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| Jan. 2. |
Grant to Edward Lord Bruce of the Grange of Dodderston, co.
York, with other lands of the [late] Earl of Lenox. [Ind. Wt. Bk.,
p. 49.] |
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| Jan. 2. |
1. Testimony of Mich. Humfrey and Walter Mogg relative to the
arrest of Henry Carey the younger, in the house of Walter Elsley;
popish relics found. |
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| Jan. 3. |
2. Examination of Wm. Durnford of Hamworth, Dorsetshire,
servant to Henry Carey, sen. Meeting of priests and masses at
his master's house. With note from Thomas Visct. Bindon [to
the Council] that Hen. Carey, sen., has granted lands to Thos.
Loader, alias Thos. Suttell, a seminary priest, whom he has placed in
the service of the Earl of Northumberland, or his brother, where he
now is. |
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| Jan. 3. |
3. Lord Treasurer Dorset to Sir Thos. Lake. Instructions to
draw a Privy Seal, of which the form is prefixed, for 15,935£. 14s.,
for payment to divers shopkeepers of debts contracted by the
Queen. |
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| Jan. 3. |
4. Anne Lady Markham to Salisbury. Hopes soon to see Gerard
the priest, and will keep him in view till she can let Salisbury know
where he is. Had the watch at Harrowden been kept two days
longer, he would have been starved out. Is obliged to act very
cautiously, lest her party should suspect her of betraying them.
Richard, the butler, is in the Gatehouse, but in prisons, money will
help to send letters to friends. |
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Jan. 4.
Durham. |
5. Examination of Eleanor, wife of Thos. Jackson, of Bishop-
Auckland. Confesses that on Nov. 5, she said she was glad of
Parliament's meeting, as it would either end or mend them, meaning
recusants, who, she thought, would either be hanged and freed from
sorrow, or have liberty of conscience; denies similar charges drawn
from the examinations of John Pattison and Wm. Sonkey. |
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Jan. 4.
Stirling. |
6. John Earl of Mar to Salisbury. Has no greater care than the
welfare of the King, his children, and councillors. All things quiet
in Scotland. |
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Jan. 7.
Exeter. |
7. Mayor of Exeter to the Same. Information of an embargo laid
on English ships and goods in Spain, about the time of the horrible
intended treason. Incloses,
7. I. Examination of Edward Bayley, shipmaster, in relation
thereto. Jan. 6. |
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Jan. 8.
Edinburgh. |
8. Earl of Dunfermline to the Same. Though the Powder Treason
was not openly supported abroad, the conspirators had intelligence
with persons dependent on foreign princes. The Earl of Dunbar
diligent at the Council. The Earl of Mar expected when it meets at
Linlithgow, for the censure of some troublesome ministers, against
whom the King has conceived greater offence than they are worthy
of. The town is free from plague, &c. |
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Jan. 8.
Florence. |
9. Tobie Matthew to Dud. Carleton. Presumes the sickness of
Lord Norris prevented Carleton from being in England time enough
to be suspected of implication in the Powder Plot, on account of his
connection with Northumberland. His own travels in Italy; names
of Englishmen there. |
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| Jan. 8. |
Anonymous to --. The Earl of Salisbury is as violent as ever
against Catholics; some of the best sort should request the mediation
of the Spanish Ambassador; if that fail they must "ferire" or
"perire." His son might get a place in Salisbury's service, "and soe
have an open way to doe what they list." "If Hector weare gone
the Troians would be quietter." Signed, "You know me." Indorsed,
"Copy of a writing found in the street, at one Lees' dore, over against
St. Clement's church, the 8th of Jan. 1605." [G. Plot Bk., No. 162.] |
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| Jan. 8 ? |
10. D. B. [Rich. or David Barrett] to [Mr. Roberts]. Expects to
be discharged. The Bishop checks the keeper for base usage of him,
which had compelled him to write to a Privy Councillor. Conspiracy
detected of five persons who have sworn to kill the King and Salisbury. Lassells, of the Bed Chamber, committed. Words between
the Earls of Devonshire and Salisbury. [See Feb. 12.] |
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Jan. 8 ?
Gatehouse. |
11. Rich. Barrett to Thos. Ward. As to the delivery of the preceding letter to Mr. Roberts. |
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| Jan. 8. |
12. Confession of John Talbot. Came to his cousin Talbot at
Pepper-hill, 7th Nov.; told him of Winter's rising, and that his
brother Talbot was ordered by the Sheriff to be in readiness to serve
the King. |
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| Jan. 9. |
13. Examination of Sir Ever. Digby. Took the oath from Catesby,
but was excused by him from taking the sacrament upon it. |
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| Jan. 9. |
Examination of Guy Faukes. Sir Edw. Baynham was sent by
Catesby to the Pope, to complain of the persecutions of Catholics,
and was to be ready in Rome to negotiate for help, if the Plot succeeded. [G. Plot Bk., No. 163.] |
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| Jan. 9. |
Examination of Thos. Winter. Manner of taking the oath of
secresy; Gerard, alias Lee, the priest, gave them the sacrament
afterwards, but knew not of the Plot. [Ibid., No. 164.] |
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Jan. 9.
Gloucester. |
14. Recorder and others of Gloucester to the Vice-Chancellor, &c.,
of Oxford. Will further the projects of Jas. Jessopp, for making the
Thames navigable from Burcott to Oxford, and from thence to
Crockley-in-the-Edge, Gloucestershire. |
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| Jan. 10. |
Voluntary declaration of Hen. Morgan, late of Norbrook, co.
Warwick. Has seen Greenway at Winter's and Grant's; he was
with the conspirators on Nov. 6, attired in "coloured sattin done
with gould lace," but left them. [G. Plot Bk., No. 165.] Annexed is,
I. Note by Amb. Rokewood of seeing Catesby and Percy converse
at Winter's house with a gentleman, who then rode away.
[Ibid.] |
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| Jan. 11. |
15 Sir Rob. Mansell and Sir John Trevor to [Lord Admiral
Nottingham]. Recommend Capt. Chris. Newport for the reversion
of the office of one of the principal masters of the navy. |
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| Jan. 13. |
16. Lord Admiral Nottingham to Sir Rob. Mansell, Sir Hen.
Palmer, Sir John Trevor, and Sir Peter Buck, principal officers of
the navy. Grants to Capt. Chris. Newport the reversion solicited,
after the placing of John King. |
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| Jan. 13. |
Examination of Thos. Bates, servant of Rob. Catesby. Was sent
from Mr. Grant's of Norbrook to Coughton, Thos. Throgmorton's
house, hired by Sir Ever. Digby, with a letter to Father Farmer,
alias Walley [Garnet]; he shewed the letter to Greenway, who
returned with Bates to Winter's house, and had an interview with
Catesby; thinks Greenway is at Mr. Abington's, in Worcestershire.
