Henry VIII: January 1530, 2-10

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 4, 1524-1530. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1875.

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'Henry VIII: January 1530, 2-10', in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 4, 1524-1530, (London, 1875) pp. 2738-2741. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/letters-papers-hen8/vol4/pp2738-2741 [accessed 25 April 2024]

January 1530

2 Jan.
R. O.		 6136. THOS. CHAFFYN, Mercer, of Sarum, to CROMWELL.
Sends, as desired by Cromwell, when he was with him in the Parliament House at Westminster, the bearer, John Acton, who was "your deputy this last year by the assignment of Mr. Dr. Benett for your office within the city of Sarum." Thinks Cromwell has been "as plainly and substantially discharged in that your said office as any gentleman in such like office" in England. Proposes that the mayor be appointed by Cromwell himself. Cromwell's thanks are due to Dr. Benett for appointing such an excellent deputy. Sarum, 2 Jan. 1529.
Hol., pp. 2. Add.: Master Thomas Cromwell, dwelling nigh unto the Austin Friars in London, this be delivered.
3 Jan.
R. O.		 6137. RIC. REYNOLD to CROMWELL.
Reminds Cromwell that he and Sir John Alen, Mr. Roche, and Mr. Withipoll have undertaken to be umpires between him and Mr. Leder. They have read the unreasonable demands, both in Leder's first book of thirty articles, in which he claimed of Reynold 5,374l., and in his second book demanding 500 marks, in four articles, with Reynold's answers to each; on which they told Leder that his demands were unfounded. Nevertheless, he is not content, but has caused Reynold several times to be arrested, and obtained two writs of privilege out of Chancery against him. He got Thos. Bedford, whose soul God pardon, to copy a writing most untruly devised, in his own hand, and present it in Chancery; and though Bedford was at the time very ill, he left Leder's house and took sanctuary at Westminster, rather than maintain that damnable act. For discharge of his own soul, he called a notary, and drew up before witnesses an instrument which Cromwell has seen. The umpires know that Ric. Davy and John Whalley, whom they appointed to examine the books, reported that Leder owed Reynold 100l. 18s. 6¼d. Complains that he has been injured by Cromwell's former advice to compromise matters. Gives a statement of six claims mentioned in his letter to Withypoll of 5 July last, amounting in all to 193l. 3s. 6¼d. Leder ought also to pay all Bawdwyn's debts and legacies. London, 3 Jan. 1529.
Hol., pp. 4. Add.: To the right worshipful Thomas Cromwell, gent., this deliver in London. Endd.
5 Jan.
R. O.		 6138. THE KING'S SHIPS.
Money received for the King by Thos. Germyn, clerk of the King's ships, between 26 Nov. 15 Hen. VIII. and 24 June 21 Hen. VIII., by divers indentures with Will. Gonson, John Hopton, Sir John Dauncy, Sir Hen. Wyatt, lord Lisle, and Sir Brian Tuke.
Pp. 3.
ii. Payments by Thos. Jermyn, deputy to Thos. Spert, master of the Henry Grace de Dw, from 26 Nov. 15 Hen. VIII. to 1 Sept. 16 Hen. VIII.
The Henry Grace de Dew.—For wages and victuals of 75 shipkeepers keeping the ship in the haven at Portsmouth for 10 months, at the rate of 10s. 4d. a man per month, with two dead shares for the master, at 10s. a month, and one for the boatswain at 5s.
Similar payments by the same for the Great Galley, the Mary Rose, the Gabriel Royal, the Peter Pomegernet, the Great Barbara, the John Baptist, the Mary George, the Mary John, the Great Bark, the Less Bark, the Mary James, the John of Greenwich, the Mary Grace, the Bark of Murlles (Morlaix), the Less Pinnace, the Primrose, the Minion, and the British Prize,—all kept in the haven of Portsmouth for part of the above period.
For three ropers mending the cables and tackle of the ships, wages from 15d. to 2s. 6d. a week; their victualling, 15d. a man per week.
For ship-keepers at Portsmouth, who came from Bristol in The Minion and The John of Greenwich, and were taken into the King's ships, for three weeks, from 3 Dec. 15 Hen. VIII.
Wages of masters and mariners at Portsmouth, from 2 Sept. 16 Hen. VIII. to 16 March.
The same, from 17 March 16 Hen. VIII. to 21 Dec. 17 Hen. VIII.
The same, to 25 Oct. 18 Hen. VIII.
The same, to 14 Feb. 18 Hen. VIII.
The same, to 14 July 19 Hen. VIII.
The same, to 16 Jan. 19 Hen. VIII.
The same, to 24 June 20 Hen. VIII.
The same, to 6 Jan. 20 Hen. VIII.
The same, to 23 June 21 Hen. VIII.
The same, to 5 Jan. 21 Hen. VIII.
Total of wages and victuals for the King's ships at Portsmouth, 3,691l. 5s. 0½d.
Pp. 30.
