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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. |