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Dec. 2.
Durham Place. |
8. Walter Earl of Essex to Burghley. Exceptions to some appointed
to be Sheriffs in Wales. Hopes a good Sheriff will be appointed for
Carmarthen. Condemns Sir Henry Jones and David Phillips, and
recommends Roderick Gwyn and Tho. Williams. |
Dec. 2.
HamptonCourt. |
9. The Queen to. Directions to discontinue
the watching of the beacons until further notice. |
| Dec. 8. |
10. Abstract of charges against the Earl of Arundel, from examinations taken during the trial of the Duke of Norfolk. Arundel set at
liberty. |
| Dec. 11. |
11. Earl of Leicester to Burghley. The Queen is sorry for the
mischance of Mons. le Duke, and desires him to delay the passage of
M. Mauvissiere as long as possible. God grant the safe delivery of
the poor gentleman. |
| Dec. 11. |
12. T. Digges to same. Has waded as far as ancient grounds of
astrology would bear him to sift out the unknown influence of this
new star or comet. Sends notes of his observations and predictions. |
| Dec. 13. |
13. Agreement between Lord Burghley and Thomas Smith for
licence to export 4,000 tons of beer. |
| Dec. 21. |
14. Short abstract of certain of Sir John Perrot's debts. |
| Dec. 22. |
15. Wm. Fairfax, Sheriff of Yorkshire, and others, to Lord Burghley
and Sir Walter Mildmay. Repairs requisite to be done in Her
Majesty's castle of Sheriffhutton, with an estimate of the expenses. |
| Dec. |
16. Order of the ceremonies at the funeral of Edward Earl of
Derby; and detail of the order and ceremonies to be observed at the
funeral of a Countess. |
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17. Certificate of the state of Dover Castle and other forts and
garrisons on the sea coasts of the County of Kent, with estimate of
men and arms requisite for their defence. |
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18. Names of the noblemen, gentlemen, yeomen, and chief franklins
within the County of Southampton, with note of every of their dispositions. A.D. 1572. |
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19. Estimate for certain new buildings to be erected and set up at
Woolwich by Mr. Allen, the Queen's Majesty's merchant. 1572. |
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20. Tho. Castelyn to. Recommending the case of
some Merchant Adventurers whose cloths had been lost by shipwreck,
and who now wished to export the same number free of duty. |
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21. Declaration of William Martens of his long and tedious suits in
Dantzic, wherein he finds that justice has not been done him by the
King of Poland. |
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22. Observations and objections to several provisions of the Act
5 Eliz. cap. 8. for tanners; in recommendation of a grant to some
person for carrying the said Act into execution. |
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23. Proposals for the making of white salt in England; terms
demanded by the inventor. |
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24. Notes of reasons and proofs for the maintenance of the wine
measures, and of the inconvenience that will grow to the whole realm
by the innovation now attempted by the Mayor of New Sarum, the
wine measure of Salisbury being declared by him to be false. |
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25. Plan for the defence of the kingdom; that every gentleman of
500l. a–year should keep in readiness for service one man-at-arms well
appointed, and so on in like proportion. |
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26. Supplication of the bowyers, drawn into articles, praying Her
Majesty not to dispense with the last statute made for the bringing in
of bowstaves. |
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27. Statement of evils that will arise by interruption of commercial
intercourse with Flanders. Suggestions for a Diet for settlement of
affairs. |
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28. Minutes of the licence to be granted to Sir Peter Carew for the
exportation of beer, on condition of importing certain quantities of
foreign grain into England. |
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29. Examination of an Italian whether he was at the conference
for the coining of money, or had been in conference with the Bishop
of Ross. |
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30. Petition of Lewes Ap Owen Ap Mericke to the Council. Complains of having been fraudulently arrested, at the suit of one William
Thomas while attending on the Council, on the complaint of certain
abuses of bribery within the Counties of Anglesea and Carnarvon. |
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31. Statement of the evil dealings of Tho. Keppis, bailiff of your
Lordship's manor of Wibosson, in the County of Bedford, in concealments and other practices. |
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32. Contents of the Patents made in 34 Hen. VIII. to the inhabitants of Beccles, now surrendered. Particulars of the new grant of
incorporation now required. |
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33. Petition of William Newe, of Bridgenorth, to Lord Treasurer
Burghley. Prays permission to pay by instalments the fine of 20l.,
levied on his wife Edyth. |
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34. Estimates for the construction of the bridge at the entrance of
the town of Portsmouth, with the gate and drawbridge there, and for
the bridge of the citadel, by Thomas Frymleye. |
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35. Duplicate of the above. |
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36. Grant by the Queen to Edw., Esq., of the sole privilege
of enforcing the Acts 5th & 6th Edward VI. and 13th Eliz., against
monopolists, forestallers, and engrossers of corn, and for granting
licences to traffic in corn, cattle, and other articles. |
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37. Petition of the Company of Woolmen of London to the Lord
Treasurer, requesting him to obtain the Queen's permission for taking
off the restraint on the trade in wool, by an Act passed in the
5th & 6th years of King Edward VI. |
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38. Reasons to dispense, by some convenient licence, with the provisions of the Act of 5 Edw. VI. cap. 7, against buying and selling of
wools. |
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39. Petition of Richard Southworth to Lord Burghley, requesting
him to appoint Sir Edmund Trafford and Sir John Radcliffe to
examine his father, Sir John Southworth, whether he had endeavoured
to procure him to disinherit his elder brother, Thomas Southworth. |
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40. Another petition on the same subject, from the same to the
same; nearly verbatim. |
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41. Effect of the decree made by Archbishop Warham, 17 Hen. VII.
