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95. Receipt by Anthony Throckmorton for 80l. from Sir William
Catesby, for half a year's rent of Rodburne. [½ page.] |
Nov. 24.
Westminster. |
96. Grant to Rob. Tyas, in reversion, after Ant. Walker, of the
office of Clerk of the Great Wardrobe, in which he has been Walker's
assistant. [4 sheets, Latin. Endorsed, with note of a reversion to
Rich. Tomlins, 30 May 1603.] |
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97. Copy of the above. [3 sheets, Latin. Endorsed, with note
of a reversion to Bevis Thelwall, 16Sept. 1603.] |
Nov. 29.
Carlisle. |
98. Henry Lord Scrope to Lord Burghley. For furtherance of
the works and reparations of the gates of this city, being specially
needful, I have forborne hitherto to deal with my own lodging in
the castle; and now, thinking to proceed with it, as with the other
works about the city, in the beginning of next spring, I sent for
Mr. Fleming and Anthony Crippes of Berwick, for their opinion
thereon. Seeing the quarry where the stones are preparing so
far distant, and the carriage so chargeable, they advised me to
signify to you that there is in this castle an old dungeon tower,
which in Lord Wharton's time was partly blown up, and marvellously cracked with gunpowder; whereof the chief breach was made
up again, but the crack remains and increases, and it is utterly
unserviceable for any ordnance to be placed upon it. If some part
of the height of this tower may be taken down, there will be a
great number of stones which will do good service, both to the
building in the castle and repairing the walls of the city, besides
the saving of 100l. for hewing and carriage; and the tower will be
more serviceable, and of force to bear half a dozen pieces of ordnance. You might issue a commission to such gentlemen as you
thought fit, to view and survey the tower. Caldagate and Richardgate are already substantially done, and Mr. Fleming and Crippes
liked them very well. |
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On the 22nd inst., Lord Maxwell and I met at a day March,
where we made delivery of 42 bills; the like example of justice
done in one day has not been seen or heard of in these Borders.
[1 page.] |
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99. John Ford, alias Andrews, of Kenn, to Rich. Oseley, Lord
of the manor of Kenn. On 14 May, James Peryman and his wife
came with force to drive cattle over my ground, and claimed a right
of way where there was never but a footpath. They said they
would drive that way, or else one of us should lie on the place,
and his wife beat my wife with a staff because she interfered. My
wife took the staff away, when Peryman plucked her hair, and
said he would dash her head with a stone, but I interfered and
separated them. The next day Peryman and Wm. Penecott went
before the justices, and complained that I, your tenant, had beaten
Alice Peryman. I have been grievously molested and troubled
myself by him and his wife. He, by Penecott's means, once forced
a stream upon my house. We have been several times before the
justices, as Penecott threatened my life. I obtained a warrant
from the King's Bench to have them bound over upon suspicion of
murder, for which Master Headon and Master Emanuel Drew bear
great displeasure against me. I desire your favour. [1¾ pages.] |
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100. "Instructions for a bill for the maintenance of clothing and
other trades occupying wool or yarn, and for the payment of Her
Majesty's subsidy and alnage;" being an Act against engrossers
and jobbers of wool, and also against its export; and offering a
farthing subsidy on every four pounds of wool made up, and a
farthing alnage for measuring each piece. [12/3 pages, draft.] |
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101. Exceptions to the Clothworkers' bill. They pretend that
coloured cloths, which used only to be made in Kent and Suffolk,
are now made in other counties, and transported, and pray execution
of their patent of 18 Eliz., to prevent such export, unless the cloth
be dressed. Notes to prove the falsehood of their pretences, and
vanity and subtlety of their suit. |
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Endorsed with notes on the same subject. [1½ pages, draft.] |
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102. Particulars of the value of the manor and lands of Northbourne, co. Kent, with the names of the tenants and the rent paid
by each. Also particulars relating to the manor of Hitchin, co.
