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Oct. 2.
Sherwsbury. |
1. Commissioners for the subsidy in Shropshire to the Council.
Send a schedule of the sums at which they have assessed themselves.
Inclose, |
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1. i. Schedule of the rates at which the above Commissioners have
assessed themselves, varying from 20l. to 4l. |
Oct. 3.
Derby. |
2. Commissioners of subsidy in Derbyshire to the Same. Have
been careful to appoint fitting collectors for the subsidy, and have
informed the other justices of peace of their Lordships' wishes
concerning their rates. State the sums at which they have severally
assessed themselves, varying from 50l. to 10l. in land. |
Oct. 3.
Carlisle. |
3. Commissioners of subsidy for Cumberland to the Same. Have
so advanced the assessments that they are more than before, although
the gentry are generally poor, the country barren and scarce of
money, and two thirds of its revenues carried out of the county,
by the Prince and nobles to whom they belong. Were never taxed
for subsidies before 7 Jac. I., but have strained themselves to pay
more than they can well bear. Inclose, |
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3. i. Schedule of the rates of assessment on the above Commissioners, varying from 12l. to 4l. each. |
Oct. 3.
Hereford. |
4. Commissioners of subsidy for Herefordshire to the Council. Will
answer for the collectors whom they have appointed. Hope their
Lordships will remember that, although, near London, justices of the
peace can be chosen from gentlemen of ability and sufficiency, yet,
near Wales, they are often men of mean estate, taken for want of
others. |
Oct. 3.
Theobalds. |
5. The King to the Lord Keeper, Bps. of London, Winchester, and
Rochester, and others. To inquire into the nature of the accidental
killing of the keeper in Bramsell Park, by Geo. Abbot, Archbp. of
Canterbury, whether it amounts to an irregularity or otherwise, in
a person of his rank in the church, and to consider the scandal that
may have arisen thereon. |
| Oct. 3. |
6, 7. Two copies of the above. |
Oct. 3.
Risley, Derbyshire. |
8. Sir Fras. Darcy to Sir Clement Edmondes. Begs to be excused attendance on the Council as commanded, until spring, on
account of his years, small strength, and many affairs in Derbyshire. |
| Oct. 3. |
9. Locke to Carleton. Has let part of Carleton's house to
Mr. Gibb, for 60b. per ann. Sir Fras. Goodwin retains his part,
and Mr. Gibb says there will be room for Carleton, should he
come over. |
| Oct. 3. |
Letter to the Commissioners of Sewers for cos. Huntingdon,
Cambridge, Norfolk, and the Isle of Ely, to appoint a meeting
at Huntingdon on Oct. 24, to consider about the draining of
those counties. [Docquet.] |
| Oct. 3. |
Grant to John Hewet, of Hedley Hall, Yorkshire, of the rank of
a Baronet. [Docquet.] |
| Oct. 3. |
Grant to the Same of discharge of 1,095l. due on his being
created a Baronet. [Docquet.] |
| Oct. 3. |
Grant to Sir Rich. Hutton, Sir Thos. Chamberlain, Sir Fras.
Barnam, and Thos. Crewe, of the fine of 40,000l., imposed by Parliament on Visct. St. Alban's. [Docquet.] |
| Oct. 3. |
Presentation of Dr. Price, King's Chaplain, to the Prebend of
Leighton-Buzzard, in the Cathedral church of Lincoln. [Docquet.] |
Oct. 4.
Exeter. |
10. Commissioners for subsidy [in Devonshire] to the Council.
Have advanced the subsidy as much as possible. Most of the
justices of peace are assessed at 20l., but the estates of a few will not
bear it. |
Oct. 5.
Whitehall. |
11. Order in Council, at request of the Russian Company, that
the Ambassador just arrived from Russia with Sir John Merrick, be
received by the Lord Mayor of London, as has usually been done,
and that, on the company's security, a fitting proportion of the
King's plate be delivered for his use. |
Oct. 5.
