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March 1.
Westminster. |
1. The King to Sir Hugh Bethell. In favour of the marriage of
Sir Wm. Auchterlony's son with his daughter; the King has no
greater desire than to corroborate the Union of the Kingdoms by
mutual affinities between the subjects of both. |
March 1.
Durham. |
2. Dean James to Salisbury. George Jarvis, from Berwick, a
seminary priest, sent to him by the Earl of Dunbar, is suspected to
have had some share in the "horrible and barbarous intended treason."
Incloses,
2. I. Examination of Geo. Jarvis, relative to his education, and
where he abode and exercised his profession, since he came
into England; he will mention no places but Mr. Haggerstone's, of Haggerstone, and Mr. Carr's, of Itell. |
| March ? |
3. List of recusants in Hampshire, Yorkshire, Lancashire, and
Durham. |
March 1.
Tower. |
4. Hen. Brooke, late Lord Cobham, to Salisbury. Complains of
the bitter terms used against him in the Bill passed for his attainder;
is punished beyond others in losing all, and being so long a captive.
Solicits his liberty. |
March 1.
[Gatehouse.] |
5. Tho. Phelippes to the Same. Solicits compassion for his distressed estate in prison, and to be confined in his own house. |
March 1.
York. |
6. First examination of John Healey. His education and travels.
Refuses to attend Divine Service, and denies that he was ever required to pray for Thos. Percy and that action; or that he said there
was "yet another barrell to broach." [See March 11.] |
| March 1. |
Examination of Nich. Owen. Has served Garnet four years; was
at Mr. Throgmorton's house at Coughton, when the insurrection
broke out; Garnet said mass at Coughton, Nov. 1st., and was at
Henlip, six weeks before the search; Garnet and Hall usually dined
and supped with Mr. and Mrs. Abington; he served Garnet at Henlip,
and had often been with him at White Webbs. [G. Plot Bk., No. 194.] |
March 1.
Tower. |
Examination of Geo. Chambers. Serves Hall, the Jesuit; has
been several times at Henlip; saw Garnet and Hall there, Jan. 19;
has only been once at White Webbs with his master; Hall has a
black horse, bought of Rob. Winter. [Ibid., No. 195.] |
March 2.
Tower. |
7. Report by Edw. Forsett and John Locherson, of a conversation
overheard in the Tower between Garnet and Hall. They confess to
each other. Garnet is sure Littlejohn [Nich. Owen] will not betray
him; asks Hall what was said to him of White Webbs. Garnet says
they shall do, if it be not discovered that Mr. Abington knew of their
being in his house; hastens away to read or write a letter. |
| March 2. |
8. Lord Treasurer Dorset to Sir Thos. Lake. To draw a warrant,
form prefixed, for payment of 282£. to Thos. Knoyle, for conveying
horses to the King of Spain; and of 138£. 11s. 8d. to the Commissioners of the Borders and Mayor of Newcastle, for transport of
soldiers to Flushing and the Brill. |
| March 3. |
9. Countess of Cumberland to the Earl of Salisbury. Difficulties in
execution of the will of the late Earl. Offers of Lord Chandos for
the marriage of her daughter. |
March 3.
Baremoor. |
10. Sir Wm. Selby to the Same. In answer to his letter of
24th Feb. Proceedings for apprehension of the Grahams. Most of
them have retired into Scotland. The Borders are generally quiet. |
| March 3. |
Salisbury to Sir Hen. Bruncard. Father Garnet's share in the
Powder Treason detected. Lords Mordaunt, Stourton, and Montague
will be called before the Star Chamber, to account for their intended
absence from Parliament. Stourton and Montague were continually
with Mordaunt last summer. The King is disposed to leniency with
them and the other great man [the Earl of Northumberland.
Irish Corresp. 1606, March 3.] |
March 3.
[Tower.] |
Hen. Garnet to Anne Vaux. Has received the linen, &c. Desires
a loan of 11£., as he and Mr. Hall have not paid their fees.
Could not read her last letter. She is to come to his keeper's mother
for directions. If she come to the Tower, she may see him, but not
speak to him. Catesby wrongs him if he says he approved of the
Plot. If any of the Society's money can be procured, he wants beds
for James, John, and Harry, who have been tortured. [G. Plot Bk.,
No. 242.] |
| March 4 ? |
Anne Vaux to Hen. Garnet. Sorry he could not read her letter.
Will come to the garden to see him, if he will appoint the time.
[Almost illegible. Ibid., No. 243.] |
| March 4. |
11. Hen. Garnet to Anne Vaux. Full detail of his proceedings.
His taking refuge in Henlip House, with Hall. Their sufferings in
their place of concealment. Discovery and apprehension by Sir Hen.
