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| Jan. 1. |
1. Locke to Carleton. The King is so annoyed with the protestation that it is thought he will dissolve Parliament. Sir Edw.
Coke is committed close prisoner to the Tower, and Sir Robt.
Phelips sent for. Sir Ant. Ashley marries Mrs. Shelley [or Shelton],
a relation of Buckingham. The Council are making an expurgatory
index of justices of the peace, weeding out twenty or thirty in some
counties. |
| Jan. 1. |
2. John Nicholas to Edw. Nicholas. Thinks Mrs. Jane inclines
to the match; advises him to come down. Family affairs. With
French notes, by Edw. Nicholas, relative to the property left to
[Jane Jaye] by her grandfather. |
Jan. 3.
St. James's. |
3. Sir Wm. Croft to Carleton. Thanks for favours. |
| Jan. 3. |
4. Sir Sam Peyton to Lord Zouch. The prejudice of the people
of Dover is rather against his office of bailiff than against himself;
they know that he has means, and will not yield to them as Mr.
Alley did. Particulars of their refusing him admission because he
had not a letter of attendance, and of his retorting on them with
some angry remarks, in which they profess he said something derogatory to his Lordship. |
| Jan. ? |
5. Points of the information brought by Sir Sam. Peyton against
the town of Dover, relating to their rights as a corporation. |
| Jan. 4. |
6. List of persons to whom grants of the moiety of old debts of
the Crown have been made since 1607, with dates of their several
patents, and account of the sums actually paid upon them. |
| Jan. 4 ? |
7. Petition of the assignees of old debts due to the Crown, to the
King, for permission to have leases of such lands as are extended for
the said debts, in cases where the owners refuse to pay or compound
for them, as they have hitherto been rather losers than gainers,
owing to the trouble of getting in their moneys. |
Jan. 4.
London. |
8. Chamberlain to Carleton. Great christening of the Lord Treasurer's son at Chelsea; the King, who was godfather, gave the
child l,000l. in land. Sir Edw. Coke has been examined, on
accusation of failing of his duty as a counsellor and a subject, and
is in great danger of a fall; his papers are searched by Sir Robt.
Cotton and Sir Thos. Wilson. The seizure of Mr. Hakewill,
Mr. Pymme, and Sir Robt. Phelips make it thought that he is
attacked on Parliament business. The King is extremely displeased
with the protestation, and calls all his servants to account for not
opposing it, but most of them plead absence. Parliament would be
dissolved, but that the judges say unless it be made a session, the
two subsidies could not lawfully be collected, and if it be a session,
many good laws would fall to the ground, for want of being
continued. Don Gondomar is said to influence affairs; he is more
powerful than any ambassador before. Tobie Matthew is said at his
last visit to have made money for himself or the late Chancellor, by
getting motions, injunctions, &c. Buckingham, with his wife and
mother, dined with the Bp. of London, and they were confirmed
in his chapel. The Spanish match said to be concluded, which is
enough to dissolve Parliament. |
| Jan. 4 ? |
9. Wm. Hunton to Edw. Nicholas. Advises him to come down
to prosecute in person his suit to his sister Jane. |
| Jan 4. |
10. Susan Nicholas to her brother Edw. Nicholas. Is sorry to be
unable to assist him in his suit. |
| Jan. 6. |
11. Notes from Proclamations for dissolution of Parliaments,
Sept. 14, 1586, Dec. 31, 1610, and Jan. 6, 1622; with queries as to
the legality of dissolution, except by commission. |
Jan. 6.
Westminster. |
Proclamation detailing the principal transactions between the
King and Parliament, and the reasons why, its happy beginnings
being thwarted by the turbulence of certain unruly spirits, his
Majesty now concludes to dissolve it, and declaring it dissolved
accordingly. Printed. [Proc. Coll., No. 99.] |
Jan. 7.
