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April 1.
Court at Whitehall. |
93. Earl of Northampton to the Mayor of Folkestone and others.
Appoints them Commissioners for restraint of passage at that place. |
| April 2. |
Grant to Sampson Lennard of the place and precedency of the
eldest son of Lord Dacre of the South, for life, as the eldest son of
a Baron. [Grant Bk., p. 94.] |
| April 3. |
Grant to Thos. Warren of the office of Lute-player to the King.
[Ibid, p. 101.] |
| April 5. |
Grant to John Howse, of the office of Master of St. John's Hospital,
in Cirencester, co. Gloucester, for life. [Ibid, p. 94.] |
April 5.
South Lambeth. |
94. Sir Noel de Caron to Salisbury. Recommends a man who
has worked for him ten years in building his house at South Lambeth,
&c., to the place of Clerk Surveyor at Hampton Court. French. |
April 6.
London. |
95. Wm. Kindt to the Same. For payment of 1,000l. on account
of the great table diamond sold by Jean de Luce. French. |
April 10.
Daventry. |
96. Wm. Clarke, Postmaster, to Lord Stanhope [Master of the
Posts]. Furnished Lewis Harris, Pursuivant, with two able post
horses, to carry him to Coventry, and he refuses to pay for them, and
has been violent and abusive. Begs Lord Stanhope to report his
proceedings to the Lord Treasurer. |
April 10.
Madrid. |
97. Sir John Digby to [Salisbury]. Thinks the English merchants
will trade much more quietly, owing to recent concessions of the
King of Spain in their behalf. Example of the effects of these
regulations. [Extract.] |
| April 10. |
98. Charges of works, &c. at the King's houses in March. |
April 16.
Ratcliffe. |
99. Wm. Stallenge to Salisbury. Begs respite of certain moneys
owed by him, and payment of the allowance due to him for his office
of Searcher. |
April 18.
Madrid. |
100. Sir John Digby to the Same. [The Spanish Ambassador] is
to intreat His Majesty to remove the English from Virginia. Fears
there will be attempts to remove them by force. [Extract.] |
April 20.
Hackness. |
101. Sir Thos. Posthumus Hoby to the Same. Thinks the order
sent him to proceed no further in securing to himself Whitby and
Whitby-Strand, concealed lands, recovered by him for the Crown, is
caused by Sir Rich. Cholmley, who boasts of having obtained a
reversion of the lease, and tries to prejudice his Lordship against him. |
| April 21. |
Grant to the Masters and Wardens of the Mystery or Science of
Girdling, of leave to build an hospital of the foundation of Geo. Palin,
to consist of six aged men. [Grant Bk., p. 93.] |
April 23.
London. |
102. John King, Bishop of London, to Carleton. Has been ill all
the winter. Thanks for congratulations on his preferment. The
Lord Treasurer ill of scurvy and dropsy, and his life in suspense.
He is going to Bath. The Duke of Bouillon's visit postponed. The
Count of Hainault here, on a marriage treaty between the Princess
Elizabeth and Count Palatine of the Rhine. |
| April 24. |
Power to Rich. Putto to search and examine all debts and forfeitures, &c. due to the King, from 13 Eliz. to Michaelmas, 8 Jac. I.,
during pleasure. [Grant Bk., p. 96.] |
| April 28. |
Presentation of Edw. Waterhouse to the church of Kibworth, co.
Leicester. [Ibid, p. 101.] |
April 29.
Venice. |
103. [Carleton] to Chamberlain. Commends to him two Protestant
strangers, formerly friars, who have never been in England before,
and do not know the language. Wishes him to introduce them
secretly to the Archbishop of Canterbury. |
| April 29. |
104. Chamberlain to Carleton. The King refuses the Baronets'
precedence over Barons' younger sons, but grants them the arms of
Ulster in a canton, and other privileges. Sir Robt. Cotton sent out
of the way when the case was heard, because he was furnished with
records in their favour. The Duke of Bouillon arrived, and lodged
at the Charterhouse, with a train of 200. Lord Aubigny and his
wife quarrel with her father, Lord Clifton, who, in his anger,
threatens to marry again. Lord Rochester made a Privy Councillor
and reconciled to the Queen. The Lord Treasurer worse, but "the
vigor of his mind maintaines his weake body." He has three physicians, Atkins, Poe, and Lister; and two secretaries, Finet and
Sherburn. His loss would be much lamented. Sir Thos. Lake has
the signet. |
| April ? |
Statement of the dignity and privileges of a Baronet, and of the
settlement of the controversy for precedence between Baronets and
the younger sons of Viscounts and Barons, which is decided against
the Baronets; but they are to be considered Knights, and their heirs
male knighted when of age. [Dom. Corresp., 1616, Nov. 4.] |
| April ? |
Statement of the dignity and form of creation of a Knight
Banneret. [Ibid.] |
| April ? |
Statement of the rank of a Baron, and of the mode of creation,
and admission by writ. [Ibid.] |
| April 31. |
Power granted to Sir Hen. Thynne to use martial law in his
voyage to Persia. [Grant Bk., p. 96.] |
| April ? |
105. Survey of tenements and lands in the forest of Wire, co.
Worcester, with names of the tenants, their rentals, &c. |
| April ? |
Lease to Fras. Burrell, Robt. Shafto, and Hen. Chapman, of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, of the third part of a tenement called Grindley, alias Greenlawe, co. Durham, and of a coal mine there, late the
property of John Lyons, Receiver of Durham and Northumberland,
a debtor to the Crown. Latin. [Sign Man., vol. II., No. 24.] |
| [April.] |
106. Petition of Agnes, widow of Robt. Appleby, Purveyor of the
Blackjacks, Buckets, &c. to His Majesty, to Salisbury, that she may
enjoy her late husband's place for life. [See April 3, 1609.] |