Whitehall. |
12. Order in Council, that the claim of Sir Fras. Leek and of the
ministers of Derbyshire to the tithe of lead ore being established by
several decrees in the law courts, and no point of State involved
therein, the petitioners be dismissed from the Council, and ordered
to take the benefit of law; with recommendation that their cause
be heard speedily, they having suffered loss by delay at the Council
board. |
| Oct. 5. |
13. Sir Thos. Smythe, Sir Thos. Lowe, and Sir Wm. Cockayne to
the Council. Have done their utmost to urge on the payments, by
the merchant companies, of arrears of the two first years' contribution against pirates, and of the further sums required, but
find many defaulters. The Merchant Adventurers owe 1,000l.,
but beg that 700l. may be taken in gunpowder, bought by them for
service of the State. The Muscovy Company owe 1,000l., but allege
poverty. The Turkish and Spanish Companies owe nearly 6,000l. The
French Company owe 1,100l., but excuse themselves on account of
the troubles in France. The Trinity House plead that the Council
remitted them 1,000l., and have paid the remainder. |
| Oct. 5. |
Grant, in reversion, to Ben. Jonson, of the office of Master of the
Revels, for life. [Grant Bk., p. 346.] |
Oct. 6.
Woolwich. |
14. Certificate of Joshua Downing and others, by order of the
Commissioners of the Navy, that they have viewed the cordage at
Woolwich and Deptford, made by Chris. Arnold, and find it good
and well made. |
| Oct. 6. |
15. Locke to Carleton. Sir John Suckling is spoken of as the
new Secretary, and Mr. Cottington is sent for out of Spain, to
take Mr. Murray's place as Secretary to the Prince. Sir Rich.
Weston made Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lord Brooke
Gentleman of the Bedchamber. Report that the Turks have
committed Sir John Eyre to prison, and seized the merchants'
goods. |
Oct. 6.
Worcester. |
16. Commissioners of the subsidy in Worcestershire to the
Council. Send a schedule of the sums at which they have assessed
themselves. |
Oct. 6.
Royston. |
17. Proclamation for adjournment of Parliament from 14th November to 8th February. |
| Oct. 6. |
Copy of the above. Printed. [Proc. Coll., No. 97.] |
| Oct. 6. |
Warrant to pay to Sir Wm. Russell, Treasurer of the Navy,
7,554l. 15s., for discharge of six ships fitted out last year for the
Straits, for suppression of pirates. [Docquet.] |
| Oct. 6. |
Grant to Lionel Lord Cranfield of the office of Treasurer of the
Exchequer, from Sept. 30 last. [Docquet.] |
Oct. 7.
Royston. |
Proclamation against the drawing up and presenting of bills for
the King's signature by any other than his ordinary officers, or by
them, without the customary warrants therefor, many abuses having
arisen by presentation of bills injurious to the State and vexatious
to His Majesty. Printed. [Proc. Coll., No. 98.] |
| Oct. 8. |
Commission to Sir Julius Cæsar, Master of the Rolls, to hear and
determine causes in Chancery, in the absence of the Lord Keeper.
[Grant Bk., p. 340.] |
| [Oct. 9.] |
18. Note of proceedings relative to the delivery of the Great Seal
to Dr. Williams; that on May 1, 1621, it was fetched from Lord
Chancellor Bacon, and taken to the King, who gave it to Sir Julius
Cæsar and other Commissioners; that on June 15, John Williams,
late Chaplain to Chancellor Egerton, was appointed Keeper, and the
Seal delivered to him, July 10, by the King, in presence of the
Prince of Wales, and most of the Council, which he received with a
short speech, marvelling at His Majesty's benignity, and promising
to be a pastor of the sheep, &c.; that he then went to the House of
Lords, and took his Oath of Allegiance, and his place as Keeper
of the Seal; that he was confirmed Bp. of Lincoln, and on Oct. 9, the
first day of Michaelmas term, took his post of office in Westminster
Hall, and received the oaths. Latin. |
| [Oct. 9.] |
19. Speech of Lord Keeper Williams on taking his seat in the
Chancery Court. Vindicates the principle on which the King has
determined to fill the post with one not brought up a lawyer;
acknowledges his own insufficiency, but states his willingness to
follow the footsteps of his predecessors, and details the mode of proceeding which he means to adopt, viz., to make no decrees contrary
to common law; to listen to no motions tending to delay in suits;
not lightly to overthrow decrees of his predecessors; not to allow the
court to be a shelter for attempted frauds; and to follow out its
general rules and customs. |
Oct. [10].
