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THE CAMDEN MISCELLANY,

VOLUME THE FOURTH:

CONTAINING

A. LONDON CHRONICLE DURING THE REIGNS OF HENRY THE
SEVENTH AND HENRY THE EIGHTH.

THE EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE RIDING THE
WESTERN AND OXFORD CIRCUITS, 1596-1601.

THE INCREDULITY OF ST. THOMAS, THE SCRIVENERS' PLAY
AT YORK.

THE CHILDE OF BRISTOW, A POEM BY JOHN LYDGATE.
SIR EDWARD LAKE'S INTERVIEWS WITH CHARLES I.

LETTERS OF POPE TO ATTERBURY WHEN IN THE TOWER OF
LONDON.

SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE JESUITS-
COLLEGE AT CLERKENWELL IN MARCH 1627-8.

PRINTED FOR THE CAMDEN SOCIETY.
M.DCCC.L.IX.

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COUNCIL OF THE CAMDEN SOCIETY

FOR THE YEAR 1858-9.

President,
THE MARQUESS OF BRISTOL, V.P.S.A.

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WILLIAM DURRANT COOPER, ESQ. F.S.A.

BOLTON CORNEY, ESQ. M.R.S.L.

JAMES CROSBY, ESQ. F.S.A.

JOHN FORSTER, ESQ.

EDWARD FOSS, ESQ. F.S.A.

THOMAS W. KING, ESQ. F.S.A., York Herald.

THE REV. LAMBERT B. LARKING, M.A.

PETER LEVESQUE, ESQ. F.S.A.

SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H., F.R.S.

FREDERIC OUVRY, ESQ. Treas.S.A.

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LONDON CHRONICLE

DURING THE REIGNS OF

HENRY THE SEVENTH AND HENRY THE EIGHTH.

EDITED,

FROM THE ORIGINAL MS. IN THE COTTONIAN LIBRARY OF
THE BRITISH MUSEUM,

BY CLARENCE HOPPER.

PRINTED FOR THE CAMDEN SOCIETY.
M.DCCC.LIX.

INTRODUCTION.

THE writer of this Chronicle appears to have been
a citizen of London. He duly records under each
mayoralty the occurrences of the year, but more espe-
cially those events which particularly relate to the City.
He notes the progresses of the Royal Family, the arrival
of illustrious visitors into London, the paving of Chan-
cery, Eetter, and Shoe Lanes, the ill-doings of the
" London prentises," the state of the weather, the
general health of the City, and the principal conflagra-
tions. The destruction of monastic relics, and the
gradual changes in religious worship, the names of
those who were executed and burned, fill up this cata-
logue of interesting and curious events. When we
remember that, in those days hanging, burning, boiling,
and quartering were of almost daily occurrence, it will
not appear strange that he should tell us the names of
those who died in their beds. It is to be regretted,
however, that many years are so curtly dismissed with
merely a mention of the names of the Mayors. The

IV INTRODUCTION.

MS. closes with the year 1545 ; it is therefore not an
improbable supposition that the writer died soon after
that period. I cannot omit acknowledging myself in-
debted to that useful publication, "Notes and Queries,"
for some of the notes which will be found appended to
this little Chronicle.

CLARENCE HOPPER.

London, Sept. 30. 1858.

LONDON CHRONICLE

THE TIMES OF KING HENRY THE SEVENTH AND
KING HENRY THE EIGHTH.

[Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Vespasian A. xxv. f. 38 — 46.]

K. H. ye VII.

M. REMYNGTON, Mayir.a Then came yn my lady Kataryn,
the Kyngges doughter of Castelle. in to Ingland.h

M. SCHAWE, Mayir.c Then was Prince Arthur, the son of
K. H. the VIItn, maryid unto my lady Kataryn above sayd at
Polles, and agaynst her commyng in to London was many goodly
pageantes made in ye Citte at Alhalowtide when they weere maryed.

M. BARTILMEW REDE, Mayir.d Then dyid Prince Arthur6
above sayd.

M. CAPELL, Mayir.f Then was London brydge a fyir.
M. WYNGGAR, Mayir.s

a Sir William Remington, AD. 1500. h 3rd October.

c Sir John Shaw, 1501. •' Sir Bartholomew Read, 1502.

e In Easter week at Ludlow. f Sir William Capel, 1503.
? Sir John Winger, 1504.

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M. KNEIS WORTH, Mayir a Then came yn Dewke Phillip of
Burgon agaynst his wille, wl tempast of wethir as he was goyng in to
Spayn, whiche afterward was Kyng of Castelle.b Then was Polles
wether cok bloun doun.

M. HADDON, Mayir.c

M. BROWNE and M. ELMAR, Mayir.d

K. H. ye VIII.

M. JENYNGGES, Mayir .e Then dyid K. H. the VIIth ye xxij
day of Aprill. Then did ye deuke of Yorcke, whiche was brother
unto prynce Artur afore sayd, mary w* my lady Kataryn, his
brothur's wife, and was crounyd bothe kyng and quene on myd-
somer day sonday next after following.

M. BRADBERY and M. CAPELL, Mayrs/ Then was Richard
Emson and Eclmond Dudley, which was afore chefe men wl Kyng
H. the VII., behedid at Tour hille,s and then was Pette Waals in
Temmys strete a fyir.

M. KEBYLL, Mayir.h
M. ARSSCHELET, Mayir.1

a Sir Thomas Kneesworth, 1505.

h Driven by stress of weather into Plymouth on the night of the 15th January.

c Sir Richard Haddon, 1506.

d Sir William Browne, 1507, died during his year of office, and Sir Laurence
Aylemer was chosen.

e Sir Stephen Jennings, 1508.

1 Sir Thomas Bradbury, 1509, died during his mayoralty, and was succeeded
by Sir W. Capel.

8 17th August. '' Sir Henry Keble, 1510.

» Sir Roger Achelcy, 1511.

DURING THE REIGN OF HENRY THE EIGHTH. 7

M. COPYNGER and M. HADDON, Mayrs.a Then went K. H. the
VIII11' in to Fraunce w* a grete pouer ; then ye Emprour y* then was
whose name was Maximyanus and all his oste toke wages of our
Kyng, and then was Torwynb and Torney won and gevyn a way a
none after. Then came yn Kyng Jamys of Skotland wl a grete
powar full cowardly when our kyng was in Fraunce, and was kylde c
for.his labonr. And on Saynt Laurans day was the Regent of Ingland
and ye grete Caricke of Fraunce burnd,d whiche was ij the gretist
shippes in Cristindom.

M. BROWN and M. TATE, Mayirs.e
M. MONOX, Mayir.f
M. BUTLAR, Mayir.e

M. REST, Mayir.h Then was the ill May day, ye Comons of the
Citte and prentesis did rob and spoylle strayngars, and then was
in dyverce places of the citte galous sett up and there was hanggid
and quartarid : then was midsomer terme kepte at Oxford a litille
while.

M. EXMEW, Mayir.1

a Sir William Copinger, 1512. He died during his mayoralty, and Sir
William Haddon was chosen in his room.

b Therouenne in Picardy, won on the eve of St. Bartholomew.

c At Branstone near Berwick in the month of August.

•> The great Carrick of Brest. With this vessel her captain Sir Piers
Morgan and 900 men perished. In the Regent were drowned or burned her
captain Sir Thomas Knevet, and Sir John Carew of Devonshire, with 700
men. See account of this engagement in Grafton's Chronicle.

« Sir William Browne, Sir John Tate, 1513.

f Sir George Monoux, 1514. s Sir William Butler, 1515.

11 Sir John Rest, 1516. l Sir Thomas Exmewe, 1517-

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M. MYRPYN, Mayr.a Then was ye menorisb burnd.
M. YARFORD, Mayir.c

M. BRIGGES, Mayir.d Then was ye deuke of Buckynggame
behedid at Tour hill ye xvij day of Maye, Fryday, and is beryed at
Freer Austens.

M. MYLBURN, Mayr.e Then came in the Ernprour Charlus,
whiche was son of ye Kyng of Castell afore sayd.f

M. MUNDY, Mayir.g Then came yn the Kyng of Denmark and
his quene, and lay in ye Bisshop of Bathis place wl oute Tempull bar.
And then was the Roodesh lost.

M. BAWDRE, Mayir.'

M. BAYLY, Mayir.k

M. ALLEN, Mayir.1

M. SEYMER, Mayir.m

M. SPENSER, Mayir.n Then was no watche kepte at Midsomer.

M. RUDSTONE, Mayir.0

a Sir Thomas Mirfin, 1518. b The Minories.

c Sir James Yarford, 1519. d Sir John Bridges, 1520.

e Sir John Milborne, 1521. f 26 May, at Dover.
8 Sir John Mundy, 1522.

h Rhodes taken by Sultan Solyman, (eighth of the line of Ottoman,) on
Christmas day.

» Sir Thomas Baldry, 1523. " Sir William Bayley, 1524.

1 Sir John Allen, 1525. m Sir Thomas Seamer, 1526.

a Sir James Spencer, 1527. ° Sir John Rudstone, 1528.

DURING THE REIGN OF HENRY THE EIGHTH.

MR. DODMORE, Mayir. a Then was ye Cardenalle pute oute of
his Chauncelarship, and sir Thomas Moore, knyght, was made
Chauncelar of Ingland.

M. PARGETAR, Mayir.b

M. LAMB ART, Mayir.0 Then came in a grete fisshe at Tyn-
mouth.

M. PECOK, Mayir. d Then was quene Kataryn lady douagear
put a side; then did the Kyng mary w* my lady An Bullen, and
crounyd her queene at Westm' on Witsonday ye fyrst day of June.

M. ASKEW, Mayir.6 Then was ye holy mayde of Kent/ ij freers,
ij monkes,s and the parson of Aldermaryh drawn from ye tour to
Tiburn, there hanged and hedid.1 Then was M. Doctor Taylar,
prest, put oute of the Holies, and M. Thomas Cromwell, temporalle
man, made M. of ye Holies and the kyngges secretary, and after
that lord prevesele, and after that vicar generalle of alle Ingland and
knyght of the Gartar, and after y* lord Chamburlayn and Erlle of
Esex.

M. CHAMPNEY, Mayir. J Then was iij monckes of the Chartar-
house of London, and the Father of Syon, and a preest, drawen
from the Towr to Tibiirn, ther hangid, hedid, and quartarid; and
after that iij monckes more of the Chartarhouse, and the Bisshop of
Rochester,1" behedid at Towr hille on Midsomer eve is eve, and is
beryid in Barkyng churcheyard by the northe doore ; and sir Thomas
Moore, knyght, and Chauncelar of Ingland, beheded at Towr hille on

a Sir Ralph Dodmer, 1529. b Sir Thomas Pargiter, 1530.

c Sir Nicholas Lambard, 1531. d Sir Stephen Peacock, 1532.

e Sir Christopher Askew, 1533. f Elizabeth Barton.

g Edward Booking and Richard Dering. h Henry Golde.
' 5th May. J Sir John Champness, 1534. k John Fisher.

CAMD. SOC. B

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saynte Thomas eve after mydsomer, and was beryid wlin the Tour
of London. Then the kyng made his owne hed to be pold, and
many lordes and knyghtes, and all the corte.

M. ALLEN, Mayir.a Agayn twyis hole for him selfe. Then
dyid quene Kataryn a boute twelfe tide, and was beryed in Petur-
borow Abbey. The xvij day of May was behedid at Tour hille my
lord Rocheford, quene Ans brother, and M. Noris, M. Weston, M.
Breuton, and M. Marke,b for treson, and beryed alle in the Tour.
The xix day of Maye was behedid wl in the Tour a pon a skaffold
quene An, and there was beryed. Then the kyng did mary wl my
lady Jane Semer. Then dyid the kyngges bastard son deuke of
Rechemondec at St. Jamys be yend Charyng )J|. Then roos up
the comons of Lyncolshered and of Yorke sheer. Then was dyverce
halidays put doune, and then began the abbes to go down.

M. WAREN, Mayir.6 Then was my Lord Garet, the Erlles son
of Kildare in Erlond, and vf of his unckulles drawen from the Tour
to Tiburn, there hanggid, hedid, and quartarid, ye morow after
Candilmas day, Satterday. The xxv day of Maye, Fryday, Injber

* Sir John Allen, 1535.

b Read, M. William Brierton, and M. Marke [Smeton].

c Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, natural son of King
Henry VIII. by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Blount, of Kynlet, co. Salop,
born 1519, married to the Lady Mary Howard, only daughter of the Duke of
Norfolk. He died on the 22nd of July, 1536, at the palace of St, James's, and
was buried at Thetford in Norfolk. His body was at the dissolution removed
to Framlingham, where there is a monument to his memory. His mother, who
possessed considerable personal attractions, was shortly after the birth of the
Duke of Richmond married to Gilbert Taylboys, son of Sir George Taylboys, of
Kyme, co. Lincoln. (See the Memoir of the Duke of Richmond, in the third
volume of Miscellanies published by the Camden Society, 1855.)

d See Greyfriars Chronicle. e Sir Ralph Waren, 1536.

f The uncles of Thomas Lord Fitzgarret were Sir James Fitzgarret, Sir
John Fitzgarret, Sir Richard Fitzgarret, Sir Oliver Fitzgarret, Sir Walter
Fitzgarret.

DURING THE KEIGN OF HENRY THE EIGHTH. 11

day, was Sr John Bowraer,a knight, drawn from the Tou1 to Tiburn,
there hanggid and hedid, and his wife yl same our burnd in Smyth-
feld, both for treson; and Sir Stevyn Hamerton, knyght, and Sr
Nicolas Tempas [knyyht] b, the Abbot of Fountans, the prior of
Gisburgh, and Doctor Pekeryng, drawn from the Tour to Tiburn,
there hanggid, hedid, and quartarid. The ij day of June, Satterday,
was Sr Thomas Perci knyght, my Lord Lumley is son,c Sr Frauncis
Beygot, knyght, the Abot of Jar vis d [and another moncke], drawn
from the Tour to Tyburn, yr hanggid, hedid, and quartarid. On
Saynt Peturs eve was my lorde Hussey and Sir Eobart Constabulle,
knyght, and Mr. Aske, which was the hed Capten of alle, sent home
in to the northe centre, and there they suffrid dethe; and M. Aske
was hanggid in Yorke castelle [upon y6 walles] in cheynys. The
last day of June, Satterday,6 was my lorde Darcy, behedid at Tour
hill. On Saynte Edwardes eve, Fryday in the mornyng, was prince
Edward boorn, the trew son of K. H. the VIII. and quene Jane his
mothur, in Hamton Corte. His godffathurs was the deuke of Nor-
fock, and the deuke of Suffocke, and the Bisschop of Caunterbery;
and his godmothur was his owne sister, whiche was dooughter of
quene Kataryn a fore sayd. On saynte Crispy ns eve, Wensday,
dyid quene Jane in childbed, and is beryid in the castelle of Wynsor.

M. GRESSAM, Mayir.f On saynt Mathies day th' apostulle the
xxiiij day of February Sonday did the bisshop of Rochestere g preche
at Polles cros, and had standyng a fore hym alle his sermon tyme the
pictur of the Roode of grace in Kent that had byn many yeris in the
Abbey of Boxley in Kent, and was gretely sought wl pilgryms, and

* Sir John Bulmer ; the female here styled his wife was Margaret Cheyney,
said to have been his mistress.

b The words within brackets printed in italics are erased in the original.

c George Lumley.

d Adam Sodbury. The other monk (here erased) was the prior of Bur-
lington, or Bridlington.

e The Greyfriars Chronicle places this on the 20th June.

f Sir Richard Gresham, 1537. g John Hilsey.

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when lie had made an ende of his sermon the pictor was toorn alle to
peces. Then was the pictor of saynte Savior that had stand in Barmsey
Abbey many yeris in Southwarke takyn down. The xxij day of
Maye, Wensday, was there set up in Smythfeld iij skaffoldes; the
one was for my lord mayir and aldyrmen, and the deuke of Norfock,
the deuke of Suffocke, and my lorde prevesele; and the tothir for the
bisshop of Worcetter, wheer on he stoode and preche ; and the third
skaffold was made over a gaynst ye bisshop, where on stode doctor
Forrest, a graye freer of Grenewitche, whiche had byn many yers
afore a grete precher at Polles crosse, and beside hym was there
a pictor set up that was brought oute of Walls, that was callid
Dervelle gadern/ and a litill beside that a payr of galous set up, and

a Dervel Gadarn, vulgarly called Darvel Gatheren, was son of Hywell ap
Emyr Llydaw. He was the founder of Llanderfel church in Merioneth, and
lived early in the 6th century. His festival occurs on the 5th of April. Michael
Wodde (1554) thus alludes to him: "If the "Welchman would have a purse he
prayed to Darvel Gathorn." Lord Herbert of Cherbury, in his Life of King
Henry VIII. mentions the destruction of this effigy. " A huge image called
Darvel Gathorn being fetched out of Wales, served to burn Friar Forrest,
condemned for counselling people in confession not to believe the King's su-
premacy, and to elude I know not what old blind prophesie."

The prophecy here alluded to was probably one which was current among
the Welsh, viz., that this image would set a whole forest on fire, which pro-
phecy was supposed to be fulfilled in the burning this friar. Upon the gallows
to which he was attached these verses were inscribed : —

David Darvell Gatheren,
As saith the Welshmen,

Fetched outlaws out of hell ;
Now he is come with spere and shilde,
In harnes to burn in Smithfelde,

For in Wales he may not dwell.
And Forest the frier,
That obstinate Iyer,

That wilfully shall be dead,
In his contumacie,
The Gospell doth deny,

The King to be Supreme Head.

DURING THE REIGN OF HENRY THE EIGHTH. 13

when the Bisshop had made an end of his sermon, then was the freer
had to the galous and hanggid a live by the myddylle and the armys
wl chaynys and there burnd, and the pictor cast in to the fyir to.
Then was the pictor of our lady of Worcetter brought to London.
Then was the Roode that stode in Saynt Margit Pattens churche
yarde takyn a waye, whiche had stoud there xxxv yere and more,
and with yn a litille while after there was burnd on a nyght over a
gaynst the same churche a grete mayne of housis. Then was the
pictor of our lady of Walsynggame, whiche was the grettist pil-
gremage in all Ingland, brought to London. Then was the Rood of
Northor and Saynt Unckumber,athat stode in Polles many yeris, takyn
down, and our lady of grace y* had stond in Polles many yers.

The parson and parishioners offered a bribe of 401. that this image should
not be taken away. (See Ellis's Letters.)

a Saint Uncumber is one of those saints whose names are not to be found in
any calendar, and whose histories are only to be gleaned from the occasional
allusions that we meet with in early writers.

Michael Wodde says, " If a wife were weary of her husband she offered oats
at Powles, at London, to St. Uncumber."

If ye cannot slepe but slumber,
Geve otes unto Saynt Uncumber,
And beanes in a certen number,
Unto Saynt Blaze and Saint Blythe.

Sir Thomas More, in his Dialogue (Book 2, chap, x.), makes special mention
of Saint Uncumber, whose proper name it appears was Saint Wylgeforte.
Speaking of the Saints, he says : " Some serve for the eye onely, and some for
a sore breast. St. Germayn onely for chyldren, and yet will he not ones loke
at them, but if the mother bryng with them a whyte lofe and a pot of good ale.
And yet is he wyser than St. Wylgeforte, for she good soule is as they saye
servyd and content with otys. Whereof I can not perceyve the reason, but yf
it be bycause she shold provyde an horse for an evyll housbonde to ryde to the
devyll upon, for that is the thynge that she is so sought for as they say. In
so moch that the women hath therfore chaunged her name, and in stede of St.
Wylgeforte call her St. Uncumber, bycause they reken that for a pecke of
otys she wyll not fayle to uncomber theym of theyr housebondys."

It would seem also that there was a custom of offering of oats at " Poules,"
when a wife was weary of her husband, to St. Rhadegund.

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Then was Saynt Thomas Schryne of Canterbery take down, whiche
had byn many yeris a grete pilgremage. Then was every man,
woman, and child, comaundid to lerne ther patar noster, ave and
crede, in Englissche. Then hit was comaundid that no light should
be set in churches a fore no Image, but alle take a waye.

M. FORMAN, Mayir.a Then was ye monckes of ye chartar house
and alle ye freers in London put oute of ther housis. The ix day of
Dissembar, monday, was beheddid at Tour hill the Erlle of Deven-
sheer, othur wyis called Markes of Excetter, whiche was nye kyn
unto the Kynge, and my Lorde Muntagewe and Sir Edward Nevelle
knyght. The viij b day of Maye, Thursday, did alle the citte of
London, every house holdar hym selfe and every servant y1 he had
y* was parsonabulle, had harnes les or more, and white cotes, and a
red crose and a swerd set a pon the cote bothe be hynd and be fore,
and all the chefe men had their cotes som of white satten and som of
white damaske, and crossis and swerdes a pon them, as alle the tothir
had. Then went they alle and my lord mayir and alle the Aldirmen
to myle end w* owte Algate in the mornyng, and there they weere
set forthe be five in a ray w* standardes born a fore them, and
drounslatescplayingafore them alle the way, and they weer devidid
in iiij battelles w* bowis, gonnys, mores-pikes, and billes, and so
came thorow alle the citte and throw alle Westm', and aboute alle the
newe parke, and came homward by saynt Jamys, and so over the
feldes and thorow Holburn, and so home a gayn, and the Kynge
stode at Westmynster over the new gate, and saw them alle from the
begynnyng to the endyng. Then was no watche kepte at Mid-
somer. The ix day of July, wensday, was beheddid at Tour hille
Sr Andry Foskewd knyght and a knyght of ye Roodes.6 Then did

» Sir William Forman, 1538.
— b For account of this great muster see Grafton's Chronicle.

c Drounslate or dronslade, a kind of tabor or kettle-drum. (Vide H.
Machyn's Diary.)

d Sir Adrian Fortescue.

e This knight of Rhodes was Sir Thomas Dingley.

DURING THE REIGN OF HENRY THE EIGHTH. 15

the Bisship of Worcetter, whois name was Latemar, geve up his
Bisshiprike unto the kyng.

M. HOLLYS, Mayir.a The iijd day of Jenyver, Satterday, did the
kyng and all ye noblis of ye Reme, and ye Mayir and all ye Aldir-
men in ther best araye, and every craft in yr best a raye, went doun
in ther barges to Grenwitche, and every barge as goodly drest as
they coude device w* stremars and bannars, and ther the kyng did
mete and reseve on Black heth my lady An, the Deukes doughter
of Kleve, and made her queene of Ingland. The xxviij day of July,
wensday, was beheddid at Towr hille Thomas Crowmwelle, whiche
that had byn a fore M. of the Holies, and after that the Kynges
secretary, and after that vicar generall, knyght of the gartar, Erlle of
Essex, and lord Chamburlayn of Ingland ; and my lord Hunggurford
was beheddid ther that same tyme too. The xxx daye of July, Fryday,
was there drawn from the Towr to Smythfeld vj doctors ; iij of them
was burnd, and the tother iij was hangged and quartarid ; they y*
were burnd ther namys were Doctor Barns, Doctor Garet parson
of Honny Lane, Doctor Jherom vicar of Stepney ; and ther namys
that was quartarid, Doctor Powelle, Doctor Abelle, and Doctor
Fethurstone ; and the heddes of my lorde Croumwell and my Lorde
Hungurford weer set up on London bridge, and ther bodyis beryid
in the Tow1'. This same yere was quene An the Deukes doughter
of Kleve a fore sayd put a side. The viij daye of August, sonday,
did the Kyng mare w* my lady Kataryn Haward, the Dewke of
Norfocke his brothurs doughter, and made her quene of Ingland.
That yere dyid my lorde of Saynt Jhons in his bed, whois name was
William Weston ; b and that yere was new sargeantes of the queff c
made and kepte ther Feste at Saynt Jhons ; y* summer was a hoote
and drye, and of grete dethe and greete of the agew.

a Sir William Hollis, 1539.

b Sir William Weston, Prior of St. John's, on the 5th of May, upon his
hearing of the dissolution of his order.
<= Coif.

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M. ROCHE, Mayir.* That wynter was a very colde wynter, as
was many yeris a fore. The xxvij day of May, Fryday, was the
Countes of Salisbery beheddid w* in the Towr. The xxviij day of
June, Tewisday, was my Lord Lenard, Markesb behedid at Towr
hill. The xxix day of June, Wensday, Saynt Peturs day, was my
lorde Dakars of the Southe led be twene bothe the scherevis of
London a fote from the Towr to Tiburn, and there was he hanggid.
That yere the Kyng rode in progress to Yorke, and all the centre
a boute. That yere was take doun ye loft in Polles, where yn stode
ye Roode of Northor,c and Saynt Artnolles d schryne in Polles, and
Saynt Edwardes schryne at Westm'. And the saide lorde Dakars
a bove saide was beryid in Saynt Powlkurs churche, and ye said
lord Dakars a bove saide was hanggid for robbre of y6 Kyngges
deer and murthur of yc Kepars.

M. DORMOR, Mayir.e The x day of Dessember, Satterday, was
M. Cowlpeppur, and M. Duran, drawn from the Towr to Tiburn.
Cowlpeppur was heddid and Duran was hanggid and quartarid,
both them for playing the harlottes wl with queen Kataryn that then
was. The xiij day of Febreuary, Monday, was queene Kataryn and
my lady Rocheford behedid, bothe in ye Towr of London. The
xvij day of Marche, Fryday, was a mayde f boyld in Smythfeld, in
a grete led,g for poysenyng of many y* she had doon. This yere
came out of Erlond the Erll of Desmond, the great Aneelle,h and
other grete lordes of Erlond, and did submy t them self to our Kyng :
and this yere the Dewke of Norfocke, and other Erlles and lordes,

» Sir William Roche, 1540.

b Here the chronicler would appear to have made a slight ellipsis : Lord
Lenard, Markes [Dorset's brother]. Lord Leonard Grey (son of Thomas 1st
Marquess), created Viscount Graney, beheaded for high treason.

c Over this in the original is written in another hand Northdore.

A Probably St. Erkenwald's. e Sir Michael Dormer, 1541.

f Margaret Davy. * Leaden vat or caldron.

h O'Neil, created on that occasion Earl of Tyrone.

DURING THE REIGN OF HENRY THE EIGHTH. 17

wl a grete army of men, [went] in to Scotland. This yere was
Chauncere lane, and Fayter lane, and Scho lane, all thorow pavid ;
and this yere was the new chambers bildid in Tempulle garden ;
and alle this summer was a cold summer and wete.

M. COTES, Mayir.a Then came in to Englond Kyng Jamys of
Skotland, w* a pouar of men, after Alhalowtide, and one Johan
a Musgrave, w* his company, met wl hym, and in that skyrmyssche
ye Kyng was hurte or drounde, and there was takyn of ye Skottes
xxj or xxiij presonars, that is to say, ij erlles, vj lordes, and alle ye
othur knyghtis and jentilmen, and they were brought to ye Kyng
to London ye xix day of Dessember. In the monthe of July the
Kyng did mary w* my lady Kataryn Latemer, wedow, and made
her queen. And this wynter was a colde wynter ; hit began a fore
Cristmas and lastid till Ester Monday, of and on, and of grete
dethe, and parte of mighellmas terme was kepte at Saynt Albons ;
how be hit that M. Bowear was at that tyme Mayir, for the terme
began after Alhalowtide, by cause of ye grete dethe yl was the
summer be fore.

M. BOWEAR and M. WAREN, Mayrs.b This yere dyid in his
bed at Crichurch, Sir John Audeley, lord Chauncelar of Inglond,
and M. Bowear being Mayir. This yere was moche harm doon in
Skotland , as Edynborow and othur townys burnd and spoylid. And
this yere the suifragis0 that longgid to the lateny was songe in
Englissche toung. And this yere ye Kyng, in the monthe of July,d
went in to Fraunce w* a grete powar of men. And this yere was the
yere of our lord God 1544, and the xxxvj yere of the Reng of Kyng
Hary the viij ; and this yere was Bullen e won and gevyn up. And
this yere was the Angelle nobulle reysyd to viij s'.f

a Sir John Cotes, 1542.

b Sir William Bowyer, Sir Ralphe Warren, 1543.
c Prayers. d 13th July. e July 29th.

f By proclamation on the 16th of May. The first raising of the angel noble
was in 1526. (Grafton's Chronicle.)
CAMD. SOC. C

18 LONDON CHRONICLE.

M. LAXTON, Mayir.a This yere was Jhus stepulle, yl stode in
Polles churche yerde, take down, and no watche kepte at Midsomer,
nor Midsomer terme kepte. The xxij day of August dyid in his
bed in Gilford the Dewke of Suffocke, whois name was Charlus
Brandon. The xij day of September, Satterday, in ye mornyng
a boute five of the klocke, was Saynt Jylis churche burnd, belles
and alle, w*oute Crepille gate. The viij day of Octobar, Thursday,
at nyght, aboute vij a klocke, was a ship of a nothur cuntre burnd
at Blacke walle thorow mysse fortune of fyir.

M. Bowss [Mayir].b This yere dyid my lorde Bawdwyn, chefe
Justes of the cofnen place: then did my lorde Muntegew, whiche
was chefe Justes of the Kyngges benche, make labor for to be chefe
Justes of the cofnen place, and so he was. Then was my lorde
chefe baarn of the Kyngges Excheker, whois name was Lister,
made chefe Justes of ye Kyngges bench and sargeant, alle on oone
day, the ix day off November, Monday, in the yere of our Lorde
God XVCXLV, in the xxxvij yere of the Reng of K. H. the viij.

» Sir William Laxton, 1544. b Sir Martin Bowes, 1545.

INDEX.

Abell, dr. hanged at Smithfield,

15

Acheley, sir Roger, mayor, 6
St. Alban's, 17
Aldermary, the parson of, hanged,

9

Aldgate, 14

Allen, sir John, mayor, 8, 10
AnneBoleyn, queen (vide Boleyn)
Anne of Cleves, qu. (vide Cleves]
Angel-noble, its value raised, 17
Arthur, the prince (son of Hen.

VIL\ marriage of, 5 ; his

death, 6 ; remarriage of his

widow, 6
Aske, mr. hanged in York Castle,

11

Askew, sir Christopher, mayor, 6
Audeley, sir John, his death, 17
Austin Friars, 8

Aylemer, sir Laurence, mayor, 5
Baldry, sir Thomas, mayor, 8
Baldwin, lord chief justice, his

death, 18

Barking churchyard, 9
Barnes, dr. burned at Smithfield,

15
Barton, Elizabeth, the holy maid

of Kent, executed at Tyburn, 9
Bath, bishop of, 8
Bayley, sir William, mayor, 8
Bermondsey Abbey, picture of

St. Saviour taken down in, 12
Berwick, 7
Beygot, sir Francis, hanged at

Tyburn, 11

Birlyngton, prior of, 1 1
Black wall, a foreign vessel burned

at, 18

St. Blaze, 13
Blount, sir J. 10
St. Blythe, 13

Bocking, Edward, hanged at Ty-
burn, 9

Boleyn, queen Anne, her marriage

and coronation, 9; beheaded

and buried, 10
Boulogne taken, 17
Bowes, sir Martin, mayor, 18
Bowyer, sir William, mayor, 1 7
Boxley Abbey, the picture of the

Roode of Grace belonging to,

destroyed, 11

Bradbury, sir Thomas, mayor, 6
Brandon,Charles,Duke of Suffolk,

his death, 18

Branstone, King James of Scot-
land killed at, 7
Brest, 7

Bridges, sir John, mayor, 8
Brierton, William, beheaded at

Tower Hill, 10

Browne, sir William, mayor, 6, 7
Buckingham, duke of, beheaded,

8; his burial, 8
Bulmer, sir John, hanged at

Tyburn, 11; his lady burned

at Smithfield, 1 1
Burgundy, duke of, driven ashore

at Plymouth, 6
Butler, sir William, mayor, 7
Canterbury, archbishop of, 1 1
shrine of St. Thomas

of, taken down, 14
Capell, sir William, mayor, 5, 6
Carew, sir John, 7
Carrick, a vessel called " the Great

Carrick of Brest" destroyed, 7
Castile, 5 ; king of, 6, 8
Champness, sir John, mayor, 9
Chancery lane, paving of, 16
Charing Cross, ] 0
Charles V,, the emperor, arrival

of, 8
Charter House, three monkes of,

hanged, 9; monks of expelled, 14
Cheyney, Margaret, burned in

Smithfield, 11

Christchurch, 17

City, grand muster of the, 14

pageants, 5

riots, 7

Cleves, queen Anne of, her arrival
and reception, 15; divorced, 15

Constable, sir Robert, executed, 1 1

Copinger, sir WTilliam, mayor, 7

Cotes, sir John, mayor, 17

Cripplegate, 18

Cromwell, Thomas lord, his ap-
pointments, made Earl of
Essex, 9 ; beheaded at Tower
Hill, 15

Culpepper, mr. beheaded, 16

Dacres, lord, hanged at Tyburn,
16

Darcy, lord, beheaded at Tower
Hill, ] 1

Davy, Margaret, boiled at Smith-
field for poisoning, 16

Denmark, the king of, arrival
with his queen, 8

Dering, Richard, hanged, 9

Dervel Gadarn, destruction of the
Welsh image so called, at Smith-
field, 12

Desmond, earl of, arrives out of
Ireland, J 6

Devonshire,earl of, alias Marquess
of Exeter, beheaded at Tower
Hill, 14

Dingley, sir Thomas, beheaded at
Tower Hill, 14

Dodmer, sir Ralph, mayor, 9

Dormer, sir Michael, mayor, 16

Dorset, Marquess of, 16

Dover, 8

Drounslates.a kind of tabor drum,
14

Dudley, Edmund, beheaded at
Tower Hill, 6

Duran, mr. hanged at Tyburn, 16

Edinburgh, 17

20

INDEX.

Edward VI., birth of, and names
of his sponsors, 1 1

St. Edward, his shrine at West-
minster taken down, 16

St. Erkenwald's shrine in St.
Paul's removed, 16

Essex, earl of, Thomas Cromwell
made, 9 ; decapitated, 15

Exeter, Marquess of (vide Earl of
Devonshire)

Exmewe, sir Thomas, mayor, 7

Fetherstone, dr. hanged at Smith-
field, 15

Fetter lane paved, 16

Fisher, John, bishop of Rochester,
executed, 9

Fitzgarret family, execution of,
10

Fitzroy, Henry (illegitimate son
of King Henry VIII.), his de-
cease, 10

Forrest, dr. (a grey friar of Green-
wich), burned at Smithfield, 12,
13

Forman, sir William, mayor, 14

Fortescue, sir Adrian, beheaded
at Tower Hill, 14

Fountains, abbot of, hanged at
Tyburn, 11

France, Hen. VIII. goes into 7, 17

Caret, dr. (parson of Honey
Lane,) burned at Smithfield, 15

Caret, lord, 10

St. Giles's Church, (Cripplegate,)
entirely destroyed by fire, 18

Gisburgh, the prior of, hanged at
Tyburn, 11

Golde, Henry, hanged at Tyburn,
9

Graney, viscount, 16

Greenwich, 12, 15

Gresham, sir Richard, mayor, 11

Grey, lord Leonard, beheaded at
Tower Hill, 16

Guilford, 18

Haddon, sir Richard, mayor, 6, 7

Hamerton, sir Stephen, hanged
at Tyburn, 11

Hampton Court, 1 1

Henry VII., 5; death of, 6

Henry VIII. marries his brother's
widow Katherir.e, 6 ; goes into
France, 7 ; divorces queen
Katherine and marries Ann

Boleyn, 9 ; causes his head
and those of his court to be
polled, 10; marries lady Jane
Seymour, 10 ; death of his il-
legitimate son, 10; birth of
his son prince Edward, and
death of queen Jane, 11 ; re-
views the great city muster
from the new gate at West-
minster, 14; goes by water
with the mayor and aldermen
to Greenwich and receives on
Blackheath Ann of Cleves, 15 ;
divorces Ann of Cleves and
espouses Katherine Howard,

15 ; rides in progress to York,

16 ; causes the queen Kather-
ineto be beheaded, 16 ; marries
Katherine Latimer, 17; goes
withagreatretinueintoFrance,
17

Hilsey,John, (bishop of Roches-
ter), 11
Holborn, 14

Hollis, sir William, mayor, 15
Honey Lane, 15
Howard, lady Mary, 10

queen Katherine, mar-

riage of, 15; beheaded, 16

Hungerford, lord, beheaded at
Tower Hill, J5

Hussey, lord, executed, 11

Hywell ap Emyr Llydaw, 12

St. James's, 10, 14

James IV. of Scotland makes a
treacherous inroad during the
absence of the king of England,
and is killed, 7

James V. of Scotland comes with
an army into England, and in
the skirmish is killed or drown-
ed, 17

Jane (queen Jane Seymour), ride
Seymour

Jarvis, abbot of, hanged at Ty-
burn, 11

Jennings, sir Stephen, mayor, 6

Jerome, dr., (vicar of Stepney,)
burned at Smithfield, 15

Jesus steeple in St. Paul's taken
down, 17

St. John's, 15

lord of, dies, 15

Ireland, 10, 16

Katherine of Arragon her ar-
rival in England, 5 ; married
to Prince Arthur, 5 ; married
to king Henry VIII. and crown-
ed queen, 6; her death, 10;
her daughter, 1 1

(Howard) queen, (vide

Howard)

Latimer, marriage with
Henry VIII., 17
Keble, sir Henry, mayor, 6
Kent, the Rood of Grace in. de-
stroyed, 1 1

holy maid of (vide Barton)

Kildare, 10
Kneesworth,sir Thomas, mayor, 6
Knevet, sir Thomas, 7
Kyme, 10
Kynlet, 10

Lambard, sir Nicholas, mayor, 9
Latimer, Hugh, (bishop of Wor-
cester,) resigns his see, 15

Katherine, married to

king Henry VIII. 17

Laxton, sir William, mayor, 17

Lights before images in churches
prohibited, 14

Lincoln, 10

Lincolnshire riots, 10

Lister, (lord chief baron of the
exchequer,) made chief justice
of the king's bench, 1 8

Litany, prayers sung in English,
17

Llanderfel church, 12

London, 13, 17 ; friars in, ex-
pelled, 14; sheriffs of, 16

London Bridge, conflagratio i of,
5 ; heads of the lords Crom-
well and Hungerford set up
on, 15

Ludlow, 5

Lumley, lord, 11

George, hanged at Ty-

burn, 11

St. Margaret Patten, churchyard
of, its rood taken away, 13

Maximyanus, the emperor, (Maxi-
milian I.), 7

Merioneth, 12

Midsummer watch, 8, 14

Milborne, sir John, mayor, 8

Mile-end, great city muster at, 14

Minories, the, burned, 8

INDEX.

21

Mirfin, sir Thomas, mayor, 8

Morgan, sir Piers, 7

Monoux, sir George, mayor, 7

Montague, lord, 14

lord chief justice of

the king's bench, made chief
justice of the common pleas, 18

More, sir Thomas, made lord
chancellor, 9 ; beheaded at
Tower Hill, 9

Mundy, sir John, mayor, 8

a'Musgrave, John, his encounter
with king James V. of Scot-
land, 17

Neville, sir Edward, 14

Norfolk, duke of, 10,11,12, 15,16

Norris, mr., beheaded at Tower
Hill, 10

Northor, the rood of, taken down
from St. Paul's, 13 ; removal
of the rood loft of, 16

O'Neil, the great, with other
lords, comes out of Ireland, 16

Oxford, 7

Paternosters and other prayers
ordained to be in English, 14

St. Paul's, 5 ; weathercock
blown down, 6 ; roods taken
away, 13; rood loft and shrines
taken down, 16 ; Jesus steeple
removed, 17

St. Paul's cross, preaching at, 11

Pargiter, sir Thomas, mayor, 9

Peacock, sir Stephen, mayor, 9

Percy, sir Thomas, hanged at
Tyburn, 11

Petty Wales, conflagration of, 6

Philip, duke of Burgundy, driven
by stress of weather into Eng-
land, 6

Pickering, doctor, hanged at Ty-
burn, 11

Plymouth, 6

Powell, doctor, hanged at Smith-
field, 15

Read, sir Bartholomew, mayor, 5
Regent, the, a great vessel so

named, burned, 7
Remington, sir William, mayor,

5

Rest, sir John, mayor, 7
St. Rhadegund, 13
Rhodes, taken, 8

knight of, beheaded, 14

Richmond, duke of (vide Fitzroy)
Roche, sir William, mayor, 15
Rocheford, lady, beheaded, 16
Rochester, bishop of (John

Fisher), beheaded, 9
(John Hilsey),

preaches at St. Paul's cross,

11

Rudstone, sir John, mayor, 8
Salisbury, countess of, beheaded

in the Tower, 16
Salop, 10

St. Saviour, picture of, 12
Scotch prisoners taken, 17
Scotland, 7, 16, 17
Seamer, sir Thomas, mayor, 8
St. Sepulchre's church, 16
Seymour, lady Jane, marriage of,

10; birth of her son and her

death, 11

Shaw, sir John, mayor, 5
Shoe Lane, paving of, 16
Smeton, Mark, beheaded at

Tower Hill, 10
Smithfield, 11, 12, 15, 16
Sodbury, Adam, 1 1
Solyman, sultan, 8
Somerset, duke of, (see Fitzroy)

10

Southwark, 12

Spencer, sir James, mayor, 8
Stepney, vicar of, 15
Suffolk, duke of, 11, 17
Talboys, Gilbert, 10

sir George, 10

Tate, sir John, mayor, 7

Taylor, dr. 9

Tempest, sir Nicholas, hanged at

Tyburn, 11
Temple Bar, 8
Temple Garden, new chambers

built in, 16
Thames street, 6
Therouenne taken, 7
Thetford, 10
Thomas of Canterbury, saint, his

shrine taken down, 14
Tournay taken, 7
Tower Hill, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15
Tower of London, 9, 10, 11, 15,

16

Turwyn taken, 7
Tyburn, 9, 10, 11, 16
Tynemouth, 9
Tyrone, earl of, 16
St. Uncumber, 13
Wales, 12
Walsingham, picture of our lady

of, 13

Warren, sir Ralph, mayor, 10, 17
Welsh prophesy, 12
Westminster, 14, 16
Weston, mr. beheaded at Tower

Hill, 10

sir William, prior of St.