[G. Plot Bk., No. 166.] |
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| Jan. 13. |
Copy of the above. [Ibid., No. 167.] |
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Jan. 13.
Carlisle. |
17. Sir Wilfrid Lawson to Salisbury. The Grahams still returning, but hardly any arrested. Gaol deliveries at Carlisle and
Newcastle. Thanks for being reinstated in Cockermouth Castle. |
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Jan. 14.
Carlisle. |
18. Chris. Pickering and Cuth. Curwen to Lords Salisbury and
Wotton. They have summoned the tenants of the Earl of Cumberland, who promise to pay certain corn rents, notwithstanding that
they have paid the same to the Grahams, who have broken out as
open outlaws, and are the sole hindrance to the peace of the county. |
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| Jan. 15. |
Grant to Norman Lisle of the office of musician to the Duke of
York, for life. [Grant Bk., p. 13.] |
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Jan 15.
Whitehall. |
19. Earl of Salisbury to Lady Markham. Though loath to prosecute
the Jesuits, yet finding they have been principals in the conspiracy,
accepts her offer to apprehend Gerard the priest, and sends her a
blank warrant for his capture. Her fidelity may advantage her
husband. Gerard, Walley, and Greenway are the guilty priests. |
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Jan. 15.
Westminster. |
Proclamation for the apprehension and discovery of John Gerard,
Henry Garnet, and Oswald Tesmond. Printed. [Proc. Bk., p. 120.] |
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| [Jan. 15] |
20. Description of the person, &c., of John Gerard, the Jesuit. |
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| [Jan. 15.] |
21. Same of Greenwell, alias Tesmond. |
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| Jan. 15. |
22. Earl of Salisbury to Sir Thos. Lake. The dispute between
the Spanish Ambassador and M. Noel de Caron, the Dutch Ambassador, about the ship taken in the Narrow Seas, can only be settled
by the ordinary course of justice. Caron jealous of Spanish influence.
All prizes taken are compelled to be restored, if they come into the
Narrow Seas, which is hard upon the Hollanders who can scarcely
avoid those seas in returning home. |
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| Jan. 16. |
23. Roger Duckett to [Mr. Lanfrank ?]. Has not seen Mr.
Fountayne, and has no news of the bills of exchange. |
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| Jan. 17. |
Examination of Rob. Winter, of Huddington, Worcestershire. Past
associations with the conspirators; on Nov. 7th Father Hammond,
though knowing their share in the Plot, confessed and absolved them
all, and gave them the sacrament; when he and Stephen Littleton
fled, they sent twice to Father Hall for help. [G. Plot Bk., No. 168.] |
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| Jan. 17. |
Examination of the Same. Was told of the Plot by Catesby at
Oxford a year ago, and took the oath of secresy; Catesby said he
would save such of the Catholic nobility as he could, and would proclaim the Princess Elizabeth Queen. [Ibid., No. 169.] |
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| Jan. 17. |
Examination of Thos. Winter. Went to Rome in Christmas, 1599;
had the Plot succeeded, Hugh Owen would have instructed Sir
Edward Baynham to inform the Pope, and get help from him;
admission of Rob. Winter into the Plot; taking the sacrament at
Huddington. [Ibid., No. 170.] |
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| Jan. 17. |
Note by Amb. Rokewood that Catesby and Thos. Winter told
him that they had acquainted Rob. Winter with the Plot. [Ibid.,
No. 171.] |
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| Jan. 17. |
Examination of Stephen Littleton, of Holbeach, co. Stafford. His
share in the insurrection. Greenway was sent for to Huddington;
escaped with Rob. Winter, from Holbeach, and since then, they have
lain hid in barns and poor men's houses in Worcestershire. Went with
Thos. Winter to Mr. Talbot's, but did not hear what passed. Winter
said that Mr. Talbot was grieved with their proceeding. Took the
sacrament at Huddington, but will rather die than reveal what
passed between him and Hammond the priest. [G. Plot Bk., No. 172.] |
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| Jan. 17. |
24. Examination of Sir Everard Digby. Catesby told him that the
Papists' throats would be cut. |
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| Jan. 17. |
25. Examination of John Grant. He and Rob. Winter were sworn
into the Plot a year ago, at Oxford. Rob. Winter said it was a
dangerous matter, but for his oath's sake, he would not reveal it. |
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| Jan. 18. |
Examination of Rich. Cudberd, mariner, of Scarborough, and cook
in a ship called "the Gift of God." Interview at the English college
in Seville, in October last, with Father Westmoreland, who told
him he would find England in a different state at his return, from
that in which he left it. [G. Plot Bk., No. 173.] |
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| Jan. 18. |
26. Notes of the elections of Sir Wm. Waad, as member of
Parliament for Portpigham, Cornwall, and of Mr. Wright, for
Queenborough. |
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Jan. 18.
Warwick. |
27. Will. Combe to Salisbury. Sends a libel or commination,
found fixed on his gate. |
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Jan. 19.
Durham. |
28. Wm. James, Dean of Durham, to the Same. Has committed
"a base huswyfe, a recusant," for speeches before the Gunpowder Plot.
Begs that recusants' conveyances of their lands about the time of
the Plot, may be annulled by Parliament. Death of Archbishop
Hutton. |
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Jan. 19.
Charlton,
Worcestershire. |
Fras. Dingley to the Same. Encloses information which Alex.
Gower, servant to Rob. Winter, forgot to name in his examination
before Sir Hen. Bromley. [G. Plot Bk., No. 174.] |
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| Jan. 20. |
Declaration of Guy Faukes. Talked with Catesby about noblemen
being absent from the meeting of Parliament; he said Lord Mordaunt would not be there, because he did not like to absent himself
from the sermons, as the King did not know he was a Catholic; and
that Lord Stourton would not come to town till the Friday after
the opening. [Ibid., No. 175.] |
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| [Jan. 20.] |
29. Directions [written by Levinus Munck] to Sir Hen. Bromley,
Sheriff of Worcestershire, for searching Henlip House, Worcestershire; to pull down the wainscoat, bore the ground, drill the boards
and chimney corners, examine the attics and roof, &c., in search of
concealed hiding-places. |
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| Jan. 20. |
Lease, in reversion to Dr. John Hammond, of the site of the manor
of Chartley Beomond, co. Surrey, and others. [Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 49.] |
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Jan. 21.
