For a list of the various Thomas Chaffyns who may have written the letter, see The House of Commons: unfortunately, as T.F.T. Baker there observes, 'Thomas was a baptismal name much favoured by the Chaffyns', two of them serving as MP for Salisbury.We have found no reference to the proclamation letter in the standard biographies and literature covering Queen Jane's nine-day reign and Mary's access