Then follow the 130 leaves of Selden's collection. The following papers have been bound up with Mr. Selden's collection, apparently with the object of preserving them:— 1. Copy of a letter (translated into English) from Lord Chancellor Reventlaw to Richard Jenks and Thomas Skynner, Commissioners of the Lords and Commons of England: desires to know, for the information of his master, the subjects in dispute between the King and Parliament; if the King were intending to propagate the Catholic religion or infringe the privileges of either House of Parliament; the King of Sweden wd" dehort" his royal kinsman: sends the letter directed to the commander of the East Indian ship. Copenhagen, 1645, May 1. Report by Jenks and Skinner, of their answer, viz., that the chief differences between the King and the Parliament were about religion, privileges of Parliament, and liberty of the subject, &c. 1645, May 2. 2. "Translation of the letter written by the Duke 3. Certified extract from Rolls of Parliament re- 194a. 5. Extract from Rolls of Parliament, 1 Hen. IV. 6. Extract from Rolls, 28 Edw. III., memb. 3. Re- 7. Extract from Rolls, 2 Hen. IV., memb. 11, No. 38, 1621, Dec. 19.-Commission for adjournment of Parliament. L. J. III. 200. In extenso. (Seal.) 1621, Dec. 20.-Certificate from Elsynge, that Sir John Bennett, Knight, had, pursuant to the condition of a recognizance entered into by the order of the House of the 1st of June, attended the House from day to day. See L. J., III. 151. 1621, Dec. 21.-Bond by Nicholas Asheton and others for payment of 251. to Richard Crompton. [1621, ].-Copy of grievances of the agents of the Commissioners for gold and silver thread; complaining of infringement of the patent by refiners, wire drawers, and others, and suggesting remedies. At the end is a copy of a letter from the King to the Commissioners; desires the redress of the grievances of the agents of a business in which he is interested; thinks the long vacation will afford them a good opportunity to consider and amend the said grievances. Noted, "Mar. Wood his papers." See L. J., III. 49. [1621, The grievance of the gold finers “under the grant of gold and silver thread to Fowle " and o'rs." [1621, -Particular of charges to be paid to Sir Giles Mompesson for some business unmentioned. [1621, -Notes respecting amount of gold and silver required for making certain quantities of thread, respecting amount made weekly, &c. Endorsed, "Wood's Notes." [1621, ].-Order from Sir Giles Mompesson to Mr. Bredson to tell Sir Nicholas Salter that money is to be taken "out of the chest at the common charge "for the following of this business at the Parliament house," Mr. Villiers and Sir Edward to bear their shares equally, Mr. Wood to have the money and to give an account for it. 66 [1621, ].-Petition of Wm. Bruen and others, merchants, to the House of Commons: imported 515 papers of Venice gold and silver thread, after paying the customs dues, were forced to compound with the patentees for the said manufacture by payment of 3s. 4d. per packet and 1s. 6d. per packet for sealing, besides payments amounting to about 601. corruptly extorted by the officers of the said patentees; pray for relief and reimbursement. [1621, ].-Memorandum by Mr. Martin of amount paid by Peter Rychaut, merchant, for 200 papers of gold and silver thread; for customs and for compositions with the patentees of the manufacture. [1621, List of goods seized by the Commissioners of gold and silver thread, with memorandum of the cases in which the goods have been returned. [1621, ].-Memorandum of goods seized from workers of gold and silver thread, of "the names of the "undertakers that hath been," of "those that now "are," of "persons committed by Sir Giles Mompesson, "Sir Francis Michell, and Sir Henry Yelverton." [1621, ].-Petition of Eliz. Cockren (or Cockerell), Mary Fitch, Jane Ewe, and Anne Mitchell; imprisoned first in Finsbury Prison, and then in Newgate by Mathias Fowles upon the bare suspicion of spinning of gold and silver; pray for redress. [1621, ].-Copy of bond by Robert Moore to observe certain conditions respecting the sale of gold and silver thread. Noted with a memorandum that the bond was wrongfully assigned over into the Exchequer, the money having been paid pursuant to the conditions. [1621, ].