Medianburg. |
30. Certificate by Christopher Ayala, Captain of a Spanish ship,
that he was "good prize." |
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| Jan. 21. |
Rob. Winter to the Lords Commissioners [for the Plot]. His
remonstrances with Catesby against the Plot. Purport of their
conversations. Catesby bribed the Littletons to join the meeting at
Dunchurch. Details of the insurrection. He refused to write to his
father-in-law Talbot, to persuade him to join them, because he knew
he would not. Wrote to Mr. Smallpeece, but did not send the letter.
(See Nov. 6, No. 19.) After they left Holbeach, they sent to Father
Hall for help, which was delayed. Was absolved, and took the
sacrament at Huddington. [G. Plot Bk., No. 176.] |
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| Jan. 21. |
Voluntary declaration of Amb. Rokewood. Confessed he told
Hammond, Nov. 7th, in confession, that he was sorry he had not
revealed the Plot, it seeming so bloody. Hammond absolved him,
without remark. [Ibid., No. 177.] |
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| Jan. 21. |
Declaration of Hen. Morgan. In his confession to Hammond,
Nov. 7th, said he knew not the conspirators' intent, but joined them
for the cause of religion. Hammond told him that whatever he did in
the Catholic cause was right, and absolved him. [Ibid, No. 178.] |
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Jan. 21.
Edinburgh. |
31. Earl of Dunfermline to Salisbury. The Council have met at
Linlithgow, and the refractory ministers were arraigned and
convicted of treason, by Assize men, chosen beforehand. Hopes his
Majesty will not often exact such services, for Puritanism is so
predominant, that more discontent will be caused than good done. |
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Jan. 21.
Enfield. |
32. Edw. Reynoldes to O. Reynoldes. Concerning the amount to be
offered to Mr. Kerry, for purchase of his office. |
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| Jan. 22 ? |
33. Same to the Same. Has received his letters, advertising
him that he has tendered his offer to Mr. Kerry. Private
business. |
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| Jan. 22. |
34. Lord Treasurer Dorset to Sir Thos. Lake. To draw a bill
for a pension of 200£. per ann., which he and the Earl of Devonshire
consider should be given to Rich. Tirrel, of Kiltefany, Cavan, for
good service done and to be done in Ireland, on condition of his
release of 527£. arrears, due on a former annuity. |
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| Jan. 23. |
35. John Gerard, Jesuit, to the Duke of Lenox. Protests his
ignorance of the conspiracy. Begs the Duke to influence the King
to grant him a speedy trial, that his innocence may be fully
established. Appeals to the dying testimony of the other conspirators, and to Sir E. Digby, who knows that he knew nothing of the
Plot two days beforehand. Incloses,
35. I. Same to Salisbury. To the same purport as the above, and
requesting an audience. Jan. 23.
35. II. Same to Sir Everard Digby. Implores him to exculpate
him from any knowledge of the conspiracy. Protests his
ignorance "without any equivocation, and the words thereof
so understood by me as they seem to others." Relates a
conversation between them on Nov. 2nd, which he begs
Digby to confirm. Has always disapproved violent
courses. Jan. 23. |
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| Jan. ? |
36. Mary Lady Digby to Salisbury. Thanks him for procuring the
letter from the Council, ordering the Sheriff of Buckinghamshire to
restore part of her property. Implores his intercession for the life of
her husband. |
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| Jan. 23. |
37. Same to the Same. Is in distress because the Sheriff of
Buckinghamshire refuses to obey the letter and restore her furniture,
&c., in spite of her bond to deliver it when demanded, and also
detains her husband's money. Entreats mercy for her husband. |
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| Jan. 23. |
38. Sir Henry Bromley, Sheriff of Worcestershire, to the Same.
His measures for searching Henlip House. Difficulties of the
search. Mr. Abington and all the household deny any knowledge
of the priests. Had given up hopes of finding any one, when two
men crept from a secret place, and surrendered through hunger and
cold. Thinks they are Owen and Hall. [They were Owen and
Chambers.] |
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| Jan. 24. |
Examination of Geo. Vavasour. Denies certain speeches about his
affection for Thos. Strange, and about the rebellions of Protestants,
which Thos. Audley, John Pett, John Jefferys, and John Johnson,
confronted with him, declared they heard him utter. [G. Plot Bk.,
No. 179.] |
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| Jan. 24. |
39. Informations of Rob. Hasselgrave and Rob. Ballmer, sailors,
taken before Chief Justice Popham, relative to certain discourses
of an Englishman, at the English College of Seville, on alterations
in England, and an expected revival of Popery. |
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Jan. 25.
Newcastle. |
40. Commissioners for the Borders to the Council. Executions
at the gaol delivery, at Carlisle and Newcastle. The Grahams are
in hopes of a general pardon; steps taken by Sir Hen. Leigh and
Sir Wm. Cranston, to arrest them. Beg that Sir Wilfrid Lawson
may be excused attendance at Parliament. |
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Jan. 25.
Newcastle. |
41. Sir Wm. Selby and Sir Wilfrid Lawson to Salisbury. Same
subjects as the preceding. Six of those executed at Newcastle were
followers of Thos. Percy. Neglect of the Provost Marshalls in not
apprehending the Grahams. |
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| Jan. 25. |
42. Minutes by John Locherson of a conversation, which he overheard in the Tower, between Rob. Winter and Guy Faukes, on the
probabilities relating to their trial and execution; that Lord Monteagle was said to have begged for some of them, &c.; their regret at
their failure in the Plot, and that no apology was published in its
justification. |
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| Jan. 25. |
43. Copy of the above. |
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| Jan. 26. |
Examination of Guy Faukes on the above conversation. [G. Plot
Bk., No. 180.] |
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| Jan. 26. |
44. Examination of Rob. Winter on the same conversation and
on other points. Father Walley was at his house twice last summer.
