Right Trustye and Right welbeloued Cousenes & Counselores. Since the Writinge of many of our formor letters, we haue Considered of the Number and state of you, which by our Comission alredy sente we haue established to be of our privie Counsell in that our kingdome; And we find that when the Rest of our peers with whom you are ioyned, shall be seuered from you hereafter, those that remaine wilbe a verie small Nomber to attende to the go= vernement of our affaires, which doe require Now more to be added to that societie. In which respecte, we haue thought good first to begine With some of our Nobillitie, Namlye our right trustie and welbeloued Cousines the Earles of Northumberland, and Comberland, and our Right trustie and welbeloued the Lord Mountioye our deputie of Ireland, and the Lord Thomas Howard of Walden of whose Choise as we intende that you the Peeres of our Realme shall take Notice, So we doe herby require and Authorize you that be of our priuy Counsell or as or as many of them as be presente with you, vpon the receipte herof, to admitt vnto our privie co= unsell, and to give them the oath accustomed to be given to Privie Counselores. And for the Lord Mounteioye his Name may be entered in= to the liste of our priuie Counsellors and the still So given him in all directiones that you shall shende to him, and his oathe hereafter minest= red when he shalbe present: In the meane time we haue signefyed somuch vnto him by our lettres. And then our Nomber beinge thus encreased, you may holde your sittings in Coun= sell aparte as you were wont to doe in our latte Sisters tyme from the Rest of our peeres, to whom ere it be longe, we shall give the ac= quitall of their vertues and dutifull endevors, which presentlye we cannot do, vntill by our Con= versacon with you, and personall knowledg of the Nobillitie and others, we may make cho= ise of those whom we shall find then meete to be Called, either to our privie Counsell or to any other honores, wherof they haue soe well deserved, As we are more in paine to haue remunerated them, then any of them can be in desire to receaue suche testemonyes, wishinge them (excepte some Charges they haue vnder vs, or some Necessarie occasi= ons to severe) that they will staye there at, or about our Cittie of London, as well to be redie to assist our privie Counsell vpon any soddaine occasions (whereof No man knowes what occasione occasion may happen) as also to attend the Fu= neralls, the honoringe wherof we shall more regarde for the presente then the repaire of any hether at this tyme, vntill we be mett as is fitt by them and you; wherof the More shall come to gether of you, the more it will agree with your duties and our dignetie. And forasmuch as for many services Necessarilie to be attended, both about the late Queene our Sisters Funeralls; our reception into the Citties and Townes of this our Realme, and our Coro= naton, the vse of a lord Chamberlaine is ve= rie Needefull; and that the Lord Hunsdon who Now hath that place, is Not able by reason of his indisposition to execute the service belon= ginge to his Charge, as either his zeale ther= vnto will moue him, or may stand with our Honor, at such atyme when so great an ob= servacon wilbe made of all the Ceremonyes due to the dead as well as to the Livinge; we haue thought good to constitute and Authorize our right trustie and welbeloued the Lord Thomas Howard of Walden to exercise that place for the said Lord Hunsdon, both Nowe and then, in respecte of many things fitt to be prepared and executed for our service; wherof we doe requir you our right trustie and well= beloued the Lord Hunsdon to take notice Not doubtinge but ye will thinke this to stand both with the Necessitie and Honor of our service. Gi= ven vnder our signett at our Towne of Newe= Castle Newecastle the x of Aprill, the firste yeare of our Raigne of England, Fraunce and Ir= elande and of Scotland the .xxxvjth.

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To our Right trustye and Righte welbeloued the Peeres of our Realmes of England and Ireland, and to our trustie and right welbe= loued our privy Counsell assembled at our pallace of Whitehall. / .