Addenda, James 1 - Volume 40: March 1616

Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, Addenda 1580-1625. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1872.

'Addenda, James 1 - Volume 40: March 1616', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, Addenda 1580-1625, (London, 1872) pp. 550. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/edw-eliz/addenda/1580-1625/p550 [accessed 19 April 2024]

March 1616



March 18. Jersey.	81. M. de Saint Sauveur to Sec. Winwood. I must let you know the defects in this State. A special commission is needed to inquire thereon and inform His Majesty, that he may provide a remedy. I entreat that some gentleman experienced in arms may be sent, and without private interest. We also want a procurer to plead the King's causes. The present one is unfit; he is receiver of revenues for Sir John Peyton, so that when he does anything to prejudice the King's rights, there is no one to plead against him; the two offices are incompatible for one person. He has been brought up in Spanish seminaries, got pernicious maxims, and refuses to give the ministers an account of his faith, or to receive the sacrament. The bailiff, my predecessor, and the justices protested against him, but violence prevailed over reason. None should hold such a charge who is not of good life and reputation, and should receive the charge from His Majesty, but hold it only during pleasure. All things here are corrupt and in disorder. Pray help that I may exercise my office with respect and authority.
	P.S.—Castle Elizabeth has been abandoned by all its guard but one, and he sent on a market day to the taverns to seek his companions, so that the report thereof got abroad. [3 pages, French.]