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| Oct. 26. |
1. Deputy Lieutenants of Essex to the Council. Have pressed,
as directed, 100 men, and delivered them to able conductors.
Inclose, |
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1. i. Return of names and addresses of 100 men levied in Essex,
and delivered to Ralph Eltonhead and William Andros,
to be conducted to Plymouth. |
Oct. 26.
Camp, at St. Martin. |
2. The Duke of Buckingham to all Admirals and others. Warrant
in lieu of letters of marque, authorizing Thomas Barker to proceed
to sea in the Renew, against the ships of Spain and France. |
| [Oct. 26.] |
3. Susan Countess of Denbigh to Buckingham. Hopes he will be
sure of supplies before he goes to Rochelle. There has been great
mistake or neglect. Grieved to hear that he has been in any
distress. Begs him not to be too venturous, and hopes he will not
forget the book she gave him to look over morning and evening.
[Modern transcript of an original formerly among the Conway
Papers.] |
| Oct. 26. |
4. Commissioners of the Navy to Sec. Coke. Send to him John
Cordit and Edward Clarke, and report the cases of John Alleyn and
Christopher Wilson, who have failed in completion of contracts to
carry coals to the Isle of Rhé. |
Oct. 26.
Plymouth. |
5. John Ashburnham to Nicholas. It pleases God to give a
contrary wind, absolutely to frustrate all sort of hope of good
success. If the wind continue cross but three or four days, this
supply will not bring the Duke home, he having stayed it out till
the last bit of bread, by reason of the encouragement received from
Lord Westmeath, who arrived there before the 15th, which was
much about the time set down in Lord Holland's letter, that he
should be there or not at all. Begins to fear that army and fleet
are all lost. Such a rotten miserable fleet set out to sea no man
ever saw. Our enemies seeing it may scoff at our nation. O, that
the King's command were with my Lord now to command him
away! When he first heard the news that the Duke was come away
he was extreme sorry; now he wishes with all his heart that he
were there. |
| Oct. [26 ?] |
6. Note of anchors and cables in his Majesty's stores applicable to
furnish the fleet in the Isle of Rhé. |
| Oct. 26. |
7. Account of the munition remaining with the army in the Isle
of Rhé on this day. |
Oct. 27.
Plymouth. |
8. Henry Earl of Holland to the King. Finds by the bearer
that our officers in the Isle of Rhé have great apprehensions of the
King of France's landing an army on the island under the defence
of the little fort that is yet untaken. It is therefore very necessary
that our recruits be hastened, and likewise the Scottish regiment.
Fears there is no good order taken for the new levies which are to
come to Plymouth. Yesterday 50 men arrived out of Dorsetshire,
and as yet neither the Deputy Lieutenants nor the Mayor has any
knowledge of it. The Earl finding them, disposed of them amongst
some of the weak companies. They would otherwise every man
of them have run away. On his own credit has provided 200 or
300 live sheep to carry with them for the sick men, who die for
want of fresh meat, and 2,000 or 3,000 pair of stockings for the
men that work in the trenches; also physic, and an apothecary; and
he hopes that Primrose, the little French doctor, will go with them.
Most despair, but he cannot, especially if men and provisions timely
follow, as to which their trust is wholly in the King's own ordering
and care, which will greatly redound to his honour. He subscribes
himself, "Your Majesty's most humble and most obedient servant
and slave." |
Oct. 27.
Bristol. |
9. Mayor of Bristol to the Council. Since his former letter, the
prize taken by the Hollanders from the Portugals has been brought
into that port, and he has caused her to be restored to the Hollanders according to their order. |
Oct. 27.
Ipswich. |
10. Sir John Poley and Capt. Richard Gosnold to the same.
Report on the fortifications of Aldborough, Dunwich and Southwold,
their present condition and the ammunition necessary to render
them defensible. Inclose, |
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10. i. Particular of defects of munition in the three places above
mentioned. |
Oct. 27.