Bromley. Kind treatment at Sir H. Bromley's house, on the road,
and at the Tower. His several examinations and conversations
with Chief Justice Popham, Sir Edw. Coke, and Sir Wm. Waad.
Is threatened with torture. If he suffers, it will be for not having
betrayed what he tried in vain to prevent. [Dated Shrove Tuesday
(March 2nd), but indorsed, and probably finished March 4.] |
| March 4. |
Grant to Sir Wm. Ryder of the office of [collecting] Toll, Tonnage,
and Poundage in London, for life. [Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 47.] |
| March 5. |
Grant to Hen. Berkley of the view of francpledge of the manor of
Wymondham, &c., co. Leicester. [Ibid., p. 50.] |
March 5.
London. |
12. John Chamberlain to Dud. Carleton. Sir Walter Cope promises to show his letter to Salisbury. At a play at Sir W. Cope's
house, had to squire his daughter about, till he was weary. |
| March 5. |
Examination of Edw. Oldcorne, alias Hall. Bought a horse of
Rob. Winter and sold him again; has spoken twice or thrice with
Garnet in the Tower, through the door; Garnet said he would not
confess Hall's being at White Webbs; he had frequented White
Webbs with Garnet, Gerard, and others, for several years, &c.
[G. Plot Bk., No. 196.] |
| [March 5.] |
13. Note by Levinus Munck concerning - Spiller, alias Bellamy,
who accompanied Guy Faukes on his last return to England, and
has a brother in the Exchequer. [See Feb. 28.] |
| March 5. |
14. Examination of Hen. Spiller. [Stephen] Phelippes came to
him in the Exchequer, and asked him if he had a brother in trouble;
he said not. |
| March 5. |
15. Examination of Hen. Garnet. Denies any private conferences
with Hall in the Tower, though Hall confesses them; Hall may
accuse him falsely, but he will not accuse himself. |
| March 6. |
16. Examination of Hen. Garnet. Confesses that he came to
Mr. Abington's house, Henlip, Dec. 4th, and remained there till apprehended, with Hall, Chambers, and Owen; White Webbs was taken
by him for their meetings; Mrs. Anne Vaux, alias Perkins, he, and
Brookesby, bore the expenses; had a conference with Faukes last
Easter, in Thames Street; met Catesby and others at Sir Everard
Digby's, Nov. 1st, and met Catesby in Moorfields at Whitsuntide;
wrote to Father Baldwin to commend Sir Edw. Baynham as a soldier. |
| March 6. |
Examination of Edw. Oldcorne. Sent for Garnet from Coughton
to Mr. Abington's; Tesmond came, Nov. 6th, from Huddington to
Henlip, and told them of the Plot and its failure, and of the rising;
they refused to join it; Tesmond was angry, and set off to rouse
Catholics in Lancashire. In their conferences in the Tower, Garnet
told him that if Catesby accused him (Garnet) of the Plot, he wronged
him; that he hoped his being at Coughton was not known, as that
was the worst thing against him; that Lord Monteagle (fn. *) had written
letters by Sir Edw. Baynham; that he (Garnet), on Nov. 1st, had
taken the lead in private prayers for the destruction of heresy.
[G. Plot Bk., No. 197.] |
March 6.
Tower. |
Examination of the Same. Declines to say whether Chambers is
his servant; Garnet told him he might acknowledge White Webbs,
as the Lords had promised not to harm the parties there; they
met at White Webbs twice a year, to confess and renew their vows;
particulars of his Tower conversations with Garnet. [Ibid.,
No. 198.] |
| March 6. |
17. Certificate of deaths and burials within Westminster and the
Strand, for the week ending March 6th. |
March 7.
Tower. |
18. Hen. Brooke, late Lord Cobham, to Salisbury. Thanks for his
kind motion, to have the Bill against him re-drawn; asks if his land
cannot be made over to the Crown, without his being attainted. |
| March 7. |
Grant to Edw. Fowler of the office of Clerk Controller of the
Peace, for life. [Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 47.] |
| [March 7.] |
19. Memorandum of reasons for furthering the Bill for revision of
a branch of the Statute 23 Henry VIII., forbidding the import of
wines of the growth of France, between Michaelmas and Candlemas. |
| [March 7.] |
20. Two copies of the above. |
| March ? |
21. Memorandum of reasons why the action of the above bill
should be deferred until after Candlemas next. |
March 8.
Chard. |
22. Humph. Colles to Chief Justice Popham. Notifies the arrival
of Fras. Wilford and Tho. Fitzjames, with letters from Spain. |
| March 8. |
23. The King to the Dean and Chapter of Wells Cathedral. To
elect Dr. Wm. Hill to the place of canon residentiary. |
March 9.
St.Bartholomew's
the Great. |
24. Roger Manners to Salisbury. Has sent a petition to the King
against Sir Thos. Shirley, who labours to get the lease of the
parsonage of Bonington over his head. |
March 9.
