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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. |