Whitehall. |
20. [The Council to the Mayor, &c. of Norwich.] Refer Thos. and
John Woodhouse to trial at the Sessions, the scandalous words
uttered by them seeming to be caused by distemper in drink. [Indorsed with the commencement of the letter No. 24.] |
| Oct. 10. |
21. Order in Council, founded upon the report of the Bp. of
Norwich and others [see Sept. 25], that Denis l'Ermite and all
others of the Walloon congregation in Norwich, although born in
England, shall continue to belong to that church, and submit to its
discipline, on bond to appear before Council in case of disobedience. |
| [Oct.] |
22. Request of Diego de Castro Cortasar [to the Council], in
behalf of Francesco Davila, for payment of certain sums, arrested
or to be arrested from the goods of Sir Walter Raleigh, and
Mr. Herbert, and others his adherents, in compensation for robberies committed by them in St. Thomas', Guiana. |
| Oct. 10. |
23. Order in Council, made on the above application of Diego de
Castro Cortasar, showing that he had come over for satisfaction,
on a promise thereof made by the King to the King of Spain,
and requiring payment to himself of 700l., now in the Exchequer,
belonging to Mr. Herbert, associate of Sir Walter Raleigh; the case
is referred to the Admiralty Court, with request for expedition and
favour to him therein. |
Oct. 10.
Whitehall. |
24. The Council to Sir Thos. Smythe and others [Commissioners
for the fleet against pirates]. Reiterate the orders already given
them, to prepare good and serviceable ships, furnished with able
men and wholesome provisions, for the above service, in proportion
to the tonnage of the ships employed by the King. |
Oct. 10.
Whitehall. |
25. Order in Council, that the Spanish and Turkey Merchants
jointly take up loans to furnish their quotas of contribution towards
the expedition against pirates, now transferred to the Narrow Seas;
the loans to be repaid by levies of one per cent. on exports and
imports. All differences between them to be referred to Sir Thos.
Smythe, Sir Thos. Lowe, and Sir Wm. Cockayne. |
Oct. 10.
Ordnance Office. |
26. Estimate [by the Officers of Ordnance] of the expense of
ordnance stores to be provided for the ships Nonsuch and Assurance,
now to be set forth. Total 238l. 14s. 6d. |
Oct. 11.
Whitehall. |
27. Sir Benj. Rudyard to Sir Fras. Nethersole. Change of
officers at Court enumerated. Dr. Donne made Dean of St. Paul's.
All things are ready for the match with the Infanta. The Lord
Chamberlain's mother [the Countess of Pembroke] dead of the
small-pox. |
Oct. 12.
Bristol. |
28. Mayor and Aldermen of Bristol to the Council. On a former
proclamation against the export of wools, of Sept. 22, 1615, their
Lordships were pleased, on remonstrance of the mischief accruing to
the Bristol clothiers, to permit the carriage by water of Welsh wools
to Bristol. Request renewal of the order, the officers having stayed
the wools purchased by them in Wales the last summer, on account
of the renewal of the proclamation. |
Oct. 13.
London. |
29. Chamberlain to Carleton. No certain cause known for displacing the late Treasurer. The office of President of the Council,
long disused, is revived and given to him, in satisfaction for 40,000l.
which he and his family have lately paid for promotions. His followers who bought places about him have had hard bargains, being
now thrown on the world. Lord Brooke, late Chancellor of the
Exchequer, has lands worth 80l. a year with his barony. Sir Julius
Cæsar was likely to be removed from the Mastership of the Rolls, in
favour of Sir Robt. Heath, but he told the King he would as soon
lose life or lands as office, unless convicted of misbehaviour. Dr.