Edinburgh. |
25. Earl of Errol to Salisbury. Heard at the Queen's masque that
he wished for a tassell of goshawks well fore-angled; has been on the
look out ever since, and now sends one. |
March 9.
London. |
26. W. Jenison to Dr. Thos. Lodge. On matters relating to the
Muscovy Company; much has been attempted against them [the
recusants] in Parliament. Proposes to place Robin with Sir Wm.
Stanley. Indorsed "Jenings" [by Salisbury]. |
| March 9. |
27. [Earl of Salisbury] to the Earl of Mar. Divers priests were
concerned in the Gunpowder Treason, but none have been apprehended except Walley, who confesses his privity, but says that he
dissuaded from it. Importance of convincing the world that he is
punished for treason, not for religion; the King will have the three
Lords tried in the Star Chamber, not by common law. Differences
in the Parliament concerning enactments against papists, and as to
the punishment of non-communicants. Two subsidies granted; more
asked for. Abuses of Purveyors suppressed. The King of France
raises troops against the Duke of Bouillon. In spite of all the Scots'
boast of religion, for 100 English that go to serve the Archduke, there
are 500 Scots, many of them his (Mar's) followers. |
| March 10. |
28. Edward Lord Cromwell to Salisbury. Urges the conclusion
of his controversy with the college of [All Souls] Oxford, relative to
Wadborough, which he has sold to the Earl of Devon, to satisfy his
creditors, who have seized his coach and horses. |
March 10.
All Souls Coll. |
29. Warden, &c., of All Souls College, Oxford, to the Same. Request that the verdict against them to pay to Lord Cromwell 2,000£.
for his claim on Wadborough asture, may be modified. Their law
expences have exceeded 2,500£. |
| March 10. |
30. Capt. Wm. Saxey to the Same. Gratitude for past favours;
begs their continuance. |
March 10.
Westminster. |
31. The King to John Still, Bishop of Bath and Wells, John May,
Fras. Bavar, and Thos. Hughes. Understands that John Hole,
servant of Bevis Bulmer, now in Scotland, though convicted by them
of misappropriating his master's property, in the pitches and ore
in Mendip, refuses a full restitution. He is to be summoned before
the Council, if he be obstinate. |
March 10.
Westminster. |
32. The Same to the Steward of Abbot's Langley. To draw out
a grant to Edward Lord Bruce of Kinloss, of the copyhold lands of
Wm. Ibgrave, deceased, escheated to the Crown for want of heirs. |
| [March 10.] |
33. Act for better explaining the Act, 34 Hen. VIII., concerning Wales, and for declaring the Counties of Gloucester, Worcester,
Hereford, and Salop free from the jurisdiction of the Council of Wales. |
| [March 10.] |
34. Copy of the above Act, with emendations, marginal notes, &c. |
| [March 10.] |
35. Examination of the above Act; with a list of the Presidents
of Wales, from 18 Edw. IV., and notes of their places of residence. |
March 11.
York. |
Information of Phil. Thirlewell, of Hexham, Northumberland, as
to the speeches of John Healey, servant to Lancelot Carnaby, on
praying for Percy and his company, and on "another barrell yet to
be broached." [G. Plot Bk., No. 199. See March 1.] |
| March 11. |
Examination of Anne Vaux. Keeps White Webbs at her own
expense; since August last has visited her friends; came to London
with Mrs. Abington; Catesby, Winter, and Tresham have been to
her house; Wm. Shepherd, Rob. Avery, and Rob. Marshall have
left her service; went to St. Winifred's Well, with Lady Digby and
others whom she will not name; knew nothing of the Plot; told
Garnet she feared that the horses at Winter's and Grant's were
for mischief, and begged him to prevent it. He spoke to Catesby,
who said they were for the Low Countries; was at Coughton Nov. 1,
but knows nothing of the prayer there. [Ibid., No. 200.] |
| March 12. |
Note by Anne Vaux. Is sorry to hear that Father Garnet was
privy to the Plot, as he made many protestations to the contrary.
[Ibid., No. 201.] |
| March 12. |
Voluntary declaration of Edw. Oldcorne. His conversation with
Humphrey Littleton, that the rightfulness of Catesby's Plot was not
to be judged by its good or ill success. [Ibid., No. 202.] |
| March 12. |
Copy of the above. [Ibid., No. 203.] |
| March 12. |
36. Account by Sir John Fortescue of moneys received for the
expenses of the Coronation, and of the disbursements made for it,
amounting to 19,711£. 8s. 8¼d.; with acknowledgment of the receipt
of balance due to him. |
[March 12.]
Wednesday. |
37. Abstract of Sir Rob. Cotton's speech, at the Committee on an
intended petition for restitution of deprived ministers. |
March 12.
