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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… fifth year of the reign of our sovereign lady the Queen's Majesty, that now is, touching divers orders for … drink all the year, every day he worketh, 6d. The thatcher's man, with victuals, 4d.by the hundredth, with victuals, …
Calendar of State Papers, Ireland
… and bound for Lisbon, 200 tons of dry fish for the King's provision, to go with the first wind. Be careful that none … amongst those we had the killing of in the White Knight's country. I hope God will defend me against them all. I left … finishing the fort of Kinsale. All earthwork and deepening ditch 220 l. Hewing and bringing and facing with stone the …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, 1601-3
… Wharton, upon which he is to attend and know the Council's pleasure. You must declare the state of defence of the … compel obedience and annoy Scotland, and that the garrison's wages should be better paid. [This to be viewed, and the … 23. 4. Folding sheet, endorsed, "Copy of my Lord Protector's letter." [1 page.] …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, 1601-3
… to learn their doings, and enclose a copy of Maxwell's answer and of my letter. He declares his falsehood therein, … affairs are to be ordered. John Clydesdale, the Governor's brother, was with me during that service and showed himself … labourers since 12 March, but we have not sunk 120 feet of ditch four feet; the ground is so stony that we must use …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth
… copy), as he has been brought up under one of His Majesty's auditors for 16 years, and is of good state and ability, I … to live as himself. Wherefore according to His Majesty's reference to me, I require you to draw up the grant. [ … of fixtures left by the writer in his house in the Hanging Ditch, Manchester, on his going into Yorkshire, 2 Mar. 1599. …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth
… daily. The governor has written to have one of the King's pinnaces to lie next summer about the island. I hope the … to treat of peace, but could not agree. The King's fleet has received loss at sea by the Rochellers. [2 … for safeguard of the soldiers, as also the partition ditch of the base guard of new work from the rest of the …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, Addenda
… or neglecting to tell a matter supposed for Her Majesty's benefit,and that in so great a per- sonage,will surely … peril of augmentation of his popularity, and of the people's grudge against her or her good counsellors, or both. 5. … for repairs of the castle; cleansing and deepening the ditch, and a vamure of turf of 300 feet; also for a rampart …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, Addenda
… that Her Majesty has given to George, my Lord Admiral's servant, the keepership of Catton park, belonging of late … hither, she sent me word to take order for both the Earl's houses, parks, &c., and because I asked further warrant, … the place as well as any other, but if Her Majesty's pleasure be otherwise, I will obey, and be sorry I knew not …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, Addenda
… the King [of Spain], which I tried to do at his Excellency's request, persuaded by Avery Phillips, who came to Bruges, … showed me his passport. He told me that some of the Queen's Council had persuaded him to go and offer his service, and … at Louvaine, when they heard of the Earl of Oxford's coming over; it was said that he was flying, and that the …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, Addenda
… of Huntingdon to Sec. Walsingham. I received Her Majesty's letters in a packet signed by you. The letters now sent to … had some provisions lying here, and therefore the B[ishop's] men have been content to let me spend 15 days here, before … walls of the castle and houses are in good repair, but the ditch is for the most part grown with earth, almost to the …