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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, |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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, |
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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.] |
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19. ii. Interrogatories for the examination of Thomas Leigh,
gent., viz.,— |
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1. When was he in Lancashire or Cheshire, what
was his business there, and with whom did he remain?
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2. What communication had he of the doings of
the Lord Lieutenant of the North, or of Her Majesty's
army?
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3. What talk did he hear of the musters in Yorkshire, and the overthrow of the Queen's army there, and
by whom?
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4. Was he in the house of Edw. Coppock, at his
being in Lancashire or Cheshire, and who else were in
his company?
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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.] |
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19. iii. Examination of Thos. Leigh, of Middleton, before Sir
Thos. Gargrave, on the above interrogatories:— |
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1. Six or eight weeks since, visited his kinsman,
Mr. Leigh in Cheshire, for pleasure, and remained
with him six or eight days. |
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2. Heard little or nothing of either. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.] |
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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.] |