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| Nov. 1. |
1. Sir R. Winwood to Coke. Has examined the bearer who
was sent by the Earl of Essex, but sends him for further questioning.
Incloses, |
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1. I. Statement by Fras. Halliday, of St. Mark's, that he was
told that Franklin had received 100 Jacobuses for compassing the marriage between the Earl and Countess of
Somerset; that he says he can raise a devil, &c. Cath.
Pasley was employed between Franklin and the Countess
and Mrs. Turner. |
Nov. 1.
Westminster. |
Grant to Sarah Fairfax, of Norwich, of pardon for stealing ten
pairs of stockings, she being only fifteen, and this her first offence.
Latin. [Sign Man., vol. V., No. 66.] |
| Nov 2. |
Grant to Jas. Barker of the captaincy of the bulwarks at Dover,
for life. [Grant Bk., p. 154.] |
Nov. 2.
Dover Castle. |
2. Nich. Knott to Rich. Younge. The watchmen who formerly
watched in the gunners' places are entitled to part of their yearly
pay, which is therefore not to be paid in full to the present gunners. |
| Nov. 2. |
3. Examination of Edw. Norman. Was told by Jeffry Platt,
waterman, that a gentleman came to him at the Blackfriars ferry,
and bade him tap at a certain window of the Countess of Somerset's
house, and deliver letters to her man, saying they were from the
King and Council, which he did. |
| Nov. 2. |
4. Examination of Jeffry Platt, to the same effect as the above.
No money was given him for his pains. |
| Nov. 3. |
5. Sir R. Winwood to the Commissioners in Overbury's cause.
The King wishes them to consider the petition of Walter James,
and to allow him to speak with the Earl of Somerset on his domestic
affairs, in presence of the Lieutenant of the Tower. Incloses, |
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5. 1. Petition of Walter James, servant of the Earl of Somerset,
to the King, for protection against his master's creditors,
having borrowed large sums for his master in his own
name. Also for leave to receive the revenues of the Earl's
estate, and discharge his debts therefrom. |
| Nov. ? |
6. Petition of Walter James to Chief Justice Coke, to the same
effect as the preceding. |
| Nov. 3. |
Grant to Sir Lionel Cranfield of the office of Surveyor of Customs
and other things belonging thereto, for life. [Grant Bk., p. 158.] |
| Nov. 4. |
7. Earl of Pembroke to the Council. Has completed the musters
of Cornwall, including also those of the tinners, being both
Lieutenant of the county and Warden of the Stannaries. The
County desire, as before, to be excused the horse. |
Nov. 5.
Chester. |
8. Earl of Derby to the Same. Returns the certificates of his
Deputy Lieutenants, of the musters of Cheshire and Lancashire. |
| Nov. 6. |
9. Examination of Sir Dud. Diggs. On expressing to Sir Hen.
Neville his fear that Rochester was desirous to be rid of Overbury,
both he and Sir Thos. Mansell told him, from Overbury's own mouth,
that he was confident Rochester would not dare to abandon him. |
Nov. 6.
Streatham. |
10. Talbot Bowes to the Bp. of Durham. Has sent to Mr. Nun,
but he delays and hesitates about waiting on his Lordship, as
directed. |
Nov. 7.
Bletsoc. |
11. Oliver Lord St. John to the Council. Transmits a certificate of
the musters in Huntingdonshire. Eight days were spent in training.
The foot are complete, but the horse cannot be made so, on account
of the death, removal, or decay of many of those who before provided
them. The county decayed by removals and inundations of the
fen lands. |
| Nov. 7. |
Order of the delegates of the University of Oxford, for building
the new school and imposing certain fees upon admission; to be
applied towards the expense of that building and in payment of
the debt due to Sir Thos. Bodley's chest. [Dom. Corresp., Nov. 13,
1626.] |
| Nov. 9. |
12. Examination of Edw. Ryder. Early in October, saw Dr.
Lobell, who spoke hardly against those who tried to prove that
Overbury was poisoned, declared that he died of consumption,
caused by melancholy, and that the glister, prepared by his son, was
made by order of Dr. Mayerne, who was the only physician in
England worth anything. Saw Lobell a week later, and told him it
was now manifest that he was poisoned by an apothecary's boy in
Lime Street. Madame Lobell explained to her husband, "That
must be William, whom you sent into France;" on which he trembled
violently, and said, that as William was leaving his master, he gave
him a letter of recommendation to Paris. |
Nov. 9.
