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July 1.
Westminster. |
Warrant for the Bp. of Durham to compound for instalment of
his first fruits, 1,638l. 19s. 3½d., to be paid in four years. [Sign
Man., vol. IX., No. 8.] |
July 1.
Westminster. |
Demise to Hugh Floyd and Thos. Wyse of parcel of the manor
of Coldham Hall, and tenements and lands in Stanningfield, Halsted, and Lawshall, co. Suffolk, which ought to come to His Majesty
by the attainder of Ambrose Rokewood, with certain reservations,
as part of John Levingston's grant of concealed lands of the Gunpowder traitors, value 500l. per ann. Latin. [Ibid., No. 9.] |
| July 1. |
Creation of Mary Lady Compton to the rank of Countess of
Buckingham, for life. [Grant Bk., p. 258.] |
| July 2. |
1. The Farmers of the Customs to the Council. In reply to the
complaint of the western clothiers, send calculations to prove that
Devonshire kerseys are taxed less in proportion than other cloths. |
July 2.
King's Bench. |
2. Sir Nich. Poyntz to the Same. Is unjustly detained in
prison by Sir Geo. Reynell [Marshal of the King's Bench], on a suit
for a fine for rioting, respited many years before, but for which his
lands are now extended. Sir George refuses to obey the Lord Chief
Justice's order to admit him to bail, and has spoken disrespectfully
of the Queen, whose servant he is. |
July 3.
Westminster. |
Commission to Sir Lawrence Tanfield, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and others, to compound with cities and towns corporate for
pardons and discharges for tolls and customs by them usurped, and
for obtaining new charters for the same. [Sign Man., vol. IX.,
No. 10.] |
July 4.
Westminster. |
Grant to Sir Thos. Somerset of one third, and to John Steward
of two thirds, of the benefits arising to His Majesty from the above
compositions with cities and towns, for tolls, &c. [Ibid., No. 12.] |
July 4.
Westminster. |
Grant to the Company of Clothiers and Clothworkers, Baize and
Say makers, &c., of the borough of Colchester, co. Essex, of incorporation, for better reformation of deceits and abuses practised in the
said arts. [Ibid., No. 11.] |
July 4.
Windsor. |
3. Warrant for Sir Allan Apsley to be absent from his charge of
Lieutenant of the Tower for forty days in each year, and authorizing
Sir John Keys to act in his absence. |
| July ? |
4. Petition of Paul Bassano and John Vaudry to the Council, to
confirm the annexed certificate of the Attorney General, and thus
strengthen their patent against the vexatious petition preferred
against them by two fishmongers, and falsely said to be in the name
of the whole body of fishmongers. Inclose, |
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4. i. Sir Hen. Yelverton to the Same. The petition of certain
fishmongers against Paul Bassano and John Vaudry's
patent for their invention of importing fresh salmon
and lobsters, is frivolous and unfounded. Their patent
is approved by the generality of the Fishmongers' Company. July 4. |
| July 5. |
5. Recognizance of Fras. Hautaige in 50l. for the appearance of
John Tolwin, both of Mutford, co. Suffolk, before the Council, to
answer charges objected by Thos. Knight, parson of Great Worlingham, Suffolk. |
| July 5. |
Creation of Jas. Lord Hay to the rank of Visct. Doncaster.
[Grant Bk., p. 244.] |
July 5.
Westminster. |
Warrant for payment of 100l. in advance, and other sums when
needful, to Thos. Norris, for expenses of the commission for survey
of the Navy. [Sign Man., vol. IX., No. 13.] |
July 6.
Westminster. |
Grant, in reversion, to Edw. Pitt, of the office of a Teller of the
Exchequer, after the placing of Robt. Seymer, Sam. Henshaw, John
Brook, and Art. Squib, who have previous reversions. Latin.
[Ibid., No. 14.] |
July 6.
Westminster. |
Warrant to the Court of Wards to allow to Visct. Wallingford the
benefit of the marriage and lands of one of the King's wards every
year; and for the first year that of Edmund, son of Sir Fras.
Anderson. [Ibid., No. 15.] |
July 6.
Windsor. |
6. Proclamation inhibiting all persons, after Bartholomew-tide
next, to use the trade of a pedlar or petty chapman, unless licensed
according to the patent of March 29, 1617. |
| July 6. |
Copy of the above. Printed. [Proc. Coll., No. 56.] |
| July 7. |
7. Thos. Wilson to Sir Carew Reynell. Has altered or rather
re-written the draft of his proposed letter to the King; thinks it
should be such as would give his Majesty an edge to the business,
rather than a combat with objections. Prefixed is, |
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7. i. [Sir Carew Reynell] to the King. Has formerly represented
the monstrous evils caused by usury, but will produce
again his reasons to show that the King may take great
advantage by the venom of this serpent. |
| July 7. |
8. Justices of Middleton to the Council. Have examined the
state of the large house lately erected in Drury Lane, assigned by
Wm. Short, of Gray's Inn, to Edw. Smith, and find it is erected on
the foundation of two former tenements. |
July 7.