Carey made Bp. of Exeter, and Dr. Donne Dean of St. Paul's. The
Archbp. of Canterbury reflected on for frequenting the Council, &c.
as usual, notwithstanding his late accident, on which a commission
begins to sit. The new Lord Keeper went privately to Westminster
Hall to take his oath, and made a good speech. The new Lord
Treasurer keeps the Mastership of the Wards, but that of the Wardrobe is given to Lord Fielding. All pensions are suspended, for
necessity has no law. Death of the old Countess of Pembroke; she
was carried by torch-light, with many coaches, towards Wilton, to
be buried; she left no will; the Lord Chamberlain retains only
her jointure, and gives her personal estate to the Earl of Montgomery, and 120l. or 140l. a year to Dr. Lister, who is well worn in
her service. |
| Oct. ? |
30. Epitaph on Mary Countess Dowager of Pembroke [by Ben.
Jonson], consisting of two verses. [One only is generally printed.] |
| Oct. 13. |
31. Locke to [Carleton]. The Lord Keeper thanks his Lordship
for the linen. Sends a copy of the merchants' complaints to the
Council, on the abuses offered to them by the Hollanders. |
Oct. 13.
Westminster. |
32. Proclamation of a brief authorizing collections in London and
the southern and eastern counties of England, by Philotheos, Procurator of the Convent of the Holy Cross of Golgotha, in Jerusalem,
in behalf of the monks of the convent, who are constrained to pay
6,000 crowns per ann. for permission to retain their monastery,
and 6,000 more to redeem thirteen of their number, condemned
to death by the infidels; exhorting all the clergy, church officers,
&c. to assist the said collection. Printed. |
| Oct. 13. |
Copy of the above. Printed. [Proc. Coll., No. 98 A.] |
Oct. 15.
Whitehall. |
33. The Council to Sir Thos. Smythe, Sir Thos. Lowe, and Sir
Wm. Cockayne. Are surprised at the slackness of the merchants in
bringing in their first-promised contributions against pirates, which
are much needed to satisfy the clamours of the mariners now returned.
Are wearied with their disputes and delays, and require that they
be ordered at once to bring in arrears, and also their proportions
towards continuing the fleet in the Narrow Seas; they must borrow
what will suffice for the present, to be repaid from the continued
imposition of one per cent. on exports and imports. |
Oct. 17.
Whitehall. |
34. Order in Council, that Rich. Slany be permitted to export a
quantity of barley for St. Lucas, in Spain, it having been shipped
and duty paid before the proclamation prohibiting the exportation
of grain, but detained in port by contrary winds. |
| Oct. ? |
35. Petition of Thos. Johnson and John Arnold to the Council, for
liberty to export a quantity of buckwheat from Yarmouth, which
was stayed in consequence of the restraint imposed for preventing
dearth of corn, the Farmers of Customs refusing to pay back the
customs which they had paid thereon. |
| Oct. 15. |
36. Muster roll of the garrison of Deal Castle. |
| Oct. 16. |
Grant to Visct. St. Albans of a pardon, to be drawn after form of
the pardon lately granted to Sir Robt. Cotton, with exception of the
sentence passed against him by the Parliament. [Docquet. See
also Docquet Sept. 28.] |
| Oct. 17. |
37. Order in Council, on complaint of injury to sundry persons in
suits of law, from detention of certain private papers, bonds, &c.,
which are in Edw. Floyd's trunks, arrested by Parliament, that
the Attorney General examine the said papers, and deliver up those
only relating to the private affairs of Floyd and others, but none
relating to the offence for which he is under censure. |
| Oct. 18. |
38. John Nicholas to his son Edward. Private matters. |
Oct. 18.
Westminster. |
39. Warrant to repay to Lord Digby 10,000l., advanced by him
upon credit and pawning of his plate, on his return through
Germany, in order to pay the troops of the Count Palatine, who
were ready to mutiny for want of pay. |
Oct. 19.
