,] bishop of Norwich, when he was a prebendary of Canterbury Cathedral. The Queen now consents that the lease be granted to the bishop. Contemporary endorsement. Endorsement by Bunce, recording date as 1696.
Written at Greenwich (Kent) |