Queen Elizabeth - Volume 26: December 1562

Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth, 1547-80. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1856.

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'Queen Elizabeth - Volume 26: December 1562', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth, 1547-80, (London, 1856) pp. 212-215. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/edw-eliz/1547-80/pp212-215 [accessed 26 March 2024]

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December 1562

Dec. 1.
Burleigh.
1. Peter Kemp to Sir Wm. Cecill. Mrs. Haryngton recommends her son, John, to be elected a member [for Stamford ?] although Sir William has preferred Mr. Robt. Wyngfield. Cecill's priest is given to daily intoxication. [Much obliterated.]
Dec. 1. 2. Marq. of Winchester to same. In favour of Sir Thos. Benger; recommends him to have a licence for 1,000 tons of beer. [Much obliterated.]
Dec. 5. 3. Estimate of the charges of victualling certain vessels for the sea.
Dec. 6.
Portsmouth.
4. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to Cecill. Has despatched Mr. Clayton and the carpenters to Newhaven. Asks leave to appoint a deputy.
Dec. 8.
Portsmouth.
5. Same to same. Has mustered part of Tremayne's band, 26 in number, able men and well mounted.
Dec. 9. 6. Extent or annual valuation of the lands of Edward Ludloe and Matilda his wife, deceased, now in the hands of the Queen, by reason of the minority of Robert Ludloe, their son and heir.
Dec. 10. Bye. 7. John Young to Sir Wm. Cecill. Arrival of a number of French refugees from Dieppe and Rouen. Intelligence brought by them from France.
Dec. 13. Rynehousen, near Spires. 8. Tho. Windebank to same. Mr. Knolles is of opinion that Mr. Cecill should pass the winter at Strasburg. Windebank advises he should return to England, and not go to Italy; and that some other person should have charge of him.
Dec. 12. 9. Draft of the above.
Dec. 13. Rienhowsen, near Spires. 10. Thomas Cecill to his father. Met the Count Palatine at Heidelberg. Desires permission to return and see the war. His anxiety to leave Germany. Fr.
Dec. 13. Lambeth. 11. Guido Cavalcante to Cecill. Thinks the matter which he wishes him to transact will be best performed by his going in person. He will act with zeal and secrecy.
Dec. 14. Strond. 12. H. Alington to Tho. Windebank. Eecommends him to return home with young Mr. Cecill.
Dec. 15, 13. Cecill to same. Leaves his son's going to Italy, or to return, to the discretion of Mr. Knolles and himself. His young son is dead.
Dec. 15. Portsmouth. 14. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to Cecill. Causes of delay of Mr. Worsley's passage; he departed on Tuesday. Arrival of Sir Hugh Poulet with the treasure in his charge, who with the French will embark on the morrow.
Dec. 15(?) 15. Account, by Sir Wm. Keyllwey, of treasure received of Sir Hugh Poulet, for the service of Newhaven.
Dec. 17. Portsmouth. 16. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to Cecill. Embarkation of Sir Hugh Poulet, in the Aid, with the Frenchmen, to the number of 300. Order for transporting Mr. Tremayne's cavalry.
Dec. 18. 17. List of the Gentlemen Pensioners and Gentlemen at Arms.
Dec. 19. 18. Account of the charges of a new block-house erected at Upnor, upon Gillingham Water, but not yet completed.
Dec. 20. Strasbourg. 19. Windebank to Cecill. Urges the selection of Mr. Nowell to have charge of Mr. Cecill, and for his own recal.
Dec. 20. Burleigh. 20. Peter Kemp to same. Transactions at Burleigh. Has delayed the election of the Burgesses of Stamford. The parson of Thorpe Achurch is dead.
Dec. 23. Portsmouth. 21. Sir Wm. Keyllwey to same. The Phoenix has been obliged by contrary winds to put back. Arrangements necessary for victualling the ships.
Dec. 23. Rye. 22. John Young to same. Execution of a plot laid by Mons. Gaskin, to surprise the Castle of Dieppe. Ricarvele, the Governor, slain; and Gaskin now keeps the Castle for the King.
Dec. 24. 23. The Queen to Lord Wentworth and the Sheriff of Norfolk. Directions to send 600 soldiers by sea to Newhaven. 100 pioneers to be also provided for that place.
Dec. 25. 24. List of stores to be provided and bought for supply of Newhaven.
Dec. 25.
Rye.
25. John Young to Sir Wm. Cecill. News from Dieppe. Particulars of an action between the forces of the Prince and 500 Spaniards, at a place called Chartres. M. Montgomeri has not yet come to Dieppe.
Dec. 28. 26. Windebank to Cecill. Both Mr. Cecill and himself wish they were in England. Germany is not the place to acquire the accomplishments of a gentleman.
Dec. 30. 27. List of the Queen's ships now serving on the seas.
Dec. 31.
Portsmouth.
28. Sir William Keyllwey to Cecill. Francis Clarke has brought with him into Falmouth a Spanish vessel laden with wool, and other vessels with fruit and wine.
Dec. 29. Estimate of a proportion of provender for 300 horses, for four months.
1562? 30. Statement of the prices of bay and white salt, from the year 1544 to 1562, with names of the Lord Mayors of London for those years.
31. Resolution made at a Chapter holden by the Office of Arms, at the Embroiderers Hall, in London, as to crests and cognizances to be borne by heiresses, either maids, wives, or widows.
32. Account of the rental of the manor of Farsett, co. Huntingdon, with summary of the customs and privileges of the manor. Lat.
33. Extract from the Court roll of the manor of Farsett, of the lease granted to Rose Henson, and Richard Henson and Agnes his wife. Lat.
34. Mr. Tamworth's declaration of the names of such persons as have not paid their farms and tenths due at Michaelmas, in the county of Lincoln. Lat.
35. Note of armour and ammunition wanting in certain counties, required to be supplied from the Queen's store.
36. Note to the same effect, with similar requisitions for other counties.
37. Estimate of prices of corslets, harquebuses, and pistolets.
38. A note of the prices of armour, signed by Cecill.
39. Duplicate of the above.
40. Account of debts due upon specialties in the Court of Wards and Liveries; arranged alphabetically.
41. Brief abstract of the heads of the Commission for Ecclesiastical Causes.
42. Copy of the above.
43. Indenture and Charter-party between the Queen and Thomas Lodge, Lord Mayor, and others, citizens of London, for setting forth two ships, the Mynyon and Prymrose, to pass, sail, and traffic in the parts of Africa and Ethiopia.
44. Points of difference between the covenants last made for the voyage to Africa and the present voyage, there being now only two ships, the Mynyon and the Prymrose.
45. Note of the covenants between the Queen and the Merchants Adventurers, trading to the coast of Africa.
46. Brief declaration of the value of the manors and possessions of the honour of Leicester, in the Duchy of Lancaster. Lat.
47. Memoranda, in Cecill's hand, of expenses of an army of 8,000 horse and 13,000 foot.
48. Brief declaration of the estate of inheritance of John de Vere, late Earl of Oxford, with limitations to various branches of his family.
49. Extent of Knight's Fees belonging to John de Vere, late Earl of Oxford, in various counties.
50. An order, by Sir Wm. Cecill, for the exercises and studies of Edward de Vere, the young Earl of Oxford, a minor.
51. Rental of divers manors and tenements in the counties of Essex, Cambridge, Chester, Northampton, and Warwick, the jointure of the late Countess of Oxford.