Whitehall. |
40. The Council to the Farmers of Customs and of the
impost upon tobacco. Remonstrate against their non-fulfilment
of a previous order to deliver to Capt. Roger North, free of custom, 7,000 lbs. of tobacco, by him imported, and require immediate
compliance, the patent granted to his company, though recalled,
securing free imports for a year. |
| Oct. 19. |
41. Order in Council, that the goods lately arrived from Russia,
as the product of the last year's adventure, are not liable to seizure
for the debts of the old Muscovy Company, many of the proprietors
being new adventurers, who came in on assurance of immunity
given by Council, to prevent the utter decay of the trade. |
| Oct. 19. |
42. The Council to the Sheriffs of London. Not to release on
bail Geo. Ball, detained in custody on complaint of the East India
Company. |
| Oct. 19. |
43. Muster roll of the Garrison of Walmer Castle. |
| Oct. 20. |
44. Sir Thos. Smythe, Sir Thos. Lowe, and Sir Wm. Cockayne to
the Council. The Spanish Company refuse to borrow their proportion of the 6,000l. in arrear for the contribution against pirates,
but the Turkey Company will take up the whole 6,000l., on an Order
in Council to have the per-centage of both companies, till both
principal and interest are repaid. The French Company can only
pay the 1,100l. if they may have a per-centage on imports as well
as exports. The Trinity House pretend acquittance of the last
2,000l. |
| Oct. 20. |
45. Locke to Carleton. The Bp. of Spalato urges payment of
the 100l. promised him by Carleton for securing him the lease. The
Council propose to levy a duty on cambrics, lawns, holland, &c. in
requital of the imposition laid by the Hollanders on cloth, since the
removal of the [Merchant Adventurers'] Company from Middleburgh. |
Oct. 20.
London. |
46. Chamberlain to the Same. Good conduct of the Lord Keeper
in the Chancery Court and Star Chamber. Projected changes of
offices at Court, and in the Prince's household. The King going to
Burghley in Rutlandshire, to visit the Marchioness of Buckingham,
and to solemnize young Lord Compton's marriage with a daughter
of Sir Fras. Beaumont, the Countess of Buckingham's brother. Sir
Thos. Roe is gone Ambassador to Constantinople. Fifty-seven sail
of British ships said to be captured by pirates, the late expedition
having done nothing but irritate them. Sir Hen. Yelverton has
obtained his pardon, which he himself has drawn up, and now
practices like a common lawyer. Lord St. Albans, having leave to
repair to York House for a fortnight, remained so long that he
had warning to return to Gorhambury. The new Lord Treasurer
has been, without any pomp, to take his oath. |
| Oct. 20. |
47. Muster roll of the garrison of Arch-cliff Bulwark. |
| Oct. 20. |
Letter to the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, to admit Sir
Thos. Somerset to the Clerkship of the Treasury of the Court of
Common Pleas, void by the death of And. Windsor. [Docquet.] |
| Oct. 22. |
Grant to Sir Walter Heveningham, and his heirs, of the next
presentation to the benefice of Clifton-Campville, done for better
settlement for Sir Walter in his former estate thereof. [Docquet.] |
| Oct. 22. |
Royal Assent for Dr. Carey, late Dean of St. Paul's, elected Bp.
of Exeter. [Docquet.] |
| Oct. 22. |
Letter to the Lord Treasurer, recommending to him the care of
payment for the Duke of Holstein. [Docquet.] |
| Oct. 22. |
48. Muster roll of the garrison of Mote's Bulwark. |
| Oct. [22]. |
49. The Council to [Maurice Abbot, Nich. Leate, and Rich. Venn,]
Commissioners for the merchants' ships in the expedition against
pirates. Reprove them for not accepting a bill of exchange for 399l.
sent by Sir Robt. Mansell, the money being required to hire a
merchant vessel, in place of one become unserviceable. Require
immediate compliance. |
Oct. 24.
London. |
50. Ministers and Elders of the French Church to the Council.
State, in answer to their inquiry for further information, that
Simon du Val was eleven years a member of their church, and only
eighteen months of the English Church, whither he went only when
called before them for misdemeanors. Request leave, as he has
declared his intention to be no more a member, publicly to censure
and excommunicate him, as a warning to others. |
| Oct. 24. |
51. Order in Council, that the Sheriffs of London restore to the
Russia Company certain goods stayed for a debt due by the Company to Thomasine Lee, as administratrix of Wm. Quarles, these
goods being declared free from the debts of the old company. |
Oct. 24.
