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| March 1. |
1. Names of six Commissioners of Sewers of Cambridgeshire and
Ely, to whom the petition of the inhabitants of the county about the
business of the undertakers for draining the fens is referred,. Request of Sir Edw. Peyton to be withdrawn from the number, and
consent thereto. |
March 3.
Westminster. |
Grant to John Conway, of Kirchynan, and Wm. Conway, of
Gweringron, both co. Flint, of pardon for homicide, it being done
without previous motive, and the offenders being of honest lives.
Latin. [Sign Man., vol. XI., No. 43.] |
March 3.
Whitehall. |
2. Order in Council for stay of all suits against merchant
strangers for the King's moiety of forfeitures on Malaga wines landed
at other ports beside Southampton, the grant to Southampton being
of half the fines on Levant wines landed at any other port, and
Malaga having been already decided not to be comprehended therein.
French. Indorsed with note of its delivery to the French Ambassador, Oct. 12. |
| March ? |
3. [Geo. Clay and Wm. Kniveton] to the King. The arrears due
on Levant wines being granted to them, and those on Malaga wines
remitted, at suit of the French Ambassador, request that that remission may be made void, or else that the other dues may be enforced
by law to be paid on order. |
March 4.
Faversham. |
4. Mayor of Faversham to Lord Zouch. Particulars of the suit
of Wm. Gatlitt against Thos Oliver for debt. Knows not how to
relieve Gatlitt, because Oliver, after being released on bail, made his
appearance at Court, so that his sureties are discharged, and afterwards escaped from the town, and cannot be found. |
| March 4. |
5. Grant of a pension of 50l. per ann. to John Ferris, Master
Cook to the late Prince Henry, with note of its enrolment in the
Exchequer, Oct. 3, 1661. |
March 5.
Berwick. |
6. Commissioners of the Borders to the Council. Have examined
strictly into the accounts for Berwick Bridge, and questioned the workmen. Find some unexpected charges, for expenses, gratuities, &c.,
given [in the Exchequer], in order to obtain the money allowed, but
the work done is substantial and good, only the late great flood
carried away a small portion. Inclose, |
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6. i. Inventory of necessary provisions for the stone bridge at
Berwick, now remaining in hand, Feb. 19. Delivered to
the Commissioners, March 4. |
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6. ii. Account by the Mayor, &c. of Berwick, of money received
and expended on the stone bridge, from May 20, 1611, to
Dec. 24, 1619. Total receipts 10,000l.; balance in hand
183l. 6s. 9¾d. March 4. |
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6. iii. Estimate of the amount of timber spent on the stone
bridge at Berwick, and of the mode of its employment.
Total 873 trees. Berwick, March 4. |
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6. iv. Account of riding charges and ordinary expenses in
procuring the moneys for the bridge, since the Earl of
Dunbar's death. Total 394l. 7s. 6d. March 4. |
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6. v. Account of the extraordinary expenses in procuring
moneys for Berwick Bridge, since 1611, viz., fees to the
servants of officers of state, to the tellers, &c. of the
Exchequer, the writers of the warrants, &c. Total,
105l. 3s. 4d. Dec. 24, 1619. Delivered March 4. |
March 5.
Pevensey. |
7. Bailiff and Jurats of Pevensey to Lord Zouch. Thos. Stroker,
who complains of delay in his suit in the Court of Pevensey, is himself
to blame, for refusing either to pay 10s. demanded beforehand for
counsel's fees, as is customary in that court, or to submit to arbitration. His report of threatening speeches against him by Wm.
Hammond, Town Clerk, and John Castreat, is false. |
March 5.
Dover Castle. |
8. Sir Hen. Mainwaring to [the Same]. Certifies him of the
arrival at Dover Castle of the Spanish Ambassador. |
March 6.
Dover Castle. |
9. The Same to [Nicholas]. Thanks for his advertisements.
Hopes for frequent correspondence. |
March 6.
