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THE Spending of the Money OF Robert Nowell OF READE HALL, LANCASHIRE: Brother of Dean Alexander Nowell. 1568-1580. EDITED FROM THE ORIGINAL AfSS. AT TOWNELEY HALL, LANCASHIRE— WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS, BY THE REV. ALEXANDER B. GROSART, St. George's, Blackburn, Lancashire. do^^se- - . ' ^.jj / C ^ V\ PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION. / -^M^ Printed by Charles E. Simms, Manchester. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THOMAS, BARON O'HAGAN. My Lord, It is of my " Sunny Memories " that on my visits to Towneley Hall, I had the privilege and advantage of spending most pleasant hours with your Lordship and Lady O'Hagan in chats over the days of old, with the Towneley MSS. for chief text (as we Parsons say). I wish now, in issuing the Spending of the Mo?iey of Robert Nowell from the Towneley MSS., to ex- press publicly — as already privately — my sense of obligation to the Towneley Family generally, and to your Lordship specially, for the unreserved confiding of this and another valuable MS. to my prolonged keeping, in order that they might be prepared leisurely, and in strict integrity of reproduction of the originals. I flatter myself that both the "Spending" and the "English Jacobite Ballads, &c.," will bear the most rigid and exacting scrutiny and comparison with the MSS. ; whilst the annota- tion will be found — I hope — to add weightily to the materials for (more particularly) the Family- history and Biography of England — all the more that I have reversed the Latin sarcasm — "E se G95954 vi Dedication. finxit velut araneus" — by seeking help from fellow- workers ; among whom, foremost of all, must be named my companion-visitor to Towneley Hall, Mr. W. A. Abram of Blackburn. For the favour itself of permission to print, for the first time, these MSS., and for the whole manner and circumstance of granting it, I shall ever cherish heart-felt gratitude. I may be permitted to indulge the expectation that my two volumes will lead to other Selections from the priceless Towneley MSS. being similarly prepared. It seems a pity that so much literary treasure should be unknown or unused. " Contigimus portum, quo mihi cursus erat" ; and so, with renewed thanks and highest regard, I am. My Lord, Your Lordship's very faithfully, ALEXANDER B. GROSART. St. George's Vestry, Blackburn, Lancashire. CONTENTS. Pages. Dedication to the Right Honorable Thomas, Baron O'Hagan ... ... ... ... ... v-vi. Preface ix-xi. Introduction xiii-lv. Text of the MS. of Robert Nowell's Charity Trust (alternate pages) ... ... ... ... 2-408. Notes and Illustrations (alternate pages J ... ... 3-409. Index of Persons ... ... ... ... ... 411-439, Index of Places and Things ... ... ... ... 440-447, '\* In the large paper copies (only) fac similes of the MS., shewing the following, front the title-page. (I (2 (3 (4 (5 ) Edmund Spenser at Merchant Taylors' School. .) Edmund Spenser on going to Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. .) Edmund Spenser at Pembroke Hall. .) Bishop Andrewes at Pembroke Hall. .) "Judicious" Hooker, going to Corpus Christi College, Oxford — two entries. In the latter the corrections are in the hand-writing of Dean Alexander Nowell, PREFACE. IT is with no common satisfaction that I place in the hands of the Friends who responded to my proposals thus to print it from the Towneley MSS., — the "Spending of the Money of Robert Nowell." The task of reproducing so difficultly decipherable a Manuscript, and still more of adequately annotating such a multitude of names, has proved very much more arduous than was originally thought of. But the result of painstaking throughout, will, I feel sure, receive recos^nition from all who know the toil in such lines of research. Important and interesting as the MS. at once shewed itself to be, the progress of the reproduction has revealed manifold Facts and jets of historic-biographic light previously unsus- pected. The most casual dipper into these pages can scarcely fail to come on such proofs of the absolute pricelessness of this AIS. as a contribution to Literary and Family Biography — as in my Introduction noticed in detail. The full and minute Index has been very carefully wrought on. Agreeably to my announcement, the Manuscript is given literatim et punctatim, page for page, while on b X Preface. the opposite side (as a rule"') will be found Notes and Illustrations of the text. The Student may rely on the fidelity of the text to the original. It only remains here, that I return sincere thanks to my fellow-labourers in these fields. I name first, Mr. William A. Abram of Blackburn, who will speedily give proof to the world in his History of Blackburn Parish, of a fulness of antiquarian knowledge, and a fine enthusiasm of inquiry that should have won an approving nod from William Camden, and warble of delicious talk from Thomas Fuller. It is impossible to over-state my good friend's sustained and ever- deepening willinghood to work with me throughout. His local knowledge of Lancashire has enriched very many pages that else must have been left nearly blank. Every page in MS. and proof-sheet has passed under his eyes as well as my own, and no page came to myself, as no proof-sheet went back to the Printers, without the benefit of his practised out- look and insiofht. Havino: kindred tastes in various directions, it has been a mutual pleasure to supple- ment each other's gatherings. I should need ardeiitia verba fully to express my indebtedness and gratitude to Mr. Abram, albeit I have an idea that he won't altogether approve of even this much — for he is one of those genuine workers to whom the work itself is its own reward, and noise about it nothing. * Where the page of text over-flowed a page, it is continued on the next ; and so with Notes and Illustrations — but all marked. Preface. xi To Colonel Chester of Bermondsey, London, as on many other occasions ; to Professor Mayor of Cambridge, in like manner; to Dr. Bloxam of Upper Beeding ; to the Rev. W. E. Buckley, M. A., Middle- ton Cheney, Banbury ; to the Rev. J. C. Robinson, M.A., Norton Canon, Weobley ; the Rev. Canon Raines, M. A., of Rochdale ; the Very Rev. the Dean and the Librarian of St. Paul's ; to several of the Officials of the two Universities (Oxford and Cambridge), and of the Merchant Taylors' Com- pany, and of various famous Schools, e.g., St. Paul's, Westminster, &c. ; the Introduction, and Notes and Illustrations owe a good deal. Trusting that The Spending of the Money of Robert Nowell will be accepted as another fulfilment of ancient Hesiod's words in this later day of bringing out from national and family MSS. Illustrations of bye-gone days, I close therewith — £t 7ap Kev Koi afiLKpov ivl a/mtKpo) KaraOelo, Kal dd/u,a TOVT €p8ot-iij^ iij'^." viij° of Marche A° 1573 - - -J " To M^ Huker of Corpus Christie Colledge ■\ in Oxforde the xxviij''^ of April 1575 Vv^" (folio ^^) - - - - - -J I subjoin the entries relating to the other eminent men whom I have named : " Thomas Bylson the laste of March A^ ) 1569 by Dr. Humphry (folio 81) - -/ " To one Lancelet Androwes, poor Schol- ler of Pembroke Hall, the xxviij" of Martch A" 1573, at the sute of M"^ Lewes my Lorde of Lacester gent (folio jZ) " To one John Spenser the xxix*^ of Aprill ^ 1578 the Sonne of of Pembroke [-v^." Hall in Cambridge (fol. 80) - - -) "To one John Spensore the ix*'^ of October ^ 1577 of Magdaleyn Colledge in Oxforde Vv*." the daye aforesaid (folio '^^) - -) "To one M^ Hakeluite Bachelor of Arts of- Christe College in Oxforde the xii^^ of Maye (1575), by D^ Humfrey (folio Zj) ...... "To one M"" Hackeluett the iiiit^^ of June).. .,„ 1575 of Christe Church in Oxforde -3 These and other notices connected with men of eminence during the reign of Queen Elizabeth show how much value attaches to this manuscript, and how great a favour Colonel Towneley has conferred on English history and literature by submitting it to the Historical Manuscripts Commission. R. B. Knowles. xxiv Introduction. Elsewhere, namely, in the new edition of the complete works of Edmund Spenser, in the preparation of which I have the honour to associate ^\ith myself a goodly number of pre-eminent scholars and students of Elizabethan lite- rature, I shall utilize these and other Spenser entries obtained in many places, e.g., Burnley, Whalley, West- minster, &c., &c. Suffice to add that in their places — to which the Index will guide — various elucidations of Spenser names are furnished. But while the MS. \vould have been of inestimable value had there been no more than the Spenser entries, these are by no means all the names that arrest attention in it. The Student will turn to the Index for himself ; but, perhaps, it will not be deemed supererogatory to briefly notice certain additional names of permanent interest : — {a) Edward Kirke. See page i88 (bottom paging) and relative note. I point out " Kirke " not as in him- self comparable with others to be specified, but from his association with Spenser. That he was the " E. K." of the original notes to "The Shepheard's Calendar" (1579) there seems no question ; but that it is still necessary to maintain his personality, and that the " Notes " were his and not Spenser's own, is absurdly enough proved by a very recent " Note " in Notes and Qtceries, wherein among other preposterous theories " E. K." is gravely held to represent Spenser himself as E[dmund] the K[alendarer] ! (Notes and Queries, vol. vi. Fifth Series, Nov. 4th, 1876.)* The entiy in our MS. brings Edward Kirke before us as Spenser's contemporary at the University. (b) Richard Hooker. See pages 220, 224, 226, and re- lative notes.) Two things may here be noted : (i) * I add here as a modern "Curiosity of Literature" a short quotation : — "The gloss or explanatory commentaiy is subscribed 'E. K.,' intended, not improbably, for the poet himself, the initials signifying Edmund the Kalen- darer." The rest is equally ridiculous. The writer's signature is "j8". Introditction. xxv That the entry on page 220 is in the well-known au- tograph of Dean Alexander Nowell ; (2) That the Scribe mis-spells the name egregiously more than once. The Biographers of "the judicious Hooker" have not apparently been aware of his early poverty and straits. To me, for one, these entries are infinitely pathetic. In the fac-similes (in our large paper only) I have placed Dean Nowell's corrective entry beside those relating to Spenser and Bishop Andrewes. (c) Launcelot Andrewes. See pages 78 and 184 (bottom paging) and relative notes. As with Hooker it is of profound interest to come on these early dates con- cerning one so venerable as this still potential Bishop. Our notes suggest relationships that seem to have escaped his Biographers. (d) William Whitaker, See pages 192, 258 (bottom paging) and relative notes. This illustrious scholar, who was born at Holme, in the parish of Burnley, Lancashire, in 1547, was related to our Nowell — his mother having been sister of him and of Deans Alexander and Lawrence Nowell, viz., Elizabeth Nowell, who married Thomas Whitaker in 1 5 30, and survived her marriage no fewer than y6 years. The many Biographical notices and his place in history (ecclesiastical) renders it unnecessary to enter here on the incidents of his remarkable career. In our Notes some data are submitted on the relationship and inter-relationship of the different Whitakers of our MS. (e) Richard Hackluyt. See pages 30, 226, and relative notes. (f) Bishop John Still. Seepage 188 and relative note. (g) Bishop Thomas BiLSON. See page 198 (bottom paging) and relative note. (h) Hammonds of Whalley in Lancashire, family of Dr. Henry Hammond the commentator, page ydi, and relative note page 81. d xxvi Introdjtction. (i) Richard Langher. See page 95 (bottom paging). (J) Dr. Peter Baro. See pages 62 and 64, and relative note. (k) Anthony Coranus. See pages 62, 64, 100, 104, 106, 230, and note, page 231. (I ) RODOLPHE LE CHEVALIER. See page 100, and rela- tive note. (in) Jeane Cousin, the French preacher. See page 104, and relative note. (n) Richard Mulcaster, Master of Merchant Taylors' School. See pages no, 166, and note, page in. (0) Dr. Percival Wyburne, the eminent Puritan-Non- conformist. See page 1 14, and relative note. (p) Nicholas Crane, the Puritan. See page 118, and relative note. (q) John Field, the Puritan. See page 124, and relative note. (r) Augustine Rernher the Swiss, editor of Latimer's Sermons. See page 154, and relative note. (s) Giles Fletcher, Pater. See page 178, and relative note. (t) Thomas Lever, the celebrated Puritan preacher. See page 188, and relative note. (h) Bishop Myles Smith. See pages 212 and 236, and relative notes. (v) Bishop Henry Parry. See page 248, and relative note. (w) Bishop John Wolton. See page 266, and relative note. (x) Thomas Churchyard, the Poet. See page 276, and relative note. (y) Alexander Nowell, Dean of St. Paul's. See Index s.u. Churton has told fairly well the story of this great and good Worthy of the olden time. I place him last in these selected names, because it is my privilege to give here a very minute and matterful hitroduction. xxvii genealogical account of the Nowells down to the beginning of the seventeenth century, corrective of and supplementary to all prior ones, not excepting the carefully-amended pedigree in the new edition of Dr. Whitaker's Whalley {2 vols, 4to). To Mr. Abram (as before) the Reader is indebted for this substantial contribution to Lancashire family-his- tory. NowELL OF Great Mearley and Read in the County of Lancaster. Adam Noell or Nowell (conjectured from the name to have descended from a Norman follower of William the Conqueror) married in the 13th century the daughter and heir of Stephen de Merlay, and thus brought to the Nowells the manorial estate of Merlay Magna (noAV Great Mearley), situate on the eastern border of Lancashire, in Ribblesdale, about two miles from Clitheroe. By the heiress of Merlay, Adam Noell had two sons, Roger and Simon. "Simone de Noell and Roger his brother " appear as witnesses to a deed temp. Edward I. Roger Noell, lord of Merlay Magna, succeeding Adam his father, like him married an heiress, viz., Elizabeth, third daughter of Richard Fytton, lord of Harwood Magna manor, in Blackburn Parish. She and her sisters, Maud and Amabil, were co-heirs of their brother William Fytton, who died without issue ; and after this marriage the Nowells held about five centuries the third part of Great Harwood manor. At the great De Lascy Inquisition in 131 1, it was found that Roger Noell held two carucates of land in Great Merlay by the service of the fourth part of a knight's fee and a rent of 2Qd. Roger Noell occurs as a juror in 1326. He had a son Adam. Adam Nowell, of Great Mearley, Esq., occurs as a witness to a charter of Whalley Abbey in 1327. King Edward HI. in the 12th of his reign (1338), granted to xxviii Int7'oductio'n. Adam Nowell, for the good service he had expended in the war in Scotland, that he and his heirs for ever might have a market weekly on Thursday at their manor of Nether- ton, in Magna Harewode. A deed in Norman-French, dated 12 Edward II., found among the Hesketh evi- dences, relates to a contest that had taken place between John de Hesketh and Adam Nowell, concerning certain tenements in Great Harwood which after the death of William Fytton were divided amongst his three sisters, A Royal warrant, dated 13 Edward III. (1339), found among the Toiviieley MSS., sets forth the descent of Great Merlay estate from Adam, heir of Stephen de Mer- lay, through Roger, Adam's son and heir, to Adam Noell, "that now is" (1339) ^'^ son and heir of Roger; and another deed in the Lansdowne AISS. names Richard as son and heir of this Adam Nowell in 1359. " Richard Noell, Esq., son of Adam," (so described) appears as a witness to deeds in Whalley Abbey Coiicher in 1340 and in 1356. By his wife Johanna he had a son Lawrence. Lawrence Nowell, Esq., exchanged, about the year 1368, the manor and chase of Magna Merlay Avith Sir Richard de Greenacres, for a moiety of the manor of Read. This was the first settlement of the Nowells at Read, which remained their home rather more than four centuries after- wards. Lawrence Nowell was living in 10 Richard II. (1386). By Katherine his wife, who is party to a deed dated 1368, he had sons, John, Nicholas, and Gilbert, all three named in a deed of settlement dated 18 Richard 11. (1 394-) John Nowell, Esq., lord of Read, held the estates about forty-five years. By Margaret his wife he had sons, Nicholas, Arthur, and Otwell. In 1389, John Nowell made formal acknowledgment, at the Chapel of Harwood Magna, that he held his estate in Harwood on the condition of homage to Thomas Hesketh, Esq., as chief lord of that IntrodiLction. xxix manor. John Nowell died the 23rd May, 1433. Mr. Wm. Langton* has printed the Inquisition after his death, taken at Wigan, the 30th May, 1433. The jurors attested that "Johannes Nowell de Reved" was seized of the manor of Reved (Read), with 30 messuages, 400 acres of land, 100 acres of meadow, 300 acres of woodland, and 200 acres of turbary, in the vills of Magna Harewode and Chirche ; that by a deed dated at Read, 18 Richard II. (1394), John, son of Lawrence Nowell of Reved, had settled the estates in trust to James de Langeton rector of Wigan Church, and John Pilkington, rector of Bury Church ; and by another deed dated 3 Henry IV. (1402), these trustees had re-enfeofifed John Nowell in the estate for life, with remainder to his son Nicholas and his heirs male, and after- wards John Nowell enfeoffed William Aburgham, vicar of Croston Church, and Richard Todde, chaplain, of all his lands in Magna Harewode and Chirche and the manor of Reved. Read manor was found to be held by John Nowell of the King as of his duchy of Lancaster, by thanage and the service of (^s.gd. yearly, being worth yearly iooj-. ; and the lands in Magna Harewode and Chirche were held of the King by knight service and the payment of 10^. yearly, being worth yearly beyond reprises lOOi". The writ oi diem clausit extreniiun after the death of John Nowell de Reved is dated 24th May, 11 Henry VI. (1433.) Nicholas Nowell, son and heir of John, had died in his father's lifetime, but had left a son, Alexander Nowell, who was found next heir to his grandfather in 1433, and then aged 20 years. The two younger brothers of Nicholas Nowell, Arthur and Otwell, described as sons of John Nowell, of Rede, were living in 1434, when they gave fines for a writ of the Chancery Court of the Duchy of Lan- caster. During the minority of ALEXANDER NowELL, son of * Christopher Towneley's Abstracts of Lancashire and Cheshire Inquisitions, edited by Mr. William Langton ; Chetham Society's works, vol. xcix, p. 38. XXX Introduction. Nicholas, and heir to his grandsire in 1433, the estates were committed by the Crown to the custody of Hugh Hesketh and Richard Towneley, Esqrs. The 17th March, 12 Henry VI. (1434) a writ was issued de cetate probanda of "Alexan- der Nowell, son and heir of Nicholas son of John Nowell ; " on the 1st October, in the same year, the precept was addressed to the escheator to deliver to Alexander, son and heir of Nicholas son of John Nowell, seisin of his father's lands, he having proved his age ; and presently after Alex- ander Nowell gave fine to the Duchy Court for respite of homage. He married Isabella, daughter of Roger Banastre, and had a son and heir Roger, and (among probably other children) a daughter Isabel, wife of Geoffrey Winckley of Winckley. The date of Alexander Nowell's death is not recorded, but he was living in 1467. Roger Nowell, Esq., lord of Read, son of Alexander, had to his first wife Margaret, daughter of Thomas Hesketh, Esq., from whom he was divorced in 3 Edward IV. {1463). His second wife was Grace, daughter of John Towneley, Esq. (marriage settlement dated 7th March, 1468). Roger Nowell, among his possessions, had an estate at Arkesay, near Wakefield, in the county of York, and there he sometime resided. He founded a Chantry in the Church of All Saints, Wakefield, in the year 1480. He died in i486. Grace Nowell, his wife, survived him, and was living, a widow, in 1487. His children named in the last-published pedigree of the Nowells are, one son, John, and six daughters ; but a note by Thomas Talbot the antiquary, found in the Cotton JIISS., proves that he had not fewer than seven sons and seven daughters. The record is to the effect that in a window of Whalley Church was an inscription: "©rate jjvo animaljus Hogm floUiel armtgfr ft (Grattae uxorts ejus ct pto iiono gtatu Soljanuis iloiucl pn'mogentti liogcrf, cum fiatitiius tt Borortbus suis, ([Hi tstam feucistram fieri fecnunt anno Domini 15 10." The describer of the memorial window Inb^odtiction. xxxi adds : " He hath 7 sones knehng by him, and she hath 7 doghters by her, wherof two wer maried." The evidence of the Manuscript printed hereafter supports this record that Roger Nowell had several younger sons ; for, although the names of such sons are not supplied explicitly, the number of cousins and kinsfolk of Dean Nowell and Robert Nowell, bearing the name of Nowell, who appear in the MS., require that the Dean and his brother should have had uncles who had children living in 1568-15 80. In one case (see page 261, note 5) it has been proved that Thomas Nowell of Runcton and his brother and sisters were first cousins of Dean Nowell ; and there are other entries of Nowells, described as " cousins," who could not have been nephews or nieces. Besides the heir, John Nowell, Roger Nowell had probably sons — Andrew, father of John and Charles (see page 259) ; Robert (named in the Visitation of 1567); and Roger. The rest of the seven cannot be named. Of his seven daughters, six are mentioned : Maud, wife of Edward Radcliffe of Mearley ; Grace, wife of John Hoghton of Pendleton ; Anne, wife of Ralph Rishton of Ponthalgh ; Jane, wife of William Fleming of Fleming Hall ; Elizabeth, wife of Robert Challoner; and Eleanor (she died in 1549), wife of John Hop wood, Esq. John Nowell of Read, Esq., son of Roger, married, first, in i486, Dowse, daughter of Robert Hesketh of Rufiford, Esq., and by her had a son and heir, Roger. His second wife, whom he married before 1505, was Elizabeth, daughter of (Robert) Kay of Rochdale, gent. ; and by her he had issue : sons — John ; Alexander (Dean of St. Paul's) ; Lawrence (Dean of Lichfield) ; Robert (of Gray's Inn) ; Christopher ; and Nicholas, steward to the Earl of Shrewsbury ; and the following daughters — Beatrice, wife of Thomas Hammond of Whalley, gent. ; Alice, wife of Henry Whitaker of High Whitaker, gent. ; Maud, wife of William Deane of Tunworth in Billington, xxxii Introduction. gent. ; Margery, wife of Thomas Aughton, gent. ; Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Whitaker of Holme, gent.; Jane (perhaps she was the daughter who was wife of Hamlet Ashton, gent.; see page 89, note 4); Margaret, married, in 1530, Thomas Rycroft ; Grace, wife of Richard Neve of London, fishmonger (see pp. 5 5, and 264-5); and Isabella, wife of John Wolton of Whalley, yeoman, and mother of John Wolton, Bishop of Exeter. I have enumerated fifteen children of John Nowell by his second wife, and am not sure that the category is exhausted. John Nowell, Esq., died on the 4th (or 5th) of June, 1525. The Inq. post mort. was taken at Lancaster, the 24th August, 1525, when it was found that John Nowell, Esq., of Reyde, had died seized of the manors of Reyde and Magna Harwood, with messuages and lands in those townships and in Chirche. Roger Nowell was found to be his son and heir, who had a son and heir apparent named Thomas, then an infant. Other sons named in the escheat are, John, Alexander, Lawrence, Robert, and Christopher. (John and Christopher are omitted in all the pedigrees hitherto.) Daughters Isabel and Margaret are named ; and the wife of John Nowell, Elizabeth Nowell, is also named. John Nowell's Will is cited, dated 3rd June, 1525. Elizabeth Nowell, widow of John, married, secondly, within the first year of her widowhood, Charles Towneley of Towneley, Esq. (a dispensation for the marriage, on account of consanguinity of the parties, is dated 20th December, 1525). To Charles Towneley she bore a son John, who is the John Towneley named in the ]\IS. as an executor of the Will of Robert Nowell, Esq. Roger Nowell of Read, Esq., son of John, by his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Rishton, gent, had no issue, and was divorced from her in 1524. He then married Grace, daughter of Sir Richard Sherburne of Stonyhurst, knt., and had issue : sons — Thomas, born about 1525 ; and Roger; and daughters— Alice ; Anne, married, 15th Sept., Introduction. xxxiii 1561, Richard Houlden of Chageley, gent.; and Grace. Roger Nowell died in 1566. By Inq. post inort. taken at Preston, 14th January, 1566-7, it was found that Roger Nowell of Reade, Esq., had died on the 2nd September, 1566, seized of Reade Manor, the third part of Magna Harwoode Manor, with messuages, lands, woodlands, rents, &c., there and in Churche and Dynkeley. Thomas Nowell, Esq., was found to be his son and heir, then aged 40 (41) years and upwards. Roger Nowell's younger son, Roger Nowell, is named in the record as then living at Preston. Thomas Nowell, Esq., Roger's eldest son, married, first, Benedicta, daughter of Richard Towneley, Esq., and by her had issue, two daughters, Grace, born about 1545, who married Thomas Procter, gent. ; and Elizabeth, living in 1567. By his second wife, Alice (.'* Willotte), whom he married before 1565, he had a son John, baptized at Whalley Church, 8th February, 1571, who died in infan.cy. Thomas Nowell is named several times in the MS. {inter alia see p. 70, and relative note p. 71). Thomas Nowell, Esq., died in August, 1575 ; and the Inquisition taken at Whalley, the 14th January, 1575-6, returns that Grace, wife of Thomas Procter, gent, was found to be his daughter and heir, then aged 30 years and upwards. Alice Nowell, his widow, received money from Dean Nowell in February, 1575-6. (See p. 266.) She died in Manchester, in 1590, and was buried at the Collegiate Church ; the burial register contains the entry: — 1590. Jan. 14. "Alyce Wydowe to Thomas Nowell of Read, Esq., buried." (Her kinsfolk doubtless dwelt at Manchester.) Roger Nowell, brother of Thomas, now succeeded to the entailed estates in default of issue male to Thomas Nowell. He married Florence, daughter of Reginald Atkin- son, gent., and widow of Lawrence Starkie, Esq. The marriage took place on the 25th January, 155 1-2. He had issue, sons, John, and Roger ; and a daughter Alice, wife of William Shuttleworth, gent., of Asterley in Whalley. xxxiv Introduction. Roger Nowell's eldest son, John Nowell, gent., married, at Whalley Church, 26th September, 1575, Letitia, daughter of Edward Braddyll, Esq., but had no issue ; he died in the hfetime of his father, in 1583, and was buried at Whalley, the 23rd July in that year ; his wife, Letitia Nowell, survived him. This Roger Nowell died the i8th May, 1591 ; and the Inq. post inort., taken at Whalley the 15th July, 1591, shows that he had held the manor of Read by the gift and concession of his brother, Thomas Nowell, Esq., deceased ; and that Roger Nowell was his surviving son and heir, aged 29 years and upwards. His wife, Florence Nowell, survived him, and was made sole execu- trix of his Will. "Florentia Nowell, ux. Rogeri," w^as buried at Whalley Church, " 18 die Decembris, 1593." Roger Nowell, Esq., lord of Read, son of the above Roger, married Katherine, daughter of John Morton, Esq, The marriage is thus entered in the W'halley Church register : — " Rogerus Nowell, gen. et Katherina Marton, 9 Mali, 1581 ; his testibus Will'mus Herris Clericus, Joh'es Nowell, gen., Joh'es Crombocke, Willm. Shuttleworth, Joh'es Marton, Joh'es Lawe, Joh'es Cunclyfife, Ric'us Sudell, Laurentius Standworth, Joh'es Dugdall, Lucas Whittingham, Thomas Haliday." The issue of this mar- riage were, sons, Roger, baptized 8th August, 1582 ; John, bai^tized 26th March, 1589, married Mary Procter; Alex- ander, born in 1591, died in May, 1595 ; a second Alexander, born in 1595 ; and Robert, born in 1596 ; daughters, Maria, baptized 21st May, 1586 (married, first, Richard Fleetwood of Calwich, Esq. ; secondly, Ralph Hopton of Armley); Florence, baptized 27th March, 1587 (married Nicholas Scarborough, Esq.); Isabella, baptized i8th February, 1592 (married, first, John Byrom of Byrom, Esq.; secondly, John Bretherton of Hey, gent.); Anne, born in 1598, married John Sharpe, gent.; and Catherine, born in 1600. Roger Nowell's wife, Katherine Nowell, died at Whalley, the 20th January, 1620-1. He died in 1623. The Liquisition for IntrodiLction. xxxv the escheat, taken at Preston, 8th April, 1624, returns that Roger Nowell of Reade, Esq., had died at Whalley, the 30th January, 1623-4, seized of Reade manor, and Harwood Magna manor, with messuages and demesne lands in these places, and other lands in Church, Symonston, Dinckley, and Whalley in Lancashire ; and of East Bradford manor, with lands in Wakefield, Loftus, Wentbridge, Thorpe Audhill, Darrington, and Oscropp, in the county of York. His sons, Roger, John, and Robert, were then living. Roger Nowell, gent., eldest son of Roger, had died at Whalley (vitm patris), the 12th November, 1623; he had been twice married, first, to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Fleetwood of Calwich, Esq., by whom he had sons, Roger, Thomas, Adam, and Richard ; and daughters, Katherine, Fleetwood, Elizabeth, Anne, Mary, and Frances ; and secondly, to Katherine Hulton, widow (married at Whalley, 30th October, 161 8), sister of Hamnet Hyde of Norbury, in the county of Chester, Esq., by whom he had sons, George, Ralph, and Henry, and a daughter Penelope. All these children of Roger Nowell were living at Whalley at the date of the Inquisition on the elder Roger's death. Roger Nowell, son of Roger the younger, was found heir to his grandfather, and was eighteen years old on the 13th of March, 1623-4. Beyond this point I need not pursue the genealogy of the Nowells, having nothing to add to the full record of the later generations in the pedigree inserted in the new edition of Whitaker's History of Whalley, vol. ii, p. 41. I close with concise biographic notices of the three brothers chiefly connected with this MS., viz., Robert Nowell, Esq., Dean Alexander Nowell, and Dean Lawrence Nowell. Robert Nowell (the posthumous expenditure of whose fortune in charities is recorded in the MS. now printed) was a younger son of John Nowell of Read, Esq., by his second wife Elizabeth (Kay). His birth must have been about 15 17-1520, but the date is not fixed. With his xxxvi Introd2iction. brother Alexander and others of his brethren he was educated at the Grammar School of Middleton, and from that school proceeded to Brasenose College in Oxford. He was still a child when his father died, in 1525 ; and in the inquisition after John Nowell's death Robert is named among his sons. After leaving the university, Robert Nowell adopted the profession of a lawyer, and was entered of Gray's Inn ; but nothing is on record concerning him from this time until, in the 1st Elizabeth (1558), he was employed as counsel for the patentees of certain lands, parcel of the estates of the Bishop of Winchester, He would then be about forty years old. By patent dated 8th February, 1560-1, Robert Nowell, counsellor of Gray's Inn, was appointed the Queen's Attorney of the Court of Wards, for his life. The same year he was elected Lent Reader of Gray's Inn. After this his appoint- ments were numerous and lucrative, and it is likely that he had amassed the handsome competency, indicated by the many thousands of pounds left at his death for distribution, chiefly during the last ten years of his life (i 558-1 568). Churton (Life of Dean Nozvell, pp. 137-8) enumerates these important offices fulfilled by Robert Nowell: — By patent dated 8th February, 1563, he was appointed guardian of Charles Waldegrave, with an allow- ance of 40/. a year out of the estates of his late father. Sir Edward Waldegrave, knt., in Somersetshire, and had a lease from the crown of lands in Cardiganshire, part of the estates of the late Duke of Richmond. He was, in 1565, made a member of a special commission to audit accounts and correct abuses in the Queen's household. He was steward to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, and of them held the reversionary grant of the rectory and great tithes of Tottenham. In 1567 he was made guardian of one Frances Green. Robert Nowell had two places of residence — his chambers at Gray's Inn, in London, and a country house on his estate at Hendon, in Middlesex. His httrodnctioii. xxxvli household included five men-servants and several women- servants, named in the MS., and in his Will as legatees. He enjoyed the influential friendship of Mr. Secretary- Cecil, afterwards Lord Burghley. Among his special friends are also named Robert Barton, gent, of Gray's Inn, Mr. Kitchine of Gray's Inn, and Mr. Milles. In 1563, when the plague was raging in the City of London, Robert Nowell, providing against the risk of sudden death, made his Will, which is dated the i6th August, 1563. The Will was drafted by himself. He lived more than five years after making this Will, which we now print in extenso for the first time. It is assumed that Robert Nowell did not marry, from the fact that neither wife nor child is named in the Will ; yet it is possible he had a wife who predeceased him some years, leaving no issue. Robert Nowell, Esq., died in his chamber at Gray's Inn, on the 6th of February, 1568-9. The same day a codicil was added to the Will of 1563, which is printed along with the Will. Dean Nowell has left a graphic statement of his brother's charge to him, a few hours before his departure, respecting the bestowal of his money upon certain charities, in two letters to Lord Burghley, written nearly thirty years after, in 1595-6. The Dean writes : — " My brother Robert, late Attorney of her Ma'ties Courte of Wardes, about vi houres before he dyed, said unto me : ' Forget not Myddelton schole, and the college of Brasen-nose, wher we were brought upp in our youth ; and yf you wolde procure any thynge to continue, with my money, yow shall doe it beste and moste surely in the Queues Ma'ties name, whose poore officer I have bene.' . . . . And for that my saide brother, not longe before hys death, delyuerynge me hys key of the cheste, where hys other keyes were, and hys rynge also, prayed me not to deceyve hym, but that the poore should have all hys goods, hys debts, legacies and funeralls beyng fyrste dis- charged. Now that he maide yr good L[ordj overseer, I think I am occasioned hereby summarily to showe how the xxxviii Introductio7i. reste of hys goods were bestowed." In the other letter we read : — " My brother Roberte sometime Attorney in the Court of Wardes , . . specially charged me upon his death bed to procure the foundation of Myddleton Schole in the County of Lancaster, where we and other o' brethren were taught in o"" childhoode, and the said schole to be annexed unto Brasenose College in Oxf'd where we were poor students, in the time of our youthe." How well and faithfully Dean Nowell discharged the obligation so solemnly laid upon him by his expiring brother, this Manuscript remains amply to testify, which we are privileged to give to the world in printed form after the lapse of three centuries. The Dean made his brother a very stately funeral ; he was buried in the old cathedral of St. Paul's, "in the place called sancta sanctor" ; and over the grave was placed an alabaster stone with an inscrip- tion (see p. 40). The MS. gives copious items of the funeral arrangements ; the preparation of the church for the oc- casion ; the eleven petty canons and six vicars in attend- ance ; the fees of the herald for the armorial insignia ; the varied provision of viands for the funeral dinner ; payments for 240 black gowns for as many poor men ; for other gowns for poor women, and for scholars of the public schools in London ; better gowns for persons of wealth ; gifts to preachers of the funeral sermons ; and many other interest- ing matters connected with the obsequies of Robert Nowell and the execution of his Will, under the direction of Dean Nowell, the acting executor. Concerning ALEXANDER NowELL, Dean of St. Paul's, there is no necessity to repeat the biographical particulars printed in various previous books, and amplified in Chur- ton's well-known and carefully-composed " Life." I present merely the dates of the salient events of his lengthened and distinguished career ; with some information as to his first marriage which has not before been printed. Alexan- der Nowell was born at Read, about A.D. 1507. He was Introduction. xxxix the second son of the second marriage of his father John Nowell, Esq., who died when he was about i8 years old. He was sent to Middleton School, some twenty miles from Read. He proceeded thence to Oxford, and was entered at Brasenose College; stayed in College 13 years; took B.A. 29th May, 1536 ; elected a Fellow shortly afterwards ; M.A. loth June, 1540. In 1543 he was appointed Head Master of Westminster School, resigned in 1555; licensed as a preacher about 1550; installed Prebendary of West- minster, second stall, 5th December, 1551 ; elected Member of Parliament for Loo, in Cornwall, 5th October, 1553. The election was questioned in Parliament, and set aside. October 12th, 1553, the House of Commons appointed " Mr. Secretary Bourne [and others] to enquire for Alexan- der Nowell, Burgess of Loo, in Cornwall, Prebend of Westminster, if he may be of this House." "October 13th, It is declared by the Commissioners, that Alexander Nowell, being Prebendary in Westminster, and thereby having voice in the Convocation House, cannot be a Member of this House, and so agreed by the House, and the Queen's Writ to be directed for another Burgess in that place." During Mary's reign, being marked as a Puritan, Nowell incurred the enmity of Bonner, and to preserve his liberty escaped to the Continent, being assisted to do so by Francis Bowyer, citizen and merchant of London. He resided at Frankfort about two years, in community with the German and Swiss Reformers ; but promptly came back to England on the accession of Queen Elizabeth in 1558. From this time his preferments in the Church were valuable and con- tinuous ; collated Archdeacon of Middlesex, ist January, 1559-60 ; held it about a year ; presented to the Rectory of Saltwood, 3rd February, 1559-60; resigned 1560; Pre- bendary of Canterbury, 14th February, 1559-60, resigned, 1564 ; Prebendary of Westminster, seventh stall, by Queen's patent dated 21st June, 1560, resigned, 1561 ; Prebendary of Wildland, in the Cathedral of London, 3rd December, X 1 Introduction. 1560; elected Dean of St. Paul's, 17th November, 1560; presented to the rich Rectory of Great Hadham, in the county of Herts, about December, 1562, resigned 1589; Pre- bendary of Totenhall, Cathedral of London, i ith November, 1588, held till his death ; Canon of Windsor, installed 25th April, 1594, held till his death ; President of Brasenose College, Oxford, 6th September, 1595, resigned 14th December, 1595. In 1568, Dean Nowell made a preaching tour in his native county of Lancashire, and he was in Lancashire again the following year (see pp. 218-19). In February, 1568-9, when his brother Robert Nowell died, Dean Nowell was one of his executors. The MS. shows in detail the manner in which Dean Nowell carried out the distribution of his brother's bounty, subsidised by much of his own money, during about twelve years from 1569 to 1580. He was in Sussex frequently in these years, and in the West Country in the autumn of 1569. His first marriage (hitherto obscure) took place about the year 1560. He married Jane, daughter of Robert Merry of Hatfield, Esq., widow of Thomas Bowyer of London, citizen and grocer (who had died the 13th September, 1558), and mother of Thomas Bowyer, of Lathorne, parish of North Mundham, in the county of Sussex, and of Joan Bowyer, wife, first, of George Cassey, citizen and grocer of London, and secondly of Dean Nowell's cousin, Thomas Nowell of Runcton, gent, (see page 261). By this dame Dean Nowell had no issue, and she died at North Mundham the 3rd August, 1579. The entry of her burial in the Parish Register of North Mundham is as follows: — 1579. "The xiiij day of August, 1579, A^ xxi Elizabeth Regine, Joane Nowell, late ye wyfe of Alexander Nowell Deane of ye Cathedrall Church of St. Paull in Lon- don before the wyf of Thomas Bowyer cytezen & grocer of London, was buried by ye body of the said Thomas Bowyer on ye north side of the chancell of ye church of North Mundham, having left issue by ye said Introduction. xli Tho: Bowyer deceased two sonnes & one daughter, viz. Thomas Bowyer of the Middle Temple, Richard Bowyer, citizen & grocer of London, & Jane, the wife of Thomas Nowell & before the wife of George Cassey of London grocer." Dean Nowell's second wife, whom he married between 1580 and 1583, when he was more than seventy years old, was Elizabeth, daughter of Hast of Wind- ham, and widow of Thomas Blount, Esq., collector of the customs for the port of London (by whom she had a son Edward and other children). This wife survived Dean Nowell, and died in 161 1. Among the published writings of Dean Nowell are : A Homily on account of the Plague (1564) ; controversial books against Dorman (1565-6-7) ; and the celebrated Cattxhisiiius (1570). He was created Doctor of Divinity, ist October, 1595. Dean Nowell made his Will ten years before his decease. The Will is dated 8th January, 1592-3. After directions concerning his funeral, testator gives 20/. to the repairs of St. Paul's ; 10/. to Christ's Hospital in London ; to his good friend (and son- in-law) Thomas Bowyer of the Middle Temple, Esq., 5/. for a ring ; books to the library of Brasenose, and to his "cousin" (nephew) Dr. Whitaker of Cambridge ; "and for the painful and faithful service which Elizabeth Nowell my wife hath these many years in my extreme age and great and many sicknesses and continual weakness done unto me, and for that I have spent of her goods and rents more than all that I have is worth, I give unto her in token of the love that I have continually borne and do beare unto her all the rest of my goods, cattle, chattells, leases, money, plate, jewels, household stuff," &c. Wife Elizabeth sole executrix. There are two codicils to the W^ill, in which testator speci- fies a number of kinsfolk and servants to have legacies. Dean Nowell died, aged about 94, on the 13th February, 1 601-2, and was buried in St. Mary's Chapel of St. Paul's Cathedral, in the rear of the high altar, and in the same grave Avhich received his brother Robert Nowell in 1 568-9. / X lii hitroditction. A fine monument, with a marble effigy of the Dean, and a lengtliy description in Latin, was placed in the Chapel, and was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. A portrait at Brasenose College, Oxford, depicts the Dean with a fishing- rod over his head, and a paper of fishing-hooks in his hand (in allusion to his favourite sport), and underneath the inscription : — " Alexander Nowellus, sacrae theologiae Pro- fessor, St. Pauli Decanus, obiit 13 Febr. A.D. 1601, RR- Eliz. 44 ; An. Decanatus 42 ; aetatis suae 95 ; cum neque aures obtusiores, neque memoria infirmior neque animi cullae facultates, viete essent. Piscator Hominum." Lawrence Nowell, brother of Alexander and Robert Nowell, and an executor under the Will of the latter, was born at Read about the year 15 16; educated, probably, like his brothers, at Middleton School ; entered of Brase- nose College, Oxford, in 1536; but presently transferred himself to Cambridge, where he proceeded B.A. in 1541-2, in which degree he was incorporated at Oxford, 19 July, 1542; proceeded M.A. at Oxford, 18 March, 1543-4; appointed Master of the Grammar School at Sutton Col- field, in the county of Warwick, i October, 1 546 ; ordained deacon by Bishop Ridley, 9 November, 1550; in 1550 the corporation of Sutton alleged against him neglect of his duty as Master of the School there, but Lawrence Nowell vindicated himself in an appeal to the King in Council, and letters were addressed to the warden and fellows of the King's town of Sutton, dated the 28 February, 1550-1, commanding them not to remove Mr. Nowell from his place of schoolmaster nor to molest him therein. In the reign of Mary, Lawrence Nowell found a retreat at Carew Castle, in the county of Pembroke, the seat of Sir John Perrot, where he lay in hiding until he could convey himself to Germ.any to join his brother Alexander and the other English Pro- testant exiles. He returned to England in the ist Elizabeth (1558) ; and was at once appointed Archdeacon of Derby. On 20 March, 1559-60, Lawrence Nowell was installed Dean Introduction. xliii of Lichfield. The 9 August, 1 563, he received the prebend of Ferring, in the cathedral of Chichester ; and a later church preferment was to the prebend of Ampleford, York, to which he was appointed 27 May, 1566. He had, too> the rectory of Haughton and Drayton Basset, in the county of Stafford. In 1563, he was acting as tutor to the Earl of Oxford. In 1568, he was made an executor under his brother Robert's Will, and is so-named in the ]\IS. His wife also is mentioned near the beginning of the MS. (A.D. 1569), as "Mrs. Nowell of Litchfeild." In 1570, he was charged by one Peter Morwyn with having spoken sedition against the Queen and the Earl of Leicester ; his answer to which is in the State Paper Office. In 1574, he purchased a house and estate at Sheldon, in the county of Warwick, for. a sum of 400/. Dean Lawrence Nowell married, before 1567, Mrs. Mary Glover, widow (who by her former husband had two sons, Daniel and Edward Glover, mentioned in the MS.). He had issue by her, sons, Samuel ; Lawrence, bap- tized at St. Mary's, Litchfield, 7 December, 1571, a com- moner at Brasenose in 1590; Thomas, baptized 5 April, 1573 j Robert ; and Alexander; and daughters, Catherine ; Mary, baptized 16 September, 1567, died young; Sarah, baptized i May, 1569; and a second Mary, baptized I August, 1574. Dean Lawrence Nowell died in October, 1576, and is supposed to have been buried at Weston, in the county of Derby. His Will is dated the 7 October, 1576, and was proved the 26 August, 1577, by his widow as executrix. He bequeathed loo/. each to his surviving daughters ; and 100/. to the poor of the parishes of which he had charge. His brother Alexander Nowell and half-brother John Towneley, were nominated overseers of the Will, and to have the custody of testator's children, if his wife married again. " Dean (Lawrence) Nowell was a diligent searcher into the national antiquities, and had a profound knowledge of Anglo-Saxon. He instructed in that tongue William Lambarde, subsequently so eminent xliv Inirod7(ciion. as a skilful and laborious antiquary." He left in MS. a Vocabulary of the Saxon language, compiled in 1560, now in the Bodleian Library ; historical collections now among the Cottoft MSS.; and a Latin letter to Sir William Cecil, dated June, 1563, on the inaccuracy of the general Maps of England, which is among Lansdowne MSS. {Ath. Cantab., vol. i, pp. 357-8 ; Churton's Life of Alexander Nowell, pp. 233-9, &c.) By the kindness of Colonel Chester, I am enabled — for the first time — to print in full and accurately ROBERT Nowell's long and very valuable Will, as follows : — " Decimo Sexto Augusti Anno Miitimo quingentesimo sexagesimo tercio I Robarte Nowell of graies Inne attorney to the quenes ma*'® in her highenes courte of wardes beinge in parfecte memorie and in good healthe of bodie thankes be vnto god consideringe the daunger of this pnte tyme and the vncertainetie of mannes lyfe and willinge to bestowe suche goodes as almightie god hathe lente me in such sorte as noe suite nor controversie ryse for them after my deathe doe make my laste will and testamente in mannor and fourme followinge firste I bequeathe my sowle to almightie god trusteinge and fuUie beleaveinge to be saved and to be one of those that shall enherite the kingedome of heaven by the deathe and passione of Jesus christe his sonne and my savior and readeamer and my bodie to be buried where it pleasethe almightie god I giue to the poore of the parrishe where I shalbe buried Tenne poundes to be bestowed by my executors either at the tyme of my buriall or within a weeke after accordeinge to theire discrecon Item I giue foure poundes to hym or them that shall preache for me the dale of my buriall and twoe sonndaies nexte after for euy sarmonde foure nobles hitrodiiction. xlv Item I will that threescore poundes shalbe bestowed vppon a dynner and a supper if it will soe sarve of them that goe w* me to the churche and vppon the poore of the parrisshe where I shall fortune to be buried Item I giue to the reperacons of the churche where I shall fortune to be buried three poundes sixe shillinges eighte Pennce but I will that myne executors shall take A bonde of xx'i of the churchewardeines or of some other honeste of the pishe to bestowe it within a yeare after my deathe Item I giue to the poore of the parrisshes of saincte Andrewe in holborne of hendon of whallie and of brunleye fouretie markes to euy pishe XX nobles & yet if I chaunce to be buried in anye of theis parrisshes I will that pishe shall haue onelie the legacie of tenne poundes w<=^ I haue before appointed to the parrisshe that I shalbe buried in & noe more Item I giue to euy one of my sisters Elizabethes daughters beinge vnmaried fouretie poundes and to euy one that is maried twentie poundes Item I giue to euye one of my sister Isabells daughters beinge married xx markes and to euy one vnmaried fouretie markes Item I giue to euerie one of my awnte hopwoddes childrenn beinge alyve seaven poundes Item I giue to euye sisters childe of myne to whome I haue made noe legacie fyve poundes Item I giue to euye one of singletons wyves sonnes and daughters excepte the heire w'^'^ wife Anthonye Laton married vi^i It I giue my lease of M^ Lusons landes to my brother lawrence deane of lechefeelde Item I giue all my plate and my pewter latine & brasse excepte suche as shalbe bequeathed otherwise to my saide brother Roger Lawrence and to my brother John towneley evenlie to be devided betwene them Item I giue my signet to my brother Allexander Deane of pawles Item I giue to xlvi Introduction. mystris Casie my best ringes or other Jewelles of myne that she will chose and the nexte to her mother my sister and all the reste Jewelles that remaine I giue to my sister my brother John Towneleys wife Item I giue fyve markes to my brother Lawrences wife to make her a ringe w*=all Item I giue to my Cosen Roberte Towneley of boston suche featherbed boulster and twoe pillowes of myne as he will chose a tabell clothe of damaske diaper a towell and xii napkins to the same and a good geldinge to be deliuered by my executors I giue to M"s Alice Reskimer my beste table clothe of diaper my beste towell of diaper & A dozen napkins and my beste carpet & a geldinge to be deliuered by myne executors vppon condicon y*^ she be good to James woulton w'^^ I haue appointed to haue my lease in hendon after me and suffer hym to contynewe the terme w* quietnes all the reste of my stuffe in the howse at hendon not bequeathed together w*^ y^ lease of the same howse & lande and the licence of my lorde of Pembroke to my landeladie to let it and alsoe all my lorde of pembrokes . lease of silke fieldes and terme saveinge one yeare becawse I maye not giue the hole together w* the cattell vpon the grounde saveinge my rydeinge horses & all my pottes pannes spittes and candelstickes in the same howse And a garnishe of vessell I giue to James woulton I giue to euye one of my men sarvauntes to whome I haue made noe bequeaste and w<=^ are nowe remayninge w* me tenne poundes & a good black coate and a good paire of blacke hose and I require my executors to be good vnto them & to helpe suche of them as will serve to some good m^^ and to bynde Edward Norham the boye that is w* me when the plage is paste apprentice in some good place hitroductioii. xlvii in london Item I giue to Elyn Tenne poundes and to the mayden xl^ I giue to Todgill xl^ and to ]\I"9 walker xls and to Launcellottes wife xl^ and to hughe halsall xl^ Item I giue to Langetree a coate a gowne a cote & a doblett to Oglethorpe a gowne a coate a doblet & a paire of hose to browne y* was my sarvante a gowne a cote a dublet & a cloke to Thomas burton A gowne a coate & a dublet to William deane my Cosen servaunte to my ladie Matrauers my lease of weylande & a cloke cote & doublet & x'' in monnye to Richard Whitakre & to William Whitakre the xl^J a yere w'^'^ S"" Raphe Leicester hathe graunted vnto me oute of M"" leeghes landes in chesheire duringe the mynoritie of younge M'' Leeghe that is to sale to eiiy one of them xx^i which xx^i yearelie I will M'' whitakre shall receyve streighte waies & bestowe hymselfe in some howse of Courte or gett hymselfe some good wife if he can & I will that the xx'i yearelie for William shalbe laide vpp and bestowed vpon the buyenge of M^ bruisters wyves daughter or otherwise as my brother Allexander shall thinck conve- niente vntill he be able in yeares and discrecon to vse it & order it hym and I require my brother Allexander not onelie to be good vnto hym but to other his pore kinsfolkes nowe when tyme and ojDortunitie sarvethe & when he maye doe them good I giue xl^i to be