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July 1.
Salisbury. |
1. The Commissioners of Musters for Wiltshire to the Council.
Certify their doings in the Musters. The county having been heavily
taxed could not defray the expense of training. Desire further
directions therein. Inclosing, |
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1. i. Certificate of General Musters of all able men, lances, and
light horse, within the County of Wilts; taken before the
Earl of Pembroke, Sir John Zowche, and others, Commissioners. [See Vol. xciv. Musters, No. 2.] |
July 2.
Salisbury. |
2. Wm. Davy, Mayor, and others, Commissioners of Musters for
the town of Salisbury, to same. Certify their doings, and promise to
use all diligence in training a chosen number. Inclosing, |
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2. i. Certificate of General Musters for the town of New Sarum. |
July 2.
Winchester. |
3. Commissioners of Musters for Hampshire to same. Promise to
send the certificates of the General Musters as soon as possible, and
explain the cause of their delay. Certain persons wilfully refuse to
appear. Have made choice of 500 able men to be trained. Inclosing, |
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3. i. Names of such recusants as have refused or neglected to
furnish themselves with horses and armour. |
July 6.
Westchester. |
4. Thomas Might to Lord Burghley. Solicits a lease of a farm of
the value of 50l. a year, in consideration of his great losses and
services. |
July 7.
Churcham. |
5. Richard Arnold to Francis Walsyngham. Has been prevented
by extreme sickness from sending the brace of greyhounds, which he
now begs of him to accept. |
July 8.
Oxford. |
6. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Oxford to the
Council. Proceeding in the Musters. Desire to know what numbers
of them shall be trained and exercised. Inclosing, |
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6. i. ii. Certificates of General Musters of able men, &c., for the
whole County of Oxford. [See Vol. xciv. Musters, No. 3.] |
July 9.
Greenwich. |
Grant by the Queen to John Easton of an almsroom in St.
Stephen's Church, Westminster, for his services at Newhaven. [See
Warrant Book, I., p. 2.] |
| [July 9 ?] |
Grant by the Queen to Walter Tomas of the place of one of
Her Majesty's falconers for life, the same as John Talbott of late had.
[See ib., p. 2.] |
| July 13. |
7. Copy of court-roll of the Manor of Hedingham, of the surrender
of a cottage and garden, called Shedds, by John Woodd, in favor of
Matthew Alystone. |
| July 14. |
Certificate by John Rogers, Mayor, Sir Henry Ashley, and others,
of the Musters for the town and county of Poole, co. Dorset. [See
Vol. xciv. Musters, No. 4.] |
| July 15. |
8. Certificate of General Musters for the Borough of Boston, co. Lincoln, taken before the Deputies of William Lord Burghley, Recorder
of the same, and others, Commissioners. |
July 20.
Stafford. |
9. Tho. Lord Paget, and others, to the Council. Return of Musters
for the County of Stafford. From various causes specified, the country
for the County of Stafford. From various causes specified, the country
is too poor to support the expense of training a large number of men.
Names of gentlemen appointed Captains. |
| July 22. |
10. Certificate of the Musters of horsemen taken at St. Giles's
Hill, for the County of Southampton. |
July 22.
Dorchester. |
11. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Dorset to the
Council. Proceedings in the Musters. Difficulty of keeping their
extended line of coast in a state of defence. Have selected 500 for
training, but the inhabitants are unwilling to be burthened with the
charges of it. Inclosing, |
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11. i. Certificate of Musters by Tho. Lord Howard of Bindon, and
others, for the County of Dorset. |
July 24.
Guildford. |
12. Commissioners of Musters for the County of Surrey to same.
Detail their proceedings. Have selected 300 men for training, but
the county is unable to bear the expense. Inclosing, |
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12. i. Certificate of Musters for the County of Surrey. |
July 27.
Aylesbury. |
13. The Earl of Bedford, and others, to same. Relative to the
Musters for the County of Buckingham. Inclosing, |
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13. i. Certificate of General Musters of able men, horses, armour,
&c., for the County of Buckingham. |
July 31.
Oxford. |
14. The Mayor, &c., of Oxford to same. Musters for the city,
which, on account of having been visited by the plague, and other
causes, could not defray any charges for the training a large number of
men. Inclosing, |
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14. i. Certificate of the Musters for the City of Oxford and suburbs
of the same. [See Vol. xciv. Musters, No. 5.] |
| July ? |
15. Warrant of the Queen to the Lord Treasurer to pay the sum of
300l. quarterly, to the Vidame of Chartres; and to Captain Mazynes
(Mascino del Bene ?) the sum of 40l., and, hereafter, 15l., quarterly,
during pleasure. |
| July ? |
Warrant by the Queen for a tenement belonging to the manor of
Turloye, co. Cornwall, of the yearly value of 26s. 8d., to be made over
to a Yeoman of the Chamber by copy of court-roll. [See Warrant Book, No. I., p. 5.] |
| July ? |
16. Chr. Hatton to [symbols] [Queen Elizabeth.] Has suffered
greatly from his illness. His love of Her Majesty. Speaks allegorically
of the sheep [himself] and the boar [Earl of Oxford]. Desires to know
if the report of her illness were true. |
| July ? |
Grant to [ ] of certain lands at Wapping Thorne, Tottington, and other places in Sussex, lately belonging to R. W. of
Wapping Thorne, forfeited by virtue of the statute against fugitives.
Lat. [See Warrant Book, No. I., p. 4.] |