Whitehall. |
11. Sec. Conway to Sir Edward Conway. By the same conveyance will receive another letter, written 10 days ago, and in it
a bill of exchange for 200 crowns for Sir Edward's brother, with
the news up to that time. Since then there has been no other
occasion to write, save to address to him an inclosed letter. |
Oct. 27.
Whitehall. |
12. The same to Henry Earl of Holland. The King's dissatisfaction with the negligence of those who had remitted the
ammunition and victual. Ordered Lord Conway to procure precise
accounts of these matters. The particulars seem to have been
delivered to the masters or pursers, and their hands taken for receipt
of them. Commissaries were not sent for saving of charges. The
officers in the ships undertook to give accounts to Sir Allen Apsley
and the Master of the Ordnance. The King desires Conway to
assure the Earl that he is well satisfied with his sufficiency and
care, and confident that he will lose no minute to win the end
of his journey. Greatness of the consequences of this action, both
for the state of the cause and the excellency of the person of the
General, to whom whosoever does the best service is most happy,
be it by life or death. The King and Queen are in good health.
[Copy.] |
| Oct. 27. |
Minute of the same. [Conway's Letter Book, p. 289.] |
Oct. 27.
Whitehall. |
13. The same to Charles Viscount Wilmot. The King approves
his conduct both before and since the arrival of Lord Holland,
to whom he doubts not the Earl will be assistant with advice. What
has been done respecting the irregular transport of the arms and
ammunition. The three fine gentlemen, his sons, were yesterday
in health, having honoured Lord Conway with a visit. He has
just cause to rejoice in such sons. There is no part of the town
so much visited as the weathercocks, all eyes watching when and
how the wind will serve Lord Wilmot. When he has the contentment to kiss the Duke's hands, begs him to do so likewise for Lord
Conway. |
| Oct. 27. |
Minute of the same. [Ibid.] |
Oct. 27.
Dover Castle. |
14. Sir John Hippisley to Nicholas. Sends his man to see if he
had heard any news from the Duke. Has been ready these 10 days,
but the wind is so far out that his ships cannot come out of the
Downs. [On the blank page of this letter is a draft of a letter to
the King in Nicholas's handwriting, indicating that the writer is
ready to go to sea to meet the Duke, and craving a few lines to the
Duke concerning the King's approbation of the expedition and
service, whereof, by sight of the Duke's letter to the writer, the
King is acquainted.] |
Oct. 27.
Dover Castle. |
15. The same to the same. This gentleman has now landed from
the Duke, but Hippisley has no letter from him, therefore sends this
packet by him "for life," that Hippisley may know from Nicholas
what he shall do. Hears by him good news, and intends not to stir until he hears from Nicholas. Begs him to ascertain the King's
pleasure, for he can see no reason of his going if the Duke be in
that good state as he hears he is. |
Oct. 28.
Whitehall. |
16. The Council to Buckingham. Besides provisions of sea coals
taken up in the Thames for supply of the army under his command,
he may perceive by the inclosed what course has been taken to cause
those of Bristol and Milford Haven to furnish him with the same,
and what hopes have been given them of receiving payment.
Inclose, |
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16. i. The Council to the Mayor and Aldermen of Bristol. It
concerns the service of the State that some good quantity
of sea coals should be sent to the Isle of Rhé; finding
great scarcity thereof in London, the persons addressed
are advised to concur with the coal merchants of Milford
Haven, and encourage them to send the same, assuring
them they shall receive payment in money, salt, or other
commodities at their election. 1627, October 28. |
| Oct. 28. |
17. Sec. Conway to Henry Earl of Holland. A gentleman
[Calandrini] has arrived from the Isle of Rhé that went thither with
Mons. Dulbier. He left on Tuesday se'nnight. The Duke had
then a resolution to assault the fort, and the soldiers were full of
courage and desire to make the attempt. If the Earl's supplies
come in time, the Duke will stay in the island. If forced to leave,
for want of supply, he will put himself and the army into Rochelle,
and run their fortune. The King longs passionately to hear of
their getting a passage, and is assured they will lose no opportunity.
