cover 1586 (22 Oct.) entire letter from Richard Broughton at the Inner Temple sent locally to Sir Francis Walsingham (one of the Queen's Principal Secretaries), the address panel showing "Mr. Burghley" below the address in a different hand, the content appeals (on behalf of the second Earl of Essex) for compensation relating to "the urgent necessite of my Lord of Essex for his expense in the Lowe Countrys ... there remayneth therupon yet unpaid ixC Lxxvij li sterling"; fine and clean. A full transcript and historical notes on the relevant persons. Photo