James 1 - volume 89: December 1616

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 89: December 1616', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: James I, 1611-18, (London, 1858) pp. 411-421. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/jas1/1611-18/pp411-421 [accessed 24 March 2024]

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December 1616

Dec. 1. Licence to Sir John St. John, Bart., to hold the court in the manor of Liddiard and elsewhere, co. Wilts. [Grant Bk., p. 195.]
Dec. 2. Grant to John Vernon and John Mallett of the office of Secretary in the principality of Wales. [Ibid., p. 191.]
Dec. 3.
Bow Lane.
59. Nath. Brent to Carleton. Report says that Lord Coke spent two hours with the King, and was graciously received. His wife has left him, put her jewels into the hands of friends, and complains that she is undone by his weakness. Discontent between Lord and Lady Roos. He has taken her jewels, and allowed his father-in-law to pay 6,000l. for him.
Dec. 3.
Newmarket.
60. Digest of the directions given by the King to Dr. [John] Hill, Vice Chancellor of Cambridge, and others, heads of colleges, for promotion of uniformity of religion, morality, and learning amongst the students; a yearly report to be presented to His Majesty.
Dec. 3 ? 61. Declaration by the King of his pleasure that the Chancellor, Vice Chancellor and heads of colleges, observe certain regulations subjoined, for due observance of religious worship, receiving the communion, &c. No woman to frequent the college chapels, unless when a bell is rung for an English sermon to the people. Popery and puritanism to be suppressed.
Dec. 4.
Newmarket.
62. Winwood to Lord Zouch. The King has given the Duchess of Guise leave to have four French boats to fish, but if the French use that pretext for others to fish, or employ improper nets, the licences are to be forfeited.
Dec. 4. Licence to Sir Hen. Wallop to hold the court in the manor of Farleigh-Wallop, and others, co. Hants. [Grant Bk., p. 227.]
Dec. 6. Grant to Sir Robt. Vernon of the office of Housekeeper at Newmarket, co. Cambridge, for life. [Ibid., p. 191.]
Dec. 6. Grant to the Same of the office of keeping the new warren called Wilbraham Bushes, for life. [Ibid., p. 191.]
Dec. 6. Grant to Geo. Willmer of the office of Collector of a third in the pound imposed upon merchant strangers, for life. [Ibid., p. 225.]
Dec. 6. 63. Petition of John Arundel, of Trerice, Cornwall, to Sir Julius Cæsar, for a commission to take his answer in the country touching the suit of Chris. Strong. With order thereon.
Dec. 6.
Westminster.
64. Grant to Dr. Wm. Laud of the office of Dean of Gloucester.
Dec. 7. 65. Sir Fras. Bacon and Sir Hen. Yelverton to the King. Think that as there is not sufficient evidence against Sir Thos. Monson, and yet it is unfitting to pass over the affair altogether, it would be best to grant him a pardon.
Dec. 7.
Charing Cross.
66. Sir Thos. Lake to Lord Zouch. The King wishes him to satisfy a poor merchant of Conquet, in Brittany, whose bark was run on shore within the Cinque Ports. Incloses,
66. i. Memorial to Sir Thos. Lake, by the Master of the Joan, of Conquet, for return of his boat, run on shore at Lydd.
Dec. 7. Grant to Wm. Earl of Salisbury of Cranborne Chace, &c., cos. Dorset, Wilts, and Hants. [Grant Bk., p. 185.]
Dec. 7.
London.
67. Chamberlain to Carleton. The Lord Treasurer has gone to Audley End to avoid importunate claims for money. Lord Coke has had access to the King, and kissed his hand. Certain processes against him are stayed, and it is hoped he will be restored to the Council board. His lady relents, but does not return to him. Earl of Montgomery has 3,000l. a year for twenty years, towards his debts, and the wardship of young Lord Dormer. Sir John Dormer busy with the executorship of the late Lord, and of Sir Michael Dormer's lady. The Scotch journey still talked of, and Inigo Jones has the charge of chapel pictures and furniture, but money is wanted. Roberts, of Cornwall, compelled to lend 12,000l., without interest, by threat of all his property being seized for usury. Lady Cromer married to Sir Edw. Hales, Bart., and old Lady Killigrew to [Dr. Geo.] Downham, who is going to be an Irish Bishop. The Countesses of Exeter and Somerset with child.
