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| April 1. |
37. Lord Robert Duddeley to the Earl of Hertford. Has delivered
his handy work as required. Will further the greater matter as opportunity may occur. The Queen's clemency should inspire good hope. |
April 1.
Windsor. |
38. The Queen to Winchester. Licence to be given to certain persons
to export coloured cloths to Dantzic. |
April 1.
Westminster. |
39. Bond of Wm. Porter, of Aston Underedge, co. Gloucester, to
Lodovic Grevile, of Milcote, Warwickshire, in the sum of 2,000l. Lat. |
| April 3. |
40. Edw. Randolph, Lieut. of the Ordnance, to Cecill. Concerning
a contract for gunpowder for the Queen's service. Incloses, |
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40. I. Estimate of the rate of a last of corn powder, made within
the realm. |
| April 5. |
41. Marq. Winchester to same. Desires to know what is to be
done with the merchant and his goods who clipped the money. Order
with the Merchant Adventures. Desires to know if vessels laden
in Flanders before the proclamation are to be permitted to come in. |
April 5.
Hertford Castle. |
42. Sir Nich. Bacon to Duddeley. Gives his opinion concerning
the traffic to the Narve, which if discontinued he thinks the best
traffic for the realm would be lost. Desires to know if he may come
to the Court. |
| April 6. |
43. Articles devised for the reformation of sundry disorders in the
forests, chaces, and parks belonging to Her Majesty, north of Trent,
committed to the charge of George Earl of Shrewsbury. |
April 6.
The Court. |
44. Earl of Warwick to the Earl of Hertford. Has received his
letter by Ireland, his servant. Is willing to do him any possible
service. |
| April 6. |
45. Marq. Winchester to Cecill. Desires to be spared attendance
at St. George's feast. Requests a licence from the Queen for the two
children to pass the seas, and directions what is to be done with the
prisoner who clipped the gold. |
April 6.
Mapledurham. |
46. Sir Ric. Blount to same. Perceives that the Queen has granted
the Provost of Paris leave to come from Oxford to London. Cannot
take upon him to leave the Provost at any place in London but the
Tower. |
| April 4 (?) |
47. The Queen to Winchester. Order to be taken for admission of
vessels arrived from the Low Countries laden before the late proclamation. Cannot dispense with his attendance at St. George's feast.
The clipper of coin to be prosecuted. |
April 8.
Antwerp. |
48. Sir Fr. Englefyld to Sir Wm. Cecill. Complains of malicious
insinuations against him to the prejudice of his suit to Her Majesty.
Professes great loyalty and reverence. Sends copy of the assignment
of his wife's revenues, which he intreats may be faithfully performed.
Incloses, |
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48. I. Account of rents, annuities, &c. to be paid out of the
revenues of the lands of Dame Katherine Englefyld, by
Mr. Stafford and Mr. Yate, during the absence of Sir Fr.
Englefyld. May 8, 1559. |
April 8.
Antwerp. |
49. Same to the Council. Prays them to intercede with the Queen
in his favour. States at great length his circumstances, the causes
that have induced him to remain abroad, confutes the slanderous imputations against him, and supplicates the Queen's forgiveness. |
| April 9. |
50. John Mershe to Cecill. Sends him a letter received from the
City of Hamburgh. Effects of the late proclamation relative to the
trade of the Merchant Adventurers with the Low Countries. |
April 11.
Barrow. [Berghem op Zoom.] |
51. Francis Berty to Mr. Thomas [Heneage ?]. Shipment of pans
and other implements for making salt, to be set up in England. |
| April 12. |
52. Merchant Adventurers to Cecill. Request that the late proclamation by the Queen may be explained, for the Netherlanders
bring the commodities of the Low Countries through France. Frauds
used to deprive the Queen of her customs. |
April 13.
Windsor. |
53. The Council to Marq. Winchester. To permit Lewis Scape and
others, merchants, subjects of the King of Spain, to export, duty-free,
certain goods taken out of the ship Tiger, by one Corbett, and reclaimed
by them. |
| April 14. |
54. Marq. Winchester to the Customers, &c. of the Port of London.
To permit the above goods to be exported duty-free. |
| April 14. |
55. The Queen to Winchester. To give orders to prevent the
importation of commodities from the Low Countries through France. |
April 14.
Canterbury. |
56. Archbp. Parker to Cecill. Requests his advice as to certain
letters sent to him by Mr. Knox and other ministers, concerning a
question of divorce in Scotland. [This refers to the case of Anne
Goodacre, wife of John Baron, a minister of the Kirk, summoned to
appear before the Consistory Court in Scotland, to answer the charges
brought against her by her husband. See Scotland, 1563, Dec. 29, and
1564, Feb. 10.] |
April 15.
London. |
57. John Mershe to same. Sends him a map of East Friesland.
Has received from Ric. Ellice a copy of the Queen's letters explanatory
of the proclamation. |
April 16.
Hanworth. |
58. Earl of Hertford to same. Is about to send the bearer, his
[younger] brother, Edward Seymour, to the University. Recommends
him to Cecill's favour. |
April 16.
Hanworth. |
59. Same to Lord Robert Duddeley, by the same bearer, and to the
same effect. |
| April 16. |
60. The Queen to Winchester. Directions for the great Venetian
ship lying off Margate, to repair to Southampton, and take in her cargo
there, to prevent fraud on the customs; also to prevent the exportation of rams and sheep to Spain. |
April 16.
Newport (in Flanders). |
61. Lord Cobham to Sir Wm. Cecill. Arrival of the Lady Marques
(Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of Lord Cobham, and wife of Wm. Parr,
Marq. of Northampton), himself and his wife, on their way to Antwerp.
Stay of shipping in Flanders. |
| April 20. |
62. Account of the rate of provisions for the Office of Ordnance, to
be made yearly in time of peace for furnishing the said office; and the
supply necessary for various ports and garrisons specified. |
| April 20. |
63. Estimate of the charges of erecting new platforms for the
ordnance at the Tower of London. |
April 20.
Windsor. |
64. Proclamation declaring the conclusion of peace between England
and France. |
| April 20. |
65. Copy of the above. |
| April 21. |
66. Sir Wm. Cecill to Winchester. To permit Arnold Birkman and
Conrad Mullar, of Cologne, to unlade certain books shipped at Frankfort before the proclamation. Also for four boxes of green ginger to
be landed by the said parties. |
April 23.
Antwerp. |
67. Lord Cobham to Cecill. Effects of the stay of shipping. Arrived
with the Lady Marques at Antwerp. She has consulted the physicians and surgeons, "and as yet they agre not of the curyng of her
"breste." |
| April 23. |
68. Narrative of the ceremonies observed in celebrating St. George's
feast, by the Sovereign and Knights of the Garter at several periods,
from 1561 to 1564, with the installation of various Knights during
those periods. |