John's, his death, 15
Windsor Castle, burial of queen

Jane at, 1 1

Winger, sir John, mayor, 5
Wolsey, cardinal, displaced from

the chancellorship, 9
Worcester, picture of our lady of,

13

— bishop of (Hugh La-

timer), 12, 13, 15
St. Wylgefort, 13
Yarford, sir James, mayor, 8
York, 16
York Castle, 1 1
York, duke of, 6
Yorkshire riots, 10

THE EXPENSES

THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE

RIDING THE

WESTERN AND OXFORD CIRCUITS,
TEMP. ELIZABETH, 1596—1601.

EDITED,
FROM THE MS. ACCOUNT BOOK OF THOMAS WALMYSLEY,

ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF THE COMMON PLEAS,

BY WILLIAM DURRANT COOPER, F.S.A.

PRINTED FOR THE CAMDEN SOCIETY.
M.DCCC.L.VIH.

INTRODUCTION.

THE following pages contain particulars of the Accounts of
Thomas Walmysley, one of the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas, from 1589 to 1612,* on his riding the Western Circuit with
Edward Fenner, one of the Judges of the Queen's Bench,f at the
autumn and spring assizes, in every year, from July 1596 to March
1601 ; and also the account of Thomas Walmysley on his riding the
Oxford Circuit with Peter Warburton, another Justice of the Com-
mon Pleas, | in the autumn of the year 1601. On Sir Thomas
Walmysley's monument at Blackburn it was recorded, that during
the twenty-three years of his tenure of office he went " all the cer-
cuets of England, except Norfolk and Suffolk." §

The accounts themselves are contained in a pocket volume, bound
in vellum, and written by two persons, who had the supervision of
the whole expenditure. The original MS. which came from the
papers belonging to the family of Lord Petre, descendants of Mr.
Justice Walmysley, has been lent to me by Mr. William Harper,
of Bury, Lancashire. I have given the accounts of the first Western
Circuit, and also of the Oxford Circuit, without abridgement. On
the other visits upon the Western Circuit I have given only a
statement of the presents made to the Judges, and any thing parti-
cularly worthy of note in the purchases.

At the time of these accounts the Act which prohibited a Judge

* See Foss' Judges, vol. vi. p. 191. + Ibid. p. 152.

J Ibid. p. 195. § Baines' Lancashire, vol. iii. p. 313.

4 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

from holding the assizes on any circuit of which he was a native, or
inhabited,* was in full force; but it is worthy of remark that the
same two Judges should have hoi den every assize for the same
circuit during five consecutive years. The same country gentlemen
repeated their presents circuit after circuit, and there can be little
doubt that the intimacy between the Judges and the gentry could
have been little less than would have occurred had the Judge sat
once on a circuit in one town of his native county. On many occa-
sions, however, licence was given to the Judge to go the circuit in
which was his native county. During the Commonwealth the Par-
liament directed Serjeant, afterwards Baron Thorpe, who was born
in Yorkshire,! to go the Northern Circuit, in the spring of 1648-9,
the commission to be with a non obstante ; J and in the Council Book
of the same period there is an order, extending the exemption to
all the Judges. The prohibition has been repealed, and to prevent
any mischief from the constant visits of the Judges to the same
assize towns, the rule has obtained that a Judge shall not choose
the same circuit on two successive assizes.

At the close of Elizabeth's reign the name and the fact of
" riding " the circuit were identical. For the Western Circuit the
judges and their officers started on horseback from Holborn, and
thence proceeded from town to town. Where the distance between
any two places was great they rested at some gentleman's house, or
at some intermediate town. Thus, on the way to Winchester, the
Judges usually slept at Mr. Rudiard's house at Hatley, or sometimes
at Mr. Wallopp's at Farley ; or at the Bishop of Winchester's ; or,
on the road to Andover, at Mr. Palmer's at Overton; they slept also

* 33 Hen. VIII. c. 24, re-enacting a statute of Rich. II. and adding a penalty of
100/. for every offence.

f Foss' Judges, vol. vi. p. 493. J Com. Jour. vi. p. 148.

INTRODUCTION. 5

at the Marquess of Winchester's, between Winchester and Andover ;
at Sir Richard Rogers's, or Mr. Morton's, between Salisbury and
Dorchester ; at Mr. Speke's, between Dorchester and Exeter ; at
Mr. Elveston's, at Lyme Regis; at Mr. Fulford's, or at Mr. Serjeant
Glanville's, between Exeter and Launceston ; at Mr. Gale's, at
Kirton ; at Mr. Monk's, or at Mr. Stuckley's, or at Mr. Jennings', or
at Mr. Berry's, on the way between Launceston and Taunton ; or at
Mr. Drake's, on the road from Chard to Exeter. Whilst on the Oxford
Circuit they partook of the hospitality of Mr. Savage at Bridgnorth,
of Mr. Pitt on the way between Hereford and Worcester, and of
Mr. Owen on the road between Shrewsbury and Stafford.

At the houses of these private gentlemen the only expenses
incurred were for vails to the servants, usually amounting to
half a crown each to the cook, the butler, and the stablemen, and
something less for the chamberlain. In some of the towns, also, the
Judges were provided for; at Bridgnorth by the bailiffs; at Burford
by the aldermen and townsmen; and at Blandford by a plentiful
supply from Mr. Swaine.

In the assize towns the expenses of the Judges were in two parts.
1. The joint charges, including the rewards for presents sent, and
the payments for lodgings, and all other expenses of the household;
and 2. The private charge against each Judge for the keep of
the horses, the lodging of the grooms, and the general costs of the
stable. Occasionally, however, the provision for the horses was
furnished by the sheriff: several times in Devonshire by the clerk
of assize : and once at Hereford by Mr. Walwyn, " the lawyer."

An Order in Council in February, 1574, had relieved the sheriffs
from the charge of the Judges' diet, yet the sheriff of each county
sent large presents of fish, flesh, and fowl for the use of the Judges ;

6 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OP ASSIZE.

and in Devonshire that officer regularly supplied the suppers, and
on many days the dinners : in every county some of the mayors of
towns and other public bodies, and the principal country gentlemen,
also sent presents of like provisions in quantities so ample, that the
tables of the Queen's representatives must have been extremely well
furnished. Accordingly, we find that bread, flour, eggs, butter,
vegetables, firewood, the grocers' bills, beer, and wine, formed the
largest items of expenditure.

The presents to the Judges on circuit have now nearly ceased.
The sheriff sometimes sends venison or beer, and some customary
gifts are still made in particular towns; as at Oxford, where the
Judges are on every circuit presented with a pair of white gloves
trimmed with gold ; and at Cambridge the stirrup-cup is yet given
by the Master of Trinity on the Judges' departure. In most counties
at a maiden assize the sheriff provides white gloves for the Judge.

The accounts for Devonshire show also the bills of fare for dinner
and supper on most of the days, and demonstrate how the incon-
venience of an entire day's fish fasting in Lent was ingeniously
avoided, by having the fish supper on the Tuesday and Thursday
after a hearty meat dinner, and on the Wednesday and Friday
adding a substantial meat supper to the abstinence from flesh at
dinner.

The maritime counties enabled the country gentlemen to make
presents of nearly every species of sea-fish, as well as fresh-water
fish from their own ponds and lakes. Among the sea-fish, whether
new or salted and dried, we find several sorts not now used at table,
and some of which the names have been nearly lost.

FISH. — Of the sturgeon, pieces were sent at Taunton, Dorchester,
and Exeter; an isle at Salisbury and Stafford, and a keg at Mon-

INTRODUCTION. 7

mouth and Shrewsbury. The salmon was usual in February and
in July in all the western counties, and at Monmouth and Shrews-
bury; an isle came to Chard and Salisbury, and salt salmon in
February to Winchester and Launceston. Salmon peale were also
general in the West and at Gloucester. The shewings, or sea-trout,
appear at Hereford. The dolphin appears once at Dorchester in
February ; a piece of porpoise (to be roasted or cooked like the
sturgeon) once at Launceston; and the dory at Oakhampton and
Taunton. The conger was eaten at Taunton, Oakhampton, and
Exeter, and an isle of it found its way to Dorchester. The cod was
used fresh, and also salted and dried, and a cod's head is not un-
frequent ; whilst the milwell, a fish allied to the cod, appears in
Dorsetshire, Devonshire, and Cornwall, as a whole fish in some
instances, and in an isle, and also dried, in Devonshire. Turbot
were not very frequent, but are mentioned at Taunton, Dorchester,
and Exeter. Braymes were used at Exeter and Gloucester ; Basse,
or sea-perch, at Exeter, Salisbury, and Dorchester, and also at
Reading ; Mulletts were not unfrequent; and soles, plaice, haddock,
herrings, tvhiting, the thornback or scate, and sprats, were common.

The other dried fish were the buckthorn, or whiting, split and
dried; the haberdine, or salt cod; ling of various sorts, viz. the
London, Devonshire, organ, and green salt ling; herrings ; and the
dried and salted hake once (February 1598) at Winchester, called in
the account " a drie fish called Poor John," and most contemptuously
treated by Shakespeare.

'Tis well thou art not fish ; if thou hadst, thou hadst been poor John.

GREGORY — Romeo and Juliet, Act I. Scene 1.

What have we here ? A man or a fish ? Dead or alive ? A fish : he smells like a fish,
a very ancient and fish-like smell ; a kind of not of the newest poor John.

TRINCULO — Tempest, Act II. Scene 2.

8 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

The shell-fish included oysters of two sorts — one called at Salis-
bury and Chard the "long oyster;" lobsters, crabs, shrimps, cockles,
mussels, whelks, the razor-fish once, and crawfish plentiful.

The fresh-water fish were the Thames trout at Reading, and trout
frequently elsewhere; the pike, carp, tench, perch, roach, flounders,
barbel; lampreys in February at Winchester, Salisbury, and Taunton ;
eels generally, and Holland eels at Winchester, and Flanders at Exeter.

MEAT. — The most general present from those gentlemen who
had parks was a buck, but the venison was mostly baked, not
roasted : sometimes the doe and stag appear. Beef was very
seldom used ; the working of the oxen on the farms and the milk-
ing of the cows gave little beef for the butcher, yet occasionally
we meet with a loin, a chine, or a pood ; " a veal" however, is of
constant occurrence, and on many occasions calves' feet "A
MUTTON," the old and distinguishing term for the dead sheep, is
found at every place : lambs in the spring and also in the summer,
and a favourite dish was a lamb's " appurtenances," or fry. A pig,
a collar of brawn, and a roasting-pig, are likewise on the list. Kids
are also met with, once at Winchester, given by the sheriff; several
times at Launceston, as presents from Mr. Trelawny; and in all the
assize towns on the Oxford circuit, from Oxford to Shrewsbury, no
less than five having been given at Monmouth.

FOWL was of all kinds. We do not now dress the bustard, one of
which was given at Salisbury by Mr. Edward Penruddock in June
1600; or the heron, given at Dorchester and Taunton; or the
heronshawes,* which came in at Salisbury, Dorchester, Exeter, and

* Sauce gallantine for porpoise, heronshawe, and curlews. " Herons, curlews, crane,
bittern, bustard, be at all times good, but best in winter." A proper new Booke of
Cookery, 1575.

INTRODUCTION.

Launceston, and also at Oxford and Stafford (of which the bodies
without the legs were stuffed and roasted) ; or the curlew, which was
furnished at Chard, Dorchester, and Exeter; or the gull,* which was
relished in the two latter towns as well as in Salisbury and Launces-
ton ; or the puffin, which was a rarity met with in Cornwall alone ;
or the kite cooked at Exeter. Other birds find their way to our table.
The peacock f was once dressed at Chard in July : the swan in February
graced the table a$ Winchester, Salisbury, Andover, Taunton, and
Dorchester, and two cygnets at Oxford. Turkeys, then a rare bird,
were presented on the earliest circuit by the sheriff, Mr. Trelawny,
and Mr. Sharock, in Cornwall; subsequently by the sheriff, Sir W.
Sanders, Mr. St. John, and Mr. Kingsmill, in Hants; in 1600 at
Winchester, Dorchester, and Exeter ; and young turkeys in July,
1601, by the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. Geese were
cooked in February, and green geese at Winchester and Dorchester
in July. \ Ducks and ducklings, larks, pigeons, capons, chicken,
pullets, even hens and sparrows, added to the store.

Nor was game and wild-fowl deficient. The heath-poults, now
seldom met with in the West, were sent as presents at Salisbury,
Dorchester, and Stafford; and the heath-cock at Launceston.
Pheasants, § of which there were not many, and partridges, which
were abundant, were killed on both circuits in the months of June

* Mustard and vinegar sauce for malard, teal, gulls, and storks. — The Booke of
Cookerie. 1575.

f Wine and salt sauce for peacocks and capons. " Peacocks be ever good, but when
they be young, and of a good stature, they be as good as fesant, and so be young groucis."
— Ibid. To carve a crane, peacock, stork, bustard, and shoveller, " raise the winges first,
and beware of the trumpe in his brest, and let the feete be on stil." — The Booke of
Kervinge, 1508.

J Sorel sauce for a green goose, and mustard and vinegar for a stubble goose. —
Booke of Cookerie, 1575.

§ Sauce, water and salt and onions stewed. — Ibid.

CAMD. SOC. B

10 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

and July, and also in February. Quails, now very scarce, formed a
portion of the presents in each of the Western assize towns and at
Oxford. Plover, golden and green, arrived at Taunton and Exeter ;
puetts at Winchester, Salisbury, Dorchester, Exeter, and Oxford,
Worcester, and Stafford ; and a dozen oxen and kyne, " being
birds," (ruffs and reeves ?) appear once in July at Exeter. These,
with widgeon, teal, woodcocks, * and snipes, made the delicacies in this
department.

The West of England has long been famous for its pies of every
sort — meat, fish, fruit, and vegetable; and these accounts give us
a very favourable opinion of proficiency in this line, when we
find the true distinction drawn between pasties (the crust baked
without a dish) of red deer and venison : tarts of quince,
apple, cherry, and custard : and pies proper, composed of a
gammon of bacon, calves' feet, neat's tongue, lamb, swan, turkey,
pheasant, goose, capon, chicken, pigeon, salmon, trout, carp,
lamprey, quince, pippin, apple, and down to the pie, which still
holds its own in Devonshire, the potato, given at Exeter in
February, 1601, and the only instance in which that new root is
mentioned. These varieties have given rise to the popular saying that
if the old gentleman himself were caught in Devonshire he would be
clapped into a pie.

The VEGETABLES consisted of roots and salads in every town :
the names are not stated; but oil, vinegar, and verjuice (the acid of
the crab-apple), were provided for the salads. Artichokes were
rarities which were sent as presents; peas, beans, onions, and
radishes are common ; parsnips also occur ; carrots are named only
at Exeter ; and samphire at Chard, Dorchester, and Exeter.

* Served with mustard and sugar.

INTRODUCTION. 11

The FKUIT included oranges in the month of July as well as of
February ; lemons in July ; cherries 4d. a pound ; apples plain,
baked, and stewed ; pears, strawberries, gooseberries, at Salisbury and
Dorchester ; and raspberries once only at Gloucester.

Cheese formed part of the dessert, and accordingly we find it
mixed up in the purchases of cherries, strawberries, apples, and
other fruit : the sorts are not generally distinguished : we meet,
however, with an Holland cheese at Dorchester and with a Lantony
cheese at Gloucester.

At Exeter and Launceston alone we discover presents of boxes of
marmalade, and at Exeter plates of jelly.

The accounts are not in sufficient detail to enable me to give the
prices of many of the articles bought. Butter varied in price ; the
ordinary cost being 4d. a pound in summer and 6d. in the spring :
and candles cost 5d. a pound.

BEER was the great drink and was most plentifully supplied;
89 gallons were consumed in three days at Winchester, 90 gallons
in two days at Salisbury, a butt in five days at Chard and Exeter ;
the sheriffs usually sent a portion, but where that fell short of the
demand purchases were made at a cost of 5s. or 65. a barrel. In
July, 1597, two shillings, representing 12 gallons of beer, were paid
between Oakhampton and Launceston "in the extreme heat."
Small beer was carefully avoided : its name very seldom appears,
and when it does its cost was one-third of the best beer.

WINE * was sometimes sent among the presents ; more commonly it
was purchased : here, however, the sorts and quantities are seldom

* See " A new boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly used
here in England," by William Turner, 1568, dedicated to Sir William Cecill. Sack,
malmesey, muscadel, and claret from France and Gascony were the wines most used in
England. There was a prejudice against Rhenish.

12 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

distinguished: the cost varied at the different towns, as much as
12s. 6d. being paid at Winchester : 8s. or 9s. was the ordinary cost;
in Cornwall it was as low as 3s., 4d. ; and 2s. 9d. at Stafford. Wine and
sugar are frequently put together in the accounts in one item, and
are so distinguished from sack,* of which four pints were bought at
Salisbury ; and the sheriff of Devonshire presented on one occasion a
pint ; on another a tierce, or 42 gallons ; and on another a rundlet, or
18 gallons ; whilst Mr. Denys sent a pottle, or two quarts, at Glou-
cester. Claret was also bought at Salisbury; the sheriff of Devon sent
three gallons on one circuit, a firkin, a tierce, and so much as a hogs-
head, or 63 gallons, on other occasions, and Dr. Marty n at Oxford
a rundlet. The only other wine distinguished by a name is called
Rhenish, of which a rundlet was presented once at Exeter, and two
bottles at Monmouth. Throughout the several circuits the cost of
the wine was not more than one-third the expense for the beer, and
in some places it was classed with articles of less importance, appear-
ing in the same item with strawberries at Dorchester, and sinking
once at Salisbury so low as to be included with small beer : hence I
assume that home-made and sweet wines were usually drank, and
that foreign wines were not commonly on the table.

At Worcester only were the Judges reduced to the extremity of
paying for water.

The accounts do not furnish many other items worthy of par-
ticular comment; I will only note that Mr. Justice Eenner seems to
have been the most jovial of the two, for it was his cook who went
the circuit, and it was by his desire that a reward was given for the
sport of coursing a buck between Salisbury and Blandford ; that the

* See " Notes and Queries," 2nd Series, vol. iv. p. 330.

INTRODUCTION. 13

city waits of Hereford had their reward for welcoming the admini-
strators of the law ; and that the poor came badly off on the Western
and still worse off on the Oxford circuit: on the Western they
received 20d. at every town in the summer from each Judge, and
3s. 4:d. in the spring circuits from the joint purse, except once at
Exeter, when the amount was doubled ; but on the Oxford summer
circuit they had only 2s. in every town as a joint contribution, or
a shilling from each Judge.

The assizes for Hants were commonly held at Winchester Castle,
but sometimes at Andover : the Somersetshire were most frequently
held at Chard, though some were held at Taunton Castle, and on
those occasions the assizes for this county were held after those for
Cornwall, whilst the Chard sittings preceded the Exeter; where
also the circuit upon some occasions ended, the county of Cornwall
being altogether left out ; and in the spring circuit of 1597 no
assizes were held either for Devon or Cornwall.

By the Lansdowne MS. (53, Art. 92) it appears that Sir Roger
Manwood and Justice William Periam were the Judges on the
Western circuit in the spring of 1587, and had an allowance of
61. 17s. 4.d. a-day for diet, &c. during the twenty-six days which the
circuit lasted, making altogether 1781. 10s. 8d. The first commis-
sion day on the circuit of Thos. Walmysley, in 1596, was the 5th
July, and the last the 26th, so that about the same number of days
were taken on the circuit. The first commission day in the summer
of 1857 was llth July, and the last 8th August. The Oxford cir-
cuit of 1587 was ridden by William Ayloffe and Francis Windham;
it lasted twenty-eight days: their allowance was 61. 2s. a-day for
diet, &c. and the total sum paid to them was 170/. 16s. The first
commission day in 1601 was 10th July, and the last 3rd August:

14 EXPENSES OP THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

the circuit, therefore, lasted nearly a month. The first commission
day in the summer circuit in 1857 was 9th July, and the last 5th
August.

The Western circuit seems to have caused trouble to the Judges,
since, in 1586, a declaration was drawn up "of the course used and
nedefull to be used by the Judges in the Western circuite in the
delivery of the gaole and triall of nisi prius" fLansd. MS. 49,
Art. 23), wherein it is stated that where there fell a matter of
importance or difficulty, were it for life or other cause, the Judges
sat together ; that few prisoners were indicted the first day, so that
the Judges sat at nisi prius; that the number of prisoners in
Somerset and Devon was very many, and the gaol delivery most
commonly continued very nearly during the whole assize, so that, if
the Judges always sat together, few trials at nisi prius could take
place ; that the gaol delivery was often delayed, because even during
the last half- day many were indicted, owing to delay in the evidence,
or on the part of the justices of the peace ; and that if the Judges
always sat together, and the assizes were thereby prolonged, the
people would not tarry, for by experience it was found that towards
the end of the assizes it was hard to find a jury for the trial of any
one cause.

The names of the sheriffs from 1597 are given in the MS., and
enable me to correct the lists usually printed for Cornwall, Dorset-
shire, Wiltshire, and Somersetshire.

W. D. C.

81, Guilford Street, Russell Square,

London, 4th November, 1857.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.

In circuitu THOME WALMYSLEY, unius Justic dne Regine de Banco:
et Edwardi Fenner, unius Justic ipius dne Regine ad piita coram
ipa Regina tenend assign, Justic ejusdem dne Regine ad assias in
com Sutlu% Wiltes, Dorsett, Somsett, Devon, et Cornufo, incep?
apud castrurn Winton, in com SutM, quinto die Julii, anno regni
Elizabeth Rne xxxviij0, 1596. — Autumn, anno xxxviij0 Eliz.

Sutht. — Presents at Winchester.

Imprimis of Mr. MAIOR of WINTON and his brethren, one mutton, one
veale ........ nil

Of Mr. NORTON, one bucke, the rewarde . . .vs.

Of my L. BISHOPP of WINTON, one bucke . . .vs.

Of Mr. TICHBORNE, two capons, iiij rabetts, and iiij pewetts, the
rewarde . . . . . . . xij d.

Of Mr. FASHION, one freshe samon . . . . xij d.

Of Mr. KIRBY, one freshe samon and vj puetts, the rewarde . xij d.

Of Sir THOMAS WESTE, one freshe samon and one samon-peale . xij d.

Of Mr. GIFFORDE, one buck and six coople of conyes, the rewarde v s.

Of Mr. SHERIFF,* half a buck and one freshe samon . . nil

From the COLLEDGE of WINTON, one mutton, the rewarde . vj d.

Of the LORD MARQUES of WINCHESTER, one bucke, the rewarde . v s.
Suma for p'sents at Winchester . \ . . xxiiij s. vj d.

Provision bought at Winchester.

Imp'mis three quarters of lambe It. a strayner . vj d.

iij s. ij d. It. two capons . . xxij d.

It. a rostinge-pigge . . xviij d. It. a quarter of veale ij s. iiij d.

It. for capers and olives . vj d. It. for suett . . iiij d.

* Robert Oxenbridge, Esq. of Husborne. Full notices of this family are given in the
Sussex Archaeological Collections, vol. viii. p. 214.

16 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

It. a neates foote and tripes vj d. It. a paire of calves feete . ij d.

It. for two pulletts and viij chickings It. for bacon . vj d.

iij s. x d. It. yor LL. chambers . xx s.

It. for bread and flower, viz. iiij It. to the butler . ij s. vj d.

bushels and three pecks xxvj s. vj d. It. to the helpes in the kitchen

It.fivebarrellsandonefirkynof beere, iij s. vj d.

at v s. the barrell xxvij s. vj d. It. to the turnespitt . . xij d.

It. wood and coles . xj s. It. to the porter . ij s.

It. butter, tenne pounds iij s. iiij d. It. to Mr. WHITE'S man that waited

It. for egges . . xij d. xij d.

It. for iiij chickings . xx d. It. the grocer's bill . vj s.

It. salt and candles . xx d. It. for wyne . . vij s.
It. peases . . ij s. vj d.

Suma tot'lis of joynt chardges at Wynchester .vij 1. xvij s. x d.

Medietatis inde . . . . iij 1. xviij s. xj d.

WilteS. — Assis tent apud Novam Saru in com pdco octavo die
Julii, a° xxxviij0 Eliz. Rne. 1596°.

Wiltes. — Presents at Newe Saru.
Imprimis of Mr. MAIOR of SARU', one mutton and two capons, the

reward ........ nil

Of Mr. SHERIFF of WILTES,* one mutton, one lambe, one hoggesheade of

beare, vj quayles, iij coople of conyes, and half a buck, the reward xviij d.
Of Mr. BAYNTON, one buck, iij coople of rabetts, the rewarde . vs.
Of my LORD of HERTFORD, 2 bucks .... viij s.
Of my LORD of PEMBROOKE, one buck . . . .vs.

Of Mr. GIFFORD, iiij herneshawes . . . xij d.

Of Mr. LEWY.S, the clarke of assizes, one isle of sturgeon, the reward vj d.
Of Mr. WHITACRES, iij capons . . . . . xij d.

Of Mr. WILLOUGHBY, one freshe samon . . . .nil

Suma for presents at Saru' .... xvij s.

Provision bought at Saru.

Imp'mis, one quarter of veale, one qr It. one quarter of lambe . xij d.
of mutton, and ij paire of calves It. salt, otemeale, and onyons xiiij d.
feete . . v s. It. butter and eggs and peases iij s.

* Henry Sadler, Esq. of Everley.

WESTERN CIRCUIT, 1596. 17

It. for cheries, iij pounds . xij d. It. xviij dozen of bread, and one

It. five chickings . . xv d. bushell of flower . xxiij s. vj d.

It. a brest and a rack of veale, and It. ij kilderkynnes of beare v s. iiij d.

t wo paire of calves 'feete ij s. iiij d. It. wood and coles . xj s. ij d.

It. for hearbes . . xij d. It. the grocer's bill . ix s. vij d.

It. suett, iij poundes . xij d. It. to the helpes in the buttrie iij s.

It. vj lobsters, viij mulletts and bace, It. to the porter . ij s.

ij crabbes, and ij soales vij s. x d. It. to the helpes in the kitchen

It. iiij quarts of clarett wyne, and iiij s. x d.

iiij pynts of sacJce iiij s. iiij d. It. to Mr. TUCKER'S s'uants ij s.

Suma totalis of ioynt chardges at Saru . . v li. xj s. x d-

Medietas inde . . . . . Iv s. xj d.

Dorsht &.— Ab Blandford forum, where yor LL. laie, x° Julii,
a° Eliz. xxxviij0, 1596°.

Provision sent by Mr. SWAYNE, both fishe and fleshe, great store . nil

It. paid for bread, beare, and beefe . . . xv s. iij d.

It. the grocer's bill . . . . . vj s.

It. to s'uants in the house . . . . . xj s.

It. for wyne . . . . . . iij s. vj d.

Suma of ioynt chardges at Blandford forum . xxxv s. ix d.

Medietas inde ..... xvij s. x d. ob.

Dorsftt Is. — Assig tent apud Dorchester, in com pdco, xij° die
Julij, a° xxxviij0 EL

Presents at Dorchester.

Of Sr MATHEWE ARUNDELL, one buck, the reward . . iiij s.

Of Mr. MILLER, one mutton, halfe a veale, one lambe, v coople of

rabetts ........ xviij d.

Of Mr. RICHARD COLLYER, Mr. EDWARD COLLIER, and Mr. HARBYN,

three lambes, iiij capons, and vj trouts .... iij s.
Of Mr. JAMES HANAM, viij puetts . . . vj d.

Of my L. MARQUES of WINTON, j buck . . . .vs.

It. of Mr. MOORTON, ij lambes, vj coople of rabetts, the reward . xviij d.
Of Mr. UVEDALE, iij herneshawes, vj quailes . . . vj d.

Of Mr. STILE, vj lobsters. . . . . .nil

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18 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

Of Mr. HARBYN, iij artychocks and peases . . . vj d.

Of Mr. SHERIFF,* one redd deare pie, ij rabetts, j lobster, j base, one

curlewe . . . . . . .nil

Suma for p'sents at Dorchester . . . xvj s. vj d.

Provision bought at Dorchester.

Imprimis, a quarter of mutton iij s. It. yor LL. chambers, and for wash-
It, wood and coles . ix s- inge the lynnen . . xxiij s.
It. for beare . . xxj s. It. to the helpes in the kitchen iiij s.
It. bread and flower. xx s. vj d. It. to the helpes in the buttrey ij s.
It. one capon . ij s. It. to the turnespitt . . xij d.
It. for butter . . iij s. It. to the porter . . ij s.
It. for egges . . xvj d. It. the grocer's bill .. iiij s. vj d
It. for bakinge the veneson . xij d. It. for cheries . . viij d.
It. venegar, mustard, and salt xij d. It. for vj chickings . . xviij d.
It. onyons and radishes . iiij d. It. for suett. . . xij d.
It. for artichocks . . viij d. It. for wyne . iij s. iiij d.

Suma tot'lis of ioynt chardges at Dorchester . vj li. ij s. iiij d.

Medietas inde . . . . . iij li. j s. ij d.

Somsett Is. — Assig tent apud Charde, in com predicto, xiiij0 die
Julij, anno regni Elizabeth Rne xxxviij0, 1596°.

Presents at Charde.

Imp'mis of Mr. THOM'S PHILLIPPS, ij capons, viij lobsters, and iiij coople
of rabetts . . . . . . . xij d.

It. of Mr. JOHN SIDENHAM, one freshe samon, viij trouts, and vj coople
of rabetts . . . . . . ij s.

It. of Sr HUGH PORTMAN, one buck . . . .vs.

It. of Mr. PYNE, halfe a mutton and halfe a veale, the rewarde . xviij d.

It. of Sr ANTONY PAWLETT, one buck . . . .vs.

Of Mr. SHERIF,| ij capons, ij lobsters, xij snites, one pastie, ij carpes,
one isle of samon . . . . . ij s.

* Thomas Hussey, of Shapwick, Esq. For early notices of this family as founders of
Dureford Abbey, see Sussex Arch. Coll. vol. viii. p. 44.

t John Francis, Esq. The lists of sherifls in Collinson's Somersetshire, and also in
Hutchins' Dorsetshire, are one year too early.

WESTERN CIRCUIT, 1596. 19

Of Mr. SYMONS, ij coople of capons, vj chickings, one pecock, the

reward . . . . . . . ij s-

Of Mr. WADHAM, one buck . . . . v s*

Of Mr. GEORGE LUTTRELL, one buck . . . .vs.

Suma for p'sents ib'm . . . xxviij s. vj d-

Provision bought at Charde.

Imp'mis, butter and eggs v s. iiij d. mustard, and other sallett hearbes

It ij lambes p'tenances, and ij paire iij s. vj d.

of calves' feete, and iij poundes It. wood and coles . vij s vj d.

of bacon . . ij s. It. five poundes of candles . xxij d.

It. xx11 whitings, ij gurnetts, ij plaice, It. bread and flower . xlij s.

two scales, and one crabb v s. iij d. It. ij hoggesheades of beare . xxxij s.

It. cheries and radishes ij s. iij d. It. yor LL. chambers . xx s.

It. a qr of mutton, halfe a veale, a It. forwashinge thelynnen vj s. viij d.

loyne of beefe, and a calves heade It. the grocer's bill . ix s. viij d.

xj s. iiij d. It. for wyne . vij s. ix d.

It. xij chickings . . iij s. It. for the s'uants in the house iiij s. xd.

It. viij poundes of suett ij s. viij d. It to the helpes in the kitchen iiij s.

It. vinegar, salt, otemeale, onyons, It to the porter . ij s.

Suma tot'lis of ioynt chardges at Charde . . x li. ij s. iiij d.

Medietas inde . . . . . v li. j s. ij d.

Devon Is. — Assig tent apud Castrum Exon, in com predicto, xix°
die Julij, anno Regni Eliz. Kne xxxviij0, 1596°.

Presents at Exeter.
Imp'mis of Mr. SHERIFF of DEVON,* one lambes p'tenances, a qr of mutton,

veale ij ioynts, a qr of lambe, a capon, a pastie of veneson, iij chickings,

iij quailes, iiij rabetts, one duck, a gamon pie, a neat's tongue pie, for

Sundaie supper.
It. more of him, a qr of mutton, a brest of veale, a capon, a qr of lambe, iij

chickings, ij rabetts, one ganny-f, iij quailes, one gull, for Mundaie supp.
It. more of Mr. Sheriff, a lambes p'tin', a qr of mutton, veale one ioynt, a

capon, ij chickings, ij ducks, ij rabetts, a qr of lambe, one tarte, one

gull, for Tuesdaie supper.

* Edward Seymour, Esq. f Gowbill.

20 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

It. more of him, a lambes p'tin', a qr of mutton, a qr of lambe, a loyne of

veale, ij chickings, and ij rabbetts, for Wednesdaie supp.
It. of Mr. Sheriff, a lambes p'tin', a qr of mutton, a qr of lambe, a brest of

veale, ij chickings, ij rabbetts, for Thursdaie supp.
It. of Mr. Sheriff, a lambes p'tin', a qr of mutton, a brest of veale, a qr of

lamb, ij chickings, ij braymes, one plaice, iiij gurnards, and iiij whitings,

for Fridaie supp.

It. of Mr. Sheriff, halfe a buck . . . . ij s.

It. of my LORD of BATHE, one buck . . . .vs.

It. of Mr. BASSETT, one buck . . . . .vs.

It. of Mr. HAIDON, one buck . . . . . iiij s.

It of Mr. NOWELL, ij capons, ij pulletts, vj pigeons, and vj artichooks, the

reward . . . . . . . . xij d.

It. of Mr. WOTTON, one freshe samon . . . . xij d.

It. of Mr. CAREWE, of Hackum, one fresh samon and vj samon peales, the

reward ........ xviij d.

It. of Mr. SHERIFF, two hoggesheades of beare . . . xij d.

It. of Mr. MANWAYRINGE, two samon pies, two peeces of turbett . nil

Suma for p'sents at Exeter . . . xx s. vj d.

Devon. — Provision bought at Exeter.

Imp'mis, halfe a veale, halfe a mut- It. bread and flower . 1 s.

ton, and a loyne of beefe ix s. vj d. It. the grocer's bill . x s.

It. iiij coople of rabetts . iiij s. It. to Mr. CASWELL, that brought

It. a samon peale and a peece of Mr. SHERIFE'S provision everie

samon . . . xij d. daie . . x s.

It. for suett . ij s. viij d. It. to the helpes in the kitchen v s.

It. for a qr of mutton, halfe a veale, It. to the turnespitt . xviij d.

and a brest of beefe . ix s. It. in the buttrie . iij s. iiij d.

It- tenne whitings, iiij hadocks, ij It. amongest Mr. SMYTHE'S men

scales, two braymes, and fower that waited at the table and in the

plaice . . vs. iij d. chambers . . x s.

It. wyne and sugar . . xvj d. It. the porter . ij s.
It. butter and eggs . . x s.

Suma tot'lis of ioynt chardges at Exeter . . vij li. xv s. j d.

Medietas inde . . . iij li. xvij s. vj d. ob.

WESTERN CIRCUIT, 1596.

21

Joynt chardges at Okington, beinge in the waie to Launston,
where yor LL. did dyne, xxiiij0 Julij, a° xxxviij0 Eliz.

Imp'rais for bread and beare vij s. It. a capon
It. for a dorie
It. for a gurnett
It. for iiij whitings .
It. for a peece of cunger

It. a legge of mutton

xvj d.

vjd.

xij d.

xij d.
xvj d.

It. for iij chickings
It. for butter
It. for a bankett
It. wyne and sugar

11 s.

. xviij d.
. xvj d.
. xij d.
ij s. viij d.

Suma tot'lis at Okington
Medietas inde

xx s. viij d.
x s. iiij d.

Cornub fs. — Assis tent apud Castrum Launston, in com predict.
xxvjto die Julij, anno xxxviij0 Eliz. Rne, 1596°.
Presents at Launceston.

Imp'mis of Mr. SHERIFFE,* one gurnett, one soale, one hadock, one brayrne,
one buck, two pies, one mutton, one veale, two lambes, two turkies, one
herneshawe, vj chickings, ij ducks, iij guiles, wyne, and a hoggeshead o.
beare ........ viij s.

It. of Mr. TRELAWNEY, one mutton, one kidd, xij chickings, ij capons,
iij turkies . . . . . . ij s.

It. of Mr. WRAIE, ij capons, vj chickings, and vj pigeons, the reward xij d.

It. of Mr. SHAROCK, vj guiles, vj turkies, vj rabetts, the rewarde . ij s.
Suma for p'sents ib'm ..... xiij s.

Provision bought at Launceston.

Imp'mis, a qr of mutton, halfe a
veale, a qr of lambe, and a legge
of mutton . viij s. vj d.

It. salt, vinegar, and herbes

It. iij lambes p'tenances

It. iij paire of calves feete

It. iiij chickings

It. one capon

It. bread and flower

It the grocer's bill .

xij d.
vj d.
. ijs
. xviij d.
. xxix s.
v s. x d.

* Sir William

It. wyne . . iij s

It. firewoode . ^s,

It. yor LL. chambers

It. butter and egges v s.

It. to the butler

It. to the helpes in the kitchen

It. to the turnespitt

It. for washinge the lynnen .

Bevill, Knt.

1JS.

iij d.

viij s.

Is.

iiij d.

iiij s.

iiij s.

xij d.

ijs.

22 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

It. for suett . . viij d. It. to Mr. MAIOR his s'uant, of

It. for beare . .vs. Saltaishe, for oysters . xij d.

It. for bakinge the veneson . xviij d. It. ij coople of rabetts . ij s.
It. for candles . ij s.

Suma tot'lis of ioynt chardges at Lannceston . vij li. xiij s.

Medietas inde .... iij li. xvj s. vj d.

Suma tot'lis of ioynt chardges tempore autumn, anno xxxviij0 Eliz.
Rne, amounteth unto in the whole . xlvij li. xviij s. xd.

Medietas inde pro parte Thome Walmysley xxiij li. xix s. v d.

The private chardges of Thomas Walmysley, Chiefe Justice of
assis. in the counties of S'utht, Wiltes, DorsM, Somersett, Devon,
and Cornub, beginninge at Winchester, in com S'utM, quinto die
Julij, anno xxxviij0 Eliz. Rne, 1596°.

Autumn, anno xxxviij0 Eliz. Rne.

Imp'mis, for standinge of yor horses To the butler . ij s. vj d.

in Holborne . vj d. To the chamberlayne . xij d.

It. Mr. RUDIARDE, his house beinge To the stable for dressinge and

in the waie towards Winchester shooinge the horses there

To the cooke . ij s. vj d. iiij s. vj d.

Suma . . . . . . xj s.

Private chardges at Winchester.

Imp'mis, for horsemeate there xlv s. To the ostler . vj d.

To the smithe and ffarrier . xxij d. It. for or chambers . . xij d.

To the sadler . ij s. ix d. It. to the poore . xx d.

Suma at Winchester .... Iij s. ix d.

Wiltes. — Private chardges at Saru.

Imp'mis, for horsemeate xlvij s. vj d. For or chambers . . xij d.

To the smithe . vj d. To the poore . xx d.

To the ostler . xij d.

Suma at Saru . . . . Ij s. viij d.

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Dorsht. — Private chardges at Blandford.

Imp'mis, for horsemeate . xvij s. It. to the ostler . vj d.
It. for or chambers . . xij d.

Suma at Blandford .... xviij s. vj d.

Dorsfat. — Private chardges at Dorchester.

Imp'mis, for horsemeate xlv s. vj d. It. to the poore . xx d.

It. for or chambers . . xij d. It. to the smythe . . xvj d.

