I send you, for the inspection of the Society of Antiquaries, two MS. volumes, entitled, “The Booke of the howshold charges and “other payments laid out by the L. North and his comandement, “beginning the first day of January, 1575, and the 18 yere of our most “gratius Soverain's (i. e. Queen Elizabeth's) raigne.” These volumes I purchased about two years ago. Though they are in general in a fair and legible state, I have thought it desirable to select and transcribe such passages as have appeared to me to be more particularly deserving of notice; including the expenses incurred during the Queen's visit to Kirtlinge in 1577