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31. Petition of John Terell of Trewardreth, co. Cornwall, to the
Queen. John Pendarvas, gent., being seized in his demesne as of
fee of one moiety of Tredwardreth manor, at a Court two years
since, for 8l. fine then agreed on between them, promised to convey
to petitioner, and to John Bersey and Rich. Bersey, the younger,
sons of Rich. Bersey, for the term of their lives, his part of a close
called the Bremble Park, with its water, and the pasture of the
wood close in which the wood stands, all lately in occupation of
Hen. Colquite, deceased, and parcel of the said manor, together
with a reasonable and convenient way in and to the same, yearly
rent 8l., with such other covenants as were contained in a lease
of another tenant of the said manor. Three months afterwards,
petitioner paid Pendarvas the 8l. in open court, and received an
acquittance; but although petitioner then and since has tendered
the lease to him, and desired him to seal and deliver it, he has always
refused. Begs a writ of privy seal for him to appear in the Court
of Requests to answer to the premises. Signed by Wm. Bastard.
[Parchment.] |
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Endorsed with an order granting the petition, signed R. Rokeby. |
July 11.
London. |
32. Thomas Egerton, Deputy Governor of the Merchant Adventurers' Company, to Sec. Walsingham. The governor's ship,
called the Susan Ann Parnell, of London, which wafted him and
Mr. Fletcher, with our ships laden with cloth, to Hamburg and
Emden, and is now to waft over our next ships to Emden, and go
thence to Hamburg, to bring back the Governor and Mr. Fletcher,
who stay her coming, and have no other means of returning, is now
pressed by my Lord Admiral's officers, with other merchant ships
warlike prepared, to go to the southward, in Her Majesty's service.
As this would disappoint the passage of our next ships, as also our
Governor and Mr. Fletcher, our Company beseech you to move the
Lord Admiral for the release of the said ship. [½ page.] |
July 21.
Alnwick. |
33. Cuthbert Lord Ogle, Sir John Forster, Sir Thos. Gray,
Ro. Delaval, Ra. Gray, Fras. Ratcliff, Earl of Marr, and Jas. Ogle, to
Lord Burghley. On 6 Nov. last, Sir Cuthbert Collingwood, and
Robert Clavering, high sheriff of Northumberland, with many other
gentlemen, were called to Newcastle, to attend the Lord President of
the North in Her Majesty's affairs, and celebrated her ascension, and
gave God thanks for delivering her and the realm from the wicked
conspiracies of their traitorous enemies. The sheriff, accompanied
with Sir Cuthbert, his Lady and daughter, and some of their
servants, returning homewards from that service, were met by Wm.
Selby of Berwick, and 12 or 13 of his associates, and notwithstanding
the presence and petition of the gentlewoman, or special endeavour of
the sheriff, by solemn proclamation and other means, to preserve the
peace, they executed their fury against Sir Cuthbert, by murdering
Wm. Clavering, our late kinsman. By the delay of justice, deeming
to escape the due punishment, they colour their bloodshed with
terms of accident, and nothing has more disquieted the country, or
bred more deadly dissension, than impunity or dangerous delay of the
execution of justice upon such outrageous malefactors, amongst
whom never any, in our memory, committed force with like contempt
of law. We pray your furtherance for expediting justice in this
great cause. [1 sheet.] |
| July 26. |
34. Brief of payments to Sir John Norris, Richard Huddlestone,
Sir Thos. Sherley, and the Earl of Leicester, for the army, and for
services in the Low Countries, from the commencement of the war
to 27 July 1587. Total, 267,956l. 10s. 10d. [3 pages, noted and
endorsed by Burghley.] |
| July ? |
35. Petition of Louis Sanard, factor for Mighel de Bois and
Fernandes de Quintanadoines, Lord of Brittany, and divers other
merchants of Rouen, to Council, for compensation for the loss of
his ship and goods. Sir Thos. Leighton, captain of Guernsey, in
February last, sent a number of soldiers and others abroad the Greyhound of Newhaven, which put in there through stress of weather,
and was bound from Malaga to Newhaven, with merchandise valued
at 12,000 crowns; they took possession of the said ship, and John
Herbert, the master, and others, going on shore to speak to the
said captain, were detained prisoners, and the French mariners in
the ship forcibly expelled, leaving behind all they had therein,
and sent away to France without any relief, being driven to beg
their bread on the way. The Captain of Guernsey, nothing regarding
the sentence of the justices of Guernsey for restitution of the said
ship, unloaded her, and sent the goods into various places of England,
disposed of the residue, and prohibited, upon pain of death, the
master or owners, going to France or England, or sending any letters,
less they should sue for recovery. |
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Petitioner, having got away from the isle in May last, came
to England, and presented a petition to the Council, whereupon
they granted him letters of assistance, and a commission from the
Admiralty Court for the recovery of the ship and goods, wherewith he returned to Guernsey, but could only find of his merchandise
to the value of 240 crowns. To learn where the rest was, he requested the justices of the isle to examine several persons who were
present at the unloading and sale, and himself drew the interrogatories for their examination, and delivered them to the justice,
after being approved by Louis Denis, attorney-general there. |
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This attorney, being also one of the examinates, was warned before
the justice, and upon appearing, he willed petitioner to subscribe his
name to the articles, which he did, whereupon the attorney requested
to have the interrogatories for 24 hours to consider, when he would
bring his answer in writing, which was granted, although he had
heretofore perused them. He then asked petitioner what he meant
by the following title of the said articles, "Merchandizes depredeás
et gasteás et decippeás par le Sieur Gouverneur," to which petitioner answered that he construed those words thus, "Merchandises
made away, unladen by night, wetted, rotted, spoiled, and dispersed
in sundry ways by the said Captain and his servants;" but the
attorney went and showed it to the Captain of Guernsey, who construed himself to be grievously injured therein, although petitioner
protested before the justice, and in the presence of the said Captain,
that he never meant it to be injurious to him, or to be so construed by him, it being rather to his interest to procure the Captain's
good will and favour. Nevertheless, he continued to give petitioner
many outrageous speeches, and threatened that he should be dealt
with in such a manner as was not decent for a man of his calling
to utter; he thereupon detained petitioner as a prisoner for three
weeks, and now has sent him up to the Council, in the custody of
one of the officers of the said isle, as a malefactor or villain. As
petitioner has lost his principal goods in a free place, against all
equity and justice, and not on the seas by pirates, and has spent
150l. within these five months in attempting to recover them, he requests an absolute answer, so that he may return home, and spend no
more time in the matter. [¾ sheet, endorsed by Burghley, damaged.] |