bestowed emongeste the children of my Vncles doughters y* maried Wilkinson in london after the discrecon of my executors & I desire my executors to be good bothe to her and to them I giue to Robarte Cassie my godsonne a c'^ & further I giue hym my lease of the parsonage of tottingeham & yet I will that bothe he & his parentes toucheinge the psonage of tottingeham shalbe ordered by my brother M-^ Deane of pawles for xlviii I 71 iro duct ion. the agream* or suite with the fermor for the possession becawse I am vncertaine whether his lease be good or ill yf it pve ill yet I will they shall giue hym so muche as M"" Deane of powles shall appointe them to giue either in monnye or in yearelie rente and if his lease prove good yet Roberte Casie maye either take monnye for his lease or elles beinge soe younge as he is he maye lyve and enioye it hymselfe and see the expiracon of the tenauntes lease and for the c^i I will it shalbe soe bestowed for his vse and benefite as my brother and sister w'^^^ is his grandemother together w* his father and mother shall thincke conveniente I giue my lease of esingdon and hartingefurtheburie in the countie of Harte- forde to my Cosen John Nowell M"" Andrewe Nowelles Sonne w* all my intereste in the same and I desire hym to be good to the tenauntes of esingedon and to the myller thowghe they haue littell deserued it & if the lease prove forfeyted by lawe as I thincke it is not and sure I ame in equitie it oughte not to be becawse the rente was offered to M^ Tooke by Richarde Whitakre and by my comaunde- mente before the dale of paymente whereas M"" Tooke wolde haue a forfeiture for none paymente of the rente yet if it be forfeited by the lawe I giue vnto John Nowell xl^' in recompence of it But if John Nowell will foUowe the matter as my thinckes in reasone he shoulde excepte he maye be agreed w'^all becawse it is worthe the followinge for it is better then xx markes a yere besides the rente and there is greate conscience and reasone in it & M^ Tooke hath delte therein subtellie & extreamelie in that matter (if he will folowe it) I thincke surelie he maye haue and order for hym in equitie althoughe the lawe sholde pve againste hym & I exhorte my cosen John Nowell to agree w* my ladie his mother in lawe Introduction. xlix I glue to my good ladie the ladie perion fyve poundes to make her a ringe withall & I desire her to be goode vnto John Novvell her sonne in lawe and fynde some meanes of agream* w*^ hym I giue vnto my brother AUexander as muche of myne apparrell & as manye of my geldinges as he will choose leaveinge sufficiente to performe my will and I giue hym a C^^ in monnye and to my brother John Towneley a hundrethe markes and to my brother Lawrence fiftie markes I desire my brother John to be good to my ij brethren if the worlde chaunge and if they stande in neede of hym I desire hym alsoe to be good to my sister Elizabethe and to her poore childrenn I giue my lease of my lorde of bathes landes w<=^ surelie is a verey good lease to my iij brethren AUexander Laurence and John Towneley I call it a good lease bycawse I wolde not haue my execu- tors to departe w*^ it before they knowe what it is w*''^ iij brethren I make my executors & I will that they shall be- stowe the pfites of the lease and the reste of all my goodes y' they shall haue by force of my will not bequeathed vnto them vpon my poore kinsfolkes such as haue neede & vpon other pore folkes accordinge to theire discrecon and my meaninge is and I desire them and chardge them that they shall receyve noe other benefite of none of my goodes then I haue bequeathed vnto them and I praie them that they will performe my will as muche as in them liethe I giue and bequeathe to my good M"" and freinde M"" Secretorie Cicill the wardeshippe of younger M'' Walgrave with all my righte and intereste in the same payenge suche monnye to the queues ma*^® as I shoulde and I giue hym a C markes in monnye requireinge hym to make some suche thinge therew* as it shall please hym in remembraunce of me his poore freinde And I beseche hym neither to truste to muche to hymselfe nor to this disceitefull worlde I giue to g 1 hitroductioji. M' Gilberte Gerrarde the quenes ma^ies generall attorney v'^ to make hym a ringe w^all & iijj yardes of velvet for his coate and I make hym and M"" Secretarie my overseers and I doe beseche them to helpe to see my will performed and to be good to my brethren I giue to M'^ Raphe barton my beste gowne and my beste chyste that he will chose and fyve rnlkes to make hym a ringe w* I giue to M"" place of graies Inne a cowe a cheste and 1^ to make hym a ringe w* I giue to my brother John towneley my hangeinges in my chamber at graies Inne iij fair chistes for the furnyture of it a fether bedd w*^ the apptenaunces for hymselfe & a matteris for his servaunte to lie vpon & my bedsteede there and all my bookes (saveinge those that were M^' Chaleners ■^ch I giue tQ graies Inne to be in the liberarie and a table of fettisharbarte w^ii Mi" Harbarte muste haue becawse it is his) and I woulde my brother shoulde get hymselfe admytted together w* M"" barton in the chamber if he coulde I giue to James Woulton the lease of the psonage of harpinden w'=^ remaynethe in the deane of westministers handes and I desire my brother M^" deane of pawles to be a meane to get it forthe of the deanes handes Item I giue to my cozen Lawraunce Nowell one Anuitie of v^^ yearelie w* I haue goinge oute of certeine landes in Kente of the graunte of my brother Allexandre and for tearme of his lyfe and I giue hym soe muche satteine as will make hym a coate and doublet Item I giue to James Woulton all the whoale corne & maulte that is dewe vnto me either by carpenter or by M'' Woordenham or Wornham of wantage or by M"" heathe of london Memorand that all the testamente of m"" Roberte Nowell above writtenn was founde in A booke in his studie at graies Inne and was writtenn w* his owne proper hande in vij leaves of the same booke as is testified by the sub- scriptions of the rightc honorable S' william Cicill knighte Introduction. li principall secretarie to the quenes ma^i® and m'' Gilberte Gerrarde esquire the quenes generall attorneye I knowe that the writinge conteyned in the seaven leaves here nexte before was by the propper hande of the saide Robte Nowell late attorney of the courte of wardes whereof I ame M"^ and by that meanes and other like had parfit acquaintence of his hande writinges by me william Cecill decimo die Marcii A" vndecimo Elizabeth Regine I knowe this will to be of the hande writinge of the saide M"" Nowell Gilbte Gerrarde, " Sexto Februarij Miffimo quingeS sexagesimo octauo et Regni diie Regine Elizabeth vndecimo whereas I Robte Nowell of graies Inne haue before this tyme made a will in the w'^^ will are diuers & sondrey legacies conteyned to dius psons I doe ratefie & confirme the saide will and all legaceies therein conteyned & as I there did see doe I here againe will & bequethe my sowle into thandes of allmightie god trusteinge by his onelie nucie throughe Jesus Christe his dere sonne my sauior to haue remyssione of my synnes and lyfe eulastinge And besides the legaceis conteyned in that will I doe will & bequethe vnto hughe halsall my sarvaunte one C^^ Item I bequethe vnto James Woulton my servaunte y^ Item I bequeathe vnto John Thorpe my servaunte Hj^i [ z>. three score or ^60.] Item I bequeathe to Thomas Reyner my sarvaunte xx^i I bequeathe vnto John Fletcher of hampsteede & his wife xiii'i vi^ viij'^ Item I bequeth to William whitager scoller & bachiler of arte of trinitie colledge in Cambridge xU' Item I bequeathe vnto my cozen lawrence Nowell xx^' Item I doe bequethe vnto my cosen Tho : Nowell xx^' Item I doe bequeathe vnto m"" Rafe barton of graies Inne my good friende the some of xl^' & my best furred gowne & my best other gowne faced w* velvet Item I doe bequethe vnto my goode freinde m"^ henrie Mills the some of vi'' xiij^ iiij<* Hi Introduction. to buye hyma ringe in remembraunceof me It: I doe bequethe vnto Elizabeth Shepparde widowe x^^ Item I doe bequethe vnto Anne Wilkinson x^' to thuse of her & her children onelie to be ymployed vpon condicon y* her husbande shall not haue the same nor anye pte thereof Item I bequethe vnto Grace Wilkinson the some of vi^i xiij^ iiijd It I bequeathe to m"^ clapham iij^^ vi^ viij*^ It I bequethe to Joane Todd xl^ I? I bequeth vnto humfrey Kirrey & Margerie his wife iiij mkes It I bequeth to lambte langtree my late servaunte & to his wife xx'^ It I bequethe to John Towneley servaunte to my freinde m' Henrie Milles iij^i vi* viij*^ Prouided alwaies y* they that haue legaceies in my forrn) will&in this addicon alsoe shall chose oneof the legaceis w*=^ they will in the firste will or in this & shall not haue bothe for y' I remember not nowe the verey certeintie of the former legaceies and I doe make in this will as I haue don in the firste my beloved brethren Alexander Nowell deane of powles lawrence Nowell deane of lechefelde & John Towneley esquire my executors as well of y* forrnl will as alsoe of this my addicon vnto the same theis beinge witnesses to the last pte of this will & testam* bereinge date the vj*^ of februarie A" miitimo quingenJ sexagesimo octauo Henrie milles hughe halsall Rotite pickeringe James woolton Rafe barton Thomas Nowell and others." [ TJie Will was proved iji the Prerogative Court of Canter- bury, 14. jllaj/, 1569, l>j' Alexander Nowell, Lawrence Nozvell, and John Towneley, Esq., the executors named. Recorded in Book " Sheffield" at folio 13.] With regard to the Scribe of the J/5. and keeper of the accounts of the " Spending," there is no absolute means of identification in the record itself; but in a note at page/ I have designated James Wolton as the person most likely to have been the writer, and in a later note on page 403 I have Introductio7i. liii marshalled the data which support this conclusion. The Scribe was a servant of Dean Nowell's, and unquestionably was one of four servants who accompanied the Dean in his journey to the West Country in the autumn of 1569, who were, James Wolton, Robert Pickering, Alexander Brad- shaw, and John Houghton. James Wolton's disbursements were larger and more constant than those of the other three servants, and it is plain that he held the position of a private secretary or steward to the Dean. Moreover, he alone of the four was a near kinsman of Dean Nowell, and, what is more material still, he alone had been confidential servant to Robert Nowell for several years before his death, and by the Will of Robert Nowell, his first master, had a bequest of 50/., and also testator's leases of Hendon and of the parsonage of Harpinden. After Robert Nowell's decease, James Wolton at once entered into the service of Dean Nowell, and continued therein for many years. That he should be selected by the Trustees to keep the record of the funeral charges, gifts of money for gowns, and other items of expenditure incurred immediately after Robert Nowell's death, was natural. I have no doubt myself that James Wolton was the Scribe of the MS. He was, as stated in the Notes, a son of John Wolton, of Whalley, in Lancashire, and brother of John Wolton, Bishop of Exeter. Their mother was Isabella (Baines has Margaret), daughter of John Nowell, Esq., and sister of Dean Nowell, who thus was uncle to John and James Wolton. The Scribe writes of himself in the third person when entering items of receipt or payment by him ; but frequently styles Dean Nowell " my master," and when copying the Dean's own memo- randa of gifts to kinsfolk enters, as the Dean would, " our cousin," " our brother," &c. The MS. bears on the face of it throughout to be an authorized Family-Record, and the corrections and inser- tions in the handwriting of Dean Alexander Nowell, together with the wording of "our brother" and the like, liv Introduction. make it manifest that it was prepared for family use, and for a testimony of the manner in which the executors of Robert Nowell fulfilled their responsible trust. How the MS. came to be deposited in the Muniment Room at Towneley is simply accounted for. The three executors under Robert Nowell's Will were his brothers, Dean Alexander Nowell and Dean Lawrence Nowell, and his half-brother, John Towneley, Esq. Dean Alexander Nowell was manifestly the acting trustee, and this book of disbursements was kept for him by his secretary or steward, James Wolton. The second executor, Dean Lawrence Nowell, was the first to die, in 1576. Dean Alexander Nowell, with whom the papers of the trust would abide in keeping, died in 1601 ; and the MS. would then pass into the custody of John Towneley, Esq., as last surviving exe- cutor. John Towneley died in 1608 ; and after his death, the MS. would remain as the property of his heir at Towneley Hall. The interpolated writing proves that the MS. was at Towneley in 16 14, and there it has reposed ever since, hitherto unmarked among the voluminous col- lections of the Toivneley MSS., of which it is perhaps the most curious and valuable treasure. Two additional points may, finally, be stated : — (a) The jI/S. is not at all chronological, but seems to have been made up from separate papers, earlier and later, (d) Besides the names on which light is shed, the values of money and articles in daily use are largely illus- trated. Anything else requiring notice may be looked for in the several places in the Notes and Illustrations. To "the Gentlemen Readers" I say as did Richard Jones for the Boiver of Delights (1591) in fine, this: — "Pardon mee, (good gentlemen) of my presumption, and protect me, I pray you, againft thofe cauellers and find-faults, that neuer like of any thing that they fee printed, though it be neuer Introduction. Iv fo well compiled." . . . "So shall [y® Editor] haue iuft caufe hereafter . . . and acknowledge himfelfe moft bounden (at all times) to do you fervice to the vtmofh of his power." — (Mr. HENRY Huth's Prefaces, Dedications, Epistles, Selected from Early English Books, 1 540-1701. 1874. 50 Copies.) ALEXANDER B. GROSART. The Spending of the Money of Robert Nowell, Esq. " They say it is an ill mason that refuseth any stone ; and there is no knowledge but in a skilful hand serves, either positively as it is, or else to illustrate some other knowledge." George Herbert. " If thou be a severe sour complexioned man then I here dis- allow thee to be a competent judge." IzAAK Walton. Blacke Gowens geuen to the porret sorte afi pticulerly appcrethe in numbr 41/ (Page I of the MS., folio 17.) • § i. T mp''mis mS ffarmer curatt of S* "i ± gregories ^ iij yardes and a halfe at x^ the > xxxv^ yearde J 2. the Chaplen of grayes Jnne^ iiij yardes ) ,g at x^ the yarde j 3. to Syr Lewes Harvie^ a poor Minister iij \ ^....^ .^ yardes a quarter at vij^ viij^^ the yarde ... J ' ' ■^ ^ 4. M"" Sager psonne of S* peteres at ) ^ ....g .^ pauUs warfife* iij yardes at vij^ viij*^ j"" ^ ' ^ 5. M"^ Vicar of henden^ iij yardes & a half) • s --d at vijs iiij*^ the yarde I •' 6. Leonard Tayler pursyvante of the^ courte of wardes^ iij yardes & a half at vxxxv^ x^ the yarde j 7. M'' Quinten vssher of the courte of^ Wardes iij yardes iij q'ters ^t x^ the [-xxxvij^ yj*^ yarde j 8. Edward Wallrande^ iiij yardes & a half"! ...jj at xiijs iiij*^ the yarde j ^ 9. M'" brooke of Essex ^ iiij yardes and a half) , g at x^ the yarde j x v io. M' holden of haslindene^ iiij yardes & ) ,3 a half at x^ the yarde j ii. M' Wood'" of the courte of wardes iiij ) , ...g yardes at xij^ the yarde j •' 12. M' Ratclief my L. of London S his mane^' iiij yardes & a half at x^ evry >x\v^ yarde j 13. M"" Chamberes my L. of Sarysbury^ .-^ mane '2 jjj yardes iij quarteres at x^ the > ' -^ yarde j •' 14. Ric.WhitakerLate srvante to M'^attourney^^ ] Iviij^ iiij yardes & a half at xiij^ the yarde ... j vj^ and a yard & a di for a cote to the same ) , ... ric. at xijs the yarde j ^^"^ i5. Willm VVhitaker Scholler** vij yardes ) ....j ....5 at xij^ the yarde j ■' ^ 16. M' marten bogett maker '^ iij yardes } .^ ..^ & a half at x« iiij^ the yarde / ^^^^i' 'J 17. to Wylkinsonne'6 iiij yardes at vii^ i]'^} ... .... ^ ,, -^ , ■^ -^ r xxvnj^ vnj"* the yarde j •' ■' i8. To Thomas NowelP^ iiij yardes &' a half) ,.., • ,^ at ix' vj*^ the yarde j " ^ ig. Lamberte Langtree*^ iiij yardes & a half K... .3 at xijs the yarde j ^ 20. to henry TodgylP^ iiij yardes & a half] ,....3 at xij3 the yarde j ■• 21. Ric. haukcns M'' attourney mane^o iiij),....g yardes & a half at xij^ the yarde J "^•' § .7—-- Suma) xlvij'' xvijs 2 xlvij'' xvijs j id NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS. ' " Ml ffarnter cnratt of St. gregories." This was St. Gregory's by St. Paul's; and unfortunately the "dreadful fire," which is so often lamented by Newcourt and other ecclesiastical historians, destroyed all its registers, &c. The "curatt" appears onward {1573) as "M"' ffarmer psonne of S" Gregories vnder powles." (See Index of Names s.n.) From the connection it is just possible that he may have been a son of Edward Farmer, Chancellor ;of Salisbuiy Cathedral: collated 22nd Dec. 1531. (Le Neve's Fasti, vol. ii, p. 651.) For the interesting history of St. Gregory's, consult Newcourt's Repertoriutn Eccl. Par., London, vol. i, pp. 358-9. - "//ic Chaplcn of grayes jftine." In the Memoir of Dr. Richard Sibbes (Works, vol. i, p. xl), may be read an account from Gray's Inn Book of Orders (MS.), of the provision made in the thirty-third year of Heniy VIII. and in the fourth of Elizabeth, "for y^ findinge of a chaplaine to celebrate divine service in y^ chapell of Graye's Inn for y' students, gent, and fellowes of y* said house." The "chaplen" of this entry was William Charke. Dean Nowell, in 1598, mentions "Mr. Charke " with others, "men both of great learninge and godlyness. " He wrote against Campion. {Chtirtoji's Life, p. 278.) As "Grayes Inn" occurs very often in the MS. it will be in place to give here, from the Book of Orders (as before), the earlier history of the Society. Having recited certain ancient medireval-Latin records, which are also supplemented by prior relations to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, the Chroni- cler proceeds : — "By all w''' severall offices, it appeares that the said manor of Portepole, now Gray's Inne, or within y'^ which a part of Graye's Inne is now situate, was anciently the Inheritance of the Grayes. But I do not find in any of y' said formes &c that any Gray, lord or owner of y' said manor or messuage, did at any time reside there [save] Reginald de Gray, in y^ 44"' year of y^ reign of Kinge Edw. 3., for y* yearly rent of Q (?) as is mentioned in y^ office, then found after his decease. And in y*^ w'^'' office (the same beinge in form'' inquisitions named mesuagium) is thereby found to be hospitium, and in lease, whereby it's manifested y' y" house then and yet knowne by the name of Gray's Inn, was demised to some p'sons of speciall regard and rank, and not to meane ones, or p'sons of meane or privat behav'', but to such as were united into a Society p'fessinge y^ lawes, that in those dayes begunn to congregat and settle themselves within y^ Court (?) as an associated company enter- tayning hospitalitie together. And then this house grew to be off an higher title in denominacon and became to be totally termed by y* Intetulacon of Hospitium in Portepole. And it also appeareth that y" said Reginald de Gray devised y® said messuage as aforesaid in y'= reigne of King Edw. 3. in his life-time, and at his death was held for hospitium and by the jury before whom y'' said inquisition was taken in y" said 44"' j'eare of Edw. 3. (A" 1370) was found to bee hospitium, and not mesuagium. Imediately whereupon y' said hospitium is called Gray's Inne, or Hospitium Graiorum, for that that estate had been soe long and by soe many severall descents in y' name." (Works of Sibbes, as before, vol. i, p. xli. ) ^ ^' Syr Lewes Harvie a poor Minister.'''' The "Sir" long preceded the (compara- tively) modern " Reverend." In the recent unhappy controversy evoked by the Bishop of Lincoln's refusal to sanction the use of "reverend " by a minister of the Wesleyan Methodists, it was g^-avely proposed by a clergyman, on the Supreme Court's judgment, adverse to the Bishop, that the clergy (of the Church of England) should, henceforth, drop " reverend " and resume the ancient "Sir." King James's Knights had been a mere handful in such case compared with the clerical "Sirs." "Harvie" occurs several times in this MS. (see Index of Names, s.n.), but among a considerable number of Harvies and Harveys, contemporary and later, no Lewes or Lewis appears any- where. * "Mr. Soger p' Sonne of St. peters at paitlls warffe." This was "of old called S' Peter's Parva, or Little, because it was but a small Church, but of latter times called S. Peter's Paul's Wharf, because situate near to that place." (Newcourt, vol. ii, pp. 527-8.) It too was "burnt"; and so its registers, &c., perished. Nothing has been transmitted of "M'Sager," but the name is a Lancashire one still. (Burnley, &c. ) It occurs modernly in Le Neve's Fasti, frequenter. The only quick name to-day of the "parsons" of S. Peter's is the learned and venerable Edward Marbury, one of its rectors — on whom see Memoir prefixed to his Commentary on Obacliah, &c., in Nichol's Puritan Commentaries. * " Mr. Vicar of hencion." This was Richard Laurence, who succeeded i July 1564, on the resignation of the former Vicar, and he remained Vicar of Hendon until 1582, being then followed by Ric. Evans, M.A., "per mort. Laurence." (Newcourt, vol. i, B 2 3 (Page 2 of the JIS., folio 17 verso.) 22. Javes Cunbery Tayleri jij yardes sett ^ at xiij^ vj^ because it was bought >-xiijs vj^ by greate J 23. John Morton of the old change^ iiij ] ^^3 yardes at x^ the yarde ) ' 24. Thomas Lawe3 iiij yardes & a half ) xxxvij^ x^ at viijs iiijd x]^Q yarde j 25. George Bexwicke* iij yardes & a l^^lf]^ -g^^j at vijs vj'^ the yarde / 26. John Eaton^ iij yardes at vij^ the yard... xxj^ 27. Peter Batesby^ iij yardes at vijs | ^. the yarde j 28. henry Evattes Steward of S* | xxxv^ Thomis7 iij yardes & a half at x^ j 29. George Karpenter^ ij yardes at x^ \ ^^^^ the yarde j [erasurel 30. Thorns Cassonne chief butler of^ •- -• grayes Jnne^ iiij yardes & at ^-Hiijs xijs the yarde 31. John Draper second butler of graies ) ig Jnne iiij yardes at x^ the yarde j cv - - 1 32. Robte Clowdesley the third butler of] ,g ^ ^^^ graies iiij yardes at x^ the yarde j 33. to one David the forth butler of) ,^ graies Jnne iiij yardes at x* the yard j " 34. to Thorns OrrelP" M'' cooke of graies ) Jnne iij yardes & a at x* the yarde j 35. To one M'' hilliarde^' iiij yardes at] -^ ixs the yarde | •' 36. To one Thorns Evanes M^ \ Attourney Tayler^^ jjjj yardes at >-xxxiij^ iiij<^ viijs iiij*^ the yarde j 37. Thorns Keyne Smythe^^ iij yardes ] -g ^ & a half at vij^ viij*^ the yarde j •' .he officers 3^- Symon Marston's iij yardes at ) ^p^""^'* viijs iiijd the yarde | xxv 39. humfrey Kerry iiij yardes at x^ iiijd | the yarde j 40. John Meeke bellringer of paulls ] ...-a -^j iij yardes at vijs viijd the yarde j ^ ^ 41. John Ower^s iij yardes at vij viijd ) ...g the yarde | ^■^ §- Suma^ xxxjii xiiij^ v"^ Notes and IllMstrations. p. 644.) See our Introduction for Robert Nowell's connection with Hendon. In " Repertorium" there is a full account of the Church and its (sinecure) Rectors and its Vicars, &c. See Index of Names, s.n., for other references to Laurence. * '^ Leonard Tayler of the co!irteof7va7-des'": iJ est, the "wards" or minors in the charge of the Court of Chancery. Nothing more is known of Tayler than that he was " pursy vante" = pursuivant or State messenger attendant on the Heralds. Neither is anything known of " Mr. Quinten" of the next entry. 7 "Edward Wallrande" : » ''Mr. brooke of Essex'' : neither traceable. 3 "Mr. Holden of haslindc7ie.'" This recipient was Thomas Holden, curate of Has- lingden, in the county of Lancaster. He was second son of Gilbert Holden, gent., of Holden Hall, near Haslingden, by Grace Towneley his wife ; and is named in the heraldic Visitation of Lancashire in 1567, as "Thomas Holden, aclerke." Whitaker (Hist, of Whalley) identifies this first Protestant curate of Haslingden with Frater Thomas Holden, a young monk of Whalley at the suppression of the Abbey in 1538 ; he was probably the last survivor of that fraternity, and, having embraced the reformed faith, he is found as curate of Haslingden in 1540; and was still living and serving that cure in 1574, when the Primate licensed him. In the license he is described as "Thomas Holden, clerke, of sober life and competent learning." '" "Mr. Wood'' : See Index of names under "James Wood." " " I\Ir. Ratclief my L. of London his mane." The Bishop of London of this time was Edmund Grindall, who became ultimately Archbishop of Canterbury. He was bishop of London from 1559 to 1570. His Remains have been edited by Nicholson for the Parker Society {1S43, 8vo). He died 1583. Cf his Remains and Lifehy Strype. "Mr. Ratclief" is unknown, but See Index of Names, s.n. 12 " j[fr. Chambers my L. of Sarysbury mane." The then bishop of Salisbury was the illustrious Jewel, who was bishop from 1559 till his death in 1571. See our Intro- duction for more on him, as he occurs frequently in this MS. '2 " Ric. Whitaker Late servante to Mr. Attourney" : i.e., Robert Nowell himself, {see Introduction. ) He was second son of Thomas Whitaker of Holme, gent. , and elder brother of William Whitaker: see next note. M ^'- Willm. Whitaker Scholler" : clariim et venerabile nomen. See our Introduction for a full notice of him, as later he was Novell's chosen almoner at Cambridge ; also, for other Whitakers, later notes, and the Index of Names, s. n. '* Mr. marten bogett maker." This "Mr. marten" remains untraced ; but "bogett maker" means "budget maker," i.e., bougette, Fr. bag or knapsack maker. At p. 4, Mrs. Marten is described as wife of the "bugett maker." These are excellent exam- ples of the original meaning of the word "budget." Shakespeare uses it as = a leathern bag: "and bear the sow-skin boivget." (Wint. iv. 3, 20), rhyming — as Schmidt notes — to "avouch it." '" "to Wylkinsonne." " Wilkinson" is a frequent name in this 71/^. These Wil- kinsons were among the numerous people down in Lancashire whose kinship, near or distant, was acknowledged by the Nowells. One of them — John Wilkinson — had been Robert Nowell's cook. See Index of Names, s.n. 17 " To Thomas NoiveW : see om" Introduction and later notes, on this and all the Nowells of the MS. '* " Lamberte Lang-tree." He was of Lancashire. Lambert Langtree is named in the family pedigree (a.d. 1567), as fourth son of John Langtree of Langtree, in the county of Lancaster, gent., and brother of Gilbert Langtree, gent., then scion of the family, whose wife was Helene, daughter of Sir James Stanley of Lathom, knt. See Index of Names, s.n., for other references. ''J " henry Todgyll. " He is entered at page 3 as one of the " mene" of " M' Attour- ney," as in note 13. See page 3, note 5. "" "Ric. hankens Mr. Attoierney mane" : see note II, supra; he re-appears at page 3, as in last note. ' Javes Cunbery, Tayler." Onward for "Javes" we find "Jarves," which was of course the same as " Gervase," as Gervase Markham, &c., &c. See page 13, entry 5th, and Index of Names, s.n.; also under Merchant-Tailors. 2 " John Morton of the old change" : i.e., the Exchange that preceded Sir Thomas Gresham's. This doubtless was the same with "John Moreton, citizen and haber- dasher of London" (so-styled in a deed in the Kuerden I\ISS. ), who was son of Gilbert Moreton of Moreton-house in Whalley (now JMoreton Hall), and who came into pos- session of the patrimony about 1583 (?) His daughter Catherine married, May 8, 1581, Roger Nowell of Read, Esq. ^ " Thornas Lawe." He was of the family of La we of Whalley, neighbours of the (Page 3 of the MS., folio i8.) § Money geuen to Mr T mSimis to Richard hawkcns^ to by) ........ Attourneys mene' I , .''^ Y 111° lllj" & vnto his kinsmene J_ him an CappC ) wipes'" '"" to Ric. Whitakei-3 to by him a pair 1 .^jj^^ jj-.^ of hose & a cappe j ' •* to Thoms Nowell* to by him a pair ) . of hose & a cappe j ■' To todgill^ for his howsen & a cappe xiij^ iiijd To John Thorpe^ for his hossen & cappe... xiij* iiij"^ to Thorns Rayner'' for his hose & cappe... xiij* iiij^ to James Wolton^ for his hossen & cappe... xvj^ to Hughe Hallso9 v^ for dett that he clamed \ -^ and for his hossen & cappe \ ■' § § Biacke Gowens j T mpJ mis m^i^sTowenley' ' ij yai'dcsand ahalf ),•■., • j geuen to certen I • -j 1 i / 1111^ IX" woomen of welthe in J[ at XXJ^ V]'^ the ycardc j ■' numbrxo ^_ j^t,,3 Nowcll of poulls^^ iij yeardcs iij I ii'ii j^s iiijd at xviij^ vj<^ the yearde j •* ^ 3. Metres Nowell of Lytchfilde^^ jj yardes & ) ,...g . ^^ at xxjs vj^ the yearde j ^ 4. M''s bowyer of Wimbliedone^* ij yeardes & a | tg half at xxs the yearde j 5. Mrs Bowyer of the old Jury'^ ij yeardes ) ,3 and a half at xxj^ the yeard | 6. MJ'^ Miller^^ ij yeardes and iij [erasure] at ") ,....g xvj^ the yearde j ^ 7. M^'s Cassey'7 jj yeardes & a half at ) ,g xxjs the yeard j 8. M''^ Clapham^^ ij yeardes & a half at xvj^ ) . the yearde J 9. M''^ harrysonne^9 in chepsyed ij yeardes ] ^ ^ & a half at xij^ the yearde | ' ' ' io. M's houghton^o ij yeardes & a half at \ ,g xvj3 the yearde j ii. Magdaline Bowyere^i ij yeardes ) |g & a half at xvj^ the yearde j 12. Mrs fifoxe22 iij yeardes at xij^ v]^ the yeard xxxvij^ vj^ § : — r Sume xxxij'' viijs § V" IX^ VI I |XXVJ"XV1 Notes and Illustrations. Nowells of Read. Several members of the family appear later in this MS., as reci- pients of Robert Nowell's bounty. See a subsequent genealogical note, and Index of Names, s.n. ^ * * None of these names known at this late day. ' "henry Evattes Stnvard of St. T/ionis^'' = 'ix.. Thomas's; qu. — St. Thomas's Hospital? Various hospitals are named later. See Index of Names (" Hospitals"). 8 " George Karpenier''' = Carpenter. 8 " Thomas Cassonne chief butler of grayes Inne'" : an all-important personage in his day and generation, seeing that besides the ordinary dining, there were great Feasts and regal and costly entertainments at this renowned House. The next four entries refer to now unknown officials subordinate to the " chief butler." '0 " Thomas Orrell.'" Orrell is a Lancashire surname. The Orrells of Orrell early failed in the chief descent ; but a branch settled at Turton, who appear as small gentry temp. Elizabeth. Thomas Orrell, "master cooke of Graies Inne," may have gone up from Turton to London to be initiated into the culinary mysteries ; and, pushing his way, reached the height of a cook's aspiration as chefm Gray's Inn's great kitchen. '' " To one Rlr. hil/iarde." The Index of Names, s.n., will guide to several occur- rences of " Hilliarde" as a "poor minister." Query of the family of the miniature- painter immortalized by Donne and others? Further on in i\ie MS. I find "John Hillyarde, poore schoUer of Christe Church in Oxford." '2 " To one Thomas Evanes Mr. Attourney Tayler." See note 13, page I. '3 " Thomas Keyne Smythe'" : as more than one Christian name came later, it is to be assumed that " Smythe" designates Keyne's craft of "smith," black or tin-smith. 1^ "the officers in paidls" : "officers" is originally written " vargesores" = (vergers) and erased. The "officers" are from No. 38 to 41. '* " Symon Marston" (No. 38) : in the meagreness of the Dramatist John Marston's biography, and in the knowledge that his family came of Wilts and Shropshire (with which the Nowells were intimately connected) it is well to note the occurrence of this Marstonat St. Paul's in London in 1568. But it is not improbable that the name in- tended was really Simon Marson, a servant to Sir Thomas Mounson and a good musi- cian, as was George Marson of the "divers authors" of "Madrigals, the Triumphs of Oriana to five and six voices'' (1601). See Wood's Fasti (edn. Bliss), vol. i, p. 242, and Sir Anthony Weldon's Court and Cha^-acter of Kitig James, 1650, pp. 106-7. '^ " jfohn Owe?-^'' : onward he is named, like Meeke, as a "bell-ringer" of St. Paul's. See Index of Names, s. n. (3) ' " Money geuen to mr. Attottrney's mene" : as before (page i, No. 21). "Mr. Attourney" is Robert Nowell himself (see our Introduction). ^ " Richard Hawlcens to by" . . . . : see page I, No. 21, where the name is spelled with "u" for " w" : "by" = buy, as in side-note, and where " ho7vse^' is = hose or hosen, as in entiy below to "todgill." ' " Ric. IVhitaker" : see page i, note 13. * " Thoms. Nowell" : see page i, note 17. * " To todgill" : see page i, note 19. 8 "John Thorpe" .... ^ " Thomas Rayner" : nothing more is known of either : but see Index of Names, s.7i., and our Nowell's Will in Introduction. ^ " yames IVolton." This name will be found recurring very often in the MS. James Wolton was confidential servant both to Robert Nowell, and, after his death, to Alex- ander Nowell the Dean. As almoner for the latter, he disbursed large sums in charity under Robert Nowell's trust ; and certain entries towards the end of the AIS. suggest the likelihood that James Wolton was the actual writer of the MS. He was brother of John Wolton, rector of Spaxton, vicar of Braunton, warden of Manchester Colle- giate church in 1578, and finally bishop of Exeter. He also is named in the MS. hereafter. The brothers were sons of John Wolton, a yeoman of Whalley, in the county of Lancaster, by his wife Margaret Nowell. Proofs of the family connexion, derived from this MS., and more particulars respecting James and John Wolton, will be furnished in a subsequent note. See Index of Names, s.n. : also our Introduction. ^ " Hughe hallso'" : " Hallso" is a contraction for the Lancashire surname of Hall- sail. Hugh Hallsall occurs frequently as one of the agents or servants of Dean Nowell. See Index of Names, s.n. ^° (side-note) " certen ivoomeii ofwelthe." It will be noticed that at page i, side-note, the recipients of the "gifts" are designated " the pon-cr sorte" ; but by "porrer" were meant the middle-class as distinguished from those of "welthe" and the "very poor" that follow this list. This is proved by the recipients being of the clergy and good families. Blacke Gowens geuen to the porrer sorte^ of Woraene. (Page 4 of the MS., folio i8 verso.) § i. T mplmis Goodwief Kerry^ iiij yardes at x** | y ....^ J. iiij"^ the yarde j ^ 2. M" marten the bugett maker^ his wief ) ^^j.^ ^^j ij yardes iij q"s at x^ iiij^ the yarde j ^ 3. M'"sShepharde*Widdowe ijyeardes iijquarfs | ^^^.jjjs at xijs the yarde j ' 4. Mrs Willkinsonne^ ij yardes & a half at xij^ | xxx^ the yeard j 5. Mother hunte^ ij yardes iij qt"^ at | xxxiii^ xijs the yearde j 6. M^s payne7 ij yardes and a half at xijs \ ^^.^ jjj.j •v]^ the yearde j -^ 7. Eaton wiefs ij yardes at vij^ the yarde xiiij^ 8. Baterbyese^ wief ij yardes at vijs the ) ^.jj.3 yearde j 9. M^s ij yardes & a half at xij» v'f \ ^^-^ jjo the yearde j 10. M"" Overton Sheparde'" doughter ij yardes & \ j^j^^^ja \[\a a half at xijs vj*^ the yearde j' •' •' ii. Susane ffoxe'i ij yardes & a half at viij^l^^^g^d iiij"^ the yearde j 12. Dorothee trayheron'^ ij yardes & a half) ^ g at xijs the yeard ". j 1 3. Johan Todd'3 ij yardes & a half at ix^ ) ^^.. .^ the yeard j 14. Ellsabethe martine'* ij yardes iij q*^"s | ^^^..g .^ at x^ the yeard . . . j ^ 15. Ellsabethe Standbridge^^ ij yeardes ^ I ^xiis vi'i a half at ixs the yeard j ^ ^ 16. Judethe Saterbey'^ ij yeardes & a ) ^^..g .^^^ qter at xs the yearde | ' -^ ■' 17. Katherin Kerry'7 her maid ij yardes & q*^" | g ...j at ix* the yarde j ^ 18. Mother Wallker'^ ij yardes at vij^ the yard xxj* 19. Agnes M'' Attourneies made^^ ij yardes | --s -d & a half at vij» the yarde j ' ^ ■' 20. Ellsabethe of the Ketchine ij yardes & a ) ■■ -^ half at ix^ a yarde j' ^ 23. iij mades svantes of M^ Deanes of lytchfild^o \ ...jj .. .^ vij yardes & a half at viijs iiij*! the yarde j J J J 27. iiij mades of M^' Towenleys svantes ) ..■■■^■^ .■• •■■.^ X yardes at viijs iiij'^ the yarde j J J J 28. GraceWilkinsonne^iijyardesq^eratviijsiiij^'yeyarde xxiij^ 29. Grace Wilkinsonne syster ij yardes a q*" ) xxiii^ W^ at viijs iiijot hadhame 27. Burre i 28. Chri stover grave j 29. Robte, ffoxe 30. Andrewe waterhawe 31. John Mathewe 32. Nycholes hales 33. Thomas warde 34. John holte waterbearer-^ 35. Goodman Dyshere 2,6. Goodman, myller 37. Joanes the booke bynder* 38. Robte hetonn 39. Wiiim Dallissonne 40. John Gylberte 41. Ric. Weste 42. henry Edmundes fl 43. George rychardsone p M'' mylls T 44. John Cooke ' 45. Hughe Allystre 46. father bolton 47. henry halton 48. Mother Gylls,^ worne by a poor mane, 49. Joane Spynny worne by a poor mane 50. henry Barthelmewe^ 51. Richarde Jeninges 52. Robte Motten7 12 Notes and Illustrations. (6) Second List (continued.) ' No. 17, '^yohii Goose'''' — an odd name that seems to have died out, and however truthfully descriptive, we can understand the willinghood of those inheriting it to let it go. Perhaps the modern Goss and Gosse are improvements upon it; as in our liv- ing Poet of "On Viol and Flute" {1876), Edmund W. Gosse. ' No. 25 to 28, ^' of Hadhavte" = Hadham in the county of Herts., of which parish Dean Nowell was rector. See Introduction. 2 No. 34, " yohn holte 'diaterbearer'''' : This suggests journeys among the hills to fetch "water" from the springs ; for long ago it was not introduced into all houses, as now- a-days in populous places at least. * No. 37, '■'■ Joanes the booke bynder'''' : " Joanes" is noticeable and "the" also = the one "booke bynder" of the village and district ; albeit if in London it only indicated "the" special book binder employed by the family. 5 No. 48, '■'■ Mother Gylls, tiwrne by a poor mane"" : the "poor mane" was likely tediously sick and so his "wief," who (like others in the MS. specially named) having most probably married beneath her (as the saying is), suffered accordingly. So too No. 49. * No. 50, ^^ henry BiD'thdmezve" i.e. Bartholomew. '^ No. 52, '■' Robte Motten'''' : a noticeable surname. M (Page 7 of the MS., folio 21.) 53. John Walker 54. Robte hollys 55. Rogere Swallowe' 56. Lewes fflowdde^ 57. Thorns Tyle 58. Nicholes, Benall, 59. Thorns, Warde, 60. Rycharde coopere. § Ix Gowens made by John Punte^ "i Marchante Tayller, for w'^^ he hadd ^chx yardes & di in all clothe of the Newe collore... j i. Richard caverley 2. Thorns, Elyote 3. George Rychardsone 4. Willm Baker 5. Robte Mane 6. Morgan hewes 7. John wyatt* 8. Thorns Barton 9. Rychard Baxter^ 10. Ric. hussey 11. WyHm warner^ 12. father Norryes 13. John Grippes 14. Thorns ffoxe 15. John Whitacres 16. Willm Langley 17. Peter Davis 18. John Edwardes 19. Thoms Dompayne 20. John Stocker § xx'' Gowens mad by Rychard Gybbons Tayler ) , , o ,• for w'^^^ he hadd in all clothe of the newe collor J ^ i. Richard morecrofte 2. Roger Kynge 3. George Robert es 4. John Letsame 5. Thoms Deremane 6. Gylles pallmer'' 7. Willm Glasher 8. John hoUande 9. John Beane, 14 i Notes a?id Illustrations. (7) Second List (continued.) ' No. 55, " Rogere Swallowe" — an odd name still found in Lancashire. 2 No. 56, " Lrw^s J/Icnvdde'" : same as the modern Flood of Ireland. See Index of Names, s.ti. Third List. ^ It is to be noted that "John Punte" is described in this heading as a " Marchante Tayller. " Queiy — as having been a member of the great Guild of Merchant Tailors ? See Index of Names, s.n., for other entries. ■• No. 7, '* jfokn JVyatt" — The Poet's name of Wyatt and Wyat was a not infrequent one in Lancashire. Drayton in his Verses to Master George Sandys, mentions a much later Wyat thus : — " Of Noble Wyat's health, and let me hear :" (Hooper's ^aw^/jv, vol. i, p. Ixvii.) Sandys was related to the Wyats. ^ No. 9, " R}'c/iard BaxUr" — It is somewhat singular that earlier and later " Richard" is very common as the Christian name of Baxters. Of course one eclipses all others "for all time." ^ No. II, "lV}'//m. IVarner" : Could this have been of the family (or himself?) of William Warner, Attorney in the Common Pleas? Rewrote "Pan his Syrinx, or Pipe, compact of seuen Reedes : including in one, seuen Tragical and Comical Argu- ments, with their diners Notes not impertinent. Whereby, in effect, of all thinges is touched, in few, something of the vayne, wanton, proud, and inconstant course of the world. Neither herein, to somewhat praiseworthie, is prayse wanting." (1585 : revised edition 1597), and the better known Albions England (1586 : revised editions 1589: 1592: 1596: 1597: i602. ) He died in 1609. Warner's biography is ex- tremely scanty in facts. Fourth List. ' No. 6, " Gylles palhner" : Herbert Palmer gives interest to every occurrence of the name. See " Lord Bacon not the Author of the Christian Paradoxes but Herbert Palmer." (i vol. 8vo. 1865.) See Index of Names, s.n., for other Palmer references, especially John Palmer. 15 (Page 8 of the MS., folio 21 verso.) io. Willm Sowein 11. Robte, Smithe 12. Rychard, Dixon 13. John Wgod 14. Thorns, harrys 15. Phillopte Wattam 16. henry, Johansone 17. Thorns Banester 18. Nicholes Barnarde 19. John, Smithe 20. Peter Baynbrydge^ § XX Gowens mad by Rychard Aperde ^ Tayler for w"'^ he hade in clothe Uij yardes & di) of newe collore § ) 1. Simone hackett^ 2. George Showe 3. Vaucher 4. John Edwardes 5. Roberte Slayghter 6. Thoms Austene 7. Thoms Baldwine 8. Norwoode 9. Roberte home 10. henry Nortonn 11. John Alyne 12. Thoms Slacke 13. Thoms Christmas 14. Thoms harrysonne 15. Willm Robsonne 16. John Bushe 17. Rogeres 18. Rychard Trappes 19. Willm Rooe 20. Willm Barley^ 21. Willm haull 22. henry coulle 23. John hodgekine 24. Thoms Clearke* Notes and Illustratio7is. (8) Fourth List (continued.) ' No. 20, ^' Peter Bay nbrydge" : See Index of Names, s.n. Fifth List. 'No. I, '' Simofte hackett" -. As with Palmer (page 7, No. 6, fourth List) this reminds of the learned and good and quaint Bishop Racket, whose great folio of "Sermons" (1675) is worth a cart-load of modern ones. ' No. 20, ^'IViilui. Barley": an unusual name. There is a village called "Barley" in Pendle Forest, about two miles from Read, the Nowell family-seat. * No. 24, "Thorns. Clearke" : See Index of Names, s.n. 17 (Page 9 of the MS., folio 22.) 25. John Benett 26. Wyttm Dyxon 27. Barwike 28. Edward Jespare 29. Walter Vptone 30. henry Ryghsby 31. Nycholes prestmane 32. WiUm hollande § xxxij^Gowens mad by GavesDunbery' ^ Tayler for w"=^ he hade in all Vlxxxiiij yardes q*^"" clothe of the newe collore j i. John Johannsonne 2. John, Orringe^ 3. Robte Browene 4. John, BulP 5. Rychard Parrys 6. John, Baker 7. Thorns Ingrame 8. John, Clearke 9. Christofer Thomsonne 10. George, Norton, 11. John Johnsonne 12. Wyllm Goyter 13. John Edwardes 14. John Hughsonne 15. Thomes Lemynge 16. George Rychardsonne 17. Robte holsolte 18. Rychard Moriecrofte § xviijt«=^ Gowens mad by Charles Bradshawe ^ Tayler for w'^'^ he hade in all clothe of Ixxxij yardes the newe collor J i. henry, Geare , 2. Robte puddell 3. madenhead 4. Ashmer 5. homfrey marrowe'* 6. Wyllm hodjoine 1 18 Notes and Illustrations. (9) Sixth List. ' "■Caves' Dunbery": At page 2, No. 22, he is called "Javes" : see relative note in the place. * No. 2, "John Orriiige" — an unusual name. There was an Edward Oreno-e LL B 1520. (Wood's /Jw//, vol. i, p. 52.) ^' ' *' * No. 4, "John Bull" — a frequent name in Lancashire. When was it first applied to England personified ? Seventh List. * No. 5, '■^ homf7-ey marrcmie^'' — another unusual name. C 2 19 (Page lO of the MS., folio 22 verso.) 7. Thorns Patkinsone 8. Rychard, houlden 9. John Jaxsone 10. Thorns Richardsonne 11. Rychard Aperde^ 12. Thorns, Wattersone § xij Gowens mad by Rychard Dyrrey^ Tayler for w* he hade vxxixii yardes& a half in all clothe of the Newe collor J i. Anthony Marlooe^ 2. John, Eaton 3. VVyllm ffarrar^ 4. Thorns Gente 5. John Mynton 6. Thorns Thomsonne 7. Willm Curtyese* 8. Roberte, Ive 9. Geffrey Walkinden^ 10. Willm Swane 11. Rye Willams 12. Willm Bullocke 13. Rychard Gybbyns 14. Ric. Twyde 15. Wyllam fylde 16. Markes Burton 17. Mychaell rose 18. Willm Pynder 19. John, Green 20. Rogere, ffyner § xxti Gowens made by Clemente ffryar^ Tayler for w<=^ he hade in all clothe >-lij yardes of the newe collore j i. Wyllam, Dracke 2. Thoms holden 3. James harrysone 4. John Johanson 5. Wyllam Markes 6. John Smythe 7. John Phillips 8. Wyllam hinchpoole 9. John yonge 10. Edmond ffoxley these X Gowens mad by James |^.i.^^^ Pynimmge Tay ler for w^h he V^ ^\^^^ hadd m all clothe of the new collor ) 20 Notes and Illust7'atio7is. (lo) Seventh List (continued.) ' No. II, '' Rychard Aperde" : from preceding lists it is seen that one of the " tayleis " employed for making the "gowens" was so named. Eighth List. '^ No. I, "Anthony Marlooe" : query — Marlowe miswritten? Christopher Marlowe was a native of Canterbury, and various Canterbury names occur in our MS., as John Lyily and the Haymons. ^ No. 3, "IVyllmffarrar" — a venerable 'name for us all, through George Herbert's saintly friend and editor Nicholas Farrer or Ferrar. See Professor Mayor's admirable "Nicholas Fen-ar" (1855), and Index of Names, s.n., for several Farrars. ■• No. 7, "Wyllm. Cm-tyese^' — a noticeable English surname. « No. 9, "Geffrey Walkinden": " Walkinden " seems to be the older form of the surname now shortened to "Walkden"— a name of rather frequent occurrence in Blackburn and Leyland Parishes, in the county of Lancashire. This, and several other surnames in these lists, belong to the North of England; e.g., "Ploulden," which occurs twice on this page of the text, and is a territorial name in East Lancashire and Craven in the West Riding of Yorkshire, appropriated as a personal name. "Ryghsby" (for Rigby), "Hollande," "Lemynge," "Compton," "Morre" (for More or Moore), and "Whitehead," also smack of the County Palatine; but most of the other names are either strange to Lancashire or are common to other parts of England. These recipients of gowns were mostly, I conceive, of the class of gentlemen's servants. 21 (Page .1 1 of the MS., folio 23.) i. Richard, Budge 2. John Tylswourth 3. Edmonde hyll 4. James Garrett 5. Wyllyam, Byxau 6. Thorns Chaundler 7. Thoms'-Wyller 8. Edward compton 9. Thorns harrys 10. John Bryskay* 1 1. John Smythe 12. George Slaughter^ § xij Gowens made by Roberte kelly^ Tayler for w*^^ he hade in all [-xxxj yardes & di clothe of the newe collore j i. Ric. forster 2. Wyllyam fferrer^ 3. Willm Pristone 4. Robte hodges 5. hughe hearne 6. Willm morre 7. John whitehead 8. Lewees Johannes"^ 9. Shepard watter karrer^ 10. John Bogett^ 1 1. ffather Lacye 12. hudsons waterkerrer § xij Gowens made by John whitheade \ Tayler for w'^'^ he hade in all clothe 'xxx^'i yardes iijq*"» of the newe collore } i. CIemente,7 ffreare 2. Dominicke^ Secare 3. John Edmondes 4. Rychard, Bylboroughc Notes a?id Illustrations. Ninth List. ' No. lo, '^ John Bryskay" : — an unusual name. ' No. 12, " George Slaiighkr''^ := .Slater, a surname, frequent in Lancashire. Tenth List. ^ No. 2, "IVyllym fferrer" : see note on seventh List, No. 3. ■* No. 6, "Leivees Johannes''^ : a singular surname. * No. 9, "■ Shepard loatter karref'" : see page 6, No. 34 in second List. So No. 12 below. The circumstance, that here, and in several other places, the Scribe spells the word "water" with two fs, is rather suggestive of his nativity in Lancashire or the North of England. One never hears a cockney pronounce water as here spelt — ■Kjattcr; but in the part of East Lancashire with which the Nowells were connected, that is the proper spelling to represent the sound of the word as still pronounced by natives of the labouring class. In some other districts of Lancashire the word is pro- nounced waytcr. At page 10, the proper name of Waterson is spelled "Watterson." This trifling point of provincial spelling is one among various indications that the self- styled servant of Dean Nowell, who kept these accounts, was an East Lancashire man. (See Note 8, page 7.) ^ No. 10, '■'''John Bogett" : see on the thing that gave this name on page I, No. 16, and relative note. Eleventh List. ^.* Nos. I and 2. Two uncommon Christian names in humble life — "Clemente" and "Dominicke"— as also the surname "Secare. " Clemente ffreai'e is no doubt the " Tayler" of page 20, ante. The names of these successive lists furnish a considerable addition to the number of English Surnames in Lower and the other authorities. 23 (Page 12 of the J/5., folio 23 verso.) 5. John, Cooke . 6. James Wicklif 1 7. Thorns, MaHn 8. John, Smythe 9- io. ii. i2. § xij Gowens made by Arthure Medlecott^ ^ Tayler for w^^ he hade in all clothe >-xxx*^ yardes of the newe collor J Gowens3 of newe collor geuen to poor } ^pijjjjth mene ccliiij* j yardes of nevvecollored clothe for the ^ same Gowenes to poore men as Vccccccxlvij* yardes iij q*^"^ before pticulerly apperethe j 2X ,, I Notes and Ilhistrations. (12) 1 No. 6, "James Wicklif : one of the lustrous surnames of England. ' " Arthiire Medlecoit" : As Medlicott, this surname is still found in Ireland and in the United States. See notice of him, and relative note onward. 3 "Gcnvens" &c. It is noteworthy here that although the " gowens" in the text were "geven the very poor," they are priced at 5^. Sd. and 6s. 8d. per yard, equivalent in money- value to from;f2 to ^{"3 per yard now. The cloth was made up into "gowens" by a number of the "merchant tailors" of London. "John Punte, merchanteTayller" had 1694 yards to make into 60 "gowens," and eleven other master-tailors had share of the patronage. Altogether 254 gowns were made for as many poor men, and the quantity of the "newe collored cloth" used in this one benefaction was 647I yards. The charge for making the gowns at 12^/. each was ;,^I2. 12s., equivalent to well-nigh ;^ioo to-day. 25 (Page 13 of the MS., folio 24.) Taylers* paid for makinge of poor men gowenes as hear after apperetiie Impi'mis makinge To To To To To To To To Robte John Arthur Mr M"- to Alexander White for ) .... of xxnij* govvens j •* Punte^ for makinge Ix ) ...,j Rychard Gybbes for ) ^ ^ gowenes J for makinge ) gowens XX .'S makinge xxxij" xvnj' makinge of xx Rychard Aperde of XX gowenes ) Jarves Dunbery Tayler for ) makinge xxxij' gowenes j Charles bradshawe Tayler \ for makinge xviij'^'^^ gowens j Rye. Dysney Tayler for \ of xij gowens j Clemente ffryer for ) makinge of xx* gowenes j James Pymminge tayler for ] makinge of x gowenes j Kylley for makinge of xij gownes whithede for makinge of) gownes ) mydlecot^ Tayler for | of xij gownes ... j ^ : Sume paid for makinge Gownes as apperethe in the end of the booke of clothe boLighte to the XIJ makinge xij^ xxs x=^ XIJ^ XIJ^ XIJ^ .w ij'' xij^ ^§xij number of Subscribed by gownes eu''y tayler '> xijs §- Geuen to Lewes harvay^ a poor minister \ ..^ to pay for makinge his gowene | ^'•' to Mathew Eaton for makinge his gowene xij^^ To Nycholas Benall . for makinge '\ of vij gownes for seven scholleres of ... ( ..^ poulls scholl^ as by the accquitance ( ^'^ more at lardgc apperethe * §- §ix9 Suma xiiji' xij* (Page 14 of the MS., folio 24 verso.) for makinge moe poor mens gowenes the x*'' of j februaryc A^ 1568' j xv» 26 Notes and Il/iistrations. ' These "Taylers" names occur in the preceding lists of the recipients and their several bounties. Probably they were all of the Guild of Merchant-Tailors, e.g., "William Albaney" was Master of the Merchant Tailors Company 1568-9. "Mr. Spearke" was John Sperke, Master Warden 1569-70 : " William Kymptone " Master 1570-1: "John Punte," more accurately " Pounte," Warden 1579-80: "Arthur Mydlecot" Warden 1604-5. See Index of Names, s.tt., for other references and relative notes. * "Mr. Finite.'''' This Merchant Taylor was a donor of silver spoons to the plate- chest of the company. In an inventory of plate, &c. , taken in 1609, are included "one dozen of Spoones, of the guift of Mr. John Punte marked with I. P., weying three and twenty ounce three quarters." (Clode's Memorials of the Guild of Merchant Taylers', p. 93.) John Punte occurs further on in this AIS. as having received, circa. 1570, forty shillings "for the exhibition of a poor scholler of Trinitie colledge in chambridge. " ^ '■'■ Arthiire viydlecot, Tayler.''