Search
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… of two letters which came to hand since his departure, and looks for more. No news but a letter from Mr. Ryder in … no order is taken about the writer's suspended pensions and the Queen's debt to him, and that Mr. Fortescue says the … wrote unto me on Saturday last to understand how far the office of packership might concern the Queen's good or harm …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… allege of matters past for his humble refusal thereof, and desire he hath to remain where he is. And so he resteth … infirmity of his eyes, is desirous to surrender his said office, Robert Bowyer, of the Middle Temple, makes humble … and goods, and that for very fear of your Majesty's navy upon the sea. I doubt not before this your Majesty did …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… to her Majesty, which chiefly concerneth her service, and partly my distressed estate. That which pertaineth to her … here I had a letter ready to the effect of the enclosed, and sent it you, and I being driven to keep my chamber with a … and so imagining still, I depart from that superfluous office. I determine about the midst of January to be in …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… purposed to have recommended my service to your Lordship, and by the assurance I had I altered my determination to go … out of the revenue of the Duchy of Lancaster, to the office of Treasury of her Majesty's Chamber; wherein, if I be … which carry provisions for the composition of this great navy, and be able daily to send intelligence of his …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… suit for your Lordship. It is a concealment of lands, and I would give 200 l. to obtain it; but if it were known … now full twenty-one years served her Majesty in the office, first a pursuivant of Arms, and so preferred in … the space of half a year, almost in his house, at bed and board. That he relieved Elliott in his piracies with victuals …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… cat nor dog did escape. The rest of the army is dispersed and not like to do hurt this year. The King has licensed all … is nothing to the contrary. By way of France, it seems the navy was intended for Ireland in hope to be there received … what hath been spent and spared this year past in every office, which haply you will not suddenly conceive. There is …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… almost how to speak with him. He was with me even now, and would have made new propositions to me for a way he said … deny it with an oath in your hearing before the honourable Board, and now I swear again to your lordship I was not the … for the setting forth of ten ships, to join with her navy royal for the defence of this realm against the King of …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… that I was not born in Spain nor any subject thereof, and that my father hath dwelt in the state of the great Duke … well in the spring, when the King of Spain will send his navy to sea, and the Cardinal take the field. The manner … and when, and give a note of preparations necessary in his office. [ M.: L. Ad. Ordered.] (7.) Sir George Carre to make …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… 1597, Dec. 1. I send you a copy of the Queen's letters and Mr. Secretary's to show you what I can gather here. I … you. Today Signor Palavicino's brother took leave of me, and has promised to send me intelligence from Italy. The … the land the Accountant, &c. had at the accepting of the office or any time after. The overplus to be delivered to the …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… 6,000 suits of apparel, consisting of mandyllons, breeches and stockings, for the French King's soldiers. Given under … of their own and of their friends, which they had on board. Most of it was sequestered in the hands of Sir John … Low Countries, and above all by the setting forth of the navy and army to the seas, thus saving this land from the …