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June 1.
Greenwich. |
Order in Council, founded on recommendation of the Lord
Mayor and Recorder of London, that no bricklayer in London, or
within two miles round, shall be permitted to do the work of a
plasterer, whereby they injure the Plasterers' Company and the
foreign plasterers. Prefixing, |
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Recapitulation of orders made March 3, 1580, and confirmed March 18, 1585, by the Mayor of London, Sir
Thos. Pullyson, and others, regulating the respective
trades of plasterers and bricklayers. London, April 5,
1585. [Dom. Corresp., Aug. 13, infra.] |
| June 5. |
Grant of special licence to Adam Newton, John Southcote, and
John Wood, to use the art of steeping seed to be sown, for the
furtherance of tillage in England and Wales, for eleven years.
[Grant Bk., p. 118.] |
June 5.
Westminster. |
Proclamation of the effect of Letters Patent granted to Adam
Newton, John Southcote, and John Wood, for the use of their new
invention of a liquor for steeping all kinds of grain for sowing. With
note by the patentees of their willingness to give information, &c.
upon it. Printed. [Proc. Coll., No. 22 A.] |
June 10.
London. |
1. Chamberlain to Carleton. Sir Robt. Mansell committed to
the Marshalsea for resisting a commission to reform abuses in the
Navy, and Whitelock, the lawyer, for pronouncing the commission
illegal, and speaking too boldly against the authority of the Marshal's
court. The Irish Parliament is adjourned, because the Popish faction
will not recognize the new boroughs erected by the King, and also on
account of a dissention in the choice of a Speaker. The case of
Sutton's hospital is arguing before all the Judges, most of whom
incline towards it. The cause of the Earl of Essex's divorce in
hearing at Lambeth. The Queen well entertained at Bristol and
elsewhere. The Ambassador of Savoy well received; Sir Hen.
Wotton is never away from him. The Aldermen have Privy Seals for
loans of 200l. before their old money is paid. Death of Mr. Hare, of
the Court of Wards, and Sir Geo. Gifford. |
June 11.
Westminster. |
Proclamation for apprehension of John Cotton, of Warblington,
otherwise of Subberton, co. Hants, on suspicion of high treason.
With description of his person. Printed. [Proc. Coll., No. 23.] |
| June 13. |
Lease to Sir Thos. Challoner of the manor of East Garston, co.
Berks, and a stock of 200 sheep. [Docquet.] |
| June 13. |
Presentation of John Wood to the parish church of East Mersea,
diocese of London. [Docquet.] |
June 13.
Whitehall. |
2. Proceedings in Council in the case of Sir Robt. Mansell and
James Whitelock, lawyer, on June 12, for contempt. A commission being issued for inquiry into abuses in the navy, Sir Robt.
Mansell employed Whitelock to take exceptions to the said commission, who did so in a very contemptuous and disloyal manner,
attacking the King's prerogative, for which he stands charged, as
does Sir Robert, for seeking undutifully to oppose His Majesty's
proceedings. On hearing their charges, both expressed penitence and
submission, begged remission of further penalties, and restoration to
favour. They were required to set down their submissions in writing,
which they did, and the following day, June 13, after grave admonitions to beware of meddling with His Majesty's prerogative,
they were liberated and restored to favour. |
| June 14. |
3. Examination of Mary Woods. Gave a powder to Lady Essex
to wear round her neck, because she wished to have a child. |
| June 14 ? |
4. Visct. Rochester to Dr. Craig. The King wishes him to attend
on Sir Thos. Overbury when he requires it, and to give him as
much of his company as is needful. |
| June 15. |
Grant, in reversion, to Hen. Lord Danvers, of the office of Keeper
of St. James's Palace, &c., co. Middlesex, for life. [Grant Bk.,
p. 111.] |
| June 15. |
5. Grant to Sir Robt. Wroth of purchase of the manor of Loughton, alias Luckton, co. Essex. Latin. |
| June ? |
6. Statement that if the King resume the imposts of French
and Rhenish wines, there is offered for the eight years remaining
of the lease 19,000l. per ann., being 5,000l. more than the present
rent, a fine of 10,000l. and 200 tuns allowance for the King's
household. |
| June ? |
7. Wm. Garway, John Wolstenholme, and Nich. Salter to the
King. Though their grant of the farm of French wines is good in
law, they are willing to offer for its confirmation 16,000l. in money,
or 12,000l. in money and 2,000l. increase in rent, or 5,000l. increase
in rent. |
| June 17. |
8. Order in the cause of the King v. Wm. Garway, Nich. Salter,
John Wolstenholme, and John Bowsar, lessees of the customs on
French and Rhenish wines, that on account of certain frauds
detailed in obtaining their lease, the profits be sequestered into
the hands of indifferent persons, to hold them till the case is decided
by law. |
June 20.
