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!     From letter dated 10 August 1981, written by Head of the Reading Room, Information and Admissions Section, The British Library, Bibliographical Information Service:

"Thank you for your letter of 23 April, received here on 5 June....  A Thomas Rush was indeed knighted at the coronation of Anne Boleyn, his name being recorded in a list of new knights given in a contemporary account of the coronation printed by Wynkyn de Worde.  The list is reprinted on p. 279 of vol. 6 of 'Letters and papers, foreign and domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII', London, 1864-1931.  This Sir Thomas Rush died in 1537, leaving a widow named Christine ('Letters and papers....' vol. 12, pt. 2, p. 31 and vol. 13, pt. 1, pp. 363-4). There are numberous entries for Rush in the indexes to this series, but in the time I have been able to devote to your enquiry I have been unable to confirm any of the other information about him, except that he was connected with Suffolk, being appointed as a Sheriff for Norfolk and Suffolk in November 1533 ('Letters and papers'..vol. 6, p. 598).

I can find no trace of a Sir Thomas Rush living after 1537; there seems to have been no other knight of that name.

Sets of the 'Letters and papers...' mentioned above are kept at a number of libraries in the United States, including the Peabody Institute at Batimore, and almost certainly, the Library of Congress."

From "Letters and Papers", Vol. 1, pg. 11, under the date of 11 May 1509:
"Henry VII's Funeral.
Th'entirement of the moost excellent prynce King Henry the vijth.
A book beginning (f. 81) with a long list of lengths and prices of black cloth bought from 56 merchants (named).  Then follow (f. 95) the prices of 'manteletts' and 'kercheffes' allowed to the Princess of Castell...... Then, after specifying the mourning clothing allowed to ladies and lords of every degree, at f. 119 comes: --  'Livery given as well to archbishops, dukes, bishops, earls, lords, knights, chaplains, squires, gentlemen, yeomen, grooms and pages and other officers as to the King's grauntdame, the princesses of Walis and Castell, the Queen's sister, 'merqueses,' countesses, viscountesses, baronesses, knights' wives, gentlewomen, chamberers, with their servants as well men as women, against the interment of' etc. Henry VII., who died 21 April in the 24th year of his reign and was buried at Westminster 11 May following.  (The amount of cloth allowed to themselves and their servants is in each case given, the total length being 18,311 3/4 yrds.) ......... (f.121) Serjeants of arms:  .....Th. Russhe....."

From "Letters and Papers", Vol. 6, pg. 1409, under the date of 1514:
"The names of the lords and gentlemen of England being at the marriage of the Right Excellent Princess the Lady Mary,' shwoing the wages paid to each, all receiving 20 days' wages in hand: -- ....Tho. Rushe and Ambrose [Bradman], serjeant at arms......"

From "Letters and Papers", Vol. 15, pg. 1456, under date 2 Nov. 1523:
"Collection of the Subsidy --  Commission to 'practise' with all persons in that county having 40 l. and upwards in goods or lands, whose names are contained in a schedule annexed, for payment, by anticipation, of the subsidy granted in the last parliament, and due after the first assessment thereof, in aid of the duke of Suffolk, who has passed through all Picardy without resistance, taken the town of Ancre and other places by surrender, and the town of Bray by assualt, and carried divers passages over the river Soomme, against Captain Ponteremir, and is on his way to Paris, and in aid of the duke of Bourbon, one of the greatest princes in France, and now the declared enemy of the French king, who, with 10,000 Almains in the pay of England, is also in pursuit of the said King.  Of sums thus received by anticipation.....  Similar commissions for other counties, etc. Town of Ipswich -- Bailiffs and justices...Thos. Russhe...."

From "Letters and Papers", Vol. 17, pg. 823, under date 1525:
"[William Lord Willoughby]
'Feys and anuuetys goyng owt of my lands.'
My brother Sir Christopher, 300 mks.  My brother Sir John, 40 l.  My brother Thomas, 50 l.  My brother George, 20 mks.  My brother Sir Robt., the priest, 10 mks.  My lady of Oksynforth (Oxford), 50 l.  Sir Thos. Lovell, 10 l.  The King's chamberlain, 5 mks.  My solicitor, 40 s.  My cousin John Jenney, 4 l.  My cousin Chr. Jenney, the Queen's attorney, 40 s.  My attorney, 40 s.  Thos. Russh, receiver of my lands in Suffolk and Norfolk, 10 mks. .........Pp. 3.  Endd.:  Certificat made by certayn noblemen of the value and extent of their lands."

