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Jan. 8.
Marshalsea. |
1. Wm. Herlle to the Lord Keeper. Complains of the contest
which he has to maintain with ill fortune, not with justice. Has
been committed to close prison, and is in want of money, credit, and
apparel. |
Jan. 10.
London. |
2. Sir Tho. Gresham to Sir Wm. Cecill. Sends a letter from the
four gentlemen of Cologne, by which he will perceive how the bargain
for 100,000 dollars proceeds. Has sent Tho. Dutton to Hamburgh to
take up money there. |
Jan. 14.
Boynton. |
3. Wm. Strickland to same. Reports the finding of certain coins
of Vespasian and other Roman Emperors in the ruins of a house
demolished by the sea, in the village of Awburn, on the coast near
Holderness. |
| Jan. 14. |
4. Account of moneys made within the office of Thomas Stanley,
Under Treasurer of the Mint, from the first to the thirteenth year of
the Queen's reign. |
Jan. 18.
Ludlow. |
5. The Queen and Council for the Marches of Wales. Warrant
for Sir John Perrot, appointed President of the Council of Munster,
to levy 34 men in Wales, to serve as footmen under him in Ireland. |
| Jan. 20. |
6. Memorial of instructions by Cecill (and in his hand) to be
observed by the Earl of Rutland in travelling abroad for his improvement. Rules for his conduct and guidance. |
| Jan. 21. |
7. Archbishop Parker to Cecill. Concerning the question "An
principibus sit potius resistendum quam obediendum in rebus adiaphoris?" Inconvenience will follow if this matter, thus begun, be
slyly, with a flourish, passed over. Has written to Mr. Mullyns on
the subject. |
Jan. 27.
St. Asaph. |
8. Tho. Davies, Bishop of St. Asaph, to same. Is a suitor to him
in a godly and useful cause, which the bearer, Mr. Evans, will explain.
Incloses, |
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8. i. List of Commissioners for Ecclesiastical Causes within the
diocese of St. Asaph. |
| Jan. 31. |
9. Order in Council for discharge of the inhabitants of the Cinque
Ports from the loan money assessed on them by letters of Privy Seal.
[No such order as the above is entered on the Council Register, but
on the 21st of Dec. 1570, the inhabitants of the Cinque Ports, then in
attendance on the Council, were ordered to pay in their money on the
loan, or to return home and bring certificate from the Lord Warden
of their inability so to do.] |
Jan. 31.
Grimsthorp. |
10. Richard Bertie to Cecill. As the Queen is about to grant a
lease of her customs, begs his friendly aid to prevent any prejudice
thereby to the Duchess of Suffolk and himself, in their right to certain
customs in the port of Boston. |
Jan. 31.
Bisham. |
11. Lady Elizabeth Hoby to Sir Wm. Cecill. Requests to have
certain timber out of Shrawnell Park for repair of a bridge and
certain mills in Ewsham. Solicits his favour in behalf of one Edmond
Rockery, of Cambridge, who is in trouble for certain words spoken
by him. |