It. to the ostler . vj d. It. for foote oile . . iiij d.

Suma at Dorchester . . . . Is. iiij d.

Soins. — Private chardges at Charde.

Imp'mis, for horsemeate there . . . . liiij s. vj d.

It. to the smythe ..... iiij s. vj d.

It. to the sadler for a newe sadle and other necessaries . vij s. vj d.

It. to the poore . . . . • . xx d.

It. to the ostler . . . . . . . xij d.

It. for or chambers . . . . . . xij d.

Suma at Charde . . . . . iij li. x s. ij d.

Devon. — Private chardges at Exeter.

Imp'mis, for horsemeate there It. for or chambers . . xij d.

iiij li. ij s. It. for a horse coller . xij d.

It. to the smythe . x s. It. for foote oile . . iiij d.

It. to the poore . . xx d. It. for a mane combe . viij d.

It. to the ostler . . xij d. It. for a false rayne . iiij d.

Suma at Exeter . . . / . iiij li. xviij s.

Private chardges at Okington, where yor LL. dyned, xxiiij0 die
Julij, anno xxxviij0 Eliz. Rne, 1596, videl't:

For horsemeate at Okington . . . . \!; iij s.

Suma at Okington . . . . . iij s.

24 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

Cornufo. — Private chardges at Launceston.

Imp'mis for horsemeate iiijli. ij s. xd. It. to the ostler . xij d.

It. for neates foote oil . vj d. It. to Mr. JUSTICE FENNER'S cooke,

It. to the sadler . . xij d. for his paynes the whole circuite

It. to the poore . . xx d. xx s.

Suma at Launceston . . . . v li. vij s.

Suma tot'lis of private chardge in this circuite amounteth unto the
some of .... xxiij li. ij s. v d.

Suma tot'lis of ioynt and private chardges disbursed by me in the

whole circuite for my mr, his parte amounteth unto xlvij li. j s. x d.

It. more disbursed by me homeward from Launston unto Bristoll Ivij s. ix d.

Suma tot'lis, disbursed by me . . xlix li. xi s. vij d.

The SPRING CIRCUIT of the first four counties, holden by the same
Judges, and commencing at Winchester Castle, 21st February,
39th Elizabeth, 1597.

Southampton. — At Winchester.

Presents — of the MAYOR of WINCHESTER, 2 lings, 6 salt eels, one salt
salmon, 2 whitings, 2 haddocks, and one plaice ; of Mr. KIRBY, 1 fresh
salmon and one lamb ; of Mr. SHERIFF of HANTS,* 1 lamb, ^ a veal,
half a doe, 4 carps, cockles, and craw-fish ; of Sir JOHN SEAMOR, 8 carps,
3 pike, 6 trout ; of Mr. BUNCKLEY, 1 fresh salmon and 1 lamb ; of Sir
THOMAS WEST, one fresh salmon. The gift to the poor was 3s. 4d. on
the joint charge.

Wilts. — Assizes at New Sarum, 24th February.

Presents — of the MAYOR, 1 fresh salmon, 1 pottle of wine ; of my LORD of
HERTFORD, 6 carps, 6 braymes ; of the SHERIFF,! 2 carps, 2 barrels of
beer, 1 piece of sturgeon, 1 pippin pie, 6 custards, 1 carp forced (stuffed),
one trout pie, 1 salmon, 1 lamprey. Given to the poor 3s. 4d.

Presents at Blandford, on the way to Dorchester, 26th February.

Great store of fish and other provision sent by Mr. SWAYNE, councellor ;
of Sir RICHARD ROGERS, 2 pikes and 10 roaches.

* Richard Norton, Esq. f John Dauntesey, Esq. of West Lavington

WESTERN CIRCUIT, 1597. 25

• Dorset. — Assizes at Dorchester, 28tli February. ,

Presents — of Mr. BROWNE, 4 carp; of Mr. CREWKERNE, 20 plaice, 20
whiting, 4 gurnets, and 1 fresh cod ; of the SHERIFF,* 2 pike, 2
carp, 1 salmon pie, 1 dolphin; of Mr. RICHARD COLLYER, 2 carp,
6 lobsters.

Somerset. — Assizes at Chard, 2 March.

Presents — of Mr. THOMAS, 1 pike, 1 carp; of Mr. EDWARD PHILLIPPS,
4 pike, 4 carp, 4 lobsters; of Mr. EDWARD WADHAM, 1 pike, 2 perch,

1 tench ; of the SHERIFF,! 2 custards, 2 tarts, 6 whiting, 1 crab, 1 pike,

2 lobsters, 1 tench. Given to the poor, 3*. 4d.

The total of the joint charges this circuit was £33 10s., and the
private charges of THOMAS WALMYSLEY were £19 2s. 9d ,
including the charges at Mr. RUDIARD'S house on the way to
Winchester.

The AUTUMN CIRCUIT of the same Judges, for the 6 Western

counties, begun at Winchester Castle, 23rd June, 39th Eliz. 1597.

Southampton. — Winchester.

Presents — of the MAYOR, a gallon of wine and sugar; of my LORD M.
of WINCHESTER, 1 buck ; of Mr. GIFFORDE, 1 buck, and 6 couple of
rabbits ; of Sir JOHN SEAMOR, 3 couple of rabbits, 4 pike, 6 trout ; of
Mr. TICHBORNE, 2 capons, 6 trout, 2 tench, 2 perch ; of Mr. SHERIFF,!
being absent, 1 buck, 6 capons, 6 couple of rabbits, 6 partridges, 6
chickens; of Sir THOMAS WEST, 1 little salmon, 1 salmon peale ; of
Sir WALTER SANDES, 4 capons, 4 green geese, 4 partridges.

Wilts. — At New Sarum, 27th June.

Presents — of the EARL of PEMBROKE, 1 buck ; of the EARL of HERT-
FORD, 1 buck and 9 couple of rabbits ; of Mr. SHERIFF,§ I buck, 1 pasty
of venison, 2 barrels of beer, I capon, 1 dish of larks, 1 trout, 1 tart,

* Sir Geo. Trenchard, Knt. of Wolvey. f Sir John Stowell, Knt.

J Richard Norton, Esq. § John Dauntesey, Esq. of Lavington.

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26 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OP ASSIZE.

and 1 custard ; of Mr. MAYOR, 1 mutton and 2 capons ; of Mr. BAYN-
TON, 1 buck and 6 couple of rabbits; of Mr. SMYTHE, 1 mutton, 1 veal,
9 couple of rabbits; of Mr. WHITEAKER, 1 mutton and 2 capons; of
Mr. HUNGERFORD, 2 barrels of beer.

Dorset — At Dorchester, 30th June.

Presents — of my L. MARQUES of WINCHESTER, 1 buck ; of Mr. MILLER,
1 mutton, \ a veal, a lamb, 6 couple of rabbits, and a dish of trout ; of
Mr. COLLYER, 1 fresh salmon, 2 green geese, 2 ducks ; of the SHERIFF,*
1 buck, 1 lamb, 4 couple of rabbits, and ij heronshaws ; of Mr. BROWNE,
a dish of trout ; of Mr. BOXE, 5 lobsters, 5 crabs.

Devon. — Assizes at Exeter Castle, 4 July.

Presents — of Mr. HAIDON, 1 buck ; of the EARL of BATH, 1 buck; of Mr.
COLLYNS, 1 salmon ; of Mr. REIGNOLDES, 18 salmon peales ; of Mr.
SHERIFF,! 2 hogsheads of beer, and wine and sugar ; and further, a neat's
tongue, a lamb's purtenances, a quarter of mutton, a capon, 3 chickens, 3
quails, a quarter of lamb, a pasty of venison, a brest of veal, a piece of turbot,
and a tart, for Sunday's supper ; also more of Mr. SHERIFF, a quarter
of mutton, a capon, 2 rabbits, 2 plovers, a lamb's purtenances, 3 quails,
a brest of veal, a quarter of lamb, and a pasty of venison, for Monday's
supper; more of Mr. SHERIFF, a quarter of mutton, a capon, a quarter
of lamb, a lamb's purtenances, 3 chickens, 2 rabbits, 2 plovers, 1 duck,
and a brest of veal, for Tuesday's supper; more of Mr. SHERIFF, a
quarter of mutton, a capon, a lamb's purtenances, 2 rabbits, 2 plovers,
12 " oxen and kyne, beinge birdes," 3 chickens, a quarter of lamb, and a
brest of veal, for Thursday's supper. Given to the poor, 6s. 8d. ; at all
the other places on the circuit it was only half that sum.

Charges at Okington, where the Judges dined, 8th July ; for the
dinner, 3 J s., and for beer between Okington and Launceston " in
the extreame heate," 2s.

* Sir Geo. Trenchard, Knt t William Walrond, Esq.

WESTERN CIRCUIT, 1597-8. 27

Cornwall. — Assizes at Launceston Castle, 8th July.

Presents — of Mr. CURRYTON, \ a buck ; of Mr. SHARROCK, a dish of
sea fish ; of Mr. WRAY, 4 capons ; of Mr. HENDER, 6 gulls, 6 puffins ;
of Mr. CARYE, of Antony, 3 bases and 3 mullets ; of Mr. TRELAWNEY,
1 kid, 12 chickens, 4 young gannyes,* 2 gulls, 2 capons, 3 salmon peal ;
of Mr. SHERIFF,-]- 1 mutton, £ a veal, 2 capons, 1 lamb, and a dish of
fish.

Somerset. — Assizes at Taunton Castle, 13th July.
Presents — of Mr. WADHAM, 1 buck ; of Mr. LUTTRELL, 1 buck ; of Mr.
HOPTON, 1 buck; of Mr. PHILLIPPS (Edward the lawyer J), 12 rabbits,
12 lobsters, 6 crabs ; of Mr. THOMAS PHILLIPS, 6 rabbits, 6 lobsters,

1 conger, 1 crab; of the SHERIFF, § 2 pieces of beef, 3 gurnets, 1 dorey,
3 carps, 5 haddocks, 2 eels, 2 bream, 2 soles, 2 plaice, 2 perch, and a
piece of sturgeon, for Thursday's supper: more of Mr. SHERIFF, a
quarter of lamb, a piece of old ling, 3 buckthorns, || 2 gurnets, | a turbot,

2 lobsters, 1 carp, 2 eels, 1 dorey, 1 bream, for Saturday's supper.

Total joint charges of this autumn circuit, £45 Is. 9d.

THOMAS WALMYSLEY'S private charges, including charges at Bagshot,
and Mr. RUDIARD'S house, on the way to Winchester ; at Mr. MORE-
TON'S house, on the way to Dorchester ; at Lyme Regis, on the way to
Exeter, at Mr. SERJEANT GLANVILLE'S house ; and at Mr. BAMFIELD'S,
between Launceston and Taunton, £20 1 Os. lOd.

The SPRING ASSIZES of the same Judges, for the same 6 Western
counties, begun at Andover 20th February, 40th Eliz. 1597-8.

Southampton. — Marcus Steward, Sheriff. — Andover.

Presents — -of Mr. SHERIFF, 1 veal, 3 lambs, 4 pheasants, 6 partridges,
6 capons, 6 hens, and 2 turkeys, a swan sent afterwards; of Mr. GIF-
FORD, 1 lamb, 4 hens, 2 collers of brawn, 2 pheasants, I goose-pie,

* Gowbills. f William Wrey, Esq.

I Of Barrington, Somerset, King's Serjeant 1603, and Master of the Rolls 1611.
Foss, vol. vi. 175.

§ Sir John Stowell, Knt. || Split and dried whitings.

28 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

1 turkey-pie, and 4 partridges ; of Sir WALTER SANDES, 6 capons,
4 pheasants, 6 partridges, 2 turkeys; of Mr. WALLOPP, '2 lambs; of
Mr. SALMON, 4 trout; of the BAILIFFS of ANDOVER, 1 veal and
1 lamb; of Mr. ST. JOHNS, 2 turkeys and 4 partridges ; of Mr. SER-
JEANT KINGESMELL,* 1 doe, 1 fresh salmon, 1 doz. of birds, 1 swan,
1 goose, 6 woodcocks, 1 turkey, 8 rabbits, 4 hens, 4 partridges, 5 snipes,
and 1 roasting pig; of Mr. KINGESMELL, scrivener, 1 coller of brawn,
1 turkey, 1 pheasant, 2 hens, and 2 partridges.

Wilts. — Assizes at New Sarum, 23rd Feb. Sir James Marvyn, Knt.

of Fonthill, Sheriff.f
Presents — of Mr. MAYOR, 1 mutton and 2 capons ; of Mr. SMYTHE,

1 veal and 1 mutton ; of Mr. GAWEN, 1 lamb, 1 couple of rabbits, and

2 hens; of Mr. BAYNTON, 1 lamb, 4 capons; of Mr. WHITEACRES,

1 mutton; of Mr. MOORE, 12 widgeons, 10 quails, 1 pheasant, 1 teal,

2 lamprey-pies ; of Mr. PHILLIPPS, I lamb, 1 pheasant; of the Earl of
HERTFORD, 4 carp and 6 bream; of Mr. GIFFORD, 1 great pike; of
Mr DELWAY, 2 pheasants ; of Mr. SHERIFF, 2 barrels of beer.

Dorset. — Assizes at Dorchester, 27th Feb. Thomas Freke, Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. SHERIFF, 1 mutton, 1 lamb, 4 capons, 8 hens, 2
pheasants, a doz. of quails, 1 turkey pie, 1 neat's tongue pie, 1 gammon
of bacon in a pie, 2 doz. snipes, 1 crab, 4 lobsters, 1 fresh salmon, 2
trout, 1 piece of salt fish, and a hogshead of beer; of Mr. MILLER,
1 mutton, \ a veal, 1 lamb, 3 hens, 3 gulls; of Mr. Ric. COLLIER,

1 veal; of Mr. EDW. COLLYER, 1 lamb, 1 capon, and 2 hens. The
purchases included oranges, 8d.

Somerset. — Assizes at Chard, 1st March, John Coles, Sheriff.

Presents — Of Mr. SHERIFF, 1 hogshead of beer, a ling, 2 eels, 2 carp,

2 pike, 2 roach, a isle of salmon, and herrings; of Mr. THOMAS
PHILLIPS, 1 pike, 1 carp ; of Mr. HOPTON, 10 carp. The purchases
included rive 20d., and a cheese 16d.

* Of Sidmanton, Hants; then Queen's Serjeant; and in February, 1599, made a Judge of
the Common Pleas. These presents support Lord Buckhurst's report of his sufficient estate,
f Fuller and Jackson make all the Wilts sheriffs temp. Eliz. serve a year too early.

WESTERN CIRCUIT, 1597-8. 29

Devon. — Assizes at Exeter Castle, 6th March, John Copleston, Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. WOTTON, 2 salmon ; of Mr. SHERIFF, 1 pike, 1 quince
pie, 1 apple tart, 2 other tarts, I gurnet baked, I custard, 1 salmon pie,
1 millwell,* a piece of ling, a salt salmon, a piece of conger, a plaice,
6 whitings, 2 haddocks, 4 gurnetts, a bream, 2 carp, a piece of cod
fish, and 2 hogsheads of beer, for Sunday's supper ; more of Mr.
SHERIFF, 2 haddock, 3 gurnetts, 3 whitings, 2 pieces of cod fish, 1 carp,

1 piece of ling, a isle of millwell, a piece of London ling, and a piece of
salt salmon, for Monday's supper ; more of him, a piece of sturgeon, a
salmon pie, a plaice, a carp, a pike, a tench, a ling, and a haddock, for
Tuesday's supper ; more of Mr. SHERIFF, a carp, a cod fish, 6 whitings,

2 gurnets, and one plaice, for Wednesday's dinner ; more of Mr. SHERIFF,
a mullett, 1 plaice, 1 haddock, 3 whiting, a piece of ling, a lobster, for
Thursday's supper ; more of Mr. SHERIFF, one mullet, one haddock,

1 plaice, 4 whitings, one custard, and one tart, for Friday's supper ;
of Mr. HAIDON, one swan. The purchases included sprats 6d., cockles
6d., a piece of conger 8d., and a thornbackf and 2 plaice 14d.

Joint charges at Mr. Serjeant Glanvile's house, on the way
towards Launceston, where their lordships lay, llth March, 13s. 2d.

Cornwall. — Assizes at Launceston, 13th March, Peter Courtney,

Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. CHIVERTON, 3 great mullets ; of Mr. GARY, of Antony,
6 basses ; of Sir JONATHAN TRELAWNEY, 3 plaice and a dish of small
fishes; of Mr. HARRYS, oysters; of Mr. SHAROCK, salt salmon and

2 pike; of Mr. SHERIFF, one hogshead of beer, 2 pieces of ling, 2 mill-
wells, 2 stock fish, 2 mullets, 4 haddocks, 4 whiting, 1 salmon peal,

3 pufiins, one cod fish, 2 eels, and 8 herrings : more of Mr. SHERIFF,

4 haddocks, 6 trout, and one tart. The other charges included 2s. 6d.
to Lamerton, who brought beer from Mr. SHERIFF, and waited all the
assizes.

Total joint charges during the whole circuit, £42 8s. Id.

Private charges of THOMAS WALMYSLEY, including expenses at
Mr. RUDIARDE'S house on the way to Andover, 19th Feb. The

* A sort of cod fish — Bailey, f Scate.

30 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OP ASSIZE.

next day to the grooms at my LORD MARQUES house,* where
his lordship dined, to keep the horses out of the rain, and at
Sir RICHARD ROGERS house on the way from Salisbury to
Dorchester, £17 6s. 7d.

The AUTUMN ASSIZES of the same Judges, for the first 5 counties,
begun at Winchester Castle, 10th July, 40th Eliz. 1598.

Southampton. — Marcus Steward, Sheriff. — Winchester.
Presents — of Mr. MAYOR, 2 muttons; of Mr. WALLOPP, 1 fresh salmon;
of Mr. NORTON, 1 buck; of Mr. OXENBRIDGE, 1 buck; of Mr. KIRBY,

1 lamb, 1 salmon ; of Mr. TICHBORNE, 2 capons, 4 ducks, and 4 couple
of rabbits ; of Sir WALTER SANDES, one veale, 6 capons, 6 ducklings,
and 6 couple of rabbits ; of Mr. GIFFORD, 1 buck and a fresh salmon ;
of Sir THOMAS WEST, one salmon, 2 salmon peale ; of Sir RICHARD
PAWLETT, 4 couple of rabbits, 2 ducks, 2 chickens ; of the LORD BISHOP
of WINCHESTER, 1 buck, 12 chickens, 8 puetts, and 6 quails ; of the L.
MARQUIS of WINCHESTER, 1 buck; of Mr. SHERIFF, 1 buck, 2 capons,
18 couple of rabbits, 6 ducks, 2 salmon, 4 chickens, a dish of trout, 11
quails; of Mr. ST. JOHNS, 1 red deer pie, one gammon of bacon in a pie.

Wilts. — Assizes at New Sarum, 13th July, Sir James Marvyn, Knt.

Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. MAYOR, I mutton and 2 capons ; of the CORPORATION
of MERCHANT TAILORS, 1 mutton ; of Mr. GAWEN, 1 lamb, 4 rabbits,

2 capons, and 6 artichokes ; of Mr. WHITEACRES, 1 mutton and 2
capons; of Mr. SMYTHE, 1 veale, 1 mutton, and 10 couple of rabbits;
of the EARL of HERTFORD, 2 bucks ; of Mr. BAYNTON, 1 buck, 6
couple of rabbits; of Sir WILLIAM EYRES, 1 buck and 1 pheasant; of
Mr. MOORE, 2 swans, 3 doz. of larks, 12 quails, 1 pheasant; of the
EARL of PEMBROOKE, a buck; of Mr. DELLWAIE, 2 heath pults ; of
Mr. HUNGERFORD, 1 hogshead of beer ; of Mr. SHERIFF, one hogshead
of beer. The purchases included cherries, strawberries, and peas, 5s. 4d.
calves feet, 8d.

* Basing, the Marquess of Winchester's.

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Dorchester. — Assizes at Dorchester, 17th July, Thomas Freke,

Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. SHERIFF, I hogshead of beer, 3 capons, 12 chickens, 1
mutton, 1 lamb, 12 lobsters, 12 larks ; of Mr. MYLLER, 1 mutton, 1
lamb, 6 chickens, and 2 capons ; of Sir MATHEWE ARUNDELL, 1 buck ;
of Mr. BROWNE, 1 lamb, 1 capon; of Mr. FITZJAMES, 2 capons; of
Mr. RICHARD COLLIER, ] veal, 1 lamb, 2 capons, 8 artichokes; of Mr.
EDWARD COLLIER, 1 lamb, 2 capons, a dish of lobsters ; of Mr.
UVEDALE, 1 Holland cheese and 4 heath pults ; of the LORD MARQUIS
of WINCHESTER, one buck ; of Mr. MORETON, | a buck, 10 couple of
rabbits, and 6 quailes ; of Mr. ROBERT STRODE, 1 buck.

Somerset. — Assizes at Charde, 19th July, John Coles, Sheriff.

Presents — of my LORD CHIEF JUSTICE of ENGLAND,* 1 buck ; of Mr.
SHERIFF, half a buck, 2 capons, 3 curlews, 6 pigeons, 5 quails, one
neates tongue-pie, 1 pigeon-pie, 2 partridges, 2 artichokes, and one
hogshead of beer ; of Mr. PYNE, half a veal and half a mutton ; of Mr.
THOMAS PHILLIPPS, 18 pigeons and 8 rabbits; of Sir ANTONY PAW-
LETT, 1 buck ; of Mr. NICH. WADHAM, 1 buck ; of Mr. LUTTRELL,

1 buck.

Devon. — Assizes at Exeter Castle, 24th July, John Copleston,

Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. HAIDON, 1 buck ; of Mr. SEYMOR, 1 buck ; of Mr.
SHERIFF. 1 buck : more of Mr. SHERIFF, a red deer-pie, 3 joints of
mutton, 1 capon, a breast of veal, a quarter of lamb, a duck, 2 rabbits,
4 pigeons, a chicken-pie, a custard, a tart, 4 puetts, a piece of turbot,
a gull, and a turkey-pie, for Sunday's supper : more of Mr. SHERIFF,
a piece of conger, a piece of salmon, a piece of turbot, 2 joints of mutton,
a joint of veal, 2 rabbits, 3 chickens, 6 birds, 1 gull, 1 duck, a custard,
and a tart, for Monday's supper : more of Mr. SHERIFF, 2 joints of
mutton, a breast of veal, a quarter of lamb, 2 pullets, 2 ducks, 12 birds,
a lamb's purtenances, for Tuesday's supper : more of Mr. SHERIFF,

2 joints of mutton, a quarter of lamb, a breast of veal, a capon, a pullet,

* Sir John Popham, whose estate was at Huntworth, Somerset.

32 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

2 puetts, 2 rabbits, a curlew, a tart, and a custard, for Wednesday's
supper: more of Mr. SHERIFF, a quarter of mutton, a quarter of lamb,
a capon, 2 rabbits, a duck, 2 chickens, a tart, a lamb's purtenances, and
a heronshaw, for Thursday's supper ; more of Mr. SHERIFF, 2 hogs-
heads of beer. Paid the porter for bringing Mr. SHERIFF'S beer, 8d. and
given to Mr. CARSWELL, being Mr. SHERIFF'S man, for bringing the
provisions and waiting all the week, 10s.

The assizes ended at Exeter.

Total joint charges this autumn circuit, £38 9s. 4d.

Private charges of THO. WALMYSLEY, £14 3s. 9d.

Including expenses at Mr. PALMER'S house, being on the way to
Winchester, where the Judge lay, 8th July ; at Mr. WALLOPP'S,
where he dined, 9th July ; at Blandford, on the way from Salis-
bury to Dorchester, where his lordship lay, 1 5th July ; and at
Mr. COM AGE'S house, where he lay, 16th July.

The SPRIXG ASSIZES of the same Judges, for the 6 Western
counties, begun at Winchester Castle, 22nd Feb. 41st Eliz. 1598-9.

Southampton. — John White, Sheriff. — Winchester.

Presents — of Mr. MAYOR, 2 couple of ling, 2 couple of haberdyne,* and
6 eels ; of Sir WALTER SANDES, 8 carp, 3 pike, 2 salmon peale, 3
trout, and 6 numbers ; of Mr. TICHBORNE, 8 trout and 4 tench ; of
my L. BISHOP of WINTON, 2 pike, 4 tench, and 2 perch ; of Mr.
GIFFORD, 1 salmon ; of Sir JOHN SEYMOR, 6 carp, 3 pike, and 8
trout; of Mr. KINGESMELL, 1 salmon. The purchases included sprats
6d., 3 lamprey pies 18d., parsnip roots 8d., and "a drie fishe called
poore John"\ 8d.

Wilts. — Assizes at Xew Sarum, Monday, first week in Lent,
Edward Penruddok, of Compton Chamberlain, Sheriff.

Presents — of the MAYOR, 1 fresh salmon; of Mr. HUNGERFORD, 1 hogshead
of beer ; of Mr. SHERIFF, one hogshead of beer, 1 salmon, 2 carp, 3 trout,
4 basses, 4 lobsters, and one dish of crawfish ; of the EARL of HERTFORD,
6 carp, and 6 bream ; of Mr. VAUGHAN, 2 carp and 6 roach.

* Salted cod. t Dried hake.

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Dorset. — Assizes at Dorchester, Thursday in first week of Lent,

George Morton, Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. RICHARD COLLYER, one fresh salmon; of Mr. EDMONDE
UVEDALE, one salmon; of Mr. THO. UVEDALE, 1 salmon; of Mr.
MILLER, 4 carpes, 4 trout, 4 lobsters, 1 crab, 1 mutton, 1 lamb, \ a
veal, 2 capons ; of Mr. FREKE, 4 carp, 20 gurnets, 40 small whiting,
and 10 haddock ; of Mr. BROWNE, 4 carp, 2 capons ; of Mr. LAUR.
HIDE, 1 salmon peale, 4 trout, 3 carp, and 2 whitings ; of Mr.
SHERIFF, one hogshead of beer, 1 salmon, 1 pike, 1 double isle of ling,

1 double isle of conger, 1 haberdyne, 2 trout, 2 carp, 6 gurnets, 2
crabs, 2 lobsters, and 1 long oyster. _

Devon. — Assizes at Exeter Castle, Monday in second week of Lent,
Henry Holies, Sheriff.

Presents — from Mr. SHERIFF, 2 carp, 2 pieces of ling, a piece of conger,
a piece of millwill, a isle of salmon, a custard, and a tart, for Sunday's
supper; more of Mr. SHERIFF, 2 pieces of ling, 1 eel, 4 herrings, 2
small carp, 1 stockfish, and a tart, for Monday's supper ; more of Mr.
SHERIFF, 1 piece of ling, 1 piece of millwell, I piece of conger, 1 piece
of stockfish, a isle of salmon, I eel, and 1 plaice, for Tuesday's supper;
more of Mr. SHERIFF, half a pike, a piece of millwell, 1 eel, a piece of
salt salmon, 4 buckhorns, one piece of ling, for Wednesday's dinner ;
more of Mr. SHERIFF, 1 piece of ling, 1 piece of millwell, a piece of
conger, 1 custard, 1 tart, and 4 gurnets, for Wednesday's supper; more
sent by Mr. SHERIFF, 2 hogsheads of beer, 3 gallons of claret wine, a
pint of sack, and | Ib. of sugar. Given to Mr. CARS WELL, being Mr.
SHERIFF'S man, who brought Mr. SHERIFF'S provision every day, and
waited during all the assizes there, 10s. Given unto yor LI. by Mr.
SMYTH, being in his house, a gallon of butter, 2 dry ling, 1 mersed ling,

2 congers, 1 millwell, 2 pecks of flour, 1 mutton, 1 veal, 1 lamb, and
wood and coals, and spices. The purchases included apples '2s., wine
4s. 6d., and oysters and cockles 12d.

Joint charges at Okehampton, being on the way towards Laun-
ceston, where the Judges lay, 8th March, including bread and
beer for supper and breakfast, sugar and spices, 4 pieces of beef,
2 apple pies, and wine and sugar, 4s. 4d. ; — 39s. 4d.
CAMD. SOC. E

34 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

Cornwall. — Assizes at Launceston, Friday in second week,
Sir William Bevill, Knt. Sheriff.

Presents— of Mr. WRAY, 3 carp and half a doe ; of Mr. CAREY, 4
basses, and 5 mullets ; of Mr. SHERIFF, 1 hogshead of beer, 1 ling, 1
millwell, 1 piece of salt conger, 2 flounders, 2 eels, 4 puffins, 1 isle of
salmon, 1 piece of porpoise, 24 herrings, 1 quartern of sprats, 1 hake,
2 carp, 6 haddocks, 8 whitings, 1 fresh cod, 2 pieces of fresh conger,
6 little trout, 2 pike, 1 quartern of razerfish, 1 quartern of cockles,
2 plaice, 12 perch, 1 box of marmalade, 1 piece of conger, 2 puffins,
1 piece of porpoise, 3 trout, and 4 perch ; of Mr. BROCK and Mr.
HIDE, 1 lamb, 2 capons, 1 gurnet, and 2 haddock. The purchases
included a thornback and oysters.

Somerset. — Assizes at Taunton Castle, on Wednesday in the third
week, John Jennyng, Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. CLARKE, ] lamb, 6 small carp, 3 roach, and 2
flounders ; of Mr. SHERIFF, half a hundred of herrings, 1 London ling,
1 Devonshire ling, 1 couple of haberdyne, 4 salt eels, 1 lamprey pie, 1
carp pie, % a conger, 2 carp, 2 pieces of salmon, 1 piece of sturgeon, 2
pike, 3 tench, 1 fresh eel, | a turbot, 6 roach, 4 trout, a dish of
crawfishes, 1 lamb, 2 capons, 6 quails, 6 rabbits, a gamon of bacon baked,
a neat's tongue pie, and 3 perch.

Total joint charges, £41 Us. lid.

Private charges of THO. WALMYSLEY, £17 12s. lid.

Including charges at Mr. RUDIARD'S house on the way to Win-
chester, 21st Feb.; at Sir RICHD. ROGERS' house on the way
from Salisbury to Dorchester, 28th Feb.; at Mr. ELMSTON'S
house at Lyme Regis on the way from Dorchester to Exeter, 3rd
March ; at Okehampton on the way thence to Launceston, 8th
March ; and at Mr GALE'S at Kirton on the way thence to
Taunton.

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The AUTUMN ASSIZES of the same Judges for the Western
Circuit begun at Winchester Castle, 5th July, 41st Eliz. 1599.

Southampton. — John White, Sheriff. — Winchester.

Presents — of Sir RICHARD PAWLETT, \ a buck ; of Sir THOMAS WEST,
3 salmon ; of the MAYOR, 1 mutton, 1 lamb, 2 salmon ; of the BISHOP
of WINCHESTER, 1 buck and 1 salmon; of Mr. WILLM. WHITE, 1 kid
and 6 partridges ; of Mr. TICHBORNE, 3 couple of rabbits, 3 ducklings,

3 puetts, 3 chickens, and a dish of trout; of Sir JOHN SEYMOR, 1 salmon,

4 carp, 6 pike, 6 lobsters, 6 eels ; of Mr. NORTON, 1 buck ; of Sir
WALTER SANDES, 6 carp, 6 trout, 4 capons, 4 turkeys, and 4 ducklings.

Wilts. — Assizes at New Sarum, 9th July, Edward Penrudclok,

Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. ARUNDELL, 1 buck ; of the MAYOR, 1 mutton and 2
capons ; of Mr. HUNGERFORD, 1 hogshead of beer ; of the EARL of
HERTFORD, 2 bucks ; of Sir WILLIAM EARE, 12 rabbits, 2 capons ;
of Mr. BAYNTON, 12 rabbits ; of Mr. MOORE, 1 fresh salmon ; of Mr.
SHERIFF, 2 hogsheads of beer, 1 buck, 1 lamb, 6 puetts, 2 gulls, 2
capons, 2 doz. larks, half a salmon, 3 trout, and a dish of crawfish.

Dorset. — Assizes at Dorchester, 12th July, George Morton, Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. MILLER, 1 mutton, \ a veal, 2 couple of rabbits, and
3 chickens; of Mr. CHARLES FRAMPTON, 1 salmon and 6 lobsters;
of Mr. EDMOND UVEDALE, 4 herons; of MR. SWAYNE, a dish of
oranges and 10 lobsters ; of Mr. COLLIER, 1 mutton, 2 capons, and
6 rabbits ; of Mr. SHERIFF, 1 lamb, 2 couple of rabbits, 3 heath poults,
1 capon, 1 turkey, 3 chickens, 2 trout, 1 little salmon, 4 lobsters, a piece
of sturgeon, 2 ducklings, 1 doz. larks, a side of venison, 3 artichokes,
1 crab.

Devon. — Assizes at Exeter Castle, 16th July, Henry Rolle, Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. HAIDON, 1 buck; of Sir WILLIAM COURTNEY, 1 buck ;
of Mr. SEYMOR, 1 buck, 12 rabbits, 6 capons, 6 ducklings, and
fi chickens ; of the EARL of BATH, 1 buck ; of Mr. SHERIFF, 2 hogs-
heads of beer, and for Sunday's supper 1 turkey-pie, 1 neat's tongue-

36 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

pie, 3 joints of mutton, 1 capon, a breast of veal, a loin of veal, \ a lamb,
a gull, 4 chickens, a chicken-pie, a calves' foot-pie, a lamb's purtenances,
and a tart : on Monday, for dinner and supper, a quarter of mutton, a
quarter of lamb, a lamb's purtenances, a capon, a gull, a loin of veal,
2 chickens, 2 rabbits, a breast of veal, and a tart : for Tuesday s supper,
a quarter of mutton, \ a lamb, a breast of veal, a lamb's purtenances,
and a pasty of venison : for Wednesday s dinner and supper, a piece of
beef, a quarter of lamb, a qr of mutton, a breast of veal, a neck of veal,
and a lamb's purtenances : for all which provision, given to Mr. CARS-
WELL, Mr. SHERIFF'S man, who brought the provision, 10s. The
purchases included oatmeal, roots, onions, and carrots.

Cornwall. — Assizes at Launceston Castle, 20th July, Sir William
Bevill, Knt. Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. CURRYTON, ^ a buck; of Mr. ROUSE, -y a buck; of
Mr. EDGCOMBE, 4 herneshaws, 4 artichokes, scorched (baked) apples
and pears; of Mr. WILLIAM WRAY, 1 great turbot, 10 whiting,
2 salmon peale, 6 trout ; of Mr. CAREY, of Antony, 4 basses, 3 mul-
lets, and 2 great eels ; of Mr. HILLIARD, 10 small salmon peale; of
Mr. ARTHUR HARRIS, 20 small salmon peale; of Mr. SHERIFF, one
hogshead of beer, J a veal, \ a mutton, \ a lamb, 2 capons, 1 herne-
shawe, 2 basses, 3 chickens, 2 pigs, 2 geese, 3 plaice, 8 trout, 2 sea-
breams, a box of marmalett, a dish of artichokes, 2 couple of rabbits,
1 lobster, 2 puetts, 2 turkeys, and 2 pieces of conger.

Somerset. — Assizes at Taunton Castle, 25th July, John Jennyng,

Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. PYNE, 1 mutton; of Mr. WAD HAM, 1 buck; of Mr.
GEO. LUTTRELL, 1 buck and 8 rabbits ; of Mr. JOHN LUTTRELL,
1 buck ; of Mr. JAMES CLARKE, I turbot, 1 dory, 2 gurnetts, 1 bream,
and 4 lobsters ; of Mr. WRATH, of Petherton-park, i salmon peale ; of
Mr. SHERIFF, \ a mutton, 1 lamb, \ a buck, 2 couple of rabbits,
1 goose, 1 capon, 2 ducks, 1 swan, 6 pigeons, 3 green plovers, one
curlew, 1 gull, 1 capon-pie, 1 heron, 5 snites, 3 chickens, 1 carp, and a

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piece of sturgeon. The purchases included 2 dun kyne, which were fish,

and other fish for Saturday s breakfast.
Total joint charges, £41 Is. lid.
Private charges of THO. WALMYSLEY, £15 2s. 6d.

Including charges of Mr. PALMER'S house, 3rd July, on the way
to Winchester ; at the BISHOP of WINCHESTER'S, 4th July ; at
Blandford, on the way to Dorchester, llth July ; at Mr.
COMAGE'S house; at Mr. SPEKE'S house, on the way to Exeter,
14th July; at Mr. FULFORD'S house, on the way to Launceston;
at Mr. MONCK'S house, on the way thence to Taunton ; and at
Mr. STUCKLEY'S house, also on the way to Taunton : and also
3s. 4d. given by Mr. JUSTICE FENNER'S commandment for a
course at a buck between Salisbury and Blandford.

The SPRING ASSIZES of the same Judges, on the Western Circuit,
begun at Winchester Castle, Monday, 18th Feb. 42 Eliz. 1599-1600.

Southampton. — William Wallopp, Sheriff. — Winchester.

Presents — of Mr. MAYOR and his brethren, 3 old Organ ling, 2 haber-
dynes, 1 salt salmon, 1 salt conger, and 6 Holland eels; of Mr.
SHERIFF, a fresh salmon ; of Mr. TICHBORNE, 12 trout ; of Sir
RICHARD PAWLETT, 12 trout, 1 sugar loaf; of Sir JOHN SEYMOR,
10 carp, 2 pike, 12 roach, 2 perch, and 6 trout ; of Sir WALTER
SANDES, 2 pike, 6 carpes, and 6 trout ; and of the BISHOP of WIN-
CHESTER, 1 great pike, 1 bream, and 3 tench.

Wilts. — Assizes at New Sarum, Thursday in second week of Lent,
Walter Vaughan, of Falstone, Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. MAYOR, a fresh salmon ; of Mr. SHERIFF, 2 hogsheads
of beer, 2 carp, a isle of sturgeon, a isle of fresh salmon, 1 pike,

3 trout, and 1 long oyster ; of the EARL of HERTFORD, 6 carp and

4 bream ; of Mr. GAUNTLETT, a fresh salmon ; of Mr. EDW. PEN-
RUDDOCK, 2 carp and 3 eels; of Mr. EDW. HUNGERFORD, a hogshead
of beer. Purchases included 5 organ ling, 6s. 6d., herrings, 2s. 8d., and
cockles, 4d.

38 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

Dorset_Assizes at Dorchester, 25th Feb. Robert Meller, Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. RICHARD COLLIER, 2 carp, 2 plaice, 2 gurnetts, and
2 soles ; of Mr. SHERIFF, a hogshead of beer, 1 pike, 1 fresh cod, and 6
haddocks ; of Mr. EDMONDE UVEDALE, 1 fresh salmon ; of Mr. THO.
UVEDALE, a fresh salmon; of Mr. MOORTON, 1 pike and 1 dish of

[ ]. The purchases included 2 organ ling, 3s. lOd. a mill well, 2s.

and for a carpet lost there, 20s.

Somerset.— Assizes at Charde, 27th Feb. George Rodney, Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. THO. PHILLIPPS, 1 pike and 1 carp ; of Mr. SHERIFF,
a hogshead of beer, a isle of ling, 1 pike, 2 eels, 1 tench, a salmon pie, a
gurnet, 3 whiting, one long oyster, a isle of fresh salmon.

Devon. — Assizes at Exeter, 4th March, Thomas Ridgwaie, Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. SHERIFF, 2 hogsheads of beer, 1 hogshead of wine
claret, a teirce of sack, a sugar loaf, 2 boxes of marmalett, with a good
proportion of fish for Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday's suppers. Given to the servants at Mr. SMYTHE'S house,
according to the usual manner, £3 9s. 8d.

Total joint charges, £28 5s. 8d.

Private charges of THO. WALMYSLEY, £9 Os. Id.

Including charges at Mr. RUDIARD'S house on the way to Win-
Chester, 16th February; at Sir RICHARD ROGERS' house on the
way to Dorchester, 23rd February; at Mr. DRAKE'S house on
the way to Exeter, 1st March ; the horsemeat at Exeter being
discharged by Mr. HANCOCK, clerk of assize (saving only for
horse-bread 7s.) ; and including the charges from Exeter till the
Judges went to Mr. JENNYNGS' house in Somersetshire. The
supper and breakfast at Okington cost 36s. 6d.

Cornwall. — Assizes at Launceston Castle, llth March, William
Wray, Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. GARY, of Antony, 4 great basses and "2 mullets ; of Sir
JONATHAN TRELAWNEY, \ a goat and 2 capons ; of Mr. ROWSE, 2

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capons, 2 young rabbits, 2 teal, and 4 sauderlings ; of Mr. SHERIFF, a
hogshead of beer, \ a kid, 1 capon, 2 plovers, one heath-cock, 2 snyts,
\ a haunch of venison, 2 haddock, and 2 gurnetts, upon Monday ; on
Tuesday, 1 rabbit, 2 quails, 1 capon, a isle of fresh salmon, a isle of
conger, 2 whiting, and a joint of mutton ; on Wednesday, a joint of
mutton, a rabbit, a piece of salt fish, 2 haddocks, and a piece of cod.
The purchases included oranges, herbs, and salads, 8d,

AUTUMN ASSIZES of the same Judges, for the Western Circuit,
begun at Winchester Castle, 19th June, 42 Eliz. 1600.

