Addenda, Queen Elizabeth - Volume 19: October 1570

Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, Addenda, 1566-79. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1871.

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'Addenda, Queen Elizabeth - Volume 19: October 1570', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, Addenda, 1566-79, (London, 1871) pp. 321-324. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/edw-eliz/addenda/1566-79/pp321-324 [accessed 26 March 2024]

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October 1570

Oct. 1.
The Isle.
14. Sir Geo. Bowes to Sir Wm. Cecil. Truth and conscience move me to show you the good dealing of Rowland Digby, son and heir of Simon Digby, convicted for the late rebellion. He was formerly my servant, but forced away by his father for religion; but his duty towards Her Majesty and honesty to me were such that, when he saw his father adhere to the rebels, he stole from him, and came to me at Barnard castle, where he served truly to the end; his father having by his conviction forfeited his whole estate, this poor man intends to sue for relief. Pray help him. [2/3 page.]
Oct. 6.
Alnwick.
15. Sir John Forster to Sir Wm. Cecil. According to your letter, I have delivered to your servant, Ralph Grey, Sir Thos. Grey's lands. The gentlemen who married the daughters and heirs of Sir Thomas have thought that I dealt hardly with them; but upon conference and showing them your letter, some were pacified and content to repair to you, that the matter should he heard friendly by their counsel, and their title ordered with favour and equity. [¾ page.]
Oct. 21.
Alnwick.
16. Thomas Earl of Sussex to Sir Wm. Cecil. I send letters from the Bishop of Carlisle, touching matters without my commission. I find in the Border shires, and by weekly advertisements from other parts within my charge, that there is an unusual quiet, neither have I heard of those suspicions by other means. It seems Sir John Atherton has conceived some jealousy of the Earl of Derby, of whose judgment I can gather little, for I am neither acquainted with the man, nor know in what terms he stands with the Earl, whose fidelity to Her Majesty was well shown in the late rebellion. [1 page.] Enclosing,
16. i. Richard Bishop of Carlisle to the Earl of Sussex. Thanks for your friendship. Before my coming out of York, Sir John Atherton arrived there from Lancashire, where he had long resided, and not being able to come to my house through infirmities, he sent for my father, and declared to him how all things in Lancashire savoured of open rebellion; what provision of men, armour, horses, and munition were made there; what assemblies of 500 or 600 at a time; what wanton talk of invasion by Spaniards; and how in most places the people fell from their obedience, and utterly refused to attend divine service in the English tongue. How since Felton set up the bull, &c., the greatest there never came to any service, nor suffered any to be said in their houses, but openly entertained Louvainist massers with their bulls, &c.
There were other important things which he advertised me of, but I had no leisure to confer further with him. If you send for him to meet you in your way, he will open all to you. He lies at Friton hall, not far from Sir Nich. Fairfax's. I have also learned of my kinsfolks of that country that omnia apud illos sapiunt seditionem et apertam rebellionem. I rejoice that I have here so good a stay to stick to as my Lord Warden. [1¾ pages.] Carlisle, 16 Oct. 1570.
Oct. 24. 17. Note that the effect of the Earl of Sussex's suit for John Gower is for pardon, and admission to compound for his lands, for the following reasons; 1, his simplicity led him into his first fault; 2, Her Majesty will be no loser; 3, his Lordship would gratify Serjeant Wray, uncle to Gower: 4, a servant who has long served him in all the Queen's causes will marry Gower's mother, and he undertook to be a suitor herein. His land is scarcely worth 50l. per annum, half of which his mother possesses as her jointure. [½ page.]
Oct. 25. Proceedings in the court royal of Jersey before the Bailiff; present Hugh Perrin, Thos. Lemprière, Nich. de Soullemont, Hellier Dumaresq, Laurence Hampton, Nich. Lemprière, Clement Journeaulx, and Edw. Messervy, jurats. There having been for some time two vacancies in the Court, owing to the death of John Lemprière and deposition of Rich. Messervy for wronging Demoiselle Collette Dumaresq, the captain's lieutenant, by advice of the bailiff and justice, in presence of the Queen's officers assembled to choose two jurats, appointed Giles Lemprière, who took the oaths, and restored Rich. Messervy, on account of his late good conduct, his repentance, and satisfaction to the parties wronged, and also his age, experience, and acquaintance with the ancient laws and customs of the island. [French, parchment, seal of the island, Case H., Addenda, No. 12.]
Oct. 27. 18. The Queen to Sir Thomas Cockayne, Sir Geo. Blount, Rich. Bagot, and John Gifford. Complaint having been made to us by Lord Paget against Sir Wm. Griesley, for stopping a highway which he claims, we committed the hearing thereof to our Council, who find Wm. Griesley grieved that a watercourse belonging to him had been stopped by his Lordship, but they could not, in the absence of evidence, determine the controversy; therefore we remit it to you residing in that country, and require you to call the parties before you and make final order therein; or if you cannot do so, to notify to our Council the truth of the matter, that they may take further order. [1 page. Draft damaged. Endorsed with a docquet of the letter.]
