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| June 1. |
69. Secretary Conway to Sir H. Marten. I have received a
letter from Sir John Hippesley advertising that Sir Francis Stuart
hath made stay of a Dunkirk ship in the Downs laden with coin
and bullion, and that the particulars thereof are certified to you by
Sir Francis Stuart, [who has] acquainted His Majesty with as
much as can [be known], and his pleasure is that you take it into
[your consideration] and certify your opinion to His Majesty, who
[thinks it] just and meet to be directed touching this, and how far
His Majesty may in justice proceed in the stay and disposing of
the [ship and her lading] in respect of the injustice done to his
subjects on the other side [of the water] by the stay of their
persons and confiscation of their ships and goods. I conceive you
will be called to the Council Board for your advice touching this
ship. But His Majesty requires your opinion immediately from
yourself, and that with all possible expedition, that directions may
be given for the stay or release of the ship, as there shall appear
cause. [Minute of this already printed. Damaged by mice
Draft. ½ p.] |
| June 2. |
70. The same to Matthew de Quester, Postmaster for Foreign
parts. Touching the progress of Lord Stanhope's suit. His late
Majesty had the question between his Lordship and you touching
the validity of your patent [referred] to a legal trial, and a verdict is
given against you. His Majesty would therefore be pleased to give
order for a proclamation to prohibit all except Lord Stanhope and
his servants to intermeddle in sending or receiving packets either
for Foreign or Home service. [Minute of this already printed.
Damaged by mice. Draft. 2/3 p.] |
June 2.
[Canterbury.] |
71. The same to Edward, Earl of Worcester, Lord Privy Seal.
I received a message [just] now brought me from the Lord
Chamberlain by order of the King, to advertise you and request
you to make known to the rest of the Lords, that they may forbear
their coming to Canterbury, [for] that the solemnities of the royal
marriage are to be performed at London by reason that Her
Majesty [Queen Henrietta Maria] will not arrive at Dover until
Tuesday at the soonest. [Minute of this already printed. Draft.
½ p.] |
| June 5. |
72. The same to Sir John Coke. According to the advice contained in your letter I moved His Majesty concerning the [Dutch]
pirate Campaine, and obtained his directions to the AttorneyGeneral for preparing a protection and safe conduct to bring him
in, which His Majesty condescended unto for the satisfaction of his
merchants. The directions come to you herewith, and if anything
be wanting confer with Mr. Attorney and cause it to be supplied
in the draft, and I will get a full warrant from His Majesty for it.
Thanks him for the particular account given in his letter of the
4th. I doubt not but you have acquainted Lord Admiral [Buckingham] with the East India merchants' complaints. From whomsoever the countermand came I am sure none went from me.
I do not understand what those 14 chests of sword blades and the
ships and goods are which your letter mentions, and neither the
Lord Admiral nor Council being here I can send you no directions
how they are to be disposed of. There is stay of some ships of
Dunkirk and others laden with Spanish goods, but I know of no
others, nor any cause to stay any, so you may give what order you
will if any such others are stayed. [Minute of this already printed.
Copy damaged by mice. 1 p.] |
| [June 5 ?] |
73. Katharine, Countess of Suffolk, to Mr. Kendall. Sends letter
for Robin Howard. Mr. Weston is anxious for news; she only
wishes to know when the Queen will be in London, because she
would send to Bess Howard. Wishes him to write when he thinks
her son would come from Dover. [1 p.] |
June 7.