London. |
13. Edw. Reynoldes to Fras. Mills. The month is barren, owing to
the imprisonment of the Seal with [the Earl of Somerset]. It is now
in the King's hands, which hinders business. Course to be adopted
about payments of fees to the next Lord Privy Seal. New year's
gifts to be diminished, because of the lessening of the profits. |
| [Nov. 9.] |
14. Certificate by the Chief Justice and Judges of the King's
Bench and other Justices of the Peace, that Rich. Weston was
arraigned for the poisoning of Sir Thos. Overbury on Oct. 29, 1615;
was tried, found guilty, and condemned to execution, on the 23d.
Latin. Annexed is, |
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14. I. Writ of certiorari, addressed to the above, commanding
them to make the above return. Westminster, Nov. 9,
Latin. [Both these documents contain minute details
of the process of poisoning, from May 9 to Sept. 15, 1613,
the date of Overbury's death.] |
| [Nov. 10 |
15. Speech of Sir Fras. Bacon in the Star Chamber, in propounding the charge against Sir John Wentworth and Sir John
Hollis for questioning Weston on the scaffold as to his guilt, and
intimating some doubts thereof; and against Mr. Lumsden, for
sending to the King a false and perverted account of Weston's
arraignment. |
| Nov. 10? |
16. Notes [by Coke] relative to the above cases, their aggravations
and the penalties to be inflicted, mentioning Sir Thos. Vavasour
and Hen. Vane as implicated. |
Nov.10.
Royston. |
17. Jas. Lord Hay to Coke. The King desires Mrs. Turner's
execution to be respited till Monday or Tuesday, and that divines
may have access to her, and try to draw her to confess. Priests
might be secretly admitted, if thought fit. |
Nov. 10.
Newhall. |
18. Earl of Sussex to the Council. The musters have been held
in Essex; the foot are not much amiss, but hardly two thirds of the
horse appear; sends the names of those who refuse. The clergy
arms have been viewed by order of the Bishop of London. |
| Nov. 10. |
19. Memorandum of the conference between Dr. John Whiting
and Mrs. Turner. After many exhortations, she confessed that she
knew beforehand of the poisoning of Sir Thos. Overbury, but concealed it for the sake of the Countess of Somerset, whom she loved
as her own soul. She was much afflicted, and wished Weston had
poisoned her, as he did the other. The Doctor consoled her, and she
consented to receive the Communion the next day, though, being a
Catholic, she had never before received it after the form of the Church
of England. |
| Nov. 10. |
20. Draft or rough copy of the above [by Coke]. |
| Nov. 11. |
21. Conference between Dr. Whiting and Mrs. Turner. After
taking the Communion, she thanked God for the comfort she received.
Called Franklin a villain, and Sir Thos. Monson proud and odious.
Wished the Lieutenant of the Tower had never come there. The
Earl of Northampton possibly was in the plot, for all Somerset's
letters to the Countess came in his packets. Heard that the late
Prince was poisoned at Woodstock, with a bunch of grapes. Weston
told her he was poisoning Overbury. The Countess intends not to
be hanged, but to die in child-bed. Exclaimed against the Court,
and wished the King better servants, there being nothing among
them "but mallice, pride, whoredom, swearing, and reioising in the
fall of others;" wonders the earth does not open to swallow up so
wicked a place. Lord Knollys is the only religious man. |
| Nov. 11. |
22. John Hall to the King. Details speeches by Sir John Leedes
and his wife, that the King was unwieldy and could not unlock a
door, but might leap out of a window, as his father did, when the
people got hold of him and threatened to hang him. Lady Leedes
said she would speak treason, because the King declared that most
women were atheists or Papists. |
| [Nov. 11.] |
23. Report by Jerome Hawley of the above conversation. |
| Nov. 11. |
24. John Cusack to Sir Ralph Winwood. Wishes to see him, to
reveal a secret of great moment to the King, the discovery of which
endangers the life of the revealer. Asks aid in his suits. Sir
Hum. May can make any suit or suitor, be they ever so honest,
disliked by the King. Begs him to write to some stationer, to lend
him such works as he requires, for finishing a treatise to be presented to the King, as the first fruits of twenty years' study in the
best universities of Christendom. It defends the royal prerogative,
and maintains the Oath of Allegiance, from Scripture. Wishes to
show the King how to prevent corruption in inferior judges, by
which Ireland is ruined. |
Nov. 11.
