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| Sept. 6. |
28. The Queen to the Lord Keeper Bacon. To appoint certain
persons to examine a matter in controversy between Henry Fawkener
and Martha his wife, and the executors of John Browne, her late
husband, concerning administration of his estate. |
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On the back of the above is the unfinished draft of a warrant for
return of munitions lent to the town of Newcastle for the furnishing
of certain ships set forth by that town to serve in the fleet under
Sir John Clere in the late Queen's time. |
| Sept. 8. |
29. The Queen to the Earl of Oxford and Tho. Lord Wentworth.
Directions to receive the young King elect of Sweden, who has for
some time been ready to make a journey from Sweden to England. |
Sept. 9.
Theydon Mount. |
30. Sir Tho. Smith to Cecill. Asserts his undoubted right to the
Deanery of Carlisle, which he intends to maintain now Launcelot
Salkeld is dead. |
Sept. 10.
Belvoir. |
31. Earl of Rutland to same. Requests him to procure for the
bearer, John Barker, a licence to transport a gelding beyond sea. |
Sept. 19.
Windsor. |
32. Proclamation against breaking or defacing monuments of antiquity set up in churches, or converting church bells to private uses. |
| Sept. 19. |
33. Draft of the above, corrected by Cecill. |
Sept. 22.
London. |
34. Wm. Burd to Cecill. Concerning a report of a fall in the
price of gold and silver. Gives his opinion of all moneys now
current. |
| Sept. 22. |
35. Proclamation against Anabaptists and others of dangerous and
pernicious opinions, coming into England from abroad. |
| Sept. 22. |
36. Copy of the above. |
| Sept. 23. |
37. The Queen to Marq. Winchester. Warrant to make a grant
to Sir Francis Knollys, and the Lady Catherine his wife, and to
Robt. Knollys one of their sons, of the manor of Taunton and
Tandene, Somerset, parcel of the possessions of the Bishoprick of
Winchester; for term of their lives. |
| Sept. 23. |
38. Same to same. To deliver a mass of base money into the Mint,
to be recoined into standard silver of 5s. per ounce. |
| Sept. 26. |
Lease from Tho. Norton to Tho. Busbredge of a barn called Court
Lodge Barn, in the parish of Myddelton or Mylton next Sittingbourne, co. Kent, and certain pieces of land adjoining. [Case A.
Eliz. No. 5.] |
| Sept. 28 (?) |
39. Proclamation for calling in all base money from circulation. |
| Sept. 28 (?) |
40. Same, forbidding all persons from buying up base moneys,
called in from circulation. |
| Sept. 28 (?) |
41. Same, regulating the current value of pieces of gold in circulation, called pistolets. |
| Sept. 28. |
42. Summary of certain reasons which have moved the Queen to
proceed in the reformation of her base and coarse moneys, and to
reduce them to their values, as declared by proclamation. |
| Sept. 28. |
43. Printed copy of the above summary, with types of the various
coins. |
| Sept. 29. |
44. The Queen to the officers of the Mint. Directions to refine and
recoin a certain mass of base money into fine sterling silver of 5s. the
ounce. |
| Sept. 29. |
45. Account by John Marwood of the customs of London, from
Michaelmas, 4 & 5 Phil. & Mary. |
| Sept. 29. |
46. Account by the same, of the customs of Bristol, from the same
period. |
| Sept. 29. |
47. Account of debts depending on the Receivers of the Court of
Exchequer, for the year ending Michaelmas 1560. |
| Sept. 29. |
Account of John Yonge, Bailiff of the Barony of Lewes, co. Sussex,
of all the receips and income of the Barony for one whole year, ending
Michaelmas 1560. [Case A. Eliz. No. 6.] |
Sept. 30.
Exeter. |
48. Earl of Bedford to Sir Wm. Cecill. Effect of the proclamations
for calling in the base coin. Proceedings in promulgating that proclamation, and also the one against defacing monuments. |
| Sept. |
49. Declaration of debts due by Lord Grey of Wilton, amounting to
10,330l., including 8,000l. for his ransom. [Lord Grey became a
prisoner of war on surrender of Calais to the French, Jan. 1558.] |
| Sept. |
50. Brief estimate of the revenue of the Cathedral Church of the
Holy Trinity in Norwich, with the charges thereof, according to a
valuation made temp. Edward VI. |
| Sept. |
51. Remembrances for the Cofferer of the Household, for release of
Alex. Horden, and payment of the Household charges. |
| Sept. |
52. Notes in the handwriting of Sir Wm. Petre, of business to be
dispatched in London. |
| Sept. |
53. Certificate of musters for the county of Lincoln. |
| Sept. (?) |
54. Certificate of musters for the county of Worcester. |
| Sept. (?) |
55. Certificate of musters for Gloucestershire, and the cities of
Gloucester and Bristol. |
| Sept. (?) |
56, 57. Abstracts of the first and second general musters for the
county of Suffolk. |
| Sept. |
58. Certificate of musters for the whole county of Somerset. |
| Sept. |
59. Abstracts of the certificates of all the musters throughout
England. |
| Sept. (?) |
60. Observations on the effect which the crying down certain
moneys will have upon the exchange. |