Datchet. |
74. Richard Budd to Thomas Dorrell, Collector of the Subsidy
in Bucks. Understanding that you are collector of the third and
last subsidy granted 21 James I., and being charged at 10l. goods
in Datchet, I desire to inform you that I have already a certificate
of discharge from that assessment now in Mr. Auditor Phelip's
hands, as I do pay in London. [½ p.] |
| June 8. |
75. Secretary Conway to Sir John Ogle. I am exceeding sorry
to find that the perplexities and troubles in your mind follow you
in this service with so much violence and discouragement. When
I moved for the employment [at Plymouth] and gave my consent
to it, my hopes were otherwise, both from your own good resolution, and that I was confident the hand of God would be with
you in that good action. I will not take upon me to persuade you
by any reasons or arguments against your own resolutions. All
that I can do is to pray with you and for you. And I doubt not
but you will find the gracious and blessed disposition of the King
and the sweet mild nature of the Duke of Buckingham inclinable
to make the best and most favourable interpretation of your weakness
and cherish the good parts in you, till it may please God to
remove the present infirmities that obscure them and enable you
to employ them profitably in your King's and country's service. I
have sent your letter to the Duke into France with a recommendation to take it into his gracious consideration. I will endeavour all in my power to bring you off fairly from this
employment [at Plymouth] without blemish to your reputation
and with as much contentment and satisfaction to yourself as I
shall be able to procure, and will in all other things serve you
according to my professions and good affection. [Minute already
printed. Draft. 2/3 p.] |
June 11.
Newport. |
76. Sir John Leigh and Sir Edward Dennis to Lord Conway.
This poor man, the bearer, had his bark arrested at the Cowes
Castle by Captain Ersfield's men, under a pretence of piracy, the
men being imprisoned from 28th May till 2nd June. The constable
well knowing the passages of this business, lest this poor man
should suffer some further wrong, brought him to us, whereby we
conceive not how the constable hath offended. Hereupon we
granted warrant for the Captain and the rest of the parties to be
brought before us to be examined, when we found that Captain
Ersfield had examined those who were most material, and this man
was examined before us. This man's bark was hired by Captain
Hugh Williams, a Netherlander, who had a commission from the
States, and so they put to sea and gave chase to a Calais man[-ofwar] laden for the Straits, out of which they took six pieces of small
iron ordnance, four murtherers, two hogsheads of oil, and some small
trifles, as by their examinations will appear; after this they took
another ship of 120 tons laden with woad and wheat, and putting
into Kilmore in Ireland were questioned by the Vice-Admiral, but
their commission was conceived to be good and the prize lawful,
so they were suffered to proceed to the Isle of Wight, where they
arrived on 28th May. Thus recommending this poor man's case to
your Lordship's wise consideration, with our dutiful respects, we
remain. [Seal with arms and crest. 1½ pp.] |
June 13/23.
Stanton. |
77. Ralph Hopton to the Lord General Cecil [Colonel Sir
Edward Cecil, Lieutenant-General and Lord Marshal of the Cadiz
Expedition]. The favourable opinion of your Lordship disposes
me with much readiness to receive and obey your commands, so
as soon as I received your letter I went to the General to solicit
my leave, which he refused me unless first demanded of him by
letter. I thought fit, therefore, to dispatch this gentleman first to
you and thence into England, to make known my readiness to be
guided by my noble friends and the present occasion of my stay,
which I doubt not it will be easy for you, acknowledging me for
your soldier in this employment, for the immediate service of His
Majesty, to remove. Postscript.—Let me beseech you to give me
leave to present my humble service to Sir William St. Leger.
[Seal with arms. 1 p.] |
June 20.
Aboard the "Happy Entrance." |
78. Sir Richard Bingley to the Duke of Buckingham. Certifies
his arrival in the Downs from the Maze [Maes] in Holland, where
he safely harboured the 2,000 men he had in charge to waft over
from Hull thither. He purposed to have gone in himself, but a
storm from the north-east forced him out to sea, where he has
been much weather-beaten, but is now here ready for your Grace's
further command. [Seals broken. ½ p.] |
June 21.