^ Among the plate of the Merchant Taylors' Company, inventoried in 1609, is mentioned " one very faire Bason and Ewre, of the guift of Mr. Arthur Medlicott, all guilt, weying One hundreth forty eight ounce three quarters." (Clode's Memorials, &'c., p. 92.) Arthur Medlycott of Shrewsbury, on 5 June 1565, was admitted free of the Merchant Taylors' Company. By his will, dated 25 July 1605 (proved 31 August following), he directs to be buried by his wife in St. Gregory's, London. His brother Thomas Medlicott of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., executor. Both brothers appear to have died s.p. ■• "Lewes ha)"vey a poor minister''' : see page i. No. 3, and relative note. * "• senen fc hollers of pmills fcholl " : see Index of Names under St. Paul's for scholars of this famous School whose names occur in this MS. (14) ' "Ao 1568" : This is the first date in the DIS. and it is to be assumed that it also belongs to the whole of the preceding entries, inasmuch as Robert Nowell having died in 1568 his "bounties" would closely follow thereon. (Page 15 of the MS., folio 25.) Sadler^ Scholer of poulls fcholle ] ij yardes & di, at v^ viij'^ the yarde j Gowiies geuen Wilim to carteyn poor fcholler[s]ofthefcholls fn^numb^^xxxjlh Nychole/Smithc^ §'- Willm husnis^ Edmund Levisns* xjs iiij< Jefree morgane^ Robte Russell^ Anthony Egliefild^ fchollers of poulls fchole for their gownes xij yardes & di at v'f iiij^ the yarde § iijl* xix^ \]^ xij yardes di. Edmunde fpenfer^ § Rychard Bitese^ George hunte^^ Thorns Curleyii henry Ive^^ Greeorie Donnhill'^ fchollers of the M chante Taylers fchole '■* xij yardes di. at vj^ the yarde § § iijli xv^ xij yardes & a di. SchoUercs at S* Anthonys^s fchole xij yardes di at vj^ the yarde § iijli xv^ xij yardes di. Notes and ILlush'ations. (15) ' ^'■Willm. Sadler, Scholer of poulls Scholle" : unknown. For an interesting account of this renowned School, see Howard Staunton's Great Schools of England, pp. 132- 167 (1869), also Maria Hackett's Cathedral and Collegiate Schools. The Rev. J. H. Lupton, M.A., of this School, in writing ine on the loss "of all registers, &c.," before "the great Fire," suggests that it is not always remembered that the Cathedral School was often called " Paul's" simply, so that it is difficult to determine whether a given "scholler" belonged to it or to St. Paul's School properly so-called. Unfortu- nately in neither case are Registei's or other AfSS. preserved. It seems a pity that no attempt should have been made to furnish a companion volume to the Ahinini West- monastcnenses for St. Paul's — lamentable that the present Dean of St. Paul's and the learned Librarian alike had to report me absolute inability (with all willinghood) to shed any light on any of the names of the MS. connected with this great Church and School. En passant I give a note from Mr. Lupton (as before) on Dean Nowell : "Has it ever struck you that the engraving of the mutilated bust facing p. 388 of Churton's Life, cannot really be that of Nowell (compared with the one at p. 336), but is almost certainly Colet's?" Every one must acquiesce in this correction by one to whom we owe so much admirable work done for the "Remains" of the venerable Dean Colet. ^ "■ Nye holes Sinithe'''' : a Nicholas Smythe was of the Merchant Taylors. (Clode, as before, p. 116.) ^ " Willin. husnis.'''' I think this may have been William Hunnis miswritten. I like to believe that the "sweet Singer" of the "Recreations" (1595) was among the scholars of "paulls Schole." Many examples go to show that the Scribe was not always careful in his spelling of names, e.g., Gottesford for Cotesford, Sharppsparrowe for Sharperowe and the like. So that "Husnis" for "Hunnis" is not at all unlikely. The dates agree. ■* " Edmund Levisns" : unknown. * " jfefree Motgane'^ : unknown. ^ " Robte RnsselP' : unknown, but see Index of Names, s.n. 7 " Anthony Egllef Id." This recalls that Francis Eglesfield (the same probably with Egliefild) was one of Herrick's publishers in Hesperides and Noble Numbers, 1648. * " Edmunde Spenser." This is the first occurrence of the name of Spenser. See on all the entries of Spensers, our Introduction and (in large paper) fac-similes. It is to be specially noted that in the last entry here, all enumerated are described as " schol- lers of the M'chante Taylers Schole." 8 " Ry chard Bitese" : unknown. 1" '^ George hnnte" : admitted to M. T. School as "son of John Hunt, yeoman dec"" 30 Mar. 1565": Deniz. of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1571 ; Fellow, 1575-82; Junior Dean of Arts, 1578; Rector of Collingbourne-Ducis, in the county of Wilts, for 51 years; died in the 84th year of his age. His father was an early Reformer and confessor, temp. ]\Iary, and owed his support at Oxford to Master D. Humfry in the exhibitions of Bishop Pilkington and the friendship of the Kingsmill family. A daughter of our " George hunte" was wife of the celebrated William Whately of Ban- bury. (See Dr. Bloxam's Reg. of Magd. Coll., and Brook's Puritans, s.n., and Wood's Athene?, by Bliss, vol. ii, p. 639.) Later in this MS., George Hunte, receiv- ing 20s. in November, 1571, is described as "poore scholler of Magdalen Colledge in Oxforde." 1' " Thomas Curley" : unknown. '2 '■' henry Ive" : unknown. '^ " Gregorie Dontthill." Probably the same with Georgius Downhall, whose name occurs as the first of Archdeacon Watts' Exhibitioners to Pembroke Hall, Cambridge — the second being Launcelot Andrewes, the famous bishop (on whom see onward, and Index of Names, s.n.) " " APchante Taylers Scholle'' : see Staunton, as before, pp. 168-206, for many de- tails on this School. It is to be regretted that the early i-egisters, &c., are extremely fragmentary. Every effort has been made, not without success, to recover information on the "schollers" of this School in the 71^.5". The following work has helped us con- siderably: — Memorials of the Guild of Merchant Taylors of the City of London, and of its Associated Charities and Lnstitutions, compiled and selected by the Master of the Company for the year 1873-4; being the five-hundred and seventy-fourth master in succession. (Charles Mathew Clode, Esq.) Printed for private circulation (8vo, pp. xxxi, 746). It is to be regretted that the Indices are so meagre, as to be practi- cally useless as a guide to the abundant names and information of this most carefully and laboriously prepared work. 29 (Page 1 6 of the AIS., folio 25 verso.) Rogere Thackwell' § George Etheridge^ John hodhe^ George Tayler'* Wyllm Adlington^ Thorns harryson*^ grammar fchoUeres fchole of S*^ of the Savyours^ xij yardes & a half at vj^ the yarde §- § iij^' xv8 yardes xij & a di. horne^ § hedge^ Beamounte'" Driwood'^ Willoughbve^2 hackluyte'^ fchollers of Westm) fchole'^ xij yardes & a half at vij^ the yarde § Gownes of the nevve \ collore to poor ( .^j^ fchollers as appereth T' ^ [erasure] xxxj ) § iiji' xv^ xij & a di yardes Clothe for the same ^ gownes^^ [erasure] yxix^^x^vj** yardes Ixv w'^^ coste j 30 Notes and Illustrations. '* "St. Anthonys School" : Formerly the Hospital of St. Anthony, and next became a Church. Maitland tells of this "goodly Foundation" having a " Free School and Alms-houses for poor men;" and that "one Johnson (a school-master here) became a prebendary of Windsor, and then (by little and little) spoiled the Hospital." He adds, "The School was commenced in the reign of Henry VI., and since also commended above others ; but now it is decayed and come to nothing. The scholars of the School used at a certain time of the year to go in procession. In the year 1562, on the 15th day of September, there set out from Mile End, two hundred children of this St. An- thony's School, and so along through Aldgate, down Cornhill, to the Stocks, and so to the Fryers Augustines, with streamers and flags and drums beating." (Hist, of Land. 17JS, 2 vols, folio, vol. ii, p. 845.) (16) ' '^ Roger ThackivelV — a name in modern times rendered memorable by a dis- tinguished General. ^ " George Etheridge^' — query son of George Etheredge, Regius Professor of Greek, Oxford, 1548, 1553? (See Le Neve, vol. iii, pp. 515-16.) ' "John Hodiie" : * " George Tayler" : neither has been traced. * " IVyll/n. Adlington.'" This was probably the Translator of Apuleius', The eleven Bookes of the Golden Asse (1596), with its poetical preface " of the author to his sonne Faustinius," &c. ^ " Thorns, harryson'" : doubtless the Thomas Harrison associated at Merchant Taylors School with John Thomas (1572). See Index of Names under John Thomas for relative note. 7 " schollers of the grammar schole of St. Savyonrs" : i.e., St. -vSaviour's, Southwark, London. Founded by inhabitants, under a charter from Queen Elizabeth, in 1562, as a free grammar school, for the education, institution, and instruction of the children and youths of the parishioners and inhabitants of St. Saviours only ; power was after- wards given to the governors to admit others, so long as the whole number of scholars did not exceed 100. By Chancery scheme, 1839, the school was thrown entirely open without any restriction as to its numbers. By the statute of 1562, it was ordained that each scholar should pay an entrance fee of is. 6d. per quarter, ' ' towards brooms and rods." At present all scholars pay six guineas a year, which cannot be exceeded in the case of parishioners, but may be raised if the governors think fit in that of non- parishioners. Income 365/., with house. Exhibitions: one of 21/., and two of 50/., tenable four years, at Oxford or Cambridge; also a first claim, under Marshall's cha- rity, to four of 50/. each, tenable for four years, at Oxford or Cambridge. (Howard Staunton's Great Schools of England, pp. 493-4, 1869.) ^ "home." Charles Home was elected from Westminster School to Trinity College, Cambridge, 1568; B.A. 1572-3; Fellow of Peterhouse 1576 ; M.A. I577; B.D. 1585; one of the Scrutators 1587. In 1594 he was one of the senior fellows living in College, and was alive in 1 595-6. He wrote Latin and Greek verses in the University Collec- tions, e.g., on the death of Sir Philip Sidney, in Academics Cantabrigiensis Lachry^nce, &c. (1587). See Alidiini U'estinonasterienses (1852), also Index of Names, s.n. ^ "hedge." Christopher Hedge; entered in Aliiinn. West. (p. 47) under 1568, but omitted in Cole MSS. (vol. xlv. ) '" " Beamonte." John Beaumont, was elected from Westminster to Trinity Col- lege, Cambridge, 1568; B.A. 1572; Fellow of Trinity, M.A. 1576; resigned in 158 1 ; B.D. 1583; rector of Hadleigh, Suffolk, 1592, being then D.D. Buried at Hadleigh 27 April 1599. Author of a Latin Letter to William Camden, &c. (See Aluiu. IVestm., p. 47; Blomfield's iVo/folk, vol. iii, p. 293; Ath. Cantab., vol. ii, p. 272; Cole i\ISS., vol. xlv, pp. 237 and 254.) " " Driwood." George Dry wood : took the degree of M.A. 1577, and became after- wards B.D. ; rector of Mistley-cum-Manningtree, Essex, 1585-90, and of Trinity the Less, London, 1603-5 ; of South Ockendon, Essex, 1590, and of Chadwell, Essex, 1605. He died possessed of the two last named livings in 161 1. He vacated his Fel- lowship about 1594. Like Home {supra), he wrote Verses on the death of Sidney, which were published in the collection Acad. Cant. Lachr. (1587). (See Alumn. West., p. 47 ; Newcourt's Repertorinni, vol. i, p. 556 ; vol. ii, pp. 125, 422, 429 ; Ath. Ox., vol. ii, p. 548; also Index of Names, s.n.) 12 " Willoughbye." Thomas Willoughby is entered vsx Alnm. West. (p. 47) under 1569. '^ " hackhiyte." The ever-to-be-remembered RICHARD Hakluyt, on whom see our Introduction. He was elected from Westminster to Christ Church, Oxford, 1570; B.A, 1573; Prebendary of Bristol and afterwards of Westminster. (Consult Wood's Atheme., by Bliss, vol. ii, p. 186 ; Fasti, vol. i, pp. 193, 206 ; also Colonel Chester's Westminster Abbey, p. 1 13; Alum. West., pp. 47, 48, 50, 81). 31 Blacke coattes geuen to gentellmen frvantes' & plly to the poore in numbr 64. \6. 18. 19. 20. (Page 17 of the MS., folio 26.) Nicholas halsted ij yardes at x^ y^ yarde... xx^ hynry Ryley of Lane, ij yardes at [erasure] \ xx^ vijs viij*^ the yarde j iiij*^ Thre mene of M"^ Secritorie cicilP | ^^—s iiij yardes and a half at x^ ix^ the yard j ^ two men of M"" Attourney general^ | xxxij" iij yardes at x^ ix.^ a yarde j viij beddelles* attendinge on the poor to"" kepe them in order xij yardes at vij^ ijd the yarde as apperethe by the bill Wiij^^ vj nij* nijd figned w* the hand of M"^ cox M"" faulkes and other officers of the hospitall J two beddells Attendinge vpon the poore \ of the hospitall iij yardes at vij^ ijd Ixxiij^ eu''y yarde ,' henry petssey of Chaldwell^ one yarde ) iij q'ers at vij^ viij'^ the yarde j Willm iters Garefforde xnj* v" j yarde iij q*^''^ at ) xnjs V at vij^ viij^ eu'y yarde Rychard hudson one yarde & a half \ • at viis viij'^ the yarde j ^ 22. James Thomson one yard & a half) at vij^ the yarde j A mane of my L. of London^ one yard ] .^ & a half at x^ [x.^ the yarde j * ' John Merry of my L. of Salysbury \ 21. 23- VJ i"(i Vjc j'l ob. 24. 25- 27. 28. 29. 30. 31- 32. 33- 24. 25- mane7 one yard iij q^^rs at x^ the yarde j xxij" vj^ An other mane of my L. of Sarysbury ) -j-g one yard & a half at xij^ the yarde j two other mene or my L. of. --Ixxxijsiijd Sarysbury iij yardes at x^ Edmond claphame quarteres at xij^ Roberte pyckringe poulls mane^ one at x^ the yarde Alexander iij qters Nycholas M^ deans ixd ye yard XVIJ^ VJ*^ one yard iij ) [erasure] the yarde j ^^j^ M"" deane oi\ yard iij quarters >xxijs vj'' bradshowe^ one yard ] at xs the yarde j horskep'^ one ) ■■■^ -a yarde iij q*®''^ at x^ ix^ ^"'""^ irni-ri^ ( J Willm Bolton one yard at viijs iiijd the yarde John clapham one yard & a half at viijs iiijd the yarde . j Abraham fatterley one yard & a | •••5 -^ half at ix^ the yarde j ''"^ ^^ Arthur haywood ij yardes at vij^ \ § xxiiij" vjs iiij' yarde... j a half ) ob. ,- xijs yf \ xij« vjd viijii the yarde j §- xv^ inj^ I Suma xxiiij'i vj^ iiij' 32 Notes a?td Illustrations. '•• ^' schollers of IVest/n. Schole" ; see Alumni Weslmonasterienses, and Staunton, as before, pp. 94-132. '5 " cloth for the same gownes.'''' Thirty-one poor scholars had here gowns a-piece, for which were bought sixty-five yards of cloth, costing 19/. lo.c bd. The cost per yard was about 6^-. , and each gown took two yards and a fraction. The cloth must thus have been of ample breadth. It was of the " newe collore," which is likely to have been either a blue or crimson. The cost per yard betokens no mean quality of fabric for these gowns, one of which was worn by the fair-faced, star-eyed school- lad, Edmund Spenser, poet in posse. See former notice on page 5. (17) ' " Blacke coattes geuen to gentelltnen Sn'aiites." The first two names, Nicholas Halsted and Henry Ryley of Lancashire, were, in all likelihood, servants of the Nowells and Townleys or other Lancashire notables who had homes in London at this time. Nicholas Halsted may have been a connexion of the Halsteds of Burnley, and Henry Ryley of a yeoman family of Ryley of the Green, near Hoghton Tower, or else of the Ryleys of High Ryley in Accrington, in the county of Lancaster. A Ryley is named among Bishop Jewel's favourite "servants" in his Will. These " black coats " were made of fine broad cloth, varying from Js. to 12s. the yard, which, considering the value of money then, must be reckoned a handsome price to pay for cloth to be bestowed in coats upon "gentlemen servants." * '■' thj-e mene of M?: Secrito7-ie Cicill.'" It has an odd look to find, as here and else- where, the foremost men in the State and Church allowing their " servantes" to receive gifts of "coattes" and the like. Cecil's name recurs. See Index of Names, s.n. ^ ''^ men of Mr. Attouriiey generall." This was Sir Gilbert Gerard, who filled the office from 1558 to 1580. * '^ beddellc's" : Maitland relates, that, in the year 1569, the city being "greatly pestei^ed by sturdy beggars, and loose, idle, disorderly people of both sexes," "sixteen Beadles were enjoined to take up all vagrants, and to carry them to Bridewell; all sick, lame, blind, aged, and to carry them to St. Bartholomew's; and all children beggars, under the age of 16, to Christ's Hospital." {History of London, vol. i, p. 257. ) ^ " henry petssey of ChaldzvelV : the only known Caldwell (or Chaldwell) is a town- ship in the parish of St. John, Stanwick, North Riding of Yorkshire, eight miles north of Richmond. ^ " A mane of my L. of London'" : again Grindall. See Index of Names, s.n. 7 '■' yohfi Merty my L. of Salysbiiry >?iatie" : again Jewell, and in next entries. See Index of Names, s.n. * ^^ Roherte pyckringe Mr. Deane of poulls mane" : i.e., of Dean Alexander Nowell. See our Introduction. '■'■' Alexander Bradshoive.'" He, as well as Robert Pyckeringe last-noted, was a personal servant of Uean Alexander Nowell. Both occur frequently in the later pages of the RIS. as witnesses to gifts out of this trust. From their names I imagine they were both Lancashire men. Alexander Bradshaw was still the Dean's servant in 1592, when the Dean made his will, by which the said Alexander was to have a legacy of five marks. 10 '' J^yckolas Mr. Deans horskep" = contraction for horsekeeper, or groom. t> S3 39- (Page 1 8 of the MS., folio 26 verso.) § iiij Sarvantes of M"" Deanes of \ ...jj Lytchfylde' vj* yardes at x^ ix*^ y^ yard / ^ 40. ffoLir fvantes of M'' Towenley^ vj'' yardes ) jjj^j at x^ ix.^ the yarde 44. John ffletcher of hampsted^ one yarde , ^^^ ^^;^ inj^ VJ' nj^' nijs VJ' 45 and a half at vij^ the yarde j James Woolton"* M'' Attourneis fvante | j yarde & a half at xij^ the yarde 46. hughe allso M^ Attourney mane one yarde & a half at xij^ the yarde 47. John Thorpe M'' Attourney fvante one yarde iij quarters at x^ m']^ the yarde ... 48. Thorns Rayner M'' Attourneis fvante one yard iij quarteres 49. John Wylkinsone^ M'' Attournies cooke one yard & di at viij® iiij*^ the yarde ... 50. henry Osborne vnder cooke of graies - X" VJ' xvnj* xvnj^ xvnjs J' xvnjs J' xij^ vj' Inneoneyard & a half at x^ ix'l the yarde I ^ ^ ;d vj' VJ' 51. henry haynes panyermane^ of graies) Jnne one yarde & a half at viij^ iiij'* / ■' 52. father paidge of henden^ one yard iij ] .. qters at vijs ij*! the yarde j ^'■' 53. henry hindlie of henden one yarde) g ^^.^ & a half at vij^ the yarde j 55. two of M^' ffrances bowyeres^ svantes ' iij yardes at x^ the yarde 57. two of M'' Thoms bowyare men | VJ' xxx^ 59- 60. 'X« XV'' V yardes at viij^ iiij** the yarde j two of M^' Cassyes Lowest v yardes ) at viij^ iiij** the yarde J Ranner brother to M"" Attournies ) horskep one yard & a half at vij^ y"^ yard j 6i. John Towenley M^ Mills'" man one ) yarde & a half at x^ the yarde j John Brand myller of hadham'^ one ) yard & iij q'^^''* at vij^ viij'* y« yard Peter Adlington'^ cooke of wardes j yard & a di at vij^ viij'' y Cuthberd procter of holborne yarde iij q*®''^ at vij^ iiij** the yarde j " ^ henricke hooke one yard & a half | xljs viij id xljs viij"^ VJ ;d 62. 63- 64. 65- at in all 64. r xnj^ v" one \ x^ x'^ the yarde j §- xvjs f ob. Suma xxiij'' ix*^ j § xxnj ;ii ix'i 34 Notes ajid Illustrations. (i8) ' " Sanmntes of Mr. Deanes of Lytckfylde'' : viz., of Laurence Nowell, who was in- stalled "Dean" 20 March 1559-60. [Le Nez'e, vol. i, p. 562.) See Index of Names, s.ii. 2 "Mr Toivenley": John Towneley of Towneley, in the county of Lancaster, Esq., half-brother of the brothers Nowell, and an executor under Robert Nowell's will. He was a "recusant" (Roman Catholic), and suffered greatly for his religious fidelity. For an account of him, see Churton's Life of Dean Nozvell, and our Introduction. ' "■ kainpsted" : then (1568) far removed from the city. * " ya)iies Woolton" : see Index of Names, s.n. "Mr. Attournei" was, as before, Robert Nowell ; and these "servantes" occur often. * '■'John IVylkinsoiie'' : see former note and Index of Names, s.tt. * "panyermane" = Y>^T\m.ex-'mQXi. " In the Inns of Court one who minds a horse or rings a bell to call the gentlemen to dinner or supper, and furnishes mustard, pepper and vinegar." (Bailey, /."'.) 7 " Father paidge of henden'" : "Father" like "^lother" is applied to aged persons in the MS. For Nowell's connection with Henden, see our Introduction. 8 "ffrances bo^uyeres'" : see Index of Names, s.n., and former note. ^ "Lowes" : unintelligible to the Editor; perhaps miswritten for "boyes." 10 " Mr Mills": An intimate friend of Robert Nowell, to whom the latter be- queathed the price of a ring: — "I doe bequethe unto my goode freinde M' Henrie Milles the some of vi'" xiij' iiij*^ to buye hym a ringe in remembraunce of me." (See the Will, in our Introduction, and previous relative note.) 1' " hadham" : for Nowell's connection with Hadham, see our Introduction. 12 "Peter Adlington" : see Index of Names under William A., and former note. ^ 2 35 (Page 19 of the AIS., folio 27.) to eighte of M'' Attorney kinsmen & fervantes^ toby^ them blake hose & CapeSj^Thoms Nowell Rychard Whitaker, willam whitaker, hughe halsoe, John Thorpe, James woulton, & Thoms Rayner J y^^\^ ixs viijxxxvnj* of newe collor at vj^ nij"^ the yard j -^ Goodwief Wylkinson sonne that was ) .., the quyrester a yard & a di at j ^ Goodwief Wylkinsone sonne that is p ) .g -^ prentice j yard & a half at vij^ iiij*^ y® yard j M' ffoxe ij children iij yardes at x^ | ^ the yarde . j M' ffoxe iij fonnes iiij yardes & a half) .-^ - at viijs iiij'J the yard / ^ •' John Medley one yarde & a ) --s -d half at v\f m]^ the yarde | •' ^ p<^ for vj yardes of ffreese for the \ two poor [erasure] boyes coattes at r-vij® xiiij*^ the yarde j for two pair of showes^ S: ij payr of"] hose to the fame boyes the xviij^^ >\f of ffebruary j p'^ for iij yardes of ffrese^ for a cote ^ for a poor boye of Charles bradshawes [iij^ vj*^ at xiiij'' the yarde j § ..., . ., buma vnj" vjs vj^ [ Verso — Blank.] iviij'^ vj'' vj<^iJ 36 Notes and Illustrations. (19) 1 ^'by" =buy. See Index of Names, s.ii., for other references to all these "kins- men and serv'antes." * ^^ blake hose and capes." Each of these kinsmen in attendance upon Robert Nowell and his brother the Dean of St. Paul's, had received black coats (see preceding page), and money to buy them hose and capes (see page 3) ; and now they received 5/. 9,f. Zd. amongst them to procure "black hose and capes" = caps, to be worn during the period of mourning for their deceased benefactor. (20) '■ ^^ Matthew Eaton" : One "Master Matthew Heton"' appears in the Register of the Stationers' Company as certifying certain books in 1590 and 1591, e.g., "3 May, 1591, Ric. Jones, entred for his Copie in full court Bryton's Bowers of Delights, being under the hand of Master Mathew Heton." (Arber's Transcript, vol. ii, p. 274.) For the other names see Index of Names, s. ft. , for various references. 2 ' ' sho7ves " = shoes. ^ "J^rese"= frieze or coarse woollen cloth. So before. On other names in tliis page not here noted see the Index of Names, s. n. , for other references. 37 (Page 2 1 of the MS., folio 29.) 66iH-,6-8^ And so the whole some of all the | ,,,,,,1 -h ^^. ^■■■, Draperes bills j j j j Wherof to Rychard Johnsonn, m^chante^ Tayler^ as apperethe by his accquitances Vlix^^ xix^ i]^ & bill of pcell lixii xix^ ijd j Wittm Albaney^ hade as apperethe by ) li s 'd his accquitance & percells j •' my Lady white^ as apperethe allso byS the accquitances & bill of pcells of willm j-xxj^' ij^ j^ Nailer her mane j John hudsonne Citizen & grocer \ hade for two clothes apperethe Vxxx^' by his accquitance j Edwarde VValdraine hade for his^ pcells as apperethe by his bills Vc^' iij^ & accquitances j M^ Spearke* as apperethe ^y ) ^j.^ ^jj.^ jjj.^ his bill of pcells & accquitances ... j ^ ■• •' WiWm hyndley hade allso as \ apperethe by his bills of pcells j-clxix^i iij^ x** and accquitances ) WiHm Kymptone^ hade as allso \ apperethe by his bills of pcells vcxxxvij'' xix^ ix-xiijs viij'^ § dynner j Dawson cooke w*^ his ^ vnder cookes for dressinge the fJiij'^ Dennr j xxvij* Ells of Lockrame^ ^ at the xiij<^ the elle for the Vxxx^ iiij*^ cookes j x^» iiijs Offered to the poor at the offatory'^ by M"^ Sackeforde^ chiefe morner & by M-^ Deanes To ccxl poor mene that hade Gownes^ the day of the funerall vj<^ apiece by thandes of M' Aske gold smythe cheapesyed -xij^ ■VJ' 48 Notes and I Uustrations. (27) ' ^' A kyrchine brojue" ^= a kitchen broom. 2 ^' m\hc paynes " = march-pane — a sweet biscuit, resembhng our present macaroons, used much anciently for desserts. Gervase Markham in his Coiiiitrey Fan/ie, 16 16, informs us that they were made "of very little flour, but with a greater quantity of filberts, fine nuts, pistaces, almonds, and rosed sugar." It is to be noted that the present value of the expenditure on this single item was even more than for the " great coale," i.e., liij' iiij'' = 26/. 13^. /^d. now. ' ' ' Waiters " = waiters, attendants. Their wage of iij' iiij"' was equal now to \l. \t,s. 40'. * ^' booke of clothe" — the book wherein was entered payments for "clothe." * " Lock7-at?te" = a kind of cheap linen. ^ ' ' offatory " = off"ertory. 7 "Mr. Sackeforde''' — The writing at first deceived me to read here "Mr. Shackspere," i.e., Shakespere: but a closer scrutiny resolved it into an unknown "Mr. Sackeforde." 8 "Mr. Deane" i.e.. Dean Nowell. 3 "■ poor mene that hade Gowiies": Many interesting details on such " Gownes " are given in Nicolas's Test. Vet. as before, under "Gowns" in Index\Rernm^'^ This'item of vj*^ a pece = vj", is equal now to 60/. Sir Thomas Gresham, knt., founder of the Royal Exchange in London, and of many rich London Charities, died November 2 1st, 1579, and had a great funeral. By his Will, says Stow, "he gave to a hundred poore men, so many blacke gownes of sixe shillings eight pence the yard, to a hundred poore women the like gownes at the day of his buriall." {Annates, edition 1594, p. 11 75.) Compare this with the 254 gownes given to as many poor men at Robert Nowell's obsequies, the cloth for wliich also cost 6^-. 8(/. the yard ; and twenty-nine gowns of more costly fabric to as many of the "poorer sort of women." Dean Nowell, by his Will dated Sth January, 1592, directs " that at the time of my burial if that shall happen to be in London, fifty poor men shall have every of them a gown of cloth of the price of twenty shillings every gown of any color saving black for that is least durable." (Churton's Life, appendix, p. 433.) 49 (Page 28 of the MS., folio 33.) To the marriage of a poor maid^ one margeret ^ levere, at the sute of the curate of S'^ marie A'f w]'^ Som^sh the xvij" of octob^ A^ 1571 J To the mariage of a poore maid at the pishe ^ churche w%in Alldersgatte, the xiij" of octob"" [-ij' A" 1572 j To the marriadge of Goughe a poor ^ maden, one of M"^ Thorns Eatons fervantes at his --x^ requieste xij° of novemb'^ A" i 5 /i j To the marriadge of a poor maide, s'vante to ^ m"" hudsonne, the vppholster, of the Pultrie- >vj' the xij° of novembr A« 1571 J Too the marriaige of a poore maide one"^ a bHndemans Daughter in chiepsiede j at the comendacions of m"" Coole of Bowe^, and I ••, -,1 of m"^ Randall"* one of the m" of the brydge howse^ [ ^ ^ the seconde of Aprrell as appearethe by 1 Alexander bill A" 1573 J To one willm maparley one of the Quens "j chapell, towardes the mariadge of his Daughter \ -^ Anne Maparley the xiij*^'^ of Aprell f ^ Ao 1573 •• ••: : ; Too the marriagge of a poore maide att lytle ) ^g hadhame, the xj'^ of octob'' A" 1573 j Too the marriage of the Daughter of wyddowe ) ^ Irelande^ the xx*^ of februarye A" 1573 j Too the marriage of one Barlowe daughter \ --^ ^.^ the xijt'i of October A" 1574 : j" 'J ^'J Too the marriage of father Cleare daughter ] ^ the xvij^^ of October / Too the marriage of father Reade his sonne | the xxviiij*^^ of October A" 1574 : j ' To the marriage of one of m"" leventhorpe ] ^ | men the x*'' of October A" 1574 : | "^ To a marriage at Standene^ the | , r X seconde of november j ' To the marriage of good man Ha}aies \ ^ sonne of the brocket the vij''^ of november j To the mariage of one of the singinge men in \ Powles the xxix*^^ of aprell 1575 : whose name is ^-v^ Too the mariage of one poore maden one ") fifoxes Daughter^ the xij^^^ daye of maye vxx^ A° 1576: j s ) I 50 Notes and Illustrations. (28) * " To the 7}iaryiage of a poor maid" : There are many such items in this 7I/.S'. In Testamenta Vehista, as before, will be found many similar legacies "to poor Virgins for their marriage," e.g., Henry II. of England bequeathed "M marks of silver, to- wards the marriage of poor and free women of England wanting aid " (vol. i, pp. 2, 3), and "C marks" for the like in Normandy (vol. i, p. 4). Again, Agnes de Clifford (before 1223) left "to thirty poor maidens, to their marriage xxx' " {ibid, vol. i, p. 45). So too Sir Thomas Sackville, knt. (1432) "to fifty poor virgins (such as my executors shall elect) xiij' iiij"* each towards their marriage " {ibid, vol. i, p. 222). * ^^t/ie Pii/trie": The Poultry, a short street in continuation of Cheapside at the east end, close to the Mansion House, the very focus of London retail trade, then as now. 3 " wr. Coole of Bo7oe^^ : Mr. Robert Cole, vicar of Bow Church, London. See Index of Names, s.n., for other notice of him. ■• '■^ Mr. Randall," i.e., Randolph. The name of Thomas Randolph, Poet and Dramatist, is often thus spelled, and also as " Randall." » '^ Mrs of the brydge-howse" = one. of the "Masters" of the " Bridge-howse " — formerly on London Bridge, so called as for long the only bridge in the city. ^ " daughter of vyddozve Irelafide" : The mother. Widow Ireland, occurs again at folio 68 of the MS., amongst " Poor women releved with money"; and at folio 91 verso is a gift to " Ellen Irelande a poore widowe, by th' handes of our cosine Irelande. " The Irelands of Lancashire were amongst the Nowells' humbler kinsfolk. See Index of Names, s.n. 7 ^' Standene": Standon here referred to is a parish and manor in Herts., adjoining on the north Much Hadham, where Robert Nowell had an estate. Sir Ralph Sadler, a soldier of note and M.P. for Herts., was lord of Standon manor at this date, and died at Standon Hall in 1587. * ^' brocke" — query brockman or horseman. "Brock" meant an inferior horse: "brockman" in Kent, a "horseman"; or, as elsewhere in the MS., horse-keeper. ' "■ ffoxes Daughter" : see Index of Names under ^'Yoxq" frequenter. 2 E 51 (Page 29 of the MS., folio 33 verso ^ Too one Grace Banaster*, a poore maden towardes her marriage, the fyrste of Julye [-x^ 1576: Too the marriage of a poore made svante to meistres myddley wyddowe the third of )^v^ Julye 1576: To the manage of Elifabeth Norcrose ) g 270 Auguste 1576 I To the marriage of \ a poor mayde of Standon^ pishe 23 Sept. \-y^ 1576 J To the mariage of ^ a poore mayd of Hadham pishe 28 Septbris ^-x* 1576 J Too the mariage of a poore made named ^ Joh[a]n fute, the xxv* of februarie >-ij^ vj' Ao 1576: j Too a poore man one Gyllbarte, sonne to wyddowe Gylberte towards his marriage J^x^ the vjt^i of maie 1577 : Too the marriadge of a made att hadham, the xxij* of September, one phillippes mylles maid 1577 ., Too the marriadge of the fmythe of wydfordes^ daughter \ ^ the xxx*^ of September 1577: j Too one margerett hickford a poore mades marriage ) ^ the xij*^ of Julie 1577 : j Too the marriadge of Anne Coleman, the ) , xv'^ of Julye 1577 : in S*^ Gyles pishe j Too the marriadge of twoe poore mades one servant ^ to m'' hopkines, the other to m'' farrante the ^xv^ xiiij*^ of Aprill 1577: j Too the mariadge of a poore made, the' v*^ of februarie, whoe was comended, by m'' Thoms Eaton, gouner of the marchantes* & his wieffe A" 1577 : Too the mariage of a poore maid in hadham | ^ the viij'^i of June 1578 : j ^ Too the mariage of one whyfkarde^ the xv*^ \ ^ Julye i578 of hadham j Too the mariadge of Daniell Daughter I ^ the XX vij'^ Julye j To the mariadge of m'' kensey sonne ) ^ the iiijt^ of October 1578^ : j ^ Too the mariadge of Lawrance \ ^ Clapham, the same fourth of October / T xs 52 ll Notes and Ilhistratiinis. (29) ' " Banasier." Banastre is the ancient, and correct, spelling of the surname of a Lancashire family of great antiquity, and of numerous branches. The name is now often found corrupted to Bannister. Grace Banaster, who had this gift of los. on her wedding in 1576, albeit a "poore maiden," was, I opine, a well-connected maiden, and a neighbour, if not somehow related, to the Nowells of Read. ' " Standon." See note on the preceding page. 3 " Wydforde" : Widford is next parish to the south of Hadham, in the county of Herts. * '■^ Mr. TkojHS Eaton, gou^ner of the marchantes,^'' i.e., of the Merchant Taylors. See Index of Names, s.n. Clode registers only a William and Henry Eaton or Heton. ^ " IVkyskarde" — a singular surname. * The entries on this, the preceding, and the next pages, be it noted, though com- ing thus early in the MS., belong to a later period of the distribution of the money under Robert Nowell's trust than many that follow. These marriage gifts, by the dates given, extended over nine years, from October, 1571, to October, 1580. The items in the book cannot, therefore, have been inserted always when the payments were made ; nor can the pages have been written up sequentially. 5Z (Page 30 of the A/S., folio 34.) Too the mariadge of one of maister heabane' ) ^ Daughter, the v*^ of Januarie 1578 : j Too the mariadge of John Ayre m'' Thorns ) ^ Bowyeres man, the xxvij* of Aprill IS79'- ^ Too the mariadge of one poore maid, one ^ Anne Stryckland, the xij*^^ daie of Vxx^ maie 1579: j *Too the marriage of one wilkinsonn^, one"^ of o'' brother Robte Kynswoomen, and of one of o^ | coosin wylkinsonnes daughters, the xxix*^^ of ^^iiij^'vj^ viij^ Novemb"" 1579: by thandes of o'' coosin | Thorns noweli J Too the manage of one Agnes Rawlyn ^ daughter to wydoo RawHn, the xiiij'^'^ of ^x^ auguste 1580: J *Too the mariage of o^ coosin^ Wylkinsonns towe daughters, Grace I -j; •••s----d and Anne^ the xix^^^ of november C ^ ^ ^ 1580: J Too the mariage of m^ Rychard neave^ daughter, the xxx*^ of novembris Vx\^ 1580: the fyshmonger daughter Too the mariadge of Anne Bowyear^" my gode daughter [erased " for a ringe for her mariadge"] the xxx'^ of novemb"" C^ 1580: J for a cuppe, to her allso, the same tyme xxx^ Too the mariage . of a poore coople ^ fervante to my ladie langley^ VxV the xi'l^ of Decembris i58o : j Too the mariage of paule foxe^ ) ^^ the xvij'^ of October i 580 : j [ Va^so — blank.] (Page 31 of the J/5., folio 35.) Charges of the probacie* of his testamet vt post fol. 41. [ Verso — blank.] except sum at bottom thu.s "ante viiij" Ixi' xij* " 'f 54 Notes and Illustrations. (30) ' " maister heabane'" : I am not sure whether the appellative here is "maister"' or " minister." 2 " wilkiitsonn.'' See note on page 5, and Index of Names, s.tt. 3 " Wylkinsonns towe daughtersy See as on last Note. ■• " Rychard Neave {_thefysshtnongey) daughter": Richard Neave, or Neve, the Lon- don fishmonger, was a connexion of the Nowells by marriage, having had to wife Grace Nowell (if she was cousin or niece of Robert Nowell and Dean Nowell, I can- not quite make out). These later entries relate to the same person: — "One Mr. Neve, a fyshmonger, who married a kinswoman" ; "the old mane that married Grace Xowell to his wief w'ch he hathenowe"; "our cosin Anthonie Neve, Sonne unto Rycharde Neve, who marriedge {^sic\ Grace Nowell, w'ch said Ric. ys a fyshmonger"; "one father Neve, who married o'' brother Robte kynswoman, a pore old man" — this last entry is dated nth February, 1575, and there is a similar entry dated 26th April, 1576. * ''Anne Boivyear my gode daughter" : See Index of Names, s.ft. The gift of a "cuppe" also, value 30j-., testifies that this lady was a daughter of one oi the Bowyers, previously noted as intimate friends of Dean Nowell. 6 ''ladie iangky": She was the wife of Sir Robert Langley of Agecroft, in the county of Lancaster, whose name occurs in the Heralds' Visitations of 1533 and 1567, and was Cicely, second daughter of Sir Edmund Trafford, knt. ^ " paiile foxe" : See Index of Names, s.n. (31) ' "/;'£/<5rtr/V"=probation or proving. 55 (Page S3 oi MS., folio 36.) Debtes of Roberta Nowell dischardged & payd as hearhafter^ apperethe. Imp] mis to John Seller^ the firste day ) ••^ of maye J ^ the ix*^ of martch payd to Robte^ bradley whystone in the countie of midd for beyr^ by the handes of his wef at paulls ^-xiiij^ in the psence of John Nuttinge Nicholes hindhe w* otheres the some of J p*^ to M"" cooles of Devonshire by thandes of^ his Sonne for one whole yeares boo^'d Vxj'iiiij^iij'^ob of thurston mychell the Ouens warde'^ J To a Karpenter in holborne for a presse^ ^ w<=^' was maid, by the comandemente of Vxxiiij^ the Testator vs The V* of martch to a Karpenter of hendon for a weekes worke, for hyme self & his man, when they booded^ the p'lower flower at hendone the xiiijtt day of Martche to M^s^ Barnard vj^ w'^^ she lente my brother Vxij^ v]^ to play at cardes" & vj^ w]^ owinge for nylls J The xxij*^ day of martch to thel fteward of grayes Inne, w<='i my [ brother oughte^ to the howse as )>xxvjl^ vj*^ Tresorer xxv^' & w"^ he the stoward Md9 that all the before wrytten were oughte to I xxvjsj Leaffe ^ I'li for comons debtes in this p<^ and dischardged I of the money w<^^ fyrste came to o'' handes in read'*^ coyne Y>^ more of the money beforsaid"^ to Edlinge of henden, for his half 1 yeares rente dew at the anunciacion | ■' ofo^Ladye 1569 ^ p'^ to my L of penbrocke^^ for sylkes ) , -^ ■■■^ fyldes rente dew at the said feaste | " ^ ^ p<^ to Norwoodes wyef at sundry tymes xv^ p^ to the same wyef the xxvj*^ day ^ of maye by thandes of M'' fyshere j-xl^ one of the sexe clearkes of the chancery) §- Ivijli vjs IX" The xvij*^ of maye to TodgilP^ w*=^ he clamethe ) ....g ^.^j for servantes borde j' ^ ^ [ Verso — blank.] Iviijii [erasure] iij' ^6 Notes and Illustratio7is. (33) » "/iearM/fer"—t'he inserted "h" is to be noted. ' "yo/ni Seller.'" He was akin to the Nowells. Some account of the family of Sellers of Whalley will be appended to later references in the MS. See Index of Names, s.n. 3 "(^i?}'r"=beer, as before. * "warde," i.e., a ward in Chanceiy. Our Nowell, as Master of the Court of Wards, had many such in his care. The ward here named, Thurston Mychell, for whose board, for one year, ii/. 4?. Jf^d. was paid, would be some orphan whose wardship had been committed to Robert Nowel), and was undertaken, at his decease, by Dean Nowell as his executor. Mr. Cooles of Devonshire, who had the ward at his house to board, is not known. Not improbably he was a clerg\'man. * "/^YJ-Ji?" — probably a cup-board. Such are found in ancient Wills. See Test. Vet., s.v. * '■^ booded the f loiver flcnoer" =\i02.xA&A the parlour floor. As an illustration of the pay of craftsmen temp. Elizabeth, be it noted that this village carpenter and his man had 5J-. between them for a whole week's work in Robert Nowell's country-house, or, say, 3.r. the week for master, and 2s. for man. Fourpence or fivepence a day was held fair wages for skilled mechanics in the sixteenth century, and in what it would buy, that sum went as far as four shillings might go now. ' "cardes" : One can imagine the grave Dean's face in paying this "gaming" debt. ^ ' ' cncgkte^^ = o wed. ^ " I\Id"= memorandum. 10 *'read coyne" == red or gold coin. The use of "red" for the colour of gold has led to the historical blunder of describing the gi'cat Elizabeth's hair as "red." A lock remains at Wilton to prove it was golden and as it were flecked with sunlight. (See Sir Philip Sidney's Poems in Fuller Worthies' Library, vol. i, p. 224.) " "wj L of pefibrocke." Sir William Herbert, first Earl of Pembroke, died in 1569, and was succeeded by his son Henry, as second Earl. He died 19th January, 1601, his third wife having been .Sir Philip Sidney's sister Mary. ^'^ "TodP!//." See Index of Names, J. «. 57 > (Page 34 of the JlIS., folio 37.) theisepceiis ^qq ^\^q poorc ill tlic marshallsey^ the same ) ,^ -,1 were Laid out u r 11 r Xl Vl aboutt thicse xxviij'ti* Daic of martch or ther abouttes 1577 : j •' Too the poore att the white lyon the same daie xx^ to the poore of the Kinges bench the same daie xxx^ Too the poore of the counter in Southworke v^ v]^ Too the poore of newe gatt the xxxj*^ of) •••g -j martch 1577 : or theyr abouttes I ^ •' Too the poore of the fleete xj^ vj<^ Too the poore of the pishe of S*^ gregories"] [erasure] visited of the plague,^ the xv]*^'' of October 1 577 : | x^ the were v howsoldes, Richard, dixson ii* wyddowe Robte ij^ Robte woode ij^ widdowe Beswieke ij^ John chambares ij^ toto Too the poore of the counter in wood strett^ the \ ^ ,g xvj'^^ of October 1577 : the some of ) To a poor presoner wiUiam Saunderes ) ^^ the xiit'i of December 1577 j^ Too one Lewes noUarde clerke*^ the xii*^^' ) ... .^ ' ji» Vl daie of December 1577 j ■' -" Too one James langtree,^ a poor plsoner in^..^ -^ the Kinges bench the xxviiij*i daye of november V ■^ ^ 1578 J Too the poore of the pishe of S'*^ ) .^ ^^^ Gregories, the x^'^ of December 1578:) ■' Too a poore man, one webbes, a plsoner^ in ludgatt the same xt^' of december :-ijs A" 1578 i Too the poore of christes hospital!^ the" xix*^ of December 1578: by the handes of m'' morgan, and m"" Elkyn, Citizens of London J Too the poore presoners, of evl ry preson in London^, ^ & in South woorke the v*^^* of Januarie ; vi'' ij'* x'^ 1578: as appearcthe by theyr bill j To one wyllforde of the counter in [erasure] thel Pultree, the xx*^ of Januarie 1578: and att I , -.g dyvers other tymes before sethence j ^ Christmas J Too the poore of the pishe of mutch ^ hadham, the xvij''^ daie of februarye [-xxvj^ viiij'^ 1578: J •xl 5^ Notes ajid IiIusiratio?is. (34) ' " To the poore in the Diarshallsey," i.e., in the prison so named. As with marriages of "poore maidens" this was anciently a frequent form of posthumous benevolence, if.^., Joane, Lady Bergavenny (1434) bequeaths .''to the finding and deliverance of poor prisoners that have been well conditioned xl'" (Test. Vet., vol. i, p. 226), and Sir William Fitzwilliam, knt. (1534), leaves his wife a "mansion house" on "condition of paying iv' per annum" to his executors, which he orders them "to bestow yearly for the delivery of poor prisoners within the City of London, that shall be acquitted and remain for their fees," (ibid, vol. ii, p. 667). John Hov/ard and Mrs. Fry had modest predecessors in visiting of "poore prisoners." * '^visited of the plague^'': For a most vivid description of the "Plague" in London, two generations later, let the Reader, who is interested in such matters, consult John Davies of Hereford's very remarkable Tfirimph of Death or the Picture of the Plague appended to h\s Humours Heav'' 11 on Earth (iboT,) — in Chertsey Worthies' Library edition of his Works. The plague was rife in London in 1578, but by this entry seems to have been lurking in the city in October, 1577. ' "counter ill -icood st)-ett" — another prison. In Literature it is memorable in association with Humfrey Gilford, the "sweet singer" of the Posie of Gilloflowers (1580), who held office in it. " See "Occasional Issues," reproduction of the "Posie," with Memorial-Introduction. * ^'clerke," i.e., cleric or clergyman. * "James langtree.'" See Index of Names, j.«. 8 " Christes hospital!,''^ i.e., Christ Church Hospital for "poor children." The site was granted on the Greyfriars Monastery, and it was (practically) founded in 1552. Charles Lamb and Coleridge have immortalized this under its name of the "Blue Coat School." 7 "pr-esoneis of ev' ry preson in London (5r= South luoorke": Here, and subsequently in our MS., the several prisons and places of confinement for debtors in and about London, temp. Elizabeth, are named. At folio 49 verso, the prisons enumerated are those of "Newgatt, Ludgatt, the counter in wood streete, the counter in the pultery [Poultry], Brydwell, bedlim [Bedlam, contraction of Bethlehem], the kinges benche, the marshallsey, the whyte Lyon and the counter in Suthworke, the gate-howse and byshopps preson in westm." [Westminster]. There was also the Fleet Prison, men- tioned on this page. Particulars of the foundation of several of these prisons may be found in Maitland's history of London, s.ii. 59 (Page 35 of the MS., folio 37 verso) Too the poore of the pishe of mutch ^ hadham^ the xx^^'i daie of June Vxl^ vj*^ 1579: ) Too the poore of the pishe of lytle^ hadham, the xx* of auguste >-xxvjs x'^ A° 1579: 3 Too one Sturton, a poore presoner^ in the counter the xxi^^^ of Vif v]^ auguste 1 579 : J Too the poore of lytle hadham, the \ ^ xxiiij*^^ of februarie 1579 : j Too the poore of the pishe of mutch \ hadham the same xxiiij*'^ of february vxxviij^ vj'^ 1579: ; ) Too the poore of the pishe of lytle ) g hadham the xx*^ of raaie 1580:/ delySed the same, to the minister & to petzey^ Too the poore of evlry presonn in ^ London^, the xx* of martch {579 : Vv'^ the some of v'' & odde j Too one Thoms veale a poore ) ^ presoner, the vii*^ of maie 1580J Too the poore presoners of the \ kinges Benche the xx'^ of martch [-xx^ i58i j 60 II Notes and Illustrations. (35) 1 "mutch hadham." See Index of Names, s.n., and Introduction for Nowell's con- nection with Hadham in Herts. 2 "petzey": This word is doubtful, and might be "pethcr" for Peter. 3 " rJry presonn in London": see note on page preceding. 6i (Page 36 of the MS., folio 38.) Too one Nicholes Rignot^ a poore old frenchman | , ,g the xix^^ of maye A" 1576: a preacher J To one m"" Ruffell a poor fcottishe preacher^ ) ^ the xxo of Julie 1576. |' Too a poore pJsoner one henrie Whitaker, for his ) ..g ^-j ffees the xvj*^ of Julie 1576 : j ^ ■' Gyven towardes the redemption of a captiue ) fonne, in the pi"sence of m"" Brecke of the court j Geven to a poore larned frenchman, of the ) ^ vnivjsitie of Cambridge, the fyrste of Maye {577: ... / Geven to one m'" Barnes, a Larned fifrinchman,^ the ) g vijt'i of martch 1577 : j Geven to one mychaell, a poore frenchman, the xxiij'^ ) --g -j September 1577 : att his gowinge into france j ^ Too to m' Vellerious* a larned Straunger his \ , ^ towe children the vij'^^ of december 1577 :. [erasure] Too one m'" Coranus^, a larned ftranger ) ^ the vj*^^ of februarie 1577 : j Too one m'' velerious daughter, the viij"^^ of ) g maye 1578 : /' Too one m"" Coosins wiefife, a poore ) --g -^^ wyddowe ftranger... j •' Too one musculus^ a poore larned strange'^ ] , 3 the xx*^ of male 1578 :. j Too m^^ Corranus^ a larned ftranger, the ) ,g viij^^ of Januarie 1578 : j Too one m'' Peter Barrow^, docto'" of divinitie' in Cambridge by thandes of Osmounde lake of the kinges College their, the xxxj'tl^ of Januarie 1578: Too one Jacobi a learned ftranger ) ^ the xvij*'^ dale of februarie 1578 : j' Too one Harmannus^ a reeder of the hebrue lecter in Oxforde the xxvj'^ dale of februarie 1578: Too one Caffidorus^ the x^^ of martch 1578 : x^ Too one. Coranus a poore learned ftranger, the ) , ^3 xxiiijtii of Aprell 1579 : j ' Too one Pine his fervant the same ) . tyme the xxiiij'^i of Aprell 1579: j ^x^ 62 Notes and I I hi str at ions. (36) ' " iVic/io/es /^ignoi": unknown. 2 " A/r. Russell a poor Scottislw preacher'''': There was a Jerome Russell who suffered martyrdom in the year 1539. (See Knox's History, vol. i.) In the Book of the Universal Kirk is found a Mr. David Russell, Bailie of St. Andrew's, accused before the Assembly of writing a slanderous letter in 1583. A " Mr. Russell," who preached on the Borders, comes up contemporaneously with Bernard Gilpin. Probably our "Mr. Russell" belonged to these Scottish Russells. 3 "Mr. Barnes, a Lamed Jfrinc/unan" This entry and the one preceding may re- fer to Peter Baro or Baron, on whom see note 8, infra. * '''■ Afr. Vellerioiis.'" This was M. Villars, French preacher in London, on whom see note upon a further reference onward in the MS., and Index of Names, s.n. 5 "Mr. Con'aniis"; znd'inivK " Corranus'''' awA " Coramis": see Index of Names, s.ii., for notice onward of this learned Spanish preacher. 6 "one innscidus a poore lamed stranger'": Two letters of Laurence Humphrey, printed by the Parker Society in Zurich Letters, vol. ii, pp. 29S-301, enable us to identify this "poor larned stranger" as Wolfgang Musculus, y««/d?r, son of Abraham Musculus, and grandson of the eminent German Reformer Wolfgang Masculus, at this time but recently deceased. Our I\LS. shews that young Musculus received 20s. out of the Nowell bounty on the 20th of May, 1578, and Mr. Humphrey's second letter to his father, Abraham Musculus, is dated at London, 5th June, 1578, only sixteen days later than the date of this entry, and commences: — "I have received your letter, most learned sir, and am glad if I have been of any service to your son Wolfgang, or in any way useful to you. Having been a stranger myself, I have learned to befriend strangers." In the earlier letter, Mr. Humphrey, writing from Oxford, 3rd March, 1578, informs the elder Musculus that his son had left Oxford, and had staid some months in London, to pursue his studies and to hear sermons. 7 "Mr. Peter Barro-iiK" "In the year 1576, July II, a Cambridge D.D. was incorporated at Oxford, under the name of Peter Baro. In LLaag we find his true name, Pierre Baron. He was a native of Estampes, and therefore designated by the adjective Stempanus. He had been incorporated in Cambridge on 3'' Feb. 1575, on presenting his French diploma as Licentiate of Civil Law of the College of Bourges. He had been hospitably received by Dr. Andrew Perne, Vice-chancellor, and was made Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity in Cambridge. He drew his first stipend in the year 1576; but probably he had been elected in 1574, for in a letter to Lord Burghley, dated 1580, he speaks of his six years' labours. He wrote many volumes and tractates, and unhappily signalized himself by combating the received opinions concerning divine grace in the salvation of men, and in suggesting propositions for a verbal and apparent harmonizing of Romish and Protestant doctrines on that subject and on kindred points. The Lambeth Articles defining and elucidating the Reforma- tion doctrines were sent down to Cambridge to promote peace, and commanded to be held as statutory at least to the extent, ' that nothing should be publicly taught to the contrary.' The only rebel was Dr. Baro, who on ii"" January 1595 preached a ser- mon to the clergy {Concio ad Cleruni), re-asserting his own theorems. Queen Elizabeth had heard of the Doctor's former irregularities, and communicated her warm displeasure to Archbishop Whitgift, her Majesty being pleased to observe that ' Dr. Baro, being an alien, ought to have carried himself quietly and peaceably in a country where he was so humanely harboured and enfranchised, both himself and family.' Dr. Baro was touched by this appeal, and also by the Archbisho])'s moderation; to the latter he wrote a letter dated 13'" December 1595, expressing his adherence to his own published doctrines, but making this promise — ' I will keep peace as long as I shall be here ' ; as to the Queen he said, ' I wish it may be known at length to the (Queen's Majesty what my piety and reverence is toward her; indeed for her, and for the defence of the state of this church which she defends, I would shed my blood, if need were, with as willing and ready a mind as her own faithful subjects ought to do, and as she would have me do, since she has been willing to make me free of her kingdom, and my wife & children, and to confirm it with her seal." The death of Dr. Whitaker had just happened (viz., on 4th December), and Dr. Baro had desired to be promoted to the Regius Prcjfessorship of Divinity thus left vacant. For the sake of peace, however, he refrained from making any application for that chair; and in 1596 he withdrew from Cambridge, having resigned his Lady Margaret Professorship. He settled in London, living for many years in Crutched Fryers; there he died, and he was buried in the parish church of S' Olave in Hart Street. The city clergy attended his funeral (by order of the Bishop of London), and six Doctors of Divinity were his pall-bearers. Strype informs us that he left a large posterity behind him, and that his eldest son, Samuel Baro, was a Physician, and lived and died in Lynn-Regis, in Norfolk. Anthony-i-Wood says, 'The Baro's, or Barons (as they are by some called), who do 63 xx« (Page 37 of the MS., folio 38 verso.) Too one docto'^ Barowe^ a poore learned ftranger, ) the xxvijtt dale of Aprell, 1579 : I Too one a ftranger, whoe kepeth"] att his booke in the Vniversitie of Oxforde, I ..-u -g ••■^ who is an Earle in his countrie, the viij*^^ I dale of June 1579: ^ Too one Coranus^, a larned ftrangere ] the viijt^ of Januarie 1579 : ) Too one m"^ Docto"^ Barrowe, a larned ' ftranger, the x fent the same of Cambridge Too m'' Coranus^, 1580: til of Januarie 1579: by m^ Whitakers^ the XX th of niJtch ) I xnjs nij' (Page 38 of the MS., folio 39 — gone.) (Page 39 of the MS., folio 40 — gone.) 64 Notes and Illustrations. now, or did lately, live at Boston in Lincolnshire, and at King's Lynn in Norfolk, are descended from laim.' But neither of these great antiquaries was able to give the date of his death." (Agnew, as before, p. ill.) With reference to Dr. Baro's theological opinions, they followed Arminius rather than Calvin. I lis case is discussed in Hickman's Hutoria Qtiinquarticularis Exarticiilala (second edition, p. 209, et seq. ) It is said (p. 212), alluding to the London clergy attending his funeral, "This plainly shews, thinks he, that there were many of both universities that openly favoured Baro's doctrines." (Heylin's Qiiinq. History, p. 90.) But do we indeed favour and plainly declare that we favour, the opinions of those whose funerals we attend? If so, then we must never go to the funeral of a Roman Catholic; then did Queen Elizabeth and her Bishop, Grindal, plainly discover themselves friends to Popery, when they so significantly celebrated the funeral of the Emperor. I am able to supplement above by this record, that Barrow or Baro was buried in the Chancel of the Church {tit supra) on 17th April, 1579. The entry in the Parish Register is simply "Mr. Docter Barrowe." ^ "one Ilarmanmis'" : The reference is very likely to a foreign Protestant refugee, named Herman, who is spoken of in several of Bishop Jewel's letters to continental friends, printed in the Zurich Letters, vol. i. ; e.g., writing on loth August, 1562, to Josiah Siniler, Jewell says : " Your Herman is at last become mine .... he reached Salisbury on the 8th of July, having escaped with difficulty from the tumults in France." His full name is not given in any of Jewel's allusions. '" " 07ie C<7ssidorus." Cassiodoriis was a Spanish preacher in London at this period. He is named in Grindal (Parker Society), pp. 310, 313. (37) ' "doctor Baro7ue," and infra. See note 8 on last page. ^ " Coraniis," and infra. See note 6 on last page. 3 "J/;-. IVhitakeres," i.e., Dr. William Whitaker. See Index of Names and Introduction. 