Westminster. |
Grant to Thos. Saunderson, of Islington, Middlesex, of pardon
for all usuries against the laws and statutes of England. [Sign
Man., vol. IX., No. 16.] |
July 7.
Westminster. |
Grant to John Buck, a native of France, of denization. Latin.
[Ibid., No. 17.] |
July 7.
Westminster. |
Commission to the Lord Treasurer and others to make a new
inventory of the jewels remaining in the Jewel House in the Tower,
and of the jewels received by Lord Hay, Master of the Great Wardrobe, which have since been disposed of by His Majesty, that Lord
Hay may be discharged thereof. [Sign Man., vol. IX., No. 18.] |
July 7.
Westminster. |
Licence to Sam. Atkinson and Simon Morgan, to dig for treasuretrove in abbeys, monasteries, churches, and all other places in
England and Wales, first compounding with the owners thereof. A
moiety of the profits to be for the King, and the remainder for
themselves. [Ibid., No. 19.] |
July 7.
Westminster. |
Warrant to discharge Thos. Saunderson, of Islington, Gent., of
500l., parcel of the 1,500l. adjudged against him on an information
exhibited by Robt. Beddo, of London, upon the Statute of Usury,
the King having consented to receive 1,000l. as full payment.
[Ibid., No. 20.] |
July 8.
Westminster. |
Grant to the Bailiffs and Burgesses of Berkhampstead, co. Hertford, of incorporation. Latin. [Ibid., No. 21.] |
July 8.
Court at Windsor. |
9. Petition of Lucy, wife of Sir John Molyneux, to the King.
Her husband deals hardly with her, and has sold his estate, worth
30,000l., to Mr. Holt, of Gray's Inn, and John Halsey, merchant of
London, by their persuasion, much under its value. Prays that
order may be taken with them for relief of herself and her six
children. With order thereon. |
July 9.
Hatfield. |
10. Wm. Earl of Salisbury to Carleton. Begs his influence for
the pardon of Mr. Kenithorpe. Asks if he will wait on the King at
Theobalds. |
| July ? |
11. Petition of the inhabitants of Ely, and other towns in the
Isle of Ely, to the Council, to direct the Commissioners of Sewers to
forbear from levying lawful penalties for not opening the drain
called Sutton Lode, by the appointed time, because 100,000 acres of
land will be overflowed, if it be opened before the main drain, the
West water, is completed, and its outfalls at Wisbeach, at present
stopped by their command, are perfected. |
| July 10. |
12. The Council to the Commissioners of Sewers for cos. Northampton, Huntingdon, Lincoln, Cambridge, and Isle of Ely. To forbear putting in execution the law and penalty against the inhabitants
of Ely and other towns in the Isle of Ely, for not opening Sutton
Lode, until the West water and its outfalls at Wisbeach are perfected. |
| July 10. |
Commission to Wm. Earl of Pembroke, &c., to discover and
punish offenders in the disbursement of the Treasury. [Grant Bk.,
p. 237.] |
July 10.
Westminster. |
Grant to Rich. Montague, the King's Chaplain, now made a
Prebend in Windsor, of dispensation to retain a fellowship in Eton
College, notwithstanding the statutes of the same. [Sign Man.,
vol. IX., No. 22.] |
July 10.
Westminster. |
Grant to Lord Danvers and his heirs, on petition of Anne, wife of
Sir Herbert Croft, of the Priory of Carmarthen, and divers other
manors and lands expectant upon an estate entailed on Lady Conway,
which reversion was conveyed to the Crown by the said Sir Herbert
Croft, but is now redeemed. Latin. [Sign Man., vol. IX., No. 23.] |
July 10.
Westminster. |
Warrant for payment of 30l. per ann. to Philip Squire, commissioned to teach Lewis Evans, a child of great dexterity in music,
to play on the Irish harp, and other instruments. [Ibid., No. 24.] |
July 10.
Westminster. |
Grant to the Mayor, &c. of Kidwelly, co. Carmarthen, of confirmation of their ancient franchises, with alteration in some particulars.
Latin. [Ibid., Nos. 25, 26.] |
July 11.
Westminster. |
Grant to Dr. Jas. Chambers, for the relief of Thos. and Mary
Green, of fines of 500l. and of 200 marks, set upon the Earl of
Lincoln by the Lord Chancellor, for contempt of court in nonfulfilment of a decree to restore the jointure of Mary Green, wrongfully detained by him. With provisoes of mitigation of the fine, on
the Earl's submission. [Ibid., No. 28.] |
| July 11. |
Creation of Sir Fras. Bacon to the rank of Lord Verulam,
co. Herts. [Grant Bk., p. 241.] |
| July 11. |
13. Questions in theology, civil law, medicine, and philosophy,
to be discussed at the University of Oxford, July 11 and 13. Printed.