Southampton. — William Wallopp, Sheriff. — Winchester.

Presents — of Mr. MAYOR and his brethren, 2 ling, 1 haberdyne, 6 mullets,
1 bass, 4 little plaice, I sole and 3 lobsters ; of Mr. SHERIFF, 2 mullets,
and a dish of lobsters ; of Sir THOMAS WEST, 1 salmon and 2 salmon
peale; of Mr. UVEDALE, 1 salmon; of the BISHOP of WINCHESTER,
a salmon ; of Sir WALTER SANDES, 1 salmon, 2 capons, 4 geese, 2
couple of rabbits, 4 ducklings, 2 partridges, and 4 quails ; of Sir JOHN
SEYMOR, 6 great carp, 1 great pike, and 12 trout; of Sir RICHARD
PAWLETT, 6 trout ; of Mr. DALBRIDGCOURT, 2 carp, 1 salmon peale,
4 perch, 1 roach, and 3 trout ; of Mr. MOORE, of Howton, 10 trout.
Purchases included salt, vinegar, and strawberries, 2s. 6d. ; beer 2 hum-
berkyns, 16s. ; wine 5s. 6d.

Wilts. — Assizes at New Sarum, 23rd June, Walter Vaughan, Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. EDW. PENRUDDOK, 1 bustard,* 1 salmon, and 2 trout;
of Mr. MAYOR, 1 mutton and 2 capons ; of the LORD of PEMBROOK,
1 buck ; of my LORD of HERTFORD, 2 bucks ; of Sir WILLIAM EYRE,
1 buck ; of Mr. ARUNDELL, 1 buck ; of Mr. BAYNTON, 1 buck, 3
capons, and 12 quails ; of Mr. EARNELEY, 1 buck ; of Mr. ESCOURTE,
1 mutton ; of Mr. WHITACRES, a mutton and 3 capons ; of Mr. TUTT,
10 couple of rabbits ; of Mr. MOORE, 2 do/, pigeons, 6 doz. of larks,
and 12 quailes ; of Mr. EDW. HUNGERFORD, a hogshead of strong beer;
of Mr. SHERIFF, a hogshead of beer, a tierce of beer, a quarter of a

* See a paper on the Great Bustard in the Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine, 1856,
vol. iii. p. 129.

40 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OP ASSIZE.

stag, \ a buck, 2 capons, a salmon, a isle of sturgeon, 2 mullets, and 2
lobsters. The purchases included cheese, strawberries, and fruit, 3s. lOd. ;
wine 10s.

Dorset. — Assizes at Dorchester, 26th June, Robert Meller, Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. SHERIFF, a hogshead of beer, 1 mutton, a lamb, a salmon;
of Mr. HENRY COLLIER, a lamb, 2 capons ; of Mr. EDM. UVEDALE,
3 herneshawes. The purchases included beer 8s., wine 3s.

Devon. — Assizes at Exeter Castle, 30th June, Sir Thomas
Ridgwaie, Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr HAIDON, a buck; of Mr. SEYMOR, a buck; of the
EARL of BATH, 1 buck ; of Mr BROWNE, 10 bushels of oats and
10 doz. of horsebread ; of Mr. REYNELL, 2 capons and a salmon pie;
of Mr. SHERIFF, 3 joints of mutton, \ a lamb, a lamb's purtenances, a
pasty of red deer, a gammon of bacon baked, a lamb pie, 2 capons,
6 small birds, 2 partridges, 2 quails, 2 pigeons, 2 rabbits, a pasty of
venison, a piece of sturgeon, a breast of veal, a custard, a tart, a duck,
and 2 plates of jelly, for Sunday's supper; of Mr. SHERIFF, a quarter
of mutton, \ a lamb, 3 joints of veal, a turkey, a pullet, 6 birds, 2 quails,
one partridge, 4 rabbits, a custard, a tart, a herneshawe, a duck, a lamb's
purtenances, and a dish of peas, for Tuesday's supper; of Mr. SHERIFF,
a piece of roasting beef, a goose, a pig, a leg of mutton, 2 capons, 2 joints
of veal, a partridge, 2 quails, a duck, a dish of peas, artichokes, | a
lamb, 2 rabbits, 2 chickens, and 6 small birds, a tart, a custard, and a
herneshawe, for Wednesday's dinner; more of Mr. SHERIFF, a piece
of beef, 2 capons, 2 chickens, 4 rabbits, | a lamb, 2 joints of veal, a
pasty of venison, a pig, a goose, 2 joints of mutton, a herneshawe, a
pheasant, a partridge, a duck, peas, a custard, a tart, a jelly ; for
Thursday's dinner; more of Mr. SHERIFF, 2 hogsheads of beer and a
tierce, a firkyn of clarett wine, a little runlett of sack, a runlett of
Ranyshe wyne. Given to Mr. CARSWELL, being Mr. SHERIFF'S man,
for bringing all the said provision from Mr. SHERIFF, and waiting all
the time of the assizes, 10s. No wine bought.

Joint charges at Okhampton, being on the way towards Launceston,
on 3rd July, 33s 2d.

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Cornwall. — Assizes at Launceston Castle, 4th July, 1600, William

Wray, Sheriff.

Presents — of Sir WILLIAM BEVILL, 6 soles, 3 lobsters, 1 bream, 1 mul-
lett; of Mr. CAREY, 3 basses and 2 mulletts ; of Mr. ARTHUR HARIS,
6 salmon peale; of Mr. EDGCOMBE, 6 artichokes, and a dish of apples
and pears starved; of Mr. LANGESFORD, 8 salmon peale; of Mr.
Rous, 1 salmon pie, 6 artichokes, 4 rabbits, and a herneshawe ; of
Mr. SHAROCK, 2 capons and 12 chickens ; of Mr. SHERIFF, a hogs-
head of beer, 6 rabbits, 12 chickens, 3 capons, 6 salmon peale, 2 plaice?
2 soles, 3 pieces of conger, 4 whitings, 2 lobsters, 2 crabs, 1 sea bream,
1 gurnett, and 3 gulls. The purchases included cheese and strawberries,
2s. 6d. ; beer, 24s. ; wine, 3s.

Somerset. — Assizes at Taunton Castle, 9th July, George Rodney,

Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. SPEKE, 1 buck and 20 couple of rabbits; of Mr. JOHN
PORTMAN, 20 rabbits ; of Mr. PYNE, 1 mutton ; of Mr. LUTTRELL, a
buck ; of Mr. WADHAM, 1 buck ; of Mr. MORGAN, 2 salmon peale
and 12 little trout ; of Mr. SHERIFF, a hogshead of beer, a quarter of
lamb, a capon, 4 chickens, 2 partridges, a isle of fresh salmon, a piece of
sturgeon, 2 lobsters, and a crab, for Thursday's supper ; more of him, a
side of venison, a pike, a crab, a tench, a lobster, a piece of conger, a
piece of salmon, a piece of sturgeon. The purchases included bread
and beer, 21s. 6d. ; wine, 5s. ; strawberries and cherries, 18d.; cheese and
apples, 12d.; salt, vinegar, and peas, 18d.

Total joint charges on whole circuit, £40 8s. lOd.
Private charges of THO. WALMYSLEY, £15 8s. 4d.

Including bread, beer, wine, and sugar at Bagshot, 2s. 6d ; ex-
pences at Mr. RUDIARD'S house, 18th June ; at Southampton
town, 21st June; at Sir RICHD. ROGER'S house, 25th June;
at Lyme Regis, 28th June, in Mr. ELMSTON'S house ; at
Okhampton, 3rd July ; and at Mr. BERRY'S house, on the road
to Taunton, 8th July ; and bread, beer, wine, and sugar at
Tiverton, 2s. The private charge for horsemeat at Taunton
was discharged by the officers of the town.
CAMD. SOC. F

42 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OP ASSIZE.

The SPRING ASSIZES of the same Judges, for the Western Circuit,
begun at Winchester Castle, 23rd Feb. 43rd Eliz. 160£.

Southampton. — Francis Palmer, Sheriff. — Winchester.

Presents — of Mr. MAYOR, 1 mutton, and \ a ling ; of Mr. SHERIFF, 2
lambs, 3 pies, 10 carp, 1 trout, 1 barbell, 1 pike, a piece of bacon, 2
collars of brawne, 2 swans, 2 geese, 6 capons, 2 chines of beef, 6
partridges, 1 haunch of venison, and 4 turkies ; of my L. BISHOP, 1
veal, 1 lamb, 2 pheasants, 1 carp, 1 pike, and 1 tench ; of Sir WALTER
SANDES, 1 fresh salmon and 4 capons ; of Mr. TICHBORNE, a mutton
and 2 capons ; of Sir JOHN SEYM OR, 1 lamb, 4 carp, 3 pheasants, 2
pheasant pies. The purchases included beer, 23s. 4d. ; onions and apples,
18d. ; herrings and oysters, 15d. ; wine, 4s. 9d.

Wilts. — Assizes at New Sarum, 25th Feb. Thomas Snell, Sheriff.
Presents — of Mr. EDW. HUNGERFORDE, 1 hogshead of beer ; of Mr.
MAYOR, a fresh salmon ; of the EARL of HERTFORD, 8 carp and 4
breame ; of Mr. TUTT, 4 trout and a dish of crawfish ; of Mr. MOORE,
4 capons, 12 woodcocks, and 6 partridges ; of Mr. VAUGHAN, 4 carp ;
of Mr. SHERIFF, a hogshead of beer, 2 capons, 2 joints of mutton, 6
carp, 1 swan pie, I goose pie, 1 lamprey pie, 3 pieces of ling, a neat's
tongue pie, a carp pie, 3 isles of fresh salmon, 1 piece of sturgeon, 3
plaice, 1 apple tart, 1 pippen pie, 1 pheasant, and 1 perch. The pur-
chases included wine, 4s. No beer.

Dorset. — Assizes at Dorchester, 2nd March, Thomas Uvedale,

Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. MILLER, 1 mutton, 1 lamb, 12 haddocks, 6 lobsters, 2
crabs; of Mr. RICHARD COLLIER, 1 fresh salmon, 1 crab, J sole, 2
plaice, 2 roach; of Sir EDM. UVEDALE, a isle of sturgeon; of Mr.
EDM. UVEDALE, a fresh salmon ; of my L. VISCOUNT BINDON, a fresh
salmon ; of Mr. SHERIFF, a hogshead of beer, 1 ling, 1 swan pie, 1
turkey pie, 3 carp, 2 soles, 4 plaice, 1 pike, a doz. of lobsters, 1 crab,
8 partridges, 1 capon, and 10 fresh fishes. Bought beer, 20s. ; wine,
3s. 6d. ; apple moyes, 16d.

WESTERN CIRCUIT, 1600-1. 43

Somerset. — Assizes at Charde, 4th March, Sir Hugh Portman, Sheriff.

Presents — of Mr. JOHN PORTMAN, 1 lamb, 2 hens, 1 capon, and 2 couple
of rabbits; of Mr. SHERIFF, a hogshead of beer, an old ling, a isle of
conger, a quarter of mutton, a fresh cod, a isle of salt salmon, 2 capons,
a couple of rabbits, 2 partridges, 3 plovers, 1 haddock. Beer and wine
bought, each 5s,

Devon. — Assizes at Exeter Castle (where the circuit ended),

9th March, Edmund Parker, Sheriff.

Presents — of Sir RICHARD CHAMPERNOWNE, 57 plaice, 2 little turbots, 4
soles, and 4 gurnetts ; of Mr. SHERIFF, 2 hogsheads of beer, 2 London
ling, 2 other ling, a salt salmon, a conger, 2 millwelles, 2 haddocks, 2
place, a quince pie, and a tart, for Sunday's supper ; more of him, 1
cod fish, | a ling, 2 haddocks, 5 whiting, 2 pike, 4 gurnetts, 2 plaice,
and a piece of cod fish, for Munday's supper ; more of him, 6 little
carp, 2 pieces of ling, a piece of salt salmon, a piece of millwell, 2
haddocks, 12 herrings, a piece of fresh ling, a piece of sturgeon, a quince
pie, a rice tart, a capon, and 2 partridges, for Tuesday's dinner ; more of
him, 2 rabbits, a capon, a breast of veal, a Flanders eel, a piece of fresh
cod, 12 herrings, 1 custard, and 1 tart, for Tuesday's supper ; more of
him, a piece of cod fish, 4 haddock, 6 whiting, and 1 cod's head, for
Wednesday's dinner ; more of him, a breast of mutton, a quarter of lamb,
a capon, 2 rabbits, 4 whiting, 1 jftanders eel, a quince pie, a tart, and a
custard, for Wednesday's supper ; more of him, 1 capon, 1 partridge, 1
cod fish, 2 haddocks, 12 herrings, 1 quince pie, 1 pippen pie, and 1 tart,
for Thursday's supper ; more of him, 3 haddocks, 1 cod fish, 3 whiting,

1 tubb, a isle of fresh salmon, a Flanders eel, 12 herrings, a quince pie, a
potato pie, 4 trout, and a custard, for Friday's dinner; more of him,

2 plaice, 2 haddocks, I tubb, 1 Flanders eel, 3 whitings, 1 potato pie, a
quince pie, and a tart, for Friday's supper. The purchases included
ovsters, cockles, and musells 6s. 8d., carrots and herbs 2s., veal and
oranges 4s 1 Od., 36 trout 4s., a green fish and salt fish 6s., wine 4s.

Joint charges this circuit, £35 17s. 7d.

Private charges of THO. WALMYSLEY, £14 10s. 3d.

Including charges at Mr. RUDIARD'S house, 21st Feb., at mv L.
MARQUESS (of WINCHESTER'S) the next day, at Sir RICHARD
ROGERS' on the way from Salisbury to Dorchester, 28th Feb.

44

OXFORD CIRCUIT.

Expeng juncta inter Thomam Walraysley, unu Justic Dne Regine
de Banco, et Petrum Warburton, al?uni Justic ipius Dne Regine
de Banco, Justic ejusdem Dne Regine ad Assias in corn Berk',
Oxon, Glouc, Monmoth, Heref, Wigorn', Salop, et Staff ca-
piend* assign ; incipiend* apud Redinge, in pdco com Berk', die
Ven9is x° die Julii, anno regno Rne Eliz. xliij. a° Dni 1601°. —
Tempore autumn, anno xliij0 Eliz.

Berk Is. — Samuel Backhouse Ar., Vic.

Presents at Redinge.

Imprimis, of Mr. SHERIFF, a hogeshead of beare, one old linge, ij birds, one
pike, one Thames trout, x carpes, vj artichooks, vj quailes, ij capons, iij
coople of rabetts, a side of veneson, halfe a buck, iiijor lobsters, ij crabb
fishes, one basse, ij mulletts, a dishe of cravices, and ij scales, the
reward . . . . . . iij s. iiij d.

Of Mr. STAFFORD, a buck, ij capons, and iiijor ducklings, yc reward iij s. vj d.

Of Mr. MAIOR, a freshe samon and a kegge of sturgeon . ij s.

Of Mr. GEORGE HIDE, a mutton ..... xviij d.
Suma for p'sents at Redinge . . . x s. iiij d.

Berk Is. — Provision bought at Redinge.

Imp'mis, bread and flower xxiijs. vj d. It. a mutton . . viij s.

It. beare . . . xvij s. It. wyne . vij s viij d.

It. butter . . . vij s. It. the grocers bill . ix. s. iiij d.

It. egges . . ij s. viij d. It. wood and coles . x s.

It. a veale . . xij s. It. cheries and straberies . xx d.

OXFOED CIRCUIT, 1601. 45

It. peases . . ij s. It. thelpes in ye kitchen iiij s. vj d.

It. vinegar and mustard . viij d. It. thelpes in the buttrey . xviij d.
It. rootes and saletts . xij d. It. to other s'uants in the house that

It. a strayner . . vij d. attended . ij s. vj d.

It milke and creame . xv d. It. to the porter . ij s.

It. candles . . . viij d. It. to the poore . ij s.

It. yr LL. chambers . xx s.

Suma tot'lis at Redinge . . . .vij li. vij s. x d.

Medietatis inde .... iij li. xiij s. xj d.

It. paide for bread, beare, and wyne at Maidenhead, beinge in the waie

towardes Redinge . . . . . iiij s.

Medietatis inde . . . . . ij s.

Oxon Is. — Ad Assias ten? apud Oxford, in com pdco, die lune xiij0
die Julii, anno regni Eliz. Rne xliij0, 1601°.

Oxon Is.— Will3 Greene Ar., Vic.
Presents at Oxford.

Of Mr. SHERIFF, a hoggesheade of beare, ij yonge swannes, vi capons,
halfe a buck, a trout, and xij quailes, the rewarde . iij s. iiij d.

Of Sr ANTONY COPE, halfe a buck, the rewarde . . ij s.

Of Mr. WALMYSLEY, v capons and a lambe, ye reward . . xviij d.

Of Mr. FFISHER, a trout, v coople of rabetts, and c crevises . xij d.

Of Mr. DOCTOR MARTYN, a runlett of clarett wyne . . xij d.

Of Sr HENRIE LEE, a buck . . . . .vs.

Of Sr WILLIAM SPENCER, iij capons, vj puetts, and a herneshawe xij d.
Of Mr. SMYTHE, a lambe, ij capons, and xij chickens . . xviij d.

Of Mr. STONER, a kidd ...... xviij d.

Of Mr. READE, of Berk, a lambe, and ij capons, ye reward . xij d.

Of Mr. FARMER, a buck . . . iij s. iiij d.

Suma for p'sents at Oxford . .' • xxij s. ij d.

Oxon Is. — Provision bought at Oxford.

Imp'mis, bread . . xviij s. It. butter . . viij s. iiij d.

It. flower . . iiij s It. egges . . . xxij d.

46 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

It salt and otemeale . viij d. It. orenges . . . iiij d.

It. suett . . xij d. It. apples and cheries . xiiij d.

It. beare . . . xxv s. It. cleaving of wood . xij d.

It. herbes, rootes, and saletts x d. It. helpes in ye kitchen iiij s. vj d.

It. vinegar and varges . xij d. It. helpes in ye buttrey . ij s.

It. ij calves heades . . xij d. It. other s'uants in ye house ij s. vj d.

It. the grocers bill . xj s iiij d. It. for est . . . ij d.

It. veale . xx s viij d. It. to the porter . . ij s.

It. mutton . . xiij s. ij d. It. to the poore . ij s.

It. ij rostinge pigges iij s. iiij d. It. for washinge the naprey . v s.

It five yonge ducks ^ ij s.

Suma tot'lis at Oxford . . . vij li. xvj s.

Medietatis inde . . . . .iij li. xviij s.

Joynt chardges from Oxford to Gloucester, vidett.

Paide for the passage over the ferrie at Ensam . . ij s.

It. at Burforde, where yor LL. laie xiiij0 die Julii, anno Eliz. xliij. videl't. —

Given to the s'uants in ye house . . . . ij s.

To the poore there . . . . • . xij d.

For a pinte of wyne and sugar . . . . . iiij d.

It. for cheries . . . • • . . iiij d.

For yor LL. supp. and brekfast . . . . .nil

Being dischardged by the ALDERMEN and BAILIFES of BURFORDE.

Suma at Burforde and Ensam . . v s. viij d

Medietatis inde . . . . ij s. x d.

Glouc Is. — Ad Assias ten? apud Gloucester, in com pdco, die Jovis
xvj° die Julii, anno Regni Eliz. Rne xliij0, 1601°.

Glouc fs. — Thomas Throgmerton, Miles, Vic.

Presents at Glouc.

Of Mr. SHERIFF, a buck, iiijor capons, vj coople of rabetts, vj artichooks,

a pastie of redd deare, and a phesant, the reward iij s. iiij d.

Of Mr. DASTON, a lambe, viij rabetts, and iiijor artichooks . xij d.

Of Mr. EVANS, a dishe of cheries, a dishe of raspas, vj artichooks, and

iij lantony cheeses . . . . . vj d.

OXFORD CIRCUIT, 1601. 47

Of Mr. CHAMBERLAYNE, a mutton and iiijor chickings . . xviij d.

Of Sir JOHN HICKFORD, vj coople of rabetts, ye reward . . xij d.

Of Mr. DENYS, iij ducks, iij chickings, a pottle of sack, and ij litle cheeses

xij d.

Of Mr. PARTRIDGE, a chicken pie and one cherie tart . . vj d.

Of Sir HENRI E POOLE, a fatt buck . . . .vs.

Of ye Lo. BARCKLEY, a buck . . . ~." .vs.

Of Mr. BARNES, a mutton ..... xviij d.

Of Mr. WOODROFF, a veale .... "'. '• ij s.

Of Mr. GUY, a mutton and vj coople of rabetts, the reward . ij s.

Of ye LA. SHANDOIS, a buck . . . . .vs.

Of Mr. STEVENS, a lambe, iiijor capons, and iiijor chickings, ye reward xij d.
Of Mr. PORTER, x carpes and x braymes, ye reward . . xviij d.

Of Mr. ESTCOURT, viij rabetts . . . . vj d.

Of Mr. DANVERS, a dishe of trout and a dishe of cravies . vj d.

Of Mr. BAYNAM, iij samon peales . . . . xij d.

Suma for p'sents at Glouc' . . . xxxiij s. x d.

Glouc Us. — Provision bought at Glouc.

Imp'mis, bread . xxxvj s. It. herbes and onyons . xij d.

It, flower . . vj s. It roots and saletts . . xviij d.

It. beare . . xxxij s. viij d. It. peases . . . xvj d.

It. wyne . . . viij s. It. vinegar and mustard . x d.

It. halfe a samon, iiijor plaises, iiijor It. yor LL. chambers . xx s.

whitings, iiijor gurnetts, one thorne- It. ij rabetts andij artichooks xvj d.

back, ij lobsters, and one crabb It. cheries and apples ij s. ij d.

vij s. It. wood and coles . xiij s. x d.

It. creame . . xij d. It. helpes in the kitchen iiij s. vj d.

It. for milke . vj d. It. helpes in the buttrey . xviij d.

It. straberries . vj d. It. to other s'uants in yor LL. house

It. butter . . x s. _ that attended . . ij s.

It. egges . . iij s. viij d. It. salt and otemeale . xvj d.

It. halfe a mutton . .vs. It. candles , . ij s.

It. veale . .- . xij s. It. to the porter . ij s.

It. the grocer's bill . . xij s. It. to the poore . ij s.

Suma tot'lis at Glouc' . . . . xj li. v s. vj d.

Medietatis inde . v . . . v li. xij s. ix d.

48 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

Monmoth Is. — Ad Asslas tent apud Monmoth, in com pdco, die
lune xx° die Julii, anno regni Eliz. Rrie xliij0, IGOlo.

Monmouth Is. — Edwardus Kemys, Ar. Vic.
Presents at Monmouth.

Of Mr. SHERIFF, a quarter of beefe, a veale, a mutton, a lambe, a kidd,
a fatt buck, a freshe samon, iiijor capons, xij rabetts, and vj chickings,
ye reward . . . . . . .vs.

Of my Lo. HARBERT, a buck . . . iij s. iiij d.

Of Mr. GAINSFORD, a veale, ij. capons, and xij chickings . ij s.

Of Mr. RAULYNS, a veale ..... xviij d.

Of Mr. CHARLES MORGAN, a veale and ij capons, ye reward . iij s.

Of Mr. THO. MORGAN, a lambe . . • . - . xij d.

Of Mr. PRICE, a lambe, a kidd, ij capons, and viij cbickings . ij s.

Of Mr. MATHEWE HARBERT, a mutton and a lambe, ye reward . ij s.

Of Mr. POWELL, a kegge of sturgeon, ij botelles of Renyshe wyne, vj
capons, iiijor ducks, ij kiddes, and ij lambes . . ij s. vj d.

Of my Lo. BISHOPP of LANDAFF, a lambe and a kidd, ye reward . xviij d.

Of Sr EDW. WINTER, a buck . . . . .vs.

Of Mr. HAWLEY, a buck . . . iij s. iiij d.

Of Mr. PHILLIPP RICE, ij freshe samons and a gallon of wyne . nil.
Suma for p'sents at Monmouth . . . xxxj s. viij d.

Monmoth Is. — Provision bought at Monmouth.

Imp'mis, bread . . xxiij s. It. ye grocer's bill . x s. ix d.

It. flower . . xij s. It. lambes heades and their appu-

It. beare . . . xxv s. ten'nces * . x d.

It. butter . . vj s. iiij d. It. cheries . . vj d.

It. egges . . . xxij d. It. suett . . . xvj d.

It. salt and otemeale ij s. viij d. It. mustard . ij d.

It. onyons & parseley . vij d. It. for th'use of ye house and for

It. vinegar and vargis . vj d. wood and coles . xl s.

It. candles . . . xx d. It. to th'elpes in ye kitchen iiij s. vj d.

It. wyne . . ij s. vj d. It. to th'elpes in ye buttrey xviij d.

* To be stewed with cut endive, a little yeast strained in, and currants, pruens, and
all manner of spices, and served upon sops. — The Booke^of Cookerie, 1620.

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49

It. to other s'uants in the said It. to the porter . ij s.

house . . ij s. vj d. It. to the poore . ij s-

Suma tot'lis at Monmouth . . viij li. xiij s. x d.

Medietatis inde . . . . . iiij li. vj s. xj d.

Heref Is. — Ad AssTas tent apud Hereforde, in com pdco, die Jovis
xxiij0 die Julii, anno regni Eliz. Rne xliij0, 1601.

Heref Is. — Henr. Vaughan, Ar. Vic.

Presents brought at Hereford.

Of Mr. SHERIFF, a mutton, a buck, ij capons, a pike, and x rabetts iij s. iiij d.

Of Mr. BODENHAM, a veale, a lambe, a kidd, ij capons, ij carpes, a pike,

ij tenches, and ij boilings,* ye reward . . .iij s. iiij d.

Of Mr. LYE, a mutton ..... xviij d.

It. paid for ye carriage of a samon from Monmoth . . xij d.

Of Mr. JONES, a lambe, a kidd .... xviij d.

Suma for p'sents at Heref. . . . x s. viij d.

Heref Is. — Provision bought at Hereford.

Imp'mis, bread

It. beare

It. wyne

It. flower .

It. mutton '.

It. veale

It. butter .

It. egges

It. salt and otemeale

It. vinegar and vargis

It. rootes and salletts

It. to ye waites of ye cittie

It. amending a lock

It. milke and creame

. xxj s.
xxvj s. viij d.
ijs.

iij s. vj d.
ijs.

viij s. vj d.
vij s. x d.
iiij s.
. xvj d.
. ij s.
ij s.

ijs vjd.
. vjd.
. xxij d.

Suma tot'lis at Hereford
Medietatis inde

* Black sea-trout.
CAMD. 8OC.

It. cheries and apples . xvj d.

It. viij chickings . ij s.

It. vj troutes, iiijor shewinge,-\- iiijor
roches, and iiijor dases iiij s. vj d.
It. ix peeces of frier fishe iij s. iiij d.
It. candles . . xx d.

It. wood and coles . xv s.

It. washinge ye naprey . v s.
It. the grocer's bill . \. vij s.
It. the loane of vessells v s. iiij d.
It. th'elpes in ye kitchen iiij s. vj d.
It. to th'elpes in ye buttrey xviij d.
It. to other s'uants in ye house ij s.
It. to the poore . . ij s.

vij li. xiiij s. vj d.
iij li. xvij s. iij d.

•f Salmon trout.

50 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

K. given in rewardes at Mr. PITT his house, beinge in the waie
towardes Worcester, where yor LL. laie xxv° die Julii, anno regni
Eliz. xliij0, 1601«, as followeth, vidett.

To the cookes . iij s. iiij d. To ye stable . iij s. iiij d

To the butlers . iij s. iiij d. For dryinge boots . . xij d.

To ye chamberlaines iij s. iiij d. It. to the poore there . xv d.

Siima at Mr. PITT his house . . xv s. vij d.

Suma tot'lis at Heref. and at Mr. PITT his house . viij li. x s. j d.

Medietatis inde . . . . . iiij li. v s. ob.

Wigorn Is. — Ad Assias tent apud Civitat Wigorn, in com pdco, die
lune xxvij0 die Julii, anno regni Eliz. xliij0, 1601°.

Wigorn &. — Johes Washborne, Ar., Yic.
Wigorn Is.- — Presents at Worcester.

Of Mr. PITT, a buck . . . . iij s. iiij d.

Of Mr. COLLES, a mutton ..... xviij d.

Of Mr. WALSHE, a mutton ..... xviij d.

Of Mr. SHERIFF, a buck, iiij°r capons, v pullets, vj ducks, iiijor partridges,

and iiijor artichooks, ye reward . . . . .vs.

Of Mr. HARWELL, halfe a buck, a kidd, and viij rabetts . . ij s.

Of Mr. WILLM. SAVAGE, a lambe, a capon, viij rabetts, viij pigeons, and

five artichooks, ye reward ..... xviij d.

Of Mr. DEANE AND CHAPTER, a gallon of wyne and sugar . vj d.

Of Mr. SANDES, a lambe, x rabetts, ij capons, and vj chickings . xviij d.
Of Mr. TALBOTT, a buck . . . iii s. iiij d.

Of Mr. WA. SAVAGE, a lambe, and vj coople of rabetts . , xij d.

Of Mr. WILLM. CHILDE, a lambe and vj artichooks . . xij d.

Of Mr. BUSHELL, viij rabetts . . . X vj d.

Of Mr. SHELDON, a buck . . . iij s. iiij d.

Of Mr. DINGLEY, ij capons and xij rabetts . . xij d.

Of Mr. WILDE, vj puetts, a pheasant, and ij partridges . . xij d.

Of Sir JOHN PACKINGTON, a buck . . .iij s. iiij d.

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51

Of Mr. HOPTON, a buck ... iij s. iiij d.

Of Mr. JEFFERIES, iiijor bushells of beanes and peases . ij a.

Of Mr. LYGON, a veale . . . . .. ij s.

Suma for p'sents at Worcester . . . xl s. ij d.

Wigorn fs. — Provision bought at Worcester.

Imp'mis, butter

It. egges .

It. salt

It. rootes and salletts

It. neates feete and tripes

It. vinegar and vargis

It. mutton .

It. veale

It. flower .

It. candles .

It. the grocer's bill

It. suett

It. bread

viij s. ij d.

ij s. iij d.

. xiiij d.

. xij d.
ij s. iij d

. xij d.
vj s. iiij d.

. xxiij s.
viij s. viij d.

. viij d.
viij s. vj d.

. xvj d.

. xxj s.

Suma tot'lis at Worcester

It. beare . . xxvj s viij d.

It. wyne . . iij s. vj d.

It. cheries . . . xiiij d.

It. mustard . ij d.

It. onyons and apples . viij d.

It. water . . . xiij d.

It. wood and coles . . xiiij s.

It. th'use of ye house . xx s.

It. to th'elpes in ye kitchen iiij s. vj d.
It. to th'elpes in ye buttrey . xviij d.
It to other s'uants in the house iij s
It. to the porter . ij s.

It. to the poore . ij s.

. x li. v s. vij d.

It given in rewardes at ye counsell house in Bridgnorth, where
yor LL. laie xxix° die Julii, anno Eliz. xiiij0, 1601°.

To the cooks there . . . . ij s. vj d.

To the butlers there . . . . . ij s. vj d.

To the chamb'laines . . . . . ij s. vj d.

It. to the s'uants in Mr. SAVAGE his house, where we lodged in Bridgnorth
that night . . . • • . , . iij s.

For or supper there, nil, beinge all dischardged by the townesmen of Bridg-
north.

Suma tot'lis at Worcester and Bridgnorth . . x li. xvj s. j d.

Medietatis inde . . . . . v li. viij s. ob.

52 EXPENSES Or THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

Salop Is. — Ad Assias tent apud Salop, in com pdco, die Jovis xxx°
die Julii, anno regni Eliz. xliij0, 1601°.

Salop Is. — Franciscus Newport, Ar., Vic.
Presents at Shrewsburie.

Of Mr. SHERIFF, a buck, a veale, a mutton, a larabe, a kegge of sturgeon,
and xij rabetts, the reward . . . . .vs.

Of Mr. LACON, a buck and xij rabetts . . iij s. iiij d.

Of Mr. OTLEY, a buck . . . . iij s. iiij d.

Of Mr. SCRIVEN, a mutton, a capon, ij pullets, and x chickings . ij s.
Of Mr. POWELL, halfe a veale and a lambe, the reward . . xviij d.

Of Mr. LEY, a buck and xij rabetts . . .iij s. iiij d.

Of Mr. ONSLOWE, a mutton and halfe a veale . . ij s.

Of Mr. WILLIAMS, a mutton and halfe a veale, ye reward . ij s.

Of Mr. BRIDGES, a veale & a kidd . . . ij s.

Of Mr. OWEN, iiijor carpes, ij samons, ij samon peales, and iiijor tenches

ij s. vj d.

Of Sir RICHARD HUSON, a buck . . . iij s. iiij d.

Suma for p'sents at Salop .... xxx s. iiij d.

Salop Is. — Provision bought at Salop.

Imp'mis, bread . . xxvj s. It. peases . . . xij d.

It. flower . . vij s. It. peares & apples . . iiij d.

It. wyne . . . iiij s. It. the grocer's bill . ix s. viij d.

It. butter . . . viij s. It. candles . . ij s.

It. egges . . iij s. viij d. It. for washinge ye naprey . x s.

It. milke . . . xij d. It. for cleevinge wood . xij d.

It. ij basses, ijbotlings, one mullett, xij It. to th'elpes in ye kitchen iiij s. vj d.

roches, and a great yeele iiij s. x d. It. to th'elpes in ye buttrey . xviij d.

It. ij pulletts . . xij d. It. to other s'uants in ye house iij s.

It. vinegar & vargis , ij s. It. to the porter . ij s.

It. salt and oteraeale . xx d. It to the poore . ij s.

It. roots and saletts . ij s.

Suma tot'lis at Salop vj li. viij s. vj d.

OXFORD CIRCUIT, 1601. 53

K. more given in rewardes at Mr. Owen his house, beinge in the
waie to Stafford, where yor LL. laie primo die Augusti, anno Eliz.
Rne xliij0, 1601°, videlt.

To the cook . iij s. iiij d. It. for otes . . . xij d.

To the butlers . iij s. iiij d. It. for drying bootes . viij d.

To the chamb'laines iij s. iiij d. It. to the porter . . ij s.

To the stable . iij s. iiij d.

Suma tot'lis at Salop and at Mr. OWEN his house . vij li. v s. vj d.
Medietatis inde . . . . .iij li. xij s. ix d.

Stafford Is. — Ad AssTas tent apud Stafford, in com pdco, die lune
tcio die Augusti, anno regni Eliz. Rne xliij0, 1601°.

Stafford fs.— Witts Chetwyn, Ar., Vic.
Presents at Stafford.

Of Sir JOHN EGERTON, a veale ..... xviij d.

Of Mr. BASSETT, a buck, ij capons, xij rabetts, and vj pigeons . v s.
Of her Maties ATTORNEY-GENERALL,* a buck . . .vs.

Of Mr. ASTON, x coople of rabetts and ix partridges . . xviij d.

Of Sr EDWARD LITTLETON, a buck, ij capons, and iij artichooks . v s.
Of Mr. FAUTHERINGE, viij duckings . . . vj d.

Of Mr. FOWKER, a veale ...... xviij d.

Of Mr. SHERIFF, ij hanches and a side of veneson, halfe a kidd, v rabetts,

ij heath pults, and a redd deare pie . . . iiij s iiij d.

Of Mr. SKEVINGTON, a phesant, xij rabetts, ij pullets, and ij herneshawes

xviij d.

Of Mr. ROCHLEY, a mutton and halfe a veale . . ij s.

Of Mr. PADGETT, a buck . . . iij s. iiij d.

Of Sir RICHARD LUSON, a buck . . . iij s. iiij d.

Of my Lo. BISHOPP of COVENTRIE and LEICHFEILDE, v yonge turkies,

vj puetts, a great pike, and a isle of sturgeon . . ij s. vj d.

Of Mr. WA. LUSON, a lambe . . . . . xij d.

Of Mr BAGOTT, a buck . . .iij s. iiij d.

* Sir Edward Coke.

54 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

Of Mr. CROMPTON, a mutton and ij heath pultes . . . ij s.

Of Sr THO. JERRARD, a buck . . . iij s. iiij d.

Of Sr JOHN BOWES, xij rabetts . . . . . xij d.

Of Mr. LEY, halfe a mutton and halfe a veale . . . xviij d.

Suma for p'sents at Stafford . . . xlviij s. ij d.

It. paid for a pound of pepper and a pound of grames at London spent

this circuyte . . . . . v s. vj d.

Medietatis inde . . '. . . ij s. ix d.

Stafford fs. — Provision bought at Stafford.

Imp'mis, bread ' "+ xxviij s. It. for flower . . xij s.

It. beare . -. ' . xl s. It. mustard . . j d.

It. butter . -' . ~ . ix s. It. neates feete & tripes* . vj d.

It. egges . . . xxj d. It. th'use of the house . xx s.

It. veale . . vij s. vj d. It. for a pigg . . xij d.

It. mutton . . . iiij s. It. for calves' feete . vj d.

It. salt and otemeale . ix d. It. wood and coles . xx s.

It. herbes, salletts, & rootes viij d. It. to th'elpes in ye kitchen iiij s. vj d.

It. candles . . ij s. It. to th'elpes in ye buttrey . xviij d.

It. wyne . . ij s. ix d. It. to other s'uants in the house that

It. vinegar & vargis . ij s. attended . . . ... iij s.

It. chalfce . , j d. It. to the porter . • . . ij s.

It. gooseberries ' . . vj d. It. to the poore • . . ij s.

It. the grocer's bill . x s. vj d. It. for bakinge of veneson . ij s.

Suma tot'lis at Stafford . ' . . . xj li. vj s. ix d.

Suma tot'lis of ioynt chardges in this whole circuyte tempore

autumn, anno regni Eliz. Regine, xliij0, amounteth unto in ye

whole the some of . . . ' Ixxiij li. xvj s. ix d.

Medietatis inde pro parte THOME WALMYSLEY

xxxvj li xviij s. iiij d. ob.

* To stewe trypes. Take a pinte of claret wine and set it upon the fyre, and cut your
trypes in small peces, and thereto put in a good quantity of cinnamon and ginger, and
also a sliced onion or thwaine, and so let them boyle halfe an houre, and then serve them
upon soppes. — The Booke of Cookery, 1575.

OXFORD CIRCUIT, 1601. 55

The private chardges of Thomas Walmysley, Cheife Justice of
Assize in the counties of Berk. Oxon. Glouc. Monmoth, Heref.
Wigorn, Salop, and Stafford, beginnynge at Redinge, in the county
of Berk, upon Fridaie, the 1 Oth daie of July, anno regni Eliz. xliij0,
1601°. — Tempore autumn, anno xliij0 Eliz. Rne.

Berk Is. — Private chardges at Redinge.

Imp'mis, for horsemeat xxix s. vj d. To the ostlers . . xij d.

It. given to Sir FRANCIS KNOLLES For or chambers . . xij d.

his man yt brought otes xviij d.

Suma at Redinge ..... xxxiij s.

Oxon Is. — Private chardges at Oxford.

Imp'mis, for horsemeate xxviij s. To the ostlers . . xij d.

To the smythe . . iij s For or chambers . . xij d.

It. for a basse* . vj d.

Siima at Oxford ..... xxxiij s. vj d.

It. at Burford, beinge in the waie to Glouc. where yor L. laie xiiij0 Julii,
anno xliij0 Eliz. for horsemeate there nil, beinge dischardged by the
aldermen and townesmen of Burford, but given only to the ostlers
there . . . . . . . vj d.

Suma at Burford . . . . . vj d.

Glouc <fs. — Private chardges at Glouc.

Imp'mis, for horsemeate xxxviij s. To the ostlers . . xij d.

To the smythe . . xij d. It. for oile . . xij d.

To Mr. jEFFERiEs'man that brought It. for or chambers . . xij d.
beanes and peases . xx d.

Suma at Glouc. ..... xliij s. viij d.

* A broom.

56 EXPENSES OF THE JUDGES OF ASSIZE.

Monmoth fe. — Private chardges at Monmoth.

Imp'mis,forhorsemeatexxxiiijs.iiijd. Jt. to Mr. CHARLES MORGAN his

To Mr. KEMYS his man yl brought man y4 brought otes to yor L. xijd.

a sugar loafe to yr L. . xij d. It. for oile . . vj d.

It. paid for canvas, paper, and pack- To the ostlers . . xij d.

threed, to carrie ye sugar loafe For or chambers . . xij d.

ixd.

Suma at Monmouth .... xxxix s. vij d.

Heref fs. — Private chardges at Hereford.