Whitehall. |
52. Order in Council, appointing a Committee to take into consideration the reports delivered by the merchants as to the causes of
the decay of trade and the scarcity of coin. |
| Oct. ? |
53. Statement of the reasons of the decay in trade and shipping,
and the scarcity of money within the kingdom, viz., the defective
laws between debtor and creditor, the difficulty of obtaining redress
therein, &c. |
| Oct. 24. |
54. Order in Council, permitting the transportation of the wools
of Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire to the ports of Bristol,
Barnstaple, and Minehead, on precaution that no wools be thus
illegally carried out of the kingdom, and on bonds of the parties
concerned that the said wools shall not be landed elsewhere.
[See Sept. 16 and Oct. 12 supra.] |
| Oct. 24. |
55. Notes relative to the arrest of John Clarke, Droit Gatherer of
Deal, for debt, at the suit of Matt. Mennysse, notwithstanding his
plea that he is a servant of the Lord Warden. |
| Oct. 24. |
Special commission to Sir Hen. Berkeley to supervise the forest
of Lyfield and Beaumont, cos. Rutland and Northampton. [Grant Bk.,
p. 339.] |
Oct. 25.
Yarmouth. |
56. Bailiffs, &c. of Yarmouth to the Council. Edm. Canna, a Franciscan priest, has landed from a Dundee sloop, and wished to proceed
in her to Zealand, but the pass which he produced being dated four
years before, and ordering him not to return to England without
licence, they have detained him, although he declares that he got his
pass in September last. [See Dom. Corresp., Sept. 17, 1617.] Inclose, |
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56. i. Examination of Jas. Patterson, mariner of Dundee, Edm.
Canna, an Irishman, was brought to him by two servants
of the Archbp. of St. Andrews, five weeks before, with orders
to take him abroad, and a promise to pay all his expenses.
Oct. 19, 1621. |
| Oct. 25. |
57. Sir Thos. Smythe to Sir Albert Morton. The Muscovy
traders declare themselves disabled, by the extraordinary charges of
the Ambassadors to and from Russia, from paying the additional
impost of one per cent. |
Oct. 26.
Whitehall. |
58. Order in Council, granting the request of the ministers and
elders of the French Church to censure and excommunicate Simon
du Val, their censures being for his misconduct, not for his adherence to the English Church, as he pretended. |
Oct. 26.
Whitehall. |
59. Order in Council, empowering the French Company to levy
one per cent. on goods imported from Calais, as they do on those
from the rest of France, to enable them to meet their debt of 1,000l.
towards the service against pirates. |
Oct. 26.
Whitehall. |
60. Order in Council, accepting the offer of the Turkey Merchants to advance the whole 6,000l. due by them and the Spanish
Company for the expedition against pirates, and giving them
the required authority to levy one per cent. on the exports and
imports of both companies, until the 6,000l. be repaid, with interest. |
Oct. 26.
Tavistock. |
61. Earl of Bath to the Council. Has regulated the payments
for musters [in Devonshire] by a rate laid upon houses and lands,
rather than on individuals, as being less liable to changes; but the
citizens of Exeter who have purchased lands in the county refuse to
pay, on plea that they are a distinct county, and charged as such. Sir
Edw. Southcote, holding large domains in Braunton in right of
his wife, pleads exemption, as being the King's pensioner. Asks
directions. Will comply with their request for Sir Wm. Button. |
| Oct. 26. |
Warrant for Hen. Wroth to oversee and preserve the game of
deer, pheasants, &c. in the parishes of Hackney, Islington, Newington, Tottenham, Harvingay, Hampstead, East Barnet, and FriarnBarnet, cos. Middlesex and Herts. [Docquet.] |
| Oct. 26. |
Grant, with survivorship, to John and Daniel Standover, of
annuity of 80l., with proviso of surrender if otherwise provided for.
[Docquet.] |
| Oct. 26. |
Grant to Robt. Clark of the Prebend of Stow Longa, in Lincoln
Cathedral. [Docquet.] |
| Oct. 26. |
Warrant to pay to Paulo Marco, 1,144l., in addition to 1,000l.
already ordered, for diet and charges of the Ambassador of Poland.
