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| March 1. |
1. List of Bills in Parliament, in various stages of progress; of
those already passed in the Lower House; of those read but not
expedited; and of Bills not yet read. |
| March 1. |
2. Petition of Thomas Clyff to Sir Wm. Cecill (sic). Requests
payment of the remainder of the debt due to him by Mr. Henry
Howard; being one of the oldest creditors. |
| March 1 ? |
3. Commissioners for Muster of Horses in Lincolnshire to the
Earls of Warwick and Leicester and Sir Chr. Hatton. Request
a longer time to make their certificate, which they will do as soon
as they conveniently may. |
March 1.
Polsted. |
4. Gervais Smith to Sir Fr. Walsyngham. Has heard from
Mr. Still that Walsyngham remembers the conversation with Mr.
Cole about transfer of ministers. Appeals for assistance or promotion. Latin. |
| March 2. |
5. Bill to retain the Queen's Majesty's subjects in their due
obedience. Draft corrected by Burghley. |
| March 2. |
6. Considerations why the Bill against the Company of Merchant
Adventurers, being Freemen of the City of London, should not
pass. [Bill read a second time March 2, 1581.] |
| March 3? |
7. Reasons for an Act for the maintenance of the wire-works
at Tinterne, in the county of Monmouth, and of the iron-wire
drawers, iron-wire cardmakers, and iron-wire workers throughout
England and Wales. |
| March 3 ? |
8. Instructions of the state of the matter whereby to prevent the
attempt to procure a statute against the county of Glamorgan,
for building a bridge at Cardiff; with the answers of the burgesses
of Cardiff to the same. |
| March 4. |
9. The causes that moved William Mathew, Knight of the shire
and county of Glamorgan, to give his consent for a law to be
provided for building of the bridge of Cardiff. [The Bill for reedifying Cardiff Bridge was sent to the Lords, 4 March, and
became the Act 23 Eliz. cap. xi.] |
| March 4. |
10. Bill for retaining the Queen's Majesty's subjects in due
obedience, indorsed by Lord Burghley, "The second bill corrected,
"for reteyning ye Q. Matys subjectes in their obediece to Hir Maty.
"16 leaves of pap. wrytte[n] in a small ha[n]d. 38 Articles." [There
are 38 articles, but they are written on 18 leaves of paper instead
of 16 as stated by Burghley. The second Bill was introduced into
the House of Commons on the 4th March, 1581.] |
March 4.
Chester. |
11. Sir Wm. Gerrarde and Sir George Caulveley (sheriff of
Chester) to the Earl of Leicester. Report their endeavours to
obtain from Robert Touneshend any particulars respecting his
knowledge of Campion the jesuit, who, with one Gilbart, Touneshend was supposed to have conveyed to the house of Mr. Dutton at
Hatton. Inclosing, |
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11. I.Examination and declaration of Robert Touneshend,
relative to his nephew, Geo. Gilbart, and of Campion
the jesuit, of whom he denies all knowledge. 3 March. |
| March 4. |
12. Certificate of the quantities of corn shipped from the port of
Dover. |
March 5.
Ludlow. |
13. William Herlle to his cousin Edmond Cornwall (Baron of
Burford). Desires to hear from him. Expense and tediousness of
his own business in Wales. Foreign news. State of the Low
Countries. French News. The Queen's intended marriage with
the Duke of Anjou. State of affairs in Scotland. Mr. Drake will
proceed in a second voyage, well furnished and countenanced. Don
Antonio, late King of Portugal, is secretly in France. Much ado
about Papists and Jesuits at London. |
March 7.
London. |
14. Arthur Lytley to the Bishop of Chichester. Acknowledges
his right to the late wreck, which he perceives, by the accompanying copy of the charter of King Henry VI., he is justly entitled to. |
| [March 7?] |
15. Legal points on the Bishop of Chichester's claim to wreck of
the sea. |
| March 3. |
16. Genealogical note, in Burghley's hand, relative to Lord
Zouche's case, tracing the family descent from William Lord Zouche
and Alice St. Maur, his wife, to George Lord Zouch, who died in
1569. [Probably connected with the bill, "touching my Lord
Zouche," read a 3d time in the Lords, 8March,1581.] |
March 8.
Bristol. |
17. Thomas Slocumbe, Mayor, and the Aldermen of Bristol, to
the Earl of Leicester. Condition of the goods and merchandise
aboard the Minion of Plymouth, which had been arrested in
Andaluzia on suspicion of piracy. The bearer, Thomas Deconson,
desires to receive some compensation for his losses. |
| March 8. |
18. Note of the matters objected by William Marq. of Winchester, by his bill in the Higher House of Parliament, against Henry
Oughtred; with Oughtred's answer to the same. |
| March 8. |
19. Notes touching the Bill for maintenance of the Borders
against Scotland; in Burghley's hand. |
| March 10. |
20. Note of alterations made by the Commons in the Bill sent
down by the Lords, for maintenance of the Borders against Scotland. |
| March 11. |
21. Note or list of the Bills sent down to the Commons' House;
and of those that came from the Lower House. |
| March 11. |
22. Statement of the case of Sir Anthony Mayne, who desires
authority from Parliament to break the will of his father, John
Mayne, deceased, and to bar the remainders. |
| March 11. |
Inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels, and debts of
Tho. Elliot, citizen and pewterer of London, deceased; viewed and
praysed by John Crowche, Richard Bradshawe, and others, and exhibited on the 11th March, 1581. [Case C. Eliz. No. 9.] |
March 12.