Imp'mis, for horsemeate there nil, To the smythe there ij s. vj d.

beinge dischardged by Mr. WALL- To the ostlers . . xijd.

WYN the lawier, but given to Mr. For or chambers . . xij d.
WALLWYN his man that brought
provander . ij s. vj d.

Suma at Hereford . . . . vij s.

Wigorn fs. — Private chardges at Worcester.

Imp'mis, for horsemeate xxxij s. To the ostlers . . xij d.

To the sadler . . iiij d. For oile . . vj d.

To the smythe . . xij d. For or chambers . . xij d.

Suma at Worcester .... xxxv s. x d.

Private chardges at Bridgnorth, beinge in ye waie to Shrewsburie,
where yor L. laie xxix° die Julii, anno Eliz. xliij0, 1601°, viz. :

For horsemeate, nil, beinge dis- To the ostlers . . xij d.

chardged by the bailifes of Bridg- For slippes . . . xij d.

north. For bread and beare . viij d.
To the smyth . . viij d.

Suma at Bridgnorth . . . . iij s. iiij d.

Salop Is. — Private chardges at Shrewsburie.

Imp'mis, for horsemeate xxvij s. vj d. To the ostlers . . xijd.

To the smythe . vj d. For or chambers . . xij d.

Suma at Shrewsburie . . . xxx s.

OXFORD CIRCUIT, 1601. 57

Stafford Is. — Private chardges at Stafford.

Imp'mis, for horsmeate xxviij s. To the ostlers . . xij d.

To the smythe . . iij s. For or chambers . . xij d.

Suma at Stafford ..... xxxiij s.

Suma tot'lis of private chardges in this whole circuyte, tempore
autumn, anno regni Eliz. Rne xliij0, amounteth unto the some
of ..... xij li. xix s. v d.

Suma tot'lis, both ioynt and private chardges disbursed by me in
this whole circuyte, ternpore autumn, anno regni Eliz. Rne xliij0,
for my mr his part, amounteth unto in the whole ye some
of ..... £49 17s. 9d.

Suma tot'lis receaved by me of THOMAS CLAITON in this whole
circuyte .... . xlviij li.

Receaved more of Mr. FOWLER, clarke of assizes, for the moietie of
the diet of one of his men in this whole circuyte, the some
of ...... xviiij s. viij d.

And soe there remayneth due to me . . xviij s. j d.

CAMD. SOC.

INDEX.

Andover, 4, 5, 9, 13, 27

bailiffs of, 28

Antony, 27, 29, 34, 36, 38, 41
Arundell, Mr. 35, 39

Sir Matthew, 17, 31

Aston, Mr. 53

Ayloffe, William (Just. Q.B.), 13

Backhouse, Samuel, 44

Bagott. Mr. 53

Bagshot, 27, 41

Bamfield, Mr. 27

Barnes, Mr. 47

Barrington, 27

Basing-house, 30

Bassett, Mr. 20, 53

Bath, Earl of, 20, 26, 35, 40

Baynam, Mr. 47

Baynton.Mr. 16,26,28,30,35,39

Berkeley, Lord, 47

Berry, Mr. 5,41

Bevill, Sir William, 21 , 34, 36, 41

Bindon, Visct. 42

Blackburn, Lancashire, 3

Blandford, 12, 17, 23, 24, 32, 37

Bodenham, Mr. 49

Bowes, Sir John, 54

Boxe, Mr. 26

Bridgnorth, 5, 51, 56

townsmen of, 5, 51

Brigges, Mr. 52

Bristol, 24

Brock, Mr. 34

Browne, Mr. 26, 31, 33, 40

Buckhurst, Lord, 28 n.

Bunckley, Mr. 24

Burford, 46, 55

aldermen and townsmen

of, 5, 46, 55
Bushell, Mr. 50
Cambridge, 6
Carewe, Mr. 20

Carswell, Mr. 20, 32, 33, 36, 40
Carye, Mr. of Antony, 27, 29, 34,

36,38, 41

Chamberlayne, Mr. 47
Champernowne, Sir Richard, 43

Chandos, Lord, 47

Charde, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 18,

23, 25, 28, 31, 38, 43
Chetwyn, William, 53
Childe, William, 50
Chiverton, Mr. 29
Claiton, Thomas, 57
Clarke, James, 34, 36
Coke, Sir Edward, (Att.-Gen.) 53
Coles, John, 28, 31
Colles, Mr. 50
Collier, Edward, 17, 28, 31

Henry, 40

Richard, 17, 25, 26, 28,

31,33,35, 38, 42
Collyns, Mr. 26
Comage, Mr. 32, 37
Compton Chamberlain, 32
Cope, Sir Anthony, 45
Copleston, John, 29, 31
Courtney, Peter, 29

Sir William, 35

Coventry and Litchfield, Bishop

of, 9, 53

Crewkerne, Mr. 25
Crompton, Mr. 54
Curryron, Mr. 27, 36
Dalbridgcourt, Mr. 39
Danvers, Mr. 47
Daston, Mr. 46
Dauntesey, John, 24, 25
Delway, Mr. 28, 30
Denys, Mr. 12, 47
Dingley, Mr. 50
Dorchester, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1 1, 12,

17, 23, 25, 26, 28, 31, 33, 35,

38, 40, 42
Drake, Mr. 5, 38
Earneley, Mr. 39
Edgecombe, Mr. 36, 41
Egerton, Sir John, 53
Elmeston, Mr. 5, 34, 41
Ensam ferry, 46
Escourte, Mr. 39
Estcourt, Mr. 47
Evans, Mr. 46

Exeter, 5, 6,7,8,9. 10, 11, 13. 19,
23, 26, 29, 31, 33, 35, 38, 40, 43
castle, 19, 26,29,31, 33,

35, 40, 43
Eyre, Sir William, 30, 35, 39
Farley, 4
Farmer, Mr. 45
Fautheringe, Mr. 53
Fenner, Edward (Just. Q.B.), 3,

12, 37

cook, 24

Fisher, Mr. 45

Fitzjames, Mr. 31

Fonthill, 28

Fowker, Mr. 53

Fowler, Mr. clerk of assize, 57

Frampton, Charles, 35

Francis, John, 18

Freke, Thomas, 28, 31 , 33

Fulford, Mr. 5, 37

Gale, Mr. 5, 34

Ganisford, Mr. 48

Gauntlett, Mr. 37

Gawen, Mr. 28, 30

Gifforde, Mr. 15, 16, 25, 27, 28,

30, 32

Glanville, Serjeant, 5, 27, 29
Gloucester, 7, 11, 12, 46, 55
Greene, William, 45
Guy, Mr. 47
Hackham, 20

Haidon, Mr. 20, 26, 29, 31, 35, 40
Hanam, James, 17
Hancock, Mr. Clerk of Assize, 38
Harbert, Matthew, 48
Harbyn, Mr. 17. 18
Harper, William, 3
Harrys, Arthur, 29, 36, 41
Harwell, Mr. 50
Hatley, 4
Hawley, Mr. 48
Hender, Mr. 27
Herbert, Lord, 48
Hereford, 5, 7, 12, 49, 56
Hertford, Earl of, 16, 24, 25, 28,

30, 32, 35, 37, 39, 42

INDEX.

59

Hickford, Sir John, 47
Hide, Mr. 34

George, 44

— Laurence, 33

Billiard, Mr. 36

Hopton, Mr. 27, 28, 51

Howton, 39

Hungerford, Edw. 26, 30, 32, 35,

37, 39, 42
Huntsworth, 31 n.
Husborne, 15 n.
Huson, Sir Richard, 52
Hussey, Thomas, 18
Jefferies, Mr. 51, 55
Jennyng, John, 5, 34, 36, 38
Jerrard, Sir Thomas, 54
Jones, Mr. 49
Kemys, Edward, 48. 56
Kingsmill, Mr. 9, 28, 32

Serjeant, 28

Kirby, Mr. 15, 24, 30

Kirton, 5, 34

Knolles, Sir Francis, 55

Lacon, Mr. 52

Lamerton, Mr. 29

Langesford, 41

Launceston, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 21,

22, 27, 29, 34, 36, 38, 41
castle, 21, 27, 34,

36, 38, 41

Lavington, West, 24, 25
Lee, Sir Henry, 45
Lewys, Mr. 16
Ley, Mr. 52, 54
Lichfield and Coventry, Bishop

of, 9, 53

Littleton, Sir Edward, 53
Llandaff, Bishop of, 48
Luson, Sir Richard, 53

Walter, 53

Luttrell, George, 19, 27, 31, 36

John, 36, 41

Lye, Mr. 49
Lygon, Mr. 51
Lyme Regis, 5, 27, 34
Maidenhead, 45
Manwayringe, Mr. 20
Manwood, Sir Roger (C. Bar.) 13
Martyn, D. 12, 45
Marvyn, Sir James, 28, 30
Meller, Robert, 38, 40
Miller, Mr.17,26,28,31, 33,35, 42
Monck, Mr. 5, 37
Monmouth, 6, 7, 12, 48, 56

Moore, Mr. 28, 3®, 35, 39, 42
Mr. of Howton, 39

Moreton, Mr. 27
Morgan, Mr. 41

Charles, 48, 56

- Thomas, 48

Morton, Mr 5, 17, 31, 38
- George, 33, 35

Newport, Francis, 52

Norton, Richard, 15,24,25,30,35

Newell, Mr. 20

Oakhampton, 7, 11, 21, 23, 26,

34,41

Onslowe, Mr. 52
Otley, Mr. 52
Overton, 4
Owen, Mr. 5, 52, 53
Oxen bridge, Robert, 15, 30
Oxford, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 45, 55
Packington, Sir John, 50
Padgett, Mr. 53
Palmer, Francis, 42
Palmes, Mr. 4, 32, 37
Parker, Edmund, 43
Partridge, Mr. 47
Fashion, Mr. 15
Pawlett, Sir Anthony, 18, 31

Sir Richard, 30, 35, 37, 39

Pembroke, Earl of, 16, 25, 30, 39
Penruddock, Edw. 8, 32, 35,37, 39
Peryam, William (Just. C.P.), 13
Petherton Park, 36
Petre, Lord, 3
Phillips, Mr. 28

Edwd. (M. Rolls), 25, 27

Thomas, 18,27,28, 31, 38

Pitt, Mr. 5, 50
Poole, Sir Henry, 47
Popham, Sir John (C. J.), 31
Porter, Mr. 47
Portman, Sir Hugh, 18, 43
- John, 41, 43

Powell, Mr. 48, 52
Price, Mr. 48
Pyne, Mr. 18,31, 36, 41
Raulyns, Mr. 48
Reade, Mr. 45
Reading, 7, 8, 44, 55
- mayor of, 44

Reignoldes (Raynell), Mr. 26, 40
Rice, Philip, 48
Ridgwaie, Thomas, 38, 40
Rochley, Mr. 53
Rodney, George, 38,41

Rogers, Sir Richard, 5, 24, 30, 34,

38, 41,43

Rolle, Henry, 33, 35
Rouse, Mr. 38, 41
Rudiard, Mr. 4, 22, 25, 27, 30, 34,

38, 41, 43

St.John, Mr. 9, 28, 30
Salisbury, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1 1, 1 2,

16, 22, 24, 25, 28, 30, 32, 35,

37, 39, 42

mayor of, 1 6, 24, 26 ,

28, 30, 32, 35, 37, 39, 42
Salmon, Mr. 28
Saltash, mayor of, 22
Sandes, Mr. 50

Sir Walter, 9, 25, 28, 30

32, 35, 37, 39, 42
Savage, Mr. 5, 51

Walter, 50

William, ib.

Scriven, Mr. 52
Seymor, Edward, 19, 31, 35, 40
Sir John, 24, 25, 32, 35,

37,39,42
Shapwick, 18n.

Sharrock, Mr. 9, 21, 27, 29, 41
Sheldon, Mr. 50
Shrewsbury, 5, 7, 8, 52, 56
Sidenham, John, 18
Sidmanton, 28 n.
Skevington, Mr. 53
Smythe, Mr. 20, 26, 28, 30, 33,

38,45

Snell, Thomas, 42
Southampton, 41
Speke, Mr. 5, 37, 41
Spencer, Sir William, 45
Stafford, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 1 1, 53, 57
Stafford, Mr. 44
Stevens, Mr. 47
Steward, Marcus, 27, 30
Stile, Mr. 17
Stoner, Mr. 45
Stowell, Sir John, 25, 27
Strode, Robert, 31
Stuckley, Mr. 5, 37
Swaine, Mr. 5, 17, 24, 35
Symons, Mr. 19
Tailors, Merchant, of Salisbury,

30

Talbott, Mr. 50
Taunton, 5, 6, 7, 8,9, 10, 13,27,

34, 36, 41
castle, 13, 27,34,36,41

60

INDEX.

Thomas, Mr. 25
Thorpe, Francis (Bar. Exch.), 4
Throgmerton, Sir Thomas, 46
Tichborne, Mr. 15, 25, 30, 32,

35,37,42
Tiverton, 41
Trelawney, Mr. 8, 9, 21

Sir Jonathan, 29, 38

Trenchard, Sir George, 25, 26

Trinity College, Camb. 6

Tucker, Mr. 1 7

Tutt, Mr. 42

Uvedale, Mr. 17,31,39

Sir Edm. 33,35,38,40,42

Edmund, 42

Thomas, 33, 38, 42

Vaughan, Mr. 32

Henry, 49

Walter, 37, 39, 42

Wadham, Edward, 19, 25, 27
Nicholas, 31, 36, 41

Wallopp, Mr. 4, 28, 30, 32

William 37, 39

Walmysley, Thomas (Just. C. P.),

3, 13, 44, 55
Mr. 45

Walrond, William, 26

Walshe, Mr. 50

Walwyn, Mr. 5, 56

Warburton,Peter(Jus.C.P.),3,44

Washborne, John, 50

West, Sir Tho. 1 5, 24, 25, 30, 35,39

White, Mr. 16

John, 32, 35

William, 35

Whiteacres, Mr. 16,26, 28,30, 39
Wilde, Mr. 50
Williams, Mr. 52
Willoughby, Mr. 16
Winchester, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,

15, 22, 24, 25, 30, 32, 35, 37,

39,42

Winchester, Bishop of, 4, 15, 30,
32, 35, 37, 39, 42

castle, 13,15,24,25,

30,32,37,39, 42

college of, 15

Marquess of, 5, 15,

17,25, 26, 30, 31,43

mayor of, 15,24, 25,

30, 32, 35, 37, 42
Windham, Francis (Just.C.P.),13
Winter, Sir Edward, 48
Wolvey, 25
Woodroof, Mr. 47
Worcester, 5, 10, 12, 50

Dean and Chapter of,

50

Wotton, Mr. 20, 29
Wrath, Mr. 36
Wray, Mr. 21, 27,34
William, 27, 36, 38, 41

Westminster : Printed by J. B. Nichols and Sons, 25, Parliament Street.

THE SKRYVENERS' PLAY,

THE INCREDULITY OF ST. THOMAS.

FROM A MANUSCRIPT

IN THE POSSESSION OF

JOHN SYKES, ESQ. M.D. OF DONCASTER.

EDITED BY

J. PAYNE COLLIER, ESQ. F.S.A.

PRINTED FOR THE CAMDEN S*OCIETY.
M.DGCC.LIX.

IiNTRODUCTION.

ALTHOUGH the manuscript from which the ensuing
Miracle-play is printed is not, perhaps, earlier than the
reign of Henry VI., there is ground for believing, from
the character of the speeches, and from the extreme sim-
plicity of its construction, that, if not the oldest, it is
one of the oldest dramas existing in our language. In
this respect it may rival " The Harrowing of Hell," the
MS. of which (Harl. 2253) carries us back to the reign
of Edward III.

It is not now printed for the first time. It was dis-
covered many years ago " amongst the Archives at Guild-
hall, York," and was published by Mr. J. Croft, F.S.A.
in his " Excerpta Antiqua," which came out in 1797.
Ancient records were not then read with so much facility
as at present ; the manuscript itself is in various places
scarcely legible, and the then editor, without being at all
to blame, committed serious errors which we have en-
deavoured to remedy. The valuable original is now the
property of John Sykes, Esq. M.D. of Doncaster, who
has kindly permitted the Camden Society to make use
of it.

Exclusive of the parchment cover, (on which the word

INTRODUCTION.

"Skryveners" was written at a very early date,) it
consists of only four leaves, or eight pages, of vellum, not
very closely written : the size of the page is 9| inches
long by 6 J inches broad ; and an infusion of galls has
been freely used, in the hope of making the writing more
obvious, which has sometimes had the contrary effect.

The subject of the play is the Appearance, or rather
the successive appearances, of the Saviour, first to the
Apostles Peter, James, and John, and afterwards to the
same Apostles with the addition of St. Thomas, as
recorded in the Gospel of St. John, xx. 19 — 29. Under
the title of the Incredulity of St. Thomas, this is an
incident that has been employed in every known series
of Miracle-plays ; and there can be no reasonable doubt
that that under consideration only formed one of a regu-
lar succession of scriptural dramas, or pageants, per-
formed annually by different guilds of the city of York.
To the Scriveners' Company was allotted " The Incre-
dulity of St. Thomas ;" and the manuscript in our hands
was doubtless the very prompt-book used by the person,
denominated Book-holder, whose duty it was to watch
and assist the hesitating performers in the delivery of
their parts. When the representations were at an end,
these prompt-books were collected together, and deposited
in some chest, or other receptacle, in the guildhall, until

INTRODUCTION. 5

they should again be required. Many similar prompt-
books, belonging to other plays, must formerly have
existed ; and, after the lapse of so many centuries, the
wonder is that any one of them should have been pre-
served. As, however, one has come to light, it is by no
means impossible that others may still lurk in some dark
and unopened archive.*

The collections of such performances which have come
down to our time, and which have formerly belonged to
Coventry, Chester, Widkirk, and other places, were, in
all probability, transcribed from the separate and subse-
quently accumulated prompt-books. The Shakespeare
Society printed those of Coventry and Chester in 1841
and 1843, while the Widkirk series, usually known as
the Towneley Manuscript, had already been published by
the Surtees Society in 1836.

It will be seen that nothing of a dramatic character
can well exceed the constructive simplicity of the York
Play here printed. The number of actors required for
its representation would only be five, the characters

* Mr. Davies in his " York Records of the Fifteenth Century," 8vo. 1843, p. 233,
states that the Plays were 57 in number a few years later than in 1415, and in his list
the Scriveners' Play, Apparicio Christi Thome Apostolo et aliis, is the fiftieth. The MS.
formerly in Thorcsby's collection, afterwards at Strawberry Hill, and at its last remove sold
among the late Mr. Heywood Bright's books to Lord Ashburnham, has been believed to
be a collection of these separate Plays.

INTRODUCTION.

being the Saviour, St. Peter, St. John, St. James and
St. Thomas. It is this circumstance, combined with the
nature of the language put into the mouths of these
personages, which induces us to believe that the piece,
as it has descended to us, existed in that very shape at
least as early as the reign of Edward III. If the reader
will refer to the Coventry Play upon the same subject
(Edit. Shakesp. Soc. p. 364) it will be seen that it is of a
much more complicated and elaborate description ; while
into the Chester Play (edit. Shakesp. Soc. vol. ii. p. 101)
speeches of a comparatively modern cast have been in-
troduced,— a remark that will even more strongly apply
to the Widkirk Play (edit. Surtees Soc. p. 280) where
St. Paul makes a long harangue against the female sex,
which could hardly have belonged to the performance
as it was first written and represented. The number of
persons required to act it was also considerably larger in
all three, than in the ensuing drama, which we are
decidedly of opinion is of an earlier date, and has reached
us in a state of much greater purity.

It may be right to add, that in a few places we have
restored the measure of the original, where it was dis-
regarded by the old scribe, who ran one line into another

for the sake of economising space.

J. P. C.

SKRYVENERS.1

Petrus

Alas, the woo yt we are wroght !
had neu no men so mekyll thowght.
Sens y* oure lord to deth was browght

wyth Jewys ffell,
owt of this sted sens durst we nott,

butt heer a dwell.

Johes

Her haue we dwellyd w* panys strong,
& wth or ly vys owr lothe we lyff so longe,
Sens yl thes Jewys wroght this wrong

our lord to sloo : 2
Sens drust we neu come thayme emong,

ne hyne goo.

Jacob3

yes wekyt Jewys haytes vs full yll,
and by t? panys thay putt vs tyll ;
y9for I red 4 we dwell styli
here yl wee leynd,
tyll y* cryst vs some socor send.

SKRYVENERS.

Jhc

Pees and Rest be vnto yow.

Petrus

A, breder dere ! whatt may we .trow ?
What was ye syght y* we saw now,

shynyng so bryglit?
and thus ys wanysshyd, we wayt not how,8

ow[t] off owr syght?

Johes

Owt of or syght now ys yt sowght;
yt makes vs mad ye lyght yt browght :
what yt may bey?

Yt ys some vanytes in owr thowght :
noght els trow I.

Jacob}

Pes vnto yow eu moor myght bee.
Dreed yo noght, for I ame hee.

Jhc

One godes name, benedicitie !

what may this meyne?

Petrus

A sprett for sothe, so thynke me,
y* doos vs teyne.6

Jacob}

SKRYVENERS.

Johes

A sprett yt ys. y* trow I Keght,
y* yus Apeyryd here to or syght.
yt makes hus mad of mayne and myght,

so yt vs ffrayd.
yt ys ye same y1 broght ye lyght,7

that vs affrayd.

Jhc

What thynke ye, made men,8 in yor thought?
what mornyng In yor hartes ys wroght?
ffor I ame cryst, ne dred you noght :

here may yow see
ye same body y1 hays yow bowght

vppon a tree.

y1 I ante come yow here to meytt,
be hold and se my handes, my feett,
and grathly grapis my wondes weytt9

all that here ys.
yus was I dyght yor balls to beyt,

and bryn to blys.

for yow yer gattes yus haue I goon.10
ffelys me grathly euy ylke one,
and se y I haue ffleche & bone :

grapis me now,
ffor so ne hays sprettes none ;

y4 shall ye trow.

to gayr yow kene,11 and knaw me clere,
I shall yow schew insampylles sere :
bryng now forth vnto me here

some of yor mey t,
yf yow emonges yow all In fere

haue owght too eytt.

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10 SKRYVENERS.

Jacob}

yu louand lord, y1 last shall aye,12
loo here ys meyt, yf yu eytt may,
A hony come, ye soth to say,

Kochfychyrtill:
to eyt y of we wold ye pray

wyth full good will.

Jhc

Now, sens ye haue broght me y8 meyt,
to make yor trowght stedfast & grett,
& for ye shall whan hope forgett,13 '

& trow In me,
w1 yow now here yen will I eyt ;

y1 ye shall see.

now haue I doon, ye haue seen how,
bodely here etyn wyth yow.
Now stedfastly luke y1 ye trow

yett in me efte;14
& takes ye remland vnto you

y1 here his left.

For yow thus was I rent & rayst:

y9for some of my panys ye tayst,

and speke nore whar yor wordes I wayst

here that ye lere ;
& vnto you ye holy goost

resave you here.15

bes now trow, and trowys In me ;
and here I grant in your postey,
whom y* ye bound bondon shalbe

Ryght at your steyne,16
and whom y* ye lowys lowsyd shalbe

euer moor In hevyn.

SKRYVENER8. 11

Thomas

Alas, for sythe and sorow sad !
Mornyng makes me masyd & mad;
on grownd now may I goo vnglad,

both eyn and morne :
yl hynd y * I my helpe of had

his lyffhays lorne.

lorne I haue yt luffly lyght

y* was my master moost of myght,

so dulfully as he was dyght

was neu no man :
such wo was wroght of yl worthy wyght

wl wondis wan. 17

wan was his wondis, & wonderus weytt,
wth swapis sore 18 was he swong y* swett,
all nakytt nalyd throwgh handes & feytt,

Alas, for pyne !
y* blyst y* best my balles myght beyt

his lyf shuld tyne.

Alas ! for sorow my selfe I schened,19
when I thynke hertely of that hend :
I fand hym ay a faythfull frend

trewly to tell,
vnto my bredre now wyll I wynd,

wher some yai dwell.

So wofull wyghtis was neu none;
o wr Joye, owr comforth is all goon :
of mornyng may we make or mone

In ylk a land.
God blise you, bredre, blod and bone,

same ther ye stand.

12

SKRYVEXERS.

Welcom, thomas, wher hais yu bene?
for wyt yu well, wth owttyn wene,
Jhu our lord yen haue wee seen
one grownd here gane.

Petnis

What say ye, man ? alas ! for teyn
I trow ye mang.20

Thomas

Thomas, trewly yt ys not to layne ;
Jhu our lord is resyng agane.

Johes

Do way : yor tails is but a trayne
of ffullis vn wyse ;

For he yl was so ffully slayne
how suld he Rysse?

Thomas

Thomas, lely he ys one lyff 21
y* tholyd ye Jewys his fleche to Ryfe.
he lett vs feyle his wondes fyve,
y* lord veray.

Jacob}

Thomas

that trow I nott, so moth I thryfe :
why sa ye say?23

SKRYVENERS.

13

Petrus

Thomas, we saw his wondes weyt,
how he was nalyd throwght handes & feyt.
hony and fych wl vs he eytt,
yl body fre.

Thomas

I lay my lyf, yt was some sprett
ye wend was hee.23

Johes

Nay, thomas, yu hais mys goon;

for why he bad vs eu9ylkon

to grape hym grathly blod and boon,

and flesch to feell :
such thynges, thomas, hais spretes noone ;

yl wytt thou well.24

Now, felos, lett be yor fare,
tyll that I see y* body bare,
and syne my fyngers put in ther

wyth in his hyd,
and feell the wond this sper shere

Kyght In his syd,
are shall I trow no talis be twene.25

Thomas

Thomas, that wond yen haue we seen.

Jacob

u

SKRYVENERS.

Thomas

Yay ; ye wott neu9 whatt ye meyne :
your wyttis ye wants.

thynke no syne thus me to teyn,*
and tyll wyth trawntes? 26

Jhc

Peys and Rest be vnto you :
and, thomas, tente to me take yu
put forthe thy fyngers to me now :

My handis yu see,
how I was nalyd for mans prow 27

A pone a tree.

Be hold, my wondis ar all bled hand.2*
here In my syd put in thy hand,
and ffeell this wond, and onderstand

that y t ys I ;
And be no morre so mys trowand,29

but trow trewly.

Thomas

My lord ! my god ! full well is mee.
A, blod of pryse ! blyst myght thou be :
Man kynd in erth, be hold and see

this blissed blod.
Marcy, lord, now haske I the

w* mane and mood.30

* This line seems to have been altered thus, chiefly by a marginal addition
" Ye must thynke syne thus me to teyn."

8KRTVENERS. 15

Jhc

Thomas, for thow hais seyne this syght,
y1 I am Resyng as I the hyght,
therfor trowys y* euerylk wyght,

blist be they eu,
That trowys holy In my Rysyng ryght,

and saw yt neuer.

My bredern frindes, now forth In fere,
Ouer all in ylk a countrie sere :
My Rysyng both fare and nere

preached shall be,
And my blissyng I gyve you her,
And this menye.32

NOTES.

1 Skryveners.] This word is written in a handwriting of the time upon the ancient
parchment cover to the MS., indicating that the Play was acted by the Guild of Scriveners,
we may presume, of the City of York.

2 our lord to sloo] i. e. our Lord to slay. Here and elsewhere we observe the capital
or other letters as we find them in the original, in order to give a more exact notion of
it, and of the practice of the age.

3 hay tes vs full yle] So the original, but Mr. Croft misread " haytes " hath : the
meaning of the line is, " These wicked Jews hate us full ill."

4 Y^forl red] Therefore I advise. In the next line " here yl wee leynd "means
here that Vie lie or remain : James advices the disciples not to remove, until Christ send
them some succour. After these words we are to suppose that the Saviour either
entered, or made himself visible, to the disciples with the words " Peace and rest be
unto you."

5 we wayt not how] We wit, or know, not how.

6 yl doos vs teyne] To teen or tene is a verb, but not so commonly used as the
substantive, which has various senses : here " teyne " means annoy, grieve, or vex — " that
does us annoy.1"1 It occurs afterwards in the form of "tyne." •

7 yl ys ye same yl broght ye lyght] See what John says before to the same purport.
It is clear, therefore, that on the appearance of the Saviour some contrivance was used for
producing instantaneous splendour.

8 what thynke ye, made men] i. e. mad men. Croft read mey for " men ;" and in the
next line harth for " hartes."

9 and grathly grapis my wondes weytt] i. e. and readily gripe, or feel, my wet wounds.
Grath is an adjective of ordinary occurrence, but the adverb is more uncommon, and
Richardson in his Dictionary has no example of its use.

10 for yow yej gattes yus haue I goon] " For you these ways thus have I gone." The
Saviour again requires them to use the evidence of their owri senses, and to ascertain that
he was composed of flesh and bone, which spirits have not.

11 to gayr yow kene] i. e. " to maike you <btow." The word " gayr " seems to have
been originally miswritten graz, and it is corrected in the MS. by interlineation.

12 yu louand lord, yl last shall aye] i. e. ''Thou loving lord, that shall endure for
ever." " Lovand " is the A.S. participle present, as leapand, feeland, lleedand, &c.
Croft very absurdly printed " T/ien honor'd lord," &c. The MS. is here very plainly
written. The disciples afterwards offer the Saviour honey-comb and roach-fish.

13 &. for ye shall whan hope forgett] " Wanhope," usually spelt as one word, though

NOTES. 1 7

not so in this MS., is despair, Christ eats in order to render the confidence of the
disciples firm and great, and for the purpose of banishing their despondency.

14 yett in me efte] i. e. yet in me hereafter. The Saviour then bestows the remnant, or
what is left, on the disciples present.

15 & vnto you ye holy goost

resave you here] " Goost " (probably formerly written gayst) seems intended
to rhyme with " rayst " and " wayst " in previous lines ; but the MS. is far from clear in
this part of the play, and perhaps was not understood i>y the scribe. The general import
is evident enough.

!« Ryght at your steyne] " Right at your voice." It was most likely properly written
stevyn by the author, but mistaken by the scribe : it, of course, rhymes with " hevyn " in
the next line but one.

17 wl wondis wan] We must take " wan " herein the sense of faint, or languid, the
epithet being applied to the wound, instead of the sufferer.

is wth SWapis sore] With sore Hows or strokes. There is, perhaps, some corruption in
the two following lines, A " swape " is still a whip in the North of England.

19 my selfe I schened] To " shend," among other things, means to destroy. Thomas
says that he mars, undoes, or destroys himself with grief on account of the loss of the
Saviour, whom he had always found a faithful friend.

80 I trow ye mang] Perhaps " mang " is to be considered the provincial pronuncia-
tion of menff, and then the meaning would be " I trow ye are confused.'"1 To meng is to
mingle, and it is so used in the Towneley Miracle-Plays, as printed by the Surtees Society,
8vo. 1836, p. 35.

21 he ys one lyff] He is alive. Croft printed, " Thomas lely is our lyff," which is
nonsense. In the next line he converted " Ryfe " into ryse, by mistaking the/ for an s ;
and in the corresponding line he converted " thryfe " into thrye. " Tholyd," in the next
line, means suffered.

22 why sa ye say] Either this is an observation " why, so ye say," or the words have
been inverted for the sake of the rhyme, and we ought to read it as a question " why say
ye so ?"

23 ye wend was hee] i. e. " I lay my life it was some spirit that you supposed was he."
Jacobus has already used the word sprit.

24 y' whytt thou well] The meaning is, " Spirits never have such things, Thomas, that
you well know."

25 are shall I trow no talis be twene] " Ere I shall be sure there are no tales between
us." The word " fare," in the first line of this stanza, is used in the same way by Chaucer,
as quoted by Richardson : " Now, fellows, let be your fare," is, " Now, fellows, put an
end to this ado."

26 and tyll wyth trawntes] The meaning seems to be, " Do you think it no sin to
grieve me thus, and to put upon me such inventions 1" There is, possibly, some clerical
error in " tyll."

27 for mans prow] i. e. for man's benefit or advantage. Chaucer uses "prow1' in
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18 NOTES.

this sense : see Tyrwhitt's Glossary ; also the Towneley Miracle- Plays, as published by the
Surtees Society, p. 11.

as ar aii bled hand] So written in the MS., but properly it ought to be bleedand, for
bleeding : see note 12 on the word "lovand." Croft read " my wondisare all bledsand. "

29 mys trowand] i. e. misbelieving, or unbelieving.

30 w' mane and mood] Equivalent to "with might and main;" or more properly
" main and might," " mood " rhyming with " blod."

31 And this menye] Referring, of course, to the spectators of the play, assembled
round the scaffold, on which the representation took place.

THE

CHILDE OF BRISTOW,

A POEM

BY JOHN LYDGATE.

EDITED,

FROM THE ORIGINAL MS. IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM,
sr

CLARENCE HOPPER.

PRINTED FOR THE CAMDEN SOCIETY.
M.DCCC.LIX.

INTRODUCTION.

THIS interesting little legend, preserved in a volume
in the Harleian Collection of MSS. in the British
Museum, calendared as " Poems by Chaucer, Dan Lyd-
gate, and others," can hardly be said to have escaped
the notice of our antiquaries, since Eitson, in his Biblio-
graphia Poetica, p. 71, mentions it, and gives its author-
ship to Lydgate.

Beyond this notice I know of no other evidence to
establish either the date of the poem or its writer,
although its simplicity and beauty would not have been
unworthy of the author of the Canterbury Tales, or that
voluminous poetaster Dan* John.

The story itself would not appear to be an original
idea of the poet, for he says, " I found it written in olde
hand."

The scene is laid in Bristol, or rather about seven
miles from that city, where dwelt . a squire of vast pos-
sessions and unbounded wealth, acquired by mal-prac-
tices, and wrested from the poor.

A usurer, and an ungodly man, he cared not whom he

* Dan, a corruption of Dom or Dam, the abbreviated form of Dominus.

4 INTRODUCTION.

wronged so that he might aggrandise his only son, the
" childe of Bristow," desirous that none should surpass
him in worldly riches. When his son arrived at the
age of twelve, the father took pains to have him well
versed in clerkly lore, and desired to give him a year's
instruction in the law ; hut this measure is opposed by
the youth, who, in the words of an old saw, thus answers,
" They fare full well who learn no law," and announces
his determination to follow no other profession than that
of " marchantye," and to become bound to a Bristol
merchant for seven years. To Bristol accordingly " the
childe " goes, and by his courtesy and amiability soon
wins the hearts of all who know him. In the mean
time, a sudden illness throws the squire on his death-
bed, and now the country is sought, far and near, for
some one to become his executor. No one will under-
take the responsibility of becoming the personal repre-
sentative of a man whose wealth had been acquired by
means so questionable. In the end, in despair, he sends
for his son to undertake the office ; compelled by the
solemn adjuration of his father, the son accepts the
charge, but unwillingly, and upon condition that, in a
fortnight after that day on which his father's spirit
passed away, he would reappear in that same chamber*
that his son might be certified whether his soul were in
weal or woe.

After priestly shrift and ghostly consolation the squire
expires, and the pious " childe" sells all his chattels and

INTRODUCTION. 0

distributes the produce in alms, or expends it in masses
for the welfare of his father's soul.

The end of the appointed fortnight arrives, and we see
the son kneeling in prayer in the dead chamber for half
a day, when suddenly, in lightning and thunder, his
father's spirit burning like a living coal, with a fiery
chain about his neck, stands before him, led by the Evil
One. Being conjured to speak, the wretched man
explains that his goods were gotten wrongfully, and
that he must expiate his ill doings by one hundred
years of torment. The son makes him promise to return
in another fortnight, and he will endeavour to bring his
soul "in better way."

Overwhelmed with sorrow, next day the son departs
for Bristol, and sells his inheritance to his master for
three hundred pounds.

Thereupon, he gives notice in church and market that
if any person whom his father had wronged would come
to him, restitution should be made ; and by the fort-
night's end all his gold is gone.

While at prayer, as before, the spirit again makes his
appearance, but this time without the encircling chain,
and black, not burning, but full of care. His state
being inquired into, he blesses his son, and relates how
his bitter chain had fallen off, and his burning agony
had ceased, but he must still dwell in pain until his
foredoomed time had been fulfilled. On inquiring what
was most against him, he explained that he had omitted

6 INTRODUCTION.

the payment of tithes and offerings, and, until they
were restored with increase, all prayer would be un-
availing.

" The childe " desires another interview at the end of
a further fortnight. Forthwith he seeks his master,
requesting more gold. The merchant upbraids him with
having been given to bad company and gambling,
reminds him that all his property is gone, and that he
has nought now to sell.

The apprentice hears his reproaches in silence, but
offers to become his bond-slave, himself and all his to
the world's end, if he will but advance him forty marks.
The kindly merchant lends him forty pounds, and " the
childe" craves another fortnight's leave of absence.

During this time he makes restitution to all the
churches near which his father had dwelt. Going " by
the street " he is met by a poor man, who tells him that
his father was indebted to him for a seam of corn. The
youth sorrowfully exclaims, that his silver and gold are
gone, but, stripping off his garments, and putting them
upon the poor man, he beseeches him to pray for his
father's soul.

Bereft of his gay apparel down " to shirte and
breche," he directs his steps into the dead man's
chamber to pray as before. Suddenly he hears the
sound of music, and perceives a brilliant light. A vision
of his father's glorified spirit, in the form of a naked
child in angel-hand, appears and blesses him, praying

INTRODUCTION. 7

that God will requite his filial endeavours, and assuring
him that he is going to eternal happiness.

"The childe" returns thanks to God, and wends his
way to Bristol attired as he was. The worthy merchant,
astonished at his plight, wishes to know the reason, when
he unfolds to him the whole story. Pleased with such
exemplary affection, the master makes him his partner,
endows him with all his lands, and marries him to the
daughter of a worthy man. At the merchant's death he
inherits all his possessions.

The moral of this pretty little composition points at
the sin of covetousness, and the blessings attendant
upon the observation of the fifth commandment. Like
Job in the Holy Scriptures. " the childe of Bristowe"

' First was riche and sitthen bare,
And sitthen richer than ever he was.'

An harmonious repetition of the first lines of the
poem concludes this simple and unaffected tale.

C. H.

London, March, 1859.

THE CHILDE OF BRISTOW.

1 He that made bothe heuene and hell,a
man and woman, in dayes vij,

and alle shal fede and fille ;
he graunte us alle hia blessyng,
more and lasse, bothe olde and yong,
that herkeneth and hold hem stille.

2 The beste songe that ever was made
ys not worth a lekys blade,

but men wol tende yr till ;
ther for y pray you in ys place
of your talking y* ye be pes,
yf it be your wille.

3 I found it writen in olde hand,
that som tyme dwellid in England
a squyer mykel of myght ;

he had castels, tounes, and toures,
feyr forestis and feldes wl floures,
beestis wilde and wight.

» Here evidently must be an error in the transcript. To com-
plete the rhythm it should read, " He that made bothe hell and
heuene." — Vide last stanza.

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10 THE CHILDE OF BRISTOW.

4 To lawe he went a gret while,
pore men he lerned to begile
all agayns the right;

mykel good he gadred togedir,
all w* treson and dedis lether ;
he drad not god atmyght.

5 The good he gadred togeder than
he had it of many a pore man,
the most partye w* wrong:

he had a sone shuld be his heyre,
of shap he was semely and feyre,
of lymes large and long.

6 So moche his mynde was on y* chylde
he rought not whom begiled,
worldly good to fong ;

and al to make his sone so riche
that non other myght hym be liche,
so ment he ever among.

7 When the child was xij yere and more
his fader put hym unto lore

to lerne to be a clerke ;
so long he lernyd in clergie,
til he was wise and wittye,
and drad all dedis derke.

8 The fader seid to his sone dere,
" to lawe thu shalt go a yere,
and coste me xx marke;

for ever the better thu shalt be,
ther shall no man be gile the
nevther in worde ne werke."

THE CHILDE OF BB1STOW. 1 1

9 The child answerd w* a soft sawe;
" they fars ful well y* lerne no lawe,
and so y hope to do ;
that lyue wil y never lede,
to put my soule in so gret drede,
to make god my foo.

10 To sle my soule it wer routhe;
any science that is trouthe

y shall amytte me ther to ;
for to forsake my soule helthe
for any wynnyng of worldes welthe,
that will y never do.

1 1 Hit hath ever be myn avise

to lede my lyf by marchandise,
to lerne to bye and selle ;
that good getyn by rnarchantye,
it is trouthe, as thenketh me,
ther w* will I melle.

1 2 Here at Bristow dwelleth on
is held right a juste trew man,
as y here now telle ;

his prentys will y be vij yer,
his science truly for to lere
and w1 hym will y dwelle."

13 The squyer unto Bristow rade,

and w* the marchand cownant made,
.vij yere to have his sone;
he gaf hym gold gret plente,
the child his prentys shuld be,
his science for to conne.