65 (Page 40 of the MS., folio 41.) §- >>XXXS XS is >X^ VJ id The Chardges of the pbacye' of the Testamente Anno 1569. The xx*^ of maye to M"" Doctor hewycke- & to M' harryson for their gowinge to grayes Line, to thexyamynacion of certeyn witnesses concerninge the testamte , to M"" Orwell clearke to M^ Argoell to one other clerke ij to Mr Orwell for the ffee of the pbatt, the"] othe, was paparators regestringe of the will & to M*" Doctor hadons servante called ^xxxvjs viij<^ Edward for his paynes & to M"^ Argoell | clearkes for their paynes in the whole J to M"" harrysonne at the same tyme xxx* for the deposcicion & examynacion of the fyrste wytnes [erasure] xviij'^ & for evly of the other witnesses beinge in number xij at ix*^ apece, in the whole for the said testymoney vnder the seale ] of the office j To Docter he\vycke for examynacions \ of certeyn wytnesses the xxvj*'i day of /-xiij^ Maie j To AP Orwell for wrytinge of the ] • ,, Deposcicions j To Docter hewicke at ij sev all tymes | ...^ ....^ the 26 of maye 1569 j ^ ^ to M'' harrisons allso at ye same time xlv^ to M"- Orwell ij^ To M'' harisonn the xxx*^ of maye A° 1572 for his ffee, for examyninge o'' brothe" ynvintorie^, & for M"" Argoll his fee To M'' harrisonne clarke for wryttinge ^ the fame ynvintorie in partchomente*, the Viij* iiij'' same xxx^^^ of maye A" 1572 J nij'^' vj^ [ Verso — blank.] io^V6s/io<* 66 Notes a?id Illustrations. (40) ' "/i5ar)v"= probation or proving, as before. The total of the charges incurred in this proving of Robert Nowell's Will, is given in the MS., at the foot of the page, as 10/. 6s. \od. It is a few shillings less than that sum according to the items here presented. 2 "Mr. Doctor hrcuycke" : a long forgotten Lawyer, as are all in these successive entries. •'' " examiitinge our brothers y7tviiitorie" : The two last entries on the page are of a subsequent insertion, and do not belong to the charges for probacy of the will. They are payments to the attorney, Mr. Harrison, and his clerk; the latter, for writing out the inventory of Robert Nowell's goods, the former, for examining the same. Apparently the inventory was not made out until the month of May, 1572, three years after the Will had been proved. * ' ' partchomenie " = parchment. 2 F 67 (Page 41 of the MS., folio 42.) Debtes devve to be p^ by Roberte Nowell dischardged by his executors, w* sutch somes of money, as thei received, aswell of the debtes, as allso of the rentes revenues, of the said Roberte, w''^ cam to their handes from the fyrste of Aprell Anno / 1569/ and after rces Imp''imis p'^ to make vppe the halfe yeares^ rente of my L. of Baythes Landes' dewe | at the feaste of michalmes Anno 1568 \v'^ ^xlvji' xiijs vij''ob. qde o"" brother lefte vpaid. into thandes of M^ wood xlvjii xiijs vij*^ ob. qde And so the whole rente dewe at the feaste aforesaid beinge cvj'' xiij-^ vij^ ob. qde ys fully paid as by accquitance therof apperethe. pd allso for the mychalmes rente dewe ) ^^..y^ .^^^ -^ ^^ for sewall 1568 the some of f' J - ^J allso for the rente of the same sewall ) ••];• = dewe at thanunciacion of o"^ Ladic A" 1569 j -• p'J for the whole halfe yeres rente of my L. of baythes Landes into thandes of M"" wood, beinge dewe at the anunciacion of o"" Ladye A° 1569 pd the xxiiijt^ day of may to paule Gresham ' for sundrye ingrossementes, dewe to the [■■■•n xj<^ ob. >cvji^xiij^vij'^ob.qdemi Audytour of the courte of wardes. for all [ 3arJ U" U= the tyme o^ brother was Attourney thea pd the XXV*'' daye of male to M'' wood for the ffyne of Labornes Landes v'' for an accquitance xij^ } of -x v'* xij*^ The xxvij*^'' daye of maye to M"" Tucke for inrollinge the Leases of >-xvij' Labornes Landes xv^ & to his clearkes ij^ j To M"" bosvile clearke for writinge ) of Labornes Lease j the leasses of To M'" bosvile for his ffee for a ^xl^ Michell & Laborne wrytinge the lease for To the clearkes for a the bodie wi . Mychell the third day of June j pd the xv'^ of maye to peter~ Courtney, by thandes of Rober flierrocke for the rente of hendone devve for )>xv'' ayeare & a half at the Anunciacion of | o'' Ladye Laste paste J § ccxvjj 1^6/3 of -xx« [erased]— Grac Nowell c'* for Michel warde c'^ 68 Notes and Illustrations. (41) ' "wjj' Z. of Baylhcs Landes,''' and infra: This was John Bourchier, Baron fitz Warine, created Earl of Bath, July gtli, 1536. Extinct, 1654. Robert Nowell bequeathed his lease of Lord Bath's lands jointly to his executors; and these were the first payments of the executors on account of the rent of the same lands; the half year's rent was 106/. 13^. ']\d., or 213/. 7^-. 3^^/. per annum. Seeing that the rental value of land, 300 years ago, was not generally more than Zs. to 3J. an acre yearly, the above estate, leased by Robert Nowell from the Earl of Bath, nnist have been an extensive one of some 2,000 acres, less or more. 69 (Page 42 of the MS., folio 42 verso.) ;th xxvj''" day of martch Evanes^ Tayler to w '^^ he clameth as Ovvinge viij'^ pd the Thorns brother to him pd to Thorns Nowell of Reade^ the vj*'^ daye of Julye, fore the chardge of the conveyance of the enheritance of read pd the xxx'^'^ daye of June for the arrerages of Labornes Landes dewe to be paid vnto the courte of wardes for one yeare ended at the feaste of S*. Marten in wynter laste paste | the some of xlv'^ xviij^ xj*^ ob J pd to John Seller for his chardges^ in travalinge aboute Labornes Landes xiij^' in my brothers tyme J pd to the said John for his iorney frome London to westmllande aboute xlv^^ xviij^ xj<^ ob rCb the said Labornes Landes, \v was paid to hym the xxvj*^^ daye of June ... Sente to willm Laborne^ by M' dugdall, the xvj*^ of Julie Geven more to the said willm | beinge at Towenley j >-xxiiij* 4 1 Xlj' Sent more to him by one rye. collinsonne Sent to the iiij doughteres of M*' Labornes by the said M' dugdall vxx^" the xvj*^ of Julie j Givin to his svante at two tymes iij^ v\\]^ Givin to Rychard collyson, one of M"" Laborne svantes towardes his chardges ^xij^ in gowinge to London To Johan Laylande als Tottingham ^ somtyme Landeres"* to M"" Attourney Vx^ for iij qt'^i'Mvashinge j pd to a karpenter in holborne for a prese^ ) ..... w^t M"^ Attourney caused hym to make... ) ' ' pd to M"" Coole for one yeares boord for'^ Trustram mychell^ M^ Attourneys I .jj ■■■•^ ...^ , warde as apperethe by yonge M^ coole f his acquitance J pd the forth of aprell to Rober walker \ Carpenter, for myndinge^ the pulpett Vxiij^ iiij<^ in poulls the day befor the funerall ... ) § Ixxiiijl' iiij^ iiij'^ 70 Notes and Illustrations. (42) ' " Thorns Iivajies.^^ See Index of Names, j. «. 2 " llwiiis A^cni'dl of Reade" : He was nephew of Dean Nowell and Robert Nowell, Esq., being son and heir of their elder half brother, Roger Nowell of Read, Esq. The sum of 8/. entered here as paid to Thomas Nowell is described to be "the charge of the conveyance of the inlieritance of Read." The date is the 6th of July, 1569. Roger Nowell, Esq., Thomas's father, died at Read Hall, on the 2nd of September, 1567, and was buried at Whalley Church, the 8th of the same month. It was found at the Inquisition post j/iortem, taken on 14th January, 1567-8, that Thomas Nowell, Roger's son and heir, was then aged forty years and upwards. Thomas Nowell, Esq., had thus recently entered upon his inheritance in 1569, when his uncle, the Dean, out of his other uncle Robert's estate, handsomely paid the charges of the conveyance. In Churton's pedigree of the Nowells there are two errors in the entiy respecting this scion. It is said that he died in "i56i,"and "without issue. " He had two daughters, Grace and Elizabeth, by his wife Benet, daughter of Richard Towneley, Esq. He had also a son John, who was baptized at Whalley, 8th February, 1571, and died young. This son was by a second wife, Alice, whom Thomas Nowell married before 1565, when Thomas Nowell of Reade, Esq., and Alice his wife, appear as parties to a deed in which Thomas Willotte of Manchester, merchant, is the other party. The loth Februaiy, 1575-6, the 3/S. records a gift of 43^-. 4;/. "to o"^ cosin Alice jVoi.vell, inr. Thoins N'ozuells wieffe of Reade," and from the burial register of Manchester Collegiate Church, I get this item: — 1590. Jan. 14. "Alyce Wydowe to Thomas Nowell, of Read, Esquire, buried." Thomas Nowell, Esq., died in 1576, after having held the family estates about nine years. ^ " VVillin Labor ne." This explains that the " Lands " of preceding entries belonged to this gentleman, who must have been resident in Westmorland. He was probably of the family of Layborne of Cunwick, in the county of Westmorland, and a descendant of Thomas Layborne of Cunwick, Esq., one of whose daughters (Isabel), manying William Carus of Astwayth, was mother of Thomas Carus, Justice of the King's Bench (living in 1567); and another (Anne), was wife of Leonard Langton, sixth son of Sir Thomas Langton, Knt. ■* "Z;7«a'i?;-t'i-"= laundress to Mr. Attourney, i.e., to our Nowell. " In the MS., this entry down to "acquitance" is erased. See of the "presse" before (p. 33, note 5). ® " Trustrain mychelV : See a previous entry of payment for this ward at page 56. ' "■ myndinge the pulpett in pouils": On occasion of the obsequies of the Dean's brother, the pulpit of St. Paul's would be dressed with the emblems of mourning for the dead; and the carpenter here named was employed to prepare the pulpit " the day before the funerall." I am not sure if the word spelled "myndinge" in the MS. means mending or fitting up the pulpit, or, w/;;rf';';/^= watching. 71 Geuen mane, searchinge his "I (Page 43 of the MS., foHo 43.) to graue M^' Auditour Tooke' his clearke for paynes takinge in thinges touchinge M^ Attourney in his affayres in the couite of wardes^ Geven vnto M*" Thorns bowyer in pte \ recompence for his paynes takinge j Geven to the stewed of grayes In7ic\ tJie some of xxv^'^ w^"^ said some rem in 0^ I XXX* Jiandes at J lis d eat he as j 27 ATay A" 15 69 J for^ XXV* brother Robte apperethe by the aecqnitance To fysher of hendon w^^ he clamethe wood due to him as appereth by ma ^.x accquitance j Robte pocter the xxij^i* of Aprell 1569) •••s"--d as apperethe by his accquitances j his xij^ Langton Ao the 1569 John of aprell accquitance James powell accquitance the xv Novembere A" 1569 Thorns Evanes the as th baker the xxj^^i ^ as apperethe by his j^xiij^ iiij<^ apperethe by his ^ of ["Maye" — erased] )-xijs ■th of .maye|.... ... XXV^J' 1569 as To Robte skynner the iiii'^ of decemb. A" as apperethe by his accquitances by handes of M' Towenley apperethe by his accquitance Leeke of grayese Inne Loan a the •xx» ds To Thorns Bowyer^ the xij'^h of februarye A" 1570 for drawinge apayr of Indentures & makinge obligacions, & for sewinge^ for vs in the courte of wardes the xxiiij*^ of maye A° 1569 to M"^ paule Gresham' to the vse of M"^ Audytore tucke' as apperethe by the accquitance of the said M"" Greshame. w'^^ was claimed of M'' Tucke for Ingrossinge of certyn accomptes of wardes landes* the iv*'^ daie of martche A^ 1568 to Robte"^ Bradley. Brewer of Westone as apperethe J>xiiij' by his accquitance J To John feller the iiij'^ daye of martche A°^ 1568 w* he clamethe due to him by Robte )>vij'' Nowell & as apperethe by his acq.^J the iiij2 daye of June A° 1569 to Thoms Dallydone, Smythe in hollborne for fliowing^ To one blondworthe wief the xj'^ of June A° 1571 whoe claymethe for vj shertes of M'' Robte Novvells mendinge xs .yS xlvj^i ix^ [erasure] x*^ Notes and Illustrations. (43) ' ^^ Mr. Aiidiioiir Tooke''^ : William Tooke, Esq., of Popes in Hatfield rarish, in the county of Herts, was auditor of the Court of Wards and Liveries from 1544 to 158S. He was the son of Ralph Tooke of Godington, Esq. lie married Alice, daughter of Robert Barley of Bibbesworth, in the county of Herts, by whom he had issue, nine sons and three daughters. He died 4lh December 1588, aged eighty, and was buried, with his wife, in the church of Essendon, near his estate. His eldest son, and successor in the office of auditor, was W^ alter Tooke, Esq. , of Popes, who, by his wife Angelot (her epitaph is in Wormley church), had issue, eight sons and four daughters. His eldest son was Ralph; his fourth son, John Tooke, succeeded his father as auditor of the Court of Wards and Liveries in 1609; and he, again, was followed in that office by his younger brother Thomas Tooke, who died in 1670. An interesting account of the Tookes, several of whom later were of literary note, is printed in Nichols' Literary Anecdotes, vol. ix, pp. 159-180. In Dean Nowell's letter to Lord Burghley concerning Brasenose college endowment, dated 1596, he names "Mr. Auditor Tooke, who in consideration of a lease of Esyndon in the countie of Hertford, was contented to jiay me yerely xv'' for the space of xvi years, to assure the same unto the college of Brasenose." (Churton's Life of A'(ni-xnj* To one pishe of henden xiij^ for a lood of cooles, dewe to him Robte, pd. the xx^^ of Aprell A" i572 for ap^vye feale for Geninges the xxvij*^^ of June A** 1572 ] ...-^ ..^|inj to M' Bosvile for his ffee iij^ vj*^ & for his clearkes ffee xij' vj' for entrenge an accion againste Jeninges in the ) nij« counter the xxiijt^ of auguste A° 1572 j for dischardginge the said accion the xxv*'^ of) -^ auguste A" 1572 j ^ p narracioe xij'^ p intrara hlo , xij*^ p warrante attorn'^ iiij*^ p fead atturn'^ iij p intrad ij^iiij*! p copiende viij^ p warrante Attorn'^ iiij'^ p fed. attorn^ Too M' Dodmer scrivino', the tenthe of february Ao 1572 for wryttinge acdveyance betwexte M' Poole of Dalbcy in the woldes & my m'^ Too the same M" Dodmer, more the same ] tenthe of februarye A" 1572. for wry tinge [ an accquitance betwexte the said M' Poole .' & my M' the same tyme J pd for a pees, w'^'^ was sent dowen for m layborne s iiijd lijs iiij'l xnjs nij^ r*xij^ iiij' xij' VJ^ and m^ Dugdall the xxx^b of m^tche A^ 1574 ...' j "'^ for wryttinge the same againe vj'^ Too M' Anslowe the Attourney for~] his paynes for suettes in lawe againste the executor S-xIij^ iiij^ of the Tenantes in lyncolneshire J [erased figures] not accurat [erased figures] [Folio 44 gone.] 74 Notes and Illustratio7ts. (44) ' " earle of baytke^^ : see note i on p. 41. ' " SonCshr "— Somersetshire. ' " estn'uo-c'd"^ exchanged. * " Akxr Nozvell inter Goodlajtde" (in the margin): The items opposite this mar- ginal entry, refer to legal expenses incurred in the prosecution of a suit (the occasion of which does not appear) between Alexander Nowell (the Dean) and one Goodlande, heard at Michaelmas Term, 13 and 14 Elizabeth (1571), and at Hillary Term, 14 Elizabeth (1572). Perhaps the last enti-y on the page has reference to the same litigation; the words at the end are obscure in the /IAS"., but seem to be " To Mr. Anslowe the attourney for his paynes for suetts in lawe againste the executors of the Tenantes in lyncolneshire." ^ " a cd'veyance hetioexte 3Ir. Poole of Da! bey in the woldes and my ;«;-.'V^This item is explained in a letter written by Dean Nowell to Lord Burghley, wherein he states, that he had endowed Brazenose College with six scholarships by means of a rental assured by Mr. Auditor Tooke, "in consideration of a lease of Esyndon in the countie of Hertfoixl"; and what follows relates to the matter which occurs here in our MS. : — " And I payed to Mr. Henrie Poole of Dal by in Leicestershyre who maide a title to the said Esyngdon for his interest cxx''." 75 (Page 45 of the MS., folio 45.) ^rste of m^rtche 'Jq \\^q. ygg of ccrtcyn psonncs as appcrethe by theyre handes Due to them for ther legacie, geven them in the Laste Will & Testamente of Robte Nowell of grayes Inne esquier deceased, In the p'^sentes of Mr Gylberte Garrardei esquier, M'' Raphe Barton esquiere^, & M"" Thorns holcrofte-'' servante to Mr Secretory Cicill as by the same bill apperethe. Imp'^imis to hughe hallsall'* servante to ] ^ M" Robte Nowell the some of one hundreth poundes J To John Thorpe servante to the said M"" | 1 jj Nowell the some of threscore poundes j To Ellen hunte Cosine M"" Robte Nowell x'* To Lamberte Langtree servante to the ) .jj said M'' Nowell the some of twentie poundes j To Thoms Reynere servante allsoe xx'' To Thoms Nowell & Lawrance NowelP ) ,1; for theyr Legacye j ' To Rycharde Bowyer to the vse of ) j; Roberte Casey^ the some J To Robte pyckringe, to the vse of John "| ^^ Todde j'^^ these pcell were paid in the p^'sentes of the parties abouesaid. as apperthe by theyr bills. To one Rye. Browen'', one gowen one coate \ ^ one dobbet & in gold xxxv^ j To M"" Raffe Barton^ towe gowenes for his \ Legacye of the price of xxvj^ xiij^ \n]^ as Miij* iiij*^ apperethe by his bill j The x*^. of martche to henry todgilP xl^ The xjt^ of martche A'' 1568 to Agnes) . Andrewes servante at hendone''^ j To henry poole'^ to the vse of my Ladye \ jj Pyrryne^^ x\^q xviij^^ of maye A^ 1568]^ To M"" Kitchine^^ the xxij^'' day of maye \ A" 1569 as apperethe by his bill the some vv^' of fyve poundes & one gowen faced w'^ martens''* j The seconde of martche to John fletchere'^ | ...,j .^ ...^ A" 1568 as apperethe by his accquitance j ' •' ^ ^'-^ To Mr Robte Towenley of bostone^^' the xxvj"^' Daye of februarye, one gildinge, one fether bedd one bolstere, ij pyllowes, & one tablie clothe, one )> towell, xij Napkens of damask dyope the xxvj''^ ( of februarii A° 1568 J The vij^^ Dale of martche A" 1568 to humeffree ^ Kerry & to Margery his wief as apperethe by Hiij^ iiij'* their accquitance j ccclxxxiij^i/xv^/ i 76 Notes and Illustrations. (45) ' "wr. Gylberte Garrarde, esqicier": Robert Nowell, in his Will, gives "to Mr. Gilbcrte Gerrarde the queues INIa''^' genei-all attorney v" to make hym a ringe w' all and iiij yardes of velvet for his coate," and makes him one overseer of the Will. It is in the latter capacity he appears here upon the record of the payment of legacies under the Will. Gilbert Gerard, Esq., was eldest son of James Gerarde of the Ince, in the county of Lancaster, Esq., by his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir John Holcroft, knt. The Gerards of Ince descended from a second son of one of the ancieut stock of Gerards of Bryn, in the county of Lancaster. He proceeded to London to study the law. In 1537 he was admitted of Gray's Inn, and two years after was called to the bar. In 1554 he was appointed autumn-reader by the Benchers of Gray's Inn; and in 1556, joint-treasurer of that society with Nicholas Bacon, afterwards Lord Keeper. I'emp. Mary, when the Princess P^iizabeth was summoned before the Council, Mr. Gilbert Gerai'd defended her with so nmch spirit that he was sent to the Tower, and was not liberated until the end of Mary's reign. On Elizabeth's accession, he was promptly rewarded for his service to her by appointment as Attorney General, in December, 1558. He had taken the degree of Serjeant-at-Law in the same year. In the Will of his father-in-law, Sir John Holcroft, dated 2nd December, 1559, he is named "Gylbert Gerrard of Greis Inne," and besides one of testator's best horses and a ring of gold and 5/., he was to have after Sir John's wife's death, " his new house, with all the ground belonging to the same," for his life. He was knighted in 1579, and on 30th May, 1 58 1, was appointed Master of the Rolls. Sir Gilbert Gerard was elected Member for Wigan in 1553, and Knight of the Shire for the county of Lancaster, in 1585. He died 4th February, 1592-3. He had married Anne, daughter and sole heir of Thomas Radclifie of Wynmarleigh, Esq., and by that marriage acquired for his family the estates of the Radcliffes in Clitheroe, Wynmarleigh, and in several townships of Black- burn parish. He had two sons, Thomas, the heir; and Radcliffe, who was drowned, but who founded the house of Gerards of Brandon, Earls of Macclesfield; also, daugh- ters, Frances, wife of Sir Richard Molyneux, bart. ; Margaret, wife of Peter Leigh, Esq. ; Catherine, wife of Sir Richard Hoghton, knt. and bart.; and Radcliffe, wife of — Wingfield, Esq. Sir Thomas Gerard, son and heir of Sir Gilbert, was appointed Knight Marshall in 1598, and was raised to the peerage, as Baron Gerard of Gerard's Bromley, in the county of Stafford, 31st July, 1603. - " wn Raphe Barton esqtiiere.'" This gentleman is named as a legatee both in the Will of Robert Nowell and in the Codicil; in the former, testator gives " to M"' Raphe barton my beste gowne and my beste chyste that he will chose and fyve m'kes [marks] to make hym a ringe w'"; in the latter, testator says: — "I doe bequeathe unto M' Rafe barton of graies Inne my good freinde the some of xl" & my best furred gowne & my best other gowne faced w' velvet." In an entry below on this page of the MS., Mr. Raffe Barton receives his " towe gownes for his legacye"; and the first entry on the next page is a payment of 40/. to Mr. Raffe Barton as a legacy. Ralph Barton, Esq., of Gray's Inn at this date, was second son of Andrew Barton of Smithells, in the county of Lancaster, Esq.; he was brother of Robert Barton, Esq., and in con- sequence of the latter having no male issue, Ralph Barton was his heir, and became lord of the manors of Smithells and Blackburn, with other family possessions, on his brother's death in 1580. At the date of his succession to the estates he was fifty-seven years of age. He died in 1592. ^ " Thorns hokj-o/te." This "servante to m"' Secretory Cicill " was no doubt of the family of Holcrofte of Holcrofte, in the county of Lancaster; and might be a younger son of Sir John Holcroft, knt., whose fourth son was named Thomas. Another con- temporary Thomas Holcroft was the son and successor of Sir Thomas Holcroft, of Vale Royal, in the county of Chester, brother of Sir John Llolcroft, and a great speculator in sequestrated abbey lands. * " Hughe I/allsali." He was a trusty man-servant of Robert Nowell, to whom 40X; was bequeathed by his will; increased to the large sum of 100/. in the codicil; the dis- charge of which is recorded by this entry. (See the name in earlier entries and sub- sequent. ) Three other servants of Robert Nowell occur here as receiving bequests — John Thorpe, Lambert Langtree, and Thomas Rayner. * " TJioms Nowell and Laura7ice N'owell." These two are described in the Will of Robert Nowell by the term "cosin," and to receive 20/. a-piece. Sons, probably, of one of Robert Nowell's brethren. ® " Roberte Casey." Robert Casey or Cassie was Robert Nowell's godson and a grandson of one of his numerous sisters. I cite passages in Robert Nowell's Will re- ferring to this legatee and his mother: — ■" I give to Roberte Cassie my godsonne a c'' [ico/.] & further I give him my lease of the parsonage of tottingeham & yet I will that bothe he & his parents toucheinge the p'sonage of tottingeham shalbe ordered by my brother M"' Deane of Pawles," &c. " I give to mystris Casie my best ringes or other 77 legacyes paid in Lancashire (Page 46 of the AIS., folio 45 vej'so) The Laste Daie of februarye A" 1568^ To M"" Rafife Barton ^ as apperethe by the VxV^ accquitance of the said M'' Barton ) the vj th I clayc of februarye A^ 1568 to M^^ flieparde^ wyddowe, for her legacye as by ^-xl^i her accquitance apperethe j the Vf^ of februarye A" 1568 to M^^s wilkinsonneS for her legacye^. as apperethe by her Vx^i accquitance J the xxjt^ of februarye A" 1568 to Thorns "j meyres 8: Johanne his^ Daughter to Elyno"" Kay /-vij^' for their Legacye, as apperethe by their accquitance J the xx^ii of februarye, to M"" beddell for preachinge \ of one fermone at hendon^ A° 1568 as apperethe >xxvj* viij*^ by his accquitance as a legacye J the xx^ii of februarye. A" 1568 to Rycharde^ Whitaker,^ in pte of paymente as apperethe by his accquitance of his legacye Vxxxi^ of maye A° 1569 to willm "j Whitakeres, in pte of paymente of his legacye > vjl^xiij^ iiij** as apperethe by his accquitance j the XXVlj th the 7th Daye of Julie A° 1569 to Jennett '\ Deane, daughter to John Dean of \ tunworthe^ in pte of paymente of the said C John Deane his Legacye ; xx» the xij th Daye of Aprell moore^, and the said Nicholes, in Legacye, as by their Ao 1569 to Ellen nowe full paym'® accquitance yyjt Nicholes wief of of their apperethe the xiijth daye of Aprell A" 1569 to Rycharde~ Prestone, & Elizabethe nowe wief of the said Rycharde^, the some of six poundes J^vi^* due to the said Elizabethe for her Legacye the ni^ Daye of Aprell A° 1569 to Thoms" haymonde'" & Betteris Nowel wief of the said Thoms, for a legacye due to the )>-xiii'' vi* viii'^ said Bettiris as by their acquitance apperethe The XXVJ th Daye of June Deane of Tunworthc^^ in as by his bill apperethe the vjtJi haworthe daughter of vij^' legacye of Aprell wyddowe '2 of henry due to the as apperethe A° 1569 to John j pte of his legacye Vxx^ A" 1569 to Alys" of Ratchdall pishe hopwood the some Vvij'' said Alys for A by her accquitance_ cxxxviiji' vj^ viij'^ 78 Notes arid Illustrations. jewelles of myne that she will chose and the nexte to her mother my sister." (See the Will in our Introduction.) 7 '■^ Kyc BrowenT His bequest was, according to the terms of the Will, "a gowne, a coate, a doblet «Sc a paire of hose to browne y' was my servante." Besides the cloth- ing, he got in money, as here apjiears, 35^. ** "Mr. Raffe Barton.'''' See note 2 above. 8 "Henry Todgill.'" The item in the Will is:—" I give to Todgill xl'." 10 <■' Agnes Andretues servanie ai hejtdone'": Was she mother of the eminent Bishop Launcelot Andrewes, whose name enriches this MS. elsewhere as a recipient of the Novvell bounty? It is not unlikely; for in Robert Nowell's Will this " servant at Hendon" is styled " Launcelottes wife," and if her husband was Launcelot Andrewes, the identity of the Bishop's name with this suggests his filial relation to these humble dependents of Robert Nowell. " " Henry poole^'': See note on the preceding page. '2 " my Ladye Pyrryne ": In the Will of Robert Nowell : — "I give to my good ladie the ladie perion fyve poundes to make her a ringe withall & I desire her to be goode unto John Nowell her sonne in lawe and fynde some meanes of agream't w' hym." Lady Pyrryne or Perion must have been one of the wives of Sir William Peryam (or Perriam), chief Baron of the Exchequor, who died in 1604, at the age of seventy, and was buried at Islington Church. His wives were, first, Margery, daugh- ter of [ohn Holcot of Berks, Esq.; secondly, Anne, daughter of John Parker of North Molton, in the county of Devon; and thirdly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper. Perhaps it was the last whom Robert Nowell mentions in his Will. '^ " mr. Kitehine'''' — not known. '^ "one goToen faced u'th wrt;-/^«j'"= martins. Sometimes the word is spelled "marters" and "marterns," e.g.., In the will of Joane, Lady Bergavenny (1434) she leaves her "best gown furred with marters " {Test. Vet., vol. i, p. 22S); and again, her "second gown of marters and the remnant of gowns furred with marters " to her son, Sir fames of Ormond, and to her two brothers {ibid, p. 229). So William Bruges, Garter King at Arms, bequeaths (1449) " an half long gown of purple velvet furred with niartivns" {ibid, p. 269). See further. Test. Vet., vol. ii, pp. 471, 658, 715. '5 "Johnjletchere'": In the codicil to Robert Nowell's Will is this item: "I bequeathe unto John Fletcher of hampsteade & his wife xiii'' vi' viii"*. " "John ffleetcher of hampsted" is named elsewhere in the JMS. See Index of Names, s.n. ^^ " mr. Robte Towenley of boitojie": In the Will: "I give to my cosen Roberte Towneley of boston" sundry domestic articles and a "good gelding." To be a " cosen "= kinsman of Robert Nowell, Robert Townely of Boston must hare been a son of one of the Towneleys of Towneley. Possibly he was an unnoted younger son of Charles Towneley, Esq., who was second husband of Robert Nowell's mother, and whose eldest son, John Towneley, Esq., occurs in the MS. (46) ' " mr. Raff'e Bart07i." See note on page preceding. ' " Sheparde.'''' See Index of Names, s.n.', and so for the other names of this page not herein noticed. Robert Nowell had bequeathed "unto Elizabeth Shepparde, widowe x''. " 3 "Mrs. Wilkinsonne for her /egaeye": Some clue to the connexion of these often- named Wilkinsons with the Nowells is supplied by the following lines from the Will of Robert Nowell: "I give xl" to be bestowed amongest the children of my uncle's daughter y' married Wilkinson in London after the discrec'on of my executors & I de- sire my executors to be good both to her and to them." And in the codicil: "I doe bequethe unto Anne Wilkinson to th'use of her and her children onlie to be ymployed upon condic'on y' her husband shall not have the same nor any p'te thereof. Item, I bequethe unto Grace Wilkinson the some of vi" xiii' iiii"'." Robert Nowell had an uncle Robert Nowell, not noted in the pedigree in Churton's book, and barely named in the Visitation record of 1567. This Anne Nowell, described as an uncle's daughter, was perhaps a child of the elder Robert Nowell; and marrying one Wilkinson of London, whose conduct had evidently incurred the distrust of Robert Nowell the testator, the latter gave money to Mrs. Wilkinson and her children, subject to the condition that her husband might not touch it. The M.S'. contains references to John Wilkinson, Robert Nowell's cook; to Good wife Wilkinson's son who was a chorister, and another son who was apprentice; to marriage gifts at the marriages of Grace and Anne Wilkinson, daughters of "our cousin Wilkinson"; to Thomas Wilkinson of London, "our cousin," an elder son, probably, of Mrs. Wilkinson; and to legacies paid to Grace Wilkinson, and Johann, her sister. These items suggest that Mrs. 79 N'otes ajid Ilhistrations. Anne Wilkinson had sons, Thomas, John, two younger sons, and daughters, Grace, Anne, and Joan. •* " Thorns Meyres and yohan his" [wife]: The word "wife" is accidentally omitted by the scribe. Johanna or Joan Hopwood was daughter of Eleanor Hopwood (Eleanor Kay before marriage), sister to Robert Nowell's mother. She married Mr. Thomas Meyres (modern Myres). (See note hereafter showing in detail the family connexion of the Nowells, Kays, and Hopwoods. ) Robert Nowell gave alegacy of 7/. each "to everie one of my awnte hopwoddes children beinge alyve." One of them, Joan Meyres, here receives her 7/. * " nir. beddell for preachinge of one sertnone at hendon ": a legacy paid in accordance with Robert Nowell's direction, that sums of money should be given to those ministers who preached funeral sermons for him. (See the Will in our Introduction.) ® ^^ Rychardc Whitakcr," and in the next entry " Willm IVhitaker": as nephews of Robert Nowell, had legacies, thus ordered in the Will: "To Richard Whitakre & to William Whitakre xl'' a yere w'"" S' Raphe Leicester hatiie graunted unto me oute of M"' Leeghe landes in Chesheire duringe the mynoritie of younge AP Leeghe that is to sale to ev'y one of them xx'' w"^*" xx" yearelie I will AP [Richard] Whitakre shall recey ve streighte waies and bestowe hymselfe in some howse of courte or gett hymselfe some good wife if he can & I will that the xx'' yearelie for William shalbe laide upp and bestowed upon the buyenge of M' bruisters wyves daughter or otherwise as my brother Alexander shall thincke conveniente untill he be able in yeares and discrec'on to use it & order it hym " [selfe]. (See later annotation showing fully the family rela- tion of the Nowells with the Whitakers of Holme, and an account of Dr. William Whitaker in the Introduction.) ' '^ Jendt Deanc, daughter to John Deane of tuinoorthc" : and lower on the page, "John Deane of Tunworthe," &c. The Deanes were related to the Nowells of Reade by marriage. Churton states that " William Deane of Tanworth in Warwickshire" married a sister of Dean Nowell {Life of Dean Nowell, p. 141). There may be a " Tamuorth " in Warwickshire, but the original place of the family of lesser gentry in question was certainly TiDiworth or Townworth, in the township of Billington, parish of Blackburn, in the county of Lancaster. Mr. W. A. Abram, in his History of Black- burn Parish, prints a sketch of the descent of the Deanes, partly drawn from Lansdowne MS. 205. Deane Hill and Tunworth, the ancient tenements of the Deanes, are situate about two miles from Read Hall, the seat of the Nowells. John Deane of Tunworth and Dounham, in the county of Lancaster, living temp. Edward IV. (1461- 1483), had to wife, Agnes, daughter of Richard Worsley of Mearley. Next appears William Deane of Tunworth, whose son and heir, by his wife Agnes Wrightington, was Henry Deane of Tunworth. His wife was Maud, daughter of William Ambrose, and his son and heir was John. John Deane of Deyne-hill and Tunworth, a freeholder in 1523, and a tenant of Abbey lands of Whalley in 1538, died November 24th, 1541, seized of about 600 acres of land in Billington, Wilpshire, Mellor, Dounham, and Twiston. His eldest son was William Deane, gent., who married Maud, daughter of John Nowell, Esq., and sister of Dean Nowell and Robert Nowell. By her he had three sons, John, William, and Nicholas. William Deane, the father, was dead before 1555. John Deane, his eldest son, is the "John Deane of Tunworth," of the entry in the 3IS. here noted. He was taxed for his lands in Billington to a King's subsidy in 1570, and is described in the Shiittlezoo^-th Accounts, in 1587, as "John Dane of Town- worth." He married a daughter of Holcrofte, who died in 1551, and by whom he had a son Richard, who had a son John, bom in 1597- James Deane, holding lands in Billington in 1610, was probably another son of John. He had also daughters, Jennet, named here in the IMS., and Anne, who appears at a later page in the entry: "To his [Nowell's] cosin Anne Deane daughter unto John Deane of Toneioorthe in blakeborne parish" — a description which confirms our locality of Tanworth as against Churton's. William Deane, second son of William and brother of John, is indicated in the bequest in Robert Nowell's Will: " To William Deane my cosen servante to my ladie Matrauvers my lease of weylonde & a cloke cote and doublet & x" in monnye. " From being Lady Anne Maltravers' servant this fortunate yeoman's son from Lanca- shire became second husband of that lady, "who," says Churton (p. 141) "enriched him with her immense fortune as heiress of Sir John Wentworth of Gosfield." She was then widow of Henry, Lord Maltravers, who died s.p., in the lifetime of his father, Henry, eighteenth Eai'l of Arundel. By this lady, who died in 15S0, William Deane, Esq., had no issue; but he married, secondly, Anne, daughter of Thomas Egerton, Esq., of Reyne Hill, in the county of Chester, and by her had a son John, and two daughters. He built a large mansion at Maplestead, Essex, called Deynes Hall, and died there sometime before 1586. He made Dean Nowell and Dr. William Whitaker his executors; and his son John being a minor at his father's death, became Dean Nowell's ward, and the first codicil in the Dean's Will relates entirely to his settlement 80 Notes mid Illustrations. of the wardship of this youth. John Deane married, in 1600, Anne, daughter of Sir D. Drury, and had issue. . {Life of Ncnvell, p. 361.) ^ " iVicholas moore": One of a family of Moore of Fence and Whitelee in Pendle Forest, not far from Read, wliose wife Ellen was a kinswoman of the Nowells. In 6 Elizabeth {if)6/\),*Nic/iolas Moore and Hugh Moore with others, were defendants in a suit respecting a messuage called The Fence, with lands, in Pendle Forest. {Cal. to Pleadings, vol. ii, p. 285. ) Sir Jonas Moore, a man of note a centui-y later (temp. Charles II. ) was of the same family of Moores. ' '^ Ryckarde Prcstonc and Elizabelhe now loief of the said Rycharde'''' : Richard Preston married Elizabeth Singleton, daughter of John Singleton of Chingle Hall, in the County of Lancaster; and this legacy came to his wife in fulfilment of Robert Nowell's bequest: "I give to ev'ye one of Singletons wyves sonnes and daughters excepte the heii^e w'^'* wife Anthony Laton married, vi''." There was evidently some kinship, but it must have been remote, between the Singletons and Nowells. John Singleton's wife was Alice, daughter of Richard Highton of Highton, in the county of Lancaster, and his mother was "of Clitheroe," though her name is not stated in Lieut. -Colonel Fishwick's pedigi-ee of the Singletons {History of Goosnargh). His wife was evidently somehow related to the Nowells. The fact derived from the above extract from Robert Nowell's Will, that the widow of John Singleton married, secondly, Anthony Laton, is a fresh item for the genealogy of that family. Richard Preston, by his wife Elizaoeth, had a son Thomas, living in 1587. '" ^'^ Thomas haynionde QT' Betteri-s Noivel zi'ief of the said Thomas'''': "Betteris" is a common spelling of the period of Beatrice. This entry is valuable as showing the link of relationship (hitherto supposed but unverified) between the Nowells and the Hammond family, of note in several members, and to which the celebrated divine. Dr. Henry Hammond, belonged. Dr. T. D. Whitaker laboured diligently to make out the connexion, and concluded that a Hammond of Whalley, whose first name he did not find, married a sister of Dean Nowell. (See note by Raines in Journal of Nich. Ass/ieton, p. 1 16.) We now have it clear that Thomas Hammond was the husband of Beatrice Nowell, and she was verj' likely a sister of the Dean, and daughter of John Nowell of Read, Esq. The period is too early for help to be obtained from Church Registers, albeit those of Whalley Church begin exceptionally early (1538), and are in admirable preservation. I submit below what I think is a nearly correct statement of the descent of the Hammonds. Thomas Hammond of Pendleton, near Wlialley, living in 1569, had by Beatrice Nowell, his wife, sons, Thomas and John. He had a sister Agnes, wife of Robert Marsden, with whom Thomas Hammond had a suit-at-law in 1555. Thomas Hammond, the elder son, succeeded his father in tenure of the freehold near Whalley, and married, at Whalley Church, 30th Januarj', 1553-4, Beatrice Wolton, daughter of John Wolton of Whalley, and sister of John W^olton, aftenvards Bishop of Exeter. By her he had a son Henry, baptized at Whalley Church, 22nd September, 1567. Among many gifts to kinsfolk in Lancashire enumerated elsewhere in the MS. (see Index of Names, s.7i.), occur the following entries relating to this pair, and their infant son Hemy : — " To his [Robert Nowell's] cosin Beteris Wolton maried to Thorn's haymonde, v'. To hemy haymonde her sonne one yeard di woollen & one yeard di lynen xii''." This son was the Henry Hammond of Pendleton, gent., who is on a list of local freeholders in 1610, and he, or a son Hemy Hammond, was buried at W'halley Church, i8th November, 1642. Passing to the junior branch, John Hammond, a son of Thomas, born in 1542, became fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and proceeded LL. B. in 1561. He was admitted an advocate, nth jMay, 1569, and the same year received the degi^ee of L. L.D. In 1573 he was appointed Commissaiy to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, no doubt by his kinsman Dean Nowell's patronage, and in 1575 was made Chancellor of the Diocese of London. He held his fellowship of Trinity Hall until 1577; and the following entries from our MS. seem to refer to him:— ist Januaiy, 1576-7. "To S" Haymonde the same tyme v'." 20th November 1577. "To one Mr. hamond of the same howse [Trinity] x"." In 1580-1582 Dr. Hammond is found engaged in disputation, on the Protestant side, with Campian the Jesuit and other imprisoned Roman Catholics. He sat in Parliament for Rye in 1585, and for Westlow in 1586. He was author of a Latin Oration made when Queen Elizabeth went to Cambridge in 1564, and of certain legal opinions preserved in the Harleian and Lansdowne MSS. Dr. John Hammond died in 1589; and on the testimony of Recorder Fleetwood, "Mr. Doctor Hamonde was delivered to the earthe uppon the laste mondaye" of December 1589. His Will is dated 21st December, 1589; and Dean Nowell is an attesting paiiy. Testator's wife, Agnes, is named sole executrix. He had one son, John Hammond, M.D., who was a London physician. Dean Nowell, by a codicil to his Will dated 1601, gives, first, "to his cousin Mr. Doctor Hammond and his wife five pounds. Item, to every one of their children twenty shillings." He was appointed physician to Prince Henry, the King's eldest son, after the accession of James I. in 1603; and his youngest son, Henry (Page 47 of the MS., folio 46.) The xijth day of Aprill A" 1569 to Nycholcs halstcd^ and Anne his wicf the some of v^i due vnto the said Anne for her legacye as apperethe, by their acquitances of Aprell Ao 1569 to Lawrance -V' the xijt^ daye Whitaker2 acquitance. the some of v^^ as apperethe by his W^ the xviijtii daye of Julye A'' 1569 Dean^ of Tunworthe the some his Legacye as apperethe by his to the iij<^ daye of Aprell A" apperethe by of Aprell Ao hopwoode* as the iij*^ Daye Whitaker^ for his Legacye by their [sic] acquitance the xiij^'^ John \ of v^^ for > accquitance j 1569 to Rafife 1 his accquitance j {560 to Robte'i as apperethe > v' v\y Daye of Aprill A° i569 to James & katherine his said katherine as Bolton'', of Lacister shire wief, for a legacye for the apperethe by their acquitance the " •vi'i 7th Day of Aprill A" 1569 Cronshey7 & Elizabethe his their Legacye, as apperethe by their the seconde of Aprill A** 1569 Crabtrye^ and Anne his wief for due to the said Anne the some by their acquitance apperethe the iij^ daye of Aprill A'' 1569 Lawe & Elizabethe his wieP to Leonarde ^ wief for > acquitances j Thoms legacye XX li to a of xx'^ as ■XX' to the Robte' some ;ii xnj" vj* vnj' legacy as of for the xij**^ Daye of Aprill for his Legacye as accquitance ili due to the [said] Elizabethe f apperethe by their acquitancej to Nicholes Deane^^ "j apperethe by his )-x^' ;;d the v]^^^ daye of Januarye A" {569 to willm^ ^ Whitakere" in pte of paymente of his legacye Mij^' as apperethe by his bill J the iV]^ Daye of Aprill A° i569 to Mylesi Bancrofte'' & Ales his wief due to the 1 ..., ^\ 111 said Alys for her legacye as apperethe [ •' by their acquitances J the vj^^h of Maye A" {569 to Jane Leaton'^"' one of the daughteres of Alice Singlton ! .j; the some of six poundes as apperethe by [ •' her acquitance J the ij'^ daye of Julye A" 1569 to christofer"] harrys'^ of Garstange and to Jane harrys | his wief daughter of John finglitone )>vj^' the some of six poundes as apperethe by his accquitance the iiijt^ daye of martch A" 1569 to John Sellere of Reade'* as apperethe by his ^x^' acquitance , VJ^ VI ij Ui i 82 cxxxiiij^V xujs nij Notes and Illustrations. Hammond, Ijorn in 1605, at Chertsey, was christened by the name of the Prince. This son was the well-known Dr. Henry Hammond, the commentator, Vicar of Fen- shoot, in the county of Kent, of which benefice he was deprived during the Civil War. Dr. Henry Hammond died the 25th April, 1660. (.See the Life, by Dr. Fell.) Two other Hammonds named in the MS., as students at Cambridge, viz., John Hammond and Henry Hammond, were of this family, it is likely; but what was their relationship to contemporary Hammonds noticed above is not evident. '^ ^'■John Deane of Tiiiiworihe.'" See note 7 supra. 12 "^4iys Haivorth zvyddowe" : She is described as of " Ratchdale" (Rochdale) parish, and as "daughter of Henry Hopwood." She receives her legacy as a kinswoman of the Nowells, and I have little doubt her father was the Hopwood who married Eleanor Nowell, sister of Robert Nowell. See a note on the Hopwood-Nowell connexion hereafter, and Index of Names, s.n. ' NycJwles halsied.'''' See Index of Names, s.n., for this and other names on this page not noticed herein. Nicholas Halsted was a member of one of several families of Halsteds of the rank of lesser gentry, seated at High Halsted, Worsthorne, and Rowley, on the north-east side of Burnley, in the county of Lancaster. One of them, Hugh Halsted, married, some years before the date of this record, Grace, daughter of Richard Towneley, Esq. A Nicholas Halsted occurs as a party in a suit in 1563, respecting a tenement in Downham, which he and Richard Grymshey claimed by conveyance from Richard Asheton. His wife, Anne Halsted, receives her 5/. for her legacy ; and as this was the sum Robert Nowell left to each of the children of his sisters minamed in his Will, I conjecture that Anne Halsted was daughter of one of those sisters. Nicholas Halsted, being perhaps a younger son, seems to have been engaged in trade ; for among a number of Lancashire "chapmen" from whom large quantities of cloth were procured by the executors of Robert Nowell, as entered later in the MS., the name of Nicholas Halsted several times occurs as having sold various sorts of cloth to these executors. (See Index of Names, s.n., for other references.) ' '^Laiirance Whitaker." Conjecturally a younger son of Thomas Whitaker of Holme, by Elizabeth (Nowell), his wife, and a brother of Dr. William Whitaker. ^ ^"jfohn Deanr See previous page for an account of the Deans. * " Eaffe hopwoode" : One of Robert Nowell's aunt Eleanor Hopwood's sons, to each of whom he bequeathed "jl. (See onward for an account of the Hopwoods. ) * " Robte \Vhitakc7-'''' : Eldest son of Thomas Whitaker, gent., of Holme, by Elizabeth, his wife, Robert Nowell's sister. ^ '* ya?nes Bolton": Catherine, wife of James Bolton, who here receives her legacy of 61., was a daughter of John Singleton, gent., to each of whom (save the heir), Robert Nowell left 61. by his Will. James Bolton is described in the Singleton pedigree as of "Salwic, in the county of Lancaster," but here he is spoken of as of Leicestershire. His son and heir was Nicholas Bolton, living in 1587. ^ " Leonarde CronsJuy cr^ Elizabethe his wief^'': Leonard Cronshey married Elizabeth Whitaker, daughter of Thomas Whitaker, by his wife Elizabeth, sister of Robert Nowell. (See later note for the children of this pair, and Index of Names, s.n.) ^ " Thoni's Crabirye'': His wife was Anne Whitaker, another of the daughters of Thomas Whitaker, gent., and sister of Dr. W^illiam Whitaker. ' ^' I\ob^te Lawe and Elizabethe his wief": The kinship of Robert Lawe and his vidfe to the Nowells is thus made out: — Robert Lawe of Whalley, yeoman, married Elizabeth W^olton, one of the daughters of John Wolton of Whalley, yeoman, by his wife Margaret, daughter of John Nowell, Esq., and sister of Dean Nowell and Robert Nowell. By his wife Elizabeth, Robert Lawe had issue, sons, Thomas Lawe his heir, Robert, Henry, and James; and daughters, Alice, Isabel, Margery, and Catherine. All these children are named as receiving gifts subsequently in the MS. (See Index of Names, s.n. ) Robert Lawe, second son of Robert, will hereafter be specially noted as a scholar at Brazenose, and eventually attaining the position of an archdeacon of the Church of England. 10 " Micholas Deane": A son, I assume, of William Deane of Tunworth, by his wife Maud (Nowell). (See supra, p. 80, for note on the Deanes. ) " " IVilhn Whitakre": The future eminent theologian. (See Index of Names, j-.;/., for other references to him, and our Introduction.) '"^ " tnyles Bancrofte" : He married Alice Wolton, daughter of John Wolton of Whalley, by his wife Margaret (Nowell). Myles Bancroft appears to have died very soon after the date of this entry (April, 1569); for a later entry, dated I3lh July, 1569, runs: — " cosin Alis wolton, late wief to myles Bancrofte, ■uyddoi.i'e," &c. '^ " Jafte Leaton ": She is described as one of the daughters of Alice Singleton, but it must have been by her second husband, who, as I have before noted from the MS. , was Anthony Laton. " Leaton " in this entry stands for Laton, or, as usually spelt, Layton. 2G S3 xxli (Page 48 of the MS., folio 46 verso.) the iiij'^ of martche to Lawrance feller ^ as apperethe by his acquitance ^vj^i xiij^ iiij*^ A" 15681 j the Laste daye of maye A° {569 to the~ church wardones of the towshipes of the pishe of Whalley2, to be distributed to ^vj^^ xiij^ iiij<^ the poor of the same pishe as apperethe by their acquitance the iiij'^ daye of June A^ 1569 to the \ church wardenes, of the towenshippes f .jj ...^ -...j of the pishe of brunley^, to be distributed I ^ -' •^ to the poor of the same pishe ' the viijtii of martch A° 1568 to Robte \ ,g pyckyringe as apperethe by his acquitance j To Nycoles Alexander the same time x* the Day of to Whitwhame"* & to his wief Daughter vnto Elizabethe Nowell & Thorns Whitaker, for their legacye T, J To Charles Nowell^ for his Legacye \ ^ jj the XK^^ Day of July A° 1569 j ^^ o'' cosine * To Thoms Wilkinsonne^ of London a in pte of paymente of his Legacie as yi^ appereth by his accquitances the vj^^ of [ Julye Ao 1 57 1 J * M^ y^ this Thoms Wilkinsone hade xl^ enterid before fol 44. the xiiij*^ of february A" 1569 & xv^ enterd fol. 90 the xviij*^^^ of Aprell A» {569 in the whole To my Lorde Kep & my Ladie his wief^ the ) n g firste of martch Ao 1568 j"^ ^ To my Lady Cicill^ the same tyme iij'i x^ To m"^ Chanselo^ of the Dutchy^ the same tyme iij^^ x^ To fir waiter ) •••!; q /• 111 X mylde made^" the same tyme j ■' To fargante manwoode^ ^ the same tyme xxx^ 84 ^ (^ el and Illustrations. " "■' Chrisiofer harry s of Garsfans^e" &.C.: — He mavried, as here set forth, Jane Singleton, daughter of John Singleton, gent. In 10 Elizabeth (1568), Christopher Harris and Jane his wife, claiming under the Will of her father, John Singleton, were plaintiffs in a suit respecting lands, tenements, and rents in Whittington, Goosnargh, &c., charged with payments of money to the daughters of John Singleton. {Cal. to Pleadings, vol. ii, p. 363.) '* "yokn Sellere o/Reade": John Sellers was a kinsman of the Nowells, and served, it would appear, both Dean Alexander Nowell and Dean Laurence Nowell. Three folios later in the vl/^. will be found the entry: — "To Ann Seller [Sellers] wief to John Sellers Mr. Roberte Nowell kinsmane dwelling w' m"' dean of Lytchfild." (See on- ward for other notes on the Sellers family, including two young men, John Sellers and Thomas Sellers, scholars at Oxford.) (48) ' See Index of Names, s.n., for the names on this page not noticed herein. 2 "ivhalley" : Robert Nowell by Will left to the poor of the parishes of Whalley and Burnley, in the county of Lancaster, "fouretie niarkes to ev'y p'ishe xx nobles." Read Manor, the place of testator's birth, is in the parish of Whalley. ^ '^ brnnley," i.e., Bumley. See note above for Robert Nowell's gift to the poor of Burnley parish. The old spelling of Burnley was " Brttn/ey," the name being derived from the small river Brun, which traverses the township. Burnley is not strictly a "parish" of ancient definition, but a parochial chapelry under Whalley, embracing seven townships. * '■' IVhitivhame" : It is stated here that the wife of Whitwhame was "daughter unto Elizabeth Nowell," who was wife of Thomas Whitaker of Holme, gent., and sister of Robert Nowell, Esq. , and of Dean Nowell. A later entry in the MS. supplies the christian names both of the daughter of Whitaker of Holme who married this person and of her husband: "To his cosin Jane Whitaker marled to John Whitwham." Robert Nowell bequeathed to each of his sister Elizabeth's married daughters 20/., and this is the sum here recorded as paid to her daughter Jane W'hitwham.' ^ " charles Nowell'^ : He was manifestly a kinsman of Robert Nowell and a legatee, but his name I do not find in the Will, nor can I fix his place in the Nowell genealogy. He was probably a son of one of Robert Nowell's "cosins" mentioned in his Will. Charles Nowell subsequently receives a gift of 20/., and conveys gifts to his brother John Nowell, John's wife, and daughters. (See Index of Names, s.ii.) ^ " Thorns Wilki7iso7ine.'''' He was apparently one of the children of Robert Nowell's "uncles daughter y' maried Wilkinson in London," to whom he bequeathed 40/. to be divided amongst them by his executors. (See a former note on the Wilkinsons. ) ^ "w_y Lorde Kep 6^ my Ladie his wief" : viz.. Sir Nicholas Bacon. He was appointed Lord Keeper 22nd December, 1551, and retained the office, ranking as Lord Chancellor, until his death, 20th February, 1578-9. Lady Bacon here named was Anne, second wife of Sir Nicholas Bacon, daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, and mother of Francis Bacon. ^ " tny Lady Cicill" : Probably wife of the Cecil; but there were several contemporary. ' " mr Chanselor of the Diitchy" : Sir Ralph Sadler, Knight, lord of Standon Manor, in the county of Herts, was Chancellor of the Duchy from i6th May, 1560, to 1577. The date here is the ist March, 156S-9, so that Mr. Chancellor means Sir Ralph Sadler. '" "«■;■ Walter viylde made" : An instance of the scribe's constant mis-spelling of proper names. This is intended for Sir Walter Mildmay, Knight, founder of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1584. He was fifth son of Thomas Mildmay, Esq., of Chelmsford, in the county of Sussex ; was born [about 1522 ; knighted, 22nd Feb- ruary, 1546-7, and died at Hackney, 31st May, 1589. Among many public appointments, Sir Walter Mildmay was a commissioner with Mr. Robert Kelleway to take order for the maintenance of granmiar schools which had pertained to dissolved chantries ; and as an example, in the Records of Blackburn Grammar School it is written that " S"" Walter Myldmay, Knight, and Mr. Kellewaye, by vertue of a commyssion in Kinge Edwardes tyme to them directed, for the contynewinge of Scoles and erectinge of Scoles, did allowe 4/. 1$. \d. yerelie for the better maynetenance of the Scole in Blackburne." ^' "fargante manwoode'''' : Born at Sandwich, in Kent, in 1525 : afterwards Recorder and M. P. for his native town: Sergeant-at-Law in 1567 : Justice of the Common Pleas, 1572: Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 1578, and then knighted. He died 14th December, 1592. (See Foss's Lives of the Judges.) (Page 49 of the MS., folio 4/.) To the poor of the pishe of S'^ Andrewes in \ .^^ ^^..