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Aug. 1.
London. |
1. Wm. Blunte, keeper of Wood Street Compter, to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Certifies the names of the prisoners committed to the
Compter for matters of religion. |
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2. Commissioners for Musters in the county of Essex to the
Council. Their proceedings in the musters. Comparison between
the number of able men furnished, now certified, and the returns
of former musters. Have not appointed captains. Defences of the
shire. Inclosing, |
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2. i. ii. General certificates of musters of the whole county of
Essex, amounting to 13,062 footmen and 300 horsemen,
of whom 3,856 footmen were furnished complete. Two
returns. |
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2. iii. Particular certificate of musters of the same county, with
the numbers of captains, pioneers, and carriages. |
| Aug. 2. |
3. The form and effect of the proceedings of the Commissioners
for causes Ecclesiastical, at Richmond in Yorkshire, at a meeting
on the 2nd of August, summoned by their private letters. Presentment of various parties for ecclesiastical offences. Many refuse to
appear, are either obstinate and rebellious, or else sick, or else they
flee away. [This private meeting is not detailed in the report of
their public proceedings. See post., 16 Aug.] |
Aug. 3.
Wood Street Computer. |
4. Wm. Trewlock to Burghley and Walsyngham. Has come from
the Low Countries to give information against Wm. Piper, who was
treasonably dealing with the English rebels and the Spaniards there,
by the influence of the Earl of Westmoreland. Has been arrested
by Piper in an action for 500l. |
Aug. 3.
Styfkie. |
5. Wm. Heydon and Nathaniel Bacon to the Council. Detail their
proceedings in the controversy between Metcalf and Baxter for the
benefice of Santon. Proposed that Baxter should restore the lambs
he had wrongfully taken, but he obstinately refuses. They have
therefore bound him over to appear before the Council on the
9th inst. |
Aug. 4.
Paris. |
6. T. Copley to Burghley. Takes advantage of Mr. Parry coming
to England to renew his suit. Professes his zeal and loyalty to Her
Majesty, and as an evidence of his fidelity, intends shortly to send
home his wife, and hopes she will be well received. |
Aug. 4.
Chester. |
7. Wm. Goodman, Mayor of Chester, to the Council. Account of
the charges for the victualling and transporting of 300 soldiers to
Ireland. Desires payment of 155l. 5s. 6d. already expended,
and to know how he should obtain money for the transporting of
500 more. |
| Aug. 5. |
8. Sir Fr. Knollys to Walsyngham. Robert Doryngton boasts of the
favour he had at Court; but he will say, unsay, or deny anything to
suit his purpose. Sir Harry Darcy has received a letter from Edward
Wyngfylde. Disclaims ever having received one penny profit from
Mr. Wyngfylde's lands. Incloses, |
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8. i. Edward Wyngfylde to Sir Henry Darcy. Solicits present
payment for certain timber sold to him. The Council
admits the justness of his suit, and the matter is to be
heard again on Sunday next. |
Aug. 5.
Queen's Bench. |
9. Representation by Tho. Hancocke, preacher, and others, to the
Bishop of London, of the blasphemous speech of one Sherwood,
prisoner in the King's Bench, who contemptuously refused to join in
the Divine service. |
Aug. 5.
Paris. |
10. — G[ifford] to John Gifford, Esq., his father. Complains of
hard usage, in forbidding his brother Edward to speak to him, and
turning them both out into the world in a state of poverty. |
Aug. 6.
Sudley. |
11. Commissioners for Musters in Gloucestershire to the Council.
Have taken the general musters of the county. Inclosing, |
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11. i. General certificate of the musters for the county of Gloucester, as well footmen as demi-lances and light horse. |
Aug. 6.
Oatlands. |
12. Effect of the licence granted to the town of Dover, to export
certain quantities of beer and grain without custom. |
| Aug. 6. |
13. Licence by the Queen to Tho. Allyn, now Mayor, and to the
Jurats of the town and port of Dover, to export 4,000 tuns of beer,
30,000 qrs. of wheat, and 10,000 qrs. of barley or malt, custom free,
towards the repair of the haven of Dover. |
| Aug. 6. |
14. Fair copy of the above. |
Aug. 7.
Chester. |
15. Wm. Glaseor to Lord Burghley. The Irish troops embarked
on the 1st instant driven back by stress of weather. Desires the
same allowance may be granted for coat and conduct money for the
500 soldiers now to be sent to Ireland, as was granted to the 300
last sent. |
| Aug. 8. |
16. Estimate of the cost for keeping Her Highness' whole navy,
being 14 sail of ships, ready for service upon 20 days' warning. |
Aug. 8.
Waeste. |
17. Henry Earl of Kent to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Transmits the
certificates of musters for Bedfordshire, which he desires to be forwarded to the Council. |
Aug. 10.
Oatlands. |
18. The Council to Wm. Heydon and Nathaniel Bacon. In answer
to their letter of the 3rd instant, communicate the substance of
the order they have made in the controversy between Metcalf and
Baxter relative to the benefice of Santon. Metcalf is to enjoy quiet
possession of the same, and to receive from Baxter the tythes wrongfully taken by him. |
Aug. 10.
