James 1 - volume 71: December 1612

Calendar of State Papers Domestic: James I, 1611-18. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1858.

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'James 1 - volume 71: December 1612', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: James I, 1611-18, (London, 1858) pp. 160-165. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/jas1/1611-18/pp160-165 [accessed 24 March 2024]

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December 1612

Dec. 2.
London.
Isaac Wake to Carleton. Thos. Murray hopes to fulfil Carleton's wish for a portrait of Prince Charles, and Sir John Harrington, for one of Lady Elizabeth. Carleton's nephew sworn an equerry, having bought Powell's place for 600l. The Palatine Prince has come back to visit his mistress, and grows in the good opinion of all. Sir Rich. Coxe and others imprisoned during pleasure, for slandering the Earl of Northampton. Mr. Trumbull called home to be Clerk of the Council. Prince Charles kept as strictly as when he was Duke of York, and will not have the reins loose as early as his brother. The King will keep the Duchy of Cornwall, as belonging to the eldest son, not to the heir. To keep the Prince from Popery, "two sober divines, Dr. Hackwell and another, are placed with him, and ordered never to leave him." [Venice Corresp., Dec. 2.]
Dec. 3.
London.
51. Giov. Franc. Biondi to Carleton. Much talk about the marriage of the Prince. France tries to negotiate it. Those who think of religion wish for Denmark, but the King opposes it, as he desires the marriage to bring him some new alliance. Talk of marrying one Infanta of Savoy in Denmark, the other in Spain. Parliament will not meet, as the King's necessities are relieved by the increase of 20,000l. per ann. on the death of the late Prince. Italian.
[Dec. 5.] Circumstantial account [by Sir Chas. Cornwallis] of the illness and death of Prince Henry, the post-mortem examination and lying in state. [Dom. Corresp., April 25, 1616.]
[Dec. 5.] 52. Copy of the above. Mutilated.
Dec. ? 53. Copy of the above post mortem, with note of the date of the Prince's death and funeral. Latin.
Dec. ? 54. Translation of the above.
Dec. ? 55. Queries in reference to the mourning and place of Prince [Charles] at the funeral of [Prince Henry ?].
Dec. ? 56. Draft of the intended funeral procession of Prince Henry.
Dec. 7. 57. Proceeding at the funeral of the Right High and Mighty Prince Henry, Prince of Wales, &c.
Dec. 7. 58. Copy of part of the above.
Dec. 59. Note of mourning given to the servants of the Archbp. of Canterbury, at the funerals of the Earl of Dunbar, Mr. Sutton, and Prince Henry.
Dec. 9. 60. Examination of Chris. Marshall, of Norwich, Draper. Practices of Mary, wife of John Woods, to poison her husband or be divorced from him. She professes to have a familiar spirit.
Dec. 10. 61. Testimony of Mary Lunne, of Consford. Mary Woods and her husband slept at her house, and stole some articles of dress, and a brass pot. With her bond to appear against her at the Sessions.
Dec. 10. 62. Testimony of Kath. Mason, that she received in person the before-named goods, stolen by Mary Woods.
Dec. 10 ? 63. Examination of Peter Walker's wife, relative to money obtained from her by "cunning Mary," alias Mary Woods, on pretence of saving her from death by witchcraft.
Dec. 10.
London.
64. Giov. Franc. Biondi to Carleton. Scotland has very unexpectedly sent the Princess [Elizabeth] 20,000l. for a wedding present. Count Henry leaves for Holland. Italian.
Dec. 17.
London.
Isaac Wake to the Same. The vacant offices are to be filled up. Sir Ralph Winwood is gaining ground. Visct. Rochester has been in some disgrace, but his credit is much increased by his tender attentions to the King during a recent illness. Sir Thos. Lake had a commission to correspond with foreign Ambassadors, and keep them informed of all matters of consequence; this was thought a step to the Secretaryship; but he assumed too much upon it, and it was taken away. Latham, a priest, hanged at Tyburn. So many Catholics were present that they spoke of attempting a rescue. The Council have had meetings to suppress recent assemblies of Catholics, who speak too boldly. Lord Darcy sent for by his friends, lest his lands be forfeited for recusancy. Sir Hen. Wotton has printed a letter to defend the King against the charge of sending Ambassadors "ad mentiendum reipublicæ causâ." [Venice Corresp., Dec. 19.]
Dec. 17.
London.