Whitehall. |
25. Warrant to the Constable of Wisbeach Castle, to deliver
Fras. Kemp, Gervase Poole, Edw. Smith, Thos. Blunt, and Thos.
Browne, priests, to Mons. de Boischot, the Archduke's Ambassador,
or his Messenger, they being liberated, at his request, to be conveyed
out of England. Annexed is, |
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25. I. Order of Ferdinand de Boischot authorizing Peter
Van den Velde to receive the five priests granted him
from Wisbeach Castle. London, Nov. 11. French.—With
note by P. Van den Velde, that he has received the said
priests. Wisbeach, Nov. 15. Latin. |
| Nov. 12. |
26. Hen. Sanderson to Winwood, Shameful havoc of the deer
at Brancepeth Park, by Emerson's servants and others, at direction
of Sir John Claxton. They have made Mr. Calverly Deputy Lieutenant of the county, to serve their turn. Incloses, |
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26. I. Sam. Sanderson to Hen. Sanderson. Harsh proceedings
of Emerson on behalf of the Earl of Somerset, in claiming
and selling lands, hunting deer, &c., since his [H. Sanderson's] departure. Brancepeth Castle, Oct. 26, 1615. |
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26. II. The Same to the Same. Harsh conduct of the servants of
the Earl of Somerset to the tenants at Brancepeth. On
the announcement by the Bishop of Durham that the
further spoil of the woods was forbidden, the joy of all was
exceedingly great; bells were rung, bonfires blazed, and
drummers went up and down, the people shouting God
save the King and the Prince; they will do anything to
be the Prince's tenants again. Brancepeth Castle, Oct. 31,
1615. |
[Nov.]
[Newmarket.] |
27. [Sir Ralph Winwood?] to Hen. or Sam. Sanderson. To cause
the wood lying at Brancepeth Castle Gate, or elsewhere, to be brought
into the castle, inventoried, and laid up till further directions,
and to have special care of the woods and game; the King having
forbidden the Earl of Somerset's servants to meddle any further. |
| Nov. |
28. Copy of the above. |
Nov.13.
Dover Castle. |
29. Nich. Knott to Lord Zouch. Begs his interest in reclaiming
a debt due to him from Robt. Hobday, Gunner, who is dead,
also to be remembered in the disposal of places in the castle. |
| Nov.13. |
30. The Guards of [Dover] Castle to the Same. Thanks for
his influence with Lord Wotton in freeing them from serving in the
musters of the county. |
| Nov. 14. |
31. Statement by Sir John Leedes of the conversation at his
house. Hearing that the Earl of Somerset and Sir Thos. Monson
had tried to get out of their windows, Lady Leedes said she thought
they would be served like the King of Scots, who, fearing to be
blown up with gunpowder, got out of the window, and was taken
and hanged on a pear-tree. Mr. Hall told him he was surprised to
hear Lady Leedes speak so freely. Has remonstrated with his wife,
and she promises not to be so free with her tongue. Annexed is, |
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31. I. Note by John, son of Sir John Leedes, that, talking to his father
since his coming to Court about the King's hard riding,
he said he was unwieldy. Thinks he heard the remark
about unlocking the door from Patrick Maull. [See
Nov. 11.] |
Nov. 14.