Trinity Lane. |
38. Thos. Pelham to Salisbury, as Master of the Court of Wards,
&c. Requests him to favour the daughter of Mr. Staply, of Sussex,
who is in extreme danger of death. |
March 12.
London. |
39. John Chamberlain to Dud. Carleton. Sir Walter Cope has
spoken for Carleton to Lord [Salisbury], who will not allow him to go
abroad, nor attend Parliament, till Lord [Northumberland's] cause
is decided. Two witnesses declare that he (Carleton) was "privy to
the hiring of the house for the main blow." Lady Fanshaw going
out of town. |
March 12.
Tower. |
40. Examination of Hen. Garnet. The letter sent by Sir Everard
Digby was to say they were going into Wales; last July, Tesmond,
alias Greenwell, revealed Catesby's project to him; Catesby promised him he would not proceed without asking directions from the
Pope, how to relieve English Catholics; Catesby or Winter told the
Plot to Tesmond, but as he was told it in confession, he ought
not to reveal it, even to the Pope; efforts by foreign Ambassadors to
obtain relief for Catholics from the King; Father Parsons wrote to
him last Michaelmas, to ask what plots the Catholics had on hand;
did not answer the letter; burnt all his letters from Rome, and kept
no copies of his answers. |
| March 13. |
41. Declaration by Garnet, that since the King's accession, he had
tried to persuade Catesby not to plot against Government, that course
being forbidden by the Pope. In June, 1604, Catesby and Winter
told him of a sure plot they had, but gave no particulars; Greenwell
told him they had something in hand, but he (Garnet) disapproved
of it; could not persuade Catesby that it was unlawful to take arms. |
| March 13. |
42. Voluntary confession of Hen. Garnet. About a year before
the late Queen's death, he received two briefs from Rome, one addressed to the lay Catholics, and one to the priests, bidding them not
consent to any successor to the Crown who would not submit to
Rome; he kept them secret during Elizabeth's reign, and burnt
them on her death, but had shewed them to Catesby, who considered
that they authorized his proceedings. There was a league between
the Pope and the Kings of France and Spain, to establish a Catholic
successor to Queen Elizabeth, by means of an armed force, but her
death put an end to the project. |
| March 13. |
43. Thos. Strange [to the Lords Commissioners]. The first news
of the Plot was brought by Hen. Huddleston to Harrowden, on 4th
November, Mr. Jarret [Gerard] and Mr. Singleton present; he left
Harrowden and went to Henlip. |
| March 13. |
Examination of Edw. Oldcorne. Garnet shewed him at White
Webbs, the Pope's bull, excommunicating all Catholics that
should take the part of any Protestant successor to the Throne.
[G. Plot Bk., No. 204.] |
March 14.
Tower. |
44. Examination of Hen. Garnet. On arrival of the two briefs
above named, he showed them to Catesby, Percy, and Winter, at
White Webbs; but finding all quiet on the Queen's death, he burnt
them; Greenwell told him the design of the Plot, but refused to tell
particulars, being bound to secresy. |
| March 14. |
Grant, in reversion, to John Lepton, of the office of Receiver in
Yorkshire, for life. [Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 46.] |
| March 14 ? |
45. Declaration by the Lord Treasurer of the state of the King's
receipts at the Parliament, anno tertio, the Crown debts being
735,280£. [See Journ. Commons, vol. 1, p. 284.] |
| March 14 ? |
46. Statement of the whole receipts and disbursements of the
Crown, as rendered by Auditors at the same Parliament. |
| March 14 ? |
47. Anonymous to the King. Bitter complaints against the Council,
who rule him, and will not suffer him to relieve his people. The
Masters of Requests attend to the rich, and put off the poor. The
"covetous bloody Popham" will ruin many poor men, by his offer to
drain the Fens. Complaints of glass-houses and iron mills, which
consume wood; of the growth of wood and manufacture of starch,
which make land and flour dear. Additional subsidies demanded;
"horrible fees" of lawyers; proposed fines on assart lands; flesheating in Lent. The King laughed at for giving up housekeeping
to economize; the Commons trenching upon the prerogative; "in her
Maty's time, all the subiectes in England durst not once think of it, or
crosse her in whatsoever; your Matie wanteth some of her knoledge,
bredeinge, and stomache." |
| March 16. |
48. Particulars of disbursement of 400£., issued by orders of six
of the Council. Part of it was paid for arrest and prison expenses
of the late traitors. |
| March 16. |
49. Warrant to pay to Thos. Emerson, creditor of Sir James
Sandilands, 300£., being part of 1,500£. granted to Sir James, out of
the payments of recusants. |
| March 17. |
50. The King to Sir Fras. Newport. Requests him to prolong for
a year the time allowed by him to Sir Hen. Bromley, for redemption
of the manor of Dithoure, Montgomeryshire, sold him by Sir Henry. |
March 17.