-Petition of Richard Lee, of Herriott, in the county of Southampton, for redress against Sir John Howard for unjustly granting an appeal to the widow of petitioner's brother, Elizabeth Lee, alias Arthur, with whom petitioner has long been in litigation. Annexed, 1. Acknowledgment from Richard Lee to Thomas Geers for 401. paid for costs in suit in the Audience Court of Canterbury, deducting 161. due by Mr. Pickover, a lawyer, for costs of contumacy. 1621, March 14. [1621, ].-Precedents in Elsynge's handwriting : (i.) of proceedings at the opening of Parliament. 3 Hen. VII. Election of Speaker of House of Commons. (ii.) touching the bringing in of a writ of error. 22 Edw. III. [1621]. Petition of 12 East Indian mariners: cannot fulfil the order of the House that they should give an account of all proceedings in their cause against the East India Co., without a warrant from the House for the masters of the Trinity House to attend and bring with them the order they received from the Council Board. Annexed, 66 1. Brief of grievances; had been seized and imprisoned by the Hollanders" when trading to the East; the East India Co. had promised them satisfaction, but though a large sum had been received by the Co. from the Hollanders, the petioners had received nothing. [1621]. Petition of the distressed prisoners in the King's Bench and Fleet, and all others His Majesty's distressed subjects now prisoners within His Majesty's realm of England and Wales. Acts have been passed for relief of maimed soldiers and for relief of the poor, but none for poor prisoners, of whom there are 3,500 in the 15 prisons in and about the city of London, able subjects for His Majesty's service. Pray for consideration of the annexed Bill, and for the passing of some measure for their relief. Annexed, 66 66 66 66 1. Draft of "An Act for the better and more speedier payment of debts from men imprisoned now and ever hereafter in any of His Majesty's prisons wheresoever within the realm of Eng"land and dominion of Wales, and for release"ment and discharging of prisoners and all "others in danger thereof for the better employ"ments and service to His Majesty and realm." In no other country is perpetual imprisonment the punishment of debt; it makes men unfit for any service,misery by custom growing into habit," and gives the creditor no chance of payment. Justices to visit gaols and examine debtors, creditors, and witnesses on oath, to discover to the uttermost debtor's means, and having a conscionable regard that the debtor be not ever afterwards burdensome to the parish, to pay the creditors part and part alike according to their claims, the debtor to be thenceforth free. If debtor's estate be nothing worth, debtor to be set free, his detention being only hurtful. [1621].-Petition [to H. C.] of creditors of the late Thomas Frith, in his life time scrivener in London. Have long been proceeding in Chancery for recovery of their debts, where the matter was referred to some of the masters of that Court, who "met only (as it seemed) to receive fees." Pray for relief. Noted, "The peti HOUSE OF LORDS. HOUSE OF "tioner must accuse some particular of bribery or cor"ruption, else rejected. Rejected." [See C. J., I. 579. 1621, April 18. Bill for sale of lands, &c. of Thos. Frith for payment of his debts.] 66 [1621].-Draft of "An Act for the sale of the lands "of Thomas Coxe, the father, and Thomas Coxe, the son, gentlemen, to the intent that the money raised "thereby may be distributed amongst his creditors." Endorsed, "Private Bills not passed." Not mentioned in Journals. [1621]. Draft of "An Act for the relief of for"feitures of recognizances taken for the peace or good "behaviour, by default of appearance by reason of "sickness or infirmity of body." There is no relief for such forfeitures except by special pardon from the King under the great seal. Judges and justices to have power on the evidence of two witnesses to remit forfeitures. Not mentioned in Journals. [1621].-Draft of "An Act for the naturalizing of "Horatio Prowde, Charles Prowde, Mary Prowde, " and Katherine Prowde, the children of Wm. Prowde, "gentleman," born whilst Wm. Prowde, captain of a company of foot, was serving in the Low Countries. [1621].-Notes respecting effect of naturalization and denization, with reference to some case not mentioned. [Fragment.] [1621].