James 1 - volume 108: April 1619

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'James 1 - volume 108: April 1619', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: James I, 1619-23, (London, 1858) pp. 32-42. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/jas1/1619-23/pp32-42 [accessed 24 March 2024]

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April 1619

April 1.
Whitehall.
Sir Robt. Naunton to Carleton. The King's long and dangerous sickness unfitted him for business; he is now out of danger, his sleep and appetite returning, but he still needs repose. Requests Carleton to contradict the false reports of his death that have been spread abroad. [Holl. Corresp., April 1, 1619.]
April 1.
Tyringham.
1. Sir Art. Tyringham to the Same. Will offer no more condolences on his mischance [failure of the Secretaryship]; doubts not the continuance of his favour towards him.
April 1.
Edinburgh.
2. Sir Wm. Balfour to the Same. Has been detained by his affairs in Scotland, but is returning to London, and will do him any service in his power.
April 1 ? 3. Petition of Chris. Cresacre Moore, of Low Layton, co. Essex, to the Council, for licence to go to places more remote from London than the place to which he is confined as a recusant.
April 1. 4. Muster roll of the selected band of the town and port of Dover.
April 1. 5. Muster roll of the general band of Dover.
April 1.
Lydd.
6. Muster roll of captains, officers, soldiers, and of all who are charged to provide armour in the town of Lydd.
April 1.
Pevensey.
7. Muster roll of the general band of the town and league of Pevensey.
April 1. 8. Muster roll of the band of the town and port of Hythe.
April 1. 9. Muster roll of the Selected Companies of the parishes of St. John, St. Peter, and Birchington, Isle of Thanet.
April 2. 10. Muster roll of the General Company of the parishes of St. John, St. Peter, and Birchington, in the Isle of Thanet.
April 2. 11. Muster roll of the General Band of Seaford.
April 2.
Sandwich.
12. Mayor and Jurats of Sandwich to Lord Zouch. Have imprisoned Luke Ford, an Irishman, who endeavoured to pass in a Flemish boat for Ostend, and refused the Oath of Allegiance. Send papers found upon him.
April 2.
Chester.
13. Mayor, &c. of Chester to the Council. Sixty chief persons of the city have deliberated on the case of Thos. Burchley, and decided, that, according to their ancient customs, he cannot exercise any other trade, having been admitted into the Company of Embroiderers.
April 3.
Beakesbourne.
14. Muster roll of the arms and able men within the town of Beakesbourne.
April 4. 15. Sir Edw. Harwood to Carleton. Public thanks given at St. Paul's for the King's recovery; he is still very weak, and will long be confined to Theobalds; expecting to die, he commended to the Prince many of the Lords, as Buckingham, for his love to himself; Digby, because he suffered for the Spanish match, in which all was done by his own direction, and especially the Lord Chamberlain. The preparing of the King's ships is at a stay, though the merchants do not know it.
[April 4.]
Sunday after Easter, London.
16. Sir Gerard Herbert to the Same. The King expected to die; the Lord Chamberlain writes that he never heard such wise or divine speeches as he made. Lady Barbara Sydney, a modest sweet young lady, married to Thos. Smythe, who has 4,500l. a year.
April 5.
London.
17. John Keymer to the Same. Sec. Naunton says, he thinks Carleton the ablest minister the King has abroad. Has complained to him that Carleton's allowance is almost comsumed in interest before he receives it, and urged his having the making of an Earl or Baron, which would yield him 10,000l., and cost the King nothing, which Naunton approved.
April 5. 18. Muster roll of the Select and Trained Band of Sandwich.
April 5 ? 19. Muster roll of the General and Untrained Band of Sandwich.
April 5.
Chester.
20. The Earl of Derby to the Council. The musters in Lancashire, Cheshire, and City of Chester have been held, but there are many defects, and much of the armour is imperfect or rusty. Incloses,
20. i. Deputy Lieutenants of Cheshire to the Earl of Derby. Notwithstanding their care in giving notice of the musters of that county, there were many absentees and defaulters. Chelford, April 1.
20. ii. Note of all who were defaulters at the musters of the county and city of Chester, with the horse and arms wherewith they stand charged.
20. iii. Deputy Lieutenants of Lancashire to the Same. Have held the musters of that county, supplied defects in the trained bands, and improved the armour. The horse are sufficiently prepared. Their former certificates represent not things as they ought to be, as the Council suspects, but as they really are. The people are willing and obedient. The beacons prepared. Wigan, April 1.