[Copy.] |
| Oct. 28. |
Minute of the same. [Conway's Letter Book, p. 289.] |
| Oct. 28. |
The same to Charles Viscount Wilmot. Sends a letter of a more
lively character than that of yesterday. The King renews his
former directions to use all possible diligence to put to sea, the
rather that they may find the Duke at Rhé. He writes to the King,
that if he sends them bread they will serve him for it; if meat
[beer?], they will drink his health. [Copy, written on the same
paper as the preceding.] |
| Oct. 28. |
Minute of the same. [Ibid.] |
Oct. 28.
Inner Temple. |
18. Attorney General Heath to Sec. Conway. Received his letter
and petitions of George Bostock and Hugh Wilbraham and his wife,
and a certificate under the hands of knights and gentlemen of co.
Chester [perhaps the petition in Dom. Corresp., Car. I., Vol. xiv.,
No. 61.] Is of opinion that the statute of 34 Henry VIII. cap. 13,
has abrogated the granting of protections save by the King, and
thinks the way now attempted would be very inconvenient. |
| Oct. 28. |
19. Note of precedents of applications for fellowships made by
persons about the Court between this day and February 1628; they
are, to All Souls, Oxford, for Richard Napper; to the Dean and Chapter of Wells, for Edward Abbotts; to Bishop Bayly, of Bangor,
for John de Lima, a Spaniard, to have the rectory of Llandenam,
without cure of souls; to Queen's College, Cambridge, for Gregory
Isham; to Sutton's Hospital for Walter Charleton; and to All
Souls, Oxford, for William Sterrell. |
| Oct. 28. |
20. Capt. John Heydon's relation of his endeavours to capture
the French King's ships in the Texel, and how they were defeated
by Sir Sackville Trevor's capture of one of them. |
| Oct. 29. |
Warrant to pay to Sir Abraham Williams, agent for the Lady
Elizabeth, 350l., for transport of letters for three years and a half,
and to continue to him the same payment of 100l. per annum,
during pleasure. [Docquet.] |
| Oct. 29. |
Grant to James Ouchterlony of a pension of 200l. per annum, for
his life. [The like.] |
| Oct. 29. |
Warrant to the Sheriff of co. Hants, to continue the reprieve of
John Wilson and Michael Holland, condemned for killing a bailiff
at Andover. [The like.] |
| Oct. 29. |
21. John Lord Poulett to Sec. Conway. Recommends to him
Mr. William Waldron, a Justice of Peace, who desires to communicate to him some confessions of words spoken in derogation of his
Majesty's honour and virtues, to give them no worse phrase. |
Oct. 29.
Aboard the Bonaventure. |
22. Charles Viscount Wilmot to the same. They have once more
a fair wind to be gone, and are not slow in taking advantage of it.
They are already free of Catwater, with fine weather, and the fairest
wind that ever blew. Has seen two or three of the Duke's letters
since he wrote. On the 3d, he had seven or eight weeks' victuals,
and one month of that he reserved to bring the fleet home. Three
weeks have already past. What they carry will not be more than
enough for 20 days. Other defects are very great; there are no pikes,
very few corselets, no match, and the most of the fleet poor rotten ships.
Necessity for sending down commanders to take care of the fresh
men now assembling at Plymouth. The country is weary of the
burthen of them, and will rather encourage them to run away than
to stay. Sends list of victuals brought from London. |
Oct. 29.
Ash. |
23. Sir John Drake to Nicholas. Has remitted 1,650l., and will send
the remainder with as much haste as he may. One Dean of Bristol
should have paid 500l., but, like a merchant, pays a month after his
day. Wishes instructions respecting the sugar ship taken by a
Dutchman, but afterwards brought into Bristol. Has sent two
accounts of his Vice Admiralty, one made out by the appraisements,
the other by the sales. He will account to the Duke by the latter,
but desires that the former only may be shown. His reason is, that
Eliot has given out that he is but his man, and that he will bring
him to account, which, if he should, he might have nothing but the
appraisement, which, he hopes, he will never have power to do.
Bagg pays no tenths for prizes brought in by his ships. |
Oct. 29.
