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Indenture of receipt dated November 8th, 1550, of delivery by Sir Philip Hoby, Ambassador to the Emperor, to Sir Richard Morrison, who is to replace him, of various items of silver plate formerly held by Thomas, late Bishop of Westminster. List with weights. Endorsed with paper seal. Sir Richard Morrison was a humanist scholar, protégé of Thomas Cromwell, propagandist for Henry VIII, and then ambassador to the German court of Charles V for Edward VI. While in this latter position Morrison employed Roger Ascham as his secretary. He returned to England but fled into exile on the accession of Mary I, and died in Strasbourg.