Signature and postscript to letter : "from the Court," to Baron Buckhurst and Sir John Fortescue, 1598 Nov. 7.

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Signature and postscript to letter : "from the Court," to Baron Buckhurst and Sir John Fortescue, 1598 Nov. 7.

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Concerning the money due to Roger Langford for payment to men in the Navy serving in the Narrow Seas until last August; the ordinary men at Chatham have not been paid at all and have been in great distress during this winter; in autograph: "their case is very miserable and the danger may be great for these be the shipkeepers of all the Royal Navy ..."

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