Kanegay [or Kenegie]. |
79. John Harris to Edward, Lord Conway. Recommends to
your Honour this suit on behalf of his ancient acquaintance Captain
Edward Yates. Yates' desire is that you would confirm to him
the command over the 150 Cambridgeshire soldiers assigned him
by Sir John Ogle. Prays you would write two or three words to
Colonel Ogle that he may be listed amongst the rest of the captains
for this journey [to Cadiz]. Services done by Yates to the late
King James and Prince Henry, whose servant he was. Styles
himself your Honour's truly devoted servant and kinsman, and
excuses his own present boldness and former neglects by reason of
his inability of doing service, but should hold it for a happiness
should you honour him with any of your commands. [Seal with
crest and motto broken. 1 p.] |
June 21.
Kenegie. |
80. Arthur Harris to the same. To the same effect as the preceding. Prays him to recommend Yates in two or three words to
the Colonel, as Sir John Ogle will not take upon him absolutely
to settle Yates in his place without your allowance. My request
for myself is that if any supplies be granted to His Majesty's forts
you would remember [St. Michael's] Mount, which, amongst others,
was recommended to your Honour. [Seal with crest and motto.
1 p.] Enclosed, |
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80. i. Warrant by John Bere, Treasurer of the Army, to
Mr. Peter Livesey, Conductor of 150 Cambridgeshire men,
and to the constables of the same places. Sir John Ogle,
Commander of the forces about Plymouth, having disposed of these forces to Captain Edward Yates, you are
required to deliver them over to him by indenture.
Plymouth, 14th June 1625. [Copy. ½ p.] |
| June 21. |
81. Edward Lord Conway to Lord Treasurer Ley. In the Duke
of Chevreuse's train are two jewellers, Francis du Jardin and
Matthew Colbin, who have brought hither certain jewels which
they desire to show and put to sale in this Court. His Majesty
has commanded me to signify his pleasure to you that you give order
at the Custom House for the same to be permitted to pass without
paying customs upon a list being delivered, and that they may
be sold at any time during the stay of the Duke here to such
noblemen and gents as may desire to buy them without accounting
for any custom, and those remaining unsold after the Duke's
departure to be freely carried back, or sold here upon payment of
custom according to the usual rates. [Draft. 2/3 p.] |
| [June 21.] |
The same to the same. Mr. [Edward] Sheldon's humble suit to
your Lordship is that you would procure a license for him and his
wife Elizabeth, together with Ralph Sheldon and Bridget his wife,
and their 18 servants and six horses [to travel on the continent]
for two or three years. [Minute written on back of the preceding.] |
June 24.
Westminster. |
82. Letters Patents of Charles I. Understanding by a certificate of the justices of the peace for co. Chester that William
White and others, owners and joint partners of a bark called the
"Phœnix," and Thomas Robinson and others, owners and joint
partners of the bark called the "Trinity," both lying in the port of
Liverpool, were stayed and pressed by the Mayor for conveying
over into Ireland 162 soldiers for King James's service, which
vessels, setting forth on the 30th of March last, were, through
extremity of weather and tempest of the sea, driven upon the
coasts of Wales, where the "Phœnix" perished with all her crew,
owners, and soldiers, while the "Trinity" was lost, but her crew,
the soldiers, and others escaped with their lives, losing all their
goods. Out of our special grace and princely compassion we do
authorise the representatives of the survivors to take the alms
and charitable benevolence of our loving subjects inhabiting within
the city of London and suburbs, in counties Dorset, Somerset,
Devon, and Cornwall, and in Poole, Bristol, Bath, Wells, and
Exeter, but not elsewhere, for and towards the recovery of their
losses, and the relief and maintenance of themselves, their poor
wives and children. Our will is that at such times as Thomas
Robinson, William Wilson, John Robinson, William Parbott, and
Margery White, or their deputies bearing these our letters, shall
repair to any of your churches, chapels, or other places to ask and
receive gratuities they be suffered so to do, the parsons, vicars, and
curates exhorting and persuading their congregations to extend
their liberal contributions to so good and charitable a deed.