Boswell House. |
51. Sir Edw. Phelips, Speaker, to Salisbury. The Bill of Grievances re-committed. Was pressed to put the Bill of Purveyors to
the question, but put it off, as not being wholly ingrossed. Begs a
discretionary power in circumstances "not varying from the matter
prescribed." |
| March 17. |
52. Earl of Devonshire to the Same. Henry O'Haggan is in
London; will endeavour to find out where he is. |
March 17.
Austria. |
53. Wm. Joys to Rob. Waverley. Glad to hear of an attempt to
release English Catholics from servitude. Sorry for Catesby's death
in the good cause. Is prepared to risk his life for it, and will soon
come over to England. |
| March 18. |
54. Sir John Roper to Salisbury. Sends a present of pheasants
and partridges. |
| March 18. |
55. Power of Attorney from Nich. Porter, of Aston-sub-Edge, co.
Gloucester, to Samuel Browne, of Longworth, Berkshire, to receive
certain rents reserved to him, in the grant made to Sir Edw. Greville
of lands of the late monastery of Eynesham. |
| March 18. |
56. Examination of Rich. Gibson, concerning the speeches of John
Healey relative to his being requested to pray for the late intended
treason, and saying that "there was a barrell to broche which was
not yet knowne." |
| [March 18.] |
57. Message from the King to the House of Commons, relating to
the augmentation of the proposed supply of two subsidies, restraining the undue discussion of grievances, and expressing his willingness to receive a petition thereupon. |
| [March 19.] |
58. Message from the Same to the Same. Thanks for their
readiness in granting him an additional supply. Will not abridge
their freedom. Is glad to be thus enabled to repay his loans. |
| March 19. |
59. Salisbury to Sir Hen. Wotton, Ambassador at Venice. Praises
the course he took with the Papal Nuncio. People may now see that
the severe laws against Catholics are not made against them merely
for their religion, but for treason; since Garnet, the Provincial of the
Jesuits, not only confesses his knowledge of the Gunpowder Plot,
but thinks it justifiable. Parliament has made severe laws against
the papists, and granted the King liberal supplies. Has no authority
to permit the return to England of [Sir Rob.] Bassett or [Thos.]
Fitzherbert; the times are not fitting for their recall. Bassett's
goods will be confiscated, to satisfy some French merchants, robbed
by a pirate for whom he was surety. Two extracts. |
| [March 20.] |
60. Abstract of a letter from the Commissioners for the Borders
on the state of the Borders. The fugitive Grahams presume on hopes
of the general pardon. The Earl of Cumberland is requested not to
let his lands to them. |
| [March 20.] |
61. Propositions desired touching the government of the Borders
and the Grahams; with notes of proceedings thereon. |
| March 20. |
62. Ralph Dobbinson, Bailiff of Westminster, to Salisbury. Has
shut up a partition door in Mr. Lyne's house, in consequence of some
having died of the plague there. Asks if the street door is to be
closed. |
March 20.
Dover Castle. |
63. Writ of attachment from the Lord Warden of the Cinque
Ports, for Judith, widow of John Myng, to answer a charge of contempt preferred against her by George Tucke. Annexed is,
63. I. Mayor and Jurors of New Romney, Kent, to the Lord
Warden. Certify their inability to execute the above writ,
because since its receipt, Judith Myng has not been found
within their town or liberties. April 9, New Romney. |
| March 21. |
64. Confirmation of grant to Hugh Brooker, Prothonotary of the
Common Pleas, of 10£. per ann., for enrolling pleas in suits made in
formâ pauperum, with arrears from the death of Lawrence Radford,
who lately held the office. |
March 21.
Dorset House. |
65. Earl of Dorset to the Officers of Customs. Order to permit
the transportation of certain provisions for the Household of
Sir Edw. Conway, Lieutenant Governor of the Brill in Holland. |
| March 21. |
66. Sir Rob. Wingfield to Salisbury. Solicits the wardship of the
son of John Purpett, of Newborn, Suffolk, the father being likely
to die. |
March 21 ?
[London.] |
Anne Vaux to Hen. Garnet. Asks if the spectacles will fit his
sight. The Attorney [General] says he (Garnet) acknowledges that
he knew of the Plot, but was not a practiser in it. Requests
directions. Other friends will write to him, if they can do so safely
Life without him "is not life but deathe." [G. Plot Bk., No. 244.] |
March 21.
Gatehouse. |
67. Thos. Phelippes to Salisbury. Has been shut up 7 weeks
"in a corner 10 foote square." Desires the ordinary liberty of the
house, on account of his disease and infirmities. |
March 22.
Saturday. |
68. Sir Fras. Bacon to the Same. Purposes to report the subsidy
on Monday morning. Though it will be a day of triumph (the anniversary of the accession) he hears of no adjournment of the House. |
March 22.
