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Theology. |
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[November 15, 1605]. |
A theological work entitled "De
Monachis" dealing with various doctrinal matters and compiled in
different hands. Some of the writings are dated, the earliest being
November 15, 1605. There are a number of blank pages in the
book. This may be another book of Catholic provenance seized
after the Gunpowder Plot.
Latin. 444 pp. (316.) |
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John St. Leger to the Earl of Salisbury. |
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[After November 20, 1605]. |
He has sent a letter to Salisbury
begging him to obtain letters from the King to those who purchased
lands from petitioner's father in Devon and Somerset. The Earl
of Dorset proposes to discuss the purpose of those letters with
Salisbury. He requests that, in view of his destitution, such letters
be procured and dispatched as soon as possible.—Undated.
½ p. (P. 1291.)
[See H.M.C. Salisbury MSS, Vol. XVII, pp. 499–500.] |
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Edmund Lascelles to the King. |
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[1605 November 28]. |
He has granted petitioner the escheat of
John Harmon, yeoman, of Middleton Stoney, co. Oxford, recently
committed for sheep-stealing. Petitioner requests the King to
signify his pleasure in this matter to the officials of the Exchequer
and to his legal officers.—Undated. |
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Note by Sir Thomas Lake: "The King Matie is pleased that the
Lord Treasurer and his learned counsell shall take knowledge of
this his Highnes grant, and take care that nothinge passe thereof
to any other mans use. 28 No: 1605." |
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Note by the Earl of Dorset: "Mr Attorney to consider what may
lawfully be don for the seazure and preservation of his goods
untill his triall. 1 Dec: 1605." |
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Note by Sir Edward Coke: "There may be an inventory taken of
his goods, but no seazure can be made nor any of his goods removed
or taken out of his possession untill he be convicted."
1 p. (P. 1183.)
[See H.M.C. Salisbury MSS, Vol. XVIII, p. 17.] |
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Anthony Elcock to the Earl of Salisbury. |
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[c November, 1605]. |
He is a mercer of London, and declares
that Ambrose Rookwood, one of the conspirators of the late
Gunpowder Plot, purchased black and crimson velvets worth
£30:15 from petitioner a few days before his arrest, promising to
pay for them within thirteen days. Immediately upon the report
of Rookwood's arrest, petitioner tried to locate some of his goods,
and found that articles of clothing made up with the abovementioned velvets had been left at the house of Lady Maredith.
He had proceeded without delay to the Tower to ask Salisbury's
permission to indemnify himself from these articles, a request which
Salisbury and the Privy Council had granted. He now asks that
a warrant be directed to Lady Maredith, ordering her to surrender
the articles to him.—Undated.
½ p. (P. 1263.)
[See H.M.C. Salisbury MSS, Vol. XVII, pp. 511–12.] |
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John Street to the Earl of Salisbury. |
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[c November, 1605]. |
He is of the city of Worcester. Having
heard of the late traitors and their activities, he with others pursued
them to the place of their last refuge. There he bore himself with
exemplary courage and skill, and it was his good fortune "at two
shootes to slay 3 of the principall of them, viz, Pearcy, Catesby
and Wright, and to hurt Ruckwood sore beside". He spent much
money in having the injuries of those who survived attended to by
surgeons in order to preserve their lives. Inasmuch as the King
promised a reward of £1000 for whoever should bring in Percy
alive, as well as the traitor's estate, petitioner requests Salisbury
to intervene that the reward be bestowed upon him, or else a
pension, as the King thinks most suitable, "which wilbe an incouragement to others (that expect him to be highly rewarded) to
hazard their lives in the like action if occasion shalbe offered".—
Undated.
½ p. (P. 1491.)
[See H.M.C. Salisbury MSS, Vol. XVII, p. 531 for duplicate of
this petition.] |
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John Daniel to the King. |
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[November, 1605]. |
Nineteen years ago the King accepted him
as his servant and Lord Chancellor Maitland and Sir Lewis
Balantyne took his oath to that effect. He now requests that the
Lord Chamberlain take his oath in England as the King's servant.