Ash. |
24. John Drake to Nicholas. They have finished the inquiry
respecting Sir John Eliot, and hopes they have enough proved to
make the gentleman known, how he has carried himself in his place.
Kiff and Staplehill, the principal informers, have not been examined.
They say they will be examined above, but there is no great trust
to their words. They can confirm many things proved by other
witnesses. Mr. Davyle has been very careful in it. |
Oct. 29.
Aboard the Mary Rose, at St. Helen's. |
25. Capt. Francis Sydenham to the same. Reports his sailing with
Sir Henry Mervyn on October 20, being overtaken in the storm,
putting into Portland road on the 22d, returning to the Island
[of Wight] on 26th, with loss of his long boat. Will take first
opportunity to go for Plymouth. Lord Holland, Ashburnham, and
the writer's brother rid post thither on the 19th. Twelve of his
men fallen sick for want of clothes. |
Oct. 29.
Scadbury. |
26. Sir Thomas Walsingham to the same. Sends accounts of his
Vice Admiralty. It has cost him this year more than he has
received. |
Oct. 29.
Bristol. |
27. William Willett to the same. Sends particular of ships gone
to St. Martin's. Prize affairs at Bristol. How the Order of Council
was obtained to deliver the Brazil ship and goods. A Fleming
arrived from Rochelle, which she left on the 18th. The citadel not
taken. Extraordinary rough weather, during which the ships drove,
and the fort relieved by 13 boats. The Duke purposed to come
away, but Mons. de Soubise promised him 800 men from Rochelle,
who, with the Duke's soldiers, should scale the fort, which was to be
done. The Duke's ships had captured boats, carrying sick, lying on
heaps, from the fort to the main. Our soldiers want apparel, and
especially shoes. Weary of the siege, wishing themselves at home,
and would have come away in this Fleming if permitted. Want of
victuals, bread, and beer. The St. Andrew and the Antelope stay for
a fair wind. Extreme weather ever since Sir Thomas Button came
down. Sent his letters to the Duke and Sir Allen Apsley by the
Endeavour. There is some commander lately dead. Inclose, |
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27. i. Note of victuals sent from Bristol to St. Martin's, in September and October, in various enumerated ships. |
| Oct. 29. |
28. Thomas Burley to William Elleff. Assignment of the place
and office of Master Gunner in the King's ship Insurance, to hold to
the said William Elleff in as ample a manner as the same is limited,
granted, and allowed unto the said Thomas Burley. |
Oct. 30.
Prestwold. |
29. Sir Henry Skipwith and Sir John Skeffington to the Council.
On notice of a quarrel between Sir Henry Shirley and Philip Chetwynd,
the writers were requested by the Earl of Huntingdon, as two of
his Deputy Lieutenants for Leicestershire, to interfere, to prevent
further mischief between them. On applying to Philip Chetwynd
[Sir Henry Shirley?] they received an answer defining them to be
incompetent mediators of his affairs. Mr. Chetwynd was conformable, as appears by his own information inclosed. The Earl directed them to make a return of the circumstances to the Council.
Inclose, |
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29. i. Sir Henry Skipwith and Sir John Skeffington to Sir
Henry Shirley. Request him to meet them on the morrow,
to give information respecting his quarrel with Mr.
Chetwynd. Donington Park, 1627, October 27. |
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29. ii. Sir Henry Shirley to Sir Henry Skipwith and Sir John
Skeffington. The King is much bound to the Earl of
Huntingdon, but Sir Henry Shirley purposes not to
make any one judge of this business but the Lords of the
Star Chamber. All he will tell them is, that in his own
grounds this fellow violently assaulted him. If they will
come to dinner he shall be glad of their company, otherwise Sunday is no fit day to travel on; nor does he see
any order they can take therein; it is too late now; nor
let the Earl fear any further harm. The writer knows
too well the disadvantage of breaking the peace, and
scorns to set his condition in equal balance with that of
the Earl's man. Staunton, Saturday night. |
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29. iii. Information of Philip Chetwynd. On the 25th inst., he
was informed by Gilbert Barker that Sir Henry Shirley
stated to him that he would not take the said Philip
Chetwynd's word for anything, because he would forswear
himself. On their next meeting he called Sir Henry to
account, and after some words certain actions ensued as
to which he desires to be excused giving any account. |
| Oct. 30. |
30. Sec. Conway to Katherine Viscountess Conway. Prays for
her health. Sends her 20l. |
Oct. 30.
