To improove Pray when it falles. Rate of the Miller for my grist or the same in kynd. ACCESSIONES SORTIS CASUALES. The surviv' of my sister Br. portion and the rest as to the land. To Rynall up. Orells le. To Booth Shillito . [Tychbourn lyně drap Br. Bridget, his wife's youngest sister. 100 100 Pag. My Lady Pagington (Packington), his wife's mother. Oct. 24, 1609. The words and crosses within brackets are added in ink of another colour and I think by another hand. The rest represent the page as originally written. Of the names which follow, and the figures which stand first, several are crossed out; viz. in f. 34, the names Grymestone, Jerves, Hanbury, Cotchm., Guillaume, Skynner, Glasier, Godheard, Write: and the figures, 200 (1. 6), 100 (1. 9 and 10), 129 (1. 18), 200 (1. 20), 250 (1. 22). In f. 34, b, the figures, 80 qu. (1. 1), 190 50 140 (i. 2), 92 qu. 20 p. (1. 4), 80-66 (1. 5), 300 50 pd (1.7), 280 (1. 8), 50 (1. 9), 14 (1. 13), and Mayor 501 (1. 15). [f. 35.] To consyder fully wr the ass. be strong tow. Gorhamb. rem. the poynt of the teste of ye rec. and fine. qu for Pembertons purch. The weakness of Axtels ass. and so my cov. in danger. The weak. of Sidn. ass. and so my cov. in danger. The compat. of my pls. The limitac. to my lower chambers of Graies Inne. ass. Assurance. rec. "Recovery," I suppose. "Teste" (says Cowell) "is a word commonly used for the last part of any writ; so called because the very conclusion of any writ, wherein the date is contained, beginneth with these words (teste meipso, etc.). purch. Purchase. Compat. of my pls. Compatibility of my places, i.e. Solicitor-General and Clerk of the Starchamber. See p. 48, n. 1. My Duch. Pat. not inrotul. My So. pat. wthout surrend. Band to one Brown about a Sute qu by M. Jones. DEBTS HEARTOFORE ABSOLUTLY CLEered. Trott. Alderman Some. Ald. Spenser. [f. 35, b.] Mills. Serjt. Heal. Fissher and Cauffeeld. Simson Goldsmith. Wi. Jhonson of Graies Inne. Sr G. Rynall. All reckonynges about my uncle Cooke's will. Spenser my brother Ant. Man. Moorer Apothec. Preskott. Goldsmith. Sr Baptist Hicks. Sr He. Nevell. Sr Wal. Cope. Buck Steward of Gr. Inne. Gedny vintner. Wynne draper. Sr Th. Challoner and Salter. Feb. 15, 1607. The K. assembled his Judges not all but certen [f. 36.] of them before their Circuts and fownd fault with multitudes of prohibicions; ye particular wch gave the occasion, was the complaints of ye 2 Præsidts of Wales and North; ye K. was vehem and said that more had been graunted in 4 year of his Rayn then in 40 of former tyme; said that no kingdome had more honorable Cowrts of Justice but agayne none was So. pat. Solicitor's patent. Feb. 15, 1607. This begins a new page, still with the heading Transportat. Jul. 29, 1608, being apparently a note originally made on the 15th of February, 1607–8, and now transferred to the new note-book. Upon the subject of the first two paragraphs, see Mr. Heath's preface to the legal argument on the Jurisdiction of the Marches. Lit. and Prof. Works, ii. p. 569. more Cursed with confusion and contention of prohibicions; seamed to apprehend the distribucion of justice after ye French manner was better for ye people and fitter for his greatnesse, sayeng yt this course to drawe all thinges to Westminster was to make him K. as it were of ye Ile of Fraunce and not other provinces, so of a p'cinct about London and Westminster; noted matter of profite was the cause .why ye Judges imbraced so much; warned a surceance of graunting prohibicions for the vacacion folowing with a dislike they should be graunted but in Cowrt, and shewd a purpose at some tyme to hear himself the matter and to define of it, though he spent many daies about it: He sayd they putt the subject to Tantalus payne that when he thought to take the frute of his sute it fledde from him. [f. 36, b.] The judges were in effect silt: but note it had been easy to awnswere without offense that the increas mought be as his M. sayd, but that the quæstion would be whether it grew bicause the Cowrts above imbraced more or yt the lower Cowrts p'sumed more then in former tyme through the inclinacion of ye tymes to popularity, and so gave the occasion, a thing easely discerned by exam. not onely the prohibicions above but chiefly the dealing in new matter in the inferior Cowrt. A second matter yo proceeding with ye Papists; wherein his Ms direction was the oth of alleagance to be generally ministred, but shewd a mild inclinacion towards as were not Apostatans since his tyme nor practisers; and comended to favor such Preests as would take ye oth of Alleagance. Qu. how the K. hears of the reform of depopulacion this progress into Northamtonshyre. The K. sayd the revenue of Alehouses was a fitt revenue for my towards as. So in MS. 'Such' appears to have been omitted. Northamptonshyre. This appears to be a fresh query. "The progress," says Chamberlaine, writing on the 7th of July, 1608, "holds on towards Northamptonshire." In the spring of 1607 there had been serious riots in that county, "under pretence of laying open enclosed grounds of late years taken in." (See Book of Proclamations,' p. 139.) And Bacon, who, as we have seen, did not quite like the part assigned him in that service, watches to see what impression a visit to the place will make upon the King. These "commotions about unlawful inclosures " had begun in May, 1607, spread through many counties, and "it was not till the midst of June before all this stir was quieted." In July commissioners had been sent to inquire into the offences and the grievances, "some sufficient gentlemen in the several counties, such as were least interested in the business of enclosures," being appointed to join with them. See Abstract of Registers of P. C., May, 11, 29, and July 23. L. Beauch. yf he were K; But yet yf Vespas. ex lotio, a K. may ex potu. The Counsell assembled the Judges and explained more fully ye [f. 37.] Ks direction touching recusants and religion matters ut seq. No preest to be executed yt would take the oth of Allegance. No preest to be exec. that would conferre or shewd not arrogancy and violence, even of them sparingly. The Ks woord was, No torrent of blowd: poena ad paucos. It was inquyred wt prests were in gayle in every Circute, and reported skarse half a dozen in all; wch sheweth no watch or search. For recusants, the new Oth the refusall whereof bringeth p'munire not to be tendred but to Apostatans and practizers: this was generally spoken by ye K. The new oth limited to be tendred to 3 persons. the Indited recust, the Non Comunicant, the vagarant person. And quæstion came incidently, wr the oth should be tendred to ye Non Comunicant. And it was probably inferred that yf some of the Indited by ye Ks speach were to be spared, a fortiore those wch are no recusants. But note yt it is a strange Monster, A no Comunicant yt will [f. 37, b.] come to Church and not take the oth of Alleagance, For it sheweth him more poysened in his loyalty then in his religion. My L. of Sals. at yt tyme opyned that this violent proceeding To this y Archb. replied yt by yt reason wth ye more fury Room upon Townes eased of 15teenths since 34 Eliz. quæstion was Beauch. I do not know who this should be but Edward Lord Beauchamp, |