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Nov. 2. |
56. Sir Francis Hastings to the Masters of Requests. Nicholas
Delabere has served a Privy Seal upon two of my neighbours of
Sherburne, to appear before you about a nag. I am sorry he has
stirred therein, yet as it has come thus far, let it be dealt with by
commission here, to the ease of poor men who may well spare their
charges in a matter of no great moment, and indeed may more
necessarily employ their labours in the country.[½ page.] |
Nov.3. Sarum. |
57. Thomas Hyde [Chancellor] and Ra. Pickhaver [Prebend of
Salisbury] to Dr. Aubrey and Mr. Herbert, Masters of Requests.
The bearer, Steven Tinney, reeve of Sherburne manor, co. Dorset,
lent Nicholas Delabere, in May 1591, a nag, which was taken within
the manor as a stranger, receiving of him in pawn thereof another
nag, until he brought the strayed nag again. Delabere, riding the
strayed nag, came to the dean and chapter of Sarum last January,
and desired them to bestow the said horse upon him, which we did,
and gave him a warrant for it, being utterly ignorant of the custom
that the Lord (which we were for the time, by reason of the late
vacation of the see of Sarum) should not have the strayed beast,
but only the price at which it was valued, and the Reeve should
have the beast. Now having this warrant in January, he never
delivered the same to this poor man until now after Michaelmas,
when he also serves him with a Privy Seal out of the Court of
Requests, to appear before you this term. The premises considered,
and in the absence of the dean, as we in courtesy gave him the
horse, in ignorance of the custom, we beg you will command
Delabere to be content with what it was in our power to give, that
is, the price of the horse, which this poor man will readily deliver
him, whereby you will ease the poor old man of a great trouble,
and save us from some obloquy, and give us cause to take more heed
to our grants hereafter. [1 page.] |
Nov. 8. Hampton Court. |
58. Henry Lord Hunsdon to Drs. Aubrey and Caesar and the
other Masters of Requests. There is a suit depending in your Court
between the bearer Richard Procter and John Buckman, who has
already shifted the matter into three Courts, and so put it off that
no hearing has been had, and means to do the same in your Court,
either with the help of corrupt witnesses, as he has already done,
or some other sinister course. Pray hear the matter, and let it not
pass out of Court until it has been determined. [½ page.] |
Nov. 11. Alnwick. |
59. Return by Sir John Forster and five other Commissioners
against Recusants to Council.. We confirm our late certificate of our
proceedings, by virtue of our commission, against dangerous persons
in the wards of Cuckdale, Elendale, Bamborough, Norhamshire, and
the [Ferne] islands, save that Margaret wife of Michael Hebborn of
Hebborn is reformed, and comes to divine service, and Geo. Collingwood of Broom Park is bound over to answer before the Bishop of
Durham. All the other Recusants resident within the wards have
absented themselves, and as the sheriff cannot apprehend them under
the warrant formerly granted, we have issued another. [1 page.]
Annexing, |
59. i. Warrant by Sir John Forster and three others to Ralph
Gray, High Sheriff of Northumberland, to apprehend
48 persons named, and bring them to Alnwick on 7 Nov.
1592. [1 page.] Alnwick, 27 Sept. 1592. |
59. ii. Return by Ra. Gray, Sheriff, to [Sir John Forster]. By
virtue of my warrant, I have caused diligent search to be
made for the persons therein named, to attach them, but
only the following can be found within my bailiwick, viz.,
Margaret Hebborn of Hebborn, who promised to appear
and has done so; John Ilderton inLondon; Julian
Gower in Yorkshire; Agnes Collingwood, sick and not
able to travel; Lady Gray and her two gentlewomen, and
Francis Dodsworth, are not in the country; Elizabeth
Muschance, confined to bed sick. Geo. Collingwood, bound
to appear before the Lord Warden; and Isabel Radcliffe,
great with child and not able to travel. In Edlingham,
Lamendon, and Aberwick the doors are shut, and none
within to answer. Lionel Forster appeared; Dorothy
Mitford is very sick. [¾ page.] 7 Nov. 1592. |