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April 1.
London. |
59. Chamberlain to [Carleton]. Details of the tilting match;
the Prince's handsome display and gallant running; the French
Ambassador was absent, because he was not allowed the preference
of place over the Spanish Ambassador. Account of the King's visit
in state to St. Paul's. The Bp. of London preached from Psalm cii.
ver. 13, 14, the text being chosen by His Majesty; the Bishop
urged the repairs of St. Paul's, and the King said after that he
would fast on bread and water, but it should be done. The Prince
rode bare-headed before the King, but many of the train stayed
behind on disputes for precedency, the Knight's Councillors being
unwilling to follow Earls' sons, as decided by the Earl Marshal's
Commissioners. Mr. Greames, Gentleman of the Horse to Buckingham, and Sir Wm. Fielding's brother, Esquire of the Stable, have lost
their places for fighting a duel. The Lord Mayor about to raise money
for the King of Bohemia; the nobles and clergy are contributing. |
April 3.
Dover Castle. |
60. Sir Hen. Mainwaring to [Lord Zouch]. Will send up the tobacco
when adjudged forfeited, and his Lordship can either keep it or
bestow it on Mr. Porter. Hugessen has hindered the sale of his lordship's pinnace by pretending to have bought it; he offers only 160l.,
and it is worth 200l. Has bound over the Farmers' agents to bring
all informations on prohibited exports into his Lordship's court, but
they, as well as the Mayor Mr. Garrett, and Hugessen, are implicated
therein, and fear detection if they prosecute rigorously. Sundry
business matters. Has got a spy through whom to discover the
poachers, some of whom catch 100 hares in a night; thinks they
should be imprisoned. Forwards the examination of a recusant who
was sent to him by the Mayor of Folkestone, Mr. Philpot. Incloses, |
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60. i. Examination of Ant. Lynch, of Galway, Ireland. Went
to Rouen on his way to England, but conversed with no
Jesuits nor priests; does not understand the Oath of
Allegiance, and therefore will not take it. Dovert,
April 2. |
| April 3. |
61. Thos. Godfrey to Nicholas. Complains that seven sheep, which
he bought when they were seized from Stephen Browne, for his
refusal to pay the poor rate, were taken from him by Browne.
Requests that he may be brought before Lord Zouch for trespass,
and for former ill dealings in export of wool. These riots will not
cease till the Judges' opinion on the poor rates has arrived. |
| April 5. |
Grant to Thos. and Eliz. Ellis, and Elizabeth their daughter, of the
keeping of the gardens on the south side of Windsor Castle, for life.
[Grant Bk., p. 317.] |
| April 5. |
Licence to Rich. Dike, &c. to make, seal, and issue gold and silver
thread, for three years. [Ibid., p. 317.] |
| April 5. |
62. Wm. Fortescue to Sir Edw. Conway. Begs a warrant at
request of his tenants of Wheatly, for Fras. Taylor, who is guilty
of disorderly conduct there, and for Woodward, keeper of the alehouse where he lodges, who refuses to eject him. |
April 6.
Plymouth. |
63. Mayor of Plymouth to the Council. Cannot collect half of the
required contribution against pirates, all but two of the inhabitants
of Truro, the largest seaport in Cornwall, refusing to contribute,
and their example being followed by others at Peran and elsewhere.
Has advanced the whole 500l., but begs that the parties refusing
may be compelled to pay their proportions. |
April 6.
Dover Castle. |
64. Sir Hen. Mainwaring to [Nicholas]. Wishes to come to London
after the Chancery term. Sends a gin by which hares are caught in
the warren, to be given to Lord Zouch, &c. |
| April 6. |
65. Sir John Bentley to the Council. Sends fourteen letters taken
from John Boardman, servant to the late John Browning, and
messenger between England, Ireland, and Spain, whom he has
committed to the gaol at Derby. |
April 6.
