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Nov. 2.
London. |
1. Sir John Ogle to Carleton. Acknowledges favours. |
Nov. 4.
London. |
2. Chamberlain to the Same. The roads are so impassable with
floods, that it is feared the King will not get well to Theobalds.
Lord Belfast has returned, displeased with the cunning of the
Spaniards and Imperialists; but the match is still treating, on the
terms that they are to restore the Palatinate, and we to refrain from
helping the Low Countries. The King is to settle a quarrel between
the new Lord Montague and Sir Fras. Fane, who spoke disrespectfully of him about county causes. The Bp. of Bristol is dead, but
the place is so poor that there are few suitors for it. |
| Nov. 4. |
3. Locke to the Same. Lord Belfast has delivered a lamentable
letter from Frankenthal, entreating a general collection throughout
the kingdom for their relief, but nothing is likely to be done in it.
Private affairs. |
Nov. 5.
Theobalds. |
Proclamation forbidding the sale of spices, drugs, seeds, and other
things garbleable, without due certificate from the patentees that
they have been searched and garbled. Printed. [Proc. Coll., No. 105.] |
Nov. 6.
Theobalds. |
Proclamation forbidding any to trade to the portion of America
called New England, being the whole breadth of the land between
40 and 48 degrees of north latitude, excepting those of the Virginia
Company, the plantation having been much hindered by interlopers,
who have injured the woods, damaged the harbours, trafficked with
the savages, and even sold them weapons, and taught them the use
thereof. Printed. [Ibid., No. 106.] |
Nov. 7.
Theobalds. |
Proclamation to encourage the Commissioners for Buildings to
proceed in their work, the beauty and conveniency of brick buildings
being now generally acknowledged, and issuing directions for the
good and true making of bricks, the size to be 9 inches by 43/8, and
2¼ in thickness, and to be sold at not more than 8s. the 1,000, at
the kiln. Printed. [Ibid., No. 107.] |
| Nov. 7. |
Grant to John Dickinson of a Clerkship in the Privy Council.
[Grant Bk., p. 363.] |
Nov. 8.
Theobalds. |
4. Justices of Cumberland to the Council. Have with great difficulty persuaded the chief inhabitants, who suffer much by scarcity of
corn, to pay the rate of one entire subsidy towards the contribution,
which amounts to 82l. 18s. |
Nov. 8.
Norwich. |
5. Mayor, &c. of Norwich to the Council. Find great difficulty
in executing their orders against vain consumption of corn by unnecessary alehouses or immoderately strong beer. The brewers
evade the orders, and though the price of beer is fixed at 6s. to 4s.
the barrel, the tipplers give extra malt to be put into their beer to
make it stronger, and then only pay the limited prices. Beg leave
to bind over any maltster disobeying the orders for suppression to
appear before Council, and also to seize on all beer suspected to be
too strong, paying for it 6d. a barrel beyond the price limited, and
to sell it again, this being the best means to suppress false practices. |
Nov. 9.
Royston. |
6. Buckingham to Thos Meautys. Thinks he should repay to
Cottington the 450l. which he gave for the place, but the sum shall
be allowed him from the making of a baronet, if he will find a
fitting man. |
Nov. 12.
Arrow. |
7. Thos. Case to Sir Edw. Conway. Asks him to appoint a
deputy for sealing the leases between them for the tithes of Arrow,
Ragley, and Oversley. |
Nov. 12.
Newmarket. |
8. Wm. Hawkins to Wm. Lane. Inquires whether all the
commissions for preserving the game within sixteen miles of
Royston have passed the Seal. |
| Nov. 13 ? |
9. Petition of the Mayor and Aldermen of Chichester to the
Council, that John Bayley, who was committed to the Marshalsea,
but released on his promise of submission to the magistrates of the
city, may be punished, he having not only refused, since his release,
to make the required submission, but conducted himself in a disorderly manner. Annexing, |
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9. i. Articles against John Bayley to be exhibited to Council.
His denial of his petition to Council, in which he
promised to submit to the magistrates; his refusal to provide a musket at the musters; his abusive treatment of
a constable, and reviling language before the board of
magistrates, &c. |
| Nov. 14. |
Grant to Isaac Barrow to be a Fellow of Chelsea College, for
life. [Grant Bk., p. 349.] |
| Nov. 14. |
Grant to Mark Ant. de Dominy to be one of the Society of
King James's College, at Chelsea, for life. [Ibid., p. 363.] |
| Nov. 15. |
10. Cuthbert Hackett, Governor of the Muscovy Company, to
the Council. Sends a certificate of those who refuse to pay their
thirds, as levied by the Commissioners, towards the defrayal of the
Company's debts. [See Dec. 17, 1621.] |
| Nov. 15. |
11. Licence, by Sir Hen. Hobart, Chancellor of Prince Charles,
and his other officers, for Michael West, of Towcester, co. Northampton, to alienate certain lands in Blisworth, same county. |
Nov. 15.
