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| Jan. ? |
1. Names of the Commissioners for Subsidies in England and
Wales, for the year 1608. |
| Jan. 4. |
Warrant to pay to Jas. Bovy, Serjeant of the Cellar, 451£. 10s.,
in discharge of bills given by him and Mons. de Vitry, for provision
of French wines and fruit for the King's use. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 4. |
Grant to Allen Hoord and Robt. Hobart, of the lands, &c.,
belonging to the late Thos. Hoord, recusant. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 4. |
Warrant to allow to Sir Marmaduke Darell, Surveyor of victuals
for the Navy, 416£. 15s. 5d., due in the late Queen's time, and such
further sums as are just. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 4. |
Lease to Edw. Thurston and Robt. Webb, of the King's two parts
of divers recusants' lands and tenements, co. Lancaster. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 4. |
Letter to Sir John, son of Sir Thos. Stanhope, deceased, nomi-
nating the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Justice Walmsley
to be arbitrators in a suit between him and his mother. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 4. |
Grant to Ralph Baldwin, of the benefit of the recusancy of
Thos. Eltoft, Walter and Edw. Knaersborough, John Engleby, and
Wm. Hungate, jun., all of Yorkshire. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 4. |
Presentation of Rich. Knill to the parsonage of Upton-Pyne,
diocese of Exeter. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 4. |
Grant to John Palmer of the Guidership of the Hospital or
Spittal house of St. Mary Magdalen's, near Norwich. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 4. |
Grant to Lewis Tyte and five others, of the reward of 5s. per ton,
for building six ships. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 4. |
Grant to the inhabitants of the bailiwick of Surrey, in the forest
of Windsor, of exemption from purveyance of victuals, hay, oats, &c.,
on condition of preserving the King's deer in the said forest.
[Docquet.] |
| Jan. 4. |
Warrant to pay to John Williams, Thos. Pulford, and others,
4,328£. 5s. 9d. for gilt plate, &c., given by the King in New Year's
gifts, and at christenings, &c. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 4. |
Grant to Hen. Dyer of an alms room in Winchester. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 4. |
Grant to Rich. Nicholas of an alms-room in Newark, near Leices-
ter. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 5. |
Grant to Edwd. Barrett of the half of all jewels, &c., in the hands
of the executors of Sir Rich. Luson (Leveson ?), due to the King,
and taken from Spaniards. [Grant Book, p. 30.] |
Jan. 5.
London. |
2. John Chamberlain to Dud. Carleton. Private affairs. Hears
that Carleton is on Salisbury's "bead-roll" for employment. The
masque at Court goes forward for Twelfth-day; all the holidays, there
were plays. The King dined in state yesterday; two services of plate
used, one of gold, the other that of the House of Burgundy. Many
fresh Scots arrived. Fuller, the puritan, freed. Breaking of the ice
on the Thames. Intelligence of various parties. |
Jan. 7.
Knebworth. |
3. Dud. Carleton to J. Chamberlain. News from the country.
Desires to know how the last night passed over at Court. Christmas
diversions at Knebworth. |
Jan. 8.
London. |
4. John Chamberlain to Dud. Carleton. The masque deferred till
Sunday. Great show of jewels. One lady furnished with more
than 100,000£. worth, but the Lady Arabella exceeds her. Gaming
at Court. The King gone to Theobalds. The Thames again frozen.
Amusements thereon. Christmas sermons. Personal news, &c. |
Jan. 10.
Westminster. |
Proclamation for proroguing the Parliament. Printed. [Proc.
Bk., p. 167.] |
| [Jan. 10.] |
5. Warrant dormant to pay to John Carse, Walter Toderick, Ellis
Rothwell, and Bevis Thelwall, 40£. per ann., to be divided amongst
them as a Christmas gift, the same as before paid to the first three
and to Rich. Green, since deceased. |
| Jan. 10. |
Entry of the above. [Warrt. Bk., II., p. 32.] |
| Jan. 10. |
Docquet of the above. |
| Jan. 10. |
Grant to John Murray of the goods, lands, &c., forfeited by
attainder of John Musgrave, of Catterlen, co. Cumberland, executed
for felony. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 10. |
Warrant dormant to pay to John Owen, Yeoman Pricker of the
Privy Buckhounds, 20d. per diem, and 20s. yearly for his livery.
[Docquet.] |
| Jan. 10. |
Grant to Sir Thos. Gorges of the keeping of Hurst Castle, co.
Hants, for life. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 10. |
Grant of the same keepership to Sir Edw. Gorges, in reversion after
the above. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 10. |
Grant to the Same, in reversion after Sir Thos. Gorges and the
Marchioness of Northampton, of the keeping of the King's House
at West Sheen or Richmond, co. Surrey, and of the wardrobe,
gardens, and the new park there. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 10 ? |
6. Grant to -- of the benefit of the recusancy of Chas.
and Henry Fox, and Mary Talbot, co. Salop, and Mary Gerard,
co. Dorset, recusants. |
| Jan. 10. |
Demise to Thos. Elliot, for the use of Sir John Ashley, of the
King's two parts of the manors of Broadway and Waddon, and other
lands, &c., cos. Nottingham and Dorset, forfeit by the recusancy of
Mary Gerard, widow. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 10. |
Grant to the Earl of Pembroke, on surrender of Sir Edw. Winter,
of the office of Constable of the castle of St. Briavels, in the forest
of Dean, Gloucestershire, with the keeping of the deer and woods
there. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 10. |
Grant to Wm. Duck, and William his son, of the keeping of the
game about the honor of Hampton Court, from Staines Bridge to
Brentford Bridge, for their lives. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 10. |
Presentation of John Richardson to the parsonage of Alderchurch,
alias Alderkirk, diocese of Lincoln. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 10. |
Warrant to pay to Humph. Fludd, Abraham de Kendar, and two
others, a sum not exceeding 3,200£., for jewels and pearls for New
Year's-tide, for the use of the Queen, the Lady Elizabeth, and the
Duke of York. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 11. |
Warrant to pay an annuity of 50£., to Sir Edw. Fenner, Justice of
the King's Bench, during the time his services on the circuit shall
be discontinued. [Warrt. Bk., p. 42.] |
Jan. 12.
London. |
7. E. Reynoldes to Sir John Rawlins. Upbraids him with careless-
ness in money affairs; urges repayment of a loan or better discharge
of interest. |
Jan. 13.
Westminster. |
8. Warrant for delivery to Thos. Cargill, Thos. Muncrieff, Rob.
Pinkerton, and James Quarrier, the King's falconers, certain stuff for
their apparel. |
Jan. 13.
Westminster. |
Grant to Hen. and Walter Alexander of the moiety of 12,000£.,
old debts of the Crown, to be recovered by them. [Warrt. Bk., II.,
p. 88.] |
Jan. 13.
Westminster. |
Similar grant to Francis James, and John Gay, both of London,
deputed for that purpose by Sir Neil Montgomery, of the moiety of
4,000£. [Ibid., p. 83.] |
| Jan. 18. |
Grant to Abraham and Nathaniel Harderet of the office of Jeweller
[to the King] for life. [Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 73.] |
| Jan. 18. |
9. Tailor's bill for Mr. John and Mr. Thomas's suits, but the sur-
name does not appear; with the items and prices of the same. |
| Jan. 18. |
10. Earl of Dorset to Salisbury. Sends two writs of supersedeas
for Lord Sheffield, and will treat him well for Salisbury's sake. |
| Jan. 20. |
License to Wm. Lytton, of Knebworth, co. Herts, Wm. Burlace, of
Bockmore, co. Bucks, and John Dunstar, Fellow of Magdalen Coll,
Oxford, to travel for three years. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 20. |
Warrant dormant to deliver to Wm. Morekey, Master Cook to the
Queen, stuff for his yearly livery. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 20. |
Like warrant for Ric. Shepperd, Perfumer. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 20. |
Grant to Sir Edw. Phelips and John Seward, in fee-farm, of certain
manors, lands, &c., value 102£. 6s. 10d. per ann. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 20. |
Grant to John Young, in reversion after Thos. Huby, of the
Portership of the Great Wardrobe, for life. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 20. |
Warrant to pay to Sir John Trevor 403£. 9s. 0½d. for repairs at
Windsor Castle, and for money due to him. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 20. |
Grant to Jane, wife of Thos. Murray, Tutor to the Duke of York,
of annuity of 200 marks, after the death of her husband. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 20. |
Grant to Geo. Chester and Wingfield Moulsworth, to use Stew
Quay and Sennocke Quay, near the Custom House, as free quays for
lading and unlading goods. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 20. |
Grant to Hen. Parker of the King's interest in the lease of a tene-
ment and lands given by Francis, late Earl of Bedford, to Hugh
Berry and Anne Pollard, which Parker bought of Berry, who was
afterwards attainted. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 20. |
Grant to Martin Droeshont, painter, of Brabant, Simon Russell
and Peter Carpinter, dyers, of Flanders, and Herman Kittelbitter,
gunmaker, of Jülick, of denization. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 20. |
Grant to Sir John Kay, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, in
reversion after John Riddlesden, of the office of Clerk of the Ord-
nance. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 20. |
Grant of incorporation to the town of Louth, co. Lincoln, and to
the Free Grammar School of the foundation of Edward the Sixth,
with confirmation of their former liberties, &c. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 20. |
Demise to Case Surley and Geo. Symon, of the King's two parts
of the manor of Gravesalls, in the parishes of Castle Hedingham
and Sibil Hedingham, co. Essex, forfeited by the recusancy of Giles
Greene. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 20. |
Grant to John Levingston, in reversion after Sir Thos. Walsing-
ham, of the keeping of the great park at Eltham, co. Kent, for life.