Has not written to Andrew Windsor for a year, but saw him in
November at Mr. Talbot's and Mr. Abington's. |
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Jan. 26
Newcastle. |
45. Sir Henry Leigh to Salisbury. Causes why the Grahams were
not apprehended; the chief obstacle was their being received in
Scotland. Is a suitor for the escheats of the fugitives. |
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| Jan. 27. |
Grant to Edmd. Beck and Henry Ashley, of the office of Constable
of the Castle of Bridgenorth, co. Salop, for life. [Grant Bk., p. 13.] |
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Jan. 27.
Gloucester. |
46. Mayor, &c. of Gloucester to Salisbury. Have apprehended
a man calling himself Valentine Palmer, but whom they suspect to
be Gerard, alias Brooke, the Jesuit, and who confesses that he once
served Percy. |
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| [Jan. 28.] |
47. Bill for assurance of lands, tenements, and other hereditaments
surrendered, forfeited, or escheated to the Crown. |
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Jan. 29.
Paris. |
48. Fras. Windebank to his father, Sir Thos. Windebank. Is
leaving Paris to avoid the profligate English. No talk in that town
but of the war with the Huguenots. The French King has raised
40,000 men, and will besiege the Duke of Bouillon in Sedan. |
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Jan. ?
Paris. |
49. Same to Salisbury. His previous essay in French being
well received by his Lordship, sends him a second attempt. General
satisfaction in France at his worthy reply to the impostors who
would have involved the whole estate in ruin, and are much irritated
against his Lordship. |
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| Jan. 29. |
50. The King to the Lord Chancellor. To enforce the payment of
such fees and duties as are appointed by Letters Patent to be paid
to certain officers and servants, by parties receiving the honour of
knighthood. |
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Jan. 30.
Worcester. |
51. Confession of Anth. Sherlock, a Priest. His conversion to
Rome and return to England; specifies the residences of the nobility
and gentry, where he has been received and performed mass. |
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Jan. 30.
Holt Castle. |
52. Sir Hen. Bromley to Salisbury. Has taken Garnet and Hall,
and conveyed them to his own house, to restore their strength for
their journey to London. Particulars of other prisoners taken in
"this wearisome action." A priest sent to Worcester and examined
by Mr. Attorney Fleet, whose services he commends. Incloses,
52. I. John Fleet to the Same. Has committed to gaol the
priest, and John Green, in whose house he said mass.
Mr. Abington's abuse of him, and his own good services
detailed. Worcester, 30 Jan. |
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| Jan. 30 ? |
53. Notes of evidences by Sir Hen. Bromley, that before Jan. 26,
Garnet and Hall were at Mr. Abington's house, with his knowledge,
and were well acquainted with the conspirators. |
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| Jan. 31. |
54. Substance of Sir Edw. Poole's motion in Parliament, concerning
thanks to Lord Monteagle; precautions against recusants, &c. |
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| Jan. 31. |
55. Thos. Wilson to Salisbury. Matters in progress in Parliament.
Sir Edw. Poole's speech relative to Lord Monteagle, the thanksgiving, and precautions against recusants. |
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| Jan. 31. |
56. Fras. Windebank to Sir Thos. Windebank. Proposes to spend
some months in Germany, in order to acquire that language, and
then to pass the winter in Italy. |
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| Jan. ? |
57. Sir Geo. Waldegrave to Salisbury. Suggests various restrictions to be laid on Aliens and Recusants. |
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[Feb. 1.]
[Westminster.] |
Commission to the Lord Mayor of London, the Lord Chancellor,
and others, for the maintenance of artillery. [Grant Book, p. 17.] |
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| Feb. 3. |
Grant, in reversion, to Sir Rob. Wroth, of the office of Keeper of
Woodford Walk, co. Essex, for life. [Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 45.] |
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| Feb. 3. |
Grant, in reversion, to the same, of the office of Forester of Linton
Walk, Waltham Forest, for life. [Ibid., p. 45.] |
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| Feb. 3. |
Grant, in fee-farm, to Sir John Norris, of lands and tenements,
in Berkshire, and other counties. [Ibid., p. 50.] |
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| Feb. 3. |
58. Deposition of Wm. Johnson, relative to his knowledge of -
Procter, supposed to be lunatic. [See 5 Feb.] |
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Feb. 4.
Ely House,
Holborn. |
59. Martin Heton, Bishop of Ely, to Salisbury. Geo. Smith, one
of the three condemned popish priests at Wisbeach, has become
a convert; he is an excellent musician, particularly on the organs. |
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| [Feb. 4.] |
60. Petition of Sir Geo. Selby and Hen. Chapman, members for
Newcastle-on-Tyne, to Salisbury. Their objections against a Bill
in the Upper House, relative to the lading of coals at Newcastle.
Incloses,
60. I. Recital of the Bill in the House of Lords, above alluded to.
60. II. Answer to the suppositions whereupon the above intended
Act is grounded. [The Bill was thrown out in the
Lords.] |
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| Feb. ? |
61. Thomas Phelippes to Salisbury. Is grieved at having fallen
under suspicion. Sir Thomas Fowler has executed the warrant for
searching his house and papers, in a vexatious manner. |
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| Feb. ? |
62. Copy of the above. |
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Feb. 4.
Gatehouse. |
63. Same to the Same. Is innocent of the Plot. Only kept up
his correspondence abroad to serve the Government. Deciphered
letters between Gifford and Paget. Freeman, alias [Henry] Spiller,
told him of the Plot about 8th Nov., and condemned it. Wishes to
serve the State, or else to lead a retired life, if he can settle his
reckoning with the King. |
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| Feb. 4. |
Examination of Edward Lord Stourton. Intercourse with the
conspirators. Reasons for not coming up to the opening of
Parliament. [G. Plot Bk., No. 181.] |
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| Feb. 4. |
Examination of Henry Lord Mordaunt. Intercourse with the
conspirators. Rob. Keyes' wife taught his children. Wrote to Lord
Compton for leave of absence from Parliament because he was
seeking evidence about his assart lands. [Ibid., No. 182.] |
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Feb. 5.
Wickham. |
64. Sir Hen. Bromley to Salisbury. Is bringing up the prisoners,
but Garnet's weakness compels them to travel slowly. Incloses,
64. I. List of the prisoners, viz.: Abington, Garnet, Hall, Owen,
Chambers, and two servants. |
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| Feb. 5. |
Lease to Francis, Earl of Cumberland, of lands, co. Cumberland,
parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster. [Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 42.] |
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| Feb. 5. |
65. Examination of Tho. East, waterman, on the sayings of
- Procter. [See 3 Jan.] |
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Feb. 5.