Dec. 7.
London.
68. Edw. Sherburn to [the Same]. Has obtained only 400l. of the money due to Carleton, all efforts being needed to obtain money for the King's journey to Scotland. Miserable cries of poor men and others, whose wages and pensions have not been paid for three years or more. Sir Lionel Cranfield is to be Under Treasurer of the Exchequer. Villiers declines in the King's favour, and Lord Mordaunt, who has better natural parts, is likely to ascend. The King promises to give Sir Edw. Coke some service, though thinking him unfit for the Chief Justiceship: many persons would be glad to see him restored to honour. Sends a justification of Sir John Tyndall against the accusations of Bertram, who murdered him, &c.
Dec. 7. 69. Writ to Wm. Ellwood, Mayor of Sandwich, to deliver up all the money in his possession received from Mich. Lambert, of London, who was convicted of stealing the same from John Bridges, of St. Dunstan's parish, London.
Dec. 8.
London.
70. Matthew de Quester to Carleton. Hopes his former packet arrived safely, &c.
Dec. 8.
Utrecht.
71. Capt. John Pigott to the Same. Requests him to speak to his Excellency [the Prince of Orange] to allow Sir Walter Raleigh forty or fifty men from the Low Countries.
Dec. 9.
London.
72. Licence from Lord Zouch for Jacob le Ver, of Treport, to fish on the coasts of the Cinque Ports, at the nomination of Mdme. de Guise. With certificate that his nets are lawful. Latin.
Dec. 9.
London.
73—75. Similar licences for Jas. Brian, Rich. de Rice, and Thos. Brian, all of Treport. Indorsed "Cancelled Licenses."
Dec. 10.
Dover.
76. Wm. Ward to Lord Zouch. Begs to know for what price his Lordship will sell his Burton bark. Thinks 50l. enough, as the purchasers will have to compound with the owners in France.
Dec. 12 ? 77. Sir Thos. Wynn to Rich. Younge. The people of Faversham demand no less than 5l. for taking up his trunk, which is more than it is worth. Desires that Lord Zouch will send expressly to order its delivery; will abide his award for the payment. Annexes,
77. i. Inventory of Sir Thos. Wynn's goods wrecked at Faversham. Dec. 12.
Dec. 13. 78. The Council to the Commissioners of Sewers, cos. Northampton, Cambridge, and Lincoln. Have received complaints from the inhabitants of the Isle of Ely, and of Holland, Lincolnshire, of a tax for Clowse Cross drain, which, from its imperfect construction, is rather prejudicial than useful. Summon a deputation of the Commissioners and inhabitants to appear at the Board, and meanwhile the tax to be suspended.
Dec. 14. Grant to Duncan Primrose of the office of Chief Surgeon to the King, for life. [Grant Bk., p. 215.]
Dec. 14.
Dover.
79. Sir Peter Manwood to Lord Zouch. Lady Harrington detained at Dover by contrary winds. The King's ship not able to get out of the Downs for her, &c. All his Lordship's officers treat her most courteously. She has taken a severe cold, but bears it very patiently.
Dec. 14.
London.
80. Edw. Sherburn to [Carleton]. The Archbp. [of Spalato] has not arrived in London, but is at Dover. The King is returning to London, to stay till he goes to Scotland. Sir Edw. Coke is likely to be made a Baron; the Queen and Prince, or his money, do much for him.
Dec. 15.
Deal.
81. Thos. Cousant to his nephew, Hen. Eveseed. Desires him to seek out Edm. Sparrow and his companion in Townsend Lane, Thames Street, having given them a pass for London, and finding afterwards that they were pirates; if he should find them, he is to acquaint the Lord Warden therewith, &c.
