![SOMERSET, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke (1500-1552), Lord Protector. Letter signed ('E. Somerset') to Sir Edward North [later 1st Baron North], London, 12 November 1548, ordering him to hand over parliamentary archives 'Whereas we ar enfourmed that sondrye acts and other Records of Parlyament remayneth in your custody. This shalbe to requyre you to delyver the same unto Sir John Masone Kinghte who hath at this present thexercyse of thoffyce accordinglye', half page, folio, integral address panel, docketed by recipient.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_06237_0222_000(somerset_edward_seymour_1st_duke_lord_protector_letter_signed_to_sir_e062344).jpg?w=1)
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SOMERSET, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke (1500-1552), Lord Protector. Letter signed ('E. Somerset') to Sir Edward North [later 1st Baron North], London, 12 November 1548, ordering him to hand over parliamentary archives 'Whereas we ar enfourmed that sondrye acts and other Records of Parlyament remayneth in your custody. This shalbe to requyre you to delyver the same unto Sir John Masone Kinghte who hath at this present thexercyse of thoffyce accordinglye', half page, folio, integral address panel, docketed by recipient.
This is the second of three surviving demands sent by the Somerset to the evidently recalcitrant North between 6 and 19 November. North had been Clerk of the Parliaments between 1531 and 1540.
This is the second of three surviving demands sent by the Somerset to the evidently recalcitrant North between 6 and 19 November. North had been Clerk of the Parliaments between 1531 and 1540.
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