Short letter, [apparently under the sign manual of Edw. V., and written by lord Rivers,] to the chancellor, respecting "the commyssione that my cosin off Warrewyk desirith, and also the auctorete for takyng the abstenens off warre;" "at Portellyn his howse, thys Thursday", Date not recorded at time of cataloguing

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Shelfmark: MS. Rawl. A. 289, fol. 66

Held at the Weston Library

The letter seems to be superscribed with the initials "R. E.", coinciding with facsimiles of the signature of Edw. V. Compare for lord Rivers' handwriting the facsimile in J. G. Nichols' Autographs, (in quarto, Lond. 1829,) and the specimen on the cover of MS. Bodl. 264. The letter is endorsed, "To my lord my fadre our canc."