^ jjj-, holborne^ the xx* of martch A" 1568 j To the poore of the pishe of heiidon the xx^^^ of ) -y, ^•••3 jjjjd Martch A<> i568 J To eu^y one of M^ Shinghtons wiefes children^ \ ^^-^n excepte the heir vj^i the whole ys j ' To the good wief Lancelette xl^ Delyu^ed to AP Whitakers^ of Trinitie | College in Cambridge the xij*^ of xi December A^ iSJA-V^^^' for pte of his legacie due by the gyfte of Mr Attourney deceased. Too Grace wylkinsonn^ the xx^^i October 1580: for full paymente her leracie. =^Too her fyster Johann wylkinsonn^ \ ...ji before the xx'^i of October i58o: j iij" vj s [ Verso — blank.] 86 Notes and Ilhistrations. (49) ' ^' Ste Andrcwes in holbonte" : See Maitland's London, s.n., and Newcourt, s.n., for many details on this ancient Church and Parish — one of the few that escaped the Fire. ^ " Mr. Shinglitons wiefes children'''' : See the note on page 8i respecting the family of Singleton and the legacies of these "children" of John Singleton, Esq., under Robert Nowell's Will. The antique spelling of the local territorial name and surname of Singleton is Shingleton, and the seat of the family was Shingle or Chingle-hall. 3 " IVhitaker" : Dr. William Whitaker, as before. * " Grace Wylkinsomi''' : See Index of Names, s.n., and former note. * " Johanji wylkinsonn •.''^ Ibid. thefe pcell vndcr are entered in the jo. leafe nexte foUowinge' (Page 50 of the MS., folio 49.) Clothe and money geuen to certeyn of his aboute London kinrede' & poor A after the funerall by and John Townley Alexander & Lawrance Nowell a executors of Roberte Nowell E'^^2 The xxj ah Doughter daye of february to Joane mey* to Elyoner hopwood^, whoe was fyster to Elizabeth Nowell. mother to the said Robte Nowell deceased ij yardes & a half of blacke at x^ the yarde _ To hamlet Aston-* fonne^ [erasure] in Lawe to John Nowell remaininge at Lytchfild w* AP Lawrance Nowell ayard & a q''^'' at x^ the yarde The xxij* of february to Anne feller^ VVief to John feller Mr Roberte )>xxvs XIJ* VJ' Nowell Kinsmane of Lytchfild at x^ the yarde dwellinge w* ij yard J Dean nter •XXIJ^ VJ<^ geven The xiij'^ of m^tch greet Doughter^, vnto ij yardes & a half at viij^ vnto Sarra M"" houghton the yarde & >xxvj3 vnj' vjs vuj*^ geven houghtonS" of of them ij yardes V VJ clothe d at ixs the brother go wen e Robertes at viij^ m money vnto Elizabethe Joan & Katherin the doug-hteres M'' houghton to each & a half of blacke yard in the whole iij^' vij To Christofere or mane iij yardes for iiij'i the yard , To mother hunte'° the 6 of October A° 1569 towardes her chardges in to Lancashere To one Nowell psonn of fpringe'^ in Effexe & M^ Elyes fomtyme registere the xiiij*^ of auguste 1569 To the wief of henry Spellar of Edmunton beinge Doughter to M''^ fheparde'2 the xvij^^ auguste 1569 jijli vijs vj' •XXV* >x« >xxs >xx* Th IS woman had the xvij th on s r V maye before in poules church J to John houghto'2 as appereth by his accquitance iij^i xvj^ iiij"* to one Neve the 18 of A** 1570 xx^ to the wyef of henry fpeller of E. doughter to M'"^ sheperd xx^ the had in poweles the 22 of auguste v^ 88 Notes and IlliLsti'ations. (50) 1 '^ K'in7-ede,'" kc. The words "about London," and "John Townlcy," are in- serted in the handwriting of Dean Nowell. 2 "^d^ of february to m*' John^ Jackesonne, tresorer of the hospitall Named Christes hospytall,' in the p'^sentes of M"" Thorns Eaton & others for the clothinge of the children in the same, as apperethe by his accquitancej The xiij^'i of february p^ to M""" Edward Jackemane & otheres to the Vfe of the poor harbored in the )»xxx^' hospytall of S*^ Thoms^ as j apperethe by ther accquitance J The xiij'h Day of february to m""^ Edward brighte & otheres to the vse j of the poor harbored, in the hospytall I j; of Lyttell S^e Bartholemeves^ f ^^ in weste Smythfylde as j apperethe by their accquitance J The xviij*^ day of february delyued' to James yonge'* of London, preacher & ffrances bowyer^ grocer, to be distributed in the prisones of new- gatt. Ludgatt. the counter in wood- ftrete, the counter in the pultery,^ to anumber of fpanyardes, in bryd- )>^^?57J §clxxxx" X* 5- m & by more for well,7 to the poor m kinges bynche^ the the whyte Lyon'' & Suthwarke,'2 the byfliopps preson,!'* their accquitance to the fame James a poor fpanyard named as by the bedlim,^ the marshallsey'° the counter gate houfe'^ in westmr as apperethe yonge vnj"^ appereth by one note, to U* bestowed in prefonesi vnder figned ^v accquitance hande of the faid James playnly apperethe th fame . the ^"^ yonge as is febr more ,-th St. Andrcwes in holborne. The xviij*^!' day of february to M Rogere Amyes, to be distributed amongeste the poore of S* Andrewes in holborne as by the accquitance of the said Rogere | apperethe J §- y ili ( vj* vnj id n < clxxxx^' xs 90 Notes and Illustrations. (5t) ^ ^' Chrisles hospyialV and "Air. Thomas Eaton'''': see Index of Names, s.7t. 2 "6V. 77^^wj"=St. Thomas's: see Maitland's Z(?;?(/i7«, as before, pp. 1322-3, for the history of this renowned " Hospital." 2 ^^ Lytell Ste Bartholemeves" i.e., Bartholomew the Less. See Maitland, as before, pp. 1069-70. ■* " ya>?!es yonge, preacher": curiously enough no "James" Yonge or Young ap- pears in Newcourt, or elsewhere, of the period. * "■ffrances bo7uyer": see Index of Names, s.n., and former note on this merchant "grocer," who did noble service to the Reformation by taking care of Alexander Nowell and others in Mary's reign. Francis Bowyer, Esq., was one of the sheriffs of the city of London in 19 Elizabeth (1576-7)- See also our Introduction for the relationship (by marriage) of the Bowyers and Nowells. * See Index of Names, s.n., for other notices of these prisons. 7 " brydivell,'" i.e.. Bridewell: Maitland, as before, s.n. 8 '^ b/dlim," i.e., Bedlam or Bethlehem Hospital: see Maitland, as before, p. 1290. ' ^' hinges bynche," i.e.. King's Bench: Maitland, as before, p. 1281. ^^ '^ Marshallsey," i.e., the Marshalsea. The Marshalsea and King's Bench prisons in Southwark existed in the fourteenth century. The Marshalsea was under the control of the knight-marshal of the royal household — hence its name. " ^'ivhytc I.yon": The old county jail for Surrey in Southwark was situate near St. George's Church, and was called the "White Lion" because of its having once been an inn, bearing that sign. '■•' '■^ counter in Suthwarke''^ : to distinguish it from the "counter" in "wood-street." 12 ^'gatehouse'''': in Fleet street. Maitland, as before, p. 1242. •^ ^' byshopps preso)!." " The building on the east side of the Dean's Yard Gate [in Westminster] for the Bishop of London's Prison for Clerks convict." (Maitland, vol. ii, p. 1342.) 9i (Page 52 of the AfS., folio 50.) 17 fcbr. Si fopuleres ig febr. St Gylles wt out Crepell gate 3. of martch St butulpIiL-s & Ste Galbroughes 8 of martch St Katlieria chrislu cliurche 5 of martch St Gylls m tile fildes 8 of martch Ste OHves. Ste Georges. Ste Saviours. Ste inaries in Southwarke. The xvijt^ of february To the churche" Wardons and others of S*® Sepulcres w* out Newegate^ to be distributed amonges )>iiij^' the poore of the said pishe as more playnly apperethe by their accquitance. . _ The xix^li day of february Delyu ed to Thorns Busby & others pishioneres of S* Gylles w* out crepell gate^, to be distributed their amongeste the poor of the said pishe as by their accquitance apperethe _ The thirde of martche To James"^ Yonge & other, to be distributed amongeste the poore, of S*** Buttulphes3 & S' Galbroughes* in byfliopsgate warde as by their accquitance apperethe J The viij*^ of martch to James yonge^ & others to be distributed amongste the poore of the pishe of S'^'' Katherin Christe churche w^ in Algate^ as by their bill apperethe To henry Antylls & other for the relief of the poor of of Ste Gylls^ in the by their accquitance apperethe To m"" crowley'' and others, relief of poor pishes Olives Sanct faviours. & Sancte marie Georges, for ev of the by their bills accquitances the pishe fylde as for the of S* Sancte ma""delens 1 xxiiij' said pishes xl^ as apperethe & their xxiiij^V 9-2 Notes and Ilhistrations. (52) ' '^ Ste Sepulc res iv' font Newegate''^: see Maitland, as before, pp. 1178, 11 80. 2 "St. Gylles xv' font crepell gate'": ibid, p. iioi. ' " Ste Bnttiilp/ies''': ibid, s.ii., freijuentei- = St. Botulph's. ■* '^ St. Galbroiighes," i.e., St. Gabriel's, ibid, p. iioi. * ^' Sle Jiaiherin Chrisle C/tiircke w' fin A/gate": ibid, s.n., frequeitler. 8 "Ste. Gylls," i.e., St. Giles as in note 2. 7 "mr. croivley'' "St. Olaves": " Sancte Savioures," "Sancte Georges," " Sancte marie magdallens " : Maitland, as before, has details on all these Churches . and Parishes. Mr. Crowley, the minister»here named as almoner, was Robert Crowley, long time vicar of St. Giles's, Cripplegate, though it should be noticed that not he, but Thomas Busby, is mentioned above on this page of the A/S. in connection with St. Giles's. He is again found in the MS. two pages onward. Other accounts of Robert Crowley will be found in Anthony a-Wood, and (best) in Dr. Bloxam's Register of the Presidents, Fellows, Demies, &'e. , of St. Mary Magdalen College, Oxford, vol. i, pp. 78-84. He was boini in Gloucestershire, entered at Magdalen College, Oxford, about 1534; B.A., 19th June, 1540; an exile in Germany in the reign of Mary; returning home in 1558, had subsequently several livings in London, among them, St. Giles's, Cripplegate, of which he wrote himself vicar in 1566; and St. Lawrence, Jewiy, presented in 1576. He was author of more than twenty printed books and tractates (mostly controversial against the Church of Rome) enumerated by Dr. Bloxam. He died iSth June, 15S8, and was buried in the Chancel of St. Giles's Church. 93 9 of martch St. bo.tulphes. vvt out Alderssjate g of martch Tottenham io of martch Edmonton St. Andrewes Ste Gregorixvs of the same pishe as by his accquitance apperethe J 3. To Rychard Langher vicer of Edmunton^ for the rehef of the poor of the said pishe as by his accquitance apperethe To John shrapshir the iiij*^ of aprill 1569 ij yardes & di. of newe coller to the vse of Willm Dixon at vj^ a yarde* J 4. The iiij'^^ day of martch to the churche wardens of the pishe of S*^ andrewes in holborne^ A" 1569 Vvj'» as appeirethe by the said church wardons ther accquitance _ 5. To the pson and collecto" of the pished of S*^ Gregories^ vnder poules the [ ^ xiiij*^^ of October 1569 as appearethe ( by ther accquitance J 6. To the churche of S'® fepulcres'' the xviij''^^ of february A" 1568 as apperethe by their accquitance 7. The xvjt^ of Novemb-^ A° 1569 to M''"] heton^ & m"" Aske to be distributed 1 ^u amongeste the poore afflictede as appethe [ by their accquitance J 8. To certeine poor presoneres in wood ftret the"] xiij^ nij (I xviij'^ of february A^ i568. by wihm waginton & Robte Afke Wii XXX vij^* [Six blank leaves appear to have been torn out of the MS. at this place.] 94 Notes and Ilhistrations. (53) ' '■^ St. botilphes 7!J't''oi{t Aldersgate'": ^laitland, as be ^"0 re, pp. 1075, 1078. 2 "■ Robte yoiier vicare of Toltehani^'' : He recurs in tlie MS., and at folio 80 the name is spelled "Joyner," which is the correct form. ' " Rychard Laugher vicer of Edmiuitott ": This name is mis-written, even by Dean Nowell. As is proved by his Will (preserved in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of London), his name was Richard Langherne (spelled by Newcourt, "Langhorne," s.n.). His Will is dated loth August 1570, and proved 7th October in the same year. He calls himself vicar of Edmonton. He left sons, Thomas, Richard and John; and a daughter Katherine, wife of William Hayward. His wife Edith was his executrix. He directed that he was to be buried in the Chancel of Edmonton Church. His son "Richard" is the Richard of our ]\IS., linked with Edmund Spencer in an important entry onward. For more of him, see our Introduction. ^ The whole of this entry is crossed out in the MS. * "^"/c. and7-nves in /lolborne": see Index of Names, s.v. * "St. Grcgories itnder p02iles" : ibid. 7 " Stc- Sepulcres'' : ibid. 8 "Mi: heton": doubtless Mr. Thomas Eaton, as before. See Index of Names, s.fi. 95 inutche hadham parishe lienden pishc wryt before but the day diflfereth I. To the 4- 5- (Page 54 of the MS., foho 51.) poor of the parishe of mutche^ xvij th of februarye I ••••]} -^ more pleanly apperethe f ^ ^^ XllljS vj' hadham.^ the Anno 1569 as by the bill therof the some of iiij^' xvj^^J More to the poor of the same parishe the seconde of October A" 1570 xv-'^-'^iij yeardes of white Kersey^ conteneinge )>xxiijii x» xviijten peces of xvij'^" yeardes a pece wche coste in the whole xviij^^ x^ money geven to the poor of the same ) parishe the same feconde of Octobr j 2. To the Church wardens of the" parishe of henden^ the v^^ of martche to be bestowed vppon the poor of the same parishe by thandes of mr of Litchfilde^ A» 1569 more to churwardens of the same parishe^ the vj*^ of Octobere A" 1570 as )>iij'' apperethe by a bill therof J 3. the seconde of martche A° 1568 to m"" Amyes"] to be bestowed vpon the poore in the parishe of [....]; .g .... S*'' Andrewes in holborne^ as apperethe by the f ^ ^ ' -^ said m"" Amyes accquitance J Deane >-iijii vj s viiij'' vjs viij^ xxxnj' The seconde of Januarye Anno 1571 To the' poore of the p^sones in Southwooke^ named to by the poore pfoners cooles^ to make them fier, by the handes of m'' Croley p'^cheare^, & m"" yonge [erasure] p'^cheare the Daye & yeare fyrste abovesaid the some of [erasure] fowertie shillinges _ the xvjthof martch A° 1 571 to the poor pfoners of ] r^ viij*^ >-xls Ludgatte, byblie^ w<^^ coste )>xxiijs vj** x^ of the greate volum J 6. To the poor, of the hospitall,byfydesmy Lordeof ) huntingtons,'o the xxiiij° of Julye A^ 1572... j my m"" 7. Too the pfonercs of newe gate when a was w^^"] one Seaton^^ a condemned mane the viij<' of )>k^ martch A° 1573 J 90 Notes arid Illustrations. 54 • " tnjitche had/mm" : see Index of Names, s.n. ^ '^ white kersey'''': Kersey was a coarse woollen cloth, manufactured then chiefly in the counties of Kent and Devon. These eighteen pieces of seventeen yards the piece cost 1 8/. \os., or a little more than \s. 2d. the yard. ^ '■^ henden'" : see as in I. * "yJ/r. Deane of Litchjilde": Dean Laurence Nowell. * "Air. Atnyes" See Index of Names, s.n. • '^ Soiitkewooke"=^o\x\.'hv{2Lr\i, as before. 7 *' codes" = codls. A thoughtful seasonable gift, in the depth of winter (2nd January, 1571), to the poor shivering prisoners cowering in the wretched unwarmed Southwark cells of the period. ® "Air. Croley fcheare" same as Crowley. (See note 7, p. 93.) ^ "« (5)'/5/zV"= Bible. This copy of the Holy Scriptures, given in March, 1571, to the use of the prisoners of Ludgate, is described as "of the greate volume" — a folio, doubtless — and cost 23^. 6d., a sum that would be about represented by 12/. of Victorian money. It was doubtless the (so-called) Bishop's Bible. 10 '■'■ my Lorde of hiintiitglons" : Henry Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon, born about 1534; succeeded to the earldom, June, 1561; married, at Durham-house, London, 2ist May, 1553, Catherine, daughter of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, but had no issue; and died at York, 14th December, 1595. 1' ' ' one Seaton " : The scribe speaks of the time of this gift to the prisoners in New- gate as an occasion "when my m'' [Dean Nowell] was w'th one Seaton, a condemned mane. " He could hardly be an ordinary felon who received this special visit from the Dean of St. Paul's. Was Seaton a political prisoner, or a "recusant" in religion? I do not see the name in Stow, or other contemporary chroniclers. H 97 (Page 55 of the MS., folio 51 verso.) Too the p'^foners of the Kinges benche the ) .^ xth of Aprill Anno 1573 J ^J the xxii'jth of Delyu^ede by Alexander Nowell, Dean of powles in London, to mr December Punte^ Allderman Deputie, & m"" farmer pson of S*^ Gregories^ to be Distributede vnto the poore of the same pishe, w*^'^ is pd as follow*-^ the xx*^ of december A° 1573 1. Itm Too the poore of the pishe of S*®" Gregories in Barnardes Castell warde the >\^ xxiijti of Decemb^' A" 1573 __ 2. Itm to the poore of S*<^ Andrew in y« Wardrop^ ) ....g pishe ) •' 3. Itm to the poore of S*® fayeth'* pishe \ g .^ the xxiijti^ of December A« 1573 jxxx vj 4. Itm to the poore of S*® martyns^ att \ ^...g Ludgatt the xxiij* of Decemb'' Ao 1573 j^^'"-' vj'^ xiij8 iiij<^ 5. Itm more to wydddowe ijs vj<^ ij^ yj"^ Itm to m"" farmore pfon of S*® Gregories ) ..g -^ for his paynes in Distributinge this monye j •' ^ the whole vj^^ xviij^ iiij"* * 6. Too the poore at yorke the xx* of Julye Ao 1574: & to the poore of the p^sons^ ther 7. Too the poore p'foners of the Kinges bench 1 ..-, ••••^ the xti^ of aprill Ao 1575: J ^"J "^J 8. Too nv ffarmer psonne of S*^ Gregories vnder powles, and to m"" Punte the Alldermans deputie there, and vnto m'' Series Stafioner^, to be distributed to the poore in the pishes of the said S*® Gregories, S**^ ffaythes, S^® martyns, and S^^ Androwes in the wardrope in the plague tyme,^ the fyrste of October A^ 1575 : _ 9. The xij* of Decembe'' giuen to the pore ofl christes hospitall, by the handes of mr morgan )>iiij'' the xij'^ of december A^ 1575 J 10. The xiij*ii of februarie to m'' chambarlayn^ of London^ and to m^ ffrances Bowyere, to ^xl^ the redemynge of the poore p^foners in barbarie^^J 1 1. Too the poore p'^soners of the counter, in wood ftrett"^ the x'^ of maye 1576 : as appereth by their >xl* acquitance J ^^Iblu°trtiie'da?es Too thepoorcpresouersof thecouutcr, iu wood ftrct the | ,3 w'thin wrytten. xxviij'^'^ of martcli 1 577 : as by theyr bills appereth... j Too the poore of the counter in pultrie the ) ...g .^ fame tyme, or theyr aboutes | xxxnj [Three leaves following this have been torn out of the MS.^ ^vj'^ xiij^ iiij*^ 98 Notes and Illustrations. (55) ' " Mr Piinte''^ : See Index of Names, s.n., and a previous note, concerning this merchant taylor and " allderman deputie." 2 " Mr fanner" and infra: See p. I, and relative Note. ^ '■^ Ste Aiidy-tw in ye IVardrop" : These words are substituted for "Gregories" (erased) in Dean Nowell's own liand. * " Ste fayeth" : Maitland, j.m. * ^^ Ste martyns" : Maitland, j.«. * "p'sons'": The contraction here — prisons. 7 " nir Series Stafioner" : William Seres was a licensed printer in London, temp, Edward VI., and appears as one of the charter-men of the Stationers' Company in their charter dated 1556. He was Warden of the Company in 1561-2 and 1565-6, and Master of the Company in 1570-1, 1571-2, 1575-6, 1576-7, and 1577-8. He was living in 15S4, when his son occurs as "William Seres, junior." The elder Seres printed many books in Elizabeth's time; amongst the rest, in 1564, he had a license for printing A Cathechessme of the County palyntyne. In Chr. Barker's report, in 1582, on the Printing Patents granted from 1558 to 1582, it is said that " Master Seres hath the Psalter of David the primer for little children, with the same catechisme, and all bookes of private prayer whatsoever in latin and english." Strj'pe says Mr. Seres the stationer had these privileges of printing religious manuals in Edward's time taken away by Queen Mary and restored by Queen Elizabeth by means of Lord Burghley, with the addition of a grant to him and his son during life of the longest liver of the twain. Seres the father in his latter years, not being well able to follow his business, transferred his privilege with his presses, letters, stock and copies, to one Henry Derham for a yearly rent, and this was the cause of a great contention as to the terms of this monopoly. I gladly embrace the opportunity of above further items from Mr. Edward Arber's Transcript to pay my meed of praise to this most laborious, painstaking, and invaluable work. ^ "?';? the plague tyme'" : Plagues were frequent in the sixteenth century, but Stow, the annalist, does not allude to the plague-time in October, 1575, recorded in this place. A more serious outbreak of the plague occurred in London three years later, in the summer of 1578. ' " wr chambarlayn of London'''' : "The Chamberlain of London," says Maitland, "is an officer of great repute and trust, and though annually chosen on Midsummer Day, yet not displaced, but continues during life." He "had the keeping of the money, lands, and goods of the city orphans, or took security for the payment thereof when the parties came to age. " Maitland does not supply the names of the succession of chamberlains of the City of London, but I find that George Heton was chamberlain in 1573, and doubtless still held the office, it being practically a life-appointment, at the date of this record (1575). •" " poore p''soners in barbaric'''' : Ancient Barbary embraced all the seaboard States of North Africa, from Egypt on the east to the Atlantic on the west. English mariners shipwrecked on the south coast of the Mediterranean not uncommonly fell into the hands of the authorities in Barbary, and were treated with great hardship as captives or slaves. 2 H 99 i4 febr. 12 of febr. 17 febr. 14 febr. 1 4 febr. 17 febr. 17 febr. 27 febr. 25 febr. (Page 56 of the MS., folio 52./ money Gcven to the Italyan ffrench & dutche churches, as hereafter apperethe. A" 1569. & to certen p'sons of strangers allsoe I. The xiiij*^^ of february Geven to Jeronimus \ Jerhtus* Italyan minister as apperethe by Hiij^ iiij' 2. •liijs iiijd his accquitance the xijth Geven to John Tawsin^ Minister to the frenche churche as apperethe by his accquitance 3. the xvij*^ of february Geven to rodolphus' Chevalier^ minister of can in Normandie, & nowe in exile & reader of the Ebreue lycture in paulls, as by ^xx^ his accquitances apperethe, over and above his Gowen before entrede fol. 4 in money xx^ 4. the xiiijtii Day of february to Godfray"| WyngyC*, the dutche preacher as by Miij' iiij*^ his accquitance apperethe j 5. the xiiij*^ day of february p^l to~ Anthonius Coranus^ fpanyshe preacher over & above his )>xxv' Gowen befor entered. fol. 4 in money as apperethe by his accquitance 6. the xvij th Day of february to Vincen^ ffrenche minister as vxx* 7- B 9- Basse® a apperethe by his accquitance the xvijt'i day of february to Ciprian Valera^ apoor Larned fpanyarde as yynL^ apperethe by his accquitance The xxvij*^ day of february Geuen^ to the feniours & Deacons of the j Italian Congregation^ in London [ u to be distributed amongeste the j poore of their compayny as by theyr ] accquitance apperethe J A The 8. XXV*** daye of february To the Seniors & Deacones of the ffrenche churche, in London^ to be distributed amongeste the poore as apperethe by theyr accquitance >>xlli Ixij^Vv* § Ixijli/V TOO Notes and Ilhistrations. (56) ' " ycronimus Jcrlitiis" : Minister of the Italian Congregation mentioned in another entry, infra, on this page. On the fourth folio onward is another mention of this minister where he receives 7,0s. as a gift for the marriage of Claude Landen, one of his Italian communicants, doubtless. In 156S the minister of the Italian Church was Hieronymus Jerlitus, who appears to have arrived in London in the year 1565. In the Lansdowue MSS. (vol. x, art. 32), is a letter in Latin from him, in behalf of Theodore Fuerwyn, a Dutch painter, who had fled hither on account of religion. (Burn, as before, p. 229). An interesting account of a contention between Jerlitus and Coranus (noted onward), and various facts of the life in England of these two refugees, are printed in Stiype's Life and Acts of Grindal, foL, Edn. 1 7 10. * "John Tawsifi^^ : untraced; the name perhaps was Jean Cousin, mistranscribed. ^ " rodolpfnis Chefalicr" : I take the following from KgVi^vi\ Protestant Exiles from France, &'c. (Index-volume, pp. 108-9): — " Raoul (for Rodolphe) Le Chevalier has somewhat perplexed genealogists by having, unlike the refugees in general, assumed another surname during his wanderings. In the lists of 1568, he appears in London, as Anthonie Rodolphs, Professor of the Gospel in the house of Mr. Sherrington ; and further on, he is again noticed as 'Mr. Anthonie.' Some authors, ambitious of great accuracy, have therefore styled him carefully 'Antoine Rodolphe Le Chevalier ' ; but, in fact, Antoine was not his name at all. He is usually spoken of as Rodolphus Cavallerius. He appears to have been Hebrew Reader in the University of Cambridge during the reign of King Edward VI., and Hebrew Tutor to the Princess Elizabeth (afterwards Queen). Flying from Bloody Queen Mary, he seems to have exercised his talents as pastor and professor in various places ; we find his name associated with the Academy of Geneva, and with the Reformed Church at Caen. From King Edward VI. he had received a patent, dated at Waltham, August 7, 1552, grantmg to him naturalization, and also committing in trust to Sir Anthony Cooke, Knight, and George Medle, Esq., that he should have the next prebend that should fall vacant in Christ's Church, Canterbury. In 1568, he was again in England. In May, 1569, vSir Anthony Cooke and Secretary Sir William Cecil (Chancellor of the university) had secured for him the appointment of Professor of the Hebrew Language and Learning in the Uni- versity of Cambridge, and he went down with good letters of introduction. Secretary Cecil undertook to obtain a safe conduct into England for his wife and childi^en. The following was a joint letter from Archbishop Parker and Bishop Sandys, 'To our loving friends, Mr. Vice chancellor of Cambridge, and to the Heads of the same': — ' Understanding of the good and godly affection that divers of your University bear to the knowledge of the Hebrew tongue wherein originally, for the more part, was wrytten the word of God. To the gratifying of the same, as we have in our former letters commended our Trustie and Wellbeloved Rodolphus Cevallerius, otherwise called Mr. Anthony, so we now send him unto you — a man, whom we have aforetime not only known in the same university, but also have seen good testimony of his learn- ing in the said tongue, and having more experience of his good zeal to exercise his said talent toward all such as be desirous to be partakers of the same. Whereupon this is to pray and require you to accept him as his worthiness for his learning and diligence (as we trust) shall deserve. Whereby you shall not onely yourselves receive the fruit to your own commendations ; but also give us occasion to devise for your further com- moditie as Almighty God shall move us, and our liability upon any occasion shall hereafter serve. And thus wishing to you the grace of God to direct your studies to His glory, and to the profit of the Commonwealth we bid you all heartily well to fare : from Lambeth this 20"^ of May. Your loving friend Matthewe Cantuar. Edm. London.' On 27th January, 1569-70, he v/as presented to his long expected Prebend of Canterbury — Le Neve calls him Ralph Caveler — he was (says Strype) 'admitted to the Seventh Prebend in that Church.' The latter writer (in his life of Parker) gives an abstract of his Will, from which it appears that his wife (who survived him as his widow) was by name Elizabeth Le Grimecieux ; she was (according to other accounts) a step-daughter of Emanuel Tremellius, the great Hebraist, who had preceded Chevalier at Cambridge. Chevalier seems to have been in France at the time of the St. Bartholomew Massacre, and to have hastened homeward. But fatal illness arrested him in Ciuernsey, on which island he made his Will, dated 8th October, 1572. He styles himself Rauf (or Rauol ? ) Le Chevalier. He speaks of the fidelity and constancy which he always found in his wife in all his persecutions for the gospel. He gives thanks to the ' Right Worshipful and Most Dear fathei's,' the Archbishops of Canter- bury and York, for all the gentleness and favour which he had received at their hands. He appeals for their kind offices to his widow and children, on the acknowledged ground that ' he had taken pains according to his small talent in sundry churches and schools, and had always been content with his food and raiment.' He names his only 10 1 25 febr. 25 febr. .8, of Martij (Page 57 of the MS., folio 52 verso.) 7th daye of The xxv*^ daye of february To the^ Seniors and Deacons of the Dutch | churche in London^ to be distributed ^xl^^ amongeste the poor of the same churche I as apperethe by their accquitance J 2. the xxv' day of february To Barthelmy ] [erasure] Willelmi^ Minister of L , , -u "'d the Dutch churche as apperethe by his | ^ ^ accquitance j ; The viij'^ day of martch to Jacobe baelden & others to be Distributed amongeste the poore of the Dutche churche in Sandwich^ as by theyr accquitance apperethe _ To Adrianus De Lano a larned brabander* Ixxiji^ vj^ vi 3- >xxi' xxs }" 'I x^ 4. To the poor of the ftrongeres of the churche of Southamptone^ the xx* of Marche A° 1569 as apperethe by their accquitance of the french & Dutche churche 5. To the poor strangcres a in Norwiche^ the xviij^^ of martche A** 1569 >>xxxii & wallones churche in lyme^ A as apperethe by ther accquitances..._ 6. to the church of strongeres in madston^ ^ the xxix*^ of martch A" 1569 Vv'i as apperethe by ther accquitances j 7. The v'^ of December to Johannes de" a godly poor fpanyearde t ^j at the desire of m"^ Wenthorpe of Corne hill Anno 157 T cvij'7xr/Vuj« 8. Too one Selvius a poor, and larned ) ^^ Dutchmane, the vij° of novemb"' A" 1575.. / 9. To one a poor ffrenchmane ] ^^ a minister the viij*^^ of Novemb"" A" 1571.. j " Too one Zachius a larned stranger \ an Italian the xiiij*^ of June A° i570 by Vxl^ thandes of m"" henrie knoles^ j Too one fybestian levions'*' whose brother"] 10. I T. w*'^ his wiefife & children, were taken p soneresby the Duke of Muschovie whoe was fent to my m"" by the counsell the xviij'ii of novemb'' A° 1570 >xl^ 102 Notes and Illustrations. son, Samuel, his daughters, Jael and Mary, and his nephews beyond sea, Robert, Anthony and Oliver. He requests that Mr. Emanuel (Tremellius) Professor at Hei- delberg might be informed of his decease — he "who gave me my wife." He had no debts ; but the Church of Caen owed him two hundred and fifty livres for travelling expenses. He trusted that our Queen will continue without deduction the grant made to himself, and that she would deal with his family as King Edward VI. had done in the case of the widow of Martin Bucer, whom his Majesty of blessed memory had invited to remain in England, promising to see to the marrying of her daughters. He addressed his requests to the two Archbishops, ' for God's sake, and for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, and for the love of the Holy Ghost,' and his concluding sentence was, ' Lord Jesus, come for the defence of the poor churches.' He died at the age of sixty-five. The son, the Rev. Samuel !e Chevalier, was French Pasteur in the City of London in 1 591, and at Canterbury in 1595." De Thou's obituaiy notice of this eminent man is given in Barksdale's Momiiiienta Liiteraria, 1640, p. 157. It will be noticed that the entry in our MS. confirms in several points Agnew's account. ^ ^'■Godfrey IVyno-ye." See appendix to Stiypc's Griiidal, where, in a list of the members of the Dutch Church in London, returned to the Bishop of London, the return is attested by "Gottfridus Wingius" as chief minister. * " Anthonius Coranus^^ : see Index of Names, s.ti., for various references. ^ Vincen Basse" : This name as "Vincent de la Barre" occurs in the Will of Anthony Du Poncel (a Protestant refugee) as a co-executor with other fellow-countrymen and exiles from France (Agnew, as before, p. 82). 7 " Ciprian Valera''' : Mention of him is made in the works of Thomas Rogers, (Parker Society, pp. 266, 291). * ^'Italian congregation" : In the Lord Mayor's return of " Strangers in London, anno 1568" who did "resort to any of the strangers' churches" there were " 161 of the Italian church." (Agnew, as before, p. 7). For a full and deeply interesting history of the "Italian Church" see Burn's History of the Foreign Refugees ( Protestant); 1846. pp. 224-32. Ascham wrote in 1570 of those who came and went between England and Italy: — "These men thus Italianated abroad cannot abide our godly Italian Church at home. They be not of that parish (they say), they be not of that fellowship, they like not the preacher, they hear not his sermons ; except sometimes for company, they come thither to hear the Italian tongue naturally spoken, and not to hear God's doctrine truly preached." (Strype's Annals, vol. ii, p. 29). ' "fffenche chiirche in London " : "At the end of the year (1550) the chapel of St. Anthony in Threadneedle Street was granted for worship in the French language for Huguenots (Protestants from France proper) and Walloons (Refugees from French Flanders). The first French ministers were Francois de la Riviere and Richard Fran- cois. The death of Edward VI. dispersed their congregations. " (Agnew, as before, p. 6). He continues : "Protestant rule returning with Queen Elizabeth, the charters were restored, and Grindal, Bishop of London, became the superintendent of the Churches. Under the patronage of Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, the celebrated refugee congregation, assembling in the Crypt of Canterbury Cathedral, was founded. Thousands of refugees came over in this reign, especially from French Flanders in 1567 and 1568, from France in 1572, after the Massacre, Snd in 15S5. In the Pope's (Pius V. )Bull of 1570, the Protestant Refugees were characterized as omnium infestis- simi, but were defended by Bishop Jewel" [ibid). In the Lord Mayor's "Return of Strangers, anno 1568," no fewer than 1,810 belonged to "the French Church" {ibid, p. 7). See also Maitland's London, as before, pp. 485, 845, 854. (57) ' " Dutch chiirche ift London" : " The reign of Edward VI. witnessed the founding of Churches for Protestant Refugees. John a Lasco a refugee Polish nobleman & pastor at Embden in East Friesland applied to parliament in 1 541 for a charter for a church, and was encouraged by Archbishop Cranmer, the Duke of Somerset, and Secretary Cecil. Bishop Latimer supported his cause in a sermon before the King. Many French refugees came over in 1549, whose case was represented in a memorial signed by Bucer, Martyr, Alexander, & Fagius. In 1550 a royal charter granted to Lasco a Refugees' Church in London, since known as the Dutch Church in Austin Friars." (Agnew, as before, pp. 5-6.) Of 5,225 Dutch in London in 156S, "1910 were of the Dutch Church," (ibid p. 7.) .See Maitland's London, as before, pp. 843-4. For a most satisfactory account of the ancient and modern "Dutch Church," the Reader is referred to Burn's Liistoiy of the Foreign Protestant Refugees {I'i^b) : pp. 185-195. The following quotation from Strype is interesting in relation not only to the Dutch Church in London, but also as giving the origin of provincial "refugee" congregations. "In 1575 the condition of the people of the Low Countries was so sad, that great numbei"s Isic] >xl^ V9 (Page 58 of the MS., folio 53.) 1. Too fyve poore IngHshe mene Deliu^ede out of~ the handes of the turcke,^ wTioe were out of apprell and comended to my m"" by Dyvers woorshippfull of the cittie ' of London, in the psence of m^ ffraunces Bowyer, Rycharde Boweyer w^ii others the xx*^ of novemb"^ A° is/o _ 2. To certen poore ftrangeres, disparsed for" rehgion, frenchmen, the xx'^ of Novemb. A° 1571. Geven by thandes of m"" )>-xx^ henry Knowles whoe is one of the collecters for the same , _ 3. To apoore frenche minister in the p^ fence ofj m'' Coofyns^, the frenche p'^chere the xvj*^ of No- vx^ vemb'A°i57i J 4. To an nother poor frenche p'^cher Named \ the same xvijo of Novemb'" A" i57i j 5. Too a poore ftranger one RusselP, a larned ^ Scootishe mane & verie poore the xx<> of Decemb' Vx.^ A°i57i j 6. Too towe poor larned prechers frenche ^ one m' fexton, the other fengreius"*, the viij° of aX» Martche A" i573 j 7. To one frenche mane named mollenius the viij'' of ) , Martche A« 1573 |^ 8. Too one claudius molenius^ the viij" of martche \ ,3 A° 1573 : j 9. To one vencentus^ Late minister of Cayne ) ^^ the viij° of Martche A^ i573 J 10. To an Irishe byshoppe, named matheas^, the \ ,g xx^'i of Maie Anno i573 j ^ 11. To Ant Corannus^ a poor Spaynishe preacher) ^ the xxiij'^'^ daie of December A<* i573 j 12. To a poor fpanishe mynister w<=^ was w^^ the \ _g faid Coroneius the sam xx'^'* of december j 13. To m'' vellyrious^ a larned preacher the) _g xvjtb of februaryc A'' 1573 j ' " 14. Too m"" Coofynns'^ the frcnch preacher the \ ,g xvj*^ of februarye A** 1573 ) 13. To maister Dallyfayus'' a larned S frenche preacher the xvj''^ of februarye Vxx* A" 1573 } & Isic} 14. Too Ant. Coranus the fpaynishe reader A an other Larned Spanyarde the xvj'^^ of february A^ {573 _ -xx^ 104 Notes and Illustrations. of them had fled over hither & desired to join with the Dutch Church in London, & to become members thereof. Yet so tender was the Queen of breaking with that proud & powerful Prince, the King of Spain, that she would not" admit of this, nor give countenence to such as fled away out of those countries under his subjection. For it is remarkable what is set down & recorded in a journal of the Dutch church in London, written by Simeon Ruytinck, one of their ministers in those times, & yet preserved in their church. — That when divers foreigners had come hither on account of religion & desired to be admitted in communion with the rest of the Dutch Church, the Queen hearing of it, commanded the Lord Mayor to disperse them from London. Whereupon they applied to the Bishop of London to represent their case to the Queen & Council ; who did so, & the Council sent a letter in answer to the said church, June 29'^ 1 5 74, that that church should advise those new members to depart from London (where they were more obvious to be taken notice of by King Philip's spies) & to go to other parts of the kingdom, where there were also churches of Protestant professors ; which that church accordingly did." (Strype's Annals, p. 386). The Dutch Congregation- Norwich — Burn, pp. 195-202 ; ditto, Maidstone, pp. 202-5 ; ditto, Sandwich, pp. 205-7; ditto, Colchester, pp. 20S-16; ditto, Yarmouth, pp. 216-18. See The History of (he French, Walloon, Dutch and other Foreign Protestant Refugees settled in England from the reign of Henry VIII. to th4 Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, ^c. By J. S. Burn, 1846, pp. viii and 284. 2 " Barthelmy Willelnn' : "Bartholdus Wilhelmi" is named as one of the ministers of the Dutch Church in London, in the return of its members made to the Bishop of London in 1566. 3 <■' Jacobe baelden Safidwich" : no doubt of the Dutch Church, Sandwich, whereon see Burn, as before, pp. 205-207. * " Adrianns De Lano a lamed brabander " : ibid. * " chiirche of Soiithamptone :" Burn, as before, gives full details on this Church, s.n. 6 "■french &> Dntche chiirche in No7~iinche" : Burn, as before (pp. 195-202), gives like details on this Church. ' " wallones churche in lyme " : ibid. ^ "church .... in madstoti," i.e., Maidstone, Kent: ibid, pp. 202-5. 9 " nir henrie knoles" : On the next page of the MS. this befriender of the strangers is described as "Mr. Henry Knowles, who is one of the collectors" for the strangers dispersed for religion. I take him to be the same Henry Knollys named in a letter in Latin by Immanuel Tremellius to Archbishop Parker, dated lith Sept., 156S: — " et cognoscat quid de illis literis egerint, quas a me ad C. T., ad Dominum Londoniensem et ad D. Henr/cnm Knollinm preferendas acceperunt." {Parker Corresp., pp. 333-4-) Henry Knollys was the son of Sir Francis Knollys, and an exiled Protestant at Frank- fort with Dean Nowell and others, temp. iVIary. 10 " fybestian levions^'' : Unknown to history. (58) ' "fyve foore Inglishe mene delivide out of the handes of the turcke''': I rather think the year given for this charity, 1570, was miscopied from the original memorandum of the payment; for the next entry is dated 157 1 ; and it seems likely that these five naked Englishmen were among the 12,000 Christians who had been galley-slaves to the Turks, rescued after the grand victory of Don John of Austria over the Turkish fleet in the sea-fight of Lepanto, Oct. 6th, 1571. Stow tells us that on the 9th of November, 1571, "great rejoicing was made at London with banquetting and bone- fires, for joy of the late come ncwes of a marvellous victorie obtained by the Christian army by sea, against the Turkes, the sixt of October last passed," in which 230 Turkish galleys were sunk, and 30,000 Turks destroyed, &c. {Annates, p. 1 144.) ' Mr. Coosyns the frenche fchere": This was Jean Cousin who in 1562 became "pasteur" of the French Church in London. " He was an able and influential man." See Agnew, as before ; and after (p. I09)he observes : "A French minister, Mr. Cossyn, is in the list of strangers in 1568; whether this is an Anglicised form of the surname Cousin I cannot decide" (p. lio). Our entry shows it was the "Anglicised form of Cousin." The following refers to him and his family, in the Lord Mayor's " Return of Strangers in London anno 1568": — " Blackfriars : Mr. Cossyn, Frenchman, minis- ter, and Brengen his wife, come for religion, with three boys, with two wenches, which go to school, and are of the French Church" {ibid, p. 125). Bishop Grindal, writing to Beza, in April, 1568, speaks of "Master John Cousins, the most faithful minister of the French Church in this country, and my very dear brother in the Lord. " {Zurich Letters, vol. ii, p. 176.) ' '^ one Russell": See Index of Names, s.n., and relative Note. * "Sexton" . . . "Sengreius" : Neither has been traced by Burn, Agnew, or Smiles. 105 (Page 59 of the MS., folio 53 verso.) Too one Hector* a french man at Oxforde ) ^ the xviij*^ of februarye A° 1573 / To m"" Benfiriuz^ a larned ffrenchman ] Reader at Oxforde the xx*^ of februarye A° 1 573 j Too vj'^i Learnede frenchmane by thandes of m'^ \ Sampsonne,^ the ix*^ of februarye A^ 1573 vxxxvj^ six french crowens ) To one Drusius"* a learned Dutchmane "| the xxjtb of februarye A^ 1573 whoe readeth Vx^ the hebreue lecter in Oxforde j Too one Bensiriuz the xx*^ of octob"" A° 1574:) ,g a larned frenchman Reader at Oxforde j To m'' Corannus^ a fpayarde the xiij''^ of xx» xx^ X Januarye A" 1574 j To m'' vellerious^ a french preacher the ~| g xiiij'^ of Januar}^e A° i574 : j To one Drusius, a learned ftranger by thandes of Docter homefrey^ the xxix*^^ of novemb'' . , . To one Theophilus Robbeman,^ ats Garbrande a poor ffrisian lerned the same xxix*'^ of novemb'' A^ 1574: To one Gulielmus fengurius^ the fame xxix*^ of novemb"^ A° 15 74 : To one Antonius Corannus, the x^^ of) g Decemb"- A° {574: j ^^ Too m"" Jarves*° a poore minister, a frenchman^ at towe seu^all tymes, the fowrth of nr'tch vx^ A°i574 Too a learned Irisheman travalinge out of^ france into his cuntrie the vij^^ of Aprell >-xvjs iiij*^ A° 1575 : J Too m"" villirius a larned firenchman the ) y^^^s xiiijt'i of maye A^ 1 575 : / To mr Coranus, the Spanyshe^ Preacher, towards the Christininge of his Vxvj^ iiij"^ childe the Vi]^'^ of Auguste A^ 1575 : J Too one Lamberte Rustine^^ a poore ^ Learned ftranger, the ix*^ of november [-xij^ Aoi575 j Too m"" Coranus a larned Spanyard ) . the viij'^» of Januarie A" 1575 j Too m"" vellirius, the same tyme ... xx^ Too one m'' Barrowe*^ ^ larned frenchman of) „ Cambridge the x*^ of Januarie A° 1575 j 106 2'^i/iv:) and illustrations. * ^^chntdius molenitts": " jMoleukr" is the only Huguenot name at all resembling this — of the family of Montolieu, Baron de Saint-Hippolite. (Agnew, as before, vol. i, p. 111.) * "■Vcucen fits'": Probably " \ incent Basseus, Frenchman, minister of the Gospel, and by that name put in exile by commandment of the French King." (Lord Mayor's Return, as before : Agnew, as before, p. 124.) 7 " an Irishe Byskoppc named Mat/was": Unknown. ^ "•' A7tt. Coranincs": And infra, as before. ' '^ Mr. Vellyrioits" : This is evidently intended for the latinized form of the name (Villerius) of M. Villers, a French preacher who came to England, according to Camden, in a threadbare cloak (away from persecution in his own countiy), and grew rich here by a common collection for him, for reading a divinity lecture. Mr. William Barlow, a London minister, writing to Josiah Sinkler, in Jan., 1575, says: — "Two famous di\anes are now lecturing^ in London, the one a Frenchman, the other a Spaniard. The Frenchman's name is Villers, a man of great learning and piety ; the Spaniard's is Coranus, learned and eloquent, but some worthy men entertain great doubts whether in respect of piety he is to be compared with Villers." {Zurich Letters, Parker Society, vol. ii, p. 261.) 10 "^^_ Coosyntis": see note 2, supra. " " Maistcr DaUyfaytis" : Probably a corrupt form of the surname De La Faye, which is found among the French refugees (Agnew, s.n.); as also De la Fuye [ibid). (59) ' '^ one Hector": I fail to get a clue to the personality of this Frenchman at Oxford in 1573- * " J/r. Benfiriuz," and iiifra : I find no name this at all resembles among the French Protestant refugees. 3 '^ Mr. Sainpsonne": Doulitless Thomas Sampson, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford. * "one Drusiits," and i7ifra : Of Merton College, Oxford. "The most noted linguist and critic." (See Wood's Fasti Oxon., vol. 1, pp. 188, 193, 304.) His name is inserted here in Dean Nowell's handwriting. * " Mr. Corannus," and infra : See Index of Names, s. tt., for numerous other entries concerning him. ^ "Mr. Vdlerious," and infra: See Index of Names, s.n., for other notices of him; and note in foregoing page. ^ " Docter homcfrcy" : The eminent Dr. Lawrence Humphrey, Dean of Winchester, the great Protestant polemic and author. Dr. Humphrey is mentioned in several places in the MS. (See Index of Names, s.n.) 8 " ThtcphilKs Robbeman, aVs Garbrande" \ Was Theophilus Robbeman a name assumed by John Garbrand, a friend of Bishop Jewel, and legatee of Jewel's papers ? In the text this recipient is described to be "a poor ffrisian lerned." ' " Gulielmus Senguriiis" : Unknown. 10 ^' i\[r. yarves": A Mr, Gerves is named in Cranmer's works (Parker Socy. edn., vol. ii. p. 258). " ' ' Laniberte Rustine " : Unknown. '2 " one 7nr. Barrowe": See Index of Names under "Peter Baro." 107 ■x^ (Page 60 of the^Jki o*";"'!'^.. 5 ^34.7"'^ ^ Money Geven To Jheroni'mus Jcrlitus^ to gyve at ^ MaSldgfofthe the marriadge of Claud landen as by Vxx« pooremaides. his accquitancc apperetlic ) the XXV* Daye of Aprell to willm' parker Drap^ to the vse of a coopHe of Newe married psones, namede John Boughton & Dorethe Kempte as apperethe by the said wiitm par- | keres, his accquitance J Thorns Bates^ the xxj*'^ of Aprell \ 1570 towardes the manage of Johann Vxx^ Bates a poor maid j to m' Allvey* towardes the marryage of) apoor maid the xxvij* of Aprell 1569 vxl^ as apperethe by his accquitance J To the marriage of m'' Rychardsonne his | _g Doughter, the xijo of auguste A" 1569 Towardes the Marriage of Anne fpringfilde ^ at the fute of Adam Chaterton ^x* the xxviij*^ of maye j to a poor cooplie maried at Cashalton the } ^^ xxiiij* of Aprell one goodmane Simones ... j ^ To Thoms Bowyeare^ towardes the S Marriage of Dorethe Treherone the Vvj^i xiij iiij*! xvjth of Novemb"" A** 1569 j To the marriage of Johann Battes a poor"! maid at the sute & by thandes of m"^ Battes ! ^ Bridg maister of London'^ the xxij'tl^ of aprell [ ' Ao 1569 J To the marriage of a poor maid in Bowe ^ churche, by thandes of m"" coole preacher? Vxx' ther, the xviij*^ of June A° 1569 j To Sampsonn Walkaden to the marriage ^ of a poor Maden the xxix* of June Vvj^ viij'^ Aoi569 J To the marriage of hughe Graves ^ Daughter the x'^ of Septemb^ by thandes Vx^ of m^ Sparrowe^ J To the Marriage of Goodman Ryve ^ Daughter by thandes of James wolton the vx* xx^^^i of Septemb'' A" 1570 j To the marriage of a poor maden by the 'j handes of Shr. peter curet of Littcll hadham^ Viijs iiij^i the xxj* of Octob^ A" 1569 j /xvjiV'iijViiij'^/ 108 Notes and Illustrations. (Go) ' ^' Jheronimus yerlitus . . . Claud land en ^' : See note before. • ^' IVillin parker Drap'" : One of the Benefactors of the Merchant Taylors' Company; see Clode, Lxxvii. William Parker's Charity (1616) — pp. 310-312: and also p. 369. 3 " Thorns. Bates . . . yohan Bates'''': See note to second reference, infra. ■• "y)/r. Allvey": He may be taken to be Richard Alvey, B.A., Master of the Temple, 1559-1585; Canon of Westminster, 1560-1575. He died in August, 1584. (Cooper's Ath. Cantab., vol. i, p. 491.) Mr. Alvey is named again two pages onward in the MS., as commending for help Joan Hunt, a poor widow of Westminster. * " Thorns Bowyeare . . . Dorethe Treherone": I cannot help thinking that the maiden, to whom Dean Nowell gives here through Mr. Thomas Bowyer a handsome marriage-gift of 6/. 13s. 4d. (equal to nearly 70/. of our money), was a daughter of the notable Bartholomew Treheron, an able author on the Protestant side, and some- time Keeper of the King's Library at Westminster, Dean of Chichester and Canon of Windsor. He went into exile in Mary's time, and is believed to have died abroad shortly before Elizabeth's accession. While sojourning at Frankfort in 1555 he would be a constant associate of Alexander Nowell, who was there at the same time ; and nothing is more likely than that Dean Nowell would befriend his family after his death. The gift to Dorothy Treheron is very much larger than the other wedding-gifts entered here. She had before a gift at Robert Nowell's funeral of a gown that cost 30s. (See note, p. 8. ) 8 '■^ Johann Battes . . . Mr. Battes Bridg ma ister of London": We Have here unex- pectedly the name of the " Keeper" of renowned " London Bridge." 7 " Bowe chnrche . . . Air. Coole preacher ther": Robert Cole, elected from Eton to King's College, Cambridge, in 1541; B.A., 1546-7; M.A., 1550. Collated to the rectory of St. Mary-le-Bow, London, 23rd Dec, 1559; and to the rectory of All Hallows, Bread-street, 15th June, 1568-9. He died about April, 1577. (Cooper's Ath. Cantab., vol. i, p. 364.) A stout Puritan, Mr. Cole held out for a time against the Primate's orders in the matter of vestments, but in the end complied; and Archbishop Parker wrote to Mr. Secretaiy Cecil, 12th April, 1566: — "As for mine own peculiars, fourteen or fifteen be all in order. Some did refuse, but now they be induced, and they be counted worthy learned with the best of them, as one Cole of Bow Church, and one Beddell of Pancras." (Parker Corresp., p. 278.) Little consideration was had in good Mr. Cole's day to scruples of conscience as to conformity. At Lambeth, in March, 1564, all the London ministers being assembled before the Primate, the Bishop of London, and others of the Ecclesiastical Commission, the Bishop's chancellor addressed them : "My masters and the Ministers of London, the Council's pleasure is, that strictly ye keep the unity of apparel like to this Man" (pointing to Mr. Robert Cole, a minister likewise of the City who had refused the Habits a while, and now com- plied, and stood before them Canonically habited) "as you see him, that is, a square Cap, a Scholer's Gown Priest-like, a Tippet, and in the church a Linnen Surplice." (Strype's Giindal, edition 17 10, p. 98.) It was not much to the credit of the two prelates that they should have singled out this known Puritan minister to endure the studied indignity of standing canonically arrayed, like the milliner's model of a full- costumed priest, before his brethren the London clergy on this significant occasion. ® "Mr. Sparrowe''^: John Sparrowe, rector of Chishall-parva, 14th March, 1586. He must have died in 1620, as in that year (13th November) he was succeeded by the learned Andrew Willet (Newcourt ii, 151). Cf Newcourt, vol. ii, p. 513. ^ " Shr. peter caret of Littell hadhain''^: Not now to be identified. 109 To To (Page 6 1 of the MS., folio 54 verso) Jhohann hawkes^ Daughter of towards her marriage Gylles hawkes, a poor mayden A at the suet of the said Gylles hir father the iiij* of Julye A° {$71 Mj' vj«l/ of Daughter marriadge homfrey the Johann Kerry Kerry 2 toward es her viij*^^ of Julye A^ {^fi Geven to m"" Muncaster^ towardes the marriage of his maid, and because he ys fcholmaister to John Nowell & willm wylde the xix^ii day of Julye A° i57i the marriadge of a poor maid of goodH wief Jacobe, by thandes of will™ haynes ^v the fecond of Septembre A<^ 1571 the marriadcfe of a poor made at the >xxs/ >vs To To the xxiij''' of ^x^ To To To th of >X8 fuete of m'' Leventhrope September A° i57i the marriadge of a poor man maid, of m'' Stopes the xxx Septembre A" 157! a poor cooplie married att Bedington the ) xj'^ of maye A^* 1572 j the marriage of clearke of & made the Stacioners,* a poor mane by thandes of m"" Toye the xij of maye A° 1572 To the marriadge of Johanne a poor' maden, fvante w* m'' Allderman myllnes^ the Sxx^ xxiiijo of Julye A° 1572 To the Marriage of a poor maid at S^^ Gregories^ ] , the xj*^ of auguste A'' i$'j2 J to m''^ higforde towards the marriadge of her \ Elisabethe > x* Daughter a the xxv*' of auguste A" i572 j To the marriadge of a poor made, at S'^ gregories \ vnder powles, the x* of auguste A° {572 J Too a poor maid one Rachell moyses7,her marriadge )^ ,g by her mother, the xxvj'^^ of Auguste A° 1572 j To the marriadge of goodwiefe woodes brother at Cashoughton, servante to m"" hopkens ^x^ the vVf^ of feptemb"" A** i572 fpenser at a poor coople, Johanne A wallingforde^ to her marriadge, the xij*^ of September, at ^ij* vj'^ Wallinge forde by cashoughton^ in Surrie the marryadge of a poor coople at ' Wallingforde by Cashoughton in Surry ^ij^ vj^ the xij'ii of Septemb"" A° 1571 V* To To 1 10 Notes and Illustrations. (6i) ' '^ y/iohann hawkes Gylles hawkes" : Unknown. 