Dec. 15. 82. Note by Dr. John Lambe, of moneys sent by the Bishop of Lincoln towards the building of St. Neot's Bridge, or paid to him by Lambe, in part of a tally of 500l., struck by his Lordship in discharge of the tenths of Lincoln diocese.
Dec. 15.
Newmarket.
83. The King to the Council of Scotland. Hopes he will not be coldly received in Scotland, from false prejudices as to the motives of his visit, which are, a desire to revisit his native kingdom, to hear complaints, and reform abuses. Has no intention to disturb the civil or ecclesiastical government of the kingdom, without the people's concurrence, nor to urge things, good in themselves, but generally disliked by them.
Dec. 16.
Deal Castle.
84. Thos. Fulnetby to Rich. Younge. Thinks Dr. Newman's letter is nothing to the point, as to the Lord Warden's right to a certain vessel which lay seven or eight tides with no one in her. Incloses,
84. i. Sir Geo. Newman to Thos. Fulnetby. The goods taken from the wreck should be inventoried; such as will spoil, sold, and the price kept; the rest stored till the owners claim and prove them as their own, to whom they are to be delivered, on payment of recompence to the savers, and of the Lord Warden's rights. Canterbury, Dec. 15.
Dec. 18.
St. James's.
85. Thos. Murray to Carleton. The Prince is pleased with the medals sent him by Carleton, and wishes for the book which explains their use. The messengers who brought them are paid. His Highness wishes Carleton's help, if needful, to procure the Chief Captain's place in the company of Sir Thos. Erskine, his Groom of the Privy Chamber, who is now sick, for Erskine's brother.
Dec. 18. Grant to John Taylor of Shipling Park, and others, co. Suffolk, for twenty-one years. [Grant Bk., p. 189.]
Dec. 19. Grant to John Wilson of a Prebend of St. Peter's, Westminster, for life. [Ibid., p. 225.]
Dec. 20. Grant to Wm. Ramsay of the office of Keeper and Captain of Holy and Ferne Islands, co. Durham, for life. [Ibid., p. 194.]
Dec. 20.
London.
86. Matthew de Quester to Carleton. Forwards a packet of Venetian letters for his Lordship, and another from General Cecil to Lady Carleton. Geo. Martin, coming from Margate by sea, with the baggage of the Archbp. [of Spalato], was taken in a storm, and all the trunks and letters had to be thrown overboard.
Dec. 21.
London.
87. Chamberlain to the Same. The Archbp. of Spalato is lodged at Lambeth, but the Archbp. of Canterbury desires to remove him to the Dean of Westminster's. The Bishop of London's eldest son made a Prebendary of St. Paul's. Sir John Swinnerton dead. Lord Rich marries Lady St. Paul, a widow of Lincolnshire. Chris. Nevill, son to the Lord Abergavenny, was bastinadoed by Sir Humph. Tufton for making love to his wife. Lord Coke graciously received at Court; it is rumoured he will be made a Baron; but some say this kindness is only to obtain his daughter for Lord Villiers' brother. Report that Somerset will have his pardon, his jewels restored, and a pension of 4,000l. per ann. Lord Roxburgh made an Earl, but is discontented at not obtaining the place of Chamberlain to the Prince. His Lady leaves the Queen, and is out of favour. Sir Thos. Lake has got leave to go with the King to Scotland. Sir Thos. Edmondes has arrived in London with his Frenchman, Beaulieu.