[Docquet.] |
| Jan. 20. |
Grant to Jasper Rowles of protection for a year. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 21. |
Grant to Matt. de Quester of the office of a Post, for life. [Ind.
Wt. Bk., p. 73.] |
Jan. 22.
Rome. |
11. Pope Paul V. to Geo. Birkett. Nominates him to the Arch-
presbitership of England, of which George Blackwell is deprived.
He is to dissuade Catholics from taking the oath of allegiance, or
going to Protestant churches. |
| Jan. 22 ? |
12. Statement made to the Council of the abuses of the butchers,
in private selling of meat during Lent, with proposals for rectifica-
tion of the same. |
| Jan. 22. |
Orders in Council for restraint of killing and eating flesh in Lent,
and for regulations to be observed by the butchers thereupon. Printed.
[Proc. Coll., No. 7.] |
| Jan. 22. |
Grant to Wm. Mann of the receivership of fines upon suits of
debt, &c., in the Court of King's Bench. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 22. |
Warrant for a bond from the King, in the sum of 150,000£., to
Sir Thos. Hayes, Sir Baptist Hicks, and others, to secure 63,038£. 16s.
advanced by them on loan; and also to make a grant to them of
divers rents on customs, &c. [Docquet.] |
Jan. 23.
Cannon Row. |
13. Wm. Bruncard to the Earl of Salisbury. Prays that no rever-
sion may be granted upon his mother's new lease of the Issues of
Jurors, as he hopes to obtain it for himself. |
| Jan. 23. |
Warrant to pay to Sir Hen. Cock, Cofferer, 13,500£. for expenses
of the Household for the present year. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 23. |
Warrant to pay to John Norton 100 marks for certain books for
the Prince. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 23. |
Warrant dormant to pay to William Lampard, Yeoman Pricker of
the Privy Buckhounds in place of Robert Raynes, 20d. per diem
wages, and 20s. per ann. for his livery. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 23. |
Grant to John Holmes, and Gersome, his son, in reversion after
Rob. Barefoot, of the office of Woodward of the King's woods in
Hainault and Eastholt, Waltham Forest, and of Riding Bailiff of the
manor of Barking, East Holt liberty, and Gresham's Hall. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 23. |
Warrant to pay to Rob. Carlisle, of Broadkirk, Scotland, 100£. for
hounds, &c., brought from thence. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 23. |
Grant to John Morris of a Gunner's place in the Tower, for life.
[Docquet.] |
| Jan. 23. |
License to Wm. Stallenge to import mulberry seeds, and to set the
same in any part of the realm, for increase and better breeding of
silkworms. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 23. |
Warrant dormant to pay to Thos. Buchanan, footman to the Duke
of York, 30£. per ann. for wages. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 23. |
Grant to Thos. Pott, the King's servant, born in Scotland, of deni-
zation. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 23. |
Grant to John Gibb of an alms-room in the hospital of Newark,
near Leicester. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 23. |
Grant to John Young of the office of Porter of the Great Ward-
robe in London, for life. [Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 73.] |
Jan. 26.
Ludlow Castle. |
14. Lord Eure, President, and the Council of Wales, to Salisbury.
Determined opposition of the Justices of Herefordshire and Worcestershire
to the authority of the Council of Wales. Inclose,
14. I. Lord Eure to Sir John Packington. Complains of the
Under Sheriff of Worcester's refusal to execute any process
issued out of the Court of Wales. Jan. 3, Ludlow
Castle.
14. II. Sir John Packington to Lord Eure. Defends the proceedings
of the Under Sheriff, the county not being under
the jurisdiction of the Council of Wales. Jan. 17, Worcester. |
Jan. 27.
Westminster. |
Warrant to pay to the Earl of Dunbar, Keeper of the Privy Purse,
3,000£. yearly, over and above the sums delivered at New Year's-tide.
[Warrt. Bk., II., p. 5.] |
| Jan. 27. |
Docquet of the above. |
Jan. 27.
Westminster. |
Grant to Sir John Drummond of the moiety of 5,000£., old debts
due to the Crown, to be recovered by him. [Warrt. Bk., II., p. 90.] |
| Jan. 27. |
Docquet of the above. |
| Jan. 27. |
Letter to the Warden of the Fleet to set at liberty Wm. Urwyn,
who is to be banished. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. ? |
15. Collection of chantry lands, &c., taken out of the entail, and
granted to Sir Walter Cope and other contractors. |
| Jan. 27. |
Warrant to Sir Tho. Parry, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan-
caster, to execute a contract made by the late Chancellor Sir John
Fortescue, with Sir Ant and Sir Walter Cope, Sir Wm. Ryder, Sir
Tho. Lake, Sir Geo. Coppin, and others, contractors for rectories and
chantry lands. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 27. |
Grant to Thos. Musgrave of pardon for a robbery on Ric. Craven,
collector of the King's rents in Cumberland and Westmorland.
[Docquet.] |
| Jan. 27. |
Grant to Wm. and John Harewood and John Pulford, on surrender
of Wm. and John Harewood and Hen. Russell, of the registrarship
of the Court of Admiralty, for their lives. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 27. |
Warrant to deliver to the Treasurer of the Chamber 1,500£.
yearly, for sundry payments formerly disbursed from the Privy
Purse; with warrant to the said Treasurer to pay certain sums
formerly paid out of the Privy Purse. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 27. |
Warrant to the Lord Chamberlain to subscribe bills to be paid by
the Treasurer of the Chamber, formerly paid out of the Privy Purse.
[Docquet.] |
| Jan. 27. |
License for Fra. Michell to travel for three years. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 27. |
Warrant to deliver to Thos. Patten, Keeper of the Queen's Closet,
diaper and holland for the communion, &c. for the said closet.,
[Docquet.] |
| Jan. 27. |
Grant to Roger Cox of the office of the governorship of the
Hospital of St. Mary Magdalen, in Beccles, co. Suffolk, void by the
death of Wm. Armington. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 27. |
Warrant to pay to Ralph Clayton, Apothecary to the Prince, in
the place of Wm. Weston, the sums due "for phisicall or oderiferous
things" for the use of the Prince. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 27. |
Grant to John Johnston, of Gretna, Scotland, of 100£., as a free
gift. [Docquet.] |
Jan. 30.
Ludlow. |
16. President and Council of Wales to Salisbury. Continued
resistance of the gentlemen of Herefordshire and Worcestershire to
the authority of that court. Inclose,
16. I. Gentlemen of Herefordshire to Sir Herbt. Croft. Stating
their dislike of the recent attempts made to bring them
again under the jurisdiction of the Marches Court of
Wales. Hereford, Jan. 13.
16. II. Sir Tho. Cornwall to Sir Jas. Scudamore. Declining to
subscribe to the above. Jan. 24. |
Jan. 31.
Westminster. |
Grant to Stephen Le Sieur of the moiety of 8,000£., old debts of
the Crown, to be recovered by him. [Warrt. Bk., p. 80.] |
| Jan. 31. |
Docquet of the above. |
| Jan. 31. |
Warrant to deliver to persons nominated by the Council, 200£.,
to be distributed among the poor watermen for their present relief.
[Docquet.] |
| Jan. 31. |
Warrant to pay to Lady Carey, who has charge of the Duke of
York, 100£. in discharge of money already laid out for gifts and
rewards given by the said Duke, and 50£. yearly for like charges.
[Docquet.] |
| Jan. ? |
17. Conditions to which Sir John Constable is willing to assent,
for the jointure of Dorothy Barham, his wife. Indorsed "Sir Fr.
Bacon and his wife." |
| Jan. 31. |
Grant, at the suit of Sir Fr. Bacon, to Sir Wm. Cooke, of Hynam,
co. Gloucester, Sir John Constable, of Gray's Inn, and three others,
of the King's reversion of certain manors, lands, and tenements, co.