April 5.
Meppershall.
21. The Earl of Kent to the Council. Has mustered the forces of Bedfordshire, completed the trained bands, improved the armour, seen to the powder and beacons, and mustered the clergy, according to a list given by the Bishop. Sir Wm. Plomer, Jas. Beverley, and Eliz. Waferer, widow, a recusant, all charged to find lances, are notorious defaulters, and deserve punishment.
April 5.
Liverpool.
22. Mayor, &c. of Liverpool to the Council. Excuse themselves for not attending the summons of the Mayor of Chester, on an order from Council, the order being addressed only to the port and members of Chester, and Liverpool having never been a member thereof; are ready to perform their part in this or any other service, and to try by law their right to independence of Chester.
April 5.
Dover.
23. Peter Eaton to Capt. Jas. Barker. Has been chosen churchwarden; his place exempts him now from serving, as it did on a former occasion. Asks directions from Lord [Zouch].
April 5. Grant to John Bigg of the benefit of a recognizance forfeited by John Cotton, and his sureties, for his misbehaviour. [Grant Bk., p. 285.]
April 5. Licence to Wm. Bennett and others, to make and sell gold and silver thread, for three years. [Ibid., p. 285.]
April 6. Grant to [Sir] Albert Morton of the office of Clerk of the Privy Council, for life. [Ibid., p. 277.]
April 6.
Arundel.
24. Justices of Sussex to the Council. Formerly gave Art. Wood, a maimed soldier, 7l. in lieu of further pension; should they allow him a pension now, others would also claim it, and the country be overburdened.
April 6.
Tavistock.
25. Earl of Bath to the Same. Has mustered the forces of his lieutenancy in one day, to prevent abuses by secret borrowing of arms; finds a few defaulters in the trained bands, which are to be re-mustered to supply them. Great lack of arms in the untrained bands.
April 7.
Dover.
26. Wm. Ward to Lord Zouch. Sends the muster rolls for the Cinque Ports. Will bring up the 100l. contribution, which is paid in.
April 7.
Derby.
27. Commissioners of Musters for Derbyshire to the Council. Have held the musters and completed the trained bands, but the horse are very defective, through deaths and removals. Have viewed the arms of the clergy, who promise to supply defects; have provided powder, &c.
April 7.
Letley.
28. The Earl of Hertford to the Same. At the musters in Somersetshire, Wiltshire, and Bristol, the foot companies are made complete, the horse are defective through non-residence. The beacons are furnished, and order taken to replace the old powder, &c.
April 8.
Philip Lane, London.
29. [Lord Zouch] to the [Mayor, &c. of Dover?]. Warrant to discharge Peter Eaton, a soldier of Arch-cliff Bulwark, Dover, from serving the office of churchwarden.
April 9.
Bishop's Palace, Norwich.
30. John Overall, Bp. of Norwich, to the Council. Vindicates himself from the charges of Mingay and Haward, who have abused their offices as registrars, &c., and unjustly claim the Registrarship in Visitations, as well as that of the Consistory and Audience Courts granted by their patent.
April 9. 31. Note of the amount of customs, both export and import, paid at Bristol, Exeter, Barnstaple, Weymouth, and Lyme, from 1613 to 1615.
April 10.
Custom House, London.
32. Sir John Wolstenholme and Sir Nich. Salter to Sir Clement Edmondes. The reason of the large assessment on Bristol is that those ports were to levy most [for suppressing pirates] who traded most into the Levant seas, of which ports Bristol is the principal.
April 10.
London.
33. Chamberlain to Carleton. The King being seriously ill, settled his affairs, made an excellent speech to the Prince before the Lords, commending several to him, especially Buckingham and Hamilton, and praising Lord Digby as an able man, but envied; he charged the Prince to respect religion and the bishops. The Council dine to-morrow with the Bishop of London, who is to give thanks at Paul's Cross for His Majesty's recovery. Death of Earl Home, who married Lord Dudley's daughter. The Earl of Suffolk only escapes answering interrogatories by Dr. Poe's affidavit of his unfitness. Mr. Wake returns from Royston knighted.
April 10.
Lincoln.