Westminster. |
Proclamation touching a seditious rumour suddenly raised, that
some ill accident had befallen the King printed. [Proc. Bk., p. 122.] |
| March 22. |
69. Rich. Neile, Dean of Westminster, to Salisbury. Requests him
to write to the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, to contradict "this
day's brute," in order that the preacher at the afternoon sermon may
declare his Majesty's safety. His Lordship's son to be transferred
from Mr. Casse to Mr. Morrel. |
March 22.
Whitehall. |
70. Pass for Capt. [Wm.] Turner to repair to England on the
King's service and to return again. |
| [March 23.] |
71. Account of receipts in the farm of the Customs, and of the
disbursements thereof. |
| March 23. |
Declaration by Garnet of the address of the two papal briefs (see
March 14); that the "matter of Spain" was in the winter 1601-2;
particulars of his intercourse with Fras. Tresham. [G. Plot Bk.,
No. 205.] |
| March 23. |
Further declaration by Garnet of his intercourse with Tresham,
1600-1603. [Ibid., No. 206.] |
| March 23. |
Examination of Wm. Vavasour, servant to Fras. Tresham. A
paper which, in a note affixed, he had affirmed to be written by his
mistress for his master, and by him witnessed and taken to Sir Walter
Cope for the Earl of Salisbury, he now confesses to be in his own
handwriting, dictated to him by his master, shortly before his death,
when too weak to write himself. [Ibid., No. 207.] |
| March 24. |
Examination of Anne, widow of Fras. Tresham. Her husband
dictated the declaration to Salisbury sent by her to Sir Walter Cope,
without instigation of any person, and Wm. Vavasour wrote it.
[Ibid., No. 209.] |
| March 24. |
Sir Edw. Coke to Salisbury. Particulars of the two preceding
examinations. Tresham has acted upon his book of equivocation,
by affirming "manifest falshoods, in articulo mortis." Gladdis,
Mr. Abington's man, has confessed the plot by which his master was
to have excused himself. [Ibid., No. 208.] Incloses,
I. Declaration by Fras. Tresham to the Lords Commissioners,
retracting his former confession that Walley (Garnet)
had any connection with the Spanish negotiation; and
declaring that he knew not that he had any, nor had he
seen nor heard from him for 16 years. Dec. 22. [Ibid.,
No. 210.]
I. Anne Tresham to Sir Walter Cope. Requests him to deliver
the above declaration to Salisbury. [Ibid., No. 211.] |
| March ? |
72. List of relics, church stuff, &c. belonging to Mrs. Brookesby
and Mrs. Anne [Vaux.] |
| March 24. |
Examination of Anne Vaux. Francis Tresham, her cousin, often
visited her and Garnet at White Webbs, Erith, Wandsworth, &c.,
when Garnet would counsel him to be patient and quiet. They also
visited Tresham at his house in Warwickshire. Subscribed as true,
by Garnet. [G. Plot Bk., No. 212.] |
| March 24. |
Copy of the above. [Ibid., No. 213.] |
March 24.
Serjeants' Inn. |
73. Chief Justice Popham to Salisbury. A packet of letters, some
in cipher, found 3 weeks before on the plains near Winchester, has
been sent to him, which he forwards, lest they may be of moment. |
March 24.
Serjeants' Inn. |
74. Chief Justice Popham to Salisbury. The man who was expected is missed. Matthew's boat must be looked for. Has
imprisoned Hickmote. Incloses,
74. I. Examination of John Jacob, mariner. He brought
Anthony Hickmote from Calais; would have brought
another Englishman described, but the man would not
come with him, because he talked with Captain Turner,
who was known at Calais to be a spy of the English
Government. |
March 24.
Tavistock. |
75. Earl of Bath to the Same. Thanks for informing him of
the Bill preferred against him in the House by one Bushton,
whose drift is to transport timber through the Earl's lands. |
| March 24 ? |
76. Notes relative to an Act for carrying timber down the river
Towe to Barnstaple. |
| March 24 ? |
77. Objections against the above Bill, as profitless to any but the
patentee, and opposed by the Earls of Bath and Bedford. |
| March 25. |
Edw. Oldcorne to the Lords Commissioners. Sets down, in order,
the conversations between himself and Garnet in the Tower, as
before detailed, with a few added particulars; viz., that when Garnet
was in the Gatehouse, he received a letter, written with orange juice,
telling him that Tesmond was gone over the sea and that Greenway
would follow, and that in his examination, he had denied sending
Winter and Tesmond into Spain, and would not confess that Lord
Monteagle knew of the mission; also that he thought the examiners
wished to "save my Lord Monteagle's credit." Oldcorne begs that
Mr. Abington may not be punished for entertaining them. [G. Plot
Bk., No. 214.] |
March 25 ?