-Petition of Company of Grocers of London and of divers Apothecaries of the said city [to H. C.] The grocers are an ancient company consisting of merchants, retailing grocers, apothecaries, and others of divers trades. The apothecaries' medicines and compositions have been yearly viewed by the president and censors of the College of Physicians and also by the wardens of the company assisted by some skilful apothecaries; about seven years ago divers apothecaries petitioned His Majesty for a new corporation of apothecaries only; the petition was referred to the now Lord Chancellor and Sir Henry Yelverton, who in May 1614 reported in favour of a separate company, against law and to the disturbance of trade. The King, thus misinformed, issued a warrant for a patent for incorporating apothecaries members of the grocers or any other companies within seven miles of London into a company, and to free them from their oaths and taxes to their several corporations, giving also to the new company the sole right of selling apothecaries' wares and sundry drugs, conserves, and distilled waters, to the great injury of the grocers, comfit-makers, and distillers. The late Lord Chancellor Egerton never affixed the great seal to the patent, but after his death it was done by the present Lord Chancellor. Disputes arising between the grocers and the new company, the grocers and others petitioned the King, by whom the matters were referred to the Lord Chancellor and Sir Henry Yelverton with others, when they two, without report to the King, made an order restraining the grocers in many particulars of their trade, and a proclamation was issued, 4th Aug. 1620, that none but members of the new company should make any medicinal recipe, or sell or distil oils or waters within seven miles of London, and that none should presume to petition His Majesty for alteration of the same. Pray for the repeal of the said patent and for examination of the means by which it was obtained. See C. J., I. 756. 6th April 1624. [1621].-Petition of the master and company of the ship called the "William and Thomas " [to H. Č.] Had agreed to go with Captain North to the river of the Amazons to form a plantation. They started 15th March 1619-20, were eleven months away from England, had received no wages, the captain saying that the goods on board the ship from which they should have been paid had been seized by the customs officers. obtain no relief in any court. Pray for redress. Can 1621-2, Feb. 24.-Draft of " An Act for the repair of "the great road and highway to London from the north part of England, between Biggleswade and Baldock." The road is so worn by carts, wains, and "drifts" of cattle, &c., that it is almost impassable, though the adjacent inhabitants give their labour for its repair according to statute; tolls to be levied for repair of the road. Endorsed, Lecta 1a, 24° Feb., 19° Jac., on which day Parliament, according to the Journals, was not sitting. Bill not mentioned in Journals. 1621-2, [Feb.]-Petition of Jeoffrey Little and Abigail his wife to Francis, Viscount St. Albans, Lord High Chancellor of England, that the said Abigail and her child, both born at Hamburgh, may be naturalized, on payment of single fees, in regard they are poor. 1622, April 13.-Grant by Lady Anne Acton, widow, of Elmeley Lovett, in the county of Worcester, and LORDS. Ralph Clare, of Cawdewall, in the said county, of the HOUSE OF second presentation to the rectory of All Hallows, Worcester, to William Barkeley, of Cotheridge, in the said county. [See 1619, April 30.] 1622, April 19.-Receipt by Anthony Bourchier, on 1. Receipt to Martin Botheby, one of the clerks in 1622, Sept. 30.-Duplicate of letter of James I. to the Pope. Jacobus Dei gratia Magna Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ Rex, fidei defensor, &c., Sanctissimo Patri Gregorio Papa XV; Salutem, omnimodamq, fælici tatem. Sanctissime Pater. Mirabitur fortassis sanctitas Va nos in re Religionis a vobis discrepantes, litteris nostris vos primum jam compellare. Ea vero est animi nostri inquietudo propter calamitosas istas discordias ac cædes quæ Christianum orbem superioribus hisce annis tam misere dilanierunt, tantâ curâ & sollicitudine quotidie tenemur, vt istis malis quantum in nobis est tempestive occurratur, vt ne diutius quidem abstinere potuimus, dummodo eandem Sacro sanctam adoramus omnes Trinitatem, nec aliunde quam ex sanguine & meritis vnius Domini & Saluatoris Jesu Xpi speramus salutem, quin, rupto silentio, Sanctem Vam humaniter & serio his litteris interpellaremus, vt negotio tam pio, tam Christiano Principe digno manum nobiscum præbere dignemini. Optandu certe est, atq imprimis enitendum, ne vlterius hoc serpat malum, veru vt cessantibus his demum procellis, ac amotis, quibus sussitabantur odijs, Principum, animi quorum aliquo modo