Durham. |
66. Dean James to Salisbury. Arrest and examinations of John
Sicklemore, alias Ward, a priest; curious specimens of his equivocation. Salisbury's Exposure of Equivocations is greedily read.
Wm. Tailbois, Percy's man, indicted for murder of Roger Smith.
Incloses,
66. I. Note of the examination of Rob. Hawkesworth relative to
Sicklemore, and his equivocations. Feb. 5. Durham. |
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Feb. 6.
Edinburgh. |
67. Earl of Mar to Salisbury. Regrets his illness. Hopes the
Scotch Parliament will be over by St. George's day. Recommends
Sir Henry Carmichael. Thinks Sir Edward More shoots at him
(Mar), in a bill which he has brought into Parliament for satisfaction
of all leases granted in her late Majesty's time. Begs that the affair
may be settled by Common Law. |
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Feb. 7.
Friday. |
68. Order of the Court of Exchequer for the officers of the Navy,
viz., Sir Hen. Palmer, Comptroller, Sir John Trevor, Surveyor, and
Sir Peter Bucke, Clerk; Sir John Linewray, Surveyor, and Sir
Stephen Ridlesden, Clerk of the Ordnance; Sir Amyas Preston,
Keeper of the Store, and Sir Robt. Johnson, Clerk of the Deliveries;
Sir David Coningham, Surveyor of the Works, Simon Basill, Comptroller, Cornelius Cure, Master Mason, and Wm. Portington, Master
Carpenter, to take the oaths for passing the accounts of their
respective offices; with the form of the oaths to be taken, on entering
any of the said offices. |
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| Feb. 7. |
Grant to Edw. Sheppard of the Office of Sealer in Chancery, for
life. [Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 46.] |
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| Feb. 7. |
Grant, in reversion, to Rob. Thornton, of the office of mollifying
the wax in Chancery, for life. [Ibid., p. 46.] |
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Feb. 7.
Durham. |
69. Dean James to Salisbury. Sends a "damnable lybell, in
manner of a letter from our Saviour Jesus, but indeed from the
devill and his impes." Incloses,
69. I. Libel against the King for yielding to his Council in
persecuting Catholics, received by Cuthbert Hawdon from
John Potter. Feb. 3.
69. II. Examinations of Chris. Wright, John Philpott, Cuthbert
Hawdon, Gilbert Spence, and Thos. and George Wilson,
relative to the above libel. Feb. 3. |
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| Feb. |
70, 71. Two copies of the above libel. |
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Feb. 8.
Durham. |
72. Dean James to Salisbury. Urges his claims to the Bishoprick
of Durham, in case of a vacancy. |
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| Feb. 9. |
Grant to Philip, Earl of Montgomery, of the site of Montgomery
Castle. [Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 42.] |
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| Feb. 9. |
Grant to Fr. Beaumont of the office of Bailiff of Waltham and
Blenfield, co. Norfolk, for life. [Ibid., p. 45.] |
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Feb. 9.
Padstow,
Cornwall. |
73. Nich. Prydeaux to the Council. Charges against John
Penrose, recusant, of Mawgan, Cornwall, servant to John Arundel,
of Lanherne. Incloses,
73. I. Examinations of Richow, wife of Mich. Penvose, and
John Bennet, relative to seditious words uttered by John
Penvose, last Michaelmas, that the King would not long
be King; with John Penvose's answer to the same. Jan. 30. |
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| Feb. 10. |
74. Examination of Harry Bond as to disrespectful words which
he heard spoken against the Earl of Salisbury. |
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| Feb. 10 ? |
75. Remonstrance against the Statute 34 Hen. VIII.c. 26 [repealed
21 Jac. I. c. 10], whereby the King is empowered to make laws for
Wales by Letters Patent. [See Jour. Commons, Vol. i., p. 265.] |
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| [Feb. 10.] |
76. Sir Fras. Bacon to Salisbury. Sends the draft of a preamble
for the Subsidy. |
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| Feb. 10. |
77. Thos. Erskine, Lord Dirleton, to the Same. The King
desires Salisbury to influence the Lower House to pay a subsidy,
rather than yearly payments, as giving more relief for his debts. |
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| Feb. 10. |
78. Dud. Carleton to Same. Desires to be restored to his attendance in Parliament. |
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| Feb. 10. |
79. Same to Levinus [Munck]. To deliver the above to the
Earl of Salisbury. His absence from Parliament, whilst the laws
against recusants are passing, causes him to be reflected upon. |
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Feb. 10.
Chester. |
80. Mayor, &c. of Chester to Salisbury. Thanks for his procuring
the King's license for them to have free election of a Recorder.
Solicit repayment of monies, advanced for sending a messenger to
Ireland. |
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| Feb. 11. |
Grant to Sir James Hay of the reversion of Amwell, co. Herts.
[Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 42.] |
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Feb. 11.
Westminster. |
The King to the Company of Fishmongers. For Gilbert Penven,
Yeoman of the Guard, to have a new lease of two tenements in
London. [Seemingly misdated. See p. 84, supra. Warrt. Bk. I., p. 103.] |
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| Feb. 12. |
81. Answers of D. Barrett, prisoner in the Gatehouse, to interrogatories, relating to his letter to Mr. Roberts, to the conspiracy
against Salisbury, and to a reported quarrel between the Earls of
Salisbury and Devonshire. [See Jan. 8.] |
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Feb. 12.
Coventry. |
82. Mayor of Coventry, Lord Harrington, and others, to the
Council. Send up, by their directions, [James] Stanley, with all his
papers, beads, crucifixes, &c. |
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| [Feb. 12.] |
83. Memoranda on a Bill for assurance to Lord Rich, of Rochford
manor, Essex, and other lands purchased of Hen. Carey, late
Lord Hunsdon. Sir John Cutts has a secondary claim on the lands.
