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July 2. |
48. Lord Treasurer Dorset and four others of the Council to Sir
Thomas Lake. As we well move His Majesty for dispatch of this suit
of the Earl of Huntingdon, we pray you present it, with our opinion
thereon. [½ page, damaged.] |
July 3. |
49. Declaration by the King. Our care for the uniformity of the
Church sufficiently appeared in the Hampton Court assembly,
wherein no material alterations were insisted on. We hoped all
reasonable men would have been satisfied with the issue; but at
the late Parliament, questions were renewed about the Common
Prayer Book and Church government, and our assent to alterations
requested, but which, on hearing our speeches and those of the
Upper House, were desisted from, all things needful for establishment of a ministry being already done. We notice therefore that
there appears no cause for altering the form of service; we advise
conformity, especially of ministers, who have been the chief authors
of divisions, and hope they will not omit substantial duties for
shadows and semblance of zeal. If they are untractable, they must
be compelled by the authority which we are compelled to use for
preservation of the Church's authority. Such as have been censured for disobedience may have till 30 November to bethink
them of their course, and then either conform or dispose of themselves other ways; as after that, proceedings will be taken against
them. All archbishops, bishops, magistrates, &c., to see to the due
execution thereof. [10¼ pages, damaged.] |
July 4. |
50. Account by Thos. Clerk and Thos. Kerry, of dividends on
fees received in the Hanaper, Petty Bag, &c.; total, 281l. 16s. 6d.
[½ page.] |
July 7. |
51. [Sir Thos. Lake to the Lord Treasurer]. His Majesty approves your judgement in Mr. Stephen Lesieur's suit, and wills you
to order a grant, allowing him one moiety of such forfeitures as
shall grow above the ordinary rate; a blank to be left for the years;
to be filled in by His Majesty at the signing; also a proviso that if
His Majesty find any inconveniences arise to his subjects or to
himself, the grant shall be revocable. [¾ page, draft.] |
July 10. |
52. Edward Earl of Worcester to Sir Thos. Lake. Pray draw a
bill for the carriage of four horses to the French King, by Geo.
Skieres, at 2s. per horse per day for 20 days; and 3s. per day for 40
days, for two grooms going and returning. [⅓ page.] |
July 10. Whitehall. |
53. Earl of Suffolk to Sir Thos. Lake. Pray order the drawing of a bill for 20l. yearly to Richard Warner, senior, and another
bill for 30l. to Rich. Warner, junior, appointed masters of His
Majesty's barges. [¼ page.] |
July [14.] |
54. "Notes of my Lord of Lo[ndon] for a proclamation abo[ut
the dis]orders of the Church." Repetition of the former proclamation
from Hampton Court. Abstract of the first proclamation relating
to the Communion book, as agreeable to the practice of the Primitive Church; explanations thereof to prevent cavillings; the time
granted for opponents' yielding; the King's opinion that all men
would have been satisfied therewith, and his pleasure that none
should expect any other alteration. Objections made thereto:—As
nonconformity brings with it a popular confusion and anarchy into the
commonwealth, His Majesty has again granted the ministers a longer
time for deliberating, and has appointed his bishops to confer with
them in their several dioceses once a month, between this and the
last of November,—the uttermost time prefixed for any longer bearing with them,—which is granted that they may perceive how
unpleasing any severity is to His Majesty's disposition, while there
is any hope of amendment; and that they may not flatter themselves with expectation of prevailing in their seditious course at
the next session of Parliament. All factious ministers and their
adherents may assure themselves that the King Knows their plots,
and is so settled in judgment as to the religion established in the
realm, that he will never give ear to those that seek to alter it.
[2 pages, much decayed. Probably an enclosure in the Bishop of
London's letter, see Calendar James I., Vol. VIII., No. 106.] |
[July 16.] |
55. Commission from the King to Thomas Earl of Dorset, Lord
High Treasurer of England; Charles Earl of Nottingham, Lord
High Admiral and Lord Chief Justice in Eyre South of the Trent;
Thomas Earl of Suffolk, Lord Chamberlain of the Household;
Edward Earl of Worcester, Master of the Horse; William Lord
Knollys, Treasurer of the Household; Edward Lord Wotton, Comptroller of the Household; Sir Geo. Hume, Lord of Berwick, Lord
Treasurer of Scotland and Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the
Exchequer. We understand that the expense of wood and coal in
our house is so great, and the burden thereof to our subjects so
grievous, as that it has been the cause of pitiful complaints. To
ease our subjects, we are pleased to lay part of the charge upon
ourself, by making provision of wood and coal for our house out of
such woods of our own inheritance as lie convenient. We therefore
give you full lawful power to call before you all persons enjoying
any interest in any of our woods within 12 miles of the Thames, or
of any other river or creek upon which boats may pass, and which
are running into the Thames, and compound with them for their
interest in such woods; and after payment, to take into our hands
the said woods and coppices, and deliver them to the officers of our
household, to be employed towards provision of wood and coal for
our household. [8¾ sheets, draft. See docquet, 16 July 1604.] |