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August 6.
Westharling. |
53. Bassyngborne Gaudy to Leicester. Desires him to procure the
enlargement of his brother-in-law, Henry Everard. The sickness
continues in Bury where he is imprisoned. |
August 6.
Greenwich. |
54. Sir Fr. Walsyngham to Lord Burghley. News from Ireland.
A sea force will be the most effective against the rebels as the Earl
of Desmond remains faithful. Arrival of Du Simiers from the Low
Countries. Desperate state of things there. The Queen's contemplated marriage. |
August 7.
The Tower. |
55. Geffrey Turvyle and H. Paineter to Walsyngham. Have
taken up eleven wains for the carriage of the munition to Bristol for
Ireland. |
August 8.
Greenwich. |
56. Walsyngham to Burghley. An expedition by sea determined
on as being most effective for Ireland. Preparations for the reception of Monsieur from Holland. Murray has returned to Scotland.
The calm with the Low Countries cannot long endure. |
| August 9. |
57. Estimate of the charges for the equipment of the Achates and
other ships to be set forth and provisioned for two months, under the
command of Sir John Perrot. |
August 9.
Cambridge. |
58. Dr. Tho. Byng, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, to Burghley.
Stating that Mr. Benett and Mr. Chaderton have been selected to
preach before him and the Sheriff at the Northampton assizes. |
| August 10. |
59. Account of the remain of all sorts of powder within Her
Majesty's stores. |
August 10.
Greenwich. |
Walsyngham to the Mayor of Bristol and Mr. Thomas Chester.
Orders to provide victuals and shipping for 600 men, to be levied in
South Wales and sent into Ireland by way of Bristol. [See Vol. xlv.,
p. 20.] |
August 11.
Bristol. |
60. Mayor, &c. of Bristol to Walsyngham. Have, in conjunction
with John Bland, procured provision for 600 men, and will speedily
make provision for 600 more. |
| August 11. |
61. Petition of Olyf Burr, of Southwark, coppersmith, to the
Council. Desires that, in consideration of certain losses, his shipping
may be employed by the Company of Merchants trading to Spain, in
preference to any other. |
August 12.
Chester. |
62. William Glaseor to Walsyngham. Stay of shipping at Liverpool and Chester. Provision of victuals for the 400 men to be sent
to Ireland. Holyhead is preferable for the shipment of them. |
August 12.
Tavistock. |
63. Fr. Earl of Bedford to same. The soldiers for Ireland will
shortly be ready for embarkation. Report that a confederate of the
traitor Fitzmorris was last year in Cornwall. Places requiring to be
fortified in that county to resist the Spaniards. |
| August 12. |
64. Estimate of the charges for fitting out four of the Queen's ships
to the Indies, with five merchant ships and eleven pinnaces to be
joined with them. [Drawn by Mr. Hawkyns.] |
August 12.
Tavistock. |
65. Earl of Bedford to the Council. The men appointed for the
service in Ireland are ready for embarkation at Barnstaple. Rumours
of Fitzmorris's rebellion and of foreign aid coming to his assistance. |
August 13.
Bristol. |
66. Mayor, &c. of Bristol to same. Will give directions to the
captains of the ships to disembark the soldiers at Waterford, if they
could not be conveniently landed at Cork. |
August 13.
Chester. |
67. William Glaseor to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Receipt of letters
as to shipping off 400 men out of North Wales. No mention of
cheese in the order for the supply of provisions for them. The
other provisions would be accordingly furnished. |
| August 16. |
68. Rafe Lane to Lord Burghley. His plan to encounter the
Spaniards in Ireland, for which he offers his service; or else to have
the Queen's letters in his particular favour to the Kings of Fez and
Algiers. |
| August 16. |
69. Laurens Nycholson to same. Relative to a certain release
requested by Foxehole and Gwyne, in the hands of William Frankelen.
Information of a good bargain of house and lands in Middlesex and
Hertfordshire. |
August 17.
Westminster. |
70. Charter of Incorporation of the Governor, Assistants, and
Fellowship of the Merchants trading into the East Parts; Alderman
Tho. Pullison to be the first and present Governor of the same. |
| August 17. |
[Walsyngham] to Bedford. Is pleased at the order taken for
resisting any foreign attempts. It is thought the Spanish
navy will not stir this year. The Prince of Condé's preparations.
Reception of the French King at Venice. [See Vol. xlv., p. 33.] |
August 18.
