James 1 - volume 70: July 1612

Calendar of State Papers Domestic: James I, 1611-18. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1858.

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'James 1 - volume 70: July 1612', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: James I, 1611-18, (London, 1858) pp. 136-139. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/jas1/1611-18/pp136-139 [accessed 24 March 2024]

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July 1612.

July 2.
London.
1. Chamberlain to Carleton. The two Carmelites have made a public confession of their conversion at the Italian Church. Sir Fras. Bacon was the man of most note present. Confession and execution of Lord Sanquair. The Countess of Shrewsbury still persists in refusing to answer questions, pleading the privilege of her nobility. She is remanded to the Tower. Death of Sir Peter Eure. Libels on the late Lord Treasurer. He is accused of juggling with all parties. A design of laying open some of his Hertfordshire grounds on the very day of his funeral was prevented. The King employs Sir Ralph Winwood to write letters, but says nothing to him about the Secretaryship, which is still in suspense. Winwood is most likely to have it, but it is said the King has promised the Queen not to bestow it till Sir Hen. Wotton's return.
July 2.
Westminster.
Grant to Jas. Lewis, of Builth, co. Brecon, of pardon, for manslaughter of Rich. ap John. Latin. [Sign Man., vol. II., No. 25. See Nov. 7, 1611.]
July 3.
Frankfort.
2. Wm. Lord Roos to [Sir Thos. Lake]. Thanks for furthering the honour lately imposed on him by the King. Is going to Italy.
July 3. 3. Order in Council that the citizens of London be permitted to exercise arms in the Artillery Garden or other convenient place, provided their number be not more than 250.
July 6. Grant to Edw. Morgan, co. Monmouth, of pardon for refusing the Oath of Allegiance, with promise that it shall not again be tendered to him. [Sign Man., vol. II., No. 26.]
July 6. Docquet of the above.
July [7 ?] Grant to Hen. Earl of Northampton of the manor of Clun, and other lands, co. Salop, the moiety for himself and the other moiety for the Earl of Suffolk, with confirmation of his title to certain waste grounds concealed and recovered by him within the said manors. Latin. [Sign Man., vol. II., No. 27.]
July 7. Lease to Thos. Merry of certain messuages, &c. belonging to the Ordnance Department, at suit of Sir Roger Dallison, Lieutenant of the Ordnance, to whom they were previously granted. [Ibid., No. 28.]
July 9.
London.
4. Chamberlain to Carleton. Zuniga, the Spanish Ambassador, has had his first audience, and the King is coming from Windsor to Whitehall to give him a second. His chief errand is to acquit himself of accusations about the Gunpowder Treason, laid against him by the late Lord Treasurer, whom he would have accused of "some unwarrantable practices," had he been living. The Virginia plantation likely to come to nothing, through the idleness of the English. Ten men, sent to fish for their relief, have slipped off to England, and fill the town with ill reports about it. Elphinstone, late Secretary of Scotland, dead. Sir John Roper's office granted to Rochester and Sir John Harrington. Sir Thos. Bodley is failing. He has the dropsy and scurvy, and has been mistreated by Dr. Atkins. Sir Hen. Wotton and Sir Thos. Lake talked of for Secretaries. The latter impeded in his preferment by "his Xantippe." Sir Ralph [Winwood] returning to Holland, but with promises of remembrance from the King.
July 11.
Westminster.
5. Grant to Maurice Abbot of the moiety of old debts due to the Crown to be collected by David Abercomby, John Say, Ant. Gibson, and Matthias Fowle, to the amount of 16,000l., on surrender of a similar grant to Visct. Lisle.
July 11 ? 6. Bill of costs in the case of Elihu Wynn v. Clement Piggott since Michaelmas 1611.
July 12. 7. Wm. Foster to Sir John Conway. Requests him to send the hounds and other things. The bearer does not know of his being where he is.
July 15.
London.
8. Chamberlain to Carleton. Sir Ralph Winwood is returning to the Hague. It is thought he will soon be back again, and that Sir Hen. Neville or Wotton will be the other Secretary. Lord Beauchamp dead. Harry Boughton and Mrs. Fowler apprehended for coining foreign gold. Sir W. Cope has written an apology for the late Lord Treasurer, setting forth his own sufficiency. Winwood knows not who has tampered with and opened Carleton's letters, unless it be De Quester.
July 16. Grant to Thos. Creichton of all jewels, debts, and goods of Robt. Creichton, felon. [Grant Bk., p. 90.]
July 17.
Theobalds.
Proclamation prohibiting the deceitful dyeing of silk, or bringing in or selling of silk deceitfully dyed. Printed. [Proc. Bk., p. 259.]