Tyburn. |
32. Statement of Mrs. Turner's conduct at her execution. She
confessed the justness of her death, bewailed her many sins, prayed
for the Royal Family, &c., and also for her poor lady; commended
herself to Christ, and professed that she died in the faith of the
Church of England. |
| Nov. 14. |
33. Another account of Mrs. Turner's execution. Being urged by
Dr. Whiting to say something, she declared herself a Protestant, and
penitent; that she had been in the hands of the Devil, but was
redeemed from him. Asked if she might pray for the Countess, as
she wished to do so while she had breath. |
| Nov. 14? |
34. [Lord Chief Justice Coke] to [the King]. The report that
Mrs. Turner was buried with Christian solemnities is false; but, on
account of her penitent death, she was laid in St. Martin's Churchyard. The King's justice generally applauded. The discovery of
the Powder Poison, as of the Powder Treason, a sign of God's favour
towards His Majesty. [Rough notes for a letter.] |
| Nov. 15. |
35. [Sir Ralph Winwood?] to [Isaac] Wake. Sir Thos. Overbury
being poisoned in the Tower, the King's love of justice led him to
have the matter searched, though it might implicate some about
him. The Duke [of Lenox], Lord Chancellor, Lord Zouch, and
Lord Chief Justice were made Commissioners. The Earl of Somerset
and his Lady involved. He was first committed to the Dean of Westminster, but afterwards sent close prisoner to the Tower; she placed
in charge of Sir Wm. Smithe in the Blackfriars. Weston, Overbury's
keeper, and Mrs. Turner, the Countess's woman, are executed. Sir
Gervase Helwys, Lieutenant of the Tower, displaced, and will probably die for it. Sir Thos. Monson committed, for recommending
Weston to his place. |
Nov. 16.
Office of the Revels. |
36. Sir Geo. Buck to Sir Thos. Stodder. Has not credit enough
with the Lord Admiral to forward the suit of Stodder, who has
injured it by sending through him papers offensive to the King.
Does not wish to be reconciled to his brother, whilst he follows a
wayward course and hateful to the State. |
| Nov.16. |
37. Suggestions by Hen. Sanderson for the good of Northumberland and the Bishopric of Durham, viz.:—Suppression of recusancy;
appointment of another Lieutenant in Somerset's place, who may
train the people to arms; orders for preservation of the woods
for the tenants to pay no further rents for Somerset's use; and for
strict accounts to be demanded from Thos. Emerson for the sums he
has already received. Emerson boasts that he could give a person
poison which should not kill him for two years. |
| [Nov. 16.] |
38. Deposition of Jas. Franklin. Was employed by Mrs. Turner to
buy poisons. Details the kinds used, and the modes of administering
them. Sir Gervase Helwys knew it; has seen letters of his relating
to it. All Overbury's food was poisoned, and Lady Somerset said
her reason was that he pryed too far into matters of State, and
would put her party down. Has received 120l., and was to have 200l.
per ann. The Countess thought he had induced Rochester to love
her. Has had 200 letters from her about it. She was enough to
bewitch any man. |
| [Nov. 16.] |
39. Abstract of the above. |
| Nov. 16 ? |
40. Notes [by Coke] on the aggravations of the Powder Poison, as
committed upon a prisoner, and one therefore in the custody of the
Crown. Thanks to God for its discovery, as a blessing to the King,
Court, and State. Weston and Mrs. Turner both confessed themselves privy to the poisoning. [Indorsed with notes of presumptions
of the complicity of the Lieutenant of the Tower.] |
| [Nov. 16.] |
41. Digest of the principal points in the evidence against the
Lieutenant of the Tower. With numerous annotations, &c. [by
Coke]. |
Nov.17.
Newmarket. |
42. The King to Coke. Wishes him to use all possible means
that Sir Gervase Helwys may still further reveal his knowledge.
His execution to be respited on this account, and to leave him time
to arrange his worldly affairs. His estate, out of pity, is to be
granted to his wife and many children. Wishes, if precedent permit,
that he should be executed in a less infamous place than Tyburn,
having been Lieutenant of the Tower. |
| Nov.17. |
43. Memorandum by Sir Wm. Smithe of a speech of the Countess
of Somerset relative to her wish to destroy herself. |
Nov. 18.