Eton. |
66. Sir Hen. Savile to Carleton. There is an attempt to gain
Wraysbury for John Levingston, as well as to exclude Carleton from
Langley, in behalf of Sir John Kidderminster. Incloses, |
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66. i. The King to the College of Windsor. For John Levingston,
of the Bedchamber, to be admitted tenant of Wraysbury
in preference to any third person, if the present tenant,
And. Windsor, be not continued. |
| April [6 ?] |
67. Thos. Fulnetby to Lord Zouch. Will not surrender without
permission the goods which were saved from a Flemish pink cast
away near Romney. Begs leave to kill a hare on Good Friday, as
hustsmen say that those who have not a hare against Easter must
eat a red herring. |
April 7.
Whitehall. |
68. Order in Council for Capt. And. Westcote to receive a grant
of 500 acres for the next plantation in Ireland, in consideration of
his putting to flight Surley McDonnell, the pirate. |
| April [8 ?] |
69, 70. Abstract of the Commission for the Repair of St. Paul's
Cathedral, with a list of the Commissioners prefixed. Two copies. |
| April 8. |
71. Edm. Kinsman to Luke Wilson, of Portland. Is troubled
not to receive the stones expected. Urges him to prepare and send
stone as fast as possible, it being much needed, especially as a commission is issued for the repair of St. Paul's Cathedral, which will
require 20,000l. worth of stone. |
| April 8. |
Grant to Sir Thos. Puckering, Bart., of the wood called Cresset
Coppice, co. Warwick, for twenty-one years. [Grant Bk., p. 303.] |
April 10.
Dover Castle. |
72. Sir Hen. Mainwaring to Lord [Zouch]. Vessels have touched
at Dover, carrying 1,400 or 2,000 troops to Dunkirk. Business
matters. Two sons of the Earl of Mar have landed from Italy.
Wishes to come to London, calling by the way on the Earl of Dorset. |
| April 10. |
73. The Same to [Nicholas]. Sends the stag's horn, lately cast, to
Lord Zouch. Hopes his remarks on Hugessen and others are not
thought to proceed from malice. |
April 10.
Sandwich. |
74. Mayors and Jurats of the Cinque Ports, &c. to Lord Zouch.
Art. Ruck, of Sandwich, and Wm. Wymond, of Winchelsea,
Bailiffs of the Cinque Ports at Great Yarmouth, complain of
contempts committed on them by the Bailiffs of Yarmouth, tending
to deprive them of their share in the government during the fair.
Beg that his Lordship will either fix a day to hear the cause himself,
or consent to their exhibiting a bill against them in the Star
Chamber. |
April 10.
Sandwich. |
75. Art. Ruck to Nicholas. Has informed the ports of the
unkindnesses he and his partner experienced at Yarmouth, and of
Nicholas' painstaking in their behalf. Begs that information may be
sent to him at Yarmouth of the time when the case is to be heard.
Incloses, |
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75. i. Mayors and Jurats of the Cinque Ports to the Same.
On the same subject as their letter to Lord Zouch. Beg
his influence to have a day appointed for their hearing.
His pains about Cinque Port matters shall not be unrequited. Sandwich, April 10. |
April 10.
Dover. |
76. Wm. Ward, Mayor of Dover, to Lord Zouch. Has not dealt
underhand in giving in false accounts of Brames' goods. Business
matters. |
| April [10 ?] |
77. Sir Jas. Wolveridge to the Same. Thanks for good tidings
of the progress of the war in Bohemia; trusts that party will
avenge the death of John Huss and Jerome of Prague, &c. |
| April 10. |
Grant to Sir John Wood of all fines and compositions for confirmations and grants of fairs and markets, without account. [Grant
Bk., p. 306.] |
April 13.
London. |
78. Warrant from the Commissioners of Sewers to the Clerk of
the Sewers, to summon a general session at Huntingdon, to deliberate
on the propositions and demands of the undertakers for draining the
fens, which have received the King's approval. |
April 14.
Faversham. |
79. John Philpot to Nicholas. Hopes his oyster suit may be laid
before the Council, before Sir Albert Morton's month has expired,
and that the Knight Marshal will influence some of the Lords beforehand. |
| April 15. |
80. Objections by Sir Robt. Mansell and the other patentees
of the glassworks, to the proposed grant to Sir Ralph and Dame
Ann Bingley, for the manufacture of looking-glasses. |
| April 15. |
Commission to Geo. Archbp. of Canterbury and others, to inquire into the decays of St. Paul's Church. With note that this
commission was renewed by a letter from Sec. Calvert. [Grant Bk.,
p. 293.] |
| April 17. |
Commission to Sir Wm. Paddy, Matt. Gwynn and others, to set
down in writing directions as to garbling and distinguishing tobacco.
