Queen Elizabeth - Volume 20: December 1561

Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth, 1547-80. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1856.

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'Queen Elizabeth - Volume 20: December 1561', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth, 1547-80, (London, 1856) pp. 189. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/edw-eliz/1547-80/p189 [accessed 23 April 2024]

December 1561

Dec. 9. 34. Confession of John Powell before Sir Edw. Warner, Lieutenant of the Tower, William Wynter, and Benj. Gonson, relative to a highway robbery committed at Tyburn, upon Mr. Harcourt and two of his servants.
Dec. 9. 35. Confession of Roger Ratcliff, servant of Mr. Robert Hopton, the Knight Marshal, concerned in the above robbery.
Dec. 9. 36. Confession of Robt. Durrant, concerned in the same robbery.
Dec. 13.
Burleigh.		 37. Peter Kemp to Cecill. Concerning plantations in the park at 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. 38. Charges of wages and materials provided for the Queen's works at various places, from the 13th April 1560.
Dec. 23.
Paris.		 39. Windebank to Cecill. Progress of Mr. Thomas in French. Gives 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.
Westminster.		 40. Cecill to Windebank. Money affairs. Has himself been so embarrassed that he has been obliged to sell his office in the Common Pleas. Is not certain of Mr. Dannet's coming.
Dec. 27.
Westminster.		 41. Same to his son Thomas. Is wearied with hearing of his dissolute 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 1560 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.
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