Newmarket. |
44. The King to Coke. Wishes him to appoint a time for hearing
the great cause of "Rege inconsulto" calmly reasoned, lest injury
arise to the prerogative by its being handled in haste. |
| Nov. 18. |
45. Sir Geo. More to the Same. The Commissioners on Overbury's
cause are to meet the next day, to hear something from the Earl of
Somerset, and to write to the King thereon. |
| Nov. 18? |
46. Thos. Packwood, merchant tailor of London, to [the Same ?].
John Ferris, cook to the late Prince, and afterwards preferred by
Somerset to the Queen, refused to go out with Rich. Keymer, yeoman
of the counting-house to the Prince, because he was making jellies
for Overbury. |
| Nov. 18. |
47. Rich. Keymer to [the Same]. What he told Packwood was,
that Ferris, Master Cook to Prince Henry, had made jellies for the
Earl of Somerset. |
| Nov. 18. |
48. Sir Gervase Helwys to [Coke]. Remembers one thing more,
viz., that, after Overbury's death, Lord Northampton wrote to him
to send for Sir John Lidcott to see his body, in order to "satisfy that
damned crew who would be ready to speak the worst," and then to
bury him shortly. |
| Nov. 18. |
49. Relation by Coke, that on Helwys' trial he was surprised
when a letter was quoted from himself to the Countess, about the difficulty of destroying the scab; he confessed afterwards to Dr. Whiting
that it was agreed between himself, the Countess, the Earl of Northampton, and Sir Thos. Monson, that the scab should mean Overbury. He said he suffered justly, for allowing worldly respects to
lead him to conceal the plot, and for obtaining writings, &c. from
Overbury, at instigation of the Countess and Earl of Northampton.
He denied his guilt at the bar, because he had never any intention to
murder him himself, nor any hand in it, but only failed to reveal
the plots of others. With sundry observations on his conduct before
and at his trial, &c. |
| Nov. 18. |
50. Copy of the above relation, with additions. |
| Nov. 20. |
51. Another copy of the relation, with particulars of Helwys'
execution on Tower Hill, his penitence the preceding evening,
and his speech on the scaffold, regretting his denial of his guilt
at his trial; he prayed for those, some of whom were in the Tower,
that shared the bloody deed, and exhorted the bystanders to avoid
gaming, which was one means of his ruin, and to live godly and
virtuous lives. |
| Nov. 20. |
52. List of the Officers and Gunners of Dover Castle, with their
wages. |
Nov. 21.
Whitehall. |
Earl of Suffolk to Rich. Gyles, waiter for prohibited woods.
To permit Marmaduke Peckett, merchant of London, to transport a
ton of logwood consigned to him by mistake, and seized for the
King as prohibited wood, on his bond to bring in no more false
dyeing woods. [Dom. Corresp., March 27, 1616.] |
Nov. 22.
Bletsoe. |
53. Oliver Lord St. John to Coke. Has heard a report that the
Countess of Somerset counterfeited being with child, that she might
invite the King, Queen, and Prince to the christening, and poison
them. |
Nov. 22.
Newmarket. |
54. [Sir R. Winwood] to the Lord Chancellor. The King has pricked
Rich. Floyd, of Marington, as Sheriff for Montgomeryshire, in lieu of
Sir John Hayward, who is unfit, from not having lands in the
county. |
| Nov. 22. |
55. Statement [by Sir Geo. More] that the Earl of Somerset
twice requested an interview with Lord Knollys and Lord Hay,
that he might send by them a message of consequence to His
Majesty; that the Commissioners in Overbury's cause refused this,
but offered to attend on him themselves, as being appointed to
examine his cause, but he declined the offer. He requested payment
of his rents, which are detained from him. |
| Nov. 23. |
56. Commissioners in Overbury's cause to the King. Detail the preceding request of Somerset, and their refusal. Will have to examine
him shortly, and will press him to tell what he wishes to communicate. In answer to his request for pen, ink, and paper, to write
something about his private affairs, they told him the Lieutenant of
the Tower should write for him, which he refused. |
| [Nov. 23.] |
57. Draft of the above [by Coke]. |
Nov. 23 ?
[Newgate.] Thursday. |
58. Thos. Deane to Sir Thos. Vavasour. Desires him to send his
servant Birt, to be made acquainted with an evil deed against his
worship. Annexed is, |
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58. I. Certificate by Thos Abent, who received the above letter,
that these were the contents, to the best of his memory.
Nov. 23. |
| Nov. 24. |
59. Hen. Sanderson to Winwood. Has received orders to take
care of Chopwell, as well as Brancepeth Wood. Emerson's plot is
not the first devised against him. Incloses, |
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59. I. Earl of Shrewsbury to the Same. Details the faithful
services of Hen. Sanderson, Constable of Brancepeth
Castle, especially in preserving the woods and game there,
sometimes at his own expense. He has many enemies,
and would have been ruined, had Emerson's commission
lasted. Would be glad for him to receive some reward.