Chester. |
19. Wm. Glaseor to Lord Burghley. Proceedings of Sir Hugh
Cholmley and Mr. Hughes, the Receiver, with respect to the sale of
the Shire-hall to Mr. Bostock, which had been previously assigned
to himself. Bostock's contemptuous dealing and ill-will towards
him. |
Aug. 10.
Chester. |
20. Same to same. The Lord Deputy of Ireland is still detained
in Anglesey by contrary winds. Measures for the accommodation of
the 500 soldiers. Mr. Gascoigne, the new post-master, has arrived. |
Aug. 10.
Chester. |
21. Same to Walsyngham. Has victuals in readiness to be sent
to Ireland. The Lord Deputy still detained at Beaumaris. |
Aug. 11.
Isle of Wight. |
22. Sir Edw. Horsey to the Earl of Leicester. Has delayed
coming to the Court, hearing he was at Kenilworth. Mr. Cornelis
desires longer time for the perfecting of his works. Sends a letter
from him making certain offers. |
Aug. 11.
Titchburn. |
23. Benj. Titcheborne to Viscount Bindon and Lord Stourton.
States the ill conduct of Mr. Henry Howard, towards the High
Sheriff of Dorset, his behaviour to himself, being a gentleman and
a stranger, was shameful. |
Aug. 12.
Lathom. |
24. Earl of Derby to Leicester. Was delighted to see his hand
to the comfortable letter that came from the Council, and at the same
time he had received a most gracious letter from Her Majesty, which
has encouraged him to prosecute those causes in matters of religion.
Thanks Leicester for his kind advice given to him in the Queen's
gallery, at Westminster. |
| Aug. 14 ? |
25. Memoranda for a Commission for repair of Dover Haven.
Names of Commissioners. Thos. Randolph and Thos. Smyth, the
Customer, to be Treasurers. Suggestions for raising funds. The
Bishops and Clergy to contribute, &c. |
| Aug. 15 ? |
26. Heads of a Commission for the repair of Dover Haven, and of
general directions for their proceeding in the execution of that work.
[On the 15th Aug., the Council addressed a letter to Lord Cobham,
Sir Tho. Scott, Sir James Hales, Tho. Wotton, Edw. Boys, Richard
Barrey, Wm. Partrych, and Henry Palmer, naming them Commissioners, with directions to consider of the plans for repair of the
Haven. Co. Reg.] |
| Aug. 15 ? |
27. Instructions to the Commissioners for Dover Haven. To appoint a Treasurer, to aid Mr. Trewe in commencing the works, and to
make estimates for two rods of the pier to be first erected, and
overseers of the works to be appointed. |
| Aug. 16. |
28. Notarial instrument of the declaration of the proceedings of
the Commissioners for Ecclesiastical causes within the diocese and
province of York; stating the number and places of their sittings,
the juries impannelled, names of prisoners, recusants, &c., examined,
and orders to be observed by the Mayor of Hull and keepers of the
Castle and blockhouses there. [This does not include the proceedings of the private meeting at Richmond, on the 2d of August.
See that date.] |
Aug. 17.
Lawford. |
29. John Talbott to the Earl of Leicester. Has been summoned
to appear before the Council, to answer touching matters of religion.
Desires an opportunity to consult some persons to satisfy his
conscience. Protests his loyalty and obedience. |
| Aug. 17. |
30. Petition of the Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,
to Lord Burghley, for redress of grievances. Complaining of the
Master of the same (Robt. Norgate), who hath, in many points, infringed the good and wholesome statutes of the College. Annexing, |
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30. i. Articles, whereupon the Fellows of Corpus Christi College
have just occasion to complain against the Master of that
College. |
Aug. 20.
Hereford. |
31. Wm. Cicill, Sheriff, and others, Commissioners for Musters in
the county of Hereford, to the Council. Have taken order to have
the 200 soldiers in readiness for service in Ireland, and appointed
Ric. Gwyn to be their Captain. |
Aug. 20.
Dover. |
32. Thomas Allyn, Mayor of Dover, and Thomas Andrewe, to
Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Request to have a letter from the Council,
directed to Sandwich and other ports in Kent, for leave to ship
2,400 quarters of wheat on their licence, to enable them to commence the works at Dover Haven. |
Aug. 22.
Oatlands. |
33. Dr. Richard Master to Lord Burghley. Describes the causes
producing looseness of the teeth, from which his Lordship was
suffering; prescribes for him, as counselled by Galen. |
Aug. 22.
Bishopsthorpe. |
34. Archbishop Sandys to John Wickliffe, keeper of his house
at Battersey. Directs him to deliver up that house to the Lords of
the Council, to be a prison for obstinate Papists. |
Aug. 23.
Hertford. |
35. Wm. Tooke, the younger, to Burghley. Sickness has prevented him from satisfactorily executing his place of Attorneyship.
Desires leave to assign it over to John Hare of the Temple, who
has married his near kinswoman. |
Aug. 24.