R. O. 2. Stuff provided by Thos. Jermyn for certain specified repairs on the Henry Grace de Dwe, and payments for wages and victuals of carpenters and calkers, hedging and ditching and making gates for enclosing nine acres bought for the King, on which the dock and storehouses are made. Wages for making a new dock "for the grounding of the Mary Rose, the Peter Pomegarnet, and the John Baptist," laborers at the dock and the storehouse at Portsmouth, called the Long House, making "vices" for winding aground the King's ships, and for bringing the Gabriel from Portsmouth into Hamble Water, and so into a dock at Bristilton; from the 25 June 18 Hen. VIII.
Spikes, at 1½d. a lb., for the scaffolds. Nails, at 5d. to 20d. the 100. Oakum, 9s. 4d. a cwt. Pitch, 5s. 4d. a barrel. Thrums, to make maples, at 2d. a lb. Board, 2½ and 3 inches [thick], at 6s. 8d. per 100.
Carpenter's wages, 6d. a day, and their servants, 4d. a day. Meat and drink for carpenters and caulkers, at 1s. 6d. a man per week. Beer, at 8s. a pipe. Bread, 12d. a dozen. Beef, 6s. a qr. 3 sheep, at 2s. 6d. each. Conduct money for 12 carpenters, 1d. a mile per man. Sawyers, 4d. a day. Purchase money of the nine acres of ground, 9l., paid to 11 proprietors. For hedging and setting three quicksets, 57 perches long, at 6d. a perch. Thorns, 2d. a load. Carriage to the water side, 4d. a load. For 1,000 stakes, at 10d. per 100. 500 "eythers" for the said hedge, at 7d. per 100. Timber for gates, at 12d. a ton; for felling six trees, 1s. 6d. Hooks and staples, at 1½d. a lb.
ii. Stuff bought for the repair of the Lesse Bark at Portsmouth in 18 Hen. VIII., with payments for carpenters' wages, beginning Feb. 16 Hen. VIII.
iii. Payments of laborers at the dock where the Henry Grace de Dieu lies, at divers times when the water broke into the dock, beginning 28 March 18 Hen. VIII. Others, 4 June 19 Hen. VIII. Laborers making dock for the Mary Rose, &c., beginning 28 Feb. 18 Hen. VIII., 2d. a man each tide. And again, from 3 June 19 Hen. VIII.
iv. Carpenters searching and trimming the Gabriel Royal to bring her from Portsmouth to Hamble, 12 Aug. 19 Hen. VIII. To men that came to help to man the capstans, 2d. a man each tide. Two men helping to stop the leak, 6d. a man each day. 26 young elms to shore the ship in dock. 13s. Carriage to the waterside, 2s. To nine men of Hamble working the pumps 3 days and nights, at 6d. a man, day and night. Victuals to 200 men of the country to man the capstans, and wind up the ship into her dock, 22 July. 10s. reward to the patron of the Palamonta for 40 "rargosses," with their two boats helping to tow the ship up into dock.
v. Laborers appointed by viscount Lisle to help the King's gunners at Portsmouth to get the guns from the walls into the storehouses, with wages of gunners from 4 to 14 March 19 Hen. VIII.
vi. For the repair of the Mary Rose. Of the Peter Pomegranate. Of the John Baptist in June and July 19 Hen. VIII.
vii. For the repair of the King's two "cley bottys" in July 19 Hen. VIII. For the repair of the Minion in July 19 Hen. VIII.
viii. For carpenters and others mending the storehouse, 17 June 19 Hen. VIII.
ix. Thatchers and others working on the Long House at Portsmouth, 3 Oct. 19 Hen. VIII.
Pp. 38.
R. O. 3. Payments by Thos. Jermyn, master of the Mary Rose, for wages and victuals of the King's ships in the Thames, from 17 March 16 Hen. VIII. to 5 Jan. 21 Hen. VIII., viz.:—
To Wm. Eton, keeper of the Trinity Ditton, for four ship-keepers during four months, at 10s. 4d. a man per month. To Cornelius Donyvan, keeper of the Minion, John Derant, keeper of the Mary Bullen, Edward More, keeper of the Mary Imperial, and Thos. Come, keeper of the Bark of Morlles, for like payments.
Wages and victuals to the keepers of the Trinity Ditton, the Bark of Murlles, the Minion, the Swallow, the Sweepstake, the Great Pinace, the Mary Bullen, the Mary Guildford, the Katharine Galley, the Maudlen, of Deptford, the Mary Imperial, and the Less Pinace, for six months, beginning 7 July 17 Hen. VIII. to end 21 Dec.
The same, from 22 Dec. 17 Hen. VIII. to 5 July 18 Hen. VIII.
The same, from 6 July 18 Hen. VIII. to 22 Nov. 18 Hen. VIII.
The same, to 6 June 19 Hen. VIII.
The same, to 19 Dec. 19 Hen. VIII.
The same, to 4 July 20 Hen. VIII.
The same, to 6 Jan. 20 Hen. VIII.