Usk. |
12. Justices of Monmouthshire to the Council. Found the
people willing to contribute, according to their small ability. Send
a schedule of the contributions of the several hundreds. |
Nov. 16.
Newmarket. |
13. Buckingham to Sir Edw. Conway. Will spread as widely as
possible the reasons for surrendering the town [Manheim]. The
King will be glad for Conway to be at Newmarket to meet the
Dutch Commissioners, and to bring his hawk with him. |
| Nov. 16. |
14. Locke to Carleton. His Privy Seal is despatched. On the
loss of Manheim, the King of Spain promises to help to recover
the Palatinate, if the Emperor does not deliver it up. |
Nov. 16.
London. |
15. Chamberlain to the Same. Great strife about the elections
of the Sheriffs; those whose names are returned often escape, and
others are chosen unexpectedly, such as have been too forward in
Parliament, or too backward in the benevolence. Sir Edw. Coke is
free to go where he pleases, and has returned to the Temple; also
the Earl of Northumberland, who stays at Essex House or Syon.
Sir Edw. Conway is to succeed as Secretary to Sir Robt. Naunton,
who is to have 500l. a year. The Virginia Company invited many
of the nobility to a feast; the Dean of Paul's preached the sermon.
The surrender of Manheim generally regretted, it being reported that
the Infanta threatened to force Tilly to raise the siege. |
Nov. 16.
Westminster. |
Grant to Michael Vasco, Priest, Vicar of Exeter Cathedral, of
pardon for incontinence, of which he was unjustly accused. Latin.
[Sign Man., vol. XIV., No. 47.] |
| Nov. 18. |
16. Indenture, transferring to Nath. Weston and Giles Poulton,
of London, on their payment of 50l., the lease of a messuage in St.
Martin's-in-the-Fields, demised by Wm. Joyce to Martha Harpur,
with proviso of redemption on repayment of the same. |
| Nov. 20. |
17. Memorandum, that Wm. Tiffin, of London, Clothworker,
agrees to pay 5l. half yearly, as interest on 105l. which he and Sir
Geo. Lampleigh are bound to pay to Robt. Campbell, Ironmonger. |
Nov. 20.
Pembroke Hall. |
18. Dr. Jerome Beale to Wm. Boswell. Thanks for his care in
the cause in which the town of Willingham and Jesus College are
defendants against Sir Miles Sandys, &c. |
| [Nov. 20.] |
19. Petition of the eight Overseers of the Company of Watermen
to the Council, for suppressing the violent proceedings against them
of David Parry, Waterman, who has arrested them all, and threatens
to overthrow their government. With reference thereon. |
| Nov. 20. |
20. Locke to Carleton. The Bp. of Norwich has introduced
Mr. Scot's brother to the Archbp. of Canterbury, who promises him
to favour his brother. Some say that if General Vere had stayed in
Manheim, he would not have been further molested. |
Nov. 20.
Newmarket. |
Proclamation commanding noblemen, knights, and gentlemen
of quality, excepting the Privy Council and Officers of the King or
Prince, to repair to their mansion houses in the country, to attend
their services, and keep hospitality, according to the ancient and
laudable custom of England, on pain of being disabled from serving,
the King, and punished for contempt. Printed. [Proc. Coll.
No. 108.] |
Nov. 20.
Westminster. |
Grant to Fras. Battersey, alias Bathurst, of Islington, and sixty-six
others, convicted at Newgate, whose names and offences are detailed,
and to Alice Whitewood, prisoner at Bristol, all reprieved on sundry
considerations, of pardon, their names having been presented by the
late and present Recorder of London, because of the danger of infection to such a multitude of persons, all in want, and yet they were
reluctant to order them, having been long spared, to execution; with
proviso of their being employed on certain works, or sent abroad.
Latin. [Sign Man., vol. XIV., No. 48.] |
| [Nov. 20.] |
21. Petition to the Council of certain poor subjects, who have
occasion to pass the seas, that a new Commission for despatch of passage may be issued; many of the former Commissioners being dead,
and only three resident at the Custom House, whereas the signatures
of four are required for a pass, and much distress and charge is caused
thereby. |
Nov. 21.