The title concerns the King, in reference to his manor of Fulbourn,
co. Cambridge. Many considerations are involved, because the case
depends on the statutes concerning the attainder of Anne Boleyn and
legitimacy of Queen Elizabeth. |
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| Feb. ? |
84. Memoranda for regulating the manufacture of the New Drapery,
and preventing deceits therein, by Act of Parliament. |
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| Feb. 12 ? |
85. Bill proposed to be laid before Parliament, for the true
making of baize and says, stuffs and fustians, commonly called the
New Drapery. None to exercise it that have not been apprenticed
seven years. |
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| Feb. 12. |
Lease to Hen. Fisher of Skelsmergh Park, Westmoreland, for 40
years. [Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 45.] |
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| Feb. 13. |
Grant to Muriell Littleton of the third of all manors, co. Warwick
and others, lately in the possession of Rich. Smith, deceased, and
Sir Chas. Danvers, attainted. [Ibid., p. 45.] |
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Feb. 13.
Whitehall. |
86. Interrogatories to be put to Garnet, alias Walley, alias Darcy,
alias Farmer, and to Edw. Hall, alias Oldcorne, Jesuits. Their
intercourse with the conspirators; foreign negotiations; the book of
equivocation; doctrines of Rome about obedience to a heretic king;
lawfulness of the late treason, &c. |
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Feb. 13.
[Whitehall.] |
87. Examination of Hen. Garnet upon some of these interrogatories.
Has been 20 years Superior of the Jesuits in England; was appealed
to, on Nov. 6th, for help by the conspirators, but refused it, because
they acted foolishly and wickedly; denies all knowledge of the Plot;
never was at White Webbs, &c.; corrected the Book of Equivocation, but would not have it printed; its doctrines are those of
divines, but have not been approved at Rome. |
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Feb. 13.
[Tower.] |
Examination of Edw. Hall. Came to Mr. Abington's house
Jan. 20th; Humphrey Littleton came to him from Stephen Littleton
and Rob. Winter, to beg him to help them to a place of safety, but
he thought it was a scheme to intrap him, and declined. [G. Plot
Bk., No. 183.] |
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| Feb. 13. |
Examination of Jas. Stanley, scrivener, of Cornhill, London.
Catesby hired a house in Mr. Churchill's name, at Erith, where
there were frequent secret meetings held. Valentine Wilkinson and
his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Compton, and Mr. and Mrs. Gwyn frequent
it. [Ibid., No. 184.] |
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| Feb. 14. |
88. Indenture between Nich. Porter of Aston, co. Glouc., and
Ferdinando Poulton, of Borton, co. Bucks, that on payment by
Porter of 100£. in Sept. 1607, he be released from a bond for 200£.
due to Poulton; with memorandum indorsed that the money is to
be for the use of the children of Porter. |
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Feb. 14.
Boswell House. |
89. Sir Edw. Phelips, Speaker of the House of Commons, to Salisbury. Beseeches that the House be not taxed with the "undiscreet
behaviour of an unconsiderate fyerbrand" [Mr. Hare]; one whose
warrant was only to make known to the Upper House the abuses
and corruptions of Purveyors, &c. [See Feb. 25.] |
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| Feb. 14. |
90. [Thos. Wilson] to the Same. Sam. Wrott and his brother,
who hold the manor of Bungay priory, of which Salisbury has the
reversion, offer to relinquish it to him, on condition of his giving
the younger Wrott a place worth 120£. per ann. |
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| Feb. 14. |
Grant of the reward of 5s. per ton, for the building of five new
ships, by Tho. Cooke and two others of London, Chris. Wright of
Ipswich, and Joel Gaskyn of Hull. [Docquet.] |
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Feb. 14.
Westminster. |
Letter to the Lord Chancellor, that in all Commissions, &c. the
Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge be named and placed before the
Mayor of that town. [Docquet.] |
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Feb. 14.
Westminster. |
Letter to Lord Darcy, appointing him proxy for the King, for the
christening of the Earl of Derby's son. [Docquet.] |
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| Feb. 14. |
91. Earl of Salisbury to Dean James. Thanks for the examination of John Sicklemore. Reflections on the increasing power of the
Jesuits. [See Feb. 5.] |
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| Feb. 15. |
92. Same to the Commissioners of the Borders. Desires to be
informed of the state of those counties, and the facts relating to
the Grahams, there being some discrepancy in their former accounts. |
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Feb. 15.
Dover. |
93. Sir Thos. Fane to the Earls of Nottingham and Salisbury. The
Venetian Ambassador [Signor Nicolo Molino], setting sail for Calais,
had a man in his train, resembling the second priest described in
the Proclamation. He utterly refused to leave him behind to be
examined, but gave the authorities a note for their discharge. |
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Feb. 16.
Serjeants' Inn. |
94. Lord Chief Justice Popham to Salisbury. Particulars of nine
persons taken in Essex, when trying to cross over the sea. Amongst
them are Sadler and his wife, of the Strand, who pretend to be pensioners of Spain, and Mr. Thimelby's son of Lincolnshire. Presumptions against Lowe, a priest, protected by the Spanish Ambassador. |
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Feb. 16.
[Gatehouse.] |
95. Thos. Phelippes to the Same. His only faults were his seeking some recompense, of which he lost hope by Count Villa Mediana's
going over, and his own delay in making disclosures till he had things
fully ripe. Begs he may not be prejudiced by Barnes's error nor
by Gifford's disgrace, and that his brother may have free access to
him. |
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| Feb. 16. |
Grant to Sir Edwd. Harrington of the office of Ranger of Lyfield
forest, for life. [Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 45.] |
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Feb. 16.
Paris. |
96. Fras. Windebank to Sir Thos. Windebank. Has not heard
from him for a long time; has received favours from the Ambassador, Mr. [Sir George] Carew, and his lady. |
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Feb. 17.
St. Omer. |
97. Giles Schondonck to Father Baldwin. Has seen [Dr.] Cecill's
book, and is surprised that whilst condemning the Gunpowder
Plot, it approves the designs of those 5 who are said to have sworn
to kill Cecil [Earl of Salisbury]; the tale is improbable, for the
5 persons accused are either ill or oppressed with sorrow. Regrets
that Garnet and Vincent are taken. No Jesuits implicated in the
examinations. |
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| Feb. 18. |
98. The King to the Archbp. of Canterbury and Bishop of London.
To require Paul Bayning to allow a maintenance suitable to a lady,
to Susan his wife, separated from him at his own wish; he promised to do so, but fails to perform. |
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Feb. 18.