intersit, firmâ atq immutabili amicitiâ reduniantur, ac, quâ fieri potest arctioribus quam antea vinculis colligentur. Hoc in votis nos semper habuimus nec non vt efficeretur operam hactenus impense atq; enixe dedimus, haud dubitantes quin Santas Va pro egregiâ sua pietate, & qua pollet apud singulos authoritate, idem insigniter etiam promovere et possit & velit. Vix aliâ viâ melius quis mereri poterit de Christianâ Repub. quod si in vestris diebus vestris auspicijs desiderabilem sortietur effectum, merito tam præclari operis debită Sanctas Va reportabit gloriam & mercedem. Quod reliquum est de hac re a nobis dicendum, fusius vobis exponet nobilis hic subditus noster Georgius Gagius, ei vt plenam adhibeat in omnibus fidem Sancttem Vam imprimis rogamus, cuj incolumitatem, cætera omnia bona a Deo ter Opt. Max. animitus precamur. Datum ex Palatio nostro Hamptoniensi pridie Calendas Octobris, 1622. this letter is drawin by oure expresse order 66 66 James R. præsentibus nobis. } [The King's handwriting.] Charles P. 1 G. Buckingham. Endorsed. "30 Septemb. 1622. Draught of a letter "from his Maty to the Pope, done by his Mats expresse "commandment and pervsed and signed in the presence "of the Prince and my Lo of Buckingham, who have "attested the same by the subscription of their names. "The faire coppie agreing wth this verbatim, signed by his Maty (they also being present), and directions given by his May to Mr Gage for the disposing of it, " to whom, by his commandment, it was deliuered." There is a copy of this letter in the Public Record Office, State Papers Vol. 133, p. 505, and a translation is published in the Cabala, pp. 376-7. See Lingard's History of England, vol. ix., p. 274, edition 3rd. The letter is in the handwriting either of Calvert or Calvert's secretary. 1622, Aug. 1.—Patent establishing an office for the due viewing, searching, and sealing of buff and chamois and certain other kinds of leather. Grants the said office to Sir Thomas Glover, Knight, his executors and assigns, for 21 years. Sir Thomas is to seal properly wrought leather with the King's arms, and counterfeit leather HOUSE OF LORDS. with a C, on receipt of certain fees; gives him power to search vessels in the ports, and directs the customs officers to assist him: Sir Thomas to pay 131. 68. 8d. yearly to the Exchequer. 1622, Dec. 20.-Bond by Nicholas Ashton for payment of 51. to Richard Crompton. 1622-3, Feb. 19.-Writ of summons to Parliament to John Lord Mordant. 1622-3, March 15.-Counterpart of indenture of lease of the tithes of Bawnton, in the county of Gloucester, and rectory of Cirencester, by Anthony Bourchier to Thomas More and others, for three years, from the feast of the Annunciation, the tithes of two farms in Bawnton excepted. 1623, June 30.-Petition of Sheriffs of London. Had arrested Charles Lord Lambert, a Baron of Ireland, at the suit of Oliver Luke and others, for debt, and placed him in safe custody, notwithstanding an outrageous attempt at rescue made in open day by a number of persons armed with swords and pistols, which, by the power of the county suddenly raised, was successfully resisted. On the following day an order was sent by Richard Lord Roberts, for the release of the prisoner, on the ground of privilege: but the creditors, members of the House of Commons, threatened to sue the sheriff's for their debts, if the prisoner were released on any less authority than an order of the House of Lords. The petitioners desire in their dilemma to know the pleasure of the House. 1623, Dec. 30. The Hague.-The Elector Palatine to the King of England. [Copy.]-Acknowledges letter from the King, of the 29th of November, delivered by Lord Carleton; will answer it point by point. 1st. Combats proposal that he should make a personal submission to his enemies (accepting a safe conduct from the Emperor), or cede the Electorate to the Duke of Bavaria: reminds the King of the advantage taken by the Emperor of his (the Elector's) conditional renunciation of the Crown of Bohemia in 1621, and of his ratification of the suspension of arms in the past year; submission might be a reason for others to approve of the unjust act by which he had been placed under the ban of the Empire. 