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Dec. 2.
The Arches. |
10. Dr. Lewes to Lord Burghley. Requests him to consider the
claim of the Chapter of Landaff for the custody of the temporalities
during the vacancy of that bishoprick. Incloses, |
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10. i. Copy of the Letters Patent of King Edward II., granting to
the Chapter of Landaff the custody of the temporalities of
the bishoprick during the vacancy of that see. 4. March,
1318. |
| Dec. 2. |
11. to same. Urging the petition of Mrs. Jone
widow of the late Bishop of Landaff, to occupy the house of Matharne
during the vacancy of the bishoprick. |
| Dec. 3. |
12. Margaret Countess of Lennox to same. Laments the heavy
burthen of the Queen's displeasure. Sends him the copy of a letter
she has written to the Earl of Leicester. Incloses, |
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12. i. Countess of Lennox to the Earl of Leicester. Explains her
visit to the Countess of Suffolk at Rufford. Conversation
with the Queen as to marriage of her son with the daughter
of the Countess of Shrewsbury. Requests his kind influence
in her favour. |
Dec. 10.
Hackney. |
13. Same to same. Thanks him for presenting her excuse to the
Queen. Excuses herself for visiting the Countess of Shrewsbury, and
consenting to her son's marriage. |
Dec. 17.
Dover Castle. |
14. Writ from Wm. Lord Cobham, Lord Warden of the Cinque
Ports, to the Bailiff, &c. of Hythe, to produce records in the case of
William Dalmyngton versus William Amye, in the Admiralty Court
of the Cinque Ports. |
| Dec. 22. |
15. Walsyngham to the Earl of Huntingdon. Sends interrogatories
for the examination of the Lady Lennox's secretary, upon matters
connected with the marriage of Charles Lord Darnley with the
daughter of the Countess of Shrewsbury. Anxiety of Guerras to
know the movements of the Countess of Lennox. |
Dec. 26.
Hampton Court. |
The Council to the Dean and Chapter of Bath and Wells.
Marvelling they have refused to confirm a lease of [the manor of
Banwell ?] granted by the Bishop of Bath, at the Queen's request, to
Lord Henry Seymour. Desire them to confirm the said lease or to
appear and show cause why they do not. [See Vol. xlv., p. 17.] |
Dec. 28.
Hampton Court. |
16. Burghley to Thomas Coppley. Has received his letter declaring
the continuance of his duty of allegiance to the Queen. Answers at
great length to that and former letters. Regrets that for religious
scruples he has left his native land, and recommends him to consider
the foundations of such a change. Requests him to give information
respecting the authors of the libels of late published against him and
the Lord Keeper. |
| Dec. 17. |
Arguments by Thomas Coppley, proving that the conveyances he
had made of his lands, previous to his going abroad, were good and
valid in law, and that it would be great injustice to defeat them on
the ground of his quitting the kingdom without licence. |
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18. Table of the Hundreds appointed for the defence of Portsmouth,
the Isle of Wight, and the sea coast of Hampshire, for the years 1571,
1572, 1573; with additions and alterations made in 1574. |
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19, 20. Two copies of the above. |
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21. Note of monies raised by loan from the Bishops in their several
dioceses. |
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22. Statement of losses sustained by Thomas Pullysson, Alderman of London, and Humphry and Edmund Martine, from the Prince