Dec. 21. 88. Edw. Sherburn to Carleton. Sends him a paper containing the advice of a concealed friend to Sir Edw. Coke, the truth and plainness of which he thinks Carleton will like. Incloses,
88. i. — to Sir Edw. Coke. Points out his past errors, viz., too much speaking in Court, becoming rather to a lawyer than a judge; severity towards the condemned; jesting without respect of persons; twisting the law to his own purposes; covetousness and hard dealing with the poor. Accuses him of mismanagement in the late great trial, by delaying so long, and being so anxious to accumulate evidence, that the delinquents escaped. Hopes his standing so stoutly for the commonwealth proceeded from a love of justice, not from a disposition to oppose greatness; advises him, by parting with some of his illgotten wealth, to save himself for future service. Exhorts him, if he escape this time, to be cautious, to remember others in misfortune, and not to delay justice; to be strict with Papists who are at the bottom of his troubles; not to be puffed up with prosperity, nor dejected in adversity.
Dec. ? 89. Copy of the above letter to Coke.
Dec 21. Grant to Geo. Wardegar of the Clerkship of the Prick and Cheque of the Navy at Chatham, for life. [Grant Bk., p. 225.]
Dec. 21. Grant to Thos. Hughes of the office of Prothonotary and Clerk of the Crown, in cos. Glamorgan, Monmouth, Brecknock, and Radnor, for life. [Ibid., p. 205.]
Dec. 23. Grant to Peregrin Guillun of the office of Gamekeeper, near Wandsworth and elsewhere, co. Surrey, for life. [Ibid., p. 210.]
Dec. 23. Grant to Hen. and Edw. Fetherstone successively, of the office of Porter in the Court of King's Bench, for life. [Ibid., p. 218.]
Dec. 23. Grant to Wm. Dawes of the office of Writing all Licences for Collections of Relief upon casual mishaps, for life. [Ibid., p. 200.]
Dec. 23. Grant to Edw. Stephens of the office of Gamekeeper at the manor of Woking, co. Surrey, for life. [Ibid., p. 185.]
Dec. ? 90. Indictment of Thos. Bland, Wm. Whitehead, and others, for going off in a boat called the Bark, and piratically robbing a Flemish pink and other vessels off Beachey, on Sept. 8, 1616. Latin.
Dec. 23.
Dover.
91. Verdict of acquittal for Wm. Whitehead, Rich. Lobsey, Thos. Short, and Roland le Pennecke, on their trial for the above offences. Latin. Annexed are,
91. i. Writ to the Mayor and Jurats of Dover for a jury of thirty-six, to attend at the Mount, on Dec. 23, to try certain prisoners for piracy. Dover Castle, Dec. 11. Latin.
91. ii. Roll of the Jurymen thus summoned.
91. iii. Writ from Lord Zouch to the Mayor and Jurats of Rye, to bring before his Lieutenant, at the Mount in Dover, Wm. Whitehead, and any other prisoners in the gaol. Dover Castle, Dec. 14. Latin.
91. iv. Writ from the Same to the Marshal and Gaoler of Dover Castle, to bring up Whitehead, Lobsey, Shorte, and le Pennecke, for trial, on the 23d. Dover Castle, Dec. 19. Latin.
[Dec. 24.] Grant to Wm. Visct. Wallingford, Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries, and Treasurer of the Household, of one Wardship for every year, such as he shall choose. [Warrt. Bk., I., p. 195.]
Dec. 24. Grant to Rich. Christmas of the office of Keeper and Captain of St. Andrew's Castle, at Hamul, co. Hants, for life. [Grant Bk., p. 198.]
Dec. 25. 92. Bill of the assignees of Roland Love, Marshal Farrier, for marshalry in the King's courser stables, from Christmas 1615.
Dec. 26. Grant to Rich. Frampton of the office of registering affidavits in Chancery, for life. [Grant Bk., p. 210.]
Dec. 27. Grant to Sir Geo. Hay of the yearly revenue of 240l., to be reserved and paid for making smalt, for divers years. [Ibid.]
Dec. 27. Grant to John Gelfe of a Gunner's place in the Tower, for life. [Ibid., p. 218.]
Dec. 27. 93. Lord Zouch to the Jurats of Faversham. Requests them to join in the defence of the suits commenced in the Chancery Court of Dover against Mr. Philpot, their Mayor, the cause concerning them all alike.
