Search York

together, 37 hoyes laden with wood and tymber, and never

an English maryner amongst them ; which is a wonderful

discommodyte to this realm. I have great mervail that these

things have bene so long forgotten ; which is so necessary a

thing to be spoken of

And now. Sir, I pray you, speke we of the city of London.

There be so many notable merchants and rich halls of lands.

Some may spend viii hondred pound, some vi hondred, some

less and some more; and a great revenue come to them

yerely for quartrages and forfeits, which riseth to no smal

som ; and nothing don withal, but make great feasts every

month or six weeks at their halls, and cause vittayls to be

dere. But yt might be torned to a more honoi-able use.

Also, yt would be a great mayntaining to the Kings sub-

jects, for every craft to have a ship to cary their merchan-

dizes to and fro, to the great avancemcnt of the Kings ho-

nor, and to their own connnodytes. And yf chance should

fal, which God forbyd, that a ship should be lost, the halls

might easily bear the smarts therof. I think there is never

a city in Christendom, having the occupying that this city

hath, that is so slenderly provided of ships, havyng the sea

comyQg to yt, as this hath.

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I have hard of late moch complaining for English ships to

lade goods into Spayn and other places, and there is none

to be hadd. Yf this thing hadd ben thought on in tyme,

happily diis worly borly of our ships shold not have chanced :

for the French men do alledge, that that was the Spanyards

goods, and other of the Emperors subjects. Wherfore I

pray God, that this matter may be loked upon in tyme to

come.
Now I come to your mastership with another matter. Yf

so be yt, that we should war with them, (as God defend, for

there is no man of God but he wil seek peace,) I know a

town in Normandy a, which yf y t were ours, we should kepe Newhaven.

France and Normandy subject. Is y t possible to be beleved ?

Yea, as sure as the living God lyveth. I have known within

this xxxviii yere, there was but three houses ; two houses to

lay cables and ancres in, and the other a vittaihng house :

and at this present day I think there be three thousand. It

is now a second Roan ; and it is the very gulph, gullet, and 154

mouth of the sea, and a make-peace, yf we had yt. Yt is

al the French Kings joy, and he calleth the maryners of that

town Ms maryners. Us pylots, and his theves. They be

maintayned, and take of us, of the Portungales, and of the

Spanyards. Al is fysh that cometh to net ; they wil have a

pece of every man. Now, Sir, wheras the chefe of the

French Kings revenue is levelled upon salt, as aforesaid,

yet can yt not be brought into France nor Normandy, but

it must come in danger of that town : for the canel lieth of

that syde of the land betwene Polhed and that haven.

Nother no merchandizes out of what realm soever yt com-

eth, but yt must go by that way. And also there can

nothing come out of France, nother wyne of Ansurois, nor

wyne of Bayon, nor wyne of Orleans, nor wyne of Parys, nor

any other merchandizes, that is made in Parys or Roan, to

go to any other realm, being caryed by water, but yt must

nedes pas that way. Nother no army, that the French King

can send to Scodand, nor to vittayl his army to the sea, but

it is al set forth there. I cannot tel what I should write

more of yt, for it is so commodious. There was one of the

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wittiest hedds in al Christendom of a merchant, which show-

ed me ones standing there together, that we neded non other

rod to scourge Normandy and France, but only that, yf we

had yt. And I showed the same to my Lord Crumwel, and

he sent me thither upon the Kings cost ; and I drew a plack

of yt, and brought yt to hym. The French King was

there the same time, and the Admiral Brian, and the cun-

stable that is now, were there nine days to view yt, and to

cast its ditches. And over that they made a cry, that what-

soeve [whosoever] would come and build there at New-

haven, should have his foundation, and cost hym nothing.

And so after my coming home, my Lord Crumwel conferred

the matter with me and my Lord Fitz Williams, that was

then lord admiral, better than three or four hours, perview-

ing the placket ; and said yf he hved, and that warrs should

happen, that should surely be remembred ; for yt was worthy

the hering. And so he put me to the King : and so [I] tra-

vailed in his Graces affairs xxviii viages, both in France,

Spayne, and Italy, and found hym always good lord unto

me, or els I had ben a very poor man.