By the intervention of the Earl of Salisbury, the late Queen
Elizabeth granted him an annuity of £40 which he was forced to
assign to Francis Smallman for the discharge of certain debts,
upon assurance that it would be returned to him when they had
been paid. Smallman has since recovered more than was due to
him, and petitioner asks that the King direct the Lord Chancellor
and Salisbury to summon Smallman and order him to redeliver the
annuity.—Undated. |
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Note: "We are well pleased to graunte unto our foresaide servaunt the some of his requests, and that the Lord Chamberlyn
and the Earl of Salusberry shall see the same effected."
1 p. (P. 223.)
[See PRO, Privy Seal Office, Ind. 6744, November 1605, No. 13.] |
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Thomas Bramedge to the King. |
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[c November, 1605]. |
He is a sadler by trade, and delivered to
Sir Everard Digby some £60 worth of wares, none of which has been
paid for. Now that Digby has been arrested as a participator in
the late conspiracy, petitioner is in danger of being ruined. He
asks that some compensation be awarded him out of the escheated
goods and chattels of Digby.—Undated.
1 p. (P. 1771.) |
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William Shawe to the Earl of Salisbury. |
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[c November, 1605]. |
He is an innkeeper and lives in Drury Lane.
One of the traitors in the late conspiracy, Robert Catesby, had
certain goods in petitioner's house which were seized and conveyed
away by Dobbinson, one of the bailiffs of Westminster, who also
took some of petitioner's own goods with him. Catesby owed
petitioner £100, and he asks that the debt should be paid out of the
traitor's property, and that his own goods should be restored at the
same time.—Undated.
At bottom: "Catesbyes goodes. A silver cupp or challice, a
riche cope, certaine peeces of lynnen and certaine vestments of silke. |
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The poore petitioners goods. A carkenett sett with dyamonds
for a gentlewoman, a gylt thymble and two litle peeces of plate
which cost him xxxs."
¾ p. (P. 1465.) |
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William Hilliard to —. |
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[c November, 1605]. |
He was employed for 8 days as harbinger
for arranging post horses, waggon horses, accommodation and diet,
as well as the provision of escorts, for the safe conveyance of the
23 prisoners from Worcester. He has never been paid for this
service, and asks that he be granted some allowance for his expenses.
—Undated.
½ p. (P. 464.) |
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William Hilliard to —. |
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[c November, 1605]. |
He was employed for 8 days in the King's
service by [? Salisbury's] command and that of the Lords of the
Privy Council, in connection with the 23 prisoners who came from
Worcestershire. He had arranged post horses, accommodation,
food and waggons for their transport, and escorts for their supervision and transit during the various stages of their journey. He
has not received any remuneration for his labours, and now prays
to be allowed some financial recompense.—Undated.
⅓ p. (P. 353.) P. 1180 is another copy with slight variation. |
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John Price to the Earl of Salisbury. |
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[c November, 1605]. |
Mr Barrett was informed by one of the
"rebells" whom he conducted to London, of certain quantities of
gold and treasure concealed by them. He, in turn, passed the
information on to petitioner, who considered it his duty to acquaint
Salisbury with it. The prisoner's name is John Vizard, now
committed to the Marshalsea.—Undated.
¼ p. (P. 350.) |
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Matthew Batty to the Earl of Salisbury. |
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[After November, 1605]. |
After being dismissed from the service
of Lord Monteagle, petitioner was obliged last November to travel
towards his own country. On the way he was arrested, brought
to London and committed by Salisbury to the Gatehouse, where he
has been detained ever since. He is destitute of all means and only
the King's allowance has enabled him to survive. He would have
been released before Lent, as many others were, if his Christian
name had not been mistaken. He asks that he be now released by
Salisbury's warrant.—Undated.
¾ p. (P. 683.)
[See H.M.C. Salisbury MSS, Vol. XVII, p. 529.] |