Dover Castle. |
31. Sir John Hippisley to Sec. Conway. Begs pardon for not
seeing him before he left London. The King sent him away in great
haste. Lord Conway sent a warrant for Mr. Norton, of Fordwich,
but the man is there, and gives out that he has money to spend, and
makes a scorn of it. As he would not allow his own Deputy
Lieutenants to be so used, appeals to him not to see him wronged in
the Duke's absence. |
Oct. 30.
Plymouth. |
32. Henry Earl of Holland to the same. Still find there is no
match at all, and the want of 1,500 swords and 800 corselets. On
Monday, contrary to the opinion of the seamen, he forced the whole
fleet out of Catwater into Plymouth Sound, but at night they were
driven back by a storm, the violence of which he describes, and in
which the ships were in great danger, and sustained some damage.
Mr. Porter, who was aboard when they sailed, will acquaint him
with the particulars. No diligence shall be wanting to bring the
King's desires to a perfect end. |
| Oct. 30. |
Nicholas to John Ellzey. To sell goods mentioned in the inventories of the 24th inst. [Copy. Nicholas's Letter Book, p. 65.] |
| Oct. 30. |
33. Gilbert Raleigh to Nicholas. Excuses his not being able to
come to London this term. Accepts his offer of assistance for the
repair of Portland. |
| Oct. 30. |
34. Survey of the provision of fuel and coals upon the woodwharves in London. Totals:—Coals, 283 chaldrons; fagots, 2,676
loads; billets, 3,450 loads. |
| Oct. 31. |
35. Order of Council, that the Attorney General should draw a
new lease of customs, subsidies, and imports upon all goods imported
and exported into and from this kingdom to Sir Paul Pindar, Sir
John Wolstenholme, Charles Cokaine, son and heir of Sir William
Cokaine, deceased, and Abraham Jacob, to hold the same for two
years from December 24 last past. In this order are recited the
various orders made since the accession of Charles I. for the collection
and management of these duties. In one of them it is stated that
the necessary continuance of the same for the supportation of the
Crown had, in the two last Parliaments, been thought upon, but
could not be there settled by reason of the dissolution of those
Parliaments. |
Oct. 31.
Whitehall. |
36. Sec. Conway to [—]. His Lordship and their Honours,
with the Attorney General and the Attorney of the Court of Wards,
with Sir Miles Fleetwood, are to examine proposals to be made to
them by George Lassells for improvements in the Court of Wards.
[See 1627, June 19. Vol. lxvi., No. 62.] |
Oct. 31.
Dover Castle. |
37. Sir John Hippisley to Sec. Conway. On Sunday last, the
Admiral and one more of the Dunkirkers, were cast away under the
fort there. The men, in number 1,000, were all saved. The Hollanders cut away their ground tackling to secure themselves. |
Oct. 31.
Plymouth. |
38. Charles Viscount Wilmot to the same. Incloses a letter given
to Mr. Porter, but now sent by a swifter rider. The bearer brought
Lord Conway's letter of the 28th to Plymouth by two 2 o'clock on
the 29th. Blown back by the cruellest storm of 20 hours, that has
almost ever been observed. Although all diligence be used to
repair the ships, it will, for a time, hinder their putting to sea, but
for the present the wind is so adverse, and doth so overblow, that
there were no going to sea. The arms turn out to be as defective
as was supposed, and there are none to be got there. The Irish
come so ill armed, that the Duke was enforced to arm them, which
spent all his store. Thanks for Lord Conway's kindness to his
sons. |
Oct. 31.
