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UNDER THE DIEECTION OF THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS, AND WITH THE SANCTION OF HER MAJESTY'S SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT. LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, LONGMANS, & ROBERTS. 1856. "7 CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME. Page Peeface ..-..---- vii Calendar, Edwaed VI., 1547 — 1553 . . - - 1 „ Mart, 1553—1558 - - - - 54 „ Elizabeth, 1558—1580 - - - - 115 General Index ------- 705 Errata 799 PREFACE. In the Preface to the First Volume of State Papers, pubhshed in the year 1 830, under the authority of a Royal Commission, the public were informed of the nature of the collection of papers arising in the Secretarial Department of the State, of its growth under various Secretaries, and of its arrival at comparative maturity by the establishment of an office for its reception in 1578. The office thus instituted was popularly known by the name of the State Paper Office, which name it retained until a recent period, when by the operation of the Record Act of 1 & 2 Vict. cap. 94., and by an Order in Council dated 5th March 1852, the custody of the State Papers became vested in the Master of the Rolls, as Keeper of the Public Records, and the State Paper Office now forms a branch of the Record Department. As the Preface above alluded to shews the collection of State Papers to commence principally in the reign of King Henry VIIT., it is necessary, in this Preface, briefly to explain the reasons why the volume now laid before the public commences at a period subsequent to that Monarch's reign. The Commissioners for Printing and Publishing State Papers, in order to facilitate the execution of their work, directed descriptive catalogues to be made of numerous documents, of the nature of State Papers, deposited in various public collections, so as to enable them to determine, without examining the originals, what letters or other historical papers Vlll PREFACE. should, or should not, be admitted into their volumes. For this purpose, and without any view of ultimate publication, such catalogues were prepared, giving at considerable length an abstract of each particular paper; and from those catalogues selections were made for the work subsequently published, with the sanction of Government, under the title of State Papers, of the reign of King Henry VIII. The papers in that work are printed in extenso, and the selections from the catalogues were made with reference only to that particular subject, leaving many of an extremely interesting character, which, either from their length, or from being irre- levant as State Papers, were inadmissible in that work, and yet were of such general importance that it appeared desirable the public should, by some more eligible channel, be made fully acquainted with their existence. A new commission was therefore issued for that purpose, under Her Majesty's sign manual, dated 25th of January 1840, containing the following additional power: — " And We do also hereby further authorize and empower " you, or any three or more of you, to print and pubhsh " Calendars of the principal contents of the papers deposited " in the said office." Under this authority the Commissioners commenced an extensive system of Calendars, embracing the principal series of the State Papers as then arranged and settled by the iate Right Hon. Henry Hobhouse, the Keeper of State Papers : — the word Calendar having been adopted to express the arrangement and description of papers and documents in the order of time ; as any other form, without chronological arrangement, would be merely a Catalogue. At the time when the above additional power was given to the Commissioners, a large portion of the State Papers of the reign of Flenry VIII. had been already published. PREFACE. IX and the remaining volumes were in the press for immediate publication; but as it was impossible to tell, untU the whole were completed, what papers might be required for insertion in the text of that work, it was deemed ex- pedient not to disturb that publication by the simultaneous issue of Calendars of the same period, as the two works would unavoidably clash with each other. But in order not to delay the progress of so important a work as the Calendars, it was resolved to commence with the reign of King Edward VI. as the fairest point for starting ; none of the papers of that reign having been printed by the Commissioners, nor was it in contemplation so to do. The State Papers spring from three great and original sources ; namely, the offices of the Secretaries of State for the Foreign, the Colonial, and the Home Departments. In the State Paper Office they are classified under those several denominations ; the papers emanating from the Home De- partment being technically denominated the Domestic Papers, as representing the correspondence of the Domestic or Home Affairs of the nation, in contradistinction to those of the Foreign and Colonial interests. Of these three it was thought that the Domestic Papers would be more interesting to the student, and more available to the advancement of English history, than either of the other branches ; and, therefore, that Series was selected for the commencement of the work of the Calendars of State Papers. The preparation of the Calendars, concurrently with the important operations of classifying and arranging the State Papers, was the labour of several years. It was not until January 1853 that the present volume was sent to press ; and when upwards of 350 pages had been printed, the proceedings of the Commissioners were interrupted by the death of the Keeper of State Papers, which took place in April 1854. X PREFACE. It having been determined by Her Majesty's Government that on the occurrence of that event the consolidation of the State Papers with the Public Records should be effected, the Master of the Rolls accordingly took formal possession of the State Papers on the ] Ith of August in that year ; and after some delay, unavoidably consequent upon the change of custody, the printing of the Calendars was resumed under the superintendence of the Master of the Rolls. Under that superintendence the present volume, extending from the 1st of Edward VL to the 23rd of Queen Ehzabeth, or rather to the close of the year 1580, has been completed, and is now published with the sanction of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Depart- ment. Other succeeding portions of the same work are also in various stages of progress. The circumstance that this publication commences with the reign of Edward VI. will not be productive of any practical inconvenience. The chronological arrangement of the State Papers admits of any portion of the Calendar being taken up at any period, and, without difficulty, added to the parts preceding or following the period first pubhshed : the separate books not being distinguished, nu- merically, as volumes, but ranging only in their order of time. Thus, the remaining portion of the reign of Queen Ehzabeth, from 1581 to 1603, although it is in hand, may not appear until after the Calendar of a portion of the reign of James I. shall have been published; and again, the first volume of Charles I. may be in print before the reign of James I. is fully completed. The whole, when finished, will make one consecutive series, in complete chro- nological order ; and the Calendar of the Papers of the reign of Henry VIII. will in fact, when published, form the First volume of the Series. The principle of the plan and arrangement of the present PREFACE. xi publication will, in the main, be acted upon in the sub- sequent volumes. It affords the easiest reference possible to the originals described, in whatever shape such references -may be made, either by the "page, the date, or the number of any article, or by all combined together. Each separate paper or document is briefly abstracted, the leading facts -stated, and the persons and places to which it relates are mentioned, sufficiently to indicate to what particular subject it belongs. The student, whether of history, biography, gene- alogy, or general literature, at however remote a distance he may be placed, can thus ascertain precisely the amount of information existing among the State Papers on whatever may be the subject of his inquiry. Every one acquainted with, or in the habit of consulting original documents, will know that it is impossible to compress within descriptions, necessarily so brief, all the information that may be required. Such slight entries rather point out where information may be found, than supply the information itself; but for the fully satisfying the purposes of study recourse must be had to the originals. For the general reader, papers of great interest will appear in the reign of Edward VI., elucidatory of the intrigues of Seymour, of Somerset, and of Northumberland; and in that of Mary, the obscure plots of Dudley and Throgmorton and the rebellion of Wyatt will be more fully opened. Im- mediately upon the accession of Queen Ehzabeth a strongly marked change in the character of the papers will not fail to be observed. Rich as they are in the particular departments of biography, genealogy, and local history, it is in the details of the social condition of the Empire under her reign, that the greatest amount of information will be found: the insight into curious and minute points of domestic habits, the intermix- ture of the utmost simplicity with regal magnificence, the germs of thought then dimly conceived but lying dormant Xll PEEFACE. for three centuries before ripening into perfection, the pro- jects and inventions of mechanical genius still in the nine- teenth century remaining uncompleted, are all traceable in the present volume. The intimate connexion of Lord Burghley with the Uni- versity of Cambridge has been the means of exhibiting in these pages details of a highly interesting character, relating to some of the most celebrated men of the age, connected as weU with that University as with the sister one of Oxford : nor will the instances of the cultivation of the useful arts, the rise and progress of mining operations, and the general spread of commercial enterprise, be found scarcely less attractive. The proposition of Gawen Smith [p. 700] '■'■for the erec- " tion of a beacon on the Goodwin Sands, twenty or thirty " feet above high-water mark, and able to receive and " preserve thirty or forty persons at least" notwithstanding our amazing advance in all the mechanical arts, remains yet unaccomplished ; while in the application to Walsyngham by one called John the Almain [p. 696] on behalf of one of his countrymen, — " who had invented an harquebuse that shall " contain ten balls or pellets of lead, all the which shall goe *' off one after an other, havinge once given fire, so that with " one harquebuse one man may kill ten theaves or other ene- " mies," — will be seen the prototype of an idea, successfully carried into execution only in the present generation. In the department of biography, perhaps no letters will excite greater interest than those of Sir Christopher Hatton to Queen Elizabeth. Through what channel they found their way into the collection of State Papers has been a matter of speculation. Strong presumptive evidence exists that they must have been in the keeping of Thomas Winde- bank, the Queen's confidential Private Secretary, and so, passing from him to his son Sir Francis Windebank, Secretary PREFACE. xiii of State to Charles I., became mixed up with his official papers. When he fled to France in December 1640, these private and confidential letters remained, with others of the ordinary official character, in the office of the Secretary of State. The wisdom and energy of Elizabeth's government will be conspicuous in the care taken to put the defences of the realm, both by sea and land, in a complete state of efficiency. The Navy was greatly enlarged, and avast impetus given to maritime adventure by the efforts to suppress piracy on the one hand, and by the voyages of Hawkyns, of Furbisher, of Gilberte, and of Drake on the other. The details of these adventures will be found full of interest. The reception given to Drake, on his return from circumnavigating the globe, and the immediate reward he received, no less a sum than 10,000/. being paid into his hand " without account," [pp. 682, 686,] at once dispel the imputation that Elizabeth delayed the recognition of his services until the amount of his booty was ascertained. That that amount was actually enorrpous, the extremely interesting particulars given in p. 691, art. 60, affiard sufficient evidence. The internal defences were promoted by the systematic organization of the militia, by the holding of general musters periodically at intervals of about three years, by surveys of all the creeks and landing places, and by attention to the increase and breed of horses in gentlemen's parks throughout the kingdom. These operations were carried on through the medium of commissions addressed to the nobility and gentry in every county ; and the returns to those commissions, and the certificates of the Commissioners transmitted by them to the Privy Council, will be found of the greatest value in their statistic and local details. The certificates from Warwickshire may be pointed out by way of specimen as the most complete of their kind, and the occurrence in XIV PREFACE. them of the name of Shakespeare and of several members of his family connexions will be read with peculiar interest. All the certificates of Commissioners, whether of musters, or inquiry into piracy, or for the breed and increase of horses, are very numerously signed; and added to these, the returns from the Justices of Peace of the several counties in rela- tion to the due execution of the laws against rogues and vagabonds, the certificates of inns and alehouses, the quan- tities and exportation of corn, and other subjects of magis- terial jurisdiction, all bearing the signatures of persons of the greatest distinction, present an amount of contributions to the studies of history, of biography, and of genealogy, the value of which will not fail to be highly appreciated. It is scarcely too much to say that these details, taken together, lay open to historical students the actual condi- tion of England under Queen Elizabeth, to a degree which has never yet been approached in the historical materials of this or perhaps of any other country. With regard to the orthography of proper names, the principle adopted by the Editor of the State Papers in giving the name of the individual, as he himself spelt it, has been followed in this volume, and will be continued to the end of the sixteenth century. It is also necessary to state that in all cases, and throughout the general arrangement of the State Papers, the commencement of the historical year on the 1st of January has been followed, and the dates of all papers having the civil or legal year, commencing on the ,25th of March, have been reduced to that mode of com- putation. Dates have been assigned to every paper, either of the month or year, according to the best judgment of the Editor. It is highly probable many of these papers will be found capable of better location through the acquirement of sub- sequent information, and even the index to the volume itself PREFACE. XV affords the means of correction not existing at its com- mencement. Had all undated papers been placed at the end of the several reigns, they wotdd have presented, in the case of the long reign of Elizabeth especially, so formidable a mass of almost useless matter, as very materially to impair the chronological character of the arrangement ; and it has been found by experience that approximate dates, assigned upon well-considered principles, have led in numerous in- stances to the true ones ; and thus due importance has been restored to many papers, of which, by adventitious circum- stances, such for instance as the separation of inclosures from the letters transmitting them, they had been deprived. Robert Lemon. State Paper Office, Dec. 18.56. DOMESTIC PAPERS. EDWAED VI. 1547. Jan. 29. Hertford. Jan. 30. Envil. [Enfield.] Feb. 3 (?) Feb. 4. Feb. 5. Southwark. [Feb. 7.] [Feb. 7.] Feb. 8. Portsmouth. Feb. 13. Feb. 14. Westminster. Feb. 15. Vol. I. January — June, 1547. 1. Edw. Earl of Hertford to Sir Wm. Paget (Sec. of State). Directions as to publication of the will of Henry VIII. Sends the key of the will. 2. Same and Sir Anth. Browne (Master of the Horse) to the Council. Are of opinion it would be best to issue a pardon at the Coronation ; the late King being in Heaven, has no need of the merit of it. King Edward to be at the Tower next day. 3. Heads of business to be considered preparatory to the King's coronation. 4. Proclamation for all persons claiming to do service at the Corona- tion, to give attendance at the Court of Claims. 5. Stephen Gardyner, Bp. of Winchester, to Paget. Intends to have a solemn dirge and mass for the late King. At the same time the players in Southwark are to have " a solemne plaj^e to trye who shal have most " resorte, they in game, or I in ernest." Requests the Lord Protector will interfere. 6. Abstract of cases before the Court of Claims, for the Coronation of King Edward VI. 7. Detailed Statement of the claims of several Noblemen, &c. to do service at the Coronation of Edw. VI. [Imjyerfect] 8. Edw. Vaughan (Captain of Portsmouth) to Paget. Recommends the bearers, two poor men. The mayor is gone to London on affairs of the town. Desires to be made a Justice of Peace. 9. Order prescribed by the Privy Council for the ceremonies to be observed at the Coronation of King Edward VI., to take place upon Shrove Sunday (which was the 20th of February). [Rail, in his Chro- nicle, states that Ediuarcl VI. was crotvned on the 19 th of February.] 10. 'Commencement and ending of Inrollment of the will of Henry VIII. Lat. 11. Names of certain lords and gentlemen to be promoted to digni- ties, &c., and the value of lands to be granted to them, DOMESTIC — EDWAED VI. 1547. Feb. 15. Vol. I. 12. Draft preamble of gTant by King Edw. -VI. to Edward Duke of Somerset, of manors, lands, &c., in conformity with the will of Henry VIII. Lat. Feb. 15. IS. Translation of the above. Feb. 15. 14. Minute of the style and titles of Edw. Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector. Feb. 15. 15. Orders and regulations for the despatch of public business, and for matters to be brought before the King and Privy Council. In Sir Wm. Petre's hand. Feb. 15. 16. Copy of the above. [Feb. 15.] IV. Order for " the buriall of Kinge Henrye the Eight of Most " Famous Memorye," by Gilbert Dethicke Garter King at Arms, detailing the regulations for conveying the body from Westminster to Wiadsor, and the ceremonial of the Interment at the latter place. Feb. 15. 18. Account of the quantities of Cloth of Gold, Satins, Velvets, and other materials, issued for the funeral of King Henry VIII. Feb. 16. 19. Edw. Vaughan to the CouncU. Has received Commission for Portsmouth, levying 200 men in Surrey, Wilts, and Berks. The fortifications of Portsmouth are out of repair. Gunners are wanted. Feb. 16. 20. List of ordnance mounted on the fortifications at Portsmouth. Feb. (?) 21. Memorial of matters necessary for defence of Portsmouth, South- ampton, and the Isle of Wight. Feb. (?) 22. Note of the charge of the block houses in the County of Essex. Feb. 27. 2.3. Instructions by the Council to Andrew Duddeley, Esq., appointed to be Admiral of the Fleet, to command the Pauncy, and to cruize in the North Seas off the coasts of England and Scotland. March 1. 24. Grant by the King to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, Lon- don, of faculty and licence to exercise ecclesiastical jurisdiction within the places to' them appertaining. Lat. March 1. 25. Ste. Bp. of Winchester to Sir Wm. Paget. Bequests he wiU Southwark. expedite the commissions for the Bishops, as favourably as he promised. Gives his opinion on various points thereof March 2. 26. Sir Wm. Paget to the Bp. of Winchester. Defends himself from ■Westminster, the charge of over assumption of power. Has no ill wiU towards Bishops, nor to Ms Lordship in particular. March 4. 27. Commission to the Lord Chancellor to issue free pardons, in conformity with the general free pardon openly • proclaimed at the Coronation. March 5. 28. Sir Francis Knollys to Paget. Declares his long services, which Durham Place, had impaired his estate : states the amount of his debts. March 12. 29. Andrew Duddeley to Thos. Lord Seymour (Lord High Admiral). Harwich. Sends letters taken in the late action, and desires to Icnow what to do with the prisoners. Repairs necessary for the Pauncy. DOMESTIC — EDWARD VI. 1547. March [24.] March 31. March 31. April 6. April 8. April 8. April 16. April 20. The Mount. (Cornwall.) April 24. St. John's. April 24. St. John's. April 30. May 17. St. James. May 17. May (?) St. James. June 20. June 27. Hedingham Castle. Vol. I. 30. John Earl of Warwick to Sir Wm. Paget. Applies for a grant of Warwick Castle, park, &c., or of Tonbridge and Penshurst, together with Hawlden and Canonbury. Writes in favour of Mr. Denney for Walt- ham Tower. The Master of the Horse desires to have Lord Lawarre's lordship in Sussex. 31. Indenture of all gold and silver buUion, coined monthly into moneys by Sir Wm. Sharington, Under Treasurer of the Mint at Bristol, from the 3'' of May 1546. 32. Account of Sir Wm. Sharington, of the bullion coined according to the foregoing indenture, and of the expenses thereof. 33. Indenture between Sir Wm. Sharington and Eoger Wigmore, (Comptroller and Surveyor of the Mint at Bristol,) of money delivered to Wigmore for necessaries for the Mint there. 34. Acknowledgment by Tho. Shipman of having received from Sir Wm. Sharington 300 fodder of lead, to be put into the joint stock of the heirs of Nicholas Thorne & Co. 35. Similar receipt, by Shipman, for 5001. from Sir Wm. Sharington, to be invested as above. 36. The King to the Comm'" of Musters in all the shires. To survey the quantity of weapons and military stores in each county, and to warn all persons, obliged by statute to maintain great horses, demilances, &c. for the wars, to have them in readiness after the 20th of May next. 37. Tho. Lord Seymour to the D. of Somerset. Will go to SciUy, and take order for the shipping there to return to Portsmouth. 38. Princess Mary to the Duchess of Somerset. In favour of Eichd. Wood and George Bryckhouse : the latter desires to be one of the Knights of Windsor. 39. Copy of the above. 40. Account of fees and pensions paid out of the Exchequer to foreigners. 41. Lord Seymour to Queen Catharine Parr. Informs her their meetings at Chelsea were known to his sister. Declares his affection, and begs one of her pictures. 42. Copy of the above, not very correct, but supplying some words mutilated in the original 43. Same to same. Directs her as to Mr. Long's suit. Mentions a conversation with the Duchess of Suffolk about their being married, Signs himself " Yo"' lovynge and faythfiill hosbonde." 44. Particulars of Fees paid to the Heralds at the obsequies of Mary the French Queen, 1533 ; the Empress Isabella, 1539 ; and the French King, 1547. 45. Sir Tho. Darcy to [Wm. CeciU?] has enquired into the love affair between the Earl of Oxford and Mrs. Dorothy. Begs to know if it is Somerset's pleasure the match should be stayed. Suggests a marriage between the Earl and one of Lord Wentworth's daughters. a2 DOMESTIC — EDWARD VI. 154-7. July 14. July 15. July 18. Hamptoa Court. July 22. July 25. Horsley. July 25. Offington. July (?) Aug. SO. "Westminster. Sept. 30. Sept. 30. Sept. 30. Sept. 30. Sept. 30. Oct. (?) Oct. (?) Oct. (?) Oct. (?) Vol. II. July — December, 154.7. , Grant of Arms to Eobert Knyght of Bromley, Kent, by Tho. Hawley, Clarencieux. [Orcmt of Arms, No. 5.] 1. Copy of the book of the names of such as furnish forth great horses in various counties. 2. The King to Sir Ealph Vane ; directions to be at Newcastle on the 24th of Aug., with as many of his servants and others as he could raise, to serve against the Scots. [Signed by a stamp.] • 3. Sir Edw. North (Chancellor of the Augmentations) to Wm. Cecill. Mr. Fitzwilliams is to have a lease of the lands of Chertsey Abbey, the same as Sir Anth. Browne lately had. 4. Elizabeth Lady Browne to same. Requests that her brother may be amongst those appointed to go into Scotland. 5. Tho. Lord Lawarre to same. Has received letters to furnish cer- tain horses and demilances to meet at Newcastle, against the Scots. Requests further instructions. 6. Prayer for general peace and prosperity, and for success of the proposed marriage between Edw. VI. and Mary Queen of Scots. [Pro- bably in July, before com,mencement of the war with Scotland.] 7. Grant to John Lyon and Alice his wife, of the tenement called Buckhurst alias Monkliill, in the parishes of Woodford and Chigwel, CO. Essex, late belonging to the monastery of Stratford Langthorne. 8. Bond of Wm. Lanway, in 40Z., not to take excessive toll of such as should resort to his mill for grinding corn. 9. Commission to Wm. Lord St. John (of Basing), Sir Wm. Petre (Sec. of State), Sir Walter Mildmay, and Robt. Keyllewey, to examine and report upon the state of the Crown revenues. 10. Indenture of all gold and silver bullion, coined into moneys in the office of Sir Wm. Sharington, from the 1st April to 30th of Sept., in the mint at Bristol. 11. Duplicate of the above. 12. Account of Sir Wm. Sharington, of gold and silver bullion coined into moneys from April 1, and of the expenses thereof 13. Book of Remembrance for the Lord Protector, touching the rate of subsidy to be granted to the King on wools, woolfells, &c., with reference to the state of the staple m the reigns of Edw. Ill and Hen. VIII. 14. Note of the weight, qualities, and charges of wools in England. 15. Memorandum of wools brought to Calais, the charges of packing, &c., and the quantities exported. 16. Statement of Calais weights of wool, in ounces, pounds, nails, &c., according to the manner of the staple. DOMESTIC— EDWARD VI. 1547. ^«^- "• Oct. (?) 17. Similar statement of English weights of wool. Oct. (?) 18. Tabular synopsis of the Statute Laws of England concerning the royal, military, ecclesiastical, and other orders of the Common- wealth, drawn up apparently about the accession of Edw. VI. Oct. (?) 19. Proviso in the Act 1 'Edw. VI. relative to a limitation on the exportation of horses, by the Wardens of the Cinque Ports. Nov. 3. 20. Letters Patent appointing the place of honour in the High Court Westminster, of Parliament for the Duke of Somerset, as Lord Protector, &c. Nov. (?) 21. Draft of Bill in Parliament for increase of tillage, and for pre- venting dearth and scarcity of provisions by the overbreeding of cattle. Dec. 12. 22. George Kevelay to Somerset. Waste of the King's beer by Newcastle, leakage. Distress of the fleet in the north by foul weather. Wants money. Dec. 14. 23. Eobt. Hey lord (Captain of the Lewis) to the same. The King's Newcastle, ships are detained at Sluelds, and all their victuals and money expended. Dec. 28. 24. Princess Mary to the same. Thanks for his attention to her Beaulieu. requests as to pensions for some of her servants. Dec. (?) 25. Princess Elizabeth to the Queen [Dowager]. Thanks her for her Cheston. kindness. Is grateful to God for providing her such friends. 1547 (?) 26. Petition of Hen. Pony to Somerset ; to be restored to his brewhouse called the Pye in Smitlifield, detained from him by Alice Dacres. rfs 27. Dorothy Wyngfeld to the Duchess of Somerset ; requests her to move the Lord Protector that no sale or grant be made, under the new Commission, of the lands of the late Priory of Woodbridge, Suffolk. (?) 28. Petition of Vincent BeUacio to Somerset. Prays to serve with his company, &c., against Scotland. (?) 29. Names of such persons certified by the sheriffs of several cities and counties, as have not compounded for their fines for Knighthood. (?) 30. Names of Commissioners, and directions for their proceeding, in the sale and exchange of Crown Lands. (?) 31. Names of Commissioners, and directions for their proceeding, in the receipt and expenditure of the public revenues. (?) 32. William Parr, Marq. of Northampton, to the King. Prays for a commission of learned men to determine whether he may lawfully marry again, his first wife Lady Anne Bourchier, from whom he was divorced, being still alive. (?) 33. Extract fr'om a compotus of the value of the rectory of Stowe, with the chapel of Burthropp, part of the possessions of the late Priory of Sempringham, co. Lincoln. n\ 34. The names of certain persons who have had license to preach under the ecclesiastical seal, since July 1547. [Among other celebrated names occur those of Hugh Latimer, Dr. Coxe, Eobt. Home, Edwyn Sandys, James Pilkyngton, Mathewe Parker, John Knoxe, Edmuude Gryndall, &c.] DOMESTIC— EDWAED VI. Vol. III. .Januaey — Febeuary, 1 548. 1548. Jan. 8. 1. John Earl of Warwick to Somerset. Eequests him to further an Ely Place, exchange of lands between Nicholas Heath, Bishop of Worcester, and himself. Jan. 9. 2. Somerset to the town of Cambridge. Desires to know their Hampton reasons against the requests and privileges claimed by the Uni- Coiut. versity. Jan. ( ), 3. Answers of the Mayor, &c. of Cambridge, as to the privileges claimed by the University ; and the further answers of the same to the new requests of the University. Privileges of Sturbridge fair. Jan. 12. 4. Account by John Bird, Bishop of Chester, of the sale of church ornaments, plate, jewels, bells, &c., within the diocese of Chester, and of the appropriation thereof Jan. 19. 5. Examinations of John Ladweke and Thos. Werdon, as to seven Pensance. French ships arrived at Dumbritton, in Scotland, having on board young Gerald, Earl of Kildafe, who purposed to marry the Scottish Queen, and thus to raise all Ireland, in alliance with Scotland, against England. Feb. 1. 6. Warwick to Wm. CeciU. To credit the bearer, who wiU. explain Ely Place. the Suit of certain of the Earl's neighbours, relative to founding a free school. Feb. 12. 7. Account of gold, jewels, and precious stones, taken out of the King's secret jewel house, by command of the Duke of Somerset, priucipaUy for making the King's crown. Feb. 20. 8. Muster-roll for the tluree Hundreds of Aylesbury, co. Bucks, taken by Sir Anth. Lee, Eic. GreneVay, John Babam, and Wm. Dormer. Feb. 27. 9. Muster-roll of the inhabitants of the hundred of Northwich, CO. Chester, taken by Sir Wm. Brereton, Sir Thos. Venables, and Wm. Moreton. Feb. 28. 10. Certificate of musters of the city of York, with the Wapentake of the Aynsty and liberties of the same ; taken before Eobt. Paycok, mayor, Sir Wm. Fairfax, Sir Eobt. Stapleton, and others. Feb. 29. !!• Certificate of the Commissioners names appointed to take the musters within the whole county of Cambridge, specifying the several hundreds allotted to each. Feb. (?) 12. Certificate of musters for the hundreds of Eadfield, Cheveley, Chillford, and Wittlesfoi-d, within the county of Cambridge. Feb. (?) 13. Similar certificate for the hundreds of Arnyngford, Stowe, We- therley, and Tryplow, co. Cambridge. Feb. (?) 1 4. Similar certificate for the hundreds of Stane, Staplehoo, and Flendyche, co. Cambridge. Feb, (?1 15. Similar certificate for the Isle of Ely, co. Cambridge. DOMESTIC — EDWAED VI. 7 1548. ^«^- ™- Feb. (?) 16. Similar certificate for the whole county of Surrey. Feb, (?) 17. Similar certificate for the rape of Bramber, co. Sussex. Feb. (?) 18, Similar certificate for the rape of Chichester, co. Sussex. Feb, (?) 19. Similar certificate taken upon Portsdown, for the hundreds of Portsdown, Bosmer, Tychefeld, Fareham, Hamyldon, and the town of Havant, co. Hants, Feb, (?) 20. Cdrtificate of the ships of the town of Whitby, with the master's names, able to serve the King. Feb. (?) 21. Similar certificate of ships at ScarborougL Feb. (?) 22. Comparative estimates of the charge of an army for the invasion of Scotland, by sea or by land, showing the difierence of expence ; to- gether with estimates for victualling, carriages, &c. Vol. IV. March — August, 1548. March 11. 1. Muster-roll of able men in the hundred of Lantrissent, co. Gla- Glamorgan. morgan, taken before George Mathew, Esq. March 15. 2. The Council to the Bishops. To give directions to the whole clergy to administer the holy Sacrament to the laity, in both kinds. Mar. 24 (?) 3, Indenture of aU bullion of gold and silver coined and made into moneys within the ofiice of Sir Wm. Sharingion, in the Mint at Bristol. March 26. 4. Thomas "Wyndam to Somerset. Arrival of the navy at New- Newcastle, castle. Sickness and weakness of the fleet. Desires a reinforcement of 200 men. April (11?) 5, Obligation given to Lazarus Toucher, securing the repayment of the sum of 167218 florins, lent by him to the King. Lat. April 14. 6. K. Goche (or Gough) to Wm. CeciU. Has received an application London. for the bailiwick of Weston. Complains of the conduct of one Troughton, a servant of Cecill. April 19. May 10, Westminster. May (?) May (?) June 4. Ely Place. 7. Certificate of the Dean and Chafjter of St. Pauls, London, speci- fying the chantries, rents, &c., belonging to them. 8. Thos. Lord Seymour to Mayors, Sherifis, fee ; to make search for goods taken out of certain French ships plundered at sea. 9. Instructions to Edw. Lord Clynton, appointed Admiral of the Fleet, sent into the North; to act against the Scots and French, to proceed to the Frith of Forth to intercept the enemy's ships there, and to fortify Inchkeith and other places. 10. The King to the Sherifis and Justices of Peace; to see the beacons duly set up and watched, and to repress unlawfid assemblies. 11. Warwick to CeciU. Thanks for remembrance of his suit to the Lord Protector. DOMESTIC— EDWARD VI. 1548. June 5. Vol. IV. 12. The Council to the Justices of Peace, &c., in various counties directions to provide for the watching of beacons and for guarding the sea coasts. Inclosing, 12. I. Names of gentlemen appointed to remain at home on the advance of the whole shire in case of invasion. June 5. 13. Earl of Warwick to Cecill. Sends information of a design of cer- tain Scots and Frenchmen in Dieppe to surprize the Castle of Pevensey. 11.. Thos. Lord Seymour to the Queen Dowager. Kelates his pro- ceedings with the Protector as to her affairs. Hopes " his little man," if God should give him life,' may live to revenge his and her wrongs. Desires her to keep him lean and gaunt. [June 11.] 15. "Warwick to Cecill. Is pleased Somerset accepts the offer of liis services. Trusts the Frenchmen (their enterprize northward being known) will not much like their journey. 16. Same to same. Solicits the Protector's favor on behalf of one Browne. June [5]. June 9. Westminster. [June 12.] June 14. . 17. Same to same. Requests to know how " the arrogant Bishop " Ely Place. [Stephen Gardyner] has been proceeded with. Wished to take Mr. Gosnall with him into the Marches, but hears Mr. Townshend holds his office for life. [Gardyner, Bishop of Winchester, was examined several times before the Council, between the 25th September 1547 and the 30th June 1548, and on the latter day was committed to the Toiver. Co. Reg.] June 14. 18. Licence from the King to the Bishop of Exeter to grant to Sir Thos. Darcy the town, manor, and mansion of Crediton, co. Devon, the manor of Morchard Episcopi, with all the natives and villains and their followers thereto belonging ; together with the advowsons and patronage of the church of Morcliard E]5i., and of the vicarage, alias the rural deanery, of Crediton. Lat. [With a pen and ink portrait of King Edw. VI. in thfi initial letter.] June 18. 19. Seymour to Cecill ; in favour of one Busshe, to be maintained in Sudeley. the manor of Yanworthe, co. Gloucester, to which Thos. Culpeper laid claim. July 1. July 2. Baxnet. July 2. Canonbury. July 2. July 4. The Court. 20. The Council to the Ambassadors ; detailing the reasons for com- mitting Bishop Gardyner to the Tower. 21. Warwick to Cecil] ; in favor of the bearer, who was in much distress, and had suffered wrong by the Duke of Norfolk. 22. Same to same. Desires resolution as to the Commission for the Marches. 23. Indenture between Sir Edmund Pekham, treasurer of all the Mints, and Sir Wm. Sharington, of the receipt of certain sums arising from the profits of the mint at Bristol, to the King's use. 24. John Cheke to Cecill; relative to a suit to the Protector for some benefice, iMioch mutilated.'] DOMESTIC— EDWARD VI. 1548. July 6. July 7. Penley. July 13. Southwark. July 13. London. July 15. Eton. July 16. Penley. July 19. Hampton Court. July 21. Penley. July 22. Windsor. July 26. Penley. July 27. "Waltham. July 27. Stamford. August 3. Vol. IV. 25. Sir Edw. North to Wm. Cecill. Sends draft of a lease in reversion of the manor of Hothome, co. York. Incloses, 25. I. Sir Michael Stanhope to Sir Ed. North. Prays him, to' expedite the lease of the manor of Hothome to Ric. Maunsell. St. James, 27 June. 26. Earl of Warwick to same. Complains of the irresolution in placing and displacing certain persons in the government committed to him, whereby his honour had been smally considered. 27. Sir Anth. St. Leger to same (Master of Bequests). Will send to his brother to answer certain charges. Desires to exchange with the Archbp. of Dublin, the Dean of Christchurch, or the Bp. of Meath, certain benefices for temporal lands. 28. Sir Edw; North, and others of the Court of Augmentations, to same (Secretary to the Protector) ; to procure the appointment of commissaries and registers to certain exempt jirrisdictions in the dioceses of York, Lincoln, London, and Westminster. 29. Thos. Smith (Secretary of State) to same. Solicits the deanery of Peterborough for Mr. Gascoigne, if the present dean should die, who was in great danger. 30. Warwick to same. Begs that the Surgeon of Boulogne may remain with his lady, who was in great danger by the ill-treatment of the London surgeons, and " lokyd oiuerly to have her legge to be sawed of." 31. John Fowller to Seymour. Sends two small notes written with the King's own hand. His Ma''' not having time to write more. The Duchess of Somerset brought to bed of a fine boy : hopes the Queen will have another. One of the King's notes relates to Latimer ; the other desires to be remembered to the Queen. 32. Warwick to CeciU. In favour of the suit of Cuthbert Musgi-ave. Complaint by Sir Anth. Lee of the ill-conduct of a priest belonging to Lord Windsor. 33. John Hales to Somerset. Describes the good disposition of the people in the circuit they had just passed. Thinks them well-disposed to the new order of things. Care to be taken that jurors be not corrupted, nor sheriffs ill-chosen. 34. Warwick to Cecill. Solicits for a chaplain of his, a prebend in Canterbury, held by D'' Kidley, now Bp. of Kochester. 35. Tho. Fisher to same. Delay in getting out of London, not being able to procure horses. 36. Same to same. Details his journey in post to Stamford. lU- conductof the postmaster at Royston. Dreadful weather. Found Cecill's relations well in health. 37. Lord Lawarre to same. Requests his brother Sir Anth. Saynt- mond, may deliver his letter to the L. Protector. 10 DOMESTIC— EDWAED VI. 1548. ^01" IV- August 6. 38. Somerset to Seymour. The last evil chance in Scotland is not so ■^Srt " had as at first thought. None of note, except Mr. Bowes and Mr. Pal- mer, are taken. Proceedings of the French at Boulogne. [August 7.] 39. The Council to same. Details the spoils and wrongs done by the French at Boulogne and elsewhere. Directs him to commission privateers to take French ships and goods, extending only to Devon and ComwaU. With a memorial of the course to be pursued. August 9. 40. Lord Sejrmour to Sir Peter Carew, Sir T. Denys, and Sir Kic. Sudeley Castle. Grenfelde, for Devonshire, and John Grenfelde, Sir Hugh Trevanyon, and Sir Wm. Godolphin, for Cornwall, Instructions according to the effect of the preceding letter and memorial. August 11. 41. Same to the Council. Has given ample directions to the gentle- Sudeley Castle, men of Cornwall and Devonshire. August 11. Sudeley Castle. August 13. Oatlands. August 13. Oatlands. 42. Same to Somerset, in answer to his of the 6th, as to the loss in Scotland, and to the Council's letters relating to Devon and Cornwall. 43. Somerset to Seymour. Decision in a cause between Tho. Agard and one Leche, for lands. Sends a note of the northern news. Loss sustained by the French and Scots at Haddington. 44. John Lord Kussell to same ; thanks for two bucks. Success against the Scots at Haddington and the French at Boulogne. Re- quests a lease of two messuages for his secretary John Gale. Incloses, 44. I. Particulars of two messuages called Poterelles and Boltons, within the parish of Mymms co. Hertford, helongimg to Lord Seymour. 45. Somerset to same. In favour of Matt. Hulle, who had been troubled in the Admiralty Court, wherein Hussey, the Judge of the Admiralty, had not behaved uprightly. 46. Seymour to Somerset. Explains as to Agard and Leche Had apprehended two fellows, Walter ap John and John ap Thomas Lewes, for counterfeiting coin ; and they had impeached one Joyne Goughe, a smith. 47. Same to same. Answer as to Matthew Hull, who was guilty of piracy, and ought to have sued for pardon rather than for compensation. August 24. 48. Abstract of the rights and privileges granted to Sir Ric. Sakevyle, in his commission as Chancellor of the Augmentations ; among other, to " take order for the manumyssion of villeyns." [Sakevyle's com- mission is dated 24 Aug. 2 Edw. VI^ August 16. Shene. August 19. Sudeley Castle. August 23. I/acock. Vol. V. September — December, 1548. Sept I. 1- Somerset to the Lord H. Admiral Seymour. Remonstrates with Sion. him on his arbitrary course of conduct. In the case of Matt. Hull, the goods to be put in safe custody, for further trial. Insurrection in Brittany. DOMESTIC — EDWARD VI. 11 1548. Sept. 1. Sion. Sept. 7. Paye. Sept. (?) Cljeshvmt. Oct. 1. Oct. 2. Brodgate. Oct. 17. Hackney. Oct. 22. Geneva. Oct 26. Oct. (?) Nov. 2. Nov. 8. Oxford. Nov. 12. Westminster. Nov. (?) Dee. (?) Vol. V. 2. Somerset to Seymour. Congratulates him on the safe delivery of the Queen of so pretty a daughter. 3. John Graynfyld to same. Action -with the French, off the coast of Brittany ; many of their ships driven on shore, and ten sail captured. Reported landing of the Scotch Queen in France. Incloses, 3. I. II, III. Three papers of lading, &c, taken in the French ships. 4. Princess Elizabeth to Somerset. Thanks for his care in sending Dr. Bill to her in her sickness. Is also thankful for the expediting of her patent. 5. Lady Jane Gray to Seymour. Thanks for his kindness to her. Shall be always ready to obey his monitions and good instructions 6. Frances, Marchioness of Dorset, to same. Thanks for Ms kindness to her daughter Jane in desiring to have her continue with him. 7. The King to Thomas Hayberne and Stephen Andrewes, both of London. Demise of messuages and tenements in the parish of St. Mary at Hill. Lat. 8. John Calvin to Somerset. Advises him steadfastly to prosecute the Reformation of Religion begun in England, and to promote the diffusion of the true doctrine of the Gospel. [Contemporary trans- lation^ 9. John Yonge to Mr. Throckmorton. States the opinion of the Protector as to letters, &c., from Card. Pole. If the Cardinal thinks fit to write private letters to the Protector, for the good of the nation, they would be received. 10. Names of the prisoners in the Tower, with the causes c their imprisonment there, as far as the Lieutenant knows. 11. Wm. Lord St. John (Lord Great Master) to Somerset. Gives his opinion that the holders of counterfeit coin were answerable for the loss, and that the King should not be charged. 12. President and Fellows of Magdalen Coll. Oxford to the same. Are willing to adopt and to further the measures taken for the Refor- mation of Religion. Have administered the Communion as set forth. 13. Commission from the King to Thomas [Goodrich] Bishop of Ely, Nicholas [Ridley] Bp. of Rochester, Sir Wm. Paget, Thos. Smith, John Cheke, Dr. Wm. Maye, and Dr. Tho. Hendy, for the visitation of the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, and the College of Eton. 14. Sir Richard Ozeir (Hosier) to ; solicits to be set at liberty. Details the good services performed by liim to Englishmen in Scotland. Incloses, 14 I. Names of persons willing to become sureties for Sir R. Ozier. 15. Monthly accounts of ingots, &c., received for the coinage, from April 1547. 12 DOMESTIC— EDWARD VJ. 1548. ^«^- ^• (?) 16. Petition of Sir Wm. Drury, Sir John Constable, and others, for restoration to them of the fee intail of the Manor of Wrenthorp, co. York, devolved to the Crovi^n under the Act concerning colleges and chantries. (?) 17 Abstract of the light horses and demilances to be furnished by assessment throughout the realm. (?) 18. Book of assessment of the city of London, for finding light horses and demilances. (?) 19. Certificate of the churchwardens of the parishes within the city of London and the several deaneries in Essex and Hertfordshire within the diocese of London, of the sale of all the church plate, ornaments, jewels, bells, vestments, &c., lately belonging to their respective churches, and of the appropriation of the proceeds. (?) 20. Statement of the causes of the universal dearth of provisions. Remedies proposed. Exactions of purveyors to be suppressed, &c. (?) 21. Copy of the above, with some omissions and alterations. (?) 22. Draft of Bill in Parliament against the monopoly of farms ; converting arable into pasture, &c. (?) 23. Land sold and bought by Sir Richard Lee, knight, since the death of King Henry VIII. (?) 24. Memoranda, in the hand writing of Cecill, relative to various matters of public business, &c., to be transacted. (?) 25. Memorandum of things worthy examination, for the King's Majesty. Vol. VI. Januaey — April, 1549. 1549. Jan. 11. 1. Thos. Lord Seymour to the Duke of Somerset. Excuses himself "Myhowse" from coming to speak with him till to-morrow at the Parliament 'n ay. House, or at Westminster in the afternoon. [Lord Seymour was com- mitted to the Toiver on Thursday the l*7th of January 1549, and not on the 19th, as stated by Burnet, and after him by all subsequent historians. This Holograph letter of Seymoi(,r's being dated on Friday "from my howse," cannot therefore be later than Friday the 11th of January.] Jan. 18. 2. Instructions to Sir Hugh Pawlett, Sir Thomas Chaloner, and John Yemley, to search the Lord Admiral's house at Bromliam, in Wiltshire. Jan. [21]. 3. Inventory of the goods, chattels, &c. in and about the manor of Cheseworth, co. Sussex, belonging to the Lord Admiral, taken by Sir Thos. Cawerden and Sir Wm. Goryng. Jan. 21. 4. Similar inventory of goods, &c. belonging to the Lord Admiral at the Manor Place of Sheffield and Forest of Worthe co. Sussex' taken by the same parties. DOMESTIC — EDWARD VI. 13 1549. Jan. 28. London. Jan. 31. Hatfield. Jan. (T) Jan. (?) Jan. (?) Jan. (?) Jan. (?) Jan. (?) Jan. (?) Jan. (?) Jan. (?) Jan. (?) Jan. (?) (0 Feb. 2. Feb. 4. Vol. VI. 5. Wm. Gyffard to Laurence Lee. Has received commission to make sale of woods in the manor of CoUeweston, and 30 acres in Tomljrn's Wood, in the manor of Apthorpe. 6. Sir Robt. Tyrwhit to Somerset. His endeavours to ascertain what had passed about a marriage between Lord Seymour and the Princess Ehzabeth. Her statements. Supposes Mrs. Ashley knows aU. 7. Deposition by Henry, Marquis of Dorset, relative to matters at sundry times imparted to him by Seymour. His promise to get Lady Jane Grey married to the King, &c. 8. Deposition by Edw. Rouse. Orders given by Seymour for keeping his house at Bewdley, in Shropshire. 9. Deposition by Sir Ric. Cotton, as to speeches of the Lord Admiral after the death of his wife. 10. Confessions of John Fowler, as to his being urged by the Lord Admiral to procure the King's opinion as to his marriage. To incite the King with money given by Seymour, &c. With a note of sums received by Fowler. 11. Depositions by Edw. Lord Clynton, relative to certain speeches of the Lord Admiral. 12. Deposition by Henry, Earl of Rutland, of conversations with the Lord Admiral. 13. Depositions by Sir Wm. Sharington, as to speeches of the Lord Admiral. Money lent by him to Seymour. His designs on Lady Jane Grey and the Princess Ehzabeth. 14. Deposition by Wm. Marquis of Northampton, relative to the tenour of certain discourses held with the Lord Admiral, previous to his committal. 15. Deposition by Thos. Earl of Southampton. Conversation between him and Seymour on their way to dine at Sir John Gresham's. His advice to Seymour not to make a party or breed a faction. 16. Deposition relative to certain communications between John Lord Russell (Lord Privy Seal) and the Lord Admiral, principally about a marriage with either Princess Mary or Princess Elizabeth, and Sharington's affairs. 17. Depositions of Sir George Blagge and the Earl of Warwick, relative to certain speeches of Seymour, who threatened to stab any that should attempt to arrest him. 18. Memorandum of certain points, by which the stibject may be liable to forfeit his lands to the Crown. 19. Examination of Mrs. Katherine Aschyly as to her communications with the Princess Elizabeth, touching marriage with the Lord Admiral. 20. Further examination of the same, as to the Princess Elizabeth and Seymour. Conversation with Thos. Parry. 14 DOMESTIC — EDWARD VI. 1549. Feb. 4. Feb. 4. Feb. 11. Ely Place. Feb. 14, Feb. 15. Feb. 20. Feb. 24. Feb. (?) Feb. (?) March (?) April 6. Thropp Mountvell. April 6. Kome. April 9. Sion. April 10. Westminster. Vol. VI. 21. Deposition of Mrs. Katherine Aschyly relative to familiarities between Seymour and the Princess Elizabeth. 22. Final confession of the same. Conversations with Seymour about Princess Elizabeth, and with Parry, on the same subject. Prays for change of her prison and for mercy to be shown to her. 2.3. Warwick to CeciU ; in favour of Harry Makerel the King's surgeon to be joined in the patent with old Vicars. Also asks for a farm for his servant Turpin. Sends CecOl the half-year's fee of his patent. 24. Indenture between the King and the Mayor, &c., of Plymouth, for erecting and maintaining the fort on St. Nicholas Island. 25. The Council to Commissioners in every shire. Instructions to make a true inventory of all church ornaments, plate, jewels, beUs, vestments, &c., and to forbid the sale and embezzlement of any part of the same. 26. Declaration by Mr. John Cheke of the effect of the message the Lord Admiral requested him to procure the King to make to the House of Lords. 27. Answer of the Lord Admiral to the articles objected against him by the Privy Council. 28. Note of certain silks, plate, jewels, &c., taken out of the King's secret houses at Westminster by the Duke and Duchess of Somerset and others. 29. Specification of the plate, money, jewels, fee, belonging to Sir Wm. Sharington at the time of his arrest in January. SO. Extract of a confirmation by the King of a lease of certain lands and tenements in Chancery Lane, abutting on the Rolls estate, from Ric. Sampson Bp. of Chichester to the Guild and Fraternity of St. Mary and St. Dunstans, Fleet Street. 31. Wm. Gyffard to CeciU. A claim has been made on the part of the Princess Elizabeth to the woods sold by him in CoUeweston and Apthorpe. Will pay the proceeds to Laurence Lee. 32. Cardinal Pole to Warwick. Has written to Protector Somerset, and offers to give further information for the benefit of the realm. 33. Somerset to the Vice Chancellor, &c., of the University of Cam- bridge. Concerning the Commission for visiting the University. Lat. 34. The King to the same, urging them to forward the Commission for visiting the University. Attested by the Commissioners. Lat. [Much uncertainty exists as to the exact day on which Sec. Smith received his Knighthood. In this letter he is styled a Knight, which he certainly was not on the Vlth of Jan. 1549, as appears hy the Minute of Council on that day, where he is called " Thomas Smith esquier."'\ DOMESTIC — EDWARD VI. 15 Vol. VI. 1549. April 11 (?) 35. Eic. Whalley to Wm. CeciU. Sees no likelihood of obtaining Derby Place. Wimbledon for bim. Thinks he may get for him the park, with the tythe of Mortlake, and Ambrose WoUey's house. April 12. .36. Sir Eobt. Tyrwhyt to same ; concerning the lodge and park of Leyghtone. Mortlake and parsonage of Wimbledon ; the latter being promised to WhaUey. May 4. Stepney, May 5. Stepney. May 5. Eton College. May 8. The Court. May 8. Westminster. Vol. VII. May— June, 1549. 1. Mary, Duchess of Richmond, to Sir Thos. Smith. Requests licences for certain persons to preach ; also for one Huntingdon and Dr. King of Norwich. Thanks for his favours shewn to Sir Wm. Farmer. 2. Copy of the above. .3. Same to same. Prays him to withdraw his evil opinion of Huntingdon, for whom, and Dr. King of Norwich, she could answer. 4. Wm. Goldwyn, Vice Provost of Eton, to Sir Tho. Smith as Provost of Eton. Mr. Cross and Mr. Dobson have been chosen Bursars. The report that the master of the school is a dice-player, &c. is untrue. 5. W. P. [Wm. Paget] to Somerset. Remonstrates with him on his angvy and snappish conduct towards those of the Council who differ in opinion from him, or who venture to express their own sentiments. Gives excellent advice. 6. Commission to John Earl of Warwick and others, to visit the Royal Free Chapel of Windsor, the College of Winchester, and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Lat. May 8. 7. Another copy of the above. Lat. May 10. London. May 12. May 14. Cambridge. May 15. Cambridge. May 16. May 16. Greemrich. May 16. Greenwich. 8. W. Wightman to Cecill. Gives a statement of his connexion and dealings with Lord Seymour. Protests his entire innocence. 9. Benjamin Gonson to Sir Wm. Petre. Sends list of ships nearly ready to sail under [Thos.] Cotton. 10. Wm. Rogers to Sir Thos. Smith. Detail of the daily proceedings of the Commissioners for visiting the University. 11. Same to same. Further account of the visitation. The Fellows of Trinity Hall are wUling that their College should be united with Clare Hall. Destitute condition of the latter. 12. Instructions to Thos. Cotton, appointed Vice Admiral, to cruize in the Narrow Seas, to clear the coast of French and Scotch ships, and to carry a supply of munition to Alderney. Warrant to pay Thos. Matson, captain of 100 men, certain sums for their coats, passage money, and arms. iJDocquet, 21 May.'] Warrant to pay 73?. in prest to Captain Petro Zanzy, Albanois. iDocquet 30 May.'] 16 DOMESTIC— EDWAED VI. 1549. May 17. Greenwich. May 17. Greenwich. May 17. Greenwich. May 17. Greenwich. May 18. Greenwich. May 18. Greenwich. May 18. Windsor. May 18. Cambridge. May 18. Camhridge. May 18. May 18. May 20. May 20. May 22. May 22. May 25. Eye. May 26. Greenwich. May 26. May 27. Vol. VII. Warrant to pay 81. 10s. to Owter \^aii Brunswick and 16 other lanceknights, for their expenses northwards. \_Docquet 21 May.'] Warrant to pay 26Z. 1.3s. 4d. to Oliver Dawbney, for conveying treasure from Bristol to Ireland. [i&.J Warrant to repay U. to S. Smith, for riding post during the commo- tion in Somersetshire, [ih.'] Warrant to pay 5000Z. to be conveyed to the Treasurer of the wars in the North. [iS.] Warrant to pay *ll. in prest to Edm. Berwick, man at arms. [iS.] Warrant to pay 60Z. to S"' Thos. Woodlock, for bringing pirates taken in Ireland, [it.] 13. Wm. FytzwiUiam to CeciU and Mr. Kellwaye. On tlie matter in variance between Mr. Hawtrye and his brother-in-law John DanyeU. 14. The Bishops of Ely and Rochester, and others, to Sir Tho. Smith. Refer to Mr. Rogers for relation of their proceedings in their visitation. . 15. Same to Somerset. They have visited Clare Hall, and state their objections to unite that college with Trinity Hall. 16. Bp. Ridley to Somerset. Remonstrates against uniting Clare Hall with Trinity. Commends Latimer, who had been educated at Clare. [Fuller, and succeeding biographers, state Latimer to have been educated at Christ's College.] 17. Copy of the above. Warrant to Sir Edm. Pekham, to send 50001. to the Treasurer in the North. [Docquet 21 May.] Warrant to S'' John Williams, to send 3000L to the North, [ib.] 18. Proclamation for stay of the people's attempts at breaking up enclosures, &c. 19. Draft of the above. 20. Mayor, &c., of Rye to Somerset,. Scarcity of timber occasioned by the iron mills. Requests permission to use the mortar and stone of Camber Castle for their fortifications. Warrant to pay 20^. to Robert Wy, for conducting 200 Italians, and 101. in prest to Jasparo Como and nine other Italians sent into the North. [Docquet 30 May.] Warrant to pay 81. 10s. to Sec. Sir Tho. Smith, for money advanced by him to 17 lanceknights sent into the North, [ib.] Warrant to repay to Jacob Schult 1000 crowns (talers), lent to Dymok for the King's use. [ib.] DOaiESTIC— EDWARD VI. 17 1549. May 27. May 27. Hemingford Abbot. Vol. VII. "Warrant to pay 1S51. 10s. in prest for payment of the Irishmen's wages. [Docquet, May 30.] 21. Simon Kent to the Bishop of Lincoln [Henry Holbeach], com- plaining of a young man named Robt. Jaye, who had nailed up a dead cat, as on a cross, in St. Ives' Market. [1549 ?] May (28?) 22. The Council to tlie Commissioners at Cambridge. Instructions relative to Clare Hall ; to pronounce it dissolved, and then to unite it to Trinity. May 29. 2.3. Wm. Eogers to Sir T. Smith. Has sent him by the bearer, Cambridge. Mr. Holinshed, six pair of double gloves. Dr. Redman has been before the Visitors and made a protestation as to certain passages in tlie Homilies. The Commissioners purpose to proceed with Clai-e Hall. May 29. Warrant to Thos. Chamberlayn (Under-Treasurer of Bristol) to deliver 601. to Rice A. Morgan, Ph. Lower, and IST. Buckingham, of the King's reward for the taking of Cole the pirate. [Docquet, 30 May."] May 29. Further warrant to pay 4<0l. to Morgan and Buckingham for the same affair, [ib.] May 30. Warrant to repay 21. 10s. to Sec. Smith, advanced by him to 5 lanceknights sent to the North. [Docquef] May. 24. Proposal for erecting a college of civil law in the University of Cambridge, to be called Edward's College ; and a college of civilians, to attend on the Council, &c. May. 25. Duplicate of the above. May. 26. Assignment of money for the charges of the King's household. June 1. 27. Bishop Ridley to Somerset ; exculpates himself from blame as a Pembroke Hall, Visitor at Cambridge, particularly as to the proposed union of Clare Cambridge. Jjall with Trinity. Prays that in matters relating to that oifice his scruples of conscience may be received with favourable allowance. June 2. Warrant to repay 51. to Mr. Sec. Smith, advanced by him for the King's service. [Docquet, 7 June.] June 2. Warrant to deliver 151. in prest to Carlo Dado, the Italian, sent into the North, [ib.] June 2. Warrant to pay 201. in prest to Vincent BeUachy, and others in his company, for service in the North, [ib.] June 3. Warrant to deliver 10,OOOZ. to the bearer, to be conveyed into the North, [ib.] June 3. Warrant to pay 3,000Z. to the bearer, to be conveyed to the Trea- surer in the North, [ib.] June 5. Warrant to pay 40L to Mathew de Mantua for service done, [ib.] June 4. 28. Somerset to Cardinal Pole, in answer to his letters of 6th May ; ■ Greenwich, hopes that he at last perceives the abuses of tlie Church of Rome. Exhorts him to take advantage of the King's mercy and to return. Sends him a copy of the Book of Common Prayer. 18 DOMESTIC— EDWAKD VI. ,_,„ Vol. VII. 1549 June 6 Warrant to pay S9l. 5s. to Edward Walshe for the pay and conduct of 200 Irish kern. [_I)ocquet, 7 June.] June 6. Warrant to repay to Mr. Sec. Smith 81. advanced by him to Joachim Camerhurst and others, for their expenses northwards, [ih.'] June 7. Warrant to repay to the same 51, advanced by him to 5 Almam gentlemen, for their expenses in the North. June 9. 29. Wm. Eogers to Sir T. Smith. Bishop Ridley is loth to proceed Cambridge, against Clare Hall. The Master of that college is very stout in his opposition to the Visitors. Detail of proceedings. June 10. 30. Somerset to Bishop Eidley. Thinks his scruples of conscience as Richmond, a Visitor groundless. Shews precedents for the proposed union of Clare HaU with Trinity. June 11. 31. Same to Henry Marq. of Dorset, and Francis Earl of Hunting- Syon. don ; to pubhsh the proclamation against the assembling of lewd per- sons to throw down enclosures ; and to keep themselves in readiness to suppress any insurrection. June 11. 32. Wm. Turner to Wm. CeciU. The Archbp. of York(Robt. Holgate) Kew. has sent for him to go into Yorkshire. Has heard that Somerset wishes him to go to Winchester. Is willing, if he can have a living there. June 15. 33. Wm. Eogers to Sir T. Smith. Bishop Eidley is now willing Cambridge, to deprive the master and fellows of Clare Hall. June 15. 34. Visitors at Cambridge to the same. Axe sorry Bishop Eidley has Cambridge, been recalled. Pray that he may remain till the visitation be concluded. June 1 7. Warrant to repay 51. to Sir T. Smith, for money advanced to Cecase Kichmond. Dattylo, an Italian, and 4 servants, sent to the North, and 11. to the keeper of Colchester jail [^Docquet, 3 July.'] June 18. Warrant to pay 51. in prest to Capt. Spinola, serving in the North. [ib.] June 18. 35. Warwick to Cecill Complains of trespasses committed on his lands, and of the boasts of Mr. Skynner. June 19. 36. Olyver Leder to same. Sends his reply in the matter at variance London. between himself and one Edm. Hatley. June 20. 37. The King to the Justices, &c. of Devon ; offering pardon to aU Eicbmond. persons who have refused to receive the Book of Common Prayer, if they wiU return to their duty and allegiance. June 22. 38. Sir Tho. Smith to Somerset. Progress of the coinage. Mints Eichmond. must be established at York, Canterbury, and Bristol Bullion comes in slowly. Details sources of revenue. Incloses, 38. I. Sir Edm,. Pelcham to Sec. Smith; details of mint affairs. Bullion is much wanted to carry on the coinage. June 22. 38. II. Certificate of money paid on warrants out of the Mint from 1st June 1549 io the above date ; and of testons received as bullion and reissued as current money. June 22. DOMESTIC — EDWARD VI. 19 1549. June 22. [June 24.] [June 24.] [June 26.] Syon. June 27. Pincheteck. June 29. Guildford. June 30. Gray's Inn. June (?) June (?) June (?) Vol. VII. 39. Sir Edm. Pekliam to Sir T. Smith. Further details of mint affairs. Will obtain the Moneyer's account of the quantity of the King's plate melted and converted into coin. 40. Instructions to Lord Kussell (Lord Privy Seal) for the govern- ment of the Western counties of Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, and Dorset, and for suppressing the disaffection and commotions there. 41. Observations by Mr. Dudley and Mr. Travers on the defensive nature of the country about Sherburn in Dorsetshire, for the purpose of opposing the rising in the West. Signed by Lord Russell. 42. [The Council] to Sir Thos. Denys, Peter Courtenay, and Anthony Harvy,and the Justices of Devon; directions for the course to be pursued towards the rebels in Devonshire, to induce them to retire peaceably. Recommends him to piu'chase the demesne Neglected state of the fens in the Holland division 43. Ric. Ogle to Cecill, lands of Spalding, of Lincolnshire. Incloses. 43. I. Particular of the la/nds and demesne of Spalding. 44. Henry Earl of Arundel to Sir Wm. Petre. The country re- mains " in a quavering quiet." The people have an unfavourable opinion of Sir Wm. Goring. 45. Wm. Dalyson to Cecill. Requests the wardship of Wm. Dalyson, son and heir of George Dalyson, deceased. 46. Petition of the Inhabitants of Staines to the Council, praying not to be compelled to break down Staines bridge for the purpose of impeding the approach of the rebels. 47. Articles upon the doctrine of the Holy Eucharist, by Martin Bucer ; slightly mutilated. 48. Copy of the above, before the mutilations. Vol. VIII. July — September, 1549. July (1). 1. Circular Letter to various Noblemen and Gentlemen. Orders to Eichmond. attend the King at Windsor with as many horsemen and footmen as could be raised. July 1. 2. " The names of suche as had letters to come or send to Windsour, primo July 1549.'' July 3. Warrant to repay 21. 10s. to Sec. Smith, advanced by him to seven Almains, sent to serve in the North. [Docquet] July 4. 3. George Day, Bishop of Chichester, to Cecill. Offers the use of his Aldingbome. house at Chichester to Somerset, if he should come into those parts. July 7. 4. W. P. [Wm. Paget] to Somerset. Expostulates at great length with him on his system of government, pointing out the iU effects of it, and the consequences that would ensue ; gives advice what course he oucht to pursue. On the back of the last leaf of this letter are some verses in praise of women, concluding " Finis q'' Gilpin." B 2 20 DOMESTIC— EDWARD VI. 1549. ilyS. July 8. Julys. July 8. July (8?) July (8?) July (8?) Bichmond. July (8?) July (8?) July 10. London. July 13. Syon. July 13. July 18. July 18. July 19. July 19. Eton. July 23. Vol. Vin. 5. Answer of King Edw. VI. to the rebels of Devon and Cornwall, in reply to their supplication and demand for redress of grievances. [A conteTnpmxiry copy; supposed to be drawn up by Arehbp. Cranmer ] 6. Another copy of the above. 7- A fragment of the above document. 8. Copy of the above fragment, with alterations. 9. " Ordre to be taken for repressing of commotions and uproures, if " any suche shall happen, in the counties of Oxforde, Berkes, and " Bucks." 10. Instructions given to the Commissioners appointed for execution of the Statutes of 4 Hen. VII. and 7 & 27 Hen. VIII. relative to inclosures, decay of husbandry, &c. \Printed in black letter by Ric. Grafton.'] 11. Protector Somerset to the Commissioners for redress of unlawful enclosures, decay of houses, &c. Directions to proceed as soon as possible in execution of their Commission according to the articles annexed [No. 9 ?], and to begin with reforming themselves. 12 — 15. Four copies of the above circular, with the date, " From Richemount the of July 1549." 16 — 23. Eight copies of same, without the date. 24. Sir Tho. Darcy and Sir Jolm Gates to Cecill. Insufficiency of the Commission concerning decay of houses of husbandry, enclosures, &c. ; require further powers in several specified points. 25. Somerset to the Commissioners for reformation of enclosures, &c. ; directions to act jointly together in each place, without division of their body. 26 — 29. Four copies of the above, aU signed. 80 The Council to Princess Mary ; complain of certain of her retainers attending seditious assembUes, particularly a Chaplain at Sandford Courtenay in Devon, and one Pooley, a leader of the worst soi't of the rebels in SuflfoUc 31. Copy of the above. 32. Order prescribed by Lord Gray for the execution of rebels in Oxford and other counties ; some of the priests to be hanged on their own steeples. Names of the rebels to be executed. 33. Sir T. Smith to Cecill; deplores the evil state of the realm ; suggests the appointment of one or two responsible gentlemen in each shire to inforce the King's proclamations. The watchmen are the great promoters of the rebellion. Lord Gray's doings are worth 10,000 proclamations. Thanks for his favor to Mr. Gascoyne. 84. The Council to Sir Wm. Herbert ; directions as to raising troops, and furnishing them with coats, weapons, &c., to serve against the rebels. DOIHESTIC— EDWARD VI. 21 1549. July 24. Grimsthorpe. Aug. 2. Aug. (10?) Aug. 10. Warwick. Aug. (11?) Westminster. Aug. 10. Auff. 12. Aug. 15. Aug. 16. Aug. 17. Westminster. Aug. 19. Aug. 19. Aug. 21. Aug. 29. Vol. VIII. 35. Katharine Duchess of Suffolk to Wm. Cecill ; 'cannot without an annual pension continue to maintain the late Queen's child and her attendants ; would transfer that burthen to the Marq. of Northampton, but he is ill able to bear it. 36. The King to the Bishop of London [Edm. Bonner]. Through his eyil examples the people absent themselves from prayer and the Holy Communion ; he is peremptorily commanded to reform that neglect. The heads prescribed for his first sermon at St. Paul's, particularly against the sin of rebellion. 87. Another copy of the heads of Bp. Bonner's sermon to be preached at St. Paid's ; with farther dii-ections in consequence of the defeat of the rebels. 38. Warwick to Cecill. State of affairs with France. Has received Commission to lead the shires of Cambridge, Bedford, Huntingdon, Northampton, and Norfolk ; advises the employment of the Marq. of Northampton. 39. The Council to ; directions not to come to London on the 14th instant as appointed, but to continue in readiness at an hour's warning. 40. Another copy. 41. Deposition of Andrew Blakman and Eic. Sylver, relative to the treasonable speeches of John Garnham of Winchester, inciting them to rebellion. 42. Kobert Broke and Ric. Goodrick to Somerset ; have exaroined Roger Lansdale, and report his deposition relative to John Gyle and Ric. Gyle, a priest, on certain matters concerning the Princess Mary. 43. The Council to the Bishops ; directions to preach the true word of God, and to teach the people their duty towards God and the King. 44. Fair copy of the above. 45. [Dr.] Glynn, of the Arches, to Sir T. Smith ; solicits the Advocate- ship of the Admiralty. Mr. Clapham has obtained his purpose. 46. The Council to Hen. Marq. Dorset ; thanks for the qtdetness of the shires of Leicester and Rutland. Object to the return of his brother, the Lord Tho. Grey, and have sent him with troops to Lord John Grey at Newhaven. 47. Same to Lord Russell. Rejoice in his success over the rebels. To search for Sir Tho. Pomery, and to send up Sir Humfrey Arondell, Maunder, and the Mayor of Bodmin, and two or three others of the rankest traitors. To delay a short time issuing the general pardon. 48. Henry Polsted to Cecill. Weakness of the co. of Surrey for want of more Justices. Deathof Sir Chr. More. Recommends the appointment of Wm. More his son, John Vaughan, John Agmocdesham, and John Byrche. Money is wanted for a county gaol. 22 DOMESTIC— EDWARD- VI. 1549. ^«^- ^' Aug. 31. 49. Alys Browne to "Wm. Cecill. Prays him to expedite the pardon Norborough. and return of her husband John Browne. Aug. .31. 50. Sir Anth. St. Leger to same. Progress of raising men in Kent. Ledes Castle. Solicits the Bishoprick of Kildare for a chaplain of his, named Lewes Tedder. Aug. (?) Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. 6. Babrame. 51. The Kiag to Princess Mary ; marvels at her refusing to conform to the order of Common Prayer lately set forth. Gives dispensation to her and her household to have private service in her own chamber. [Much mutilated.'] 52. Draft of the above. 53. Copy of the above, made before the mutilation. 54. Lord Russell, William Lord Grey (of Wilton), and Sir Wm. Herbert to the Council ; send up Pomery, ArundeU, and other prisoners. Castell, ArundelFs secretary, comes as an accuser, not as a prisoner. 55. Sir Wm. Woodhowsto Cecill ; sets forth the claims of his brother. Incloses, 55. I. SirTho. Wodhous to his brother; Warwick has executed many at Norwich, a/nd bestowed their goods. Complains of being unremunerated for his services and losses during the rebellion, and of being left out of the Commission of Oyer and Terminer. Waxham, Sept. S. 55. II. Same to same ; desires to have a Commission for the Ad/mi- ralty, being appointed Vice Admiral of Norfolk and Suffolk. Norwich, Sept. 5. Sept. 10. 56. Sir Anth. Auchar to Cecill. Sends information of words spoken by George Flecchar. Is apprehensive of the new party called Common- wealths men, thought to be favored by the Protector. Sept. (12?) 57. Commission to Archbp. Cranmer, Bp. Ridley and others, com- manding them to call Bishop Bonner before them for not having complied with certain injunctions in the sermon preached by him at St. Paul's. Sept. 1.3. 58. Interrogatories administered to the Bishop of London. 69. Warwick to CeciU. Recommends the payment of Thos. Drm-y and his troop, for their services against the rebels. 60. Sir Nicholas Le Strange to the same. Exonerates himself from participation in any commotion in Norfolk. 61. Richard Lord Rich (Lord Chancellor) to same. Du-ects that Essex and Nich. More, two prisoners, be sent to Brentwood for trial ; and to know where each should be executed. Sept. 18. 62. Sir Edw. Wotton to same. In favor of Hugh Darrel for the Warwick Lane, office of Bailiff of certain lands in Kent, void by the death of Deryng, late Bailiff there. Sept. 14. Ely Place. Sept. 15. Lynn. Sept. 18. Lees. DOMESTIC — EDWAED VI. 23 1549. ^'^^^ ^11- Sept. (28?) 63. Tho. Parry to Wm. Cecill. Transmits a letter from Princess Eliza- Hatfleid. beth to Somerset. Her commendations to Cecill. Parry assures Cecill of his friendship. The Princess will not yet remove to Ashridge. Sept. 25. '64. Same to same. Interview of the Venetian Amb. with the Princess Elizabeth. She requests the Lord Protector may be informed of it. Sept. 28. 65. Sir Fr. Dawtrey to same. Prays for a licence for a thousand tons of wine. Sept.? 66. The King "to certen speciall men in the Shires where tumultes and rysinges • have byn." Directs the proclamation against idle vagabonds to be strictly enforced, and all stirrers up of tumults to be hanged without delay. Sept. 67. Sir Harry Hussey to Cecill ; in behalf of Eic. Cooke and John Francis for certain goods taken from them in France. Sept. (?) 68. Edw. Morley to Sir T. Smith. Solicits payment of the annuity of lOl. per ann., granted to his wife out of Sherburn House, with all arrears. Dr. Bellasis has become possessor of the said House since the death of Dr. Legh. Vol. IX. October — December, 1549. Oct. 1. 1. Proclamation, signed by the King, commanding all his loving sub- Hampton Court, jects to repair to Hampton Court to defend him and the Lord Protector. Oct. 5. 2. The same, to all Justices of Peace, Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. Cer- tified copy of the above. Oct. 5. 3. The King to Sir Hen. Seymour. Warrant to raise men and to Hampton Court, bring them to the Court without delay, to suppress a conspiracy. Signed by the King's stamp. Oct. 5. 4. Somerset to his servant Golding. Orders to assemble the Earl of Hampton Court. Oxford's servants for the King's service. Oct. 5. 5. Same to Lord EusseU and Sir "Wm. Herbert. Desires their pre- HamptonCourt. sence, with their servants. Oct. 6. 6. Same to same. Describes the conspiracy which has arisen against Hampton Court, the King. Desires them to hasten to Court. Oct. 6. 7. Same to same. Sends his son, Sir Edw. [Seymour], to inform Hampton Court, them of the state the King is in. Oct. 6. 8. The King to the same. To attend with all the force they can Hampton Court, raise, to defend him and Somerset. Oct. 6. 9. Same to same. Urges them to hasten to his defence. The con- Hampton Court, spirators report that Somerset has sold Boulogne. Oct. 6. 10. The Council in London to • Directions to declare Loudon. to the people the treasons of Somerset, and to be ready to repair to London, 24 DOIIESTIC — EDWAED VI. 1549. Oct. (7?) Oct. (7?) Oct. (7?) Oct. (7?) Vol. IX. 11. Address, signed Henry A., to the people of England, exhorting them not to be carried away by the crafty policy of traitors who have conspired to depose the Lord Protector. Indorsed " A seditious bill found in London," addressed, " Kede it and gyve it furth." 12. Another address to the people, calling on them to defend the King and the Lord Protector. 13. " A device for letters to be sent from the King to the Nobilitie " in favour of the Duke of Somerset." 14. Minutes of various transactions, in the same hand as the pre- ceding. Lord St. John (Lord Great Master) takes possession of the Tower ; Sir Thos. Darcy committed, &c. Oct. 7. 15. The King to the Bailiffs and Constables of Uxbridge, &c. ; to levy Windsor Castle. ^U the force in their power, especially archers, and to bring them well victualled to Windsor Castle. Oct. 7. Windsor Castle. Oct. 7. Oct. 7. Oct. 7. London. Oct. 7. London. Oct. 7. London. Oct. 8. AndOTer. Oct. 8. Windsor Castle, 16. Somerset to the Council. Marvels that they have stayed Sir Wm. Petre, and have returned no answer to the message sent by liim. Eveiy reasonable condition wiU be granted by the King. 17. The Council to the King. Have heard Ins message sent by Petre. They are grieved his Majesty should doubt their fidelity to liim. The only cause of their consulting together is to get rid of Somerset. [Draft, partly in Petre's, partly in Wriothesley's hand,] 18. 19. Two copies of the above. 20. Same to the Sheriff of . Declaring the treasons of Somerset, who endeavoured to levy great numbers of men for the purpose of compassing his treasons. Directs the Sheriff not to suffer any of the King's subjects to be raised, but by their order. 21. Same to the Justices of Peace. To the same effect. 22. Same to Archbp. Cranmer and Lord Paget, at Windsor. Protest their loyalty ; are willing to treat with Somerset, if he will absent himself from the King, disperse his forces, and submit. 23." Lord Russell and Sir Wm. Herbert to Somerset. Are sorry for the dissensions between him and the Nobility. Have received adver- tisement from the Lords in London that they intend no displeasure against the King. They mislike Somerset's proclamations for raising the Commons, &c. 24. The King to the Council in London. Laments the present state of affairs. Somerset means no hurt to his royal person, therefore thinks it not wise to proceed to extremity against liim. Incloses, 24. I. Articles offeredhy the Lord Protector to the King, in presence of the Council and others, at W'mdsor, to he declared to the Lords, &c. remaining in London. Oct. 8. Signed by the King. Oct. 8. 25. 25. Windsor Castle, articles. Copy of the King's letter to the Lords, and Somerset' DOMESTIC— EDWARD VI. 25 1549. ^0^- I^- Oct. 8. 26. Cranmer, Paget, and Sir T. Smith to the Council, in answer to Windsor Castle, their letter of the 7th. Explain the state of both parties ; and assert their own loyalty. Somerset is willing to resign the office of Protector. Oct. 8. 27. Sir T. Smith to Secretary Petre. Urges him to moderation: Windsor Castle, the Protector is wiUing to resign his office. Entreats that the realm should not be in one year made the scene of a double tragedy. Oct. 8. London. Oct. 8. Oct. 8. Mark-hall. Oct. 9. Wilton. Oct. 9. Wilton. Oct. 9. Wilton. Oct. 9. Oct. 9. Oct. 9. Oct. 9. Oct. 9. Westminster, Oct. 9. Oct. (9?) Windsor Castle. Oct. 10. 28. The Council to the Sheriif, Justices, &c. of Counties. Direc- tions not to levy any forces, under authority of the King's hand, stamp, and signet, the same having been abused by the D. of Somerset, unless signed by the Privy Council. 29. DupKcate of the above. 30. Harry Lord Morley to the Council, defend the King at an hour's warning. Will hold himself ready to 31. Lord Russell and Sir Wm. Herbert to the same. The country in great uncertainty and confasion. Have stayed all the forces of the Western parts from going to the Protector's assistance. Eequest directions. Inclosing, 31. 1. Russell and Herbert to the Sheriff of Gloucester and other Sheriffs ; to suppress the publication of any idle rumours tvithioi that county ; and to forbid all persons from assem- bling without due authority. 32. Copy of the above. 33. The Council to the Princesses Mary and Elizabeth. Set forth the alleged malpractices of the Lord Protector, and express their trust that their Graces will adhere to their party against him. 34. Copy of the above. 35. The same to the King, in answer to his letter of the 8th. The present troubles arise entirely from Somerset. Profess their loyal attachment, and require that the forces assembled by the Protector be sent away, and they, the Lords, be recalled to his Majesty's presence. 36. Copy of the above. 37. Same to Cranmer and Paget. Desire them to be careful not to suffer the King to be removed from Windsor. They marvel that he should remain under Somerset's protection. Exhort them to join ia measures for the King's protection. 38. Copy of the above. 39. Smith to Petre. Begs him to appease the present disturbances. Expresses the difficult position he is in. 40. Proclamation, by the Council in London, against the putting forth seditious bills and papers for aiding the traitorous acts of the Duke of Somerset, ,26 DOMESTIC— EDWARD VI. 1549. Oct. 11. Oct. 11. Windsor. Oct. 11. Oct. 11. London. Oct. 14 Oct. 16. Oct. 16. Oct. 22. Oct. 31. Westminster. Oct. (31). Oct. . Oct. (?) Oct. (?) Nov. (5). Nov. 20. Westminster. Vol, IX. 41. Minute of the whole discourse of the Duke of Somerset's doings; addressed to the Ambassadors. [A Proclamation by the Council in London, dated on the 8th of October, (which is not preserved among the State Facers,) declaring the whole of the treasonable acts of the Duke of Somerset, is extant in the Library of the Society of Anti- quaries, London.'] 42. Cranmer, Paget, and Sir Anth. Wyngfeld (Vice-Chamberlain) to the Council. Arrest of Somerset, and removal of his family. Par- ticulars of the King's health and deportment. 43. Copy of the above. 44. The Council to . Directions to stay their forces. The King is in health and safety, and Somerset in custody. 45. Same to the Lieut, of the Tower. To suffer no one to speak with Somerset, or the other prisoners. Their servants not to be suf- fered to go abroad. 46. Same to the Lords Lieuts. of certain Counties, to levy men for the service at Boulogne, and to select those who had been ringleaders in the late commotions. 47. List of Counties and of the numbers to be raised therein for Boulogne. With minute for the Lord Warden (Sir Thos. Cheyne) and Dr. Wotton to be sent to the Emperor, to declare the causes of Somerset's removal. [By a Minute of Council, it appears that Sir Ph. Hoby was sent instead of Wotton^ 48. Report of prisoners in the Tower, with the causes of their com- mitment, and directions in the margin for their disposal, with a list of those lately committed. 49. The Council to the Captain of the Isle of Scilly (Mr. Godolphin), to inform Sir Ric. Southwell and Sir Edw. North of the state of his charge there, and to follow their directions. 50. List of different Governments and Commanders, to which letters similar to the above were addressed, and of the Councillors with whom they are to correspond. 51. Remembrance of certain duties pertaining to the Earl of Warwick as Constable of Dover, Lord Warden, and Admiral of the Cinque Ports'. 52. Information given to the Council, of the conveying away of goods, &c. belonging to Protector Somerset, from his houses at Sion and Shene. 63. Information given by Sir Walter Mildmay of certain stuff, money and plate of the King's, which the Duke of Somerset appro- priated to Ins own use. 64. A memorial for William Tirrell, sent to the ScUly Isles for survey of the same. 55. The Council to the Justices of the Shires. Directions to search all barns, &c. for corn, and to compel a sufiicient supply to be brought to market, and to apprehend all regrators and forestallers. DOMESTIC— EDWARD VI. 27 1549. Nov. 27. Dec. 25. Westminster. Dec. 28. Kingston. 1549 (?) Vol. IX. 66. The Council to the Justices of Peace of certain Shires ; to arrest such of the new levies for Boulogne as have returned without passport. 57. The King and Council to the Bishops. Reports, since the appre- hension of Somerset, that the old Latin service and Popish superstitions are to be restored. The Bishops to command the clergy to bring in all the books of the old Church services, and to enforce obedience to the King's ordinances. 58. Duchess of Suffolk to Cecill. Received his letters on horseback, as she was going to Mr. Bucer's. Friendly conversation. Promises poor [Dr.] Cornelius shall have his money. On the back of this letter is copy of one addressed by Cecill to Cornelius, advising him to take heed of his diet ; their hope comes slowly forward ; sends him the Duchess's letter. 59. The names of all the g-lmsmen of Christ's Church, Oxford, what they be, and their abiding places. ' .._^„ Vol X. Januaey — October, 1550. Feb. 21. 1- Indenture of assignment from Dr. John Storye to Sir Wm. Herbert (Master of the Horse), of the lease of the Prebend of Totten- hall or Tottenham Court, within the Church of St. Paul's, London. March 6. Grant of Arms to Richard Elken, of London, by Sir GUbert Dethick, Garter King-at-Arms. iGrmit of Arins, No. 6.] March 25. 2. Duchess of Suffolk to Cecill. He has set her greatest fear at ^ttage of rest, relative to Somerset's matter with the Council Has heard that ^ "■ there is hope of his being called shortly to the Council, &e. [^Somerset was restored to the Council on the 10th of April 1550.] March 25. 3. John [Salcott or Capon] Bishop of Salisbury to same ; cannot Salisbury. grant his request in favour of Mr. Brown for the next vacant prebend. Has already granted two advocations, one to Sir Wm. Herbert, the other to Dr. Oking, his Chancellor. April 23. 4. Sir John Thynne to same ; in favour of Mr. Lok, for a benefice in London. Somersetshire. April 27. 5. Duchess of Suffolk to same. Thanks are due to Somerset for Kingston. appointing a hearing of the matter between Fulmerton and Nawnton. The right is with her friend, whose cause she recommends. May 9. 6. Same to same. Much desires a match between Somerset's daugh- Kingston. ter and her son, but wishes to let the parties have their free choice. May 12. 7. Particular of the rental of the manor of Cheatham (Chatham?), CO. Kent, for one whole je&r. May 18. 8. Duchess of Suffolk to Cecill. Desires his opinion touching the Kingston. purchase of Spilsby Chantry, according to Lord Paget's advice. June 26. 9. Ric. Whalley to same. Details particulars of an interview with Ware. Warwick, relative to the proceedings of the D. of Somerset. Blames Somerset's endeavours to procure the enlargement of Bishop Gar dy net and Lord Armidel, and his efforts to regain his former power. 28 DOMESTIC — EDWARD VI. 1550. June 30. Baston. July L July 8. July (19?) July 19. July 24. Leighs. July 24. July 24. Leighes. July 24. Lee. Aug. 2. WeUs. Aug. 5. "WeUs. Aug. 8. Ersbye. Aug. 9. Venice. Aug. 16. Keading. Sept. 3. Stamford. Vol. X. 10. RandoU Lynne to Wm. Cecill. The inhabitants of Baston, CO. Lincoln, are willing to contribute towards the erection of a chapel, and hope he will make it their parish church. 11. Eic. Whalley to same. Begs to know when Somerset begins liis journey to Beading, and his circuit westward. 12. Sir Tho. Parry to same. The Princess Elizabeth thanks Somerset for his remembrance of her. Parry would not have solicited the office of the Princesses Keeper at Hatfield, if she had not freely given it to him. She win pass Mr. CecLirs patent of Surveyor under her hand and seal. 13. Case for legal opinion as to a lease of the rectory of Dale, during the sequestration of the Bishop. 14. Sentence of sequestration of Stephen Gardyner from his Bishop- rick of Winchester. 15. Attested copy of Letters Patent, granted by Edward Vl., for founding a Dutch Church in London, for the pure interpretation of the Scriptures and admiuLstration of the Holy Sacraments. Lat. ] 6. Translation of the above, in French. 17. Grant to Sir Thomas Wrothe, Gent, of the Privy Chamber, of the manor of Bardfield, with the Great and Little Park thereof, and the manoi's of Chigwell and Westhatche, co. Essex. [On the back of the second leaf is a draft (temp: Gh. I. ?) of the bond of Hughe Justyce, jdiomber, to keep in repair the waterworks at Oxford and Garfoxe, made at the charge of Otho Nicholson.l 18. John Eason to Cecill. Details and explains his transactions con- nected with the disgrace of Somerset. Examinations before the Council. Ill feeling of the Chalenors towards Cecill and himself Desires to be restored to his friendship. 19. John Goodman (Dean of Wells) to Mr Barwyke. Desires him speedily to inform Somerset of the conduct of Wm. Barlow, Bishop of Bath. Incloses, 19. I. Brief notes of the unseemly reports of the Bishop of Bath de- clared by him to sundry persons against the Duke of Somerset. 20. Same to same. Further charges against Bishop Barlow, who is determined to retain the Lordship of Wells. 21. Duchess of Suffolk to Cecill. Has received his letters and heard his ill news with regret. . 22. Sir Rob. Stafford to same. Congratulates him on the favourable termination of his late adversity, which lie has just heard of by Yaxley. 23. Thos. Fisher to same. Has been at Banbury to superintend Somerset's works there. Is detained at Reading by the illness of his wife. 24. Duchess of Suffolk to same. Thanks him for his gentle deport- ment towards her cousin Nawnton. Has resolved to allow idl. per annum to Fulmerston, DOMESTIC— EDWARD VI. 29 Vol. X. 25. Duchess of Suffolk to Wm. Cecill. Thanks for his letter and the news communicated. Has received and answered Lady Somerset's letter. 26. Thos. Birkhed (Vicar of Christ Church) to same. Prays him to intercede with Somerset for some other living near London, either at Westminster or Windsor. 27. Charles Lord Stourton to Wm. Cecill, Secretary of State. The bearer, Robert Eton, has served at Newhaven and at Boulogne. Prays Cecill to procure his wages to be paid. Sept. (14?) 28. Sir Edw. North to same. Begs him to forward Sir Arthur Darcy's lease in reversion. Congratulates him on his new office. 1550. Sept. 8 Ersbye. Sept. 9. London. Sept. 10. London. Sept. 14 Beading. 29. Sir John Thynne to same. Congratulations on his appointment. Desires to resign his Stewardship. Sept. (15?) 30. Warwick to same. Wonders that the matter of the Procla- mation had not been despatched on the coming of the Lord Chancellor. Purposes to take a bath for his health. Will sign anything relating to the proclamation that Somerset, CeciU, and the others resolve upon. [This letter has no date, hut by a Minute in the Council ^Register of the \'kth September 1550, it appears that a letter luas sent to Warwick with the draft of the proclamation for bringing in of grain, for him to " amende it as he shall see cause."^ Sept. 16. 31. Same to same. Sends the abstract of the writings which came Ely Place, from the B. of D. [Bishop of Durham] and M. [Ninian Menvile] to be submitted to Somerset. Has had conference with the Bishop. Sept. 18. 32. Duchess of Suffolk to same, Fears that Naunton may have Grimsthorp. fallen under Somerset's displeasure ; prays Cecil will deliver him from that position. Sept. 22. 33. Thos. Parry to same. Writes by command of Princess Elizabeth Asheridge. in favour of Johii Ronyon (yeoman of her robes) for the parsonage of East Harptree, Somerset. Her Grace has been indisposed. Sept. 27. 34. Wm. Turner to same. Prays to be preferred to the President- London, ship of Mag. Coll. Oxford, if the Archdeaconry of the East Riding of York, vacant by the death of Thos. Magnus, should be given to Dr. Oglethorpe. Lat. Sept. 28. 35. Harry Digby to same. Solicits him to admit his son Jasper to Tykyncote. ibe at his commandment. Sept. 30. 36. Ric. Goodrick to same. Difficulty in getting assiu-ance of Mr. Grey's lands. Offers to be CeciU's agent for the purchase of two houses that Lord Paget has in Chanon Row. Oct. 1. 37. Duchess of Suffolk to same. Desires a commission to determine TatershaU a controversy between her and the inhabitants of East Deeping, for a Castle. marsh and common in her Lordship of Pinchbeck. Oct. 2. 38. Same to same. In favour of the bearer, for expedition of a suit TatershaU. in Jersey; until the bearer returns to his garden she can have neither salads nor sweet herbs. 30 DOMESTIC — EDWAED VI. 1550. Oct. 2. Tatershall. Oct. 2. Oatlands. Oct. 2. Oatlands. Oct. 2. Oatlands. Oct. 3. Oatlands. Oct. 5. Oct. 8. Eichmond. Oct. 8. Tatershall. Oct. 12. Grantham. Oct. 23. Sydmanton. Oct. 26. Vol. X. 39. Duchess of Suffolk to Wm. Cecill. Congratulates him on the success of his exchanges, and having come to a good market (alluding to his office of Secretary). Is fittiag out a ship at Boston 40. The Council to special persons in every County, directing them to enforce execution of the proclamation for reducing the high price of corn and other commodities. 41. Minute of the above. 42. Same to the Justices of Peace, to the same effect. 43. Same to the Lords Lieutenants of Counties, informing them of the two preceding letters ; with similar directions. 44. Ric. Goodrick to Cecill. Beseeches him to discharge Mr. Grey. Sends draft of the indenture between Cecill and Mr, Pope, for a house of Lord Paget's. 45. Warrant to Sir Edm. Pekham to dehver to Sir John York (Treasurer of the Mint in Southwark) all such coin as shall be made of bullion brought by him into the Mint. 46. Duchess of Suffolk to Cecill. Is grieved by Somerset's dealing in the matter between her cousin Naunton and Fulmerston. Blames his Grace's Lady for it. 47. "William Rede, minister of God's word at Grantham, to same. Is disturbed by Mr. Armstrong in some chantry land attached to his residence, there being no mansion-house belonging to the vicarage of Grantham. 48. John Kyngysmyll to same. In favour of the bearer, who is ill-used by the Parson of Broughton, at the instigation of John Coke and John Richards, for giving certain information to the Council. 49. Tho. Lord Lawarre to same. Begs him to forward certain letters to the Duke of Somerset and the Coxmcil. Nov. 2. Pinchheck. Nov. 5. Nov. 14. Nov. 15. Stamford. Nov. 17. Westminster. Vol. XI. November — December, 1550. 1. Ric. Ogle to Cecill. Has sent him four marks for the fees of Toft and Gosberkyrke. Thanks for kindness to his daughter. 2. John Beamont to same. Desires to occupy a piece of land imder him. Certain slanders have been reported of him, Beamont. 3. Tho. Lord Lawarre to same. Proceedings in executing the orders for taking up grain for victualling Calais and other places in France, for six months. 4. Duchess of Suffolk to same. Desires an amended warrant for Spilsby Chantry. 5. The Council to special persons in each County, appointing them Commissioners to enforce the execution of the. King's proclamation for bringing grain, butter, cheese, &c. to the markets. DOMESTIC — EDWARD VI. 31 1550. Nov. 17. Westminster, Nov. 18. Nov. 19. Westminster. Vol. XI. Nov. 19 Stamford. Nov. 19. Offington. Nov. 19 Boston. Nov. 23. Beaulieu. Nov. 28 Newark-on- Trent Nov. 28 Dec.6. Westminster. Concerning the 6. The Council to the Lords Lieuts. of Counties, execution of the proclamation for grain. 7. List of the messengers that carried the letters concerning grain. 8. Demise to Ealph Sherman, Yeoman of the Ewry, of the rectories of Braifelde (late of the Monastery of St. Andrew's, ia Northampton), WenHngburghe (late of the Monastery of Croyland), Woolaston and Barton Yerles (late of the Monastery of De la Prey), ia co. North- ampton, for 21 years, after the expiration of the interest therein granted to WiUiam Lord Parr of Horton. Lat. Thanks for what he has done in her 9. Duchess of Suffolk to Cecill. cousin Naimton s cause. 10. Lord LawaiTe and Edw. SheUey to same. Delay in executing the proclamation for grain, &c,, owing to the number of Justices of Peace now absent in London. Have begun a sturvey of the contents of the bams. Deficiency both of barley and malt. 11. Mayor. &c. of Boston to same. In great distress for want of wheat and other grain. Pray for licence to buy grain in other shires. 12. Princess Mary to Lord . States her reasons for not wishing to change her present residence. Was driven from Wansted by one dying of the plague there. Thanks him for the offer of one of the King's houses. [1550?] 13. Wm. Eygges to Cecill. Exculpates himself from any intention of giving offence. Cecill would not be displeased relative to the quit rents, if he knew the circumstances. 14. Wm. Turner to same. Remarks on his non-appointment to either Magdalen or Oriel Colleges. The Papists wiU live their time in the College benefices. Begs Cecill will sue for no more benefices for him. Proposes to go into Germany, and offers to correct the whole New Testament, and finish other works. 15. The King and Council to the Jiostices of Peace, The former proclamation relative to grain, butter, and cheese is revoked, and the matter left to the discretion of buyers and sellers. Dec. 20. Boston. 16. Mayor, &c. of Boston to CeciU. Thanks for his forbearance towards them in not entering their lands, pending the suit between the King and themselves. Dec. (20?) 17. Draft of a Bill in Parliament for the better administration of justice by Sheriffs and Bailiffs. Vol. XII. 1550; MS. intituled "A discussion of Mr. Hoper's oversight, where he entreeteth amonge his other Sermons the matter of the Sacrament of the Bodye and Bloode of Christe, 1550." These answers to Hoper s arguments are by Gardyner, Bp. of Winchester. 32 DOMESTIC — EDWARD VI. Vol. XIIL— 155]. 1551. Jan. 5. 1. Wm. Turner to Wm. Cecill. Opinion of Archbp. Cranmer that the Somerset Place. Bishop of Bath had no authority to depose the Dean. The lawyers of the Arches Court will obstruct him in succeeding to the Deanery. Jan. 16. Westminster. Jan. 18. London. Jan. 20. Feb. 8. Blankeney. Feb. 17. Cambridge. March 4. Ingatestone. March 4. March 23. March (?) March (?) March (?) April 17. May 2. Pinchbeck. May 14. Eatcliff. 2. Licence by the King for John Earl of Warwick to sell the manor of Lydney, co. Gloucester, to Sir Wm. Herbert. 3. Wm. Lane, merchant of London, to Cecill. Concerning several matters affecting the interests of the realm. Project for debasing the coin, exchanges, commerce, &c. 4. Walter Bower to Wm. Turner, doctor of physic. The President of their College has desired to know their mind if they wiU be content to retain him for their head. Solicits Turner to use all his influence to obtain it. Objections to Mr. Harley. 5. Thos. Husey to Cecill. Has received by his nephew Thorold his pleasure touching the lease of Caythropp Park. Desires an impartial heai'ing in the difference between him and Nicholas Bayly. 6 Duchess of Suffolk to same. Begs his aid in forwarding a letter of Martin Bucer's, who is sick. [Bucer died on the 27th of February 1551. There is a Minute of Council of the 31st of March, directing Mrs. Bucer to be paid her husband's half year's pension due to hv)n at Lady Bay last, " although he died before."] 7. Sir Wm. Petre to same. Is sorry for the news contained in his letters. Thanks him for a book. His little ones, when they are able, shall send him some proof of their progress. 8. Memoranda relating to various matters of business. 9. Patent by the King, constituting John Poynet, Bishop of Eochester, Bishop of Winchester, in place of Stephen Gardyner, deprived. Lat. 10. Two papers of Memoranda of matters for the Privy Council. 11. Remembrances for the Council ; of the same period as the preceding. 12. Another paper of Memoranda of matters for the consideration of the Council ; fuller than the last. 13. John Hoper, Bishop of Gloucester, to CeciU. Urges him to oppose the grant of any licence for one man to hold two livings. Laments the dearth and scarcity of provisions. Requests license to eat flesh upon fish days, for himself and John Samford. 14. Ric. Ogle to same. Sends him the deed for the Recordership of Boston, and also his fees as Steward of the manors of Toft and Gosber- kyrk. Lady Suffolk was never so well served therein as now. 15. Edw. Lord Clynton (Lord Admiral) to same. .Beseeches him to forward a certain matter for Mr. Wynbeshe, and also that the parsonage of Oldkirk near Calais may be resented during his absence. DOMESTIC— EDWARD VI. 33 1551. May 1 4. Vol. XIII. 1 6. Sir Will. Petre to Wni. Cecill. Thanka for his letters, especially- East Thomdon. for the news that his health is recovered. May 15. Westminster. May 20. Sempringham. May 22. Wells. May 22. Bourne. May 24. Bourne. May 24. Lees. May 25. Bourne. May 25. Gloucester. May 28. Sempringham. May (?) June 17. Jnae 17. July 1. Lenwieh. 17. Wm. Earl of Wiltshire (Lord Treasurer) to same. Has written to Bishop Tunstall and the Dean of Durham to be at the Court on Monday. Other points of business. Sir Robt. Brandling to attend. 18. Lord Clynton to same. Requests dispatch in Wynbeshe's matter. Wishes to be informed what personage is coming from France. 19. Wm. Turner (Dean of Wells) to same. Will help " Acanthinus," the person recommended to be schoolmaster at Wells. Mr. Cardmaker will favor him. Describes the opposition he has met with in taking possession of the Deanery. The canons annoy him and favor Goodman. July 18. Hampton Court. Ilhiess has prevented him from coming go through with Ballerd as to some 20. Sir Anth. Auchar to same, to the Court. Advises him to purchase. 21. Same to same. Particulars of the rental of Horton ; Ballerd has some land adjoining ; advises Cecill to take both. 22. Lord Chancellor Rich to Lord Trev. Wiltshire. Has despatched the Commission and Instructions for the Lord Marquis (Dorset) and the Commission of Lieutenancy for Kent to the Lord Warden (Sir Thos. Cheyne) only. 23. Sir A. Auchar to same. Intends to be at the Court on Thursday. Wishes to know how he proceeds with his purchase. 24. Bishop Hoper to same. Pernicious doctrines set forth by one Thomas Penne. Commends the bearer, Mr. Restell, alderman of Gloucester. Incloses, 24. I. Articles of Religion set forth and %i,plielcl hy Thos. Pen/me particidarly as to the human nature of the Saviour. May 2 5 25. Lord Clynton to same. Thanks for despatch of Mr. Wynbeshe. Wishes to know when the French Ambassador wiU arrive. 26. Sir Ric. Rede and others to same. Certificates in favor of John Gunwyne, as a person of learning, having diligently studied at Oxford and Cambridge. 27. Form of Oath subscribed by John Scorey, Bishop Elect of Rochester, taken before the King. 28. Copy of the above. 29. The King to the Sheriffs of Counties, commanding them not to break the seal of the writ then sent them until the morniag of the 8th instant. Indorsed, " M. to the Shryves for the pclaiming of the pclamacon for coyne." [This %vas a j^roclamatioi dated in June, but without a day of the month, for reducing immediately the value of the teston or shilling to 9cl., and the groat to 3d.] 30. The King and Council to the Bishops. Desiring them to exhort the people to a diligent attendance at Common Prayer, and so to avert the displeasure of Almighty God, He having visited the realm with tho " extreme plague of sudden death." c 34 DOMESTIC — EDWARD VI. 1551. ^°^- ™- July 20. 31. The King and Council to Sheriffs of Counties. To put the laws Hampton Court, in force against Regrators, ForestaUers, &c., according to the Procla- mation.. July 31. Bonham. Aug. (11?) Aug. 12. Hampton Court. Aug. 29. Aug. 29. Sept. 3. Sempringham. Sept. 7. Lincoln. Sept. 9. Putney. Sept. 9. London. Sept. 10. Scilly Isles. Sept. 13. Lincoln. Sept. 14. London. Sept. 16. Fulham. 32. Roger Basyng and others to the Council. Proceedings of the Sheriff of Wilts. Mrs. Ryse keeps forcible possession of the manor place of Stourton against Mr. Fauntleroy. Taunting speeches of Wm. Hartgill. 33. Proclamation for stiU farther reducing the teston or shilling to 6d sterHng, the groat to 2d, the 2d. to one penny, &c. 34. The King and Council to the Sheriff of commanding him not to break open the writ to him addressed until 16th Aug. instant. Indorsed, " For proclayming the cojoie downe." 35. Report of the Lord Chancellor Rich, Sir Anth. Wingfield, Comp- troller, and Sir Wm. Petre, of the execution of their charge to visit the Princess Mary at her house at Copthall, Essex, and to forbid that Mass should be performed in her house, &c. [Injured by damp. The above Report, a/nd the letters between the King and Princess Mary on the subject, are entered at length in the Council Register, Ed/w. VI., Vol. 3., pp. 360, 364, 381.] 36. Copy of the above. 37- Lord Clynton to Cecill. Arrest of seditious persons in Stamford. Recommends him to send for and examine them. 38. Sii' Francis Ayscough and others to same. As arbitrators with Sir Edw. Dymoke in the matter between Mr. Dyon and the Vicar of Taithwell, co. Lincoln, have not yet been able to determiue the case. 39. Ric. Goodrick to same. Is left sole solicitor in Mr. Morrisyn's affair ; desires a warrant for 600?. for his diet. 40. Sir Wm. Petre to same. Recommends the bearer, who desires to succeed to the Mastership of the Savoy. [Sir Robt. Bowes was nominated on the 2ith of October following. Co. Reg.'] 41. John Kyllygrew, junr., to same. Requests more money for pay- ment of the works at Scilly. Begs to know if he is to keep any men at work during winter. 42. J. Dyon to same. Transmits the letter of the arbitrators in the matter between him and the Vicar of TaithweU, by whom he has been maliciously slandered. 43. Sir Wm. Petre to same. Thanks for his pains in the matter of the Savoy. Sends draft of a commission for visitation of that house. Begs him to take charge of some papers relative to the Bishop of Dur- ham's cause. 44. Nich. Ridley, Bp. of London, to same. Playfully promises to spare him half a dozen trees. Complains of spoil made in the woods b«jloiiging to his See. DOMESTIC— EDWARD VI. 35 Vol. Xni. 45. Geo. Williams to Wm. Cecill. Has taken order for repair of the Chancel of Ewi'by. Rigges, the auditor, has felled some ash trees in the King's lordship of Cathrop. 46. Bartholomew Traheron to same. Solicits the King's letter to the Prebendaries of Chichester in his favor. lOn the 2d of October the Council wrote to the Preberhdaries directing them to elect Mr. Traheron as their Dean. Go. Reg.'] 47. The Council to Sir Edm. Pekham. The matter of the coinage has been submitted to the King. Directions thereon relative to the standard and impressions of the coin. 48. Council with the King to the Council in London. Sending up Tho. Troughton to be put in the pillory for sedition on the next market day in London. [The Council only held ttvo sittings at Oatlands, in Sept. 1551, viz., on the 2Uh and 25th.'] 49. Sir Eic. Rede and Ric. Lyell to Cecill. Have sent the com- mission (for trial of the matters of the Bishops Heath of Worcester and Day of Chichester), and request directions. 50. Names of Commissioners for examination of the Bishops of Chichester and Worcester, and names of those eligible for the two Arch- bishopriclcs in Ireland. [_Some names selected by the King him,self.] 51. Ric. Goodrick to Cecill. Confides in his friendship. Knows not what suit Mr. Cheke has made, but he himself had made suit for the same matter. Mr. Cheke's unkindness has thrown him into a fit of illness. Sept. 28. 52. Ric. Alan to same. Has been incarcerated for four months, and [4 Kal. Oct.] deprived of the use of ink and paper. Prays for his liberation. Lat. 1551. Sept. 21. Denton. Sept. 19. GiUldford. Sept. 25. Sept. (25?) Oatlands. Sept. 26. London. Sept. (26 ?) Sept. 27. Sept. 30. Ingatestone. 53. Sir Wm. Petre to same. Is not able to travel towards the Court. Recommends Lady Southampton's suit. Incloses, Sept. (?) Grimsthorp. Monday. Oct. 1. 5 3 1. Jane Countess of Southampton to Petre. Com^plainsthatHierom, Colas, French teacher to her children, has left her service ; begs he may be compelled to retxtrn. Subbarton, Sept. 23. 54. Duchess of Suffolk to same. Is thankful to God for all his benefits. Her resignation imder this last sharp and bitter trial (the death of her two sons, ob. 14 July). Thanks Cecill for his friendship. 55. The King to Lord Chanc. Rich. Desires to know why execu- tion of the commission for trial of the causes of the Bishops of Wor- cester and Chichester has been so long delayed.' What the King directs, by advice of his Council, though less than eight ia number, is of sufficient authority. Oct. 1. 56. Copy of the above. Oct. 11. Ceremonies on the creation of Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, John Hampton Court. Sutton (Duddeley) Duke of Northumberland, William Paulett-Marq. of Winchester, and Sir William Herbert Earl of Pembroke ; and the making of Sir Wm. Cecill, Sir John Cheke, Sir Henry Sidney, and Sir Henry Neyil, Knights. {See 2 Sept. 1554.] c 2 36 DOMESTIC— EDWAED VI. 1551. Oct. (16?) Westminster. Oct. 19. Northampton. Oct. 20 [Oct. 20.] [Oct. 20.] Oct. (?) Oct. (?) Nov. 24. Nov. (?) Nov. (?) Nov. (?) Nov. (?) Dec. 1. Wotton. Dec. 11. Vol. XIII. 57. The Council to Justices of Peace. Declaration of the detestable attempts of the Duke of Somerset against the State. Committal of him to the Tower ; as also Lord Grey, Sir Ralph Fane, and others. 58. John Hanbie to Sir William Cecill. Particulars of the demise of Pyckeworth Outfield and Pyckeworth Infield, co. Rutland, parcel of the late Lord Hussey's lands, and other lands, parcel of the monastery of Oulveston, co. Leicester, claimed by Sir John Harrington and Edm. Hall. Has no survey of the manor of Barrodon, granted to the : Princess Elizabeth. 59. Certificate, by inhabitants of Thorpe and Achurch, attested by Geo. Williams, of the amount of tithes claimed and paid for the close called the Great Coneynger, appertaining to the manor place of Thorpe- waterfelde, Northampton. 60. Note of timber required to mend the barn and mill at Thorpe Achurch. 61. Estimate of timber and carpenters wages for the above work. 62. [ ] to Cecill. Detail of his proceedings with Edward Marsh, parson of Swafield, relative to the apportionment of the tithes of Belton. Incloses, 62 I. Declaration of Harry Laughton and Rich. Topper of the pro- portion of tithes of Belton, in the fields of Siuafield, due to the parsonage of Corby, co. Lincoln. May 27. 63. List of the new Commissioners for visitation of Oxford. 64. The King to Lord Chanc Rich. Directions to make out a com- mission under the Great Seal, for trial of the Duke of Somerset and others for high treason. 65. Deposition of Crane relative to the alledged treasonable pro- ceedings of the Duke of Somerset, the Earl of Arundel, &c. 66. Report by divers Lords of the Council of the deposition of the Earl of Arundel, prisoner in the Tower; relative to certain conferences between him and the Duke of Somerset. 67. Further report of the depositions of the Earl of Arundel, relative to the plot devised by the Duke of Somerset for seizing Northumberland and Northampton at the Council. 68. Charges against Mr. Kymball, mayor of Cambridge, of factious conduct towards the University, disclosing the Council's letters, making untrue reports to the Duke of Northumberland (Chancellor of Cam- bridge), and following the seditious courses of Roger Slegge, a common disturber. [On the 9th of Nov. 1551, the Privy Council xvrote lette to the townsmen of Cambridge to observe the privileges granted to the students. Co. Reg.] 69. Roger Lees (BailiflF of Wotton under Wyver, co. Stafford) to Sir W. Cecill. Rejoices that the King has given him the manor of Wotton. 70. Valerand Pollan (Superintendant of the Community of Flemish weavers settled at Glastonbury in Somersetshire) to the Council. Prays that the promises and articles entered into with them by the Duke of Somerset, may be carried into effect. Lat. DOMESTIC— EDWARD VI. 37 ,.-, Vol. XIII. lo5]. 71. Copy of the Covenants entered into by the Duke of Somerset at the instance of Valerand Pollan, for settlement of the Flemish weavers at Glastonbury. Lat. [Probably the document referred to in the preceding a.rticle.'] Dec. (18?) 72. Valerand Pollan to the Council. Prays for a gi-ant of ISll. and 9d. to pay their debts contracted in England. Lat. Dec. (1 8 ?) 73. Same to Sir W. Petre. Prays that he wUl forward their petition. Lat. Dec. 18. 7-i. The CouncU to Wm. Barlow, Bishop of Bath, Sir Hugh Poulet, Westminster. Sir John Seyntlow, Sir Tho. Dyer, and Ales. Popham. To supply the foreigners at Glastonbury with fit habitations in Orwell Park. Money advanced to them for the purchase of Wools, &c. Dec. 18. 75. Minute of the above, in Petre' s hand. Dec. 18. 76. Same to Wm. Crouch, (receiver of the D. of Somerset's revenues) Westminster, to pay the superintendent of the Strangers at Glastonbury certain sums to the amount of SiOL, for provision of wool, &c. Dec. 18. 77. Minute of the above. Dec. (?) 78. Depositions of Gregory Shard and Eliz. Tracy, relative to a plot to destroy the King. Dec. (?) 79. Memoranda of business for the Privy Council. 1.551 ? 80. Petition of the Merchants of the Staple to the King for renewal of their Charter for thirty years on payment of 1,000^. in three years. (?) 81. Statement of the causes of the great decay of the Fellowship of the Staple, by reason of the burthens imposed upon them, and by the importation of Spanish wools. (?) 82. Statement of "Dyvars good consyderations" why woUen clothes " hathe been excepted from subsydews in all Parliaments." 1552. Jan. 8. Ely Place. Jan. 12. Jan. 15. Vol. XIV.— January— August 1552. 1. John Duke of Northumberland to Sir Wm. Cecill. Directions to send letters to Lord Conyers to attend the Parliament ; Sir Ingram Clifford to be Captain of Carlisle, and Dep. Warden in his absence. Dispute between the Lord Dep. of Calais and the Duke's brother, Sir And. Duddeley. 2. Abstract of Articles touching the Strangers of Glastonbury ; ad- dressed to the Council by Bishop Barlow, Sir John Seyntlow, and Alex' Popham. With a schedule of other requests of the said Strangers. 3. Bishop Barlow, Sir John Seyntlow, and Alex^ Popham to the Council. Keport on the state of the Strangers at Glastonbury. Inclosing, 3 I. Articles drawn up as the answer of the Bishop of Bath, Seynt- low, and Popham, relative to the foreigners settled at Glastonbury, describing their present condition, and va- rious things necessary to he done for them. Jan. 13. 38 DOMESTIC — EDWARD VI. 1552. jAn. 23. Jan. 27. Jan. (?) 'eb. (10?) Feb. (?) Feb. (?) Feb. 24. Feb. (24?) March 1. March 3. March 3. March 4. March (?) March (?) April 7. Chelsea. April 8. April 12. April 25. St. James's. April CO May 3. Witham. Vol. XIV. 4. Memorandum in the King's handwriting of " Actes for tMs " Parliemente." 6. Northumberland to Sir Wm. Cecill. The Ambassador of France has appointed a meeting that afternoon ; the Lords must meet him, or else his coming must be deferred. 6. Names of the Lords and others of the Privy Council in 1552. 7. " Memoryall of diverse thinges for the Counsell." 8. Another paper of memoranda of matters for the Council. Nearly duplicate of the above. 9. Similar papers of memoranda. 10. Informations exhibited to the Coimcil by the Merchants of England against the Merchants stylmg themselves of the Hanse or StiUyards. 11. Statement of the causes declared to the King why the Mer- chants of the StiUyard, called the Merchants of the Hanse, ought not to have any such pretended privileges or liberties as they claim within the realm of England. 12. Indenture of Lease between the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's and Dr. John Denman and others, Churchwardens of St. Faith's, demising to them a certain vault under the Cathedral of St. Paul's, called the Crowdes or Jesus Chapel, together with the Chapel of our Lady and St. Nicholas. 13. Orders taken for the Strangers at Glastonbury, Co. Somerset. 14. Minutes relating to the same. 15. Memorandum of matters to be considered in the Privy Council. 16. Names of the Commissioners for execution of Penal Laws and Proclamations ; and abstract of their Instructions. 17. Instructions to the Commissioners for the consideration and execution of Penal Laws. 18. Northumberland to Cecill. To remember the Dean of Worcester's licence. Desires a grant to himself of the Palatine Jurisdiction of Dur- ham. Lady Margaret Douglas wishes to return home, being pregnant. 19. Clause of an Act for restraint of the sale of offices. 20. Draft of a Bill in Parliament for limitation of the late Duke of Somerset's lands. 21. Northumberland to Sir W. Petre or Cecill. To deliver to Lord Huntingdon's servant the warrant for the wages of his band of 50 demilances. 22. Memorial of certain matters to be considered by the Council. 23. Geo. Williams to Cecill. Has spoken with Mr. Browne for purchase of the land at Barholm. Has held Courts at Barroden and Casterton and endeavoured to hold a Court at St, Leonards. DOMESTIC— EDWARD VI. 39 1552. May 10. Vol. XIV. 24. Lease from the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, London, to the 12 Peticanons of the same, of the churchyard called Pardon Churchyard, for 98 years at 2s. per year, the said Peticanons covenanting to keep in repair the Cloisters standing between the Library and the Church. May (11?) 25. Memorial of the aifairs of the Council. Answer to the Orators of the Hanse Towns, &c. May (13?) 26. Eemembrances of matters for the Privy Council. May 1.3. 27. Duchess of Suifolk to Sir Wm. CecHl. Acknowledges his good Grimsthorp. will to her." Monson troubles her with complaints to the Lord Chan- cellor. (Tho. Goodrich, Bp. of Ely.) May 20. ^8- ^^g^ Manual of the Patent of Translation of John Hoper, Bishop of Gloucester, to the see of Worcester, and annexing the Bishopric of Gloucester to that of Worcester. Lat. May (28?) 29. Petition of Wm. Wiater to Northumberland ; relative to the ship and goods taken from him and George, his brother, by the French. May 28. Otford. May 28. Otford. May 28. Otford. May 30. Otford. May 31. Otford. May 31. Otford. May 31. June 1. June 2. Otford. June 4. Otford. 30. Northumberland to Cecill. Winter's slnp was wilfuUy spoiled by the French, and he desires letters to Baron de la Garde for reparation. 31. Same to same. In favor of an Italian gentleman named Peche for a passport for two geldings. Mr. Young has applied for the release of one Cornish. 32. Same to same. Desires licence for a son of John Harford to travel abroad for his education. Sends a letter from Sir And. Duddeley at Guisnes. The French King must dissemble, and the Scots make the fight. 33. Same to the Lord Chamberlain (Thos. Lord Darcy of Chiche). Has received Lord Paget 's several submissions ; finds great difierence between them. Thinks the proposed liberation of the Countess of Sussex should be well considered. 34. Same to Cecill. Submissions of Paget and the late Master of the Rolls (John Beaumont). WiU visit CeciU's Father in his way northward, and take a cup of wine at the door. 35. Same to same. Approves of the letter written to Lord Conyers. Has written to the Greymes. Lord Cobham is in danger of his life. 36. Memorandum of matters for the Council. 37. Northumberland to the Lord Chamberlain and Vice Chamberlain (Sir John Gates). John Fisher appointed Receiver of Yorkshire, which Mr. AVhalley had. Death of the wife of his son, Lord Ambrose Dud- deley. Her next heir is the son of one Horwood. [Whorwood ?] 38. Same to Lord Darcy and Cecill. Describes the symptoms of the disorder of which his daughter (-in-law) died, and awaits the King s pleasure. 39. Same to the Council. Has received theii- letters for staying himself and his sons tiU the fuU of the moon, for fear of infection. Purposes to be at the Court on Tuesday with his sons, and the Lords Huntingdon and Hastings, and Hs son [Henry] Sydney. 40 DOMESTIC— EDWAED VI. Vol. XIV. 1552. * June 4. Licence to Bishop Scorey to preach himself, and to license or forbid others to preach, within the Diocese of Chichester. \_I)ocquet.] June 6. .40^ Nortumberland to Sir Wm. Cecill. Thanks for the expedi- Otford. tion"of his warrants. Hopes on the morrow to return thanks in person. June 7. Lease to Sir Tho. "Wrothe for 21 years of the demesne lands of the late monastery of Syon and the mill of Istelworth [Isleworth], parcel of Somerset's lands. [Docquetl] June 7. Grant to the same for life, of the keeping of the capital house of Syon, with the stewardship of the lordship of Istleworth, and the keeping of various woods in co. Middlesex. [^Docquef] June 7. Grant, to Robert Cock, of the ofSce of Cliief Mason of the Castle of KilHngworth, co. Warwick, for life. [Docquef] June 7. Grant to D'' Bellowsesse of a prebend in the Cathedral Church of Carlisle, on the death of one Pyrrie. [Bocquet.li June 9. Grant to S' Rob' Bowes of the office of Master of the Rolls for Hfe. [Bocquef] June 9. Warrant to pay to EUzabeth Smythe, the King's Laundress, 6Z. 13s. id. per annum, for augmentation of her wages. [Docquet] June 9. Grant to Gyles Forrest, groom of the Chamber, of an allowance of 12d per diem. [Docquet] June 9. Lease for 21 years to S'" W. Cecill of the farm of Combe Nevell, alias Combe park, co. Surrey, parcel of Somerset's lands. [Docquet] June 9. Presentation to Mathew Parker of the prebend of Corringham in the church of Lincoln. [Docquet] June 9. Letter to the President and Chapter of Lincoln to elect Mathew Parker, D.D. to the Deanery of Lincoln. [Docquet] June 9. Warrant to dehver to Tho. Mayneman certain parcels of stuff for the King's Wardrobe at Greenwich. [Docquet] June 9. Warrant to pay to John Browne, one of the King's players of Interludes, five marks yearly for his wages and 11. 3s. 4d a year for Ms livery. [Docquet] June 9. Lease for 21 years to Wm. Aylraer, of the manor of Evercriche, co. Somerset, at the yearly rent of 491. I7s. 4^d., parcel of Somerset's lands. [Docquet] June 9. Grant to Abraham Longwel, Roger Shakespere, and Tho. Best (Yeoman of the Chamber) of a forfeit of 36^. 10s. [Docquet] June 9. Restraint of the killing of game for three years in the Parks of Eye and West-thorpe in the county of Suffolk. [Docquet] June 9. Restraint of the killing of game in the Park of Morlewood, Co. Gloucester. [Docquet] This is marked in the marnin by the King Unsigned. , ^ DOMESTIC— EDWARD VI. 41 Vol. XIV. Grant to Hugh Ellys of a lease in reversion for 21 years, of the Manor, &c. called Parkers, in the County of Warwick, lying in Shustoke, parcel of Sir James Fitzgarret's lands. [Bocquet] Licence for John Tailour, Bishop of Lincoln, to preach, and to forbid any not having the King's licence to preach, within his diocese. [Bocquet^ 41. Northumberland to the Lord Privy Seal (Bedford) and Marq. of Northampton. Recommends the suit of Sir Ralph Bagnal for the Monastery of Delecrest, Stafford, and Sir John Cop wold for a Bishopric vacant in Ireland. June 19. 42. Lord Clynton to Cecil! Begs to be informed at what time Sempringham. Northumberland will be at the house of Cecill's Father. Purposes to meet him. 1552. June 10. June 10. June 18. Royston, June 26. June (29?) June 29. 43. Conveyance by Sir John Williams (Treasurer of the Augmenta- tions) to Richard Warde, of the lands called Wood's Grove, in the parish of Hurst, Co. Wilts. 44. Petition of Sir Nicholas le Strange to the Council. Praying that 200/., the ransom for James Steward, may be paid to him, or a grant of land to the value of lOl. yearly in lieu thereof 45. List of Suits to be made to the King, moved on Sunday 29th June, viz : — For the children of the Earl of Surrey. Relief for Sir Anth. Cooke. For Norroy King at Arms to hold a visitation. For Mr. Cofferer (John Ryther) to have either the Manor of West Pemered [Pennard ?] or of Baltonsborough, Co. Somerset. For Chittewood for two Parks in Sussex. For Dr. Leyson for lands in Carmarthen and the farm of Man- erbery, Co. Pembroke. For Sir Tho. Dacres, for the Priory of Lanercost. For Sir Nich. le Strange, for 200?. in money or 101. a year in land. For Sir Ralph Bagnal, for the Monastery of Delecrest, Co. Stafford For deliverancp of Sir John Arundel. For my Lord of AVorcester's debts. And pardon to John Smallwell for slaughter of Geo. Johnson. June 29 ? 46. Another list of suits to be made ; all contained in the foregoing. June. Grimsthorp, June. June. June. June. June. 47. Duchess of Suffolk to Cecill. Sends him a buck : wished to have sent one to Mr. Latimer for the churching of hisJR=ife, but she must be churched without it. Invites Cecill to hunt in her parks. Mr. Bertie is in London. Grant to the Duke of Northumberland of the wardship and marriage of Wm. Flamock. [Bocquet] Grant to the Duke of Northumberland of the wardship and marriage of Margaret Whorwood. [Bocquet] Grant to Tho. Welden of the wardship and marriage of Tho. Welden, son and heir of Edw. Welden. [Bocquet] Grant to Sir Ric. Lister of the wardsliip and marriage of Richard Lyster. [Bocquet] Grant to John Payne of the wardship and marriage of Henry Chamber. [Bocquet] 42 DOMESTIC— EDWARD VI. 1552. June. June. June. June. June. June. June. July 1. July 26. Tower. July 27. Carlisle. July 28. The Tower. July 28. Pinchbeck. July. Aug. 1. Tower. Aug. 1. Tower. Vol. XrV. Grant to Michael Wentworth of the wardship and marriage of Gervays Storthes. [Docquet] Grant to William Hellard of the wardship and marriage of John Rokeby. [Bocquet] Grant to Eobert Carr of the wardship and marriage of Augustyne Smythe. [Docquet] Grant to John Holte of the wardship and marriage of Richard Seyman. [Bocquet] Warrant for the allowance and discharge of 118?. 8s. 2fd., owing by Gregory Raylton late Treasurer of the wars against Scotland, on settling his accompt. [Bocquet] Warrant for the delivery of certain stuff to the Master of the Horse and the Clerk of the Stable. [Bocquet] Grant to Sir Anthony S' Leger in fee farm, of the Castle, Manor, and Park of Ledes, Co. Kent, at the yearly rent of 101. [Bocquet] 48. Particular of the grant by the King to John Ryther (Cofferer of the Household) of the Manor of Balstonbury, Co. Somerset. 49. Sir Ph. Hoby (Master of the Ordnance) to CeciU. Thanks him for his letter of the 24th. Transmits a statement of the Venetian Ambassador's to be delivered to the King. 50. Northumberland to same. Is glad of his return to Court. Has received a letter from Mr. Vannes (from Venice) and likes his advice that Mr. Pickering should gently entertain the Duke of Ferrara's son, who would be a good match for one of the King's sisters. 51. Sir Phil. Hoby to same. Can only send a very small propor- tion of munition to Calais and Guisnes. 52. Ric. Ogle to same. Thanks him for the matter of the Sewers in those parts. Does not know if Hall's lease were granted by the Duke of Suffblk or Bishop of Durham. Is competent to discharge the office of a Baron of the Exchequer. Incloses, 52 I. Na/ines of the Commissioners proposed for the new Com/mission of Sewers within the five Shires, &g. 53. Note-book of Sir Wm. CeciU of various matters of public and private affairs in the months of June and July, with an Intinerary during an excursion in the country from 12 June to 20 July 1552. 54. Sir P. Hoby to CeciU. Sends foreign news of Germany, Flanders, and France. Mr. Damsell requires money for the King's gunpowder at Antwerp. Incloses, 54 1. Note of certain intelligence relative to the Emperor's army. Arrival of the Bulce at Alva. 55. Same to same. Proceedings of the Commissioners at Windsor. They of the College are very untoward. [On the 8th of Aug. the Council directed the Commissioners for the survey of Windsor to examine the Prebendaries there, " and to get as much as they ccm of that hath hyn embeselyd, or the valu thereof." Co. Reg.] DOMESTIC — EDWARD VI. 43 1552. Aug. 3. Tower. Aug. 4. Wilton. Aug. 6. Vol. XIV. 56. Sir Ph. Hoby to Sir Wm. Cecill. Miseries in the office of Ordnance for want of money, particularly in the case of Ch. Wolman, the gunpowder maker. 57. Wm. Earl of Pembroke to same. In behalf of James Stumpe to be under-steward of Malmsbury, and also for Mr. Sharington to have the wardship of Mr. Hall's heir. 58. Indenture between Owen Oglethorpe, President of Magdalen Coll., Oxford, and Walter Haddon, in consideration of the King's letters for preferment of the said Haddon to be President thereof Aug. 14 59. Wm. Thomas (Clerk of the Council) to Cecill. The Earl of Wilton. Pembroke is well contented with the wardship (Hall's heir) pro- cured for Cecill's sister. Would like to spend a year or two at Venice, if sent. Aug. 18. London. Aug. 11. Giddy HaU. Aug. (21?) Aug. 22. London. Aug. 22. Cobham HaU. Aug. 22. Cobham HaU. Aug. 26. Salisbury. Aug. 26. Aug. 26. Bicbmond. 60. Gregory Eaylton to same. Prays for licence for himself and those in his coinpany to eat flesh, on account of his own ill-health. 61. Sir Anth. Cooke to same. Thanks for the relief he found by the good air at Wimbledon. Wishes him well through the-progress. His and Cecill's son, Thomas CeciU, is merry. 62. Sir Ric. Sakevyle (Chancellor of the Augmentations) to the Council. Reports on the matter in dispute between Lord Lawarre and Francis Sherley, relative to the lands called Estcourt lands, said to be parcel of the manor of Knappe, but reaUy in West Grinstead. Incloses, 62 L Articles exhibited by Lord Lawarre against Francis Sherley. 62 IL The confession or answer of Francis Sherley to these Articles. 63. Ric. Goodrick to Cecill. Hears he is going to Bath ; cannot accompany him on account of public business. Advises him for simdry reasons not to go to Bath. 64. Geo. Lord Cobham to same. Thanks him for furthering the suit of John Knight, of Calais, and for despatch of his servant Nor- manton. 65. Same to same. Transmits letters from the Treasurer of Calais requesting licence t^ repair to England. 66. Memorandum of matters to be brought before the Council, with names of candidates for the offices of Comptroller and Marshal at Calais. 67. Sir John Godsalve to CeciU. Has obtained Mr. Cheke's consent to be joined with him in the office of one of the Chamberlains of the Exchequer. 68. Henry Duke of Suffislk to same. Describes the extreme iUness of his wife. 44 DOMESTIC — EDWARD VI. 1552. Aug. 27. Salisbury. Aug. 28. Putney. Aug. 28. Wimbledon. Aug. 30. Andover. Vol. XIV. 69. Wm. Thomas to the Lord Chancellor. Applies for a commission for trial of pirates within the Cinque Ports, for piracy about Dover. 70. Ric. Goodrick to Sir Wm. Cecill. Sends particulars of divers manors in Somerset and Devon. [Prohctbly to he bestowed ujJon Sir Anth. Gooke who on the 27th of Oct. following had a grant of lands " in consideration of service." — See Vol^ xix. fol. 42.] 71. Francis Armstrong to same. With an inventory made by Rich. Norwood of the goods of D. Clement remaining in the house of Marsh- foot, in the parish of Hornchurch, co. Essex, with a particular of the house of Marshfoot. 72. Northumberland to same. Communicates particulars of various suits which he made to the King. Border affairs. Sept. 3. KnoU. Sept. 4. Knoll. Sept. 7. KnoU. Sept. 8?) Sept. 15. Wilton. Sept. 17. Windsor. Sept. 17. Kichmond. Sept. 21. Bisham. Sept. 28. Sept. 29. Hampton Court Sept. (?) Vol. XV. — September — December 1552. 1. Northumberland to Cecill. Is glad to hear the King's progress is to be abridged, &c. Laments the cruel dealings of the French against Enghsh merchants. 2. Same to same. A suit is to be made to the King by the mer- chants ' for licence to ship cloths to Flanders ; secret reasons exist for its being granted. 3. Same to same. Bishop Poynet has set forth a catechism in Latin and English ; begs that the bearer may have licence for the sole printing thereof 4. Memorandum of various matters to be transacted. 5. Pembroke to Cecill. In favour of Thomas Gresham's suit for some reward for liis service. * 6. Northumberland to same. Important matter has transpired on questioning Stukley as to his first departing. 7. Henry Earl of Westmorland to same. Sends up John Burge, whom he has examined as to slanders against Northumberland. 8. Sir Ph. Hoby to same. In reply to inquiries as to one Harbert ; has a servant named Harbert Clarvys, who keeps his hawks. 9. Book of the Annuities appointed for the officers of the bulwarks in Essex. 10. Memorandum of matters to be brought before the Council. 11. A brief declaration of the whole military and naval expenses incurred by King Henry VIII. and Edward VI., during their wars with France and Scotland ; the Insurrection in England ; the charges of Calais and Boulogne, and the charges of Castles, Garrisons, &c., from Sept. 1542 to Sept. 1552 ; amounting in the whole to the sum of 3,491,471?. 19s. 5fd DOMESTIC— EDWARD VI. 45 1552. Sept. (?) Oct. 3. Oct. 4. Oct. 7. Lambeth. Oct. 7. Sandwich. Oct. 7. Oct. 8. Byland. Oct. 9. Lowth. Oct. 11. Oct. 12. Oct. 13. Oct. 14. Stamford. Oct. 15. Saint James's. Oct. 16. Ashridge. Oct. (18.) Oct. 20. Vol. XV. 12. Northumberland to Sir Wm. Cecill. Wishes to know what answer should be sent to Lord Willoughby's request to tarry at Calais. Censures his conduct. 13. Minute of the King's debts, and of a plan for the discharge of the same, &c ; and agreement made by the Privy Council with the Mer- chant Adventurers. 14. Memorandum of certain suits to be preferred to the King. 15. Archbp. Cranmer to the Council. Has received their directions that the Book of Common Prayer should be diligently pursued, and the printer's errors therein amended. Arguments defending the prac- tice of kneeling at the Sacrament. 1 6. Sir Tho. Cheyne (Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports) to Cecill. Has sent his letters to the Customers, Searchers, &c. Words will be all that can be got of the Commissioners in compensation to the Merchants. 17. Sir Walter Eucler and Thos. Parry to same. The Princess Elizabeth has applied to the Dean, &c., of Worcester, for a little farm. They request the King's letters to further it. 18. Earl of Westmorland to same. Will send the lease of Cranmore and other evidences relating to Stow and Deeping. 19. Lawrence Eresbye to same. Has provided for Cecill's horses out of his own store of beans, and will send 20 sheep for his housekeeping. 20. Memoranda for the Council. Mr. Wayneman's business ; one Dyrrick, a goldsmith, to be examined. 21. Geo. Williams to Cecill. Proceedings of the Escheator at Grantham as to Hall's lands. Claim to the Guild Lands in Baston. Details the proceedings and verdict of the Jury. 22. Northumberland to same. To move the Council concerning Princess Elizabeth's application in favour of Penn ; and also for an answer as to West Tilbuiy. Is unwell. 23. Aldermen, &;c., of Stamford, to same. Desire a commission to call John Allen and Wm. Campanet to account for money received from the sale of Church property. 24. Northumberland to same. Desires to know what answer he must make to Princess Elizabeth's letter ; and for jDayment of Mory- sine's half year's diet. His illness continues. 25. Tho. Parry to same. Desires him to take Digby's summons in good part. Arrangement for payment of Kents, &c. 26. Northumberland to same. To hear the bearer's statement as to the letter he brings. Incloses, 26 I. Henry Corny she to Northumberland. Offers to reneiv a cor- respondence for the delivering wp of the Castle and Town of Cherhurg to the English. Oct. 18. 27. Memoranda of matters to be brought before the Council. 46 DOMESTIC— EDWARD VI. 1552. Oct. 20. Vol. XV. 28. " Articles concerning an Uniformite in Eelligion." [These contain 45 Articles, and are the basis of the 39 Articles of the Anglican Church. They were submitted to the Privy Council, and by the Council returned to the six Royal Chaplains, on the 2lst of October 1552.] Oct. 21. 29. Sir Eo. Tyrwhyt to Sir Wm. Cecill. Has a right to two acres Higham Park, of wood yearly within the Lordship of Wimbledon. Makes him a present of it. Oct. 2.3. 30. Geo. Williams to same. Has written to the escheator for some Burleigh. document. By the death of John Hall, of Grantham, more land has descended to Arthur HaU, Cecill's ward. Particulars of rents paid in. Oct. 25. Launde. Oct. 26. Gedney. 31. Eliz. Lady Crumwell to same. Eegrets that he did not visit her poor house of Launde. Is willing to take on her the charge of her four nieces, Somerset's daughters. 32. Adlard Welby to same. Eepairs and erection of bars on a bank called Gouxland. Wishes to do the same at Baston Dyke. Works at Pinchbeck and Spalding. Incloses, 32 I. Indenture of lease between the King and Adlard Welby, of certain Lands in the Lordship of Sutton, co. Lincoln, parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster. Westminster, June 1. 33. Eic. Ogle to same. Good works of the Commission of Sewers, under the direction of John Burton. Has sent to the Council a forged licence taken from the players ; a matter worthy of correction. 34. Northumberland to same. Confessions of one Hawkins that he has circulated seditious libels and counterfeited the Archbishop of Canterbury's handwriting ; thinks, by fair means or foul, he should be made to discover his accomplices. 35. Same to same. Wishes the King would appoint Mr. Knox to the bishopric of Eochester, he would be a whetstone to the Archbishop of Canterbury and a confounder of the Anabaptists lately sprung up in Kent. Proposes theDean of Durham to be bishop there, and other changes. 36. Same to same. Offences of Mr. York, in packing up groats and bullion for Ireland. Eequests certain benefices and gifts for his friends. Advises one Litster in York, who uses a book of prophecy, to be apprehended. 37. Same to same. Evil consequences throughout the realm of the restraint laid upon lead. 38. Same to same. Private conference with the French Ambassador's Secretary, relative to Stukley's false dealings. 39. Same to same. Slanderous words spoken by one Ford against the Duke and his brother. Oct. (?). 40. Memoranda of matters to be brought before the CouncU.' Oct. (?) 4-1. A brief of all the King's debts, external, and within the realm. 42. "The note oi j" K' Ma" dettes, w' some meane towarde y- ■ discharge thereof/' in Cecill's hand. Oct. 27. Pinchbeck. Oct. 27. St. James's. Oct. 28. Oct. 30. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. (?) DOMESTIC— EDWAED VI. 47 1552. Nov. 4. Pinchbeck. Nov. 8. Skene. Nov. 9. Bisham. Nov. 9. "Wilton. Nov. 13. Wilton. Nov. 14. Denton. Nov 16. Eo-wnore. Nov. 17. Nov. 24. Nov. 27. Boston. Nov. 27. Uffham. Nov. 27. London. Nov. 29. Nov. 30. Stamford. Nov. Nov. (?) Vol. XV. 43. Ric. Ogle to Sir Wm. Cecill ; in behalf of Wm. Middleton, -who had purchased lands in Swaton in the parts of Kesteven, Lincoln, which -were claimed by one Horseley. 44. Duke of Suffolk to same. Requests licence for J. Walgrave, his servant, the bearer, to pass into Flanders. 45. Sir Ph. Hoby to same. Is sorry he is tmwell. Begs his aid to get certain documents signed relative to the manor of Bisham. The Lady Ann of Cleves is dissatisfied. 46. Earl of Pembroke to same. In favour of the bearer. 47. Same to same. Recommends the smt of Mr. Kaylewey, who desires to be released from the Commission of the Peace. 48. Geo. WUKams to same. Cecill's father does not like his appoint- ment for the lands of Manthorp and Sempringham. He rather wished for lands about Barholm and Deeping. 49. John Brune to same. Cannot find his own pedigree ; sends a book of conveyances of his heritable lands. 50. Northumberland to same. ■ Solicits that one John Borroghe [Burgh] may not be put to the public punishment of the pillory. [On the 13th of Nov. John Burgh and several others were ordered to he put in the Pillory at Westminster on the following Friday 18 Nov. Co. Beg.] 51. Memorandum in Cecill's hand of matters to be transacted. 52. Mayor, &c., of Boston to Cecil! Thanks for his great services in checking the pulling down of fair buildings in their town. Complains of the conduct of John Brown therein. 53. Sir Ph. Hoby to same, other manifold favours. Thanks for his bill for Bisham, and for 54. John Heron (Head Master of the King's School at Rochester) to same. Apphes for the appointment of a Prebendary in Rochester cathedral. Lat. 55. The Council to Bishop Barlow and others. Directions as to the Strangers at Glastonbury. Henry Cornish, Keeper of the House there, claims a right to the park of Worrall. 56. The Aldermen, &c., of Stamford to Cecill. Particulars of a tres- pass by cutting down certain wiUows in the stream near the Black- friars wall. [_This paper is signed by Bich^ Cecill, father of Sir Wm.'\ 57. Northumberland to same. The Auditor of the late Bishop of Durham's possessions must be sent for, in order to gain a true know- ledge for the proceedings with the newly elected Bishop. 58. Offers of Lord Paget to the King. Proposes to deliver for the King's use certain parcels of land specified, in lieu of the fine of 8,000^. imposed upon him. 48 DOMESTIC— EDWARD VI. 1552. Nov. Dec. 2. Chelsea. Dec. 3. Chelsea. Dec. 3. Chelsea. Dec. (4 ?) Dec. 3. Beaulieu. Dec. 4. Bulieu. Dec. 7. Chelsea. Dec. 8. Wilton. Dec. 9. Chelsea. Dec. (9 ?) rriday. Dec. 11. Chelsea. Vol. XV. 59. Note of certain causes to be moved to the King's Majesty. De- claration of the Earl of Arundel's and Lord Paget's causes. Lord Eure to be Dep. Warden of the Middle Marches, and Thos. Graye, -of Chillingham, of the East Marches, &c. 60. Northumberland to Sir Wm. Cecill. Sends certain papers to be signed ; one is for the Prebend in Worcester for Arthur Duddeley ; another the presentation to Kidderminster to Mr. Kreek (both which Mr. Harley had) ; the third is Somerset's pardon for " pykyng." 61. Same to same. The Merchants of the Staple are dissatisfied with the late licence. Regrets he had caused that matter to be moved. Is sorry for his cousin Nevill's mishap. His health daily grows worse. 62. Same to same. It is necessary a Bishop of Durham should be appointed without delay. Does not think it expedient "this pevishe Dean " [Rome] should have the appointment. 63. Same to same. Concerning the election of two fit personages, on Bruno's advice. Regrets the delay in filling up the two vacant Bishopricks. Poor Harley (afterwards Worcester) is still in attendance. One of the Schets is arrived on his way to Spain. [On the 3d of Dec. Mr. Pichering teas directed to obtain a French passport for Balthazar Schets, for Spain. — Go. Beg.] 64. Princess Mary to the King. Thanks for his care of her health. Is willing to exchange her manors of St. Osyth, Little and Great Clafton and WiUeigh, for other lands. 6-5. Same to the Council. Thanks to the King for reimbursing her for the sums she had expended in certain reparations, and also for giving her intelligence of foreign occurrences. [On the 7th of Dec. Sir John Williams had warrant " to pay to Mr. Rochester, the Lady Maries " servaunt, the sume of 5511. to be by him bestowed abowt the repara- " tions of certaine of the said Lady Metrics lands, decayed by the rage " of the tuater this last yere." Go. Reg.] 66. Northumberland to Cecill. Returns Master Knox, because he loves not to have to do with men neither grateful nor pleasable. Cha- racter of him and Dean Home. Sends the letter he purposes to address to the Constable of France. Reminds Cecill of the matter revealed by the Dean of Durham. Professions of loyalty. 67. Pembroke to same. Thanks for his good will on many occasions. 68. Northumberland to same. Forwards letters from Berwick, from Dr. Smith out of Scotland, Bruno, and the French Ambassador. Observations on the contents of Dr. Smith's letters. Treasons to be guarded against. 69. Winchester to Sec. [Cecill?]. Desires a warrant for 150Z. for payment of the works at the Mews, done since Michaelmas. 70. Northumberland to Cecill. Recommends his chaplain for the King's presentation to the Vicarage of Kidderminster, which Mr. DOMESTIC— EDWARD VI. 49 Vol. XV. J 552. „ Mr. Harley, now Bishop of Hereford, had. Affairs of Lady Lennox and her husband. Dec. 14. 71. The Aldermen &c. of Stamford to Cecill. Resignation of their Stamford. Recorder Mr. Hunt. They solicit Cecill to accept of that office. Dec. 20. (?) 72. Notes of public business. Suits to be moved to the King. Discharge of Lord Paget's fine, &c. . Dec. 28. 73. Northumberland to the Council. Has received from Lord Shrewsbury a note of such things as are necessary to be preferred in the next Parliament. Pressure of the King's debts ; observations thereon, and on the maladministration of Somerset during his Pro tectorate. Dec- 28. 74. Same to Cecill. Wonders at the blind deportment of the Cham- berlain. Finds the King purposes to employ some ministers abroad. Suggests that his brother (Sir Andrew Duddeley) should be sent to the French King, and his son Sydney (his son-in-law Sir Henry Sydney) to the Emperor. Opinions on various points. Dec. 75. Earth. Traheron to same. Mr. Warner deals harshly with good Mr. Cornelius. Is determined to resign the Deanery of Chichester. Recommends Tho. Samson to succeed him. Dec. 76. Names of Commissioners to inquire how the King is answered of the lead and bell metal of abbeys, and of the plate, jewels, &c., of monasteries, colleges, chantries, &c. iDec. ^*^- Treatise, in Latin, showing the unlawfulness of transferring Church property to secular uses. 1552. 78. Statement of " The yerely valine of all spirituall promotions " within the Realme of Englande, being of the yerely valine of 50?. " and above." (T\ 79. to Lady Jane Grey. Presents to her a copy of the works of Basil the Great, which may be more profitable to her than gold and precious stones. Greek. [Indorsed " To my Lady Jane, iu Grek, in a boke."] Vol. XVI. 1552. 1552. Original account of the Treasurer of the First Fruits and Tenths (Sir William Petre), stating the arrears due on 1st Feb. 1552 ; the names of the various benefices, and of the parties holding them, with the sums due by way of composition or otherwise ; containing upwards of 1,100 entries ; with memoranda of subsequent payments. 50 DOMESTIC — EDWARD VI. Vol. XVII. 1552. ] or,2. A mamiscript on vellum (probably drawn up by Sir Wm. Oecill), containing the Statutes of the Order of the Garter, as ordamed by King Edward VL At the conclusion is the following memorandum : — " Eudimenta sunt hcec ordvnis qucB potius colUguntur quam com- " ponuntur. Gulielmus Gcecilius Ord. Gart. Ccmcellari^, 29 Beceb. " ] 552. Sexto ^. Edw. Sexti." 1553. Jan. 2. Chelsea. Jan. 3. Chelsea. Jan. 6. Chelsea. Jan. 6. Chelsea. Jan. 9. Chelsea. Jan. 14. Chelsea. Jan. 15. Kelsay. Jan. 19. Chelsea. Jan. 23. Chelsea. Jan. (?) Vol. XVIII. January— June, 1553. 1. Northumberland to Cecil]. Hopes the new year will receive a new Bishop for Durham. He has been much deceived by Dean Home. 2. Same to same. Has never absented himself from the King's service, but through bad health. The Italian proverb is true : A faith- ful servant will become a perpetual ass. Wishes to retire and end his days in tranquillity. 3. Same to same. Wishes to confer with him. Has not been told if there is to be a Bishop of Durham or not. Hears nothing of the prebend Mr. Harley had in Worcester, 4. Same to Lord Chamb. Darcy. Thanks for the King's letter for Ambrose (Duddeley). Keturns the King's book of the Order of the Garter : offers his opinion on certain portions of it. 5. Same to Cecill. Sends letters from Lord Wharton, and one from poor Knox, whose perplexity will be thereby perceived. Thinks letters should be sent down to the North in his favour. 6. Same to Darcy. Returns the arguments and collections of Sec. Cecill, on which he has scribbled some of his own observations. The King's necessity and debts are the points to be insisted on, and not to account to the Commons for his liberality. Princess Elizabeth's communication as to Durham Place. She purposes to pay a visit to the King. Suggestions for Divine Service at the opening of the Parliament. 7. Sir Fr. Ayscough to Cecil!. Desires the resumption of the manor and lands of Bishop's Burton, now come to the Crown by the death of Elizabeth Horsman. 8. Northumberland to same. Question as to calling heirs apparent to Parliament by writ. Specifies various instances. Placing of Peers' sons. Hopes a learned man will be appointed to the See of Durham. 9. Same to same. Professes his solicitude for the welfare of the State, equally in the South as in the North. ] 0. Same to Darcy and Cecill. Suggests that the Countess of Oxford should be written to, to deliver up Lady Arundel's jointure. \0n the \^th of Feb. 1553, the Chancellor of the Augmentations was directed to appoint to Lady Arundel a third of the lands forfeited by the attainder of Sir Thos. Arundel. Co. Reg.^ DOMESTIC— EDWAED VI. 51 Vol. XVIII. 1553. Jan. (?) 11- Northumberland to Petre, or Cecill. Desires dispatch ot Gres- ham's and StuMey's affairs [1553 ?]. Fears he is about to be very ill. Jan. (?) 12. List of persons to be appointed for hearing all such private suits as are customably brought to the King or his Council, and delivered to the Masters of Eequests. March 1. 13. List of Acts to be proposed in the Parliament then sitting. March 20. 1^- Declaration of all such sums of money as the Receivers of the Court of Augmentations have paid into the treasury of the said Court. March (?) ^^- Grant by Princess Elizabeth to Sir William Cecill, of Ladybrigg close, and other lands, co, Northampton, formerly held by Richard Cecill his father, deceased. Lat. March. 16. Memoranda of matters to be moved to the King's Majesty. April 11. (?) 17. Winchester to Cecill. Hopes to hear of his recovery. Desires London. him to remember the King's letter, for Sir John Bowes to be absent from St. George's Feast. Aoril 30 ^^' Declaration of the sums received by Sir Edmund Pekham ' since the 23d of April, upon sale of the King's lands. May 6. 19. Nicholas Adams to Cecil. Concerning the concealment of col- Dartington. legiate, chantry, and obit lands, in Devon and Cornwall. May 7. 20. Information given by Mr. GrifEn against Valentine, a Benedic- tine priest, apprehended in Clerkenwell, and one Roper, suspected to be a Jesuit. May 9. 21. John Lord Audley to Cecill. Comforts liim in his iUness. Pre- Greenwich. scribes several remedies, particularly a stewed " sowe pygge of ix " dayes olde." May 10. 22. Winchester to same. Rejoices at his recovery ; sends him a Greenwich, bill for his fee ; and will make out his book for the wardship of young Mr. HaU. May 15. 23. Particulars of a grant to Sir John Gates ofDylay Wood, co. Southampton, parcel of the late Duke of Somerset's lands. May 17. 24. Tho. Gresham to Northumberland. Has spoken with his uncle, London. Sir John Gresham, who stormed not a little at his setthng the course of Exchange at so low a rate. Sends copy of their privileges granted in 1296, whereby the falsity of the new Hanse Company will appear. Desires that 1,2001., owing to him by Martin Pirry, may be retained. May. 25. The King to the Bishops. Requiring them to subscribe and observe the Aj-ticles of Religion newly set forth, and to cause the cate- ' chism to be taught by all schoolmasters within their respective dioceses. [In Bishop Ridley's Register, this letter appears with the date of 9 June 1553.— See Strype, M. n. 2. p. 104.] D 2 52 DOMESTIC— EDWARD VI. ,.,„ Vol. XVIII. loo3. May. 26. Copy of the preceding. June 3. 27. Memorial of various public matters to be transacted. June 11. 28. Memorandum of various official matters to be transacted ; among other things, a list of persons to be constituted Bishops. June 27. 29. Grant to Lord Robert Duddeley (Gentleman of the Privy Cham- Westminster, ber), and Willm. Glaseour, of certain tenements and lands in Roling- ham (indorsed Rockingham), co. Northampton, and in Eston, co. Leicester, parcel of the possession of the late William Lord Parr, and late in the occupation of Edw. Watson. June 30. Account of stipends paid the Clerks in the Office of the Signet, from .38 Hen. VIII. to the last year of Edw. VI. [The following Papers without date, are probably in the reign of Edw. VI.] 81. Notes of evidence to prove that the land called Dover Down, lying near St. Dunstan's, in the Woldes of Canterbury, belonged to the Priory of Dover. 32. Memorandum of certain suits to be made to the King. 33, 34. Two other papers of memoranda of certain suits to be made to the King. 35. " Sir William Stanley's Cheques," being a list of names and wages for days. 36. List of the principal gentlemen in the county of Kent. 37. Memorandum of the duties and antiquity of the office of War- den of the Mint, the amount of his fee, and of other Officers of the Mint. 38. Note of the fees and emoluments of a Groom of the Privy Chamber extraordinary. 39. Account of the yearly profits of the manor and parsonage or Boxgrave, and of certain lands in Halfnaked, demised to the late Sir John Jenyns, and now in the tenure of Lord John Gray. 40. Names of Officers in the Exchequer, the Courts of Augmen- tations, First Fruits, and Wards, the Duchies of Cornwall and Lan- caster, the Mint, &c. DOMESTIC— EDWAED VI. 53 Vol. XVIII. 41. Certificate of horsemen, armour, &c., sent into the North last Easter, from Yarborough, Welshcrofte, Braidley, and Havershow, co. Lincoln ; under the hands of Sir Kobert Tyrwhit and Wm. Maneby. 42. Injunctions relative to the government of a College in Oxford. Lat. 43. Ground plan of several Law Courts, probably at Westminster Indorsed, " The Plattes of Harfurd, bye G. Ganthorn." 44. Names of certain gentlemen who tarry at home in every shire. 45. Collection of Precedents and Statutes, in proof that aU Ecclesias- tical Jurisdiction in England is properly derived from the King, and not from the Pope. Vol. XIX. 1547—1553. A register of aU gifts, exchanges, and purchases of Crown lands in every year of King Edward's reign ; specifying the names of the Pur- chasers or Recipients, the consideration of the gift and amount of purchase money, the yearly value of the lands, the rents reserved, and the dates of the respective patents in each case. With a copious personal index. ( 54 ) QUEEN MARY. 1553. July 10. The Tower. Vol. I. July — December, 1553. 1. Proclamation of Lady Jane Grey as Queen of England, &c. Setting forth that the Lady Mary and the Lady Elizabeth are illegi- timate, and calling upon persons of all estates and degrees to be obedient to her, their lawful sovereign. [This is a modern and not very accurate copy. An original printed Proclamation is in the collection of the Society of Antiquaries, printed by Richard Grafton; and it is a remarkably fine specimen of his workmanship. In the imprint he styles himself Queen's Printer.'] 2. Account of arrears of the tenths and subsidies of the Clergy, due by divers Bishops at and before Christmas last. 3. Memoranda of things to be done for government of the State on the accession of Queen Mary. 4. Certain articles, wherein the Queen's pleasure is to be known for her Highness's affairs. Given in charge to Sir William CeciU to be declared. Signed by Archbp. Cranmer, Bp. Goodrich, and the Marq. of Winchester. 5. " A memoriall, what is to be don after ye death of K. Edw''- the Sixt,'' in Sec. Petre's hand. 6. Account of cloth, velvet, and other materials, to be used at the faneral of King Edward VI., with the quantities and price of the same. August 18. 7. Proclamation by the Queen for avoiding the inconvenience and dangers that have arisen in times past through the diversity of opinions in questions of religion. August 18. 8. Questions moved by the D. of Northumberland on his trial, as to his own justification, and as to the legality of some of his Judges. July 20. July. July. August 4. August 8. August 19. London. August 20. Eichmond. August 0. Bichmond. 9. The Council to the Council with the Queen. Arrangements for welcoming the French Ambassadors. Affair between the Earl of Pembroke's and Lord Sturton's servants. Four gentlemen condemned that morning. 10. The Queen to Bishop Gardyner, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, and others. Commands that the ancient statutes, founda- tions, and ordinances of the University be inviolably kept and observed. 11. Same to Sir John Masone, as Chancellor, and others of the Uni- versity of Oxford. Of the same tenor as the above. DOMESTIC — MARY. 55 1553. "^01- I- August 25. 12. Bishop Gardjraer to the Vice-Chancellor, &c., of Cambridge. Is London. prevented from going to them in person. Sends his Chaplain, who will give them, in his name, the information they require. Lat. August 28. 13. Declaration of all such sums of money as have been paid into the hands of Sir John Williams, Treasurer of the Court of Augmen- tations, for the half year ending 25th March last. 14. Statement of debts due by the Crown incurred in the late King's reign. August (?) Oct. 1. Oct. 1. Oct. 23. Nov. 4. Westminster. Nov. 13. Westminster. Dec. (?) 1653. (?) (?) (?) (9 15. The manner of the ceremony of the Coronation of Queen Mary. Names of those created Knights of the Bath ; and order of the proces- sion of the Queen with her train, from the Tower through London to Westminster. [iTuperfect] 16. The oath of a Knight of the Bath, as it was given to those made at Queen Mary's Coronation; with the names of the Knights then made, and of their Esquires. 17- Henry Lord Stafford to the Queen. His distressed condition. Enumerates the services done by his father, the D. of Buckingham, to the noble Queen her mother. Anecdotes of Wolsey and Buckingham. 18. Grant to Sir Edw. Waldegrave and John Coseworth, of the Office of Eeceivers General of the Duchy of Cornwall. Lat, 19. Grant to Stephen HadnoU (one of the Grooms of the Chamber) of the office of Keeper of the Mansion of Stansted in Essex, and Bailiff of the Manors of Stansted and Halsted. Lat. 20. Articles, and secret articles, devised as the basis of a treaty of marriage between the Queen and Prince Philip of Spain. Signed by the whole of the Privy Council. [The Emperor's Commissioners for the marriage arrived at Canterbury on the 28th December 1553.] (?) 21. Warrant by the Queen (her first signature) to the Chancellor, fee, of the Court of First Fruits and Tenths to accept from John Payne the Manor of Cryston and all his other lands in Uphill, Culstocke, and Worell, CO. Somerset, in discharge of his debt to the Crown. 22. "A remembraunce of thinges worthie examination for the " Queue's Majestie." Principally relating to the sale, exchange, &c., of Crown lands. 23. " List of shippes decayed since the 36 yere of Kinge Henry e " the VIII. untyll the death of Kinge Edwarde," and from his death to the present time. 24. Tabular account by Sir Wm. Cecill of his profits and expenses for Wimbledon benefice from 1550 to 1553, anno Reg. 1 Mary. 25. Account of rents received by H. Whythed, in Cecill's hand. 56 DOMESTIC— MARY, Vol. II. January 1554 1. The Queen to Sir John Masone (Treasurer of the Chamber), warrant to deliver 5s. 5d. daily to Dr. Bill, Chief Almoner, to be by him distributed every day at the Court gate. 2. Sir John Arundel of Trerice to the Earl of Arundel (Lord Steward). Sends information of disrespectful words spoken by S. Jackson and John Cowlyn, against the Queen and the Catholic religion. 3. Sir Peter and Sir Gawen Carew to Sir Thos. Denys. Profess their loyalty. Will resist being arrested, if he acts without due authority. ■i. Ric. Lord Rich to Sir Wm. Petre. Hears that certain of the pen- sioners are to be removed, and others appointed ; recommends Charles Tyrell, brother to Sir Henry Tyrell, to one of the vacancies. 5. The Queen to Sir Hugh Pollard and others of Devon. Efforts of evil disposed persons to hinder the Catholic religion and divine service, now restored. Directions to suppress false and seditious rumours about the Prince of Spain's coming into the Kingdom. Sends the efi'eet of the articles of the Treaty with Spain, to be declared to the people. 6. Same to the L. President and Council of Wales, and to the Bishops of Exeter and Salisbury, to the same effect as the above, to he declared to the people of Devon and Cornwall, in sermons, &c. 7. Same to Lords Justices of Counties, to the same eflFect. To sup- press the rebellion raised by the Duke of Suffolk, &c. 8 Same to the Justices, &c., of Counties. Directions to declare to the people the articles of her marriage with Philip of Spain, and to suppress all attempts at rebellion. Jan. 22 (?) 9. Same to Sir Edw. Hastings and Sir Thos. CornwaUys. Instructions to repair to Wiat, and to declare to him the motives of her marriage with Prince Philip. Offers to appoint persons to confer with him hereon. 1554. Jan. 1. Westminster. Jan. 13. Cornwall. Jan. 19. Monse Awtrey. Jan. 22. Lees. Jan. 22. St. James's. Jan. 22. Jan. 22 (?) St. James's. Jan. 23. Mereworth Jan. 23. Mohun's- Ottery. Jan. 24. Tiverton. 10. Sir Robt. Southwell (Sheriff of Kent) to the Council. Sends deposition against one Isley. Desires instructions how to proceed. Incloses, 10. I. Deposition by Wm. Ootman of Ightham concerning words spoken, by Wm. Isley, son of Sir Harry Isley, inciting to rebellion, on the coming of the Spaniards into the realm, Jan. 23. 11. Sir P. Carew to Sir Tho. Denys (Sheriff of Devon). Is going to the Court. Doubts not to be able to answer any charge brought against him. 12. Sir Gawen Carew to same. Wonders at the preparations within the city of Exeter, which were the sole cause of his repairing to Sir Peter Carew, thinking Sir T. Denys purposed to apprehend them both. DOIVIESTIC — MARY. 57 Vol. II. 13. John Ridgewaye to Sir Tho. Denys. Sir Arthur Champerno-svn has conferred with Sir Peter Carew, and they could not agree concern- ing the enterprise to resist the landing of the Prince of Spain. 14. Articles concerning the causes of shutting the gates, and watch and ward done in the city of Exeter, on the report that certain gentle- men of Devon would enter the city. 15. Declaration of John Predyaux concerning rumours of things lately done in the comity of Devon to oppose the landing of the Prince of Spain. 16. Sir Tho. Denys to the Council. Reports his proceedings against Sir Peter Carew, whose house was too strong to be taken by assault. 17. Sir Ro. Southwell to Petre. Suggests that Mr. Covert should join him in Kent. Arrangements for opposing Wiat, and recommends he should be intercepted either at Rochester or Dartford. 18. Sir John St. Leger to the Earl of Arundel. Intelligence of P. Carew. The commons of Devon and Exeter are faithful to the Queen. Jan. 26. (?) 19- The Queen to the Lieuts. of Counties ; to proclaim as traitors Henry Duke of Suffolk, the Carews, Wiat, and others, who threatened her destruction and to advance Lady Jane Grey and her husband. 20. Bp. Gardyner (Lord Chancellor) to Petre. Has arrested Har- rington, who confesses that he and Wroth had a conference with Lord Jolm Grey. Has found a copy of Princess Elizabeth's letter to the Queen in the French Ambassador's packet. 21. Thos. Duke of Norfolk to the Council. Found Lord Cobham, the Vice-Chamberlain, and Sir John Fogg, at Gravesend, with a force not exceeding 300 men. Sir George Harper has come over from the rebels. Beseeches their indulgence for having promised him pardon 22. Geo. Lord Cobham and Sir Hen. Jernegan to the Council. Intelligence from Abergavenny. A French post intercepted. Incloses, 22. 1. Abergavenny, Sir Ro. Southwell, and others, to Jernegan. Intention of the rebels to sack and spoil Mr. Clerk's house. Detail of proceedings against them,, &c. Mailing, Jan. 28. 23. Norfolk to the Council. Being furnished with 700 or 800 men, intends to march towards Rochester. Wiat has fortified Rochester bridge. Recommends that Abergavenny and others should fall on the rear of Wiat's forces. Incloses, 23. 1. Cobham, to Norfolk. Informs him, of Wiat's intentions to fight it out. Advises the Duke not to advance too far. Cowling Castle, Jan. 29. 24. Lord Cobham to the Queen. Consultations as to the best mode of proceeding against the rebels. Norfolk's retreat. Incloses, 24. 1. Cobham to Norfolk. (Copy of 23. i.) 24. II. Wiat to Cobham. Invites him to join with him and proceed to London. Begs Cobham to take means to arrest Norfolk. Rochester, Jan. 29, 1554. Jan. 24. Torr. Jan. 24. Jan. 24. Jan. 25. Jan. 25. Jan. 26. Andover. Jan. 27. Southwark. Jan. 28. Gravesend. Jan. 28. Gravesend. Jan. 29. Gravesend. Jan. 29. Cowling Castle. 58 DOMESTIC— MARY. 1554. Jan. 29. Lees. Jan. 29. Exeter. Vol. n. 25. Kic. Lord Rich, the Earl of Oxford, and others, justices of Essex, to the Council. Measures for the safeguard and quiet of those parts and stay of the passages. Lord Thomas and Lord John Grey had been at Enfield and were gping to follow the Duke of Suffolk into Leicestershire. 26. Sir John St. Leger to same. Particulars of his apprehending Sir Gawen Carew at his nephew's John Carew's of Bickley, Devon. State of Devon. Jan. 30. Sherborne. 27. Sir John Eogers and others to Sec. Petre. Have proclaimed the Duke of Sufiblk, the Carews, and Sir Thomas Wiat as traitors, at Sherborne market ; and also published the articles of the Queen's marriage. They vouch for Sir John Horsey 's fidelity. Jan. 30. 28. Cobham to the Queen. Describes Wiat's attack on Cowling Cowling Castle. Castle. Cobham obliged at last to surrender. Jan. 31. 29. Marquis of Winchester to Petre. His regret for Lord Cobham, but hopes the news is untrue. Has equipped 500 foot and 100 horse towards the defence of the city of London. Recommends other measures. Jan. 31. 30. Henry Lord Abergavenny to the Council. Called upon the Mereworth. Lord Warden for his aid to fall upon the rear of Wiat's forces. Has marched from Maidstone towards Rochester, but on hearing the Duke of Norfolk's band had deserted, many of his own men had gone off. Blames Norfolk for his rash attack on the rebels. Jan. 28. '^^- John Dodge to same. Skirmish with the rebels under Sir "Wrotham. Harry Isley, his son, and the two Knyvetts, near Wrotham. Defeat of the rebels, and 60 taken prisoners; Jan. 31. 32. Bishop Gardyner to Petre. Count D'Egmont and the rest of Winchester the Ambassadors have required his advice as to the safest mode for Palace. their return. Proposes to convey them down the river. Jan. (?) 33. Deposition of Chr. Mompesson relative to words spoken by Sir Ralph Hopton concerning the coming in of the Prince of Spain and the Spaniards. Feb. 1. Feb. 1. Sheerlands. Vol. III. Febeuart 1554. 1. Indenture between Edmond Downynge, and Roger and Robert Taverner of London, for purchase of the Manor of Boyton and the Barton of Bradridge, co. Cornwall, and also the Manor of Stoke and Bradley, co. Worcester, &c. 2. Sir Tho. Cheyne to the Council. Thinks his letters have been intercepted by the rebels ; doubts the loyalty of his own people ; the treason of those with the Duke of Norfolk having much discouraged all parties,, serving-men and others. Advises that Lord Pembroke should not be too hasty to advance against Wiat. DOMESTIC — MAEY. 59 1553. Feb. 2. Mereworth. Feb. 3. Chelmsford. Feb. 4. Exeter. Feb. 4. Exeter. Feb. 4. Sittingboume. Feb. 4. Feb. 4. Feb. 5. Feb. 7. Rochester. Vol. m. 3. Lord Abergavenny and others to the Council. The Lord Warden will join them to oppose Wiat. Mr. Moyle and other gentlemen of East Kent are coming with him. Inclosing, 3. 1. Cheyne to Abergavenny. Is determined to join him, and to spend his heart's blood in the quarrel. Will he at Rochester on Sunday. Shurland, Feb. 1. 4. Lord E.ich and others to the Queen, and Robert Cornwall to serve Her Majesty, with some of his own armour. Offers of Charles Tyrrel Rich has furnished them 5. Sir John St. Leger to the Council. Has arrested Sir Arthur Champernon, although he tendered his service as a loyal subject. The county of Devon is well affected. The proclamation against the Duke of Suffolk, &c., has been published. Reported escape of Sir Peter Carew. Incloses, 5. I. John Graynfeld to Sir John St. Leger, Sir Tho. Denys, and Sir Roger Blewet. Intelligence of the three gentlemen who took shipping at Weymouth, endorsed, " Touching the escape of Sir Peter Carew." Bartynouth, Feb. 3. 6. Sir John St. Leger to Sec. Petre. Same effect as to the Council. Escape of WiUiam Thomas into Wales. 7. Sir Tho. Cheyne to the Council. Has sent the proclamation to Canterbury, Dover, and other towns along the coast. Causes of his delay in quitting the Isle of Sheppy. Is going forward to Rochester. 8. Grant of the office of one of the Tellers of the Exchequer to Richard Stonley, for life. Lat. 9. Grant to Thomas Danyell of the office of Surveyor of the Melting House in the Mint, within the Tower of London. Lat. 10. Sir Tho. Denys to the Lord Chancellor. Rumour of the landing of the Prince of Spain in Devon. The report is untrue that an obHga- tion had been signed by the inhabitants to oppose the Prince's coming. States his own service in saving Exeter. Incloses, 10. I. Inventory of the goods and chattels of Sir Gawen Carew at Tiverton, of William, Oibbs at Heysell, and of Sir Peter Carew at Mohuns Ottery, with bill of chattels delivered for payment of Sir P. Carew' s debts. Feb. 2. 10. n. Depositions and statements made by Sir Gawen Carew, that he scaled the walls of Exeter, repaired to Sir Peter Carew, and put himself in armour. Of John Portington relative to the said Sir Gawen Carew. Also that Sir Peter Carew had persuaded Walter Ralegh, Esq., to convey him away in his bark, and that Willm. Gibbs armed himself on an absurd pretence, &c. &c. Jan. 28. 11. Sir Tho. Cheyne to the Council. Intention of Wiat to cross the Thames at Kingston. Has appointed to meet Sir Thos. Moyle, Lord Abergavenny, and Sir R- Southwell at Dartford. 60 DOMESTIC— MARY. 1554. Feb. 9. Hadlow. Feb. 9. Dounapney. Feb. 9. Westminster. Feb. 9. AVestminster. Feb. 9. Westminster. Feb. ] 0. Westminster. Feb. 10. AUington Castle. Feb. 11. Feb. 11. Feb. 11. Ashridge. Feb. 11. Winchester House. Feb. 13. Ludlo-ff. Vol. in. 12. Deposition by John a Barton and others, that the alarum was rung in the parish of Hadlow, in Kent, by order of Sir Henry Isley and Sir Thomas Culpeper. 13. Sir Anth. Hungerford (Sheriff of Gloucester) to the Council. Statement of words spoken by Sir Nicholas Arnold relative to the coming of the King of Spain. Measures taken for preserving the peace of the Shire. 14. Grant to Sir Edmund Pekham of the office of Treasurer of the Mint within the Tower of London, together with all houses, mansions, buildings, &c. thereunto belonging. Lat. 15. Grant to WilUam Hopkin of the office of blacksmith to the Mint, within the Tower of London. Lat. 16. Grant to Margaret BeveU, widow of William Bevell, Esq., deceased, of an annuity of thirty pounds nine shillings and threepence ; together with the wardship and marriage of Robt. Bevell, his son and heir. 1 7. Grant of pardon to John Flatcher of Combe, co. Hereford, for having feloniously slain Hugh Flatcher. Lat. 18. Sir Eobt. Southwell (Sheriff of Kent) to the Council. Arrest and committal of various traitors, some to AUington Castle, others to Maidstone Gaol. Specifies to whom he has given the custody of rebels' houses in Kent. Proposes to occupy AUington Castle (Wiat's residence) liimself. Incloses, 18. I. Deposition by Sir Anth. Norton, of Trocheley, relative to a conversation he had tuith Wiat at AUington Castle. Feb. 10. 19. Deposition by John Bowyer relative to treasonable transactions of the Duke of Suffolk, and Lord Thomas and Lord John Grey. 20. Confession by Tho. Rampton of his practice at Coventry for gaining that town to the Duke of Suffolk's purposes, and proposals for taking the castles of Warwick and Killingworth. 21. Wm. Lord Howard, Sir Edw. Hastings, and Sir T. Cornwaleys, to the Queen. Interview with the Princess Elizabeth at Ashridge, who professed her willingness to repair to the Queen, but desires to be lodged further from the water than at Incloses, her last being at Court. 21. I. Memorandum of the stages of the Princess Elizabeth' s journey to the Court. Feb. 11. 22. Bishop Gardyner to Sec. Petre. Sends letters and confessions received from Sir Robt. Southwell. Recommends one " little Wyatt, a bastard of no substance," to be examined in the Tower. Sends a confession of one Parker. 23. Examination of Sir James Croft relative to his connexion with Lord Thomas Grey. Denies any familiar intelligence with him or with one John Davies, a soothsayer. DOMESTIC — MARY. 61 1554. Feb. 13. Westminster. Feb. 1.3. Westminster. Feb. 16. Westminster. Feb. 19.. Westminster. Feb. 19. Tunbridge. Feb. 20. Feb 22. Feb. 23. Feb. 24. Merewood. [Mereworth.] Feb. 25. The Tower. Feb. 26. Westminster. Feb. Feb. (?) Vol. III. 24. Grant to William Dallison of the office of one of the Justices of Common Pleas, within the County Palatine of Lancaster. Lat. 25. Grant of like office to Edward Saunders, within the same County Palatine. Lat. 26. Warrant for the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to give exonerations and dischai-ges to Escheators of counties, or their lawful attorneys. 27. Grant to Sir John Parratt, of lands of the value of lOOL per ann. from concealed Abbey or Chantry lands. 28. Declaration of Martin Drew, Bailiff, and others, of Tunbridge, Kent, that Sir Henry Isley was the sole cause of the alarum being rung in that town. 29. Letters Patent for the naturalization of Peter Wolffe, native of the Emperor's dominions. Lat. 30. Examinations of John a Mynde, Parson of Bagendon, Willm. Tawney Parson of Barnesley, co. Gloucester, Tho. Fowler, and Alice Henlowe, touching the conduct of William Thomas, in connexion with Wiat's insurrection. 31. Minute of Council, appointing Committees for conducting several parts of public business, as for Debts, Calais, the Borders, Ireland, and the Navy. 32. Sir Robt. Southwell to the Council. Proceedings of the rebels. Proclamation issued at Tunbridge by Sir Henry Isley, Anthony Knevet, and another gentleman, servant to the Lady Elizabeth. Arrival of Tho. Culpepper from London, and report that all England was in insurrection to oppose the coming of the Spaniards. Execution of some of the rebel prisoners ; desires directions as to disposal of others. Incloses, 32. I. Proclamation hy Sir Thos. Wiat, Sir Geo. Harper, Sir Henry Isley, and Anthony Knevett, declaring Harry Lord Abergavenny, Sir Robt. Southwell, and Geo. Clarke, traitors to God, the Crown, and the Commonwealth. 33. Copy of the above proclamation. 34. Sir John Bourne and others to the L. Chancellor and Sec. Petre. Have laboured to make Sir Thomas Wiat confess concerning the Lady Elizabeth and her servant. Sir Wm. St. Loo. Wiat declares that Sir James Croft knows more of the matter. 35. Grant to Stephen HadnoU, of the Privy Chamber, of certain lands in the county of Essex. Lat. 36. The names of certain lords and gentlemen that were with the Queen's power against the rebels ; with notes against several of their names, of the rewards to be given them. 37. Note of the armour issued to divers persons out of the armoiu-y of the Tower, during Wiat's rebellion ; with the value of the same. 62 DOMESTIC— MARY. ,„„, Vol. IV. March — December, 1554. 1554. March 5. 1 Grant to Stephen HadnoU, Groom of the Privy Chamber, of certain Westminster, la^ds in Stansted, CO. Essex. Lat. March 1 6. 2. Princess Elizabeth to the Queen, on being commanded to go to the Tower. Protests her innocence, and demands to answer any charge agaiast her. Disavows holding any correspondence with the traitor Wiat, and energetically denies that she ever sent any letter or message to the French King. [Holograph.} 3. Modern copy of the above. March 24. ^- The Council to Lord Cobham. The Queen is pleased, at the At the Court, intercession of Count D'Egmont, to order his release from the Tower, and also to extend her clemency to his eldest son (Willm. Brooke) at the intercession of his wife. March (?) 5. Statement of what prejudice the tinners of Devon and Cornwall shall sustain, by reason of the exclusive grant of the sale of tin to one Brokehowse. 6. An estimate made by the Lord Chancellor, for payment of the debts due by the Crown. 7. Reasons in favour of a stricter observance of the Act of Apparel. 8. Receipt by George Williams for money received of Thomas Armstrong for Sir William Cecill. 9. The Queen to the Lord Privy Seal (Earl of Bedford) to aid Lord Howard of Effingham (Lord Admiral), in victualling the Fleet now going to Spain to bring over the Prince, her husband. 10. Articles devised for a joint commission to the Alcalde Mayor, and an Enghsh man, for the trial of all offences within the households of the Queen and Prince Philip. 11. Wm. Lord Howard to the Council. Arrival of the Marquis de Les Naves at Plymouth from Spain. The Prince is not expected for a fortnight. 12. Warrant to the Exchequer to pay the Marchioness of North- ampton for a glass of crystal garnished with jasper, procured by her for the Queen. [Much defaced.] 13. Edwd. (Sutton) Lord Duddeley to the Council. Honourable recep- tion of the Marquis de Les Naves, at Wilton House, by the Earl of Pembroke. Praises the little Lord Herbert. 14. Grant to Thomas Reve and George Cotton of certain pasture grounds in Pewisham Forest, Wilts, parcel of the lands of the late Thomas Lord Seymour. Lat. 15. The Chancellor and University of Oxford to the Queen. Testify their gratitude for the benefits conferred on the University by the restoration of ancient discipline. Have entrusted this address to be delivered by Dr. Tresham. Lat. April (?) April (?) Mayl. May 9. May. June 9. Plymouth. June 16. June 19. Basing. June 21. Guildford. June 28. Oxford. DOMESTIC — MAEY. 63 1554. July 10. July 19. August 4. flever. August 4. Hever. August 14. Stamford. Sept. 1, The Court. Sept. 2. Oct. 5. Westminster. Oct. 5. Westminster. Oct. 9. Westminster. Oct. 20. Witham. Oct. 20. Westminster, Oct. Grantliam. Oct. Nov. 1. Denton. Nov. 25. Stamford. Nov. 28. Stamford. Vol. IV. 16. Eeceipt by Geo. Williams for money received of Tho. Armstrong for the use of Sir W. Cecill. 17. A breviate of the most material facts of a packet remaining in the Office of State Papers relative to the reception of the Prince of Spain, at his first landing in England. 18. Princess Anna of Cleves to the Queen. Thanks for favour shown to her last suit. Is desirous to wait upon Her Majesty and the King. 19. Copy of the above. 20. William Campynete, Alderman of Stamford, to Sir Wm. Cecill ; complains of the conduct of Mr. Fenton in spoiling of the churches lately united, contrary to the order of Sir John Harrington and the other Commissioners. Lord Chancellor Gardyner, Bishop of Winchester, to the students of Christ Church, Oxford. Commands them to obey the honest and lawful injunctions of their Dean. [See 1556, June 20.] 21. Ceremonies at Hampton Court on the creation of Sir Anthony Browne as Viscount Montague. 22. Grant to Sir John Parrot [Perrot] in fee farm, of the lordship and castle of Carew, Mill Park, and Williamson Park, for past services. 23. Grant to the same, of the castle of Carew, the said two parks, together with other lands and tenements in New Carew, in fee simple. 24. Grant of pardon to Edward Randoll, late of Baddilsmere, Kent, of all treasons, rebellions, &c. Lat. 25. Robt. Haryngton to Cecill. Desires instructions how to act in the matter between Obbyns and Wymberley. Wymberley has got a supersedeas out of the Court of Chancery, &c. 26. Grant of exemption to persons deprived of promotions, dignities, and offices ecclesiastical, from payment of first fruits due to the Crown. 27. Thos. Sklater, ahas Tomson, to CecHl. Reports the charges alledged against Mr. Troughton, BailiflT of South Witham, by one Wymberley. 28. Thomas Wymberley to same. Complains of vexatious and tyrannical proceedings in the Manor Court of Witham. 29. Geo. Williams to same. Has been with Mr. Goche of Newark relative to receipt of arrears and rents for Stamford and Deeping. 80. Same to same. Particulars of receipts of rents, &c. Sends accompt of the Bailiff" of Deeping. 31. Henry Lacy and Geo. Williams to same. Concerning a grant mada by Cecill to Thomas Hunter of a farm in the occupation of one Brickett. Sir Wm. Hussey's men misuse the woods of Pickworth. 64 DOMESTIC— MAEy, 1554. Dec. 16. Ketton. Dec. 16. Clyff. Dec. 18. Stamford. Dec. 18. Stamford. Dec. (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) (?) Vol. IV. .32. John Markham to Sir Wm. Cecill. Has been applied to, on behalf of Lord Clynton, to produce his lease of the pasture at West Cote. 33. Nich. Smyth to same. Prays that the order for delivery of does for the Queen's household may be delayed. Has made certain payments for felling trees, &c. 34. Aldermen and Co-burgesses of Stamford to same. Thanks for setting forward their charter, and for obtaining certain decayed cot- tages and other lands in the town and fields of Stamford, for the support of their school. 35. Geo. Williams to same. Gives sundry particulars relative to tenants. Hears of a great sale at Grimsthorp, which he will attend and purcha,se according as he shall be directed. 36. Statement of the injury to the Eealm, and the prejudice of English merchants, &c., arising from the usurped commerce which the Easterlings have for many years carried on. 37. Grant of pardon to Anthony Baldes, a Spaniard ; remitting the penalty of branding and of the loss of an ear, for wounding another in a church. Lat, 38. The Queen to , relative to appointment of a Clerk of the Signet in the place of Gregory Raileton, absent more than a ' year beyond sea. 39. Declaration of Thomas Wheyton, servant to Henry Peckham, Esq., relative to Henry the Eighth's will. 40. Account of the lands, &c., of the Ladies Katharine and Mary Grey, daughters of Henry late Duke of Suffolk and of Lady Frances his wife. 41. Grant to John Austen of all the herbage of Sedgeley Park, co. Stafford, part of the possessions of the late John Duke of Northum- berland. Lat. 42. Legal opinions in the case of a Venetian ship being taken by the French during a war between France and England, and re-captured by Dutchmen. 43. Accompt of what the Queen's Majesty owes to Florence de Diaceto. His losses sustained in Wiat's commotion, &c. Fr. 44. Duplicate of the above. Fr. 45. Suit of Florence de Diaceto to the Queen. For licence to import 4,000 tuns of French wines. 46. Another suit of the same. For licence to import 1,000 tuns of French wines, free of impost ; or 4,000 tuns, paying the impost in 4 years. 47. Grant from the King and Queen to John Christopherson, Master, and 8 FeUows of Trinity College, Cambridge, empowering them to make laws for the government of the College. Lat. DOMESTIC— MARY. 65 1555. Jan. 15 (?) Jan. 15 (?) Feb. 26. Westminster. FeL. (?) Feb. (?) April 3. London. April 29. The Court. Mays. London. May 4 May 6. Westminster. May 8. Calais. Vol. V. January — July, 1555. 1. Ordinance of Parliament relative to the tutelage and government of any children born of the marriage of Philip and Mary, in case of the Queen's death. Lat. 2. Address to the King and Queen on the above resolution of Parliament, and also against the employment of foreigners, in case of the King's Government, after the Queen's death. (In Petre's hand.) 3. John CaiTow, Clerk of the Peace, to Sir Wm. Petre. Lady Norwich has surrendered to him all her lands of the Manor of Doding- hurst. Complaint of the corrupt conduct of Mr. Benlowes. Incloses, 3 I. Account of fines assessed at the Quarter Sessions at Chelmsford, by Mr. Benlowes and other Justices of Essex. 4. Letters patent constituting William Marquis of Winchester and others, a body corporate, by the name of Merchant Adventurers of England for the discovery of lands, territories, &c., unknown, and not before frequented, &c. S[ebastian] C[abot] to be the first Governor. 5. Memorial of the Merchant Adventurers to the Privy Council, setting forth the cause of the obstruction and disorder of their affairs in the Emperor's Low Countries, and of the misdemeanours of the Merchants of the Hanse Tovms. 6. Book of Justices of the Peace in the several counties of England and Wales. 7. King Philip to his Treasurer Dominico d'Orbea. Order to pay an annual pension of two hundred crowns, English, to Edward Randolph, Colonel of Infantry, for services performed. 8. Tho. Martyn to Edw. Courteney Earl of Devonshire. Has delivered his Lordship's message to the Cardinal, the Chancellor, and Sec. Petre. Sends him the commission for taking up carts and post horses. Has also sent a letter of commendation to Tho. Aldersey, which may be useful in his transactions with the merchants. 9. James Basset to same, at Calais. Thanks him for his gift of a great horse. Sends him a new patent and several letters. King Philip has requested the Duke of Alva to present liim to the Emperor. Advice as to his journey. The Queen is thought to be pregnant. 10. Same to same. Commends Mr. Cordell the Solicitor-General, and advises he should be joined in the same trust with liimself and the rest. 11. Sir Francis Englefyld to sime. Recommends Mr. Cordell should be joined with him, and others, in trust for the Earl's affairs. 12. Earl of Devonshire to his mother (Gertrude Marcliioness of Exeter). Notifies his arrival at Calais ; sets out on the morrow for Flanders. 66 DOMESTIC — MARY. 1555. Mays. Calais. May 8. Calais. May 16. Malsanger. May 16. Malsanger. May 21. May 21. Bruxelles. May 21. Bruxelles. May 21. Bruxelles. May 21. Bruxelles. May 25. Bruxelles. May 27 Westminster. May 27. London. May 27. Westminster. May 29. Bruxelles. May 31. Staple Inn, at Calais. Vol. V. 13. Earl of Devonshire to Lady Barkley. Thanks for her letters. Has been very sorry whenever he has thought of her broken bow. 14. Same to Jas. Basset. Desires him to procure for his uncle John Blount a licence to travel. 15. -Gertrude Marchioness of Exeter to the Earl of Devonshire, at Brussels. Examination of his household stuff at Kew and in London, with the inventories he had left. 16. Same to same. In answer to his letter of the 8th ; hopes to see him safe back again in England, and prays for the preservation of his soul and body. 17. Devonshire to Jas. Basset. Has written letters to the King and Queen, and Sec. Petre wiU deliver them. The Duke of Alva has introduced him to the Emperor. 18. Same to Queen Mary. Has been presented to the Emperor, and describes his interview. 19. Draft of the above. 20. Same to King Philip. The same in effect as to the Queen. Italian. 21. Same to Bernard de Fresneda, the King's Confessor. Describes his gracious reception by the Emperor, to which he considers that he has been greatly instrumental. Lat. 22. Same to Lord Chancellor Gardyner. His audience with the Emperor. Has delivered his letters to Mr. Gresham and Mr. Mason. The former will furnish him with money. 23. Jas. Basset to Devonshire. Congratulates him on his good reception by the Emperor. Advises that he should continue to send his letters to the King and Queen through Sec. Petre. P.S. by Sir Fr. Englefyld, assuring the Earl of his good will. 24 Wm. Cordell to same. Particulars of the sale and alienation in trust for his Lordship of the burgh of Stoke-gursey, containing the two manors of Weke-Fitzpayne and Wyndeyatts. Advises caution in the disposal of his property. 25. Grant to Stephen Hadnoll, of the manor of Clavering Lucas Pitchards, parcel of the lands lately belonging to Wm. Marquis of Northampton, attainted. 26. Devonshire to James Basset. Desires his friendly assistance in certain affairs. The King promised him licence to go into Italy ; begs Basset to prosecute that suit. Has disease in his hip from cold. 27. Tho. Martyn to Devonshire. Has moved the Lord Chancellor for licence for him to go to Milan or Naples. Differences between the Commissioners and other great personages. Arrival of the Bishop of Orleans and Mons'. Viglius. There are four named for the popedom ; Card. Pole is likely to be chosen. DOMESTIC — MARY. 67 1555. May (?) Hampton Court. May (?) Hampton Court. May (?) May (?) May (?) Jime 6. Bntxelles. June 8. Calais. June 8. Malsanger. June 11. Hampton Court. Vol. V. 28. K. Philip and Q. Mary to Cardinal Pole, notifying that the Queen has been delivered of a Prince. \_Several copies of svmilar letters were prepared about the end of May, hut are otherwise without date.} 29. Passport, signed by the King and Queen, for Sir Henry Sydney to go over to the King of the Eomans, and the King of Bohemia, to announce the Queen's happy delivery of a Prince. [Wot dxited.] SO. Warrant, signed by the same, for a sum of money to be delivered to some person going over to the Emperor, for the same pxirpose. 31. Similar warrant for a person sent to the King of the Eomans. 32. Similar warrant for a person sent to the King of France. 33. Earl of Devonshire to Jas. Basset. Is going to pass a little time in Lorraine,, and visit Mr. Bonvise, who has promised to advance him money on Basset's credit. 34. Tho. Martyn to Devonshire. Lord Chancellor Gtardyner is re- turning to England. All is quiet in England. Dee, Gary, and Butler, who calculated the nativities of the King, Queen, and Princess Ehza- beth, are apprehended on the accusation of one Ferys, whose children thereupon had been struck, one with death, the other with blindness. 35. Gertrude Marchioness of Exeter to same. Upbraids him for not writing to her with his own hand. 36. Sir Fr. Englefyld to the same. Supposes he has heard that the sale of the land in Dorset cannot take eifect. Desires further directions. June 14. 37. Bernard de Fresneda to same. Was overjoyed to hear of Hampton Court, his good reception at the Emperor's Court. If he desires to go to Aix la Chapelle to take the baths, the King and Queen have given permis- sion. Lat. June 14. 3^- Michael Throkmarton to Henry [Edward ?] Earl of Devonshire ; Mantua. congratulates him on recovering the Queen's favour, and that he is on his travels, and intends to visit Italy. Invites him to Mantua. 39. John Haydon to same. Has paid over to John Walker the half year's rents due at Lady Day last. Sends him particulars of all the manors, boroughs, &c., which he holds in fee simple in the counties of Devon and Somerset. Suggests his expenditure should be limited to 1,200Z. a year. 40. Account of the charges of the obsequies of the Queen of Spain celebrated in the Cathedral Church of St. Patd, London, amounting to 1,068^. lis. 41. John Strowd to Devonshire. News from the camp ; 600 pioneers, clothed in red, had been sent into Marienburgh by the French King. 42. Devonshire, to Lord Abergavenny. Requests him to procure for him some bucks and does that graze. Wishes for his company abroad ,_ but hopes one day to see him again in England with his broad June 16. Lincoln's Inn. June 17. June 21, Namur. June 30. BruxeUes. dagger at his back. E 2 68 DOMESTIC — MARY. 1555. Jijly 1. Bruxelles. July 1. Bruxelles. July 1. Bruxelles. July 1. Bruxelles. Vol. V. 43. Earl of DevonsMre to Mr. Tho. Gresliam. Thanks for his good cheer. Begs him to advance money to purchase him " a scytheraine" [Gittern ?], and to provide for him as much good black velvet as will make " a long sti-aight night gowne." 44. Same to the Marchioness of Exeter. Likes his residence abroad, but his purse begins to get light. Is resident at Brussels, where the Emperor, the French Queen, and the Duchess of Lorraine continually reside. Sometimes visits the most notable towns of the country. Com- plains of the neglect of Wm. Dabeney. 45. Same to Tho. Smith. Is glad to hear that Sir Tho. Tresham's health has amended. Wishes that he could have been practising with Mr. Smith, with their crossbows among Tresham's deer. 46. Same to Dr. Martyn. Thanks for his letters, of the fortifications at Bruxelles. Sends him a plan July 10. 47. Sir 'Px. Englefyld to Devonshire. Has conferred with his servant Windsor Castle. [^"Walter] Prune, and also written to Mr. Basset on his affairs. July 12. 48. Sir Wm. Petre to same. Assures him of his friendship. Th& Hampton Court. Queen's delivery is now daily expected. July 14. Warrant to permit seven score of white cloths to be exported Hampton Court, jj^ty free for livery of the gentlemen of the Archbishop of Cologne. [^See 1558, undated, No. 52.] July 20. 49. Devonshire to Mr. Bonvise. Has need of a thousand crowns, Bruxelles. -nrhieh he desires him to pay into the hands of Tho. Gresham. Has received a letter from Sir W. Petre, informing him the Queen's hour was daily expected. .Tuly 22. 50. Same to Lord Cobham. Thanks him for the offer of one- Bruxelles. of his great horses : would prefer the loan of a jennet or bastard jennet. July 2.3. 51- Same to Sir Robert Rochester (Comptroller of the Household),. Bruxelles. Sir Fr. Englefyld, Sir Edward Walgrave, Mr. Basset, and Mr. Cordell. Approves of the proposed survey of his estates, and requests it may be expedited. Thinks the idle reports that he is a prisoner should be- refuted. Is in want of money. July 24. 52. Same to same. Warrant to pay certain wages to John Walker Bi-uxelies. and Thos. Browne for their services at Kew. July 25. 53. Same to Gresham. Directions to purchase plate for him, not tO' Bruxelles. exceed 1,000 crowns. July 25. 54. Same to Bonvise. Thanks for the order he has taken for pay- Bruxelles. ment of the 1,000 crowns. Sends his bill for the same. July 26. -55. Same to Sir Tho. Tresham. Has received his letter by Stephen Bruxelles. Harrington. Is glad of his good health. DOMESTIC — MARY. 69' 1555. Aug. 3. Braxelles. Aug. 6. Bruxelles. Aug. 14. Bruxelles. Vol. VI. August — Decejibee, 1555. 1. Earl of Devonshire to Gresham. Had arrived at Malines on his way to Antwerp, but was obliged to return. Begs the plate may be expedited. 2. Same to the Marchioness of Exeter. Rejoices to hear of her good health, and that the Queen has called her again to her Privy Cliamber. Thanlcs for the token she has sent him. 3. Same to Sir Arthur Darcy. friendly offices. Begs he will command him in any Aug. 20. 4. G. Marchioness of Exeter to the Earl of Devonshire. Received .Malsanger. ijig letter of the 6 th. The messenger was much impeded on Ms pas- sage, as there was a great fight between the French and Spaniards at sea. Is going to Canford ; Serjeant Tymwell, George Gattys, and Mr, Warham's daughter accompany her. Trusts he will avoid all sinful company. Aug. 25. Bruxelles. Aug. 26. Bruxelles. Aug. 26. Bruxelles. Aug. 29. l. Devonshire to Masone. Thanks for his letters and kindness, and particularly for forwarding his journey to Italy. Arrival and grand re- ception of the Queen of Poland at Padua. Has been to Ferrara, and was honourably received by the Duke and entertained in his palace there. 42. Confession of William Hinnes, relating to the conversation lie had with Bedell at Green wichand Fleet Bridge ; with other particulars. 43. Report of a conversation of Wm. Hinnes with Chidle's man, as to conveyance of a letter. 44. Notes out of Hinnes's confession, to charge John Benbow, of the Chapel Royal, as to his delivering shovels, spades, and poles to Bedell, to be shipped ; and procuring a ship of 80 tons bm:then for Bedell's use. 45. Notes out of Hinnes's confession, to cliarge Bethell with, as to meeting him at Fleet Bridge, &c. Reported landing of certain Enghsh gentlemen in the West of England. 46. Statement by Hinnes that John Dethicke applied to him, as having skill in alchymy, to make experiments on a foreign coin called ealdergylders, to convert them into gold. 47. Confession by Tho. White: proposal by Dethicke to acquaint Hinnes with the plot for seizing the treasure in custody of Brigham, a Teller of the Exchequer, and for killing the Queen and King. 48. Deposition by the same, impHcating Sir Tho. Garden [Cawarden] and Sir Nicholas Arnold. 49. A paper of notes, indorsed "Hinnes's last confession;" and notes from other confessions. 50. Notes from Rosey's confession, to charge Bedell with, who was brought to him by Dethicke. 78 DOMESTIC— MARY. 1556. ^«^- ^^^- March (?) 5]. Interrogatories put to Bedell. Mar. 30 (?) 52. Deposition by Bedell relative to tte first conference between himself, Ashton, and Dudley, at Fifield, in Berkshire. Inculpates Vuedali. [Indorsed, Bedell's first Book.] Mar. 30 (?) 53. Another confession, by Bedell, of what passed between himself, White, Ashton, and VuedaU, on board a passage-boat in Southampton Water. 54. Deposition by Bedell concerning a conversation with Stanton, relative to Dudley and Ashton. 55. Declaration by Bedell of a conversation between himself and Mr. Henry Pekham as to Ashton and Dudley. Desires to be con- fronted with Pekham. 56. Notes out of the depositions of White and BedeU. 57. JohnBedeU to his wife Bessy. Recommends her to take the adver- sity which has happened to him with patience. Hopes to obtain mercy. Desires she wiU apply to Mr. Alderman White to intercede for him. 58. Confession of Bawcriff concerning measures taken by Bedell and Ashton for procuring one CasteU and Andrew Pomeraye, two engravers, tp make dies for coining. 59. Examination of Martin Dare, relative to the occasion of his going to France. His commimications with Chr. Aston, Horsey, Tre- maynes, Dudley, VuedaU. General detail of the conspiracy, robbery of the Exchequer, &c. 60. Interrogatories put to Rosey relative to his participation in the conspiracy, and to his knowledge as to Sir Anth. Kingston, Sir Nich. Arnold, Sir Tho. Garden, Sir Tho. Throkmerton, Sir Nich. Throk- merton, Henry Dudley, Aston, or any of them. 61. Replies made by William Rosey to the above interrogatories. 62. Draft of the above. 63. Notds from Rosey's deposition to . charge Throkmerton with Conversation between Rosey and him, &c. 64. Deposition of William Stanton as to Henry Dudley staying several days at his house, and his conversation with Chr. Ashton. Dudley on his departure promised him a horse, 65. Copy of the above. 66. Examination of John Throgmerton. Deposes that there was no oath of secrecy taken by himself or others. He never said the Queen took down King Philip's picture, and kicked it out of the Privy Chamber. Stanton's deposition as to conversation between Dudley and Ashton. March 30. March (?) March (?) (?) 0) (?) (?) March (?) (?) March. March. March 31. DOMESTIC — MARY. 79 1556. April 5. Wimbledon. April 8. Coberlcy. April 9. Coberley. April 10. April 10. AprU 11. April 13. April 18. April 14. April 15. April 15. April 16, 17. April 18. Vol. VIII. April— Mat, 1556. 1. The Easter Book of the parish of Wimbledon, containing the names of many parishioners, and of those who were confessed and received the sacrament, beginning with Sir William CeciU and the Lady Mildred his wife. 2. Examination of Sir Anthony Kingston relative to a conversation which he had with Ashton and Dudley. Ashton broke a piece of coin, and delivered it to Sir Anthony Kingston as a token, &c. 3. Examination of Sir A. Kingston as to his connection with John Throgmerton, Vuedall, or Aston, and his fitting out a pinnace. 4. Confession of Willm. Stanton, relative to Henry Dudley's taking up his abode at his house ; that BedeU visited Dudley there. Neither Throgmerton, Bedell, Dudley, or Ashton ever communicated to him their intention of going beyond sea. Conversation between Dudley and Ashton. 5. Memorandum of conversations of Stanton with John Danyell and Ferdinando Lygons, relative to Henry Dudley. 6. Full confession of John DanyeU. Transactions of Dudley and others charged with the conspiracy. Oifer made to Danyell by Dudley to engage him in the service of the King of France. DanyeU fractures his leg. 7. Statement by John DanyeU relative to conversations with John Throgmerton. Eeport of dissentions between Dudley and Francis and Edw. Horsey in France. 8. Examination of Eoger Horton, taken before John Throkmerton, Esq., at Greenwich, relative to the attempt of Mr Prestall, his master, to go abroad. 9. Deposition by John Peerse, ship-master of Southampton, as to his conveyance of Ashton and his company, over seas to Newhaven, of their landing in their way in the Isle of Wight, calling at VuedaU s house. 10. Interrogatories to be put to Richard Vuedall, as to his trans- actions with John Peerse. 11. Answer by Vuedall to the above. John Peerse. Denies all knowledge of 12. Examinations of William Bury, servant of Christopher Chud- leigh, now in France. He conveyed letters from France to various persons in England. Conversations with John DanyeU, who expressed his desire to join the Horseys and Dudley. 13. Examination of Dethicke. Had been informed by Carter of the design of Sir Thos. Carden, and others, to stay any treasure going over to King PhiKp. The plot communicated to one Captain PoweU. ^0 DOMESTIC — ^MAET. Vol. vnr. 14. John Throgmerton's confession, that he heard White, Bedell, and Dethicke talk of obtaining the treasure. Knew not of Dudley's going over to France ; never was acquainted with Ashton, nor had any intercourse with the French ambassador. 15. Receipt, by John Abraham, to William Tymyng, for 131. for rent of St. Leonard's and Stamford, due to Sir W. Cecill. 16. Earl of Devonshire to Sir John Masone. Thanks for his letters and news. Unfavourable opinion of England by reason of the late frequent arrests. Fears he is not in good favour with the Queen, as his servant. Walker, has been imprisoned. Conversion of a hundred courtezans at Rome during Lent, and their relapse at Easter. 17. Masone to Devonshire. Contradicts the report of the number of arrests in England ; only three or four men taken for an attempt to rob the Treasury. His servant Walker was implicated therein. 18. Summary of a woodsale made for Sir W. Cecill at Wootton- under-Wyver. 19. Henry Wasse to Sir Edw. Hastings. Gives information of the Englishmen he met with in France, among others, Sir Robt. Stafford, Sir Ralph Bagnall, Hen. Dudley, and two of the Horseys. 20. King Philip to the Select Council. Letter of credence for John de Figueroa. Lat. 21. Memorandum of the conversation which the Dean of St. Paul's had with John Throgmerton, warning him to prepare for death. Throgmerton refuses to betray any of the conspirators, but solicits a month's respite. 22. Memoranda of statements made by Throgmerton, Stanton, and Rosey relative to Ferdinando Lygyns. 23. Confession of Rio. Vuedall, that Dudley delivered up two geld- ings to Bedell. Cyphers between Throgmerton and Dudley. Inculpates the two Horseys, Danyell, and the French ambassador. Attested by Hugh Weston and Thomas Aysshe. 24. Further deposition of Ric. Vuedall as to Dudley, Throgmerton, and the French ambassador. Attested by Hugh Weston and Wm. Cordell. April 23 (1) 25. Extract from White's confession that Vuedall provided a boat to convey Ashton away into France. April 23 (?) 