Westminster. |
Proclamation, that, for preventing the mischiefs that might
arise from the burning of records in the fire at the Six Clerks' Office,
Chancery Lane, all parties producing originals or authentic copies of
such records shall have them re-inrolled without charge, and that
fresh examinations of witnesses, &c. shall be made in cases where
the pleadings relating to unfinished suits at law are destroyed.
Printed. [Proc. Coll., No. 100.] |
| Jan. 7. |
12. Wardens of the Goldsmiths' Company to Sir Robt. Heath.
Send a list appended of 183 alien goldsmiths resident in London,
with a statement of the grievances occasioned by their making
counterfeit jewels, &c., and engrossing the trade, so that the goldsmiths are impoverished, and meaner trades have crept into
Goldsmiths' Row in Cheapside, and Lombard Street; also suggestions for reformation thereof, by diminishing the number of alien
goldsmiths, compelling them to work only for English goldsmiths,
to submit to the ordinances of the Company, &c. |
| Jan. ? |
13. Collection of the ordinances, &c. of the Goldsmiths' Company
concerning strangers, from 42 Edw. III. to 5 Hen. VIII., extracted
from the Company's books. Indorsed, "Frederick Hollingbeck, in
Holborn." |
| Jan. ? |
14. Master and Wardens of the Coopers of London to Sir Robt.
Heath. Give a list of aliens employed as coopers by foreign brewers
in London, to the detriment of the poor English coopers. |
| Jan. ? |
15. Statement of the grievances of the Clockmakers of London, from
the number and deceitful tricks of foreigners practising their trade;
beg that they may not be permitted to work except under English
masters, and that no foreign clocks may be imported; with a list of
the clockmakers, both English and aliens. |
| Jan. ? |
16. List of the names and residences of the strangers, clockmakers,
in London. |
| Jan.? |
17. List of aliens, brokers, within the City of London; with
the places of their habitation. |
| Jan. ? |
18. Copy of the above; with their places of birth, &c. With note,
that they are to attend on Monday, at two o'clock. |
| Jan. ? |
19. List of aliens, warehouse keepers, in London. Annexed is, |
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19. i. Fragment of a Royal mandate to consider how Scotch
wools may be sold into England and draped there. |
| Jan.? |
20. Petition of the Leatherdressers of Southwark to Sir Robt.
Heath, for redress against the injury done to their trade by Dutchmen, who employ their countrymen as journeymen to work at the
trade, without serving their apprenticeship. |
| Jan. ? |
21. Supplication of the Leatherdressers in and about the borough
of Southwark to Sir Edm. Bowyer, Lieutenant of Surrey, for redress
of the wrongs they sustain in their trade from Peter De Vous, a
Dutchman. With articles of accusation against him, and marginal
notes of his replies. |
Jan. 8.
Ordnance Office. |
22. Estimate [by the Officers of Ordnance] of the expense of
Ordnance stores required for fourteen ships in harbour; total,
115l. 15s. 1d. |
| Jan. 9. |
23. The Commissioners of the Navy to the Lord Treasurer. Have
estimated the expense of the Navy for the year 1622, the fourth
year of their undertaking, at 29,981l. 8s. 5d., and request an
assignment therefor. |
| Jan. 10. |
24. Sir Hen. Guildford to the Council. Has examined Stoke
Park, according to order, and found little but underwood felled, and
no damage done to the deer; has inventoried the goods in Stoke
House, and sealed up the principal rooms, and also inventoried the
goods at Bailie's farm, but not sealed the rooms, as Mr. Hen. Coke
and his family live there; has forbidden any felling of timber or
removal of cattle. |
Jan. 11.