2nd. Spain had long held out hopes of complete restitution, and in November 1622, when the marriage question was not far advanced, he had received assurance from Madrid that if restitution were refused, the King of Spain would join with England to compel the Emperor by force to make restitution; instead of which the Electorate had been transferred to the Duke of Bavaria, and the Upper and Lower Palatinate dismembered, besides outrages on his subjects and followers; he must therefore have some guarantee for restitution before entering into any new engagements or treaties of marriage, which Austria would turn to her own advantage, as she had done in the case of his predecessor, Frederic II. 3rd, and lastly. In answer to the King's wish that he should estimate the means at disposal for obtaining restitution, he enumerates the Continental powers, from whom assistance may be expected-with whom and with the great power of the now united British Islands, the King might lay down the law for Europe; expresses, in conclusion, his gratitude for the King's kindness, especially in giving his eldest son education at the English Court. Postscript.-Hears that the Elector of Mayence and other Princes of the Papal League are urging the Electors of Saxe and Brandenburg to recognise the Duke of Bavaria as an Elector of the Empire. Earnestly desires the prompt interposition of the King. [In French]. 1623, Dec. 30.-Writs of summons to Parliament to Henry Earl of Kent. Charles Earl of Nottingham. William Lord Evre. 66 2. Copy of the orders of the House. Endorsed, Order, a 18 Jac. Rg. Original orders of the "House of Parl." 1623-4, Feb. 26.-Draft of "An Act for making of "the estates of attainted persons liable for the payment "of their just and due debts." Gives power to the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer Chamber to pay the debts of attainted persons out of their forfeited estates, upon petition and proof. Read 1a. C. J., I. 719. Committed, 10 March 1623-4. C. J., I. 732. No further proceeding. 66 66 1623-4, Feb. 26.--Draft of "An Act for the passing "of the accounts of sheriffs, escheators, collectors of subsidies, tenths, fifteenths, and aids without charge or delay." Sheriffs and others who do great service without remuneration are put to unnecessary trouble and expense in passing their accounts at the Exchequer ; any officer of the Exchequer exacting any fee (except the ordinary fee for writing out the accounts) to forfeit ten times the amount of such fee, and to be disabled from holding any office in the Exchequer. Read 1. C. J., I. 719. Committed, 8 March, C. J., I. 731. further proceeding. No 1623-4, Feb. 27-March 2.-Draft of the declaration made by the Duke of Buckingham on the 24th of Feb. to both Houses of Parliament assembled at Whitehall, respecting the breaking off of the Spanish marriage. Reported to H. L., Feb. 27 and March 2. L. J., III. 220 et seqq., 234, 239. In extenso. 1623-4, March 2.--Draft of "An Act for free liberty "for buying and selling of wools and woollen yarn.' Read 1. C. J., I. 724. No further proceeding. 1623-4, March 3.--Draft of "An Act against secret "offices and inquisitions to be taken on His Majesty's "behalf to the prejudice of his subjects." The substance of every writ or commission for the finding of any office or inquisition to be set up in the Court out of which such writ or commission issues; the writ or commission to be also entered in the book of the county clerk, and to be read publicly by him one fortnight at least before the finding of the same. Mutilated. Amendments attached. Read 1a. C. J., I. 677. other decree in His Majesty's Court of Wards and "Liveries." The Act confirms the Earl of Oxford in possession of certain lands called the Great or Covent Garden in Bishopsgate without, at a yearly rent of 151. under a lease from Queen Elizabeth against the Master and Fellows of Magdalen College, Cambridge. Read 1a. L. J., III. 244. The Bill passed through all its stages in the House of Lords, but was dropped in H. C. 66 1623-4, March 6.-Last sheet of draft of "An Act "for punishing of abuses committed on the Lord's Day, called Sunday." L. J., III. 248. The Act passed through all stages, but did not receive the royal assent. 1623-4, March 6.-Draft of "An Act to prevent and "reform profane swearing and cursing.' Read 1". L. J., III. 248. 21 Jac. I. c. 20. 1623-4, March 6.-Draft of "An Act for the ease of "the subject concerning informations upon penal "Statutes." Read 1a. L. J., III. 248. 21 Jac. I. c. 4. Annexed, 1. Amended copy of preceding. 1623-4, March 8.—Advice of both Houses to the King 1. Similar petition. 9 March 1623-4. 1623-4, March 10.-Draft of "An Act for the confir"mation of a decree in Chancery made by the consent "of the lord of the manor of Painswick, in the county "of Glocester, and the customary tenants of the said "manor." Read 1a. L. J., III. 254. 