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| July 1. |
46. Account and description of the tapestry or hangings bought
by Horatio Palavicino. Italian. |
July 3.
The Savoy. |
47. Lord Burghley to Walsyngham, Secretary of State and
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Desires him to hear the
cause between Anthony Palmer, Her Majesty's ward, and Mr. Danett,
concerning the lease of Castleforth Mills, parcel of the Duchy lands. |
| July 4. |
48. Bond of John Ardern, John Wellysborne, Lawrence Washington, and Nicholas Porter, for the payment of 100l. to John Tasburgh
on the feast of St. Andrew, at or in the hall of Lincoln's Inn. |
| July 5. |
49. Examinations of John Frampton and John Forde, relating
to the taking of Robt. Fletcher, a priest, by a boat and crew
hired at Southampton, by Henry Canter and others; their proceedings. |
| July 7. |
50. Richard Fenys to Lord Burghley. Desires him to forget
his past neglect and to extend his favor to him in allowance
of his supposed right. Hopes by some means to recover the favor
of the Lord Admiral and Lord Chamberlain. His endeavours to
recover some of the lands mortgaged by Sir William Fenys. |
| June 9. |
51. Earl of Arundell to Lord Burghley. Desires him to solicit
Her Majesty's pardon that he may be restored to liberty, as the
Earl of Leicester and other his adversaries were now departed from
the Court. Reminds him of the illness and injuries he had suffered
during his long imprisonment of two years and above. |
| July 11. |
52. Note of the ordinary yearly waste and charges in the office of
the Ordnance; with offers to discharge the same for the sum of
2,000l. a year. |
| July 11. |
53. A note or inventory of a small casket with divers jewels
viewed in the town of Saltash; the said casket being varnished with
gold, with two keys and a small chain of gold to the same. The
which casket and jewels Sir Francis Drake hath taken charge to
deliver unto Her Majesty with his own hands. |
| July 13. |
54. Arundell to Burghley. That he had written to the Lord
Admiral, and finds Burghley's fatherly care and love towards him
to be so great that he cannot wish for more. Desires him to peruse
the inclosed letter and to solicit Her Majesty for his release,
being the oldest of all the prisoners except two, Prestall and
Shelley. |
July 15.
The Court. |
55. Burghley to Walsyngham. To send to Sir John Norris, and
to appoint a meeting with them at the Lord Mayor's after dinner.
The Queen has determined to send Lord Gray over to the Earl of
Leicester. |
July 16.
Theobalds. |
56. Same to same. In haste. Information that the Duke of
Parma is willing to make a cessation of arms by treaty with the
Earl of Leicester. The Queen rather believes the report of Mr.
Comptroller than the official letter, and wishes immediate answer to
be sent. Burghley advises her first to hear Leicester's opinion.
Desires Walsyngham to come with all speed as he was unable to
manage the business. Writes from his garden at Theobalds where
Her Majesty is. |
July 18.
Theobalds. |
57. The Queen to the Justices of Assize in Cornwall. To forbear
proceeding against Tho. Smith and his wife in Cornwall for matter
of recusancy until Her Majesty's pleasure be further known. |
| July 19. |
58. Examination of Richard Baily taken before Alderman Martin,
touching his knowledge of a man named Strangwich. |
| July 19. |
59. Examination of Arnold Saule as to his knowledge of
Strangwich. |
| July 19. |
60. Confession of Richard Johnson, of Southwark, scrivener, that
he had drawn up forms of pardon for Strangwich, alias Strangwidge, and for one named William Watkins, a Gloucestershire man. |
| July 20. |
61. Names of the Priests and Jesuits remaining in the several
prisons in London. |
| July 22. |
62. Certificate of the provisions remaining at Tower Hill, by
Mr. Quarles. |
July 23.
The Savoy. |
63. Walsyngham to Burghley. Intends to be at the Court
to-night. Sends him letters received from the Earl of Leicester,
who reports the States to be very tractable and sorry for their late
faults, and the common people greatly curse Lord Buckhurst and
Mr. Wylkes. Preparations in Spain. The Kings of Spain and
France were to offer their aid to the King of Scots to proclaim
himself heir apparent to the English throne. |
| July 26. |
64. Declaration of the expenditure of the sum of 12,512l. 11s. 8d.
by the late Edward Baeshe for victualling Her Majesty's ships to
the seas. Expense of fitting out the ships under Sir Fr. Drake.
Recommending Mr. Quarles to be appointed to take charge of the
victuals. |
| July 28. |
65. Robert Paddon to Lord Burghley. Solicits him to favor
his suit for a reversion of one of the auditor's offices of the Exchequer, and for which he would "perform" 300l., having heretofore
promised but two hundred. |
| July 29. |
66. Articles objected against Capt. Wm. Borough of misconduct
in the expedition under the command of Sir Fr. Drake; with the
names of the witnesses to maintain the same. |
| July 29 ? |
67. Note of certain examinations taken before the Judge of the
Admiralty, the Attorney and Solicitor General, and Dr. Hammond,
commissioners in that behalf appointed, concerning the running
away of the Golden Lion under the command of Capt. Borough. |
| July 30. |
68, 69. A note of the additional works at Portsmouth, not included in the former estimate. [In duplicate.] |
| July 31. |
70. Note of the sums paid to John Hawkyns, Treasurer of the
Admiralty, and to Edw. Baeshe, from the 1st of June, 1586, to the
1st of July 1587; with the sums paid to the merchants to the last
of July. |
| July 31. |
71. An estimate of the charge for equipping 16 of Her Majesty's
ships and five pinnaces, to be set to the seas in warlike manner, for
two months. |
| July ? |
72. Declaration of Tho. Parker (son of Henry Lord Morley)
touching the cause of his travel abroad. Went to France at the
urgent request of Lady Morley, his mother, and to recover the will
of his unfortunate father, who died at Paris. |
| July ? |
73. Remembrances delivered by the Marquis of Winchester and
others to Sir John Norris to represent to the Queen and the Lords
of the Council the necessity of placing a sufficient garrison in the
Isle of Wight, as the county of Southampton could not furnish the
numbers required. |