Westminster. |
Grant to Sir John Bingley of pardon of his Star Chamber sentence,
of a fine of 2,000l. and imprisonment, and discharge of all accounts
for moneys received by him between 40 Eliz. and Nov. 10, 1622.
[Sign Man., vol. XIV., No. 49.] |
| Nov. 21. |
Grant to John Case of licence to sue "in formâ pauperis."
[Grant Bk., p. 350.] |
Nov. 21.
Ludlow Castle. |
22. Lord President of Wales and Sir Jas. Whitelock to the
Council. Have ascertained that the general desire of the country
is for re-establishment of the market of Welsh cloths at Oswestry,
and have given orders accordingly; but the Shrewsbury drapers
continue to buy cloth in their own town, and are appealing to
Council. |
| Nov. 21 ? |
23. Petition of the clothiers of North Wales and Oswestry to
Sir Geo. Calvert, complaining that in spite of the Order of Council,
confirmed by the President and Chief Justice of the Marches of
Wales, for re-settling the market at Oswestry, the drapers of
Shrewsbury still try to draw all the trade thither, and declare they
will buy there, in spite of orders to the contrary. Request exemplary
punishment of the chief offenders. |
Nov. 22.
Court of Wards and Liveries. |
24. Order by the Court of Wards and Liveries for Lord Zouch, Sir
Edw. Conway, and others, appointed Arbitrators between Frances
Lady Willoughby of Parham on the one part, and Robt. Lord
Willoughby of Eresby, Sir Geo. Manners, and Sir Wm. Pelham,
executors of the will of the late Lord Willoughby of Parham, on
the other, to be permitted to examine witnesses on oath and in
court, for the purpose of concluding the matter. |
| Nov. 23. |
25. Bond of Romano Gutieres, of Lisbon, and Peter Ball and Jasper
Monhem, of London, in 800l., to indemnify Lord Zouch, for restitution
to Gutieres of the ship Hunter, and its cargo, stayed at Dover on
suspicion of piracy, on proof that it was given in exchange for a
more valuable ship, when off the coast of Barbary. |
| Nov. 23. |
Commission to Sir Oliver Luke to see to the execution of laws
for preservation of game. [Grant Bk., p. 362.] |
| Nov. 23. |
Commission to Wm. Earl of Salisbury and Sir Ant. Pell, to see
to the execution of laws against all destroyers of game in Hertfordshire. [Grant Bk., p. 361.] |
| Nov. 24. |
Commission to Sir John Cutts to see that the laws be duly executed
against those who destroy game in Cambridgeshire. [Ibid., p. 351.] |
| Nov. 24. |
26. Locke to Carleton. The States' Commissioners play fast and
loose in the treaty. The Muscovy Company complain that the
Dutch owe them 22,000l., for want of which they are in danger of
dissolution, and entreat payment. |
Nov. 24.
London. |
27. Sir John Ogle to the Same. Received his letter by Sir Chas.
Rich. Thanks for favours. The States are said to have concluded
a league offensive and defensive with the French King. |
| Nov. 24 ? |
28. Earl of Warwick to [the Same]. Thanks for favours conferred on his brothers, when at the Hague. |
Nov. 25.
Newmarket. |
29. Buckingham to Sir Edw. Conway. The King is pleased with
his good offices between the States' Ambassadors and the merchants,
and also with the Treasurer's conduct. His Majesty is anxious for
matters to be well concluded before they are brought to him again;
he wishes the affair of the forts to be left to the last, for he can never
consent that our merchants trade merely by the courtesy of others. |
| Nov. 25. |
30. Petition of John Hill, Yeoman of the Guard, to Sir John
Suckling, Comptroller of the Household, for warrant to apprehend
Chris. Keld, indicted for uttering words against the King, when the
collection was made for the Palatinate. With reference thereon to the
Solicitor General; also his report, dated Nov. 30, referring the cause
to the York Assizes, at which Keld is bound over to appear. |
Nov. 26.
Warwick. |
31. Sir Thos. Leigh, Bart., Sir Rich. Verney, and Sir Thos. Lucy,
to the Council. Have examined the complaint preferred by Matt.
Collins and other citizens of Coventry, against John Briggs and his
partners in a coal delve at Bedworth, taking information voluntarily
offered, not that of witnesses on oath. Briggs takes exceptions to
the witnesses; have bound him to appear personally before their
Lordships. |
Nov. 26.