Dover Castle. |
10. The Same to Lord [Zouch]. The town of Dover could not
give a banquet to the Spanish Ambassador, nor was he received
with a salute, because he came in a small vessel which had no ordnance
to fire one in return, but nine pieces were fired at his departure. Went
to meet him on the beach, for which courtesy he said in jest, that he
would excuse him [Mainwaring] twelve crowns out of the million he
owed the Spaniards, if he would pay the rest. He begged liberty
for Whitmore, a recusant prisoner, to walk on the beach for his
health. The French King did not come near Calais, the Protestants
being in arms. |
| March 6. |
11. List of extraordinary receipts in the Exchequer since the
first entry of the Lords Commissioners [of the Treasury]. Total,
161,367l. |
| March 6. |
12. List of extraordinary issues since the first entry of the Lords
Commissioners, July 24, 1618. Total, 147,283l. |
| March 7. |
13. Articles exhibited by Edm. Troutbeck against Wm. Clough,
Vicar of Bramham, and confirmed by the deposition of witnesses,
accusing him of irreverent and improper words, unseemly conduct in
church, personal abuse of his parishioners, saying the King's book
on the Sabbath was contrary to God's law, railing at the ceremonies
of the church, &c. |
| March 9. |
14. Memoranda [by Sir Thos. Wilson] on the jewels pawned by
the States to Queen Elizabeth, her loan to them of 100,000l., the
payment of Palavicino's debt, &c. |
March 9.
Westminster. |
Confirmation of articles drawn up by the Attorney General
and Recorder of London, regulating the use of the hot press by persons allowed of by Sir Geo. Douglas, to whom, and to Geo. Douglas,
his son, the granting of licences to use the hot press for certain classes
of goods is accorded. [Sign Man., vol. XI., No. 44.] |
| March 10. |
15. Agreement between the Commissioners of the Navy and Wm.
Burrell, for building two ships of war, one of 650 and one of 450
tons, for the sum of 8,575l. |
| March 10. |
16. Draft of the above. |
March 10.
Derby. |
17. Justices [of Peace] of Derbyshire to Sir Hen. Hobart and Sir
Edw. Bromley, Justices of Assize. The erection of a magazine for
corn in the county is not necessary; the supply grown is insufficient
for the people, and no farmers are ruined by the cheapness of corn,
as the prices would not have fallen but for a supply of foreign
rye. |
March 11.
London. |
18. Chamberlain to Carleton. The King came to London before
Shrovetide; much feasting and jollity. The Prince gave a ball and
banquet at Denmark House, the cost of which he lost in a wager
at tennis with Buckingham; many mistresses and valentines were
there, a custom grown into request lately; abundance of sweetmeats
provided, but no supper. The Bp. of Winchester preached an excellent
Lent sermon. Sir Thos. Edmondes succeeds the late Sir Geo. Coppin
in his office of Clerk of the Crown, worth 600l. or 700l. a year. The
Earl of Rutland's only son is thought to have died by witchcraft;
Buckingham has now a better chance to obtain his demands for
the sister, which are, 20,000l. ready money and 8,000l. per ann.
Splendid reception of the Spanish Ambassador; Ely House handsomely furnished for him. Drums beat for recruits for the King of
Bohemia. Sir Robt. Carr, who killed Maxwell, being uneasy at the
delays in his pardon, stood his trial at Cambridge Assizes, and was
found guilty of manslaughter, but his sentence was deferred by the
Lord Chief Justice, till further instructions. The Dean of Westminster
forbade ladies in yellow ruffs to be admitted into his church, but the
King said his objection was not against yellow ruffs, but other manly
and unseemly apparel. |
| March 11. |
19. Sir John Killigrew to the Same. A ship has been wrecked
[at the Lizard Point], not knowing that a light was maintained
there; begs speedy resolution whether the States will contribute to
the light, as otherwise it must be discontinued. |
| March 12. |
20. Petition of Ralph Colbourne, Hour-glass Maker, to the Commissioners for Glass, to be relieved from oppression by Sir Robt.