Latin. |
| July 11. |
14. Memorandum of moneys advanced on interest to the King, by
the several Receivers of the Customs. |
| July 11. |
15. Certificate of Sir Edm. Bowyer, Sir Geo. Paul, and Sir Thos.
Grimes, to the Council, that they have been unable to make a
composition for Geo. Burnham, prisoner in the King's Bench, with
his creditors, because four of them failed to appear. |
| July 12. |
16. Note of the distribution of 4l. to the servants of Archbp.
Abbot, on the consecration of Geo. Carleton, Bp. of Llandaff. |
July 12.
Westminster. |
Grant to Thos. Trafford, of Bridge Trafford, Cheshire, of pardon
for adulteries, &c. Latin. [Sign Man., vol. IX., No. 29.] |
July 12.
Westminster. |
Grant to Hen. Chitting, on surrender of Hen. Knight, of the
office of Chester Herald, for life, with the augmented fees. Latin.
[Ibid., No. 30.] |
July 12.
Westminster. |
Warrant to pay to the East India Company 2,061 crowns, the
usual bounty for building two ships, the Palsgrave and the Elizabeth
of London. [Ibid., No. 31.] |
| July [13]. |
17. Petition of Thos. Powell, cutler, and other inhabitants of
Blackhorse Alley, Fleet Street, to the Council, that Chris. Allanson,
who is erecting there certain houses of timber on new foundations,
contrary to proclamation, and to the great prejudice of the petitioners,
may be compelled to pull them down, according to previous orders
from the Lord Mayor and Attorney General. |
| July [14]. |
18. Sir Geo. Bowles, Lord Mayor of London, to the Council.
Describes the circumstances of the tumult at the Spanish Ambassador's
house in the Barbican, in consequence of one of his gentlemen having
knocked down a child in riding. The persons most suspected of it
are taken up. |
| July 14. |
19. Muster roll of the garrison of Camber Castle. |
July 14.
Gray's Inn. |
20. Sir Hen. Yelverton and Sir Thos. Coventry to Sir Fulk
Greville. The subject of the inclosed papers is too important to be
decided by their opinion, and must be left to the Council. [See
July 7.] Inclose, |
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20. i. Account of the different sorts of usury practised in
England, and proposal of a suit to erect an office for
recording loans, exacting 20s. in every 100l. lent on usury. |
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20. ii. Objections to the above proposal, and answers to objections. |
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20. iii. Another paper of objections against the granting of this
suit, and answers thereto; with a discourse against
usury, and statement of the nature of the suit, the modes
of effecting it, and reasons why His Majesty should
grant it. |
July 15.
Westminster. |
Grant to Robt. Bacon, on surrender of Peter Temple, of the office
of Keeper and Captain of Camber Castle, &c. Latin. [Sign Man.,
vol. IX., No. 32.] |
July 15.
Westminster. |
Warrant to the Chancellor, &c. of the Duchy of Lancaster, to
advance to Robt. Wilson, Keeper of Pontefract Castle, 3,000l., and
to allow him 100 loads of timber, and service, for the repairs of the
castle. [Ibid., No. 33.] |
July 15.
Westminster. |
Warrant for payment of sums in advance, not exceeding 200l.
per ann., to Sir Pat. Murray or Rich. Lazomby, for providing hay
and oats for the deer in Theobalds Park. [Ibid., No. 34.] |
July 15.
Westminster. |
Warrant for restitution of temporalties to Geo. Carleton, Bp.
of Llandaff. Latin. [Ibid., No. 35.] |
July 15.
Westminster. |
Warrant to pay to Lord Stanhope 50l., for extraordinary posts
during the King's progress in the western parts this summer, the
standing posts having been discharged by His Majesty's orders.
[Ibid., No. 36.] |
| July [15]. |
21. Petition of the Clothmakers of Totness to the Council, to refer
the hearing of the differences between them and the Farmers of the
Customs to fitting persons, and meanwhile to order the farmers to
charge the kerseys as before. Annexing. |
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21. i. Answers of the petitioners to the objections of the Farmers
of the Customs. [See July 2.] |
July 16.