For I had two sliips taken by the French men for xxvi

yeres agon; and have had continual sute with them, and

never could bryng yt to an end, but was fain to leve yt, and

follow the Kings affayrs ; and had things many tymes to say

to my Lord of Winchester, concerning the Kings proced-

ings, the which he might not wel away withal, nor Jarmyn

Gardener, his secretary. And so whan any my Lord Crum-

wel died, I fered my Lord of Winchester, and so ceased, and

fel to my sute agayn in France : for I had many a hevy look

for hym of Mr. Wallop, and he sayd, that my great god

was gon, and that there was none longing to hym but spies

and hereticks. But as for me, I did those things that I was

commanded to do by those days.
And now, forasmouch as I do se the gloriousnes of the

Frenchmen, and how they do rejoyce of their roberies, I can

do no less but certify your mastership that as I know. For

yf we wil know our own strength, their courage shal be

bated wel ynough : for kepe them from fishing, and geve no

OF ORIGINALS. 497

save conduits, and kepe them from Newcastel coles, and 155

they are not able to lyve. Or yf the western men have leva

to go to sea, and take what they can, and maintayn a lyttel

prety ile, called Oldernay, wheras I have ben or now, and

stand in the top of the castel in a clere day, and sene a man

ryde a horseback in France. And nother the Brytons, nor

the Gascons, can convey any thing into France or in Flan-

ders, but they must come betwixt the shore and them. It

is another manner of thing then it is taken. For I would

wysh from the bottom of my hart that yt might be loked

upon : yt would make the very Brytons, and the Normans,

and the Gascons to stope.

I have or now advertysed al this to my Lord of Somer-

set, both by wryting and by mowth. And his Grace hath

written me a letter to come to hym, and conferr certayn mat-

ters with hym ; and would have sent me into Gascoin whan

the insurrection was there. The which yf I had gon, and

the cunstable had catched me, I had payed for my comyng.

And whan I declared his Grace my mynd, I contentyd hym.
I do rejoyce from the bottom of my hart to think, how

toward a master we have : and again, I rejoyce to se how

Gods word is trewly and syncerely set forth. There lacketh

nothing but to fere God, and to be in obedience of our

Prynce. I do rejoyce again, to se what godly provision

here is for the poor ; the which would rejoyce any English

heart to se. And also [wish] that these matters aforesayd

may be loked upon, and that the ships and the maryners

may be maintayned. For the vice ameral of France, Monsr.

de Muy, hath sayd unto me or now, that we had no ships

in the realm of Englond, that were any thing worth, but the

Kings : and that yf they had such ports and havens as we

have, and such commodytes longing to them, they would

make themselves herds of p-old.

I put no doubts but my Lord of Northumberlands Grace

hath knowledg of these things, by reason that his Grace lay

long in Roan of a long tyme. I am so bold to wryte half a

dozen words to his Grace; the which I would humbly de-

sire you to deliver yt hym, and to read hym my book. And
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this moost humbly I take my leave of you for this tyme.

Written at London, the first day of October, by yours with

his poor sarvice duryng his lyfe,
Thomas Barnabe.

F.
Beaumont, master of the rolls, Ms achnowlcdgmeiH of his

debt to the King.
PaperOffice. FOR satisfaction of the Kynges Majesties dett charged

upon me in his Graces Court of Wards and Lyveries, for

redy mony and specialties, amountyng to the some of twenty

156 thousand eight hundred seventy one pounds eighteen shil-

lings and eight pence, I am pleased and contented, and by

this present bil do acknowledg my self to be fully contented

and agreed, that the Kings Majcstie shal have al my ma-

nors, lands, and tenements, whatsoever they be, assured to

him and his heirs ; and also al my goods and cattals, move-

able and unmoveable, whatsoever they be, and in whose

custodie soever they remayne ; as shal be devysed by the

Kyngs lerned Counsel, with the issues and profits of the

same. Provided alwayes, that yf in case there be any just

cause of allowance of any part of the aforesaid dett, that

then I shal be therof allowed. In wytnes wherof I have

subscrybed this byl with my hand, and therunto set to my

seal the xxviii day of May, anno vi Regis Ed. VI.
John Bcamount.
Beaumounfs submission and surrender of his place to the
King.
xxviii Maii, anno 1552.
Ubi supra. I, John Beamount, do most humbly surrendre and gyff