Herts, formerly assured by Sir Nicholas Bacon to his sons, the entail
of which had been conveyed to the Crown. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 31. |
Grant to Tho. Green, in reversion after Wm. Baynham, of the
place of mat-layer to the King. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 31. |
Grant to John Hall of the moiety of 10,000£. old debts due
to the Crown, to be recovered by him, in repayment of 5,000£.
to be advanced to the King. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 31. |
Commission for Alex. Sharpey and Ric. Rowles, to govern such
as are to go to the East Indies, as Lieutenant and Governor, with
power to execute martial law there. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 31. |
Warrant dormant to deliver to Edw. Graveley, Under Clerk of
the Great Wardrobe, stuff for his livery, yearly. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 31. |
Grant to Ric. Smith, in reversion after Sir Edgar Conway, of the
keeping of Calshot Castle, co. Hants. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 31. |
Grant to Ralph Baldwin of the benefit of the recusancy of Jas.
Tankard, Robt. Gibson, Walter and Edward Knaresborough, and
John Engleby, all of Yorkshire. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 31. |
Grant to Hen. Martin, Augustine Griggs, and Anth. Dodsworth,
of the recusancy of Bridget Pennington, alias Askew, of Carleton,
co. York, Wm. Jenyson of Walworth, Rich. Marshall of Denton,
Roh. Errington of Lyvalls, Rob. Jeffreyson, and Thos. Humble, all
of Durham. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 31. |
Grant to Thos. Weldon of the recusancy of John Forster, of
Harberhouse, Ann Chapman, of Broadbury, Bishopric of Durham,
and Geo. Stockdale, of Grisby, co. York. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. 31. |
Letter to the Earls of Cumberland and Dunbar, to raise 35 men
for the service of Ireland, in Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland,
and Durham. [Docquet.] |
| Jan. ? |
Grant to Nich. Griffin of the office of Porter of Flint Castle, for
life. [Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 73.] |
Feb. 1.
Ludlow Castle. |
18. Ralph Lord Eure to Salisbury. Desires that Hugh Hanley
may be appointed Examiner in the Court of the Marches of Wales,
in place of Mr. Bird. |
Feb. 2.
Whitehall. |
19. Earl of Salisbury to Lord Eure. Remonstrates on his receiving
complaints against [Sir Herbert Croft], the Steward of Leominster,
which place, being part of the Queen's jointure, belongs to Salisbury's
jurisdiction. |
Feb. 2.
Westminster. |
20. The King to the Judges. Not to meddle in a matter lately
brought into question in Chancery, relative to the County Palatine
of Chester. |
| Feb. 4. |
21. Matthew, Archbp. of York, and Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury,
to the Earl of Dunbar. Proceedings relative to repair of decays at
Brancepeth, Raby, and Barnard Castles, belonging to the Duke of
York. Testimony in favour of Hen. Sanderson. |
| Feb. 4. |
22. Sir Julius Cæsar to Sir Thos. Lake. Orders a Privy Seal for
182£., according to a subjoined estimate by John Taverner, of the
expense of conveying 130 loads of timber, for repair of the great
lodge at Nonsuch Park. |
| Feb. 4. |
Grant to Jas. Buddough of the moiety of 2,000£., old debts due to
the Crown, to be recovered by him. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 4. |
Grant to Sir Jas. Creichton, born in Scotland, of denization.
[Docquet.] |
| Feb. 4. |
Warrant to pay to Sir Hen. Lee 40£. for hay, for feeding the
King's deer in Woodstock Park. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 4. |
Grant to Wm. Vesey of a pension of 14d. per diem, on surrender
of two other pensions. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 4. |
Warrant to deliver to Rich. Neile, Dean of Westminster and Clerk
of the Closet, books, stuff, &c. for furniture of the closets of the King
and Queen. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 5. |
Warrant to deliver to Sir Jas. Murray 300£. for the use of the
Prince. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 5. |
23. Particulars of lands sold by the Commissioners for sale of
assart lands, at their last session. |
Feb. 6.
Ludlow Castle. |
24. Ralph Lord Eure to the Earl of Salisbury. Explains his
conduct relative to the Steward of Leominster. Sends a note of
Croft's exactions. Incloses,
24. I. Note of exactions paid to Sir Herbert Croft, by some of the
Queen's tenants at Leominster. |
| Feb. 7. |
Release for Francis Earl of Cumberland, John Taylor, and others,
executors of George, late Earl of Cumberland, of all demands of the
Crown on the said Earl, excepting for unpaid subsidies. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 7. |
Grant to Thos. Ayrey of the bailiwick of the Hundred of Ossulston,
Middlesex, void by death of Rich. Lorchin. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 7. |
Lease to Nich. Moxsay of a messuage, &c. in Sutton, co. Lincoln.
[Docquet.]
Grant to John Thelwall, in reversion after his father, of the
Stewardship of the lordship of Ruthin, co. Denbigh. [Docquet.] |
Feb. 8.
Westminster. |
Warrant to pay to the two Quarter-keepers and ten Under
keepers of the forest of Blackmore and Pewsham, co. Wilts, 132£., in
lieu of their former allowance of fuel from the forest. [Warrt. Bk.,
II., p. 40.] |
| Feb. 8. |
Docquet of the above. |
| Feb. 8. |
Warrant to pay to John Taverner 204£. 1s. 4d. to provide stuff
for impaling, &c. the middle park at Eltham. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 8. |
Warrant to pay to the Same 182£., for materials for enlargement of
the great lodge in Nonsuch Park. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 8. |
Warrant to pay to Rich. Ancy 230£., for a lease which he bought
from the King, of the great coppice of Wanborough, &c., in Windsor
Forest. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 8. |
Dispensation for Sir John Hele from attendance and service as
Serjeant-at-law, in respect of his age. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 8. |
Grant to Sir Rich. Coningsby of the King's share of the goods
of Ann Plumpton, of Luddington, co. Lincoln, recusant; and also of
certain grounds in Urseleet, and two thirds of the King's proportion
of messuages in Waterton, in cos. York and Lincoln. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 8. |
Grant to John Pierson of 103£. 10s., arrears of rent due to the
King for the lands of Rich. Brenning, recusant. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 8. |
Letter to Sir Wm. Bowyer to pay to John Mawdit 80£. out of
the pension of Edm. Nevill, of Latimer. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 10. |
Letters to the Bishop of Winchester, and to the Vice President and
Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford, for Dr. Harding to be chosen
President of that College. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 10. |
Letter to Sir Rob. Oxenbridge to permit Sir Thos. Tyringham to
follow the King's buckhounds into his grounds. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 10. |
Grant to John Nasmyth of the King's interest in the lands of Wm.
Middleton, recusant. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 10. |
25. Fras. Windebank to Mr. Andrews. On arriving in England,
sent a greeting to him and to his dear friend, Mr. Laud. Expressions
of friendship. |
Feb. 11.
London. |
26. John Chamberlain to Dud. Carleton. Domestic affairs.
Tobie Matthew ordered to depart the realm. Harry Constable and
Rich. Carey committed to prison. A marriage and masque at Court,
and presents to the bride [Lady Eliz. Ratcliffe]. The King gave
them a pension of 600£. a year, and wished the bridegroom [Visct.
Haddington] as much happiness as he himself had, the day he
delivered him from the Gowrie conspiracy. Progress of the treaty
of peace between Flanders and Holland. The Pope has commanded
Sir Rob. Dudley to forsake his mistress, &c. |
| Feb. 11. |
Grant to Jas. O'Hagarty of pension of 30£. per ann., for life.
[Docquet.] |
| Feb. 11. |
Warrant to pay to Rich. Hamerton, 500£., for the remainder of
his lease of the Griffin at Newmarket. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 11. |
Warrant to pay to Thos. Haselrigg 333£. 9s. 6d., for certain wood-
lands to be enclosed within the park of Potters-pury and Grafton,
co. Northampton. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 11. |
Letter to the Mayor of Winchester, and others, for Sir Thos. Smith,
Clerk of the Privy Council, to have renewal of lease of the farm or
late prebend of Rothfen, alias Ratfen, co. Wilts. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 11. |
Grant to Allen Hoord of all sums of money due to the King by
the recusancy of his late father, Allen Hoord, of Ewell, Surrey.