26. Notes to put the Council in remembrance of concerning Danyell, Lygons, Turner, and Stanton, April 23, i^' 27. Declaration by Famando Lygyns that he has not conferred with John Throgmerton, John Danyell, Wm. Stanton, nor Edw. Turner, as to any treason, conspiracy, or rebellion, intended by Hemy Dudley, Chr. Ashton, Francis Horsey, Edw. Horsey, nor Cornewayle, nor any of them. 1556. April 18. April 18. April 18. Venice. April 18. Bruxelles. April 21. April 22. April 23. Bruxelles. April 24. April 23. April 23. April 23. DOMESTIC — MARY. 81 Vol. VIII. 1556. April 23 (?) 28. '• Notes for the Quenes Ma"=' Counsell for Stanton." His talk in prison with Rosey. Hints for his conduct when on the rack. His signs to Lygyns, Turner, and Ashton. April 2.3 (?) 29. Replied of Ferdinando Lygyns to questions put to him on examination. Explains his dealings with John Throgmerton, and his reasons for proposing to go beyond sea. His conversation at dinner at Lady Butler's house. April 23 (?) 30. Statement by same, of the times he had been in company with the two Horseys (Francis and Edward). Was with them in the Emperor's wars. April 23 (?) 31. Minute of communications made by Lygyns to Eosey, respecting the lodging of one of the Tremaynes in London. April 23. 32. Examination of William Bury. Conversations with Danyell as to Dudley, the Horseys, and Cornewayle. April 24. 33. Deposition of WiUiam Rosey, that he had often talked with John Danyell in prison concerning Dudley and Ashton. Relates their conversation. April 24 (?) 34. Deposition by Wm. Bygott, as to conversations between Danyell and Lygyns. April 24 (?) 35. Interrogatories to John Danyell as to his dealings with the conspirators, with his answers thereto. Names of the parties who met at Arundel's house. April 24 (?) 36. John Danyell to the Council. Conversation and violent lang-uage of Edw. Horsey. The breaking of his leg was a feigned stratagem between himself and Mr. Blacklock, the bone-setter, to avoid continuing in company with the conspirators. Is ill, and confined in a dark and filthy dungeon. April 24 (?) 37. Same to same. Begs them to discredit Rosey 's sayings against him. Details the conversation between Rosey and himself, that the French King would not permit such large sums to be carried out of his dominions. April 24 (?) 38. Confession of John Danyell. Further detail of conversation with Edwd, Horsey. Implores to be released from his horrible dungeon, where he lies among newts and spiders : is afilicted with the stone, and has no convenience for nature. April (?) 39. Memorandum of conversation between Lewknor and DanyeU. April (?) 40. Statement by Danyell, as to remarks by Stahton relative to a shirt of mail and 2 daggs hanging against the wall. April (?) 41 Extract from the confession of White, that he had often seen Danyell with Ashton at Mr. Pekham's house at Blackfriars. April (?) 42. Interrogations to be put to Nutt, a poor man, relative to Danyell and Rosey. 82 DOMESTIC — MARY. 1556. April 28. April 28. April (?) April 30. May 2. Venice. May 3. Bruxelles. May 6. May 7. May 7. May 9 (?) May 9 (?) May 9 (?) May 9 (?) Vol. Vin. 43. The Select Council to the King. Further conference with Figueroa, and their resolution as to the Royal Titles in England and foreign parts. (Mimite in Petre's hand.) 44. Translation of the above into Latin. 45. Examination of Launcelot Stooker relative to his intercourse with certain individuals. He never had conversation with John Stumpe and others, but has dined and supped with the three Tremaynes at Lady Butler's house ; never carried any letter or message from them or Lady B. 46. Statement of Sir Eobt. Pekham, detailing the conversations between him and Henry Pekham, his brother, touching Dudley and Ashton, and the objects of the conspiracy. 47. Devonshire to Masone. Thanks him for the information about his servant Walker. Is sorry for Tremayne's foolish departure. Ee- ception of the Queen of Poland at Venice. A hundred of the fairest gentlewomen of Venice appointed to wait upon her. 48. Masone to Devonshire. He had forwarded his letter for re- lease of his man Walker, who would probably be at large in a few days. 49. Deposition of Sir Nich. Arnold relative to his conferences with Ashton and Dudley. 50. The Select Council to King Philip. The Kingdom is tranquil, and justice duly administered. Measures taken for defence of Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. Orders against players and pipers strolling through the Kingdom, disseminating seditions and heresies. Employment of workmen before discharged, on account of the deficient harvest. Lat. 51. English translation of the aoove. 52. Declaration by Henry Pekham of the particulars of the conspi- racy in which Sir Anth. Kingston and a great many of the western gentlemen were concerned, for deposing Queen Mary, and making the Lady Elizabeth Queen, and for her to marry the Earl of Devonshire. Communications between Pekham and Chr. Ashton. 53. Further declaration by H. Pekham concerning words spoken by John Frokmarten, Hunnys, [Hinnes] and Walpull, prisoners in the Tower at the same time with himself. ' 54. Declaration by Mrs. Ashley that she had no knowledge of the conspiracy, but by common report of Throkmorton's plot to .seize the Queen's treasure, and to kill the Queen. Entreats to be released from confinement. 5 5. Deposition of Henry Wasse, as to his knowledge of Henry Dudley. Heard Sir Robert Stafford had denounced Sir Ralph Bagnold to the French Government as a spy. Prays to be released from his wretched dungeon. (Two papers,) DOMESTIC — MARY. 83 , Vol. Vni. 1566. May 9 (?) 56. Interrogatories put to John Vaughan, with his replies thereto. Denies all communication with Dudley and other conspirators. ]V[ay 9 (?) 57, 58. Two papers containing memoranda by one of the conspirators, of questions to be put to Bygott, as to words uttered by Eosey and Danyell touching the seizure of the Tower. May 9 (?) 59. Notes from the deposition of Rosey, to charge Dethicke with, as to the conspiracy and seizure of treasure. May 9 (?) 60. Other notes from Rosey 's confession to charge Dethicke with, as to seizure of treasure. May 9. 61. Statements of conversations between Rosey, Dethicke, Stawnton, and Bedell, as to conveyance of treasure to Henry Pekham's house. May 9 (?) 62. Interrogations drawn by White, to be put to Dethicke, BedeU, and others. May 9 (?) ' 63. Directions to Dethicke to put in writing all he knows concerning the embarkation of Ashton and Dudley, and what he knows concerning John Throgmerton, the Earl of Devonshire, and others. May 9 (?l 64. Questions to be put to Detliicke as to raising a rebellion for establishing the Lady Elizabeth as Queen, and driving out the Spaniards and Popery, and to confer with the Earl of Devonshire. May 9 (?) 65. First confession of Dethicke concerning his knowledge of the conspiracy, &c. May 9 (?) 66. Second confession of Dethicke concerning seizure of treasure. Meetings between himself, Throgmer-ton, Bedell, White, Hinnes, and Rosey. May 9 (?) 67. Declaration by Dethicke, relating the events of his life, from the time he was 10 years of age. His connexion with the conspiracy. May 9 (?) 68. T. Sawtrey to John Dethicke. Privately desires to make a discovery to him, provided he will prevail on Mr. Locton to set him at liberty. May 10. 69. GeoiFrey YyUers and other parishoners of St. Michael to Sir Wm. Stamford. Cecill. Thanks for procuring the union of St. Stephen's Church with St. Michael's, Stamford. Desires Mr. Gouch may be discharged of a year's rent. May 11. 70. ExaminationofWm. Crowe, bricklayer, before Sir Wm. Garrard, Lord Mayor of London, and Mr. SheriflP Legh. Conversation with a man at midnight near Fynesbury Fields, who said the Earl of Pem- broke was about to fetch the Crown from the Earl of Shrewsbury to crown Philip King with. Mav IS 71- King Philip to the Select Council. Answers their letters of Bn^eUes." 28 April and 7 May, particularly as to the Royal Titles, and the defence of Portsmouth and Isle of Wight. Lat. Incloses, 71 I. Statement of matters lately transacted by the Council, th of October 1556. But by a despatch from Peter Vannes, the English Amhassador at Venice (then at Padua), it is placed beyond a doubt that he died on the 18th of September, on the very day and hour that despatch luas written!] 22. Sir John Masone to Devonshire. Was glad to hear from him, as the death of his kitchen boy was reported more dangerous than has since proved. The Queen retains her good opinion of him. Particulars of his man Worth, who was now employed in France. Walker is still detained in prison. His packet had not been opened at Antwerp. Incloses, 22 I. Extract from a letter relative to the Earl of Devonshire, affCrm^ing that nothing was intended or believed against him or the Lady Elizabeth ; for everybody thought them, both to be of too m,uch wisdom, honour, and truth to be parties to any such matter. August 18. 23. JohnWhite (Sheriff of Hampshire) to the Council. He has received Southwyke. 13 Privy Seals, and delivered all except to Ei. PexaU, who was away. Others were imperfectly directed. Has examined WiUiam Morys, Peter Kyllygrew's man. Has no jurisdiction in the town of Southampton. Aug. 21 (?) 24. Interrogatories for the examination of Peter KyUygrew, relative to an intended invasion of England, and aid promised from France. Aug. 21 (?) 25. Answers of Peter KyUygrew to the above. His dealings with Dudley, Ashton, the Tremaynes, and Horseys. Ships taken by KyUy- grew and his companions at sea. August 21. August 27. 26. Further confession of Peter KyUygrew relative to the fitting out and arming two ships and plundering of a Spanish vessel and others at sea, at which young Ashton was present. Henry Dudley complains of poverty. 27. Deed of sale from Thos. Clayton to Margaret Levezam, of a house and shop at St. Mary-at-Hill, in the occupation of Thomas Fyshe. Lat. DOMESTIC — MARY. 87 1556. Sept. 10. Croydon. Sept. 10. Croydon. Sept. 13. Ghent Sept. 16. Croydon. Vol. IX. 28. The Select Council to the King. The six ships waiting to convoy the Emperor to Ushant, must be revictuailed before they can proceed. Measures for putting away one Brockhusen and others, servants of Lady Anne of Cleves. Claims of Captain Godfrey de Buckholt. The suit of Francis Peyto for a yearly pension. Don Cesar de Gonzaga's matter. 29. Translation of the above into Latin. They will take care that Don Caesar de Gonzaga's suit shall be attended to. 30. The King to the Select Council. Thanks them for their care as to the six ships to convoy the Empei-or. Approves of the measures relative to the Lady Anne of Cleves, and also of Ceesar Gonzaga's affair. Is likely yet to be absent from England for some time. Lat. 31. The Select Council to the King. Eecal of Peter Vannes, Am- bassador at Venice. Permission granted to Anth. Hussye, Governor of the English merchants at Antwerp and Agent in Flanders, to return to London for six weeks. All the members of that Society are Catholic, only four hold out : the Queen desires they should be proceeded against. Claim for restitution of a French ship taken with the Pirate Kyllygrew. Dr. Wotton to be recalled from the French Court, and Dr. Tho. Martin to succeed him. P.S. The six ships shall be victualled. Lat. 32. English minute of the above. 33. King Philip to Queen Mary. Suit of the Burgesses &c. of Enchuysen, for restoration of their ship St. Pierre du Port, capttired and afterwards retaken and carried into Portsmouth. Fr. 84. The Kiug to the Select Council. Answers their letter as to the recal of Peter Vannes. Leave for Anth. Hussey to go to London, and return quickly to Antwerp. Has referred the matter of the four persons who obstinately maintain their absurd opinions, to the In- quisitor of Flanders. Thinks Wotton's recal should be delayed until he, the King, returns to England. Lat. September. 35. Note of matters lately transacted in the Select Council relative to Ireland. Descent of the Scots in Ireland. Communications thereon to the Queen of Scots and the Court of France. Lord Fitzwater recommended as Lord Deputy. Lat. 36. Account of rents due to Sir Wm. Cecill in the collection of Andrew Scare, at Michaelmas 1556. 37. Brief declaration of Andrew Scarre's account with Sir W. Cecill, at Michaelmas. Sept. 16. Sept. 23. Ghent.' Sept. 30. Ghent. September. September. September. Oct. 1. Ghent. Oct. 12. 38. Note of arrears of lands in St. Martin's parish, Stamford, due to Sir W. Cecill, by Emly, Boocher, Sir John Abraham, Rowland Milling, and John Goodlad. 39. King Philip to the Queen. Eecommends the continuance of a pension granted to Angelo Mariano by King Henry VIII. Sp. 40. Receipt by Sir "Wm. Cecill for rents collected for him in Stamford by Wm. Tymyng, and Tymyng's particulars of the same, for one year. 88 DOMESTIC — MARY. 1556. Oct. 19. St. James's. Oct. 19. Oct. 20. Oct. 25. Oct. 28. Old Bailey. October. Nov. 2. Ghent. Nov. 13. Nov. 22. Nov. [22.] Nov. [22.] Nov. (?) Dec. 1. Bruxelles. Vol. IX. 41. The Select Council to the King. The French King urges the restoration of the ship " Sacrett." Intelligence of the affairs of Italy. Towns taken by M. Antony de Colonna. The Pope has applied to Venice, to the Duke of Mantua, and other Italian States, for assistance. Match between the Constable's son and the Duchess de Castro. Lat. 42. English minute of the above. 43. Memoranda, by Sir W. Cecill, of matters to be inquired of; to write to Edmund Atkynson of Lincoln for the feoffment of Leonard Brown and Anthony Trappes. The feoffment of Crowland, &c. 44. Translation of a case concerning accusers and witnesses in trials of treason, «Sz:c. 45. Sir Roger Cholmeley to Sir Wm. Cecill ; to be favourable to the bearer in a suit concerning a house in St. Paul's Churchyard. 46. Memorandum of the orders given by the Select Council to the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports respecting the Castle of Dover, &c. copy of a letter from the Queen to the Constable of Dover Castle, giving directions for his vigilant care thereof Lat. 47. The King to the Select Council. Thanks for their letters. Approves of their doings in the matter of the ship Sacret. Ob- servations on the affairs of Italy. The report of peace is without foundation. Refers them to Don Juan de Figueroa for further information. Lat. 48. Receipt of John Abraham for lol. half a year's rent due from Thos. Dudley to Sir Wm. Cecill, for Thorpe and Achurch, to Michaelmas. 49. Receipt of the same for money collected in Stamford by Wm. Tymyng, for Sir Wm. Cecill, to the same day. 50. The Select Council to the King. Information from Dr. Wotton that the profligate traitor Dudley had been tampering with the soldiers at Guisnes and Hammes. Detail of French affairs. The Queen of Scots is ill of a quartain ague. Measures taken for the security of Calais, of which the Earl of Pembroke is appointed Governor. Beg to be instructed if the Sacrett shall be restored to the French. Lat. 51. English minute of the above. 52. Memorial of Sir Robt. Southwell to the Council, praying relief from certain grievances and prosecutions against him, particularly by Sir Geo. Harper and Tho. Culpeper, for acts done in execution of his oflice of Sheriff of Kent, in Wiat's rebellion. 53. The King to the Select Council. Approves of their precautions against the _ designs of the French, and of sending Pembroke ' to Calais. Opinion on foreign affairs. Directions as to the ship Sacret. Desires to hear of the proceedings of the Commissioners at, St. Englebert. Lat. DOMESTIC — MARY. 89 ,_,„ Vol. IX. Dec. 8. 54. Receipt by John Abraham from Mr. Dudley for rent of Thorpe and Achurch, due to Sir Wm. Cecill at Michaelmas. Dec. 30. 55. Account of receipts and payments by Wm. Cayworth, servant of Sir W. Cecill, from 8th Nov. to 30th of Dec. 1556. 56. Rental of lands belonging to the House of the Nuns in Stam ford, CO. Lincoln, now belonging to Sir W. Cecill, with a note of the decays thereof. 57. Sir W. Cecill's book of the charges of the quarry in Clyff Park, anno 1556. 58. Note of money laid out by Andrew Skarre for the service of Sir W. Cecill. 59. Accounts, receipt, and expenditure of Thomas Cooper, with additions by Sir Wm. Cecill. 60. Account of rents, &c., of Stamforde cum Cranmore. 61. Account of Tho. Dudley of divers rents for Thorpe Achurch. 62. Brief of such money as Sir W. CecOl owes, for rents of manors, lands, &c. (amongst wMch is due in the Court of Wards for livery 231.). With an estimate of money due to him. 63. Memorandum of money paid to Ric. Cayewood, John Glassyor, and others, for work done. 64. Rental of Bereholm and other estates of Sir W. Cecill. 65. Account of monies due to and by Sir W. CeciU. 66. Sir W. Cecill's accounts of various rents in Lincoln, North- ampton, Rutland, and Surrey. 67. Note of lands let by Sir W. Cecill to John Milner, Emlin, and Bocher, with the sale of fruit that was in Hethcote's house. 68. Account in Sir Wm. Cecill's hand, and indorsed })y him " Y^ Booke of Wybleto psnage." 69. Wm. Haddon's accoimt of sheep bought and sold for Sir W. CeciU. 70. Rental of Bereholm, Stowe, and Deping, parcel of the possessions, of Sir W. Cecil], in the collection of H. Stephenson, bailiff. 71. Account of Rents of Bereholm and Deping, for Sir W. Cecill. 72. List of kerseys, cloths, &c. of English manufacture carried into- the tov.rn. of Antwerp within one year, for which it is suspected due customs have not been paid. 73. A Treatise in Italian, on the means by which the Church of Rome has arrived at her present grandeur. 90 DOMESTIC — MARY, 1557. Jan. 8. Greenwich. Jan. 10. Greenwich. Feb. 12. Feb. 13. Greenwich. March 16. March (?) March 27. March 27. " March 27. March 27. March 27. March 27. March 27. March 27. March 27. March 27. Mar. 27, 29. March 29. Vol. X. January — Mat, 1557. 1. Conditions upon which the Lord Treasurer (Winchester) is will- ing to undertake the responsibility of signing warrants for the Navy, instead of the Queen. 2. Warrant by the King and Queen to the Exchequer to pay 7,000Z. every six months to Benj. Gonson, Treasurer of the Admiralty, for reparation and maintenance of the Navy, during pleasure. 3 — 5. Three accounts of receipts and payments by Wm. Cayworth on behalf of Sir Wm. Cecill, from the 8th of Nov. 1556 to 12th Feb. foUowiag. 6. The Queen to Wm. Tirrell. Directions to send all merchant ships, bound for Spain, to Plymouth, to go from thence, under conduct of Signer Ruy Gomez, to that coast. 7. Articles of agreement between Wilhn. Honnyng, Nycasius Yetsweirt, John Clyff, and Francis Yaxley, Clerks of the Signet, as to conducting the business and sharing the fees of that office. 8. An account (in Italian) of the expenses of Card. Pole, from January 1556 to March 1557 inclusive. A number of bonds given by certain Merchants to the following effeet. 9 — 13. Five bonds to the King and Queen, by Gabriel Galvanus, Merchant of Ragusa, restricting him from impacking at Antwerp more than a third part of certain kerseys shipped, and from uttering or selling any part thereof in the Emperor s Low Countries, under certain penalties. 14 — 18. Five bonds of John de Rest, Merchant of Ragusa, to the same effect. 19 — 27. Nine bonds of James Ragason, Merchant of Venice, to the same effect. 28 — 30. Three bonds of Augustine de Sexto, Merchant of Lucca, to the same effect. 31, 32. Two bonds ot Eastian Wrytza, Merchant of Venice, to the same effect. 33 — 35. Three bonds of Stiatta Cavalcante, Merchant of Florence, to the same effect. 36 — 39. Four bonds of Francis Marotzo, Merchant of Venice, to the same effect. 40, 41. Two bonds of Nicholas de Gottzo, Merchant of Ragusa, to the same effect. 42. Bond of Antony Donat, Merchant of Venice, to the same effect. 43. Bond of Albert de Marare, Merchant of Venice, to the same effect. 44 — 46. Three bonds of Vincent Guichardin, Merchant of Florence, to the same effect. 47. Bond of Balthazar de Mafio, Merchant of Venice, to the same effect DOMESTIC— MARY. 91 1557. '''^- ^- March 29. 48, 49. Two bonds of James Ragason, Merchant of Venice, to the same effect. March 29. March 29. April 3. April 22. AprU (?) May 3. May 3. May 4. 50, 51. Two bonds of Bastian Wrytza, to the same effect. 52. Bond of Francis Marotzo, to the same effect. 53. Bond of Stiatta Cavalcante, to the same effect. 54. Bond of James Ragason, to the same effect. 55. Articles to be considered of in Council, that the Queen be no more defraiided of the duties on cloths exported from London. 56. Names of the noblemen and gentlemen of several counties on the English coast, to whom instructions relative to beacons were sent. 57. Duplicate of the above. 58. Commission to Sir Robert Rochester, K.G., Comptroller of tlie Household, Sir Edw. Hastynge^, K.G., Master of the Horse, Sir Francis Englefield, Knt., Master of the Court of Wards, Sir Edw. Waldegrave, Knt., Master of the Great Wardrobe, and Sir John Baker, Knt., Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, to take surrender of indentures, patents, grants, &c., for lands and profits of the Crown, and to grant renewal of the same for adequate fines. 59. Articles for the execution of the above Commission. 60. The King and Queen to the Lord Admiral (Wm. Lord Howard). Desire him to have a diUgent care of Hampton and the Isle of Wight, and the coast as far as Portland. May 22, ^^- '^^^ same to Lord St. John. Instructions for the safeguard and Westminster, government of the county of Dorset, particularly for the defence of Poole, Weymouth, and Portland, in conjunction with Sir Hugh Paulet. May 23. 62. Fair copy of the above, with further corrections. [John] Lewson Westminster, to be restored to the office of Capt. of Portland. [By the Orders in Council of the 29th and 3\st of May 1557, John Lewso^i is appointed Captain of the Isle and Castle of Portland, in the place of Geo Strangwishe.] 63. Grant by Card. Pole to Dr. Tho. Watson, Bp. Elect of Lincoln, to hold the deanery of Durham pro tempore in commendam with the bishoprick of Lincoln. Lat. 64. Instructions given by the King and Queen to the Lord High Admiral, preparatory to the declaration of war against France. May 4. May 22. Westminster. May 29. (4 lial. Junij.) Croydon. May 29. May 29. May 29. 65. The Queen to Lord Admiral Howard. Sends him instructions for the important service assigned to him. 66. Secretary of State to the same. Directions to furnish a list of the ships under his command. The French are preparing ships and vessels of all kinds for sea. May 29. 67. List of ships appointed to serve under the Lord Admiral 92 DOMESTIC— MARY. 1557. June 2. The Court June 6. June 6. June 6. June 6. Raby. June 8. Koyston. June 10. June 12. From the Great Bark. June 12. [June 15.] June 15. June 18. June 20. June 20. June 22. June 25. Sheffield. June 27. The Great Sark. Vol. XI. June — December, 1557. 1. Sec. (Bourne ?) to the Lord Admiral. The King and Queen do not wish him to put to sea without sufficient force. Directions have been given to Benj. Gonson to prepare a number of sbiips to re- inforce him. 2. List of ships, their names, and tonnage, including the fleet called "the Flanders fleet." 3. Duplicate of the above list of shipping. 4. Triplicate of the same. 5. Henry Earl of Westmorland to the Queen. Solicits the office of Steward of Richmondshire and Keeper of the forest of Galtres, vacant by the death of John Lord Conyers. 6. Wm. Lord Dacre to the same. Has heard of the death of Lord Conyers : solicits the office of Steward of Richmondshire and Mid- dleham. 7. List of noblemen and gentlemen who went over to serve the King. 8. Lord Adm. Howard to the Queen. Has sailed as far as Falmouth, and hears no news of the Spanish fleet : details of his cruize. Awaits the first fair wind to haul over to the French coast. 9. Cayworth's account of receipts and payments for Sir W. Cecill. 10. The Queen to Francis Earl of Shrewsbury. To deliver up Lord Latimer's daughter to her mother Lady Latimei'. Grant of arms to David Poole, Bishop of Peterborough, by Tho. Hawley, Clarencieux. [See Grant of Arms, No. 7-] 11. Draft Decree of Lord Chancellor Heath in the matter of Ambrose Saunders, John Johnson, and Richd. Johnson, bankrupts. 12. Lord Adm. Howard to the Queen. Detail of services on the French coast. No French ships are at sea between Britanny and Boulogne. Begs to know what ships are to reinforce him. 13. Names of gentlemen appointed to levy the pioneers, and in what shires. 14. Answer of the Lord Adm. Howard, in reply to certain articles sent to him by the Lord Treasurer touching the ships in the Narrow Seas. The Lord Admiral has spoken with Signer Don Lewys, who, after landing the treasure at Calais, intends to repair to Portsmouth. 15. Fr. Earl of Shrewsbury to the Queen. Cannot deliver Lord Latimer's .daughter to her mother at present, as she is in bad health and not able to travel. Will gladly do it hereafter. 16. Lord Adm. Howard to the Council. Don Lewys safely landed at Calais with the treasure. Preparations to convoy the merchants' ships. Difficulty of victualling. DOMESTIC — MAEY. 93 J 557. June 28. Westminster. June 29. June. July 5. July 5. July 7. July 8. Canterbury. July 8 (?) July 8. Canterbury. July 8. Canterbury. July 9. July 16. Snape. July 26. Eicbmond. July26(?) July 26. July 26. Vol. XI. 17. The Queen to Lord Adm. Howard. Directions to prepare suf- ficient vessels to convey the Earl of Pembroke and others over to Calais, with forces for the service of the King. 18. The King and Queen to Same. The King will be ready to pass over to Calais by the following Monday. 19. Abstracts of the musters in twenty English counties. 20. The Queen to the Lord Treasurer. Proceedings on the various points of his letter about the Admiralty and victualling. The Lord Admiral is willing to be revoked. Directions. 21. Council with the King and Queen to the Council in London. Send copy of the letter to the Lord Treasurer about victualling the ships. 22. The Queen to the Council. Approves of their measures for defence of the Borders against Scotland. Sir Hugh Paulet and Sir Leonard Chamberlayn, Captains of Jersey and Guernsey, to repair with aU speed to their respective charges. 23. Same to the Lord Adm. Howard to deliver up to John Fox his ship Mary Fortune, of Alborough, recaptured from the French. 24. Proclamation giving licence to all English subjects to set forth ships to sea, to act against the public enemies the French and Scots. 25. The Coimcil to the Mayor and Jurats of Rye. Directions to aid all persons freely to fit out vessels for the annoyance of the enemy in pursuance of the above proclamation. 26. The King and Queen to the Treasurer and Comptroller of the Admiralty. Directions for setting forth to sea, the Pawncys, the Sacret, and the Falcon Grey. 27. Same to the Masters of the Ordnance. To furnish the necessary munitions, &c. for fitting out the Pawncys, the Sacret, and the Falcon Grey. 28. John Lord Latymer to the Queen. Prays that Catherine Nevyle, his daughter, may remain with the Earl of Shrewsbury. His wife, Lady I^atimer, has already three of his daughters, with his consent. 29. The King and Queen to Order to repair to Mr. Wynter at Dover, and to serve as Captain in the fleet in the Narrow Seas. (Circular.) 30. List of noblemen and others to be employed in defence of the Kingdom, specifying the proportions of men to be furnished by various cities, counties, noblemen, and gentry. 31. Duplicate or fair copy of the above. 32. The Queen to the Lord Steward (Henry Lord Arundel). Ap- points him Lieutenant General and Captain of the forces for defence of the Kingdom. Directs him to muster and arm all the Queen's servants and tenants. 94 DOMESTIC — MARY. 1557. July 31. Richmond, July. July (?) July (?) July (?) July [July.] August 10. August 16. Hartlebury. Sept 3. Camp at St. Queutin's. Sept. 19. Wimbledon. September. September. September. Vol. XI. 33. The Queen to Sir John Arundel, Sir Richard Edgcomb, and others in Cornwall. Appoints them Commissioners of musters in Corn-wall War having commenced with France, and King Philip having passed the seas in person, she commands them to call out and arm 300 able soldiers from the whole manred of that county, for defence of the realm. 34 Same to the gentlemen and others appointed to attend her ; to attend with their servants and tenants, armed, according to proportions specified. 35; The number and names of the shippes and capitains servinge at the seas, viz., nine under the command of Sir John Clere, and 15 in the Narrow Seas. 36. Duplicate of the above. 37. Number of soldiers, mariners, and gunners serving with the Lord Admiral, Sir Wm. Woodhouse, and other naval commanders. {Im- perfect) 38. The Council to several seaports ; commanding them to fit out certain ships to reinforce the Queen s fleet of nine ships under Sir John Clere, for the protection of the homeward bound Iceland fleet : with a P.S. to confer with Vice-Admiral Sir Wm. Woodhouse. 39. The Queen to the Earl of Derby. Has restored the incorpora- tion of the College of Manchester. Thanks him for the favor • he has shown them. Miaute. [The ChaHer of Manchester College is dated 13 July.] 40. Particulars of the amount and deductions of the subsidy granted by the Temporalty and Spiritualty, 4 & 5 Phil, and Mary, indorsed " Sir Thomas Sanders, 10 August." 41. Bishop of Worcester [Richard Pate] to the Queen. Rmnour that the Lord Legate (Cardinal Pole) is to be recalled to Rome. Beseeches her not to sufi'er him to depart the realm. 42. Francis Earl of Bedford to Sir Wm. Cecill. Accoxmt of the storming of St. Quentin's by the army under King Philip. 43. Sir W. Cecill to Mr. Rede ; relative to the affairs of Johnson and Saunders, bankrupts. Explains that no claim can attach to him, Sir W. Cecill, in favour of the above parties. (Written in Cecill' s own hand on the blank spaces of the above letter of Bedford's to him.) 44. Instructions by the Queen for the Commissioners appointed to raise a loan for Her Majesty's use, from all persons whom they shall find competent, priests or laymen. (Minute signed.) 45. The Queen to the Collectors of the loan in various coimties. Directions to receive and collect money from those to whom letters of Privy Seal had been sent. 46. Same to the Council of Wales. Directions to appoint Commis- sioners and a Collector in every county for raising a loan. DOMESTIC— MARY. 95 1557. September. Vol. XI. 47. The Queen to the Collectors for Wales, the loans in Wales. Instructions to collect September. 48. The Council to the Commissioners for the loan for the County of . Directions and instructions for their proceedings in raising the loan. September. 49. The Queen to the Commissioners for the loan in Kent. Neces- sity for raising money to carry on the wars with France and the Scots. Sends lists of parties to whom applications for money are to be made, to be repaid at Christmas 1558. September. 50. Same to Mr. WUbram. Authority to receive the money from the Collectors of the loan ; with list of the Collectors in various counties. September. Sept. (?) Oct. 1. Oct. 9. Oct. 22. Dover. Oct. (?) Nov. 19 Nov. 22. Blackfriars. Nov. 30. Bisbam. November. 51. List of the Commissioners for the loan in various counties, dis- tinguishing the names of the Collectors. 52. Godefrey de Bocholt to the Queen. Having served her husband against the French, offers now to serve with 10 ensigns of foot and ] ,000 horse against the Scots. Fr. 53. Account of the moneys paid by the Bishops towards the subsidy of the Clergy. 54. An account of sums disbursed for Cardinal Pole's household from Oct. 1, 1556, to October 9, 1557. 55. Order from Sir Tho. Cheyne, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, to the Mayor, &c. of Rye, to cause certain mariners of that town to appear in the Admiralty Court at Dover, to answer the complaint of Adrian Comelisson and others, Flemings. 56. The Queen to Sir Edw. Saunders, Sir Eobt. Throkmerton, Sir Fulte Greville, Sir Edw. Grevill, Sir Ambrose Cave, and Ric. Newport ; joining with them Sir Wm. Wigston, Clement Throkmerton, John Digby, and John Fisher, as Commissioners for more speedily collecting the loan within the county of Warwick. 57. Account of all such money as Henry Pynynges has received and expended for the use of Cardinal Pole from Dec. 25, 1556 to the 19th November 1557. 58. Sir Philip Hoby to Sir W. Cecill. come and spend Christmas at Bisham. will be there. Invites him and his lady to Mr. Mildmay and his wife 59. Same to same. Has heard that he will not come to Bisham, whicfi he thinks is owing to Lady CeciU not being wiUing to leave little Tannikyn her daughter. Begs Lady CeciU will come and bring Tannikyn with her. 60. Anothei* account by Henry Pynynges of aU monies received and expended by him, for Card. Pole, for 23 months, from Jan. 1, 1556, to 30 Nov. 1557, including several items of the former account of 19 Nov. 96 DOMESTIC— MARY. 1557. Dec. 10. St. James's. Dec. 12. St. James's. Dec. 12. St. James's. Dec. 19. Stamford. Dec. 29. Dec. 29. 1557 (?) Vol. XI. 61. The Queen to the Sheriffs of counties and the Mayors and Bur- gesses of corporate towns, urging them to see that discreet and good Catholic members be chosen to serve in the Parliament to be holden on the 20th of Jan. (Minute, signed, but the signature cut off.) 62. Copy of the above ; made before the loss of the signature. 63. The same to the Collectors of the loan in every shire ; to use all possible diligence in getting m all arrears, to be paid to Richard Wil- bram, the Master of the Jewel House, by the 8th of Jan. 64. Ealph Harroppe, Alderman of Stamford, and Henry Lacy to Sir W. Cecill. The burgesses of Stamford do not intend to burthen the inhabitants of St. Martin's parish with the finding of post Iwrses. Resort of foreigners to CeciU's mills for grain. 65. List of ships and barks already in the Narrow Seas ; also of ships to be equipped to serve there. 66. Memorandum of works to be done to the Phenix and four other ships, to be sent to sea forthwith. 67. Note of wages and charges of victualling the Ayde and Barke of Bulleyn. 68. Tho. Langdon to Mrs. Brydeman. Thanks her for some Popish relics. Promises to transcribe St. Austin's Psalter. Requests the loan of a little book on the Sacrament and the Mass. 69. Memorandum for grant of a lease of the Manors of Kilmington and Norton Ferris, co. Somerset, parcel of the late Lord Stourton's estate. 70. Note of the assessment of certain Venetian merchants residing within the City of London, towards the subsidy. 71. Statement of the establishment and wages, for garrisoning cer- tain forts, castles, and bulwarks in various counties. 72. Account of the Queen's castles and forts, with the expenses of the same. 1558. Jan. 1. Jan. 2 (?) Jan. 2. •Greenwich. Jan. 4. Greenwich. Vol. XII. January — Apeil, 1558. 1. The Lord Almoner to Lord . Sends a crucifix of gold to be presented to the Queen, as a new year's gift. 2. The Queen to the Sheriffs of counties, to use their best means to procure the election of men of knowledge and experience, to serve in the new Parliament, specially such as the Council shall recommend. .3. Same to certain noblemen and gentlemen, urging them to levy and arm their servants to the number of 50 each, for the relief of Calais ; to be sent to Dover, to be received there by Thos. Keyes, the Serjeant Porter. 4. Warrant of King and Queen to the Exchequer, to pay 6d. per diem to James Welder and others, gunners of the Tower of London from laat Christmas, for their lives. DOMESTIC — MARY. 97 Vol. Xn. 1558. Jan. 6. ^- Instructions by the Queen to Valentine Browne, for pajdng and disbursing :3,000Z., under the direction of Sir Thos. Cheyne, E.G., Lord Warden, to the captains and soldiers assembled at Dover, for succour of the town of Calais, for which service Browne is to receive 10s. per day, and to be allowed two Clerks at 12d. per day. Jan. 7. 6. The Queen to the special gentlemen in every shire, urging them immediately to raise men for the succour of Calais, " the Chief Jewell of the Realme ;" not to spare any liberties or franchises, nor any lord, gentleman, nor other man's tenants : the men to be clothed in white coats, with red crosses on them. Jan. 7. 7. Names of the special persoEs who have charge to levy men in twenty-nine counties. Jan. 9. 8. The Queen to the Lieutenants of certain neighbouring counties, to levy and send to Dover the whole number of soldiers appointed for the protection of Calais. Jan. [9]. 9. Memoranda of the numbers of men to be immediately raised in thirty counties, for defence of the Kingdom, and rehef of Calais. Jan. 9. 10. Names often counties, with number of men raised in each. Jan. 9. 11. T'air copy of the above, as to counties and numbers. Jan. 9. 12. Instructions by the Queen to Sir Willm. Woodhouse, Vice Admiral, to repair to the Narrow Seas with as many ships as possible, the French King having besieged the town of Calais. Jan. 9. 13. The Queen to same. Authorizes him to promise compensation to the owners of such ships as may be lost in the service for relief of the town of Calais. Jan. 9. 14. Same to Sir Walter Mildmay. Appoints him Treasurer for the Wars in the present service beyond sea. J'an. 9. 15. Same to the Treasurer and Comptroller of the Mint. To deliver to Sir Walter Mildmay the sum of 5,OO0Z., in new-coined silver, to be defrayed according to his instructions. Jan. 10. 16. Same to Sir Tho. Cheyne, the Earl of Eutland, and others. Loss of Calais. Directions to select all the able men at Dover raised for its succour, and to convey them over to Dunkirk to join the army of the Duke of Savoy. Howlet, Officer of Ordnance, appointed in- stead of Brook, who is sick. P.S. Unserviceable men to be discharged. Jan. 12. 17. Same to Sir Tho. Chaloner. Appoints him to the charge of providing carriages for the troops at Dunkirk, under the command of the Earl of Pembroke. Jan. 12. 18. Same to Vice-Ad. Sir Wm. Woodhouse. Directions to return * with the gxeatest part of his fleet, for repairs, the principal cause of their sailing having now ceased ; the smaller ships to remain in the Narrow Seas. Jan. 12. . 19. James Hurst, curate of'Essenden, to Sir Wm. Cecill. Gives him particulars of the tithes of Eeall and Essenden. Has sent grafts of pear and apple trees to Burleigh. 98; DOMESTIC— MARY. 1558. Jan. 13. Jan. 15. Jan. 17. Jan. 19. Jan. 19. Jan. 19. Jan. 19. Jan. 19. Jan. 23. Jan. 23. Jan. 23. Dover Castle. Jan. 24. Jan. 26. Jan. 26. Dover. Jan. 27. Dover. / Vol. XII. 20. The Queen to the Lieutenants of certain counties ; to stay the men appointed for Calais, a storm having dispersed and damaged the fleet. 21. The Council to the collectors of the loan. To collect forthwith all arrears of the loan still unpaid, and to bind defaidters. 22. The Queen to the Duke of Norfolk ; for levy of 1,000 men .in Norfolk and 1,000 in Suffolk ; to the Earl of Oxford for 1,000 men in Essex; to the Lord "Warden of the Cinque Ports for 1,000 men in Kent ; to London for 500 ; to Hertford for 300 ; Middlesex 100, and Surrey 100, to co-operate with King Philip in preserving Guisnes and recovery of Calais. 23. Same to the Lord Ad. Howard. Commands him to put the navy into an effective state ; all ships and vessels to be stayed in aU the ports, and as many of them equipped for her service as shall be necessary. 24. Same to the Duke of Norfolk. Directs him to levy only 1,000 men in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, instead of the numbers at first appointed ; to remain in the county, and to take proper order for defence of the coasts of those counties. 25. Note of the reduced numbers of men to be raised in Norfolk, Suffolk, Middlesex, and Hertford. 26. Special directions for raising 500 picked men within the City of London, to serve under the Earl of Rutland. 27. Note of the messengers that went with the letters sent out the 17th, 18th, and 19th January, for levying men in various counties. 28. Sir Edward Dymok to , relative to a suit in the Star Chamber, concerning a convent seal plucked off from a lease. An arbitrement desirable. (BaTnaged). 29. The Queen to Sir Tho. Chejoie. Accepts his offer to go over and join the King's forces under the Duke of Savoy, for the relief of Guisnes. Directions as to the forces in Kent. Wishes the white coats for the soldiers had been ready. 30. Sir Tho. Cheyne to the Queen. The men furnished by Sir Anthony St. Leger are found deficient in numbers. Supplies of arms and ammunition required. Difiiculty of clothing the forces. 31. Statement of the order used in granting the subsidy to the King and Queen, by the Parhament then assembled. 32. The Queen to Sir Thos. Cheyne. To proceed against Robert Cockerell by martial law, and to put Francis Borton in the pillory at Canterbury, for seditious words. 33. Sir Tho. Cheyne, the Earl of Rutland, and Sir Antony Seat- leger to the Queen. Muster of the Kentish men hindered by the bad Aveather. Report on the condition and equipment of the forces there assembled. 34. Rutland and others to the same. Further report of musters of the Kentishmen and others. St. Leger's men will be shipped on the morrow. Lord Aburgavenny's cannot before Saturday. DOMESTIC — MARY. 99 1558. ^<^^- ^- Jan. 27. 35. The Queen to the Earl of Rutland. To stay the forces intended for Dunkirk from going over ; but to keep them in readiness at an hour's warning. Jan. 27. 36. Same to the Duke of Norfolk. To stay the forces levied in Norfolk and Suffolk for Dunkirk ; but to have them remain in readiness in those counties and in Essex. Jan. 27. 37. The Council to the Lord Mayor of London, directing him, on the next market-day, to cause all Frenchmen, not being denizens, to leave the realm. Jan. 28 (?) 38. The Queen to [Sir Tho. Cheyne ?]. Calais being lost, directs him to select as ufficient number of picked men to remain for defence of Dover, and to discharge and send home the rest. Sir Walter Myldemay, Val. Browne, and the Earl of Pembroke to return. Jan. 29. 39. Same to the Collectors of the loan in Norfolk and Essex. To issue money to the Duke of Norfolk to pay the wages of the forces raised in Norfolk and Suffolk, on their discharge. Jan. 30. 40. Same to Duke of Norfolk, Lord Rich, and others. Directions to dismiss the forces assembled at the sea side. Rich. Fulmerston, col- lector of the loan in Norfolk, has been appointed to pay the said forces. The levies from Essex are to return home. Jan. 30. 41. Same to Lord St. John. Appoints him to have charge of the Isle of Wight, and to raise and arm 300 of liis own tenants, part of the 2,600 able men IcAded for defence of that Isle. Jan. 31. 42. Same to the Earl of Rutland. Commands him to dismiss the forces under his command at Dunkirk, leaving only 100 men at Dover with Sir Thos. Cheyne, Lord Lieutenant of Kent. Jan. 31. 43. Same to Sir Thos. Cheyne. Notifies the recal of the Earl of Rutland and forces under his command. Only 100 men to be left at Dover under charge of the Lord Lieutenant. Jan. 31. 44. Same to [the Commissioners of Musters] in various shires, to levy and arm certain numbers of men, and to send them to the Isle of Wight by the 10th of Feby. under the leading of gentlemen of skill and experience, being inheritors. Jan. ? 45. Clauses in the Act of Parliament relative to furnishing horses, armour, and weapons, and for taking musters. Feb. 3. 46. Sir Tho. Cheyne to the Queen. Has received her letters for Dover Castle, the recall of Rutland. Represents the exposed position of the county of Kent, and that it is now weaker in " inanred " and military equipment than ever. Begs to resign his oflfice of Lieutenant of the county, and to retire to his estate in the Isle of Sheppy and protect Queen- borough. Incloses, 46. I. William Oxenden to Cheyne. Execution of Robert Cockrell at Canterbury, who died blasphemously. Fr. Borton has been put in the pillory there, and cautioned the people as to what they say of the King and Queen. Canterbury. Jan. 29 G 2 100 DOMESTIC — MAEY. 1558. ^"^^^ ™- March 5. 47. The Queen to Sir E. Waldegrave and others.. Directions to Westminster, compound with Elizabeth Cobham for lands held by her, parcel of the estate of the late Marq. of Northampton. March 8. 48. T. Tresham (Prior of St. John of Jerusalem) to the Queen. He Haseley. has Surveyed the Isle of Wight ; the gentry and commons are well disposed for its defence. Sends Sir Edw. Warner to London for further directions. March 8. 49. Warrant (to Thos. Gresham ?) to pay to Sir W. Pickering 2001. in advance, and 4 marks per diem during liis service abroad. March 14. 50. The Queen to the Lord Privy Seal, (Lord Paget) the Bishop of Ely, and others, Commissioners for Finances and Revenues, to devise means for the supply of treasure for the service now in hand. March 15. 51. Same to Lord Adm. Howard, to cause all prizes taken to be sold, as also those that shall hereafter be taken. March 17. 52. Same to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London. Is desirous to borrow 100,000 marks in the city, on the security of the crown lands, and will disj^ense with the act of usury in favour of those who lend to her. March 17. 53. Instructions by the King and Queen to the Earl of Bedford, Lieutenant of the cotmties of Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, and the city of Exeter, as to raising and watching of beacons, mustering forces, &c., for defence of those parts. March 17. 54. The King and Queen to Thomas Wilson. Command Mm to . Green-vficb. return to England and appear in person before the Council. Appoints them Commissioners subsidy granted by the late March 18. The Queen to to assess the whole county for the Parliament. [See 19 May 1559.] March 18. The same to . Appoints him a Special Com- missioner to superintend his colleagues in levying the subsidy- [See 19 May 1559.] March 27. 55. Inquisition against Michael Powle of Berkhamstead, Herts, for' burglariously entering and robbing the house of John West at Chesham, Bucks. Lat. March 28. March 30. March 30. March 31. GreenTfich. 56. Memorial by Sir W. Cecill of various works to be done at several of his houses and estates, survey of woods, hangings at Grims- thorpe, &c. 57. Memorial for Thomas Harvey, knight marshal. Instructions for taking musters of the forces at Portsmouth and the Ise of Wight. 58. Duplicate of the above. 59. The Queen to Prior Sir Thomas Tresham. Directions to dis- charge a portion of the garrison of the Isle of Wight, as a fleet will arrive for protection of the Island. DOMESTIC — MAEY. 101 1558. March 31. 60. Minute of a letter to Prior Sir Tho. Tresham, to assist Thomas Harvey in taking musters of the forces in the Isle of Wight ; and similar directions to Lord Chidiock Paulet, Captain of Portsmouth. March. 61. The Queen to the Lord Mayor, &c., of London. Authorizes Nicholas Brigham to receive the money lent to lier by the city. April 2. 62. List of gunners and soldiers appointed to serve in Deal, Walmer, and Sandown Castles, co. Kent. April 6. 63. The King to the Select Council. Directs them to inquire into Bnjxeiles. the matter concerning the Hanse Towns. Lat. April 8. 64. Sir Henry Jernegan to the Queen. Sends intelligence out of Canterbury. France from the Lord Grey, that the Scots had returned to Scotland, with the Duke of Guise in their company. Has committed the care of the coasts to Sir Henry Cryps, Mr. Kempe, and Mr. Fynche. April 9. 65. The Vice Chancellor and Senate of Cambridge, to the Queen. Senate House. Acknowledge Her gracious &vour to the University. Pray to be exempted from contributing to the subsidy. Lat. April 15. 66. The Queen to the Company of Merchant Adventurers. Thanks Greenwich, for theii" forbearing to claim payment of their loan to her. Will be punctual in the next payment. April 18. 67. Instructions and orders given at Exeter by Francis Earl of Bedford, Lieut-General of Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, and Exeter, and the Justices of the Peace, to be used for the quiet estate of the said shires ■ and city ; with names of the gentlemen appointed for the defence of Devon. April 21. 68. Survey of the parks of Grafton, Stoake, Potterspury, Hasel- Grafton. borough, Norton, and Hartwell, co. Northampton ; taken before John Mershe, Giles Isham, and William Gent, Esquires. Lat. and Engl. ■April 26. 69. The Queen to certain gentlemen appointed captains of ships, to take charge of the said ships, and to be at Portsmouth, under the orders of Lord Clynton, Lord High Admiral. April 26. 70. Names of the gentlemen appointed captains of sliips to be at Portsmouth by the 10th of May. April 26. Answer of the Lady Elizabeth given at Hatfield, to Sir Thomas Pope, as to the proposal of marriage made by the King Elect of Sweden. [Imperfect MSS., James /.] .April 30. 71. Bishop Pate to the Queen. Was a suitor about twelvemonths Worcester, past that Cardinal Pole should not depart the realm. Again entreats that she will not part with him. Vol. XIII. May— September, 1558. May 1. 1- Table of rates for lands, goods, annuities, fees, and copyhol^ chargeable with horses and armour, according to the Act 4 & 5 PhiL and Mary. 102 DOMESTIC — MARY. Vol. Xni. 2. Accompt of John Thetclaer, Esq., Collector of the loan in the county of Sussex. Warrant dormant to pay the wages and entertainments of Sir Robt. Oxenbridge, Constable of the Tower, and of the Guard and Warders of the same ; amounting in the whole to 580L 4s. 2d. per annum. ^See 25 March 1559.] 3. The Queen to Lord Admiral (Edwd. Lord Clynton ?) to be in readiness to receive the Kitig on his return to England. 4. The King and Queen to Nich. Brigham. Appoint him to be receiver of all money due or payable on any subsidy, fifteenth, loan, or other benevolence. 5. Note of the dates of certain commissions of sales, and of the persons to whom they were addressed. 6. The Queen to Lord Ad. Clynton. The King being unable to return to England, the Lord Admiral is directed to go over and visit His Majesty, to know and obey his pleasure. 7. Anth. Visct. Montague to the Queen. Survey of the coasts of Sussex : the people are willing to serve for its defence. Has caused Dr. Langdale to preach in places not well-affected in religion. Has appointed all the west end of the shire for the aid of Portsmouth Mr. Hungatt, who has accompanied him, can state the particulars. 8. The King to the Count de Feria, concerning the memorial of Pedi'o Ortiz de Brivarri. Span. 9. Lord Adm. Clynton to the Queen. Is about to saU for Dunkirk to wait on the King, leaving the fleet in the Narrow Seas in charge of Mr. Wynter, and captains of good experience. 10. The Queen to Fr. Earl of Huntingdon. The Marq. of Win- chester being Lieut, of the forces of London and the adjacent shires raised for defence of her person, she appoints him to command the vanguard of the same. 1 1. Wm. Wynter to Secry. Boxall. The Lord Adm. Clynton landed at Dunkirk. Proceedings of the fleet in the Narrow Seas. Mr. Gresham applied for convoy from Flanders. Engagement between the French and certain Burgundians. Incloses, 11. I. List of ships (Queen's and Merchant's) appointed to repair to Portsmouth, remaining at present in the Narrow Seas. May 22. 12. The Queen to the Earl of Arundel, K.G. (Lieut, of the co. of Surrey). Commands him to be present at a council of the Knights Companions of the Garter. May 29 (?) 13. List of the Knights of the Garter in the 4th & 5th of Phil, and Mary. 14. The Queen to the Dean and Chapter of Winchester. Has appointed Dr. Harding, a Prebendary of Winchester, to preach in the diocese of Sarum. Desires that he may receive the revenue of his prebend while absent on that duty. 1558. May 4. May 4. Greenwich. May 11. May 12. May 16. May 17. Greenwich. May 17. James Gage's House. May 17. Brussels. May 18. laon, in the Downs. May 20. May 22. DoTer. May 29. St James's. May 30. St James's. DOMESTIC— MARY. 103 1558. May 30 (?) "May 30 (?) May. May. Westminster. May. Westminster. May. Jime 2. Antwerp. June 2. Antwerp. June 3. St. James's. June 8. Eye. June 14. June 14 June 15. June 18. June 21, Bruxelles. June 26. St. James's. June 26. Vol. Xm. 15. The Queen to John Fezard, Parson of Donhedmary, Dr. Hard- ing, and Dr. Hosskynsj directs them, during the vacancy of the see to preach throughout the diocese of Salisbury. 16. Same to same. Eough draft of letter to the same purport. 17. Articles proposed by Col. William de Wallerthum on entering the English service. ItaL 18. Articles and conditions for regulation of the foreign German infantry in the service of Philip and Mary, under command of Colonel William de Wallerdumb. Fr. 19. English translation of the above. 20. Note of the proportion of soldiers assigned to each standard, their officers, and pay. Fr. 21. Order by King Philip to Tho. Gresham to advance to Sir Wm. Pickering 40,000 Rhenish florins, for pay of the 3,000 German infantry under Sir William de Wallerthum. Sp. 22. Similar order to Tho. Gresham to advance 6,000 crowns to Herman Piper to provide arms for the said troops. Sp. (See Borders, June 16.) 23. The Queen to Sir Tho. Cheyne, to give directions for the sea- faring men within the Cinque Ports, to hold themselves in readiness to serve under the Lord Admiral at an hour s warning. 24. The Mayor and Jurats of Rye to the Council. Have sent up in custody Tho. Wait and John Pope, supposed owners of a vessel that had committed some offence. Recommend the case of Jas. Pottyn and Wm. Firrar. 25. Interrogatories to be put, on the part of the Crown, to John Bowyer, prisoner in the Fleet, as to his connexion with the late Duke of Suffolk. 26. Examination and answers of John Bowyer, on the above inter- rogatories, taken before Sir Tho. Why te and John Throkmarton, Masters of Requests. 27. The Queen to . Appoints him Lord Marshal of the forces for defence of the realm. 28. Estimate of the charge of the wars for five months, to end the last of October ; with an estimate of money to be provided for the same. 29. The King to Sir Wm. Pickering. He has directed Walderthum to take his route with his troops through Antwerp to Dunkirk. Fr. 30. The Council to Sir Ric. Reade and John Vaughan, to examine the claim of Laurence Johnson (from Denmark) to a ship taken from him last year. 31 The Queen to Lord St. John. Directions to embark the 500 men, in pay in the Isle of Wight, on board the fleet under the command of Lord Adm. Clynton. 104 DOMESTIC — MAEY. 1558. June 26. June 23. June 28. St. James's. June (?) July 2. July 8. The Lyon. July 8. Eochiord. July 9. Pomfret. July 15. July 27. July 27. July 27. July 27^ July 30. Vol. XIII. 32. The Queen to Lord Adm. Clynton ; authorizes him to take up 500 men in the Isle of Wight, for manning his fleet. 33. Same to John Bourchier Earl of Bath, and others, Commis- sioners, to iear and determine a suit, in the Exchequer, between the Crown and Sir Oliver Wallop, as to the manor of Upton, co. Somerset. 34. Same to Benj. Gonson, Treasurer of the Admiralty, to pay the land-wages of such as shall serve in the expedition under the Lord Admiral. 35. Note of the number of pensioners and men-at-arms attending on the Queen's person. Lat. 36. Accompt of Ric. Wilbraham, Master of the Jewel House and Receiver-General of the Loan, of the whole amount received by him of the same loan, viz. 109,269?. Os. id., Signed by Thomas Mathewe, auditor. .37. Lord Adm. Clynton to the Queen. Informs her of the best points in Flanders to convey letters to the King, Dunkirk being stopped by the French. Has sent 10 ships into the Narrow Seas. 38. Ric. Lord Rich to same. Prays for expedition of his patent for the grant of the manor of Hockley, in Essex, the price of which he has paid. Will never trouble or quarrel with Edmund Tirell, to whom it is leased. 39. George Lord Talbot to same. Has received her commands to prepare himself as General of 400 demilances, and to receive them at Newcastle. Is perfectly destitute of equipments for that service. 40. The Queen to Sir Clement Higham and Sir John Sulyarde. Directions for them to take inventories, &c. of the goods, &c. of Lord Wentworth, and to make account of his revenues since the loss of Calais. The s?ime proceedings to be taken with the goods, &c. of Sir Ralph Chamberlain, Edwd. Grymeston, John Harleston, and Nich. Alexander. 41. Same to the Mayor and Aldermen of London. To exempt Simon Lowe, merchant, from the offices of Sheriff and Alderman during the time he is in her service. 42. Same to Dr. Robinson, Dean of Durham. To repair to the Earl of Lenox, being visited with some sickness, and to comfort him. by godly and learned counsel. 43. Same to Sir Tho. Cheyne. Commends him for receiving his wife again, and continuing in house with her, lovingly. 44. Same to Sir Edw. Waldegrave and others. Authority to keep a Justice Court at Ilford, in the absence of the Earl of Sussex, Chief Justice of all forests south of Trent, for redress of disorders inWaltham Forest, while he is Lord Deputy of Ireland. 45. Lord Treasurer Winchester to the Queen. Difficulty felt by the subjects to raise money for military service, owing to the restraint on sale of corn. Has sent her warrant for finishing the works at Windsor. DOMESTIC— MARY. 105 Vol. XIII. 46. Lord Treasurer Winchester to the Queen. Will forward the building of the new Custom House and Wharfs. Thinks Mr. Coke, Captain of Sandown Castle, I. of Wight, will die. 47. William Dedyson, John Predyaux, Edw. GryfTyn (Att. Gen.), and Ric. Weston (Sol. Gen.), to the Queen. Report on the case of Dionysius Thymblebie, lately attainted for highway robbery. Recom- mend that witnesses be not heard against the verdict. 48. Memoranda of fees on passing certain gTants, licences, pardons, and other public instruments in the months of June and July. 49. Declaration of loss sustained by the Queen, by lack of diligent circumspection of the weight of wools exported, and of the sums saved by the Staplers from 1550 to 1555. 50. Declaration of the Customs the Kings and Queens have of their wools, and of the loss in their Customs in the same. 51. The Queen to [John] Malyn, Vice- Admiral on the Narrow Seas. Thanks for his services : makes him a present of wines he had taken from the enemy. 52. Same to Wm. Basset, Sheriff of Glamorgan. To apprehend William Herbert, Esq., of Cogan Pill, and send him up in custody to the Privy Council. 53. Winchester to the Queen. Has sent by Mr. Basshe warrants for venison, to be presented to the city, as eiistomary. The disease of his nose is better. He will set forward the 1,000 pioneers for King Philip. 54. The Queen to Tho. Lodge, Alderman of London. Thanks for his willingness to become surety for redeeming Sir Henry Palmer, prisoner in France. 55. Same to the Fellows of Magd. Coll., Oxford. Recommends them to elect either [Tho.] Marshall, Archdeacon of Lincoln ; John Somer, Preb. of Windsor ; or [Tho.] Slythehurst, Master of Trinity Coll., to be President of their College, in place of their late President, Ai'thur Cole, deceased. [Tlio. Coveney, A.M., was elected.'] August 14. 56. List of payments of the subsidj^ granted by the temporalty in the 4th & 5th of Pliil. and Mary, made before the 14 of Aug. in each County, City, Division, and Town. 1558. July 30. July (?) July. July (?) July (?) August 5. August 5. Kichmond. Augast 8. August 9. Eichmond. August 12. Kichmond. August 16. Auckland. August 1 9. August 27. 57. Cuthbert Tunstal, Bishop of Durham, to Card. Pole. Thanks him for procuring the grant to him of the reversion of Durham Place. Ex- pects daily that Pole will send for the arrears of the farm of benefices, about 700i. His Chancellor is dead ; prays for another as good. 58. Minute of articles between James Harryngton and Robt. Lyvesey for lease of certain lands. Corrected by Sir Wm. Cecill. 59. The Queen to Lord Cliidiock Paulet, Capt. of Portsmouth. Di- rects him to deliver 200 men of that garrison, to Lord Adm. Clynton, to serve on board the fleet. 106 DOMESTIC — MARY. Vol. XIII. 1558. August 27. ^^- -A-bstract of several letters in July and August from Lord Adm. Clynton to the Council. Weather, and operations on the coast of France. Cannot find matter sufficient to charge Stukeley with, &c. August 29. 61. List of persons committed to various prisons between the 15th of Aug. 1553 and the 29th of Aug. 1558, including Latimer and Cranmer. August 31. Eltham. August. Wilton. Sept. 1. Portsmouth. Sept. 6. Letley. Sept. 9. Sept. 29. Sept. 30. Oct. 4. Lambeth. Oct. 16. Oct. 22. Ad arcem Flerij. Oct. 22. St. James's. Oct. 22. St. James's. Oct. 22. St. James's. 62. Sir Henry Jernegan, Master of the Horse, to the Queen. Gives a report, by Mr. Colsell, of the proceedings in the Narrow Seas of Vice- Admiral Malyn, who offers to recover Newhaven. 63. Earl of Pembroke to same. Has received her letters, stating that the Marches of "Wales are in disorder for want of a President residing there. Is willing to resign, but declines recommending a successor. 64. William Wynter to . Statement of services per- formed by the fleet, from the time of the burning of Conquet, tin their return to Portsmouth. 65. John Lord St. John to the Queen. Death of Eic. Cooke [or Coke], Captain of the Fort in Sandown Bay, I. of Wight. Sickness affects more than half the people in Southampton, Portsmouth, and the Island. 66. The Queen to Sir Henry Jernegan. To consider of the offer of Malyn to make a descent on the coast of France, and to give directions accordingly ; and, if he approves, to supply Malyn with the 100 soldiers at Dover. 67. Declaration of the value of the lands and possessions of Eeginald Pole, Cardinal and Archbishop of Canterbury. Lat. 68. The Queen to the Master of the Wards (Sir Fr. Englefield). Has granted the wardship, and marriage of the son and heir of Ser- geant Prideaux, to Thomas Stiikeley, Esq. Vol. XIV. October — November, 1 558. 1. Copy of the will of Cardinal Pole. Lat. 2. The Queen to the Duke of Norfolk, the Earls of Derby, Pem- broke, Shrewsbury, Westmorland, Huntingdon, and Kutland, and Visct. Mountague ; directions to leave their respective charges, and to repair to the Queen immediately. 3. The King to the Select CouncU. Has despatched the Count de Feria to England, on hearing of the illness of the Queen. Lat. Grant to the Lord Chamberlain of a tenement in Westminster, late belonging to Sir John Gate. [Bocquet, Nov. 10.] Grant to Mr. AUen (Clerk of the Council), of the office of Queen's Remembrancer in the Exchequer. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to Robt. Moulton, of the office of Auditor of the Exchequer. [Doc, Nov. 10.] DOMESTIC— MARY. 107 3 558. Oct. 25. St. James's. Oct. 25. Oct. 25. St James's. Oct. 25. St. James's. Oct. 25. St. James's. Oct. 25. St James's. Oct. 25. St James's. Oct. 25. St. James's. Oct. 25. St. James's. Oct. 25. St. James's. Oct. 25. St. James's. Oct. 25. St James's. Oct. 25. St. James's. Oct. 25. St James's. Oct. 25. St James's. Oct. 25. St James's. Oct. 25. St James's. Oct. 25. St James's. Oct. 25. St James's. • Oct. 25. St James's. Vol. XIV. Warrant to pass a lease in reversion to Christopher SkeAdngton, Esq., of certain parcels of ground nigh Reading. [Doc, liov. 10.] Lease of the said parcels of ground according to the above warrant. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant for Robert Catlen, to be one of the Justices of the Common Pleas. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant for William Rastall, to be one of the Justices of the King's Bench. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant for making new Sergeants at Law. \_Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant to Mr. Walgrave to pay the Queen's Bedmaker and her Embroiderer for certain materials used. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant to same, to deliver to Mr. Norrys, Mr. Lyggons, and Mr. Hungate of the Privy Chamber, each 8 yards of black velvet for a coat. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant for " watchinge lyveryes" for the guard. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant for the discharge of the subsidy out of the Exchequer, for the wages of the guard. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to Ric. Drewe of the office of Master of the Queen's Barges. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to John Lloyde for Hfe of the keeping of the Park of Mall- wycke, co. Denbigh. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant for payment of the guard, for the months of August and September. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to Sii' Tho. Cornewallys, his wife, and heirs male, of the Manor of Wilton in Cleveland, on the payment of 5 Oil. per annum. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant to Mr. Walgrave, for saye and other things, for furniture of the Parliament Chamber. [Doc, Nov. 1 0.] Grant to Wm. Rawson of three messuages in Springfield, Essex, for the term of 40 years, free of rent. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to Sir Wm. Brereton of the ofiice of Escheator of Cheshire. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to Justice Greyme of the office of Gaoler of St. Albans* [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant for a lease to John Powell of certain lands in Denbigh, for the term of 50 years. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant to pay 201. to Wm. Stephin, shipwright, for making the Queen's new barge. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to Ralph Bossevyle of the office of Clerk of the Wards. [Doc, Nov. 10.] 108 DOMESTIC— MAET. 1558. ^«^- ^^- Oct. 25. Grant to Card. Pole and his successors, ArchTbishops of CanterlDury, St. James's, of the patronage of certain livings within that diocese. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Oct. 25. Grant to John Pigeon of the Bailiwick of Hemmyngford Graye. St. James's. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Oct, 25. Licence for Sir Eic. Sowthewell to assign certain lands to the house .St. James's. ' of Shene. [Docquet, Nov. 10.] Oct. 25. Commission to the Lord Chief Justice and others, to consider the St James's, title of Tho. Husseye, Esq., to certain lands claimed by him. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Oct. 25. Licence to Lord Ogle to be absent from Parliament, in respect of his St James's, sickness. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Oct. 25. ^ purchase for William Eolfe and John Marsshe, of Barnet, signed St James's, by the Commrs. of Sales. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Oct. 25. Warrant to Mr. Walgrave for a livery for the Lord Chamberlain. St James's. [DoC, NoV. 10.] Oct. 27. 4. The Select Council to the King. Send a copy of the stale- st James's, ment made by the Portuguese Ambassador relative to the trade of the Merchants of London, and declare their opinion on that matter. Lat. Oct. 27. 5. Copy of the above. Oct. 28. 6. Certificate of assessment for arms and armouj for the City of Lincoln. Oct. 28. 7. Certificate of musters in the Division of Lindsey, co. Lincoln. Oct. (?) 8. The certificate of the Wapentake of Corringham, co. Lincoln, to the articles ministered by the Privy Council, respecting the supply of arms, armour, and conduct money, at the charge of the respective towns. Oct. 29. Letter to the Bishop of Bath, signifying that the Queen had ap- St James's, pointed him President of the Council of Wales. [Docquet, Nov. 10.] Oct 29 '^^^ Letters to ihe Lord Treasurer, the Duke of Norfolk, the Earls St James's, of Arundel, Oxford, Pembroke, and Bedford, the Vise. Montague, the Lords Willoughby and St. John, and the Master of the Horse (Jer- negan), signifying the determination of their several Commissions of Lieutenancy. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Oct. 29. Licence for Lord St. John to be absent from Parliament. [Doc, St James's. Nov. 10.] Oct. 29. Letter to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London to admit Tho. St. James's. Cawston into the freedom of the City. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Qgj. 29 ^ Eelease for 1,362Z. 8s. id. due by the Lord Admiral to the Queen. StJames'k [Doc, Nov. 10.] DOMESTIC— MARY. 109. 1558. Oct. 29. St. James's. Oct. 29. St. James's. Oct. 29. St. James's. Oct. 29. St. James's. Oct. 29. St. James's. Oct. 29. St. James's. Oct. 29. St. James's. Oct. 29. St. James's. Oct. 29. St. James's. Oct. 29. St. James's. Oct. 29. St. James's. Oct. 31. St. James's. Oct. 31. St. James's. Oct. 31. St. James's. Oct. 31. St. James's. Oct. 31. St. James's. Oct. 31. St. James's. Oct. 31. St. James's. Oct. 31. St. James's. Vol. XIV. Licence for five years to the Lord Privy Seal and Sir Hen. Pagett, to import yearly 10,000 tuns of French wine at a custom duty of 4 marks per tun. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to Sir John Masone, of the Oifices of Treasurer of the Chamber and Master of the Posts at 240L a year, and 12cZ. a day. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant for a lease for 21 years to Ric. Lewes, of two mills and certain lands, parcel of the possessions of the late Monastery of Beading, at the accustomed rent. [Boc, Nov. 10.] Warrant for a lease for 60 years to Sir Robert Chester, of certain lands in Cambridgeshire at the accustomed rent. [Docquet, Nov. 10.] Grant to the Archbishop of York, and his successors, of the patronage of certain livings within that Diocese. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to Edw. Cole, of a lease for 21 years, of certain lands at Col- chester, in Essex. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant for a grant in fee simple, to Mr. Kempe of the Privy Chamber, of the house at Kew, Surrey. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant of pardon for Ric. Knightley, Esq., for felony. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant for lOOL to be given by way of reward to the Grooms and Pages of the Queen's Chamber. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant of the custody of the temporalities of the Bishoprick of St. Asaph, to Mr. Wood, one of the Queen's Chaplains, nominated to the see. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to Mr. Raynolds of the custody of the temporalities of the Bishoprick of Hereford. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to Awdrey Beckensall, to be denizen of the realm. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant to the Receiver of the Wards and. Liveries, to pay to the Cofferer of the Household 12,O00Z. per annum, quarterly, towards the Household charges. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant to the Exchequer to pay to the same 8,000L per annum, quarterly, for the same purpose. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant to the Receiver of the Duchy of Lancaster to pay to the same 10,000?. per annum, in quarterly payments, for the same purpose. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant to deliver to Benjamin Gonson, Treasurer of the Admiralty, *758l. 7s. for the discharge of the ships. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Instructions for the Lord President and Council in the Marches of Wales. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant in reversion to Anthony Rone of the office of Auditor of the Exchequer, now in the occupation of Fr. Sou the well. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Presentation for Christopher Kytchen to the parsonage of Wallcerne, in the diocese of Lincoln. [Doc, Nov. 10.] 110 DOMESTIC— MARY. 1558. Oct. 31. St. James's. Oct. 31. St. James's. Oct. 31. St. James's. Oct. 31. St. James's. Oct. 31. St. James's. Oct. 31. St. James's. Oct. 31. St. James's. Oct. 31. St. James's. Oct. 31. St. James's. Oct. 31. St. James's. Oct. 31. St. James's. Nov. 5. St. James's. Nov. 5 St. James's. Nov. 5. St. James's. Nov. 5. St. James's. Nov. 5. St. James's. Nov. 5. St. James's. Nov. 5. St. James's. Vol. XrV. Warrant to deliver to Wm. Holstocke 500?., for payment of the garrison at Portsmouth. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant to Jas. Harman to deliver certain church stuff to the Lord Chamberlain. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to Wm. Cade for life of the office of General Receiver of the Duchy of Lancaster, with the usual fees, &c. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to Mrs. Susan Clarentieux [Harvey 1] of the -wardship and marriage of Henry Morgan, and of the right heir of Wm. Sandon. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant of lease for 30 years to Edmund Gierke, upon surrender of an old lease, of the manor of Hoke and Worthy-Mortimer, co. South- ampton, at 201. rent. [Docquet, Nov. 10.] Grant of pardon for Robert Phillipps, for felony. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant for Humfrey Holte to deliver to the officers of the Mint, 200 lb. weight of silver bullion, to be coined and re-delivered to him. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant to deliver to Mr. Harvye, SOL for his charges, being sent to the Commissioners abroad. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant to pay to Sir Gyles Poole 521. 15s. expended by him for coat and conduct money for 200 soldiers sent into Ireland. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Presentation for Ruben Stynton to the prebend of Alveley, dioc. of Lichfield and Coventry. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant to Mr. Walgrave, for velvet, satin, and other things, for the livery of Robert Cotton and Anthony Stoughton, Grooms of the Privy Chamber. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Letters to the Lord Privy Seal, the Bishop of Norwich, the Earl of Bath, and the Lords Stafford, Berkeley, and Dudley, licensing them to be absent from Parliament. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant for a grant to Sir Thos. Wharton of certain woods, coppices, (fee, intended to have been included in the patent to Sir John Gage. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Presentation for Mr. Marshall to a prebend in Windsor, void by the death of Mr. Bowthe. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Presentation for Robert Hyll, B.D., to a prebend in Windsor, void by the death of Arthur Cole. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Presentation for John Norryce to the parsonage of St. Olyve's, dioc. Winchester. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to Simon, Katharine, Jone, and Eleanor Dyer, of an annuity of 20 nobles per annum, to each of them for life. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Presentation of William Baynes to the vicarage of Lancaster [Doc, Nov. 10.] DOMESTIC— MARY. Ill 1558. Nov. 5. St James's. Nov. 5. St James's. Nov. 5. St. James's. Nov. 5. St James's. Nov. 5. St James's. Nov. 5. St James's. Nov. 5. Sf. James's. Nov. 5. St James's. Nov. 5. St James's. Nov. 5. St. James's. Nov. 5. St James's. Nov. 5. St James's. Nov. 5. St James's. Nov. 5. St James's. Nov. 5. St James's. Nov. 5. St James's. Nov. 5. St. James's. Nov. 5. St James's. Vol. XTV. Grant of lease to Mr. Comptroller [Sir Robt. Rochester], for the term of 30 years, of the manor of Walsham, co. Suffolk. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant of pardon for William Hatchett. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Licence to Sir Thos. White, John Whits, and Roger Marten, Alder- men of London, and to Wm. Blackwell, to take 12 per cent, interest on the money lent by them to the Queen. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Assurance to the said Sir Thos. White and the others, of lands and tenements of the yearly value of 1,007/. 10s. 7ici., in consideration of the sum of 20,150l 12s. Id. lent to the Queen, redeemable, by re-pay- ment of the money, at Easter, 1560. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant of lease for 60 years to Sir Robt. Chester, of the manor of Denny and other lands and tenements in Cambridgeshire. [Docquet, Nov. 10.] Release of the 15th and 10th due by the town of Yarmouth, in Norfolk, in consideration of the decay of the said town. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant of pardon for John Conway for felony. [Doc, Nov. 10.]. Presentation for Robt. Iseham to a prebend in Windsor, void by the death. of Mr. Robjnison. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to Mr. Goldwell, now Bp. of St. Asaph, and nominated to Oxford, of the custody of the Temporalities of the Bishoprick of Oxford. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to the Bishops of Chichester, of the patronage of certain livings within that diocese. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to the Bishops of Lincoln, of the patronage of certain livings within that diocese. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to Viscount Hereford, of the stewardships of Tomworth, Buelth, and other places. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant of pardon for Robt. Mallory for felony. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to John Hutchenson, of the office of Bailiff of Hatfield and Thorneton, co. York, with a lease, for 21 years, of the agistments of Hatfield Park, and a fishing called Brathmere. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to the Master of the Rolls [Sir Wm. Cordell] and Ric. Allington of the wardship and marriage of the heir of Matthew Kniveton. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Grant to Robt. Raynes, in tail male, of the Manor and Lordship of Staunford and other lands in the county of Nottingham. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant for a conveyance to Anthony Manxwell of certain manors, &c., lately belonging to Rice Gruffyth, after the rate of 20 years pur- chase. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant to pay SOL to the Master of the Rolls, for the making of presses to keep the records in the Rolls. [Doc, Nov. 10.] 112 DOMESTIC— MARY. 1558. Nov. 5. St. James's. Nov. 5. St. James's. Nov. 5. St. James's. Nov. 5. St. James's. Nov. 5. St. James's. Nov. 5. St. James's. Nov. 5. St. James's. Nov. 5. St. James's. Nov. 10. St. James's. Nov. 10. ■St. James's. Nov. 10. St. James's. Nov. 10. St. James's. Nov. 10. St. James's. Nov. 10. St. James's. Nov. 10. St. James's. Nov. 10. St. James's. Nov. 10. St. James's. Nov. 10. St. James's. Vol. XIV. Grant to John Malyn of an annuity of 201. a year, in consideration of his services. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant to the Exchequer to "deliver to Benjn. Gonson 807Z. 19s. for -wages, &c., of the captains and mariners in the Narrow and North Seas. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Like warrant to deliver to same 275?. 16s. M. for a captain and 100 soldiers at Guernsey. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant to the Woodward of Cranboume Chace in Windsor Forest to deliver to Robt. Plumbe 20 beech trees and 4 oaks. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant to the Exchequer to deliver to Ric Woodward, Clerk of the Castle of Windsor, 362/. for the new v/orks there. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Like warrant to dehver to the same 4221. 4s. lOd. for lead, &c. for the works at Windsor Castle. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Warrant for allowance to Lord Williams, upon his account, for certain quantities of lead delivered by him out of the store at Grafton to the Serjeant Plumber, for the repairs at Windsor Castle. [Docquet, Nov. 10.] Like warrant to Sir Fr. KnowUes for lead delivered by him out of the store at WaUingford Castle for the same repairs. [Doc, Nov. 10.] Release to Lord Montague of 849?. 15s. lOd., claimed to be due by him for lands, &c. bought by his father. [Docquef] Grant of lease for 40 years to John Heywood, of the manor of Bolmer and other lands in Yorkshire, at the rent of SOL for his hfe, and 511. 10s. for the rest of the term. [Docquet.^ Roll of the sheriffs for the year, pricked by the Queen. [Docquet] Grant to the Bishops of Worcester, of the patronage of certain livings in that diocese. [Docquet] Grant to the Bishops of Winchester of certain spiritual promotions within that diocese. [Docquet.] Grant to the Bishops of Carlisle, of similar patronage within that diocese. [Docquet] Grant to the Bishops of London, of similar patronage within that diocese. [Docquet.] Grant to the Archbishops of York, of similar patronage, before omitted. [Docquet] Release to the executors of Sir Robt. Rochester, late Comptroller of the Household, from all debts due to the Crown. [Docquet] Presentation for Mr. Secretary Boxoll to the Prebend of Graham in the Cathedral of Salisbuiy. [Docquet] DOMESTIC— MARY. 113 1558. Nov. 10. St. James's. Nov. 10. St. James's. Nov 10. St. James's. Nov. 10. St. James's. Nov. 10. St. James's. Nov. 10. St James's. Nov. 10. St. James's. Vol. XIV. Grant to Mr. Tomewe of the office of Master of the Jewel House for lite. [Docquet] ' Grant to Sir Thos. Wharton of certain woods and coppices left unnamed m a former grant to Sir John Gage. [Docquet] Commission to Mr. Walgrave and the Auditor of the Duchy of Lancaster, to take the accompt of Dr. Owen, late Receiver-General of the Duchy. [Bocqioet] Grant to Sir Edward Walgrave, exempting him from payment of fines, &c., on purchase of the manor of Hever-Cobham. [Docquet] Grant to Lord St. John, of the offices of Lieutenant and Keeper of the forests of Alisholte and Wolmer, with the manor of Wardelham, CO. Southampton, lately held by the Lord Treasurer. [Docquet] Grant to Wm. Holstocke, of the office of Keeper of the Storehouses and Docks at Portsmouth, v/ith the fee of 201. for life. [Docquet] Grant to the Lord Admiral [Clynton] for life, of the office of Bailiff of Hatfield and Thorne, co. York, with a lease of the agistments of Hatfield Park, and a fishing called Brathemere. [Docquet] [Papers without date, temp. Mary.J 9. Warrant to deliver .300Z. to Reginald Holingworthe, Surveyor of the County of Essex, towards repairing the breaches of the embank- ments in Barking Marsh ; and lOOl. to Wm. Hanington, towards repairs of Dover Castle. 10. Notes concerning the Manors of Wridefyn, Brimicham, Berkes- well. Melton Fauconbridge, and Barnstaple. 11. Ordinances devised by the King and Queen for regulation of posts and hackney men between London and Dover. 12. Mameranus to the King and Queen. Statement of certain re- gulations which would be useful to the welfare of the Kingdom. Lat. 13. A list of books furnished by Mameranus for the Queen ; of some of these Mameranus appears to be the author. Lat. 1 4. List of powder and other munitions bought abroad, for trans- portation whereof license is to be demanded of the King of Spain. 1 5. Demands of Sir William Godolphin touching the farming of the Isles of Scilly. 16. Account of the total receipts of the revenue of the Court of Wards and Liveries, and of the allowances and payments out of the same. H 114 DOMESTIC — MAEY. 17. Statement relative to the expenses of the Queen's ■wardrobe, of the garrisons of Calais, Guisnes, and other forts, the North Marches, the Ordnance, and the Armoury. 18. Statement of the old Miat EstabUshment, the salaries of the officers, &c. Proposal for a new order of the Miat Establishment, if approved ; specifying the names of existing officers. 19. Statement laid before the Council, of the reckoning of fine silver ; also the variableness in standard of the current moneys ; and a proposal for a re-coinage. 20. Accompt of charges bestowed upon Bowes's ship ; by Martin Cunstable. 21. Accompt of charges done and bestowed upon the Mary Bowes, signed by John Upton. 22. Memorandum of Mr. D. Aubrey's case and request, in the matter between him and D. Clerk for some office. 23. Note of the amount raised by several subsidies granted by the laity in Queen Mary's reign. 24. Notes made in the margin of the Act " to represse the oppression of common promoters." Directions of Queen Mary to her Council, touching the reformation of the Komish Keligion. \l7n,perfect MS8., Jac. 1.] Questions propounded by Queen Mary, touching the treaty made by Henry Ylll. with the Emperor and King of France, for maiatenance of a quarrel between the King of France and Philip of Spain. [Im- perfect M8S., Jac. 1.] 25. A brief declaration of the contents of the proclamation made and set forth for the true winding of wools. [J. copy of this proclamation is extant in MS. im, the Collection of the Society of Antiquaries, London, attested hy Hum. Dyson, and is placed by him among the undated of the reign of Philip and Mary.] 26. Petition of Edmimd Jenney to , soHciting him to procure his pardon from the Queen, he having officiously presented a suppUcation on behalf of some poor people Will never do so again. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 115 QUEEN ELIZABETH. 1558. Nov. 17. Xov. 17. Nov. 18. Nov. 18. London. .Nov. 19. St. James's. Nov. 19. Lambeth. Nov. 20. Nov. 20. Nov. 20. Nov. 21. Lambeth. Nov. 30. St. James's. Vol. I. NovEMBEE — Decembeb, 1558. 1. Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth on her accession. 2. Memorandum of matters necessary to be done on the accession of Queen Elizabeth, -with form of the oath of a Privy Councillor. In Sir Wm,. Gecill's hand. 3. Another memorandum, in Cecill's hand, of matters necessary to be immediately performed. 4. Sir Nich. Throkmorton to the Queen. Has executed her com- mission to the Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Bedford, and Lord Cobham. Measures taken for staying the passage at the ports. Has conferred with Sir Wm. Cecill concerning a proper order for Her Majesty's entry into London. Order taken for securing Card. Pole's house and goods. 5. Dr. John BoxoU to Cecill, Sec. of State. Sends the commission and instructions for the Lords now beyond sea; also papers, &c. relating to Gresham's money transactions. 6. Aloisius Priuli to the Queen. Thanks her for attention to the memory of the Cardinal his late master. Wishes her a quiet, happy, and long reign. Ital. \7. Words spoken by the Queen to Sir Wm. Cecill and the Lords of the Council, at her accession. 8. Modem copy of the above. 9. Sir John Masone, Treasurer of the Chamber, to CeciU. The peace is the first and principal object now to be considered, and the instructions for that purpose. Great suits will be made to the Queen. Policy of Henry VIII. in such cases. 10. Earl of Kutland, Sir Gawen Carew, and Sir Nich. Throkmorton to the Queen. Proceedings at Lambeth. They have conversed with Signer Priuli, and caused a copy to be taken of Card. Pole's wiU. Priuli's requests. Inclosvng, 10. L List of horses remaining in the stables amd pastures at Lambeth, Canterbury Park, and Ford, belonging to Card. Pole. Nov. 19. 10. IL Inventory of all the bedding and other moveables belonging to Card. Pole, in divers chambers and offices. Nov. 20. 10. III. An inventory of the wardrobe of Card. Pole. Nov. 20. 11. Edw. Lord Hastings of Loughborough and Sir Thos. Cornwaleys to Sec. Cecill. Soliciting a reward for Lodovicus Nonnius, a physician, sent over from Spain to attend the late Queen, /y ^ h2 116 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1558. Nov. 30. Nov. Nov. Nov. (?) Nov. (?) Nov. (?) Dec. ]. Dec. 2. Whitefriars. Dec. 4. Norwich. Dec. 4. Dec. 5. Whitefriars. Dec. 8. London Stone. Dec. 8. Exeter. Dec. 9. Lambeth. Dec. 9. Lambeth. Dec. 11. Dec. 12. Vol. I. 12. Names of tlie Captain, officers, &c. serving at the 'blockhouse at East Mersey, Essex, whose wages are unpaid : signed by the Earl of Oxford. 13. Declaration of the account of Thomas Parry, Esq., Cofferer to the Lady Elizabeth, of money paid and disbursed for one year, from 1st October, 3 & 4 Philip and Mary, to the 30th of September fol- lowing. 14. Similar declaration of the account of Thomas Parry, Esq., from 1st October, 4 & 5 Philip and Mary, to November foUowing. 15. Names of certain persons of the county and city of Worcester, who lent money on Privy Seals to the late Queen Mary ; received by WiUiam Sheldon, collector. 16. Names of certain persons who received Privy Seals for money lent to the late Queen Mary. 17. Prayer by Queen Elizabeth ; probably soon after her accession. Lease from the Dean (Hen. Cole) and Chapter of St. Paul's, London, to John Cawood, citizen and stationer, of a vault under the quire of St. Paul's, and two sheds adjoining to the Chiu'ch. [Case A., JEliz., No. ] .] 18. Sir Francis Englefyld to Sec. CeciU. States the effect of the laws respecting the possessions and custody of lunatics. 19. John Eyer to same. Has been desired by Mr. Tho. Bacon to repair to Sir W. Cecil!, in London, but excuses himself on the score of iU health. 20. Form of warrant for issuing writs for calling a Parliament during the vacancy of the oiEce of Lord Keeper. 21. Sir Fr. Englefyld to Cecil!. Advises caution in the removal of officers of the Customs, and placing others in their room. 22. John Earl of Oxford to same, nancy of Waltham forest. 23. John Buller, Mayor, and others, of Exeter, to same. Sohcit him to favour the incorporation of a Company of Merchant Adven- turers of Exeter. 24. Aloisius Priuli to same. Sends him a silver inkstand, left for him by the late Cardinal Pole some days before his death. Lat. 25. Same to same. Requests an order from the Council to Sir Tho. Finch, to permit the officers of the late Cardinal to dispose of the oxen, hay, wood, deer, &c., in St. Augustine's Park, Canterbury. Lat. 26. Captain Edward Tumour to same. Requests that coats may be allowed for the soldiers, and wages to himself and officers from the 2d instant. 27. Charges of Sir Tho. Cawarden, for himself and 100 men, serving in the Tower of London, from 19th Nov. to 12th Dec. 1558. Urges his right to the Lieute- DOME STIC— ELIZABETH. 117 1558. Dec. 12. Dec. 12. Dec. 12. The Tower. Dec. 12. Dec. 14. Dec. 14. Dec. 15. Dec. 17. Winchester. Dec. 17. London. Dec. 19. Dec. 19. Westminster. Dec. 20. Canon Eow. Dec. 20. Dover Pier. Dec. 21. Dec. 22. Westminster. Vol. I. 28. Charges of Sir Robert Oxenbridge, for himself and 40 men serving in the Tower, for the same period. 29. Charges of Sir Edward Warner, for himself and 60 men serving in the Tower, for tlie same period. 30. Sir Ric. Southwell to Sir Wm. Cecil! Is busy with the offers of serving the Queen with saltpetre : will make his report next day. 31. Memorial of the supply of saltpetre, powder, &c. remaining in store, and of the quantities required from abroad. Provisions necessary for supply of the armoury. 32. Account of the ceremonial of interment " of the Most Highe, " Most Puysant, and Most Excellente Princes, Mary, the first of that " name, late Qwene of England," &c. With the names of her execu- tors, the attendants at the ceremonial, the ceremonies of embalming, lying in state, &c. 33. Account of charges in the office of the Great Wardrobe, for the interment of the late Queen Mary, solemnized at Westminster on the 14th of December, and of the sum. still remaining unpaid. 34. Warrant to pay Lord Chidiock Poulet 220Z. 14s. 8d, for dis- charge of the soldiers at Portsmouth to the 15th of December, of Captain Tumour's band. Suit for a grant to them of 35. Mayor, (fee. of Winchester to Cecill. the custody of Winchester Castle. 36. Henry Earl of Westmoreland to same. Requests him to further the suit of Geo. Neville, Archdeacon of Carlisle, to be appointed Queen's chaplain. 37. The Queen to Bishop Tunstall. Dispenses with his attendance in Parliament and at the Coronation. Three meet persons will be appointed to perform his duties in the latter ceremony. 38. Marq. of Winchester to Cecill. The performance of the obse- quies of the late Emperor at Westminster, instead of St. Paul's, wiU be a great saving of expense. 39. Dr. John Boxoll to same. The valuation of the loan made by Mr. Wilbram is in the packet of loan and subsidy, which his clerk will point out. 40. Wm. Southaick to same. Complains of the practice of bringing merchandize into the realm without reporting the same to the officers of customs. 41. Winchester to same. Sends him a statement of what is necessary for the obsequies of the late Emperor. Grant to Sir Ambrose Cave of the oflice of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in the same manner as Sir Edw. Waldegrave enjoyed the same. [_Docquet.] 118 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1558. Dec. 23. Dec. 26. Overton in Wilts. Dec. 26. Dec. 26. Dec. 27. Lincoln. Dec. 27. Westminster. Dec. 28. Peterborough. Dec. 29. Ippesley. Dec. SO. Xondon. Dec. Dec. Vol. I. 42. Marq. of Winchester to Sir Wm. Cecill. Begs Mni to remember the lOOl. required for the Emperor's obsequies. Death of Sir John Baker : recommends Sir Walter Mildmay to succeed him in his office [of Chanc. of the Exchequer]. John Abingdon's licence to come home. 43. Eic. Kyngesmyll to same. Solicits to be appointed an attorney or solicitor in the Court of Wards, in the room of Mr. Bacon or Mr. Kalowaye. 44. Account of armour remaining within the Tower of London, and of the expenditure of the same in the past year. 45. Note of the prices of divers mumtions, and of the quantities stiU remaining for the Queen at Antwerp. 46. Sir Francis Ayscough to Cecill. In favour of Nicholas Bulling- ham, who had been deprived of the Archdeaconry of Lincoln on account of his marriage. [Much obliterated.'] 47. Warrant to Sir Edw. Walgrave (Master of the Great Wardrobe,) to deliver to John Koynon, and other Officers of the Robes, to each a gown of satin, guarded with black Lucca velvet, and other habiliments. 48. David [Pole] Bishop of Peterborough to Cecill. Thanks for the gift of a buck and doe. Sends to the Queen a poor gift of 20 marks, and begs that she will excuse his attendance at the Parliament. 49. John Throckmarton to same. Has heard of his kindness to- wards Mm from his brother Sir Nicholas Throkmorton. Craves leave to attend the Parliament. 50. Winchester to same. Thanks for a Privy Seal for lOOL Eates on Spanish wines. Payment to be made by the Duke of Florence. 51. Notes of matters to be observed concerning the Queens coro- nation. Commissioners of claims. Sir Eic. Sakevyle to take charge of the whole ceremony. Certified by Wm. Le Neve, Clarencieux. 52. Tho. [Goldwell] Bishop of St. Asaph to Cecill. Desires to be absent from the Parliament, but thinks it strange the Queen's writ has not been sent to him, as he considers himself still Bishop of St. Asaph. 53. Account of arms, armour, and weapons issued from the armouries of the Tower and Westminster, and the Office of Ordnance, at the time of Sir Tho. Wiat's rebellion ; specifying the names of aU the parties receiving the same, the several pieces delivered to each, and the quantities lost or embezzled at the time of the battle, February 1554. [On the 5th of Dec. 1558 Sir Ric. Southwell, Master of the Ordnance, was directed by the Council " to make his repayre to the " Lordes, and to bring e with him, a perfede declaracon of the state " of his offyce ;" and on the i.7th a Committee teas appointed to hear his declaration, aud make report thereof accordingly. Co. Reg.] 54. Note of allowances for the garrisons at Queenborough and Sheerness, in the Isle of Sheppy. DOMESTIC—ELIZABETH. ug 15S8. Vol. I. 55. The Queen to the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. Presents John Howseman to the Prebend in that Church, vacant by the decease of Hugh Glasier. Lat. 56. Petition of Geo. Cobham, Tomazo Chanata, and others, to the Queen, for the sole use of an engine to cleanse and carry away all shelves of sand, banks, &c. out of all rivers, creeks, or havens ; and for licence to export 3,000 tons of beer, free of duty. 57. Names of several Committees appointed to inquire into the business of various departments of government, revenues and debts of the Crown, the Admiralty, Household, Wardrobe, Ordnance, Mint &c. 58. Ph. Cockeram to Sir Wm. Cecill. Informs him of the quantity of cloths exported for the Archbp. of Cologne, under authority of a war- rant granted by the late King and Queen, and of the loss of customs sustained thereby. 59. Particular of part of the possessions of the late Monastery of Meux, in the East Kiding of Yorkshire, leased to Lancelot Alford in the year 1540. 60. Minutes of the pleadings in the cause of Sir Robert Chester against Lord Hastings of Loughborough, for the Eeceivership of Middlesex, &c. 61. Pleadings in a suit of intrusion versus Wm. Lord Dacre and Leonard Dacre in the manors of Ekington, West Harilsey, Assulby, Upsall, Whawton, and Heyton, claimed by James Strangways. 62. Form of the oath of a Privy Councillor. 63. Note of fees of the Under Clerks of Parliament, temp. Hen. VIII. with a note for those in Queen Mary's time to be added. 64. Names of noblemen and others attainted in the reigns of Henry VIII. and Edward VI., and restored in the time of Queen Mary ; of religious houses erected by Mary ; of lands given to Card. Pole, and abbey lands to various parties, and grants from the posses- sions of attainted persons. 65. Brief note of such wines as appear in the Queen's Exchequer, imported from France, from anno 26 Hen. VIII. 66. An elaborate paper headed " The Distresses of the Common- " welth, with y^ meanes to remedy them." Indorsed, " A. Wade," probably Armigill Waad. 67. Offers touching the reparations of the harbours of Rye and of the Camber, on the redemption of Mr. Vaughan's lea^e. In the same hand as the preceding. 68. Notes respecting the form of public prayer to be established. Arguments against the power of the Church of Rome. The Queen and her subjects may lawfully use the English Litany of the time of Henry VIIL 69. Copy of the above. 120 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1559. Jan. 1. Jan. 2 . Jan. 7 Jan. 15. Jan. 16. London, Jan. 17. Westminster. Jan. 17. Westminster. Jan. 20 Westminster. Jan. 21. Jan. 25. Crossen. Jan. 25. Jan. 26. Portsmouth. Jan. 26. South sea Castle. Jan. 80. Jan. (?) Jan. (?) Jan. (?) Vol. II. January — February, 1559. 1. Verses presented to [Sir Wm. Cecill?] as anew year's gift, signed, ^,rt. Hall, and indorsed by Cecill " Arth. Hall." 2. Wm. Sneyde, Sheriff of Stafford, to the Council. Has appre- hended Tho. Leveson and John Alsop, collectors of the 1 5ths and lOths, and bound them over to make payment of such sums as they shall collect. 3. Bishop Boner to same. Acknowledges the receipt of letters for payment of the first fruits of benefices appropriate within his diocese. 4. Claim of the Earl of Sussex for fees for the office of Sewership, which his father had at the last Coronation. 5. Robt. Warmyngton to the Council. Has received orders to pay over such sums as have been levied by the Commissioners for in- . quiring into heresies and misdemeanours. Has none remaining in his hands. 6. The Queen (signed) to . Warrant to issue money for payment of 200 labourers, to be levied in Gloucester and Worcester, for service at Berwick. 7. Similar warrant for payment of 100 laboturers to be levied in Nottingham and Derby. 8. Similar warrant for payment of 200 labourers to be levied in Suffolk and Norfolk. 9. Commission of the Queen, proi'oguing the meeting of Parliament from the 2.3d to the 25th of January. Lat. 10. Katharine Duchess of Suffolk to the Queen. Congratulates her on her accession, and for the relief it brings to her afHicted subjects. Hopes for a prosperous journey to repair to her native land. 11. Allotment of Justices of Herefordshire, for the piirpose of taldng musters of the whole county. 12. Edw. Turnour to the Council. Urges the necessity of com- pleting the fortifications at Portsmouth. Refers to the opinion of Mr. Worsley. 13. John Basing to same. The late Queen gave him the keeping of Southsea Castle, near Portsmouth. Begs that the same number of men may be allowed for that service as were ordained in the time of Henry VIII. 14. Certificate of Commissioners of musters, of the men, armour, horse, and weapons within the town of Newcastle. 1 5. List of noblemen in various counties in England. 16. List of noblemen and gentlemen in various counties in England. 17. Lists of Justices of the Peace in various English counties ; on 25 separate leaves of paper. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 121 1559. Jan. Jan. Feb. 5. Feb. 9. Cambridge. Feb. 10. Feb. 12. Dover Castle. Feb. 12. Charing Cross. Feb. 18. Feb. 18. Feb. 19. Feb. 19. Feb. 20. Feb. 20. Feb, 30. Lostwitbiell. Feb. 21. Salop (Shewsbary). Vol. II. 18. Lists of the Peers of Parliament in the Parliaments of 6 Hen. VIII., 33 Hen. VIII., 3 Edward VI., 1 & 2 PhU. and Mary, and 1 Elizabeth. ] 9. Minute for a warrant, rehearsing that the Marquis of North- ampton is restored to his estate, and for certain lands to be allotted to him : with list of manors annexed, of which the Marquis may take his choice. 20. Certificate by Wm. Bromfield of provisions made towards the furniture of the Office of Ordnance, over and above such as are to be made by Thomas Gresham. 21. The Vice-Ghancellor and Senate of Cambridge to Sir Wm. Cecill. Soliciting him to accept of the office of Chancellor of the University. Lat. 22. The Queen to the Houses of Parliament, in answer to their address urging her to marry. Declares her determination to remain single. 23. Wm. Cryspe, Lieutenant of Dover Castle, to the Council. Sends a note of things necessary for that fortress. His applications to Sir Henry Jernegam, and to the late Sir Tho. Cheyne. Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, have been without success. Arrears of wages due to the garrison. 24. Sir Robt. Stafford to Cecill. PI as arrived in London, and re- quested Sir Nich. Throkmorton to inform him thereof. Solicits a personal interview. 25. Certificate of Commissioners of musters for the town of King- ston-upon-HuU, and county thereof 26. Certificate of Commissioners of musters for the city of New Sarum, of all able men meet to serve on horseback or on foot in the said city. 27. Sir Wm. Cecill to the University of Cambridge. Thanks them for the distinguished honour they had conferred on him by electing him to be their Chancellor. Lat. 28. Translation of the above. 29. The Queen to Sir Ric. Southwell. Orders to recover all muni- tion, artillery, or weapons taken out of the Office of Ordnance in the late Queen's time : according to his late declaration. 30. Names of all the Queen's ships, and where at present they do remain, with the amount of tonnage and number of men. 31. Commissioners of musters for the county of Cornwall to the Council. Report their proceedings in that service. Inclosing, 31. I. Certificate of musters for the ivhole County of Cormvall. 32. Commrs. of musters for Shropshire to same. Certify the number of able men fit to bear arms in the said county. 122 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH, 1559. Feb. 23. Chester. Feb. 2.3. Westminster. Feb. 23. Westminster. Feb. 24. Lowther. Feb. 24. Feb. 25. North wiche. Feb. 25. Feb. 25. Feb. 26. Feb. 27. Stafford. Feb. 27. Leicester. Feb. 28. Northampton. Feb. 28. Mansfield in Shirwood. Feb. Vol. n. 33. Gommrs. of musters for the city and liberties of Chester to the Council. Eeport their proceedings in that service. 34. The Queen to Wm. RasteU, Justice of the King's Bench, Nich. PowtreU, Eob. MeyneU, Gerard Salwayn, and Mich. Wandisford. Appoints them Justices Itinerant and of Assize in the counties of Dur- ham and Sadberg, during the vacancy of the See of Durham. Lat. 35. Same to the same, and to Sir Tho. Hilton, Sir Geo. Conyers, Sir Ralph Hedworth, Robert Tempest, Ric. Hebborne, and Ralph Dalton, appointing them Justices for gaol delivery in the same counties. 36. Commrs. of musters for the county of Westmoreland to the Queen and Council. Report their proceedings in taking the musters. Inclosing, 36. L Certificate of musters for the county of Westmorelcmd. Feb. 20. 37. Certificate of musters, by Commrs. for the city and county of the city of Gloucester. 38. Justices of Cheshire to the Council. Proceedings in taking the musters. The county weakened by the prevalence of the plague. Inclosing, 38. I. Certificates of musters within the hundreds of Buclowe, Macclesfield, Ramptiuyche, Northwyche, Broxton, Eddes- burye, and Werrall. Feb. 20. 38. II. Summary of musters of light horse for the county of Chester. 39. Certificate of Commrs. of musters for the county of Norfolk. 40. Certificate of Commrs. of musters for the West Riding of York. 41. Certificate of Commrs. of musters for the North Riding of York. 42. Commrs. of musters for co. Stafford to the Council. The county weakened by sickness. Certify the number of men, armour, &c., mustered. 43. Commrs. of musters for the county of Leicester to same. Report their proceedings. Inclosing, 43. I. Certificate of musters within the county of Leicester, with a sum,7)iary of the whole. Feb. 20. 44. Commrs. of musters for the county of Northampton to same. Report their proceedings, and certify the numbers mustered. 45. Justices of Nottinghamshire to the Council. Proceedings in taking musters of the county. Much distress in the county .by the plague and sickness. Inclosing, 45. I. Certificate of general musters for the county of Nottingham. Jan. a/nd Feb. 46. Certificate of musters for the hundreds of Ossulston, Edelmeton (Edmonton), and Gore, in the county of Middlesex. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 123 1559. Feb. Feb. Feb. (?) Vol. n. 47. Certificate of musters for the himdreds of Elthorpe, Spelthorne, and Isle-worth, in the same county. 4'8. Licence by the Queen to Francis Bertie, merchant of London, to import and export all Icinds of goods and merchandize to the amount of 10,000 tons in the whole. 49. The Queen to the Bishop of [Bath and Wells] ; revoking him from the ofiice of Lord President of Wales, having appointed Lord WiUiams of Thame to be President, and Sir Hugh Poulet Vice President. March 1. Havering at Bower. March 1. Vol. III. Maech 1559. March 1. 1. Commrs. of musters for Herefordshire to the Council. Forward- Hereford, ing the books of musters taken in certain hundreds of Hereford. Inclosing, 1. I. Certificates of musters tuithin the hundreds Radlowe, Worme- lowe, Greytree, and Broxashe, the city of Hereford, and the hundreds of Webtre and Ewyaslacy. 2. Sir Edw. Waldegrave to Sir Wm. CeciU. Has a grant for hfe by patent of Henold [Hainault] Walk in Waltham Forest, in the same manner as Sir John Gates had it. 3. M[atthew] P[arker] to same. Disordered state of some of the Colleges at Cambridge as to their possessions and other matters. Bishop Gardyner, their late Chancellor, had been authorized by Queen Mary to visit every College. {The i/nclosures referred to in this letter will he found in pp. 54, 55 ; the Queen to Gardyner, 20 Aug. ; and Gardyner to the Vice Chancellm^, 25 Aug. 1553. March 1. 4. Sir Fr. Ayscough to same. Eecommends the suit of his friend, Lincoln. Mr. BooUes. March 1. 5. Certificate of the general musters for the whole county of Wiltshire. March 1. 6. Certificate by Sir Wm. Wroughton and others, of the musters in certain hundreds in Wiltshire. March 1. 7. Account of money passed by warrant from the beginning of Queen Elizabeth's reign to the 1st of March following. March 4. 8. Sir Wm. Petre to CeciU. Will attend him at the Court if neces- sary, but wishes to be excused on account of the disease in his leg. March 4. 9. Kath. Duchess of Suffolk to same. On the changes in the ser- Crossen. yices of the Church. Laments the halting between two opinions. Keport that the Queen tarried only while the Gospel was read, and then departed, which she hopes is not true. Exhorts Cecill to forward the true faith. March 5. 10. Henry Earl of Arundel to same. Has given to Sir Ric. Sakevyle Arundel Place, -fche office of Steward of the Duchy lands in Sussex. March 5. H- Wm. Lord Paget to same. Eecommends certain wordsfor free commerce to' be inserted in the treaties. 124 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1559. March 5. Paulscray. March 5. Rockborne. March 5. Westminster. March 6. Portsmouth. March 7. Carmarthen. March 8. March 8. Cambridge. March 8. Gretford. March 9. Hereford. March 9. Derby. Vol. ni. 12. Tho. Wotton to Sii- Wm. Cecil]. Sends a letter of importance received from Sir Henry Crispe, touching the tranquillity of the realm. WiU send the books of musters when completed. 13. Wm. Keyllwey to John Foster. Has agreed with Mr. Seymour that the return of the certificates respecting armour should pass through his hands, as the Bishop [of Winchester ?] has denied having any corslets. 14. The Queen to the Receivers, &c. of North Wales. Warrant for payment of the diets, &c. of Lord Williams of Thame, President, and the Council, in the Marches of Wales. 15. Capt. Edwd. Turnour to Cecill. Is unwilling to speak of the faults of others, but " the sacred profession of perfect men of war is " now by ill-training gi'own to misorder and mischief." Lives like a conjuror among devils. 16. Commrs. of musters for Carmarthenshire to the CoimciL Re- port their proceedings, &c. Return of the musters. 17. Sir Robt. Stafford to Cecill. Has the same claim to the Queen's mercy, which he entreats, as the Lord Ferrys made to Queen Mary. 18. Justices of Cambridge to the Council. Have taken the musters for the whole county, the town of Cambridge excepted. Great lack of able men in the county. Inclosing, 18.1. Certificate of iniisters for the county of CaTnbridge. Feb. 6. 19. Edmond Hall to Cecill. Concerning musters taken in the wapentake of Nes and Belteslow, co. Lincoln. Incloses, 19. I. John Stoyte, Parson of Offington, to Mr. Hall and Mr. Sher- wod. Has been charged to find certain soldiers fm- the Queen's service. Has none but his own hired servants, and begs they may not be otherwise charged. March 2. 20. Commrs. of musters for Herefordshire to the Council. Have taken the musters of certain hundreds. Inclosing, 20. I. Certificates of musters within the hundreds of Wolsey, Stret- ford, Wygmor, Orymsworth, and Huntyngton. 155d, Feb. 3-6. 21. Commrs. of musters for Derbyshire, to same. Report pro- ceedings, and certify the result of the musters for the whole county. Inclosing, 21. I. Certificate of musters for the hundred of Morlesto7i, co. Derby. 21. II. Certificate for the hundreds of Repyngdon, Oreysley, and Melburneholme. 21. III. Certificate for the hundreds of Skarresdale and Appletree. 21. IV. Certifidatefor the wapentakes of Wyrksworth and High Peak. DOMESTIC — ^ELIZABETH. 125 1559. March 9. Exeter. March 9. March 10. From Prison. March 12. March 12. March 13. Vol. III. 22. Commrs. of musters for Devonshire to the Council. Delay in receiving the letters and instructions for taking musters, the parties being at the coronation. Inclosing, 22. I. Certificate of miosters for the county of Devon. 23. Sir Wm. Godolphjrn to Sir Wm. Cecill. Detention of a vessel and cargo which lately robbed and spoiled, in a piratical manner, a Flemish vessel at Scilly. Incloses, 23. I. Particular of such goods as John Gourteny hath brought from the Isles of Scilly to Mountshay. 24. John Morren to same. Thanks him for consolation afforded, •which has greatly renewed his spirit. Lat. \0n the 22d of Feb. John Murren, Chaplain to the Bp. of London, was committed, to the Fleet for preaching contrary to the Queen's proclamation. He was released on the 16th of March following. Co. Reg.] 25. Austen Styward to same. In behalf of his poor daughter the bearer, wife to John Pyckrell, who was cofferer and paymaster of the Duke of Somerset's household. 26. Certificate of musters for the county of Buckingham. 27. John Hales to Cecill. Controversy between the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (Sir Jas. Dyer) and the Clerk of the Hanaper, for appointing to the office of Keeper of the Seal of the Common Pleas. \_Stfype, A. I. 1. p. 74, calls John Hales himself Clerk of the Hanaper.l March 16. 28. Mayor, &c. of Cambridge to the Council. Report their pro- Cambridge, ceedings as to the musters for that town. March 16. 29. Tho. Pecocke, President, and part of the Fellows of Queen's Queen's College, Cambridge, to Cecill. Relative to the forms of admission of College. students to that college. Lat. March 17. 30. Part of the Fellows of Queen's College, Cambridge, to same. Cambridge. Complaining of the irregular conduct of their President. Lat. Mar. 17 (?) 31. Sir Wm. Cecill to the President and Fellows of Queen s College. Desires further information from them with respect to their statutes. Lat. March 17. 32. William Tailer (Master of Christ's College, Cambridge,) to Cecill. Sends him a copy of the statutes of that College. Lat. Incloses, 32.1. Lat. Statutes of Christ's College, Cambridge. March 17. 33. Sir Edw. Saunders (Ch. Jus. of the Kings Bench) to same. Reports on two cases tried by him on the circuit ; one of Mr. Hearle for killing Paul Penye, servant to Sir Leonard Chamberlain ; the other of John Osland of Aymour, accused of the death of one Fr. Lawlye. Incloses, 126 DOMESTIC—ELIZABETH. 1559. . March 17. Vol. in. 3-3. I. The Queen to Sir Ed. Saunders and Sir John Whiddon. To examine the case of John Oseland of Aymour, co. Wor- cester, a keeper of the forest of Wyre, imprisoned for slaying Fr. Lawley. Westm^inster, Feb. 21. 34. Lord Paget to Sir Wm. Cecill. Lord WilHams of Thame is very- sick and not likely to recover. Solicits his office of Lord President of Wales. 36. Mat. Coltehirste to same. Has been appointed auditor of the First Fruits and Tenths ; prays him to forward the signing the grant. March 18. Old BaUey. Mar. 18 (?) 36. Sir "Wm. CeciU to [the President and Fellows of Queens Col- lege?]. Laments the dissensions that have arisen in the college. Necessity that the statutes should be observed. Has referred the matter in dispute to the decision of Dr. Porye the Vice-ChanceUor, Dr. Parkar, and Edward Leedes. Lat. Mar. 18 (?) 37. Sanle to [the Fellows of Queen's CoU. ?]. Has read the letter of the 17th, and disapproves of the violent part taken against the Principal and certain Fellows of the College. Has appointed Dr. Porye, Dr. Parkar, and Edward Leedes, to be arbiters. Lat. 38. Same to [Dr. Porye, Dr. Parkar, and Edward Leedes ?]. His unavoidable absence from the University prevents his personal at- tendance in its affairs ; refers to their arbitration the dispute that has arisen between the Principal and certain of the Fellows of Queen's College. Lat. 39. Wm. West (afterwards Baron de la Warr) to Sir Wm. Cecill. Makes a statement relative to lands he has claim to, and of his income since his attainder, and shows who are his heirs. 40. John Hales to same. The merchants of London complain of the new imposition on cloths. States his opinions on the policy of heavy duties on merchandize. 41. John Lord Williams of Thame to same. Has appointed him one of the supervisors of his will, and left him his interest in Grafton Pastures. Solicits his favour in a controversy between Mr. Harcourte, Mr. Wentworth, and Anth. Docwray. 42. Ann Lady FytzwyUiams to same. Eeturn of her banished son ; solicits favour in his behalf Expresses her grateful sense of the Queen's goodness. 43. Extract of several clauses of the statute against unlawful assemblies, 44. A book for sea causes, made by the officers of the Queen's Ma- jesty's navy. Specifying the names of all the ships, their tonnage, and number of men. March 24. 45. Declaration by William Wynter, Master of the Queen's Ord- nance for the seas, of all the ordnance, munitions, &c., which remain at this present as weU in Her Highness's ships as in her storehouses. Mar. 18 (?) March 19. March 20. March 22. March 22. March 22, March 24, DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 127 1559. March 25. March 27. March 27. March 28. Cheynis. March 29. Corpus Christi CoU. March. March 31. March 31. March 31. March 31. Greeu-wich. March (?) Vol. m. 46. Articles of a commission under the Queen's signature, delivered to Sir Wm. Seyntlo, Captain of the Guard, and Sir Peter Carew, for survey of the Tower of London, and the officers and ministers of the same ; with the answers to the said articles, shewing the state of the Tower, &;c. 47. Sir Roger North to Sir Wm. CecUL Requests to know the issue of his suit, as the first day of the ensuing month is near at hand. 48. Lord John Grey to same. Begs him to acquaint the Queen with his embarrassed circumstances, as they affect her former grant. 49. Fr. Earl of Bedford to same. Desires leave of absence until the next session of Parliament. 50. Dr. John Porye, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, to same. On behalf of one Clybburne, accused of having uttered unseemly words of the Queen, calling her a rascal. Incloses, 50. I. Depositions of Geo. Wythers and Geo. Bonde, as to words spoken by Glyhburn, calling the Queen a rascal; exhibited by Geo. Bullock, Master of St. John's. March 28. 51. Proposition of the Bishops of Winchester, Lichfield, Chester, and Carlisle, and Drs. Cole, Harpsfeld, Landgale, and Chedsey, on the part of the Catholics, to conduct the conference at Westminster in writing. 52. Declaration of the proceedings of a Conference begun at West- minster, concerning certain Articles of Eeligion ; and the breaking up of the said conference by default and contempt of certain Bishops, parties of the said conference. Signed by the Privy Council. 53. Draft of the above declaration. Corrected by CeciU. 54. Copy of the above proceedings. 55. The Queen to Lord Chidiock Pawlet. Has sent Thos. Hardy, Knt. Marshal, to take the musters at Portsmouth previous to the discharge of the garrison there. 56. Account of various forts and blockhouses in Essex and Kent, with the number of men in each, and the pay due to them. Vol. IV. Apeil— June, 1559. April 8. 1. Notes of the rate of wages due to the captains, with their sub- officers and soldiers, from the 20th of June 1558. April 17. 2. Bm for giving authority to the Queen upon avoidance of any archbishoprick or bishoprick, to take into her hands certain temporal possessions of the same, and to make recompence by parsonages impro- priate or tenths. April 17. S. Copy of the above. 128 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1559. April 17. Hereford. April 17. April 19. St. Alban's. April 21. April 24. April 26. Westminster. April 28. April. April. April. April. May 3. Westminster. May 3. May 6. May 6. May 8. May 12. Westminster. Vol. IV. 4. Commrs. of Musters for the City of Hereford to tbe Council. Have taken the musters within their city. Inclosing, 4. I. Certificate of musters for the city of Hereford, and liberties of the same. 5. Frances Duchess of Suffolk to Sir Wm. Cecil! Gives him notice that she has a right to the wardship and marriage of Ann Odell, now wife to Mr. Chetwood. Desires warrant to traverse the pretended title of Margaret Blackbourne to the said office. 6. Licence for Benedict Spinola, a free denizen, to import and export certain kinds of cloth and merchandize, wines, &c., to a certain amount. 7. Grant by the Queen to Lord John Grey (son of the late Marquis of Dorset), of the manors of Evercriche Hame, or Higham, and Stoke Dennys, co. of Somerset ; and of the house and lands of Pirgo, in the CO. of Essex, &c. Lat. 8. Grant of the Office of Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries to Sir Thos. Parry, Comptroller of the Household. 9. Proclamation releasing the restraint of merchant ships ; all vessels not exceeding 80 tons burthen may proceed to sea. 10. Note of all such passports for arms and munitions as Sir Thos. Gresham has remaining in his hands for behoof of the Queen. 11. Accompt of sums received by Sir Ric. Sakevyle, for divers pro- visions and necessaries for the Coronation. 12. Similar accompt ; together with an accompt of su.ms to sundry persons for articles supplied. 13. Accompt of money due to various persons for provisions and necessaries for the Coronation, the amount paid, and the sums remain- ing unpaid. 14. Warrant to pay SI. 6s. 8cl. per diem to Sir Nich. Throkmorton, appointed Ambr. Resident at the Court of France. 15. Warrant for a loan of 1,000J. to Sir Nich. Throkmorton, for the purposes of his embassy. 16. The Queen to William Lord Cobham (Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports). Instructions to give honourable reception to the French ambassadors, whom he is to escort as far as Canterbury. 17. Same to Thomas Wotton, Esq. (Sheriff of Kent). To confer with Lord Cobham as to reception and entertainment of the French ambassadors. 18. Account of rents, annuities, &c, to be paid out of the revenues of the lands of Dame Katherine , wife of , during his absence, by Mr. Stafford and Mr. Yate his attorneys. 19. The Queen to the Mayor of Exeter. Revokes her grant of in- corporatipn for the Merchant Adventurers of that city, until the same has been further considered. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 129 1559. [May 19.] Vol. IV. 20. The Queen to . Appoints them Commrs. to assess the whole county for the subsidy granted by the late Parliament. [May 19.] 21. The same to . Appoints him a special Commissioner to superintend his colleagues in levying the subsidy. [This and the preceding paper are drafts, indorsed 18 March 1557, which date is clearly inapplicable to the reign of Elizabeth, as her LATE Parliament was not dissolved till the 8th May 1559. They are evidently drafts prepared in the reign of Q. Mary, and subsequently Ttiade use of by Elizabeth.'\ May 19. 22. The same to Sir John Masone, &c., Commrs. for the subsidy in Middlesex ; to use all diligence and discretion in assessing the same for the said county. May 19. 2.3. The same to Viscount Montague, &c., Commrs. for the subsidy in the county of Surrey. Similar to the above. May 19. 24. Fair copy of the above. Circular. May 19. 25. Draft of the above. May 21. 26. John Cock to Sir Wm. Cecill. Urges a strict course to be held (12 Cai. Junij). |j^ religion. Complains of the Popish practices of the Vicar of Sher- burn. Lat. May 21. 27- List of jewels taken out of the Jewel House and delivered to the Queen. May 26. 28. Wm. Lord Cobham to Cecill. Has received the Queen's letters CobhamHall. 'by his brother Henry Cobham. Has appointed 7 gentlemen, well acquainted with languages, to attend the Fr. ambassadors. May 26. May 26 (?) May 26. May 29. Hanesworth. 29. Names of the Lords Lieutenants in several counties. 30. Names of Lieutenants of various shires. Lord Williams Lord President of Wales. Aid to go from each county to particular parts, for their defence. 31. Instructions by the Queen to Lord Kobert Duddeley, Master of the Horse, and Sir Ambrose Cave, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan- caster, Lieutenants of the county of Warwick, for governance of the same in good order and quiet. 32. George Lord Talbot to Cecill. Has met with Sir Tho. Gargrave for the purpose of taking order relative to the matter of Saville's lands. Harry Saville, the heir male, and Robert Saville, the bastard son, attended. Detail of proceedings. Incloses, 32. I. Notes of questions, communications, and answers moved to Edward Saville, son ccnd heir apparent of Sir Henry Saville, deed. Names of all the Savilles present. Tankersley, May 27. 130 DOMESTIC — ^ELIZABETH. 1559. ^«- ^• May 29. 33. Sir Wm. Ceeill to Dr. Porye, Vice-Ch. of Cambridge. To give Westminster, notice to all the Heads of Colleges of an intended royal visitation. Incloses, 33. 1. The Queen to Sir Wm. Ceeill, Chancellor of Cambridge. IntiTnates her intention to have a visitation of the Uni- versity. Westminster, May 27. 34. Schediile of names of great oflScers of state, noblemen, gentlemen, and divines, classed under separate dioceses, and tbe Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, probably Commissioners for a general visitation. May 29. 35. The Queen to To receive and admit certain persons as Alms Knights at Windsor, specifying their names. Will cause. statutes to be made for governing the College. May 31. 35. Certificate of sums of money due within the Offices of Ord- nance and the Armoury at the last of May 1559, and to be due at Midsummer next. May 31. 37. Certificate of sums of money now owing to the Great Wardrobe, for debts incurred in the time of the late Queen, and to the last of May 1559. ^^y, (0 38. Names of the spiritual men without promotion at this present ; and also list of bishopricks and other spiritual promotions presently in the Queen's disposition, with the value of the livings. ,^*y;C9 39. List of bishopricks in England and Wales, and their values; with names of various divines. May (?) 40. Memorial, drawn up by Sir Wm, CeciU, of things to be reported to the Queen : of dangers to Her Majesty's Government, both within the realm and from foreign parts. Eecommends reformation in Eccle- siastical affairs, &c. June 2. 41. A tract on controversial points of divinity. Conditions without which the Protestants will not consent to the Council proposed in the Diet at Augsbourg. Lat. June 3. 42. Sir Ric. Southwell to Sir Wm. Ceeill. Reminds him that 315 Z. 2s. 8d is due in the Office of Armoury at Greenwich. State of the Offices of Armoury and Ordnance. June 4. 43. Account of money paid by the Receiver-General of the Court of Wards and Liveries, by virtue of the Queen's special warrants. June. 5. ,- 44. Account of money received by Sir John Masone, Treasm-er of the Chamber, by warrants from several Courts. June 6. 45. Account of the whole receipts of Thomas Weldon, Esq., Cofferer of the Household, by virtue of Her Majesty's warrants. June 7. ^^- ^i^ •^^'^' Southwell to CeciU. Further detaU of the state of the Offices of the Ordnance and Armoury. Proposes a sale of corslets to gentlemen who are suitors for the same. Answer of the gentlemen who had armour and weapons delivered to them in Wyatt's rebellion. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 131 ■ rr« Vol. IV. 1559. June 8. 47. Account of debts owing in the office of the Revels and Tents. June 8. 48. Sir Tho. Cornwaleys to Francis Yaxley. His Uncle Alyff is de- Copthall. sirous Mr. Darcy of Tolson should see his cousin, Margaret Sylyard, and is willing to bestow her on him in marriage. Begs Mr. Yaxley will bring the matter about. June 9. 49. Marq. of Winchester to Sir Wm. Cecill. Money affairs ; payment might presently be made, and the garrisons in Ireland and at Berwick discharged. June 9. 50. Declaration made by William Wynter, Master of the Ordnance for the Seas, of the debts due in the said office. Also estimates for works for fitting out the great ship now making at WoolwicL June 10. 51. Dr. D. Lewis to Cecill. States his opinion on the sentence Arches Court, passed on certain Frenchmen for robbing and spoiling a Flemish vessel within the Queen's dominions. June 12. Grant of arms to Tho. Whyte of Fytleforde, Dorset, by Wm. Harvey, Clarencieux. [See Grant of Arms, No. 8.] June 14. ' 52. Order for Henry Duke of Buckingham to bear the arms of Thomas of Woodstock alone, temp. Edw. IV., and declaration of the officers of arms of the manner in which a foreign prince may bear or quarter the arms of England. June 20. 53. Commission from the Queen to Sir Wm. Cecill, Chancellor, and others, to hold a visitation of the University of Cambridge. June 22, 64. Winchester to Cecill. The Duke of Florence and the Signory bound for Signer Guidodi's debt. Payment for Ireland must be con- sidered. Has sent two warrants for payment of the Queen's debt in the Isle of Wight. June 22 (?) 55. Same to same. Has made a survey of Hampton Court. Points out many alterations and improvements to be made for the Queen's comfort. The grounds will be laid out with as many pleasures as can be imagined. June 23. 66. Same to same. Survey of the Queen's houses. Desires a copy of the gestes, to know what works are necessary to be done. Works at Greenwich, and repairs necessary to be done at Windsor. June 23 (?) 57. Eeport on the state of the Q(ueen's Majesty's houses, and of the repairs necessary to be done, all being greatly out of repair. June 23. 68. Winchester to CeciU. Lady Sussex, that [Aii drew?] Wyse married, has applied to him and others for order to be taken with her husband for clearing his accounts and discharging him from imprisonment. , June 24. 59. Citation from the Commissioners and from the Vice-Chancellor for visiting the University of Cambridge, appointing the 7th July for appearance before the Commissioners. June 24. 60. Account of fees and wages due to the Lieut, of the Tower, the Gentlemen Porter, and Yeoman Warders there, to Midsummer 1559. I 2 132 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1659. June 25. June 25. Westminster. June 25. Shrewsbury. June 25. June 25. June 27. Cambridge. June 27. June 27. June 28. June 29. liOndon. June 29. London. June 26. St. Alban'f, June 27. GoldwelL Vol. IV. 61. Marq. of Winchester to Sir Wm. Cecill. Will see Thos. Cokerell paid 60Z., and the rest to Sir Henry Crips. Has taken order for the Wood Beam. 62. Commission from the Queen to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Presi- dent of the North, and others, and to Dr. Edwyn Sandys, Dr. Henry Harvey, and others, to hold a visitation of the province of York. 63. Sir Hugh Poiolet to Cecill. Has received letters from the Lord President of Wales to meet him at Worcester. Resigns that charge cheerfully, and is anxious to go to his charge in Jersey. Want of books of Common Prayer. Incloses, 63. I. John Lord Williams of Thame to Sir Hugh Poulet. Has re- ceived his Commission and Instructions (as Lord President of Wales), and will meet hvni and the Council at Worcester. June 18. 64. James Aldaye to same. Details a conversation with Champneys, and covertly promised to join him in a plot to encounter the Queen's ships sent against Harry Strangwyshe. Proposes a scheme for the arrest of himself and the hoy at Gravesend. 65. Same to same. Has inquired into the matter on foot. Has not had much conference with Francis Lambart. Further con- versation with Champneys on his coming from the Court. Some of the Queen's ships to be sent forth against Strangwyshe. Danger of his own position. 66. Dr. John Porye to same. Informs him that the mastership of Christ's College is vacant, the late master (Wm. Taller) having ab- sconded. Eecommends Mr. Hawford to succeed him. 67. Chancellor Cecill to the Fellows of Christ's College. Eegrets the manner of the departure of the late master. Recommends them to elect Mr. Hawford, B.D. 68. Winchester to Cecill. Gives him the heads of certain docu- ments transmitted. 69. Account of sums due by the office of the Great Wardrobe, for stuff and workmanship for the use of the Queen's stable. 70. Sir Ric. Sakevyle to Cecill. Has agreed, with others, on the award between George Heron and John Carr. Proposes application to be made to Giles Heron's wife to release the appeal now depending. 71 . Sir Nicholas Bacon (Lord Keeper) to same. Particulars of the sudden departure of the Bishop of St. Asaph. The ports have been instructed not to suffer him to pass. 71. I. Bishop Goldwell to his h-other Stephen Goldwell. Has deter- mined to leave his Bishoprick, being in debt to the Queen above SOOl. for the subsidy. Requests him to go into Wales to sell his goods there. 71. II. John Goldwell to Lord Keeper Bacon. Five of the servants of his brother the Bishop of St. Asaph came to Mr. Ste. Gold- well's house, not knowing what had become of their inaster. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 133 1559. ' ^-- I^- June 30. 72. Marq. of Winchester to Sir Wm. Ceeill. The Dean and Canons of the Cathedral Church, the Warden and Fellows of New College, and the Master of St. Crosse, Winchester, have left their services, and will enter no new service, being against their consciences ; wherein order must be taken. June 30. 73. Certificate by Eic. Ward of the monies received by the Cofferer of the Household for the expenses of the Household, and what remains to be received. June. 74. Note of debts due at Midsummer in various offices of the State. June 80. 75. Andrew Scare to Ceeill. Particular of the sale of goods at the George in Stamford, under distress for rent. June. 76. The Queen to the Customers, &c. of the port of London. To release the restraint on merchant ships above the burthen of 80 tons. VOL.V. July, 1559. July 1. 1. Charges of the Queen's household to 1st July 1559, and the amount remaining unpaid. July 6. 2. Sir Edw. Warner (Lieut, of the Tower) and Thos. Stanley (Comp- Tower. troller of the Mint) to Ceeill. Report on the fittest place in the Tower to erect a convenient armoury. No place so fit as the great mill erected by Mr. Brocke. July 12. 3. Statement of wages payable monthly to the Almain Armourers at Greenwich. July 14. 4. Certificate of musters of the Hamlets belonging to the Tower of London, taken before Sir Edw. Warner, Lieutenant of the Tower. July 15, 5. The Queen to the Dean and Chapter of Windsor. Is desirous to give efi'ect to the will of King Henry VIII. that certain poor Knights should be continually maintained at the CoUege within the Castle of Windsor. Has therefore transmitted certain rules signed by her own hand for the government of the said poor Knights. July 1 5. 6. Establishment, under the Queen's signature, for the erection and governance of thirteen Poor Knights at Windsor, attached to the institution of the Noble Order of the Garter, in pursuance of the will of King Henry VIII. 7. Draft of the above, prepared temp. Philip and Mary, Queen Elizabeth's name substituted, and other alterations made ; with the apportionment of the revenue of 6001. per annum, as settled by PhiHp and Mary. 134 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1559. Vol. V. 8. List of the lands and livings granted in various counties for the maintenance of the College of Poor Knight's at Windsor ; stating the value of each ; amounting in the whole to 6651. 6s. 8d. per annum. July 16. 9. The yearly limitation and distribution of the revenue of 600Z. per annum, appointed for the maintenance of 13 Poor Knights at Windsor, and for ftu-ther performance of the testament of King Henry VIII. ; under the Queen's signature. July 15. 10. Draft of the above, corrected by Sir Wm. CeciU. July 16. 11. An order for Obits at Windsor four times a year, or at the end of every term there shall be commendations of the most noble Kings Henries the VII. and VIII., and of their Royal succession, founders and benefactors of so worthy a college. Probably the order drawn up for the service under Philip and Mary. July 15. 12. " The ordre for y" 4 quarter Obites in y" Ohappell at Wyndsore " for y= memorye and comedatio. of y= Q. Ma'" progenitors, founders " of y Ord'' of y" Garf." Originally drawn up by Sir John Masone, and corrected by Sir W. Cecil!. July 15. 1.3. The order for the 4 quarter Obits in the Chapel at Windsor for the memory and commendation of the Queen's Majesty's progenitors. Founders of the Order of the Garter. Copy of the above, with slight additions, by CeciU. July 15. 14 Fair copy of the abovBr July 15. 15. Sir Robert Tyrwhyt to the Council No letter nor instructions Leighton. had formerly been received for talcing musters in Huntingdonshire. Incloses, 15.1. Certificate of musters for the countyof Huntingdon. Hunt- ingdon, July 1 5. July 15. 16. Dean and Chapter of Hereford to the Queen. Have elected , John Scorye to the Bishopric of Hereford, vacant by the demise of Robert Warton. Lat. July 18. 17. Heads of urgent affairs consequent on the death of the French King, Henry II. Maintenance of the faction in Scotland ; to send to King PhiUp to renew the League. Letters to various parties in France. July 19. 18. Commission by the Queen, constituting Matthew Parker Arch- Westminster, bishop elect of Canterbury, Edmund Grindall Bishop elect of London, and others. Commissioners for carrying into execution the Acts for the uniformity of Common Prayer, and for restoring to the Crown the ancient juriscfiction of the State Ecclesiastical. July 19, 19. Another copy of the above. July 19, 20. Abstract of the several clauses of the above commission. July 23. 21. Declaration of the elections of Proctors in the University of Cambridge, in order of colleges ; confirmed at the visitation of the University, July 23d. Lat. DOME STIC— ELIZABETH. 135 1559. ^<^^- ^- July 28. 22. Sir Nich. Bacon and others, Commissioners of Sales, to Sir Wm- Guildhall, Cecill. So few suitors attend the Commission, that very little money will be raised thereby. Inclosing, 22. I. Certificate of the clear yearly value of all lands sold by the Commissioners of Sales since the lith of July 1558. July 28. July 31. 23. Declaration by Sir Ric. Southwell, of his resign,ation of the office of Master of the Armoury and Ordnance, on certain conditions speci- fied. July (?) 24. The Queen to Thomas Thirlby, late Bp. of Ely. Commands him to pay over forthwith to the present Bishop (Cox) the sum of 70 6L 1 3s. id., given by King Edwd. VI., to be paid over to each new Bishop by his predecessor ; and also to pay a reasonable sum for dilapidations. July. 25. Order for consecration of an Archbishop of Canterbury ; the mode to be pursued ; with marginal notes by Cecill. July. 26. Notes of debts in various offices of the Crown. July. 27. Certificates of musters of the hundreds of Brixton, WaUington, Woking, Godalming, Godley, Farnham, Blackheath and Wotton, Kingston and Elmbridge, Copthorne and Effingham, and Tandridge and Reygate, in the county of Surrey. July. 28. Certificate of musters of the wapentakes of Flaxwell, Langoo, Boothby Graflbo, Aswardhurne, and Aveland, &c. in Kesteven division, CO. Lincoln. Aug. 1 Vol. VL August — Septembeb, 1559. rt-v 1. Dispensations reserved to the Archbishop of Canterbury, probably at the consecration of Archbp. Parker. Aug. 2 (?) 2. The Queen to the Lord Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer. Warrant to release Kathariae Duchess of Suffolk, and Ric. Bertie, her husband, from all payments or accounts of lands, &c. seized by the Crown, and restoring to them all their said lands, goods, and other possessions. [Letters of naturalization for thei/r son, Peregrine Bertie were passed on the 2d of August 1559 ; and it is probable this docu- ment may have had the same cZafe] August 7 ^- ^^^1- ^^ Winchester and Sir Tho. Leigh, Lord Mayor of London, * to the Council. Details of an afiray between the Marquis de Nesle's servants and Mr. Watson's servants. 4. The Queen to Winchester. To give directions to the officers of the Cinque Ports, for the honourable reception of the King of Spain, if he should land in England. 5. The same to the Earls of Arundel and Bedford, and Lords Cobham and Mountjoy. Directions to receive the King.of Spain with honour, if he should touch at any English port. August 9. August 9. 136 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1559. August 10. August 10. August 10. August 11. London. August 11. London. August 14. August 14. August 15. August 16. August 16. Vol. VI. 6. Lease by Thomas Norton and Eleanor Norton to John Norton, of certain lands called the Chese lands at Milton, near Sittingbourne, Kent. 7. Account of charges of the Queen's house for 6 days at Nonsuch, defrayed by the Earl of Arundel, Lord Steward. 8. 9. Certificates of musters for the Rapes of Bramber and Chichester, Sussex. 10. Marq. of Winchester and Sir John Masone to Sir Wm. CecOl. Report particulars of their conference with the Marquis de Nesle, the French Ambassador, relative to the murder committed by the Frenchmen in Mr. Watson's house. 11. Sir John Masone to same. Unreasonableness of the French- men. The Book of Common Service in Latin is ready to print ; also the little book of Private Prayer for children and servants. 12. The Queen to Mr. Browne and Mr. Estofte. Has put them ia the Commission for visitation of the clergy in the northern circuit. 13. Winchester to Cecil! Has sent him the Bishops' books. Deal- ings with the Bishops. Death of Dr. Stuard. The matter between the French hostages and Watson s folks remains quiet. Ceremonies to ■ be observed at the obsequies of the French King. 14. Same to same. Sends letters out of Yorkshire. Thinks Signor Priuli might have leave to go, who hopes to be discharged of the 700?. demanded of the house of Canterbury. The book of the Bishops' lands shall be immediately brought forth. Henry Matthewe, Vicar of Hoc in Kent, is prisoner in the Marshalsea for contempt. 1 5. Submission of Robt. Raynolds, clerk, to the laws and ordinances provided by Parliament for the service of the Church. 16. Note of all sums of money taken up by exchange, in Antwerp, for the use of the Queen. August 17. 17. Sir John Chichester to the Earl of Bedford. Sends him his Yollyston. commission of Lieutenancy, &c. The subsidy is well received. Has punished several for bruiting the death of the Queen. Thanks for a goshawk. August 18. 18. Sir Ric. Sakevyle to Cecill. The Lord Treasurer has promised London. that Mr. Osborne should that day receive 1,000L Several parties have been with him to buy lands and parsonages in Kent and Sussex. Many warrants to be paid. August 18. 19- Dr. Nich. Wotton to same. Opinion of jurists as to ownership Hampton Court, of property taken by pirates. They who have captured the pirates (Strangwishe) have had the greater part of their prizes. August 19. 20. Same to same. Further opinion on the subject. Goods taken London. by pirates can be lawfully claimed by the owners. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 137 Vol. VI. 1559. August 19. 21. Vice- Chancellor and Scholars of Cambridge to their Patron and Chancellor, Sir William Cecill. Solicit his protection of their privi- leges and immunities. Lat. ^b^ August 19. 22. Bishop Tunstall to Cecill. The Queen has left Hampton Court, London. and he was unable to see her. Cannot consent to the visitation of his diocese, if it is to extend to the pulling down altars, defacing churches, and taking away crucifixes. August 19. 23. The same to Sir Thos. Parry, to the same effect. Gestes of the London. Queen's progress. Auj the Queen for the safety and welfare of the kingdom : hy Sir Wm. Cecill. 36. Memoranda relative to several persons and matters, in CeciU's hand. 37. Account of sums of money due to the Lieutenant of the Tower, the Gentleman Porter, and others, to Lady Day. 38. Thomas Young, Bishop of St. David's to Cecill. Used the mediation of Lord Robert Duddeley in his suit for restoration of his temporalities. April 1. Pirgo. April 6. Vol. XII. April— June, 1560. 1. Lord John Grey of ?irgo to Sir Wm. CeciU. Praises his Pro- testant principles. Expresses his wish that the devices of Paget and Masone may be defeated. 2. Memoranda in CeciU's hand relative to several points of public business. April 8. 3. George Lord Talbot to CeciU. Edward Savile being divorced Kughfourthe. from his wife, has proposed a marriage between one of Lord Talbot's daughters and the son of Henry Savile, who is his next heir male. Asks his advice thereon. 1.52 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1560. Vol. XII. April 10. 4. Mrs. Mabell Forteskue to " her governor," Francis Yaxley. Settrmgton. Thanks him for her gloves and other articles. Mary Silles also returns her thanks. April 10. 5. John Battista Pigna to the Prince of Ferrara. Touching duels Perrara. or single combats ; arising upon the question that a gentleman, being called " a knave," answered simply that " he was an honest man." Translated for the Right Hon. Lord Carew. April 12. 6. Memoranda, in Cecill's hand, of things necessary for the preser- vation and good order of the realm. Meetings of Council ; appoint- ment of Bisho]3s ; Earl of Sussex to be sent into Ireland, &c. April 18. 7. Names of Lieutenants and muster masters in several English counties. Sir Henry Sydney, Lord President of Wales. April 18. 8. Another list of Lord Lieutenants and muster masters. April 18 (?) 9- List of Lieutenants of counties ; with order for aid to and from various points, for defence in case of attack. April 20. 10. Instructions, by the Queen, to the Earl of Arundel (Steward of the Household), Lieutenant of the counties of Surrey and Sussex, to have the forces of those counties in readiness. April 20. 11. Similar instructions, mutatis mutandis, to Sir Tho. Parry, Treasurer of the Household, and Sir Henry Nevill, as Lieutenants of Berkshire. April 24<. 12. Warrant to the Exchequer to pay the allowances of persons named, appointed to repair as muster masters into divers counties. April (?) 13- Thos. Lardge to the Council. Prays to be relieved from penalties he has incurred by having heard mass in the house of Sir Thos. Warton at Boreham, Essex. May 1. 14. Memoranda by Cecill, of business for consideration by the Queen and the Council. May 1. 15. The Lieutenants of Berkshire (Sir Tho. Parry and Sir H. NeveU) to the Justices of Peace. To assemble forthwith the force of the county, with weapons, furniture, and horses necessary for military service. May 1. 16. Warrant to Sir John Salisbury and Wm. Wiglitman, Receivers Westminster, of Wales, to pay the diets of Sir Henry Sydney, President, and the rest of the Council of Wales, at the rate of 201. a Aveek. May 5. 17- Memorial from the Council ? to the Queen, on the proceedings of the French Queen, i. e. Mary Queen, of Scots, derogatory to the state and title of Elizabeth as Queen of England. May 8. 18. Lieutenants of the county of Berks to Tho. Warde and Wm. Barker. Appointing them captains to have the leading of the forces levied in the county. Mays. 19. Remembrances for calling out 2,000 mariners from divers counties for the furnishing of the ships with seamen. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 153 1560. May 11. May 12. AVindsor. May 13. May 13. May 18. May 15. Songehyll. (SuBning hiJl ?) May 20. Windsoi'. May 20. AVindsor. May 21. May 22. May 24. Newbury. May 2.5, NeTstiiry. May 25. May 28. Sunninghill. May 30. Arundel. May (?) May. May (?) Vol. XII. 20. Marq. of Winchester to Sir Wm. Cecil!. Is sorry tbat the Queen sustains any uneasiness. Has 25,000J. for Mr. Gresham and 12,000J. for Berwick. Is providing 15,000?. more for Berwick. 21. Lord Admiral Clynton to same. Desires supply of powder. The Duke of Norfolk should be apprised what may be spared at Ber- wick. Necessity for opposing the French in Scotland. 22. Orders taken at Winchester by the Lord St. John and the rest of the Justices of Peace in the county of Hampshire for the firing of beacons, as signals for assembling the forces of the adjoining counties. 23. " Memoryall of thynges to be doone with spede," touching the war in the North : by Sir Wm. Cecil. 24. Henry Earl of Arundel to Sir Tho. Parrj^. Has received his letter touching Warde and Barker, whom he intends to employ him- self Tho. Stoughton will shortly come to him. 25. Sir Henry Nevell to same. Will forward the musters in Berk- shire as much as possible. Does not know what to do without the Earl of ArundeU's men, (Warde and Barker). 26. Same to same. Details his proceedings in the musters ; hopes to have 1,000 men before them to-morrow. 27. Tho. Stucley to same. Regrets they cannot have the services of Warde and Barker. The Lieutenant (Sir H. Nevell) has taken musters that day at Windsor without the help of any Justice or gentleman of rank, except the Mayor. 28. Certificate of general musters for the coimty of Hertford, taken before Harry Lord Morley, Lieutenant, and others. 29. Memoranda by Sir Wm. Cecill of various points of business. 30. Sir Henry Nevell to Sir Tho. Parry. Mustered 1,000 good men at Reading, " besides other rascall," and 1,500 at Newbury. Great want of armour. 31. Tho. Stucley to same. Musters have been taken by Sir Heniy Nevell at Reading and Newburjr. 32. Memoranda by Cecill, relative to divers points of public afiairs. _ 33. Sir Henry Nevell to Si]' Tho. Parry. Musters at Abingdon and Wallingford. Great willingness of the county. Appointment of captains. 34. Henry Earl of Arundel to Cecill. Thanks for his friendly letters ; is sorry to hear of his indisposition. 35. The Queen to the Lord High Admiral. Bestows upon him one- third part of all ships or vessels taken -as pi-izes from the enemy. 36. Certificate of general musters for the county of Wilts. 37. " Articles of diverse thinges given by the Queues Ma''^ in charge to Richard Worsleye, Esq., Captain of the Isle of Wight," for the welfare and security of the same. 154 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1660. May (?) June 2. On board the "Elizabeth Jonas." June 3. Vol. XIT. •38. Particular of the manor of Asliridge, Bucks, assigned to Her Majesty before her accession to the throne. Expense of repairs, &c. 39. Lord Adm. Clynton to Sir Wm. Cecill. Has been detained where he at present is by bad weather. The fleet is in good order. Report that the French forces have proceeded towards Scotland. Parry to same. Assure Desire to be informed of 40. Lord Robert Duddeley and Sir Tho. him of their good wishes for his prosperity, his welfare. June 6. 41. Sir Tho. Parry to same. The Abbate de Salute is despatched from Rome, and a licence will be requested for him to come into England. The Queen desires to hear often of his health. Treasure sent to him. June 6. ^2. Sir W. Petre to same. The Queen is glad to hear of his being in Greenwich, health. Dr. May has been proposed for election to York. None are willing to go as Bishops to Ireland. His advice is desired as to the licence for the Abbot of St. Salute's coming into England. June 6. Sunninghill. June 7. Green-wioh. June 8. June 8. June 8. June ] 1. June 12 Sunninghill. June 12. June 15. Hedingham Castle. 43. Sir Hen. Nevell to Sir Tho. Parry. Has promised armour to the people. 2s. is charged at the Tower instead of Is. lOd. for a sheaf of arrows, contrary to the Queen's regulated price. 44. Wm. Marq. of Northampton to Cecill. Has nominated Mr. Vyl- lars for leading the appointed number of men of Northamptonshire. A letter sent to the Queen out of Spain. from Sir Tho. Gresham, from 45. Account of armour received Christmas 1558 to 8th of Jime 1560. 46. Account of arms, munition, and military stores for the office of the Ordnance, received from Sir Tho. Gresham, from 8th September 1559 to 8th June 1560. 47. Account of munitions, warlike stores, and corslets brought into the port of London by way of merchandize, from Christmas 1559. 48. Sir Hen. NeveU to Sir Tho. Parry. Alarm of the beacons on fire in the Isle of Wight and on Portsdown. Purchase of armour in London. Requests orders may be sent to the keepers of the beacons, so that the country be not troubled with false alarms. 49. Same to same. Blames the conduct of those in charge of the beacons. Complaias of one come down in the comity to take up men by commission. 50. Account of sales by from under Privy Seal warrants. 51. Earl of Oxford to the Council. Parson of Little Bursted, of uttering malicious words against the Queen. He only confesses that he heard the Vicar of^Storford, Herts, say^that one was sent to the Tower for reporting the Queen was with child. Alford, and of moneys paid there- Charge against Tho. Holland, DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 155 1560. June 16. June 19. June 21. Kirkby- Moorside. June 22. Greenwich. June 23. SunningWll. June 24. June 25. June 26. June 27. June 29. June (?) June (?) June (?) June (?) June. Vol. XII. 52. Note of the number of men to be levied in certain shires for furniture of the navy. 53. Marq. of Winchester to Sir Wm. Cecill. Will do his best endeavour in the Queen's service. Has sent 22,000L to Mr. Brown, Treasurer of the army, out of which the ships must be paid ; and also 3,000L to Berwick. 54. Henry Earl of Westmorland to same. Thanks for his letters. His venison or any other thiag is at his command. Justifies his late marriage, as conformable with God's law ; and for which under the Romish jurisdiction he could have obtaiaed a licence, for money. 55. B. Hampton to same. The Queen is in good health, and desires to hear fi-om him. News of preparation of ships, &c. in France. The Queen's fleet is in good order at Portsmouth. 56. Sir Hen. Nevell to Sit- Tho. Parry. Has received the certificate of musters of Oxfordshire, on which he cannot act for want of captains. Has no instructions about the beacons. Desires to have the timber work of an old house at East Hampstead, to repah: his stables. 57. Sir Eich. Sakevyle to Cecill. Desires to be remembered to Mr. Wotton. Wishes Sir William good success and speedy return. 58. Summary of particulars given by Mr. Gresham relative to the Fulkers undertaking to refine the base moneys now current in England. Lease from Tho. Wattz to Henry Earl of Arundel (Lord Steward), Lord Eobt. Duddeley (Master of the Horse), Sii' Tho. Paixy (Treasurer), Sir Edw. Rogers (Comptroller), and Tho. Weldon (Cofferer), of the prebend, manor, and lordship of Tattenhall, or Tottenham Court, in trust for the Crown, for 99 years, at the rent of 4<6l. per annum. [Case A. Miz. No. 4.] 59. Sir Henry Nevell to Sir Tho. Parry. Thanks for his good news. Has returned the certificate of musters by Mr. Stucley. Further par- ticulars of musters to inspect the armour, &c. Wishes for a quiet day to go a wooing in. Complains of the person taking up labourers by commission, and selling them at fairs .for 10 groats and 2s. each. 60. Memoranda of four grants of concealed lands to Sir Geo. Howard and his heirs. 61. Certificate of the musters of men, armour, and weapons of the whole county of Sussex. 62. Similar certificate for the whole county of Surrey. 63. Certificate of the able men, gunners, archers, horses, armour, weapons, &c., for the county of Somerset. 64. Account of money received fi^om Su- Tho. Gresham by Alford, and of further sums to be received of the merchants. 65. Account of arms, armour, and munitions to be provided by Sir Thomas Gresham, and of the quantities received. 156 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1560. "^oL. xn. June (.) 6g Account of munitions ali-eady in the Tower, and of other quan- tities ready to be shipped. With request of Eic. Candeler for a warrant. June (?) 67- Commission to examine the present state of the Mint, the standard value of the moneys now current, in order that they may hereafter be made of such standard as shall be to the Queen's honour and the common weal. Vol. XIII. Jttly — September, 1560. July 2. SunninKhill. July 11. The Coui-t. July 12. Wadley. July 14. Belyoir. 1. Sir Henry Nevell to Sir Tho. Parry, musters in Berkshire. Incloses, Observations relative to the 1. I. Certificate of musters of the selected soldiers furnished with iveapons of the seven hundreds of Cookham and Bray, and the town of New Windsor, co. Berks. 1. II. Similar certificate for the hundreds of Morton, Ocke, and Hormer, luith the toiunships of Wallingford and Abingdon, CO. Berks. 1. III. Similar certificate for the hundreds of Shrivenham, Wantiage, Farringlon, Lccmborne, and Gctnfilde, co. Berks. 1. IV. Similar certificate for the hundreds of Reading and Theale, CO. Berks. 1. V. Summary of musters of nnen, horsemen, and armour for the whole county of Berks. June 28. 2. Lord Adm. Clynton to Cecill. The peace gives him gxeat satis- faction. The ships under Winter's command are to go to Portsmouth, where the rest of the fleet is, and not to the Thames. 3. Sir Edward TJnton to Sir Tho. Parry. Is sorry the certificate for assessing the armour is not satisfactory. Gives particulars of the musters. Incloses, 3. I. Certificate of the aronour and lUCiij^ons assessed upon particular persons within the division of Sir Edtv. Unton and others, 'with the augmentation ahove the assessment. 3. II. Certificate of the armour and weaptons assessed upon the inhabitants holding lands above 51. per annum m the hundreds of Wanting, Ganfilde, Shrivenham, and Farring- lon, CO. Berks. June 17. 3. in. A.nother certificate for thesamehiuulreds,ouoiuners of lands under 51. 2)6 r wiinum-. June 18. 3. IV. Another certificate for the same hundreds, shoiving the aug- mentation above the rate assessed. 4. Henry Earl of Kutland to Sir Francis KnoUys. Has seen the muster taken by the muster master Anthony Digby in Rutlandshire. Reports their numbers and appointments. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 157 1560. Jvily 15. July 17. Sunninghill. July 20. July 20. July 22. Brome. July 22 (?) July 22. July 23. Melford HaU. July 29. Newcastle. July 31. Long Melford. July 30. Brome. July 31. July. July. July. August ]. August 13. Vol. XIII. 5. Certificate of musters for the whole county of Dorset, specifying the numbers of able men, their arms and weapons, and the captains commanding them. 6. Sir Henry Nevell to Sir Tho. Parry. Has received his orders for stay of the musters. Will take order for ^^reservation of the game in the neighbourhood ; but the gates of the great park must be repaired. 7. Certificate of musters for the county of Nortliampton. 8. Certificate of musters for the county of Essex. 9. Sir Tho. Cornwaleys to Francis Yaxley. "Wishes to be excused from attendance on the Prince of Swevia (Sweden). Urges him to prevent his being appointed. 10. Certificate of the horsemen sent out of Oxfordshire. 11. Certificate of musters for the county of Oxford. 12. Sir Wm. Cordell, Master of the KoUs, to Francis Yaxley ; his dear friend Sir Ambrose Jermyn degires to be relieved from giving attendance on the Prince of Sweden ; requests Yaxley to procure his release from that service. 13. Mayor, &c. of Newcastle -on-Tyne to Cecil! Complaining of the infringement of their ancient privileges hy the inhabitants of Hartle- pool. Inclosing, 13. I. Particulars of injuries that the inhabitants of Netvcastle sus- tain hy those of Hartlepool. 14. Sir Wm. Cordell to Fr. Yaxley. Thanks for soliciting Sir Ambrose Jermyn's suit. Sir Tho. Cornwaleys, the Countess of Bath, and Lord Windsor and his wife, have been with him making merry. 15. Sir Tho. Cornwaleys to same. Thanks him for good offices performed. Intentions of the King of Denmark to intercept the Prince of Sweden. 16. Certificate of musters for the county of Kent. 17. The Queen to divers Lords and Ladies, commanding them to attend the Court on the coming of the King elect of Sweden. 18. Certificate of musters for the county of Devon. 19. Certificate of musters of able men, armour, &c., for the county of Cornwall. 20. Certificate of musters for the city and cou:nty of Norwich, and the names of the captains appointed to have charge of them. 21. Ric. Lord Rich and Thos. Mildmay, Esq., to Cecill. Incloses examinations of certain persons of the shire of Essex, touching slan- derous reports raised against the Queen. Have committed Anne Dowe, tlie principal offender, to gaol. Inclosing, 21. I. Examinatimis of persons stating that Mother B owe of Brent- wood openly asserted that the . Queen tuas with child by Robt. Duddeley. 158 DOMESTIC—ELIZABETH, 1560. August 18. August 22. Zurich. August 22. August 80. Dunstable. Aug. ? August (?) Sept. 6. Sept. 8. Sept. 9. Theydon Mount. Sept. 10. Belvoir. Sept. 19. Windsor. Sept. 19. Sept. 22. London. Sept. 22. Sept. 22. Vol. Xni. 22. Certificate of able men mustered by Lord St. John in the county of Bedford. 23. Peter Martyr to Ric. Cox, Bp. of Ely, about his prebend at Oxford. His opinion of the proposed Free General Council. His wife is again pregnant. Mentions his commentaries on the Book of Judges. Lat. 24. Tlie Queen to the Lieutenants of Counties. To give directions that no soldiers be sufi'ered to live out of employment, idly or suspiciously, nor to carry arms about with them. 2-5. Mrs. Eliz. Leeche to Fr. Yaxley. Their hasty departure was occasioned by the coming of a King [of Sweden] to the Court. Hopes soon to be at her journey's end. 26. Articles to be considered touching the trade of the Easterlings and of the Italians. 27. Valuation of the base moneys now current in England, with proposition to convert them into sterling money, and the expense attending the same. " Mr. Stonley's opinion." 28. The Queen to the Lord Keeper Bacon. To appoint certain persons to examine a matter in controversy between Henry Fawkener and Martha his wife, and the executors of John Browne, her late husband, concerning administration of his estate. On the back of the above is the unfinished draft of a warrant for return of munitions lent to the town of Newcastle for the furnishing of certain ships set forth by that town to serve in the fieet under Sir John Clere in the late Queen's time. 29. The Queen to the Earl of Oxford and Tho. Lord Wentworth. Directions to receive the young King elect of Sweden, who has for some time been ready to make a journey from Sweden to England. 30. Sir Tho. Smith to Cecill. Asserts his undoubted right to the Deanery of Carlisle, which he intends to juaintain now Launcelot Salkeld is dead. 31. Earl of Eutland to same. Requests him to procure for the bearer, John Barker, a licence to transport a gelding beyond sea. 32. Proclamation against breaking or defacing monuments of anti- quity set up in churches, or converting church bells to private uses. 33. Draft of the above, corrected by Cecill. 34. Wm. Burd to Cecill. Concerning a report of a fall in the price of gold and silver. Gives his opinion of all moneys now current. 35. Proclamation against Anabaptists and others of dangerous and pernicious opinions, coming into England from abroad. 36. Copy of the above. DOMESTIC — ^ELIZABETH. 159 1560. ^«^^- ™- Sept. 23. 37. The Queen to Marq. Winchester. Warrant to make a grant to Sir Francis Knollys, and the Lady Catherine his wife, and to Eobt. Knollys one of their sons, of the manor of Taunton and Tandene, Somerset, parcel of the possessions of the Bishoprick of Winchester ; for term of their lives. 38. Same to same. To deliver a mass of base money into the Mint, to be recoined into standard silver of 5s. per ounce. Lease from Tho. Norton to Tho. Busbredge of a barn called Court Lodge Barn, in the parish of Myddelton or Mylton next Sitting- bourne, CO. Kent, and certain pieces of land adjoining. [Case A. Miz. No. 5.] 39. Proclamation for calling in all base money from circulation. 40. Same, forbidding all persons from buying up base moneys, called in from circulation. 41. Same, regulating the current value of pieces of gold in circu- lation, called pistolets. 42. Summary of certain reasons which have moved the Queen to proceed in the reformation of her base and coarse moneys, and to reduce them to their values, as declared by proclamation. 43. Printed copy of the above summary, with types of the various coins. 44. The Queen to the officers of the Mint. Directions to refine and recoin a certain mass of base money into fine sterling silver of 5s. the ounce. 45. Account by John Marwood of the customs of London, from Michaelmas, 4 & 5 Phil. & Mary. 46. Account by the same, of the customs of Bristol, from the same period. 47. Account of debts dependiug on the Receivers of the Court of Exchequer, for the year ending Michaelmas 1560. Account of John Yonge, Bailiif of the Barony of Lewes, co. Sussex, of all the receips and income of the Barony for one whole year, ending Michaelmas 1560. [Case A. Miz. No. 6.] 48. Earl of Bedford to Sir Wm. Cecill. Efiect of the proclamations for calling in the base coin. Proceedings in promulgating that procla- mation, and also the one against defacing monuments. Sept, 49. Declaration of debts due by Lord Grey of Wilton, amounting to 10,330^., including 8,000Z. for his ransom. [Lord Grey became a prisoner of war on surrender of Calais to the French, Jan. 1558.] Sept. 50. Brief estimate of the revenue of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity in Norwich, with the charges thereof, according to a valuation made temp. Edward VI. Sept. 23. Sept. 26. Sept. 28 (?) Sept. 28 (?) Sept. 28 (?) Sept. 28. Sept. 28. Sept. 29. Sept. 29. Sept. 29. Sept. 29. Sept. 29. Sept. 30. Exeter. 160 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. Vol. Xin. 1560. Sept. ^l- Remembrances for the Cofferer of the Household, for release of Alex. Horden, and payment of the Household charges. Sept. ''-• Notes in the handwriting of Sir AVm. Petre, of business to be dispatched in London. Sept. 53. Certificate of musters for the county of Lincoln. Sept. (?) 3*- Certificate of musters for the county of Worcester. Sept (T) ^^- Certificate of musters for Gloucestershire, and the cities of Gloucester and Bristol. Sept. (?) ^6, 57. Abstracts of the first and second general musters for the county of Su9"olk. Sept. '^S- Certificate of musters for the wliole county of Somerset. Sept. 59. Abstracts of the certificates of all the musters throughout England. Sept. (?) 60. Observations on the effect -which the crying down cei-tain moneys will have upon the exchange. Vol. XIV. October — December, 1560. Oct. 1. 1. Memoranda by Cecill of business to be performed. Oct. .3. 2. Declaration of receipts and payments by Sir Eic. Sakevyle. r\ ± A 3. Particulars of sundry parcels, of powder, saltpetre, and match re- ceived into the OflSce of Ordnance within the Tower, for the Queen's service, from 24 July. Q^ 4, Sir Wm. Cecill to Lord Ambrose Duddeley. To furnish certain strangers, at the request of Sir T. Gresham, with a qtiantity of sulphur, at an advanced price, to finish a certain amount of gunpowder. [See back of 10 Sept. 1560.] Oct 4 '*■ W^i'i'^^t *o ^^6 Lord Treasurer to deliver certain old plate, gilt and parcel gilt, to the Treasurer of the Mint, to be converted into coin. Oct. 4. 5' The Queen to Sir Wm. Hewet, Lord Mayor of London. Directions Hampton Court, to afiix the marks of a greyhound and portcullis on the testons in cuiTency, to distinguish the base from the better sort. Oct. 4. 6. Draft of the above. Oct. 4. 7. Tho. Stanley to Cecill. Has sent S testons stamped, 4 with the Tower. portcullis, and 4 with the greyhound. The Goldsmith's company request licence to melt sterling silver at their houses under 2 lbs. weight, and to supply the Mint with base moneys to be recoined. Oct. 5 ^- Same to same. Has not yet received his commission. Parti- culars of refining bullion for coining. Is sorry the Queen mislikes the die of the fine moneys. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 161 1560. Oct. 0. Oct. 5. London, Dct. 5. Oct. 6. Oct. 6. Yoh. XIV. Oct. 6. Oct. 7. Oct. 10. Oct. 10. Oct. 10. Oct. 10. Oct. 13. Sudeley. Oct. 15. Oct. 16. Lambeth. 9. The Queen to the Master of the Jewel House. To deliver to Sir Edmund Pekham, High Treasurer of the Mint, all unserviceable and broken plate in his^ custody, to be made into coin. 10. Sir John Yorke to Sir Wm. Cecill. Concerning the recoinage and the exchanges. Scarcity of the new money. Recommends the establishing of two Mints. 11. Winchester and others, Commissioners for the Coinage, to Sir Tho. Parry and Cecill. Detail of proceedings relative to the new coinage. 12. The Queen to Winchester. Warrant to deliver into the Mint aU unserviceable old plate of gold and other utensUs of gold, remaining in his custody, to be coined. 13. Winchester and Sakevyle to Parry and Cecill. Thanks for removing from the Queen's mind that they had deceived her in the coinage. Offers of the Merchant Adventurers. Transactions with the Staplers. Inclosing, 13. I. Account of vjools and woolfells shipped by the Merchant Staplers from the Port of London for Bruges. 14. Same to the Council. Have sent such irons, proclamations,, &c. to Berwick as were necessary. Directions to various officials there. Marks by which the good and the base testons may be distinguished. 15. Winchester to Cecill. Warrant, &c. received. Proceedings in forwarding the coinage. 16. Same to same. The Alderman of the StiUyard has been with him to return thanks for the licence granted to his Company for shipping cloths. 17 The Queen to Mayors, &c. of corporate towns. Directions for publicly causing certain stamps to be placed on testons in circulation, so as to distinguish their relative values. 18. List of towns having the order for stamping the testons with the portcullis and greyhound. 19. Winchester to Cecill. The Merchant Adventurers are content to lend the Queen 30,OOOL They request deliverance of their ships,- the better to make money for the Queen's service. 20. Edmund Lord Chandos to same. Quiet state of the county of Gloucester. Great rise in price of all commodities, owing to the decreased value of money. 21. The Queen to AfFabell Partridge and Robt. Brandon. Authority to collect and receive base moneys and bring the same to the Mint. 22. Archbp. Parker to Cecill. Requests some Bishops to be ap- pointed for the North. Recommends Dr. Young, Bishop of St. David's, should be translated to York, the Bishop of Rochester to Durham, and Mr. Skynner to be Dean of Durham. L 162 DOMESTIC— 'ELIZABETH. 1560. Oct. 16. Oct. 19. Oct. 19. Oct. 22. Oct. 2.3. Mounthall. Oct. 24 Oct. 25. Oct. 25. Oct. 28. Exeter. Oct. 28. Cowdrey. Oct. 29. Oct. 30. Vol. XIV. 23. The Queen to tlie Lord Treasurer and Lord Keeper. Directing them secretly to admonish the Merchants of London to abstain from sending ships to France, until the designs of France shall more plainly appear. 24. Inquisition post mortem, taken at Peterborough, Northampton- shire, as to the estate of John Browne, Esq., deed,, certifying that he died on the 12th of March, and that his son Charles Browne, aged 15 years, was his heir. 25. Note of the yearly value of the manor of Northborowe, &c., Northampton, accniing to Her Majesty by the wardship of Charles Browne. 26. Lord Keeper Bacon to Cecill. Sends him the proclamation which is now fit to be passed, and also Mr. Wootton's letter. Gives his opinion as to the degree of fineness necessary for the standard coin. 27. Sir Tho. Smith to same. StiU urges his claims and right to the Deanery of Carlisle. Ill characters of Sewell and Barnaby Kirkbride. 28. Wm. Lord Cobham to same. Is solicitous in the due execution of his charge. Sends him advertisements received from Calais. Incloses, 28. I. Advertisements received from Calais, relative to great pre- parations made by the French at Brest, in Bretagne, &c. Preparations for the French Queen (Mary) to go into Scot- land. 29. The Council to the Lord Warden. To have good regard to liis charge in the Cinque Ports and county of Kent, till the Spaniards are past that are going from Flanders into Spain. 30. Same to the Captains of the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth. To the same purport as the preceding ; to have aid from Hampshire and other counties in case of emergency. 31. Sir Peter Carew and Tho. Williams to the Earl of Bedford. Have not yet received any stamps for marking the testons. The people are perplexed about taking the testons as current money. 32. AntL Viscount Montague to Fr. Yaxley. Thanlcs him for his letters. The barren country where he resides affords no news. 33. The Queen to the Marq. Winchester, Sir Tho. Parry, Sir Wm. Cecill, Sir Ric. Sakevyle, and Sir Walter Mildmay. Commission to direct the proceedings of the Mint, to expedite the issue of the new- coinage, &c. Is grieved the Queen thinks concerning the commission for 34. Lord Keeper Bacon to Cecill. ]iim to blame for what he has done passing leases. Enters into explanations. Incloses, 34. I. Notes by Sir N. Bacon of the points contained in the Bill coti- cerning Leases, which he would not have alloived if his ad/vice had been asked. Oct. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. l63 1560. ^«^- ^^^- Oct. 80. 35. Winchester and Sakevyle to Sir Vv'm. Cecill. Requests warrant for the Treasurer of the Chamber to receive his ordinary fees on the money returned into the Mint. Oct. (?) 36. Answers of George Chambrelayne to interrofratories touching his intercourse with Papists beyond the sea. Letters received by him from Lady Dormer, the Countess Feria, &c. Nov. 1. 37. Wiachester to Cecill. Desires commissions to oe sent to Dur- ham for execution of justice. Nov. 1. 38, Petition of Sir Henry Sydney (Lord President of Wales) to the Queen, for levying money in various shires for expenses of the mus- ters ; for water to be conducted to the President's house of Tiki n hill by Beaudeley ; allowance for diet, and for wines consumed in Her Majesty's household, in the Marches of Wales, &c. Nov. 2, 39. The Queen to Winchester. Survey to be made of lead to convey water to the house of TikinhiU near Beaudley, the residence of the President and Council of Wales. Nov. 5. 40. Winchester to the Council. Refers to their letters sent to his cousia Poynings at Portsmouth, and the Governor of the Isle of Wight, warning them to be upon their guard for security of their respective charges. Has taken measures to have the force of the county of Hampshire in readiness. Nov. 6. 41. Orders and regulations for conducting public business in the Shrewsbury. Civil and Criminal Courts in the Principality and Marches of Wales, by order of the Lord President and Council. Nov. 7. 42. The Queen to the Earls of Arundel and Sussex. Warrant to flampton Court, deliver timber for repair of all the castles in the Isle of Wight and Hampshire, and the works at Portsmouth, under the superintendence of Lord St. Jolm. Nov. 11. 43. Winchester to Cecill. Sureties for Chr. Hansel and his Company, the refiners. Afi"airs of the Mint. Incloses, 43. I. List of sureties for Chr. Hansel and his Compa/ny to the extent of 30,000?. • Nov. 12. 44. The Queen to the Commissioners for demising lands. Instruc- tions for their proceedings. Nov. 13. 45. Dr. Robert Horn to Cecill. Approves of the order for divine service at Berwick. Stipends of the ministers. Recommends one Sanderson to be curate and Cuthbert Diconson clerk there, and Adam Halydaye to be a prebendary in Durham. Nov. 17. 46. Memoranda by Cecill, briefly referring to various names and matters. Nov. 24. 47. The Queen to the Dean and Chapter of Winchester. To elect Dr. Robt. Horn to the bishoprick of Winchester in the place of Dr. Pilkington, who has been nominated to the see of Durham. L 2 164 DOHIESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1560. Nov. 25. Nov. 29. Lubsthorpe. Nov. 29. Nov. 30. Settrington. Nov. Dec. 1. Dec. 3. Dec. 5. Dec. 5. Frankelye. Dec. 11. Dec. 11. Dec. 12. Dec. 17. ■Westminster. Dec. 18. Dec. 21. Peterborough. Dec. 24. Dec. 25. Vol. XIV. 48. The Queen to Winchester. Licence to the Merchant Adventurers to export five brewings of beer, each brewing to consist of six tons, as a present to the town of Antwerp. 49. Henry Earl of Huntingdon to Sir Wm. Cecill. Inconvenience in the county of Leicester relative to the currency of the testons. Having the new money quickly is the only remedy. 50. Warrant to pay Sir Andrew Corbet certain allowances for the coat and conduct money of 200 men to Berwick. 51. Mabel Foteskew (Forteskue) to Francis Yaxley. Thanks him for having placed her with " my Lady's Grace " (Margaret Countess of Lennox), who as yet is very gentle and gracious. Was obliged to leave London without seeing him. Mary Silles sends her remembrances. 52. Memoranda of business by Sir Wm. Cecill. 53. to Tho. Wybarne. Gives his opinion on the tenure of Abbey lands, held in capite by knights tenure. Desires to know if Mr. Stokes has put in another answer in Chancery. 54. The Queen to Winchester. Directions to send down parcels of the new moneys to sundry places of the realm for circulation 55. The Queen to Mr. Stanley and Mr. Fleetwood. Warrant to deliver all the base moneys brought into the Mint to Jasper Seeler, Alderman Lodge, and others, to be refined by them and delivered back as bullion for coinage. Lyttelton to Fr. Yaxley. Apologises for his sudden Has no news to commxmicate. 56. John departure. 57. The Queen to Winchestei-. To deliver 18 cwt. of base moneys to Peter Osborne, who has undertaken to refine the same at a less charge than the Almayn refiners in the Tower. 58. Decree of Dr. Lewis, Judge of the Admiralty Court, in the cause between Archibald Graham and Richard Thomson versus Thomas Clavering, for restitution of a ship and cargo by him taken. Lat. 59. Winchester, Sakevyle, and Mildmay to Cecill. Have taken measures to prevent the transportation of the base testons into Ireland. 60. The Queen to the Lord Admiral or the Judge of the Admiralty. Warrant to release Henry Strangwiche the pirate, in order to judge of his conduct before his pardon is finally given to him. 61. Same to Winchester. Warrant to permit a hulk arrived in the Thames, laden Avith malmseys, currants, and other wares, to be unloaded. 62. Process by the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough of the election of Edmund Schambler, B.D., to be Bishop of that see, vacant by the deprivation of David Pole, the last Bishop. 63. Memoranda of divers matters in Cecill's hand. 64. Brief estimate of the account of William Bromefeld, Lieutenant of the Ordnance, for two years ending Christmas DOMESTIC! — ELIZABETH. 165 Vol. XIV. 1560. Dec. (?) 6^- Petition of Fulk Onslowe to the Queen for the offices of Pay- master and Clerk of the Works. Dea 66. The Queen to Lord Keeper Bacon. Relative to purchases and privileges granted by her progenitors to Queen's College, Cambridge ; and to issue a writ for assurance to the said College of the lands manors, &c. of Hocldngton, purchased of Anthony Pope and his wife. Dec. 67. Brief of the matter depending in the Court of Exchequer between the Queen and Sir Edward Lyttleton, for the herbage, pannage, &c. of the haye of Teddesley, co. Huntingdon. Dec. 68. Another brief statement of the above. Dec. 69. Copies of letters between Lord Stafford (as Justice and Rant^er of the forest of Cannock) and Sir Edward Lyttleton, relative to the claim of two fee does within Teddesley. Dec. 70. A short declaration of the matters in variance between Lord Staffijrd and Sir Edwai-d Lyttleton ; Lord Stafford claiming the herbage, &c. of Teddesley. Vol. XV. [Undated Papers, but all probably in the year 1560.] 1560? 1. Notes in proof that the authority of a General Council is greater than that of the Pope. Lat. 2. Allowance, wages, &c. for a ship of 80 tons burthen and a crew of 3 1 men, appointed for the service of the Queen, for one month. 3. List of ships and barques belonging to the Cinque Ports in the service of the Crown, from the 37th of Henry VIII. to the 2d of Elizabeth. 4. Ordinances and decrees made by the Queen for the regulation and government of the ofEce of Admiralty and Marine affairs, the Navy being the chief defence of the realm. 5. List of the names of Treasurers of the several mints in England and Ireland, from the time of Henry VIII. 6. Note of the proportion of alloy contained in certain coinages from 1st Edward VI. to the 3d Eliz. 7. Petition of the clerks of the Petty Bag in the Court of Chancery, complaining of the attempts of the Six Clerks to obtain the sole privilege of enrolling aU manner of indentures, deeds, and recognizances. 8. Particulars relating to the manor of Nettlested, Kent, parcel of the inheritance of the Lady Rainsford, which, during her lunacy, was granted to Sir Geo. Howard, Knt. 9. Question if Henry Tutchet, Lord Audley, should sue for livery of the manors of Audley, Holeycastle, and others, co. Stafford, as of lands descended to him in reversion. 166 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH, 1560? Vol. XV. 10. Statement of lands entailed to James Lord Andley and to Lady- Joan, his second wife, and the heirs of their two bodies. 11. Rough plan of the course of the river Lee from Lock Bridge to Bow Bridge. 12. Warrant to the Exchequer to issue 115?. .16s. 5^d. to the Comp- troller and Carpenter of the works for repairs -at Windsor and Hertford Castle. 13. Extract from the Book of Process of the Court of Wards and Liveries, relative to an obligation taken of Sfr Humplirey Eat- cliffe, Knight, to answer a debt for the executor of Edmund Harvey of Elviston, Bedford. Indorsed " Lady Ratcliffe." 14. Offers of [the Duke of Norfolk ?] to surrender and convey to the Queen the lands of Chesworth, Segwyck, Beybush, Shelley, and the forest of St. Leonard's, &c., in discharge of the debts due by him to the Crown. 15. Statement of the manner in which the Queen is defrauded of the custom of cloths exported from London. 16. Warrant to the Exchequer to dispose of the residue of the sum issued for coat and conduct money of the men raised in various counties for service in the North. 17. Particular of lands delivered in exchange between the Lord Adm. (Clynton) and the Queen, in the county of Lincoln. 18. Certificate of Sir Gilbert Gerrard of the sealing of the indenture of exchange of lands between the Queen and Lord Clynton. 19. Account of allowances to William Bramfeld, Feodary of the county of Bedford, for a whole year ending Michaelmas. 20. Henry Smith to the Queen. Has made discovery of certain abuses in the Mint and the Custom-house, by which the Crown sustains loss. Prays to be employed in superintending the Customs. 21. Names of gunners belonging the Tower of London, with their wages and fees payable out of the Exchequer. 22. Warrant for a licence to John Bodleigh to print the English Bible, with annotations, faithfully translated in the year 1560. 23. Lists of names of noblemen and gentlemen fit to be appointed generals, counsellors, leaders of horse and foot, and other officers in an army. 24. Testimony in favour of William Marshal, Fellow of Merton College and Principal of Alborne (Alban) Hall, Oxford, who was persecuted by Dr. Gervase, Warden of Merton CoUege. 25. Articles showing how the Queen is defrauded of her customs at Plymouth. 26. State of the borough of Boston. Suit for a licence to the cor- poration to purchase lands to the value of 100 marks per annum. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 16^ 1560? Vol. XV. « 27. Letter of admonition, by the Queen, touching the sinister con- struction put by certain evil disposed persons on the form of the oath of allegiance. 28. Suit of the Earl of Cumberland to the Queen, to take into her possession his manors of Hart and Hartlepool, and to grant to him certain lands in exchange. 29. Petition of the Earl of Cumberland to the Queen, for grant of the assignment of the office of Registrar of Customs on certain mer- chaiudize, under Stat. 1 4 Ric. II. 30. Reasons shewing that no prejudice will arise to any English subject or foreigner by granting the prayer of the above petition. 31. Suit of Sir Henry Knevit, for conlSrmation of the grant by Edward VI. of the manors of Escrick, Hawghton, and EHerton. 32. Particulars of such manors and lands as have had warrants to pa^s, but are stayed until the Queen's pleasure be further known. 33. Lady Strange to Sir Wm. Cecill. Sends particulars of articles on which she desires Morrys Freeman and William Hatley may be examined, as to dissentions between her and Lord Strange. 34. Notes and memoranda by Sir Wm. Cecill, relative to the above business. 35. Wm. Lord Paget to Sir Thos. Parry. Begs of him to obtain the stallment of his debts. Incloses, 35. I. Note of Lord Pagefs debts due to the Queen. 36. Form of licence for using a cross-bow or hand-gun, for sporting and other purposes. 37. Articles contained in a book for .the Stationers Company, drawn out in form of law, by Mr. Richard Faulsete ; probably for a charter for the Company. 38. Petition of the Company of Stationers to the Privy Council. Complain of John Wolfe and others unlawfully printing books, and thereby infringing the patents of the Queen's Printers. 39. Articles of the insolent and contemptuous behaviour of John Wolfe, printer, and his confederates. 40. State of the case between Christopher Barker and John Wolfe, the latter having infringed the patent of Queen's Printer. Barker's persuasion to Wolfe to quit the Fishmongers' and to join the Stationers' Company. 41. Thomas Barnes to [Cecill ?] Desires him to forward his supplica- tion to the Queen. 42. Supplication of John Barnes to the Queen, pointing out the abuses in the Customs, and offering to farm them and to increase the revenue 44. Wm. Hayworthe to the Council. Requests to be allowed to disclose certain disloyal practices and dealings of some of Her Majesty's undutifal subjects. 168 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. J 560? Vol. XV. 44. Licence by the Qaeen to Sir Wm. Cecill, to keep during his life certain retainers in his houseliold, each of tliem to wear a livery badge or cognizance. 45. Proposition by the writer, for easing of suits to the Queen, to bring her out of debt, and to enrich the realm by converting the base coin now current into fine silver. 46. Suggestions by the same writer to [Cecill?] on the same subjects. Private affairs. 47. Grant by the Queen to Cuthbert Vaughan of certain salt- marshes known as the Washpits, Stoneridge, Kedle grounds, WiUiam Fynche's salts, and the Prior of Christchurch salts, within the parishes of Lydd and Bromhill, in the counties of Kent and Sussex, late in the occupation of John Phillips. 48. Petition of Wm. Travers to the Council. Prays to be released from the Marshalsea. 49. Submission of WilKam Travers, acknowledging that the Lady EKzabeth is the only true and lawful Queen of England. 50. Petition of the Company of Merchant Staplers to the Queen. Setting forth the great injury they have sustained since the loss of Calais, and praying that certain new regulations be made for them, according to articles subjoined. 51. Eeport on the above petition, by the Marq. of Northampton, Earl of Pembroke, Sir Wm. Cecill, and Sir Wm. Petre, to whom it was referred. 52. Certain articles relative to the above, in answer to the article touching wools and fells, proposed by the Merchant Staplers. 5.3. Observations in support of the answer to the articles proposed by the Merchant Staplers. 54. Statement of the loss which the revenue has suffered owing to the decay of the staple. 55. A reckoning of good and middle Cotteswold wool, with the charges and profits arising on sale of three serplers of the same. 5 6. Account of the charges of a serpler of wool. 57. Notes of various statutes made for regulation of the staple of wool. 58. Eeckoning of good and middle Cotteswold wools, with obser- vations on the charges and duties payable on wool shipped by the Merchants of the Staple. 59. Things to be observed on the part of the Staplers. Notes of various statutes. 60. Certain things collected, to prove where and in what places the staple hath been kept. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 169 1560. Vol. XV. 61. Inconveniences -which arise to the Queen's realm and subjects by reason that the Company of the Merchant Staplers is not esta- blished. 62. Account of the sale of Cotswold wool, with the prices of the same, and observations thereon. 63. The same account truly made in such order as it is at this day used. 6l! Notes relative to the provisions of the new patent for the Mer- chants of the Staple. 65. Eeplication to the articles demanded by the Merchants of the Staple. 66. Table of the weights of wools, and notes relative to customs payable on the exportation of wool. 67. Notes relative to the vent and sale of English cloths, &c. on various parts of the continent. 68. Particulars of the manor of Escrope, in the parish of High worth, CO. Wilts, late in the tentire of Tho. Lord Seymour, on payment of a certain rent, 2 lbs. of wax, a pair of gilt spurs, 1 rason ginger, and a pair of gloves. Thos. Weldon's suit. 69. Suit of to the Queen, for a grant of the keeping of Berkhampstead Park and the parsonage of North-church, for a term of years. 70. Mr. Hart ? to Sir Wm. Cecill I His efforts to procure Lord Grey's deliverance. Affray with a thief : has no money to carry on his suit for the killing of him. Desires a licence for Eichard Collsonsack to keep a tavern at Yarmouth ; or the Queen's Majesty's pardon for Mr. Krigdote, in exile for piracy. 71. Orders and regulations for the better direction of the office of the Ordnance, within the Tower of London and the Minories. 72. Petition of Chas. Spencer and Robt. Randall, constables, and others, to the Council. Being opposed by Mr. Ryvet, in what they were appointed to do by the Council and Mr. Roger Colte, deceased. 73. Dr. Awbrey's answer to certain complaints against his re-letting of the lands granted to him in reversion by the Queen. 74. Table showing the estimated rate of beef and mutton for any number of men between 20 and 400,000, for the space of 40 days. 75. Appointment of Alex. Jones to be Inspector of the Port of Bridgewater, in the room of John Mors, deceased. Lat. 1 76. "Orders, taken within the City of London, to repress the " inordinate gain of certain drapers, clothiers, and other artificers, that " make any kind of apparel." 170 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1560 ? Voi" X"^- 77. Grant to Wm. Herbert of London, of the offices of Keeper of the Forest of Eadnor and Constable of Cardigan Castle, on surrender of Wm. Abbott. Lat. 78. Rent roll of the manors of Brameley and Armeley, in the West Eiding of Yorkshire, formerly belonging to the Monastery of Kirkstall, co. York. Lat. 79. Portenary (to the Council), relative to the plans for the fortifi- cations at Berwick and Portsmouth. Abstraction and loss of his plans for Berwick Has made plans, and desires a commission for the works at Portsmouth. Has brought with him a new invention " of an artilyrye portative." 1561. Jan. 1. Jan. 2. Jan. 7. Jan. 13. Jan. 16. Jan. 20. Kirby. Jan. 22. Westminster. Jan. 25. Bielsano (Belsys, Mr. Waad's House.) Jan. 26. Jan. 30. Brtstol. Feb. 3. Vol. XVI. January — April, 1561. 1. Memoranda in Cecill's hand of business to be performed. 2. Similar paper of memoranda. 3. Winchester, Sakevyle, and Mildmay, to Sir Wm. Cecill. New money will be sent into Wales. The English refiners will refine as much as the Almayns, and at a cheaper rate. Great want of lead. 4. Submission of Dru Drury, acknowledging that he has ofiended the Queen, and imploring her pardon. 5. Memoranda of business, by Sir W. Cecill. 6. H., Earl of Huntingdon to Francis Yaxley. Thanks him for his letters. 7. The Queen to Archbps. Parker and others, Comrars. for Eccle- siastical Causes. Directs certain lessons in the Book of Common Prayer to be altered, and others substituted in their place. Latin copies of the Book of Common Prayer to be used in CoEegiate Churches: with additional clauses to be inserted, as to setting up Tables of the Com- mandments, in Chancels, &c. 8. Paul CyprsBus to Cecill. Is encouraged by Mr. Waad to address him. Assures him of his great respect for him, and his devotion to his service. Lat. 9. Winchester to same. Has received letters from Lazarus Coboz, and also from Sir T. Gresham, on debts owing to merchants abroad. Eate of the exchange. 10. Wm. Carr, Mayor of Bristol, to the Council. Proceedings of the goldsmiths at Bristol in exchanging new moneys for base. Incloses, 10. I. Note of base moneys exchanged into new moneys at Bristol, by Francis Eton and Bobt. Wells. 11. The Queen to the Lord Treasurer. Directions to deposit the surplus money in the hands of the four Tellers of the Exchequer in the Tower, without delay. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 171 1561. Feb. 5. Cowdrey. Feb. 6. Feb. 6. Feb. 6. Feb. 12. Feb. 13. Feb. 14. Newhall. Feb. 14. Newhall. Feb. 21. Westminster. Feb. 22. Ne-whall. Feb. 25. Setrington. Feb. 26. St. Faith's, beside Norwich. March 1. March 1. Belsys. March 7. Vol. XVI. 12. Viscount Montague to Fr. Yaxley. Excuses himself for his long silence. 13. Thomas Parkar to Sir Edward Waldegrave. Private affairs. Informs him that the wine will cost him lOZ. per tun. Forster, the fishmonger, is gone to Lynn mart. Gives an ill character of Goldney, a serving-man. 14. Notes by CeciU, concerning examinations of various persons ; particularly of Tho. Parkar, as to fraud in Avines, in his letter to Waldegrave ; also of Ramridge, Bonar, and Etheridge. 15. The Queen to "Winchester. Restriction of the licence granted to the Merchants of the Stillyard to export only 600 cloths, and those not to be sold in the Low Countries. 16. Lease from Tho. Norton to Tho. Heyw;ard, the elder, of certain salt marshes lying within the manor of Mylton Court, Kent, for ] years. 17. Recognizance of Wm. BuUyn to render account of the rents and profits of the possessions of the late Matthew Baxter, co. Northumberland. 18. Sir Thomas Wharton to Mr. Yaxley. Begs that he wiU obtain for himself and his wife, from Lord Robert [Duddeley], a lease of the parks and house at Newhall, on reasonable composition. 19. Same to same(?) the house at Newhall. Further urging him to procure the lease of ' 20. The Queen to Lord Keeper Bacon. To hear the cause between Thomas Wilkes and Edward Leveson and John Skevington, concerning the inheritance of the manors of HadnaU and Radbourne, co. Warwick ; and for the rectory of Middleton Cheyney, co. Northampton. 21. Sir Tho. Wharton to Fr. Yaxley. Thanks for his letter, &c. Forwards an answer to the Master of the Rolls. Offers to compound, by giving up his rule and ofiices of Beverley, to be at peace. 22. Mabell Forteskew to same (whom she addresses as " Good Governor "). Urges him to ascertain the cause of her mother's anger. Mrs. Mary SiUes, and aU his other charges, are well Requests some gloves. He may forward any letter 23. Sir Ric. Southwell to Fr. Yaxley, to him, through John Appleyard, Esq. 24. Memoranda by Cecill, of public business. 25. Armigill Waad to Cecill. Describes Mr. Vaughan's house. Has given orders to Cecill's gardeners as directed. Recommends a person for the works at Dover or Sandwich, who has a new method of excavating. 26. Same to same. The gardener at Greenwich will provide Cecill with all that he can. Recommends that lavender, spike, hissop, thyme, rosemary, and sage be sent for. If more is necessary, tlien to send to Hampton Court or Richmond. 172 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1561. Vol. XVI. March 7 Wells. ' ^'^* Gilbert Barckley, Bp. of Bath and Wells, to same. Impoverished state of the bishoprick, by the ill management of his predecessor Bp. Borne. Seeks for amendment at the Queen's hands. Incloses, 27. I. Sib'pplication of Bishop BarcJdey to the Queen. Shows that Gilbert Borne, the late Bishop, had sought means to alienate the revenues of the see to his own use. Prays a commission to examine and redress the above matter. March. 27. II. Note of 'manors, lands, teiuments, annuities, and advowsons granted and given away from the see of Bath and Wells, by Gilbert Borne, late Bishop there. March. March 8. 28. The Queen to the Lord Admiral. The bulwark at TJpnor to be completed. Number of ship-keepers to be reduced. Incloses, 28. I. List of vessels in Gillingha'm Water, and statement of the number to which their keepers may be reduced. MarcliI3(?) 29. Statement of the true and perfect art of making saltpetre grow in cellars, barns, &c., or in lime and stone quarries. March 13. 30. Articles of agreement between the Queen and Gerard Honrick, a German captain, who undertakes the making of saltpetre. Fr.' March 13. 31. Duplicate of the above. March. 32. Tender by [Marco Antonio ? ] for supplying the Queen with 20,000 bow-staves, 2,000 cwt. of brimstone, and saltpetre of Naples, and to put into the same bargain an excellent jewel worth not less than 2,5001. March. 33. Abstract of the above tender. March. 34<. Bequest of Marco Antonio for a speedy answer as to his tender for a supply of bow-staves, brimstone, and saltpetre of Naples. March. 35. Eemarks by Wm. Bromefield, on the above tender for bow- staves, brimstone, and saltpetre of Naples, and on the prices demanded for the same. March 15. 36. Wm. Bromefeld to Cecill. Advises him to conclude a bargain The Tower, with Mark Antonio, for a certain quantity of saltpetre and bow-staves, at reduced prices. March. 37. Particulars of prices at which Mark Antonio has finally agreed to deliver certain quantities of bow-staves, brimstone, and saltpetre. March 16. 38-40. Certified copies of proceedings against Thomas Dewy, gold- smith, dwelling in Foster Lane, London, before John Hardyman, Archdeacon of Westminster, in the Church of St. Leonard within the precinct of the exempt jurisdiction of St. Martin le Grand ; with articles against the said Dewy. Three papers. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 173 1561. March 21. March 23. March 25. March 26. March 29. Ingatestone, April 5. April 10. Vol. XVI. 41. Dr. Anth. Draycot to Dr. Eamrydg. Is sorry he is troubled with the headache. Wishes for a General Council. 42. Note of armour to be returned to Mr. Gresham, being old and unserviceable. 43. Account of the remain of armour within sundry of the Queen's armouries. 44. Account of the clear annual value of all the manors, lands, &c., of the late Sir Thomas Parry, deceased, descended to his son and heir, Thos. Parry, Esq. 45. Sir Wm. Petre to Lord Clynton and Sir Wm. Cecill. Gives his opinion on the articles exhibited by the King of Portugal's Ambas- sador, for restraining the traffic of English merchants to the Indies. 46. Nicholas N., an Englishman, to John N., a Frenchman, his old friend, residing at Paris. MS. treatise on ecclesiastical matters. Lat. Lease from the Peticanons of St. Paul's, London, to Richard Jugge, citizen and stationer, " of all that their shop with a chymney in it," now in the occupation of the said Richard, and other premises, for 31 years. [Case A., Miz., No. 8.] April 15. The Kolls. 47. Sir WiUiam Cordell to Cecill. Can find no record of any grant of the nature which he mentions made to the subjects of the King of Portugal. Regulations to which the trade of foreigners was always subject. Complaint of poor prisoners in the Fleet. April 16. 48. Articles of remembrance for the Duke of Norfolk, touching the repair aiid maintenance of the haven of Great Yarmouth, sore decayed. April 17. 49. Edmond Gi'indall, Bishop of London, to Cecill. Examination of Coxe, alias Devon, the priest, taken that day. The Council surely will punish him for his magic and conjuration. Incloses, 49. I. Exa-mination of John Devon, before Hugh Barell, Esq., a Justice of Peace for Kent, touching mass being celebrated in the house of Sir Thos. Wharton of Newhall, Essex. He afterwards was received at the house of Sir Edward Waldegrave, at Burley, in Essex; and at other places, cohere he satu various Popish books and superstitious ornaments. April 14. 49. II. Further examinatiori of John Coxe, alias Devon, before the ' Bishop of London, touching mass being celebrated at Sir Edw. Waldegrave' s, Sir Thomas Whartmi's, and in Stubbes' house at Westminster. April 1 7- April 19. 50. Earl of Oxford to the Council. Arrest of divers persons for Hedingham. unlawful practices in religion. Has searched Sir Thos. Wharton's house at Newhall, who humbly submits himself to the Queen. Search 174 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1561. Vol. XVI. made at Sir Edward Waldegrave's house. Sends letters found there. Intercedes for Wharton. Incloses, 50. I. An inventory of all such implcTnents of superstition as were found in the cJiamber near Lady Wharton's bed-chamber at Newhall, Essex. April 17. 50. ir. Confession of Emme Barnes as to celebration of mass by John Coxe in the house of one Stubbes at Westminster ; also confession of Anne Pallady, as to Coxe's resort to Lady Waldegrave. 50. III. Chr. Stubbes to his wife. Desires her to send him part of the 'money given to her by Lady Waldegrave. April 19 r?) 51. Chr. Stubbes to Sir Wm. Cecill. Denies having received money of Lady Waldegrave. Had only requested his wife to send him part of what she had received. April 19. 52. Anne, Duchess of Somerset, to same. Is contented to submit to her son's (the Earl of Hertford) going abroad ; but wishes him matched at home ia some noble house to the Queen s liking. Is sorry for his wilfialness, and begs Cecill not to spare, but to over-rule him. April 20 (?) 53. Examination of Roger Bell, and others, before Hugh DareU, Esq., as to the passage of Ric. Baker over the ferry at Gravesend, and of Mr. Webbe to London. April 20 (?) 54. Examination of Wm. Morrys, as to passage of Ric. Baker over into Essex. April 20. 55. Note of the prisoners committed to the Tower, the Fleet, Mar- shalsea. King's Bench, or otherwise placed in custody. April 20. 56. Robert Catlyn, Lord Chief Justice, to Cecill. On the law for punishment of witchcraft and sorcery. Allusions to the opinions of Henry de Bracton, and an extract from Brytton. April 20. 57. Grant by the Corporation of New Romney, Kent, to Wm. Lord Cobham, Constable of Dover Castle and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, of one half of their right in all wreclcs and " fyndells," by sea or land. April 22. 58. Winchester to Cecill. Coat and conduct money to be sent. Prest of 5001. required. Affairs of the Merchants of the Staple, and Merchants of the Stillyard. The Frenchman's money at Hampton is clearly forfeit. April 22. 59. Examination of Tho. Wood. Has not said nor heard mass siace Midsummer, 1559. Has written to Lady Waldegxave and Dr. Scott. Deposes as to intelligence from various quarters. April 23. 60. Examination of Thomas How, organ-maker, and servant to Dr. Freer, before Sir William Chester, Lord Mayor of London. Visit of his master to Dr. Martyn at Buntingford. Neither himself nor his master, to his knowledge, have received the Commumon since the Queen's accession. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 175 1561. April 25. April 25. Westminster. April 25. Westminster. , April 25. April (?) April (?)■ Vol. XVI. 61. The Queen to Sir Edw. Warner, Sir William Garret, and others. Commission to farther examine the case of Richa/rd Puttenham, Esq., found guilty of rape. 62. The Queen to the Mayors of Bristol and Chester. To aid the embarkation of troops for Ireland, under the charge of Geo. Delves and Robt. Audeley. 63. Duplicate of the above letter to Chester. 64 The Queen to Sir Henry Sydney, Lord President of Wales. To levy 200 men in North and South Wales for service in Ireland. 65. List of prisoners in the Tower, the Fleet, the Marshalsea, and at Westminster ; with the names of persons appointed to examine them. 66-68. Three papers of interrogatories to be administered to the persons imprisoned, as to the design of calling a General Council ; of a former design to deprive Queen Elizabeth of the succession ; and for marriage of the Queen of Scots. Vol. XVII. May— June, 1561. 