Wanstead. |
78. Earl of Devonshire to Salisbury. If sufficiently well, will
meet him according to appointment. |
| March 25. |
Grant to Wm. Morley of the office of a forester of Galtres
Forest, co. York, for life. [Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 63.] |
| March 25. |
79. Account by Hen. Harris of increase of rates upon the silk
farm, for the last quarter. |
| March 25. |
80. Note of the times proposed for payment of the subsidies and
fifteenths, by the clergy and laity. |
| March 25. |
Grant to Edw. Newport, of the Grange, of Coggeshall, co. Essex.
[Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 67.] |
March 26.
Skipton. |
81. Francis Earl of Cumberland to Salisbury. Prays his helping
hand, for the better settling his northern affairs. |
March 26.
Warwick. |
82. Chief Justice Anderson and Sheriff Warburton to the Council.
Have examined sundry persons, but Mr. Fortescue has not appeared
before them, though summoned. |
| March 26. |
83. Hen. Wright to the Earl of Salisbury. Sends him a "theorike
with an overture"; having served him in small matters, offers his
services in great. Can do something in scholarship. Incloses,
83. I. Same to the Same. Account of his theorike; has discovered
the mode of distilling the water of life, and of turning
metals into gold. Begs that in compensation for his services "in discovering of villainous practices," he may
have a place that will bring him in money to supply
his furnaces, &c. Promises Salisbury and the King
the benefit of his discoveries. Clerkenwell, March 26. |
| March 26. |
84. Petition of the Clothiers to the House of Lords, to pass a Bill
sent up from the Lower House, for repeal of the Act 14 Eliz., concerning the length of kersies; with reasons in favour thereof. |
| March 26 ? |
85. Bill to make His Majesty's supreme authority and government more clear, over persons and in causes ecclesiastical. |
| March ? |
86. Schedule of profits to be derived by the King from Courts
ecclesiastical, if all processes were sealed with his Seal. |
| March 26. |
87. Declaration by Hen. Garnet. Gives the substance of the two
briefs and of the letter to the Nuncio, the object of which was to
establish a Catholic succession in England; the Nuncio was ordered,
whenever "that miserable woman died," [Queen Elizabeth], to let
the Pope know at once, and to publish the bulls in England. |
| March 27. |
Sir Edw. Coke to Salisbury. Requests him to return Mrs. Anne
Vaux's examination of March 24. [G. Plot Bk., No. 215.] |
| March 27. |
Sir Wm. Waad to the Same. To know whether Garnet should
not ride to Guildhall to his trial. Requests to have a part of the
bar railed off for himself. [Ibid., No. 216.] |
March 27.
Edinburgh. |
88. Earl of Dunfermline to the Same. From the great intercourse formerly kept up between Scotland and France, hopes the
English Ambassador in France may be especially instructed to assist
all Scotchmen; and that they may be allowed to apply to him, as
they have no separate ambassador of their own. |
March 27.
London. |
89. John Chamberlain to Dud. Carleton. Description of the tilting,
which was very meagre. Proclamation concerning the late alarm
[of the King's danger]. Chain presented to Sir Lewis Lewkenor
by the Spanish Ambassador, for bringing him the good news
[of the King's safety]. The three subsidies and six fifteenths are
to be paid in four years. Abington, Hall, and Strange sent to
Newgate, to be conveyed to Westminster for trial. Arraignment of
Garnet; he comforts himself with sack to drown sorrow. The
Council of Scotland have issued a declaration of the causes of the
imprisonment of ministers there. |
March 27.
Rycot. |
90. Dud. Carleton to John Chamberlain. The party warmly welcomed to Rycot. The report of the King's death had been generally
believed. Letter from Sir Wm. Clarke to his son thereupon. |
| March ? |
Thos. Abington to Salisbury. His obligations to his Lordship's
late father; his substance spoiled by imprisonment; begs relief.
[G. Plot Bk., No. 238.] |
March ?
Fleet Prison. |
91. Thos. Abington to the Council. To be released from prison,
that he may recover the losses sustained by destruction of his house. |
| March 28. |
92. Sir Julius Cæsar to Salisbury. Statement by Mr. Stapers and
other owners, of the case of the ship Vineyard, arrested at Milo, near
Scio, by two Sardinian and Maltese vessels, for having on board a
quantity of gunpowder. |
| March 28 ? |
93. Notes [by Sir Edw. Coke] of parties implicated in the
treason, and of the examinations, &c., by which they are implicated. |
| March 28 ? |
94. Salisbury to [Sir Edw. Coke]. Sends directions from the
King on the trial of the Gunpowder Conspirators. He is to shew that
their practices began on the Queen's death, and before the severe laws
against the Catholics; to disclaim that any one of them wrote the
letter to Lord Monteagle, and to praise his conduct, as the King did
in his own book, because he has been suspected to have a hand in the
Plot; also to make [Hugh] Owen, the Jesuit, as foul as possible. |
| [March 28.] |
95. Narrative of charges against Father Garnet, and his answers
to them on his trial. French. [Fuller than in the printed narrative
of the trial.] |
March 29.