into the hands of our soveraigne Lord the Kynges Majestic,

my office of master of the rolls ; most humbly besechyng hys

Highnes to be mercyful unto me, and al my mysdemeynours

and contempts; and in especyall, for the dett which I do

owe unto his Grace, to have some dayes upon good securi-

OF ORIGINALS. 499

tyes; and I am agreed todelyvcr my patent to be cancellyd,

unto the Lord Chancellor of Englond, or to any other wlio

shal pleyse his Highnes to appoynt to receve the same.
John Beamount.

G.
The Duke of Northumberland, Earls of Huntingdon and

Pembroke, and Secretary Cecill, to the Privy Council;

concerning lands of Paget and Beaumount forfeited.

AFTER our harty commendations unto your good Lord- Ubi supra.

ships. We have receyved your loving letters this xix of

June, written at Grenewich the xviii therof: contcyning

thadvertisments of divers your procedings, and such other

news as you have had by both thembassadors of themperor

and the French King. For the participation wherof we

most hartily thank you, having by the same (as it were) re-

freshing in our journeys this extreame hot wether. Your 157

procedings with the Lord Paget and Mr. Beamount, sig-

nified by your letters, semeth to us for our part very good

and substantial. And upon the consideration of the lands

and goods surrendred to the King by Beamounts submission,

we the rest, apart from the Erie of Huntington, most hartily

require your Lordships to have in remembrance a reasonable

sute made by the said Erie, to have the custody of Grace-

dew, the parsonage of Donnington, the manor of Through-

ston and Swannington, parcel of the said Beamounts pos-

sessions, with al his goods and cattals in and upon the said

house and lands, to the Kings Majesties use, until his plea^

sure shal be further therin determyned. Which sute we

pray your Lordships, as opportunity serveth, may be for-

thered, though he be absent himself. Like as it comforteth

us to receive some intelligencies of news from your Lord-

ships, so having some more sent unto us in papers than we

cold understand for lack of interpretation, we retourne the

same to your Lordships, being certain doclie letters sent to me.

Secretary Cecill, out of Almayn : where, after interpretation
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therof, you may use them as shal please you, eyther pri-

vately for yoiu- selves there, or in participation to us of the

same, when they shal have Icrned to speke English. And

thus we most hartily wish contynual succes of prosperity

there, that whersoever we go or ride, nothing shal seme

paynful to us, laying the foundation of our compfort upon

your wel doings about his Majesty there, whom God long

preserve. From Master Cecills house at Bourleigh, besides

Stamford, the xix of June, 1552.
Your assured loving f rends.
We have thought mete to pray your good Lordships to

have in remembrance, that when any order shal be taken

for the delivery of any lands of the Lord Paget in satis-

faction of part of his fine, our very good lords, the Erie of

Huntington and the- Lord Chamberlayn, may not be for-

gotten. The one to have the custody of the house at

Drayton, and the other the house at London ; wherof your

good Lordships wel know their lack.

We pray your Lordships to be good lords to the berer

hereof, Mr. Yong, in his reasonable sute.

Northumberland, F. Huntingdon,
Pembroke, W. Cecyll.

158 H.
The University of Rostoch to King Edward ; recommend-

ing to him one Peristerus, a godly and learned man of

that University.

