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66. Petition of John [Mey] Bishop of Carlisle, and 11 others,
the sheriff and justices of the peace in the West Wardenry of England against Scotland, to Council. Of late, and especially since
Michaelmas, there have been so many spoils, robberies, &c., not only
by the Scottish Borderers, but with the English also, within this
wardenry, that divers gentlemen and others have been invaded
in their dwelling houses, and their goods and chattels taken by
violence, and carried into Scotland, and the said persons put to
their ransoms; and generally most of the gentry and others dwelling within 20 miles above Carlisle are put in fear of their lives,
houses, and goods; so that not only they, but the justices of peace
and others, are forced to keep their cattle in their houses nightly,
and dare not suffer them to feed and depasture upon their grounds;
and also to keep a strong watch about their several dwelling
houses, besides the ordinary watches heretofore used. |
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The people of this country have often not only complained to
the Warden for redress therein, but have required us, the petitioners, the justices, and sheriffs, to procure them safety, which we
are not able to perform; nevertheless we have often repaired to
Carlisle, and there conferred with the Warden, and therefore signify
the premises to you, for ourselves and our neighbours, who are daily
threatened, both by letters and messages, to be robbed and spoiled,
and to have their houses burnt, unless they will bestow on the
Borderers such money and other things as they require. |
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It was agreed amongst us and other gentlemen of the country to
send up some gentlemen to inform you hereof, but hearing of the
Parliament, we have thought meet that those chosen knights of the
shire of Cumberland should do it, who of their own knowledge can
inform of the particulars, in a great number of spoils and robberies,
and show a book wherein most of the same is declared, with the times
when they were committed, against whom, and in what sort they
were done. Pray take order for reformation of the premises.
[1 sheet, parchment, endorsed 20 Feb.] |
Feb. 18.
The Court, Somerset House. |
67. The Council to the Masters of Requests. A controversy
has long depended between La Broche of Bordeaux and Wm. Cardinal of Suffolk, touching some matters of account, which being
recommended to us earnestly and often by the French Ambassador,
we committed to the determination of divers merchants of London
and others; but they have not been able to compound it. We are
importuned by La Broche for summary justice; we therefore require
each party to nominate a doctor in civil law, that upon their
allegations before you, the cause may receive final end, and we may
not be further troubled. You should cause good bonds, in 2,000l.
each, to be taken on either side, to stand by your judgment.
[¾ page.] |
| Feb. |
68. Account of manors, lands, &c. of Leonard Dacre and Philip
Earl of Arundel, situated in Westmoreland and Cumberland, which
reverted to the Crown on their attainder; with particulars of their
value, and whether any surveys of them and of the tenants are
extant. [3 pages, Latin and English, noted by Burghley.] |
| Feb. ? |
69. "Reasons to maintain the bill of clothing passed in the Lower
House for Somersetshire or elsewhere, which if it pass not in the
Upper House, will turn to the great hindrance of keeping the poor
on work. Blue cloths called plunkets or azures." Headed, "The
effect of this bill is humbly to pray, that if our cloths do fall out
to be but 6½ quarters, they may be tolerated, and not punished
according to the Statute of 5 & 6 Edw. VI., keeping their full
weight;" showing the impossibility of the same weight of raw
material always producing pieces of the same length. [1 page.] |