Nov. 20. |
Nov. 24.
Westminster. |
Grant to the Bishop of Lincoln of the patronage of the rectory of
Wappenham, co. Northampton, long belonging to that bishopric, but
lately claimed for the King. Latin. [Sign Man., vol. V., No. 67.] |
| Nov. 25. |
60. Statement by John Arderne, that Mrs. Saul, who keeps a
confectioner's shop in Holborn, sent for him to say that she was
likely to be questioned respecting the banquet which she served, on
May-day before the Prince's death. With note [by Coke] of its
receipt, Nov. 28. |
| Nov. 25. |
61. [Sir Ralph Winwood] to [the Commissioners in Overbury's
cause]. The King wishes Jerome, son of Jas. Hawley, now close prisoner in the Gatehouse, to be released, on condition of his not going
further away than his father's house at Brentford. |
Nov. 25.
Hatfield. Broad Oak. |
62. Sir Fras. Barington to Lord Zouch. Recommends the bearer,
formerly a Deputy Gunner at Dover, to a vacant Gunner's place
there. |
Nov. 26.
Newmarket. |
63. Sir R. Winwood to Coke. The King wishes only such women
to be placed about the Countess of Somerset, at her delivery, as will
be answerable that she does not miscarry, either by her own wilfulness, or by the malice of any other. |
Nov. 26.
Newmarket. |
64. [The Same] to the Commissioners on Overbury's cause. If
the message which Somerset wishes to send to the King relates to
the cause in hand, he is to tell it to them. If not, the King is to be
acquainted therewith. The Lord Treasurer is ordered to take charge
of the Earl's goods and moveables. |
| Nov. 26 ? |
65. [Lord Chancellor Ellesmere and Lord Coke, two of the Commissioners for Overbury's cause,] to the King. The Earl of Somerset's
answer is, that the message which he desired to send by Lords
Knollys and Hay does not concern the criminal part of the business. |
| Nov. 26 ? |
66. Notes [by Coke] relative to the procuring poisons, trying
them on a cat, &c.; and the Earl of Somerset's knowledge thereof.
[Seemingly for Franklin's examination]. |
| Nov. 26 ? |
67. Notes [by the Same] of sundry points of evidence [against
Franklin ?], preceded by [earlier] notes of the places, &c. of trial of
the principal and accessories in the plot. |
Nov. 27.
Whitehall. |
68. The Council to the King. Have considered the propriety of
calling a Parliament to relieve his pressing necessities, but fear it
will take too much time. Do not like to decide upon it except at a
full meeting of the board. Request the King to appoint a day when
the Councillors with him can meet those in London, to discuss the
point. |
Nov. [27].
Westminster |
Grant to the bakers of Bristol of incorporation, with proviso of
revocation, if just cause be shown by the mayor and commonalty of
Bristol. [Sign Man., vol. V., No. 68.] |
| Nov. 27. |
69. Copy of the above. |
| Nov. 27. |
70. Substance of Franklin's arraignment. His examinations read,
confessing the purchase of poisons from him by Mrs. Turner, who
tried their effect on a cat. The Countess showed him a letter from
Rochester, saying he wondered the business was not despatched, and
he thinks it meant Overbury's murder. On Weston's apprehension,
she sent for him, and urged him to confess nothing. Weston said
that, the Countess's turn being served, they would both be poisoned.
He was found guilty by the jury. |
| Nov. 27? |
71. Notes [by Coke] on the office of Attorney General. Indorsed
are notes relating to the design to poison Weston and Franklin, had
not Weston been apprehended. |
| Nov. 27 ? |
72. Notes [by the Same] on the share of Sir Thos. Monson in the
Powder Poison. The three first offenders, though at first denying it
obstinately at their trials, were afterwards brought to confession,
but this man [Franklin] confessed freely. [Indorsed with many
notes, some containing presumptions against the Earl of Somerset.] |
Nov. 27.