PaperOffice. GRATIAS agimus Deo jeterno, patri D'ni nostri Ihcsu

Christi, quod in R. M. V. terris tranquillum hospitium

pr.nebet EccPa^ sua? et honestis studiis, qua; sunt praecipuimi

generis h'ni [humani] decus. ('um n. in o'ib. aliis regnis,

aut prorsus publicum EccPa? ministerium et Trarum studia

deleta sint, aut j)ontificimi s;evitia et bellorum tumultibus,

et opinionum dissidiis vastentur, ingens Dei be''fitium eV'

agnoscimus, (pjod in R. M. V. regno quietam sedem sane-

OF ORIGINALS. 501

tissime constitutis ecclesiis et scholis tribuit. QuaR etiaiii

R. M. V. sapientia, pietate, munificentia et authoritate ita

foventur, ut et his ornamentis Anglias regni longe antccellat

o'lb. regnis totius orbis terrarum, et R. M. V. mcrito titu-

liim habeat nutritii eccFae Dei, quo nullum in terris preco-

nium majus aut augustius dici potest. Nos quidem tanto-

rum decorum admiratione et amore ineensi, gratulamur in-

clyto Angliae regno de hac fcelicitate, et Deum oramus,

ut cam perpetuo conservet. Speramus etiara R. M. V. pro

summa pietate et benevolentia, qua omnes doctrinae coelestis

et optimarum artium amantes complectitur, clementer ac-

cepturam esse n'ras Tras, quas huic honesto et docto viro

M"'gro Wolphgango Peristero Borusso dedimus. Is enini in

tantis bellorum tumultibus et Germanise perturbationibus,

motus celeberrima fama de R. M. V. liberalitate et muni-

ficentia erga artium cultores per totam Europam passim

sparsa, in inclytas et toto terrarum orbe celebratas R. M. V.

academias iturus, spe qualiscunque conditionis vel bcnefitii

obtinendi, a nobis testimonium de suis studiis, moribus et

gradu petiit. Vixit autem in academia nostra aliquandiu

magna cum laude modestise et diligentiae in omni officio.

Cumque linguam Latinam et Grsecam, et p'hioe elementa,

et doctrinam a Deo eccrae traditam recte didicisset, et mores

essent honesti et integri, gradu magisterii apud nos ornatus

est.
Praebuit etlam eruditionis specimen in docenda lingua

Graeca, ac multi se ipsius labore et diligentia adjutos esse

testantur. Cum autem reipublicae expediat, ho'es modestos,

et bonis, placidis, et moderatis ingeniis prseditos, et erudi-

tione excultos, ornare et provehere ad ea loca ubi servire

eccPae Dei possint, et hunc M. Wolphgangum non dubi-

temus eccPae Dei et reip. in verae doctrinae propagatione

olim magno usui et ornamento futurum esse, reverenter

eum R. M. V. commendamus, vt R. M. V. ea qua decet

regem Christianissimum benevolentia lumc M. WolfFgan-

gum complecti non dedignetur. Deum aeternum Patrem

Dni. nVi Ihesu Christi toto pectore precamur, vt Regia' M.

V. Ecd'ae suae et piorum studiorum nutritiam, perpetuo ser-
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1 50 vet incolumem et florentem. Datum ex academia Rosto-

chicnsi, anno D'ni 1552, ipso Divi Bartholomei festo.

R. M. V. Obsequentiss.

Rector et Universitas studii Rostochiensi.

Sererdssimo potentissimoque Prmcipi^ ac

D'no^ Domino Eduardo Scxto^ Anglice,

FrancicBj Hibcrniceqiie Regi^ Fidei De-

J'ensori, ac in terr'is AngUcB HibermcEque

EcclesicB supremo sub Christo capiti.

Domino suo clementissimo.

I.
A catalogue qf divers free, schools ^founded by King Edzoard

VI. xoithin the space of' sixteen months, viz.
K. Edw. A Grammar-school at Bromycham in the county of
vvair.Book.-yy-^^.^jg]^ . ^^ patent or grant dated December 5 ; sealed

January the 7th, 1551. Here he appointed twenty of the

most discreet and substantial men of the lordship of Bro-

mycham over the said school ; who should be a fraternity

incorporate. And gave them lands and demesnes, to the

yearly value of 9.01. to them and their successors, for the

perpetual use of the said King's school : rendring to the

King and his successors 20*. yeai'ly, at his Court of Aug-

mentations.
A grant made to the bailiff's and burgesses of Shrews-

bury, for the erection of a school within the same town ;

with his gift of certain tiths of corn within the parishes of

Ashley, &c. belonging formerly to the college of our Lady

in Salop : and tiths in the parish of Frankwel, &c. for-

merly belonging to the college of S. Tedd : and al the rents

reserved upon any lease of the premisses ; in as ample maner

as any master or prependary [prebendary] of the said col-

leges lately dissolved, had the same ; to the value of 20Z. 8*.

with a further licence to receive by gift of any man, or by

jiurchase, to the yearly value of 20/. as by mortmain ; for

the better maintenance of the same school, and master.