1. Consultation at Greenwich, held by the Queen's command, relative to a request by the Spanish Ambassador that Abbot Mar- tinengo. Nuncio from the Pope, who had arrived at Brussels, might come into the realm with letters from the Pope, and other Princes, to the Queen. 2. Answer to the Spanish Ambassador, refusing to admit the Abbot Martinengo, the Pope's Nuncio, into the realm. 3. The above rendered into Latin. 4. Winchester to CeciU. Sends notes of 3 indentures for assigning certain land to the Bishop of Durham. The Bishop is about to return home. 5. The Vice Chancellor and University of Cambridge to the Queen. Praying for her protection, in regard to their rights and privileges. Lat. 6. Grant of pardon to Henry Wilcocks of Shitlington, Bedford, for having feloniously harboured and entertained William Snagg and Henry Finch, the murderers of William Cohnan. Lat. - 7. Dr. Tho. Francis, Jas. Calfhill, and others, scholars of Oxford, to CeciU. On the serious disturbances at the inauguration of Doctor Francis, as Provost of Queen's College, Lat. May 16. 8. Decree of the Admiralty Court in the cause Wm. Kerr and others V. Clavering. Condemning Clavering to pay 2,080?. 3s., for damages and spoil committed on a ship stranded at Saterburn-mouth. Lat. May 1. May 5. May 5. May 6. May 6. Cambridge. May 7. Westminster. May 11. Oxford. 176 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1561. May 22. May 24. Greeuwic h. May 24. Greenwich. May 24. Greenwich. May 26. May 28. May 28. May 30. May. June 3. June 5 (?) June 5. Cowbridge. Vol, XVII. 9. James Pilkingfcon, Bishop of Durham, to Cecill. Is about to repair homeward. Losses which he has sustained in the revenue of his see. Desires a warrant to receive 30 barrels of salmon from the Farmer of Norham Castle. Beseeches his favour that good heads of houses may be appointed in Cambridge, particularly for St. John's. 10. Warrant to deliver 18 yards of crimson velvet to the Earl of Sussex, due to him as Chief Sewer of England, by inheritance, at the Coronation. 11. Warrant to deliver to the same, one horse and foot cloth, or 10?. in lieu thereof, for executing his ofSce of bearing the Queen's cloak-bag through London, the day before her Coronation. 12. Warrant to deliver to the same the sui'napp wherewith the Queen was served on the day of the Coronation. 13. Names of prisoners in the Tower, and of the causes of their commitment, briefly set forth by Sir Edw. Warner, Lieut, of the Tower. 14. Examination of Tho. Burman, servant to Thomas Annot of Leistoff, as to landing certain quantities of canvas and poldavies, robbed from a Spanish ship. 15. Statement of wrongs done to certain merchants, subjects of the King of Spain, by English pirates. Goods landed at Leistoff by Annot and Burman. 16. Receipt by Tho. W[indebank] for 300 crowns, to be laid out for the necessary expenses of Tho. Cecill, being sent into France by Sir Wm. Cecill. 17. Note of base money delivered out of the Receipt of the Ex- chequer to Thomas Stanley, Under Treasurer of the Mint in the Tower. 18. Names of offenders indicted and convicted at the Commission of Oyer, held at Brentwood, Essex, before the Earl of Oxford ; amongst others. Sir Tho. and Lady Wharton, Sir Edw. and Lady Waldegrave, Lady Hubblethorne, Lord Hastings of Loughborough, Sir Tho. Strad- lyng, &c. &c. 19. Petition of Sir Thos. Stradlyng to the Queen. Prays to be released from the Tower ; committed for having caused four pictures to be made of the likeness of the Gross, which appeared in the grain of a tree blown down on his estate in Glamorganshire. ' 20. Sir Roger Vaughan and Edward Lewis to the Council. Have repaired to the park of Sir Thomas Stradling, at St. Donat's, Glamor- gan, and examined the supposed picture of a cross, discovered in a tree broken, by a tempest there. Inclosing, 20. I. Depositions taken at St. Donat's, touching the figure of a small cross seen in an ash tree, split by a tempest in the park of Sir Thomas StradUng, of that place. June 5. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 177 1561. June 5. Merton College. June 7. Oxiford. June 8. , Wulvesey. June 8. Vol. XVII, 21. Fellows of Merton College, Camb., to Sir Wm. Gecill. In favour of Dr. Chambers to be head of their college. Lat. 22. FeUo-ws of Queen's College, Oxford, to same. Desiring their privileges in the nomination to prebends may be preserved. Lat. 2.3. Robert Horn, Bishop of Winchester, to same. Has proceeded on his visitation throughout Surrey and Hants. Is going to the Isle of Wight. Reports his observations. 24. Certificate by Wm. Cook and Wm. Gerrard, of the survey , of certain tenements in Bread Street, London, part of the inheritance of Robt. Losse, the Queen's ward. 25. Anthony Kyme to Cecil!. Search in the Records for proofs of the tenure of the late Mr. Fulstovv's land at Ingoldmelles and Toynton, in question between the Queen and the Duchess of Suffolk. Mr. Bertie has been misinformed. 26. John Arundell of Lanherne, and others, to same. Report their proceedings sm Commissioners for inquiry into the possessions of Sir John Arundel of Trerice, deceased. 27. Sir Henry Sydney to same. Has apprehended two more of the coiaers. Phillip Tynker, one of them, is' an old knave. John Gam- mage is indicted for rape, and fled to London. 28. Discourse concerning the true cause of the burning of the spire and church of St. Paul, London. Printed at London, by John Day. 29. Sir Walter Mildmay to Cecill. Sends an account of the Mint fees. Observations on Mr. Stanley's bill of fees due to him. 30. Mabell Forteskue to Fr. Yaxley. Requests him to apply to her mother for money for her support, her wages being but 4 marlis a year. 31. Thos. Windebank to Cecill. Arrival of Mr. Thos. Cecill and himself at Dieppe. Have been visited by M. de Veulles, the Lieu- tenant-Governor. Intelligence from the French Court. June 21. 32. John Scory, Bishop of Hereford, to same. Requests to have Wliiteburne. power to nominate impartial persons as Commissioners to survey his bishoprick. Great disorders in the Cathedral Church of his diocese : it is " a very nui-serye of blasphemy, whoredom, pryde, superstition, " and ignorance." June 22. 33. Names of all the German or Dutch stra;'ngers of the German Church in London, arranged alphabetically according to their Christian names, and specifying their various trades and occupations. Signed by John Utenhovius and others, elders and pastors of the German congregation. [June 24.] 34. Commission for repairing the Cathedral Church cf St._ Paul's, London, lately damaged by tempest. Commissioners to examine con- cerning the best means of re-edifying the cathedral, and procuring funds for that purpose. June 8. Brougli. June 9. Lanherne. June 12. Bridgenorth. June 12. June 17. London. June 19. June 19. Dieppe. M 178 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1561. ^°^'^^^^- June 24. ^5. The Queen to the Lord Mayor of London. Has deputed certa,in of her Council to confer with him as to the best means of raising contributions for the repair of St. Paul's. June 24. 36. Copy of the above, by Sir Tho. "Wilson, Keeper of State Papers. June 24. 37. The Queen to Archbishop Parker ; recommending a collection Greenwich, amongst the clergy of his province, for rebuilding St. Paul's. June 24. 38. Copy of the above, by Sir Tho. Wilson. June 24. S9. Another copy of the above ; with copies of subsequent letters on the subject. 40. Note by Sir Thomas "Wilson of such documents as are in the Office of State Papers, relative to the burning and rebuilding of St. Paul's, London. June 26. 41. Winchester to Cecill. Mr. Kingsmell is desirous of farming part of the forest of Chute, near Andover. Days appointed for pay- ments to be made beyond sea. June 28. 42. The Queen to the Lord Treasurer. Injurious reports that armour is conveyed from England to Muscovy. Strict orders to be given that no manner of armour or artillery be transported out of the realm. June 28. 43. The same to the Lord Admiral. To deliver four ships to Greenwich. Sir Wm. Chester, Sir Wm. Garret, and others, to make a voyage to the coasts of Africa. Jane 28. 44. Tho. Windebank to Cecill. Arrival with Mr. Thos. Cecill in Paris. Paris ; they are lodged in a house provided for them by the Queen's Ambassador, who advises them to repair to the Court with the Lord Hertford, as long as it remains at Paris. Propose to seU their horses. Jime 28. ^iS. Draft of the above. June C!) ^^' Questions to be proposed to the Council,, touching the sums to be paid to the Lord Lieutenaht by prisoners in the Tower, for diet, fees, and other charges. J June ^'^- '^^® Queen to the Justices of Assige.'-'Proposed restriction in the appointment of Justices of the Peace. IS one to be appointed who are retainers or servants of any other person. fJune.l 4^8. Thos. Trollope to Cecill. Details of his plan for erecting mUls , for beating hemp, and for manufacture of canvas and linen cloths in England. [June.] 49- " Tjie briefe conteutes of a lyttle booke, entituled A profitable " Newyeres Gyfte to aU Englande," being a small printed tract, of ,a device by " Thos. Trollope," for the setting up " of a mille to knocke " hempe for the makinge of canvas and other linnen clothes." DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 179 Vol. XVIII. July, 1561. 1561. July' I. Archbishop Parker to Bishop Grindall. Directions to set on foot a Croydon. contribution among the clergy of his diocese, for rebuilding St. Paul's ; and to communicate his letters to all the other bishops in the Province of Canterbury. [See June 24.] July 1. 1. List of prisoners of the High Bar, commonly called the King's Bench, from 1553 ; with th© causes of their commitment. 2. Calendars of the names of prisoners remaining in the Marshalsea. 3. Names of all the prisoners in the Tower, with the dates and causes of their committal. 4. List of prisoners in Newgate, men and women, east and judged for felony. 5. Certificate of prisoners remaining in the Fleet Prison, with the causes of their committal. 6. Particular of the rents, lands, and possessions of the Deanery of St. Bees, in Cumberland. 7. Answers of Sir Tho. Wharton, Sir Edw. Waldegrave, John Gay- wood, Allen Chynery, and others, being prisoners in the Tower, and other prisons, touching certain questions propounded to them. 8. Edw. Lord Hastings, of Loughborough, to the Council. Sohcits pardon for the offence which he committed at Newhall, in hearing , mass. 9. Warrant for a grant to the Mayor, &c. of Sandwich, authorizing them to allow a limited number of foreigners to inhabit the town and port of Sandwich, and to pursue the art of making says, bay, and other cloths there. 10. Proclamation prohibiting the transportation of armour into Russia, or to any other place in war with any nation in Christendom. 11. Account of the remain of armour and arms, &c., within the Tower of London ; also at Greenwich, Westminster, Hampton Court, and other places. 12. Tho. Windebank to Cecill. Still at Paris. The King of Navarre has excused himself from receiving Mr. T. Cecill at present. Cannot send an estimate of their monthly expenses. Mr. Thomas has no great taste for the lute, but likes the cistern [gittern ?]. He has been presented to the Queen of Scots. July 12. Bishop Grindall to Bishop . Directions to raise a con- London. tribution for repair of St. Paul's. [See June 24.] July 12. 13. Thomas Browne, Feodaiy of Cornwall, to Cecil! Proceedings of the Commission for inquiring into the possessions of Sir John Arundel of Trerice. Deaths of Ric, Power of Foy, and Michael Vivian. M 2 July 2. July 3. July 3. [July 3.] Julys. July 4. July 5. Mr. Sackvyle's House. July 6. Greenwich. July 8. July 9. July 10. Paris. 180 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH, . Vol.. XVIII. I06I. July ]4. ^'^- ^i^' Wm. Cecill to liis son Thomas. Desires he will remember London. his duty, and the instructions which were given to him. Gives further advice. July 14. 15. Same to Windebank. Relies on his discretion..^ Desires him to Loudon. see that his son serves God with fear and reverence. July 14. 16. Grant of pardon to John Pellowe of Modbury, convicted of felony for stealing cattle from various parties at Dartmoor, in the parisla of Lydforde, Devon. July 15. 17 Winchester to Cecill. Has spoken with Sir Thomas Gresham as to the double usance required by merchants. Particulars thereof. July 16. 18. Dr. Nich. Wotton and Peter Osborne to same. Have conferred with Steynbergh, and the Master of the Savoy, upon articles for the incorporation of a company for working mines in England. Inclosing, 18 I. Indenture behveen the Qiieen and John Steynbergh and Tho8. Tliurlaoid (Master of the Savoy), for erecting a cor- poration for ^uorJcing mines in England. Lat. [July 16.] 18. II. Draft of the above, in English. 19. Sir John Masone and others to the Council. Detail their pro- ceedings with the prisoners in the Tower. Sir Thos. Wharton sub- mits. Ryce behaved very reverently, but demurs to take the oath. Lord Hastings, of Loughborough, willingly took the oath, but prays to be excused from giving bond for good behaviour. July 18. 20. Henry Lord Stafford to Cecill. Contempt shewn to him by Stafford Castle. Mr. Lyttleton s keepers. Has committed one of them to prison. [See ante, Deo. 1560.] Incloses, 20. I. Information given by Henry Lord Stafford of the spoils committed by Sir Edw. Lyttleton in the Ghace of Teddesley Ilaye, in the Forest of Cannock, co. Stafford. Dec. ? July 19. 21. John Best, Bishop of Carlisle, to same. Reports the state of Eose Castle, his diocese. " The priestes are wicked impes of Antichrist ;" for tlie most part very ignorant and stubborn; past measure false and subtle. July 22. 22. The Aldermen of Stamford to same. Have conferred with Stamfoi-u. Thomas TroUop touching the manufacture of canvas. The mill for beat- ing of hemp will cost 501. They purpose to begin on a small scale first. July 16. London. July 22. Beaulieu. 2.3. Articles (sigiied by the Queen) for the instruction of all the Vice-Admirals of the realm how to proceed for preservation of the quiet trade of all merchants and fishermen, as well strangers as English. July 22. 24. List of Vice-Admirals in some English counties. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 181 1561. July 22. July 22. July 21. Stafford. July 24. July 25 July 25, Paris. July 25. Paris. July 25. Paris. July 27. London. July 30. London. •July 30. London. July I Vol. XVni. 25. A Book of Survey, made by John Gwynne, containing therein particulars of all the lands granted by the Queen to the Right Honble. Walter Viset. Hereford. 26. Abstract of the Book of Survey of lands granted by the Queen to Visct. Hereford, made by John Gwynne. 27. Lord Stafford to KnoUys and Cecill. Reasons for having com- mitted one of Mr. Lyttleton's keepers to custody. 28. Winchester and Sakevyle to CeciU. Concerning certain sales ; list of persons who have passed the Queen's signet for purchases. Money affairs. 29. Same to same. They have dined -with the Lord Mayor, and conferred with the Aldermen of the Stillyard on matters depending between them and the City. 30. Thomas Cecill to his father, Sir William. Confesses he has been more occupied in sight seeing" than in his studies. Has accompanied Throckmorton to the Court, and been present at a fight between a lion and three dogs. The dogs were victorious. Lat. 31. Windebank to Cecill. Has been unable to send an account of their charges. The Ambassador recommends them to remain at Paris the ensuing winter. Mr. Thomas Cecill must have his horse and foot cloth. Course of his studies. 32. Draft of the above. S3. Sir Wm. Chester (Lord Mayor) to same. Proceedings with the Merchants of the Stillyard. The Corporation of London desire to proceed against that Company accordmg to law. Requests that the Queen may be moved to bring St. Martin's le Grand within the juris- diction of the City of London. oi. Same to same. Thanks for moving the Queen in the matter between the City and the Stillyard. Desires that a commission, if necessary, be issued to examine the controversy. Incloses, 34. I. Articles agreed on to he granted to the Merchants of the Hanse Towns or Stillyard. August. 35. Wm. Bowyer to same. Reminds him that the High Stewards of Westminster have always bestowed on the people of Westminster two bucks and forty shillings annually. 36. The Queen to the Sheriffs and Justices of Peace of Counties. Sio-nifies her intention not to issue any Commission of Lieutenancy this summer ; but to leave the government of the counties to their charge. List of Lieutenants of Counties attached. Julyi 37. Copy of the above. 182 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH . 1561. August 1. London. August 2. Westminster. August 3. London. August 4. Aug. 4 (?) August 4. Paris. August 5. Cawood. August 6. August 8. August 9. Ipswich. Vol. XIX. August — September, 1561. August 9. Ipswich. August 9. Paris. 1 . John Shers to Sir Wm. Cecill. the statues of 12 of the Emperors, thing else for him from Venice. Has purchased for him at Venige Will be happy to procure any 2. Licence by the Queen to Sir William Garrard, Sir William Chester, and others, of London, to receive 10 per cent, upon their loan of 30,000?. to the Crown, without 'incurring the penalties of the statute against usury. 3. Tho. Wood to Cecill. Requests the wardship of the daughter of the late Bartholomew Pala, a leather-seller in Holborn, who had pur- chased certain tenements of Lord Mountjoy. 4. Winchester and Sakevyle to same. Warrants forwarded. Order with Sir Tho. Gresham for payments beyond sea. Money affairs. 5. The Council to the Lord Mayor of London. Send five obliga- tions for money advanced by Merchant Strangers abroad, to be sealed with the common seal of the City, and delivered to Sir Tho. Gresham. 6. Tlio. Windebank to Cecill. Have taken a house. Thinks it better Mr. CeciU should not travel in company with Lord Hertford, as well for the sake of avoiding the English tong-ue, as for other considerations. 7. Tho. Young, Archbp. of York, to same. Great want of current coin in his diocese. Begs to have a lease of the Queen's coining houses, for the purpose of setting forward his mint in York. 8. Winchester to same. The Merchant Adventurers must be directed to pay the 30,000Z. to Sir Tho. Gresham, for the Queen's use in Flanders. 9. Same to same. Manner in which the Queen is deprived of her customs on wine and cloth. Mr. Russell's lease of woods in the Forest of Wyre. Desires to have the wardship of young Waldegrave, if Sir Edward dies. 10. The Queen to Cecill, as Chancellor of the University of Cam- bridl*^ Sends an injunction to be observed for removing families of worn «nd children from residence in the Colleges. Incloses, 10. I. Injuoiction, by the Queen, that the ivives and children of all governors, prebendaries, or stvxlents of cathedral churches or colleges, residing within houses belonging to the same, shall not be permitted to remain or abide therein. Aug. 9. 11-13. Three contemporary copies of the above injunction. 14. Thos. Windebank to Cecill. Gives information concerning Theophilus (an assumed name for Mr. Thos. Cecill). Philoponus (an assumed name for Windebank) can only express hope of the future progress of Theophilus in his studies. Thinks they had better travel DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 183 1561. August 9. August 11. Ipswieh. August 11. Lamteth. August 11. Fulliam. August 11, London, August 11, August 14. London. August 15. August 15. August 17. Whitbome. August 17. August 17. Hemingham. Vol. XIX. in company witH Frenchmen ; Lord Hertford has been an impediment to Mr. Cecill's progress in the language. Prevalence of the plague at Paris. Incloses, 14. I, Ifote of the Articles on which the Bishops at Foissy have assembled. Aug. 5, 15. Draft of the above letter and inclosure. 16. Lady Elizabeth Seyntlo to Fr. Yaxley; Is sorry she cannot have his company when the Queen comes to Hatfield. Hopes he will join them in Derbyshire. Mr. Seyntlo is in London. 17- Archbp. Parker to CeciU. Seasons -for wishing Mr. Martyr or Calvin could attend the conference of learned men in France. Thinks Lady Lincohi ought to be chastised in Bridewell. 18. Bp. Grindall t6 same. The French Minister, Mens. Saul, has been with him. Thinks no one is more fit for the conference of divines in France than Peter Martyr, with Dr. Francis Baldwyn to assist him. Reminds Cecill of Eton and the hedge priests there. 19. Sir John Masone to same. Thanks for his answers respecting Mr. Byng. The Queen's injunction shews how careful she is for the Church. Some heads of the Colleges of Oxford have taken wives, and occasioned much irregularity. 20. Copy of the above. 21. Sir Wm, Chester, Sir Wm. Garrard, and Thomas Lodge, to same. Have conferred with the Portuguese touching the new voyage he offered to discover to the coast of Barbary ; have traded there for some years past. As the Portuguese is recommended by the Queen s Ambassador, they purpose to defray his charges and present him with 100 crowns. 22. Declaration of aU the revenues and possessions lately belonging to Guy Fairfax, Esq., a lunatic, being in the custody of Geo. Earl of Shrewsbury. 23. Declaration of the charges expended by the Earl of Shrewsbury in the custody and maintenance of the said Guy Ft,,ambeth. Sept 1. 38. The Vice Chancellor and Senate of the University of Cambridge to Cecill. Solicits the protection of the Queen and himself against the toAvn of Cambridge. Lat. 39. Account of the clear yearly value of all manors, lands, &c., appointed by Sir Edw. Waldegrave for the jointure of Dame Frances, his wife, and for performance of his last will and testament. 40. Grant to John James Scaramuzar of an allowance of one and a half per cent, on all sums repaid without cost to the Queen, of money borrowed of English and foreign merchants. Lat. 41. Draft of the above. Lat. 42. Archbp. Parker to Bishop Grindall. Is of opinion the clergy of London should contribute in a higher proportion than the rest of the clergy towards re-edifying St. Paul's. Copy of the above. [See June 24.] DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 185 Vol, XIX. 43. William Tyldsley to Sir Wm. Cecill. Gives numerous statis- tical particulars relative to the county of Buckingham ; penal statutes, alehouses, archery, forestallers and regrators, provisions, wines, woods, rates of wages, rules to he observed by husbandmen and labourers, &c., &c. Bishop Grindall to the Dean of St. Paul's [Alexr. Nowell]. To urge the Clergy of the Peculiar and Exempt Cliurches within the Diocese of London to contribute towards the repair of St. Paul's. [See 1 Sept.] Sept. 9. 44). Sir Chr. Heydon to the Queen. Certifies her of his proceedings Baconsthorpe. in taking an account of the estate of Sir James Boleyn, Knt., deceased, of Blickling'. 1561. Sept. 3. Burnham. Sept. 6. Fulham. Sept. 9 Paris. Sept. 10. 45. Thos. Windebank to Cecill. Mr. Thomas has been ill of an ague. Sir Nich. Throgmorton, the Ambassador, has been as kind as a father to him. Sir Nicholas is very anxious to be recalled home. 46. Cecill to Windebank. Has received his letters by the Earl of Hertford. Question of expences. Knows his son's faults, and if they continue or increase, he were better at home than abroad. Wants a man apt for his garden. Sept. 12. Chats-worth. Sept. 1.3. Enfield. Sept. 17. London. Sept. 18. Sept. 19. Are sprry they 47. Sir William and Lady Seyntlo to Fr. Yaxley, cannot have his company in Derbyshire. Bond of indemnity by the Queen to the City of London, for repay- ment of various sums of money borrowed of certain Flemish merchants. Lat. [Case A., Eliz., JSTo. 9.] 48. David Whithed to Cecill. Acknowledges his obligations to him, but laments tlie necessity he is under of refusing the living which he offers him. 49. Proclamation against vending new wines by retail. 50. Tho. Cecill to Sir Wm. Cecill. Has recovered from his sickness, and been with the Ambassador at Court. Will - write again about a man for the garden. Thinks of sending Tho. Kendall back to Eng- land. Draft ia French. Sept. 19 (?) 51. Windebank to same. Mr. Thomas promises to be more diligent in his studies. Eefers to the letter written by him in French. Sept. 19. Paris. Sept. 20. Brancepeth. 52. Same to same. Mr. Thomas has recovered from his sickness. Hopes he will now diligently apply himself to recover the time lost. Lord Hertford being at Paris was an impediment to his studies, &c. Bequests his commands that Mr. Thomas should not keep a horse : his promises of amendment. 53. Earl of Westmorland to same. Is called by the Archbishop of York into the Spiritual Court. Justifies his maixiage. Kegrets the Queen is incensed against him for it. 186 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1561. Sept. 24. Cambridge. Sept. 25. Woburne. Sept. 26. Oxford. Sept. 29. Sept. 29. Sept. 29. Sept. 29. Sept. 29. Sept. 29. Sept. 30. Sept. (?) September. Vol. XIX. 54. Eobt. Beaumont, Master of Trin. CoU., Cambridge, to Sir Wm, Cecill. Sends him a Minister fit to read prayers in his family. Begs him to continue liis care towards King's College. Wishes Mr. Daye to be appointed to King's College, Mr. Leonard Pilkington to St. John's, Mr. Newton to Jesus, and Mr. Eobinson or Mr. Hutton to Pembroke. College grounds. Election of alms men. 55. Fr. Earl of Bedford to same. Has assisted the well-affected townsmen of Oxford in the election of an honest and religious person for their Mayor. Incloses, 55. I. Ric. Chambers to the Earl of Bedford. Deprivation of Goveney, President of Mag. Coll., Oxford, who has appealed. Has proposed Br. Laurence Hwmfrey for his successor. Br. Butcher, President of Corpus Christi, is also put out. 56. Bishop Horn to same Visitation of the Colleges at Oxford. Three of the Colleges have demurred to acknowledge the Queen's supremacy, &c. Has deprived Dr. Coveney, and the President of Corpus Christi has resigned. Causes for which New CoUege refused to subscribe. 57. Account of Tho. Edmunds, Collector of the Customs at Ply- mouth and Fowey and ports adjacent. 58. Account of Wm. Kickthorne, Collector of Customs in the port of London. 59. Account of Wm. Knight and Peter Smith, Collectors of Custom for Southampton and ports adjacent. 60. Accoimt of Tho. Blunt, Collector of the subsidy of Tonnage and Poundage in the port of London. 61. Declaration of the total charges of the Queen's Great Wardrobe, from Michaelmas 1560 to Michaelmas 1561. 62. Account of the value of lands and possessions of the Bishopripk of Gloucester, ending Michaelmas 1561. 6-3. Warrant to pay an allowance of 5 marks a day to Sir Tho. Cha- loner, as Ambassador Resident in Spain, and other sums for his incidental charges. 64. Estimate of the cost of various materials for repair of St. Paul's Church. 65. Names of all those who have bargained for wards, and of the wards themselves, &c., with the faults found in Mr. Bosvyle's books.. Vol. XX. Octobes — Decembee, 1561. Oct. 1. Indenture of sale from Trystram Holcam of Aston aiid Gryzegon his -wife, to John Arres and Elizabeth his wife, of their great house in Chepynge Oampden, co. Gloucester, and a close and orchard in the same town. [Case A., Eliz., No. ] 0.] DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 187 Vol. XX. 1561. Oct. 13. 1- Sir Wm. Cecill to Tho. Windebank. Thanks for Hs attention to St. James's, his Son. Has returned his French letter, corrected. Proposed return of Sir Nich. Throckmorton. 2.- Same to Mr. Cecill, or Tho. Windebank. Specifies certain books of which he desires to know the prices. Wishes to know what bibles and charts can be procured. 3. Windebank to Cecill. Gives particulars of his son's being seized with an ague. Expense of horse-keeping. 4. Account of timber received for re-edifying St. Paul's Church, London. Oct. 3 (?) Oct. 8. Paris. Oct. 11. Oct. 13. Oct. 14. Paris. Oct. 15. (Id. October.) Cambridge. Oct. 18. Burleigh. Oct. 18. Oct. 18. Oct. 29. Oct. (?) October. Oct. (1) 5. Bp. Pilkington to Cecill. Disordered state of his diocese : like St. Paul he has to fight with beasts at Ephesus. Has a double juris- diction, and would be glad of such a helper as Mr. Fleetwood. Has had private conference with the Earl of Westmorland as to his marriage. 6. Windebank to same. Sends him by Kendal an account of thek, expenses. Mr. Cecill's health is restored. Sends prices of the books he required ; charts can be better had at Antwerp. Incloses, 6. i-iv. Four papers of accounts, in Windebank' s hand, of expenses to the time of Kendal's departure. 7. Bartholomew Dodington to same. Requests his influence to be elected/ Public Orator. Lat. 8. Peter Kemp to same. Sends him a plan of the brewhou.se. Pro- gress of other works at Burleigh. Incloses, 8. I. Ground Plan of a brewhouse, &c., at Burleigh. 9. The Queen to the Dean of Westminster. To give order to all Prebendaries and others, ministers of that Cathedral Church, to observe the late injunction relative to the exclusion of women and children therefrom. 10. Certificate of debts due by the Queen within the Office of the Armoury. 11. Winchester to Cecill. Sends a list of noblemen and others desiring the privilege of having wine delivered for their use, fi-ee of impost. 12. Richard Cox, Bishop of Ely, to the Queen. Shews, by the example of the Patriarchs and the primitive Church, that marriage is an honourable stat(;, and not forbidden to Priests. 13. Statement of the matter in question between the College of St. John's, Cambridge, and Thomas Snagge the elder, referred to the decision of Sir William Cecill, relative to 16 acres of arable land in Shetlington, Bedford. 14. Declaration of the misdemeanors which various Italian mer- chants daily use, to the great detriment of the Queen, by evading her customs. 188 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1561. Oct. (?) Vol. XX. 15. Account of clothes, kerseys, &c., shipped from the port of London, and received in Antwerp and Brabant by the merchants of Italy and their factors. October. 16. Survey of the Assart lands in Windsor Forest. Nov. 2. Ely. Nov. S. Mag. Coll. Cambridge. Nov. 3. Burleigh. Nov. 4. Westminster. Nov. 10. Nov. 10. Cawood. Nov. 12. Paris. Nov. 14. St. James's. Nov. 14. Nov. 17. Nov. 19. Mag. Coll. NTov. 19. Nov. 25. (7 Cal. Dec.) Oxford. Nov. 26. Paris. 17. Bishop Cox to Sir Wm. Cecill. Begs him to forward his requests. Is troubled with Dr. Thirlby, who is fast in the Tower. Incloses, ] 7. I. Requests of the BlsJiop of Ely to the Queen. Nov. 2. 18. Roger Kelk to same. Applies to be promoted to the Arch- deaconry of Lincoln, which will shortly be vacant. Lat. 19. Peter Kemp to same. Progress of works at Burleigh House, and in the gardens. Incloses, 19. I. Plan of a conduit to he erected at Burleigh. 20. Cecill to Windebank. Has received his letters, &c., by Kendal. Decides for his son not to keep a horse. Fears his son will return home like a spending sot, meet only to keep a tennis court. 21. Account of travelling expenses, of Sir Tho. Challoner, (?) from Gravesend to Dover. 22. Archbp. Young to Cecill. Complains of favour shewn to Ellis Markham, against whom he has brought an action. Has con- ferred with the Earl of Westmorland, who is strangely in love with his pretended wife. Suit of Wm. Strickland for lands. 23. Windebank to same. Mr. Thos. Cecill is well in health, as Kellegrew can tell. Describes his studies and accomplishments. 24. Cecill to Windebank. The note of the books sent was imper- fect. Wishes to have proclamations and edicts as they are pubhshed. Sir Wm. Cecill's sister Margaret is to be married to Mr. Roo-er Cave. 25. Bp. Pilldngton to Cecill. Suit of Sir Francis Jopson. Disaffected and insubordinate state of his diocese. Bad character of Serjeant Meynell. Great want of good officers. 26. Citation for Mr. James Dugdale to appear before the Commis- sioners for the Visitation of the University of Oxford. Lat. 27. Roger Kelk to Cecill. Requests his support against his com- petitors for the Archdeaconry of Lincoln. Lat. '' 28. Edw. Williams to same. As to the suit between the Queen and Mr. Harcourt for the wardship of Elizabeth Harcourt. 29. The Vice Chancellor, &c., of Oxford to same. Thanking him for his favors conferred on the University. Lat. 30. Windebank to same. Has received his letters by Sir Tho. Chal- loner. Hopes he has recovered from his sickness. Progress lof Tho. Cecill's studies. Reasons for not sending the proclamations, &i;. Course for sending remittancea DOIVIESTIC — ELIZABETH. 189 1661. November. November. November. Dec. 9. Dec. 9. Vol. XX. 31. The Queen to the Lord Treasurer. The persons named in the schedule attached are to be exempt from payment of duty on certain quantities of wine, for use in their own households. 32. A device for the discharge of certain principal persons from the new impost set upon wines. 33. Copy of the above. 34. Confession of John Powell before Sir Edw. Warner, Lieutenant of the Tower, William Wynter, and Benj. Gonson, relative to a high- way robbery committed at Tyburn, upon Mr. Harcourt and two of his servants. 3.5. Confession of Roger Ratcliff, servant of Mr. Eobert Hopton, the Knight Marshal, concerned in the above robbery. Dec. 9. 36. Confession of Robt. Durrant, concerned in the same robbery. Dec. 13. 37. Peter Kemp to Cecill. Concerning plantations in the park at Burleigh. Burleigh, felling of timber, &c. Device for reducing, the household, and letting off part of the land. Mr. and Mrs. Cave (Cecill's sister) have returned home. Dec. 13. '58. Charges of wages and materials provided for the Queen's works at various places, from the 13th April 1560. Dec. 2.3. 39. Windebank to Cecill. Progress of Mr. Thomas in French. Gives Paris. particulars of various books sent ; difficulty of procuring the printer's names to them. Desires to know if they shall travel to see the country. Dec. 27. 40. Cecill to Windebank. Money affairs. Has himself been so AVestminster. embarrassed that he has been obliged to sell his office in the Common Pleas. Is not certain of Mr. Dannet's coming. Dec. 27. 41- Same to his son Thomas. Is wearied with hearing of his dis- Westminster. solute conduct and waste of time. Children, as gifts of God, ought to be a comfort to their parents, but he is the contrary. December. 42. Account of cloths, kerseys, and cottons shipped by the Merchants of the Hanse Towns, from Michaelmas 1660 to Christmas 1561. , 43. Account of money owing by Sir William Cecill to Mr. Gresham; with the sums expended for purchase of marbles, chairs, &c., &c. [Papers without date, probably in 1561.] 44. Account of gross amount of charges for works at Dover, Somer- set Place, Windsor, Westminster, and Hampton Court. 45. Notes relative to certain arrangements to be made for the public service on various heads ; the safety of the Tower ; three ships to lie in Gillingham Water. 190 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1561? Vol. XX. 46. Bill of the surveyor, for building materials supplied to John Mounte, for Sir Wm. Cecill's house at Burleigh. 47. Bill of charges for carpentry and other materials, supplied by Mr. Smith, for the same. 48. Account by John Mounte of charges incurred by him on account of Sir William CecUl's buildings. 49. Note of benefits derived by the city of Norwich, by the resi- dence of the strangers therein, for the space of ten years. 50. Account of ordnance and warlike stores delivered to various persons therein named, from April 1557 ; and a proposal for a general survey of all the ordnance in the kingdom. 51. Note of sundry leases of the lordship of EaskeU, in the county of York, parcel of Sheriff Hutton. 52. Account of damages done at Richmond, Eltham, Greenwich, and Hampton Court, by the late tempest. 5-3. Considerations for the placing of a Bishop in the See of Glou- cester, now vacant. 54. Notes concerning the Bishoprick of Gloucester during the incumbency of the first three Bishops. 55. Account of dispensations and licences granted in the Court of Faculties, by Barth. Kempe, Deputy to James Marburye. 56. Memorial by Chr. Bumpstede to the Queen. Shewing the neces- sity of coining small moneys, and the precedents which there are for the same. 57. Brief abstract of privileges granted by charter to the University of Cambridge ; particularly as to the trial of certain cases before the Chancellor. Indorsed " Mr. Aldrich of Bennet Coll. his case." Lat. 58. Attested copy of a clause from the charter granted by Queen Elizabeth to the University of Cambridge. Lat. 59. Note of variations in the old and new grants of privileges to the University of Cambridge. Signed by the Attorney and Solicitor Generalj Sir G. Gerrard and Wm. Rosewell. 60. Note of additional privileges desired to be inserted in the charter of the University of Cambridge. 61. Account of arrears due to the Queen by Henry Earl of West- morland, in the office of Anthony Reve, Auditor of the Exchequer. Lat. 62. Account of charges of the Queen's stable. 63. List of names of merchants of divers Companies of the City of London trading and occupying in silks. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 19 1 1561? "^OL. XX. 64. Particulars of lands within the manors of St. Bees, Cumber- land, and Gisburgh, Yorkshire, assured to the Queen by Sir Thomas Chaloner, for repayment of the sum of 320L 65. Petition of merchants trafficking in Spain to the Council, to have authority to choose a Council and Assistants in the City of London. 66. Certain other considerations why the merchants trading into Spain require further privileges. 67. Substance of the above petition. 68. John Cutlerd to [Cecill?]. Is desirous to be admitted a student of Trinity College under Dr. Beaumont, the Master. Lat. 69. Account of expenses for hay and oats for the deer at Green-wich, for the year 1 561 ; and for reparations in the Park. 70. Gascoigne (son of Adam Gascoigne) to CecUl ? Shews his right to the chantry of Brampton, purchased of John Browne and WiUiam Twisden, but now claimed by the present Earl of Shrewsbury. 71. Declaration of the issues and revenues of the manors of Nun- nyngton and Stangrave, Berwick on Tees, and Estanfelde in the county of York, from anno 1 Mary to anno 3 Eliz. 72. Account of the issues of the manors, &c., in Troutbeck, Hamelesett, &c., in the counties of Lancaster and Westmorland, for the same period. 73. Nich. Franckleyne to [Cecill ?]. Survey and rental of the manor of Chetham [Chatham?], in the county of Kent; with a note of the difference between the particular and the actual survey. Vol. XXI. January — Febeuaet, 1562. 1562. Jan 1 ^- I'eter Kemp to Sir Wm. Cecill. Sends some papers relatmg to Pickworth parsonage. Cecill's mother and Mrs. Cave and her hus- band are well. Incloses, , 1. I. Writ of summons to Gilbert Holme, Rector of Pickworth, to appear in the Court of Exchequer, to anstver to certain con- tempts by him comviitted. Nov. 30, 1561. Jan. 1. 2. Same to same. Requests directions relative to works in progress Burleigh. at Burleigh. Incloses, 2. I. List of parish churches in Stamford, with the names of the patrons and incumbents of the same. Jan. 1. 192 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1562. Jan. 3. Jan. 3. Jan. 8. Oxford. Vol. XXI. 3. Articles ministered to John Hille, parson of St. Olave's, Silver Street, relative to John Aplefofth, curate of Newington. In Bishop Grindall's hand. 4. Answers of John Hille to the above. 5. Laurence Humfrey. President of Mag. Coll., Oxford, to Sir Wm. Cecill. States his reasons for applying for Mr. Kent's prebend. In- stances in which others have held several livings together. Jan. 10. 6. Account of charges of the Queen's works, from April 13, 1560. Jan. 12. SouthWaltham. Jan. 12. Prid. Id. Jan. Jan. 12. Westminster. Jan. J 3. Jan. IS. Jan. 13. Jan. 14. Hose Castle. Jan. 14. Jan. 15. Jan. 15. Jan. 19. Jan. 19. Do-waham. 7. Bishop Plorn to Cecill. Has laboured to bring the inhabitants of Winchester to uniformity in religion. Great want of able ministers. 8. The Prebendaries of Christ Church, Oxford, to the Queen. Ee- eommending Thomas Dunn, Harbart Westfaling, and John Hill, all of one standing, that one of them may be selected for a prebend there. Lat. 9. Cecill to Windebank. Will send him a bill for 200 crowns. Desires his son should know the estates and families of the nobility of France, and to get that informa;tion from some herald. 10. Bond of Stephen Tucker of Westminster, yeoman, and three others his sureties, in a sum of 801., that he will not play at dice, cards, nor any other unlawful game, for the rest of his life. 11. Certificate by Benjamin Gonson, Treasurer for Marine Causes, of sums due by the Queen within his oiEce. 12. Account of the yearly value of all the manors, lands, &c. of the late Francis Gayle of Acame, in the city of York, now in possession of Eobt. Gayle, his son and heir, a minor. 13. John Best, Bishop of Carlisle, to Cecill. Great prevalence of Popery in his diocese. Articles of religion in French circulated among the disaffected Papists in the north. Incloses, 13. I. A paper intituled, " La conclusion des articles de la religion." Jan. 14. Account of debts due by the Queen within the Office of Armoury at Green^vich and the Tower. 15. Note of the sum owing by the Queen in the Office of Ordnance. 16. Declaration of such sums of money as Thomas Weldon, Esq., Cofferer of the Household, has received from the 1st of January 1559. 17. Observations on the relative values of Scottish money. Indorsed by Cecill, " Wm. Humfrey 's opinion concerning Scottish moneys." 18. Bishop Cox to Cecill. Has perused a little treatise, called " Apologia Fcclesise AnglicanEe," and approves of it. Proposes a new translation of the Bible. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 193 1562. Jan. 19. Paris. Jan. 19. Paris. Jan. 20. Winfield. Jan. 20. Jan. 20. Jan. 21. Jan. 23. Jan. 25. Tynemouth Jan. 25. Cawood. Jan. 25. Oxford. Jan. 26. Paris. Jan. 26. Jan. 27. Paris. Jan. 27. Paris. Jan. 27. Jan. 28. Jan. 29. Vol. XXI. 19. Tho. Windebank to Sir "Wm. Cecill. Speaks in extenuation of Mr. Thos. CeciU's conduct. In his own mind lie wishes Mr. Thomas wex-e safe returned. Desires to know if he is to return. 20. Draft of the above. 21. Geo., Earl of Shrewsbury, to same. Shews that the application of Thos. Fairfax to be put into full possession of the manor of Nun- Apleton is not founded on facts. 22. Account of expenses due and owing within the office of the Queen's Tents and Pavilions. 23. Account of receipts and charges of the revels, estimated for one year. 24. Winchester to Cecill. Thanks of the Aldermen of the Still- yard for the licence for cloths, paying English custom. 25. Advertisement for a mare, stolen or strayed out of a pasture near Hull. Notice to be given to Mr. Lister, (q. date.) 26. Sir Henry Percy to CeciU. Having married a daughter of Lord Latimer, recommends the second, 15 years of age, as an eligible Castle. y^^Q fQp CeciU's son. 27. Archbp. Yoimg to same. Has given effect to the suit of the bearer. Desires a commission to administer the oaths of the Act of Uniformity. 28. Laurence Humfrey to same. Desires he may be confirmed in the Prebend of Christ's Church, Oxford ; the Presidentship of Mag- dalen College was a post of honor, but of small profit. Lat. 29. Windebank to same. Names the places in France which it is desirable Mr. Thos. CeciU should visit. Estimate of charges for the journey. 30. Draft of the above. 31. Same to same. The bearer, Hugh Bannister, has offered to raise money for them from a Mr. Wingate. Incloses, 31. I. Thos. Windebank to Mr. Wingate. Requests that he will accom- modate him with the loan of 150 or 200 cro-wns. Jan. 27. 32, 33. Drafts of the above to Cecill and Wingate. 34. Peter Kemp to CeciU. Concerning sales of cattle, payments to be made, and other business at Burleigh. Solicits to be appointed BaiUff of Stamford. 35. Same to same. Offer of Sir Wm. Gresley to sell the manors of Brasborough and Carlby to Sir WiDiam Cecill. 36. The CouncU to the Presientd of the North and President of Wales, stating that the report of the faU in the value of money is without foundation. If 194 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1562. Jan. 30. Westminster. Jan. 30. Jan. 31. Jan. Feb. 1. Burleigh. Feb. 3. Feb. 4. Ipswich. Feb. 5. Feb. 5. Westminster. Feb. 5. Paris. Feb. 6. Feb. 6. Vol. XXI. 37. Proclamation enjoining all persons to cease from circulating false reports as to a decry of the moneys. 38. Draft of tbe above. 39. Commission to Archbp. Parker, Bishop GrindaU, and others, to examine the circumstances of the intercourse between Edw. Seymour, Earl of Hertford, and the Lady Catherine Grey, who is with child by him. Lat. 40. Note of the amount and the several kinds of moneys received in the Queen's Jewel House, at Christmas 1561. 41. Peter Kemp to Sir Wm. CecHl. Mr. More wishes to know his terms for lease of a pasture near Burne. The rent of Castleton is; paid to Mr. Kyrlington. 42. Winchester to same, brought to the Tower. 43. Fr. Yaxley to Lord Robert Duddeley. Beseeches him to extend his protection towards him, having been sent for to appear before the Council. Requests all the Tellers money may be Tho. Windebank. Begs to be remembered to Mr. CeciU. Apologises for delay in Mr. Yaxley is 44. Mr. Gascoigne to correspondence, sent to the Tower. 45. H. Alington to same. Windebank's father, Coxe, and Mr. Tuydall, are thankful for his commendations. Notices other acquaintances. Mr. Daye is translated to the Provostship of Eton. 46. Windebank to Cecil! Concerning a remittance to be made by a bill of exchange. [Imperfect] 47. Peter Kemp to same. Has sold the thorns at Cliffe Park ; works in the garden, &c. of the Park. Incloses, 47. I. Articles of agreement for lease of the capital messuage of Tetforth (Thetford) Hall, in Boston, co. LvncoVn, by Sir Wm. Cecill to John Hynde. Feb. 3. 48. Winchester to same. Suit of the town of Beaumaris for repair of their wall^, which they will undertake on condition of having their charter renewed. Incloses, 48. I. A brief declaration of the cause amd effect why the i/nhabi- tants of Beaumaris, in the Isle of Anglesey, sue to have a> fee farm of tite said borough. 48. II. A brief note of such articles as are to be considered for safeguard and defence of Beaumaris from the sea. Feb. 10. ■*^- ^- Alington to Windebank. Has been blamed for letting him Westminster, have 300 French crowns at his going to France. Desires an acknow- ledgement for it, to be' dated on the 30th of May (see that date). Death of Mr. Eresby. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 195 Vol. XXI. 1562. Feb. 12. 50. Edm. Molyneux to Thos. Windebank. Whitehall. Desires remembrance to Mr. Thos. Cecill. Feb. 12. Feb. 14. Paris. Feb. 14. Feb. 22. Feb. 22. Ivy Lane. Feb. 26. Professes friendship. 51. The Queen to the Treasurer, &c. of the Exchequer. Order to cause 25,000Z. in gold to be brought from the Tower, or the Exchequer, to be delivered into the Queen's Palace at Westminster. 52. Windebank to Sir Wm. CeciU. The merchant who . was to lend them 200 crowns, will only advance 40 crowns ; which he has declined. Recommends one Rogers, the Ambassador's servant. ,53. Draft of the above. 54. Peter Kemp to same. Lalam. Particulars thereof. Feb. Has surveyed the house and groimd at 55. Peter Osborne to Sir Tho. Chaloner. Commission of inquiry as to validity of the marriage between Lady Catharine Grey and the Earl of Hei-tford. Yaxley sent to the Tower. Design to marry the young Lord Darnley with the Queen of Scots. 66. Winchester to Cecill. A scheme has been presented to himself and the Lieutenant of the Ordnance for making gunpowder. Incloses, Feb. 28. Prid. Kal. Mar. Merton Coll. Feb. 28. Feb. Westminster. 56. I. Tender by Bryan Hogge, Robert Thomas, and Francis a Lee, forsufply of gunpowder for the Queen's service. 57. The Sub-warden and Fellows of Merton Coll., Oxford, to Cecill In favour of Dr. Huick to be elected Warden. Lat. 58. Indenture of assignment of certain tenements within the pre- cinct of the dissolved monastery of the Minories, without Aldgate, by Lord John Grey to George Medley, Esq. 59. Warrant by the Queen for respite of the debt of 500L due to her by John Ayleworth, because Sir Tho. Benger owed him 400?. and had mortgaged the keepership of Berkhampstead Park to him. 60. Series of accounts by Sir Tho. Gresham of sums taken up by him at various times in London and Antwerp, with the rate of interest, &c., extending generally from March 1561 to February 1562. Vol. XXII. March— April, 1562. March 3. 1. Herbert Westfaling to Sir Wm. Cecill. Thanks for his patronage Quint. nou.Mar. in obtaining for him the prebend of Christchurch, Oxford. Lat. Oxford. * . March 4, 2. Winchester to Same. Suit of the town of Beaumaris, as to repair of their sea walls, &c. The town of Radnor also makes suit for a charter of incorporation. N 2 196 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. Vol. XXn. 1562. Marcb 4. 3. Tho. Windebank to Sir Wm. Cecill. Has received 100 croAvns by- Paris. Mr. Sommer. Understands that he and Thos. Cecill are to travel. Re- quests funds for that purpose. Particulars of their proposed route. Their expenses. March 4. 4. Draft of the above. March 5 ^- -^l^stract of the matter depending before the Queen's Commis- sioners between John Green and Michel Wingham, alias Green, his wife. March 5. March 5. March 7. Bristol. March 8. Paris. March 8. 6. Brief rehersal of the matter which gave occasion of the words that were between Lady Eatcliffe and the Bishop of London, relative to Green's wife. 7. Report by Bp. Grindall of the conversation between him and Lady Radcliffe, on the terrace at the Court, relative to Green's wife. 8. Mayor, &c. of Bristol to Cecill. Praying that Bristol may be continued as an independent Bishoprick, without being united to any other. 9. Windebank to same. State of expenses. Has bought and sent over the two treatises on the civil and canon law. Desires a supply of money for their journey ; and Mr. Thomas is in need of some apparel. 10. Draft of the above. March 13. H- Tho. Gardiner to same. Desires his assistance in his suit, Sexto Id. Mar. being engaged in the public service. Lat. March 12. 12. Archbishop Parker and Bishop Grindall to same. Think it Lambeth. necessary the Dean, Prebendaries, and Ministers of the Church at Here- ford were under the control of the Bishop of that see. Mar. 13 (?) March 14. March 15. March 20. March 23. Paris. March 23. 13. Walter Haddon (" oculis affectis et lippinctibus ") to Sir Tho. Chaloner. Wishes his assent to a marriage between Chaloner's sister, the widow Farnham, and Francis Saunders, Haddon's brother. 14. Adam Halliday to Cecill. Gives him particulars of the studies he is pursuing. Lat. 15. Winchester to same. Sends warrants for money. Part of the Ordnance House in the Tower given way, being overladen ; has there- fore purchased the Minories as a storehouse. 16. Petition of to same. Solicits employment. Is well skilled in the Latin tongue ; and gives specimens of hand- writing. 17. Windebank to same. Mr. Thos. Cecill has been borrowing money. The disturbances in France, make it unsafe to travel into the provinces. Sends some books. Requests him in his next letter ^to remind his son to observe the custom of prayer. ] 8. Draft of the above. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 197 Vol. XXII. 1562 March 24. 19. Marq. Winchester to Sir Wm. Cecill. Has received the writings relative to the Almain refiners. Mint matters. March 24. March 24. March 25. Westminster. March 26. London. March 31. 20. Sir Wm. Cecill to his son. Reproves him for his dissolute and idle courses. Desires he will transmit a copy of liis diary in French. 21. Same to Windebank. Is grieved at the misconduct of his son, and blames Windebank for concealing it. P.S. stating that the severe terms of the letter is only for the purpose of producing an effect on Tho. Cecill. 22. Same to same. Desires him to send over a lemon, a pome- granite, and a myrtle tree, with directions for their culture, which may be brought to London with Mr. Carew's trees. 23. Earl of Westmorland to Sir Tho. Chaloner. Desires to pur- chase or rent his house in London, during his absence. 24. Ric. Alington to Cecill. Complimentary Latin letter : the writer signs himself Cecill's nephew. March. 25. Proclamation by the Queen for fixing the current value of gold and silver moneys. March. 26, 27. Two copies of the above. March. 28. The Queen to the Earl of Derby. Desires him to order the Sheriff of Lancashire to publish the proclamation sent. Incloses, 28. I. Proclamation for fixing the value of gold and silver moneys throughout the realm. 29. The Queen to the Sheriff of . Order to publish the proclamation for fixing the value of gold and silver coins. 30-44. Fifteen copies of the above. 45. Account of money due for fees and wages to the Lieut, of the Tower, the Gentleman Porter, and Yeomen Warders there, from Michaelmas 1561 to Lady-day 1562. 46. Demands of Sir Edward Warner, Lieut, of the Tower, for diet of certain prisoners under his custody, to Lady-day 1562. 47. Tho. Bischop to Cecill, Offers all service in peace or war against Scotland. Henry VIII. having granted to him the manor of Pock- ling-ton, York, he now solicits the reversion, to entail on his heirs, or to have the lands of Belthorp and Kilwick in exchange for Pocklington. March (?) 48. Note of gifts made to Lady Margaret Lennox and her husband, in the days of Queen Mary, and of her ill treatment of Queen Elizabeth, when Princess : probably by Tho. Bischop. [See vol. xxiii. No. 6.] Aprils. 49. Cecill to Windebank. Is still grieved at his son's dissolute Westminster, conduct. Had rather have lost him by an honourable death than be troubled with him in this way. Begs him to consult with Sir Nich. Throkmorton what is to be done with him. March. March. March. March. March (?) 198 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1562. April 2. Paris. April 3. Stamford. April 8. April 8. Paris. Vol. XXn. 50. Tho. Windebank to Sir Thos. Gresham. Thanks for sending them .300 crowns. Apologizes for apparent neglect. Incloses, 50. I. Achnowledgment of the receipt of ^QQ French crowns frcmi Sir Thos. Gresham, by the hands of Mr. John Fitzwilliams, Oovernor of the Company of Merchant Adventurers. 51. Wm. Cayworthe to Cecill Concerning the deer to be provided for stocking Sir William's new park 52. Windebank to same. Sends him a lemon tree, which cost 15 crowns, and two myrtle trees, price 1 crown each, which is very- cheap. Gives directions for their culture. 53. Same to same. Is greatly grieved at his displeasure. Beseeches him to suspend his judgment until he can return home. Travelling in France is dangerous. April 8. 54. Draft of the above. April 10. Cobham. April 13. Boston. April 13. "Westminster. April 15. April 15. Westminster. April 17. Paris. April 17. April 21. Medlow. April 23. Burleigh. April 25. Burleigh. 55. Lord Cobham to same. Requests him to further a design by Edw. Durant for constructing a harbour at Hastings. 56. Mayor, &c. of Boston to same. Pray that effect may be given to the wUls of such persons as are desirous to make bequests in favour of the town of Boston. 57. The Council to Winchester. Desire to be informed of what has taken place under the Order in Council of 11th Mar. 1556, for permitting the Italian and Ari'agonese merchants to ship certain kerseys and broad cloths for exportation. 58. Note of kerseys, broad cloths, &c. shipped by merchants, Italians and Arragonese ; by Ric. Tomyow, late collector of the subsidy, &c. in the port of • London. 59. The Queen to Winchester, Sakevyle, and Mildmay. To take order for the safer custody of treasure in the receipt of the Exche- quer ; loss having occurred by the deficiencies of Darkenall and Shelton, late Tellers. 60. Windebank to Cecill. Troubles in France. If the Prince of Conde should come to Paris they could not tarry there, on account of the fury of his soldiers and the populace. 61. Draft of the above. 62. Agatha Bawdwen to same. The Marq. of Winchester has the wardship of her son John Bawdwen. She is unable to come to London, being sick. 63. Peter Kemp to same. The deer have been brought to the park. Charges of the buildings in progress there. 64. Same to same. Has receieved a precept from the Queen's Re- ceiver for payment of the rents of Casterton and Pickworth. DOIklESTICrx-ELIZABETH. 199 Vol. XXn. 1562. April 26. 65. Tho. Windebank to Sir Wm. Cecill. Mr. Thomas has no disposi- Paris. tion to apply himself to learning, and is drawn away by other affections, which rule him entirely. Eecommends he should be recalled to England : but that the letters of recal should not be too sharp or bitter. April 26. 66. Draft of the above. April 30. 67. The effect of the new licence desired by Lord Robert [Duddeley] on surrender of his old licence for exportation of wool. April 30. 68. Note of wool shipped by licence granted to Lord Robert [Duddeley]. April 30. 69. Brief account of all the money received towards the re-edifying St. Paul's Church, from the 30th of June 1561 to 30th April 1562. April 30. 70. John Mounstevynge to CeciU. Transactions with Peter Kemp, at Burleigh. Vol. XXIII. May— July, 1562. May 1. 1- ^i^ John Savage to Cecill. Applies for lease of the lands of Lady Brereton when she dies, and during the minority of her son. May 2. 2. Declaration of homage of Richard Cheney, Bp. elect, of Glou- cester. [^Bishop Cheney had the temporalities of Gloucester restored to him on the 2d of May. Rymer, xv., p. 624.] May 7. 3. Windebank to Cecill. Cannot refrain from acquainting him with Paris. the increase of the evil propensities of his son. May 7. ^- Draft of the above. May 7 ^- Same to same. Continued iU behaviour of Mr. Thomas, ia spite Paris. of all severe letters, all counsels, and all shame of the world. He boasts Sir William cannot disinherit him, and attempted to flee away. May 7. 6. Articles against Lady Margaret, Countess of Lennox, by Thomas Bischop. Consisting of 14 articles, particularly as to over- tures for marriage of Lord Damley with the Queen of Scots ; and objections to her unjust pretensions in England. May 7. 7. Memoranda for answering the Earl of Lennox and Lady Mar- garet, his wife, in case they allege unthankfulness or brag of their covenants with Henry VIII. : in Bischop's hand-writing. May 7. 8. " The brief contents of certain Actes of Parliament against " thinordinate use of apparel," corrected by Cecill. [These are nearly the same as those of 20 Oct. 1559]. May 7. 9. Copy of the above. May 8. 10. Peter Kemp to CecilL Works in progress at Burleigh. 200 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1562. May 8. Westminster. May 9. May 9. May 9. May 10. Westminster. May 12. Westminster. May 14. Shene. May 16. Canon Kow. May 16. Burleigh. May 17, May 17. May 17. Paris. May 17. May 17. Paris. May 21, Shene. Vol. XXin. 11. The Queen to Sii- George Howard, Master of the Armoury. Warrant to convert certain old armour into plates for the manufacture of 1,500 jacks for the use of the Navy. 12. Bond of Nicholas Kevell and 8 others, Tailors, of St. Martin- le-Grand, not to put more than one yard and three quarters of kersey into any one pair of hosen ; and to cut the same so as " to lye close to " the legges and not loose or bolstred as in aimcyent tyme." 13. Similar bonds by William Vaughan, and 49 others, hosiers, in Westminster, to the same effect. 14. Deposition of William Forbes, concerning the Countess of Lennox ; founded on the articles by Tho. Bischop. 15. Cecill to Windebank. Has written to that naughty boy of his, and commanded him " to putt away his servant and to banish his " wanton lustes." Is indifferent where he travels to, so that he amends. 16. Exemplification of the Act 31 Hen. VIII., for annexing certain manors and lands to the Castle at Windsor ; at the requisition of Kobert Lord Duddeley, Constable of the same. 17. Margaret, Countess of Lennox and Angus, to Cecill. Begs he will obtain her husband's release from the Tower, or that his imprison- ment may be less strict. 18. Tho., Earl of Sussex, to same. Has endeavovred to bring about marriages between two of his men and two of the daughters of one Averly, a yeoman, who is since dead. Bequests the wardship of the daughters. 19. Peter Kemp to same. Progress of works. Has sent a note of the extent of Worthorp. Becommends Mr. Anth. Burton for the par- sonage of Leffnam (Luifenham ?). 20. The Queen to William Gerard. Appointing him Vice-President of the Council of Wales, in the absence of Sir Hen. Sydney, sent Am- bassador into France. 21. Ch. Justice Catlyn to . Gives his opinion as to tlie pardon of a foreigner convicted of manslaughter. 22. Windebank to CeciU. Understands that he wishes Mr. Thos. Cecill to continue at Paris rather than go to Flanders. The Ambassador advises they should remove to a house 7 leagues from Paris. 23. Draft of the above. 24. Thos. Cecill to same. Finds he is very angry with him for spending his time in the vanities of love. Entreats him to bestow his blessing on him, and promises better obedience for the future. Fr. 25. Countess of Lennox to same. Has received his answer, by which she finds new matter is alledged against herself and husband. • Doubts not they shall be able to c^ear themselves. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 201 1562. May 23. May 23. May 25. May 26. Heston. May 27. May 28. May 29. Dammart. May 30. May 30 Shene. June 3. Bocton Malherte. Jione 8. June 12. Shene. June 12. June 12. June 14. Vol. XXni. 26. Peter Kemp to Sir Wm. Cecill. Unruly proceedings of Henry Tampion, in reading a bill in the Common Hall, at Stamford. 27. Same to same. In favour of Anth. Burton, for the livino- of Leffnam. The parson of Barroden is dead. 28. Notes by Sir Wm. Cecill, for the examination of the Countess of Lennox. 29. Wm. Amondesham to William Tildesley. Requests him to favor the suit of John Fernam, of Isleworth, fletcher. Will send Adams shortly. 30. Sir Rio. Sakevyle to Cecill. Himself and others. Commis- sioners of Sewers, have arrived at Rye. Reports a quarrel at Dieppe between the Protestants and Papists ; 150 of the former slain. 31. Notes of proceedings in Merton College, Oxford. Lat. 32. Windebank to Cecill. Have removed from Paris ; and Mr. Cecill has no opportunity of frequenting his customary places of resort. Ad- vises his removal altogether out of France. 33. Declaration and confession of Arthur Lallart, Lord Darnley's. schoolmaster, sent into Scotland relative to the affairs of the Earl and Countess of Lennox. 34. Countess of Lennox to Cecill. Desires to meet those who urge new and strange matters against her. The Queen bears her little love and affection. 35. Tho. Wotton to same. Reasons which induced the Commis- sioners of Sewers to bring part of the water of Chestelet Valley through Sandwich Haven. Incloses, 35. I. Considerations touching the Commission for bringing the water of Chestelet Valley into Sandwich Haven. 36. Warrant to pay 1,000L to J. Ravile, Surveyor of Works, to be employed about necessary repairs. 37. Countess of Lennox to Cecill. Complains of the Queen's deter- mination not to grant her husband more liberty ; he is suffering from ill health. 38. Statement of the causes of the high prices of all commodities, owing to the inordinate trafficking and overgreat number of merchants ; with remedies to be applied. 39. Confession of Elizeus Halle, calling himself Ely the Carpenter's son, a pretended messenger from heaven ; taken before the Bishop of London. 40. Representations made to the Council by the Lieut, of the Tower, relative to prisoners in his custody. The late Bishops, Mr. Fecknam, and Mr. Boxoll, 8 in number, together with Francis Yaxley, Lallart, and other prisoners, desire more liberty within the Tower. 202 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. Vol. XXin. 1562. June ] 8. 41. Armigill Waad to tlie Lord Admiral. Details his proceedings [Rye.] in surveying the watercourses between Newenden and Rye, with the view of improving Rye Harbour. June 16. 42. Humphrey Lock to Sir William Cecill. Recommends using the Upnor. stone of Rochester Castle for the purpose of completing a block-house at Upnor. June 19. 43. Countess of Lennox to same. Requests permission to be ad- Shene. mitted to the society of her husband in the Tower, and that he may have more liberty there June 20. 44. Walter Haddon to [Cecill?]. Respecting the watercourses in Cambridge ? Lat. [Mutilated and obscure.] June 20. 45. Matt., Earl of Lennox, to the Council. Has answered to many Tower. matters untruly charged against him. Declares his innocence, and complains of the course allowed to his accusers. June 21. 46. Deposition of Thomas Lower, of St. Winnowe, in Cornwall, relative to outrages committed by certain French at Conquet, in Brittany, on Jjimself, John Trester, and others. June 22. 47. Memoranda of public business, by^ Sir Wm. Cecill. 48. Earl of Lennox to the Council. Hoped to have received some comfort from the Queen. Explains the two points in his letters which their Lordships dislike. 49. Names of noble persons belonging to the Society of Gray's Inn from 11 Hen. VIII. 50. Names of all the Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts, and Barons of the realm. 51. Ric. Hodsham to Cecill. Concerning 400 paving stones to be shipped for Sir Wm., and delivered in London, free of all charges. 52. Countess of Lennox to same. Still solicits to have access to her husband, or that he may be permitted to come to Shene, to be placed under the same custody as herself. 53. Henry Kyllygrew to Lord [Robt. Duddeley]. Preparations made for the meeting at Nottingham, between Queen Eliz, and the Queen of Scots. Tilts set, and warning given to all lusty young knights, to shew feats of arms. Verses in French and Latin sent to the. Queen by Queen Mary, with a token of a heart of diamonds. Declaration and. accord by Queen Elizabeth, postponing the pro- posed meeting with the Queen of Scots, until the next year, and then to meet at York, between the 30th of May and the last day of Aug. [See under 4 Aug. 1563.] 54. CeciU to Windebank. Directs him and his son to return to England, if they cannot pass safely to Strasburg or Antwerp. 55. Mem. of public business, by Sir W. Cecill, with reference to the disturbances in France. June 27. Tower. June. June (?) July 5. Newcastle. July 10. Shene. July 12. London. July 15. Greenwich. July 1 6. July 17. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 203 Vol. XXin. 1562. July 20. 56. The Queen to the Earl of Derby, the Bishop of Chester, and Westminster, others. Appointing them Commissioners for Ecclesiastical Causes, within the diocese of Chester ; to enforce the Acts for the Uniformity of Common Prayer, and for restoring to the Crown the ancient juris- diction over the estate ecclesiastical and spiritual. July 20. June 24. Shene. July 24. Shene. July 24. London. July 24. London. July 24. Monthall. July 29. Portsmouth. July 30. Greenwich. July 30. July 30. July 31. July. To prepare 2 ships, 57. The Queen to Lord Admiral Clynton. for conveying munitions, &e. to Ireland. 58. Countess of Lennox to Cecill. Severity of her husband's im- prisonment. Prays that the Queen will appease her anger against them. 59. Same to same. Has received intimation by her servant, Fowler, that her husband must acknowledge his offences. The only offence she could think of was his sending the schoolmaster (Lallart) into Scotland. 60. Anonymous letter to the Queen. Has conveyed letters to Sir Fr. Englefield, and held treasonable conversation with his servant, John Payne, concerning the restoration of Heath, Thyrlby, Boner, and the old religion. 61. John Payne to [Sir Fr. Englefield ?]. Has delivered the letter?. Eemembrances from the Lady Abbess and Nuns of Sion, the Prior of Shene, Boner, Fecknam, &c. Does not understand whether he is indifferent where he shall be com- 62. Sir Tho. Smith to CeciU. to go into France or not ; but is manded to go. 63. Sir Fr. KnoUys to the Council. Has received intelligence from the Earl of Warwick and Mr. Basing. Arrival of Mr. Winter with 1,200 men off New Haven. Provisions of victuals. Intends to ship off 800 more men. 64. The Queen to Lord Adm. Clynton. To fit out 4 ships, under the charge of Sir Wm. Woodhouse, to clear the Narrow Seas of pirates. 65. Inventory of the goods of Richard Beare, taken by the Bretons out of the ship Anne, of London. 66. Inventory of the goods of Tho. Wilson, taken out of the Eliza- beth, of London, by the Bretons. 67. Articles of recantation, proposed by the Bishop of London, to be made by Hadrian Hamsted, Minister of the German Church in London, of certain doctrines propounded by him, contrary to the Scrip- tures. Lat. 58. Note for the ordering of eight hoys, to be taken up to convey soldiers, &c. to Dieppe. 204 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1562. August 1. August 5. Shene. August 6. Vol. XXIV. August — September, 1652. 1. Account of the collection made in the parish of St. Margaret's Westminster, for the setting forth 12 soldiers; giving the names of the contributors. 2. Countess of Lennox to Sir Wm. Cecill. Has received the message of the Queen's desire that her husband's submission should come from himself, and not by her teaching. 3. Bishop Grindall to same. Johannes Utenhovius has recommended to him a certain Count of Germany, who is willing to serve the Queen in the contest for religion. Incloses, 3. I. Ifote by John Utenhovius, recommending Christopher, Count of Oldenburg. Lot. August 9. ^- '^^^0- Windebank to Cecill. Have left France secretly, and arrived Antwerp. Safely at Antwerp. Requests directions for their future course. Message from Sir N. Throkmorton, the Ambassador. Are staying in Sir The. Gresham's house. Improvement in Mr. Cecill's conduct. August 9. 5. Draft of the above. August 10. 6. The Queen to the Master and Fellows of Trinity CoUege, Cam- bridge. Concerning the Statute which forbids the granting of any par- August 10. 7. Same to Thomas Stanley, Under Treasurer of the Mint, and Greenwich, others. Warrant to pay into the Exchequer 2,276Z. lis. arising from parcel gilt and white plate, delivered to them to be coined into money. August 12. 8- ^'^ • Note, in French, as to delivery La Tower, of two pipes of white wine of Orleans, for which the writer will not forget to supply the " Karasei." (sic). August 12. 9. Countess of Lennox to Cecill. Has heard"! that the Earl, her husband, has made his submission, and that the Queen thinks it a very slight amends. August 12. lO- -No^^ °f *^^® exchange of lands between the Queen and the Duke of Norfolk. Also note of money owing by the Duke to the Queen. 11. Cecill to Windebank. Thanks him for the care of his careless son. Thinks they may visit Brussels, Ghent, &c. Requests him to teach his son to spell his French more correctly. August 15. 12. Account of the monthly charges of the new block-house at Upnor ; conveyance of materials, &c. ; by Ric. Watts, paymaster. Aug-ust 16. 13. Windebank to Cecill. Are going into Germany in company Antwerp. ^rith Mr. Henry KnoUes, and have taken 200 dollars of Sir Tho. Gresham, for their expenses. Further message from Throkmortoa. Civilities paid them in Antwerp. August 14. DOMESTIC —ELIZABETH. 205 Vol. XXIV, 1562. August 17. 1*- Mr. Thos. Cecill to Sir "Wm. CecilL Arrived with Mr. Knolles Antwerp, at Antwerp, and has learnt, by letters to Sir Thos. Gresham, his pleasure for their going into Germany. Fr. August 18. 15. Winchester to same. Returns Browne's letter to him, and a bill , concerning the payments at Easter and Midsummer. Money affairs. August 19. J6. Mayor, &c. of Exeter to same. Complain of the rough treat- Exeter, ment which certain merchants have received in returning from Morlaix. Inclosing, August 19. 16. I. Complaint made to the Privy Council by the Mayor and others, m,erchants of the city of Exeter, as to the treatm,ent they received at Morlaix, in Brittany. Fr. August 22. 17. Countess of Lennox to same. Ruinous effect of her lord's long Shene. imprisonment. Prays CeciU to intercede for his release. 18. Windebank to Cecill. Arrived with Mr. Knolles at Spires, who would not allow them to pay anything. Has been in fear of an ague. 19. Tho. Cecill to his father. Has awaited the coming of Dr. Mont two days. He intends to visit the Palsgrave. Kindness of Mr. Knolles, Fr. 20. Grant to Wm. Holstock of the office of Comptroller of the Navy ; the office of General Surveyor of Victuals for the Navy, formerly granted to him and Edw. Baesh, to cease. [Much obliterated.] 21. Note, in Sir W. Cecill's hand, of things to be considered for transporting an army from Portsmouth, procuring money, provisions, (fee. with reference to Newhaven and Dieppe. 22. Windebank to Cecill. Continue their journey, and have been well entertained by the Count Palatine. Will be obliged to buy horses, waggons being scarce. Requests to know if they are to return with Mr. Knolles or remain at Strasburg. 2.3. Note of amount of wages for the crews of the Hope, the Lion, the Hart, the Swallow, and the Hare. 24. Bishop Grindall to CecilL Graciousness of the Queen towards the persecuted strangers. Has required the French and Dutch ministers to give him a catalogue of their communicants. 25. Note of armour sent to Portsmouth and Rye, from the office of Armoury. 26. The Queen to Lord Adm. Clynton. To send the New Bark and the Saker to keep the Narrow Seas, under Capt. Geo. Beston. 27. Note of coat and conduct money for 1,600 men to be sent to Portsmouth. 28. Note of ships now at sea. 29. Statement of the proposals of marriage made by Sir Thomas Benger to the Lady Essex ; not to be told to Tom Fool, her son. August 27. Spires. August 27. Spires. August (?) August (?) Sept. 2. Heidelberg. Sept. 6. Sept. 8. Fulham. Sept. 9. Sept. 9. Greenwich. Sept. 10. Sept. 10. Sept. 10. 206 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. Vol. XXIV. 1562. Sept. 11. 30. The Queen to the Mayor of Rye. To prepare vessels to transport certain numbers of soldiers. Sept. ]]. Sept. 12. Sept. 12. Sept. 15. Sept. 16. Greenwicli. Sept. 16. Green-wich. Sept. 17. Peterborough. Sept. 18. Sept. 19. The To-wer. Sept. 20. The Tower. Sept. 20. Sept. 22. Sept. 22. Sept. 23. 31. Estimate of ordnance stores, and of the cost of transporting thein from the Tower of London to Newhaven. 32. Account of augmentation of allowance to Capt. Reade, for such soldiers as were in his band, and had served as officers. 33. Winchester to Sir Wm. CecUl. Has spoken with Mr. Abingdon as to rate of pay, &c. for certain soldiers for Newhaven. 34. Sir Thos. Gargrave to same. Concerning the wardship and marriage, of Edward Saville, under the charge of the Earl of Shrewsbury. 35. The Queen to the Earl of Arundel. To muster 400 soldiers of Sussex, to be equipped and sent to sea. 36. Same to Lord St. John. To muster and send 400 soldiers of Hampshire to Portsmouth. 37. John Mounstevinge to Cecill. Sessions of gaol delivery at Peter- borough. The church of Artleborough or Irtlingborough is in a ruinous state. Has bargained for the lead thereof for Cecill's use. 38. The Queen to Armigill Waad. Instructions to take the musters of 600 soldiers at Rye, to be transported under command of Edward Ormesby, for service beyond sea. 39. Sir Edw. Warner, Lieut, of the Tower, to Cecill. Requests as to a yeoman warder, and for the pardon of Rob. Goddard Fr. Saunders is not worthy to be a prisoner, not for his offence, but for his poverty. Incloses, 39. I. A list of prisoners in the Toiver, 5 Sept. 1562, includmg Lady Katharine Grey, Earl of Hertford, &c. 40. Same to same. Is annoyed by the extreme passions of the Earl of Lennox, who has been more unqtdet since the Earl of Hertford was allowed his small liberty. 41. The Queen to the Sheriffs of London. Reprieve for Tho. Borough and Nicholas Malby, who are to be delivered over to the Earl of Warwick, for service abroad. 42. Same to Lord Cobham. To take care that no annoyance he offered to French fishermen within his jurisdiction. 43. Same to Sir Maurys Denys Directions to issue money for four days pay to the soldiers at Portsmouth. 44. Same to same. Warrant to issue several sums of money for payment to Wm. Bromfield for ordnance stores, coat and conduct money, and other expenses of troops going abroad, under the Earl of Warwick, Sir Adrian Ponynges, and others. Sept 23. 45. Draft of the above. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 207 1562. Sept. 23. Sept. 24. Bye. Sept. 24. Eye. Sept. 25. Bokebume. Sept. 26. Sept. 26. Portsmouth. Sept. 25. Portsmouth. Sept. 27. Sept. 27. Sept. 28. Hampton Court. Sept. 28. Sept. 28. Eye. Sept. 29. Portsmouth. Sept. Sept. 29. Sept. (?) Vol. XXIV. 46. The Queen to Armigill Waad. Similar instructions to those of the 18th Sept., for service at Dieppe ; with additional corrections by Cecill. 47. Richd. Wyndebanck to Sir Wm. Cecill. Has received and mus- tered the soldiers at Rye. Certain portions of armor deficient. 48. Tho. Kemys to same. Arrival of the Canterbury men at Rye, altogether unfurnished. The Sussex and Kentish men are stiU wanting. 49. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to same. WiU proceed with all diligence to Portsmouth to execute the Queen's instructions. 50. The Queen to Sir Maurys Denys. To make certain payments for a Provost Marshal, and for officers under him ; and also to Armigill Waad, pajnnaster at Rye, and 2s. per diem for his clerk. 51. Tho. Morley to . Progress in victualling the ships for 14 days, to carry troops over to Newhaven. Incloses, 51. I. Order for transporting 1,600 soldiers, under the captains named. 52. The Queen to Lord Keeper Bacon. To take order in the case of Edward Saville, ward to the Earl of Shrewsbury, conveyed away by his base brother, Ro. Saville, and married to a simple poor woman. 53. Same to Winchester. Has appointed Sir Wm. KeyUwey to take charge of Portsmouth, in place of Lord Chidiock Paulet. 54. Sir Wm. Cecill to Robt. Loughter, Archdeacon of Totness. Urges him to perform his promise made to Mr. Gibbs. 55. Orders to be observed by the English soldiers serving the Queen at Newhaven, set forth by Sir Adrian Ponynges. 56. Indenture of the armour, weapons, and munitions left in the charge of the Mayor, &c. of Rye, by Armigill Waad, for the Queen's service. 57. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to Cecill. Complains of the way in which Sir Adrian Ponynges has stripped the house at Portsmouth, which is unfit to receive the Earl of Warwick. Account of arms and stores now at Portsmouth. 58. Note of the particular wages of the crew sent to Portsmouth and Rye, to be paid by Sir Maurys Denys. 59. Statement of allowances claimed by Martin Almayne for dressing the Queen's coursers, from Christmas 1559 to March 1562 ; specifying the names of the horses, and signed by Lord Robt. Duddeley, G. Howard, and Henry Norreys. 60. Note of officers, soldiers, and artificers, to be transported to Newhaven and Dieppe. 208 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. Vol. XXV. October — ^November, 1562. 1562. Oct. J. 1- Sir Wm. Keyllwey to Sir Wm. Cecill. Sends letters from New- Portsmouth. haven. Conference between the Vidame de Chartres and Sir Adrian Ponynges. Delivery of armour. Departure of the fleet. Qjj^ 2 Bp. Horn to same. Eecommends Mr. Laybourne, a preacher of South Waitham. Grod's word. Burgasio [Venturini], the Italian, is yet very pensive. Has persuaded him to communicate his griefs to Cecill in writing. Oct. 4. 3. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to same. Departure of the fleet, with a fair Portsmouth, wind. The soldiers from Berkshire have not yet arrived. Oct. 4. 4. Sir. Anth. Cooke to his son-iu-law, Sir Wm. CecilL Thanks for his favour towards his son, William Cooke, and for Cecill's favours towards himself Is thankful God has provided him such a stafi" to rest upon in his old years. Oct. 6. ^- Robert RoUes, schoolmaster of Westminster, to same. Concerning a prebend. Lat. [Much obliterated.^ Oct. 6. 6- Note of Almsmen absent on the 6th October from Christ Church, Oxford. Suit in favour of John Norris. Ordinances to be observed by the Almsmen. Oct. 6. 7. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to CeciU. There is no other place in which Portsmouth, the armour may be stowed but the church. Thinks it had better be returned. Muster of soldiers from Wilts and Berks. Oct. 9. 8. Winchester to same. The Merchant Adventurers have made application respecting 31,800L payable to them on the 1st Nov. Oct 10 ^' Cecill to Windebank. It is long since he heard from him. Asks Hampton Court. ^^^ advice whether he shall let his son, Thomas Cecill, pass into Italy this winter or not. Oct 11 10. H. Alington to Tho. Cecill andTho. Windebank. Intelligence of Hampton Court, the expedition to Newhaven. The Queen of Scots has made a progress, and got into trouble with the Earl of Huntley. All friends are well, Oct. 13. 11- Fellows and Students of Chi'ist Church, Oxford, to Cecill. Lat. 3 Id. Oct. [Much obliterated^ Oct 14. ^^- Cecill to the Commissioners for the Queen's debts. Not to press Mr. John Fisher for a debt of 600?. due to the Crown, he having been appointed Gentleman Porter of the town of Newhaven. ]s;]'oy 13. Estimate of charges of 3 of the Queen's ships, for wages and conduct money, they having on board 460 men. Oct. 15. 14. Ar. Waad to Cecill. Muster of soldiers arrived under charge of Kye. Mr. Walgrave. Has ordered an account to be made of the armour remaining in Rye ; which has given offence, as interfering with the privileges of the Lord Warden. Oct. 16. 15- Same to same. Mr. Walgrave has sent one to London to make Bye. provision of armour, &c. Some of the band of Sir Maurys Denys have arrived. Mr. Winter's return from Dieppe expected. Gives his opinion on the expedition to Newhaven. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 209 1562. Oct. 19. Eye. Oct. 20. Oct. 21. la Kal. Not. King's College Oct. 22. Prankford. Oct. 22. Oct. 23. Franckfort. Oct. 25. Shene. Oct. 28. Oct. 28. Oct. .30. Portsmouth. Oct. 30. Oct. 31. Portsmouth. Oct. 31. Portsmouth. Oct. 81. Eye. Vol. XXA^ 16. Wilfrid Entwyssell to Sir Wm. Cecill. Eeports his arrival at Eye, with his men. Dilatory proceedings of the Justices of Newport and Buckingham. Praises Cecill's godly and virtuous conduct. 17. Note of the rate of wages of the force sent to Portsmouth and Rye, to be paid by Sir M. Denys. 18. Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge, to Cecill, Relative to a suit concerning a wood of which they have been in free possession for one hundred years. Lat. 1 9. Tho. Windebank to same. Has not written, having been travelling about the country. Have returned to Frankford to be there during the Diet. Thinks Mr. Cecill will profit little by remaining in Germany. Money affairs. The Queen is highly esteemed. 20. Draft of the above, 21. Thomas Cecill to his father. His joj at reconciliation. Hafi visited the Landgrave of Hesse, the Duke Augustus, and the Duke John Frederick, in company with Mr. KnoUes. Fr. 22. Countess of Lennox and Angus to Cecill. Hopes the Queen will consider her husband's long imprisonment, and suffer them to be together during the approacliing winter. 23. Bishop Grindall to same. Begs to know if that second Julian, the King of Navarre, is Idlled ; as he intends to preach at St. Paul's Cross on Sunday next, and might taken occasion to mention God's judgments on him. 24. Archbishop Parker to same. Desires to know the Queen's pleasure as to certain guests sent to him, and who had been living upon him with a free table, for nearly 5 weeks. Mons. de la Haye was a gentleman, but his associates were otherwise. . 25. Edw. Baesh to same. Small stock of provision at Portsmouth. Reminds liim of the arrangements made "\riien he had the victualling of Calais. 26. Lord Robert Duddeley to same. Deplores the loss whicxh God has suffered his people to sustain by the overthrow at Rouen. The Queen is much gxieved at it. Bespeaks Kyllygrew's office for John Duddelej'-, if he be dead. 27. Sr. Wm. Keyllv/ey to same. Has discharged the two ships at Portsmiouth, from St. Martin's, near Rochelle. Arrival of the Saker and Hare from Newhaven. The Earl of Warwick and all the rest safely arrived there. 28. Edw. Baesh to same. Arrival of the Saker and Hare from New- haven. Quantity of stores, provisions, &c. delivered to Rlr. Abington. 29. John Young, Mayor of Rye, to same. Mr. Waad has departed for London. News from Dieppe, that all the captains and their forces were shipped for Newhaven. Great loss of English and Scots at Eouen. 210 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. Vol. XXV. 1562. 30. John Young to Sir Wm. Cecill. Intelligence from Newhayeii. Oct. [31]. Great slaughter at Rouen. The fate of Capt. Leyton and his men is xmknown. Oct. 31. Note of such provisions of which a speedy supply is required at Newhaven. , Oct. 32, The Queen to the Sheriifs of various counties. Directions to raise a certain number of soldiers for immediate service in Normandy. Nov. 1. 33. John Abington to Cecill. Measures for supplying Newhaven Portsmouth, with provisions. Scarcity of bread there. Nov. 1. S'i- Sir Wm. KeyUwey to same. Arrival of the Phoenix from New- Portsmouth, haven, and return of Sir Maurys Denys. Nov. 2. 35. John Young to same. Arrival of M. de Velles, Lieut, of M. de Rye. Force. Monsr. Montmorency is about to make his entry into Dieppe. Particulars of the capture of Rouen and slaughter of the English and Scots. Kyllygrew taken prisoner. Great resort of French fugitives to Rye. Persons condemned to death at Rouen. Nov. 2. 36. Edw. Baesh and John Abington to the Council. Report pro- Portsmouth, ceedings in victualling men and ships. Want of mills at Newhaven. Nov. 3. 37. The Queen to the Sheriff and Justices of Essex. To raise and send 600 soldiers to the sea coast, to be embarked for Newhaven. Nov. 4. 38. John Young to CeciU. Arrival of French fugitives from Dieppe. Kye. Montmorency with 400 soldiers has entered Dieppe, and determined to intercept the English victuallers from entering Newhaven. Arrival of a Flemish hoy, with armour and other military stores. Nov. 5. 39. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to same. Arrival of three hulks in South- Portsmouth, ampton Water, with wheat and rye, bound for Rochelle ; but they will discharge their cargoes at Portsmouth. Return of Sir M. Denys to Newhaven. Nov. 6. ^'0- Same to same. Complains of evil disposed persons unlawfully Portsmouth, hunting in his park and warren. Desires to know if he shall detain a Rochelle ship laden with wine. Nov. 6. 41- John Young to same. Order taken with the French refugees. Eye. Communication with the Earl of Warwick. Monsr. de Fors, Mr. Ry- bande, and Monsr. de Veles are going to London. Rye and meal shipped for Newhaven. Nov. 6. 42. Estimate of the cost of sundry ship stores necessary for the new bark lately built at Deptford. Nov. 9. 43. John Young to Cecill. Conference between the Rhingrave and Ry«- the Earl of Warwick, on the sands at Newhaven. The King and the Guises stiU remain at Rouen. Nov. 9. 44. John Abington and Edwd. DareU to same. Victualling of Portsmouth. Newhaven. Victuals for 3 months must be supplied, and mills must be sent from London to grind wheat, &c. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 211 1562. ]Vcv 1 Eye. Kov. 10. 4 Id. Nov. Cambridge. Nov. 11. Bye. Nov. 11. Nov. 11. Strand. Nov. 12. Shene. Nov. 12. Portsmouth. Nov. 14. Portsmouth. Nov. 14. Nov. 16. My house next the Savoy. Nov. 16. Eye. Nov. 17. Nov. 18, Nov. 18. Prankford. Vol. XXV. 45. John Young to Sir Wm. Cecill. News that the King of France is at Kouen, with his mother and the King of Navarre, who is sore wounded, the bullet remaining in his body. The Guises, with their forces, are on their way to Paris. 46. The Vice- Chancellor and Senate of Cambridge to same. Solicit his protection for the University, Lat. 47. John Young to same. Arrival of Monsp. St. Marie; with news from France. The King of Navarre remains dangerously ill at Eouen. 48. Note of Edward Baesh for victualling certain vessels for sea. 49. Warrant to Sir Wm. Damsell, Receiver General of the Court of Wards, to pay 300?. quarterly to the Vidame of Chartres ; and 40?. to one Capt. Mazines, an Italian, and 151. to him quarterly. 50. Countess of Lennox and Angus to Cecill. Compjains of the long imprisonment of her husband. Beseeches liim to intercede with the Queen to set them both at hberty. 51. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to Winchester. Requests allowance to be made to Nich. Williamson for certain hops and powder brought by him from Antwerp. Incloses, 51. I. -/Vote of powder imported hy N. Williamson. 52. Same to Cecill. Explains the circumstances of the detention of a French ship, named the Charlotte of Maraines, laden with wine for the French Ambassador. 53. Peter Kemp to same. Charges of the works in progress at Burleigh. Desires directions as to taking of deer, &c. 54. Cecill to Tho. Windebank. Wishes his son Thomas to leave Germany, and to visit, incognito, Italy, Switzerland, and Geneva. In- tends on his return to induce him to marry. 55. John Young to Cecill. Fugitives from Dieppe. TJhe King and his mother have left Rouen for Paris. Executions at Rouen. Reported death of the King of Navarre. 56. Winchester to the Queen. Decayed state of the piers of Brid- lington and Robin Hood's Bay, in Yorkshire. Requests that certain lordships of the Crown may be let for defraying the necessary repairs. 57. Estimate of the charge of lining 1,000 morions and 300 burgo- nets, to be sent to Newhaven. 58. Windebank to Cecill. Thinks it advisable Mr. Cecill should not go to Italy, " by reason of the inticements to pleasure and wantonness " there," and the expense. If he is to go, recommends his being placed under the charge of Mr. NoweU. Sends account of expenses. State of parties in Germany. Incloses, 58. I. Account of expenses, travelling in Germany, from lOth Sept. to 18th Nov. 1562. Nov. 18. 59. Draft of the above. o2 212 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. Vol. XXV. 1562. Nov. 20. 60. Sir Wm. KeyUwey to Sir Wm. Cecill. Report of Sir Adrian Portsmouth, Ponynges return. Has sustained loss by the provision and furniture he htis already made. Transmits a letter for the Vidame. Nov. 23. 61. Receipts by Thos, Windebank and Thos. Cecill, for money advanced by the heirs of George Wolfe, on the credit of Sir Tho. Gresliam. Nov. 24. 62. Similar receipt by Tho. Windebank for 100 dollars. Nov. 24. 63. Countess of Lennox and Angus to Cecill. Thanks him for Shene. exertions in behalf of her husband, and for the liberty which he now enjoys. Nov. 27. 64. The Council to Lord Rich. Remonstrating with liim for seeking to procure his son to be elected a Knight of the shire, in preference to Sir Wm. Petre, whom they had recommended. Nov. 29. 65. Peter Kemp to Cecill. Concerning works in progress at Burleigh. Burleigh. Sources of various rents ; planting of trees, &c. [Much obliterated^ Nov. .30 66. Estimate of the diet and wages of Captains, Mariners, and Gunners in some of the Queen's ships. Nov. 67. Account of receipts and disbursements by Armigill Waad, sent to Rye by virtue of the Queen's letters, made to Sir M. Denys, Trea- surer of the Garrisons in Normandy. Dec. ]. Burleigh. Dec. 1, Vol. XXVI. Deckmeee, 1562. 1. Peter Kemp to Sir Wm. Cecill. Mrs. Haryngton recommends her son, John, to be elected a member [for Stamford ?] although Sir William has preferred Mr. Robt. Wyngfield. Cecill's priest' is given to daily intoxication. [Much obliteratecl.'\ 2. Marq. of Winchester to same. In favour of Sir Thos. Benger ; recommends him to have a licence for 1,000 tons of beer. [^Much obliterated.'] Dec. 5. 2. Estimate of the charges of victualling certain vessels for the sea. 4. Sir Wm. KeyUwey to Cecill. Has despatched Mr. Clayton and the carpenters to Newhaven. Asks leave to appoint a deputy. 5. Same to same. Has mustered part of Tremayne's band, 26 in number, able men and well mounted. 6. Extent or annual valuation of the lands of Edward Ludloe and Matilda his wife, deceased, now in the hands of the Queen, by reason of the minority of Robert Ludloe, their son and heir. Dec. 6. Portsmouth. Dec. 8. Portsmouth. Dec. 9. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 213 Vol. XXVI. . 1562. Dec. 10. 7. John Young to Sir Wm. Cecill. Arrival of a number of Frencli Bye. refugees from Dieppe and Rouen. Intelligence brought by them from France. Dec. IS. 8. Tho. Windebank to same. Mr. KnoUes is of opinion that Mr. Cecill Eynehousen, should pass the winter at Strasburg. Windebank advises he should near Spires. rgtuj,jj ^q England, and not go to Italy ; and that some other person should have charge of him. Dec. 12. 9. Draft of the above. Dec. 13. 10- Thomas Cecill to his father. Met the Count Palatine at'Heidel- Kienhowsen, berg. Desires permission to return and see the war. His anxiety to near Spires, leave Germany. Fr. Dec. 1.3. 11. Guido Cavalcante to Cecill. Thinks the matter which he wishes Lambeth. him to transact wiU be best performed by his going in person. He will act with zeal and secrecy. Dec. 14. 12. H. Alington to Tho. Windebank. Recommends him to return Strond. home with young Mr. Cecill. Dec. 15, 13- Cecill to same. Leaves his son's going to Italy, or to return, to the discretion of Mr. Knolles and himself His young son is dead. Dec. 15. 14- Sir Wm. Keyllwey to Cecill. Causes of delay of Mr. Worsley's Portsmouth, passage ; he departed on Tuesday. Arrival of Sir Hugh Poulet with the treasure in his charge, who with the French will embark on the morrow. Dec. 1 5 (?) 15. Account, by Sir Wm. Keyllwey, of treasure received of Sir Hugh Poulet, for the service of Newhaven. Dec. 17. 16. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to Cecill. Embarkation of Sir Hugh Poulet, Portsmouth, in the Aid, with the Frenchmen, to the number of 300. Order for transporting Mr. Tremayne's cavalry. Dec. 18. 17. List of the Gentlemen Pensioners and Gentlemen at Arms. Dec 19 1^- -A-Ccount of the charges of a new block-house erected at Upnor, upon Gillingham Water, but not yet completed. Dec 20 1^- Windebank to Cecill. Urges the selection of Mr. Nowell to Strasbourg, have charge of Mr. Cecill, and for his own recal. Dec. 20. 20. Peter Kemp to same. Transactions at Burleigh. Has delayed Burleigh. the election of the Burgesses of Stamford. The parson of Thorpe Achurch is dead. Dec. 23. 21. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to same. The Phcenix has been obliged by Portsmouth, contrary winds to put back. Arrangements necessary for victualling the ships. Dec 23 22. John Young to same. Execution of a plot laid by Mons. Gaskin, Kye. ' to surprise the Castle of Dieppe. Bicarvele, the Governor, slain ; and Gaskin now keeps the Castle for the King. 214 . DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. Vol. XXVI. 1562. •Dec. 24'. 23. The Queen to Lord Wentworfch and the Sheriff of Norfolk. Direc- tions to send 600 soldiers by sea to Newhaven. 100 pioneers to be also provided for that place. Dec. 25. 24, List of stores to be provided and bought for supply of New- haven. Dec. 25. 25. John Young to Sir Wm. Cecill. Nevs^s from Dieppe. Particulars Bye. of an action between the forces of the Prince and 500 Spaniards, at a place called Chartres. M. Montgomeri has not yet come 'to Dieppe. Dec. 28. 26. Windebank to Cecill. Both Mr. Cecill and himself wish they were in England. Germany is not the place to acquire the accom- plishments of a gentleman. Dec. 30. 27. List of the Queen's ships now serving on the seas. Dec. 31. 28. Sir William Keyllwey to Cecill. Francis Clarke has brought Portsmouth, with hi]n into Falmouth a Spanish vessel laden with wool, and other vessels with fruit and wine. Dec. 29. Estimate of a proportion of provender for 300 horses, for four months. 1562 ? 30. Statement of the prices of bay and white salt, from the year 1544 to 1562, with names of the Lord Mayors of London for those years. 81. Resolution made at a Chapter holden by the Office of Arms, at the Embroiderers Hall, in London, as to crests and cognizances to be borne by heiresses, either maids, wives, or widows. 32. Account of the rental of the manor of Farsett, co. Huntingdon, vrith summary of the customs and privileges of the manor. Lat. 33. Extract from the Court roll of the manor of Farsett, of the lease granted to Rose Henson, and Richard Henson and Agnes his wife. Lat. 34. Mr. Tarn worth's declaration of the names of such persons as have not paid their farms and tenths due at Michaelmas, in the county of Lincoln. Lat. 35. Note of armour and ammunition wanting in certain counties, required to be supplied from the Queen's store. 36. Note to the' same effect, with similar requisitions for other counties. 87. Estimate of prices of corslets, harquebuses, and pistolets. 38. A note of the prices of armour, signed by Cecill. 89. Duplicate of the above. 40. Account of debts due upon specialties in the Court of Wards and Liveries ; arranged alphabetically. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 215 1562? Vol. XXVI. 41. Brief abstract of the heads of the Commission for Ecclesiastical Causes. 42. Copy of the above. 43. Indenture and Charter-party between the Queen and Thomas Lodge, Lord Mayor, and others, citizens of London, for setting forth two ships, the Mynyon and Prymrose, to pass, sail, and traific in the parts of Africa and Ethiopia. 44. Points of difference between the covenants last made for the voyage to Africa and the present voyage, there being now only two ships, the Mynyon and the Prymrose. 45. Note of the covenants between the Queen and the Merchants Adventurers, trading to the coast of Africa. 46. Brief declaration of the value of the manors and possessions of the honour of Leicester, in the Duchy of Lancaster. Lat. 47. Memoranda, in Cecill's hand, of expenses of an army of 8,000 horse and 13,000 foot. 48. Brief declaration of the estate of inheritance of John de Vere, late Earl of Oxford, with limitations to various branches of Hs family. 49. Extent of Knight's Fees belonging to John de Vere, late Earl of Oxford, in various counties. 50. An order, by Sir Wm. CeciU, for the exercises and studies of Edward de Vere, the young Earl of Oxford, a minor. 51. Kental of divers manors and tenements in the counties of Essex, Cambridge, Chester, Northampton, and Warwick, the jointure of the late Countess of Oxford. 1563. Jan. 1. Portsmouth. Jan, 2. Jan. 6. Portsmouth. Jan. 7. Portsmouth. Jan. 7. Portsmouth. Vol. XXVII. Januaey—February, 1563. 1. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to Sir Wm. Cecill. Arrival of a Breton vessel from Morlaix, laden with wines. Other vessels with similar lading expected. News from Dieppe. 2. Sir Wm. Cecill to the Sheriff of Lincoln. Thanks for being elected to represent them in Parliament. Declines the honour ; but is willing to aid and assist whoever they may elect instead of him. [Much defaced.'] 3. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to CeciU. Complaint against Francis Clarke, for taking two Portug-uese ships. The packet of letters detained above 20 days. 4. Geoffrey Vaughan to Lord Adm. Clynton. The bands of Mr. Tre- mayne were shipped with all their horses and furniture the preceding day. 5. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to Cecill. Tremayne's band of soldiers em- barked ; are under sail on their way to Newhaven. 216 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1563. Jan. 8. Portsmouth. Jan. 8. Sliene, Jan: 8. Jan. 9. Portsmouth. Jan. 10. Portsmouth. Jan. 10 Burleigh. Jan. 11. Jan. 11. Jan. 11. Jan. 12. Portsmouth. Jan. 16. Portsmouth. Jan. 17. Jan. 19. Burleigh. Jan. 20. Jan. 20. Jan. 20. Jan. 21. Burleigh. , Vol. XXVn. 6. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to Sir Wm. Cecill. Departure of the Queen's ships for Newha.ven. Has bargained with the Breton vessel for her cargo of sack ; but the merchant will not discharge it at Newhaven. 7. Countess of Lennox and Angus to Cecill. Complains of the hard iisage she and her husband sustain after their submission to the Queen. Eequests leave to retire to the country whence they derive their support. 8. The Queen to the Sheriffs of various counties. To levy and raise 100 labouring men in each, to serve as pioneers at Newhaven. 9. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to Cecill. Mr. Casselin is very desirous to have a jjortion of the sack bought of the Breton merchant. 10. Same to same. The ships for Newhaven put back by reason of contrary winds ; also the Portuguese ship laden with oranges, one of Francis Clarke's prizes. 11. Peter Kemp to same. Payment of rents. Progress of works at Burleigh. 12. List of Knights of Shires and Burgesses returned to serve in the Parliament, at Westminster. 13. Tho. Windebank to Cecill. Gives his opinion that Mr. The. Cecill should return, as it hath pleased God to take away CeciU's younger son. Conversation with Otto Franciscus Ottomanus, on. French affairs. 14. Same to Lady Cecill. Condoles with her on the death of her youngest son. 15. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to Cecill. Complains of the dilatory conduct of the Admiral in sailing for Newhaven. Suggests that a light boat should be dispatched weekly from Newhaven, with letters, 16. Same to same. The Admiral has not yet set sail for Newhaven. This delay proceeds from some wilfulness or bad advice. 17. Countess of Lennox and Angus to same. She does not blame him for the slow progress of her suits to the Queen, on the contrary, she has just cause to thank him for his advocacy. 18. Peter Kemp to same. Transactions at Burleigh. [Much defaced.] 19. Certificate of the number of strangers, of all nations, remaining within the City of London, the Borough of Southwark, and the suburbs. 20. Duplicate of the above. 21. Notes in the handwriting of Sir Wm. Cecill, briefly refeniug to various persons and matters. 22. Peter Kemp to Cecill. Particulars of receipts and disbursements on his account at Burleigh. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 217 1563. Jan. 22. Jan. 22. Jan. 23- Jan. 26. Jan. 27. Portsmouth. Jan. 28. Jan. 28. Vol. XXVII. 23. Resolution of the House of Commons, that the Burgesses for Tregony, St. Germain's, and St. Mawe's, Cornwall, Tamworth, in Statibrdshire, and Stockbridge, Hants, shall repair to the House and shew Letters Patents why they are returned to serve in the present Parliament. 2i. Notes of proceedings in Parliament (temp. Jac. I.) relative to the boroughs above named. 25. Sir Owen Hopton to the Council. Sends the depositions of Robert Garrerde as to slanderous words spoken by one Ed. [Baxter ?] against the Queen. Baxter sent to Melton gaol. [Much defaced.] 26. Memorandum, in the hand-writing of Sir Wm. CeciU, of the charges of the force at Newhaven. 27. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to CeciU. Measures for victualling the pioneers. Francis Clarke has removed from St. Helen s, and is offended at the detention of his prize. Report of a defeat of the Guises. 28-30. Probates of the wills of William Lambe of Buttisbury, 1474 ; Alan Lambe of Finchley, 1549 ; and of James Lambe, clerk. Vicar of Henham, Essex, 1563. 31. Charter of Incorporation of the Merchant Venturers [Adven- turers] of the city of Exeter. John Peter, the elder, to be the first Master; and Wm. Hurst, John Mydwinter, Gilbert SayM^ell, and Simon Knyght, to be the first four Wardens of the same. Jan. 28. 32. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to Cecill. Certificate of victuals at Newhaven. Portsmouth. Movement of the nobility, particularly of the two Dukes of Medina, against the Inquisitors of Spain. Arrival of Fr. Clarke at Newhaven. Jan. 28 (?) 33. Speech in Parliament, setting forth the claims of the issue of Lady Frances Grey, daughter of Mary the French Queen, to the succession of the Grown of England ; and excluding the claim of Mary Queen of Scots. 34. Another copy of the above. Jan. 28. 35. Addresses of both Houses of Parliament to the Queen, that she would dispose herself to marry ; and that she would settle the succes- sion of the Crown in case she should die without issue. 36. Answer of the Queen to the above ; delivered to Mr. Speaker Williams. 37. Copies of the above. Jan. 29. 38. Tho. Cecill to his father. His arrival at Antwerp. Desires to Antwerp. hear from him, as he was in doubt what to do. Is more desirous to return and see him than to re- visit Germany. Fr. Jan. 30. 39. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to Cecill. Muster of labourers for New- Portsmouth, haven, who will be embarked forthwith. Slanderous reports circu- lated by persons returned from Newhaven, concerning wages due to them 218 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. Vol. XXVn. 1563. Jan. 31. 40. Articles of Eeligion agreed on by the Archbishops, Bishops, and Clergy of the Eealm, in Convocation at London, for avoiding of diversity of opinions, and establishing of consent touching true religion. Jan. 31. 41. Another copy of the above, differing in the enumeration of the Canonical books. Jan. 31. 42. Articles of Religion (as above) agreed upon by the Archbishops and Bishops of both Provinces, and the whole Clergy, in the Convoca- tion holden at London, in the year 1562. Reprinted by command of King Charles II., with his royal declaration prefixed thereunto. Jan, (?) 48. Minutes from divers Statutes touching the breeding, keeping, and exporting of horses. Jan. (?) 44. Bill for regulating the importation and exportation of merchan- dize at the sea-ports of the realm. Ja,n. 45. Message from the Queen to the House of Commons. Explaining her former message in the matter of the succession. Jan. (?) 46. Bill for repealing part of the Act 25 Hen. VIIL, touching the office of Faculties and Dispensations, and limiting the granting of the same. Jan. (?) 47. Bill for reformation of " the abuse that cometh by impropria- "tions." Feb. 1. ■^8. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to CecilL Begs to be informed of the time Portsmouth, fixed for the return of Sir Adrian Ponynges to his charge at Ports- mouth. Has given directions for the daily muster of the pioneers. The 200 from Hertford and Essex are left in charge of the con- ductors. Skirmish near Newhaven. Feb. 1 . '^9. Same to the Council. Stores of various sorts, delivered to John Portsmouth. Vaughan, have been brought into the Armoury at Portsmouth. Arrival of labourers from Herts and Essex. Feb. 3. 50. Countess of Lennox and Angus to Cecill. Herself and her Sackvilie Place. Lord cannot reckon themselves fully restored to the Queen s favor, unless they be admitted to her presence. Requests him to intercede with the Queen to that effect. Feb. 8. 51. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to same. The victuallers have sailed for Portsmouth. Newhaven. The Earl of Warwick has requested him to discharge Francis Clarke's prize ; desires directions therein. Has given orders for merchant ships in Southampton Water and off the Isle of Wight not to be molested. Feb. 8. 52. Same to same. The labourers were shipped and out of sight Portsmouth, before he received the Council's letters. Will execute their orders on the next opportunity. Feb. 10. 63. Th6 Queen to Sir Wm. Keyllwey. to Sir N. Throkmorton. Warrant to deliver 14,000L DOMESTIC — ELIZABETPI. 219 1563. Feb. 10. Poi'tsmouth. Feb. 10. Feb. Jl. Eye. Feb. 11. Barleigli. Feb. 13. Eye. Feb. 13. Portsmouth. Feb. 14. Feb. 15. Feb. 15. Portsmouth. Feb. 16. Antwerp. Feb. 16. Kye. Vol. XXVn. 54. Sir Wm Keyllwey to Sir Wm. Cecil]. The proclamation, dated Westminster, Feb. 8, has been solemnly proclaimed by sound of trumpet; and forwarded to other post towns. The shipping of Merchant Strangers have been favourably dealt with. The ships with the labourers being driven back by stress of weather, he will now execute his former orders. \Th,e proclamation here alluded to was " against " suche as did helpe the Frenchmen to rob and take divers ships and " merchandise of the King of Spaine, and of divers other Merchants '■' Sfrctngers.''~\ 55. Information by Cuthbert Berwieke against Sir Kobert Brandling concerning the fraudulent conveying away of one Matthew Ellison. 56. John Young to Cecill. Return of the ships with the 200 pioneei's, except 26 of them who had been left on shore at Dieppe, where they remain. •57 Peter Kemp to same. Receipts and disbursements on his account. Planting of young trees. Deer brought to the park at Burleigh. Cecill's mother is in good health. 58. Ric. Overton to same. Has mustered the labourers, and found onl}^ 108 out of the 200. Payment which he has made after taking the muster. More money required. 59. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to same. Has discharged 100 of the labourers ; the others are paid and re-embarked. Has also paid for the sack pur- chased by order. The Queen's ships stayed at Portsmouth. tJO. Estimate of the value of the hulls, tackle, equipments, stores, &c. of the Queen s ships called the Brigandine and Flower de Luce, at their departure for Rouen. 61. Sir Eic. Sakevyle to Cecill. The Comptroller is content to be bf)und with the others. On the same paper : Draft . in Ceciirs hand. The Queen to Mr. Comptroller (Sir Edw. Rogers), requiring him to enter into a joint bond with the Lord Treasurer and Under Treasurer, for "repayment of 10,000/. borrowed of the City of London for the service at Newhaven. h-1. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to Cecill. Has made the payments mentioned iu his letter, without express warrant. The victuallers are daily demanding money. 63. Dr. John Dee (the mathema-tician) to same. Has stuclied certain St. James's. Dr. Robert Weston, Dean of the Arches, and others. Constituting them Commissioners to enquire into complaints of piratical de- predations committed at sea on the subjects of the King of Spain. Lat. Nov. 10. 1^- -Account of the remain of armour in the Queen's several armouries. Nov. 20 l^- Note of the. charges that Her Majesty is at in the castles and bulwarks within the Cinque Ports. Nov. 20. 20. Memorial of the Merchant Adventurers to the Council. Have at gxeat expense provided ships for the newly established route to Medea and Persia. Request that William Bond and his partners be restrained fom trading to the Narve. Nov. 25. 21. Answer of William B^ond and John Foxall, merchants, to the bill of complaint exhibited against them and others, to the Privy Council, by the Company of Merchant Adventurers. Nov. 25. 22- -Answer of Bond and Foxall to articles exhibited against them by the Governors, &c. of the Merchant Adventurers. Showing that the traffic of the said Bond and Foxall to the Narve is in no way prejudicial to that Company. Nov. 25. 23. Replication of the Governors, &c. of the Merchant Adventui-ers to the above answer of Bond, Foxall, and others, trading to the Narve. j^Q^ 24. Notes concerning the exportation of cloths by English and foreigners by the Merchants of the Stillyard, and the importation of goods from the Low Cotmtries. jfoy. 25. Account of the yearly value of aU the manors, lands, and here- ditaments in the counties of Wilts and Berks, being the possessions of Sir Francis Englefyld, now seized into the Queen's hands, with the annuities and pensions payable out of the same. Dec. 3. 26. Tabular account of the lands and revenues of Edw. Earl of Oxford, by Mr. Wiseman, the Auditor. Lat. DOBIESTIC— ELIZABETH. ^f47 Vol.. XXXV. 1564. Dec. 9. 27. The Queen to the Lord Chief Justice and Sohcitor General ■Westminster. Directing them to assist and advise the Earl of Sussex, in holding a Court for redressing disorders within the forest of Windsor, and for preservation of the vert and venison there. Dec. 10. 28. Company of the Merchant Adventurers to the Council. Me- morial concerning the course of trade and commerce to various countries in Europe and other parts of the world. Dec. 12. 29. Marq. Winchester to Sir Wm. CecUl. Concerning the appli- cation of the Merchants of the Stillyard and the Merchant Strangers to ship cloths. 1564 ? 30. An estimate of the charges for the Office of the Armoury within the Tower of London, and in divers other places. 31. Duplicate of part of the above, with an additional article, and an account of decayed armour. 32. Account of all such armour as was received by the Master Gimner of Portsmouth, of divers captains that came from New- haven. 33. Reasons for withholding the restitution of commercial mter- course with Antwerp, and for restraint of foreign traffic. 34. Note of the customs levied in France on wines. 35. List of names of all persons to whom William Flower, Norroy King at Arms, has granted arms since he was created Norroy. 36. Licence to John Dunning and Wm. Haynes the Queens Purveyor of Sea Fish, to bring into the reahn aU manner of cod-fish and lings, and other fish commonly called green fish or green cod, in barrels or casks. 37. Note of the several commodities brought into the realm from divers foreign parts. 38. Bond of the late Dr. Cuthbert Scott, of Finchingfield, Essex, to remain within twenty miles distant of that place, and to make his personal appearance before the Commissioners Ecclesiastical when duly summoned. 39. Regulations for the customers and collectors and theii- deputies, in every creek and port, as to entries and subsidy to be taken of all cloths, wares, and merchandise exported from the realm. » 40. Request of the Merchant Adventurers to Guinea to have two of the Queen's good ships, the Minion and the Primrose, placed at their disposal. Her Majesty to receive a third part clear of the gains of their voyage. 41. Account of divers parcels of silver and gold plate given by the Queen to several Ambassadors, and at various christenings. 248 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1664? Vol. XXXV. 42. William Carre to Sir Wm. Cecill. Thanking him for his patronage. Lat. 43. Latin verses, addressed to Sir Wm. Cecill, by John Studley. 44. Notes concerning the tenure of Her Majesty's manors of New- bury and Cosham. 45. Bartholomew Dodington to Sir Wm. Cecill. Complimentary, and thanking him for favours shown whilst at the University. The whole academy deeply indebted to him for procuring the exemption of the University from public burdens and securing to them the favour of the Queen. Gr. 46. Tho. Richmond, John 01am, "Wm. Olyfe, and others, to Tho. Sackford, Master of Requests, on behalf of themselves and others, prisoners at Feccamp, to aid the suit of John Redman in raising money for their ransom. 47. Names of Justices of Assize, with their shires : probably in 1564. 1565. Jan. 15. Jan. 20. Jan. 24. Jan. 25. Jan. 25. Jan. 28. Wliaddon. Jan. 30. Salisbury. Vol. XXXVI. January— July, 1565. 1. Survey of the manor of Ernewood, co. Salop, taken by Roger Taverner, by warrant from the Marq. of Winchester, Sir Ric. Sakevyle, and Sir Walter Mildmay. 2. Complaint of English merchants trading to Iceland, that one Sjrmonde Surback holds the Island of Westmonege of the King of Denmark, and prevents their trade there. 3. Note of a memorial to be presented to Sir Wm. Cecill, concerning the English merchants at Emden. 4. Articles declaring the commocUty or discommodity that the Queen may have in using or forbidding the traffic at Emden. 5. Another copy of the above. 6 Arthur Lord Grey of Wilton to CeciLl. The debt claimed by the Marquis de Nesle, as due to him by Lord Grey's late father, was paid to Nichs. Tremayne, as will appear by his acquittance. 7. Bishop Jewell to same. Reasons which prevented him from maldng a shorter answer to Harding's book. Desires not to be called .to preach before the Queen jn the ensuing Lent. DOMESTIC—ELIZABETH. 249 1565. Jan. Feb. 1. Feb. 1. Feb. 7. Feb. 9. London. Feb. 10. Vol. XXXVI. 8. Note of all such sums as remain unpaid in the Exchequer, upon warrants. 9. Names of persons to whom arms have been granted by Garter King at Arms, in the first year of the Queen's reig-n ; also of persons and corporate bodies to whom arms have been given by consent of the Duke of Norfolk. 10. Note of arms granted by Clarencieux King at Arms, since the Duke of Norfolk's order to the contrary. 11. List of persons to whom patents for armorial bearings have been issued by Clarencieux King at Arms, from the 1st to the 7th of EKzabeth. 12. Memorial of Cornelius de Alneto, alias Lannoy, to the Queen. Offering to produce for Her Highness' iise 50,000 marks of pure gold yearly, on certain conditions. Lat. 1 3. Cornelius de Lannoy, alias de Alneto, to the Queen. Shows that he has acquired great skill in the transmutation of metals, and repeats the offers made in the preceding. Lat. 14. Stephen Bagat to Sir Wm. Cecill. Particulars of the receipts from the Earl of Oxford's lands at the manor of Acton Trussel, Staflbrdshire. Feb. 1-3. ^3- Special Commission by the Queen, appointing Sir Francis Westminster. KnoUys, Sir Ambrose Cave, Sir John Mason, and others. Commissioners for examination of persons committing murders, burglaries, and other felonious offences. Feb. 13. Feb. 17. Feb. 20. Feb. 23. Feb. 2Ji. Feb. 16. Account of the whole reraain of the Queen's armour within her several armouries at the Tower, Greenwich, Westminster, and Hampton Court. 17. The Queen to the Attorney General. Order for suspending certain ordinances lately made in Parliament for opening the inter- course of merchandise with the Low Countries. 18. Accoimt of ordnance wanted within the Ottice of Ordnance, for supply of the Queen's ships. 19. Note of broken ordnance of brass remaining in the hands of the Queen's gun-founders ; also of the copper and bell metal in the Ordnance Office. 20. The Queen to Mr. Justice Brown. Directs him to hold the next Justice Court of the Forest of Waltham, in place of the Earl of Sussex, who cannot attend at that time ; and minute of same letter to Mr. Attorney, for Windsor Forest. 21. Dr. Lewes to Cecill. Desires directions as to cancelling the re- cognizances of John Vaughan. 250 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH . 1565. Feb. Marcli 14. The Tower. March 14. Northampton. March 20. Keswick. March 20. March 25. March 26. March 31.j March 31. March 31. April 7. April 9. April 15. Cambridge. Vol. XXXVI. 22. Estimate of charges for the representation of various plays and masques before the'Court, at Windsor Castle and Richmond, in several years from 1563 ; amounting in the whole to 444Z. lis. Sfd Indorsed " for the revels." 23. John Fecknam, Priest, to Sir Wm. Cecill. Forwards the correspondence between himself and the Bishop of Winchester touching the Queen's supremacy, in which he requested to be in- structed on that point by authority of the Scriptures, Doctors, and General Councils. 24. Justices of Northampton to Sir Wm. Cecill and Sir Walter Mildmay. The inhabitants of the hundred of Neasabrough refuse to supply provisions for the Queen's household. Eequest to have some special warrant to compel them. 25. Tho. Thurland, Master of the Savoy, to Cecill. Has received his letters, with the report and assay of the copper ore. The report made by those who assayed it is incorrect. 26. Proclamation against forcibly ,. resisting process issued out of sundry Courts of Record. 27. Fair copy of the above, with farther corrections. 28. Sir Ric. Malorye, Lord Mayor of London, to Cecill. Informs him of the regulations made for the sale of butter, eggs, and butchers meat in the city. Incloses, 28. I. Recognizance for keeping a victualli/ng house in the city of London. 29. Account of ordnance and munitions to be provided for supply of the Office of Ordnance. 30. " Estimate for the funeralles of y" Lady Marques " of [North- ampton]. Containing particulars of many curious items incidental to the funeral of a personage of high rank. 31. Account of the debts of the Lady Marques, amounting to 1,879/. 6s. 8cl 32. Memorandum of instructions, by Humphry Marbury, addressed to his cousin, Marbury, for purchasing certain quantities of grain in France. 33. Sir Walter Mildmay to Cecill. Has forwarded the indentm-es between the Queen and Mr. Bashe, drawn according to agreement. Recommends sending Parkinson, the butcher, to Berwick. 34. Alexander Fitz Jeifrey to same. Assures him of his devotion to his service, and of his desire to fulfil the charge with which he has been entrusted. Lat. 35. Lord Edward Seymaur to same. Thanks him for his patronage and for recommending him to the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. Lat. DOMESTIC — ^ELIZABETH. 251 Vol. XXXVI. 1565. April 14. ^^- Bishop Horn to Sir Wm. CeciU. Has Mnritten to the Earl of FarnhamCastle. Leicester a reply to Mr. Fecknam's book. Sends Cecill a copy of the letter. Incloses, 36. I. Bp. Horn to the. Earl of Leicester. Observations on the con- ference between himself and Mr, Fecknam, the Priest, and on the Tifiisrepresentations which the latter has •published of that matter. Farnham, IMh April 1565. 37. Rio. Tracy to same. The Holy Scriptures command the people to root out and destroy images. Recommends that the Queen should forbid any graven image to be placed, or tapers to be lighted, on any altar. April 17. April 17. Mohuns Ottery. April 17. Mohxins Ottery. April 20, April 28. April 28. April* April. against 38. Sir Peter Carew to the Council. Services of his ships pirates. Arrest of a hulk of Stukeley's in Cork Haven. Unsuccessful attack on the pirates Haydon, Lysyngham, Corbet, and others, who had withdrawn into a castle belonging to O'Sullivan Beer, at Beer Haven, in Ireland. Disbursements he has made from his own purse. The sale of the hulk, as ordered, would not produce half the amount of wages due. 39. Same to Cecill. States the circumstances of service performed by the ships which he fitted out for sea for the apprehension of pirates. Has received command to deliver the hulk to one John Peterson, a Fleming. Incloses, 39. I. Account of charges of three ships sent out of the west parts by Sir Peter Garevj, furnished, with 246 men, for appre- hending pirates. 2 May {sic). 40. Certificate, by Sir Ric. Malorye, Lord Mayor, Sir Wm. Garrard, and Lionell Duckett, of depositions by John Bradbury and Tho. Wilson., beer brewers, in favoru" of the furnaces invented and set up for them by one Sebastian Brydigonne, a German. 41. Instructions by Tho. Bentham, Bishop of Lincoln, to Mr. Sale, for his better proceeding in visitation of the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield ; with articles addressed to the churchwardens and clergy of that diocese,.,for regulating ecclesiastical matters. At the end is a list of ministers 'and deacons admitted in 1567 and 1569. 42. Copy of the above, except the list of ministers and deacons. 43. Grant of discharge to Thomas Thurland, Master of the Savoy, , Daniel Hechstetter, and others, from aU fifteenths, tenths, and other impositions during the first beginning of their operations in mineral matters, according to indenture of the 10th of October last. 44. Remembrance, by George Gilpin, to Mr. John Shares, to forward the proposal of certain persons to make salt of salt by a new and imusual process, without prejudice to a former grant to Francis Barty. In a P.S. States the name of the party requiring the placaart to be Mr. Buckholt. Will carry his own grant for erectijig furnaces into execution. 252 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1565. May 2. May 2. Bodmyn. May 7. May 8. May 12. May 12. May 12. [May 12?] May 20. May 22. Cambridge. Vol. XXXVI. 45. Tho. Duke of Norfolk to Sir Win. Cecill. Forwards a letter received from the Earl of Arundel. Incloses, is. I. Earl of Anmdel to the JDuke of Norfolk. Returns a certain ivriting with hds reasons for not subscribing it. Nonsuch, ' 2d May 1565. 46. P. Edgecomb to same. Detail of measures adopted by the Lqrd Warden of the Stannaries of Devon and Cornwall, as to the Queen's prerogative of the pre-emption of tin. 47. Margaret Countess Dowager of Oxford to same (as Master of the Wards). Desires that part of the inheritance of her son, the present Earl of Oxford, may be set apart for his maintenance during his minority. 48. Winchester to same. Forwards a letter from the Earl of Bedford as to the Queen's commissions. Mr. Sakevyle has the commissions for Northumberland and Cumberland. 49. Wm. Humfi'ey to same. Finds the Almains complain of his report of the stone and "marquesyte ;" particulars of the assay made by him. Importation of Flemish angels to all quarters of the realm continues. 50. Statement of allegations made by the Mayor, &c. of Chichester, for pulling dowii certain wears for the preservation of the haven there ; with the answer of the Bishop of Chichester. 51. A brief declaration concerning the matter of the wears in Chichester Haven, on behalf of the Bishop of Chichester. 52. Report by Sir Wm. Strickland to Cecill, of the condition of some of the piers and havens in Yorkshire. 53-55. Statements of the Queen's debts, and of sums owing to her, under various heads. , 56. Dr. Robt. Beaumont to Cecill. Forcet is too young for admis- sion, and Cutlerd is not forward enough. Mr. Barrowgh's licence to practise physic was against the statutes of the University. High pi-ice of grain in Cambridge market, " to the pinching of poore scholers « bellies." Mav '>'' (T) ^^' Extract from the statutes of the University relative to p^;actising J -^^ w piiygic^ with reference to the case of Mr. Barrowgh. May 23. May 26. 58. Wm. Humfrey to Cecill. Explains his former report, relative to the copper ore. Reports on some Scotch ore. Lead land to let in Northumberland. 59. Thos. Thurland, and Daniel Hechstetfcer to same. Have found copper ore containing silver, in certain places in Cumberland. Request to have warrant from the Queen to bring in 300 or 400 foreign work- men to work it. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 253 Vol. XXXVI. 1.565. May .30. 60. Memorial addressed by Anthony Jenckynson to the Queen, on the navigation of the Northern seas. Urges the probability of the existence of a north-west passage, from the fact of a unicorn's head having been discovered on the island of Vagatts, near the mouth of the river Obbe. May 31. 61. Proclamation against the currency of certain foreign pieces of gold, stamped like to English angels, or to pass only as bullion. July. 62. Grant by the Queen to Tho. Thurland and Daniel Hechstetter (Houghsetter), to fell and appropriate, within Her Majesty's woods, timber sufficient to construct the buildings necessary for smelting all ores of gold, silver, copper, quicksilver, &c. within certain counties. May (?) 63. Account of jewels sent by Baptist Spinola to his brother Pasqual Spinola, in Flanders, to be sold there. Items of disbursements for Lord Cobham, and for the funerals of " my Lady Marques " [of Northampton] at Blacldriars. Mav f1) ^^- ^^- Lawrence Humfrey, President Mag. Coll., Oxford, to the Bishops. Against the apparel now ordered to be adopted : the mass wiU follow, &c. Condemns the evil tendency of introducing Popish practices into the English Church. June i. 65. " A summarie of the consultation and advice given by the " Lordes and others of the Privye Counsell, collected out of the sundrye " and severall speaches of the said Counsellors," on the questions a.s to what peril might arise to the Queen, on the marriage of the Queen of Scots with the Lord Darnley. June 17 (?) 66. [Earl of Sussex] to the Queen. Complains of the conduct of the Earl of Leicesterj who, notwithstanding Her Majesty's injunction that neither should ijaolest each other, has assembled great bands of armed men to wajday him. June 18 67. Dr. Rob. Beaumont to CeciU. Complains of the excessive Cambridge, exportation of corn from the neighbourhood of Cambridge, especially from Lynn. Requests that authority may be given for stay of all corn within five miles of the University. June 24 68. Wm. Lord Cobham to same. Touching head money demanded by the officers of Dover and Sandwich. Dover can only contribute 1 OOl. towards repair of their haven. June 25. 69- Earl of Leicester and Sir Wm. CeciU to Dr. Beaumont. In reply to his letter relative to the exportation of grain from Cambridge, which shall be stayed until further order can be taken. June. 70. A note of silver and gold monies coined since January 1563-4. June ^^' ^'^W of the above, in other numerals. jyjjg 72. Indenture between Cornelius de Vos on the one part, and others on the part of the Queen, for the working of all manner of mines or ores of alum, copperas, or the " lycoiu-s " of them, specially within the Isle of Wight. 254 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. Vol. XXXVI. 1565. July 2. 73. Wm. Humfrey to Sir Wm. Cecill. ConcerniBg the working of copper mines; and recommends an Almain engineer, who can raise water one hundred fathoms high, by a newly invented engine. July 5. 74. Estimate of the charges of one hundred men to serve the Queen, in the ship Ayde, and stores for the same. July 10. 75. Note of money received at various dates by Willm. Cocke, for the Earl of Oxford's use. July 13. '^6. Indictment of G. Berye, of New Romney, and others, for piracy committed off the North Foreland, in Kent, within the jurisdiction of the Cinque Ports. July [14.1 *^'^' Proclamation for all persons bound to maintain horses, and ^Greenwich.] geldings for light horsemen, to have the same in readiness for the musters. Julv 15 '^^' Msino^^'U'lum of persons chargeable imder the statute of Queen Mary, with keeping horses and armour. July 15. *^^- C!opy of the above. July 15. Canterbury. July 16. July 18. July 22. July 22. Cologne. July 23. July 24. Julv 27. 80. Sir Roger Manwood to Cecill. Has examined the charter of the Cinque Ports, and finds that they are discharged, among other ex- emptions, "deprestociomfeus," which he considers to mean "of loans;" also of aids, contributions, talliages, &c. 81. Wm. Humfrey to same. Ireland is rich in minerals, battery works in England. Observations on the supposition that Solicits the privilege of introducing 82. Same to same. New suitors have arisen for a grant of the miues in Ireland, as Mr. Spendelo,' Sir Thos. Chaloner and Cornelius De Vos. Hopes they may not prejudice his suit for the same. Could make the grant thereof worth some thousands of pounds to Cecill and to the Earl of Leicester. 83. Same to same. Reasons for his having mentioned the islands of Lambay on the coast of Ireland, in the articles of grant of mines which he solicited. Objects to the introduction of Mr. John ChaUenor, in his grant. 84. Charles Utenhovius to same. Professes his admiration of his virtues. Describes the studies in which he is engaged, Lat. 85. Note of monies paid to Sir Thomas Chaloner. 86. Declaration of sale of the advowsons of certain rectories, vicarages, and other spiritual promotions by virtue of commission directed to Wm. Marq. of Winchester, Sir Willm. Petre, Sir Richard Sakevyle, and Sir Walter Mildmay. 87. Commission for Thos. Thurland and Daniel Hechstetter to apprehend disorderly persons employed by them in the mines. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH, 255 1565. July 28. July 28. JiQy 29. Eichmond. Jiily 30. JvdySl Eichmond July. July. July. Vol. XXXVI. 88. Commission to certain noblemen and gentlemen to take view and muster of aU manner of horses and geldings -which any person within the shire, liberty, franchise, corporate town, or other place, is bound to maintain ; and to make certificate thereof accordingly. 89. List of noblemen and gentlemen Commissioners for mustering horses in various counties. 90. The Queen to Lord Wentworth, Sir Francis Jobson, Sir Tho. Gresham, Ric. Onslow, and Edward Randolph, Esquires. Authorizes them to take muster and view of horses and geldings in the county of Middlesex. 91. Tho. Thurland to Sir Wm. CeciU. Sends him a piece of ore from Borrowdale, which he is glad to say is to be procured plentifully. Has been arrested for debt. He is impoverished by the prosecution of his search for minerals. 92. The Queen to the Lord Mayor of London and others. To take view and muster of all manner of horses and geldings within the city and liberties of London. 93. Grant by the Queen to Francis Bei-tie, a stranger born, of the exclusive privilege of making white salt, for 20 years. 94. Indenture between the Queen and Francis Bertie, of Antwerp, for the granting him exclusive privilege of manufacturing white salt, for the term of 20 years. 95. Offers of Mr. Daniel Hechstetter, touching his suit and petition for privilege of waterworks for draining mines, &c., to form a com- pany for the same, and to give certain shares to the Earls of Pem- broke and Leicester, Sir Wm. CeciU, Mr. Tam worth, and Mr. Alderman Duckett Vol. XXXVII. August— Novembee, 1565. 1565 August 7 1- Francis Chaloner to Mr. Ferres. The suit of his brother, Sir Tho. Chaloner, to the Bp. of London, for Sir Tho. Fit;?herbert, was without success. His brother has been iU of a burning fever, and made a new will, under evil influence, excluding his relations, and leaving all his lands to the bastard only. Auffust 7 2. Thos. Wakefield to CecUl. Concerning the quantity of grain Chfsterton.' transported by water from water from Cambridge, by way of Lynn. Lat. 256 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1565. August 7. Belsize. Auglist ] 5. Lyes. August 16. August 18. Jjondon. August 19. Lyes. Vol. XXXVir. 3. Ar[imgill] Waade to same. Progress of the manufacture of glass and pottery, under Cornelius de Lannoy. Clumsiness of the English glass-makers. Recommends the suits of Henric Literhows, Mr. Prestoll, and "William Herle. Incloses, 3. I. Note of payments made by Arm,. Waad to Cornelius de La/anoy on account of the glass works. 4. Lord Rich to the Queen. One of his servants being at Braintree, received from one Geoffrey Caw dwell a certain pedigree, the intention of which he does not comprehend. Incloses, 4. I. A pedigree tracing the descent of Mary Queen of Scotland, noiu married to Lord Darnly, from, Richard Plantagenet, Luke of York, and placing her in close proximity to the crown of England. 5. Wm. Humfrey to Sir Wm. Cecill. States the reason of his delay in the business of the Mint, having been engaged with the Almain, Christopher Shuts, who is bound in 10,000Z. to communicate his art in working metals. Desires to have a joint patent with him. 6. John Shers to same. in Malta. Sends news from Venice. Loss of St. Elmo, 7. Lord Rich to the Queen. Has caused the writer of the pedigree to write another copy from memory, and to state his intentions upon it. Incloses, 7. I. Copy of the pedigree of descent from Richard Bvke of York, made from 'memory. ' 7. II. Deposition of (Geoffrey Gawdwell) why he made the above pedigree and genealogy, and to what intent he directed the same to the Lord Rich : asserting it was to advance the house of the Capels of Essex. 7. III. Duplicate of the above deposition. August 19. 8. Articles for examination of Lady Mary Grey, with reference to her marriage with [Thomas Keyes], the Serjeant Porter. Augnst 19. 9. Answers of Lady Mary Grey to the above inteixogatories. August 19. 10. Examination of Tho. Keyes, the Serjeant Porter, respecting his marriage with Lady Mary Grey. August 19. 11. Examination of Mrs. Frances Goldwell, i-elative to the above tnarriage. August 19. 12. A slip of paper found with the above depositions, on which certain names are noted, \Qy. of witnesses.'\ August 20. 13. Wm. Lord Howard (Lord Chamberlain) to CeciU. Has Keigate. received his letter respecting the marriage of Lady Mary Grey with the Serjeant Porter on the evening his cousin Knollys was married. Incloses, DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 25/ L56o. Vol. XXXVII. 13. I. Confession of Frances Goldwell before Lord Howard deny- ing that any marriage had taken place between Lady Mary Qrey and the Serjeant Porter. 20 Aug, A 11 0*11 ^"f" 99 .4 *= " ■ 14. Lord Adm. Clynton and Mr. Secretary to Lord Burgh and Justices of the county of Lincoln. Touching supply of provisions for the Queen's Household. August 22. 15. Monsr. Cousin, Preacher of the French Church in London, London. ^^ Cecill. The Queen being at Richmond, intimated to him she would communicate her answer, through her Secretary, to Theodore Beza. Fr. August 22. 16. Bartholomew Clercke to same. Compliments him as the Meccenas of the University of Cambridge. Lat. August 23. 17. The Council to the Commissioners of Musters of Essex. To give order to Sir Anth. Cooke, Steward of the liberty of Havering, to muster the horses, &c. there. August 2i. 18. The Queen to William Acliff, Siieriff of Essex. To attend Lady Cecilia, daughter of the King of Sweden and married to the Marquis of Baden, if she lands in Suffolk or Essex, and to cenduct her to London. August 26. ]9_ The same to Lord Cobham. To attend the Lady Cecilia if she lands at Dover, and to conduct her on her way to London. Similar directions having been given to the Lord of Bitrgavenny. August 27. 20. Marq. of Winchester to Cecill. Sends him a remembrance of accommodation to be afforded to the Merchant Strangers. August 28. 21. Wm. Humfrey to same. Explains the cause why Hans Louver has refused to bring the art of battery into the realm. In case of his own death, he has prepared many young Englishmen to work in various branches of goldsmith's work. ifildon. ' 22. Tho. Thurland to Sir Edw. Eogers Comptroller of the House- hold, Sir Fr. KnoUys Vice-Chamberlain, and Sir Wm. Cecill. Has proposed a composition with his creditors and the executors of one Warde. Augiist 29. „,,,„„ T .,, 23. Winchester to same. Has had great calls for money, and with difficulty obtained 4,000i. of Sir Tho. Gresham. Sept. 1. 24. The Council to Mr. Hawtrey. The Queen being much offended with the Lady Mary Grey, has committed her to his custody. Direc- tions for her treatment. Sept. 1. 2.5. The Queen to Mr. John Vaughan. Directions to go to Setring- ton, and to take into his charge Cliarles Stuart, whose father, the Earl of Lennox, is at present in Scotland, and his mother in the Tower of London. R 258 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. ,,p. Vol. XXXVII. 15 bo. Ha??" h' ^^- ^^^^ Cobham to Sir Wm. Cecil!. Lady Cobham, although she ofMr.^Scott^ ^^ "^^^^ child, wiU attend the Lady Cecilia when she arrives at Dover. Eequests to know where she is to be lodged at Canterbury, his own house there being altogether unfurnished. Sept. 2. 27. Same to same. Has heard of the arrival of the Lady Cecilia, at Sir Thomas Calais, and therefore purposes to repair to Dover to receive her. Fears Kempe's house, his wife will be unable to meet her. Sept 3, 28. The Queen to Sir Henry Crispes, Sir Chr. Allen, Tho. Walsing- Wiudsor. ham. Lady Hart, Lady Finch, Lady Norton ? Lord Cobham, Sir Tho. Kemp, Sir Tho. Kempe, Tho. Wotton, Warham St. Leger, Eichard Baker, Tho. Scott, and N ? St. Leger. Commanding them to attend the Lady Cecilia on her arrival in England. 29. Sir James Croft to Thomas LoveU. Desires him to speak with Mr. Sakevyle concerning the parsonage of Kynsland ? SO. Wm. Humfrey to Cecill. Desires the commission for working mines, &c. may be in the name of himself, Christopher Shutz, Thomas Smyth, Wm. Williams, and Humfrey Cole, and that the privilege for the battery works may be kept secret for eight months. 81. Sir John Masone to same. Has received sundry letters from Sir Edward Warner since he went beyond sea. Incloses, 3L I. Sir Edwd. Warner to Sir John Masone. Vast qvMntities of corn are exported from England to those parts, especially from, Norfolk. If it be without licence, the Queen must be greatly defrauded of her customs. Middleburgh, 5 Sept. 1565. 32. Answer of Mr. Qffley, on the part of the Company of the Staple, whether the Staple should be established at Calais, Emden, or within the realm of England. 33. Copy of Court Roll of the manor of Heveningham Castle, of which the Earl of Leicester is lord, for a cottage and garden in the tenure of William Ayleston. Lat. 34. Daniel Hechstetter, Johan Louver, and Ludwig Hans, to Cecill. The progress of their works in the mines impeded for want of wood. Begs that Needham may be dispatched into Ireland to procure it. 35. Dr. Lewes, Judge of the Admiralty, to same. - To give order for restoration of the ship belonging to Agas Zibrandson, of Amsterdam. 36. Marq. of Winchester to same. Transmits form of letters to be written to Sir Tho. Gargrave and other Commissioners for seizure and management of the Earl of Lennox's lands. Measures for re- pressing the exportation of corn. Jeifrey Vaughan has been sent into Flanders for that purpose. Sept. 14. At my pore Cr6ft. Sept. 15. Sept. 16, Wyntney. Sept. 17. Sept. 18. Sept. 20. Keyswyke. Sept. 21. The Arches. Sept. 2.3. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 259 Vol. XXXVII. 1565. Sept. 28. 37. Sir James Croft to Thos. Lovell. Thanks him for his friendly advertisements. Sept. 29. 38. Sir Robert Tyrwhyt to the Council. Certificate of the persons Leightou. "who havp passed through Stilton during the last week, by post ; specifies their names. Sept. 39. A note of such things as Lady Margaret Lennox bas for her apparel and furniture in the Tower, and of the wages of her atten- dants. Sept. 40. Grant to William Humfrey, a Paymaster of the Mint, and Christopher Shutz, an Almain born, authorizing them to search for mines and smelt minerals within England and Ireland, with certain limitations. Sept. 41. Notes of certain clauses to be inserted in the above grant. Sept. ^2. Indenture between Queen EKzabeth, WiUiam Humfrey, and Christopher Shutz, for working of mines and minerals. Sept. 43. Grant to Wm, Humfrey and Chr. Shutz of the sole privilege of searching mines, &c. for discovery of the stone called lapis caiaminaria or calamine, and for erecting and setting up in England the manufac- ture of mineral and battery works. Sept. 44. Licence to "Wm. Himifrey, Chr. Shutz, Tho. Smyth, Wm. Williams, and Humfrey Cole, to dig for minerals and ores in England, with power to impress workmen, waggons, and horses. Sept. (?) 45-46. Two papers of accounts of the issues and annual income of the manors and lands belonging to the late Marchioness of Northampton ; particularly those of West and East Tansfield, co. York, and Halsted and Stansted, in co. Essex. Oct. 6. 47. Warrant for commissions under the Great Seal, for superin- tendence and care of the ports and havens of the realm, for the sup- pression of piracy, &c. [Oct. 6.] 48. Articles of instructions for suppressing pirates and other dis- orders on the coast of Norfolk, and upon other sea coasts. [Oct. 6 ?1 ^^- ^^^^ ^^ persons in several counties of England and Wales fit to act as Commissioners for care of the ports and havens thereof [Oct. 6 ?] 50. List of ports and havens in certain counties of the realm : pro- bably connected with the above. Oct. 6. 51- ^^^ Queen to the Duke of Norfolk. To repress the ingrossing of grain within the county of Norfolk, by certain Merchant Strangers. Oct. 8. 52. Wm. Humfrey to CeciU. Bequests that the commission to Mr. Shutz and himself may pass as it is now drawn. Desires Mr. Stanley may be called upon for some explanations. Oct. 8. 53. Estimate of the charge of the ship, the Saker, for a month's service at sea. r2 260 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1565. Oct. 12. St PatU's. Vol. XXXVII. 54. Bishop Grindall to Sir Wm. Cecill. Has received from, the Archbishop of Canterbury certain advertisements relative to Malta. Thinks the offering up of public thanks should be deferred for eight days, tiU the news be confirmed. 55. Bartholomew Clercke to same, devotion which he entertains for him. Assures him of the respect and Lat. Oct. 13. [3 Id. Oct.] King's College, Oct. 17. 56. Confessions and circumstantial presumptions charging William Humfrey with a robbery committed at the Treasury of the Mint ; and statement of the misdemeanor of Humfrey towards Tho. Stanley. Oct. 20 ^'^' Declaration, by Wm. Humfrey, of the manner in which he passed his time, from the 15th August to 24th September 1565, and of his several visits to the Tower within that period ; in answer to Mr. Stanley's charge. Oct. 20 (?) 58. Confession of John Bull, concerning the robbery at the Mint, committed by Bull and Mr. Humfrey, in order to do Mr. Stanley, a shrewd turn. Oct. 20. Oct. 20. Oct. 23. 59. Letters of safe conduct for the Princess of Portugal, in case of her landing in England, being on her way from Spain to the Low Countries. 60. Marq. Winchester to Cecill. Sends him a piece of gold of the size and weight of 10s., but worth no more than 3s. Gd., of which kind much will be imported if its real value be not declared by pro- clamation. 61. Certificate by Wm. Wynter, Benj. Gonson, and others, Officers of the Admiralty, for allowing the acceptance of 500Z. for use of the ship Jesus, now returned ; which had been granted to the Earls of Pembroke and Leicester, for a voyage to the coast of Afi'ica and America. Oct. 28. 62. George Lamplughe to Cecill. Progress of the Almain miners in their search for ores. Their want of wood for smelting. Eecom- mends that some restraint be made for preservation of the Queen's woods. Nov. 1. 63. Commission to Sir Edward Rogers and others, authorizing them Westminster, to examine the accounts of David Vincent, deceased, late Keeper of the Wardrobe at Hampton Court. Nov; 5. Cobham Hall. Nov. 7. Chekers. 64. Lord Cobham, Thos. Wotton, and others, to the Council. Detail their proceedings as Commissioners for Ports and Havens for the co. of Kent. Quantities of bread and grain clandestinely exported. 65. Lady Mary Grey (signed "Graye") to Cecill. Thanks for liis en- deavours to restore her to the Queen's favour. Begs him to continue his efforts. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH, 261 Vol. XXXVII. 1565. Nov. 9. 66. Sir Peter Carew to Sir Wm. Cecill. Cause of the decay of ship- Exeter, ping in. the port of Dartmouth, owing to the impost on wines. Incloses, 66. I. A o-emembrance of such sMps and harhs of the port of DaHmouth, co. Devon, as have been lost, sold, or decayed since the beginning of the iinpost on wines. Nov. 10. 67. Marq. of Winchester to same. Sends him a letter from- the Archbishop of York as to a sale of the Earl of Lennox's lands. Be- quests his opinion on it. Nov. 10. 68. Note of the places where the Earl of Oxford's evidences are deposited. Nov. 10. 69. Tho. Smyth to "Wm. Hmnfrey. Wishes he could deliver him from his unexpected tlu-aldom. Good prospect arising from the survey of mines in the North. Bargain with the Earl of Westmoreland. Nov. 10. 70. Sir Christopher Heydon and others to the Council. Have Baconsthorpe. received the commission for creeks and havens. Sir Edward Warner has since deceased. Report their proceedings. Inclosing, 70. I. A list of the several havens, creeks, and landing places in the county of Norfolk, and of the deputies appointed fo^^ the Nov. 10. Nov. 21. Westminster. Nov. 27. Nov. 29. 71. Sir Owen Hopton and others to same. Have received their comipission for ports and havens, and appointed deputies. Inclosing, 71. I. List of ports and havens in the co. of Suffolk, and of the deputies appointed to superintend them. 72. Sir Wm. Cecill to Mr. Ascham, Secretary for the Latin tongue. Requests him to turn into Latin a patent for allowance of an annual pension of 1,000 crowns, of the Lady Cecilia, daughter of the King of Sweden. 73. Wm. Humfrey to CecilL The search for calamine stone has proved a failure ; but he can procure it from abroad to carry on the battery and latten works in England. Suspects that Dan. Hechstetter and Hans Louver wish to keep that art a secret. 74. Copy of Court Roll of Anthony Daston and Anne his wife (late wife of Francis Savage, deceased,) of the manor of Aston sub Edge. Lat. Vol. XXXVIII. December, 1565. Dec 1 (?) 1- Petitions requested of Mr. Sec. Cecill, by Mr. President, that the Master of St. John's Coll. may be examined by the Vice-Chancellor, and Mr. Fulke by CJecill himself. [Indorsed by Cecill " Mr. Bohxm., Mr. Smith."] Dec. 1 (?) 2. Articles, touching the Master of St. John's (Longeworth), and Mr. Fulke ; charging the Master with receiving bribes, and Mr. Fulke with improper conduct. 262 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. Vol. XXXVIII. 1565. Dec. J (?) ^- *^'opy of the statute of St. Jolm's College, for the election of a Master. Dec. 1 (?) 4. Extracts from the statutes of several colleges in the University of Cambridge, on the election of Fellows, &c. Dec. 4. 5. Warrant to the Exchequer to pay 1,2001. a year to the Sur- Westminster. veyor, &c. of the "works, for repair of the Royal houses. Dec. 4. Certificate of the Bishop of Ely, Edmund Beaupre, and others, Commissioners for the ports and havens in the Isle of Ely, of par- ticulars of their sui'vey. \_Case A. Miz. No. 13.] Dec. 6. 6. The Queen to the Commissioners for Ports and Havens. Direc- tions to restrain the exportation of corn and grain in certain counties. Dec 8 (?) '^- Ai-ticles showing that the disorders In regard to apparel and sur- plices in St. John's College, Cambridge, have arisen by the disorderly acting and preaching of Mr. Fulke and others, making Robin Hoodes penny-worthes of their copes, and other vestments. Dec. 9. 8' Sir Chr. Heydon and others, Commissioners for Ports, to the Baconsthorpe. CouncU. Have surveyed all the ports, creeks, and landing places in CO. Norfolk, and state the results. Inclosing, 8. I. Abstract of all the schedules of surveys of ports and havens vn CO. Norfolk. 8. ii.-xiii. Twelve schedules of returns of shipping, mariners, &c. in all the ports and havens in Norfolk. 9. Sir Wm. Poulett and others to same. Forward certificate of their proceedings in survey of ports and havens in co. Dorset. Inclosing, 9. I. Certificate, by the above Commissioners, of survey of ports and havens throughout the county of Dorset. 10. Dr. Ro. Beaumont to Sir Wm. Cecill. Has answered several of his letters, and sends copy of one of them. Incloses, 10. I. Br. Beaumont to Cecill. Has laboured to get a couple of preachers into Ireland, without success. Particulars of the unhappy quarrel about ministers' ap2mrel. Dr. Hutton and Mr. Fulke' s preaching thereon. Cambridge, 6 Dec. Dec. 12. 11- I^i'"- Coortesse to same. His proceedings as to St. John's College St. John's Coll. and Mr. Fullce. Has had conference with the Vice-Chancellor Cambridge. ^y._ Stokes] and the heads of houses thereon. Mr. Whitgift is scarce indifferent. Incloses, 11. I. Articles against Mr. Richard Longeworth, President, and now Master of St. John's College, of undue election and mal-practices. 11 II. Articles against William Fulke, of St. John's College, oj disorderly conduct, particularly in the article of apparel. Dec. 12. Hook. Dec. 12. Cambridge. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 263 1565. Dec. 12. Feltwell. Dec. 13. Dec. IS. Southwick. Vol. XXXVIII. 12. Osbert Moundeford to Sir Wm. Cecill. Acknowledges the receipt of the Queen's letter to the Commissioners for the survey of Ports, &c. in the county of Norfolk ; will follow the instructions, 13. Sir Wm. CeciU to the Vice-Oh. of Cambridge [Dr. Stokes], Mr. Coortesse President of St. John's, and the Bp. of Ely. On the gross irregularities committed in St. John's College. [Drafts of three separate letters sent by Mr. Bohun and Mr. Smith:] 14. John Whyte, a Commissioner for the Ports, &c. in South- ampton, to Cecill. Sends up certain commissions and letters. Doubts raised by the Custom-house officers as to the powers of the deputies of the Commissioners. Incloses, Dec. 16. Chekers. Dec. 17. St. John's Coll. 14. I. Certificate of John Lord St. John and other Commissioners, of the survey of all 2Mrts and havens in the county of South- ampton, the Isle of Wight excepted. 1-5. Lady Mary Grey to same. Thanks him for being so earnest a suitor to obtain Her Majesty's pardon, which she is so unhappy a creature to be without. 1 6. Eic. Coortesse to same. Good conformity of the college in the matter of apparel. Sends lists of those who conform and wear sur- plices, &;c. Incloses, 16. I, " Nomina onm Studentium tarn, Tutorum quam Pupil- " lorum in Collegia Sci Jofiis Evangeliste. 15 Dec. 1565." 17. Adlard Welby to same. Has sent his servants into all the towns of Holland (Lincolnshire) to inquire the price of grain. States the result of their inquiry. Incloses, 17. 1. John Manne to Mr. Adlard Welby. Informs him of the high prices of grain in his neighbourhood. Bolingbrolce Castle. 14 Dec. Dee. 17 (?) 18. Note of certain persons upon Humber side who buy up great quantities of corn, two of whom are authorized badgers. Dec. 17. Gedney. Dec. 18. Dec. 20. Dec. 22. King's Coll. 19. Ric. Longeworth, Master of St. John's Coll., to same. Has prevailed on the members of the College to follow the Queen's injunc- tions for wearing surplices. Desires to know if common bread may be used in administration of the Sacrament, and whether as often as he preaches " by the hour " in the chapel, to the house only, he may do so without the surplice. 20. Same to same. Has endeavoured to reform aU things in his College. Nearly all have now appeared at chapel in their surplices. 21. Roger Broune to same. Intreats his assistance in a cause in which the University was interested. Lat. 264 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. Vol. XXXVIII. 1565. Dec. 22. 22. The Queen to Lord Trer : Winchester. To give instructions not to suffer any grain to be shipped for exportation, without special licence. Dec. 28. 23. Sir Edw. Dymock and others to the Council. Keport their proceedings in survey of ports and havens, and have given order for restricting the exportation of grain. Inclosing, 23. I. Certificate of Commissioners for survey of ports and havens, for the county of Lincoln. Dec. 28. 24. Dep. Commissioners for the port of Rye to Mr. John Theaher. Kys- The Custom officers at Rye dispute their powers. Desire instructions as to searching vessels. Dec. 2.9. 25. John Donnynge, Customer of Rye, to Sir Wm. Cecill. Complains Eye. that the eight persons appointed to search under the orders for re- stricting the exportation of grain have exceeded their instructions. Dec. 29. 26. Archbishop Parker to same. Detail of dissensions in Gonvill Hall, about the differences between the Master, Dr. Caius, and two Fellows, Dethicke and Clarke, recently expulsed. Dec. 30. 27. Edw. Horsey, Geo. Mylle, and John Worsley, Commissioners for Southampton, the Isle of Wight, to same. Have laboured in execution of their commission, and forward a certificate. Dec. 30. 28. Certificate of ' John Thetcher [or Theaher] and others, Commis- sioners of Ports for the rapes of Pevensey and Hastings, co. Sussex. Dec. 31. 29. Articles (probaibly by Ric. Coortesse) exhibited against Ric. L.mgeworth, Master of St. John's, describing his arbitrary dealings with the Fellows and Scholars, since his return from London. Dec. 30. Commissioners for Ports in Merioneth to the Council. Have Bala, surveyed all the creeks, havens, and landing places in the county, and rejDort particulars. Dec. 31. Certificate of Robert Elyot of the quantities of grain bought within the rapes of Chichester, Arundel, and Bramber, co. Sussex, for the use of the Queen's ships. 1565 ? 32. Note of regulations for weighing wool, lead, packing leather, &c. 33. Memorandum of repairs necessary to be done at the Castle of St, Andrew's, co. Southampton, of which the Marq. of Winchester hath charge. 34 Note of annual pensions and allowances paid to sundry persons ; ;)robably the Council in Wales, So. Warrant to pay to Garter King at Arms, and to his brethren the Heralds and Pursuivants, 145?. for fees at the Queen's coronation, and for tlie justs royal and tourney then holden; " vizt. for the " clouage atid hynder partes of the trappers behynde the saddle," as of ancient custom ; and for the Queen's largess at Christmas. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. "265 1565? Vol. XXXVIII. 36. List of wares and commodities of the realm which may be transported over the sea, and not restrained at this day. 37. Observations on the Queen's grant to the Merchants trading to Barbary, in pursuance of the Earl of Leicester's contract with them and others, against the claim of Eustace Travacie and other Frenchmen. 38. Note of sundry kinds and quantities of grain to be purchased in various counties, with names of persons to superintend the same. 39. Another note of certain quantities; indorsed by Cecill, "for " grain to be carried into Flanders." 40. Notes of the prices of grain " to be delivered at the ports in " England," and the prices. 41. Observations on the enactment of penal statutes. 42. A note of what the Farmer of the Mint is to gain yearly, paying the Queen 12 d. upon every pound weight of silver coined ; indorsed by Cecill, " first offer." 43. An offer for farming the Mint, to be granted by the Queen, on the same principle as in 32d of Henry VIII. ; indorsed by Cecill, " the " offer of 9d. ; Lannison's last offer." 44. Proposal that the Queen should for one or two years make trial of the offer for farming the Mint ; indorsed by Cecill, " the laste offer, " Lannyson's ; 2s. uppon gold, 9d. uppon silver." 45. Account of the remain of military stores in the Oflice of Ord- nance in the Tower, and the supply for the same, to the end of the year 1565. 46. Advantages to be gained by prohibiting the exportation of barley and malt, and by the brewing of beer for exportation instead. 47. Statement of particulars relating to the town and castle of Scarborough, showing the importance of maintaining the pier at that port. 48. Another coj^y of the above statement, with some slight varia- tion. 49. Particulars of things desired in a commission for defence of the fort and island at Plymouth. 50. Estimate of the charge for new making two quays at Ports- mouth; by Robert Welles, the Queen's Majesty's Carpenter there. 51. Estimate of the number of labourers necessary for speedily making up the quay at Portsmouth, and of the monthly amount of their wages. 52. Plaa of the old quay at Portsmouth; with the plan of the cranes. 266 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1565? Vol. XXXVIII. 0.3. Plan of the quay that is to be new made of stone, at Ports- mouth. 54. Statement of the title of Gabriel More, D.D., to the patronage and advowson of the rectory of Ingoldsby, co. Lincoln. 55. Petition of Eichard More, of Bristol, grocer, to the Council. Complaint against John Roberts and others, who had fraudulently deprived him of his lands and goods and imprisoned him, under colour of a suit at -law. 56. Account of armour and munition provided by Sir Tho. Gresham, the Queen's Agent in Flanders, and delivered into the Tower. 57. Notes on the petitions of Mr. Throckmorton and Mr. Fisher, at the suit of Joan Wilkes, for sums due on I'espite of homage, &c. 58. Certificate touching the fines of copyholders, payable to the Queen, within the manors of Hampton in Arden, and Rowington, co. Warwick ; Kingsnorton, co. Worcester ; Marden, and Kingsland, co. Hereford ; Muchland and Torvor, co. Lancaster ; and Penrith, co. Cumberland ; by Fr. Phelips, Auditor. 59. Note of certain sums of money received and paid by the Lord Treasurer's order, since the Queen's going in progress. 60. Account of the rents of certain lands in the manor of St. Alban's, Herts, in the occupation of Walter Morgan. 61. Petition of Elizabeth Shelton to Sir Wm. Cecill. Shews that Sir James BuUeyn, by his last will, gave petitioner a legacy of 400?. to be paid by the Queen, in consideration whereof, an annuity of SOL per ann. has been granted her ; prays that the same may be augmented. 62. Note of inconveniences likely to follow if the privileges of the Intercourse should cease between England and the Low Countries. 63. Petition of John Wynnington to Sir Wm. Cecill. Touching certain abuses committed by Thomas Green, in his office of Feodary of Chester. 64. Petition of Sir John Perrot to the Queen. For a grant in fee of certain impropriate parsonages in Wales, belonging to the College of Leicester, the Commandery of Slebidge, and the Abbey of Tawley, which he now holds upon lease. 65. Petition of Ste. Barrowe, citizen of London, to Cecill. Desires privilege of the Sanctuary at Westminster, being at present unable to satisfy his creditors. 66. The answer of Sir Ric. Sakevyle to the complaint of Sir Edw. Gage, for taking mine in his ground. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 267 1566. Jan. 2. Cardigan. Jan. 2. Jan. 4. Jan. 4. Jan. Jan. 8. Jan. 10. Jan. 10. Norwich. Jan. 11. Westminster. Jan. 1.3. Jan. 15. Jan. [15.] Jan. 16. Jan. 20. Cambridge. Vol. XXXIX. , January— May, 1566. 1. Commissioners for Ports, &c. in Cardiganshire, to the Council. Report proceedings under their commission. Inclosing, 1. I. Description of the nature of the haven of Cardigan, and of other creeks and landi/ng places in the county. 2. The Queen to Marq. Winchester. To give licence for certain cloths to be exported to Sweden, at the request of the Lady Cecilia. 3. Same to same. In favour of Wm. Allyn and others of the Merchant Adventurers Company, for money due for customs. 4. Order taken by Sir Wm. Cecill, relative to certain contentions between Dr. Cains, Master and Founder of GonviUe and Caius College, and Mr. Stephen Warner and other Fellows of the said College. 5. Petition of Stephen Warner and Robert Spencer, Fellows of GonviUe and Caius College, Cambridge, to Cecill, praying for mitigation of the above order. 6. Commissioners for Ports, &e. in Radnorshire, to the Council. Report their proceedings, and make return of all ports, havens, shipping, &c'. in the county. Complain of the presence and acts of one Fytiplace, a pirate, in MiLford Haven. 7. Further order taken by CeciU, in the controversy between Dr. Caius and the FeUows of Gonville and Caius College ; pronounced on the 10th of January. 8. Sir Chr. Heydon and others to the Council. Find the chief dealers in corn conformable and willing to supply the quantity re- quired. 9. The Queen to Winchester. Warrant for Benedict Krugh, gold- smith, of Antwerp, to import certain jewels specified, duty-free. 10. John Cutlerd to Cecill. Sends him some Latin verses, as annexed, in different metres. Lat. 11. Commissioners for Ports in the rapes of Lewes and Bramber, Sussex. Repoi-t their proceedings, and desire directions as to trans- porting herrings from port to port. Schedule annexed, describing the ports, creel^, and landing places in the above rapes. 12. Certificate of Commissioners for Ports and Havens in the rapes of Chichester and Arundel, co. Sussex. 13. Declaration of debts due in the Ofiice of First Fruits, by obliga- tion ; with names of parties and places specified. 14. John Welles to CeciU. Order taken in Cambridge. The Bishop of Ely sends him a doe. The Bishop of Lincoln has visited King's CoUege. Mr. Beaumont wishes to know if he can deprive a man for not wearing a surplice. 268 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. , _.^ Vol. XXXIX. 1566. Jan. 20. i5_ Proclamation against the exportation of eornj and for preventing "Westminster, ^j^^ forestalling and regi-ating of grain and other victuals. Special commissions will be issued in sundry counties. " Imprinted at London, " in Powles Churchyarde, by Kycharde Jugge and John Cawood, " printers to the Queenes Majestie." Jan. 20 r?) 1-6. The Queen to Lord Keeper Bacon. Warrant to issue Com- missions to gentlemen in certain shires to prevent the importation of grain, and to enforce the acts against engrossers, forestallers, an* regrators. Jan. 21. 17. Sir Owen Hopton and others, Commissioners for Ports, &c. ii. Suffolk, to the Council. Eeport their proceedings in that service. Inclosing, 17. I. Certificate of the said Commissioners of particulars relating to the ports, havens, and landing places in Suffolk. Jan. 24. 1 8. The Queen to Winchester. To appoint persons of credit and honesty to export out of the port of London, beyond sea, 1,000 tuns of beer, on which the duty, 20s. per tun, is to be paid. Also that all books imported, of a seditious nature, be subjected to the view of the Bishop of London. Jan. 28. 19. Ric. Coortesse to Sir Wm. Cecill. Has been discouraged by St. John's Coll., the strange dealings at Cambridge. Sir Henry Cheyney advised him Cambridge. ^^ leave. Mr. Longeworth will much deceive him if he alters his purpose. Jan. 30. 20. Certificate by Tho. Wytton, Public Notary, that Sir Tlio. Bishopsgate Gresham hath appointed Mr. William Fayre to be his lawful procmutor, Street. agent, and factor. Jan. 31. ^1- Lord Mayor, &c. of London to the Council. Pray that tlie 1 wheat bought and provided for the Queen may be sold to the city at the full rate of its cost to the Queen. Jan. 22. Certificate by the Commissioners of Ports, &c. for the county of Essex ; signed by John Lord Darcy. Jan. (?) 23. Certificate by the Commissioners of Ports, &c. for the county of Carnarvon. Jan. 24. Names of the deputy Commissioners appointed to superintend the ports, havens, and creeks in the Isle of Ajiglesea. Jan, (?) 25. Warrant to the Exchequer to pay 165L 2.s. per month to Edw. Baeshe and John Ellyott, victuallers of the Navy, out of the allowance of 5001. a month to Benj. Gonson, Treasurer of the Admiralty. Jan. (?) 26. Grant to Tho. Hennage of the office of Receiver and Treasurer of the tenths of the profits of the salt manufacture, under the patent granted to Francis Bertie, of Antwerp. Feb. 1 ^*^- Certificate of Commissioners for survey of Ports and Havens in Abergwylly. the county of Carmarthen. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 269 1566. Feb. 8. Feb. 8. Feb. J 2. GreeiiTvich. Feb. 20. At Sir Harry Lee's house. Feb 20. Greenwich. Feb. 20. Feb. Feb. 21. Greenwich. Feb. 24. Feb. Cambridge. Vol. XXXIX. 28. Licence for the exportation of certain quantities of barley and malt to the Low Countries ; and for sale of grain to London and other parts of the realm. 29. Commissioners for the Ports in Flintshire to the Council. Certify particulars of the "Welsh Lake, the only creek for ships, and of three other creeks for boats and barges, within the said county. 30. Proclamation against excess in apparel, and for restraining the use and length of arms and weapons. 31. Earl of Leicester to Sir "Wm. CecUL Thanks for his gentle and friendly letter, by which he perceives how far Her Majesty has re- solved. There is nothing which would settle her in good estate better than marriage. Nothing has been done in the matter of enclosures for Buckinghamshire. 32. The Queen to Winchester. Limiting what persons of the House- hold, Noblemen, Bishops, Privy Councillors, Judges, &c. shall be exempt from the impost on French wines. 33. Licence by the Queen for her servants to wear such apparel as they shall have of her gift, out of the Great Wardrobe. 34. Copy of the above. 35. List of persons licensed by the Queen, being officers and servants of Her Household, to wear certain apparel according to the degree of rank allowed by the proclamation. 36. The Queen to Winchester. Licence to allow the exportation of certain cloths to Sweden, at the request of the Lady Cecilia. 37. Henry Cheke to Cecill. Expresses his desire to gratify him, and returns him thanks. Greek. March 2. 38. Notarial instrument, by Thomas Wytton, of the depositions London, Qf Quido Cavalcanti, as to the last will and testament of M. G. Tarlink. arranged the ' The March 7 39. Armigill Waad to Cecill. A certain person has Somerset Place, plan of his departure. First to speak with the Lady Cec[ilia ?] medicine or elixir he carries with him. Proposes his arrest. The irons for casting ingots, and other things for projection, he takes with him. 40. A table of moneys formerly current at Calais, used in the Staple. 41. Earl of Leicester to Cecill. Is glad to hear of the Queen's in- tention to reform the affairs of Ireland. Discusses Irish affairs, Confederacy of Scotland with O'Neil. Would have been glad of an extension of his leave of absence. March 20, 42. Winchester to same. Sends the book of debts in Mr. Fanshaw's office. Other pecuniary matters noticed. Sends also the declaration of Mr. Neale, on the Earl of Lennox's account. March March 20. Mrs. Oulcy's. 270 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1566. March 22, Lyes. March 28. Eochford. March 29. April 3. April 4. April 4, April 4. April 4, April 4. April 4. April 4. April 6. London. April 20. April 22. April 23. Augs1>urgli. April 23; Vol. XXXIX. 43. Lord Rich to the Queen. Has received the letters of the Council concerning the lack of wool among the clothiers of Essex, and has proceeded to the speedy execution of their instructions. 44. Eobert Stafford to Sir Wm. Cecill. Thanks- him for good will shown towards him, and for benefits conferred. Lat. 45. Roger Lord North to Leicester. Requests him to continue his friendship towards his sister, and that by his means her writings may be sealed. 46. EdwardBrowne,Mayor of Rochester, to the Council. Christopher Marquis of Bawdwyn [Baden] is now prisoner under arrest in the said city. His outrageous behaviour. Prays that the said Marquis may be made to obey the laws, or that he may be discharged of keeping him, '47. Petition of Ric. [Bramley butcher, Robert Audrey poulterer, and other tradesmen, to the same, praying for payment . for goods supplied the household of the Lady Ceciha [Marchioness of Baden]. 48. Complaint, addressed to CeciU, of the disrespectful and slan- derous allegations preferred by certain tradesmen to the Privy Council, against the Lady Cecilia. Lat. 49. Statement, by Tho. Sympson, of sums due to him for articles of plate and jewellery, supplied to the Lady Cecilia. 50. Statement of a debt due to Ludovico Barbaro by the Lady Cecilia, for a kirtle wrought with gold, a Venice lute, &c. 51. Note of money received by Bradford for the Lady Cecilia, being part of a sum of 3,300J. appointed to be paid to her. 52. Account of debts due by the Lady Cecilia. 53. A view of the debts of the Princess Cecilia's Grace, collected the 4th of April 1566. 54. Francis Pope and others to the Council Have made suit in vain to the Lady Cecilia for sums due to them. Pray their just claims may not be defeated. 55. Certificate, by GiUot Pullaim and others, goldsmiths, of the value of a certain jewel belonging to the Lady Cecilia. 56. Note of sums received by George North and Walter Bradford towards payment of the debts of the Lady Cecilia. 57. Daniel Hechstetter and Hans Louver to Alderman Duckett. Progress of the works for melting copper and silver. It is joyful news to hear that Mr. Secretary has shewn himself so favourable ; they had hoped Leicester would have been the same. Complain of Mr. Humfrey. Are sorry the Marquis of Baden has quitted England in debt. German news. 58. Lady Cecilia to Cecill. Complains of the conduct of her groom, John Sturtenn, who detains certain silver mountings made for her saddles. Lat. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 271 1566. ^«^- ^^^- April 23. 59. Marq. of Winchester to Sir Wm. Cecill. Has dispatched the Irish Lords' bonds. Has endeavoured to ascertain the fees, &c. granted by the Crown to Mr. Masone and Mr. Sakevyle. Disposal of their offices. Incloses, 59. I. Note of fees payable at the receipt of the Exchequer, noiu de- termi/iied by the death of Sir John Masone. 69. II. Account of fees and annuities granted to the late Sir Ric. Sakevyle, deceased, in the counties of Kent and Sussex, in the office of Auditor Thompson. 59. III. Another account of fees and annuities paid to the late Sir Ric. Sakevyle as Sub-Treasurer of the Exchequer and Chan- cellor of the Court of Augmentations, and from various manors. 59. IV. Account of fees paid to sanve, in the Exchequer ; and to Sir John Masone for various offices. April 25. 60. Declaration by Alderman Lionel Duckett, that the Lady Cecilia hath deposited in his hands a certain jewel of the value of 6001. by way of security for payment of her creditors, under certain conditions. April 26. 61 The Queen to all Mayors and other officers. Authorizing them to allow, at any time hereafter, any person or persons to pass out of the realm with any jewel, &c. of the Lady Cecilia's, on producing a certificate signed by Aid. Duckett. April 29. 62. Declaration by the Mayor, &c. of Dover, that one George Northe, gentleman, has applied for a precept to attach the Lady Cecilia or her goods for the sum of 3301., but that it had been stayed by the Lord Abergavenny. April (?) 63. [Dr. Humfrey 1] to Cecill. Prays that the articles of the Archbishop may be some ways mitigated, and that pastors may be relieved from observing certain ceremonies, &;c. May 3, 64. "Winchester to same. Thanks for obtaining the Queen's licence for the exchange with thei Parson of Chelsea. Alterations in the garden at Hampton Court. WiU take care that the Collar and George shall be furnished for the Emperor. Sakevyle's and Masone's offices. May 3 65. Lady Mary Grey to same. Reminds him of her suit to the CUekers.' Queen for pardon. If admitted to the Queen's favour, she will never again forfeit it. -Vr„v4 66. Bishop Grindall to same. Suspension of one Barthlett, a St Paul'i Divinity Lecturer of St. Giles, Cripplegate (Mr. Crowley's parish). Sixty women came to the Bishop to make suit for lum ; who would not depart, but at the request of Mr. Philpot, another suspended reader. ■j^ g 67. John Stokes to same. Wishes to know his pleasure as to C^hridge, Mr. Fulke's remaining in Cambridge. 272 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1566. May 7. May 11. May 14. May 20. London, May 18. Whitb[orn.] May 20. May 21. Basingstoke . May 21. " My poore howse." May 21. London. May 22 Poole. May 23. May 23. Whorwelle. May 24. May 25. Keswick. Vol. XXXIX, 68. Winchester to Sir Wm. Ceeill. Desires to know if the attendants Lady Lennox has with her in the Tower, are to be maintained at the Queen's charge. 69. Declaration of homage and allegiance to Queen Elizabeth, by Hugh Jones, Bishop of LandafT. 70. Sir John Wentworth to the Council. Has received a letter from the Queen commanding him to take charge of the Lady Catherine Grey. Prays to be excused from that service. 71. Gilbert Gerrard, Attorney General, to Ceeill. One Spencer, being condemned for treason, cannot beset at liberty without the Queen's pardon. 72. Bishop Scorey to same. Concerning confirmation of the reversion of the lease of Ewithington prebend for Richard Gibbes ; the present farmer thereof being one John Bromme. 73. John Burton to same. Thanks him for letters in favour of his son. Solicits in behalf of Mr. Tho. Ogle, for his two pastures of Goodram Toft and Stonecote. Proceedings relating to sewers in the fens of Lincolnshire. 74. Earl of Pembroke to Leicester and Ceeill. His own ill health. Intercedes for the pardon of one Prestcott, an offender. 75. Sir Wm. Petre to Ceeill. Is too ill to go abroad ; is well re- covered of his fever, but wishes to retire to Ingatestone, where he thinks the open air will do him good. 76. Bishop Grindall to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, En- joining them to use such mode of apparel as is ordained by the Queen's authority in the treatise intituled " the Advertisements." 77. James Lord Mountjoy to Cecil!. Thanks for sending Dr. Julio to him. Progress of the mineral, copperas, and alum works. 78. Bishop Pilkington to same. Requests the warrant for his restitution may be completed. Is now at liberty to walk, and dares go abroad into gardens. 79. Sir Adrian Ponynges to same. Concerning compensation for his service at Portsmouth. Incloses, 79. I. Note of the annual value of the manor of. Loder, co. Dorset, parcel of the possessions of the late Monastery of Sion. Indenture of assignment from Tho Norton, of Norwood, Kent, to William Burde, of all his right and interest in the manors and hundreds of Myddleton and Merden, co. Kent. [Case A. Eliz. No. 1 4.] 80. Thos. Thurland to Ceeill. Understands that there are certain ores of gold and silver to be found in the mines tliere, a secret which the strangers keep to themselves. Wishes for a skilful man out of Flanders. If Ceeill will not answer his letters, he will write no more, though he be the Queen's Chief Secretary of England. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 273 1566. May 2B. Xondon, May 27. Chancery Lane. Vol. XXXIX. 81. Winchester and Sir Walter Mildmay to same. Approve of the Queen's consent and agreement to the restoration of the Bishop of Durham's lands. He is to pay 1,000Z. a year to the Queen during the time he continues Bishop. 82. Tho. Fitzwilliam to Hugh Fitzwilliam. Rejoices to hear of Sir Thomas- Hoby's good acceptance. The Queen supped at Durham Place with the Earl of Leicester, and Mr. Sec. Cecill has sumptuously banquetted M. de la Foret, the new French Ambassador. Scottish news. Proceedings against ministers for refusing to wear crossed caps. Progress into Northamptonshire purposed by the Queen. 8.3. Walter Haddon to Archbp. Parker. Our Saviom- had a Judas Iscariot and a Simon Magus among his Apostles ; the devil creates divisions among Christians. Lat. 84. Rich. Longeworth, Master of St. John's College, to Sir Wm. Cecill. Complains of the contumacy of some of the Fellows of that College. 85. George Whetle to same. Thanks him for remembering their old friendship. Would be glad to do Mr. Danet any pleasure. Trusts the marriage will proceed prosperously. Is sorry to hear of Cecill's illness. May 29. 86. Examination of Walter Darby, taken before Dr. Lewes, con- The Compter in ceming his entering into an undertaking with Martin Frobiser for a the Poultry, ^.^y^ge to the coast of Guinea. May 27. Bruges. May 29. May 29 May 30. London. May. MayC?) 87. Oliver Lloyd to Sir T. Hoby. Desires his recommendation to Mr. Sec. Cecill, to be appointed Sheriff for Cardiganshire : with note thereon, by Sir T. Hoby, to Cecill. 88. A receipt for transmutation of metals into gold. Lat. 89. Declaration of all such sums of money as have been received by the Treasurer and Surveyor of the works for rebuilding St. Paul's ; with the expenditure thereof. 1566. June 4. June 5. Saltash. Jime 5. Croydon, Vol. XL. June— October, 1566. 1. Bishop Grindall to Sir Wm. Cecill. The bearer will inform him of " a womannyshe brabble " in a church in London. Requests a warrant for a buck. Regulations respecting payment of first fruitSi 2 Mayor, &c. of Saltash to the Council. Have received instruc- tions for seizing a ship owned by Martin Frobiser : no sach vessel has arrived at that port. 3 Archbp Parker to Cecill. The Earl of Sussex has recommended his chaplain, Mr. Rushe, for a prebend in Canterbury ; thinks he will honestly deBerve that appointment. 274 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1566. June 6. Fleet Prison. June 8. June 8. June 11. June 11, Cambridge. June 14. June 20. June 20. [12 CaL Quin- tiles.] June 22. Sluys. June 22. Southampton. June 24. The Lady Mason's, London. June 25. Augsburgh, June 28. St. James's. June 29 Loudon. Vol. XL. 4. Tho. Keys to Sir Wm. Cecill. Begs him to intercede with the Queen for his release. 5. ATemoranda relative to various points of business ; in Cecill's hand. 6. Eemembrances sent by Mr. Thurland, Master of the Savoy, touching the mining operations at Keswick. 7. Examinations of Martin Frobiser, of Normanton, co. York, on 30th May and 11th June, taken before Dr. Lewes, on suspicion of his having fitted out a vessel to go to sea as a pirate ; in which one Tho. Yonger was implicated. 8. John Welles to Cecill. Has thought it his duty to acquaint him with the controversy in St. John's College, between the Master and certain of the senior Fellows. 9. Wm. Humfrey to same. Sends him a statement of such rivers as have been surveyed for the purpose of erecting thereon works for iron wire. Lease from the Dean (Alex. NoweU) and Chapter of St. Paul's, to Simon Bland, of a tenement in Knight Kyder Street, near the Bake- house of St. Paul's, for 81 years. [Case A. Eliz. No. 15.] 10. Adam Waughendoorpe, Alderman of the StiUyard, to Cecill. Concerning a licence to the Merchants of the StiUyard for exportation of a quantity of cloths. Lat. 11. Francis Berty to same. Recommends Chr. Shutz, whois coming to England to establish battery and wire works. New invention for making salt. 12. John Mount to same. Sends a plan of the furnaces and pans for manufacturing salt. Incloses, 12. I. Plans of furnaces and pans for maJcing salt. 13. Edw. Earl of Hertford to same. Complains of the continuance of the Queen's heavy displeasure towards him ; and that his brother, Henry Seymour, bears part of the penalty. 14. Daniel Hechstetter and Johan Louver to same. Report pro- gress of mining works at Keswick. Necessity for discharging some of the workmen there. The ores tested in Germany have produced good copper. Are coming to England. Inclosvtig, 14. I. Account of the charges of mining operations at Kesiv-icl: 15. The Queen to Winchester. Warrant to permit the Company of the StiUyard to export 5,000 pieces of unwrought cloths. 16. Antonio Bruschetto to Cecill. Concerning a debt of 3001. due to him by the late Captain Tiberio Pen-oni. ItaL DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 275 1666. June 30. June (?) June. June. July 4. July 4. July 5. Cobham. Vol. XL. 17. Wm. Humfrey to Sir Wm. Cecill. Has succeeded by the aid of tlie German miners in finding calamine in Somersetshire. The Forest of Dean contains plenty of good iron, and there is a mine of sea coal within a mile of Bristol. 18. Account of assessments of subsidy in the different wards of the city of Bristol. 19. Regulations for reform of divers disorders in the publication of books. 20. Note of fees in the Offices of the Treasurer of the Chamber and Master of the Posts, held by the late Sir John Masone. 21. "Wm. Humfrey to Cecill. Mr. Alderman Hay ward has con- sented to become Treasurer of the mineral works. A meeting of pro- prietors is requisite. Requests that his application relative to Bristol Castle may be granted. 22. The Queen to the Sheriff and Justices of Devon, Somerset, Monmouth, Hereford, and Gloucester. Warrant to levy and arm certain forces for service in Ireland. July 4. 23. Draft of the above, corrected throughout by Cecill. July 6. July 7. July 8. Westminster. , July 15. Belsize. July 16. Fleet Prison. July 16. July 17. London. 24. Wm. Lord Cobham to Cecill. Wishes for a final resolution as to his burden. Sends copy of letter of marque granted to Menard Frize ; also a letter from Mr. Kell. Incloses, 24. I. Eric XIV. King of Sweden to Menard Frize. Letter of itnarque for Kim to exercise hostilities against the subjects of the King of Dentnarh and his allies. Stockholm, 30 March. Lot. 25. Articles of composition for regulation and government of the Company of the art and mystery of Shermen, of the town of Shrews- bury. [See the Act S Miz. cap. 7. " touching drapers, cottoners, and " freesers in the towne of Shreivisburye."^ 26. James Hawys, Sheriff of London, to CeciU. Has delivered the articles to Chr. Lascelles, and returns his answers to the same. 27. Grant to Edward Randolph of the office of Lieutenant General of the Ordnance in England and Berwick-on-Tweed, for life. Lat. 28. Arm. Waad to Leicester and CeciU. Has repaired to the Tower and examined Mr. Cornelius [Lannoy ?] as to delay in assays of metals, &c. Particulars of the conversation which took place. 29. Thomas Keys to Cecill. Begs that he wiU give him instructions how to act, as to his going into Ireland. 30. Wm, Humfrey to same. Opinion of the Earl of Leicester that the calamine is not worth having, being at so low a price. 31. Mayor, &c. of the Merchants of the Staple to same. Have en- trusted two of their Company to receive the determination of theCoimcil on their application for licence to export in the accustomed manner. 276 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1566. July 19. London. July 21. Kimbolton. July 22. Croydon. Vol. XL. 32. Axm. Waad to the Earl of Leicester and Sir Wm. Cecill. The Lieutenant of the Tower has shewn him the letter enclosed. Explains the meaning of a passage. Cornelius has greatly ahused the Queen. Incloses, 32. I. Cornelius de Lannoy to Leicester and Cecill. Long expla- oiation of his proceedings. Begs for mercy from the Queen, and acknowledges his delinquency. Lat. 33. The Queen to Winchester. Warrant for a licence to the Merchants of the Staple to ship and export wool in the accustomed manner. 34. Archbp. Parker to Cecill. Sends a form of prayer for the Queen, for his approval. Wishes for her safe return home. July 23. 35. Letter of Attorney by Edw. Eandolph, Esq., Lieut. General of July 24. July 25. iTleet Prison. July 25. London. July 26. London. July 28. London. August 1. Keswick. August 2. August 2. August 3. Tower of London. the Ordnance, constituting Sir James Shelley, of Michelgrove, Sussex, and Kobt. Giles, his true and lawful attorneys. 36. Assignment, by Edw. Randolph, Esq., to Wm. Painter, Clerk of the Ordnance, Richard Webb, Master Gunner of England, and Edw. Partridge, Keeper of the Queen s Harquebutts, Dagges, and Curriers, of certain annuities or yearly pensions, for a term of years. 37. Thomas Keys to Cecill. Prays that he would intercede with the Queen, that if he is not employed he may be permitted to remain as a prisoner with some of his friends. 38. J. Asteley, Master of the Jewel House, to same. Sends a note of the gift which Edward VI. sent to the christening of the French King's child ; as a precedent for the christening now at hand in Scotland. 39. John Shers to same. Forwards some letters received from Venice. 40. Winchester to same. Sends an estimate of charges for Berwick. Is glad he takes in good part the Lady St. John's answer respecting Luddington. Sir Martin Bowes is in ill health. Watch and ward will be kept in the city till the Queen returns. 43. Thos. Thurland to same. Progress of works. A copper mine has been discovered at Newlands, the best in England. 42. Deposition of Thomas Meidlar, of Wexford, taken before John Leweston, Esq., Capt. of Portland, touching his ship being boarded and plundered off the Land's End by a vessel of Normandy, in which were an English captain and several Irish kernes. 43. Deposition, by Edward Gellye of Plymouth, taken as above, relating to the same transaction. 44. Declaration, by Cornelius de Lannoy, that if it shall please the Queen to release him from confinement, he will without delay put in operation that wonderful elixir for making gold for Her Majesty's service. Lat. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 277 1566. August 5. Fulham. August 5. Pulham. August 10. August 13. August 1.3. Tower of London. August 19. London. August 20. August 22. August 26. Tower of London. August. Sept. 1. Bept 2. Sept. 2. Vol. XL. 45. Bishop Grindall to Sir Wm. Cecill. States wliat he has done in the Sergeant Porter's matter. If the marriage contract be dissolved it must be done judicially. Is sorry he has no fruit to offer him but some grapes. 46. Same to the Council. Particulars of the examination of Thomas Keys, late Sergeant Porter, touching his marriage with the Lady Mary Grey. 47. John Shers to CeciU. Letters received from Vienna. Incloses, Particu- lars of German and Italian intelligence, 47. I. Form of prayer in Latin to he said daily by every one in the £mpero7''s Court, for protection against the Turks. 48. The Queen to Winchester. Is about to take measures to remedy defaults committed in payment of customs and subsidies, and Avill require his counsel therein. 49. Cornelius de Lannoy to Leicester and CecilL Implores the Queen's mercy. Shews the impediments which he has encountered in the operations he undertook for the making of gold. Lat. 50. Jas. Lord Mountjoy to Cecill. Begs that the Queen will atd- vance him 6,000?., and undertakes at the end of two years to deliver 150 tons of alum, and 150 tons of copperas, as good as the Danish sort. 51. Winchester to the Queen. Has received her letters from Colly- weston Gives his opinion on the frauds committed in the customs on woollen cloths and wines. 52. Same to Cecill. Sends a declaration of five accounts, shewing the Queen's profit on woollen cloths and wines for the years therein specified. 5.3. Sir Francis Jobson and Armigill Waad to same. Have con- ferred with Cornelius on the subject of his letter. Requisitions made by Cornelius for carrying on his alchemical operations, for which a small sum of money will be required. 54. Note of the number of days William Dyx has been in attend- ance on the Privy Council at Collyweston and Woodstock 55. Presentments by a Jury at Folkestone, of the value of certain articles taken up at sea, being droits of Admiralty. [The Jury were fifteen in member, and every one makes his mxtrk.} to 56. Return of the Jury of Inquisition held at Dover Castle, certain articles relating to the jurisdiction of the Cinque Ports. 57. Cougi-atulatory verses on the arrival and reception at Oxford, of the Earl of Leicester and Sir Wm. Cecill, Chancellors of the two Universities, by George Coryat. Lat. 278 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. Vol. XL. 1566. Sept. 2 (1) 58. Similar verses, by James Calfhill, addressed to Sir Wm. Gecill, on the same occasion. Lat. Sept. 3 (?) 59. Anthony Marcham to Sir Wm. Cecill. Apologizes for troubling Lincoln CoU. him with his rude letter. His poverty. Desires Cecill's assistance, for without his aid he shall be compelled to leave Oxford. Lat. Sept. 3. 60. H. Kyllygrew to Mr, Hugh FitzwiUiams. Gives particulars of London. his visit to the Scottish Court. Description of Queen Elizabeth's progress to Kenilworth, where she was magnificently entertained by the Earl of Leicester. Sept. 6. 61. Lady Mary Grey to Cecill. Begs he will continue his good Chekers. offices towards her, and soHcits to have an interview with the Queen, at Lord Windsor's. Sept, 12. 62. Winchester to same. Specifies the charges of the Marches of Berwick, Carlisle, and the Borders, from time of King Henry VIII. Exposition of finance affairs Sept. 19, 63. Wm. Humfrey to same. The Earl of Pembroke has befriended Tintern Abbey, them, allowing them the use of Bristol Castle. Details their pro- ceedings there, and in the adjacent country. Sept. 20. 64. Tho. Thurland to same. The smelting house and other mineral Rose Castle, operations are in progress, but are more chargeable than he imagined. There is plenty of copper ore in the country. Sept. 24 65. Mayor, &c, of Cambridge to same. As to the return of two Cambridge Burgesses to serve in Parliament ; Roger Slegg and Henry Serle being disqualified. Sept. 30. 66. Lady Mary Grey to same. Enti-eats him to intercede with the Chekers. Queen for pardon, and that she may be received again into Her Grace's favour. Sept. 30 67. Matthew Maperley, Schoolmaster of Grantham, to same. Com- plains of the obtrusion of certain little children into the school of Grantham, ccmtrary to the regulations, and of other innovations attempted. Lat. Sept. 68. A memorial of things fit to be considered by the Parliament. Mr. Walsyngham to be of the House. Sept. 69. Account of the second payment of the subsidy granted to the Queen. Sept. 70. Account of the customs and subsidies payable on wines in the ports of England and Wales, commonly called the Butlerage. Sept. 71. The offer of James Morley and Henry Smythe for the custom of woollen cloths and wines payable to the Queen. Sept. 72. Ordinances and decrees established at Sempringham, co. Lin- coln, by the Right Hon. Edward Lord Glynton and others, Commis- Bioners of Sewers, for works in the fena there. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 279 1566. Sept. Sept. Oct. 1. Oct. 1. Liverpool. Oct. 2. Oct. 3. Oct. 7. Keswick. Oct. 7. Oct. 10. Keswick. Oct. 12. Hallrennys. Oct. 13. London. Oct.l3. The Arches. Oct. 14. Vol. XL. 73. Bond of Sir Thos. Gresham in the sum of 600 crowns, to John Fuggar, as security for payment to John Steinberg, for sending 20 German miners into England. Indorsed by CeciU, " Parson Thurland." Lat. 74. Conditions for John Steinberg (Hans Staiubarge) to come over into England with 20 or 30 Germans, skilled in minerals, to try some newly discovered mines. Sureties for repayment of the 500 crowns. 75. Tho. Warcope to Sir Wm. Cecill. Kecommends the bearer, his brother, to his favour. 76. Sir Ric. Molyneiix and the Mayor of Liverpool to the Council. Have delivered to "Wm. Aldersey certain leather and calf skins, for the use of Henry Sackforthe. 77. Winchester to Cecill. Requests to know what answer he is to give to the merchants of the Venetian ships, as to importation of wines. 78. Objections made by the town of Southampton, against the merchants of Venice, that they ought to unlade their malvesies and sweet wines at Hampton, and not elsewhere. 79. Tho. Thurland, Provost of the Mines, to CeciU. Great progress of the mining works. Smelting houses and furnaces erected. Gold found on Crawford Muir. 80. Same to the Queen. Proof of gold found on Crawford Muir, in Scotland. Recommends her to compound with the Scottish Queen for lease of those lands, to prevent them getting into the hands of foreigners. 81. Daniel Hechstetter to Johan Louver. Reports on the state of the mining works at Keswick. Shall discharge some of the workmen. The Germans ill treated by the English workmen. Murder of Leonard Stoultz, by one Fisher and his accomplices, who were protected by Lady Ratcliffe. 82. William Cicill to Cecill. Recommends the bearer for employ- ment in his service. 83. Lionel Duckett to same. Is about to despatch a messenger to Keswick. The inhabitants of Keswick ought to be friendly to the foreigners there. 84. Dr. Lewes to same. Has received his letters, to prevent cer- tain persons, namely, John Chichester, Hawkyns at Plymouth, William Cooke, and Geo. Fenner, from repairing armed, for the purpose of traffic to places privileged by the King of Spain. 85. A brief note of what the subsidy and two fifteens granted by the laity, anno 5 Eliz., amounts to. 280 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1566. Oct. 14. Oct. 16. Oct. 17. Oct. 18. Witham. Vol. XL. 86. Declaration of the opinions and resolutions of Sir William CordaU, Master of the EoUs, and others, to the Duke of Norfolk, Committee of the body of George now Lord Dacre, of Gillesland, touching the supposed deed of entail made by "William, late Lord Dacre. 87. The Queen to Lord Scrope and the Justices of the Peace in Westmoreland and Cumberland. To repress the assaults, murders, and outrages on the Almain miners lately come there for the purpose of searching for and working minerals. 88. Committee of the Privy Council, the Master of the Rolls, and forty members of the House of Commons, to consider of the aid or subsidy necessary, and in what manner it shall be paid. 89. Sir Henry Norreys to Sir Wm. Cecill. Requests he will allow him a reasonable time for despatch of his own affairs. Oct. 18 (?) 90. Notes concerning the grant of a subsidy to the Queen; Her purpose to marry. Renewal of suit for establishing the succeesion. Prayers for safety of the realm. Oct. 19 (?) 91. Heads of a proposed address to the Queen, relative to her marriage and the succession. In Cecill's hand. Oct. 20. Borley. [Burleigh?] Oct. 20. 92. Lady Lucy Harrjrngton to Cecill. Begs him to prevent the match between her son and Mistress Wynser ; and to intercede that the Queen and the Earl of Leicester should not take offence at breaking it off. 93. Notes concerning a bill to be exhibited in the Parliament House for traffic of the Company of Merchant Adventurers into Russia. Acknowledges his great goodness Oct. 27. 94. Thomas Bing to Cecill. UKaLNov.] towards him. Lat. Cambridge. Oct. 28. 95. Dr. Lewes to same. Has taken bonds of George Fenner not London. to spoil any of the Queen's subjects, nor to traffic into India or any other places privileged by the King of Spain. Will take order with Mr. Hawkyns. Oct. 28. 96. Note of the days appointed for payment of the subsidy. Oct. 29. 97. Walter Morgan to Cecill. Complains of being charged with Layton. arrears of tythes juxta Smalford, to which he was not liable. Oct. SO. 98. Notes relative to the tythes of St. Peter's Grange, in the tenure of Wm. Sleape, of St. Alban's, and of St. Michael's in the tenure of Sir Ric. Lee and Wm. Hudson ; with directions that Walter Morgan should not be charged with arrears of tythes juxta Smalford. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 281 I066. Oct. 31. 99. Dr. Lewes to the Council. Has taken the recognizances of Arc es. John Hawkyns of Plymouth, who does not go in the voyage himself Incloses, 99. I. Bond of John Hatvkyns of Plymouth, in 50QI. to forbear sending his ship, the Swallow, about to onake a voyage to the coast of Guinea, to any place in the Indies privileged by the King of Spain. 31 Oct. Oct. 100. Abstract of the book of survey and examination taken before the Bishop of Carlisle and others, Commissioners appointed by the Queen to examine the state of the revenues of the College of Carlisle, and other abuses and evil doings of the prebendaries there. Oct. 101. Rent roll of certain Bailiffwicks within the Duchy of Lan- caster. Oct. 102. Notes, in CeciU's hand, of business to be moved in Parlia- ment concerning the expediency of declaring the Queen's successor, of her entertaining the subject of marriage, &c. Voh. XLI. November — December, 1566. 1566. Nov. 2. 1- L. V. to . Explanation of Dr. Sanders' letter. Authority to him and Dr. Harding from the Pope. Exposition of various points of doctrine as taught and enforced by the Komish Church. Urges his good example towards reviving the CathoHc religion in Epgland. Wishes his letter to be communicated to Sir Eic. M'ollineux, and other his friends. {See post, 1568, July 31, and Nov. 1.] Nov. 3. 2. Thomas Champneys to Sir Wm. Cecill. P^ecommends one Jen- Naples, kinson to be employed on a voyage of discovery to Cathaia. Nov. 3. 3. Oath, by Nich. Robynson. D.D., now Bishop of Bangor, acknow- ledging the Queen's supremacy in all matters temporal or ecclesiastical, [Nov 5 1 *• Answer of Queen Elizabeth to the Parliament on the subject of ' marriage being proposed by them to her. Tliinks the single life she leads most acceptable to God. She approves however the manner of their petition. Nov. 5. 5. Note, in the Queen's OAvn hand, concerning the proposal of marriage made to her by the Parliament. Nov. 5. 6. Copy of the above. ■^ K 7. Note of a conversation with the Queen, in which she expressed her opinion relative to the petition, by the Parliament, on the subject of her marrying, and settlement of the succession to the Crown. [In CeciU's hand, who has indorsed it " this was not reported."] 282 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. Vol. XLI. 1566. Nov. 5. 8. Brief note of sundry things contained in the Queen's reply to the Parliament. In Cecill's hand-. Nov. 5. 9. Keport of the Queen's answer, by Sec. Cecill, to the address of the House of Commons, on the subject of their petition, for marriage and succession, Nov. 5. ^^- ^^ ^^^ maintaining the havens in the Narrow Seas, between the Thames mouth and Portsmouth. j^Q^ 5 11. Dr. Lewes to Sir Wm. Cecill. Concerning a Bill which he Arches Court, introduced into the Lower House for regulating appeals in civil and maritime causes. jq-QY ^ 12. Wm. Humfrey to same. The house for manufacturing wire is in a state of forwardness. Sends a sample of the calamine to him. j^Qy *7 13. John Mount to same. Has been in Northumberland at a village Comte.' called Blythe, near Newcastle, and set up certain salt works there. Is about to take a coal pit on lease. Tyj „ h- 14. Thomas Hatcher to same. Solicits his patronage in collecting [7 Idus Nov.] ^^^° '^^^ body the works of the eloquent and learned Dr. Haddon. Gray's Inn. Lat. Nov. 9. 15. Message from the Queen, to be declared to the Speaker of the House of Commons, not to treat any more about the succession. [Nov. 11. J 16. Question whether the Queen's commandment, forbidding the Lower House to speak or treat relative to the succession, be not a breach of the privileges of the House. Nov. 11. 17. Copy of the above. Nov. 11. 18. Bill against tailors using the trade of skinners, and against exporting lamb skins. Nov. 11. 19. CeciE to Dr. Beaumont, Vicfe-ChanceUor, and the Heads of Houses in Cambridge. Desires that the irregularities of the' students respecting apparel may be suppressed. Nov. 15. 20. Address to the Queen by the House of Commons, stating their intentions in recommending to Her Majesty the sett]ementJ^of the succession and for her marriage ; and of their entire submission to Her Majesty's pleasure. Draft, corrected by Cecil. Nov. 15. 21. Copy of the above, with corrections by the same. Nov. 16. 22. Another copy, with further corrections by the same. Nov. 16 (1) 2.3. Bill for the establishing of the Company of Curriers of London. Nov. 18. 24. Heads of the Bill against pluralities of benefices, and non- residence. Nov. 21 ' 25. Act to restrain the printing, selling, and uttering of unprofitable and hurtful English books. DGMESTIC-^ELIZABETH. 283 1566. Nov. 22. Nov. 23. Nov. 24. Nov. 24 (?) Nov. 24. [Nov. 25.] Nov. 25. Cliff Park. Nov. 26. Nov. 30 (?) Nov. Nov. Dec. 2. Chekers. Dec. 5. Keswick. Dec. ] 1. Dec. 12. Dec. 12. Dec. 13. Vol. XLI. 26. Wm. Humfrey to Sir Wm. CeciU. Requests to be informed of his pleasure respectiug the Bill concerning battery and mineral ■works. 27. Note relative to the debt of Christopher Lascelles, in the Court of Wards. 28. Note of words spoken in the Parliament House by Jas. Dalton : upon Mr. Melvyn's information. 29. Explanation by James Dalton, of the speech made by him in the House, relative to seditious books, and a slanderous libel calling the Prince of Scotland, Prince of Scotland, England, and Ireland. 