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ELIZABETH I Warrant signed ("Elizabeth R") at head and headed "By the Queene", Windsor Castle, 21 February 1564 image 1
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ELIZABETH I
Warrant signed ("Elizabeth R") at head and headed "By the Queene", Windsor Castle, 21 February 1564 - 'FOR SEEING IT UPON THE ARRIVAL OF HIM THITHER, WE BE NOT DUBBLE CHARGED'

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ELIZABETH I

Warrant signed ("Elizabeth R") at head and headed "By the Queene", to Valentyne Browne, Treasurer of Berwick, appointing William Drury to succeed Sir Thomas Dacre as Marshall of "...our Towne and garrison of Barwick...", and ordering the payment of one hundred pounds, requesting "...we be not dubble charged with the payment of ye wages of Sir Thomas Dacre and his Retynew above eight days or tenne at the most...", with three manuscript insertions in another neat italic scribal hand, integral address panel on verso ("To our Trusty and Wellbelovid Valentyne Browne esquire Treasorer of our Towne of Berwick or to any of his deputies"), with dockets, one page on a bifolium, dust staining and small pin holes at folds, oblong folio (210 x 260mm.) Windsor Castle, 21 February 1564

Footnotes

'FOR SEEING IT UPON THE ARRIVAL OF HIM THITHER, WE BE NOT DUBBLE CHARGED': Queen Elizabeth replaces a catholic with a protestant in a key strategic post and keeps a tight rein on the finances.

Berwick was the so-called 'listening post' for Scottish affairs, ideally placed for keeping the Queen and her council informed about developments across the border. Here she replaces the catholic Thomas Dacre (d.1565), who had served Queen Mary, with the staunch protestant and loyal servant to Henry VIII and Edward VI, Sir William Drury (1527-1579). Dacre had held the post since 1561 but '...His sojourn there was unhappy and he complained bitterly of arrears of payment. Described as 'old and weak' in June 1563... he was probably glad to be replaced on 26 February 1564...' (Henry Summerson, ODNB). Drury remained at Berwick until 1576 during which time he found himself in the thick of tensions in the borders – responsible for the region's security, he acted as special ambassador during the quelling of the northern uprising in 1569-70, escaped two assassination attempts, took part in punitive border raids, and headed the army that brought the siege of Edinburgh to a close (see Sean Kelsey, ODNB). His reports to Cecil on Scottish affairs are among the most important state documents of the period.

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It has been pointed out that, whilst Thomas Dacre's kinsmen were staunchly catholic, it is believed he might have been protestant in religion.

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