12 THE CHILDE OF BRISTOW.

14 The child toke ful wel to lore,
his love was in god evermore ;
as it was his wone,

he wax so curteise and bolde,

all merchant^ loued hym, yong and olde,

that in that centre gan wone.

15 Leue we now that child thore,
and of his fader speke we more,
that was so stoute and bolde ;
he was avaunced so hye,
there was no man in y* contre
durst don but as he wolde.

16 And ever he usid usery,

he wold not lene but he wyst why
avauntage dobell tolde;
tethynges he liste never to pay,
yf parsons and vicares wold oght say
he uewid hem cares colde.

17 All thyng wol end atte last ;
god on hym soche sekenes cast,
he myght no leng abide ;

but on his ded bed he lay,

and drow toward his endyng day ;

for al his power and pride.

18 Then he sent for knyghtes and squyers,
which were his comperys

in that contre be syde :
he seid emonges hem everych on,
" sires, my lyf is ner gone ;
hit may not be denyede."

THE CHILDE OF BRISTOW. 13

1 9 Ther was no man in y* centre
that his execute1' wold be,
nor for no good ne ill :

they seid his good was geten so
they wold not have yr w* to do,
for drede of god in heuen.

20 He prayed hem, and they seid nay;
alias ! he seid, and welaway !

w* a rufull stevyn :

after hissone son he sent,

evyn to Bristow vereament, •

was thens but myles vij.

2 1 The child to chamber toke his way ;
ther his fader on ded bed lay,

and asked hym of his chere :
" sone, (he sed,) wel come to me;
y ly here now, as yu may se ;
my endyng day negheth nere.

22 But, sone, thu must be myn heyre
of al my londes good and faire,
and my lordships fer and ner ;
ther for, sone, now y pray the,
myn attorney that thu be,

when y am broght to here."

23 The child answerd w' wordes mylde ;
" ye se, fader, y am but a childe ^
discrecion haue y none,

to take soche a charge on me,
by my faith ! that shal not be ;
y can no skyle ther on.

14 THE CHILDE OF BRISTOW.

24 Here ben knyghtes and squyers,
which were yor compers,

and many a worthy man ;
yf y shuld soche on me take,
that alle these worthi men forsake,
a fole then wer y one."

25 He seid, " y haue no sone but the,
and myn heire yu most nedis be ;
ther may no man sey nay ;
moche good haue y gadred to geder
w* extorcion»and dedis lither,

alas and welaway !

26 All this, sone, y gadred for the,
and thu so sone failest me

at my nedeful day ;
frendship, sone, is yll to triste,
eche man be ware of had y wiste,
god wote, so may I sey."

27 " Sone, (he seid,) thu scapest not so ;
that shalt yu weten, or thu go;

he then charge y the
to fore god thu mothe answer,
and as thu wilt my blessyng ber,
myn attorney that thu be."

28 " A fader, ye bynde me w* a charge,
and y shal bynde yow wl as large

as ye bynde now me :
the same day fortenyght y1 ye passe,
y charge yow appere in this place,
yor spiret lat me se.

THE CHILDE OF BRISTOW. 1 5

29 For ye haue bound me so sare,
now y most nedis, Low ever y fare,
do your comaundement ;

ther for y charge yow y* ye appere,
that y may se yo soule here,
whetlur it be saued or shent !

30 And that ye do no scathe to me,
ne none, that shal come w* the."
" sone, (he seid,) y assent,

but, alias, that y was born ;
that man is soule shuld be lorn
for my golde or rent."

31 Al thyng most ende atte last,
god soche sekenys on hym cast,
that he most nedys go :

the parish prest up was soght ;

the gtiose sacment w* hym he broght,

that dyed for mannys woo.

32 Ther he shrove hym w* hert sore,
and cryed god mercy ever more !
as it was tyme to do;

when god wold, he went his way ;
his sones song was " welaway ! "
for hym his hert was wo.

33 His sone sought fro toun to toun
for prestis and men of religioun

• the Dirige for to say :
an C prestis he had and mo;
gret yeftys he gaf them tho,
chargyng hem for his fader to pray.

16 THE CHILDE OF BRISTOW.

34 Yong children had gret hole,
and pore wymen had gret dole,
that holpe hym not a day ;

and sitthe broght hym in his pytt,
as al men must, thei may not flyt,
whether thei wel or nay.

35 When thei had broght hym in his graue,
his sone y1 thoght his soule to saue,

yf god wold gef hym leue ;
al the catel his fader hade,
he sold it up and money made,
and labored morow and eve.

36 He sought aboute in that centre tho,
wher any almes myght be do,

and largely he dyd hem yeue
wayes and brugges for to m.ake,
and pore men for goddes sake
he yeaf hem gret releve.

37 Who so axed aght, he made her pay,
and xxxli trental of masses he let say
for his fadres sake;

he let never til he had bewared
all the tresor his fader spared
a seth to god for to make.

38 By y1 day fortenyghtes ende was come ;
his gold was gon all and some ;
(many one of hym spake)

and al thynges that wer meuable,
he gaf aboute, wl outen fable,
to pore men that wold take.

THE CHILDE OP BRISTOW. 17

39 Bj than the fourtenyght was broght to ende,
the child to the chamber gan wende,

wher his fader dyed ;

a doun he knelid half a day ;

al the good prayers y* he couthe say,

his fader for to abide.

40 Be twene raydday and under

yr came a blast of lightnyng and dunder

thurgh the walles wide;

as al the place on fire had be ;

the child seid, " Benedicite I "

and fast on god he cryde.

41 And as he sate on his prayere,
sone be fore hym gan appere,
foule tydynges be twene,

his faders soule brennyng as glede,
the deuel by ye nekke gan hym lede
in a brennyng cheyne.

42 This child seid, "I coiure the,
what so ever yu be, speke to me ;"
that other answerd a geyne :

" y am thi fader that ye be gate ;
now thu may se of myn a state ;
lo I how y dwelle in peyne."

43 The child seid, " ful woo is me,
in this plite that yow se;

it persheth myn hert sore;"
" sone, (he seid,) thus am y led,
for be cause of my falshed '
that y used ever more.
CAMD. soc. c

18 THE CHILDE OF BRISTOW.

44 Mi good was getyn wrongfully;
but it myght restord be,

and a seth be made ther fore;
an C yer thus shal y do,
gef me my trouthe I wer ago,
for till than my soule is lore."

45 " Nay, fader, that shal not be;
in better plite y wol yow se,
yf god wol gef me grace ;

but ye shal me yor trouthe plighte
this same day four tenyght
ye shal appere in this place.

46 And y shal labore, yf y may,

to bryng yor soule in better way,
yf y haue lyf and space."
he graunted hym in gret hast ;
wl that ther cam a donder blast,
and bothe ther way gan passe.

47 The child had neuer so gret sorwe ;
he rose up apon the morwe,

to Bristow gan he wende ;

to his mayster he gan say,

" y haue serued yow many a day ;

for goddes loue be my frend.

48 My fader out of this world is past ;
y am come to yow in hast ;

y haue euer founde yow kynde ;
me nedith a litel some of gold ;
myii heritage shal be sold,
croppe, rote, and rynde."

THE CHILDE OP BRISTOW. 19

49 His inaister sed, " what nede wer the
to selle thy thrift so hastely ?

it wer not for thy prow ;
yf thu any bargeyn haue boght,
for gold ne siluer care yu noght ;
y shal lene the right y now.

50 An C mark yf thu wilt haue,
this vij. yer y wil neuer craue;
wher for avise the now ;

for yf thu selle thyn heritage

that shuld ye holpe in thi yong age,

an unwise man art thow,"

51 " Gramercy ! (he seid,) maister hende,
this was a proffer of a frende ;

but truly it shal be sold ;
better chepe ye shal it have
then any man, so god me saue,
for nedys y must haue gold."

52 He seid, " what is it worth by yer ?"
" ane C marke of money cler ;

the stuward this me tolde.'r
" then shal y gef the iij.C pound,
every penny hole and round ; "
the yong [man] seid, "y holde.

53 Dere mayster, y yow pray,

haue her dedis, — foch me my pay ;
for y must houe agayn ;
y haue to do in soundre place,
y pray yow, of fourtenyght space
y shal yow quytte certayn."

20 THE CHILDE OF BRISTOW.

54 His mayster loued hym so wele,
he fette hym gold euery dele ;
than was ye child ful fayn :

he toke his good, and gan to go ;
and for his fader his hert was woo,
that bode in so mykel payn.

55 .His sone lete crie al aboute

in churches and markettes, we oute doute,
wher his fader dud wone ;
wher his fader dud destriccion
to man or woman in any toun,
they shuld come to his sone.

56 And he shal make a seth ther fore,
and his good ayen restore,

eche man his porcion ;
ever as they come, he made her pay,
and charged hem for his fader pray,
in blisse that he might wone.

57 By that the fourtenyght was come,
his gold was gon al and some ;
then had he ne more :

in to the chamber he went y* tide,
the sjfhie that his fader in dyde,
and knelid as he dud ore.

58 And, as he sate in his prayer,
the spiret be fore hym gan apper,
right as he dud be fore ;

saue ye cheyn away was caught ;
blak he was, but he brent noght,
but yet he was in care.

THE CHILDE OF BRISTOW. 21

59 " Wei come, fader, (seid the childe ;)
y pray yow w* wordes mylde,

tel me of your astate."
, " sone, (he seid,) the better for the,
y blessid mote the tyme be,
that euer I the be gate.

60 Thou hast releuyd me of moche wo :
my bitter chayne is fal me fro.

and the fire so hote ;
but yet dwel y stille in peyn,
and euer must, in certeyn,
tyl I haue fulfilled my day."

61 " Fader, (he seid,) I charge yow tel me
what is moste ayens the,

and- doth yow most disese?"

" tethynges and offrynges, sone, (he sayd,)

for y them neuer truly payd,

wherfor my peynes may not cesse :

62 But it be restored agayn

to as many churches in certayn,
and also mykel encresse,
all that for me thu dos pray,
helpeth me not, to the uttermost day,
the valure of a pese.

63 Ther for, sone, y pray the

gef me my trouthe y left w* the,

and let me wynde my way."

" nay, fader, (he seid,) ye gete it noght,

another craft ther shal be soghfc,

yet efte y will assay ;

22 THE CHILDE OF BRISTOW.

64 But yor trouthe ye shal me plight,
this same day a fourtenyght

ye shal come ageyn to yor day ;
ye shall appere her in this place,
and y shal loke, w* goddes grace,
to amend yow, yf y may."

65 The spiret went forth in his way ;
the childe rose up that other day ;
for no thyng wold he letter
even to Bristowe gan he wynde;
ther he mette w* his maister kynde;
wel goodly he hym grette.

66 " When y haue nede y come to yow,
mayster, but ye helpe me now;

in sorwe my herte is sette ;
me nedeth a litel sufne of gold ;
another bargeyn make y wold;"
• and w4 that word he wepte.

67 His maister seid, " yu art a fole;
thu has ben at som bad scole;
by my fecth y hold the mad;
for thu has played atte dice,

or at som other games nyce,
and lost vp sone y* thu had.

68 Thu hast right noght y* yu may selle;
all is gon, as y here telle;

thi gouernaunce, sone, is bad."
then he seid until his maister fre,
" myn owne bodye y wil selle to the,
for euer to be thy lad.

THE CHILDE OP BRISTOW. 23

69 Bonde to the y will me bynde,

me and alle myne, to ye worldes ende,
to helpe me in this nede."
he seid, " how mykel woldest yu haue?"
" xl mark, and ye wold foche saue,
for that shuld do my dede. .

70 I hope that shal my cares kele."
the burger louyd ye child so wele,
that to his chamber he yede;

xl pound he gan hym brynge :

" sone, her is more than thyn askyng; —

almyghti god the spede ! "

71 " Gramercy! sire, (gan he say,)
god yow quytte that best may !
and trewe ye shal me fynde;

y have to do a thyng or two,
a fourtenyght gef me lef to go,
y have euer founde yow kynde."

72 He gaf hym leue; he went his way;
but on his fader he thoght ay,

he goth not out of mynde ;

he sought alle ye churches in y* centre",

wher his fader had dwellid by,

he left not one be hynde.

73 He made a seth w* hem echon;
by y1 tyme his gold was gon,
they couthe aske hym no mare ;
saue as he went by ye strete,
w* a pore man gan he mete,

al most naked and bare.

24 THE CHILDE OF BRISTOW.

74 " Your fader oweth me for a zeme of corn."
down he knelid him be forn.

" for yor faders soules sake ;
and y hym drad ful sare,
som amendes to me ye make,
for hym that Marie bare."

75 " Welaway ! (seid ye yong man,)
for my gold and siluer is gan ;

y haue not for to pay :" —

of his clothes he gan take,

and put hem on ye pore manis bake,

chargyng for his fader to pray.

76 Hosen and shon he gaue hym tho;
in sherte and breche he gan go ;
he had no clothes gay,

in to the chamber he went y* tide,
the same y* his fader on dyde,
and knelid half a day.

77 When he had knelid and prayed long,
hym thoght he herd ye myriest song
yl any erthely man myght here ;
after the song, he saw a light,

as thow a thousant torches bright,
it shone so faire and clere.

78 In that light, so faire lemand,
a naked child in angel hand
be fore hym dud appere;

and seid, " sone, blessid thu be,
and all y* euer shall come of the,
that euer thu goten were."

THE CHILDE OF BRISTOW. 25

79 " Fader, (he seid,) ful wel is me,
in that plite that y yow se ;

y hone that ye be saue."
" sone, (he seid,) y go to blisse;
god almyghti quyte the this !
tin good ageyn to haue ;

80 Thu has made the ful bare

to aqueynche me of mykel care,
my trouthe, good sone, y craue."
" haue yor trouthe (he seid) fre,
and of thi blessyng I pray the,
yf that ye wold foche saue'."

81 "In that blessyng mote yu wone,
that our lady gaf here sone,

and myn on the y lay."
now that soule is gon to blisse
w* moche ioye and angelis,
more then y can say.

82 This child thanked god almyght
and his moder Marye bryght,
when he sey that aray ;

euen to Bristow gan he gon
in his sherte and breche allon ;
hed he no clothes gay.

83 When ys burges ye child gan se,
he seid then, " Benedicite !
sone, what araye is this ? "

" truly, maister, (seid ye childe,)
y am come me to yelde
as your bonde man."
CAMD. SOC. D

26 THE CHILDE OF BRISTOW.

84 The burges seid anon right,

" me mervayleth mykel of ye sight;
tel me now how it ys."
•"whatsom euer ye put me to,
after my power it shall be do,
while my lyf wil laste."

85 "For ye loue be twene vs hath be,
tell me, sone, how it -slant wl the;
why thu gos in this way:"

" Sir, al my good y haue sold, y wys,
to gete my fader to heuene blys ;
for sothe as y yow say.

86 For ther was no man but y,
that wold be his attorny

at his endyng day."

tho he told hym further,

how ofte he dud his fader appere,

and eke in what aray.

87 " And now his soule into blisse
y sey hym led wl angelis;
almyghti god the yelde !

for thurf your good he is saue,
and his dere blessyng y haue,
and al my cares be kelde."

88 " Sone, (he seid,) blessed mote yu be,
that so pore woldest make the,

thy faders soule to saue;
to speke ye honor may al mankynde;
thu art a tristy siker frende;
soche fynde y but silden ;

THE CHILDE OF BR1STOW. 27

89 But fewe sones ben of tho,
that wol serue her fader so,
when he is hens gon ;
certes fynd y many on,

but none soche as yu art on;
by my fecth y leve not on."

90 Hys maister seid, " y shal ye tell,
thu canst both bye and sell;
here now make y the

myn owne felow in al wise

of worldly good and merchandise,

for thy trouthe so fre,

91 Al so, sone, y haue no childe
myn heritage for to wilde,
goten of my body ;

here y make the now myn heyr
of alle my landes good and faire,
and myn attorney that yu be."

92 His maister dud hym weddid be

to a worthy manis doghter of y* centre"
with ioye and grete solace;
and when his mayster was ded,
in to all his good he entred,
landes, catell, and place.

93 Thus hath y8 yong man keuered care ;
first was riche and sitthen bare,

and sitthen richer then euer he was : —
now he y1 made both helle and heuene,
and all the worlde in dayes seuene,
graunte vs alle his grace.

Amen.

GLOSSARY

abide, make atonement for, expiate'.

amytte, apply.

asseth, satisfaction.

ayen, ay ens, against.

here, burial

bewared, expended.

brennyng, burning.

brugges, bridges.

but, unless.

can (ken), know.

chepe, bargain.

conne, learn.

disese, to trouble, to annoy.

districcion (destruction), injury.

dole, grief.

dunder, thunder.

efte, again.

ever amonge, always.

fayn, glad.

foch save, vouchsafe.

fong (or fang), to seize.

glede, a live coal.

hende, gentle.

hissone (his'n), his own.

hole (howl), lamentation.

hone, to long for.

houe (hove), to move.

kele, kelde, cool, cooled.

keuered (covered), recovered .

lemand, glittering.

lene, lend.

lether, lither, wicked.

lette, omit.

leve, abbrev. for believe.

lore, lost, undone.

melle (meddle), mix.

motlie, must.

nyce, foolish.

ore (pro JOTS), formerly.

pese, pea.

prow, profit.

quytte, abbrev. for requite.

rought, preterite of to reck.

routhe, pity.

shent, ruined.

siker (secure), safe.

sitthen, afterwards.

stevyn, groan.

tende, abbrev. for attend.

tho, then.

thurf, through.

trental, thirty masses or 30 days of masses.

treson (trahison), grasping.

trouthe, honest.

trouthe (troth) , pledge.

vereament, truly.

valure, value.

welaway, an exclamation of woe.

weten, know.

wight, lively, sprightly.

wone, dwell.

wone (wont), custom.

yede (hied), went.

zeme (seam) , a quarter of corn.

ACCOUNT OF HIS

INTERVIEWS WITH CHARLES I,

BEING CREATED A BARONET,

RECEIVING AN AUGMENTATION TO HIS ARMS.

EDITED BY

T. P. LANGMEAD, ESQ.

PRINTED FOR THE CAMDEN SOCIETY.
M.DCCC.LVIII.

INTRODUCTION.

FROM a love of his sovereign, and a full conviction of the
justness of his cause. Dr. Edward Lake, laying aside the
gown, took up the sword, and followed his royal master
to the battle of Edge-hill. In this engagement he re-
ceived sixteen wounds ; and having lost the use of his
left hand by a shot, he placed his horse's bridle between
his teeth, and held out the combat, fighting with his
sword in his right hand, till the armies parted by the
coming of night.

For this service he was created a Baronet, and received
an augmentation to his arms.

The friendly and affectionate part taken by the ami-
able and unfortunate monarch in the concerns of this
loyal subject, is set forth in an original MS. in Sir
Edward Lake's own handwriting. Of this MS. his
descendant Colonel Noel Thomas Lake, O.B. of the
Royal Artillery, kindly lent me a copy some time since,
a transcript of which I now submit for publication by
the Camden Society.

By the lapse of time and the absence of party feeling,
as well as by the more correct and circumstantial infor-
mation (particularly of an epistolary nature,) which we

IV INTRODUCTION.

possess at the present day, respecting the actions, and
secret springs of action, of the principal personages of
that troubled epoch of our history, we are compelled
(however loth) to admit that the cause of the rebellious
party was just, whilst we deplore the extravagancies
which they were led to commit. Yet we cannot but
admire the spirit of heroism which induced the subject
of this notice to quit the peaceful pursuits to which he
had been trained, and valiantly to draw his sword in
defence of that sovereign and those rights which he con-
scientiously believed were unjustly assailed. Well might
his majesty exclaim (page 14) " For a lawyer, a pro-
fessed lawyer, to throw off his gown and fight so heartily
for me, I must needs think very well of it ! "

According to Anthony a Wood, Sir Edward was
" educated till he was Bachelor of Arts in St. Cathe-
rine's Hall, Cambridge, whence he retired to Oxon, and
entering himself a commoner of St. Alban's Hall, was
incorporated in the same degree on the 15th of Dec.
1627 ; and on the 24th of January following was ad-
mitted Bachelor of the Civil Law. After the restora-
tion of King Charles II. I find him to be Chancellor of
the Bishop of Lincoln, and a Baronet, as also author of
' Memoranda touching the oath ex officio, pretended
self- accusation and Canonical Purgation : Together with
some notes about the making of some new and alteration

INTRODUCTION. V

and explanation of some old Laws. Lond. 1662. qu'.
Dedicated to William Earl of Stratford, and humbly
submitted to the consideration of the Parliament then
sitting."

In a MS. pedigree in the possession of the family, Sir
Edward is described as of " the close of Lincoln, Bart.,
set. 66, an. 1666."

He was the eldest son of Richard Lake, of Erby, co.
Lincoln, Esq. by Anne, youngest daughter and co-heir
of Edward Wardell, of Kealby, in the same county, Esq.
He married Anne, eldest daughter and co-heir of Simon
Bibye, Esq. of Buckden, Huntingdonshire, by whom he
had one son Edward, who died an infant prior to 1666.
He died in 1674 ; and lies buried in the cathedral of
Lincoln, where a monument was erected to his memory
with this inscription :

Depositum D. Edri Lake, de Norton Episc. in Agro Lincoln. Barti%
LL.D. Dioces. Line. Cancellar. Eegise Magestat. p. Rno suo Hiberniae Ad-
vocati General, ex antiqua familia ejusdem Cognomin. Normantoniae juxta
Pontefract, in Agro Eboracensi, hie subtus jacet. Qui Deo, Ecclise, Regi,
& Patriae suss, Pacis & Belli tempore, fideliter inservijt. Honor inde
adeptum Cristae & Insignior. Augmentatio honoraria demonstrat ad
annum JEtat. sue p'vectus Die anno a Partu Virgineo 16

Animam Deo reddidit, in Uxor. habuit hie juxta contumulatam Annam
Filiam Natu maximam & Cohaeredem Simon. Bibye, Armigeri, Fceminam
lectissimam, pijssimam, Fortunes conjugalis, Temporibus durissimis Co-
mitem, Participem patientem, constantem, fidelem maxime.

Un Dieu, un Roy, un Cceur.
Patruo suo charissimo Thomas Lake posuit.

VI INTRODUCTION.

Much curious information is contained in Sir Edward's
will, dated April 8th, 1665, with codicils October 6th,
1670, January 17th, 1671, and June 8th, 1674. He
desires his " body may be buried in Lincoln Minster, in
some convenient place to be appointed by the Deane and
Chapter of that Cathedrall, with some decent monu-
mentall Remembrance "to be erected by his executor.
He gives " to the church or chappell of Normanton, near
Pontefract, in Yorkshire (if there be a church or chappell
there, which I know not,) where my paternall ancestors
have lived for many years," a clock, and a sum " for the
maintaining and keeping of it for ever."* He mentions

* In Normanton Church is this inscription : —

Edwardus Lake de Norton Episcopo, in
Comitatu Lincolniensi Eques Auratus
LL.D. Dioceseos Lincolniensis Cancellarius
In Majorum memoriam qui olim in hoc oppido
Normantoniae habitaverunt, hoc Horologium
Dedit, ac etiam decem solidos ad reparationem
Ejusdem annuatior in perpetuam solvendos
Deo et Carolis Regibus dominis suis
Presertim, Carolo Martyri Pacis et Belli
Teinpore fideliter nee non insigniter inserviit.
Et animam Deo pie reddidit 18 die Julii anno
Etatis suae 77 annoq. Domini 1674.
Et Ecclesia Cathedrali Beatse Mariae Lincoln.
Sepultus jacet.

There is a difference of three years in Sir Edward's age as here recorded,
and as stated in the pedigree before quoted, " JEt. 66 an. 1666."

INTRODUCTION. vii

his " loveing kinsman Henry Bigland, of Morninghurst,
Sussex, Esq.," and his brother "Mr. Edward Bigland,
of Graies Inn, Barrister;" also his " servant and kins-
man Christopher Lake ;" he orders the sale of all his
" estate real and personall in Ireland ;" he charges his
" executor " [Thomas Lake, of Boston, in New Eng-
land] " upon the fraternall and true love that is hetwixt
us," that the " heirs male for ever may for their Christian
name have the name Biby, the paternal name of my
deare wife ; or Seaman, in remembrance of my deare
wife's mother's surname ; or of Cctley, in remembrance
of Sir Hugh Caley, knight, whose co-heir my ancestor
in the time of king Edward the Third married ; or War-
dall, in remembrance of my mother, daughter and co-
heir of Edward "Wardall." He names his " cosin Francis
Lake, of Hatcliffe ;" his "brother John Lake;" "the
eldest son of my brother Luke Lake ;" and appoints his
" most dear and loving brother Thomas Lake, executor ;"
leaving all his goods and lands, after his wife's death, to
the said Thomas Lake and his heirs. The witnesses
were " Sam. Lawson, Jo. Procter, Geo. Noel, Chr.
Lake."

In the codicil of October 6th, 1670, made at Caistor,
he mentions his wife's death, and makes " Stephen Lake
of Grayes Inn, gent, eldest son of my said brother
Thomas Lake, sole executor;" he names his "kinsman

Vlll INTRODUCTION.

Francis Lake of Hatcliffe;" and " Christopher Lake of
Harpswell, and to such of my name and kindred as live
at Tetwey;" "Mr. Richard Whyngates agent for my
lord the earle of Straff ord in Ireland;" and mentions
the " rent of Carnow and Cranyh in Ireland due to me
before I did give up my lease thereof to my lord of Straf-
ford." By a codicil made at his " house within the close
of the cathedrall church of Lincoln," January 17th,
1671, " Stephen being since dead, I doe in his stead and
place make Thomas Lake his brother my executor," &c.
By a codicil dated June 7th, 1674, Sir Edward " of
Bishop's Norton, in the county of Lincoln," wills, among
other things, "to be buried in Lincolne Minster, as
neere as may be to my dear wife, if the deane and
chapter will give leave, if not, at Norton : my funerall
to be very private ; some escucheons."

A fine oil portrait of Sir Edward, representing him in
armour, is preserved in the family. It is at present in
the possession of Lady Lake (relict of Sir James Samuel
Lake the late baronet, and now the wife of Dr. Mitchel-
son). An engraving of this portrait, with Sir Edward's
autograph and seal, may be seen in Thane's " British
Autography," vol. iii.

Sir Edward's father married secondly, Anne daughter
of Morelly of Claxby, co. Lincoln, Esq. by

whom he had Thomas Lake, mentioned in his brother

INTRODUCTION. IX

Sir Edward's will. This Thomas Lake emigrated to
Boston in New England ahout the year 1648. He mar-
ried Mary daughter of Stephen Goodyear of London,
goldsmith, who was deputy- governor of New Haven
colony from 1641 to 1650, but returned to and died in
London in 1658, probably early in the year, for " an
inventory of the estate of the right worshipful Stephen
Goodyeare, Esq. the late deputy-governor of this
colony," was taken October 15th, 1658. The Boston
records furnish the dates of birth of all the children
of Thomas and Mary Lake, of whom Thomas was born
February 9th, 1656, barrister, heir of Sir Edward ; and
a daughter, Ann Lake, who was born October 12th, 1663,
and married 1st. the Rev. John Cotton, of Hampton,
New Haven, and 2ndly. the Rev. Increase Mather,
D.D. of Boston. To her descendant, J. Wingate
Thornton, Esq. of Boston, TL S., I am indebted for the
above information.

Thomas Lake, brother of Sir Edward, died 16th Au-
gust, 1676, aged 61 years, and was succeeded by his son
Thomas Lake, of Bishop's Norton, co. Lincoln, and of
the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law. He married Eliza-
beth, ttaughter of John Story, Esq. of Kniveton, Derby-
shire, and died the 22d of May, 1711, leaving a son,
Bibye, and a daughter, Mary. He was buried in the
Temple Church, where is a monument, surmounted by

CAMD. soc. B

X INTRODUCTION.

his armorial bearings, and containing the following
inscription : *

M. S.

Neer this Place lye interred
The Remains of Tho. Lake, Esq.

Utter Barrister of the

Hon. Society of the Middle Temple ;

Nephew and Heir of

Sir Edw. Lake,
Late of Bishop's Norton, in the

County of Lincoln, who for

His Loyalty and Valour, signalized

At Edgehill Fight, was created Baronet,

By K. Charles I.
He died May 22, in the 54th

Year of his Age,
An. Dom. MDCCXI.

Notwithstanding the baronetcy was granted to Sir
Edward, " and the heirs male of his body begotten or to
be begotten for ever ; and for want of such heirs male,
then to the heirs male of Sir Edward for ever," neither
his brother nor nephew took out the patent ; but his

* It may be worth remarking that the arms of Sir Edward Lake (Sable,
a bend between six cross-crosslets fitchee, argent. Crest, a sea-horse's
head, argent, finned or, charged on the neck with three bars gules) were
the same as those borne by Edward Lake, D.D. whose Diary was pub-
lished in the first volume of the Camden Miscellany, 1846, though his
degree of relationship to the baronet is not known. Dr. Lake's eldest
daughter and coheir was married, in 1695, to the Rev. "William Taswell,
D.D. whose " Autobiography " was published by the Camden Society in
1852.

INTRODUCTION. XI

grandnephew, Bibye Lake, sub-governor of the African
Company, " in 1711, laid the said grant before the Earl
of Oxford in order for a patent ; but the said Earl (thro5
the then hurry of affairs) lost the said grant, though her
Majesty [Queen Anne] being well satisfied with the
services of Edward Lake, did grant a new one, tho' with
precedency only from the date thereof."

The descendants of Sir Edward have not been unmind-
ful of the bravery of their ancestor : at the ever memo-
rable siege of Kars, Sir Eenwick Williams was ably
assisted by Colonel Henry Atwell Lake (brother of the
late baronet) ; and the present baronet, Sir Atwell King
Lake, is now serving with his regiment in India.

On the Restoration, Sir Edward obtained a patent
from Sir William Dugdale, confirming the armorial
augmentations granted by the late King : of this a copy
has been appended to his MS.

T. P. LANGMEAD.

King's Coll. London.

SIR EDWARD LAKE'S ACCOUNT

INTERVIEWS WITH CHARLES I.

AFTER I had made my escape from my imprisonment at Mr.
Bent's at Crosby, where I was kept seven weeks after the battle of
Edge-Hill, I went to Bangor, in Caernarvonshire, in Christmas,
1642 ; there I writ to Dr. Steward,* the clerk of the closet at
Oxford, certifying in what condition I was, and of the hurts I
received at Edge-Hill ; and he sent me back an answer, desiring me
to send up the certificate thereof, under the surgeon's hand, which
afterwards I did, under the hands of Mr. John Angell, the physician,

* Dr. Richard Steward was of Magdalen Hall, Oxon. in 1608, and Fellow of
All Souls' Coll. in 1613. He had several preferments, and was made Clerk of
the Closet about 1634 in the room of Dr. Matthew Wren. While at the
university " he was accounted a good poet and orator, and after he had left it
a noted divine, eloquent preacher, and a person of a smart fluent style. In the
beginning of the Rebellion he suffered much for the King's cause, lost all,
and at length retiring to France became a great champion for the Protestant
cause at Paris. When he lay upon his death-bed at Paris, in November 1651,
King Charles II. gave him two visits, being then newly-arrived there from
his escape from Worcester fight, and his concealment in England." For
fuller particulars, see Wood's Athence Oxon. and Hist, of Northamptonshire by
Bridges, vol. i. p. 269.

Clarendon (Life, p. 124, edit, fol.), describes him as " a very honest and
learned gentleman, and most conversant in that learning which vindicated the
dignity and authority of the Church, upon which his heart was most entirely
set."

14 SIR EDWARD LAKE'S

and Mr. Edward Loffman, the surgeon, both of Leicester, who were
employed upon my cure. The next year, about a fortnight after
Michaelmas, I went out of Wales towards Oxford, where I came
about the 20th of October, 1643. Dr. Steward wished me not to
come into the King's presence till the 23d day of that month, the
anniversary day of " Edge-Hill," which he the said King intended
to keep solemnly, with public thanksgiving for the victory * on that
day — and upon that day, a little before dinner, in the presence
chamber at Christ Church, I kissed his Majesty's hand, Dr. Steward
being with me, who said to his Majesty, as I was going to kiss his
hand, " Sir, this day twelvemonths the doctor was in another case "
(Dr. Steward having formerly, as he told me, shewed his Majesty
that certificate of my hurts received at the battle of Edge-Hill).
His Majesty, looking upon me, said, " It is true you lost a great
deal of blood for me that day, and I shall not forget it, but you
shall be remembered for it both by way of Armory and other-
wise." Then looking upon Dr. Steward, and others standing by,
said, " For a lawyer, a professed lawyer, to throw off his gown and
fight so heartily for me, I must needs think very well of it." I
humbly thanked his Majesty for his gracious acceptance of my poor
endeavours to serve him, and praised God for preserving me for
further service to his Majesty, to the best of my power and accord-
ing to my bounden duties. " And Doctor (said the King, bending
his head a little towards me) I have reason to believe it," and so
went into the privy chamber.

About two months after, his Majesty sent me to Worcester, then
garrisoned by Sir Gilbert Gerard, f the King's governor there, to
whom his Majesty writ, which letter signified to him the loss of my

* Both sides claimed the victory.

f Sir Gilbert Gerard was the son of Hatcliffe Gerard, Esq. of Hatsall, co.
Lancaster, (by Elizabeth daughter and heiress of Sir Charles Somerset, K.B.
and grand-daughter of Edward Earl of Worcester), and uncle to Charles
Gerard, who for his distinguished services to Charles I. was created Baron
Gerard on the 8th of Nov. 1645, and after the restoration Earl of Macclesfield.

INTERVIEWS WITH CHARLES I. 15

estate in England and Ireland by the Rebellion, and sixteen wounds
which I received at the battle of Edge-Hill. With this letter, about
the beginning of Christmas, I went down to Worcester, and taking
my leave of Dr. Steward, he (whether his Majesty had when he
signed that letter, or at any other time, spoken to him thereof, I
know not, but most probably he had,) asked me whether I had
drawn up that note, touching an addition in Armory, which the
King said he would give me when I kissed hands on the anniversary
day of Edge-Hill. I told him I had done nothing therein. He
bade me advise with some Herald thereupon, and draw up a note to
that purpose for the King to sign, and to leave it with him. I did
thereupon advise with Sir William Le Neve, but did not acquaint
him with the King's word touching Armorie, and, after I had talked
with him, I drew up such a note for his Majesty's signature, men-
tioning only that Coat of Augmentation (without any mention of one
of the Lions of England) and the Crest. This note I left with Dr.
Steward ; and the next summer, his Majesty coming to Worcester,
and Dr. Steward with him, the Doctor gave me this Docquet,
signed by his Maiesty, and attested by the Doctor, touching the
baronetship and arms.

'Hie Docquet (copied from Sir Edward Lake's own handwriting).

Signed, " CHARLES REX."

" Whereas our trusty and well-beloved Edward Lake, Dr. of Laws
and Advocate General for our Kingdome of Ireland, in all causes
Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Maritime, hath done us faithful and good
service, both in Ireland, whence he was expelled by the rebels there,
with the loss of his estate and employment, and also in England,
more especially at the battle of Edge-Hill, receiving sixteen wounds,
to the extreme danger of his life, ever since being deprived of his
estate here, we cannot but look upon him as a subject well deserving
of us. We intend to repair in his estate and otherwise to reward
him, and in the mean time we do hereby create him Baronet, and
do give him the making of a baronet, not doubting that he will

16 SIR EDWARD LAKEJS

recommend any person for that dignity but such a one who for his
condition and quality shall be fit for the same, and for his further
encouragement, and as a mark of our especial favour towards him ;
Whereas in that battle of Edge-Hill " he received sixteen wounds,
and his left arm being by a shot wounded he was disabled, he held
his bridle in his teeth, fighting with his right hand :" Therefore we
do hereby give him for a Coat of Augmentation, to be borne before
his own : In a field gules, a right arm arm'd, carrying upon a sword
a banner argent, charged with a cross betwixt sixteen shields, four
in each quarter of the first, and in the umbelique point one of our
own lions of England. And for a Crest to the same Coat of Aug-
mentation : A chevalier in a fighting posture, his left arm hanging
down useless, and holding a bridle in his teeth, his scarf red, his
sword, face, armes, and horse, cruentated. To have and to hold
the said dignity of a Baronet to the said Edward Lake, and the heirs
male of his body begotten, or to be begotten, for ever, and for want
of such heirs male then to the heirs male of the same Edward for
ever, and to have and to hold the same Coat of Augmentation, with
the Crest aforesaid, to him the said Edward and his heirs, and all
descending from him and them for ever. All this to be put in form
into his Patent.

" Given at our Court at Oxford, the xxx day of December, in the
year 1643.

" To all the officers and ministers whomsoever whom under these
presents shall any ways concern."

Of the addition of one of the lions of England in the coat of
augmentation (in which the eight points, four in each quarter, are
memorial of the sixteen wounds he received, the lion of England
being placed in the centre of the standard in the additional cz'est),
and besides to have the nomination of a baronet and to be a baronet
myself, being altogether beyond my expectation, I asked the doctor
the reason thereof. He told me that presently on my going to
Worcester from Oxford he shewed his Majesty that note for the

INTERVIEWS WITH CHARLES I. 17

coat of augmentation which I left with him. His Majesty read it
and said, " I deserved more and should have more. I should have
one of his own lions too, and I should have the making of a baronet,
and that I should be a baronet myself." And his Majesty himself,
with his own hand, interlined some words touching the bearing of
that lion, and for the nomination of a baronet, and the creation of
me to be a baronet, and bad the doctor bring it to him written more
at large; whereupon the doctor, within a day or two after, brought
it written as it is here to his Majesty, which he signed, and said to
him, "Doctor, you shall be secretary for this business; set your
hand to it and witness my signature, and tell Dr. Lake that he may
keep this awhile by him, and not take out the patent till I shall
better provide for him." And the same day at Worcester as before
when Dr. Steward had told me this, which was at the lord bishop's
palace at Worcester, I went with him into the presence, and there
kissed his Majesty's hand, who said to me thus, " The doctor there
(looking at Dr. Steward), I suppose, has told you my mind." I
said, "Yes, sir;" and most humbly I thanked his Majesty for his
exceeding favours to me. Then his Majesty, being, as it seemed, in
haste upon business, went out of the presence, and, as he was going,
looked back towards me and beckoned to me, and I made my address
to him, who said thus to me, " Doctor, if you will you may keep
that awhile by you (meaning the aforesaid docquet), and not take
out the patent till I shall better provide for you, which I hope I shall
doe ere long ; " and so he went away, and I kept this by me as thou
seest.

Copy of a Patent under the hand and seal of Sir William Dugdale,
Norroy King of Arms, confirming the Armorial Augmenta-
tions to Sir Edward Lake.