From "Letters and Papers", Vol. 20, pg. 2070-2071, under date of 26 Sept. 1528:
"'William Capon, Dean of Cardinal's College, Ipswich, to Wolsey'
On Sunday, 6 Sept., Master Stephyns, Dr. Lee and Mr. Crumwell came to Wolsey's college at Ipswich, and brought copes, vestments, plate, etc. as specified in a pair of indentures between Capon and Crumwell, of which each reains one part.  The parcels are all engrossed in your Grace's book indented which remains with me.......The Sub-dean and I, with Mr. Rushe, have viewed Bornebrige, but find it incapable of supporting fat cattle.......  Nine 'books' (bucks) were sent to the College against the day of the nativity of Our Lady, viz., two from the duke of Norfolk, two from the duke of Suffolk, one from my lady of Oxford, the younger, one from Sir Philip Bowth, one from Mr. Pyrton, and one each from Mr. Sentcler and Ric. Cavendish, Wolsey's servants, 'which books were spent on our said lady's Day in your Grace's college,' and distributed, with money, to make merry withal to the chamberlains and headmen of the town, the bailiffs and port-men's wives, and the curates.  Mr. Rushe also gave them six couple of coneys, two pheasants, and one dozen quails, and the prior of Butley two pheasants and a fat crane......"

From "Letters and Papers", Vol. 21, pg. 2726, under the date of 29 Dec. 1529:
"Thomas Russhe to Cromwell,
At my departure from London at the Horse Head, without Aldgate, I found Mr. Audeley ready to ride homeward, and accompanied him to Colchester. On the way he told me he and Mr. Bonham were commissioned to enter into Wykes because it was holden of the duchy, and no licence had been obtained under the duchy seal.  He thought the King would take all the monasteries suppressed, as my lord Cardinal's forfeiture dated from the first time of his offence, and that all leases would be void.  If so, let me know to come and sue remedy, lest any grant pass the King.  You would be astonished at the lies told of you and me in these parts.  Commend me to Bonevise.  Ipswich, 29 Dec.
Hol., p. 1.  Add.:  To the right worshipful Master Thomas Crumwell, gif this at London."

Thomas Russhe was knighted June 1, 1533, at the coronation of Queen Anne Bullen, or Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII.  From "Letters and Papers", dated 8 June, in a description of the Coronation of Anne Boleyn, is stated:
"' The receiving, conveying, and coronation of the Queen.'
In consequence of letters from the King to the mayor and commonalty of London, desiring them to make preparations for escorting queen Anne from Greenwich to the Tower, and to make pageants in the city on [Whit] Sunday next, the day of the coronation, the common council ordered the Haberdashers, to which craft Sir Steven Pecock, the mayor, belonged to prepare barges decked with targets and banners.

On May 29 the mayor and his brethren assembled at St. Mary Hill at one o'clock, and embarked on board their barges, of which there were 50, with 'shalmes, shagbushes', and other instruments on board.  Before the mayor's barge was a 'foiste for a wafter', full of ordnance.  In the foiste was a great red dragon casting wild fire, and round about terrible monsters and wild men.  Another foiste contained the Queen's device, a mount, with a white falcom crowned standing thereon, upon a 'rowe' of gold, environed with red and white roses.  Round the mount sat virgins singing and playing.  On their arrival at Greenwich, the Queen entered her barge at three o'clock, and the whole company rowed up to the Tower. About her barge were the duke of Suffolk, the marquis of Dorset, the earls of Wiltshire, Derby, Arundel, Rutland, Worcester, Huntingdon, Sussex, Oxford, and others, and many bishops and noblemen, in their barges.  On the way the ships lying on the shore shot divers peals of guns, and before she landed there was a marvellous shot out of the Tower. At her landing she was met by the Lord Chamberlain and officers of arms, and brought to the King at the postern by the water side.  He kissed her, and she turned back and thanked the mayor and citizens, and then entered the Tower.  None of the citizens landed but the mayor, recorder, and two aldermen.  The rest 'hoved before the Tower, making great melody.' Friday, the 29th, the following gentlemen, who were appointed to be knights of the Bath, served the King at dinners, and were bathed and shriven according to custom; the next day they were dubbed -- the marquis of Dorset, the earl of Derby, lords Clifford, Fitzwater, Hastings, Mountaigle, and Vaux, Sir Henry Parker, Sr. Wm. Windesour, Sir John Mordaunt, Sir Francis Weston, Sir Thos. Arundell, Sir John Hudelston, Sir Thos. Poyninges, Sir Hen. Savell, Sir George Fitzwilliam, of Lincolnshire, Sir John Tyndall, Sir Thos. Jermey, [and one other, heir to lord Windsor.  'President saith these six more, viz., Mr. Corbett, Mr. Windem, Mr. Barkeley, Mr. Verney, of Peuleye, John Germyne, and Robert Whytneye, of Gloucestershire; but I think not.']