Dec. 27. 94. [The Same] to Mr. Hadde. Orders stay of all proceedings against Mr. Philpot, Mayor of Faversham, till the difference between him and Mr. Kenett is determined.
Dec. 28.
London.
95. Fras. Blundell to Carleton. Thanks for kindness to his brothers. Sir Hen. Wotton thinks Carleton's sending the Archbp. of Spalato to England one of his masterpieces. The Queen is unwell at Somerset House.
Dec. 28. 96. Sir Matt. Carew to the Same. Lord Arundel has no employment for his son, who is leading a vagrant and debauched life. Is unhappy in both his sons, but his "kind loving daughter" is married to "a fyne and lerned gentleman, of an exceeding good carriage;" a Baronet, who has 4,000l. per ann., and lives at Woodchurch in Kent, but will remove with her to Tunstall.
Dec. 30.
Dover.
97. Wm. Ward to Rich. Younge. Lady Harrington conveyed to Calais in Lord Zouch's pinnace. Has kept the passage money for his Lordship, if he will receive it, because, if this company be carried over free, others will expect it, though his Lordship is at the expense of keeping up the boat.
Dec. 30.
London.
98. Sir John Bennet to Carleton. Seeing Sir R. Winwood Secretary, Sir John Digby Vice Chamberlain, and Sir Thos. Edmondes sitting at Court with a white staff, he thinks Carleton's staff stands next the door. The King pays Ambassadors slackly, but makes it up when they come home.
Dec. 30.
Whitehall.
99. Thos. Murray to the Same. The Prince is grateful for the two books sent him by Carleton, and will favour his advancement.
Dec. 31.
Lambeth.
100. Marco Antonio de Dominis, Archbp. of Spalato, to the Same. Greatly pleased with the favours he receives from the King and all the Court; finds, like the Queen of Sheba, the greatness of Solomon more than ever it was ever reported. His manifesto is to be printed in English. The King also wishes his work on an ecclesiastical republic to be printed. The Nuncio of the Inquisition has searched his library at Venice for Protestant books, but found none, only his breviary, with all Pontifical errors marked out, which was sent to Rome. Italian.
Dec. 31 ? 101. Petition of Edw. Knight, of Birchington, Isle of Thanet, to Lord Zouch. Complains that, though he has to provide arms as a resident in the Cinque Ports, he is also charged with arms at the shire musters, and summoned to Council for non-appearance at the musters; prays for relief therein.
Dec. 31. 102. Book of the moneys owing for stores, allowances, &c. for the office of Ordnance, during the past quarter.
Dec. 31. Grant to Thos. Norton of the office of Guide and Surveyor of Ways, for life. [Grant Bk., p. 214.]
Dec. 103. Note of moneys received by Sir Thos. Howard, Master of the Prince's Horse, since Sept. 1614.

Undated. 1616?

1616 ? Warrant to the Lord Treasurer and Lord Carew, Master of the Ordnance, to permit 200 pieces of iron ordnance to be transported to the United Provinces, at the solicitation of Sir Noel Caron, Ambassador from the States. [Warrt. Bk., I., p. 63.]
Grant to Sir Fras. Stewart of purchase of lands, value 200l. per ann., the refuse left by the several contractors whose contracts are now all fulfilled. [Warrt. Bk., p. 188.]
104. Demise to Edw. Bee, of divers messuages, lands, &c., in Waltham Forest, Lainston, Moulton, Whaplode, and elsewhere, cos. Essex, Suffolk, Lincoln, Hants, Surrey, Kent, Bedford, York, and Northumberland. Latin.
Grant to Thos. Elmes, Christiana, his wife, and Anthony, their son, of lease of pastures in the parishes of Norton, Cold-Higham, and Blakesley, co. Northampton; and a rabbit warren, in Potecote. Latin. [Sign Man., vol. VI., No. 96.]