21 Jac. I. c. 16. in list of Private Acts, 8vo. edit. 1623-4, March 11.-"A list of debts owing by the "King." Headed " Spent by His Majesty since "Michaelmas 1619." Annexed, 1. List of sums received, headed, "Recd. by His Majesty towards these expenses." 1623-4, March 13.-Petition of Sir Edward Osbaldeston, Knight, prisoner in the Fleet, to the Earl of Pembroke, Lord Chamberlain of the Household. Was arrested by Thomas Banckes at the suit of the executors of the late Robert King. Pembroke being a servant of the Earl of Derby, prays the Earl to move the House that he "may have the privilege of my Lord's service." L. J., III. 261. 1623-4, March 13.-Draft of "An Act to enable James "Ward, alias Farmer, to sell and dispose a messuage " and certain lands in the parish of Ibstock, within the county of Leicester, for and towards payment of his "debts and provision of his younger children." Read 1a C. J., I. 684. 66 Annexed, 1. Proceedings of the Committee on the Bill in H. C. 16 March, C. J., I. 687. No further proceeding. 1623-4, March 15.-Draft of "An Act for the revers"ing, altering, or correcting of erroneous sentences, "judgments, decrees, or orders, in Courts of Equity.' Provides for appeal from any Court of Equity by Writ of Error to the Courts of King's Bench or Common Pleas. Read 1a. C. J., I. 737. Committed, 14 April, C. J., I. 766. No further proceeding. 66 1623-4, March 18.-Draft of "An Act for the better " and more speedier payment of debts from men imprisoned, and for releasement and discharging of "prisoners and also others in danger thereof for the "better employment and service of His Majesty's "realm." Read 1a. C. J., I. 739. Bill rejected, 20 April 1624. C. J., I. 771. 1623-4, March 18.-Draft of "An Act for preventing "of unnecessary suits about precedence between "citizens and burgesses within their corporations." All questions of precedence to be settled by the charter and custom of the corporation; any person bringing a suit against another on a question of precedence, shall forfeit one hundred pounds. Read 1. C. J., I. 739. No further proceeding. 1623-4, March 18.-Petition of the late Scottish East India Company, that Sir Thomas Smith, Knt., Alderman Hammersley, and the Old Muscovy Company, and Sir James Cuningham, may be ordered to pay to petitioners certain monies in compliance with an order of the Privy Council. 1623-4, March 19.-Engrossment of "An Act con"cerning brewhouses in and about London and West"minster:" nuisance is caused by the burning of seacoal fires in brewhouses; no coal to be burnt in any brewhouse within one mile of any house in which His Majesty's Court or the Court of the Prince of Wales shall be usually held (except the Tower of London), or in any street or place westward from London Bridge, or from the street leading directly thence to Bishopsgate. Read 1. L. J., III. 269. Passed through all its stages in H. L. and was sent to H. C., where it dropped with the session. 1623-4, March 19.- Memorandum of amendments desired by Sir Francis Englefield on the Viscount Montagu's Bill for settling certain lands and manors for the payment of his debts and raising his daughters' portions. See L. J., III. 266. 66 1623-4, March 20.-Draft of "An Act for the better repressing of drunkenness and restraining the in"ordinate haunting of inns, alehouses, and other vic"tualling houses." Read 1". L. J., III. 271., 21 Jac. I. c. 7. LORDS. 1623-4, March 20.-Draft of "An Act concerning HOUSE OF "probate of suggestions in cases of prohibition. Read 1". L. J., ÏÏÏ. 271. Committed, 8 April, L. J., III. 295. No further proceeding. 66 1623-4, March 20.-Draft of "An Act for naturalizing of Philipp Burlamachi of London, merchant." L. J., III. 272. 21 Jac. I. c. 2. in Private Acts. 1623-4, March 20.-Draft of "An Act for natural"izing of Giles Van de Put of London, merchant." Read 1a. L. J., III. 272. 21 Jac. I. c. 3. in list of Private Acts. 1623-4, March 20.--Petition of Mary Lough, sister to Edward Barton, Esquire, late Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth of famous memory, and the Agent in Turkey for the Turkey merchants, administratrix of his goods and chattels. William Horborne was the first Ambassador to Turkey, all his charges being paid by the Levant Company. Barton succeeded him, to the great advantage of the merchants and Christians in general, and to the great dismay of the Turkish nobles, who fearing the Grand Signior would become a Christian, procured Barton's death by poison. The Levant Company refuse to pay the late Ambassador's charges. Petitioner prays assistance from their Lordships. Annexed, 1. Catalogue of the special services rendered by Barton in protecting Christians. 