2 " yo/iaftn Kerry hoiiifrey Kerry": The Kcnys were somehow related to the Nowells ; and Robert Nowell names in his Will, among other kindred, Humfrey Kerry and Margerie his wife, giving them a legacy of four marks. At page 8, Good- wife Kerry and Katherine Kerry occur as getting black gowns ; and here 2.0s. is sent on the marriage of Humphrey Kerry's daughter Joan. ^ "il/;-. Mnncaster" : Mr. Mulcaster, Masterof Merchant Taylors' School. Here he is spoken of as "scholmaister to John Nowell and Willm. Wylde," who wei-e two youths of Lancashire, nephews, or more distant kinsmen, of Dean Nowell. William Wylde is described afterwards as of Middleton School in May, 1571 ; so that he had been but very recently placed under Mr. Mulcaster's charge at Merchant Taylors' School in July, 1571. Richard Mulcaster, M.A., elected Scholar of King's College, Cambridge, from Eton, in 1548. Afterwards Student of Christ Church, Oxford, Head Master of Mer- chant Taylors', Sept. 24, 1561 ; resigned, Nov. 8, 1581. He was afterwards Upper Master of St. Paul's School. Died, April 15, 161 1. Mr. Mulcaster ranked high as a Philologist, and is said to have been especially celebrated for his knowledge of Greek and Oriental Literature. In his day, acquaintance with the Greek literature was an unusual accomplishment ; so much so, indeed, that the earliest statutes of Merchant Taylors' School provide that the " Head or High Maister shall be learned in good & cleane Latine Lrature, and also in Greeke, yf such may be gotten." He commenced instruction in Hebrew at the School, which has always been continued. Bishop Andrewes, who was one of his early pupils, probably owed a good deal of his power as a linguist to Mr. Mulcaster, whom he always held in great respect. Bishop Bucke- ridge says, in his Funeral Sermon on that prelate, that "as if he had made Master Mulcaster his tutor or supervisor, he placed his picture over the door of his study, whereas in all the rest of his house you could scarcely see a picture." Fuller speaks kindly of Mr. Mulcaster; and Warton {Hist. Poet., vol. iii. p. 345) commends one of his works " as containing many judicious criticisms and observations on the English language." (Clode, as before, p. 661.) * " cUarke of the Staciout'res" : John Fayreberne was Clei-k to the Stationers' Com- pany a number of years precedent to 1575. On 30th May in that year Richard Collins, of the Goldsmiths' Company, was sworn the Clerk of the Stationers' Company, which office he held for some 38 years, dying about 1613. ( Arber's Tra7iscript, pp. 208 b, 222. ) * " mr Allderman Myllnes" : Conjecturally this alderman was the Mr. Henry Mills already noted as a friend of Robert Nowell, and receiving a legacy by his Will. ^ ^'' Ste Gregorics," and infra: see Lidex of Names, s.v. "^ ^' Rackell incyses" : " Moyses," I suppose = Moses. Both first and second names of this maiden being Jewish, her nationality may be guessed at. ^ " fokannefpensc'r at zvalliiigforde'' : I do not know what connexion (if any) this humble maiden, residing at Wallingford, in Surrey, might be to other Spensers named in the MS. , of whom the poet is one. ^ The preceding entry is crossed out in the MS. ITI i8 febr. i8 febr. 19 febr. 19 febr. febr. 32 febr. (Page 62 of the MS., folio 55.) Geuen to poor ministeres w*'^ widdowes & Diveres other poore as apperethe. 1. To Thorns roffe vicare of Luton' by thandes of m'^ Amyas, & at a nother ty me after 2. Gyven to Thorns Atherton^ a poor Minister as apperethe by his accqui- tance, knowen to m'" Dean of poulls him felf 3. The xviij'^ of february Gyven to Johan' hunte^ a poore wydowe of westm^. comended by m' Alvey & others ^xl« >xxyj* vnj I'd Th e XIX th of february Gyven to Johann Marven of cassalton* a poor womane burdened w* children as by here accqui- tance apperethe >V >xls 5. The xix '■i of february Gyven to~l Thoms helme^ a poor mane ] comended by Thoms Crocke as by J>vj^ a byll of his hande fygned apperethe , viij^ 6. The xxj^^ of february to mother fmythe of henden } 7S 7- 8. The xxjtli of february to Rychard ) --^ ^^.^ Sanson of Albname^ j ■' ;nes crooe of my mes ij to m^-s Roffe v^ to Agi vj^ 8 vjl^ !>iij!i 9. The xxjt^ day of february Gyven vnto a gentelmane in decay & lackinge Necessaries, by m"" Dean of poulles & m"" Dean of Litchfyld an olde velvete coate & an old ffattin dobliet^ & in money iij^i _ 10. Geven to John Raynes fonne of m'' ) • Gabryell raynes preacher^ j ^ vnj^ II. Gyven to n\^^ payne^ to relief here & here necessitie their extreni / xxs 12. husbande, m for the tyme.. To towe contrymen that were fett ) •••; vpo by proces | •' 13. Delyu^ed to m'' Norton'^ to pay the ^ ffees of of John Bryckett & so to J-x^ dischardge him out of the counter j nij id xi'» xiij3 iiij* /xili/xiijViii[j^ 112 Notes and Illustrations. (62) ' " Thorns, rojfc vicare of Luton . . . i\fi: Amyas": It is impossiljlc to distinguish the "Luton" here designated. There are at least four vicarages thus named, and I have failed to trace a Rosse in any of them. ^ " 77io»is. Atherton'''' : Not in Newcourt nor in Le Neve. The surname is a Lancasliire one, derived from the name of a township in that county; and this "poor minister," wlio was " l<.nowen to Mr. Dean of Poulls," may have been serving some poor cure in Nowell's native county. ^ "Johan huiite . . . mr. Alvcy": Richard Alvey (Fourth Stall) was installed as a Prebendary of Westminster l6th December, 1552, loco Anton. Bellicis (Le Neve, vol. iii, p. 352). He was also appointed to the Fifth Stall by the Queen's patent, dated 21st June, 1560 [ibid, p. 353). "Hunte": see Index of Names, s.7i. * "yokaiu! Mai-veii of cassalton": An Edmund Marvyn, M.A., was installed Pre- bendary of Winchester 20th September, 1554; Archdeacon of Surrey, circa 1556 (Le Neve, vol. iii, p. 32). He was Archdeacon during Queen ]\Iary's reign, but was deprived by Queen Elizabeth {ibid, p. 30). It is probable this Johann was some poor member of the family. ^ " TJionis hdine . . . Thorns Crocke": Was this "Thoms helme" father of Christo- pher Helme, Archdeacon of Derby: collated 3rd March, 160S-9: paid his first-fraits 7th April, 1609? * ^'Richard SansoJi of Albnavie": Not in Newcourt or Le Neve: not to be con- founded with Richard Samson or Sampson, LL.D., Bishop of Chichester, and later of Lichfield, who died September 25, 1554. (Newcourt, vol. i, pp. 46, 47.) It is not im- possible that our present Richard Sanson was a relative, as many of the Catholic families were reduced to great straits. ' " dob/icf," &c. : An old velvet coat and satin doublet suggest the materials used for these garments by persons of position, as Dean Nowell and his brother, (emj>, Elizabeth. ® '^yohn Ray lies . . . Gabryelle 7-ayjtes freachcr'" : Not in Newcourt or Le Neve, ^ " m7-s. payne" : Unknown. JO "mr. Norton . . . JoJui Bryckett . . . coimter": An Edmund Brygotte, Brycotte, Brickett or Brygate, S.T.P., appears as a Prebendary (London), 12th September, 1554, on the resignation of Palgrave. (Le Neve, vol. ii, p. 428.) See close of note 4, supra. "3 (Page 63 o( MS., folio 55 verso) §- xx^ > ■Xl3 1. To henry houghton^ a Kinsmane of) M"" houghtons of Durhame place j 2. To Thorns Aldersey and ffrances Dodd marchantes. for the relief of certeyn poor as by their accquitance apperethe 3. To Gyffrey Palmer to relief him \ ^ as by his accquitance apperethe j 4. To Willm Porther of Grantham \ for the relief of Richard Porter i p^soner in the kinges benche as by T his accquitance apperethe ) 5. To Thorns currare of westrfu for ) ,g his relief j 6. To Wilim Bowland screuener ) for the relief of his sonn late in p''sonn j 7. To John Wade Carpinter as by his accquitance apperethe 8. To John Maddockes as by his ) ^ accquitance apperethe j To John Dodsonne x^ iijii vj3 viij'' XX^ 10. To margaret II. 12. 13- 14. hamley wyddowe ") § of S* Gylls pishe w*oute [-xiij^ iiij^ crepellgate j To John Northinby of S* brides | ..^ .^ pishe J -^ ■' To John Keine v^ To dyveres poor at seu'^all tymes"" pticulerly & other necessarie chardges I Iviij^ xxjii xiij' as apperethe by a Pyckringes^ accompte of martch bill of Robte > vnj< The xxj*^^ Day p*^ to dyvers " poor at severall tymes ptyculer as apperethe, by a byll of Alexander bradshawes^ w*^^ bill is the some of 15. the same xxj*^ Day of Martche gyven^ vnto Edwarde withes, some tyme svante w* mr Attourney as apperethe by his accquitance J 16. Gyven vnto Robte Cloudesley butler^ of grayes Inne, as apperethe by [-x his accquitance j >XVJ9 x« xxx^ xxs 17. the xxj'^ day of martche p-i)ige" : See Index of Names, s.it., for frequent references to this servant of Dean Nowell. ^ " Alexander bradshawe" : Ibid. * " mr J>'eivaU layborne" : Percival Wyburne, D.D., was a conspicuous Puritan preacher, and eventual Nonconformist, of the time of Elizabeth. Cooper (A //i. Contab. pp. 449-450) furnishes an interesting sketch of his career. He was born about 1533 J admitted of St. John's College, Cambridge, nth Nov., 1546; proceeded B.A. in 1551 ; was elected a foundation fellow of his college in 1552 ; was at Geneva te7np. Mary, but came back to England on Elizabeth's accession ; proceeded M. A. in I559i and the same year was appointed junior dean and philosophy lecturer of his college. Receiving priest's orders in 1560, he was installed a canon of Norwich in Feb., 1560-1 ; and elected senior fellow of St. John's College in 1561. He held a canonry of Rochester from 1561 to 1589, and was installed a canon of Westminster in Nov., 1561. He was instituted vicar of St. Sepulchre's, London, 8th Feb., 1563-4; but in less than a year was deprived of the living for refusing subscription required by the Primate. He had a license to preach in 1567, but was cited for nonconformity and examined by the Primate in 1571 ; and again by an ecclesiastical commission in 1573, when he was ordered to desist from preaching. ' A manuscript headed " The State of the Church of England as described by Perceval Wyburn," is in the archives of Zurich. {Zia-ic/i Letters, vol. ii. , pp. 358-362. ) The date of his receiving the degree of D.D. is not apparent. Dr. Wyburne preached at Battersea towards the end of his life, and died about 1606. 2 I 115 The (Pag-e 64 of the MS., foho 56.) of martche Sargente )tie2 to of armes geue vnto r :13 xxij*-" day 01 martcne ijyven vnto m'' Roffe, preacher^ w^'^ was sente Vxx» vnto him by his wief he beinge sycke Gyven the fame tyme vnto a doughter \ of the said m' Rosses named abigall >-x' colHnes ) The xxij*^ day of martche delyu^ed to m'" ElHs, vnto the Ouens ma certen poor peophe Gyven vnto one other of the fargantes ) of Armes. vnto the Ouens ma*^^ j xxiiijt^ day of martche Gyven" vnto waiter Nowell fvante vnto I m' churcheyarde^ as apperethe [ by his accquittance J xxvj^^ of martche Gyven to Thurlande p^soner in the fflet greate necessitie. by thandes of ma ■ wief 8: Thoms newporte Deputie [ of the fflete as apperethe by his 1 byll J Delyu ed to m'" Sethe ot thel xxvij*^ day of martche, in the p'^sentes [ of Rycharde Bowyere to [be] Sl^ distributed amongiste certeyn poor folke The The XX8 •XXX^ x^' m'^ in xxx^ >vf delyu ed to John Morton"' a french crowene for that m"" Robte Nowell had nott signed awarrante w*=^ his brother fente to m"" Attourney w*'^ a french crowen w*^ all ... Willm Lockeyer minister^ the iij''* of 1 , march A° 1569 as apperethe j' x^i/xvjs [ Verso — blank.] 116 I i Notes and Ilhistrations. (64) • *' mr Roffe, preacher": See Index of Names, s.71., and relative note. "^ " mr Ellis, Sargente ofartiies," &c. : Unknowoi. ' '■'-coalter Nowell fvante vnto mr chiircheyarde" : Some distant connexion of the Nowells in a position of service in London. ■* '''' John morion": A previous reference to John Morton will be found in the text (p. 4) and relative note (p. 5). * '■'■ IVillm Lockeyer minisUr'''' : I meet with nothing concerning this minister. Qy. father of that venerable Puritan, Nicholas Lockyer ? 117 (Page 65 of the MS., folio 57.) Diveres poor Ministers releved w* Gownes & money or bothe. w* the Goodes of the said Robte Nowell Deceased w<='^ was delyu ed vnto them the vij''^ viij''^ ix*^ & the x*^^ of martche. Anno 1568. M^ "J ). M M' J - XXVIJ^ Leeke petycanone of poulls' yardes blacke at ix^ the yarde. Beckw*'^ petycanone of poulls iij \ ^ yardes blacke J " ^ Sayvvarde Petycanone of ) , --g poulles iij yardes blacke at ix^ the yard j ■' Rychard croffe petycanone of poulls \ ^---g iij yardes blacke at viij^ the yarde j ' •* Mr Scarlet pfonne^ of S^^ Barthil- ) ^jjj.^ meves iij yardes blacke at ix^ the yarde j ' -* John holloway Curat of Stocknewington^ \ ....^ iij yardes at viij^ the yarde j ^ Sinckler Late curate of all ^ hallowes, Staninge^ iij yardes at viij^ Vxxiiij* the yarde j Gatacre curate of S'' Edmondes [sic] Mj xxij^» xj* m' in Luniberd ftrete^ in money j ^ Wyllm martin^ iij yardes at viij^ the ) ....g di' J^ X. 1111 e j ^ Nycholes Creane^ iij yardes at viij^ ) .-..g the yarde ) ■' Seathe Jackesone^ iij yardes at viij* xxiiij^ Thorns Ryley^ in money xij^^ and ) g iij yardes at viij^ the yarde j Richard Jeninges'*' iij yardes at viij» ) ...^ the yarde | ^ ffather ffrankeyn'^ iij yardes & ) a q**^"^ at ix* the yearde j Roberte Joner'^ vicare of Tottinham ) , ..-.g iij yardes at viij'* the yarde j ' ^ ffrances Rydall'^ iij yardes one ) quarter at viij^ the yarde j James Wharton iij yardes at viij^ xxiiij^ Rychard Tayller Curate of S'° ^ Thorns the Apostles in Suthwarke'"* ,-xxiiij^ iij yardes at viij^ the yarde j vnj' xxix^ xxvjs "J I'd xjdl /xxij^VxjVxj^/ 118 Notes a?id Illustrations. (65) ' " Mr Leeke pety canone of poulls " : Nothwithstanding the willing researches of the present Dean of St. Paul's and the Librarian, nothing has been found concerning these •'pety canones" of St. Paul's ; nor do their names occur in Le Neve, Newcourt, or other authorities. All, therefore, that can be done is to note their names here — "Mr Beckwith " . . . " Mr Saywarde " . , . " Rychard croffe" . . . ' ''^ Mr Scarrlet pfonne of Ste Bart/nlinez't's" : )tt i. ' '■'■ John holLnvay Curat of Stocknrtviui^ton''^ :) * ''''Mr Sinckkr Late curate of all hallowes, Staninge": Not in Newcourt or Le Neve. ^ *■' Mr Gatacre citrate of St Ednumdes in Ltanlhrd Strete'''' : This was Thomas Gat- acre of whom Newcourt, under the Rectors of St. Edmond, Lombard Street (vol. i. p. 344), writes : " [He] was Batchelour of Arts of 0.xford, where he continued for 10 or 12 years, and was aftenvards of S. Mary-Magdal. College in Cambridge, where he continued for the space of 4 years or thereabouts. He was half a year at Lovain, at the beginning of Q. Mary's reign. He was ordained Deacon by the Bishop of London Aug. 4, 1568, and Priest by the same Bishop, Oct. 21 following. He was admitted Vicar of Christ Church in 1576, which he resign'd in 1578 [Keg. Lond.] He was Rector of 'S'Edmondes' from 21 June 1572. He died in 1593, having been succeeded 2 June 1593 by Balgay 'per mort Gatacre.' " ® " IVyllm martin ": Not in Newcourt or Le Neve. ' " Aydioles Creane'''' : This was a notable minister of the Puritan party — Nicholas Crane, of Christ's College, Cambridge, respecting whose career and tribulation see Cooper's Athena: Caiitabrigienses (vol. ii, p. 39), and Brook's Lives of the Puritans (vol. i, pp. 362-3). Mr. Nicholas Crane was silenced by Bishop Grindal for his non- conformity; and is said to have lain in prison more than a year prior to 1569, when he was licensed conditionally by Grindal. He must therefore have been in durance at the yery time when this gift came to him from Dean Nowell (in March, 1568-9); and it is to be noticed that iu the text no cure is assigned to this minister. Strype, in the Life of Grindal, prints an ample account of the Bishop's dealings with William Bonham and Nicholas Crane, who, he says, were in 1569 the "chief teachers" of the Separa- tists in London. Mr. Crane had received a special license from the Bishop to preach on giving his verbal promise not to assail the rites and ceremonies of the Established Church; but the Bishop wrote to the Privy Council in January, 1569-70, that these preachers of late "did keep no promise," and advised that twelve of the most despe- rate Separatists, both ministers and laity, should be again imprisoned, not in London, where they "found great supportation and comfort," but in the common jails of Cam- bridge and Oxford. In 1572, Mr. Crane is found taking a leading part in setting up the Presbyterian Church in Wandsworth. In 1577 and in 1583 he signed, with others, letters of encouragement to Cartwright, the champion of the nonconforming Puritans. He was again imprisoned in Newgate, and died in prison in 1588. He was author of Exceptions taken against Absolute Subscription to tlie Book of Common Prayer and Book of Articles. ^ " Seathe fackesone'''' : Not in Newcourt or Le Neve. ' " Tho)?ts Ryky" : ibid. This was probably a preacher connected with Lancashire, where the name of Ryley is common. I find him again in the MS. as " Thorns. Ryley scholler of Broodgattes in Oxforde." '" " Richard Jeninges'' : ibid. " " father ffrankeyn " : Possibly the John ffrankleyii who is named earlier in the MS. (Seep. 10.) '■^ " Boberte yoner" : See Index of Names, s.n., for other entries concerning him. '3 " frances Bydall" : Rector of Read 21 May, 1569: died 1613, as on i6th Jan., 1613, he was succeeded by Willet. (Newcourt, vol. i. p. 755.) '* "Rychard Tayller, curate of .Ste Thorns the Apostles iji SuthivarJce^'' : A Richard Taylor became Prebendary in Lincoln (Caringham) in the year 1572 or 1573, vice Aylmer — afterwards Bishop of London — resigned. (Le Neve, vol. ii. p. 134-) 119 Rychard at (Page 66 of the MS., folio 57 verso) §- S*^^ benettes ") iij yardes at [-xxiiij^ John VI ij I'J harwood of poulls warffe' ..j ^. ^., the yardes j ffoxe curate of Easteham^ ) ^ ....^ yardes at viij^ eu ry yarde /" ' -' i"d the >-xs m'' Ruddocke iij yardes one qt^r at ) _ ^^^ ix^ the yarde in the holl j^' ' ■' Wyllm Benham iij yardes at viij^ xxiiij* Toe m'^' hooke vicare of ) „ r X in money j Toe Robte fcollmaister^ of the^ poorer forte of children in the \ hospitall j Gyven to Willm Longe minister* ij3 To John Tayler Minister of Allhallowes in the wall^ xij*! & iij yardes clothe at viij^ the yarde m"^ John Phillpott minister's \ ....^ iij yardes blacke at viij'* the yarde j ■' To Thorns Wyllcockes Minister^ ... xiij^ iiijd The xxij'^ day of martche To XX v^ To m' 1 To The The Crowley^ Preacher iij yardes & a Vxxxix» half at xjs the yarde j viij*^ m"" Yonge^ preacher iiij yardes ) ,g ...-^ at xjMiij^i the yarde j "'■• xxx*''^ day of martche 1568^ to willm Lockyer^° Minister as [-x^ apperethe by his accquitance -j second of Aprell to John"^ fordroof curate to M' Samwell j p^fon of Goodman chestere", and at )^xvjs viij*^ his rcquistc ij yardes & a half of | newe collore J Geven to one m' Alexander^^ ^ poor^ mynister the v^"^ of maye A*' 1569 >-xl3 as apperethe by his accquitance j To Edward Nowell pson of fpringe in"^ essex'^ & to Elys^* somtyme vnder register I g fallyn into greate poverty eather of them x^ '"'^^ xiiij^i^ of auguste Ao 1569 To Rychard Glover'^ xiij''^ of decemb'' A'' 1570 minister the nj^ iiij xxx^ of m'' eatone ) To m"^ ffoxe, curatt of Putney^^ the vj^^ of"^ June,A°i57ichardgedwtchildrenebythandes vxx^ of m"^ Eaton ) Geven to one m^ Gee of Chester, beinge dep'vid ) ,g of his Levinge'3 the xxvj* of may iS/i j To one m'' wharton^* a poor minister the \ -g xxiijt^ of Auguste A« is/i j ^-^ 122 Notes a?id Ilhistrations. (67) ' " hughe Bcnvname . . . of Buntingforde": Unknown. ' *^vicare of Tanborne": Unknown. ^ *'»ir Alexander": See last page and relative Note. * "Mr Bliinte tried by qtwste" and inf-a : The name spelt " P.lunt " was very likely Blount ; and this poor imprisoned minister may have been connected with the Thomas Blount who was a prior husband of Dean Alexander Nowell's second wife, and who was buried at St. Lawrence's Church, London. (Churton's Lfe of A'ozvell, pp. 370-1.) ' "nir Sparroiv hadham": Unknown. * "wr hillyarde fome ty?ne of calleces," and hif-a ; Unknown. ' ^'mr Payne preacher pf Litchflde": Unknown. 8 ' ' ?nr Aboot a poor Minister " : Unknown. 8 " Rycharde Turner": Richard Turner comes to light as a preacher in the early years of the Reformation and an exile during the Marian persecutions. 10 "mr IVetheres": It was about the date of this entry that George Withers, the learned puritan preacher and author (who I feel sure was the "poor preacher" who had these benefactions at the hands of Dean Nowell), returned to England from the Con- tinent, whither he had gone about 1565, on being forbidden to preach by the Primate for his uncompromising objection to Roman symbols in the Church of England. Sub- mitting to the ceremonies for the sake of peace, he was made Archdeacon of Colches- ter in Oct., 1570, and obtained the rectory of Danbury, Essex, in Nov., 1572. He died in April, 161 7. " "mr GoHghe nir eafone": The minister thus liberally helped in his "great need "being "fallen into the palssye" was doubtless John Gough, ordained deacon in Jan., 1559-60, admitted rector of St. Peter's Cornhill 15 Nov., 1560, but deprived of that living for nonconformity in 1567. He was author of several published books, one of which is a Sermon preached in the Tower of London in Jan., 1570-I, a few months before the date of this reference in our MS., which is 6th June, 1571. lie is named in a letter of Archbishop Parker to Lord Burghley, dated llth June, 1571. (Parker Corresp. p. 3S2. ) '- " nirffoxe curatt of P/itney": See Index of Names, j-.m. 13 "_^/;- Gee of Chester, beinge Defvid of his Levinge": Edward Gee, of Brasenose College, 159S, Proctor. Inquiry from Cheshire antiquaries well versed in the eccle- siastical records of the county has failed to discover any facts about this minister, or the benefice at Chester of which he was deprived in 157 1. " " fnr wharton " : " James Wharton, minister, " had a son John, registered as having been admitted a scholar of Merchant Taylors' School on 2Sth April, 1567. 12 (Page 68 of the AIS., folio 58 verso.) m p son Minister a Named Ric^ of To a poor Bagge, of heathfilde^, the xx*'^ Novembre A*' is^i To m' weytheres'^ a poor ministere the ) v*'^ of Novembre, A"* i57i j To Richard Bagge a poore minister at his more delyuerie out of p^son a 27. Novebr. 1571. To one Edwarde Nowell clarke & \ vicar of fifearinge, in Essexe^ apoor suter Vx^ in the Lawe the xxiiij'^i of Decembre j To Davide Dee* a poor Minister havinge but one legge, the fyrste of Januarye A° 1571 To a poor minister, one Nicholas Clearke, by'^ thandes of Goodman Kerrie^ the xvij^'i of Januarye yv^ A°i57i j To one, Elles Pollerde a poor Minister^ borne in Lancashire^ the viij* of februarye A° V iijs iiij*^ ys iij3 iiij*^ v9 1571 : : To m'' hayles7 a verie poore minister, vj'h of martche A° 1571 To one m'" wylsonne curatt beinge fodenly warnede out the xviij* of Aprill A^ {572 of of the I Cashougton^ \ his fervice > xs To a poor minister one Nicholes Pettiseer, dwellinge in sermone leane^, tovvardes his charges in sewinge out an resiginiacion, and in ^-x^ mistakinge cheswieke for chelsey the xix^i of Maij j To a poor minister, the xix° of June A° 1572 Named Thoms hodgson, dwellinge by crane- Yv^ broke in Kent^", whoe hath loste his sighte To one Thoms hodsonne a poore blinde Minister, of Kente, cominge for healpe for his eyes, at ij seu^all tymes ix^ viij'i, the xxviij^* of June Ao 1572 . . To m'" filde^i & his fellowes, beinge in ne"^gatt the xxviijt^ q{ June A** 1572. by ther wives To one Elles pollarde^^ ^ poor Minister, born in"] Byllington in Lancashire, whoe servithe cure I in Kente, at the xviij*'^ of [ Septemb' Ao 1572 J To m' Machett a poor minister of norffolkei^ the ij^^ of Julye 1575 : whoe |-xx« is p^soner in the Kinges Bench ■ix^ viij*^ 4 } x^ x^ 124 Notes and Illicstrations. (68) ' ^* Rd Bag^e of heatkjilde," Tixid Infra : Unknown. ' " mr weytheri's " : See last page and note lo. ^ ' ' Edward Ncni'dl clarke &= vicar offfeari7ige in Essexe" : See Index of Names, s. n. * " Davide Dee" : This poor minister, whose special claim for consideration was that he had "but one leg," is noticed onward mider another reference. He, or another David Dee, appears in 1575 as Vicar of Dean, in the county of Lancaster, to which he was presented in that year by the Queen as patron. (Baines' Hist, of Lane, Edn. of 186S, vol. i. p. 536). * " Goodman Kerrie" : Humphrey Kerry, probably. (See Index of Names, s.n.) ^ " Elles Pollerde borne in Lancashire " : There are two entries on this page relating to him. In this he is described as a " poor minister borne in Lancashire ; " and in the entry near the foot of the page as " Elles Pollarde, a poor minister, borne in Byllington in Lancashire, who servith cure in Kente." He was of a family of Pollards who held a small freehold or leasehold estate in the township of Billington (near Whalley, but in the parish of Blackburn). They were connected by marriages with the Braddylls of Braddyll and Portfield, who rose to a position of great affluence and note in the county palatine, William Pollard of Billington, gent., living temp. Henry VIII, had a daughter Emota, who was wife of John Braddyll, Esq. A later William Pollard, of Billington, paid the King's subsidy tax in 1523 ; and John Pollard, senior, and John Pollard, junior, of the same family, were tenants of Whalley Abbey in Billington at the survey of Abbey lands in 1538. Ralph Pollard, another member, who died before 1563, by Alice his wife had a son Christopher Pollard and a daughter Agnes, wife of Nicholas Lache. Ellis Pollard the minister may have been a son of this Ralph, or else of John Pollard, senior, living in 1538. There are no traces of this minister in local records. Two or three later members of this yeoman family may be named. Edward Braddyll, Esq., married Elizabeth Pollard, i6th Dec, 1596. John Pollard married, loth Feb., 1615-16, Eliz. Peele. Edward Pollard married, 3rd Sept., 1619, Ellen Potter. Ellen Pollard, widow, gave, in 1684, £10 to the Poor Stock of Billing- ton. Ellis Pollard of Billington (namesake of the minister) was buried at Blackburn Church 3rd April, 1623 ; and another Ellis Pollard, probably his son, had sons, James, born in 1633, and Ellis Pollard, born in 1635. The latter died in May, 1683. A later entry in the MS. shews another member of this Lancashire family going to the University : — "To one George Pollarde, the 8th of October [1572] who ys allso latly comen out of Lancashire who is about Brasynose in Oxforde, l6s. 8d." '' " mr hayles " : I am not certain if Christopher Hales, M. A., fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, an exile at Frankfort for his religion in Mary's reign, was still living in 1571, at the date of this entry. If he was, he may have been the recipient of this gift. * ' ' mr wylsonne ctiratt of Cashingktofi " : ") -r j 1 ' " Nicholes Fettiseer Seniione leane" : j '". " Thames hodgson cranebroke in Kent," and next entry : Even the local historian of Cranbrook (Mr. William Tarbutt) has failed to discover this " Hodgson." " " mrfilde" : This minister, a "prisoner in Newgate" in 1572, was John Field, a leader of the Puritan movement, and minister of the Aldermary parish, London. He and Mr. Thomas Wilcox (see ante., p. 66), were joint authors of the Puritans' Admonition to Parliament, which they presented in person to the House, and for which they were sent for into custody, and by the influence of the Bishops committed to Newgate, Oct. 2nd, 1572. The imprisoned preachers addressed a memorial to Lord Treasurer Burghley, and also wrote a confession of their faith, dated from Newgate, 4th Dec, 1572. The parishioners of Aldermary signed two petitions praying for the liberation of their " valuable pastor, and learned and faithful preacher," as they styled Mr. Field ; but he was kept in durance until the penalty imposed was paid, though in extreme poverty. Subsequently, Mi". Field was suspended for nonconformity, 4th March, 1584. He endured much persecution on account of his reforming zeal in religion. '2 " Elles Pollarde''' : See note, j///ra. 13 < i jji). Machett norffolke " : For a notice of this ' ' poor minister of Norffolke " s&q\\\q Correspondence of Archbishop Parker {Vo.vktx'iocy.), pp. 456-7. Mr. Matchett was parson of Thurgarton, in the county of Norfolk, and to him Parker addressed a missive dated 25th March, 1574, instructing him to go to his ordinary, Bishop Park- hurst, and take the Primate's command to suppress certain "vain prophesyings " in that diocese. How Mr. Matchett came to be, as mentioned in the text, a "prisoner in the Kinges Bench " in July, 1575, cannot be explained. 1-5 wydowes releved wt. money. (Page 69 of the MS., folio 59.) [Mynisteres^] wyddowes releifved w* clothe & money, the vij'^'^ viij*^ ix*^ x*'^ and xj^^^^ of martche as folow'^^e. of the Goodes of m' Robte Nowell deceased before said, delyu^ed by thandes of m"^ ffrances bowyer, m^" Thorns bowyer, and m^ Rychard bowyeare xxvnjs iiii'i M" Allyn^ wyddowe Latewief to m"" Allyn electe byfhope of rochestere in money iij^ iiij*^ & ij yardes & a half ot blacke at x^ the yarde wyddow brighte in money ij^ & ij yardes ~j a half of newe collore at vj^ the !-xvijs yarde J wyddowe harvey^ in money ij^ and ij ^ yardes and a half of blacke Vxxij^ clothe at viij» the yarde j wyddowe pemberton ij yardes & a half ) „^::3 at viij^ the yarde & ij^ in money j •' Katherin Dewishe* ij yardes & a half \ ^-^ at viij^ the yarde & in money ij^ j ^ Wyddowe harte in money ij^ and | „„::a ij yardes & a half at viijs the yarde J •' Wyddowe mergattes^ in money xij'i" newe collore & ij yardes & a half th was curat at i ■' x^ Late Mergates wief, S*^® Sepulcrees To [erasure] Monepenys^ wief] in money | Toe Katherin bell xiijMnj To nurse peterell xvj^ To Dorothe Patensone xiij^ iiij ;d I'd wydow wieP walker Late Ministers ) ,g To the wief preacher^ of m'' Turnere ) To Ales Althorpe wyddowe v'f viij i"d §xiji\ij^ /xij^V'xviiJVviij"^/ To m''^ zagere^ a poore fycke, the xxxj*^ of fome of iij^ iiij*^ wyddow, beinge ^ Julij A° is/i the J-iij^ iiij*^ 126 ^ Notes and Illustrations. (69) ' " \]\Fy)usleres\ " : This word is crossed out in tlie A/S. It was doubtless so done because some at any rate of the " wyddowcs " were not of " meynisteres. " It is utterly hopeless at this late day to recover anything concerning these " wyddowes " on this and next page beyond the little that follows. For the Bowyers by whom these and succeeding gifts were distributed, see Index of Names, s.7t. ' "Mrs Allyii'''' : She was the widow, as described in the text, of a deceased bishop elect of Rochester, namely, of Edmund Allen. He was a native of Norfolk ; a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1536; IM. A. 1537. Later, he travelled abroad for the sake of study, and is found at Landau in March, 1 545-6. In 1549 he was in England, and chaplain to the Princess Elizabeth, who, on her accession, made him a royal chaplain. He was nominated Bishop of Rochester, and was elected under a conge, ct elire dated 27 July, 1559, but died before consecration, and was buried iu the church of St. Thomas Apostle, London, 30 Aug., 1559. He was author of a Catechism (1551), and of several translations, &c. {^Ath. Cantab., vol. i. p. 198. ) Cut off at the very instant of his preferment to a bishopric, Mr. Allen left a widow (whom here we meet with eleven years after her husband's death i-eceiving substantial help out of the Nowell Bounty) and eight children. One of the children, namesake of his father, was entered at Merchant Taylors' School the 6th April, 1571, as recorded in the School Register: — " Edmund Allen, son of Edmunde, late clerk, Bp. of Rochester." ^ " wyddo've harvey " : Probably " wyddowe " of Lewis Harvey the "pore preacher" who appears early in the MS. See Index of Names, s.n. * " Katherin Dcwishe'''' — a curious surname: queiy=Dewhurst ? ' " Wyddi-ees" : Unknown. ' ^'' Monepenys'''' : A singular surname. 7 " zcydmv 7i>alkcr Late 7ni>i!sters laief'' : Very possibly she was widow of Richard Walker, Dean of Chester, 1558, who died in 1569; and by his Will, proved llth Nov. in that year, desired to be buried in Lichfield Cathedral, of which he had been Pre- bendary. His widow would doubtless be well known to Lawrence Nowell, Dean of Lichfield. 8 " mr Tnrnere preacher " : Doubtless this was the widow of the " Rycharde Turner psonn " of an un-named place (p. 67, note 9.) ' " mrs zagere" — apparently a foreigner, most likely a Protestant Refugee. 127 (Page 70 of the MS., folio 59 verso.) To a poor blinde wyddowe, of Carlyll', whoe ys' broughte into greate povertie, by the laste rebellion in the Northe, for that her husbande then ^xxx* beinge alyeve, kepte maney foygeresin army againste the said Rebells, the xxi'^ of June A" i572_ To a poor ministers wyddowe hathe fuettes in the lawe ) ^ the xxij'''^ of June A» 1572 dwellinge Applilbye^ j To one wyddowe herron of rochester by her ) •••g •■■■^ Daughtere, the vVf^ of octob'' A" 1572 j "-^ "'■' To m" zager-"* a Poore wyddowe, the vj*''^ ofl -g ...^ Decemb"^ A" 1573 j ^^ ^"-^ Too m''^ zager more a poore wyddowe the xx^'* of february A" 1573 Too meistres Turner the xxiij"^ of January ) ^ A«i573 I"" To meistres medley a poore Wyddowe ] ..g .^j the xiiijtii of martch A° i573 ) -^ ^^ To one good wiefF Kenyon, the fowerth of) ..g .^ Januarye A^ 1574 : j 'J TJ To one goode wieffe bartlef* the v*^ of January | ..g .^ Aoi574 ; i'J ^^ To one James lawes wyfP the vj'^* of)..g -^ Januarye A" 1574 : j '-^ ^•' Too meistres higforde^ a poore wyddowe the viij^^ of Januarye A" i574 : Toe mestres higforde the xvij*^ of maye ) , A** 1575 : a poore wyddowe j Too Alice hayborne a poor wyddowe by theS handes of our m"" whashe the xxx^i^ of December Vx* A°i575: J Too meistres higford, a poore wyddowe, the | ^ xxx^'^ of December A^ 1575 : j Toe Guye Eyton' his wieffe the third of Januarie ... v^ Too wyddowe Pyrrin a poore old blind woman \ ^ the third of Januarie A^ 1575 : j ^ Toe meistres lytley the iiij^^ of Januarie 1575 : v* Too one meistres Strange, the xxiij^li of ) ^ June 1576: j ^ Too one goodwieffe bolton a poore wyddowe \ .., .j the fyrste of Julie 1576 : j ■' •* Too one Bartlettes wieff, the xi^^ of februarie ) ... .., i576: };J "J To one Rawcrofte wieffe the same tyme ij^ vj<^ Too one Johan walker of westm the same tyme iij® vS ther are poore wyjdowes enlred ful. 69. hf.areafter more plainly apperethe. I2i Notes and Ilhistrations. (70) * " a poor bliiide ruyddowe 0/ Carly/l lasU irbellion" : The reference in this sorrowful instance must be to the rebellion in 1569, headed by the Earls of North- umberland and Westmoreland, during the military measures for the suppression of which, Carlisle was held by a large force for the Queen. The soldiery would be quartered upon the citizens, and thus the husband of this poor blind widow, being then living, had "kepte maney soygeres in army againste the said Rebelles." His widow could expect no compensation from the government; so Dean No well sent the poor creature, out of his brother's bounty, a sum (30J. ) equal to 15/. of modern money. ^ "■' AppUlbye" = k.\>\t\th^ in Westmoreland. ' ^' i?i)-s. zager'^ and infra: see last page. * ^'goode wieffe bartld": On this page, we have two entries of payments to this widow, in the years 1574 and 1576. She received again money in 1578 and 1581. I think it probable that several of these recipients were the widows of Puritan ministers deceased, whom Dean Nowell cared for out of his respect for the memory of pious preachers who had been known to him during life. This Mistress Bartlet may have been the wife of a Puritan preacher named Bartlett, who is referred to in Grindal (Parker Society), as having taken upon him to read his divinity lecture at St. Giles's, Cripplegate, though suspended by the Bishop. * '"''James lawes wieff": Perhaps one of the Lawes of Lancashire, before noted. (See Index of Names, s.n.) * " meistres higforde" and infra: She is named thrice on this page, and in each entry is described as a "poor wyddowe." A few folios onward she again appears as recipient of four more gifts of money in 1579 and 1580, and in one entry is called "a poore decayed wyddowe. " Dean Nowell kept his charitable eye upon many examples of honourable poverty, and acted the "friend in need " with prompt relief. Mistress Higford had a former gift in August, 1572, towards the marriage of her daughter Elizabeth. "> " Giiye Eyton": The name, Guy Eaton, is the same with that of the then Arch- deacon of Gloucester, who is mentioned twice further on in the MS.: — "To Gye Eaton, Archdeacon of Glocester, to the use of a poor schoUer," &c. K 129 (Page 7 1 of the MS., folio 60.) Poor men releeved w* Gownes coates and money of the Goodes of m"" Robte. Nowell deceased, the vij*^ viij*^ ix"^ x*^ and xi*^^ of marche Anno 1568 by thandes of m'' fifrances bowyer, m'^ Thorns Bowyere and m'' Rychard bowyeare./ as herafter folow*^^ ^ . ^~ Imp mis Jhon watson in money xijf^ \ ^ -^ & ij yardes & a half of clothe at vj^ y« yarde j " ^ John Barnarde in money xij'^ & ij ] .g yardes & a half of blacke clothe at vj^ y® yarde j ■' John green in money xij'^ & ij yardes } -^ & a half of blacke clothe at vj^ y® yard | ^ Gylls fowler in money xij<^ & ij yardes ] .^ & a half of new collor at vj^ the yarde j ■' Leonard camparte in money xij'l \ .^ & ij yardes. di. new collor at vj^ the yard j -' Rye. Throlt. in money xij'^ & ij yardes )^ .^ of new collor at vj^ the yarde j ■' George wyllamsonne v^ in money & ij yardes \ ^, & a half of newe collore J ' Thomas preste in money xij"^ & ij yardes ) .g & a half of new collore at vj^ the yarde j ^ Thoms Daye in money xij^ and ij \ .3 yardes & a half of new collor at j ■' John wardiner in money xij'^ and ] .g ij yardes & a half of new collore at | •* Alexander hamerton^ in money xij<^ ) .^ & ij yardes & a half of new collore at ) ^ Rychardes Bygges in money xij*^ and ) _ .^ ij yardes & a half of new collore at j ^ Roger Nycholes in money xij*^ & ) •, ij yardes & a half of newe collore j " henry fifarrer in money xij'^ & ij ) -^ yardes & a half of new collor at j ' Rychard Stanton in money \ -^ xij*i & ij yardes & a half in new collor | ^ Goodman Eglies in money xij'i & ij ) ., yardes & a half of new collore at / ^ ffather wilkin in money xij"^ & ij ] -^ yardes & a half of new collore / •* John Lewes in money xij"^ & i] \ -^ yardes & a half of new collore at j -^ § — :.:t-7 /xiiij'*/xij' xiiij^* X rnS 130 Notes and Illustrations. (70 ' For the Bowyers here named see Index of Names, s.n. These "poor men " it is again hopeless to seek to illumine now. They were all of the obscurest, albeit some of the names tell of good lineage. The whole of the names will be found incorporated with the Index of Names, and as such they add to our list of English surnames. As the distribution of this category of gifts was entrusted to the three Bo\\7ers, citizens of London, the parties receiving the benefactions would be resident in or near London. * "Alexander hat}ierto}i" : This is a North of England surname, the only one on the page that strikes us as such. Families of Hammertons were seated at Hellifield Peel, in Craven, and at Hollins, near Burnley, in East Lancashire, and the surname of Hammerton is of rather frequent occurrence in those localities. Of the Hollins branch of Hammertons is Mr. Philip Gilbert Hammerton, the accomplished contemporary artist, poet, and essayist. K 3 131 (Page 72 of the 3IS., folio 60 verso.) § John Grice in money xij"^ ij & a half \ -^ new collor at vj^ the yarde j ' •' Robte habarde in money xij*^ & ij yardes ) -g & a half of clothe of new collore at j ■' Olyver Bryster in money xij<^ & ij yardes \ -g & a half of new collore at vj* the yarde j ' •' Anthony hutson in money xijxvj^ the yarde j Willm wryghte in money xij'^ & ij yardes ) ^ .^ & a di. of clothe of new collore at y ^ Thoms fampsonn in money v^ & in ) ^ ^ clothe ij yardes & a half at j henry gray in money xij*^ and in ) .^ clothe ij yardes & a half j ' ^ fifrances fymball in money xij'' & ) .^ in clothe ij yardes & a half at | ' ■' Nycholes Chester a fcollyon' of my ) ^ Lord of London ij yardes & a di. at y henry hibby in money xij'i & in ) .^ clothe ij yardes & a half j •' Olyver pagge Late somner to \ ^ the Dean & chapter^ one yard & a half j Rychard ftilton in money xij^ ) ^ .g & ij yardes & a half of clothe at j " charles ffrise in money xij'i & ) ..^ ...j one yarde quarter of clothe j ^ ^ George holte in money xij'^ & in ] ^ -^ clothe ij yardes & a half at j' ■' Robte fmythe in money xij*i ij | ^ ^.g yardes & a half of new collore j ^ Wyllm hygges in money xij*^ ) .g & in clothe ij yardes & a half at j -' money ij" & \ James hakins of westm^ a ij yardes >-xvjj8 & a di. at vj^ the yarde j Wyllm barlow m"" mychelle junre^ & money ij^ ^ xvjj'^ ij yardes & a half at a ixv''/: nf viij*^ /xviViij®/Viij<^ 13' Notes and Illustratio7is. ' "Scollyon of my Lord of Londoji": The men named in this hst were probably most of them in some kind of petty official or domestic service, and here is one who was the Bishop of London's scullion. His master was Bishop Grindal. ^ " Olyver pagge Late Somner to the Dean c^ Chapter^'': " Somner" is an old abbre- viation of the word summoncr, which denotes the office performed by the person who is so described. 3 "j'loire": This word is unintelligible, but the letters in the MS. can be made into nothing else. J33 (Page Ti of the MS., folio 6i.) § To m"^ Applieyarde iij yardes new collor & ) , ., xx^ in money at vj" the yarde j ^ Thorns Trindell iij yardes & a di. of) .g new collor & x^ in money j •' John Blocke in money xij^ & ij ] -^ yardes & a half of new collore j ^ John ffreman in money xij'i & ij yardes \ -^ & a half in new collore j ^ Rychard Lante clearke of S' peters ) .g in chipe^ ij yardes & a di. & in money xij'^ / ■' Rychard atkins ij yardes & a half and xij'^ | • money / ^ henry marten ij yardes & a half & xijxvj a half of new collore j Thorns beson in money xij^^ & ij yardes ] -g & a half of newe coller at / •' Carter of wansworth^ 1 j yard & a half of new collore ) -' father budd in money xij^ & ) -g ij yardes & a half of new collore /^ ^ John Kingston in money To To To & ij yardes & a half of new collor ffather Ludforde a blynd man in" money xij"^ & ij yardes & a half of new collore Goodman palmer in money xij<^ & ij yardes & a half of new collore xij-i ■) ■' '- xvj* >-XVJ^ XVJ^ To good man Digges in money xij4M. Cantab., vol. ii., p. 413.) ^ " Rychard Letves": Educated at Oxford, where he proceeded B. A., 1575-6; M.A., 1579; B.D., 1584. 3 " /F(7«j^<;w//2 " = Wandsworth, Surrey; a suburb of South London. * "jfohn Shrappshire rjaiite to mr Secretory^'' : i.e., to Mr. Secretary Cecil. * ' ' Sisley Samson " = Cecilia. ^ '^ A/yce Ha'ivarde": Hawarde is an old Lancashire spelling of Haworth ; and Alice Hawarde here I think isthe same with Alice Haworth of Rochdale, widow, a relative of the Nowells whose receipt for a legacy of 7/., as entered in the MS., has previously been noted. (See Index of Names, s.7i.) m (Page 75 of the MS., folio 62) madwell wief \^ and in money xij^ and ij ^ ^ & a half of new color at j" ^ Agnes watersall in money xii^l & .__ money xij^^ & ij yardes . 5 & a half of new collor at vj^ the yarde j ■' yardes \ } mary ionge in money xij^ & ij yardes . ^ & a half of new coUore |" Martha Andrewe in money xij'i & ij yardes . ^ & a half of new collor at vj^ the yarde f •* } .... I Anne pere in money xij^ & ij yardes & a ) ^ half of new collore at vj^ the yarde | ^ •' Ellen Thomson in money xij*^ & ij yardes ) -^ & a half of new collore j ■' Alice collet in money xij'^ & ij yardes & a ) , ^.g half of new collore at vj^ the yarde j ■' Thomasin woodmall in money xij*^ & ij ) -^ yardes & a half of newe collore j ■' Barbara Linman for her & her children | .g & ij yardes & a di. of new collore at ... \ •' vj^ A poor woman & ij poor children at myle end Ellen cotton in money xij^^ & ij yardes & a !} ende^ iijs iiijd & ij yardes di. new collor at ;i cotton in money xij*! & ij yardes & a ) half of new collore at I' ^ xvnj3 iiij Elizabethe holmes in money xij<^ & yardes & a half of new collore j ^ '] ] } } Margery swyngeled in money xij' & ij yardes & a half of new collore J •' Dorothe hayborne in money x' & ij yardes & a half of new collore at Alyce Carter in money xij'i & ij yardes & a half of newe collore j Johan Kerry in money xij^^ & ij yardes ) & a half of new collore at j mother Walkeres doughter in money^ xij*^ & ij yardes & a half of new collore Mother Gylberte Todd in money xij & ij yardes & a half of new collore j Rose marfton in money xij^^ and yardes & a half of new collore at John hyckson^ in money xij*^ & ij yardes & a half of new collore j Joyneres mother vicar of Tottinham*1 xij'^ in money & ij yardes & a di. of new collor j Roberte ffoxes^ wief in money & ij yardes & a half of new collore at >-xv } XV V' xijti ■XV XV ;d xviiji' viij s iiijd xviijiVviij'/iiij'^ 138 Notes a?id Ilhistratioiis. (75) * " wffa'w.f// wc-j/^"— a noticeable surname. 2 "77iylee,ide": Mile-End is the well-known designation of a district at the East-End oi IvOndon. » ''yohttJfyckson": "John" here is a contraction for Johan, for this list of reci- pients are females. « "Jj^y^'o-s mother vicar of Tottenham ": See Index of Names under " Toner " * "iV^^^r/'fTfbr^": See Index of Names under "Foxe." 139 VJ ;d (Page ^6 of the MS., folio 62 verso) mother Anger in money ij^ & iij yardes\ of new collore _) Wyddow pursott in money xij"! & ijlxvi^ yardes & a half of new collore j •' Joh'n hardwycke^ in money xij^ & ijlxyjs yardes & a half of new collore j margett Benett wydowe in money ^U*^l.xvis & ij yardes & a half of new collore f Agnes fcarlett in money ij* v\^ & u"\xvii» yardes & a half of new collore j •' Joh'n freeman in money xij^ & U 1 j^js yardes & a half of new collore j •* Elizabethe wood in money xij'J ^Tx m^ & ij yardes & a half of new collore J ^ Elizabethe Joans in money ^^i*^\v \% ij yardes a half of new collore J ^ Joh'n Barton in money xij^ & ij 1 ■ yardes & a half of newe collore j ^ Wyddowe martin of Christchurch xij^l .^ ij yardes & a half of new collor J •' Alice Gybson wyddow xij^ & ij yardes I -^ & a half of new collore at j ■' Elizabethe margett in money xij'^^ -g & ij yardes & a half of new collore J ^ Alice haynes in money xij<^ & ) .5 ij yardes & a half of new collore / ^ Julyan Amiredithe ij yardes & a half) -^ of new collore & xij'J j ■* Wyddowe frythe^ in money xij<^ & I .^ ij yardes & a half of new collore at • ■' Stowe Boddington in money xij'^'l .^ & ij yardes & a half of new collore at... J ^ Goodwief ballarde in money xij*^ &! , .^ & ij yardes & a half new collore at J ^ Rafife Johans in money xij*^ & ij\ _ .^ yardes & a half of new collorej •' M""^ Thorpe wyddowe xij'^ & ij"\ . yardes & a half of new collore at j •'^ Rose a poor old womane xij^ & ij~l -^ yardes & a half of newe collore J •' Tomason Bartley in money xij^'l , ^.^ & ij yardes & a half of new collorej"' ^ Adree fpenser^ in money xij*^"\ -^ & ij }'ardes & a half of new collore J ^ Mother [wytheres in money xij*i \ & ij yardes & a half of clothe of [-xvj* new coller at vjs the yarde j xviij^' xiijs \'] (Page J"] blank.) xviiji^ xnj vj 140 Notes a?id Ilhistrations. (76) ' "yokn l/ardioycke": "John" here, as in a previous instance, is "Johan," the female name, shortened. ' " IVyddowe fiythe at Shnve Boddiiigton": One instinctively pauses over this entry on recollection of the venerable martyr John Frith. ' " Adree /penser": Her connexion with other Spensers in the MS. cannot be defined — as yet. 141 (Page 78 of the MS., folio 63 verso.) The some of all the~l draperes bills of the [ clothe bestowede the vii*^ I . ^ ...g ....^1 of martch and the [ * -^ ■' daies foUowinge amonteth to the some of J Wherof paid to m'' heughe hendley^ \ -.u ...g -^ as apperethe by his accquitance -'_______ To Rychard Johanson^ as apperethe \ ■•■x^ •••g by his accquitance j ^ ^ To m'' Willam ChivalP as ) ,; ...g .^ appereth by the accquitance / ^ •' To m' Cape-i as apperethe by the ) m; ., .^ accquitance & bill of pcells | -" ■' ^ To m"^ Johanson as apperethe by his ) xxiiij^i accquitance & bills of pcells | xvj^ vj/xVix<^ 142 Notes and Illustrations. (78) ' '^ heugke hendley": Not recorded by Clode in his Memorials of the Merchant Taylor Company, as before. From tlie name, I conjecture he was not a London but a Lanca- shire trader in cloth. ' '* Rycha?-d jfohattsoit'''': This was no doubt the " Richard Johnson" who appears along with Bragdon (note 5 infra) at the Feast of Sir Thomas Rowe. He was one of a goodly number " appoynted to dyne at the Table appoynted for the Salters. " (Clode, p. 117.) 3 " Willam Chefall": Not in Clode, as before. * "Mr. Cape": ibid. * " Mr. Bragden ": This was John Bragdon whose name occurs as one of the " Sur- veyors at the Dresser in the Hall" at a Feast under the Mayoralty of vSir Thomas Rowe Citizen and Merchant Taylor, 1568. (Clode, p. 116. ) ' " Edward Kempton ": No doubt a relative of William Kimpton infra. ^ "Mr. Braihwate": Not in Clode, as before. The name belongs to Westmore- land and Cumberland. ^ "Mr. Willm Kimptonn" and infra: See Index of Names, s.n., for other entries concerning him, and a note at p. 39. ' " vir crowley &" nir yonge preacheres" : See a note on Mr. Crowley at p. 93. '" " Disbursed''' — an early use of this now familiar verb. " " mr Towenly ha>ide"\ These cloths had been purchased by John Towneley, Esq., as one of Robert NowelFs executors. 143 (Page 79 of the MS., folio 65.) Poore men releved w*^ money. § Gyven to Edward Shande a poor man kin to m^ pvste of Eaton^ Thoms hinche poole Adam preston an old blinde mane George Kerbey veiy poore George Robertes Willm Lucas shrvante w* m'^ Apliyarde John farmere Roger Carver of S* Botolphes John Simons a poor man Ry chard Gay e Christofor bell Rychard Dickinson Wyllam Stryngere henry mundaye Wyllam Morrise ffrances Wytheres^ *Thoms Wilkinson Thoms Angell John Lawe henry Rogeres a poor fatherles child Edward claye a poor decayed mane A poor man in fletstret in popery alley John hollingham in the marshallsey Raffe Gills of S olyves in silver ftret Robte read Late my L. of London cooke^ George bryan of S*^ botolphes John White Ludloo marcke John Tydinge John Johansone John page Wyllyam Roolande Rychard bradge Rychard blaidge of wood flreate Olyver bolton Alexander Davis ffrances bothe John Smythe Tayler Audeley, poor olde & lame* h' vj^ viij*^ xvj^ x^ x= v^ x^ vjs viij*^ x^ x^ xx^ VJs Yujd X^ • x'^ xiij^ iiij"^ xl^ XX* iij^ iiij*^ x^ ^^\ ... § xxjli xijs viij* x'' X5 vj* viijd v" vj* viij<* vj= viij*^ vj= viij^ x^ xs xiij^ iiijd XX* ' x^ ■ xiij^ iiij^ vj^ viij*^ VS iij^ iiij*^ V' x^ S xxj'i xij* iiij^ 144 Notes and Illustrations. (79) • " Edivarde Shaude . . . . mr pvste of Eaton": " P'vste "= provost. The Provost of Eton at this date was WilHam Day. He was elected Provost 5th Jan. 1561-2, and Dean Nowell was one of the candidates for the post recommended to the Queen, but Day was selected as being a single man, and in that respect more eligible. William Day was born at Newport in Shropshire, in 1529; educated at Eton; admitted at King's College, Cambridge, in 1545; proceeded B.A. in 1549, and commenced M. A. in 1553; appointed Fellow of Eton in 1560; Canon of Windsor 1564; Dean of Windsor 1572; Bishop of Winchester 1595; died 20th Sept., 1596. He published Latin verses (1560), and an account of his conference with Campion the Jesuit in the Tower (1581). ' ^^ ffrances Wytheres" : A "Mr. Withers" appears as one of the Examiners along with Dean Nowell, &c., of Merchant Taylors' School in 1572. (Clode, p. 408.) * "■ Robte 7-ead Late viy L. of London cooke": The Bishop of London's servants were well kept in mind by Dean Nowell in his periodical distributions of trust money in charity. From Mr. Ratclief, the Bishop's head-man, who had cloth for a gown which cost 45J. (he is described in Grindal's Will, dated 1583, as "Richard Ratcliff gent., my comptroller"), to his cook and his scullion, this bounty extended. '' '■' Audelty poor olde and lame": The descriptions of several of the recipients here are pathetically pitiful, such as, "an olde blindemane," "verypoore," "a poor father- less child," "a poor decayed mane," and this last and saddest case of all, "poor olde and lame." Upon Dean Nowell the distributor, and his benevolent brother Robert the bestower of these far-reaching benefactions, "the blessing of them that were ready to perish" must have been pronounced numberless times during these twelve years or so (156S-1580) of the expenditure of the funds of this noble charity. L 145 15 martch A" 156S 21 May 23 martch 24 (Page 80 of the MS., folio 65 verso.) § James Sheries ftaytionere' vj* viij'^ Thorns hewes of S^ fepulcres x^ Rychard Jacson v^ Thorns Coup xiij^ iiij<^ John Wryghte xiij^ iiij'^ Goodman beinge a pote carie^ xiij^ iiij'^ Wyllam Nycholsone v^ Willam baker for him his wief & iiij childrene... x^ Phillip Garscia^ vj^ Vn]^ Jeffrey brockefmouthe x^ ffather penbrocke^ x^ Peter bakere v^ Christofor Laxstere iij^ iiij<^ Robte Chriftepeney of Thorns apotle v^ To Edward meyle & vj other poore iij^ xf^ To John Stantone iij^ iiij*^ Thorns hovill vj* viij*! Coop of westm vj^ viij'^ paterson of westm^ vj^ viij*^ p^ to Reynold of pishe Garden x^ pd Albrighte of pishe Garden x* p<^ Barnley of Towere hill x^ p'^ Tramsan of the Spittell x* p"^ vnto John Tayller of henden ' v^ pd vnto George Thornanbey a poorman ) ...g ....^ at his owen suette j ^ ^ p-xx' Robte collines his sonne. , j §——7- 146 XVlllj" IX^ xviijl' ix* x" I Notes and Illustratio?is. (80) ' "James Sherirs JIaytionere" : One of the family of stationers of whom the head was WilHam Seres, long Master of the Stationers' Company, on whom and his sons and successors see note at p. 99. ' ' ' Goodman beinge a pote carie " = apothecary. ' "Phillip Garscia" — foreign name, probably a Protestant Refugee. * " ffi^thcr Penbrocke'''' : Pembroke was usually so spelled then. * " Randall worsley'''' = '^?iVLdLo\T^\\: see Inde.