65. Chamberlain to Carleton. Sir Rich. Coxe, and five others, fined in the Star Chamber for reporting a slander against the Lord Privy Seal. Bailey, the Prince's Chaplain, being enjoined to explain his sermon, repeated his accusation, and others have preached in the same strain. Solemn obsequies performed for the Prince at Oxford, and elegies written. Death of Sir Wm. Sydney, Lord Lisle's eldest son; also of old Sir Thos. Shirley, and Sir John Harrington. The King gone from Royston to Theobalds. Sir Fras. Bacon, in his Essay on Deformity, has described to the life his little cousin [Salisbury]. Sir Hen. Wotton has printed a reply to Schoppius. A priest, named Latham or Molyneux, hanged at Tyburn, and died confidently. Mischief of allowing scaffold harangues.
Dec. 18. 66. Sir Wm. Fleetwood to the Same. The Prince's death owing, not to poison, but to the pestilential fever of the season. The King has returned from Royston to Whitehall; his grief moderated. He promises to consider the servants of the late Prince, whose death adds 50,000l. per ann. to his income. Mourning is soon to be laid aside, on account of the Lady Elizabeth's marriage, the dower agreement being signed. Projected changes of office. Begs, for a friend, a pound of quicksilver from the mines of Istria, which cannot be had without special licence, as it is reserved for the King of Spain's use in his goldworks in India.
Dec. 18. 67. Declaration of Fras. Conyers, of Ragley, co. Warwick, in behalf of Sir Edw. Conway, that he will deliver to Fras. Harewell, before Jan. 1 ensuing, a bond by which the late Sir Thos. Harewell and Fras. Harewell were pledged in 220l. to pay 110l. to Wm. Stannard, of London. Annexed is,
67. I. Receipt by Fras. Harewell of the above bond, Dec. 20, 1612.
Dec. 19.
London.
68. Isaac Wake to Lady [Carleton]. Cannot get the Queen's picture yet. She sits in a darkened room hung with black, but speaks cheerfully. Funeral of Prince Henry; 2,000 mourners followed him from St. James's to Westminster by Charing Cross. Nine banners were carried by Earl's sons. Under the canopy a goodly image of the Prince, clothed in his richest garments, which caused many tears and sighs. Never beheld so much sorrow. Account of the mourners and of the ceremonial in the church. The Heralds, after proclaiming the late Prince's titles, wished Prince Charles longer life than his brother.
Dec. 20. Licence to Sir Rich. Wigmore to buy as much cod and ling as shall amount to 12,732 lasts for 21 years. [Grant Bk., p. 101.]
Dec. 25.
London.
Isaac Wake to Carleton. Went to church to see the King's first appearance after the Prince's death. The people pleased with his cheerfulness. The Prince Palatine and Lady Elizabeth there. The King in bed with a sore toe, but will not have it called the gout. Chapter of the Garter at Whitehall. The young Palatine and Count Maurice made Knights. Sir John Swinnerton charged the farmers of customs before the Council with defrauding the King in his imposts. A posthumous work of Parsons, the Jesuit, attacks Sir Hen. Wotton. Saw the King, Prince, and Lady Elizabeth go to chapel. The Bishop of Ely preached. The King received the communion. [Venice Corresp., Dec. 25.]
Dec. 25. 69. Extract from the above.
Dec. 31.
London.
70. Chamberlain to Carleton. Little prospect of Carleton's advancement, but hopes he will get allowance for mourning. The six months' commission for the Treasury is renewed. Sir Thos. Lake, at the affiancing of the Lady Elizabeth, translated the service into French so badly as to excite laughter. The Scots, since the Prince's death, wished to have her married to the Marquis of Hamilton. The Lord Mayor [Sir John Swinnerton] accused the farmers of customs of defrauding the King of 70,000l. a year, but they were acquitted. An Ambassador, come from Lorraine to condole, is expected to offer a match for the young Prince. Death of Lady Webb.
Dec. 31.
London.
Isaac Wake to the Same. The King is gone to Hampton Court. Mourning allowances to be given to foreign Ambassadors. On Dec. 27, the contract was solemnized between the Prince Palatine and Lady Elizabeth. Details of the ceremony. The Queen absent, not from distaste, but a fit of the gout. Overtures from Spain and France for matching the Prince. The latter likely to be accepted. [Venice Corresp., Dec. 31
Dec. 31. 71. Extract from the above.
Dec. 31. Licence to Jos. Usher, Warner Rich, and Godfrey de Vette, to devise and exercise the new kind of instrument or engine to be wrought by water, wind, man, or horse, for fourteen years. [Grant Bk., p. 97. See Sept. 21.]
Dec. 31. 72. Edw. Reynoldes to Sir John Rawlins. Remonstrates against his demand of 500l. towards his intended journey to Italy. Sir Geo. Coppin, who holds his money, will not advance it beforehand. Refuses to lend him more himself. Urges his return to Rouen, and thence to England. Points out the consequences of his prodigality. Sir Peter Osborne, Mr. Christopher, and himself are equal in the trust for him.
[Dec. 31.] 73. Duplicate of the above.