[Docquet.] |
| Feb. ? |
27. Edm. Lassells to Salisbury. Has failed in his law suits, and is
in great distress. Begs protection, and restoration, if possible, to the
King's service. |
| Feb. 11. |
Grant to Edm. Lassells of protection for 6 months. [Docquet,
Feb. 11 and Feb. 28.] |
| Feb. 11. |
Grant to Sir Walter Cope of two-thirds of the King's interest in
the manors of Elworthy and Bradney, &c., forfeited by recusancy of
Thos. Muttlebury, of Ashill, co. Somerset. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 11. |
Grant to Jenkin Marcus and Fr. Atee of the manors of Ashby
Ledgers, Sillesworth, &c., part of the possessions of Ann Lady Catesby,
recusant. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 11. |
Grant to Lord Howard of Effingham and his heirs, of the King's
reversion of the priory of St. Mary Magdalen, Barnstaple, Devon,
with reservation of rent. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 11. |
Commission to the Lord Treasurer and others to treat with such
persons as shall lend money to the King, or undertake for such as is
already lent. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 12. |
28. Effect of the commission for survey of the King's lands in
divers counties. |
| Feb. ? |
29. Names of the Commissioners for surveying the King's lands
in several counties. |
| Feb. 12. |
Warrant to pay to Rich. Hamerton 60£., for the King's charges at
Newmarket. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 12. |
Warrants dormant to deliver to Simon Basil, Surveyor, and Thos.
Baldwin, Comptroller of the Works, stuff for their yearly liveries.
[Docquet.] |
| Feb. 12. |
Like warrant for Walter Archibald, Groom of the Robes.
[Docquet.] |
| Feb. 12. |
Warrants to the Master of the Great Wardrobe for apparel and
other necessaries for the Prince and Duke of York, for a year past.
[Docquet.] |
| Feb. 12. |
Grant to Wm. Hunt and Hen. Henn of the benefit of the recu-
sancy of John Wells, of Hoarcross, John Berington, of Rowley, and
Eleanor Ensworth, of Abbots-Bromly, all in Staffordshire. [Doc-
quet.] |
| Feb. 12. |
Grant to Rice Griffin, of the benefit of the recusancy of John
Coffin, of Allington, Devon, and John Harper, of Chelston, Hereford.
[Docquet.] |
| Feb. 12. |
Grant to Sir Fras. Leigh and his heirs, to keep a weekly market
and two yearly fairs in Dunchurch, co. Warwick. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 12. |
License to Anthony and Robert, sons of Sir Robert Dormer, to
travel for 3 years. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 12. |
Grant to Geo. Johnson, merchant tailor of London, of the office
of Woollen Draper to the King's Household. [Docquet.] |
Feb. 13.
Ludlow Castle. |
30. Ralph Lord Eure to Salisbury. Begs his support of the King's
instructions, and a speedy decision on the authority of the Council of
Wales over the four English shires, and that meantime the Sheriffs
of the counties be instructed to execute certain processes issued out
of the Welsh Court. Requests a reduction of the number of attor-
neys in the counties, they being the principal "boute-feux." |
| Feb. ? |
31. Memorandum of the differences between the present and
former instructions, relative to the office and powers of the President
and Council of Wales. |
| Feb. ? |
32. "Memorial for the Earl of Salisbury," on the King's powers in
reference to the Council of Wales, with collections out of original
records, &c., relative to the jurisdiction of the Marches of Wales over
the English shires. |
| Feb. ? |
33. Advantages that would arise by having the four English
counties exempted from the jurisdiction of the Council of Wales,
and by the abolition of that Council, which is no longer needed
to suppress riots, "Wales being as civil as England." |
| Feb. ? |
34. Reasons for exempting the four English counties from the above
jurisdiction. [Addressed by a resident there to the Privy Council.] |
| Feb. ? |
35. Reasons against the exemption of the four counties from the
government of Wales. Indorsed with notes [by Salisbury]. |
|
36. Copy of the above, with a concluding note [by Salisbury]. |
| Feb. ? |
37. Answers to arguments made to prove that the four English
shires are not within the jurisdiction of the Council of Wales. |
| Feb. 13. |
38. Wm. Button to Edw. Anthony. To search for the pardon, given
in the late reign to Walter Fish, of a recognizance entered into by
him for Customer Robinson, who died in the Queen's debt. Fish's
widow must either shew cause or pay the debt. |
Feb. 13.
Whitehall. |
39. Earl of Salisbury to Sir Thos. Lake. The Earl of Northampton
has dealt judiciously with the Spanish Ambassador in the case pending,
but Sir Noel Caron protests violently against the course taken.
Is anxious to have the King's speech, as imperfect copies of it are
getting into print. The Irish suit is for Mr. Carr of the Bedchamber.
A second Prince born in France, to whom the King will be asked
to be sponsor. |
| Feb. 15. |
Grant to the Earl of Southampton of free warren, &c., of all his
lands and possessions, and confirmation of certain liberties in the
New Forest and Forest of East Beare. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 15. |
Letter to Sir Rich. Musgrave, Master of the Ordnance in the North,
to deliver certain munition to the Earl of Dunbar for Berwick.
[Docquet.] |
| Feb. 15. |
Letter to the Earl of Lincoln to receive into his favour Henry
Fiennes, his son, who has displeased him by marrying the daughter
of Sir Jas. Harrington. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 15. |
Letter to Justices Walmsley and Warburton, arbitrators in the
suits between Lady Margaret Stanhope and her son, Sir John
Stanhope, to settle their differences, or to certify in whom the default
lies. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 15. |
Grant to Wm. Pinches, in reversion after Thos. Musgrave, of the
keeping of Bew Castle, Cumberland. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 15. |
Warrant to pay to Lord Stanhope 1,500£. for the park of
Higham Ferrers, Northampton. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 15. |
Warrant to pay to Hen. Hayman 148£. 16s. 4d. for repairing
Arch-cliff bulwark, Dover. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 15. |
Grant to Simon Reade of pardon for conjuration and invocation of
unclean spirits. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 15. |
Grant to Herbert Whitfield, of Tenterden, Kent, of pardon for
defamation and slander against his neighbours. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 15. |
License to Wm. Risby and his heirs to keep a market and two
yearly fairs at Maydenhall in Fesham, co. Suffolk. [Docquet.] |
Feb. 15.
Whitehall. |
40. Sir Julius Cæsar to Sir Thos. Lake. To procure a Privy Seal
for 128£., to be paid to Sir Edw. Cecil, Keeper of Putney Park,
Surrey, for expenses in repairs there, according to a certificate, by
Michael Haydon. |
| Feb. 16. |
41. Memorandum of receipt by Lord Treasurer Dorset, of 4 bonds of
2,000£. each, from Wm. Garway, John Wolstenholme, Fras. Jones, and
Nicholas Salter, Farmers of the Customs, for payment of 1,000£. on
Jan. 1, in each of the four succeeding years. |
Feb. 16.
Cambridge. |
42. Israel Hewet to Thos. Wilson. Thanks for benefits. |
| Feb. 16. |
Warrant for John Powell to take away all guns and engines for
destroying the King's game and fishing, from Wandsworth Bridge to
Martin Abbey. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 16. |
Grant to Thos. Wray of pardon for manslaughter. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 16. |
Renewal of lease to Sir John Savile of certain mills in Wakefield,
Horbury, and Sandall, for a fine specified. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 16. |
Lease to Thos. Dewhurst of the residue of the demesne of
Periors, not taken into the King's Park at Cheshunt, and of
the demesnes of Cheshunt Nunnery, demised to Israel Amice.
[Docquet.] |
| Feb. 16. |
Warrant to allow Sir Geo. Dalston his fees as Captain of the Fort
of Carlisle. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 18. |
Grant to Sir Thos. Somerset of an annuity of 400£., on surrender
of a former pension, to be received from Sir Thos. Shirley, out of the
Office of Alienations. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 18. |
Grant to Geo. Watkins of the Guidership of the Hospital without
Risby Gate, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, for life. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 18. |
Grant to Wm. Batty of an alms-room in St. Peter's, Westminster.
[Docquet.] |
| Feb. 18. |
Grant to Stephen Waterhouse and Martin Linley, and their heirs,
of the rectories of Freyson and Butterwick, co. Lincoln, with the
advowsons thereof. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 18. |
Grant to Melchisedec Bradwood of the sole privilege of printing
"Jewel's Defence of the Apology of the Church of England, and
his Book of Articles." [Docquet.] |
Feb. 18.
London. |
43. Writ of Summons for Hen. Coldwell to appear in the Arches
Court, respecting his defamation of Henry Massock, of the diocese
of Peterborough. With return indorsed. |
| Feb. 19. |
Grant to Edw. Barkham of the office of Rent Collector of
St. John's of Jerusalem and county of Middlesex, for life. [Ind.
Wt. Bk., p. 74.] |
Feb. 20.
Chester. |
44. George Lloyd, Bishop of Chester, to Salisbury. Reasons for
preserving certain mills and a causeway in the city of Chester, the
destruction of which is desired by some gentlemen of Wales. |
| Feb. 21. |
45. Earl of Dorset to Sir Thos. Lake. To draw a Privy Seal as
prefixed, to free Peter Bourdin, Lord of St. Anthoine, the Prince's
French riding-master, from payment of subsidies. |
Feb. 22.
