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John Cole to the Earl of Salisbury. |
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[Before October 24, 1607]. |
He is 64 years old, and in regard of
his service, age and poverty, he was able by means of his friend
George Murray to present a petition to the King asking for an
almsman's room at Westminster. It was granted, but when he
brought it duly signed by the King to Sir Thomas Windebank,
the latter lost it and the room has been withheld from him. |
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Petitioner requests that Windebank be summoned before Salisbury and ordered to redeliver the original petition so that it may
pass the King's seals.—Undated.
½ p. (P. 1195.) |
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[Sir Thomas Windebank, Clerk of the Signet, died on October
24, 1607. See DNB Vol. LXII under Sir Francis Windebank,
pp. 162–3.] |
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Sir Robert Carey to the King. |
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[c. October 25, 1607]. |
He prays that the granting of latitats
and bills of Middlesex out of the Court of King's Bench be erected
into an office and bestowed upon him, he undertaking to pay twenty
marks annually for it into the Exchequer. He refers to the erection
of the granting of subpoena out of the Court of Chancery into an
office and its bestowal upon Sir Thomas Gorges by the late Queen
Elizabeth. In view of this precedent, he requests that his suit be
referred to the Privy Council for its consideration.—Undated.
½ p. (P. 35.)
[See H.M.C. Salisbury MSS, Vol. XIX, p. 298.] |
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Thomas Billingsley to the Earl of Salisbury. |
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[c. October, 1607]. |
John Quarles is a suitor to the King for his
protection, he being heavily in debt to many persons including
petitioner to whom he owes £2300. Petitioner is also a surety for
Quarles in the sum of £7000. Hitherto Quarles has not paid a
penny towards the liquidation of these debts, but has been lavish
with verbal promises. It was decreed by the Lord Chancellor that
certain leases in petitioner's hands should be assigned by Quarles
and himself to two impartial persons, and be sold to pay off the
creditors. Quarles initially agreed to this arrangement, but has
now retreated from it in the expectation of obtaining the King's
protection. Petitioner is unable to meet the sums for which he is
surety, and has consequently been forced to stay at home for the
last five months. He asks Salisbury to stay the protection until
Quarles satisfies him in the matter of the above-mentioned debt
of £7000.—Undated.
¾ p. (P. 965.)
[Billingsley exhibited a bill against Quarles in the Court of
Chancery on October 7, 1607. See PRO, Chancery 2, James I,
B39/64.] |
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Thomas Billingsley to the Earl of Salisbury. |
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[c. October, 1607]. |
He refers to a previous petition in which he
had complained of the wrongs suffered by him at the hands of his
brother-in-law, John Quarles. He has heard that Quarles may seek
the King's protection, and begs Salisbury to stay it until Quarles
satisfies him in the matter of debts and bonds.—Undated.
½ p. (P. 20.) |