30. Minute of a message to the House of Commons from the Queen, releasing the House from her former commands as to discussion on the succession. [Corrected hy the Queen herself.] 31. Substance of the message by the Queen to the House of Com- mons, in conformity with the above. 32. Wm. Cayworthe to Ceeill. Has sent by John Clement, a servant of Sir Walter Mildmay, the rent of the assarts, due at Michaelmas. 33. Archbishop Parker to same. Is glad the deanery of Chichester has been given to Mr. Curtis. Has distributed the Bible in parts to divers persons for translation. Wishes Ceeill had leisure to undertake one of the Epistles. 34. Bill repeahng the Act of 7 Edw. YI., and granting full liberty to the Company of Vintners of London to buy and seiU wines wherever they pleased. 35. Titles of various Bills passed in the House of Commons relative to matters ecclesiastical, temp. Edw. VI., Mary, Eliz. 36. Heads for an address proposed to be delivered to the Queen, at the end of the Parliament. In Cecill's hand. 37. Lady Mary Gray to CeciU. Entreats him to continue her friend, and to obtain for her the Queen's mercy. 38. Tbo. Thurland to same. Has received his letters, and con- ferred with experienced persons concerning the earth brought out of Scotland from Crawford Muir, which they assert is very rich in gold. 39. Winchester to the Council. Transactions relative to grain in the North. Seven ships have been laden with corn in Norfolk. Has commanded that no corn be shipped, except for Berwick. 40. Preamble to the Bill for the subsidy. Corrected hy Ceeill. 41. Another copy, with further corrections, by the same. 42. Wm. Humfrey to CeciU. Diversity of opinion among the Lords, touching the privUege for mines. Has caused the Bill to be divided, and has placed the battery and calamine works separately. 284 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. Vol. XLI. 1566; [Dec. 14.J 43. Petition of the Archbishops and Bishops to the Queen, praying that the Bill for Uniformity in Eeligion, which had passed the Lower House, and been read once in the Upper House, and there stopped by Her Majesty's order, might be allowed to pass, and that she would givejier Royal assent thereto. [This is signed by the two Archbishops and thirteen Bishops. The Bill was read a first time in the House of Lords on the lith December 1-566 : vjhich date has been assigned to this petition.} Dec. 19. 44. Bill extending the privileges of the Fellowship of Merchant Ad- venturers of England, and re-enacting the Act 12 Hen. VII. Dec. 20. 45. Wm. Humfrey to Cecill. The Bill for the manufacture of latten has been again disapproved. Eeasons why it is disagreeable to some of the Lords. Dec. 21. "^6. Archbp. Parker to same. Requests the loan of the Book of Articles. The Queen is displeased with the Bishops, and laments much the neglect of prayer and fasting in her Court. Dec. 21. 47. Tho. Keys to same. Complains of ill usage by the "Warden of the Fleet, who keeps liim close prisoner, under severe restrictions. Incloses, 47. i; Statement, by Thomas Keys, respecting his having been sup- plied with a rib of roast beef for his dinner which Iiad been immersed in a liquid wash prepared for mangy dogs. His illness thereon, &c. ■p. 91 48. "Wm. Lord Cobham, Constable of Dover Castle, and Admiral Dover Castle °^ *^® Cinque Ports, to the Mayor, &c. of Folkstone. Precept to levy the assessment made on the inhabitants of Folkstone, according to the schedule. Lat. Dec. 21. 49. Observations on the Clothworkers' Bill, with objections thereto, and answers to the said objections. Dec 21 (?) ^^- -A-nswer, by Sir "Wm. Garrard and others, to the bill of com- plaint made by the Clothworkers, with respect to exportation of Kentish cloths. Dec 22 ^1- Edmpnd Gheast, Bishop of Rochester, to CeciU. Is sorry for his ill health. Supposes he has heard of the Bishop of Gloucester's objection to the adverb " only " being placed in the article respecting the Holy Sacrament. ,-. 2(5 52. Account of the tenths due by the clergy at Christmas. Dec 28. 58. "Wm. Humfrey to Cecill. The Earl of "Worcester insists on having the lease of the ground for the erection of wire works drawn by his own officers in "Wales. Objects to certain clauses. 54. Questions in theology, natural and moral philosophy, law, &c. to be argued at Oxlbrd. 55. Another paper of questions propounded at Oxford. In Cecill'a hand. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 285 1566? Vol. XLI. •56. List of questions, arranged after the manner of Eellarmin ; to be discussed at Oxford. ;i7. Observations ■whether or not it be convenient for the Company of Merchant Adventurers, at their first return into the Low Countries, to repair to Antwerp. 58. Notes, in the hand-writing of Sir Wm. Cecill, of the incon- venience of extending the power of bringing more wines into the realm. 59. Answer on behalf of the town of Shrewsbury to the petition on the part of West .Chester to have a staple of the cottons and friezes made in North Wales, to be settled at that city. 60. Certificate of Sir Christopher Draper, Lord Mayor of London, of the assessment of certain foreigners to the first payment of the subsidy granted to the Queen. With attestation of John Mershe, Gov. of the Merchant Adventurers, as to exemption of the Company in Flanders. 61. Extract from an old book in the Exchequer, containing certain notes relative to customs, scavage, and other duties, payable by strangers. 62. Abel Sylvius to Cecill. Compliments him on his virtues, and solicits his patronage. Lat. 63. List of the Judges and principal ofiicers in several Courts of Law. 64. Note of the rents of Thomas Eobinson, son and heir of William Robinson, deceased, at Alvecote, in the county of Warwick. 65. Orders to be observed in the Office of Ordnance, as appointed by the Earl of Warwick. 66. Warrant for releasing such persons as have been deprived for non-conformity, from payment of first fruits of promotions to dignities and offices ecclesiastical. 67. A treatise on the Avell government of a Commonwealth, under the head of Faith, Concord, Order, and Discipline ; showing chiefly that encouragement of husbandry and education of the lower orders, were the principal elements of prosperity. 68. Account of the Bailiff" and Collector of the manor of Howton, in the county of York, late parcel of the possessions of the Monastery of St. Oswald. 69. Grant to Hugh Councell and Ambrose Earl of Warwick, of certain revenues from concealed lands, which have been forfeited to tl)e Crown under attainder, or as having been appropriated to super- stitious uses. 70. Commission by the Queen to , for taking up money for her service. 286 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1566? 1567i Vol. XLI, 71. Eeasons to move the Queen that orders may be appointed for the redress of many things concerning the Posts. 72. Ordinances for the order of the Posts and hackneymen, between London and Dover. 73. Table of the wages of the Posts northwards, as they have con- tinued from the beginning of the Queen's Majesty's reign to the pre- sent, 1566. Indorsed by Randolph. 74. Wages of the Posts from the Court to Berwick. 75. Petition of artificers and labourers to the Parliament, praying that the exportation of leather and raw hides be restrained. 76. Notes in Cecill's hand. Definition of the term " vagabond ;" and draft of clauses against exporting grain ; and for preservation of woods. 77. Efiiect of the Act prohibiting any one to use any trade or art imless he has been apprenticed to the same. 78. Ee-gi-ant to Eobert Earl of Leicester (the original grant being 9th June 1563) of the manor and lands of Cleobury Mortimer, as well in the county of Salop as of Worcester, parcel of the possessions of the late Earl of March. 79. " Allegations in the behalf of the high and mighty Princess, the " Lady Mary, now Queen of Scots, against the opinions and books set " forth ia the part and favour of the Lady Katharine [Grey] and the " rest of the issues of the French Queen, touching the succession of " the Crown." 80. Petition of the inhabitants of St. Katheriues, near the Tower, to Sir Wm. CeciU, for his aid and assistance in resisting the attempts of Doctor Willson, Master of the Hospital, to sell the liberties and royal- ties of the same to the Lord Mayor of London. 81. Petition of Leonard Bates, of Welbury, York, to CeciU ; showiag that he held the manor of Welbury from the late Wm. Lord Dacre, on condition of marrying Margery, the widow of James Kyrton, and bringing up his son, an infant, wliich he had done ; but was now troubled by one Bennet Chomelly for the possession thereof Prays that he may have undisturbed possession during the minority ot George Lord Dacre. Vol. XLII. January — July, 1567. Jan. 10. i_ Robert KeyUwey, Surveyor of the Court of Wai'ds, to Cecill. The Temple, Observations on the cause of Sherman and Brereton. Incloses, 1. L Case, to he submitted to the Master, &c. of the Court of Wards, between the Queen and Thos. Brereton, relative to the manor of Whetnal, Chester. 20 Nov. 1566. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 287 1567. Jan. 10 (?) Jan. 11. Jan. 11. Jan. 24. London. Jan. SI. Jan. 25. Jan. 25. Cambridge. Jan. 29. LerpooL [Liverpool.] Feb. 2. London. Feb. 4. Feb. 12. Feb. 13. [Idib. Feb.] Keswick. Vol. XLII. 2. Commission by the Queen to Lord Chidiock Powlett, Sir Robfc. Oxenl)ridge, and others, touching inquiry into concealed lands be- longing to suppressed religious houses, within the counties of South- ampton and Berks. 3. The Queen to Lord Keeper Bacon. Desires he will put the Great Seal of England to a proclamation for apprehending certain French- men who have attacked and spoiled the island of Madeira. 4. Proclamation for staying young Montluc, who, under pretence of trafficking by sea, has invaded the island of Madeira, belonging to the King of Portugal. 5. Sir Wm. Garrard and Rowland Hawarde to Cecill. Sends answer to Mr. Gylbarte's articles. Inclosing, o. I. Answer of the Gom'pany of Mercha/nt Adventurers to the requests made by Mr. Gylharte to he allowed two of the Queen's ships to be em/ployed in the voyage he proposes to undeHake. 6. Account of sums of money for which the Queen's warrants are to be procured for various public works and services, principally for the Navy. 7. Bishop Horn to CeciU. Recommends one Mr. Whitgiffc " a " man honest and verye well learned " to be promoted to the deanery of Canterbury, or some other preferment of the late Dr. Wootton's ; and for Dr. White to be made a Bishop. 8. John Wells to same. Regrets extremely to hear of his illness. Expresses great attachment. Lat. 9. John Bland to Wm. Wynter and Edw. Baeshe. Gives an account of his proceedings in procuring a store of provisions at Liverpool. News by a passenger from Ireland. 10. Ldrd Cobham to CeciU. The mariners of the vessel lately wrecked on the Goodwin Sands are suspected of keeping back and concealing a quantity of goods with which she was freighted. 11. Richard Beseley, an old Chaplain of Henry VIII., to same. Refers to some past event which has become matter of history, and observes that it is necessary to take warning for the future. [Jm- 2xrfect.'] 12. Wm. Humfrey to Cecill. Money due from Bristol, for which a warrant is necessary. The lease for the calamine wiU soon be per- fected. Sends an account by which Mr. Stanley's debt to the Queen will appear. 13. Daniel Hechstetter to Sir Wm. CeciU. Thomas Thurland, who is going to London, wiU acquaint him with aU things necessary for furthering their mineral operations. Lat. 288 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. »567. Feb. 16. Feb. 17. Feb. 18. Feb. 18. Feb. 19. Westminster. Feb. 19. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. (?) March 4. March 7. Vol. XLII. 14. Wm. Humfrey to same. By the assays made at the Star Chamber he will find how much the silver of the moneys is bettered between the assay of the pot and that of the Pyx. The trial of the Pyx at the Star Chamber shews only that the moneys have been truly made. 15. The Queen to the Mayor and Customer of Chester. Order to provide transports for conveyance of 250 soldiers to Ireland, also for shipping twelve cart-loads of ammunition and other warlike stores. 16. Same to the Sheriff and Justices of Lancaster (and to other counties). Order for levy of certain footmen to be transported out of England for service in Ireland. Draft. 17. Same to the Earls of Derby and Shropshire. Directions to aid in the levy of a certain number of able men in the counties of Lan- caster and Derby for service in Ireland. And on the same paper. Minute of letter to Sir John Savage, Sir Hugh Cholmley, and Srr Lawrence Smith, to view and muster all the levies at the port of Chester. 18. Earls of Pembroke and Leicester, and Sir Wm. Cecill, to the Earl of Northumberland. Require him to obey the Queen's injunc- tion to suffer Thomas Thurland and Daniel Hechstetter, or their assigns, to carry away the ore dug vip at Newland, in Cumberland. 19. Note of certain woiks of art of marble jasper, brought into England for Sir Wm. Cecill and the Earl of Pembroke, by Dominicque Troisrieux, a Frenchman. Further description of the same, and note of such as the Queen has licensed to be brought into the realm, and to return duty-free if unsold ; three papers, two French. 20. Petition of tlie Aldermen and Company of Easterlings of the Dutch House at the Stillyard, London, to the Queen. Soliciting licence to transport certain Suffolk cloths beyond sea. 21. Copy of the above. 22. Offers made for carrying on a trade with Barbary, with certain allowances to the Queen. 23. Humfrey GUberte to the Queen. Proposals for undertaking the discovery of a passage to Cataia ; to be performed in four voyages, under certain privileges, to endure for ten years commencing March come twelvemonth 1568. 24. Indenture of lease from Sir Wm. CeciU to James Blunt Lord Moimtjoy, of the tenth part of the profits of the patent for manu- facturing alum, formerly assigned to Sir Wm. Cecill. 25. The Queen to the Earl of Northumberland. Commands him to offer no further obstruction to the workers of the mines and minerals at a place called Newlands, co. Cumberland. Any lawful claim he may have in the said minerals shall be reserved to him. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 289 1567. iVlarcb 7. March 7. March 8. London. March 12. March 13. March 14. York. March 14. Vork. March 16. March 16. Westminster. March 20. 13 Cal. Aprilis. Keswick. March 20. March 22. Mint Vol. XLir. 26. EarLs of Pembroke and Leicester and Sec. Cecill to the Earl of Nortliumberland. Refer to the preceding letter ; and have given in- structions thereon to George Nedham. 27. Tho. Thurland to Sir William Cecill. Sends him a plan of Keswick, the smelting house, Newlands, and the other mines. Denton, sent last year into Ireland for wood, has returned. 28. Lord Cobham to same. Recommends the bearer, John de la Bersona, employed to assist in collecting the goods saved from the ship of Middleborough, wrecked on the Goodwin sands. 29. Marq. Winchester to same. The Lady Lennox is now by the the Queen's order in the custody of Lady Dacre and Lady Sackvile. He cannot help her with money. 30. Cornelius Alnetanus [Lannoy] to same. Promises to perform the things mentioned in his offers to the Queen. Lat. Incloses, 30. I. Cornelius Alnetanus to the Queen. Solemnly engages to pro- duce gold and gems by a chemical process. 13 March 1567. [In Ceclll's diary, under the date 10 Feb. 1567, is the following entry : " Cornelius de la Noye, an alchymist, turought in Somerset " House, and abused 'inany in pro'niising to convert any metall into '' gold."] 31. Earl of Northumberland to the Earls of Pembroke and Leicester and Sir Wm. Cecill. Has ascertained beyond doubt that the minerals dug up at Newlands belong to him only, and that the workers thereof are trespassers on his land. 32. Same to same. Another copy of the above, with copies of letters to the Queen, the Lord Treasurer and Sir Walter Mildmay, the Lord Chief Baron and other Barons of the Exchequer, praying, that the injunction respecting the ore dug up on his lands at Newlands may be dissolved. 33. Tho. Thurland to the Earl of Leicester and Sir Wm. Cecill. Explains the grounds on which he has always commended the richness of the mines of gold, silver, and copper in England. Obstacles which he has encountered by the Earl of Northumberland. 34. The Queen to the Earl of Arundel. Thanks for the things he has sent her, and hopes he will enjoy his health on his return. Has visited his house at Nonesuch. S-j. Daniel Hechstetter to the Queen. Complains that the Earl of Northumberland has obstructed the mining operations at Newlands. Lat. 36. Suit to be made to the Queen for a grant of the survey of all the customs inward and outward. 37. Tho. Thurland to Cecill. Requests his advice, according to Her Majesty's permission, in mining operations, particulars of which he details. T 290 : DOMESTIC^— ELIZABETH. 1567. March 22. March 24. Topcliffi, March 25. Topcliff. March 29. March. April IJ. April 12. Vol. XLII. 38. A summary of the charges for apparel with rapier and daggers, for the Earl of Oxford, from 3 Sept. 1563 to the quarter ending 22 March 1567. 39. George Nedham to Sir Wm. Cecill. Reports his proceedings with Northumberland about the ores dug uio at Newlands. The Earl claims as ample right to the said ores as to any of his possessions. 40. Northumberland, to the Earls of Pembroke and Leicester and Sir Wm. Cecilia Has conferred with Mr. Nedham respecting the ores dug up on his land at Newlands, and has consented that he shall take away 200 buckets of the same. 41. Certificate of proportions of the subsidy payable within certain hundreds of the county of Sun-ey, 42. Names of merchants of Holland who are exempt from contribu- tion to the subsidy within the City of London. Lat. 43. Marq. Winchester to Cecill. In favour of Mr. Bowyer, Keeper of the Records in the TbWer. Proposes that the Records of the Chancery and of the Parliament be transferred to his custody Has compiled a book of his own pedigree and armorial bearings. 44. Articles brought into Berkshire by WilliamHuggon, of Hampton Court, gentleman, for examination of the clergy and laity, relative to concealed lands. April 12. 45. Certificate of the clefgy of Berkshire in reply to the Commission for inquiry into concealed lands. ' April 13. 46. Names of the ordinaries and priests attesting the above, annexed. April 13. April 17. Chekers. April 25. April. April, 47. Account of the provisions and pajrmfents contained in six books of the Revels, with the book of the progress, from Christmas, anno 2do. Eliz. to 13 April 1567. 48. Lady Mary Grey to Cecill, Entreats him to continue his good offices in procuring her restoration to the Queen's favour. 49. Suit of merchants trading to Barbary, that the Queen would be pleased to incorporate them as a Company, for the better regula- tioli of trade, and to prphibit all unskilful persons from intermeddling therewith. 50. Petitions humbly exhibited by the Company of Goldsmiths to the Marq. of Winchester, Sir Wm. Cecill, and Sir Walter Mildmay as Commissioners appointed for the affairs of the Mint; and among other thing.s for Ric. Rogers to be restored to his office of Assay Master for the Company, [See post 7 Feb. 1568.] :^ 51. Answer by Wm. Stanley to the six petitions exhibited by the Company of Goldsmiths to the Commissioners appointed for affairs of the Mint. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 291 1567. April. April. April (?) May 4. Chester. Vol. XLII. 52. Copy of the petitions of tEe Company of Goldsmiths ; with orders of the Commissioners for the Mint thereon. Wm. Humfrey to be restored to his office of Assay Master of the Mint. 53. Copy of .the above petitions and orders. 54. Answer of Thos. Stanley to the bill of complaint exhibited by certain Goldsmiths against him to Sir Wm. Ceeill. 55. Sir Laurence Smyth and Sir Hugh Cholmondeley to the Council Have taken order for the transportation of 250 soldiers to Ireland. Have borrowed money of the city of Chester for their expenses. Inclosing, 55. I. Note of all the charges defrayed within the county of Chester for transportation of 250 men into Ireland. 56. Account of arrears due to the Duchess of Somerset on her jointure, since the death of the Duke of Somerset ; and suit of the Duchess for recompence for the same. 57. Orders established by the Earl Marshal for regulation of the College of Arms, in which are recited the proceedings of several chapters of the Heralds and Officers at Arms previously .held. 58. Notes of the contents of Geo. Nedham's letters from Keswick to Mr. Alderman Duckett, about minerals and mining aifairs. 59. Sir Nich. Throkmofton to the Earl of Leicester. Mr. Colville has delivered his letter to the Queen. She much commended the manner of his writing, and desired to see what he had written to Throkmorton himself Her observations. Proceedings with Appherd and Trendell. The Earl of Sussex going to the Emperor. 60; Same to same. Intelligence from Scotland. Confederacy of the nobles to annul the Queen of Scots marriage with Earl BothwelL Conciliation between the Lutherans and Oalvinists. Marriage of Lord Paget to be solemnized at Drayton. May 10 61. Geo. Nedham to the Queen. Eeports his proceedings on con- Keswiek. veying her letters to the Earl of Northumberland, xequu-ing the delivery of certain ores stayed by him at the mines in Cimiberland. May n. 62. Grant to the Burgesses of Great Yarmouth of the remission Westminster, of the Sum of \OQl. payable by them on account of the fifteenths and tenths granted by the Parliament. May 5. May 7. Norwich. May 8. May 9. Westminster. May 9. May 11. Westminster. May 12. [4° Idus Maii.] Cambridge. May 1.3. [3° Id. Maii.] 6.3. The Queen to Thomas Stanley and others. Warrant to attend the assays of gold and silver at the Mint, within the Tower of London, and the pixing of the moneys according to the Mint indenture. to CeciU. Expresses his gratitude for 64. :^artholomew Gierke benefiC^ conferred. Lat. 65. WiUiam Lewin to same. Extols his patronage of learning. Lat. T 2 292 DOMESTIC — ^ELIZABETH. 1567. May 23. Col^ham. Vol. XLII. 66. Wm. Lord Cobhara to Sir Wm. Cecil). Intelligence received of •warlike preparations making by the French and King of Spain in Flanders and Holland. Money may be had in Bremen. May 25. 67. Bartholomew Dodington to same Acknowledges the paternal [8 Cai. Janii.] friendsliip which he has shown to the University of Cambridge. Lat. 68. Geo. Nedham to same. Describes the haven and castle of Pilla- fowdre, in Lancashire : an extraordinary fish lately taken there. Mineral operations in Cumberland. Recommends an exchange of cer- tain lands between the Queen and the Earl of Northumberland. 69. Eliseus Bomelius, MD., to same. Exposes the ignorance of Dr. [Thomas] Francis, in Latin and astronomj'. Solicits to be released from prison. 70. Ar. Waad to same. Has taken order for keeping back all boats on the Thames, and for bringing Cor. [Cornelius Alnetanus ?] to Court to-morrow. His personal manner. May 29 *^^' ^^yoi") &c. of Southampton, to same. Are willing to admit Southampton, certain foreigners, to the number of one hundred or more, to reside in the town, as they are disposed to communicate certain arts of manu- facture. May 25. Keswick. May 27. The Prison in Wood Street. May 28. SomersetHouse. May 29. Chester. May SO. May. May. May. May. 72. Sir John Savage, Sir Lau. Smyth, and Sir Hugh Cholmondeley to the Council. Have borrowed certain sums of money for the pur- pose of sending the soldiers into Ireland ; for repayment of which they request a sufficient remittance. Inclosing, 72. I, Account of money borrowed of certain merchants and others of Chester, for the purpose of transporting soldiers to Ireland. 73. Bishop Grindall to Cecill. Has examined the book (a Greek MS.) brought by the stranger ; it contains 30 homilies of Chrysostom. Thinks the MS is undoubtedly written by Chrysostom, and worthy to be presented to the Queen. 74. The Queen to the Master of the Rolls. Warrant to deliver the Rolls of Parliament, Patent Rolls, and other Records belonging to the Court of Chancery, into the custody of William Bowyer, Keeper of the Records in the Tower. 75. Petitions by the tenants and inhabitants of the Soke of Boling- broke, Lincolnshire, to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Complain of being unduly assessed by the Duchy Court with the ■whole charge of diking Wainfleet Haven, &c. ; and question as to Mr. Bertie's manor of Spilsby. 76. Note of matters to be transacted by the Commissioners of Sewers relative to Wainfleet Haven and the Soke of Bolingbroke. 77. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to Lol-d Willoughby, Sir Edw. Dymock, and Sir Wm. Skipwith Commissioners of Sewers for Lincolnshire. Directions for assessing certain foreigners who ought to be charged with the diking of Wainfleet Haven, &c. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 203 1567., June 1. Ipswich, June 7. Southampton. June 7. London. June 15. London. Vol. XLIII. June — August. 1. Edw. Gooddinge to Sir Wm. CecilL Gives an account of his pro- ceedings in salt works established in Essex and Suffolk. 2. Earl of Lennox to same. Has made humble submission to the Queen in writing ; begs him to use his good offices that he may be restored to her favour again. 3. Peter Back to the Queen. Solicits to be allowed to carry on certain experiments in the manufacture of salt, and preparation of madder as a dye. Lat. 4. Wm. Bowyer to Ceeill. Touching the removal of records into his custody in the Tower. The Master of the Rolls objects to their being wholly transferred thither. [Mutilated.] Incloses, 4. L Collection hy Mr. Botvyer of documents showing that it was customary from the time of the Conquest to deposit all records of the Crown in the Toiver. Also that the Record Office there is a distinct office hy itself, and does not appertain to the Master of the Rolls. June 1 5. 5-6. Copy of Bowyer 's letter, before the mutilation, and of the inclosure. June 16. 7. Earl of Leicester to Ceeill. Upon the affairs of Scotland. The Scottish Lords have agreed their Prince should ever remain under Her Majesty's protection. They are opposed to Earl Bothwell. The Queen of Soots is said to be with child. Queen Elizabeth's con- versation with Leicester thereon. Suit of Mr. Power for a farm at Windsor. 8. John Whitgyfte to same. Acknowledges his singular goodness in placing him in Trinity College. Repels a charge of encouraging non- conformity ; but it grieveth him that any man should cease from preaching on account of things indifferent. Smallness of his income and extreme necessity have brought him into debt. 9. Gabriel Goodman, Dean of Westminstei', to same. Conference between Sir Tho. Cornwaleys, Mr. Provost, and Mr. Harpsfield on matters of religion. The opinions of Cornwaleys respecting the Church of Rome. Thinks when his conscience is further enlightened he will yield to the truth. 10. Sir Thomas Cornwaleys to same. His humble submission to the Queen, shewing that he is willing to conform himself in matters of religion. Incloses, 10. I. Submission of Sir Thomas Cornwaleys to_ the Queen, En- treats pardon for his offence in having withstood her Idws for establishing true religion. June 22. 1^- Petition of certain foreign artists in various branches of weaving to Ceeill, that he would permit them to settle at Stamford, in Lincoln- shire,- and to occupy hishouse and 200 or 300 aCres of ground there. June 17. Cambridge. June 21. Westminster College. June 21. Westminster. 294 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1567. June 24. June 25. June 27. June 28. June 30. Famham. June 30. June. June, June. June. Bichmond. June. June. June. June. Juno. Vol. XLin. 12. Proportion of ordnance, powder, &c. for the fort at Genoia [Guinea] if there shall be need of any fortification : signed John Hawkyns. 13. Remembrances touching the mines collected out of Geo.Nedham's letters from Keswick to Mr. Alderman Duckett. 14. Wm. Mount to Sir Wm. Cecill. Acknowledges the favourable mention which he has made of him in letters to his patron SmytL Lat. 15. Memorandum of arrears due by collectors of subsidy granted anno 8° Eliz. 16. Bishop Horn to Cecill. The township of Southampton is willing to admit the Netherlanders who have been driven from their country on account of their religion. Recommends their case. 17. Note of assignments and payments in the Exchequer. 18. Account of the charges for transporting 250 soldiers from Chester to Ireland, by order of Sir J. Savage, Sir L. Smyth,, and Sir H. Cholmondeley, and of sums advanced for payment of the same. 19. Mayor, &c. of Maidstone to the Queen. Pray for licence under her Letters Patent to receive certain families of foreigners, artificers in the various branches of manufacture detailed. 20. Petition of John de Beaulieu, for himself and other foreigners resident at Southampton, to Cecill, praying to be discharged of the customs for such wares and merchandizes as they shall manufacture there. 21. The Queen to the Master and Council of the Court of Wards and Liveries. Warrant to permit Lady Catharine and Lady Mary Grey, daughters and co-heiresses of Henry Duke of Sufiblk and Frances his wife, to receive the rents and profits of certain lands late parcel of the possessions of the College of Astley, co. Warwick. Grant of lease in reversion to Richard Procter of tythes in Pan- swyke, co. Gloucester, for 21 years. Docquet. [See Borders, 21 Jime 1567.] Grant of lease to Lady Parry of lands in Chelveley, for 21 years. Docquet. \8ee Borders, ih.'\ Grant of lease to Doctor Lewes of the parsonage of Llandona and others, for 21 years. Docquet. [See Borders, ih.'\ Grant of lease- to Mr. Roger Mauers of the parsonage of Barton- upon-Humber and manor of Wiscote, for 31 years, Docquet. [See Boi'ders, it.] Warrant to discharge the Merchant Strangers of the Low Countries and other Strangers, of the two payments of subsidy granted by the laet Act of Parliament. Docquet [See Borders, ib.] DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 295" 1567. June. June. June. June. Jtine. June. June. June. June. July 1. London. July 7. Pleet Prison. July J. 3. Fulham. July 18. Westminster. July 20. Althorp. July 18. July 21. Maidstone. Vol. XLin. Grant of lease in reversion to Wm. Sekes of the scite of the manor of Enbroke, for 21 years. Bocquet. [See Borders, *&.] Grant of lease to Michael Hawtry of the parsonage of Wendover, for 21 years. Bocquet. [See Borders, ib.l Grant of pardon to John Ap Thomas Ap Richard, for a rape. Docquet. \_See Borders, ihi\ Warrant to allow Garter King at Arms 20s. a day, whereof l^s. in reward attending on the Earl of Sussex, to the Emperor. Docquet. [See Borders, ih.'] Discharge for a collector of subsidy of \%5l. issued for service of Newhaven. Bocquet. [See Borders, ih.'\ Warrant for " scochens of Armes set up in ChapeU of Court, at " St. George's day." Bocquet. [See Borders, '*&.]' Grant to Walter Jones of a prebend in Westminster, void by resig- nation of Dr. Hutton Docquet. [See Borders, *6.] ; ''/ Grant to Ed. Marten for life of the office of Surveyor of Berkshire, void by resignation of Roger Amyce. Bocquet. \_See Borders, i&.J Grant of pardon to Richard Cave for killing Christopher HaU. Bocquet. [See Borders, i&.] 22. Earl of Lennox to Sir Wm. CeciU. The Queen has restored him and his wife to favour, but has not made ' restitution to them of their estate. They are upwards of 3,000/!. in debt. Solicits a loan of 1,000Z. from the Queen. 2-3. Tho. Keys to Leicester and Cecill. Prays that they wiU bear in mind his long imprisonment, and intercede with the Queen for his pardon. 24. Bishop Grindall to Cecill. Begs him to further the suit of the bearer for a licence to make a collection for ransom of certain English- men, captives in Algiers. 25. Bond of Sir Roger Vaughan, of Talgarth, co. Brecon, and others, to Thomas Earl of Northumberland and others ; condition not specified. Indorsed " for the Lady Eleanor Vaughan." 26. Examination of Morris Freman upon certain interrogatories ad- ministered to him at Richmond, as to transactions which took place while he was in the service of Lord and Lady Strange. 27. Sir Walter Mildmay to Cecill. Does not understand the object of Throkmorton's legation. The Scottish affairs are in a doubtfiil position. The French should not be suffered to gain influence there. The Irish affairs go on prosperously. 28. Serjeant Nich. Barham and Tho. Wotton to same. Have sent a form of licence, for the residence of certain foreigners in Maidstone, nearly similar to one granted to SandwicL 296 DOIVIESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1567. July 22. Tulham. Vol. XLIII. 29. Eisliop Grindall to Sir Wm. CeciE. In favour of certain articles required by the foreigners for their establishment and carrying on of trades and manufactures in various towns. Incloses, 29. I. Supplication to the Queen by the foreigners driven frmn the Low Countries on account of their religion, to he allowed to settle and carry on their occupations in various towns in England. 16 May J 567. 30. Foreigners from the Low Countries to the Earl of Pembroke and Sir Wm. Cecill. Have represented to the Queen and Council the extremity to which they are reduced. Particulars of their request as to the persons to be brought with them, and the manufactures to be carried on. 31. Wm. Humfrey to Cecill. The house for manufacturing wire is in readiness for use. The experiments already made shew that 25 cwt. may be produced weekly. 32. Marq. of Winchester to same. Sends him for consideration the plans for the tomb of Henry VIII. to be put up at Windsor. July 31. 33. Anthony Smetheley, Foedary of the East Eiding of Yorkshire, to same. Concerning the repair of the sluice called the Gallow Clowe,by order ofthe Commissioners of Sewers of Kingston-upon-HuU. Incloses, S3. I. Mayor, &c. of Hull to Anth. Smetheley. Applying for the amount assessed on Mr. Stapleton's lands for repair of the Oallow Clowe on the Humher. Kingston-on-Hull. 27 June 1567. 33. II. Copy of the verdict of the Jury, finding Robert Stapleton and Francis Hawldenbye liable to the repair of the Gallow Clowe. 21 June 1567. 33. III. Estimate for re2)airs of the Gallow Clowe, within the county of Kingston-on-Hull, parcel of the inlieritance of Mr. Stapleton, the Queen's ward. July 22. July 23. July 27. Chelsea. July. July. August 4. Althorp. August 6. August 6. 34. Statement of sums due by collectors of the subsidy from the laity, for which they had not accounted on the 5th July. 35. Note of the first payment of the subsidy by the clergy, due 24th May and to be paid before the last of October. 36. Sir Walter Mildmay to Cecill. Affairs of Scotland. The mar- vellous tragedy which has occurred there shews the end of those who do not live in the fear of God. Thinks the government of Murray will be favourable to the establishment of religion. 37. Earl of Leicester to same. The Queen has ordered the Lord Treasurer to pay over to the Earl and Countess of Lennox the yearly rents of their estates. His opinion on the affairs of Scotland. 38. Articles delivered to John Van Trere for the Lord of Buckholte and others co-partners of the salt works in England and Ireland, touching their privilege of making salt. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 297 lo67. August 8. The Minories. August 9. Greenwich. August 9. Vol. XLIII. 39. Richard Bertie to Sir Wm. Cecill. Thanks him for intelligence. Thinks the Scottish Queen has resigned her crown. Great concourse of people at Boston in consequence of the suit between Pinchbeck and Burne concerning sewers. 40. K. Duchess of Suffolk to same. The Lady Mary Grey has been brought to her and placed under her charge. Insufficiency of her means for her accommodation. Describes the miserable condition of Lady Mary's furniture. 41. Estimate of the charges of transferring eight of the Queen's ships from Chatham to Portsmouth ; and their charges for one month afterwards. Aug. [9]. 42. Pierre Briet and Jean Carre to Cecill. erect glass works, similar to those of Venice. Vidame de Chartres. Fr. Desiring permission to Recommended by the TAugust 9.1 '^^- Petition of certain foreigners to same. Pray that he will procure a licence from the Queen for them to establish a manufactory of glass. Fr. August 9. AVindsor. August 9. Auaust 12. August 1 2. 44. John Quarre to same. Repeats the assurance that the persons above mentioned are willing to pay to the Queen the duty proposed on the glass which may be manufactured by them. Fr. 45. Proposals of Anthony Becku, alias Dolin, and John Quarre, natives of the Low Countries, for establishing a manufactory for table glass, such as is used in France. Fr. 46. Articles touching the making of glass for glazing, within the realm, such as is made in Finance and Lorrain ; agreed on by the Queen with Anthony Becku, alias Dolin, and John Carre [Quarre]. 47. Archbishop Parker to Cecill. The produce of the broken plate and bullion found in the Cathedral at Canterbury, has been applied to church uses only. Not a tenth of the plate and ornaments Avas left which was there at the time of Dr. Wotton's coming. Aijgust 12. 48. The Queen to the Sheriffs of various counties specified in the indorsement. In consequence of preparations made on the opposite coasts they are to cause the whole of each shire to be mustered, with all suitable array of armour and Aveapons. 49. Same to the Lords, Lieutenants, &c. of the southern and western counties, to aid in the musters and appointment of captains in their respective counties. 50. Sir Walter Mildmay to Cecill. Arrival of the King of Spain in Flanders. Recal of Sir Nich. Throkmorton out of Scotland. Hopes religion and amity with the latter country Avill stand fast. 51. WiEiam Overton to same. His letters have been received with gi-eat respect. Communication made by the Earl of Southampton. Rents paid to him. Lat. August 12. August 12. Althorp. August 19. Winchester. 298 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. Vol. XLIII. 1567. August 27. 52. The Queen to Lord Trer. Wincliester. Has taken order for musters to be made on the sea coast in divers shires, the King of Spain being expected to pass through the Narrow Seas. Directions if he should chance to land at Portsmouth. Eepairs at Oalshot Castle. August 27. August 27. London. August 28. 53. The Queen to Viscount Montague. Directions to pay every attention to the King of Spain if he should touch at any port in Hampshire, in his passage to the Low Countries. To consult with the Earl of Arundel thereon. 54. Valentine Dale to Sir Wm .Ceeill. Has discharged Mr. Wynter's brother and examined Corbet, and sends copy of his examination. Win examiae Wrench as to his doings with Coke. \The draft of the, preceding letter is written by Ceeill, cm the blank space of this letter, which is original.] 55. Marq. of Winchester to same. Returns the indenture between the Queen and Henry Smith and James Morley of London, with note of the years to be reserved to the Queen. Incloses, 55. I. Indenture between the Queen and Henry Smith and James Morley for farming the customs and duties payableon all woollen cloths and ivines imported and exported. Corrected by Ceeill, in conformity ivith Winchester's letter. 56. Geo. Nedham to same. Progress of the mining operations. The Earl of Northumberland's officers have objected to their working a mine called "the Copper Plate " as not within the compass of Newland. With P.S. of the quantity of copper which the six furnaces wiU smelt daity. 57. William Bowyer to same. Sends the middle part of his device relating to the Parliament. Has in hand another respecting decrees, orders, and powers of the King, Council, and Lords of the Star ChamlDer, which will show how happy it is for England to have nothing to do with the Pope. 58. John Best, Bishop of Carlisle, to same. Thanks him for his commendam of Romalde Church, and requests him to further the suits relative to the Church of Carlisle. August. 59. Earl of Warwick, Master-General of the Ordnance, to all Officers Windsor Castle, of Ordnance, &c. Has appointed William Pelham, Lieut.-General of the Ordnance, to take account of the remain and survey of aU the Queen's ordnance, stores, &c. Directions for all Officers of Ordnance to render yearly account of stores, &c. under their charge. 60. Andrew Pearne to Ceeill. Solicits him to write toDr. Young, August 29. Kes-wick. August 29. London. August 29. August. Cambridge. August . Master of Pembroke College, in favour of a youth named Coxe. Lat. 6L Notes in Bishop Grindall's hand relative to the mode of electing a Bishop of Oxford. Doubts if the Archbishop may grant his com- mission for confirmation to be done in Ireland. [Hugh Curwen Arch- bishop of Dublin, was elected Bishop of Oxford in -Sept. 1567.] DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 299 Vol. XLIV. September — Decembee, 1567. _ 1. Marq. "Winchester to Sir Wm. CeciLt. Explains the grounds of his answers respecting the bargain for the Queen relative to the duties on cloth and wine. The house of Groby is almost down, and Broad- gate will follow, if not repaired. 2. Grant to Henry Smith and Jas. Morley of the office of Surveyors of the customs on woollen cloths and wines. Draft, corrected by Cecill. 3. Fair copy of the above. 4. Alfonso Ferrabosco to Cecill. Understands he has instructions that the patent should be made out for his life : begs that the words '' de heredibus et successoribus nostris " may be inserted therein. Ital. Sept. 12. 5. William Hughes to same. Desires permission to preach the [Prid.ld.Sept.] funeral sermon of the late Duchess of Norfolk. Lat. Sept. 15. ^- Sir Tlio. Smith to same. Mr. Scott, prebendarj' of Carlisle, is Monthall. about to sue for a remedy of certain unreasonable leases at Carlisle. Desires the Council at York may be directed to take the matter in hand. 1567. Sept. 1. London. [Sept. 9.] Sept. 9. Gorhambury. Sept. 10. From the Court. Sept. 16. Plymouth. Sept. 19. Winchester. Sept. 19 Sept. 22. Sept. 26. St. Bartholo- mew'*. 7. John Hawkyns to the Queen. The Portuguese who were to have directed them in their enterprize, have fled. Will undertake it him- self The voyage which he contemplates is " to lade negroes in Genoya " [Guinea], and seU them in the West Indyes, in truck of golde, perles, " and esmeraldes." [The origin of the slave trade.] 8. Bishop Horn to Cecill. The Mayor, &c. of Southampton are willing to admit the Merchant Strangers to reside there. The Strangers have undertaken no corrupt religious sects or opinions shall be en- couraged among them. 9. Winchester to Cecill. Waste of corn in Norfolk and Suffolk. They cannot keep the plough going unless order is taken therein. Pro- poses a general restraint of exportation. 10. Same to same. The Prior of St. John of Jerusalem desires a licence to transport certain kerseys ; and the Treasurer of the Duke of Alva another to export two or three horses. Incloses, 10. L The Prior of Jerusalem (son oftheJDuJce of Alva) to Win- chester. Solicits permission to transport 2,000 pieces of kerseys and 200 pieces of cloth for clothing the King of Spain's troops. Brussells, 5 Sept. 1567. Lat. 10. II. Francis de Lixalde to same. Requests licence to export tivo or three horses from England for his own use. Brussells, 13 Sept. 1567. Lat. 11. Notes of diflference between tlie old and new privileges granted to the Merchants trading to Muscovia, by the Emperor there. 300 DOMESTIC — ^ELIZABETH. 1567. Sept. 27. Sept. 28. Plymouth. Sej)t. 29. Sept. 29. Keswick. Sept. 29. Keswick. Sept. 30. Sept. 30. Sept. Sept. (?) Oct. 2. Oct, 2. Windsor. Oct. 3. London. Oct. 3. Gosfield Hall. Oct. 5. Vol. XLIV. 12. John Jewell, Bp. of Salisbury, to Sir Wm. Cecill. Is about to print his answer to Harding. Desires leave to address it to her Majesty as Harding already, in a bad cause, has done. 13. John Hawkyns to same. Exculpates himself from three serious charges which have been reported against him to the Queen. Knows the Spaniards and Flemings hate him. Hopes to depart with the next fair wind. 14. Tho. Thurland to the Queen. They have at length attained to the making of fine and perfect copper : sends her a specimen. The mines promise well ; nothing is wanting but workmen, &c. 15. Daniel Hechstetter and Hans Lover to same. Can now make copper and have sent some to London. Will make trial if the copper ores contain silver and gold. Recommend that some conclusion be made between the Queen and the Earl of Northumberland. 16. Same to the Earls of Pembroke and Leicester and Sir Wm. Cecill. Describe their success in making copper from ores at Borough- dale ; Mr. Alderman Duckett was present. Recommend Geo, Nedham, who has laboured diligentlj^ 17. Account of debts due to tlie office of the Armoury from the 1st of May, and estimate of charges to 31st Dec. 1567. 18. The Queen to Winchester. Warrant for easing the amount of customs payable on commodities imported by certain Russian traders. 19. Declaration of the account of the receipt and revenues of the lands and possessions of the Earl of Oxford in \arious counties, to Michaelmas 1567. Lat. 20. " The talke " between the Bishop [of London] and Master Pattenson, who had been suspended for preaching without a cure, and had in his sermons called the Bishop a traitor and antichrist. 21. The Queen to Sir Owen Hopton. Directs him, in consequence of the demise of Sir John Wentworth, to take into his charge the Lady Catharine Grey, but to keep her from the access of all strangers. 22. Same to Mr. Roke Grene. Warrant to deliver Lady Catharine Grey into the charge of Sir Owen Hopton. 23. Sir Nich. Throkmorton to CecilL Doubts not he is acquainted with the state of France by means of Sir Henry Norris. If the Pro- testants get tlie upper hand, it were well the Queen should make some favourable declaration towards them. 24. Mr. Roke Grene to same. Represents the inconvenience it will be for him to take charge of Lady Catharine Grey. 25. Archbishop Parker to same. The Bishop of Oxford elect must be sent to him for confirmation, as he is not exempt from the jurisdic- tion of the see of Canterbury. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 301 2567. Oct. 5. London. Oct. 7. Bangor. Oct. 11. Oct. 19. Vol. XLIV. 26. Lionel Duckett to Sir Wm. Cecill. Does not doubt the mineral works wiU be profitable to the realm. Provision of wood and coal necessary. Eequests he will cause some persons to be set at liberty, imprisoned for making certain cloth. 27. Nicolas Robinson, Bp. of Bangor, to same. The three shires of Carnarvon, Anglesey, and Merioneth are in great order and tran- quillity. Ignorance of the Welsh. The use of images, altars, pilgrim- ages, and vigils very prevalent among them. 28. Sir Owen Hopton to same. Has made arrangements to take charge of the Lady Catharine Grey. 29. Dr. Wm. Hughes to same ? Notes made on the authority of Scripture and the Fathers of the Church, relative to the descent of Christ into Hell. Lat. Oct. 20. 30. Wm. Mount to same. Professes his great satisfaction in being [13 Cai. Nov.] placed at the University under his patronage, liis most honoured King's College. Mecasnas. Lat. Oct. 2.5. Cambridge, Oct. 27. London. October. October. Nov. 3. Nov. 4. Nov. 7. Nov. 8. fiish:.iu. Nov. 9. London. 31. Lord Edward Seymaur to same. Thinks it his duty to en- tertain a grateful recollection of the benefits received at his hands. Lat. 32. Bishop Grindall to same. Works at St. Paul's. The south aisle is to be covered with lead. Solicits contributions from the officers of the Court of Wards. 33. Joseph Josephe to same. Solicits his assistance. Lat. In praise of virtue and charity. 34. Account of the first payment of subsidy by the clergy due 24th May, and payable before the last of October. 35. Note touching the raising of 4,000 Harquebusiers to be taken from the artificers in certain towns specified ; with regulations for their equipment and train. 36. Lease by the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's to Ric. Pickering, demising for 24 years certain tenements in Carter Lane, London, to the said Pickering, with his bond for performance of the same. Assignment by Robert Constable to Tho. Randolph, Esq., of Milton, Kent, of the ofBce of Constable or Keeper of the Castle of Queen- borough, and Steward of the lordship or manor of Middleton and Merden, co. Kent. [Case B. Eliz. No. 1.] 37. Lady Elizabeth Hoby to Cecill. Mr. John Burlace has requested her to solicit that the shrievalty of Buckioghamshire should be be- stowed on Mr. Edmund Ashfield, or some other person more able to bear the charge thereof than himself 38. Lady Margaret Lennox to same. Touching the great loss which she and her lord have sustained in their estate. Begs he will acquaint the Queen therewith. 302 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1567. Nov. 10. [Nov. 12.] Vol. XLIV. 39. Wm. Humfrey to Sir Wm. Cecill. Has been employed in making certain instruments for the copper and latten works. Proceedings in mineral operations. 40. Nich Stere to same. Professes his attachment to the doctrines of the Gospel, and solicits his favourable opinion and assistance against Jones. Lat. Nov. 12. [Prid.ia. Nov.] Cambridge. Nov. 15 Norwich. 41 to same. The heads of various houses and the Public Orator of Cambridge in favour of Mr. Stere. Lat. Nov. 19. Nov. 21. Nov. 22. Nov. 24. Norwich. 42. The Duke of Norfolk to Cecill. The Earl of Sussex has imparted to him the subject of his negociation. The Duke is in favour of the match : the only obstacle is the Archduke's rehgion. Denies himself to be papist. 43. Bishop Grindall to same. Thinks the appointment of Mr. Dorrell to be Primate of Armagh will hinder the cause of religion in Ireland. 44. Thurland, Hechstetter, and Lover to Pembroke, Leicester, and CeciU. In favour of the bearer, Geo. Lamplugh. The great flood has Ores are plentiful. much damaged the works 45. Wm. Humfrey to Cecill. for farming the copper mines, arise to the workers of them. Reasons for the low rate of his tender Years may pass before any profit can 46. Norfolk to same. Fears he will think him long in answering his most gentle letter. Has lately been greatly vexed by the devices which Can justify any thiag he has written. now begin to be sown abi'oad. Nov. 24. 47. Master and Fellows of Queen's CoUege, Camb. to same, relative [&'=' Cai. Dec] to the Queen's letter in favour of Mr. Worthington. Lat. Nov 27. Nov. 28. [4° Cal. Dec] Cambridge. Nov. 28. [4° Cal. Dec] Cambridge. Nov. 28. Nov. 28. Nov. 28. 48. Earl of Leicester to Cecill. Has sent him a letter with French intelligence. The Prince there is very strong and has double the force of the other party. Purpoi't of the Priace's letter to the Queen. 49. The Vice-Chancellor and Senate of Cambridge to same. Ac- knowledges his care of the interests and privileges of the University. Lat. 50. William Lewin to same. Gratefully acknowledges the facility of access to him which he permits the members of the University to enjoy. Lat. 51. Wm. Humfrey to same. Proofs have been taken of the different weights of latten and copper, especially for great ordnance, of which he communicates the result. 52. Speech of the Lord Keeper in the Star Chamber before the Coimcil and others, touching the rumors circulated by the bringing in of sedir tious books, to the derogation and dishonour of Almighty God, and the established religion. Is no advocate for bloody laws ; but " it is " better for a man to be twice whipped than once hanged." Another copy of the above. [See Vol..i5,.p. 4.]. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 303 1567. ^^^- ^^- Nov, 29. 53. Sir Geo. Stanley to tlie Earl of Derby. Letter sent by the Countess of Derby to Lady Strange, -wMch was so blotted and pow- dered with tears as it coiild not well be read. The subject has come under the notice of the Queen. Foreign news. Proceediugs of the Earl of Sussex, &c. Nov. (?) 54 . Petition of Hugh Alyn to Sir Wm. Cecill. His poverty. Desires to be released from prison as he has no means of maintaining himself. Dec. 2. 55. Account of money paid in Michaelmas Term on debts remaining in the office of the Queen's Kemembrancer of the Exchequer. Dec. 20. 56. Ric. Hurleston to the Earl of Pembroke. Gives intelligence, by Chester. good information, of great preparations making by the King of Spain for the invasion of England. Certain gentlemen in Lancashire have taken a solemn oath not to come to the communion, and they rejoice greatly at the report of a Spanish invasion. Dec. 57. Petition of Geo. Lamplugh to the Council, to be authorized to superintend the mineral works, in the place of Mr. Thurland, and to have a grant of certain tythes, &c. in Great and Little Broughton, co. Cumberland. 1567 ? 58. Account of the revenue in the Court of Wards and Liveries for the possessions of the following noblemen, deceased, Thomas Earl of Southampton, John de Vere Earl of Oxford, Henry Earl of Rutland, and Edward Duke of Somerset. 59. Petition of Wm. Peterson and others, merchants, trading to the eastern ports, to the Queen, complaining of injuries done to them by the King of Denmark and his subjects. 60. Instructions for the training of Harquebusiers throughout the realm of England, and for their incorporation with certain privileges. Indorsed by Cecill, " Mr. Pelham's devise for Harquebusyers." 61. Names of Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Bishops, creeks, ports, and havens, and the shires of England. 62. Abel Sylvius to Cecill. Has endeavoured to conduct himself con- formably to the profession of Christ's religion. Lat. [Defaced by damp.] 63. Petition of Edward Jackman, Francis Bowier, Barnard Field, and many others, merchants, to the Queen. Complaining of the seizure of their cloths, under an edict of the King of Barbary. 64. Memorandum, in CeciU's hand, relative to measures of defence to be adopted. The Navy to be put in readiness ; musters taken ; beacons to be prepared, &c. 65. John Brantar, a mariner of Brittany, to the Queen. Prays for the restoration of his vessel, which has been captured, and is detained by Capt. Wm. Piers. 66. Petition of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich to the Queen, praying to be released from the payment of arrears of a certain rent- charge from the 1st Edw, VI. 304 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. lo67? Vol. XLIV. 67. Notes of various public occurrences from the year 1564 to 1567 ; by whom does not appear. Lat. 68. Statement of the sources and amount of income of Wm. Lord Howard of Effingham, shewing the excess of his expenditure, and soliciting a grant from the Queen of SOOl. a year in land. 69. Paper of intelhgence, indorsed by Cecill, " Jho. Spencer's wrytyg." Giving information principally against Papists and Recusants in England and abroad. A letter to be sent as from Dean Goodman, to bring Mr. AEatt from Venice. Book of complaint of the Queen of Scots to her son, &c. 70. Grant to John and Jambs Conyers of the Office of Auditors of the Duchy of Cornwall. 71. Note of divers disorders needful to be reformed in the University of Cambridge [by a Vice-Chancellor; probably Ric. Longeiuorthe]. Refusal of Mr. Hammond, Mr. Bille, and Mr. Swale to read their lectures. Disorder in keeping the University chests, and of the fund for loan of money to poor scholars. 72. Letters Patents of incorporation, granted at the suit of the Earl of Leicester, to the Eai-ls of Huntingdon and Warwick, Sir Ambrose Cave, Sir Nich. Throkmorton, Sir Thos. Lucye, Sir Ric. Knightley, and Clement Throgmorton, Esq. Constituting them Governors of the pos- sessions and revenues of the Preachers of the Gospel in the county of Warwick. 73. Dr. Eliseus Bomelius to Sir Wm. Cecill. Complains of his treat- ment by the College of Physicians. Has always treated Dr. Francis, the President, with respect. Refers the matter to Sir Tho. Smith. Prays to be liberated from prison. Lat. 1567. Vol. XLV. 1567. An entry book of letters and papers of very miscellaneous character, from 1567 to the end of Q. Elizabeth's reign. The separate articles are described in their respective dates as near as can be ascertained. You XLVI. January — June, 1568. 1568. Jan. 11. 1. Sir Owen Hopton to Sir Wm. Cecill. Illness of Lady Catharine Grey> She has kept her bed three days. Requests permission for Dr. Symonds to visit her again. Jan. 22. 2. Resolutions to move a proposition for the indraping of the cloths termed ulterfyne and cromplystes, and to procure a licence for the same. Jan. 22 3. Another copy of the above [Jan, 22.] 4. Articles, against the licence required for making of cloths with cromplists and ulterfynes, and such like. .Tan. 5. Copy of the above. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 305 1568. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 23. Chichester, Jan. 24. Cambridge. Jan. 27. Jan. 27. Jan, Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. 1. Feb. 3. Feb. 3. Vur.. XLVI. 6. Answer unto certain articles devised against the making of the cloths called ulterfynes and croinplists. 7. Copy of the above. 8. Reply of the Merchants of the Staple to certain articles devised against the making of cloths called crumplystes and oultrefynes. 9. Dr. William Overton to Sir AVm. Cecill. Concerning certain pro- ceedings of the Dean of Chichester. Lat. 10. The Vice-Chancellor (Ric. Longeworth) and Heads of Houses of the University and principal inhabitants of Cambridge, to same. On the differences existing between the Town and University. A per- petual concord and agreement might have been settled, but for the factious conduct of Mr. Kymball, the Mayor, and his adviser Roger Slegge. 1 1 . Countess of Lennox to same. Regrets not meeting with him when she was last at Court, sale of their goods. Great loss they have sustained by the 12. Memorandum by Sir Owen Hopton of receiving the Lady Catharine Grey into his custody, and of her death on the 27th January, anno x. Eliz. 13. The Queen to Lord Adm. Clynton. Commission authorizing him to arrest the ships and goods of the subjects of Poland, to recover a debt due to Willm. Martin, son of Tho. Martin, deceased. Lat. 14?. Tho. Gardenar, Robert Wygges, and others, goldsmiths of London, to Cecill. Complain that certain laws and ordinances established for government of the Mint have been broken by Mr. Stanley, Trea- surer of the Mint. 1 3. The Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge, to same. Complain of the great diminution in the revenues of their college, and pray for protection and redress. Lat. 16. Same to same. Soliciting his influence in favour of their college. Lat. 17. Wm. Humfrey to same. Progress of the works at the foundry for calamine and copper. Parties present at the first melting. 18. Same to same. Sends him a piece of new made latten. The calamine continues as good as the first proof. 19. The Queen to the Earl of Derby, the Bishop of Chester, the Sheriff of Lancaster, and others. Directs them to attach such persons who, under pretence of religion, draw sundry gentlemen and other per- sons' fi-om their duty and allegiance. [Drafts of three letters on one sheet.] Feb. 3. 20, Copy of the above. IT 306 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1568. ^«- ^^I- Feb. .3. 21. The President and Prebendaries of Wells to Sir Wm. Cecil]. ^ Wcl?""^^' Complain of the non-residence of Dr. Turner, their Dean, which was against the statutes of their Cathedral Church. Inclosing, 21. I. Oath of the Bean of Wells, for observcmce of the statutes of that church. 21. II. Oath of the Dean of Wells for observation of the statute that none while absent should share m that which is due only to those present. 21. III. Agreement between the Chapter and the Dean of Wells, as to the terms on ivhich a lengthened absence should be grconted to him. 21 May 1565. Feb. 4. 22. The'Queen to Tho. Randolph, Master of the Posts. He is to discharge' all the posts unless they will serve for half their wages, except the ^osts of the Court. Feb. 6. 23. The Queen to the Exchequer. Warrant to pay to Sir Owen Hopton 76?. towards the charges of the funeral of Lady Catharine Grey. [Feb, 6.] 24. Particular account of the expenditure of 76?. received by Sir Owen Hopton at the Exchequer, for the funeral of Lady Catharine Grey. Sums paid to the Heralds, &c. Feb. 7. 25. Sir Wm. Petre to Cecill. The non-residence of Dr. Turner, Ingatestone. Dean of Wells, is contrary to the statutes of that church. Eecom- mends that he should accede to some reasoilable composition with the Chapter. Feb. 7. 26. Articles by the Goldsmith's Company against Mr. Stanley, Treasurer of the Mint, complaining of his neglect of former promises made by him to the Marq. of Winchester and Sir Walter Mildmay. [See ante April 1567.] Feb. 7. 27. Answer to the above articles exhibited against Thomas Stanley by certain goldsmiths. Feb. 7, 28. Information given by Mr. Thos. Stanley, Treasurer of the Mint, relative to the misdemeanor of certain goldsmiths towards him ; par- ticularly Ric. Martyn, Tho. Gardenar, Robt. Wygges, &c. Feb. 7. 29. Thos. Stanley to Cecill. Prays that the standard of the Gold- smith's Hall and the weights of the Mint at the Tower, and the Queen's standard for the coin at the Exchequer, might be tried and compared. Feb. 7. 30. John Hales to same. Has been subpoened to appear in the Court of Chancery, which he cannot do unless carried in a waggon or horse litter. Is under bond not to quit his house without the Queen's licence. Feb. 16. 31. The Queen to the Marquis of Winchester. Order, at the inter- Westminster, cession of the Spanish Ambassador, to restore to the owners certain pearls and rubies, seized by John Martyn, John Wood, and Peter Killigrew ; with proceedings thereon. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 307 . K.„ ^OL. XLVL J 568. Feb. 21. 32. The Queen to Edw. Holland, Sheriff of Lancaster. To cause cer tain deprived ministers to be apprehended and committed. On the back the following names are indorsed : " Alen, who wrote the late booke of " Purgatory ; Vause, ones Warden of Winchester ; Murrey, Chaplen " to Boner, late Bushojj of London ; Marshall, ones Deane of Christ- " church, in Oxford ; Hargrave, late Vicar of Blackbourne ; and one " Norreys, tearming himself a Physician." [In the oiames above written, Winchester is an error for Manchester, and Murrey for Murren : hut they are printed exactly from the Jif/S.]. Feb. 21. 33. Same to William Downman, Bishop of Chester. Urges him to take especial care for maintaining uniformity of religious worship within his diocese. Feb. 21. 34. Marq. of Winchester to Sir Wm. Cecill. Gives his opinion of the tender made to the Queen for farming the duty on beer for expor- tation. Incloses, 34. I. Articles proposed for farmiiig the duty on beer to be ex- ported ; at a rent of 500J. a year^ Feb. 25. 35. Wm. Humfrey to same. Opinions of the Solicitor-General, Serjeants Wray and Manwood, and Mr. Ployden, touching the state of the privileges for battery and the use of the calamine stone. Feb. 28. 36. B[aptist] S[pinola] to same. Observations on the course of foreign exchange. Italian. Feb. 28. 37. Nicholas BulKngham, Bishop of Lincoln, and . others, to same. Nedham. Have issued letters for collections for relief of those persons who have fled out of France and Flanders to avoid persecution for religion. Inclosing, 37. I. Circular letter addressed to the clergy of the diocese of Lincoln, requiring them to cause collections to be made on Sundays and Festival days, in their respective parishes. Feb. 29, 38. Marq. Winchester to the Queen. Many years experience have shewn him how necessary the possession of Calais is to England, for defence of the coast between Dover and Portsmouth. Wishes it were again in the hands of the English. Feb. 39. Hugh Curwen, Bp. of Oxford, to Cecill. The value of his Bamptom. Bishopric is but 500 marks per ann. from which various outgoings specified are to be deducted. Solicits a remission of the present subsidy. Feb. 4-0. Answer of John Tremayne to the Commissioners for Stannary matters in Cornwall. Feb. 41. Keply made by the Merchants of the Staple to certain articles devised against the making of cloths, called " crumplysts and oulter- fynes." Feb. 42. Answer to the reply made by the Merchants of the Staple against the making of ulterfynes and cromlysts. u 2 308 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1568. Feb. March 1. March 2. Canterbury. March 4. March 4. March ] 0. March 10. March 10. March 12. Westminster. March 14. Vol. XLVI. 4.J. Dr. Ehseus Boraelius to Sir Wm Cecill. His care and atfcendanc on Robert Wyngfeld. Has expended while residing in London more than lOOZ., and onlj^ received 11'? meaixs for his better remuneration. Lat. Desires Cecill to nse some good 44. The Council to Bishop Grindall. To repress conventicles, and to confer with Alderman Bond, one of the Sheriffs of London, and devise proper measures for enforcing uniformity of religious worship. 45. Lord Cobham to Cecill. Intelligence brought by English merchants from France. Application of the Secretary of the French Ambassador to pass with his old passport. Detention of goods brought from Calais. 46. List of names of 72 persons found together within the parish of St. Martin's in the Fields, at the House of James Tynne, goldsmith, the fourth day of March. 47. Articles devised by the Merchants of the Staple to be obsei'ved by the makers of the cloths called owtrefynes and cromplysts. 48. Charges for the household expences for diet of mourners, and cering the corps of the Lady Catharine, and other expences, for which Sir Owen Hopton craveth allowance. 49. Charge of diet, &c. for the funerals ; included in the above. The Queen to the Exchequer. Warrant to pay 140?. to Sir Owen Hopton for household expences and funeral charges of Lady Catharine Grey. 50. The Council to Peter Killigrew. Ordering him to restore certain rubies seized by him belonging to a foreigner. 5 L Sii- Wm. Cecill to Sir Ralph Sadleyr. Sends him news out of France, and other foreign intelligence. Return of the Earl of Sussex, in good health. Is going with the Earl of Leicester to St. Alban's to assist the Lord Keeper. Incloses, 51. I. Ahstract of letters containing intelligence from France omd Spain. 1 March 1567-8. March 14. 52. Articles to be observed by the Mayor, &c. of Coventry for the true making of the cloths called owtrefines and cromplysts. Delivered by Mr. Mershe. March 14. 5-3. Articles which the Mayor, Bailiff, &c. of Coventry, must be bound by indenture to perform, in making the cloths called ulterfines and cromplysts. March 17- 54. Notes relative to the coinage of tin at the Stannary towns in Cornwall. Allowed by Edward Lord Hastings, of Loughborough, Warden of the Stannaries, and by John Cosowarthe, the Queen's Receiver. Marcli 17. 55. Copy of the above, Avith observations thereon, signed by C. G^ri'ard. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 309 1568. ^*^^- ^^^I- March 20. ^q, ^^^ jg^^d to Sir Wm. Cecill. Has perused ilie indenture for cloths to be made at Coventry. States the rate of duty to be paid on such as are shipped by English merchants. March 28. 57. Sir Wm. Cecill to Sir Ralph Sadleyr. The French Ambassador has stated that peace is concluded. Has intelligence from Scotland, that the Queen of Scots is to marry the Lord of MeS'yn, a Stuart. March 29. 58. Lord Cobham to Cecill. Concerning the cargo of a vessel lost Cobham. on the Goodwin Sands, on the 22d of March. March. 59. The Queen to the Lord Warden of the Stannaries in Devon and Cornwall. The coinage of the tin is in future to be kept at certain periods specified, at the towns of Liskeard, Helston, Truro, and Lestwithiel. March. 60. Licence to Lucas de Hallye and Cornelius de Hooghe to exercise certain occult sciences, fi-om which great advantage will arise to the Queen and her Dominions. Lat. April 12. 61. Latin acrostic verses, bj'' Hadrianus Junius, in honour of Cecill. Prays him to present liis suit to Her Majesty. April 27. 62. Sir Wm. Cecill to Sir Ealph Sadleyr. Cannot say the Queen Greenwich, entertains any dislike towards him, because of his being recommended for the place of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. She will some- times say that he likes to live at home. He knows that " as fishees are " gotten with baytes so ar officees caught with sekyng." April- (?) 63. Considerations to be had in the choice of a Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, stating the arduous nature of his diities and the qualifications necessary for the discharge of them. [Probably on the death of Sir Ambrose Cave.] May 3. May 10. Treasury Chamber. May 20. May 22. May 28. 64. Offer of John Powell, prisoner in the King's Bench for counter- feiting coin, that he will make certain implements for coining which will prevent the possibility of forgery. 65. Sir Walter Mildmay to Sir Ralph Sadleyr. TheEad of Leicester has informed him the Queen has nominated Sir Ralph to the ofiice of Chancellor of the Duchy. Presentments by a Jury held at the manors of Myddelton, of en- croachments made by Tho. Haywarde and James Newlande upon the watercourses of a mill, called Pyrryncle Mill, in the occupation of one Geo. Dylett. [Case B. Miiz. No. 2.] 66. Marq. Winchester to Cecill. Knows Oliver DaAvbeny to be an honest man. Recommends that his suit concerning the impost on beer should be granted. Incloses, 66. I. Suit oj Oliver Dawbeny for gra/nt of the-oj^ce of Surveyor of all such beer as shall be exported; commonly called strong beer. Indenture of sale and release by William Clopton and others to William Porter, Esq., of the manor of Aston XJnderedge, co. Glou- cester. [Case B. Mis. No. 3.] 310 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1568. May SI. May 30. May May. June 4. June 6. LouTain. June 6. Cobham, June 7. Sir John Spencer's. June 11. Croydon. June 1-3. Cobham. June 14. June 19. Tytenhanger. June 21. Dover. June 25. Keswick. June 30. Vol. XLVI. 67- Names of such persons as are thought meet to be Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the diocese of Coventry and Jiichfield. 68. Grant by Thomas Eandolph, Master of the Queen s Posts and Couriers, constituting Kobt. Parmenter of London, his Deputy for executing the said office. 6i). Abstract of the contents of the patent to be gi'anted to Daniel Hechstetter for draining mines, and recovery of surrounded lands. 70. Articles devised by Hugh Smith and John Morley as Surveyors of the customs on cloths and wines. 71. Edmond Mathew to Sir Wm. CeciU. The Lord Treasurer is favourable to Mr. Dawbeny's suit for the exportation of beer. 72. Edw. Lord Windsor to same. Peter, his trumpeter, has requested him to write in his favour that he may be entertained in CeciU's ser- vice until Lord Windsor's return. 73. Lord Cobham to same. Has been desired by the Earl of Leicester to report what ships had passed and were passing northward. Sends intelligence. 74. Edw. Earl of Hertford to Leicester, Mildmay, and Cecil]. Is most bound to the Queen for her favourable acceptation of his mother's suit, and for her intention to take 700?. a year till the 10,000L be paid. 75. Archbp. Parker to CeciU. In favour of Mr. Colby, his steward, for a farm adjacent to a piece of his land in Suffolk. 76. Lord Cobham to same. Report of there being ten sail of ships at Rochelle, under command of M. Montlue. Arrival of troops at Calais. Offer of 1,000 crowns for an-est of La Planche. 77. Survey, taken by Sir Henry Crisp and others, of the decays and wants in all the Queen's castles and forts within charge of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. 78. Sir Hugh Poidet to Cecill. Ten loads of stone have been conveyed from Langley to CeciU's house at Theobald's. Matter in • hand touching the traffic of Jersey and Guernsey. His nephew Tho. Stewkely fears that Cecill has conceived an ill opinion of him. 79. William Cryspe to Lord Cobham. No truth in the report of foreigners passing over to the Low Countries. Muster of Strangers, Flemings, or Walloons near Sandwich. 80. Daniel TJlstatt [Hechstetter?] to CeciU. Is surprised at the mineral riches of the kingdom. Progress of their works ; which are opposed by Lady Radcliffe. A preacher in their own language is much wanted among his workmen. 81. Geo. Lamplugh to same. Has sent him two cwt. of stones, glistering like gold and silver, but which have however no value. There is a kind impregnated with copper. DOJIESTIC— ELIZABETH. 311 1568. ^^^-^^^^^ - - June 30, 82. Lord Windsor to Sir Wm. Cecill, Has received great benefit Spa- from the waters at the Spa. June ? 83. Note of the valuation of the Archbishopric of York. 1568. July 1. July 3. Jidy i. Croydon. July 4. Loseley. July 4. July 8. Portsmouth. July 8. July 9. 7° Id. Julii.] July 9. July 10. July 11. Vol. XLVII. July— Septembee, 1568. 1. Estimate of repairs to be executed at the glazing mill and Mr. Kelke's housCj certiiied by T. Stockett, surveyor. 2. Marq. of Winchester to Sir Wrri. CeciH. The Company of the Stillyard have shipped 5,000 cloths, and are now suitors for shipping the other 5,000. Speaks in commendation of the Company. 3. Archbishop Parker to same. Eequests him to peruse certain letters concerning the right of England to the superiority of Scotland. The King is not Dominus Hibernias but Rex Hibernise. Such records should be preserved. 4. William More to the Council. Forwards a book brought to him ' by one WiUiam Children, dropped by a stranger in a place near Guild- 1 ford Park, containing an allegation on behalf of the Queen of Scots ' touching the succession. 5. John Dymocke to same. Sends intelligence by a Dutchman arrived in a ship from Biscay with letters from merchants in Spain, which were sent to the Spanish Ambassador and opeiied by him. De- sires a renewal of his protection. 6. Eic. Popynjay, Surveyor of the Works at Portsmouth, to the Marq. Winchester. Want of money for carrying on the works there ; plan of which is sent. 7. Submission of William Eoper before the . Lords of the Privy Council, for having relieved with money certain persons who have departed out of the realm, and who, with others, have printed books against the Queen's supremacy and government. 8. Petition of Hadrianus Junius to the Queen. For licence to transport sixty dickers of leather in recompence for his publication of the Greek author Eunapius. Lat. [JProbahly Eunapius de Vitis Phihsophorum et Sophistorum. Antv : 1'568.] 9. Latin verses by Hadrianus Junius, in honour of Cecill. Desires his assistance in the furtherance of his suit to the Queen. Praise of Lady Cecill, &c. \Five 2'>ieces.] 10. Wm. Humfrey to Cecill. Has delivered up his books and accoimts to Mr. Auditor Coddenham, by which all charges wiU appear relative to the calamine works. 1 ] . Same to same. Impediments which the mineral works sustain for want of funds. Proposes an assessment of 4:01. each 312 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1568. July 13. Croydon. Vol. XLVII. 12. Archbishop Parker to the Council. Sir John Southworth has been with him, but refuses to subscribe to the form of submission tendered to him. Incloses, July 14. London. 12. I. The submission tendered to ^ir John Southworth, expressing his contrition for having disobeyed the Ecclesiastical Laws of the realm, and relieved certain priests who have refused the ^ministry and spoken against the present state of religion. July 1-568. 1,3. Sir Wm. Gan-ard and Sir Thomas Offley to Sir Wm. Cecill. Measures necessary to promote the lotterj'. The matter should be recommended to the Justices of Assize, &c. and be published to the commonalty at large. [The great lottery was for raising a sum of money for reparation of the havens of the realm. Five proclamations upon the subject were issued.'] July 15 ^'^' '^^^- Thurland to same. Has received his letter complaining of his having departed from London without taking leave. Explains the circumstances of that omission. Transactions in mining operations detailed. July 16. 1^' Dr. Walter Haddon to same. Has examined the matter between London. Wilson and Bent. Bent made an untnie report of his case. The Spanish Ambassador is greatly incensed and utters great threats. Keminds him of the venison. July 19. 16. Lord Cobham to same. Reports intelligence received from Cobham, places on the French coast, Boulogne, Calais, &c. Two French spies are in London. July 19. 17. Marq. of Winchester to same. Eepairs necessary at the Ex- chequer and the Great Tower in the Tower of London for preservation of the records. Estimate of the cost. July 20. 18. A MS. intituled " Tractatus Noni Ann! Cicli Solaris Bissextilis,' attested by Mathew de Questor, Notary Publick. Lat. July 21. 19- Sir Wm. Cecill to the Lord Mayor of London. To return a true certificate of the names and profession of aU such foreigners as have arrived in London since the last inquisition. July 21. 20. The Queen to the Earl of Leicester, Robt. Bishop of Winchester, Gorhambury. Sir Wm. Cecill, and others. Commission for visitation of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Lat. July 22. 21. Hieronymus Jerlitus, Minister of the Italian Church, to Cecill. London. Recommends Raphael Vanden Putte to be appointed Post Master for the foreigners. Lat. Julv 22. 22. Jean Cousen, Minister of the Frencli Church, to same. Testi- monial in favour of Eaphael du Puitz [Van den Pittte] for the same oifice. Fr. DOMESTIC—ELIZABETH. 313 1568. Jiily 23. July 25. London. July 25. [Oct. Caleud. July 26. July 30. Hatfield. July 30. August 1. [Cal. Aug.l August ], Exeter. August 3. Cobham. August 6., Cobhara. August 7. 0(ybhain. August 7- [7^ Id. Aug.] ht. Catharine's. AugTlst 7. London. August 8. St Alban'g. Vol. XLYII. 23. to Sir Wm. Cecill. Narrates the fearful judgments of God upon Kings and Rulers who contemn his word ; particularly in the cases of Scotland and Flanders. Indorsed by Cecill, " a Ire of " an unknown pso of zeale." 2i. Merchant Strangers to same. Have elected and recommend Godfrey Marshall to be their Post Master instead of Eaphael Vanden Putte. 25. Latin verses, by Thos. Wilson, addressed to Sir Wm. Cecill, on his recent sickness. 26. List of certain ships of Newcastle-upon-Tyne stayed at Dantzic. 27. F. Alen (Clerk of the Council) to Cecill. Informs him the nobleman's name who comes as Ambassador from Spain, ia Don Guerau de Spes. The Queen will not remove from Hattield. till next Friday. 28. Sir Roger Martyn, Lord Mayor, to same. Relative to the Strangers. Incloses, 28. I. Certificate of all strangers that lead arrived in London and suburbs, either for religion or any other cause, since the 20th March last. 29. Nicholas Stere to same. Complains of the conduct of one Jones. Lat. 30. Sir Peter Carew, Sir Gawen Carew, and Sir John Chichester to same. Complaints by merchants of the West of England of captures made in the Queen's waters, under colour of commissions by the King of Sweden. 31. Lord Cobham to same. Has received letters from Scotland The Prince of Orange will take the field, and he has borrowed money of the Landgrave and the young Duke of Brunswick. 32. Same to same. Arrival of the post at Dover. Overtlirow of Count Lewis of Nassau. God have mercy on his poor folks. 33. Same to same. Confirmation of Count Lodovick's (Lewis of Nassau) defeat. 34. Tho. Wilson to same. - Has been at Hatfield, but not finding him could not finisli his business. Has left the letters with the Earl of Leicester. Desires Cecill to hasten the signing of them. 35. Hieronymus Jerlitus to same. Sends him .'< confection of the Saccarum Rosaceum, with directions Iioav it is to be taken. Recom- mends the bearei'. Lat. 36. Notes in Cecill's hand coiicerning various matters of public business of the Borders, Scotland, Musters, &c. Terms for a treaty with Scotland. 314 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1568. August 9. London. August 13. Bye. August 14. Cobham. Axigust 14. Chichester. August 18. August 18. Fulham. August 19. Lambeth. August 19 London. August 2.5. Towcester. August 28. London. August 29. August 30. August. Vol. XLYII. 37. Sylvester Bride? to Mr. Oswald Wilkenson. News of the overthrow of the Protestants in Flanders. The Spanish Ambassador has made great rejoicings to celebrate the event. 38. Mayor of Rye to Sir Wm. Cecill. Arrival from France of one Mr. Stewart, a gentleman of Scotland, and also of a passenger who pretends he wafe sent over to give notice of the coming of an am- bassador. 39. Lord Cobham to same. Is grieved to hear he expects some jiew vexation on coming to Court. News from Flanders. 40. Wm. Overton to same. Death of William Barlow, Bishop of Chichester. Kecommends William Day, provost of Eton, to succeed him. Lat. 41. Francis Walsyngham to same. Has been desired by Sir Nichs. Throckmorton to say that the Queen is displeased at the choice made by the Prince (of Condd) and the Admiral in sending Mr. Stewart over to her. Stewart desires favourable audience of the Queen. The lady that came over with him is Madame de Muye. 42. Bishop Grindall to same. Is glad to hear of his improved health. Thanks him for favour shown to Raphael. Desires to know his opinion concerning the benevolence. Death of the Bishop of Chichester. 43. Archbishop Parker to same. Death of the Bishop of Chichester. Recommends Mr. Courtes, the Queen's Chaplain, as a fit successor. 44. Dr. Yalentyne Dale to same. The letters received from Lubeck are respecting the ships which were brought in by the company of Mr. Keyle and North. Arrest of English ships and goods at Dantzic. 45. The Earl of Ormond and Ossory to the Marq. of Winchester. Recommends the suit of the bearers, Alkynton and others. 46. Lionel Duckett to same. Has sent him such protests as the English merchants have made against the Danskers for staying Engh'sh ships. Cause of the trouble. 47. Owen O'Connor to diffidence, not disrespect, conferred on him. Lat. same. His silence has been occasioned by Thanks him for great and singular benefits 48. Earls of Pembroke and Leicester and Sir Wm. Cecill to the Merchant Adventm'ers. Request they will promote the lottery esta- blished in London by the Queen s proclamation, by adventuring for their Company in general, and themselves individually. 49. Henry Ravenscroffc, George Alkynton, and Robert Wiltsliier, Citizens of London, to the Queen. Oifer to increase Her Majesty's customs by 1,000?. per ann., if they have a grant of the survey of sUks, Venice gold and silver, and divers other costly commodities brought from beyond sea. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 315 1568. August. August. Sept. 2. Keswick. Sept. 2. Fulham. Sept. 4. Sept. 6. Cobham. Sept. 6. London. Sept. 7. I/ondon. Sept. 7. Ivy Lane. Sept. 7. Vol. XLVn. 50. Declaration by William Wade of tbe sinister dealing of Mr. Cockerham towards Mm, before and after the death of Mr Wade's father. 51. A note of the > things wanting to finish the platform for the great ordnance at Portsmouth. 52. Note of the contents of Mr. Nedham's letter touching his negociation with Mr. Curwen for a piece of ground at Workington, on which to erect a wharf; and of the progress of the mining affairs. 53. Sir Nich. Throckmorton to Sir Wm. CeciU. Thanks for atten- tions during his illness. Approves of the course taken with the French. The Eegent of Scotland hfis received a great overthrow. Proposes to kill a buck of Cecill's, at Mortlake. 5i. Stephen Fulwell (of the Jewel House) to same. A proportion of plate has been set out for the Spanish Ambassador, of greater value than that ^hich M. de Foies had. 55. Lord Cobham to same. Dispensation for the ex]Dortation of Kentish cloths : state of that trade. French news. The new Spanish Ambassador landed at Dover. Incloses, 55. I. Je. Jmcrdain to Nicolas Jourdain his hrotlier. The new Assembly will end all controversies by fire and sword. Warlike movements daily take place in France. Biejipe, 31 Aug. 1568. 56. Anthony Becqu and J. Quarre, glass makers, to same. Request permission to cut wood, make charcoal, &c. in Windsor Great Park, and to convey it from thence. Fr. 57. Fr. "Walsyngham to same. Information of a Frenchman and an Italian secretly lodged in London. It is desired the Lord Mayor should give the assistance of his officers to search the house in which they reside. Suggests that all tavern keepers shall give information of foreigners residing with them. 58. Peter Osborne to same. Has heard of the tenders to increase the Queen s customs and subsidies inwards, within the port of London. Shews how unpopular comptrollers appointed for such service are. 59. Marq. Winchester to same. Proceedings in the matter of the three merchants, Harry Eavenscroft, George Alkynton, and Robert Wilt- shier. Is loth to meddle in the affair. Their indifferent characters. The Patent gives them authority to examine merchandize coming inwards. Incloses, 59. I. Commission by the Queen appointing Henry Ravenscrofi, George Alkynton, and RobeH_ Wiltshier, Surveyors of Customs, on all goods brought into the poH of London, by vjay merchandize, wines only excepted. 316 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. Vor.. XLVII. 1568. Sept. 8. Cohham. 60. Lord CoUiam to Sir Wm. Cecill. and others from France. Incloses, Sept. 8. London. Sept. 8. Fnlham. Sept. 9. Sept. 10. Dartington. Sept. 10. Cobham Hall. Sept. 11.. Canterbury. Sept. 11. Sept. 11. London. Sept. 12. Barbican. Ai-rival of Cardinal Chastillon 60. I. Roivland Meldey to Cobham. Informs him of the arrival of Card. Chastillon, who had fled on accouoit of the troubles in France. The French King is at Orleans, the Prince of Conde and the Admired at Rochelle. Dover, 8th Sept. 1568. 61. Mr. Morley (Surveyor of Customs) to same. The Lord Treasurer has written letters to all the ports for the furthering of the Queen's service and for the aid of the Surveyors of Customs. They have now brought the aifairs of the ports into good order. 62. Bishop Grindall to same.. Sends him some grapes. Requests a caveat against presentation to the vicarage of Catterick, void by the death of Mr. Hutton. Has received a letter from Mr. Bullinger, in which are contained certain Latin lines, as quoted. 63. Lionel Duckett to same. Has had no advice of the release of the English ships stp.yed at Dantzic. loss. The delay will occasion great 64. Sir Arthur Champernowne to satne. Intelligence that the Queen of Scots has given and surrendered to the Duke of Anjou, brother to the King of France, all the title and interest she has, or pretends to have, in the realms of England and Scotland. 65. Lord Cobham to same. The Cardinal, accompanied by twenty- seven persons, is on his way to London, and purposes to apply for an interview with the Queen. 66. Henry Kyngesmyll to Leicester and CeciU. Found the Cardinal Chastillon and thirty persons, at Canterbury, among whom was M. de Lygy. The Cardinal wiU proceed on the morrow to Gravesend and thence to London by water. 67. Sir Thos. Gresham to Cecill. The Bishop of London is unable to receive the Cardinal into his house at Fulham. Has therefore prepared his own house for him with such entertainment as lies in his power. Incloses, 67. I. Kyngesmyll to Gresham. Cardinal Chastillooi %uill take his voyage on Sunday morning towards Gravesend, and next day to London. Canterbury, 11 Sept. 1568. 68. Rowland Hay ward and John Tamworth to same. The ship Primrose, belonging to Thomas Grey, of Harwich, is fittest to be em- ployed to carrry the Queen s letter to Muscovia. 69. Mr. Richard Bertie to same. Having to send to Lady Strange, it would seem strange if he did not thank him for courtesies received. Has hastened south on hearing of the dangerous illness of the Duchess [of Suffolk] : for the same reason Lord Monteagle's men hastened northward. She is however recovering. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 31 ; 1568. Sept. 13. London. Sept. 1.5. Hartley Kow. Sept. 1.5. London. Sept. L5. Fulham. Sept. 15. London. Sept. 19. Canterbur)'. Sept. 19. Sept. 19. London. Sept. 22. Lamteth. Sept. 23. Sept. 24. Sept. 2.5. London. Sept. 26. Vol. XLVII. 70. Sir Thos. Gresham to Sir Wm. Cecill. Eeceived tlie Cardinal on liis arrival at Tower Wliarf. Desires to know when he is to take hiin to Osterley. 15,000 of slate and 3,000 foot of board, for Cecill, has arrived. 71. Marq. of Winchester to the Council. Has left order with Ric. Stonlejr and Thos. Lovell, for certain payments to be made for Berwick. Will return to London witliin twenty days. 72. Fr. Walaj^ngham to Cecill. Orders for all strangers m London to be certified weekly. The two suspected persons kept close because of being infected with loathsome diseases. Descriptions of secret agents of the Cardinal Lorraine, in London. 73. Bishop Grindall to same. Sends him enclosed the presentation for East Riding, for which he thinks Mr. Parkinson the fittest. Thanks him for disposing otherwise of Card. Chastillon, as he had no means of lodging him. The Cardinal has sent M. The Card, has been well de Ligi re- 74. Henry Kyngesmyll to sam to declare the occasion of his coming, ceived and entertained by Gresham. 75. Lord Cobham to same. Arrival of the Bishop of Rennes (Ber- nardin Bochetel). War has been proclaimed at Calais against the Prince of Conde and his adherents. 76. Note of the capture of a ship of 90 tons belonging to one John Mychell of Truro, by French pirates. 77. John Mershe to Cecill. Gives particulars of the operations of the French army in the Netherlands. The Papists endeavour to procure Godfrey Mareschall, a notable perverse Papist, to be appointed foreign Po-st Master. 78. Archbishop Parker to same. Will perform what he desires relative to Mr. Wells. After much toil the English Bible has been completed. Some ornaments thereof are still wanting. Requests him to be patient until it be fully ready. 79. Memorandum of certain commissions, warrants, and letters to be issued. Letter for preservation of the Queen's game in Essex. 80. Winchester to same. Has received tlie warrant for 300L to be paid to the Treasurer of Berwick. Will further the Privy Seal for the 500Z. for Mr. Vice-Chamberlain. 81. Dr. Lewes to the Council. States his opinion relative to the last arrest of the ships and goods of the English merchants at Dantzic. Recommends a friendly communication to be made to the authorities of that city. 82. The Queen to Henry Smith and James Morley. Suspends the execution of their commission for the survey of the customs on wines. 318 DOMESTIC—ELIZABETH. 1568. Sept. 27. Sept. 29. Shene. Sept 29. Sept. 29. Sept. 29, Shene. Sept. 30. Keswick. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Vol. XLVII. 8.3. Certain Italian Musicians of the Queen to Sir Wro. Cecill. Pray for remission of a debt arising from their liaving received a pension without sufficient warrant. Ital. 84. Henry Kyngesmyll to the Earl of Leicester and Sir Wm. Cecil! The house appropriated for the Card. Chastillon is too far out of repair for him to occupy. Requests some order may be taken for lodging the Cardinal and M. de Lyzy. 85. Account of the impost on wines, from Michaelmas 1567 to Michaelmas 1568, by the farmers thereof. 86. Brief declaration of the revenue of Edward Earl of Oxford, from certain lands in Wilts, Devon, Cornwall, Bucjcs, and Cambridge- shire, of which he was joint purchaser with his late father. 87. Tho. Lord Buchhurst to the Council. Is distressed the Queen was displeased with him for not having in better sort entertained the Cardinal at Shene. Details very minutely the whole proceedings of his reception, and the preparations made for his accommodation. 88. Substance of Mr. Nedham's letter from Keswick respecting various mining transactions at that place. Progress of making copper, &c. 89. Names of Commissioners for visitation of the Cathedral Church of Norwich, and for appointing statutes for the same. 90. Account of customs and subsidies for merchandize shipped in England for Portugal and Barbary. 9 1 . Letters of protection for Sir Edward Rousse of Dunwich, Suffolk, from arrest or seizure of his goods, for one year. 92. Memoranda of public business, by Sir Wm. Cecill. To raise money by loans and gifts. Aid to those of Rochelle. Resignation by the Queen of Scots to the Duke of Anjou, of her title and right to England, &c. irjQS. ^°^' XLVIII. October— December, 1568. '-^^''- ^- 1. Substance of Mr. Ulstetts letter from Keswick, concerning mining Keswick. j^g.^.^g^ ^^gj f^^ smelting, &c. Oct. 2. 2. H. Kyngesmyll to Sir Wm. Cecill. Arrival of two gentlemen sent Sheen. fi'Qixx the Cardinal's brother. M. de Cavaignes is expected in London. The Cardinal will proceed to the Court on Wednesday by way of Hounslow. Oct. 2. Cohham Hall. 3. Lord Cobham to same. Has received letters fi'om Rye announcing the arrival of M. de Gamages and family, and other fugitives, out of France. The Prince is with some force at Rochelle, and the Count de Montgomery in Picardy with 1,500 horse and 5,000 foot. Desires to know the Queen's pleasure respecting Captain Souze. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 319 1568. Oct. 3. Windsor Oct. 3. Windsor. Oct. 5. Lambeth. Vol. XLVIII. 4. The Council to Lord Concerning the o-rant of Oct. 5. Oct. 5. [SONonas Oct.] Camtridge. Oct. 5. London. Oct. 7. Exeter. Oct. 7. Gloucester. Oct. 9. Keswick. Oct, 12. unreasonable leases by the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle. Desire him to ascertain how the case stands at present. 5. Same to . Complaint of the unreasonable grants of leases by the Church of Carhsle. Directions to procure the opinion of the Judges thereon. The bearer, Mr. Scott, is one of the Preben- daries. 6. Archbishop Parker to Sir Wm. Cecill. Has caused a copy of the new edition of the Bible to be bound, ■which he requests he will present to the Queen. If this edition alone should be licensed to be read in churches, it would conduce to uniformity. Begs that Jugge only should have the publication of it. Incloses, 6. J. Same to the Queen. Requests she %vill accept favourably the neiu edition of the Bible. It does not vary much from that luhich was commonly used, except in places where the true m,eaning of the Hebrew or Greek requiredj alteration. Be- seeches it onay have her gracious favour and protection. Has been bold " with feuie tvordes to expresse the incomparable " valewe of the treasure." 5 Oct. 1568. 6. 11. List of the translators of the Bible, luith enumeration of the separate books assigned to eaxh, and the rules observed by them in that undertaking. 7. Notes relative to the translation of the Bible, founded on the above, in Sir Jps. Wilhamson's hand. 8. William Maister to Cecill. Keturns him thanks for favours re- ceived. Lat. 9. H. KjTigesmyll to same. The Cardinal has determined that none of the French gentlemen with him shall repair to the Court until the Queen's pleasure be known. Desires to know Cecill's pleasure as to taking the Cardinal to Windsor. 10. Sir Arthur Champernowne to same. Intelligence received from France. A skirmish has taken place near Angers, between Capt. Byrsew's and M. Martigne's troops. 11. Ki chard Cheney, Bishop of Gloucester, to same. Has been at Bristol and preached three sermons. Erroneous doctrines preached by one Norbrook. Has been advised to prosecute him, but as he has never spent two pence in law, he will end as he has begun. 12. Tho. Thurland to same. Great charges which he has incurred by mining operations. Prays he may have licence to go abroad, or that he may have grant of such suits as he can devise for his relief 13. Minutes of the matters treated on by Geo. JSTedham with Mr. Curwen for a little piece of ground for a wharf Difficulty of procuring coal. Lease of land at Keswick required. Mr. Lamplugh should be continued in his office. 320 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETtL 1568. Oct. 13. Keswick. Oct. 1.5. Gloucester. Oct. 1 5. Roper Lane, Oct. 17. Oct. 19. Oct. 19. Lekinfield, Oct. 20. Vol. XL VI [I. 14'. Geo. Nedhara to Lionel Duckett. Desires to know the Queen's pleasure as to prosecuting the search for gold on Crawford Muir, in Scotland. Oct. 1.5. lo- H. Kyngesmyll to Sir Wm. Cecill. Has put the house at Shene London. in better order for the residence of the Cardinal. Tliere had not been time to do so when Leicester and liimself passed that way. 16. Bishop Cheney, to same. Attempts of his adversaries to impugn liis preaching. States his opinions on several points, especially that of Free Will. Conduct of Norbrook, the preacher, at Bristol. Is willing to grant the farm of Maismore to Mr. Cecill. 17. Sir Eoger Martyn (Lord Maj^or) to same. John Alday, the printer, committed to the Poultry Compter, and the two Dutchmen M^ho caused a certain book to be printed. Annexed.- 17. I. " Copie des Points ou articles arrestes j^ar le Due d'Albe et " son nouveau Conseil de douze, &c. Don en est evidem- " onent a cognoistre les horribles Tirannies cruautes et " larrecins du Due d'Alba, et son conseil, troupeaio san- " guinaire." 18 Sept. 1568 IS. Note of matters to be remembered relative to the mines. Bargain with Mr. Cur wen for the ground at Workington, &c. 19. Marq. of Winchester to Cecill. The vintage fleet being daily expected, the noblemen and others are desirous of warrants for their imposts on wines. 20. Earl of Northumberland to same. Requests a final answer whether he is to have a reasonable composition for the mines or not ; otherwise he must assert his right and title therein. 21. Sir Eoger Martjoi to same. Restraint of resort of foreigners and strangers to London, on account of infection. Stay ought to be made at Gravesend of all foreigners coming by sea. Oct. 20. 22. Citizens of Bristol to same. Complain of very strange, perilous, Bristol and corrupt doctrines, contrary to the Gospel, being publicly preached by the Bishop of Gloucester, in Bristol Cathedral. Inclosing, 22. I. Articles of erroneous doctrines openly uttered and published in Bristol by the Bishop of Gloucester, in three several sermons delivered on the 22d and 29i/i Aug. and Sept 1st. 23. Francis Walsyngham to same. Intelligence of twelve galleys in readiness at Marseilles for transporting certain soldiers into the north, for the better execution of some conspiracy. Oct. 21. London. 24. Henry Cheke to same. Retiu-ns thanks for the many and great [10. Cal. Nov.] favours received from him. The kindness of Mr. Clerk. Lat. Cambridge. 25. Lord Cobham to same. Proceedings of the Prince of Condd The Duke will not fight. The King of Denmaak ia to marry the sister of the Prince of Orange. Oct. 23. Oct. 2.5. Cobb&XD. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 321 1568. ^^^- ^™^- Oct. 25. 26. Bishop Grindall to Sir Wm. Cecill. Explains the occurrence at Paul's. the house of the Portuguese Ambassador. Order to apprehend the English persons coming from mass there, but the constable indiscreetly entered the Ambassador's house. Incloses, 26. I. Deposition of Huinfrey Penuiche, Constable, and Ralph Typpynge, as to xvhaJt 'passed at the Portuguese Ambassador' s house at Hoxton, on Sunday the 2ith October. Oct. 26. 27. Thomas Keys to same. Begs him to intercede with the Queen. Lewisham. Had rather end his life in her service than remain as a banished man [ZcMsam.] from Her Majesty's presence. Oct. 26. 28. William Maister to same. Hequests him to procure him an [7°Cai. Nov.] advowson in the Queen's gift, that being void to which he had been Cambridge, presented, owing to a former grant. Lat. Oct. 27. 29. Sir Henry Gate to same. Hears nothing of the survey which York. was directed to be' made of the decays at Scarborough Castle. Begs that he may not be pricked for Sheriff for the county of York. Oct, 30. 30. Isaac Barro, of Trinity College, Camb. to same. Solicits licence to travel abroad. Lat. Oct. 31. Westminster. Oct. 31. 31. Sir Henry Percy to same. Begs him to further the suit of the bearer, Master Eaphael, for the office of Post Master to tlie foreigners. 32. Petition of Raphael Van de Putte to same. Solicits to be appointed to the office of foreign Post Master. Oct. 31. 33. Sir Arthur Champernowne to Lord Clynton. Doubtful nature Dartington. of the times for persons engaged in merchandize. They are not dis- posed to venture their lives and goods at this season of the year in the accustomed voyage to Bordeaux. [Nov. 1 ?] 34. Edmonde Holme to Mr. Glaseour and Mr. Hurleston, at Chester. . Detailing the circumstances under whicli Sir Ric. Mollinenx, liis son John MoUineux, and his daughters Jane, Alice, and Anne MolUneux, and other persons, took an oath declaring the Pope to, be the supreme head of the church. {See cmte, 1566, Nov. 2.] Nov. 1 (?) 35. Relation of the proceedings with respect to the Papists and Recusants of Lancaster, indorsed "This is a note made by Wm. Glaseour " of the doyng before the Bishop and Commissioners of Ecclesias. " causes, in the Lancaster men's matters." Factious course held by Mr. Gerrard, one of the Commissioners. • Nov. L 36. Bishop Downman to Cecill. Reports proceedings with the Chester. crentlemen of Lancashire in ecclesiastical affairs. Their conformity. 322 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH . 1568. Nov. 2. Darlington. Nov. 6. Nov. 7. Darlington. Nov. 1 2. Nov. 13. Yori. Nov. 15. Dover Castle. Nov. 27 Vol. XLVIII. Good services done by the preaching of the Dean of St. Paul's. Has visited the whole of his diocese. Requests renewal of his commendam for two benefices. Incloses, 36. I. Decree of Ediv. Earl of Derby, William Downman, Bp. of Chester, and otliers. Ecclesiastical Commissioners, in the cases of certain persons of Lancaster charged with Re- cusancy. Lathom, 31 July 1568. 36. II. Answer of Francis Tunstall to the articles objected against him by the above Ecclesiastical Commissioners. 36. III. Aoiswer of Johoi Talbot to similar articles. 36. IV. Ansiuer of John Westby to similar articles. 36. V. Answer of John Rigmaiden to similar articles. 36. VI. Ansvjer of Edw. Osbaldeston to svmilar articles. 36. VII. Answer of Matthew Treves to similar articles. 36. VIII. Answer of John Townley to similar articles. 36. IX. Ansiuer of John Mollinex to similar articles. 36. X. Articles preferred by the same Eccl. Commissioners against Sir John Sotuthworth, for not repairing to church, nor re- ceiving the Sacrainent, cmd for speaking against the Book of Common Prayer. 37. Sir A. Champernowne to Lord Clynton. Reports that eight of the Bordeaux fleet have been driven by stress of weather into Con- quet, where they are all detained. 38. J. Lennard to Sir Wm. Cecill. Requests him to prevent his ' being chosen to serve as Slaerifi" of Kent, his office of Gustos Brevium occupies the whole of his time. 39. Sir A. Champernowne to same. Gonfirmation of the intelligence of the detention of the Bordeaux fleet at Conquet. Has stayed five French ships lately put into Dartmouth' by reason of foul weather. 40. Marq. Winchester to same. Application of the Spanish Am- bassador to be allowed the impost on 25 tuns of wine. Has many applications from noblemen on the same subject. 41. Matthew Hutton, Dean of York, to same. A good Archbishop is required for the diocese of York. Describes the qualifications he ought to possess. Recommends the Bishop of London to be translated thither 42. Lord CoWiam to the Mayor, &c. of Sandwich. Mandamus to summon a jury on Admiralty causes. 43. Wm. Humfrey to Cecill. Reports particulars of the iron works at Tiutern^ and in the vicinity of Bristol. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 323 Vol. XLVIII. 1.568. Nov. 28. Nov. 44. Marq. of Winchester to Sir Wm. Cecill. Has received the book of the impost on wines. Eequests him to ascertain the Queen's pleasure relative to that matter. 45. W. Daye, Provost of Eton, to Mr. Alington. Concerning the allowance which has yearly been made him of the impost on three tuns of wine. Nov. (?) 4^6. Grant by the Queen to Ric. Courteis, her Chaplain, of a prebend in Canterbury, vacant by the death of Arthur St. Leger. 47. Address to the Queen from the strangers of the French and Dutch Churches in London. With lists of their names, the quarters of the town in which they reside, their trades and occupations. 48. Estimate for victualling the Queen's ships Antelope, SwaUow Aid, and the Phoenix for sea, under charge of William Wynter, Esq. 49. Relation by a Spaniard of the cotirse of Mr. John Hawkyns' voyage to the West Indies. 50. William Hawkyns to Cecill. Mr. Wynter has iuformed him of a report that John Hawkyns, his brother, and a gTeat number of men, had landed and been put to the sword by the Spaniards. Suggests inquiries to be made, and that King Philip's treasure in England might be seized. 51. Estienne Perrot to same. Concerning the lottery. Fr. Incloses, 51. I. Propositions or heads for drawing the lottery, regulation of prizes, &c. 52. William Parteriche to same. Offers for farming the custom and impost on beer. 53. Bishop Jewell to same. Has briefly examined, and gives his opinion on certain Greek books. Objects to their being divided among the Bishops, but recommends they should be purchased for some of the colleges in Oxford or Cambridge. 5^. Grant by the Queen to William Cruys, Anne his wife, and Gamaliel Cruys, of certain lands and tenements at Fotheringay, in the county of Northampton, late in the occupation of James Cruys. 55. Bishop Jewell to Cecill. There is no better mode of disposing of the Greek books than to purchase and deposit them in some of the colleges of Oxford or Cambridge. Dec. 10. 56. Christopher Nevyll to same. Thanks for the letter in his favour Broonsebithe. addressed to the Dean and Prebendaries of Durham. They have IBrancepeth.-] ^^^-^^^^ out of covetousness to give Mm the fee enjoyed by his late brother, Sir Tbo. Nevyll. X2 Nov. (?) Nov. !Fowey. Dec. 3. Plymouth. Dec. 3. liOndon. Dec. 4. Dec. 4. St. Laurence Lane. Dec. 5. Westminster. Dec. 7. London. 324 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1568, Dec. 12. London. Dec. 13. Durham. Dec. 13. Sandwich. Dec, 19. Darlington. Dec. 20. Xiondon. Dec. 20. Hampton. Dec. 23. Vol. XLVIII. 57. Bishop Jewell to Sir Wm. Cecill. Has taken order with the poor Greeks for their books. One of them, Nicolas de la Turre, offers his service to the Queen, in copying out any Greek Antiquities. 58. The Dean and Chapter of Durham to same. Have considered, but cannot comply with, his gentle letters in behalf of Mr. Christopher Nevill, uncle to the Earl of Westmoreland, respecting a grant of the leading of their tenantry, with a yearly fee. 59. Mayor, &c. of Sandwich, to same. Have elected William South- wick to be their Mayor, but he refuses to take the office upon. him, being customer of the port, without the Queen s special warrant. 60. Sir Arthur Champernowne to same. Measures taken by him to recover such treasure of the King of Spain's as is at present in the western ports. The whole is supposed to be of the value of 400,000?. sterling, " mid therefore moste fytt for Hyr Maue-." 61. Francis Walsyngham to same. Acquaints him with a design between France and Spain for altering the religion of England, and placing the Queen of Scots on the throne. 62. Edward Horsey to same. Eelates his proceedings in procuring possession of 59 coffers of Spanish treasure on board a Spanish ship in the river of Hampton [Southampton]. 63. Marq. of Winchester and Sir Walter Mildmay to same. Desiring a warrant to be signed for money for extraordinaries for the N'av;^'. Dec. 29. Do-wnham. 6-1. Bishop Cox to same. States the reasons which induced him to contract matrimony. Bequests Cecill to be his advocate with the Queen. Lat. Dec. 29. 65. Tho. Windebaidi to sailie. Proceedings of the Spanish Ambas- sador touching the Post Mastership for strangers. All the ItaHans were unwilling to give their voice to Eaphael, but inclined to favour Godfrej'. Dec. 31. 66. Dr. Walter Haddon to same. Recommends Mr. Clerk of Cam- Prid.(Jal.Jan.] bridge, as a worthy successor of that excellent and learned man, Sir Roger Ascham. Lat. 1568 (?;. 67. The Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, to same. Concerning the admission of one Glasier to Holy Orders. Lat. 68. A catalogue of books recently published. 69. Form of suljscription by Justices of the Peace declaring their obedience to the Act for Uniformity of Common Prayer and adminis- tration of the Sacraments. 70. A note of such papers as are to be found in the State Paper Office, relative to precautions for preventing and dianinishing the plague in London. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 325 1568 (?). Vol. XL VIII. 71. The Queen to the Exchequer. Licence for the Aldermen and Society of the StiUyard to export cloths, to a number not exceeding 8,000 pieces. 72. Kote of such parcels of land as Lord Monteagle has promised that Mr. Pelham should purchase of him. 73. A pedigree of the family of Fitzwalter, deduced from Anselm Lord Fitzwalter, temp. William 1st, to 1568. 74. Inventory of the goods of Anthony Herwegs, citizen of Cologne, taken by pirates. 75. Note of ports in the West of England and other parts, to which Customers are appointed. 76. Note of the demand of money claimed by the Genoese, Luccoys, and Spaniards, as it was laden in Spain. 77. Note of the light horse certified in South Wales and North Wales. 78. Accompt of pelts and skins carried out of the realm by Merchant Strangers of the Low Countries. 79. Extracts from the registers of the Archbishops of Canterbury, in proof that the see of Lincoln is not exempt from the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Lat. 80. Petition of Tho. Barrington Esqr. and Dame Winefiide his wife, cousin and coheir of Margaret Countess of Salisbury, to the Queen. For licence to exchange certain lands and manors, the fee simple of which pertain in reversion to Her Majesty. 81. Genealogical memoranda of the representatives and heirs in reversion to the manor of Ware, in Hertford, and other lands, granted by Queen Mary to the Earl of Huntingdon, with remainder to Lady Winefride, one of the heirs of the Countess of Salisbury, &c. [P7^o- hahly relating to the preceding.] 82. Petition of Eobert Nele, of the Inner Temple, to the Council. Complains of the oppressions of John Dyon of Grymsby for matters of relio-ion in the reign of the late Queen. Prays to be protected. 8.3. Petition of the poor inhabitants of the coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk to the Council, praying for a renewal of their privilege under Stat. 5 Eliz., permitting them to export fish duty free. 326 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1569. Jan. 1. Plymouth. Vol. XLIX. January— May, 1569. 1. Sir Artliui' Champernowne, John Kylligrew, Wm. Hawkyns, and others, to the Council. Have stayed and landed from certain vessels at Saltash and Foy the Spanish plate and treasure. It is said to have been gathered by order of the Pope to be employed against the Pro- testants. Jan. 1. Plymouth. nothing 2. Sir Arthur Champernowne to Sir Wm Cecill. Has more to communicate concerning the stay of the Spanish goods and treasure. Requests stay may be made of the proceedings instituted by the Spanish Ambassador against WiUiam Hawkyns. 3. Lope S|)anish treasure talcen out of liis ship and lodged with the [Southampton.] Mayor oC SouUiauiptou. Has been urged to take lus ship higher up the river I'or fear of pirates, but he avoided so doing. Jan. ;). Canterbury. Jan. 3. Canterbury. •Jan. 4. Sandwich. Jan. 4. London. Jan. 4. I'lymouth Jan. 4. Jan. 5. Jan. 6. Jan. 7. lyOiulon. 4. Wm. Lord Cobham to Cecill. Transmission of letters to the Spanish Ambassador by extraordinary means. Sends a packet he has intercepted. Describes a Frenchman who passed through Canterbmy eight days since. 5. Same to same. Intelligence that the English merchants and their goods are stayed in Flanders. Desires to know if he shall stay the Flemings at Dover and Sandwich. 6. Wm. Southaick, Mayor, to same. Intelligence that all the English at Dunkirk have been imprisoned and their vessels seized 7. Lawrence Carwoode to Wm. Marsden, Send;j a letter for John Uenet, and a testimonial from Mr. Tho. Ley to his brother Mr. Bryatt, about some cloths. 8. Champei'uowne, Hawkyns, and others, to the Council. Have observed their directions concerning shipping in their custody. Will ]3reserve and place in safe custody all shipping that shall arrive ; until the dangers of the sea, by reason of tlie French, may be avoided. 9. Sir Thomas liowe, Lord Mayor of London, to Cecill. Has received intelligence of the arrest of English merchants at Antwei-p. Has thought lit to stay all the posts which were ready to be despatched. 10. Sir Nich. Bacon to same. Advises seizure to be made of the Flemings' goods, to the Queen's use. Thinks what has been done in Flanders may be without the King of Spain's commission. 11. Sir Tho. Rowe to the Council. Informs them of the seizures he has caused to be made of the bodies Strangers. and goods of certain Merchant 12. Same to same. Intelligence that the Secretary of the Spanish Ambassador had landed at Dunkirk, and caused sixteen Englishmen to he committed to f)rison there, and all Englishmen and their ships to he arrested, particularly the four last ships of the ^lerehant Adventurers. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 327 1569. Jan. 7. London, Jan. 7 f?) Jan. 8. Jan. iS. Jan. .9. WeFtniinster. Jan. 9. Jan. ] 0. Southampton. Jan. IJ. Jan. 11. Canterbury. Jan. 12. Totness. Jan. 12. Jan. 13. Canterbury. Vol. XLIX. 13. Sir Tho. Offley, Mayor of the Staple, to Sir Wm. CecilJ. Infor- mation that the goods and merchandize of the Merchants of the Staple have been stayed in Flanders. 14. Merchant Adventurers to the Council. Explain the circum- stances under which they sent the four last ships to Flandei's, -which have been arrested. Express great regret in having given offence thereby. 1.5. Same to same. Soliciting that measures may be taken for procuring satisfaction for arrest of their goods in Flanders, by the seizure of the propertj^ of Spanish subjects in London. Lease from the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's to the Mayor, &c., of London, of three houses or tenements in Wood-street, in the City of London, in reversion for 99 years after the year 1602, at the rent of 81. per annum. Sealed tvith two impressions of the Common Seal of London, in fine preHevvatiov . \Gase B. Eliz. No. 4.] 16. Lord Adm. Clynton to Cecill. Recommends the two large Venetian vessels from London and from Flanders, which must neces- sarily touch in Spain, should be stayed for a month. 17. Memorial of George Kyglitley to the Council. Prays for some compensation for the loss of his lands and goods at Barrow (Bergen- op-Zoom), in Brabant, which the Duke of Alva has wrongfully deprived him of. 18. Mtvy-or, &c., of Southampton to same. Have stayed some vessels belonging to the subjects of the King of Spain. Desire further instructions. Inclosing, 18. I. Kote of such goods, ships, and men belonging to the mer- cha/Tits of Soidhampton as are hnouni to he under the dominion of the King of Spain, together with a note of other merchants' goods being in the said parts, who have reqU'Csted theg should be stayed. 19. Merchants of the Staple to same. Soliciting recompence for their losses by arrest of their goods and property in Flanders, from the property of Spanish subjects seized in England. 20. Lord Cobham to Cecill. Purposes to give directions throughout all the ports that the French may pass. Has intercepted a packet ol letters. It will be necessary to put the coasts of the kingdom into a better state of defence. 21. Sir A. Champernowne to the Council. Has stayed all the ships of the King of Spain's subjects in Dartmouth and Plymouth. The ships are very large, and one of them has sprung a leak. 22. Tho. Windebank to Cecill. Has been suffering from a severe fit of the ague. Gives particulars of transactions respecting certain letters. 23. Lord Cobham, to same. Has dispatched M. de la Croce. Packet arrived from Calais for the French Embassador. Caused it to be 323 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1569. Jan. 14. London. Jan. 14. Jan, 16. London. [Jan. 16.] Jan. 17. Bolton. Vol. XLIX. opened and found among other letters one to the Bishop of Glasgow, which he transmits. Conversation with La Croce. 24. Dr. Valentine Dale to Sir Wm. Gecill. The conduct ot the Spanish Ambassador puts him in remembrance of what he has read in the treatise of Petrinus Bellus, (one of the King of Spain's own men,) " De re militari" He writes plainly "Legates non esse tutos qui hostilia nioliuntur aut excedunt fines mandati." 25. Sir Thomas Rowe to same. Has collected the principal matters touching the Queen's commission for arrest of Spanish merchants. Details his proceeding therein. 26. Drs. David Lewes, Val. Dale, and Wm. Atibrey, to same. State their opinion in the case of the spoil committed by the King of Por- tugal's armada in the river of Cesto, on the ship and goods of Mr. William and Mr. George Wynter. Recommend letters of Marque be granted to them. 27. Articles to be alleged in Mr. Wynter's cause, abating the esti- mation of his loss in the river above). 28. Sir Fr. KnoUys to the Queen. On the audacious boldness of the late proceedings of the' Duke of Alva, particularly in connection with the Q. of Scots. ♦Gives advice for the management of her Council. Is himself unfitted for a covirtier. of Cesto. (Probably subsequent to the Jan. 17. 29. John Yonge, Vice Chancellor of Cambridge, to Cecill. Objects Cambridge, to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners exercising any jurisdiction within the University. Controversies between the town of Cambridge and the University. Jan 19. '^^- Proposition by the Merchant Adventurers for the exportation of cloths and other English goods to Hamburgh and Emden. Jan. 20. 31. John Kylligrew and others to the Council. Concerning the Towey. goods and treasure of the Spaniards in the ships stayed in the ports of the west of England, Jan. 20. .32. Tho. Tayllour to Lord Cobham. Reports his interview with Kochester. Mons. D'Assonleville, the Flemish Ambassador, and stayed him till further orders. Syraond Starkey, and others, are in his company. Jan. 20. 33. Same to same. The Flemish Ambassador finds himself aggrieved liochester. at being stayed. Assured him that Lord Cobham would show him every courtesy in his power. He has sent up his Secretary. Jan. 20. 34. Lord Cobham to Cecill. Has sent the bearer with the servants ' and Secretary of Mons. D'Assonleville, the Flemish Ambassador, who is annoyed at his detention. Jan. 20. 35. Richard Davies, Bishop of St. David's, to same. Concerning Abergwyly. the right of presentation to the church of Llanarth, whether belonging to the Bishoprick of St. David's or a prebend belonging to the church of Llandewybrevy, ai;d therefore devolving to the Crowp. Incloses, DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 329 1569. Jan. 20. Plyinouth. Jan. 22. Plymouth. Jan. 23. Jun. 2o. Jan, 25. Ou boavd the Minion. Vol. XLIX. 35. I. Declaration of the matter of Llandetvyhrevy, with the names of the Parsonar/es supposed to onake a College there, shelving Llanarth to belong to the Bishoprick of St. David's. 36. Wm. Hawkyns to Sir Wm. Cecill. A small bark of his brother's (John Hawkyns) fleet has arrived at Plymouth. Sends her captain, Francis Drake, who can inform him of all proceedings of the expedition. Requests to have a share of the Spanish goods and treasure stayed in England. 37. Same to the Council. Arrival of one of tlie small barks be- longing to his brother's fleet. The return of his brother doubtful. Solicits some relief for the port and town of Plymouth. 38. Sir Thomas Rowe, Lord Mayor, to Cecill. Has appointed Mr. John Gresham and Mr. Aldersey to accompany M. D'AssonleviUe from Gravesend to London, and that he shall be lodged in the custody of Mr. Alderman Bond. 3.9. Same to the Lord Keeper. Has signified to D'AssonleviUe the (Queen's pleasure concerning audience to be given him by the Council. He takes it very ill, saying his message is to the Queen. 40. John Hawkyns to Cecil!. Notifies his arrival at Mountsbay with the Minion, which alone is left of all their fleet. Their losses by the treason of the Spaniards. All their business hath had infelicity, misfortune, and an unhappy end. Incloses, ■iO. I. A note or journal by John liaiukyns of the places arrived at and the times, in the voyage made tvith the Jesus and the Mynion. 1567 and 1568. Jan. 2-j. 41. Petition of merchants of London trading to Rouen to the Council. To licence one John White to go with his hoy to Rouen, to bring home certain merchandize there belonging to them. Jan. 27. "l-- William Hawkyns to Cecill. His brothers's arrival with the I'lyniouth. Minion in Mountsbay. Has sent a bai'k to him with provisions. Sir A. Champernovvne will leave Plymouth with the Spanish treasure for Exeter. Jan. 28. "'■S. John Parkhurst, Bishop of Norwich, Sir Edmund Wyndham, Norwich. and others, Ecclesiastical Commissioners, to same. Detail their pro- ceedings in the survey of the Cathedral Church of Norwich, and its establishment. Jan. 30. 44. Gabriel Goodman, Dean, and others, Prebendaries of West- Westminster, minster, to same. Are desirous to preserve the herse of the Lady Knollys in their church, claimed by the heralds. Jan. 31. 4^- I^^- Lewes, Judge of the Admiralty, to same. Concerniug the question propounded to him, "An legatxLS possit designare alium legatum ?" or whether D'AssonleviUe sent to the Queen by the Duke of Alva is to be accepted as Ambassador from the King of Spain or the Duke ? rjan. 1 4^- Memorandum of increase of allowances to Officers jn the depart- ment of the Comptroller of the Customs, 330 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. J 569. Feb. 2. Feb. li. Feb. 14. Vol. XLIX. 47. Lancelot Lysley to Sir Wm. Cecill. The Commissioners ap- pointed to issue the Queen's injunctions at Gosforth. on the part oi the Court of Wards, have proceeded accordingly, but Kalph Alaker's wife refuses to give them possession. 48. Sir Tho. Rowe to same. Eeeommends the bakers of London should be reincorporated by Charter. 49. Petition of the Bakers' Company to same, reincorporated by Charter. Praying to be Feb. [14 ?] 50. Abstract of articles proposed to be inserted in the Charter for the incorporation of the Bakers' Company, London. Feb. 22. 51. Archbishop Parker to Cecill. In favour of the bearer, "a poor player man," who has discovered a mode of making brimstone. Feb. 24, 52. Charles Yetsweirt to same. Requests to be admitted into his service. Lat. Feb. 25. 53. Declaratory sentence of Poi)e Pius V. against Queen Elizabeth, [.5° Cal.Martii] denouncing her as pretended Queen of England, and as a hei-etic, and absolving all her subjects from their oaths of fealty and obedience. Printed Gopij. Kome. Feb. 26. 54. Simon Musgrave to Cecill. Concerning a plot of ground belonging to Mr. Curwen, near Workington, which is required for mineral works. Incloses, 54. I. A plan of the ground required, as above, and of the river and town adjacent. March 1. 55. Opinion of Dr. Lewes respecting the goods and merchandize London. stayed in Britanny belonging to William Lawallen and other merchants of Cork. Incloses, Feb. ^)^). I. Petition of William, Laivalleii and others, merchants of Cork, to Sir W')n. Cecill, stating that being bound for Bordeaux with wines they tuere driven into a harbour in Britanny, where they were spoiled of their goods to the value of 1200l, for zuhich they solicit redress. March 1. 56. Orders devised for restraint of the carrying over cloths into the Low Countries, or bringing commodities thence. March 6. 57- John Hawkyns to Cecill. Sends him the manner of the Indies London. fleet. Requests he will suspend his opinion of the voyage, although it has not liad a prosperous end. Solicits his favor towards the suits from Plymouth. March 8. Canterbury. 58. Lord Cobham to same. The servants of the French Ambas- bassador and of Sir H. Norreys are gone to Dover on their way to Boulogne. D'Assonleville is waiting to receive news. Increase of prices round Calais and Boulogne, There French pinnaces are off the Foreland and have taken divers vessels laden with corn. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 331 1569. March 8. Canterbury. March 8. Canterbury. March 8. March 11. Canterbury. March 12. Oxford. Mavdi 14. March 16. March 17 London. March 18. March 21. Canterbur)'. March 23. [10 Cal. Apr.] Chichester. March 25. The Savoy. March 26. March 26. Vol. XLIX. 59. Lord Cobham to Sir Wm. Cecill. The Captain of Calais has stayed three passengers of Dover and other English vessels and mer- chants, on information that two French ships laden with wine had been captured by Courtenay. 60. Same to same. The bearer has brought a letter from M. D'As- sonleviUe, who is doubtful about passing over. 61. Note of things to be provided for fitting out the ships Lion, Philip and Mary, Bonaventure, Primrose, Jenett, and the bark Bullein. 62. Lord Cobham to Cecill. M- D'Assonleville lias passed over. The servants of Sir Hen. Norreys and the French Ambassador have taken their passage in another boat 63. Pliilip Sidnei to same. Thanks him for his many favours. His progress in his studies. Begs him to excuse his troubling him with his rude letter. Lat. 64. Petition of Anthony Anderson, of Dunwich, to same. To forward his suit for recovery of his ship, the Jesus ; and also the suits of Roger Copinger, John Portingale, Nich. Galwan and Ric. Breede, of Youghall, touching the goods taken from them by the French. 65. Heads of directions as to the mode of taking Musters throughout the kingdom. 66. Wm. Malim (Gughelmo Malimio) to Cecill. Thanks him for his influence with the Earl of Leicester in his Ijehalf Mr. WoUey is now well provided, having succeeded the late Mr. Ascham. Sends Cecill a copy of complimentary Latin verses. Ital. 67. Wm. Wynter to same. Is loth to trouble him as he knows he is overwhelmed with business, but begs him to consider the bill for supply of the ofiice of Ordnance. 68. Lord Cobham to same. The Captain of Calais has suffered one of the passengers to come home. Most of the mariners belonging to other ships are stayed. 69. William Overton to same. Represents the distressed condition of his brother, which he has no means of alleviating. Lat. 70. Earl of Bedford to same. His friend the bearer has been hardly used by the Governor of Berwick touching certain fishings there. 71. The Queen to certain Gentlemen and the Sheriff in every Shire. Appointing them Commissioners for taking Musters of men, horses, armour, and weapons, within the jurisdiction of each county. 72. John Thaccher and others to Lord Cobham? Transmit him the depositions of certain men at Pevensey. Inclosing, - 72. I. ■ Commission from the Lord Warden to John Thaxcher and others, Jurats of Pevensey, to inquire as to certain wrecks within the Cinque Ports. Dover, 14 March 1568. 332 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1569. Vol. XLIX. 72. II. Interrogatories to certain persons at Pevensey relative to a ship and goods wrecked there. 72. III. Ansivers hy various persons of Pevensey to the above inter- roaatories. [Five sheets. 1 March 27. March 27. March 29. iVatling Street. March 29. March. April 12. April 27. April .30. 73. Henry Cheke to Sir Wm. Cecill. favours conferred. Lat. Gratefully acknowledges May 2. Burleigh. May 5. May 5. May 6. May 0. 74. Account of artillery and stores delivered to John Kylligi'ew, Esq., Captain of Falmouth alias Pendennis Castle, co. Cornwall. 75. Roger Edwards to Cecill. Sends him a treatise to be presented to the Queen, which is not so well written as the state of the Prince and matter requireth. 76. K. Duchess of Suffolk to same. Reminds him of a suit made by a poor Dutchman who desires to go over to fetch his wife and goods. Misery of those who suffer abroad for conscience sake. 77. Names of persons to whom letters were sent in several Shires for setting out lances and light horsemen. 78. The Queen to the Lord Keeper. To make out new commissions, extending the number of Commissioners in certain counties for main- taining horses and weapons, and taking General Musters. 79. Proclamation for repressing pirates and rovers, and for preserva- tion of trade at sea. 80. J. Aldaye to Cecill. Is a prisoner in the Counter for debt. Thought he should have been protected under the Proclamation for the Lottery, but it was made a jest of A Spaniard named Farrau- dina de Jarula has been brought into the prison, who took the treasure to the Duke of Alva. Sends some letters obtained from him. 81. Tho. CeciU to his father, Sir Wm. Cecill. Reports to him particu- lars of the works carrying on at Stamford and Burleigh. Recommends the purchase of some land from the Master of the Rolls. 82. Dr. Lewes to same. Has given notice to such as have been spoiled by the French, or have had their goods stayed in France, to appear before him. 8.3. Copy of a new Statute, respecting the office of Steward or Bursar of a College. Lat. 84. Examinations of John Abels, and others, of the ship Camel, of Amsterdam, taken before Sir Henry Clynton, and others, in the County of Lincoln, touching their proceedings against Spanish subjects by virtue of Letters of Marque granted by Grave Lodowick. Certificate of General Musters of horses, armour, and weapons, for tlie Wapentake of Barsetlaw, Nottingham. Taken before Sir Jervis Clifton and Sir John Hercye, Commissioners. [See Vol, Ixii., Musters, No. 3.] DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 333 1569. [May 9.] [May 9 ] May 14. Westminster. May 20. May 28. May 30. Vol. XLIX. Certificate by Thos. Cowper, Sheriff, and Sir Wm. Merynge, of the number of horses, and muster of armour, weapons, &c., for the Wapen- take of Newark and Thurgarton, Nottingham. [See Vol. Ixii., Musters, JS^o. 4.] 85. Summary of the General Musters for the whole county of Nottingham. 86. Attested copy of the Act 8,, Eliz., confirming the grant by the Queen to the Mayor &c., of Gloucester and their successors, of the house or hospital of St. Bartholomew at Gloucester, for support of a priest, a physician or surgeon, and forty poor people there. 87. Names of those persons to whom Privy Seals were directed within the City ot London for loan of certain sums of money to the Queen. Signed by the Queen. 88. Koger Edwards to Mr. Marshe. Sends him a book that has been well accepted by the Queen, and is worthy to be read over and over again, although somewhat crabbed. 89. Eobert Huic' [q. Hicks] to Sir Wm. Cecill. Thanks for his seasonable aid in difficulty. Prays him to intercede with the Queen in his cause about certain timber trees. Lat. 1.j69. May. YoL. L. May, 1569. 1. Certificate of General Musters of able men, liorses, armour and weapons, for the whole county of Surrey, taken before Tho. Browne, Wm. More, Wm. Gresham, and others. Commissioners ; and certificate of horse and armour in the same county. June 1 (?J June 1 (?) June 1 (?) June 1. June G. Vol. LI. June, 1569. 1 . Second order by the Queen for putting in execution her commis- sion for taking Musters of horse, armour and weapons throughout the realm. Extending the time for return of certificate until the 12th of August next. [Minute corrected by Cecill] 2. Fair copy of the above, with further corrections by Cecill. .3. List of names of Commissioners for putting in force the statutes for horses, armour, &c., and for taking General Musters of able men, &c., throughout England and Wales, showing certain additions. 4. Fair copy of above list, incorporating the additions. 5 Account of the clear yearly value of lands, tenements, &c., of Waiter Strickland, Esq., deceased, within the North Riding of the county of York, taken by Tho. Williamson, feodary, there. 334 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1569. June 7. June 7. June 27. Leicester. June 27. June 27. Westminster. June 27. Winwicke. June 27. Lincoln. Vol. LI. 6. A treatise headed •" A necessary consideration of the perillous " state of this tyme, comprised in two propositions and their ex- " planations, with some provisions for the same conteyned in two '■■ degrees ;" setting forth the danger to England and all nations pro- fessing the Gospel, by the unceasing efforts of the Pope to bring all again under his rule. Proposing a general association in England for protection of the Queen and defence of the Protestant religion. \_With very numerous corrections hy Sir Wm. Gecill.'] 7. Copy of the above, indorsed by Sir Jos. Williamson, " Reviewed, " corrected throughout in many places by y' proper hand of Sir " W. Cecyll, if he were not y" first framer of it. J. W." 8. Sir Thomas Nevell, and others. Commissioners of Musters in Leicestershire, to the Coiancil. Report their proceedings on that service. 9. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Warwick to same. Certify their doings in, the Musters. Inclosing, 9. I. Certificate of the Musters fm^ the County of Warwick and City of Coventry ; number of able men, furniture of armour, &c. 10. The Queen to Ric. Cheyney, Bishop of Gloucester. Presentation of Dr. Thomas Cooper to the Deanery of that Cathedral Church, vice, John Man, dec". 1 1 Thos. Andrewe to the Council. Explains the reason of the delay in making a return relative to vagabonds, unlawful beggars, rogues, and Egyptians. Incloses, 11. I. List of names of such sturdy vagabonds as were taken at Higham Ferrers, co. Northarwpton, and there whipped. 26 if arc^, 1569. 11. II. Names of all those idle persons who have been app^^e- hended and whipped in the open nnarket at Peterborough. 25 March 1569. 12. Sir Henry Clynton and others to same. Certifying their pro- ceedings in the Musters in Lowthe and Horncastle, Lindsey Division, CO. Lincoln. Inclosing, 12. I. Certificate of arms, armour and weapons for the Hundred of Lowthe-JEske, Lindsey Division. 1 2. II. Muster roll of able men within the Hundreds of Lowthe and Calceworth, and the Wapentake of Hill, Lindsey Division. 12. III. Certificate of armour, &c., of the Town and Soke of Horn- castle, whose soldiers ivere furnished and went forth under Captain Carsey. 12. IV. Certificate of arm^s, armour, and weapons within the Hun- dred of Calceivorth, Lindsey Division, co. Lincoln. 12. V, Similar certificate for the Wapentake of Hill DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH, 3:i5 1569. June 27. June 28. J\iickland. Vol. LI. 13. Wm. Lord Wyllughby and others to the Council. Certify their proceedings in the Musters within the Sessions of Caister and Spittell, Lindsey Division, co. Lincoln. Desire to be supplied with arms and armour for sale. Inclosing. 1 3. I. Certificate of arms, armour and weapons in the Wapentake of Well. Certificate of horse, armour, weapons, &c., in the Caister and Spittell, and other Wapentakes in Lindsey Division. [See Vol.]xn. Musters, No. 5.] Certificate by the Mayor, &c., of the armed men, curmour, &c., wi,thin the City of Lincoln. 21 June 1569. [8ee Vol. Ixii. No. 6.] 14. Bishop of Durham, Ch., Earl of Westmoreland, and others. Commissioners for the County Palatine of Durham, to same. Cer- tify their doings in the Musters. The lordships and towns of Harte and Hartlepool refuse to appear, alleging that they belong to the County of Northumberland. Inclosing, 14. I. Certificate of the General Musters of all the inhabitants of the County Palatine of Durham, their arms and armour, viz., for Ecbsington Ward, Stockton Ward, Chester Ward, arid Darneton or Darlington Ward, chnd the Lordship ofBrance- peth. 1 4. II. Certificate of the statute for armour, lueapons, and other warlike furniture for Chester Ward, co. Durham. 28 April 1569. Certificate of Musters of armour, tveapons, and other warlike fur- niture, for Stockton Ward, co. Durham, taken before the Bishop of Durham and others, Commrs. 26 Ap>ril 1569. \^See vol. \^\i. Musters, No. 1.] General certificate and abstract by the same Commissioners of the whole Musters of horse, armour, and weapons fo^^ the County Palatine of Durham, 28 June 1669. [See vol Ixii. Mus- ters, No. 7.] June 28 15- Henry Lord Herbert, Sir John Zouche, and others, Commis- Sarum. ' sioners of Musters for the County of Wilts, to same. Certify their doings in the Musters. Inclosing, 15. I. Certificate and abstract of General Musters of horse and foot within the County of Wilts. 15. II. Another certificate similar in substance, but not duplicate. June 99 16 Earls of Sussex, Northumberland, and Westmoreland, and others, York" Commissioners of Musters for the county of York, to same. Certify their proceedings. Change in the description of arms to be furnished by certain places. Request a supply of arms and munition may be 336 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1569. Vol. LI. sent to Hull. Willingness of, the people to provide themselves with arms. Inclosing, Certificate by the Earls of Sussex and Northumherland, of Musters of horse, armour, &c., within the Wapentake of Claroiu, and Liberties of the same. [See Vol. Ixii. Musters, No. 8.] Certificate. by the same, of Musters of horse, armour, &c., within the Wapentake of Howdenshire. [See Vol. Ixii. Musters, No. 9.] Certificate by the same, of Musters of horse, armour, &c., within the Wapentake of Holderness. [_See Vol. Ixii. Musters, No. 10.] Certificate by the same, of Musters of horse and armour, within the Wapentake of Harthill. [See Vol. Ixii. Musters, No. II.] Certificate by Sir Tho. Gargrave and John Vaughan, of Mtisters of horse, armour, &c., in the Wapentakes of Straffurth, OsgoocU cross, Staincwss, Agbridge, Morley, Staynecliffe, Yoivcrosse, cond Skyracke. [See Vol. Ixii. Musters, No. 12.] Certificate by Sir Nich. Fairfax and Sir Henry Gate, of armour, weapons, horses, &c. for the Wapentake of Birdforth, co. York. [See vol. Ixii., Musters, No. 2.] CeHificate by same, of Musters of horse, armour, &c. within the Wapentake of Buckross. [See Vol. Ixiii. Musters, No. 1.] Certificate by the same, of Muster^ of horse, armour, &c., within the Wapentake of Dickering. [See Vol. Ixiii. Musters, No. 2.] Certificate by the same, of Musters of horse, armour, Ac, within the Wapentake and Liberties of Pickering-lythe. [See Vol. Ixiii. Musters, No. 3.'] Certificate by the same, of Musters of horse, armour, &c., for the Wapentake of Bulmer. [_See Vol. Ixiii. Musters, No. 4.] Certificate by same, of Musters of horse, armour, and iveapons within the Wapentake of Ridcdle, N. Riding, co. York. ]_Sec Vol. Ixiii, Musters, No. 5.] CeHificate by the Earl of Sussex and Sir Tho. Gargrave, of Musters of horse, armour, and iveapons within the Wapentake of Barkestone. [See Vol. Ixiii. Musters, No. 6.] Certificate by the Earl of Westmoreland, Sir George Bowes, and Sir Wm. Eure, of Musters of horse, armour, &c., wilhin the Wapentake of A llertonshire and Langbarge. [See Vol. Ixiii. Musters, iVo 7.] Certificate by the same, of Musters of horse, armour, d-e. witliin the Wapentakes of Hangeast, Hangwest, Gillingiuest, GilVmig- enst, cmd Hcdhjkelde. [See Vol. Ixiii. Musters, No. 8.] DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 337 1569. June 29. Ipswich. June 29. Vol. LI. 17. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Suffolk to the Council. Certify their doings in the Musters. Desire further time to furnish a more particular Certificate. Inclosing, Certificate of all able inen, Jiorses, armour and weapon within the whole County of Suffolk, taken by Sir Roht. Wyngfeld, Sir Owyn Hopton and others, Convmrs. {See Vol. Ixiii. Musters, No. 9.] 18. Discourse on the question whether it would be profitable for the Commonwealth of England, that the Staple for spices be kept in England, and how it might be effected ? June 29. 19. Keasons for establishing a direct trade between England and Portugal, June SO. 20. Anth. Visct. Montague, and others, Commissioners of Musters for Cowdry. the county of Sussex, to the Council. Certify their doings in the charge committed to them. Have made inquiry and found the statutes relating to the keeping of horses, armour, &c., duly observed. Inclosing, 20. I. Certificate of the General Musters of all able men, horses, &o., for the County of Sussex, the Cinque Ports excepted. Vol. LII. June, 1569 1569. June 30. 1. Certificate by the Earl of Bedford, Arthur Lord Grey, of Wilton, and others, Commissioners of Musters, of the able men, horse, armour, &c., for the whole county of Buckingham. June SO. 2. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Cornwall to the Bodmin. Council. Certify their doings in the Musters. Scarcity of arms and armour. The county has been greatly impoverished by a general loss of cattle, horses, and sheep. Desire a supply of arms and munition. Inclosing, Certificates of the Musters for the several Divisions of the County oj Cornwall. Names of the able men. Observance of^ the statutes touchinr/ the breed and keeping of horses. Furniture of armour, &c. 1569. July 2. Vol. LIIL July, 1569. Commission of Inquiry relative to the proceedings of John Hawkyns, in the voyage undertaken by him, with certain ships under his com- mand, to the West Indies, and hostilities with the Spaniards there. Depositions of witnesses, &c., attested by Dr. Lewes, Judge of the Admiralty, and Roger Pnrker, Notary Public. 338 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. ir.69. July 2. July 2. July 2. July 2. Kyrthinge. July 3. York. July 8. Hereford. July 10. July 10. July 10. July 1 2. Boston. Vol. LI V. July, 1569. 1. Warrant to levy 2oO able men within the County of for service in Ireland. 2. Notes of number of men and arms to, be raised in various counties ; ports for embarkation, &c. In Gecill's hand. 3. The Oouncil to the Sheriffs and Commissioners of Musters in the Counties of Somerset, Gloucester, Devon, Cornwall, and Dorset ; to levy certain soldiers in those cotmties for service in -Ireland. 4. Lord North and others, Commissioners of Musters for the County of Cambridge, to the Council. Certifying their doings in the Musters, Inclosing, 4. L CeHiJlcate of the Musters for the County of Gambndge. Nurnher of able men. Observance of the statutes relative to the breed and keeping of horses. Furniture of armour, &c. l^See Vol. Ixiii., Musters, No. 10.] 5. The Dean of York (Hutton), Suffragan of Nottingham, and Dr. Rokeby, to Sir Wm. Cecill. Have taken Musters of armour, &c., of the clergy within the Diocese of York, and transmit a schedule of the same. Have signified the orders of Council to the Bishops of Durham, Carlisle, and Chester. - Certificate of the General Musters for the County of Worcester. Number of able men. Inquisition upon the statutes touching the breed and keeping of horses. Furniture of armour, &c. [See Vo\. Ixiii., Musters, No. \\^ 6. Sir James Croft, Sir Jas. BaskerviUe, and others. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Hereford, to the Council. Certify their proceedings and specify the numbers mustered. Will make a further return. 7. Grant by Ivan Vazilewich, Emperor and Great Duke of Russia, of certain privileges to the Merchant Adventurers at the solicitation of Tho. Randolph, the English Ambassador, at the Court of Russia. Certificate by Sir Tho. Wrothe, Tho. Seekforde, Sir Francis Jobson, and others, of the Muster of horses and armour in the county of Middle- sex. l^See Vol. Ixiv., Musters, No. 1.] Certificate of the General Musters for the County of Middlesex. Names of the able men, with their furniture of armour, &c. \8ee Vol. Ixiv., Musters, No. 2.] 8. Commissioners of Musters for the Holland Divisioii of the County of Lincoln to the Council. Certify their doings in the Musters. Inclosing, Certificate of the Inquisition tipon the statutes for the maintenance and breed of horses, provisions of armour, &c. And of tlie General Muslcrs for Holland. [See Vol. Ixiv., Musters, No. 8.] I)0MP:STIC — ELIZABETH. -339 1569. July 12. Salop. [Shvewsbitry.] Vol. LIV. 9. Sir Andrew Corbett, Sir Ric. JSTewporfc, and others, Commissioners of Musters for Shropshire, to the Council. Certify their doings in the Musters. Their opinion respecting the keeping of the arms and exercising the soldiers. Propose that Her Majesty should keep an ap- pointed number of soldiers always in readiness for service. Incloseing, 9. I. Certificate of the General Musters of all smis of men, and of horses, armour, and weapmis within the County of Salop. July 14. 10. Names of the Commissioners of Musters for the city of Bristol. July 20. Shere. July 20. July 21. July 22. Gloucester. July 22. July 25. July 25. Warwick. 11. Commissioners of Musters for Surrey to the Council. Give their opinions and answers to the various articles sent to them from the Council, relative to the increase of harquebusiers within that coimty. 12. Directions how the General Musters and training of the soldiers may be most effectually accomplished, including the above answer of the Commissioners of Musters for Surrey ; together with a relation of the orders used by the Duke of Tuscany for the exercise of war and training of soldiers. 13. Note of Spanish money and silver bullion brought into the Tower of London from Dartmouth by John Bam and others, and laid up into the vault under the Jewel House in the Tower ; and note of the Spanish rials received from William Wynter, by John Asteley, Master of the Jewel House. July 24. 14. Duplicate of part of the above. 15. Edmond Lord Chandos, Sir Nich. Arnold, and others, Commis- sioners of Musters for Gloucestershire, to the Council. Give a general statement of the numbers mustered, and request leave to send full certificate after the harvest. Inclosing, 15. I. Abstract of the Musters of arms and armour for the County of Gloucester. 16. Sir Ralph Sadlier, Sir Edw. Capell, and others, Commis- sioners of Musters for the County of Hertford, to same. Certify their doings in the Musters, and give answers to the articles respecting the increase of harquebuses within the county. Inclosing, 1 6. I. Certificate of the General Musters, number of able men, hoi^ses, furniture of armour, &c., within the County of Hertford. 17. Certificate of the General Musters for the Wapentakes of Brox- stow, Bingham, and Rushcliff, within the county of Nottingham. 18. Sir Wm. Wygston, Sir Tho. Lucy, and others. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Warwick, to the Council. Reply to their letters as to increase of harquebusiers in that county. Have appointed divers places for practice of shooting. General search and punish- ment of offenders. Y 2 340 DOMESTIC —ELIZABETH. 1569. July 31. Newbury. July? July? Vol. LIV. 19. Sir Edw. TTnton, and others, Commissioners of Musters for the County of Berkshire, to the Council. Certify their doings ia the Musters. Inclosing, Certificates of the General Musters of coble Tuen, horses, armour, &c., in the Hundreds of Reading and Cheale, and the Borough of Reading, co. Berks. [See Vol. Ixiv., Musters No. 4.] Certificate of General Musters of able men, &c., for the Hundreds of Faircross, Kintbury Egle, and Compton, and the Towns of Newbury and Hungerford, co. Berks. \_See vol. Ixiv., Musters No. 5.] Certificate of General Musters of able mien, horses, armour, &c., in the Hundreds of Wantinge, Ganfield, Shrevenham, Lam- borne, and Faringdon, co. Berks. [See Vol. Ixiv., Musters No. 6.] , Certificate of General Musters of able men, &c., for the Hundreds of Hornier, Ocke, a.nd Moreton, and the Towns of Abingdon, and Wcdlingford, co. Berks. [See vol. Ixiv., Musters No. 7.] Certificate of General Musters of able men, &c., tuithin the Hundreds of Cookham, Bray, Ripplesmere, Sunning, Chardon, War- grave, and Beynhurst, with the Town of Neio Windsor, CO. Berks. [See Vol. Ixiv., Musters No. 8.] 20. Certificate of able men furnished, and not furnished, in various Wapentakes, within Lindsey and Holland Divisions, co. Lincohi. 21. Certificates of coat and conduct money, and return of armour and weapons, in various Wapentakes, co. Lincoln. 1569. July. Vol. LV July, 1569. Book of General Musters of able men, horses, armour, :weapor^s, &c., for the whole County of Somerset, certified by Sir Hugh Poulet, Sir Maurice Berkelej^, and others. Commissioners for that county. 1569. August. August. Vol. LVI. August, 1569. 1. Certificate by Viscount Hereford, Sir Wm. Grisley, and others, of the able men, horses, armour, fee, for the City of Lichfield, and General Musters for the whole County of Stafford. 2 Certificate by Tlio. Visct. Byndon, Sir Wm. Poulet, and others, of General Musters of all able men, horses, armour, &c., for the whole County of Dorset. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 341 1569. (August.) (August.) Vol. LVII. Augtjst, 1569. 1. Sir John Seintleger, Sir Arthur Champernowne, and Piers Edgecumb, Commissioners of Musters for the County of Devon. Certifi- cate of the General Musters of able men, the breed and keeping, and number of horses, furniture of armour, &c., for the whole county. 2. Certificate by the same Commissioners, and the Mayor, fee, of the City of Exeter, of Musters of the able men, armour &c., within that city and county. 1569. August 1. Devizes. August 3. Aylesbury. August 3. August 3. August 5. August 5. August 5. August 7. Exeter. Vol. LVIII. August— September, 1569. 1. Sir John Zouche, Sir John Thynne, and others. Commissioners of Musters for Wiltshire, to the Council. Have received their letters containing articles respecting the increase and furniture of harquebu- siers. Report their opinions thereon. 2. Commissioners of Musters for Berkshire to same. Report their opinions respecting the training of harquebusiers in that county. 3. Proclamation against the maintenance and harbouring pirates. 4. Certificate by Edw. Etxrl of Derbj^, and others, of the General Musters for the whole County of Lancaster. Muster of the able men, horses, armour, weapons, &c. 5. Sir Richard Fenys, [Fynes] and George Danvars, Commissioners of Musters for the County of Oxford, to Sir Francis KnoUys. Certify their doings in the Musters. Request they may defer making a full Certificate till after harvest. Inclosing, 5. I. Certificate of the Musters of armour and ivcapons, chargeable by statute within the County of Oxford, and the numbers of footmen and light horsemen. 6. Oliver Lord St. John, of Bletso, Sir Lewes Mordaunt, and others, Commissioners of Musters for the County of Bedford, to the Council. Certify their doings in the Musters. Inclosing, Certificate of the General Musters for the ivhole county of Bedford. Number of able men, horses, armour, &c. \See Vol. Ixv,, Musters No. 1.] 7. Earl of Shrewsbury, Sir John Zowche, and others. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Derby, to same. Certify their doings in the Mustei-s. Desire to be supplied with some arms. Cannot inforce the orders touching the exercising of harquebusiers. In- closing, 7. I. Certificate of the Musters of able men, with the armour and iveapons, for the County of Derby. 8. Sir John Seintleger, Sir John Moore, and others. Commissioners of Musters for the county of Devon, to Sir Wm. Cecill, State various 342 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1569. August 7. Paston. August 8. August 8. August 9. August 10. August 10. Chelmsford. August 14. August J 5. August 1.' August 15 August 15. Vol. LVIII. impediments that have prevented them from making their certificate within the time appointed. Eequest instructions as to firing the beacons. 9. Sir Chr. Heydon, Sir Wm. Buttes, and Wm. Paston, Commis- sioners of Musters for the Coimty of Norfollc, to the Council. Certify their doings in the Musters. Inclosing, Certificate of the Musters for the County of Norfolk, and City of Norwich. Number of able onen, horses, armour, &c. Certificate by Edv."-. Lord Stafford, and Simon Harcourt, of the Musters of harquebusiers, pikemen, archers, and billmen, and of horses, armour, fee, in the Hundred of Cuddleston, co. Stafford. [See Vol. Ixv., Musters No. 2.] Similar Certificate by Edw. Lord Dnddeley, and Simon Harcourt, for the Hundred of Seysdon, in the County of Stafford. [See Vol. Ixv., Musters No. 3.] Certificate by Sir Gervais Clyfton, John Byron, and others, and John Brownlowe, Mayor, of the Musters for the Tov/n and County of the Town of Nottingham. Names , of able men, liarquebusiers, furniture of armour, &c. [See Vol. Ixv., Musters No. 4.] 10. Certificate by Sir Eobt. Tyrwliyt, Sir Henry Darcy, and others, of Musters of able men, horses, and furniture of armour, &c., for the County of Huntingdon. 11. Robert Lord Ryche, John Lord Darcy, of Chiche, and others, Commissioners of Musters for the County of Essex,. to the Council. Certify their proceedings in the Musters. Inclosing. ] 1. I. Certificate of Musters of able men, horses, armour, lueapons, unishment by fine and imprisonment to offenders, at their discretion. 29. John Whitgyfte, Vice Chancellor, and others of the University, to same. Thank him for procuring the new statutes for the University, and censuring the conduct of Mr. Cartwright, against whom they intend to proceed to deprivation. 29. I. Copy (in Whitgyfte s hand) of Mr. Cartwright' s propositions of the doctrines taught by him relating to Episcopal Juris- diction, the Functions of the Ministry, &c. 396 DOMESTIC — ^ELIZABETH. Vol. LXXIV. 1570. Nov. ? 30. Twenty-six propositions relating to doctrines in the Church, &c., by Cartwright, including the foregoing six propositions. Indorsed by Cecill. " 1570. Articuli propositi et divulgati ip Gartivrytu et alios." Nov. 10. 31. Particulars of the case between the Earl of Arundel and Lord Lumleyj for recovery of a considerable debt owing to King Henry VIII. by the Florentines. Nov. 10. 32. Archbp. Grindall to Sir Wm. Cecill. Had given, orders for CawoocT. searching the Countess of Northumberland's house, and for the mass priests that might be found therein to be sent to him. Three had iDeen sent, one of whom was Henry Comberford. Has been obliged to resort to law for dilapidations. Incloses, '32. I. JExainination of Henry Comberford hefore the Ecclesias- tical Commissioners for the County of York. He defends the service of the Mass, and supposes the Countess of Northumberland to have been possessed of evil spirits. 8 Nov. 1570. Nov. 14. 33. Proclamation against harbouring seditious persons and rebels, and from bringing in traitorous books and writings from abroad. Nov. 15. 34. The Queen to the Lieutenants of Shires. The late unnatural rebellion in the North being suppressed, she has thought it expedient to revoke her Commissions of Lieutenancy. Retui-ns her hearty thanks for their services. Nov. 15. 35. Same to same and their Deputies. Discharging them from all duties under their Commissions of Lieutenancy, and directing them to exercise vigilant care as ordinary magistrates. Nov. 15. 36. List of Lords Lieutenants and their Deputies to whom the above were addressed. Nov. 16 37. Tho. Davies, Bishop of St. Asaph, to Cecill. Has reduced hi St. Asaph, diocese to better order, but some disorderly persons still remain. He therefore prays that an Ecclesiastical Commission for his diocese may be issued. Nov. 17. 38. Note by John Hamby, Auditor ; of the rate of the charges of postage of the loan money, according to the distances of the shires from London. With warrant of the Council for payment of the same. Annexed. 88. I. Copy of former warrant of Council for payment of charges for carriage of the loan money. Attested by John Hamby. Nov. 21. 39. The Queen to Lord Keeper Bacon. To issue Commissions for inquiry as to persons who have departed out of the realm without license, and what goods and lands they had at their departing. Nov. 24 40. Sir Rowland Haywarde, Lord Mayor of London, to Cecill. Has made inquiry concerning the imprisonment of Mr. Tho. Lee, and sends certain depositions respecting the same. DOMESTIC — ^ELIZABETH. 397 1570. Nov. 26. New Park. Nov. 27. Cambridge. Nov. 30. Nov. Nov. Dec. 4. [Prid. Non. Dec] Cambridge. Dec. 13. Dec. 14 Dec. 15. Valenciennes. Dec. 20. Cambridge. Dec. 23. Dec. 27. Lambeth. Dec. 29. [4o Cal. Jan.] Norwich Castle. Vol. LXXIV. 41. Edw. Earl of Derby to Sir Wm. Cecill. Thanks for his friendly- advice, and is glad to know the Queen is to be the judge of his conduct. Has sent up his two sons according to her command- ment. 42. William Eulk to same. Has been informed by the Archbp. of Armagh (Tho. Lancaster) of his good opinion towards him. Offers to clear himself of the charges objected against him. Desires to be restored to his former appointment. Lat. 43. George Nedham to same. Sends an account of their mining operations. Intelligence received of great damage done in the Netherlands by inundations. 44. Names of the Justices in different Eapes of the County of Sussex, with note of the expediency of sending a Commission into that county for ecclesiastical causes. 45. The Queen to the town of Colchester. To shew favour to Thos. Heneage, Esq., Treasurer of the Chamber, in the lease of certain grounds. Draft in Cecill's hand. 46. Barthw. Clerke to Cecill. Desires his favour, and hopes that he wiU use his influence in advancing the interests of the University. Lat. 47. Jehan Lover to same. Report of the mining operations ; par- ticulars with respect to the production of copper. Incloses, 47. I. Jehan Lover to the Queen. Solicits aid in support of the great charges sustained in prosecuting mining transac- tions. 48. Indenture of lease by the Queen to Francis Godolphin, Esq., of the Scilly Islands, for the term of 38 years. 49. Lord Morley to Mr. Fitzwilliams. Professes his loyalty, and his friendship for Sir Wm. Cecill. Purposes to go to Aquisgrano [ Aix] for the benefit of the waters. 50. Henry Cheke to Cecill. Thanks him for his many favours, but feels the impossibility of his ever making any return. Compliments him on his fortune and power. Lat. 51. The Queen to Tho. Fanshawe, Eemembrancer of the Exchequer. To permit Oliver Dawbeny to peruse certain accounts for the purpose of discovering fraiids in the Customs. 52. Archbp. Parker to the Queen, Urgently denies having shewn wilfulness or ingratitude. States particulars of his obtaining the farm and the house at Charing. The County of Kent is quiet, and in a state of obedience to the laws. 53. Thomas Cecill to Cecill. Acknowledges his liberality, and addresses certain Latin verses on the new year to him, and solicits him to get him out of prison. Lat. 398 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1570. Dec. 30. 54. The Queen to Sir Ralph Sadleir. Authorizes him to deliver to Sir Wm. Cecill certain oak timber trees, to be taken out of the Manor of Hartingfordbury and Enfield. Dec. 55. The Queen to the Vice-President of Wales. Warrant for HamptonCourt. levying certain foot soldiers in the Principality, to attend Sir John Perrot, who has been appointed President of Munster. Dec. ? .56. Danl. [Hechstetter ?] to Sir Wm. Cecill. Desires his aid in fur- thering the mineral affairs by assisting Hans Lover in the management of them. Recommends the reports of the quantities received by Mr. Dudley for the Queen should be fully known. They suffer by the restraint on foreign trade. Vol. LXXV. Undated, 1570. 1570 ? 1. Project by a person unknown, for raising the amount of Customs by increase of duties on certain articles specified. 2. Statement shewing the mode by which the revenue derived fi-om the Customs and Subsidies of Tonnage and Poundage may be in- creased. 3. Instructions for obtaining a lease of the office of the Butlerage for a term of years for the Earl of Leicester, at such reasonable rent as by the Lord Treasurer shall be thought expedient. 4. Claim of the Lord Admiral to all leather seized and forfeited for illegal exportation. 5. Memorandum for a grant to John Smythe, the Queen's Surveyor in Oxfordshire, of the wardship of one Bosworth, co. Warwick. 6. Note of the purport of the petition of Lord Mountjoy to the Queen, for exchange of certain lands. 7. A brief declaration by John Johnson, of abuse in the size of wood for fael, and how to remedy the same, and for regulating the woodmongers of London. 8. Wm. Humfrey to Cecill. The Governors of the Mineral and Battery Works have granted him a lease for procuring gold and silver from lead and stone. Discovery of calamine and copper iu abundance. Solicits a lease of an old lead mine in the Manor of Calver, part of the inheritance of Anne Shakerley. 9. Estimate of a proportion of victuals for 100 men nt^nthly, serving at sea. 10. Abstract of depositions against John Purdewe, of Winchester, charged with the death of one Gennynges. 11. Petition of Geo. Fenner, of Chichester, to the Council. Prays redress for great losses, by spoils and robberies committed on divers ships by the Spaniards in the Low Countries. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 399 1570? Vol. LXXV. 12. Petition of John Marshal, Tho. Castlyn, and others, to the Council. Pray for redress of losses by means of spoil committed on them by the Flushingers. 13. Petition of the owners, masters and mariners belonging to the River Thames, to same. Praying that letters missive may be sent to the merchants trading to Spain and Portugal, commanding that no ship carrying corn into those countries shall bring back any com- modities from thence, salt only excepted. 14. Petition of George Barne, alderman, and 24 others, merchants of the City of London, to same. Solicit a grant of letters of assist- ance for the better execution of a commission for recovery of the ship Francis, taken by French pirates. 15. Petition of merchants and fishermen of Yarmouth to same. Complaining of injuries sustained by the town of Yarmouth and the coasts of Norfolk by pirates ; and beg for protection of two of the Queen's ships. 16. Note of the great decay of the Navy, showing the necessity for the increase of seamen ; recommending the trade in wines to be left open, and encouragement be given to the fisheries. 17. Mr. Owen to Sir Wm. Cecill. A complimentary epistle. Lat. 18. Note of services offered to the Queen by Emery Molyneux, of new inventions of shot and artillery, to be used priacipally in naval warfare ; protection of ports and harbours ; a new shot to discharge a thousand musket shot ; with wild fire not to be quenched. Particulars of offensive and defensive iaventions detailed. 19. Names of persons who bought goods taken out of the ship Jonas, of Queenborough, by Hicks the pirate. 20. Petition of Nicholas Masselin to the Council. Prays for redress for detention of his vessel and cargo by the Spaniards. 21. Suit of Sir William Fitzwilliams to the Queen. For_ grant of the arrears of concealed rents, fee farms, and mesne reservations upon patents made before the 27th Henry VIII. 22. Memorandum by the Marquess of Winchester of the yearly revenue of the Uuchy of Cornwall. 23. Petition of Lawrence Cookson, Garbeller of the City of London, to CeciU. Complains of obstructions offered to him in execution of his office by the Lord Mayor and merchants of London, which office he held by legal conveyance from Anthony White. 24. Another petition from same to same. Further complaints ot obstruction in execution of his office of GarbeUer by the Lord Mayor, &c., of London, Prays for protection. 400 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH 1570? Vol. LXXV. 25. Another petition of Lawrence Oookson to the Council. Shews that great frauds are practised by adulterating drugs, spices, seeds, &c., brought from beyond sea. Prays for their Lordships' aid in the execu- tion of his office of Garbeller. 26. Arguments to prove that the patronage of the office of Garbeller belongs to the City of London. 27. Copies of three letters, from whom does not appear. The first, thanks for examination of witnesses : the second, thanks for benevo- lence shown to a foreigner : the third, to the Lord Mayor, recommend- ing the widow of Anthony W[hite], late Garbeller of London, for a compensation for the profits of that office. The latter dated " From ray House at St. Bartholomews." 28. The Queen to the Lord Treasurer, Sir Walter Mildmay, and others. Directions to determine the suit long dependent between the Earl of Hertford and the Lord Wentworth, for certain concealed lands. 29. Masters, &c., of the Trinity House of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to the Council. Pray for preservation of their privilege of piloting all ships and vessels of strangers, in and out of that river. SO. Submission of certain tenants of the Earl of Shrewsbury, in his Manor of Glossopdale, acknowledging that they have unlawfully assembled to resist giving up their tenements, the leases of which had expired at Michaelmas last. 31. The humble suit of Richard TopclyfFe to the Queen. For grant of the lands and possessions lately belonging to old Richard Norton, the rebel. 32. Memorandum of the value of the lands per ann. belonging to old Ric. Norton, for which Richard Topclyffe is a suitor. 33. Note of the parcels of such lands as were lately belonging to John Gower, of Richmond, one of the rebels, for which John Stanhope is a suitor. 34. Articles for a grant of certain liberties to be made to the in- habitants of the Isles of Sheppey and Harty. 35. Another draft of the above articles; some enlarged, others abbreviated. 36. Articles touching the better government and defence of the Island of Sheppey, by the encouragement of the manufacture of leather, wools, skins, &c., under superintendence of Andreas de Loo. 37. Device by Andreas de Loo for the bringing in, maintenance, training up, and continuance of 100 able men, with snot and other weapon, for defence of the Isle of Sheppey, by estabhshment of the manufacture of leather, &c. 38. Copy of the above. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 401 1570? Vol. LXXV. 39. The answer to the device of furnishing the Isle of Sheppey with 100 able shot, without charge to the realm, against the plan pro- posed by Andreas de Loo. 40. Eemarks by Tho. Fludd, on the condition of the Isle of Sheppey, and of the reasons why it is not inhabited as in times past ; in favour of the grant of certain liberties. 41. Regulations proposed for transporting of com, fish, and other commodities from the Isle of Sheppey. 42. Inhabitants of the Isle of Sheppey and Harty to the Lord Treasurer Disordered condition of the islands ; regulations which are expedient to be adopted for tlneir government. 43. Statement of causes why the Isle of Sheppey is not so weU kept, maintained, and defended as it has been, principally by decay of the House of Shurland, maintained by Sir Tho. Cheyne, late Lord Warden. 44. Suit of Frances, wife of William Cheney, for renewal of the lease of her father s House of Shurland, in the Isle of Sheppey, for 21 years. 45. Articles agreed upon with Mr. Crispe and Mr. Taylor, for farm of the House of Shurland. 46. Certain offers made for a lease, to be granted to four gentlemen, of Shurland House, park, and demesnes, now in the occupation of Mr. Holstocke. 47. " The Plotte of Sherland Howse in Sheppie." 48. The Queen to the Marq. of Winchester, William Lord Howard, Lord Chamberlain, Sir Fr. KnoUes, and Sir Walter Mildmay. Com- mission to survey the ordnance, munition, and armour within the Oflices of Ordnance and Armoury, and for the government of the same. 49. Commission from the Queen to the Lord Treasurer, Lord Cham- berlain, Mr. Comptroller, Mr. Vice-Chamberlain, and Mr. Mild- may. For surveying the OfBce of Ordnance and the Office of the Armoury, and for supplying the same with stores, &c. 50. A project or reasons set down, in which is manifested a mean whereby all strangers may be kept to make their due employments, to the advancement of Her Majesty's customs, and for retaining the coin and bullion within the realm ; by Tho. Ferrers. 51. Petition of John Johnson to Sir Wm. CeciU. Requests that examination be made of a lease, by which one-half of the lordship of Beckenham, Kent, the property of one Tyrrell, a ward, is demised to Robert Ligh, by Humphrey Tyrrel and Jane his wife. cc 402 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1570? Vol. LXXV. 52. Proposed measures for providing against the infection of the plague in London. In the Italian langudge. 53. Treatise in the Italian language against excessive usury. In the same handwriting as the preceding, and indorsed "1570. A Provisi. Norwich. Oct. 6. Oct. 6. Bindon. Oct. 9. Oct. 10. Oct. 10 ? Oct. 10. Mount Edgecombe. Oct. 12. Oct. 12 ? Oct. 12? Vol. LXXXIX. 27. Note of the dimensions of various fortifications in the Town of Portsmouth, taken by the Earl of Leicester and " Mr. Treasurer." 28. Raphe Shelton to the Council. Has carefully travelled with the Justices of Peace in promoting the Muster,s and appointment of Captains in the County of Norfolk. Incloses, 28. I. Certificate by the Justices of Peace of able men and arms in the County of Norfolk, with names of the Captains com- manding them. 29. Certificate of able men and arms within the Eape of Chichester, in the County of Sussex. 80. Thomas Visct. Bindon to the Council. Details his proceedings in putting the County of Dorset in a state of defence, and procuring Musters of the able men, surveys of the castles and garrisons, provisions of armour, &c. Incloses, 30. I. Certificate of all the able men, armour, weapons, &c., in the County of Dorset, amounting to 3,030 m,en, tuith names of the Captains appointed to^ command them. 30. II. Certificate by John Rogers, Mayor of Poole, of the state of the castle of BrounJceshey, near Poole, and of the want of carriages for the ordnance there. 28 Sept. 1572. 31. Certificate by Sir Walter Waller, and others, of able men, armour, and weapon, within the Rape of Pevensey, co. Sussex. 32. Certificate of Musters of able men, &c., within the Rape of Arundel, co. Sussex. 33. Similar certificate of Musters of able men, &c., in the Rape of Lewes, the same county. 34. Sir P. Edgecumb and Geo. Kekewiche to Wm. Mohun, Sherifi" of Cornwall. Certify the number of able men within the Hundred of Easte, in the County of Cornwall, with the names of the Captains commanding them. 35. Justices of Kent to Walter Meynye, High Sherifi". Send him their certificate for the Lathe of St. Augustine's. Inclosing, 35. I. Certificate of Musters of able men within the Lathe of Saint Augustine's, co. Kent, and names of their Captains. 36. Certificate by Sir Tho. Scott, Tho. Honywood, and Ralph Hey- man, of able men and armour within certain Hundreds m the Lathe of Shepway, co. Kent. 37. Certificate by Tho. Coppinger of the number of able men, armour, and weapons, within several Hundreds in the Lathe of Aylesford, in the same county. 452 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1572. Oct. 18. Oct. 21. Oct. 22. London. Oct. 26. Penryn. Oct. 28. Ludlow Castle. Oct. 28. Bodmin. Oct. 31. Larrethow. Oct. Oct.? Vol. LXXXIX. 38. Thomas Sturges, Under-Sheriff of Suffolk, to the Council, Transmits certificates of Musters taken in Suffolk. Incloses, 38. I. Certificate by the Jiustices of Peace of the Musters of able men, and the Captains commanding them within several Hundreds of the Franchise of Bury, co. Suffolk 29 Sept. 1572. 38. II. Similar certificate for the Hundred of HartesTnere, in the same county. 3 Oct. 157 '^i. 38. III. Similar certificate for the Hundreds of Mutford, Loving- land [Lothing'land'], Blything, and Wangford, in the same county. 9 Oct. 1572. 38. IV. Similar certificate for the Hundred of Hoxone,in thesarae county. 10 Oct. 1572. 38. V. Similar certificate fo^' several Hundreds within the Franchise of St. Etheldred, in the same county. 17 Oct. 1572. 38. VI. Similar certificate for the Hundreds of Bosmere and Cley- don, and Stowe, in the same county. 38. VII. Similar certificate for the Hundred of Sampford, in the same county. 39. The Queen to the Earl of Shrewsbury. Particulars of her late illness, supposed to be the small pox ; thanks for his solicitude about it. 40. Jo. Lloyd to Edmund Catesby. Informs him of the proceed- ings respecting the due execution of his father-in-law's will, opposed by one Holcome. 41 . John Kyllygrew tod Richard Trevanyon to the Sheriff of Corn- wall. Certificate of Musters of able men within the Hundreds of Penwith and Kerr. 42. Sir Henry Sydney, Lord President of Wales, to the Council. Details his proceedings in taking the Muster.?, Siud sends certificates from some of the counties under his government. Much of the armour had become rusty and cankered from disuse. Incloses, 42. I. Certificate of Musters of able men, armour, and weapons in the Counties of Gloucester, Pembroke, Olamorgan, and Cardigan, with names of the Captains leading them. 43. Certificate of Musters of able men, &c., within the Hundreds of Stratton, Lasnewith, and Trigge, in the County of Cornwall. 44. Similar certificate for the Hundred of West, in the same county. 45. Similar certificate for the Hundreds of Powder and Pider, in the same county. 46. Note of fines levied on various persons in Norfolk, Sussex, London, and Southwai'k, for illegally transporting grain. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 453 Vol. LXXXIX. 1572. A TV A Oct. 47. Clir. Hatton to -^±^1^^ [Queen Elizabeth]. Defends him- self from the charges of unthankfulness, covetousness, and ambition, which had caused her displeasure towards him. Has most entirely loved her person and service, to the which he has everlastingly vowed his whole life, liberty, and fortune. Signs himself, " Tour dispayrynge " ')noste wretchyd bondman. Che. Hatton." Oct. 48. Note of the most necessary places to be next repaired within the castle of "Windsor. Oct. ? 49. Petition of Tlios. Canata, Venetian, to the Queen. Solicits licence to export 200 tons of beer, on condition of his making known to Her Majesty certain inventions useful for the defence of the realm. Oct. ? 50. Petition of John Babbington to the Council. Desires that the suit commenced by him in the Sheriff's Court in London, against Walter Kyrbie, may not be staj'^ed by their order, on pretence of service to the Earl of Leicester. Oct. ? 5] . Muster Koll of shot and pikemen in several Hundreds in the County of Somerset. Vol. XC. November — Decembeb, 1572. Nov. 0. 1. John Paulet Marquis of Winchester to the Council Prepara- Winchester. tions for putting Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight in a good state of defence. Incloses, 1. I. Order taken at Winchester by the Marquis of Winchester, for the better relief of Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. 1. II. A certificate of the forces in various Hundreds appointed for the defence of the tovm and island of Portsmouth. 1. III. Similar certificate of forces appointed for relief of the Isle of Wight. I. IV. Schedule of forces in vcmous Hundreds appointed to guard the coasts of Hampshire. 1. V. Schedule of forces for defence of the body of the shire, to repair to places where attempts shall be offered. 1. VI. Schedule of boats appointed in several parts, for conveying men into the Isle of Wight, upon any attempt. Nov. 19. 2. Sir Heniy Sydney to Lord Burghley. Thanks for his warrant for his entertainment in Ireland. Justifies the course he has pursued as to selection of Sheriffs for' Wales ; and enters into particulars relative to many of the gentlemen he has nominated. 454 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1572. Nov. 20. Ludlow Castle. Vol. XC. 3. Sir Henry Sydney to the Council. Exonerates himself from the unjust imputations made on him, in his return of persons for Sheriffs in Wales. Incloses, 3. I. Return of persons nominated for Sheriffs for Wales made to the Lord Keeper to he presented to Her Majesty. S. II. Rollhy the Justices of Assize of persons returned for Sheriffs for Wales. Nov. 5. 4. Indenture of an agreement between Thomas Henneage of the Queen's Chamber and Peter Vavasour of the Middle Temple, for surrender of all Vavasour's estate and interests in Thornton, houses and other lands in Yorlishire, to the said Tho. Henneage. Nov. 25. 5. Sir Eichard Fenys to Lord Burghley. Complains of the wrong interpretation of Bishop Wyckham's statutes to the prejudice of New College, Oxford. Doubts the right of Edw. Wykeham to bear the arms of Bishop Wyckham. Incloses, 5. I. Articles relating to the breach of certain orders and statutes relative to the Elections of Scholars of Winchester College. 5. II. Oopy of part of Bishop Wylceham's statutes relating to the Election of Scholars. Lat. Nov. 29. 6. Same to same. Eequests the appointment of two civil and two temporal lawj'ers, with two heralds, to hear the claim between liimself and Mr. Wykham. Nov. 7. Notes for the Solicitor- General of the case in Chancery between Mr. Alford, plaintiff, and Mr. Lodovike Grevell, defendant, and Mr. W. Porter, as to fraudulent conveyance of lands at Ashton, &c. Dec. 2. 8. Walter Earl of Essex to Burghley. Exceptions to some appointed Durham Place, to be Sheriffs in Wales. Hopes a good Sheriff will be appointed for Carmarthen. Condemns Sir Henry Jones and David Phillips, and recommends Roderick Gwyn and Tho. Williams. Dec. 2. 9. The Queen to . Directions to discontinue HamptonCourt. the Watching of the beacons until further notice. !Dec. 8. 10. Abstract of charges against the Eafl of Arundel, from examina-l tions taken during the trial of the Duke of Norfolk. Arundel set at j liberty. Dec. 11, 11. Earl of Leicester to Burghley. The Queen is sorry for the mischance of Mons. le Duke, and desires hita to delay the passage of M. Mauvissiere as long as possible. God grant the safe delivery of the poor gentleman. Dec. 11. 12. T. Digges to same. Has waded fts far as ancient grounds of astrology would bear him to sift out tlie unknown influence of this, new star or comet. Sends notes of his observations and predictions. Dec. 13. 13. Agreement between Lord Burghley and Thomas Smith for licence to export 4,000 tons of beer. Dec. 21. 14. Short abstract of certain of Sir JiDhn Perrot's debts. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 455 1572. Vol. XC. Dec. 22. 15. Wm. Fairfax, Sheriff of Yorkshire, and others, to Lord Burghley and Sir Walter Mildmay. Eepairs requisite to be done in Her Majesty's castle of, Sheriffhutton, with an estimate of the expenses. Dec. 16. Order of the ceremonies at the funeral of Edward Earl of Derby ; and detail of the order and ceremonies to be observed at the funeral of a Countess. 1572. 17. Certificate of the state of Dover Castle and other forts and garrisons on the sea coasts of the County of Kent, with estimate of men and arms requisite for their defence. 18. Names of the noblemen, gentlemen, yeomen, and chief franHins within the County of Southampton, with note of every of their dispo- sitions. A.D. 1672. 1 9. Estimate for certain new buildings to be erected and set up at Woolwich by Mr. Allen, the Queen's Majesty's merchant. 1572. 1572? 20. Tho. Castelyn to . Recommending the case of some Merchant Adventurers whose cloths had been lost by shipwreck, and who now wished to export the same number free of duty. 21. Declaration of WilUam Martens of his long and tedious suits in Dantzic, wherein he finds that justice has not been done him by the King of Poland. 22. Observations and objections to several provisions of the Act 5 Eliz. cap. 8. for tanners ; in recommendation of a grant to some person for carrying the said Act into execution. ■ 23. Proposals for the making of white salt in England ; terms demanded by the inventor. 24. Notes of reasons and proofs for the maintenance of the wine measures, and of the inconvenience that will grow to the whole realm by the innovation now attempted by the Mayor of- New Sarum, the wine measure of Salisbury being declared by him to be false. 25. Plan for the defence of the kingdom ; that every gentleman of 500?. a-year should keep in readiness for service one maH-at-arms well appointed, and so on in like proportion. 26. Supplication of the bowyers, draWn into afticles, praying Her Majesty not to dispense with the last statute toade for the bringing in of bowstaves. 27. Statement of evils that Will drisd by interruption of commercial intercourse with ElaUders; Suggestions for a Diet for settlement of afi'airs. 28. Minutes of the licence to be granted to Sir Peter Carew for the exportatioti of beer, on condition of importing certain quantities of foreign grain iuto England. 29. Examination of an Italian whether he was at the conference for the coining of money, or had been in conference with the Bishop of Ross. 456 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. > Vol. XC. 1572 ? 30. Petition of Lewes Ap Owen Ap Mericke to the Council. Com- plains of having been fraudulently arrested, at the suit of one William Thomas while attending on the Council, on the complaint of certain abuses of bribery within the Counties of Anglesea and Carnarvon. 31. Statement of tlie evil dealings of Tho. Keppis, bailiff of your Lordship's manor of Wibosson, in the County of Bedford, in conceal- ments and other practices. 32. Contents of the Patents made in 34 Hen. VIII. to the inhabi- tants of Beccles, now surrendered. Particulars of the new grant of incorporation now required. 33. Petition of William Newe, of Bridgenorth, to Lord Treasurer Burghley. Prays permission to pay by instalments the fine of 20?., levied on his wife Edytli. 34. Estimates for the construction of the bridge at the entrance of the town of Portsmouth, with the gate and drawbridge there, and for the bridge of the citadel, by Thomas Frymleye. 3-5. Duplicate of the above. 36. Grant by the Queen to Edw. , Esq., of the sole privilege of enforcing the Acts 5th & 6th Edward VI. and 13th Eliz., against monopolists, forestallers, and engrossers of corn, and for granting licences to trafBc in corn, cattle, and other articles. 37. Petition of the Company of Woolmen of London to the Lord Treasurer', requesting him to obtain the Queen's permission for taking off the restraint on the trade in wool, by an Act passed in the oth & 6th years of King Edward VI. 38. Reasons to dispense, by some convenient licence, with the pro- visions of the Act of 5 Edw. VI. cap. 7, against buying and selling of wools. 39. Petition of Richard Southworth to ' Lord Burghley, requesting him to appoint Sir Edmund Trafford and Sir John Radcliffe to examine his father, Sir John Southworth, whether he had endeavoured to procure him to disinherit his elder brother, Thomas Southworth. 40. Another petition on the same subject, from the same to the same ; nearly verbatim. 41. Effect of the decree made by Archbishop Warham, 17 Hen. VIl. touching the right of the Lord of the Manor of Wimbledon to make seizure of copyhold lands, &c. of the manor, on account of waste com- mitted by the tenant for life. {Indorsed by Burghley " Mr. Wei. — Case."'] 42. Petition of Jan de Beaulieu lo the Queen. Complains of the award given in the Admiralty Court in favour of Benedict Spinola, who refuses to submit himself to the arbitration of those appointed by Her Majesty to hear and determine the suit. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 457 Vol. XC. 1572 ? 43. Petition of Tho. Kelyng (Saymaster to the Goldsmiths' Hall in London) to the Queen. Has been deprived of his office of Assay Master to the Goldsmiths' Hall by the procurement of Alderman Martyn, for adhering to Her Majesty's standard for silver. Desires to be protected in the faithful discharge of his duty. 44. Petition of Anthony Gwerras to the Council. Prays for restora- tion of certain brass pieces cast away within the Liberties of the Earl of Huntingdon. 45. Information by the Warden and other Officers of the Mint to the Commissioners of the Mint against John Lonyson, Master Worker, who, by his fraudulent practices, had lowered the standard of the gold and silver coinage. [Lonyson' s appointment of Master Worker of the Mint is dated 29 April 1572, wJdchsee.'l 46. Geometrical analysis of a column of the composite order ; a fragment, probably, from some work on architecture. 47. Extracts from the accompts of Sir Wm. Petre, (late Treasurer of First Fruits and Tenths), and others, relative to the fees received by the Chancellor and Treasurer of the Exchequer. 48. Petition of Humfrey Ap John and Rynallde Ap John to [Wal- syngham ?] against the vexatious suits of Tho. Arrowsmytlie, praying for return of their evidences, and that the injunction against them may be dissolved. [The Council ?] to the Company of the Royal Mines in Cumberland. That Daniel Hechstetter, Work Master of the Royal Mines, had made trial of a process newly invented by Henry Pope for the roasting of lead and copper ore, and recommends its adoption. \_See Vol. xlv., p. 76.] Appointment of James Parkinson, to be Captain of Calshot Castle, CO. Southampton, for life. \See Warrant Book, l.,p. 173.] Commission to Dr. Lewes, Judge of tlie Admiralty, Valentine Dale, and others, to hear and determine all causes for the punishing of pirates. Lat. iSee ib., f. 14.] Grant to Tho. Somerset and Tho. Seckford, jum-,, of the poJ'- tership and keeping of the prisoners in the Marches of Wales, [See ih., p. IQQ.'] Grant by the Queen to William and John Watson of the keeping of the ordnance stores in the Tower of London. Lat. [See ib., p. 157.] Grant to B. N. of the officd of Clock Maker to the Queen, In reversion after the death or surrender of N. V. [See ih., p. 120.] Grant to Edward Yonge of the office of Master Mason at the Tower of London, and other royal residences, in place of H, L., lately defunct. Lat. [See ih., p. 122.] 458 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. Vol. XC. 1572 ? Grant to Tbo. C. of the office of Keeper of the Ponds in the park at "Westminster, and at Hampton Court, upon the resignation of Tho. B. \_8ee Warrant Book, I., ^. 115.] Grant to Henry Guildeford of the office of Captain of the Green Bulwark of Arcliffe, and the Black Bulwark on the pier at Dover, in reversion after the death or surrender of John Barley. \8ee ib., p. 156.] Grant to M. S. and R B. of a gunner's room in the Tower of London. Lat. £See ib., p. 126.] Grant to William B. of the office of Chief Gunner in Windsor Castle, in place of R. M., lately defunct. Lat. [See ib., p. 128.] Grant to J. S. of a gunner's place, and of the office of Yeoman of the Ordnance in the Tower of London, in reversion after the death or surrender of Tho. S. Lat. \_See ib., p. 129.] Grant to Tho. F. of a waiter's room in the Port of London for life. [See ib., p. 115.] 1573. Jan. 2. Jan. Jan. 8. Feb. 1 3. March L March 4. Bridgis. [Bruges.] Vol. XCI. January — June, 1573. I. Memorandum of the appointment of George Earl of Shrewsbury, to the office of Earl Marshal of England, vacant by the attainder of Thomas Duke of Norfolk. 2 Order for the ceremonies to be observed at the funeral of Eegi- nald Grey Earl of Kent, by Glover, Somerset Herald. 3. Indenture of award by Raffe Sheldon and John Tracy, arbitrators in the matters between Edmund Catesby and Tristram Holcome, ot Aston-under-Edge, relative to a legacy left to Elizabeth Catesby by Anthony Porter, her father. 4-10. Seven receipts for money, from Feb. 1572, to 13 Feb. 1673, paid by Mr. John Purvey, for Lord Burghley, to various persons, viz. ; four from Tho. Bellot, for wood sales ; one from Tho. Bennett, for sale of a marsh called Curstmarsh, in the Honor of Hoddesdonbury ; one from Wm. Fordham, for sale of a weir in Waltham parish ; and the last from L. Bingham, due to the Queen for the Hundred of Hert" ford and Braughing, co. Hertford. Clause of a will bequeathing 2000L to a daughter, to be paid to hel" on the day of her marriage ; with legal opinioQs thereon. [See Nov. 14j 1578.] II. Harry Lord Morley to Lord Burghley. Requests that by his lordship's kindness he may obtain the Queen's favour. Thanks for kindness shown to his wife and son during his exile. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 459 1573. March 12. March 14. March 27. March ? March ? March ? Vol. XCI. 1 2. Bond of Sir Peter Carew, for the return or payment of ammuni- tion received by him for the defence of certain port towns in Devon and Cornwall. Instructions for execution of the Commission directed to all the Justices of the Peace in every shire, for the General Musters and training of all manner of persons able for the war, to serve as well on horseback as on foot, \_8ee Vol. xciii., Ifo. 18.] 13. Bond of Sir Peter Carew, for return or payment of ammunition and other things requisite for furnishing of Her Majesty's ship the Primrose, with schedule of materials consumed and spent in the voyage to Eochelle. 14. Notes relative to the Earl of Essex's debt to the Queen, and his proposal for settlement of the same. The Queen to the Bishops. To furnish the number of horses and armour assessed upon them, and to urge the clergy within their dioceses Avillingly to do the same. [^See Warrant Book, I., p. 15.] 15. Declaration of the money remaining in the hands of Humfrey Michell, Clei'k of the Honor and Castle of Windsor, of the sums expended by him in the late repairs ; and of repairs still remaining to be done. March ? Eate of assessment on land and goods for furnishing lances and April 11. London. April 28. Baconsthorpe. April 30, Kirtling. April April. May 3. Drayton. light horses. [See Vol. xlv., p. 36.] 16. Dr. Lewes to Lord Burghley. Has carefully considered the papers sent to him respecting the money covenanted by the Queen to be paid to the Luccans. His opinion thereon. 17. Sir Chr. Heydon and Sir William Buttes to same. The City of Norwich request a separate commission for the return of Musters within their Liberties. 18. Lord North to same. Sends all the information he could obtain of one Booth, formerly servant to the Earl of Oxford. Conversation between Booth and Mr. Bird of Bennet College. He is also known to one Thimbleby. 19. Lady Mary Sydney to same. Thanks him for his kindness in her suits, for which she Was much indebted to her friend Lady Hoby. Excuses herself on account of her ill health, and begs him not to be offended at her boldness. 20. Articles of complaint exhibited to the Privy Council, by Wm. Noble, of Oxford, against certain rude and unruly persons of the University. Particulars of many riots and misdemeanors and unlawful assemblies. 21. Lord North, and others, to the Council. Report on the Musters for the County of Cambridge, excepting the Isle of Ely. Inclosing, 21. I. Certificate of all the able men within the County of Cam- bridge 460 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1573. May 4. Audley End. May 5. Bodmin. May 6. Wisbeach. May 7. London. May 8. Exeter. May 10. Worcester. May 12. May 12. May 15. May 19. Chesterfield. May 24, Cowdrey. May 25i May 26. Vol. XCI. 22. Philip Howard Earl of Surrey to Lord Burghley. Thanks him for his kindness to him and his family since his father's death. 23. Justices of the Peace of Cornwall to the Council. Proceedings in taking the Musters for the county. Will make a return of horses and geldings. Inclosing, 23. I. OeHificate of all the able men within the County of Corn- wall, tvith the names of their Captains. 24. Lord North, the Bishop of Ely, and others, to same. Ketum of Musters taken within the Isle of Ely. Inclosing, 24. I. Certificate of all the able men within the Isle of Ely. 25. Dr. Lewes to Burghley. His opinion on the papers respecting the Luccans' money ; being a copy of his former letter of 11 April, which could not then be found. 26. Sir Gawen Carewe, and others, to the Council. Particulars of the Musters in Devon, where there were found to be 10,000 able men, of which 1,000 might be selected for training ; but, on account of the falling off of their trade, they were not able to defray the expense of it. 27. Sir Tho. Russell, and others, to same. Musters of the county. The Bailiffs of Worcester refuse to permit them to take the muster of men within the City ; for which they recommend the issuing of a special Commission. 28. John Cobham, and others, to same. Certificate of Musters taken within the Hundreds of Milton, Teneham, Feversham, and Boughton, in the Lathe of Scray, co. Kent. 29. Similar certificate by T. Wotton and others, for the Hundreds of Ayhorne and Maidstone, in the Lathe of Aylesford, co.Kent. Request to know the number of men to be trained. The General Musters of the Borough Town of St. Albans, of all able men, armour, and weapons within the same, taken before John Snape, Mayor, Sir Richard Rede, and others. Commissioners. [See Vol. xciv. Musters, iS'o. 1.] 30. Earl of Shrewsbury, Sir John Zowche, and others, to the Council. Proceedings in taking the Musters in Derbyshire, there being found 4,000 able men within the county ; the training of 500 of which will be as much as the county can bear. 31. Anthony Viscount Mountague to Burghley. Price of grain and the amount exported within the County of Sussex. Complains of the officers of the Customs. Much grain has been exported from Chichester. Has caused a large quantity to be sold. 32. Certificate by Sir Thomas Gresham, and Dr. Lewes, of the pro- curations frotn certain persons, for various sums of money underwritten to Mr. Benedict Spinola. 33. Petition of Henry Osmonde to Burghley. Requests him to give order for the payment of 57^ lent by him to Mr. Henry Howard. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 461 1573. May 28. May 31. May 31. Gravesend. May. May? June 1. Lincoln. June 2. t II Cowdrey. June 3. June 3. June 5. Kirtling. June 6. Vol. XCI. 34. Certificate of able men, armour, and arms mustered by the Com- miesioners for the Seven Hundreds, and the Hundred of Little Barn- field, CO, Kent. 35. An Order concerning certain articles objected against Dr. Kelke, Master of Mag. Coll., Cambridge, and by certain of the Fellows of the said College. 36. William Fawnt and John Wotton to Lord Burghley. Have been assaulted between Gravesend and Kochester, and fired on by three of the Earl of Oxford's men, who escaped towards London. Desire some redress. 37. Names of the Lathes, Hundreds, and Towns in the County of Kent. 38. Note ' of the lands demised by Her Majesty to the Countess of Northumberland, in the County of Pembroke. 39. Henry Lord Clynton, Charles Wyllughby, and others, to the Council. Proceedings in taking the General Musters of the County of Lincoln. Inclosing, 39. I. Certificate of Musters of able men and arras ivithin the County of Lincoln, with the numbers selected to be trained. 40. Viscount Mountague, and others, to same. Musters for the County of Sussex. The expenses paid by this shire for the suppres- sion of the late rebellion, and the decay of trade, made it difiicult for them to defray the charges for training a number of men. Inclosing, 40. I. — VII. Seven certificates of Musters for the County of Sussex. 41. Certificate of Musters of able men and arms within the Upper Division of the Lathe of Sutton at Hone, co. Kent. Signed by Sir Wm. Darasell and others. 42. Similar certificate of Musters for the Lower Division of the same Lathe. Signed by Sir Henry Sydney and others. 43. Lord North,and others, to the Council. Have taken the Musters for the town of Cambridge, as directed by their Lordships. In- closing, 43. I. A certificate of Musters for the toimi of Cambridge. 44. Commission to the Earl of "Warwick, Master of the Ordnance, and Wm. Pelham, Esq., Lieutenant of the Ordnance, for the making of saltpetre. ■ -^ ^^^ [Queen Elizabeth.] Expressing the pleasure her gracious letters afforded to him. His love of Her Majesty, and his grief on account of absence, having been two days away from Her Majesty. He will wash away all faults with the tears that fall from her poor " Liddes." [This letter has no date, hut according to Ha,tton's own data, in his letter of the 11 th, its date must have been on the 7th of June, and not on the 5th, as assigned by Sir H. Nicolas in Ms M^mQirs of Hatton, p. 25.] June [7.1 4!5. Chr.Hatton to ■ 462 POMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1573. June 8. Salop. June 11. Greenwicl;. June 13. June 16, Barmesey. June 16. June 16. June 17. Antwerp. June 18. Leicester. June 20. June 22. June 22. Somerton. June 24. Vol. XCI. 46. Six' Henry Sydney, and others, Commissioners for Musters in the County of Salop, to the Council. Detail their proceedings and certify the numbers of able men within the county. Had not appointed Captains, the Lord President (of Wales) being then absent out of the country, [But it is signed by him.] 47. Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth, commanding the observance of Divine Service as set forth in the Book of Common Prayer, and for suppressing books entitled •' An Admonition to the Parliament." 48. Bi-ief declaration of the accounts of the Tellers of the Exche- quer, showing the amount of their receipts and items of expenditure, 49. Sir Henry Radcliffe, Capt. of Portsmouth, to Lord Burgbley. Requests a supply of ordnance for the foi-tiflcations at Poi'tsmouth. A receipt for the same by Henry Stile. 50. Duplicate of the above with note of certain process indorsed. 51. Indenture between Sir H. Radcliffe and the Earl of Warwick, for the above ordnance received for the defence of Portsmouth. 52. Chr. Hatton to the Queen. Expresses his devotion to her. It is twelve days since he saw the brightness of that sun that giveth light to his soul. Has received great honour in Flanders for her sake. Beseeches her not to forget her " Liddes " that are so often bathed with tears for her sake. [" Liddes " or " Lyddes " was the name of affection applied by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Chr. Hatton.] 53. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Leicester to the Council. Certify their doings in the Musters, and desire instructions respecting the appointing of Captains and training the soldiers. In^ closing, 53. I. Certificate of the numbers of all persons able to serve, as well on horseback as on foot, &c. within the County of Leicester. 54. Indenture between John Asteley, Treasurer of the Queen's Jewels, and Robert Bestney, of Northaw, Herts, granting to the latter the Mastership of the Game in Enfield chase and park, and the office of Steward and Ranger of the Manor of Enfield. 55. Sir Henry Cryspe, and others, to Council. Respecting the number of able men to be trained within the Lathe of St. Augustine, Kent. Inclosing, 55. I. Certificate of Musters for the Lathe of St. Augustine, Kent. 56. Sir Hugh Poulet, and others, to the same. Have taken the Musters of co. Somerset, amounting to 6,000 able men. The charge for training a selected number would be a very heavy burthen on the country. Have not yet received a certificate of the breed of horses. 57. Bond of Queen Elizabeth, countersigned by the Privy Council, for the payment of 11,000?. to Benedict Spinola, a merchant of Genoa. [Caoicelled and indorsed " ll,000i. all payd. W. Burghley."] POIIESTIC— ELIZABETH. 463 1573. June 25. Worcester, June 26. At tbe Court. June 28. NorwiQb. June 30. Hertford. June. Chester. June ? June ? June? June ? HamptonCourt. June? Vol. XCI. 58. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Worcester to the Council. Certify their doings in the Musters. Have delayed training the men till after the harvest. Inclosing, 58. I, Gertifioate of the Musters of all the able men within the County of Worcester. 59. Earl of Leicester to Lord Burghley. Sends for his inspection a letter directed to " The Earl of Leicester and Lord Burghley," which he thinks right for him to see. 60. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Norfolk to same. Have taken General Musters of the county, but have not appointed Captains nor commenced training the soldiers till they receive further instructions. Inclosing, 60. I. Certificate of all the able men, as well as those selected and chosen, within the County of Norfolk. 61. Sir Ealph Sadleir, and others, to the Council. Proceedings in the Musters for the County of Hertford. That they have met with much inconvenience for want of a sufficient number of gentlemen for Captains. Various impediments to the training of soldiers. In- closes, 61. I. Certificate of the General Musters for the County of Hert- ford. 62. Richard Dutton, Mayor, and others. Commissioners of Musters for the City of Chester, to same. Have taken the Musters within their city. Inclosing, 62. I. Muster Roll of the names of all the able men furnished tvith arms and armour within the City of Chester. Grant to Giles Baron Chandos of the office of Chief Steward of the Manor of Hailes, and of several Hundreds in co. Gloucester, and Keeper of Braidon Forest, co. "Wilts, for life. Vacant by the death of the late Edmund Lord Chandos. Lat. [See Warrant Booh I., p. 171.] 63. Abstract of all the certificates, as well of the number of able men as of unable men within the shires of England and Wales. 64!. Petition of John Calvetto, John Baptista Sambitores, and Philip Asheliars, on behalf of the merchants of Spain and Flanders to the Queen. Praying for a commission of inquiry touching the goods embezzled or deceitfully sold belonging to the merchants of their nations. 65. Commission from the Queen to Sir Peter Carew, Christopher Hatton, Esq., Captain of the Queen's Guard, and others, to make search for all goods and merchandise belonging to the subjects of the King of Spain, and other foreigners, which may by any means have been embezzled or concealed since the year 1568. 66. Note of inconveniences arising from the ingrossing of certain foreign commodities, and the statutes against the ingrossers ; giving the current prices of various wines, spices, drugs, &c. 464 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1573. June? Juite? July]. Salisbury. July 2. Salisbury. July 2. Winchester. July 6. Westchester. July 7. Churcham. July 8. Oxford. July 9. Greenwich. [July 9?] Vol. XCI. 67- Petition of John Barker and others to the Council. Complain- ing of the seizure of their ship the " Thomas " and her cargo, and praying compensation out of the goods of Spanish subjects seized in England, 68. Note of the value of Spanish property seized in England, with allowance out of it to British subjects for property an-ested in Spain and Flanders, Vol. XCII. July — November, 1573. 