Oct. 31.
Nostal.
19. Sir Thos. Gargrave to Sir Wm. Cecil. You will receive herewith the names both of the Commissioners of the Council and of the oyer and determiner in these North parts, wherein at your pleasure you may cause to be placed the Archbishop of York, and if there shall be any alteration of a Lord President, one alteration of the commission may serve for both.
The next sitting of the Council here, both for suits and oyer and determiner and gaol delivery, is appointed for 1 Dec., and if there be any matter for Her Majesty, it shall be preferred to the best of our knowledge. I also send you herewith a certificate by Mr. Ingleby of those who are thought able, but refuse, to pay the loan. Also the examination of Thos. Leigh for words spoken in Cheshire. He is much given to hunting. In the heart of the trouble, when Christopher Danby and other rebels with 200 horsemen came to Leeds, within two miles of his house, he kept himself from them, and came to me at Pomfret castle, to serve Her Majesty; as he dwelt in Leeds, south of the water, I joined him in a commission to fortify and defend that bridge, lest the rebels should pass southward; he served well, and sent both horse and foot to the Lord Lieutenant to serve Her Majesty. He had a younger brother who served the Earl of Northumberland, but has submitted and paid the fine. He has been sick; if the case may bear it, pray be his good master.
The bearer, Mr. Calverley, sues relief for losses in the late rebellion. He served in Newcastle, and mustered and carried men to Sir Geo. Bowes at Barnard castle. Allan Bellingham has a suit with a college in Cambridge, and has requested me to move you to end the matter without expense; if he is in the wrong, he will make reasonable recompense. [1 page.] Enclosing,
19. i. List [by Sir Thos. Gargrave] of 29 councillors in commission in the Northern parts. Also of 48 justices in commission for oyer and terminer and gaol delivery; many being on the preceding list. [2 pages.]
19. ii. Interrogatories for the examination of Thomas Leigh, gent., viz.,—
1. When was he in Lancashire or Cheshire, what was his business there, and with whom did he remain?
2. What communication had he of the doings of the Lord Lieutenant of the North, or of Her Majesty's army?
3. What talk did he hear of the musters in Yorkshire, and the overthrow of the Queen's army there, and by whom?
4. Was he in the house of Edw. Coppock, at his being in Lancashire or Cheshire, and who else were in his company?
5. Did he know Coppock, Robert Ryle, Thos. Bromhill, and Jas. Whitelegg, and how long has he known them or any of them; were they in his company at Coppock's house, and what talk had he with them as to the loss of Her Majesty's army in Scotland, or the state of the Earl of Northumberland, and what did he say of the Earl? [1 page.]
19. iii. Examination of Thos. Leigh, of Middleton, before Sir Thos. Gargrave, on the above interrogatories:—
1. Six or eight weeks since, visited his kinsman, Mr. Leigh in Cheshire, for pleasure, and remained with him six or eight days.
2. Heard little or nothing of either.
3. Heard of no musters in Yorkshire until a day or two before coming home, when one came from his house in Yorkshire, and said he was to be at the muster at Rothwell Haigh, in Yorkshire, before Sir Thos. Gargrave the following Monday, and have a horseman furnished there.
4. On Sunday was with his cousin, Mr. Leigh, at a bear-baiting, where the dog that did best won a bell for a prize; in riding home towards Mr. Leigh's, the owner of the dog went into a house and asked him to drink; alighted and went in, when this man, who was called Coppock, with divers others whom he did not know, brought him a syllabub; drank it, and in conversation said that he was sent for home, to be at the muster the next day. Was asked where the Earl of Northumberland was; replied at Lochleven, and that before his last offence, he was well beloved of all, and but for that, examinate should have been his servant. Some of the company asked the news in the North; said he knew of none, but that as a muster was appointed, some of our men might be put away, or the other party might be coming to us, for which he should be sorry, as it would grieve him to draw his sword against the Earl, who had been his friend, but he would venture as far as any in the Queen's service.
When the Earl and his accomplices were up, and their horsemen came within two miles of him, kept from them, and served Her Majesty at his own charge, sending horses and footmen to my Lord Lieutenant at York, and was one of them who had charge to keep the bridge at Leeds, that the rebels should not pass southward. Was at Pomfret castle with Sir Thos. Gargrave for advice how to keep the said bridge. and although he would be sorry to draw sword against the Earl's person, yet if he came against the Queen and realm, would be as ready to resist him as any man; never meant evil, but repaired home and went to the musters, carrying a light horseman as appointed; there found a good number of horsemen, both lances and light horse, before Sir Thos. Gargrave, and understood it was no common muster, although so termed by the people, but was a view appointed to see that men had their furniture of horse and armour according to the statute. [2¼ pages.]
Nostal, Aug. 1570.
[Oct.] 20. Proceedings at courts of frankpledge for the manor of Norton, from July to Oct. 1570. [Paper book of 22 pages, much dilapidated.]