1623-4, March 22.-Petition of parishioners of St. Katherine's Christchurch, alias Creechurch, next within Aldgate, London. That the Master and Fellows of Magdalene College, Cambridge, may be directed to repair the chancel of the church. Annexed, 66 66 66 1. Another petition to the same effect 1623-4, March 23.-Draft of "An Act for the relief "of patentees, tenants, and farmers of Crown lands "and Duchy lands, or of lands within the survey of "the Court of Wards and Liveries, in cases of forfeiture for not-payment of their rents or other service or duty." Read 1a. L. J., III. 281. 21 Jac. I. c. 25. 1623-4, March 24.- Draft of "An Act against depopulation and decay of farms and conversion of arable "into pasture." Directed against the practice of pulling down farm houses and houses of husbandry. When farm house is pulled down the yearly value to be any paid for the use of the poor of the parish until such house is rebuilt and a fine of two shillings an acre per annum is to be paid upon all arable land converted into pasture. Read 2. C. J., 748. Annexed, 66 Annexed, 1. List of Committee on the Bill in H. C., April 3. C. J., I. 753. No further proceeding. 1624, April 3.-Draft of "An Act for continuance of "the Statute made in the 7th year of the King's Majesty's reign against burning of linge and heath "and other moor burnings in the county of York, Dur"ham, Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland, "Lancaster, Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, and the "dominion of Wales at unseasonable times of the year, " and for some addition to be made thereunto." Continues Act 7 Jac. I. c. 17., and extends its provisions to Wales. Read 1a. C. J., I. 754. Rejected, 791, May 19. Annexed, LORDS. HOUSE OF King finds from the complaint of his Commons, that great oppression is practised under the name of purveyance; in future no purveyor to take any horses, carts, &c. for the King's service, except he be authorised by commission under the Great Seal, and services to be duly allotted and paid for. Read 1. L. J., III. 287. Reported, 306, April 15. No further proceeding. Annexed, 1. List of Committee on the Bill in H. C. C. J., II, 679. March 8. 1624, April 3.-Draft order respecting fines imposed by the House. L. J., III. 287. In extenso. [1624], April 3.-Petition of Sir Gilbert Hoghton, Knight; that Sir Wm. Cockayne, mortgagee of the manor of Walton in le Vale, Lancashire, may, in order to save litigation, be called upon by the House for an account of his receipts, &c., and thereupon, after satisfaction of his just claims, ordered to re-convey the residue of the said manor to petitioner. 1624, April 5.-Petition of the House of Commons to the King for severe measures against Popish recusants. Sent up for concurrence of the Lords. L. J., III. 289. In extenso. 66 66 1624, April 7.-Draft of "An Act to prevent and punish the abuses in procuring process and supersedeas, and for the peace and good behaviour, out of "His Majesty's Courts at Westminster, and to prevent "the abuses in procuring writs of certiorari out of the "said Courts for removing of indictments found before justices of the peace in their general sessions." 21 Jac. I. c. 8. Brought from H. C. L. J., III. 293. 1624, April 7.-Draft of "An Act against such as "shall levy any fine, suffer any recovery, knowledge any statute, recognizance, bail, or judgment, in the name of any other person or persons not being privy " and consenting thereto." 21 Jac. I. c. 26. Brought from H. C. L. J., III. 293. 66 66 Annexed, 1. List of Committee on the Bill in H. C., 1624, April 3. C. J., I. 754. 1624, April 7.-Petition of Philip Page, prisoner in the Fleet, in consequence of unjust decisions against him in courts of law, obtained in one case by the influence of Sherborne and Day, two servants, upon their master, the Lord Chancellor St. Albans. Endorsed, 7 April, recepi a comite Bridgwater." 1624, April 8.--Draft of "An Act for the restitution "of the possession, and the establishing and settling, "of the manor of Prees, and other lands in the county "of Lancaster, unto Robert Wolferstone, Edmond 2. List of Committee on the Bill in H. C., April 14. C. J., I. 766. 3. Names of members added to Committee. April 20, &c. 1624, April 8.