Universis et singulis ad quos hoc psens scriptum pvnit Gulielmus
Dugdalus, armigr Rex armorum borealium hujus regni Anglia?
partium (Norroy vulgo denominatus) salutem. Quum serenissim9

c

18 SIR EDWARD LAKE'S

princeps ? nuper dominus noster beatiae memoriae Carolus primus
Dei gra Angliae, Scotiae, FranciaB, J Hiberniae Rex, fidei defensor,
tc. mandate suo maim su& regali signato dato tricesimo die mensis
Deceinbris ario regni sui decimo nono Edvardo Lake legum doctor!
dedid et concessit prout in tenore ejusdem mandati continentur cujus
quidem verum exemplar °l copia ex sermone Anglicano quo sub
manu regali ut praefurtur constat in linguam Latinam per me
fideliter versa 7 translata est 7 cum original! examinata 7 collata 7
cum eodem concordans hie subsequitur, vizt. Carolus R. Quum
fidelis 7 dilectus Edvardus Lake legum doctor pro regno nostro
Hiberniae in omnibus causis ecclesiasticis civilibus 7 maritimis ad-
vocatus noster generalis bonum "? fidele tarn in Hibernia quam in
Anglia prasstitit nobis servitium atq> officium atq> exinde in utroq.,
regno fortunarum suar perpessus est jacturam quas quum Deus
nobis reddiderit vires 7 potentium illi reparare ulteriusq, compensare
intendimus. Idcirco ex regia nostra voluntate 7 bene placito dicto
Edvardo Lake nominationem 7 creationem unius baronetti per pre-
sentes concedimus ut virum dotibus 7 virtute prseditum dignitatem
illam merentibus nominabit confidentes; necnon in vlterius dicti
Edvardi Lake excitamentum in speoialem servitii 7 officii sui pro-
digus 7 mgis particulariter praelio Monte Clivensi (vulgariter
nuncupa Edge-Hill) quo sexdecim in vitae suss, periculum et discri-
men extremum recepit vulnera Brachiiqj sui sinistri sclopeti ictu
mutilati vices supplebant lora predentes dentes acceptacionis nostras
gratiosas notam signalem baronettiam illi conferimus ipsumq^ Edvar-
dum Lake baronettum per presentes creamus. Ac insuper scutum
augmentacionis prae suo proprio gestandum dicto Edvardo Lake
donamus et concedimus ut sequitur, vizt. In campo rubeo brachium
dextrum armatum vaginatum super gladium erectum portans vexil-
lum argentium expansum cum cruce primi inter sexdecim scuta
ejusdem 7 in medio unum e leonibus Angliae et pro crista equitem
cataphraetum (chevalier vulgo) pugnantis figura cum fascia rubea
brachio sinistro mutilato H dependente lora dentibus prendentem cui
gladius equus et arma cruentata Habendum ? gaudendum dicta

INTERVIEWS WITH CHARLES I. 19

baronettia dieto Edvardo Lake et haeredibus suis masculis de corpore
suo legittime procreatis vel procreandis 7 pro defectu talium hsere-
dum haaredibus masculis dicti Edwardi Lake ac dictum scutum
augmentations unacum crista praadicta dicto Edvardo Lake 7 haere-
dibus suis omnibusc^ abeo 7 abeis in perpetuum descendentibus.
Omnia hsec in literis nostris patentibus formaliter exprimenda sunt-
Datum ad Aulam nostram Oxonii, tricesimo die Decembris, anno
regni nostri decimo nono. Quapropter ego Gulielmus Dugdalus,
Norroy Rex armorum praadictus omnibus 7 singulis quos hoc
praasens aliqualiter tangere poterit declaro publico et notum facio
per praesentes quod dictus Edward3 Lake nunc de villa Nottinghamias
inhabitans 7 haeredes sui omnesq, ab eo 7 abeis in perpetuum
descendentes dicto scuto augmentationis et crista praedict^ in dicto
mandato regali mentionatis secundum tenorem ejusdem sicut eadem
hie in margine depinguntur (unusquisq^ tamen sub ilia differentia
juxta leges armorum gradui suo propria) licite utigerere 7 portare
potest ac possunt. In cujus rei testimonium praesentibus nomen
meum propria manu subscripsi 7 sigillum officii mei apposui datum
duodecimo die mensis Junii, anno regni domini nostri Caroli Secundi,
Dei gratia magna3 Brittaniae, Francias, et Hibernian Regis fidei
defensoris, 7c. decimo tertio, annoq^ Domini MDCLXI.

GULIELMUS DUGDALE, Norroy.

INDEX.

African Company, the, xi
All Souls' Coll. Oxon, 13
Angell, Mr. John, 13
Anne, Queen, xi
Bangor, 13
Bent, Mr. 13
Bibye, Simon, v

Anne, v

Biby, name of, vii
Bigland, Henry, vii

Edward, vii

Bishops Norton, vii, viii, ix, x
Boston, vii, viii, ix
Buckden, v
Caernarvonshire, 13
Caistor, vii
Caley, Sir Hugh, vii
name of, vii

Cambridge, iv

Carnow, viii

Charles I. King,vi, x, 12, 13, 14,
15

II. King, iv, 13, 19

Christ Church, Oxon, 14

Clarendon, Lord, 13

Claxby, viii

Cotton, Rev. John, ix

Cranyh, viii

Crosby, 13

Derbyshire, ix

Dugdale, Sir Wm. xi, 15, 16, 17,
19

Edge-hill, battle of, iii, x, 13, 14,
15, 16, 18

Edward III. King, vii

England, 13, 15

Erby, v

France, 13, 15, 18

Gerard, Carles, 1 4

Baron, 14

Sir Gilbert, 14

Hatcliffe, 14

Goodyeare, Stephen, ix

Mary, ix

Graies Inn, vii

Great Britain, 16

Hampton, ix

Harpswell, vii

Hatcliffe, vii

Hatsall, co. Lane. 14

Huntingdonshire, v

India, xi

Ireland, v, viii, 12, 13, 15, 16

Kars, xi

Kealby, v
Kniveton, ix

Lake, Sir Edward ; his loyalty ;
wounded at Edge-hill ; created
baronet, and receives an aug-
mentation to his arms, iii ;
educated at Cambridge, and
thence retired to Oxford, B.A.,
then B.C. L.; Chancellor of the
Diocese of Lincoln; an author,
iv ; his age ; parentage ; mar-
riage ; has a son Edward, who
dies vitd patris ; his death ;
burial ; monument and inscrip-
tion, v ; his will and codicils ;
inscription in Normanton
Church in reference to a be-
quest therein ; peculiar charge
on his brother and descendants
to bear certain Christian names
in memory of their ancestors,vi,
vii ; his portrait, viii ; armorial
bearings, x ; descendants, xi ;
his imprisonment after the
battle of Edge-hill ; escape
into Wales ; visit to Oxford,
interview with King Charles on
the anniversary of Edge- hill,
13; sent to Worcester; ad-
vises with Sir W. Le Neve on
his cost of augmentation, 15 ;
second interview with his Ma-
jesty, 17

Col. Noel Thomas, C.B. iii

Richard, v

Edward, v

Thomas, v, vi, vii, viii, ix

Christopher, vii, viii

Francis, vii, viii

John, vii

Luke, vii

Stephen, vii, viii

Bibye, xi

Mary, ix

Edward, D.D. x

Lady, viii

Sir James Samuel, viii

Thomas (Junr.) ix, x

Ann, ix

Col. Henry Atwell, xi

.Sir Atwell King, xi

Lancaster, 14

Lawson, Sam. vii

Leicester, J4

Le Neve, Sir William, 15
Lincoln, iv, v, viii, ix, x

Close of, v, vi, viii
Cathedral, v, vi
Minster, vi, vii, viii

Loffman, Mr. Edward, 14
London, v, ix
Macclesfield, Earl of, 14
Magdalen Coll. Oxon, 13
Mather, Rev. Increase, D.D. ix
Mitchelson, Dr. viii
Morninghurst, vii
Morelly, Anne, viii
New England, vii, viii
New Haven Colony, ix
Noel, Geo. vii
Normanton, v, vi
Norton Episcopo, v, vi
Norroy King of Arms, 15
Nottingham, 19
Oxford, Earl of, xi
13, 14, 16

Paris, 13
Pontefract, v, vi
Procter, Jo vii
St. Alban's Hall, iv
St. Catherine's Hall, iv
Scotland, 18
Seaman, name of, vii
Somerset, Sir Charles, 14
Elizabeth, 14

Steward, Dr. 13, 14, 15, 17
Story, John, ix

Elizabeth, ix

Strafford, Wm. Earl of, v, viii
Sussex, vii

Taswell, William, D.D. x
Temple, Middle, ix, x
- Church, ix

Tetwey, viii
Thane, Mr. viii
Thornton, J. Wingate, ix
Wales, 14

Wardall, Edward, vii
name of, vii

Wardell, Edward, v
— Anne, v

Whyngates, Mr. Richard, viii
Williams, Sir Fenwick, xi
Wood, Anthony a, iv, 13
Worcester, Edward Earl of, 1 4
13, 14, 15, 16, 17

Wren, Dr. Matthew, 13
Yorkshire, vi

THE LETTERS

OF

POPE TO ATTERBURY

WHEN

IN THE TOWER OF LONDON.

EDITED BY

JOHN GOUGH NICHOLS, F.S.A.

PRINTED FOR THE CAMDEN SOCIETY.
M.DCCC.LIX.

THE first and second Letters of Pope, which are here printed ("pp. 7 and
14) are copied on a sheet of paper in the collection of George Wentworth,
esq. of Woolley Park, Yorkshire, by whom they were kindly communicated,
at the suggestion of Dr. Sykes of Doncaster. That transcript is evidently
contemporary. Correspondent copies of the same letters have since been
found in Cole's MSS. at the British Museum, MS. Addit. 5822, fol. 105.
They were derived by Mr. Cole from the papers of the Rev. Dr. Williams
of St. John's college, Cambridge : and Cole has appended the following
note : " It may be those Letters might have been communicated by the
Bishop of Rochester to Dean Moss, with whom he was in a particular
degree of friendship and correspondence at this time, as is evident from
some letters in vol. 30 [of Cole's MSS.] p. 150 ; who might communicate
them to Dr. Grey or Dr. Williams."

ATTERBURY IN THE TOWER OF LONDON.

How pleasing Atterbury's softer hour !

How shin'd the soul, unconquered in the Tower ! — POPE.

FRANCIS ATTERBURY, Bishop of Rochester, was a man whose
brilliant talents, and ready application of them, stood him in the
stead of profound learning and of political integrity, for both of
which he acquired an unmerited reputation. This, as was natural,
was especially the case with those who were his intimate and
partial friends, and whose own sentiments and sympathies had a
similar bias in matters of politics and religion. Even towards such
associates he behaved with so much art and duplicity,* that they had
no suspicion of the traitorous correspondence in which he had
engaged, and appear to have really deemed him guiltless upon the
charges which led to his exile.

Among the most ardent and devoted of Atterbury's admirers
was the poet Pope, who, in a letter b to Gay, dated on the llth
Sept. 1722, writes:

" Pray tell Dr. Arbuthnot that even pigeon-pyes and hog's-

a If any reader should still think this term too harsh, let him say how otherwise the
following passage can be characterised : " To be quiet, and live to myself, with the few,
the very few, friends I like, is the point, the single point, I now aim at; though I know
the generality of the world, who are unacquainted with my intentions and views, think
the very reverse of this character belongs to me." Letter to Pope, April 6, ^722, written
by Atterbury just one week before his letter or message to the Earl of Mar, in which we
intimated the resumption of correspondence with "Mr. Hacket " (i. e. the Earl of Ox-
ford,) as a step of no small consequence to the Pretender's service. See The Stuart
Papers, 1847, i. 65

b There are two letters of Pope to Gay which bear the date of the llth Sept. 1722.
That which is printed in the edition of 1737, as Letter CLIII. at p. 248, commencing,

4 ATTERBURY IN THE TOWER OF LONDON.

puddings are thought dangerous by our governours ; for those that
have been sent to the Bishop of Kochester are open'd and prophanely
pry'd into at the Tower. 'Tis the first time that dead pigeons have
been suspected of carrying intelligence. To be serious, — you, and
Mr. Congreve, (nay, and the Doctor if he has not dined,) will be
sensible of my concern and surprize at the commitment of that Gentle-
man, whose welfare is as much my concern as any friend's I have.
I think my self a most unfortunate wretch. I no sooner love, and,
upon knowledge, fix my esteem to any man, but he either dies like
Mr. Craggs,8 or is sent to imprisonment like the Bishop. God
send him as well as I wish him, manifest him to be as innocent
as I believe him, and make all his enemies know him as well as I
do, that they may love him and think of him as well ! If you ap-
prehend this period to be of any danger in being address'd to you,
tell Mr. Congreve or the Doctor it is writ to them."

And in another letter, written to Swift, on the 12th Jan. 1723-4:

'* It is sure my ill fate that all those I most loved, and with
whom I most lived, must be banished. After both of you [that is,
Swift and Bolingbroke] left England, my constant Host was the
Bishop of Rochester."

In one of Pope's Letters to a Lady, dated the 2d of June 1723,
he writes, " I am at present in the afflicting circumstance of taking
my last leave of one of the truest friends I ever had, and one
of the greatest men in all polite learning, as well as the most

" I think it obliging," had been originally published in the 8vo. of 1735, (vol. i. p. 201,)
, without a date. The other, which is that here quoted, commencing, " I thank you," is
the one really written on the llth Sept. 1722, which date it bears in the 8vo. It has
there some passages relative to the Duchess "of M.," and "ladies in and about Rich-
mond," the Mrs. Blounts, Mrs. Pulteney, and Dr. Arbuthnot, which are not preserved
in the edition of 1737, and have never been restored since. Among the other alterations,
in the passages above quoted the expression " the Doctor if he has not dined," and the
words " they may love him and think of him as well," are suppressed.

a The Right Hon. James Craggs, Secretary of State, died Feb. 16, 1720; and Pope
wrote the poetical epitaph placed on his monument in Westminster Abbey.

ATTERBTJRY IN THE TOWEE OF LONDON. 5

agreeable companion, this nation ever had So that indeed I

want comfort."

Again, in one of his letters to Edward Blount, esquire, dated on
the 27th June, 1723, Pope wrote as follows:

' ' Life's vain Amusements, amidst which we dwell,
Not weigh'd or understood by the grim God of Hell !

said a heathen poet, as he is translated by a Christian Bishop, who
has, first by his exhortations, and since by his example, taught me
to think as becomes a reasonable creature.* But he is gone ! He
carry'd away more learning than is left in this nation behind him :
but he left us more in the noble example of bearing calamity well.
'Tis true we want literature very much; but pray God we don't
want patience more if these precedents are to prevail." b

Atterbury was arrested on the 24th of August, 1722, at his
deanery of "Westminster; examined before the privy council, and
committed to the Tower. On the llth of March following, a
Resolution passed the House of Commons,

" That Francis, Lord Bishop of Rochester, Was principally
concerned in forming, directing, and carrying on a wicked and
detestable conspiracy for invading these kingdoms with a foreign
force, and for raising insurrections and a rebellion at home, in order
to subvert the present happy establishment in Church and State, by
placing a popish Pretender upon the Throne."

This Resolution was followed by a Bill of Pains and Penalties,
-which, on the 9th of April, 1723, was sent to the House of Lords for

a " Atterbury, "says Dr. Johnson, "had honestly recommended to him the study of the
Popish controversy, in hope of his conversion ; to which Pope answered in a manner that
cannot much recommend his principles, or his judgment. [See his Letter to Atterbury,
dated Nov. 20, 1717.] In questions and projects of learning they agreed much better.

At their last interview at the Tower, Atterbury presented him with a Bible."

(See hereafter, p. 16.)

b The four last lines were not printed with the letter when Pope first gave it to the world,
in 1737.

6 ATTERBUKY IN THE TOWER OP LONDON.

tlieir concurrence. On the following day the Bishop addressed the
following letter* to his friend Pope:

" DEAR SlR, The Tower, April 10, 1723.

" I thank you for all the instances of your friendship,
both before and since my misfortunes. A little time will coinpleat
them, and separate you and me for ever. But in what part of the
world soever I am, I will live mindful of your sincere kindness to
me, and will please myself with the thought that I still live in your
esteem and affection as much as ever I did, and that no accidents of
life, no distance of time or place, will alter you in that respect. It
never can me; who have lov'd and valu'd you ever since I knew
you, and shall not fail to do it when I am not allow'd to tell
you so, — as the case will soon be. Give my faithful services to Dr.
Arbuthnot, and thanks for what he sent me; which was much to
the purpose, if anything can be said to be to the purpose in a case
that is already determin'd. Let him know my Defence will be
such, that neither my friends need blush for me, nor will my
enemies have great occasion for Triumph, tho' sure of the Victory.
I shall want his advice before I go abroad, in many things. But I
question whether I shall be permitted to see him, or any body, but
such as are absolutely necessary towards the dispatch of my private
affairs.1* If so, God bless you both ! and may no part of the ill for-
tune that attends me ever pursue either of you ! I know not but I
may call upon you at my hearing, to say something about my way
of spending my time at the Deanery, which did not seem calculated
towards managing Plots and conspiracies. But of that I shall con-
sider. You and I have spent many hours together upon ,much

pleasanter subjects; and, that I may preserve the old custom, I shall

• Published by Pope with his own letters, in 1737.

b The Bishop's confinement was extremely rigorous. "Even his son-in-law Mr.
Morice was not permitted to speak to him in any nearer mode than standing in an area,
whilst the Bishop looked out of a two pair of stairs window." Advertisement to Atter-
bury's Correspondence, 1783.

ATTERBURY IN THE TOWER OF LONDON. 7

not part with you now till I have clos'd this letter with three lines
of Milton, which you will (I know) readily and not without some
degree of concern apply to, — Yoiir ever affectionate, &c.

"Some natural tears he dropt, but wip'd them soon :
The world was all before him, where to choose
His place of rest, and PROVIDENCE HIS GUIDE."

It was in answer to this letter that Pope composed the following
very studied Epistle, which is now printed from the transcripts
already mentioned in the introductory Advertisement. When pub-
lished by its writer (some fourteen years after), its elaborate diction
was still further polished, as if it had been a favourite poem.a

" Mr. Pope to the Bishop of Rochester, before the Bill pass 'd.

"MY LORD, — It is not possible to express wl I think and wl I feel,
only this, that I have thought and felt for nothing but You for
some time past, and shall think of nothing so long for the time
to come. The greatest comfort I had, was an intention (wch I wou'd
have made practicable) to have attended You in Your JOURNEY,
to wch I had brought the person b to consent, who only cou'd have
hindred me, by a tye, which, tho' it may be more tender, I do not
think can be more strong than that of FRIENDSHIP : but now I find

a In order to shew these variations completely, the whole letter is added below from
Pope's Letters (as first edited by himself) in quarto, 1737.
b Here Pope alludes to his mother.

" April 20, 1723.

" It is not possible to express what I think, and what I feel ; only this, that I
have thought and felt for nothing but you, for some time past : and shall think
of nothing so long for the time to come. The greatest comfort I had was an
intention (which I would have made practicable) to have attended you in your
journey, to which I had brought that person to consent, who only could have
hindered me, by a tye which, tho' it may be more tender, I do not think more
strong, than that of friendship. But I fear there will be no way left me to tell

8 ATTERBURY IN THE TOWER OF LONDON.

that malice, wch cou'd no more be foreseen than one cou'd think it
cou'd be contriv'd by any human Creature, has render'd every friendly
way, every grateful thought towards you impracticable : I fear there
will be no way left me to tell You this great truth, that I
remember You, that I love You, that I entirely esteem and value
You, but one, wch I will find, even tho' it were death to correspond
with you; a way wch no bills can preclude, a way wch may
reach to any part of the world where you may be, when the very
whisper or even wish of a Friend must not be heard, or even
suspected : By this I dare tell my Esteem and Affection for you to
the enemies in the Gates, and their sons shall hear it.

" You prove yourself, My Lord, to know me for the zealous Friend
I am, in judging that your manner of Defence, and Glory in it,
is a point of the highest Concern to me, & assuring y* it will
be, it shall be such, that none of Your friends shall blush for
you. Let me farther prompt You, to do Your self the best, the
lasting JUSTICE ; the establishing your fame to POSTERITY will be
in your own hands : May it not be that Providence has appointed
You to some great and usefull work, and .calls You to it this severe
way? You more eminently and more effectually serve the publick,

you this great truth, that I remember you, that I love you, that I am grateful
to you, that I entirely esteem and value you : no way but that one, which
needs no open warrant to authorize it, or secret conveyance to secure it ; which
no bills can preclude, and no Kings prevent ; a way that can reach to any
part of the world where you may be, where the very whisper, or even the wish
of a friend must not be heard or even suspected. By this way I dare tell my
esteem and affection of you to your enemies in the gates ; and you, and they
and their sons may hear of it.

" You prove your self, my lord, to know me for the friend I am ; in judging
that the manner of your Defence, and your Reputation by it, is a point of the
highest concern to me : and assuring me it shall be such, that none of your
friends shall blush for you. Let me further prompt you to do your self the best
and most lasting justice. The instruments of your Fame to posterity will be in
your own hands. May it not be, that Providence has appointed you to some
great and useful work, and calls you to it this severe way ? You may more

ATTERBURY'IN THE TOWER OF LONDON. 9

even now, than in the Stations You have so honourably fill'd: —
Think of Tully, Bacon, & Clarendon.8 Is not the latter, the most
Disgrac'd part of their lives, what You envy, and what You must
chuse to have lived?

" I am tenderly sensible of the wish You express, that no part of
[your] misfortune may pursue me; But God knows how short a
time we may be suffer'd, or we may be desirous to be sufFer'd,
to live in this Country ; I am every day less and less fond of it,
and begin seriously to consider a Friend in Exile a Friend in Death,
one gone before, where I am not unwilling or unprepar'd to follow
after; and where", however various or uncertain the road may
be, I cannot but entertain a pleasing hope, that we may meet
again.

" This I faithfully assure you, that in. the mean time there is no
one living or dead, of whom I shall think oftner or better than of
You. I shall look upon You as in a state between both, in wch

• Upon this passage it was remarked by Bishop Warburton. " Clarendon indeed wrote
his best works in his banishment ; but the best of Bacon's were written before his disgrace,
and the best of Tully's after his return from exile."

eminently and more effectually serve the publick even now, than in the stations
you have so honourably fill'd. Think of Tully, Bacon, and Clarendon. Is it not
the latter, the disgrac'd part of their lives, which you most envy, and which
you would choose to have liv'd ?

" I am tenderly sensible of the wish you express, that no part of your
misfortune may pursue me. But God knows I am every day less and less
fond of my native country, (so torn as it is by Party-rage,) and begin to con-
sider a friend in exile as a friend in death, one gone before, where lam not un-
willing nor unprepared to follow after ; and where (however various or
uncertain the roads and voyages of another world may be,) I cannot but
entertain a pleasing hope that we may meet again.

" I faithfully assure you, that in the mean time there is no one, living or dead,
of whom I shall think oftner or better than of you. I shall look upon you as
in a state between both, in which you will have from me all the passions and

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10 ATTEBBURY IN THE TOWERrOF LONDON.

You have from me all the passions, all the warm wishes that can
attend the living, and all the respects and tender sense of the
loss that we feel for the dead ; and shall always depend upon that
friendship, kind memory, and good offices, altho' I never were to
hear nor see the effects of them ; like the trust we have in benevolent
spirits who, tho' we never hear nor see them, [we] ever think to be
constantly serving & praying for us.

" Whenever I am willing to write to you, I shall conclude that
You are intentionally doing so to me, and every time I think of
You, I will believe You are thinking of me ; and I shall never suffer
to be forgotten, nay to be but faintly remember'd the Honour, the
Pleasure, the Pride I must ever have in reflecting, how frequently
You have delighted me, rfbw kindly You have distinguished me, how
cordially You have advis'd me in Conversation and Study, in wch
I shall always want You and wish for You : In my most lively, in
my most thoughtfull hours I shall equally bear about me the Impres-
sions of you; and perhaps it will not be in this life only that I shall
have cause to remember the BISHOP OF ROCHESTEE.

warm wishes that can attend the living, and all the respect and tender sense of
loss that we feel for the dead. And I shall ever depend upon your constant
friendship, kind memory, and good offices, tho' I were never to see or hear the
effects of them; like the trust we have in benevolent Spirits, who, tho' we
never see or hear them, we think are constantly serving us, and praying
for us.

" Whenever I am wishing to write to you I shall conclude you are inten-
tionally doing so to me : and every time that I think of you I will believe
you are thinking of me. I never shall suffer to be forgotten (nay, to be but
faintly remember'd) the honour, the pleasure, the pride I must ever have in
reflecting how frequently you have delighted me, how kindly you have distin-
guish'd me, how cordially you have advis'd me ! In conversation, in study, I
shall always want you, and wish for you ; in my most lively and in my most
thoughtful hours I shall equally bear about me the impressions of you ; and
perhaps it will not be in This life only that I shall have cause to remember
and acknowledge the Friendship of the Bishop of Rochester.

"Iam,&c."

ATTERBURY IN THE TOWER OF LONDON. 1 1

" Be assur'd that I wish for an occasion of publickly bearing tes-
timony of the truth in your behalf, and shall be glad to be call'd
upon, and so wou'd Your friend you mention.* Wou'd to God we
cou'd act for You, but if not that, at least let us appear for You.

" I am, my Lord, &c."

The House of Commons went into a grand committee upon the
Bill " For inflicting certain pains and penalties upon Francis lord
bishop of Rochester/' upon the 6th of April, 1723 ; and when it came
to the filling up the blank for pains and penalties it was moved by
its promoters that the bishop should be deprived of his office and be-
nefice, be banished the Kingdom, be guilty of Felony if he returned,
and that it should .not be in the King's power to pardon him
without consent of Parliament. After some debate, the question
was carried without a division; and three days after the Bill was
passed, and sent up to the House of Lords.

The Bishop, who had declined to enter upon his defence before
the Commons, was on the 6th of May brought before his peers,
attended by his counsel, Sir Constantine Phipps and Mr. Sergeant
Wynne ; and he was again Brought to the bar on the five following
days. It was on the 10th of May that his friend Pope appeared as
one of the witnesses in his favour, with the object mentioned in the
preceding letters. The report of the trial does not detail the poet's
evidence. His appearance is briefly noticed as follows : " The Bishop
mentioned certain avocations which took up his time, and offered to
bring proof thereof, if the House should think proper. But the
same not being thought material, his Lordship called Mr. Pope, to
give an account how he employed his time, and where he used con-
stantly to find his Lordship when he visited him ; and, in regard of
.the great intimacy there was between them, Whether he suspected

» Dr. Arbuthnot. The whole of this last passage of the letter has not been before
published.

12 ATTERBURY IN THE TOWER OF LONDON.

the Bishop was engaged in such matters as were laid to his charge?
And he was examined upon oath." • At this tantalising point with
respect to Pope's testimony, the reporter says no more ;a but the
poet's own account of the incident is thus related by his friend
Spence :

" I never could speak in public, and I do'nt believe that, if it was
a set thing, I could give an account of any story to twelve friends
. ogether, though I could tell it to any three of them with a great deal
of pleasure. When I was to appear for the Bishop of Rochester, in
his trial, though I had but ten words to say, and that on a plain point,
— how that Bishop spent his time whilst I was with him at Bromley,
I made two or three blunders in it, and that notwithstanding the first
row of Lords, which was all I could see, were mostly of my acquaint-
ance."1'

The substance, however, of what Pope actually said is given
by the Bishop's counsel, Serjeant Wynne, in the following terms :
" We have likewise shewn your lordships by Mr. Pope, who has
been for these two or three last years the most constant companion
of his Lordship's hours, — two or three days, he says, almost in
every week, and an hour or two almost in every of those days, —
that his Lordship generally sat in one room, which I think was his
bedchamber ; that he was admitted to him at all hours, and into all
companies, and never found the discourse change at his coming in ;
that his Lordship never in the least discovered any thoughts or in-
tentions like those now charged upon him ; but [that he] had heard
occasionally many things drop from the Bishop of a tendency
directly contrary." c

Upon this statement Mr. Eeeve, one of the counsel for the Bill,
made the following remarks in reply :

" My Lords, another evidence is Mr. Pope, a gentleman of learn-

a State Trials, edit. Howell, 1812, vol. xvi. col. 572.

b Spence's Anecdotes, edit. Singer, p. 156.

c Howell's State Trials, 8vo. 1812, vol. xvi. col. 584.

ATTERBURT IN THE TOWER OP LONDON. 13

ing, with whom my Lord Bishop of Rochester used to converse ; and
he gives you an account that he knew nothing of this conspiracy,
that the Bishop never opened his mouth to him about it, nor
acquainted him with it, that he was frequently with him, and their
discourse was only about matters of literature. No doubt my Lord
Bishop hath conversed with persons on different subjects, to whom he
would communicate nothing of an affair of this nature."

On the llth of May, the Bishop himself, his counsel having been
previously heard, delivered a long and able speech a in his own
defence; after which he was remanded to the Tower. The Bill,
depriving him of his ecclesiastical dignities, and sentencing him to
perpetual banishment, passed the Lords on the 16th of May, by a
majority of 83 to 43, and received the royal assent on the 27th of

a Pope remarked to Spence, " The Bishop of Rochester's speech, as it is printed, could
not be as he spoke it. I was there all the while. Both the Bishop and myself minded
the time, when he began, and when he left off. He was two hours in speaking it, and as
it is printed you can't well be above an hour reading it. — ' Was there not an Act of Par-
liament read in the midst of it ? ' — No, I don't remember that there was : but he was in-
dulged to sit down for two or three minutes to rest himself a little between the speaking."
The speech was printed from a short-hand copy made for the use of Mr. Wearg, one of
the King's counsel, soon after made solicitor-general for his exertions on this occasion.
(Note in Spence's Anecdotes, p. 157.) With that edition the speech as printed in the
State Trials corresponds : but among the Bishop's papers were found two MS. copies so
far different, that Mr. Nichols printed both of them in his A^terbury Correspondence, one
in vol. iv. p. 383 (edit. 1783), and the other in vol. v. p. 365, the latter being in the
Bishop's own handwriting, and supposed to contain his latest corrections.

The following advertisement, dated June 22, 1723, is from The True Briton of that
time, and was inserted by Jonah Bowyer, who was the publisher of Atterbury's Sermons :
" Whereas there is this Day published, A Pamphlet. Intituled, The Speech (ofcc.). Printed •
for A. Moore, near S. Paul's, This is to give Notice, that the same is surreptitiously
printed, without the Knowledge or Consent of the Bishop, or any of his Friends; and
besides that it is spurious, it is very imperfect; several intire Paragraphs being omitted,
and many others vilely mangled ; as any Person that heard his Lordship speak, will readily
observe. But the Publick may, in due Time, expect an Authentick and Correct Copy of
his Lordship's Speech, and of the Proceedings against him." Notwithstanding the esti-
mation in which this Defence has been generally held for eloquence and pathos, it disap-
pointed Mr. Hallam, who remarked, " Atterbury's own speech is certainly below his fame,
especially his peroration." (Constitutional History of England, iii. 337.)

14 ATTERBURY IN THE TOWER OP LONDON.

the same month. On the 18th of June he was earned in a chair
from his apartment in the Tower to the barge which conveyed him
to the ship appointed to transport him to the continent.

Pope was an auditor of the Bishop's Defence, and the second
Letter, which will now be placed before the reader, was evidently
written immediately after. It is entitled in the MS. Mr. Pope's
Letter after the Bill passed; which was on the 16th of May. It was
suppressed by its writer when he published the first and third
Letters of this series in the quarto volume which first made his
letters public with his own avowed sanction, in the year 1737. It
has not been ascertained that any of these letters had been published
before that time ; but the second — that now placed before the reader
— appeared in the second volume of Atterbury's Correspondence,
collected by Mr. Nichols in the year 1783, (p. 271,) but from what
source derived is not there stated:*

" Mr. Pope's Letter after the Bill pass'd.

" MY LORD — "While Yet I can write to You, I must and will cor-
respond wth You, till the moment it be Felony ;b and when I can no
longer to You, I will write of You. To tell You that my heart is
full of your Defence, is no more than I believe the worst enemy
You have must own of his. You have really without a figure had
all the Triumph the ancient Eloquence0 boasts of. Their pas-
sions and consciences have done you right, tho' their votes will d
not, You have met with the fate frequent to Good and Great men,
to gain applause where You are deny'd justice. Let me take the
only occasion I have had in the whole series of Your misfortunes to

* The variations from the Woolley MS. are but few. They are indicated in the fol-
lowing notes.

b By the act of pains and penalties it was made felony to correspond- with the Bishop
after the 25th of June.

c As published, that ancient eloquence.

•' will in MS. Cole, have in Woolley MS.

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congratulate you, not You alone, but POSTEEITY, on this noble
Defence. I already see in what Lustre that Innocency is to appear
to after ages, wch this has overbore and oppress'd; 1 know perfectly
well, what a share of credit it will be to have appear'd on that side,
or being call'd YOUR FRIEND. I am far prouder of that word you
publickly spoke of me, than of any thing I have yet heard of my self
in my whole life. Thanks be to God that I, a private man, con-
cern'd in no Judicature, and Employ'd in no publick Cause, have
had the honour in this great and shineing Incident, wch will make
the first figure in the History of this time, to enter as it were my
Protest to Your Innocency, and my Declaration of Your Friendship.
Be assur'd, my Dr Ld, no time will ever efface the memory of that
from my heart, shou'd I be deny'd the pleasure of expressing it
evermore with my pen in this manner; but cou'd that permission
be obtain'd wch You had once the extream goodness to think of
asking, even of those from whom You would ask nothing I believe
but what lyes very near Your heart, cou'd the permission I say of
Corresponding with you be obtain'd, I do assure you I would leave*
off all other writing, and apply it wholley to You, where it wou'd
please me best, and to the Amusement, or if I cou'd be so happy as
to say, Comfort of Your Exile, till God and your Innocency, wch
will support You in it, restore you from it, than wch there is not a
sincerer or warmer prayer in the breast of,

" My Lord, your ever affectionate, &c."

It would seem that, when this letter was written, Pope did not
expect to see his friend again ; but, immediately before the Bishop's
departure,1* he was permitted to take a personal farewell. Of this

a Hitherto misprinted tear.

b Pope's inscription in the Bible, presently inserted, gives the date of the 17th of June :
on the 18th the Bishop departed. It appears from Bishop Newton that Atterbury's
friends had free access to take leave of him. He says that " After the Westminster elec-
tion in 1723 was over, some of the King's scholars [of whom Newton was then Captain]
thought it a proper piece of respect to wait on their late Dean in the Tower, as every
body had then free admittance to see and take leave of him : and, among other things

16 ATTERBURY IN THE TOWER OF LONDON.

interview some particulars — the perfect accuracy of which has been
justly doubted — have been preserved from the relation of Lord
Chesterfield. " I went (said his Lordship) to Mr. Pope one
morning at Twickenham, and found a large folio Bible, with gilt
clasps, lying before him upon his table; and, as I knew his way of
thinking upon that book, I asked him, jocosely, if he was going to
write an Answer to it? 'It is a present, (said he,) or rather a
legacy, from my old friend the Bishop of Rochester. I went to take
my leave of him yesterday in the Tower, where I saw this Bible
upon his table. After the first compliments, the Bishop said to me,
' My friend Pope, considering your infirmities, and my age and
exile, it is not likely that we should ever meet again; and therefore
I give you this legacy* to remember me by it.' " — (Maty's Memoirs
of the Earl of Chesterfield, prefixed to the Miscellaneous Works of
that nobleman, 4to. 1777, vol. i. p. 279. The continuation of the
passage need not be extracted, the subject of Chesterfield's insinuation
of infidelity against Atterbury having been sufficiently discussed.1*)

which he said to them, he applied to himself those lines of Milton, as he did likewise [see
before, p. 7,] in a letter to Mr. Pope —

The world is all before me where to choose

My place of rest, and Providence my guide.''

(Life and Anecdotes of Thomas Newton, D.D. Bishop of Bristol, written by himself,
and prefixed to his Works, 4to. 1782, vol. i. p. 14.)

a " At parting, he presented Pope with a Bible, and said, with a disingenuousness of
which no man who had studied the Bible to much purpose would have been guilty, ' If
ever you hear that I have any dealings with the Pretender, I give you leave to say that my
punishment is just.' Pope at this time really believed the Bishop to be an injured man.
Arbuthnot seems to have been of the same opinion." — (Memoirs of Atterbury, written by
Lord Macaulay, in the Encyclopedia Britannica.) The statement here made rests on the
authority of Bishop Newton, whose words are : " When he took his last leave of Mr. Pope,
he told him he would allow him to say his sentence was just if he ever found he had any
concerns with the Pretender's family in his exile. But, notwithstanding this, as Bishop
Warburton informs us (see Pope's Letters,) Mr. Pope was convinced before the Bishop's
death that during his banishment he was in the intrigues of the Pretender." (Newton's
Life and Anecdotes, p. 14.)

b Particularly in a long letter from the Rev. Samuel Badcock to Mr. Nichols,
printed in Atterbury's Correspondence, vol. i. p. 79; second edition, vol. ii. p. 271; and

ATTERBURY IN THE TOWER OF LONDON. 17

The Bible, which formed this memorable present, is now in the
possession of Lord Viscount Hawarden,a at Dundrum Castle, near
Cashel, in Ireland. It is one of the edition printed at the University
of Cambridge in 1674. It has, on a fly-leaf, the following inscription
in the handwriting of Pope, of which Lord Hawarden has favoured
me with an accurate copy .

Franciscus Episcopus Roffensis,

Vir admodum Venerandus et Amicissimus,

Alexandro Pope Dono dedit,

Jun. 17, 1723, Anno Exilii 1°.

Cape dona Extrema Tuorum !

The above lines were the whole of the original inscription.
After Atterbury's death was added,

Obiit Vir Venerandus Lutetiis
mense Februario, Anno D'ni 173£,
Exilii 8°, 2Etatis 71°.

And seven years later the volume was presented by Pope to his
friend Ralph Allen, of Prior Park, with this insertion: —

Mar. 30, 1739.

A. Pope, Radulpho Allen, Viro de se
atque omnibus hominibus bene merito,
in Usum Sacelli sui Widcombiensis
Dedit.

A third Letter is extant, written by Pope to Atterbury at this

in the Works of Pope, edit. Warton, viii. 129, edit. Bowles, viii. 154, edit. Roscoe, vol. ix.
p. 238. See also the last Life of Pope, by Mr. Robert Carruthers, (second edit. 1857,
p. 213,) where it is remarked, " An anecdote has been related, on the alleged authority of
Pope, tending to prove that Atterbury himself was nearly all his life a sceptic. This is
incredible. He was aspiring, turbulent, and faithless as a politician, and not without
dissimulation and hypocrisy in private life; but his whole career, his published writings,
and correspondence, are opposed to the idea that he disbelieved the faith he preached and
professed." '. .

»• Mary Allen, the niece of Ralph, was the second wife of Cornwallis first Viscount
Hawarden, the grandfather of the present Viscount.
CAM SOC. C

18 ATTERBURY IN THE TOWER OF LONDON.

period. This is not in the Woolley manuscript, but was published
by its writer in 1737, at which time he gave it the date of the 2d
of May. His editors a have dated it on the 17th of that month ; and
Mr. Roscoe has ascribed the letter last inserted to June.b It now
seems more probable that the second letter b was written in May,
when Pope was freshly impressed with Atterbury's Defence, during
the delivery of which he had been present ;c and that this letter,
beginning " Once more," was written very shortly before the Bishop's
departure, in the month of June. Like the first, it may be sus-
pected of having received sundry touches and heightenings of
expression, when, fourteen years after, and subsequently to Atter-
bury's death, its writer sent it to the press.

" May 2, [or June .?] 1723.

" Once more I write to you as I promis'd, and this once I fear will
be the last ! the Curtain will soon be drawn between my friend and
me, and nothing left but to wish you a long good-night. May you
enjoy a state of repose in this life, not unlike that Sleep of the soul
which some have belie v'd is to succeed it, where we lie utterly for-
getful of that world from which we are gone, and ripening for that
to which we are to go. If you retain any memory of the past, let
it only image to you what has pleas'd you best; sometimes present
a dream of an absent friend, or bring you back an agreeable conver-
sation. But, upon the whole, I hope you will think less of the
time past than of the future ; as the former has been less kind to
you than the latter infallibly will be. Do not envy the world your
Studies ;d they will tend to the benefit of men against whom you

a Warton's Pope, viii. 128, followed by Bowles and Roscoe. By Warburton it is
dated May only : he following the edition of Pope's Works printed for T. Cooper, London,
1737.

b Following the Atterbury Correspondence. This second letter was known only to
Roscoe, and not to the previous editors of Pope's Works.

c " I was there all the while." See the note before, in p. 13.

d This, observed Bishop Newton, "was most excellent advice;" and "it is much to be
lamented that this advice was no better followed, that such talents and faculties were no
better employed, and that he was still dealing in politics, instead of writing some work of

ATTERBURY IN THE TOWER OP LONDON. 19

can have no complaint, I mean of all Posterity: and perhaps at your
time of life, nothing else is worth your care. What is every year
of a wise man's life but a censure or critique on the past ? Those
whose date is the shortest, live long enough to laugh at one half of
it: the boy despises the infant, the man the boy, the philosopher
both, and the Christian all. You may now begin to think, your
Manhood was too much a puerility; and you'll never suffer your
Age to be but a second infancy. The toys and baubles of your
childhood are hardly now more below you, than those toys of our
riper and of our declining years, the drums and rattles of Ambition,
and the dirt and bubbles of Avarice.

"'At this time, when you are cut off from a little society, and
made a citizen of the world at large, you should bend your talents
not to serve a Party, or a few, but all Mankind. Your Genius
should mount above that mist in which its participation and neigh-
bourhood with earth long involved it. To shine abroad and to
heaven, ought to be the business and the glory of your present situa-
tion. Eemember it was at such a time that the greatest Lights of
antiquity dazled and blazed the most, in their retreat, in their exile,
or in their death. But why do I talk of dazling or blazing ? it was
then that they did good, that they gave light, and that they became
Guides to mankind.

"Those aims alone are worthy of spirits truly great, and such I
therefore hope will be yours. Resentment indeed may remain, per-
haps cannot be quite extinguished in the noblest minds; but revenge
never will harbour there. Higher principles than those of the first,
and bette*r principles than those of the latter, will infallibly influence
men, whose thoughts and whose hearts are enlarged, and cause
them to prefer the Whole to any part of mankind, especially to so
small a part as one's single self.

" Believe me, my Lord, I look upon you as a Spirit enter'd into

genius and learning, of which he was very capable. He wrote only two or three little
pieces, his Essay on the Character of lapis in Virgil; his Vindication of Dr. Aldrich, Dr.
Smalridge, and himself from the charge of interpolating Lord Clarendon's History; and
little or nothing besides, but a few criticisms on some French authors.''