Edinburgh. |
25. Earl of Dunfermline to Robt. Abercromby. Mr. Kirk is not
to be urged to an answer. Wishes to know if his letter have
reached Count Gondomar, who was ill. |
| Jan. 11. |
Warrant to pay to Sir Wm. Russell, Treasurer of the Navy,
4,101l. 10s., whereof 3,750l. is for repair of defects in six of the
King's ships returned from Algiers, and 351l. 10s. for making a
barricade across the Medway at Upnor Castle, for protection of the
navy at Chatham. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 11. |
Warrant to advance to Rich. Smith, Captain of Calshot Castle,
300l., for repair of the causeway from the New Forest to the said
castle, and to pay further sums if necessary therefor. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 11. |
Grant, in reversion, to Geo. Bingley of one of the two auditorships of the Imprests [in the Exchequer], after Sir Fras. Gofton and
Sir Rich. Sutton in possession, and Sir Ralph Freeman in reversion;
likewise of one of the two auditorships of the Mint after the said
Sir Fras. Gofton and Hen. Stanley in possession, and Sir Ralph
[Freeman in reversion. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 11. |
Grant to Fras. Mansell, of Mudlescomb, co. Carmarthen, of the
rank of a Baronet. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 11. |
Grant to the Same of discharge of 1,095l., due on his being
created a Baronet. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 11. |
Grant to Edw. Powell, of Penkelly, co. Hereford, of the rank of a
Baronet. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 11. |
Grant to the Same of discharge of 1,095l., due on his being
created a baronet. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 11. |
Grant to Visct. Fielding, on surrender of the Lord Treasurer, of
the office of Master of the Great Wardrobe. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 11. |
Indenture between the King and Lord Cranfield, discharging
the latter of all sums received for ordinary expenses of the Great
Wardrobe within three years ending at Michaelmas last, and also
for the Queen's funeral, on his discharge to the King of all debts in
the wardrobe during that time, or on account of the said funeral.
[Docquet.] |
| Jan. 11. |
Grant to Lord Fielding, Master of the Great Wardrobe for the
present year, of certain annuities of 13,000l. out of French and
Rhenish wines, and of l,000l. out of sweet wines, which, with the
assignments by Act of Parliament for expenses of the said wardrobe,
&c., amount to 20,000l. per ann., with proviso of payment of 6,000l.
to the Lord Treasurer for this year, and of reduction of 4,000l. per
ann. for future years from the wardrobe allowance. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 11. |
Grant to Visct. Fielding of all such sums of money as remain
unexpended at the end of every year, from the annuities and assignments allowed for expenses of the Great Wardrobe. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 11. |
Warrant to pay to Robt. Hay, Gentleman of the Robes, 200l., to
be employed according to the King's directions. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 12. |
26. Locke to [Carleton]. Sir Robt. Phelips gone to the Tower, and
Sir Edw. Mallory of Yorkshire going thither. Sir Edw. Coke's large
collections of papers are brought to the Council Chamber, and will be
well searched. A servant of Bing, the Counsellor, has been questioned on the rack, and is likely to lose his life for prophesying a
rebellion. The King is gone to Theobalds, and was endangered by
falling from his horse into a ditch in the park. The Council are
going to congratulate his escape. Has spoken to Sir Noel Caron
about the ship of Doccum. |
Jan. 14.
Dover. |
27. Rich. Marsh to Lord Zouch. Has sent to Sandwich about
the Spanish money; 10l. is paid to the Mayor of Hastings for the
bond forfeited by the surety of Bourne, Sir Thos. Pelham's man. |
| Jan. 16. |
28. Buckingham to Lord Keeper Williams and others. Requests
them to appoint a meeting to forward the business of the strangers,
which only wants one meeting, that it may be ended before the
term. With note [by Williams] that he will be ready on Friday or
Saturday. |
Jan. 16.