London. |
71. Sir Henry Wallop to Walsyngham. Returns his notes relating
to Irish affairs. Requests that no information may be received against
George Clarke, Guardian of the House of Correction in Winchester,
for employing the prisoners in the making of cloth and felt hats. |
August 18.
Dover. |
72. Lord Cobham, Sir Tho. Scott, and others, Commissioners for
repair of Dover haven, to the Council. Have surveyed the harbour
and consulted Mr. Borrowes and Mr. Pett on the proposed works.
Send a plan of the same "handsomlie sett owte." Estimate the
charges at 21,000l. Propose the immediate erection of three
'groynes" to protect the haven. Annexing, |
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72. i. Declaration by Mr. Burrowes of the advantages of making a
good haven at Dover, according to the platt now generally
agreed upon. |
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72. ii. Survey of Dover harbour, showing the expenses and estimates of charges for putting it into a proper state of repair,
by Matthew Rickwarth, Sluice Master of Dunkirk. |
August 19.
Chester. |
73. Wm. Glaseor to Burghley. Has taken order for the providing
supplies for Ireland and lodging the soldiers till their embarkation.
Desires letters may be sent to the bailiffs of Conway for the purchase
of butter at the fair there. |
| August 19. |
74. Instructions given by the Privy Council to Sir John Perrot
appointed Admiral of the Queen's Majesty's ships, presently sent to
the seas, to cruize off the Western coast of Ireland to intercept and
destroy the ships there on the landing of James Fitzmorris with
foreign forces, &c. To act against pirates off Scilly, &c. [These were
issued by the Council on the 16th of August. Co. Reg.] |
| August 19. |
List of gunners in ordinary serving in various towns, castles,
bulwarks, &c. in the maritime counties. [On the same paper as the
preceding.] |
| August 21. |
75. Estimate of the charges for the furnishing and victualling the
Scout, appointed to serve at sea for one month. |
August 22.
Collocumb. |
76. Edmund Tremayne to Lord Burghley. Everything is ready
for the embarkation of the soldiers for Ireland. Is of opinion that
the troubles in Ireland will soon be appeased. Betrayal of a confidential passage in Burghley's letter to the Earl of Bedford. |
August 22.
Chester. |
77. Mr. Wm. Glaseor to same. Has received his letters to the
bailiffs of Conway for provision of victuals. Shipping for 200 horse
and 400 footmen is also ready. Only 100 horse can be shipped at
Liverpool. Price of munition. |
| August 22. |
78. Wardens, &c. of the Company of White Bakers, to same.
Certify that 800 quarters of wheat, remaining in the Bridge-house,
are unwholesome and not fit for use within the city. |
| August 24. |
79. Demand made by Edw. Baeshe for re-victualling the Queen's
ships Revenge, Dreadnought, Swiftsure, Foresight, and the Achates
for one month, serving under Sir John Perrot. |
| August 25. |
80. Writ of summons by the Bp. of London for Richard Reynoldes,
Rector of Stapleford Abbots, to appear and answer to certain allegations in St. Paul's Cathedral. [Signed, W. Blakwell.] |
| August 25. |
81. The last will and testament of Wm. Norreys, Esq., son and heir
apparent to the Lord Norreys of Ricot. |
| August 26. |
82. Allowances demanded by Lord Cobham for certain posting
about Her Majesty's special affairs. |
Aug. [27].
Barton. |
83. John Colles to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. The 300 soldiers appointed
to serve in Ireland are at Bristol, and waiting for a wind there. |
| August 28. |
84. Petition of John Mellowe of London to the Council. For their
Lordships' letters to the Lord Mayor, &c. in his favour, for payment
of certain sums of money, rents, &c., due to him in right of his wife,
an orphan of the city. |
August 29.
On board the Revenge. |
85. Sir John Perrot to same. Reports his proceedings in search of
pirates. His mariners very ill chosen. Report of a fleet preparing in
Spain. Sundry merchants of Weymouth robbed by French pirates. |
| August. |
86. Note of the cures effected by the healing properties of the new
bath near Coventry. |
| August. |
87. Petition of certain merchants trading to Spain, to the Council.
For permission to sell, by retail, some Spanish wines which remain
upon their hands. |
| August ? |
88. Petition of Simon Androwes to the Council. Touching the
affray between Jenkins the pursuivant and one John Appleton, at
Lachlard [Lechlade] in Gloucestershire. Desires to be released from
his imprisonment in the Marshalsea for maiming the said Jenkins. |