July 17.
Westmintser.
Grant to Wm. Glover, of Westminster, and Sam. Evans, of East Greenwich, of pardon for robbery at Greenwich Palace. Latin. Sign Man., vol. II., No. 29.]
July 18. 9. List of persons in different counties who are to be called on to take the Oath of Allegiance.
July 20. 10. Sir Rice Griffin to Thos. Fensden [?] Requests him to obtain the removal of Geo. Kempson from the office of High Constable of Barlichway hundred, co. Warwick, he being guilty of many offences.
July 22. Grant to And. Lanyer of the place of a Musician on the Flute, for life. [Grant Bk., p. 95.]
July 22.
Croydon.
11. Archbp. Abbot to the King. The lingering in England of the Spanish Ambassador, Don Pedro de Zuniga, is very suspicious. He has secretly dispersed 12,000l. or 13,000l. already in England, and tampers by night with the Lieger Ambassador from France. He was in England at the time of the powder treason, and God knows what share he had in that business.
July 23.
London.
12. Chamberlain to Carleton. The Spanish Ambassador's lingering is not much liked. The King begins his progress. The Queen, Prince, Lady Elizabeth, and Duke of York were with him at Theobalds. The Prince lives chiefly at Richmond, but is going part of the progress, and then waits for the King at Woodstock. The two friars have preached at the Italian Church. Sir Ralph Winwood sailed [for Holland] on the 16th. Lord Chandos and the Countess of Worcester gone to the Spa, and the Earl of Arundel will follow. It is reported that the Signet will be taken from Sir Thos. Lake and given to Visct. Rochester, &c. Much talk and many wagers laid about the Secretaryship. The Lord Chamberlain has changed the Messengers at Court, and put two officers over them called Clerks of the Cheque.
July 23. 13. Order in Council on a dispute between the City and University of Oxford concerning the duties of the night walk, which belongs to the University; but the City is allowed to join in any search after felons, or in hue and cry.
July 26.
Bletsoe.
Grant to the Company of Discoverers of the North-west Passage of Incorporation, Henry Prince of Wales being constituted Supreme Protector, with grant of certain portions of the profits to the first discoverers and adventurers therein in 1610, and to Capt. Button and his sailors, now sent out to perfect the discovery. [Sign Man., vol. II., No. 30.]
July 25.
Bir.
14. Fras. Harewell to Fras. Conyers. Health of their families. Sends a new defazance, the counterpart of which is sealed to Sir Edw. Conway, and begs the return of the old one.
July 27.
Downham in the Isle.
15. Lancelot Andrews, Bp. of Ely, to Sir Thos. Lake. The Bishop of Chichester, being weary of the Mastership of Pembroke Hall, purposes to make it over to — Muriell, who is not worthy of it, and will only admit fellows who will promise him their vote. Hopes such a mischief may be averted, and that Dr. [Nich.] Felton, a most fitting person, may be chosen.
July 28.
Castle Ashby.
Grant to Thos. Harries and Geo. Allen, of Thornton, co. Pembroke, of pardon for coining. Latin. [Sign Man., vol. II., No. 31.]
July 29.
Bishopthorpe.
16. Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York, to the Earl of Suffolk or Sir Thos. Lake. Is willing to entertain Johannes Maria, the converted Carmelite friar, who has come to him with a letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury, which agrees with His Majesty's letter on the subject.
July 30.
Eton.
17. Sir Hen. Savile to Sir Dud. Carleton. Thanks for the "variæ lectiones" sent of the oration "[Ou Theos ou Christos]" Directions for the purchase of books. Sir Geo. Carew succeeds the late Lord Treasurer as Master of the Wards. Incloses a letter from his Grace of Canterbury.
July 30.
Castle Ashby.
Grant to the town of Wokingham of incorporation, with licence to hold a weekly market and yearly fair. [Sign Man., vol. II., No. 32.]
July 31. 18. Note of the lands in the entail, specifying those which remain in the King's hands, or are assigned to the Queen, Prince, and Duke of York, or have been sold.
July 31. 19. Certificate of the fines and casual profits of the Courts of the Manors, &c. now in the King's hands, during the first nine years of his reign.
July ?
[York.]
20. Lord Sheffield to Visct. Rochester. There being no Foreign Secretary, requests him to acquaint the King that a packet of letters for the Venetian Ambassador was sent to him; an Italian gentleman, well accompanied, who professed to be the Venetian Ambassador, has passed through York on his way to Scotland. Thinks it strange that an Ambassador should travel like a spy. Requests instructions how to conduct himself towards him on his return.