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1612 ?
[Oxford.]
74. Susan Nicholas to her brother, Edw. Nicholas, at Oxford. Has sent him accounts, and will send socks and books. Hopes he will come home this Whitsuntide.
75. The Same to the Same, at Oxford. Could not write before, having the toothache and the mumps.
76. Wm. Bow to the Same. Thanks for his Latin letter; college news.
77—84. Latin verses and orations written by Edw. Nicholas at college; most of them in letters addressed to his father. Eight papers.
85, 86. Two similar papers from Matthew Nicholas.
Anonymous to —. For warrants to search Sir Art. Ashin's house, called White Webbs, much frequented by recusants, where the Gunpowder Treason was hatched; also another house, a mile distant, at Holly Bush Hill, equally dangerous. [Gunpowder Plot Bk., No. 235.]
87. Thos. Wilson to Ambrose Randolph, his son-in-law. Sends him another mistress to wear next his heart, and prevent his doting too much on his new wife. Has not her present ready yet.
88. Articles exhibited against Gerard Prior, Vicar of Elsfield, diocese Worcester, by his parishioners, complaining of many irreverent and immoral acts.
89. Tract, addressed by Sir Walter Cope to the King, on the injuries sustained by the English from the Hollanders in trade, more especially in coinage, cloth, and fishing.
90. Rough draft of the above tract.
91. Reasons why the copyholders of Spaldwick, co. Huntingdon, refuse to purchase their copyholds; and notes on the state of the manor, addressed to some party who wishes to purchase it.
92. Memorandum of the quantities of plate given to certain foreign Ambassadors [chiefly French], from 21 Eliz. to 10 Jac. I., and of that received by Sir Geo. Carew, when Ambassador in France.
93. List of the Lords, Bishops, and Peers of England, and of the Ladies Dowager.
94. Licence to Edw. Sheldon, of Beoly, co. Worcester, to go to the Spa for recovery of his health.
95. Account of the lands and possessions of the late Monastery of Kirkstall, co. York.
96. Estimate of the benefit that His Majesty receives in household provisions bought by composition and by convention, besides the benefit of carriage at his removals.
97. "Extracts out of the records, wherein may be collected by what means the Kings of England have and may raise money, written by Sir R[obert] C[otton], Knight and Baronet."
98. Points for consideration in an intended commission for managing the King's revenue, viz., to supervise the compositions with recusants, many of whom pay nothing or much less than ordered by law; to revise debts installed, and procure their speedy payment; to examine into the sales of the King's woods, many of which are sold much below their value; to grant fee-farm leases of the Crown lands at greatly augmented rents; to take the accounts of the Receiver of the Court of Wards and Liveries, as the new orders must greatly increase its revenues; to estimate the income and expenditure of the Crown, and assign certain revenues to certain objects which are of greatest importance.
99. Arguments to prove that the revenue of the Court [of Wards], arising from rents of wards' lands, may be greatly increased; with instances from lands in Northamptonshire.
100. List of fees of officers in the Courts at Westminster, officers of the household, captains and soldiers of castles and bulwarks, keepers of houses, parks, forests, and chaces, &c.
101. The Dean, Prebendaries, and Scholars of Christ Church, Oxford, to Rochester. Complimentary. Request him to become their patron, and a member of their college, which boasts a regal foundation, and has the Duke of Lenox, Lord Aubigny, Sackvilles, Cliffords, and Sydneys, as members. Latin.
102. Orders issued by Sir John Swinnerton, Lord Mayor of London, and Conservator of the River Thames and Waters of Medway, for the preservation of the fish, especially salmon, in the Thames. Printed.
103. Notes of the title of the City of London to the conservancy of the Thames from Staines Bridge, westward, to the water of Medway, eastward.
104. Plan of Bowewood, in Chippenham Forest, co. Wilts.
105. Memorial showing the disadvantages to general trade from the Merchant Adventurers' Company exporting so large a quantity of undressed cloth, and proposing that, by way of penalty, they should pay a sum of money to His Majesty.
106. Observations by Mr. Misselden on "The occasion of the great imposition upon English Cloth in the Prince Cardinal's countries, and the cause of the continuance thereof."
Divers commissions to the Earls of Ellesmere, Salisbury, and Northampton, and others, to hear and try rebellious persons in divers counties. [Grant Bk. p. 90.]