Portsmouth. |
39. Capt. John Bond to Nicholas. Will bring his ship to Chatham
the first opportunity, and begs him, in the meantime, to let another
ship be fitted to receive his men and victuals, in which he desires to
employed. |
Oct. 31.
Dover Castle. |
40. Sir John Hippisley to the same. Sends a letter to the King
to be sealed and delivered. Has altered his letter in some things,
because the Duke's letter came since. Will not doubt of his secrecy.Has discharged all his neighbours that he found so willing to go with
him. He called them to the Town Hall, and demanded of the
Masters, who would go with him to sea. They cried, "One and all!"
Begs to be informed what likelihood there is for the Duke in this
business, and he will not be idle in it. |
| Oct. 31. |
41. Estimate of the munition remaining in the stores of the office
of ordnance. |
| Oct. 31. |
42. Copy of the account of provisions taken out by the army in
the Isle of Rhé, and since sent out to them [see Vol. lxxxii., No. 35].
With a memorandum, endorsed by Nicholas, that, on October 19, he
delivered a copy thereof to the King, and also to Secs. Conway and
Coke, and to the Lord President, Lord Suffolk, and the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, and showed it to Lord Dorset. This copy is continued
up to October 31, and concludes with an application [to the Council?]
to hasten further supplies. |
| Oct. |
43. The Eastland Company to the Council. Request, that certain
enumerated persons, being merchants dwelling at York, may be
sent for, for breach of an order of the Board of November 24 last. |
| Oct? |
44. Petition of Richard Herbert to the same. Complains that Sir
John Eliot had illegally delivered up the Fortune, of Hamburgh, and
her freight, brought by the petitioner and others for his Majesty's
use, into the port of Barnstaple, and adjudged to be lawful prize in
the Court of Admiralty. Prays that Sir John Eliot may be sent
for, to make satisfaction. Annexed, |
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44. i. Sir John Eliot to all Mayors and others. Order to
apprehend Thomas Bowen, Richard Jordan, and three
others, charged with piratically surprising the Fortune, of
Hamburgh, in the Road of Swansea. 1626, August 26.
[Copy.] |
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44. ii. William Leigh, William Molford, and Christopher
Copplestone to the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty.
Under a Commission from the Admiralty, they had inquired respecting goods received out of the Fortune, of
Hamburgh, and found that persons, who had bought the
same, allege that such goods were entered in the Custom
House, and that some such persons had been required by
Sir John Eliot, then Vice Admiral, to make satisfaction
for the said goods to John Marten, skipper of the same
ship. Richard Herbert, supposing this to be a wrong
to his Majesty, had required them not to proceed further,
but to certify their proceedings, and require further
direction. 1627, September 10. [Copy.] |
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44. iii. Sir John Eliot to William Whittson and William Peeters.
Order to re-deliver goods of the Fortune, of Hamburgh,
remaining in their custody to John Marten, the master
and part owner of the said ship. 1627, September 18.