Serjeants' Inn. |
73. Lord Chief Justice Coke to the King. Conviction of Franklin.
He and others have discovered sufficient matter against the Earl of
Somerset. Particulars of the poisons provided by Franklin. On
Weston's arrest, the Countess sent for Franklin, and urged him not
to confess, but to say he had never seen her, and only came to
Mrs. Turner about physic. He confessed he had a spirit at his
command. |
| Nov. 28. |
74. Relation by Dr. Whiting of his conversation with Franklin. He
said that the Lord Treasurer was in the plot; that the Countess of
Somerset was the most impudent woman that ever lived; that there
were greater persons in it than yet known, and more to be poisoned and
murdered; that he was to have had 500l. to be employed to the
Palgrave and Lady Elizabeth; that Somerset never loved the Prince
nor Lady Elizabeth; that there lies a long tale about an outlandish
apothecary placed with the late Prince; that Lady Somerset got
money from the old lady [her mother], &c. [Written by Coke], with
notes that Lobell should be questioned how he meant to become apothecary to Prince Charles, and Franklin whether he was ever wished
to work against the Queen. |
| Nov. 28. |
75. Copy of the above relation. |
| Nov. 28. |
76. Testimony of Rich. Adams and Thos. Peade, Nov. 24, that
Mrs. Brittain said Mrs. Callcot had offered her 5l. to have the providing of half the Countess of Somerset's christening banquet, and
that Mrs. Saul was the woman who served the banquet when the
Prince was poisoned; which speech was denied by Mrs. Brittain,
Nov. 28. |
| Nov. 28. |
77. Examination of Susan, wife of Edwin Saul, confectioner, of
High Holborn. Three years before, a banquet was sent for from her
shop, by Lord Arundel's man, for the Princes, on May-day 1612,
when they went a-maying to Highgate. It was of dried and
candied fruits. Biscuit bread was used, which was not served
by her. |
| Nov ? |
78. Bill and answer, with proofs on both sides, and answers to
proofs, in the cause of the Attorney General v. Sir Chas. Cavendish,
as to the right contested between him and the Crown, to certain
lands in Sherwood Forest, Roome Wood, Burnt Hastings, Kirkby,
Tyngo, and Edenstowe assarts, &c. [See May 20, and Sept.,
No. 122.] |
| Nov. ? |
79. Duplicate of the above. |
| Nov. ? |
80. Plan of Sir Chas. Cavendish's estate in Nottinghamshire, comprehending the village or town of Carburton, Roome Wood, BurntHastings, Hurst Field, and Welbeck Abbey. |
| Nov. ? |
81. Plan of Kirkby Plot, marking out the lands possessed therein
by Sir Chas. Cavendish. |
| Nov. ? |
82. Plan of Tyngo and Edenstowe, assart lands, similarly marked. |
| Nov. 28. |
83. Writ of ejectment, directing Sir Chas. Cavendish to deliver
up certain lands in Sherwood Forest to Otho Nicholson. |
| Nov. 29. |
84. Franklin's relation of a plot against Mrs. Chattock, devised by Mrs. Parselewe, Mrs. West, and Old Nan of Wapping,
witches. Indorsed with notes concerning the commitment of Mrs.
Brittain. |
| Nov. 29 ? |
85. [Lord Chief Justice Coke] to the King. Thanks for his personal directions. Sir Thos. Monson's trial deferred, that he may be
a witness against the Countess. Franklin is only respited to give
further light. The newly-discovered villanies touch not the King
nor Prince that now is, but some persons near to his Majesty. |
| Nov. 30. |
86. Lease by Mary, widow of Wm. Ferrand, of Mitcham, Surrey,
demising to Dr. Hen. Kirkman, of Northampton, and John Pope, of
London, Advocates of the Court of Arches, certain chambers and
rooms in the parish of St. Bennett's, Paul's Wharf. |
| Nov. 30 ? |
87. Bill of charges by Hen. Halfheid, Keeper of the King's Game
at Royston, with note of request for payment. |
Nov.
Westminster. |
Grant to Wm. and Edw. Hodgson of pardon for manslaughter of
Fras. Lund, all of Dent, Yorkshire. Latin. [Sign Man., vol. V.,
No. 69.] |
| Nov. |
88. List of records and writings concerning Dover Castle, left at
Clifford's Inn by John Packenham, late clerk, and delivered to
Lord Zouch by Nich. Packenham. |
| Nov. |
89. Duplicate of the same. |
