Charles I - volume 539: March 1642

Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I, 1625-49 Addenda. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1897.

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'Charles I - volume 539: March 1642', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I, 1625-49 Addenda, (London, 1897) pp. 639. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/chas1/addenda/1625-49/p639 [accessed 19 April 2024]

March 1642

March 16. 83. Order for payment to Thomas Soames, Alderman, of 500l. with interest at 8 per cent., for money advanced by him, as appears by receipt under the hand of Edmund Wright, then Lord Mayor, dated 2nd August last (1641), according to the Statute entitled "An Act for the relief of his Majesty's Army and the northern parts of the Kingdom," by which it was enacted that the treasurers for the four subsidies in that Act named shall pay 50,000l. to the Chamber of London, and other 50,000l. to Sir John Harrison, knight, and William Harrison his son; the surplusage to be for the relief of the Army and northern parts, and for the payment of those who have advanced money, to be paid in such manner as the 16 peers and 32 commons therein named, or a quorum of them, may direct. Signed by the Earls of Essex and Salisbury, Lord Mandeville, Sir Arthur Ingram, Edmund Waller, and seven others. [½ sheet.]
March 19. 84. Minute of order by the Committee of both Houses for Irish affairs that Mr. Loftus, Deputy for the Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, is to send to Chester, to Aldermen Walley and Edwards, the sum of 2,000l. out of the money assigned to him by order of the House of Commons; the said sum to be employed by them for the payment of troops lying there, and for their transport to Ireland. Signed by the Earl of Leicester, Lord Lieutenant. [½ p.] Annexed,
84. i. Note of the 2,000l. as appearing in Mr. Walley's account.
March 21. 85. A breviate of the grievances of the Cinque Ports, viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, and of the two ancient towns of Rye and Winchelsea, humbly offered to the House of Commons by the Barons thereof. Duplicate of Vol. CCCCLXXXIX., No. 89. [Printed pamphlet. 4 pp.]
[March ?] A rate made by the inhabitants of the parish of St. Andrew, Hertford, for the repairs of the church and for other necessary charge therein. 47 names, in sums ranging from 7s. to 3d. [Strip of parchment. The exact date has been obliterated, but as the year is 1641, it cannot have been later than this March. Car. I., Case F., No. 20.]
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