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15th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… July no dispatch. Then the bribe of £500 presently drew it on. Then the Parliament coming on, his conscience smote him. He told Jacob the £500 set on … was laid when there were 2,700 tun of wines in the Thames. 3. The rigor in getting it from them, some being …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Fox, a London merchant, at the Red Lion tavern in Putney on 24 September 1638. Fox had got into an argument with a … ended up, allegedly, insulting the blue coat with a swan on the sleeve which the waterman wore as a servant to Dover. … mentioned in the case Middlesex Arundel House Oxford River Thames Surrey Putney Topics of the case drunkenness heraldry …
18th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… ambassador. Ordered, that Mr. Trussell shall be here on Saturday. The bill for Sir Thomas Gerrard to be brought in on Monday morning by the former committee. MR. [JOHN] SELDEN … del seignours ove 5 bills: 1. Bill pur faire ryver [Thames] navigable [Burcot] al Oxford. 2. Pur [Sir] Richard …
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry III
… Prohibition of a tournament to be held at Jerdele on Monday or Tuesday after the Epiphany next. Mandate to the … and the prior of St. Andrew's, Norhampton, to go there on those days at the king's command in form [above]. … for Nicholas de Sancta Brigida. April 8. Kingston [on-Thames]. Presentation of Pontius de Pontibus to the church of …
19th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… out of the penalty of this law. Second point was depending on this. Satisfied in that if this did hold. Third, was a … against the Merchant Adventurers for not setting of them on work. The lords of the Council ordered that they should … against a monopoly granted to strangers to cleanse [the] Thames and to take a penny a ton of all strangers' bottoms. A …
19th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… their great [ac]count books. Ordered also. To be brought on Tuesday next. L. 1. An act to make the river of Thames navigable. SIR BENJAMIN RUDYARD doubts not but the … [EDWARD] ALFORD. This the greatest matter he ever spoke on in Parliament. So to advise, that we do not blemish what …
1st March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… bring from the Lords a message intimating, that where, on Friday last, they had cleared Buckingham from any blame in … and disciplined and put in a readiness. Fortifications on the seacoasts, where need, as done by Sir John Norris in … SEYMOUR. That there are now 5 ships going out of the Thames for the East Indies, and they have 1,000 good mariners …
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… to the passage of the bill. The glass patent to be heard on Monday, whether it be a grievance or not. [f. 24v] MR. … SANDYS, from the committee for trade, about the imposition on hops. Committee thought fit to have it sent up to the … when a great number of hops were come here into the Thames, and so surprised the merchants that brought them in. …
20th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… be engrossed. L . 2. An act for the making of the river of Thames navigable to Oxford. SIR WILLIAM COPE. To have the … committees or commissioners as shall hereafter be agreed on in this present session of Parliament. [ Blank] Resolved, … committee to set it down. Sir John Savile would have us go on by degrees, first a defensive, then an offensive war. That …
22nd April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… his first reading, and then, during our sitting, to go on with public bills that the honour of the King and the good … be put to the question. Pretermitted customs to be debated on Saturday morning, 9 [o']clock. Sir Edward Coke sent up to … MR. [JOHN] WHISTLER reports the bill to make the river of Thames navigable to Oxford. SIR HENRY POOLE. To have the bill …