View sample images of Herle's letters

• BL Cotton Galba CVII fol. 251 A map of Bronkhurst in the Low Countries, endorsed and possibly drafted by Herle.
• BL Cotton Galba CVII fol. 189v An example of a letter written in either a neat version of Herle's hand or by a scribe, complete with manicule towards the base of the page.
• TNA SP 12/144/1 A characteristic one-page letter illustrating Herle's paper-saving technique of writing perpendicularly in the margin.
• TNA SP 12/148/13 A letter showing evidence of extensive editing and drafting practice by Herle.
• TNA SP 12/150/15 A letter with an example of Herle's practice of marginal annotation.
• TNA SP 12/83/32 A letter showing Herle's practice of marginal and textual annotation.
• TNA SP 12/180/47 A good example of a one-page letter with marginal and textual annotation, subscription and signature by Herle.
• TNA SP 12/181/70(r) and TNA SP 12/181/70(v) A letter packet including the address leaf as it was sent, with superscription by Herle and an endorsement by Lord Burghley.
• TNA SP 70/13/128 A rare example of Herle using cipher symbols in his letters.
• TNA SP 70/127/36 An example of a scribal copy of one of Herle's letters with marginal annotation.
• TNA SP 83/22/53 An example of a scribal copy (or a very neat version of Herle's hand) with marginal annotation by Lord Burghley.
• TNA SP 83/15/49 An address leaf with an impression of Herle's seal and endorsement with manicule.