OF ORIGINALS. 503

usher, and others therunto belonging. The patent bore

date February the 10th, 1551.

A patent bearing date March the 13tli, 1551, at the re-

quest of the L. Dacres, granted to the baihff and burgesses

of Morpeth in Northumberland, for the erecting of a school

there ; witli a licence of mortmain, to purchase 201. by the

year for the maintenance thereof.
A patent granted per billam Dni. Regis to the inha- l6o

bitants of Macclesfield in Cheshire, licenceing them to erect

a grammar school there, to be called King EdxvarcVs gram-

mar school. And fourteen of the most substantial of the

same town appointed to be governours of the possessions and

goods, to be given to the same school : who shal be a body

corporate, and of capacity to purchase lands, either of the

King or any other. For the which intent, the King gave

to the foresaid governours certain lands in the east part of

Cheshire, and certain lands there, called the prebends lands.,

late belonging to the college of John the Baptist, in the city

of Ciiester; and all the chauntry, called the peny canon,

within the said city; with other land, which be extended to

the yearly value of 21 Z. 5^. Dated April 25, 1552 : from

the Kings mannor of East Grenewich.
A patent, dated May the 11th, to the inhabitants of the

town of Nonne Eton in Warwickshire, for the erection of a

school there ; with the gift of certain lands in the city of

Coven tree, belonging lately to the gilde of the Trinity in

the said city, and of Corpus Christi there. Which said land

were of the yearly value of 40/. 15^. 8^^. To them and their

successors for ever. To be held in socage ; with a licence

of mortmain, to purchase 20Z. by the year.

The erection of a grammar school was granted by the

King to the inhabitants of the town of Stourbridge, and

parish of Old Swinford, in the county of Worcester : en-

dowing it with lands to the yearly value of 18Z. 10,?. 8c?. with

a licence to purchase 20/. per ann. and to have the issues

and profits of the same, from the feast of the Annuntiation

last past. To be held of the mannour of East Grenewich

in socage.

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The erection of a school was granted to the maior and

citizens of Bath, with the gift of certain lands, lying in the

said city and suburbs of the same. Which be extended to

the clear yearly value of 25/. to them and their successors,

for the rent of 101.
A patent or licence was granted to the maior and bur-

gesses of Bedford, to erect a free grammar school there :

and to purchase lands to the value of 40 mark to that use.

And that the president of Winchester college shal appoint

the schoolmaster and the usher.
A patent, dated Jan. 27, to the maior and towne of Guil-

forde in the county of Surrey, to erect a grammar school

there : whereunto the King gave one annuity of 67. ISs. M.

lately belonging to the chauntry of Stockaborn in the county

of Surrey : and one other yearly rent of 13/. 6s. 8(1. coming

out of two chauntries in Southwel, in the county of Not-

tingham : to be held to the maior and honest men of Guil-

ford. And by the advice of the Marques of Northampton,

keeper of the Kings manour of Guilford, and of the keep-

ers of the same for the time being, to name the schoolmaster

and usher of the same school ; and, by the advice of the

Bishop of Winchester, to make statutes and rules for the

said school.
A patent, dated March the 28th, 1553, to the alderman

and burgesses of Grantham in the county of Lincoln ; for

the erection of a grammar school there : with the King^s gift

l6l of certain lands there, to the value yearly of 14/. 3*. 3d. to

have to them and their successors for ever : and to pay to

the King and his successors yearly, 16,5. 8d. to be held in

free socage and burgage of the same town. And to allow

to the schoolmaster, to be well instructed in the Latin and

Greek tongues, 12/. per ann. And to make all statutes con-

cerning the school, by the advice of Sir AVill. Cecyl, kt.

secretary to the King, durante vita : and after his decease,