1590 18 Sept[ember]
My Lords/ letter [illegible] Certificate/ of [illegible]/ [illegible x 3]/
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After my hartie com[m]endac[i]ons unto yow/ her Maj[est]ie beinge/ enformed, howe that a nombre of gentlemen are gone out/ of the Shyre of Kent to London, and others be moved into/ the Cinque Portes and Liberties therof: I have therfore/ thought good to praie yow to certifie me their names and/ dwellinge places w[i]thin yo[u]r severall charges, w[i]thall expedic[i]on:/ That my Lords of her Ma[jes]t[ie]s most honourable privie Cown/ sell beinge made acquainted therw[i]thall such order maie be/ taken for their Repaire into the Countie againe, as shalbe thought/ meete. And so I com[m]it yow to god. From Cobham Hall this/ xviijth of September 1590/
Your Lovinge Freind/
Wi Cobham/
To my Lovinge Brother and/ Freinde Sir Henry Cobham/ Knight and Sir John Leveson/ Knight, my deputie Lieuten<a>nts/ and to eythr of them/
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(with permission of South Staffordshire County Council)
D593/S/4/28/6
Sir Henry Cobham
Sir John Leveson