[Ibid., p. 293.] |
April 17.
Dover Castle. |
81. Sir Hen. Mainwaring to [Lord Zouch]. Details official matters.
The Mayor abuses his place by selling licences under his own hand to
French fishermen. The Irishman will take the Oath of Supremacy,
but not that of Allegiance. Moyle Lambert, General of the States'
ships, has sunk some Turkish men-of-war. |
April 17.
Dover Castle. |
82. The Same to [Nicholas]. Begs. a speedy answer from Lord
Zouch to his request to come to London. |
| April 17. |
83. Memorandum of a remonstrance with a Friar in Newgate,
that some words against the King and Lords, in an apology which
he intended to publish, were scandalous, advising him not to utter
them, but to submit them first to the King, &c.; which he refused.
Indorsed, "Mr. Cox." |
| April 20. |
Commission to Hen. Lord Clifford and others, to survey and build
a bridge at Berwick. [Grant Bk., p. 293.] |
April 21.
Ridelsworth. |
84. Sir Drew Drury to Lord Zouch. Levins, a contemptible
wretch, who professes to have money owing him from his late father,
has obtained a letter from the King to Lord Chief Justice Montague,
to revoke an injunction against him. Beseeches his Lordship to
testify to the worth and honesty of his late father, who protested on
his deathbed that he owed Levins nothing. |
April 23.
Brightlingsea. |
85. John King, Droit Gatherer for Lord [Zouch], to the Same.
A year before, a fisherman tainted the oysters, by throwing a
quantity of stale fish into the haven of Balfleet. Begs that he, and
all who offer to dredge oysters at improper times, or who meddle with
his Lordship's portion, may be punished. |
April 24.
Westminster. |
86. Warrant to the keepers of several gaols specified, for delivery
of Thos. Wilson, Wm. Brooke and his wife, Wm. Hobby, Art.
Wilbeck, Hen. Parkinson, Hen. Price, Thos. Griffith, Luke Ford, and
Robt. Drury, imprisoned for refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance,
on condition of their leaving the kingdom within forty days. Granted
at suit of the Spanish Ambassador's wife. |
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Sign Manual of the above, dated March 22, 1620. [Sign Man.,
vol. XI., No. 46.] |
April 24.
Theobalds. |
87. Petition of Wm. Dyos, late Secretary and Remembrancer of
London, to the King. The Lord Mayor and Aldermen refused to
allow him to sell his place to an efficient person, and persuaded him
to surrender it to them; after which they compelled him to accept
400l. less than he had paid for it. Prays for mediation of some of
the Council in his cause. With reference thereon. Incloses, |
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87. i. Statement of the complaints of the Same, against the
Mayor, &c. of London, in reference to the above and
other grievances. |
| April 24. |
Release to Fras. Earl of Rutland from the office of Constable of
Nottingham Castle. [Grant Bk., p. 304.] |
| April 24. |
Grant to Geo. Manners, Thos. Savage, and Ralph Hansby, of the
office of Constable and Porter of Nottingham Castle, and of Steward
and Guardian of Sherwood Forest, &c., co. Notts, for life. [Ibid.,
p. 302.] |
| April 25. |
Licence to Sir Giles Mompesson and others, to convert sea coal,
stone coal, and other fuel, excepting wood, into charcoal. [Ibid.,
p. 302.] |
| April 25. |
Grant to Hugh Gerrard and others of the sole power to make
charcoal. [Ibid., p. 319.] |
| April 26. |
88. References to entries in the Council Books, relative to coin
and bullion, and other Mint affairs, from Nov. 4, 1618. |
April 26.
Winchester. |
89. Justices of Hampshire to the Council. The reason of the cheapness of corn has chiefly been that so much was thrashed to provide
fodder for the cattle during the hard winter. The prices are rising,
and will soon be above the average. Request respite of the order to
erect storehouses. |
April 27.