Tavistock. |
29. Earl of Bath to the Council. Has prepared the 300 foot
ordered to be ready in Devonshire and Exeter for the King's
service, but the city of Exeter prays relief from the proportion
allotted to it. Incloses, |
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29. i. Mayor, &c. of Exeter to the Earl of Bath. Beg that the
city may be freed from raising the twenty men appointed; it has never hitherto been subject to raising
land forces, but, lying near the sea, has defended itself in
divers rebellions, and has recently paid large sums to the
pirate expedition and the Palatinate. Exeter, Jan. 14. |
| Jan. 17. |
Commission to Sir Allan Apsley to discharge Sir Robt. and Lady
Frances Carr from imprisonment in the Tower. [Grant Bk., p. 340.] |
| Jan. 1 |
Special commission to Lord Cranfield and others to disforest the
forest of Pewsham and Blackmore, co. Wilts. [Ibid., p. 339.] |
Jan. 18.
Exeter. |
30. Mayor of Exeter and others to the Council. Desire to be
relieved from finding the proportion of men to be supplied for His
Majesty's service. |
| Jan. 18. |
31. List of persons, including several ladies, summoned to attend
[Council on the benevolence]. |
| Jan. 18 ? |
32. List of persons summoned by the messenger to appear [before
Council], with marginal memoranda relating to them. |
Jan. 18.
Ordnance Office. |
33. Estimate [by the Officers of Ordnance] of stores to be provided
for the ships Victory and Dreadnought, now at sea. Total cost,
44l. 4s. 9d. |
| Jan. 19. |
34. Estimate [by the Navy Commissioners] of the expense of
provisions and stores for the Victory, Nonsuch, Assurance, and
Dreadnought, continued in the Narrow Seas up to May 17. Total,
7,282l. 3s. 4d. |
Jan. 19.
London. |
35. Chamberlain to Carleton. The accident to the King might
have been fatal, but that help was near. Buckingham was absent in
Hertfordshire, but posted to him when he heard of it. The Lords
examine Sir Robt. Phelips twice a week. They are busy trying to
raise a benevolence; they send for rich men severally, and some
promise 200l., some 100l. The wilfulness of the Lower House
has brought this on, but the contest with supreme authority
is vain. The Archbp. of Canterbury has raised good sums from his
clergy, though the application is ill-timed, after payment of two
whole subsidies, collections for Bohemia and the French church, and
the two last hard summers. Buckingham has bought Lord Walling
ford's house at Whitehall, by paying some money, making Sir Thos.
Howard Visct. Andover, and, some say, releasing the Earl and
Countess of Somerset. Reports of creations of peers, and of the
death of the Archbp. of York. Sir Hen. Savile is dangerously ill. |
| Jan. 19. |
36. Locke to the Same. Lord Belfast, late Sir Art. Chichester,
has arrived from Ireland; he is to have some chief employment in
the affair of the Palatinate. The Lords are very busy raising a
benevolence from citizens, courtiers, and gentlemen of the country,
who are sent for and made to set down at once what they will
pay, and few are let off under 100l. Barnes, a silkman, who was
unwilling to pay, consented on a threat of being made a Commissioner
for Ireland, and sent there a year or two on the King's service.
Some of the richest Aldermen are to be made Barons. The Earl
and Countess of Somerset are out of the Tower, and Sir Thos.
Howard is to be Visct. Bindon. |
| Jan. 19. |
Grant to Fras. Visct. St. Albans of all arrears due to him by
letters patent formerly made to him, and also of an annuity of
1,200l. for twelve years. [Grant Bk., p. 308.] |
Jan. 20.
Winterbourne. |
37. Matt. Nicholas to [Edw. Nicholas]. Is confident [Jane Jaye]
will accept him, if he can assure her a fitting jointure and maintenance. |
Jan. 20.
Dover. |
38. John Reading to Lord Zouch. Sends a letter which gave
rise to reports that certain French Jesuits were bound for England,
intending mischief. Has requested the French in the town who
know them, to give warning if they arrive. Sends a pamphlet
brought from Bourdeaux, slanderous to the King, &c. |
Jan. 21.