[Copy.] |
| Oct. |
45. Sir John Hippisley and Thomas Wilsford to the Council.
Have taken advice as to what is necessary to be done in the repair of
the fortifications in the eastern parts of Kent, but refer the Council
to a survey taken in August 1623, by Sir Richard Moryson, Sir John
Ogle, and Sir John Keyes, with a special remembrance of the Castle
of Sandgate and Archcliff Bulwark. |
| [Oct.?] |
46. Petition of John Meredith to the same. Having been formerly
unjustly arrested in the liberty of St. Bartholomew, belonging to the
Earl of Holland, he had been discharged on the interference of the
Council. Lately, since the departure of the Earl, he had been
re-arrested, and cannot obtain his discharge. Annexed, |
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46. i. Sir William Becher to Sir Heneage Finch, Recorder of
London. Letter on which Meredith obtained his discharge on the former occasion of his arrest. Whitehall,
January 1, 1627. |
| [Oct.] |
47. Inventories, by Sir John Drake, of the Duke's tenths from the
Robert, the Bonaventure, and the Denial, of St. Bridget's, taken
into Bristol, and also of the Lady of Conception, the Hunter of
Hamburgh, the Squirrel, the Rat, and the Esperance, brought into
Dartmouth. |
| [Oct. ?] |
48. Memorandum, in the handwriting of Bishop Laud, for a letter
to be written by Sec. Conway to the Archbishop of Canterbury, to
procure Dr. Aisgill to be instituted to the Vicarage of Lydd, co. Kent,
upon the King's title by prerogative, the Archbishop having already
collated thereto Dr. Bargrave, Dean of Canterbury. |
| Oct. |
49. Henry Smith to Sec. Coke. Requests his favour in a cause
respecting a ship of Lubeck, in which the writer had an eighth
part. She was not liable to forfeiture for breach of the King's
proclamation, which had not been transmitted to Lubeck. [Latin.] |
| Oct. ? |
50. Memoranda of the witnesses to be examined in order to prove
that the Anne of London carried prohibited goods, and sold the
same in Spain. |
| [Oct.?] |
51. General statement of preparations made [by Sir Sackville
Crow?] for provisions for the army for two months. With underwritten memorandum, that, unless there be means of raising money
by other ways than they can perceive, the providers shall not be
able to go farther. |
| [Oct. ?] |
52. Similar statement assigned in the indorsement to Burlamachi.
The concluding paragraph differs from the preceding, and attributes
the impossibility of further advances to the circumstance of "moneys
being altogether stopped, and nothing to be had for any security
tendered." |
| Oct. ? |
53. Memorandum of partisans, halberds, drums, and targets, to be
sent to Dover, with the arms for the troops of the Earl of Morton,
and to be delivered to Sir John Meldrum. |
| Oct. |
54. Reasons of the Merchant Adventurers against the tareing of
their cloth by an office in London. |
| Oct. |
55. Return of names and addresses of special defaulters at musters
in Norfolk. |
| Oct. |
56. Tabular abstract of returns of collectors of the loan for the
counties of Nottingham, Middlesex, Derby, Oxon, Northampton,
Lancaster, Wilts, Lincoln, Suffolk, Cumberland, Westmoreland,
Hereford, Surrey, Stafford, Leicester, Bedford, Buckingham, Hertford,
Warwick, Kent, Essex, Somerset, York, Pembroke, Carnarvon; with
those for the cities and towns of Hereford, Canterbury, Derby,
Exeter, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Leicester, Lincoln, Newcastle-uponTyne, Nottingham, Monmouth, Winchester, Gloucester, Worcester,
Yarmouth, [Norfolk], St. Alban's, Thetford, Northampton, Woodbridge, Cambridge, Bath, Bristol, and Bedford. Total collected,
31,703l. 4s. 10d.; uncollected, 2,331l. 4s. 6d.; defaulters, 5,345l.
1s. 10d. |
| Oct. |
57. Similar abstract of other returns, not comprised in the preceding, for Wilts, Salop, Warwick, Ely, Bucks, Cambridgeshire, and
Derbyshire. |
| Oct. |
58. Similar abstract of other returns for Ipswich, Haverford West,
Coventry, Shrewsbury, and Rochester. |
| [Oct.] |
59. Note of provisions sent to Plymouth, with the quantities
received there and deficient. |
| [Oct.] |
60. Similar note, with other particulars, not in the preceding. |
| Oct. |
61. Particulars of arms and ammunition sent from the Office of
Ordnance to the Isle of Rhé, by Sir Wm. Becher and the Earl of
Holland. |
| Oct. |
62. Copy of the same, with addition of the articles of the same
kind intended to be sent with the 2,000 Scotsmen. |
| Oct. |
63. Plan of the citadel of St. Martin [by Henry de Vic?]. |
| [Oct. ?] |
64. Brief in the case of Richard Samborne versus the Attorney
General and Nicholas Polhill, for recovery of goods stayed at
Weymouth. |
| Oct. |
65. Deposition of John Thumwood, Nicholas Mogg, and Susan
Morne, as to scandalous words uttered by Anthony Spittle the
younger, postmaster of Basingstoke, against some persons who had
caused him to be sent for to the Council. |