Warwick. |
32. The Same to the Same. Have examined, as directed, the
witnesses of the citizens of Coventry, in proof of their petition of
grievances against John Briggs, who offered to bring on his part
proofs and witnesses, which they were not authorized to receive; he
complains of injustice therein, and has reduced his statements to
writing. Inclose, |
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32. i. Examinations of Hum. Saunders, of Bedworth, and ten
others, substantiating the charges against John Briggs
and his partners, of endeavouring to buy off all who
attempted to dig for coal in the neighbourhood, and
turning the water into the pits of the petitioners [Matt.
Collins and others, see Oct. 31]. Nov. 26. |
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32. ii. Answers of John Briggs and Thos. Robinson to the complaints preferred against them, denying or explaining
the accusations, and accusing Collins and his party of
poisoning their water, whereby many of their horses died. |
| Nov. 26 ? |
33. Petition of Wm. Norwood to the Council, to be excused
returning to the country, according to proclamation, being brought
to London in a cause relative to a concealed ward, his advanced
years and ill health disabling him from travelling in winter, and
he being obliged to return by the next term. Incloses, |
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33. i. Certificate by Drs. Atkins and Gifford, that Mr. Norwood
cannot travel home and back without peril to his life. |
| Nov. 26. |
34. Order by the Court of Wards that Wm. Norwood have time,
till January 28 ensuing, to answer the information against him. |
Nov. 26.
Barbican. |
35. Lord Zouch to [the Mayors, &c. of the Cinque Ports]. Renews
the former regulations lately neglected, ordering all shipmasters,
innkeepers, victuallers, &c., in the Cinque Ports, to enter into bonds
to certify to the Commissioners of Passage such persons as arrive
in or set sail from any of the ports, according to the regulations
subjoined. |
Nov. 27.
York. |
36. Mayor and Aldermen of York to the Council. The application of the bakers of York to be allowed the same privileges as
the bakers of London, would prove very injurious to the poor. They
have already obtained the suppression of the country bakers, who
used to sell more cheaply than themselves, and now they wish for an
allowance beyond the assize of bread, which is refused. They are
remiss in not continuing to bake the "mayn bread," an ancient
mystery used in that city, and in no other, although its continuance
was ordered by the King, when there, so that the art of making
it, being now confined to a few, is likely to perish. |
Nov. 27.
Bury. |
37. Justices of Suffolk to the Same. The regulations for
moderating the quantity of barley consumed in beer will not avail,
unless innkeepers and alehouse keepers be restricted to the price
of 2d. per gallon, as the common brewers are, otherwise they
will continue to sell at 6d., and will engross the trade from the
brewers. |
| Nov. 28. |
Grant to Nich. Hayles of the deanery of Cleobury-Mortimer, in
Shropshire. [Grant Bk., p. 354.] |
| Nov. 30. |
38. Certificate to the Attorney General, by John More and
Wm. Terry, that on perusal of the account books of Abraham Rutter
and Rich. Harbert, of Exeter, from August 27, 1619, to May 1622,
they find nothing therein to criminate Rutter as having exported
gold and silver out of the realm. Annexing, |
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38. i. Order in Council, that John More and Mr. Terry, of
Lombard Street, Goldsmith, examine the above books, take
information thereon, and certify the result to the Attorney General. Whitehall, Oct. 23. |
| Nov. 30. |
39. Locke to Carleton. The States have agreed for three disinterested merchants on each side to be chosen to settle the difference
about the pepper brought into Holland. Has received 500l., Carleton's
intelligence money for 1621; will pay certain accounts, and give
the rest to Burlamachi, who is now allowed to return home. Sir
John Bennet is fined 20,000l., imprisoned during pleasure, and disabled from ever holding office; his fault was aggravated by the weak
defence of his counsel, but his abilities were praised. The Archbp.
of Canterbury apologized for having such an officer as Judge of the
Prerogative Court; said he had thought him faithful, but would
henceforth have records kept of all moneys left for pious uses.
Most of his corruptions were in granting administrations for intestate
persons. Sir Albert Morton is to be Provost of King's College. |
| Nov. 30. |
40—47. Receipts, by Wm. Boswell, from Sir John Lambe and
others, of divers moneys paid in for the King's Benevolence and
Lord Bishop's Benevolence, by the clergy of the archdeaconry of
Leicester, from June 5. Eight papers. |
| Nov. ? |
48—55. Notes and memoranda relating to the above accounts.
Eight papers. |
| Nov. ? |
56. Alphabetical lists of the parishes in the archdeaconry of
Leicester, with names and subscriptions of the incumbents who have
paid the above benevolences, and names of those who are behind
hand. Sum total to the King, 236l. 4s. 3d.; to the Bishop, 64l. 5s. 7d. |
| Nov. ? |
57. Copy of the above, with slight differences. |
| Nov. ? |
58. Similar account, with variations. |