34. Mayor of Lincoln to the Council. The wool-dealers of Lincoln are willing to admit Wm. Cooke, appointed by the Woolstaplers' Company, as Weigher of Wools in Lincoln, though by their ancient customs, the weigher should be elected by the council of the city. Request regard to their privileges, and also that the woolstaplers may reduce the rates of admission into the company, which are so high that none in Lincoln can become freemen of it.
April 13.
Rye.
35. Mayor of Rye to Lord Zouch. Nich. de Bré, of Somme, a Frenchman, was taken, with his men, fishing in the Sowe, without a licence, and with unlawful nets.
April 13.
Lyme-Regis.
36. Mayor of Lyme-Regis to the Council. Thanks of the merchants that the inland merchants trading from that port are to pay their share towards the contribution against pirates. Requests authority to stay all goods for export or import, until the owners have compounded for their shares. Will forward the moneys as soon as possible, but hopes not to be compelled to advance them, the town being too poor to borrow.
April 13.
Canterbury.
37. Mayor of Canterbury to the Archbp. of Canterbury. Edw. Foster, of Cosmus Bleane, near Canterbury, uttered scandalous words in an alehouse; Lord Wotton desires his Grace to be informed thereof. Incloses,
37. i. Deposition of Wm. Buckhurst. Heard Goodman Foster, servant of Lady Roper, when reproached that his lady was a Papist, wish all the Protestants in England hanged, and say that half the Council were Papists.
37. ii. Memorandum by John Ashenden, to the same effect.
April 13. 38. Certificate by the Commissioners for Buildings, of new buildings erected at the Minories near the Tower, contrary to proclamation.
April 14.
Hampton Court.
39. Earl of Nottingham to [the Heralds?]. Has lost their letter of opinions on his wife's precedency, with the precedents therefor; begs they will send him another, Buckingham having asked to see it; is sure the wife must take her husband's place, unless where he has precedence by office.
[April.] 40. [The Heralds ?] to the Earl of Nottingham. Are unable to comply with his request, the Commissioners for the Earl Marshalship having forbidden them to give their opinions in any matter of honour, without orders from them.
April 14. 41. [Lord Zouch to the Mayor of Sandwich.] To send the Minister of the town to persuade Luke Ford to take the Oath of Allegiance, and, if he comply, to liberate him, his papers containing nothing mischievous. [See April 2.]
April 15. 42. [The Same] to the Mayor [of Rye]. Instructions for proceedings against the Frenchman taken fishing without licence; he and his men are to be closely questioned on their proceedings; and he and two of the chief kept in convenient lodging and safe custody at Rye, till the meeting of an Admiralty Court; the others to be dismissed.
April 15.
Bridewell, London.
43. Certificates by the Governors and Treasurer of Bridewell, that Mat. Mason, sent to them by the Council, has been whipped for uttering false and seditious news concerning the King and the realm, and is kept prisoner, April 13 and 15.
April 15.
Dartmouth.
44. Warrant of the Mayor of Clifton Dartmouth Hardnes, co. Devon, committing John Davis to the custody of John and And. Beere, to be conveyed to Whitehall, and delivered to the Council, according to their order, and charging all officers, &c. to aid and assist them therein.
April 15.
Dunnington.
45. Earl of Huntingdon to the Council. At the musters in Leicestershire and Rutlandshire, the foot were complete; gave twenty days' grace to eleven defaulters in the horse. Incloses,
45. i. List of such persons as neglected to find horses for the musters, viz., thirteen in Leicestershire, and three in Rutlandshire. March 31.
45. ii. Copy of the portion of the above relating to Leicestershire, with slight differences. March 31.
45. i. Note of particulars, in which the Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire and Rutlandshire desires to be informed, in reference to the clergy musters, training of the forces, dealing with concealed recusants who keep arms, &c.
April 16.
Bishop's Palace, Norwich.
46. Bp. of Norwich to the Same. Stands charged with having improperly felled woods in Horning Park; has done it only for fuel for his own house, the trees being small, and not timber trees.
April 16.
Bishop's Palace, Norwich.
47. Bp. of Norwich to Sir Robt. Naunton and Sir Fulk Greville, on the same subject. Hopes his adversaries will not be allowed to tread him down in this time of sickness.
April 16.
Newcastle.
48. Mayor, &c. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne to the Council. Send the names of those who refuse to pay the assessment towards the suppression of pirates, and request a warrant to compel them. Incloses,
48. i. "Names of those that refuse to pay the sessment." Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
April 16.
