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Nov. 30./Dec. 10.
Camp before Avranches. |
170. Francois de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier, to M. Ant. Paulet,
Governor of Jersey. I undertook the siege of Avranches on the
assurance given me by the merchant Malevault to supply me
with a certain quantity of powder and cannon balls; but he fails
of this promise, my enterprise becomes long, and will be useless
unless I get powder and ball, and this would much prejudice my
King and country. Therefore I send you the comptroller of my
house, and entreat you to supply him with powder and ball. He
has not ready money, but I have signed a carte blanche, and will
be answerable for the amount. I will pay it within a month, by
some merchant of Caen or elsewhere. Pray favour the bearer.
[1½ pages.] |
| Dec. 15. |
Pardon, in French, to Gregory Torque, of Jersey, for sheep stealing.[Docquet.] |
Dec. 29.
The Court. |
171. Robert Earl of Essex to the Masters of Requests. A matter
concerning customary lands and tenements in the manor of Isleworth Sion, though having already received due trial within the
manor, is by one Cartwright brought into your Court; I am
moved to write thereof to you because, though the controversy
appertains to Cartwright and others, yet I have some interest in it,
for the stewardship of that manor belongs to Her Majesty and me;
and therefore, as I would not diminish the authority of your Court,
I hope you will not impeach the customs of that manor, which I
have a care to preserve. Pray dismiss the cause out of your Court, and
leave it to be tried at common law, or let me know why. [¾ page.] |
| 1590? |
The Queen to Lord Scrope and other justices of peace [of
Northumberland]. J. Thornborow of that county has recovered
the manor of S — by common law from R. K. — of Lancashire,
yet is notoriously hindered by the officers of K. in his possession of
it. You are to see that he is put and kept in quiet possession of
the said manor. [Warrant Book I., p. 85.] |
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172. "Commissaries' Paper." My Lady will not depart till my Lord
is fixed in his journey, or be thought to be in Ireland, that the departing may be known to none. Dr. Saunders and all going this
voyage are to go to the places near about, and not return here, but
only to Proerio, where they are to take ship. My Lord and some
soldiers go, as it were, to hunt, and there tarry till the time appointed, every man taking with him what he can; those things that
remain to be carried secretly out of the ship, to the appointed place. |
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Let it be determined who is meetest to be left here, and let him
be instructed what he ought to do, and be a faithful man, and of
authority to have the government of all things here, or looked for
from Lisbon. A cipher should be left with him, to confer secretly
with my Lord. |
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Let my Lady's place abroad be Mondonedo; it is secret, and she
will be under protection of the Bishop, who will not let her lack.
There she shall tarry, not as remaining in Spain, but as looking for
the resolution of the matters of Lisbon. |
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The occasion of the ships, offered to us by God, is not to be
lost; for 1st, we may hear news from Lisbon; 2nd from other
places which may cause us to use the ships; 3rd, we may determine to send persons or letters by them, though they carry
no soldiers. I cannot tell if my Lord should go while the matter of
Lisbon hangs in doubt; for if, a few days after our departure, the
ship, money, and weapons come,— and undoubtedly the money will
come shortly,—it would be thought unwise to have gone without
it. It would very likely not come into Ireland for a month or
two, and we had better sit still awhile than have the thing unhandsomely begun. We need not lose the ships. We can make
excuses, and delay the shipmen, paying their loss of time. If they
will not tarry, we only lose that 25 (sic) which must be paid them
to-morrow. If our ship come from Lisbon, no man need tarry, and
the more soldiers would do well. If the bark and money had come,
some soldiers might be sought in Santiago. If my Lord tarry for
the money, we need not borrow. If he depart, and my Lady
remain, Saunders cannot tarry, for the Nuncio has bound him to
be about my Lord, and he does not know Spanish well enough to be
able to speak readily or understand the bargains which the notary
makes, and no stranger would treat here with so much authority as
a Spaniard would have. He is more necessary in Ireland, for the
sake of his name, acquaintance, and Irish tongue; the letters he
may help to write; his knowledge of the manners of Ireland, and
being able to discover the deceits of the English governors and their
ministers; and for the letters which Catholic English and Scottish
men may write to him, touching weighty matters, for he knows some
of the chief in Scotland. |
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All that will should follow my Lord, except those necessary for
my Lady and the keeping of the ship. It were well to send to the
Archbishop for money, which is very needful for the journey, and
that my Lord may not have to seek money on his arrival in Ireland. We should buy neither wine, meat, boat, nor anything by the
hands of others. [7 pages.] |
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Endorsed, "Letters written beyond sea, by some rebels or traitors
to others of themselves, as it seemeth of no great importance." |
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173. List of deer stealers, viz., Raines Clark and his father,
Ri. Awsted, Mr. Forbrooke's man; Thos. Stevens, of Crauford;
the tanner of Lisden; Gray, Simon Montague's man; Ri. Aier,
Robt. Lane's man; John Dowsett, an underkeeper in Rockingham Forest, under Lord Burghley; Mr. Hunt, sometime a
keeper in Brigstock Park; Stringer and Griggs, servants to Lord
Mordaunt; two of Parson Richardson's sons of Twyvell; Shelston
and Serjt. Brooke's sons; the smith of Rushton; Mr. Marbery, of
Brigstock, one of the complainants there; a miller of Edward
Montague's; and Browne, of Fotheringham. |
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The keepers of Brigstock Great Park, and such as were left there
in the service of Mr. Secretary, with many others, drove the deer
into the forest, and having pulled down the barrier in the most
convenient places, 120 of the people of Brigstock and Stanyon stood
upon the pale; and kept the deer back; nevertheless, 400 or 500
were put into the forest, but the people assembled, killed 9 or 10
deer, and carried them by force to their own houses. [1¼ pages.] |