Palace of Westminster. |
9. Warrant for payment to Sir Roger Dallison, Lieutenant of
Ordnance, of 1,294l. 7s. 8d. for providing and transporting munitions to Ireland; indorsed with note of payment thereof by
Edw. Wardour. |
June 23.
London. |
10. Chamberlain to Carleton. Sir Thos. Bodley's executors
cannot excuse him of unthankfulness to many of his relatives
and friends, he being "so drunk with the applause and vanitie of
his librarie, that he made no conscience to rob Peter to pay Paul."
The decision on Sutton's [will] case given in its favour by ten
judges against one. The divorce between the Earl and Countess of
Essex is soon to be decided, and is important, as opening a gap
which would not soon be stopped. It is said that Rochester is in
love with her. The King and Queen at Greenwich. The King
going on a progress. |
| June ? |
11. The King to the Executors of Thos. Sutton, of Cambridgeshire,
and the Governors of the Charter House, Middlesex. Requires
them to assign a meet allowance to Roger Sutton, son of the late
Thos. Sutton, who was overlooked in his father's disposition of his
large estates. |
| June ? |
12. Draft of the above. |
| June ? |
13. Case of the above Roger Sutton, in his suit for a portion
out of the estate of his late father Thos. Sutton, with proofs of his
filiation. |
| June ? |
14. Copy of the above. |
June 23.
Westminster. |
15. Grant, with survivorship, to Thos. Lake and Wm. Hill, of
the office of writing, expediting, and exemplifying all letters patent
of the King's lands, &c. within the survey of the Exchequer. Latin. |
| June. |
Docquet of the above. [Docquet, June 13.] |
June 25.
Venice. |
16. Sir Dud. Carleton to the King. Seizure, at Melamocco, of
Bibles translated into Portuguese for the use of the Jews, by the
Pope's Nuncio, who declared that the Bible was the cause of all
heresy. The people deride, and call to mind a saying of the present
Pope, "that the preaching of the gospel is the destruction of the
church." |
June 26.
Greenwich. |
17. Grant to Edw. Polton, in reversion after his father John
Polton, of the place of Falconer to the King. |
| June ? |
18. Earl of Northampton to Sir Thos. Waller, to deliver up the
pirates of the States, to a Dutch man-of-war sent over to fetch
them away. |
| June ? |
19. Considerations on the project for alum, presented by Mr. Ingram, and [Robt.] Johnson; viz., the present state of the three
years' lease of the three northern houses; Sir Wm. Clavell's
contract with the Master of the Wards [Sir Walter Cope]; the
necessity of fixing the limits of the King's charges, &c. |
| June ? |
20. Statement addressed to the King of the result of an investigation by Sir Walter Cope, Art. Ingram, and Robt. Johnson, on
the state of the alum works, as left by the late farmers; of their
arrangements to pay them 77,500l. worth of alum, in lieu of their
expenses; with an estimate of the charge and profit of the alum
works. Sir Wm. Clavell offers to contract for his alum and coal
mines. |
| June ? |
21. Account of the present state of the alum business, according
to the preceding arrangements, with suggestions of a modification
thereof, in reference to a proposed patent for alum. |
| June ? |
Re-grant to the Earl of Northampton and Sir Julius Cæsar,
of the honours, lordships, and manors of Tynedale and Wark, the
Castle of Wark, and other lands, &c., co. Northumberland, by them
transferred to the Crown, with a view to their re-conveyance to
Lady Elizabeth, wife of Lord Walden, daughter and co-heir of the
late Earl of Dunbar. [Sign Man., vol. III., No. 8.] |
| June 28. |
Grant to John Okes of the office of Clerk of the Great Wardrobe, for life. [Grant Bk., p. 118.] |