Plymouth.
49. Mayor of Plymouth to the Same. The Merchants and Shipowners profess inability to pay one third of the 1,000l. required for suppressing pirates, on account of their losses, and expense in defending the town against invasion, in redeeming many poor captains of the port, &c.
April 16. 50. Sir Edw. Harwood to Carleton. The King able to sit up a short time, but he does little business, and packets a month old lie unopened. The Queen's funeral deferred, because, as the King and Prince's servants are to go into mourning, credit for so much black is not to be had.
April 17.
London.
51. Chamberlain to the Same. At the Bp. of London's sermon at Paul's Cross, on the King's recovery, the Mayor and Aldermen, all the City Companies, the Council, and most of the nobility were present. Death of Dr. Fotherby, Dean of Canterbury. An Ambassador has arrived from the Archduke. The Lord Chancellor is very tender of his health. The King mends apace, and is removing to Theobalds. Sir Isaac Wake prepares to go to the Princes of the Union; he has got his entertainment doubled, 500l. for his journey, &c.
April 18.
Eton.
52. Sir Hen. Savile to the Same. Some persons have misrepresented Carleton and his wife to the King; others say he does not give full information of Holland business. Advises them to send letters or presents to Thos. Murray and Sir Jas. Fullerton, or their wives.
April 18.
Whitehall.
53. The Council to Lord Zouch. The King determines, for reasons best known to himself, to postpone the expedition against pirates; the money raised by the Cinque Ports is to be reserved, and the collection to proceed, that it may be ready when required.
April 18.
London.
54. John Hayward to the Same. Is obliged to sell his house in Philip Lane, where Lord Zouch lives. Offers it to him for 2,500l. If he will not buy it, requests him to relinquish it.
April 19. 55. Estimate, by Inigo Jones and others, of the whole charges for rebuilding the Banquetting House, Whitehall, 110 feet long, 55 feet broad, &c.; total, 9,850l.
April 19.
Baynard's Castle.
56. Mary Lady Wroth to Carleton. Thanks for favours. Would gladly have visited him, but crosses ever occur to prevent her desires.
April 20. 57. Instructions to the Auditors, Receivers, and Surveyors of the Revenues, for the more perfect accounting for certain and casual revenues in future; viz., preparation of rental books; yearly delivery of court rolls; keeping of the certain and casual revenues in distinct accounts; preventing arrears, &c.
April 20. 58. Articles of agreement between the Commissioners for the Navy and Wm. Burrell, authorized by the King to superintend the building of ships, for building two ships of war of 650 and 450 tons; total cost, 8,575l.
April 20. 59. Copy of the above. Attested by Burrell.
April 20. 60. List of deputies employed by the Farmers of Customs, to inspect the taking up of merchants' goods at the waterside in London.
April 20.
Wrest.
61. The Earl of Kent to the Council. Has received satisfactory answers from Jas. Beverley as to his default at musters, and therefore requests that he may not be proceeded against. [Signed with a fac-simile stamp.]
April 20 ? 62. Petition of Thos. Hodson to the Same. Sir Hen. Anderton calls in question the lawfulness of his office as Muster-master of Durham, to which he was appointed by recommendation of the King and Council. Judge Hutton says it rests on the King's prerogative, which the best man on the Bench ought not to meddle with; but the Bp. of Durham hesitates to give a warrant for his fees. Requests payment of arrears due for time past, and directions for the continuance of his office.
April 20 ? 63. Copy of the above. Incloses,
63. i. Sir Geo. Freville and others to the Bp. of Durham. Think the office of Muster-master necessary; and certify the sufficiency of Capt. Hodson, who has been Mustermaster eight years. Durham Castle, April 20.
[April 21.] 64. Petition of the University and Town of Cambridge, and the Commissioners of Sewers of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, to the Council. The other Commissioners having obtained a repeal of the order for stay of the recent acts prejudicial to Cambridgeshire, pray a speedy hearing to the exceptions of the petitioners against the above measures, and that in the meantime, the new works and cuts upon the Rivers Grant and Ouse may be stayed.
April 21.
London.
65. Sir Thos. Smythe, Sir Thos. Lowe, and Sir Wm. Cockayne, to the Same. The merchants of the several companies entreat that, as the ships intended against the pirates are dismissed, the collection may cease, and the money gathered be returned. They pledge themselves to have the 18,000l. assigned to them ready within a short time, when the expedition proceeds.