On Saturday, 30 May, the following persons were made knights of the Sword: -- Sir. Wm. Drury.  Sir John Gernyngham.  Sir Thos. Rusche.........

Saturday, 31st.  The receiving and conveying of the Queen through London.
The streets from the Tower to Temple Bar were gravelled to prevent the horses slipping, and railed on one side.  The crafts stood along one side of the streets from Graces Church to the little conduit in Chepe, and on the other side the constables in velvet and silk, with great staves in their hands.  The streets were hanged with tapestry, cloth of gold, and other hangings, and the windows were filled with ladies and gentlewomen. The order of the Queen's train was as follows:  12 Frenchmen belonging to the French ambassador; then gentlemen, esquires and knights, two and two; judges, knights of the Bath, abbots, barons, bishops, earls, marquises, the Lord Chancellor, the archbishop of York, Venetian ambassador, archbishop of Canterbury, French ambassador, two esquires of honor with robes and caps of estate representing the dukes of Normandy and Aquitaine; the mayor of London; Garter; lord Wm. Howard, deputy to his brother the duke of Norfolk, with the Marshal's rod; Chas, duke of Suffolk, for that day high constable of England, bearing the verge of silver; and the Queen's chancellor.  On both sides of the lords rode serjeants and officers of arms.  The Queen was in an open litter of white cloth of gold, drawn by two palfreys in white damask.  She wore a surcoat and mantle of white cloth of tissue, the latter furred with ermines.  Her hair was hanging down, but on her head was a coif with a circlet of rich stones.  A canopy was borne over her by four knights.  After the Queen came lord Borough, her chamberlain; Sir Wm. Coffyn, master of her horses, leading a spare horse, with a side saddle; seven ladies in crimson velvet and cloth of gold; a chariot containing the old duchess of Norfolk, and the old 'Marquesse Dorset'; other ladies and gentlewomen in chariots and on horseback, and lastly the Guard, in coats of goldsmith's work.  Along the road there were many pageants, which are fully described, representing mythological and allegorical subjects.  The Cross in Cheapside, and the conduits there and in Fleet Street, and Ludgate and Temple Bar, were newly repaired and painted. At the Cross, Master Baker, the recorder, made a speech, and presented her with 1,000 marks in the name of the city.  The children of St. Paul's school were placed on a scaffold erected at the east end of St. Paul's and repeated poetry in honor of the King and Queen.  The litter was carried into Westminster Hall, when she alighted and took her place at the high dais under the cloth of estate.  A service of spice and 'suttilties,' with ypocras and other wines, was offered to her, which she sent to her ladies.  After thanking those who had attended on her she withdrew to her chamber in the White Hall, and afterwards went secretly in her barge to the King at his manor of Westminster.

Whitsunday, June 1.  The mayor, aldermen, sheriffs, and councillors left the city for Westminster at 7 a.m.  Between eight and nine the Queen came into the Hall, and stood under the cloth of estate; and then the King's chapel and the monks of Westminster came in with rich copes, with many bishops and abbots.  The Queen then went to the high altar of Westminster, accompanied by the aldermen, barons, dukes and earls, bishops, etc.  The marquis of Dorset bore the sceptre; the earl of Arundel, the rod of ivory and the dove; and the earl of Oxford, high chamberlain, the crown.  The duke of Suffolk, being high steward of England for that day, bare a long white rod, and lord Wm. Howard the rod of the marshalship.  The Queen wore a surcoat and robe of purple velvet, furred with ermine, wearing her hair with a coif and circlet as on the Saturday.  Four of the Cinque Ports bore the canopy over her.  The bishops of London and Winchester bare up the laps of her robe, and her train was borne by the old duchess of Norfolk, many other ladies following.  She rested awhile in a rich chair between the choir and high altar, and then proceeded to the altar, where the archbishop of Canterbury crowned her with the crown of St. Edward, which being heavy, was taken off again, and the crown made for her put on.  After mass was performed, she received the Sacrament, and offered at St. Edward's shrine.  The company returned to Westminster Hall in the same order, the Queen being supported by the earl of Wiltshire and lord Talbot, deputy for the earl of Shrewsbury. ......."


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