Warwick. |
90. Justices of Peace of Warwickshire to Sir Hen. Hobart and
Sir Edw. Bromley, Justices of Assize. The erection of a storehouse
for corn will, under present circumstances, be a burden to the
country, and is not necessary, the county growing but little, and
the poor scarcely maintaining themselves at the present rates of corn. |
| April 27. |
Commission to Sir Hen. Mildmay to deliver into the Treasury
certain plate named which is to be sold. [Grant Bk., p. 302.] |
| April 27. |
Commission to Geo. Archbp. of Canterbury and others, to sell
the parcels of plate therein mentioned. [Ibid., p. 293.] |
| April 27. |
Commission to the Same, to survey indentures as to pretermitted customs, and to make such abatements as they think fit.
[Ibid., p. 293.] |
| April 28. |
Grant to Jas. Cleyborne of the forfeitures of divers persons for
buying corn, cattle, &c. contrary to statute. [Ibid., p. 338.] |
| April 28. |
91. List by Dr. John Lambe of contributions in Rothwell
Deanery, co. Northampton, to the aid for the King of Bohemia.
Total 26l. 13s. 6d. With later memoranda of 16l. 14s. 6d.
additional. |
April 29.
London. |
92. Chamberlain to Carleton. Is included in a Commission of
sixty-six persons appointed for the repair of St. Paul's Cathedral.
The Commissioners were invited to dine with the Lord Mayor,
whose daughter is just married to Lord Effingham, though he
is worn out in estate, credit, and years. The King is at Greenwich. At St. George's Feast, Buckingham slighted the Earl of
Rutland; yet it is thought he must marry his daughter, as
she is converted for his sake. The Lord Chamberlain's son is
christened Henry, but is so physicked that he has little chance of life.
Death of Alderman Bennet, brother of Sir John. The Lord Chief
Justice married to Widow Hare. The King of Denmark said to
have discovered the north-west passage by means of an English pilot.
Much scheming to remove the Attorney General; he will not court
the favourite. |
April 29.
Sandwich. |
93. Commissioners for the Passage at Sandwich to Lord Zouch.
Have seized certain dangerous Popish books, with crucifixes and
pictures of saints, brought from abroad by Thos. Wrest, and have
committed him to prison, though he took the Oath of Allegiance. |
| April 29. |
Grant to Rich. Jones of the office of keeping the Original Seal
in cos. Denbigh and Montgomery, for life. [Grant Bk., p. 329.] |
| April. |
94. Notes of injuries on Sir Robt. Kemp and others, committed
in quarrels at horse-races, by men of Ipswich, &c. |
| April. |
95. Note of moneys hitherto paid to Sir Lionel Cranfield, in part
of 20,000l., for the funeral expenses of the late Queen; total
13,500l. |
| April. |
96. Statement by Sir Wm. Ayloffe and Sir Ant. Thomas, Undertakers for Draining the Fens, that their intentions were, and still are,
to drain, in three years, and at their own expense, all the fen lands
in cos. Northampton, Huntingdon, Cambridge, Isle of Ely, Suffolk,
Norfolk, and Lincoln, excepting such pools and meres as lie below
the sea level; to re-open the rivers Nen and Welland, now filled up,
&c., and to keep all the said lands well drained, on condition of the
grant of their demands, as stated, being a proportion varying from
one half to one eighth part of the several plots of lands specified,
which are to be drained. |
| April ? |
97. Petition of Sir Fras. Crane to the King, for reference to the
Commissioners for the Earl Marshalship, of the cause between him
and Sir Sam. Tryon, who promised to pay 2,100l., owed as his wife's
portion, on his procuring him to be made a Baronet, like Sir Nich.
Bacon, but evades performance because of some necessary difference
between his patent and that of Sir Nicholas. [See 15 April, 1621.] |
| April. |
98. Archbp. of Spalato to the Same. His deanery of Windsor
would have made him most fortunate, because the two rectories of
Langley and Wraysbury, both belonging thereto, were nearly falling
in, one of which he had promised to Sir Dudley Carleton, to whom he
owes almost life, the other to a friend who always offers him a
country home; was frustrated of his first hope by His Majesty's
letter, requiring Langley for Sir John Kidderminster, and now
receives letters to bestow Wraysbury on another servant of the King.
Earnestly entreats that his latter grant may be left to himself. Latin. |
