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| Sept. 1. |
75. Bond of Wm. Tight, of Faversham, Sailor, similar to those of
Aug. 22. |
Sept. 2.
London. |
76. Sir Gerard Herbert to Carleton. The King is in good health,
and coming to Woodstock, and thence to Windsor, for St. George's
Feast. Death of old Sir John Herbert at Cardiff, and of young
Lord Herbert, only son of the Earl of Montgomery. Sir Harry
Portman has broken his neck. Lady Roxburgh has gone to Scotland,
and Lady Ruthven succeeds her. |
Sept. 3.
Court at Coventry. |
77. Injunction by the Attorney General against printing or selling
a book compiled by the King's orders on the Oath of Allegiance, by
any except Edw. Lord Morley, and his deputies, to whom the sole
licence is granted therefor. |
| Sept. 4. |
78. Bond by Hen. Danon, of Faversham, Ship Master, similar to
those of Aug. 22. |
| Sept. 5. |
79, 80. Similar bonds by Mark Pearse and Jeremy Pett, of Faversham, Shipowners. Two papers. |
| Sept. 7. |
81. Similar bond by Geo. Southowse, of Faversham, Victualler. |
| Sept. 12. |
82. Muster roll of the Garrison of Deal Castle. |
| Sept. 13. |
83—85. Muster roll of the Garrison of Sandown Castle. Three
copies. |
Sept. 14.
Windsor. |
86. Winwood to Lord Stanhope, Treasurer of the Chamber.
Warrant for payment of 10l. to Wm. Diston, for carrying letters
to Brussels. |
Sept. 15.
Dover. |
87. Examination of Robt. Jeneson, of Neston, near Liverpool.
Went to the Spa for his health; is, and always was, a Catholic, but
is not a priest. Refuses the Oath of Allegiance. |
Sept. 15.
Dover. |
88. Examination of Fras. Edwards, Servant to the above. Particulars of his past services, and of his engagement with Mr. Jeneson,
with whom he went abroad. Refuses to go to church, or take the
Oath of Allegiance. |
| Sept. 15. |
89. Note of fall of the wall at Sandgate Castle, with plan of the
breach and platform. |
Sept. 15.
Dover. |
90. Wm. Ward to Rich. Younge. Has received the old licences
from Dieppe, and expects those from Treport. |
Sept. 16.
Eton. |
91. Sir Hen. Savile to Carleton. Wishes to know the price of
the hangings before they are bought. The King came back from
Scotland to Windsor, and is now gone to London. |
Sept. 17.
Duesy. |
92. Pass by the Archbp. of St. Andrews, for Edm. Canna, an Irish
Franciscan, who has been prisoner in Edinburgh Castle, to go into
France or Flanders, on condition of his not returning into the King's
dominions without licence. |
| Sept. 17. |
93—95. Muster rolls of the garrison of Sandgate Castle. Three
copies. |
| Sept. 17. |
96. Muster roll of the garrison of Mote's Bulwark. |
Sept. 17.
Croydon. |
97. Archbp. Abbot to Lord Zouch. Thinks Rich. Stephenson is
not the same with Thos. Stephenson, the Jesuit, who used to be with
Catesby, and that, as he is willing to take the Oath of Allegiance,
he should be dismissed, with a caution on his behaviour. |
Sept. 19.
St. Bartholomew's. |
[Winwood] to Sir Hen. Wotton. The Jesuit sent over by
Wotton refused to confess anything, except under promise of remaining a pensioner in England, if needful for his safety; his relation
when given was "so senseless and sleeveless a tale" that all were surprised at a man of learning travelling so far to tell it; he declared
he had nothing further to tell, and was therefore dismissed, with
100l. for his journey. [Venice Corresp., Sept. 19.] |
Sept. 25.
London. |
98. Sir Art. Tyringham to Carleton. Desires directions as to the
greyhounds. Sir Edw. Coke recalled to the Council table. The King
returned to Hampton Court. |
| [Sept. 27.] |
99. [The Council] to the King. His revenue was proved nearly
equal to his ordinary expenditure, and assignments were made on it
accordingly, but his great extraordinaries have interrupted all. The
100,000l. to be borrowed of the Farmers of Customs, by 25,000l. a
year, for payment of his debts, fails, because the sale of woods, from
which the farmers were to be repaid, proves so injurious that they
dare not pursue it. The 120,000l. borrowed from the City and
merchant strangers, which was to have gone towards the debts,
will almost all be swallowed up in extraordinaries since Christmas;
viz., gifts on his departure, provision for the journey, enlarging of
Theobalds Park, charges of Ambassadors, and the accounts from
Christmas to Lady Day. The total debt is now 726,000l.; 114,000l. is
provided for by sale of forests; for the rest, the ways are left to His
Majesty's best judgment. |
| [Sept. 27.] |
100. Draft of part of the above. |
| Sept. 29. |
101. Account of certain rents from Pinchbeck, Saythorpe, Orby,
&c., "which my lady hath sent unto the executores." |
| Sept. 29. |
102. Note of abuses formerly committed in the office of Clerk of
the Pipe, and now in course of reformation by Sir Hen. Crooke and
Ant. Rous. [See 1617, undated No. 97.] |
Sept. 30.
Hampton Court. |
103. Winwood to Lord Stanhope. Warrant for payment of 10l. to
Wm. Diston. [Same as Sept. 14.] |
| Sept. 30. |
104. Account Book for the Office of Ordnance for the past quarter. |
| Sept. |
105. Account of the ordinary receipts of the Crown to Michaelmas,
total 464,296l., of the issues 495,844l, showing a deficit of 31,548l.,
which, added to 105,481l. spent in extraordinaries, makes the total
deficit for the year 137,029l. Indorsed with a comparison of the
totals with those of 1616. Damaged. |
| Sept. |
106. Rich. Clarke to the King. Having served him and the late
Queen thirty years, begs for a poor Knight's place at Windsor, and
payment of allowance for his place in the Star Chamber. |
| Sept. |
107. Memorandum of butter bought above the composition, since
Oct. 3, 1616; viz., for the King, 2,704lbs. at 7d. per lb., and for the
household 9,257lbs. at 4d. and 5d. |
| Sept. ? |
108. List [by Winwood] of English scholars in foreign colleges and
monasteries; with note of Fludd's writing against the proclamation. |
| Sept. |
109. List of sums paid by the several Farmers of Customs during the
past year, for the new impositions; total 16,323l. 10s. 1d. |
| Sept. ? |
110. The King to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London. To
excuse Thos. Plummer from serving the office of Sheriff, on account
of his deafness, the times requiring a younger and more active man. |