April 21. 66. Petition of the Bailiffs, Jurats, &c. of the Cinque Ports to the Same. Represent the injury they receive by certain Merchant Companies of London, who will not allow other merchants to export cloth from their ports as before, nor even themselves to export their own baize, says, &c. Request redress thereon, according to their charter, the Cinque Ports being so burdened with charges for defence, maintenance of sea-walls, &c., that all their merchants will remove, if their trade is drawn away to London. With reference thereon to the Merchant Adventurers and Farmers of the Customs.
April 23.
Newcastle.
67. Mayor, &c. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne to the Council. Appoint Claudius Delavale to receive back the moneys paid by the town towards the contribution against pirates. Will proceed in their collections, and have all in readiness when required.
April 23. 68. Petition of Rich. Dawkes, Jurat of Dover, to Lord Zouch, that the suit between him and Stephen Marsh, of Martin, co. Kent, for breach of covenants of apprenticeship, decided against him by common law, but renewed before the Chancery Court of Dover, may be referred to some indifferent person. With report thereon. [See June 2, infra.]
April 24. Discharge from imprisonment for Wm. Brooke and his wife, notwithstanding their offences in refusing the Oath of Allegiance. [Grant Bk., p. 283.]
April 24.
London.
69. Chamberlain to Carleton. The King removed from Royston to Ware, being carried part of the way by the guard, in a Neapolitan portative chair, given him by Lady Hatton, and the rest in a litter; he came the next day in the same way to Theobalds; weak as he was, he would have his deer mustered before him. The delay in the Queen's funeral causes remarks; the charge is to be more than three times that of Queen Elizabeth's, though money is so scarce that her plate will have to be coined. Contests for precedency among the Lady mourners; the Countess of Nottingham pleads precedency over all others, by the terms of her husband's grant, on surrender of the Admiralty, to be the first Earl in England. Sir Thos. Lake has more liberty in the Tower, through the mediation of his brother, the Bp. of Bath and Wells. Farewell feasts to the Commissioners of the States. The treaty broken off about the Moluccas. Archbp. Abbot afflicted with the gout. The Lord Chancellor's slackness causes a rumour that he is to have a Lord Keeper for his coadjutor. Sir Lionel Cranfield is to be sworn of the Council, and Dr. [John] Boyse made Dean of Canterbury. Wm. Lake, one of Sir Thos. Lake's Secretaries, is committed to the Gatehouse, for conveying letters to Lady Roos.
April 24.
London.
70. Nath. Brent to [the Same]. Is employed by the Archbp. of Canterbury to translate the story of the Council of Trent. The King's knee still affected by the gout. Lord Doncaster going to Bohemia, Sir Edw. Herbert to France, and Wake by Heidelberg to Turin; he is promised the reversion of Wotton's place at Venice.
April 24.
Westminster.
71. Thos. Locke to Carleton. Private affairs. The East India Company's treaty broken off, because the Dutch will allow them no share in managing the fortifications. Sec. Calvert keeps close to the King, and will have most of the employment.
April 25.
Waltham.
72. Jos. Hall, Dean of Worcester, to the Same. Retracts what he said of Macollo. Despotine went away with reward and reputation, though the Great Physician did all. The King's legs still weak. Wishes his pew-fellows of the Synod a speedy return.
April 25.
Baynard's Castle.
73. Mary Lady Wroth to the Same. Thanks for favours, and especially for his delicate present.
April 25.
Theobalds.
74. Merchants of the Levant and other Companies to [the Council]. Pledge themselves to have 8,500l., their proportion of the contribution for suppressing of pirates, ready at a month's notice, if they may be allowed the disbursing of their own moneys, and setting out their own ships, as promised by the King, the residue of the 18,000l. being already settled in the other incorporated companies.
April 25.
Whitehall.
75. Sir Benj. Rudyard to Carleton. The funeral of the Queen fixed for the 8th. The old Earl of Nottingham likely to be made Constable of England, that he may preserve his former honour, and have precedence next to the Admiral, &c.
April 25.
Langer.
76. Emanuel Lord Scrope to [the Council]. At the musters in Yorkshire so many defects are found, that certificates cannot be returned till time is allowed for supplying the armour, which is scarce. Effective state of the beacons; desires some release for the county from the expense of keeping them always watched.