Warrant to the Officers of the Exchequer, and of the Court of Wards and Liveries, ordering the former to levy the arrears of all alienations which are recorded from 10 Eliz. to the present time, but at more favourable rates; and the latter to do the same of those from 30 Eliz.; also grant of the third of the profits to Lord Wotton, Treasurer of the Household, by whose means the detention of the duties was made known to His Majesty. [Ibid., No. 97.]
Grant to Hen. Raynsford, of Orpington, Kent, of the next advowson of the rectory and parish church of Blechby, co. Bucks, devolving on the Crown by attainder of Thos. Lord Grey. Latin. [Ibid., No. 98.]
Warrant to pay to John Murray, Keeper of the Privy Purse, 110l., disbursed by him to a Frenchman. [Ibid., No. 99.]
Grant to the Earl of Worcester, Keeper of the Privy Seal, of a pension of 1,500l. per ann., to be levied from the subsidies on silks, &c. [Ibid., No. 100.]
Grant to the Same, of commission for making saltpetre and gunpowder in England and Ireland, with some differences from his former commission. [Ibid., No. 101.]
Grant to John Verney and John Mallett, in reversion after Sir Fulk Greville and Adam Newton, of the office of Secretary and Clerk of the Council and Signet before the Council of Wales. Latin. [Ibid., Nos. 102. 103.]
Licence to Sir Nich. Salter, Olive Kiddermister, Hugh Mascall, and others, to keep a market weekly at Enfield, co. Middlesex. Latin. [Ibid., No. 104.]
Discharge to Meredith Morgan and his heirs of sundry sums paid to him at sundry times, for the debts of the late Earl of Dunbar, for the expenses of masques, and for hawks, horses, cows, and dogs, sent to the King of Spain. [Ibid., vol. IV., No. 68.]
Warrant to advance 8,000l. to Lord Stanhope, Treasurer of the Chamber, on account of his office. [Ibid., vol. VII., No. 69.]
Warrant to pay to David Ramsay, clockmaker, 234l. 10s., due to him for purchase and repair of clocks and watches for the King. [Sign Man., vol. VII., No. 70.]
105. Field, the Player, to — Sutton, Preacher at St. Mary Overy's. Remonstrates against his condemnations from the pulpit of all players. Though, like other trades, that of actors has many corruptions, it is not condemned in Scripture, and, being patronized by the King, it is disloyal to preach against it.
106. [Lord Zouch] to Wm. Ward and Wm. Hart. To examine certain parties, on a complaint by the farmers of customs, of resistance made to Cottle, their searcher, in the execution of his office, on board a ship sailing from Dover.
107. Petition of Alex. Bardolle to Lord Zouch, for the place of Porter of Dover Castle, now void. Has long served Sir Wm. Tate, his Lordship's son-in-law.
108. Petition of Rich. Browne, a poor maimed soldier, to the Same, for letters to Sir Wm. Tate for his relief, according to the Statute for maimed soldiers.
109. Petition of Capt. Thos. Allen to the Council, reciting his services, and desiring the command of a fort, or a muster-master's place, being deprived, by the resignation of the Cautionary Towns, of a promised company under Sir Horace Vere.
110. Petition of Lucas Jacobs to the Council, on behalf of Jurien Heune, Wolfert Willens, and the Dantzic merchants, for permission to land a cargo of goods, which Sir Wm. Cockayne, Governor of the Eastland Company, forbids to come in, although an exception has been made, in behalf of the subjects of Denmark, against the late proclamation prohibiting importation of goods in strangers' ships.
111. Petition of Geo. Margitts to the King, for a grant, on rental of 150l. per ann., of the fines on originals in the Chancery Court, which belong to the Crown, but are now usurped by the Cursitors of the Court.
112. Petition of Geo. Gryme, farmer of the manor of Gimingham, Norfolk, to Sir John Dackombe, for leave to purchase timber trees to repair his house.
113. [Sir John Dackombe] to Gilbert Gerard, Clerk of the Duchy Court of Lancaster. Orders him to make commissions of inquisition into concealed lands, under certain conditions.
