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The King to Lord Treasurer Salisbury |
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1611, June 4. |
Warrant to allow Sir William Anstruther, knt, to
transport out of England into Scotland for his own use, without paying
any custom, the following parcels of plate, viz., one basin and ewer of
silver, two stoups, four bowls, two salts, one sugar box and spoon,
two candlesticks and twelve spoons, weighing in all 261½ ounces.
Palace of Westminster, 4 June, 9 James 1.
Sign Manual 2/3 p. (129 65) |
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James Burrell to Thomas Wilson |
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1611, June 6. |
Sends him by Thomas Anderson, the master of the
ship who traffics to Berwick, "4 salmond souced, in a cage". Thanks
him for his favours. Doubts not Wilson will use the best means he can
in his behalf, for his business with the Lord Treasurer. Berwick, 6 June,
1611.
Holograph ½p. (86 77) |
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The King to Lord Treasurer Salisbury |
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1611, June 6. |
By our letters patents bearing date the 6th day of
March in the eighth year of our reign, we have given unto Sir Thomas
Mounson, knt., the office of Master of our Armoury within the Tower of
London, as also in our galleries at Greenwich, immediately after the
decease of Sir Henry Lee, late Master. Forasmuch as we are now given
to understand Sir Henry Lee is lately deceased, by means whereof the
same office is descended to Sir Thomas Mounson, we let you wit our
pleasure is that you forthwith appoint trusty persons to make a true
and perfect view and remain of all our armour and other munition or
habiliments of war now within the Tower of London or any other place
appertaining to the office of Master of our Armoury, and so much thereof
as were lately in the custody or keeping of Sir Henry Lee or any other
person appointed for the purpose to deliver over by books under the
hands of the commissioners, so by you appointed, into the custody of
Sir Thomas Mounson; and that the commissioners do likewise in the
same books under their hands distinguish and certify the old decayed
and unserviceable armour, munition and habiliments of war of all sorts
from the good and serviceable, especially such as they find unfit to be
given in charge or to be kept in our said office. And that you make
allowances from time to time unto the said commissioners for their diets
and other charges expended in the said services, to be paid out of the
Receipt of our Exchequer, as in like services has been accustomed.
Palace of Westminster, 6 June, 9 James 1.
Sign Manual Signet 1m. (129 66(1)) |
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John Finet to [Viscount Cranborne] |
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1611, June 24. |
". . . . greater shame to gather phrases than riches,
when they are to serve the mind as these the body. I know one of the
learnedest tongues and judgments of this land that scorned neither
the pains nor the notes to compile with his own hands for his private
use a just volume of English elegancies, phrases and synonyms. But
the amassing of these is nothing without application and exercises,
which may be performed in framing letters out of imagined subjects to
and from yourself. 24 June, 1611.
Holograph Last page only of a letter, the first portion wanting. Endorsed
in a later hand: "John Finet, governor to Lord Salisbury's son."
1p. (129 66(2)) |