The same, to 23 June 21 Hen. VIII.
The same, to 5 Jan. 21 Hen. VIII.
Pp. 18.
ii. Stuff provided for the repair of the King's ships in the Thames, 15 May 19 Hen. VIII., with wages of carpenters and victuals, &c.
Pp. 6.
5 Jan.
R. O.		 6139. JOHN CURAT to CROMWELL.
Is obliged to write to him, as he knows not to whom else to apply. The bishop of Norwich is distressing him with suits; and this Christmas has set up a citation on Christchurch door in Norwich, and other places in his diocese, ordering archdeacon Thos. Winter to appear before him. Encloses a copy, and asks him to inform others whose interest it is. Will have to leave the country unless some remedy is found. Expects every day to be openly cursed. Is warned by the Bishop in judicio to pay money to none but him. "He is a devilish man." Norwich, Twelfth even, 1529.
Hol., p. 1. Add.: To, &c. Mr. Cromwell, dwelling ayenst the Austen Friers gate in London. Endd.
6 Jan.
Vit. B. XIII. 16. B. M.		 6140. [GHINUCCI to_.]
"Duplicata."
Copia literarum Croci.—Reverende, etc. Nullus est dies ... cum aliquo aut fratre aut Judeo sum collocutus, aut [in biblio]tecis sum versatus. Inveni autem in bibliothe[ca S. Joha]nnis et Pauli Biblia Greca usque ad Ruth, inclu[sive, cum commen]tariis Grecis multorum et diversorum doctorum. Inveni e[tiam episto]las Pauli Grecas cum commentariis, et Chrisostomum Grecum. Inveni aliqua in bibliis illis [quœ cau]sœ meœ faciunt, et credo esse multo plura, sed opus est ... denda tam multa loca quam mihi evolvenda assignat doctor S[toksleius. Ne]scio an talem librum sim inventurus Rome. Propterea consilio vestro illum puto dimittendum e mamibus (sic) sed no ... eo legendi plus temporis duarum horarum, idque mane, quod si [possem ha]bare (sic) librum illum domi meœ multo plura fecissem quam feci, et i ... verbo impetrare potuisset aut dominus 20/g aut dominus prothonota[rius] ... ca maggepere (magnopere) mirari cogor nescio dixerim inhumanitatem poti ... diam an fastum an omnia 20/g gnarus cujus venio nuncius lic ... lli citus non modo nihil juverit sed etiam contempserit adeo me ... biduum c[e]teras suas frustra fecerit. De biblio[theca Vene]ta nihil possum impetrare, nec scio quorum medio ducem [et senatores] resollicitarem. Doctissimus vir Victor Faustus ... e et cum senatu et principe de inspicien[da] ... e narra * * *
... et idem tamen sperat mandatum iri sibi ut eum pro 1/g Reg. Franciœ eruat quod ... et Nazianzenum pro me extracturum est pollicitus; credoque id polli ... pro cibis domini prothonotarii, qui discedenti a[d] edes suas obtrudere mihi [vo]luit habitandas, nunc tamen ad ministrum scripsit ut mihi alias ... adventum reliquorum oratorum prospiciat qui non tam sapiens quam esse de ... aut ex consilio domini ut intelligam me ab ipso contemptum id ... modo judicavit etiam non modo non tamen tanto illic sed plane sœpe an[tea in]time illic habitaturum; hœc est humanitas et officium et diligen[tia] ... que mihi in principis mei causa illorum magnifica magnificentia exibet ... sed de his satis. Judeos aliquot conveni qui nassant (narrant) a Robinis suis prohibitum ... ne ducant modo ut in casu meo quod multum pro me facit. Inveni etiam in biblioteca Johannis et Pauli Nazianzeni opus sed non epistolas; in[veni] etiam Basilii epistolas. Bene valeat Rda D. Vestra, cui me suppliciter commendo.
... oroque ut et dispensationum apud Papam et ut licterarum ad Foxum de caritate rerum Romanarum, atque ob augendas idcirco dietas meas velitis meminisse. Die sexta Januarii, Venetiis.
Hol. Cipher undeciphered. Mutilated.
Ib. f. 20. 2. Duplicate of the above; also in cipher undeciphered, and mutilated.
10 Jan.
R. O.		 6141. DAN RICHARD NORTON to _.
"Right worshipful Sir, my duty remembered, and as unacquainted, I heartily recommend me unto you." Hopes he will be good master to him, "a poor religious man, a monk of the house of Brewehorne, in the county of Oxford," who has been three-quarters of a year prisoner in the Fleet by order of my lord Cardinal. Was accused of bringing the plate of his house to London to the abbot of Garyngton. The plate was in reality pledged to a Mr. Horne, of Oxfordshire, now deceased, and redeemed by the abbot of Garyngton, who delivered it to the house of Brewhorne. Denies stealing the convent seal, or doing anything prejudicial to his house. In the Fleet, Monday after Twelfth day.
P. 1.
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