Canterbury. |
36. Sir Tho. Scott, Sir James Hales, and others, Commissioners for
Dover Haven, to the Council. Have met upon their commission,
and appointed a rate of wages for John Trewe while constructing
the two rods of the pier. Desire a commission for Trewe to take up
workmen. They estimate 20,000 qrs. of wheat might at once be
spared for exportation. |
| Aug. 24 ? |
37. Estimate of the sums to be raised throughout England by a
tax on Victuallers for the works at Dover Haven. |
Aug. 24.
The Court. |
38. Sir Fr. Walsyngham to Burghley. Sends advertisements,
shewing the uncertainty of the issue of the treaty of peace in France.
Soldiers being raised in Switzerland. The Queen agrees that 500l.
may be paid to the party for the secret cause that only himself and
Burghley are aware of. She is uncertain what to do in that affair.
Sends him a letter in Italian by an English Jesuit. To-morrow the
Queen dines with the Duchess of Somerset. |
Aug. 25.
Theobalds. |
39. Burghley to Leicester. Thanks for his letter about the Queen's
health, which is the only thread whereby his poor heart is tied to
life. Commends the excellent qualities of the hound given to him,
by Leicester, "for she maketh my huntyng very certen; she hath
never fayled me; and this last weke she brought me to a stagg
wch myself had strycken with my bow, being forced to ye soyle,
wher wt help of a gretar water spannyell yt forced hym out of ye
water, your good brache helped to pluck hym down." Commends
Mr. North. |
Aug. 25.
Blandford. |
40. Commissioners for Musters in Dorsetshire to the Council.
Have put 4,000 men in readiness for defence of the sea coasts, and
selected 3,000 for the aid of Devon; but they cannot send their certificate until the end of September. State the causes of the delay. |
Aug. 26.
Blandford. |
41. Commissioners for Musters in Dorsetshire to the Council.
Have appointed a new captain for the service in Ireland, in the
room of Mr. George Turbervile, who was a great spurner of their
authority. |
Aug. 26.
London. |
42. Sir Owyn Hopton and others to Burghley, Leicester, Sir Chr.
Hatton, and the rest of the Commissioners for the office of the
Armoury. Have made a survey of all the armour remaining in
the Tower. Send an estimate of the charges for making rooms
within the great White Tower for hanging up all the armour. |
Aug. 28.
Barn Elms. |
43. Robert Beale to Leicester. Has, with Mr. Alderman Martin,
searched Mr. Stanihurst's house, but found no letters or papers as
suspected: certain papers were found proving him to have been
connected with mineral matters, but he denies ever meddling with
coining or forgery. |
Aug. 30.
Chester. |
44. Hugh Rogerson, Mayor of Chester, to the Council. Relative to
the lodging, victualling, and transportation of the troops for Ireland.
Solicits payment of 259l. 19s. 5d. remaining due to him for the
same. Was elected Mayor on the 19th Aug., Mr. Wm. Goodman, his
predecessor, having died on the 13th. |
| Aug. 31. |
45. Act of the Company of Merchants trading to Spain and Portugal, restraining the importation of any articles in exchange for corn
sent thither, except bullion, salt, and oranges. |
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46. Opinion of the Commissioners how a convenient sum of money
might be levied for the making of Dover Haven. The points to be
considered of: by licences for grain; by impositions on alehouses
and on shipping; by benevolence, the Bishops to be written to; contributions from the City Companies, &c. |
| Aug. |
47. An estimate, by Walsyngham, of the sums that might be raised
by the licences for grain, by contributions, and by way of tax, for
repair of Dover Haven. |
| Aug. |
48. Ways to levy a convenient sum of money for the repair of
Dover Haven; licences, taxation, the clergy, &c.; the sums remaining blank. |
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49. Copy of the above, by Walsyngham, with the sums filled up,
and the amounts likely to be produced. |
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50. Notes of fines for various offences; probably for raising money
for Dover Haven. |
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51. Statement of the number of parishes in England and Wales,
with the amount of fees to be charged upon the admission of
every victualler, towards the repair of Dover Haven. |
| Aug. ? |
52. Statement of the number of shires in England and Wales, their
division into bishopricks and parishes, with the number of victuallers
in the whole, for raising a fund for Dover Haven. |
| Aug. ? |
53. Estimate for a contribution for the new building of the harbour
of Dover; dividing England into shires, bishopricks, and parishes;
the inns and taverns, Inns of Court, &c. |
| Aug. ? |
54. The Council to the Justices of Peace in certain shires. Directions
to levy at once the fines upon such alehouses as have not yet paid,
and to transmit the same to Mr. Randolph, Treasurer for the works
at Dover. |
| Aug. ? |
55. Note of the counties that have not yet made any return of
innholders, taverns, and alehouses. |
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56. The Council to the Bishops. To urge the wealthy clergy to contribute liberally, at least to the extent of one tenth of their incomes
for three years, towards the repair of Dover Haven, and pay over
the sums collected to Tho. Smith and Tho. Randolphe, the Treasurers
for that work. |
| Aug. ? |
57. Memorandum of the rate of contribution to be taxed upon the
clergy, and upon inns and victualling houses, for Dover Haven. |
| Aug. ? |
58. An estimate of charges to be incurred for the repair of Dover
Harbour. |