1. The Commissioners of Musters for Wiltshire to the Council. Certify their doings in the Musters. The county having been heavily taxed could not defray the expense of training. Desire further directions therein. Inclosing, 1. I. Certificate of Geoieral Musters of all able raen, lances, and light horse, %vithin the County of Wilts ; taken before the Earl of Pembroke, Sir John Zoiuche, and others. Commis- sioners. [See Vol. xciv. Musters, No. 2.] 2. Wm. Davy, Mayor, and others, Commissioners of Musters for the town of Salisbury, to same. Certify their doings, and promise to use all diligence in training a chosen number. Inclosing, 2. T. Certificate qf General Musters for the town of New Sarum. 3. Commissioners of Musters for Hampshire to same. Promise to send the certificates of the General Musters as soon as possible, and explain the ca.use of their delay. Certain persons wilfully refuse to appear. Have made choice of 500 able men to be trained. In- closing, 3. I. Names of such recusants as have refused or neglected to furnish themselves with horses and armour. 4. Thomas Might to Lord Burghley. Solicits a lease of a farm of the value of 501. a year, in consideration of his great losses and services. 5. Kichard Arnold to Francis Walsyngham. Has been prevented by extreme sickness from sending the brace of greyhounds, which he now begs of him to accept. 6. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Oxford to the Council. Proceeding in the Musters. Desire to know what numbers of them shall be trained and exercised. Inclosing, 6. I. II. Certificates of General Musters of able raen, &c., for the whole County of Oxford. [See Vol. xciv. Musters, No. 3.] Grant by the Queen to John Easton of an almsroom in St. Stephen s Church, Westminster, for his services at Newhaven. [See Warrant Book, I., p. 2.] Grant by the Queen to Walter Tomas of the place of one of Her Majesty's falconers for life, the same as John Talbott of late had. [See ib., p. 2.] DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 465^ 1573. July 13. Jviiy 14. July 15. July 20. Stafford. July 22. July 22. Dorchester. July 24. Guildford. July 27. Aylesbury, July 31. Oxford. July? July ■ Vol. XCII. 7. Copy of court-roll of the Manor of Hediugham, of the surrender of a cottage and garden, called Shedds, by John Woodd, in favor of Matthew Alystone. Certificate by John Rogers, Mayor, Sir Henry Ashley, and others, of the Musters for the town and county of Poole, co. Dorset. [See Vol. xciv. Musters, No. 4.] 8. Certificate of General Musters for the Borough of Boston, co. Lin- coln, taken before the Deputies of "William Lord Burghley, Eecorder of the same, and others, Commissioners. 9. Tho. Lord Paget, and others, to the Council. Return of Musters for the County of Stafford. From various causes specified, the country is too poor to su]3port the expense of training a large number of men. Names of gentlemen appointed Captains. 10. Certificate of the Musters of horsemen taken at St. Giles's Hill, for the County of Southampton. 11. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Dorset to the Council. Proceedings in the Musters. Difficulty of keeping their extended line of coast in a state of defence. Have selected 500 for training, but the inhabitants are unwilling to be burthened with the charges of it. Inclosing, 11. r. Certificate of Musters by Tho. Lord Hcnvard of Bindon, and others, for the County of Dorset. 12. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Surrey to same. Detail their proceedings. Have selected SCO men for training, but the county is unable to bear the expense. Inclosing, 1 2. I. Certificate of Musters for the County of Surrey. 13. The Earl of Bedford, and others, to same. Relative to the Musters for the County of Buckingham. Inclosing, 1 3. I. Certificate of General Musters of able men, horses, armour, &G., for the County of BucJcinghar,i. 14. The Mayor, &c., of Oxford to same. Musters for the city, which, on account of having been visited by the plague, and other causes, could not defray any charges for the training a large number of men. Inclosing, 1 4. I. Certificate of the Musters for the City of Oxford and suburbs of the same. [See Vol. xciv. Musters, No. 5.] ] .J. Warrant of the Queen to the Lord Treasurer to pay the sum of 800Z. quarterly, to the Vidame of Chartres ; and to Captain Mazynes (Mascino del Bene ?; the sum of 40?., and, hereafter, \U. quarterly, during pleasure. Warrant by the Queen for a tenement belonging to the manor of Turloye, co. Cornwall, of the yearly value of 26s. 85., to be made over to a Yeoman of the Chamber by copy of court-roll, [See Warrant Booh, No. I., p. 5.J O Q 466 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1573. July? 16. Chr. Hatton to Vol. XCn. ■Ais^A^ [Queen Elizabeth.] Has suffered greatly from his illness. His love of Her Majesty. Speaks allegorically of the sheep [himself] and the boar [Earl of O^ord]. Desires to know if the report of her illness were true. Grant to [ j of certain lands at Wapping Thorne, Tot- tington, and other places in Sussex, lately belonging to E. W. of Wappiag Thome, forfeited by virtue of the statute against fugitives. Lat. I8ee Warrant Book, No. I., p. 4.] 17. Francis Walsyngham to Lord Burghley. Sends a letter from an Italian relating to the doings of the Prince of Orange ; and copy of advertisements lately received by M. de Plessis out of Germany. Attempt on the life of the Prince of Orange. August 4. 18. Sir Arthur Champernowne to same. Gives his opinion that Dartington. much might be gained by taking advantage of the present state of France. July? August 3. London. August 8. London. 19. John Southcot to same. Has taken care to examine the title deeds, and to do all things requisite for the secure purchase of lands in Lincoln, for Burghley, from the Earl of Pembroke. August 10. 20. " Lyddes " [Chr. HattonJ to ^AA. ^ [Queen Elizabeth]. August 24. Warwick. August 26. His love and faith are infinitely enlarged. The letter by Mr. Henneage warms his heart's blood with joys above joys. Thanks her for her royal gifts, and on the knees of his heart commends his faithful love to her. 21. Sir Tho. Lucy, Sir Fowlke Grevyle, and others, to the Council. Excuse their long delay in forwarding the Musters. Inclosing;, 21. I. Certificates of General Musters of all able men, horses, &c., vjithin the County of Wanvick and the City of Coventry. Certificate by Sir Andrew Corl)ett, and others, of Musters and view of armour for the town of Ludlow, co. Salop. Keceived at Dover, 26th August. iSee Vol. xciv., No. 6.] August 27. Certificate of demi-lances, light horse, &c., within several Hundreds in the County of Berks, mustered at Abingdon on the 27th of Aug., 1573. [See Vol. xciv., N'o. 7.] Auo-. 20. Similar certificate for other Hundreds in the same County. [See ib.. No. 8.] Brief extract of all the demi-lances and light horse within the same County. [8ee ib., No. 9.] Brief extract of the General Musters, as well of all the men, as also of all armour and furniture meet for footmen, within the said County. iSee ib., No 10.] DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 467 1573. August 28. Bristol. August. August. St. John's College. August. Sept. 3. Sept. 17. Gorehamburv. Sept. 21. Rochester. Sept. 22. Chobhani, Sept. 27. London, Sept. 29. Sept. Sept. , Oct. 5. Bishopsthorpe. Oct. 6. Vol. XCII. 22. Mayor, &c. of Bristol, to the Council. Have executed the Com- mission for Musters, according to their duties. Inclosioig, 22. I. Certificate of the Musters of able menfroin 16 io 60 years of age within the City of Bristol. [_See Vol. sciv., No. ll.J , 23. Certificate of Musters for the Lathe of Shepway, and certain Hundreds in the Lathe of Scray, Kent. Lat. 24. Appeal of Stephen Cardinall, Laurence Wasshington, and many others, fellows of St. John's College, Cambridge, to Lord Burghley, relative to the election of a Master of their College. Lat. 2.5. Answers to certain articles of Mr. .Lane's suit for the forfeitures of bonds, commonly ca,lled port bonds, taken for transporting goods to or from port to port within the realm. Certificate of Musters for the town and liberties of Lynn-Eegis in the Countv of Norfolk ; taken the 3rd of September. [See Vol. xciv., 3^0.12.] 2fi. Lord Keeper Bacon to Lord Burghley. Sees no cause for the meeting of Pai-liament unless there be gTeat likelihood of proceeding in the marriage. Observations i-elative to the proclamation against seditious books and libels. 27. Adrian de Gomiecourt to same. Solicits him to assist the Baron de Berlaymont in the recovery of a pair of bloodhounds. French. 28. Nicholas Heyth (formerly Bp. of Worcester) to same. Thanks for his kind letter, and promises if he is examined relative to certain things, he will speak nothing but the truth. Is grateful for having lived many years in great quietness of mind. 29. Sir Henry Nevell to same. Had written to him as to the copyhold for Mrs. Seamer. Has often sent to Mrs. Barker for the court-rolls, but cannot get them. Details what he knew respecting the libels against his lordship by the late Duke of Norfolk. 30. Articles of a bill for the true dyeing of wools and cloths. 31. Note of a bond between Lord Burghley and Kichard Topcliff, for the payment of the sum of 50?. 32. The Vidame of Chartres to the Queen. Apologizes for having solicited her in favour of one Eichard Eden, and requests that he may be admitted as one of the Poor Knights of Windsor. Fr. Annexed, 32. I. — III. Three papers of memoranda relating to Ric. Eden. Lat. 33. Archbp. GrindaU to Burghley. Grieves at his being disquieted by these false slanderous printed libels, published by rank traitorous papists; by whose "libels Medcea is made an innocente, open rebellion is extenuated, and y° late crocodile Duke justified.'' 34. Complaint by Mr. John Fortescue against Lord Grey and his men, for hunting within his manor of Salden, and of the uncivil language of Lord Grey to him in the Chamber of Presence. GG 2 468 DOMESTIC— EMZABETH. 1573. ^^'^^■^^^^- Oct, 6. 35. Examination of Mr. Fortescue's men relative to the late affray between them and Lord Grey's men, for hunting within their master's manor of Salden. Oct. 6. 36. Lord Grey's declaration to the Privy Council, relative to the dispute between him and Mr. Fortescue, respecting the right of hunting within the manor of Salden, adjoining Whaddon Chase. Oct. 7. 37. Mayor, &c,, of Southampton, to the Council. Relative to the outhampton. return of Musters for that town. Inclosing, 37. I. Certificate of Mtisters of able onen and armour for the town and county of the toimi of Soidhampton. Oct. 10. 38. Mayor, &e., of Exeter, to same. Specify the result of Musters Exeter. for the county of the City of Exeter. Oct. 12. Certificate of all the able horse and geldings now ready furnished, with armour and shot, in the County of Surrej?. \_8e6 Vol. xciv. Musters, No. 1 3.] Oct. 14. 39. Extract of an Exchequer record relating to the manors of Clerkenwell, Newington Barrow e, Friern Barnet, and Hackney, for- merly belonging to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. Oct. 21. 40. Commission for restraint of transportation of corn and grain, Westminster, and for bringing it into public market. Oct. 21. 41. Copy of the above ; with the names of the Commissioners in certain counties for that purpose. Oct. 27. 42. Rafe Lane to Lord Burghley. Sends a letter of Ca])t. Byngham, The Court, but which had been misdirected to him. Begs Burghley to excuse the poor man's errors, and obtain a pension for him. Oct. 28. 43. Heniy Earl of Huntingdon to Sec. Sir Tho. Smith. Notifies to York. him the sending of the Musters for the County of York. Respecting question as to tlie best mode of keeping the arms and armour of the county. Incloses, 43. I. Certificate of the General Miisters of able men and their furniture for the County of York. Oct. 30. 44. Lionell Duckett, Alderman, to Burghley. Sends Uvo letters received from Sweden. Suggests that a quick letter from the Queen to the King of Sweden, and a kind one to the Archduke Charles, would be of service in restoring the 'money and the liberation of old John Dymock. Oct. 45. Petition of Acerbo Velutelli to the Council. Complains of the non-payment of certain insurances he effected on two ships which had been captured by the inhabitants of Flushing. Oct, 46. Reasons why the English merchants trading with France do not desire to have any staple towns. DOMESTIC — ELIZAHETH. 469 1573. Nov. 2. North wicli Castle. Xov. 3. Nov. 14. Gresham House. Nov. 17. Hereford. Nov. 17. Hereford. Nov. 27. Nov.? Nov. Nov. ? Nov. ? Vol. XCII. 47. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Chester to the Council. Certify their doings in taking the General Musters of aE the men, horses, armour, &c. Provision for the defence of the shire. Inclosing, 47. I. Certificate of the nwmber of common soldiers without armour in the County of Chester, anwunting to 2,063 able men : and also, a muster book containing the nam,es and number of all knights, esquires, gentlemen, and freeholders within the County of Chester, with the horses, arraour, and other furniture; amounting to 9 o*7 men. Nov. % [See Vol. '^dv. Musters, No. 14.] 48. Note relative to' a lease of the manor of Down Court, in Kent, belonging to St. John's College, Cambridge, demised to one Dr. Woodward. 49. Sir Thomas Gresham to his servant Tho. Celye. Instructions for the direction of his private business and household affairs. 50. James Whytney, and others, to the Council. Have taken the General Musters of the County of Hereford, of which they send a " Summario Booke." The county can hardly bear the charge for train- ing soldiers. Inclosing, 50. I. " A Summarie Booke " of the General Musters for the County of Hereford, taken by virtue of Her Majesty's commission, dated 14 March, Anno Reg. 15. 51. Gregory Prise, Mayor, and others, to tlie Council. Make a return of Musters for the City of Hereford. Inclosing, 51. I. Certificate of the 31 usters for the City of Hereford. Survey of the manors of Minster and Shurland in the Isle of Sheppey, belonging to Henry Lord Cheyne. [See Vol. Ixxxvii., No. 3.] 52. Petition of Roger Townesend and "Wm. Dyx to the Council. Tliat the possessions and revenues of the Earl of Arundel might be conveyed to Wm. Dyx, for paymejit of the debts and legacies of the late Duke, and the debts of the Earl and his brethren. Certificates of the General Musters for the whole County of South- ampton. [See Vol. xciv. Musters, No. 15.'] 53. General return of Musters for all the counties in Wales, stating the number of able men, trained and selected, armour and munitions, &c. Certificate of the numbers of trained and untrained men in the County of Hertford, with the Captains, and of the arms and munitions in the county. 470 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1573. Dec. 2. Dec. 5. Blaekmore Park. Dec. 6. Dec. 11. Dec. 16. Dec. 20. Dec. 22. Dec. 2i. Westminster. Dec. Vol. XCIII. Decembee, 1573. 1. John Fortescue to [the Council]. Complains that Lord Grey and John Zowche, with their men, laid wait for him and most unmercifully Leat him in Chancery Lane. Solicits redress and personal security. 2. Jo. Hornyolde to Lord Bvtrghley. Stating his claim to right of commonage in Malvern Chase. Incloses, 2. I. A note' of spoils comTnitted upon the woods in Malvern Chase, in Worcestershire. 3. Certificate of the quantity of all sorts of grain laid up in the storehouses at Lynn Regis. 4. A large collection of copies of upwards of 45 letters and other papers, purporting to be a correspondence between Tho. Browne, Tho. Cartwright, and (jthers : the first being a warrant dated 11 Dec. from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, for the apprehension of Cartwright. The whole inclosed in a parchment cover indorsed by Lord Burghley thus: — "1573. A lewd practise of on " Nedeha, under collor to appre- " hend Mr. Gartivright he gat " many of y' Archbish. ofCanter- " bury." " 1573. A lewd practise of on " Nedeha, y' counterfeited all y" " Ires included, to abuse D. -Pker, ' ' A rchb. of Cantyrbury, iv' opinion " y' Mr. Cartivrytt was in Eng- " land." 5. Answer of E [dward] D [ering] to the four articles propounded to him by the Council, concerning the doctrine and government of the Church of England, with statement of his, exceptions to the first, third, and fourth articles. Grant to James Rushell, one of the Queen's running footmen, of a pension of iOl. a year for life. [See Warrant Book, I., p. 1.] Warrant by the Queen appointing Francis Walsyngham, Esq., one of her principal Secretaries of State. l_See Warrant Book, I., p. 3. Walsyngham took the oaths before the Council on the 2\st Dec. 1573. Co. Beg.] 6. Lease from Tho. Henneage and Anne his wife, to Michael Henneage, his brother, of certain tenements and pastures in the manor of Fauxflete alias Thornton House, in the parish of Blacktofte, co. York, in reversion after the expiration of the term now held by Geo. Aske. [Case B. Eliz. No. 10.] 7. Warrant to the Tren-surer and Chamberlains of the Exchequer to imprest 500Z. to Lewis Stockett, Surveyor of the Works, to provide building materials, in addition to sums formerly paid for Avorks and expenses of the Queen's palaces and gardens from Christmas 1572 to Michaelmas 1 573. 8. A paper headed "The distressed state of the Church of EnglaTid by division." Describing the number of tenets and practices of various religious sects, particularly the Papists and Puritans, and the evil effects of all on true religion. DOlklESTlC— ELIZABETH. 47 1 Vol. XCIII. 1573. 9. Book containing lists of the Sheriffs in England and Wales; lists of the members of the Council of the North ; and of the Justices of Assize and Justices of Peace in the several counties of England and Wales. [Indorsed, Liber Pads de Anno Regni Regince Mizaheth Sexto-Becimo. 1573.] 1 0. Certificate of the names of the Dean and Prebendaries of Christ's Church, Canterbury, and of the servants and men belonging to them able to bear arms. 1573 ? 11 Grant to Edmund Powell of pardon and remission of the fine of 3,000 marks, on condition of paying the sum of 201. a year for his life. 12. Petition for a grant to John Giles of pardon, and for his readmission into the Company of Merchant Adventurers of England, notwithstanding his having intermarried with Anne Hack, a native of Aaitwerp, in Brabant. 13. Note of goods lost by Thomas Castelyn, merchant of London, taken by the Flushingers. {^Indorsed "An ould matter dealt in " by Danyell Rogers at his late beynge in Flanders."'\ 1-i. Abstract of the whole number of able men in the several coun- ties of England fit for Her Majesty's service; in all 202,004. 15. Declaration of certain English merchants trading to Antwerp, touching the violation of their ancient privileges. 1 6. Particulars of the lands belonging to Lord Cbeyne in the Isle of Sheppey ; and of the quantity and amount sold to the Queen and others. 17. State of the case touching the advowson of Sampford Peverel in Devonshire, within the diocese of Exeter, Sir Amias Poulet being the very patron. Also, state of the case of the parsonage of South Petherton. 1 S. Copies of instnictious, commissions, letters, &c. for taking the General Musters of the realm, firing and defence of the beacons, &c. from ] 544 to 1573, [This appears to have been jjart of a book The most important entry is that in 1573, ivhich is prohahly the co^nmis- sion and instructions for the Musters of the I4:th of March in that year, and is often referred to.'] 19. The Countess of Shrewsbury to . That they were all in good health. Expresses her wishes for him to write a letter to her son, according to the purport she dictates. 20. Exposition of the tenets and opinions of Dr, Martin [Luther] iind liis followers. 21. Petition of William Aldwen to the Council. Acknowledges that he has offended God and the Queen's Majesty in matters of religion, for which he is heartily sorry, and prays for pardon. 472 DOMESTIC— elizabi-:tii. Vol. XCIII. 1373 ? 22. Petition of the Mayor, &c. of Eye, to the Coimcil. For aid in the repair of the puddle and creek of Rye, which will be done for the sum of 3,000Z. 23. Petition of Thos. Manley, son and heir apparent of Wm. Man- ley, to hold the manor of Wettenhall, co. Chester, in farm, till livery of the same be legally sued, and that the intruders therein may be ordered to account for the same. 24. Petition of Wm. Hill, prisoner in the Fleet, to the Council. Complains of the obduracy of some of his creditors, who had kept him in prison for above eighteen months. Prays some course may be taken with them for liis relief 25. Things necessary to be resolved on by Council before the coinage can be proceeded in. Whether it shall be done by the Officers of the Mint, or by the Hayes, according to their offer. 26. Orders and regulations extracted from Stat. 5 Eliz. cap. 4., touching artificers, labourers, servants of husbandry, apprentices, &c., with notes and observations showing the evil effects of the non- observance of the said Act. 27. Note of the causes Avliy both lawful and unlawful artificers desire to have the statute touching them to be put in execution and observed. 28. Note showing that many of the Queen's subjects are put to great trouble and chai-ges in law for unlawfully exercising of occupa- tions. 29. Note showing that very many and gi-eat commodities will arise by means of the suit touching artificers. SO. Note of the manner how artificers shall sue for their releases and licences ; and how they may obtain the same under the Great Seal. 31. Note of the reasons why lawful artificers desire that unlawful artificers may be licensed to continue in their occupations. 32. Proposal that for the more plain understanding of the suit of artificers, the things desired by them are drawn into three several books. 33. A book touching a proclamation for the execution of the statute of artificers ; with a draft of the proposed proclamation. 34. A book for erecting of an ofiice and officer to register appren- tices' indentures, and to make and keep such records as are necessary for the observation of the statute ; with a note of the articles and branches of the Stat. 5 Eliz. cap. 4, touching artificers, whereupon the erecting of this office and officer is chiefly grounded. 35. A book touching a grant from the Queen, that for divers con- siderations certain artificers, who have unlawfully entered into occu- pations, &c., may be licensed to continue in the said occupations stiU ; with draft of Letters Patent in conformity thereto. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 473 Vol. XCIII. li>7;i? .36. Note showing that such of the three books touching artificers as shall in anything appear inconvenient, may either be relbrined or "wholly rejected, and the other proceed. ^ 37. Account of the consumption of woods in the clothing parishes in Kent ; not accounting for the woods spent by Sir Ric. Barker in his iron works. Opinion of Bartholomew Clerk, William Aubrey, and others, Doctors of Civil Law, on the right of a woman divorced from her husband for his offence, to retain possession of her lands and fj-ooHs [See Vol. xlv., p. 8.] ^ ' Observations on the duties of good magistrates. [See Warrant Boohj I., p. vi.] Form of a licence to buy and sell certain quantities of wool. [See Warrant Book, I., p. 3.] [Walsyngham] to . The Queen hesitates to sign the pardon granted to Mr. Tho. Hussey, at the request of the Earl of Bedford, until she may be assured it will not prejudice the bearer. [See Vol xlv ' p. 22.] ■ ■• Vol. XCIV. 1.573. 1573. Case containing certificates of General Musters in the year 1573, described in their chronological order. ■y.^. Vol. XCV. January— June, 1574. Jan. 5. 1. Memoranda (in F. Walsyngham 's hand,) of business transacted in Council. Principally for a supply of victuals and money for Ireland., Jan. 7. 2. Note of letters, to be written to the Justices of the Peace in various shires for the levying of men to serve in Ireland. Jan. 7. 3. Another paper of memoranda by Walsyngham, of business trans- acted in Council on various subjects. Review of Captain Morgan's men. Mr. Hatton's request as to a ship in the Isle of Purbeck thought inconvenient. Jan. 8. Lease from Tho. Elliot to Francis Hunt, of a messuage or tenement in the parish of St. Lawrence, in the Old Jury, within the City of London, for 21 years. [Case B. Eliz. No 11.] Jan. 8. 4. Note of business in Council. The grant of 100 last of herrings for the Ambassador, Hatton s request. Order for money, and transpor- tation of Captain Morgan s soldiers into Ireland ; and for money and men to be sent there, &c. Jan. 8. 5. Another note of business in Council. Principally relating to Ireland. 474 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1574. Vol. XCV. Jau. 9. 6. Another note of business in Council. Supplies for Ireland Jan. 10. 7. Another note of business in Council. Supply of men and money for Ireland. Jan. 14. 8. Eight acquittances of Thos. Bellot, and Thos. Pudsey, for money received of Mr. John Purvey, for woodsales and rents, on behalf of Lord Burghley. Jan. 15. 9. Note of business in Council. Irish affairs. Order on Blande's petitions, and for Tho. Hussey's delivery. Jan. 21. 10. Lord Burghley to the President and Fellows of Gonvil and Gains The Court. College, Camb. Directs them to proceed in an orderly and proper manner to the election of a new Master of their College, in place of the late Master, Dr. Caius. Jan. 22. 11. Certificate of the Commissioners for the restraint of the expor- tation and monopoly of grain within the County of Essex Names of the offenders in certain Hundreds. Jan. 25. 12. The Queen to the (Justices?) of Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Lan- cashire, Cheshire, and Shropshire. Directions for the levying of a certain number of soldiers to serve in Ireland. Jan. 25. 13. Same to the Lord President of Wales. Similar directions for levying of men to be sent to Ireland. Jan. 25. 14. Same to the Justices of Stafford and Derby. Similar directions for the levying of men for Ireland, Jan. ] 5. Note of all the furnaces which do daily cast guns and shot of iron ; with the names of the various manufacturers. Jan. 16. Petition of Kalph Hogge, the Queen's Gunstone maker and Gun- founder, to the Coimcil. Complains of the infringement of his Patent for the sole exportation of iron ordnance. Jan. 17. Note of all such persons as have made fines upon port-bonds, for the carrying of corn between port and port. Feb. 1. 18. John Marq. of Winchester, Bishop Horn, and Wm. Lord Lawarre, to the Council. Transmit books of General Musters for the County of Southampton, and the Muster book of horse for the same. Request instructions as to training the selected number of soldiers. Feb. 3. 19. Lionell Duckett to Lord Burghley. Requests the Queen's letter in his favour to the King of Sweden. Also for a waiTant in behalf of the merchants of Russia for the passing of certain hides. Feb. [15J. 20. Declaration of Christopher Baker touching iron furnaces, and of the great consumption of oak wood in Sussex, Surrey, and Kent by the iron mills and furnaces. Feb. 15. 21. List of names of the owners of iron works and furnaces, and the places where they are planted, in Kent, Sussex, and Surrey, signed by Christopher Baker. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 475 1574. Feb. 22. HamptonCourt. Feb. 26. HamptonCourt. Feb. 28. HamptonCourt. March 1. HamptonCourt. March 4. Greenwich. Vol. XCV. 22. Bond of William Walpole, under the penalty of 2,000^., not to found or sell iron ordnance without a licence from the Queen. 2.3-26. Similar bonds of John Thorpe, Robert Raynold, John Duffyld, and John Fawkener. 27-29. Similar bonds of John Lambard alias Gardiner, Tho. Gratwicke, and Robert Whytfyld. 30. Similar bond of Roger Gratwyk, of Sullington, co. Sussex. 31-40. Similar bonds of Geo. Bullen, Nich. Pope, Tho. Isted, Tho. Collen, Tho. Glydd, Alexr. Farmer, John Everysfylde, Nynyan Challoner, Stephen Collens, and Geo. Maye. 41-49. Similar bonds of Edw. Elryngton, Wm. Webb, Nich. Fowlle, John Baker, Robt. Hodgson, Tho. Dyke, Tho. Haye, Arthui Myddleton, and John Palar. 50.-52. Similar bonds of TIio. Ellys, John Gardyner for Isabell Asheburnham, and the same John Gardyner for John Asheburnham. 53-56. Similar bonds of John Carpenter, Robert Woody, Wm. Relfe, and the same Wm. Relfe for Jolm Relfe. 57, 58. Similar bonds of Tho. May and Barth. Jefl'ery. 59, 60. Similar Bonds of John Stace and Sir Ric. Baker. 61. Names of noblemen and gentlemen summoned to appear before the Council ; and list of the names of the furnaces and forges in Surrey. Sussex, and Kent, and in whose occupation they are. 62. Bond of Sir Thomas Gresham not to found or sell iron ordnance without licence. 63. Petition of divers gentlemen of the West parts of England to the Queen. Soliciting her to allow of an enterprise for discovery ol "sundry ritche and imknowen landes." [Indorsed, " Sir ffumfrey " Gilbert, Sir Geo. Peckham, Mr. Garlile, and Sir Ric. Grenvile, and " others, voyages.''^ 64. Gentlemen of the West parts to the Lord High Admiral (Lincoln). Soliciting his goodwill and assistance in furtherance of their pro- jected voyage. Inclosing, 64. I. Specification in detail of the advantages to be gained by their proposed voyage of discovery South of the equinoctial line. March 26 ? Grant to Sir Tho. Co and to his sou R. C of the office of fitting out and convoying over the fleet of the Merchants of the Staple to Hamburgh. Lat. {See Warrant Booh, I., p. 138, and also p. 7.] Grant in reversion to R. Co of the ComptroUership of the Customs in the Port of London, after the death or surrender of Tho. Co . Lat. {See Warrant Booh, I., p. 140.] March 5. Greenwioh. March 6. Greenwich. March 7. Greenwich. March 10. Greenwich. March 16. March 16. March 21. Greenwich. March 22. March 22. March ? 476 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 157-i. March 26 Greenwich. March 29. March. March ? March ? March ? March ? March ? March ? April 3. Greenwich. April 3. April 3. London. Vol. XCV. 65. Warrant to Dirick Anthonie, Graver of the Mint, for the making and engraving of two signets of gold with the royal arms and scrip- tures ; one of which was to remain with Francis Walsyngham, Esq., Principal Secretary of State. 66. Note of certain words reported by Margaret Taylor, wife of Tho. Taylor, in Flanders, relative to Sir John Nevel, and others. Also, copy of a letter from Tho. Tompson to Mr. Tomlingson, relating to tlie health and condition of his friends and connexions. \_Indorsed, " Copies of Ires from y" rebels in Flanders, surprized."'] 67. Commission for taking General Musters throughout the kingdom, according to the tenor of the Commission and instructions of the preceding year. 68. Note of th(j number of men to be levied in Wales and several of the counties of England, with their arms, &c. 69. Note that the number of pieces necessary to be cast for the furniture of the realm, are 600 tons ; and the reasons for the same. 70. Orders to be observed by the founders and buyers of ordnance, restricting the number of guns to be cast for the only use of the i-ealm. Grant to William Walding of the sole privilege of writing and flourishing the Queen's name and title in all charters and books to pass the Great Seal. Half of the fines for infringement of the grant to be paid to the use of the poor children within the Hospital of the Grey Friars, London. [See Warrant Book, I., p. 9.] 71. Grant of pardon to .John Jones, for tlie murder of Morgan John Williams Signed by Sir Henry Sydney and Sir John Throk- inarton. Lat. Licence to William Heidon to export ten serplers of wool from any port in the county of Norfolk. [_See Warrant Booh, I., 'p- S.] Fr. Walsyngham to Lord Adm. Lincoln. Had immediately moved Her Majesty as to the benefice of Burton, but it had been disposed of Advertisements of news from France and Spain. \_See Vol. xlv., p. 29.] Fr. Walsyngham to Sir Walter Mildmay. Has shown his certificate to the Earl of Leicester, relative to the confirmation of the charters of the City of Chester. iSee ib., p. 29.] 72. Fr. Walsyngham, Sir Walter Mildmay, and others, to the Council. Their proceedings in tlie examination and settlement of a controversy between the ofiicers of the County Palatine and the corporation of Cliester. Examination of the city chartei-. Inclosing, 72. I. Certificate by the above of the order set doivn by them in the controversy between the Queen's Officers of the Exchequer of the Principality of Chester and the Mayor and Aldermen of Ihe City of Chester. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 477 1574 Vol. XCV. April 3? 73. Note of certain special points to be touched upon in the letter Irom the Council to the City of Chester on the conduct of Ric Button their Mayor, founded on a misconception of a clause of prscerea in their late renewed Charter. {Ric. Button, Mayor of Chester, was in London xn attendance on the Council in March, 1574. Co. Reg.! April 4. 74-77. Bonds of Thomas Stolyon, John Frenche, Christopher Darell Greenwich, and Anthony Morley, not to found or sell ordnance without licence from the Queen. April 4. 78. Note of business propounded in Council by Mr. Walsyngham with orders thereon. Not convenient to have any plays, for fear of the plague. April 4. 79. Names of owners and founders of iron ordnance, and of the places where the furnaces are situated. April o. 80. Note of business in Council. Principally relating to the affairs of Ireland. April 20, 81. Estimate of the charges for the victualling of twenty-four of the Queen's ships, by Edward Baeshe. April 2.". 82. Richard Coortesse, Bishop of Chichester, to Lord Burghley. Certifies him of the prices of grain. Combination to rob the French- men that make glass. Complains of pirates on the coast of Susses. April. 83. Lord Burghley 's notes of public business and private affairs. Feb. — Apr. 1574. May 1. 84. Note of corn powder bought of Henry Dale, haberdasher, with the prices of the same. May 4. 85. Lord Burghley to Francis Walsyngham, Sec. of State. Inter- cession to be made for Thomas Bath alias Thomazo, arrested in Flanders for a spy, and in danger of death. Stay of mariners. The Earl of Bedford proposed to take charge of the Counties of Devon, Dorset, and Cornwall. May 9. 86. Memorandum of business propounded in Council. May 10. 87. Certificate by William Dodington and John Coniers of money and munition remaining unaccounted for by the Earl of Warwick ; extracted from the accounts of Richard Dennys, cousin and heir to Sir Maurice Dennys, deed. May 24. Note of the men, with their furniture and artillery, requisite for setting forth twenty- four of the Queen's ships to the seas. [_See Vol. xcvi., p. 281. and Vol. cxv.. No. 1.] May 24. A note of powder for the callivers and great ordnance for the Queen's navy. [*S'«e Vol. xcvi., p. 288, and Vol. cxv.. No. 1.] May 24. 88. Remembrances delivered by Edward Baeshe, relative to the supplying of the navy with provisions for two months. May 28, 89. Note of powder remaining in store and to be provided within fourteen daj's. 478 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1574. Vol. XCV. May. ■ 90. Note of the places in Barbary traded to by English merchants who are content not to trade beyond Cape Riol, which is to the South-west of the kingdom of Barbary. May. 91. A survey of the chambers and societies of all the Tnns of Court, together with certain devices for the government of the worthy and necessary sort, and for the exclusion of the unworthy and unnecessary number and sort thereof Mav? ^^' Petition of a poor woman to the Queen. Details the hardships she suffers in consequence of discovering certain conspiracies ; viz., practice of the Earl of Oxford to carry off the Duke of Norfolk; clipjiing the coin ; release of Earl of Desmond, &c. ; and praying for relief \_Desmond was released in March 1573, and this petition is described as being a little more than a year after that event.'] Vol. XCVI. May, 1574. An ancient volume, originally bound in parchment, with the title, "England. Matters of State and Force of the Kingdome." Contaia- ing entries of lists of Justices of Peace, General Musters, lists of ships, names of noblemen and gentlemen in service, church livings, &c. ; of various dates from May, 1574. The following are the con- tents ; the entries, having dates, being also inserted in their chrono- logical order. Some of the entries are not very accurately made. Pages 1 to 169. Returns of the names of the Hundreds and other divisions in the several counties of England and Wales, with the names of resident Justices of Peace and other officers. P. 173. The names of the Vice- Admirals in England. P. 175. The number of churches in every shire. P. 1 79. Valuation of the several livings of all the Bishops in Eng- land. P. 182. List of the Bishopricks throughout England, with their clear revenues. P. 183. Valuation of the several livings of all the Deans in England. P. 185. Note of such ecclesiastical persons as have more livings than one. P. 191. The names of all the towns where the posts are, between Berwick and the Court. ' P. 192. Names of the post towns coming out of Ireland to London, and from London to Dover. P. 193. Orders appointed to be generally observed by the Queen's posts throughout the realm. P. 199. Declaration of Christopher Barker [Baker] touching iron fur- naces ; names of places where iron works and furnaces are erected, &c. Pp. 207 to 236. The taxation of the subsidies in divers cities, towns, and ports for the City of London and other coxxnties and towns. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 479 Vol. XCVI. 1574. !*• 237. Note of sucli towns and persons as are to contribute to the loan. P. 238. Names of the Judges, Sergeants, and Pleaders. P. 241. Names of the officers of the Queen's Courts of Record at Westminster, both English and Latin. P. 247. Names of the Doctors of the Civil Law and the Ministers of the Ecclesiastical Courts. P. 251. List of noblemen and gentlemen that have served and are fit to serve in foreign employments. P. 253. Names of such noblemen and gentlemen as have served in war. Pp. 254 and 255. Names of Captains at Berwick and in Ireland. P. 256. Men of service, fit for charge, out of pay. P. 257. Names of sundry gentlemen and Captains for the sea. P. 259. Names of forts and castles along the sea coasts, with the Captains that have charge of them. P.'262. Names of gunners in ordinary and in pension in the towns, castles, &c. in Kent, Sussex, Southampton, and Isle of Wight. P. 265. The charge of Berwick and other holds in the East March. Pp. 267 to 273. List of ships, &c. in various ports, and in the river Thames and its creeks, and the names of the masters that have taken charge in the Thames. 6 Feb. 1577. P. 275. Names of Her Majesty's ships, number of men, &c. requisite for setting forth the same. 10 Aug. 1577. P. 281. Note of the men, provision, - 705.] June 1. Special article in the above instructions for the Lieutenants of Norfolk and Lincoln. [*S'ee ib., f. 709.] June 1. 3. Account of the full furniture of ordnance, brass and iron, shot, and all other munitions and habiliments of war for twenty -four ships now appointed to be sent to sea ; together with the charge of the ordnance, &c., to be supplied. June]. Entry of the above. f/S^ee FoZ. xcvi., ^. 316.] DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 481 1574. June 1. June 1. June 1 ? June 6. June 6. Bindon. Jiine 7. Poole. June 12. Pendenuis Castle. June IS. June 14. June 14. June 14. Greenwich. June 14. St. Osythes. June 18. Winchester. Vol. XCVII. 4. Account of armour and other things requisite for the furnishing of the said twenty-four ships, and for the repair and mending of the same. Entry of the above. {See Vol. xcvi., p. 323.] 5. Abstract drawn out of the above account of provisions for the navy within the Office of Ordnance, showing how much of the same might be spared. 6. A paper of intelligence. Conditions whereupon Sir Bryan McPhelim's pledges are delivered to the Earl of Essex. News from Antwerp and Holland. Death of Charles IX., and events in France. 7. Thomas Viscount Howard of Bindon, to Lord Admiral Lincoln. Sends a certificate of the state of the castles and forts in the County of Dorset. Complains of the number of pirates and sea-robbers frequenting the coast. 8. Viscount Bindon, Wm. Lord St. John, and others, to the ConncU. Report on the condition of the castles and forts in Dorsetshire. Directions given for the better keeping of them. Complaint of pirates on the coast. Inclosing, 8. I. A certificate of the repairs and munition required for the defence of the castles in Dorsetshire. 9, Sir John Arundel and Richard Chamond to same. Report on the castles and forts in the County of Cornwall. Inclosing, 9. I. Certificate of munition and other things already provided for the defence of various castles in co. Cornwall. 10. Note of business propounded in Council. 11. Lord Burghley to Francis Walsyngham. The stay of the Queen's fleet has excited alarm. Thinks it had better be ordered to sail to the mouth of the Thames, which is much haunted by pirates. Thanks for his favor to Geo. Blyth. 12. Commission to the Earl of Bedford and the Lord President of Wales to raise 1,000 men for service in Ireland, to be furnished with armour and weapons. 13. "Warrant to the Exchequer for the payment of 1,000?. to the Earl of Bedford, for the sending of certain men into Ireland. 14. John Lord Darcy of Chiche, and others, to the Council. Report on the state of the forts in Essex. 15. William Lord Sandys, and others, to same. Report on the state of the forts in the County of Southampton. Inclosing, 16. I. Certificate of ordnance and munition in tJie castles and fort in Hampshire and tha Isle of Wight.- H H 482 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1574. June 19. June 19. Greenwich. June 21, June 21. Baconsthorp, Vol. XCVII. 16. Note of business pi-opounded in the Council. Touching the iron mills, &c. 17. Orders set down by the Council, concerning the casting of iron ordnance. 18. Lord Burghley to Francis Walsyngham. Sends letters from Sir James Harington and Mr. Kenelme Digby, -with the Council's letters. Requests for Musters in Rutland. Also that a warrant be sent for the payment of 11,000L to Mr. Spinola. Incloses, 18. I. Note of date of Mr. Spinola s bonds. 19. Sir Chr. Heydon and Sir Wm, Buttes to the Council. Have not yet received one of the Queen's letters for the Musters. Will however take the Musters. Promise sliortly to send the Musters for Norfolk, and forward the certificates. The City of Norwich requires a separate commission. June 29, 20. Note of business propounded in Council, touching pirates, &c. June. June. June? June? June? July 1. 21. Instruction by Queen EKzabeth to Sir Henry Sydney, Lord President of Her Majesty's Council within Her Dominion and Princi- pality of Wales, and the Marches of the same ; and to aU mentioned and appointed to be of the said Council. 22. The names of those that are appointed to be of the Queen's Majesty's Council in the Principality and Marches of Wales. 2.3. Petition of John Vaughan, of the iSle of Wight, to Walsyngham. Requesting that he may be freed from his imprisonment, having been confined for seventeen weeks. 24. Petition of the Mayor, &c., of Newcastle to the Queen. To have the castle of Tynemouth united to their Corporation, for which they would discharge Her Majesty of 400 marks yearly, payable by her for keeping the castle in repair. July 2. London. 25. Petition of John Langrake, Merchant, of Colchester, to the Council. Complaining that his ship the " Marygold," had been robbed and spoiled by certain Frenchmen from Dieppe ; and soliciting the arrest of the first ship that may arrive from that port. [Walsingham ?] to • To stay the indictment against Peter Evers, a young gentleman of Lincolnshire, who had been incited to counterfeit foreign coin ; but having voluntarily acknowledged his offence had been discharged by the Council. [See Vol. xlv., p. 26. In June 1574, Peter Evers was co^nonitted to the Marshalsea for coining Portuguese coin, and on the 1st of July was placed under the custody of Mr. Justice Mounson. Co. Eeg^ 26. Drs. Wm. Aubrey and Ro. Forthe to Walsyngham. Report on the case between Monsr. Calvart and the men of Sandwich ; and also in the case of Wm. Orispe and Thomas KnoUes. DOME.STIC — ELIZABETH. 483 1574. July 5. July 6. Ethrope. July 6. Kichmond. July 6. Bochford. July 7. July 8. Winchester. Vol. XCVII. 27. David Jones to Mr Mj^Us (Walsyngham's Secretary). Ac- knowledging that he had been confessed in the Marshalsea, and two other persons with him, Mr. Blewitt, of the Hanging Sword, in Fleet Street, and Mr. David Sadler. A mass was to be performed next Sunday at Bishop Heath's, late Archbp. of York. 28. Sir Wm. Dormer to the Council. Reasons for the neglect of sending certificate of Musters of horses for the County of Buckingham. A new commission requisite. 29. The Council to the Vice- Admiral of Sussex. Order for the stay of shipping in all the ports of Sussex, except fishing boats, or those going from port to port, 30. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Essex, to the Council. Proceedings in taking the Musters ; and for putting the shire in a state of defence to resist a for-eign enemy. 31. Certificate by Lord Darcy of Chiche, and the Bailifis, &c., of Colchester, of Musters of able men, &c., within that town. 32. Lord Thomas Poulet, the Earl of Southampton, and others, to the Council. Return of Musters and survey of the County of South- ampton. Inclosing, 32. I. Certificate of the dangerous 'places for the landing of an eneiny on the coasts of Hampshire, from Bournemouth, in Westover Hundred, to the East Haven of Hayling Island. June 25. 32. II. Certificate of the forces from, varioiis Hundreds appointed for the defence of the Isle of Wight, PortsTnouth, and towns on the coast of Hampshire. 32. III. Certificate of hoots appointed for conveying men to the Isle of Wight, upon any attempt. 32. IV. General certificate of the Musters for the whole County of Southampton. Number of horses, furniture of arms, &c. July 12. 33. .JSrote of business propounded in the Council. Relating to Ireland. 34. Henry Appulton to Walsyngham. Apprehension of Davy Jones ; has examined him but has not committed him yet to prison. Sends two letters written by him. 35. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Denbigh. Report their proceedings, and state of the Musters of the county. 36. Richard Willes to Walsyngham. States his opinion on some doctrinal points, and his pi'otestation against Popery. 37. Lord North, and Sir Giles Alyngton, to the Council. Proceedings in the Musters. Complain of opposition they met with from Mr. Edward Styward ; "a blynde man, verie ryche, and the moste untractable man in Her Majesty's service." Inclosing, 37. I. Certificate of Musters of horses and geldings in the County of Cambridge, furnished with armour and weapon. HE 2 July 12. South Bemflete. July 12, Kathin. July 13. Windsor. July 18. Kirtling. 484 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1574. July 19. Torperley. July 20. July 22. FUnt. July 30. July SO. Sarain. July? July? Vol. XCVII, 38. The Sheriff and Justices of Chester to the Council. Eeport on the Musters and other defences of the County of Chester. 39. David Jones to Mr. MyUs. Has given information that Napper was in Mr. Tyrrell's house. An old priest, named Latymer,- is in the Clink, and a lot of outlandish men and Englishmen in the Marshalsea. Asks leave to go to Dr. Heath's house. 40. Commissioners of Musters for Flintshire to the Council. Certify particulars of their doings in the Musters. The inhabitants of the county are very poor and but few in number. Names of the Captains, &e. Inclosing, 40. I. Certificate of the names of the gentlemen appointed to furnish light horscTnen; and the names of gentlemen who have furnished light horse, although not chargeable hy law. 40. II. Muster Roll of five hundred footTnen certified out of the County of Flint, furnished as required. 41. Lord Burghley to Walsyngham. Sends a letter from Sir Wm. Wynter and Mr. Pelham, that Queenborough was a place well suited to make a naval depot. Stay of English ships and goods in Eouen. Supply of corn and grain in the City. Complaints by the Ambassador of Portugal against the Lord Admiral. Intends to pro- hibit unlawful gaming among the Guards. 42. Earl of Pembroke, and others, to tlie Council. Transmitting certificate of the Musters taken within the County of Wilts. Inclosing, 42. I. Certificate of demi-lances and light horses for the County ' of Wilts. Devizes, 16 Jul)/. 43; Answers to certain articles touching the charges of the several parishes in the Isle of Axholme, Lincoln, for the furnishing and train- ing of soldiers, provision of armour, weapons, &c. 44. Similar return of answers to certain articles touching the charges of the several parishes in the Wapentake of Manley, co. Lincoln. Vol. XCVIII. August— October, 1574. August 1. 1- Richard Ligon, High Sheriff, Sir John Lyttelton, and others, to ■Worcester, the Council. Proceeding in taking General Musters in the County of Worcester, and preserving the peace of the same. Inclosing, 1. I. Certificate of General Musters of all able men, horses, arms, &c., in the County of Worcester. August 1 ? Walsyngham ? to [Burghley ?] He is not forgotten in his absence by his friends. The Earl of Oxford's return has very much qualified Her Majesty's displeasure, but she does not mean to wrap up his con- tempt without some kind of reprehension. Copy. \Siee Vol. xlv., p. 59.] DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 485 1574. August S. Theobalds. Vol. XCVIII. 2. Lord Burgliley to Fr. Walsyngham. The Earl of Oxford will obey the Queen's commands to go to her in Gloucestershire. He is fearful if he shall recover Her Majesty's favour. Burghley himself cannot be present, but hopes Walsyngham and Hatton will continue Oxford's friends. August 3. Sheffield. August 3. August 3. 3. Earl of Shrewsbury to the Council. Musters of light horses in the County of Derby by the gentlemen. Requests to be informed if the freeholders should be dealt with to fui-nish light horses. Incloses, 3. I. Muster Roll of light horses for the County of Derby, with, the names of the gentlemen furnishing them. 20 July. 4. Sir Henry "Weston, and others, to same. Musters of able horses and geldings in the Qounty of Surrey. Complain of Thomas Wylford, who refuses to appear. Inclosing, 4. I. Certificate of the Musters of able horses and geldings in the County of Surrey. 4. II. I^ote of such as made default to produce their horses at the Musters. Signed by the Earl of Arundel. 5. Presentment by the churchwarden and other persons relative to the church and parsonage of Middleton, Warwickshire. August [7.1 [Walsyngham?] to [Burghley?]. Although his lordship seems wholly dedicated to a private life, yet he sends him some news from Court and from abroad. The Earl of Oxford is restored to favour. Peremptory order taken for the submission of Desmond. Foreign news. [See Vol. xlv., jj. 60.] 6. Brief declaration of the charges of the diets at the celebration of the French King's obsequies at St. Paul's ; stating the various kinds of provisions and the prices charged. 7. Bishop Cox to Sec. Sir Thomas Smith. Requests him to forward the certificate of Musters for the Isle of Ely. Incloses, 7. I. Certificate by Bishop Cox and Lord North of Musters of light horse within the Isle of Ely. 19 July. 8. Lord Henry Clynton and Charles Lord Willoughby to the Council. Have taken the Musters of lances and light horses. In- close, 8. I. Certificate of the number of demi-lances and light horses fur- nished within the County of Lincoln, chargeable by statute, and encreased by the benevolence of the county. August 10. 9. Evidence given by Richard Gawyn respecting correspondence with the English fugitives in Flanders, at the instigation of John Chancellor ; delivery of letters to Lady Morley, the Countess of Nor- thumberland, &c. August 7. August 7. Doddington. August 8. Lincoln, 486 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. Vol. XCVIII. 1574. August J 3. 10. David Jones to Mr. Mylls. Requests to know if he might attend the service at the Chai-ter House, to which many papists resorted. Would have been in danger of starving, only for one Mrs. Cawkon, formerly Mrs. Terell. Information respecting other papists. August 13. 11. Mayor and Aldermen of Chester to the Council. Eequest Chester. repayment of 150?., lent by them to Capt. Bryan Fitzwilliams for conveyance of soldiers to Ireland. August 15. 12. Viscount Moimtague, and others, to the Council. Musters of Cowdry. the County of Sussex. Request to be informed if the watch is to be continued on the approach of winter. Inclosing, 12. I. Certificate of able men, horses, and arms within the County of Sussex, and of Captains appointed to the same. August 15. 13. Prayer by Queen Elizabeth on her arrival at Bristol, giving thanks for her preservation on that long and dangerous journey. [See a/nother copy, Vol. cxiii., i\^p. 13. The date is taken from the con- temporary copy in the Lansdowne Collection, Vol. 115., No. 45.] August 25. 14. Earl of Rutland to Walsyngham. Sends certificate of the Musters for Nottingham, and explains the cause of the smallness of the numbers. Incloses, 14. I. Certificate of Musters of the horses and geldings i/n the County of Nottingham chargeable by statute. August 27. IS- Sir William Wynter and Mr. Wm. Pelham to the CouncU. London. Report their proceedings in putting the Isle of Sheppey and the Medway into a state of defence. Will report verbally as to Queen- borough. [August.] 16. Certificate by Sir Andrew Corbett, Sir Arthur Maynwaryng, and others, of the General Musters for the County of Salop, in anno. Eliz. 16°. Sept. 1. 17. Thomas Prydeaux to his brother Richard Prydeaux. Has sent Ghent. his wife and daughter to England to visit him, and greatly commends them The times are variable — dearth, desolation, and danger, both bodily and ghostly, occupy the world. Sept. L 18. Justices of Merioneth to the Council. Report relative to the Bala. Musters for the said shire. Inclosing, 18. I. Muster Roll and certificate of able men, horses, armour, and weapons within the County of Merioneth. Sept. 5. 19. SheriflT and Justices of Anglesey to same. Their observance of Anglesey, the instructions relative to the Musters. State of the island, in which there are no horses fit for service. Danger of invasion. Inclosing, 19. I. Muster Roll of the names of the able men, furniture of armour, &c. in the Isle of Anglesey. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 48/ Vol. XCVIII. 1574. Ser»t 9. ■^^' I'^'iward Bury to Kobt. Lord Eich. Has apprehended, examined, Kain-hiye Park, and searched Anthony Tyrell, who had intended to cross over to Flanders, and transmits many papers seized on him. Incloses, 20. I. -XXIII. A large collection of letters and papers found on Anthony Tyrell ; principally drafts of letters to his relatives and friends, and copy of a holy and vertuous sermon on the miracle of the "Five barley loaves and two small fishes." Sept. 13, 21. David Jones to Mr. Mylls. Speaks of some who knew him in prison. Requests the loan of 2s., to be left for him at the George. Sept. 18. 22. Lord Stafford, Edw. Lord Duddeley, and Tho. Lord Paget, to the Stafford Castle. Council. Proceedings and certificate of the Musters of light horses and demi-lances in the County of Stafibrd. Sept. 21. 23. Edward Mangell, and others, to same. Detail their proceedings in taking Musters of the able men, horses, and arms within the County of Glamorgan. Sept. 27. 24. The Commissioners of Musters for the County of Montgomery to same. Certifying their doings in the Musters, and particulars of the state of the county. The beacons are duly watched and kept. Inclosing, 24. I. Muster Roll of the names of the gentlemen charged tvith the keeping of detni-lances and light horse. Names of the able men, furniture of armour, &c. Sept. 30. 25. Certificate of the horses and geldings for the wars within the County of Middlesex. Mustered by Sir Edw. Harbert, Sir Tho. Gresham, and John Asteley, Esq. Sept. ? 26. Suit of Hennadge ? for abatement on his licence for the exportation of 3,000 dikers of leather. Oct. 6. 27. Certificate of defaults and wants of the castle of Portland. [/%- dorsed, " C} Octot) fro Viscot Byndon."] Oct. 6. 28. Note of certain rebels and fugitives in Flanders, and return of John Hamond to England. Provisions exported from England to the Netherlands. Oct. 7. 29. William Holstok to Lord Burghley. Eeport on the state of London.' Lord Cheyne's house at Shurland ; only forty deer now in the park there. On next Saturday the house and park will be delivered up to him in the Queen's name. Oct. 1 0. 30- ^0*^ °^ business to be propounded in Council. Oct 12. 31- Similar paper of business in Council. Requests of the French Ambassador. Oct. 15. 32. Similar paper of business in Council. Oct. 17. 33. Similar paper of business in Council. 488 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. j574_ Vol. XCVIII. Oct. 18. 34. Grant of the office of Clerk of the Parliaments to Francis Spil- HamptonCourt. man and Anthony Mason alias Wyckes, in place of Sir John Mason, dec. and the said Francis Spilman. Oct. 21. 35. state of the church of Bromyard, in the diocese of Hereford, and notice of the Bishop of Hereford's letters against the information for three prebends in that church. Oct. ? 36. Note of certain objections to be made to the brewers, at the solicitation of Jeffrey Duppa, touching the quality of the beer brewed for Her Majesty's household. manner of charges for the brewing of [^Indorsed, " Mr. Crane's Bill for Brew- 37. An estimate of all 13 tons of beer in London. ing of Beer."'\ 38. Orders issued by the Privy Council to be observed in the City of London, for preventing the spreading of the plague ; with answers as to what had already been done therein. Nov, 4. Nov. 6 Lathom. Nov. 15. Nov. 16. Nov. 17. Nov, 18, Lisbon. Nov. 22. HamptonCourt, Nov. Vol. XCIX. November — December, 1574. 1. Account of Lord Lumley's debt, and how it grew to King Henry VIII. ; and how much of the said debt hath been paid, and the sum that yet remains unpaid ; with assurance of the Earl of Ai-undel and Lord Lumley for discharge thereof. 2. Henry Earl of Derb3'-, and others, to the Covmcil. Report of Musters for the County of Lancaster. Precautions for defence of the coasts, and for watching the beacons. 3. Mayor, &c. of Norwich to same. Relative to the Musters for the city. Cause of delay. Inclosing, 3. I. Certificate of the number of persons between the ages o/ 16 and 60 that did appear for the City of Norwich, 14 July,. 15^^:, amounting to 2,120 persons. * 4. Certificate of all the light horses and horses for demi-lances, with their furniture, charged by statute and improvement, within the County of Oxford. 5. Articles of agreement made by Sir Chr. Wraye, Lord Chief Justice, and others, between Mr. Francis RoUstone and his son George RoUstone. 6. Lord Morley to Lord Burghley. Has written several letters, but fears they have been intercepted. Hopes for the Queen s mercy, and to be restored to her favour. Explains his motives for leaving England. Is now going to Venice. 7. Warrant to the Lord Treasurer to pay the sum of 389Z. lis. 8d to Lord Cobham for extraordinary charges for defence of various castles and forts in Kent. 8. Requests by the merchants trading into Spain and Portugal for incorporation and confirmation of former privileges. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 489 15^4 Vol. XCIX. Nov. 9. Petition of Alderman TIio. Pullison, and many others, merchants trading to Spain and Portugal, to the Council. Praying to be admitted into any new company that may be incorporated for an exclusive trade into those countries, Dec. 2. 10. Dr. Lewes to Lord Burghley. Bequests him to consider the The Arches, claim of the Chapter of Landaff for the custody of the temporalitie during the vacancy of that bishoprick. Incloses, 10. I. Copy of the Letters Patent of King Ed^vard II., granting to the Chapter of Landaff the custody of the temporalities of the bishoprick during the vacancy of that see. 4 March, 1318. Dec. 2. 11. to same. Urging the petition of Mrs. Jone widow of the late Bishop of Landaff, to occupy the house of Matharne during the vacancy of the bishoprick. Dec. 3. 12. Margaret Countess of Lennox to same. Laments the heavy burthen of the Queen's displeasure. Sends him the copy of a letter she has written to the Earl of Leicester. Incloses, ] 2. I. Countess of Lennox to the Earl of Leicester. Explains her visit to the Countess of Suffolk at Rufford. Conversation with the Queen as to marriage of her son with the daughter of the Countess of Shrewsbitry. Bequests his kind influence in her favour. Dec. 10. 13. Same to same. Thanks him for presenting her excuse to the Hackney. Queen. Excuses herself for visiting the Countess of Shrewsbury, and consenting to her son's marriage. Dec. 17. 14. Writ from "Wm. Lord Cobham, Lord "Warden of the Cinque Dover Castle. Ports, to the Bailiff, &c. of Hythe, to produce records in the case of William Dalmyngton versus William Amye, in the Admiralty Court of the Cinque Ports. Dec, 22. 1 5. Walsyngham to the Earl of Huntingdon. Sends interrogatories for the examination of the Lady Lennox's secretary, upon matters connected with the marriage of Charles Lord Darnley vsdth the daughter of the Counte.«s of Shrewsbury. Anxiety of Guerras to know the movements of the Countess of Lennox. The Council to the Dean and Chapter of Bath and Wells. Marvelling they have refused to confirm a lease of [the manor of Ban well ?] granted by the Bishop of Bath, at the Queen's request, to Lord Henry Seymour. Desire them to confirm the said lease or to appear and show cause why they do not. [See Vol. xlv., p. 17.] Dec. 28. 16. Burghley to Thomas Coppley. Has received his letter declaring HamptonCourt. the continuance of his duty of allegiance to the Queen. Answers at great length to that and former letters. Kegrets that for religious scruples he has left his native land, and recommends him to consider the foundations of such a change. Eequests him to give information respecting the authors of the libels of late published against him and the Lord Keeper. Dec. 26. HamptonCourt. 490 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. , ^^ , Vol. XCIX. 1574. ^^^- 17. Arguments by Thomas Coppley, proving that the conveyances he had made of his lands, previous to his going abroad, -were good and valid in law, and that it would be great injustice to defeat them on the ground of his quitting the kingdom without licence. 18. Table of the Hixndreds appointed for the defence of Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight, and the sea coast of Hampshire, for the years 1571, 1572, 1573 ; with additions and alterations made in 1574. 19, 20. Two copies of the above. 21. Note of monies raised by loan from the Bishops in their several dioceses. 22. Statement of losses sustained by Thomas PuUysson, Alder- man of London, and Humphry and Edmund Martine, from the Prince and States of Holland, by reason of the detention and confiscation of their ship at Flushing. 1574? 23. Petition of George Southaick, Merchant Adventurer, to Mr. Sec. Walsyngham. Solicits a commission concerning his suit to Her Majesty, and promises not to put the same in execution without his consent. 24. Answer of the Dean and Canons of Windsor to Messrs. Mid- dlemore and Hatche's allegations respecting the enforcement of the feefarm of lands belonging to the Poor Knights of Windsor ; with statement of income and expenditure of those lands. 25. List of names of Knights of the Garter. 26. Petition of William Symonds to the Council. Praying to be relieved from a false verdict given against him in an action brought against him by William Napper for usury. 27. Reasons offered to the Queen for the establishing of an exclusive trade with the Barbary States. 28. Reasons for a Charter of Incorporation of the Meer Merchants trading for wines and other commodities into France, to guard against the injuries done to the trade by the retailers encroaching upon the merchants. 29. Another copy of the above. 30. Fragment of part of the above ; with apostils in the hand of Lawrence Thompson. 31. Fragment of another copy of the above. 32. A discourse of the advantages to be gained by establishing an office for the sealing of all cloths according to the laws of the realm. 33. Petition of Carlin Heraut, Captain of the gallion named the "Great Holy Ghost," of Marseilles, to the Council. Praying that his ship, now under arrest in the Thames, may be released, or that he may be paid for her freight. DOMESTIC—ELIZABETH. 491 1574 ? Vol. XCIX. 34. Note of the sale of the manor of Romborough by the Earl of Arundel to Mr. Holland. 35. Grant of licence to John Wakeman of the Town of Gt. Yarmouth, and Katharine, his wife, to export 4,000 quarters of wheat and 4,000 quarters of barley and malt out of Norfolk and Suffolk, during the next five years. 36. A brief of the leases and estates of the Prebend of Buckingham, as it is related by Mr. Pagitt, with the answers of Robert Jhonsoun, declaring the true state of the cause, as it is in deed ; attested by Lord Henry Seymour. [Indorsed "Mr. Bretts allegations with Jhonsoun's answfiA^s."] 37. " Rates for the customs of harness and munitions." 38. Particulars of the late dissolved monastery of Thorney Abbey, in the County of Cambridge, wit;h a survey of the sanie. [Indorsed by Gecill, " Thorney. Sir W. Russell."] 39. Note of the yearly value of the manors of Blecheley in Buck- ingham, and of Brampton in the County of Hereford. [Indoi-sed, " Lord Grey's suit for the exchange of the Manor of SjMunton in Com. Ehor."~\ 40. E. Gierke to [ .] Complains of Tho. Peniston, who unjustly impeached the marriage of his son with Anne Conysby, and desires that Peniston may be commanded to teU where she, Conysby, is hid. 41. Report to the Queen by an Italian, of his survey of the ports of Rye and Sandwich, touching the necessary repairs ; requests some remuneration. 42. Petition of Zecheus Garratt to Sec. Walsyngham. Complains of being defrauded of the sum of 33?. by Stephen Stringer, servant to Sir Tho. Gawdie. 43. Petition of Jolm Ducke and others, Moneyers of the Mint, to Lord Burghley and Sir Walter Mildmay. Claiming allowance for waste in the coinage of gold, and for the making of small money. 44. Petition of same to same. Soliciting payment of arrears due to them, or for some convenient sum of money to relieve their extreme necessity. 45. Petition of Tho. Husee to the Earls of Leicester and Bedford. Desires their letters to call Geo. Lamplughe before them, to compound with his daughter for such lands as he had received from Her Majesty. 46. Plan for the proposed new quay at Portsmouth, by Richard Popinjaye. 47. Accompt of money expended, by whom does not appear. Sums to Tho. Danett, Mrs. Jane Danett, and others. 48. Names of the overseers and assistants of the river Thames, from Isleworth to Greenwich. 492 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1^*74,'). Vol. XCIX. 49. Names of certain persons desired by Sir John Smyth to be permitted to have access to him, for the compounding of certain debts and suits in law. 50. List of the officers and servants of the armoury at Greenwich, with a note of their wages. 51. The Fellows, &e, of Magdalen College, Cambridge, to Lord Burghley, Sir Francis Knollys, and others. Complimentary, and expressing gratitude for benefits conferred on their College. Lat. 52. Petition of Richard Startute to the Earl of Lincoln, Lord Admiral. For letters of reprisal against the ships and goods of Brittany, to make satisfaction for loss of his ship and goods taken by the " Brave " of Conquet. 53. The reply of Thomas Browne? and Geo. Tarperley unto the answers of Master Gerrard, relative to the seditious words of Richard JoneSj whereupon the whole state of the case dependeth. 54. A brief note or device for the maintenance of tillage and husbandry, and for supplying the markets at a reasonable price, by establishing an officer for granting licences for the exportation of grain. 55. A small book containing a roll or register of the names of all the Catholics in England in 1574, and also a list of heretics. 56. Book containing entries of abstracts of the General Musters for the several counties, cities, and towns of England and Wales, in the years 1573 and 1574. [This hook originally had a parchment cover which is a fragment of an old Latin and English dictionary, extend- ing from Exo. to Fa., which is preserved^ 57. Petition of the parishioners of St. Buryan, co. Cornwall, to the Lord Treasurer, Sir Walter Mildmay, and Chief Baron Saunders. Asserting theirs to be a parish church and not a deanery or collegiate church, as untruly suggested. 58. Plan of the Parish of St. Buryan and the adjacent parishes, from Mounts Bay to Whitsand Bay and the Scilly Isles. 59. Detail of the ceremonies to be observed at the funeral of Lady Eleanor Neville, daughter of Henry Earl of Westmoreland, and late wife of William Pelham, Esq., of Brooklesby. [L/nperfect-l 60. The names of the Commissioners for Causes Ecclesiastical within the Province of York. 61. Account of the expenditure of beer, ale, and wine in the Queen's Household, in anno 16° Eliz., amounting to 9,371 J. 5s. 9|c?. 62. Petition of the merchants trading to France to the Council. Requesting payment for the wines supplied by them for the Household during the last fourteen months. Grant to S. W of a yeoman waiter's place in the Tower of London, on the first vacancy, with a fee of 8d per diem. [See Warra/n.t Book, I., p. 127.] 1574. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 493 Vol. C. 1574 1. Book of the valuation of benefices in all the dioceses in England and Wales, with the tenths of the same. 2. " The valuation of the cathedral churches and the spiritual " promotions in the same, within the office of Mr. Conniers." 3. Similar valuation, within the office of Mr. Doddington. Vol. CI. 1574. Book containing the valuation of benefices and spiritual promotions in several counties and cities, with the tenths of the same. Vol. CII. 1574. Book of the valuation of benefices in various counties, from 151. to sol. per annum, with the tenths of the same. 1575. Jan. 6. London. Jan. 8. Jan. 18. Cambridge. Jan. 20 Jan. 21. London. Vol. cm. January — June, 1575. 1. Dr. Wm. Chaderton to Lord Burghley. Reasons for the expulsion of Mr. Jones, late fellow and bursar of Queen's College, Cambridge. Complains of Mr. Rockrey. Desires a letter to Mr. Lewis Dive, touching Mr. Stokes, his brother. 2. Thomas Barbar to same. Desires reservation of the lease of the parsonage of St. Katharine Christchurch, in London, and the garden plot of seven acres there, given to Magdalen College, Cambridge, by the late Lord Audley. 3. Dr. Andrew Perne to same. All the Colleges have resumed their accustomed exercises in learning, except St. John's. Precautions for abating the plague in Cambridge. Conveying water to Cambridge for scouring the King's Ditch. Incloses, 3. I. Device and estimates for conveying water from Trumpington Ford unto the King's Bitch in Cambridge, by Richard Brown. 3. II. Device by John Bryant for the conveyance of water from the King's Mills to the head of the King's Ditch, against Pembroke Hall. 4. Table of allowances in the Queen's Household ; with specification of the Bouge of Court, and the allowances to each individuaL Lai 5. Thomas Wattes to Burghley. States the result of his inquiries respecting the parsonage and garden of St, Katharine, Christchurch, belonging to Magdalen College, and now let on lease to Mr. Benedict Spinola. 494 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. Vol. GUI. 1375. Jaji. 21. ti- Lord Morley to Lord Burghlej'. Has been driven by imminent Paris. necessity to repair into those parts. Prays to be restored to the Queen's favour. His only fault was leaving England without permission. Jan. 26. 7. Dr. Eoger Kelk to same. The College have acted according to Magdalen Coll. his request respecting Mr. Spinola. Eecommends one Brommell to be selected for the vacant fellowship. Jan. 31. 8. Rodolph Jones to same. Complains of the severity he met with m his expulsion from Queen's College. Endeavours to retain Burgh- ley's good-will. Lat. Jan. 9^ Declaration of Tho. Thorney, of Portsmouth, of his being robbed of his ship and goods in the harbour of the Hogge, in Normandy. Feb. 18. 10. Commissioners of Musters for Buckinghamshire to the Council. Certify their doings in the Musters, and apologise for their delay. Inclosing, 10. I. Certificate of the demi-lances and light horse furnished within the County of Buckingham. Feb. 19. 11. Dr. Wm. Chaderton to Burghley and Sir Tho. Smith, Secre- Queen's ColL tary ol State. The expulsion of Mr. Jones was a matter of neces- sity, which makes it desirable that on no consideration he be again admitted into the College. Incloses, 11. I. Detail of circumstances and causes of proceeding against Mr. Jones, of Queen's Coll., who is of a factious mind and contentious^ nature. Signed by Dr. Chaderton and others. Jan. 26. Feb. 26. 12. Robert Soome and Edmund Rockrey, Fellows of Queen's Coll., Queen's Coll. to Burghley. In favour of Mr. Jones who had been hardly treated. Lat, Inclosing, 12. I. Testimonial from certain of the Fellows of Queen's Coll., con- cerning Dr. Chaderton's proceedings in the expulsion of Mr. Jones. 29 Jan. Signed by Soome, Rockrey, and others. Feb. 13- Conditions of the obligation by which the Merchants Adven- turers are permitted by the Spanish Governor-General of the Low Countries to trade to Antwerp by the river Scheldt. Feb. The Queen to Sir Hen. Sydney. Condoles with him on the death of his daughter Ambrozia Sydney. Offers to receive his surviving daughter (Mary) as a visitor. iSee Warrant Boole, L, p. 83. Ambrozia died at Ludloiu Castle, 2 Feb. 1 575.] March 7. 14. Robt. Garrett, and others, Fellows of Queen's College to Queen's Coll. Burghley and Sir Thomas Smith. State the real cause of the expul- sion of Mr. Jones, was that of his not being able to clear his college accounts when called upon by the Master. DOMESTIC—ELIZABETH. 495 March 9. March 10. London. Vol. cm. 15. Earl of Leicester to Secretary Walsyngbam. The Queeu desires further examination to be made by Lord Burghley, Walsyng- bam, and Sir W. Mildmay in the affair mentioned. No determination has been come to respecting the Irish affairs. 16. Walsyngbam to Leicester. Has received the Queen's directions that the parties accused by the stationer should be arrested and examined. Fears no good will come of that course. Laments there had been no determination respecting Ireland, and proposes the Earl of Essex to be recalled. Recommends that an ambassador be imme- diately sent to Scotland. 17. Same to same. Informshimofallthathad taken place respecting the league with Denmark. Little good can be expected from sending an ambassador into Scotland, unless some concessions were made by Her Majesty. 18. Dr. Andrew Perne to Lord Burghley. Sends the evidence relative to Mr. Jones. Reminds him that the works on law and me- dicine, which he promised to send to the University library, have not been received. Enumerates many liberal gifts made to the library by the Archbp. of Canterbury and others. Incloses, 18. I. II. Depositions of various Fellows of Queen's College, taken before Br. Perne, Vice-Chancellor, respecting the expulsion of Mr. Jones, late Fellow and Bursar of the College ; with copy of certain statutes of the College, relative to the case of Mr. Jones. March 28. 19. John Vaughan to [Burghley ?]. Reports the quantity of com Pembroke. shipped for Ireland on the commissions of Edward Waterhouse and Tho. Sackford. Great frauds committed by variation in the quantity and contents of the bushel measure. March 20. London. March 25. Cambridge. March 30. Eedcross Street. March 31. March 31. March ? April 2. April 3. Westminster. 20. Wm. Herlle to Burghley. Events in Germany and the Low Countries. Sends the licence for exportation of 2,000 cloths granted to Paul Buys and his colleagues. 21 . The Wardens of the Bakers to same. Certify that the foreign corn in the Bridgehouse was unsound and not fit for use. 22. Jas. Hawys, Lord Mayor of London, to same. Requests licence for the transportation of 400 quarters of damaged wheat witJiout duty now lodged in the Bridgehouse. 23. Complaint against some person for serving writs upon scholars of Cambridge, and taking money not to prosecute them, and for con- tenlpt offered to the Vice-Chancellor. Grant of Arms to Henry Archer of Theydon Gernon, Essex, by Robt. Cooke, Clarencieux, [See Grant of Arms, No. 11.] 24. Burghley to Wm. Herlle. Has written to Mr. Smith according to his request, and wishes to be informed of the effect. Is glad Paul Buys and his colleagues have departed. " The best trial of aU men is " the touchstone of their honest lives, for it is impossible to gather figs " from thorns." Can do nothing for his brother, Laurence Johnson. 496 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1575. April 8. AprU 11. Westminster. April 11. April 12. April 13, New Park. April 14'. April 19. April 21. Norwich, April 25. Vol. cm. 25. Confession of faith and appeal to the Queen's mercy, of five Dutchmen condemned for Anahaptism. 26. Lord Burghley to Sec. Fr. Walsyngham. Thanks for his Italian advices, " wherin a man may see that the world is made of a round " substance, that it cannot stand still." The Earl of Sussex is at Bermondsey taking physic. Favour of the Queen to the Earl of Essex. Has shown to the Queen the Scottish Eegent's letter. His son (Cecill) intends to travel for a year. 27. Walsyngham to Burghley. Has been informed by a Scottish gentleman that the Regent was inclined to favour the Hamiltons and the French interest. Discourses on the policy to be pursued towards Scotland. 28. "Walsyngham to the Queen. Has learned from a Scottish gentleman that the Regent was inclined to favour the French interest, and seelis to take the charge of the young King from Sir Alexander Erskin. Recommends that the breach with Scotland should not he suffered to increase. 29. Henry Earl of Derby to Burghley. Offers to furnish timber from his park of Hawarden for Her Majesty's service in Ireland. SO. Walsyngham to the Queen. States his opinion, as commanded, respecting the policy that should be observed with regard to Scot- land. 31. Burghley to Walsyngham. Returns his writings with many thanks and is glad he is at Court ; would gladly help the plough with him either in the ridge or furrow. Is in doubt respecting the affairs of Scotland. Is better in health and can go softly with the help of one staff. 32. Tho. Kendall to Tho. Windebank. Complimentary. Is richer in years and diseases than in any other riches, and intends giving up his school. The city is filled with strangers. 33. Agreement between the strangers of the Dutch congregation in the town of Colchester and the bailiffs and commonalty of the said town. April 25 ? 34. Complaints of the burgesses of Colchester against the foreigners and strangers inhabiting their town. April 28. Magdalen College. May 3. 35. The Master and Fellows of Magdalen CoU., Cambridge, to Burghley. State their reasons that Mr. Lucas Clason should not be restored to his Fellowship ; they think themselves happy to be so rid of him. Burghley has been misinformed as to Henry Vause. 36. Robert Cruse to same. Has aU liis life been loyal to his Queen, and had no evil intention in going to France. Had associated there with the disaffected Scots for the sake of gaining information, which he had now returned to disclose. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 497 1575. Vol. CIII. May S. 37. Robert Cruse to Lord Burglilej^ Sends inform ati on respecting the dealings of several Scots, refugees in France, and the plans of the rebels for liberating the Queen of Scots. May 4. .38. Same to same. Answers to all the questions he has sent him respecting his dealings with the disaffected Scots, and long detail ot all his proceedings in France. May 4. 39. Note of matters to be propounded in Council. May 6. 40. Robert Cruse to Burghley. Solicits pardon for his misdoings in talking with Scots : declares his loj-alty. May 6. 41. Burghley to Mr. Sec. Walsyngham. Returns the letter of Westminster. M. Lanquett, and marvels he does not write more about the proceedings of the Duke of Saxe with his theologians. Recommends Henry Knolles and Norton to be made choice of in addition to Mr. Solicitor and Mr. Randolph, to examine a number of prisoners. May 7. 42. Inconveniences that would happen within the Bishoprick of Durham on dissolution of the County Palatine there. May 8. 43. Note of Minutes of Council, and of subjects to be considered. May 8, 44. Ceremonies at the election and installation of Charles Lord Howard, of Effingham, as Knight of the Garter. May 12. 45. Order in Council for the settlement of divers controversies, debates, and strifes between the University of Oxford on the one side, and the Mayor, &c. of the city on the other side, touching the use and exercise of sundry charters and privileges claimed by both of them. [This controversy, as ajjpears by sundry entries in the Council Register, was commenced in the month of Sept. 1574, and finally concluded on the 12th of May foUoiving.] May 12. 46. Request of the Judge of tlie Admiralty to the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, with the answers to the same, as to writs of prohibition and practice of the Admiralty Court. May 15. 47. Note of matters to be propounded in Council. May 15. 48. Burghley to "Walsyngham. Danger of the Archbishop of Can- terbury. Recommends the Archbishop of York to be appointed his successor. May 16. 49. Alex. No well. Dean of St. Paul's, to Burghley. Recommends the Archbp. of York to be appointed to succeed Archbishop Parker, if he should die. May 17. 50. Reasons for granting the suit of William Gregorie, of Exeter, for protection for two years against his creditors. May 28 51. Dean and Chapter of Worcester to Burghley. Request that ■Worcester, their college may not be deprived of the farm of Dunhamsted on Mr. Ralph Holiwell's pretence of concealed lands. I I 498 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. ] 575. May 28. May 28. June 4. June 4 ? June 6. Pembroke. June 9. Oxford. June 9. June 16. Tuddington. June 17. June 18, Milford. June 22 London. Vol. cm. 52. Sir Francis Englefyld to William Cotton at Antwerp. Con- gratulates liim on tlie good success of his suits, and hopes the performance may be as good. Fears the news of their banishment may deter many from lending their assistance in the cause. 53. Lord Henry Howard to Mr. Secretary Walsyngham. Eegrets the loss of the Queen's favour, and requests him to pity his case, seeing he had no evil intention, and to speak in his behalf. 54. Estimate of Works at Somerset House ; and also a note of expenses in the Queen's palaces and household, the first item of which is, — for the " boylinge of the brawnes agaynst Christmas at Hampton " Court, 81. 14s." Other items for the revels occur. 55. Note of the conveyance of Somerset House, otherwise called Chester Place, to the late Duke of Somerset and the Lady Anne, Duchess of Somerset, his wife. 56. Jolm Yaughan, Customer of Milford, to Lord Burghley. Sends the commissions of Tho. Sackford and Edward Waterhouse, and complains of illegal shipment of corn and malt by them, and of their smuggling a quantity of hops. 57. Dr. Lau. Humfrey to same. The restoration of Noble has been earnestly urged in convocation, but he refuses to submit. His cause and that of the scholars are referred to Burghley 's decision. 58. Requests made unto the Queen by the inhabitants of the Isle of Sheppy for liberties, whereby the said isle may be better peopled, and of more force to withstand the enemy. 59. Earl of Leicester to Burghley. Sends the note the Queen talked to him of at Hatfield, respecting a new rate of poundage. Par- ticulars relating to the wardship of young Varney, for whom a marriage has been proposed with one of Mr. Cave's daughters. Burgh- ley's niece. The wardship at length transferred to Sir John Hibbott, Incloses, 59. I. Note of rates of poundage to be increased, with an estimate of one year's imports. 60. Petition of Stephen Lane, John Phillips, and others, of Oxford, to Burghley. Praying they might not be called to give evidence respecting the affray at the house of William Noble, in which Tho. Hiclcson and other students of Christ Church were implicated. 61. Robert Hickes to Brother Callys. Has heard from him by Mr. Ellys. All he possesses is at his service. Is now on board the " Neptune," at Millford, with a prize of corn. 62. William Villers to Lau. Tomson. Complains of the obstacles offered by Alderman Pullison and the two Martins to his acting with Mr. Rogers as his associate in the Merchants' causes. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 499 1575. June 25. Westminster. June 25. Cavew. June 25. June .26. June 26. Jtme 28. Theobalds. June 29. Standpn. June 29. June (?) June. Vol. cm. 63. Lord Burghley to Mr. Sec. Walsyngham. Understands froin Lim the Queen's intention to leave Greenwich. Has been so occupied that he has, not had any time to attend to his own private affairs, and has only spent two evenings with his wife and children at Theobalds since the Queen's departure from London. 6-l!. Sir John Perrot to same. Requests that his book on con- cealed lands may be returned as soon as certified, and that he maj' have fresh letters from the Council to the Lord Deputy of Ireland, for restitution of certain of the goods of the Peter and Paul of Marseilles. 65. Thomas Cole to Mr. Tomson. With a statement of the expulsion of himself and others from Magdalen College; solicits his advice as to obtaining redress. 66. Same to Mr. Mills. On the same subject, and earnestly re- questing him to obtain Sec. Walsyngham's letter in their behalf to the Bishop of Winchester. 67. Nicolas Lombard to same. On the same subject. Impugns Dr. Humfrey's motives in the late expulsions from Magdalen College. Solicits his good aid in their behalf 68. Burghley to Walsyngham. Sends letters for the Earls of Sussex and Leicester. Is glad that he need not be at the Court till the 5 th of July. [This letter is dated hy Burghley July 28, which is evidently an error for June.] 69. Sir Ralph Sadleir to Burghley. Returns the letters of Sir W. Mildmay, and others. Has sent to Cornbury for the young Baron of Dunsany, and will examine him according to his instructions. 70. Nicolas Lombard to Mr. Mills and Mr. Tomson. Stating the inflexible enmity of Dr. Humfrey, their President, towards those who had been expelled. Nothing" would content him but their utter ruin. 71. Articles concerning Mr. Tho. Brigenton and Mr. Chr. Gregory, not conforming to the statute " De Socijs et Schol. beneficiatis." 72. Ai-ticles respecting Mr. Wade not conforming to the statute " De numero Scholarium," &c. 7.3. Queries upon the statute "De electione officiariorum," and state of the case of the Fellows expulsed from Mag. CoU., Oxford. 74. Dr. Humfrey of Mag. Coll., Oxford, to [Burghley?]. Proposes a way by which certain persons in the University might retain their places, by not too strictly construing certain statutes. 75. Note of the wages of the captains, gunners, &c., in various forts and garrisons in the Isle of Wight. 76. Memoranda, in Burghley's hand, for victuals for Berwick, Ireland, &c. Accompt of money for the Queen of Scots' diet, &c. 77. Brief declaration by Edward Baeshe for the victualling of Her Majesty's ships. II 2 500 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1575. June. Vol. civ. June, 1575. Volume, bound^in parchment, headed " The Report of the AUot- " meats of Justices of Peace, &c., with their severall divisions in divers " shires," distinguishing the divisions and limits of each shire, the names of resident Justices of Peace, and of the Coroners and Clerks of the Peace within the same. July 1. Easton, July 2. July 3. Ivy Lane. July 3. July 4. Wellington. July 4. July 4. July 5. Ilyndelipe. July 6 July 6. July 8. Over against Durham Place. Vol. CV. July — December, 1575. 1. L[aurence] T[omson] to Dr. Humfrey. A letter of very -friendly advice. Deplores the state of parties at Magdalen College, and censures his proceeding to such a severe measure as expulsion of Fellows for such a matter. 2. Nic. Lombard to Mr. Tomson. With observations upon certain statutes, and the present state of affairs in the college. Solicits his help and that of Mr. MiUs. 3. Peter Osborne to Lord Burgliley. Sends the prices of certain wares and the rates they be now at in the Custom House. Recom- mends that the merchants trading to Spain should be incorporated into a company. 4. Nicolas Gybbarde to Laurence Tomson. Regrets the prevalence of popery in the University, which is felt not in Magdalen College only, but pervades the whole body. 5. John Popham to Edward Dyer. Returns his papers relative to the piivileges of the tanners, with all exceptional points provided for. Decay of the leather trade. 6. Copy of the wiU of Sir Thomas Gresham, from the Register of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. 7. Declaration on Dr. Humfrey 's behalf touching his expelling Mr. Cole, and five other preachers out of Magdalen College, Oxford ; together with answers by Mr. Cole, Nicolas Lombard, and others. 8. John Abington to Bishop Scorey. On the request of Mr. Richard Meye, for his Lordship to forbear pressing the repayment of the 40L due by Meye to him. Copy sent by the bishop to Sec, Walsyngham. 9. List of the English fugitives abroad receiving pensions from the King of Spain, with list of those gone to Spain to sue for pensions. [Superscribed — " To the Duchesse of Ferya."] 1 0. Note of sundry English rebels and fugitives abroad, especially in the Low Countries, with the stipends received by them fi-om the King of Spain ; and stating the death of Leonard Dacre, on the 12th Aug. 1573. Lord Morley is gone into Spain. 11. Thomas Windebank to Sec. Francis Walsyngham. Answers touching the matter between Captain Sebastian and his cousin, a wench whom Sebastian claimed in marriage, and who was a fitter wife for him than for an honester man. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 501 1575. July 10. July 10 ? July 10 ? July 10 ? July 11. July 12. July 15. London. July 16. Losely. July. July! July 29 ? Lichfield. Vol. CV. the Earl of Leicester. In behalf of Lombard, expelled from Magdalen July 29 ? Lichfield. July 29 ? Lichfield. 12. University of Oxford to Mr. Cole, Mr. Powell, and My, College. 1.3. Petition from the Fellows and Students of Magdalen College to the Council. Praying they would take into favouralile consideration the rigorous sentence of expulsion passed by Dr. Humfrey on the six Masters of Arts, Thos. Cole, and others. 14. Draft of the above. 15. Statement of the cause why Powell, Cole, and Lombard were removed out of Mag. Coll., Oxford. 16. Sec. Fr. Walsyngham to the Bishop of Winchester, as Visitor of Mag. Coll., Oxford. Advocating the cause of Cole, Lombard, and the other expulsed Fellows, and censuring the intemperate proceedings of Dr. Humfrey, the President. 17. Grant of Arms to Richard Jessopp, of Broom ehall, Yorkshire, by William Flower, Norroy King at Arms. 18. William Bond, Alderman, and others, to Walsyngham. Re- quests letters from the Queen to the French king, for obtaining compensation for the piratical capture of their ship the " Pelican," by Gnptain Landreaw. 19. Bishop Horn to Walsyngham. Will do all that heth in him to quench the fiery coals kindled in the Society of Magdalen College. And, on the same paper, copy of letter to the President and Fellows of the College, condemning the present unseemly proceedings, and directing that no elections should be made to the places of Mr. Cole and the other expelled Fellows. 20. Declaration of Mr. Thomas Cole, William Powell, Henry West, Nicolas Lombard, Walter Enderbie, and Ralph Smith, as to the reason of their not acceding to the election of a Dean in Magdalen College. 21. Notes upo^ the statutes of Mag. Coll., Oxford ; being mostly a draft of the foregoing. [Walsyngham ?] to Lord Adm. Lincoln. The Council approve of his proceeding against Brooke and others for piracy. Directions to prevent English mariners engaging in the Spanish -service. Sr. H. Sydney is going into Ireland, and is to be of the Council. Sir John Foster and others, of the Borders, set at liberty by the Scots. [See Vol. xlv,, p. 31. Sir Henry Sydney was sworn of the Council on the Slst July 1575.] [Same ?] to the Earl of Pembroke. Is glad to hear of the benefit my lady and he are likely to receive from the mineral waters. The disorders on the Borders are like to be amicably arranged ; of which Mr. St. Loe will give him fuller particulars. [See ib., p. 29.] [Same] to Mr. Herbert. Thanks for his news. Nothing is thought of at Court but banquetting and pastime; but it was somewhat interrupted by fear of a breach with Scotland. \_See ib., p. 30.] 502 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. Vol. CV. [Sec. Fr. "Walsyngham ?] to Sir H. Wallop. Is sorry to hear that he is suffering from ague. Cautions him against a spare diet or taking over much of the mineral waters. Mr. St. Loe could inform him of the events on the Borders. [See Vol. xlv., p. 30.] 22. A particular declaration of spoils committed by the Spaniards and Flushingers on the ships and goods of George Fenner and others. 23. Note of bonds entered into by the Earl of Essex for pay- ment of various sums of money into the Queen's Exchequer, from June 21, 1573, to Aug. 1, 1575. 24. Lord Burghley to Sec. Walsyngham. Troubles in France. The Queen s progress. Is sorry he cannot wait on Her Majesty on her arrival at Dudley, as he wished to further the suits of the Lord and Lady Dudley. 25. Same to same. Sends a letter to be delivered to Lord Dudley, excusing his absence on account of illness. Irish find,nces. ' 26. Henry Sekeford to Burghley. Wants money for the two ship- loads of herrings he has sent to supply the garrisons in Ireland. Incloses, 26. I. Tfm. Loune to Henry Seheford. Relative to the state of affairs in France. Rochelle, 26 July 1575. 27. Walsyngham to Burghley. A day has been appointed for hearing the dispute between the inhabitants of Peke Forest and the Earl of Shrewsbury. Instructions for sending money to Antwerp. They were expecting to hear from Mr. Kihygrew, of the Regent's acceptation of the message. Affairs of the Borders. Is coming homewards. 28. Same to Sir Tho. Smith. 15,000L to be sent to Antwerp by exchange ; Mr. Thomas Aldersey to be intrusted with the payment of it, . and the Elector Palatine to be certified of its arrival. Very few of the Counpil know of the transaction. 29. Sir T. Smith to Burghley. That Her Majesty was con- tented with the news brought home by Walter Williams, saving a passage in the Palgrave's obligation. The money is to be hastened over. Sends Walsyugham's letter. The P^egent of Scotland is friendly disposed towards England. 80. A discourse respecting the establishing a staple at Newcastle for coals, and for tin and lead in other places. 31. Indictments at the Sessions held at Padstow in Cornwall, against certain mariners of a bark called "La Cressant de Rocliell" for unlawfully attacking a vessel belonging to the Isle of Man. Lat. Augusts]. 32. Sir Fr. Englefyld to Mr. Cotton. Recommends the bearer Tho. Evans, who desires to follow his company as a merchant. He may be trusted, " although lie be a Welshman." " Commends Cotton's proceedings. 1575. July 29 ? Lichfield. July ? August 1. August 7. Buxton. August 9. Buxton Well. August 9. St. John's. August 15. "Worcester. August 18. Odiham. August 21. Evesham. August 24, Aug-ust 26. Padsto-w. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 503 1575. August 31. Westminster. August 31. Ivy Lane. Sept. 2. Westminster. Sept. 4. Woodstock. Sept. 5. Westminster. Sept. 6 ? Tuesday. [Woodstock.] Vol. CV. 33. Robert Petre to Lord Burghley. Has desired Mr. Burde to make over 1,000?. more, who informed him that the exchange was at present very dead, but he will do his best, as will also Mr. Smyth, his principal factor. Kate of the exchange. 31i. Peter Osborne to same. Respecting the making over of 1,000Z. to Antwerp, and the price of exchange. 35. John Lord Russell to same. Amendment in the health of his wife Lady Russell ; he hopes she will go her full time and have safe delivery. 36. Earl of Leycester to the Queen. Thanks her for her great affection showed towards her absent dohy the testimony of her own sweet hand. Will hasten to her blessed presence. \_Leicester in his letters to the Queen used the symbol o o as expressive of affection, in the same nnanner as Hatton used the tvord "Lids " or " Lyddes."~\ 37. Robert Petre to Burghley. Mr. Marten will in two or three days furnish 3,000Z. in angels. Mr. Aldersey and Mr. Osborne have not yet returned to London. Recommends Mr. Smyth, the customer, to forward the money to Antwerp. 38. Leycester to the Queen. His affection. Hopes speedily to return to her, " our heaven on earth." Beauty of the country, where he is, in his survey, to prepare for her coming. The very seasons are subservient to her and pray for her presence. \_Queen Elizabeth tuas at Woodstock on the 11th of September 1575.] Sept. 12. 39. Sir Tho. Cecill to Burghley. Recommends the suit of Sir Wimbleton. Henry Darcy for an exchange of his Manor of Sawley, in Yorkshire, for one of equal value in the County of Huntingdon. 40. Walsyngham to same. The Queen desires him to send the money to Antwerp with as much secrecy as possible. The French Ambassador has had an interview with the Queen, and has obtained permission for his nephew to visit the Queen of Scots, and to deal with the Earl of Shrewsbury touching the Queen's diets. Sept. 15. 41. Benjamin Gonson to same. Safe arrival of the Earl of Pem- London. broke and his Lady at Queenborough, in the " Achates ;" the said ship is to be made ready to carry over the Ambassador of the liow Countries. Sept. 20. Grant of Arms to Simon Heynes, of Mildenhall, Suffolk, by Robt. Cooke, Clarencieux. \_8ee Grant of Arms, No. 12.] 42. George Gilpin to Burghley. Informs him of the arrival of Lady Morley, with her daughter and youngest son, at Antwerp. Sept. 28. 43. Lord Adm. Lincoln to same. Respecting the detention ot Pyrford. certain Frenchmen who had been imprisoned on the chai-ge of piracy. Their case shall be examined into. 29. 44. Note of induct and educt (imports and exports) in the port of London by the Merchants Strangers, from M^ichaelmas 1574 to the same feast 1575. Sept. 12. Woodstock. Sept. 23. London. Sept. 506 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. Vol. CV. 1575. Nov. 3 ? 70. Memoranda for the direction of the agents intrusted with the management of the loan to be taken up abroad at interest. Nov. 5. 71. Eichard Martyn to Mr. Sec. Walsyngham. Is ready to under- London. take the receipt of the foreign loan by 20,000^. at a time, so as to dis- charge the interest and keep it in readiness for Her Majesty's service. Recommends certain arrangements for its receipt. Nov. 14. 72. Andrew Palmer to same. Eecommends the loan out of Germany London. to be received only in dollars. Nov. 14 ? 73. Answer to certain articles respecting the best way of receiving the money to be sent from Germany, and of repaying the same. Nov. 14? 74- Order for disposing of the money to be paid to the Queen's Majesty on its arrival in England. Nov. ] 5. 75. Earl of Leicester and Walsyngham to the Earl of Shrewsbury. Kequesting him not to appoint a successor to the office of the Marshal of the King's Bench, void by the death of Mr. Verney, the Queen having nominated one to that place. Nov. 17. 76. Note of the Warrants for the Great "Wardrobe, from Nov. 17, 1574, to Nov. 17, 1575. Nov. 25. 77. The Queen to Shrewsbury. Has ascertained that the office of Marshal of the King's Bench was in the royal gift. She is therefore sure that he will be satisfied that she has bestowed it on W.K., her near kinsman, rather than on Sir Wm. Fytzwylliams. Nov. 27. 78. Orders appointed by the Earl of Leicester, Constable of Windsor Castle, touching the repairs of the castle : intrusting to Hum. Michell, Hen. Hawthorne, Tho. Hatche, and Walter Jennins, the direction of the works. Nov. 27 ? 79. Humfrey Michell, Clerk of the Works at Windsor Castle, to Lord Burghlej''. Gives an abstract of the expenses incurred at the castle for repairs, during the last six years, amounting to 6,600Z. States his past services, and requests to resign his office. Nov. 28. 80. Petition of the parishioners of Bulley, co. Gloucester, to the Lord Treasurer. Praying for the stay of any warrant for defacing their parish church, till their title and evidence be fully examined before the Court of Exchequer. Nov. 81. Note of fines to the Crown for alienations without licence, and of fines for writs of covenant. jSTov. ? 82. Note of the price of the several sorts of arms and apparel for soldiers. Nov.? 83. Proclamation by the Queen, prohibiting any of Her subjects from engaging in the service in the Low Countries, or of any other foreign prince or state, as mariners or soldiers. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 507 , .„„ Vol. cV. Dec. 10. 84. Sir Francis Englefyld to Mr. Cotton. Desires him not to let Liege. the opposition he has met with put a stop to his endeavours. Has been obliged to change his residence on account of his health and safety, liequests him to write. [Dec. 10 ?] 85. Bishop Cox to [Lord North]. Upbraids him with uncharitable and ungrateful usage. Enumerates the many favors he has bestowed on him and his family, and urges him to mend his life. Dec. 11. 86. Roger Lord North, Lord High Steward of Ely, to the Bp. of Ely. Kirtiing. ^nswer to the accusations made against him by the bishop. Appeals to the Queen and the Council to decide the matters in controversy between them. Dec. 11 ? 87. " Certayne articles gathered out of the declarations of sondrie " persons, wherewithe the Bushoppe of Elye is to be charged." Dec. 88. Articles of complaint by Chr. Balam, Geo. Haysyll, of Cam- bridge, and Lawrence Johnson, of divers enormities and wrongs committed by Dr. Cox, now Bp. of Ely, and his officers ; delivered to Lord North, High Steward of the Liberties of the Isle of Ely, to be preferred by him to the Queen's Majesty. Dec. 11? 89. Petition of Bishop Cox to the Council. Respecting the mode in which he desires to answer the articles against him. Requests that Lord North may not be permitted to prefer the charges of his accusers. Dec. 11 ? 90. Answer of the Bishop of Ely to the complaints of George Haysyll, and others, preferred unto the Queen's Majesty by the Lord North. Dec 15 91- Dr. Tho. Wylson to Lord Burghley. Requests payment for the horses he bought in Flanders, to enable him to repay Sir Tho. Gresham of whom he had borrowed 5001. Dec. 27. 92. Note of matters to be propounded in Council. Dec 29 93- -^ device how the statutes of the realm are to be ordered and printed, to be submitted to Her Majesty's consideration. Names of competent men fit to be entrusted with the overseeing of the same, presented by Lord Keeper Bacon. Dec. 29. 94- The Council to the Commissioners for the restraint of the exportation of grain in Norfolk, Gloucester, and Somerset, to permit Mr. Geo. Higgens of Bristol, to export certain quantities of wheat and barley, in consideration of his losses in the Queen's service. jDec "9 95. Grant of Letters Patent by the Queen to WilUam Wylson, of Market Raison, co. Line, of licence to buy and sell again 4,000 tods of English wool within the term of the next four years ; with account of the number of tods of wool, bought and sold by virtue of the same. Dec 9G. The Council (?) to Mr. Justice South cote. In favour of Richard More, of Bristol, that he may obtain just judgment against John Roberts, who under colour of law had illegally dispossessed him of his house and lands. 508 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1575. V01..CV. Dec. 97. The Council (?) to the Lords Chief Justices and Justices of both Benches. To consider the abuses committed in practice by one Alex- ander Wildgoose, a lawyer, and to punish him in such manner as they shall think fit. Dec. ? 98. Articles against the Bp. of Chichester and Mr. Worley, for giving licence to James Hoare to transport grain contrary to the statute. Vol. CVI. 1575. Undated. 1575 ' Note of privileges possessed by the Hanse Towns in their trade with England. [See Vol. xlv., p. 93.] 1 . Petition of Luke Griston [or Grimston ?] to Lord Adm. Lincoln. Desiring not to be further troubled to answer for the landing and buy- ing of certain soap, as he has already satisfied his lordship respecting the same. 1 575. 2. Petition of Thomas WoUej'- to the Council. For a new proclama- tion, or else for an old proclamation to be revived, against engrossers and monopolists of grain. 1575 ? 3. Book of the Justices of the Peace for the counties of Wales. Lat. 4. Petition of the Merchants of the Stillyard to Lord Burghley. For licence to permit them to import certain wares direct from the Low Countries without passing through Hambiirgh, on account of the stay of intercourse. 5. Statement of the injuries sustained by the City of London from the Merchants .of the Stillyard, particularly in the use of the chief cloth market called Blackwell Hall ; and of preventing Eichard Yonge from exercising the office of packer. 6. Comparative value of English coin, with reference to the coin- age of other states of Europe ; with propositions for raising the foreign exchanges in favor of England. [Imperfect, first leaf wanting.'] 7. Note of the yearly value of the Earl of Essex's lands in the counties of Buckingham, Essex, and Pembroke. 8. Note of armour which Captain Carsey hath not delivered accord- ing to his appointment, and of the sums of money he hath exacted upon the country and various townships, co. Lincoln, and given no account of. 9. Offer of Thomas Moryson to compound with the Oflicers of the Queen's Household, in lieu of the oxen and sheep to be furnished by Lindsey Division, co. Lincoln. 10. Petition of William Michelot, citizen of St. Malo, to the Council. Prays to be released, having been arrested by Capt. Courteney of Dover, and since by some men of Chester, on pretence of reprisals. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 509 1575? Vol. CVI. IT. Petition of George Monoux to the Queen. Against G. Stodderde and thirteen otlier merchants of London, for non-payment of 300Z. assured by them in his ship raid goods since lost. 12. Mrs. Hampton's suit to Her Majestj'. For a grant of all for- feited bonds taken for transportation of goods from port to port, in consideration of her late husband's services. l.S. Petition of Sir Tho. Browne and Mr. Goo. Eotherham to the Council. That they may be put in possession of certain lands bought by them of Mr. Innocent Eeade and Elizabeth his wife, who refused to convey the said lands to the petitioners. 14. Note for orders to be observed in the Office of Ordnance for receipt and payment of money, payment of artificers and officers, receipt and issue of stores, &c., and the practice of military exercise and drilling in the artillery garden. 1575. io- Statement by Thomas Fermor, how he came to the possession of the lands in Eyton and Glaudvilde, formerly possessed by Thomas Ricards alias Fermor, of Whitney, co- Oxford. 16. Notes upon certain passages of the Scriptures. [Written on the blank spaces of a letter signed " Eclimond Matheiu."] 1575 ? 17. Petition of the inhabitants of Guildford to the Council. Praying that Walter Baspole, and Eobert Phillipps, executors of the will of John Parkhurst, Bp. of Norwich, may be ordered to pay the several legacies to their town, and to others, or to show cause to the contrary. 18. The Council to the Justices of Assize. Exhorting them to discourage the practice of the Sheriffs giving expensive entertainments to the Judges at the assizes. 19. Copy of the above. 20. Particulars respecting certain counterfeiters of coin to be apprehended at Dovei and Canterbury. 21. Suit of Nicholas Proctor to Burghley (?). Desiring that Mr. Francis Hasting.s, Mr. Fr. Brown, and Tho. Wood might be joined in commission to examine witnesses as to the value of certain "lands in Leicestershire held by Proctor of one Peche. 22 Note of certain letters, writings, and other things landed at Sandgate Castle, in Kent, by Harry Wotton, said to be a brother of Lord Lacre, captured at sea by the " Ayde." [Imperfect] 2.S Contents of the grant to Sir Humfrey Gilberte, of the office of General Surveyor of all horses, armour, weapons, munitions and artillery throughout England, for seven years. Signed "W. Flete- ■woode." 24 Description of new invented furnaces for ale or beer brewers, fee, and pumps for raising water from mines, by Peter Jordayne and his coadiutors, with application for grant of the exclusive use of them m England, to George Cobham, for the term of twenty-five years. 510 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1575? Vol. CVI. 25. Notes by Mr. Mershe (?) of the number of cloths shipped by the Merchants Adventurers, and of duties payable on the same. 26. Licence by the Queen to George Zolcher, to export free certain quantities of western cloths at the request of John Duke Casimir, for the use of his household. 27. Answer of the objections against a proposed charter for the hostage of merchant strangers in London. 28. Tlie effect of the charter granted to the City of London, con- cerning the hostage of merchant strangers, providing that all mer- chant strangers, aliens, &c., coming into England, shall sojourn at the tables of free hosts. 29. Notes in Lord Burghley's hand, relative to the foreign trade of England ; duty on cloths ; comparative value of foreign measures and money ; merchandise received in exchange from the several countries, &c. [_Indcn-sed, " The Rates of Oloths."'\ 30. Notes for raising the Customs payable on raisins, figs, currants, prunes, and dates. 31 . Note of the yearly fees received by Sir Eichard Southwell, by virtue of his offices of Master of the Armoury and Master of the Ordnance. 32. Propositions for the government of the Mint, whereby Her Majesty will yearlji-gain 2,038Z. 8s. 9cZ. With request for an additional allowance of 250?. a-year amongst the Officers of the Mint. 33. Matters propounded by the Warden of the Mint for the benefit of Her Majesty's service in that department. 34. Abstract of grant to of the sole privilege of indorsing and returning original writs within the City of London, for the term of twenty-one years. 35. Names of the Officers of Arms receiving fees and wages of the princes of this realm since the time of King Edw. IV. With list of Kings of Arms, &c. that be now dead offices and not chargeable. 36. The names of all the Officers of Arms, with request to know which of them shall attend upon Her Highness in this progress. 37. Account of the annual fees belonging to the several Officers of Arms ; with request for increase of their allowances in the Household, or else board-wages. 38. PedigTce of Gilbert Lord Talboys, descended from Eaufe Fitz Oswey, who came to England with Will. I. 39. Grant to Wm. Turpyn, Esqr., of the manor of Geddington, in the County of Northampton. [Zmper/eci.] 40. Memorial to Lord Burghley in behalf of Wm. Maister, who had received grant of the Vicarage of Burford, Oxford, claimed by Sir Edward Unton in right of his wife the Lady Warwick. DOMES TIC — ELIZABETH. 5 1 1 Vol. CVI. 1575? 41. Note of the money that may be saved by tlie purchase of powder, saltpetre, and other ordnance stores abroad. 42. Estimate of the expense of victualling 1,000 men and 1,000 horses for one month ; viz., the men accompted after twenty flesh days and eight fish days. Price of provisions. 43. Note of armour and munition remaining in divers and sundry places within the realm over and besides the armories preserved for the Queen's own person. 44. Keasons contained in the Lord Mayor's letter why the writer might not keep Her Majesty's records in the Lord Mayor's Court. With answers to the same, [indorsed, " Ferdinando Richardson."~\ 45. Names of the sureties of John Turnpenny and Wm. Killing- worth, who were committed to ward for hunting in Her Majesty's chase of Enfield. 46. Names of recusants discovered by the confession of Barnard and Elizabeth Johnson. 47. Petition of the inhabitants of Coxhall [Coggeshall ?], and other poor clothiers, to the Council. Stating that now no opposition is made to Mr. John Hastings' patent for the making of freesadoes after the manner of Harlaem ; but that they are most unjustly vexed by him to their utter undoing. 48. Certain reasons set down by the clothiers of SuflTolk why they desire a reformation of the statute regulating the manufacture of cloths, particularly against searching cloths in London, instead of at the place of manufacture. 49. Memorial to Lord Cobham. Exhibiting the decay of the cloth trade in Kent, and desiring an emendation of the statute 8 Eliz. against the exportation of unwrought cloths. 50. Note of sundry subtle practices to defeat the true meaning and intent of the statute against usury. 51. Particulars of the Earl of Eutland's suit desiring to purchase of the Queen the manor of Newark, he not having any house within the County of Nottingham. 52. Note of such charges as have and do yearly issue out of the lands of Mr. John St. John, Her Majesty's ward, son of Sir John St. John. 53. Grant to John Bovyat of the exclusive privilege of manufac- turing saltpetre and gunpowder of stone minerals for the term of twenty- one years. 54. Note of fees paid on the coinage of tin in the stannary of Cornwall. 55. Notes concerning the order of coinage of tin in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon. 512 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. Vol. CVI. 1675? 56. Note of rents of certain manors in Cornwall by Henrj'' Chever- ton. Chief Seneschal in the same. Lat. 57. Petition of [Aid.] Edw. Osborne, Eiehd. Staper, and others, to the Council. Complaining- of the piracy committed on their ship the "James," by the pirates Hodges, Clarke, and Worald, by whom their factor and three sailors had been slain. 58. A table showing the proportions and rates of charges for ordnance carriages, &c. when supplied by contract, and when made out of the Government stores. 59. Statement of the causes of the decay of the trade and shipping of Kingston-upon-HuU. 60. Statement of the causes of the decay of the office of tlie Admiralty, and the diminution of the Judge's income of that court. 61. Certificate of the value of the commodities brought in by the merchants of Muscovy, under the hand of Thomas Smythe. 62. Petition of Peter Morrice to Mr. Sec. Walsyngham. Solicits a Patent for him for the sole right of making and employing certain hydraulic engines for the raising of water, draining marshes, &c. 63. Petition of Christopher Bowyer and Nicholas Danyell to the Queen. For a lease in reversion of Her Majesty's toll tin, -in the County of Cornwall, as formerly granted to Wm. HoUocome and Tho. Jarrett, deed. 64. Petition of Barnaby Acton to Walsyngham (?). That he would take order with Mr. Wells for the payment of the 201. he had promised on the surrender of the lease of the farm of Clewar, in Berkshire. 65. An estimate of the charge for making of 1,500 jacks, plated before, for the furniture of the Queen's ships. 66. Remembrances touching the Office of the Armory. Note of armour to be repaired, and warrant for 5001. for that purpose. 67. Mr. Mydlemore's suit to the Queen for the nominating and appointing sherifis and county clerks. Advantages to be derived by the proposed grant. 68. Petition of Otto de Baehere to the Queen. For licence to transport 1,600 cloths, in consideration of his draft of the arms and genealogies of England, called " Le Thrdsor de la Noblesse," dedicated to Her Majesty. French. 69. Memorial touching the gi-ant of the lands belonging to Lord Dacre, and the agreement between him, Lord Norreis, and Leonard Dacre. The Earl of Leicester's suit for confirmation of the leases taken under such agreement. 70. Order by the Queen for the better observance of Lent, by abstaining from the eating of flesh during that season, and on the usual fasting days. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 513 Vol. CVI. 575? 71. Note of the number of parish churches in the several dioceses of England and Wales. " Summa totalis of all the parish churches " "within the realm, 8,91 1; besides chapels and the churches within the " dioceses of Oxford and Bristol not certified." 72. Copy of the above. 73. Articles and objections against Beakyn's pretended lease of the escheated lands and all other the demesnes of the Eishoprick of Ely. 74. Description of the operation and advantages of a certain newly invented engine of war, whereby twenty-four bullets can be discharged from one piece at a time. 75. Notes by the inventor touching the engine of war. Expense of making a few at a time. It would require above 100 engines to be employed at once. Desires a yearly pension in consideration of his in- vention. 76. A note of the effects already performed by the engine of war ; of which there are 200 engines and 3,000 bullets already delivered into the Tower for service. 77. Eelation of former attempts for discovering a passage through the Straights out of the North Sea into the South Sea. Grant to Christopher Baker for life of the office of clerk and keeper of the stores and store-houses at Deptford Strond, Chatham, Ports- mouth, and elsewhere, in reversion after the death or surrender of Henry Oilman. [See Spain 1573, June 8 ?]. Licence to Tho. Norman, of Barnstaple, merchant, to collect alms in churches and towns in consideration of his losses sustained at sea, and personal sickness. \_See Warrant Book, I., p. 17.] List of the names of aU the ports, creeks, and landing-places in England and Wales. [See Vol. cxxxv.,/oZ. 1.] Vol. CVIL January— March, 1576. 1576.^ Jan. 1. 1. Amount of debts owing by Her Majesty upon privy seals. Jan. 3 ? 2. Observations on fines, expenses, &c., in the Council of the Marches of Wales. Abuses in levying certain fines. Jan. 3 ? 3. Note of questions proposed to be put to a certain person relative to grievances in the law courts of Wales during his continuance in office. Fines received by Mr. Gerrard. K K 514 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1576. Vol. CVII. Jan. 3. 4. Dr. David Lewes to Mr. Sec. Walsyngliam. Has studied the The Arches, causes o'f the disorders and abuses in Wales. A sharp disease requires a sharp medicine. Complains of the excessive number of retainers in Glamorganshire. Incloses, 4. I. Statement of the abuses and grievances in Wales ; evils of "fosterage" and of the gatherings called " comorthas." With suggestions for reformation of the same. Jan. 3? 5. Considerations on matters necessary to be reformed in the Council for the Marches of Wales^ constitutions of the Law Courts, &c. Jan. 3 ? 6. Copy of the above, with heads of things to be reformed by Parliament. Jan. 3 ? 7. A memorial (by Walsyngham) of things to be redressed in Wales. Jan. 3 ? 8. Note (by the same) of things to be reformed in the instructions. Jan. 3 ? 9. Note of certain points to be reformed in the Court of the Marches of Wales. Jan. 3? 10. Relation of the constitution and state of the Council in Wales. Reasons of its former prosperity and present decay, and the means to restore it. Jan. 3 ? 11. List of names of ofEcers in the present Council and Courts of Wales ; the periods of service and qualifications, and nature of the duties to be performed by them, Jan. 3 ? 12. Observations on the articles delivered by Mr. Townshend. The choice of a good Vice-President is very desirable. Jan. 3 ? 13. The names of certain learned men in the laws of the realm, whereof one may be chosen to be joined in commission with Mr. Fetiplace. It is convenient one of the Justices should understand Welch. Jan. 3 ? 14. A device how, without increase of Justices in Wales, to have the circuits performed by an association of two Justices. Order to be observed in the circuits. Jan. 3 ? 15. List of the Deputy-Lieutenants in the Welch Counties, and in the four March Shires of Monmouth, Shropshire, Hereford, and Worcester. Jan. 5. ] 6. Petition of William Revet to the Council. Relative to certain lands in Rickmansworth and Chalfont, claimed by John Sex, but which of right pertained to him. Jan. 12. 17. Note of subjects to be propounded in Council. Jan. 12. 18. The Company of Goldsmiths in London to Lord Burgbley. In favor of Mr. Stephen Rychman to be appointed Master of Magdalen College, Camb., vacant by the death of Dr. Kelke. Recom- mended also by Dean Alexander Newell. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 515 1576. Vol. CVII. Jan. 13. 19. The Council, to all persons holding lands, houses, or tenements of the Hospital of the Savoy. To attend before Sir W. Mildmay and Thomas Bromley, the Queen's solicitor, to give evidence respecting the tenure of the same. Jan. 18. 20. Same to the Justices of Assize, in the Cotmty of Somerset. HamptonCourt. To hear certain controversies between Sir John Stowell and Sir Amias Poulet and other gentlemen of that county. Jan. 20. 21. William Gerrard to Mr. Sec. Walsyngham. Stating that upon an interview with him he hopes to be able to suggest certain remedies for the abuses in the Marches of Wales. Has compiled a large volume on the sitbject. Incloses, 21. I. A discourse of the estate of the country and people of Wales in the time of King Edward the First, and from that time until the establishment of a Council in the Marches of Wales, with orders devised to avoid and remove the evil practices and abuses at this day used. 21. II. Abstract of the above discourse. Jan. 20. 22. Dr. John Still, Master of St. John's Col., Cam., to Lord Burghley. The conduct of Mr. Cocke is still supported and maintained by many of the seniors. His proceedings against Mr. Cocke. Incloses, 22. I. Copy of the statute " De dissentionibus sedandis," with copy of the arbitrement agreed upon by Dr. Hawford, Dr. Whytgifte, and Roger Goade ; and letter of Bishop Gox to the Master and Seniors of St. John's, on the interpretation of the above statute. Jan. 20? 23. Order by the Bishop of Ely for Mr. Cocke's retractation of a common-place, made to the offence of Dr. StiU, Master of St. John's, which before he had neglected to comply with. Jan. 21. 24. The Countess of Northumberland to William Cotton, Her Liege. sorrow that she is not able to assist him in his difBcult enterprise. Kecommends him not to hazard any desperate attempt, but to abide the time till a more fitting opportunity occurs. Jan. 26. 25. Thomas Turswell to Burghley. Sohcits to have the keeping King's College, ^f ^j^g library in Cambridge. Lat. Cambridge. •' Jan. 26. 26. Anne Seres to same. Recommends Mr. Turswell for the above appointment. Jan. 27. 27. Mr. Sec. Walsyngham to Williana Gerrard. Desires him to bring the orders devised by him for the government of Wales. The grievances complained of are very great. Jan. 27. 28. Burghley to Walsyngham. Has got the gout and taken pills to His house' cure it. Arrival of Mons. de Champyney, who requests an audience, next the Savoy. Desires to know Her Majesty's pleasure thereon. Substance of an interview with M. La Mott. KK 2 516 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1576. Jan. 29. Eochester. Jan. Feb . 1. Feb. 8 & 9, Feb 9. Feb. 10. Feb. 11. Feb. 19, Feb. 19. Westminster. Feb. 19. Hoi born. Feb. 20.- Feb. 24. Feb. 27. Feb. Feb.? Vol. CVII. 29. Tbe Mayor, &c., of Ftochestei-, to Lord Burghley. Sending letters brought from beyond the sea by two Irishmen, and stolen from them by one Edw. Knighte. [The Council ?] to the Bishop of London. Signify the Queen's pleasure that Lady Kildare might have free access to the earl her husband ; with permission for them " to lye together, a thinge usuall " in such cases." [^See Vol. xlv., p. 15. On the 13th February Lady Kildare had licence to return to Ireland to take charge of the Earl's lands in his absence. Co. Iteg.] Survey of all the Queen's ships, boats, barks, &c., with estimates of repairs necessary, expenses in harbour, &c. l_8ee Vol. xcvi., p. 294.] 30. Eesolution of the House for the commitment of Mr. Peter Wentworth, burgess of the borougli of Tregony, for unreverend and undutiful words uttered by him in the House of Commons, with proceedings thereon. 31. Eequest of Lord Norreis to the Court of Parliament. To be restored in blood and honours. 32. Articles agreed upon by the Committees touching a subsidy and two fifteenths. 33. Countess of Northumberland to Wm. Cotton. Is desirous to know of his proceedings, and thanks him for his favor and aifection to some other person. More is expected of her than she is able to perform. Will be glad to see him if he comes over into those parts. [Partly in cypher]. 34. Petition of Richard Male, clothier of Worcester, "who gave " unto your Majestie the finest clothe in the worlde," to the Queen. Desn-es restitution of 200 marks lent to the wife of tlie Bishop of Hereford, on the promise of repayment out of a benefice, which he has never received. 35. Grant of reprieve to John Ovare, found guilty and condemned to death for robbery. 36. Bishop Cox to Burghley. Proposes the issuing of a commission for the appeasing of the controversies yet remaining in St. John's College, Cambridge. 37. Articles by John Pryce, the Queen's attorney in the Marches of Wales, of the imperfections in the service there, to the Queen's prejudice. 38. Edmund Grindall, Archbishop of Canterbur}", to the Queen. Notifies the grant of a subsidy from the clergy. Lat. Preamble to the Bill of Subsidy, entitled " An Oration to the Queen about the Subsidy." [See Vol. xlv., p. 12.] 39. Notes of the liberties of the toAvn of Queenborough, extracted from the charter. 40. Articles agreed upon by the whole clergy of the province of Canterbury in the Convocation held at Westminster, in the year ] 575, touching the admission of apt and fit persons for the ministry, and the establishment of good order in the Church. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 517 1576. Vo^- CVII. Feb. 1 41. Answer to objections for the restitution of a portion of the temporalities of the See of Canterbmy. [Indorsed by Ch^indall "Ansiuar of objections for my restitution/'l Feb, ? 42. A paper headed " Reformatyons proponed in Parliament by " the Queene's Majestic in favour of justice and of hir welbeloved " subjectes" — viz., digest of the common law, choice of juries, tythes, excommunications, Court of Almoners, &c. Feb. 43. An act for the more equal and speedy rating and collecting of charges and contributions for services in the country. Feb. ? 44. Extracts from the Patent Eolls, in proof of the authority possessed and exercised by the Bishops of Durham, in the County Palatine of Chester, &c. Feb. ? 45. Heads of several bills in various stages in the Lower House. Feb. ? 46. Note of bills in the Upper House of Parliament. Feb.? 47. Device for a bill for granting duties for maintenance of the harbours at Bye and Winchelsea, and for repairing Dover haven. March 1. 48. Request of the clothiers to a member of Parliament that he would support the bill preferred by Sir Henry Pool, for reforming the abuses and deceits used in wool and yarn. March 3. 49. Mr. Simmes to Lord Burghley. Requests that the consideration of the bill for the explanation of the Stat. 31 Hen. VIIL, concerning abbeys, monasteries, and colleges, might be committed to the decision of certain learned men. Incloses, 49. I. Answers to the suggestions of the inconveniences that would arise if it be enacted that the statute of 31 H. VIIL should not extend to any of the colleges, as a bill to that purpose had passed both Houses. March 4. 50. Petition of the bailiffs, &c. of Great Yarmouth, to the Council. Request licence to transport 30,000 quarters of grain, to assist them in defraying the expenses for the reparation of their haven. March 5. March 5. Westminster. Mai'ch 5. March 5. 51 . Lawrence Cockson to Burghley. Solicits his aid in his enter- prise for the growth and increase of flax, hemp, and rape seed. Advantages of the same. Directions to stay all ships their spoils committed on 52. The Council to Lord Adm. Lincoln, belonging to Flushing and Zealand for English subjects. 53. Address of the House of Commons to the Queen. Requesting prohibition against the exportation of hemp and flax, &c., and regula- tions for the cultivation and employment of the same. 54. Petition of the Mayor, &c. of the borough of Gateshead, to Burghley. Against the suit of the Mayor, &c. of Newcastle, for the annexation of Gateshead to Newcastle, which would be to their utter undoing and overthrow. 518 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 3 576. ^«- ^^"- March 6. 55. Differences between the statute of 5 Eliz. and the new bill concerning tanning and curing of leather. March 7. 56. Advantages to be gained by the bill for the avoiding false and counterfeit colours, and for bringing in a true and perfect manner of dyeing into the realm. With answers to the same. March 7. 57. Consideration of certain inconveniences that may arise by the uniting of the borough of Gateshead to the town of Newcastle. March 7. 58. Note of the stages of biUs in the House of Commons. March 8. 59. Another note of the stages of bills in both Houses of Parlia- ment. March 8. 60. Bill for the restriction and regulation of licences granted by the Queen for the exportation of wares forbidden by statute. March 8. 61. Articles for an Act of Parliament touching impropriations. March 9 ? 62. Minute of an explanation prescribed by Lord Burghley, to be declared by Mr. Cocke, that he had no intention in his speech to offer any affront to the Master of St. John's CoUege. March 10. 63. State of private and public bills passed and proposed in both Houses of Parliament. March 10 ? 64. Substance of bills to be proposed in Parliament, with names of those to whom they are entrusted, for the confirmation of bishops' lands, for the better execution of penal laws, benefit of clergy, reformation of sheriff's, &c. March 10 i 65. Act for the augmentation of cures of small hvings where the parsonages are impropriate and of certain values. [^Imperfect, the first leaf wanting.^ March 10? 66. Act for the relief of vicars and curates lacking needful sus- tentation for their cures, whereof the rectories are impropriated. March 10. 67. Certificate of the increased number of ships and vessels in various seaport towns since the enacting of the statute for mainte- nance of the navy, and abstinence from flesh on Wednesdays. March 10. 68. List of ships newly built since the year 1571, and the ports to which they belong. March 11. 69. Bill for confirmation of the Act 5 Edw. VI. against engrossers, forestallers, and regrators, and prohibiting the monopoly of all foreign goods and provisions. March 11. 70. Copy of the preceding. With a note of the increase of prices of wines, spices^ &c. since the 6th year of Her Majesty's reign. March 11. 71. Dr. John Still, Master of St. John's, to Burghley. The troubles in the college have not ceased. Mr. Cocke and Mr. Smith, since their return, are rather more unquiet than- amended. Mr. Cocke read the speech prescribed by Burghley, but made matters worse by his obser- vations. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 519 1576. "^'«^- CVII. March 11. 72. Petition of Dierick Flockarson, of Embden, to the Council. Against Sir A. Champernowne, for refusing payment of the freight of liis ship of salt brought into Dartmouth by Flushingers. March 11. 73. Petition of John Foxall and Barnard Feilde to same. Com- plaining of stay of their goods by the Inquisitors of Spain, and soliciting that Spanish goods to the same amount may be stayed in England. March 11. 74. Petition of certain obedient subjects to the House of Lords. Soliciting their order to the Speaker of the House of Commons to read in full the biU for the better cultivation of flax, hemp, and rape seed. March 12. March 12. March 12. March 12. March 12 ? March 12 ? March 12. March 12 ? Marcli 12 ? March 13. Eoth-well Market. March 14. March 14? March 15. 75. Mr. Eecorder Fletewoode to Lord Burghley. Thanks him for his favours to himself and for the Bishoprick of Durham. Beseeches him that the bill for annexing Gateshead to Newcastle may not be per- mitted to pass. 76. Petition of the inhabitants of Gateshead to same. Urging objections against the bill for uniting them to the town of New- castle. 77. Note of acts that came from the Lower House, and of the acts of the Upper House, in various stages. 78. Similar lists of the stages of bills in the Upper and Lower Houses. 79. Note of public bills passed in the Lower House, and of bills sent down from the Lords. 80. Note of acts passed in both Houses, and of those now remaining in the Upper House. 81. Another copy. 82. Proviso in the bill against fraudulent conveyance or assurance of lands. Probably to the Act of Dilapidations. 83. Brief of the articles in favour of the bill for Chichester haven, and reasons by the mayor and citizens why the same should be enacted. 84. Presentment of the three several juries of the Hundreds of Corby, Eothwell, and Orlynbury to — Androwes, Esq., High Sheriff of Northampton, of the quantities of grain in the said Hundreds that may be spared to supply the markets. 85. Note of the prorogation of Parliament till two of the clock to- morrow, when it was further prorogued till the 5th of Nov. 86. Certificate by the Clerk of the Parhament, of such bills as were read in the House, and of those which bad passed. 87. Note of acts passed both Houses. 520 DOMESTIC —ELIZABETH. 1576. ^°^^- ^^"- March 15. 88. A note of tlie acts passed in both Houses during the session. " Those that be crossed are such as Hir Ma*''^ is thought will not assent unto." March ] 8. 89. The Council to Sir Thomas Lucy, Tho. Smith, and John Hyck- ford. Desiring them to hear the complaints of the tenants of Wellford, in Gloucestershire, against Lodowick Grevill. March 18. 90. Same to the lords and owners of Eomney Marsh. To signify their opinion respecting the suit of the town of Hythe, relative to the construction of certain sewers near their town. March 21. [Sec. WaLsyngham ?] to the Mayor and Searcher of Dover. To suffer Mr. Cavaulti [Cavalcanti ?] to pass beyond sea. And as the seas were thought to be somewhat dangerous to furnish him with a swift sailing bark. [See Vol. xlv. p. 61.] March 23. 91. Writ of assistance by Dr. Lewes, Judge of the Admiralty Court, for recovery of the goods of five British ships wrecked on the coast of Sussex, " richlye laden with merchandizes from the Sowthe partes." [ ? The return voyage of Sir H. Gilbert, and others. See 22 March, 1574] March 23. 92. The Council to Lord Darcy, and others. To examine John Chapman, and others, authors of certain lewd and slanderous libels against the preachers cast abroad in the town of Colchester. March 30. 93. Petition of John Rooper to the Council. Solicits the cancelling of his bond for the good behaviour of one John Prestall, wliich he had entered into at the request of Mr. Ric. Verney. March ? 94. Lord Burghley to Walsyngham. Sends copy of the Queen's warrant, dated 11 Dec. 1572, for 9,000L for expenses of the navy, payable in three years, which have expired. A new warrant will be necessary for payment of the balance still due. March? 95. Names and preferments of non-residents in Oxford, within a little compass. [Indorsed, " L. Norri8."'\ March. 96. Note of the temporalities belonging to the See of Worcester. March 31. 97. The Council to Commissioners in every shire throughout the Whitehall. realm. Directions for the assessing, levying, gathering, and answer- ing to the Queen's use, the first payment of the subsidy granted to Her Majesty in the last session of Parliament. Marcl;. 98. Collections out of the book of Entries of the Parliament, from the 13th to the 18th Eliz., relating to matters of religion and the affairs of the Church. Vol. CVIIL Apkil— August, 1576. April 9. 1. Answer of Dr. Roger Goade, Provost of King's College, Camb,, to certain articles exhijjited against him by four of the younger company of the college. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 521 1576. April ] 2. April 12. The Court. April 16. Gorhambury. April 19. Westminster. April 22. April 23. Gorhambury. April 23. April 23. April 29 Greenwich. April 29. April 29. May 4. May 4. Greenwich. May 7. Vol. CVIII. 2. Petition of John Roynion to [Sec. Walsyngham ?]. Solicits him to procure from the Queen a payment of 30L per ann., in lieu of the parsonage of Martocke, co. Somerset, which had been previously granted to Mr. Ellis. 3. [Sec. Walsj'^ngham ?] to Lord Burghley. In favor of John Eoy- nion's suit, his parsonage of Martocke having been previously granted in reversion to Mr. Ellis. 4. Commission to Thomas, Bishop of London for the time being, with many others, for relief of poor prisoners confined for debt in the Queen's Bench. [It is uncertain tuho is indicated by "Thomas, Bishop of London for the time being."] 5. The Council to Visct. Montague, the Bp. of Chichester, and others. Commissioners. To permit Michael Hoare to transport ninety quarters of wheat to Ireland. 6. Account of Lord Treasurer Burghley, by Chidiock Wardour his clerk, of the receipts in the Treasury of the Exchequer, from Michael- mas 1575, to Easter 1576. 7. Commission to Edmund Grindall, Archbishop of Canterbury, and to many other Bishops, Officers of State, and others, for exercising ecclesiastical jurisdiction throughout the realm. [Signed by the Queen, but much mutilated and defaced.'] 8. Copy of the above, made before the mutilations. 9. Note of such as have been Lieutenants of the Company and Order of the Garter, from 1566 to 1576, with list of the present Knights. 10. The Council to Sir Thos. Scott, Mr. Thos. Wotton, and others. Authorizing them to hear and determine all matters in controversy between Captain Wm. Hawkes of Walmer Castle, and Mr. Henry Isham. 11. Note of matters to be propounded in Council. 12. Note of common fines and fines pro brevibus, by Mr. "Wm. Dodyngton, for various years. 13. The Council to the Recorder of London, Mr. Lovell, and others. In behalf of Mr. Chr. Hodsdon, and the children of Miles Wilson, likely to be deprived of their property by the evil administration of one Dr. Akworth. 14. Same to Mr. Osborne of the Exchequer, the Sheriff of Middlesex, and Mr. Ric. Martyn. To take an inventory of all goods and lands belonging to Thos. Grene, goldsmith, who had been apprehended on suspicion of treason. 15. Same to Sir Thos. Lucas and the Bailiffs of Colchester. To examine the charges alleged against Eic. Southwell by Mr. Dorell and Mr. Christmas ; and also the complaint of Southwell against John Christmas. 522 DOMESTIC — ELIZABiiTH. 1576? May 8. May 9. Greenwich. May 9. May 10. Dublin Castle. May 10. London. May 13. May 14. London. May 19. May 19. May 19. May. May 20. May 23. Vol. CVIII. 1 6. Statement by Mr. Locke, of Englishmen who are opposed to the trade of the Company of Muscovia with Kussia, and have induced the King of Denmark to obstruct the same. 17. The Council to the Vice President and Council in the Marches of Wales. To take order for payment of the arrears due to Mr. William Gerrard, one of the Council there, and now appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland. 18. Same to the Justices of Assize in the County of Pembroke. To settle the controversies between Sir John Perrot and Thomas Wirriott. 19. Sir Henry Sydney (as Lord President of Wales) to Mr. Secretary Walsyngham. Desires that the offices of Clerk of the Fines and Auditor in the Marches, by right being at 'liis disposal, may not be bestowed on any person but with his consent. The Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London to Mr. Chr. Hatton. Recommending the suit of William Tipper, for a grant of the hosting of merchant strangers in London, the same as formerly granted to Wm. Hunt. [See Vol. cxxx., No. 25, fol. 1.] 20. Dr. Goade, Provost of King's Coll., to Lord Burghley. The complainants against him have sent up Mr. Stokes. Desires to meet them face to face. Sends a letter from Mr. Redman which shows how Dr. Goade has been abused by their slanders. 21. Archdeacon Tho. Wattes to same. Requests that Mr. Dunning might be sent for, to answer charges made against the Provost of Kings Coll. The complainants will not substantiate the articles against the Provost. 22. The Council to the Commissioners of Wines in certain counties. To ascertain the quantity of wines imported from France, and by whom, and sold at a higher rate than 101. the ton, contrary to the Queen's proclamation. 23. Instructions given by the Privy Council to Henry Palmer, Esq., appointed to be Captain of the Queen s ships set forth for the clear- ing of the seas of pirates, excepting all ships under the Prince of Orange's commission. 2-i. Minute of the above. Note of the furniture of the three ships sent to the seas under the charge of Henry Palmer. [See Vol. xcvi. pp. 300, 301 .] 25. Note of matters to be propounded in Council. 26. The Council to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. To examine the complaints of the tenants and inhabitants within the liberties of the forest of the High-Peak, exhibited against the Earl of Shrewsbury and others. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 523 1576. May 23 May 24. London. May 24 ? May 24 '. May 30. St. John's College. May? Mayl May( June 1. June 2. June -3. Green-wich. June 3. Vol. CVIII. 27. Answer of Richard Candeler to a bill of fees set down by certain aldermen and citizens, appointed by Sir Ambrose Nicholas Lord Mayor of London, respecting his office for the making and register- ing of assurances, &c. 28. Commissioners forrelief of poor prisoners to the Council. Their proceedings. Complain of the opposition offered to the commission by the Marshal and his deputies, to the great sorrow and grief of the said poor prisoners. 29. Petition of the poor prisoners of Her Majesty's Bench to thg same. That Her Ma/jesty's commission in the behalf of poor debtors may be maintained, and not hindered by the artifices of lawyers or the opposition of the Marshal. 30. Petition of the poor prisoners in the King's Bench to the same. Praying that the Marshal of their prison may not be permitted to oppose the execution of the Queen's gracious commission intheir favour. And that the Commissioners might sit within the prison. 31. John Cocke, Fellow of St. John's, to Lord Burghley. His pur- gation of the accusations made against hiia to his lordship. Lat. 32. Petition of Mrs. Christian Lawson, wife of Tho. Lawson, late Mayor of York, to the Queen. For a lease of the manor of Arkendale, CO. York. 33. Memorial of Sr. Wm. Gerrard and the Company of Merchants trading to Eussia. That having great store of wares lying at the Narve in great danger, they were forced to hire three Lubeckers' vessels to transport the same, and request licence to bring the same into the realm. [The Council ';] to Lord Cobham. Had given letters to one Sowyer of Rye intending that he should go to the coast of Spain to bring intelligence, but which he had abused by spoiling certain Frenchmen. Directions to secure him if he comes within the Hberties of the Cinque Ports. {See Vol. xlv. p. 33.] 34. Same, to the Commissioners for Grain. Great scarcity and high prices of grain. Directions to use great diligence to restrain the ex- portation of grain in the maritime counties. 35. Sir Francis Englefyld to William Cotton. Has taken all the means in his power to accomplish his desire. Sir Tho. [Stuckley] is gone to Loretto. Directions for his guidance in some secret transaction. The plot is new, rare, and without precedent. 36. The Council to the Commissioners of Sewers in certain counties. To aid in levying a rate in adjacent counties to assist the inhabitants of the Isle of* Ely in the cleansing, scouring, and embanking the river of Wisbeach. 37. Same to Lord Norreis-, and others, Justices of Oxfordshire and Berkshire. To consult for the execution of the late statute made for the repairing of the bridges and highways near Oxford; 524 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1576. June 8. Dartington. June 9. June 9. Greenwich. June 9. London. June 9. Greenwich. June 10. Greenwich. June 14. King's Bench. June 15. Liege. June 15. Dublin Castle. June 1-5. June 17. June 17. June 23. Vol. CVIII. 38. Sir Artliur Champernowne to Lord Burghley. Arrival of intelligence of great cruelties inflicted on the inhabitants of Marrena by the people of Kochelle. Much corn exported. 39. The Countess ofJSTorthumberland to Mr. William Cotton. Affairs of the recusants. Sir Thomas Stuckley is gone to Loretto. Ill health of Sir F. Englefield. Fears that the letter to be conveyed to Lawrence Blacknoll, which contained affairs of great moment, has not been delivered. [The names of persons in this letter are expressed in cyphers.'} 40. The Council to Sir H. Wallop, Sir Wm. Kyngesmyll, and others. To make search in the house of Alexander Dearing for vestments, books, and other massing tools. And all public records belonging to the shire to be restored to the Bishop's Court. D. Poilly to Mr. Cave. Sends him two cheeses from Miss Hamp- den his cousin, who thanks him for his promise of a copy of the New Testament with Beza's notes, translated by Thompson. French. [See France, Vol. li., p. 109.] 41. The Queen to the Lord Treasurer and the Lord Chancellor. Directions to buy in her name bullion to the amount of 40,000i. of the merchants and goldsmiths. Same to the Treasurer and Chamberlains of the Exchequer. To pay to the Lord Treasui-er and the Lord Chancellor the money for purchase of the said bullion. [Written on the same paper as the preceding.'] 42. James Whitney, and others, poor prisoners for debt in the King's Bench, to Sec. Walsyngham. In favor of Mr. Webbe to be appointed to keep the register-book of the Commissioners in their behalf 43. Countess of Northumberland to her servant Peter Kerke. Is sorry his proceedings and endeavours fall out so unluckily. Recom- mends him to desist and shortly return. Her commendations to Mr. Cotton, Mr. Carew, and others. 44. Sir Hen. Sydney to Walsyngham. In favour of Mr. Walter, a principal pleader in the Court of Wales, against whom some per- sons "have geven foorthe undecent and slanderous reportes." Grant to Rafe Lane, Esq., of all forfeitures for transportation of bullion and jewels contrary to the statute. [Docquef] 45. Account of the debts owing by the Bp. of Worcester (BuUing- ham) at his death, and of the charges of his funeral, and discharge of his household. With a supplication to the Queen to consider the lamentable estate of his poor wife and children. 46. Note of the causes why the late Bp. of Worcester was so greatly indebted. Agreement made between Dr. Martin Culpeper and Jolm Sledd, Esq., before Sec. Walsyngham, relative to certain lands, &c., at Milton, in Oxfordshire. [/See Dmn. 14 Nov. 1678.] DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 525 1576. Vol. CVIII. June 26. 47. Countess of Northumberland to William Cotton. Advises him to continue his endeavors till the middle of August next, when he would see what was best to be done. Affairs of the recusants. The King of Spain has a good opinion of him. Offers from France. Prays him to be very cautious, and have nothing to do with Thomas Coppley. June. 48. The Mayor, &c. of Dover to the Council. Praying that the penalties under the Act 23rd Hen. VIII. may be applied to the repaii^s of Dover haven. June ? "^9. Instructions given by the Queen io Sir Henry Sydney, Lord President, and the Council of Wales, with certain alterations and addi- tions to the former instructions. Orders of Council for the direction and government of the same. Note of the differences of the old and new instructions. June. 50. Note of important public business to be attended to. [In Lord BurgMey's hand.] July 2. 51. Tho. Page's narrative of the adventures of his journey on the Continent, having failed to induce Sir Edward Kelly to favour the attempt of a discovery of a north-west passage to China and Cathay. Honours conferred on Kelly by the Emperor; and practices used to deprive him of the philosopher's stone, which he possessed. July 4. 52. Note of charges by Edward Baeshe for victualing three of the Queen's ships for one month, or longer. July 11. 5.S. Report by the same, on the necessity of keeping in store casks and clapboards to the extent of 10,000 tons. July 12. 51". The Council to Wm. Waldegrave, Esq. They approve of the St. James's, settlement of the strangers of Colchester at Halstead in Essex, and request him to draw out the form of a grant for that purpose. July 13. 55. Note by Mr. Baeshe of things necessary to be done with speed for Her Majesty's service for the sea causes, especially for a sufficient supply of casks. July 14. 56. The Wardens of the Goldsmiths to Ch. Hatton, Esq. In favour of Robert Sharpe to receive a commission to travel and make known to the Goldsmiths his art of planishing silver. July 14. 57. John Thaxter and others, Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, to Burghley. Have used their best endeavours to elect Mr. Brabon to the vacant Fellowship, but Mr. Reade has been elected, as they thought, contrary to their statute. July 15. 58. The Council to the Lord Mayor of London. Directing them to recal their proclamation fixing the retail prices of wines, until wines may be procured at a lower rate than lOZ. the ton. July 15. 59. Note by Mr, Baeshe of the causes that occasion the present want of casks for the navy. 526 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1576. July 17. July 17. July 17. Court at St. James's July 20. St. James's. July 26. July 26. July 27. July 27. Ijouvain. July ? July. Auffu,st 1. August 1. August 1. A.ugust 1. August 1. Buxton. August 1. August 5. Portsmouth. Vol. CVIII. Note of ships now at sea. under Hen. Palmer, and estimate of the charges of 1,000 men to serve in six of the Queen's ships for six weeks. [See Vol. xcvi. p. 293.] Estimate for victualling the Queen's ships. [See ih. p. 294.] 60. The Council to the Justices of Assize for the County of Lancaster. To hear the complaint of Ralph Jolly against Mr. Brodshawe, for certain odious outrages committed by his procurement. 61. Sec. Walsyngham to Sir H. Sydney (as Lord President of Wales). In behalf of Mr. Wigmore (whom the Queen favoured) to be appointed Clerk of the Fines in the Marches of Wales. 62. Complaint of John Broke against the Company of Merchants for the Discovery of New Trades, by whom he had been unjustly imprisoned ; with their answer to the same. 63. State of the account between John Broke and the Company of Merchants for the Discovery of New Trades. 64. Estimate of repairs required at Her Majesty's seven alms houses within Bishopsgate, London, " made by the advice of a carpenter and a tyler ;" and also of repairs at the Queen's seven alms houses at Brentford, co. Middlesex. 65. George Tyrell to Lord Burghley. Thanks him for the kindness shown to his son. Refutes the accusations of treason that were circulated against him. 66. Memorial against the unrestricted liberty of retailing wines, and of the evils likely to ensue thereby. Orders established by the Privy Council regulating the manufacture and sale of iron ordnance. [See Vol. xlv., p. 23.] 67. Instructions to William Holstok, Esq., Comptroller of the Queen's ships, appointed by Her Highness to serve at the seas, to take under his command three ships to scour the Narrow Seas, and to detain all ships belonging to Flushing. Entry of the above. l_See Vol. cxxxiv. 29. 396. J A proportion of powder and munitions for the full furniture of three of the Queen's ships now presently appointed to the seas. [See Vol. xcvi., p. 297.] Furniture, stores, &c., for three other ships sent to sea in May last, under Henry Palmer and Sir Wm. Wynter. [See ih., p. 300, 303.] 68. Sir Tho. Cecill to Burghley. Great assembly of ladies and gentlemen at Buxton. Is not quite satisfied with the persons appointed to hear the case between him and Lord Clynton. Requests that Lord Willoughby and the Earl of Rutland may be added to them. 69. Particulars of Viscount Bindon's lands in several counties, appointed to be sold. 70. Thomas Thorney to Mr. Baeshe. Notifies the burning of Her Majesty's buildings and store-houses at Portsmouth on the day before. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 527 1576 August 6, Vol. CVIII. Dover. The Council to William Holstok. The Flushingers having com- mitted many depredations on English subjects. He is to arrest all ships at sea belonging to Flushing. [_See Vol. cxxxiv., p. 397.] August 6. 71. John Lord Darcy to Lord Burghley. Thanks him for satis- fying Her Majesty with respect to his attendance on her. A.ugust 6. London. August 6. Tunstall. August 7. Paul's "Wharf. August 7. Liege. August 8. August 8. ■Westminster. August 9. August 16. August 24. August ? August 1 72. Edward Baeshe to same. The burning of Her Majesty's store- houses at Portsmouth on the 4th. Trusts that his great losses therein may be favourably considered. 73. Wm. Crowm_er to same. Keport of the exportation and price of corn, grain, and other victuals in the Cotmty of Kent. Requests to know if the exportation of beer is to be prohibited. 74. Lady M. Sydney to same. Understands by Mr. Hatton that Her Majesty has refused her suit. Bequests him, if he knows of the manner of the refusal, to advise her what is best to be done considerina: her poor estate. 75. 76. The Countess of Northumberland (?) to Wm. Cotton. Has received his letters containing the discourse concerning the Ferroe Isles, near the Orcades. Recommends him to leave his affairs in as good condition as possible, and to retire to the Continent for a month or two. [Mostly in cypher, with a decypher.l 77. Same to same. Has communicated his last letter to Sir F. En- glefyld. Urges him to continue his endeavours, for, in a short time, the new governor, Don John, was expected, and the mutiny of the Spaniards would then soon be settled. 78. Thomas Hopton to Burghley. Complains of Mr. Hare, who has arrested him for debt. Requests Hare may be sent for, that Burghley may understand his unjust dealings towards him. 79. Lady Dorothee Stafford to same. Thanks for his kindness to her brother ; Sir John Thynne is chiefly to be dealt with. Her son, Sir Wm. Drury, requests permission to buy the household stuff and cattle of Mr. Byrd, if they are to be sold. 80. The Countess of Northumberland to William Cotton. The letters and other things recently sent have been taken by the Flush- ingers. The mutiny of the Spaniards is appeased. Reports of troubles in England. Desires to know something of the Carewes. 81. Robert Harecourt to Mr. Sec. Walsyngham (?). Solicits to be set at liberty upon sureties until the next term. 82. A brief discourse laying forth the uncertainty of Her Majesty's present peace and quietness : to consider the action with the Prince of Orange, the present state of France, and the inward corruption at home. 83. Grant of licence to A.B. to export 12,000 broad cloths within the space of two years ending Michaelmas 1578. 528 DOMESTIC — elizabp:th. 1576. Sept. 4. Otterden. Sept. 6. Ware. Sept. 6. Wiodsor. Sept. 9. London. Sept. 10. Canterbury. Sept. 12. Purford. Vol. CIX. September — November, 1576. 1. Mr. Asteley to Peter Osborne. Approves of the drawing up of some legal document, and suggests alterations. 2. Tho. Fanshawe to Lord Burghley. Sends a clause to be inserted in Mr. Smithe's grant, and a warrant for discharge of the King of Spain's subjects of the Low Countries. Requests order for the making of the Temple bridge to Mr. Barnerd. 8. The Council to the Captain of the Isle of Wight. To give licence to Henry Jolliffe to capture the ship of Captain Gyliam, a French pirate. 4. Rafe Lane to Burghley. Requests that his case may be heard in London, considering the heavy charges for the expenses of the witnesses in the country. Prays that the offenders of Lyme, who beat the pursuivant and threw him overboard, may be punished. 5. Eic. Barrey, Lieut, of Dover Castle, to Lord Cobham. That the Strangers' congregation of Sandwich were unwilling to enter into bond for the safe return of the ship and mariners appointed to carry the re- mainder of the prisoners to Flushing. Incloses, 5. I. Petition of the congregation of Sandwich against their becoming sureties for the return of the ship and mariners from Flushing. Sandiuich, 10 Sept. Lot. 6. Sec. Walsyngham to Burghley. Aifairs of Flushing and the Low Countries. The English merchants there are set at liberty. The Queen will not determine about the customs till she receive from Burghley a statement of the several rates offered. She is doubtful of going to Odiham, for fear of expense to Walsyngham. Is desirous of being quit of the place he serves in. Sept. 17. Northroreland. Sept. 17. NorthEoreland. Sept. 17. Sept. 20. Sept. 20. Sept. 28, 7. Nicholas Gorges to Walsyngham. Will be ready to attend at Dover or the Downs to convey the ambassador to France. Mr. Holstok had received orders not to detain any of the ships from Flushing. Pirates between Portland and the Wight ; desires to know if he shall intercept them. 8. Same to Lord Adm. Lincoln. To the same efiFect as the pre- ceding. Illness of Captain Beston. 9. Account of the materials and cost of the Countess of Hun- tingdon's hearse. 10. Survey of the manor of Colequit, parcel of the Viscount Bindon's possessions, made by Sir Arthur Bassett and others. 11. Offers of the tenants for the purchase of the same, and of the sum finally offered by Mr. Edgecombe. 12. Accounts, presentments, &c. of the losses sustained by the Queen and Mr. Baeshe in the fire of the storehouses at Portsmouth on the 4th of August. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 529 1576. (Sept. 28.) Sept. 28. Oct. (2.) Oct. 2. (Oct. 2.) Oct. 5. London. Oct. 20. Oct. 21 ? Newcastle. Oct. 26. Peterborough. Oct. Oct.? Oct.? Nov. (9.) Vol. CIX. 13. Petition of Thomas Poyner, and others, of Portsmouth, to the Council. Praying for remuneration for their losses in the fire of the storehouses at Portsmouth ; " amountinge unto soche greate somes " as they are not able of themselves to recover the same." Annexing, 13. I. Note of goods and merchandise belonging to Rio. Jarvis, John Humfrey, and Tho. Poyner, consumed in the fire at Portsmouth. 14. Estimate and survey by Eic. Popynjay and Eobt. Welles, of the charges of rebuilding the two storehouses lately consumed by fire at Portsmouth. 15. Report made by order of the Lord Treasurer, on the diS"erence between cloths for length, breadth, and goodness before and after they are dressed. 16. W[illiam?] D[avison?] to T.C. In behalf of his cousin, the bearer, repairing to Court about his special aS'airs. 3 7. Same to Lord B. [Burghley ?]. In favour of A.B. a gentleman of York, his cousin. 18. Sir Wm. Wynter and Wm. Holstok to the Council. Employ- ment of the Bark of Boulogne to convey a boat to Harwich. Her desertion, by the instigation of merchants of Ipswich, to convoy two of their ships to Dunkirk, and capture of the whole by the Flushingers. 19. Orders and decrees made by Sir Rowland Haywarde, and others, Commissioners of Sewers. Concerning the navigation of the river Lea from Enfield to Lea-mouth. 20. The Mayor, Aldermen, &c., of ]Srewcastle-on-T3aie, to the Council. Complaining of their charter being infringed by the arrest of John Baxter, a burgess of their town, by a process issued out of the Admiralty, in London. 21. Injunctions given by Bishop Scambler to be observed in the Cathedral Church of Peterborough. 22. Ground plan of improvements and alterations to be made in Windsor Castle. \By Henry Hawthorn .?] 23. Estimate of the expense of a wall 10 feet long, 20 feet high, and 6 feet thick, for the terrace at Windsor Castle. 24. Petition of John Doughtye to the Earl of Leicester. Prays him to intercede with the Council for his release from prison. Has been six months in the common gaol, "a very noysom place, re- " plenished with misery." 25. Mr. Holstok to the Council. That as Her Majesty had not received the whole of Lord Cheyne's lands in Sheppey, he could not train the 100 harquebuzers according to his ofi'er. Requests a grant of liberties for Sheppey. Annexing, 25. I. Request of the inhabitants of the Isle of Sheppey to the Queen, for a grant of certain liberties, whereby the said isle may be better peopled and of more force to withstand the enerri^j. L L 530 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1576. Nov. 9. Nov. 10. Nov. 10. London. Nov 13. Isle of Wight. Nov. 17. The Arches. Nov. 21. Windsor. Nov. Nov. 26. Nov. 26. Cambridge. Nov. 30. Cambridge. Nov. 30. Nov.? Vol. CIX. 26. Another paper of requests for certain liberties to be granted to the inhabitants of the Isle of Sheppey. 27. Brief summary of all the proceedings touching the convent seal plucking off, and"all the suits and controversies between Mounson and Ascoughe. 28. Mr. Justice Mounson to Mr. Sec. Walsyngham. Eequests that he may not be delayed in the prosecution of his suit against Ascoughe. Has suffered discomfort and discredit by Her Majesty's displeasure. 29. Edward Horsey, and others, to the Council. Have surveyed the fort in the Isle of Wight, called the West Cowe, according to their directions. Inclosing, 29. I. Survey of the castle of West Cowe, and estimate of the charges for the reparation of the same. Oct. 10. 29. II. Ground flan of the castle' of West Qowe. SO. Dr. Lewes to same. Relative to the fine of 401Z. 7s. Oc?. awarded to James Dirickson against John Baxter, of Newcastle, and refusal of the mayor of Newcastle to enforce the same. 31. Humfrey Michell to Lord Burghley. Reports the progress of the works under his direction at Windsor Castle during the year, and requests Her Majesty's further directions. Suggests that Henry Haw- thorn should make perfect plans for the gallery and banquetting house. Incloses, 31. I. Report of the worJcs done at the castle during the year. Materials remaining in store. 32. Ground plan of the banquetting house at Windsor Castle. \Prohably by Henry Hawthorn.'] 33. Estimate of the charges of the new lock to be made at Waltham, if it be all of timber. 34 Dr. Tho. Ithell to Burghley. States the result of a search for precedents, relating to a new grant of Sturbridge fair, with respect to the privileges of the University. Incloses, 34. I. Notes of certain special matters, to he reserved out of the Charter, to be granted by Her Majesty to the town of Cambridge for Sturbridge fair. 35. Dr. Goade, Vice Chancellor, and Heads of Houses, to same. Desiring his help for preservation of their privileges in relation to the jurisdiction and interest in Sturbridge fair. 36. Articles by John Johnson on the advantages of Mart Towns to be kept in England, in addition to the Book of Marts. 37. John Johnson to Mr. Sec. Walsyngham. Gives his advice for remedy of the disorders in the wool trade. Incloses, 37. I. Note of remembrance for improving the wool trade, 37. II. Discourse how to remedy the existing disorders in the same trade. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 531 Vol. CIX. 1576. JSfov. (jenealogical epitaph of Walter Devereux Earl of Essex and Eue, Earl Marshal of Ireland, Viscount Hereford and Bowichier, who died at Dublin 21st Sept., aged 36, and was buried at Carmarthen 26th Nov., 1576. iSee Ireland, 25th March, 1602.] 38. Names of proctors and registrars in the Court of A.rche3, and dates of their admission ; with their taxation for a loan. 89. Names and dates of admission of the doctors of the civil law and of the ecclesiastical courts ; with their taxation for a loan. 40. Names of the doctors of physic, of the college of physicians, in London ; with their taxation for a loan. •tl. Names of the judges, Serjeants, and pleaders ; with their taxation for a loan. 42. Note of the towns and persons that are to contribute to the loan, with sums required from each ; and notes of the manner to be observed in the delivery of the money to the agent of Holland. Nov. ? 43. Account of the particular valuation of the citizens in London in every ward for the subsidy at 50i. and upwards. 44. Account of the assessment of the citizens in London for the subsidy at 50L and above. [J. little more extended than the preceding.'] 45. Account of the taxation of certain citizens in London for the subsidy below SOL Nov. 46. Note of taxation of the subsidy in the wards of London, and in Westminster and Southwark. 47. Note of tlie taxation of the subsidy in divers cities, towns, and ports in England. 48. Account of the second payment of the subsidy from the laity in Essex ; with the names of the gentlemen rated at 20 marks in lands and above. 49. Names of the gentlemen and citizens of Norwich, with their assessment for the first payment of the subsidy. 50. Names of the gentlemen and citizens assessed at 20Z. and upwards, in divers cities, towns, &c., throughout England. Nov. ? Kie Queen to the President and Canons of Lichfield. In favor of Dr. Brute Babington to be elected dean of that Church. [_See Warrant Booh, I., p. 89.] LL 2 532 D0:MESTIC— ELIZABETH. 157G Dec. 3. Vol. ex. December, 1576. 1. Proviso to be made for the University, in the grant of Stur- bridcje fair to the town of Cambridf a house, fallen by attainder of the Duke of Norfolk. 59. "A note concerning Tho. Morris his cause." That having by licence transported certain com to Spain, he was in danger of being imprisoned by the Company of Merchants trading to Spain, for breach of their privileges. 60. Extracts from the Rolls, " In Originalia," of 11 Edw. I., and 50 Edw. III., touching the King's supremacy. [Indorsed by Burghley : '^The Kinges Prerogatyve ageynst the Sea of lioome."'] 61. Arguments and authorities in proof that the supremacy of the Pope cannot be maintained on the authority of the Scriptures ; in answer to the objections of the Papists. [Indorsed by Lord Burghley : «•' p^^Q q^egid authorita."] 62. [Wm. Engelbert's?] estimate of charges for the making of engines and bullets and setting up forges. Desires that if his offers are not accepted he might be at liberty to make tliem to some, foreign prince. 63. H. Maynard to . That the estimate sent with his former letter was missing, and therefore desires him to send another. 64. Articles of accusation against Morrall, Catline, and Sharpe, for hearing of mass and keeping Popish books, and abuse of the orders for divine service. 65. Petition of Richard Cliborne, Prisoner in the Clink, to Walsyngham. For licence to spend six months at the Bath for the recovei-y of his health. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH, 579 1577. Vol. CXX. 66. Petition of Henry Yonges and Wm. Boale, of Norwich; to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Pray to be released from the Marshalsea, where they had been sent for traly performing their duty as Wardens of the Cordwainers Company of Norwich. 67. The Gov. and Comp. of Merchant Adventurers to Lord Burghley. Complaining of the irregular trade carried on between the coasts of England and the revolted provinces of the Low Countries ; and praying the same may be restrained by proclamation. 68. Memorial of Tho. Conyngesbye to Walsyngham. Exceptions against Wm. Eudhall, Esq ; declaring that he cannot indifferently be chosen sheriff of the County of Hereford, as he has many suits depending in law against persons residing in that county. 69. Notes, taken out of the order, matter, and charge, whereby the sea-walls of Romney Marsh are made and preserved, to be followed as near as may be in the intended works at Dover harbour. 70. to Burghley. Details the abuses in the offices of Alnage and Subsidy of Woollen Cloths, in the City of London, ac- cording to the acts in that case ptovided ; and suggesting a plan for reformation of the same. 71. A list of the sureties of John Swynnerton the younger, with a brief note showing their sufficiency. 72. The clause in the statutes of " Gunvile " and Caius College, Cambridge, " De contentionibus evitandis." Lat. 7.3. Mrs. Pilkington's answer to the demands made by the Bp. of Durham, for dilapidations. 74. Information of the great negligence of the County of Berks, in training and exercising the militia. Deficiency of arms and furniture. 75. A note of certain disorders and evil dealings of Davy Atkinson, the pursuivant, for secretly procuring warrants under the Commissioners' hands for the arrest of certain persons on charges of piracy. 76. Note of certain things to be considered of, for the manner of proceeding in the punishment of the inferior sort of those who have been abettors of pirates. 77. Certificate from Pembroke, of the names of such persons as were known to have traded with Hicks the pirate, and to have had corn and salt from him. 78. Abridgment of such matters as are found against various per- sons concerning piracies within the County of Pembroke. 79. Names of divers persons certified by the Commissioners as abettors of pirates, with the value of their lands and goods, in various counties in England and Wales ; with Burghley 's notes. 80. Same as last, but with a few variations. 00 2 580 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. Vol. CXX. 1577? 81. Note of fines received by -virtue of the first Commission for Piracy ; with the sums remaining in Mr. Henry Morgan's hands. 82. Names of the Deputies and Inquirers appointed to inquire into matters of piracy within certain Rapes in the County of Sussex. 83. The names of such persons as have been fined for matters of piracy, and tlie money from thence due to Her Majesty. For Mr. Sec. Walsyhgham. 84. Edict in Latin and English for the restraint of piracies. [The English portion wcmting.'] Vol. CXXI. Manuscript book, entitled, " Liber Pacis de Anno XIX° Elizabeth, Regiuse." Containing : A list of the Council of the North ; names of the Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer for causes in the North ; names of the Council of the Marches of Wales, teste 24° Nov., XVIP Eliz. ; names of the Justices of Assize ;. list of Sherifis in England and Wales ; names of the Justices o f Peace in the several shires ; and names of tlie Commissioners for Musters in the County of Lancaster. Vol. CXXII. January — Febeuary, 1578. 1.578. Jan. 1. 1. Declaration of all such cordage and sail canvass as hath been delivered out of the great storehouse at Deptford Strond, as well for the ships serving at the seas as toward the rigging of the two new ships, the Revendge and the Skowte. Copy of the above. [See Vol. xcvi., p. 308.] Jan. L Estimate of the charges of setting forth to the seas twenty of the Queen's ships for one month. [See ib., jp. 304.] Note of mariners and gunners to be had out of certain counties, with their rate of wages, conduct money, &c. [See ib. p. 306.] Jan. 2. 2. Confession of the men of Cardifl", relative to their traffic with pirates, with the fines assessed upon them. Jan. 6. 3. Burchard Raurych [Dr. Burcott] to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Report of the gold contained in the ore brought by Captain Furbisher. Does not find it of such goodness as he thought to have found it. Jan. 7. ■*• Tho. Fludd to Lord Burghley, Has surveyed the mills at Millgate. Dartford. Conditions on which they may be procured for working of the ore. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 581 1578. Jan. 11. Exeter. Vol. CXXII. 5. Commissioners of Musters for Devonshire to the Council. Certify the Musters, number of inns, &c. within the county. In- closing, 5. T. Certificate of the alehouses, inns, and' taverns within the County of Devon. 5. II. Certificate of the General Musters of able men, furniture of armour, weapon, &c. within the County of Devon. Jan. 11. Truro. Jan. 12. Bedford. Jan. 15. Jan. 19. London. Jan. 19. pro- 6. Commissioners for Piracy in Cornwall to same. Their ceedings in the matters of piracy. Inclosing, 6. I. Certificate of the creeks and landing-places in the County of Cornwall, with the names of the deputies appointed for iTiquiry into matters of piracy. 7. Commissioners of Musters for Bedfordshire to same. Their pro- ceedings in the Musters. Reasons for not making an earlier return. Inclosing, 7- I- Certificate of the General Musters in the County of Bedford, with names of the Captains appointed to lead them. 8. Offer by Tho. Howard Viscount Bindon for the purchase of the manor of Colquit. [Indorsed, "Mr. Edgcomb's offers for y' maner of Colequit."'\ 9. Mr. Michael Lok to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Estimates for erecting the mills at Dartford, furnaces, &c., for the working and melting of the ore brought by Capt. Furbisher. 10. The Council to Mr. Michael Lok. Directions to coUect 900Z. among the adventurers of the North-west voyage, for the erection of the mills and furnaces. Jan. 20. 11. Commissioners of Musters for Dorsetshire to the Council. The Dorchester, proceedings in taking the General Musters, with the exception of Poole and Purbeck. Inclosing, 11. I. Certificate of the General Musters for the County of Dorset. Jan. 20. 12. The Bailiff and Parishioners of Bishops-Castle, in Salop, to Bishops-Castle. Lord Burghley. Solicit allowance towards repairing the chancel of their church, as the Queen received the rents of the parsonage. Jan. 21. 13. Earl of Shrewsbury to the Council. Sends the certificate of Sheffield. General Musters for the County of Derby. Jan. 22. 14. ' Bishop Scorey to Burghley. Desires that order may be taken for reparation of the chancel of the church of Bishops-Castle. Jan. 23, HamptonCourt. affairs Court. 15. Dr. Sec. Wylson to same. Audience of M. de Famar on the of Holland. The Queen desires Burghley's attendance at Ilhiess of Walsyngham. The Queen is much offended with the Archbishop, and wishes him to be deprived : suggests the milder course for him to resign. The Arch-Duke chosen Governor of the Low Countries. Mr. Sec Walsyngham lieth sick upon his bed 582 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1578. Jan. 24. St. Donatt's. Jan. 24. London. Jan. 24. Jan. 25. Vol. CXXII. 16. Commissioners for Piracy in Glamorganshire to the Council Have appointed deputies for certain ports and creeks within the same, for prevention of piracy. Inclosing. 16. I. List of ports and havens in Glamorgan, with navies of deputies appointed to each. 17. GeofTroy le Bramen to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Keport on trial of the gold ore brought by Captain Furbisher. The pure metal was with difficulty obtainable. Fr. 18. The Council to Commissioners for Piracy. To certify the true value of the lands and goods of the offenders. 1 9. Articles set down by Lord Burghley, between Mr. Martin and Jan. 28. Wimtom. HamptonConrt. jjjr^ Lonison, for regulating the rate of coinage at the Mint. Jan 2 7. 20. Commissioners for Piracy in Lincolnshire to the Council. Ex- Homcastle. plain that they have not sent any certificate relative to pirates but the one now sent. Insufficiency of power given to administer oaths by their deputies. Jan. 27. 21. Commissioners for Piracy in Pembrokeshire to the Council. Haverfordwest. Have appointed and give a list of deputies thej'^ have named. In- closing, 21. I. Presentment of the jury for the County of Pembroke for the suppression of piracy. 22. Sir Harry Asheley to Walsyngham. Matters of piracy in Dorset. The powers given them by their commission are insufficient, being reftised to sit at Poole. Sends certificate of the inns, &c. In- closes, 22. I. Certificate of. the alehouses, inns, and taverns within the County of Dorset. 23. Sir Fra. Godolphyn to Burghley. Touching Mr. Edward Barkley's claim to the Scilly Isles. Former state of the islands. 24. Commissioners for Piracy in the Cinque Ports to the Council. Their proceedings. Insufficiency of the powers given to them by their commission for examining suspecte(3 persons on oath. Inclosing, 24. I. Certificate of the names of the deputies appointed for matters of piracy, and the places assigned to them. 25. Same for Somersetshire to same. Certify the names of the deputies appointed by them in every creek and landing-place within the county. 26. Certificate of the General Musters for the County of Berks. 27. The Queen to the Justices of the several shires. Orders to lew a certain number of soldiers and pioneers for immediate service. The Council to the Bishop of London. The Queen, in her late progress, having been informed that sundry persons in Commission of the Peace had of late years forborne to come to church : the Bishop is to make inquiry and certify the names of all such Justices within his diocese. l_See Vol. xlv., p. 1 6.] Jan. 28. Jan. 31. Jan. 31. Wells. Jan. Jan. Jan. ? DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 583 1578. Feb. 1. Eocleshall Castle. Feb. 2. Yannouth. Feb. 3. Feb. 3. Matharn, Feb. 4. Exeter. Feb. 7. Feb. 7. London. Feb. 8. Greenway. Feb. 9. Feb. 11. Auk] and. Feb. 13. Feb. 13. Feb. 16. Feb. 18. Vol. CXXII. 28. Bisbop Bentham to the Council. Sends up a more perfect cer- tificate of the recusants within his diocese. Incloses, 28. I. Certifioate of recusants within the diocese of Coventry and Litchfield, which come not to the church to hear divine service, with a valuation of their livings. 29. Bailiffs of Yarmouth fNorf.) to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Have appre- hended the pirate named Tho. Hitcheok ; and Scarborouo-h the other pirate has been taken by Lord Clynton, in Lincolnshire. 30. Examination of John Penrose, of Bethick, in Cornwall, for matters of piracy, on board Hiclcs's ship. 31. Wm. Blethyn Bishop of Landaff to the Council. Sends certifi- cate of the recusants within his diocese, with a note of the value of their lands and goods. Has been very ill and grievously tormented with sickness. 32. Fiarl of Bedford, and others, Commissioners for Piracy, to same. Their proceedings in matters of piracy, wherein they find no great matter of importance. Complaints against Gilbert Peppit, servant of the Lord High Admiral. Inclosing, 32. I. Examinations relating to pirates, taken at Exeter on the 4ith of January. 32. II. Another set of examinations taken 3 February. 32. III. Articles against Gilbert Peppit, Serjeant of the Admiralty, of dealings tvith various pirates in Devon. 33. Petition of Walter Rypon, the Queen's coachmaker, to Lord Burghley. For payment of 478. Vol. CXXIII. April ? 37. Depositions of Hugh Eandall respecting the piracy committed within the Straits of Malega by Philip Boyfc, of late executed for the said piracy. 38. Note of the charges wherewith certain persons in Cornwall are charged as aiders and abettors of pirates. 39. Note of matters wherewith the persons of Cardiff are to be charged for piracy. April. 40. Certificate from Adrian Gilberte, Deputy of the Port of Dart- mouth, for matters of piracy. Charges against persons presented for dealings with pirates, particularly Robt. Plomley, Mayor of Dartmouth, with their answers to the same. 41. Note of the persons in Kent discovered by Jasper Swift to have bought goods of Captain Goore the pirate. 42. Names of the chief dealers with pirates in Dorsetshire. 43. Note of persons in Lincoln, with sums set against their names, probably fines for dealing with pirates. 44. Order by the Queen for the remedy of spoils and depredations committed by English pirates on the subjects of foreign princes in amity. April? 45. Orders to be observed on the election of foreign kings and princes as Knights of the Garter, as to notification and installation. llnWalsynghams hand, who became Chancellor of the Order in April, 1578, when two sovereigns were elected.'] 46. Oath of the Chancellor or Prelate of the Order of the Garter. 47. Notes relative to the oflice of Chancellor of the Order of the Gartei". 48. Notes relative to the placing of the stalls of the Knights of the Garter, and the placing of foreign kings and princes elected. 49. List of Knights of the Garter. Feb. ? 50. Names of such gentlemen and others as went the first and second voyages with Capt. Furbisher into the land now called " Meta Incognita ;" and now for their service desire to be received as adven- turers gratis. 51. Note of the entertainment of the gentlemen and others in the voyage under Mr. Fenton to inhabit in the Newland "Meta Incognita." Vol. CXXIV. May— June, 1578. May 3. 1. Estimate of the charges for Captain Furbisher's third voyage to the North-west, to fetch 2,000 tons of ore, and to victual and keep there 100 men for 18 months. 594 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1578. July 1. Bench Prison. July 1. Flint. July 1. Llanristed. Julyl. July 3. July 3. July 8. Fleet Prison. July 5. Putney. July 5. July 6. July 6. July 6. July 6. July 6. Vol. CXXV. July— September, 1.578. 1. John Garland to Lord BurgUey. Unjust dealing of some of the port of Lyme, by altering the custom books. Has received some satis- faction and reparation, as he supposes through his means, and returns him thanks for the same. 2. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Flint to the Council of Wales. Certify that the 50 able men appointed for the service in Ireland are trained and provided with arms and all things requisite. S. Same for the County of Cardigan to same. Certify their doings in matters relating to the Musters. Inclosing, 3. I. Certificate of the Genercd Musters, number of able men arid arms within the County of Cardigan. 3. II. Certificate of the MtLster of the 50 men appointed to be trained with calivers. 3. III. Certificate of the 50 soldiers appointed to be trained for Ireland. 3. IV. Certificate of the Musters of 75 nnen to be trained and hept in readiness upon an hour's warning. 4. Petition of Griffyn Jones to Burghley. For payment of 16^. 10s. 2d. owing to him by Mr. H. Howard. 5. Petition of Mary Harte, late wife of John Harte, aKas Chester Herald, to same. For a warrant from his Lordship to Mr. Fanshawe, that she might obtain the new commission formerly granted to her. 6. Petition of John Russell, in verse, to same. Requests an appointment in the Custom House at London. 7. George Felton, prisoner in the fleet, to the Council. Entreats their Lordships to be a means to obtain for him Her Majesty's pardon, having his poor wife and eleven children dependent on him. 8. John Byrche, Baron of the Exchequer, to Burghley. Has care- fully revised and altered certain clauses in the Patent for farming the new draperies. Certificate of the General Musters for the County of Middlesex. {See Vol. xciv.. No. 16.] 9. Petition of Mary Harte to Burghley. Desires him to favour her former request. 10. Petition of Ry. Weston to same. Applies to have the farming of the land and houses in the town of Hastings, parcel of the chantry lands there. 11. 12. Petition of Rowland Rayleton to same. For payment of SSL owing to, him by Mr. H. Howard ; for which he has been arrested, [Two Copies.'] 1 3. Similar petition of Robert Pynder, for the sum of 200Z, 14. Similar petition of Griffyn Jones, for the sum of 16^ 10s. 3d DOMJ^TIC— ELIZABETH. 595 1578. July 7. July S. Gravesend. July 9. July 10. London. July 10. July 12. Bacon House. July 12. Bacon House. July 1.3. Bacon House. July 1 4 Havering. July 14. leedes. July 14. Pirgo. July 14. Vol. CXXV. 15. Account by Henry KiUigrew, of money received by him for fines set on the dealers with pirates. 16. Information given by Michael Gilles, Captain of the Gift of God, relative to an Irish gentleman who desired to be carried over in his ship to France, being as supposed either a traitor or a priest. 17. Petition of Arthur Michelson, mariner, to Lord Burghley. Desires that the money taken from him by the searchers at Lynn, may be restored. 18. Richard Clarcke to same. That he had restored to Mr. Michel- son the sum of 40?., but retains 39?., as it was claimed by Mr. Lane on behalf of Her Majesty. 19. Petition of Richard Hodges to same. Desires letters to the Lord President in the North, for his release, being committed upon suspicion of piracy. 20. Mr. Recorder Fletewoode to the Vice- Chamberlain. Descrip- tion of Paris Garden, notorious for secret meetings of Foreign Ambassadors and their agents. Several examples mentioned. The French Ambassador discovered by the watch on the previous night, accompanied by Sir Warham St. Leger, and Sir Wm. Morgan. Re- sistance offered to the watch. The Ambassador " swore great othes "that he wold do many thinges," but the watch said unto him, "they " knew not his dignitie ; and that they were night-walkers, contrarie •' to the lawe." 21. Same to Burghley. He endeavoured to get into the house of St. Leger, at Chandos Place, and then went over to Paris Garden, where the place is so dark with trees that one man cannot see another, " except they have lynceos oculos or els cattes eys." Secret meeting there of Sir Warham St. Leger, Sir Wm. Morgan, and the French Ambassador. It is the very bower of conspiracy. 22. Same to same. Had been to the house of Sir Warham St. Leger, but could gain no entrance : found that he had departed by boat down the river into Kent. 2.3. Examinations taken by Burghley of Hugh Tailor and others, watermen, concerning the secret meeting of the French Ambas- sador with Sir Warham St. Leger and Sir Wm. Morgan, at Paris Garden. 24. Sir Warham Sentleger to Burghley. Has received his summons to repair to the Court at Havering : will not sleep till he accomplishes it : but his horses are at pasture, unshod, and three miles off. 25. Sir James Croft, Comptroller of the Household, to same. Re- quests him to remember his suit to Her Majesty for a grant of lands of the value of 251. yearly, during his life. His long services. 26. David Yale to [Burghley ?] That the free election of Master of Queen's College, Cambridge, may be permitted to the Fellows, if Dr Ohaderton, the present Master, is made Bishop of Chester. Lat. pp 2 590 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1578. ^«^- C^^I^- May 3. 2. Account of the Sums remaining unpaid by the Adventurers in Mr. Furbisher's voyage to the North-west. May 6. 3. "Warrant to pay to Sir Hugh Paulett 100/. yearly, out of the casualties growing within the lordship of Taunton, until the sum of 300?. be paid, for the repaiir of the castle of Taunton. May 8. 4. Edwai-d Havard to his brother Mr. Nich. Havard.. Solicits him to discharge his debts according to promise. Bewails his lost and ill spent time. Exhorts his brother to remember himself in time. May 8. 5. Same (signed by reversion of the letters " Dravah ") to Mr. Bagard. Eeturns thanks for his brotherly goodness and courtesy. Will always be grateful. May 12. 6. Petition of the Mayor, &c. of St. Mary's in Hull, to Lord Treasurer Burghley. For augmentation of the stipend of the minister of that church. May 13. 7. Petition of Richard Cox to same. Solicits payment of the moiety of 601. lis. id. yet owing to him by Mr. Henry Howard. May 15. 8. Examination of Francis Lee, of Eedi-eff, Gunpowder-maker to the Queen, relative' to the debts owing to him by Mr. Henry Howard. May 15. 9. Award given by Lord Burghley and Sir Fr. Walsyngham for the settlement of the dispute between Thomas Herell, Warden of Man- chester College, and Alexander Nowell, Dean of St. Paul's ; in behalf of the said college of Manchester. ^o^ May 18. 10. Names of such as were present at the felling of a tree and other unlawful acts committed in Home Park, at Eltham in Kent. May 20. 11. Commissioners for Ports and Havens in Denbigh to the CpunciL Denbigh. Certify there are no landing-places in that county. May 21. 12. Articles of charges preferred by Eichard Vaughan, Deputy Admiral in South Wales, against Sir John Perrot, of tyrannical conduct, trafficking with pirates, and subversion of justice. [On the 21st of May, Vaughan' s " booke of complaintes " against Sir John Perrot was referred by the Council to Dr. Bale and Dr. Lewes far examination and to make report thereon. Go. Reg.J ; May 30. 1 8. Petition of Tho. Clyffe to Lord Burghley. For payment of the sum of 771. 8s. 4cZ. owing to him by Mr. H. Howard. May, 14<. Petition of William Franeome to same. For payment of 31. I7s. 8d. owing to him by Mr. Howard. May ? 15. Instructions given by the Privy Council to certain persons in every county to take a view of the number of able men and armour certified by the Commissioners upon the late Musters taken. 16. A collection containing the names of such persons in the several counties mentioned, as have been the receivers, abettors or setters forth of pirates' ships, or having dealings with pirates, purchasing their goods, supplying them with provisions, &;c., with the sums assessed upon parties by way of fine for such dealing^. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 591 1578. June ], Carnarvon. June 1. Carnarvon. June 1 June 4. June 5. London. June 5. June 6. June 7. June 7. June 7. June 7. June 7. June 10. Worcester. June 12. Jane 14. Vol. CXXIV. 17. Maurice Wynne^ Sheriff, and others, of Carnarvon, to the Lord President of Wales. Defend themselves from a charge of negligence in making returns of Musters of their county. Detail their proceedings. 18. Same to same. State of their county, and of the course pursued in taking Musters from the 16th of the Queen's reign. Have selected 50 fit and able men to be trained as shot, under Capt. Richard Gwyn. 19. List of the books possessed by Lady Mary Graye at the time of her death, mostly of a religious character. Articles of agreement between Edward Sudley and John Eotheram, for procuring a new patent of the oiBce of Clerk of the Court of Wards and Liveries to be made in their joint names, heretofore granted to the said Edw. Sudley and John Dister, deceased. [Case C, Miz. No. 2.] 20. Sir Rafe Bagenall to Lord Burghley. Requests restitution of the money wrongfully paid by him for several years to the curate of Horton, and that order may be taken for the future. 21. Dr. R. Goade to same. Relative to his proceedings in the matter against Mr. Lake ; his doings wherein were necessary and just. 22. Petition of Henry Osmond to same. For payment of 571. owing to him by Mr. H. Howard. 23. Similar petition of Robert Moott (bell- founder). For the sum of lOLlOs. 24. Similar petition of Robert Pynder. For the sum of 2001. [Two copies.'] 25. Similar petition of Rowland Rayleton.. For the sum of S3l. 26. Another petition of Rowland Rayleton for the same. 27. Similar petition of Henry RoUesley; for the sum of 31. lis. for hats. 28. Articles for the examination of Richard Vaughan, Esq., on behalf of Sir John Perrott, and his answers to them. 29. Bishop "Whytgifte, and others of the Council of Wales, to the Council. Are of opinion that 1,000 men would be in readiness and weU prepared for service in Ireland when needed. Send several certificates of Musters. 30. Petition of Tho. Starfforde and five others, inhabitants of Hamme, to Burghley. For various sums owing to them by Mr. Henry Howard. 31. Depositions of certain witnesses on behalf of Richard Vaughan, Esq.,' to the articles of examination, relative to the charges made by him against Sir John Perrot. 592 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. jgyg Vol. CXXIV. June 15, 32. List of the creditors of Mr. H. Howard in the first schedule not yet paid any part, and in other schedules part paid. 33. Duplicate of the above. June 15. 34. Similar list of creditors certified in the later schedule, and who have not yet been paid any part. June 17. 35. Petition of Henry Hooper to Lord Burghley. For payment oi 81., owing to him by Mr. Howard. June 17. 36. Similar petition of Gryfiyn Jones. For the sum of 161. 10s. Sd- June 17. 37. Similar petition of John Crane. For the sum of 11?. June 18. Exemplification under the Great Seal of grant to Tho. Eandolphe of the Ofiiee of Keeper of the Manor and Hundred of Middieton and Merden, in the County of Kent. Lat. \_Oase C. Eliz. No. 3.] June 18. 38. Petition of Dr. Lopes to Burghley. For payment of 201. due to Mr. Spinola by Mr. Howard. June 19. 39. Similar petition of Robert Pynder. For the sum of 200Z. 40. Similar petition of Michael Blunte, Esq. For the sum of 5*Jl. • June 20. 41. Similar petition of Thomas Ayere for payment of the sum of 911. 6s. 8d. due to him by Henry Howard, Esq. June 20. 42. List of the creditors of Mr. H. Howard who have received pay- ment for part of their debts. June 20. 43. Portion of the decree, enacted by the Confederate Cities of Ger- many, prohibiting English merchants from inhabiting and trading to Hamburgh until the charters of their ancient privileges be confirmed. June 20. 44. Commissioners of Musters for Flintshire to the Council of Wales. Certify their proceedings in taking the General Musters of the county since the 16th of the Queen's reign. Inclosing, 44. I. Certificate of the number of able men, horses, and arms within the County of Flint. June 21. 45. Petition of Tho. Andrews to Burghley. For payment of the sum of 1 51. lent by him to Mr. H. Howard. June 22. 46. Similar petition of Wm. Good. For the sum of 61. 2s. 8d. June 23. 47. Similar petition of Robert Pinder. For the sum of 200L June 23. 48. List of Mr. H. Howard's debts which have not yet been certified. June 27. 49. FuU account of all Mr. Howard's debts, unpaid and paid in part. June 27. 50. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Glamorgan to the Cardiff. Council of Wales. That the 75 men appointed to be trained and furnished with arms were now ready to be conveyed to Bristol, for Her Majesty's service in Ireland. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 593 1578. June 28. Brecknock. June 28. Brecknock. June 28, June 29. June SO. Aldford. June 30. Brecknock. June. Vol. CXXIV. 51. Sheriff and Justices of Brecknock to the Council of Wales. That the 50 soldiers appointed for Ireland were trained, supplied with arms, and ready for service. Mr. Watkyn Phillips appointed Captain. 52. Same to same. Have taken order for levying and employing the money in the Musters as directed by the Council. 53. Examination of Henry Conway, relative to the sum of 101. 9s. lid., owing to him by Mr. H. Howard. 54. Brief note of Mr. Henry Howard's debts, with the sum total still remaining to be paid. 55. Mr. Fyton to Lord Burghley. Particulars of the claim made by Mr. Randle Maynwaringe, and Randle Brereton, Esqrs., to Rode Heath as a part of their manor of Eaton, it being part of the manor of North-Rode, within the County of Chester, and part of the posses- sion of the Earl of Oxford. 56. Sheriff and Justices of Brecknock to the Council of Wales. Certify the readiness of the 50 soldiers appointed to be trained for caliver shot. 57. Mr. H. Howard's acknowledgment of the sum of 7Z. 10s. due to Mr. BjTde, to be paid by Burghley. 58. Names of Thos. Starford and five others of Westham, in Essex, poor creditors of Mr. H. Howard, whom the Lord Chamberlain desires to have paid. 59. Petition of John Mathewe, gunmaker, to Burghley. For pay- ment of 121. lOs. 4!d. owing to him by Mr. H. Howard. 60. Similar petition of Tho. Denman, mercer, to Burghley and others. For payment of S211. I6s. 8d., being part of the debt owing to him by Mr. Henry Howard. 61. Bill of parcels of Tho. Denman of the money due to him by Mr. H. Howard; being in all 3551. 62. Abstract of the above account. 63. Petition of William Good to Lord Burghley. For payment of 61. 2s. 8d. due to him by Mr. H. Howard. 64. Similar petition of Henry Conway for the sum of lOl. 9s. lid. 65. Similar petition of Rowland Rayleton, Robert Moott, and Richard Mason to Burghley. For the sum of 47Z. 8s. due to them. 66. Articles for the examination of certain witnesses on the behalf of Sir John Perrott against Richard Vaughan : with their answers to the same. 67. The answer of Sir John Perrott to the slanderous and most untrue articles exhibited against him by Richard "Vaughan. P p 594 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1578. July 1. Bench Prison. July 1, Flint. July 1. Llanristed. Julyl. July 3. July 8. July 3. Fleet Prison. July 5. Putney. July 5, July 6. July 6. July 6. July 6. July 6. Vol. CXXV. July— September, 1.578. 1. John Garland to Lord Burghley. Unjust dealing of some of the port of Lyme, by altering the custom books. Has received some satis- faction and reparation, as he supposes through his means, and returns him thanks for the same. 2. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Flint to the Council of "Wales. Certify that the 50 able men appointed for the service in Ireland are trained and provided mth arms and all things requisite. 3. Same for the County of Cardigan to same. Certify their doings in matters relating to the Musters. Inclosing, 3. I. Certificate of. the General Musters, number of able men and arms within the County of Cardigan. 3. II. Certificate of the Muster of the 50 men appointed to be trained with calivers. 3. III. Certificate of the 50 soldiers appointed to be trained for Ireland. 3. IV. CeHificate of the Musters of 75 men to be trained mid kept in readiness upon an hour's warning. For payment of 4. Petition of Griffyn Jones to Burghley. \&l. 10s. 3d owing to him by Mr. H. Howard. 5. Petition of Mary Harte, late wife of John Harte, alias Chester Herald, to same. For a warrant from his Lordship to Mr. Fanshawe, that she might obtain the new commission formerly granted to her. 6. Petition of John Russell, in verse, to same. Requests an appointment in the Custom House at London. 7. George Felton, prisoner in the fleet, to the Council. Entreats their Lordships to be a means to obtain for him Her Majesty's pardon, having his poor wife and eleven children dependent on him. 8. John Byrche, Baron of the Exchequer, to Burghley. Has care- fully revised and altered certain clauses in the Patent for farming the nevv draperies. Certificate of the General Musters for the County of Middlesex. {See Vol. xciv.. No. 16.] 9. Petition of Mary Harte to Burghley. Desires him to favour her former request. 10. Petition of Ry. Weston to same. Applies to have the farming of the land and houses in the town of Hastings, parcel of the chantry lands there. 11. 12. Petition of Rowland Rayleton to same. For payment of 33Z. owing to him by Mr. H. Howard ; for which he has been arrested. \^Two Copies.'] 1 3. Similar petition of Robert Pynder, for the sum of 200L 14. Similar petition of Griffyn Jones, for the sum of 16i. 10s. 3d DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 595 1578. July 7. July 8. Gravesend. July 9. July 10. London. July 10. July 12. Bacon House. July 12. Bacon House. July 1.3. Bacon House. July 14. Havering. July 14. Leedes. July 14. Pirgo. July 14. Vol. CXXV, 15. Account by Henry KiUigrew, of money received by him for fines set on the dealers with pirates. 16. Information given by Michael GiUes, Captain of the Gift of God, relative to an Irish gentleman who desired to be carried over in his ship to France, being as supposed either a traitor or a priest. 17. Petition of Arthur Michelson, mariner, to Lord Burghley. Desires that the money taken from him by the searchers at Ljoin, may be restored. 18. Richard CI arcke to same. That he had restored to Mr. Michel- son the sum of 40Z., but retains 39^., as it was claimed by Mr. Lane on behalf of Her Majesty. 19. Petition of Richard Hodges to same. Desires letters to the Lord President in the North, for his release, being committed upon suspicion of piracy. 20. Mr. Recorder Fletewoode to the Vice-Chamberlain. Descrip- tion of Paris Garden, notorious for secret meetings of Foreign Ambassadors and their agents. Several examples mentioned. The French Ambassador discovered by the watch on the previous night, accompanied by Sir Warham St. Leger, and Sir Wm. Morgan. Re- sistance offered to the watch. The Ambassador " swore great othes "that he wold do many thinges," but the watch said unto him, "they " knew not his dignitie ; and that they were night-walkers, contrarie ■' to the lawe." 21. Same to Burghley. He endeavoured to get into the house of St. Leger, at Chandos Place, and then went over to Paris Garden, where the place is so dark with trees that one man cannot see another, " except they have lynceos oculos or els cattes eys." Secret meeting there of Sir Warham St. Leger, Sir Wm. Morgan, and the French Ambassador. It is the very bower of conspiracy. 22. Same to same. Had been to the house of Sir Warham St. Leger, but could gain no entrance : found that he had departed by boat down the river into Kent. 23. Examinations taken by Burghley of Hugh Tailor and others, watermen, concerning the secret meeting of the French Ambas- sador with Sir Warham St. Leger and Sir Wm. Morgan, at Paris Garden. 24. Sir Warham Sentleger to Burghley. Has received his summons to repair to the Court at Havering : wUl not sleep till he accomplishes it : but his horses are at pasture, unshod, and three miles off. 25 Sir James Croft, Comptroller of the Household, to same. Re- quests him to remember his suit to Her Majjesty for a grant of lands of the value of 25L yearly, during his life. His long services. 