touching the right of the Lord of the Manor of Wimbledon to make
seizure of copyhold lands, &c. of the manor, on account of waste committed by the tenant for life. [Indorsed by Burghley "Mr. Wel.—Case."] |
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42. Petition of Jan de Beaulieu to the Queen. Complains of the
award given in the Admiralty Court in favour of Benedict Spinola, who
refuses to submit himself to the arbitration of those appointed by Her
Majesty to hear and determine the suit. |
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43. Petition of Tho. Kelyng (Saymaster to the Goldsmiths' Hall in
London) to the Queen. Has been deprived of his office of Assay
Master to the Goldsmiths' Hall by the procurement of Alderman
Martyn, for adhering to Her Majesty's standard for silver. Desires to
be protected in the faithful discharge of his duty. |
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44. Petition of Anthony Gwerras to the Council. Prays for restoration of certain brass pieces cast away within the Liberties of the Earl
of Huntingdon. |
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45. Information by the Warden and other Officers of the Mint
to the Commissioners of the Mint against John Lonyson, Master
Worker, who, by his fraudulent practices, had lowered the standard
of the gold and silver coinage. [Lonyson's appointment of Master
Worker of the Mint is dated 29 April 1572, which see.] |
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46. Geometrical analysis of a column of the composite order; a
fragment, probably, from some work on architecture. |
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47. Extracts from the accompts of Sir Wm. Petre, (late Treasurer of
First Fruits and Tenths), and others, relative to the fees received by
the Chancellor and Treasurer of the Exchequer. |
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48. Petition of Humfrey Ap John and Rynallde Ap John to [Walsyngham ?] against the vexatious suits of Tho. Arrowsmythe, praying
for return of their evidences, and that the injunction against them
may be dissolved. |
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[The Council ?] to the Company of the Royal Mines in Cumberland.
That Daniel Hechstetter, Work Master of the Royal Mines had made
trial of a process newly invented by Henry Pope for the roasting of
lead and copper ore, and recommends its adoption. [See Vol. xlv.,
p. 76.] |
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Appointment of James Parkinson, to be Captain of Calshot Castle,
co. Southampton, for life. [See Warrant Book, I., p. 173.] |
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Commission to Dr. Lewes, Judge of the Admiralty, Valentine Dale,
and others, to hear and determine all causes for the punishing of pirates.
Lat. [See ib., p. 14.] |
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Grant to Tho. Somerset and Tho. Seckford, junr., of the portership and keeping of the prisoners in the Marches of Wales.
[See ib., p. 160.] |
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Grant by the Queen to William and John Watson of the keeping
of the ordnance stores in the Tower of London. Lat. [See ib.,
p. 157.] |
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Grant to B. N. of the office of Clock Maker to the Queen, in
reversion after the death or surrender of N. V. [See ib., p. 120.] |
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Grant to Edward Yonge of the office of Master Mason at the Tower
of London, and other royal residences, in place of H. L., lately defunct.
Lat. [See ib., p. 122.] |
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Grant to Tho. C. of the office of Keeper of the Ponds in the park at
Westminster, and at Hampton Court, upon the resignation of Tho. B.
[See Warrant Book, I., p. 115.] |
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Grant to Henry Guildeford of the office of Captain of the Green
Bulwark of Arcliffe, and the Black Bulwark on the pier at Dover, in
reversion after the death or surrender of John Barley. [See ib., p. 156.] |
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Grant to M. S. and R. B. of a gunner's room in the Tower of
London. Lat. [See ib., p. 126.] |
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Grant to William B. of the office of Chief Gunner in Windsor
Castle, in place of R. M., lately defunct. Lat. [See ib., p. 128.] |
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Grant to J. S. of a gunner's place, and of the office of Yeoman
of the Ordnance in the Tower of London, in reversion after the death
or surrender of Tho. S. Lat. [See ib., p. 129.] |
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Grant to Tho. F. of a waiter's room in the Port of London for life.
[See ib., p. 115.] |