--Draft of " An Act for the establishing "of the possessions unto Dame Marie Buckley, widow, "of all and singular the messuages, lands, tenements, " and hereditaments, leases, and terms for years here"after mentioned, and for the restoring to her the "rents, profits, and arrearages thereof, and every part "thereof, according to her right and title in the same." Read 1a. C. J., I. 758. Committed, 764, April 13. No further proceeding. Annexed, "the precincts thereof, in the county of Derby, and "other places within the said county." Great advantages arise to the kingdom from the digging of lead ore, while most of the miners are very poor. No tithes to be demanded for lead ore obtained in the places mentioned. Read 1a. C. J., I. 758. Rejected, 787, May 12. Annexed, 1. List of Committee in H. C., and minutes of proceedings, April 17. C. J., I. 769. 1624, April 9.-Petition of Sir Edward Osbaldston, Knight, servant to the Earl of Derby, for relief from an outlawry unjustly obtained by Matthew King (for whom Petitioner had become surety) and Thomas Banks, the outlawry being now pleaded in bar of a suit in Chancery brought by petitioner. L. J., III., 296. Annexed, 1. Petition of the said Sir Edw. Osbaldston on the same subject. April 16. 2. Duplicate of preceding. 1624, April 13.-List of Committee in H. C. on the Bill "for the quiet establishment of the customs of the manor of Benister," with minutes of proceedings. C. J., I. 764. 66 1624, April 14.- Petition of Gricell Rogers, an oppressed widow, exhausted in estate, and herself and her orphans exposed to ruin by the unjust persecutions and vexations of Sir Arthur Ingram, Knight, and his agents for redress. L. J., III. 303 & 415. 1624, April 14.-Draft of "An Act for the relief of "the artizan clothworkers of the city of London." Regulates the number of apprentices and journeymen to be employed by each master, the rate of wages, &c. Read 1. C. J., I. 766. Annexed, 1. List of Committee on the Bill in H. C. C. J., I. 767. April 15. No further proceeding. 1624, April 14.-Draft of "An Act to prevent the great charge, expense, and other inconveniences which "divers of His Majesty's subjects dwelling in counties "remote from London and Westminster are put unto by prosecuting and bringing of actions of debt, co"venant, account, fause imprisonment, trespass of "assault and batteries, and other personal actions against them in London and Middlesex, and not in "the proper counties where the causes of such actions "did arise and grow." Read 1a. C. J., I. 766. Rejected, 3 May 1624. __ C. J., I. 782. 66 1624, April 15.-Engrossment of "An Act concerning the fees to be taken in cities, boroughs, towns, &c., "and the tabling thereof." Great exactions are practised in market towns and ports by the imposition of pretended fees for porterage, wharfage, cranage, stallage, &c. In future no fees to be charged which were not customary before the 40th year of Eliz., or which have not since been legally authorised. A table of fees to be kept in each market town or port, and set up in some open place. Read 1a. C. J., I. 767. Dropped after third reading. C. J., I. 795. Annexed, 1. Draft of preceding. 1624, April 16.-Petition of Peter Reade. Furnished a suit of clothes to Sir James Cuningham, who has since gone to Ireland. Prays that he may be paid out of the money ordered by the Privy Council to be paid to Cuningham by the Muscovy Company. 1624, April 16.-Petition of Thomas Gabriel and others, that certain debts due to them by Sir James Cuningham may be paid out of the monies ordered by the Privy Council to be paid to him by the Muscovy Company. 1624, April 16.-Petition of Mary Lough: complains that the Company of Levant Merchants have not yet answered her petition, and prays that counsel may be assigned her to argue her case. 1624, April 16.-The answer of the Governor and Company of Merchants trading to the Levant Seas to the petition of Mary Lough. 1624, April 16.-Petition of John Blakeden. Having purchased and fitted up a ship about eight years ago, was bound to the West Indies, and brought his ship to Southampton. At the instigation of the East India Company a warrant was issued under the great seal of the Admiralty, and a letter sent to the Mayor of Southampton to arrest petitioner on the plea that he was about to sail to the East Indies. He has suffered great damage by these proceedings, and prays for redress. Annexed, 1. Another petition to the same effect, 25th April, 1626. HOUSE OF LORDS. |