Lastly, as we are informed of the great abuse which is now crept
in amongst these poor people who sell their licenses to other
persons, whereby men's charity goes not the right way, but unto
such as deserve it least, our will is that if it shall appear to any of
you that the persons above named have contracted or sold these
our Letters Patents, whereby the benefit shall pass from them to
any other person, that thereupon these our letters shall be void and
of none effect. [Printed by Thomas Purfoot in black letter, with
elegant impressions of the royal arms. Broadside.] |
| June 28. |
83. Return of the Parliamentary subsidy moneys paid into the
hands of the Treasurers appointed by Parliament and by them
disbursed from time to time. It is headed "A Collection of all the
Warrants directed to be paid by the Treasurers of the Subsidy
moneys," viz.,—For the four regiments in the Low Countries:— |
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1. A warrant dated 30th June 1624 for the levying, conducting,
and transporting of 6,000 men, which, at 16s. a man, amounts to
4,800l. In margin: See the first article concerning the levy, &c.,
fol. 217. |
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2. Another warrant, dated 6th July 1624, for arming and
clothing these 6,000 men, 17,280l. In margin: This was done
after many debates, and upon the resolution of the Judges, &c.,
fol. 5. |
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3. Warrant, dated 13th July, for the first three months' pay of
the 6,000 men, with their colonels and other officers, accounting
42 (sic) days to a month, &c., 25,932l. 13s. 6d. In margin: See
the copy of the articles of alliance, &c., fol. 216, subscribed by Lord
Conway, and the King's pleasure signified by him, fol. 251. |
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4. Ditto, dated 9th October 1624, for the second three months'
pay of the 6,000 men, 25,932l. 13s. 6d. |
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5. Ditto, 21st January 1624[–5], for the third three months' pay
of the 6,000 men, to begin the 23rd of March last and ending
27th July 1625, amounting to 25,932l. 13s. 6d. In toto for the four
regiments, 99,878l. 0s. 6d. |
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For the Navy. |
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1. A warrant, dated 13th July 1624, to defray the charge of
fitting 20 Newcastle ships to make them serviceable for the defence
of this kingdom, amounting to 1,029l. 2s. 10d. |
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2. Ditto, dated 21st July 1624, for the extraordinary charges in
setting forth to sea in warlike manner such of His Majesty's ships,
&c., as are or shall be by His Majesty directed, 5,000l. |
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3. Another the same day for extraordinary provision of victuals
for the same ships, 9,800l. |
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4. Ditto, dated 29th July 1624, for provision of victuals for
setting forth of the "Convertive" in warlike manner to the seas over
and above His Majesty's ordinary guard, 1,000l. In margin: See
the warrant under His Majesty's signet, fol. 237, and the Privy
Seal, fol. 240, dated 7th April 1625. |
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5. Two other warrants, dated 9th October 1624, for provision of
hemp towards the making of an extraordinary proportion of cordage
to be always in store, 10,000l. |
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6. Warrant, dated 20th October 1624, for emptions in the Office
of the Ordnance for the furnishing of the gunners' stores of five of
His Majesty's ships, and two drumblers set to sea over and above
His Majesty's ordinary guard. |
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7. Ditto, dated 23rd December 1624, for charge of preparing for
the seas 12 of His Majesty's ships, two drumblers, and one pinnace;
and to defray the continuing charge of five ships and two drumblers
then at sea, in full of 14,955l. 5s. 6½d., the sum of 9,955l. 5s. 6d.