[Docquet.] |
| Oct. 26. |
Grant to Candish Saundersby, John Willie, and Hen. Found, of
the benefit of certain forfeited bonds and recognizances entered into
by Edw. Holmewood and others, officers of the port of Chichester,
for good behaviour, and forfeited by unlawful transportation of
ordnance, which was discovered by the grantees, when ready to be
transported under a counterfeit warrant. [Docquet.] |
| Oct. 26. |
Grant to Hum. Frodsham of pardon for murder, on certificate
in his behalf by the Lord Mayor of London and others. [Docquet.] |
Oct. 27.
London. |
62. Chamberlain to Carleton. Is surprised at the ill-timed
wrangling between Holland and England. Thinks the Hollanders
do not attack Spain vigorously enough by sea, where they are
strong, and the Spaniards weak. Money is scarce, and corn rises in
price. A high tide in the Thames swept through Westminster Hall,
and did much harm. Sir Robt. Carr, who serves the Prince, has
married widow Portman, the Earl of Derby's daughter. The
Archbp. of Canterbury's fate lies in the King's hands alone. The
Commission are very close in their proceedings. Ben Jonson's
pension is increased from 100 marks to 200l. A ballad in his
masque performed at Burghley was much applauded. |
| Oct. 27. |
63. Locke to the Same. Cannot yet obtain the 100l. for the
Bp. [of Spalato]. Sir Rich. Weston is Chancellor [of the Exchequer].
The old Chancellor [Lord Brooke] seldom comes to Council, but the
President [Visct. Mandeville] is frequently there, and signs letters.
Sir John Suckling not yet sworn Secretary. |
Oct. 27.
Castle of Chester. |
64. Justices of Cheshire to the Council. Report scandalous
speeches uttered against the King by Whitby, who is committed to
Chester Gaol. |
| Oct. 27. |
65. Information by Robt. Bishop. Nich. Peeter, Master of the
Greyhound, of Apson, landed certain laces, musk and cambrics, at
Dover, without paying custom. |
| Oct. 27. |
66. John Astell to Sir Wm. Smithe. Requests him to accept his
daughter Ursula as a waiting-woman. |
| Oct. 27. |
Letter to Sir Ferd. Gorges and others, Commissioners for
establishing orders amongst the fishermen of Newfoundland, to
impart to the masters of the fishing fleet certain orders enclosed.
[Docquet.] |
| Oct. 29. |
Grant to the Duke of Lenox and Marquis Hamilton, of the sole
making and issue of farthing tokens of copper for nineteen years,
after determination of a former grant for seven years to Edw.
Woodward and Thos. Garrett [or Gerard]. [Docquet.] |
| Oct. 29. |
Grant to John Murray of the next advowson of the parsonage of
Orsett, co. Essex, to present Wm. Shaw. [Docquet.] |
Oct. 29.
Dover. |
67. Sir Hen. Mainwaring to Lord Zouch. Lord and Lady Wotton
are come to course in the warren. Lord Digby daily expected.
Official business. |
Oct. 29.
Dover. |
68. Wm. Leonard to the Same. The works at Dover Harbour
are finished, except that the south head of the Land's End cannot
be completed till spring. Thos. More, taken by the Turks, has
returned. Sends his Lordship three Westphalia hams and a pot of
green ginger. |
Oct. 29.
Flymouth. |
69. Mayor of Plymouth to the Council. Two French ships of
war have arrived in the port, and profess to be bound for Rochelle;
others are expected. |
Oct. 29.
Dover. |
70. John Reading to Lord Zouch. The people of Dover, being
already much charged with relieving the French Protestants who
have come over, are unable to contribute largely to the collection,
unless from it they may receive some relief for the French in the
town. Incloses, |
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70. i. Return by the French refugees at Dover, on a request made
by Mr. Reading, minister of St. Mary's, by order of the
Archbp. of Canterbury, of their numbers, viz., 165 communicants, 105 non-communicants, of whom 85 are
poor and receive alms; also of 187 poor French passing
through the town, who have received 258 shillings in alms.