26 David Yale to [Burghley ?] That the free election of Master of Queen s CoUege, Cambridge, may be permitted to the Fellows, if Dr Ohaderton, the present Master, is made Bishop of Chester. Lat. p p 2 596 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1578. July 15. Brecknock. July 16. July 17. Walden. July 17. July 18. July 19. Monmouth. July 19. July 19. July 20. Kint Vol. CXXV. 27. Commissioners of Musters in the County of Brecknock to the Council in Wales. Their doings in the Musters. Have provided and keep a common armoury for the whole shire, as the people object to provide private armour. Inclosing, 27. I. Certificate of the General Musters for the County of Breck- nock. 27. II. ]!^ote of the arms and armour in the common armoury of the shire. 28. Petition of the Company of Painter Stainers of London to Lord Burghley. Stating they have, time out of mind, painted the royal castles, honours, manors, ships, funerals, tents, pavilions, and other regal exploits, but are now likely to be ruined by the heralds-at- arms, who for their own private gain prohibit them from " depicting "of any sortes of armes or purtrayctes aforesaide." 29. Anth. Crane, and others, to the Justices for the Division of Holland in Lincolnshire. The supplies for the household being deficient through their neglect, they have sent the bearer with authority to take up provisions within their liberties, wheresoever they may be found. 30. Petition of John Bragge to Buxghley. Desires protection for three months against his creditors, having left Portugal suddenly to give information of the plans of Stuckley. 31. Petition of Ursula Morton to same. Solicits the liberation of her husband, Eobert Morton, imprisoned in the Gatehouse at West- minster. 32. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Monmouth to the Council of Wales. Their former certificates having been lost by the negligence of the bearer, they now send a certificate of their doings. Have used their utmost endeavours to have everything duly per- formed. Inclosing, 32. I. Certificate of the General Clusters for the County of Mon- mouth. Lease in reversion from Edwin Archbishop of York to the Queen, of the parsonage of Dancaster, the chapel of Loversall, and the manor of Cairehowse, and the tythes of corn and hay within the lordship of Warmesworth. [Case C. Eliz., No. 4.] An inventory taken and made the 1 9th day of July, of all the goods wai'es and merchandize of pirates, found in Aldborough, co. Sufiblk, by the bailiffs and officers there, remaining with Mr. FuUerton. [_See Vol. cxxxv. |>. 153.] 33. Sheriff and Justices of the County of Flint to the Council of Wales. Causes of their delay in certifying the Musters. The 60 soldiers appointed for Ireland were trained and well provided with arms. Desire to be discharged of the fines imposed on them for the delay. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH, 597 1578. July 23. Abergwilly. July 23. July 24. Carmarthen. July 24. Abergwilly. July 24. Carmarthen, July 24. Mag. ColL Oxford. July 27. July 30. Stamford. July- July. July. Vol, CXXV, Bishop Davies to Mr. Fabian Phillips. Exhorts him to have Eees Morgan and his sister examined before the Council of Wales, on the charges of incest and murder, as the mere rumour of such crimes was not sufficient to bring them into the Consistory Court of St. David's. [See 24 July 1579.] 34. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Glamorgan to the Council in Wales. Certifying their proceedings in the General and Special Musters for the county. Inclosing, 34. I. Certificate of the General Musters for Glamorganshire. 35. Same for the County of Carmarthen to same. Certiiying the readiness of the soldiers appointed for various services. Their progress in Musters and training. 36. Same to same. Certifying the readiness of the 50 soldiers appointed to be trained and provided with arms for service in Ireland. Harry Phillips appointed Captain. 37. Same to same. Their doings in taking the General Musters and providin gstores of armour and munition. Inclosing, 37. I. Certificate of the General Musters and the Muster of 50 soldiers appointed to be trained with calivers for special service, within the County of Carmarthen. 38. Eichard Stanclyff to Mr. Tomson. Disorderly government and dealing in the University, where he finds injustice, colourable dealing, malicious seeking of advantage, and cruel subtlety. Many accuse Tomson of desiring the ruin of the colleges, and especially of Magdalen. They would talk as loud against Walsjmgham if they durst. Desires that impartial judges may be appointed to decide the controversies respecting their statutes. 39. Commissioners of Musters for Glamorgan to the CoimcU of Wales, Complain that the sheriff of Glamorgan has imposed a fine on each of them for negligence in making certificate of Musters. Explain all their proceedings, and desire to be discharged of their fines. 40. Eichard Shute to Lord Burghley. Eeport on the progress of the works at Burghley-house. His old mistress is in good health. Has stayed the selling of timber by Mr. Vincent, Commissioners have been at his house about the return of the certiorari for Barhome matters. 41. The Queen to the Marquis of Winchester. Desires a reconcilia- tion between him and the Marchioness his wife ; entreating him to receive her again into favour, who promises to love and obey him in all things. Entry of the above. {See Waro^ant Book, No .1., p. 86.] 42. Petition of John Hollingshed to Burghley, Complains that Tho. Gardyner had only obtained his letters for a pretended debt of 56Z., to delay his proceedings for the recovery of 121. 18s. Ud., justly due to him by Gardyner. 598 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1578. ^'^^^ ^^^^- July. 43. MemorandabyMr. Baeshe. Eelative to victualling the Queen's ships ; stay of all clap-board and cask ; supply of timber, &c. July. 44. Petition of Tho. Tylar, painter, to [Sr. F. Walsjmgham ?]. Solicits his influence with Sir Chr. Hatton, Vice-chamberlain, for a grant of one of the waiters' rooms at the water side, during the vintage time. July ? 45. Petition of Eichard Matyson to Walsyngham. Desires order may be taken with one John Ashborneham for the payment of up- wards of 40Z., owing to him and his brothers for the space of twenty years, or that he may have leave to proceed against him at law. July ? 46. Sketch of the situation of the several houses named in Her - Majesty's gestes, with plans of Lady Chester's house at Barkway, and Mr. Chester's house at Royston, being " a very unnecessary hows for " receipt of Her Majesty." July ? 47. Names of the Dutch ships that were stayed at Falmouth, the 25 th of July, Anno , by order of the Vice- Admiral. July ? 48. Account of expenditure for the Eoyal stables. July ? 49. Grant to John Medley of the sole right to an engine newly invented by him for draining mines, &c. July ? 50. Suit of Gherard Honricke, native of West Friesland, for letters patent to secure to him and his assigns, for the term of thirty years, the sole right to erect certain engines invented by him for the drain- ing of mines. July ? 51. Same as the preceding ; with corrections and additions in Lord Burghley's hand. August 12. 52. John Aylmer, Bishop of London, to Burghley. In behalf of Hornsey. S. Whythed, Nath. Traheron, and Wm. Trewlove, grandsons of Tho. Cawston, of Essex ; to assist them in obtaining possession of the lands formerly belonging to their grandfather, of which they had been wrongfully dispossessed. August 15 53, The Wardens of the Brown Bakers of London to same. Eeport London. on the quality of certain quantities of grain stowed in the Bridge- house ; being damaged and unfit for use. August 24. 54, Justices of the Holland Division of Lincolnshire to Anth, Crane, Boston. and others, purveyors of the Household ; stating that the neglect of furnishing provision for the Household rested with Tho. Whyte, their purveyor. Have removed him and put Benedict Anton in his place. Tho. Bryket, in their behalf, has taken up a larger proportion than he was warranted to do. August ? 55. Articles exhibited by Lawrence L)utton, and others, against Robert Gascoigne, ordinary messenger and post to Her Majesty, of fraud and ill-conduct in his office. August. .jfj. Duplicate of tlie above. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 599 1578, August ? August ? A-ugust ? Daventry. Vol. CXXV. 57. Answer of Robert Gascoigne to the articles exhibited against him by L. Dutton and others. 58. Articles objected against Robert Gascoigne by Mr. Randall [Randolph ?]. 59. Robert Gascoigne's answer to the articles objected by Mr. Randall. August ? 60. Certificate by Earth. Dodington of Mr. Gascoigne's bill for the charges of extraordinary posts in Her Majesty's piogress. Anno 1574. 61. Supplication of Lawrence Dutton and RafFe Walton to the Council ? Proposing regulations to be observed by the Messengers of the Chamber, on pain of forfeiture of their places. 62. Act of Common Council and perpetual order hereafter for the election of the Mayor and certain officers of the town of Dover, and for the good government of the said town. 63. Richard Barrey to Lord Burghley. The Act of Council for election of officers at Dover was willingly accepted, and the old Mayor has been re-elected with the greatest quietness. No election for Mayor for the last twenty years has been " without blowes or " scratchinge." 64. John Sommers, bailiif of Hodsdon, to same. Information that the plague was in the house of John Squyer, keeper of the lodging- house called the " Bell," at Hodsdon, who refused to close his house and still received passengers coming to the Court. 65. Robert Beale to same. In behalf of the young Count of Schlicke (Gaspar Schlicke), who was in England for the purpose of visiting the tjniversities, and wished to be introduced to Her Majesty. 66. Examination of certain persons before Sir Edward Mansell, Sir Edward Stradlynge, and others, Commissioners for matters of piracy, for the County of Glamorgan ; charging them with dealings with Tho. Clarke, a pirate. 67. Lord Henry Seymour to Burghley. The Lord Chamberlain is in good health and much visited. Some of the Lord Chamberlain's houses are much to be desired in that country. 68. Sir John Smythe to Sir Chr. Hatton. Proposes that Her Majesty would be gTaciously pleased to grant a release of the mortgage of his lands and take bonds from him for the payment of 2,000?. at Michaelmas, 1579. With a postscript by Hatton, signifying the Queen's pleasure to grant his request. Sept. 21. 69. Sir Chr. Hatton to Burghley. The Queen is pleased to grant a At the Court at release of the mortgage of Sir John Smyth's lands, on condition of his Mr.Stoner's. paying 2,000?. at Michaelmas, 1579. August ' Sept, 7. Sept. 10. Dover Castle. Sept. 14. Hodsdon. Sept. 16. Odihara. Sept. 19. Sept. 20. Bath. Sept. 21. 600 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1578. Sept. 23. Green-way. Vol. CXXV. 70. Sir Humfrey Gylberte to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Has sailed from Dartmouth on the 23rd, with a fleet of 11 ships and 500 able men, for his intended voyage. Desires Walsyngham to keep him in Her Majesty's good favour and credit, Sept. 26. 71. Henry, Earl of Derby, to Lord Burghley. In favour of Eobert Lathom House. Worseley. Desires Burghley not to believe the accusations against him. Sept. 27. Norwich. Sept. 27. Sept. 28. Sept. 29. Sept. 29. Sept. 29. Sept. ? Sept. ? Sept. ? Greenwich. Sept. ? 72. Wm. Dyx, and Wm. Cantrell, to same. Their proceedings relative to leases of the manor of Halvergate. Eequest him not to attend to the petition of some of the tenants, as all matters had been decided before Mr. Justice Gawdye. 73. Earl of Leicester to same. Considers himself slighted by him ; especially in not being consulted in the matters relating to the mint and the new warrant. Refers to their long and zealous service together in the Queen's affairs, and laments his seeming coolness after a friendship of thirty years. 74. Dean Alex. Nowell to same. That the living of Wythingdon, in Gloucestershire, may be conferred on Mr. Wm. Whytaker, of Trinity College, Cambridge, in the event of Dr. Bullingham being preferred to the Bishoprick of Chester. 75. Declaration of the accounts of Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor and Under- Treasurer of the Exchequer, from Easter term, 1578, to Michaelmas following. 76. Note of the number of cloths exported, and of the customs paid by the merchants of the Stillyard, for two years ending Michaelmas, 1578. Account of Charles Boothe, Receiver-General of Fines and Amercia- ments in the Principality of Wales, for the year ending Michaelmas, Anno R.R. Eliz. 20°. [Case C, Eliz., No. 5.] 77. List of the oiEcers of the camp ; with a note of their pay. 78. Petition of Roger Nelson to Sir Fr. Wals3'ngham. Requests a letter to Captain Pearse for payment of 7Z. 6s., owing to him by Pearse Davis, his servant. Extension of licence to Tho. Bodley, M.A., to travel on the continent. \_See Warrant Booh, I., f. 1 6.] Warrant to the Lord Treasurer and Sir Walter Mildmay. To make a bargain with certain merchants for the purchase of some bullion to the amount of 20,000?. [&e Warrant Booh, I., 'p. 87.] DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 601 1578. Oct. 1. The Court Oct. 7. Oct. 9. Oct. 11. Exeter. Oct. 12. Oct. 12. Ludham. Oct. 12. Bichmond. Oct. 13. Eochester. Oct. 14. Eichmond. Oct. 17. Oct. 18. Oct. 21. Vol. CXXVI. 1 . Sec. Tho. Wylson to Lord Burghley. Has delivered his letter to the Earl of Leicester. Defeat and death of the King of Portugal. 8,000Z. required by Mr. Davison for Duke Casimir, at which the Queen is marvellous angry. 2. A book containing the number and names of all the Icnights, esquires, gentlemen, and freeholders, within the Countj^ of Chester, together with their horses, armour and other furniture, of proportion. 3. The Council to Sir Phil. Parker, Sir Robt. Jermyn, Sir Tho. Gawdy, and others. Authorizing them to inquire into the matters in controversy between the Bishop of Norwich and Dr. Eecon, his Chan- cellor, the circumstances being so rare and strange as to seem incredible; and, by their present authoritj'-, to restore Dr. Becon to his office. 4. Bridget Countess of Bedford to Burghley. Recommends that Mr. Woolton, a Canon of Exeter, may for his learning and ability be appointed Bishop of Exeter. . 5. Burghley to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Still continues in ill-health. The Queen's debts in Ireland are greater than he expected. 6. Edmund Freke Bishop of Norwich to the Council. Desires that Dr. Becon may not be re-admitted into the office of Chancellor, of which he had deprived him. Has dissolved his court of audience, and intends to exercise the whole jurisdiction himself 7. The Council to Burghley. Desire that the letters and papers on which the indictment against John PrestaU was framed several years past, might be sent to them. 8. Sir Wm. Wynter and Mr. Wm. Holstok to Walsyngham. Account of expenses of the Achates, Capt. Barnes, in attending Walsyngham and Lord Cobham in their late embassy to Holland. 9. Walsyngham to Burghley. The Queen does not think it needful he should attend the Court till the recovery of his health. The Sates are to have the 8,O0OL Parliament prorogued to 22d January. 10. Earl of Leicester to Burghley. Extreme business has prevented him from answering his late friendly letter. The Queen has been marvellous ill many days with a pain in her cheek. Mr. Pack's suit to repair again to Court. The Queen intends to mediate in the affair between the Lord Chamberlain and Lord North. His endeavour to avoid disputes at Court. 11. Sec. Wylson to same. Advertisements out of the Low Countries. Death of Don John on the 2d of Sept. Civil disorders and military movements in Flanders. Sends an answer of one Lawrence Horselej^, a seditious lewd fellow. 12. Sir Fr. KnoUys to same. Desires to know when he may send for the bond of the Earl of Kildare. Sends a book on the sacrament to read during his illness. Death of the King of Portugal and Don John of Austria ; and he heartily thanks God for it. 602 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1578. Oct. 21. Richmond. Oct. 24. Norwich. Oct. 25. Theobalds. Vol. CXXVI. 13. Grant of licence to certain merchants to transport hides, goat skins not useful to be kept in store, on payment of the customs. 14. Bishop Freke to the Council. Protests against the commission for restoration of Dr. Becon. Is determined not to receive him back again as his Chancellor, and desires a commission to examine into his fraudulent dealings. 15. Burghley to Walsjmgham. Affairs of the Low Countries. Don John had received orders from the Emperor to retire his forces, but he fulfilled it by departing out of the world. Desires a warrant from the Queen for the grant of ChopweU to Sir Robert Constable. [Oct. 25.] 16. Geo. Puttenham to the Council. Long detail of the causes preventing his personal appearance before them. The shameless con- duct of Lady Windsor, his wife, and her children, and the outrageous violences of Lord Thomas Paulet, and others of that family, against him compel him to disobey the Council's letters. [On 26 Oct. the Council granted letters of protection to Puttenham for twenty days, to make his appearance. Go. Meg.] [Oct. 25 ?] 17. Same to Sir John Throkmarton. Arguments and reasons against appearing before the Council or delivering himself into custody. Complains of ill-treatment and violence from all the Paulet family. [Oct. 25 ?] 18. Another letter of exactly the same tenor, but differently arranged ; with some concluding additions. 19. Bishop Freke to the Council. Finds himself grieved by the hard dealing of the Commissioners towards him. Desires to have a copy of all the examinations they may exhibit against him ; and also a commission for discovery of the corrupt dealings of Dr. Becon. 20. The Council to Mr. Michael Lok. To collect 6,000Z. from the adventurers to pay the crews of the ships returned with Captain Furbisher from the North-west voyage with a great quantity of ore. 21. Same to the Lord Mayor and Sir Wm. Cordell, to aid Mr. Lok in the above business. 22. Same to the Commissioners to procure and set down an account of Furbisher 's voyage, and take charge of all charts, stores, &c. 28. Articles wherein Edmund Bishop of Norwich desires the Council to take order for reforjnation of certain misdemeanors towards their Lordships and himself, by Dr. Becon. Feels assured he can answer anything he can be charged with by the commission. Oct. 29. Norwich. Oct. 29. Oct. 29. Oct. 29. Oct. Oct.? Oct.? 24, Observations on the privileges claimed by the Eastland mer- chants. [Indorsed : " An indifferent plat for all parties interested, touching corporations for trades in foreign countries."] 25. Discourse respecting the liberties formerly granted to the English merchants trading to the Hanse towns, and their privileges in Hamburgh. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 603 jg^g Vol. CXXVI. Oct. 26. Discourse of the trade of the Merchants Adventurers of the Dutch Guild called the Hanse. Their trade and privileges. Prices of foreign commodities imported by them. Decree of the Council, temp. Edw. VI., on the information exhibited against the Merchants of the Stillyard. Oct. ? 27. Articles exhibited by the Merchants Adventurers respecting the trade of the merchants of the Hanse towns. That vent would be found elsewhere for English goods if prohibited by them. Oct. 28. The effect of the privileges granted to the English merchants by the town of Hamburgh, above those enjoyed by other strangers. Oct. 29. Orders to be observed in the establishing of marts within this realm. Oct. 30. Consideration of the advantages that will encourage and draw the merchant strangers from the marts kept in the Lovr Countries unto marts and staples of cloth to be kept in England. Oct. 31. Answer to certain doubts and objections urged against the establishment of marts and staples of cloth to be kept in England. Oct. ? 32. Brief account of the expenses and of the sums paid for the second and third voyages of Capt. Furbisher. [Oct.] 33. The humble suit of Tho. Bonham. For some allowance to be yielded him in consideration of his losses sustained in Captain Furbisher 's voyage. Oct. 34. Account of the stock of the adventurers in Captain Furbisher's voyages to the North-west ; and of the amount invested by Mr. Lok and his family. Oct. 35. Answer to Mr. Lok's request for 1200?., which he demands of the Company as due to him for his services for three years. Estimate of the amount to be allowed him. Oct. 36. Names of certain of the adventurers in Captain Furbisher's voyages to the North-west. Oct. 37. Petition of the Bakers of London to Lord Burghley. That the assize of bread had been appointed by the Lord Mayor and Alder- men of London to be kept at 28 oimces the penny wheaten loaf, which price, on account of the bad harvest, they could not keep, unless the exportation of corn was prohibited. Oct.? 38. Petition of Margaret Shawe to Walsyngham.(?) Solicits his interference for the deliverance of her poor husband, EandoU Shawe, detained prisoner in Spain. Oct. ? 39. Petition of Henry Everard, prisoner at Bury in Suffolk, for religion, to the Council. Desiring to be set at liberty on account of the infection, and the illness of his wife, 24 miles off, who was not expected to live. 604 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1578. Nov. 5. AbergwiU}-. Nov. 5. Norwich. Vol. CXXVI. 40. The Bp. of St. David's, and John Baric, Esq. to Lord (Burghley.) Certify their proceedings in the detection and punish- ment of pirates, and the aiders of pirates in Wales. Have not been able to examine all persons suspected, as many of them were then absent at sea. Inclosing, 40. I. The examinations and depositions of witnesses respecting matters of 'pirates taken at St. David's, Sept. 30. Names of the persons presented by the juries of every Hundred as dealers with pirates. 41 . Sir Philip Parker, and others, to the Council. Their proceedings in examining the controversy between the Bp. of Norwich and his Chancellor. The Bishop's disregard of the Council's letters, and his behaviour towards Dr. Becon in the consistory. Did not feel autho- rized to inquire who were the Bishop's advisers. Inclosing, 41. I. Interrogatories to he ministered to certain deponents concerning the hard entreating of Dr. Becon, Chancellor of Norwich, and the breach of certain orders condescended unto by the Bishop of Norwich, before the Justices of the county : whereupon the deponents were examined by Sir Phil. Parker and others. 4] . II. Depositions of the witnesses respecting the dealing of the Bp. of Norwich towards his Chancellor, taken before Sir. P. Parker and others Oct. 23, in answer to the above inter- rogatories. 41. 1 II. Extracts from the examinations in the matter between the Bishop and his Ghancellw, showing the contempt of the Bishop towards the letters of the Council, and of his beha- viour in the Consistory Court. 41. IV. Note of the extreme dealings of the Bishop of Norwich towards Doctor Becon, extracted out of the depositions. Nov 6 ? 42. Dr. Becon to the Council. Eelative to the matters in dispute between him and the Bp. of Norwich. Is ready to be examined before a commission of lawyers appoiated by the Council, and does not object to be examined by Commissioners to be nominated by the Bishop. Nov. 6. The Council to Sir John Throkmarton. Kequire him to appear Eichmond. before them to answer the complaints made by the Lady Windsor against his brother-in-law Mr. G. Putenham, and to stay in his hands all monies paid to the use of Mr. Putenham. [See, 21 Nov.] Nov. 9. 43- Tho. Wyseman to the Earl of Leicester. Sends two de^es Stoke, for the Queen's service, one for reformation of the Household, the other for the increase of the revenue of the Exchequer. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 605 1578. [Nov. 12.] Nov. 12. Plymouth. Nov. 14. Nov. 18. Plymouth. Vol. CXXVI. Sir Fr. Walsyngham to Lord Cobham, Desires him to deal with the widow, Mr. Sommer s neighbour, that she might be brought to give him satisfaction for lier offence and unadvised behaviour. [See, Vol. xlv., p. 21.] \_0n the 12th Nov. the Council directed Lord Cobham and Sir Ghr. Allen to take order between Mr. Sommer s and Mrs. Katherine Kelsam, relative to the fraudulent execution of a Zease.] 44. Sir H. Gylberte to Walsyngham. Complains of Mr. Knollys' unkind and ill dealing towards him and other gentlemen in Devon- shire, and of his separating company in the voyage. His fleet, however, of seven sail is sufficiently large to accomplish his business. 45. Portion of a MS. book, containing copies of various cases and awards, &c. Confession of John Fauke, soap maker, as to making soap with fish oils. Agreement between Dr. Martin Culpeper and Mr. John Sled. Submission of certain preachers, and form of licence to preach. Question of vacancy of livings on being elected to a bishop- rick. Order between Alexander Irton and Tho. Hancock, Vicar of Amport, 14 Nov. 1578, and reply to the objections of the soap-makers as to the use of fish oils in the manufacture of soap. 46. Sir H. Gylberte to Walsyngham. Sends a certificate of the causes of Mr. Knollys' departure from him, to be shown to the Queen and the Council. His cousin Denny accompanies Knollys in this breach. Incloses, 46. I. The certificate of the causes why Mr. Henry Knollys quitted the company of Sir H. Gylberte as alleged before the Mayor of Plymouth and other gentlemen. Signed by Wm. Haw- Jcyns, Walter Rauley, and others. Not. 18. 47. Note by Mr. Palmer relative to the ofier made at Muscovy House by Mr. Jonas Schutz, for smelting the ore brought by Captain Furbisher. Nov. 18. 48. Dr. Degorye NycooUs, Master of Mag. ColL, to Lord Burghley. Answers to the complaint of ingratitude alleged against him by Mr. Buckley. States the many services he has rendered to Buckley, and his unfitness for the office of proctor. Nov. 49. The names of all the ships, officers, and gentlemen, with the 18 & 19. pieces of ordnance, &c., gone in the voyage with Sir Humfrey Gylberte, Capt. Walter Eauley, commanding the Falcon ; also the names of the ships, officers, and gentlemen who went with Mr. Henry Knollys on the i8th Nov. Nov. 21. 50. Sir John Gilberte to Walsyngham. Thanks for his favours Green-way.' shown to his brother Sir H. Gylberte, and his uncle Sir Arthur Champernowne. Is ready to perform any service in his power. Nov 21 51- T^^ Council to Sir J. Throkmarton. Send the articles Biehmond. objected against him by the Lady Windsor, and desire him imme- diately to attend the Council to answer them. 606 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1578. Nov. 26. Arches at London. Nov. 28. Chepstow. Nov. 28. Ipswich. Nov. 29. Nov. [29.] Riohmond. Nov. 30. Nov.? Nov. Nov.? Nov. Nov.? Vol. CXXVI. 52. Dr. Lewes, Judge of the Admiralty, to Sir Fr. AYalsyngham. Transmits the certificates from the Bishop of St. David's, and others, of their proceedings against the aiders of pirates in Wales. 5.3. Commissioners for matters of pkacy in Monmouthshire to the Council. Have obtained from juries presentments of the value of lands and goods of such persons as have been dealers with pirates in that county. Inclosing, 53. I. Certificate of such as have been presented as abettors of pirates within the County of Monmouth. 5i. Bailiffs of Ipswich to Walsyngham. Have delayed to set at liberty Peter Falleis and John Martyn, committed on seven several actions, for want of sureties for their lawful discharge. Grant of arms to Arthur Herrys, of Crixsey, Essex, by Wm, Flower, Norroy. {^See, Grant of Arms, No. 13.] 55. The Council to the Judge of the Admiralty. To consider the claim of certain French merchants for restoration of goods belonguig to them, deta.ined in Guernsey. 56. Account of the monies not paid in by the adventurers ia Mr. Furbisher's third voyage ; and of the monies received and ex- pended by Mr. Lok since his last account. 57. Brief report of the account of Michael Lok, concerning the charges of three voyages into the North-west parts, under the conduct of Martin Furbisher, together with the charges of buildings at Dartford. 58. Note of the money owing to the brewers and wine merchants for beer, ale, and wine for the Royal Household in the 20th year of the Queen's reign. 59. Note of the amount of fines and names of parties fined in the various counties of England and Wales detected to have been dealers with pirates, buyers, or conveyers of pirates goods, &c. 60. Dr. Becon s request ; proposing that for the speedy determining the matters in controversy, two of the Council should be nominated for that purpose, and to have the opinion of Dr. Lewes as to revocation of the patent of Vicar-General. 61. Petition of Henry Topcliff to Walsyngham. Solicits his letters to the Lord Chancellor to be released on bail, having been, confined in the Bench for 16 months, at the suit of Tho. Brodewaie alias George. 62. Petition of Edmond Mathewe to same. Solicits to be released from the Marshalsea, where he had been sent for permitting the escape of John Fanstone, who was now retaken. 63. Consideration of the inconveniences that will arise by toleration of the soapmakers to use train oil and other corrupt oils in the making of soap. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 607 1578. Vol. CXXVI. 64. Notes by Putenham addressed to Sir John Throkmarton on the state of his affairs and the controversy with Lady Windsor : with Throkmarton's opinion of him, that when once his turn was served " he was careless of all men, ungrateful in prosperity and unthankful " in adversity." 65. Notes by same for guidance of Throkmarton before the Council- Urges him not to yield to all that is demanded of him. 66. Other notes by same to same. Defies the Lords or any man living to give away any of his goods or livings but by order of law. 67. Extracts, in Geo. Putenham's handwriting, of passages from the life of Tiberius, showing excessive instances of tyranny and cruelties in various acts of Government. Vol. CXXVII. December, 1578. Dec. 1 ? 1. Answer of the Bishop of Norwich to the articles exhibited against him, relative to the controversy with Dr. Beeon, his Chan- cellor. Objects to the proceedings of Commissioners, and the partial mode in which the depositions were taken. Dec. 1 ? 2. Dr. Becon to the Council. His chargeable attendance compels him to request a speedy resolution. Thinks it unjust the Bishop should have a copy of the commission merely for delays or malice. Is ready to have his own conduct subjected to a commission of inquiry, if necessary. Dec 2 ? ^- JPi^oposals and terms submitted for settling the controversy between the Bishop and Dr. Becon. Dec. 2 ? 4. Brief collection of the usage of the Bishop of Norwich towards the Lords of the Council in treating their letters with contempt, and otherwise, in the matter between him and Dr. Becon, and the final course of the affair. The Bishop's offer to compound with his Chan- cellor. Dec. 2. 5. Declaration made by the Mayor and Aldermen of London to the GuUdhalL Alderman and Merchants of the Stillyard, and others of the Society of Merchants of the Hanse, resident in London. That if they desired the continuance of their ancient privileges and liberties within the City of London, similar immunities must be granted to their merchants trading to the Hanse Towns. Dec. ? 6. Note of such horses as are accounted fit for war according to statute, and also articles how recusants, refusing to attend the church, might be lawfully punished and reduced to conformity. 608 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. jg^g Vol. CXXVII. Dec. 3. 7. Opinion of the Attorney-General relative to the power of the London. ecclesiastical law to punish and fine such as refuse to come to the church. Dec. [7.] 8. The Council to the Earl of Pembroke and others ; calling upon them to pay the amount of money due for their contributions in the adventure of Captain Furbisher's voyage to the North-west, and to pay the same into the hands of Mr. Tho. Allen, the Treasurer. Dec. 7. 9- I'air copy of the above. Dec. [7.1 10. General order, by command of the Queen, to the adventurers in Captain Furbisher's voyages, to pay in the whole amount of their proportions in the North-west voyage, otherwise called "Meta " incognita." Dec. 7- 11. Draft of the above, corrected by Lord Burghley. 12. Tho. Allen to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Clamour of the mariners returned with Captain Furbisher, for payment of their wages. Desires order may be taken for payment of the same by the adventurers. Only one ship paid, and that is Mr. Lok's. Dec. 8. London. Dec. 9 ? Torrewood. Dec. 11. Dec. 11. Clyfte. Dec. 11. London. Dec. 12. Dec. 12. Dec. 12. Dec. 15. London. Confesses to the buying 13. Tho. Ridgewaye to Sir Jolm Gilberte. of a ton of wine from a pirate. 14. Note in Burghley's hand of the effect of the decree of the City of London, relative to the traffic of the English merchants trading to Hamburgh and the Hanse Towns. 15. Francis Duke of Bedford to Walsyngham. Eelative to certain persons fined for dealing with pirates. Mr. Eidgeway asks two or three days before he returns answer, and the Messrs. Plomelays desire their fines may be paid by instalments of lOl. yearly. 16. Michael Lok to same. The adventurers have not paid in their shares. The great works at Dartford are at a stand, for want of additament from the north or west. Desires special letters to Mr. Edgecome to hasten the sending of a ton thereof. 17. William Bulkeley and others, of Magdalen Coll., Cambridge, to Burghley. With complaints against Dr. Degorye Nycoolls, theMaster, who had expelled them from the college. 18. Charges of disorderly conduct alleged against Dr. Nycoolls; his enmity against all Welchmen ; his kine milked at the College Hall door, and his wife such a scold as to be heard all over the college. 19. Dr. Degorye Nycoolls to Burghley. In answer to the com- plaint of certain of the fellows. Desires the case may be heard by some one appointed by his Lordship. Is going into Cornwall. § 20. Michael Lok to Walsyngham. There remains in his hands no money and goods belonging to the adventurers in Mr. Furbisher's voyage, as would plainly appear from his accounts. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 609 , .K„ Vol. CXXVII. Io7o. Dec* 16. 21. Sir John Tracy, and others, Commissioners for piracy in Glou- cestershire, to the Council. Their proceedings in the detection of dealers with pirates. Excuse their long delay. Inclosing, 21. I. Certificate of the 'presentments made before them relative to the dealers with pirates within the County of Gloucester. Dec. 17 ? 22. Geo. Putenham to Sir John Throkmarton, Is ready to submit to imprisonment if his case demaftds it ; otherwise, for the stay of his own credit, would rather remain at liberty. Notes of his case in- dorsed. Dec 18. 23. Notarial instrument of the certificate of the baihffs of Wey- London. mouth of the capture of the Flemish ship the Tennen, of Rotterdam, off Portland Eoad, by Capt. Denny. Dec. 20. 24. Sir John Gilberte to Walsyngham. Thanks for his letter. Exeter. The fleet under the command of Sir H. Gylberte was well provisioned, and victualled for a voyage of one year. One ship left behind because it leaked. Dec. 20 ?. 25. Sir John Throkmarton to same. Has caused Putenham to be arrested ; and promises to send 40?. for Lady Windsor's present relief. Dec. 20 ? 26. Articles to be administered to George Putenham, Esq., relative to his transactions with Sir John Throkmarton. Dec. 22. 27. Answer of George Putenham to the above interrogatories, relative to his dealings with Throkmarton. Dec. 22 ? 28. Answer of Sir John Throkmarton to similar articles, mutatis onutandis. Dec. 23. 29. Sir John Throkmarton to "Walsyngham. Sends the 40Z. for St. Paul's. Lady Windsor, and desires the process in the Exchequer against him and Putenham may be stayed. Dec. ? 30. Note of Mr. Geo. Putenhani's dealings with his brother in the purchase of Sherfield, and making over his property to Sir John Throkmarton. IWith note on the back, probably by Throkmarton.'] Dec. ? 31- Statement of the matters between Putenham and Throkmarton relative to the dispute with Lady Windsor, drawn out in the form of two tables. Dec? 32. [Richard?] Putenham to his brother Geo. Putenham. Com- plains of his ungrateful conduct towards some person to whom he is under the greatest obligations. His ill conduct has estranged him from all his Mends and relations. Dec. 25. Lease for 21 years from the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's to John Bradley, of a piece of void ground without the South door of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul's, on which a shop or shed is now builded. [Case C, Eliz., No. 6.] Dec 31. 33. Warrant to pay the sum of 5,714Z. 2s. 2d. yearly to John Hawkyns, Treasurer of the Navy, in the room of Benjamin Gonson, deceased. Q Q 610 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1578. Vol. CXXVII- Dec. 31. 34. Sir Giles Pole to the Council. Excuses his neglect in muking certificate in the matters of piracy. Sends now a certificate ; whichj however, he has not himself signed. Dec. 31. 35. Commissioners for piracy in Cardiganshire. Have employed Llanbadarn themselves diligently in execution of their commission; appointed YawT. deputies, &c. Inclosing, 35. I. List of creeks and landing-places within the County of Cardigan, ^vith the de23uties appointed thereto. Dec. ? 36. Complaint of Edw. Hurrocke, of Walverswike, co. Sufi'olk, ' against Richard Norrys, in the Admiralty Coiu-t of Dover, for the unlawful sale of a boat by him, which belonged to them jointly. 37. Proposition to enforce the acts for providing armour and horse, and for regulating apparel, and to apply the forfeitures to-^^ards the repair of Dover haven. 38. Account of the whole establishment and charges of the Queen's stables in the 20th year of her reign ; giving the names of ofiices and officers, the salaries and wages, expenses of provisions, &c. 39. Eemembrances concerning the reparations necessary in the Queen's Majesty's stables, and of works to be done upon the stables at Greenwich, Eeading, St. Albans, Sheene, and Chertsey. 40. A declaration of the disorders and outrages committed by Tho. Chaderton and some of his relations, assaults upon Anne Thym- blebie, Ambrose Hawkins, and others. 41. Note of the yearly value of the manor of Barn Elms, in Surrey, according to Mr. Ferrer's own note. 42. Information of masses said at Winchester, at the house used by " my Ladye West." 43. List of ships belonging to the ports of Lynn and Yarmouth. \_Indorsed, " Ships to be licensed for Norfolk and Suffolk."'] 44. Extracts from the statutes of a certain college, " De Incremento " stipendij custodis," &c. Reasons why the Visitor's sentence concern- ing the increase of the Master's stipend and the 10?., is unjust and contrary to the statutes. 45. Composition of certain towns in Kent for the provisions to be supplied for the Royal Household. 46. Composition of various shires for provisions for the House- hold. 47. Note of deceits in the collection of fines and amerciaments in every county, due to Her Majesty, and the remedy thereof lay a grant of the same in farm to some approved honest men. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 6ll Vol. CXXVII. 1578. 48. Reasons for grant for 21 years of all the county clerks Dec. ? offices in England and Wales. Eeturn of exigents, making indict- ments, &c. 49. Heads for a declaration respecting the dangers that threaten the kingdom. Justness of war with Spain. Eeasons to induce Her Majesty to enter into action with the Low Countries against the King of Spain. 50. Edward Knyght to Lord Burghley. Solicits an appointment to a waiter's place in the customs in the port of London. States his •services, and the causes which have reduced him to poverty. 51. Note of business to be performed. 52. Grant by the Queen, to Wm. le Grys of the oiBce of Clerk of the Stable. Lat. 53. Anonymous petition. Desiring the furthering of certain suits to Her Majesty ; one, the sole licence of importing paper. 54. Petition, of John Calvetoe to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Desires remuneration for loss of his goods taken in a Spanish ship -by Capt. Denny in Sept. 1577 ; which matter had been submitted to the deter- mination of Sir Edw. Horsey and Sir Wm. Wynten 55. Petition of Henry Marr to same. To take order with Mr. Middleton for the execution of his agreement, or that he may have the forfeiture of Middleton's bond. 56. Petition of Barnard Grave, of St. Males, to same. That his ship and goods having been taken by the English pirate Johnaman, and recaptured and brought to Plymouth by Mr. Wm. Hawkins, desires that he may be permitted to transport the same without paying custom. 57. Petition of Sir Tho. Golding to the Queen. For a patent for 21 years of the sole right to an invention designed by him for draining of marshes, supplying towns with water, and working of mills. 58. Petition of Richard Owen of Glasewryn, in Carnarvonshire, to the Council. Complains that WiUiam ApwilHam, late Deputy-Sheriff, Richd. Vaughan Aprice, and Gryffith Vaughan, his son, had unlawfully spoiled him of his lands and living; and prays that he may be permitted to prosecute his suit, vn forma "pau^peris, against them before the CouncU. 59. Petition of John Mynge to Walsjmgham. Giving information that Robert Browne, the messenger, obtained 40s. from Tho. Etherick, Mayor of New Romney, by threatening him with a warrantto take him before the Council. 60. Petition of Roger Clark to same. To be admitted into the Company of Merchants trading to Spain and PortugaJ, having failed in his application to the President and Fellowship of the Company. QQ 2 612 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1578? Vol. CXXVII. 61. Petition of John Hippesley and Chas. Dudley to the Council. To be restored to the possession of a lead mine at Mendippe, in Somersetshire, sequestered upon the complaint of John Brodrippe and his partners. 62. Petition to the Queen for a licence to restrain the expor- tation of certain kinds of fish taken on the coasts of Devon and Cornwall. 63. Petition of the master shipwrights of the Queen's ships and others to the Council. That a corporation may be granted to them within the liberty of the Thames and other places near ad- joining. 64. Petition of Nicholas Petite to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. For his order to the bailiff of St. Katherine's to restore to him his bond for appearance on the suit of William de Molins, factor for Nicholas de la Hawe, who was now gone over to France. 65. Petition of the inhabitants of Grantham to the Council. Against the taking up of horses to ride post ; the practice had so in- creased as to become intolerable. 66. Petition of Geo. Cottell to Walsyngham. His need and necessity compel him to sue for his assistance. Is known to him by having served Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Clarke in their offices. 67. Petition of the prisoners in the King's Bench to the Council. Praying for letters to the sheriffs in every shire to appoint bailiffs to collect subscriptions for their relief. 68. Petition of the Company of Brewers of London to same. Understand that Her Majesty findeth "hersealfe greately greved and " anoyed with the taste and smoke of the sea cooles " used in their furnaces ; offer to burn no more sea coal but wood only in those brew- houses nearest to the Palace of Westminster. [On the 2'7th April, 1578, the Lord Mayor was desired to confer with the Brewers as to the device of two strangers for the sparing of wood. Go. Reg.^ 69. Petition of Wm. Souche (sub-almoner to the Queen) to same. Complains that Wm. Bradstock had sued out a writ of error and Geo. Farewell had falsely altered the records of the parsonage of Spetsbury, in Dorsetshire. Desires protection and redress. 70. The suit of the town of Colchester in Essex to Walsyngham. For confirmation of grant of two little chantries within their town, given to them by King Henry VIII. towards the erection of a school. 71. Petition of Joseph Simonelli to same. Soliciting the Queen's order to restrain Tho. Briskett from vexatious proceedings at law against him. 72. The names of the eight hoys and their tonnage from several porta in Essex and Suffolk. *&^ DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 613 Vol. CXXVII. 1578 ? 73. List of the mercliants trading to the East Countries, with their rate of taxation to each. 74. Robert Purtton (servant of Sir Tho. Lucy) to Sir Fr. Walsyng- ham. Solicits to be released out of prison, where he is not able to maintain himself for want of money and friends. 75. Note of divers sums of money imposed upon the officers of the ordnance by information. 76. " An abstract taken by John Edgar and Wm. Hoskins, Com- " missioners for usury and concealments against the Queen's Majesty." That certain of the Council may be appointed to hear and determine the offences already passed by jury. 77. Mr. Wiklif and Mr. Homfrey to Walsyngham(?). Objections that might be urged against the plan for coinage of small monies ; with answers to the same. 78. A paper relative to the rate of coinage at the Mint. Difference of the monies coined in Lonyson's time and by Martin. Question as to responsibility in case of defalcation. [Mr. Martin had a patent of the office of Warden of the Mint in July 1578.] 79. " Reasons for the repeal of a branch of the statute of " 1 Eliz,, cap. 11., that no goods should be entered in the custom " books, in any other names than the true owners, upon pain of for- " feiture of the value of goods so entered." 80. Note of the rate of custom payable by the Merchants Strangers. 81. Note of matters wherewith the strangers of the Dutch and French congregations in the city of Norwich are charged. 82 " Remembrances of such debts and bonds as Sir James Croft " and his friends jointly stand in danger of." Petitions to be made by the Lady Croft in the behalf of her husband to the Queen's Majesty. [Indorsed, " S" James Croft's Requests."'] 8.3. A proportion of victuals for 100 men for five months, containing 1 4)0 days, with an estimate of the charge thereof. 84. Note of pays allowed by the Earl of Sussex over and above the ordinary names of the prisoners in the pay books. 85. An anonymous letter. The writer's master and la.dy and all theirs are in good health. Was sorry for the sufferings he had ex- perienced, and that he had not continued with them where he would have been welcome. [Indorsed " Lettre unknowen ;" and then added in Lord Burghley's hand, ''(^re—Who wrote this .«"] 86. Observations in the cause in controversy between Bushie and Sir Edmund Brudnell ; that the latter abused Sir Walter Mildmay, abused his wife, and abused Meers. 87. List of the ancient lords and nobility of England, with de- scription of their arms. 614 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. Vol. CXXVn. 1578? 88. Causes wMcli moved the Merchant Adventurers to obtain privileges at Embden and Hamburgh, and proofs that the passages from Embden into Germany and Italy are as commodious as those from Hamburgh : together with reasons to prove that the stay of the traffic to Hamburgh will not hinder the vent of commodities of this realm. 89. Names of the gentlemen possessing lands in the County of Chester, and who do not reside within the same. Names of Her Majesty's wards. Vol. CXXVIII. 1578. 1578, -^ thin MS. volume relating to the Cinque Ports, purporting to be written in the year 1578. Containing : — 1. " The copie of the Chartoure of the Five Fortes, written in Anno ' " Domini MDLXXVIII.'' This is the inspeximus Charter of King Edward VI., dated the 20th November, 1548, reciting the Cinque Port Charters from the 6th of King Edward I., dated the 27th June, 1278. 2. Clause of " The Chartoure of the Five Port'es to be free de tota " venditione suo Achate et Eeachato et de toto mercato suo, graunted " to the Barons of the Fortes, decimo septimo die Junij Anno " VII° Edwardi Primi, A Dni, 1278." " And after, that is to sale the firste yere of Richarde the Seconde, " A° Dni 1377, the Citie of London had theire Chre of foren " boughte and foren solde.'' " So the Chartoure of the Fortes is elder than the Chf e of London " XCIX yeres and more." 3. "Theise bin the usages of the cominaltie of the towne of Eie, " used the time oute of minde w^'Mnenns myndes cannot thincke ' " the contrarye." This is a long and curious collection of the bye- laws relating to the rights and privileges of the borough, and is termed " The Custumall of Rye." 4. The " peticions of the Barons of the Cinque Fortes, holden at " "Westminster in Easter terme the XXXI. yere of Kinge Edwarde the " Thirde." Containing the complaints of the Barons of the Ciaque Ports against the factious dealing of the corporation of Yarmouth, a member of tjie Cinque Ports, inviolating the privileges of the ports, and resisting the authority of the Barons ; with the DITE or decree of the King upon each article of complaint. 5. " Here is thbrdinaunce of the Parliamente holden at Westm'"-, in " the terme of Easter, the yere of Kinge Edwarde the Thirde the " XXXVI." Regulating the herring fishery and vendition of herrings in the town and port of Yarmouth, and the privileges of the Barons of the Cinque Ports in the Fair of Yarmouth ; with copy of the King's grant for holding that fair. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 615 1579. Jan. 1. Jan. 2. Moimt Edgcomte, Jan. 7. Carew. [Jan. 13.] Kichmond. Jan. 1.3. Jan. 13. Exeter. Jan. 13. Exeter. Jan. 13. London. Jan. 13. London. Jan. 13. Vol. CXXTX. January— Febetjaet, 1579. 1. WiUiam Cecill to his father. Promises to be diligent in his studies. Wishes his father a happy new year. Lat. [Supposed to he Wm. Cecill, eldest son of Sir Thomas Cecill, second Lord Burghley and Earl of Exeter.l • 2. Edw. Fenton to the Council. Reports his endeavours to obtain a supply of ore in the Western Counties to mix with the gold ore brought home by Eurbisher. Incloses, 2. I. Calendar of several sorts of ores sent up in bags to London from Cornwall by Mr. Fenton. 3. Sir John Perrot, and other Commissioners for piracy in the County of Pembroke, to the Council. Report of their proceedings, with certain presentments and other matters touching piracies. Inclosing, 3. I. Presentments taken before Sir John Perrot, and others, con- cerning the persons accused of aiding and dealing with the pi/rates Hexte and Clarke, in co. Pembroke. 12 Bee. 1578. 3. 11. Note of the m,atters found and proved against thk persons {named in a former schedule sent from, the GounciV) as to the value of their lands and goods. 4. The Council to the Earl of Pembroke and others. Requiring them forthwith to pay in the amount of their adventures in Capt. Furbisher's voyage. [^Headed, " The second minute for this purpose.". In the Council Register a minute of this letter is entered on the 13th Jan., 1579, addressed to the Earl of Pembroke, Sir John Brockett, and others.] 5. Matthew Fyeld to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Has paid the 671. 10s. due by him for Mr. Furbisher's voyage to Mr. Lok, before the receipt of his letter. 6. Edw. Fenton to the Council. Mr. Edgcombe has found the place of the ore delivered to Mr. Burcot, and offers to provide and deliver the ore at Dartford at his own charges. 7. Same to Walsyngham. Counties to procure the ore. His doinofs in Cornwall and the Western Wishes, if Mr. Edgcombe's offer is accepted, he might be employed in some service about the ore. 8. Sir Lionel Duekett, and others, to same. That Sir Tho. Gresham had paid the 80Z. reqiiired of him for his share in FurTjisher's voyage. 9. Tho. Allen to same. Slanderous accusations of him by Mr. Fur- bisher. Desires Furbisher's accounts should be audited and compared with those of Mr. Lok. 10. Declaration of the Bourgmasters and Council of the town of Homes, relative to the Flemish merchant vessel taken by Capt. Denny off Portland Road. French. 616 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1579. ^ Jan. 14/ Iiimehouse. Jan. 14, London. Jan. 15. Norwich. Jan. 16. Norwich. Jan. 18. Jan. 20. Jan. 22. Truro. Jan. 22. Jan. 24. Londoii. Jan. 26. MOSCOTT. Vol. CXXIX. 11. Wm. Borowgh to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Desires that his share of the charges in Mr. Furbisher's voyage may be subtracted from the money owing to him by Mr. Lok. Requests payment of the sum of 10 (jl. still remaining due to him. 12. Michael Lok to same. His adventure in Furbisher's last voyage amounted to 3161. 5s., ^ which he had already paid. . Desires that the Earl of Oxfor4 might be called upon for 450?. residue of the sum demanded. 1.3. Commissioners for piracy in the County of Norfolk to the Council. Their doings in levying the fines assessed on the dealers with and aiders of pirates. Inclosing, 1 3. I. Certificate of the names of those that have paid their fines, of those that refuse, &c. 14. Same to same. In behalf of John Parker, who it appears was ignorant of any illegality in the purchase of the fly-boat of Captain Bellingham. 15. Edmund Rockrey to Lord Burghley. Complains that the Master of Queen's Coll., Cam., molested him in his fellowship, because he also held a small prebend in the Cathedral of Rochester. Incloses, 15. I. Certain articles respecting his right to retain the felloiv ship, extracted from the ancient statutes of the University. 16. Edmund Coortesse, Vicar of Cuckfield, to the Lord Chief Justice, and rest of the Judges. Praying they would admit his com- plaint and answers to certain pretended articles exhibited against him by Edward Boyer and others. Incloses, 16. I. Certificate of the parishioners of Cuckfield, co. Sussex, of the usefulness and pioics labours of the Mev. Mr. Coortesse, Vicar of that parish. May 24, 1576. 17. Commissioners for piracy in the County of Cornwall to the Council. _ Certify their doings in levying the fines assessed on the dealers with and aiders of pirates. Inclosing, ] 7. I. Certificate of the names of those that have paid their fines, for dealing with pirates, and of those that refuse. 18. Same for the Liberties of the Cinque Ports to same. Appear- ance of various persons to answer for the fines levied on them for dealing with pirates. Some refuse and others are unable to pay. 19. Sir Walter Mildmay to same. Necessity of a reformation in the weights for standard gold throughout the realm, and to prevent the clipping of the curxent coin. Proposed new management of the Mint. Observations from Moscow respecting the voyage of Captain Fur- bisher to the North-west. The lands visited by him were under the dominion of Russia, Offence given by his taking away a man, woman, and child, [^ee Russia, this date.] DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 617 1579. Jan. 26. St Bees. Jan. 27. London. Jan. 28. Erwarton. Jan. 30. Jan. 31. Newton. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. ? Jan. Feb. 3. ilatharn. Vol. CXXIX. 20. James Gryndall to Francis Chaloner or Robt. Farnham. Urges them to protect the interest of his master in procuring due payment of the rent of the salt pans at St. Bees, farmed by Henry Was and Ric. Bowecocke. Suit against James Shelton for the tythes of Hensingham. Particulars of various rents and payments. 21. Andrew Palmer to Lord Burghley and Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Cannot agree in opinion with Mr. Lonison respecting the weights for gold. Desires that the matter may be subject to a new inquiry. 22. Sir Philip Parker to Walsyngham. Thanks him for Ms letter and his favourable, opinion of him. Declares his innocency of the charge laid against him of dealing with pirates. Incloses, 22. I. The presentment of the Cominissioners in causes of piracy against Sir P. Parker, and his answer to the same. 23. Dr. Wm. Chatterton to Burghley. Explains the circum- stances of Mr. Eockrey resigning his fellowship at Queen's College. Incloses, 23. I. Copy of the statute of Queen's College as to holding fellow- ships; vjith legal opinions thereon. 24. Commissioners for piracy in Carmarthenshire to the Council. Report their proceedings in execution of their commission. Inclosing, 24. I. Presentments of the Jury on the articles given to the Com- missioners for suppression of piracy in the County of Carmarthen. 24. II. Examination of John Lloyd, and others, hefore the Corn- missioners for suppression of piracy in Carmarthenshire. 25. Table of certain dispensations to be utterly abolished, as not agreeable to Christian religion, in the opinion of the Lords of the Council. 26. Copy of preceding ; together with a note of the order of pro- ceeding from the Queen's Palace of Westminster to the Monastery there, at the time of Parliament. 27. Petition of William Lytlestone to Burgliley. For a grant of a lease of a certain A'-alue in reversion, or a licence for the transportation of calf skins, in consideration of his giving up his patent for the exportation of grain. 28. Brief declaration of the total charges of Her Majesty's wardrobe due upon the accompt of John Fortescue, Esq., Master of the same, ended at Michaelmas last, and from Michaelmas to the Christmas following. 29. Certificate of taking the oath of Thomas Markham, Sheriff of the County of Nottingham. Lat. 30. Wm. Blethyn Bishop of Landaff to Walsyngham. His en- deavours to apprehend Popish and massing priests in Monmouth and Glamorgan, lioland Morgan, a determined Papist. 618 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. y Vol. CXXIX. Feb. 6. 31. Justices of Norfolk to the Council. Have examined "Wm, Baconsthorpe. Peirson as to his dealings mth pirates. The country is quiet, and corn sold for a reasonable price. Inclosing, 33. I. Wm. Peirson' 8 confession of his dealings with George Phipson the pirate. Feb. 2. Feb. 7. 32. Certificate by Henry Killigrew of the money remaining in his hands for fines upon persons for aiding pirates, Feb. 8. 33. Commissioners for piracy in the County of Monmouth to the Council. Execution of their commission. Have appointed deputies in. the various ports. Inclosing, 33. I. List of all the havens, creeks, and landing-places in the County of Monmouth, with the deputies appointed thereto. Feb. 9. 34. Indenture between Queen Elizabeth and Alexander Nowell, Dean, and the Chapter of St. Paul's. Grant of the manor of Barnes in Surrey, with its appurtenances in the parishes of Barnes, Putney, and Mortlake. Lat. Feb. 9. 35. Note of the munition and other necessaries requisite for the furniture of Dover Castle, and of the ordnance, shot, and powder re- maining in the castle. Feb. 10. 36. Inventory of the furniture, munition, &c., belonging to the ship the Ayde, as she was bought of the Queen's Majesty in April 1577; and estimate of the value of the same by Sir Wm. Wynter and Wm. Holstok. Feb. 10. 37. Inventory of the furniture, munition, &c. belonging to the Gabriel ; and the estimated value of the same. Feb. 10. 38. Inventory of the furniture, munition, &c. belongiag to the Judith ; and the estimated value of the same. Feb. 10. 39. Inventory of the furniture, munition, &c. of the Michael; and the estimated value of the same. Feb. [13.] 40. Notes and points to prove the fraudulent and double dealings of Mr. Ste. Thimblebye, with Wm. Fearne, about the rectory of Belton. Feb. 15 41. Minute of a conference had between certain of the University and the Mayor and others of the town of Cambridge, in presence of Lord Burghley, the Earl of Leicester, and Lord North, upon certain doubts on the several articles drawn up, in regard to Sturbridge Fair. Feb. 17. 42. Commission of Oyer and Terminer for the Counties of Denbigh and Flint : addressed to the Bishops of Bangor and St. Asaph, Geo. Bromley, and others. Lat. Feb. 17. 43. Amount of the gold, silver, &c. obtained from one ton of the ore brought by Capt. Furbisher, and melted at Dartford. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 619 1579. Feb. 18. London. Feb. 21. Feb. 24. Feb. 24. Feb. 28. Westminster, Feb.? Feb. Feb. Vol. CXXIX. 44. Michael Lok to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Sends report of the auditors on his accounts. Their hard dealing. Requests him to examine his answer, and then to lay it before the Council. Incloses, 44. I. The answer of Michael Lok iqjon the second audit of his accounts by the Commissioners. Details at great length the history of the three voyages of Furhisher. 20 Jan. 1579. 45. Certificate by Henry Killigrew of the money remaining in his hands for fines assessed on the aiders and dealers with pirates in Suffolk and Hampshire. Notes in the case ex parte Yarmouth versus Gorleston, and other towns in Lothingland, as to the exclusive privilege of unloading ships in harbour claimed by Yarmouth, \_8ee Bom,. Eliz., Vol. xlv., p. 7.] 46. Decree of the Privy Council upon a matter in controversy be- tween the town of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, and the towns of Gorleston and Little Yarmouth and other towns in Suffolk. 47. Proclamation by the Queen, declaring the renewal of the ancient free intercourse with the Low Countries, and prohibiting the pulling or clipping of wool or woolfels from Shrove Tuesday to the last day of June in every year. 48. Petition of John Coysgarne to the Council. Against Chr. Jenye for cancelling a statute of 3,000L and wrongfully detaining from him an indenture of covenants &c. Desires that Mr. Jenye may be called to answer. 49. Names of such English merchants as trade into Normandy, in the dominions of the King of France. 50. Relation of the abuses now existing in the trade of merchants into France ; with proposals for remedying the same, by the incorpora- tion of a Company of the Mere Merchants. 51. Petitions of the Mere Merchants trading to France. That they may be incorporated by the name of " Provost, Assistants and FeUow- " ship of English Merchants trading to France," with certain liberties and immunities. 52. Substance of the matter in controversy between the merchants and the citizens of Chester trading to Spain and Portugal. 53. Petition of the Mere Merchants of Chester to Walsyng- ham. That the retailers may be restrained from trading to Spain and Portugal as merchants ; or else the Mere Merchants may be licensed to deal as retailers. 620 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1579. March 6. Marcli 6. March 10. London. Vol. CXXX. March— April, 1579. 1. Sir Fr. Walsyngham to Bishop Coortesse. Desires him to deprive the Vicar of Cuckfield, in the diocese of Chichester, for his unworthi- ness ; and to appoint Mr. Kobinson, a man of very rare gifts, to succeed him in that vicarage. 2. " Note of the lewd Vicar of Cuckfield in Sussex :" void of all learning and discretion, a scoffer at singing of psalms, a seeker to witches, a drunkard, infected with a loathsome disease, &c. S. Anthony Gamage, and others, retailers of linen cloth in London, to Sec. Wylson. Against the granting of a corporation and exclusive privilege of a trade to France by the traders calling themselves " Mere Merchants." Incloses, 3. L Considerations luJiether it he advisable to grant the exclusive right of trade to France to the Company of Mere Merchants. The Council to the Justices of Assize. Requiring them to hear the complaint of Richard Knight against Thomas and John Blagrave, for carrying oif their corn and fodder. [See Vol. xlv., p. 9.] 4. Interrogatories to be ministered to Robert Harward, servant to Edmond Windham, as to the latter going armed with a dag to shoot at Lord Rich. 5. Answer of Robert Harward to the above ; and depositions of witnesses on the part of Lord Rich, relative to the affray with Edm. Windham. 6. Articles to be objected on the part of Lord Rich against Mr. Windham. Desire of Lord Rich that they may be examined by the Council before Mr. Windham is liberated out of prison. March (18.) 7. Declaration of Mr. Windham, under his own hand, of his affray with Lord Rich. March 19. 8. Examination of Edw. Mordant and others, Lord Rich's servants, relative to the affray with Windham. March 19. 9. Deposition of Henry Aldersey, witness on the part of Mr. Windham. March 20. 10. Tho. Allen to Walsyngham. Sale of the ordnance and ship Gabriel. Many things yet remaining in Mr. Lok's hands might be sold. March 21. H- Deposition by Robert Harward, relative to the affray between his master and Lord Rich. March 22. 12. Certificate by H. Killigrew of the money remaining in his hands for fines paid by the aiders of pirates. March 23. 13. Petition of Henry Topclyff to the Council. Has been in prison nineteen months at the suit of Tho. Brodway alias George, for paying 35^ to Harman Van Oldensell. Desires that Brodway may not be discharged till he sets him at liberty. March 24. 14. Declaration by Dr. Roger Goade, Provost of King's College, of the cause why Stephen Lake was deprived of his Fellowship in King's College, Cambridge. March 12. Whitehall. March 16, March 17. March 17. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 621 1579. March 24. Vol. CXXX. 1 5. Certificate by Jonas Scliutz of tlie amount of gold and sUver contained in two cwt. of ore brought home by Furbislier. March [25.] 1 6. Note of the money paid to Mr. Lok, and remaining to be p£).id to Mr. Allen, by the Adventurers in Capt. Furbisher's three voyages ; with the names of the Adventurers. March [25.] 17. Relation of the abuses committed by Capt? Furbislier in the direction of the affairs committed to him by the Adventurers, for the bringing of ore and discovery of new lands ; and the slanders by him against Mr. Lok. March [25.] 18. Petition of Michael Lok to the Council. His exertions in pro- moting Furbisher's voyages. Prays that 1,2001. may be allowed on his accounts for the expenses incurred ; having nothing in the world else to support himself, his wife, and fifteen children. March [25.] 19. Statement of M. Lok's account of the money invested and expended by him in behalf of the Company of Adventurers in Capt. Furbisher's voyages. March [25.] 20. Brief of the grant of incorporation and liberties by the Queen to Adrian Gilbert and others, to trade with tlie newly discovered lands in the North-west, and the discovery of a North-west passage. 21. Sir Tho. Gresham, and others, to the Council. Order taken for payment of the mariners. Desire that the Adventurers who have not - yet paid, should be admonished to deliver in their contributions without delay. Offers of Mr. John Barton to make proof of the ore at Dartford. [^Signed by Sir Thomas Gresham, Dr. Dee the mathematician, Martin Frobisher, and others of celebrity.'] March 30. 22. Bishop Coortesse to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Prays to be relieved Cherisworth. from the task of displacing the Vicar of Cuckfield, and that the whole case may be referred to the decision of Dr. Becon. March 28. London. March, March ? March. March ? April 3. Launcestoo. 23. Articles of objections against William Whittingham, Dean of Durham, as to the insufficiency of his ordination according to the practice of the Genevan church : with his answers. 24. Note of confessions and proofs against Mr. William Wliitting- ham. Dean of Durham, in the Queen's Majesty's visitation of the Church of Durham. 25. A MS. book of 39 folios with the title " The Prosecution of " William Tipper's suit to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London " for the hostage of merchants strangers," containing the history of his grant; objections to it; opinion of the Judges; correspondence with Flanders, and other papers relating to the same. 26. Estimate of expenses for. provision of timber for the works to be carried on at Dover. 27. Mr. Francis Godolphyn to Walsyngham. Desires that the difference between him and Mr. Edwd. Barkley, relative to the Scilly Isles, may be referred to his arbitration and Lord Burghley's. 622 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. j_5-g Vol. CXXX. April 3. 28. Dr. Goade to Lord Burghley. Mr. Stephen Lake, expelled from King's CoUege, King's CoUege, lias repaired to the Court to petition against him. Camtndge. ^^^^^^^ ^j^g^^. ^|-^g hearing of the cause may be undertaken by his Lordship. Expulsion of Mr. Harrison. April 3. 29. Note of money received by Mr. Sommer and Mr. Windebank at the Hanaper, for biUs passed immediately, from the 19th of Feb. to the Srdof Apr. 1579. , April 4. SO. Precedent of a warrant for calling a Parliament, in the vacancy of the Lord Keeper, in 1° Eliz,, and the same to Lord Bm-ghley and Earl of Leicester, 4 ApL 1579. April 5. 31. Note of cast iron ordnance sold under the licence of Mr. Wm. Pistor, for exportation. April 5. 32. Dr. Eichard Howlande to Burghley. States the inconveniences St. John's likely to result from establishing two fellowships for the law in St. ' John's College, Cambridge. April 7. 33. Answer given by the Council to the Deputies and Company of Merchants Adventurers, touching their suit to restrain aU persons trading from England to any place between Embden and the Skawe. April S. 34. Bond of Eobert Jones and John Eoffe for Phillip Conway to keep the peace towards William Gransham, a messenger of the Chamber. April 8. 35. Dr. Howlande to Burghley. Informs him of the particulars of St- Jol'o's two elections to fellowships in their college. April 9. 36. Orders of Council respecting the passing of such things to Ham- burgh as were intended to be transported before the restraint. April 1 4. 87. Sir Eichard Pype, Lord Mayor of London, to Burghley. Eequests licence to transport 500 quarters of damaged wheat, belong- ing to the city of London. April 14. 38. Licence from James Cardinal Sabellus, the Pope's Vicar, to Edward Eeshton, authorizing him to say mass in England. Lat. April 20. 39. Archbishop Sandys to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Intention of Aylmer Bishopsthorpe. Bishop of London to sue out a commission against him for dilapida- tions. His expenditure while Bishop of London, and many favors and benefits conferred by him on Aylmer. Aylmer's ingratitude. April 23. 40. Names of those Lords who have held the office of Lieutenants on St. George's day in the Queen's absence at the Court, from the 12th to the 21st year of her reign. April 23. 41. Commissioners for piracy in Monmouthshire to the Council- ^^^ Have received and transmitted to Mr. Killegrew the sums for fines for piracy. Names of such as are absent, or not to be found. April 25. 42. Note of the sums remaining unpaid by the Adventurers in Capt. Furbisher's voyages at the 25th of April ; and of the balances due from Mr. Lok. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 623 1579. Vol. CXXX. April 29. 43. Lists of prisoners committed for disobedience in matters of religion and discharged, from Apr. 30, 1577, to Apr. 29, 1579, and of those stiU remaining in the Fleet. AprU 30. 44. Commissioners for piracy in Cornwall to the Comicil. Have '^'™^°- taken examinations and made inquiries concerning the complaints exhibited by John Thompson and Henry Dromont against one Grainger and Capt. Maris, pirates. Inclosing, 44. I. Examinations concerning pirates' goods landed at Helford and Falmouth by Marice and Grainger. 44. II. Presentments of James Trypconye and others, deputies for the haven of Hayleford or Helford, touching piracies. 44. III. Certificates by the Commissioners of proceedings in matters of piracy, and the value of pirates' estates. Apiil 30. 45. Testimonial of Bishop Freke, the Mayor of Norwich, and others, declaring the great losses sustained by John Wakeman, merchant of Great Yarmouth, on the seas. April. 46. The Council to the Adventurers in Furbisher's last voyage to the North-west, requiring those who have not yet paid up their shares to sign their names to a bill as security for the payment of their adventure. 47. Another copy. April? 48. State of Mr. Hasting's suit for assurance in establishing the manufacture of frizados at Christ's Church in Hampshire, which he had introduced out of Holland. 49. Proposed plan for the increase of Her Majesty's revenue, by the grant of parsonages impropriate, in fee-farm, at double rents. 50. Petition of the Masters, Pilots, and Seamen of the Trinity House of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to the Earl of Lincoln, Lord High Admiral. That the controversy between them and the M;ayor, &c. of the said town, relative to their charter, may be heard at the next Star Chamber day. 51. The Chancellor of Cambridge to the Vice-ChanceUor. Directs him to take measures for enforcing the more punctual payment of commons by the pensioners and students. April. ^2- Certificate of examination of Mary (or Mercy) Gould, relative to concealment of the birth of her bastard child ; imputing to the wife of Henry Boyer the administeriag drinks to procure abortion. 624 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1579. May 2. May 2. Lewes. May 7. May 7. Cambridge. May 10. May 10. May 11. May 15. Westminster. May 16. Blacltfriars. ' Vol. CXXll. May— August, 1579. 1. Eecognizance of John Christmas, of Colchester, for his appearance before the Council; taken before John Lord Darcy of Ghiche, and others. 2. Justices of Sussex to the Council. Contemptuous speeches against Her Majesty, supposed to have been spoken by John Turner in taking possession of the chapel and lands of Bra,mblety House for Lord Buckhurst. Inclosing, 2. i-xiii. Thirteen depositions by Katharine Pycas, and others, touching certain sedAtious words said to have been spoken by John Turner against the Queen, in taking forcible possession of Bramblety Chapel and lands. 3. Grant of arms to Richard Johnson, Esq., of Gainsbrowe, in Lin- colnshire, by William Flower, Norroy King-at-Arms. 4. Dr. Tho. Byng to Lord Burghley. Proceedings "with the corpo- ration of Cambridge, relative to enclosing Jesus Green. The corporation claim to be chief lords of the soil. 5. Petition of Wm. Knight and Peter Hall, merchants of the Still- yard, to the Council. Desire that some order may be taken to indemnify them for their losses sustained by pirates, and for restitution of cloths concealed in Mr. Debdin's house, at Somerton, in Norfolk. Inclosing, 5. I. II. Examinations of John Barle and William, Ellis, about landing goods from a ship at Winterton, and conveying the same to Debdin's house. 6. Tho. Oglethorpe to his father Henry Oglethorpe. Has left Douay and entered the English seminary at Rheims. Tho. Wright has become a Jesuit at Rome. Incloses, 6. I. "An Exhortation to his well beloved uncle Mr. Wm. Ogle- " thorpe, parson of Killing ton ; advising him to consider " his woeful and damnable case, to leave vice & follow virtue " and honestness, whereby he may come to the eternal and " everlasting kingdom of Heaven." 7. Wm. Lowre to the Council. Has taken order for the payment of the fines imposed upon Peter Kilhgrew, Oliver Carmynowe, Tho. Lowre, and Tho. Davy, for dealing with pirates. Lisle Cave to Robert Smythe. Professions of friendship by the bearer, to whom he refers him for intelligences. \8ee France Vol. Y\., p. 108.] 8. Lord Cobham to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Against Francis Bolton, who has hitherto escaped payment of his fine by making a false decla- ration. Incloses, 8. I. Note of the quantity of herrings bought by Francis Bolton, and of the fine set upon him for the same. 8. II. III. Depositions of Peter Nevoe and Newel du Pont, as to sale of certain herrings to Francis Bolton. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 625 1579. May 17. May 19. May 19? May 21. Cambridge. May 24. Warham. May 27. May 29. May 29. May 29. Vol. CXXXI. 9. Petition of Mr. Edward Barkley to the Council. Touching his claim to a portion of the Isles of Scilly. Solicits a grant of the farm of the whole Isles. Incloses, 9. I. A note -proving the title of the co-heirs of Tho. Whittington to the castle and Isles of Scilly. 10. Orders agreed on between Sir Fr. Walsyngham, Tho. Wylson, Sec. of State, and Tho. Randolphe, Master of the Posts, relative to the conveyance of letters or packets into France and Flanders. 11. The ox'der taken with Wm. Meo, po^t at Chester, for the posting and bringing to the Court such letters as shall arrive or be brought from Ireland directed for Her Majesty's affairs. 12. Dr. Thomas Byng to Lord Burghley. the common of Jesus Green at Cambridge, which have been removed. Further particulars about the fences for inclosure of 13. Mr. Henry Howard to same. Stay of the sale of the manor of Colequit by his father, to which he was no party. ] 4. Bishop Aylmer to Walsyngham. Desires a commission for his cause of dilapidations against the Archbishop of York, late Bp. of London. 15. Certain questions resolved for the Archbp. of Canterbury; being legal opinions respecting the dilapidations of a bishoprick. Lat. 16. Copy of the above. 17. Complaint of John Le SjTa in the name of Eustace Travache, and others, in the Admiralty Court against Tho. Bicketon. Lat. 18. Edmund Coortesse, Vicar of Cuckfield, to Walsyngham. Com- plains of the evil informations against him by such as were at enmity with him for punishing their evil doings. Desires a commission to inquire into his behaviour. Cannot surrender up his cure,' as suggested by Lord Buckhurst, without committing simony. 19. Drs. Tho. Byng and Andrew Peime to Burghley. Eecommend Doctor Legg to be his commissary at Cambridge, in place of Dr. Ithell, deceased. 20. Circumstantial account of the three voyages of Capt. Furbish er; of the ill success attending them by his mismanagement ; of the pro- ceedings in melting and assaying the ore brought home, ill usage c.f Mr. Lok and others ; charges against him of arrogance, obstinacy in his government at sea, and unbearable insolence in all his doings. June 3. 21. Archbishop Sandys to Walsyngham. Desires him to move Bishopsthorpc. jjgj. Majesty for the stay of the course which the Bishop of London intends against him for dilapidations. Solicits him to arbitrate in the matter. R R May 31. Cuckfield. May. May. 626 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1579. Vol. CXXXI. June 3 ? 22. Extract of the several papers concerning the case of dilapida- tions in controversy between the Archbp. of York and the Bp. of London. June 12. , 23. John Darell (son-in-law to the late Bp. of Winchester) to Lord Burghley. Desires that the process for recovery of the late Bishop's debts may be stayed, and that some convenient time should be appointed for payment of the same. [_Le Neve's Fasti, on the authority of the epitaph printed by Godwin, states Bishop Horn to have died on the 1st of June 1580.] June 14. 24. The Council to a Messenger of the Chamber. Warrant to bring up in custody all such as refuse to conform to the orders established for regulation of the company of merchants trading to Spain and Portugal. June 15. 25. Examination of Tho. Asheleye, taken before Eustace Clovill, Esq., Justice of the Peace in Essex, touching certain evidences conveyed away by Mrs. Field from Dr. Atslowe's house, after his apprehension. June 15. 26. Henry Bowyer to his brother Simon Bowyer. Has been unjustly charged by Coortesse, vicar of Cuckfield, in the case of Mercy Gold. The matter touching his wife is untrue and odious. Particulars of the whole case. Incloses, 26. I. Copy of the certificate returned by the jury of women who examined Mercy Gold, for concealing the birth of a bastard child. June 21. 27. Tho. Might to the Earl of Sussex, Lord Chamberlain. Beseeches him for the love of God to speak to Walsyngham to move H!er Majesty for an end to his long suit. June 22. 28. Consideration of the second and third articles of the decree of Council respecting the trade of the Merchants of the Stillyard, and of the Merchants Adventurers, during the suspension of commercial intercourse with Hamburgh. Jirne 23. Exemplification of a decree of court revoking the grant of a market and fair for the town of Sittingbourne, being prejudicial to the market and fair held in the town and hundred of Middleton alias Milton, CO. Kent. [Case C, Eliz. No. 7.] June 26. 29. The Wardens, &c. of the Bakers' Comp. of London to Burghley. Certify that 80 quarters of wheat belonging to Mr. John Byrde were unfit to be uttered within the City. June ? 30. Points for the consideration of Sir John Throkmarton on behalf of Geo. Putenham, with a view to a final settlement of the controversy with Lady Windsor ; with Throkmarton's answers and observations in the margin. June ? 31. Further note of petitions to be urged by Throkmartpn on Puten- ham's behalf, when all the former points have been urged. [The final agreement of both parties was m.ade and signed on the I2th July 1579, and is entered in the Council Register of fliat date.^ DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 627 1579. Vol. CXXXI. ounel 32. Points drawn up by Geo. Putenham for the private considera- tion and guidance of Sir Jolin Throkmarton, in his appearance before the Council, for the settlement of the disputes between Putenham and Lady Windsor, Jiis wife. June. 33. Vehement presumptions, taken out of the examinations, con- cerning the murdering of Richard Mellershe and his son Tho. Mellershe. \_New exa'/ninations of persons suspected of Tnurdering the Metier shes were ordered to he taken 11 Jione 1579. Go. Reg.^ June ? 34. Petition of Katherine Hopkinson to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Praying for licence for return of her husband, Jolm Hopkinson, a reader of the Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriac, and Greek languages, who had been induced by papists and seminaries to go abroad without licence. Annexed, July 1. 34. I. Certificate, signed by Lancelot Andrewes and several others, in favour of Hopkinson, who had dwelled in Grub Street, St. Giles's, quietly and civilly. Jvdy 1. 35. Augustino Dinale to the Council. Praj^s to be relieved, being a The JBench. poor debtor imprisoned at the suit of one Innocent Corny. July 13. 36. Deposition of Anthony Style before Sir Fr. Walsyngham, touch- ing certain presentments taken by the commission for matters of piracy in Norfolk, remaining in the keeping of William Heydon. Bonds of the pirates Ellis and Uibden. July [15 ?] 37. Petition of Jaspar Waryne to the Council. Prays to be released from the Fleet, being committed for certain matters objected against him by Lord North [Jasjoar 'Waryne or Warren was committed to close custody in the Fleet 22 Jxmie 1 579. Go. Iieg.~\ July 19. 38. Inventory of the goods and merchandize found in certain houses in the town of Aldborough, Suffolk. July 20. [The Council ?] to the Treasurer of the Navy. To take up materials and impress artificers for erecting a fort at Sheerness, for defence of the navy lying at Gillingham. [See Vol. xlv., p. 15.] July 23. 39. Offers made by Wm. Awcher, Anthony Seyntleger, and others, for lease of Shurland House, and the lands formerly belonging to Lord Cheyne, within the isle of Sheppey. July 23. 40. Another copy. July 23 ? 41. Certain offers to be made to Her Majesty's Council, concerning the isles of Sheppey. Conditions of a lease to be made of Shurland House, and the lands formerly belonging to Lord Cheyne. July 24. 42. Bishop Davies to Lord Burghley. Answei's to the articles exhi- Atergwilly. bited against him by Mr. Fabian Phillips. Ill conduct of Phillips in all public places. Incloses, 42.- 1. Articles exhibited by Mr. Fabian Phillips against the Bishop of St. David's, with the Bisliop's answer to the same, . and copy of letter to Phillips, dated 23 July 1578. E 628 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. Vol. CXXXI. 1579. July 25. The Council to Wm. Heydon and Nathaniel Bacon. To take order Greenwich, between Reginald Metcalf of Thetford and Bartholomew Baxter, con- cerning the tythes of the benefice of Santon. [See 31 si May, 1580.] July 25. 43. Henry Blower, prisoner in the Marshalsea (who accused Har- dyng), to Mr. Sec. Wylson. Desires to be liberated on account of his distressed condition. [On 25th July 1579, a luarrant tvas directed to the Knight Marshcd to release H. Bloiver out of prison. Co. Reg.'] July 2(.i. 44. Petition of Tho. Standley to the Council. Desiring letters to assist him in the recovery of certain goods stolen from him when the ship called The Symond of Colborough, in Pomerland, was wrecked off the coast of Norfolk. July 26- 45. Orders thought meet to be put in execution for the avoiding of such depredations as are committed by such as go to the seas under pretence to discover new trades. July 27. 46. Doctor John Still to Lord Burghley. Solicits his advice as to TrinityCoUege. the election of a Divinity Lecturer in place of Dr. Chaderton. The most eligible candidates are Dr. Fulke and Dr. Barowe, the Frenchman. Thinks it might be some disgrace to the University to elect a stranger. July 28. 47. Estimate of the charges for the equipment of 4 of Her Majesty's ships to be employed on the seas for two months. July. 48. Mr. Carleton's memorial to the Council, for letters to be sent to the Bp. of Ely, John Payton, and others, for the scouring and banking of the river of Wisbeach. Removal of Dr. Feckenham. July. 49. Account of the leans lately made by Her Majesty out of the Exchequer, as well to foreign states as to her own subjects. July. 50. Petition of Annies Actton, widow, to the Council. For release of her son, Barnaby Actton, a prisoner in the Marshalsea, for being in company with Tho. Appletree, when he shot off the piece upon the water, to the danger of the Queen. [This occurrence happened on the I7th July 1579.] July. 51. Tho. Appletree's petition to the Earl of Leicester. That he may be freed from his imprisonment in the Marshalsea, to which he had been committed for shooting unadvisedly, to the danger of the Queen, but for which he had received Pier Majesty's pardon. July ? 52. Lord Burghley (?) to . To restrain the shipment of any kind of merchandize from that or any other port to Hamburgh, by reason of the suspension of all traffic with that city, in consequence of their ill usage of the Merchant Adventurers. August 6. 53. Bassyngborne Gaudy to Leicester. Desires him to procure the Westhariing. enlargement of his brother-in-law, Henry Everard. The sickness continues in Bury where he is imprisoned. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 629 1579. August 6. Greenwich. August 7. The Tower. Vol. CXXXI. 54. Sir Fr. Walsyngliam to Lord Burghley. News from Ireland. A sea force will be the most effective against the rebels as the Earl of Desmond remains faithful. Arrival of Du Simiers from the Low Countries. Desperate state of things there. The Queen's contem- plated marriage. 55. Geffrey Turvyle and H. Paineter to Walsyngham. Have taken up eleven wains for the carriage of the munition to Bristol for Ireland. August 8. 56. Walsyngham to Burghley. An expedition by sea determined Greenwich, on as being most effective for Ireland. Preparations for the recep- tion of Monsieur from Holland. Murray has returned to Scotland. The calm with the Low Countries cannot long endure. August 9. 57. Estimate of the charges for the equipment of the Achates and other ships to be set forth and provisioned for two months, under the command of Sir John Perrot. August 9. 58. Dr. Tho. Byng, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, to Burghley. Cambridge. Stating that Mr. Benett and Mr. Chaderton have been selected to preach before him and the Sheriff at the Northampton assizes. August 10. 59. Account of the remain of all sorts of powder within Her Majesty's stores. August 10. Walsyngham to the Mayor of Bristol and Mr. Thomas Chester. Greenwich. Orders to provide victuals and shipping for 600 men, to be levied in South Wales and sent into Ireland by way of Bristol. [_8ee Vol. xlv., p. 20.] Auonst 11. 60. Mayor, &c. of Bristol to Walsyngham. Have, in conjunction Bristol. with John Bland, procured provision for 600 men, and will speedily make provision for 600 more. August 11. August 12. Chester. 61. Petition of Olyf Burr, of Southwark, coppersmith, to the Council. Desires that, in consideration of certain losses, his shipping may be employed by the Company of Merchants trading to S]5ain, in 23reference to any other. 62. William Glaseor to Walsyngham. Stay of shipping at Liver- pool and Chester. Provision of victuals for the 400 men to be sent to Ireland. Holyhead is preferable for the shipment of them. August 12. 63. Fr. Earl of Bedford to same. The soldiers for Ireland will Tavistock, shortly be ready for embarkation. Eeport that a confederate of the traitor Fitzmorris was last year in Cornwall. Places requiring to be fortified in that county to resist the Spaniards. August 12. 64. Estimate of the charges for fitting out four of the Queen's ships to the Indies, with five merchant ships and eleven pinnaces to be joined with them. [Drawn by Mr. Hawkyns.] 630 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. Vol. CXXXI. 1579. August 12. 65. Earl of Bedford to the Council. The meu appointed for the Tavistock, service in Ireland are ready for embarkation at Barnstaple. Rumours of Fitzmorris's rebellion and of foreign aid coming to his assistance. August 13. 66. Mayor, &c. of Bristol to same. Will give directions to the Bristol. captains of the ships to disembark the soldiers at Waterford, if they could not be conveniently landed at Cork. August J 3. 67. William Glaseor to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Receipt of letters Chester, as to shipping oif 400 men out of North Wales. No mention of cheese in the order for the supply of provisions for them. The other provisions would be accordingly furnished. August 16. 68. Rafe Lane to Lord BurgHey. His plan to encounter the Spaniards in Ireland, for which he offers bis service ; or else to have the Queen's letters in his particular favour to the Kings of Fez and Algiers. 16. 69. Laurens Nycholson to same. Relative to a certain release requested by Foxehole and Gwyne, in the hands of William Frankelen. Information of a good bargain of bouse and lands in Middlesex and Hertfordshire. August August 17. Westminster. 70. Charter of Incorporation of the Governor, Assistants, and Fellowship of the Merchants trading into the East Parts ; Alderman Tho. PuUison to be the first and present Governor of the same. August 17. [Walsyngham] to Bedford. Is pleased at the order taken for resisting any foreign attempts. It is thought the Spanish navy will not stir this year. The Prince of Condi's preparations. Reception of the French King at Venice. [See Vol. xlv., p. 33.] 71. Sir Henry Wallop to Walsyngham. Returns his notes relatiag to Irish affairs. Requests that no information may be received against George Clarke, Guardian of the House of Correction in Winchester, for employing the prisoners in the making of cloth and felt hats. " August 18 London. August 18. Dover. August 19. Chester. 72, Lord Cobham, Sir Tho. Scott, and others. Commissioners for repair of Dover haven, to the Council. Have survej'ed the harbour and consulted Mr. Borrowes and Mr. Pett on the proposed works. Send a plan of the same " handsomlie sett ,owte." Estimate the charges at 21,000Z. Propose the immediate erection of three ' groynes" to protect the haven. Annexing, 72. I. Declaration by Mr. Burroives of the advantages of making a good haven at Dover, according to the platt now generally agreed upon. 72. II. Survey of Dover harbour, showing the expenses and esti- mates of charges for putting it into a proper state of repair, by Matthew Eickwarth, Shoice Master of Dunkirk. 73. Wm. Glaseor to Burghley. Has taken order for the providing supplies for Ireland and lodging the soldiers till their embarkation. Desires letters may be sent to the bailiffs of Conway for the purchase of butter at the fair there. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 631 15V9. August 19 Vol. CXXXI. August 21. August 22, Collocumb. 74. Instructions given by the Privy Council to Sir John Perrot appointed Admiral of the Queen's Majesty's ships, presently sent to the seas, to cruize off the Western coast of Ireland to intercept and destroy the ships there on the landing of James Fitzmorris with foreign forces, &c. To act against pirates off Scilly, &c. [These were issued by the Council on the 16th of August. Go. Meg.'] August 19. List of gunners in ordinary serving in yarious towns, castles, bulwarks, &c. in the maritime counties. \_0n the same paper as the preceding.] 75. Estimate of the charges for the furnishing and victualling the Scout, appointed to serve at sea for. one month. 76. Edmund Tremayne to Lord Burghley. Everything is ready for the embarkation of the soldiers for Ireland. Is of opinion that the troubles in Ireland will soon be appeased. Betrayal of a confi- dential passage in Burghley 's letter to the Earl of Bedford. August 22 *^^- ^^- ^'i^- Glaseor to same. Has received his letters to the Chester. bailiffs of Conway for provision of victuals. Shipping for 200 horse and 400 footmen is also ready. Only 100 horse can be shipped at Liverpool. Price of munition. August 22. 78. Wardens, &c. of the Company of White Bakers, to same. Certify that 800 quarters of wheat, remaining in the Bridge-house, are unwholesome and not fit for use within the city. August 24. 79. Demand made by Edw. Baeshe for re-victualling the Queen's ships Revenge, Dreadnought, Swiftsure, Foresight, and the Achates for one month, serving under Sir John Perrot. August 25. 80. Writ of summons by the Bp. of London for Richard Reynoldes, Rector of Stapleford Abbots, to appear and answer to certain allega- tions in St. Paul's Cathedral. [^Signed, W. Blakiuell.] August 25. 81. The last will and testament of Wm. Norreys, Esq., son and heir apparent to the Lord Norreys of Ricot. Aug-ust 26. 82. Allowances demanded by Lord Cobham for certain posting about Her Majesty's special affairs. Aug. [27]. 83. John CoUes to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. The 300 soldiers appointed Barton. to Serve in Ireland are at Bristol, and waiting for a wind there. August 28. 84. Petition of John Mellowe of London to the Council. For their Lordships' letters to the Lord Mayor, &c. in his favour, for payment of certain sums of money, rents, &c., due to him in right of his wife, an orphan of the city. August 29. 85. Sir John Perrot to same. Reports his proceedings in search of On board the pirates. His mariners very ill chosen. Report of a fleet preparing in Revenge. Spain. Sundry merchants of Weymouth robbed by French pirates. August. 86. Note of tlie cures effected by the healing properties of the new bath near Coventry. Auo-ust. 87. Petition of certain merchants trading to Spain, to the Council. . ° For permission to sell, by retail, some Sj^anish wines which reraiiin upon their hands. 632 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1579. August ? Vol, CXXXI. 88. Petition of Simon Androwes to the Conncil. Touching the affray between Jenkins the pursuivant and one John Appleton, at Lachiard [Lechlade] in Gloucestershire. Desires to be released from his imprisonment in the Marshalsea for maiming the said Jenkins. Sept. 4. Sept. 12. Aldbol•oug^. Sept. 12. Aldborouffh. Vol. CXXXII. September — ISTovembee, 1579. 1. Sir Fr. Walsyngham to the Earl of Southampton and others, Commissioners for piracy within the County of Southampton. The absence of the Vice-Admiral of the county was not sufficient cause to prevent them from proceeding in the matters of piracy. The mayor of Southampton and other officers in privileged places have no right to oppose them. 2. Sir Robert Wyngfeld to the Council. Sends up the persons charged with having received the goods taken by pirates from John Atchinson, merchant of Edinburgh. Others are at sea, and cannot yet be come by. Incloses, 2 I. Schedule of such persons of Aldborough as were found to have in their houses the goods of John Atchinson, and the amount of fines set upon each. sent up the persons accused of Incloses, 3. Same to Walsyngliam. Has receiving the goods of John Atchinson. 3. I. Examination of certain persons suspected of receiving pirates' goods. Taken before Sir Roht. Wyngfeld and Robert Jermy at Aldho^'ough, the 27th Aug. 1577. 4. Bailiffs of Aldborough to Walsyngham. Their proceedings in the controversy between Anthony Styles and Wm. Smith, the bearer ; the latter had behaved well throughout the whole business. Walsyngham ? to the Attorney General. Requests another copy of the commission to the Earls of Leicester, Lincoln, and others, for taking general Musters of all the horsemen within the realm, as the copy formerly sent could not be found. [See Vol. xlv., p. 73.] 5. Edmd. Tremayne to Lord Burghley. Account of his doings in the provision and setting forth of the 600 soldiers for Ireland. The letters for staying them arrived after their departure. 6. Earl of Bedford to Walsyngham. Is sorry to find so many Spaniards landed in Ireland. Desires to be informed what he shall do with the persons stayed in the river of Falmouth on suspicion of travelling without licence, Defence of St. Michael's Mount. Earl of Ormond's departure for Ireland. Sept. 16? 7. Articles of accusation by Jolm Atchinson. Against the parties at Aldborough, for purchasing their goods from pirates. Sspt. If. 8. Bond of liic. Evans, Parson of Hoseley, CO. Suffolk. To appeal- before the Council for dealings with i)irates at Aldborough. Sept. 13. Aldborough. Sept. ] 3. Havering. Sept. 14 CoUocumb. Sept. 15, Tavistock. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 633 1579. [Sept. IS.] Sept. 21. Yew. Sept. 27. Giddie Hall. Sept. 29. Sept. 29. Sept. SO. Chester. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. ? Sept. ? Sept. ? Sept. ? Sept. ? Sept. ? Vol. CXXXII. 9. Lord Cobham to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Transmits a letter from the Justices of Kent relative to a contribution for tlie repairs of Dover haven, and thinks it strange ' it has been so long before delivery. Incloses, 9. I. Justices of Kent to Cohharn. Proposing one uniforTn rate of assessment towards the works and repairs of Dover haven Maidstone, 24th July 1579. 10. Geo. Williams, a priest, to Mr. Shelton at Rouen. Desires him to send him word, in haste, if there were any ships there or at Newhaven, to convey him and some others to Ireland or Scotland. Mr. Griffith remaineth at Padua. 11. Proclamation by the Queen for the calling in of "a lewde sedi- tious booke" [The Gaping Gulfe] published against the Duke of Anjou and Her Majesty's intended marriage. 12. View of the accompts of the Great Wardrobe from Michaelmas 20 Eliz. to Michaelmas 21 Eliz. Lat. 13. Account of the expenses of the Great Wardrobe for the year ending Michaelmas 21 Eliz. Lat. 14. Wm. Glaseor to Lord Burghley. Keceipt and delivery of letters ; account of expenses of victualling aud furnishing the soldiers for Ireland. Suggests regulations for the payment of soldiers' diets in future. 15. The answer of the Merchant Adventurers to the articles lately presented by Tho. Lowe and Henry Parvish in defence of the trade used by them into Germany : with replication by Lowe and Parvish to the Merchants' objections. 16. Brief declaration of the Merchant Adventurers to the articles exhibited by Lowe and Parvish. 17. A treatise on the intentions of Spain, and how the plans of the Kings of Spain and France may be frustrated by forming a league with the King of Barbary. [_Indorsed " Biscours of meccnes to divert y" K. of Sp. intentions of imployvient of forces in these partes."^ 18. Articles to be considered concerning the Musters of the Queen's subjects and their furniture of armour. 19. Precedents relating to pirates and the authority of the Lord Admiral in matters of piracy. 20. Note of the timber and of the timber trees felled in Dean Forest. 21. Petition on the behalf of the clothiers of Suffolk and Essex to Walsyngham. For a toleration of the statute regulating the making of cloths. 22. Answer of the clothiers to the objections of the Lord Mayor. Desire that the merchants moy not be permitted to buy any cloths which are not of the quality required by statute. 23. Petition of Arnold Maignewe, merchant, to the Council. Soli- cits order may be taken with Innocent Lucatelli for the payment of 155/, lis. 4d owing to him^ but which he cannot recover at law. 634 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1579. Oct, 4. Trin. Coll. Camb. Oct. 5. Green-wich. Oct. (5.) Greenwich. Oct. 8. Whaddon. Oct. 8 ? Oct. 8 ? Oct. 8 ? Oct. 10. Greenwich. Oct. 10. Greenwich. Oct. 10. Sittingboume. Vol. CXXXII. 24. Dr. John Still to Lord Burghley. Election of Sir Tyrer and Sir Jones to Fellowships : contest for the Divinity Lectureship ; Mr. Whitaker is the only remaining candidate. Increase of allowance to Dr. Barowe, who will continue to read the Lady Margaret's Divinity Lecture. 25. Sir Fr. Walsyngham to Sir Humfrey Gylberte. His ship is no longer required for service in Ireland. 26-36. Circular from the Council to the Bishops. To give notice to the clergy and others that the seditious suggestions set forth in the book called "The Gaping Gulf" were without foundation ; and that special noted preachers should declare the same to the people. Eleven copies. [By an entry in the Council Register, dated Greenwich, 5 October 1579, it appears that letters relative to the book " The Gaping Gulf" ivere directed to eleven of the Bishops, " the minute of tuhich remains in the Council Chest." As there are eleven copies here unfinished, some signed, others not fully signed, and some not signed at all, it is probable that none %uere sent, and that the matter dropped-.'] 37. Arthur Lord Grey of Wilton to the Council, Had at the last Quarter Sessions received the oaths of such of the Justices of Peace as had not been sworn at the Assizes. Names of those not sworn from various causes. 38. Names of the Justices of the Peace dwelling within the County of Flint : sworn. 39. Names of the Justices of the Peace dwelling within the County of Denbigh : sworn. 40. Names of the Justices of the Peace in Montgomeryshire : sworn. 41. Articles of agreement between Her Majesty and John Hawkyns, Esq., Treasurer of the Navy, lor the keeping afloat in harbour certain of Her Majesty's ships, well provided and furnished at his own costs and charges, under certain conditions. 42. Articles of agreement between the Queen and Peter Pett and Matthew Bakei-, two of Her Highness' shipwrights, for works of car- pentry for maintaining and repairing Her Majesty's ships in harbour, at their own costs and charges. 43. M^m Crowmer to "Walsyngham. His doings in the matter between Mr. Flete and Mr. Thwayts. Sends divers papers relative to the same. Incloses, 43. I. Deposition of William Flete relative to his dealing with Edward Thwayts, concerning the sealing of a cu^iveyance of the manoo' of Easture, in StuTmouth. Sept. 19. 43. 11. Articles objected against William Flete by Edward Thwayts, relative to the manor of Easture, in Sturmouth, and the cancelling of a bond for 2,000^. 43. III. Wm. Flete' s answer to the articles objected against him by Ed. Thwayts. 43. IV. Copy of the first part of the preceding paper. 43. V. Reply of E. Thwayts to the answer of Wm Flete. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 635 1579. Oct. 16. Westminster. Oct. 18 London. Oct 19. Oct. 20. Louvain. Oct. 21. Oct. 23. Chester. Oct. 27. Ludlow Castle. Vol. CXXXII. 44. Grant to James Morrice of the office of Attorney of the Court of Wards and Liveries for life, with all fees, &;c., the same as Richard Kyngesmylle, Thomas Wilbraham, Ric. Onslowe, Robert NoweU, Sir Nicholas Bacon, or Richard Goodriche have held the same. Lat. 45. Sir Owj'^n Hopton, Lieut, of the Tower, and Mr. Recorder Flete- woode, to Sir Fr. Knollys and Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Have examined the persons touching the sale of counterfeit and false wax. Inclosing, 45. I. Interrogatories to be ministered to Tho. Bully, relative to the sale of certain false or mixed wax hy Richard Laycolt to Tho. Nicholas. Sept. 20. 45 II. The depositions of Tho. Bully, relative to the sale of certain wax hy Richard Laycolt to Tho. Nicholas. Taken, Sept. 23. 45 III. Depositions of Richard Laycolt on the same affair. Taken, Oct. 8. 46. Dr. Thomas Byng and Mr. Tho. Legge to Lord Burghley. Resignation of Richard Robinson, Under Bedel of the University of Cambridge ; solicit that office for the bearer, John Standyshe. 47. Gilbert Burnford to Tho. Hale, or to Wm. Fortescue. God has hitherto delivered him from the plague and the sword. The dearth of all things is extreme, and therefore he desires assistance from all his friends. Sends letters. Incloses, 47. I. G. Burnford [signed Bromisgrove] to Br. Fecknam. Solicits his good offices to persuade Mr. Wilson to grant him a pension. His sufferings and diligence. Louvain, 19 Oct. 47. II. Same to Mr. Wilson. Has supported himself for ten years. Scarcity and plague. Solicits pecuniary assistance. Louvain, 18 Oct. 47. III. Same to Mrs. Mary Oiven. Has escaped the plague and the swm^d, yet twice spoiled of soldiers. Desires her to procii^re him som,e pecu,niary assistance. Louvain, 18 Oct. 47. IV. Same to Mr. Robert C'hamberlaine. Great distress caused by war and famine. Half the people are dead, and the churchyards not able to receive tJievi. Is in distress, and desires assistance. Louvain, 18 Oct. 48. Samuel Norton to the Council. Complains of the servants of Hugh Smythe, one of whom had been slain by Tho. Pheere, Avarren keeper to Sir Geo. Norton, on whose lands they were poaching. 49. William Glaseor to Burghley. Stay of embarkation and dis- charge of 300 soldiers out of Shropshire. Capt. Norris and 60 men embarked. Supply of victuals at Liverpool. The Lord Chancellor Gerrarde has arrived from Ireland. 50. Sir H. Sydney, President, and the Council of Wales, to Burghley. Submit a list of such gentlemen as are thought meet to be preferred for election as escheators within the twelve shires in Wales. 636 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1570. Oct. 28. Bedford. Oct. 31. Oct. 31 ? Oct. Oct. Oct.? Oct.? Nov. 7. Nov. 9. St. John's Coll, Nov. 9. Chester. Vol. CXXXII. 51. John Hawkyns to Lord Burghley. Sends a note of shipping set forth. Answers the complaints of Sir John Perrot. Proceedings in finishing the storehouse. Has a matter of importance to impart touching the sea service. Incloses, 51. I. Note of munition and naval stores returned in the ships under the command of Sir J. Perrot. 52. Request of the farmers and tenants of tlie Isle of Sheppey for a lease of Shurland House and the lands there belonging to Her Majesty. Their offers. 53. Note of Mr. Awcher's and Mr. Cripse's offers for the same. 54. Petition of John Price, prisoner in the Fleet, to the Council. Acknowledges his former misconduct with Vaughan and Torlles, who made him believe he could apprehend one Parsons, a Jesuit. He had apprehended two seminary priests and one massing priest, who Avere hidden in caves under ground. Offers to repay the money he had unlawfully obtained, and desires to be released from prison, having suffered the shameful punishment of the pillory. \_0n the Qth Nov. 1579, he was released from the Fleet, giving bond for his re-appearance. Go. Reg.'] 55. Note of the price of grain at Chichester, increased by reason of the great purchases made by one Bates and his factors, for supply of the markets at London and Rye. Licence to Sheriff of Oxfordshire to forbear his I'esidence in that county for nine months ; his usual dwelling and abode being in Buck- inghamshire. \_See Warrant Booh, i., p. 88.] The Queen to the Lord Mayor, to provide that Henry Campion, the Queen's beer brewer, should not be elected Sheriff of London for the ensuing year. {^See ib., p. 88.] 56. Dr. John Hatcher to Burghley. Notifies his election, on the 5th of Nov., to the ofiice of Vice Chancellor of Cambridge. The University is quiet. Mr. Stringer, Bedel, will inform him of Dr. Byng's troubles with those of St. John's CoUeae. 57. Dr. Ric. Howlande to same. Desires his confirmation of the election of Wm. Billinglie to a scholarship, in which some irregularity had occurred. Recommends Mr. Newill of Pembroke Hall. Finds they possess a licence to purchase in mortmain, 60i. per annum. 58. Wm. Glaseor to same. The embarkation of soldiers at Liver- pool had been prevented by contrary winds. , Hay and oats could not be procured there. Sends his accounts for the office of customer. Incloses, 58. I. Mayor of Liverpool to Mr. Glaseor. For order to be taken for 'providing fodder for the soldiers' horses, all the liay and oats in Liverpool being spent. Liverpool, 5 Nov. 1579. 58. IT. Mr. Glaseor's list of the names of the 100 soldiers sent by him into Ireland from Chester, selected from the 400 men raised in the Welch counties. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 637 ^.^Q Vol. CXXXII. Nov. 10. 59, 60. Accounts of the money due in surplusage to Her Majesty's brewers, for beer and ale from Nov. 1577 to Nov. 1579. Two papers. Nov. [16.] 61. Petition of Sir Henry Radeclyff to the Council. For satisfac- tion for a ship and goods spoiled by Phillip van Asshelers, a pirate, off Flushing. And also that Mr. Heale and Mr. Hawkyns may be sent for to give an account of the stay of his ship called the Hand and Dragon. [Oil the 16 Nov. 1579, Brs. Bale and Lewes, wei^e ordered by the Council to determine the latter affair. Co. Reg.] Nov. 18. Sir Fr. Walsyngham (?) to Archbishop Grindal. The Council desire HamptonCourt. that he would confer with those who had been long- imprisoned for religion, particularly with Mr. Norton, late a student in Gray's Inn. lSeerol.:s.lv.,p. 32.] Nov. 19. 62. Sir Nicholas Woodrof, Lord Mayor of London, to Lord Burghley. London. Report of the bakers concerning the wheat belonging to a Portuguese merchant at Ratclif, which is found unmeet to make bread of for the Queen's subjects. Nov. 19. 6-3. Dr. Edw. Hawford, Master, and the Seniors of Christ's College, Christ's Coll. Cambridge, to Burghley. Are of opinion Mr. Broughton cannot con- tinue his fellowship there, being chosen to the Prebend of Durham. Incloses, I 63. I. Copy of the statutes of Christ's , College, relating to the above. Nov. 21. 64. Sir Nich. Arnold and W. Oldisworthe to Wm. Ayloffe and Gloucester. Francis Wyndham, Esqrs. Certify that John Higford and George Huntley had taken the oaths prescribed for Justices of the Peace. Nov. 23. 65. Memorandum of the appointment of Sir Wm. Gerrard to be one of the Masters of Her Majesty's Court of Requests ; signified hy letter of Mr. Sec. Wylson to the Masters of Requests. Nov. 30. 66. Wm. Glaseor to Burghley. Has received divers sums of money Inner Temple, for the service of the soldiers to be sent to Ireland by Sir Wm. Pelham and others. Will return his full accompt of expenses at Hilary term next. The whole charge will be nearly 1,400^. Nov. 30. 67. Note of the charges of aU posts extraordinary for Her Majesty's service in Ireland from Aug. 1 to Nov. 30, 1579. Nov. 68. Sir Owyn Hopton to the Council. That he may be permitted to retain a boat found within the liberties of his manor of Walverswike till claimed by the owners. Nov. 69. Petition of the tenants of Patterdale, co. Westmoreland to Burghley. Against the proceedings of Edward Lancaster and George Hudson. Pray that their parsonage of Patterdale may not be annexed to the rectory of Barton. Nov. ? '^^- Stephen Brinckley, prisoner in the Tower, to Walsyngham. Desires his favour for the orderly prosecuting by law of his title to certain lands detained from him.- 638 DOMESTIC — ^ELIZABETH. 1579. Nov. Nov. Vol. CXXXII. 71. Note of the quantities of corn shipped at various, ports for exportation. 72. Names of the Justices of the Peace for the Counties of Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Essex, and Hertford, who were sworn before the Justices of Assize, and of those who were absent, and therefore not sworn. Dec. 9. Dec. 11. Exeter. Dec. 14. Aiikland. Dec. 17. Christ's Coll. Camb. Dec. 18 Dec. 20. Dec. 24. Dec. 26. Kemstury. Dec. 29. London. Dec. ? Vol. CXXXIII. Decembee, 1579. 1. Dr. John Hatcher, Vice Chancellor, to Lord Burghlej'. Con- troversy between Mr. Drywood, of Trinity, and one Punter, a student of St. John's, Cambridge. Misconduct of the latter at the stage plays at Caius College and Trinity, and other unseemly behaviour. 2. Edmond Tremayne to same. Expenses in setting forth the soldiers for Ireland. Eeport of great preparations by sea making in Spain, to which country much ordnance had been imported from England. Thanks him for his kindness to Humphrey Michell. Incloses, 2. L Accompt by Leonard Yeo, deputy of Mr. Tremayne, of the tnoney expended for the setting forth the 600 soldiers foi- Ireland. 3. Eichard Barnes Bishop of Durham, and others, to same. Eequest permission for one Mr. Hugh Broughton, a learned and godly preacher, to read the Divinity Lecture there, and at the same time to' retain his fellowship in Christ's College, Cambridge. 4. Dr. Edw. Hawford to same. Desires leave to proceed to an election for a fellow of Christ's College in place of Mr. Broughton, now chosen Divinity Reader in Durham. 5. Particular of articles and agreements to be inserted in the lease granted to the farmers and tenants of Her Majesty, of the house of Shurland and other lands in the isle of Sheppey. 6. Note of such wood, by estimate, as doth remain in store, provided for the Queen's Majesty's expenses in the office of the Woodyard. 7. John Hawkyns to Burghley. Sends a note of the provisions remaining in store at Deptford, and in the ships at Chatham. Estimate of additional stores required. 8. Earl of Pembroke and Sir Henry Sidney to Sir Edward MawnseU [Mansfield ?]. Relative to building a bridge at Cardiff. 9. John Hawkyns to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. On the supply of pro- visions and double furniture for Her Majesty's navy. Sends copies of papers delivered to the Lord Treasurer and Sir Walter Mildmay. 10. Certificate of Lord Ch. Justice Dyer and Tho. Meade, of the names of Justices of the Peace for the Counties of Northampton, War- wick, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Lincoln, and Rutland, that received the oath of supremacy at the last assizes. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 639 ^^ Vol. CXXXIII. Dec. 11. Certificate by William AyloSe and Francis Wyndham of the names of Justices of the Peace for Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucester- shire, Monmouthshire, Salop, Staffordshire, Herefordshire, and Wor- cestershire, that received the oath of supremacy. 12. Similar certificate by Sir Roger Manwood and Ed. Anderson for the Counties of Southampton, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. 13. Certificate of the names of Justices of the Peace in several counties who were warned to appear at the next assizes, having been absent during the former, signed by Sir Chr. Wray and Sir Gilbert Gerrard. 14. Book containing the names of the special Commissioners of Musters for the several counties for the year 1579. 15. AccoTont of sums due for the provision of hay, oats, &c, for the Royal stable ; with a solicitation for present payment of the same. 16. Note of charges for the various forts and garrisons in the Isle of Wight. 17. Notes relating to Lady Gresham's lands. [Indorsed by Burghley, " Lady Gresha landes in y Bishoprych of Durha." Sir The. Oresham, died 21 Nov. 1579.] The Queen to Lady Norris. Condoles with her on the loss of her son. [Prohably William, Marshal of Berwick, whose will is entered 25 Aug., and who died 25 JDec. 1579. See Vol. xlv., |j. 40.] i579 ? 18. Matters for consideration by the Privy Council, relative to the Lieutenancies of the Earl of Pembroke, in the Marches of Wales. 19. Names of the Deputy Lieutenants for all the counties in the Marches in Wales and the four Marcher shires. 20. Another copy of the above. 21. Estimate of the advantages to Her Majesty by establishing a pre-emption in tin. Plan for perfecting the same. 22. Note of the losses sustained by the merchants of Chester from shipwreck, and from depredations committed by the French since th e year 1570. 23. Notes in Sir Fr. Walsyngham's hand, being considerations on the state of aSairs in England. \_Probably about the time of the pro- jected marriage with the Duke of Anjou.'] 24. Advice for the better establishment of the English trade at St. Jean de Luz and Bayonne. 25. Considerations touching the title of Henry, late Earl of Arundel, to certain lands made over by him for the payment of the Florentine debt to Her Majesty, and of the conveyance of the manor and castle of Arundel to (Philip) the now Earl of Arundel. 640 DOIMESTIC— ELIZABETH. Vol. CXXXIII. 1579 ? 26. State of the Earl of Arundel's lands at the time of his death, and the requests made by Lord Lumley to Her Majesty respecting the same. 27. Account of gunners in ordinary and pension, serving, in towns, castles, bulwarks, &c., within the Counties of Kent, Sussex, South- ampton, and the Isle of Wight, with the names of commanders of the respective forts, &c. 28. Device for levying a toll of the merchants of the Hanse Towns on passing the Narrow Seas, entitled "A hrydell for the Hanse " Toiunes if they bend themselves rather to will then reason." 29. Petition of George Eyre to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. For renewal and extension of his lease of the herbage of Crokehill, within the lordship of High Peak, co. Derby. .30. Petition of six poor men of the Queen's kitchen to same. Requesting him to consult with Dr. Dale as to their former suit to Her Majesty. 31. A note of certain statutes against false suggestors. 32. Names of recusants in certain Hundreds in Essex. 33. Directions for search and examination of certain Romish priests, particular!}' as to Thomas Owen and one Killingbeck. [_Indorsed, " A note of certain names and places."^ 34. Note of the charges for certain naval and ordnance stores for Portsmouth. 3-5. Note of the rate of custom and duties payable by English ships passing the Sound. 36. List of the gentlemen in the County of Warwick charged with furnishing of demi-lances and light horse. 37. Names of Captains. \Prohably for foreign service.] 38. A proportion of victuals for 4,000 men at sea for six weeks. 39. Petition of John Craven, butler of the Star Chamber, to Walsyngham. Solicits him to take order with Mr. William Doding- ton, for the payment of 40L remaining due to him by Mr. Dodington, on his surrender of a parcel of the manor of Sturminster, co. Dorset. 40. Petition of John Pelham, ancient tenant of the lands of Sawcemers and Pomfrets, co. EsseK, to the Council. Prays for pro- tection against Nicholas and John Thurgood, who lawlessly and by force endeavour to expel him and his family from their house and lands. 41. Petition of Toby Colcloughe to Walsyngham. Complains of his long and unjust imprisonment by tbe Lady Harper, whose son he had taught and brought up. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 641 Vol. CXXXin. 1/j9. 42. Petition of Peter Tunell, ordinary post for France, to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Against his uujust imprisonment by Martin Corbet, on account of the dispute with John le Roy at Paris. Desires that order may be taken with M. Corbet. 43. Petition of John Osbaston and Tho. Predy to the Council. Com- plain of the extreme dealing of George Whitton, of Woodstock, in taking unfair advantage of their bonds for money borrowed of him. Articles of their suit against Mr. Whitton. 44. Petition of Ric. Renoldes, parson of Stapelford, Essex, and Francis Bushe, constable, to same. Desire to be released from the Marshalsea, having been committed for the hurt done to one Morrice, sent to serve process upon Mr. Renoldes. 45. Notes by Walsyngham on " The order of proceeding to be held for the answering' the Jesuits' and other Popish books." 46. Copy of the above. 47. An estimate of the charges of setting forth four ships of 200 tons each. 48. Note of the conveyance of the manor of Send to Sir Wm. Sherington ; the subsequent sale of the manor, and claim made to it by Henry Sherington. [Indorsed, " Arth. Halles."} 49. Petition of the inhabitants of Low Furnes, Lancashire, to Walsyngham. To be a means to Her Majesty to have a grammar school founded at Urswicke in Furnes. 50. Petition of Jehan Hacoul, factor for Jehan Pepin, of St. Malo, to the Queen and Council. Touching a ship named Le Volant, of St. Malo, laden with salt, and which was stayed at Bristol. French. 51. Petition of John Ball and others, of Bristol, to the Council. Pray they may not be compelled to redeliver the ship Le Volant, of St. Malo, nor to make restitution of her cargo of salt; and that the French should pay for the repairs. Inclosing, 51. I. A bill of the charges disbursed upon the ship Le Volant. 52. Memoranda in Lord Burghley's hand, of rates for footmen and horsemen, wages, victuals, &c. 53. Information against certain Papists in Shropshire and Hert- fordshire. 54. Petition of the Mayor, Jurats, and whole Commonalty of the town and port of Dover, to the Council. Setting forth the greatrrain and decay of their harbour, and soliciting an aid to their funds by a grant of the rates set upon alehouses and taverns, and also for a licence to fetch from the Newfoundland 200 or 300 tons of the ore discovered in the voyages of Capt. Furbisher, y, s 642 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. Vol. CXXXni. 1579 ? 55. Confession of Leonard Eomsye, having been some time under the tuition of John Borne, glover, member of the family of Love : delivered to Thomas Barwicke, minister. 66. The answers of the clothworkers of London and Ipswich to such reasons as are preferred by the Merchants Adventurers, for repeal of certain branches of the statute of 8° Eliz. touching clothworkers. Grant to Lancelot Bowstock of the office of Constable of Holt Castle, in the Marches of Wales. Lat. [See Warrant Book, I., j5. 161.] The Queen to the Lord Mayor, &c. of London, Ou. behalf of George Bargeman, who had married Katherine W., an orphan, without licence of the city : his meaning was not to break the laws, but only to have an honest woman to his wife. [See ib., p. 88.] [Walsyngham ?] to Mrs. Snowe. Desires to purchase her title to the lease in reversion of certain grounds about Wandsworth, now in the occupation of one Mr. Boyer. [*S^ee Vol. xlv., p. 73.] [Walsyngham?] to . Secretly advises him not to prosecute by way of indictment, those lately presented for refusing to attend the church, such severe proceedings not being advisable at present. [See ib., p. 27.] The Council to the Bishop of Norwich and the Justices of Norfolk. Commend their exertions in the erecting of a " fourme for the punish- " ment of loyterers, stubborne servantes, and the settinge of vaga- " bondes, roagues, and other idle people to work, after the manner of " Bridewell." \8ee ib., p. 32.] Sir William Cavendish to the Queen. Requests that the pensions of 400Z. a year bestowed upon his daughter the Countess of Lennox, and 200L on her daughter the Lady Arbell (Arabella Stuart) may be continued so long as the lands appertaining to the Countess of Lennox remain in Her Majesty's hands. [See ib., p. 52.] Vol. CXXXIV. 1579. 1579. A volume of entries. of instructions relating to Ambassadors, Admi? rals, Ireland, Borders, Scotland, Musters, &c., from Henry VIII. to the close of the year ] 579, — the remnant of a larger volume formerly containing some originals and detached pieces, aU of which have been taken out and placed in their proper series, leaving only those that could not be separated. The original indexes to the whole are retained. Vol. CXXXV. 1579. 1579. -A. volume, in its original binding, relating to pirates and piracies; abstracts of proceedings against the receivers and aiders of pirates, in all the maritime shires of England and Wales ; list of ports, creeks, and havens ; names of c'ommissioners in the various counties for trial of piracies, &c„ dunng the years 1577, 1578, and 1579. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 643 1580. Jan. 2. Jan. 10. Stansted. Jan. 10. Bedford. Jan. 18. Jan. 18. Jan. 18. Jan. 22. Winchester. Jan. 22. London. Jan. 23. London. Jan. uan. Whitehall. Jan. Vol. CXXXVT. January— March, 1580. . 1. Sir Roger Manwood to Mr. Boswell. To stay process of writs sent into Norfolk and other counties, relative to the lands of the late Sir Tho. Gresham, as Lady Gresham and Sir Henry Nevell would take the necessary steps next week in the county of Middlesex. With a note signed '■' Ann Greasham." 2. Edward Baeshe to Lord Burghley. Presents him with a nag and a gelding.- Money owing to John Bland for victualling at Bristol. 3. Sir Ric. Greynvile to Viscount Howard, of Bindon. He and other trustees have endeavoured to effect a sale of the manor of Colquit in Cornwall, but failed, as the land was so strictly assured to Mr. Thomas Howard and his wife. 1,5001. only offered for it. 4. Note of matters to be contained in the Commission for the Musters, and for execution of the Statute for the breed of horses, mustering of horsemen, &c. : in the hand of the Earl of Sussex. 5. Copy of the above, with an additional article. 6. The Master and Fellows of Queen's College, Cambridge, to Burghley. Express their regret that his directions weie not re- ceived in sufficient time to prevent the felling of part of their timber. The sale was made to raise a stock for the erection of a brewhouse. 7. Justices of Hampshire to the Council. Appointment of forces for the relief of Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. Plave not been able to dispose of the 300 shot exactly according to their Lordships' directions. Inclosing, 7. I. Selections from the several Hundreds of Hampshire, of the number of men, arms, armour, boats, &c., appointed for the defence of the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, and the adjacent coast. 8. William Chaderton, Bishop of Chester, to Bui-ghley. Regrets the reckless felling of the woods belonging to Queen's College, Cambridge : but " a longe row of verey fayre ashes yet remain." 9. Same to same. Laments the sale of the trees at Queen's ; "the ornament, bewty, and defence of that Colledge." Hopes he will pre- serve "the longe row of goodly ashes." 10. Memoranda by Burghley of business to be considered. 11. The Council to the Justices of Suffolk. To view and put in good order certain pieces of ordnance at Aldborough, Dunwich, Southwold, and Laistoft. Robert Day to have a reasonable stipend for his service therein. 12. List of the Deputies appointed by Sir Eobt. Wyngfeld and others. Commissioners for matters of piracy at Ipswich. Present- ments made by them at their second sessions against various parties. ss2 644 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. Vol. CXXXVI. 13 Conditions of the bonds taken of all owners and masters of ships in Norfolk, in which every one is severally bound in 100 marks to Her Majesty. 14. Eeasons why a Catholic cannot attend the Protestant Church, and that he cannot be required by law to do so. 15. A brief advertisement to the recusants how to answer to the statute for not coming to the church : addressed to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. 16. Copy of the preceding. 17. Orders touching recusants, with respect to the statute inflict- ing a penalty of 201. per month for not attending church. 18. Ealph Lever to Lord Burghley. States some objections to the appointment of Secretary Dr. Wylson as Dean of Durham ; but is content to act as his Vice-Dean underoertain conditions. 19. Estimate of the charges for 20 of Her Majesty's ships for 3 months : to be in readiness tor all attempts of any foreign power. 20. The names of cnptains for sea service ; showing the principal naval commanders of Elizabeth's reign. 21. Dr. Richard Howlande to Burghley. States the number of scholars in St. John's College, Cambridge, limited by the statutes on Lady Margaret's foundation, to be twenty-four. 22. Dr. John Hatcher, Vice-Chancellor, to same. Eeports on the felling and sale of trees belonging to Queen's College ; which was done upon great deliberation, and not in respect of any private. gain or advantage. Incloses, 22. I. The anstver of all the Fellows of Queen's College as to the sale of the trees of their College, with note of those appointed to he felled, 23. Sir Nicholas Woodrofe, Lord Mayor, to same. Eecommends the petition of the Bakers, for permission to export 400 quarters of damaged wheat. 24. Petition of the Master and Wardens of the White Bakers of London to same. That John Watson may be permitted to export 400 quarters of damaged wheat, not fit to be uttered in the city. 2.5. John Androwes and Bartyllme Cook, Officers of the port of Bristol, to [same ?] Reasons for authority to be given them to search all ships before their departure to the seas. Feb. 13. 26. The Fellows of Queen's College, Camb., to same. State their reasons for the fall and sale of their woods, and the purposes to which the same was to be applied. Feb. 15. 27. Note of the clear yearly rent of the manor and lordship of Colquit, made by Sir Arthur Basset and others; with the offers of Dr. John Hone for the purchase of the same. 1580. Jan. Jan.? Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. 1. Feb. 3. Feb. 3. St. .Tohn's Coll. Feb. 3. Cambridge. Feb. 5. London. Feb. 5. Feb. 11. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH, 645 1580. Vol. CXXXVI. Feb. 20 28. Ean. Hurleston to Mr. Herlle. In behalf of the bearer, Mr. Inner Temple. Cowell, whom he has known for six or seven years. Feb. 20. 29. Commission to Sir Roger Manwood, Dr. Val. Dale, and others, for restitution of all goods and merchandise which had been arrested in England, belonging to the subjects of the King of Spain. Feb. 20. 30. The Fellows of Christ's College, C^mb., to Lord Burghley. Christ's Coll. Solicits the continuance of Mr. Broughton in their College. Lat. Feb. 24<. 31. Earl of Huntingdon to same. Commends the bearer, Mr. Royston. Broughton, of Christ's College, Camb. The want of maintenance in the University has made him desirous to accept of the prebend in Durham. With a postscript in his favour, by Robt. Earl of Essex. Feb. 24. 32. Justices of Surrey to the Council. Certifying their doings Leatherhead. in putting in readiness the 3,000 men required of them for the defence of landing places in Kent, Sussex; and Southampton ; but the number of able men in the county amount only to 2,005, as appears by their last certificate. Feb. 27? 33. Bishop Young to the Queen. Has not felled any timber trees within the Bishoprick of Rochester, otherwise than for the reparation of his mansion house at Bromley. There had been great waste of timber by his predecessors. Feb. 27. 34. Estimate of the charges for six of Her Majesty's ships to be stationed off the Isle of Wight, for any service needful. Feb. 35.. Brief note or extract from the register of the High Court of Admiralty, of all such persons as have entered into bond for ■ the tonnage of their ships, from Feb. 1, 1572, to Feb. 13, 1580. March 2. 36 Estimate of the charges for the furnishing of the Revenge, the Swallow, and the Foresight, to serve at sea for three months. March 4. 37. Estimate of the charges for ordnance, munition, and other things necessary for the furnishing of the above-named ships. March 4. 38. Commission by the Queen, appointing Special Commissioners Westminster, for enforcing the laws respecting the breed and furnishing of horses March 4. March 4. and geldings for service. 39. Draft of the above. 40. Remembrance for the Commissioners, probably for the breed of horses, &;c. ; days for meeting, dispatch of letters to Sheriffs, books of names of freeholders, &c. to be prepared. March [4 ?] 41. Commission nominating Deputies in the several counties, to inquire into the number and breed of horses, the keeping of horses and geldings for service, &c., in virtue of the Commission of the 4th of March. March [4.1 42. Instructions given to the Deputies of the Commissioners for the muster of horsemen, and increase and breed of horses. 646 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. Vol. CXXXVI. March 4 ? 43. List of certain shireS, and the names of the Earls of Warwick and Leicester, and Sir Christopher Hatton ; probably as Commis- sioners for the breed of horses. March 7. 44. Petition of Mrs. Cheyney to the Council. Praying they would have some consideration for the many public services of Wm. Chey- ney, her husband, and that he may be recompensed for his house let to Mrs. Weston. March 11. 45. Certificate by John Piers, Bishop of Salisbury, of the Wood sold since his coming to that Bishoprick. Desires that his bargain with Wm. Coothe may be completed. March 15. 4fi. Notes of suits in the Court of Wards, and of the grants made to the Earl of Leicester. March 15. 47. Account of the Loans lately made by the Queen out of the Receipt of the Exchequer, as well to divers Noblemen of the realm as to others ; viz., to Sir John Smyth, the Earl of Leicester, Sir Henry Lee, Sir James Croft, Lord Stafford, Sir Eowland HaywEtrde, and Edw. Dyer. March 15. 48. Examination of WiUiam Sobar, as to bringing money to Bichard Creaghe from Kenrick, for whom also he had conveyed letters. March 16. 49. Warrant to the Lord Chancellor to make out commissions for general musters throughout England ; with form of the commission annexed. March 16. 50. Copy of the above warrant and commission. March 16. 51. Copy of the above commission only. March 16. 52. Commission for general musters, with the names of the Special Westminster. Commissioners in the shires throughout England, and for the cities, boroughs, &:c. Instructions for the Commissioners. Articles for the furniture of horsemen, &c. March 16. 53. Similar commission for the general musters in the county of Westminster. Durham. March 16. 54. Articles ministered to Ricliard Creaghe, prisoner in theTower> relative to his dealings with Papists, and correspondence abroad with John Castell and others. March 16. 55. Answers of Richard Creaghe (titular Archbishop of Armagh) to the above interrogatories. March 16. 56. Articles drawn out of the two letters sent by Dr. Watson and Ric. Creaghe, one to the King of Portugal, the other to his Confessor. March 16. 57. Articles for the examination of Dr. Watson, as to correspon- dence with John Castell in Portugal. March 1 6. 58. Examinations of Hugh Kenrick, Protonotary in the Sheriff's Court of London, as to his knowledge of the doings of Ric. Creaghe and Dr. Watson. Correspondence with parties in foreign parts. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 647 1580. March 17. March 17. Vol. CXXXVI. 59. Confession of Mrs. Elizabeth Kenrick, touching her knowledge of the cause of her husband's apprehension. His dealings with Watson and Creaghe. 60. Examination of John Cowledge relative to the proceedings of Richard Creaghe while in his keeping three years. With postscript by Sir Owyn Hopton, that Creaghe had been in custody five years for papistry only. March 17. 61. Interrogatories ministered to William Whitine relative to his knowledge of Antonio Foga§a, a Portuguese, and the Catholic prisoners about London, particularly Dr. Watson. March 17. 62. Answer of Wm. Whitine, servant to Dr. Watson. His ac- quaintance with A. Foga9a, and delivery of two letters to Kenrick. March 17. 63. The sayings of Wm. Whitine concerning A. Eoga§a, set down under his own hand. Delivery of the two letters to him. March 17. 64. Extracts put of divers letters of Antonio Foga9a, to the Duke of Alva, Secy. Sayas, the King of Portugal, the Duke of Guise, Friar Chaves, and Ruy Gomez de Sylva, from 1572 to 1577. March ] 7. 65. Certificate by Bishop Whytgifte of such timber trees as he had by any means caused to be felled upon the lands of any of his. houses of residence within the Bishoprick of Worcester. March 17. Instructions by the Council to Sir Wm. Wynter, appointed to go to the seas with three of the Queen's ships, and the two barks called the Achates and the Handmaid, to cruize oif the Irish coast, to intercept any succours that might be sent by the King of Spain to aid the rebels in Ireland. To arrest all pirates that he may fall in with. [See Vol. cxxxiv, p. 628.] March 18. 66. Dr. Edw. Hawford to Lord Burghley. Attempts in Christ's Christ's Coll. College to evade the Statutes of their Foundress. Mr. Broughton's fellowship was of King Edward Vlth's foundation ; which, however, is subject to the Statutes of the Foundress. March 19. 67. Testimonial under the hand of George Kevall, notary public, that the Merchants of the Stillyard were not sufiered by the officers of the Customs to export cloths, unless they paid strangers' custom, March 20. 68. Answers of Antonio Foga^a to certain articles propounded. The term of his residence in England. Never had any acquaintance with Watson and Creaghe, nor sent any other letters than the two to the King and his Confessor. March 22. 69. Articles to be ministered to Anthony Fogaga relative to his letters to the Duke of Alva, about the Earl of Westmoreland, &c. March 22. 70. The same in Spanish. March 22. 71. Archbp. Grindall to the Queen. Certificate of the timber trees Lambeth, felled on the lands belonging to the see of Canterbury, since his first entry tlierein. 64S DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. Vol. CXXXVI. Note of the armour and stores to be sent with the eleven 1580. March [25?] 72. ^ . , ,, , ■ . .. ships, with necessaries for the dressing and well keeping oi the same on shipboard during the voyage. March 25. 73. Eic. Byngham to Sir Fr. Walsyng^iam. Their proceedings at Queenborough. gea. They had gone as far as the Nore, but returned to Queen- borough. Delay occasioned for want of provisions. 74. Philip Sidnei to Arthur Atey, [Principal of Alban Hall, Oxford]. Thanks him as much as his love and his own gratefulness require. No news, but that all be well. 75. Bishop Barnes to the Queen. Has felled no timber trees during his incumbency either of Carlisle or Durham. 76. Dr.. Tobie Matthew, Vice-Chancellor, to Arthur Atey. Missed in bed. Bess him to March 25. Wilton. March 25. Jlarch 28. Christ's Church, liim in the morning, having lain overlong in bed. ^''^°'''^- persuade Corranus to repair to Oxford as soon after the holidays as lie could. Has visited Atey's Hall. Desires news on certain points, as briefly and as darkly as he can. March 28. 77. Answer to certain points moved by the Bp. of _ Worcester upon Her Majestj'^s letters for restraint of the felling of timber. March 28. 78. Tho. Clarke to John Talbot, informs him that Eobert Wotton Hampton. ]iad escaped, although confined in a chamber in his father's house, " having a horse locke on his lege," and all his clothes, to his shirt, taken away. March. 79. Bishop Cowper to the Queen. His answer or certificata touching the timber trees felled by him within his diocese of Lincoln. Lat. March. 80. Note of horse and armour to be furnished by gentlemen, according to the rate of their lands and goods. March ? 81. Note of the number of lances and light horse to be levied on pluraliats, distinguishing the plurahsts by name in each diocese. March. 82. Note of persons (principally transgressors of certain laws, pluralists, &c.,) meet to contribute towards the training of soldiers, without offence to the state and good liking of the people. March ? 83. Remembrances for works to be done in and about the Castle of Windsor. " The M aides of Honour desire to have their chamber ceiled, and the partition that is of boardes ther, to be made higher, for that their servauntes looke over." March ? 84. Sir Henry Darcy, Sir Henry Cromwell, and Rob. Bevill, Com- missioners of Musters for Huntingdonshire, to the Earl of Sussex. Have equally rated the whole county for furnishing light horsemen ; but all show their disability for observance of the same. Names of persons who are eitlier dead or have left the county. Annexed, 84. I. List sent from the Council, of gentlemen in Huntingdon- shire thought meet to be charged with the keeping of demi' lances and light horse in that county. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 649 1580. March ? Vol. CXXXVI. 85, The Council to the Justices in every shire, to raise a fund for repair of Dover Haven, by levying a fine of 2s. Gd. upon every new licence for keeping alehouses ; and all licences heretofore granted to be void from the last of May next, except such as shall pay the above fine. Vol. CXXXVII. April, 1580. April 1. 1. Edward Baeshe to Lord Burghley. Detail of the expenditure Stansted. of 4,000Z. in Her Majesty's service. The estimate in setting forth Sir Wm. Wynter's 'ships. Desires instructions as to sale of the pro- visions that remained. April 1.. 2. William Holt to Thos. Philipson, Principal of St. Mary's Hall, Oxford. Desires him to give up a feather bed and certain books to Mr. Edw. Eisheton. Writes in favour of the Catholic religion. Lat. April 1. 3. TheMarquisof Winchester and others, Commissioners of Musters Dorchester, for Dorset, to the Council. Have caused the 4,000 men appointed for defence of the sea coast to be put in readiness, and have nominated captains to command them. Their opinions respecting the defence of the shire. April 3. 4 Articles to be ministered to Antonio Foga^a, taken out of the matters extracted from his own letters. April 3. 5. The answer of Antonio Fogaca to the articles propounded. States that he, as of himself, wrote that he wished Don John to be possessed of this crown, and matched with the Queen of Scots, his intent being onlj' topx'ocure the advancement of the Romish religion. April [3.] 6 The answer of Antonio Fogaca to certain interrogatories That he himself indicted the two letters in Spanish. Gave money to Dr. Watson's servant to obtain his master's hand to the letters The sentence of excommunication copied out by the Fleming. [April 3.] 7. Note of matters to be considered of by Mr. Secretary. To examine Lucius, the Dutchman, who translated Foga5a's letters from Spanish into Latin. Kenrick and Wm. Whitine to discover Paul Core the priest, and Nicholas Roscaroc. April 3. Stebunhuth. [Stepney.] April 3. April 3 ? 8. Tho. Lord Wentwortn to the Council. Has received their letters for taking general musters in Middlesex. The commission remains in the keeping of the Clerk of the Peace. 9. Bishop Aylmer's certificate to Her Majesty of the number of timber trees felled and sold by him since his coming to the see of London. 10. 11. Account of woods sold by the Bishop of London in anno 19 Eliz., out of the great park of Hornsey; together with the wood sold in Michaelmas last in Finchley Wood, Southwood, the oreat park and little park near Highgate. Two copies. 650 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1580. April 3 ? April 3. April 4. ralmoath. April 6. April 6. April 7. The Court. April 7. April 7. April 7. Newark. April 8. Cobham. April 9. Wells. April 12, Venice. April 12. Vol. CXXXVII. 12. Declaration of such woods and timber felled and sold by the Bishop of London within sundry places of his bishoprick, since Lady-day last was two years, amounting in the whole to the sum of 1,466L Os. U. 13. Declaration made to Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer, of the receipts in the Exchequer, from Sept. 29, 1579, to Easter, 1580. 14. Ric. Byngham to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Journal of their pro- ceedings at sea after leaving Queenborough, and from thence to Falmouth. Advertisements received from a certain Irishman from Cork. 15. Orders taken at Dorchester, the 6th of April, for the levying of 4,000 men for the defence of the shire. 16. Arthur Fawnte to his brother Anthony Fawnte. In com- mendation of the great virtue and goodness of the bearer, who will -speak with him on various points. Prays his brother to take care of his soul and the faith they had been brought up in. 17. The Commissioners for enforcing the statutes respecting the breed and keeping of horses, to the Sub-commissioners for the county of Leicester. Directions for proceeding diligently under their com- mission. [Indorsed. Sent with the first co7nmissions.'\ 18. Same to the same, for the county of Kent. 19. Same to same, for the county of Norfolk. 20. The Earl of Eutland, Sir Jervis Clyfton, and others, to the Council. Desire that Sir Robert Constable, Sir Wm. Hollis, George Chowoorth, and Geo. Nevill, Esqrs., may be added to the other Special Commissioners for Musters in Nottinghamshire. 21. Lord Cobham to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Requests a separate commission for musters for the Cinque Ports, as their charters exempted them from the rest of the shire. 22. Bishop Berkeley and others. Justices of Somersetshire, to same. Request that Mr. John Syddenham might-be joined in special com- mission with them for the musters. The bearer, Mr. Arthur Hopton, will give more information. 23. Christopher Hodgson, " otherwise called Christophersonne," to his father, Christopher Hodgson. Professes his duty and affection. Commends the learning of the bearer, his special friend. Sends re- membrances to all members of his family. 24. John Boul to his sister Ellen. Thanks for various things she has sent him. Rejoices she ifs now a servant of God, and not of this world. Religious reflections. Delivery of some tokens. Desires her to persevere in the Romish religion. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 651 1580. April 12. London. April 14. April 14. April 14. April 15. Chichester. April 16. Hereford. April 16. Wells. April 16. Rome. April 17. April 17. Gloucester. AprU 18. April 18. Eome. Vol. CXXXVII. 25. The Justices of Middlesex to the Council. Respecting the right of the Lieutenant of the Tower to take the muster of the Tower Hamlets. In all preceding musters they have been charged with the rest of the county. The Hamlets never belonged to the Abbey of Westminster. 26. Faculty granted by Pope Gregory XIII. to Eobert Parsons and Edmund Campion, moderating and explaining the Bull declaratory of Pope Pius v., against Queen Elizabeth and her adherents. Lat. [Much decayed and mutilated.] 27. 28. Two copies ; made before the mutilations. 29. Proclamation for putting in execution the Statutes for the increase of horsemen and breed of horses for service. 30. Fair copy of the above, with further corrections. 31. Wm. Overton to Mrs. Becon. Promises that if he should be appointed to a Bishoprick through the influence of her husband. Dr. Becon, he hoped they would come and live with him, and all. that lie had should be theirs. [A copy in Dr. Becon's hand, with this note, " a true copy of the Lorde B. letters, written w"" his owne hand." Overton was elected Bishop) of Coventry and Lichfield on the ] Qth of September following.] 32. Wm. Cicill, Sheriff, and others, Justices of Herefordshire, to the Council. Cannot execute their commission for the general musters, owing to the absence of Sir Henry Sydney and other Com- missioners ; and suggesting the names of other gentlemen to be joined in the commission. 33. Bishop Berkeley to the Queen. Certifies the number of timber trees feUed by him since his coming to the Bishoprick of Bath and Wells. 34. Licence from Rome, for the safe Riston. passage of Mr. Edward 35. George Digby to Arthur Atye. Desires the speedy dispatch of his footman, and the continuance of his friendship. Commen- dations to Mr. Sidney, if he be at Court, and to Mr. Cressy. 36. The Mayor, &c., of Gloucester, to the Council. Request to have a separate commission appointed to take the musters of their city. Sir Nich. Arnold and Thos. Purie, named in the late com- mission, are dead. Names of other gentlemen fit to be inserted. 37. Richard Sugeham to Wm. Birde. Thanks for his courtesies. Sends one of his very dear friends to him, who will shew him many things he will like to know. 38. Robert Owen to Dr. Humphry Ely at Rheims. Sends his commendations. Departure of my Lord of St. Asaph and Mr. D. Morton for Venice. This day many of his countrymen depart from Rome, and withal good Father Campion. Is finely lodged in Rome, for which he pays but 26 Julies a month. 652 DOMESTIC-— ELIZABETH. 1580. April] 8. April] 9. Vol. CXXXVII. 39. Keasons for the Bp. of London why he desires that the matter of dilapidations may be determined by the Council. 40. Receipt by the Bishop of Ely, and others, of letters from the Council for the musters in Ely and Cambridge. April 21. 41. The Justices and Commissioners for the musters in Norfolk East Deruham. to the Council. Desire a longer time to be given for certifying of the general musters ; having been delayed by the plague and other occasions. April 22. Stafford. April 22. New Wood- stock. April 23. Ipswich. April 23. April 25. April 26. April 27. Lincoln. 42. Edw. Lord Stafford, and others, to same. Recpest to know if they should muster the town of Stafford with the rest of the shire, as in the time of the late Earl of Essex. There are above fifty lusty young fellows in the town who have neither wife nor charge. 43. Sir Henry Lee and others. Justices of Oxfordshire, to same. Tliat the borough of New Woodstock claim the privilege of a separate commission for musters, the same as New Windsor. 44. Commissioners of Musters for the county of Suffolk to same. Their proceedings in taking the musters, for the whole county, with the exception of Ipswich. Greater quantity of arms and armour furnished than heretofore. State of defence of the county. Increase of the number of horses. Inclosing, 44. I, General certificate of the musters for the county of Suffolk, amounting to 10,749 able men, with the names of the captains and leaders appointed to command them. 44. ir. Particular certificate of musters in Suffolk, amounting to 3,894 able men. [Note : these certificates are made on printed forms, and are the first so executed.'] 45. The names of such as have been the Sovereign's Lieutenants on St. George's day, since 16th year of the Queen's reign. 46. John Cupper, Steward of New Woodstock, to Secretary Wilson. In favour of the privilege of a separate commission for the musters, the same as granted to the borough of Old Windsor. 47. William Gifford, Fellow of the English College at Rome, to Wm. Middelmore. Desires to be informed of the state of their affairs in England. Sends four pair of hallowed beads and other Popish tokens. Had hoped to have seen one of his brothers at Rome. 48. Commissioners of Musters for Liudsey Division, co. Lincoln, to the Council. Certify their doings in the musters : the numbers being less than in the last certificate by omission of the musters for the city of Lincoln. Inclosing, 48. I. Certificate of the musters for the Division of Lindsey in the county of Lincoln. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH, 653 ig80_ Vol. CXXXVII. April 30. 49. John Middelmore to his son William, at Paris. Has received Hawkeslow. his letters. Desires him to continue firm in the Romish religion, and apply himself to his studies. Before he returns, to call on Mr. Talbot's Son at Rouen, and to bring any letters he may wish to send. April. 50-53. Abstracts and notes of Orders in Council, respecting the breed and keeping of horses ; keeping musters ; appointment of deputies, &c. Four fcipers. April ? 54. Brief of the Archbishop of Canterbury's defence and answer to the articles of dilapidations presented against him by the Bp. of London. Aprils April. Norwich. April. April. Thornage. April. April. April ? April? 55. Reply of the Bp. of London to the answer of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York in certain points of law, relating to the matter of dilapidations. Lat. 56. Mayor and Aldermen of Norwich to the Council. Desire a separate commission for musters within their city, according to their ancient privileges. Inclosing, 56. I. The oiames of such of the city of Norwich as the Maycn^ and Aldermen desire to he put into the commission for m,usters. 57. The Queen to the Commissioners and Justices of the Peace in the several counties. For the levying of horsemen and armour, for present service in Ireland. 58. Commissioners of Musters for the county of Norfolk to the Council. Certifying their doings in the musters. Deficiency of arms and armour. Have appointed the muster of horses for the 1st of June. Desire that the proportion of armour may be qualified. 59. Certificate of musters of able men and horsemen for the count}' of Cambridge, with the names of the captains commanding them. 60-65. Certificates of general musters of able men and armour in the divisions of Alton, Portsdown, Andover, Fawley, Redbridge, and Basingstoke, in the county of Southampton. Six returns. 66. General certificate of musters of the whole county of South- ampton, of able men furnished, complete and not complete. 67. Certificate of the musters of footmen and horsemen within the city of Winchester. [April.] 68. "A booke of the Names of y^ Gentlmen and freholders in. "ye county of Warwicke ;" placed under their respective hundreds [In the hundred of Barlichway occur, among the freeholders, the names of John Shakespeare the father of William Shalcespeare, and Thomas Shakspere of Boiuington,'\ 654 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1580. [April.] April ? April 1 A.pril. April. April. April. April. Vol. CXXXVII. 69. Another book, similar to the above, with the title '^ A Booke of " the names and dwellinge places of y^ Gentlmen and freeholders " in y: Countye of Warwicke ;" divided in the same manner under hundreds, and subdivided into towns and villages,'^ shewing the residences of each person. Thus John Shakespeare, under the con- traction of "Shaxp," occurs at Stratford upon Avon ; and Thomas Shakspere, under that of "Shaxpe," at Eowington. [The same lists also contain the names of William Clopton, Adrian Quinie,John Coomes, John Sadler, and several other persons connected with the biography of Shakespeare.'] 70. Note or suggestions touching the provision of armes and furniture most apt and fit for light horsemen. 71. Certificate of the Musters for the City of Lincoln. Signed, among others, by the mark of Eiehard Hawkes, Mayor. 72. Bishop Scorey to the Queen. Certifies his doings touching the felling of timber trees within his see of Hereford. Hopes to be allowed to have enough for necessary fuel for his household. 73. Articles objected against the Bishop of London for the sale of timber trees within his see ; with his answers to the same. 74. Note of such liberties as the inhabitants within the precincts of the late dissolved houses of the Black and White Friars claim to have exempt from the city of London ; shewing the Queen's interest therein, and the names of the honourable and worshipful persons now inhabiting the same. \_An Order in Council was passed on the 15th May 1580, deferring the final hearing of this controversy till the following Michaelmas. Co. Reg I] 75. Note of letters sent by the Commissioners for the increase and breed of horses, into various shires. 76. W. B.3 preacher, Parson of Haddon, to the Archbishop of Canterbury, relative to the state of his suit against T. L., depending in the Consistory Court at St. Pauls, as appears by the reports of Dr. Walker and Mr. Archdeacon Mullens. Discouragement of the afflicted ministers by the course of proceeding in this suit. May 1. Harrington. May 2. May 2. Vol. CXXXVIIT. May, 1580. 1. Justices of Berkshire to the Council. Proceedings iri taking the musters. Reasons why the numbers are less now than in the 15th year of Her Majesty's reign. 2. Book of the names of the inhabitants within the Isle of Elyj charged by the Bishop to keep horses and geldings and furniture for service ; signed by Bishop Cox. 3. General certificate of Musters of able men, as well footmen as horsemen, for the county of Surrey, amounting to 7,384 men. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 655 1580. May 2. May 3. May 3. May 5. May 5. Tattersall. May 7. May 8. May 8. May 8. May 9. Aneaster. May 9. Leicester. May 9. Downham. Vol. CXXXVIII. 4. Particular certificate of Musters of liorsemen and footmen for the county of Surrey ; the total being 2,120 able men complete. 5. General certificate of Musters of footmen and horsemen, for the county of Cornwall. 6. Particular certificate of Musters for the same county, amount- ing to 4,000 able meu, with the names of the captains to command them. 7. Comparative rates of various articles of munitions, naval and ordnance stores, for ready money, shewing the price paid by Govern- ment and the common price. 8. Commissioners of Musters for the Holland Division, co. Lincoln, to the Council. Send certificate of the Musters ; the diminution from the 11th year of the Queen's reign being occasioned by the great deluge in the 12th year, and the want of resident gentlemen. Inclosi'fig, 8. I. Certificate of the general Musters for the parts of Holland in the county of Lincoln. 8. II. General certificate of Musters for the Holland Division. 9. Declaration by Thomas Hancocke, preacher, of the blasphemous speeches uttered by one Sherwood, a prisoner in the King's Bench, and his refusing to hear divine service. 10. [Edward Havard] to Arden Waferer. Earnestly desires him to let him receive some money by the bearer ; with a postcript by Fr. Waferer to his brother Arden, desiring him to grant Mr. Havard's request. 11. Edward Havard [Dravah] to brother Gregory. Is in a very poor state. Hopes he has received money for him from Creswell. His nex;t half year's annuity and all other money may be sent by the bearer. Thanks him for his gentle remembrance of his two pair of shoes. 12. Same to his " alied brother," Mr. Thomas Hanbie. Thanks him for his kindness, and desires to be recommended to his good sister, Hanbie's wife. "^ ' — ^ •"-- ■*"" -~j — ^ i~;~ i j— thanks for the same. Has received the 40s. and returns his hearty 13. Commissioners of Musters for Kesteven Division, co. Lincoln, to the Council. Send true and perfect certificates, and detail their doings in the musters. Causes of delay. Inclosing, 13. I. Certificate of the Musters for the Divisiooi of Kesteven in the cov/nty of Limcoln. 14. Same for the county of Leicester to same. Desire a longer time for the viewing of the horsemen, on account of the leanness of their horses and geldings, owing to a deficiency of hay. 15. Bishop Cox to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. In favour of Sir Fr. Hinde's plan for uniting the livings of the two churches in the parish of Histon, CO. Cambridge. Dr. Dale has stated a manifest untruth as to an annuity of 40Z. a year. 656 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1580. May 11. Dorchester, May 13. liOndon. May 16. Trafford. May 18. May 19. Vol. CXXXVIII. 16. Marquis of Wincliester, and others, Commissioners for piracy, CO. Dorset, to the Council. AiTest and examination of Phillip Boyte, and others, for the spoiling of a Spanish ship. Inclosing, 16. I. Examination of Phillip Boyte before Rio. Pitt, Mayor of Weymouth, as to his capture of a Spanish ship, under the impression that war tvas declared between England and Spain. 17. Rich. Barrey, Lieutenant of Dover Castle, to Walsyngham. Dr. Dale -will not join with him in taxing the biU of Baron Man- wood's two servants, for saving the merchants' goods, unless he sees the Order in Council for that purpose. The merchants desire an end of the matter. 18. Sir Edm. Trafforde to the Earl of Leicester. State of the county of Lancaster, which is lamentable to behold, considering the great disorders thereof in matters of religion. Masses are said in several places. Desires that the offenders may be rigorously dealt with. 19. Eeport of the charges of the Achates, discharged 18th May 1580; certified by John Hawkyns and Willm. Holstok. 20. Justices of Somersetshire to the Council. Detail their pro- ceedings in mustering the 4,000 able men selected for the defence of the sea coasts. The statute for the breed of horses is duly observed. Inclosing, 20. I. General certificate of Musters of able men, footmen and horsemen, of the whole county of Somerset. 20. II. Particular certificate of Musters of the 4,000 men of the same county, selected for defence of the coasts, &c. May 20. 21 . Certificate of Musters for the town and manor of Bradninch, in the county of Devon. May 20. Commission by Sir Rowland Haward and George Barnes, Gover- nors of the Company of English Merchants for discovery of New Trades, to Arthur Pet and Charles Jackman, for a voyage by them to be made for discovery of Cathay. \8ee Bom. 1586, {Trade), fol. 128.] May 20. Instructions given by Richard Hakluyt to Arthur Pet and Charles Jackman, for prosecution of their voyage of discovery of the North- east Streights ; " not altogether unfit for some other enterprises of "discovery hereafter to be taken in hand." \^See ib.,fol.\5^^ May 22. , 22. Declaration respecting the division of certain lands in Key- thorpe and Gowdbie between Everard Digby and Henry Hall. Encroachments of Mr. Digby. Hall's desire that the bounds of their respective lands may be better defined. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 657 1580. May 25. Christ's Coll. Cambridge. May 25. Warwick. May 26. Cawston. May 27. 'Barn Elms. May 31. Stlfkey. May SI. Uppingham. May 31. Boston. May. May. Vol. CXXXVIII. 23. Dr. Edw. Hawford to Lord Burghley. Has received his letter in favour of Hamond, with which they cannot comply, as the Brough- Mr. fellowship had been promised to several others before, ton still retains his fellowship. 24. Commissioners of Musters in the county of Warwick to the Council. Have viewed and mustered men and arms of the selected number within the shire. Delay by the sickness of Sir Fulke Greville. The commission for Coventry has not yet been received. Inclosing, 24. I. Gertificate of Musters of able men of the county of Warwick. 25. Edward Bowghton to the Earl of Leicester. Proceedings in the musters of Warwickshire. Incloses, 25. I. Certificate of Musters, same as in the preceding letter. 26. Walsyngham to Burghley. Laments his Lordship has so just cause of increase of grief, and that the matter should be made publick. Wishes Her Majesty were not so easily drawn to be an instrument to execute the passions of others. Has laboured to remove her displeasure. 27. Particulars of the matter in controversy between Reginald Metcalf, preacher, of Thetford, and Bartholomew Baxter, a priest, relative to the tythes of the benefice of Santon ; with copy of letter from the Council to the Justices of Thetford ; viz., the Mayor, Mr. Wm. Heydon and Mr. Nathaniel Bacon, desiring them to hear the case, dated 25th July, 1579. 28. Commissioners of Musters for Rutlandshire to the CounciL Certify the number of horses furnished, and send certificate of musters. Inclosing, 28. I. General certificate of Musters for the county of Rutland. 29. Same for the town of Boston to the Council. Certify their doings in the musters. Inclosing, 29. I. Certificate of the general Musters for the borough of Boston. 30. Report of the Customers of the port of London to Lord Burghley, of the Customs paid for goods and merchandise entered outwards, from Sept. 29, lo79, to Easter, ]580, and of the number of cloths passed upon the Lord Chamberlain's licence. 31. Examination of John Errington, son to Lancelot Errington, dwelling at Denton, within three miles of Newcastle, touching his going into France. May. 32. Note of letters taken with Harrington or Errington. T T 658 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. ,.„„ Vol. CXXXVni. lOoO. May. 33. Notes relative to the musters. Points required in tlie Council's letters touching the musters, and notes of letters and certificates from various shires. May ? 34. Petition of Eichard James, of London, brewer, to the Council. To be perndtted to buUd on certain waste land in the precincts of St. Katharine's near the Tower ; with certificate by Rauf Eokeby, the master, and Edw. Grafton, steward of St. Katharine's, that the suit was reasonable and necessary. May ? 35. Certificate of the persons charged for harness and light horses in the county of Suffolk, stating the number furnished and the residences of the parties : first certificate. May ? 36. Geaeral certificate of all the able men within the four juris- dictions of the Stannaries in the county of Devon, viewed and mustered by Sir Arthur Basset, deputy to the Earl of Bedford, Lord Warden of those jurisdictions. May ? 37. The Queen to the principal gentlemen in certain shires. Urges them to contribute liberally, and to raise a collection towards the relief of those of the religion in the town of Montpellier. "God's "merciful warning by the late earthquake being an extraordinary "admonition" to England to act with true Christian compassion towards the calamity of the afliicted. [The earthquake, felt through- out England and France, happened on the 6th of April, 1580.] Vol. CXXXIX. June, 1580. June 1. 1. Sir Edward Horsey to Burghley. Intelligence of great prepa- IsleofWight. rations being made in Spain, probably for a descent on Ireland. " Cornells is nowe boylinge of his earth " to make saltpetre. June 1. 2. Commissioners of Musters for the coimty of Gloucester to the Wootton under Council. Desire a longer time to certify the musters, and refer to ^^" the report of the bearer, Mr. Throckmerton. June 1. 3. Sir Fr. Knollys to the Earl of Leicester. Thanks for his letters Greys. to SO poor an object as he is. States his objections to the Queen's marriage with a French Prince. Her inevitable danger of the French bondage, agreed upon by that holy father the Pope, and plotted out by the serpentine subtlety of the Queen mother's head. Prays the Queen may be blessed with a faithful husband. June 2. Indenture of agreement between Sir Wm. Catesby and Sir Eobert Throkmerton, of Caughton, for the settlement of divers manors, &c., in the counties of Warwick and Gloucester, by way of jointure for Dame Anne, now wife of the said Sir William Catesby. [Gase G. Eliz., No. 8.] June. 3. 4. Stephen Garnett to Lawrence Johnson. Begs to hear from him of his mother's infirmity. Is in health, but had been ill in Eogation week, with a trick in the head. Has to make an expo- sition of David's Psalms. On the same paper is a letter to his mother, relative to her health and his own. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 659 1580. Vol. CXXXIX. JuneS. 5. Dr. Lewes to the Council. Desires instructions relative to the The Arches. Portuguese merchandise brought into the realm by John Wynter, being taken by Drake and his company ; the restitution of which is desired by the Ambassador of Portugal. June 4. 6. Commissioners of Musters for Norfolk to the Council. Have mustered the demi-lances and light horse, which are in every way complete. Send certificates. Sir Wm. Paston has been appointed General of the horse, with meet officers under him. Defences of the county. Inclosing, 6. I. General certificate of the musters for the county of Norfolk, as well horse as foot, amounting to 9,260 m,en, with names of the captains appointed to comTnand them. 6. II. Names of all such persons within the county of Norfolk as he appointed to keep horses or geldings for service; with the numbers rated on each person. 6. III. Another list of persons, apparently draft of the above. 6. IV. Names of cdl such persons, knights, gentlemen, and free- holders of Norfolk, appointed to keep horses and geldings for service; specifying their places of residence throughout the county, and the numbers rated to each. 6, V. Similar list, but with a different arrangement of towns and villages. 6. VI. Another list of names of gentleman in Norfolk charged with the keeping of demi-lances and light horse. June 6. 7. Oswald Chamber to his father, Leonard Chamber. Not to Paris. expect his return at present. Desires him to remember his request. June 6. 8. Same to John Hemsworth, His continuance at Paris desired Paris. by his master. Requests him to take charge of his affairs at home. Mr. HoUinges suit. June 7. 9. Grant to Robert Woodroffe the yoimger, second son of Sir Nicholas Woodroffe, Lord Mayor, of the office of Packership of Lon- don, in reversion after the death or surrender of Richard Young, with confirmation of the same, and names of the Aldermen then present. June 8. 10. Jo. Amj'^as ("for so ame I named at Parise") to John Talbot. Paris. That he would send him every information relative to his friend's estate. The matter stands doulstful between the people of Portugal and King Philip, whether they will accept him for their King, or not. June 8. 11. Same to Mrs. Anne Southworth. Thanks for her gentleness Paris. and courtesy. Sends her a piece of English money as a token. Desires to be commended to my lady her mother. June 9. 12. W. L. to Marmaduke Langdale. Touching Father Thomas, Paris. confessor to the Duke of Terra Nova. Probable appointment of the Duke to be Lieutenant of the King of Spain, in Milan. The Irish boy is at Rheims in good health. TT 2 660 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1580. June 9. Cambridge. June 10. Ivy Bridge. June 10. June 10. Paris. June 13. June 14. Bromley Pagetts. June 14. Cambridge. June lij. June 16. St. Albans. Vol. CXXXIX. 13. The Mayor, &c. of Cambridge to the Council. Have niuM- tered and viewed all the able men and armour within the town. Inclosing, 13. I. Certificate of the Musters for the town of Cambridge. 14. Earl of Rutland to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Sends the certifi- cate of the horses for the county of Nottingham. The general certificate will shortly follow. Has received his letter desiring him to attend on the Lord Chancellor. 15. Andrew Feme to Lord Burghley. Thanks for his favours to the University. The application of Lord North and the Mayor of Cambridge, in favour of some person, was to sustain certain pre- tended grievances supposed to be offered by the University to the Townsmen. 16. H. Sand to Tho. Harrington. Marvels that he has not received any letter from his wife. His great losses. Commends the bearer, Humphrey Havard, and desires to be informed if his parents would consent to his returning home. Note of all letters sent and received. 17. Wm. Herlle to Burghley. Advertisements received from Holland of the intentions of Spain. Intimation of a proposed marriage between the Duke of Anjou and the daughter of the King of Spain. The county of Avignon to be erected into a kingdom, and the 17 Belgian provinces, &c. to be also erected into a kingdom for him. His opinion on the effects to be expected from the completion of such a scheme. Fate of the Protestant cause in Europe. Information by John Stamp of disaffection in Berkshire. IS. Commissioners of Musters for the county of Stafford to the Council. Their doings in the musters. Reason why the numbers certified in their last certificate were less than in the 15th year of Queen Elizabeth. Sir Ralph Bagnall dead, and several of the Com- missioners not resident in the county. Inclosing, 18. I. General certificate of Musters for the county of Stafford. 19. Dr. John Hatcher, Vice-Chancellor, and Dr. Thomas Byng to Burghley. Answer to the complaint made by the Townsmen, who, they solicit, ought to be compelled to specify the intolerable vexations and injuries they suffer from the University. 20.. Heads of Colleges to same. Appeal to him to resist the strange attempts against their statutes. Intrusion of two doctors of the town, at the pricking of two Regents to the four Lectures, viz. Philosophy, Rhetoric, Logic, and Mathematics. Two graces surrep- titiously passed. 21. Commissionerg of Musters for St. Albans to the Council. Have taken the general musters of all the able men, armour, and weauon m their poor town. Inclosing, 21. I. Certificate of the general Musters for the town of St. Albans. DOMESTIC —ELIZABETH, 661 1580. June 17. Nor-wich. June 17. June 17. June 21. June 21. Cambridge. June 26. June 27. June 27. Chester. June 28. June 28. London. June 28. Aylesbury. Vol. CXXXIX. 22. Commissioners of Musters for the city of Norwich to the Council. Have mustered all the able men between the ages of 16 and 60, particulars of which are stated. 23. Same for the county of Chester to same. Detail their doings in the musters, which they have described in a " pye of squares." Inclosing, 2.3. I. Certificate of the general Musters for the county of Chester, furnished and unfurnished with armour, weapons, &c. 24. Commission out of the Court of Admiralty granted to Don Antonio de Castiglio for the recovery of the ship and goods taken at sea by Francis Drake and his company. A nnexed, 24. I. Declaration by John Winter relative to the ship taken by Francis Drake, captain and general of five ships and barks bound for the parts of America for discovery and trade of m,erchandise. 25. The Council to the Lord President and Council of Wales. Directions to levy 800 men for the service of Ireland. 26. Dr. John Hatcher to Lord Burghley. Reasons why the Heads of the University object to the Earl of Oxford's players shewing " their cunninge in certayne playes already practysed by them before " the Q. Ma"'= ;" the like having been denyed to the Earl of Leicester's servants. 27. The Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge, to same ? In behalf of Edward Negus, who had been refused admission to his fellowship by the negative voice of the Master. 28. Eichard Stonley to same. Declaration of the state of his accounts since Easter last. States the losses and hindrances he has sustained in the time of his 27 years' service. 29. Wm. Glaseor to same. In the absence of Wm. Goodman, the Mayor, has taken order with Mr. Hardware his deputy, for the furnishing ships and provisions for transporting the 300 soldiers from Wales into Ireland. Note of prices, &c. 30. Certificate of the Musters in the city of Lichfield, taken by Thomas Lord Paget, of Beaudesert, the bailifis and sherifi" of the city, and others. 31. Sir Nicholas Woodrofe, Lord Mayor, to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Musters in the city. Reasons why they had not made certificate earlier. Desires that the Lord Chancellor might be authorized to hasten the new commission. 32. Commissioners of Musters for the county of Buckingham to the Council. Excuse their delay in making certificate, and the reasons for the numbers being much fewer in the 20th than in the 15th year of Her Majesty's reign. Inclosing, 32. I. Certificate of the general Musters for the county of Buckingham. 662 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1580. June 28. Aylesbury. June 30. Hertford. June 30. Worcester. June 30. Stamibrd. June 30. Beare. June. Westmiiister. June. June i June? June? June? Vol. CXXXIX. 33. Commissioners of Musters for the county of Buckingham to the Council. Certify their doings for the mustering of horsemen, •which they have reduced into the form of a book, and send to their Lordships. 34. Same for Hertfordshire to same. Their doings in taking the musters, and increase of the number of horses. Have refrained from appointing captains, as they have but few expert enough for that office. Inclosing, 34. I. Certificate of the general Musters for the county of Hertford. 34. II. The numher of demi-lances and light horse furnished complete, charged within the county of Hertford. 34. III. Similar list of dcTni-lances and light horses for the county of Hertford, shewing the increase. 35. Same for the city of Worcester to same. Have taken the musters, and included therein all the pioneers and smiths in the city. Inclosing, 35. I. Certificate of the Musters for the city of Worcester. 36. Same for the town of Stamford to same. Particulars of the musters taken by them in the borough of Stamford. 37. Sir Henry Radeclyff to Lord Burghley. Transmits intelligence from Spain. Requests Mr. Sec. Walsyngham may be put in remem- brance for a supply of munition for Portsmouth. 38. The Queen to the Lord Chancellor. Forbids the passing of any grant under the Great Seal by immediate warrant. Signed in June, but dated the 22d of April before. 39. Report of a difference between one Threddar, a townsman of Cambridge, and Mr. Wliittnell, a Fellow of Trinity College. Thred- dar appears on summons, and produces a supersedeas from the Mayor, which Dr. Byng refuses to receive. 40. 41. Sir Ric. Norton to Sir F. Walsyngham. Two certificates of lands belonging to the Bishops of Winchester, at Farnham Castle in Surrey, Waltham in Hants, and Wolvesey House at Winchester. 42. General certificate of the musters of footmen and horsemen in the whole county of Oxford, amounting to 5,000 men, with names of the captains commanding them. 43. General certificate of musters of all the footmen in the county of Kent, except the cities of Canterbury and Rochester, and the Five Ports, by Thomas Fane, Esq., High Sheriff of the said county, amounting in the whole to 12,131 men, consisting of pikemen, gunners, archers, billmen, pioneers, carpenters, smiths, masons, and wheelwrights. 44. Names of the gentlemen appointed to furnish lancesand light horses for the whole county of Kent, shewing the increase since the last certificate. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 663 1580. June? June. June. June? June ? June? June ? June ? Jime ? Vol. CXXXIX. 45. Names of the gentlemen within the Lathe of Sutton at Hone, thought meet to be charged with demi-lances and light CO. Kent, horses. 46. General certificate, by Lord Cobham and others, of musters within the Cinque Ports, and their members. 47. Certificate of musters for the county of Derby. The number of footmen furnished and complete being 600, and the number of horsemen 40. 48. The names of all persons rated for finding demi-lances and light horses furnished, within the county of Essex. 49. Certificate of the names of gentlemen furnishing light horses and demi-lances in the county of Somerset, 50. 51. The names of the Lords of the Parliament, with the num- ber of demi-lances and light horses appointed to be kept by them severally. Two copies, 52. The Council to the Commissioners of Musters in several counties. Thanks for their diligence, but suggesting that many parties might be rated to furnish a higher number of horses. 53. The Commissioners for Horses to the Sub-Commissioners in the shires which had neglected to return certificates. Expressing Her Majesty's displeasure, and commanding them to proceed in the musters without delay. 54. Petition of Wm. Van Dueton, Herman Elmanhurst, and others. Merchants of Hamburgh and Lubeck, to the CouncU. Praying for satisfaction for goods and merchandise taken firom them by a ship belonging to Henry Sackford, Esq., and by another ship of Thomas Clerk's, a notorious pirate. July 1. July 5. The Tower. July 5. Oxford. Vol. OXL. July, 1580. 1. Sir Fr. Knollys to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Condoles with him on the death of his daughter. Desires letters from the Council to repress the unruly dealings of Tho. and Edward Wyngfylde at Kymbolton. Lord Garret's sudden and untimely death has dis- ordered all his household. 2. The Ofiicers of the Ordnance to Walsyngham. That the bows, arrows, bills, and skulls, desired by the inhabitants of Pembroke, could be spared out of the stores in the Tower, at prices stated. 3. The Mayor, &c. of Oxford to the Council. Have taken the musters within the city and suburbs of Oxford ; except the Univer- sity. Difficulties that may arise from the increasing number of privileged persons. Inclosing, 3. I. Gertificate of the Musters for the city and suburbs of Oxford. 664 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1580. July 5. Brereton. July 6. Newbury. July 7. Grays. July 8. Oxford. Julys. Southwell. Vol. CXL. 4. Wm. Brereton to the Earl of Leicester. Has sent a separate certificate of the number of persons chargeable with the keeping of horses in the county of Chester, and the number of horses rated. 5. Commissioners of Musters for Berkshire to the Council. Cer- tifying their diligence in taking the musters. Inclosing, 0. I. Certificate of the general Musters in the county of Berks, with the number of demi-lances and light horse. 5. II. Particular certificate of the number of able men furnished in the same county. 6. Sir Fr. KnoUys to Walsyngham. Sends the correspondence between himself and Tho. Wyngfylde and his son Edward, relative to their destruction of woods and spoil of the estate at Kymbolton. In- tention of Edward the son, to go to law for the lands. Himself and the Chancellor of the Exchequer have already raised above 600?. towards the marriage portions of Mr. Wyngfylde's three daughters. Incloses, 6. I. Information given by Mr. Treasurer's [Sir Fr.Knollys] two servants, Mowsdale and Knott, sent to Kymbolton to give warning to the purchasers of any trees offered for sale by Edw. Wyngfylde. Proceedings of Robert Dorri/ngton and others, who bought trees after notice. 6. II. Knollys to Tho. Wyngfylde. InforTns him that the keeping of his lands and woods had been intrusted to him and the Ghamcellor of the Exchequer, and therefore advises him not to interfere in order to satisfy the po'odigal lust of his law- less youthful son, Edw. Wyngfylde. Grays, 30 Juwe 1580. 6. III. Same to Edward Wyngfylde. Commanding him not inso- lently and unlawfully to intermeddle with the orders given by the Chancellor and himself relative to the lands at Kymbolton. Grays, 30 June. 6. IV. Edw. Wyngfylde to Sir F. Knollys. In answer to his letter, has never objected to the orders given by his direc- tions. Desires that he may enjoy the lands given to him by his father, the title to which he intends to try by law. Kymbolton, i July. 7. Commissioners of Musters for the county of Oxford to the Council. Refusal of Tho. Wennman, of Wytney Park, to furnish one light horse for Her Majesty's service, he being of ability and living meet for the same. 8. Same for the county of Nottingham to same. Certify their doings in the musters which their poor small country is not able further to answer. Inclosing, S. I. General certificate of the able men, furnished and un- furnished, in the county of Nottingham, amounting in the xvhole to 2,000 men. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH, 665 1580. July 9. Cobham, July 10. Portsmouth. July 11. Folk. July 11. July 12. Sarum. July 12. July 15 July 13. Norwich. July 13. July 15. July 15. Vol. CXL. 9. Lord Cobham to Richard Barrey, Lieut, of Dover Castle. Sends the letter of Mr. Hawkyns and Mr. Holstok, for the levying of 160 sailors and mariners in Kent and Sussex. Carelessness of the Mayor of Sandwich. 10. Sir Henry Eadeclyff to Lord Burghley. His man has lately returned from Spain, and gives intelligence of the great preparations there : advises the bark should return and gain further intelligence secretly. The county is not in forvs^ardness as to the musters, and not well organized in case of any alarm. 11. Thos. (]hafin, Sheriif of Dorset, to Viscount Bindon. Com- plains of the misbehaviour of his son, Mr. Henry Howard, and of the outrageous treatment and abuse he has received from him. iFor this gross act Mr. Henry Howard tvas committed to the Marshalsea on the 31si of October following, where he reviaimed till the 22nd of December, and was then discharged on acknowledging his fault. Co. Reg.] 12. Certificate of the general and special musters of able men, fur- nished and unfurnished, of the borough of Ipswich, in the county of SuflFolk. 13. The Mayor, &c. of the city of New Sarum to the Council. Have viewed all the able men meet to bear armour within their city. Inclosing, 13. I. GeHificate of the musters fm^ the city of N'ew Sarum. 14. William Parker to Burghley. Lord Morley's ill-will to his Lordship. Speech of certain of the servants of Lord Howard and the Earl of Arundel, charging Burghley and Leicester with being the cause of the Duke of Norfolk's death. 15. Account of the charges of Tho. Randolphe, sent from Her Majesty to receive and entertain the Prince of Cond^, during his sojourn in England. 16. William Heydon and Nathaniel Bacon to the Council. That Bartholomew Baxter had broken the peace, and hazarded the for- feiture of his bond, by forcibly taking the tythes of lambs and wool of the benefice of Santon, against the claim of Reginald Metcalf, of Thetford. 1 7. Certificate by Robert Petre of sums paid by him out of the Receipt, since the 5th of July last. 18. Proclamation against spreading seditious rumours of the approach of a Spanish fleet, and a projected invasion of England by the Pope, the King of Spain, and other Princes. [A draft wholly in Burghley' s hand. This is the original of the printed procla- mation, 15 July, 1580, frov% which however it varies in many particulars.] 19. Fair copy of the above; with considerable alterations by Burghley. 666 DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 1580. ^°- ^^- July 13. 20. Lord Burghley to the Justices of Gloucestershire. To permit Nicholas Wise Fitzjohn to buy 100 qrs. of wheat, and 250 qrs. of malt, within that county, for this year, and the same quantity next year, and to export the same to the city of "Waterford. July 20. 21. Commissioners for Musters in Cornwall to the Council. Have Latinceston. get forth 100 soldiers, furnished with armour and weapons, for Ireland. Their great expense in complying with the former order for 200 men for Ireland, whereby their little shire hath been greatly charged. July 20 1 22. Note of " the charge that the county of Cornwall hath been at since the first instructions for training of men, and how much the country shall be eased of that charge, which they most gratefuUy embrace." July 20. Kenilworth. July 20. Somerton. July 20. July 20, Paris. July 21. I'aris. July 21. Beare. July 22. Oatlands. 23. Earl of Leicester to Burghley. Explains the causes of his recent unkindness. Of late he has found less of Her Majesty's wonted favour. Particular of his suits to Her for some lands, which had been stayed, and the Queen fell into very hard terms, as well for the land as against the messenger. Desires a continuance of his friendship. The Castle of Banbury in good repair. 24. Commissioners of Musters in Somersetshire to the Council. Have put in readiness 200 choice soldiers, and appointed George Popham to be their captain. 25. Degory NycooUs, Master of Magdalen College, Cambridge, to Lord Burghley. Sets forth the favorable intentions of the Lord Chief Justice towards that College. Their poverty, having but one scholarship. 26. T. Copley (Baron Copley) to same. Thanks him for his favorable mind towards him, but argues against the injustice of withholding from him his title, because coixferred upon him by a foreign Prince. Instances many cases of titles of honour being conferred upon foreigners in England. Desires the restoration of Her Majesty's favor, and declares his zeal and fervent loyalty to her person and realm. 27. Same to same. Desires to offer him some present, and as he could not give him any massive thing, or of great value, he sends him a pedigree of Lady Burghley's family on the side of Belknape. 28. Sir Henry Kadeclyff to the Council. Bequests that artificers may be sent down for the scouring and trimming the armour, &c. under his charge at Portsmouth. 29. Sir Chr. Hatton to Burghley. Desires him to favour a renewal of his lease of the impost on wines. Acknowledges the recovery of his poor estate to have grown out of his great goodness and favour. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 667 1580. Vol. CXL. July 22. 30. Commissioners of Musters in Staffordshire to the Council. WoWerhampton. Have' put in readiness 100 soldiers to be sent into Ireland, and ap- pointed Mr. Timothy Egerton to be their captain. July 25. 31. Sir Fr. KnoUys to Walsyngham, Edw. Wyngfylde and his father persist in the spoil of the woods at Kymbolton. Desires a letter from the Council to restrain the sale of any timber there till after Christmas, and to warn Sir Harry Darcy and other purchasers. July 27. Leicester. July 27. July 30. July 30. Bedford. 32. Commissioners for Musters in Leicestershire to the Council. Considerable time occupied in returning an extended certificate. Send that of their horsemen and particular persons charged, 33. KnoUys to Walsyngham. Is rejoiced the Council desires to see a true account of the revenues and profits of Thos. Wyngfylde's lands, as it will prove the falsehood of Edw. Wyngfylde's assertions. Sends two accounts by Mr. Marten, steward to his daughter the Countess. Desires another auditor might be appointed. Incloses, 33. I. Note of the obligations made to Sir Walter Mildmay and Sir Francis KnoUys of the sums placed out at interest by them, to sundry merchants, at the rate of 6 in 100, in trust for the use of the three daughters of Tho. Wyngfylde. 34. Mr. Watson's offers to be admitted into the offices of the Receipt and Star Chamber. Has an interest in the lease of Dr. Huyck's house. 35. Commissioners for Musters in the county of Bedford to the Council. Have used great care and diligence in taking the musters. Report on the amount of armour, and explain their certificate. In- closing, 35. I. General certificate of the Musters for the county of Bedford, of able men furnished and complete, and of horsemen, as well demi-lances as light horsem,en, with the captains commanding them. July 30. 36. Certificate by Morris Pyckering, keeper of the Gatehouse, of the prisoners committed to his charge since 1577, and of those pri- soners now remaining in his keeping. July 31. 37. Certificate of prisoners committed to the Poultry Compter, principally for matters of religion, from the 29th of July 1577 to the 31st July 1580, stating the days on which they were actually committed, and under what authority. July 31 . 38. Similar certificate of the prisoners in the King's Bench com- mitted within the last three years, July 31. 39. Similar certificate by Tho. Lewys, keeper of the White Lion, White Lion. Southwark, of the prisoners that are now or have been lately in his custody for matters of religion. 668 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. Vol. CXL. 1580. . . . ,, ,^ July. 40. Similar certificate of all the prisoners remaining m the Mar- shalsea, for papistry. July ? 41. Resolutions upon the view of the certificates of the Lords Lieutenants of the several shires. July ? 42. Names of gentlemen appointed to furnish lances and light horse in the county of Cambridge. July? 43. Articles to be alleged against certain persons for matters of religion. July. 44. Examination of Mr. Abyngton's book of rates for the victual- ling of 3,500 soldiers, with the note of the prices to be allowed for provisions. July ? 45. List of counties which have certified their proceedings in the musters, and of those which have not yet returned certificates. July? 46. The Council to Lord Cobham. Directs him to consult Sir Tho. Scott, Sir James Hales, and other competent persons, on the plans suggested for repair of Dover Haven, and to employ either Burrows, Eaton, Pett, Baker, or the Sluice Master of Dunkirk, to make surveys, and to give his opinion if the work could be success- fully prosecuted. Vol. CXLI. August, 1580. Aug. 1. 1. "Wm. Blunte, keeper of Wood Street Compter, to Sir Fr. Wal- London. syngham. Certifies the names of the prisoners committed to the Compter for matters of religion. Aug. 1. 2, Commissioners for Musters in the county of Essex to the Council. Their proceedings in the musters. Comparison between the number of able men furnished, now certified, and the returns of former musters. Have not appointed captains. Defences of the shire. Inclosing, 2. I. II. General certificates of musters of the whole county of Essex, amounting to 13,062 footmen and 300 horsemen, of whom 3,856 footmen were furnished complete. Two returns. 2. III. Particular certificate of Tnusters of the same county, with the numbers of captains, pioneers, and carriages. Aug. 2. 3. The form and eflfect of the proceedings of the Commissioners for causes Ecclesiastical, at Richmond in Yorkshire, at a meeting on the 2nd of August, summoned by their private letters. Present- ment of various parties for ecclesiastical offences. Many refuse to appear, are either obstinate and rebellious, or else sick, or else they flee away. [This private meeting is not detailed in the report of their public proceedings. See post, 16 Aug.] DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 669 1580. Aug. 3. Wood Street Compter. Aug. 3. Styfkie. Aug. 4. Paris. Vol, CXLI. 4. Wm. Trewlock to Burghley and Walsyngham. Has come from the Low Countries to give information against Wm. Piper, who was treasonably dealing with the English rebels and the Spaniards there, by the influence of the Earl of "Westmoreland. Ha.s been arrested by Piper in an action for 5001. 5. Wm. Heydon and Nathaniel Bacon to the Council. Detail their proceedings in the controversy between Metcalf and Baxter for the benefice of Santon. Proposed that Baxter should restore the lambs he had wrongfully taken, but he obstinately refuses. They have therefore- bound him over to appear before the Council on the 9th inst. 6. T. Copley to Burghley. Takes advantage of Mr. Parry coming to England to renew his suit. Professes his zeal and loyalty to Her Majesty, and as an evidence of his fidelity, intends shortly to send home his wife, and hopes she will be well received. Aug. 5. Aug. 4. 7. "Wm. Goodman, Mayor of Chester, to the Council. Account of Chester. the charges for the victualling and transporting of 300 soldiers to Ireland. Desires payment of 1551. 5s. 6d. already expended, and to know how he should obtain money for the transporting of 500 more. 8. Sir Fr. KnoUys to "Walsyngham. Robert Doryngton boasts of the favour he had at Court ; but he will say, unsay, or deny anything to suit his purpose. Sir Harry Darcy has received a letter from Edward Wyngfylde. Disclaims ever having received one penny profit from Mr. "Wyngfylde's lands. Incloses, 8. I. Edward Wyngfylde to Sir Henry Barcy. Solicits present payment for certain timber sold to him. The Council admits the justness of his suit, and the matter is to be heard again on Sunday next. Auo-. 5. 9. Representation by The. Hancocke, preacher, and others, to the Queen's Bench. Bishop of London, of the blasphemous speech of one Sherwood, prisoner in the King's Bench, who contemptuously refused to join in the Divine service. Aug. 5. 10, — G[iff"ord] to John Gilford, Esq., his father. Complains of Paris, hard usage, in forbidding his brother Edward to speak to him, and turning them both out into the world in a state of poverty. Aug. 6. 11. Commissioners for Musters in Gloucestershire to the Council. Sudley Have taken the general musters of the county. Inclosing, 11. I. General certificate of the musters for the county of Glou- cester, as well footmen as demi-lances and light horse. 670 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. Vol. CXLI. 12. Effect of the licence granted to the town of Dover, to export certain quantities of beer and grain without custom. 13. Licence by the Queen to Tho. Allyn, now Mayor, and to the Jurats of the town and port of Dover, to export 4,000 tuns of beer, 30,000 qrs. of wheat, and 10,000 qrs. of barley or malt, custom free, towards the repair of the haven of Dover. 14. Fair copy of the above. 15. Wm. Glaseor to Lord Burghley. The Irish troops embarked on the 1st instant driven back by stress of weather. Desires the same allowance may be gTanted for coat and conduct money for the 500 soldiers now to be sent to Ireland, as was granted to the 300 last sent. 16. Estimate of the cost for keeping Her Highness' whole navy, being 1 4 sail of ships, ready for service upon 20 days' warning. 17. Henry Earl of Kent to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Transmits the certificates of musters for Bedfordshire, which he desires to be for- warded to the Council. 18. The Council to Wm. Hey don and Nathaniel Bacon. In answer to their letter of the Srd instant, communicate the substance of the order they have made in the controversy between Metcalf and Baxter relative to the benefice of Santon. Metcalf is to enjoy quiet possession of the same, and to receive from Baxter the tythes wrong- fully taken by him. 19. Wm. Glaseor to Lord Burghley. Proceedings of Sir Hugh Cholmley and Mr. Hughes, the Eeceiver, with respect to the sale of the Shire-hall to Mr. Bostock, which had been previously assigned to himself. Bostock's contemptuous dealing and ill-will towards him. Aug. 10. 20. Same to same. The Lord Deputy of Ireland is still detained Chester. in Anglesey by contrary winds. Measures for the accommodation of the 500 soldiers. Mr. Gascoigne, the new post-master, has arrived. 1580. Aug. 6. Oatlands. Aug. 6. Aug. 6. Aug. 7. Chester. Aug. 8. Aug. 8. Waeste. Aug. 10. Oatlands. Aug. 10. Chester. Aug. 10. Chester. 21. Same to Walsyngham. Has victuals in readiness to be sent to Ireland. The Lord Deputy stiU detained at Beaumaris. Aug. 11. 22. Sir Edw. Horsey to the Earl of Leicester. Has delayed Isle of Wight, coming to the Court, hearing he was at Kenilworth. Mr. Cornells desires longer time for the perfecting of his works. Sends a letter from him making certain offers. Aug. 11. 23. Benj. Titcheborne to Viscount Bindon and Lord Stourton. Titchbum. States the ill conduct of Mr. Henry Howard, towards the High Sheriff of Dorset,his behaviour to himself, being a gentleman and a stranger, was shameful. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH. 671 1580. V0L.CXLI. Aug. 12. 24. Earl of Derby to Leicester. Was delighted to see his hand Lathom. to the comfortable letter that came from the Council, and at the same time he had received a most gracious letter from Her Majesty, which has encouraged him to prosecute those causes in matters of religion. Thanks Leicester for his kind advice given to him in the Queen's gallery, at Westminster. Aug. 14 ? 25. Memoranda for a Commission for repair of Dover Haven. Names of Commissioners. Thos. Kandolph and Thos. Smyth, the Customer, to be Treasurers. Suggestions for raising funds. The Bishops and Clergy to contribute, &c. Aug. 15 ? Aug. 16. 26. Heads of a Commission for the repair of Dover Haven, and of general directions for their proceeding in the execution of that work. [On the 15th Aug., the Council addressed a letter to Lord Cobhaon, Sir Tho. Scott, Sir James Hales, The. Wotton, Edw. Boys, Richard Barrey, Wm. Partrych, and Henry Palmer, naming them Commis- sioners, with directions to consider of the plans for repair of the Haven. Go. Reg.} Aug. 15 1 27. Instructions to the Commissioners for Dover Haven. To ap- point a Treasurer, to aid Mr. Trew^e in commencing the works, and to make estimates for two rods of the pier to be first erected, and overseers of the works to be appointed. 28. Notarial instrument of the declaration of the proceedings of the Commissioners for Ecclesiastical causes within the diocese and province of York ; stating the number and places of their sittings, the juries impannelled, names of prisoners, recusants, &c., examined, and orders to be observed by the Mayor of Hull and keepers of the Castle and blockhouses there. [This does not include the pro- ceedings of the private meeting at Richmond, on the 2d of August, See that date.] 29. John Talbott to the Earl of Leicester. Has been summoned to appear before the Council, to answer toucliing matters of religion. Desires an opportunity to consult some persons to satisfy his conscience. Protests his loyalty and obedience. Aug. 17. 30. Petition of the Fellows of Corpus Christi CoUege, Cambridge, to Lord Burghley, for redress of grievances. Complaining of the Master of the same (Eobt. Norgate), who hath, in many points, in- fringed the good and wholesome statutes of the College. . Annexing, 30. I. Articles, whereupon the Fellows of Corpus Christi College have just occasion to complain against the Master of that College. Aug. 20. 31. Wm. Cicill, Sherifl", and others, Commissioners for Musters in Hereford, the county of Hereford, to the Council. Have taken order to have the 200 soldiers in readiness for service in Ireland, and appointed Ric. Gwyn to be their Captain. Aug. Lawford. 17. 672 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1580. ^«^- ^^^^- Aug. 20. 32. Thomas AUyn, Mayor of Dover, and Thomas Andrews, to Dover. Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Bequest to have a letter from the Council, directed to Sandwich and other ports in Kent, for leave to ship 2,400 quarters of wheat on their licence, to enable them to com- mence the works at Dover Haven. Aug. 22. 33. Dr. Kichard Master to Lord Burghley. Describes the causes Oatiauds. producing looseness of the teeth, from which his Lordship was suffering ; prescribes for him, as counselled by Galen. Aug. 22. 34. Archbishop Sandys to John WicklifTe, keeper of his house Bishopsthorpe. at Battersey. Directs him to deliver up that house to the Lords of the Council, to be a prison for obstinate Papists. Aug. 23. 35. Wm. Tooke, the younger, to Burghley. Sickness has pre- Hertford. vented him from satisfactorily executing his place of Attorneyship. Desires leave to assign it over to John Hare of the Temple, who has married his near kinswoman. Aug. 24. 36. Sir Tho. Scott, Sir James Hales, and others, Commissioners for Canterbury. Dover Haven, to the Council. Have met upon their commission, and appointed a rate of wages for John Trewe wbil^ constructing the two rods of the pier. Desire a commission for Trewe to take up workmen. They estimate 20,000 qrs, of wheat might at once be spared for exportation. Aug. 24 ? 