Charles I - volume 77: September 6-10, 1627

Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I, 1627-28. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1858.

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'Charles I - volume 77: September 6-10, 1627', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I, 1627-28, (London, 1858) pp. 333-339. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/chas1/1627-8/pp333-339 [accessed 27 March 2024]

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September 6–10, 1627.

Sept. 6.
Plympton.
1. Deputy Lieutenants and Justices of co. Devon to the Council. Received, on the 3d inst., directions to billet, at Plymouth, 2,000 men appointed to be there on the 10th inst. The time not sufficient to call together all their number to consult. Grieve to see the whole burthen thrown on their county, without help from their neighbours of Cornwall. Have taken course to raise the pay of the soldiers, at 4s. 8d. per week per man, on the whole body of the county. Request speedy order for payment of a proportion of the amount from Cornwall, and also for the repayment of the money. They shall find the more difficulty in this business, as the county has not yet been paid their former charges for billeting, by reason of the backwardness of many to pay the loan.
Sept. 6.
Chatsworth.
2. William Earl of Devonshire to the same. The 50 soldiers impressed in co. Derby were sent away for Plymouth on August 22. The letter directing that 12 of them should be archers was not received until September 4.
Sept. 6. 3. Commissioners for the Loan for the hundreds of Fowerhoe, Mitford, and Humbleyard, in Norfolk, to the same. Return their accompts. Inclose,
3. i. Statement of the accompts of the collectors for the hundreds above mentioned. Total charge, 1,026l. 14s.; uncollected 191l. 16s. 8d.
3. ii. Names and amounts of the defaulters. Total 77l. 13s. 4d.; the rest of the sums unpaid, being due from persons who were poor, absent, or dead.
Sept. 6.
Wanstead.
Sec. Conway to Lord Treasurer Marlborough. That his Lordship and Mr. Chancellor consider of Mr. Cary's suit, and certify his Majesty of it. [Minute, Conway's Letter Book, p. 284.]
Sept. 6.
St. Martin's Lane.
4. The same to Nicholas. He did not move the King for Sir David Boswell nor for Capt. Bond, but was called to his Majesty to receive his commandment, Lord Holland being present. If either Sec. Coke or Nicholas know anything of Capt. Bond's unfitness, he will do well to acquaint his Majesty with it, which he presumes will be well taken.
Sept. 6. 5. The same to William Towerson. Sending discharge to Mr. Jennings, and directing him to take the French ship and goods into his custody. [Minute.]
Sept. 6.
St. Martin's Lane.
6. The same to the Deputy Lieutenants of the Isle of Wight. To inform themselves of the fact of one Budden, of Budbridge, having taken upon himself the boldness to kill the King's deer in the forest there, and to report thereon; in the meantime to take away the dog which killed them, and send him to Lord Conway. [Copy.]
Sept. 6.
Canon Row.
7. Nicholas to Sec. Conway. Will deliver to Sir David Boswell a commission for the St. Claude when he comes for it. Capt. Bond has formerly been captain of a merchant ship in the King's service, but those who know what belongs to the command of the King's great ships think him not sufficiently experienced for such a charge. Yet Nicholas will obey the command unless he receives speedy directions to the contrary.
Sept. 6.
Plympton.
8. Sir George Chudleigh to Sec. Coke. Being about to sign, with his fellow justices of co. Devon, the before calendered letter of this date, No. 1, he troubles the Secretary with an explanation of the state of the collection of the loan which is in his hands. Incloses copy of a letter sent by him to the Lord Treasurer which remains unnoticed. Begs that a pursuivant may be sent down to attach the defaulters to the loan, and that he may be relieved of his "intolerable treasurership." Incloses,
8. i. The same to Lord Treasurer Marlborough. Sir Ferd. Gorges has received of the collectors of the loan 3,300l.; Sir George has received 6,000l., which he has paid to the contractors, for the soldiers' apparel. The example of refractory persons has been very prejudicial to this service, so that many who have paid the first payment refuse the second. Prays him to take some course against them. Exeter, about July 27, 1627.
8. ii. Names of four persons who have seduced people from contributing to the loan.
Sept. 6. 9. Statement of Lieut. Thomas Hayne to the same. Sets forth the facts, which he can prove, respecting the conduct of Capt. Sacheverell, in making a corrupt bargain with two Jewish merchants captured on board the Golden Herring, respecting certain gold and precious stones found in that ship.
Sept. 6.
Bristol.
10. William Willett to Nicholas. Has conferred with merchants respecting the sending provisions to St. Martin's. They will do so if Nicholas will write his letter to Sir Allen Apsley, that they are to receive content in salt, and that their ships may not be detained, nor their men pressed, as they were when they took provisions to Plymouth two years ago. Detention of ships pressed to transport soldiers out of Ireland. Prize brought in by Capt. Ellis. Nicholas's letter to Sir John Chudleigh shall be sent to him. His brother Neale says he will be in London this week.
