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| June 3. |
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. Stradlyng, &c. &c. |
| June 5 (?) |
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 Cross, which appeared in the grain of
a tree blown down on his estate in Glamorganshire. |
June 5.
Cowbridge. |
20. Sir Roger Vaughan and Edward Lewis to the Council. Have
repaired to the park of Sir Thomas Stradling, at St. Donat's, Glamorgan, and examined the supposed picture of a cross, discovered in a
tree broken by a tempest there. Inclosing, |
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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 Stradling, of that place. June 5. |
June 5.
Merton College. |
21. Fellows of Merton College, Camb., to Sir Wm. Cecill. In favour
of Dr. Chambers to be head of their college. Lat. |
June 7.
Oxford. |
22. Fellows of Queen's College, Oxford, to same. Desiring their
privileges in the nomination to prebends may be preserved. Lat. |
June 8.
Wulvesey. |
23. 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. |
| June 8. |
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. |
June 8.
Brough. |
25. Anthony Kyme to Cecill. Search in the Records for proofs of
the tenure of the late Mr. Fulstow's land at Ingoldmelles and Toynton,
in question between the Queen and the Duchess of Suffolk. Mr. Bertie
has been misinformed. |
June 9.
Lanherne. |
26. John Arundell of Lanherne, and others, to same. Report their
proceedings as Commissioners for inquiry into the possessions of Sir
John Arundel of Trerice, deceased. |
June 12.
Bridgenorth. |
27. Sir Henry Sydney to same. Has apprehended two more of the
coiners. Phillip Tynker, one of them, is an old knave. John Gammage is indicted for rape, and fled to London. |
| June 12. |
28. Discourse concerning the true cause of the burning of the spire
and church of St. Paul, London. Printed at London, by John Day. |
June 17.
London. |
29. Sir Walter Mildmay to Cecill. Sends an account of the Mint
fees. Observations on Mr. Stanley's bill of fees due to him. |
| June 19. |
30. Mabell Forteskue to Fr. Yaxley. Requests him to apply to her
mother for money for her support, her wages being but 4 marks a year. |
June 19.
Dieppe. |
31. Thos. Windebank to Cecill. Arrival of Mr. Thos. Cecill and
himself at Dieppe. Have been visited by M. de Veulles, the Lieutenant-Governor. Intelligence from the French Court. |
June 21.
Whiteburne. |
32. John Scory, Bishop of Hereford, to same. Requests to have
power to nominate impartial persons as Commissioners to survey his
bishoprick. Great disorders in the Cathedral Church of his diocese:
it is "a very nurserye of blasphemy, whoredom, pryde, superstition,
"and ignorance." |
| June 22. |
33. Names of all the German or Dutch strangers 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 of St. Paul's,
London, lately damaged by tempest. Commissioners to examine concerning the best means of re-edifying the cathedral, and procuring
funds for that purpose. |
| June 24. |
35. The Queen to the Lord Mayor of London. Has deputed certain
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.
Greenwich. |
37. The Queen to Archbishop Parker; recommending a collection
amongst the clergy of his province, for rebuilding St. Paul's. |
| June 24. |
38. Copy of the above, by Sir Tho. Wilson. |
| June 24. |
39. Another copy of the above; with copies of subsequent letters
on the subject. |
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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 payments 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.
Greenwich. |
43. The same to the Lord Admiral. To deliver four ships to
Sir Wm. Chester, Sir Wm. Garret, and others, to make a voyage to
the coasts of Africa. |
June 28.
Paris. |
44. Tho. Windebank to Cecill. Arrival with Mr. Thos. Cecill in
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 sell
their horses. |
| June 28. |
45. Draft of the above. |
| June (?) |
46. Questions to be proposed to the Council, touching the sums to
be paid to the Lord Lieutenant by prisoners in the Tower, for diet,
fees, and other charges. |
| June |
47. The Queen to the Justices of Assize. Proposed restriction in
the appointment of Justices of the Peace. None to be appointed who
are retainers or servants of any other person. |
| [June.] |
48. Thos. Trollope to Cecill. Details of his plan for erecting mills
for beating hemp, and for manufacture of canvas and linen cloths in
England. |
| [June.] |
49. "The briefe contentes of a lyttle booke, entituled A profitable
"Newyeres Gyfte to all 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." |
