THE PAPERS OF GEORGE WYATT ESQUIRE OF BOXLEY ABBEY IN THE COUNTY OF

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edited for the Royal Historical Society by D. M. LOADES M.A., Ph.D.

CAMDEN FOURTH SERIES VOLUME 5

LONDON OFFICES OF THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, GOWER STREET, W.C.I 1968

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PREFACE . vii

EDITOR'S NOTE ...... ix

STANDARD ABBREVIATIONS ..... xi

INTRODUCTION 1. The Documents ...... 1 2. The Wyatt family 5

PART I: SELECT WRITINGS OF GEORGE WYATT I The introduction to the history in defence of . (c 1605) 19 II Treatise on the defence of Calais. (1593) . . 31 III Treatise on the militia, (c 1590) .... 53 IV A letter of advice to Sir , Governor of Virginia. (1622) 105

PART II: PAPERS COLLECTED BY GEORGE WYATT V A chronicle and defence of the English reformation. (cl604?) 127 VI A treatise on the militia, by Sir Thomas Wyatt the younger. (1549) 163 VII A defence of Sir Thomas Wyatt the elder, and Sir Thomas the younger, against the accusations of Nicholas Sanders, (c 1595) 181 VIII An account of the report given by Prince Charles and the Duke of Buckingham to the joint committee of both Houses, respecting the negotiations for a Spanish marriage. (1624) 207

APPENDIX I A descriptive catalogue of the Wyatt commonplace book 224

APPENDIX II Genealogy of the Wyatt family . . . 228

APPENDIX III A valor of the manor of Boxley, taken on the attainder of Sir Thomas Wyatt the younger . 230 v

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APPENDIX IV Notes by Edwin Wyatt on his attempts to secure payment of a debt of £1000 owed by the Crown to Sir Francis Wyatt. (c 1666) . . .241

BIBLIOGRAPHY ...... 245

INDEX 249

MAP Virginia at the time of the massacre of 1622 . . 104

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