Sept. 6. 11. Jonas Pytt to Sir Thos. Edmondes, Treasurer of the Household, and a Commissioner for the Loan in Norfolk. Begs his assistance in reference to an inclosed paper. Not having been called upon to make account of his collection for the loan to the Commissioners for that division, he sends the same to be submitted to the Council. Incloses,
11. i. Statement of Jonas Pytt and Lionel Pytt, that, from the extent of their district, and the many journeys they had been obliged to take in their collection, the ordinary allowance was insufficient, and that they should be losers in mere expenses near 5l.
11. ii. Accompt of money by them collected for the hundreds of Tunstead, Happing, and Taverham. Total charge, 1,070l. 3s. 4d.; collected, 861l. 16s. 8d.
Sept. 7. 12. Petition of Sir Walter Erle, prisoner in the Fleet, to the Council. Weighing, in his recollected thoughts, his present estate as a prisoner, committed as a mark of his Majesty's displeasure still resting upon him, a thing wherein he accounts himself most of all unhappy, besides the danger of impairing his health, and suffering loss in his outward estate, after 22 days' imprisonment, he prays the Lords to mediate on his behalf with the King.
Sept. 7.
Monmouth.
13. Mayor of Monmouth to the same. Certificate that the loan money assessed on that town had been paid, except what was due from "the Pryour of Monmouth, his heir, who is a ward," and from Thomas Powell, of Grays Inn, and from the heirs of Edmund Mercer.
Sept. 7. 14. Commissioners of the Navy to the same. Request order for ordnance for the St. George, Rainbow, Phœnix, Alice, Hopewell, George and Elizabeth, Amity, St. Claude, and Bonaventure, appointed to sea for the King's special service.
Sept. 7. 15. Commissioners for the Loan for the hundreds of Sutton, Norton, Cleyley, and Towcester, in co. Northampton, to the same. Give account of their proceedings, and return their accompts and the names of defaulters.
Sept. 7.
Thetford.
16. Mayor and another of Thetford to the same. The loan money assessed on that town amounted to 29l. 10s., which has been paid into the Exchequer. John Martin, Walter Salmon, and Cuthbert Pratt, three decayed persons, the only defaulters.
Sept. 7. 17. Attorney General Heath to Sec. Conway. Recommends an inclosed petition of Tipper and his partners. They have a patent for draining lands, and in the use of it are bound down to gain 20,000 acres before St. Andrew's tide next, beginning at the places near Portsmouth. They have proceeded so far as that they now find themselves able to perform the work, but not within the time. They therefore solicit an enlargement of the time.
Sept. 7.
Tottenham.
18. Marmaduke Rawdon to Sec. Coke. After his Majesty had read that part of a Spanish letter, of which a translation is inclosed, he said it was of great importance, and commanded the writer and Capt. Marsh to deliver it, with another letter, from the fathers at Rome, to Sec. Coke. These letters were taken with others in a ship captured at sea. She was laden with sugars from Brazil. Finding them of importance, he thought it his duty to present them to the King.
Sept. 7. 19. Return of the names and residences of 100 men levied in co. Lancaster, and delivered to Alexander Green, to be conducted to Plymouth.
Sept. 8. 20. Sec. Conway to the Council. When the King was at Chichester this summer he was pleased to observe the exercise of certain boys in the use of arms. On his Majesty's acceptation of their active industry, suit has been made to him to bestow on them some small barrels of powder. For their encouragement, and in the hope that the youth in other places may be stirred up to do the same, the King complies with their petition, but leaves the quantity and manner to the Council.
Sept. 8. 21. Copy of the preceding.
Sept. 8. Minute of the same. [Conway's Letter Book, p. 284.]
Sept. 8.
Aboard the Assurance, off Harwich.
22. Sir Sackville Trevor to Buckingham. Having been commanded by the King of Denmark to quit the Elbe, he put to sea, and overtook a fleet of 42 Hamburghers bound for Spain. Searched them for prohibited goods, but found none. Fight which ensued between Capt. Alleyne, in the Adventure, and the ships of war which were convoying this fleet. Cruise to the north, and afterwards to the Dogger Bank, in search of French fishing vessels, but without finding any. Sends Capt. Alleyne to relate all particulars. [Copy.]
Sept. 8.
Wanstead.
Sec. Conway to Sec. Coke. Returning the declaration he had prepared for the Denmark Ambassador, perused and corrected by his Majesty, and sending back his letter to the King of Poland signed. His Majesty leaves it to the Earl of Danby to go or stay. [Minute, Conway's Letter Book, p. 284.]
Sept. 8.
London.
23. The same to Lord Chief Justice Hyde. Mr. Talbot is a prisoner in Dover Castle. Hope is given that if he were here something might be drawn from him for his Majesty's service. The Chief Justice is, therefore, to cause him to be removed to some prison in London by habeas corpus.
Sept. 8. Minute of the same. [Conway's Letter Book, p. 284.]
Sept. 8. 24. The same to Sir Richard Weston, Chancellor of the Exchequer. The King has been pressed with infinite importunity by the Lady Falkland; he is to call the parties before him, and to take a course that from some hand or other her present necessity may be supplied, and her future maintenance provided for.