Dorset House. |
46. Same to Sir Fras. Popham, and the Officers of the Port of
Bridgewater. To continue Rowland Jones as the deputy of Popham,
and not Thos. Bragg, who was lately appointed. |
| Feb. 22. |
47. Alex. Serle to Mr. Plumstead. Desires Mr. Attorney, in
drawing out grants, to reserve to him the power of levying the
fourth of the fines, in causes ecclesiastical, as granted him by the
King. Annexed is,
47. I. Grant to Rob. Brown of the fine of 100 marks payable by
Wm. Griffith, of Llan Sainte y Catherine, Anglesea, on
promotion of Thos. Lloyd of Beaumaris, with deduction
of the fourth thereof, due to Alex. Serle, procurator for
causes ecclesiastical. Aug. 20, 1604. Westminster. |
| Feb. 22. |
48. Wm. Sterrell to Sir Thos. Lake. The treaty between the
Archduke and the Hollanders is not broken off, nor was any
embargo laid on our ships in Spain. Dr. Harding chosen president.
The Duke of Savoy seeks a match for his son in Paris. A new oath
of allegiance tendered to the Judges. |
| Feb. 22. |
Grant to Wm. Cressy, senior, on surrender of Nich. Clements, of
the bailiwick of Barsetlow, in cos. Nottingham, Derby, and York,
for life, with reversion to his son, Wm. Cressy. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 22. |
Grant to Jas. Sowerby of a Gunner's place in Carlisle, void by
death of Roger Boas. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 22. |
Grant to Wm. Baily of the benefit of the recusancy of Jane
Watson, of Pattingham, co. Stafford. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 22. |
Grant to Jas. Fenton and Anth. Witherings, of the benefit of the
recusancy of Thos. Watton of Addington, Kent, John Wells of Hoar-
cross, and Rich. Fleetwood of Calwich, Stafford, and Tho. Kerry of
Sutton, Berks. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 22. |
Grant to Wm. Hawthorn of an alms-room in Sandwich.
[Docquet.] |
| Feb. 22. |
Grant to Wm. Hall of an alms-room in Peterborough. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 22. |
Warrant to allow to the Grooms of the King's Bedchamber 20s.
yearly, for a watch livery during winter. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 22. |
Grant to Cath. Frost of pardon for stealing a portmanteau out of
the house of Hugh Packer, since restored to the owner. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 22. |
Grant to Sir Fras. Fane and his heirs, of divers assart lands in the
forest of Melksham, Wilts, and a pardon of all purprestures com
mitted by him in the said forest. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 22. |
Grant to John Elphinstone, Gentleman Usher to the Queen, of
the benefit of the recusancy of Hen. Mansfield, of Taplowe, co.
Bucks. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 22. |
Warrant to allow to Piers Skinning and Rich. Arnold, Grooms of
the Coaches, stuff for their livery gowns. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 22. |
Letter to the Countess of Cumberland for keeping the usual
assizes for gaol delivery for Westmoreland at Appleby, without
impeachment from her. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 22. |
Warrant for the Chancellor, &c., of the Exchequer to receive certain
bonds of the Farmers of Customs, and to re-deliver the same, on payment
of the money. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 23. |
Order to the Woodward of the New Forest to fell 130 timber
trees, for building a new lodge there. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 23. |
Order to the Woodward of Waltham, Essex, to fell 24 loads of
timber in Hainault Walk, for building Chapel Hainault Lodge.
[Docquet.] |
| Feb. 23. |
Grant to Wm. Benson, of the benefit of the recusancy of Ann
Smith, of Leicestershire, Geo. Mellett, of London, and Rich. Bedwell,
of Bedwell, Staffordshire. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 23. |
Grant to Hen. Batten, on surrender of Lodowick Floyd, of the
office of Serjeant-at-Arms. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 23. |
Grant to Sir John and Walter Ferrers, in reversion after Roger
Maperley, of the keeping of the park of Higlinde and of Woxhall
Ward, in the Chace of Needwood, Staffordshire. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 23. |
Warrant to pay to Sir Edw. Cecil 128£. 0s. 8d., for sums disbursed
about the park and lodge at Mortlake. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 23. |
Warrant to pay to Wm. Christmas 319£. 2s. 4d., for building four
lodges in the New Forest. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 23. |
Warrant to pay to John Wright 71£. 18s. 4d., for repairs, &c., at
Chapel Hainault Lodge, in Waltham Forest. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 23. |
Grant to Lord Denney, in fee-simple, of certain tenements and
meadows belonging to the Grange of Waltham, Essex. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 23. |
Warrant to allow to the Farmers of the Customs 3,021£. 14s. 1d.
for losses sustained by them on goods imported and exported custom
free. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 23. |
49. Henry Earl of Huntingdon to Sir Thos. Lake. To further
his chaplain, [Wm.] Robinson, in obtaining a patent for a prebend
now vacant in Westminster, of which he holds the reversion. |
Feb. 24.
Court at
Whitehall. |
50. Sir Julius Cæsar to the Same. His brother, Dr. Henry
Cæsar, is the next in reversion after Wm. Robinson, for a prebend
in Westminster ; wishes Robinson's patent to be made out without
any mention of his brother's claim for the present. |
| Feb. 24. |
51. Account of the fraudulent conduct of Sir John Trevor, Sir
Rob. Mansell, and Phineas Pett, in freighting the ship Resistance
from the King's stores, in March 1605, selling the goods for their own
gain, and then claiming wages, &c., for their voyage, as though she
had gone on the King's service. |
Feb. 26.
Court at
Whitehall. |
52. Sir Julius Cæsar to Sir Thos. Lake. Has received Privy
Seals for the repairs of the lodges in the New Forest, and wishes
despatch of those required for Portsmouth. |
Feb. 26.
Lincolnshire. |
53. Estimate of the expense of repairing the chancel of Pinch-
beck church, which is in a ruinous state. |
| Feb. 28. |
Discharge to the executors of Wm. Smith, late Serjeant of the
Scullery, for 1,834£., 12s. 3½d., the value of plate stolen in the late
reign. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 28. |
Grant to Thos. Pott of the benefit of the recusancy of Reginald
Knatchbull, of Hyde, Kent, and Jas. Randall, of St. Andrew's,
Holborn. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. ? |
54. Petition of Sir William Irving to the King, for the moiety
of all fines due on recognizances and non-appearance on juries in
London, to be recovered by him. |
| Feb. ? |
55. Sir Hen. Nevill's "Project to raise a present somme for His
Majties use, without any wrong or just cause of grievance to any
man," by exempting two persons in every parish from serving as
jurors or constables. |
| Feb. 28. |
Commission to the Lord Chancellor, and others of the Council, to
compound with persons for exemptions from appearance as jurors
upon assizes, &c. [Docquet.] |
| [Feb. 28.] |
56. Declaration by the King that he has issued Commissions
for compounding with persons to be exempt from serving on juries.
Corrected [by Salisbury.] |
| Feb. 28 ? |
57. Statements of present abuses in the returns of jurors, by
which so many escape from serving that few are willing to com-
pound for exemption, hoping to obtain it otherwise. Suggestions
for rectifying the abuses, and leading them to compound ; also for a
composition for exemption from constableship and churchwardenship
as well as serving on juries. |
| Feb. ? |
58. Notes respecting the right of patronage to the rectory of
Bed was, diocese of Llandaff. Indorsed "Lady Beauchamp." |
| Feb. 28. |
Agreement between the King on the first part; Edward Earl
of Hertford, Edward Lord Beauchamp, and the Lady Honor, his
wife, on the second part; William Lord Monteagle, on the third
part; Gray Lord Chandos, and the Lady Ann, his wife, Sir John
Egerton, and the Lady Frances, his wife, Henry Earl of Huntingdon,
and the Lady Elizabeth, his wife, on the fourth part; as to the lands
of Charles Brandon, late Duke of Suffolk. [Docquet.] |
| Feb. 28. |
Agreement between the King and the Earl of Hertford and
Lord Beauchamp, for conveying to the said Earl certain rever-
sions of entailed manors and lands, and for Lord Beauchamp to
be created Earl of Hertford on decease of the present Earl.
[Docquet.] |
| Feb. 28. |
Letter to the Warden and Fellows of Oxford, for Lord Say to
have a grant, in reversion, of the farm of Woodmancot, co. Hants.
[Docquet.] |
Feb. 29.
Westminster. |
59. Rich. Neile, Dean of Westminster, to Sir Thos. Lake. The
Bishop of Bath and Wells is dead. Asks if the Dean of the Chapel
Royal would like the post; and whether Dr. Lake will prefer Worcester
deanery or wait for Winchester. |
| Feb. 29. |
60. Charles Earl of Nottingham to the Same. For a warrant to
Lord Knyvet for certain deer which are to be sent from St. James's
Park to the French King. The toils have been occupied by the
King's order, in taking red deer, but are now expected back. |
| Feb. |
61. Statement of the controversy between Wm. Calley, merchant
of London, and his factor, Jean Baptista Rolandes, respecting
accounts for the clothing of the Archduke's army. |
March 1.