Mansell, who constrains him to buy his glasses in London, which are
bad and high priced; begs leave to buy them at any of Mansell's
works. With order thereon granting the petition. |
| March 12. |
21. Justices of Peace of Northamptonshire to Sir Hen. Hobart
and Sir Edw. Bromley, Justices of Assize. Do not find a magazine for storing corn necessary for their county, no grain being
particularly cheap but barley, which is 16s. a quarter, but the poor
should have it cheap to prevent their discontent and tumultuous
levelling; the cheapness is chiefly occasioned by scarcity of money,
owing to the fall in the price of wool, and its slow sale, for which
they request redress. |
| March 12. |
22. Justices of Peace of Nottinghamshire to the Same. Need no
storehouse for corn, the prices,—viz., barley 18s. the quarter, wheat
26s., rye 24s., peas 16s., oats 11s.,—being not extraordinarily low;
nor is future scarcity to be feared, as other counties who send up the
Trent for coals bring in corn whenever it is needed. |
March 13.
Bristol. |
23. Mayor of Bristol to the Council. Has failed to induce the
merchants, &c. to pay the full sum required as their contribution
against pirates. Their excuses are true; they have lost 8,000l. in
one year by shipwrecks and pirates. Incloses, |
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23. i. Merchants, &c. of Bristol to Thos. Packer, Mayor.
Request him to urge the Council to accept the 500
l.
already paid as their full contribution against pirates,
their poverty, many losses, and decay of shipping by
resort of Scottish ships, preventing their raising more.
Have already spent 500l. of their own against English
and Irish pirates in the Channel. |
March 13.
Dover Castle. |
24. Sir Hen. Mainwaring to Lord [Zouch]. His Lordship's
privileges are abused by the waiters of the Farmers [of Customs].
Suggests regulations far the Droit Gatherers. The fines on the rioters
at Fordwich are heavy, considering that they rose in defence of the
Ports' privileges. Virginia tobacco seized because landed by night.
Whitmore, the Papist, seems likely to conform. Proclamation at
Calais, denouncing as traitors all who attend the Protestant Synod
at Loudun. |
March 13.
Dover Castle. |
25. The Same to [Nicholas]. Asks what books and mathematical
instruments Lord Zouch can send him, his own being lost at Venice.
Will make the bowling alley like a Turkey carpet, against his
Lordship comes. Hugessen's sheep eat up the pasture, and the deer
grow very lean. |
March 16.
Westminster. |
Grant to John Dickson of a patent for his invention of backstalls
or back frames, for the ease of sick persons troubled with heat
in their backs, on his paying 20s. yearly to the King. [Sign Man.,
vol. XI., No. 45.] |
March 19.
Lincoln. |
26. Justices of Lincolnshire to Sir Hen. Hobart. Think the
burden of erecting, furnishing, and keeping up a storehouse for corn
would be greater than the present inconvenience of low prices,
which arise not from great superfluity, but partly from importation
of grain, and partly from want of money, because cattle and wool do
not sell as usual. The victuallers, butchers, and innkeepers are
much troubled by the new commission to compound for their recognizances. Informers so abound that people hardly know how to
act. Beg that steps may be taken for redress. |
March 19.
Eton. |
27. Sir Hen. Savile to Carleton. Sir J. Kidderminster is confident of the King's favour. Knows not how the Bp. of Spalato will
act about Wraysbury. Desires the loan of Scaliger on Aristotle. |
| March? |
28. Petition of John Anthony, a negro, to Lord Zouch, for payment of 30l. wages, due to him for services on board the ship Silver
Falcon, which the Mayor of Dover is ordered not to pay without
warrant. |
| March? |
29. Petition of the Same to the Same, that the money may either
be paid to himself or to Sir Hen. Mainwaring, his present master. |
March 20.
Dover Castle. |
30. Sir Hen. Mainwaring to [the Same]. Is sorry that his proceedings with the Spanish Ambassador and Whitmore are not
approved, &c. The burning of the sea ore is much complained of, and
is prejudicial to the breed of seamews. Hopes to disprove the Lord
Admiral's claim to rights on Cinque Port goods. The French are
assembling an army of 50,000 in Champagne. The Mayor has paid
the black boy's money, with interest. |
March 20.
