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Feb. 1.
Ashby-de-la-Zouche. |
13. Fr. Earl of Huntingdon to the Council. Has dispatched 14
horsemen to the Duke of Norfolk. Particulars of parties who have
failed to send any. Incloses, |
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13. i. Names of horsemen with their furniture sent from Ashby-dela-Zouch towards Berwick, furnished by gentlemen of the
county of Leicester. 31 Jan. |
Feb. 4.
Batehall (?) |
14. Sir John Bourne to Francis Yaxley. Gives an account of his
rural occupations. Invites him to come and enliven them, and promises
all manner of rural delights. |
Feb. 16.
Brome. |
15. Sir Thomas Cornwaleys to same. Solicits him to favour the suit
of the Vicar of Yaxley. Has given leave to Yaxley's man to take some
partridges, though out of season. |
Feb. 18.
Durham. |
16. Robert Horn, Dean of Durham, to Sir Wm. Cecill. Prevalence
of licentious manners. Good influence of the Duke of Norfolk being
in those parts. Robt. Dalton, Nic. Merley, and John Tutting, three
Prebendaries of Durham, refuse the oath. Thinks Mr. Ebden, Mr. Carvill, and Mr. Horton proper men to succeed them. Urges a suit of his
own. |
| Feb. 23. |
17. Winchester to same. Desires to be discharged of the custody
of Carisbrooke Castle, I. of Wight. Charges at Berwick, &c. Incloses, |
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17. i. Estimate of the charges of maintaining the garrisons in the
North. |
Feb. 28.
Settrington |
18. Matthew Earl of Lennox to Cecill. Marvels at his servant
Nesbet's crime, knowing his own uprightness. Explains his own dealings with the French Ambassador. Is determined to support his claims
in Scotland against Arran's bastardy. Asserts his innocence in all his
transactions. |
| Feb. |
19. Account of the yearly charges of the Tower of London in the
time of Queen Mary, and as set forth in Feb. 2° Eliz. |
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20. Another copy of the above, with an additional memorandum. |
| Feb. |
21. Account of the yearly revenue and expenditure of the Hospital
of St. Katharine's; and of the yearly charges of the Tower of London,
in the time of Q. Mary, and now lately set forth by authority. [See
ante, Dec. 1559.] |
| Feb. (?) |
22. Warrant for a grant to Sir Edw. Warner, Lieut. of the Tower,
of the Mastership of St. Katharine's, on surrender of Dr. Mallett;
together with the Stewardship of the Manor of East Smithfield. |
| Feb. |
23. Declaration by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury
elect, acknowledging the Queen's supremacy, and taking the oaths of
homage and allegiance to Her Majesty, with subscription to the same
by the Bishops of the realm. |
Feb.
Westminster. |
24. The Queen to the Marq. of Winchester. Empowering him to
deliver over the church of the late Augustine Friars to the Bishop of
London, for the celebration of divine service by the strangers in
London. |
| Feb. (?) |
25. Wm. Barlow, Bishop of Chichester, to Cecill? Complains of
Tho. Stapleton and Edw. Goddeshalffe, Papist Prebendaries of Chichester. Intends to deprive the latter of his prebend. |
