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| June 7. |
34. Petition of John Sandbrooke and Mary his wife, late wife of
Captain Henry Ramsay, deceased, to Thomas Lord Coventry, Lord
Keeper. Last Hilary term, petitioners obtained a decree in
Chancery against Roger and Robert Ramsay, whereby Robert
Ramsay was ordered to assign a bond to them, but instead of doing
so, he obtained a reference to Sir Robert Rich, and now to Sir
Edward Clarke. Beg that he may be compelled to assign the
bond. Underwritten, |
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34. i. Note by Lord Keeper Coventry that he does not think
Ramsay has committed a contempt, as, if his deposition
be true, he offered to deliver the bond upon warrant, but
he is now to give it up, and so both references may rest. |
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34. ii. Note by John Sandbrooke of receipt of the bond from
Sir Edward Clarke. [1 p.] |
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34. iii. Endorsement [by Henry Sherfield ?]:—"16th July 1633,
"I had this of Sir Edward Clarke for my son Ramsay
to see, and to be returned to him again." |
June 30.
Court at Edinburgh. |
35. Warrant by the King to Sir Henry Vane, Comptroller of
the Household, and Sir Henry Knollys, Clerk Comptroller of the
same, to pay such wages, board wages, and other entertainments
owing to the King's servants as they shall think most necessary
out of the 2,000l. surplus of the 10,000l. assigned for the expenses
of the journey to Scotland. [Signed by the King. 1 p.] |
| June. |
36. Table of the fees of the Marshal of the King's Bench, confirmed by the Judges as due according to ancient records. [1 Sheet.
Copy, attested by John Dibley and Henry Davison 22nd February
1636.] |
| [June.] |
37. Information of John Spencer, gunner in the Tower, to the
Council, that in the Castle of Norham, co. Durham, there are or
should be 12 pieces of ordnance, but one has been stolen and carried
to Scotland, and those remaining are hidden in a vault. He begs
to be employed to put them on board the "Dreadnought" now
bound for Scotland, as there is much necessity for brass ordnance
for the two ships last built and others now a-building. [¾ p. See
Vol. CCXL., No. 42.] |
| [June ?] |
38. Statement of the case against Mr. Carier, a minister of the
Church of England. Contrary to law, he got into his hands, in the
name of his wife's father, both the farm and the office [of director
of the lead-mines at Wirksworth, in the Peak], whereas he, a churchman, is incapable either of the farm or the office, which are both lay
fees. For this he was justly indicted and condemned at the assizes
at Derby, and found no way to free himself, but by procuring a
dispensation under the great seal, which was not a clearing but a
confession of his offence. The charges proved against him are
oppression, extortion, riot, and scandal against the Government
and the doctrine and practice of the Church and religion, for all
which crimes he has been deeply censured by this Court. The
writer advises revocation of the dispensation, and that the censure
of this Court [of Star Chamber ?] be transmitted to the High Commission, and his cause there recommended to a just and severe
proceeding. [17 pp. See Vol. CCXLI., No. 75.] |