37. Estimate of the sums to be raised throughout England by a tax on Victuallers for the works at Dover Haven. Aug. 24. The Court. Aug. 25. Theobalds. 38. Sir Fr. Walsyngham to Burghley. Sends advertisements, shewing the uncertainty of the issue of the treaty of peace in France. Soldiers being raised in Switzerland. The Queen agrees that 500?. may be paid to the party for the secret cause that only himself and Burghley are aware of. She is uncertain what to do in that affair. Sends him a letter in Italian by an English Jesuit. To-morrow the Queen dines with the Duchess of Somerset. 39. Burghley to Leicester. Thanks for his letter about the Queen's health, which is the only thread whereby his poor heart is tied to life. Commends the excellent qualities of the hound given to him by Leicester, " for she maketh my huntyng very certen ; she hath " never fayled me ; and this last weke she brought me to a stagg • " -w^'" myself had strycken with my bow, being forced to y" soyle, " wher w' help of a gretar water spannyell y' forced hym out of y° " water, yom- good brache lielped to pluck hym down." Commends Mr. North. Aug. 25. 40. Commissioners for Musters in Dorsetshire to the Council. Blaiidford. Have put 4,000 men in readiness for defence of the sea coasts, and selected 3,000 for the aid of Devon ; but they cannot send their cer- tificate until the end of September. State the causes of the delay. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 673 1580. Aug. 26. Blandford. Aug. 26. London. Aug. 28. Barn Elms. Aug. 30. Chester. Aug. 31, Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug.? Vol. CXLI. 41. Commissioners for Musters in Dorsetshire to the Council. Have appointed a new captain for the service in Ireland, in the room of Mr. George Turbervile, who was a great spurner of their authority. 42. Sir Owyn Hopton and others to Burghley, Leicester, Sir Chr. Hatton, and the rest of the Commissioners for the office of the Armoury. Have made a survey of all the armour remaining in the Tower. Send an estimate of the charges for making rooms within the great White Tower for hanging up all the armour. 43. Kobert Beale to Leicester. Has, with Mr. Alderman Martin, searched Mr. Stanihurst's house, but found no letters or papers as suspected : certain papers were found proving him to have been connected with mineral matters, but he denies ever meddling with coining or forgery. 44. Hugh Rogerson, Mayor of Chester, to the Council. Relative to the lodging, victualling, and transportation of the troops for Ireland. Solicits payment of 2591. 19s. 5d. remaining due to him for the same. Was elected Mayor on the 19th Aug., Mr. Wm. Goodman, his predecessor, having died on the 13th. 45. Act of the Company of Merchants trading to Spain and Portu- gal, restraining the importation of any articles in exchange for corn sent thither, except buUion, salt, and oranges. 46. Opinion of the Commissioners how a convenient sum of money might be levied for the making of Do\?er Haven. The points to be considered of : by licences for grain ; by impositions on alehouses and on shipping ; by benevolence, the Bishops to be written to ; con- tributions from the City Companies, &c. 47. An estimate, by Walsyngham, of the sums that might be raised by the licences for grain, by contributions, and by way of tax, for repair of Dover Haven. 48. Ways to levy a convenient sum of money for the repair of Dover Haven ; licences, taxation, the clergy, &c. ; the sums re- maining blank. 49. Copy of the above, by Walsyngham, with the sums filled up, and the amounts likely to be produced. 50. Notes of fines for various ofiences; probably for raising money for Dover Haven. Aug. ? 51. Statement of the number of parishes in England and Wales, with the amount of fees to be charged upon the admission of every victualler, towards the repair of Dover Haven. u u 674 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1580. ^«^- ^^^I- Aug. ? 52. Statement of the number of shires in England and Wales, their division into bishopricks and parishes, with the number of victuallers in the whole, for raising a fund for Dover Haven. Aug. ? 53. Estimate for a contribution for the new building of the harbour of Dover ; dividing England into shires, bishopricks, and parishes ; the inns and taverns. Inns of Court, &c. Aug. ? " 54. The CouncU to the Justices of Peace in certain shires. Directions to levy at once the fines upon such alehouses as have not yet paid, and to transmit the same to Mr. Randolph, Treasurer for the works at Dover. Aug. ? 55. Note of the counties that have not yet made any return of innholders, taverns, and alehouses. Aug. ? 56. The Council to the Bishops. To urge the wealthy clergy to con- tribute Uberally, at least to the extent of one tenth of their incomes for three years, towards the repair of Dover Haven, and pay over the sums collected to Tho. Smith and Tho. Randolphe, the Treasurers for that work. Aug. ? 57. Memorandum of the rate of contribution to be taxed upon the clergy, and upon inns and victualling houses, for Dover Haven. Aug. ? 58. An estimate of charges to be incurred for the repair of Dover Harbour. Vol. CXLII. September, 1580. Sept. 1. 1. Lord Cobham to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Sends a certificate from Cobham. the Commissioners for the Pier, and ^requests the use of a house upon the Pier for Mr. Trewe ; and that h*e might be furnished with com- mission to take up masons, &c. for the works at Dover. Other requests of Trewe's. Sept. 1. 2. Sundry points, for the consideration of the CouncU, about the Haven and Pier at Dover ; being the effect of Trewe's requests, mentioned in the above letter. Sept. I. S. Requests of Mr. Trewe, to have the iise of the house on the Pier ; a commission to take up masons and workmen ; leave to erect 100 foot of work, which would be a better proportion than two rods ; to be continued in the work till its completion, and to appoint the clerks and overseers. Sept. 1. 4. Requests of the town of Dover, touching their Haven. To compound with persons for exporting grain under their licence. Quantities in one year. That the City of London and resident gentry might be asked to contribute by way of loan, and a Treasurer to be appointed for sale of grain. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 675 1580. Sept. 2. Christ Church, Oxford. Sept. 6. Kirtlmg. Vol. CXLn. 5. William St. Barbe to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Thanks him for his favours towards him. Lat. Complimentary. 6. Lord North and others, Commissioners for Musters in Cam- bridgeshire, to the Special Commissioners for the Musters of Horses. Are sorry their doings in the musters have not given satisfaction. They now send certificates, and state the difficulty of rating men to the true value of their livings. Inclosing, 6. I. Certificate of all persons rated to find horses and geldings within the county of Cambridge, either by law or persua- ■ sion, with the number of the same. Sept, 6. Sept. 6. Doiraham. Sept. 7. Bedford, 7. Bishop Cox to same. Excuses his neglect, on account of his age and infirmities, in not certifying the names of the persons rated to keep horses. Desires to know if he should rate himself after the same proportion as the laity. Incloses, 7. I. 8. Certificate of the persons rated to keep horses and geldings, as well those in the county of Cambridge, as those in the Isle of My. Sept. 6- Thanks Sir Christopher Hatton to the Queen. for her exceeding and infinite parts of unspeakable goodness. " He " should sin against a holy ghost most damnably, if towards Her " Highness he should be found unthankfal." The poor wretch his sick servant receives his life again through her most princely love of his poor master. Will live and die in pure and unspotted faith towards her, for EveK. Sept. 9. Woodstock. 9. Sir Henry Lee to Mr. Atey, Secretary to the Earl of Liecester. Thanks for his information of news at Court. Wishes success to Antonio, the new King of Portugal, and to our Irish causes. Sept. 9. Denbigh. Sept. 9. Chelmsford. 10. Sir John Huband to Arthur Atey. Has made the Lord President acquainted with his discourses. Great overthrow sustained by the English in Ireland. Desires to know if Sir Fulke GreviUe is to have the Mastership of the Game. 11. Commissioners for Musters in Essex to the Council, and to the Commissioners for Horses. Send certificates, and hope it will be found they have rated themselves high enough. Their doings in the commission. Excuse their delay in certifying the persons rated for that service. Inclosing, 11. I. Certificate of the names of all persons rated or to berated for the finding of demi-lances and light horses furnished for Her Majesty's service within the county of Essex. H. II. Fair copy of the above. uu 2 676 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1580, Sept. 10. Theobalds. Sept. 10. ColeshuU. Vol. CXLII. 12. Lord Burghley to the Officers of Ports. Not to permit the entry of any goods or merchandize from Paris, on account of the plague raging there. 13. Commissioners for Muster of Horses in Warwickshire to the Council. Certify their doings in the musters, and commission for in- crease of horses. Bequest order for restraint of certain persons who refuse voluntarily to provide the horses and furniture rated by them. Inclosing, 13. I. Certificate of the names of all gentlemen and others ap- pointed to find lances or light horses tuiihin the counties of Warwick and the city of Coventry. 14. Commission to John Trewe to provide and take up all man- ner of masons, carpenters, and labourers, and also ships, hoys, carts, horses, wains, waggons, all manner of iron mines, furnaces, and forges, shipwrights, smiths, timber, stone, &c., for carrying on the works at Dover Haven. 15. Copy of the above, with the clause relating to iron mines, furnaces, forges, &c. struck out. 16. The Queen to all Justices of Peace, &c. Notifies the granting of a commission to John Trewe, Surveyor of the works at Dover, to take up masons, carpenters, materials, &c., for the reparation of Dover Haven. 17. Lord Burghley to Sir Jas. Hales, Eic. Barrey, Tho. Wilford, and Tho. Fludd, Surveyor of the county of Kent. To take a survey of Shurland House, and to report if any unlawful spoil had been committed there by Mr. Holstok. t 18. Commissioners for the Muster of Horses in Staffordshire to the Council. Have amended their former certificate, and annexed the names of all persons chargeable with the providing of horses. Sept. 15. 19. Same for Oxfordshire to same. Have inserted the parks Eicot. where mares for breeding ought to be kept, but cannot discover any other defect in their former certificate. Sept. 18. 20. A paper containing a series of letters and writings of various dates, from the 7th to the 18th Sept. 1580, from Thomas Poundes a Jesuit, addressed to Mr. Tripp, to the Privy Council in the name of all the Catholics in England, and to Sir Chr. Hatton, with a de- claration in nine points or articles, opening the full enterprise and purpose of his coming into England. Indorsed, " Certain Papistical "reasons set do%m% for the withdrawing of men to come to the church, " sent from the Sheriff of Wiltshire." Sept. 9. 21. Commissioners for Muster of Horses in Berkshire to the Heading. Council. Send certificate of the whole number of persons chargeable with the keeping of horses, and the names and sirnames of every one charged either by statute or voluntary increase. Sept. 11, Sept. 11. Sept. 11. Sept. 12. Theobalds. Sept. 14, Stafford. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 677 1580. Vol. CXLII. Sept. 19. Sir Chr. Hatton to the Queen. JS.^A^ ^ Has received her most gracious letters on his knees, with such reverence as becometh her most obhged bondsman, and offers himself, his life, and all that is him, to do her service. The cunning of her style of writing exceedeth all the eloquence of the world. Prays for her success in aU her kingly affairs, and that they may EveE, succeed. Against love and ambition she hath holden a long war, but now it is more than time to yield. Sept. 21. 23. George Gifford to his brother Giles Gifford, student in New Inn. Thanks him for his letter, which brings him, as it were, home to behold the state of his father's house. All study has ceased at Paris by reason of the plague. Desires his uncle Robert may not come to Paris. Sept. 22. 24. Same to his father John Gifford. Has joyfuUy received Paris. Ills letters. The great mortality in Paris obliges them to travel farther into France to a city called Muscyponte, in Lon-aine. "Wants money. Mr. Bayley, his tutor, has lent him 12 crowns. Sept. 22. 25. Commissioners for Musters in Northamptonshire to the Rothwell. Council. Certify their doiags in the musters^ and excuse their delay. Inclosing, 25. I. Gertijicate of the general musters of footmen and horsemen in the county of Northam,pton. Sept. 23. 26. Wm. Grene to Mr. Atey. Solicits him to write to inform him Padua. of health of his friends, and the state of the realm. Defeat and supppsed death of Antonio ; the capitulation of Lisbon and con- quest of all Portugal followed. The common speech is that the next voyage shall be to Ireland. Sept. 23. 27. Peregrine Bertie to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Asserts his title to wmoughby the baronies of WiUoughby and Ersby, in right of his mother, the °"^^' Duchess of Suffolk, lately deceased. Solicits his favour with Her Majesty, that he may be permitted to prove his claim by law. Sept. 26. 28. Note of charges for extraordinary posts laid and prepared betwixt the Court at Richmond and Bristol, by Robert Gascoigne. Sept. 27. 29. John Hawkyns to Walsyngham. Reports the state of the Chatham, naval preparations. Six ships would be ready by the next Saturday. Unwillingness of the mariners to serve. Sept. 28. 30. [Anonymous] to same. Reports of the landing of some Spaniards and Italians in Ireland. Regrets that more credit has not been given to his information of the evil intentions of foreign Princes. Requests money and the return of his letters and informa- tions. Sept. 29. The Queen to the Bishops, &c. To incite the clergy to furnish light horses for service in Ireland, to resist the descent of certain foreign forces sent there by the Pope and his adherents. '[See Warrant Book, I., p. 83. These letters were ordered on the 29th of September. Co. Beg.] 678 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1580 ^«^- ^^°- Sept. SO. 31. Wm. Clederow to Thos. Warcop, Gentleman Pensioner. WiU Eouen. proceed in Ms business as soon as he can, unless he hears to the contrary. Sept. 32. Lists of the names of aU the ecclesiastical persons within all the dioceses of the provinces of Canterbury and York, charged with the furnishing and keeping of demi-lances and light horse for Her Majesty's service. Sept. ? 33. List of recusants within the diocese of Canterbury, stating their names, their property in lands and goods, and the assessment on them for lances and light horse. Indorsed by Walsyngham, " The " pertyculer hoohe of recusantes, agreable with the scedules to be " sent with Her Ma" Utters." Sept. ? 34. Certificate of the general musters of all persons, furnished and unfurnished, within the several wards of Darlington, Stockden, Chester, and Easington, in the county palatine of Durham. Sept. ? 35. General certificate of musters of foot and horse, famished and tmfurnished, for the county of Dorset, amounting to 6,000 able men. Sept. ? 36. Particular certificate of musters for the county of Dorset, amounting to 3,000 furnished complete. Sept. 37. Certificate of the county of Dorset of all the demi-lances and light horse, with the names of the noblemen and gentlemen, and the numbers furnished by eacL Sept. ? 38. Necessary points to be resolved of, by my Lords of the Council, relative to the defences for the county of Dorset. Sept. ? 39. The names of such persons , in the county of Essex as are severally rated by the Councirs books for the finding of horses and geldings for Her Majesty's service, set down in such sort as they are there named ; together with the refusal or exception of such of them as find themselves grieved therewith. Noted by Burghley, "Y' " second certificat from y" country." 40. Names of gentlemen residing in the several hundreds of Essex rated for the furnishing of lances and light horse. 41. Another list of names of gentlemen residiag in certain hundreds of Essex, but for what particular service is not specified. [ Sept. ? 42. Eemembrances for the Clerks of the Signet, as to the fees and duties of their office. Sept. ? 43. A note of the names of such as were committed for Papistry ^^ in the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridge. Sept. ? 44. Commission to "Wm. Hawkyns, to have charge of a fleet of ships to be employed on a voyage of discovery on the coasts of Africa and America. Authority to assist Don Antonio, King of Portugal, against any of his enemies. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 679 1580. Sept. Sept. ? Sept. ? Sept. ? Vol. CXLII. 45. Particular certificate of the musters of footmen and horsemen furnished complete in the county of Middlesex. 46. Names of such persons as do find horses and geldings for the wars in the county of Middlesex, and the names of such as were charged to find horses and geldings and have not agreed thereto. 47. Note of the charges for several forts and garrisons in the Isle of Wight. 48. Account of the yearly charges of the Isle of "Wight according to the new arrangement. Oct. 1. Chester. Oct. ]. Chester. Oct. 3. Gloucester. Oct. 4. Bridport. Oct, 4, Vol. CXLIII, October, 1580. 1. Wm. Brereton to the Earl of Leicester. Explains the reasons why last certificate had only his signature to it. The difierence in the numbers certified must be attributed to " the Armytrition," who in his unskilfulness set down " his figure of 1 in shewe lyke to the " figure of 2." Sends a book of their horsemen by the bearer. Thinks the number of brood mares might be increased. Incloses, 1 . I. Certificate of the number of footmen, able men, furnished and unfurnished, within the county of Chester. The total of able men furnished, 1,000, has evidently been altered by erasure. 1. II. Certificate of the number of demi-lances and light horses furnished by the gentlemen of Cheshire, with the number of mares for breed in the county. 2. Commissioners for Musters in Cheshire to the Council. Excuse their former neglect, and certify the names of gentlemen chargeable with the keeping of horses and demi-lances. Inclosing, 2. I. Certificate of the number of horsemen furnished in the county of Chester, and of the gentlemen keeping mares for breeding. 8. Same for the city of Gloucester to same. Their doings in the musters. They had forborne the training and assembling of men for fear of infection of the plague, which continued from Easter till Michaelmas. Inclosing, 3. I. General certificate of Musters of foot/men and horsemen for the city of Gloucester, with the captains commanding them. 4. Justices of Dorsetshire to the same. Eeport of Mr. Henry Howard's undutiful speeches to his father, Viscount Bindon, when warned -by him in Court to appear before the Council. 5. Eowland Stanley to his mother Mrs. Eliz. Stanley. His father is fully determined to leave the wars and retire to some private part of the country. Desires that the hawks and a greyhound may be sent with Tom ; with a postscript to his sister, 680 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1580. Oct. 4. Gloucester. Oct. 4. Prescot. Oct. 5. Oct. 7. Eotta, Oct. 8. Oct. 8. Manchester, Oct. 10. East Lulworth. Oct. 10. Wareham. Oct. 10. "Wareham. Vol. CXLIII. 6. Thos. Lane, Mayor, and the Aldermen of Gloucester, to Lord Burtyhley. Have received Her Majesty's grant of a custom house at Gloucester, and thank his Lordship for his kindness therein, and send him his patent and his fee to Christmas next. 7. Bishop Chaderton to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Would do his diligence for the furnishing of light horsemen for Ireland. Many of the gentlemen of the county neglected to perform their parts, expect- ing some great change would shortly take place. Commends the Earl of Derby. Eequests the release of his first fruits. 8. Probate of the will of Thos. Ellyott, citizen and pewterer of London, bequeathing, among other things, to Bartholomew Kirbye, parson of Harteshorne, his " nighte gowne furred with lambe and " faced with foynes." 9. Licence granted by Eobert Hanley to PhiKp Beste and others, to lade on board the Margrette Bonadventure, their several comple- ments of Rotta, Sherris, and Chepiona fruits, by virtue of an Act made by the Company of Merchants trading to Spain and Portugal. 10. Sir Robert Wyngfeld and others, Commissioners for Musters in the county of Suffolk, to the Council. Cause of their not having before certified the names of the gentlemen charged with the keeping of horses. Inclosing, 10. I. Certificate of persons charged with lances and light horses; similar to the first certificate (May), but with more names inserted. 11. Bishop Chaderton to Lord Bui-ghley and Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Proceedings of the Earl of Derby and others in the affairs of Christ's College, Manchester. Motions that the College might be discharged of Mr. Herlle's pension. Sends the names of all such as were indicted at the last sessions for matters of religion ; many of all sorts being reclaimed. Desires remembrance of his former suit for his fi:uits. 12. Mrs. Frances Howard (wife of Henry Howard) to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Has of late written to him of her woeful estate. Her husband refused to bring her with him, and left her without either horses or money. Is in danger of her life. 13. Thos. Viscount Howard of Bindon, to the Council. Details the undutiful and irreverent conduct of his son Henry Howard towards him in open sessions, when commanded to appear before their Lord- ships. Desires his son's poor wife may be protected from the practices of him and of the quean he keeps, she having been already beaten most pitifully, and many ways else misused. 14. Same to Walsyngham. Has written to the Council on the ill conduct of his son H. Howard. Desires him to be a means that some good order may be taken for the safety of his wife. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 681 1580. Oct. 16. Vol, CXLIII. 15. Number of men rated by the Council to be trained and fur- nished in each of the counties where no training hath been. Oct. 16. 16. Duplicate of the above. Oct. 16. Wisbeach Castle. Oct. 18. Oct. 18. Oct. 18. Oct. 18. Oct. 18. Oct. 18. Oct. 18. Oct. 18? Oct. 19. Oct. 20. Oct. 22. ■Wellington. 17. George Carleton and Humfrey Michell to the Council. Eeasons "why they could not thoroughly acquaint their Lordships of the state of the recusants in Wisbeach Castle. The prisoners are eight in number, Watson, Fecknam, Younge, Windham, Osenbridge, Mettam, Wood, and Bluet. Desire to know if their servants are to have free access to them, and whether they should have their meals together. 18. Notes of business to be performed relative to the musters. 19. Fair copy of the above. 20. List of the names of aU Her Majesty's ships, their tonnage, number of mariners, gunners, and soldiers ; the charge for setting them forth to sea ; together with the names of 22 merchant ships fit to join with the Queen's ships if needed. 21. Note of taxation set on the clergy of the province of Canter- bury, for the charges of Mr. Daniel Rogers, sent into Germany. 22. Copy of the above. 23. Matters to be considered for the execution of the commission for the breeding of horses ; a general order to be given for the keeping of mares and good stallions in all parks, pastures, and com- mons, in such sort as by the statute is appointed. 24. Another copy. 25. Another copy. 26. The distribution of the several counties for the Commissioners of Horses ; a certain number of counties being assigned to particular Commissioners. 27. The information given by Christopher Bancroft against Arthur Blyncowe and others for matters of religion. Assault on Bancroft by one Goodridge. 28. Note of the cost of ale and beer brewed for Her Majesty's household, 21" and 22" Eliz., amounting to 4,690 tuns, 3 hogsheads, and 22 gallons, in the two years. 29. The Commissioners for Musters in the county of Hereford to the Council. Have mustered the whole forces of the county, being greatly hindered and very much letted therein, by means of the great infection of the plague. Inclosing, 29. I. Particular certificate of Musters for the whole county of Hereford, amounting to 6,102 men exclusive of the city of Hereford. 682 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1580. Oct. 24, Bichmoud. Oct. 24. ■Wareham. Oct. 24. Wareham. Oct. 24. Dover Castle ; Vol. CXLIII. 30. The Queen to Edmund Tremayne. To assist Francis Drake in .sending up certain bullion brought into the realm by him, but to leave so much of it in Drake's hands as shall amount to the sum of 10,0001., the leaving of which sum in his hands is to be kept most secret to himself alone. 31. Viscount Bindon to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Desires him to favour his poor daughter-in-la-w, on her coming to London. Calls his attention to two statutes executed by his son Henry Howard, one to Mr. Andrew Dyer, the other to Robert Aden of Horsington, the husband of the naughty quean his son had taken into keeping. 32. Same to the Council Had been induced to permit his daughter-in-law to repair to their Lordships, contrary to the orders sent to him, by her pitiful moan to him, she being in fear of her life by her husband's ill treatment. 33. Eic. Barrey to Lord Cobham. Has stayed Wm. Hyldesley at Dover, on his landing from abroad, with William Middlemore (nephew of Mr. Middelmore, of the Privy Chamber) in his company, who were bearers of letters from many young Papists and others abroad to their friends in England, together with two books, some crucifixes, a picture of "Marye Mawdlyn holowed, and certen other " tryffles." Incloses, 33. I. Thos. Crofte to Mr. Geo. Mydelmore, his hrother-in-law, "at the signe of the Bushope in Fleate Streate." Their safe arrival, but not without danger from the plague. Letters to he delivered to the carrier of Ludlow. Will write to his brother Alex. Crofte, to send Mydehnore some money. Poissy, 3 Oct., 1580. 33. II. Tho. Bayly to Wm. Barnes. Desires repayment of money which he had lent to his brother Tho. Barnes. 9 Oct. 1580. 33. III. Same to Mr. Giles Gifford. Has lent money to George Gifford on his departure to PontcTnuson, of which he requests repayment. George Gifford will soon want more money; he is a good youth, but somewhat sickly. 9 Oct., 1580. 33. IV. Same to Wm,. Hodges. Acquaints him with the sickness of his son William, Hodges, and the idle and unruly conduct of his other son Master R,, whose money in a short tirne would all be spent. 9 Oct., 1580. 33. V. Edward Stransam to Mr. Middlemore, of Hawxley. Cause of sending home his son William Middlemore, who found the study of Latin very difficult. Commends his general conduct. Progress of Robert Middlemore i/n his studies. 9 Oct., 1580. 33. VI. Same to Mr. Orocford. In commendation of his brother William Crocford, who cannot continue his studies on account of ill health, which has greatly increased his expenses. 9 Oct., 1580. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 683 1580. ^°^- CXLin. 33. VII. Ohristopher Turner to Mr. Hawverly. To send hi/m a young youth, about the age of 12 or 13 years, that ca/n, iiandle his needle well. Poissy, 10 Oct., 1580. 33. VIII. Richard Gr to Tho. Cornwell. Desires him to inform Mr. D. F. that he had only once heard from him, and desires to have no more to do for him at Paris. 10 Oct. 33. IX. TFm. Harrison to his father. Harrie Morgan is in good health. Has often written, hut fears Ms letters have not all arrived safe. 12 Oct. 33. X. Owen Lloyd to Wm. Pryse. Desires him to send 16 pair of Oxford gloves, of the finest, of 5 or 6 groats a pair, of double chevrell, 6 for women, 6 for men, and 4 for very ancient and grave men, spiritual. 13 Oct. 33. XI. Richard Gifford to George Gifford. Marvels he has not heard from him for a long time. Desires him to con- tinue his love and favour, and trusts he will keep his promise. Amiens, 12 Oct., 1580. 83. XII. Tho. Grofte to his brother Alexander Crofte. The success of his journey has hitherto been very unfortunate, by reason of the wars, and the universal plague in France. Wants money. Poissy, 13 Oct., 1580. 33- XIII. Peter Coppley to his father Tho. Ooppley, at Bredon. Difficulties of his hard and perilous journey into France. His brother has resumed his studies. Requests money may be sent to him without delay. Poissy, 13 Oct. Oct. 24. 34. Edmimd Tremayne to Sir Fr. Walsjmgham. His kind deal- Colocumb. ings towards Lord Grey gives great satisfaction to his friends, and especially the Earl of Bedford. Sends 151. the half year's anntiity due to Mr. Ric. Byngham. Is in grief for the death of his son who only hved 20 days. His increasing age and weakness prevents him from satisfactorily performing the duties of his office. Oct. 24. 35. William Holstok's answer to Mr. Gorge's bill of complaints against him, for dilapidations at Shurland House; certified by Mr. Fludd. Oct. 24. 36. Articles exhibited against the Master of Corpus Christi Col- lege, by Mr. PhUip Nicols, Fellow of the same. Oct. 24. 37. Protest of Dr. Eobert Norgate, Master of Corpus Christi Col- lege, Cambridge, made before Doctor Hatcher yice-ChanceUor, and Doctor Byng, thinking it not lawful or reasonable for a Master to be called to account on the complaint of a single Fellow only. An/nexed, 37. I. Answer of Dr. Norgate _ to the complaints exhibited against him by Philip Nicols. 684 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. Vol. CXLIII. 1580. ,. Oct. 24. 38. Mr. Philip Nichols' reply to the Master's first answer, -which he made and delivered to Dr. Hatcher and Dr. Byng. Oct. 25. 39. Bishop Robinson to the Council. Himself and the Dean of Bangor have sent three light horsemen to Chester. The Chapter are mostly non-resident, far apart, and could not be warned in time. Oct. 26. 40. Dr. Norgate, the Master of Bennet (Corpus Christi) College, Corpus Christ! to Lord Burghley. Sends by Mr. Chevers, a' Senior EeUow, his College. rejoinder to the reply of Mr. ISTicols, whereby it may appear how unjustly he has been charged. Incloses, 40. I. Rejoinder hy the Master of Corpus Christi College, to Mr. Nicols' reply ; exhibited under his former protestation. Oct. 26. 4L Report by Sir James Hales and Tho. Fludd, of the survey made by them of Shurland Hotise, on the alleged dilapidations there by Mr. Holstok. The house, in many places of the same, is much decayed. Oct. 28. 42. Wm. Herlle to Sec. Wylson. Sues for the release of R. Yorck, Bed Cross -who had been unjustly committed on the charges of one Elkes, a Street. iQ^gca. very infamous, a detractor, indicted of felony, and outlawed upon the same ; of whom he sends some particulars. Oct. 28. Tatersall. Oct. 29. 43. Henry Lord Clynton and others, Justices of Lincolnshire, to Lord Burghley. Causes of the breach of the composition in the parts of Lindsey, for the provision of Her Majesty's household. The Purveyor has taken the full number of sheep due, which was but twenty score. 44. Minute of the case between Mr. Cressey, Sir John Danvers, and Mr. R. Huddelston. Debt owing by Danvers to Mr. Wenman at the death of Mr. William Norrys. Oct. ? 45. Orders to be observed hj the several captains in the maritime counties, for the continuance of 'the training. [Oct.] 46. The names of the martial men dispersed in certain counties within the realm. [Oct. 1] 47. Note of pikes and harquebuses wanting in the several shires, and desii-ed to be supplied out of the Queen's stores in the office of the Ordnance. Oct. ? 48. Petition of Michael Owen, Clerk in the Remembrancer's office in the Exchequer, to Walsyngham. Desires protection against his creditors for one year, so that he might be alDle to prove Her Majesty's title to certain escheated lands. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 685 1580. Nov. 1. Red Cross Street. Vol. CXLIV. Novembee, 1580. Begs him to recollect his 1. Wm. Herlle to the Earl of Leicester, advertisement about the Isles of SciUy. Eeports his visit to the French Ambassador, and conversation with him on the affairs of England and Spain. Insidious designs of Spain. The French Ambassador declares he has too much honor, as a Frenchman, to be Hispaniolated : he sware a great oath he was offered 50,000 crowns as a bribe to become Spanish and to break off the match. The Spanish Amb. furious against Drake. Wonders at so vain and distempered a feUow as Daniel Rogers being sent on such weighty affairs. Incloses, 1. I. Schedule of the names of the practisers and spies of the Spanish Ambassador. Nov. 1. 2. John Rainoldes to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Thanks him for his Corpus Christi interference as mediator in the differences between him and the Earl Col., Oxen, of Warwick Lat. Nov. 1. 3. Same to Mr. Arthur Atey (Sec. to Leicester). Thanks him for Corp. Ch. Coll. bis kindness in their affairs, he having been sent by the Bp. of Win- chester to Walsyngham to get access to the Earl of Warwick to purge himself of certain crimes wherewith he had been unjustly charged. Hopes that a good President may be appointed for their College. Nov. 2. King's Coll. Camb. Nov. 3. Nov. 4. Vere House, Nov. 5. Nov. 5. Dover Castle. Nov. 6. 4. John Harington to Walsyngham. Thanks for his patronage, and acquaints him that he has entered on the study of the Civil Law. Lat. 5. Justices of Staffordshire to the Council. State their opinion that John Archepole (or Archebold) had been very properly deprived of his office of Clerk of the Peace by Thos. Trentham, Esq., Custos Rotulorum, and Mr. BarroU appointed in his place. 6. Warrant of the Earl of Oxford to Edward Hubbert, his Receiver General, to pay 2001. yearly to Lady Oxford out of the rents of Lavenham Park. 7. Deposition of Harry Smyth, of Exeter, relative to the informa- tion given by Mrs. Weston, respecting one Clinton Atkinson, for whom Symon Knight, then Mayor of Exeter, endeavoured to procure a pardon. 8. John Garrett, Mayor, and others, Commissioners for Dover Haven, to Walsyngham. Have devised three ways for levying money for carrying on the works. The late restraint of transporta- tion of grain will act injuriously. John Trewe is an able man. 9. Commission of Deputation from Edward Earl of Lincoln, Lord Admiral, Thomas Earl of Sussex Lord Chamberlain, Henry Earl of Huntingdon Lord President of the North, Ambrose Earl of Warwick Master of the Ordnance, Francis Earl of Bedford, Robert Earl of Leicester Master of the Horse, Sir Henry Sydney Lord President of Wales, and Sir Christopher Hatton Vice Chamberlain, Lords Com- missioners for the increase and breed of Horses and for the keeping of horses and geldings for service,, to Henry Lord Burgavenny, William Lord Cobham Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Sir Thomas Scott, Sir Thomas Walsingham, Sir Thomas Fane, and Thomas Wotton, Esq., appointing them Deputy Commissioners within the county of Kent, for the purposes of the above commission. 686 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1580. V«^- CX^IV. Nov. 6. 10. Similar commission by the above, to Edward Lord Morley, Robert Lord Riche, John Lord Darcy of Chiche, Sir Thomas MUd- may, Sir Thomas Barryngton, and Sir John Peter, for the county of Essex. [This Com/mission is addressed to Thomas Lord Morley, hut as no such name is to be found in the Peerages, it is presumed the party m^ant ^vas Edward Lord Morley.'] Nov. 6. 11. Copy of the above. Nov. 6. 12. Draft of the above Commission of Deputation, addressed to certain noblemen and gentlemen in every county. Nov. 6. 13. Instructions by the above Lords Commissioners for the increase and breed of Horses, and for the keeping of horses and geldings for service, to their Deputy Commissioners in every county, for the better carrying into effect the purposes of their commission. The Earl of Sussex to take special care to see the commission executed in Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge, and Kent, Nov. 6. 14. Names of the Sub-commissioners for the breed and increase of Horses in the counties of Cambridge and Isle of Ely, Essex, Kent, Norfolk, and Suffolk Nov. 7. 15. Wm. HerUe to Leicester. Desires him to remember the suit Kedcross Street, of Sir E. Herbert. Recommends Griffith Lloyd to be appointed Sheriff of Montgomery, and not John Vaughan. News from Portu- gal. Sends a letter from Rouen touching the coming over of one Marshal, with seditious books from the Bishop of Ross and letters from the Earl of Westmoreland. Requests the reversion of the office of Searcher of London. Nov. 7. 16. Same to Sir Edward Herbert. Has spoken with the Earl of Kedcross Street. Leicester for the choice of G. Lloyd to be Sheriff' of Montgomery. The Earl has promised to assist Sir Edward in the ending of his accompts for the mint, and to favour his proceedings for Powys. Nov. 8. 17. Edmund Tremayne to Walsyngham. His great satisfaction Colocumb. in having Mr. Christopher Harris associated with him, in charge of the treasure brought home by Francis Drake. Harris he has long treated as a son, and Mr. Drake is also become of the same parentage. Has administered interrogatories to the gentlemen and others of Drake's company as to the value of his captures, reputed to the amount of one miflion and a half. Has left the amount of 10,000Z. in Drake's hands, selected by himself. Incloses, 17. I. The register of such treasure as is delivered unto Chr. Harris, Esq., to he safely conducted and delivered into the Tower, with the number of 'pieces in every pack, and what they contain m weight, at 5 score and 12 lbs. every hundred. Signed E. Tbkmayne, Feauncis Deake, OTid Chki. Haeeis. 17. II. The answer of Lawrence Ehfot, John Chester, am,d others, the gentlemen, and nearly 50 others of Drake's company, to the interrogatories relative to the value of his prize, conduct dv/ring the voyage, and treatment of the Spamarda. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 687 1580. Nov. 8. Colchester. Nov. 9. Danbury. Nov. 10. London. Vol. CXLIV. 18. Nicholas Chalyner and Robert Lewis, preachers, and others, of Colchester, to Walsyngham. Desiring that their Christian brethren, the strangers of the Dutch Church and congregation, may not be expelled from the town of Colchester ; their demeanor has been civil, honest, and godly. Advantages to the town by their employment. 19. Dr. George Wither to same. In favour of the strangers of the Dutch Church in Colchester. Advantages of their residence in that town. 20. Wm. HerUe to Sir Edward Horsey. His friendship towards him. Intends to make a start to visit him. Vice-Admiral Byngham separated from the rest of the fleet, and driven to Smerwick, where the foreign aids do fortify. State of affairs in Ireland, Spain, Portugal, and France. Incloses, 20. I. Advertisements and intelligence relating to France, Spain, Portugal, and Ireland. Nov. 11. 21. Richard Bertie to the Earl of Leicester. Urges his son's title London. to the Baronies of WiUoughby and Ersby. Begs that if the report on their suit is not to Her Majesty's satisfaction, it may be referred to the Martial Court of England. Precedents in support of his son's title. Nov. 13. 22. Attestation of Thos. WUford,^ President of the Company of Spanish Merchants. The Spanish merchants named were contented that Clinton Atkinson, condemned for piracy, should be pardoned at Her Majesty's pleasure. Nov. 14. 23. Sir Edward Horsey to Leicester. His entertainment of the Isle of Wight. Portuguese Ambassador, although he had forty of his household servants down in one night with the disease. The Ambassador's high commendations of Her Majesty and Leicester, and his and Mr. Younge's sudden sickness. Nov. 14. 24. Dr. Lewes to Walsyngham. States particulars how far Arches. Clinton Atkinson was concerned in the piracy committed on a Spanish ship. Nov. 14? 25. Information of the escape of Clinton Atkinson the pirate, out of Exeter gaol, not without the consent or great negligence of the Mayor and gaoler, the Mayor having given him two very favour- able testimonials. [On the 24iA of November, the Justices of Assize in Devon were directed to inquire into the particulars of Atkin- son's escape from Exeter gaol. Go. Reg.^^ Nov. 14. 26. Bishop Cowper to Walsjmgham. Mr. Prise, of Washingley, Smithfield. being committed to the Fleet for non-conformity, suggests that Mrs. Prise should be sent for and examined, she being more obsti- nate and wilful than her husband. Requests that John Wharffe and John Moreley may be discharged, who are now both willing to conform. 688 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1580. Nov. 16. Vol. CXLIV. 27. Thos. Fane, jun., Sheriff of Kent, to the Council. Cause of the delay in certifying the number of horses. Incloses, 27. I. Certificate of the number of horses mustered for service in the county of Kent, except the cities of Canterbury and Rochester, and the Cinque Ports. 28. Wm. Herlle to the Earl of Leicester. Must proceed forthwith into Wales. Sir Edw. Herbert's thanks to his Lordship for procur- ing an impartial Sheriff in Montgomeryshire, for which office Griffith Lloyd is much to be preferred. 29. Thomas Lord Paget to the Council. Having been fourteen weeks restrained of his liberty, he offers to have service in his house, and to be present at the same. SO. Earl of Northumberland and Viscount Mountague to the Earl of Sussex. Have received directions as to the breed of horses, view- ing of parks, &c., and will not fail, by God's grace, to foUow the same. Themselves are the only two Commissioners, which are too few for so large a county as Sussex. Desire therefore that other gentlemen may be joined in commission with them. Nov. 18j -31. John "Watson, Bishop of Winchester, Sir Henry Radeclyff, and St. Cross. others, to the Council. Have apprehended and examined Elizabeth Saunders, sister of Dr. Saunders, with whom they found certain lewd and forbidden books, and a protestation or challenge of the Jesuits. Wm. Hoord, who first dispersed the said challenge, will not declare of whom he received the same. Nov. 19. 32. Wm. Patten to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Information respectiag Aldermanbury. the farming of the Mines Royal ; with particulars of the grants to Thomas Thurland and Daniel Hechstetter, and to William Humfrey and Christopher Schutz. Nov. 17. Nov. 17. Windsor. Nov. 18. Petworth. Nov. 19. Nov. 21. London. Nov. 21. St. John's College. Nov. 22. St. Cross. 33. Note of the shareholders in the Mines Royal, shewing their separate interests, and the number of parts or shares held by each ; Burghley and Leicester holding two parts each. S*. Thos. Randolphe to the Earl of Leicester. Desires that Mr. Chr. Goodman may be permitted to visit Scotland, where he hath left great testimony of his true service in Christ's church, and wishes to confirm the same with a few sermons before God takes him out of this world. 35. Dr. Richard Howlande to Lord Burghley. Enters into parti- culars of the controversy between the CoUege and Mr. Ventris. If the sentence against him should be reversed, it would be a great hindrance to the College and to the privileges of the University. 36. Bishop Watson to Walsyngham. Is not at present able to send a perfect certificate of the recusants in his diocese of Winchester, but hopes shortly so to do. Has dealt with the husbands of recusants, who thought it something strange to be punished for their wives' faults. Desires to know how to proceed against widows. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 689 1580. Nov. 22. Kichmond. Nov. 24, Nov. 26. London. Nov. 26. London. Nov. 28. Court at Eichmond. Nov. 29. ElickUng. Nov. 30. Bichmond. Nov. Nov. Nov.? Dec. 2. Dec. 3. The Court. Vol. CXLIV. Sir Fr. Walsjaigliam to Lord Chancellor Bromley. Requests his opinion on the matter in dispute between Mr. Tho. Markham and the Earl of Rutland, concerning some walks in the forest of Sherwood. [See Vol. xlv., p. 70.] 37. Certificate given by John Lychpoole to Sir John Fetiplace, of the conversation he had had with one William Pitts, a papist, who shewed him a writing by Mr. Campion, which he had from one Mr. Saunders. 38. Robert Beale to the Earl of Leicester. Has examined Stany- hurst, who refers himself to Mr. Edw. Fitzgerald, Lieutenant of the Gentlemen Pensioners. Incloses, 38. I. Examination of Richard Stanyhurst touching the con- veying of the late Lord Garret [Gerald Fitzgerald, Lord Offaley,] into Spain, at the instigation of Tho. Fleming, a priest. 39. Jacomo Mannucci to Walsyngham. Forwards a letter from Captain Sassetti. Report of the death of the Queen of Spain. Afiairs of Don Antonio. The Marshal de Retz and Mons. de Chaors exercise much influence over the new Duke of Savoy. Return of the Spanish forces from Flanders. Ital. 40. WpUiam] H[erlle] to Mrs. Roper. Complains of her unkind dealing towards himself and his brother, with railing and scolding before strangers. His brother will not quit her house till the time appointed by law. Cautions her as to those about her, parasites that gape daily for her death. 41. Sir Edward Clere to the Council. Many persons, committed for disobeying the Acts of Uniformity of Common Prayer, remain in improper custody. Proposes to keep them at his several houses. Walsyngham (?) to the Recorder of London. Directions for the reprieve of one Bro winger and his man, condemned for a robbery, until further investigation be made. [See Vol. xlv. p. 71.] 42. Instructions by the Lords of the Council to certain persons appointed by order from Her Majesty to repair into certain counties, to view the number of men and armour certified by the Commis- sioners upon the late Musters taken ; with a view to the increase of men and armoiu-. 43. Instructions, a portion of the above, for the maritime counties, for defence against any attempt of invasion. 44. Project, in Walsyngham's hand, for establishing a company of such as shall trade beyond the equinoctial line : and, in consideration of the late notable discoveries made by Francis Drake, he to be appointed Governor of the same for life. 45. 46. Articles exhibited to the Council against Edmond Plow- den, Esq., of the Middle Temple, for matters of religion. iTwo copies.] 47. The Council to the Commissioners for Musters in Hampshire. Thanks for their diligence in Her Majesty's service. X X 690 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1580. Dec. 12. Dec. 13. London. Dec. 14. Dec. 16. Dec. 19. Cambridge. Dec. 20. Wytham. Dec. 20. Dec. 20. Dec. 20. Dec. 20. Dec. 21. Vol. CXLIV. 48. Declaration of John Parker, of Hagworthingam, Lincoln. How he was drawn from the service of God and became a Papist. 49. William Herlle to Sir Edw. Horsey. Is glad of his recovery, and will visit him shortly. Sends two papers of advertisements, one of peace in France with the Protestants. Queen Elizabeth is sharply set against the Papists. Success of the Spaniards in Portugal. With a P.S., that the cause of Don Antonio was flourish- ing, although the King of Spain had caused his second son to be - crowned in Lisbon. 50. Same to Edw. Cornwall, (indorsed on the preceding letter " Baron of Burford.") Expresses his friendship towards him. Intends to visit him and to talk with him of " Drake's circuityon of the world" 51. " Declaration made by the Merchants Adventurers, of the continuance of them and their trade, with their petition for main- tenance of their privileges according to their charters," &;c. 52. Roger Lord North, and others, to the Earl of Sussex. Im- perfections in the instructions sent to them from the Council as special Commissioners for Musters of horses in Cambridge. Desire to know if they shaU use their own discretions in the service. Inclosing, 52. I. Certificate of the imperfections of their instructions from the Council. 53. Henry Lord Norreys to the Council. Desires that deputies may be appointed to assist him in the commission for the Muster of horses in Oxfordshire, Sir Edw. Umpton [XJnton], Sir Henry Lee, . and other Commissioners being unable to attend. 54. Opinion of the Earl of Sussex, Lord Chamberlain, on the reception to be given to the Ambassador from Savoy, to return the Garter from the late Duke. Recommends the Queen to be at the expense of his entertainment. 55. Amount of daily wages of the stonemason,? and labourers now working at Folkstone, in preparing stone for the pier of Dover, and of the money received to the 20th of December. 56. Petition of Morris Pyckering [or Pickringe] to Lord Burghley. Being in trouble for distributing the money given to him by Sir George Peckham, for relief of poor prisoners confined in the Gatehouse for religion. Has always prayed for the Queen- who hath defended us from the tyranny of the Devil, the Pope, and all his ravening wolves. 57. Certificate by Morris Pyckering of his interview with Sir George Peckham on the 18th of December, being at dinner at my Lord of Rochester's, in the close at Westminster, at a marriage. 58. Examination of Morris Pyckering by the Lord Chancellor and Lord Hunsdon, touching the money given to Mm by Sir George Peckham for the poor prisoners in the Gatehouse for religion. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 691 1580. Vol. CXLIV. Dec. 23. 59. Barnard Mawde to Sir Robert Stapleton. His mother and York. cliildren are well Supposes that Wm. Beckwith can perform nothing. W. S. and the Bishop have abused him about the 200?. Private affairs. , The Earl of Huntingdon is with the Earl of Cumberland at Ripon. Dec. 24. 60. Detailed account by Alderman Richard Martyn, Francis Drake, and Christopher Harris, of the amount of gold and silver bullion in ingots, brought from Sion, and laid up in a vault under the Jewel House ; the silver bullion weighing 22,8991bs. 5oz., the coarse silver 5l21bs. 6 oz., and the gold bullion lOllbs. 10 oz. [Indorsed by Burghley, " The qucvntite of bullion ■ brought into y Tower by Fr. Brake."] Dec. 61. Nicolas Clarke to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. . Desires that the men serving in the bulwark of West Tilbury may receive their wages quarterly, that their wages due from Lady-day last might be paid this Christmas, and that he might have an annual allowance himself Dec. 26. 62. Examination of John Taylor, taken before George Carey, relative to his conversation with Roger Yardley, servant of Mr. Gilbert (?). Dec. 28. 63. Albericus Gentilis, " Italiis,"' id the Earl of Leicester. Has (5 Kal. Jan.) sent letters to the illustrious Earl by Baptista Castellioni. His Oxford. hope of success in the University. Lat. Dec. 31. 64. Extract from the examination of John Hart relative to the Bull of Pope Pius V. for the excommunication of Queen Elizabeth ; and the Faculties granted to Robert Persons and Edmund Campion by Pope Gregory XIII. relative to the interpretation of that BuU. Dec. 31. 65. Copy of the above. Dec. 66. Answer of Sir Henry Lee to certain allegations of George Whitton, relative to a transaction about some venison and deer stealing sixteen years since. Prays to be protected from Whitton's slanderous clamours, and to be released from imprisonment. 67. Answers by Lawrence Argoll to such objections as may be urged against his suit for registration of wills, by the Proctors of the Arches and others. 68. Statement of the number of wills proved in the Prerogative Court, communibus annis, from January 1575, to the last of Decem- ber 1580, in support of ArgoU's suit. 69. A discourse delivered to Mr. Sheldon, to persuade him to conform. Arguments to prove it lawful for a Roman Catholic to attend the Protes^nt service. 70. A consideration of the advantages to be gained by opening a direct trade with Turkey, by Sir Fr. Walsyngham. zx 2 692 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1580. Vol, CXLIV. 71. A brief declaration of the profit, honor, and fame, that the Queen's most excellent Majesty and the whole Commons of the realm are to have by marts, to be kept in England ; also an answer to certain doubts touching the same : by John Johnson. 72. Grant to WilUam Herlle of the office of the Queen's Con- stable Eagler or Kilghmargh, in the County of Cardigan, for life. 73. Account of the establishment of the Tower '-Anno regni Eegis Ricardi Secundi quarto," stating the fees pertaining to the Constable of the Tower and other officers, its jurisdiction, and boundaries of the franchise on the water side from London Bridge to the Abbot of Tower Hill's Mill. [Copy : made probably in the year 1580.] v 74. Grievances of the citizens of London who deal in soapmaking. Patent for soapmaking granted by Her Majesty. Unfair dealings of Lawrence Coxson and Lawrence Mellowe, in the sale of impure oils to the soapmakers, at exorbitant prices. [An order %vas taken with Lawrence Mellowe as to sale of his oils on the 8th Feb. 1580, Oo. Reg., to which this seems to be subsequenf] Grant to Ealph Brookes of the office of Rougecroix, Pursuivant at Arms, for life, in place of Tho. Dawes, lately defunct. Lat. [Warrant Book, I., p. 17.] Vol. CXLV. 1580. A book, of the class called " Liber Pads," containing the names of the Council in the North, and of the Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer there ; of the Council in the Principality of Wales ; of the Judges on the Circuits ; and of the Justices of Peace in aU the counties in England and Wales. Vol. CXLVI. 1580? Undated. [All the papers in this volume are undated, but are presumed to be of the year ] 580.] 1580? 1. Lord Henry Howard (son of Henry Earl of Surrey) to Queen Elizabeth. Having been for more than twelve years seques- tered from the comfort of her cheerful looks, he (at very great length) dedicates and sends to lier a translation from the Spanish of a brief treatise, which came to his hands by chance, of the letter of in- structions given by the Emperor Charles V. on his renunciation of all his sovereignties to his son King Philip the Second of Spain, which, because it toucheth principles and points of policy most suitable to the present time. Lord Howard thinketh it not un- worth Her Majesty's profound consideration. [TAe translation of the Emperor's letter is annexed.'\ DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 693 1580? Vol. CXLVI. 2. Estimate of the charges for the wages and entertainment of 600 foot and 100 horse for four months. 8. Note of the number of men, pikes, bills, and bows, to be levied in several counties. 4. Note of persons who have neglected to furnish the prescribed number of lances and light horse ; being Sir Jervis Clyfton and Sir Anthony Strelly. 5. Note of five lances and light horse furnished in Cambridge- shire. 6. Abstract of the abuses committed by the Captains in the County of Essex, in illegally discharging their men. Loss of arms, clothing, &c. 7. Names of the Captains and old soldiers who served at Newhaven and are still living. 8. Brief of Mr. Ric. Arnold's proofs that there was an entail of the lands of his brother Sir Nich. Arnold : with Mr. Lucy's answers to the same. 9. Tables showing how all degrees of persons in England, from the King to the yeoman, ought to pr©portion their expenditure. Lat. 10. Presumptions of the unsoundness of many in Balliol College in matters of religion. Such persons as Brian, Parsons, Turner, Bagshaw, Staverton, and one Pilcher being grievously suspected of Papistry. 11. Proclamation for preserving peace and amity with foreign states by repressing the unbridled and licentious outrageousness of pirates and sea rovers, which at this day commit more spoils and robberies on all sides than hath been heard of in former times. 12. Considerations touching the right of the King of Spain to prohibit the trade of English merchants to the Indies. [Probably with reference to Brake's operations against the Spaniards in South America.} 13. Declaration of the foreign wares and commodities most in de- mand for England. 14. Deposition of Richard Ward, giving information as to certain words spoken by Mr. Cator against the Lord Steward at a dinner at Twyford in Berkshire. 15. Maliverey Catilyn to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Deplores the swift passage of time, which unawares hath stolen away his sweetest years. Fears Walsyngham has forgotten him, and prays to be re- stored to his most desired favour. 694 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1580? Vol. CXLVI. 16. Particular of the tenure and yearly value of tlie manor of Godalming, co. Surrey, whereof Sir Wm. More desireth the fee farm. 17. Petition of Wm. Tirwhitt to the Council. Prays for liberty to go into Lincolnshire for three months for recovery of his health, and for settlement of the estate of his brother Marmaduke Tirwhitt, lately deceased. 18. Names of certain English fugitives pensioned by the King of Spam, Thos. Goldwell Bishop of St. Asaph, Dr. Morton, and others. 19. Statement of the suit against Dr. Powell by Mr. Sheppard Subdean of Gloucester, before the Bishop of London, and others, in commission ; during the vacancy of the see of Gloucester. 20. Notes out of Harrisoh's Book, headed " A Treatise stirring up "unto carefoU desiringe and dutifuU laboringe for true Churche " Government. To all his Christian brethren in England which " wayte for the Kingdom of Christe." 21. Petition of the Merchants of the Staple to the Council. Object to remove their Staple to the Brill in Holland, and pray that no licences may be granted for ten or twelve year.s after the expiration of their present grant. 22. Edmund Coortesse to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Desires redress of certain wrongs sustained at his adversaries' hands. The return of his money had never been offered. Solicits letters to Dr. Moorley to re- instate him in his prebend, and that he may be put in quiet posses- sion of the vicarage of Cuckfield. [0»' the 5th of Feb. 1581, the Bishop of London was directed to proceed to the dejjrivation of Coortesse from his vicarage of Cuckfield, and from all other eccle- siastical functions. Co. Reg.'] 23. The humble requests of the merchants trading to Spain and Portugal for licence to freight ships to Spain, and for sequestration of certain Portuguese property in England. 24. Muster roll of the town of Grantham cum Soca, specifying the names of the freeholders, the Queen's Majesty being "Chiefe Ladye and Mistress " in each of the towns and villages enumerated. 25. Names of tlie chief lords and freeholders in the hundreds of Nesse, Beltisloe, and Aveland, in Kesteven division, co. Lincoln. 26. Names of the ports and creeks where Custom-house officers are resident. 27. Order from the Queen to the officers of the Mint, limiting the coinage of certain coins of gold and silver. 28. Answer of Alexander de Cone, pierchant, to the articles minis- tered to him upon his oath, relative to his attendance at church, the sending of money out 6i the realm, receiving Popish books, &c. DOMESTIC— EIJZABETH. 695 1580? Vol. CXLVI. 29. Petition of Christopher Dethick to the Council against John Chetham, Avho had deprived him of his inheritance, and otherwise defrauded him. Desires that bonds may be taken of Mr. Chetham, and a committee appointed to inquire into his case. 30. Evidence relating to the suit between Lady Croker and Sir Henry Lee. Assurance of the leases of Hooknorton to Lady Croker. 31. Depositions of John Brayne and Robert MiUes, touching the offers made to Amy Wilborne, now the wife of one Blackman, on the behalf of Mr. Ashbumham, for his debt of 5dl. 32. Substance of the suit in controversy between John Sutton, plaintiff, and John Erington, defendant, touching the payment of 1901. to Wm. Gelborne in Sutton's name. 33. Note of extremities surmised to have been offered by Ering- ton to Sutton, and of those offered by Sutton to Erington. Break- ing into the house of one Merrivall, a banlcrupt. 34. Alderman Tho. PuUyson to the Council. Answers to the unjust complaint of Tho. Gylbert, touching the lease of Guerras' house, which he, PuUyson, held direct by lease from the Drapers' Company. 35. A note of the matter in cbntroversy between Sir Tho. Hennage, Nicholas Seintleger, and the Lady Finche his wife, touching the possession of certain lands in reversion after the death of Dame Katharine Moyle, her mother. Assurance of lands to her son Moyle Finche. 36. Note of the benefits that Mr, Moyle Fynche received, besides the assurance of the land promised ; the manor of Wyllmyngton, &c. 37. Memorials to be " inferred" to the Lord Treasurer and Mr. Secretary, touching the fortifications of Mifford Haven, wherein three forts must be made. Authority to Sir John Perrot to cut down wood for timber, to impress workmen, &c. 38. Petition of the tenants and inhabitants of Cowpon, in the County Palatine of Durham, to Mr. Tho. Wylson, Sec. of State and Dean of Durham, against the sale of salt, at Yarom, in Yorkshire, by the Scots, who pay no duty nor other custom for unloading the same. 39. Petition of Tho. Wynington, to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. That having come from Moscow to London, about certain disorders there committed by one Northen, a merchant, he had been imprisoned at the instance of the Master and Governors of the Company of Moscovia. Desires that he will proceed to the hearing of the matter. 40. Articles of petition by Sir Tho. Gerrard and Sir Geo. Peck- ham to Walsyngham. Sir Humfrey Gylberte having assigned to them his patent for the discovery and conquest of certain heathen lands, they request licence for certain persons to quit England under their authority for that purpose. 696 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1580? Vol. CXLVI. 41. Petition of Wm. Sherington to the Council. His suit with Wm. Fulwood for wrongfully withholding a statute staple of 300?. Desires that their Lordships would determine his suit with Mr. Fulwood according to equity and conscience, and that the award against him in the Court of Common Pleas may be stayed. 42. Petition of Tho. Greye, of Langley, to Sir Fr. "Walsyngham. Eelative to his suit with Michael Haselrige. Desires him to signify to the Court of the Duchy of Lancaster, his satisfaction with their award. 43. Keport on the suit between Haselrige and Greye : their petitions to Walsyngham. 44. Petition of Tho. Clyffe, hosier. Desiring the enlargement of Anthony Cooke, his apprentice, and Wm. Foster, who had been committed to the Marshalsea for abusing one of the Queen's messengers. 45. John the Almain to Walsyngham. Kecommends one of his countrymen, who had invented an harquebuse " that shall containe " ten balls or pelletes of lead, all the which shall goe off, one after " another, havinge once given fire, so that with one harquebuse " one may kill ten theeves or other enemies without recharging." 46. Petition of Henry Jolif, of Newport, to the Council. Seeking redress against the subjects of the French king, having been six several times spoiled by them at sea. 47. Answer of Mr. Cressye to Sir John Daver's complaint as to the sale of the manor of Eaton, and the receipt of monies on behalf of the late Mr. [Wm. ?] Norris, the executorship to whose estate Mr. Cressye had relinquished. 48. Petition of Lambart to Walsyngham. In behalf of his father John Lambart, of Calton, in Yorkshire. Desires that in consideration of the losses and injuries sustained in the late rebellion, the fee-farm of certain lands in Craven might be granted to him. 49. Answer to the questions in debate between Mr. Yorke and Mr. Allen ; with reasons to prove the same, whereby it will appear that Allen, for upwards of 30 years, has lived by way of trade and selling merchantable wares. Mr. Plowden s reasons thereon. 50. Note of the geldings Martin Mondet, a Frenchman, has transported out of the realm during the four years last past. 51. Petition of the Company of the Eastland Merchants to Walsyngham. Complain that their residence at Elbing has not been successful, by reason of Merchant Strangers shipping their goods at other ports. 52. Petition of the same to the Council. To the same effect. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 697 1580 ? Vo'^- CXLVI. •'>3. Certain reasons shewing what commodities would ensue, if strangers were bound to ship to and from the East parts, as the English merchants are bound. 54. The answer of Martin de la Fallia to the articles exhibited against him by John Leake, informer, for dealings in wools, by virtue of the licence of Sir Francis Walsyngham. 55. Petition of Venetian merchants residing in London to the Council. Praying licence to unlade three ships lately arrived with currants, wines, &c., without paying the new imposts upon the same. 56. Petition of Tho. Milwarde, of Dover, to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. To be permitted to go on with the erection of the water miU in the stream near Dover prison. 57. Petition of Tho. Egerton to Walsyngham. Prays to enter into a composition for his lands extended for debt to Her Majesty, which was, in Queen Mary's days, very hardly adjudged against him ; and according to the said extent can not be wholly paid in a great number of years. 58. Wm. Greves to same. Desires that the hearing of his case may be postponed, and that he may not be condemned on the evidence of Tho. Greves. Ill conduct of the said Tho. Greves and Tho. Griffith. 59. Requests to the Lord Treasurer as to purveyance of wood for Her Majesty's household. 60. D. Hector's request to Lady [Walsyngham ?] to intercede with her husband for the reversion of Andreas de Loo's licence, to be granted to him for 10 or 12 years. 61. Purport of the suit of Wm. Harbrowne, of Yarmouth, for a licence to himself and his son for '21 years, for the making of salt ypon salt, i.e., white salt out of brown, to be limited to the town of Yarmouth and its members. 62. A paper, probably relating to an improvement in the quadrant or sextant. [Indorsed : " The proposition of an instruTnent for navigation, wlierehy at all hours of the day and night, seeing the sun or stars, one may know by land or sea, as well the longitude as the latitude, whereof the use is never known or found before''^ G3. Supplication of the town of Halsted, Essex, to Walsyng- ham. That 20 families or more of the Dutchmen now removed to Colchester might be commanded to return to Halsted, there to continue their trade of bay-making as heretofore ; their depar- ture from thence having much impoverished the neighbourhood. Annexing, 63. I.-VIII. Eight petitions from various towns adjoining Halsted, in favour of the preceding petition, viz., Pedmersh, Little Maplestead, Yeldham, Colne Engayne, Great Maplestead, Gosfeld, Hedingham Sybell, and Castle Hedingham. \_All these petitions, and the one from the town of Halsted, are numerously signed.] 698 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH 1580? Vol. CXLVI. 64. Proposition for the confirmation and better ordering of lands held by Deans and Chapters. 65. Articles objected before the Council against Edw. Bowghton, of Cawston, in the County of Warwick, a favourer of notorious Papists, as Nicholas Greenhill, Barnard Field, and others ; a packer of juries, an oppressor of the people of Rugby, having displaced one Richard Seele from the school there ; incontinent in his living, and an obstinate Puritan. 66. Petition of Mons. Coedor to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Losses sus- tained by Mm from English pirates. Desires that the licence granted to him by Her Majesty may be exchanged for some other. 67. List of eight ships and two barks half manned ; and estimate of the charges for victuals and wages. 68. Similar estimate for seven of the above ships and the two barks. 69. Estimate of several rates for victualling for 6,000, 8,000, or 10,000 men for 14 days. 70. Names of Captains to serve on the seas. 71. Articles concerning Her Majesty's imposts and customs. Off"er addressed to the Queen to undertake the monthly revision of the customers' accompts, and detail of the advantages to be gained thereby. 72. Project for improving the customs and preventing the deceits of officers, by estabhshing warehouses for the reception of merchants' goods previous to loading on board ship. 73. Declaration of certain merchants who have traded to Portugal, of their opinion touching the trade of Portugal, with their humble petition for re-opening the trade thither, suspended in consequence of the irregular trade of some Englishmen to the Indies. 74. Answer of the merchants trading to Amsterdam in Holland, to the allegations made by the Merchant Adventurers, accusing them of irregular trading. 75. Petition of the Aldermen and Company of Merchants of the Stillyard to Lord Bui'ghley. Praying to be relieved from the pay- ment of the new imposts on certain Spanish and sweet wines brought by them into England. 76. Reasons by the Company of Merchant Adventurers against admission of any Merchant of the Staple into their fellowship. 77. Reasons delivered by Mr. Simon Bowyer to the Merchants of the Staple, as to frauds and irregular dealings by broggers and others in the wool trade, with the answers of the Staplers to the- same. ' 78. Answer of Drs. William Fulke and John Still to cei"tain propo- sitions of one Shales, on the authority of the Fathers, in support of the Scriptures, and the spuitual gifts of the Saviour ; as lately renewed in the writings of the Jesuits Campion, Durseas, and others. DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 699 1580? Vol. CXLVI. 79. Orders for the better increase of leai-ning in the inferior ministers, and for more diligent preaching and catechising. Every unlicensed minister to provide himself with a Bible and BuUinger's Decades ; and every licensed preacher to preach yearly, in propria persona, at least twelve sermons. 80. Memorandum of the numbers of men had out of certain shires to sundry places at several times. 81. Signor Pompeo Loiani to Lord Burghley. Advocates the expediency of establishing a Bank of Augmentation. Incloses, 81. I. Propositions for establishing a Bank of Augmentation with a capital o/ 50,000 inarJcs, to pay 12 per cent, per ann. Form of patent, regulations, dec. 82. " A Brieffe Table faithfuUie gathered out of the great bookes of depositions against Dr. Tho. Powell," of adultery, drunkenness, and many other crimes committed by him in Gloucestershire ; with names of deponents, &c. 83. Bequest of the Merchant Adventurers that no unfair advan- tage shall be taken of them by the clothworkers, in the shipment of their cloths. Are willing to export one dressed with nine undressed cloths. 84. Declaration of "William Gowltye, Mayor, and others, of Orford, with respect to the charges against Mr. Agas their minister. They had sufficiently proved the articles against him before the Ecclesiastical Commission, and now refer their case to be heard before the Council. [Indorsed, " The Mayor of Orford's answer to Sir Phil. Parker touching Agas."^ 85. Deposition by James Coo concerning the demand of Mr. Agas for tythes, which Coo and others do not deny. 86. Keasons why there should be no malt carried in boats or barges to London by the river Lea. 87. [ ] to Secretary Wylson. In favour of certain Merchants of the Stillyard, who had been robbed of a quantity of cloths by Walter Dabemal and his accomplices, near Margate. 88. Note of the supply of ordnance for the town of Aldborough, iu the County of Sufiblk. [Signed by [Sir] William Pelham.] 89. Particular, signed by Wm. Pelham and Anthony Smyth, rela- tive to the tenure of the lands and tenements held by the tenants of the Manor of Barrowe. 3001. is required for repair of the jetties and waterworks to resist the violence of the Humber. 90. Particular of the Manor of Hazelber Bryan, in the County of Dorset,, containing an abstract of the tenure and liberties of the manor, with a list of the freeholders and tenants. 700 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1580? Vol. CXLVI. 91. A note of the lands belonging to John Sacheverell, Esq., in the County of Derby ; the Manor of Buxstoue, &c. Lat. 92. Notes and directions relating to the Mint, and the Standard of Coinage. [Indorsed, " Gold and silver reckoned Tyy found weights."] London. 93. Warrant addressed to Abraham Jacob. Eemitting the impost on certain wines for private use of some person of quality. 94. Qrders by the Queen's Highness, specially to be observed for better i^ervice in the Office of Ordnance. [Indorsed, "For Her "Majesty's Service, submittedto your Honor's privateconsideration."] 95. Letters of denization for Peter Beard, born in the Low Countries. 96. " The just and true considerations why and wherefore John " Campynet, deceased, did reserve to him and his heirs the Lordship " of Tekencote, which was the inheritance of Margaret, his late wife, " and now wife unto Paule Gresham." Lease of Tekencote to Wm. Campynet. 97. Propositions by Gawen Smith, for the erection of a beacon on the Goodwin Sands, twenty or thirty feet above high water mark, and able to receive and preserve 30 or 40 persons at least. 98. Comparative statement of the values of gold and silver and foreign coin ; proposing the Queen should raise her coinage by a penny in the shilling and twelvepence in the angel, in order to meet the course of exchange in France. 99. A memorial [by whom does not appear] for Mr. Eely, a licen- ciate, to tell Hughe Lygon that his brother Rafe had received one • letter from him since his departure, and liked well of his doings in his affairs. 100. Tho. Heath to his father Mr. Tho. Heath, dwelling in the Parsonage of Fulham. Commends the bearer. Has been a whole year and received neither money nor letters, and has been main- tained by his tutor. Desires to be placed with another tutor. 101. " Articles against the servant of Mr. Greene, that went " away when he should have come to his examination before Dr. " Hamon ;" delivered by John Young. Robert Greene disowns him as his servant. 102. Information by Anthony Gibon of two Englishmen from Boulogne, landed at Purfleet above Gravesend, having certain jewels and a cross of gold with them. 103. Depositions by John Treman, Parson of Binfeld. Touching certain libellous speeches uttered by Mr. Drewe's servant. 104. Information given by the constables of Maiden against Richard Woodhouse, Edw. Wells, and John Oannonden. For opposing the constables in execution of the warrant for arrest of Woodhouse for his misdemeanor with the wife of one John Clark, quarrelling with the watch, and breaking the peace by Wells and Cannonden. DOMESTIC — ELIZABETH, 701 1580? Vol. CXLVI. 105. Answer to the preceding articles objected against Cannon- den and Woodhouse. 106. Petition of Wm. Copland and Anthony Greene (orphan of Tho. Greene, who died in Muscovia,) to the Queen. Against the injurious dealings of Alderman Branche, of London, and Mr. Stonley of the Exchequer, and corrupt dealing of the Master of Requests. Solicit the determination of their suit may be referred to the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Leicester, and Mr. Secretary. 107. Petition of John Blagrave to Sir Fr. Walsjmgham. For letters patent for 21 years for certain improvements in the construc- tion of kilns and furnaces, and a new crushing mill. 108. Petition of Wm. Charnell, of Snarestone, in Leicestershire, to same. Desires to be heard or released upon bail for his personal ap- pearance ; and that the horses remaining at liis charges at the Blue BeU in Holborn may be discharged. 109. Petition of Thos. Wihbrd to Lord Burghley. Solicits leave to inclose a small piece of common named West's moore, in the parish of Yateley, Berks ; and to have timber allowed him for building a small cottage. 110. Petition of Stephen Davys, of Crambrok, Kent, to the Council. Desires recompense for repeated losses sustained by him in Dieppe and at sea, by tbe depredations of the French, to the amount of above 500?. 111. Note to some Lord. Reminding him that he had divers times been at the writer's house in Covent Garden, where he came to speak with Mr. Roloc. lApparently a postscript to some letter.'] 112. Brute Babington, of Cambridge, to Burghley. Complains of being disturbed in possession of the living of Thurcaston, Leicester, by the farmer of the late incumbent. Prays for warrant of seques- tration until his pretended title is tried at law. 113. Petition of Richard Casye to same. Had been comniitted to Newgate upon the unjust complaint of Mr. Benedict Spinola, relative to a lease of certain lands and tenements in London. De- sires to be discharged from prison, and to have the Queen's pardon. 114. Supplication to all charitable and well disposed Catholics in behalf of the religious Virgins and Brethren of Syon in England, of the order of St. Saviour, commonly called the order of St. Byrgitt, dissolved by King Henry VIII., when Katherine Palmer with other her sisters withdrew into Flanders, but are now residing in great distress at Rouen in Normandy. 115. Petition of John Benbrick, of Rj'e, prisoner in the Marshalsea, to same. Requests him to prefer his suit to the Council, being a very poor man and having no friends. 702 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1580? Vol. CXLVI. 116. Petition of PhHip Jones to Lord Burghley. That on liberty be granted to the Flemings to transport pelts out of England, until the imposition on hops and alum in Flanders should be taken off. 117. Suit of Francis Fortescue, son of Henry Fortescue, for a licence of alienation and sale of the Manor of Moore Hall, Essex, the Manor of Ayworthe in Bedfordshire, and the third part of the Manor of Trumpington, granted by King Henry VIII. to the said Henry Fortescue, and the heirs male of his body. 118. Petition of John Eothermaker, factor for Giles Hosteman,^ to the Council. Desires a warrant from the Admiralty for restitution of all goods unlawfully sold or saved in December last, from the wreck of the boat named the Angel Gabriel, of Antwerp. 119. Petition of John Bradford, of Exeter, to the Queen. Against Andrew Hill, who, having been condemned to death for highway robbery, had received Her Majesty's warrant of protection, which he fraudulently used against his creditors. 120. Petition of Kichard Lowther, Gerard Lowther the elder, and Gerard Lowther the younger. For the lease of certain lands in Westmoreland, promised to them by the Earl of. Leicester for their services. 121. Grant of licence by the Queen to Wm. Sanderson, minister of King's Lynn, and vicar of Terrington, of non-residence from his said vicarage for life. 122. Petition of Anne Alen to the Queen, praying for a free pardon- for her husband, Marten Alen, who had been sentenced to death, but now living in exile at Caen in Normandy. 123. Suggestion that one Tho. Wallker, a merchant, who had obtained a safe conduct from the French King to trade into any parts of France, should have a similar licence of Her Majesty, and so to open a secret communication with Eouen, by means of a merchant named George Glover dwelling there. Unlawful trade carried on with France by way of Jersey and Guernsey. 124. Reasons to prove that the grant of the suit for the return of original writs will not be prejudicial to the subject. 125. Opinion on the right of strangers to partake of bankrupts' goods rateably with English creditors. 126. Opinions of certain Doctors of the Civil Law upon a case testamentary, for legacies and the custody and education of the legatees in their non-age. 127. Calculations of the difference between wine and ale measures. 128. Reasons to move Her Majesty for the confirmation of the Cathedral Churches erected by Hen. VIII., called into question for want of the records of that time, and the lands of most of them being purchased covertly at a small rate, as concealed.- DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 703 1580? Vol. CXLVI. 129. Names of Papists, informed of by Alex. Stringer, who are abovit to return into England from France. 130. A note of persons suspected in religion in the North parts, Sir Thomas Graye, Ralph Graye, the old Lady Ratcliffe, Francis her son, and others. 131. Certain inconveniences likely to ensue if commission shall be granted from the Queen for exercise of the Archbishop of Can- terbury's jurisdiction in Courts of Audience. 132. Petition of Jane Gouldwyar, " a pore afflyctted creator," to Sir Fr. Walsjmgham. Has been a prisoner in the Clink for twelve months for conscience sake. Having five small children destitute and wandering about, prays to be released. 133. Orders agreed on between "Walsyngham, Tho. Wylson, and Tho. Randolphe, Master of the Posts, for conveyance of packets and letters into France or Flanders. 1 34. Resolutions by the parishioners of Christ's Church, London. For the due ministration of divine service in their church, the daily lectures to be maintained, the penny and penny loaf to be weekly given away to the poor, and the poor singing men to be continued in the Quyer, "in respect they have bene trayned in the scyence of musick aU theyr hfe." 13-5. Plan for the improvement of part of Cambridge, in the High Street, opposite St. Mary's Church. 136. Order that the Master and Fellows of Christ's" CoUege, Cambridge, shall maintain one Fellow and three Scholars beyond the number specified by the foundation. 137. The names of certain persons having their sons beyond sea, brought up in foreign seminaries ; also of such as are receivers of Papists, and the shires and places of their dwelling. Warrant to pay the yearly fee of 201. to Anne Vavassor, Gentle- woman of the Bed Chamber. [See Warrant Book, I., p. 86.] Grant to Ro. H., of the office of Clerk of the Mint, in the Tower, and Surveyor of the Melting-houses, and to Paul Swallow, the office of Clerk of the Irons. Lat. [8ee ih., p. 112.] Grant to M. F. [Martin Furbisher?] of the office of Clerk of Her Majesty's Ships, in reversion after the death -or surrender of G. W. a former grant in reversion to John Hawkyns having been sur- rendered by him. {See ih., p. 118.] Grant to Henry Lord Norris, of Rycott, of the office of Porter of the Outer Gate of Windsor Castle, and Keeper of the Armoury and Ordnance in the castle, vacant by the death of Ric. Ward, Esq., Coiferer of the Household. Lat. [See WarromtBoohyl^p.l^Q.} 704 DOMESTIC— ELIZABETH. 1580? Vol. CXLVI. Grant to R W., of the office of Receiver of the Royal Revenue in the Duchv of Lancaster, and of lands of the late monastery of Furnes. [See ih., p. 135.] Sir Fr. Walsyngham (?) to [ ]. Understands that Mr. Thomas Gawdie has had great losses by law suits. Requests he win sell a quantity of alum to Gawdie on favom-able terms. [See Vol. xlv., p. 74.] LONDON: riinted by Geouoe E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. For Her Majesty's Stationery Office. GENERAL INDEX. A , Henry, 24. Abbeylands, 164. Atbott's Isle, Manor of, 555. Abbott, Robert, 586. Abbott, William, 170 Abduction, 219. Abels, John, 332. Aberdeen, 552, 569. Abergavenny, Lord, see NeTill. Abergwilly, 268, 328, 362, 664, 597, 604, 627. Abingdon, 153, 156, 340, 466. Abington, John, 118, 209, 210,224,228, 500, 668. Abortion, Crime of, 623. Abraham, John, 80, 84, 85, 87-89. Absolution, Instrument of, 568. Acanthinus, 33. Accatery, Clerk of the, 576. Accession of Edw. VI., 1 ; of Mary, 54 ; of Elizabeth, 115, 116, 143, 154. Achates, The, 503, 554, 601, 629, 631, 647, 656. Achurch, see Thorpe Achurch. Acliff, William, 257. Acontio, Giacopo, 243. Acton, Barnaby, 512. Acton Trussel, Manor of, 249. Actton, Annies, 628. Action, Barnaby, 628. Adams, , 201. Adams, George, 420. Adams, John, 402. Adams, Nicholas, 51. Aden, Robert, 682. Administration, 521, 696. See Wills. Admiral, Lord High, see Seymour. Howard. Clinton. Admirals, see Vice -Admirals. Admiralty, the Fleet, Navy, &c., 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 15, 44, 55, 61, 62, 72, 87, 90-94,96-98, 100-106, 109, 112, 119, 121, 126, 131, 1.3S, 144, 146, 148, 152-156, 158, 165, 172, 180, 192, 200, 203, 205, 208, 211, 212, 214, 216, 219-222, 227, 242, 244, 249, 254, 259, 260, 264, 268, 277, 287, 297, 305, 310, 322-324, 329, 331, 351, 3.53, 354, 361, 362, 366. 367, 378, 386, 387, 390, 393, 398, 408, 409, 413, 437- 439, 459, 477, 479-481, 499, 505, 512, 516, .520, 522, 525-527, 535, 536, 546, 552, 553, 566, 576, 580, 584, 585, 598, 612, 613, 627-629, 631, 634, 636, 638, 640-642, 644, 645, 647, 649, 655, 670, 677, 678, 681, 698, 702. Admiralty , Authority of the Lord Admiral' 633. AdmiraltyCourt, 10, 21,22, 164, 175,235,246, 258, 277, 282, 329, 330, 332, 343, 384, 393, 413, 456, 489, 497, 512, 520, 529, 536-538, 543, 551, 572, 606, 625, 645, 661. Admiralty Court, see Lewes. Adventurers, see ITurbishei', Merchant Adven- turers. '•Advertisements, the," Treatise of, 272. Africa, 178, 183,215,260, 678. Agard, Thomas, 10. Agas, Mr. 699. Agbridge, Wapentake of, 336. j\ghonby, Edward, 356, 359. Agmondeshara, John, 21, Agnello, Giovanni (or John) Baptista, 543, 570, 571. Aid or Ayde, The ship, 96, 213, 228, 244, 254, 323, 361, 509, 546, 556, 567, 573, 618. Aids, see Revenue. Aix, or Aix la Chapelle (Aquisgraine), 67, 397. Akworth, Dr., 521. Alaker, Ralph, 330. Alan, Richard, 35. Alba, Duke of, see Alva. Alban Hall (Oxford), 166, 648. Alborne Hall, see Alban. Alborough, see Aldborough. Alchemy, 77, 249, 269, 273, 275-277, 289, 385, 403. Aldarsey (or Aldersey), Thomas, 65, 73, 239, 412, 502, 503. See Aldersey. Alday, John, 320, 332. Aldaye, James, 84, 132. Aldborough, 93, 432, 596, 627) 632, 643. Aldborough, Bailiffs, &c., 578, 632. Aldborough, Eines on inhabitants of, for piracy, 557. Aldborough, Ordnance for, 699. Aldermanbury, 688. Aldermaston, 355. Alderney, 15. Aldersey, Henry, 620. Aldersey, Mr., 329. Aldersey, Wm., 279. Aldersey, see Aldarsey, Aldford, 568, 593. Aldgate, 195, 230. AlfUngborne, 19, 539, 542. Aldrich, Thomas, 190, 383, 388, Aldridge, John, 550. Y Y 706 GENERAL INDEX. AMwen, "VVm., 471. Alehouse keepers, Eeoognizance of, 554, 555. Alehouses, Inns, Taverns, &c., 185, 3J5, 480, 557, 558, 562-566, 568, 570, 572, 581, 641, 649. . Alehouses, Fines on, for repair of Dover haven, 673,674. Alen, 307. Alen, Anne, 702. Alen, Francis, 223, 313. Alen, Marten, 702. Alexander, 434. Alexander, Nicholas, 104. Alexandria, 551. Alford, , 154, 155. Alford, Francis, 415, 416, 429, 443, 454, 549. Alford, Lancelot, 119. Alford, Roger, 549. Algiers, 295, 630. Alienations, 506, 702. *Fines on, 535. Aliens, 36-38, 47, 99, 109, 179, 190, 205, 210, 211, 213, 216, 231, 285, 295-297, 380, 404, 410, 412-414, 424-427, 432,447, 496, 505, 647. Alington, H., 194, 208, 213. Alington, Mr., 323. Ahsholte, Forest of, 113. Alkynton, George, 314, 315. AUatt, Mr., 304. Allegiance. See Oaths. Allen, Sir Christopher, 258, 605. Allen, Dr., 565. Allen, Jolm, 45. Allen, Mr., 106, 455, 695. Allen, or Alleyn, Thomas, 150, 151, 608, 615, 620, 621. AUerton, see Northallerton. Allertonshire, Wapentake of, 336. Alley, William, Bishop of Exeter, 354. AUington Castle, 60, 144. AUington, Ric, 111, 197. All Soul's College (Oxford), 402. Allyn, Thomas, 670, 672. Allyn, William, 267, 426-428. Almain, John, the, 696. Almain Armourers, see Armourers. Almain Refiners, see Refiners. Almains, see Germany. Almayne, Martain, 207. Almoner, Royal, 56, 96, 612. Almoners, Court of, 517. Alms, Licence to collect, 513. Almshouses, The Queen's, 526. Almsmen, 27, 186, 208. Alnage, see Aulnage. Alnetanas, or Alneto [Lannoy], Cornelius, see Lannoy. Alsop, John, 120. Altham, James, 380, 422. Althorpe, 295-297, 380, 441. Alton, Division of, 653. Alum, Alum Mines, &c., 253, 272, 288, 436, 440, 443, 534, 587, 702, 704. See Mines. Alva, or Alba, Duke of, 42, 65, 299, 320, 327- 329, 332, 394, 432, 438, 647. Alvecote, 285. Alveley, Prebend of, 110. Alyff, 131. Alyn, Hugh, 303. Alyngton, Sir Giles, 483. Alystone, Matthew, 465. Ambassadors, 8, 26, 33, 38, 48, 54, 57, 58, 69, 71,80, 84, 87, 108, 128, 129, 135, 136, 138, 175, 186, 211, 221, 240, 241, 243, 244, 247, 273, 308, 309, 312-316, 321, 322, 324, 326-331, 338, 364, 378, 387, 394, 417, 413, 421, 422, 427, 429, 449, 454, 473, 484, 487, 495, 503, 504, 515, 528, .534, 651, 574, 581, 601, 642, 659, 681, 685, 687, 690. Ambassadors, Secret meetings of, in Paris Garden, 595. America, 260, 661, 678. America, South, 693. Amesbury, Hundred of, 377. Amiens, 683. Amondesham, William, 201. Amport, Vicar of, 605. ' Ampton, see Southampton. Amsterdam, 258, 332, 698. , .., Amyas, Jo., 659. Amyce, Roger, 295. Amye, AVilliam, 489. Amyers, Edward, 544. Anabaptists, 46, 158, 496. Aucaster, 655. Anderson, Anthony, 331. Anderson, Edward, 639. Anderson, Henry, 635. Andover, 24, 44, 57, 178, 449, 653. Andrew, Thomas, 334, 592, 672. Andrewes, Lancelot, 627. Andrewes, Stephen, 11. Andrews, Mr., 392. Andro wes, , Sheriff of Northampton, 519. Androwes, John, 644. Androwes, Simon, 632. Angel Gabriel, The, 702. Angers, 319. Anglesey, Isle of, 194, 268, 301, 361, 456, 486, 570, 588, 670. Anglesey, Sheriff of, 486. Angus, Earl of, see Douglas. Anjou, Duke of, 316, 318, 320, 4,54, 629, 633, 639, 660. See Elizabeth. Anne of Cleves, see Cleves. Anne, The, 203, 577. Annot, Thomas, 176. Anonymous, 613. Antelope, The, 323, 366. Autlionie, Dirick, 476. Anthony, Anthony, 226. Antiquaries, Society of, 26, 54, 114. GENERAL INDEX. 707 Antiquities, Roman, 406. Antiquity, Monuments of, 158, 159. Anton, Benedict, 598. Antonio, King of Portugal, 675, 677, 678, 689, 690. Antonio, Marco, 172. Antwerp, 42. 69, 72, 74, 86, 87, 89, 90, 103, 118, 136, 164, 187, 188, 195, 202, 204, 20.5, 211, 217, 219, 238, 239, 247, 255, 267, 268, 285, 326, 392, 394, 405, 410, 447, 462, 471, 481, 494, 498, 502-505, 702. Ap John, see John. Ap John, Walter, 10. Apleforth, John, 192. Apleforth, William, 403. Apologia Ecclesiae Anglicanse, 192. Apparel, 62, 68, 107, 141, 169, 199j 200, 262, 263, 267, 269, 272, 273, 282, 290, 680. Apple trees, 97. Appleton, John, 632. Appletree, Hundred of, 124. Appletree, Thomas, 628. Appleyard, John, 171. Appleyarde, Mr., 240, 384. Applierd, 291. Apprentices, Act of, 286, 472, 473. Apprentices' indentures. Registry of, 472, 473. Appulton, Henry, 483. . Aprice, Gryffith Vaughan, 611. Aprice, Richard Vaughan, 611. Ap Richard, see Richard. Apthorp, 232, 343, 421. Apthorpe, Manor of, 13, 14. Apwilliam; William, 611. Aquila, Bishop of, 346. Aqnisgraine, see Aix. Arabella, (or Arbella,) Lady, see Stuart. Archbishop, Consecration of, 135, 138, 143, 144. Archbishopricks, 138. Archduke, The, 302, 581. Archepole (or Archebold), John, 685. Archer, Henry, 495. Archery, 185, 552, 559. Arches, The, 489, 514, 630, 543, 551, 606, 659, 687. Arches, Court of, 21, 32, 131, 240, 246, 258, 279, 281,282, 357, 363,531. Arches, proctors of the, 531, 691. Architecture. See Buildings. Archmore, John, 403. Arcke, City of, 433. Arcliffe bulwark, 458. Arden, Mr., 183. Ardern, Robert, 576. ArgoII, Lawrence, 691. Arkendale, Manor of, 523. Armagh, Archbishop of, see Lancaster. Armagh, Primate of, 302. Armagh, Titular Archbishop of, see Creaghe. Armeley, Manor of, 170. Armour, Naval, 480, 481. Armour, Repairing of, 666. Armour, &c.. Surveyor of, 509. Armourers, Almain, 133, 145. Armoury, The, 114, 117, 118, 130, 133, 139, 144, 154, 173, 187, 192, 199, 205, 242, 246, 249, 300, 393, 401, 492. See Windsor Castle. Armoury, Commissioners for survey of the 673. Armoury, County, 596, 667. Armoury, Master of the, 610. Armoury, OiEce of, 512. Arms and Armour, 101, 108, 118, 124, 140, 142, 144, 145, 148, 153-156, 170, 173, 178, 179, 200, 205, 207, 208, 210, 211, 214, 218, 225-227, 230, 242, £46, 247, 249, 254, 266, 269, 276, 290, 345, 363- 366, 3^70, 373-378, 382, 384, 387, 393, 394, 415, 455, 486, 491, 506, 508, 511, 642, 610, 648, 653, 693. See Musters. Ordnance. Arms, College of, see Heralds. Arms, Grant of, 4, 27, 92, 131, 149, 214, 247, 249, 426, 495, 501, 503, 606, 624. See Heralds' College. Arms, Kings of, 510. Arms, Oflicers and Ofice of, see Heralds' College. Arms, Royal, and Arms of England, see Royal Arms. Armstrong, Francis, 44, 69. Armstrong, Mr , 30. — ' Armstrong, Thomas, 62, 63. Armstrongs, The, 356. Army, 44, 65, 67, 92-99, 103, 105, 110, 116, 127, 138, 139, 145, 147-149, 155, 156, 168, 166, 169, 17S, 203-207, 210, 214- 222, 224-228, 232, 234, 275, 288, 291, 292, 294, 310, 347, 350, 353-357, 359, 360, 364-367, 370, 373, 375, 387, 402, 445, 474, 479, 481, 486, 511, 552, 600, 641, 693, 699. Army, see Coat and Conduct, Foreign Service, Levies, Musters. Armyngford, Hundred of, 6, 430. Arnold, , 72. Arnold, Sir Nicholas, 60, 72, 77, 78, 82, 339, 344, 423, 637, 651, 693. Arnold, Richard, 464, 693. Arondell (or Arundell), Sir Humfrey, 21, 22. ArondeU, Sir Matthew, 537. Arran, Earl of, 150. Arres, Elizabeth, 186. Arres, John, 186. Arrest, 456, 477. Arrest for debt, 527. Arrest of merchants, shipping, &c. abroad, 326, 327, 432, 484. Arrest of shipping or goods, 239, 326-328, 362, 384, 391, 393, 427, 432, 433, 435, 444, 463, 464, 482, 506, 519. Arrest of shipping in England, 490, 598, 645, 694. Arrest of Spanish goods, 574, 578. T y2 708 GENERAL INDEX. Arreton, Centon of, 143. Arrows, see Armour, Bows. Arrowsmith, Thos., 457. Art, Works of, 288. Artificers, llegulation of, 446, 472, 473. Artillery, 170, 399. See Ordnance. Artillery, Maintenance of, 415, 421. Artleborough, 206. Arundel, 153, 224. Arundel 81, 566. Arundel Castle, 639. Arundel, Charles, 431. Arundel, E , 388. Arundel, Earl of, see Eitzalan, Howard. Arundel, Sir John, 481. Arandel, Lady, 50, 146. Arundel, of Lanherne, Sir John, 146, 177, 353, 369, 388. Arundel, of Trerice, Sir John, 41, 56, 94, 177, 179. Arundel Place, 123. Arundel, Rape of, 139, 264, 267, 451. Arundel, Sir Thomas, 50. Arundell, Sir Jo., 588. Arundell, see Arondell. Ascham, Roger, 261 ; Sir Roger, 324, 331. Ascoughe, , 530. Ashburnham, Mr., 695. Ashhy de la Zouche, 149. Ashebumham, Isabell, 475. Asheburnham, (or Ashborneham), John, 475, 598. Asheley, Sir Harry, 465, 571, 582. Asheley, Henry, 554. Asheleye, Thomas, 626. Asheliars, Philip, a pirate, 463, 637. Asheton, Thomas, 426. Ashfield, (or Asshefield), Edmand, 301, 349; Sir Edmund, 419. Ashfold, Edmund, 370. Ashford, 344, 560. Ashley, Mrs., 82. Ashley, (or Aschyly), Mrs. Katherine, 13, 14. Ashridge, 23, 29, 45, 60, 154. Ashton, (or Assheton) Christopher, 73, 76, 78- 84, 86. Ashton, Sir Walter, 424. Ashton, see Aston. Aske, George, 470. Aslaby, see Assulby. Assart lands, 188, 283. Assaults, 64, 470, 620. Assays of money, see Mint. Pyx. Assemolies, Unlawful, see Unlawful assemblies. Assenden, Hundred of, 376. Asshefyld, see Ashfield. Assheton, see Ashton. Assize, Justices of, see Justices. Assize of bread, in London, 603. Assizes, 122, 178, 391. ' Association for protection of the Queen, 334. Assonleville, Mons. d' 328, 329-331. Assulby or Aslaby, Manor of, 1 1 9. Assurance on ships, 509. Assurances, 535. Assurances, Register of, 523. Asteley, John, 276, 339 462, 487, 534. Asteley, Mr., 528. Astley, CoUege of, 296. Aston, 186. Aston, or Ashton-under-Edge, 237, 261, 309, 415,443,454,453, 540. Aston, d', see Daston. Astrology, 67, 219, 309, 312, 454. Astronomy, 292, 454. Astry, Ralph, 374, 392. Aswardhurn, Wapentake of, 135. Atchinsou, John, 632. Atey, (Atee, Atye), Arthur, 394, 648, 651, 675, 677, 685. Atheism, 431. Atkinson, Clinton, a pirate, 685, 687. Atkinson, Davy, 579. Atkinson, William, 375. Atkyns, Thomas, 404. Atkynson, Edmund, 88. Atslowe, Dr., 626. Attainder, 119. Attorney General, 105, 249, 549, 608. Atye, see Atey. Aubrey, or Awbrey, Dr. William, 114, 169, 328,473, 482, 53.5,551. Auchar, Sir Anthony, 22, 33. Auckland, 105, 335, 583, 638. Audeley, Robert, 175, 270. Audience, Courts of, 703. Audley End, 434, 460. Audley, Joan Lady, 166. Audley, Lord, see Touchet. Audley, Manor of, 165. Audley, see Awdley. Augmentation, Bank of, 699. Augmentation of livings, 220, 518. Augmentations, Chancellor of, see North, Sakevyle. Augmentations, Court of, 9, 10,51, 52, 55, 147, 271. Augsburg, (Augusta), 74, 130, 270, 274, 424. Augustine Friars, The, 150. Aulnage, 539. Abuses in, 579. Austen, John, 64. Austria, Don John, of, 504, 527, 539, 601, 602, 649. Aveland, Wapentake of, 135, 694. Averly, 200, Avignon, 660. Awbrey, see Aubrey. Awburn, 406. Awcher, Mr. 636. Awcher, William, 627. Awdlej', Mrs., 576. Awger, John, 233. GENERAL INDEX. 709 Axholme, Isle of, 484. Ayde, see Aid. Ayere, see Ayre. Ayhorne, see Eyhorne. Aylesbury, 341, 394, 442, 465, 546, 66jl, 662. Aylesbury, Hundred of, 6, 376, 442. Aylesford, Lathe of, 344, 354, 420, 450, 451, 460, 546. Aylestone, William, 258. Ayleworth, Jobn, 195. Aylmer, John, Bishop of London, 543, 545, 549, 552, 569, 582, 598, 622, 625, 626, 631, 649, 650, 652-654, 669, 694. Aylmer, William, 40. Ayloflfe, William, 637, 639. Aymour, 125, 126. Ayre, (or Ayere,) Thomas, 569, 592. Ayscough, Sir Francis, 34, 50, 118, 123. Aysemonderbye, 587. Aysshe, Thomas, 80. Ayworthe, Manor of, 702. B. B A., 527,540. B A., of York, 529. B , 11., 458. B , Thomas, 458. B W., 654. B , William, 458. Babbington, John, 453. Babham, John, 6. Babingtou, Dr. Brute, 531, 701. Back, Peter, 293. Bacon House, 595. Bacon, John, 547. Bacon, Nathaniel, 628, 657, G65, 669, 670. Bacon, Sir Nicholas, ( Lord Keeper), 132, 135, 143, 158, 162, 165, 171, 207, 230, 235, 237, 268, 287, 308, 326, 329, 332, 365, 381, 384, 385, 388, 390, 396, 406, 417, 454, 467, 489, 507, 555, 569, 635. , his speech, 302. Bacon, Mr., 118. Bacon, Thomas, 116. Baconsthorpe, 185, 261, 262, 424, 425, 459, 482, 618. Baddilsmere, 63. Baden, Christopher, Marquis of, 257, 270. Baehere, Otio de, 512. Baeshe, (Basshe or Bashe), Ed-w., 105, 148, 205, 209-211, 2.50, 268, 287, 477, 499, 52.5-528, 534, 553, 584, 585, 598, 631, 643, 649. Bagard, Mr., 590. Bagat, Stephen, 249. Bagenall, Sir Nicholas, 567. Bagenall, see Bagnal. Bagendon, 61. Bagnal, (or Bagnold,) Sir Ealph, 41, 80, 82, 591, 660. BagshaTT , 693. Bagshot, 229. Sainton, Mrs., 536. Baker, , 422, 668. Baker, Christopher, 438, 474, 478, 513, 563. Baker, John, 475. Baker, Sir John, 91, 118. Baker, Matthew, 634. Baker, Richard, 174, 258. Baker, Sir Richard, 475. Baker, Thomas, 357. Baker. See Barker. Bakers Company, The, 330, 495, 598, 603, 626, 631, 637, 644. See London. White Bakers. Bala, 264, 486. Balam, Christopher, 507. Balborowe, Jerome, 224, 230. Baldes, Anthony, 64. Baldwyn, Dr. Francis, 183. Bales, Thomas, 417. Ball, John, 641. Ballard, Mr., 535. BaUerd, , 33. Balliol College, 693. Baltonsborough, (or Balstonbury,) Manor of, 41, 42. Bampton, Hundred of, 420, 423. Banbury, 28. Banbury Castle, 666. Banbury, Hundred of, 420. Bancroft, Christopher, 681. Bangor, 301, 377, 564, 684. Bangor, Bishop of. See Rohynson. Bangor, Dean and Chapter of, 684. Bangor, Diocese of, 564. Bank of Augmentation, Establishment of, 699. Bankrupts, Bankruptcy, 92, 94, 569, 695, 702. Banks, Banking, 410, 417. Bannister, Hugh, 193. Banwell, Lordship of, 378. Ban well. Manor of, 489. Baptist, 84. Baptista, John, 565. Barbar, Thomas, 493. Barbaro, Ludovico, 270. Barbary, (or Barbary States,) 183, 265, 288, 290, 303, 318, 478, 490, 538, 633. Barber surgeons, 150. Barbican, The, 316, 440. Barckley, Division of, 375. Barckley, Gilbert, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 172, 348, 378, 489, 560, 564, 650, 651. Bardfield, Manor of, 28. Bargeman, George, 642. Barges, Master of the, 107. Barham, Nicholas, 295, 532. Barholm, or Bereholm, 38, 47, 89, 597. Bark of Boulogne, The, 529. Barkeley, Sir Morris, 139, 340, 372. Barker, 564. 710 GENERAL INDEX. Barker, Christopher, 167. Barker, John, 158,464. Barker, Mrs., 467. Barker, Sir Richard, 473. Barker, William, 152, 153, 431, 433, 434. Barkestone, Wapentake of, 336. Barking Marsh, 113. Barkley, Edward, 582, 621, 625. Barkley, Hundred of, 450. Barkley, (Berkeley,) Lady, 66, 73, 74. Barkway, 698. Barle, John, 624. Barlee, William, 587. Barley, John, 458. Barley, see Com. Barlichway, Hundred of, 358, 653. Baric, John, 604. Barlow, William, Bishop of Bath, 28, 32, 37, 47 ; Bishop of Chichester, 141, 150, 221, 252, 314. Barmesey, 462. Barnard Castle, 352-354. Barn Elms, or Barnes, Manor of, 391, 610, 618, 657, 673. Bam, John, 339. Barne, George, 399. Barne, Sir George, 232. Barnes, Capt, 601. Barnes, Emme, 174. Barnes, George, 656. Barnes, Eichard, Bishop of Carlisle, 371, 395 ; Bishop of Durham, 547, 579, 583, 638, 648. Barnes parish, 618. See Bam Elms. Barnes, Thomas, 167, 682. Barnes, William, 682. Bamesley, 61. Barnet, 8, 108. Bamet, see Eriern Barnet. Bamerd, Mr., 528. Bamfield Little, Hundred of, 461. Barnstaple, 513, 630. Barnstaple, Manor of, 113. Baron, John, 238. Barowe, Dr., see Barro. Barrey, Eichard, 528, 599, 656, 665, 671, 676, 682. Barrington, Dame Winefride, 325. Barrington, Parsonage of, 440, 441. Barrington, Thomas, 325. Barro, or Barowe, Dr. Isaac, 321, 628, 634. BarroU, Mr., 685. Barrough, Mr., 252. Barrow, see Berghem or Bergen-op-Zoom. Barrowdon, Manor of, 36, 38, 201. Barrowe, Manor of, 699. Barrowe, Stephen, 266. Barryngtom, Thomas, 380 ; Sir Thomas, 686. Barsetlaw, Wapentake of, 332, 379, 418. Barstable, Hundred of, 380, 570. Barthlett ,271. Barton, 631. Barton, John, 621. . Barton, Ralph, 384. Barton, Rectory of, 637. Barton on Humber, Parsonage of, 294. Barton Yerles, 31. Barty, see Bertie. Barwicke, Thomas, 642. Barwyke, Mr., 28. Basil, the Great, 49. Basing, 62, 392. Basing, Mr., 203. Basing, Lord St. John of, see Paulet. Basingstoke, 272, 653. BaskervUle, Sir James, 338, 343, 374. Baskervyle, Sir Thomas, 374, 383. Baspole, Waltp, 509. Bassett, Sir Arthur, 528, 644, 658. Basset, James, 65-73. Basset, Manor of, 381. Basset, William, 105. Baston, 28, 45, 194. Baston Dyke, 46, Basyl, Gervis, 428. Basyng, John, 120, 413. Basyng, Roger, 34. BatehaU (?), 149. Bates , 636. Bates, Leonard, 286. Bates, Thomas, 366, 368. Bath, 43, 578, 599. Bath, Bishop of, see Barlow, Bourn, Barckley. Bath, Countess of, 157. Bath, Earl of, see Bourchier. Bath, Knights of the, 55. Bath, Mayor, &c., of, 533. Bath, Thomas, alias Thomazo, 477. Bath and Wells, Bishoprick of, 560, 565, 651. Bath and Wells, Dean and Chapter of, 489. Battersey, 672. See Papists. Battery Works, see Mines. Battes, William, a pirate, 570. Battista, Giovanni, 536. Bawcriflf, , 78, Bawdwen, Agatha, 198. Bawdwen, John, 198. Bawtry, 352. Baxter, Bartholomew, 402, 628, 657, 665, 669, 670. Baxter, Edward, 217. Baxter, John, 529, 530. Baxter, Matthew, 171. Bayley, Mr., 677. Bayley, Nicholas, 32. Bayly, Tliomas, 682. Bayne, Ralph, Bishop of Lichfield, 127. Bayneham, Eichard, 420. Baynes, William, 110. Baynton, Sir Henry, 554. Bayonne, 639. GENERAL INDEX. 711 Beacon, see Becon. Beacon on the Goodwin Sands, 700. Beacons, The, 7, 8, 91, 100, 153-155, 303, 342, 384, 454, 471, 487, 488. Beakyn , 513. Beale, Eobert, 599, 673, 689. Beamish, 381. Beamont, John, 30. Beard, Peter, 700. Beare, 662, 666. Beare, Kichard, 203. Beaadesert, 661. Beaudley, 163, 361. Beaulieu, 5, 31, 48, 180, 403. Beaulieu, Jan (or John,) de, 294, 456. Beaumaris, Borough of, 194, 195, 377 670. Beaumont, John (Master of the Kolls), 39. Beaumont, Dr. Eobert, 186, 191, 252, 253, 262, 267, 282. Beaupre, Edmund, 262. Beccles, 456. Beckenham, Lordship of, 401. Beckensall, Awdrey, 109. Becku, (alias Dolin), Anthony, 297, 315. Beckwith, "William, 691. Becon, Dr., 601, 602, 604, 606, 607, 651. Becon, Mrs., 651. Becon, (Beacon,) John, 446, 447. Becon, see Beakyn. Beconsfield, 376. Becontree, Half Hundred of, 380, 418. Bedell, Bessy, 78, 80. Bedell, (Bedyll, Betheli), John, 73, 76-80, 93. Bedford, 374, 392, 581, 643, 667, 675. Bedford, Bridget Countess of, 601. Bedford, Earl of, see Kussell. Bedford Hospital, Master of the, 389. Bedford'shire, 21, 158, 166, 175, 341, 370, 374, 456, 541, 568, 581, 667, 670, 702. Bedhampton, 371. Bediugfield, Sir Henry, 357. Bedo, William, 385. Bedwin, 377. Beecher, Henry, 355. Beer, 119, 164, 212, 227, 268, 307, 309, 310, 323, 389, 453-455, 488, 509, 527, 702. See Brewers. Beer, Price and sale of, 556. Beer and ale in the Queen's Household, 492. Beer Brewer, the Queen's, 636, 637. Beer Haven, 251. Beggars, 334, 577. See Vagrants. Bekesbourn, 244. Belgium, 660. Belknape, Pamily of, 666. Bell, Eobert, Speaker, 443. Bell, Sir Eobert, 543. Bell, Roger, 174. Bellachio, (or Bellachy), Vincent, 5, 17. Bellarmin, 285. Bellasis, (or Bellowsesse), Dr. 23, 40. Bellfounder, see Moott. BelUngham, Capt., 616. Bellot, Thomas, 458 474. Bellowe, Silvester, 578. Bells, 158. Belsyse, 170, 171,256,275. Belteslow, Wapentake of, 124, 694. Belthorp, Lands of, 197. Belton, 36. Belton, Eeotory of, 618. Belvoir, 156, 158. Bemyche Lodge, 381. Benbow, John, 77. Benbrick, John, 701. Benefices, Valuation of, 493. Benefit of Clergy, 429, 518. Benet, John, 326. Benet, Mr., 629. Benevolence, The, 314. Beuger, Sir Thos., 195, 205, 212, 233. Benlowes, Mr., 65J Bennet College, see Corpus Christi. Bennet, Thomas, 458. Bent, ,312. Bentham, Thomas, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, 251, 393, 424, 565, 583. Bentoun, Eiehard, 347. Berehohn, see Barholm. Berford, Hundred of, 374. Berghem (or Bergen), op Zoom (or Barrow), 238, 327. Berkeley, see Barckley, Barkley, Barkeley. Berkeley, Henry Lord, 110. Berkeley, William Viscoimt, 244. Berkeswell, Manor of, 113. Berkhamstead, 100, 169, 195. Berkshire, 2, 20, 70, 78, 148, 152-156, 208, 225, 227, 241, 246, 287, 290, 340, 341, 347, 350, 355, 382, 394, 466, 474, 512, 523, 542, 561, 579, 582, 660, 664, 693, 701. Berkshire, Alehouses in, 572. Berkshire, Justices of, 639, 654. Berkshire, Surveyor of 295. Berlaymont, Baron de, 467. Bermondsey, 496. Bermondsey, see Barmesey. Berquier, Charles le., 554. Bersona, John de, 289. Bertie, Francis, 123, 238, 251, 255, 268, 274 437. Bertie, Peregrine, 135, 677, 687. Bertie, Eiehard, 41, 135, 177, 292, 297, 316, 342, 380, 406, 440, 441, 687 j claims the title of Willoughby, 442. Berwick, 48, 120, 131, 139, 144, 145, 149, 153, 155, 161, 163, 164, 170, 225, 250, ■ 275, 276, 278, 283, 286, 317, 331, 478, 499, 533. Berwick, Edmund, 16. Berwick, Governor of, 331. Berwick, Marshal of, 536, 639. 712 GENERAL INDEX. Berwick, Manor of, 191, 38 i. Berwicke, Cuthbert, 219. Berye, G., 254. Beseley, Richard, 287, 435. Best, John, Bishop of Carlisle, 180, 192,281, 298, 338, 371. Best, Thomas, 40. Beste, Philip, 680. Bestney, Robert, 462. Beston, Capt. George, 205, 528. Bethiok, 583. Bevell, Margaret, 60. Bevell Robert, 60. Bevell, 'William, 60. Beverley, 171. Beverley, John, 577. Beverley, Thomas, 577. Bevill, Mr., 389. Bevill, Robert, 648. Bewdley, 13. Bey bush, 166. Beynham, John, 577. Beynhurst, Hundred of, 340. Beza, Theodore, 257, 524. Bible, The, 158, 166, 187, 192, 218, 239, 283, 317, 319, 699. Bicketon, Tho., 625. Biggleswade, (Byckelswade), Hundred of, 374. Bill, Dr., 11, 56. Bille, Mr., 304. Billingiie, William, 636. Billingsgate, 150. Bindon, 385, 451. See Byndon. Binfeld, Parson of, 700. Binfeld, Hundred of, 418. ' Bing, see Byng. Bingham, L., 458. Bingham, Wapentake of, 339, 379. Bird, or Birde, see Burd. Byrde. Bird, John, Bishop of Chester, 6. Bird, Mr., 459. Birdforth, Wapentake of, 336. Birkhed, Thomas, 29. Birkman, Andrew, 239. Birth, Concealment of, 626. Biscay, 311. Bischop, (or Byshoppe,) Thomas, 197, 199, 200, 360, 368. Bisham, 44, 47, 95, 301, 407. Bishop, , a prisoner, 536. Bishopricks, 1^7, 130, 138, 141, 148, 371, 489. Bishopricks, List of, 478. Bishopricks, Vacancy of, 547, 605. Bishopricks, Values of, 573. Bishops, The, 2, 7, 21, 27, 28, 33, 35, 51, 52, 54, 9,5, 127, 135, 136, 141, 143, 147- 150, 1.52, 154, 161, 163, 171, 179, 183, 190, 201, 203, 218, 239, 241, 251, 253, 272, 273, 281, 284, 409, 443, 445, 459, 478, 490, 521, 534, 552, 558, 582, 634, 074, 677. Bishops' books, The, 136. Bishops Burton, 50. Bishopscastle, 581. Bishopscastle, Bailiffs, &c., 581. Bishopsgate, 526. Bishbpsgate Street, 208. Bishops Lands, 138, 518. Bishops, Proxies of, 553. Bishopsthorpe, 412, 467, 537, 538, 561-563, 622, 625, 672. Bishops "Waltham, 560. Blackborne, Peter, 391. Blackborough, Peter, 557. Blackboum, Vicar of, 307. Blackbourne, Margaret, 128. Blackburn, Hundred of, 450. Blackfriars, 81, 95, 253, 417, 437, 624. Blackfriars, Liberties in the Precincts of, 654. Blackheath, Hundred of, 135, 419, 423. Blacklock, Mr. Blackman, (now Wilborne), Amy, 695. Blackmore Park, 470. BlaoknoU, Lawrence, 524. Blacktoft, Parish of, 470. Blackwell, Thomas, 362. Blackwell,W., 631. Blackwell Hall, 508. Blagge, Sir George, 13. Blagrave, John, 620, 701. Blagrave, T., 377. Blagrave, Thomas, 620. Blakman, Andrew, 21. Bland, ,476. Bland, John, 287, 629, 643. Bland, Simon, 274. Blandford, 351, 672, 673. Blandford Porum, 441. Blankeney, 32. Blasphemy, 655, 669. Blaxton, Mr., 183. Blecheley, Manor of, 491. Blenerhayset, John, 438. Blethyn, William, Bishop of Llandaff, 564, 583, 617. Bletshee, (or Bletso), 148, 392. Blewet, Sir Roger, 59. Blewitt, Mr., 483. Blickling, 184, 185, 689. Blockhouses, see Ports. Bloncquet, Christopher, 72. Bloodhounds, 467. Blount, James, Lord Mountjoy, 135, 137, 139. 141,182,272,277,288,398,441. Blount, John, 66, 74. Blount, Sir Richard, 237, 243. Blower, Henry, 628. Bloxham, Hundred of, 420. Blue Bell, in Holborn, The, 701. Bluet, 681. Blunt, Thomas, 186. Blunte, Michael, 592. Blunte, William, 668. GENERAL INDEX. 713 Blyncowe, Arthur, 681. Blyth, Geo., 481. Blythe, 282. Blything, Hundred of, 452. Boale, William, 579. Bochetel, Bernardin, 317. Bocholt, see Buckholt. Bocton, (or Boughton,) Malherbe, 201. Bodleigh, John, 166. Bodley, Thomas, 600. Bodmin, 252, 337, 353, 371, 452, 460. Bodmin, Mayor of, 21. Bohemia, Iving of, 67, 77. Bohun, Mr., 261, 263. Bokking, Edmond, 386. Bolde, Richard, 554. Boleyn, Sir James, 184, 185. Bolingbroke Castle, 263. Bolingbroke, Soke of, 292, 375. Bollyngton, Hundred of, 138. Bolmer, Manor of, 112. Bolton, 328. Bolton, Francis, 624. Bolton, Parsonage of, 223. Boltons, 10. Bomelius, Dr. Eliseus, 295, 305, 308. Bonar, , 171. Bonaventure, The, 331, 366, 367. Bond, Alderman, 308, 329. Bond, William, 246, 501. Bonde, George, 127. Bonds, 475, 477, 532, 641, 644, 645. Bonds, by Merchants, 90, 91. Bonds, Cancelled, 520. Bond, forfeited. Grant of, 509. Boner, (alias Savage.) Edmund, Bishop of London, 21, 22, 120, 125, 148, 203, 239, 307. Bonham, 34. Bonham, Thomas, 603. Bonvise, Mr. 67, 68. Bonyfelowe, John, 435. Boocher, 87,89. Books, 113, 187-189, 192, 196, 219, 221, 239, 268, 275, 282, 283, 324, 364, 383, 462, 467, 495, 512, 574. Books, see Sedition. Books, The Bishops', 136. BooUes, Mr., 123. Booth, ,459,554, 555. Booth, William, 428. Boothby Graffo, Wapentake of, 135. Boothe, Charles, 556, 600. Bordeaux, 321, 322, 330. Borders, The (towards Scotland), 8, 37, 39, 44, 48, 61, 74, 93, 114, 153, 161, 166, 229, 278, 313, 356, 359, 360, 365, 366, 387, 501, 502, 642. Boreham, 152. Borne, John, 642. Borough, Thomas, 206, Boroughbridge, 354, 356, 359. Borowgh, William, 616. Borroghe, see Burgh. Borrowdale, (or Boroughdale,) 255, 300. Borrowes, Mr., 630. Borton, Francis, 98, 99. Bosmer and Cleydon, Hundred of, 7, 452. Bossevyle, (or Bosvyle,) Ealph, 107, 186. Bostock, Mr., 670. Boston, 30, 31, 47, 150, 166, 198, 297, 338, 389, 406, 465, 598, 657. Boston, Alehouses, &c., in, 562. Boston, Mayor, &c., of, 31, 47, 198. Boston, Recorder of, 32. Boswell, Mr., 643. Bosworth, , 398. Bothwell, Earl of, 291, 293, 433. Bouche of Court, 493. Bouohier, Mr., 75. Bouger, Thomas, 84. Boughton, Hundred of, 460. Boughton, see Bocton. Boul, Ellen, 650. Boul, John, 650. Boulogne, 10, 23, 26, 27, 29, 44, 92, 149, 312, 330, 529, 700. Bourchier, John, Earl of Bath, 85, 104, 110. Bourohier, Lady Anne, Marchioness of North- ampton, 5. Bourn, for Borne,) Gilbert, Bishop of Bath, 108, 123, 172. Bourne, 33. Bourne, Sir John, Secretary of State, 61, 76, 91, 92, 149, 223. Bourjemouth, 483. Bouthe, William, 427. Bovyat, John, 511. Bow Bridge, 166, 537. Bowecoeke, Richard, 617. - Bower, Walter, 32. Bowes, 77, 114. Bowes, Sir George, 336, 352—354, 583. Bowes, Jherom, 368, 369. Bowes, Sir John, 51. Bowes, John, 381. Bowes, Mr., 10. Bowes, Sir Martin, 276. Bowes, Sir Robert, Master of the Rolls, 40. Bowgbton, 560. Bowghton, Edward, 657, 698. Bowier, Francis, 303. Bowier, see Bowyer. Bowltinge, John, 568. Bows and arrows, 663. See Crossbows. Bowstaves, 143, 172, 432, 455. Bowstock, Lancelot, 642. Bowthe, Mr., 110. Bowyer, Christopher, 512. Bowyer, Henry, 623, 626. Bowyer, Jolm, 60, 103. Bowyer, Mrs., 026. 714 GENERAL INDEX. Bowyer, Simon, 550, 556, 626, 698. Bowyer, William, 181,233, 234,290-293,298. Bowyers, 455. BoxaU, (or BoxoU,) Dr. John, Sec. of State, i02, 112, 115, 117, 201. Boxgrave, Manor of, 52. Boyer, Edward, 616. Boyer, Mr., 642. Boyer. See Bowyer. Boyers, , 436. Boynton, 406. Boys, Edward, 436, 671. Boyt, Philip, 589, 656. Boyton, Manor of, 58. Brabant, 188, 327, 471. Brabon, Mr., 525. Brabrame, 21. Bracton, Henry, de, 174. Bradbridge, William, Bishop of Exeter, 409, 562. Bradbury, John, 251. Bradbury, Mathy, 380. Braddyll, Edward, 587. Bradford, John, 702. Bradford, Walter, 270. Bradley, John, 609. Bradninch, Manor of, 656. Bradridge, Barton of, 58. Bradstock, William. 612. Bradwall, 369, 371. Bragge, John, 596. Bragge, Martin, 392, 395, 415. Braidley, 53. Braidon Eorest, Keeper of, 463. Braifelde, Rectory of, 31. Braintree, 256. Bramber, Rape of, 7, 136, 139, 264, 267. Bramblety House and Chapel, 404, 624. Brameley, Manor of, 170. Bramen, Geoffrey le, 582. Bramfeld, William, 166. Bramley, Richard, 270. Brampton, Chantry, of, 191. Brampton, Manor of, 491. Brancepeth, 185, 322, 335,349, 351. Branche, Alderman, 701. Brandling, Sir Robert, 33, 147, 219. Brandon, Charles, Duke of Suffolk, 142. Brandon, Lady Frances. See Dorset. Brandon, Robert, 161. Brandon, see Suffolk, Duchess of. Brantar, John, 303. Brasborough, Manor of, 193. Brass Ordnance, 480. Brathmere, Eishing of. 111, 113. Braughing, (Braugham,) Hundred of, 374, 458. Braunceton, 351. Brave, The ship, 402. Brawn, boiling of, 498. Bray, Hundred of, 156, 340. Braye, John Lord 84. Brayne, John, 695. Bread, Assize of, 603. Bread Street, 177. Brecknock, 588, 593, 596. Brecknockshire, 295, 361, 596. Brecknockshire, Sheriff of, 593. Brecon, see Brecknock, Bredon, 683. Breede, Richard, 331. Bremen, 292. Bremham, 568. Brentford, 526. Brentwood, 22, 157,176. Brereton, 664. Brereton, Lady, 199. Brereton, Randle, 593. Brereton, Thomas, 286. Brereton, WiUiam, 664, 679. Brereton, Sir WiUiam, 6, 107. Brest, 162,439. Bretagne, see Brittany. Bretons, The, 203, 215, 216. Brett, Mr., 491. Brewers, Brewing, Breweries, 5, 148, 164, 187, 227, 251, 265, 488, 509, 556, 606, 612, 658. Brewers, Company of, 612. Brewers, see Beer. Brian, 693. Bribery, 456. Brickett, , 63. Brickvile, Mons. de,,382. ' Bridewell, 183 ; Treatment of vagabonds in, 642. Bridgehouse, London, The, 495, 631 ; Grain stowed in, 598. Bridgenorth, 177, 456. Bridgewater, 169. Bridlington, 211. Bridport, 679. Briet, Pierre, 297. Brigandine, The, 219. Brigenton, Thomas, 499. Brigham, Nicholas. 77, 101, 102. Brighthelmston, 358. Brightlingsey, 386. Brigstock, 375. Brill, The, 694. Brimicham, Manor of, 113. Brimstone, 172, 330. Brinckley, Stephen, 637. Brisa, Steven de, ahas Capt. Nepyvila, 573. Briskett, Thomas, 612. Bristol, 16, 17, 159, 160, 170,196,266,275, 287, 319-322, 339, 345, 375, 384, 386, 388, 410, 431, 467, 486, 507, 540, 546, 551, 552, 556, 567, 571, 577, 592, 629- 631, 641, 643, 677. Bristol, Bishoprick of, 196, 513, Bristol Castle, 275, 278. GENERAL INDEX. 715 Bristol, Mayor, &c. of, 170, 175, 196, 345, 408, 467, 571,629,630. Bristol, Mercliant Adventurers of, 408. Bristol, Mint at, 3, 4, 7. 8, 18, 170. Bristol, Port of, 431, 644. Brittan, Ko-wland, 427. Brittany, 10, 11, 92, 162, 202, 203, 205, 215, 303, 330, 358, 392, 418, 492, 577. Brivarri, Peter Ortiz de, 102. Brixton, Hundred of, 135, 423, 426. Broad Cloths, see Cloths. Broadwater, Hundred of, 373. Brocke, Mr., 133. Brocket Hall, 561. Brockett, see Brokett. Brockhusen , 87. Brodewaie, Thomas, 606. Brodgate, 11 ; House of, 399. Brodrippe, John, 612. Brodshawe, Mr., 526. Brod-way, aUas George, Thomas, 620. Broggers, see Wool. Broke , 384. Broke, John, 526. Broke, Kohert, 21. Brokehowse, 62. Brokers, 539. Brokett, (or Brockett,) Sir John, 561, 615. Brome, 142, 149, 157. Bromefield, Manor of, 376. Bromfield, (or Bromefeld,) William, 121, 164, 172, 206, 232. Bromham, 12; Tenants of, 554. Bromhill, 168. Bromisgrove, see Burnford. Bromley, (Kent), 4; The Bishop's House at, 645. Bromley, see Much Bromley. Bromley, George, 618. Bromley Pagetts, 660. Bromley, Thomas, Solicitor General, 441, 515 ; Lord Chancellor, 689, 690, 701. Bromme, John, 272. Brommell, ,494. Bromyard, Church of, 488, 577. Bronkard, Mr., 551. Brookdorp, Pawell, 231. Brooke, 74, 97. Brooke, , a pirate, 501. Brooke, Elizabeth, Marchioness of Northamp- ton, 239, 250, 253, 259. Brooke, George, Lord Cobham, 39, 43, 57, 58, 62, 68, 115, 511, 523, 528, 546, 547, 560, 605, 624. Brooke, Henry, 394. Brooke, Thomas, 422. Brooke, William, 62 ; Lord Cobham, and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, 128, 129, 135, 138, 141, 145, 162, 174, 198, 206, 224, 239, 253, 257, 258, 260, 275, 284, 287, 289, 292, 308-310, 312-318, 320, 322, 326-328, 330, 331, 344, 348, 384, Brooke, William, Lord Cobham — continued. 388, 390, 394, 408, 417, 422, 426, 437, 488, 489, 577, 601, 630, 631, 633, 650, 663,665,668,671,674,682,685. See Cobham.- Brookes, Ralph, (Eougecroix,) 692. Broomehall, 501. Broonsebithe, see Branoepeth. Brough, 177. Bronghton, 30, 303. Broughton, Hugh, 637, 638, 645, 647, 657. Brounkeshey Castle, 451. Browinger, 689. Brown, Fr., 509. Brown, John, 47, 538. Brown, Leonard, 88. Brown, Mr., 27, 155. Brown, Mr. Justice, 249. Brown, Richard, 493. Browne 8, 205. Browne, Alys, 22 Browne, Sir Anthony, Master of the Horse, 1, 3, 4; Viscount Montague, 63, 70, 75, 102, 106, 108, 112, 129, 162, 171, 298, 337, 438,445, 460, 461, 486, 521, 559. 688. Browne, Charles, 162. Browne, Edward, 270. Browne, Elizabeth, Lady, 4. -Browne, John, 22, 40, 158, 162, 191, 376, 377. Browne, MartPia, 158. Browne, Mr., 38, 136, 421. Browne, Richard, 374. Browne, Robert, 611. Browne, Roger, 263. Browne, Thomas, 68, 179, 233, 235, 333, 470, 492, 532, 538, 540, 547. Browne, Sir Thomas, 509, 561. Browne, Valentine, 97, 99. Browneswood, Prebend of, 546. Brownlowe, John, 342. Broxash, Hundred of, 123. Broxbourue, Parsonage of, 435. Broxton, Hundred of, 122. Broxtow, Wapentake of, 339, 379. Brudenell, Sir Edmund, 375, 422, 613. Brueme, Mr., 234. Bruges, 161, 273, 381, 383, 391, 458, 504, 546. Bruges, see Brydges. Brane, John, 47. Brune, Thomas, 430. Bruno, Hans, 48 Brunswick, Duke o4 313. Bruschetto, Antonio, 274. Brussells, (Bruxelles,) 66-72, 74-77 80 8" 83, 8.5, 86, 88, 101-103, 175, 204, 299^ Bryant, John, 493. Bryarlye, Manor of, 358. Bryatt, Mr., 326. Bryckhowse, George, 3. Bryde (?), Sylvester, 314. Brydeman, Mrs., 96. 716 GENERAL INDEX, Brydges, (or Bruges,) Edmund, Lord Chandos, 161, 339, 344, 360, 367, 368, 375, 445. 446, 463. Brydges, Giles, Lord Chandos, 463, 545, 588. Brydigonne, Sebastian, 251. Bryket, Thomas, 598. Brytton 174. Bucer, Jlartin, 19, 27, 32. Bucer, Mrs., 32.. Buckholt, (or Bocholt,) Godfrey de., 87, 95. Buckholt, Mrs., 251, 296. Buckhurst, Lord, see Sackville. Buckhurst, alias Monkhill, 4. Buckingham, Duke of, see Stafford. Buckingham, Hundred of, 376. Buckingham, N., 17. Buckingham, Prebend of, 491. Buckinghamshire, 6, 20, 100, 125, 148, 154, 185, 209, 232, 269, 301, 318, 337, 339, 366-368, 371, 376, 378, 442, 465, 483, 491, 494, 508, 635, 646, 555, 564, 636, 661. Buckinghamshh'e, Alehouses, &c., in, 555. Buckinghamshire, Lord Lieutenant of, 376. Buckinghamshire, Sheriff of, 301. Buckley, Mr., 606. Buckross, Wapentake of, 336. Bucks, see Deer. Bucler, Sir Walter, 45. Buclo-we, Handred of, 122. • Buelth, Stewardship of, 111. Bugden, 370. Buildings, 53, 84, 85, 104, 105, 187, 190, 191, 198, 199, 200, 202, 211, 243, 317, 394, 404, 409, 455, 456, 457, 469, 697. Buildings, see Windsor. Bulkeley, John, 386. Bulkley, William, 608. Bull, John, 232, 260. Bull of Excommunication, 391, 691. BuUein, The bark, 331. Bullen, Geo., 476. Buller, John, 116. Bulley, Parishioners of, 506. BuUeyn, Sir James, 266. BuUinger, Henry, 316 ; his Decades, 669. BuUingham, Dr., 600. BuUingham, jSficholas, 118 ; Bishop of Lincoln, 267, 307, 366 ; Bishop of V/oreester 524. Sullington, Hundred of, 423, 425, 428. Bullion, 18, 140, 159,-161, 164, 204, 232, 253, 297, 505, 524, 600, 682, 691. Sde Mint, Coin. Bullock, Geo., 127. Bulls Papal, 330, 358, 383, 391, 691. Bully, Thomas, 635. Bullyn, William, 171. Bulmer, Wapentake of, 336. Bulwarks, see Forts. Bumpstede, Christopher, 190. Buntingford, 174. Burcot, see Eaurych. Burd, see Bird. Burd, (or Birde,) William, 416, 436, 437, 651. Burde, Mr., 603. Burfield, Manor of, 230. Burford, Baron of, see Cornwall. Burford, Vicarage of, 510. Burgavenny, (Abergavenny,) see Nevill. Burgh, (or Burge, Borroghe,) John, 44, 47. Burgh, William, Lord Burgh, 257. Burghley-house. See Burleigh. Burghley, Lord and Lady, see Cecill. Bufglary, 100. Burgundians, 102. Burials, see Funerals. Burlace, John, 301. Burleigh, and Burleigh house, 46, 84, 85, 97, 187-191, 193, 194, 198-200, 211-213, 216, 219, 243, 280, 332, 351, 437, 597. Burley, (Essex), 173. Burman, Thomas, 176. Burne, 194. Burne, Mr., 297. Burnell, Edward, 578.' Burnell, William, 578. Burnet, Bishop, 12. Burnford, (or Bromisgrove,) Gilbert, 635. Burnham, 186, 343. Burr, Olyf, 629. Burrell, William, 144. Burrows, 668. Bursar, Office of, 332. Burse, (Gresham's,) 394. Bursted, see Little Bursted. Burthropp, Eectory of, 5. Burton, Anthony, 200, 201. Burton, Benefice of, 476. Burton, John, 46, 272. Burton-on-Trent, 424. Bury or Bury St. Edmonds, 343, 372, 668, 603, 628. Bury, Edward, 487. Bury, Franchise of, 452. Bury, Thomas, 346. Bury, William, 79, 81. Busbredge, Thomas, 159. Bushe, Francis, 641. Bushell, Thoma?, 545. Bushie 613. Busshe, , 8. Bussy, John, 387. Butcher, Dr., 186. Butcher, John, 76. Butchers, 411. Butler, , 67. Butler, Sir John, 371, 372. Butler, Lady, 81, 82. Butler, Thomas, Earl of Ormond and Ossory, 314,632. Butlerage of England, 278 ; office of, 398. GENERAL INDEX. 717 Butteler, Catharine, alias Throgmorton, 76. Butter, 505, 630. Buttes, Sir William, 342, 367, 374, 424, 425i 429, 482. Buttisbury, 217. Buxton, 502, 525. Buxton (or Buxstone), Manor of, 700. Buxton Wells, 502. Buys, Paul, 495. Byckelswade, see Biggleswade. Bygott, WiUiam, 75, 81, 83. Byland, 45. Byndon or Bindon, Viscount of, see Howard. Byng, Mr., 183. Byng, Thomas, 280. Dr. Thomas, 624, 625, 629, 63.5, 636, 660, 662, 683, 684. Byngham, Capt. Richard, 468, 648, 650, 683, Vice Admiral, 687. Byrche, John, 21, 594. Byrd, Mr., 527. Byrde, John, 626. Byrde, Mr., 593. Byron, John, 342, 375, 376, 379, 563. Byrsew, Capt, 319. Bysheley, Bennet, 576. Byshoppe, see Bischop. Bysley, Hundred of, 418. 0. C T., 529. C , Thomas, 458. Cabbages imported,' 147. Cabot, Sebastian, 65. Cade, William, 110. Cadiz, 574. Caen, 220, 702. Cairehouse, Manor of, 596. Caister, Wapentake of, 335. Gains, Dr., 264, 267, 474. Caius College, Stage plays at, 638. See Gon- yille. Calais, 4, 30, 32, 42-45, 61, 65-67, 85, 88, 92, 93, 96-99, 104, 114, 159, 162, 168, 20,9, 258, 269, 307, 308, 310, 312, 317, 327, 330, 331. Calais, Lord Deputy of, 37. Calamine, 305. See Mines. Calby, Thomas, 538. Calceworth, Hundred of, 334. Calehill, Hundred of, 450. Calfhill, James, 175, 243, 278. Calfskins, 617. Calivers, 477, 479, 542, 546. Calivers, training of, 539-541. Callis, (or Callice, CallysJ, John, a pirate, 498, 532, 536, 537, 539, 541, 547, 566. Calshot Castle, 298, 457. Calthrop (or Calthorp), James, 368, 369. Calton, 696. Calvacanti, 402 Calvart, Monsr., 482. Calver, Manor of, 398, 410. Calverley, , 433. Calvetta or Calvetoe, John de, 384, 463, 611. Calvin, John, 11, 183, 221. Calvinists, 291. Camber, or Camber Castle, 16, 119, 226, 402, 576. Camberton, Eectory of, 223. Cambridge, 5, 15-18, 32, 36, 121, 124, 125, 132, 138, 184, 186, 187, 202, 211, 242, 244, 245, 250, 252, 253, 267, 269, 271, 278, 280, 287, 291, 293, 298, 301, 302, 305, 319-321, 328, 383, 386, 389, 395, 397, 403, 407, 4Q8, 416, 420, 435, 440, 441, 442, 445, 446, 461, 467, 493, 507, 532, 548, 549, 552, 557, 558, 567, 618, 624, 625, 629, 652, 660-662, 690, 701. Cambridge, Conveyance of water to, 493. Cambridge, Improvements in the High Street, 703. Cambridge, Mayor, &c. of, 36, 125, 242, 278, 660, 662. Cambridgeshire, 6, 21, 109, 111, 124, 143, 215, 255, 318, 338, 364, 430, 459, 483, 491, 539, 558, 653, 655, 668, 675, 678, 686, 690, 693. Cambridgeshire, Alehouses, &c. in, 558. Cambridge University, 5, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 33, 36, 54, 55, 64, 101, 121, 123, 126, 127, 130-132, "l34, 137, 138, 145, 165, 175, 176, 182, 184, 186, 187, 190, 209, 211, 234, 242-244, 248, 252, 253, 257, 261-263, 267, 268, 271, 273, 274, 282, 292, 302, 304, 305, 323, 328, 350, 371, 381,382, 387-389, 391, 395,397,403, 404, 413, 414, 420, 432, 435, 439, 440- 447, 461, 467, 469, 474, 492, 493, 495, 496, 516, 520, 530, 532, 534, 535, 537, 549, 553, 554, 577, 579, 595, 600, 616, 618, 622, 623, 625, 635, 636, 638, 644, 645, 660, 661, 688. Cambridge University, Chancellor of, 121, 132, 137, 182, 190, 389, 623. See Cecill. Cambridge University, Consumption of Beer in the Colleges, 403. Cambridge University, Divinity Lecture, 623, 634. Cambridge University, Hebrew Professor, 439. Cambridge University Library, 495-515. Cambridge, Proctors of, 445-447. Cambridge University, Stage plays at, 638, 661. Cambridge University, Vice- Chancellor of, 127, 130-132, 145, 175, 184,211,244, 261-263, 282, 302, 305, 328, 382, 387, 395, 435, 442, 446, 495, 530, 532, 537, 549, 551, 567, 623, 629, 636, 638, 644, 660, 683. Came, Eobert, 389. Camel, The, 332. Camerhurst, Joachim, 18. Campanet, see Campynet. Campden, 186. Campion, Edmund, the Jesuit, 651, 689, 691, 698. Campion, Henry, 636. 718 GENERAL INDEX. Campynet, John, 700. Campynet (now Gresham), Margaret, 700. Campynet (or Campanet), William, 43, 63, 700. Canata, Thomas, 453. Candeler, 523. Candeler, Richard, 156, 232. Candia, Wines of, 552. Canford, 69, 70. Cannock, Porest of, 165, 180. Cannonden, John, 700, 701. Canonbury, 3, 8. Canon Row, 29, 117, 200, 404. Canterbury, 9, 18, 52, 55, 59, 93, 98, 99, 101, 128, 207, 238, 240, 258, 308, 316, 317, 326, 327, 329, 331, 348 ,352, 373, .384, 408, 409, 419, 422, 435, 509, 528, 558, 559, 588, 662, 672, 688. Canterbury, Alehouses, &c. in, 566. Canterbury, Archbishop of, see Warham, Cranmer, Pole, Parker, Grindall. Canterbury, Archbishoprick of. Recusants in, 678. Canterbury Cathedral, 297, 471. Canterbury, Dean and Chapter of, 119, 287, 471. Canterbury, Diocese of, 647. Canterbury, Jurisdiction of the Archbishop of, 703. Canterbury, Mayor, &c. of, 348, 566. Canterbury Park, 115, 116, 136. Canterbury, Prebends of, 119, 273, 471. Canterbury, Prerogative Court of, 500, 691. Canterbury, Province of, 108, 135, 138, 143, 145, 179, 218, 300, 325, 357, 516, 535, 573, 678. Canterbury, Temporalities of, 517. Cantrell, William, 600. Canvass, 436, 580. See Cloths. Cape Riol, 478. Capels, Family of, 256. Capon, see Salcot. Captains, Names of, 698. Captives, see Slavery. Garden, see Cawarden. Cardiff, 537, 538, 540, 541, 543, 549, 580, 589, 638. Cardigan, 267. Cardigan Castle, 170. Cardiganshire, 267, 273, 361, 452, 566, 588, 594, 610, 692. Cardinall, Stephen, 467. Cardmaker, Mr., 33. Cards, see Playing Cards. Cardynall, William, 422. Carew, George, 234. Carew, John, 58. Carew, Lord, 152. Carew, Lordship and Castle of, 63. Carew, Mr., 197, 624. Carew, Sir Peter, 10, 56, 57-59, 72, 75, 127, 162, 244-246, 251, 261, 313, 358, 376, 388, 450, 455, 459, 463. Carewe, 539, 567, 615. Carewe, Sir Gawen, 56-59, 73, 115, 313,460. Carewes, The, 527. Carey,' Edward, 360. Carey, Sir Edward, 351. Carey, George, 691. Carey, Henry, Lord Hunsdon, 360, 445, 690. Carfoxe, 28. Carisbrooke Castle, 149. Carlby, Manor of, 193. Carleton, George, 628, 681. Carlile, Mr., 475. Carlisle, 37, 42, 225, 242, 278, 299, 395. Carlisle, Archdeacon of, 117. Carlisle, Bishop of, see Oglethorpe. Best. Barnes. Carlisle, Bishoprick of, 112, 148, 180, 395, 648. Carlisle Cathedral, 40, 298, 299, 319. Carlisle, College of, 281. Carlisle, Deanery of, 158, 162, 319. Carlisle, Prebendaries of, 281, 319. Carmarden (or Carmarthen), Richard, 416, 436, 446. Carmarthen, 531,408, 584, 588, 597. Carmarthenshire, 41, 124, 268, 361, 454, 566, 584, 597, 617. Carmynowe, Oliver, 624. Carnarvon, 571, 591. Carnarvonshire, 268, 301, 361, 456, 591, 611. Carnarvonshire, Sheriff of, 591. Carnsewe, Mr., 370. Carpenter, John, 475, 569. Carr, John, 132. Carr, Robert, 42, 355, 360, 362, 365. Carr, William, 170. Carre (or Quarre), Jean, 297, 315. Carre, Robert, 342, 375, 387. Carre, William, 248. Carrow, John, 65. Carsey, Captain, 334, 508. Cartar (or Cai-ter), Rogei-, 79, 84. Carter Lane, 301. Cartwright, Thomas, 381-383, 385, 387-389, 395, 396, 439, 470. CarvlU, Mr., 149. Carwoode, Lawrence, 326. Gary, , 67. Cashel, Maurice Archbishop of, 447. Casimer, John Duke, 510, 601. Casks for the Navy, 525. Casselin, Mr., 216. Castelin, Thomas, 533. Castell , 22,78. Castell, John, 646. Castellioni, Baptista, 691. Castelyn, Edward, 142, 143. Casterton, Manor of, 38, 198. Castiglio, Don Antonio de, 661 Castle Hedingham, 697. Castle-mead, 233. GENERAL INDEX. 719 Castles, see Forts. Castleton, 194. Castlyn, Thomas, 399, 471, 455. Castro, Duchess de, 88. Casye, Richard,, 701. Catechism, The, 44, 51, 382, 699. Catelyn (or Catlen), Sir Eobert, 107. Lord Chief Justice, 174, 200, 215, 416,430, 433, 434, 449. Cateshy, Dame A^ne, 658. Catesby, Edmund, 452, 458. Cateshy, Elizabeth, 458. Catesby, Sir William, 658. Cathaia, see Cathay. Catharine of Arragon, Queen, 55. Cathay, 281,287, 288, 526, 540,546, 572, 573, 656. Cathay (or Kathai), Company of, 533. Cathedral Churches, Confirmation of, 702. Catholics, List of, in England, 492. Catholics, see Church Affairs, Papists, Eomau Catholics. Cathrop, Lordship of, 35. Catilyn Maliverey, 693. Catline, , 578. Cator, Mr., 693. Catterick, Vicarage of, 316. Cattle, 5. Caughton, 658. Cavaignes, Mons. de, 318. Cavalcante, Guido, 213, 269. Cavalcante, Stiatta, 90, 91. Cavalcanti, (or Cavaulti), Mr., 520. Cave, Sir Ambrose, 95, 117, 129, 139, 148, 249, 304, 309, 408. Cave, Lady E., 386. Cave, Lisle, 422, 425, 624. Cave, Mr., 498, 524. Cave, Mrs. Margaret, 188, 189, 191. Cave, Richard, 295. Cave, Koger, 188, 189, 191, 386. Cavendish, Mr., 583. Cavendish, Sir William, 642. Caivarden, (or Carden), Sir Thomas, 12, 77-79, 116. Cawdwell, Geoffrey, 256. Cawkon, Mrs., 486. Cawood, 182, 188, 193, 390, 396, 435, 538. Cawood, John, 116, 235, 268, 549. Cawston, 667, 698. Cawston, Thomas, 108, 598. Cayewood, Richard, 89. Caytho, Hundred of, 372. Caythropp Park, 32. Cayworth, William, 86, 89, 90, 92, 198, 283. Cecilia, Lady, Marchionessof Baden, 257, 258, 261, 267,269-271. Cecil!, Mrs, Jane, (Burghley's mother), 191, 219, 368, 597. CeciU, Lady, 79, 95, 216, 311. Pedigree of Lady Burghley's family, 666, CeciU, Margaret, 43, 188. -See Cave. Cecill, Mr., 320. Cecill, (or Cecyll), Robert, 39, 41, 47, 51. Cfcai, (Little Tannikyn), 95. Cecill, Thomas, (a prisoner), 397. CecOI, Thomas, 43, 86, 176-206 208,209, 211-214, 216,217,332,373,437; Sir Thomas, 503, 526, 615. Cecill, William, (son of the above f), 615. Cecil), William, 3, 7, 12, 15, 21, 23 ; Secre- tary of State, 29, 32 j Sir William, 35, 49, 41-43, 49, 50, 54, 56, 64, 80, 84, 86, 88, 89, 96, 100, 105, 115, 120, 121, 127, 130, 135, 151-153, 158, 160, 163, 164, 167, 168, 170, 171, 176-178, 180-182, 185, 187-189, 194, 195-197, 202, 205, 214, 215, 219, 220, 222, 224, 233, 236, 244, 248, 249,' 257, 261, 2,67, 277, 278, 281, 282, 285, 286, 288, 290, 303, 304, 313, 334, 338, 343, 346, 350, 358, 363, 364, 368, 397, 398, 402 ; Lord Burghley, 407, 408, 414, 417, 431-436, 445, 450, 466, 467, 474, 477, 481, 482, 484, 486, 4S9, 491, 492, 495, 496, 498, 608, 510, 614, 618, 525, 533, 535, 536, 547, 662, 566, 573, 574, 676, 578, 579, 582, 586, 590, 598, 600, 608, 613, 618, 621, 622, 638, 639, 641, 666, 676, 678, 691, 695, 697. , his buildings, gardens, rents, and property, 15, 19, 30, 32, 38, 44-47, 49, 51, 66, 62-64, 69, 80, 84-90, 92, 96, 97, 100, 133, 171, 180, 182, 187, 188, 190, 191, 194, 195, 198-202, 211-213, 216, 219, 235, 239, 283, 288, 398, 456, 458, 474, 503, 630, 688. Secretary of State, 29. , knighted, 36. , Chancellor of Cambridge, 121. , elected Member for Lincolnshire, 215. , his instructions for the young Earl of Oxford, 216 ; and for the Earl of Rutland, 406. created Lord Burghley, 407, and Knight of the Garter, 445, 446. , his illnesses, 515, 601. Suffers from his teeth, 672. , libels of him, 647, 665. , desired to attend at Court, 681. , presents to him, 643. , quarrel with Leicester, 600, 666. , his letters : — To the University and Colleges of Cambridge, 121, 126, 126, 130, 132, 263,267, 282, 387, 474, 632. , to the Earl of Warwick, 160. , to Thomas Windebank, 183,187-189, 192, 197,200, 208, 211,213. , to his son Thomas, 184,187, 189, 197. , to Sir Wm. Petre, 230. , to the Lord Treasurer Winchester, 239. ,to Sir Roger Ascham, 261. , to Sir Ralph Sadleyr, 308, 309. to Walsyngham, 345, 362, 481,482, 484, 485, 494, 496, 497, 499, 502, 504, 616, 520, 601, 602. 720 GENERAL INDEX. Cecill, William, his letters — cont. : — to Leicester, 449, 499, 672. , to Thomas Copley, 489. , to the Earl of Sussex, 499. , to various other persons, 94, 207, 208, 215, 222, 230, 231, 237, 241, 288, 289, 345, 362, 366, 403, 495, 628, 666. , letters to him : — • .., From Queen Elizabeth, 130, 168, 182, 312, 365 ; and her displeasure, 657. , from his son Thomas, 526. from Walsyngham, 528, 629. , from the University of Cambridge, 629, 666, 671. , from various other persons, 2, 3, 6, 9, 14-16, 18-22, 27-51. 63, 64, 84, 88,94, 95,115-119, 121, 12.3-1.34, 136, 137, 139-145,148-151, 153-164, 167,169- 188, 191, 192, 194-19S, 202-222, 226- 229, 234-238, 240-244, 247-264, 266- 324, 326-33.3, 338, 343, .345, 346, 349- 356, 358-360, 365, 367-373, 376-378, 380-399, 401, 402, 404, 406-422, 424- 447, 449, 453-456, 458, 459, 463, 464, 467, 468, 470, 474, 484, 485, 487, 4S9, 493-500, 502-507, 509, 515-517, 519, 521, 524-530, 532, 534, 537-540, 545, 547, 548, 551-559, 57.5, 577-583, 587, .588, 590-592, 594-601,604,605,611, 616, 617, 622, 624-628, 630-638, 64-3- 645, 647, 649, 657, 658, 660-662, 665, 666, 669, R70, 672, 673, 680, 684, 688, 690, 698,701, 702. has the settlement of Henry Howard's debts. See Howard. Cecill, 'WilUam, see Mines. Cecill, see Cicill. Cecyll, see Cecill. Celye, Thomas, 469, 583. Cesto, River of, 328. Cevallerius, Anthony Eodolph, 439. Chaderton, Mr., 629. Chaderton, Thomas, 610. Chaderton, Dr. William, 381, 493, 494, 595, 617, 628. Bishop of Chester, 643, 680. Chadlington, Hundred of, 418, 423. ChaflFord, Hundred of, 380, 570. Chafin, Thomas (Sheriff of Dorset), 665, 670. Chakendon, Manor of, 241, 404. Chalenors, The, 28, 196. Chalfont, 514. Challenges, see Duels. Challenor, John, 354. Challiner, Nynyan, 475. Clialoner, Francis, 255, 617. Chaloner (or Challenor), Sir Thomas, 12, 97, 186, 188, 191, 195-197, 254, 255. Chalyner, Nicholas, 687. Chamber, Groom of the, 536. Chamber, Messengers of the, 599, 622, 626. Chamber, Treasurer of, 576. .SeeMasone, Sir John. Chamber, Yeoman of the, 465. Chamber, Henry, 41. Chamber, Leonard, 659. Chamber, Oswald, 659. Chamberlain, Sir Leonard, 93, 125. Chamberlain, Sir Ralph, 104. Chamberlaine, Eobert, 635. Chamberlaine, Sir Thomas, 72, 73, 423. Chamberlayn, Thomas, 17. Chambers, Dr. Richard, 177, 186. Chambrelayne, George, 163. Chamond, Richard, 481. Champernowne, Sir Arthur, 57, 59, 226, 316, 319, 321, 322, 324, 326, 327, 329, 341, 382, 384, 389, 437, 439, 466, 519, 524, 605. Champneys, , 132. Champneys, Thomas, 281. Champyney, Mons. de, 5 1 5. Chanata, Tomazo, 119. Chancellor, John, 485. Chancery, Court of, 63, 84, 164, 165, 306. Chancery, Inns of, 567. Chancery, Messengers of, 569. Chancery, Records of, 290, 292. Chancery Lane, 14, 273, 470. Cliandos, see Brydges. Chandos, Lady Elizabeth, 137. Chandos Place, 595. Chanon or Channel Row, see Canon Row. Chantries, 12, 61, 61. Chaors, Mons. de, 689. Chapel Royal, 77. Chapman, John, 520. Chapman, Mr., 381. ChardoD, Hundred of, 340. Charing, 397. Charing Cross, 121. Charities, Public, 509. Charlcote, 426. Charles, Archduke, 468. Charles V., the Emperor, 692. Charles IX., King of Prance, 316, 481. Charlotte, The ship, 211. Charnell, William, 701. Charter House, The, 142, 387, 486. Chartham, Curate of, 435. Chartley, 348. Charlres, 214. Chartres, Vidarae de, 208, 211, 212, 297, 362, .465, 467. Chastillon, Cardinal, 220, 316-320, 408, 409. Chatham, 297, 585, 638, 677. Chatham (Cheatham"), Manor of, 27, 191. Chatham Yard, 513. Chatsworth, 185, 379. Chaves, Friar, 647. Chenle, Hundred of, 340. Checkers, The, 73. See Chekers. Chedsey, Dr., 127. Clieese, Present of, 524. Cheke, Henry, 269, 320, 332, 376, 397. GENERAL INDEX. 721 Cheke, John, 8, 11, 14, 35 ; Sir John, 35, 43. Cheke, Mr., 86. , Cheke, Thomas, 143. Chekers, The, 260, 263, 271, 278, 290. Chelmsford, 59, 65, 137, 342, 356, 540, 557, 675. Chelmsford, Hundred of, 343, 418, 450, 570. Chelsea, 3, 38, 48, 50, 271, 296. Chelsea, Parson of, 271. Chelveley, 294. Cheney, Francis, 401. Cheney (or Cheyney), Richard, Bishop of Gloucester, 199, 284, 319, 320, 324, 560, 566. Cheney, William, 401. Chepiona fruits, 680. Chepstow, 606. Chepynge Campden, 186. Cherburg, 45, 76. Cherisworth, 621. Chertsey, 610. Chertsey Abbey, 4. Chese lands, 136. Cheseworth, Manor of, 12, 166. Chesham, 100. Cheshire, see Chester, County of. Cheshunt, 11. Chestelet Valley, 201. Chester, 122, 288, 291, 292, 294, 303, 321, 377, 410, 463, 464, 476, 477,486, 508, 535, 625, 629-631, 633, 635, 636, 661, 669, 670, 673, 679, 684. Chester, Bishop of, see Bird, Scot, Downmau, Chaderton. Chester, Bishoprick of, 6, 148, 203, 368, 562, 568, 600. Chester, Charters of, 476, 477 ; and Clause of PrEEterea in, 476, 477. Chester, Sale of the Shire Hall, 670. Chester, County of, 6, 84, 107,122, 147,149, 215, 266, 286, 291, 344, 347, 354-356, 364, 469, 472, 474, 484, 562, 566, 568, 593, 601, 614, 661, 664, 679. Chester, County Palatine of, 476, 517. Chester, Dominick, 573. Chester, Edward, 365, 573. Chester, John, 686. Chester, Lady, 598. Chester, Mayor, &c., of, 175, 288,477, 486, 661, 669, 673. Chester, Mere Merchants of, 619, 639. Chester, Mr., 598. Chester Place, see Somerset House. Chester, Sir Robert,'I09, 111, 119, 365. Chester, Sheriff of, 427, 484, 562. Chester, Thomas, 629, Chester, Sir William, 174, 178, 181-183, 236. Chester Herald, see Hart. Chester Ward, 335, 678. Chester West, 232, 285, 376. Chesterfield, 460, 560. f Chesterton, 255. Cliesterton, Hundred of, 430. Cheston, 5. Chesirorth, 561. Chetham, John, 695. Chetwood, Mr., 128. Cheveley, Hundred of, 6, 430. Chevers, Mr., 684. Cheverton, Henry, 512. Cheyne, Sir Henry, Lord Cheyne, 268, 374 444, 445, 469, 471, 487, 529, 627. Cheyne, Sir Thomas, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, 5, 26, 33, 45, 58, 59, 88, 95, 97-99, 103, 104, 121, 401. Cheyney, Mrs., 646. Cheyney, WiUiam, 646. Cheynis, 127. Chichester, 19, 251, 305, 314,331,398,460, 588, 636, 651. Chichestei', Bishop of, see Sampson, Day, Scorey, Barlow, Coortesse. Chichester Cathedral, 542. Chichester, Deanery of, 49, 283, 305. , Chichester, Diocese of, 40, 111, 314, 357, 541, 561,620. Chichester, haven or port of, 252, 378, 382, 519. Chichester, Sir John, 136, 140, 313. Chichester, John, 279. Chichester, Mayor, &c., of, 252, 519. Chichester, Prebendaries of, 35, 150. Chichester, Rape of, 7, 136, 139, 264, 267, 451. Chichester, Register of, 544. Chiche, Lord Darcy of, see Daroy. Chick, William, 541, 543. Chidle, see Chudleigh. Chidley, John, 232, Chigwell, Parish and manor of, 4, 28. Child murder, 588. Children, WiUiam, 311. Chilford, Hundred of, 6. Chillestar, Mr., 439. Chillinge, 76. Chiltern Hundreds, The, 376. China, 525. Chippenham, Hundred of, 377. Chipping Norton, 418. Chipping Wickham, 555. Chiselhurst, 424. Chittewood 41. Chobham, 467. Cholmeley, Sir Roger, 88. Cholmondeley (or Cholmley, Cliumley), Sir Hugh, 288, 291, 292, 294, 344, 414, 670. Chomelly, Bennet, 286. Chopwell, 602. Choristers, see Music. Chowoorth, George, 650. Christchurch, Canterbury, 471. Christchurch, Dean of, 9, 307, 32-i. Z Z 722 GENERAL INDEX. Christchurch (Hants), 623. Christ Church (London), 703. Christ Church (Oxford), 27, 63, 85, 192, 193 195, 208, 233, 307, 324, 498, 586, 648, 675. Christ Church, Vicar of, 29. Christ's College (Cambridge), 16, 125, 132, 637, 638, 645, 647, 657, 661, 703. Christ's College, Manchester, 680, Christenings, 247, 276, 5051 Christen Malford, Manor of, 224, 230, 235. Christmas, John, 521, 624. Christmas, Robert, 393. Christmas, Observance of, 143, 264, 498. Christopherson, John, 64. Christophersonne, see Hodgson. Chrysostom, 292. Chudleigh (or Chidle, Chudley), Christopher, 77, 79, 392. Church Affairs (Edward VI.), 5, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15, 17-19, 21, 22, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33-35, 39-41, 44-46, 48-53. (Queen Mary), 54, 56, 63, 74-77, 79, 83, 87-89, 96, 102, 103, 108-112, 114. (Queen Elizabeth), 119, 120, 123,"125, 127,129, 130, 132-138, 143, 145,147-150, 158, 163, 165, 170, 173, 174, 177, 180, 183, 184, 186, 187, 192, 201, 203, 204, 208, 215, 218, 220, 221, 223, 229, 232- 235, 241, 243, 248, 250, 251, 253, 254, 262, 263, 267, 271-273, 281, 283-285, 287, 290, 291, 293, 297, 299, 300, 301, 303-308, 310, 312, 319, 320-322, 324, 328, 334, 362, 368, 371, 377, 381-383, 387-390, 392, 393, 395-397, 402, 405, 409-411, 414, 426, 430, 435, 443, 445, 446, 462, 470, 471, 48'3-486, 493, 496, 516, 520, 639, 541, 542, 544, 549, 552, 558, 560-562, 565-570, 572, 578, 582, 583, 586, 601-604, 607, 608, 616, 617, 620, 621, 623, 637, 642, 644, 654, 656, 658, 660, 668, 671, 678, 681, 687-690, 693, 694, 698, 699, 703. See Conventicles. Church Government, Treatise on, 694. Churcham, 464. Churches, Numbers of, 170, 478, Churches, see Parish Churches. Chute forest, 178. Chynery, Allen, 179. CiciU, WilUam,279, 651; Sheriff of Hereford, 671. Cinque Ports, 26, 33, 44, 45, 58, 59, 73, 88, 95, 98, 103, 121, 128, 135, 138, 162, 165, 174, 206, 208, 220, 224, 246, 277, 284, 310, 331, 337, 384, 401, 406, 407, 489, 523, 546, 547, 559, 660, 564, 582, 588, 616, 650, 656, 662, 663, 688. Cinque Ports, Admiralty Court of, 551. Cinque Ports, Alehouses in, 559. Cinque Ports, Charters of, 614. Cinque Ports, Lord Warden of, see Cheyne. Brooke. Circuits, Judges on the, 692. Cirencester, 382, 419, 424, Cirencester, Hundred of, 375, 419. Civil Law, College of, 17. Civil Law, Doctors of the, 479, 531. Civita Vecchia, 587. Clafton, Little and Great, 48. Claims, Court of, see Court. Clap-boards, 525, 598. Clapham, Mr., 21. Clarcke, Richard, 595. Clare Hall, (Camb.,) 15-18, 435. Clarencieux, see Hawley, Le Neve, Harvey, Tonge, Cooke. Clarentieux [Tonge], Mrs. Susan, 110. Clark, John, 700. Clark, Mrs., 700. Clark, Roger, 611. Clarke, 264. Clarke, Francis, 214-218. Clarke, George, 630. Clarke, Mr., 612. Clarke, Nicolas, 691. * Clarke, Thomas, a pirate, 612, 583, 599, 615 648, 663. Clarow, Wapentake of, 336. Clarvys, Harbert, 44. Clason, see Clayssone Claudvilde, 509. Clavering Lucas Pitchards, Manor of, 66. Clavering, Thomas, 164, 175. Clayssone (or Clason), Lucas, 496, 534. Clayton, Mr. 212. Clayton, Thomas, 86. Clecher, Thomas, 405. Clederow, WilHam, 414, 678. Clement, D., 44. ' Clement, John, 283. Cleobury Mortimer, Manor of, 286. Clercke (or Gierke), Bartholomew, 257, 260, 291, 346, 397, 473. Clere, Edward, 369, 373, 377, 381, 385, 424 ; Sir Edward, 575, 689. Clere, Sir John, 94, 158. Clergy, Benefit of, 429, 518. Clergy, Exemption from Musters,'534. Clergy, Subsidies of, 516. Clergy, The, to furnish horsemen, &c., 365, 366, 677, 678, 680. See Musters. Clergy, Taxation of the, for charges of an Am- bassador, 681. Clergy, see Church Affairs, Subsidy, Marriage. Clerk, D., 114. Clerk, Mr., 320, 324. Clerk of the Market, 245. Clerk of the Stable, 611. Gierke, E,, 491. Gierke, Edmund, 110. Gierke, George, 57, 61. Clerkenwell, Manor of, 468. Clerks of the Council, see Privy Council. Clerks of the Peace, see Peace. GENERAL INDEX. 723 Cleveland, 107. Cleves, Lady Anne of, 43, 63, 87. Clewar, Farm of, 512. Cleyley, Hundred of, 368. Cliborne, Richard, 578. Clifford, George, Earl of Cumberland, 691. Clifford, Henry, Earl of Cumberland, 167, 363. Clifford, Sir Ingram, 37. Clifton, 373, 561. Clifton, Cuthbert, 368. Cliflon, Hundred of, 374. Clifton, see Clyfton. Clink, The, 484, 578, 703. Clippers of coin, 237. Clipping, see Coinage. Clockmaker, The Queen's, 457. Clopton, William, 235, 309, 415, 416, 429, 654. Cloth of Gold, 2. Cloth Trade, History of, 539. Clothiers, 169, 243, 270, 421, 511, 516, 517, 550, 551, 569, 557, 633. Cloths, 44, 68, 89-91, 119, 126, 128, 137, 139, 143, 161, 169, 171, 176, 178-180, 182, 188-190, 193, 198, 222, 224, 226, 231, 235-237, 239-247, 267, 269, 274, 277, 284, 285, 288, 299, 304, 305, 307-309, 311, 315, 325, 326, 328, 330, 382, 391, ' 407, 411, 421, 430, 443, 447, 455, 467, 494, 508, 510-512, 516, 529, 540, 557, 573, 577, 587, 600, 603, 623, 633, 647, 698, 699. Cloths, Licence to export, 527, 657. Cloths, Linen, 620. Cloths, Sealing of, 490. Cloths, Woollen, 579. Cloths, see New Draperies. Clothworkers of London and Ipswich, £84, 6 4 Cloume, Lordship of, 429. Cloutier, 433. Clough, Eichard, 405. CloviU e, Eustace, 626. Clunne, James, 434, Clurewall, 420. Clybbume 127. Clyff, 64. Clyff, John, 90. Clyff Park, 89, 194, 283. ' Clyffe, Thomas, 590, 696. Clyfte, 608. Clyfton, Sir Jervis, 332, 342, 373, 379, 418, 650, 693. Clynton, Edward Lord, Lord High Admiral, 7, 13, 32-34,41, 64, 101-106, 108, 113, 148, 153, 154, 156, 164, 166, 172, 173, 177, 202, 203, 205, 215, 216, 225, 227- 229, 233, 257, 278, 305, 321, 322, 327, 346, 349, 351-356, 359, 360, 387, 390, 398, 414; Earl of Lincoln) 442, 444, 445, 475, 476, 481, 484, 492, 501, 503, 505, 508, 517, 526, 528, 538, 583, 585, 623, 632, 685. Clynton, Sir Henry, 332, 334 ; Lord Clynton, 461, 485, 583, 584, Clypsham, 84. Co, R., 475. Co, , Sir Thomas, 475. Coachmaker, The Queen's, 583. Coals, 275, 282, 319, 502, 533, 612. Coat and Conduct Money, 110, 164, 166, 174, 205, 206, 229, 231. Coberley, 79. Cobham, Cobham Hall, 43, 129, 196, 260, 275, 292, 309, 310, 312-317, 320, 348, 387, 389, 390, 394, 560, 650, 665, 674. Cobham, Elizabeth, 100. Cobham, George, 119, 509. Cobham, Henry, 129, 546, 574. Cobham, John, 460. Cobham, Lady, 258. Cobham, Lord, see Brooke. Cobham, Thomas, 405, 417, 426, 437. Coboz, Lazarus, 170. Cock, John, 129. Coek, Robert, 40. Cocke, John, 515, 518, 523. Cockeram (or Cockerham), Philip, 119, 315, 358, 408. Cockerell, Robert, 98, 99. Cockermouth, 441. Cockson (or Coxsoon, Cookson), Lawrence> 237, 399, 400, 517, 692. Coddenham, Mr., 311. Coedor, Mons. 698. Cogan Pill, 105. Coggeshall, 511, 551. Coin, coinage, 10, 11, 18, 19, 30, 32-35, 46, 97, 149, 155, 156, 158, 159-162, 164, 165, 168, 170, 176, 182, 190, 192-194, 197, 204, 232, 237, 240, 242, 252, 253, 260, 265, 269, 288, 291, 306, 309, 385, 404, 408, 415, 421, 431, 439, 471, 491, 505, 508, 582, 613, 616, 617, 694, 700. See Mint. Coin, Eoreign, 700. Coinage, Standard of, 700. Coiners, Coining, 177, 309, 455, 478, 482, 509, Coins, Roman, 406. Coke, 298. Coke, John, 30. Cokerell, Thomas, 132. Colas, Hierom, 35. Colborough, 628. Colbrook, 426. Colby, Mr., 310. Colchester, 18, 109, 140, 237, 379, 397, 412, 482,496, 557, 558, 576, 624, 687, 697. Colchester, Alehouses, &c., in 558. Colchester, Archdeaconry of, 567. Colchester, Bailiffs, &e., of, 483, 496, 521. Colchester, Dutch Church in, 687. Colchester, Preachers in 520. Colchester, Strangers at, 525. Colchester School, 612. Colcloughe, Toby, G40. Colcum, 376. Cole, a pirate, 17. ZZ2 724 GENERAL INDEX. Cole, Arthur, 105, 110 Cole, Edward, 109. Cole, Henry, Provost of Eton, Dean of St. Paul's, 116, 127, 144. Cole, Humfrey, 258. Cole, Thomas (of Oxford), 499, 501 . Cole, Thomas, 535. Cole, Dr. WiUiam, 567. Colebrooke, Manor of, 224, 230. Coles, John, 394. Coleshill, Mr., 428. ColeshuU, 676. CoUections, 204, 239, 295, 301, 307, 658. See St Paul's. Colleges, Act coucerning, 517. Colleges, Recusants in, 572. Colleges, Bobberies in, 443. Colleges, Statutes of, 610, see Cambridge, Oxford. Collen, Thomas, 475. CoUens, Stephen, 475. CoUes, Humfrey, 369, 371. CoUes, John, 631. CoUeweston, Manor of, 13, 14, 277, CoUsoDsack, Richard, 169. CoUy, Anthony, 388. Collyer, Francis, 548. Colne Engayne, Town of, 697. Colne House, 226, 231. Colocumb, 631, 632, 683, 686. Cologne, 73, 239, 254, 325, 406, 408. Cologne, Archbishop of, 68, 119. Colonna, M. Antony de, 88. Colquit, or Colequit, Manor of, 528, 581, 625, 643, 644. Colsell, Mr., 106. Colshill, Robert, 391, 569 Colte, Roger, 169. Coltehirste, Mathew, 126. Colthurst, Edward, 533. Colton, 424. Colville, Mr. 141, 291. Combe, 60, 282. Combe Nevell, or Combe Park, 40. Comberford, Henry, 396. Comet, A wonderful, 454. See Meteor. Comforte, 546. Common law. Reform in, 517. Common Pleas, Court of, 107, 125, 189, 285, 508, 696. Common Prayer, 17, 18, 22, 33, 45, 132, 134. 136, 143, 170, 203, 235, 322, 462, 689, See Religion. Common, Right of, 554. Commons, The Speaker, 519. Commons, House of, 409, 443, 517 ; Expulsion of a Member, 516. 5ec Parliament. Commonwealths-men, 22. Communicants, 234. Communion, see Sacrament. Como, Jasper, 1 6. I Comorthas, Practice of, in Wales, 514, Compteir Prison, The, 273. Compter Prisons, see White Lion. Wood Street, Compton, 233. Compton, Hundred of, 340. Compton, Walter, 420. Comy, Innocent, 627. Concealed lands, Concealments, 155, 290, 399, 400, 410, 415, 436, 456, 499, 586, 613, 702; Grants of, 575. Condu, Prince of, 198, 214, 314, 316-318, 320, 540, 630, 665. Cone, Alexander, de, 694. Coneynger, Great, 36. Conference, Religious, 127. Confession, Catholic, 483. Coniers, John, 477, 493. Conies, 420. Conjurations, see Witchcraft. Conquet, 106, 202, 322, 392, 492. Consecrations, see Archbishops, Bishops. Consistory Courts, 597. Conspiracy, 478. See Treason. Constable, Sir John, 12. Constable, Lady, 372, 373. Constable, M., 148. Constable, Robert, 301, 356, 365, 602. Constable, Sir Robert, 650. Constable Ragler, Office of, 691. Constantine, Thomas, 421. Constantinople, 73, 551. Conventicles, 308, 571. Conveyances, Fraudulent, 519. Conveyances of land. Bill of, 442. Convicts, Transported, 545. Convocation, 143, 218, 516. Convoy, 102, 144, 227, 529. Conway, Bailiffs of, 630, 631. Conway, John, 111. Conway, Henry, 593. Conway, Phihp, 622. Conyers, Sir George, 122. Conyers, James, 304. Conyers, John, 304. See Coniers. Conyers, John Lord, 37, 39, 92. Conyngesbye, Thomas, 579. Conysby, Anne, 491. Coo, James, 699. Cook, Bartyllme, 644. Cook, William, 177, 208, 241, 254, 279. Cooke, Sir Anthony, 41, 43, 44, 208, 257, 378, 380, 418. Cooke, Anthony, (an apprentice), 696. Cooke, Richard, 23, 505, 106. Cooke, Robert, (Clarencieux), 426, 503, 495. Cookham, Hundred of, 156, 340. Cookson, see Cockson. GENERAL INDEX. 725 Coomes, John, 654. Cooper, Br. John, 334. Cooper, Thomas, 89, 367. Coortesse, Edmund, 616, 620, 621, 625, 626, 694. Coortesse (or Courtes, Curtis, Cortesse), Rich- ard, 262-264, 268, 283 ; Bishop of Chichester, 314, 323, 477, 508, 521, 539, 541-545, 548, 620, 621. Coothe, William, 646. Cope, Anthony, 348. Copinger, Mr., 555. Copinger, Roger, 331. Copland, "William, 701. Copley, Mrs., 669. Copley (or Coppley), Peter, 683. Copley, Thomas, 489, 490, 525, 665, 669, 683. Copper, Copper Mines, see Mines. Coppinger, Thomas, 451. Coppley, see Copley. CopthaU, 34, 131, 243. Copthorne, Hundred of, 135, 419, 423. Copwold, Sir John, 41. Copyholders, 266. Corbet , a pirate, 238, 251, 298. Corbet, Sir Andrew, 164,339, 374, 426,466, 486, 532. Corbet, Martin, 641. Corby, Hundred of, 519. Corby, Parsonage of, 36. Corby n, John, 394. Cordage, 580. Cordell, "William, 65, 66, 68, 80 ; Sir William, and Master of the Rolls, 111, 157, 171, 173, 280, 357, 408, 410, 417, 429, 442, 543, 602. Cordwainers, Wardens of the, 579. Core, Paul, 649. Corfe, alias Cork Castle, 536. Cork Castle, see Corfe. Cork City, 330, 650. Cork Haven, 251. Corn, 25, 29-31, 104, 185, 222, 227, 250, 252, 253, 255, 258,-260, 262-265, 257-269, 283, 286, 299, 399, 431, 456, 468, 470, 484, 507, 576, 578. See Regrators. Corn, Damaged, 626, 631. Corn, Exportation of, 491, 492, 495, 498, 569, 578, 603, 638, 644, 666, 672. Com, Price of, 559, 585, 618. Com, Toll for grinding, 4. Cornbury, 499. Cornells, Mr., 658, 670. Cornelisson, Adrian, 95. Cornelius, Dr., 27, 49. Cornelius, Mr., see "Vos. Cornewaleys, Sir Tliomas, 60, 107, 115, 131, 142, 149, 157, 293, 547. Cornewall, Gabriell, 577. Cornewayle, , 80, 81. Cornish (or Cornysshe), Henry, 39, 45, 47. Cornwall, 10, 19, 20, 51, 56, 58, 62, 94, 100' 101, 121, 146, 157, 179, 202, 217, 233, 235, 244, 252, 307, 309, 318, 332,337, 338, 353, 369-371, 388, 389, 437, 449, 451, 459, 460, 465, 477, 480, 481, 492, 502, 511, 512, 534, 542, 555, 562, 572, 581, 583, 584, 587, 589, 612, 615, 616, 623, 629, 543, 655, 666. Cornwall, Alehouses in, 570. Cornwall, Duchy of, 52, 65, 304, 399. Cornwall, Sheriff of, 388, 451, 452. Cornwall, Vice Admiral of, 388. Cornwall, Edward, (Baron of Burford), 690. Cornwall, Robert, 59. Cornwallis, see Cornewaleys. Cornwallys, Sir John, 56. Cornwell, Thomas, 683. Comysshe, see Cornish. Coronation of Edw. "VI., 1,2; of Queen Mary, 55 ; of Queen Elizabeth, 117, 118, 120, 125, 128, 176, 264. Coroners, 500. Corpus Christi (or Bennet) College, (Camb.), 127, 190, 459, 525, 545, 555, 671, 683- 685. Corpus Christi Col. (Oxford), 185, 312, 567. Corranus, , 548. Corringham, Prebend of, 40. Corringham, Wapentake of, 108, Corsica, 243. Corso, San Pietro, 243. Coryat, George, 277. Coseworth (or Cosowarthe), John, 55, 308. Cosham, Manor of, 248. Cotman, William, 56. Cottell, George, 612. Cottesford, James, 550. Cotteslowe, Hundred of, 375, 442. Cotton, George, 52, 371. Cotton, Lady Jane, 371. Cotton, Mr., 502, 504, 507. Cotton, Sir Richard, 13. Cotton, Robert, 110. Cotton, William, 498, 515, 516, 523-525, 527. Cotton, Thomas, 15. Cotton, Sir Thomas, 546. Cottswolds, The, 168, 169. Coulynge, William, 76. Council, The, see Privy Council. Council of State, 222. Councils, General, 131, 158, 165, 173, 175. Count Palatine, see Palatine. Counterfeiting the coin, 10, 11, 78, 309. County clerks, 512. County clerk's Office, Grant of, 611. Court, a pirate, 547. Court, 'I'he, 123, 156, 157, 225, 229, 231, 236, 237, 240, 250, 285, 299, 318, 319, 360, 418, 426, 442, 449, 463, 468, 474, 478, 485, 496, 499, 501, 521, 546, 552, 558, 581, 586, 588, 595, 599, 601, 650,' 670, 672, 677, 689. Court, Bouge (or Bouche) of, 493. Court of Claims, 1, 118. 726 GENEEAL INDEX. Court, Inns of, see Inns. Courtelesse, 144. Courtenay, , 331. Courtenay, Edward, Earl of Devonshire, 65-77, 80, 82-86. Courtenay, Peter, 19. Courteney, Capt., 508. Courtenay, James, 354, 355. Courteney, John, 125. Courteney, Sir 'WiUiam, 84. Courtezans, 80. Courts, Ecclesiastical, 479. Cousen, Jean, 312. Cousin, Mons^ 257. Covenants, Writs of, 535, 506. Coveuey, Thoipas, 105, 186. Covent Garden, 388, 701. Coventry, 60, 308, 309, 334, 343, 410, 466, • 545, 657, 676. Coventry, Mayor, &c., 308. Coventry, New baths at, 631. Coventry, Bishop of, see Lichfield. Coverley, Walter, 544. Covert, Eichard, 57, 393. Cowbridge, 176. Cowdrey, 162, 171, 337, 460, 461, 486, 559. Cowell, Mr., 645. Cowell, William, 677. Cowes, West (Isle of Wight), 530. Cowledge, John, 647. Cowling Castle, 57, 58. Cowlyn, John, 56. CownseU, Hugh, 220, 223, 228, 285. Cowper, Thomas, Bishop of Lincoln, 333, 407, 560, 648, 687. Cowpon, Tenants of, 695. Cowte, Mr., 384. Cox, Peter, 554. Cox, Eichard, Bishop of Ely, 135, 141, 158, 187, 188, 192, 239, 262, 263, 267, 324, 460, 485, 507, 515, 516, 562, 628, 652, 654, 655, 675. Cox, Eichard, 590. Coxe, ,298. Coxe, Dr., 5. Coxe, alias Devon, John, 173, 174. Coxe, Michael, 417. Coxe, Mr., 194. Coxe, Eichard, 545. Coxhall, see Coggeshall. Coxson, see Cookson. Coysgarne, John, 619. Cradle, Francis, 588. Crambrok (Kent), 701. Cranhourne Chace, 112. Cranbrook, Hundred of, 450. Crane, , 36. Crane, Anthony, 596, 598. Crane, John, 592. Crane, Mr., 488, Cranley, Eichard, 420. Cranmer, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, 20, 22, 24-26, 32, 45, 46, 54, 77, 106, 222. Cranmore, 45, 89. Cranwell, Mr., 75. Craven, John, 640. Craven, Lands in, 696. Crawford Muir, 279, 283, 320. Creaghe, Eichard, (Titular Archbishop of Armagh), 646, 647. Creations, 35, 55, 63, 407, 442. Crediton, 8. Crediton, Deanery of, 8. Creditors, 702. See Debtors. Protection. Cressy (Cressey, Cressye), Mr., 651, 684, 696. Creswell 655. Crewkeme (or Crockhorne), Manor of, 72. Cripplegate, 271. Cripse, Mr., 636. See Cryspe. Crispe, Mr., 401. Crispe, William, 482. Crixsey, 606. Croce, M. de la„ 327, 328. Crocford, Mr., 682. Crocford, William, 682. Croft, Sir James, 60, 61, 258, 259, 338, 343, 595, 613, 646. Croft, Lady, 613. Crofte, Alexander, 682, 683. Crofte, Thomas, 682, 683. Croftes, John, 368, 532, 543. Croftes, William, 368. Crofts, Thomas, 374. CrokehiU, Herbage of, 640. Crolcer, Lady, 695. Cromplysts, see Cloths. Cromwell, Sir Henry, 648. See Crumwell. Cross, Mr., 15. Crossbows, 167. Crossed Friars, 148. Crossen, 120, 123. Crouch, William, 37. Crowe, William, 83. Crowland, see Croyland. Crowley, Mr., 271. Crowmer, William, 424, 527, 634. Crown, The lloyal, 6, 83. Crown debts, 575. -See Public Expenditure. Crown jewels, 6, 14, 26, 129, 146, 147, 161. Crown lands, 5, 51, 53, 55, 61, 70, 74, 91, 100, 102, 106, 108, 110-112, 119, ]34- 136, 155, 162, 163, 166, 167, 169, 181, 188, 191, 197, 204, 211, 225, 230, 237, 241, 245, 246, 248, 273, 285, 287, 290, 292, 399, 402, 461, 533. Crown revenues, 4, 5, 18, 70, 74, 91, 112, 118, 123, 130, 135, 136, 146, 166, 208, 358, 418. Croyland, or Crowland, 84, 88. Croyland Monastery, 31, 416. Croydon, 87, 91, 138, 179, 273, 276, 310-312. Crumwell, Lady Elizabeth, 46. Cruse, Robert, 496, 497. GENERAL INDEX. 727 CrnsHug miU, Invention of, 701. Cruys, Anne, 323. Crnys, Gamaliel, 323. Cruys, James, 323. Cruys, William, 323. Cryspe (or Crypse, Crisp), Sir Henry, 101, 124, 132, 258, 310, 419, 427, 463. Cryspe, William, 121, 241, 310, 408, 436. Cryston, Manor of, 55. Cubberley, see Coberley, Cuokfield, 588, 625. Cuckfield, Parishioners of, 61G. Cuckfleld, Vicar of, 616, 620, 621,, 625, 694. See Coortesse. Cuddleston; Hundred of, 342. Culpeper, , 377. Culpeper, Dr., Martin, 524, 605. Culpeper, Thomas, 8, 60, 61, 88. Culstocke, 55. Cumherland, 179, 191, 252,266, 280, 288,291, 292, 303, 395, 457, 563. Cumberland, Alehouses, &c., in, 562. Cumberland, Earl of, see CliflFord. Cuiistable, Martin, 114. Cupper, John, 241, 652. Curates, see Vicars. Currants, 510. Curriers Company, 282. Cnrstmarsh, 458. Curwen, Hugh, Archbishop of Dublin, 298 ; Bishop of Oxford, 298, 307. Curwen, Mr., 315, 319, 320, 330. Custom House, 105. Custom House officers, 694. Customs, The, 45, 70, 89, 91, 105, 109, 116, 117, 119, 159, 166, 167, 182, 186, 187, 193, 223, 230, 231, 238, 245, 247, 261, 264, 267, 268, 277, 278, 289, 298-300, 310, 314-318, 323-325, 329, 358, 360- 362,378, 382, 390, 391, 397, 398, 401, 406, 410, 415, 416, 418, 428, 431, 436, 437, 460, 500, 503, 539, 540, 556, 587, 594, 595, 598, 602, 611, 613, 640, 644, 647, 657, 680, 695. Customs, Comptroller of, 329, 475. Customs, Proposals for improving the, 698. Cutlerd, John, 191, 252, 267. Cypraeus, Paul, 170. D. Dabeney (or Dawbeny), William, 68, 72. Daberual, Walter, 699. Dacorum, Hundred of, 371. Daere, Alice, 5. Dacre, Edward, 223. Dacre, George Lord, 280, 286, Dacre, Lady, 289. Dacre, Leonard, 119, 375, 377, 435, 500, 512. Dacre, Lord, 509, 512. Dacre, Sir Thomas, 41. Dacre, William, Lord, 92, 119, 280, 286. Dacre, see Fynes. Dacres, George, 371. Dacres, The, 441. Dado, Carlo, 17. Dale, Henry, 477. Dale, Dr. Valentine, 244, 298, 314, 328, 386, 417, 457, 590, 637, 640, 645, 655, 656. Dale, Eectory of, 28. DaUison, William, 61. Dalmyugtou, William, 489. Dalston, Mr., 376. Dalton, James, 283. Dalton, Ralph, 122, 149. Dalyson, George, 19. Dalyson, Wifliam, 19, 105. Dammart, 201. Damsell, Mr., 42. Damsell, Sir William, 211, 461. Danbury, 687. Dauby, Sir Christopher, 394. Dancaster, Parsonage of, 596. Danet, or Dannet, Mr., 189,273. Danett, Mrs. Jane, 491. Danett, Thomas, 491. Dantzic, 237, 313, 314, 316, 317, 455. Danvars (or Danvers), George, 341, 371, 390. Danvers, or Davers, Sir John, 377, 684. D'Anvyle, Revolt of, 546. Danyell, John, 16, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84. Danyell, Nicholas, 512. Danyell, Thomas, 59. Darby, Walter, 273. Darcy, Sir Arthur, 29, 69. Darcy, Sir Harry, or Henry, 342, 503, 648, 667, 669. Darcy of Chiche, John Lord, 268, 342, 343, 3EI, 352, 356, 481, 483, 520, 527, 545, 624, 686. Darcy, Mr., 131. Darcy, Sir Thomas, 3, 8, 20, 24 ; Lord Darcy of Chiche, Lord Chamberlain, 39, 49, 50, 106, 108, 110. Dare, Martin, 78. Darell, Christopher, 477. Darell, Edward, 210, 224, 225. Darell, John, 626. Darell, Thomas, 230, 231. Darkenall, ,198. Darlington, 51, 316, 321, 322, 324, 382, 439, 466, 355, 356, 524. Darlington Ward, 335, 678. Darneton, see Darlington. Darnley, Lord, see Stuart. Darrel, Hugh, 22, 173, 174. Darrell, Mr., 351. Dartford, 5", 59. Dartford, Smelting mills at, 570, 571, 580, 581, 606, 608, 615,618,621. 728 GENERAL INDEX. Dartmoor, 180. Dartmouth, 59, 261, 322, 327, 339, 437, 440, 504, 519, 574,583, 689, 600. Dartmoutb, Mayor of, 589. Dassonleville, see AssonleTille. Daston, Anne, 261. Daston, Anthony, 261. Dattylo, Cecase, 18. Daventry, 425, 599. Davers, see Danvers. David, Eice, 576. Davids, Jolm, 537. Davids, William, 584. Davies, John, 60. Davies, Richard, Bishop of St. David's, 328, 362, 604, 606, 627. Davies, Thomas, Bishop of St. Asaph, 396, 406, 564, 597. Davis, Pearse, 600. Davison, William, 529, 601. Davy, 75. Davy, Thomas, 624. Davy, AViiliam, 433, 464. Davys, Stephen, 701. Dawbeney, Olyver, 16, 309,310,397, 410, 415, 428, 436, 437. Dawheny, see Dabeney. Dawe, John, 224, 234. Da-wes, Thomas, 692. Dawtrey, Sir Francis, 23, 76. Dawtrey, William, 352. Day, George, Bishop of Chichester, 19, 35. Day, John, 177. Day, Robert, 643. Day, William, Provost of Eton, 314, 323, 395. Daye, Mr., 186. Deal, 101. Dean forest, 275, 633. Deaneries, 12. Deans and Chapters, Lands held by, 698. Dearing, Alexander, 624. Dearing, Mr., 434, 436. Dearth, 12. Debtors, Belief of, 521, 523, 612. Debts, Debtors, 131, 266, 389, 454, 460, 472, 492, 497, 524, 527, 545, 548, 549, 551, 567-569, 583, 590-594, 596-598, 600> 606, 620, 624, 627, 633, 695, 702. Debts of the Crown, see Public Expenditure. Debts, sec Howard, Henry. Declarations, 364. Dedford (Deptford?) 636. Dedycke, William, 84. Dee, Dr. John, 67,219, 621. Deeping, 45, 47, 63, 89. Deeping, East, 29. Deer, (Buck, Does,) 41, 64, 67, 68, 105, 118, 165, 181, 191, 198, 211, 219, 267, 273, 31.'), 487, 551. Deer stealing, 691. Deerhurst, Hundred of, 420. Defence of the Realm. See Musters. Nation. Realm. Dela, Damian, 665. De la Garde, Baron, 39. De la Prey, Monastery of, 31. De la Warr, Lord, see West. Delecrest, Monastery of, 41. Delves, George, 175. Demilances, see Masters. Denbigh, 690, 675. Denbighshire, 107, 361, 483, 572, 618, 634. Dengie, or Dengy, Hundred of, 379, 450, 635, 570. Denization, Letters of, 700. Denizens, see Aliens. Denman, Dr. John, 38. Denman, Thomas, 593. Denmark, 103, 303, 447, 495, 688. Denmark, King of, see Frederick IL Denney, Mr., 3. Denny, Captain, 605, 609, 611, 615. Denny, Manor of. 111. Dennys, Richard, 477. " Dennys, see Denys. Denton, 35, 47, 63, 657. Denton, Mr., 289. Denys, Sir Maurys, 206-210, 212, 227, 477. Denys, Sir Thomas, 10, 19, 56, 67, 69. Deprivation, 546 ; of an archbishop, 581 ; of a clergyman, 620, 621, 694. Deptford, 210, 480, 636, 638. Deptford Stroud, 213, 513, 580. Derby, 124. Derby, Countess of, 303. Derby, Earl of, see Stanley. Derby Place, 15. Derbyshire, 120, 124, 148, 183, 18.5, 188, 341, 346, 347, 368, 370, 378, 415, 460, 474, 485, 560, 663, 565, 581, 640, 663, 700. Derbyshire, Alehouses, &c., in, 566. Derbyshire, Justices of, 638. Dereham, East, 652. Dering, Edward, 439, 470. Dero, 392. Derrick, , a surgeon, 438. Deryng, , 22. Desmond, Earl of, 408, 478, 485, 629. Despes, Don Gerreau, 313, 315, 427. Dethick, Christopher, 695. Dethicke, , 264. Dethicke, Sir Gilbert, Garter, 2, 27, 143, 149, 605. Dethicke, John, 77, 79, 80, 83, 84, 249, 295. Devereux, Robert, Earl of Essex, 645. Devereux, Walter, Viscount Hereford, 111, 181, 340, 348, 350, 355 ; Earl of Essex, 442, 445, 446, 454, 459, 481, 495, 502, 608, 631, &n, 652. Devizes, 341, 484. GENERAL INDEX. 729 Devon, 8, 10, 18-20, 44, 51, 56-59, G2, 67, 71, 100, 101, 125, 157, 224, 232, 244, 252, 261, 275, 309, 318, 338, 341, 354, 376, 387, 437, 449, 450, 459, 460, 471, 477, 480, 504, 511, 535, 543, 548, 557, 581, 583, 605, 612, 656, 658, 672, 687. Devon, Admiralty in, 583, 585. Devon, Alehouses, &c. in, 557, 581. Devon, Justices of, 639. Devon, Vice Admiral of, 226. Devon, John, see Coxe. Devonshire, Earl of, see Courteney. De-wy, Thomas, 172. Diaoeto, Dcrence de, 64. Diary, Lo_id Burghley's, 431. Dibden, , a pirate, 627. Dickens, George, 549. Dickering, Wapentake of, 336. Diconson, Cuthhert, 163. Dictionary, Latin, 492. Die, John, 386. Dieppe, 8, 177, 201, 203, 205, 207-211, 213- 215, 219, 315,482, 701. Dighy, , 428, 438. Digby, Anthony, 156. Digby, Everard, 656. Digby, George, 651. Digby, Harry, 29. Digby, Jasper, 29. Digby, John, 95. Digby, Kenelme, 380, 388, 482. Digby, Mr., 45. Digges, T., 454. Diggs, Thomas, 677. DUapidations, 134, 396, 538, 539, 579, 622, 625, 626, 652, 653. Dilapidations, Act of, 519. Dinale, Augustino, 627. Dioceses, The, 493. Dirichson, James, 530. Dirowghe, Ed-ward, 557. Dirrich, see Drythicke. Discovery, see Voyages. Diseney, Richard, 375, 387. Dispensations, 135, 190, 405, 411. Dispensations abolished, 617. Dispensations, Office of, 218. Dister, John, 591. Dive (or Dyve), Lewis, 493, 568. Divine Service, Celebration of, 443, 445, 462, 655, 669, 703. See Church. Divorce, 5, 238, 473. pix, , 434. See Dyx. Dixe, Alderman, 583. Dobson, Mr., 15. Doctors' Commons, 363. See Arches. Docwra, Thomas, 373. Docwray, Anthony, 126. Dodding, Edward, 567. Doddington, 485. Doddridge, Richard, 388. Dodge, John, 58, 388. Dodinghurst, Manor of, 65. Dodington, Bartholomew, 187,248, 292, 599. Dodington, William, 436, 477, 493, 521, 640. Does, see Deer. Dogs, 672, 679. See Bloodhounds. Grey- hounds. Lion. Spaniels. Dolin, see Becku. Dolls imported, 147. Domestic Economy, 693. Dominick, , 75. Donat, Anthony, 90. Doncaster, 349, 351-354, 360. Donhedmary, Parson of, 103. Don .John, see Austria. Donne Ralph, 84. Donnynge, ■ John, 264. Dorchester, 138, 465, 541, 546, 581, 649. 650, ,656. Dorchester, Hundred of, 138, 418, 425, 428. Dorell, Mr., 521. Dorking, 348, 419, 423, 426. Dormer, Jane, see Eeria. Dormer, Lady, 163. Dormer, William, 6. Dormer, Sir William, 366, 483. Dorothy, Mrs., 3. Dorrell, Mr., 302. Dorrington (or Doryngton), Robert, 664, 669. Dorset, Frances Brandon, Marchioness of, 1 1 ; Duchess of Suffolk, 11, 64, 128, 142, 143, 217, 294, 505. Dorset, Marquis of, see Grey. Dorset, 19, 67, 91, 100, 101, 131, 141, 146, 148, 157, 262, 272, 338, 340, 342, 351, 372, 385, 437, 449, 451, 465, 477, 481, 541, 546, .547, 551, 561, 571, 581, 582, 589, 612, 640, 649, 656, 672, 673, 678, 679, 699. Dorset, Alehouses in, 582. Dorset, Defences of the county, 678. Dorset, Justices of, 639. Dorset, Sheriff of, 665, 670. Doryngton, see Dorrington. Douay, 624. Doughtye, John, 529. Douglas, Archibald, Earl of Angus, 221. Douglas, Lady Margaret, Countess of Lennox, 38, 49, 164, 197, 199-205, 209, 211,212, 216, 218, 221, 257, 259, 272, 289, 295, 296, 3J1, 305, 394, 409, 428, 489. Douglas, George, 221. Dounapney, 60. Dover, 44, 59, 95-99, 102, 106, 113, 145, 171, 188, 189, 225, 227, 240, 241, 253, 257, 258, 271, 286, 307, 310, 313, 315, 316, 330, 331, 389, 413, 422, 427, 436, 444, 466, 478, 508, 509, 527, 533, 560, 030, 672, 682, 697. Dover, Admiralty Court of, 95, 610. Dover Castle, 88, 98,99, 113, 121, 174, 240, 277, 284, 322, 389, 408, 422, 455, 489, 528, 599, 618, 656, 655, 682, 685. 730 GENERAL INDEX. Dover Castle, Constable of, 26, 88, 174, 284. Dover, Common Council of, 599. Dover Downs, 52. Dover, Elections at, 699. Dover haven or harbour, Commissioners for repair of, 670-674 : licence to export beer and grain, 670 : their instructions, 671, 672 : power to impress workmen, &c., 676 : the repairs, works, &c., 404, 517, 525, 575, 579, 610, 621, 630,*633, 641, 649, 668, 670-674, 685, 690. Dover harbour, Plans of, 575. Dover, Mayor, &c., 520, 525, 575, 599, 641, 670, 672. Dover Pier, 117, 253, 458. Dover, Passage at, 520. Dover, Searcher at, 520. Dover, Watermill at, 697. Dowe, Anne, 157. Dower, 147. Down Court, 469. Downham, 192, 324. Downham (in the Isle of Ely), 655, 675. Downnian (or Downham), William, Bishop of Chester, 203, 305, 307, 321, 322, 338, 568. Downs, The, 52, 102, 228, 361, 528. Downynge, Edmond, 58. Draining, 512, 698, 611. Draining, Pumps for, 509. Drake, Francis, 329, 659, 661, 682, 685, 686, -689-691,693. Drama, The (Plays, Masks, Eevels), 1, •'4'0, ''4'6, 82, 143, 250, 330, 498. Drama, Players, and Stage Plays at Cam- bridge, 638, 661. Draper, Sir Christopher, 285. Draper, Henry, 426. Draper, Eohert, 355. Draper, William, 75. Draperies, see Cloths, New Draperies. Drapers, 169. Drapers' Company, The, 695. Dravah, see Havard. Dray cot. Dr. Anthony, 173. Drayton, 291. Drayton, Manor of, 381. Dreadnought, The, 505, 552, 553, 559, 631. Drew, Martin, 61. Drewe, Mr., 700. Drewe, Eichard, 107. Drewrie, Dr., 576. Droits, see Admiralty. Dromont, Henry, 623. Drunkenness, 564. Drury Dru, 170. Drury, Mr., 385. Drury, Sir William, 12, 527. Drury, William, 536. Drury, Thomas, 22. Drythicke (or Dirrich) , 388. Dryver, E., 225. Drywood, Mr., 638. Dublin, Archbishop of, 9. See Curwen, Dublin Castle, 522, 524. Duchy Lands, 123. Duck, Thomas, 429. Ducke, John, 491. Duckett, LioneU, Alderman, 251, 255, 270, 271, 279, 291, 294, 300, 301, 316, 320, 376, 408, 409, 414, 468. Sir LioneU, 568, 615. Duddeley, Lord Ambrose, 39, 50, 160 ; Earl of Warwick, 203, 206, 207, 209, 218, 226-229, 236, 237, 285, 298, 304, 347- 356, 358, 359, 445, 461, 462, 477, 646, 685. Duddeley, Andrew, 2. Sir Andrew, 37, 39, 46, 49. Duddeley, Arthur, 48. Duddeley, Edward Lord, 342, 487. Duddeley, Lord Guildford, 57. Duddeley, John, 209, 345. Duddeley, John, Earl of Warwick, 3, 6-9, 13- 15, 18, 21, 22, 26, 27, 29, 32 ; Duke of Northumberland, 35-42, 44-51, 54, 64, 74. Duddeley, Lord Eohert, 52. Master of the Horse, 129, 139, 142, 151, 155, 171, 199, 207, 233, 240, 243; Earl of Leicester, 244, 251, 280, 288, 304, 308, 309, 312, 313, 316, 320, 331, 345, 346, 363, 380, 391, 398, 416-417, 434, 451, 453, 476, 489, 491, 495, 499, 501, 506, 512, 537, 565, 574, 601, 618, 622, 628, 632, 646, 656-658, 664, 665, 670, 671, 701, 702. i , his correspondence with Francis Yaxley, 138, 194. , letters to Burghley, 154, 209, 269, .t 293, 296, 302, 448, 454, 463, 498, 601 ; and quarrels with him, 600, 666. , report that the Queen was with child by him, 157. , Constable of Windsor Castle, 200. , correspondence with the Queen, and interest in her affairs, visits, &c., 229, 246, 269, 273, 278, 291, 293, 363, 448, 449, 498, 503. I , his connexion with trade and with 4 voyages of discovery, 220, 236, 260, 265, 288, 314, 380, 391 ; , and with mining operations, 264,255, 270, 275-277, 288-300, 302, 398, 408, 424, 688. created Earl of Leicester, 244. , letters from various persons to Mm, 202, 221, 225, 229, 235, 236, 251, 270, 272, 275, 276, 291, 318, 360, 367, 383, 392, 393, 419, 433-435, 437, 441, 443, 445, 447, 449, 489, 529, 673, 675, 679, 685- 689, 691. , correspondence with the Earl of Hertford, 236, 237, 238, 240, 310. , letters to other persons, 253, 345, 346, 495, 532. , his lands and other property, 245, 246, 258, 286, 304, 398. GENERAL INDEX. 731 Duddeley, Earl of Leicester, visits Oxford, 277 278, Lieutenant at St. George's Feast, 445. libels against him, 547. liis players at Cambridge, 661. Duddeley (or Dudley), Lord, see Sutton. Dudestone, Henry, 353. Dudley, 502. Dudley, Charles, 612. Dudley, Henry, 73, 76, 78-84, 86, 88. Dudley, Lady, 77, 502. Dudley, Mr., 19. Dudley, Richard, 376, 395, 398. Dudley, Thomas, 84, 88, 89. Dudley, see Duddeley. Duels, (Challenges, Duelling,) 152. Duetou, William Van, 663. Duffyld, John, 475. Dugdale, James, 188. Dumbritton, 6. Dunohe, WiUiam, 382, 394. Dundee, 235. Dunham, 427. Dunham, Parson of, 148. Dunhamsted, Farm of, 497. Dunkirk, 97, 99, 102-104, 326, 529, 532. Dunkirk, Sluice Master of, see Eickwartb. Duumow, Hundred of, 380. Dunn, Thomas, 192. Dimning, John, 247. Dunning, Mr., 522. Dunsany, Baron of, 499. Dunstable, 158. Dunwich, 318, 331, 643. Duppa, Jeffrey, 488. DurEBus , a Jesuit, 698. Durant, Edward, 198. Durham, Archdeacon of, 233. Durham, Bishop of, see Tunstall, Pilkington, Barnes. Durham, Bishops of, their jurisdiction in Chester, 517. Durham, Bishoprick of, 47, 48, 50, 105, 122, 137, 146, 148, 161, 175, 176, 187, 188, 352, 497, 519, 563, 639, 648. Durham, City of, 149, 163, 324, 346, 355, 356. Durham, County of, 122, 335, 646. Durham County, Alehouses in, 562. Durham, Dean and Chapter of, 33, 46, 48-50, 91, 104, 149, 161, 323, 324, 540. Durham, Dean of, 621, 644. Durham, Divinity Lecture at, 638. Durham, Palatinate of, 38, 335, 352, 360, 497, 678, 695. Durham Place, 2, 50, 150, 273, 454, 500. Durham, Prebends and Prebendaries of, 149, 163, 323, 540, 547, 637, 645. Durham, Visitation of, 588, 621. Durrant, Eobert, 189. Du Simiers, see Simiers. Dutch Church or Congregation, 28, 177, 205, 221, 323, 496, 613. See Colchester. Dutch artisans in Colchester and Halsted, 697. Dutch engineers, 575. Dutch strangers, 575. Dutch, The. See HoUand. Dutton, Laurence, 569, 598, 599. Dutton, Eichard, 463, 477. Dutton, Thomas, 406. Dyeing, 293, 411, 447, 467, 518. Dyer, Andrew, 682. Dyer, Edward, 500, 646. Dyer, Eleanor, 110. Dyer, Sir James, 125 ; Lord Chief Justice, 638. Dyer, Joan, 110. Dyer, Katherine, 110. Dyer, Simon, 110. Dyer, Sir Thomas, 37. Dyers' Company, The, 447. Dyke, Thomas, 475. Dylay Wood, 51. Dylett, George, 309. Dymocke, John, 311, 468. Dymok, , 16. Dymoke, Sir Edward, 34, 98, 264. Dyon, John, 34, 325. Dyrrick, , 45. Dyson, Humphrey, 114, 232. Dyve, see Dive. Dyx, William, 277, 434, 469, 600. E. Earl Marshal, The, 29], 458. Earsbie, Leonard, 354. Earthquake in England and France, 658. Easingtou Ward, 335, 678. Eason, John, 28. East Deeping, see Deeping. East Dereham, see Dereham. East Friesland, see Friesland. East Goscote, see Goscote. East Grinsted, see Grinsted. East Hampstead, see Hampstead. East Harptre, see Harptre. East Haven, 483. East Lulworth, see Lulworth. East Marches, see Marches. East Mersey, see Mersey. East Parts, Incorporation of merchants tradins to the, 630, 696, 697. East Riding, see York. East Smithfield, see Smithfield. East Tanfield, see Tanfield. East Thorndon, see Thomdon. Easte, Hundred of, 451. 732 GENERAL INDEX. Easter, 79. Easterlings, The, 6-4, 138, 236, 288. Eastland Merchants, 602, 613. See East Parts. Easton, 500. Easton, John, 464. Easture, Manor of, 634. Eaton, , 668. Eaton, Manor of, 593, 696. Ebden, Mr., 149. Eccles, John, 150. Eccleshall Castle, 665, 583. Ecclesiastical Affairs, see Church. Ecclesiastical Courts, 538. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Commissions, 2, 203, 215, 232, 247, 357, 368, 395, 397, 405, 470, 492, 521, 668, 671, 699. Ecclesiastical Law, 608. Eddesbury, Hundred of, 84, 122. Edehara, John, 435. Eden, Eichard, 467. Edgar, John, 613. Edgcomh, Sir Eichard, 94. Edgcote, 449. Edgecombe, Mr., 528, 581, 608, 615. Edgecurab, Piers, 252, 341, 370, 388, 389 ; Sir Piers, 451. Edinburgh, 632. Edmonds, Eichard, 574. Edmonton, Hundred of, 122. Edmunds, Thomas, 186. Edward VI., King of England, 1-4, 7-9, 11- 14, 18-20, 22-27, 31-42, 44-55, 85, 119, 121, 135, 142-144, 167, 276, 456, 603, 614, 647. Edward's College (Cambridge), 17. Edwards, Roger, 332, 333. Edwinstree, Hundred of, 374. Eely, Mr., 700. Effingham, Hundred of, 135, 419, 423. Effingham, see Howard. , Egerton, Thomas, 697. Egerton, Timothy, 667. Egmont, Count D', 58, 62. Egyptians, see Gypsies. Elbiug, 696. Elections, 212, 213,215-217, 278. Elector Palatine, The, 502. Elephants' teeth, 570. Elizabeth, Princess, 23, 25, 29, 45, 50, 54, 57, 60, 61, 67, 82, 83, 86, 101. , Queen of England, 115, 116, 118, 120, 122, 123, 129, 130, 131, 133, 134, 137, 141, 143, 144, 147-155, 161, 167-169, 174-176, 180, 186, 201, 202, 204, 209, 211, 216-218, 222, 231, 234, 236, 238, 240, 243, 249, 250, 257, 265, 268, 269, 271, 273, 274, 276, 277, 283, 286, 288- 291, 293, 295, 296, 301, 302, 304, 310, 314, 318-321, 330, 334, 343, 346, 348- 351, 354, 360, 36), 376, 385, 392, 399, 408,409,413,415,418-421, 424, 425, 428, 434, 436, 439, 442, 443, 446, 449, 454, 458, 462, 470, 473, 475, 478, 480, 482, 484, 485, 488, 489, 493, 495, 498, Elizabeth, Queen of England — continued. 499, 501, 503, 505-507, 510, 512, 513, 516, 521, 523, 524, 527, 530, 534, 546, 549, 550, 552-554, 560, 563, 566, 569, 575, 578, 580-582, 589, 595, 599, 605, 606, 611, 613, 618, 619, 622, 624-626, 631, 633, 634, 640, 641, 646, 654, 658, 661, 662, 665, 671, 672, 676, 687, 689, 690, 694, 700, 702. , implicated with Lord Seymour, 13, 14. , her lands and property, 14, 36, 45, 60, 51, 166, 167, 190, 191, 192, 237, 245-248, 269, 266, 294, 296, 317, 323, 358, 367, 381, 448, 498, 606, 611, 519, 628, 636, 638, 646, 666, 697. , her journeys and progresses, 28, 136, 137, 279, 289, 419, 486, 498, 499, 501-503, 510, 528, 582, 698, 599, 601, proposals and addresses for marriage, 42,101, 121, 217, 218,280-283, 417, 517, 629, 633, 639, 668, 672, 685. , reputed to be with child by Leicester, 157 ; is unkind to him, 666. , her coronation, 176, dealings with Lady Margaret Lennox, 197, 199-202. , proclamation against painting her picture, 232. , her favour to Hatton, and his letters to her, 242, 416, 453, 461-463, 466, 503, 676, 677. , the Pope's bulls against her, 330, 360, 651, 691. , a guard for her personal protection, 350, 511. , , her debts, and expenditure of beer in her household, 492, 601, 637, 681. , her favour to Essex, 496. , her almshouses, 526. f.., subscribes to Furbisher's voyages, 573, 586, 608. , interposes between the Marquis of Winchester and his wife, 697. , her displeasure and kindness to Burghley, 601, 657. , her illnesses, 601. policy towards Holland, 611. is annoyed with the smoke of breweries, 612. shot at on the Thames, 628. , loans by her to noblemen and others, 628, 646. , her letters : — To the Queen Dowager, 6. , to the Protector Somerset, 11, 23, 28. to Queen Mary, 62. , to Cecill, 130, 365, 534. , to Leicester, 498. , her letters of condolence, 363, 367, 494, 495, 639. , her letters to various other parties, 117, 119, 126, 129, 133-138, 140, 141, 143, 144, 150-161, 165, 170-172, 175, 178, 183-185, 187, 189, 195, 197, 203- 207, 210, 214, 224, 226, 229-231, 239- GENEEAL INDEX. 733 Elizabeth, Queen, her letters— continued. 247,253, 255, 257, 259, 267, 269, 280, 287-289, 298, 300, 305, 306, 309, 317, 328, 345, 359-363, 366, 367, 385, 387, 390,391,393,395,397,398, 401, 413, 422, 429, 430, 452, 459, 505, 506, 636, 642, 653, 677, 682. letters to her: — , From the Duchess of Suffolk, 120. , from Leicester, 229, 291, 503. , from Lord Keeper Bacon, 555. , from Lord Henry Howard, 692. , from various persons, 115, 134, 144, 165, 166, 219, 221, 229, 249, 253, 256, 279, 284, 288, 291, 299, 300, 344, 347, 381-383, 387, 391, 397, 403, 425, 429, 433, 440, 443, 467, 482, 496, 509, 53-3, 537, 574, 596, 642, 645, 648, 651. Elizabeth Jonas, The, 154. Elizabeth, The, 203, 577. Elken, Kichard, 27. Elkes, , 584. Elkington, Manor of, 167. EUerton, Manor of, 119. Ellias' -wife, 365. Elliot, Thomas, 473, 538. Ellis, a pirate, 627. Ellis, Mr., 521. Ellis, Kichard, 238. Ellis, William, 624. EUison, Matthew, 219. EUisworth, Richard, 567. EUize, William, 578. EUyott, John, 268. EUyott, Thomas, 150, 6S0. EUys, Hugh, 41. EUys, Mr., 498. Ellys, Thomas, 475. Elmanhurst, Herman, 663. Elmhridge (or Elmynbridge), see Emelyn- bridge. Elnesto (or Elstow), 376. Elryngton, Edw., 475. Elstub, Hundred of, 377. Eltham, 106, 190, 347, 590. Elthorne, Himdred of, 123. Elviston, 166. Ely, 188, 562, 652. My, Bishop of, see Goodrich, Thirlby, Cox. Ely, Bishoprick of, 135, 513, 502. Ely House, 417. Ely, Isle of, 6, 262, 430, 459, 460, 485, 507, 523, 540, 558, 562, 654, 67.5, 684, 686. Ely, Lord High Steward of, 507. Ely Place, 6, 8, 14, 22, 29, 37. Ely, Dr. Humphrey, 651. Elyot, Lawrence, 686. Elyot, Bobert, 264. Vmbargo on Shipping. See Shipping. Tmbden 237, 239, 241, 248, 258, 328, 384, 519, 614, 622. Embden, John, Count of, 237, 242. Embroiderers' Hall, Office of Arms at, 214. Emelynbridge, Hundred of, 135, 419, 423, 426. Emly (or Emlin), , 87, 89. Emperor of Germany, The, 26, 49, 55, 65-68, 70-72, 87, 90, 114, 117, 118, 243, 245, 271, 277, 291, 295, 588, 602. See' Charles V. Eerdinand. Maximilian. Emperors, The Twelve, 182. Enbroke, Manor of, 295. Enchantments, see Witchcraft. Enchuysen, 87. Enclosures, see Inclosures. Enderbie, Walter, 501. Enfield, 1, 58, 185, 398, 462, 529. Enfield Chace, 511. Enfield, Manor of, 462. Engelbert, William, 578. Engine of War, Invention of, 513. Engines, Engineers, 119, 254, 509. Engines, Hydraulic, 512. England, Projected invasion by Spain, 665. England, Arms of, see Royal Arms. England, Triumphant, 402. Englefyld, Sir Francis, 65-73, 91, 106, 116, 203, 227, 238, 246, 447, 498, 502, 504, 507, 523, 524, 527. Englefyld, Dame Katharine, 227, 238, 533. English Fugitives, see Fugitives. Engrossers, or Ingrossers, &c., 463 ; Bill against, 518. See Grain, Wool. Entercourse, Treaty of, 244, 266. Entwyssell, Wilfrid, 209. Epping, Manor of, 389. Epping, Parsonage of, 389. Eresbye, Lawrence, 45. Eresby, Mr., 194. Erie, King Elect, Prince and Duke of Sweden, 101,140, 144, 157,158,257, 261,275. Ernewood, Manor of, 248. Ernlie, Richard, 543, 544. Errant, Thomas, 244. Errington, or Harrington, John, 575, 657, 695. Errington, Lancelot, 657. Error, Writ of, 612. Ersby, Barony of, 677, 687. Ersbye, 28, 29. Ersldn, Sir Alexander, 496. Erwarton, 617. Escheators, 61, 107, 374, 378. Escrick, Manor of, 167. Escrope, Manor of, 169. Escurial, The, 427. Espes, see Despes. Essenden, Living of, 97. Essex, , 22. 734 GENERAL INDEX. Essex, County of, 2, 4, 28, 34, 44, 55, 58, 61, 62, 65, 98, 99, 104, 107, 109, 113, 116, 127, 128, 139, 149, 152, 157, 173, 174, 176, 210, 215, 217, 218, 225, 230, 239, 243, 247, 256, 257, 259, 268, 270, 293, 317, 342, 343, 356, 364, 369, 374, 379, 380, 382, 384, 386, 388, 390, 414, 418, 420, 422, 425, 450, 474, 481, .483, 495, 508, 525, 531, 539, 540, 554, 557, 558, 562, 574, 576, 598, 606, 612, 626, 640, 641, 663, 668, 675, 678, 693, 701. Essex, Alehouses in, 558, 570. Essex, Clothiers of, 550, 633, 697. Essex, Deaneries in, 12. Essex, Deputy Commissioners for Horses in, 686. Essex, Dorothy, 427. Essex, Earl of, see Devereux. Essex, Escheator of, 374. Essex, Justices of, 638. Essex, Lady, 205. Essex, Sheriff of, 422, 587. See Goldyng. Estanfelde, Manor of, 191. Estcourt Lands, 43. Estimates, see Admiralty. Estofte, Mr., 136. Eston, 52, 236. Etherick, Thomas, 611. Ethiopia, 215. Ethridge 171. Ethrope, 483. Eton (Berks), 9, 20. Eton (Chester), 149. Eton College, 11, 15, 183, 184. Eton, Erancis, 170. Eton, Provost of, 144, 184, 194. See Day. Eton, Eohert, 29. Eudioche, David, 569. Eunapius, publication of his worlts, 311. Eure, William, Lord, 48. Eure, Sir William, 336. Evans, Mr., 406. Evans, Eichard, 632. Evans, Thomas, 502, 504. Eve, John, 576. Everard, Henry, 603, 628. Evercriche, Manor of, 40, 128. Evers, Peter, 482. Everysfylde, John, 475. Evesham, 502. Evington, 384. Ewelme, Half Hundred of, 419. Ewithington, Prehend, 272. Ewrhy, 35. Ewsham, 407. Ewyaslacy, Hundred of, 123. Exchange, 510. Exchange, Foreign, 32, 51, 136, 161, 170, 180, 307, 402, 410, 503, 508, 551, 700. Exchange of Lands, see Crown Lands. Exchanger, Eoyal, 402. Exchequer, The, 3, 42, 52, 59, 61, 62, 76-78, 90, 96, 106, 107, 109, 112, 135, 151, 152, 159, 165, 170, 176, 190, 191, 194, 195, 198, 222, 232, 235, 249, 262, 268, 271, 285, 289, 294, 303, 306, 308, 312, 391, 407, 429, 431, 450, 457, 462, 470, 481, 502, 521, 524, 532, 543, 577, 600, 604, 646, 650, 684. Exchequer, Chamherlain of, 43. Exchequer, Chancellor of the, 91, 118, 457. Exchequer, Court of, 430, 433, 434, 506, 577, 594. Exchequei-, Messengers of, 569, 676. Exchequer, Eemembraneer of, 106, 303, 397. Excommunication, 348, 517, 649. Excommunication, Bull of. See Bull. Executions, 408, 435, 436, 439, 445, 504, 587, 589. Exeter, 56-59, 100, 101, 116, 125, 162, 183, 205, 217, 232, 234, 261, 313, 319, 329, 341, 354, 376, 384, 388, 389, 410, 450, 460, 468, 480, 497, 543, 548, 557, 581, 583, 601, 609, 615, 638, 685, 702. Exeter, Bishop of, see Voysey, Alley, Brad- bridge. Exeter, Bishoprick of, 409, 471, 562, 601. Exeter, Earl of, see Cecill. Exeter, Gertrude, Marchioness of, 65-72, 74. Exeter, Mayor, &c. of, 116, 128, 205, 341, 468, 687. Exeter, Prebends of, 551. Exeter Gaol, Escape from, 687. Exmoor forest, 391. Expenditure, see Public Expenditure. Expulsions from College, 493-495, 498-501. See King's College, Cambridge. Eyer, John, 116. Eyhorne (or Ayhorne), Hundred of, 450, 460. Eyre, George, 640. Eyre, Justices in, 104, 237, 249. Eytou, 509. F. F Mr. D., 683. E , Thomas, 458. Faculties, Court of, 190, 218, 357. Paircross, Hundred of, 340. Faires, William, 544. Fairfax, Guy, 183. Fairfax, Sir Nicholas, 336. Fairfax, Thomas, 193. Fairfax, Sir William, 6. Fairfax, William, 455. Fairs, Grants of, 626. See Sturhridge. Fakenham, 367. Falcon, The, 228, 605. Falcon Grey, The, 93. Falconry (falcons, goshawks, hawks, hawk ing), 44, 136, 144, 464, 679. GENERAL INDEX. 735 Palleis, Peter, 606. Fallia, Martin De la, 532, 697. Falmouth, 92, 146, 214, 332, 386, 548,* 598, 623, 632, 650. False suggestors, 640. Faraar, M. de, 581. Famine, see Dearth. Fane, Sir Ealph, 36. Fane, Sir Thomas, 685. Fane, Thomas, jun., Sheriff of Kent, 6G2, 688. Fane, see Vane. Fanshaw, Henry, 397. Fanshaw, Mr., 269, 437, 594. Fanshawe, Thomas, 528. Fanstone, John, 606. ' Fareham, Hundred of, 7. Farewell, George, 612. Faringdon, Prehend, 366. Farleton, Manor of, 358. Farley, 384. Farmer, Alexander, 475. Farmer, Sir William, 15. Farneley, Manor of, 369. Farnham, 250, 294, 662. Farnham, wido-w, 196. Farnham Castle, 251. Farnham, Hundred of, 135, 419, 423. Farnham, Eobert, 617. Farrington, 654. Farrington, Hundred of, 156, 340. Farsett, Manor of, 214. Fast days, 221, 229, 233, 512 ; Eating flesh on, 440-442. Fast days on Wednesdays, 518. Fasts, Popish, 183. Fauke, John, 605. Faulsete, Eichard, 167. Fauntleroy, Mr., 34. Fauxflete, Manor of, 470. Fawkener, Henry, 158. Fawkener, John, 475. Fa-wkener, Martha, 158. Fawlesley, Hundred of, 368, 425. Fawley, Division of, 653. Fawnt, William, 461. Fawnte, Anthony, 650. Fa-wnte, Arthur, 650. Fawset, Mr., 540. Faye, 11. Fayre, William, 268. Fayreweather, John, 569. Fayrfax, Thomas, 438. Feame, William, 618. Feccamp, 248. Fecknam, or Feckenham, Dr., 552, 628, 635, 681. Fecknam, John, 201, 203, 250, 251. Fees, 3, 52, 105, 381, 431, 678. Feilde, see Field. Felonies, Commission for, 249. Felton, George, 594. I Felton, John, 385.' Feltwell, 263. Fenner, George, 279, 280, 398, 502. Fenner, William, 348. Fens, The, 272, 278, 409, 412, 628. See Sewers. Fens, Draining of, 611. Fenton, Edward, 567, 589, 615. Fenton, Mr., 63. Fenys, see Fynes. Feodaries, 241, 296, 333, 378, 394. Ferdinand, Emperor of Germany, 243, 245. Ferdinando, Simon, 541. Feria, Count De, 102, 106. Feria, Jane Dormer, Countess de, 146, 147, 163 ; Duchess, 427, 500. Fermor, Thomas, 509. Fermor, see Eicards. Fermour, Sir John, 377. Femam, John, 201. Ferrabosoo, Alfonso, 299. Ferrara, 76, 77, 152. Ferrara, Duke of, 42, 77, 152. Ferrer, Mr., 610. Ferres, Mr., 255, 401. Ferriers, Jean De, see Chartres. Ferroe Isles, 527. Ferryhridge, 149. Ferrys, Lord, 124. Ferys, 67. Fetiplace, Mr., 514. Fetyplace, Sir John, 533, 689. Feversham, Hundred of, 460. Fez, King of, 630. Fezard, John, 103. Fiasco (or Fiesco), Signor, 417, 574. Fidelis, Alexander, 404. Field (or Feilde), Barnard, 303, 519, 574, 698. Field, Mrs., 626. Fielding, see Fylding. Fiesco, see Fiasco. Fifehead, Manor of, 381.' Fifield, 78. Figs, 510. Figueroa, John De, 74-76, 80, 81, 88. Finances, see Eevenues. Finch, Henry, 175. Finch (or Finche), Lady, 258, 695. Finch (or Fynche), Moyle, 695. Finch, Sir Thomas, 116. Finohingfield, 247. Finchley, 217. Finchley Wood, 649. Fines, 474, 506, 521, 530, 580, 597, 610, 618- 620, 622, 624. Fines, Clerk of the, 522. Fines on pirates, 580. See Pirates. Finsbury, 432. Finsbury Fields, 83. Fire, see Portsmouth Yard. 736 GENERAL INDEX. Fire-arms, new invention, to fire ten times, 696. Firrar, William, 103. First Fruits, Court of, 52, 55, 126, 267, 467. First Fruits and Tenths, 49, 63, 120, 126, 141, 273, 285, 457, 680. Fish, Fisheries, 147, 176, 206, 220, 247, 325, 399, 409, 411, 473, 483, 534, 554, 614. Fish days, 32, 220-222, 233. Fish, Exportation of, 612. Fish extraordinary, 292. Fish Street, 431. Fisher, 279. Fisher, Alexander, 533. Fisher, John, 39, 95, 208. Fisher, Mr., 266. Fisher, Thomas, 9, 28. Fisherwiclc, 386. Fishmongers' Company, 167, 409, 411. Fisshe, Thomas, 86, 150. Fiste, Jane, 583. Fiste, Mr., 583. Fitzalan, Henry, Earl of Arundel, 19, 27, 3f , 48, 56, 57, 93, 102, 108, 123, 135, 136, 140, 152, 153, 155, 163, 206, 245, 252, 289, 298, 396, 432, 445, 454, 469, 485, 488, 491, 504, 542, 588, 639, 640. Fitzgarret, Sir James, 41. Fitzgerald, Edward, 689. Fitzgerald Gerald, Earl of Kildare, 6. Fitzgerald GeCald, Lord Offaley, 663, 689. Fitzlierbert, Sir Thomas, 255, 372. Fitz Jeffrey, Alexander, 250. Fitzjohn, Nicholas Wise, 666. Fitzmorris, James, 552, 629-631. Fitz Oswey, see Oswey. Fitzwalter, Anselm, Lord, 325. Fitzwalter, Family of, 325. Fitzwalter, Lord, see Katcliffe. Fitzwilliam, Hugh, 273, 278. Fitzwilliam, Thomas, 273. Fitzwilliams, Capt. Bryan, 486. Fitzwilliaras, John, 198. Fitzwilliams, Mr., 4, 397, 407, 422, 397. Fitzwilliams, Sir William, 399, 506. Fitzwilliams, see Fytzwilliams. Five Ports, The, see Cinque Ports. Flamock, William, 41. Flanders, (Flemings, Low Countries), 42, 44, 47, 65, 69, 70, 74, 87,90, 102, 104, 162, 171, 182, 235-239, 243, 246, 249, 258, 260, 265, 266, 269, 285, 292, 294, 296, 297, 300, 307, 313, 314, 317, 325-328, 330, 332, 351, 384, 388-390, 394, 397, 398, 40,5, 407, 413, 422, 426, 432, 433, 438, 444, 448, 450, 455, 463, 471, 476, 477, 485, 487, 494, 49,5, 500, 503, 505- 608, 528, 539, 561, 556, 679, 581, 601- 603, 611, 619, 621, 625, 629, 660, 669, 689, 700-702. Flatcher, Hugh, 60. Flatoher, John, 60. Flax, 517, 519. Flaxwell, Wapentake of, 135. Flecchar, George, 22. Fleet of 20 ships, 580. See Admiralty. Fleet Bridge, 77. Fleet Prison, 103, 125, 173-175, 179,274-276, 284, 2:ib, 372, 441, 504, 594, 623, 627, 636, 687. Fleet Street, 14, 483, 682. Fleetwood, Mr., 164, 187. Fleming, Lord, 440. Fleming, Thomas, 689. Flemish Weavers, see Weavers. Flendyche, Hundred of, 6, 430. Flesh, Licence to eat, 32, 43. 5'eeFast days. Fletcher, Robert, 535. Flete, A¥illiam, 634. Fletewood, William, (Recorder,) 416, 417, 427, 447, 509, 519, 521, 66,5, 569, 595, 63,5, 689. Flint, 484, 594, 696. Flintshire, 269, 361, 484, 692, 594, 596, 634. Flockarson, Dierich, 519. Floods, see Inundations. Florence, Duke of, 118, 131. Florence and Florentines, 90, 131, 396; Debt of, 639. Flourishing, see Writing. Flower de Luce, The, 219. Flower, John, 380. Flower, William, (Norroy,) 41, 247, 501 ; 606, 624. Flowerdewe, Edward, 638. Flud, Richard, 75. Fludd, Mr., 539. Fludd, Thomas, 401, 445, 580, 676, 683, 6S4. Flushing, Flushingers, 389, 399, 449, 468, 471, 490, 502, 517, 519, 526-529, 637. Flying Hart, The, 572. Flytt, Hundred of, 374. , Fogaya, Antonio, 647, 649. Fogg, Sir John, 57. Foies, M. De, 315. Foix, Mons. De, 417, 418, 422. Folk, 665. Folkestone, 277, 284, 690. Folkestone, Mayor, &e. of, 284. Fonthill Gyfford, 139. Forbes, William, 200. Force (or Fors), M. De, 210. Force of the realm, 303. See Nation. 3?orcet, , 252. Ford, 115. Ford, , 4g. Fordham, William, 458. Foreign Coin, see Coin. Foreign Exchange, see Exchange. Foreign Loans, see Loans. Foreign Posts, see Posts. Foreign Service, 501, 506. Foreign States, Amity with, 693. Foreign Wares, Exportation of, 587, 693. GENERAL INDEX. 737 Foreigners, Surveyor of, 425, 42C. Foreigners, see Aliens, Soutliampton, Stran- gers. Foreland, The, see North Foreland. Foresight, The, 505, 552, 553, 559, 631, 645. Forestallers and Eegrators, see Eegrators. Forests, 237. Forests, see Eyre. Woods. Foret, M. de la, 273. Forfeitures, 13, 524. Forgeries, 46, 233, 235. Forges, see Furnaces. Forrest, Gyles, 40. Forster, , 171. Forster, Sir John, 229, 501. Fortesoue, Francis, 702. Fortescue, Henry, 380, 702. Fortescue, John, 4 67, 468, 470, 617. Fortescue (Foteskew), Mahell, 152, 164, 171, 177. Fortescue, "William, 635. Forth, Firth of, 7. Forthe, Dr. Robert, 482. Forts (Blockhouses, Bulwarks, Garrisons, &c.), 2, 44, 96, 101, 105, 106, 110, 116, 118, 127, 138, 149, 163, 172, 202, 204, 213, 246, 310, 350, 356, 375, 404, 413, 451, 455, 458, 462, 479, 481, 488, 499, 639, 679, 695. Fortune, The, 552. Foster Lane, 172. Foster, John, 124. Foster William, 227, 696. Fosterage, Practice of, in Wales, 514. Fotheringay, 323. Foudre, Pile of, 292. Founder's Kin, 449. Fowey (or Foy), 179, 186, 323, 326, 328. Fowler, John, 9, 13. Fowler, Mr., 71, 203. Fowler, Thomas, 61. FowUe, Nicholas, 475. Fox, John, 93. Fox, Mr., 434. Foxall, John, 246, 519, 574. Foxehole 630. Foy, see Fowey. Framland, Hundred of, 423. Frampton, John, 412, 578. Franccam (or Francomb"), William, 584. France, the French, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 15, 21, 23, 30, 33, 38, 39, 42, 44-49, 54, 64, 67-69, 7.5, 76, 78-80, 82, 84-88, 91-95, 97, 101, 102, 104, lOG, 119, 128, 129, 134-138, 144, 14.5, 151-15.5, 162, 177, 183, 196, 198, 200, 202, 203, 209-211, 213, 215, 216, 219, 224, 228, 229, 234, 235, 238- 244, 247, 250, 265, 273, 276, 287, 292. 295, 297, 300, 302, 307-309, 314-320, 324, 326, 327, 331, 3-32, 343, 358, 364, 378, 382, 384, 386-388, 392, 394, 417, 418, 421, 422, 432, 437, 439-441, 449, France, the French — continued. 466, 476, 481, 487, 496, 501-504, 515' 522, 523, 525, 527, 528, 535, 552, 555. 574, 588, 595, 619, 620, 625, 641, 657, 658, 672, 677, 682, 683, 685, 687, 690, 696, 700-703. See Ambassadors. France, Admiral of, 220, 314, 316. France, Constable of, 48, 88. France, King of, see Francis I., Henry XI. Francis II., Charles IX. France, Merchants trading to, 490, 492, 619. France, Queen of, 68. France, the Queen Mother, 504. Francis I., King of France, 3, 114. Francis II., King of France, 144, 151, 210, 211. Francis, John, 23. Francis, The, 399. Francis, Dr. Thomas, 175, 292, 304. Franckard, Francis, 428, 429. Franckleyne, Nicholas, 191. Francklyn, Dr., 233. Frank, Thomas, 380. Frankelye, 164. Frankelyn, William, 630. Fraukford, 209, 211, 239. Freake, Mr., 382. Frederick II., King of Denmark, 157, 248, 275, 303, 320, 522, 588. Freeman, Morrys, 167, 295, Freer, Dr., 174. Freke, Edmund, Bishop of Norwich, 555, 562, 601, 602, 604, 607, 623, 642. Freman, Thomas, 550. Freman, William, 550. French Congregation, or Church, the, 205, 257,323,613. French, Mariners, 560. French Queen, the, see Mary. Frenche, John, 477. Fresneda, Bernard de, 66, 67. Freville, George, 356. Frieru Barnet, Manor of, 468. Friesland, John, Count of, see Embden. Friesland, East, 238. Friesland, West, 598. Frizados, Manufacture of, 623. Prize, Menard, 275. Frobiser, see Furbisher. Frodsham, Edward 84. Frokmarten, see Throkmerton. Frost, Humfrey, 144. Frosts, great, 356. Frymley, Thomas, 456. Fryvock, 392. Fuggar, John, 279. Fugitives, 466, 485, 487, 498, 500, 504, 532, see Aliens. Fugitives, English, pensioned by Spain, 694. Fulbrook, 367. Fulham, 34, 183, 185, 205, 277, 295, 296, 314 317, 549. 3 A 738 GENERAL IxNfDEX. Fulham, Parsonage of, 700. Eulke, William, 261, 262. 271, 397, Dr.,. 628, 698. Fulkers, the, 155. Fuller, , 16. Puller, William, 387. FuUerton, Adam, 584, 596. Fulmerston, 27, 28, 30. rulmerston, Eichard, 99. Fulstow, Mr., 177. Fulwell, Stephen, 315. Fulwood, William, 696. Funerals : Of King Henry Vm., 2. Of Mary, the French Queen, ' (sister of Henry VIII.,) the Empress Isabella, and Francis I., 3. OfKingEdw. VI., 54. Of the Queen of Spain. 67. Of Queen Mary, 117. Of the Emperor, 117, 118. Of Henry II. of France, 136, 138. Of Frances Duchess of Suffolk, 143, 505. Of Margaret Duchess of Norfolk, 234. Of the Emperor Ferdinand, 245. Of the Marchioness of Northampton, 250, 253. Of Lady Catharine Grey, 306, 308. OfLadyKnoUys, 329. Of William Earl of Pembroke, 370. Of Edward Earl of Derby, 455. Of Reginald Earl of Kent, 458. Of Charles IX., King of France, 485. Of Lady Eleanor Neville, wife of Wm. Pelham, 492. Of the Countess of Huntingdon, 528. Of Bishop BuUingham 524. Of Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, 531. Superstitions at, 377. Furbisher (or Frobiser, Frobisher'), Captain Martin, 273, 274, 418, 420, 533, 540, 543, 545, 546, 556, 558, 559, 567, 568, 570-573, 580-582, 584-586 ; his third voyage, 589, 590, 602, 603, 605, 606, 608, 615, 616, 618, 619, 621-623, 625, 641, 703. Furnaces, 251, 274, 475, 477, 478, 509, 570, 578,581, 701. Furnes, Monastery of, 641, 704. Fyeld, Matthew, 615. Fylding, Sir Easy 1, 371. Fynche, Mr., 101. Fynche, see Finch. Fynes, Gregory, Lord Dacreofthe South, 142. Fynes (Fenys), Sir Richard, 341, 343, 367, 443, 449, 454. Fynesbury, see Finsbury. Fypson, George, 434. Fyshe, see Fisshe.. Fysshe, George. 374. Fytiplace a pirate, 267. Fytleforde, 131 Fyton, G., 568. Fyton, Mr., 593. Fytzwilliam, William, 16. Fytzwilliams, Lady Anne, 126. G. Gabriel, The, 546, 556, 567, 573, 618, 620. Gage, James, 102. Gage, Sir John, 110,113. Gaile, William, 557. Gainsborough, 624. Gale, John, 10. Gallowe Clowe, The, 296. Galtres Forest, 92. Galvanus, Gabriel, 90. Galwan, Nicholas, 331. Gamage, Anthony, 620. Gamages, M. de, 318. Game, 40, 157, 317, 363, 462, see Deer. Game, Mastership of the, 675., Gaming, 192, 484. Gammage, John, 177. Ganfildc, Hundred of, 156, 340. Ganthorn, G., 53. Gaping Gulfe, The, 633, 634. Garde, see De la Garde. Gardenar, Thomas, 305, 306. Gardening, Gardens, &c., 171, 184, 185, 188, 189, 194, 197, 198, 212, 219, 271, 277. Gardiner, Thomas (of the Receipt), 196,412. Gardiner, Thomas (Farmer of Wine Duties), 362, 419. Gardiner, see Lambard. Gardyuer, John, 475. Gardyner, Stephen, Bishop of Winchester, 1, 2, 8, 27, 28, 32, 54, 57-63, 65-67, 69, 70, 72, 123. Gardyner, Thomas, 597. Gargrave, Sir Thomas, 129, 149, 206, 258, 336, 352. Garland, John, 594. Garnett, Stephen, 658. Garnett, William, 574. Garnham, John, 21. Garrard, Sir William, 83, 182, 183, 251,284, 287, 312. Garrard, see Gerrard. Garratt, Zeoheus, 491. Garrerde, Robert, 217. Garret, Lord, see Fitzgerald. Garret, Sir William, 175, 178. Garrett, John, 685. Garrett, Robert, 494. Garrisons, see Forts. Garter, the Order, Knights, Installations, &c., 50, 51, 102, 133, 134, 141, 237,239, 271, 348, 445, 446, 490, 497, 521, 588, 589, 622, Garter, Return of, from Savoy, 690. Garter, Chancellor of the, 588, 589. GENERAL INDEX, 739 Garter, King-at-Arms, 264. See Dethicke. St. George's Feast. Gartrey, Hundred of, 423. Gascoigne, Adaip, 191. Gascoigne, George, 444. Gascoigne, Mr., 9, 20, 194, 670. Gascoigne, Robert, 598, 599, 677. Gaskiu, Mons., 213. Gate, Sir Henry, 321, 336, 371, 388. Gatehouse Prison, 175, 596, 690 ; List of Pri- soners in, 667. Gates, Sir John, 20, 39, 51, 106, 123. Gateshead, 517-519. Gattys, George, 69. Gaudie, or Gawdy, Sir Thomas, 491, 600, 601. Gaudy, Bassingborne, 628. Gawdie, Thomas, 704. Gawyn, Eichard, 485. Gayle, Francis, 192. Gayle, Eobert, 192. Gaynesford, Anne, 431. Gaynesford, John, 431. Gaywood, Elizabeth, 403. Gaywood, John, 179, 403. Geddingtou, Manor of, 510. Gedney, 46, 84, 150, 263, 412. Gedney, Andrew, 504. Gelborne, William, 695. Geldings, see Horses, Musters. Gellye, Edward, 276. Genealogies, 256, 510, 512. Geneva, 11, 211. General Pardon, 1,21. See Pardons. General Councils, see Councils. Genevan Church, The, 621. Genklns, John, 547. Gennet, The, see Jeunet. Gennynges, , 398. Genoa, 243, 325, 462. Genoia, see Guinea. Gent, "William, 101. Gentilis, Albericus, 691. Gentlemen Pensioners, 151, 213, 391, 678, 689. Geography, 496. George, see Broadway. George, The, 233. Gerard, William, 200. German Church, 177, 203. Germany, (Germans, Almains,) 18, 19, 31, 42, 61, 71, 103, 177, 204, 211, 213, 214, 217, 243, 270, 274, 275, 277, 279, 280, 432, 466, 495, 505, 506, 588, 614, 681, See Emperor. Germany, Confederate Cities of, 592. Gerraldi, Senor, 565. Gerrard, G., 308. Gerrard, Sir Gilbert, (Attorney General,) 166, 190, 225, 233, 249, 273, 431, 433, 441, 442, 449, 639. Gerrard, Master, 492. Gerrard, Mr., 321. Gerrard, Eichard, 84. Gerrard, Sir Thomas, 695. Gerrard, William, 177, 513, 515, 522; Sir William, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 522, 635, 637. Gerrard, Sir William, merchant, 523. Gervase, Dr., 166. Gest (or Gheast), Edmund, 137 ; Bishop of Eochester, 284. Gestes, Eoyal, see Progresses. Gibbes, Eichard, 272. Gibbons, Dr., John, 543. See Gybbons. Gibbs, Mr., 207. Gibbs, William, 59. Gibon, Anthony, 700. Giddy (or Giddie) Hall, 43, 633. Gifford, , 588, 669. GifiFord, Edward, 669. Gifford, George, 677, 682, 683. Gifford, Giles, 677, 682. Gifford, John, 669, 677. Gifford, Eichard, 683. Gifford, Eobert, 677. Gifford, William, 652. Gift of God, The, 595. Gheast, see Gest. Ghent, 87, 88 204, 486. Gilbert, Mr., 691. Gilberte, Adrian, 589, 621. Gilberte, Sir John, 583, 605, 608, 609. Gi'berte, Sir Humphrey, see Gylberte. Giles, John, 471. Giles, Eobert, 276. Gill, Edmond, 555. Gilles, Michael, 595. Gillingeast and Gillingwest, Wapentakes of 336. Gillingham, 584. Gillingham Water, 172, 189, 213, 449, 627. Gilman, Henry, 513. Gilpin, , 19. Gilpin, George, 251, 503, 575. Ginger, 239. Gipsies, see Gypsies. Gisburgh, 191. Glamorgan, 617. Glamorganshire, 7, 176. 