114. Minute of complaints [made to Sir John Dackombe] by the tenants of the manor of Soham, co. Cambridge, against John Tyler and John Ward, for enclosing to their own use ten acres of common land, and of their petition that the ground may be laid open again.
115. Sir Fras. Bacon's opinion, in reply to a case proposed, that a bishop cannot make a grant of the office of registrar for a longer time than his own life, unless confirmed by the dean and chapter; that he cannot lawfully make a grant with survivorship to two persons, and that a grant in reversion will not bind his successor.
116. Passages from a sermon by Dr. Gifford, chiefly in favour of the absolute power of kings; and from a prayer, in which he entreats deliverance from Jesuits and puritans.
117. Present state of the receipts and payments of the Treasurer of the Chamber.
118. Orders issued by the High Commission Court; recusants are not to be attacked by pursuivants acting under general warrants, &c.; regulations for the execution of commissions from the Court, the taking of bonds, gathering in of fines, &c. Mutilated.
119. Propositions for regulations to be observed in the High Commission Court for causes ecclesiastical.
120. "Orders for the High Commission Court" as to the fees, registration of the acts, and proceedings in trials.
121. Similar code of orders for the High Commission Court. Latin. [Partial translation from the above.]
122. Statement by Dr. Gooch, Master of Magdalen College, Cambridge, of the sentence desired in the case of the church of St. Catherine, viz., either revocation of the decision by the Dean of the Arches that it shall be considered a parish church, and have license for baptisms, marriages, &c., or, if it be so pronounced, that the Master and Fellows of Magdalen College, as proprietors, may be authorized to receive the tithes, &c., according to Lord Audley's grant.
123. Note by Otho Nicholson, of commissions issued to inquire into trespasses on the Royal forests, assart lands, concealed rents, &c. 1–14 Jac. I.
124. Reasons against the suit of the card-makers, who remonstrate against the exercise of Sir Rich. Coningsby's patent for importation of playing cards.
125. Petition of Capt. Hen. Deane to the King. Has been a soldier forty years; and his wife, Eliz. Deane, was servant to Elizabeth, Electress Palatine. Has been frustrated of a grant of 2,000 acres of land in Ireland. Having recently detected abuses in purloining wax from the King's chandlery, begs a grant of the wax stolen, and half the fines of the delinquents.
126. Statement of the fraudulent dealing of the King's chandlerymen, in purloining his wax, and selling it for their own profit.
127. Statement of a plot devised by Mr. Hall and—Perce, lessees of the two manors of which the town of Colby consists, for inclosing some of the waste lands belonging to the commoners of the town.
128. Statement of reasons why such great debts are depending before the auditors of the Exchequer.
129. Statement of the cause of the continuance and yearly increase of arrears [of the King's payments], with suggestions for clearing them off.
130. Reasons why many debts brought into the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's Office are desperate, and suggestions of remedy therefor.
131. Notes for perfecting the coats-of-arms of the nobility, gentry, &c. in England, Scotland, and Ireland, mentioned by Camden.
132. Memoranda from records of Ric. II. up to 14 Jac. I., showing that the Lord Wardens of the Cinque Ports have been Admirals of the Cinque Ports, and that their right of Admiralty extended to the main sea.
133. Information by Dan. Wyborne, Wm. Woolters, Robt. Robinson, and John Stock, old men of Sandwich, that in their recollection, the wrecks from Beachey Head, Sussex, to the Shoe Beacon, Essex, appertained to the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and not to the Admiral of the Narrow Seas; but that the Mayor of any of the said ports could punish offenders in ships off the ports, provided the ships could be reached on horseback at low water.
134. Bill and answer in the cause the Attorney General v. Sir Hen. Neville, Sir Fras. Moore, Sir Hen. Savile, Sir Wm. Burlacy, Sir Robt. Killigrew, and Hum. Newbry, respecting the right to Ashridge and other lands in Windsor Forest. [See Sept. 17, 1618.]
135. Note [by Sir Dud. Carleton] of payments of rents, due in 1616.