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Records Volume 53: Miscellanea Rescusant Records

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part author of Gorboduc, but he is now identified as Charles Sledd, a pseudo - Catholic, a spy in the service of Sir Francis Walsingham . On his return to England Sledd betrayed many priests and was a witness at the trial of Edmund Campion. The reader must be warned, however, not to accept the diary at its face value ; while Sledd was responsible for the main contents, some names and facts are included of which he could have had no direct knowledge; it may be that these were added at the suggestion of Norton, or even Walsingham himself .

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The Gatehouse (Westminster ) Bills are also in the British Museum and are listed as Additional MSS. , 41257. These were purchased by the Museum in 1925 from Messrs . P. J. and A. E. Dobell , but their catalogue throws no light on their history. The Secret Advertisements touching massing priests is from the State Papers in the Record Office. It is interesting to compare the monogram at the end with that in the Yelverton MSS; the State Paper bears the signature of Bernard who presumably examined as well. diw moixon to Hed has CODI old borgh dmy tongand hate bit and is to

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