Westminster ? |
Re-grant to the Earl of Montgomery, in fee-simple, of certain
reversions of manors, parsonages, tenements, &c., to the value of
200£. per ann., all to be on expiration of three lives. [Docquet,
March 2.] |
| March 2. |
Directions to the Chancellor and Attorney of the Duchy of Lan-
caster, to settle ambiguities in the letters patent formerly granted to
the Dean and Chapter of Ripon, co. York. [Docquet.] |
| March 2. |
Warrant to deliver to Geo. Nevey 20£. for repairs of the forti-
fications at Portsmouth, and to fell fifty decayed trees in the New
Forest, for the said repairs. [Docquet.] |
| March 2. |
Warrant to deliver to Edm. Tilney, Master of the Revels,
61£. 18s. 10d. for expenses of his office; also 100£. imprest for
charges to be defrayed by him in the said office. [Docquet.] |
| March 2. |
Grant to Walter Toderick and John Hitton, of the moiety of
1,000£., old debts due to the Crown, to be recovered by them.
[Docquet.] |
| March 2. |
62. Discovery [by Fras. Tillotson, the priest, to Lord Danvers,] of
a conspiracy of Parsons at Rome, Creswell at Madrid, Hen. Fludd
at Lisbon, and Baldwin in the Low Countries, to revenge the death
of Garnet on the King and Prince, by sending five disguised
Jesuits to England to kill them. Plot at Rome to stir up rebellion
in Ireland. [See Irish Corresp., Feb. 23, 1608.] |
| March ? |
63. Digest of a proposition for levying an impost on beer and
ale, for sundry regulations in the manufacture and sale thereof, and
for a survey of alehouse-keepers, that none but persons of good
character may be allowed to keep alehouses. |
| March 3. |
64. The King to [the Sheriffs of Counties ?]. Requires them
to observe the directions sent for the reform of abuses, in granting
too many licenses for alehouses and to improper persons. |
March 3.
Barnard
Castle. |
65. Rowland White to Sir Thos. Lake. Has received the warrant
for Lord Montgomery. Mr. Tracy is glad that Mr. Baynam's
business progresses. Stags to be ready if the King goes to Thetford.
The Commissioners at the Hague cannot agree on the East India
business. Spanish gallies have taken six or seven ships of the
States, and spoiled or killed the men. |
March 3.
St. James's. |
66. Sir Thos. Chaloner to the Same. In favour of an invention by
Mr. Sturtevant for making water pipes of earthenware, of which he
can cast 8,000 yards per day, and which are more safe and strong
than those of lead. |
March 4.
London. |
67. Rich. Putto to the Same. To get the King's signature to his
grant of the fine of Mr. Llewelyn. Will pay the money promised
to Lake for it where he shall direct. Prays the completion of the
grant of 5,000£. old crown debts to Fras. Mills, for which he and others
would give bond to pay Lake 500£.; advises him to obtain a similar
grant of 10,000£. for himself. |
| March 4. |
68. Sir Thos. Leeds to the Same. To forward his suit for the
fine of a person who is sure to be convicted and his goods and
lands forfeited; will give Lake 600£., or half the profits, for his
influence. |
March 4.
Hampton Court. |
69. Charles Earl of Nottingham to the Same. Fears that from
the extreme cold, the deer cannot be conveyed alive to France,
there being great fatality amongst them. The King must be
sparing in his warrants for gifts of them, this being no year for
tailors and shoemakers to eat venison. Particulars of the warrant
required for Lord Knyvet to deliver them, he being exact in such
things. |
| March 4. |
Grant to Sir John Heigham and his heirs to hold two yearly fairs
at Barrow, co. Suffolk. [Docquet.] |
| March 4. |
Grant to John Hunt, Wm. Poynter, and Wm. Nevill, of London,
merchants, of protection for a year. [Docquet.] |
| March 4. |
Grant to John Braderton of an alms-room in Sandwich hospital.
[Docquet.] |
| March 4. |
Grant to Hugh Barbon of the moiety of 1,000£., old debts due to
the Crown to be recovered by him. [Docquet.] |
March 6.
The Merlyon,
Portsmouth. |
70. Capt. Wm. Winter to the Earl of Nottingham. Intelligence
of a man of war from the Straits cruizing off Torbay, and landing
men. Complaints of enhancement in the price of corn, by its daily
transportation. |
March 7.
Newmarket. |
71. Sir Thos. Lake to Salisbury. Touching an escheat for which
he has made suit. Encloses a letter to Lord Knyvet about taking
deer out of St. James's Park. |
| March 7. |
License for Lord Windsor to travel for -- years. [Docquet.] |
| March 7. |
Warrant to pay 40£. to John Gibb, Groom of the Bedchamber.
[Docquet.] |
| March 7. |
Grant to John Yardley of an alms-room in St. Stephen's, West-
minster. [Docquet.] |
| March 7. |
Warrant to deliver to the Bishop of Chichester, Chief Almoner,
or to Robert Scott, his Sub-Almoner, 133£. 6s. 8d., for alms on
Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter week. [Docquet.] |
| March 7. |
Warrant dormant to deliver 50£. per annum, during the Queen's
life, for fees, and also the sums requisite for expenses, of the gardens
at Theobalds and Somerset House. [Docquet.] |
| March 7. |
Warrant to pay 475£. for the charges, &c., of Guido Gall and
others, servants of the King of Denmark, during their abode in
England. [Docquet.] |
| March 7. |
Warrant to deliver to Wm. Clarke and Rob. Whitnoll, keepers of
the two great bridges over the river Lea, cloth for their liveries.
[Docquet.] |
| March 7. |
Grant to two Danes and five Dutchmen of pardon for piracy,
procured by Guido Gall. [Docquet.] |
March 10.
Thetford. |
72. Sir Thos. Lake to Salisbury. To consider and submit to the
officers of the King's works, a petition for a patent for certain inven-
tions in building. |
March 11.
Thetford. |
73. Sir Thos. Lake to Salisbury. Business matters. Le Sieur's
Privy Seal. Letter to the Landgrave of Hesse. The King well
pleased with the committal of the players who have offended in
the matter of France, &c. The children of the Blackfriars to be
dissolved for lewd words. Petitions of Sir Pat. Murray for Irish
fines, and of Sir Sam. Saltonstall, for customs on foreign wools. The
King proposes to spend the next week in hunting at Newmarket. |
| March 11. |
74. The King to the Earl of Shrewsbury. Orders him to enforce
due execution of the forest laws in Galtres forest, where the deer
are much diminished. To prevent the tenants keeping too many
cattle there. To expel sheep from the forest, and to order certain
proportions of hay to be kept for the use of the deer. |
| March 12. |
Docquet of the above. |
| March 12. |
Warrant for the King's apparel for a year, ending Michaelmas
last. [Docquet.] |
| March 12. |
Warrant for necessaries for the Maundy of the present year.
[Docquet.] |
| March 12. |
Grant to John Palmer of the guidership of the Poor-house of
Mary Magdalen, co. Somerset. [Docquet.] |
| March 12. |
Warrant to pay to Sir Hen. Cock 7,000£. for the charges of the
Prince's house. [Docquet.] |
| March 14. |
Warrant reducing the new impositions on French, Brazil, and
fustick woods, &c.; also provisoes for returning the impost on woods
and starch brought in and exported again, and for reducing it on
those brought in before notice of the increased duties. [Docquet.] |
| March 14. |
Grants to John Hughes and Fras. Hewitson of Gunners' places
in the Tower. [Docquet.] |
| March 14. |
Grant to Adrian Jacobson, a German, of denization. [Docquet.] |
| March 14. |
License for Sir Rob. Wynd to travel for three years. [Docquet.] |
| March 14. |
Letter to the Mayor of Nottingham for Wm. Gregory, Town
Clerk, to have the office of keeping the King's courts there.
[Docquet.] |
| March 14. |
Grant to Hugh Thomas of an alms-room in St. Thomas's Hospital,
Sandwich. [Docquet.] |
| March 14. |
Lease to Arch. Napper of the manor of Caversfield, Bucks.