Nuenton.
[Newington ?] |
23. Mrs. Elizabeth Duddeley to the Earl of Leicester. The loss
of her dear husband, and Leicester's late conceived displeasure
against him, has grievously touched her. Her only earthly comfort
now is to have his protection. Beseeches him to pity a poor widow's
tears, and to extend his favour to herself and her poor girl. Sends
all his writings she can find, except some of his letters witnessing
his former favours towards her late husband. |
| March 13. |
24. Depositions of Ambrose Earl of Warwick, Roger Lord North,
Sir Francis Knollys, and Humfrey Tindall, clerk, relative to the
secret marriage of the Earl of Leicester with Letitia Countess of
Essex, at Wanstead House on the 21st of September 1578.
Indorsed"Dyvers notes and coppie of the pcedinges of Sr. Roberte
"Dudley conserninge his legittymation." |
| March 14. |
25. Draft of "Mr. Leonard's Bill for ye cutting off of Michaelmas
Terme." |
March 16.
Paris. |
26. Richard Grenewey to Dr. Humphrey Ely. Received his message
by Mr. Covert, calling him a churl: remonstrates with him for it.
Desires to be remembered to Mr. Fitzherbert. Is troubled where
to go to avoid the pest, which is certainly in Paris. |
March 17.
Westminster. |
27. The Queen to the Sheriffs and special Commissioners of
Musters in Counties; to levy a certain number of men, amounting
in the whole to 1,000 men, for service in Ireland. |
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28. The same, for all the counties in Wales. |
| March 18. |
29. Reasons why the statute for the increase of mariners and
maintenance of navigation ought to be dispensed with. |
| March 18. |
30. Petition of Wm. Maxfeylde to the Council. That his diocesan
the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield had not been able to confer
with him during this Parliament. Desires that he may have
licence to depart out of town with the Bishop. |
March 25.
St. James's. |
Sir Fr. Walsyngham to Mr. [William] Waad.
Thanks for his
advertisements. Wishes him to send intelligence of any thing of
importance, by express if necessary. Thanks for his provision of
trees. The affairs of Scotland stand presently in very bad terms,
the enterprise of Angus to seize D'Aubigny being discovered. [See
Vol. xlv., p. 68.] |
March 27.
Salop. |
31. Sir Henry Sydney to the Earl of Leicester. Had been
cautioned how he trusted his cousin, Mr. Justice Towneshend.
Comes at last to an explanation with him, who details the nature
of his transactions with the Comptroller, Sir James Croft. Bears
testimony in Towneshend's favour. |
| March 28. |
32. Certificate of the persons in the county of Norfolk appointed
to keep horses or geldings for service, the number of horses or
geldings rated upon every of them, together with the names of the
persons appointed to ride upon the same. |
| March. |
33. Brief of the certificates of musters of horse in various counties
and names of the Commissioners in the shires under the charge of
the Earls of Warwick and Leicester. |
| March. |
34. Thomas Scot to Leicester. Being by profession a preacher,
by birth an Englishman, and by baptism a Christian, thinks it right
to disclose the traitorous speeches of Henry Hawkins—" that my
"Lord Robert hath had fyve children by the Queene, and she
"never goethe in progress but to be delivered." Papists favoured
by Henry Lovell and Sir Henry Bedingfield. |
| March ? |
35. Petition of Francis Tucker to Sir F. Walsingham; complains
of the seizure of his ship and goods at Civita Vecchia, and of his
being thrown into the inquisition on a charge of acting against
Campion in England. Solicits letters of reprisal against the Roman
States. |
| March |
36. A note of all English ships, of 20 tons and upwards, coming
with merchandise from the parts beyond seas and discharged at the
port of London by the space of one whole year between Easter 1580
and Easter 1581, the total for the whole year amounting to
30,881 tons. |
| March. |
37. Paper, indorsed "Mr. Norton's Defence against Hampton's
"false Report." Detail by Norton of his meeting Mr. Hampton of
Trinity College, Cambridge, at the house of Mr. William Grice, his
conversation with Hammond, after supper, on Parliamentary affairs,
in which the latter endeavours to throw the odium of certain proceedings upon the Queen, whom Norton defends, and casts the
odium upon the Bishops. His troubles in consequence. |
| March. |
38. Petition of Inhabitants of Peterborough to the Queen; praying
for relief. Distress by decay of their trade. The late Abbey by its
power and influence protected them and their interests, more than
the Bishop and the Dean and Chapter do. |
| March ? |
39. Petition of Jane Shelley, wife of William Shelley, now a
prisoner, to the Council. Complains of abuses offered her by her
husband's servants within a few months ensuing his commitment to
the present day. Prays to have sufficient maintenance assigned to
her out of her
own lands and tenements by right of inheritance, and
that her
jewels and jointure lands may be restored to her. [William
Shelley of Michelgrove, Sussex, was committed to the Fleet, 13 Aug.
1580. (Co. Reg.) There was also another William Shelley, of Sutton,
co. Hereford, in confinement at the same time.] |