London. |
22. Edw. Reynoldes to Fras. Mills. Has paid for him 8l. 10s. 11d.,
his share of the dividend of Privy Seal fees, &c. Sir Clement
Edmondes was uncivil to his cousin Castle, who pleaded before
Council the case of their diet. Has removed to a house towards the
field in Holborn. |
| July 16. |
Grant to Dav. Watkins of the Controllership of the Works at
Windsor Castle and other places, for life. [Grant Bk., p. 252.] |
| July 16. |
Grant to Gabriel Marsh of the office of Particular Surveyor of
the Lands in North Wales, during pleasure. [Ibid., p. 260.] |
| July 16. |
Licence to John Gilbert to make an engine called a water plough,
for twenty-one years. [Ibid., p. 265.] |
| July 17. |
Grant to Rowland White and Thos. Alured of the office of
Remembrancer in Wales, for life. [Ibid., p. 252.] |
July 17.
Westminster. |
Warrant for payment of 20l., in addition to 40l. already paid, and
also for allowance of timber, to Sir Oliver Cromwell, to finish the
works and repairs at Waybridge Park, co. Huntingdon, and for payment of any further sums that may be necessary. [Sign Man.,
vol. IX., No. 37.] |
July 17.
Westminster. |
Warrant to advance 400l. to Jas. Bovey, Serjeant of the Cellar,
for provision of wines, fruits, and grapes out of France. [Ibid.,
No. 38.] |
July 17.
Westminster. |
Warrant to discharge the Dean and Prebendaries of Winchester
of 160l. 11s. 7d., due from them for tenths and composition for first
fruits, on their payment of the same to Dr. Young, King's Chaplain
and Dean of Winchester, sent on His Majesty's service into Scotland.
[Ibid., No. 39.] |
July 17.
Westminster. |
Commission to Sir Thos. Brudnell, Sir John Tracy, Sir Wm.
Cooke, and others, to survey and examine into the wastes made in
the Forest of Dean by Sir Basil Brooke and others, farmers of the
iron works there, proceeding on interrogatories prepared by Sir Wm.
Throgmorton, Bart. [Ibid., No. 40.] |
July 18.
Westminster. |
Licence to Edw. Allen, of Dulwich, Surrey, to found and incorporate a college and hospital there, and to give lands to the value of
800l. a year. [Ibid., No. 41.] |
| July 18. |
23. Justices of Middlesex to the Council. The new building
erected by Mr. Smith in Drury Lane is contrary to the proclamation,
as going beyond the old foundations, and converting a stable into a
dwelling house. |
| July [18 ?] |
24. Petition of Edw. Smith to the Same, for stay of their order
to pull down certain buildings which he has erected in Drury Lane,
till the old foundations can be measured, when it will be found that
he has not infringed the Proclamation relative to buildings. |
| July [18 ?] |
25. Request of Rich. Lecavill, Groom of the Chamber, for payment of his expenses, &c., whilst travelling about with the King's
silkworms the past three months, whithersoever His Majesty
went. |
| [July.] |
26. Report by Robt. le Gris, that being at Lady Drury's house
when her husband was dying, Lady Markham urged Lady Drury to
allow Mr. Jones to sit up with her husband; that he [Le Gris]
objected to it, because Mr. Jones was a busy Catholic, and would
unsettle the mind of Sir Drew, who had received the communion;
that an angry altercation ensued thereon, in which he reminded Lady
Markham of the villainy of the Powder Treason; that she said it
was a pity it did not succeed, on which he replied that had she been
a man, he had slain her on the spot, &c. |
July 18.
Lambeth. |
27. Examination of Winifred Lady Markham, wife of Sir Robt.
Markham, co. Notts. Was at the house of Sir Drew Drury, then at
the point of death, but did not urge that Mr. Jones should visit him;
heard no mention of the Powder Treason, nor said she wished it had
taken effect. |
| July 19. |
28. Petition of Bridget Gray to the Council, that her grandson,
John Throckmorton, prisoner in Newgate for felony, may be discharged, it being his first offence, and Sir Thos. Smythe being ready to
convey him beyond seas. With order thereon, that on certificate by
the Lord Mayor and Recorder, that John Throckmorton was not convicted for murder, burglary, highway robbery, rape, or witchcraft, a
warrant be made for his banishment. Also certificate of the Mayor
and Recorder that his crime was aiding in stealing a hat worth 6s.,
for which his accomplice, Robt. Whisson, an old thief, was hanged,
July 21 and 22, 1618. Annexes, |
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28. i. Petition of the Same to Sir Thos. Smythe, that her
grandchild, John Throckmorton, convicted of felony, may
escape an infamous death, and be sent beyond sea.
With order by Sir T. Smythe that he will send him
abroad, if delivered to him by warrant of Council.
July 11, 1618. |
July 19.
Westminster. |
Licence to Wm. Alley, at nomination of Thos. Middleton, of the
sole printing and publishing of a book by Middleton called "The
Peacemaker, or Great Britain's blessing." [Sign Man., vol. IX.,
No. 42.] |
July 19.