Colchester. |
31. Certificate by the Bailiffs and Aldermen of Colchester, that
the Company of Baize-makers there have undertaken to set down
their grievances in writing, within one month, and in the meantime
to forbear the prosecution of their petition to the Council. |
March 20.
London. |
32. Chamberlain to Carleton. An East Indian ship, worth 16,000l.,
lost between Gravesend and London, which, with quarrels among
themselves, shakes the credit of the Company; that of the Farmers
of Customs is shaken, by trade being at such a stand still. The King
of Bohemia wrote to borrow 100,000l. of the City. The King offered no
opinion on the loan, but said he would take kindly anything they did.
They wait to see what His Majesty and the clergy and nobles will do.
Accident by the sinking of a floor of the Terrace at Whitehall, as
the Spanish Ambassador was passing to his first audience; the
King will not have it looked on as ominous. Sir Robt. Anstruther
gone Ambassador to Denmark. Sir Robt. Carr banished, instead of
being burnt in the hand. The Dean of Westminster succeeding
Dr. Fotherby as Bp. of Salisbury, [John] Williams is made Dean of
Westminster, and Dr. Bowles succeeds him as Dean of Salisbury; poor
Dr. Donne is left out. Lady Lake, on plea of sickness, is enlarged, on
bond for 2,000l., to return to the Tower, if she does not make her
submission. The King is expected at St. Paul's Cross, to hear the
Bp. of London preach, and to see about the repair of the Cathedral,
which is in a very ruinous state. |
March 21.
Whitehall. |
33. Sir Fras. Nethersole to [Carleton]. Some hope that Sir
Robt. Anstruther's embassy to Denmark is to borrow money to
support the Princes of the Union; but others fear that the King
will do nothing save by embassies. The city of London would
contribute freely to the Bohemian cause, if they could have some
warrant from the King or Council that they would not afterwards
be blamed for it. The clergy have engaged to contribute, the
Bishops giving 100l. or more each. The Earl of Dorset offers 1,000l.
a year for five years, if the wars last so long. Large sums could be
raised, if volunteers might be sent; but Sir And. Gray's troop was
sent away in ill condition. Gondomar is more made of, and more
hated, than ever; he has opened a back door in his house to let
Catholics in privately to worship; but his neighbour, Lady Hatton,
hinders it. The Catholics say that the King's approaching visit to
St. Paul's is to hear the Bp. of London preach on the Spanish match;
the Protestants, that he goes to exhort the people to contribute
for the King of Bohemia, who will be publicly prayed for; the
truth being, that it is to advance the contributions towards the
re-building of St. Paul's. Buckingham's marriage with the Earl
of Rutland's daughter proceeds untowardly. |
| March 21? |
34. Archbp. of Canterbury, and Bps. of Durham and Winchester,
to the Bp. of Peterborough. The King's son-in-law and daughter
being unfortunate, and in unsafe condition, the more able clergy are
urged to lend moneys on their behalf to their Ambassador, Baron
Dona, to be gathered in with assiduity, and as quietly as possible.
The clergy are not to give the Prince and Princess any other titles
than heretofore, it belonging not to them to assign titles, but to
follow their sovereign; neither are they to preach of the war as one
of religion, which would stir up all Europe. |
| [March 21.] |
35. Memorial of the Brewers' Company, of London, to [the
Council]. Pray not to be obliged, according to proclamation, to put
beer into barrels or smaller vessels, but to be permitted to have the
use of wine casks, as heretofore. With reasons in behalf of their
request. |
| [March 21.] |
36. Duplicate of the above. |
| March 21? |
37. Answers to the objections of the Brewers and Vintners to the
late proclamation, against the use of wine casks by brewers, victuallers, and tipplers. |
March 22.
Westminster. |
Proclamation that the hot press being found necessary for certain
sorts of woollen goods, it may be used by persons skilful and well
approved, according to regulations already laid down. Printed.
