Queen Elizabeth - Volume 19: September 1561

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 19: September 1561', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth, 1547-80, (London, 1856) pp. 184-186. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/edw-eliz/1547-80/pp184-186 [accessed 28 March 2024]

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September 1561

Sept. 1.
Lambeth.
42. Archbp. Parker to Bishop Grindall. Is of opinion the clergy of London should contribute in a higher proportion than the rest of the clergy towards re-edifying St. Paul's.
Sept. 1. Copy of the above. [See June 24.]
Sept. 3.
Burnham.
43. William Tyldsley to Sir Wm. Cecill. Gives numerous statistical particulars relative to the county of Buckingham; penal statutes, alehouses, archery, forestallers and regrators, provisions, wines, woods, rates of wages, rules to be observed by husbandmen and labourers, &c., &c.
Sept. 6.
Fulham.
Bishop Grindall to the Dean of St. Paul's [Alexr. Nowell]. To urge the Clergy of the Peculiar and Exempt Churches within the Diocese of London to contribute towards the repair of St. Paul's. [See 1 Sept.]
Sept. 9.
Baconsthorpe.
44. Sir Chr. Heydon to the Queen. Certifies her of his proceedings in taking an account of the estate of Sir James Boleyn, Knt., deceased, of Blickling.
Sept. 9.
Paris.
45. Thos. Windebank to Cecill. Mr. Thomas has been ill of an ague. Sir Nich. Throgmorton, the Ambassador, has been as kind as a father to him. Sir Nicholas is very anxious to be recalled home.
Sept. 10. 46. Cecill to Windebank. Has received his letters by the Earl of Hertford. Question of expences. Knows his son's faults, and if they continue or increase, he were better at home than abroad. Wants a man apt for his garden.
Sept. 12.
Chatsworth.
47. Sir William and Lady Seyntlo to Fr. Yaxley. Are sorry they cannot have his company in Derbyshire.
Sept. 13.
Enfield.
Bond of indemnity by the Queen to the City of London, for repayment of various sums of money borrowed of certain Flemish merchants. Lat. [Case A., Eliz., No. 9.]
Sept. 17.
London.
48. David Whithed to Cecill. Acknowledges his obligations to him, but laments the necessity he is under of refusing the living which he offers him.
Sept. 18. 49. Proclamation against vending new wines by retail.
Sept. 19. 50. Tho. Cecill to Sir Wm. Cecill. Has recovered from his sickness, and been with the Ambassador at Court. Will write again about a man for the garden. Thinks of sending Tho. Kendall back to England. Draft in French.
Sept. 19 (?) 51. Windebank to same. Mr. Thomas promises to be more diligent in his studies. Refers to the letter written by him in French.
Sept. 19.
Paris.
52. Same to same. Mr. Thomas has recovered from his sickness. Hopes he will now diligently apply himself to recover the time lost. Lord Hertford being at Paris was an impediment to his studies, &c. Requests his commands that Mr. Thomas should not keep a horse: his promises of amendment.
Sept. 20.
Brancepeth.
53. Earl of Westmorland to same. Is called by the Archbishop of York into the Spiritual Court. Justifies his marriage. Regrets the Queen is incensed against him for it.
Sept. 24.
Cambridge.
54. Robt. Beaumont, Master of Trin. Coll., Cambridge, to Sir Wm. Cecill. Sends him a Minister fit to read prayers in his family. Begs him to continue his care towards King's College. Wishes Mr. Daye to be appointed to King's College, Mr. Leonard Pilkington to St. John's, Mr. Newton to Jesus, and Mr. Robinson or Mr. Hutton to Pembroke. College grounds. Election of alms men.
Sept. 25.
Woburne.
55. Fr. Earl of Bedford to same. Has assisted the well-affected townsmen of Oxford in the election of an honest and religious person for their Mayor. Incloses,
55. i. Ric. Chambers to the Earl of Bedford. Deprivation of Coveney, President of Mag. Coll., Oxford, who has appealed. Has proposed Dr. Laurence Humfrey for his successor. Dr. Butcher, President of Corpus Christi, is also put out.
Sept. 26.
Oxford.
56. Bishop Horn to same Visitation of the Colleges at Oxford. Three of the Colleges have demurred to acknowledge the Queen's supremacy, &c. Has deprived Dr. Coveney, and the President of Corpus Christi has resigned. Causes for which New College refused to subscribe.
Sept. 29. 57. Account of Tho. Edmunds, Collector of the Customs at Plymouth and Fowey and ports adjacent.
Sept. 29. 58. Account of Wm. Rickthorne, Collector of Customs in the port of London.
Sept. 29. 59. Account of Wm. Knight and Peter Smith, Collectors of Custom for Southampton and ports adjacent.
Sept. 29. 60. Account of Tho. Blunt, Collector of the subsidy of Tonnage and Poundage in the port of London.
Sept. 29. 61. Declaration of the total charges of the Queen's Great Wardrobe, from Michaelmas 1560 to Michaelmas 1561.
Sept. 29. 62. Account of the value of lands and possessions of the Bishoprick of Gloucester, ending Michaelmas 1561.
Sept. 30. 63. Warrant to pay an allowance of 5 marks a day to Sir Tho. Chaloner, as Ambassador Resident in Spain, and other sums for his incidental charges.
Sept. (?) 64. Estimate of the cost of various materials for repair of St. Paul's Church.
September. 65. Names of all those who have bargained for wards, and of the wards themselves, &c., with the faults found in Mr. Bosvyle's books.