Westminster. |
Warrant to Sir Hum. May, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
to pay 300l. to Jas. Levingston, out of fines or profits of copyhold
lands of the Duchy; a former warrant to the same effect being
void by death of the late Chancellor. [Ibid., No. 43.] |
| July 20. |
29. The King to the Officers of Customs at Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Sunderland, and Blyth. Objections having been raised to a patent
granted to And. Boyd to survey coals and prevent their being
deceitfully mingled, the case has been tried in the Star Chamber,
the abuse proved, and offenders fined; orders them henceforth
to restrain ships laden with coals, unless they can produce a certificate from the Surveyor, of the nature and quality of the coal, &c. |
July 20.
Chelmsford. |
30. Justices of Essex to the Council. Refusal of Colchester to
contribute towards the rate for payment of Sir Nic. Coote, the Provost
Marshal, on pretence of their being a corporation, though the other
corporations have all paid. Request that they may be ordered to
show cause of refusal before their Lordships. |
| July 20. |
31. Sir Hen. Yelverton, Attorney General, to the Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster. Sir Rich. Molyneux, Receiver General
of the Duchy, having lent the King 1,000l., a warrant is to be
drawn up for it to be deducted upon his next account. With
note by Sir Edw. Moseley, Attorney of the Duchy, that this is a fit
warrant. |
July 20.
Westminster. |
Proclamation for removing all licences heretofore granted for
erecting new buildings within the City of London, or two miles
distance, prohibiting the erection of such buildings, and giving
directions for re-erections, on old foundations; the walls to be of
brick or stone, the rooms ten feet in height, &c. Printed. [Proc.
Coll., No. 57.] |
July 21.
Westminster. |
Grant to Ant. Barlatier, born in Languedoc, in France, of denization, with licence to plant and sell mulberry trees and other trees and
herbs. [Sign Man., vol. IX., No. 44.] |
| July 21. |
Commission to the Archbp. of Canterbury to take surrenders and
demise lands in the survey of the Exchequer, for years or lives.
[Grant Bk., p. 237.] |
| July 22 ? |
32. Memoranda [by Sir Thos. Wilson, one of the Commissioners
for Suits] of the proceedings of the Commission, the suits brought
before them, and their decisions thereon. |
July 22.
Whitehall. |
33. Order of Council—on a request from the Admiralty of North
Holland and West Friesland, for leave to transport ordnance, their
store being exhausted by furnishing ships against pirates, assisting
Venice, &c.—that though at present no ordnance can be spared, yet
the request shall be granted, as soon as the stores are replenished. |
July 22.
Basing. |
Proclamation granting to the Company of Pinmakers the preemption of pins imported, which are to be landed only in the port
of London. Printed. [Proc. Coll., No. 58.] |
| July ? |
34. Petition of the Company of Pinmakers to the Council. Desire
letters of assistance to prevent the importation of foreign pins by
John Killingworth, the sole pre-emption having been granted to
them. |
| July 23. |
Proclamation against the use of waggons that destroy the highways
Printed. [Grant Bk., p. 249.] |
| July 24. |
Licence to Philip Foote to sell clay for making tobacco pipes, for
twenty-one years. [Ibid., p. 265.] |
July 24.
Westminster. |
35. Examination of Anne Lady Drury, widow of Sir Drew Drury.
Mr. Jones is a friend of theirs, and saw her husband when near
death, and past consciousness. Does not think he is a priest; he
was not brought by Lady Markham, nor urged by her to see Sir
Drew. Nothing was said of the Powder Plot. Does not think
Lady Markham is a recusant, having heard her speak against
Papists. |
July 24.
Lambeth. |
36. Examination of John Chard. Lady Markham did not urge
Mr. Jones to go up to see Sir Drew Drury; did not say to her in
reference to the Powder Plot, that Catholics condemn such attempts
if they fail, and commend them if they prosper; never heard her say
she wished it had succeeded, nor Mr. Grise [Le Gris] say she would
have to answer for that speech. |
July 24.
Westminster. |
37. Grant to Barth. Jewkes and Wm. Berker, in reversion after Sir
Hugh Carmichael, of the office of Registrar of Goods laid in pawn. |
| July. |
Sign Manual of the above, dated July 10. [Sign Man., vol. IX.,
No. 27.] |
| July [24]. |
38. Petition of Wm. Greenwell and Thos. Stiles, Merchants, to
the Council. By the terms of their agreement for supplying cordage
for the navy, they were to receive 900l. per month, and the surplus
quarterly, and have a year's notice before surrender of the contract.
Being suddenly ordered to break it off, they pray that the allowance
may be continued till 1,700l. arrears are paid off, and that their
store of hemp and tar, provided in advance, value 9,000l., may be
bought from them. |
July 24.