Oct. 26, 1621. |
| Oct. 30. |
71. Sir Thos. Wilson to [Ambrose Randolph]. Has much difficulty
in procuring money to discharge the debt for which Randolph is
security. Will settle his estate of Dalmonds on him and his heirs
general, for a reasonable consideration. Is promised foreign employment, in which case will transfer Hoddesdonbury to him. |
Oct. 31.
Whitehall. |
72. The Council to the [Duke of Lenox], Lord Lieutenant of
Kent. Require that a proportion of the trained bands near to
Chatham be kept in readiness, on notice from the Commissioners of
the Navy, for safeguard and defence of the navy, if required,
as customary in former times. |
Oct. 31.
Whitehall. |
73. [The Same] to Sir Ferd. Gorges. Approve his proceedings in
the matter between the Rochellers and the Baron de Couldrey. The
Rochellers are not to be permitted to sell [at Plymouth], prizes
taken from the French, nor, on the other hand, are Rochellers in
the port to be delivered up, except on a decision against them by
the Admiralty Court, to which complainants demanding the redelivery of shipping or merchandises are to be referred. |
| Oct. 31. |
74. Account, by Michael Cole, of moneys received for the office of
the first fruits, since Dec. 1620; total 6,114l. 11s. 3d. Also of payments made therefrom into the Exchequer, and to other parties. |
Oct. 31.
Faversham. |
75. John Philpot to Lord Zouch. Thanks for his hearing of his
cause. Will perform as far as possible his order for payment of
Tassell's money, and will find security. |
Oct. 31.
New Romney. |
76. Mayor and Jurats of New Romney to the Same. The
complaints of Everenden of unjust treatment by them in his suit
with Forcett are unjust. The dispute is now settled by mediation. |
| Oct. 31. |
Warrant for discharge to the Marquis of Buckingham, Master of
the Horse, of 400l., advanced to him for provision of horses; also for
payment to him of 50l. 9s. 6d. due on his account, and for advance to
him of 400l. for providing horses. [Docquet.] |
| Oct. 31. |
Grant to Fras. Blandeau, perfumer to the late Queen Anne, of
pension of 20l. per ann. [Docquet.] |
| Oct. 31. |
Grant to Will. Bawdrick and Roger Hunt, at suit of Thos. Jay, of
the King's interest in certain tenements in Rosemary Lane, Middlesex, the lease of which was taken by Horatio Franchotti, an alien,
but discovered and prosecuted for, on His Majesty's behalf, by the
said Jay. [Docquet.] |
| Oct. 31. |
Instalment of the first-fruits of the bishopric of London, payable
in four years. [Docquet.] |
| Oct. |
77. Commissioners for subsidy in Lincolnshire to the Council.
Have done their utmost for their Lordships' better satisfaction, but
the general decay of rents and estates makes it impossible to bring
this subsidy up to the last. Divers justices of the peace cannot
bear to be assessed at 20l., and therefore are willing to resign their
office. Have assessed themselves beyond their due, for the sake of
example. |
| Oct. |
78. Commissioners for subsidy in Warwickshire to the Same.
Certify the sums at which they have assessed themselves, varying
from 30l. to 20l. |
| Oct. ? |
79. Note of plans suggested for relief of the King's estate, and
increase of the revenue, viz., staying pensions; raising the price
of foreign coin; diminishing the expenses of Ireland, selling or
letting Crown lands, disforesting woods, and making profits of
encroachments; diminishing the charge of foreign Ambassadors,
and cutting off for a time "all bounty and magnificence;" with
opinions upon each [by Lord Treasurer Cranfield]. |
| Oct. ? |
80. Copy of the above. |
| Oct. ? |
81. Brief in the case of Rich. Whittacres and Anne his wife,
administrators of the estate of Thos. Norton, against Sir Edw. Conway, for recovery of various sums of money owing to Norton for the
purchase of several books specified. |
| Oct. ? |
82. Similar brief, in the suit of Whittacres and his wife, against
Sir Rich. Verney, of London, for the purchase of books. |