361, 452, 487, 514, 566, 582,592, 597, 599. Glamorganshire, Sheriff of, 105, 597. Glascock, John, 231. Glaseor (or Glaseour), William, 52, 321, 629- 631, 633, 635-637, 661, 670. Glasewryn, 611. Glasgow, Bishop of, 328. Glasier, , .324. Glasier, Hugh, 119. Glass, and Glassworks, 62, 256, 297, 315, 477. Glassy or, John, 89. Glaston, 388, Glastonbury 36-38, 47. Glossopdale, Manor of, 400. 3 A 2 740 GENERAL INDEX. Gloucester, 32, 122, 160, 18G, 319, 320, 329, 360, 375, 420, 441, 452, 571, 585, 637, 651, 679, 680. Gloucester, St. Bartholomew's Hospital in, 333. Gloucester, Bishop of, see Hoper. Cheney. Gloucester, Bishoprick of, 39, 186, 190, 199, ' 560, 566, 694. Gloucester College, 566. Gloucester, Custom House at, 680. Gloucester, Deanery of, 334. Gloucester, Mayor, &c., of, 242, 333, 651, 680. Gloucester, Musters of the City, 651. Gloucester, Recorder of, 408, 441. Gloucester. Suhdean of, 694. Gloucestershire, 8, 32, 40, 60, 61, 120, 141, 160, 161, 186, 226, 237, 275, 294, 309, 338, 344, 360, 367, 368, 375, 382, 418- 420, 423, 463, 485, 506, 507, 520, 549, 671, 572, 588, 600, 609, 632, 658, 666, 669, 699. Gloucestershire, Clothiers of, 550. Gloucestershire, Justices of, 639. Gloucestershire, Lord Lieutenant of, 375. Gloucestershire, Sheriff of, 25, 275, 420. Glover, George, 143, 702. Glover, Eobert (Somerset Herald), 458. Gloves, 17, 171, 221 ; from Oxford, 683. Glowde, see Gould. Glydd, Thomas, 475. Glynn, Dr., 21. Glynne, John, 233. Goade, Dr., Eoger, 515, 520, 522, 530, 537, 549, 591, 620, 622. Goehe (or Gouch, Gongh), E., 7, 63, 83. Godalming, Hundred of, 135, 419, 423. Godalming, Manor of, 694. Goddard, Robert, 206. Goddeshalffe, Edward, 150. Godley, Hundred of, 135, 419, 423. Godolphin, Francis, 397, 582, 621. Godolphyn, Sir William, Captain of the Isles of Scilly, 10, 26, 113, 125, 353, 369. Godsalve, Sir John, 43. Gold, Smelting of, see Ore. Gold and Silver Ore, 584. , Gold Coinage, 694, 700, see Coin. Gold, see Gould. Gold Mines, see Crawford Muir. Mines. Goldfinders, 542. Golding, , 23. Goldney, , 171. Goldsmiths, 170, 172, 257, 267, 270, 305, 306, 308, 521, 524, 561. Goldsmiths' Company, 160, 290, 291, 306, 407, 457, 514, 525, 561. Goldwell, 132. Goldwell, Mrs. Francis, 256, 257. Goldwell, John, 132. Goldwell, Stephen, 132. Goldwell, Thomas, Bishop of St. Asaph, nomi- nated to Oxford, 111, 118, 132, 651,694. Goldwyn, William, 15. Goldyng, Arthur, 224, 225. Goldyng, Sir Thomas, 356, 369, 380, 611. Gomez, Ruiz, 75, 90. Gomiecourt, Adrian de, 467. Gonnor, M. de 240, 241. Gonson, Benjamin, 15, 90, 92, 104, 109, 112, 138, 144, 189, 192, 260, 268, 505, 566, 585, 609. Gonville Hall, 264. Gonville and Cains College, 267, 474, 579. Gonzaga, Don Caesar de, 87. Good, Mr., 437. Good, William, 592, 593. Goodacre, Anne, 238. Gooddinge, Edward, 293. Goodere, Henry, 425,426. Goodlad, John, 87. Goodram Toft, 272. Goodman, Christopher, 688. Goodman, Gabriel, Dean of Westminster, 293, 304, 329, 383,410. Goodman, John, Dean of Wells, 28, 32, 33. Goodman, William, 661, 669, 673. Goodrich, Thomas, Bishop of Ely, 11, 16; Lord Chancellor, 39, 44, 54. Goodriche, Richard, 635. Goodrick, Richard, 21, 29, 30, 34, 35, 43, 44. Goodridge, 681. Goodwin Sands, 73, 287, 289, 309, 563 ; Beacon on the, 700. Goodwyn, Christopher, 447, 448. Googe, Mr., 230, 231. Goore, Captain, 589. Gore, Hundred of, 122. Gorge, Mr., 683. Gorges, Nicholas, 528. Gorhambury, 299, 312, 376, 384, 388, 417, 448,449, 467,521, 555. Goring, Sir William, 12, 19. Gorleston, 619. Gosberkyrke, Manor of, 30, 32. Goscote, East, Hundred of, 423. Gosfeld, 697. Gosfield Hall, 300. Gosforth, 330. Goshawks, see Falconry. Gosling, , 390. Gosnall, Mr., 8. Gottzo, Nicholas de, 90. Gongh, «ee Goche. Goughe, Joyne, 10. Gould (or Gold, Glowde), Mercy or Mary, 588, 623, 626. Gouldwyar, Jane, 703. Gouxland, 46. Gowdbie, Lands in, 656. Gower, John, 400. Gowltye, William, 699. Grafton, 101, 112. Grafton, Edward, 658. Grafton Pastures, 126. Grafton, Richard, 20, 54. Graham, Archibald, 104. GENERAL INDEX. 741 Graham, Prebend of, 112. Grain, 508, 519, 523. See Bridgehoiise. Corn. ^Engrossers. Grain, Commissioners of, 523. Grain, Exportation of, 449, 452, 456, 460, 468, 474, 507, 508, 517, 521, 524, 527, 534, 539, 542, 544, 552, 559, 574, 617, 685. Grain, Importation of, 455. Grain, Prices of, 477, 527, 636. Granada, 394. Grange, 421. Granger, John, a Pirate, 554, 623. Gransham, or Gransom, William, 569, 622. Grant of Arms, see Arms. Grantliam, 30, 45, 46, 63, 278, 612. Grantham cum Soca, 694. Grantham, Vicarage of, 30. Grapes, 277, 316. Gratwiclie, Thomas, 475. Grat-wyli, Roger, 475. Grave, Barnard, 611. Gravesend, 57, 132, 174, 188, 316, 320, 329, 461, 595, 700. Gray and Graye, see Greye. Graye, Lady Mary, see Grey. Graye, Ralph, 703. Graye, Thomas, 48. Graye, Sir Thomas, 703. Graynfyld, John, 10, 11, 59. Grays (or Greys), 658, 664. Grays Inn, 19, 202, 282, 381, 538, 569, 637. Great Barnfield, Hundred of, 150. Great Holy Ghost, The ship, 490. Great Maplestead, see Maplestead. Great Seal, The, 476, 662. Great Wardrobe, see Wardrobe. Great Yarmouth, see Yarmouth. Greatford, see Gretford. Greeli Manuscripts, 292, 323, 324. Green Cloth, Board of, 576. Green, John, 196. Green, Michel, 196. Green, Thomas, 266. Greene, Anthony, 701. Greene, Mr. 700. Greene, Robert, 700. Greene, Thomas, 701. Greenhill, Nicholas, 698. Greenway, 583, 600, 605. Greenwich, 15-17, 40, 51, 69, 75, 77, 79, 90, 95, 100-102, 127, 130, 145, 154, 155, 171, 175-177, 179, 190-192, 202-206, 221, 225-227, 240,242,249,254,269, 297, 309, 442, 462, 464, 475-477, 482, 491, 492, 499, 521, 522, 524, 536, 546, 551, 552, 588, 600, 610, 628, 629, 634. Gregorie, William, 497. Gregory XIII., Pope, 651, 691. Gregory, Christopher. 449, 499. Gregory, Mr., 183. Grene, Mr. Koke, 300. Grene, Thomas, 521. Grene, WiUiam, 677. Greneway, Richard, 6. Grenfelde, see Graynfyld. Grenfelde or Grenvile, Sir Richard, see Greynvile. Gresham, John, 329. Gresham, Sir John, 13, 51. Gresham, Lady, 433, 639, 643. Gresham, Margaret, 700. Gresham, Paul, 700. Gresham, Thomas, 44, 51, 66, 68, 69, 100, 102, 103, 115, 121. Sir Thomas, 128, 141, 153-155, 160, 170, 173, 180, 182, 189, 195, 198, 204, 205, 211, 227, 232, 255, 257, 266, 268, 279, 316. 317, 353, 363, 365, 387, 391, 393, 394, 405, 406, 408, 410, 416-418, 421, 422, 425, 426, 429, 433, 435, 438, 441, 444, 460, 469, 475, 487, 500, 505, 507, 583, 615, 621, 639, 643. Gresham, William, 333. Gresham House, 393, 410, 416, 417, 425, 426, 433, 441, 443, 469. Gresley (or Grisley), Sir William, 193, 340. Gretford (or Greatford), 124, 243. Greves, Thomas, 697. Greves, William, 697. Grevil, M'r., 574. Greville, Sir Edward, 95. GreviUe (or Grevyle), Sir Eulk, 95, 358, 371, 373, 466, 657, 675. Greville, Lodowick, 235, 237, 415, 416, 429, 44.3, 454, 520. Grey, see Gray. Grey, Lady Catharine, Lady Hertford, 64, 184, 194, 195, 206, 230, 235, 240, 272, 286, 294, 300, 301, 304-306, 308. Grey, Lady Frances, see Dorset. Grey Friars, London Hospital of, 476. Grey, Henry, Marquis of Dorset, 13, 18,21, 33. Duke of Suffolk, 35, 42, 43, 47, 56-60, 64, 103, 128, 293. Grey, Henry, Earl of Kent, 670. Grey (Gray), Lady Jane, 11, 13, 49. Queen, 54, 57. Grey, Sir John, 230. Grey, Lord John, 21, 52, 57, 58, 60, 127, 128, 151, 195, 235, 240. Grey, Lord, 36, 491, 683. Grey (or Graye), Lady Mary (wife of Thomas Keys), 64, 256, 257, 260, 263, 271, 277, 278, 283, 29(3, 294, 297, 377, 393, 394, 410, 416, 417, 421, 422, 425, 426, 429, 433, 438, 441, 443, 591. Grey, Mr., 29, 30. Grey, Reginald, 370, 410, 412, 413, 415. Earl of Kent, 458. Grey, Thomas, 316. Grey, Lord Thomas, 21, 58, 60. Grey of Wilton, Arthur Lord, 248, 337, 366, 376, ,378, 394, 445-448, 470, 664, 634, Grey of Wilton, William Lord, 20, 22, 101, ,159, 169, 248. 742 GENERAL INDEX. Greye, Thomas, 696. Greyhounds, 464, 672, 679. Greyme, Justice, 107. Grejmes, The, 39. GreynTile, Sir Richard, 10, 475, 643. Greynvill, R., 371. Greys, see Grays. Greysley, Hundred of, 124. Greytree, Hundred of, 123. Grice, Roger, 532. Griffith, Dr. John, 543. Griffith, Mr., 633. Griffith, Thomas, 697. Grimsby, Great, 554. Grimsthorpe, 21, 29, 35, 39, 41, 64, 100, 406, 410. Grimston (or Griston), Luke, 508. Grimsworth, Hundred of, 124. Grindall, Edmund, 5. Bishop of London, 134 141, 150, 173, 179, 183-185, 192, 194, 196, 201, 204, 205, 209, 221, 235, 237, 239, 246, 255, 260, 268, 271-273, 277, 292, 295, 296, 298, 300-302, 308, 314, 316, 317, 321, 322, 346. Archbishop of York, 382, 383, 385, 386, 390, 391, 396, 412, 435, 445, 467, 495, 497; recommended for Canterbmy, ib. ; Archbishop of Canterbury, 516, 617, 521, 560, 570, 577, 581, 625, 637, 647, 653, 654. Grinsted, East, 448. Grinsted, West, 43, 448. Grisley, see Gresley. Griston, see Grimston. Groby, House of, 299. Grove Place, 586. GroTcr, William, 544. Grub Street, 432, 627. Gruffyth, Rice, 111. Gryffyn, Edward, 105. Grymeston, Edward, 104. Gryndall, James, 617. Grys, William le, 611. Guards, The, see Queen's Guards. Guarras, (Gwarras, Gwerras,) Anthony, 73, 326, 457, 489, 565, 695. Guernsey, 93, 112, 310, 606, 702. Guichardin, Vincent, 90. Guidodi, Signoi-, 131. Guildeford, Henry, 458. Guildford, 19, 35, 62, 465, 561, 562. Guildford, Inhabitants of, 509. Guildford Park, 311. Guildhall, 135, 607. Guinea, (or Genoia,) 215, 247, 273, 281,294, 299. Guise, Duke, and House of, 101, 151, 210, 211, 217, 647. Guisnes, 39, 42, 88, 98, 113, 138. Gunfounder, Olfice of, 474. Gunfounding, 476. Gunfoundries, see Iron Ordnance. Gunners, 2, 146. 166, 225, 230, 247, 276, 479^ 480, 499 i Lists of, 631, 640. Gunners, Corporation of, 414. Gunpowder, 42, 43, 113, 117, 140, 146, 153, 160,195,237,357,431, 477, 511, 526, 618, 629. Gunpowder, Purchase of, 553. Gunpowder Maker, the Queen's, 590. Gunvilei see Gonville. Gumyynne, John, 33. Guye, John, 434. Gwerras, see Guarras. Gwyn, John, 405. Gwyn, Richard, 591, 671. Gwyn, Roderick, 454. Gwyne, 630. Gwynne, John, 181. Gybbarde, Nicolas, 500. Gybbons, Mr., 419. Gyffard, William, 13, 14. Gyfford, Dr., 435. Gylbard, William, 504. Gylbarte, see Gilbert. Gylbert, Thomas, 695. Gylberte, (or Gilbert,) Humfrey, 287, 288 ; SirHumfrey, 415,436, 440, 443, 449, 475, 509, 520, 565, 600, 605, 634, 695. Gylberte, Sir John, see Gilberte. Gyle, John, 21. Gyle, Richard, 21. Gyliam, Captain, 528. Gynes, Robert, 436. Gypsies, 137-139, 141, 334, 410. Gyre, Robert, 76. H. H Ro., 703. Hack, Anne, 471. Hackluyt, Thomas, 402. Hackney, 489. Hackney, Manor of, 11, 468. Hackneymen, see Posts. Hacoul, Jehan, 641. Hadeneham, Manor of, 536. Haddington, 10. Haddon, Parson of, 654. Haddon, Dr., Walter, 43, 196, 202, 273, 312, 324, 385, 386. Haddon, William, 89. Hadlow, 60. Hadnall, Manor of, 171. HadnoU, Stephen, 55, 61, 62, 66. Hadrianus, Junius, 309, 311. GENERAL INDEX. 743 Hagworthingam, 690. Haidon, see Haydon. Hailes, Manor of, 463. Hailo-w, Hundred of, 380. Hainault Walk, 123. Hakluyt, Kichard, 407, 428, 656. Hale, Thomas, 635. Hales, Sir James, 668, 671, 672, 676, 684. Hales, John, 9, 125, 126, 306. Halfnaked, Lands in, 52. Halinghury Morley, 184. Hall, Arthur, 46, 51, 120, 641. Hall, Christopher, 295. Hall, Edmund, 36, 124, 243, 352. Hall, Francis, 42, 43, 45, 151. Hall, Henry, 656. Hall, John, 46. Hall, Peter, 624. Halle, Elizeus, 201. HaUiday, (or Halydaye,) Adam, 163, 196. Hallrennys, 279. HallsweU, Susan, 393. Hallye, Lucas de, 309. Hallykelde, Wapentake of, 336. Halstead or Halsted, 525 ; Strangers in, 575, 697. Halsted, Manor of, 55, 259. HalsweU, 393. Halton, E., 436. Halvergate, Manor of, 600, Hamble, 439. Hamburgh, 238, 328, 366, 367, 394, 406, 408, 475, 508, 573, 587, 592, 602, 608, 614, 622, 626, 628, 663. Hamby, John, 396. Hamelin, John, 427. Hamelsett, Manor of, 191. Hamiltons, The, 496. Hamme, see Westham. Hammes or Hampnes, 88. Hammond, Jo., 535. Hammond, Mr., 304. Hamon, Dr., 700. Hamond, , 657. Hamond, John, 487. Hampden, Miss, 524. Hampshire (Southampton), 7, 51, 75, 76, 86, 110, 113, 148, 153, 162, 163, 177, 184, 206, 217, 227, 263, 264, 287, 298, 345, 348, 363, 365, 371, 375,-378, 385, 392. 439, 453, 455, 457, 464, 465, 469, 474, 479, 481, 483, 490, 540, 542, 560, 562, 585-587, 619, 623, 632, 640, 643, 653, 689, Hampshire, Alehouses, &c. in, 562. Hampshire, Justices of, 639, 643. Hampshire, Landing-places in, 645. Hampshire, Vice Admiral of, 632. Hampstead, East, 155. Hampton, 586, 648. See Southampton. Hampton, Bernard, 155, 394, 407. Hampton, Mrs., 509. Hampton-in-Arden, Manor of, 266. Hampton Court, 4, 5, 9, 10, 23, 33-35, 44, 63, 67, 68, 131, 136-138, 162, 171, 179, 189, 190, 207, 208, 240, 244, 249, 260, 271, 290, 360, 362, 366, 387, 398, 454, 458, 463, 475, 488, 489, 615, 532, 537, .569, 571, 581, 582, 637. Hamsted, Hadrian, 203. Hamyldon, Hundred of, 7. Hanaper, Clerk of the, 125. Hanaper, Office of, 431, 622. Haubie, John, 36. Hanbie, Mrs., 655. Hanbie, Thomas, 655. Hancocke, Thomas, 605, 655, 669. Hand and Dragon, The, 637. Handford, John, 365. Handguns, 167. Handmaid, The, 647. Hanesworth, 129. Hangeast and Hangwest, Wapentakes of, 331, 336. Hanging Sword, The, 483. Hanington, William, 113. Hanley, Robert, 680. Hans, Ludwig, 258. Hanse Towns, (or Hanzes,) 39, 65, 101, 508, 602, 603, 607, 608, 640. See Ham- burgh. Stillyard. Hansel, Christopher, 163. Hanworth, 221, 236, 238, 240. Harbart, William, 543. Harherd; Edward, 538, 539. Harbert, 44. Harbert, Sir Edmund, 487. Harbertt, Sir WUUam, 538. Harbottle Castle, 241. Harbrowne, William, 697. Harcourt, EUzabeth, 188. Harcourt, Mr., 126, 188, 189. Harcourt, Simon, 342. Harding, Dr. Thomas, 102, 103,248, 281, 300. Hardware, Mr., 661. Hardy, Thomas, 127. Hardyman, John, 172. Hardyng, ,628. Hare, John, 672. Hare, Mr., 527. Hare, Robert, 147, 432. Hare, The, 205, 209. Hareby, Manor of, 151. Hai'ecourt, Eobert, 527. Harewell, Edmund, 564. Harford, John, 39. Harfui-d, 53. Hargrave, , 307. Harilsey, West, Manor of, 119. HaringtoQ, Erancis, 392, 409. Harington, Sir James, 342, 482, 570. Harington, John, 546, 685. Harington, see Harrington, HarryngtoD, Haryngton. 744 GENERAL INDEX. Harleston, John, 104. Harley, John, 32, 48; Bishop of Hereford, 49,50. Sarman, James, 110. Harper, Sir George, 57, 61, 88. Harper, Lady, 640. Harper, Richard, 138. Harpsfeld, Dr., 127, 293. Harpsfield ,552. Harptree, see Parsonage of, 29. Harquebus, 684 ; new invented one, 696. Harquebusiers, 276, 301, 303, 339, 341-344, 351, 354, 360, 365, 414, 545. Harries, Valentine, 409. Harringion, Sir H., 575. Harrington, James, 358. Harrington, John, 387. Harrington, Sir John, 36, 57, 63. Harrington, Stephen, 68, 358. Harrington, Thomas, 660. Harrington, see Errington. Harris, , 553. Harris, Arthur, 379. Harris, Christopher, 686, 691. Harris, Vincent, 379. Harrison 694. Harrison, Mr., 622, 694. Harrison, William, 683. Harroppe, Balph, 96. Harrowden, 566. Harrowden, see Vaux. Harryngton, James, 105. Harryngton, Lady Lucy, 280. Hart, John, 691. Hart, John, see Harte. Hart, Lady, 258. Hart, Mr., 169. Hart, Manor of, 167. Hart, The, 205. Harte, 335. Harte, John, Chester Herald, 354, 594. Harte, Mary, 594. Harteshorne, Parson of, 680. Hartesmere, Hundred of, 452. Hartgill, William, 34. Harthill, Wapentake of, 336. Hartingfordbury, Manor of, 398. Ilartlebury, 94. Hartlepool, 157, 167, 335. Hartley How, 317. Hartwell, 101. Harty, Isle of, 400, 401, 407. Harvey, Edmund, 166. Harvey, Erancis, 380, 419. Harvey, Dr. Henry, 132, 148, 388. Harvey, Thomas, 69, 71. Harvey, Thomas, (Knight Marshal,) 100, 101. Harvey, William, (Clarencieux,) 131, 143, 249. Harvy, Antliony, 19. Harvy, James, 504. Harvye, Mr., 110. Harward, Kobert, 620. Harwich, 2, 144, 225, 316, 386, 529. Harwich, Strangers in, 412. Ilaryngton, John, 212. Haryngton, Mrs., 212. Haryngion Robert, 63. Haselborough, 101. Haseley, 100. Haselrige, Michael, 696. Hassat, 434. Hastings, 198. Hastings, Chantry Lands, 594. Hastings, Rape of, 264. Hastings, Sir Edward, 50, 60, 80, 91; Lord Hastings of Loughborough, 115, 119, 138, 176, 179, 180, 308, 309, 586. Hastings, Francis, Earl of Huntingdon, 18, 38, 39, 75, 102, 106, 149, 325. Hastings, Erancis, 509, 561, 567. Hastings, Henry Lord, 39, 73, 74 ; Earl of Huntingdon, 164, 170, 304, 343, 388, 457, 468, 489, 561, 645, 685, 691. Hastings, John, 368, 511. Hastings, Mr., 447, 623. Hatcbe, Thomas, 490, 506. Hatcher, Dr. John, 636, 638, 644, 660, 661, 683, 684. Hatcher, Thomas, 282. , Hatchett, William, 111. Hatfield, 13, 23, 28, 101, 183, 313, 498, 586. Hatfield, Bailiff of. 111, 113. Hatfield Park, 111, 113. Hatley, Edm., 18. Hatley, William, 167. Hats, 630. Hatton, Christopher ("Lyddes"), 242, 416, 453, 461-463, 466, 473, 485, 503, 522, 525, 627, 536; Sn- Christopher, 588, 699, 646, 666, 673, 675-677, 685. Hatton, Mr., 536. Havant, Town of, 7. Havard (ahas Dravah), Edward, 590, 655. Havard, Gregory, 655. Havard, Hmnphrcy, 060. Havard, Mr., 183. Havard, Nicholas, 590. Havard, Thomas, 353. Havens, see Ports. Haverfordwest, 361, 368, 537, 582, 586. Haverfordwest, Mayor of, 537. Havering atte Bower, 123, 257, 380, 418, 450 595, 632. Havers, Thomas, 427, 431. Havershow, 53. Haward, Sir George, 141. Hawarden Park, 496. Hawe, Nicholas de la, 612. Hawes, Alderman, 4] 6, 427. Hawes, John, 427. Hawford, Ih: Edward, 132, 214, 245, 388, 515, 637, 638, 647, 657. Hawfry, Michael, 295. GENERAL INDEX. 745 Hawghton, Manor of, 167. Hawkes, Richard, 654. Hawkeslow, 653. Hawkins, , 46. Hawkins, Ambrose, 610. Hawks, Hawking, see Falconry. Hawks, Serjeant of tiie, 367. Hawkyns, John, 279-281, 294, 299, 300, 323, 329, 330, 337, 422, 437, 538, 551, 556, 585, 587, 609, 629, 634, 636-638, 656, 665, 677, 703. Hawkyns, "William, 323, 326, 329, 521, 605, 611, 678. Hawlden, 3. Hawldendye, Francis, 296. Hawley, Thomas, (Clarencieux,) 4, 92. Hawthorne, Henry, 506, 529, 530, 548. Hawtrey, Mr., 16, 257. Hawverly, 683. Hawxley, 682. Hawys, James, 275, 495. Hayberne, Thomas, 11. Haydon, (or Haidon,) John, 67, 73, 437. Haye, Mons. de la, 209. Haye, Thomas 475. Hayes ,472. Hayleford, see Helford. Hayling Island, 483. Haynes, William, 247. Haysyll, George, 507. Hayward, , 429. Hayward, Lord Thomas, 429. Hayward, see Howard. Haywarde (or Haiwarde), Rowland, 275, 287, 316; Sir Rowland, 396, 415, 417, 426, 435, 505, 529, 568, 646„656, Haywarde, Thomas, 309. Hayworthe, William, 167. Hazelber Bryan, Manor of, 699. Heale, Mr., 637. Hearle, Mr., 125. Heath, Nicholas, Bishop of Worcester, 6, 35; Archbishop of York, 75, 76, 85, 92, 109, 203, 467, 483, 484. Heath, Thomas, 700. eath, Thomas, jun., 700. Hebborne, Richard, 122. Hebrew Professor in Cambridge, 439. Hechstetter, Daniel, 244, 245, 251-255, 258, 261, 270, 274, 279, 287-289, 300, 302, 310, 318, 398, 408, 457, 688. Hector, D., 697. Hedingham Castle, 3, 154, 173, 226. Hedingham, Manor of, 465, 697. Hedworth, Sir Ralph, 122. Heidelberg, 205, 213. Heidon, see Heydou. Hekenberg, Count, 566. Helford or Hayleford, 623. Helford Haven, 535. Hellard, William, 42. .., ~ Helmedon, 377. Helmes, Mr., 384. HelstoQ, 309, 369. Hemingford Abbots, 17. Hemingham, 183. Hemington, 370, 373, 376. Hemmesworth, Manor of, 357. Hemmyngford Graye, Bailiwick of, 108. Hemp, 178, 180, 517, 519. Hemsworth, John, 659. Hendrick, , 571. Hendy, Dr. Thomas, 11. Heneage, (or Henneage,) Ann, 243,. 470. Heneage, (or Hennage, Henneage,) Thomas, 238, 243, 268, 392, 397, 454, 470. Heneage, Sir Thomas, 534, 695. Henham, Vicar of, 217. Henlowe, Ahce, 61. Henly, Dame Margery, 393. Hennadge, ,487. Henneage, Michael, 470. Henneage, Mr., 466. Henold, see Hainault. Henry H., King of Prance, 39, 49, 62,, 67, 77, 79, 81, 97, 134, 136. Henry HI., King of France, 588, 630, 633. Henry VHL, King of England, 1, 2, 12, 44, 55, 64, 87, 114, 115, 119, 121, 133, 134, 142, 148, 165, 197, 199, 221, 223, 233 278, 287, 296, 396, 430, 488, 612, 701, 702. Ilenshaw, Capt., 228. Hensingham, 617. Henson, Agnes, 214. Henson, Richard, 214. Henson, Rose, 214. Heralds (Heralds College, Heraldry), 2, 3, 27, 41, 92, 214,247, 264, 291, 295, 306, 329, 404, 442, 510, 594, 596, 613. See Arms, grants of, Clarencieux, Embroiderers' Hall. Heraut, Carlin, 490. Herbert, Edward, 376. Herbert, Sir Edw., 686, 688. Herbert, Henry, Lord Herbert, 62, 335. Earl of Pembroke, 377, 464, 466, 484, 501, 503, 562, 608, 615, 638, 639. Herbert, Mr., 501. Herbert, William, 105, 170. Herbert, Sir William, 20, 22-25, 27, 32. Earl of Pembroke, 35, 43, 44, 47, 48, 54, 68, 62, 75, 83, 88, 93, 97, 99, 106, 108, 168, 220, 255, 260, 272, 278, 288-290, 296, 300, 302, 303, 314, 349, 367, 370. Hercye, Sir John, 332. Herd, Mr., 222. Herefeld, 232. Hereford, 123, 128, 196, 338, 373, 404, 423, 469, 651, 671. Hereford, Bishop of, see Harley, Warton, Scorey. Hereford, Bishopric of, 109, 134, 177, 196, 488, 564, 654. Hereford, Dean and Chapter of, 134, 196, 404. 746 GENERAL INDEX, Hereford, Free Grammar School, 404. Hereford, Viscount, see Devereux. Herefordshire, 120, 123, 124, 148, 266, 275, 338, 343, 353, 374, 383, 384, 404, 469, 491, 514, 588, 671, 681. Herefordshire, Justices of, 639, 651. Herefordshire, Sheriff of, 579. Herell, Thomas, Warden of Manchester Col- lege, 590. Heresies, see Church Affairs. Herlle, William, 244, 256, 406, 407, 425, 428, 430, 439, 442, 443, 495, 645, 660, 680, 684-690, 692. Heron, George, 132. Heron, Giles, 132. Heron, John, 47. Herreson, William, 362, 379. Herries, Lord, 421. Herrings and Herring Fishery, 473, 502, 614, 624. Herrys, Arthur, 606. Hertford, 1, 235, 371, 463, 542, 555, 557, 662, 672. Hertford Castle, 166, 237. Hertford, Earl of, see Seymour. Hertford, Hundred of, 371, 4 E8. Hertford, Lady, see Grey.; Hertfordshire, 10, 60, 98, 100, 153, 154, 218, 224, 266, 325, 339, 351, 371-374, 391, 423, 458, 462, 463, 469, 535, 542, 555, 557,560, 561, 630, 641, 662. Hertfordshire, Alehouses, &c. in, 557. Hertfordshire, Deaneries in, 12, 148. Hertfordshire, Justices of, 638. Hertfordshire, Sheriff of, 671. Herwegs, Anthony, 325. Hesse, Duie Augustus of, 209. Hesse, Duke Frederick of, 209. Hesse, Landgrave of, 209. Heston, 201. Heth, see Heath. Heth, John, 535. Hethcote, , 89. Heton, Thomas, 550. Heveningham Castle, 258. Hever, 63. Hever-Cobham, Manor of, 113. Hewet, Sir William, 160. Hexham, 355. Hexte, a Pirate, see Hickes. Hexte, Mr., 429. Heydon, Sir Christopher, 185, 261, 262, 267, 342, 367, 374, 424, 425, 459, 482. Heydon, William, 476, 627, 628, 657, 665, 669, 670. Heylond, Robert, 5. Heyman Ralph, 451. Heynes, Simon, 503. Heysell, 59. Heyton, Manor of, 1 19. Hey ward, Thomas, 171. Hey wood, John, U2. Hibhott, Sir John, 498. Hickes, Mr., 539. Hickes, or Hexte, Robert, a Krate, 333, 399, 498, 547, 552, 570, 579, 583, 615. Hickman, Anthony, 142, 143. Hickson, Thomas, 498. Hides, 474 ; Exportation of, 602. Higford, or Hyckford, John, 520, 637. Higford, or Higforth, Robert, 421, 437. Higgens, or Higgons, George, 405, 507. Higgyns, Oliver, 556. Higham, Arthur, 225. Higham, Sir Clement, 104. Higham Ferrers, 334. Higham, Manor of, 128. Higham Park, 46. Highfield, Mr., 350, 552. Highgate Parks, 649. High Peak, Forest of, 522. High Peak, Lordship of, 640. High Peak, Hundred of, 124. Highway Robbery, 105, 189, 702. Highways, Repair of, 523. Highworth, Hundred of, 377. Highworth, Parish of, 169. Hill, Andrew, 702. Hill, John, 192. , Hill, Robert, 371. Hill, Wapentake of, 334. Hill, William, 472. HiUary, Mr., 386. Hille, John, 192, 403. Hilton, Sir Thomas, 122. Hinde, Sir Francis, 655. Hinderskelf Castle, 435, 438. Hinkford, Hundred of, 380, 450. Hinnes, (Henewes, Hennes, Hunnys,) William, 77, 82, 83. Hippesley, John, 612. Histon, Parish of, 655. Hitchcok, Thomas, a Pirate, 583, 584. Kitchen, Half Hundred of, 373. Hoare, James, 508. Hoare, Michael, 521. Hoby, Lady Elizabeth, 301, 407, 459. Hoby, Sir Philip, 36, 42-44, 47, 74, 95. Hoby, Sir Thomas, 273. Hockington, Manor of, 165. Hockley, John, 140. Hockley, Manor of, 104. Hoddesdon, Mi-., 448. Hoddesdunbury, Manor of, 458. Hodges, John, 363. Hodges, Richard, a Pirate, 512, 595. Hodges, Master R., 682. Hodges, William, 682. Hodges, William, jun., 682. Hodgson, sen., Christopher, 650. Hodgson, (alias Christophersonne,) Christo- pher, 650. GENERAT. INDEX. 747 Hodgson, Robert, 475. Hodnell, Manor of, 380. Hodsdon, 599. Hodsdon, Bailiff of, 599. Hodsdon, Christopher, 521. Hodsham Richard, 202. Hogan, Edmund, 505. Hogan, Robert, 438, 447. Hogge, Bryan, 195. Hogge, Ralph, 474. Hogge, The, (La Hogue,) 494. Hoke, Manor of, 110. Holbeach, Henry, Bishop of Lincoln, 17. Holborn, 182, 516, 701. Holcam, Mrs., Gryzegon, 186. Holcam, (or Holcome,) Trystram, 186, 452, 458. Holcroft, Lady Julyane, 386. Holderness, 406. Holderness, Wapentake of, ,336. Holeyoastle, Manor of, 165. Holgate, Robert, Archbishop of York, 18, 74. Holingworth, Reginald, 113. Holinshed, Mr., 17. Holiwell, Ralph, 497. Holland, the Dutch, 64, 290, 292, 481, 490, 531, 581, 601, 611, 623, 629, 660, 694, 698. See Flanders. Holland, Loan to the States, 502-504, 601. Holland Division, see Lincolnshire, Holland, Edward, Sheriff of Lancaster, 305, 307. Holland, Mr., 491. Holland, Seth, 137. Holland, Thomas, 154. HoUinge, Mr., 659. Hollingshed, John, 597. Holhs, Sir "William, 650. HoUocome, William, 512. Holme, Edward, 321. Holme, Gilbert, 191. Holme, Manor of, 147. Holstein, Duke of, 231. Holstok, William, 110, 113, 205, 401, 487, 505, 526, 528, 529, 601, 608, 656, 665, 676, 683, 684. Holt, 571. Holt Castle, 376, 642. Holt, Manor of, 376. Holt, William, 649. Holte, Humfrey, 110. Holte, John, 42. Holyhead, 629. Holy Island, 144. Homage, 266, 272. Homberston, William, 445. Homfrey, Mi-., 613. Hondt, Mr., 532. Hone, Dr. John, 644. Honnyng, William, 90. Honour, Titles of, see Titles. Honrick, Gerard, 172, 598. Honywood, Thomas, 451. Hoo, Vicar of, 136. Hoogtf, Cornelius de, 309. Hook, 262, 372. Hooknorton, 695. Hooper , 420. Hooper, Henry, 592. Hoord, William, 688. Hope, The, 205. Hoper, (or Hooper,) John, Bishop of Glou- cester, 31-33, 39. Bishop of Worcester, 39. Hopkin, William, 60. Hopkinson, John, 627. Hopkinson, Katharine, 627. Hops, 211, 498, 702. Hopton, John, Bishop of Norwich, 110. Hopton, Arthur, 650. Hopton, Sir Owyn, 217, 261, 268, 300, 301 304-306, 308, 337, 408, 409, 415, 433- 435,, 437, 445, 545, 635, 637, 647, 673, Hopton, Sir Ralph, 58, 372. Hopton, Robert, 189. Hopton, Thomas, 527. Horden, Alexander, 160. Hore, James, 539. Hormer, Hundred of, 340.' Horn, (or Home,) Robert, Dean of Durham, 46, 48, 50, 149, 163. Bishop of Win- chester, 163, 177, 184, 186, 192, 208, 250, 251, 287, 294, 299, 312, 348, 417, 474, 499, 501, 560, 626. Horncastle, 334, 375, 582. Hornchurch, Parish of, 44. Home Park, 590. Homeby, John, 428. Homeby, Robert, 428. Homes, Bourgmasters, &c. of, 615. Hornsey, 546, 598. Hornsey Park, 649. Hornyolde, Jo., 470. Horse, Master of the, see Master. Horseley, ,47. Horseley, Lawrence, 601. Horseman, Elizabeth, 50. Horses and Geldings, 5, 68, 75, 115, 137, 150, 158, 193, 207, 214, 218, 233, 254, 299, 337, 484, 486, 507, 607, 643, 693, 696. Horses, Commissioners for Increase and Breed of, 643-645,650,681,685 ; their Instruc- tions, 686 ; their Proceedings, Returns, &C., 643, 651, 653, 654, 656, 662-664, 675, 676, 678-680, 688, 690. See Musters. Horses, Deputy Commissioners for Kent, 685 ; for Essex, 686 ; and for other Counties, ib. Horses, Musters of, 3, 4, 12, 99, 101, 218, 254 255, 337, 350, 363, 365, 375, 421, 459 460, 474. See Musters. Horsey, Edward, 78-81, 86, 264, 324, 355 372, 378, 384, 418, 426, 434, 528, 530 '; Sir Edward, 611, 658, 670, 687, 690. 748 GENERAL INDEX. Horsey, Francis, 78-81, 86. Horsey, George, 373. Horsey, Sir John, 58, 561. Horsey, Mr., 417. Horsington, 682. Horsley, 4. Horticulture, see Gardening, Trees. Horton, 33. Horton, Curate of, 591. Horton, Mr., 149. Horton, Eoger, 79. Horton, Lord Parr of, see Parr. Horwood (or Wliorwood), ,39. Hose, Manufacture of, 428. Hoseley, Parson of, 632. Hosier, see Ozier. Hosiers, 200, 428. Hoskins, William, 613. Hospitals, 446, 447. Hosskyns, Dr., 103. Hosteman, Giles, 702. Hosting Strangers, Grant of, 510, 522, 551> 621. Hothome, Manor of, 9. Hounds, see Greyhounds. Bloodhounds. Hounslow, 318. House of Commons, see Parliament. House of Correction in Winchester, 630. House of Lords, see Parliament. Household, The, 17, 31, 40, 42, 52, 62, 64, 91, 106, 107, 109, 112, 119, 133, 136, 146, 160, 184, 190, 193, 231, 232, 250, 256, 257, 269, 488, 493, 498, 504, 508, 510, 556, 604, 606, 610, 611, 617, 640, 703. See Game. Purveyors. Household, Officers of the, 576. Household, Cofferer of the, 41,42, 109, 130, ,131, 133, 146, 155, 160, 192, 703.; Household, Comptroller of, 91,110, 112, 128, 154, 219, 223,257. Household, Lord Steward of, 93, 152, 155. Household, Treasurer of, 152, 154. Household, Vice Chamherlain of, 226, 257. Household, Wines, Beer, and Ale, for the, 492, 681. How, Thomas, 174. Howard, Charles, 357,361, 390. Howard, Mrs. Prances, 537, 680, 082. Howard, Sir George, 155, 165, 200, 207, 242. Howard, Henry, 431. Howard, Henry, (son of Viscount Bindon,) his debts and ill conduct, 243, 460, 537, ,545, 548, 549, 551, 567-569, 583-585, 590-594, 625, 665, 670, 679, 680, 682. Howard, Henry Earl of Surrey, 41, 692. Howard, Lord, 665. Howard, Lord Henry, 441, 498, G92. Howard, Philip Earl of Surrey, 424, 425, 436, 446, 460 j Earl of Arundel, 469, 639, 665. Howard, Thomas, 643. Howard, Thomas, Third Duke of Norfolk, 8, 57, 68. Howard, Thomas, Eourth Duke of Norfolk, 98, 99, 106, 108, 115, 137, 142, 149, 153, 166, 173, 204, 231, 249, 252, 259, 280,1302,344, 345, 365, 370, 372, 382, 383, 385, 387, 392, 393, 395, 410, 417, 419, 421, 422, 424-429, 432-442, 444, 446, 454, 458, 460, 467, 469, 478, 578, 665. Howard of Bindon, Thomas Viscount, 340, 342, 451, 465, 481, 487, 526, 528, 537, 551, 555, 568, 571, 574, 581, 583, 625, 643, 665, 670, 679, 680, 682. Howard of Effingham, Charles Lord, 497. Howard of Effingham, William Lord, Lord Admiral, 60, 62, 91-94, 98, 100, 221, 256, 257, 304, 385, 401, 445, 449. Howard House, or Place, 387, 392, 395, 410, 422. Howdenshire, Wapentake of, 336. Howland, Dr. Richard, (Master of St. John's College, Cambridge,) 548, 552, 553, 567, 622, 636, 644, 688. Howlet, ,97. Howseman, John, 119. Howton, Manor of, 285. Hoxone, Hundred of, 452. Hoxton, 321. Huband, Sir John, 675. Hubbert, Edward, 685. Hubblethorne, Lady, 176. Huddelston, 11,, 684. Huddesdon, Christopher, 553. Hudson, George, 637. Hudson, Mr., 416. Hudson, William, 280. Hugget, Alice, 587. ; Huggon, WiUiam, 240, 290. Hughes, Edward, 145. Hughes, Mr., 670. Hughes, William, 299 ; Dr. William, 301 ; Bishop of St. Asaph, 564, 618. Huick, or Huyck, Dr., 195, 667. Hull, see Kingston. Hull, Mayor, &c., see Kingston. Hulle, Matthew, 10. Humber, The, 263, 296, 699. Hume Castle, 360. Humflete, 220. Humfrey, James, 414. Humfrey, John, 529. Blumfrey, Dr., Lawrence, 186, 192, 193,253, 271,443,444, 498-501. Humfrey, William, 192, 252, 254, 256-261 270, 274, 275, 278, 282-284, 287, 288 291, 296, 302, 305, 307, 311, 322, 398 410, 688. I-Iummerston, Mr., 70, 72. Huagatt, (or Hungate,) Mr., 102, 107 Hungerford, 340. Hungerford, Sir Anthony, GO. Hunnys, see Hinnts. liunsdon. Lord, see Carey. Himt, Mr., 49. Hunt, Thomas, 473. GENERAL INDEX. 749 Hunt, William, 421, 522. Hunte, Henry, 577. Hunter, Thomas, 63. Hunting, 210, 417, 448, 467, 468, 511, 551, 672. Huntingdon, 134, 542, 549. Huntingdon, , 15. Huntingdon, Countess of, 628. Huntingdon, Earl of, see Hastings. Huntingdonshire, 21, 134, 148, 165, 214, 227, 229, 231, 342, 370, 430, 503, 542, 549, 566, 577, 648. Huntley, 423. Huntley, Earl of, 208. Huntley, George, 637. Huntyngton, Hundred of, 124. Hurleston, Ean., 645. Hurleston, Kiehard, 303, 321. Hurrocke, Edward, 610. Hurst, 41, 409. Hurst, James, 97. Hurst, John, 217. Hurstingston, Hundred of, 430. Husbandry, see Tillage. Husee, Thomas, 491. Husey, Thomas, 32. Hussey, , 10. Hussey, Anthony, 87. Hussey, Sir Harry, 23. Hussey, Lord, 36. Hussey, or Hussy, Thomas, 368, 409, 473. Hussey, Sir William, 63. Husseye, Thomas, 108. Hutchenson, John, 111. Hutton, Matthew, 186; Dr., 262, 295, 316; Dean of York, 322, 338. Huyek, Dr., see Huick. Hyat, Thomas, 420. Hyckford, see Higford. Hyde Park, 363. Hyldesley, William, 682. Hyll, Robert, 110. Hynde, John, 194. Hyndelipe, 505. Hythe, 520. Hythe, BailifTs, &c. of, 489. I.. Iceland, 248. Iceland Eleet, The, 94. Idiots, Idiotcy, 403. Ightham, 56. Ilford, 104. lUesley, 350. Imperfect Papers, 1, 55, 77, 94, 101, 114, 194, 287,40.3, 41.3, 508-510, 618. Imposts, the New, 697, 698. Impressment of Carts, Horses, Waggons, Wains, &c. 65, 629. Impressment of Seamen, &c., 390, 665. See Admiralty. Impressment of Workmen for Building Ships> &c., 627, 672. See Workmen. Impropriations,127,218,411,446,447,518, 623. Incent, John, 147, 363. Incest, Crime of, 597. Inchkeith, 7. Inolosures, 16, 18, 20, 74, 269. India, the Indies, 173, 280, 281, 330, 629, 693, 698. Indies, West, see West Indies. Ingatestone, 32, 35, 173, 272. Ingleby, (or Inglyby,) Sir William, 370, 687. Ingoldmelles, 177. Ingoldsby, Rectory of, 266. Ingrossers, see Engrossers. Injunctions, 22, 53, 54, 182, 183, 187, 330, 357. Inner Temple, 538, 669, 637, 646. Inns of Court, 357, 478, 562, 567, 674. Read- ers in, 638. Inns and Alehouses, see Alehouses. Inquisition, see Spain. Inquisitions post mortem, 162, 374, 404. Inquisitor of Elanders, 87. Installations of Knights, 446, Instructions, 480, 482, 522, 625, 626, 536, 539, 546, 551, 552, 590, 631, 642, 645-647, 656, 671, 686, 689,690. Insurance on Shipping, 468. Insurrections, see Rebellions. Intercourse, stay of, 608, see Entercourse. Interludes, see Drama. Interments, see Eunerals. Inundations, 397. Invasion, 137, 303. Inventions, 399, 612, 513, 578, 598, 611, 627, 696, 701. Inventories, 12, 14, 59, 66, 115, 424, 434, 438, 441, 621, 596. Inventories of Ships, 618. Ippesley, 118. Ipswich, 182, 183, 194, 227, 293, 337, 357, 377, 447, 448, 529, 541, 543, 658, 565, 669,. 571, 587, 606, 643, 652, 665. See Cloth- workers. Ipswich, Alehouses in, 565. Ipswich, Bailiff of, 606. Ipswich, Mayor, &c., 571. Ireland, 237. Ireland, the Irish, 6, 16-18, 36, 41, 46, 61, 87, 110, 131, 152, 154, 164, 165, 175, 203, 261, 254, 2.58, 259, 262, 269, 271, 275, 276, 287-289, 291, 292, 294-296, 298, 302, 311, 338, 372, 375, 376, 387, 392- 394, 406, 408, 420, 427, 438, 447, 449, 453, 473, 474, 476^79, 481, 483, 486, 495, 496, 499, 501, .502, 516, 521, 531, 533, 539, 549, 561, 552, 575, 591-597, 601, 626, 629-631, 633, 634, 638, 642, 647, 653, 666, 676, 680. Ireland, Lord Chancellor of, 522. 750 GENERAL INDEX. Ireland, Lord Deputies of, 87, 104, 152, 499, 670. Ireland, Designs of Spain on, and landing of Spaniards, 565, 632, 647, 677, 687. Ireland, Levies of Men and Embarkation of Troops for, 629, 632, 633, 635-638, 661, 667, 669, 670, 671, 673. Ireland, Rebellion of James Fitzmorris, 629- 631. Iron and Iron "Works, 147, 274, 275, 473-475, 563. Iron Furnaces, 474, 475, 478. Iron Mills, 482. Iron Ordnance, 476, 477, 480, 482, 526, 622. See Ordnance. Irons, Clerk of the, 703. Irthingborough, 206. Irton, Alexander, 605. Isabella, the Empress, 3. Iseham, Robert, 111. Isham, Giles, 101. Isham, Henry, 521. Isle-worth, (or Istelworth,) 40, 123, 201, 387, 49). Isley, Sir Harry, 56, 58, 60, 61. Isley, "William, 56, 58. Islington, 428. Isted, Thomas, 475. Italian Church, The, 312. Italy and Italians, 16-18, 66, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 88, 147, 158, 187, 188, 198, 208, 211, 213, 239, 324, 466, 491, 496, 614, 691. Ithell, Ralph, 551. Ithell, Dr. Thomas, 530, 537, 548, 551, 625. Ivan "Vazilewich, Emperor of Russia, 338. Ivingtou, see Evington. Ivy Bridge, 660. Ivy Lane, 195, 315, 429, 500, 503. J. •Tackman, Alderman,'432. Jackman, Charles, 656. Jackman, Edward, 303. Jacks (armour,) making of, 512, Jackson, Ralph, 85. Jackson, S., 56. Jacob, Abraham, 700. James VI., Prince, and King of Scotland, 276, 283, 293, 394, 496. James, The, 512. James, Richard, 658. Jarden, Nicholas,' 556. Jarrett, Thomas, 512. Jarula, Farrandina de, 332. Jarvis, Richard, 529. Jaye, Robert, 1 7. Jefferey, John, 409, 449 JefFery, Bartholomew, 475. Jellee (or Jellaie), James, Jacques, 563, 577. Jenkins, , a pursuivant, 632. Jenkins ? see Jenn. Jenkinson, (or Jenckynson,) Anthony, 253. 281. Jenison, Mr., 354. Jenn, John Robert Ap, 543. Jennet, The, 331. Jenney, Edmund, 114. Jenney, John, 350. Jenney, alias Jennynges, Thomas, 411. Jennins, "Walter, 506. Jenny, 373. Jennynges, see Jenney. Jenye, Christopher, 619. Jenyns, Sir John, 52. Jerlitus, Hieronymus, 312, 313. Jermy, Robert, 632. Jermye, Mr., 432, 557 . Jermyn, Sir Ambrose, 157, 343, 372. Jermyn, Sir Robert, 601. Jernegan, Sir Henry, 57, 101, 106, 108, 121. Jernegan, John, 384. Jerningham, Lady, 562. Jersey, 29, 93, 132, 310, 702. JesEop, Richai-d, 501. Jesuits, 624, 636, 641, 672, 676, 688. Jesus, The, 220, 260, 329, 331. Jesus College (Cambridge), 186. Jesus-green (Cambridge), 624, 625. Jewell, John, Bishop of Salisbury, 248, 300, 323, 324, 349. Jewel House, The, 6, 14, 194, 339, 691. Jewel House, Oficers of the, 96, 104, 113 161, 276,462. Jewel House, Master of the, 534. Jewels, 172, 253, 267, 270, 271, 308, 422, 700. See Crown Jewels. Jewkes, Simon, 392, 395, 415. Jhonsoun, Robert, 491. Jobson, Sir Francis, 188, 243, 255, 277, 338. 366. John IIL, King of Sweden, 468, 474. John, the Almain, 696. John, Don, see Austria. John, Humfi-ey Ap, 457. John, John Ap, 543. John Rynallde Ap, 457. John Baptist, The, 577. Johnaman, a Pirate, 611. Johnes, Mrs. Flowre, 541. Johnson, Barnard, 511. Johnson, Elizabeth, 511. Johnson, George, 41. Johnson, Henry, 369. Johnson, John, 92, 94, 398, 401, 447, 448, 530, 552, 587, 692. Johnson, Lawrence, 103, 446, 495, 507, 658. Johnson, Richard, 92, 94, 624. Jointures, 291, 364, 658. Joliffe, or Jolif, Henry, 528, 696. GENERAL INDEX. 751 Jolly, Ralph, 526. Jonas, The, 399, 552. Jones, ,302, 313, 634. Jones, Alexander, 169. Jones, Captain, 345. Jones, David, 483, 484, 486, 487. Jones, George, 141. Jones, Griffen(or Gryffyn), 549, 569, 592, 594. Jones, Sir Henry, 454. Jones, Hugh, Bishop of LlandafF, 272, 362, 489. Jones, John, 476. Jones, Mrs., 489. Jones, Philip, 702. Jones, Richard, 492. Jones, Rohert, 622. Jones, Rodolph, 493-495. Jones, Walter, 295, 578. Jones, Zacharias, 583. Jopson, see Jobson. Jordayne, Peter, 509. Josephe, Joseph, 301. Jourdain, Je., 315. Jourdain, Nicolas, 315. Judges, The Book of, 158. Judges, The, 107, 108, 151, 285, 441, 479, 531, 616. See Circuits. Judges opinions, 441, 621. Judicial Comhat, 414. See Wager. Judith, The, 618. Jugge, Richard, 173, 235, 268, 319. Jukes, Edward, 576. Julio, Dr., 272. Junius Hadrianus, 309, 311. Juries, 277, 409, 517, 519, 534, 546, 582, 588, 604, 606. Jury of Matrons, 588, 626. Justice, Administration of, 31. Justice, Courts of, 533. Justices of Assize, 248, 425, 454, 471, 515, 522, 526, 580, 620, 687, 638. Justices of Peace, 7, 8, 18, 19, 21, 23-27, 30, 31, 35, 47, 56, 58, 65, 101, 120, 122, 137, 178, 181, 183, 209, 227, 250, 275, 280, 312, 324, 345-355, 357, 358, 360, 362, 366-368, 370, 371, 373, 374, 376, 377, 379, 386, 397, 419, 420, 423, 426, 427, 437, 440-442, 449, 451, 452, 459, 471, 473, 474, 478, 486, 500, 509, 532, 537, 543, 547, 553, 580, 582, 583, 598, 618, 624, 649, 653, 674, 676, 685, 692. Justices of Peace, Oaths taken hy, 634, 637-639. Justices of Peace, or Liber Pacis, Books of, 508. Justyce, Hugh, 28. K. K , W., 506. Kalice, see Kanter. Kalowaye, see Keyllwey. Kanter, alias Kalice, Henry, 535. Kaylewey, see Keyllwey. Keil], Dorothy, 402. Keill, Thomas, 402. Kekewiche, George, 451. Kelk, Dr. Roger, 142, 188, 43!5, 461, 494,514. Kelke, Mr., 311. Kell, Mr., 275. Kellegrew 188. KeUeway, or KeUwaye, Mv., .fee Keyllwey. Kelly, Sir Edward, 525. Kelsam, Mrs. Catherine, 605. Kelsay, 50. Kelwey, see Keyllwey. Kelyng, Thomas, 457. Kemp, Anthony, 75, 85. Kemp, Lady, 222. Kemp, Peter, 187-189, 191, 193-195, 198- 201,211-213, 216, 219,243. Kemp, Sir Thomas, 258, 344. Kempe, Bartholomew, 190„ Kempe, Mr., 101, 109. Kemys, Thomas, 207. Kemys, Sir Thomas, 71. Kenchurch, 353. KendEl Castle, 587. Kendall, 391. Kendall, Thomas, 183, 185, 187, 188,496,548. Kendall, William, 534. Kenilworth (or Killingworth), 40, 60, 278, 449, 666, 670. Kenninghall, 137, 344, 424. Kenrick, Elizabeth, 647. Kenrick, Hugh, 646, 647, 649. Kent, County of, 4, 22, 27, 33, 42, 46, 52, 56- 61, 63, 88, 95, 98, 99, 101, 127, 128, 136, 138, 141, 144, 157, 159, 162, 165, 168, 173, 174,191,207,224,240,241, 254, 260, 271, 272, 284, 301, 315, 344, 347, 350, 352, 354, 356, 389, 390, 397, 419, 420, 424, 444, 445, 450, 451, 455, 460, 461, 462, 467, 469, 474, 475, 488, 509, 527, 535, 546, 548, 559, 560, 576, 583, 588-590, 592, 595, 610, 626, 640, 650, 662, 663, 665, 672, 688, 701. Kent, Alehouses, &c. in, 559. Kent, cloth trade in, 511. Kent, Dep. Commissioners for Horses in, 685. Kent, Earl and Earldom of, 410. See Grey. Kent, Justices of, 633, 638. Kent, Landing-places in, 645. Kent, Mr., 192. Kent, Sheriff of, 240, 241, 322, 451, 662, 688. Kent, Simon, 17. Kent, Surveyor of, 676. Kentish Town, 242. Keppis, Thomas, 456. Kerke, Peter, 524. Kerr, WiUiam, 175. Kerr, Hundred of, 452. Kerryer, Hundred of, 570. Kerseys, see Cloth. 752 GENERAL INDEX. Kesteven, 47, 135, 343, 372, 655- Kesteven Division, see Lincolnshire. Keswick, 250, 258, 372, 374, 376, 379, 287, 289, 291, 292, 294, 298, 300, 310, 315, 317-320. Kete, .John, 404. Kettering, 564. Ketton, 64, 368. Kevall, George, 647. Kew, 18, 66, 68, 109. Keyle, Mr.,314. Keyllwey (or Kalawaye, Kayleway, Kelleway, Kelway,) Robert, 4, 16,47, 118, 138. 225, 243, 286. Keyllwey, WiUiam, 124; Sir William, 207- 222. Keys, Thomas, Serjeant Porter, 96, 256, 257, 274-277, 284, 295, 321, 377, 422. See Grey, Lady Mary. Keythorpe, Lands in, 656. Kidderminster, Parsonage of, 48. Kidlington, Manor of, 404. Kightley. George, 432. Kildare, Eishoprick of, 22. Kildare, Earl of, 516, 601. See Fitzgerald. Kildare, Lady, 516. Killigrew, Henry, see Kyllygrew. Killigrew, Sir John, 584. Killigrew, Mr., 389. Killigrew, Peter, 86, 87, 306, 308, 624. Killigrew, see Kyllygrew. Killingheck , 640. Killiugton, Parson of, 624. Killingworth Castle, see Kenilworth. Killingworth, William, 511. Killygrew, Mr., 502. Kilmington, Manor of, 95. Kilwick, Lands of, 197. KimboltoD, 231, 276, 428, 663, 664, 667. Kimbolton, see Woods. King. Dr., 15. King's Bench, Court of 84, 107, 108, 125, 179, 285, 430, 433, 434, 447, 497, 508. King's Bench, Marshal of, 506, 523. King's Bench Prison, 174, 309, 521, 523, 524, 594, 606, 612, 627, 655, 669. King's Bench, prisoners in, 667. King's College, Cambridge, 186, 209, 260, 267, 301, 305, 515, 520, 522, 620, 622. King's Ditch, Cambridge, 493. King's Lynn, see Lynn Regis. King's Pi-inter, see Queen's Printer. Kingsbridge, Hundred of, 377. Kingsey, Manor of, 535. Kingsland, Manor of, 266. Kingsmell, Mr., 178. Kingsnorton, Manor of, 266, 347. Kingston (Surrey , 27, 59. 583, Kingston, Sir Anthony, 73, 76, 78, 79, 82. Kingston Deverell, Manor of, 381. Kingston, Hundred of, 135, 419, 423, 426. Kingston-on-Hull, 121, 193, 296, 336, 512. Kingston -on -Hull, Mayor, &c. of, 537, 554, 574, 590. Kinneston, Richard, 505. Kintbury Egle, Hundred of, 340. Kiiby, 170. Kirbye, Bartholomew, 680. Kirkbride, Barnaby, 162. Kirkby or Kirby Moorside, 155, 356, 394. KirkstaU, Monastery of, 170. Kirtling, (or Kyrtliuge,) 338, 459, 461, 483, 507, 67.5. Kisgate, Hundred of, 375. Kistgate Division, 419. Kitchen, Anthony, Bishop of Llandaff, 143. Kitching, Robert, 577. Knappe, Manor of, 43. Knevet, see Knyvett. Knevit, Sir Henry, 167. Kuight, John, 43. Knight Marshal, The, 127, 628. Knight, Richard, 620. Knight Ryder Street, 274, 363. Knight, William, 186, 624. Knighte, Edward, 516. Knighthood, 5, 35, 85. Knight's fee. Tenure of, 215, 243, 533. Knights, see Garter, Windsor. Knights of St. John, see St. John. Knightsbridge, 363. Kniveton, Matthew, 111. Knoll, 44. KnoUes, (or Knollys,) Henry, 144, 204, 205, 209, 213, 348, 371, 450, 497, 605. KnoUes, Thomas, 482. Knollys, , 256. Knollys, Lady Catharine, 146, 159, 241, 329. Knollys, (KnoUes, KuowUes,) Sir Francis, 2 ; Vice Chamberlain, 112, 156, 159, 181, 203, 226-229, 241, 2^*9, 257, 328, 341, 345, 401, 434, 440, 601, 658, 663-665, 667,669. Knollys, Letitia, see Leicester. Knollys, Robert, 159. Knott, , 664. Knoxe, John, 5, 46, 48, 50, 142, 238. Knyght, Edward, 611. Knyght, Robert, 4. Knyght, Simon, 217. Knyghtley, Richard, 109 ; Sir Richard, 304 366, 376, 377. Knyvett, , 58. Knyvett, Anthony, 58. Kreek, Mr., 48. Krigdote, Mr., 169. Krngh, Benedict, 367. Kydde, Justinian, 549. Kyghtley, George, 327. Kyllygrew, Henry, 202, 209, 210, 278, 408, 595, 618-620, 622. Kyllygi'ew, John, 34, 326, 328, 332, 386, 452. Kyllygrew, see Killigrew. KymbaU, Mr., 36, 305. GENERAL INDEX. r53 Kymbolton, see Kimbolton. Kyme, Anthony, 177, 389. Kyngesmyll, Henry, 316-320. Kyngesmyll, Sir Henry, 524. Kyngesmyll, Richard, 118, 635. Kyngesmyll, Sir WUliam, 368, 371, 375, 378, 384, 413. Kyngysmyll, John, 30. Kynolton, 373. Kynsland, Parsonage of, 258. Kyrbie, "Walter," 453. Kyrkeland, Rectory of, 223. Kyrlington, Mr., 194. Kyrton, James, 286. Kyrton, Margery, 286. Kytchen, Christopher, 109. L. L. H., 457. L , T., 654. Labourers, 155. See Artificers. Impressment. Lachlard, [Lechlade?], 632. Lacook, 10. Lacy, Henry, 63, 96. Ladweke, John, 6. ladybrigg Close, 51. La Hogue, see Hogge. Laistofl, see Lowestoft. Laithwood, John, 566. Lake, Stephen, 591, 620, 622. Lalam, 195. Lallait, Arthur, 201, 203." Lambard, John, alias Gardiner, 475. Lambarde, Giles, 421, 438, 443. Lambart, , 696. Lambart, Francis, 132. Lambart, John, 696. Lambay, Island of, 254. Lambe, Alan, 217. Lambe, James, 217. Lambe, William, 217. Lambert ,392. Lambert, Alderman, 432. Lambeth, 45, 106, 115, 116, 161, 183, 184, 196, 213, 235, 314, 317, 319, 390, 395, 397, 410, 441, 445, 560, 647. Lambome, Hundred of, 156, 340. Lamot, see Mott. Lamplugh, Mr., 242, 319. Lamplughe, George, 260, 302, 303, 310, 441, 491. Lancaster, County of, 148, 149, 191, 197, 266, 288, 292, 203, 321, 322, 341, 347, 349, 355, 356, 395, 431, 474, 488, 526, 554, 563, 566, 568, 57.5, 580, 641, 656. Lancaster, Chancellor of the Duchy, 522. Lancaster Deaneries, 234. Lancaster, Duchy of, 46, 52, 61, 110, 113, 117, 129, 146, 215, 243, 281, 292, 309, 696, 704. Lancaster, Edward, 637. Lancaster Herald, see Penson. Lancaster, Sheriff of, 305, 307. Lancaster, Thomas, Archbishop of Armagh 397. Lancaster, Vicarage of, 1 10. Lanceknights, 16, 17. Lances and Lighthorse, Certificates of, see Musters. LandafF, see Llandaff. Landgrave, The, 313. Landing Places, see Forts. Landreau, Captain, 501. Lands, see Crown Lands. Lands, Assurance of, 442, 447. Land's End, The, 276. Lane, John, 467, 577,595. Lane, Ralph, or Eafe, 418, 445, 468, 524, 528, 630. Lane, Sir Robert, 366, 377. Lane, Stephen, 498. Lane, Thomas, 680. Lane, William, 32. Lanercost Priory, 41. Langbarge, Wapentake of, 336. Langdale, Dr., 102, 127. Langdale, Marmaduke, 659. L[angdale?], W., 659. Langdon, Thomas, 96. Langley, 696. Langnaver, John, 424. Langoo, Wapentake of, 135. Langothbye, Parsonage of, 223. Langrake, James, 392. Langrake, John, 482. Langton, Dr. Christopher, 445. Languages, 627. Lanheme, 146, 177, 388, Lannison. See Lonison. Lannoy (or Alneto), Cornelius de, 249, 256, 273, 275-277, 289, 292. Lanquett, M., 497. Lansdale, Roger, 21. Lantrissent, Hundred of, 7. Lanway, William, 4. Lanyson, see Lonyson. LaPlanche, ,310. Lardge, Thomas, 152. La Roche, , 552. Larrethow, 452. Lascelles, Christopher, 275, 283. Lasco, John a, 144. Lasnewith, Hundred of, 452. Lassells, Brian, 437. Lassells, Mr., 379. Latham, Ralph, 374. Lathom, 488, 671. Lathom House, 149, 347, 600. Latimer, Hugh, 5, 9, 16, 41, 106. Latimer, Lady, 92, 93. Latimer, Lord, see NevUI. 3b 754 GENERAL INDEX, Latin Dictionary, 492. Latin Secretary, 261. Latten Manufacture, see Mines. Latymer, , a priest, 484. Latymer, John, 423. Latymer, Sir John, 423. Launceston, 534, 555, 568, 621, 666. Launde, 46. Laughton, Harry, 36. Lavenham Park, 685. Lavington, West, 429. Law, Abases in, 364. Law, Treatise on, 414. Law Courts, 53, 125, 533. Lawallen, William, 330. Lawarre, Lord, see West. Lawford, 671. Lawghton, George, 446. Lawlye, Fr., 125, 126. Lawson, Mrs. Christian, 523. Lawson, Thomas, 523. Layboume, Mr., 208. Laycolt, Richard, 635, Lay ton, 280. Laytonstone, Hundred of, 430. Laystoft, see Lowestoft. Lea or Lee River (or Ware River), 166, 412, 529, 537, 539, 569, 699. Lead, 46, 49, 264. Leake, Mr., 539. Leases, see Crown Lands. Leather, 264, 279, 282, 286, 311, 398, 400, 500, 518, 602, 617. Leather, Exportation of, 487. Leatherhead, 645. Leaving the Realm. See Quitting. Leche , 10. Leder, Olyver, 18. Ledes (or Leedes) Castle and Park (in Kent), 22, 42, 595. Lee, 28. Lee, Sir Anthony, 6, 9. Lee, Francis, 590. Lee, Francis a, 195. Lee, Sir Harry (or Henry), 269, 449, 646, 652, 675, 690, 691, 695, 697. Lee, John, 416, 430. Lee, Lawrence, 13, 14. Lee, Richard, 577. Lee, Sir Richard, 12, 222, 280. Lee, Thomas, 230, 380, 396. Lee, William, 410. Lee River, see Lea, Leeche, Mrs. Elizabeth, 158. Leedes, see Ledes. Leedes, Edward, 126. Leedes, John, 448. Leek, Sir Francis, 346, 368, 370, 666^, Leea, see Leighs. Lees, Uoger, 36. Lees, Thomas, 355, Leffnam, see Luffenham. Legacies to Minors, 702, Legge, Dr. Thomas, 625, 635. Legh, Dr., 23. Legh, Mr. Sheriff, 83. Leicester, 122, 334, 343, 347-351, 354, 356, 387, 423, 462, 505, 546, 561, 563, 665, 567, 650, 655, 667, Leicester, College of, 266. Leicester, Dean of, 148. Leicester, Honor of, 215. Leicester Hospital, 505. Leicester or Leycester, Earl of, see Duddeley. Leicester, Letitia (daughter of Sir F. KnoUys), Countess of 667. Leicester, Sir Ralph, 369. Leicestershire, 21, 52. 58, 122, 148, 149, 164, 232, 334, 343, 357, 373, 415, 423, 462, 609, 546, 561, 563, 565, 656, 667, 701. Leicestershire, Alehouses in, 565. Leicestershire, Justices of, 638. Leigh, Sir Thomas, 135. Leighs (or Lees, Lyes, co, Essex), 22, 28, 33, 56, 68, 256, 270. Leighton, 134, 259. Leighton, Capt. Thomas, 364, 409. Leistoff, see Lowestoft. Lekinfield, 320. Lemhorch ahas Oste, Nicholas de, 240, 242. Lemon trees, 198. Lenard, Mi\, 230.' TjC Neve, WiUiam, Clarencieux, 118, Le Neve's Fasti, 626. Lennard, J., 322. Lennox, Earl of, see Stuart. Lennox, Countess of, see Douglas. Lent, 80,248,411,512. Lenwich, 33. Leominster, 383, 402. Lerpool, see Liverpool, Lestrange, Sir Nicholas, 22, 41. Lestwithiel, see Lostwithiel. Le Syra, John, 625. Letheringham, 570. Lethington 421. Letley, 106. Letters, see Post Office. Lever, Ralph, 540, 644, Lever, Thomas, 446. Leveson, Edward, 171, Leveson, Thomas, 120. Levies of men, 2, 53, 98, 99, 120, 224, 225, 227, 275, 288, 398, 414, 479, 481, 539, 582. See Army. Musters. Levies of horse and foot for Ireland, 653. See Ireland. Levizam, Margaret, 86, 151. Levizam, Thomas, 150, 151. Le Volant, The ship, 641, Lewes, 352, 624. Lewes, Barony of, 159. GENERAL INDEX 755 Lewes, Eape of, 139, 267, 451. Lewes, Dr.David, 131, 164, 235, 240, 246, 249, 258, 273, 274, 279-282, 294, 317, 328- 330, 332, 337, 343, 393, 405, 457, 459, 460, 489, 504, 514, 520, 530, 538, 543, 551, 585, 590, 606, 637, 659, 687. Lewes, John Ap Thomas, 10. Lewes, Richard, 109. Leweston, John, 276. Lewin, William, 291, 302. Lewis, The, 5. Lewis, Signor Don, 92. Lewis, Edward, 176. Lewis, Eobert, 687. Lewisham, 141, 321. Lewkenor, Thomas, 543. Lewknor, , 81. Lewknor, Hundred of, 419. Lewson, John, 91. Lewyn, W., 535. Lewys, Thomas, 541, 543, 667. Lexden, Hundred of, 379, 558. Ley, Thomas, 326. Leyghe, John, 369. Leyghtone, 15. Leyson, Dr., 41. Leyton, Captain, 210. Libels, 417, 467, 520, 547, 700. Liber Pacis, xix° Eliz,, 580, 692. See Jus- tices of Peace. Licences to travel, 321, 600. Lichfield, 340, 501, 502, 570, 661.' Lichfield, Bailiffs, &c., of, 661. Lichfield, Dean of, 531. Lichfield, President and Canons of. 531. Lichfield and Coventry, Bishop of, see Bayne, Bentham. Overton. Lichfield and Coventry, Diocese of, 110, 251, 310, 565, 583. Liege, 507, 515,524, 527. Lieutenants, see Lord Lieutenants. Ligh, Eobert, 401. Light Horse and Horsemen, Arms for, 654, 693. See Musters. Ligi, see Lygy. Ligon, Eichard, 484. Limehouse, 616. Lincoln, 34, 88, 108, 118, 123, 334, 335, 339, 351, 389, 461, 485, 652, 654. Lincoln, Archdeacon of, 105, 118, 188. Lincoln, Bishop of, see Holbeach, Tailonr, Watson, Bullingham, Cowper. Lincoln, Bishoprick of, 9, 41, 109, 111, 307, 325, 407, 648. Lincoln Cathedral, 40. Lincohi College, 278. Lincoln, Deanery of, 40. Lincoln, Earl of, see Clynton. Lincoln, Lady, 183. Lincoln, Mayor, &o., 654. Lincoln, Eecorder of, 465. Lincolnshire (including Holland, Kesteven, and Lindsey Divisions), 5, 19,28, 34, 36, 46, Lincolnshire — continued. 47, 53,89, 108, 124, 135, 151, 160, 166, 194, 214, 215, 257, 263, 364, 266, 272, 292, 293, 332, 334, 335, 338, 340, 343, 346, 372, 373, 375, 380, 387, 412, 440, 461, 465, 466, 480, 482, 484, 485, 507, 508, 541, 568, 576, 577, 582, 689, 596, 598, 624, 652, 665, 684, 690, 694. Lincolnshire, Alehouses in, 568. Lincolnshire, Deluge in, 655. Lincolnshire, Justices of, 638. Lincolnshire, Sheriff of, 604. Lincoln's Inn, 67. Lindhurst, 687. Lindsey Division, see Lincolnshire. Linen Cloths, 679. Lingfield, 431. Link, Melchior, 424. Lion or Lyon, The, 104, 20^ 331, 552, 553, 559. Lion and Dog fight, 181. Lisbon, 488, 677, 690. Liskeard, Town of, 309. Lister, Mr., 193. Lister, Sir Eichard, 41. Lister, Eichard, 41. Litany, The, 119. Literhows, Henry, 256. Litster, , ,46. Littlar, Eobert, 84. Little Bursted, Parson of, 154. Little Maplestead, see Maplestead. Little Thornham, see Thomham. Liveries, see Wards. Liverpool, 279, 287, 629, 631, 635, 636. Liverpool, Mayor, &o. of, 279, 636. Livings, Augmentation of. See Augmenta- tion. Livings, Valuation of, 478, 493, 573. Lixalde, Francis de, 299. Llanarth, Church of, 328, 329. Llanbadarn Vawr, 610. Llandaff, Bishop of, see Kitchen, Jones, Blethyn. Llandaff, Bishoprick of, 143, 272, 362, 564, 583. Llandaff, Chapter of, 489. Llandaff, Prebendaries of, 362. Llandewybrevi College, 436. Llandewybrevy, 328, 329. Llandona, Parsonage of, 294. Llanristed, 594. Lloyd, Griffith, 686, 688. Lloyd, John, 452, 617. Lloyd, Oliver, 273. Lloyd, Owen, 683. Lloyde, John, 107. Loans, 7, 16, 94-96, 98-102, 104, 111, 117, 161, 182, 185, 208, 219, 235, 285, 318, 333, 365, 368-374, 377, 378, 380-384, 388, 389, 391-396, 406, 4C8, 410, 415, 418, 422, 425, 426, 429, 432, 433, 462, 479, 490, 5o5, 513, 531, 535, 628, 648. See Privy Seals. 3b 2 756 GENERAL INDEX. Loans, Foreign, 503, 505, 506, 531. Loans to Holland. See Holland. Lock, Humphrey, 202. Locke, Mr., 522, Lockye, Robert, 353. Locton, Mr., 83. Loder, Manor of, 272. Lodge, Alderman Thomas, 105, 164, 183, 215. Lodging-houses, 599. Lodowick, Grave, 332. Loiani, Signor Pompeo, 699. Lok, Mr., 27. Lok, Michael, 147, 533, 643, 556, 559, 567, 568, 570-572, 581, 602, 603, 606, 608, 615, 616, 619-622, 625. Lollards Tower, The, 390, 391. Lombard, Nicholas, 499-501. Lombard, Richard, 552. London, 2, 7, 9,11-13, 15, 18, 20, 21, 23- 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 41, 43, 47, 51, 54, 55, 58, 65-67, 70, 74, 75, 85, 91, 96, 98, 100-102, 104, 105, 108, 111, 113, 115, 116, 126, 133, 139, 154, 159, 161, 162, 165, 169, 172, 173, 177, 178, 181, 182, 185, 186, 188-191, 195, 197, 203, 206, 215, 21«, 219, 221, 224, 231, 232, 234- 236, 250, 255, 268, 269, 273, 276, 276, 282,233,285,286, 290, 301, 312-315, 317, 320, 323, 324, 327, 330, 333, 342, 344, 360, 378, 382, 385, 391, 398, 399, 402, 410, 415, 424-426, 429, 432, 433, 447-449, 452, 473, 476, 484, 488, 493, 505, 508, 510, 611, 526, 539, 577, 588, 594, 596, 603, 607, 608, 612, 620, 622, 626, 636, 637, 661, 674, 692. See Bridge- House, Strangers, Woolmen. London, Aldermen of, 659 . London, Assessment for a Loan, 531. London, Bakers and Bakers Company of, 626, 644. London, Bishop of, see Boner, Ridley, Griu- dall, Sandys, Aylmer, and Bishop Thomas, 621. London, Bishoprick of, 9, 12,34, 112, 185, 539, 569, 649, 650, 654. London Bridge, 74, 692. London, Garbeller of, 399, 400. London, Lord Mayor, &c. of, 83, 99-101, 104, 105, 108, 111, 135, 160, 174, 178, 181, 182, 214, 215, 224, 231, 232, 250, 251, 255, 268, 285, 286, 312, 313, 315, 320, 326-329, 342, 365, 396, 398, 413, 417, 426-428,433,437,495, 511, 522, 523, 525, 532, 539, 586, 602, 607, 621, 622, 631, 633, 636, 637, 642, 644, 659, 661. London, Merchants of, 538. London, Musters of, 480. London, Orphans of, 631, 642. London, Packorship of, 659. London, Port of, 458, 47.5, 478, 611, 657. London, Recorder of, see Fletewood. London, Seal of, 327. London, Searcher of, 686. Loudon, Sheriffs and Sheriffs Court of, 206, 308, 355, 453, 636, 646. London, Strangers in, 421, 432, 433, 437, 447. London Stone, 116. Long, Alice, 403. Long, Mr., 3. Long Melford, see Melford. Longeworth, Dr. Richard, 261-264, 268, 273, 274, 304, 305, 548. Lougley, Richard, 438. Longstable-mead, 233. Longwel, Abraham, 40. LoDgworth, James, 378. Lonison, (or Lanison, Lonyson,) John, 265, 438-440, 457, 533, 582, 013, 617. Loo, Andreas de, 400, 401, 697. Lopes, Dr., 592. Lord Admiral, see Seymoui-. Howard. Clynton. Lord Admiral, Authority of the, 633. Lord Chamberlain, 221, 537, 676, 599, see Darcy. Lord Chancellor, see Ryche, Goodrich, Heath. Lord Keeper, Office of, 116. Lord Keeper, see Bacon. Lord Marshal, 103. Lord Mayor, see London. Lord Protector, see Seymour. Lord Privy Seal, see Russell, Paget. Lord Steward, The, 693. Lord Treasurer, see Paulet, Cecill. Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, see Cheyne, Brooke. Lords, House of, 14, 50, 431, 517, see Parlia- ment. Lords Lieutenants, 26, 30, 31, 33, 57, 97-100, 102, 108, 129, 136, 140, 141, 152, 153, 158, 181, 225, 297, 349, 350, 356, 363, 366-367, 372, 375, 376, 385, 390, 396, 536, 668. Lords Lieutenants, Instructions to, ^80. Loretto, 523, 524. Lorraine, 67, 297, 677. Lorraine, Cardinal of, 317. Lorraine, Duchess of, 68. Loseley, 311, 601. Losse, Robert, 177. Lostwithiel, 121, 309. Lothingland, 147, 619, see Lovingland. Lotteries, 312, 314, 323, 332. Loudontliorpe, Manor of, 151. Loughborough, Lord, sse Hastings. Loughter, Robert, 207. Loune, William, 502. Louvaine, 71-73, 310, 525, 635. Love, Family of, 642. Lovelace, William, 348, 407. Lovell, Mr., 521. Lovell, Thomas, 258, 259, 317. Lover, (or Louver,) Hans, or Johan, 257, 268 261, 270, 274, 279, 300, 302, 395, 397 398, 408, 438. Loversall, Chapel of, 596. Lovingland, (or Lothingland,) Hundred of, 452 Low Countries, see Flanders. Lowe, , 033. GENERAL INDEX. 757 Lowe, Simon, 104. Lower, Philip, 17. Lower, see Lowre. Lowestoft, (Laystoft, Leistoft,) 147, 176, 235, 643. Lowestoft Eoads, 552. Lowre, Thomas, 202, 624. Lowre, William, 388, 624. Lowth, 45, 334. Lowthe-Eske, Hundred of, 334. Lowther, 122. Lowther, Gerard, 702. Lowther, Gerard, janr., 702. Lowther, Richard, 702. Luheck, 220, 314, 403, 523, 663. Lubsthorpe, 164. Lucas, Thomas, 379 ; Sir Thomas, 521, 545. Lucatelli, Innocent, 6S3. Lucca, the Luccans, 90, 325, 459, 460. Lucius, the Dutchman, 649. Lucy, Mr., 693. Lucy, Thomas, 149; Sir Thomas, 304, 339, 343,358,466, 520, 613. Luddington, 276. Ludham, 601. Ludham, John, 244. Ludloe, Edward, 212. Ludloe, Matilda, 212. Ludloe, Eobert, 212. Ludlow, 60, 406, 466, 543. Ludlow, the Carrier of, 682. Ludlow Casde, 452, 454, 540, 564, 635. Luffenham, Parsonage of, 200, 201. Lugwardin, Eectory of, 404. Lulworth, 547, 680. Lumley, John Lord, 396, 432, 488, 640. Lunatics, 116, 165, 183. Lundy, George, 231. Luther, JDr. Martin, 471. Lutherans, 291. Lyhanie, The, 587. Lychpoole, John, 689. Lydd, (in Kent,) 168. " Lyddes," see Hatton. Lydford, Parish of, 180. Lydney, Manor of, 32. Lyell, Eichard, 35. Lyes, see Leighs. Lyggons, Mr., 107. Lygon, Hugh, 700. Lygon, Eafe, 700. Lygons, (or Lygyns,) Ferdinando, 79-81. Lygy, (or Lyzy,) Mons. de, 316-318. Lyme Eegis, 444, 528, 594. Lyndeleye, 369. Lyndford, Mr., 389. Lynerols, M. de, 229. Lynn Eegis, 22, 171, 253, 255, 413, 449, 467, 470, 505, 595, 610. Lynn Eegis, Minister of, 702. Lynne, EandoU, 28. Lynton, 539. Lyon, The, see Lion. Lyon, Alice, 4. Lyon, John, 4. Lyons, Castle of, 376. Lysley, Lancelot, 330. Lyster, see Lister. Lysyngham, , a Pirate, 251. Lyte, George, 551. Lytlestone, William, 617. Lyttelton, John, 164 ; Sir John, 373, 484. Lyttleton, Sir Edward, 165, 180, 181. Lytton, Eowland, 373. Lyvesey, Eobert, 105. M. M , E., 458. Macclesfield, Hundred of, 122. MacPhelim, Sir Bryan, 481. MackwiUiams, Henry, 569. Macwilliams, Mr., 355. Madder, 293. Madeira, Island of, 287. Madrid, 565. Mafio, iSalthasar de, 90. Magdalen College, (Camb.,) 142, 188, 461, 492, 493, 496, 514, 534, 552, 605, 608, 666. Magdalen College, (Oxford,) 11, 29, 31, 43, 105, 186, 192, 193, 253, 449, 499, 500, 597. Magdalen College, (Oxford,) Dean of, 501. Magic, see Witchcraft. Magistrates, good, 473. Magnus, Thomas, 29. Maids of Honour, The, 648. Maidstone, 58, 60, 294, 295, 354, 450, 633. Maidstone, Hundred of, 460. Maidstone, Strangers at, 532. Maie, Eichard, 516. Maignewe, Arnold, 633. Maismore, Farm of, 320. Maister, William, 510. Maister, Dr. William, 319, 321, 446. Makerel, Harry, 14. Malby, Nicholas, 206. Maiden, Constables of, 700. Maldon, 420, 570. Maldon, Bailiffs, &c. of, 380. Malega, Straits of, 589. Malim, (Malimio,) WiUiam, 331 Malines, 69. Mallett, Dr. Francis, 145, 150 758 GENEEAL INDEX. Mailing, 57. MaUory, Eobert, 111. Mallwycke Park, 107. Malmsbury, 43. Malmsbury, Hundred of, 377. Malorye, Sir Eichard, 250, 251. Malsanger, 66, 67, 69, 71. Malt, 498, 505, 552, 699, see Brewers. Malta, 256, 260. Malvern Chace, 470. Malyn, John, 105, 106, 112. Mameranus, , 113. Man, Isle of, 502. Man, John, 334. Manchester 568, 680. Manchester College, 94, 373, 590. Manchester, Warden of, 307. Maneby, William, 53. Manerbery, Fami of, 41. Maners, Eoger, 294. MangcU, Edward, 487. Manhod, Mr., 555. Manhood, Bailifwick of, 544. Manley, Thomas, 472. Manley, William, 471. Manley, Wapentake of, 484. Manne, John, 263. Manners, Edward, Earl of Katland, 406, 437, 486, 511, 526, 569, 650, 660, 689. Manners, Henry, Earl af Eutland, 13, 97-99, 106, 115, 156, 158, 230, 303. Manners, John, 368, 369, 379, 440, 441. Mannel Thomas, 365. Mannington, 388. Mannucci, Jacomo, 689. Manors, Lords of, 587. Manours, Mr., 373. Mansell, or Mawnsell, Sir Edward, 599, 638. Mansfield in Sherwood, 122, 346. Manshead, Hundred of, 374. Manslaughter, 169. Manthorp, 47. Mantua, 67, 75, 76. Mantua, Duke of, 88. Mantua, Matthew de, 17. Manufactures, see Cloths. Manuscripts, 222, 292, 323, 324. Manwood, Eoger, 307, 384, 407, 409, 441 ; Justice, 558, 566; Sir Eoger, 639, 643, 645, 656. Manxwell, Anthony, 111. Maperley, Matthew, 278. Mapledurham, 237. Maplestead, Great and Little, 697. Marare, Albert de, 90. Marble Pillars, imported, 394. Marbury, Humfrey, 250. Marburye James, 190. March, Earl of, see Plantagenet. Marcham, Anthony, 278. Marches, The East, 479. Marches, The, see Borders, Wales. Marden, Hundred of, 450. Marden, Manor of, 266, 301. Mareschall, see Marshall. Margaret, Queen of Scotland, 221. Margaret, Lady, Eouudation and Divinity Lecture, at Cambridge, 634, 644. Margate, 699. Margrette Bonadventure, the, 680. Mariano, Angelo, 87. Maris, or Marice, Capt., a pirate, 623. Markenfield, or Markynfeld, Thomas, 411, 587. Market, Clerk of, see Clerk. Market Eaison, 507. Mark-hall, 25. Markham, Ellis, 188. Markham, John. Markham, Eichard, 387. Markham, Eobert, 379, 563, 569. Markham, Thomas, 617, 689. Marney, John Lord, 555. Marotzo, Francis, 90, 91. Marque and Eeprizal, Letters of, 19, 93, 224, 275, 313, 328, 332, 412, 492, 508, 540. Marr, Henry, 611. Marrena, 524. Marriage of the Clergy, 324. Marriages, 74, 131, 155, 175, 183-185, 187, 188, 195, 196, 199, 200, 205, 207, 211, 221, 230, 231, 241, 256, 257, 273, 277, 280, 291, 368, 369, 458, 471, 489, 491, 498, 500, 538, 690. Marriages Eoyal, 4, 42, 55, 56, 58, 65, 101, 175, 195, 199, 217, 253, 269, 280-282, 291, 345, 417, 419, 467, 629. See Eliza- beth. Marsden, William, 326. Marseilles, 320, 490, 499. Marsh, Edward, 36. Marshal, , 686. Marshal, John, 399. Marshal, Office of, 350. Marshal, William, 166. Marshall, , 307. Marshal], Godfrey, 313, 317, 324. Marshall, Mr., 110. Marshall, Thomas, 105. Marshalsea Prison, 136, 168, 174, 175, 179, 240, 402, 406, 482-484, 604, 579, 606, 628, 632, 641, 645, 696. Marshalsea, Prisoners in, 668. Marshe, Mr., 333, 447., Marshe, Thomas, 363. Marshfoot, 44. Marsshe, John, 107. Marston, 367. Marston Bygot, Manor of, 536. Mart Towns, 447, 448, 552, 587, 603. In England, 530, 692. Origin of, 552. Marten, Edward, 295. Marten, John, 384. Marten, Mr., 667. GENERAL INDEX. 759 Marten, Martens. See Martin. Martyn. Martial lavr, 98. Martial Men, Names of, 684. Martigne, M., 319. Martin a Ehurnbeck, Dr., 383. Martin, Dr., 471. Martin, Thomas, 305. Martin, William, 305, 412, 455. Martine, Edmund, 490, 498. Martine, Humphry, 490, 498. Martinengo, The Abhot, 175. Martocke, Parsonage of, 521. Martyn, John, 306, 535, 606. Martyn, (Marten, Martin), Eich^rd, 306, 431 ; Alderman, 457, 503, 506, 521, 533, 582 ; Warden of the Mint, 613, 673, 691. Martyn, Roger, Alderman, 111 ; Sir Eoger 313, 320. Martyn, Thomas, 65-67 ; Dr. 68, 87, 174. Martyr, Peter, 158, 183. Martyrs, see Church Affairs. Marwood, John, 159. Mary fthe French Queen), sister of Henry Vni.,3, 217,286. Mary, Princess of England, 3, 5, 13, 20-22, 25, 31, 34, 42, 48. Queen, 54-72, 74, 75, 77, 78, 80, 82, 85-88, 90-107, 111- 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 124, 128, 133, 134, 137, 140, 141, 143, 146, 168, 197, 223, 325, 390, 697. Mary, Queen of Scotland, 4, 6, 11, 87, 88, 144, 151, 152, 162, 175, 179, 195, 199, 202, 208, 217, 253, 256, 279. 286, 291, 293, 297, 309, 311, 316, 318, 324, 328, 344, 345, 370, 382, 417, 422, 423, 425-431, 433, 436-438, 449, 497, 499, 503, 547, 649. Mary Bowes, The, 114. Mary Eortune, The, 93. Marygold, The, 482. Masks, see Drama. Masham, 394. Mason, aliai, Wyckes, Anthony, 482. Mason, Richard, 593. Masone, Sir John, 56, 66, 69, 72-76, 80, 82, 84-86, 109, 115, 129, 130, 134, 136, 143, 146, 151, 180, 183, 249, 258, 271, 275, 488, 534. Masone, Lady, 86, 274. Mass, service of, 34,96, 152, 173, 174, 179, 321, 346, 371, 396,483, 565, 568, 578, 610, 617, 622, 656. Mass Books, &c., 524. Masselin, Nicholas, 399. Massy, Elizabeth, 428. Massy, Eoger, 428. Master, Dr. Eichard, 672. Master of the Barges, see Barges. Master Gunner, The, 276. Master of the Horse, 84, 91, 106, 15.5. See Browne. Duddeley. Master of Requests, see Requests. Master of the Rolls, see Beaumont, Bowes, Cordell. Maston, Thomas, 551. Matharn, 362, 489, 564, 583, 617. Mathew, Edmond, 310, 436, 446, 509, 606. Mathew, George, 7. Matrons, Jury of, 588, 626. Matson, Thomas, 15. Matthew, Dr. Tobie, 648, Matthew, John, 556, 593, 584. Matthewe, Henry, 136. Matthewe, Thomas, 104. Matyson, Richard, 598, Maunder, ...., 21. Maundy, The, 236. Maunsell, Richard, 9. Mau-vissiere, Mons., 454, 534. Mawde, Barnard, 691. Mawnsell, see Mansell. Maximilian, Emperor of Germany, 243, 271. May, Thomas, 475. Maydewell, Lawrence, 232. Maye, Geo,, 475. Maye, see Mey. Mayfield, 394, 438. Maynard, H., 578. Maynard, Thomas, 367. Mayne, Cuthbert, 568. Mayneman, Thomas, 40. Maynwaringe, Randle, 693. Maynwaryng, Sir Arthur, 486. May ton ferry, 576. Mazines, Capt., (Masciuo del Bene ?), 211, 465. Mead-hole, 384. Meade, Thomas, 382, 638. Meadley, William, 440, 443. Measures, 455, 495, 556. Of wine and ale, 702, Meath, Bishop of, 9. Medea, 246. Medicine, (Medical receipts, &c.,) 51, 239, 252, 502. Medina, Dukes of, 217. Medme, (now Newport,) see Newport. Medley, George, 196. Medley, John, 598. Medio w, 198. Medway, The, 486. Meers , 613. Meffyn, Lord, 309. Meidlar, Thomas, 276. Mekley, Rowland, 316. Melburneholme, Hundred of, 124. Melcombe Regis, 546. Melford, Long, 167. MelfordHall, 157. Melksham, Eorest of, 554. Mellershe, Eichard, 627. Mellershe, Thomas, 627. Melles, Rectory of, 142. Mellowe, John, 631. Mellowe, Lawrence, 692. Melton, 217. 760 GENERAL INDEX. Melton Pauconbridge, Manor of, 113. Melurine, Signior, 226. Melvyn, Mr., 283. Members of Parliament, 96. Memoranoye, see Montmorency. Mendippe, 612. Menvile, Ninian, 29. Menye, Walter, 451. Meo, William, 625. Merchant Adventurers, 45, 65, 87, 101, 116, 128, 139, 161, 164, 182, 198, 208, 215, 217, 231, 236-238, 241-244, 246, 247, 267, 280, 284, 285, 287, 314, 326-328, 338, 362, 367, 394, 405, 408, 432, 447, 448, 455, 471, 490, 494, 510, 550, 557, 573, 577, 579, 587, 603, 614, 622, 626, 628, 633, 642, 690, 698, 699. See Bristol. Merchant Adventurers, Charter of, 577. Merchant Staplers, see Staplers. Merchants of the Stillyard, see Stillyard. Merchant Strangers, 182, 219, 223, 247, 257, 259, 292, 294, 299, 313, 324-326, 421, 435, 503, 510, ^03, 613, 696. See London. Strangeri. Merchant Strangers, Hosting of, 621. Merchants, Bonds of, 90, 91, 182, 185. Merchants, see Spain. Merden, Manor of, 272, 424, 592. Mere Merchants, Company of, 619, 620. Meredith, William, 566. Mereworth, 56, 58, 69, 61.. Merieke, Lewis Ap Owen Ap, 456. Merioneth, 264, 301, 361. Merionethshire, 486. Merley, Nicholas, 149. Merlin, The, 554. Merrivall, , aEankrupt, 695. Mersey, East, 116, 386. Mershe, John, 101, 235-238, 241, 285, 308, 317-, 390, 392, 393, 412, 510, 550. Merton College, (Oxford,) 166, 177, 195, 201, 394. Mervyu, Sir John, 139. Merynge, Sir William, 333. Message, see Parliament. Messengers, 362, 569, 576, 598, 599, 611, 622, 626, 696. Messengers, Charges of, 534. Meta Incognita, Land, 589, 608. Metoalf, Reginald, 402, 628, 657, 665, 669, 670. Meteor, a fearful one, 504. See Comet. Mettam , 681. Meux, Monastery of, 119. Mews, The, 48, 570. Mey, (orMay, May e,) Dr. William, II, 143; proposed for York, 154. Meye, John, 382. Meye, Richard, 500. Meynell, Robert, 122, 188. Michael, The, 546, 556, 573, 618, Michelgrove, 276. Michel!, Humfrey, 85, 459, 506, 530, 638, 681. Michelot, William, 508. Michelson, Arthur, 595. Middelmore, (or Middlemore,) Henry, 430, 444, 490, 682. Middelmore, John, 653. Middelmore, Robert, 682. Middelmore, William, 652, 653, 682. Middelmore, see Mydlemore. Middle Temple, The, 407, 428, 443, 454, 569. Middleburgh, 258, 289, 577. Middleham, Stewardship of, 92. Middlemore, see Middelmore, Midlemore, My- dlemore. Middlesex, 40, 98, 119, 122, 129, 148,230, 255, 338, 346, 363, 377, 411, 426, 432, 441, 442, 487, 526, 534, 546, 594, 630, 643, 649, 679. Middlesex, Alehouses in, 570. Middlesex, Clerk of the Peace of, 649. Middlesex, Justices of, 651. Middlesex, Receiver of, 119. Middlesex, Sheriffs of, 346, 521. Middleton, or Milton, (Kent,) Manor of, 272, 30., 424, 637, 538, 592, 626. See Milton. Middleton, Parsonage of, 485. Middleton, School at, 431. Middleton, Mr., 611. Middleton, William, 47. Middleton Cheney, Rectory of, 171. Midlemore, Robert, 366. Might, Thomas, 464, 626. Milan, 66, 504, 659. Milcote, 237. Mildenhall, Manor of, 142, 503. Mildmay, Henry, 372. Mildmay, Mr., 95, 351. Mildmay, Thomas, 157. Mildmay, Sir Thomas, 418, 686. Mildmay, Sir Walter, 4, 26, 97, 99, 118, 138, 162, 164, 170, 177,198,225,232,248, 250, 254, 273, 283, 289, 290, 295-297, 306, 309, 310, 324, 343, 351, 370, 400, 401, 407, 409, 410, 417, 421, 428, 429, 434, 455, 476, 491, 492, 495, 499, 515, 566, 587, 600, 613, 616, 638, 650, 667. Milford, 498. Milford Haven, 267, 538, 539, 695. . Military, see Army, Ordnance, Musters. Military service, 479. Militia, The, 579. See Musters. Milk Street, 447. Mill Park, 63. MiUes, Robert, 695. Millgate, 580. Milling, Rowland, 87. Mills, (or Mylls), Francis, 483, 484, 486, 487, 499, 500. Milner, John, 89. Milton, (Oxfordeh.,) 524. Milton in Cleveland, Manor of, 107. GENERAL INDEX. 761 Milton, (or Mylton, Middieton in Kent). 136 144,159,171,309. 5ee Middieton. MUton, Hundred of, 460. Milwarde, Thomas, 697. Mma, Journey of, 74. Minehead, 409. Mines— Alum, Mineral, and Battery icorks, &c. 180, 244, 245, 250-261, 266, 270 ''72 274-280, 282-284, 287-292, 294, '298! 300-303, 305,307, 310-312,315,317- 320, 322, 330, 376, 395, 397, 398, 408, 409, 424, 436, 438, 440, 443, 457, 542, 612,673,676,688. Mines, Draining of, 509, 598. Mines Royal, Farming of, 688. Minion, The, 215, 247, 329. Ministers, Increase of Learning in, 699. Minories, The, 169, 195, 196, 230, 297, 416, 545. Minors, see Legacies. Minster in Sheppey, Manor of, 445, 469, 537. Mint Affairs, (BuUion.Coinage, &c.,) 3, 4, 7, 19, 30, 52, 59, 60, 77, 97, 110, 114, 119, 156, 159-166, 170, 176, 177, 182, 197, 204, 232, 256, 259, 260, 265, 288-291, 305, 306, 339, 363, 367, 385, 406, 407, 410, 413, 415, 416, 431, 432, 436, 438- 440, 457, 491, 510, 533, 582, 613, 616, 686, 700. See Bristol. Coin. Mint, Clerk of the, 703. Mint, Graver of the, 476. Mint, Officers of the, 114, 232, 290, 291, 407, 413, 416, 431, 432, 438, 440, 446, 457, 472, 510, 694. Mint, Moneyers of the, 491. Mint, Treasurer and Comptroller of, 97, 133, 232, 353, 432, see Pekham. Mint, Warden of the, 52, '510, 559, 613. Mitchell, Humphrey, 72, 73. Mizes, Collector of, 384. Mochelney, Manor of, 381. Modbury, 180. Mohun, William, 451. Molins, Mr., 542. Molins, William de, 6)2. MolUneux, see Molyneux. Molyneux, Alice, 321. Molyneux, Anne, 321. Molyneux, Edmond, 195. Molyneux, Emery, 399. Molyneux, Erancis, 379. Molyneux, Jane, 321. Molyneux, John, 321, 322. Molyneux, Mr., 379. Molyneux, Sir Richard, 279, 281, 321. Mompesson, Christopher, 58. Monasteries, Act concerning, 517. Monbary, Robert, 231. Mondet, Martin, 696. Money, Foreign, 140. Money, Foreign Loans of, see Loans. Money, see Coin, Mint, Pyx. Monkhill, see BuckhursL Monmouth, 596, 617. Monmouthshire, 148, 275, 514,566,571,587, 596, 606, 618, 622. Monmouthshire, Justices of, 639. Monoux, George, 508. Mouse Awtrey, (or Mohuns Ottery,) 56, 59, 251, 389.' Monson, ,39. Mont, Dr., 205. Montague, Viscount, see Browne. Monteagle, Lord, see Stanley. Montgomeri, Mons., 214. Montgomery, Count de, 3 1 8. Montgomeryshire, 361, 487, 588, 634. Montgomeryshire, Sheriffs of, 686, 688. MonthaU, see Mounthall. Montjoye Place, 363. Montluc, Mons., 287, 310. Montmorency, Francis, Duke of, 445, 446. Montmorency, Mons., 210 MontpeUier, Collections for relief of those of the religion, 658. Monuments, 158, 159. Moore Hall, Manor of, 702. Moore, Sir John, 341. Moorley, Dr., 694. Moors, The, in Spain, 394. Moot, (or Motte) Robert, (bell-founder,) 568, 591, 593. Morchard Episcopi, Manor of, 8. Mordaunt, Edward, 620. Mordaunt, John Lord, 225. Mordaunt, Sir Lewis, 341. More, Sir Christopher, 21. More, Gabriel, 266. More, Mr., 194. More, Nicholas, 22. More, Richard, 266, 507. More, WiUiam, 21, 311, 333; Sir William, 426, 440, 561, 694. Moregate, 569. Moreley, John, 687. Moreton, William, 6. Morgan, Capt., 473. Morgan, Harrie, 683. Morgan, Henry, 110, 580. Morgan, John, 408, 409. Morgan, Rees, 597. Morgan, Rice A., 17. Morgan, Rowland, 532, 543, 617. Morgan, Walter, 266, 280. Morgan, WiUiam, 532, 543. Morgan, Sir William, 532, 595. Morice, Richard, 504, 505. Morlaix, 140,205, 215. Morleston, Hundred of, 124. Morlewood Park, 40. Morley, Anthony, 477. Morley, Edward, 23. Morley, James, 278, 298, 299, 316, 317. 762 GENERAL INDEX. Morley, John, 310. Morley, Lady, 381, 383, 458, 483, 503. Morley, Lord, see Parker. Morley, Thomas, 207. Morley, Wapentake of, 336. MorraU, , 578. Morren, (or Murren, or Murrey,) John, 125, 307. Morrice, , 641. Morrice, James, 635. Morrice, Peter, 512. Morris, Edward, 578. Morris, Francis, 364. Morris, Thomas, 578. Morrisyn, Mr., 34, 45. Morrys, William, 174. Mors, John, 169. Mortgage, 599. Mortlake, 15, 315, 618. Mortmain, Bill of. 411 ; Purchases in, 636. Morton, Dr., 651, 694. Morton, Hundred of, 156, 340. Morton, Robert, 596. Morton, Ursula, 596. Morwin, Peter, 393. Morys, William, 86. Moryson, Thomas, 508. Moscow, Moscovia, see Muscovy. Motston, Centon of, 143. Mott, M. la, 515. Motte, see Moott. Moulton, Robert, 106. Moundeford, Osbert, 263. Mounford, , a Jesuit, 547. Mounson, George, 389. Mounson, Mr. Justice, 482, 530. Mount, The, (Cornwall,) 3. Mount Edgecomb, 370, 451, 615. Mount, John, 274, 282. Mount, William, 294, 301. Monntagu, Sir Edward, 370, 373,376, 441, 560. Mountain, Thomas, 407. Mounte, John, 190. Mounthall, 162, 203, 299, 384. Mountjoy, Lady Kath., 436, 440. Mountjoy, Lord, see Blount. Mountsbay, 125, 329, 492. Mountstevynge, John, 199, 206. Mowsdale, , 664. Moyle, Dame Katharine, 695. Ivloyle, Sir Thomas, 59. Much Bromley, 422. Much Wenlock, 566. Muchland, Manor of, 266. Mug, Mr., 183. Mullens, Archdeacon, €54. MuUer, Conrad, 239. Mullyns, Mr., 406. Munitions, 118, 155, 156, 158. See Arms. Ordnance Stores. Munster, President of, 398, 406. Murder, 125, 136, 175, 279, 280, 295, 363, 408, 476, 545, 588, 597, 627. Murray, , 307. Murray, Earl of, Regent of Scotland, 296, 629. Murrey, Murren, see Morren. Muscovy, 178, 179, 243, 616, 695, 701, see Russia. Muscovy House, 586, 605. Muscovy, Trade to, 512, 522, 695. Muscyponte, see Pontemuson. Musgrave, Cuthbert, 9. Musgrave, Simon, 330. Music, Musicians. 68, 146, 179, 270, 318. Music, Maintenance of Choristers, 703. Muskets, see Arms. Musters, Training Soldiers, &c., 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 53, 93, 94, 97-101, 108, 120-125, 128, 133-136, 138-141, 145, 148, 149, 152- 158, 160, 163, 206, 207, 212, 218, 219, 254, 255, 257, 297, 298, 301, 303, 313, 325,331-345, 349, 350, 352, 357-359, 363, 365-368, 370-380, 390, 405, 450- 452, 459-469, 471, 473, 474, 476, 478- 480, 482-488, 492, 494, 534, 535, .540- 543, 545-649, 554, 555, 557-565, 568- 570, 572, 581, 582, 584, 586, 587, 591, 692, 594, 596, 597, 633, 642, 643, 645, 648-666, 668, 673, 676, 678-681, 684, 689, 693. See Harquebusiers. Musters, Commissioners for, 476, 651, 580, 632, 639, 643, 646, 663. Musters, Instructions for, 331, 371, 476, 539, 590, 689, 690. Mutford, Hundred of, 452. Muye, Madame de, 314. ^ Mychell, John, 317. Myckley, Rowland, 436. Myddleton, Arthur, 475. Myddleton, see Milton. Mydehnore, George, 682. Mydlemore, Mr., 512. Mydwinter, John, 217. Mylle, George, 264. Mylliton, Mr., 389. Mylls, see Mills. Mylton, see Milton. Mymms, Parish of, 10. Mynde, John a, 61. Mynge, John, 611. Myrtle trees, 198. N. N B., 457. N , John, 173. N Nicholas, 173. N ,V.,457. Namptwich, Hundred of, 122. Namur, 67. GENERAL INDEX. 763 Naples, 66, 172, 281. Napper, ....... 484. Napper, William, 490. Narrow Seas, The, 15, 92-94,96, 97, 102, 104- 106, 112, 203, 205, 298, 394, 505, 526, 640. Narve, The, 237, 246, 523. Nash, Richard, 539. Nassau, Count Lewis (or Lodowick) of. Prince of Orange, 313, 320, 413, 417, 426, 466, 522, 527. Nation, State of the, 334, 358, 363, 364, 387, 388, 391, 402, 444, 450, 478, 496, 527, 555, 587, 611, 665. -See Defence. Naturalization, Letters of, 135. Naval Stores, 480, 636, 640, 655. Navarre, King of, 179, 209, 211. Navarre, Queen of, 378, 386. Naves, Marquis de les, 62. Navigation, Maintenance of, 409, 412, 567, 697. Navy, Naval Affairs, &e., see Admiralty. Navy, Clerk of the, 703. Navy, Comptroller of the, 526. Navy, Expenses of the whole Navy, 670. Navy, Maintenance of, 518. Navy, Treasurer of the, 566, 627, 634. Nawnton, (or Naunton,) ,27-31. Neale, Mr., 269. Neashorough, Hundred of, 250, 374. Nedeham, ,470. Nedeham, Henry, 578. Nedeham, George, 258, 289-292, 294, 298, 300,315,317,319,320,397. Negroes, 299. Negus, Edward, 661. Nele, Eobert, 325. Nelson, Koger, 600. Neptune, The, 498. Nepyvila, see Brisa. Neshet, , 150. Nesle, Marquis de, 135, 136, 248. Ness, "Wapentake of, 124, 694. Netherlands, Netherlanders, see Elanders. Nettlested, Manor of, 165. Nevel, Sir John, 476. Nevell, or NeviU, George, 379, 418, 650. Nevell Cor NeviU,) Sir Henry, 35, 152-1 57, 243, 344, 345, 366, 387, 430, 467, 561, 643. Nevell, Sir Thomas, 334, 343. Nevell, see NevyU. Nevill, 48. Nevill, (orNevyle,) Catharine, 92, 93. Nevill Charles, Earl of Westmoreland, 261, 324 335,336,346-348, 352, 353, 356, 360* 373, 392, 410, 427, 435, 441, 647, 669, 686. ^eMm, , Lord, (son of the ahove,) 410. NeviU Henry, Lord Ahergavenny, 57-59, 61, 67, 98, 240, 241, 257, 271, 546, 685. NeviU, Henry, Earl of Westmoreland, 44, 45, 92,106, 117, 155, 183,185, 187, 188, 190, 197, 492. NeviU, John, Lord Latimer, 92, 93, 193. NeviU, see NeveU. NeviUe, Lady Adeline, 410. NeviUe, Lady Eleanor, 416, 492. &e Funerals. Pelham. NeviUe, Erancis, 363. NevUle, George, 117. Neville, Sir John, 360. NeviUe, Lady Mary, 410. NeviUe, Richard, Earl of Warwick, 70. Nevison, Dr. Stephen, 443. Nevoe, Peter, 624. NevyU, Christopher, 323, 324,'356, 411. Nevyll, Sir Thomas, 323. New Bark, the, 205. New College, 186, 403, 454. New Croydon, (in Brittany,) 577. New Draperies, Patent for, 594. New HaU, cum memhris, 403. New Inn, 677. New Park, 397, 496. New Eomney, 174, 254, 611. ^eEomney. New Sarum, 121, 455, 665. ^e Salisbury. New Testament, The, ,31, 524 ; the Eheims, 547. New Trades, Company for Discovery of, 526, 628, 656. New Windsor, see Windsor. New Woodstock, 652. New Year's Gifts, 96, 120, 178. Newark, Manor of, 511. Newark on Trent, 31, 63, 349, 351, 352, 356, 360, 362, 379, 650. Newark, Wapentake of, 333, 379. Newbury, 153,243, 248, 340, 395, 542, 550. Newcastle, 4, 5, 7, 104, 120, 148, 149, 157, 158, 202, 282, 313, 352, 369, 400, 502, 517- 519, 529, 530. Newcastle, Charter of, 623. Newcastle, Mayor, &c. of, 157, 482, 517, 518, 529, 530, 623. Newdegate, Erancis, 241, 381. Newdegate, John, 232. Newdegate, Eobert, 232. Newdigate, John, 226. Newdigate, Mr., E33. Newe, Edyth, 456. Newe, William, 456. Newenden, 202. Newfoundland, 554, 565, 641. Newgate Prison, 179, 224, 701. Newhall, 171, 173, 174, 179. Newhaven, (in France,) 21, 29, 76, 77, 79, 106, 203, 205-220, 223-230, 247, 295, 464, 633, 693. NewiU, Mr., 636. Newington, 192. Newington Barrow, Manor of, 468. Newington Green, 380. Newlande, James, 309. Newlands, 276, 288-290, 298. Newport, 209, 532, 696. Newport, (Flanders,) 239. 764 GENERAL INDEX. Ne-wport, Hundred of, 376. Newport, (Medine. I. of Wight) 144, 394. NcTvport, Kichard, 95. Newport, Sir Richard, 339. Newton, 617. Newton Feres, 562. Newton, Mr., 186. Nicholas, Sir Ambrose, 523. Nicholas, Thomas, 635. Nicholls, see NycooUs. Nichols, William, 585. Nicholson, Edmund, 145. Nicholson, Otho, 28. Nicolas, Sir Harris, 461. Nicols, Philip, 683, 684. Nivelt, M. de, 432. Nobility, Lists of, 613. Noble, William, 459, 498. Noblemen attainted, 119. Nonconformity, 285, 293, 687. Nonnius, Lodovicus, 115. Non-residence, Licence for, 7 02. Nonsuch, 136, 252, 289. Norborough, 22. Norbrook, 319, 320. Nore, The, 648. Norfolk,2I,22,85,98,99,lll, 120,122, 141,148, 184, 214, 225, 227-229, 261-263, 283, 299, 325, 342, 350, 363, 367, 369, 370, 372-374, 385, 388, 390, 399, 402, 413- 415,449, 451, 452, 463, 467, 476, 480, 482,491, 507, 540,548, 55.5, 558, 562, 571,574,575,678,585, 610, 616, 618, 619, 624, 627, 628, 643, 644, 650, 653, 659, 678, 686. Norfolk, Alehouses, &c. in, 558. Norfolk, Duchess of, 234, 299. Norfolk, Duke of, see Howard. Norfolk, Justices of, 642, 652. Norfolk, names of Ereeholdera and Gentlemen, 659. Norfolk, Sheriff of, 433. Norfolk, Vice-Admiral of, 22, 388. Norgate, Dr. Robert, 554, 555, 671, 683, 684. Norham Castle, 176, 241. Norman Cross, Hundred of, 430, Norman, Thomas, 513. Normandy, 76, 210, 212, 276, 494, 554, 619, 701, 702. Normanton, 274. Normanton, , 43. Norreys, ..., 307. Norreys, Henry, 207. Norreys, (or Norreis, Norris,) Sir Henry 280, 300, 330, 331, 394; Lord Norreys, 512, 516,523, 631, 690,703. Norris, , 243. Norris, Capt, 635. Norris, John, 208. Norris, Sir John, 432. Norris, Lady, 639. Norris, Lord, 520. Norris, Mrs., 146. Norris, (or Norrys,) William, 639 684, 696. Norroy King at Arms, see Flower. Norryce, John, 110. Norrys, Mr., 107. Norrys, Richard, 610. North, ,314. North, The, see Borders, Rebellion.^ North East, Voyage of Discovery, 656. North, Sir Edward, 4, 9, 26, 29. North Foreland, 254, 330, 528. North, George, 270, 271. - North, Sir John, 447. North, Lord President and Council of the, 131, 193, 471, 537, 538, 580, 695, 692. North, Mr. 672. North Marches, see Borders. North Rode, Manor of, 593. North, Sir Roger, 127 ; Lord North, 270, 338, 447, 4.')9-461, 483, 485, 507, 539, 549, 600, 601, 618, 627, 675, 690. North Seas, The, 2, 112, 253, 513. North-west passage, or Voyage of, 546, 659, 567, 571-673, 681, 686, 590, 602, 603, 606, 608, 616, 621, 623. North-west Passage, see Furbisher. Voyages. Northallerton, 656. Northampton, Borough of, 36, 122, 250, 345, 356, 414, 584. Northampton, Alehouses, &c., 563. Northampton, Assizes, 629. Northampton, Church of, 414. Northampton, Marchioness of, 62, 239, 250, 263, 259. Northampton, Marquis of, see Bourchier, Parr. Northampton, Mayor of, 584. Northamptonshire, 21, 31, 36, 51, 52, 89, 101, 122, 164, 157, 162, 171, 215, 231, 250, 273, 323, 334, 343, 345, 346, 364, 366, 368, 370, 373-377, 417, 421, 422, 425, 510, 541, 545, 564, 566, 576, 677. Northamptonshire, Alehouses in, 564. Northamptonshire, Justices of, 638. Northamptonshire, Sheriff of, 441, 519. Northaw, 462. Northborne, Manor of, 536. Northborowe, Manor of, 162. Northchurch, Parsonage of, 169, 233. Northen, , 695. Northstowe, Hundred of, 430. Northumberland, 171, 222, 252, 282, 335. Northumberland, Countess of, 360, 366, 381, 391, 396, 461, 485, 515, 516, 524, 625, 627. Northumberland, Duke of, see Duddeley. Northumberland, Earl of, see Percy. Northwich, 122. Northwich, Hundred of, 6, 122. Norton, , 497. Norton, Sir Anthony, 60. Norton, Christopher, 368, 370, 372. Norton Conyers, 411, Norton, Edward, 144. Norton, Eleanor, 136. GENERAL INDEX. 765 Norton, Erancis, 411. Norton, Sir George, 635. Norton, Lady, 258. Norton, Mr., 637. Norton, Marmaduke, 368, 372, 409. Norton Park, 101. Norton, Richard, 367, 400, 411 ; Sir Richard, 662. Norton, Samuel, 635. Norton,Thomas, 136,144, 159,171,272,368,372. Norton, "William, 360, 368, 372, 407, 409. Nortons, The, 356, 372. Norton Ferris, Manor of, 96. Norwich, 15, 22, 157, 159, 171, 190, 231, 234, 267, 291, 302, 318, 329, 342, 350, 369, 377, 381, 385, 390, 410, 433, 435, 451, 459, 463, 482, 488, 496, 531, 540, 548, 558, 562, 579, 585, 600, 602, 604, 613, 616, 653, 661, 665. Norwich, Bishop of, ses Hopton, Parkhurst. Freke. Norwich, Bishoprick of, 329, 562. Norwich Castle, 397, 469. Norwich, Chancellor of, 446, 601, 602, 604, 606, 607. Norwich, Cordwainers Company in, 579. Norwich, Dean and Chapter of, 303. Norwich, Mayor, &c., 488, 623, 653. Norwich, Prebendaries of, 393. Norwich, Strangers in, 410, Norwood, (in Kent,) 272. Norwood, Richard, 44. Nottingham, 342, 346, 350, 352, 353, 375, 376, 379, 380, 384. Nottingham, Bishop of, 371. Nottingham, Sheriff of, 418. Nottingham, Suffragan of, 338. Nottinghamshire, 111, 120, 140, 148,202, 332, 333, 339, 346, 347, 350, 367, 368, 373, 375, 376, 379, 415, 418, 423, 511, 563, 569, 650, 660, 664. Nottinghamshire, Alehouses in, 564. Nottinghamshire, Justices of, 638. Nottinghamshire, Sheriff of, 617. Nowell, Alexander, Dean of St. Pauls, 185, 245, 274, 382, 434, 438-440, 444, 445, 497, 514, 590, 600, 618. Nowell, Lawrence, Dean of Lichfied, 393. Nowell, Mr., 211, 213. Nowell, Robert, 431, 635. Nun-Apleton, Manor of, 193. Nuncio, see Rome. Nunnyngton, Manor of, 191. Nuns, House of, in Stamford, 89. Nutt, .81- Nycholson, Laurens, 630. Nycoolls, Dr. Degory, 552, 605, 606, 608. Nycoolls, Mrs., a scolding wife, 608. o. Oatlands, 10, 30, 35, 382, 552, 554, 666, 672. Oaths, (Allegiance, Supremacy, &c.,) 33, 115, 119, 137, 150, 167, 180, 239, 281, 303, 321, 430,489, 536, 539, 566, 571, 582, 617. See Justices of Peace. Obhe River, 253. Obhyns, , 63. Obits, 134. Obsequies of the French King, See Funerals. Ocke, Hundred of, 156, 340. O'Connor, Owen, 314. Odell, Ann, 128. Odiham, 502, 599. Odsey, Hundred of, 374. Offaley, Lord, see Fitzgerald. Offices, Sale of, 38. Offington, 4, 31, 124, 393. OfBey, Richard, 532. Offley, Sir Thomas, 241, 258, 312, 327, 532. Offlow, Hundred of, 424. Oglander, George, 144. Ogle, Richard, 19, 30, 32, 42, 46, 47. Ogle, Robert Lord, 108. Ogle, Thomas, 84, 150, 272. Oglethorpe, Henry, 624. Oglethorpe, Dr. Owen, 29, 43 ; Bishop of Carlisle, 127. Oglethorpe, Thomas, 624. Oglethorpe, William, 624. Oils, Manufacture of, 421, 438, 448, 444, 605, 606, 692. Oking, Dr., 27. Olain, John, 248. Old Bailey, The, 88, 126, 378. Old Jewry, The, 473. Oldenburgh, Christopher, Count of, 204 OldenseU, Harman Van, 620. Oldisworthe, W., 637. Oldkirk, Parsonage of, 32. Olton, 363. Olyfe, WiUiam, 248. O'NeU, ,269. Ongar, Hundred of, 380. Onley, Mrs., 269. Onslow, Richard, 255, 635. Onslowe, Fulke, 165. Orange, Prince nf, see Nassau. Oranges, 216, 673. Orbea, Dominico d', 65. Orcades, The, 527. Orders, Book of, 310. Ordnance, Offices and Officers of, 42, 43, 61, 93, 97, 113, 118, 119, 121, 126, 130, 131, 134, 140, 146, 150, 154, 160, 164, 169, 192, 195, 196, 230, 232, 237, 239, 245, 249, 265, 285, 298, 315, 331, 347, 349, 350, 357, 364, 368, 376, 393, 395, 401, 431, 458, 461, 474, 476, 477, 481, 509, 512, 536, 613, 643, 663, 700. Ordnance, Clerk of the, 276. Ordnance, Export of, 534 ; to Spain, 638. Ordnance, Iron, Sale of, see Iron Ordnance. Ordnance, Lieutenant -General of, 275, 276, 298, 376, 431, 461. 766 GENERAL INDEX. Ordnance, Master of the, 510, 685. Ordnance, Manufacture and Sale of, 146, 245. Ordnance Stores, Munitions, &e., 113, 117, 118, 126, 138, 140-143, 145, 146, 150, 154, 160, 190, 206, 210, 214, 218, 227, 228, 237, 239, 249, 250, 265, 288, 294, 298, 332, 350, 354, 355, 357, 358, 362, 364, 368, 401, 405, 438, 451, 456, 457, 459, 462, 477, 479, 481, 611, 526, 618, 655,684. See Armour. Brass Ordnance. Ore, trought home by IVrbisher, smelting of, 567, 568, 570, 571, 580, 581, 582, 585, 586, 602, 605, 608, 615, 618, 621, 625, 641. See Furbisher. Orford, Mayor of, 699. Organ makers, 174. Oriel College, 31. Original Writs, return of, 510, 702. Oritz, Peter, 102. Orleans, 204, 316.' Orleans, Bishop of, 66. Orlynbury, Hundred of, 519. Ormesby, Edward, 206. Ormond and Ossory, Earl of, see Butler. Orphans, see London. Orwell (or Worrall) Park, 37, 47. Osbaldeston, Edward, 322. Osbaston, John, 641. Osberne, John, 441. Osborne, Edward, 512. Osborne, Peter, 136, 164, 180, 195, 315, 429, 500, 503, 521, 628. Osgoodcross, "Wapentake of, 336. Osland, John, 125, 126. Osmonde, Henry, 460, 591. Osmyngton, Manor of, 534. Ossulston, Hundred of, 122, 441. Oste, see Lemborch. Osterley, 317, 425. Osterwyck, 84. O'SuUivaa Beer, 251. Oswestry, Vicar of, 504. Oswey, Ralph Eitz, 510. Otford, 39, 40. Otterden, 528. Ottery, see Mouse Ottery. Ottomanus, Otto Eranciscus, 216. Oulveston, Monastery of, 36. Ovare, John, 516. Overton, 118. Overton, Bichard, 219, 220. Overton, Dr. William, 297, 305, 314, 331, 651; Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, 651. Owen, Dr., 113. Owen, Hugh, 504, 505, 586. Owen, Mr., 399. Owen, Mary, 635. Owen, Michael, 684. Owen, Richard, 611. Owen, Robert, 651. Owen, Thomas, 586, 640. Oxenbridge, , 681. Oxenbridge, Sir Robert, 102, 117, 287. Oxenden, William, 99. Oxford, 11, 27, 28, 62, 177, 186, 187, 192, 193, 195, 237, 331, 371, 394, 449, 459, 464, 465, 498, 548, 569, 567, 648, 663, 664, 691. Oxford, Bishop of, see Goldwell, Curwen. Oxford, Bishoprick of. 111, 298, 307, 513, 570. Oxford, Chancellor of, 449. See Cecill. Oxford, Countess of, 50, 252, 364, 685. Oxford, Earl of, see Vere. Oxford gloves, 683. Oxford, Mayor, &c. of, 186, 465, 497, 663. Oxford, Prebends of, 158, 177, 192, 193, 195. Oxford University, 11, 15, 29, 31-33, 36, 43, 53, 54, 62, 63, 130, 166, 175, 177, 183, 186, 188, 192, 195, 208, 233,253, 277, 278, 284, 285, 307, 312, 323, 324, 350, 366, 385, 402, 403, 405, 413, 414, 443, 444, 449, 454, 459, 497, 499, 500, 501, 520, 543, 567, 597, 648, 663, 691. Oxford University, Visitation of, 543. Oxford, Vice-Chancellor of, 188, 567, 648. Oxfordshire, 20, 138, 165, 167, 241, 341, 343, 367, 371, 390, 404, 418-420, 422, 423, 425, 428, 439, 440, 464, 474, 488, 609, 510, 523, 548, 559, 662, 664, 676, 690. Oxfordshire, Eeodary of, 241. Oxfordshire, Justices of, 639, 65^. Oxfordshire, Sheriff of, 419, 636. Oxfordshire, Surveyor of, 398. Oyer and Terminer, Commission of, 385, 580, 618. Ozier, (or Hosier,) Sir Richard, 11. P. Pack, Mr., 601. Packer of Cloths, Office of, 508, 659. Packets, see Post. Padstow, 602. Padua, 74, 77, 85, 86, 633, 677. Page, James, 352. Page, Thomas, 526. Paget, Sir Henry, 109 ; Lord Paget, 291. Paget, James, 365, 371. Paget, Thomas Lord, 465, 487, 661, 688. Paget, Sir William, Secretary of State, 1-3, 11, 15, 19, 24-26 ; Lord Paget, 27, 29, 30, 39, 47-49, 69, 72 ; Lord Privy Seal, 74-76, 100, 109, 110, 123, 126, 161, 167. Pagitt, Mr., 491. Paineter, H., 376, 629. Painter, William, 276. Painter Stainers Company, 596. Pala Bartholomew, 182. Palaces, Royal, 131, 136, 143, 189, 244, 262, 470,498,610. Sec Windsor. Palar, John, 475. Palatine, Count, 205, 213. Palavicini, Horatio, 587. Pallady, Anne, 174. GENERAL INDEX. 1^1 Palmer, Andrew, 506, 617. Palmer, Henry, 479, 522, 525, 671 Palmer, Sir Henry, 105. Palmer, John, 84. Palmer, Katherine, Abbess of Sion, 701. Palmer, Mr., lo, 605. Palmer, Sir Thomas, 542-544. Palmes, Margaret, 369. Palsgrave, The, 502, 505. Panswyke, 294. Panton, Emme, 392, Papal Bulls, see Bulls. Paper, Importation of, 611. Papists, Eoman Catholics, 31, 74, 96, 127, 163, 173, 174, 183, 201, 281, 317, 321, 382, 388, 391, 395,.396, 405, 410, 426, 450, 467, 470, 486, 492, 547, 549, 559, 565, 566, 568, 576, 588, 627, 640, 641, 644, 646, 647, 649, 667, 668, 676, 678, 682, 689, 690, 691, 693, 696, 701. See Eo- man Catholics. Papists, a Prison for, at Battersey, 672. Papists, Receivers of, 703. Papists, Eeturn of, into England, 703. Papworth, Hundred of, 430. Par, Alan, 383. Pardon Churchyard, 39. Pardons, 2, 471, 473, 476, 496, 594, 702. See General Pardon. Parham, see WiUoughby. Paris, 173, 178, 179, 181-185, 187-189, 193- 196, 198-201, 211, 240, 364, 494, 641, 653, 659, 660, 666, 669, 676, 677, 683. Paris, Provost of, 237. Paris Garden, 595, Parish Churches, Number of, 513. Parkar, Dr., 126. Parkar, Thomas, 171. Parke, Mr., 359. Parker , 60. Parker, Edward, Lord Morley, 665, 686. Parker, Harry, Lord Morley, 25, 1 53, 356, 380, 381, 383, 391, 395, 397, 458, 488, 494, 500. Parker, John, 616, 690, Parker, Matthew, 5,40, 123, 126 ; Archbishop of Canterbury, 134, 135, 138, 141-144, 150, 161, 170, 178, 179, 183, 184, 194, 195, 209, 229, 238, 240, 241, 260, 264, 273, 276, 283, 284, 297, 300, 310-312, 314,317, 319,497. Parker, Sir Philip, 601, 604, 617, 699. Parker, Eoger, 337. Parker, Thomas, Lord Morley, 686. Parker, Waiiam, 389, 409, 411, 415, 665. Parkers, Manor of, 41. Parkhurst, John, Bishop of Norwich, 329,350, 393, 509. Parkinson, 250. Parkinson, James, 457. Parkinson, Mr,, 317. Parliament, 12, 14, 31, 37, 38, 49-51, 65, 69, 70, 96, 98-100, 107, 108, 110, 116-118, 120, 121, 127, 129, 142, 143, 212, 213, 215-218, 220, 222, 278, 280-284, 286, 298, 363, 409-414, 441-444, 447, 462, 467, 514, 516, 519, 520, 536, 601, 617, 622. /See Lords, House of. Peerage. Parliament, Clerks of, 119, 488, 519. Parliament, Peers of, 663, Parliament, Eecords of, 290, 292. Parliament, Eeformations in, 517. Parliament, State of Bills in, 517-520. Parmenter, Eobert, 310. Parr, Catharine, Queen Dowager, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 21. Parr, William, Marquis of Northampton, 5, 13, 21, 36, 41, 66, 100, 121, 141, 154, 168, 239, 346, 370, 375, 376. Parr, William, Lord Parr of Horton, 31, 52. Parratt, see Perrot. Parris, Humphrey, 140. Parrott, Stephen, 535. Parry, Mr., 669. Parry, Mrs. Blanch, 146. Parry, Lady, 294. Parry, Thomas, 13, 14, 23, 28, 29, 45, 116; Sir Thomas, 128, 137, 152-157, 161' 162, 173. Parry, Thomas, (son of the above,) 173. Parry, Thomas, 504, 505. Parsonages, impropriate, 623. Parsons, (or Persons,) Eobert, the Jesuit, 636, 651, 691, 693. Parteriohe, William, 323. Partrich, the Goldsmith, 421. Partridge, AfFabell, 161. Partridge, Edward, 276. Partridges, 142, 149. Partrych, William, 671. Parvish , 633. Passage at the Ports, 115, 327,331,520. See Dover. Passports, 146, 308, 373. Pastimes, see Drama, Masks. Paston, 342. Paston, Clement, 373, 390. Paston, William, 342 ; Sir William, 659. Pate, Eichard, Bishop of Worcester, 94, 101. Pate, Eichard, (Eecorder of Gloucester,) 408, 441. Patrons, Eight of, 447. Patten, William, 688. Pattenson, Mr., 300. Patterdale, Parsonage of, 637. Paulet Family, The, 602. Paulet, Lord Chidiock, 101, 105, 117, 127, 207, 287, 348. Paulet, John, Lord Saint John, 91, 99, 103, 106, 108', 113, 153, 163, 206, 227; Second Marquis of Winchester, 439, 453, 474, 534. Paulet, Lady, 562. Paulet, Marchioness of, 597. 768 GENERAL INDEX, Paulet, Thomes Lord, 483, 602. Paulet, "Williani, Lord St. John of Basing, 4, ' 11, 24 ; Eiirl of Wiltshire and Lord Treasurer, 33 ; First Marquis of Win- chester, 3.5, 48, 51, 54, 58, 65, 90, 92, 93, 102, 104, 105, 108, 113, 117, 118, 131- 133, 135-141, 145, 147-150, 153, 154, 159, 161-164, 170, 171, 174, 175, 178, 180-182, 187, 189, 193-198, 205-208, 211, 212, 219, 222, 224, 225, 227, 230, 231, 234, 237, 239-245, 247, 248, 252, 254, 257, 258, 260, 261, 264, 269, 271- 273, 276-279, 283, 289, 290, 296-300, 306, 307, 309, 311, 312, 314, 315, 317, 320, 322-324, 351, 352, 361, 362, 365, 371, 375, 382, 392, 399, 400-402, 431, 432, 435, 439. Paulet, William, Third Marquis of Winchester, 534, 597, 649, 656. Paulet, Dame Winifred, 534. Paulett, see Poulet, Poirlett. Pauls Belchamp, 369. Paulscray, 124. Paul's Wharf, 527. Pauncy, The, 2, 93. PaviUions, see Tents. Pawlett, (or Poulet,) Sir Hugh, 12, 37, 85, 91, 93, 123, 132, 140, 213, 310, 340, 372, 462, 590. Pawnhrokers. Plan for estahlishing, 410. Paycok, Eohert, 6. Payne, John, 41, 55, 203. Payton, John, 623. Peace, 115, 239, 242, 309, 387, 388, 437. Peace, Clerks of the, 500, 685. Peace, Justices of, see Justices. Pear Trees, 97. Peame, see Peme. Pearse, Captain, 600. Pecke, , 39, 509. Peckham, Sir George, 475, 690, 695. Pecock, Laurence, 546. Pecocke, Thomas, 125. Pedmersh, 697. Peerage, Claims of, 677, 687. Peerage, The, 202, 410, 432, 440-442. Peers, Lists of, 50, 303. Peerse, John, 76, 79. Peirson, William, 618. Peke Porest, 502. Pekham, Sir Edmund, Treasurer of the Mints, 8, 16, 18, 19, 30, 35, 51, 60, 161. Pekham, Henry, 64, 78, 81-84. Pekham, Sir Robert, 82. Pelham, Lady Eleanor, see Neville. Pelham, John, 640. Pelham, Mr., 325, 484. Pelham, William, 298, 303, 354, 395, 431, 461, 486, 492, 585 ; Sir William, 637, 699. Pelham, William, 699. Pelican, The, 501, 551, 554. Pellowe, John, 180. Pelts, see Skins. Pembroke, 495, 498, 539, 663. Pembroke, Countess of, 367, 501, 503. Pembroke, Earl of, see Herbert. Pembroke Hall (Cambridge), 17, 186, 298, 391, 493, 636. Pembrokeshire, 41, 361, 452, 461, 508, 522, 566, 579, 582,586, 588, 615. Pemered (or Pennard) West, Manor of, 41. Pena, Dr., 408. Penal Laws, Execution of, 38, 518. Penance, 377. Pendennis Castle, 146, 332, 386. Peniston, Thomas, 491. Penley, 9. Penn ,45. Pennard, see Pemered. Penne, Thomas, 33. Pennyston, Thomas, 420. Penrith, Manor of, 266. Penrose, John, 583. Penruddock, George, 140 ; Sir George, 377, 435. Penryn, 452. Pensanoe, 6. Penshurst, 3. Pensions, Pensioners, 56, 104, 468, 470. Penson, William, Lancaster Herald, 442, 446. Pen-vfith, Hundred of, 452, 570. Penye, Paul, 125. Pepin, Jehan, 641. Peppit, Gilbert, 583, 585. Percy, Sir Henry, 193, 321, 381, 431, 436, 437 ; Earl of Northumberland, 688. Percy, Thomas, Earl of Northumberland, 147, 288-292, 295, 298, 300, 320, 335, 336, 346-348, 352, 353, 356, 360, 361, 364, 366, 373, 376, 381, 427, 431, 435, 441. Perne, (or Pearne,) Dr. Andrew, 145, 245, 298, 493, 495, 548, 552, 625, 660. Perroni, Captain Tiberio, 274. Perrot, Estienne, 323. Perrot, (Parratt, Parrot, Perot,) Sir John, II, 63, 266, 368, 388, 398, 402, 406, 414, 454, 499, 522, 537-539, 541, 552, 590, 591, 593, 615, 629, 631, 636, 095^ Perrot, Water of, 372. Perrott, William, 554. Pershore, 557. Persia, 246. Persons, see Parsons. Perwicke, Humfrey, 321. Pet, Arthur, 656. Peter, , a Trumpeter, 310. Peter, John, 217, 686. Peterborough, 118, 162, 164, 206, 334, 529, 561, 566. Peterborough, Bishop of, see Pole, Scambler. Peterborough, Bishoprick of, 118, 164. Peterborough Cathedral, 529. Peterborough, Deanery of, 9. Peterborough, Dean and Chapter of, 164. Peter and Paul, The, 499. GENERAL INDEX. 769 Petei-son, John, 251, 403. Peterson, William, 303. Petite, Nicholas, C12. Peto, Mr., 72. Petre, Eobert, 503, 665. Petre, Sir William, Secretary of State, 2, 4, IS, 19, 24, 25, 32-35, 37, 38, 49, 51, 54, 56-61, 65, 66, 68-72, 74, 81, 123, 154, 160, 168,173,212,225,230,254, 273, 306, 457. Pett, Mr., 630, 668. Pett, Peter, 634. Petty Bag, Clerks and Office of, 165, 431. Petworth, 68. Pevensey, 331, 332. Pevensey Castle, 8. Pevensey, Eapeof, 264, 451. Peveraro, Geronimo, 76. Pewsham Forest, 62. Pe-wterer, The Queen's, 556. Pexall, Richard, 86. Peyto, Francis, 87. Pheere, Thomas, 635. Phelips, Fr., 266. Phibson, Captain, see Phipson. Philip 11, Prince, and King of Spain, 55-60, 62-67, 69-78, 80, 82-85, 87, 88, 90-94, 96, 98,-106, 108, 113, 134, 135,297- 299, 303, 323, 324, 326, 329, 362, 392, 394, 405, 422, 427, 435, 444, 500, 525, 565, 578, 611, 633, 647, 659, 665, 690, 692-694. Phihp and Mary, The, 331, 367. Philipson, William, 649. Phillipps, Eobert, 110, 509. PhiUips, Avery, 394. Phillips, David, 454. PhiUips, Fabian, 540, 543, 597, 627. Phillips, Harry, 597. Phillips, Henry, 434. Phillips, John, 1 68, 498. Phillips, Watkyn, 593. Philoponus, see Windebank. Philosopher's Stone, The, 525. Philpot, Mr., 271. Phipson, George, a pirate, 552, 618. Phojnix, The, 96, 210, 213, 228, 323. Physic, lioctors of, 531. Physicians, College of, 304, 403, 531. Picardy,318. Pickering, Launcelot, 391. Pickering, Mr., 42, 48. Pickering, Eichard, 301. Pickering, Sir William, see Pykerynge. Pickering Lythe, Wapentake of, 336. Pickringe, see Pyckering. Pickworth, 63, 191, 198. 5ee Pyckcworth. Piddle Mills, 557. Pider, Hundred,'of, 452. Piers John, Bishop of Eochester, 543, 559^ ' 561, 646, 690. Piers, Captain William, 303. Pigeon, John, ) 08. Pigna, John Battista, 152. Pilcher , G93. Pilkington, Francis, 547. Pilkington, James, 5 ; Bishop of Winchester, 147, 149; Bishop of Durham, 163, 175, 176, 187, 188, 241, 272, 273, 335, 338, 410, 426. Pilkington, John, 547. Pilkington, Leonard, 186. Pilkington, Mrs., 579. PiUafowdre Haven, 292. Pilleton, James, 440. PiUory, The, 35, 47, 98, 99, 566, 636,669. Pilotage, 400. Pinchbeck, Mr., 297. Pinchebeck, Lordship of, 19, 29, 30, 32, 42, 46, 47, 409. Pinder, see Pynder. Piper, Herman, 103. Piper, William, 669. Pipers. See Drama. Pirates. Piracy, 7, 10, 16, 17, 44, 85, 86, 136, 164, 169, 176, 203, 219, 226, 236, 242, 244-246, 251, 254, 259, 267, 274, 276, 317, 324, 326, 331, 332, 341, 343, 378, 384, 399, 408, 417, 427, 429, 432, 437, 441, 457, 477, 481, 482, 494, 498, 501-505, 512,517, 522, 528, 529, 532, 536-541, 543, 546, 547, 549, 552, 554, 556-558, 562, 569-572, 577, 579-590, 595, 596, 599, 604, 606, 608-611, 615- 620, 622-624, 627, 628, 631-633, 642, 647, 656, 685, 687, 693, 696, 698, 701. Pirates, Cqmraissioners of, 555, 564, 566, 642, 643, 656. Pirates, Lists of Aiders and Abettors in various Counties, 579, 590. Pirgn, 151,235,240, 595. Pirgo, Lands of, 128. Pirry, Martin, 51. Pirton, Edmund, 545. Pirton, Hundred of, 425. Pistolets (Money), 159. Pistor, William, 622. Pitt, Eichard, 656. Pitts, William, 689. Pius v.. Pope, 330, 651, 691. Pix, see Pyx. Plague, The, 31, 33, 39, 85, 86, 106, 122, 183, 226, 227, 229, 231, 233-236, 320, 324, 387-389, 402, 465, 477, 488, 493, 566, 560, 587, 699, 603, 628, 652, 676, 677, 679, 681-683. Planche, La, 310. Planishing, Art of, 525. Plantagenet, Edward, Earl of March, 286. Plantagenet, Eichard, Duke of York, 256. Playing Cards, 147, 192. Plays, Players, see Drama. Plessis, M. de, 466. Plomelays, Messrs., 608. PI' mley, Eobert, 589. Ploughley, Hundred of, 418, 423, 428. 3 c 770 GENERAL INDEX. Plowden, Edmund, 355, 689. ' Plowden, Mr., 696. Ployden, Mr., 307. Plumbe, Kobert, 112. Plumpton, Parsonage of, 223. Pluralists, 648. Pluralities, 32, 282, 405. Plymouth, 62, 90, 166, 186, 265, 276, 279, 281, 299, 300, 323, 326, 327, 329, 330, 394, 422, 554, 563, 574, 605, 611. Plymouth, Mayor, &c. of, 14, 392, 605. Plymouth Eoad, 394. Poachers, Poaching, 511, 635. Pocklington, Manor of, 197. Poilly, D., 524. Poisoning, 409, 435. Poissy, 183, 682, 683. Poittow, Roger, 554. Poland, 243, 305, 455. Poland, Queen of, 77, 82. Pole, (or Poole,) David, Bishop of Peterbo- rough, 92, 118, 164. Pole, Sir Giles, 610. Pole, Reginald, Cardinal, 11, 14, 17, 65-67, 69, 71, 74, 75 ; Archbishop of Can- terbury, 76, 77, 90, 91, 94, 95, 101, 105, 106, 108, 115, 116, 119, 145. PoUan, Valerand, 36, 37. PoUard, Sir Hugh, 56. Pollard, Sir John, 84. Polsted, Henry, 21. Polypragmos, 565. Pomeraye, Andrew, 78. Pomerland, 628. Pomery, Sir Thomas, 21, 22. Pomfret, 104. Pomfret Castle, see Pontefract. Pomfrets, Lands of, 640. Pompart, John, 534. Ponds, Keeper of the, 458. Pont, Nowell du, 624. Pontefract Castle, 352. Pontemuson, (Muscyponte,) 677, 682. Ponynges, (or Poynings,) Sir Adrian, 142, 163, 206-208, 212, 218, 221, 225-227, 235, 272, 345, 385, 413. Pool, Sir Henry, 517. Poole, 91, 272, 451, 465, 536, 546, 554, 581,582. Poole, Arthur, 145. Poole, Sir Giles, 110. Poole, Mayor of, 554, 571, Poole, see Pole. Pooley ,20. Poolye, Mr,, 587. Poor, Relief of the, 411, 677 Poor Knight 3, see Windsor. Poor Prisoners, see Debtors. , Pope, The, 53, 66, 88, 175,243, 281, 298, 321, 326, 330, 334, 391, 565, 578, 622, 658, 665, 677, 690. See Pius V. Gregory XIII. Pope, Anthony, 165. Pope, Prancis, 270. Pope, Henry, 457. Pope, John, 103. Pope, Mr., 30. Pope, Nicholas, 475. Pope, Sir Thomas, 101. Popery, 119, 173, 174, 192, 203, 251, 253, 281, 293, 483, 500, 566, 678 ; see Church Affairs. Popham, Alexander, 37. Popham, George, 666. Popham, John, 500, 569. Popish Books, 578, 641, 688, 694. Popish Priests, 617. Popish Relics, 524, 578, 652, 682, 700. Popynj ay, Richard, 311, 491, 529, 553. Porry, Henry, 5. Port Bonds, 467, 474. Portenary, , 170. Porter, Anthony, 458. Porter, Edm., 443. Porter, William, 235, 237, 309, 414-416, 429, 443, 454, 549. Portingale, John, 331. Portington, John, 59. Portland, Captain of, 91. Portland, Isle of, 91, 276, 528. Portland Castle, 487. Portland Road, 609, 615. Portrait of Queen Elizabeth, 232. Ports, Creeks, Havens, and Landing Places, 247, 252, 259-264, 267-269, 282, 480, 513, 562, 563, 570, 574, 581, 582, 587, 588, 590, 610, 618, 642, 694. Ports, Lists of, and names of Landing Places, 518, 563. Ports, see Passage. Portsdown, 154. Portsdown, Hundred of, 7, 653. Portsmouth, 1-3, 76, 82, 83, 87, 92, 100- 102, 105, 106, 110, 113, 117, 120, 124, 127, 139, 140, 142, 148, 155, 166, 162, 163, 170, 203, 20.5-222, 224-231, 235, 242, 247, 265, 266, 272, 282, 297, 298, 307, 311, 315, 368, 385, 413, 420, 434, 451, 453, 456, 462, 483, 490, 491, 494, 525, 584, 585, 640, 643, 662, 665, 666. Portsmouth, God's House at, 242. Portsmouth, Mayor of, 1. Portsmouth, Plan of, 576. Portsmouth Yard, 513, 553, 556. Great fire at, 526-529, 534. Portugal and Portuguese, 108, 183, 260, 299, 318, 321, 337, 358, 393, 430, 484, 488, 489, 504, 551, 575, 596, 601, 647, 659, 675, 677, 678, 686, 687, 690, 694, 698. See Spain. Portugal, Ambassador from, 687. Portugal, King of, 564, 601, 646, 647. See Antonio. Sebastian. Portugal, Princess of, 260. Porye,Dr. John, 126, 127, 130, 132. Post-horses, 96, 362, 612. Post towns, 478. ; List of, 533. GENERAL INDEX. 771 Post Office, see Posts. Posts, Post Office, Packets, &c., 85, 86 113 214, 216, 286, 306, 326, 327, 478,' 641.' Posts, charges of, in Progresses, &c., 599, 631, 637, 677. Posts, foreign, 625, 703. Posts, Masters of the, 109, 275, 306, 310, 312- 314,317,321,324, 625,670,703. Poterelles, 10. Potterspury, 101. Pottery, Manufacture of, 256. Potty n, James, 103. Poulet, Sir Amias, 471, 515. Poulett, Sir Waiiam, 262, 340, 342, 372. Poulett, see Paulet, Pawlet. Poultry Compter, The, 320 ; Prisoners in, 667. Poimdage, Rate of, 498, see Tonnage. Poundes, Thomas, 676. Pountefrett, see Pontefract. Po-wder, Hundred of, 452, 570. Powder, see Gunpowder. Powell, Captain, 79. Powell, Edmund, 436, 471. Powell, John, 107, 189, 309. Powell, Dr. Thomas, 694, 699. Powell, William, 501. Pow^er, Mr., 293. Power, Eiohard, 179. Powle, Michael, 100. Powtrell, Nicholas, 122, 418. Powys, 686. Poyner, Thomas, 529. Poynet, John, Bishop of Rochester ; Bishop of Winchester, 32, 44. Poynings, see Pomynges. Prseterea, Clause of, see Chester. Prayers, 4, 119, 136, 276, 277, 280, 443, 486. See Church Affairs, Common Prayer, Elizabeth. Preachers, Preaching, 125, 209, 248, 262, 293, 299, 319-322, 605, 687, 699. See Col- chester. Preaching Licences, 5, 15, 21, 22, 40, 41, 102. Prehends, 488, 491, 588. Precedence for the Lord Protector, 5. Precedents, 53, 442. Predy, Thomas, 641. Predyaux (or Prideaux), John, 57, 105, 106. Prerogative Court, see Canterbury. Prescot, 680. Prescott, ! 272. Presentations, 447. Presentments, 519. Presents, see Ambassadors, Christenings, New Tears' Gifts. Pressoir, Martin de, 532. PrestaU, John, 231, 411, 520, 601. Prestall, Mr., 79. Prestoll, Mr., 256. Prestwood, Richard, 140. Price, Dr. Ehs, 586. Price, John, 636. Price, William, 367, 373. Prideaux, see Predyaux, Pryaeaux. Priests, disguised, 410. Primrose, The, 215, 247, 316, 331, 459. Printers, see Queen's Printer. Printing, 166, 167, 219, 320. Prise, Gregory, 469. Prise, Mr., 687. Prise, Mrs., 687. Prisoners, 106, 504. See the various Prisons. Prisoners, Employment of, 630. Prisoners, Lists of, 179, 224, 667, 668. Prisoners in the Tower, 8, 11, 12, 26, 36, 60, 62, 75, 82, 174-176, 178-180, 188, 200, 201, 206, 230, 235, 241, 257, 259, 272, 275, 372, 385, 387, 403, 408, 409, 414, 415, 422, 433, 435-437, 536, 545, 637, 646. Prisoners of War, 2, 101, 105, 240, 241, 244, 248. Prisons, see Clink, Compter, Eleet, Gatehouse, Marshalsea, Newgate, Poultry Compter, Tower. ' Priuli, Aloisius, 115, 116, 136. Privateers, 426. See Marque. Privilege, see Parliament. Privy Chamber, 52, 69, 77, 78, 109, 110. Privy Council, The, 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15, 17, 19-27, 30-39, 41, 43-49, 51, 54, 55, 57-62, 65, 70, 72, 73, 75-76, 80, 82, 83, 85, 87, 88, 91, 93, 98, 99-101, 103, 105, 106, 108, 114, 115, 120, 127, 137, 141, 144, 149, 151, 152, 162, 173, 178, 182, 198, 212, 223, 224, 231, 235, 238, 240, 242, 243, 263, 270, 277, 280, 298, 311, 328, 406, 456, 470, 473-477, 481-483, 497, 502, 504, 507, 508, 514, 515, 517, 520-522, 524, 528, 532, 536, 539, 549, 551, 559, 561, 581, 582, 586, 590, 601, 602, 604-608, 615, 617, 619, 622, 626, 631, 634, 639, 643, 646, 649, 657, 661, 665, 668, 674, 676, 678, 681, 689. Privy Council, Clerks of the, 106. Privy Councillor, Oath of, 430. Privy Seal, Keeper of the, 449. See Russell, Privy Seals, 86, 94, 95, 116, 118, 223, 224, 234, 235, 254, 333, 344, 365, 368-374, 377, 380-383, 386, 387, 389-391, 393, 395, 406,407,409, 513. Privy Signet, clerks of, 548. Prizes, Prize Goods, &c., 100, 105, 153, 214, 216-218,386,434. Proclamations, 1, 16, 18, 20, 23-26, 29-31, 33, 34, 38, 54, 59, 61, 93, 114, 115, 125, 128, 141, 158, 159, 161, 162, 179, 185, 188, 194, 197,(219, 229, 232, 234,' 236, 239, 250, 253, 254, 268, 269, 287, 314, 332, 341, 378, 383, 384, 396, 430, 449, 461, 467, 472, 506, 508, 522, 619, 633, 651, 665, 693. Procter, Richard, 294. Proctor, Nicholas, 509. Proctor, Office of, 605. Proctors, See Arches. 3c 2 772 GENERAL INDEX. Progresses, 43, 131, 137, 20!f!, 2GG, 273, 27G, 278, 290, 448, 449, 582, 598, 599. Promoters, 114. Promotions to Dignities, 1. Prophecies, Book of, 430. Protections for Debt, &e., 311, 319, 497, 684, 702. Protector, The, see Seymour. Protestant Church, 644. Protestants, 130, 201, 300, 314, 326, 334, 690, 691. See Church Affairs. Provisions, Price of, 511. Provost, Mr., 293. Proxies, 553. Prune, Walter, 68, 74, 75, 86. Pryce, John, 516. Prydeaux, Richard, 486. Prydeaux, Thomas, 486. Psalms of David, Exposition of, 658. Psalter, The, see St Austin. Publia expenditure, 44-46, 49, 50, 55, 61, 62, 64, ;74, 123, 130-133, 135, 136, 138, 139, 141, 147, 153, 155, 174, 178, 182, 192, 198, 204, 208, 218, 227, 244, 249, 252, 257, 266, 278, 287, 387, 409, 418, 438, 444. Pudsey, Thomas, 474. Puitz, see Putte. Pullain, Gillot, 270. Pullison, Alderman Thomas, 489, 490, 498, 630, 695. Punter, 638. Purbeck, Isle of, 473, 546, 581. Purdewe, John, 398. Purefay, Arthur, 446. Purfieet 700. Purford, 528. Purgatory, Book of, 307. Purie, Thomas, 651. Puritans, The, 470, 560, 698. Purtton, Eobert, 613. Purvey, John, 224, 371, 458, 474. Purveyors for the Household, Purveyance, 12, 231, 232, 247, 250, 257, 268, 420, 508, 545, 676, 596, 598, 610, 684, 697. Putenham, George, 363, 364, 602, 604, 607, 609, 626, 627. Putenham, Richard, 175, 364, 609. Putney, 34,44, 594, 618. Putte, (or Puitz,) Raphael Vanden, 312-314, 321, 324. Pwllely, 586. Pycas, Catherine, 624. Pyckering, (or Pickringe,) Morris, 667, 690. Pyckeworth, 36. Pyckman, Mr., 449. Pyokrell, John, 125. Pyder, Hundred of, 570. Pye, The, in Smithfield, 5. Pygott, Thomas, 374. Pykerynge, Lancelot, 425. Pykerynge, Sir William, 100, 103, 377, Pynchebek, Geoffrey, 141. Pynchin, Jo., 418. Pynder, (or Pinder,) Robert, 402, 549, 568, 583,591,592, 594. Pynynges, Henry, 95. Pype, Sir Richard, 622. Pyrford, 503. Pyrrie, , 40. Pyrryncle Mill, 309. Pyx, The, 288, 291. Q. Quadrant, Improvement in the, 097. Quarre, see Carre. Queen, see Mary, Elizabeth. Queen of Scots, see Mary. Queen Dowager, see Parr. Queenborough, 99, 118, 301, 399, 484, 486, 503, 516, 648, 650. Queen's Bench, see King's Bench. Queen's College (Cambridge), 125, 126, 165, 302, 381, 389, 404, 416, 493-495, 535, 595, 616, 617, 643, 644. Queen's College (Oxford), 175, 177. Queen's Guards, the, 107, 350, 484. Queen's Printer, 54, 167, 235, 268. Questor, Matthew de, 312. Quinie, Adrian, 654. Quitting the Realm, 396, 412, 490, 494, 496. Raby, 92. Rack, The, see Torture. Radbourne, Manor of, 171. Radcliffe, Lady, 310. Eadcliffe, Sir John, 456. Radcliffe, see Ratcliffe. Radclyff, Egremonde, 545. Radeclyff, Sir Henry, 413, 420, 462, 553, 637, 662, 665, 666, 688. Radfield, Hundred of, 6, 430. Radlowe, Hundred of, 123. Radnor, 195, 670. Radnor, Porest of, 170. Radnorshire, 267, 361, 588. Ragason, James, 90, 91. Ragler, see Constable Ragler. Ragusa, 90. Raighlye Park, 487. Raileton, see Rayleton. Rainbow, The, 576. Eainolds, John, 685. Rainsford, Lady, 165. Ifaisins, 510. Ralegh, Walter, 59, 605. Rampton, Thomas, 60. Ramridge, Dr. John, 171, 173. Ramsden, Roger, 392, 395, 415. •GENERAL IKDEX. 773 Randall, Hugh, 589. Kandall (Randolphe ?), Mr., 599. Randall, Robert, 1G9. Randolph, (or RandoU,) Edward, 63, 65, 224, 228, 237, 243, 245, 255, 275, 276, 625. Randolph, Mr., 497. Randolphe, Mrs. Anne, 424. Randolphe, Thomas, 286, 301, 306, 310, 338, 345, 422, 424, 537, 538, 540, 545, 555, 592, 665, 671, 674, 688, 703. Randolphe, see Randall. Ransom, 159. Ranzew, Mouritz, 231. Rape, Crime of, 175, 177, 392. Raskell, Lordship of, 190. Rastall or Rastell, William, 107, 122. Ratclif, Charles, 547. RatclifF, 32, 637. Ratcliff, Roger, 189. Ratcliffe, Francis, 703. RatcUffe, Henry, Earl of Sussex, 85. Ratcliffe, Sir Humphrey, 166. Ratcliffe, Lady, 166, 196, 279. Ratcliffe, the old Lady, 703. Ratcliffe, Mr., 373. Ratcliffe, Thomas, Viscount Fitzwalter, 87 ; Earl of Sussex, 104, 120, 151, 152,163, 176, 200, 247, 249, 253, 273, 291, 295, 302, 303, 308, 335, 347, 351-354, 356, 359, 360, 367, 373, 444, 44 5, 496, 499, 54.5, 613, 626, 643, 685, 686, 688, 690. Rauley, see Ealegh. Eaurych? Burchard, alias Dr. Burcott, 567, 571, 680, 584,585, 615. Ravenscroft, Henry, 314, 315. Ravensworth, 425. Ravile, J., 201. Rawson, William, 107. Rayleton, Edward, 568. Rayleton, Rowland, 591, 593, 594. Raylton, Gregory, 42, 43, 64. Rayner, Agnes, 431. Raynes, Rohert, 111. Raynestrop, Balthazar, 231. Eaynolds Mr., 109. Raynolds, Eohert, 136, 475. Raynsford, William, 563. Eeade, Captain, 206. Reade, Cuthhert, 417. Reade, Mrs. Elizabeth, 509. Reade, Innocent, 509. Eeade, Mr., 525. Reade, or Rede, Sir Richard, 33, 35, 103, 460. Readers, see Inns of Court. Eeading, 28, 29, 107, 109, 153, 241, 243, 340, 347, 393, 548, 610, 676. Eeading Abbey, 548. Eeading; Hundred of, 15G, 340. Eeall, Tythesof, 97. Eealm Defence of the, 327, 453, 455, 478, 488, 534, 633, 645, 649, 650, 672, 699. See Nation. Eealm. leaving the, 396, 412. See Parker. Eebellion, (Insurrection, Eebels, Sedition, Treason.,) 16, 18-26, 35, 36, 44, 48, 56-63, 73, 76-86, 118, 130, 346-356, 358-362, 364, 366-368, 373, 381, 385, 396, 426, 427, 432, 461, 696. See Treason. Eebels, 396, 400, 407, 410, 411, 432, 476, 487. See Rebellion. Eebels Abroad, 450, 669. Record, Courts of, 250, 479, 533. Recorder, The, see Eletewood. Recorder, General Office of, 412. Recorders, 408, 412. Records, 111, 234, 290, 292, 293, 312, 468, 511, 524. Recusants, 321, 322, 388, 464, 511, 524, 525, 554, 560-570, 572, 583, 607, 640, 644, 678, 680, 681, 638. Recusants' Wives, 688. Redbridge, 653. Redburn-stoke, Hundred of, 374. Redcross Street, 495, 684-686. Eede, Mr. 94. Rede, William, 30. Eede, see Reade. Redman, Dr., 17. Redman, John, 248. Redman, Mr., 384, 522, Eedreff (Eotherhithe), 590. Eeede, William, 367. Refiners, 163, 164, 170, 542, 543. See Ore. Refiners, Almain, 164, 170, 197, 252. Reformation, see Eeligion. Regency, 65. Eegistry, see Strangers. Eegrators and Eorestallers, 26, 34, 185, 26 Reigate, 256, 440, 542. Reigate, Hundred of, 135, 419, 423, 440. Eelfe, John, 475. Relfe, William, 475. Relics, Popish, see Popish relics. Religion, 520, 539, 552, 637, 693. See Church Affairs. Religion, Articles of, 33, 46, 51, 127, 192, 218, 284, 381, 409. Religion, Prisoners for, 667, 668, 690, 703. Religion, Reformation of, 11, 114, 144. Eeligion, Uniformity in, 46, 54, 134, 192, 193, 203, 218, 284, 293, 307, 308, 324, 346- 357, 360-362, 366, 369, 371, 430, 689. Religious Houses, 119, 287. Remsbury, 638. Rennes, Bishop of, 317. Reprieve, 516. Reprisals, see Marque. Eepyngton, Hundred of, 124. Requests Court of, 637. Requests, Masters of, 51, 103, 248, 701. Eesliton, Edward, 622. Rest, John de, 90. Eestell, Mr., 33. Restitution of Temporalities, see Temporalities 774 GENERAL INDEX. Eetainers, 168, 178, 430. Eetz, Marshal de, 689. Eeulx, Pieter de, 227. Eere, Anthony, 190. Eeve, Mr., 394. Eeve, Thomas, 62. Eevelay, George, 5. Eevell, Nicholas, 200. Eevels and Tents, Office of, 131, 193, 251, 290. See Drama. Revenge, the, 631, 645. Eevenue, 123, 129, 130, 135, 195, 279, 280, 303, 358, 398, 505, 517, 535, 580, 604, 623. See Crown, Customs, Loans, Eevenues. Eevenue and Finances, Commissioners of, 100, 129. Eevet, William, 514. Eeygate, see Reigate. Eeynoldes, Richard, 631, 641. Eheims, 547, 651, 659. English Seminary at, 624. Ehine, The, 73. Ehinehouse, or Rynehousen, 73, 213. Bhingrave, The, 210. Ehurnheck. See Martin. Eicards, alias Fermor, Thomas, 509. Eicarvile, Mons., 213. Eich, see Eyche. Eichard, John Ap Thomas Ap, 295. Eichards, John, 30. Eichardson, Ferdinand, 511. Eichardson, John, 557. Eichmond, Mary Duchess of, 15. Richmond. Thomas, 248. Richmond (Surrey), 18-20, 30, 43, 54, 93, 94, 105,-171, 190, 240, 242, 250, 255, 257, 293, 295, 425, 483, 554, 601, 602, 604- 606, 615, 677, 682, 689. Eichmond (York), 44, 295, 400, 563, 668, 671. Eichmondshire, Stewardship of, 92. Rickmansworth, 514. Rickthome, William, 186. Eickwarth, Matthew, (Sluice Master of Dun- kirk,) 630, 668. Eicot, 504, 631, 676. Eidalle, Wapentake of, 336. Eidgewaye, John, 57. Eidgewaye, Thomas, 608. Eidley, Nicholas, Bishop of Rochester, 9, 11, 16-18, 22 ; Bishop of London, 34, 51. Ridolphi, Roberto, 345, 346, 362, 394. Rigges, see Eygges. Eigmaiden, John, 322. Eigshy, James, 420. Eike, Stephen, 76. Einge, Herman, 73. Eiol, Cape, 478. Riots, 402, 459. Ripon, 355, 691. Ripplesmere, Hundred of, 340. Rise, Griffith, 584. Rise, Mr., 71. Risheton, or Eiston, Edward, 649, 651. Eites and Ceremonies, Bill for, 443. Eithe, Stephen, 404. Eoan, see Roaen. Robbery, 374, 443, 516, 535, 689, 702. Roberts, David, 543. Roberts, John, 266, 507. Roberts, Lewis, 377. Roberts, William, 540. Eobin Hood's Bay, 211. Robinson, Mr., (a Clergyman,) 186, 620. Robinson, Mr., (of the Wine Duties), 419,429. Robinson, Richard, 635. Robinson, Dr. Thomas, 104.' Eobinson, Thomas, 285. Robinson, William, 285. Eobyns, Morgan, 427. Eobynson, Mr., 111. Eobynson, Dr. Nicholas, Bishop of Bangor, 281,301, 377, 564, 586, 618, 684. Rbchelle, 209, 210, 310, 316, 318, 384, 459, 502, 524, 554. Rochester, 57, 59, 184,328,461, 467, 516, 546, 601, 662, 688. Eochester, Bishop of, see Ridley. Poynet. Scorey. Gest. Piers. Yonge. Rochester, Bishoprick of, 46, 161, 559, 645. Eochester Bridge, 184. Eochester Castle, 202. Eochester Cathedral, 47, 616. Eochester, Mayor of, 270, 516. Rochester, Robert, 48 ; Sir Robert, 68, 72, 91, 111,112. Rochester School, 47. Rochford, 104, 270, 483. Eochford, Hundred of, 379, 450, 535, 570. Rockborne, (or Eokeburne,) 124, 207. Eockhole, Mr., 395. Eockingham, (or Rolingham,) 52, 370, 417. Rockrey, Edmund, 407, 493, 494, 535, 588, 616, 617. Rode, see North Eode. Rode Heath, 593. Eodolph, Emperor of Germany, 588. Eodolphi, see Ridolphi. Rodrigues, Henry, 535. Eoflfe, John, 622. Rogers, 195. Rogers, Daniel, 471, 681, 685. Rogers, Sir Edward, 155, 219, 223, 257, 260. Rogers, Francis, 566. Rogers, John, 451, 465. Rogers, Sir John, 58. Rogers, Mr., 498. Eogers, Eichard, 290. Rogers, Sir Eichard, 566. Eogers, William, 15-18, 240. Eogerson, Hugh, 673. Rogues, see Vagabonds. Eokeburne, see Eockborne. GENERAL INDEX. 775 Rokeby, Dr., 338. Eokeby, John, 42. Rokety, Eaaf, Master of St. Katherine's, 658. Eoke-Savage, 565. Kolf, Eustace, 585. Eolfe, ■William, 108. Eolingham, see Eockingham. Eolles, Robert, 208. Eollesley, Henry, 591. Eolls, The, 14, 111, 173, 292, 408, 442, 578. Bolls, Master of the, 292, 293, 332, 551, 585. See Beaumont. Bowes. CordeU. EoUstone, Francis, 488. EoUstone, George, 488. Eoloe, Mr., 701. Eolvenden, Hundred of, 450. Eomalde, Church, 298. Boman Catholics, list of, in England, 492. See Papists. Eoman coins, 406. Romans, ICing of the, 67. Eomborough, Manor of, 490. Eome, 14, 17, 80, 94, 330, 435, 556, 568, 578, 624, 651, 652. Rome, Church of, 17, 89, 119, 281, 293, 358, 430, 649, 650, 653. Eome, English College at, 652. RoDie, Nuncio from, 154, 175. Romford, 450. , Romney, 554. See New Eomney. Romney Marsh, 520, 579. Romsye, Leonard, 642. Eone, Anthony, 109. Ronyon, see Eoynion. Eoo, Mr., 435. Rookes, Mr., 371. Rooksby, Mr., 435. Rooper, John, 520. Roper-Lane, 320. Roper, Mrs., 689. Roper, WilUam, 311, 347, 417. Roscaroc, Nicholas, 649. Rose Castle, 180, 192, 278. Roses, Sugar of, 313. Rosewell, William, (Solicitor General,) 190, 233. Rosey, William, 77, 78, 80, 81, 83, 84. Ross, Bishop of, 426, 427, 431, 434, 442, 455, 686. Rosse, John de, 432. Eotheram, John, 591. Rotherham, George, 509. ■Eotherhithe, see EedrefF. Eothermaker, John, 702. EothweU, 677. Eothwell, Hundred of, 441, 519. Roth-well Market, 519. Rotta, 680. Rotterdam, 609. Rouen (Roan), 209-211, 213, 219, 329, 484, 535, 577, 635, 653, 678, 686, 701, 702. Rouge Croix, see Brookes. Rous, Thomas, 357. Rouse Edward 13. Rousse, Sir Edward, 318. Eowe, Sir Thomas, 326, 328-330, 342, 362. Eowington, 266, 358, 653, 654. Eownore, 47. Eoy, John le, 641. Eoyal Arms, The, 131, 143, 144, 476. Eoyal Exchange. See Burse. Royal Navy. See Admiralty, Shipping. Royal Palaces. See Palaces. Royal Stables. See Stables. Royal Title, The, 74, 75, 82, 83, 144,283, 318. Roynion, (Ronyon, Roynon,) John, 29, 118, 521, Eoyston, 9, 41, 92, 346, 598, 645. Eudhall, William, 579. Rudolphi. See Ridolphi. RufFord, 489. Rugby, 698. Rugby School, 698. Eughfourthe, 151. Eunge Herman, 552. Eunton, 575. Euse, Peter de, 234. Rushcliffe, Wapentake of, 339,379, 418. Eushe, Mr., 273. Eushell, James, 470. Russell, Elizabeth, 505. Russell, Francis, Earl of Bedford, 73, 94, 100, 101, 108, 115, 127, 135, 136, 159, 162, 186, 241, 252, 331, 337, 388, 389, 391, 392, 417, 465, 473, 477, 480, 481, 491, 505, 553, 583, 608, 629-632, 658, 683, 685. Russell, John, 594. Russell, John Lord, 10, 13,19, 21-25. Earl of Bedford, Lord Privy Seal, 41, 62, 74. Russell, Lord John, 503, 505. Russell, Lady, 432, 503. > RusseU, Mr., 182, 222. Russell, Sir Thomas, 367, 373, 375, 460. Russell, Sir William, 491. Eussia, 178, 179, 280, 299, 300, 316, 338, 474, 522,616,695,701. See Ivan. Muscovy. Eussia, Trade to, 523. Ruthin, or Ruthyn, 361, 483. Rutland, 21, 36, 89, 140, 156, 342, 378, 388, 482, 566, a72, 657. Rutland, Alehouses in, 570. Rutland, Countess of, 230. Rutland, Earl of See Manners. Rutland, Justices of, 638. Rutland, Sheriff of, 380. Rybande, Mr., 210. Ryce, William, 180, 403. Eyohe, Sir Edward, 380. Eyche (or Eich), Eichard Lord, (Lord Chan- cellor,) 22, 29, 33-36, 56, 57, 59, 99, 104, 157, 211, 225, 256, 270. Eyche, Eobert Lord, 342, 343, 356, 487, 620, 686. Eychman, Stephen, 514. 7T6 GENJCRAL INDEX. Eycot, see Eicot. Eye, If), 93, 95, 103, 201, 202, 205-209, 211- 214, 219, 220, 226, 2G4, 314, 318, 523, 560, 577, 636, 701. Eye, Ciistiiraall of, 614. Eye Harbour, 119, 202, 402, 472, 491, 517, 576. Eye, Mayor, &c. of, 16, 93, 103, 206, 207, 209, 210, 314,472. Eygges (or Eigges), 'VViniam, 31, 35. Eynehousen. See Ehinehouse. Eypley, 587. Eypon, Walter, 583. Byther, John, (Cofferer of the Household,) 41, 42. Eyvet, Mr., 169.. EyTett, Andre-w', 75. S ,, J., 458. S ,M., 458. S , Thomas, 438. S W. 691. Sabellus, James, Cardinal, 622. Sacheverell, John, 700. SachevereU, Mr., 553. Sackford (or Saekforthe), Henry, 279, 663. See Seckford, Sackford (or Seckford), Thomas, 279, 248, 495, 498. Sackvile, Lady, 289. Sackville, Mr., 179. Sackville, Thomas, Lord Buckhurst, 318, 417, 418, 421,422,624, 625. Sackville Place, 218. Sackville, see Sakevyle. Sacrament, The, 7, 11, 19, 21, 31, 45, 76, 79, 88, 93, 96, 174, 234, 243, 263, 284, 303, 322, 324, 346, 368, 377, 414, 439, 443, 445,561, 601. Sadberge, County of, 122. Saddle, the Queen's, 403. Sadler, David, 483. Sadler, John, 654. Sadlier, Sir Ealph, 308, 309, 351, 352, 359, 360, 362, 387, 398, 422, 463, 499. St. Alban's, 107, 128, 132, 266, 280, 308, 313, 351, 371, 389, 460, 557, 610, 660. St. Andrew's Castle (Hants), 264. St. Andrew's, Monastery of, 31. St. Asaph, 396, 406, 564. St. Asaph, Bishop of. SeeWooA, Goldwell, Davies (Tho.), Huglies. St. Asaph, Bishoprick of, 109, 132, 396, 406, 564. St. Augustine, Lathe of, 344, 352, 419, 451, 462, 548. St. Augustine's Park. See Canterbury. St. Austin's Psalter, 96 St. Barbe, AVilliam, 675. St. Bartholomew's, 299, 400. St. Bartholomew the Great, 433, 434. St. Bartholomew's (Gloucester), 242. St. Bee's, 179, 191, 617. St. Bridget, Order of, 701. St. Buryan, Parishioners of, 492. St. Catherine's, 313, 432. St. Cross (-Winchester), 688. St. Crosse, Master of, 133. St. David's, 604. St. David's, Bishop of. See Young, Davies (Eic.) St. David's, Bishoprick of, 328, 329, 362, 664. St. David's Consistory Court, 597. St. Donat's, 176, 361, 582. St. Dunstan's, 14. St. Dunstan in the Wolds, 52. St. Edmundsbury, see Bury. St. Elmo, 256. St. Elyn's, see St. Helen's. St. Englebert, alias Sandingfeld, 85, 88. St. Erkenwald's Tenements, 363. St. Ethelred, franchise of, 452. St. Paith's, 38, 171, 407. St. George's Feast, 51, 237, 239, 295, 366, 445, 588. St. George's Feast, the Sovereign's Lieutenants at, 622, 652. St. Germains, Borough of, 217. St. Giles's, Cripplegate, 271. St. Giles's in the Fields, 432, 627. St. Giles's Hill, 465. St. Helen's (Isle of Wight), 144, 217. St. Ives, 17. St. James's, 3, 9, 38, 45, 46, 56, 71-73, 85, 88, 96, 102-104, 106-113, 115, 187, 188, 246, 274, 525, 526. St. James's Park, 458. St. Jean de Luz, 639. St. John, John, 511. St. John, John Lord, 263. St. John, Sir John, 511. St. John, Lady, 276. St. John, William Lord, 481. St. John of Basing, see Paulet. St. John of Bletshoe, Oliver Lord, 148, 158j 341, 374, 392. St. John of Jerusalem, Knights of, 468. St. John of Jerusalem, Prior of, 100, 101, 299- St. John's, 3, 502. St. John's College (Cambridge), 127, 176, 186i 187, 261-264, 268, 273, 274, 371, 373, 404, 408, 447, 467, 469, 493, 516, 518, 523, 548, 552, 553, 622, 636, 638, 644, 688. St. John's College (Cambridge), Master of, 515. St. John's College (Oxford), 417. St. Katheriue's, Christ Church, 493. St. Katherine's, 612, 658. GENERAL INDEX. in St. Kathevine's Hospital, and Master of, 145, 150, 286. St. La-wrence Lane, 323. St. Lawrence, Old Jewry, 473. St. Leger, Sir Anthony, 9, 22, 42, 9S. St. Leger, Arthur, 323. St. Leger, sk Seintleger, Sentleger, Seyntleger. St Leonards, 38, 80, 172. St. Leonards, Forest of, 166. St. Loe, Mr., 501, 502. St. Loo, William, 61. St. Malo's, 437, 439, 508, 611, 641. St. Margaret's, Westminster, 204. St. JIarie, Mons., 211. St. Martin's in the Fields, 308. St. Martin's le Grand, 172, 181, 200. St. Martin's, Eochelle, 209. St Martin's, Stamford, 87, 96. St Mary at Hill, 11, 86, 150. St Mary Overys, 75. St Mary's (Cambridge), 703. St Mary's Hall (Oxford), 649. St. Mary's College (Winchester), 449. St Mary's, Guild of, 14. St Mary's in Hull, 590. St Mawes Castle, 548. St Mawes, Borough of, 217. St Michael's, 280. St. Michael's (Stamford), 83. St. Michael's Mount 632. St Nicholas Island, 14. St Olave's, Silver Street 192. St Olyve's, Winchester, 1 1 0. St. Oswald's, Monastery of, 285. St Osyth, Manor of, 48. St Pancras, Prebendary of, 242. St Paul's, 485, 609. St. Paul's Cathedral and Churchyard, 21, 22, 27, 38, 39, 67, 88, 116, 117, 177-179, 184-187, 199, 209, 239, 260, 268, 271, 273, 274, 301, 321,370,382,386,407, 431, 437, 546, 609, 631. St. Paul's, Consistory Court of, 654. St Paul's Cross, 545. St Paul's, Dean of, see Nowell. St Paul's, Dean a!nd Chapter, 2, 7, 27, 38, 39, 80, 116, 173, 185, 245, 272, 274, 301, 322, 327, 363, 382, 407, 549, 590, 609, 618. St. Paul's, Synod at 409. St Paul's Vaults, 549. St Peter's Grange, 280. St. Peter's, Westminster, 147. St. Quentin's, 94. St Saviour, Order of, 701. St. Stephen's, Stamford, 83. St. Stephen's, Westminster, 464. St Tron, 73. St Winnowe, 202. Saker, The, 205, 209, 259. Sakevyle, Mr., 252, 258. Sakevyle, Sir Eichard, Chancellor of the Augmentations, 10, 43, 118, 123, 128 132, 136, 138, 142, 151, 155, 160-164 170, 181, 182, 184, 198, 201, 219, 248 254, 266, 271. Salcot (or Capon), John, Bishop of Salisbury, 27, 56. Salden, Manor of, 467, 468. Sale, Mr., 251. Sales, Commissioners of, 91, 108. See Crown Lands. Salisbury (Sarum, New Sarum), 27, 43, 44j 248, 335, 455, 464, 484, 541, 563, 665 See New Sarum. Salisbury, Bishop of, see Jewell, Gest Salisbury, Diocese of, 102, 103, 646. Salisbury, Sir John, 152. • . Salisbury, Margaret Countess of, 325. Salkeld, Launcelot, 158. Salmon, 176. Salop, see Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Salt Salt Works, 168, 171, 214, 220, 232, 234, 238, 251, 255, 268, 274, 282, 293, 296, 399, 428, 429, 455, 519, 535, 541, 554, 641, 673, 695, 697. Salt upon Salt Manufacture of, 697. Salt Marshes, 402. Salt Pans, 617. Saltash, 273, 326. Saltpetre, 117, 172, 431, 461, 511, 658. Saltpetre, Purchase of, 553. Salute, Abbate de, 154. Salvin, , 410. Salwayn, Gerard, 122. Sambitores, John Baptista, 463. Samford, John, 32. Sampford, Hundred of, 452. Sampford Peverel, 471. Sampson, Richard, Bishop of Chichester, 14. Sampson, Thomas, 505. Samson, Mr., 434. Samson, Thomas, 49. Samways, Geoffrey, 146. Sanctuary, 266. Sand, H., 660. Sandal Castle, 351. Sanders, Dr , 281, 565. See Saunders. Sanders, Sir Thomas, 94. Sanderson, , 163. Sanderson, William, 702. Sandford Courtenay, 20. Sandgate Castle, 377, 509. Sandingfeld, see St Englebert Sandon, William, 110. Sandown Castle (Isle of Wight), 105, 106. Sandown Castle (Kent), 101. Sandwich, 45, 141, 171, 179, 201, 253, 295, 310, 322, 324, 326, 378, 382, 389, 414, 427, 482, 528, 672. Sandwich, Mayor of, 665. Sandwich, Strangers at 528, 532. Sandwich, Survey of the Port of, 491. 778 GENERAL INDEX, Sandys (or Sandes), Edwyn, 5, 132, 148 ; Bishop ofWorcester, 223, 352 ; Bishop of London, 390, 403, 437, 516 ; Arch- Dishop of York, 538, 539, 545, 546, 561, " 563, 596, 622, 625, 626, 653, 672. Sandys, William Lord, 481. Santon, Tythes of, 628, 657, 665, 669, 670. Sarum, see New Sarum, Salisbury. , Sassetti, Captain, 689. Saterburn-mouth, 175. Satin, 2, 110. Saul, Mons., 183. Saunders, Ambrose, 92, 94. Saunders, Capt., 226. Saunders, Dr., 688. Saunders, Edward, 61. Saunders, Sir Edward, 95, 125, 126, 492. Saunders, Elizabeth, 688. Saunders, Francis, 196, 206. Saunders, George, 437. Saunders, Mr., 689. Saunders, W., 368. Savage, alias Boner, see Boner. Savage, Erancis, 261. Savage, George, 148. Savage, Sir John, 148, 199, 288, 292, 294, 344, 354, 377, 565. Saville, Edward, 129, 151, 206, 207. Saville, Henry, 129, 151. Saville, Sir Henry, 129. Saville, Eobert, 129, 207. Saville, William, 387. Savior, Davy, 230, 247. Savoy, Duke of, 97, 98, 689, 690 ; Entertain- ment of Ambassadors from, 690. Savoy, The, 85, 211, 246, 331, 383, 385, 386, 515, 690. Savoy, Auditor of the, 386. Savoy, Master of the, 34, 85, 180, 383, 385, 386. See Thurland. Sawcemers, Lands of, 640. Sawley, Manor of, 503. Sawtrey, T., 83. Saxe, Duke of, 497. Saxie, Robert, 405. Saxlingham, 374. Sayas, , Secretary, 647. Sayntmond, Sir Anthony, 9. Say well, Gilbert, 217. Scambler (or Schambler), Edmund, Bishop of Peterborough, 164, 374, 414, 437, 529, 560, 561, 566. Scape, Lewis, 238. Scaramuzza, Giovanni Jacopo, 184, 575. Scarborough, 7, 265, 321, 354. Scarborough, , a pirate, 583. Scare or Scarre, Andrew, 87, 89, 133. Scavage, 285. Scheldt, The, 494. Schets, Balthazar, 48. Schliche, Gaspar, Count, 599. Schoolmasters, Corrupt, 552. Schult, Jacob, 16. Schutz (or Schulz), Jonas, 567, 568, 570, 571, 585, 586, 605, 621. Schutz, see Shutz. SciUy Isles, 3, 26, 34, 113, 125, 397, 492, 582, 621, 625, 631, 685. Scorey, John, Bishop of Rochester, 33 ; Bishop of Chichester, 40 ; Bishop of Hereford, 134, 141, 161, 177, 183, 272, 353, 423, 488, 500, 516, 564, 566, 581, 654. Scorey, Mrs., 516. Scot, Cuthbert, Bishop of Chester, 127. Scotch Salt, 535. Scotland, the Scots, 2, 4-7, 10, 15, 42, 44, 48, 74, 87, 93, 95, 101, 134, 138, 142, 144, ' 150, 151, 153, 154, 162, 192, 197, 199, 209, 221, 229, 231, 235, 238, 252, 269, 273, 276, 278, 279, 283, 286, 291, 293, 295-297, 309, 311, 313-316, 320, 356, 387, 388, 421, 432, 437, 447, 495-497, 501, 552, 554, 555, 557, 575, 584, 629, 642, 633, 688, 695. Scotland, King of, see James VL Scotland, Queens of, see Margaret, Mary. Scotland, Regent of, 502. Scott, Dr. Cuthbert, 174, 247. Scott, Gregory, 299, 319. Scott, Thomas, 258. Scott, Sir Thomas, 451, 521, 560, 630, 668, 671, 672, 685. Scott, William, 352. Scout, (or Showte), The, 580, 631. Scray, Lathe of, 344, 352, 450, 460, 467. Scriptures, The, 158, 251, 509, 698. See New Testament. Scroby, 352, 353. Scrope, Henry Lord, 229, 280. Scudamore, John, 183, 353. Sculpture, see Statuary. Seals, 476. Seamen, 608. See Admiralty, Shipping. Seamer, Mrs., 467. Search for Popish books, vestments, &c., 524. Searle, John, 389. Sebastian , 571. Sebastian, Captain, 500. Sebastian, King of Portugal, 173, 287, 328. Seckford, Thomas, 338. Seckford, Thomas, jun., 457. Secret Intelligence, Channel of, 702. Secret Service, 672. Secretary of State, 91, 476. -See Paget, Petre, Smith, CeciU, Bourne, Boxall, Walsvne- ham, Wylson. *' Sedgeley Park, 64. Sedgwick, John, 575. Sedition, SeditiousWords, Seditions Books, &c 98, 127, 154, 157, 167, 217,268,302, 383, 393, 396, 467, 492, 633, 634. See Rebellion. Seele, Richard, 698. Seeler, Jasper, (or Seler, Gaspar,) 164, 234. Segwyck, 166. Seintleger, Sir John, 57-59, 341. GENEKAL INDEX. 779 Seiutleger, Nicholas, 695. Sekeford, Henry, 502, 505, 536. See Sackford. Sekes, William, 295. Selbrickenden, Hundred of, 450. Seminaries, Foreign, 703. See Eheims. Seminary Priests, 636. Sempringham, 33, 34, 41, 47, 278, 360. Sempringham Priory, 5. Send, Manor of, 641. Sentleger, Warham, 258 ; Sir Warham, 595. Seres, Anne, 515. Seres, William, 235. Serjeant Porter, see Keys. Serjeants' Inn, 407, 567. Serjeants-at-Law, 106, 107, 407, 441. Serle, Henry, 244, 245, 278. Sermons, 487. Settrington, 150, 162, 164, 171, 257. Sewell , 162. Sewer of England, Office of, 120, 176. Sewers, and Commissioners of, 42, 46, 201, 202, 272, 278, 292, 296, 297, 409, 412, 523, 529,539. See 'Sens. '„^\ Sex, John, 514. Sextant, Improvement in the, 697. Sexto, Augustine de, 90. Seyman, Richard, 42. Seymaur, Lord Edward, 250, 301. Seymour, Edward, 238. Seymour, Edward, Earl of Hertford, Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector, 1-30, 36-38, 40, 46, 48, 49, 51, 74, 125, 291, 303, 387, 498. Seymour, , (daughters of Somerset,) 46. Seymour, Sir Edward, 23 ; Earl of Hertford, 174, 178, 182-185, 194, 195, 206, 221, 230, 236-238, 240, 241, 274, 310, 400, 414, 429. ' Seymour, Sir Henry, 23, 345. Seymour, Henry, 240, 274. Seymour, Lord Henry, 489, 491, 599. Seymour, Mr., 124. Seymour, .Thomas, Lord Seymour, Lord High Admiral, 2, 3, 7-15, 62, 169. Seyntleger, Anthony, 627. Seyntlo, Lady Elizabeth, 183, 185. Seyntlo, Mr., 183. Seyntlo, Sir William, 127, 185. Seyntlow, Sir John, 37, 84. Seysdon, Hundred of, 342. Shadwell, Henry, 355. Shakespeare, John, 653, 654. Shakespeare, William, 358, 653, 654. Shakespere, Koger, 40. Shakespere, Thomas, 653, 654. Shales, , 698. Shaplye, John, 535. Shard, Gregory, 37. Sharington, Mr., 43. Sharington, Sir William, 3, 4, 7, 8, 13, 14. Sharington, William, 417. Sharington, see Sherington. Sharp, John, 554. Sharpe, ,578. Sharpe, Eohert, 525. Shawe, Margaret, 603. Shawe, Eandall, 603 Shearmen, Company of, 275. Sheep, 239. Sheerness, 118, 449,627. Sheffield, 12, 92, 485, 561, 581. Sheldon, see Shelton. Sheldon, Eaffe, 458. Sheldon, William, 116. Shelford, 367-369. Shelley, lands of, 166. Shelley, Edward 31. Shelley, Sir James, 276. SheUey, William, 352. Shelstone, 389. Shelton, , 198. Shelton, Elizabeth, 266. Shelton, James, 617. Shelton, (or Sheldon), Mr., 633,691. Shelton, Raphe, 433, 451. Shene, (or Sheen,) 10, 26, 47, 107, 200-20 5 209, 211, 212, 215, 318, 320, 610. Shene, Prior of, 203. Sheppard, Mr., 694. Sheppy, Isle of, 59, 99, 118, 400, 401, 407, 444, 445, 469, 471, 486, 498, 529, 530, 535-539, 545, 627, 636, 638. Shepway, Lathe of, 344, 352, 451, 467. Sherborne, or Sherburn, 19, 58, 129. Sherburn House, 23. Sherburn, Vicar of, 129. Shere, 339. Sherewin, John, 548. Sherfield, 609. Sheriff Plutton, 190, 455. Sheriffs, 7, 23-25, 31, 33, 34, 56, 60, 72, 86, 88, 95, 104, 105, 112, 120, 128. 181, 197, 206,210, 214, 216, 222, 225. 226, 232, 240, 241, 257, 273, 275, 288^ 297, 305, 307, 321, 322, 331, 333, 338. 346-348, 351, 356, 356, 361, 367, 369, 376. 379, 380, 388, 391, 418, 422, 424, 427, 433, 441, 453-455, 470, 484, 504, 612, 519, 636, 579, 580, 697, 611, 612, 629, 636, 645, 662, 665, 686, 688. Sheriffs Court, The, 463. Sheriffs, Entertainments, 509. Sheriffs, Reformation of, 518. Sherington, Sir Harry, 667. Sherington, Henry, 641. Sherington, WEliam, 696. Sherington, Sir William, 641, Sherland, or Shirland, see Shurland. Sherley, Erancis, 43. Sherlonde, Richard, 234. Sherman, ,286. Sherman, Ralph, 31. Sherry, see Wines. Shers, John, 243, 251, 256, 276, 277. Sherwood and Sherwood JTorest, 669, 689. 780 GENERAL INDEX. Sherwood, 655. Sherwood, Mr., 124. ShetlingtOD, 175, 187. Shields, 5. Ship-huilding, 107, 131, 141,210, 438, 518. Shiplake, 355. Shipman, Thomas, 3. Shipping, 7, 10, 30, 39, 64, 73, 77, 87, 88, 90, 92, 93, 97, 103, 125, 126, 128, 131, 133, 150, 164, 165, 172, 178, 189, 203, 205, 208-210, 213, 215, 218-220, 223, ' 225, 226, 237, 239, 258, 261, 273, 305, 313, 314, 316, 317, 322, 326, 327, 329- 331, 345, 376, 384-391, 393, 398, 399, 405, 407, 409, 418, 431, 437, 439, 464. 482, 490, 609, 512, 523, 628, 535, 536, 552, 554, 559, 567, 575, 677, 685, 587, 600, 606, 611, 616, 621, 629, 637, 641, 644, 645, 666, 680, 687, 697. Shipping, Arrest of, in England, 617, 598. Shipping, Embargo on, 128, 133, 483. Shipping, see Arrests, Insurance, Ports, "Voy- ages. Ships, Lists of, 479, 518, 538, 563, 574, 576, 610, 612, 681, 698. See Admiralty. Ships, Survey of 516. Shipwreci;, 509, 620, 563, 675, 639, 702. See Wreclcs. Shipwrights, 612. Shipwrights, The Queen's, 634. Shoreditch, 432, 504. Shorers, The 74. Shotsham, Thomas, 150, Shrawnell Parlt, 407. Shrewsbury, 121, 132, 162, 275, 285,339,374, 462,561. Shrewsbury, Countess of, 471, 489. Shrewsbury, Earl of, see Talbot. Shrivenham, Hundred of, 156, 340. Shropshire, 13, 121, 139, 148, 248, 286, 339, 348, 349, 374, 462, 466, 474, 486, 514, 661, 563, 665, 581, 586, 635, 641. Shropshire, Justices of, 639. Shurland, (or Sherland,) House, 58, 59, 401, 445, 487, 627, 636, 638, 676, 6S3, 6S4. Shurland, Manor of, 469. Shustoke, 41. Shute, Captain John, 224. Shute, Kichard, 697. Shutz, (or Schutz,) Christopher, 256, 258, 269, 274, 688. Sidney, (or Sidnei,) Phihp, 331, 648, 651, 678. Sidney, see Sydney. Sierra, Lope de la, 326. Signet, Clerks and Office of the, 52, 64, 90, 381. Silks, Manufacture of, 147, 190, 314. Silles, Mary, 162, 164, 171. Silver Mines, see Mines. Simiers, Du, 629. Simmes, Mr., 517. Simondson, Martin, 563. Simonelli, Joseph, 612. Simony, 625... Sion, (Sion House or Monastery of,) 10, 1 1, 14, 18-20, 26, 40, 203, 272, 691. Sion, Abbess of, 701. Sion, Eeligious Vii'gins and Brethren of, 701. Sittingbourne, 59, 136, 626, 634. Six Clerks, The, 165. Skarresdale, Hundred of, 124. Skawe, The, 622. Skedam, Adryan, 402. SkefBngton, see Skevington. Skerne, John, 551. Skevington, Christopher, 107. Skevington, (or Skeffington,) John, 171, 386 Skidmore, Erasmus, 576. Skins and Pelts, 326, 702. Skipwith, Sir WiUiam, 292. Skipworth, Edward, 380. Sklater, alias Tomson, Thomas, 63. Skonewall, Captain, 434. Skowte, The, see Scout. Skynner, Alderman, 372. Skynner, J., 440. Skynner, Mr., IS. Skynner, Ralph, 161. Skypwith, Henry, for Harrie,) 417, 422, 426, 434, 436, 437, 440, 442, 444, 445. Skyracke, Wapentake of, 336. Slander, 217, 403, 420, 435, 648. Slave Trade, The, 299, 300. Slavery, 296. Sleape, William, 280. Slehidge, Commandery of, 266. Sledd, John, 524, 605. Slegge, Roger, 36, 244, 245, 278, 305 Sluice Master, The, see Rickwarth. Sluys, 274, 391. Slythehurst, Thomas, 105. Smalford, 280. SmallweU, John, 41. Smart, , Parson, 140. Smelting, see Ore. Smerwick, 687. Smetheley, Anthony, 296. Smith, Dr., 48. Smith, Gawen, 700. Smith, Henry, 166, 278, 298, 299, 317. Smith, Hugh, 310. Smith, John, 443. Smith, Sir Lawrence, 288, 291, 292, 294. Smith, Mr., 190, 261, 263, 518. Smith, Peter, 186, 345. Smith, R., 428, 495. Smith, Ralph, 601. Smith, S., 16. Smith, Thomas, 520, 645, 674. Smith, Thomas, Secretary of State, 9, 11 ; Sir Thomas, 14-21, 23, 25, 68, 139, 158, 162, 203, 241, 299, 304, 380, 384, 410 421, 422, 440, 448, 468, 485, 494, 502 ; Deceased, 588. Smith, William, 235, 632. Smith, see Smithe, Smyth, Smythe. GENERAL INDEX. 781 Smitlie, Mr., 528. Smitlifield, 5, 087. SmitMeld, East, Manor of, 1 50, 556, 567. Smyth ,294. Smyth, Anthony, 699. Smyth, David, 403. Smyth, Harry, 685. Smyth, Sir John, 492, 64G. Smyth, Mr., 503. Smyth, Nicholas, 64. Smyth, Thomas, 268, 259, 261, 454, 671. Smythe, Andrew, 405. Smythe, Augustine, 42. Smythe, Elizabeth, 40. Smythe, Hugh, 635. Smythe, John, 398. Smythe, Su- John, 599. Smythe, Eobert, 403, 624. Smythe, Thomas, 378, 382, 390, 391, 512. Smythe, see Smith. Snagg, William, 175. Snagge, Thomas, 187, 371. Snape, 93. Snape, John, 460. Suarestone, 701. Sneyde, William, 120 j Sir William, 372, 381, 383, 386. Snowden, Eorest of, 586. Snowe, Mrs., 642. Soap and Soapmakers, 438, 508, 605, 606, 692. Sohar, William, 646. Soldiers, Training of, 648. See Musters. Solicitor General, 105, 247. Some, see Soome. Somer, John, 105. Somerhy, Living of, 577. Somers, Mr., 234. Somerset, 16, 19, 27, 29, 36, 38, 40-42, 44, 65, 67, 72, 96, 104, 128, 139, 148, 155, 159, 160, 227, 275, 338, 340, 348, 369, 371, 372, 378, 381, 386, 387, 394, 449, 453, 462, 607, 515, 541, 649, 555, 660, 563, 565, 569, 582, 584, 612, 663, 666. Somerset, Clothiers of, 567. Somerset, Eeodary of, 394. Somerset, Justices of, 650, 656. Somerset House, 289, 292. Somerset House, alias Chester Place, 498. Somerset Place, 32, 189,269. Somerset, Vice-Admiral of, 386. Somerset, Duchess of, 3, 5, 9, 14, 29, 30, 147, 174, 184, 236, 291, 310, 381, 498, 672. Somerset, Duke of, see Seymour. Somerset Herald, see Glover. Somerset, Mr., 558. Somerset, Thomas, 457. Somerset, William, Earl of Worcester, 41, 69, 231, 284. Somerton, 462. 549, 624, 666, Soraraer, Mr. 196, 605, 622. Sommers, John, 599. Soome, Bobert, 381,494. Sorcery, see Witchcraft. Sotham, Thomas, 150. Souche, William, 612. Souger, Jerome, 84. Sound Dues, The, 640. South America, 69:). South Bemflete, 483. South Sea, The, 513. South Waltham, see Waltham. Southack, George, 490. Southaick, William, 324. Southampton, 659, 675, 586, 588. Southampton, Earl of, see Wriothesley. Southampton Mayor, &c. of, 468, 559, 632. Southampton, see Hampshire. Southcote, Mr. Justice, 507. Southsea Castle, 656. Southwark. 1, 2, 9, 30, 57, 53T, 546, 562, 629, 667. Southwell, 664. Southwell, Fr., 109. Southwell, Richard, 621. Southwell, Sir Richard, 26, 74, 108, 117, 118, 121, 130, 134, 171, 610, 676. Southwell, Sir Eobert, 56, 67, 59-61, 88. Southwold, 653. Southwood, 649. Southworth, Anne, 659. Sowyer, , 523. Spa, The, 311. Spain, Spaniards, 48, 65, 56, 58, 61, 62, 64, 69,76,77,83,90, 114, 115, 154, 162, 175, 176, 186, 191, 214, 217, 219, 234, 236, 238, 239, 246, 260, 279-281, 292, 297, 298, 300, 303,306, 308, 311-314, 323-329, 332, 337, 339, 363, 358, 362, 363, 358, 378, 384, 386-388, 390, 392- 394, 398, 399,405, 407-409, 412, 417, 420, 422, 427, 433-436, 437, 447, 463, 476, 488, 489, 500-502, 504, 523, 625, 527, 628, 555, 565, 574, 603, 611, 629, 645, 656, 660, 662, 665, 669, 685, 686, 689, 690, 692, 693. Spain, Attempts and Designs on England, 629, 630, 633, 660 665. Spain, Attempts and Designs on Ireland, 629, 630, 632, 647, 658, 687. Spain, King of, see Philip II. Spain, Inquisition in, 217, 412, 519, 578. Spain, Prince of, 690. Spain, Queen of, 67,390, 391, 394, 689. Spain, Proposition to invade Spain, 565. Spain, Treaty with, 578. Spain and Portugal, Merchants trading to, 488, 489, 578, 611, 619, 026, 629, 631, 673, 680, 687, 694. Spalding, 19, 46, 150, 409. Spaldingmore, 147. Spaniels, 672. Spanish Fleet and Navy, 92, 630, 631, 028. Spanish Goods, Arrest and Sale of, 435, 437, 463, 464, 574, 678, 645. Spanish Money, 408. Spanish Wines, 631. SeeWiaes. 782 GENEEAL INDEX. Spaunton, Manor of, 491. Speaker, The, see Bell. Commons. Williams. Spearte, John, 569. Spelthorne, Hundred of, 123. Spence, Henry, 242. Spencer, , 272. Spencer, Charles, 169. Spencer, James, 350, 357. Spencer, John, 304, 441, 574. Spencer, Sir John, 310, 343, 345, 376, 380. Spencer, Robert, 267, 365. Spencer, Thomas, 441. Spencer's Lands, 70. Spendelo, Mr., 254. Spender, "William, 577. Spes, see Despes. Spetshury, Parsonage of, 612. Spices, Bill against engrossing, 444. Spices, Prices of, 518. Spices, Staple of, 337, 400, 463. Spies, 82, 477, 565, 685. Spies, Foreign, 556. Spilman, Francis, 488. Spilshy, Chantry, 27, 30. Spilshy, Manor of, 292. Spinning, see Yarn. Spinola, Baptist, 253, 307. Spinola, Benedict, 128, 456, 460, 462, 493, 494> 504, 701. Spinola, Capt, 18. Spinola, Jacob, 504. Spinola, Mr., 482, 592. Spinola, PasquU, 253, 504. Spinsters, Rate of "Wages, 586. Spires, 73, 205, 213. Spiritual Court, The, 185. Spittel, 335. SpriQgfield, 107. Springham, Richard, 147. Spydell, Sebastian, 244. Squyer, John, 559. Stable, Clerk of the, 611. See Household. Stables, Royal, The, 132, 598, 610, 611, 639. Stace, John, 475. Stafferton, Mr., 230. Stafford, 122, 181, 377, 465, 542, 548, 557, 652, 676. Stafford Castle, 180, 234, 487. Stafford, Lady Dorothee, 527. Stafford, Edward, Duke of Buckingham, 55. Stafford, Edward Lord, 342, 646, 652. Stafford, Henry, Lord Stafford, 55, 110, 139, 165, 180, 181. Stafford, Henry, Duke of Buckingham, 131. Stafford, Sir Humfrey, 343, 345. Stafford, Lady, 369. Stafford, Lord, 487, 533. Stafford, Mr., 238, 542. Stafford, Robert, 270. Stafford, Sir Robert, 28, 60, 82, 121, 124. Staffordshire, 36, 41, 64, 120, 122, 139, 165, 180, 217, 249, 340, 342, 372, 377, 378, 381, 383, 386, 415, 424, 465, 474, 487, 542, 548, 557, 565, 652, 660, 667, 676, 685. Staffordshire, Alehouses in, 557. Staffordshire, Clerk of the Peace of, 685. Staffordshire, Sheriff of, 424. Stainbarge, see Steynberg. Staincross, "Wapentake of, 336. Staines, 19. Stambridge, Mr., 143. Stamford, 9, 28, 30, 31, 34, 45, 47, 49, 63, 64, 80, 83, 87-89, 96, 133, 180, 191, 193, 198, 201, 212, 213, 293, 332, 368, 386, 409, 439, 575, 597, 662. Stamford; Aldermen, &c. of, 45, 47, 49, 63, 64, 96, 180. Stamford, German Church at, 439, 440. Stamford- cum- Cranmore, 89. Stamford, Roger, 548. Stamp, John, 660. Stamp, Signings by, 4, 23, 365, 366. Stanbrydge, Thomas, 434. Stanclyff, Richard, 597. Standen, , 348. Standley, Thomas, 628. Standon, 387. Standyshe, John, 635. Stane, Hundred of, 6, 430. Stangraye, Manor of, 191. Stanhope, Edward, 381. Stanhope, John, 379, 400. Stanhope, Sir Michael, 9. Stanhope, Mr., 578. Stanhope, Thomas, 367, 368, 380. Stanley, Edward, Earl of Derby, 94, 106, 149, 197, 203, 288, 303, 305, 322, 341, 347, 356, 366, 394, 397, 445, 455. Stanley, Elizabeth, 679. Stanley, Sir George, 303. Stanley, Henry, Lord Strange, 167, 295, 363, 366 ; Earl of Derby, 488, 496, 600, 6Vl, 680. Stanley, Rowland, 679. Stanley, Thomas, 132, 160, 164, 176, 177, 204, 259, 260, 287, 290, 291, 305, 306, 353, 363, 385,406,415,416,436. Stanley, Sir Thomas, 442. Stanley, Sir "William, 52, 376. Stanley, "William, Lord Monteagle, 316, 325. 445. ' Stannaries, the, 252, 307-309, 511, 512 658 See Tin. Stannaries, Lord "Warden of the, 308 309 543, 658. ' Stanstead, Manor of, 55, 62, 149, 259 643 649. ' ' Stanton, 402. Stanton, "William, 78-81, 83. Stanway Hall, 386. Stanyhurst, Richard, 673, 689. Staper, or Stapere, Richard, 512, 563. GENERAL INDEX. 783 Staple, The, 502. Staple of Clotli in England, 603. Staple, Mayor of the, 550. Staple, Merchants of the, 4, 37, 48, 105, 139, 161, 168, 169, 174, 241, 243, 258, 269, 275, 276, 305, 307, 308, 327, 405, 475, 547, 550, 552, 556, 694, 698. Staple Towns, 468, see Mart Towns. Stapleford Ahhots, Eector of, 631, 641. Staplehoo (or Staplowe), Hundred of, 430. Stapleton, Ro., 296. Stapletou, Sir Eobert, 6, 691. Stapleton, Thomas, 150. Star, remarkable, see Comet. Star Chamber, The, 98, 288, 298, 302, 381, 557, 640, 667.' Starfforde, Thomas, 591, 593. Starkey, Randell, 432. Starkey, Symond, 328. Startute, Richard, 492. State, Council of, 222. State Paper Office, 63, 178, 324. Stationers' Company, 167. Statuary, 182, 189, 288. Statute Laws, 5. Statutes Penal, Execution of, 533. Statutes, Printing of, 507. Staunford, Manor of, HI. Staverton, 535. Staverton, 693. Staverton, Thomas, 392. Stay of Goods, see Arrest. StayneclifFe, Wapentake of, 336, Stebunhuth, see Stepney. Stenographia, The Book of, 219. Stephenson, H., 89. Stepney (Stebunhuth), 15, 649. Steppin, William, 107. Stere, Nicholas, 302, 313. Stevenson, Alexander, 432. Steward, John, 41. Stewart, Mr., 314. Steynbergh, John, 180, 279. Steyning, 352. Steynings, Lady, 435. Stile, Henry, 462. Stifkey, 657, 669. StiH, Dr. John, 515, 518, 548, 628, 634, 698. Stillyard (or Hanse), Merchants of the, 38, 51, 65, 101, 137, 161, 171, 174, 181, 189, 193, 224, 226, 231, 240, 241, 244, 246, 247, 274, 288, 311, 325, 382, 411, 432, 436, 508, 587, 600, 603, 607, 624, 626, 647, 698, 699. Stilton, 259. Stockbridge, 217. Stockes, (or Stokes), Adrian, 164, 426, 441, . 661, 567. Stockett, Lewis, 470. Stockett, T., 311. Stockhohn, 275. Stockton (or Stockden) Ward, 335, 678. Stodderde, George, 509. Stoddon, Hundred of, 374. Stoke, 604. Stoke Denys, Manor of, 128. Stoke Dry, 380. Stoke-gursey, Lordship of, 66. Stoke Park, 101. Stoke and Bradley, Manor of, 58. Stokes, Dr. John, 262, 271. Stokes, Mr., see Stockes. Stokes, Mr. (of King's College), 493, 522. Stolberg, Lodowick, Count of, 415. Stolyon, Thomas, 477. Stonecote, 272. Stonemasons, Wages of, 690. " Stoner, Mr., 599. Stonley, Richard, 59, 146, 158, 317, 391, 583, 661, 701. Stony Stratford, 356. Stooker, Lancelot, 82. Stores, Keeper of the, 513. Storie, John, 75. Storye, Dr. John, 27, 389-393, 395, 409, 411, 415. Storms, 176, 177, 190, 219, 225, 226,228. Stortford, Vicar of, 154. Storthes, Gervays, 42. Stoughton, Anthony, 110. Stoughton, Thomas, 153. Stoultz, Leonard, 279. Stourton, Manor of, 34. Stourton, Charles Lord, 29, 54, 96. Stourton, John Lord, 536, 670. Stowe, 45, 89. Stowe, Hundred of, 6, 430, 452. Stowe, Rectory of, 5. Stowell, Sir John, 515. Stowey, 369,371. Stoyte, John, 124. Stradlyng, Sir Thomas, 176, 361. Stradlynge, Sir Edward, 599. Straffurth, Wapentake of, 336. Strand, The, 211, 246. Strange, Le, see Lestrange. Strange, Lord, see Stanley. Strange, Lady Margaret, 167, 295, 303, 316, 363, 366. Strange, Robert, 419, 424. Strangers, 505, 575. Strangers' Church, 528. Strangers' Church in London, 144, 150, 299. Strangers in London, 317, 320, 321, 323, 324, 401, 427, 432, 433, 522, 551. Strangers in Norwich, 496. Strangers' Duties, 647. Strangers, see Aliens, Colchester, Hastings, Lon- don, Maidstone, Merchant Strangers, Norwich, Sandwich. Strangeways, James, 119. Strangwishe, George, 91. Strangwyshe, Henry, 132, 136, 164. Stransam, Edward, 682. 784 jGeneral index. Strasturg, 202, 205, 213. Stratford on Avon, 654. Stratford, Stony, 356. Stratford Langthorne, or Langhorne, 4, 374. Stratton, Hundred of, 452. Strelley, Philip, 225. Strelley, Sir Anthony, 693. Strenisham, 367. Stretford, Hundred of, 124. Strickland, Walter, 333. Strickland, ■William, 188, 252, 406. Strille, Angler de la, 241, 244. Stringer, Alexander, 703. Stringer, Mr., 636. Stringer, Stephen, 491. ' Strond, 213. Strowel, John, 67. Stuard, Dr., 136. Stuart, Lady Arbella, 642. Stuart, Charles, 257, 428 ; Lord Darnly, 489. Stuart, Henry, Lord Darnley, 195, 199, 201, 253, 256, 344. Stuart, Matthew, Earl of Lennox, 49, 104, 150, 197, 199-206, 209, 211, 212, 216, 218, 257, 258, 261, 269, 293,295,296, 301. Stuhhes, Christopher, 173, 174. Stuhhes, Mrs., 174. Stucley, Thomas, 153, 155. Stuckley, 596. Stuckley, Thomas, 420. Stuckley, Sir Thonaas, 523, 524. Studley, John, 248.' Stukeley, a Pirate, 251. Stukely, Thomas, 106, 310, 438. Stukley, , 44, 46, 51, 106. Stumpe, James, 43. Stumpe, John, 82. Sturhridge Fair, 6, 530, 532, 537, 549, 618. Sturges, Thomas, 452. Sturley, Nicholas, 537. Sturminster, Manor of, 640. Sturmouth, 634. Stiirtenn, John, 270. Style, Anthony, 627, 632. Style, The, 312. Styntor, Ruben, 110, Styriey, Capt., 370. Styward, Austen, 125. Styward, Edward, 483. Suhbarton, 35. Subsidies, 4, 37, 54, 74, 94-96, 98, 100, 101, 105, 107, 111, 114, 117, 129, 136, 143, 145, 148, 186, 222, 230, 231, 275, 277- 280, 283, 285, 290, 294-296, 301, 382, 398, 432, 478, 516, 520, 531, .545. Succession, The, 175, 217, 218, 222, 256, 280- 283, 286, 411, 444, 447. Sudeley, 161, 367, 669. Sudeley Castle, 8, 10, 375. Sudley, Edward, 591. Suffolk, 5, 20, 98, 99, 111, 142, 147, 148, 155, 160, 225, 257, 261, 268, 288, 293, 299, 310, 318, 325, 337, 343,344, 347, 372, 377, 385, 388, 390, 447, 449, 452, '491, 503, 558, 568,570, 578, 686, 603, 610, 612, 619, 627, 632, 643,658, 665, 678, 680, 686, 699. Suffolk, Alehouses, &c. in, 558. Suffolk, Clothiers of, 511, 550, 633. Suffolk, Justices of, 643, 652. Suffolk, Sheriff of, 452. Suffolk, Vice Admiral of, 22, 388. Suffolk, Countess of, 489. Suffolk, Duchess of, 363. Suffolk, Duke of, see Brandon, Grey. Suffolk, Frances Duchess of, see Dorset. Suffolk, Katharine Duchess of, 3, 21-32, 35, 39, 41, 120, 123, 177, 297. 316, 332, 407, 410-413, 415, 4'10, 441, 677. Sugars, 444, 538. Sugeham, Richard, 651. Suggestors, see False Suggestors. SuUington, 475. Sulphur, 160. Sulyarde, Sir John, 104. Sumptuary, Laws, see Apparel. Sunning, Hundred of, 340. Sunninghill, 153-157. Superstitious "Uses, 233, 285. Supremacy, The, 250, 281, 321, 409, 578. Supremacy, Oath of, see Justices of Peace. Church Affairs. Oaths. Surback, Symonde, 248. Surgery, Surgeons, 9, 81, 239, 438, 672. Surplice, The. See Apparel, Church Affairs. Surrey, 2, 7, 21, 40, 89, 98, 102, 109, 129, 135, 139, 148, 152, 155, 177, 290, 333, 339, 348, 419, 423, 426, 431, 465, 468, 474, 475, 485, 542, 546, 560, 561, 566, 570, 610, 618, 654, 655, 662, 694. Surrey, Alehouses in, 562. Surrey, Archdeaconry of, 404. Surrey, Justices of, 638, 645. Surrey, Earl of, see Howard. Sussex, County of, 3, 7, 12, 41, 102, 123, 136, 139, 140, 148, 152, 155, 159, 168, 206, 207, 227, 264, 267, 271, 276, 337, 352, 361, 387, 394, 397, 438, 448, 451, 452, 460, 461, 466, 474, 475, 477, 479, 486, 620, 539, 543, 544, 559, 580, 584, 588, 616, 620, 624, 640, 645, 665, 688. Sussex, Countess of, 39, 131. Sussex, Earl of, see Ratcliffe. Sussex, Justices of, 638. Sussex, Vice Admiral of, 483. Sutton, 370, 546, 566. Sutton, Hundred of, 376. Sutton, Lordship of, 46. Sutton at Hone, Lathe of, 347, 450, 461, 546, 663. Sutton, , 561. Sutton, Edward, Lord Duddeley (or Dudley'), 62, 110,502. GENERAL INDEX. 785 Sutton, John, 695. Sutton, Robert, 547. Sutton, alias Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leicester, see Duddeley. Swafield, Parsonage of, 3G. Swale, Mr., 304. Swallow, The, 205, 244, 281, 323, 551, 645. Swallow, Paul, 703. Swanmote, Court of, 84. Swans, 84, 557. Swaton, 47. Sweden and Swedes, 138, 140, 157, 158, 243, 267,269,275,313,447,468. Sweden, Duke of, see Erie. Sweden, King of, see Eric ; John II. Sweet, Richard, 140. Swift, Jasper, 589. Switzerland, 211 ; Soldiers raised in, 672. Swynnerton, John, 579. Sybell, 697. Syddenham, John, 650. Syde, James, 576. Sydmanton, 30. Sydney, Ambrozia, 494.' Sydney, Sir Henry (Lord President of Wales), 35, 39, 49, 67, 152, 163, 175, 177, 200, 225,442,452-454,461, 462, 476, 482, 494, 501, 622, 524-526, 556, 574, 635, 638, 651, 685. See Wales. Sydney, Lady Mary, 442, 459, 494, 527. Sydney, Thomas, 424. Sydney, see Sidney. Sylva, Ruy Gomez de, 647. Sylver, Richard, 21. Sylvius, Abel, 285, 303,' Sylyard, Margaret, 131. Symans, P., 575. Symond, The, 628. Symonds, Dr., 304. Symonds, William, 490. Sympson, Thomas, 270. Synod, 409. Syon, see Sion. Sypton, 392. Syra, John le, 625. T. Tadcaster, 352. Tailer, WiUiam, 125, 132. Tailor, Hugh, 595. See Taylor. Tailors, 200, 282. Tailour, John, Bishop of Lincoln, 41. Tailour, Thomas, 151. Taithwell, Vicar of, 34. Talbot, Francis, Earl of Shrewsbury, 49, 83, 92, 106, 132, 149. Talbot, George Lord, 104, 129, 151 ; Earl of Shrewsbury, 183, 191, 193, 206, 207, 237, 288, 341, 347, 367, 378, 379, 400, 430, 445, 458, 460, 485, 502, 503, 506, 522, 534, 561, 581. Talbot, Gilbert Lord, 367. Talbot, John, 322, 648, 653, 659, 671. Talbot, Mr., 230. Talbott, John, 464. Talboys, Gilbert Lord, 510. Talboys, Lady, 358. Talgarth, 295. Tampion, Henry, 201. Tam worth. Borough of, 217. Tamworth, John, 316. Tamworth, Mr., 214, 255. Tandridge, Hundred of, 135, 419, 423, 440. Tanfield, East, 259. Tanfield, West, 259. Tankersley, 129. Tanners, Tanning, 455, 500, 518. Tannikyn, see Cecill. TarUnk, M. G., 269. Tarperley, George, 492. Tarrowe, 433. Tate, Wmiam, 566. Tattersall, 655, 684. Tattershall Castle, 29, 30. Taundene, see Taunton. Taunton Castle, 590. Taunton, Lordship and Manor of, 159, 241, 590. Taverner, Mr., 402. Taverner, Robert, 58. Taverner, Roger, 58, 248. Taverns, see Alehouses, Inns, &e. Tavistock, 392, 629, 630, 632. Tawley, Abbey of, 266. Tawney, WiUiam, 61. Taye, Thomas, 545. Taylior, Nicholas, 547. TayUour, Thomas, 328. Taylor, James, 549. Taylor John, 414, 569, 691. Taylor, Margaret, 476. Taylor, Mr., 401. Taylor, Thomas, 476, 548, 549, 568. Tedder, Lewes, 22. Teddesley, Manor of, 165, 180. Tekencote, Lordship of, 700. Tempest, Robert, 122. Tempests, see Storms. Temple, The, 286, 325, 428, 443. See Inner Temple. Middle Temple. Temple Bar, 73. Temple Bridge, 528. Temporalities, Restitution of, 409, 517, 520. Tendring, Hundred of, 379, 422, 558. Tennen, The, 609. Tennis Balls, imported, 147. Tenths of the Clergy, 533. Tents, sec Revels. Tents and Pavilions, Office of, 193. Tenures, 169. Terell, Mrs., 486. Terra Nova, Duke of, 659. 3 D 786 GENERAL INDEX, Terrington, Vicar of, 702. Testament, see Ne'w Testament. Testons, 160-162, 164. Teuxbuiy, Hundred of, 420. Tewkesbury, 585. Teynham, Hundred of, 460. Thame, Hundred of, 138, 419. Thames, The, 59, 156, 164, 282, 292, 399, 479, 481, 490, 491, 538, 554, 556, 571, 612. Thames, Kshing in the, 534. Thanksgi-ving, 235, 260. Thajcstead, 389. Thaxter, John, 525. Thaydon, see Theydon. Theaker, see Thetcher. Theale, Hundred of, 156. Theobalds, 310, 390, 485, 499, 504, 602, 672, 676. Theophilus, see Cecill, Thomas. Thetcher, (Thaccer, Theaker,) John, 102, 264, 331. Thefford, 657, 665, Thetford HaU, 194. Thetford, Mayor, &c., 657. Theydon, Gemon, 495. Theydon, Mount, 158. Thimbleby, , 459. Thimblebye, Stephen, 618. Thirlby, Bishop of Ely, 75, 76, 100, 135, 188, 203, 239, 390. Thomas, Father, 659. Thomas, John, 345. Thomas, Robert, 195. Thomas, William, 43, 44, 59, 61, 456. Thomas of Woodstock, 131. Thomazo, see Bath, 477. Thompson, , 524. Thompson, , Auditor, 271. Thompson, John, 623. Thomson, Eichard, 164. Thomson, see Tomson. Thomage, 653. Thorncombe, Manor of, 230, 232. Thomdon, East, 33. Thorne, Nicholas, 3. Thometon (or Thome), Bailiff of, 111, 113. Thometon, George, 577. Thometon, William, 383. Thorney Abbey, 491. Thorney, Thomas, 494, 526. Thomham Little, Eeotory of, 142. Thornton, 454. Thornton House, 470. Thorold, 32. Thorold, Anthony, 372, 387. Thorpe, John, 475. Thorpe and Thorpe-Aohurche, 36, 84, 88, 89, 213. Thorpewaterfelde, Manor of, 36. Threddar, , 662. Thresor de la Noblesse, Book of, 512. Throckmarton, Mr. Justice, 532. Throckmerton, Mr., 658. Throckmorton, George, 367. Throckmorton, Mr., 11, 266. Throgmorton, Anthony, 76. Throgmorton, Clement, 304. Throgmorton, Lady Erances, 137, 142. Throgmorton, George, 137, 142. Throgmorton, see Butteler. Throkemorton, Robert, 149. Throkmarton, John, 103, 118. Throkmarton, Sir John, 476, 602, 604, 605, 607, 609, 626, 627. Throkmarton, Michael, 67, 75, 76. Throkmerton, Clement, 95. Throkmerton, Esq., John, 79. Throkmerton (or Throgmerton), John, 76, 78-83. Throkmerton, Sir Robert, 95, 343, 366, 658. Throkmerton, Sir Thomas, 78. Throkmorton, Kellam, 380. Throkmorton, Sir Nicholas, 78, 115, 118, 121, 128,181,184,185,187,197,200,204,218, 220, 291, 295, 297, 300, 304, 314, 315. Throkmorton, Thomas, 366. Throp Mountvell, 14. Thtircaston, Living of, 701. Thurgarton, 367. Thurgarton, Wapentake 0:^ 333, 379. Thurgood, John, 640. Thurgood, Nicholas, 640. Thurland, , 369. Thurland, Thomas, (Master of the Savoy), 180, 244-246, 250-255, 257, 272, 274, 276, 278, 279, 283, 287-289, 300, 302, 303, 312, 319, 383, 384, 386, 688. Thurstable, Half Hundred of, 379, 419, 558. Thurston, William, 150. Thwayts, Edward, 634. Thymblebie, Anne, 610. Thymblebie, Dionysius, 105. Thynne, Sir John, 27, 29, 341, 349, 527. Tiger, The, 238. Tikinhill, House of, 163. Tilbury, West, 45, 691. Tildesley, William, 201. Tillage, 5, 222, 412, 492. '^ Tilts, see Tournaments. Timber, 496. See Woods. Timber for the Navy, 598. Timber Trees, fellmg of, in Bishopricks, 643- 651, 654. Tin, Tinners, 62, 252, 308, 309, 502, 512, 643. See Stannaries. Tin, Coinage of, 511. Tin, Pre-emption of, 639. Tintern and Tintem Abbey, 278, 322. Tipper, William, 522, 551, 621. Tirrell, Edmund, 104. Tirrell, William, 26, 90. Tirrell, see Tyrell. Tirwhitt, Marmaduke, 694. GENERAL INDEX. 787 Tu-whitt, William, 694. Titchburn, 670. Titchehorne, Benjamin, 670. Titenhanger, 310. Titles, see Koyal Titles. Titles of Honour, confen-ed by Foreign Princes, 660. Tiverton, 56, 59. Tixall, 424. Todyngton, see Tuddington. Toft, Manor of, 30, 32. Toils, Master of the, 536. Tolls, see Corn. Tolson, 131. Tomas, Walter, 464. Tomewe, Ml-., lis. Tomlingson, Mr., 476. Tomlyn's Wood, 13. Tompson, Thomas, 476. Tomson, Lawrence, 448, 490, 498-500, 597. Tomson, see Sklater. Tomworth, Stewardship of. 111. Tomyow, Richard, 198. Tonbridge, see Tunbridge. Tonge, Mrs., (Clarentieux,) 110. Tonnage and Poundage, 186. Tooke, William, 672. Topcliff, 290. Topcliff (or Topclyff), Henry, 606, 620. Topcliff (or Topclyffe), Richard, 400, 467. Topper, Nicholas, 36. Torlles, ,636. Torperley, 484. Torr, 57. Torrewood, 608. Torture, 81, 348. Torvor, Manor of, 266. Totness, 327, 535. Totness, Archdeacons of, 207. Tottenham, 414. Tottenham Court (or Tottenhall), 27, 155. Tottington, 448, 466. Toucher, Lazarus, 7. Touchet, George, Lord Audley, 439, 449. Touchet, Henry, Lord Audley, 165, 493. Touchet, James, Lord Audley, 166. Touchet, John, Lord Audley, 51. Tournaments, 202, 264. Towcester, 314. Tower, The, 1, 8, 11, 12, 24, 26,- 36, 42, 43, 54, 55, 60-62,70, 75, 82,83, 96, 102,116- 118, 127, 131, 133, 138, 140, 142, 144- 146, 148, 150, 151, 154, 156, 160, 161, 164, 166, 169, 170, 174-176, 178-180, 188, 189, 192, 194-197, 200-202, 204, 206, 230, 232, 234, 235, 237, 239, 241, 243, 247, 249, 250, 257, 259, 260, 265, 266, 272. 275-277,290, 312, 339, 345, 348, 34#354, 362, 365, 366, 372, 383, 385, 387, 403, 408, 409, 414, 415, 421, 422, 426, 428, 433-437, 439, 440, 442, 444, 445, 450, 457, 458, 492, 613, 559, I 629, 658, 663, 686, 691, 70a | Tower, The, establishments of, 692. Tower Hamlets, 133, 651. Tower Hill, 567, 692. Tower, Lieutenant of the, 536, 651. Tower, Master Mason of the, 457. Tower, Officers of, 11, 26, 70, 96, 102, 131, 133, 139, 176, 178, 189, 197, 201, 206, 230, 241, 243, 261, 276, 387, 409, 415. Tower, Parson of the, 428. Tower, Precincts of, 651. Tower, Survey of Armour in, 673. Tower Wharf, 317. Tower, see Mint, Prisoners, Records. Townesend, Roger, 469. Townley, John, 322. Townshend, Mr., 8, 404, 514. Towthorpe, Manor of, 151. Toynton, 177. Tracy, Elizabeth, 37. Tracy, John, 458. Tracy, Sir John, 609. Ti-acy, Richard, 251. Trade, 37, 38, 44, 51, 64, 65, 68, 74, 90, 91, 108, 123, 126, 128, 129, 147, 158, 162, 167, 168, 173, 180, 183, 191, 198, 201, 215, 217, 218, 231, 235-238, 240, 241, 243-249, 260, 265, 266, 269, 276, 279- 281, 284, 285, 288, 290, 296, 300, 303, 313, 314, 318, 321, 326, 329, 330, 332, 337, 344, 358, 398, 405, 408, 430, 435, 437, 444, 447, 448, 455, 463, 467, 468, 471, 472, 475, 478, 488-490, 494, 498, 500, 503, 508, 510, 512, 518, 522, 523, 527, 528, 530, 533, 538, 552, 657, 574, 575, 577, 579, 587, 592, 600, 602, 603, 607, 608, 611, 613, 614, 619, 620, 622, 626, 628, 629, 639, 640, 673, 680, 687, 690, 691, 693, 696-699, 702. See New Trades, Voyages. Trade, Company for, 689. Trafford, 656. Trafforde, Sir Edmund, 456, 656. Traheron, Bartholomew, 35, 49. Traheron, Nath., 598. Trained Bands, Training, see Musters. Traitors, see Treason. Translation, see Bible. Transmutation of Metals, see Alchymy. Transportation, 427. Trappes, Anthony, 88. Travache, John, 626. Travacie, Eustace, 265. Travel, Foreign, Cecil's Instructions for, 406. Travel, Licence to, see Licences. Travers, Mr., 19. Travers, William, 168. Treason, 167, 272, 344, 345, 348, 355, 373, 385, 390, 392, 394, 411,426, 433, ,521, 526, 587. See Rebellion. Treasure, 324, 326, 328, 329, 332, 339, 349, 351-353, 359, 360, 363, 408, 682. Treasure, Spanish, 504. Treasure brought home by Drake, 686, 691. 3d 2 788 GENERAL INDEX. Treasurer of the Chamber, 109, 115, 139, 143, 275. Treasury, The, 309. Treaties, 123, 244, 412. Trees, 85, 112, 197, 198, 212, 219, 333, 398, 407. See Timber trees. Tregony, Borough of, 217, 516. Trelawny, John, 71. Treman, John, 700. Tremayne, , 78, 81-83,86. Tremayne Captain, 212, 213, 215, 225. Tremayne, Edward, 631, 632, 638, 682, 683, 686. Tremayne, John, 307. Tremayne, Nicholas, 248. Tremayne, Richard, 72, 78, 82, 86. Trencharde, George, 561. Trendell, , 291. Trent, The, 104, 237, 533. Trent, Council of, 243. Trentham, 424. Trentham, Thomas, 685. Trento, Giovanni Battista da, 536. Trere, see Van Trere. Trerice, 177,179. Tresham, Dr., 62. Tresham, Sir Thomas, Prior, of St. John's, 68, 69,71, 100, 101. Trester, John, 202. Trevanyon, Sir Hugh, 10, 404. Trevanyon, Kichard, 452. Treves, Matthew, 322. Trewe, John, 671, 672, 674, 676, 685. Trewlock, William, 669. Trewlove, William, 598. Trigge, Hundred of, 452. Trinity College (Cambridge), 64, 186, 191, 204, 250, 293, 321, 403, 440, 441, 446, 576, 600, 628, 634, 662 ; Stage Plays at, 638. Trinity College (Oxford), 105. Trinity Hall (Cambridge), 15-18. Trinity House, The, 399. See Deptford Strond. Trinity House, Newcastle, 623. Triplow, Hundred of, 6, 430. Tripoli, 551. Tripp, Mr., 676. Tritemius, Johannes, 219. Trocheley, 60, Troisrieux, Dominicque, 288. Trollope, Thomas, 178, 180. Troops, Shipment of, for Ireland, 629-631, See Ireland. Troughton, 7, 63. Troughton, Thomas, 35. Troutbeck, Manor of, 191. Trumpington, 493, 702. Truro, 309, 317, 581, 584, 587, 616, 623. Trypconye, James, 623. Tucker, Stephen, 192. Tudbery, Honor of, 578. Tuddington, or Todyngton, 444, 445, 498. Tuke, George, 379, 419. Tunbridge, 3, 61. Tunell, Peter, 641. Tuustall, 527. Tunstall, Cuthbert, Bishop of Durham, 29, 33, 34, 42, 47, 105, 117, 137, 138, 142. Tunstall, Prancis, 322. Turbervile, George 673. Turkey, the Turks, 277, 691. Turloye, Manor of, 465. Turner, , 693. Turner, Christopher, 683. Turner, Edward, 80, 81. Turner, James, 569. Turner, John, 624. Turner, William, 18, 29, 31, 32; Dean Wells, 33. Turpips, imported, 147. Turner, John, 588. Tumour, Edward, 116, 117, 120, 124. Turnpenny, John, 611. Turpin , 14. Turpyn, William, 510. Turre, Nicholas de la, 324. Turswell, Thomas, 515. Turvey, 392. Turvyle, Geffrey, 629. Tuscany, Duke of, 339. Tutchet, see Touchet. Tutting, John, 149. Tuxford in the Clay, 352. TuydaU, Mr., 194. Twickenham, Manor of, 387. Twyford, 693. Twysden, Williana, 191. Tyburn, 189. Tychefeld, Hundred of, 7. Tykyncote, 28. Tylar, Thomas, 598. Tyldsley, William, 185. Tymwell, Serjeant, 69. Tymyng, William, 87, 88. Tyndall, Robert, 578. Tyne, The, 355. Tynemouth, 144, 147. Tynemouth Castle, 193, 482. Tynker, Philip, 177. Tynne, James, 308. Typpynge, Ralph, 321. Tyrell, Anthony, 487. Tyrell, Charles, 56, 59. Tyrell, George, 526. Tyrell, Sir Henry, 56, Tyrell, John, 414. Tyrer, 634. Tyrrel, Humphrey, 401. Tyrrel, Jane, 401. Tyrrell 401. Tyrrell, Sir John, 142, 235. Tyrrell, Mr., 484. GENERAL INDEX. 789 Tyrrell, see Tirrell. Tyrwhitt, Sir Robert, 13, 15, 46, 53, 134, 259, 342, 370. Tythes, 36, 97, 147, 280, 284, 294, 493, 517, 596,617,699. 5ee Sauton. U. Ughtred, Henry, 534. Ulstatt, see Hechstetter. Xnterfines, see Cloths. TJmpton, see TJnton. TJnderwooil, Henry, 505. Underyll, Anne, 538. Uniformity, see Churcli Affairs ; Eeligion. Universities, see Cambridge, Oxford. Unlawftd Assemblies, 126, 571. Unlawful Games, 421. Unton, (or Umpton,) Sir Edward, 156, 340, 510, 690. Unton, Lady, 510. Uphill, 55. Upnor Castle, 172, 202, 204, 213. Uppingham, 570, 657. Upsall, Manor of, 104. Uptoa, John, 114. Urswicke, Grammar School at, 641. Ushant, 87. Usury, 100, 182, 358, 402, 490, 511, 535, 613. Utenhovius, Carolus, 254. Utenhovius, Johannes, 144, 177, 204, 237, 242. Uvedall, see Vuedall. Uxbridge, 24. V. Vagabonds, Vagrants, Beggars, 23, 286, 334, 350, 353, 368, 418-427, 430, 440-442, 642. See Gypsies. Vagatts, Island of, 253. Vagrants, see Vagabonds. Valenciennes, 397. Valuation of Livings, see Livings. Van Brunswick, Owter, 16. Van Dueton, see Dueton. Van Trere, John, 296. Vane, Sir Ralph, 4. Vane, see Fane. Vanden Putte, Eaphael, 312, 313, 324. Vanguard, The, 576. Vannes, Peter, 42, 74, 86, 87. Varney, see Verney. Vassall, John, 563. Vaughan 636. Vaughau, Cuthbert, 198, 228. Vaughan, Edward, 1. 2. Vaughan, Lady Eleanor, 295. Vaughan, Geoffrey, 215, 258. Vaughan, John, 21, 83, 103, 218, 249, 257, 336, 381, 482, 495, 498, 686. Vaughan, Mr., 119, 171. Vaughan, Eichard, 538, 590, 591, 593. Vaughan, Sir Eoger, 176, 295. Vaughan, "William, 200, 571. Vause, Henry, 496. Vause, Lawrence, 281, 307. Vaux of Harrowden, William Lord, 343, 346 375, 441. Vavasour, Peter, 454. Vavassor, Anne, 703. Velles, M. de, see VeuUes. Velsius Justus, 221. Velutelli, Acerbo, 468. Velvet, 2, 107, 110, 118, 176. Venables, Sir Thomas, 6. Venetian Merchants, 697. Venetian Ship, The great, 361. Venice, Venetians, 23, 28, 42, 43, 64, 74-76, 80, 82, 84-87, 90, 91, 96, 182, 239, 243, 256, 276, 279, 304, 327,^404, 453, 488, 504,522, 630, 650, 651. Venice Glass, 297. Venison, 105, 155, 247, 312, 691. See Deer. Ventris, Mr., 688. Venturini, Burgatio, 208. Vere, Edward, Earl of Oxford, 215, 224-226 230-233, 235, 236, 241, 246, 249, 252, 254, 261, 290, 300, 318, 358, 364, 459, 461, 466, 478, 484, 485, 504, 593, 616, 661, 685. Vere, John de. Earl of Oxford, 3, 23, 58, 98, 108, 116, 137, 140, 144, 154, 158, 173, 176, 184, 215, 224, 230, 233, 303, 318, 364. Vere House, 685. Vere, Lady Mary, 225. Verney 498. Verney, Edmund, 84. Verney, Francis, 84. Verney, Mr., 506. Verney, Eichard, 520. Verses, 120, 202, 248, 277, 278, 309, 313, 331, 397, 449, 594. Veulles (or Velles), M. de, 177, 210. Vicars, Old, 14. Vicars and Curates, Eelief of, 411, 518. Vice- Admirals, 180, 385-388, 478, 632. Vicenza, 536. Victuallers, Tax on, for Eepair of Dover Haven, 672. See Dover. Victualling the Forces, 169, 362, 511, 643. See Admiralty, Army. Victualling, Bate and Prices for, 668, 698. Victualling Houses, 250. Victuals, see Corn. Victuals, Surveyor of, see Baeshe, Darrell. Vienna, 277. Viglius, Mons., 66. Villers, John, 369. Villers, William, 498. 790 GENERAL INDEX. Vincent, David, 260. Vincent, Mr., 597. Vintners, 378. Vintners' Company, 283, 378, 552. Visitations, 11, 14-18, 34, 36, 130-132, 134, 136, 137, 141, 142, 145, 148, 177, 184, 188, 251, 267, 281, 312, 318, 329, 357, 383, 385, 386, 417, 540, 541, 543, 544. 553, 564, 588, 621. See Oxford. Vitriol Works, 440. Vivian, Micliael, 179. Voel, John, 368. Vos, Cornelius de, 253, 254. Vosbergh, Caspar, 409, 411, 439, 440. Voyages of discovery, trade, &c., 74, 178,183, 215, 220, 247, 253, 260,273, 281, 287, 288, 299, 300, 316, 323, 330, 337, 475, 513, 520, 525, 533, 540, 543, 546, 551, 557-559, 565, 570-573, 581, 586, 589, 590, 600-602, 605, 608, 609, 615, 616, 619, 621, 622, 625, 641, 648, 656, 661, 678, 689, 690, 695. Voyages, see Drake, Furbisher, Gflberte, Havkyns. Voysey, Jolin, Bisbop of Exeter, 8, 56. Vuedall (or Uvedall), Richard, 75, 76, 78, 80. Vyllars, Mr., 154. Vyllers, Geoffrey, 83. w W , G., 703. W , Katherine, 642. W , E., 466, 704. W S., 492. Waad (or Wade), Armigill, 119, 170, 171,202, 206-209, 212, 225, 269, 275-277, 292, 315, 358. Waad (or Wade), William, 315, 408, 499. Wadley, 156. Waeste, 670. Waferer, Arden, 655. Waferer, Fr.. 655. Wager of battle, (or judicial combat,) 414. Wages, 185; of labourers, 690. See Spinsters. Waggons or Wains, see Impressment. Wainfleet Haven, 292. Wait, Thomas, 103. Wakefield, 351. Wakefield, Thomas, 255. Wakeman, John, 491, 623. Waldegrave, (son of Sir Edward,) 182. Waldegrave (or Walgrave), Sir Edward, 55, 68, 71, 91,100, 104, 107, 108, 110, 113, 117, 118, 123, 171, 173, 174,176,179, 182, 184. Waldegrave, Lady 174, 176, 184. Waldegrave, William, 372, 525. Walden, 425, 446, 596. Walding, William, 476 Wales, 59, 65, 94, 95, 106, 108, 123, 124, 140, 143, 152, 163, 170, 175, 244, 259, 264, 266, 301, 325, 333, 358, 362, 398, 404, 406, 452, 457, 463, 469, 471, 476, 478, 479, 502, 513-515, 532, 533, 536, 538, 543, 563, 564, 571, 572, 580. 588, 593, 604, 606, 634, 636, 639, 642, 661, 673- 675, 688, 692. Wales, Admiralty in, 590. Wales, Clerk of the Fines in, 522, 526.- Wales, Court of, 524. Wales, Deputy Lieutenants in, 639. Wales, Escheators in, 635. Wales, the Four Marcher Shires of, 514. Wales, Instructions for, 525, 574, 575. Wales, Judges in, to understand Welsh, 514. Wales, La-w Courts in, 513, 514, 515. Wales, Lord President, Vice President, and Council of, 56, 94, 106, 108, 109, 123, 124, 126, 132, 140, 152, 163, 175, 193, Z'OO, 268, 284, 285, 361, 381, 398, 404, 406, 414,452,474, 481,482, 513, 514, 516, 522, 525, 526, 532, 537, 540, 545, 552, 556, 571, 574, 575, 580, 588, 591- 594, 596, 597, 635, 661, 675, 692. Wales, North, 630; South, 629. Wales, Receiver of Fines and Amerciaments, 556. 600. Wales, Reformation of the Courts in, 552. Wales, Sheriffs in, 453, 454, 471. Walgrave, J., 47. Walgrave, Mr., 208. Walker, Dr., 654. Walker, John, 67, 68, 72, 80 82, 84. Walkeme, Parsonage of, 109. Waller, George, 142. Waller, Walter, 393 ; Sir Walter, 451. Wallerthum, Sir William, 85, 103. Wallingford, 153, 156, 340, 419. Wallingford Castle, 112. Wallington, Hundred of, 135, 419. Wallis, Ralph, 86. Wallker, Thomas, 702. Walloons, The, 310, 390. Wallop, Sir Henry, 365, 368, 371, 375, 378, 384, 413, 502, 524, 630. WaUop, Sir Oliver, 104. Wahner, 101. See Wolmer. Walmer Castle, 521. Walpole, Robert, 392. Walpole, Roger, 392. Walpole, William, 475. Walpull , 82. Walsham, Manor of. 111. Walshe, Edward, 18. Walsingham, Anne, 424. Walsingham, Thomas, 258, 424; Sir Thomas, 685. ' Walsyngham , (a daughter of Sir Francis Walsyngham,) 663. Walsyngham, Francis, 278, 314, 315, 317, 321 324, 345, 346, 362, 394, 428, 432, 457,' 464, 466 ; Secretary of State, 470, 473! 476, 477, 481, 486, 489-491, 495-506, GENERAL INDEX. 791 Walsyngham, Francis— confmaed 512, 514, 515, 520-522, 524, 526-528, 530, 532, 533, 536, 539, 546, 549, 552- 559, 561 ; Sir Francis, 567-571, 574, 575, 577-586, 588, 590, 597, 598, 600, 601, 603, 605, 606, 608, 609, 611-613, 615-617, 619-622, 624-627, 629-635, 637-642, 644, 648-650, 655-657, 660, 662-664, 667-670, 672-674, 677, 678, 680, 682-689. 691, 693, 698, 701, 703, 704. , his Illness, 581. Chancellor.of the Garter, 588,589. "Walsyngham, Lady, 697. Walsyngham, Mrs., 408. Walter, Mr., 524. Walter, Robert, 502. Waltham, 9, 184, 382, 422, 458, 530. Waltham Forest, 104, 116, 123, 249, 551. Waltham, Hundred of, 380. Waltham (in Hants), 662. Waltham, South, 192, 208. Waltham Tower, 3. Walton, Eafe, 569, 599. Walrerswike, Manor of, 610, 637. Wandisford, Mich., 122. Wandsworth, 642. Wangford, Hundred of, 452. Wansted, 31. Wantinge, Hundred of, 156, 340. Wappingthorne, 448, 466. ■ War, 94, 95, 97, 103, War, Declaration of, 91. War, Engine of, 399, 513. War, Prisoners of, see Prisoners. Warblington, 371. Warcop, Mr., 352. Warcope, Thomas, 279, 678. Ward, Richard, 133, 693, 703. Warde 257. Warde, Capt. Luke, 588. Warde, Richard, 41. Warde, Roger, 84. Warde, Thomas, 152, 153. Wardelham, Manor of, 113. Warden, Hundred of, 376. Wardour, Chidiock, 450, 521. Wardrobe, the Great, 40, 91, 114, 117-119, 130, 132, 137, 186, 245, 260, 269, 506, 617, 633. Wards and Liveries, Court of, 52, 89, 91, 107, 109, 113, 118, 128, 130, 142, 146, 165, 166, 211, 214, 235, 283, 286, 294, 301, 303, 330, 367-369, 389, 446, 472, 591, 635, 646. Wards, Master of the Court of, 91, 106, 128. Wards, Wardships, 19, 41-43, 46, 51, 60, 65, 106, 110, 111, 128, 177, 182, 186, 198, 200, 206, 207, 212, 215, 225, 252, 296, 303, 367-369, 392, 393, 395, 398, 401, 428, 432, 498, 511, 614. Ware, 27, 325, 351, 412, 528. Ware River, see Lea River. Wareham, 546, 625, 680, 682. Wargrave, Hundred of, 340. Warham, Mr., 69. Warham, William, Archbishop of Cauterbury, 456. Wark Castle, 241. Warley, 414. Warlike Engines, see War. Warmesworth, Lordship of, 596. Warmyngton, Robert, 120. Warnecombe, James, 383, 384. Warner, Sir Edward, 100, 117, 133, 150, 175, 176, 184, 189, 197, 206, 258, 261. Warner, Sir John, 142. Warner, Mr., 49. Warner, Stephen, 267. Warr, Lord De la, see West. Warrants, Regulation for the passing of, 662. Warren, John, 562. Warren, William, 368. Warren, see Waryne. Warte, James, 532. Warton, Robert, Bishop of Hereford, 134. Warton, see Wharton. Wars, Treasurer of the, 97. Warwick, Borough of, 21, 149, 339, 362, 366, 449, 466, 545, 559, 657. Warwick Castle, 3, 60. Warwick, Countess of, 9. Warwick, Earl of, see Duddeley, NeviU. Warwick, Feodary of, 378. Warwick, Incorporation of Preachers in, 304. Warwick, Lady, 510. Warwick Lane, 21. Warwick Park, 3. Warwick's Lands, 70. Warwickshire, 40, 41, 95, 129, 139, 148, 171, 215, 237, 266, 285, 294, 334, 339, 343, 358, 362, 364, 366, 380, 398, 415, 466, 545, 559, 564, 565, 640, 657, 658, 676, 698. Warwickshire, Alehouses, &c. in, 559. Warwickshire, Justices of, 638. Warwickshire, Thames of Freeholders in the County, 653, 654. Waryne, (or Warren,) Jasper, 627. Washingley, 687. Was, Henry, 617. Wasse, Henry, 80, 82. Wasshington, Laurence, 467. WasteU, John, 541. Watch, The, 486, 595 ; Quarrel with the, 700. Watch and Ward, 276, 419, 420, 422-425, 440. Water, Roger, 434. Waterford, 394, 539, 630, 666. Waterhquse, Edward, 495, 498. Waterhouse, Mr., 568. Waterworks, 28, 255, 493, 569, 611 Watling Street, 332. Watson, ,553,681. Watson, Dr., 646, 647, 649, 792 GENERAL INDEX. "Watson, Edward, 52, 370. "Watson, John, 404, 457, 644. Watson. John, Bishop of Winchester, 'C85, 988. Watson, Mr., 135, 136. Watson, Dr. Thomas, Bishop Elect of Lincoln, 91. Watson, William, 457. AVattes, Thomas, 383, 390, 391, 493, 522. Watts, Eiohard, 204. Wattz, Thomas, 155. Waughendoorpe, Adam, 274. Wax Counterfeit, 635. Waxham, 22. Wayneham, Mr., 45. Weavers (Flemish), 36-38, 47, 293. Webb, Nicholas, 585. Webb, Richard, 276. Webb, William, 475. Webbe, Mr., 174, 524. Webster, Mr., 435. Webtree, Hundred of, 123. Weder, James, 96. Weke-Ktzpayne, Manor of, 66. Welbury, Manor of, 286. Welby, Adlard, 46, 263, 412. Weld, John, (of Eton,) 149. Weld, John, (of London,) 149. Welde, John, 556. Welden, Edward, 41. Welden, Thomas, 41. Weldon, Thomas (Cofferer), 131, 133, 146, 155, 169, 192. Well, Wapentake of, 335. Welles, John, 267, 274, 287. Welles, Robert, 265, 529. Wellford, Tenant of, 520. Wellington, 500, 681. WeUs, 28, 33, 306, 378, 541, 560, 565, 582 584, 650, 651. Wells, Dean and Deanery of, 28, 32, 33, 306. Wells, Ed-ward, 700. Wells, Lordship of, 28. Wells, Prebendaries of, 306. Wells, Mr., 317, 512. Wells, Robert, 170. Welshcrofte, 52. Welsh Lake, 269. Welshe, John, 440. Wendover, 295, 349. Wenlingburghe, Rectory of, 31. Wenman, Sir Richard, 343, 440. Wenman, Thomas, 664, 684. Wentworth, Mrs. Barbara, 74. Wentworth, Sir John, 272, 300. Wentworth, Michael, 42. Wentworth, Mr., 126. Wentworth, Peter, 516. Wentworth, Thomas, 145, 351,352, Wentworth, Thomas, first Lord Went- worth, 3. Wentworth, Thomas, second Lord Went- worth, 104, 158, 214, 255, 357, 372, 400, 649. Werdon, Thomas, 6. Werrall, Himdred of, 122. Wertheim, 415. West l^romwich, 424. West Chester, see Chester. West Country, The, 577. West Cowe, see Cowes. West Friesland, see Eriesland. West Grinsted, see Grinsted. West Harilsey, see Harilsey. West, Henry, 501. West, Hundred of, 452. West Indies, 299, 323, 337, 565. West, John, 100. West, Lady, 610. West Lavington, see Lavington. West Parts, Gentlemen of, 475. West Pemered (or Pennard), see Pemered. West Tanfield, see Tanfield. West Tilbury, see Tilbury West, Thomas, 448. West, Thomas, Lord Lawarre, 3, 4, 9, 30, 31, 43. West, William, Lord Lawarre, 126, 393, 474. Westby, John, 322. Westcote, 64. Western Counties, 615. JVesteru Ports, 325, 328. AVestlaling, Dr. Herbert, 192, 195, 570. Westham (or Hamme), 591, 593. Westharling, 628. Westhatche, Manor of, 28. Westminster, 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12,14, 15, 25- 27, 29-33, 36, 37, 46, 47, 52, 55, 56, 60-63, 65, 66, 70, 74, 91, 93, 100, 103, 106, 117, 127, 173, 174, 179, 181, 189, 195, 200, 216, 237, 245, 249, 333, 464 479,531. ' Westminster Abbey, 651. Westminster, Archdeacons of, 172. Westminster, Bailiwick of, 233. Westminster Close, 690. Westminster, Convocation at, 516. Westminster, Dean of, see Goodman. Westminster, Deau and Chapter of, 147 187 293,329. ' Westminster, Diocese of, 9, 187. Westminster, High Steward of, 181. Westminster, Palace of, 612, 617. Westminster, Prebends of, 187, 295, 329. Westminster, Provost of, 293. ' Westminster, Sanctuary at, 266. Westminster School or College,'208, 293 Westmonege, Island of, 248. Westmoreland, 122, 191, 280, 395, 425 563 637, 702. ' ' ATestmoreland, Alehouses, &c. in, 562. Westmoreland, Sheriff of, 391, 425. Westmoreland, Earl of, see Nevill. Weston, Bailiffwick of, 7. GENERAL JKDEX. 793 Weston, Henry, 440. Weston, Sir Henry, 348, 485. Weston, Hugh, 80. Weston, Mr. Justice, 449. Weston, Mrs., 646, 685. Weston, Eichard, 105, 138, Weston, Dr. Robert, 246. Weston, Ry., 50. Westover, Manor of, 381. Westover, Hundred of, 483. Westwood (Kent), 141. Wetherby, 354, 359, 360, 364. Wetherley, Hundred of, 6, 430. Wettenhal, Manor of, 472. Wexford, 276. Weymouth, 59, 91, 547, 631. Weymouth, Bailiff of, 609. Weymouth, Mayor of, 656. Whaddon, 248, 394, 564, 634. Whaddon Chace, 468. Whalley, 587. Whalley, Richard, 15, 27-29. AVharffe, John, 687. Wharton, Lady, 174, 176. AVTiarton, Lord, 403. AVharton, Thomas, Lord Wharton, 50. Wharton, Sir Thomas, 110, 113, 152, 171, 173, 174, 176, 179, 180. Whartone, William, 430. Whawton, Manor of, 119. Wheat, damaged, to be exported, 622, 637. Wheat, Supply of, 588. See Com. AVheler, Thomas, 538. Wheteley, Mr., 381. Whetle, George, 273. Whetnal, manor of, 286. Wheyton, Thomas, 64. Whiddon, Sir John, 126. Whipping, see Vagabonds, Vagrants. Whitalier, Mr., 634. Whitborne (or Whiteburne), 177, 183, 272. ■ Whitby, Town of, 7. White, Mr. Alderman, 78. White, Anthony, 399, 400. White Bakers, Company of, 644. White, Dr., 287. White, Harry, 355. White, John (Alderman of London), 111. White, John (of Pushing), 329. White, John, Bishop of Winchester, 124, 127. White Lion Prison, and Prisoners in, 667. White, Thomas (a conspirator), 77, 78, 80, 81, 83, 84. White, Thomas (of Winchester), 449. White Friars, 116; Liberties in the Precincts of, 654. Whitehall, 143, 195, 520, 643. Whitehall, Garners at, 576. Whitford, Manor of; 71. Whitgyfte, John, 262, 287, 293, 388, 389, 395, 420, 441, 445, 446, 515 ; Bishop of Wor- cester, 564, 591, 647, 648. Whitbe.1, Davidj 185. Whitine, William, 647, 649. Whitmore, Richard, 381. Whitney, 509. Whitney, James, 524. Wliitsand Bay, 492. Whitstable, 588. Whitstone, Hundred of, 418. Whittacres, Eichard, 356. Whittingham, William, 621. Whittington, Thomas, 625. Whittnell, Mr., 662. Whitton, George, 641, 691.' Whorwelle, 272. Whorwood (or Hor-nood), Margaret, 41. See • Horwood. Whytaker, William, 600. Whyte, John (Sheriff of Hampshire), S6, 229, 263. Whyte, Sir Thcmas, 103, 111, 417. Whyte, Thomas (of Dorset), 131. Whyte, Thomas (a purveyor), 598. Whytfyld, Robt., 475. Whythed, H., 55. Whythed, S., 598. Whytney, James, 469. Wiat, Sir Thomas, 66-62, 64, 88, 118, 130. Wiat, see Wyatt. Wibosson, Manor of, 456. Wickham, 349. Wickham, see (shipping Wickham. Wickham, Humfrey, 449. Wickham Market, 586. Wickham, William of, 403, 449, 454. Wickham, see Wykeham. AVickliffe, John, 672. Wigan, 566. Wight, fcle of, 2, 76, 79, 82, 83, 91, 99-101 103-106, 131, 139, 140, 143, 144, 148 149, 153, 154, 162, 163, 177, 218, 2^7 253, 263, 264, 37.5, 378, 384, 394, 402, 409, 417, 425, 453, 479, 481-483, 490, 499, 528, 530, 536, 587, 639, 640, 643 645, 658, 670, 679, 687. Wight, Captain of the, see Horsey. Wightman, William, 15, 152. Wigmore, Mr., 526. AVigmore, Roger, 3. Wigston, Sir William, see Wygston. AVikes 72. Wiklif, Mr., 613. Wilborne, Amy, 695. Wilbraham (or Wilbram), Eichard. 95 qk 104,117. ' ' Wilbraham, Thomas, 414, 635. Wilcocks, Henry, 175. Wildgoose, Alexander, 508. AVilford, Thomas, 676, 687, 701. AVilkes, Joan, 266. Wilkes, Mr., 612. Wilkes, Thomas, 171, 226, 380. AVilkes, William, 226. AATilkinson, Oswald, 314, 368. 794 GENEEAL INDEX. Wilkinson, Richard, 575. Will, of King Henry VIH., ], 2, 64, 133, 134. Willeigh, Manor of, 48. Willes, Kiohard, 483. William, William ap, 611. William of Wickham, see Wickham. Williams, Edward, 188. Williams, George, 35, 36, 38, 45-47, 62-64, 69, 633. Williams, Henry, 245. Williams of Thame, John Lord, 1 12, 123, 124, 126, 128, 132, 139, 147. Williams, Sir John, 16, 41, 48, 55. Williams, Mr., 73. Williams, Mr. Mack, 355. Williams, Morgan John, 476. Williams, Thomas, 162; (Peodary of Devon), 232. Williams, Thomas (Speaker), 217, 382. Williams, Thomas (of Carmarthen), 454. Williams, Walter, 502. Williams, Williajn, 258, 259, 428. Williamson, Sir Joseph, 319, 334. Williamson, Nicholas, 211. Williamson Park, 63. Williamson, Thomas, 333. Willoughby, Baron, see Bertie. WUlonghby, Barony of, 440, 441, 677, 687. Willoughby of Parham, Charles Lord, 485. Willoughby of Parham, William Lord, 45, 108, 292, 335, 347, 354, 355. Willoughby, Lord, 526. Willoughby House, 677. Wills, 126, 184, 198, 217, 255, 266, 269, 408, 458, 500, 509, 534, 680, 691, 702. Willson, Dr., 286. WiUughby, see Willoughby, Wyllughby. Wilmot, Mr., 588. Wilson, Miles, 521. Wilson, Mr., 635. Wilson, Thomas, 100, 203, 251. Wilson, Thomas (Dean of Worcester), 564. Wilson, Sir Thomas, 178. Wilson, see Wylson. Wilton, 25, 43, 44, 47, 48, 62, 106, 562, 648. Wilton, Lord Grey of, see Grey. Wiltshier, Robert, 314, 315. Wiltshire, 2, 12, 34, 41, 62, 70, 123, 139, 140, 148, 153, 169, 208, 226, 227, 230, 246, 318, 33.5, 341, 349, 367, 377, 381, 394, 429, 463, 464, 484, 541, 562, 563. Wiltshire, Clothiers of, 550, 557. Wiltshire, Earl of, see Paulet. Wiltshire, Justices of, 639. Wiltshire, Sheriff of, 676. Wimbledon, 15, 43, 44, 46, 55, 79, 89, 94, 394, 456, 503. Wimborn, 582. Winchelcomb, see Winchcomb. Winchelsea, 403. Winchelsea Harbour, 517, 577. Winchester, 18, 21, 117, 133, 153, 192, 297, 298, 348, 398, 449, 453, 464, 483, 540, 542, 585, 610, 643, 653, 662, 688. Winchester, Bishop of, see Gardyner, Poynet, White, Pilkington, Horn, Watson. Winchester, Bishopriok of, 28, 110, 112, 133, 147, 149, 159, 168, 662, 668. Winchester Castle, 117. Winchester College, 15, 133, 449,454. Winchester, Dean and Chapter of, 102, 133, 1 63. Winchester, House of Correction in, 630. Winchester, John, 403. Winchester, Marqiris of, see Paulet. Winchester Palace, 57, 60. Winchcomb (or Winchelcomb), 419, 423. Winchcomhe, Anne, 395. Winchcombe, Henry, 395. Windebank, Mr., 622. Windebank, Thomas, (called Philoponus,) 176 185, 187-189, 192-202, 204, 205, 208, 209, 211-214, 216,324,327,496,500, 548. Windham, 681. Windham, Edmund, 575, 620. Windsor, 2, 9, 16, 19, 24-26, 29, 42, 44, 153, 156, 158, 229, 233, 236-239, 244, 258, 293, 297, 300, 319, 340, 345, 346, 349, 357, 360, 394, 483, 505, 528, 530, £33, 559, 566, 583,652, 688 Windsor Castle, 24, 25, 68, 104, 112, 131, 133 137, 166, 189, 200, 236, 250, 296, 298, 348, 357, 427, 430, 445, 4.53, 459, 506, 569. Windsor Castle, Chief Gunner in, 458. Windsor Castle, Constable of, 506. Windsor Castle, Keeper of the Armory in, 506. Windsor Castle, Repairs and Works at, 529, 530, 540, 548, 557, 569, 648. Windsor Castle, Porter of the Outer Gate of, 703. Windsor, Chapel of, 15, 42, 134, 296. Windsor College, 42, 130, 133, 134, 137, 141, 234, 561. Windsor, Dean and Chapter of, 133, 141, 430, 490. Windsor Forest, 112, 188, 247, 249, 315. Windsor, Mayor, &c., of, 153. Windsor Park, 157. Windsor, Poor Knights of, 3, 42, 130, 133, 134, 137, 141, 430, 444, 467, 490. Windsor, Prebendaries of, 42, 105, 110, 111, 444. Windsor, Edward Lord, 157, 278, 310, 311. Windsor, Sir Edward, 225. Windsor, I.,ady, 157, 225, 602-604, 605, 607, 609, 626, 627. Windsor, William Lord, 9. Wine Measures, 702. Wines, 23, 64, 105, 109, 118, 119, 163, 164, 171, 182, 185,187,189,204,210,211, 214-216, 219, 222, 230,231,234,235, 241, 242, 247, 261, 269, 277-279, 283, 285, 298, 299, 315, 317, 318, 320, 322, 323, 330, 331, 360, 361, 362, 382, 408, 419, 429, 455, 463, 492, 504, 538, 539, 552, 606, 608, 631, 666, 680, 698. Wines, Commissioners of, 522. Wines, Importation of, 522; Impost on, 700. GENERAL INDEX. 795 Wines, Prices and Sale of, 504, 618, 522, 525, 526, 532, 556. Winfield, 193. Wingate, Mr., 193. Wingfield, see Wyngfeld. Wingham, ' Michel, 196. Winstree, Half-hundred of, 379, 558. "Winter, see Wynter. Winters, see Frosts. Winterton, 624. Winwicke, 334. Wiottye, David, 537. Wireworks, 296. See Mines. Wirksworth, Hundred of, 124. Wirriott, Thomas, 522. Wisbeach, 460, 681. Wisheach Eiver, 523, 628. Wiscote, Manor of, 294. Wiseman, see Wyseman. Witchcraft (Sorcery, Magic, &c.), 142, 173, 174. Witham or Wytham, 38, 63, 280, 690. Witham, Half-hundred of, 380, 419, 450, 558. Witham, South, Bailiflf of, 63. Wither, Dr. George, 687. Wittlesford, Hundred of, 6. Wixhamtry, Hundred of, 374. Woad, 227, 241, 242, 411. Woburne, 186. Woking, Hundred of, 135, 419, 423. Wolfe, George, 212. Wolfe, John, 167. Wolffe, Peter, 61. WoUey, Ambrose, 15. Wolley, Mr., 331. WoUey, Thomas, 508. Wolman, Ch., 43. Wolmer, Porest of, 113. Wolsey, Hundred of, 124. Wolsey, Thomas, Cardinal, 55, 533. Wolverhampton, 667. Wolvesey House, 662. Wood, , 681. Wood, John, 235, 306, 465. Wood, Mr., (nominated Bishop of St. Asaph,) 109. Wood, Purveyance of, 697. Wood, Eichard, 3. Wood, Thomas, 174, 182, 229, 348, 509. Wood-beam, The, 132. Woodbridge, 235. Woodbridge Priory, 5. Woodd, John, 465. Woodford, Parish of, 4. Woodhouse, Eichard, 700, 701. _ Woodhouse, Sir Thomas, 22, 141. Woodhows, Sir WiUiam, 22, 94, 97, 203. Woodhowse, Henry, 388. Woodhowse, Sir Thomas, 388. Woodlock, Sir Thomas, 16. Woodmongers of London, 398. Woodrofe, Sir Nicholas, 637, 644, 659, 661. Woodrofe, Eobert, 659. Wood's Grove, 41. Woods and Forests (Wood Sales, &c.), 34, 35, 40, 64, 70, 80, 113, 140, 141, 165, 180, 182, 185, 237, 247, 249, 253, 260, 286, 438, 473, 474, 633. -See Timber. Trees. Woods, Felling of, in Dean Forest, 633 j and at Kimbolton, 664, 667. Woods, Surveyor of, 363. Woodstock, 277, 449, 503, 641, 671. See New Woodstock. Woodstock, Thomas of, 131. Wood Street Compter, 292, 668, 669. Woodward, Dr., 469. Woodward, Richard, 112. Woody, Robert, 475. Wood-yard, Clerk of the, 405, 638. Wool, Woolfells, &c., 4, 5, 37, 105, 114, 161, 168, 169, 199, 214, 222, 230, 245, 264, 270, 275-277, 298, 299, 344, 400, 432, 437, 456, 467, 473, 476, 507, 517, 532, 547, 550, 551, 556, 560. 563, 577, 619 697. Wool, Commissioners for regulating Sale of, 554. Wool, Dearth of, 550. Wool Trade, The, 698. Woolaston, 31. Woolmen, Company of, 456. Woolton, Mr., 601. Woolwich, 131, 455. Wootton Basset, 377. Wootton, Mr., 162. Wootton, Hundred of, 135, 419, 420. Wootton-under-Edge, 658. Worald, , a Pirate, 512. Worcester, 101, 116, 132, 352, 373, 375, 420, 460, 463, 484, 498, 502, 555, 588, 591, 662. Worcester, Bailiffs of, 460. Worcester, Bishop of, see Heath, Hoper, Pate, Sandys, BuUingham, Whitgyfte. Worcester, Bishoprick of, 4'8, 112, 223, 538, 564, 647, 648. Worcester, Clothiers of, 516, 550. Worcester, College of, 538. Worcester, Countess of, 231. Worcester, Dean of, 38, 137, 564. Worcester, Dean and Chapter of, 45, 223, 497. Worcester, Earl of, see Somerset. Worcester, Prebends of, 48, 50. Worcester, Temporalities of, 520. Worcestershire, 58, 116, 120, 125, 126, 148, 160, 266, 286, 338, 347, 352, 367, 375, 420, 463, 470, 484, 514, 555. Worcestershire, Justices of, 639. Worcestershire, Sheriff of, 484, Worell, 55. , Workhouses, 642. Workington, 315, 320, 330. '96 GENERAL INDEX. AVorkmen, Labourers, &c., Impressment of, 627, 672, 674, 095. See Impressment. AYorks, Office and Officers of, 165, 166, 189, 192,201,262,287,387. Works, Surveyor of the, 470. Worley, Dr. Henry, 508, 544. Wormslow, Hundred of, 123. Worrall (or Orwell) Park, 37, 47. Worseley, Mr., 554. Worseley, Robert, 600. Worsley, John, 264. "Worsley, Eichard, 120, 153. Worth, ,86. Wortham, 142. Worthe, Forest of, 12. Worthington, Mr., 302. Worthorp, 200. Worthy-Mortimer, Manor of, 110. Worwood, 448. AVotton, Sir Edward, 22. Wotton, Harry, 509. Wotton, John, 461. Wotton, Dr. Nicliolas, 26, 87, 88, 136, 155, 180, 287, 297. Wotton, Eohert, 648. Wotton, Thomas, 124, 128, 201, 258, 260, 295, 460, 521, 5G0, 671, 685. Wotton-under-Wyver, Manor of, 36, 80. AVray, Serjeant, 307 ; Lord Chief Justice Sir Christopher, 488, 543, 567, 639. Wrecks, 174, 287, 289, 309, 331, 332, 455, ■ 628. See Shipwreck. Wrench, , 298. Wrenthorp, Manor of, 12. AYridefyn, Manor of, 113. Wright, Thomas, 624. Wriothesley, Henry, Earl of Southampton, 439, 483, 632. Wriothesley, Thomas, Earl of Southampton, 13, 24, 297, 303. Writing, 476. Writs. See Original Writs. Wrotli, 57. AVrotham, 58. Wrothe, Sir Thomas, 28, 40, 338, 450. Wroughton, Sir William, 123. Wrytza, Bastian, 90, 91. Wulvesey, 177. Wy, Eohert, 16. Wyat, Little, "a Bastard," 60. Wyat, see Wiat. Wybarne, Thomas, 164. Wyclces, see Mason. Wye, Hundred of, 450. Wygges, Robert, 305, 306. Wygmor, Hundred of, 124. Wygston, Sir William, 95, 339, 343. Wykeham, Edward, 454. Wylford, Thomas, 485. Wyllmyngton, Manor of, 695. Wyllson, Humfrey, 405. Wyllughby, Charles, 461. WyUy, Hundred of, 574. Wylson, Thomas, 312, 313 ; Dr. Thomas, 421, 434, 507, 543 ; Secretary of State, 586, 587, 601, 620, 625, 628, 637, 644, 652, 684 ; Dean of Durham, 695, 703. Wymberley, Thomas, 63. Wynbeshe, Mr., 32, 33. AVyndebanck, Richard, 207. See Windebank. AVyndeyatt, Manor of, 66. Wyndham, Sir Edmund, 329, 367. AVyndham, Francis, 637, 639. Wyndham, Roger, 575. Wyndham, Thomas, 7. Wyngfeld, Mr. Anthony, 392. AA^yngfeld, Sir Anthony, 26, 34. Wyngfeld, Dorothy, 5. AVyngfeld, Mr. Robert, 212, 308. AVyngfeid, Sir Robert, 337, 343, 377, 432, 557, 632, 643, 680. Wyngfylde, Edward, 663, 664, 667, 669. Wyngfylde, Thomas, 663, 664, 667 ; his three Daughters, 664, 667. Wynington, Thomas, 695. AVynne, Maurice, 591. Wynnington, John, 266. Wynnyat, Dr., 417. AVynser, Mrs., 280. Wynstay, Half-hundred of, 419. Wynter, , jun., 393. Wyuter, George, 39, 328, 437, 552, 570. AA^ynter, John, 659, 661. AYynter, Mr., 298. Wynter, William, 39, 93, 102, 106, 126, 131, 140, 144, 156, 189, 203, 208, 225, 228, 229, 260, 287, 323, 328, 331, 339, 386, 390, 420, 423 ; Sir AVilliam, 484, 486, 529, 540, 567, 570, 601, 611, 618, 647, 649. Wyntney, 258. AA''yre, Forest of, 126, 182. Wyse, Andrew, 131. Wyseman, Thomas,' 246, 604. AVytham, see AVitham Wythens, Pawlyn (widow), 556. Wythers, George, 127. Wythingdon, Living of, 600. Wytney Park, 664. Wyttenham, 382, 394. Wytton, Thomas, 268, 269. Y. Yale, David, 595. Yale, Manor of, 376. Yanworth, Manor of, 8. Yarborough, 53. Yardley, Roger, 691. Yarmouth (or Great Yarmouth, Norfolk), 111, 141, 147, 169, 173, 291, 389, 390, 399, 412, 491, 517, 552, 554, 583, 584, 610, 614, 619, 623, 697. Yarmouth, Bailiff of, 583, 584. GENERAL INDEX. 797 Yarmontli Fair, 614. Yarmouth Haven, (Norfolk,) Eepair of, 517. Yarmouth, Little, (Suffolls,) 619. Yarmouth, (Isle of Wight,) 76, 143. Yarn, new manufactory for spinning, 586. Yarom, 695. Yate, Mr., 238. Yate, John, 545. Yateley, 701. Yaxlee, Margaret, 142, 177. Yaxley, ,28. Yaxley, Francis, 90, 131, 138, 142, 149, 152, 157, 158, 160, 164, 170, 171, 177, 183, 185, 194, 195, 201. Yaxley, Vicar of, 149. Yeldham, 697. Yendall, Parson, 140. Yenwith, 395. Yeo, Leonard, 638. Yeoman Waiter, OfBce of, 492. Yernley, John, 12. Yetsweirt, Charles, 330. Yetsweirt, Nicasius, 90. Yew, 633. Yollyston, 136. Yonge, Edward, 457. Yonge, John, 11, 159. Yonge, Dr. John, 298, 328; Bishop of Roches- ter, 645. Yonge, see Young. Yonger, Thomas, 274. Yonges, Henry, 579. Yorck, E., 684. York, 6, 18, 46, 182, 192, 202, 289, 321, 322, 335, 338, 352, 365, 366, 368, 370-372, 410,438,468, 529, 561, 691. York, Archhishop of, 109, 112, 154, 161, 322, 537, 588. See Holgate, Heath, Mey, Young, Grindall, Sandys. York, Archhishoprick and Diocese of, 9, 1 09, 112, 148, 182, 311, 322, 338, 539, 547, 561. York, Archdeaconry of the East Biding, 29. York, Council at, 299, 352. York, Dean of, see Hutton. York, Duke of, see Plantagenet. York, Ecclesiastical Commission for, 132, 141, 145, 148, 668, 671. York, Mayor of, 523. York, Mr., 46. York, Province of, 132, 141, 145, 148, 218, 492, 573, 668, 671, 678. York, Sheriff of, 321. Yorke, Sir John, 30, 161. Yorke, Mr., 696. Yorkshire, 9, 12, IS, 111, 112, 119, 122, 136, 145, 170, 190, 191, 197, 211, 252, 259, 274, 285, 286, 296, 317, 321, 333, 335, 370, 388, 394-396, 411, 454, 468, 470, 491, 501, 523, 561, 668, 695, 696. Yorkshire, Alehouses, &c., in, 562. Yorkshire, Feodary of, 333. Yorkshire, Eeceiver of, 39. Yorkshire, Sheriff of, 438, 455. Youghall, 331. Young, the Bark, 585. Young, John, 209-211, 213, .214, 219, 220, 700. Young, Mr., 39. Young, Eichard, 508, 659. Young, Thomas, Bishop of St. David's, 151, 161; Archhishop of York, 182, 183, 185, 188, 193, 229, 261. Young, see Yonge. Younge, , 681. Younge, Mr., 426, 687. Yoworosse, AYapentake of, 336. Zanzy, Capt. Petro, 15. Zealand, 517. Zibrandson, Agas, 258. Zolcher, Geor'ge, 510. Zouch, George Lord, 231. Zouche (of Wilts), Sir John, 335, 341. Zowche, John, 470. Zowche (of Derhy), Sir John, 341, 346, 460. Zowche (of Wilts), Sir John, 464. Zurich, 158. 799 ERRATA, Page 24, Art. 22, /or Lord Paget, read Sir William, „ 28, Art. 12, for Sir Thomas, dele Sir. „ 42, Art, 55, for 8th Aug,, read 7th Aug. „ 59, running date, /or 1553, read 1554. „ 60, Art. 12, for Sir Thomas Culpeper, dele Sir, „ 63, Art. 24, for Gaddilsmere, read Baddllsmere. „ 1 10, Art. 4, for [Harvey ?], read [Tonge]. „ 123, Art, 47, /or Elthorpe, read Elthorne, „ 147, Art. 33,/or 1599, reaii 1559. „ 177, Art. 21, for Camb., read Oxford, „ „ Art, 26, for John, read Sir John. „ „ Art. 32, for Seory, read Scorey. „ 204, first date,/or 1652, read 1562. „ 240, Art. 9, for Earl of, read Lord. „ 245, Art. 10, for Hamford, read Hawford, „ 250, Art. 35, for date April 15, read April 13, „ 251, Art. 41, /or Lincoln, read Lichfield. „ 254, Art. 75, for Cocke, read Cooke. „ 255, Art. 2, dele from water. „ 288, Art. n,for Shropshire, read Shrewsbury. „ 290, Art. 51, for William, read Thomas. „ 298, Art. 60, /or Pembroke College, read Hall, „ 324, Art. 59, for Southwick, read Southaick, „ 338, Art. 4, /or Kyrthinge, read Kyrtlinge. „ 340, Vol. XiSf.,for Maurice Berkeley, read Morris Barkeley, „ 343, Art, 17, /or Sir Ric, read Sir James. „ 346, Art. 25, /or Leche, read Leeke. „ 360, Art. 9, for Duchess, read Countess. „ 367, Art. 31, /or Edward, read Edmund. ,, 370, Art. 69,/or Earl, read Marquis, „ 372, running date,/)r 1750, read 1570. „ „ Art. 81, for Ambrose, read Sir Ambrose, „ 375, Art, 24, /or Earl, read Marquis. „ 394, Art, li, for Maysfield, read Mayfleld, „ 418, Art. 29, /or Hundred, read Wapentake. „ 419, Art, i3,for Henry, read Sir Henry. „ 490, Art. 30, for Thompson, read Tomaon, „ 503, Art. 35, /or John Lord Russell, read Lord John, „ 505, Art, 65, same, same. „ 548, Art. 3, for Stile, read Still. „ 582, Art. 23, /or Sir Era, dele Sir; „ 588,/or Vol, cxxii., read cxxili. „ „ Art. 26, /or Edward, rearf Edmund. „ 617, Art, 23, for Chatterton, read Chaderton. 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