In margin: See the Duke of Buckingham's signification of His
Majesty's pleasure and the Commissioners' estimate, fol. 239. |
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In toto for the Navy, 37,530l. 8s. 4d. |
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For the Office of the Ordnance and Forts in England. |
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1. A warrant, dated 2nd July 1624, for 2,000l. to be imprested
to Mr. Evelyn upon and according to contract made with him for
gunpowder by the Prince and the Lords Committees in April 1624,
2,000l. In margin: See the contract and the quantity required
by the book of supply for the magazine of the Office of the Ordnance
allowed by the Prince and the Lords' Committees, &c. |
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2. More to him by warrant dated 13th July 1624, 2,980l. In
margin: For April and May. |
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3. More to him by warrant dated 20th July 1624, 1,620l. In
margin: For June. |
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4. Ditto by warrant dated 16th September 1624, 1,700l.—for
July. |
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5. Ditto by warrant dated 28th October 1624, 1,700l.—for
August. |
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6. Ditto by warrant dated 2nd December 1624, 1,700l.—for
September. |
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7. Ditto by warrant dated 4th January 1624[–5], 1,700l.—for
October. |
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8. Ditto by warrant dated 31st January 1624[–5], 1,700l.—for
November. |
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9. Ditto by warrant dated 28th February 1624[–5], 1,700l.—for
December. |
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10. Ditto by warrant dated 28th March 1624[–5], 1,700l.—for
January. |
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11. Ditto by warrant dated 25th April 1625, 1,700l.—for
February. |
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12. Ditto by warrant dated 26th May 1625, 1,700l.—for March. |
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13. A warrant, dated 21st July 1624, to pay unto John Browne,
His Majesty's founder of iron ordnance and shot for round shot of
iron, 1,475l. 9s. 6d. In margin: See book of supply and the
quantity thereby required, &c., and the Privy Seal, fol. 240. |
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14. More to him by warrant dated 24th September 1624 for
another quantity of round shot of iron, 1,000l. |
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15. More to him in full payment of the former quantity of shot
by another warrant dated 1st November 1624, 556l. 9s. 10d. In
margin: See book of supply and the quantity thereby required, &c.,
and the Privy Seal, fol. 240. |
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16. Another warrant, dated 19th August 1624, to pay to
Sir Peter Osborne, Knight, for provision of field carriages for the
castles in the Isle of Guernsey, 368l. 8s. 8d. In margin: See the
Act of Parliament and the necessity of the service. |
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17. Another warrant, dated 12th October 1624, to pay to Bernard
Johnson, the King's engineer, to defray his charges, &c., in surveying
and setting forwards the work at Portsmouth, 40l. |
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18. To Sir Jaspar Fowler and the Mayor of Dover for the
reparations of Dover Castle and Motes' bulwark by warrant dated
2nd December 1624, 1,000l. |
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19. More to Bernard Johnson, the engineer, to survey and set
forward those works by warrant dated the same day, 40l. |
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20. More to Captain John Higham in part of a greater sum to
be assigned for the reparations at Portsmouth by warrant dated
20th December 1624, 300l. In margin: See the Act of Parliament
and the book of survey of the forts. |
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21. More to Sir Richard Moryson, Knight, the Mayor of Portsmouth, and Mr. [William] Towerson, in part of a greater sum towards
the reparations of Portsmouth [as] aforesaid by warrant dated
5th March 1624[–5], 1,200l. |
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22. More to Sir Robert Killigrew in part of a greater sum
towards the reparations of the castles of Pendennis, St. Mawes,
St. Michael's Mount, in Cornwall, by warrant dated 6th April 1625,
350l. |
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23. More to Sir William Russell for munition, &c., for the Newcastle
ships by two several warrants, the one dated 2nd December and the
other 17th December 1624, 15,744l. 0s. 3d. |
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24. A warrant, dated 4th January 1624[–5], to pay unto