\ of Names under "Randall." * " mr yonge preacher'''': See Index under "James Yonge." ' "Clemente &> Thorns bernher'": Three folios onward is an entiy of gifts to two daughters of Augustine Bernher, whose two sons Clement and Thomas here receive benefactions. There I add a note upon the father, Augustine Bernher, a Swiss, and the friend of Bishop Latimer. ^ "father willson of nettellbedd in the Countie of Oxfo?-de": Not known. ^ " To baringeniiis a poor frenchmane": Not known. '" "James Cruce mr palmer'''': See Index of Names, s.n., for note upon Mr. Palmer the preacher, at whose suit Dean Nowell gave help to certain poor persons. " " Thofnas IVilkenes fer»iar at harro-cve hilV : "Fermar" is old spelling of farmer. Harrow Hill, Middlesex, has long been a familiar name as the site of the great public college of Harrow, and of the church and churchyard where Byron composed some of his earliest published verses in 1S07. 1.2 147 24 martch Anno 1568 2S 27 30 10 Aprill ii Aprill 15 Aprill 17 Aprill 18 Aprill 28 Apn'll (Page 81 of the MS., folio 66.) To Edward burtbey plasteur by thandes of m'' | ^ Clowley as apperethe by his accquitance j To Rychard Walle a poor maa comended by^ iustice Southcoate^ his wief as apperethe )-xv* by her letter N« 258 J To John Christe a strangere at the^ comendacion of m"^ Dean of westm^^ {-^s as apperethe by his quitance j To Robte Kale dwellinge in poulls church "j yarde. w'=^ he hade for a presoner of Vxx^ Newgatte. as apperethe by his lere N° 262 j To John Botterell at the suett of m' Sargante Carus^ his wief, as apperethe by here lere N« 263 pd to Docto'' Speringe a duch phefcion"^ ) "s • to distribute amongeste certeyn poor folkes ... j •' ■' ••vj^ viij*i 4Apreii p*^ to bolte groccr A poor man and ffallen in greate decay at the requieste of m^' mills xs x^ pd to Rychard Neue^ of newefyshe ftreet & a fyshmonger fallen in Decay & beinge a poor old mane 8. fifather browen of -Westminster beinge a poor ) ^ old man forescore yeares of age j p"^ to roland Meniver as apperethe by \ -^ ---^ his lere. No 265 j ^^ ^"^ 9 Aprill p*^ to Robte collines his byll of comendacions ) is N" 266 j . v« ys p"^ to John Carelesse his bill of comendacions is No 267 p*^ to John Atkinson v^ p*^ to Thoms Milles his bill of comendacions ) ...^ is No 268 /"J inj' Sager p°- to John is No 269 p*^ to Rychard percyvall comendacions is No 270 p^ to John Ellis. No 27i. his byll of comendacions his his byll "b'iii" of xs '1 to George Jarvyes his byll of) comendacions No 272 / ^ J to John froddsame his bill of) comendacion is No 273 / vjs vuj' viy^ xvijs x° viji* xvij^ x*^ 14S Notes and Illustrations. (8i) ' " instice Soicthcoate" : John Southcote of Southcote, eldest son of William, younger son of Nicholas Southcote of Chudleigh, in the county of Devon, born in 151 1; and being sent to the Middle Temple, rose to be reader in 1556; he is named as under- sheriff and (in 1553) one of the judges of the Sheriff's Court in London; nominated judge of the Queen's Bench, loth February', 1563, and fulfdled his judicial ofhce with high repute for tweoty-one years, resigning 29th May, 1584; he died l8th April, 1585, and was buried under a stately monument in Witham Church, in the county of Essex. Justice Southcote's wife, wdio wrote this letter for a charity to Dean Nowell, was Eliza- beth, daughter and heir of William Robins of London. (Foss' Biogr. Did. of the Judges of England, p. 625.} ' "yohn Christe mr Dean of IVestni' r'" : Unknown. ' "Mr Sargante Carus hiswief": Mr. Sargante Cams was Thomas Carus of Kirby Lonsdale, Esq., son of William Carus of Astwaith. He was "one of the Justices of the Queen's Bench " — so described in the Carus Pedigree in the Lancashire Visitations of 1567 a-iid 1664. He purchased the manor of Halton in Lunesdale, in the county of Lancaster, and this estate was held by his family until the i8th century. Justice Carus's wife — the lady who wrote the letter to Dean Nowell referred to in the entry on behalf of John Botterell — was Katherine, daughter of Thomas Preston of Preston Patrick, in the county of Westmoreland, Esq. His eldest son, Thomas Carus, was of Kirby Lons- dale; and a younger son was Christopher Carus of Halton. The date of Justice Carus's death is not ascertained by Foss, the historian of the English Bench; but my friend Col. Chester has found his Will, and made for me an abstract of it. The Will is dated I June, 1569; and testator, " Thomas Carus, one of the Justices of our Sovereign Lady the Queen of the Pleas," appoints as his executors, his wife Catherine, and Thomas, his son and heir apparent; gives to his said wife, half his estates, except his office of Keeper of the Park of Quernmore, in the county of Lancaster; the other half and the said Keepership to Thomas, his son, and the whole to him at testator's wife's death; to his daughter Griselda Carus 200/. to her marriage; to his cousin Cicillie Thorn- burghe and to Katheryn Ellis, each 10/. to their marriage; to Christopher, his son, 20/. per annum as already provided by deed; appoints brother, Master Christopher Preston, supervisor; Will not to extend to those lands that were late the inheritance of Anne Carus, wife to testator's son, Thomas Carus, and which were by fine conveyed to testator. The Will was proved by both executors, nth July, 1571; so the Judge must have died early in 1571. * " Doctor Speringe a diich phescion" : Not traced. * ^'' Richard Neue": See Index of Names, s.n., for other references, and a note on this fishmonger. 149 (Page 82 of the 3fS., folio 66 verso.) To Richard wylkyson^ 2 Septeb. 1576 To hys father the same ty me U ij« vj s ;d -a c (U tn O C O O 3 >. (L> --5 *^ ^ u-j "IS O «J Oh O c/5 (U f^ O Q. >.^ ^ .ti -^ S 8 OJ 3 C c o ^ c e y^ CA) ►^ OJ o o ^ 3'^ 2 c O c o rt O O .0 ^ ■>-' ni 5j OJ a o c C O b/i.B ^ CO "^ I 1 '"' I in^ ' ' -^ o O c HJ CIS c/: OJ rt c^ O, o - s 3 OJ _ 03 03 O 3 OJ 3 03 P^ 2^ G 2 3 o o CU CO a, CO , K ft O .S2 '^ '3 o ° = ^ 3 c3 bX) '-' o >^ o bJO h! c " 'O CO 3 «S OJ OJ ^ 6 o o CO to O a, ^1 8 o j5 bjo bi3 3 5. w OJ 3 3 C 4_. V- V- C S 3 « to "2^ rt O "5 >.! 3 O J3 OJ T3 rn _, QJ b/) ^ x; c -^ o 3 3 OJ ^ G O ^ biJ C .2 rt >.'^aj ct3 _ h CU O 0-( o CO CO -T-J rt >% g ^ii o-^t: O O 3 O rt rt u ^ > bjQ'U ,^ $\ 150 Notes and Illustrations. (82) * ^^ Richard Wylkynson": The entry is in Dean Nawell's handwriting, and the recipients were of a family noticed before as akin to Nowells. Index of Names, s.n. * This fragment of a scroll-letter was probably inserted some years later by a scribe who wrote the later inserted matter at folios 95-96 of the MS., dated 1614. It is in a different and later style of handwriting from the original manuscript. In 1. i, the word "all" is erased before "doon"; 1. 6, "fauore" erased after "kyndnesse"; 1. 8, the words "notyes thireof of youre " erased. 151 (Page 83 of the MS., folio 68.) §- Poor women releved w* money^ Anne Bolton wief to John bolton prisoner in the marshallsee Joan plume widdoo Elizabeth Dychell for her and here children Eme^ beyson John Beardmore^ xiij= nij I'd xuj" nij r'd I'd Asfnes budgler* of Ste mane magdalin pishe in fysh strette Wyddow Vaghane Wyddow churchyard^ Widdowe pounde Widdow Batte Widdow Borne Widdowe hardinge Widdowe facye^ Widdowe Irlande Widdow Lane Widdow Newton Widdow Greene Widdow hunte^ Widdow Adames , Widdow Leonards Widdow marklame Widdow rapesede^ Widdow bushe Widdow Bounded Goodwief ffrende marsley hawell'° of Lithe S* Barthilmew margeret Bulden Widdow Anne Adishede of S* Annes in forster lean Joan Commat of S* chrestoveres Johan powell and ij litlie poor children of Litlie S* Barthilmewes Goodwief Geir in bradstrett margery Carnot^ ^ Joan Laylande Landereffe to mr attourney ' ^ Mother forstere Widdowe peynes Widdow blunden Anne Basket'^ Margery Austen Joan Savaige Goodwief hickman Goodwief poole xuj* nij xiijs iiij" viij* viij' vnj ;d i'd V Xs vnj viij*^ viij*^ viij'^ viijd s viij*! s viij<* s viij'i = viij'i s viij<^ s viij "vrsiday &^ Katherin bernehere the Daughters of augiistine beriiekere" : Augustine Bernher, a Swiss, whose two daughters thus receive a kindly present from Dean Nowell, fills a modest niche in the fabric of the English Reformation as the loyal friend of several of the most eminent divines of the Protestant era, and notably of the martyrs Latimer, Ridley, and Bradford, and of Bishop Jewel. His association with Latimer is most intimate ; for he took down during their delivery a series of sermons preached by Bishop Latimer in the last year of Edward's reign, and published them ten years later, after the succession of Queen Elizabeth. He dedicated the edition to the Lady Katherine, Duchess of Suffolk, before whom Latimer had preached the sermons in 1552, and speaks of the preacher as the "reverend father and most constant martyr of Christ, Dr. Hugh Latimer, my most dear master"— the last words indicating Bernher's minis- trant relation to the good bishop. He published, also, eight additional discourses, entitled "Certayn other Sermons preached by the right reverend father in God, Master Hugh Latimer, in Lincolneshyre, the year of our Lord 1553 [1552]. Collected and gathered by Augustine Bernhere, an Helvetian," &c., 1562. Many interesting refe- rences to Bernher are found in the works of Bradford, Ridley, Jewel, and in other volumes of the Parker Society's publications. The date of this portion of the entries in our MS. proves that Augustine Bernher and his family were living, in London probably, in 1569. 7 "mr Crowiey": See Index of Names, s.7i., for previous notice of him. * " 7nrs harrysonne of chipsyed": This lady, and Mrs. Clapham, named three entries higher upon the page, are both included amongst the "women of wealth," kindred and near friends of the Nowells, who received black gowns at Robert Nowell's funeral. (See ante, p. 6 of the text. ) Dean Nowell, by a codicil to his Will, bequeathed "to his cousins Mr. Harrison and his wife 6/. 13J. 4^?." ' "Anne Sabot/ie" — a very noticeable surname = Sabbath? "comdacions"=com- mendations, i.e., recommendations. 155 4 Aprile (P<^g^ §4 of the MS. continued from p. 154J f 1 569 Laid out in apparelinge Dorethe haborne ) a poor maid J To Dorothey Egerton widdow by thandes \ of m' Docter west falinge^" as appereth Vx^ by his accquitance j xiiij^^ iij (Page 85 of the MS., folio 69.) The 29 of Septebre 1576 ^ To a poore Wydowe of Ware named as she saith, | Marie Nowell\ who was goyng to dwell in the ^^ g North w*'^ her fone Nowell now servat w*^ S'" John Cunstable^ as she saithe, vnto y® -^ych j^jgj- fone I have before gyven m'nie often ... Too a poor wyddowe, named Anne holton aliz houghton^ ) ..^ .^ the xj'^ of Julie 1576 j ^■' ^^ Geven to one Tetlowe wyddowe, the fecond of february | g i577: r Too one wyddowe Kent in Paules churche yarde whose \ house is visited w* the plague, the v*^ of Vx^ October 1577 : , j Too one meistres fifoxe*, the xx*-^ of decembe^ ) A01577: /^^ To the same M^''^^ Fox wydowe & her neece ) •• -^ the 29 of marche 1578^ j ^^J' ^J Too the buriall of meistres Caton, apoore wyddowe ^ the xijtii dale of december {578 : by the handes Mij^iiij^^ of one dwellinge in the old bay lyfif^... j Too one mestres Overton^ Too one meistres Bartlett, the x*'^ of martch ) i578: r^ Too one m'' Rawcrofte the x* of martch i5 78 : x^ Too one Clapham wyffe att hadham the ) xxijt^ of martch 1578 : | ^^ Too one meistres higforde^, apoore wyddowe, the | , xx^ii of Aprell 1579 : j ^^'^ Too one wyddowe hearron, a poore wyddowe, the ) 5 xxiiijt^ of Aprill i579 : 3 Too meistres higford more, the x^^^ of maie ) , V V 1579: i Too meistres higforde apoore decayed \ wyddowe, the v^ of Januarie i579 : j Too one Reedfearne^ wyddowe, by"] the handes of John wowsenden, the | xxij'^ of Martch 1579 : the said />Xs./' wyddowe dwelleth in Ratchdall in | lancashire J 156 I Notes and Illustrations. 10 *'mr Docter7i'estfa!i)!ge": Herbert Westphaling, D.D., of Christ Church College, Oxford, About eleven months after the date of this allusion to him, Dr. Westphaling was spoken of in connection with the bishopric of Oxford, then vacant. Archbishop Parker wrote to Sir Wm. Cecil, on 30th March, 1570: — "As for Oxford bishoprick, .... Mr. Westfaling is a wise sober man, but because he is but a prebendary, and not master of a College, he is peradventure the less meet because the bishoprick wanteth a house." {Parker Corresp., p. 360.) In Jan. , 1579, Bishop Hilles, writing to Gaultier, states that he has sent certain books to Oxford, "to Master Hei-bert West- phaling, canon of Christ Church." {Zinich Letters, vol. ii, p. 305.) Dr. Westphaling was made Canon of Windsor in 1577; Bishop of Hereford in 1585, and died 7th March, 1601-2. (85) * "Marie NowelV : .See Index of Names, s.7i. This entry is in the handwriting of Dean Nowell. ' ".Sr John Ctinstable" : Probably Sir John Constable of Kinalton, in the county of Nottingham, who was fourth son of -Sir Marmaduke Constable, knt., of Flambrough, in the county of York, by Joyce, daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford, knt. ' '■' holtoji aliz honghton^^ : See Index of Names, s.n. * " meistres ffoxe" : ibid. * " Marche, 1J78." This entry is inserted by Dean Nowell himself. ' "old bay lyff": The original etymology ol the name "Old Bayley," given to the street branching from Newgate Street in which is the portal of Newgate Prison. ^ " Overton ": This line is erased in the MS. 8 " meiitres higforde^' : See Index of Names, s.n., for prior references in MS. and note. ^ ^' Reedfearne wyddowe" : Widow Redfearne, her sons James and John, and other members of the family, described as "cousins" or kindred of the Nowells, occur onward in the MS . frequenter. (See Index of Names, s.n., for these references, and annota- tion thereupon.) isr (Page 86 of the MS. folio 69 verso.) Too meistres Drante^ apoore wyddowe ) ^ , the fecond of maie A'^ 1 5 80 : | ^ •/ Too meistres medley a poore wyddowe, \ and meistres higforde the xxj^^^ of [-xij* november 1580 j Too m''^ helbrone the xxvj*^ of martch ) i58i the fome of = . j Too m"^ Bartlett, the same tyme ij^ Too m^s Stowarde and her mother^ ) ..^ the xxvijt'i Martch i58i I'-' Too m""^ Rowcrofte, the fame ) ...g xxvjt^ of martch is 8i / ^ x^ lS ;s I ;S 158 i Notes and Illustralions. (86) ' "meistres Drante": I fear this may have been the "poor wyddowe" of Thomas Drant, a man of no common note hi his generation. The following details are of inte- rest and add pathos to the present entry: — Thomas Drant, son of Thomas Drant, was born at f lagworthingham, in the county of Lincoln, and after receiving a good gram- matical education was matriculated as a pensioner of S. John's College iSth March, 1557-8. He proceeded B. A. 1560-1, and was admitted a fellow of his college on Dr, Thimbleby's foundation 2ist March, 1560-I. He commenced M.A. 1564, and on the Queen's visit to the University in August that year, celebrated the event in English, Latin, and Greek verses, which he presented to Her Majesty. At the commencement of 1565 he performed a public exercise on the theme Corpus Christi non est ubique. He proceeded B.D. 1569, and on 2nd July in that year was admitted to the prebend of Chamberlainwood in the church of S. Paul. This preferment he obtained from Dr. Grindal, Bishop of London, our Nowell's friend, to whom he was Domestic Chaplain, and who also appointed him divinity reader at S. Paul's. It seems that Richard Curteys, then dean of Chichester, and afterwards bishop of that place, was his favourer in Cambridge, and helped to procure him the readership of S. Paul's. We find Drant preaching before the court at Windsor 8th January, 1569. He selected for his text, "They were both naked, Adam and Eve, and blushed not." On this he engrafted searching doctrine, clothed in language at once striking and original, with frequent allusions to the vain attire both of men and women. He was admitted to the following preferments on the presentation of the Queen in 1569-70, the see of Chester then being void; The prebend of Firles in the church of Chichester 21st January; the rectory of Slinfold, in the county of Sussex, 31st January; the archdeaconry of Lewes 27th February. In the latter dignity he was installed on the 4th March following. He preached at S. Mary, Spital, London, on Easter Tuesday, 1570, sparing not to raise his voice against the sin and sensuality of the great city. Alluding to the poor scholars in the universities he remarked: "These be the noble sons of the prophets, and most apt of all others to be builders of God's temple : yet have I seen many a good wit, many a long day kept low and lean to be made broken with hunger and abject with poverty. I do not know the liberality of this city towards both these places ; only this I can say, that less than the tenth part of that which is nothing but surfeit and sickness to the great excessive eaters of this Town, would cherish and cheer up hungry and thirsty Christ, in those his hunger-starved members, right well." On or before 20th April, 1570, he resigned his prebend at S. Paul's. He again preached at S.. Mary, Spittal, on Easter Tuesday, 1572. His theme was charity, but his discourse was of the most discursive character, abounding in proverbs and quaint and singular conceits and allusions. He thus contrasted the mode of travelling in that day with the simpli- city of the patriarchal ages: "In olde time, father Jacob and Judas travailed farre journeys, with a stafife on theyr backe : In these new times we cannot travailefrom one village to another, but we have a Sword & a buckler, a Tucke and a Targette, a Dagger and a Raper, a Musket, a Caliver, a Currier, a Hargabuske, and an halfe hacke, a Pistole, & a Pistollet, a Dagge, and a Snapehanche In olde time my Lady Rebecka came ryding to her new husband on a Camelles backe. In new tyme, our Ladies have waggins, coutches, and horselitters, soft, silken, & sewtable. " Drant unfortunately made himself conspicuous by the bitter hostility he displayed to Dr. • William Overton, treasurer of the church of Chichester and ultimately Bishop of Lich- field and Coventry, who had been an unsuccessful applicant for the archdeaconry of Lewes when Drant obtained that office, and who had probably given further offence by his efforts to obtain the deanery of Chichester when it was vacated by the elevation of Drant's friend, Richard Curteys, to the bishopric. Drant evinced his dislike of the Doctor by an attack upon him in the pulpit. He in no measured terms charged him with hypocrisy, derided his learning, stigmatised him as a dolt, alleged that he was covetous and ostentatious, and related that, being on one occasion in Overton's house, he had purposely spit upon one of his cushions in order to reproach his pride. Dr. Overton made a complaint of Drant's rude and unseemly language, and also stated objections to another sermon which he had preached in the church of S. Giles, Cripple- gate, London. What resulted we know not. His death appears to have occurred shortly before 17th April, 1578. It is presumed that he was only about 37 years of age. (Cooper's AtheiicB Cantabrigienses, vol. i, pp. 3S4-6, 556. and the numerous authorities therein given. ) Of his Works these may be recorded — Thonuv Drantiv Shakloki Epigrainmatis in Diortem Cttthherti Scoti Apo)naxis : 1565: A Mcdicinable Morall, that is the two Bookes of Horace his Satyres, Euglyshcd the IVailyitgs of the Prophet Hiereiniah done into Englyshe verse. Also Epigrammes 1 566 : Horace his arte of Poetrie, pistles and Satyrs Englished, 1567 : Greg. A^azianzen his Epigrams and spiritnall sentences, 1568: &c., &c., &c. Spenser and Harvey in their Letters fre- quently allude to rules and precepts of art in making verse which Drant devised and '59 (Page 87 of the MS., folio y\.) Geven to poor Schollers of Dyvers gramare Scholles. To Amos bedforde^ fcholler of Eatone x^ To Wyllyam StirilP fcholler of chambrige xiij'^ To Danyell hoper^ apoor fcholler w* m'" Crowley . To Ambrose Rogeres"* xx^ To henry Palmer in S* Thoms of nij"^ XX' acres ichole^ ■' ■' To Thoms Aubrey^ fchollere x^ T Thoms Leonard^ Late fcholler of chambridge ... xiij^ To Nycholes Gyffe^ fcholler of 27 1569 14 Apiill 28 Aprill Westm'^ xnj* nij' To To To hillyard^ a fchollere ij^ vj' £aton^° a fchollere ij* vj"^ horne^' fcholler of westm 4 Aprill Xo in the p sence of his father at his gowinge ^x to chambridge . Roger bickwithe fcholler of the free fcolle of Kingstone^2 by thandes of his father beckwith petecanon in poulls his bill is N" 264 m' A Jervis, chaplin to my L. of cantur buryi^ to the vse of apoor fchoUore as apperethe by his accquitance Edmond fpensore'* fcholler of the m^chante tayler fcholK at his gowinge to penbrocke hall in chambridge Geven to fex poor fchollers of the To To yj- X" nv'chante gownes . . . tayler fchole w -ch hade vj^ 'xiij^i; iiij^ iiij^ to m"^ yard^5 fonne of Tottenham at the fute of ^ m"" bowyer the i6 of maye A" 1 569 to Johne button' ^ the I2' of maye A" 1569 xx^ Lawrance Washington^' xx* John wemster^s comended by my L. of farisbury Raynold weston^" x to a nother xx"" Willm Drywood^o Stithe m the p sence of nT^ vj^ viij<^ x^ xij'i xj 160 Notes and Ilhistrations. Sidney augmented with his observations. {Ath. Can(a6. , ashefore.) It is to be feared that one " result " of the Overton-Drant strife was a premature death of the latter, and his " widowe " left in poverty. All too many such sudden calamities in clerical house- holds through the death of their head are found earlier and later. * "furs Stowarde and her mother" : Might not these be female kindred of the Pro- testant exile of Mary's reign, Thomas Steward, M. A., who returned to England about 1559, and was appointed canon of Ely in 1560, along with which he held the rectory of Downham, Isle of Ely? He died 2nd Dec, 1568. (87) ' '■^Amos bedforde fcholler of Etoue'': ) * " Wyllyam SUrill": \ Unknown. ' "Z»ff«>'///5(7/^;-"= Hooper: ) * ^'Ambrose Kogeres": This was a younger son of the illustrious John Rogers "The Compiler of the First Aitthorised English Bible; the Pioneer of the English Reforma- tion; and its First Martyr" — as Colonel Chester describes him in his admirable Biography (186 1, i vol. 8vo, Longmans). This entry is a new bit of infonnation con- cerning this younger son, who is only passingly named even by Colonel Chester, pp. 223, 226, 230. * '■^ henry Palmer in St Thorns of acres fchole": See various Palmers in Index of Names, s.7i. « ''Thoms Aubrey": ) Unknowm 7 " Thoms Leonard" •.\ * "Nyeholes Gyffe fcholler of Westm'": One of sorrowfully many Westminster "scholleres" not found in Alumni Westmonasterienses, as before. 9 "hillyard": See Index of Names for several '' Hilly ards." This " Hillyarde a schollere " would be either John Hillyard of Merchant Taylors' School, or George his brother, sons of John Hillyard, minister. (See a former note.) »« ''Eaton": ibid. ^ "-home": See a note of this afterwards famous name onward. " " Roger bickivithe free scolle of Kingstone" : The present Head-master has done his best — in vain — to recover notices of this "schollere"; and the authorities at St. Paul's have equally failed to come on his father. 13 ^' Mr Jervis, chaplin to my L. of canturbiiry": Unknown. '■* "■ To Edmond fpensore" : On this all-important entry on the Poet of Poets see Introduction. '5 " }nr yard Sonne" :\ tt , ^^''Johnehutton-: (Unknown. '^ '' Lazurance Washington" : This early possessor of a name destined to become of supreme fame in American history, was a native of Lancashire, and was admitted a scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge, on Constable's foundation, 27th July, 1559. He proceeded B.A., 1563-4, and was admitted a fellow of his college on Mr. Austin's foundation, iith April, 1565; commenced M.A. 1567; admitted a Fellow on Lady Margaret's foundation, 15th March, 1569-70; B.D. 1574. He was li\-ing in 1603, when his name appears in the high commission for causes ecclesiastical within the province of Canterbui7. {Ath. Cantab., pp. 387, 554.) '^ "John wemster my L. of Sarisbury" i.e., by Bishop Jewel, as before. " " Raynold lueston" : Unknown. ^ "Willm Drywood": See Index of Names, s.n., and relative Note. M 161 (Page 88 of the MS., folio 71 verso) to Gabraell Marsden' the xvij*^^ of | Novemb"" {570 my cosin fliepard >-x» Nephie J Nicholes hamon^ fonne fcholler in ) , canturbune j to one ffrances in the p'^fentes ) ...^ ...-^ of m'' wylforde i569 | ^ ^ to mathew fpringham^ in the p^ fence of) , g m^' Samsonne j' ' to m' polsted"* to geue a poor fcholler \ 3 the xtii of maye A^ 1570 j ^^ to John hutton^ the xx^^ of may A'* 1570 xx* to James greyns^ the fame tyme xx* Robte Sharped xiij^ iiijd to Richard bretherton^ the xv^i^ of June ) ^ 1569 as apperethe by his bill j Willm Gore^ the iiij'^ of maye 1569 x^ Robte fmythe scoller at the sute of) ^ henry Garvey^o ]^\^q xiiij of march 1569 j John haughton accquitances fervante'^ ) ...j; -g-'-c to m' Towenley as apperethe j ^^^ xvj nij To Thoms Lawrance^^ fonne in lawe" to m' yard of Edmuntone the xxiiijt'i of auguste A^ i569 j' & to his father in Lawe before for himj To John wymherste'2 poor fcoller ) ^ of Westminster the v^^^ of Novemb'' j- xx To Richard Bretherton^^ the xxvj^ii Qf^ Decemb'^ Anno 1570 Vsher in the m^chante vv' Tayller fcolle j To Willm Coxe^5 apoor scoller my ^ M" godsonne the viij'''^ of februarij >-xs Ao i569 j To one Richard Bretherton vsher in ^ the m^chante Tayler fcolle Vxxx* ytb of July Ao 1569 j To a poor fcoller comended by Geven by Robte Pyckringe^^ the xxi'^^ of Vx^ Octob' Ao i569 _ To one Smithe of New berie fente ) ^ by mr Dolmane'7 the xxjti^ of Octob"- A" 1569 |^^ To Robte pettit's fcholler of Tunbrige the ) g xviijt^ of februarye A" 1 570 j ^ xiij'i vj* viij*^ •xv^ 162 Notes and Illustrations. (88) ' ' ' Gabraell Marsden my cosin JJifpard Nephie " : Of this scholar, who, by his connexion with the Shepards was distantly related to the Nowells, I have nothing beyond what appears in our JMS., where, in a second entry, he is included among persons of wealth who had money; this entiy runs: — "To Gabraell Marsden the xvii"» of Febraary 1569, x'." His father, I conjecture, belonged to Lancashire, where Marsden is a common surname. His relatives, the Shepards, were of Rochdale Parish. (Index of Names, s.ii.) ' *^ Nicholes hamott canturburie" : There is a second reference to him two folios onward. ' " Mathc'iv Springkam^^ : Possibly brother of Richard Springham, of Magdalen College, Oxford, also named in the MS. and noted hereafter. (See Index of Names, s. 11. ) * "■ Mr. pohted" : Unknown. * ^'' John hiitton''^ : See last page. * " ya/nes Greyiis''^ : Unknown. 7 " I\obte Sharpe " : Robert Sharpe recurs a few folios onward in a list of Cambridge scholars who had gifts. * "Richard brethtrton " : I can add nothing respecting the humble personality of this Usher of Merchant Taylors' School, who is named thrice on this page as receiving so many gifts of money, in 1569 and 1570. His surname belongs to Lancashire; and I have little doubt he is identical with "Richard Bretherton scholler of Cletherall" (Clitheroc), so named near the end of the MS. (Index of Names, j-.;/.) ^ " IVillm Gore'''' : Intended, I imagine (but mistranscribed), for William Gace, noted elsewhere. (Index of Names, s.n.) '" '■'■ Robte Sinythe hairy Gan'cy" : A Robert Smith son of Robert Smyth, stirrup maker, was admitted a Scholar in Merchant Taylors' School 28 Feb. 1568-69. '' This entry is crossed out in the AIS. 12 " Thorns Laivrance'''' : This scholar I identify with one of Dr. Bloxam's demies at SSagdalen College, Oxford, thus named in the College Register: "Lawrence, Thomas, aged 17 (on admission in 1576) ; of Berks ; res. 1580. Matriculated at Trinity College, 22 Oct. 1572. Of Hertford, //d-;^. //. Prob. Fellow 1580-88. B.A. 15 Nov. 15S2. M. A. 22 June, 15S7." S&eB\o\a.ms Register of Fresidaits, Fello^vs, and Demies of Magdalen College, vol. i, p. 200. And see the name of a Thomas Law- rance among a list of students and scholars of St. John's College, Cambridge, to whom money was sent by Dean Nowell, some pages onward. (Index of Names, s.n.) '^ "John -cvyinherste" : As in preceding page, note 8. 1* " Richard Bretheiion,^'' and supra : Not in Clode's Memorials, as before. 15 '« IVillm Coxe . . my Mr's godsonne" : In subsequent allusions in the MS. this godson of Dean Nowell is described as being then (1573, 1575, and 1577) of Magdalen College in Oxford. ^^ " Robfe Pyckringe" : See Index of Names, j-.??. '^ "o7ie Smithe Dolmane''': ) -m ^ 1 '3 "Robtepemr-. ^ ^<^^ '^"°^^"- M 2 16 J (Page 89 of the AfS., folio 72.) To Edmonde Spensere^ the xxiiijt'^ of aprill \ ..^ .^ Aoi57i r^ ^J To George Norcrosse^ a poor fchollere S when he was admyttcd Minister the Vvi' viij*^ fyrste of June Anno i57i j To Willm haymon^ poor fcholler of canterbury \ ^g by thandes of his father, the xiiij*^ of June 1571 j To the yonger of m^ harrysonns fonnes'* S fcholler of eaton o' cosine, the kv^^ of wij^ iiij'^ June A*^ 157! J To Richarde haul^ Late fcholler of Newe ^ colledge in Oxford e, cominge vpp to London Vv* to be a fchole m'^ the xvij*'^ of June A^ 1571 j To one Rogere Bradshawe^ the xij^^ of^ Julye Late of westm^ A" i57i & borne ^v^ in Ludlowe j To one m^ of Arte of"^ in N at the comendacions vij^ vj^ of the said m"^ of Arte j To one Rogere Bradshawe of Ludlaw~ Late fchollere of westm^ the xij^ii of Julye A° i57i at the comendacions W^ of John Crucke7 m'' of Arte of Kinges colledge in Cambridge ^ To John Davidge^ a poor fcholler Latel m^ Hyll & I of Taunton, at the suete of A Geninges the xiiij^^ of novembre A° i57i To one Robte holden^ a poor fcholler of" Cletherowe in Lancashir, gowinge to Cambridge the xxviij*^ of Septembris AM57i To John whealwrighte^° the 6 of) octobre A" i57i a poor fcholler of viijs iiijd yorkshire, gowinge towardes Cambridg j To m" wymchirste to the vse of her sonne^ John wymchirste. Late poor scoller of westm^^^ I ^ the xxvij*^ of Novembre A° 1571 I & nowe of Churche in Oxforde J To Brian eyten a poor fcholler of canturburie^^ ) ^ the xvij of Novembre A^ i57i J ■x >-xnj3 nij' i (64 Notes and Ilhistrations. (89) * ' ' Edmonde Spensere " : See Introduction and Index of Names, s. n. * " George No7rrosse admytted 7ninisler'''' : Nothing has come to light respect- ing him. A contemporary Henry Norcrosse was instituted Vicar of Ribchester, in the county of Lancaster, 9th Marcli, 1573; and one David Norcrosse died seized of lands in Alston and Ribchester about 1594; so that a family of Norcrosse would seem to have been connected with that district of Lancashire. •'• " Willm haymon " : Mentioned again on the next page. * "■ yonger of Mr. Harry son^s sonnes": This kinsman of the Nowells is here described, in June, 1571, as " a scholar of Eaton" (Eton.) \x\. Ath. Cantab, (vol. ii, p. 222) I find:— "John Harrison, born at London in 1553, and educated at Eton, whence he was elected to King's College (Cambridge), whereof he was admitted a scholar 24th Aug., 1570, and a fellow 24th Aug., 1573. He proceeded B.A. in 1574, commenced M.A. in 1578, and vacated his fellowship in 1579, and in 1581 he was appointed Head Master of St. Paul's School. He was incorporated M.A. at Oxford iithjuly, 1585. His death took place in 1596. He is said to have possessed no inconsiderable knowledge of ancient coins." In a codicil to Dean Nowell's Will (after 1592), occur the bequests : "To his cousins Mr. Harrison and his wife 6/. 13^-. 4d. : to every one of their children 20.r." A little further on in the MS. young Harrison is entered as "Mrs. Harrysones sonne wch. went frome eatone to chambrydge." * " Richarde haiiP^ : The erased entry gives the only information to be had about Richard Hall, that he was a scholar at New College, in Oxford, and went up to London in 1 57 1 to become a schoolmaster. A later entiy in the ]\IS. is to the same purport. * "■' Roger e Bradshawe," and infra: Another Westminster " schollere " not found in Alumni Westmonastericnses. It is doubtful if he proceeded to any university. Ludlaw, i.e., Ludlow, his birthplace, is in Salop. These two entries (5 and 6) are crossed out in the MS. ; also that which follows tlxem. 7 " yohn Criicke " : This was doubtless the son of John Croke, son of Richard Croke, alias Le Blount, esquire, of Easington, co. Bucks. He became Sir John Croke. His father translated " Thirteen Psalms and the first chapter of Ecclesiastes," published by the Percy Society, 1844. See Ath. Cantab., vol. i, pp. I18-I19, 545. * " Joh7i Davidge " : The name should perhaps be Davies or Davis. ^ " Robte holden Cletheraive" : There were two or three families of gentry and yeomen named Holden in North-East Lancashire in the i6th century. Robert Holden, who had this gift on his going to Cambridge in 1571, was a member of one of these families, and he had received his early tuition at the Free Grammar School of Queen Mary, in Clitheroe. 1 hazard the supposition that he was either a son or kinsman of " Sir " Thomas Holden, curate of Haslingden, named at the beginning of our MS., and noted at p. 5. "> "yohn W/iealwrighte" : Unknown. n " Wymchirste'''' : Not in Alum. West, as before. The entry is erased in I\IS. " ^^ Brian eyten " : Not recorded at Canterbury School. But "Brj'an Eyten " in this entry is probably meant for "Biyan Exton," who is named anon in the MS. as "sonne to Mrs. ffynche," and "scholer in Magdaline Hall in Chambridge." (Index of Names, s.n.) 165 (Page 90 of the MS., folio 72 verso) To a poor fchoUer of Cranbroke in Kente \ Named John Brj^gge^ the viij'^ of >ij^ vj*^ Januarye A" i57i j To Gye Eaton, Archdeacon of glocester^, to the vse of a poor fcholler, & fatherles childe, one Arnolde Oldesworth^, by thandes of Rychard Browen the i i---8--"d said j •' ^ v^^ of martch A" 1571 as by the bill of the A | Gye more pleanly apperethe J To m^ heyton'* a poor Mynister for a token ^ to his Sonne a poor fcholler the xvij*^^ of wj'vj'* Martch A^ 1571 j To John Thoms^, a poor fcholer of m'^ ) ^.-^ Muncaster schole^ the ix*^ of Julye A° 1572 | ^ To willm haymon^ a poor fcholler of Canterburie \ by the handes of his father Nicholes haymon Vx^ the x^h of Julye A" 1572 j To one m'' Lyttons^ fonne a poor fcholler the ^ xxiiij° of Julye A° 1572 by thandes of his >v^ mothere j Too one Arnalde oldisworthe a poor fcholler at' glocester, the xxix" of Octob"". A° {572. by the handes of Gye heton, Archdeacon of )*liij^ iiij'* Glocester, to the vse, & bringinge vppe of the said Arnalde Oldisworthe Too one martine Reade of powles fchole^ the viij" of Aprill A° 1573 Too one Thomas Bradockes,^*^ the xxix** dale ^ of Male Ao 1573 at the suete of his father Vv^ Citizen and gyrdler of london ) Too a poor fcholler, the vicare of Staple- ^ forde^^ brother one the \\f°- of j-v^ October A" 1573 j Too a poore fcholer one Anthony Dodde,i2\ .^ ...^ late of the fchole at Christes churche > •^ ^ the iiijt^ of maye A^ 1574 j Too Nycholes hamone^^ fonne, by thandes of^ his father, the xx*^ of Aprell >x* A" 1574 j To one m''^ Lytley^*, to gyve her sonne the ) ^^ Vf^ of December A° 1574: ) jvij^ J 166 J M'-'i'otes and Illustrations. (90) ' " John Brygge of Cranbrokf" : Though most dihgently helped by the Historian of Cranbiook (Mr. \V. Tarbutt), nothing has been recovered concerning either tliis or otlier Cranbroolc names. * " Gye Eaton, Airhdeacon of gloccsfer" : Guy Eaton, S.T.B., Prebendary of Glou- cester 1559, resigned 1571; Archdeacon of Gloucester, presented 15th September, 1559, and held until after 1571. (Le Neve's Fasti, vol. i, pp. 446, 447.) 3 "■' Arnolde Oldesworth," and infra: See Index of Names, s.it., and note on the next page. * " w;-. heyton": Probably same as Eaton or Heaton. See Index of Names, s.n. * " yohn Thorns, a poor scholer": TY^^wj- = Thomas. John Thomas, here named as a scholar of Merchant Taylors' School on the 9th of July, 1572, had, a month previously, on the loth of June, 1572, been chosen by Dean Nowell, Archdeacon Watts, and by the President and a senior Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford, as one of four boys out of the whole school, after a severe examination, who were "meteste as well for learninge, personage, poverty, and years, to be presently preferred to Colledge." The four youths were, " fohn Thomas, John Rickesmond, William Lee, and Thomas Harrison. " (Clode's RIeiiiorials of the Guild of Alerchant Taylors, p. 408. ) In the record of admissions of scholars to Merchant Taylors' School I find the entry : "1564. 28 April. John Thomas, son of Ralph Thomas, Merchant Taylor." The entry proves the parentage of this forward scholar. He probably owed his support at the University to Dean Nowell's goodness ; for in another entry in the J\IS. he is referred to as "John Thomas of King's College," "whom mymr. {i.e., Dean Nowell) did kepe in his place." ® ";;/;-. Miincastcr schole": The name is misspelt for Mr. Mtdcaster, and the school is Merchant Taylors', of which Mr. Mul caster was Head Master from 1561 to 1581. At the first meeting of the Court of the Company after the foundation of the School, held on the 24th September, 1561, statutes were enacted for its regulation, and Richard Mulcaster of Christ Church, Oxford, M.A., was appointed "high Master." Mr. Clode, in his ample "Memorials" of the Merchant Taylors' Guild and School, sup- plies interesting facts respecting Mr. Mulcaster (Appendix, p. 661). (See Index, s.n., for other references. ) 7 " Willm haymon ": See Index of Names, s.n. ^ " 3Ir. Lyttons sonne": Again referred to more precisely as "Thomas Lytton" on the next page. ^ ^^ marline Reade of poiiiles fchole" : Unknown. '" " Thomas Bradockes gyj-dler": I assume this scholar to be Thomas Bra- dock, subsequently of Christ College, Cambridge, where he proceeded B.A. in 1576; in 1578 was elected a fellow of his college, and in 1580 commenced M.A. He served the office of proctor in 1584. In 15S8 he was elected master of the Grammar School of Reading; and on 8th April, 1591, was presented to the vicarage of Stanstead Abbots, in the county of Herts., which he resigned in 1593. He look B.D. in 1593, and died about 1604. In 1600 he published a Latin translation of a defence of Jewell's Apology. {Ath. Cantab., vol. ii, p. 395.) Our IMS. in this entry gives new information of the paternity of this scholar, stating that his father, living in May, 1573, was a "citizen and gyrdler of London" — "gyrdler"=girdle-maker. They were incorporated in 1448. Their Hall is in Basinghall Street, and their motto "Give thanks to God." (Cf. Bailey, s.v.) ^1 " Vicare of Stapleforde" : Unknown. ^' '^ Atithony Dodde Christe chinrhe'": Unknown. '3 " JVycholes hafnone": See Index of Names, s.n. He is mentioned two folios be- fore this. '* "Mrs. Lytley'": Unknown: qy. — Lylton, z?, snpra} 161 (Page 91 of the MS., folio jso) To the exibetion of one Arnolde Ol^s^.ilttn' Guye Eaton, the x*'^ of decemb^ Oldsworth, fent by m' AM574: md. To the fame three yeares hijs n\]^l that A" 157! liijs nij Hijs iiijd and for hijs iiijd/ toto Thorns s-hij'^iiij i"d Arnolde laste befor IS ;;d To injd/ one for paste ev^y to saye for the for the yeare A« the yeare A^ this yeare yeare iS72 1573: -7-7 r-v"J lytton^ a poore fcholler \ the xijtli of decemb'" A*' {574 : j' ^^ Too one Lawrance Parkynsonne^, a poore | fcholer of Lancaster, towen, att his gowinge >iij to Cambridge the iiij*'^ of June i575 : J — Too one S"' waddington^, of Clayer hall in Cambridge the iiij*^^ of June at the comendation of Docter Bynge A" 1575 To certeyn poore fchollers att wenchester ) ^ the xx'^ii of Julye 1575 : j^ Toe one Parveis^ fcholler of west Chester, the \ xx*'! of December A° 1575 : ^-xx^ vj^ 3 vjd Yycii he said he wold butt borrow of my m'' Too one Christofor neman^ fcholler of wenchester | the xxt'i of fabruarie A° 1575 : j ^J' Toe the fchollars of paulls fchole the XX th of December A" 1575 : j ^^"J ;d Parkins" fonnes the xx*^ XX* >\\f nij' To one of m'' Docter of Decembre A" 1575 : Toe one Thoms Bellamye^ a poore fcholler" whome the Byshoppe of Sallisburie relevid whilles he lyvid the xx* of deccmber A« 1575 : ... Too one needham^, a poore Citizens of London his sonne, the x*^ of martch 1575: fcholler )»xxs att the mercers hall Too one Nichols hellewell'", of mydleton futter") to be of Brasyn noose, the xix*'^ of maye >-x hP 1576 : J Too one fcofylde'^, of the same fchole of mydleton when my m"" was in Suffex. A° 1575 : Too one Election X8 Isacke Colffe^^^ whoe came to the )_ .- to western^, the v^^ of Julye 1576 : j ^■' Too dyveres fcholleres of paules fchole, \ the x^ii of november 1 576 : '. j ^ Too one Richard NowelP^ fcoUare by the handes of John nowell his father . , whoe was borne in Cletherowe in lanca- '^ fhire 1577 : the vij of June vj^ 168 Notes and Illusirations^ ' '■' Arnolde Oldsworth" and iiif?-a : See Index of Names s.it., for various entries. I have nothing positive respecting this poor scliolar, whose maintenance seems to have been undertaken by Dean Nowell, as trustee of his Ijrother's bounty, and whose bringing up was entrusted to Guy Eaton, Archdeacon of Gloucester ; but it has struck me that, as he is described as a "poor fatherless child," and as Dean Nowell manifestly took peculiar care for him, be might be the orphan son of Robert Holdesworth, LL. D., Vicar of Halifax, in Yorkshire, who was slain by thieves who broke into the vicarage in the night-time, and was buried in Halifax Church, loth May, 1566. (Whitaker's History of Leeds, p. 384.) Dr. Holdesworth's violent death was a tragedy which must have caused a sensation in Yorkshire and Lancashire. He is likely to have been well known by the Nowells, whose seat at Read is about 30 miles from Halifax. Dean Nowell paid, according to the four entries in relation to Arnold Oldesworth (or Holdes- worth) on this and the preceding page, 53J. 4^. yearly for three years towards his support. ^ " Thorns lydon": See last page. ^ " Laivrance Parkynsonne . . . . 0/ Lancaster" : This Lancashire scholar who went to Cambridge in June, 1575, is not found in any published record of Cambridge University. He was perhaps a member of the Parkinsons of Ellel, near Lancaster, of whom Lawrence Parkinson, gent, (possibly father of this scholar), was representative in 1554 and 1574, and Christopher Parkinson, gent., in 1585. One Lawrence Parkinson, M. A., presented to the Vicarage of Ospringe, I2tli June, 1582, occurs in the records of St. John's College, Cambridge, and it is not unlikely was the same person as the "poor scholar" of our A/S. seven years earlier. ■* " Sr laaddiiigton Doctor Bytige" (this entry is erased in MS.) : See onward for another mention of Sir Waddington, B. A., of Clayer Hall in Cambridge, and his patron Dr. Bingham. * '^ Parvies scholler of west Chester": Qu — Winchester ? " " Christofor nemaii": Christopher Newmane a "poor scholar of Cambridge," will be met with hereafter. (Index of Names, s.n.) 7 "Doctor Parkins sonne": Probably Samuel Parkins elsewhere named in the MS. and voted as a scholar at Cambridge. (Index of Names, s.n.) 8 " Thorns Bellamy e By shop pe of Salishnrie" : Jewel died 23rd September, 1571, four years before this reference to his help of a poor scholar. !* " necdham .... mercers hall" : Unknown. 10 " /Yic holes hellrcuell of mydleton": Of this scholar of Middleton School, Lancashire (Nowell's Foundation), I have no information. " " one Scofylde of the same schole": Of the Schofield family of Rochdale parish, in the county of Lancaster, others of whom are named in the MS. (Index of Names, s.n.) This scholar is twice mentioned subsequently, when he was sent to Oxford Uni- versity: — " Edmunde Scolfylde scholar of Mydleton School, who came with his father to me [Dean Nowell] into Sussex, and had my lettre to the principal of Brazenose" (September 1575); and in June 1577: "To Edmund Scofeild, att his gowinge to Oxford" — "of Brazenose College." No doubt it was the same scholar who is also named as "Scofylde," who conveyed a sum of money from Dean Nowell to Mr. Oliver Carter of Manchester. 12 '\lsacke Colffe" — a famous name among those who care for the quaint old theology of the period. '3 '■'Richard N'owell" : He must have been brother to Roger Nowell of a subsequent entry, and there described as " Roger Nowell, a poore schollar [at Cambridge] borne in Cletherall [Clitheroe] in Lancashire, coosin to [Edward] Nowell the vicare of fearinge. " These members of junior branches of Nowells of Read who came in for shares of Robert Nowell's bounty are too numerous for me to attempt identification and connexion with the family genealogy of each individual mentioned. A subsequent entry in Dean Nowell's own handwriting relates a circumstance in the college career of this Richard Nowell : — " To one Richard Nowell who for povertie dep'ted [departed] from Ca'bridge, 21 Febr., 1577." 169 (Page 92 of MS., folio 73 verso.) Too one Thoms Abbotte^ a poore fchollare by the "^ handes of his father the fyrste of Januaiye > 1576: J Too one John ffoote,^ comendid by Sergeante | Hanes fchollar of western'^ the second of July 1 577: j Too Certen poore fchollares of paules fchole | the x*^ of October 1577: j Willm _ i Too one A clerke^ of powles fchole, comendid [^ comendid by m'' malyine./ the thirde daie of June 1579 Too Thorns Sorocold,'* fcholare Manchester, comendid by certen & Lancashire a of m) Carter, of December 1579 : one Edwarde Claton comendid by ^ John Southworth knight^ the Vj xij''^ of februarie 1579: j Too one Lyllie'', of Canterburie ys V' vjd/ ys Of^ gent of th( Too ;th YK- xs martch m the viij*'^ of by the handes of preacher of Canterburie^ ... Too xv*'''^ fchollars of the xix^h of november i58o Too a poore fcholare of wakefeild, Richard fysher^, the xxvj'^'^ of Aprell 1579: Symsonne •xs paules fchole, one vijs vj*^ V8 my duty remembred good m^^ this is to let you vnderstand that I haue takne feue fwarme by reason the weare not well prouided of hony to keep the all winter so that that w^h the had I thought it better to take A now the to the haffard gott ne the loose all, all so I haue takne fyue ftockes of tooe yeares owld w*^^ I thought would haue proued fumAvhat better the the did for I haue not tooke note past fyue gabandes of hony from the all waxe thire is good ftore for thire is full aleve [eleven .'] pound thire is yet remaning of this yeare x fwarmes and of the last yeare seaven^ 170 Notes and Illustrations. (92) ' '^ Thorns A bbotie" : Unknown. - " yo/iiiffoote . . . . Sergcante Hants''^ : Not known. ' " IVillm ch'i-ke" : As this scholar was at St. Paul's School in 1579, he could not be the William Gierke of Trinity College, Cambridge, who matriculated in 1575, and was author of The Triall of Baslardie, &c. * " Thorns Sorocold" : Thomas Sorocokl, the Manchester scholar, who by this record had a gift of ten shillings from the Nowell Bounty on 7th Dec, 1579, was of a good Lancashire family, the Sorocolds of Barton-on-Irwell. who entered a descent and displayed arms at Dugdale's Visitation of Lancashire in 1664. Thomas Sorocold was born at INLinchester about the year 1561, and probably w^as brother of Ralph Sorocold of Manchester, merchant, and son of Tliomas Sorocold of Manchester. Here, as a scholar of Manchester School in 1579, he is commended to Dean Nowell by Mr. Oliver Carter, Fellow of Manchester College. His University was, I think, Oxford, and his college Brazenose. He took the degrees of B. A. and M.A. ; and in July, 15S7, " Mr. Sorrocolde pretched at Lathom House, in the private chapel of the Earl of Derby," as recoxdedmihQ Sfajihy Papers (vol. ii, pp. 32 and 142). On 22nd Oct., 1590, Thomas Sorocold, M.A., was instituted to the Rectory of St. Mildred in the Poultiy, London (Newcourt's Repcrt., vol. i, p. 502). He was living in 1594, and was author of Supplications of Saints, a Book of Prayers and Praises, &c., a book which went through many editions. 6 " Ed'.oarde Claton .... Sr John South7vorth Knt. ": This scholar, also, like the preceding, was of Lancashire. Nothing responds to our inquiry concerning him, but he was doubtless a son of one of the families of Clayton, gentry and yeomen in the parish of Blackburn, where Sir John Southworth, of Samlesbury Hall, had his seat, and was a personage of importance. Sir John Southworth was a stout "recusant" (Roman Catholic), and it is curious to find him commending a scholar to a Protestant chief like Dean Nowell. Sir John Southworth's troubled career on account of his religion is recounted in various narratives. Strype {Grindal, p. 138) states that Sir John was one of a number of Catholic gentry who made a rendezvous at Bath in 1569. He "tarried at Bath twenty days, during which time he was a great leader of that Ring, and no little doer in those parts, remaining in great admiration. He had been but the year before sent up from Lancashire, and committed to the Archbishop of Canterbury, for his harboring Romish priests in his house, and relieving them, though in his hearing they had spoken against the present state of religion established, and the state of the realm. " After being sent to the house of the Bishop of London to be conferred with, but in vain. Sir John was transferred to the house of the Dean of St. Paul's (Nowell), where, says Strype, "he continued stiff in his principles, and refused to come either to prayers or sermon ; which made the Dean weary of him," &c. Sir John Southworth was at home in Lancashire at the date of this entry, but he was imprisoned for " recusancy " in 15S1, and he died in 1595. Respecting Edward Clayton, the scholar named in this entry, it occurs to me that he might be the person named in a codicil to Dean Nowell's Will, which reserved "four pounds to be an- nually delivered to Mr. Edward Clayton, of Brazenose College." • " Lyllie " : See Index of Names, s.n., for other references. 7 " Mr Symsonne preacher of Canterhurie " : Unknown. 8 " Richard fysher": Unknown. ' This fragment of a scroll-letter, like a previous one, belongs to a later date, and is the casual writing, on blank leaves, of some servant of the Towneleys who had custody of the J/6', gabandes = gabions (Ital. gablnoni) or baskets — but usually a military term. 171 3 Apreil Aprell 52 Auguste 20 of auguste 7 Novebris 1570- (Page 93 of th& 3IS., folio 75.) To Scholleres of the vniv'"sitie of chambridge. ' XX s.^ To John Kempe fchoUer of Katherin hall in chambridge To Robte Cottesforde^ & Samwell Cottesforde ) ^j, fchollers of chambridge / To John Punte^ for the Exhibition"! of a poor fcholler of Trinitie colledge in >xls chambridge J To John pressed of peter house bacheler of arte, in chambridge, by thandes of John chapemane m^chante tayler&m^crowley* as appereth by their acquitance r whitgifte^ mM bestowed >1^ To m'^ Docter flieparde & otheres to be vpon poor fchollers in chambridge J To m^ Whitakers for exebytion ^ for Law & hamonde^ to henry Rushton fcholler of| Cambridge j to Sh'' whitakers for teachinge hamonde & La we To m' Whitgifte brothere x^ To John Nycolson bachler of Arte of christes colledge in caml Toe one Thorns morre poore ) . fcholler of christes colledge in Cambridge j To Shr } j" } } xx^ v" XX* xxs To To To To at for towe teachinge tymes Lawe XXX' xs fill' Whitakeres wherof xx^ was & haymonde Shr Byrde^ a poor younge mane of the same house m^ harrysonnes fonne^ W^^ wente | frome eatone to chambrydge J " Richard Laugher and Edmond SpenferS towe poore fcholars of Pembrock haule vj^ a peace in the whole xij^ by the handes of , M'' Thomas Newce felow of the j fame howfe J J>xij^ (VJ ;ii Ui XUIJ" VIJ 172 Notes and Illustrations. (93) ' " Robte Coitesforde," i.e., Robert Cotesford, Magdalen College, B.A. 1568-9, M.A. 1572. 2 "John Fiatte." See notes on pp. 15, 25, 27, and Index of Names, s.n., for several references to this merchant-taylor. 3 "yoknpresse," i.e., John Press, Teterhouse ; B.A. 1565-6, M.A. 1569. * "Mr. crowley": See Index of Names, s.7i. 5 "Docter Wh'itgifte'' : Ibid. ^ See Index of Names under William \Vhitaker, Lawe and Hammond for other references and relative notes. ^ " Sr Byrde": Collate this "poor yonge mane" with " Rychard Byrde" three pages onward in the MS. Richard Bird matriculated as a sizar of Trinity College ("the same howse" with William Whitaker as mentioned in the text), in February, 1564-5; was chosen as a scholar of the house in 1568; and went out B. A., 1568-9; was afterwards elected a fellow; in 1572 commenced M.A. ; and proceeded B.D. in 1580. Later he travelled as tutor with William Cecil, son of Sir Thomas Cecil. He became Archdeacon of Cleveland in 15S8-9, and Canon of Canterbury in 1590; was created D.D. in 1608; and dying in June, 1609, was buried in Canterbury Cathedral. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of John May, Bishop of Carlisle. (Cooper's Ath. Cantab., vol. ii, p. 521.) Among several things Richard Bird was author of Latin verses on Whitaker s translation against Harding, 1578. 8 " mr. harrysones so?ine" : See previous entry refemng to him on p. 89, and rela- tive note. 9 ' ' Richard Langher and Edmotid Spenser " : See Index of Names, s. n. , and relative notes. This very interesting entry is in the handwriting of Dean Novvell himself. 173 (Page 94 of the MS., folio 75 verso.) 8 Novebr. 