Westminster. |
Grant, at the request of the Spanish Ambassador, to John Owen,
of London, attainted of treason, of pardon, on condition of quitting
the realm within twenty days, and not returning without licence.
Latin. [Sign Man., vol. IX., No. 45.] |
July 24.
Westminster. |
Warrant to pay 2s. per diem to each of the fourteen Grooms of
the Chamber, in order to lessen charges, their allowances heretofore
having come to a larger sum. [Ibid., No. 46.] |
July 24.
Westminster. |
Warrant to Sir Miles Fleetwood, Receiver of the Court of Wards,
to pay 2,000l., lent by him to the King, to Sir Hen. Docwra,
Treasurer at War in Ireland, to be allowed on his next account.
[Ibid., No. 47.] |
July 24.
Westminster. |
Grant to Lord Arundel of Wardour, in trust for Lady St. John,
wife of Wm. Lord St. John, of Basing, of a fine of 500l., set
upon Sir Fras. Englefield by the Lord Chancellor, for contempt in
not performing the order of Court relating to her portion; with a
proviso for its mitigation, on Sir Francis' submission. Mutilated.
[Ibid., No. 48.] |
| [July 25.] |
Warrant for conferring on Thos. Littleton, of Frankley, co.
Worcester, the dignity of a Baronet. Latin. [Ibid., No. 49]. |
| July 25. |
Commission to the Lord Chancellor, &c. to compound with
offenders in new buildings. [Grant Bk., p. 237.] |
July 25.
Tottenham. |
39. John Packer to Sir Thos. Lake. The King has signed the
papers and bills, except one that was not subscribed. The letters to
the states of Zealand require the subscription inserting. |
| July 25. |
40. Examination of Wm. Jones. Was at Sir Drew Drury's, a
little before his death, with Lady Markham, but she never urged
him or any other to persuade Sir Drew to change his religion, nor
was there any talk of religion, or of the Powder Treason, nor did
Capt. le Gris bid him remember her words; she and Capt. le Gris
had an angry argument about divorces. |
| July 26. |
41. Sir Geo. Bowles, Lord Mayor of London, to the Council. On
the complaint of Thos. Powell and others, of Blackhorse Alley, has
examined the buildings there of Chris. Allanson, and finds that they
are on former sites, and, being larger and more airy, will greatly
improve the alley, which is very close and crowded; has ordered
him to pull down the part which encroaches twelve feet upon
ground formerly void. |
| July 26. |
42. Statement [by Sir John Coke] of the condition of the Royal
Navy in the times of Edw. III., 37 Hen. VIII., 2 Edw. VI., and
30 & 44 Eliz., as compared with its condition in 1618, when, out of
43 vessels, 14 are unserviceable, and 3 need repairs; so that the
navy is now weaker than in the last year of Elizabeth by six good
ships. |
| July 26. |
Grant to Wm. Skolfield, on surrender of Sir Fras. Blundell, of the
Stewardship of His Majesty's possessions, late belonging to the
monastery of St. Edmund's Bury. Latin. [Sign Man., vol. IX.,
No. 50.] |
July 26.
Westminster. |
Congé d'elire to the Dean and Chapter of Oxford to choose a new
Bishop. Latin. [Ibid., No. 51.] |
July 27.
Westminster. |
Grant, in reversion, to John Savile, of the office of Teller of the
Exchequer, after the placing of all previous reversioners. Latin.
[Ibid., No. 52.] |
July 28.
Westminster |
Warrant to the Sheriff of Middlesex to pay 100l. per ann. to the
Commissioners for redress of annoyances in Westminster, in lieu of
their former allowances for diet and expenses, when on service.
[Ibid., No. 53.] |
July 28.
Westminster. |
Grant to Philip Squire of a musician's place, vice Cormock
M'Dermot, deceased. Latin. [Ibid., No. 54.] |
July 28.
Westminster. |
Commission to John Allen, Surveyor of the King's Gardens,
Orchard, &c., at Greenwich, to take up artificers and labourers for
the said gardens, &c. [Ibid., No. 55.] |
July 28.
Westminster. |
Congé d'elire to the Dean and Chapter of Ely to choose a Bishop.
Latin. [Ibid., No. 56.] |
July 28.
Westminster. |
Congé d'elire to the Dean and Chapter of Winchester to choose a
Bishop. Latin. [Sign Man., vol. IX., No. 57.] |
July 29.
Westminster. |
Warrant to pay to Sir Calthorp Parker and others, the sum of
2,178 crowns, as the usual bounty on the tonnage of seven newbuilt ships. [Ibid., No. 58.] |
July 29.
Westminster. |
Warrant to pay 225l. to Geo. Herriot, for two diamond rings,
given to the Swedish Ambassador, and to Vandenbrocke, a messenger from the Electress Palatine. [Ibid., No. 59.] |
July 29.
