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| April 2. |
"The order of the going of all estates, from the Palace of Westminster unto the great church of the same, at the beginning of the
Parliament in Anno 1554." [Dom, Eliz., Vol. XC., No. 16, f. 12.] |
| April 6. |
15. Indenture between Robert Barro, gent., of Berwick-uponTweed, and Rich. Clapham, gent., of Lowick, Northumberland, by
which the said Robert Barro covenants to take to wife Elizabeth
Collingwood of Etall, widow, niece to Richard Clapham aforesaid,
and to settle in trust upon her and himself, with remainder to his
heirs, lands and tenements in Berwick, yearly value, 8l. 13s. 4d.,
and his share of the lease of the fourth part of the salmon fishing
in Tweed, on penalty of forfeiture of 200l. With notes of houses in
Berwick held by Wm. Forster and John Selby, jun.; rent, 40s. and
3l. 6s. 8d. [1 sheet, copy.] |
| April. 7. |
16. Receipt by Rich. Bowton, yeoman of the scalding house, of
25s. borrowed of Wm. Heward, servant to Thos. Weldon, to be
repaid out of his wages due at Michaelmas. [¼ page.] |
| [April. 17.] |
17. Indictment of Sir Nicholas Throgmorton, late of London,
and others for high treason. Statement by Att-Gen. Edw. Griffith
that they were before Sir Thos. White, Lord Mayor, the Lord
Chief Justice, Sir Thos. Bromley, and other commissioners, because
they, with Sir Thos. Wyatt, Sir George Harper, and other rebels
conspired to depose and destroy the Queen. The said Sir Nicholas,
26 Nov. 1553, at Baynard's castle, and divers times since, plotted
to take and hold the Tower, levy war in Kent, Devonshire, &c.;
and they, with Sir Henry Isley and others, on 26 Jan. 1554, rose
with 2,000 people, marched from Kent to Southwark, and by
Brentford and Marylebone park to London, the Queen being then at
Westminster, but were overthrown by her army. [2 sheets, imperfect
and damaged.] |
| [April 17.] |
18. Duplicate of the latter portion of the above. [1 sheet,
damaged.] |