[See March 9. Proc. Coll., No. 79.] |
| March 23. |
Grant to John Arthur of the office of Ranger in the Forest of
Dean, co. Gloucester, for life. [Grant Bk., p. 279.] |
[March 23.]
Saturday. Whitehall. |
38. Sir Edw. Zouch to Lord Zouch. The Prince wishes a pass for
Sir Robt. Carr, who killed Maxwell, and whom he sends beyond sea,
because he will not have his father's edicts slighted. Advises his
Lordship, in sending the pass, to mention the weakness of the ports
and castles to the Prince, as he begins to have power. Lord Arundel
had his cloak torn, and Lord Gerard his face hurt, in the accident at Don Diego [Gondomar's] entrance. The drums for Bohemia
beat daily at his door. The Venetian Ambassador gives precedence
to the Bohemian. Lady Buckingham has taken away the Earl of
Rutland's daughter, because, though she loves Buckingham, and he
has declared that he will marry no one who does not attend church,
she refuses to go; and the King, who failed to persuade her, thinks
it is through the influence of her mother and sister; his Majesty
is said to be in the plot. Lady Buckingham says the Earl of Rutland
wished her to take charge of his daughter awhile, and that then her
mother refused to receive her back. List of the runners at the tilt. |
March 24.
Rye. |
39. Mayor and Jurats of Rye to Lord Zouch. Send their
answer to a letter from some of the Lords. Ask if he thinks the
present a fit opportunity to complain of the unlawful fishing of
Frenchmen, which much injures them. Inclose, |
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39. i. Officers of the Household to the Mayor and Jurats of Rye.
Caution them to provide a better supply of fish for the
King's Household during Lent, and to prevent the sale
of it in open market, until the choicest is taken at
moderate prices for the King and Prince. Whitehall,
March 7. |
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39. ii. Mayor and Jurats of Rye to [the Officers of the Household]. The weather has been too bad for fishing, and
there is great destruction of fish in the Sowe, &c., by
means of unlawful nets and engines, especially by the
French fishermen, only thirteen of whom are allowed, but
forty or fifty fish boldly. |
| [March 24.] |
40. List of the Tilters. With note, that the Prince, having hurt
Lord Montgomery in the arm, Thos. Carey ran in his stead. |
March 27.
Dover Castle. |
41. Sir Hen. Mainwaring to [Lord Zouch]. Went to Canterbury
to see Lord Wotton's gardens, as he wishes his Lordship to eat a
musk melon from his own garden in Dover Castle. Mr. Ford begs
mitigation of the fines for the riot at Fordwich, as it was in defence
of his Lordship's right of fishery. Knows not how to act about the
hare warren, Sir Sam. Peyton being continued in the command
which he had when there was no Lieutenant. Seized the dogs of
persons coursing in the warren. Many poachers in the neighbourhood, &c. |
| March 27. |
42. Sir Rich. Younge to [the Same]. Tilting at Court on the 24th,
at which the Prince distinguished himself, to the great joy of the
people. On the 26th, the King went in state to St. Paul's; but the
Earl of Oxford, the younger sons of Earls, and the Knights who were
Privy Councillors, were not in the procession, because a question
arose about their precedency. Particulars of the service; the Bishop
dwelt on the need of supporting the gospel, his heart being in
Bohemia; he also spoke of the ruinous condition of the Cathedral,
and the duty of contributing towards its repair, &c.; the King
banquetted with him after service. Great praise given to Sir Edw.
Zouch's conduct as Knight Marshal. |
| March 27. |
43. Certificate, by Sir Lewis Lewkenor, that Sir Philip Knyvet
takes the Oath of Allegiance, pretending occasions to go beyond sea. |
March 27.
Chapel of Harborough. |
44. Instrument attested of Geo. Pormorte, Notary, promising
cessation of all further prosecution of the Guardians of St. Mary'sin-Arden. Latin. |
| March 28. |
45. Abstract presented by the Auditors of the Exchequer to [the
Council] of the accounts of the Mayor, &c. of Berwick, for building
the Bridge, from June 20, 1611, to the last of Dec. 1619. |
March 29.