Enfield. |
99. Edw. Reynoldes to O. Reynoldes. Will not proceed to any
composition with Mr. Kerry, who is sick. |
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| [Feb. 18.] |
100. Arguments in favour of a bill for draining fens in the Isle of
Ely, by which the undertakers claim only one-eighth of the lands
drained. |
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| Feb. ? |
101. French Contractors for draining the Fens, to the Commissioners for the Fens. Have their reasons for being unable to go beyond
their former offers for the contract. Suggest that though certain
Englishmen have offered more, they will probably leave the work
unfinished, not having requisite experience or perseverance. Urge an
immediate acceptance of their offer. French. |
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| Feb. ? |
102. Petition of the inhabitants of Towns in the West of Cambridgeshire, against their grounds being comprised in the project for
draining the fens, as they need not the help of foreign undertakers. |
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| Feb. ? |
103. Detailed account of the banks, rivers, drains, and outfalls in
the Fen country; of the danger threatening Wisbeach, by a rise in
the bed of the river, and the means of obviating it. |
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| Feb. ? |
104. Statement addressed to [the Commissioners of Sewers ?] by
a native of the Fen countries, of the reasons of their present bad
condition, with articles of a contract proffered by himself, for their
effectual draining. |
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| Feb. ? |
105. Memorandum of demands by John Sparks, the Countess
of Derby's man, concerning wines and figs taken by Sir Rich.
Houghton. |
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| Feb. 18. |
106. Earl of Dorset to Salisbury. Has been deceived as to the
office of Bailiff Itinerant, and therefore revokes his letter, so that
Mr. Sparks, my Lord of Derby's officer, gets his fee. Sparks has
tried to "make a pique" between him and Derby. |
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Feb. 20.
Hampton Court. |
107. Sir Thos. Lake to the Same. The King has seen a letter from
the Minister of the French Church, about the obstinate ministers in
Scotland. Petition of two poor Scotchmen, concerning wrong done
to them at sea by the Hollanders. M. Caron to be informed of it.
The King is heavy and out of temper. |
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| Feb. 20. |
108. Account of money laid out by Thos. Britton, in apprehending
John Mydleton, priest, at Dover. |
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Feb. 20.
[Tower.] |
109. Examination of Thos. Strange, Jesuit. Was not at Mrs.
Vaux's about the 5th of November; has not seen Gerard, the Jesuit,
lately; has said he hoped the King was not excommunicated, as it
would give foreign princes a pretence to attack him; Garnet is his
superior; never wrote to Davies before his coming from St. Omer,
nor inquired after "stirring spirits," to whom to reveal "the main
project;" knew of no oath of secresy. |
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Feb. 20.
[Tower.] |
Examination of Edw. Oldcorne. This is his true name, but he is
sometimes called Hall, Vincent, or Parker. [G. Plot Bk., No. 185.] |
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| Feb. 21. |
Lease, in reversion, to Sir Thos. Gorges, of the manor of Stoke,
co. Somerset, and others. [Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 42.] |
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| Feb. 22. |
110. Sir Fras. Stoner to Salisbury. Recommends a general survey of the King's woods, and offers to rent them at 10,000£. a year
above the present revenue. |
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| Feb. 23. |
Examination of Geo. Chambers. Was at Mr. Abington's on
Nov. 2nd; stayed there some days, and thence went about amongst
Catholics in the neighbourhood, whom he refuses to name; is not a
priest, but refuses to say whether he is a lay Jesuit. [G. Plot Bk.,
No. 186.] |
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Feb. 23.
[Tower.] |
111. Report [by John Locherson,] of a conversation overheard in
the Tower between Garnet and Hall. Greenway escaped; Garnet
hopes to get over to Father Parsons; Mrs. Anne [Vaux] in town,
and can let them hear from their friends; Garnet bribes his keeper,
and advises Hall to do the same; Garnet will be compelled to
confess the meetings at White Webbs, but will deny that he was
there lately, or that the servants there know him, lest they seize the
servants and torture them to confess; will explain the prayers he
wrote for Catholics at Parliament time, by their fear of severe
laws; Sir Wm. Waad's hatred of Jesuits; hopes they will not ask
him about the letters which Lord Montague [Monteagle ? See
p. 297] sent by Sir Edw. Baynham; is persuaded he shall wind
himself out of this matter. |
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| Feb. 23 ? |
Hen. Garnet to --. Wishes a pair of spectacles to be repaired.
Has confessed being at Coughton with Greenway, when Bates came
to ask help, but said that he refused it, and urged them to desist;
will be compelled to confess White Webbs; asks where Mr. Anne
[Vaux] is. (fn. *) [G. Plot Bk., No. 241.] |
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| Feb. 24. |
Examination of Edw. Oldcorne, alias Hall. Went with Garnet,
Jan. 19th, to Mr. Abington's; an old servant, whose name he refuses
to give, put them into their hiding-place. [Ibid., No. 137.] |
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Feb. 24.
Enfield. |
112. Edw. Reynoldes to O. Reynoldes. Requests to be informed
concerning Mr. Kerry. Is ill, and wishes for some of cousin Baggs's
tobacco. Will be guided by Sir Thos. Smith. |
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Feb. 24.
Carlisle. |
113. Sir Hen. Leigh to Salisbury. The Grahams quiet. Defends
a poor woman harshly treated by Sir Wm. Hutton; thinks there is
some mistake in the complaints against her. Incloses,
113. I. Sir Wm. Hutton to Sir Hen. Leigh. Complaint of the
Grahams and other cottagers of the Readbank, against
"Jock Rychies'" wife, who threatens them for not paying
their rents to her; with their petition to be discharged of
the rent promised to the Earl of Salisbury, or else protected in quiet possession. Penrith, Jan. 21. |
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| Feb. 24. |
Grant, in reversion, to Fras. Jephson and John Brook, of the
stewardship of the lands of Charles Duke of Suffolk, in cos. Suffolk
and Norfolk, for life. [Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 42.] |
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| Feb. 24 ? |
114. Edward Lord Wotton to Salisbury. Has leave of absence
from the Court for a fortnight. Will return before the Conference. |
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[Feb. 25.]
Tuesday.
Boswell House. |
115. Sir Edward Phelips, Speaker, to the Same. The House
displeased with the proceeding concerning Hare. Their heat on the
Bill [against Purveyors.] One of the seedmen of sedition [Nich.
Spray] asks leave of absence, and another [Sir Edw. Hext] is going
away soon. |
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Feb. 25.