Sandwich. |
39. Mayor of Sandwich to the Same. Has delivered the
Spanish coin, which was stayed, to Mr. Dimster, the owner, on bond
to bring it to London. It was shipped at Bilboa, and intended for
Middleburgh, but the vessel being driven by weather into Sandwich,
the searcher of the Customs seized it. It is decreed to be not
forfeit, but is to be expended in the kingdom, and not exported. |
| Jan. 22. |
Grant to Dr. Roger Andrews of dispensation for holding the
rectory of Cheriton and any other benefice with cure, together with
other dignities and prebends without cure, which he now holds.
[Docquet.] |
| Jan. 23. |
40. Locke to [Carleton]. Sends the King's declaration touching
the late proceedings in Parliament. The Council sit daily about the
grievances between the States and the merchants, and to obtain
contributions for the benevolence. The courtiers are not spared.
The imposts on foreign wines are doubled, and an extra tax of 9d.
in the pound imposed on all commodities imported by strangers or
denizens. Lord Chichester is still in town. Incloses, |
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40. i. Declaration of the King's reasons for dissolving the late
Parliament, viz., their intermeddling with matters out
of the range of Parliamentary jurisdiction, &c. [Chiefiy
contained in his reply to the Commons' petition, Dec. 11
1621.] |
| Jan. 23. |
41. Bp. of Norwich and Dr. Clement Corbett to the Council.
On reference to them of the petition of the city of Norwich against
the Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,
concerning the disposal of the fellowships, made two several appointments for hearing the cause, but no one appeared on behalf of the
College; and as they have refused friendly overtures for mediation by
the Vice-Chancellor, nothing but their Lordships' interference can
preserve the fellowships for the city. |
| Jan. 23. |
42. Committee of the merchants' fleet against pirates to the
Council. Have with difficulty persuaded most of the companies to
consent to pay their quota towards maintaining five ships for three
months longer, but they will only do it if the French and Muscovy
companies and Trinity House, who hold back, may be compelled to
pay their proportions. All entreat that at the three months' end,
no further burden may be imposed on them. |
| Jan. 23. |
43. Duplicate of the above. |
| Jan. 23. |
44. Note of the distribution of 30s. [to the servants of the Archbp.
of Canterbury] by Thos. Morton, Bp. of Lichfield and Coventry. |
| Jan. 23. |
Creation of Sir Thos. Howard to the rank of Baron Howard of
Charleton and Visct. Andover. [Grant Bk., p. 344.] |
Jan. 24.
Rye. |
45. Mayor and Jurats of Rye to Lord Zouch. Send up Rich.
Cockram, jurat, and John Brown and Rich. Beale, two fishermen, to
certify the great destruction of fish, by the unlawful nets of the
French fishermen, for which the French now press the Council to
grant toleration. |
Jan. 24.
Winterbourne. |
46. Matt. Nicholas to Edw. Nicholas. All the family interest
themselves in the success of his suit. Mutilated. |
| Jan. 25. |
47. Sir Thos. Wilson to his son-in-law, Ambrose Randolph
Retorts on him the charge of breaking the marriage covenants
between them, &c. Private affairs; his debts, &c. |
| Jan. 25 ? |
48. List of seventy-four persons to be warned [to attend the
Privy Council, on the benevolence] on Jan. 26. |
| Jan. 25 ? |
49. Similar list of twenty-seven, persons, warned to attend on
Jan. 29. |
| Jan. 26. |
50. Locke to Carleton. The King's declaration is not yet published.
The Lords now summon persons before them who can only give
30l or 20l. for the benevolence. Mr. Mallory, a Yorkshire gentleman, sent for, and committed to the Tower; the country
opposed his coming, and many would have accompanied him, if he
would have allowed it. Sir Hen. Savile is dangerously ill, but
Mr. Murray being still a stranger at Court, some think he would not
get the place [Provostship of Eton], if it now fell void. |
Jan. 27.
