Payments. July, 1618. 25. Paid Mr. Askew the silkman by your Lp. order in full of . 25. Paid Humphrey Leigh his bill of money given to the poor from the 2 of July to the 23 25. Paid Christopher King his bill for making up your Lp. last suit with all things belonging & for other necessaries in the Chamber 25. Paid for a dozen of Handkerchers for your Lp. 26. Paid the Steward by your Lp. order 27. Paid Mr. Corbett the Tailor in full of his bill. 17 19 0 0 18 0 100 0 0 August, 1618. 1. Paid for the interest of 1000lb for 4 months due this first of August 1618 to Mr. Courten 2. Paid Humphrey Leigh his bill for money given to the poor from 23 to 30 of July. 2. Paid Mr. Durant his bill for necessaries for your Lp. use 3. Paid Peter Radford his bill . 0 15 0 8. Paid the Clerk of the Kitchen by your Lp. order for the 11. Paid your Lp. 2 footmen their bill for going journeys & 15. Paid Mr. Spencer the Minister of St. Michaels for his quarter's allowance due at Midsummer 17. Paid the Clerk of the Kitchen at Gorhambury by your Lp. order. 17. Paid Mr. Dobson by your Lp. order to discharge arrears of workmens bills left unpaid at Whittide last 20. Paid the Steward by your Lp. order 100 0 0 21. Paid Humphrey Leigh his bill of money given to the poor from the 1st to the 14th of August 22. Paid Mrs. Harris by your Lp. order for a fair ruby set in a ring August, 1618. Payments. £. 8. d. 22. Paid Mr. Kellett by your Lp. order his bill for Physic. 17 12 0 25. Paid the Steward by your Lp. order for Gorhambury 31. Paid Humphrey Leigh his bill of money given to ye poor from the 14th to the 27th of August. 200 0 0 8 14 0 September, 1618. 1. Paid the Picture drawer for your Lp. picture. 1. Paid the Steward by your Lp. order 5. Paid Mr. Wightman for the interest of 100 for 6 months, due the 2 of August 1618. 5. Paid King his bill for necessaries in the Chamber 5. 33 0 0 200 0 0 50.0 0 17 0 Paid Mr. Tichburne the linen draper by your Lp. order in part of his bill of 29 5s 9d 10. Rem. 191b 5s 9d. 10 0 0 5. Paid Mr. Edmund Mewtis by your Lp. order to discharge 10. Paid Mr. Bate haberdasher of small wares in part of his bill by your Lp. order 11. Paid Mr. Miller the woollen draper by your Lp. order in Paid Humphry Leigh his bills of money given to the Paid Peter Radford his bill for Rosemary & Bays 050 Paid Mr. Durant his bill for [ ]' at Windsor & other 17. Paid the Steward by your Lp. order for Mr. Styles the Paid the Steward by your Lp. order, wh was delivered to 50 0 0 23. Paid for 2 doz. of handkerchers at 18s and 2 doz. of socks 2 14 0 24. Paid Humphry Leigh his bill of money given to the poor 2 96 24. Paid the Sempters bill for making up 4 shirts, 2 ruffs, & . 6 8 8 The word is worn away. 26. 25. Paid for a Key for Hampton C Garden for 3 locks The total of the money paid from the 24th of June 070 22 0 0 3711 4 2 Another servants. paper in the same collection contains a list of all Bacon's Its date must have been a little earlier than the 12th of July, because it appears by the heading that though he was then Lord Chancellor he was still Sir Francis Bacon. Though imperfect, it will help to complete our idea of his style of life in the day of his greatness; and the names and functions of his principal officers and attendants may sometimes be of use in explaining transactions which would be otherwise obscure. A CHEQUE [ROLL] OF ALL THE SERVANTS OF THE RIGHT [HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS] BACON, KNIGHT, LORD CHANCELLOR OF [ENGLAND.]' The sheet of parchment on which this is written is divided into two columns, the first of which ends here. Of the second, which has been almost obliterated, enough remains to shew that it contained the remainder of this list (making the number of names 100), and then another list of some other household (Gorhambury, perhaps) which fills the rest of the column, and appears to have been continued on the other side. The number of names on this side is about 50. How many on the other it is impossible to guess. 6. Of the five letters which follow, the first two are intelligible enough, only that they do not fit naturally with the last communication on the same subject. The "fitness and conveniency of the gold and silver thread business" was a question on which the opinion of the learned counsel had been taken some time ago. The report had been favourable; the project being one which (according to Bacon's political economy) would benefit England by employing her poor in work tending to bring in and keep within the country some quantity of precious metal, which would otherwise go to enrich the foreigner. But it had difficulties to contend with. The manufacture was not altogether new in England. It was new in the mode and on the scale on which it was now proposed to work it; and much money had been laid out in bringing it in. But there were, and had long been, manufacturers of gold and silver thread in the country; and they disputed the right of the patentees to forbid them the practice of their mystery. After much litigation and long deliberation in Council, the first patent (1611) was revoked, and a new one granted with new conditions (January, 1615-16); but infractions were still 2' Muggeridge' had been written first in MS. 1 Erased in MS. |