[Docquet.] |
| March 14. |
Indenture whereby the King demises to the Earl of Northampton
a duty of 10s. per cwt. on starch imported, and 5s. per cwt. on starch
made in England, on condition of payment to the King of one
fourth of the revenue therefrom. [Docquet.] |
| March 14. |
Grant to Thos. Williams of the benefit of the recusancy of John
Jefford, of Hatesbury Court, Devon, Rob. Hawkins of Doddenham,
and Wm. Sparry of Kings Norton, co. Worcester. [Docquet.] |
| March 14. |
The usual warrant for necessaries for the stable, for the use of the
King and Prince. [Docquet.] |
| March 16. |
Warrant for apparel for the footmen, &c. of the King, Queen,
Prince, Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth. [Docquet.] |
| March 16. |
Grant to Thos. Finch and Steph. Partridge, of pardon of all
punishments adjudged against them in the Court of Star Chamber,
the fines only excepted. [Docquet.] |
| March 16. |
75. Re-grant to Herbert Whitfield, of pardon for defamation
against John Elliot and others. |
| March 18. |
Articles of agreement indented between the King on the one part,
and Sir Edw. Coke, Lady Elizabeth his wife, and Sir Christ. Hatton,
on the other part. [Docquet.] |
| March 18. |
Indenture whereby the King grants to the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, the Earl of Exeter, Sir Edw. Coke, and Sir Hen. Fanshaw,
his interest in the lands of Sir Christopher Hatton, seized by the
late Queen for debts due to her, on condition of their paying 1,500£.
yearly, till the remaining debt is discharged. [Docquet.] |
| March ? |
76. Note of the rents of Holdenby. |
| March 18. |
Privy Seal to the Lord Treasurer and others, declaring what the
King has agreed to give for the mansion, &c. at Holdenby.
[Docquet.] |
| March 18. |
Warrant dormant to deliver to John Archibald, Groom of the
Robes, stuff for his livery. [Docquet.] |
| March 18. |
Letter to John Murray, Keeper of Guildford Park, to detain the
building materials of the manor house lately pulled down there.
[Docquet.] |
March 18.
Westminster. |
77. The King to the Master, &c. of St. Thomas's Hospital, South-
wark, in behalf of Henry Halfield, for a lease, in reversion, of
Bewick farm, in Holderness. |
| March 18. |
Docquet of the above. |
| March 18. |
78. Order to the Woodward of Hampshire to fell 60 timber
trees in the forest of East Beare, for the use of Sir Thos. Cornwallis,
Deputy-Keeper under Sir Fras. Vere. |
| March 18. |
Grants to Thos. Pinckney, Anth. Dodsworth, and Jerome Metcalf
of the benefit of the recusancy of Thos. Pursell and Fras. Moore, of
Shenfield, co. Berks, Hen. Britton, of High Holborn, co. Middlesex
Thomas Pudsey, of Barforth, co. York, and John Gittons, of Cowdray,
Sussex. [Docquet.] |
| March 18. |
Grant to Thos. Muncrieff of a pension of 18d. per diem, during
pleasure, for his service in mewing the King's hawks. [Docquet.] |
| March 18. |
Grant to Sir Jas. Douglas, born in Scotland, of denization.
[Docquet.] |
| March 18. |
Grant to John Hawkins, in reversion after Rich. Dyer, of the
office of Whiffler, and one of the Gunners in the Tower. [Docquet.] |
| March 18. |
Grant to John Colt of pardon for coining and clipping of money.
[Docquet.] |
March 19.
York. |
79. John Thornborough, Bishop of Bristol, to Salisbury. Proceedings
as to Wm. Udall's discoveries of priests, &c. Intends to write
to Udall, urging him to reveal all to Salisbury, as he cannot himself
undertake a long journey to London to speak with him. Incloses,
79. I. Wm. Udall to the Bp. of Bristol. Detail of particulars
respecting former plots of the Jesuits and Spaniards.
Affirms confidently that the Earl of Tyrone intends to seize
Chester and head a rebellion in Ireland. Mar. 16, 1608,
Clerkenwell. |
| March 20. |
Grant, with survivorship, to Hugh Hanley and Rich. Bull, on
surrender of Peter Bird, of the office of Examiner of the Court of
Wales. [Docquet.] |
| March 20. |
Grant to Rob. Corbett and Thos. Catchmay, assigns of the Earl
Montgomery, of lease of the office of Weights and Measures in
Penrith called Metlawe and Welawe, and of divers lands, &c., in cos.
Cumberland, Bucks, Kent, &c. [Docquet.] |
| March 20. |
80. Bond from the King to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, &c., of
London, for 100,000£. |
March 21.
Westminster. |
Warrant to pay to Rich. Cole, the King's Girdler, 1,220£. for
wares, &c., for the use of the King, Prince, and Duke of York.
[Warrt. Bk., II., p. 51.] |
| March 21. |
Commission to the Lord Chancellor, &c., to compound for depopu-
lations and decays of houses, and other offences of like nature.
[Docquet.] |
| March 21. |
Commission to Sir John Herbert, Second Secretary of State, Sir
Julius Cæsar, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Thomas Parry, Chan-
cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and others, to compound for offences
in building, in London and the suburbs. [Docquet.] |
| March 21. |
Warrant to pay to Sir Thos. Hayes, Sir Baptist Hicks, William
Garway, and others, money borrowed by the King, with interest;
and also 80,000£., with interest, borrowed of divers citizens and
merchant strangers of London. [Docquet.] |
| March 21. |
Grant to Lord Denney, in fee simple, of certain buildings called
the Forge and other tenements, Fullingmill meads, and Edmondsey
meadow, in Waltham, Essex. [Docquet.] |
| March 21. |
Grant to John Achmouty, Groom of the Bedchamber, of 2,000£. as
a gift, payable out of the forfeitures of recusants. [Docquet.] |
| March 21. |
License for Thos. Trayton to exercise the trade of brewer at Lewes,
co. Sussex, although he has not been an apprentice to the trade.
[Docquet.] |
| March 21. |
Warrant to deliver to three of the King's Falconers stuff for their
apparel. [Docquet.] |
| March 21. |
Warrant to allow to Rich. Polley and Rich. Withers, Yeoman and
Groom of the Cross-Bows to the Queen, 2d. per diem each for their
board wages. [Docquet.] |
| March 21. |
Grant to John King of the office of Bailiff of the two hundreds of
Goolayton and Gartra, and Collector of the King's rents there, for
21 years. [Docquet.] |
| March ? |
81. Thomas Phelippes to Earl of Salisbury. Prays that his debt to
the Crown may be installed at 200 marks per annum, and that his
pension may be paid and not defalcated for that purpose. Has been
deprived of the lease of his land to please another. |
| March ? |
82. [Same] to [the Same]. Has searched his papers for information
on a subject requested by his lordship, and will send it when
he knows the particular points required. It had gone worse with
Blewet and others but for the French Ambassador. |
| March 21. |
Grant to Charles Chambers of the benefit of the recusancy of Lady
Cobb, of Norfolk, Arthur Blewet of Holcombe Regis, Devon, Walter
Erdiswick of Hartley Green, Stafford, Thos. Bockholes of Chauton,
Thurstone Tyldesley of Stanzaker, and Edw. Singleton of Broughton
Tower, Lancaster. [Docquet.] |
| March 21. |
Grant to Sir John Portman and his heirs of two manors called
Grinwore and Whitnell, Somerset, as assignee of Fras. Blunt, who
held the same by lease for 2,000 years. [Docquet.] |
| March 21. |
Congé d'élire to the Dean and Chapter of Bath and Wells to elect
a Bishop there. [Docquet.] |
| March 21. |
Letter to the same to elect Dr. Montague, Dean of the King's
Chapel, to the vacant Bishopric. [Docquet.] |
| March 21. |
Presentation of John Still to the parsonage of Christen Malford,
diocese of Salisbury. [Docquet.] |
| March 21. |
Grant to Edw. Fitton, in reversion after John Thomas, of the
office of Gunner in the Tower and Groom of the Ordnance.
[Docquet.] |
| March 21. |
Grant to Mich. Geerc, of the place of Assistant to the King's chief
officers of the Admiralty, void by death of Rob. Savage. [Docquet.] |
| March ? |
83. Instructions regulating the tonnage duties to be paid by ships
voyaging to certain places, the collections thereof to be continued
until 2,000£., besides the 600£. owing upon account of the 2,000£.
already paid in, be collected. Signed, Rob. Salmon, Michael Geere,
Walter Cooke. |
| March 22. |
84. The Council to the Earl of Sussex. Require payment of the
second instalment of the subsidy, due by him. |
| March 22. |
85. Edw. Reynoldes to Owen Reynoldes. Private affairs. Repairing
and letting of a house, &c. |
| March 22. |
Grant to Geo. Ward and Rob. Morgan, and their heirs, of rectory
and chantry lands, value 67£. 1s. 5½d., per ann.; and also
re-grant of lands belonging to the rectory of Buckland Brewer, co.
Devon. [Docquet.] |
| March 22. |
Presentation of Robert Scott, the King's Sub-Almoner, to the
sub-deanery of Wells. [Docquet.] |
| March 22. |
Grant to the Same of the prebend of Compton Episcopi in the
Cathedral of Wells. [Docquet.] |
| March 22. |
Grant to Alex. Chesham of the place of one of his Majesty's
Musicians for the Violins. [Docquet.] |
| March 22. |
Letter of thanks to the Bishop of Durham, for his kindness to
Thos. Murray, Pedagogue to the Duke of York, with request to
further Murray's business about the hospital of Sherburn.