Sir Richard Moryson, Knight, Lieutenant of Ordnance, for supply
of divers of His Majesty's castles and forts in England with divers
sorts of munition and habiliments of war to be provided by way
of emption, 5,973l. Inde paid only 1,000l. In margin: Remains
to be paid as the treasure will permit, 4,973l. See the several
proportions and warrants for supply. |
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25. A warrant, dated 9th March 1624[–5], to pay to Joseph Day,
plumber, for 12 tons of lead cast into musket shot, 168l. |
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26. More for 500 rests for muskets, 80 chests for muskets, and
200 casks for musket shot, 57l. |
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27. More to John Browne, for the remainder of round shot of
iron, by warrant dated 15th June 1625, 1,926l. 17s. |
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In toto for the Office of the Ordnance and Forts in England,
47,126l. 4s. 5d. |
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For Ireland. |
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1. A warrant, dated 12th October 1624, for 5,666l. 13s. 4d., to
Lord Docwra, in part of 17,000l. assigned to defray the charge of
the forts in Ireland, 5,666l. 13s. 4d. |
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2. More to him for raising 230 horse for Ireland by warrant
dated 13th October 1624, 4,600l. |
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3. More to George Hooker, Esq., for provision of arms and
apparel for the 2,250 foot raised for Ireland by warrant dated
1st December 1624, 6,605l. 8s. |
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4. More to the Lord Docwra in part of the pay of the said horse
and foot for Ireland for six months, and for the charges of portage
and transportation of that and other sums of money by warrant
dated 17th December 1624, 8,459l. 2s. |
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5. More to the Lieutenant of the Ordnance for munitions, &c., for
Ireland by warrant dated 4th January 1624[–5], 760l. In margin:
See the Act of Parliament and the proportions allowed by His
Majesty, fol. 247. |
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6. More to George Hooker, Esq., for carts, &c., to carry the
Irish arms and apparel to Bristol, Chester, and Liverpool, by warrant
dated 23rd February 1624[–5], 420l. 15s. |
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7. More to defray the charge of press, conduct, and transportation
of the 2,250 footmen for Ireland, per estimate, 1,800l. |
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8. More to Lord Docwra in full for the first six months pay of
the said horse and foot there, 3,984l. |
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In toto for Ireland, 32,295l. 18s. 4d. |
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For the Service under Count Mansfeldt. |
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1. To Philip Burlamachi, for provision of arms for Count
Mansfeldt's forces, by three several warrants, one dated 4th October
and the other two 24th November 1624, 15,000l. |
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2. More to him for two months' pay of Count Mansfeldt's forces,
by two warrants dated 19th and 24th November 1624, out of which
6,000l. was allowed to defray the charge of the press, conduct, and
transportation of soldiers raised to serve under him, 40,000l. In
margin: The Act of Parliament, His Majesty's warrants, and
other letters, &c., fols. 249, 250, 258, &c.; and the Answer to the
Memorials, fol. 260. |
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3. More to George Hooker for cassocks for those soldiers, by
warrant dated 1st December 1624, 6,666l. 13s. 4d. |
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In toto for the service under Count Mansfeldt, 61,666l. 13s. 4d. |
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Summa totalis of the warrants and payments directed to be
paid as aforesaid, 278,497l. 4s. 11d. |
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4. Memorandum that over and above the several services before
specified and the several sums of money issued and to be issued by
our warrants for the same as aforesaid, we did long since resolve
and order accordingly that out of the money of the second and third
subsidies these further services should be performed and money
issued accordingly, viz.:— |
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5. In full for the supply of all the forts and castles before mentioned (surveyed by Sir Richard Moryson, Sir John Ogle, and Sir
John Kay, Knights, in September 1623), with all sorts of munition,
according to the several proportions and warrants for the same,
4,973l. 1s. |
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6. In full for the reparations of all the said forts and castles
according to the said survey, 10,650l. |