and States of Holland, by reason of the detention and confiscation of
their ship at Flushing. |
| 1574? |
23. Petition of George Southaick, Merchant Adventurer, to Mr.
Sec. Walsyngham. Solicits a commission concerning his suit to Her
Majesty, and promises not to put the same in execution without his
consent. |
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24. Answer of the Dean and Canons of Windsor to Messrs. Middlemore and Hatche's allegations respecting the enforcement of the
feefarm of lands belonging to the Poor Knights of Windsor; with
statement of income and expenditure of those lands. |
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25. List of names of Knights of the Garter. |
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26. Petition of William Symonds to the Council. Praying to be
relieved from a false verdict given against him in an action brought
against him by William Napper for usury. |
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27. Reasons offered to the Queen for the establishing of an exclusive
trade with the Barbary States. |
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28. Reasons for a Charter of Incorporation of the Meer Merchants
trading for wines and other commodities into France, to guard against
the injuries done to the trade by the retailers encroaching upon the
merchants. |
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29. Another copy of the above. |
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30. Fragment of part of the above; with apostils in the hand of
Lawrence Thompson. |
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31. Fragment of another copy of the above. |
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32. A discourse of the advantages to be gained by establishing an
office for the sealing of all cloths according to the laws of the realm. |
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33. Petition of Carlin Heraut, Captain of the gallion named the
"Great Holy Ghost," of Marseilles, to the Council. Praying that his
ship, now under arrest in the Thames, may be released, or that he may
be paid for her freight. |
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34. Note of the sale of the manor of Romborough by the Earl of
Arundel to Mr. Holland. |
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35. Grant of licence to John Wakeman of the Town of Gt. Yarmouth,
and Katharine, his wife, to export 4,000 quarters of wheat and 4,000
quarters of barley and malt out of Norfolk and Suffolk, during the
next five years. |
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36. A brief of the leases and estates of the Prebend of Buckingham,
as it is related by Mr. Pagitt, with the answers of Robert Jhonsoun,
declaring the true state of the cause, as it is in deed; attested
by Lord Henry Seymour. [Indorsed "Mr. Bretts' allegations with
Jhonsoun' answers."] |
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37. "Rates for the customs of harness and munitions." |
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38. Particulars of the late dissolved monastery of Thorney Abbey,
in the County of Cambridge, with a survey of the same. [Indorsed by
Cecill, "Thorney. Sir W. Russell."] |
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39. Note of the yearly value of the manors of Blecheley in Buckingham, and of Brampton in the County of Hereford. [Indorsed,
Lord Grey's suit for the exchange of the Manor of Spaunton in
Com. Ebor."] |
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40. E. Clerke to [.] Complains of Tho. Peniston, who
unjustly impeached the marriage of his son with Anne Conysby, and
desires that Peniston may be commanded to tell where she, Conysby,
is hid. |
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41. Report to the Queen by an Italian, of his survey of the ports
of Rye and Sandwich, touching the necessary repairs; requests some
remuneration. |
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42. Petition of Zecheus Garratt to Sec. Walsyngham. Complains
of being defrauded of the sum of 33l. by Stephen Stringer, servant to
Sir Tho. Gawdie. |
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43. Petition of John Ducke and others, Moneyers of the Mint, to
Lord Burghley and Sir Walter Mildmay. Claiming allowance for
waste in the coinage of gold, and for the making of small money. |
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44. Petition of same to same. Soliciting payment of arrears due to
them, or for some convenient sum of money to relieve their extreme
necessity. |
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45. Petition of Tho. Husee to the Earls of Leicester and Bedford.
Desires their letters to call Geo. Lamplughe before them, to compound
with his daughter for such lands as he had received from Her Majesty. |
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46. Plan for the proposed new quay at Portsmouth, by Richard
Popinjaye. |
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47. Accompt of money expended, by whom does not appear. Sums
to Tho. Danett, Mrs. Jane Danett, and others. |
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48. Names of the overseers and assistants of the river Thames,
from Isleworth to Greenwich. |
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49. Names of certain persons desired by Sir John Smyth to be
permitted to have access to him, for the compounding of certain debts
and suits in law. |
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50. List of the officers and servants of the armoury at Greenwich,
with a note of their wages. |
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51. The Fellows, &c., of Magdalen College, Cambridge, to Lord
Burghley, Sir Francis Knollys, and others. Complimentary, and
expressing gratitude for benefits conferred on their College. Lat. |
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52. Petition of Richard Startute to the Earl of Lincoln, Lord Admiral.
For letters of reprisal against the ships and goods of Brittany, to make
satisfaction for loss of his ship and goods taken by the "Brave" of
Conquet. |
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53. The reply of Thomas Browne and Geo. Tarperley unto the
answers of Master Gerrard, relative to the seditious words of Richard
Jones, whereupon the whole state of the case dependeth. |
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54. A brief note or device for the maintenance of tillage and
husbandry, and for supplying the markets at a reasonable price, by
establishing an officer for granting licences for the exportation of grain. |
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55. A small book containing a roll or register of the names of all the
Catholics in England in 1574, and also a list of heretics. |
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56. Book containing entries of abstracts of the General Musters for
the several counties, cities, and towns of England and Wales, in the
years 1573 and 1574. [This book originally had a parchment cover
which is a fragment of an old Latin and English dictionary, extending from Exo. to Fa., which is preserved.] |
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57. Petition of the parishioners of St. Buryan, co. Cornwall, to the
Lord Treasurer, Sir Walter Mildmay, and Chief Baron Saunders.
Asserting theirs to be a parish church and not a deanery or collegiate
church, as untruly suggested. |
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58. Plan of the Parish of St. Buryan and the adjacent parishes, from
Mounts Bay to Whitsand Bay and the Scilly Isles. |
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59. Detail of the ceremonies to be observed at the funeral of Lady
Eleanor Neville, daughter of Henry Earl of Westmoreland, and late
wife of William Pelham, Esq., of Brooklesby. [Imperfect.] |
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60. The names of the Commissioners for Causes Ecclesiastical within
the Province of York. |
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61. Account of the expenditure of beer, ale, and wine in the Queen's
Household, in anno 16° Eliz., amounting to 9,371l. 5s. 9¾d. |
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62. Petition of the merchants trading to France to the Council.
Requesting payment for the wines supplied by them for the Household
during the last fourteen months. |
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Grant to S.W of a yeoman waiter's place in the Tower of London,
on the first vacancy, with a fee of 8d. per diem. [See Warrant
Book, I., p. 127.] |