[Docquet.] |
| March 22. |
Letter to Lady Eliz. Hatton, to appoint Richard Lazomby, Master
of the King's Crossbows, to be Keeper of the Park of Holdenby.
[Docquet.] |
| March 22. |
Warrant to pay to Sir Henry Gunderrot, 300£., for a jewel to be
bestowed on the Landgrave of Hesse. [Docquet.] |
| March 22. |
Warrant to pay to Jehan Blomeart, 300£., for a jewel bestowed on
Lord Haddington; and 300£. to Henryck Van Hulfen, for a tablet of
gold set with diamonds, and the King's picture, given by the King
to Rob. Carr, Gentleman of the Bedchamber. [Docquet.] |
| March 23. |
86. Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury to the Earl of Salisbury. Death of
Lange, the parson of Leadenham. Begs the living for his own chaplain,
John Craven, of Trinity College, Cambridge. The patronage
belongs to Chris. Beresford, the King's ward. Lady Arabella is gone
to town; and has had a drawing of Chatsworth made for Salisbury. |
| March 23. |
Grant of 1,000£. to Stephen Le Sieur, being a debt due by Sir Thos.
Gresham to the late Queen. [Warrt. Bk., II., p. 118.] |
| March 24. |
Docquet of the above. |
| March 24. |
Gift to Alex. Hay, Deputy Secretary for Scotland, of two-thirds
of the forfeitures of recusants, to be recovered at his own cost.
[Docquet.] |
| March 24. |
Demise to Geo. Lawley of two-thirds of the King's interest in
messuages, lands, &c., in Bromecroft and other places, co. Salop,
arising from the recusancy of Geo. Lutley. [Docquet.] |
| March 24. |
Letter to the Master, &c. of St. John's College, Cambridge, to accept
the resignation of the vicarage of North Stoke, Oxford, by Thomas
Leech, and to confer it on his son Nathaniel Leech. [Docquet,
March 18.] |
| March 24. |
Letter to the Same. To elect John Norton to a scholarship.
[Docquet.] |
| March 24. |
Grant to Sir Hen. Fowkes, in fee-simple, of the King's right of
patronage, &c., of the rectories of Kirby Misperton and Brandsburton,
co. York; of Trent, co., Somerset; Alderchurch, co. Lincoln;
and Goddington, co. Oxford. [Docquet, March 24 and April 21.] |
| March 24. |
Grant to Geo. Williams of an alms-room in Durham Cathedral.
[Docquet.] |
| March 25. |
Lease to Amb. Dudley of the manor, mines, &c., of Chopwell, co.
Durham. [Docquet.] |
| March 25. |
Grant to Rob. and William Appleby, of the office of making "blackjacks,
bottles, barhides, cloth-sacks, bed-cases, gun-cases, peternelcases,
pistol-cases, cross-bow cases, long-bow cases, bombards,
baskets, collects, and bucklers, all of leather," for the Household,
the Tower of London, and the Navy, for their lives. [Docquet.] |
| March 25. |
License to Rob. Throgmorton, of Weston Underwood, co. Bucks.,
to travel for three years. [Docquet.] |
| March 25. |
License for all merchants to export corn free of duty, if not sold
within a reasonable time. [Docquet.] |
| March 25. |
Grant to Rich. Andrews and Will. Hawkins, in trust for Katherine
Playdell, of 1,000£., being the forfeiture of an obligation of John
Playdell, her husband, by which he was bound to pay 4£. monthly
for her maintenance. [Docquet.] |
| March 26. |
Grant to Sir John Herbert, Sir Julius Cæsar, and others, to reform
abuses in building, contrary to proclamation. Printed. [Grant Bk.,
p. 43.] |
March 26.
Westminster. |
Warrant to pay to Thos. Scudamore, Receiver-General of Yorkshire,
100 marks per annum, for service, &c. at Berwick. [Warrt. Bk., II.,
p. 25.] |
| March 26. |
Docquet of the above. |
| March 26. |
Warrant to pay 26£., to Rich. Brass, Yeoman of the Buckhounds;
5£. 10s. 10d., to Thos. Norton, for making certain bridges
between Royston and Newmarket; and 30£. 10s., to John Manwood,
for holding two justice sessions within the forests of Hampshire.
[Docquet.] |
| March 29. |
87. Order for Ottiwell Bynns to appear personally before the
Council at York. |
| March 29. |
Warrant to pay 30£. to Lord Carew, Lieutenant of the Ordnance,
for sending a canonier, smith, wheelwright, and carpenter, to the
coast of Cantyre, Scotland. [Docquet.] |
| March 29. |
Warrant to deliver certain munition to Hen. Mills, appointed
Canonier in the West parts of Scotland. [Docquet.] |
| March 30. |
Commission for Sir Wm. Waad, Sir Hen. Montague, Arthur
Ingram, and others, assigns of the Earl of Northampton, to execute
the conditions of a grant to the said Earl, of an imposition on starch.
[Docquet.] |
| March 30. |
Grant to Isaac Vacandare, a French boy, of pardon for rape.
[Docquet.] |
| March 30. |
Grant to Anth. Higgins, of the Deanery of Ripon. [Docquet.] |
| March 30. |
Warrant to pay to Clement Edmondes, Secretary of the City of
London, 133£. 13s. 4d., for drawing the assurance to be made by the
King, for great sums of money borrowed of the said city. [Docquet.] |
| March 30. |
Warrant to pay the expenses of taking down the King's house at
Enfield, and conveying the materials to be used in the intended
building at Theobalds. [Docquet.] |
| March 30. |
Gift to Sir John Harpur and Fras. Needham, of such lands, &c., as
may accrue to the Crown by the outlawry of Sir John Souch, in
trust for payment of his debts, and maintenance of his wife and son.
[Docquet.] |
| March 30. |
Warrant to pay to Lord Hay, Gentleman of the Robes, 1,500£.,
for provision of the King's robes. [Docquet.] |
| March 30. |
Warrant to pay 3,200£. for a jewel given by the King to the Prince.
[Docquet.] |
| March 30. |
Lease to Edm. Thurston and Rob. Webb of the King's two parts
of the lands of divers recusants in Lancashire. [Docquet.] |
| March 30. |
Commission to the Lord Admiral, and others, to find out abuses,
&c., in the Royal Navy. [Docquet, March 30 and April 29.] |
| March 30. |
Grant to Thos. Marbury of two-thirds of the King's interest in
the goods, lands, &c., of Hen. Bannister, and Thos. Westby, recusants.
[Docquet.] |
| March 30. |
Lease to Edw. Savile of divers mills in Wakefield, Horbury, and
Sandall, co. York, on resignation of the same by Sir John Savile,
his father. [Docquet.] |
| March 30. |
Warrant to pay to Hen. Seckford 100 marks for conveying
certain pied deer to the French King. [Docquet.] |
| March 30. |
Grant to Hen. Kelway and others, of pardon for assembling to
pull down Inclosures. [Grant Bk., p. 35.] |
| March 31. |
Grant to Edw. Jones of an alms-room in Christchurch, Oxford.
[Docquet, March 30.] |
| March ? |
88. -- to the Council. Report their proceedings in reference
to the butchers summoned to appear before them for suppression of
the sale of meat during Lent. The butchers of Middlesex complain
against those of the City of London for taking unfair advantage of
their licenses. [See Jan. 22.] |
| March ? |
89. Suggestions for reformation of abuses in secret conveyance and
transportation of raw hides, leather, and calf skins. |
March 31.
Westminster. |
Proclamation against the transportation of leather. Printed.
[Proc. Bk., p. 171.] |
| March ? |
90. Reasons offered by the Company of the Leathersellers of London
why their leather should not be subjected to search. |
| March ? |
91. Reasons delivered by John Kendrick against renewing the
great toll at Gravelines. |
| March ? |
92. Sir John Poyntz to the Earl of Salisbury. Information
relative to the estate of the late Sir Gabriel Poyntz, the wardship of
whose grandchildren is now in controversy between himself, Sir
John Cutts, and Mr. Docwra. |
| March ? |
93. Same to the Same. Will submit to his decision in his cause
with Mr. Docwra. Solicits to become tenant of certain lands which
Docwra holds, and from which he is debarred merely by a misnomer
in the conveyance. |
| [March.] |
94. Book of the names of stewards, &c., of Crown manors, with
the amounts of their respective fees, from 1 to 5 James I. |
| March ? |
95. Estimate of the value to be made by the sale of trees, according
to the survey. |
| March ? |
96. Account of annuities to divers foreign Princes and noblemen
of the realm, the King, Queen, and Prince's bedchamber and household
servants, and the late officers of Berwick. |