Sept. 8. Minute of the same. [Conway's Letter Book, p. 284.]
Sept. 8. 25. List of five English and five Dutch ships taken up by William Goldstone, to proceed with the Earl of Holland to the Isle of Rhé, with munition and other provisions.
Sept. 8. Estimate for setting forth five merchant ships and four Flemings for transporting victuals to the Isle of Rhé, with victuals for 4,000 men for 70 days. Total, 10,118l. 8s. [See 1627, September 21, Vol. lxxix., No. 10.]
Sept. 9.
Tottenham.
26. Sec. Coke to Sec. Conway. Sends letter of Lord Carleton for advice on his complaints. The ships he mentions have been released by order of the Council. Wishes him a good journey and healthful return.
Sept. 9. Nicholas to John Ellzey. To permit the Amity, of Weymouth, and a French "banker," taken by the Elizabeth, of Youghal, and also a French bark brought in by the James, of Youghal, to be brought round to London. [Copy. Nicholas's Letter Book, p. 40.]
Sept. 9.
Angel Court.
27. Sir Sackville Crow to Nicholas. A man-of-war, set forth by Sir Sackville and certain gentlemen his partners, has taken three prizes of small value. Requests they may be brought round to London.
Sept. 9. 28. Estimate for setting forth one merchant ship and two Flemings, for transport of provisions to the army in the Isle of Rhé. Total, 984l. 5s. 8d.
Sept. 9. Copy of the same. [See 1627, September 21, Vol. lxxix., No. 10.]
Sept. 10. 29. Draft, in Nicholas's hand, of instructions for a commission for constructing the dock at Portsmouth, to be submitted to the King.
Sept. 10.
Gloucester.
30. Mayor and others of the city of Gloucester to the Council. Return accounts of the loan. Total paid in, 456l. 13s. 4d. Inclose,
30. i. Names of defaulters, and certificate that 106l. 13s. 4d. remained in the hands of the collectors.
30. ii. Bond of Walter Tufley in 20l. to appear and answer before the Council.
Sept. 10.
Leicester.
31. Deputy Lieutenants of co. Leicester to the same. In the absence of the Earl of Huntingdon, Lord Lieutenant, "occasioned by his infirmity, a journey to the Bath," they had impressed 100 men; they had been despatched to Plymouth two days before the receipt of order that 24 out of the 100 were to be archers. Complain, that during the time of impressment persons liable absent themselves basely from their dwellings; that constables make returns for particular spleen; and that refractory spirits refuse to pay their part of the charge for military services. Inclose,
31. i. Return of names, residences, and descriptions of the 100 men above mentioned delivered to John Everard, to be conducted to Plymouth.
Sept. 10.
Nottingham.
32. Mayor and others of Nottingham to the same. Account for the loan from that town. Sum collected and paid into the Exchequer, 129l.
Sept. 10.
Worcester.
33. Mayor and others, Commissioners for the Loan in the city of Worcester, to the same. The collector for the wards of St. Andrew and St. Martin has rendered his account, which shows a charge of 77l. 6s. 8d., and uncollected 5l. 13s. 4d. The two other collectors say they have accounted in the Exchequer, and they conceive ought not to account any more. Inclose,
33. i. Names of defaulters in the city of Worcester. Total, 78l. 13s. 4d.
[Sept. 10.]
From the Rainbow, before Oleron.
34. Robert Earl of Lindsey to Buckingham. Excusing himself for not complying with a request to lend money to the Duke. He came slenderly provided, and has sent a servant with the greatest part of the small sum he had to buy provisions at Plymouth. Offers his security, if it is available at Rochelle.
Sept. 10.
Wanstead.
Sec. Conway to Bishop Goodman, of Gloucester. In the behalf of Mr. Daye, who would plant woods in the Bishop's lands, his Majesty liking well of his proposition, and encouraging it in his own forests. [Minute, Conway's Letter Book, p. 285.]
Sept. 10.
Aboard the Truelove, at Harwich.
35. Capt. James Duppa to Nicholas. Yesterday, on arrival at Harwich, received the directions of the Lords for Yarmouth, and a letter from Nicholas, both which he will observe. Finds a discontent in the company of the King's ship at wearing his flag. Will proceed according to his commission until advised otherwise. Sir Sackville Trevor is at Lord Rivers's; has sent the letters to him. Hears nothing of his timber prize at Ipswich.
Sept. 10.
From Finding the Gunmaker's House.
36. John Gresham to —. Is now captain of a man-of-war, and, by means of Sir John Edlonger and Sir Daniel Norton, has commission from the States of Holland. Being ashore at Dover to get some men, a Dunkirker chased his ship, who took refuge in Southampton haven. Begs for a loan of 40s. or 50s., to carry him and his men thither.
Sept. 10. 37. Return of names and residences of 50 men, levied in co. Brecon, and delivered to David Games, to be conducted to Plymouth.
[Sept. 10 ?] 38. Note of the ships and supplies that are to go with the Earl of Holland to the Isle of Rhé.