[Tower.] |
Sir Wm. Waad to Salisbury. Cannot prevail on Garnet in certain particulars. Sets down what he has written on equivocation.
[G. Plot Bk., No. 217.] Incloses,
I. Statement at full by Henry Garnet of his sentiments relative to equivocation. It is justifiable only when used for
a good object. Is reluctant to judge in the case of Fras.
Tresham's equivocation, as he did it to save a friend; but
that which is lawful in life may also be done in death.
Would consider himself justified in equivocating in death,
relative to Gerard's share in the treason, if by so doing,
he could clear him; but thinks all treason should be
revealed, by any means short of breaking the secresy of the
confessional. March 29. [Ibid., No. 217 A.] |
| [March 29.] |
96. Bill to enable the subjects of England and Wales to trade
freely into the dominions of Spain, Portugal, and France. |
| [March 29.] |
97. Reasons for maintaining the Spanish charter, in opposition to
the above Act. The King of Spain has lately promised to redress
sundry grievances complained of by English merchants. |
| March 29. |
License for twenty-one years to Wm. Chesshall to ship and carry
to Ireland ore, cinders, &c., for making iron. [Grant Bk., p. 25.] |
| March 30. |
98. Dud. Carleton to John Chamberlain. The company assembled
at Rycot. |
| March 30. |
99. Ric. Hadsor to Salisbury. Has prepared an answer to the
complaints on the supposed grievance of the Duke of Lenox's patent
for the New Draperies. Is willing to answer those about the tax on
currants and the farm of customs. Has refused to act as counsel for
the merchants who follow the grievance concerning the merchants
of Southampton and the West Countries. |
| March ? |
100. Instructions upon certain concealed lands to be obtained from
the King, viz., particulars of the lands on the upper grounds of
the Bank side, formerly belonging to the Temple Church, on part
of which formerly stood a chapel, now fallen to decay, and part
were granted by the late Queen Elizabeth to Lord Hunsdon.
Mr. Hadsor, of the Middle Temple, holds the evidences. |
March 30.
Gatehouse. |
101. Hen. Lok to Salisbury. Has obtained license of the Lord
Chamberlain to part with his place; solicits the loan of 6£. or 7£. |
March 30.
Co. York. |
102. Examination of Lancelot Carnaby, relative to his knowledge
of Sicklemore, the priest. Will not swear to defend the King
against the Pope. |
| March 31. |
103. Sir Herbert Croft to Salisbury. Sends the bearer to be paid
for his horse, which died after his "extreme journey" to the King,
upon the death of Queen Elizabeth, "being at least 20 miles more
than any other man rode that day, Mr. Douglas only excepted." |
| March ? |
104. Offer by Sir Herbert Croft to the Queen's Council, for a
lease of her manors of Leominster, of which he is steward. [See
1608, Feb. 6.] |
March 31.
Enfield. |
105. E. Reynoldes to O. Reynoldes. Has written in his favour
to the Earl of Northampton. Directions on his private affairs.
Thanks to Mr. Turnbull for his tobacco. Distates Mr. Potts' tricky
and dilatory answers. |
| March ? |
106. Rob. Earl of Sussex to Salisbury. The Earl of Devonshire's
danger ; intends to apply to succeed him in Portsmouth, if Salisbury
will favour his suit. |
| March ? |
107. Sir Edw. Clere to the Same. Surprised at the objections
against his unworthiness. Salisbury's ancestor, the Earl of Surrey,
wrote an epitaph on an ancestor of his family, lauding their high
descent. Beseeches liberty to attend his causes in Parliament, with
his keeper, or on bail. |
| March ? |
108. Brief of the debts owing by Queen Anne to divers creditors,
amounting to 4,067£. 15s. 1½d. |
| March ? |
109. Proviso [not inserted] in the Bill against recusants, enjoining
banishment on not paying the value of two parts of their lands, or a
fine of 6£. 13s. 4d. per annum. |
| March ? |
110. Recusants of England to the [Archbishop of Canterbury ?].
Remonstrance on the new laws now before Parliament. [Found in
Drury Lane.] |
| March ? |
111. List of the places where Blackwell, the archpriest, and his
twelve assistants, "doe for the moste parte remayne." |
| March ? |
112. Certificate, by Dr. Peter Turner, of the ill state of health of
Sir Walter Raleigh. Advises his removal to a room near the still-house, which he has built in the [Tower] garden. |