Newmarket. |
51. The King to [the Bp. of Durham?]. As Sir Rich. Graham is
endeavouring to reform vice in Cumberland, where he lives, by
building a church, educating the young, &c., he is to have the benefit
of the presentation to the church at Kirk-Andrews, the King's right to
which is good, as is also that to the church of Ash Hurst, to which
none are to be admitted, but on his Majesty's presentation. Carleton,
a minister who has interrupted services in that part of the country,
is to be stopped. |
Jan. 28.
Derby House. |
52. Earl of Oxford to Capt. John Pennington. Authorizes him to
take from certain ships such men and provisions as he shall think fit
for the present service, to be made up to them out of the next
supplies ordered. |
| Jan. 28. |
53. Petition of Wm. Tatam, and three others, mariners, of Dover,
to Lord Zouch. As they were sailing for London, their vessels were
stayed at Tilbury Hope, and a sailor impressed out of each vessel,
contrary to their privileges. Pray for release of the sailors, who
have families dependent on them. |
| Jan 29. |
54. Petition of Lady Mary Buckley to Lord Zouch, for leave to
serve a writ on Fras. Wilford, resident within the Cinque Ports, to
appear before Chancery touching her jointure lands, for which he is
feoffee. |
Jan. 29.
Doctors' Commons. |
55. Sir Geo. Newman to Lord Treasurer Cranfield. To be excused
attendance on Council for three or four days, on account of sickness.
This is not a feigned excuse; guesses the cause of his summons, and
will not decline it. |
Jan. 29.
Winterborne. |
56. Matt. Nicholas to Edw. Nicholas. Thinks the lady only
conceals her affection till the jointure is settled. |
| Jan. 29. |
57. Assignations by Lord Treasurer Cranfield and Sir Rich. Weston,
for the 29,981l. 10s. 4d., estimated cost of the Navy for the coming
year, upon the impost on silks and farm of the Customs. With
request to Sir Robt. Pye. Auditor of the Exchequer, that the moneys
thus assigned be not diverted to any other purpose. |
| Jan. 31. |
Warrant to the Chancellor of the Duchy [of Lancaster], to order
the receiver to repay to the Duke of Lenox 900l. increased rents,
by him paid for the manor of Kidwelly, co. Carmarthen, the extreme
poverty of the tenants there having made his charges greater than
his profit. [Docquet.] |
Jan. 31.
Dover. |
58. Mayor of Dover to Lord Zouch. Has received letters from
the Earl of Oxford, requesting a supply of pilots, which cannot be had,
most of the mariners being abroad; also an impress of forty seamen,
with which he hesitates to comply, without further directions, as
it would be an infringement of the liberties of the Cinque Ports.
Incloses, |
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58. i. Earl of Oxford to the Mayor of Dover. To ascertain from
all captains of vessels who may put in there, the number,
force, &c. of ships of all nations which they know to be
at sea, and to send him notice thereof from time to
time, to the Victory in the Narrow Seas. Sandwich,
Jan. 30. |
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58. ii. The Same to the Same. Requires him to provide five
able pilots for the Narrow Seas, coasts of France,
Flanders, &c., and have them ready against his arrival
at Dover. Deal, Jan. 30. |
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58. iii. The Same to the Same. Requests him to impress forty
able seamen to attend him that night as he passes Dover.
Victory, 4 p.m., Jan. 30. |
| Jan. |
59. Sir John Mill to Sir Geo. Calvert. Sends the examinations
of a poor man brought before him for speaking against the King. |
| Jan. ? |
60. Wm. Earl of Bath to the King. Regrets that he has already
granted to an old servant of his own the place of Muster-master in
Devonshire, which His Majesty wished him to bestow on Fras.
Lowman, Congratulates the King's happy escape. |
| Jan. ? |
61. Estimate [by the Officers of Ordnance] of the stores necessary
for the Garland, commissioned to serve on the Narrow Seas in place
of the Happy Entrance. Total cost, 215l. 14s. 1d. |