20 ATTERBUKY IN THE TOWER OF LONDON.

another life, as one just upon the edge of Immortality; where the
Passions and Affections must be much more exalted, and where you
ought to despise all little Views, and all mean Retrospects. Nothing
is worth your looking back ; and therefore look forward, and make
(as you can) the World look after you. But take care that it be
not with Pity, but with Esteem and Admiration.

" I am with the greatest sincerity, and passion for your Fame as
as well as Happiness, — Your, &c."

The continuance of Atterbury's affectionate regard towards Pope
is strongly testified by a letter which he wrote from Montpelier, on
the 20th Nov. 1729, soon after the death of his daughter, Mrs.
Morice : "Yes, dear Sir, I have had all you designed for me ; and have
read all (as I read whatever you write) with esteem and pleasure.
But your last letter,* full of friendship and goodness, gave me such
impressions of concern and tenderness as neither I can express, nor
you, perhaps, with all the force of your imagination, fully conceive.

" I am not master," &c. (See Atterbury's Epistolary Corre-
spondence, i." 145.)

Pope was remembered by Atterbury in the last memoranda for
his will,b written in the same year, in the following terms: " I give
to Mr. Pope any book he shall think fit to choose out of my small
collection, to be preserved by him in memory of me."

a This letter does not appear to be extant.

b Nichols's Atterbury Correspondence, vol. i. p. xii. Pope had formerly presented to
the Bishop an edition of Homer, printed at Paris in 1554; and the Bishop's inscription in
it is printed ibid. iii. 518.

NOTE.

The collection of Epistolary Correspondence and other miscellanies
by Bishop Atterbury, edited by my grandfather Mr. John Nichols, was
published at various periods, as the materials came to hand, — Volumes
i. and ii. in 1783, Vol. iii. in 1784, Vol. iv. in 1787, and Vol. v. in 1798.
The last volume (though often found in company with the preceding,)
contains an Index which applies to the Second Edition, of which Vols. i.
and ii. are dated 1789, and Vols. iii. and iv. 1790. These volumes were
reprinted in the years they bear, but were not actually published until
June 13, 1799, which is the date of the Advertisement prefixed to the
first volume of this Second Edition. The fifth volume contains a Memoir
of the Bishop^ in which the scattered contents of the whole collection are
reviewed in their chronological arrangement.

The originals of Atterbury 's Letters edited by Mr. Nichols are now for
the most part deposited in the British Museum. Those which were the
origin and foundation of his work, namely the series relating to the last
illness and death of the Bishop's daughter Mrs. Morice, had been purchased
by Mr. Nichols at the sale of the library of Topham Beauclerk, Esq. in
the year 1781. Mr. Nichols presented them to the national collection in
the year 1786, and they are preserved, together with fourteen letters pre-
sented by Nathaniel Chauncy, Esq., in the Additional MSS. 5143, 5144.
Atterbury's Letters to Bishop Trelawney, 140 in number, are in the
MS. Addit. 5951: they came from the writer's grandson Francis Atter-
bury, D.D. Precentor of Cloyne and Rector of Clonmell, to Mr. Nichols, who
presented them to the British Museum in 1806. Seven more letters of
Atterbury (with one of Bishop Potter) were presented by the Rev. Wil-
liam Morice in 1815: they were at first placed in the MS. Addit. 6408,
but were removed in 1849 to the volume 5144. The whole of these had
been published by Mr. Nichols in the Atterbury Correspondence.

Another collection of thirty-nine Letters of Bishop Atterbury to his
daughter Mrs. Morice and her husband, together with many others of the

22 ATTERBURY IN THE TOWER OF LONDON.

bishop's manuscripts, which were preserved by his grandson the Rev,
Henry Morice, M.A Vicar of Ashwell, Herts, are now for sale in the
hands of Messrs. Sotheran and Willis.

Among Cole's transcripts of the Correspondence of the Rev. John Strype
the Ecclesiastical Historian, there are -seven notes of Atterbury that have
not been printed. (MS. Addit. 5853.)

It is, however, the Royal Library at Windsor Castle that contains those
letters of Atterbury, the appearance of which at length placed beyond
further dispute the actual course of his political intrigues. In the year
1847 the publication of " The Stuart Papers," preserved by the exiled
royal family, and now in the possession of Her Majesty, was commenced
with a volume of Letters of Bishop Atterbury, edited by John Hulbert
Glover, Esq. F.S.A., Her Majesty's Librarian, who has two further
volumes of Atterbury's Correspondence nearly ready for the press.

SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE

TO

THE DISCOVERY

OF THE

JESUITS' COLLEGE AT CLERKENWELL

IN MAECH 1627-8:

PRINTED IN THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE
CAMDEN MISCELLANY.

BY

JOHN GOUGH NICHOLS, F.S.A.

PRINTED FOR THE CAMDEN SOCIETY.
M.DCCC.LIX.

MY friend Mr. Bruce, who is engaged in examining and calendar-
ing the documents of the Reign of Charles the First preserved in
Her Majesty's State Paper Office, has had the kindness to point out
to me some particulars with regard to the Papers seized in the
Jesuits' College at Clerk enwell, which appear to be sufficiently
important to be communicated to the Camden Society in the form
of a Supplement to my former publication on that subject.

It has been ascertained, by comparison with other papers written
by Sir John Coke,a then secretary of state, that the Narrative was
drawn up by him, and not by Sir Eobert Heath, the attorney-
general. The original of the Narrative preserved in the State Paper
Office is in Sir John Coke's own handwriting. The papers seized
at the Jesuits' College are also indorsed by him, and by his hand
they were marked with the letters of the alphabet, A to Z, by which
he refers to them in his Narrative.

The papers marked N. P. and Q. have been recovered since I
examined the series in the year 1852. Those which were marked
B. C. L. and 0. are still missing.

The papers N. and P. are now printed.

Those marked Q. are two copies of a long letter, in English,
addressed to a person in a state of uncertainty respecting the oath of
allegiance, arguing at length the impropriety of its being taken by
Roman Catholics. This letter has neither signature, date, nor
address.

a I before printed this name Cooke •. in which way it was commonly written, and no
doubt usually pronounced, by the Secretary's contemporaries. But it appears by his own
signature that, like the great Chief Justice, (to whom he was not nearly if at all
related,) he wrote his name Coke.

DISCOVERY OF THE

It should also be noticed that the copy in the State Paper Office
of " A Letter founde amongst some Jesuits " (pp. 33 — 40) is the
very same which came from the study of archbishop Laud (p. 12.),
and from which Prynne printed. It bears the following indorse-
ment:

3/ x

A Jesuit's Leter sent to y j /n ^^ ^_

Rector at Bruxells about ye » -,•

* \ writing.
insuinge Parlament

(7) 14

Arminianisme. — In Prynne's handwriting.

This word probably refers to the passage of the Jesuit's Letter
which will be found in The Discovery, &c. p. 38, commencing,
" Butt to returne to the maine fabrique of our foundation, which is
Armynianisme."

It thus appears that the omissions made by Prynne when he
printed this document — or libel, as it may more correctly be desig-
nated— were wilful omissions, and that the words " Leave out this
where the lines are drawn." (note, p. 34) came from his hand.

On the authorship of the " Jesuit's Letter " some important evi-
dence will be found hereafter, in p. 10.

N.

Indorsement, in the handwriting of Mr. secretary Coke.

Mutius Vitellosius, General of the Jesuits, to Tho: Salisburie, who had
written unto him concerning the state of the Societie, with like ac-
knowledgment to Father Rob. Frevel.

*

Rde in X° P'r.
Pax Chr'i.

Gratissimse mihi fuere, quae RVa. 16. January, de statu familis, in qua
commoratur, scripsit. Etsi enim imbecillior valetudo Rectoris et Ma-

JESUITS' COLLEGE AT CLERKENWELL. 5

gistri Novitiorum molestiam mihi aliquam pariat, ea tamen inde minus
premor, quod cum hoc tempore ob publicas difficultates pauci admodum
tyrones istic sint, studio, et industria illorurn instruendi, non ita magnum in-
commodum ex illorum infirmitate accipi credam. Quod si aliquando
uberior istic seges laborum ipsis oblata fuerit, spero etiam divinam benig-
nitatem illis vires et robur laboribus subeundis pares suppedituram. In-
terim gratias ago RV"3. pro diligenti ac sedula sua scriptione, uti et P. Ro-
berto Frevillo, qui etiam officio suo cumulate satisfecit. Quod ut RVa
eidem significet, ac meo nomine amanter salutet, ab ea valde peto. Atque
hisce me . . . tis suis sacrificiis ac precibus commendo. Romse, 10.
Aprilis (the date of the year torn away with the seal).

RV*.

Servus in Chr'o,

MUTIUS VlTELLESIUS.

P. Thomas Salisburio, Londinum.

External direction, Al molto Magco Sigr mio Ossermo

il Sr Tomaso Salisburio,
Londra.

P.

Indorsement in secretary Cokes hand, A Register of the names according
to their orders and times of appearance.

R. P. Richardus Banxius P. Franciscus Brownus a

P. Robertas Frevillus P. Robertus Coccius

P. Thomas Salisburius P. Jo'es Gravenerius

P. Joannes Claras8 P. Gulielmus ElizEei

P. Thomas Poultonus P. Edmundus Bradshawus

P. Jacobus Jones

Novitii. p fjobertus Tempestus

P. Nicolaus Lusherus P. Franciscus Gardinerus

P. Joannes Monnockus P. Henricus Claxtonus

Note. — The Paper Z, (before printed, Discovery, p. 46,) is a copy of this list without
the distinctive headings, omitting the names " of Clare, Brown, Ipsley, and Pansford, and
altering Simson b into Benson.

DISCOVERY OF THE

P. Christophorus Warnerus
P. Nathanael Southwellus
P. Jo'es Dormerus
Joannes Stephani
Gulielmus Putnseus
Jo'es a Sto Edmundo
Thomas Gervasii

Veterani missionarii.

P. Jo'es Fislierus

P. Gulielmus Savillus

P. Christophorus Grinwoodus

P. Jo'es Yvisonus

P. Simon Swinburnus

P. Sabinus Chamberus

P. Henricus Morus

P. Kichardus Whitmorus

P. Eobertus Bucquus

P. Thomas Ipslasus a

P. Timotheus Hayus

P. Gulielmus Morsseus

P. Henricus Belfildus

P. Thomas Abercrombseus

P. Franciscus Milesius

P. Thomas Lathwaytus

P. Joannes Radfordus

P. Henricus Floydus

P. Laurentius Worthingtonus

P. Philippus Fisherus

P. Odoardus Williamsonus

P. Guido Hollandus

P. Henricus Hawkinus

P. Thomas Keelus

P. Jo'es Grimstonus

P. Thomas Pricius

P. Georgius Morlseus

P. Henricus Wilkinsonus

P. Jo'es Pansfordus a

In Missione Suffolciensi.

P. Petrus Simsonus b
P. Gulielmus Brook sbams
P. Franciscus Yongus
P. Henricus Copingerus
P. Thomas Gulielmi
P. Thomas Everardus

The Suffolk mission mentioned at the close of this list is the more
remarkable, as Suffolk is not one of the counties into which the
operations of the Jesuits are stated to have extended, in the account
of their colleges, extracted in The Discovery, &c. p. 47, from the
Rev. Dr. Oliver's " Collections towards illustrating the Biography
of the Scotch, English, and Irish members of the Society of Jesus."

1 b See note in previous page.

JESUITS' COLLEGE AT CLERKENWELL. 7

On another sheet is the following list, containing several of the
same names, with others.

Nondum examinati ad gradum,

P. Thomas Poultonus

P. Nicolaus Lusherus

P. Jo'es Mannockus

P. Jacobus Jones

P. Franciscus Gardiiierus

P. Henricus Claptonus

P. Chr'ophorus Warnerus

P. Nathanael Southwellus

P. Jo'es Dormerus

P. Richardus Whitmorus

P. Robertus Bucquus

P. Timotheus Hayus

P. Gulielmus Morsseus

P. Franciscus Milesius

P. Henr. Hawkinus

P. Jo'es Grimstonus
On a third sheet:

Aderunt in S. Ignatio, a p° Aug: P. Tho. Keelus
usque ad pm Octob. novitii. P. Jo'es Grimstonus

Ad renovanda vota circa pam Eeb- P- Rob'

domodam Julii et Januarii, die quo Pl ^u^' Morsseus

monebuntur. P- Thomas Poultonus

P. Rich. Whitmorus R Tho' Salisburius

P. Rob. Frevillus

P. Philippus Fisherus 3* Eebdo. Julii et Januarii, die

P. Joannes Pansfordus 1UO monebuntur.

P. Gulielmus Elis^i p Timotheus Hayus

P. Odoardus Williamsonus p Franciscus Milesius

P. Henricus Wilkinsonus p< Guido Hollandus

2a Eebd. Julii et Januarii, die P. Henricus Hawkinus

quo monebuntur. P. Nicolaus Lusherus

P. Georgius Morlasus P. Joannes Mannockus

8

DISCOVERY OF THE

Aderunt ad annuam recollectio-
nem.

P° die non festo post Dom. in
Albis.

P. Thomas Abercrombaaus
P. Nicolaus Lusherus
P. Joannes Manoccus
P. Gulielmus Elisasi

Sabb. ante Dom. 3 post Pascha.

P. Simon Swinburnus
P. Sabinus Chamberus
P. Tho: Keelus
P. Guliel. Morsaeus

Die Martis post Dom. 4 a Pascha.

P. Joannes Fisher us
P. Guil. Savillus
P. Henricus Floydus
P. Rob. Frevillus

Ipso die Ascensionis a prandio.

P. Jo'es Ivysonus
P. Philippus Fisherus
P. Chr'opho. Greenwoodus
P. Rob. Bucquus

Post festum corpris Chr'i.
P. Thomas Lathwaytus
P. Joannes Radfordus
P. Lawrentius Worthingtonus
P. Henricus Belfildus

Aderunt 2 Octobr.
P. Tho. Pricius
P. Georgius Morlaeus
P. Fran. Yongus
P. Tho. Gulielmi

15 Octob.

P. Jo'es Grimstonus
P. Guido Hollandus
P. Henr. Hawkinus
P. Franciscus Milesius

3 Novemb.

P. Petrus Simsonus
P. Gul. Broosbaaus (sic)
P. Gul. Williamson
P. Joa. Pansfordus

16 Novemb.

P. Henr. Coppingerus
P. Tho. Everardi
P. Hen. Wilkinsonus
P. Timot. Hayus

3 Deccmb.

P. Rich. Whitmorus
P. Tho. Blofildus
P. Henricus Morus
P. Jo'es Clarus

3 Feb.
(Blank)

16.
(Blank)

Die lu. post 1. Dom. Quadrag.

(Blank)

Die lu. post Dom. 3. Quad.
(Blank)

Reliquo tempore supplebit per
domesticos

Adventantes et aliter impeditos.

JESUITS' COLLEGE AT CLERKENWELL.

LIST OF THE PERSONS ARRESTED IN THE COLLEGE AT CLERKENWELL.
(S. P. O. Dom. Char. I. 1628, March 15.)

alias Guy Holt.

alias Thomas Poulton.

These 5 were taken in a

secret place.
Edward Parr.

Thomas Weeden.

These remain in the house.

These 2 and the first 5
are committed to the new
prison.3

Guido George Holland
Th. Poulton. Joseph Underbill
Eobert Beoment
Daniell Stanhope
Henrie Edward More

Margaret Isham
Ployden. Edmond Weedon, sicke

John Penington, his servant
Tho. Latham, the house

keeper

George Kempe, gardiner
This Poulton, alias Underhil, is sonne to Poulton that abridged the
Statutes.13 This is released out of the new prison, by warrant from the boord,
upon bond of 500", with suerties to be forthcoming.0

Edmond Weeden, alias Ploiden, a preist, as may appeare by proofs.
Crossed

Frances Plowden writeth to Tho. Acton, and calleih him brother ; so Acton
seemeth to bee Weedon alias Plowden.

All the parts of the above which are in Italic are in trie hand-
writing of Sir John Coke. It is indorsed also by Sir John Coke,
TJie names of the persons taken at ClerJcenwell.

a See the extracts from the Privy Council Register, in Discovery, &c. p. 41.

b " Fardinando Pulton of Lincolnes Inn, Esquire," as he is styled in the title-pages of
his books. He was a learned barrister, and appears to have been encouraged and assisted
by Sir William Cordell, Master of the Rolls. His first work, An Abstract of all the Penal
Statutes, was published as early as 1560; and he continued his labours in the same path,
to an advanced period of life. For greater facilities in their accomplishment he took a
lodging near the Record Office in the Tower, and applied to the Council for an order that
the Keeper of the Records might be allowed to deliver to him the Parliament Rolls, one by
one, to be used by him at his lodging. He was then (perhaps about 1611) " almost
fourscore." See Introduction to the Authentic Edition of the Statutes, vol. i. pp.
xxiii. xxvii. liii. ; and see a list of the titles and various editions of the works of this labo-
rious man in Watt's Bibliotheca Britannica, voce Pulton.

c Thiswasdone pursuant to an order of council,July 12,1628. Vide Discovery, &c. p. 42.

d i. e. Humphrey Cross, the messenger who made the arrest.
CAMD. SOC. B

10 DISCOVERY OF THE JESUITS' COLLEGE AT CLERKENWELL.

The following is the commencement of a letter in the State Paper
Office, undated, but written in 1628, addressed fry Sir John May-
nard, K.B., who was then M.P. for Calne,a

" To the D. of Buckingham his Grace.

" My Lord, I was astonished and amased when my brother tould
mee your Grace was not only ielius (jealous ) of mee, but that yow
did beeleve I had bin malitius and trecherous agaynst yow. I know
the Jesuites letter was the ground of your ielousy ; but, had your
Grace leysure to perruse it, if yow doe but consider the circumstance
of time (when secritary Cooke spake of letters that he had intercepted
of the Jesuites, and what wispering and caballing there was among
Parliment men that sumthing contayned in those letters concerned
the Duke, otherwise they had been published too humor the house,)
certanly could yow have sene (how, like a whirlewind) they chopped
aboute and shifted there opinions, yow would have smiled and not
frowned at it.5'

Sir John Maynard afterwards proceeds to speak of other matters,
which might have given the Duke offence, as " what I spoke of
Dolbier," b &c., and asks him, " Did you not in my Lord Craven's
and the City busines promis yow would never be jelius of mee : did
yow not likewise, beefore the Parliment, give me commission too
converse with your enimies and wright what I pleased? I confes I
published A discourse too show yow were n'oe Arminian, too the
which I annexed certayne resons why the Parliment should not
medle with yow."

From these passages it appears not improbable that the author of
the Jesuit's Letter was Sir John Maynard.

a Sir John Maynard, second son of Sir Henry Maynard sometime secretary to Lord
Burghley, and brother to William first Lord Maynard. He was seated at Walthamstow
in Essex, was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Charles the First, and
married a daughter of Sir Thomas Middleton an alderman of London.

Colonel John Dalbier, a native of the Low Countries employed in the service of
England, particularly at the Isle of Rhe'. He was at this time engaged in enlisting
foreigners to be employed in England, a matter which excited the jealousy of parliament.
He was subsequently remarkable as the military instructor of Oliver Cromwell : and
finally met his death with Lord Francis Villiers at Kingston.

REPORT OF THE COUNCIL

OF

THE CAMDEN SOCIETY.

ELECTED 3rd MAY, 1858.

THE Council of the Camden Society, elected on the 3rd of May, 1858,
are happy to Report the continued well-being of the Society.
The Council have to regret the deaths during the past year of —

W. WINGFIELD BAKER, Esq.

The Ven. ARCHDEACON FROUDE.

JERE HILL, Esq.

PHILIP KERNAN, Esq.

Miss MACLEOD.

LORD MURRAY.

GEORGE STEWART NICHOLSON, Esq.

The Rev. CHARLES WELLBELOVED.

To this list the Council much regret to add the names of three Gen-
tlemen who have special claims on the consideration of the Society. They
are,

I. Their late respected colleague PETER LEVESQUE, Esq., for many years
a constant attendant at the meetings of the Council, where his habits of
business were always available for the purposes of the Society ;

II. That distinguished ornament of our literature, and of this as of every
other Society which had the good fortune to enrol his name on its List of
Members, the learned historian of our Constitutional History and of the
Literature of Europe, HENRY HALLAM, Esq. ; and

III. The Rev. THOMAS TAYLOR LEWIS, M.A. the accomplished and
painstaking Editor of the Letters of Lady Brilliana Harley, published by
the Society in 1853.

The Works issued during the past year have been : —

1. Liber Famelicus of Sir James Whitelocke. Edited by JOHN BRUCE, Esq.
V.P.S.A.

2 REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1859.

II. Letters to and from Henry Savile, Esq. Envoy at Paris, and Vice-Chamberlain
to Charles II. and James II. including Letters from his brother George Marquess of
Halifax. From a MS. in the possession of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire,
and from originals in H. M. State Paper Office. Edited by W. DURRANT
COOPER, Esq. F.S.A.

III. The Romance of Blonde of Oxford and Jehan of Dammartin, by PHILIPPE
DE REIMES, a Trouvere of the Thirteenth Century. Edited, from the unique MS.
in the Imperial Library at Paris, by M. LE Roux DE LINCY.

These will be followed almost immediately by

IV. The Caniden Miscellany, Volume the Fourth, containing: 1. A London
Chronicle in the reigns of Henry VII. and Henry VIII. ; 2. The Childe of Bristow,
a Poem by John Lydgate ; 3. Expenses of the Judges of Assize riding the Western
and Oxford Circuits, temp. Elizabeth ; 4. The Incredulity of St. Thomas, one
of the Corpus Christi Plays at York ; 5. Sir Edward Lake's Interview with Charles
the First ; 6. Letters of Pope to Atterbury when in the Tower of London ; 7. Sup-
plementary Note on the Jesuits' College at Clerkenwell ; —

a Volume which it is hoped will be received with the same satisfaction as
its predecessors, to which it will certainly be found fully equal in variety
and interest.

The following Works have been added to the List of Suggested Publi-
cations during the past year : —

I. Sir Sackville Crow's Account of the Privy Purse Expenses of the Duke of
Buckingham. To be Edited by JOHN FORSTER, Esq.

II. A Register of the Priory of St. Mary, Worcester, containing an account of
the Lands and Possessions of that Church in the early part of the Thirteenth Cen-
tury. To be Edited by the Ven. ARCHDEACON HALE.

Paradoxical as it may seem, the Camden Society has not at present so
large a List of Members zts it had some years ago, on account of the
very success which has attended the Society itself. Its institution, and the
number of Works of Historical and Antiquarian interest which it has
published, have contributed to foster that taste for studies of this nature
which is now so widely disseminated. Hence have arisen numerous Socie-
ties having objects more or less similar to that of the Camden Society, and
many Gentlemen, deeming it undesirable to join all these bodies, confine
their subscriptions to those whose objects are most directly in harmony
with their own special branches of inquiry.

The Camden Society has been the means of placing in the hands of
Historical Students nearly ninety Publications, all of considerable import-

REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1859.

ance, although, but for !he existence of the Society, they would probably
never have been committed to the press. A mere glance at the titles of
these Works will establish the high claims of the Camden Society to the
constant support of all lovers of Historical learning.

Taking as of the first importance the Works which the Camden Society
has published on the subject of our CIVIL AND POLITICAL HISTORY, we
shall find —

RESTORATION OF EDWARD IV.

WARKWORTH'S CHRONICLE.

HAY WARD'S ANNALS OF ELIZABETH.

NARRATIVES OF CONTESTS IN IRELAND.

CHRONICLE OF WILLIAM DE RISHANGER.

THE LEYCESTER PAPERS.

TRANSLATION OF POLYDORE VERGIL'S ENG-
LISH HISTORY.

TRAVELS OF NICANDER Nucius.

NOTES OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE LONG PAR-
LIAMENT.

THE EGERTON PAPERS.

THE RUTLAND PAPERS.

ITALIAN RELATION OF ENGLAND.

TWYSDEN ON THE GOVERNMENT OF ENGLAND.

CHRONICLE OF REBELLION IN LINCOLNSHIRE
IN 1470.

JOURNAL OF SIEGE OF ROUEN IN 1591.
GEORGE FLEETWOOD'S DESCRIPTION OF THE

BATTLE OF LUTZEN.

BOLL ON THE MARRIAGE OF HENRY VII.
PROCEEDINGS IN KENT IN 1642.
THE ABUSES AGAINST THE COMMONWEALTH.
THE JESUITS' COLLEGE AT CLERKENWELL.
LETTERS OF ELIZABETH AND JAMES THE

SIXTH.

CHRONICON PETROBURGENSE.
CHRONICLE OF QUEEN JANE AND QCEEN

MARY.
SECRET SERVICE PAYMENTS OF CHARLES II.

AND JAMES II.

GRANTS OF EDWARD THE FIFTH.
CHARLES THE FIRST IN 1646.
ENGLISH CHRONICLE, 1377-1461.

Nor will the results be less satisfactory if we consult the List of Books
issued by the Society on the subject of our ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.

ECCLESIASTICAL DOCUMENTS.
CHRONICLE OF JOSCELINE DE BRAKELOND.
APOLOGY FOR THE LOLLARDS.
LETTERS RELATING TO THE SUPPRESSION OF
THE MONASTERIES.

DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLLEGIATE

CHURCH OF MIDDLEHAM.
CHRONICLE OF ABERCONWAY.
THE ANCREN RIWLE.
THE ROLL OF BISHOP SWINFIELD.

The next division, that of LITERARY HISTORY, including POETRY
and the DRAMA, is equally rich.

KYNG JOHAN.

KEMP'S NINE DAIES WONDER.
POEM ON DEPOSITION OF RICHARD II.
POLITICAL SONGS OF ENGLAND.
LATIN POETRY OF WALTER MAPES.
THREE EARLY METRICAL ROMANCES.
THE ROMANCES OF SIR PERCEVAL, &c.

ORIGINAL LETTERS AND PAPERS OF LITE-
RARY MEN OF ENGLAND.

WALTER MAPES DE NUGIS CURIALIUM.

ROMANCE OF BLONDE OF OXFORD. '

HISTORICAL POEMS OF THE SIXTEENTH CEN-
TURY.

Nor are the contributions which the Society has made to LOCAL HIS-
TORY either slight or unimportant ; witness —

NORDEN'S DESCRIPTION OF ESSEX.
FRENCH CHRONICLE OF LONDON.
LIBER DE ANTIQUIS LEGIBUS.
CHRONICLE OF CALAIS.

CAMDEN'S VISITATION OF HUNTINGDON-
SHIRE.

BURY WILLS AND INVENTORIES.
CHRONICLE OF GREY FRIARS OF LONDON.
THE KNIGHTS HOSPITALLERS IN ENGLAND.
THE DOMESDAY OF ST. PAUL'S.

DIARY OF JOHN Rous.

EXPENSES OF JOHN OF BRABANT.

HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES OF PRINCESS ELIZA-
BETH.

WARDROBE ACCOUNTS OF DUKE OF RICH-
MOND AND OF KATHARINE OF ARRAGOX.

THE VERNEY PAPERS.

THE TREVELYAN PAPERS.

JOURNAL OF DEAN DAVIES.

THE LIBER FAMELICUS OF SIR JAMES WHITE-
LOCKE.

THE SAVILE CORRESPONDENCE.

4 REPORT OF THE COUNCIL* 1859.

That the Society has done much also to illustrate the department of
BIOGRAPHY and FAMILY HISTORY, the following List will show : —

DIARY OF DR. DEE.

PRIVATE DIARY OF BISHOP CARTWRIGHT.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR JOHN BRAMSTON.

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE EARL OF PERTH.

SERVICES OF LORD GREY OF WILTON.

DIARY OF WALTER YONGE.

DIARY OF HENRY MACHYN.

SMYTH'S OBITUARY.

DIARY OF DR. EDWARD LAKE.

THE TRELAWNY PAPERS.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DR. TASWELL.

PILGRIMAGE OF SIR R. GUYLFORD.

LETTERS OF LADY BRILLIANA HARLEY.

All these works contain matter more or less illustrative of MANNERS,
CUSTOMS, &c. ; but the following books specially apply to that branch of
Archaeological pursuit : —

PLUMPTON CORRESPONDENCE.

ANECDOTES AND TRADITIONS.

PROCEEDINGS AGAINST DAME ALICE KYTELER, ACCUSED OF SORCERY.

THE REQUEST OF A TRUE-HEARTED ENGLISHMAN.

While all the publications of the Society contribute in a greater or less
degree to our knowledge of PHILOLOGY, we may point to

THE PROMPTORIUM, AN ENGLISH AND LATIN DICTIONARY, VOLS. I. AND II.
as a work to which any Society might refer with confidence. The Council
are not without hope that they may shortly be enabled to announce the
completion of this valuable contribution to the history of our language.

After this brief sketch of what the Camden Society has already accom-
plished for Historical Literature, the Council feel that the Society may
appeal with confidence for continued, and even for increased, support.
The Council trust that this classification of the Society's Publications will
be satisfactory, not only to the Members of the Society, to whom they
render this account of their stewardship, but to all who appreciate the great
objects for which the Society was established, and which successive Coun-
cils have kept steadily in view — the cause of sound historical knowledge —
the promotion of Historical Truth.

By order of the Council,

JOHN BRUCE, Director.
WIL*LIAM J. THOMS, Secretary.
April, 1859.

REPORT OF THE AUDITORS,

DATED APRIL 20xH, 1859.

WE, the Auditors appointed to audit the Accounts of the Camden Society, report
to the Society, that the Treasurer has exhibited to us an account of the Receipts and
Expenditure from the 1st of April, 1858, to the 31st of March, 1859, and that we
have examined the said accounts, with the vouchers relating thereto, and find the same
to be correct and satisfactory.

And we further report, that the following is an Abstract of the Receipts and
Expenditure during the period we have mentioned.

RECEIPTS. £. a. d.

Balance of last year's account .... 302 3 10

Received on account of Members
•whose Subscriptions were in ar-
rear at the last Audit 97 0 0

The like on account of Subscrip-
tions due 1st May last (1858) .. 340 0 0

The like on account of Subscriptions

due 1st May next 16 0 0

One year's dividend on .£101 6 3s. 1<Z.
3 per Cent. Consols, standing in
the names of the Trustees of the
Society, deducting Income Tax. . 29 17 0

£785 0 10

EXPENDITURE. £. s. d.

Paid for printing and paper 750 copies of " Domesday

of St. Paul's" 172 10 3

The like of 750 copies of the " Liber Famelicus " . . . . 79 1 0

The like of 750 copies of the " Savile Letters " 18118 6

The like of 750 copies of " Blonde of Oxford," Balance

ofAccount 3914 6

Paid for binding 600 copies of " Domesday of St. Paul's,"

&c 2512 0

Paid for Transcripts, &c 22 1 6

Paid for Index to Symonds's Diary 10 10 0

Paid for Advertisements 4 12 6

Paid for delivery and transmission of 600 copies of
" Domesday of St. Paul's," 600 " Liber Famelicus,"
600 "Savile Correspondence, 500 "Blonde of Ox-
ford," &c. with paper for wrapper, &c 27 811

Paid for Miscellaneous Printing 11 12 0

Paid Messrs. Crompton for Paper 19 7 0

One year's payment for keeping Accounts and General

Correspondence of the Society 5210 0

Paid for postage, carriage of parcels, and other petty
cash expenses 9 1 6

655 19
Balance.. .129 1

.£785 0 10

And we, the Auditors, further state, that the Treasurer has reported to us, that
over and above the present balance of £129 Is. 2d. there are outstanding various sub-
scriptions of Foreign Members, and of Members resident at a distance from London,
which the Treasurer sees no reason to doubt will shortly be received.

WM. SALT.
GEO. R. CORNER.

20th April, 1859.

LOCAL SECRETARIES

OF

THE CAMDEtf SOCIETY.

Ashton-under Lying. John Ross Coulthart, Esq.

F.S.A. Scot.

Bath. J. H. Markland, Esq. F.R.S. F.S.A.
Bishop Wearmouth. Rev. John E. Leefe.
Bradford, York. E. Hailstone, Esq. F.S.A.
Bristol. The Rev. J. R. Wreford, D.D. F.S.A.
Cambridge. Rev. W. M. Campion, Fellow of Queen's.
Derby. Rev. Joseph Bosworth, LL.D.
Dudley. Thomas W. Fletcher, Esq.
Edinburgh. Agent, Mr. T. Stevenson.
Exeter. Pitman Jones, Esq.
Frame. Rev. W. H. R. Merriman.
Gloucestershire. Edward Dalton, LL.D. Dunkirk

House, near Nails worth.
Halifax. E. N. Alexander, Esq. F.S.A.
Holbeach. Rev. James Morton, B.D.
Lancaster. Robert G. Bradley, Esq.
Leicester. J. Sidney Crossley, Esq.
Liverpool. Rev. A. Hume, LL.D. F.S.A.

Lowestqffe. Samuel Tymms, Esq. F.S.A.
Maldon, Essex. Rev. Guy Bryan, M.A.
Manchester. James Crossley, Esq.
Newcastle-on-Tyne. Rev. John Besly, D.C.L. tong

Benton.

Oldham. Joseph Jones, jun. Esq.
Reading. J. J. Blandy, Esq.
Richmond, Yorkshire. W. B. Langhorne, Esq.
Ripon. R. W. Heslop, Esq.
Sheffield. Henry Jackson, Esq.
Stamford. William Hopkinson, Esq.
Truro. Henry Sewell Stokes, Esq.
Ware.. Rev. J. W. Blakesley, M.A.
Warwick. Rev. Herbert Hill, M.A.
Yarmouth. C. J. Palmer, Esq. F.S.A.
Paris. M. Le Roux De Lincy.
Hamburgh. Dr. Lappenberg.
Australia. The Hon. Charles Nicolson.

ATORKS OF THE CAMDEN SOCIETY.

For the Subscription of 1838-9.

1. Restoration of King Edward the

Fourth.

2. Kyng Johan, by Bishop Bale.

3. Deposition of King Richard the

Second.

4. Plumpton Correspondence.

5. Anecdotes and Traditions.

For 1839.

6. Political Songs.

7. Hayward's Annals of Elizabeth..

8. Ecclesiastical Documents.

9. Norden's Description of Essex.

10. Wark worth's Chronicle.

11. Kemp's Nine Daies Wonder.

For 1840.

12. The Egerton Papers.

13. Chronica Jocelini dfi Brakelonda.

14. Irish Narratives, 1641 and 1690.

15. Rishanger's Chronicle.

For 1841.

16. Poems of Walter Mapes.

17. Travels of Nicander Nucius.

18. Three Metrical Romances.

19. Diary of Dr. John Dee.

For 1842.

20. Apology for the Lollards.

21. Rutland Papers.

22. Diary of Bishop Cartwright.

23. Letters of Eminent Literary Men.

24. Proceedings against Alice Kyteler.

For 1843.

25. Promptorium Parvulorum : Tom. I.

26. Suppression of the Monasteries.

27. Leycester Correspondence.

For 1844.

28. French Chronicle of London.

29. Polydore Vergil.

30. The Thornton Romances.

31. Verney's Notes of Long Parliament.

For 1845.

32. Autobiography of Sir J. Bramston.

33. Correspondence of Duke of Perth.

34. Liber de Antiquis -Legibus.

35. The Chronicle of Calais.

For 1846.

36. Polydore Vergil's History, Vol. I

37. Italian Relation of England.

38. Church of Middleham.

39. The Camden Miscellany, Vol. 1.

For 1847.

40. Life of Lord Grey of Wilton.

41. Diary of Walter Yonge, Esq.

42. Diary of Henry Machyn.

For 1848.

43. Visitation of Huntingdonshire.

44. Obituary of Richard Smyth.

45. Twysden on Government of England.

For 1849.

46. Letters of Elizabeth and James VI.

47. Chronicon Petroburgense.

48. Queen Jane and Queen Mary.

For 1850.

49. Bury Wills and Inventories.

50. Mapes de Nugis Curialium.

51. Pilgrimage of Sir R. Guylford.

For 1851.

52. Secret Services of Chas. II. & Jas. II.

53. Chronicle of Grey Friars of London.

54. Promptorium Parvulorum, Tom. II.

For 1852.

55. The Camden Miscellany, Vol. II.

56. Verney Papers to 1639.

57. The Ancren Riwle.

For 1853.

58. Letters of Lady B. Harley.

59. Roll of Bishop Swinfield. Vol. I.

For 1854.

60. Grants, &c. of Edward the Fifth.

61. The Camden Miscellany, Vol. III.

62. Roll of Bishop Swinfield. Vol. II.

For 1855.

63. Charles I. in 1646.

64. English Chronicle 1377 to 1461.

65. Knights Hospitallers.

For 1856.

66. Diary of John Rous, Incumbent of Santon Downham, Suffolk, from 1625
to 1642. Edited by Mrs. EVERETT GREEN.

67. The Trevelyan Papers. Part I. Edited by J. P. COLLIER, Esq. F.S.A.

68. Journal of the Very Rev. Rowland Davies, LL.D., Dean of Ross, fron?
March 8, 1689, to Sept. 29, 1690. Edited by RICHARD CAULFIELD, B.A.

For 1857-8.

69. The Domesday of St. Paul's; a Description of the Manors belonging to the
Church of St. Paul's in London in the year 1222. Edited by the VEN. WILLIAM
HALE, M.A., Archdeacon of London.

70. The Liber Famelicus of Sir James Whitelocke. Edited by JOHN BRUCE, Esq.
V.P.S.A.

8

For 1858-9.

71. Letters to and from Henry Savile, Esq., Envoy at Paris, and Vice-Cham-
berlain to Charles II. and James II., including Letters from his brother George
Marquess of Halifax. From a MS. in the possession of His Grace the Duke of
Devonshire, and from Originals in H.M. State Paper Office. Edited by W. DUR-
RANT COOPER, Esq., F.S.A.

72. The Romance of Blonde of Oxford and Jehan of Dammartin. Edited by
THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq., M.A., F.S.A.

73. The Camden Miscellany, Volume the Fourth, containing: 1. A London
Chronicle in the reigns of Henry VII. and Henry VIII. ; 2. The Childe of Bristow,
a Poem by John Lydgate; 3. Expenses of the Judges of Assize riding the VV7estern
and Oxford Circuits, temp. Elizabeth; 4. The Incredulity of St. Thomas, one
of the Corpus Christi Plays at York; 5. Sir Edward Lake's Interview with
Charles the First; 6. Letters of Pope to Atterbury when in the Tower of London;
7. Supplementary Note on the Jesuits' College at Clerkenwell.

Works in Progress.

The Journals of Richard Symonds, an officer in the Royal Army, temp. Charles I.
Edited by CHARLES EDWARD LONG; Esq. M.A. (Nearly ready. )

Narratives of the Days of the Reformation, and the contemporary Biographies of
Archbishop Cranmer: selected from the Papers of John Foxe the Martyrologist.
Edited by JOHN GOUGH NICHOLS, Esq. F.S.A. (Nearly 'ready.)

Surrenden Papers. From the Originals in the possession of Sir Edward Dering,
Bart. Edited by the Rev. LAMBERT B. LARKING, M.A. (In the Press.)

Letters of George Lord Carew, afterwards Earl of Totnes, to Sir Thomas Roe.
Edited by JOHN MACLEAN, Esq. F.S.A. (In the Press.)

The following have recently been added to the List of Suggested Publications : —

I. A Selection from the Case- Book of Sir Theodore May erne, illustrative of the Personal Charac-
teristics, Habits, Peculiarities, &c. of almost all the Historical Celebrities of the reign of James I.
and Charles I. To be edited, with translations where required, by VINCENT STERNBERG, Esq.

II. Privy Purse Expenses of King William III. To be edited by J. Y. A;KERMAN, Esq. Sec. S.A.

III. Narrative of the Services of M. Dumont Bostaquet in Ireland. To be edited by the Rev.
JAMES HENTHORN TODD, D.D.

IV. The Correspondence of Sir Robert Cotton, from the Cottonian MS. Julius C. in. To be
edited by the Rev. JOSEPH STEVENSON, M.A.

V. The Household Book of William Lord Howard, " Belted Will." To he edited by JAMES
CROSBY, ESQ., F.S.A.

VI. A Diary of Mr. Henry Townsend, of Elmley Court, co. Worcester, for the years 1640 — 42,
1656 — 61, from the original M-S. in the possession of Sir T. Phillipps, Bart. To be edited by Mrs.
EVERETT GREEN.

VII. Sir Sackville Crowe's Account of the Privy Purse Expenses of the Duke of Buckingham.
To be edited by JOHN FORSTER, Esq.

VIII. A Register of the Priory of St. Mary, Worcester, containing an account of the Lands and
Possessions of the Church in the early part of the Thirteenth Century. To be edited by the Ven.
ARCHDEACON HALE.

The subscription of One Pound is due in advance on the 1st of May in every year.
No Books are delivered until the Subscription for the Year has been paid.

25, Parliament Street, Westminster, WILLIAM J. THOMS, Secretary.

2nd May, 1859.

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