Queen Elizabeth - Volume 2: January 1559

Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth, 1547-80. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1856.

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'Queen Elizabeth - Volume 2: January 1559', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth, 1547-80, (London, 1856) pp. 120-121. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/edw-eliz/1547-80/pp120-121 [accessed 24 April 2024]

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January 1559

Jan. 1. 1. Verses presented to [Sir Wm. Cecill ?] as a new year's gift, signed, Art. Hall, and indorsed by Cecill "Arth. Hall."
Jan. 2. 2. Wm. Sneyde, Sheriff of Stafford, to the Council. Has apprehended Tho. Leveson and John Alsop, collectors of the 15ths and 10ths, and bound them over to make payment of such sums as they shall collect.
Jan. 7 3. Bishop Boner to same. Acknowledges the receipt of letters for payment of the first fruits of benefices appropriate within his diocese.
Jan. 15. 4. Claim of the Earl of Sussex for fees for the office of Sewership, which his father had at the last Coronation.
Jan. 16.
London.
5. Robt. Warmyngton to the Council. Has received orders to pay over such sums as have been levied by the Commissioners for inquiring into heresies and misdemeanours. Has none remaining in his hands.
Jan. 17.
Westminster.
6. The Queen (signed) to. Warrant to issue money for payment of 200 labourers, to be levied in Gloucester and Worcester, for service at Berwick.
Jan. 17.
Westminster.
7. Similar warrant for payment of 100 labourers to be levied in Nottingham and Derby.
Jan. 20
Westminster.
8. Similar warrant for payment of 200 labourers to be levied in Suffolk and Norfolk.
Jan. 21. 9. Commission of the Queen, proroguing the meeting of Parliament from the 23rd to the 25th of January. Lat.
Jan. 25.
Crossen.
10. Katharine Duchess of Suffolk to the Queen. Congratulates her on her accession, and for the relief it brings to her afflicted subjects. Hopes for a prosperous journey to repair to her native land.
Jan. 25. 11. Allotment of Justices of Herefordshire, for the purpose of taking musters of the whole county.
Jan. 26.
Portsmouth.
12. Edw. Turnour to the Council. Urges the necessity of completing the fortifications at Portsmouth. Refers to the opinion of Mr. Worsley.
Jan. 26.
Southsea Castle.
13. John Basing to same. The late Queen gave him the keeping of Southsea Castle, near Portsmouth. Begs that the same number of men may be allowed for that service as were ordained in the time of Henry VIII.
Jan. 30. 14. Certificate of Commissioners of musters, of the men, armour, horse, and weapons within the town of Newcastle.
Jan. (?) 15. List of noblemen in various counties in England.
Jan. (?) 16. List of noblemen and gentlemen in various counties in England.
Jan. (?) 17. Lists of Justices of the Peace in various English counties; on 25 separate leaves of paper.
Jan. 18. Lists of the Peers of Parliament in the Parliaments of 6 Hen. VIII., 33 Hen. VIII., 3 Edward VI., 1 & 2 Phil. and Mary, and 1 Elizabeth.
Jan. 19. Minute for a warrant, rehearsing that the Marquis of Northampton is restored to his estate, and for certain lands to be allotted to him: with list of manors annexed, of which the Marquis may take his choice.