April 25. 77. Deposition of Hen. Staman, that the musket fired off by Hen. Dewing, jun., at the muster at Belaugh, March 29, 1619, was loaded and fired at his request, in order to try the piece, and was done at a distance from the company.
April 25 ? 78. Attested deposition of Rich. Buck, that at the musters of March 29, on Belaugh Heath, he resisted the attempt of his captain, Thos. Brown, to take from him his father's musket, which was claimed as belonging to another, but that he offered violence to no one.
April 26.
Usk.
79. Deputy Lieutenants of Monmouthshire to the Earl of Worcester, Lieutenant. Have held the musters and supplied at length all defects of men and arms. Hen. Morgan claims exemption from land service, for certain gentlemen, owners of boats between Caerleon and Bristol.
April 26. 80. The King to the Mayor, &c. of Norwich. Commands them to regulate the election of their mayor and principal officers according to the good custom of London, although, by the charter, the election be popular, in order to avoid those differences and promotions of young men above their seniors, which have lately caused disturbance.
April 27.
Yarmouth.
81. Bailiffs of Yarmouth to the Council. The town of Woodbridge refuses to obey the summons for contribution to pirates. Think they ought to pay 40l., being richer than their port and all its members put together, and any abatement allowed from that sum would do harm. Beg authority to include the merchants of Norwich trading from Yarmouth in the contribution. Will collect it at once, though the expedition is deferred. Inclose,
81. i. Deposition of Thos. Angell, Constable of Woodbridge, that he acquainted the shipowners of the place with the Council's order, and had it published in church; but the inhabitants totally neglected it. Great Yarmouth, April 8.
April 27.
St. James's.
82. Lord Danvers to Carleton. Visct. Doncaster delayed by letters from the Palgrave and the King's illness. His Majesty is recovered, and Buckingham as happy as ever.
April 28. 83. Signification to [Council] of the consent of the merchants trading to the Levant, Spain, &c. to the offer before made, to be ready at a month's notice with a contribution of 8,500l. [See April 25.] With note of delivery of the paper to the Board at the Star Chamber.
April 29.
Lambeth.
84. Sentence of deprivation, by the Commissioners for Ecclesiastical Causes, of John Eaton, Vicar of Wickham-Market, co. Suffolk, as an incorrigible divulger of errors and false opinions. Latin.
April 30.
Great Almonry, Westminster.
85. Thos. Locke to Carleton. Terms asked from Robt. Heath, Recorder of London, who thinks of taking Carleton's house at Imworth. The Queen's funeral is still deferred; there is no money to put the King and Prince's servants in mourning, as intended. Thinks Naunton is trifling, and that Calvert would be more likely to accept Carleton's offer [for the Secretaryship]. A project on foot for a colony on the River Amazon, in which many nobles engage. A madman spoke strangely to the King at Theobalds. Arrival of the Palgrave's Ambassador.
April 30 ? 86. Earl of Southampton to the Same. Has been chosen a Privy Councillor; will rather observe his oath by keeping counsel than giving it. Much is not to be expected from "one vulgar councillor," but will strive to do no hurt.
April 30. 87. Note, by Lord Wm. Howard, of notorious thieves and horsestealers in Northumberland and Cumberland. Desires letters from the Council for their apprehension.
April ? 88. Return of defaulters at the musters, co. Lincoln.
April ? 89. Robt. Maxwell [to the Council]. Cotton, Serjeant-at-arms, declared that the Keeper of the King's Cormorants had no right to fish with them in other people's streams, every lord of the soil in England being king over his own land.
April ? 90. Duplicate of the above, with statement of Maxwell's further proceedings to bring Cotton to account, for speeches so derogatory to the King's prerogative.
April ? 91. Memorandum [by Sir Thos. Wilson] of the allowances made to officers of the King's works in April 1609, and of certain regulations observed by them.
April ? 92. Note of defaulters at the musters in Norfolk.
April ? 93. Note of special defaulters at the musters in the city of Norwich.
April ? 94. Petition of Hen. Wood, Rider of the King's Hobby Stable, to Buckingham, Master of the Horse, that he may continue in his place, and not be pensioned off with the Queen's servants.
April ? 95. Certificate of musters of foot and horse of the county of Huntingdon.