Holborn. |
116. Wm. Typper to the Same. Counsel's opinion on [Hen. Grey]
Duke of Suffolk's case. Is ready to attend Lord Hertford. |
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| Feb. 25. |
Grant to Edward Lord Bruce of the parsonage and manor of
Langley, Hertford, part of the lands of Wm. Ibgrave, escheated.
[Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 45. See March 10.] |
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| Feb. 25. |
117. Interlocution between Garnet and Hall, reported by Edw.
Forsett and John Locherson. Garnet sees that the Lords wish to
justify Lord Monteagle; fears their hearing why he, Garnet, came to
Coughton; they have disagreed in their confessions about coming to
Mr. Abington's; Garnet charged with composing prayers for the
success of the Plot; Jas. Johnson has been on the rack for 3 hours,
whereas Faukes confessed after being racked half an hour. [Modern
copy of Archbp. Sancroft's transcript, in the Bodleian Library,
Oxford.] |
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| Feb. 25. |
Examination of Jas. Johnson. Entered Mrs. Perkins', alias Vaux's,
service 6 years ago; was engaged by Robert Skinner; found out
her true name 3 years ago; the taking and furnishing of White
Webbs; Mr. Skinner there with his mistress; describes the visitors
there, Mr. Meaze, Mr. Perkins, Mr. Jennings [alias Brookesby],
Catesby, the Winters., &c. [G. Plot Bk., No. 188.] |
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Feb. 26.
Tower. |
Examination of Jas. Johnson. Having seen Garnet, confesses
that he is the person who came to White Webbs under the name of
Meaze, and was afterwards called Farmer. [Ibid., No. 189.] |
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Feb. 26.
Tower. |
Examination of Edw. Oldcorne, alias Hall. Never saw Chambers
till they were taken prisoners together; never met Garnet near
Enfield House, and knows no such place as White Webbs; met Garnet
Jan. 19, and went with him to Mr. Abington's. [G. Plot Bk., No. 190.] |
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| Feb. 26. |
Examination of Thos. Abington, of Henlip. Went to Mr. Talbot's
Jan. 19th; knew not that the horse he rode belonged to Hall the
Jesuit; it was his sister-in-law's, and bought from Rob. Winter;
the apparel found in the chest belongs to himself and his brother
Richard; does not know whether Chambers is servant to Hall.
[Ibid., No. 191.] |
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| Feb. 26. |
Examination of Nicholas Owen. Will not say whence he came to
Mr. Abington's on Jan. 19th; does not know Garnet nor Hall; nor
whether Chambers, whom he has known some years, is Hall's
servant. [Ibid., No. 192.] |
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| Feb. 26. |
118. Proceedings of the bailiff of Stratford-on-Avon, as escheator
of the borough, against certain conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot,
viz.: Summons, dated Feb. 20, from William Wyatt, bailiff, for 24
jurors to meet at Stratford, on Feb. 26. |
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Feb. 26.
Stratford-on-
Avon. |
119. Names of the jurors who met on that day. [One of these is
Julye Shaw, a subscribing witness to Shakespeare's will.] |
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| Feb. 26. |
120. Priced inventory of the goods of Amb. Rokewood, Thos.
Pearce, and Amb. Fuller then taken. |
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Feb. 26.
Stratford-on-
Avon. |
121. Inquisition taken on the above goods, seized Nov. 6th, 1605,
by William Wyatt, escheator. [Modern transcripts, presented to
Mr. Lemon by John Poynder, Esq.] |
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| Feb. 26. |
Grant, in reversion, to Jose. Earth, of the office of Overseer of
the Ordnance in the Tower and elsewhere, for life. [Ind. Wt. Bk.,
p. 45.] |
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| Feb. 26. |
Grant, in reversion, to Wm. Pinches, of the office of Under Clerk
of the Parliament, for life. [Ibid., p. 46.] |
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Feb. 27.
Tower. |
Examination of Jas. Johnson. Catesby came to White Webbs 3
or 4 years before, under the name of Roberts; knows not how his
mistress supports the house; remembers no other visitors than those
he named before. [G. Plot Bk., No. 193.] |
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| Feb. 27. |
122. Report by Edw. Forsett and John Locherson, of a conversation overheard in the Tower between Garnet and Hall. They
detailed particulars of their examinations, and consulted that they
might not contradict each other. Mr. Attorney rallied Garnet about
Mrs. Brookesby's child, christened at White Webbs. |
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| Feb. 27. |
123. Declaration by Thos. Strange, Jesuit, that he did not meet
Father Garnet on St. Bartholomew's day last; with a sentence added
by Garnet that Strange did so meet him. |
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| Feb. 28. |
124. Stephen Phelippes' information on matters about which his
brother [Thomas] wrote to him-viz.: To communicate with Ball
on his correspondence with Tho. Phelippes; to warn Freeman, alias
Spiller, and Barnes, to keep out of the way. Stephen Phelippes
inquired of [Hen.] Spiller, of the Exchequer, about his brother; he
said he was far away "out of their fingers." |
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Feb. 28.
Huntercomb. |
125. Dud. Carleton to John Chamberlain. He is to acquaint Sir
Walter Cope, that he is airing himself on the Chiltern Hills, in order
to take away the scent of powder, and consult him on his best means
of promotion. Desires to retain Salisbury's favour and esteem. |
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| Feb. |
126. Depositions of Ric. Colly, Ant. Walton, and others, relative
to two cases of goods, brought, a year before, from St. Sebastian's to
Dover, thence to be forwarded to the Archduke; with copies of several
letters from Mons. Nicholas de Cepy to -- Bredgate, relative thereto. |
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| Feb. ? |
127 Memorandum of remonstrance by the merchants, against the
exactions of the officers of his Majesty's Custom Houses. |
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| Feb. ? |
128. Petition of Officers of the Customs of the Port of London to
the King, for redress against certain merchants who, since the
beginning of Parliament, refuse to pay their fees, on the ground that
the customs are let to farm. Suggestions for remedy thereof. |
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| Feb. ? |
129. Warrant to the Treasurer of the Chamber, and Captain and
Officers of the Guard, to deliver to Thos. Cotty, 2s. per diem and
yearly livery, the same as to the Yeomen of the Guard, for his services
in assisting the Sheriff of Worcestershire to take divers traitors in
Staffordshire, and to bring them to the Tower. |
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