Westminster. |
Warrant for payment of 2,200l. to Adam Newton, for the use of
Prince Charles, out of such moneys as shall be first paid of the fine
of 20,000l. imposed on the Countess Dowager of Shrewsbury, in the
Star Chamber. [Ibid., No. 60.] |
July 29.
Westminster. |
Grant to Hector Johnston, the King's servant, of the King's moiety
of three several sums of 60l., adjudged against Thurstan Tildesley,
of St. Andrew's, Holborn, for not receiving the sacrament. [Ibid.,
No. 61.] |
July 29.
London. |
43. Edw. Reynoldes to Sir Hen. Savile. Understanding there
will be an election shortly in Merton College, again recommends his
nephew to his favour. |
July 30.
King James's Newland. |
44. Statement by Capt. Thos. Edge, of the wrongs inflicted upon
him and other English by the Flemings, who came to fish for the
whale, May to July, 1618. |
July 30.
Westminster. |
Warrant authorizing the Archbp. of Canterbury, Lord Chancellor Verulam, the Bp. of Ely, Sir Robt. Naunton, Sir Fulk Greville, Sir Julius Cæsar, and Sir Edw. Coke, Commissioners of the
Treasury, to issue treasure on warrants already issued, to whomsoever directed; commanding all future warrants to be signed by the
Under Treasurer of the Exchequer, and one or more of the other
Commissioners, and that they shall also supply the place of the
Treasurer, in drawing out sums on warrants dormant, signing fresh
warrants, &c. [Sign Man., vol. IX., No. 62.] |
| [July 30.] |
45. Abstract of the above orders to the Lords Commissioners of
the Treasury. |
July 30.
Westminster. |
Warrant to pay 1,000l. to Philip Jacobson, for a diamond ring.
[Sign Man., vol. IX., No. 63.] |
July 30.
Westminster. |
Warrant to pay to John Sostmon, agent from the Duke of
Lunenburg, 140l., in consideration of his attending in England by
the King's command, longer than appointed by the said Duke.
[Ibid., No. 64.] |
July 31.
Westminster. |
Warrant to pay to Sir Robt. Mansell, late Treasurer of the
Navy, sums due to him, notwithstanding the surrender of his office.
[Ibid., No. 65.] |
July 31.
Westminster. |
Warrant to pay to Sir Robt. Mansell, late Treasurer, and Sir Wm.
Russell, present Treasurer of the Navy, the sums respectively due to
them, in discharge of 28,121l., formerly assigned for building the
Elizabeth, Triumph, Rainbow, and Antelope. [Sign Man., vol. IX.,
No. 66.] |
| July 31 ? |
46. Petition of Hen. Bland, prisoner in the King's Bench, to the
King. Complains that four of his creditors, after consenting to the
order of Sir Edm. Bowyer, Sir Thos. Grimes, and others, for his
liberation till Michaelmas, and instalment of his debts, have again
imprisoned him. Prays that they may be compelled to perform their
agreement. |
| July 31. |
47. Certificate of Sir Edm. Bowyer, Sir Geo. Paule, and —Bowyer, of the conduct of Hen. Bland's creditors, coinciding with
the statements of the above petition. |
| July ? |
48. Relation, by Sir Walter Raleigh, of his voyage to Guiana.
Imperfect; the first sheet wanting. |
| July ? |
49. Copy of the above. Two sheets wanting. |
July.