Durham House. |
46. Rich. Neyle, Bp. of Durham, to Dr. Lambe, Chancellor of
Peterborough. Details of payments made to him as Bp. of Lincoln,
&c., by the Archdeacon of Leicester. |
| March? |
47. Petition of Jas. Ord to the King, that glass imported contrary
to proclamation, which is claimed by Sir Robt. Mansell, may be
given in charge to neutral persons, until it be ascertained whether
Mansell and his partners supply a sufficient quantity of glass. |
| March? |
48. Petition of many Glaziers to the Same, that the proposed
glassworks in Scotland may proceed, in order that they may
not be compelled to buy Sir Robt. Mansell's glass, which is scarce,
bad, and brittle; whilst of that made in London, the best is taken by
the undertakers, who are glaziers, and yet the rest sold at full
prices. |
| March? |
49. Answer of Sir Robt. Mansell, addressed to the Council, on
the several petitions of the Company of Glaziers, showing that the
scarcity of glass is not through any fault of his; that he has incurred
great expense to improve its quality; that its high price is caused
by rise in the price of coals, &c., and still is lower than before his
patent. |
| March? |
50. Exceptions by the Glaziers to Sir Robt. Mansell's allegations
concerning the increase of price in the materials for manufacture
of glass, and request that it may be reduced to the price paid
six months before. |
| March 29. |
51. Report of four Glaziers, that Sir Robt. Mansell's glass is
for the most part found serviceable, but some is bad. |
| March 29 ? |
52. Memorandum that, on an order to the Glaziers' Company to
examine Sir Robt. Mansell's glass, some of it was tested, and most
found unserviceable. |
| March 29. |
53. Certificate by Inigo Jones and Thos. Baldwin, Officers of the
Works, that Sir Robt. Mansell's glass is mixed good and bad together,
and is very thin in the middle. |
March 29.
Westminster. |
Grant to John Gray, and to Ambrose Evans at his nomination,
of lands, &c. in Islington and St. Sepulchre's, London, and also in
cos. Norfolk, Hants, Denbigh, Flint, Northampton, Bucks, Cumberland, Gloucester, Rutland, Kent, Middlesex, Salop, Hereford,
Montgomery, Worcester, York, Northumberland, Lincoln, Radnor,
Bedford, Cambridge, Leicester, Sussex, and Devon, total value
31l. 18s. 11d. per ann., in part of a grant to him of concealed lands,
value 66l. 13s. 4d., with certain provisoes. Latin. [Sign Man.,
vol. XI., No. 47.] |
| March 30. |
Special commission to Sir Hen. Yelverton to compound with
all persons for a confirmation of their ancient fairs and markets,
and also for grants of new fairs and markets. [Grant Bk., p. 291.] |
March 30.
Fleet Prison. |
54. Peter Wybo to Sinior Raytinck, Preacher, and the rest of
the Commissioners for General Causes. Statement of his debts, and
of the compromise which he offers to gain his freedom. |
| March ? |
55. Considerations upon the report of the Attorney and Solicitor
General, on the project [of Jeffry Duppa and Thos. Stanley,] for
appointing brewers in every town, objecting to their articles and
proposing others. [See Feb. 9.] |
| March ? |
56. Petition of the poor ministers of Norwich to the Council, to
renew their order that the English householders shall pay 20d. per
pound on their house rents, for support of their ministers, as is paid
by the strangers there residing. |
| March ? |
57. Petition of the Drapers of Shrewsbury to the Council, complaining that the Company of French Merchants do not buy the
Welch cottons, which they are ordered to sell at Blackwell Hall, and
are not allowed to transport themselves; request that they be called
on to show cause why they cease to purchase, or else to buy them
in future, to prevent the ruin of the trade. |
| March ? |
58. J. L. [Dr. John Lambe] to [Thos. Palmer ?] Commits to him
the management of a certain trust imposed on him by the Bishop of
the diocese. Desires to meet him at Northampton on April 25. On
the fly leaf prefixed, is a list of names, indorsed "Commissioners for
Bohemia. Northampton." |