Herts. [2 2/3 pages. See Dom. Eliz., Vol. CX., No. 47.] |
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103. Deposition of Wm. Cotton, on the sayings of Lord Morley,
20 April 1574, at the house of Peter Salazare, where he lodged at
Madrid, in presence of Edw. Parker, his brother, and Hector Gardner,
servant to Mr. Redmaine:— |
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1. He said he hoped the Queen of Scots would never come to
the crown of England, and swore if she did, she should be served
with blood at her feet in England, as she was in Scotland when
her secretary was slain before her face. |
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2. That he had two strings to his bow, viz., the King of Spain
and Queen Elizabeth, both of which he meant to use. |
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3. That he is and will be an enemy to all those that are
enemies to the Queen, and will be her faithful servant until death. |
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4. That he seeks to maintain peace between her and the King
of Spain, and to withstand all motions to the contrary. |
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5. That the Catholics banished out of England are rascals and
hypocrites, and all those that seek aid, either of the Pope, the
King of Spain, the French King, or the Cardinal of Lorraine, or
that write books touching Her Majesty's title are seditious. |
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6. That the cause of his coming into Spain is not to demand
mercy of the King but to declare what traitors the Duchess of
Feria, Sir Thos. St[uckley], and others are, and to discover their
treasons. |
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7. That he would burden the Duchess of Feria and Sir Thomas
with matters of treason upon their lives. |
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8. That Sir Thomas is a knave and villain, and so he will prove
him, and thereupon challenge the combat of him in Algiers, if he
cannot obtain it in Spain. (Noted, "This not yet performed"). |
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9. That there is now no talk of a reconciliation, as he came
resolved upon these matters more than a year since. |
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10. That Sir Thomas is the Duchess' champion, like Gnato in
Terence on a stage play, and that he is not a Catholic but a
deceiver of Princes. |
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11. That the Duchess is the worker of all this anger, because
for malice she appointed but 50 crowns a month to be procured
for him, which was a great dishonour to him, and this was for
spite she bears to the houses of Norfolk and Arundel; this
seemed to be the foundation of all his anger. |
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Also that he had written to Her Majesty what traitors
the Duchess and Sir Thos. St[uckley] were to her, and told
Mrs. Grace, his hostess, he would show her a copy of the letter.
[2 pages.] |
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104. Reply of Lady Englefield to the answer of Thos. Stafford.
the Manor house of Compton is her chief and only inheritance, and
was out of lease at the time of the seizure of Sir Fras. Englefield's
lands. |
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There was a grant of the said Manor house and lands to her
friends to her use, by patent in 1566. |
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It is true that Stafford, upon suit in the Court of Requests for a
lease of the house and demesne of Compton, obtained a decree to
hold them upon payment of 30l. rent to her friends, losing possession
upon breach of conditions. |
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Whilst Stafford held the house, he much absented himself, and
kept no hospitality or household, whereby the house ran to decay,
to the value of 200l. at least, and he also let out the arable land and
grounds to others, to the spoil thereof, and used no husbandry
therein to the benefit of the manor in time to come. |
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It appears by an order in the Court of Requests that he did not
pay the said rent of 30l., broke the conditions, and lost possession
of the house and demesne, whereupon Lady Englefield had possession by order of that Court, and has ever since continued there, and
spent in reparations above 200l., and has let all her lands which were
out of lease, save the house and demesne of Compton, which she
keeps for her dwelling place. |
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Lady Englefield's answer to the notes of Thos. Stafford:— |
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To have her allowance by the Statute of Fugitives of the revenues
of the land is to have the land itself by law, and not a portion in
rents, as Stafford would have the same. |
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The value of her and Sir Francis' lands comes but to 928l. 19s. 1¾d.,
old rent, whereof her own lands are valued at 145l. 15s. 7¾d., yet
the fourth part thereof is 233l. 3s. 9¼d., so that having regard to the
old value, she is content to accept only 145l. 15s. 7¾d., the value of
her own land, and Her Majesty will thereby be benefited more
than 100l. of yearly revenues of the old rent. |
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With regard to his allegation that part of her land is out of lease,
and therefore of greater value, and that he will pay a yearly rent of
309l. 13s. 0½d., she answers that Sir Francis' lands, at the time of the
seizure, were for the most part out of lease, and that they are of far
greater value than they are valued at, and if Sir Francis' lands be
valued at improved rents, the part allowed to her by Statute would
amount to 600l. a year; but to consider the one land as improved
and the other as proved is not impartial. |
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The value of her lands improved does not amount to 309l. 13s. 0½d.,
as Stafford affirms, nor can he make so much thereof unless he puts
out the tenants and keeps all in his own hands. |
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As Her Majesty of mere liberality allows her her own inheritance,
where there was no allowance to her by law, and Stafford, having
possession of the said house and demesnes, lost them through a
breach of the conditions; and as by the said Statute there is allow
ance to be made, and she petitions only for her own land, and that
to the benefit of Her Majesty to the aforesaid value; and as Stafford,
having the manor house, suffered it to go to ruin, and if he had it
again, considering his uncertain tenure, which must determine on the
death of Sir Fras. Englefield or of his wife, the house is again likely
to run into ruin, and she be destitute of any fit dwelling; and as
Stafford has a fairer dwelling house of his own in the same shire of
Berks, and this is the only dwelling in which she keeps hospitality;—she desires to hold her own inheritance, void of the said lease, which
was forfeited upon an order in the Court of Requests. [1 sheet.] |