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7. And in full for the repair of the old and erecting of new forts,
&c., in Ireland, according to our opinions delivered and the resolution taken by his late Majesty, 11,333l. 6s. 8d. |
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In toto, 26,956l. 6s. 8d. |
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8. But the subsidies being not like to afford the means to
perform those so necessary works, we humbly commend the supply
of what shall be wanting for the same unto His Majesty's princely
wisdom and provident care. [This Return is here given in full,
being of considerable interest as the only record we have of the
particular receipts and disbursements of this subsidy. It was
never paid into the Exchequer, and consequently no record of it
was kept amongst the Treasury Papers.] Dorso,
28th June 1625. [= 8pp.] |
| June 30. |
84. Thomas Locke to Sir Dudley Carleton, Ambassador at the
Hague. I have received yours of the 18th with the lease. I have
already advertised you of the passing of your Privy Seal, with
allowance of 150l. for mourning, which I could not get increased
unless there had been a motion made to the King about it. If the
Privy Seal had not been sued out no suit could justly have been
made to the Lord Treasurer for money, which, though it be not
obtained yet, I hope it will be shortly. At the present the Lord
Treasurer complains of extraordinary scarcity of money. There
have been divers applications about the renting of Imworth, but it
is more for love of the house now at this time than desire of the
land, indeed, it were better that somebody dwelt in it than otherwise. Yesterday the Lower House of Parliament granted two
subsidies to the King, payable respectively in October and April
next. It is not likely that the Parliament will continue long now,
for there died of the sickness this week 390, the whole number was
942, and there are 50 parishes infected. The greatest business that
has been handled in Parliament yet has been about recusants,
which many think would have been more seasonable after the
French are gone. The King stays here, as we think, to take his
leave of the Duke of Chevereuse before he goes to Hampton Court.
His charge and that of the rest [of his suit] comes to 500l. a day.
I send two letters enclosed for Lady Carleton. [Seal with arms
and crest broken. 2pp.] |
| [June.] |
85. Fragment of a letter. Loss of Breda. We have lost [Henry
Wriothesley] the brave Earl of Southampton and his son, both of a
burning ague. [Sir Robert] Anstruther has acquitted himself well.
But those cold spirits want our coals to kindle their fuel which it
seems is in abundance. [Draft amongst the Conway Papers, much
damaged. 2/3 p.] |
| [June ?] |
86. [Lord Conway to Sir John Ogle.] Recommending Isaac
Lucan, a gentleman of good family in Cambridgeshire, to be a
captain or lieutenant of a company in this present service for His
Majesty. He served in Colonel Ogle's company under Captain
Gibson. [Draft. ½ p.] |
| [June ?] |
87. Portion of a speech preserved amongst the Conway Papers,
similar to that delivered by Lord Keeper Williams at the opening
of the first Parliament of Charles, but without name of Speaker or
date. It commeuces thus: "To open to you the present state of
affairs it will be requisite to show the condition they were in at
the calling of the last Parliament." [3pp.] |
[June ?]
Rochelle. |
88. Mem.—An allowance to be made to Sir John Ogle of 40s.
per diem for this service, viz., for quartering the soldiers at
Plymouth, according to a computation of former presidents in like
cases, until His Majesty shall have settled the Army [designed
against Cadiz], and the Lord General and Lord Marshal shall come
thither [to Plymouth] with His Majesty's commission, by which
time it is conceived that the office and entertainment of Sir John
Ogle will be declared, and some allowance for his journey thither.
[Wrongly headed Rochelle, 1627. Copy. ½ p.] |
| June. |
89. Philip Burlamachi to Sir [Charles] Rich. Protests that he
had nothing to do with the great iron shot for cannon landed by
Martin Bowen, as had been reported to the Lord Admiral. [French.
2/3p.] |
| [June.] |
90. Philip Flemynge [to Secretary Conway, as Captain of the
Isle of Wight]. The castles of the Isle of Wight are to be repaired,
especially Sandown Castle, which, if it be not speedily looked unto,
much of it will fall into the sea. The King's woods are like to be
spoiled by the poorest inhabitants, there being no officer at present.
There is no officer to execute writs and warrants proceeding out of
the Courts of Justice. Lastly, if the King's lands and manors pass
from the Crown the Captain is no more Steward, [so] the ancient
civil government of the Island will be altered. Postscript.—Wroxall
Apse passed in the Earl of Holderness' book. Buccomb, Niton,
Thorley, and Wellow passed to the Earl of Anglesea. [1 p.] |