Westminster. |
Grant to Wm. Meades, of Over Catesby, co. Northampton, of
pardon for robberies committed six years before, for which he was
not indicted, but which he has voluntarily confessed. [Sign Man.,
vol. IX., No. 67.] |
| July. |
50. Petition of Hen. Brooke, late Lord Cobham, to the Council,
that they will move the King to allow him liberty to take the air
for his health. Mr. Frederick, the King's Surgeon, will certify his
weak state. |
| July ? |
51. Petition of Edm. Chamberlain, prisoner in the Fleet, to the
Same, to be protected from the ill usage of the present Warden of
the Fleet, where he has been confined for five years, who, though he
is a gentlemen born, and in prison by being surety for his brother,
Sir John Chamberlain, has lately, on some quarrel, taken away
his bedding, &c., and put him into the common felons' gaol. |
| July ? |
52. Petition of the Clothiers of Reading to [the Same], that a
certain stock [of cloth ?] left by will to the town, may be invested in
land, and the revenues applied partly to the support of trade, and
partly to the relief of the poor. |
| July. |
53. Petition of Nath. Barnard and the Clothiers of Somerset to
the Same, that until the Merchant Adventurers are able to take
their blue cloth off their hands, they may be allowed to export
unwrought cloth. |
| July ? |
54. Petition of the Clothworkers of Southampton and Winchester
to the Same, that the late unusual exportation of wool may be
prohibited, the dearth of wool in England occasioning a decay of the
cloth trade, and reducing 3,000 of their poor to great distress. |
| July. |
55. Petition of Sir Roger Dallison to the Earls of Pembroke and
Arundel, and others, Commissioners for examining his cause, to be
enlarged from the custody of a Messenger of the King's Chamber,
that he may sell his lands and call in his debts, so as to be able to
pay His Majesty. |
| July. |
56. Petition of Edw. Fort, the King's Servant, to the Council, to
direct the Sheriff to forbear the further pulling down of two fair houses
built by him in Drury Lane, begun during Mr. Ittery's patent for
building Drury Lane. Has paved the street before his doors,
according to command, for three years past. |
| July. |
57. Petition of the Grooms of the King's Chamber to the Lords
Commissioners of the Treasury, for payment of their allowances,
which are three years in arrear, of their expenses on the King's
journey to Scotland, &c. |
| July. |
58. Petition of Thos. Hutchins, postmaster of Lichfield, in behalf
of the posts of England, to the Council. They are in great distress,
their pay being three years in arrears. The King has now assigned it to be paid from the customs. Asks directions how they are
to receive it, most of them living at a distance. |
| July. |
59. Petition of Ant. Lucas, a poor maimed soldier, to the Same,
for payment of his share of 60l., part of a contribution raised by
Westmoreland for maintenance of six soldiers, whereof two only
survive. Has served three years in Ireland. |
| July. |
60. Petition of Thos. Mills, prisoner in the King's Bench, to the
Same, that John Watts, the only one of his creditors who
refuses to join in a composition made for his debts, may be compelled
to do so, and that he may be released from prison. [See June 25.] |
| July. |
61. Petition of Wm. Noyse to the Same. Is sorry he has given
offence, having always found the proportion of men and arms
for which he was assessed; being eighty years old, ill, and in debt,
prays to be discharged further attendance, and for his cause to be
referred to the Earl of Southampton, Lieutenant of Hampshire. |
| July. |
62. Petition of John Penington to the Same. Has lost 2,500l.,
his whole property except his ship, on the voyage with Sir Walter
Raleigh; his ship was seized at Kinsale, by the Lord Deputy of
Ireland, and on his repairing to London, he was given in charge.
Prays restoration of his ship, and release; not having been at St.
Thomas's, he can give no information thereon. |
| July. |
63. Petition of Robt. Stammage, of Whiteacre, All Saints, Norfolk,
to the Same. Was unjustly charged with refusing to contribute
his proportion towards repairing the sea bank, and was sent for to
London, and committed to the custody of a messenger. Prays discharge, and that his answer may be taken in the country. |
| July. |
64. Petition of Robt. Stammage to the Council. Is justly punished
for his offence against the Commissioners of Sewers of Norfolk,
although it was ignorantly committed. Prays release from further
punishment, or at least leave of absence from the Fleet Prison for
twenty-four days, that he may attend to his lawsuits, in Norfolk,
which are coming to a trial. |
| July. |
65. Petition of the Same to the Same, to the same effect. |
| July. |
66. Petition of Matthew and Margery Skillicorn to the Same.
Was lamed by a fall in the King's works. The Lord Mayor and
Aldermen of London, by their Lordships' direction, have made him
a freeman of the City, but he cannot be admitted into the Horners'
Company without paying the costs, which he is unable to do; begs
assistance therein. |
| July. |
67. Petition of Ann Twist to the Same, for regular payment of
a pension of 50l. per ann., granted her in consideration of having
been for thirty years laundress to Queen Elizabeth, which is now a
year and a half in arrears. |
| July ? |
68. Statement of the inconveniences that will result from a recent
Privy Seal Order, that all inquisitions relating to the King's revenue,
as suppressed tenures, concealed lands, gathering in of debts, &c., be
prosecuted by the officers in the several counties, and fourteen days'
notice given before execution of process. The officers will be at
heavy charges, and opportunity will be afforded for concealing goods.
Proposal that the Privy Seal be called in, and grievances removed,
by a speedy redress afforded to all complainants of unjust inquisitions; or, if the King be determined to continue it, that at least the
gathering in of his debts be excepted therefrom. |
| July ? |
69. Account of moneys from various heads of revenue, appropriated
beforehand. |
| July ? |
70. Remembrances for the Lords Commissioners for His Majesty's
special service, showing that the late Lord Treasurer had suppressed
a book drawn up to show the great abuses in the Exchequer, and
had neglected a Privy Seal and a letter from the King, dated June,
1616, for reformation thereof. Particulars of the above Privy Seal,
and of the good that would result from its being put into execution;
details of sundry frauds in the late Lord Treasurer and officers of the
Exchequer; with note of the good effects likely to follow from the
present commission. |