1570 Too m"^ Smith a Lancashire p'acher late of Peter howse in Cabrige^ The distribution of m^ Robte Nowells Goodes, to certeyn poor fchollers in the vniu^fitie of cambrige, by m^' Docter Whitgifte & m'^ docter 3 Apr. Longworthe^ fubscribied w*^^ the said fcoUers handes, seu^ally 1569 whate eu^y one receyved \\^^ theyr owen handes seu ally fubscribed the som pi/ as apperethe by a bill of the fame. A whereof laid out as folow'^^e. Receyved of the Goodes abouenamed by Casper | ,g ■« habryus the some j « To Willm pemb^'tone , x^ -"t to Edwarde whitakeres^ x^ 3 to Roeere carre x Id Georges Barnes vj^ viij to John Bentleye v^ viij'^ to Roberte wright* x^ to Joell Doughtie x^ to John pounde x^ to Tobyas waltwoode \djs viij'^ to Willm Dysone vj^ viij^^ to Willm Thornehill vj^ viij^ to Christofor greene vj^ viij*^ to Samwell ftallon vj^ viij*^ to henry abotte vj^ viij*^ to Johannes minister x^ to Anthony dobsone x* to Robte cottforde^ vj^ viij*^ Anthony Sparre vj- vn]^ Edward Digby^ vj^ viij"^ Rychard Birram vj^ viij*! Rychard fidlinge vj^ viij^ John Bayne vj* viij'^ W^illm boie vj^ viij"^ Nocholes Browen vj^ viij<^ John Kitchine vj^ viij"^ Nathayell treheyron'' vj^ viij'^ Edward Cotton^ vj^ viij*^ xij^* xjs viij*^ 174 Notes and Ilhistrations. (94) ' "Air. Smith a Lancashire pracher,^' &c. This entry is in the easily distinguishable hand of Dean Nowell. Out of many Smiths, I am unable to select the one who is here described as a Lancashire preachei". An Alexander Smyth occurs as vicar of Bolton in Lancashire in 1582. (Baines' History of Lancashire, edition of 1S68, vol. i, P- 553-) 2 "■Mr. Doctor L^ongworthe'''' : Richard Longworth, born at Bolton in Lancashire about the year 1533; matriculated as a pensioner of St. John's College, Cambridge, in November 1549; proceeded B.A. 1552-3; elected fellow of Queen's College 1553; commenced M.A. 1556; resigned his fellowship at Queen's, 1557; " Rd. Longworth of Lane.," admitted fellow of St. John's College, 27th July, 1559; elected senior fellow 28th February 1560-I; ordaineil priest by Bishop Pilkington 9th March, 1561-2; proceeded B.D. 1563; master of St. John's nth May, 1564; created D.D. 1567; Canon of Durham 1567, resigned 1572; Dean of Chester 28th February, 1572-3; died 1579; Will proved 8th July; author of Letters, &c. For further particulars of Dr. Longworth, see Baker's History of St. John's College, Cambridge; and Cooper's Athence Cantabrigienses. 3 " Edivarde IFhitakeres": See Index of Names, sji. * Robert IVrighte": Robert Wright matriculated as a sizar of Trinity College, 2nd May, 1567, and became a scholar of that house; B.A. 1570-I; afterwards a fellow; M.A. 1574. He was tutor of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex; and was living in 1596. But there was a second contemporary Robert Wright of Cambridge, who may have been the scholar named in the text, and who matriculated as a pensioner of Tri- nity College in 1571; B.A., 1574; M.A., 1578. {Ath. Cantab., vol. h, p. 223.) * " Robte Cottforde": See the name on preceding page, and relative note. ' " Ed'cCiard Digby" : Edward doubtless should be Everard Digby, matriculated as a sizar of St. John's, 25th Oct., 1567; proceeded B.A., 1570-1; admitted a fellow on nity College in 1571 ; B.A. 1574; M.A. 1578. {Ath. Cantab, vol. ii, p. 223.) 7 " Nathayell treheyron'" : The name of Nathaniel Treheron occurs twice in these Cambridge lists, the second time two pages onward, where he is classed a scholar of St. John's. He is not found in the Athena: Cantab. Was he son of the notable Barthol. Treheron, the Puritan minister who died in exile ? See a subsequent note showing the marriage connexion between the Treheron family and the Bowyers and the Nowells. (Index of Names, s.n.) 8 " Edward Cotton'' : Of St. John's College, Cambridge. B.A., 1571-2; M.A., 1575- 175 (Page 95 of the MS., folio 76.) Christofor adderton Thorns walbey , Raynolde boswell Roger Dighton fy nkell John I rtone^ , , Thorns pylkinton^ Andrew Bordman^ John hunte* henry Lewes peter gosnell Rychard fwale^ John flower . ... Willm Barcrofte Davyd Lyfkey Robte fliarpe Charles Mosley Rychard Judson Rychard Wilkinson Thorns Newce Thorns ffelle^ henry burie Nicholes Bonded James ferabie Thorns calcot Willm Ashbyes Robte Cheeke John furmarye Robte futtones Rychard Burton Steven Barwicke John Grendwell Anthony rouse Rychard pyckarde Georges Bodsone Rychard Davisonn John houlden Rychard Johns , . Robte Woode Myles Morre John Snodace henry vfliere VJ8 y'nji vjs viijd vjs viij'i vjs viij*^ vjs viij*^ xs X3 X9 ys xxs vj vj vj' vj vj vj vj vj vj xx^ x^ vj vj V VJ VJ V VJ vj' vj' vj' vj' vj' X3 vj' vj' vj' vnj'i viij*^ viij'^ viij^ viij'* viij** viij<* viij*^ viij*^ I'd vnj viij^ vh'jd viij<^ vj3 viij^ vjs viij*^ vjs viij<^ vj s viij<^ id 3 vnja 8 viij'i s viij*^ * viij'' s viij s viijd s viij.,yo\. ii., p. 176.) Richard Smith recurs in the J/i". two pages onward, under Trinity College list. 2 " John Kobynson " : Of St. John's College, as entered on the next page, and noted on page 181, note 23. * " IVillni IMiddliton " : William Middleton, a native of Shropshire, matriculated as a sizar of Queen's College, Cambridge, in Oct., 1567; proceeded B.A., in 1570-1 ; elected a fellow in 1571. Being denied permission, in 1574, by the president and fellows to proceed M. A., he went to Oxford and took the degree there. The authorities of Cambridge then deprived him of his fellowship, but he appealed and was reinstated by command of Lord Burghley, chancellor of the University. The documents relating to this arbitrary treatment of William Middleton at Cambridge are printed in Cambridge University Transactions, &c., edited by Hey wood and Wright (vol. i., pp. 177-1S4. ) He proceeded B.D. in 1582, and vacated his fellowship about 1590. He held the rectory of Hardwick, in the county of Cambridge. He wrote Papisto Maxtis, or the Protestant Religion defended, &c. {Ath. Cantab., vol. ii., p. 446. ) * " IVillin Wyiiinsofine" : Of Queen's College, Cambridge, at which he matri- culated as a sizar, 12th Nov. , 1568; proceeded B. A. 1571-2, and commenced M.A. 1575; B.D. in 15S2. He was a schoolmaster in Cambridge in 1579; and in 1580 was living in London. Author of several books published between 1579 and 1591. (At/i. Cantab., vol ii. , p. 179-) s •■' HtigheBronghtone'' : Of St. John's College. " Hugh Broughton, of Salop," admitted a fellow of the College, i6th March, 1569-70; translated thence to Christ's College. Canon of Durham. "It may be said to Mr. Shepherd's honour (Nicholas .Shepherd, 13th Master of St. John's) that he preferredmen of learning, as appeared in his first choice oi Hugh. Broughton, the famous Hebrician, by his next selection of Andrew Downes, the noted Grecian, and after them of Everard Digby, John Palmer, &c. But Broughton, who did not stay long in a place, removed to Christ's, nowilhstanding the kind and advantageous offers made him by Mr. Shepherd." (Hist, of St. John's College, vol. i., p. 167.) ^ " Gyles Fletcher": For a full life of this illustrious man see his Licia as edited by me in the Fuller Worthies' Library Miscellanies, and since, separately, in my Occa- sional Issues (1876). The Memoirs in both fill up a hitherto unwritten chapter of our literature, &c. He was father of the two poets Phineas and Giles Fletcher, whose works are included in the Fuller Worthies' Library. "^ " Robt. Lilcffe" : Robert Lylesse, born at Nottingham, in 1550; educated at Eton; elected thence to King's College, 1567; fellow, 23rd Sept., 1570; B.A., 1571 ; M.A, 1575; Proctor of the University, 1581. Later in life he followed the medical profession. Supposed to have been author of Diella ; Certain Sonnets adjoined to the amoroiise poein of Doin Diego and Gineura. By R. L., gentleman, 1596. But I lean to the conclusion that Richard Linch, and not Robert Lilesse, was the author of this book. See my edition oi Diella, &c. (Ath. Cantab., vol. ii., p. 223.) * " Robert Sharpe" : See former mention of him. (Index of Names, j.;?. ) ' " Will in Brathivhate" : William Braithwaite occurs as a fellow of Immanuel College, Cambridge, in 1589. ( Cainb. Univ. 7;-«;/j-., vol. i. , p. 567.) He was, I think, of the Braithwaites of Furness in Lancashire. A later William Braithwaite, "of Lan- cashire," was admitted a fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, 3rd April, 1601. (Baker's History of St. John's College, vol. i., p. 292.) '" " Robt Chitrche" : Born about 1549 ; a sizar of St. John's College, Cambridge, 1565 ; B.A., 1567-8; fellow of Caius College; M.A., 1571 ; B.D., 1578, and one of the University preachers ; in 1595, Lady Margaret preacher. He wrote verses on the death of Dr.' Wm. Whitaker, 1595. " '■'■ Alexander Keye" : Of St.- John's College. " Alexander Kay, of Lancashire," admitted a fellow of the College, nth April, 1565. " Cczcus natiis Regr.acad., 1564. Cczcus et tamen concionator." (Register of .St. John's College, in Baker's History of the College, edited by Mayor, vol. i., p. 2S8. ) '* '■'■ Rycharde Byrde'^: See^another reference and woiQ ante at p. 173, and again two pages onward. N 2 179 (Page 97 of the MS., folio yy) John Som^chales vj* viij<* Stricklande vj^ viij'^ John Carter vj^ viij** Edwarde Branne vj^ viij^ Thorns Lano-herne xx^ vnj nij' I'd John horsey vj^ Edwarde Germeyne x* haly heron^ iij' Thorns Browene^ iij» iiij'* Sume 1'^ Anno i570 receyved by Docter whitgyfte m'^ fliepparde^ m"" Lyndleye to be bestowed vpon poor fcholleres in the vniu'^fitie of Cambridge as hearafter the said Ste x= apperethe. by A byll w*^ the handes of ffyrste of the Steduentes & fchollers of Johanns to Nathanyell Trrehearon"*. Lawrance Stainton^ vj' to James wyldforde^ vj^ John palmer^ vj^ Andrewe Dowens^ vj^ Rogere Dyghton vj^ George fawcete® vj^ Marteyn bridges'^ vj^ Edwarde Burton'^ vj^ Edwarde Cotton^^ vj" homfrey Clearke'^ vj^ Wilhn Benneti'* vj^ Samwell Norcott'^ vj Willm fleminge'^ vj^ James Smithe''^ vj^ Rychard wells vj* John Sharppsparrowe'^ vj^ Robte Lewes'9 vj® Peter porter^o vj'* Nicholes watken^i vj^ Thorns habraham Watken'^^ vj^ Thorns habraham v^ John Robynson'^^ v^ Steven Smythe^* v^ Richard Vaghan^s v^ Bryan Marley^^ v^ pties fubscribede./ vnj viij' viijf viij' viij' id i"d I'd vnj viij viij viij** viij** viij*^ viij** viij** viij^ viij*^ viij*^ viij'" vnj viij* viij"^ I'd /xi^i. xviij* iiij^ tZ,, Stephen Medope, of Trinity; B.A., 1571-2; M.A., 1575; Sizar, 22nd Nov., 1566. 25 ^'Charles home'" : Of Trinity ; elected from Westminster School, 1568; B.A., 1572-3 ; M.A., Peterhonse, 1577 ; S.T.B., 1585. He was living in college in 1595-6. He was author of Latin verses on the death of Sir Pliilip Sidney, 1587 ; and o{ In obitum ornatissitni z'iri Guilielvii Whitakeri, Doctoris in Thcologia, &c., 1596. i«3 (Page 99 of the MS.) the xxvij*^'^ of martch to one Thorns Busfilde^ ) ^ poor fcholler of in Cambridge 1573 / Too one Samwell^ the xxvij of martch A'' 1573.) .3 at the suet of his mother j To willm Danyell^ of Penbroke hall in Cambridge \ 3 the xxvij° of martche A" 1573 J ^ Too one Lancelet Androwes* poor fcholle^'S of Penbroke hall the xxviij" of martch A" i573. [-x^ at the sute of m'' Lewes my Lorde of Lacester gent. J Too one Samwell Parkens,^ poor fcholler of) in Cambridge by thandes of his [-x^ father the xxviij*^ of martch A" 1573 J Too one Samwell ffleminge^ poore fcholler 'J of the kinges colledge in Cambridge Vxx* the xx^t of Aprill Anno i573 j To one m^ Stear the xiij'^ of June A° 1573 of) g Peter howse in Cambridge j Too one bryan extonn^ sonne to m" ffynche, scoller \ in magdaline hall in Cambridge, the xvj*^ of >-xs June Aoi573 j To one John Milforde of penbroke hall in Cambridge ) g A" 1573 : the xxiiij of maye j To one m*" Yearde of Edmunton his sonne \ 3 the -K^^ of June Anno 1573 : j To Charles horne^ of Trinitie College in ) -g Cambridge the xx^'' of maye A" 1573 : ) ^ Too one John medley^ of trinitie College in 1 ^ Cambridge by his mother the xxvj^^ of June A° 1 573 j Too James Stoopes, the iiij'^ of Septemb"" ) ^ A° is 73 of Penbrocke hall in Cambridge J To Willm Danyell''^ the iiij of September ) g A° 1573 of Penbrok hall in Cambridge J Too S"" PanelPi of College in "| ,, }. Cambridge the xvj^^ of Septemb"^ Too one halldisworth of S*^ . Johnnes college in Cambridge the xvj*^ of W^ Septemb j Too one Busfilde^^ sonne to m' Busfilde ^ is the preacher in London, whose sonne A of S*® Johns College in Cambridge, the xxx*'^ of October A^ 1573 ) To mr whiteheade sonne^^ fcholler of Trini-|..g tie colledge in Cambridge the xi^^ of octob"" A" 1573 j ^ Too one Robte Parker of S'^ Johanns in | ^j Cambridge the xij*^ of octob A^ 1573 j ^^ V.VS 184 Notes and Illustrations. (99) ' " Thorns Bicsfilde''^ : He was of Merchant Taylors' School, and his parentage is supplied by the School Register, which records the admission, 23rd June, 1563, of "Thomas Bousefielde, son of Harry, merchant taylor." He attained "the position of head scholar at Merchant Taylors, and entered at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, in 1568, where he obtained one of the Watts Greek scholarships. He proceeded B.A. in 1574-5. On the 23rd May, 1577, he was incorporated at Oxford, and the same year commenced M. A. in that University. 22nd July, 1581, he was admitted principal of St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford, and in 1582 had the prebend of Grimston and Yatminster, in the church of Sarum. He resigned the headship of St. Edmund's Hall, 26th February, 1600. He partially re-built St. Edmund's Hall. The date and place of his death are unknown. {Ath. Cantab., vol. ii., p. 302.) * "one Saimvell" : query Samuel Cotesforde? See Index of Names, s.n. 3 "■ Willm Dattycll," i.e., William Daniel, of Pembroke; B.A., 1575-6; M.A., 1579- * " Lancelet Andi-owes'''' : Lancelot Andrewes, D.D., P.ishop of Winchester. Dr. Watts scholar in 1571, and afterwards Fellow and RIaster of Pembroke College, Cambridge, to which he was a great benefactor. One of the first Fellows at Jesus College, Oxford. Prebendary of St. Paul's. Dean of Westminster in 1601. One of the Commissioners for the Church at Hampton Court. "One of the four preachers before King James, in 1606, for the reduction of the Presbyterians to the Church of England ;" and one of the translators of the Bible. Bishop of Chichester, 1605; of Ely, 1609; of Winchester, 1618. Wood writes of Bishop Andrewes, that " he was the most eminent divine of our nation in his time." He is said to have been master of at least fifteen learned and modern tongues. His Manual of Private Devotions, his " Sermons," and controversial works are well known. Baker, in his Chronicle, at the end of the reign of James the First, writes thus: — "Of men of note and learning, as being in the time of the most learned Prince, there never was greater store, of whom, these for example, in curiousness of preaching, there was Dr. Andrews, Bishop of Winchester, who hath left to posterity a century of such golden Sermons, that shows he has well deserved the name of Chrysostom, as he that had it." \sic !^ Fuller declares that " King James stood so much in awe and veneration of him, that in his presence he refrained from that mirth and levity in which he indulged him- self at other times." Lord Clarendon asserts that " If Archbishop Bancroft had been succeeded in the See of Canterbury by Andrews, or any man who understood and loved the Church, that infection would, without difficulty, have been kept out, which could not afterwards be so easily expelled." Milton wrote an eleg>' on his death, in which the following distich occurs : — "At te prcecipue luxi, dignissime Prsesul, Wintonieeque olim gloria magna tuse." His Funeral Sermon was preached by Bishop Buckeridge. He is buried in the " Lodge Chapel " of St- Saviour's, Southwark. His monument has been recently restored by the Merchant Taylors' Company. Born, 1555 ; left school, 1571 ; died, 1626. (Dr. Hessey's Fasti, as quoted in xx^ of m'' Docter BarnsdalP. A" {573 j ...^ ... To one John Walsh a poor fcholler in Cambridge "J "*J Too one Thoms Strausham of MagdaHn "^ College in Cambridge at the suete of m>- Docter Ixx^ Barnsdall the xx'^ of Januarye A° 1573 ) Too one Abraham Johansonne, lat of^ Trinitie College in Cambridge, whose I ^ name as it is thoughte . is Collecloth the iij*^ C of martch A° 1573 ) Too Bryan extonne^, sonne, to m""* ffynche ^ of Magdaline hall in Cambridge, the xxx'^^ of >v'f ■ Martch A" 1574 j Too one Anthony Doode late of the ^ hospitall at christes churche the x.^'^ of Vv^ MayeAoi574: j To wyllm DanyelP the xij''» of ) ^ November 1574 of Pembrocke hall j Too James Stoopes of Pembrocke hall ) ^ the same xij*^^> of november A^* 1574 j Too John medley* the xx*^ of October ] A° 1574 : beinge of Trinitie college j Toe John Keltridge of Trinitie college in ) .5 ■■•^ Cambridge the fowerth of Januarye A" i574 j ^ Too one Roberte Lylies^, of Kinges College in ) ^ Cambridge the v*^^ of Januarye A° 1574 : j To one Thoms, Thomes^ of the same howse ) the same v^^^ of Januarye A" 1 5 74 : / To one Thoms Dove^, the xiij*^ of Januarye ) --s -j Aoi574: 1'^ ^\, To one George durden the same xiij*^ of ) iij* iiij^ Januarye A° 1574: j Too fower poore fchollers, of Pembroke \ hall in Cambridge, whome m"" wattes gyveth )-v^ vj*^ exibetion vnto the xiij^ii of Januarye A^ 1574) Too one Bryan Exton^ fcholler, of^ Magdaline hall in Cambridge, the viij^^ of (^ ^ februarye A^ {574: by thandes of his mother T M« fynch ) To John medley^ the xx^^ of Januarye ) iij^ iiij^ A° 1574. when he wente to Cambridge) Too a fcholler sonne to m"" Patente, the \ xxx*i^ of Aprell A° 1575 : vx^ of m'' muncaster fchole'" j Too one Roger nowell'^ a poore fcholler, born in Cletherall in Lancashire, the xxx^^ of aprell 1575 ^v^/ coosyn to nowell the vicare of fearinge 1S6 Notes and Ilhistrations. ( loo) ' " mr Docter Bamsdall," i.e., William Barnsdell or Barnesdale of St. John's: B.A., 1554-5; M.A., 155S; M.D., 1568; admitted Fellow, 1556; Senior Fellow, loth January, 156 1-2. * "Bryan ex/oniie": See preceding page, note 7. 3 "lVy///;i Daiiyeir'' See preceding page, note 10. ^ "yokn Alcdley": See preceding page, note 9. * ' Roberte Lyiies": See a reference four folios back, and relative note. ^ "■Thorns 'jytonu's," i.e., Thomas Thomas was educated at Eton, whence he was elected to King's College m 1571; he proceeded B.A. 1575, and commenced M.A. 1579- Oi'' y^ May, 1582, he was appointed printer to the University, and about 1 58 1 had begun to print a book, by Mr. Wm. Whitaker, when the Stationers' Company seized his press; but an appeal of the University heads to the Chancellor, Lord Burghley, procured for Mr. Thomas authority to resume his printing for the University. Martin Marprelate calls him the Puritan Cambridge printer; and Acres enumerates seventeen works which came from his press. He was author of a copious Latin Dictionary, in the production of which he worked so hard as to induce a disease which proved fatal. He died in August, 1588, and was buried in the church of St. Mary the Great, Cam- bridge, August 9th. {Ath. Cantab., vol. ii, pp. 29, 30 ) 7 "Thorns Dove'': OfC.C.;B.A., 1574-5; M.A., 1578. Thomas Dove, son of Wil- liam Dove, was admitted a scholar of Merchant Taylors' School, 24th January, 1563-4. * "B?yatt Exton": See note 2, supra. 9 "John RIcdLy'": See note 4, siipra. 10 <'j/,-_ Aluncasier fchole''' : Merchant Taylors' School, of which Mr. Mulcaster was Master. (See other allusions, Index of Names, s.n.') " "Roger N^orvdV: Perhaps a brother of Richard Nowell who was also of Clitheroe in Lancashire. Roger is said here to have been "cousin" (a wide term) to Edward Nowell, Vicar of Fearing in Essex, who is several times named in the MS. 187 (Page loi of the A/S.) To Abraham hartwell' batchler of arte of^ Trinitie college in Cambridge the xij^'^ of maye > xxs A° 1575: J To Robte lylies Batchelare of arte of Kinges") College in Cambridge the same xij* of maye |-xxs A°i575: J To diaries horne'^ batchelare of arte of ^ Trinitie College in Cambridge Vx^ the xij*'^ of maye A" iS/S : j To one S'' Kyrke^ Bacchelare of arte ofS Gonwell & Gains college in Cambridge the ^x^ xiiij* of maye i575 : j Too hyme more the fame tyme ij^ vj** To one S"' fflemynge* Batchelare of") arte of S*^ Johannes in Cambridge the xiiij^^ of Vx^ Maye A^ 1575 : j To one S'' hutchinsonne^ Batchelar of arte of^ the Quenes college in Cambridge the xij*^ of Vx^ maye A" 1575 : j To one Busfilde^ fcholare of penbroke ) ^ hall in Cambridge the xvj''^ of maye i575 : j To one Bacheler ofS arte before m"" mulcaster whoe was some tyme ( . .s/ his fcholmaister, gyven more the xix*^ of T ' ' maye A" 1575 : ) Too one S"" Waddington^, Batcheler of arte ofS Clayer hall in Cambridge, att the comendations of vxV m"" Docter Bingham the iiij'^ of June 1575 j Too m''^ Smythe to giue her sonne, h harrysonn ^ of the Kynges College in Cambridge the Vx^ xj'^ of June 1575 j to [erasure] Cambridge \ m^ fent A the vij* of november Anno 1575 : by m"" Still^ ( --u to the vse of S'' willm Pickringe Knighte^ his fcholers C ^ for theyr exhibition due at ; Delyu^ed to meistres Smith, to the vse of her"^ h harrysonn sonne A of the Kinges College in Cambridge the viij^'^ of november 1575: Itm fent vnto one S"" Doue,^" of Pembrocke hall in Cambridge the ix*^ of november 1575 : }-x by thandes of mr Docto"" yonge Too one S" medley, of Trinitie College in } iij^ iiijd Cambridge, the seconde of december 1575 : / Too m'^ leaver' ' for a poore fcholer att Cambridge \ ^ the x'^ of December A° 1575 : |xxx . >xxy 188 Notes and Illustrations. (lOl) ' ^'Abraham hartwelV : There were at least two persons named Abraham Hartwell connected with Cambridge. One of them, and the best known, was sometime secretaiy to Archbishop Whitgift. He was a Fellow of King's College. The other was of Trinity College, and therefore is the person described in the text. He proceeded B.A. in 1571, and M.A. 1575. {Ath. Cantab., vol. ii, pp. 383-4.) * "Robte lylics^' and '■^Charles Hor7ie''^: See Index of Names, s.n., for other refer- ences and relative notes. ^ ".Sr — ■ — • Kyrke" i.e., Edward Kirke of Caius: notable in Elizabethan literary history as the college friend of the poet Spenser, and the editor and glossarist of Edmund Spenser's first published important poem, the Shepheardes Calendar. Edward Kirke was born in 1553, and matriculated as a sizar of Pembroke Hall, in November, 1571; he afterwards removed to Caius College, and proceeded B.A., 1574-5. It will be noticed that in this entry of our MS. he is described (in May, 1575) as "Bacchelore of Arte of Gonwell and Caius College." He commenced M.A. in 1578. In 1579 he is found in London; and Edmund Spenser writing to Gabriel Harvey from Leicester House, i6th October, 1579, says: "Maister E. K. [Kirke] hartily desireth to be com- mended unto your worshippe, of whom, what accompte he maketh, yourselfe shall here- after perceive, by hys paynefuU and dutiful! verses of your selfe." The reference is to Kirke's "Epistle to the most excellent and learned, both orator and poet, Maister Gabriel Harvey, his very speciall and singular good friend," &c , inserted by Kirke in the first edition of Spenser's Shepheardes Calendar, and dated from his lodgings at London, 10 April, 1579. The later career of Edward Kirke has been long obscure, but the editors of AthencB Cantabrigieiises searched out and communicated to Notes and Queries (third series, vol. vii, p. 509), the following facts: "On 26th May, 1580, he was instituted, on the presentation of Sir Thomas Kytson, to the rectory of Risby, Suffolk, as he was on 31 August, 1587, to the rectory of the adjacent parish of Lack- ford on the same patron's presentation. He died 10 Nov., 1613, aged 60, and was buried in the chancel at Risby, where he is commemorated by an inscription. By his Will, which bears date three days before his death, he gave ^30 to the poor of Lack- ford. It is observable that his patron, Sir Thomas Kytson, in his account book under date of April, 1583, has the following entry: 'For a Shepheardes Calendar ii'.'" * "Air. ffleniynge'': William Fleming of St. John's, previously noted. (See Index of Names, s.n.) * " Sr hiitehinsonne,'" i.e., William Hutchinson of Queen's; B.A., 1572-3; M.A., 1576. ^ "Bnsjilde^^: For previous allusion and note, see Index of Names, s.n. 7 "Sr IVaddington," i.e., Henry Waddington of Clare: B.A., 1572-3; M.A., 1576. 8 "mr. Still": John Still, born at Grantham about 1543; only son of William Still, Esq. "John Styl, son of William Styl, merchant taylor," is so registered as admitted in Merchant Taylors' School, 26th March, 1563. He matriculated as a pensioner of Christ College in 1559; B.A., 1561-2; elected a Fellow, and commenced M.A. in 1565; B.D., 1570; in 1570 was appointed Margaret professor of Divinity; collated to the rectory of Hadlington, 30th July, 1571; and other preferments; and on 14th July, 1574, was elected Master of St. John's College; created U.D., 1575; Master of Trinity, 1577; Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1592; died 26th February, 1607-8. {Ath. Cantab., vol. ii, pp. 467, 468.) Most of all celebrated as the author of Gainiiier Gartoji's Needle — among the earliest, as it is of the raciest of English native comedies. " "Sr IVilhn Pickringe Knighte'" : Sir William Pickering died a few months before the date ef this entry, and after his death a scheme was projected for settling parts of his estates for the foundation of a free school and the endowment of scholarships at the Lhiiversities; but the purpose was not fulfilled. Dean Nowell's gift of 7/. lOj.here re- corded to the use of certain scholars of Sir William Pickering was probably connected with this scheme. Sir William Pickering was born about 15 17; knighted in 1547; and died 4th January, 1574-5. His estate was at Oswaldkirk in Yorkshire; and he had also a mansion called Pickering House in London. {Ath. Cantab., vol. i, pp. 325, 326.) '" "6";- Done''': Possibly John Dove, who was a scholar of Merchant Taylors' School, admitted 25th May, 1565, described as son of Robert Doue, merchant taylor. He may have proceeded to Pembroke Hall, Cambridge; but I find no trace of his University career. " "wr. leaver": The celebrated Puritan author and divine, Thomas Lever, born at at Little Lever in Lancashire; died at Ware, in July, 1577. For his history %qq Aik. Cantab., vol. i, pp. 366-368, and many other authorities. 1S9 (Page I02 of the MS.) Too one barefoot of Corpus christie colledge in ) ^ Oxford the xxj^ii of december A^ 1575 ) Too m"" Allveyi for his sonne a poore fcholler xx^ Too Br>^an exton^ a poore fcholler of Cambridge ) ..^ .^ the xxij'^ daye of December A° 1575 j ^ ^ Too m' TurnebulP m' of Arte of Corpus ) ...g ....^ christie collegge the same xxii^h of December j ^ ^ Toe one Willm hutchinsonn**, fchollar of the Ouenes colledge in Cambridge the xx^^ of Januarie A° 1575 : Too one m'' Lewen^ againste his p'cedinge Docto' ) ....^....^ the xth of Januarie A^ i575 : j ^ "^^ Too one Bryan Exton*' of Benett college^ in Cambridge, by the handes of m'' docto"" whit [-xx^ gifte the xx*^ of februarie A° 1575 : j To one willm Daniell^ of Pembrocke hall ) Cambridge the same xx^"^ of februarie 1575 : j ' Too one John meddley^ of Trinitie colledge ) ^ in Cambridge the xxiiij*'' of februarie 1575 : j Too one Robte willamsonne^, the xxvij'^ of ) ^ februarie A° i575: j Too S"" horne^° of Trinitie college in Cambridge \ ^ the xiijth of martch A" {575 : j ^^ Too one mathewe, Shalfoot, some tyme of the ) ..g .^ Kinges College in Cambridge, the xviij'^ of martch j -^ •' ToooneGersonne wyldford,''apoore fcholler,of Cambridge v* Too one JohnThomas^^of KingesCollege in Cambridge the xix* of maye iS76: whom my m'' did kepe in his place : in lawe Thorns Lawrence Too m"^ yardes sonne a scholler in Cambridge J>xx the seconde of Julye 1576: To wyllyi" Daniell'^ of pebroke hall 24 Septb'' 1 5 76 Too one Thoms Lawrance^* fcholer of Cambridge ^ the xv*^ of Julie 1576 j Too one Robte wyllmote'^ poore fcholer of the S Ouenes colledge in Cambridge, the third [-x of auguste 1576: j Too one Thoms hall, fcholler of S*^^ ) Johannes in Cambridge, the xxiiij'^ of november j Too one Richard Smyth'^ fcollare att leedesl att his gowinge to Cambridge, the seconde >xiijsiiijxx» of m"" whitakers and others Too one John Spenfer^, the xxix^^^ of Aprill " {578: the fome of of Pembrock hall V-v^ in Cambridge J Too one S"" Atkinsonne,^ Batchler of arte"] of S*^^ Johannes College in Cambridge, j att the suete of m' howland* [erasure] vicie ^^xx^ chaunceller of the the vniu^sitie of Cambridere the x'}^^ of maie 1578: Too m'' DanielP of pembrocke hall *t>^ Cambridge the xxj'^^ of maie 1578: '"} v« Too one Robte willamsonne^, of christes churche^ , in Cambridge the xvj*^^ of June 1578: J Too o"" coosin harrysonne^ of Kinges College in '\ Cambridge, the xx*^ v* dale of martche i578: > xl^ att the sute of his mother j Too m'" horne^, the xiij*-^ daye of Julye' 1578: att hadham psonage delyu*^ed to hym yxx^ selffe ^ Too one fifrances Keies^, of christes \ College in Cambridge, the xxviij*^ ofwjsvj*^ november 1578: J To one Samuell Athertonn^*^, of Pembrocke' hall in Cambridge, the xxv*'^ of februarie >xs 1578: _ Too one Barthelmewe chaple, the xxvij'^ } ..^ .^ dale of Aprell, i579:/ yijjvj^ Too one m' Eannam, the x'^ dale of x^* maie 1579: j Too one Bryan Exton^^, of pembrocke hall ) g / in Cambridge, the vij'^ of June i579: j Too m' mydley^^ againste his pcedinge \ m^ of Arte, the seconde of June i579: l-xx.^1 of Trenitie college in Cambridge j To one m"" harrison'-^ of Kinges Colledge ") „ , r X^ / in Cambridge the sixt of June 1579: j '' To one S'" francies Kaye^'* of Cambridge x^./ Too one Ellies Reedfearne fcholare ) „ of S*^ Johannes college in Cambridge j Too one Clarke, comendid by mO Malyn, the xx*^^ of februarie '579: I'xx* att his gowinge to Cambridge J Too one Ellis Reedfearne,^^ ^he xx^'^"^ of martche 1579: of S^^ Johannes ViijMiij'^ Cambridge J in 194 i Notes and I llustrations, (104) ' *' Sr. Mod/lty" : Perhaps meant for Maudsley. (Index of Names, s.n.) » ">/^« ^^-w/iT," z>., John Spencer, of Pembroke; B.A., 1577-8. It is exceed- ingly likely that John Spenser was a kinsman of Edmund Spenser, the Poet. He was educated at the same school, Merchant Taylors', and was admitted a scholar there 3rd August, 1571. He is described in the Register of the School as "John Spenser, son of John Spenser, gent." He would be a few years younger than Edmund Spenser, who left the school, as our MS. evidences, for Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, in April, 1569. It we had any better ground than possibility for imagining John Spenser might be younger brother of Edmund, the furnishing of his father's name in Merchant Taylors' Register would also give us the important fact of the Poet's paternity. But if John were not brother of Edmund, he might be cousin. His father, be it observed, was of the rank of lesser gentry indicated by the abreviation "gent." 3 '' Sr. Atkinsonne,'' i.e., John Atkinson, of St. John's; B.A., 1571-2 ; M.A., 1575- ■• ''Mr. how!a}td," i.e., James Howland, of Trinity ; B.A., 1576 ; M A., St. John's, 1580. Admitted Fellow of St. John's, 1577. He was a native of Richmondshire, in the county of York, and son of Richard Howland, Bishop of Peterborough. He matri- culated as a Pensioner of Peterhouse, 3rd December, 1572 ; and removed to Trinity. He had a canonry in the Church of Peterborough, and was installed Archdeacon of Northampton, 12th November, 1587. He died 20th March, 1607-8. (Atk. Cantab., vol. ii., pp. 235-6.) ® '" ^ : See Index of Names, s.n., for other references and relative notes. 'o " Samuell Athertonn" : Of Pembroke ; B.A., 1578-9; M.A., 1582. " t° '3 : See on 5 to 9. ^* "f?-ancies A'aye" : See note 16 on preceding page. '* "Ellis Reedfearne" : This scholar I connect with a family of Redfeame in Lanca- shire related by marriage to Dean Nowell and his brother Robert. (See Index of Names, s. n. , for other mention of the name and relative notes. ) O 2 195 (Page 105 of the MS., folio 80.) diuers other Toe A SchoUers of the Vniv'^sitie Oxforde./ of To of Tottenham' of christes churche To larned wattes m'' Irishe Carte 21 Robte Joyner vicar for John powle'^ fcholler in Oxforde Nicholas welshe a man, comended by m^ wrighte & m'' brickbecke^ Martch pd to willm wood preachear vse of Thorns Newell christes churche in Oxforde forde* scholler of Oxforde as apperethe by his 19 Aprill pd to Rychard wattes tayler to the vse of his sonne John Wattes of christes colledge in Oxforde^ the some of seven shilling-es as appereth to the' scoller oi and John accquitan of London in I cej xxs xx' ^xl^ nijli vijs w by his acquitance full of XX* for he Docter coop^ befor money that m'" Docter ch is to make upe hade xiij^ of the tyme of had to bestowe . the m"- the >-vij^ The names of those schollers of Oxforde to whom the money sente by m'^ Nowell Dean of pouUs of the Goodes of Robte Nowell deceased distributed by m"^ D homfrey^ presidente of magdalcn colledge Docter Coop Dean of christe churche the Laste of marche A° {569 firste to christe Geffrey Lewes^ m'' of arte xx^ churche John Buste^ xx* Robte Sutton^o xx^ ^ John Gloveri' xx^ John Wichham'2 xx^ John fpeyre'3 xx» Thoms hixon'* xiij* Thorns Coke's xiij' Abraham fowler"^ xiij^ John wattes'7 xiij^ John Balmye xiij* John plomtonn xiij* * henry Lydsam xiij^ Georges Dickens'^ xiij^ John paule'9 xiij* Thoms Blocke m' of Arte xx^ magdalen colledge Thoms Brasbridge^o xx^ ffranccs Bunneye^' xx^ hopkins22 xx^ xx^^ iiij^ 196 & Notes and Illustrations. ( 105 ) * "■ Robter Joyner, vicar of Tottenham'''' : See Index of Names, s.n., for various notices of him and relative note. ^ " Jokn powle . . . . christes churche, in Oxford'''': This was probably John Powell, rector of Cantreffe, Brecnock, fatlier of the more famous Thomas Powell. (Wood's Athena, by Bliss, vol. iii, pp. 507-S. ) A John Powle (Wood's Fasti, vol. i, p. 105) was too early. ^ ^^ Nicholas ivelshe . . . . Dir wattes, tnr Carteivrighte (Sr* Mr. brichbecke^' : *' Welshe " is unknown; " m'^ wattes " : See Index of Names, s.n., frequenter; *'\\\^ Cartewright ": The illustrious Thomas Cartwright, Scholar and Reformer — See our Introduction ; " brickbecke " = Birckbeck : Wood noticesonly a Simon Birckbeck, of Queen's College, Oxford, author of The Protestants Evidence (1634), and otlicr Theological-controversial works. He died in 1656. (Wood's Athciuc, as before, vol. iii, p. 421 : cf. also the Fasti, vol. i, pp. 302, 321, 366.) * " Willatn Wood preacher .... John Norfell . . . . christes churche in Oxforde, atid John forde." — "William Wood preacher": He was author of a Form of Catechising, consisting in Questions and Answers, with observations thereon, &c. , 1581 ; from the Fasti we learn he became B. D. 24th April, 1561 (vol. i, p. 159). See other notices of other Woods of (probably) the same family, the Fasti, vol. i, pp. 226-7, 240. "Thomas No well ": See Index of Names, i'.;/., "John forde" — not traced. * " Rychard wattes .... tayler . . . . John Wattes, of clwistes college, in Oxforde^^ : The latter son of the former. See Index of Names, s.n. ^ "Mr. Docter coop''^ : Thomas Cooper, D.D., became Dean of Christ Church in Hillary Term, 1566 ; and he relinquished the Deaneiy of Christ Church in 1570, on being made Bishop of Lincoln. (See Index of Names, s.n., for other references.) ^ "Mr. D. homfrey": See Index of Names, s.7t. ^ Chniste chiirche : " Geffrey Leaves": I find no Geoffrey Lewis in the authorities, but ■"Lewis" is a Welsh surname, and "Geoffrey" is English, so I think the scribe in this and other entries has miswritten "Geoffrey" for "Griffith," and^that this "Master of Arts," was no other than Griffith Lnvis, who was collated Prebendary of Hereford, iu Feb., 1575-6, and was installed Dean of Gloucester in 1594 ; he died in 1607 ; and was buried (7th June) in Hereford Cathedral. (Le Neve's Fasti, vol. i, pp. 443 and 515.) ' "John Biiste" : Proctor, April 20th, 1574. (Wood's Fasti, voL i, p. 195; spelled "John Bust," of Christ Church.) '" " Robte Sutton (noi in Wood's Athena): A Robert Sutton was installed Pre- bendary of Denet Parva, iSth Feb., 1578-9; of Stopford, i8th Oct., 1579; both in Lichfield Cathedral. " "John Glover" : John Glover, of St. John's Coll., Proctor, April 17th, 1577. {Fasti, vol. i, p. 205.) '' "John Wickham'^: In Wood's MSS.in Ashmolean Museum, William Wickham, Bishop of Winchester, is described as son of John Wickham, of Rotherfeild, ia Sussex, but descended from the Wickhams of Swaclyve. (Life in Athena, as before, vol. i, p. xxvii. ; cf. also Athena, vol. i, p. 832.) He also mentions a John Wickham who was Prebendary of Westminster, in 1592. {Fasti, vol. i, p. 324.) Wicham = Wickham. " " John Speyre " : Not in W^ood's Athena or Fasti. " " Thorns hixon ": The notorious John Lilbourne's mother was Margaret, dau. of Thomas Hixon, of Greenwich, Kent (Wood's Athena, vol. iii, p. 358J ; but I suspect ■"hixon "here is miswritten for "Higson." See Index of Names, j.;?. Not other- wise in Wood. >* " Tho/ns Coke ": Not in W^ood. 1^ " Abraham foioler'''': Known only as having prefixed an alliterative poem to Thomas Rogers' Anatomy of the Mind (1576), along with Camden and others, entitled AWdeles Hcedcra (Wood's Athena, vol. ii, p. 163). His name recurs on the very last page of the MS. as " Abrahame fowler, late of Christes College, in Oxford." The entry is dated 27th Dec, 1571. '7 "John Wattes'": Not in W^ood. The same John W^atts named above as son of Richard W^atts. '8 "Georges Dickens": A George Dickins, M.A., was installed Prebendary of Harleston, 2nd April, 1591 ; of Hoxton, nth Dec, 1585 ; both in the Cathedral of London. " " Johnpaule": Index of Names under "John Powell." 2" "Magdalen College: Thorns Brasbridi^e" : County of Oxford, aged 16; res. 1558; B.A. All Souls', 1 8th Nov., 1558; M.A. 20th Oct., 1564; Prob. F. 15th Nov., 1561-1575; Bursar 1565,1571 ; Juu. D. of Arts 1566, 1568 ; Sen. D. of Arts 1567, 1569; V. Pres. 1572, 1574 ; Pral. Hebr. 1572; supplicated for B.D. New colledge corpus Christie Colledge. (Page 1 06 of the MS., folio 80 verso) John Savage^ Walter ruderby^ Nicholes gremold^ Rychard Cave* Rychard Boughton^ John morgan^ Anthony Lynnie^ Willm Ludethes John Traveres^ Nathayell Baxterio Willm Jnkforleye^^ Raphe'2 Willm powelP^ Christofore Wade^* hughe floyd'^ Thoms Bylson^^ John pryine^' vniu^sitie Brodgattes Brasnose Alborow hall/ all solne colledge Marten colledge Thoms Wattes^^ , Willm Napper^9 Rye. Allyne2o Thoms^^ Christofor ramson22 John chamblere^^ colledge receyved by ffor S' Batten24.... James greye^s John poprell"^ , Thoms peperell27 Edward Shacros^s John Lawrence^s henry greye^^ rec more^' the same tym by Robte Lovenden^2 John Coldinge^^ John Whytcombe^* Docter humfrey xxs XXS xxs xiij» xiijs xiij* xiij3 xiijs xiijs xiijs xx^ xiijs xxs xxs xx* xxs xiij^ xiij' xxs xx^ xx^ xxs xx^ XX3 xxs xiij3 xiijs xiijs xiij^ xiij^ xiij" xxs xxs xx^ xxviijl' viij^/ 198 Notes and Illustrations. 27th May, 1574, but was not admitted. Wood states, (At/i. Bliss, vol. i, col. 526) that Thomas Brasbridge, a Northamptonshire man born, was elected Demy of Mag- dalen College, by the endeavours of Peter Morwyng, anno 1553, aged 16, whence after he had continued a sedulous student for some years, he was elected Probationer- Fellow of All Souls' College in 155S; thence also he returned to Magdalen College, of which he became Fellow in 1562, and, soon after proceeding in Arts, applied his mind partly to Divinity and partly to Physic. In 1574 he supplicated to be admitted to the reading of the Sentences, but whether he was really admitted appears not. The next year he resigned his Fellowship, having a spiritual cure, or both, conferred on him at, or near to, Banbury, in Oxfordshire, where, as it seems, he practised physic. His works are : — The Poor Man's Jewel, viz., a Treatise of the Pestilence, to which is annexed a Declaration of the virtues of the herbs, Carduus, benedictiis, and Angelica, &^c. 8vo., Lond., 1578, 1580, and 1591. Quastion^s in Officia, M. T. Ciceronis, coin- pendiarium totius opnsculi efitomen continentes. Oxon., 8vo., 1615. Dedicated to Dr. Lawrence Humphrey, President of Magdalen College, an. 1586. What other things he published I cannot yet tell, nor anything of his latter end. Dr. Bliss tells us that "he published also Abdias, the Prophet. Interpreted by T. B., Fellow of Magdalen College, in Oxforde. Lond., by Binneman, 8vo., 1574. Dedicated to the Earl of Huntingdon." (Note to Ath.) Mr. Beasley, in his History of Banbury, mentions (p. 25) that Brasbridge was born probably at Banbury, about the year 1537, and cer- tainly lived there in his childhood, and became Vicar of that place in 1581. In 1581 he was inducted to the Perpetual Vicarage of Banbury, by Jonas Wheeler, Schoolmaster, the Bailiff and other Elders of the town being then present and consenting. Bras- bridge ceased to be the Vicar in 1590, on grounds of conscience taken by the early Puritans. He was, however, residing in 1592. Brasbridge died in 1593, at the age of 56 years. (Dr. Bloxam's Magdalen College Register.) '' " ffratices Bnnneye'': 1599. Bunnye, Francis, res. 1561 ; B.A., loth July, 1562; Prob. F. 1561-1572 ; M.A. 9th July, 1567 ; Preb. of Carlisle, 2nd July, 1585 ; res. 1602-3; Coll. Archdeacon of Northumberland, 20th Feb., 1573-4 ; res. 1578. "Francis Bunney," says Wood, [Ath., Bliss, vol. ii, col. 200) " younger brother to Edmund Bunney," was born in an ancient house, called the Vache, in the parish of Chalfont St. Giles, in Bucks, on the 8th of May, 1543, and became a student in the University in the latter end of the reign of Queen Mary, in 1558, and Perpetual Fellow of Magdalen College in 1 562, being then Batchelor of Arts. Afterwards proceeding in that faculty, he took Holy Orders, and began to preach God's Word on the ist Nov., 1567, whose sermons being noted among many, he became soon after Chaplain to the Earl of Bedford (in 1570) ; but continuing with him not long, he left his Fellowship in 157 1, and retiring into the north parts of England, where he preached the Word of God very constant, as his brother Edmund did, was inducted into a Pre- bendship of Durham, 9th May, 1572 ; made Archdeacon of Northumberland, on the resignation of Ralph Lever, 20th Feb., 1573 ; and on the nth Sept., 1578, he was made Rector of Ryton, within the Bishopric of Durham. This person was very zealous in the way he professed ; was a great admirer of John Calvin ; a constant preacher ; charitable, and a stiff enemy to popery. He hath written and published A Survey and Trial of the Pope's Suprcmacie. 4to. Lond., 1590, 1595 (Madg. Libr.) By Valentine Simmes. Written against Cardinal Bellarmine. Coiiparison betiveen the auncient Fayth of the Romans and the neiv Romish Religion. 4to. Lond., 1595. (Madg. Libr.) By R. Robinson. This is commonly called Truth and Falsehood. Ansiver to a Popish Libel, called A Petition to the Bishops, Preachers, and Gospellers. 8vo. Oxford, 1607. Exposition on the 2%th verse the third chapter of the Epistle to the Romans, ivherein is /nanifestly proved the Doctrine of Justification by Faith. 4to. Lond., 161 6. A Guide unto Godlinesse, or, a plain atid familiar Exposition of the Ten Commandments by questions and ansiuers. 8vo. Lond., 1617. In Joelis pro- phetiam enarratio, written by the author, anno 1595, and by his epistle dedicated to Tobie, Bishop of Durham, in which he saith he hath preached sermons at Berwick about twenty years before that time upon Joel, of which this book is the sum and if printed, for it is in MS., it- would contain about three quire of paper. He died at Ryton, i6th April, 1617, and was buried in the Chancel of the Church there. (Dr. Bloxam, as before. ) '■^ " hopkins": This scholar, whose Christian name is not inserted, must have been Hemy Hopkins, of Magdalen College, Oxford. Admitted, 1565; res. 1568; Prob. Fell. 1568, 1571 ; B.A. 12th Oct., 1568. (Bloxam, p. 164.) (106) 1 "John Savage'': County of Warwick, res. 1567; Prob. F. 1567-1573; B.A. I2th Oct., 1568; M.A. 24th March, 1571-2. (Dr. Bloxam, as before vol. ii, p. 164). 5 "Walter ruderby": Miswritten, plainly, for Walter Enderbye, of Magdalen, 199 Notes and Illustrations. admitted, aged i6, in 1562, of the county of Lincoln; res. 1567; prob. F. 1567-1575 ; B.A. I2th Oct., 1568; M.A. 24tli March, 1571-2; jun. D. of Arts 1574; Vicar of Eulkington, in the county of Warwick, 1575; Vicar of Findon, in the diocese of Chi- chester; 1597-1609. (Bloxam as before, vol. iv, p. 161). ^ ^'- Nicholes ^remold":} -kj ^ ■ wj a t at„ .„ ! ' Not m Wood or Le JNeve &c. * "Ry chard Cave : ) * " Rychard Boiighton'''': Bachelor of Divinity, Dec. 15th, 1597, of Magd. coll. On the 6th March, 1605, the said Boughton was admitted chaunter of the cathedral church of Wells in the place of Jam. Cottingham, deceased. (Wood's Fasti, as before, vol. i, p. 265.) He was dead in 1616, for Edward Abbot, on Jan. 13th, 1616, suc- ceeded to his office at Wells (//vrtf p. 306). Dr. Bloxam adds these farther details: "aged 20, in the county of Buckingham, res. 1572. Matr. 8th Oct. 1571. pleh. fil. B.A. April 1st, 1573. Prob. F. 1573-1606. Sen. D. of Arts, 1579, 1580, 1587. Bursar, 1582, 1583, 1588, 1590, 1591, 1593, 1594, 1596, 1601, 1604. Vice-President 1584, 1585, 1586, 1592, 1602, 1603, 1605. Dean of Div. 1590, 1595, 1597. Vicar of Selborne, 1595, M.A. nth June, 1577. B.D. 15th Dec. 1597. Adm. Chaunter of Wells Cath. 6th March, 1605. res. 1613. Pd. to Findon, 27th Dec, 1605. Died 1613." (As before vol. iv, p. 174). ^ "■John morgan": Not in Wood or Dr. Bloxam. 7 "Anthony Lynnie": Ibid. 8 " Win>n Ludethe": Ibid. 9 "John Traveres": Res. 1569, aged 17, of the county of Nottingham; Prob. F. 1569-1589; B.A. 23rd Oct., 1570, matriculated 8th Oct. 1571; M.A. 1574; Pra;l. Log. 1 572-1 574. In 1576 leave of absence was given to Mr. Traveres ad conimo- randitin apud Comitcm Bedfordii. V. P. Reg. (Bloxam, as before, vol. iv, p. 170). ° "> ''NathRyell Baxter": Query— the Poet of "Ourania" and friend of Sir Philip Sidney ? Strangely nothing seems to have been transmitted of one who must have been very noted in his day. His "Ourania" was long mis-ascribed to Nicholas Breton. " " Willm /«/yy;-/(y'xl» Denkine7, willm Lyttellton^, & John | morgayn^ J to mr Docter haddon^o the vij^^ of^ maye to bestow vpon poor fchollers at W^i* his discrecion A° 1569 j it femethe to m'^ Docter humfrey^ to bestowe vpon other iiij poor fchollers yy^^ by his lettere the xx^^^ of marche j Anthony bettonus^^ by mJ Docter 1 homfrey / " a fcholler comended by m"" Stowell \ as apperethc by his letter the xvj of October >-xxs A" 1569 named Trevett'^ J to one m^' fyld at the fute of m' Docter humfrey & m'' Tremayne'^ the xvij of Aprell 1 569 poor fcholler to to Oxforde the xx^^ r George hunte'* a healpe to of maye 1570 bringe him xxs ■x*^ to George hanson^^ & Samwell ^ becke^^ at the sute of the psidente of )-xiij» Corpus Christie coUedge the 29 of Jenuary j one Thoms holden^^ the x^^^ of October A° 1569 ) j-s of brasnose j John Dodd^^ a poor fcholler v^ to John Barneys of christe churche in oxforde ij^ vj to John fford scoller of Oxford at^ the sute of willm wood^o the xxj of vxx^ marche A" 1569 j This wold be in cambrifre mj* i*d Thoms holden of february A" 1569 brasnose the xij^^^ of xx^ xxnj ;ii vd 202 Notes and Illustrations. (107) ' " Magdalen hall, Willm. Littellton": Not in Wood. * '^ yo/ni ICiiigton fiiinistere": Unknown. ' " my L. of Salyslutiy," i.e.. Bishop Jewel, who, we are thus informed, preached the "funeral sermon" of our Robert Nowell, but would not have the fee provided. The Will (in our Introduction) shews that he expected a number to be preached. * '^ Hyckard -oattes^'': Wood [AlheiitE, vol. iii, p. 434) incidentally names a Richard Watts of Trinity College, Cambridge, M.A., Vicar of Harworth, in Notts. ® " Docter huinfrey" and infra: See Index of Names, s.n., for various other notices of him. " " Robte Tcmplie": "M.A. of Magd. coll. He hath published A Sermon concern- ing the Abuses of the Church, preached at Paul's Cross; on i Cor. xiv. i., London 1592, he being then chaplain to John bishop of London. What else he hath written or pub- lished, I know not, nor any thing besides, only he was an Oxfordshire man born. Admitted 4 July, 1588, Batchelor of Divinity " (Wood's Tv/j//, vol. i, p. 243). Wood previously enters him along with Thomas Spark and Richard Turnbull (of whom see Index of Names, j.«.,) as B. A., May 30, 1570 i^Fasti, vol. i, p. 185). Dr. Bliss adds the following: — "Rob. Temple S.T.B. coll. ad. preb. consumpt. per mare, 9 Oct. 1592. cui succ. David Dee, A.M. 27 Jun. 1598. Resignavit eccl. S. Nicholai Aconi, Lond. mense Julii 1592. Coll. ab e'po ad preb. de Harleston 19 Mar. 1593, quam resign, ante 24 Mar. 1596. Reg. Lond. A Semion teaching Discretion in Matters of Religion and touching certain Abuses in the Church, preached at Paules Crosse the 21 of Nov. by Rob. Temple bachelor in divinitie sometime of Magdalen college in Oxford. Imprinted at London for Edward Aggas, 1592 8^". Ep. ded. to John bishop of London ; dated at your lordships mannor house at Fulham. Apr. 22. Kennet. Rob. Temple, A.M. inst. ad vie. de Tyckenham (dioc. Wells) 9 Jan. 1593. Tanner." (Fasti, vol. i, p. 243.) 7 " Rolande Denkine ": Not in Wood. * *' willm Lyttellton^'' : See note I, supra. He and Morgan are previously entered as scholars of Magdalen College. ' " jfohn morgayn" : See Index of Names under John Morg'^in, frequenter. '" " mr Docter haddon" : Walter Haddon, LL.D., Fellow of King's College and Master of Trinity Hall, 1550; Regius Professor of Civil Law. (Le Neve, vol. iii, p. 657.) " "Anthony bettonus" : Not in Wood. 1* ''Mr. Stmvell Trevetf': Unknown. '•'' " mr fyld Tremayne^'': See Index of Names under "Field." ''Tre- mayne": "Rich. Tremayne B.D. Feb. 15, 1565. He was afterwards of Broadgate's hall, the seventh vicar of Mayhenet in Cornwall, and treasurer of the Cath. church at Exeter." (Wood's Fasti, vol. i, p. 168.) '■• " George htmte" : See Index of Names, s.n., for other notices. Dr. Bloxam (as before, vol. iv, p. 188) has these details : " Hunt, George, aged nineteen, in the county of Berks, res. 1575. Educated at Merchant Taylors' School; matriculated 8th October, 1571; Pleb. Fil.; B.A., 27th April, 1573; Preb. Fel., 1575-1583; Jun. D. of Arts, 1578, 1579" ** " George hanson ": Not ia Wood. '« " Samwell becke" : Ibid. ^"^ " Thorns holden" 2.nA itifra. See Index of Names, s.n. Not in Wood. He was, by his name, one of the Lancashire contingent at Brazenose; perhaps brother of Robert Holden, who occurs elsewhere. '8 "John Dodd" : Not (probably) the "Decalogist" famous "John Dod"— on whom see Wood's Fasti, vol. i, pp. 232, 233. " "John Bartie of christe churche": Not in Wood. Was John Barnes, prebendaiy of Lincoln, collated 30th December, 1587, of Christ Church, Oxford? (Le Neve, vol. ii, p. 112.) ^^ " John fford 7villm ivood^': See Index of Names, s.n. Not in Wood. 203 (Page io8 of the MS., folio 8i verso.) M.^ that where m^ Nowell Dean of S*^ paule in London Lefte w* m"" Docter Coopi, Commissarie of the vniu^fitie of Oxford m^' Docter homfrey, m^ Docter bickley,^ m"^ Docter westfaHnge^ & m^ Cole^, three fcore pondes to be Distributed to poor fcolleres in the faid uniu^sitie of the Goodes of his brother Robte Nowells Deceased w^ii said pties names ar hereafter subscribed./ to the receiptes foUowinge./ Christe churche To ni'" Geffrey Lewys^ xx^ To m^ Ric. pyckaner^ xx^ To m"" John Glover'' xx^ To m'' Geffrey Lewys to thuse of] S"" powell^ I To John paule^ x^ To Thorns mathewe^" x* To Justinian baldwyne^^ x^ To Abraham ffowler^^ x^ To Rye. Colfe^3 x» John plumstone^'* x^ Mathew heaton'^ x»' Rye. Calsehill>6 x« John willoughby^7 vj^ viij'^ Marteyn Colledge Thorns M^ A Willfon^s xx« ■ M^ Rychard favelPs x^ Rychard Ratcliffe^o x^ m"" Byckley to the vse of m'' hurlstore^i x^ to m"- xs John Byrche^-' x^ Nicholes Whithalghe23 x^ Nicholes morice^** x* m"" Byckley for yearth sylke^^ xs willm \vylkes26 v' Auborne hall. S"" peter Byngleye27 x^ Cristofor Baghshawe'^^ x'* Ennis Johns^s v^ John Browen^o v* Thorns Cabell^^ ... v» xiiij^^ xvjs. viij*^. ao4 Notes and Illustrations. (io8) * '^mr. Docter Coop" : See Index of Names, s.n. * " mr. Docter bickley" : For a full account of this learned and excellent man, see Wood's Athena, vol. ii, pp. 839-841. He died Bishop of Chichester, 30th April, 1596- ' " im: Docter westfaliiige = Herbert Westphaling, of whom an interesting memoir is given by Wood, with additions by Dr. Bliss {Athencs, vol. i, pp. 719-722.) His "gravity" was as the myth of our Lord ; for according to Goodwyn, during a familiar acquaintance with him for many years, he never saw him once laugh. Nunquam in risiim viderim sohitiiin (De prasulibits, edit., 1616, 4to, p. 546). * '^ Mr. Cole": William Cole, D.D., President of Corpus Christi College ; after- wards Dean of Lincoln, and died in that city in 1600. (See Index of Names, s.n.y for other references. ) * " Geffrey Leiciys" : Not in Wood. See former note on Griffith Lewis. « " Kic . pyckaner" : Ibid. 7 "John Glover": Of St. John's College, Oxford; Proctor, 17th April, 1577. (Wood's Fasti., vol. i, p. 205). See Index of Names, s.n. 8 ''SrpoivelV : See Index of Names under "William Powell." 5 "■ John paide" : See Index of Names, s.ti., and under "John Powell." '» " Thorns. Mathrwe" : Not in Wood. '1 ^'' yitstinian baldwyne" : Ibid. " ^^ Abraham ffowler" : See Index of Names, s.n., for other references and relative note. '3 "Hyc. Colfe" : D.D, 30th May, 1608; of Christ Church. He was now prebendary of Canterbury, and dying 7th Oct., 1613, aged 63, being then subdean of that church, was buried therein three days after, at which time Thomas Wilson, a member thereof, preached his funeral sermon, entitled, Chrisfs Fareioell to yeriisaletii, on Luke xxiii, 27, 28, 29. &c. To which a testimony is added concerning the said Richard Colfe, of his good piety and leaniing. ( Wood's /v?^//, vol. i, p. 327.) He was€ldest son of Edmundus Colfe mentioned in the Athence, vol. i, p. 590, In 1585 (13th July) he was vicar of Milton, Kent, and after of Heme, in the same county. He married three wives. (Hasted's Kent, vol. i, p. 76; vol. iv, p. 611.) He was eldest brother of the more famous Isaac Colfe. (See Index of Names, s.n.) " '''John phunstone": Occurs before as John Plomtonn. See Index of Names, j.«. » " Matheiu heafon'' : Ibid. '« "Rye. CalsehilV : Not in V/ood. '^ " John wilknighby" : See Index of Names, s.n. '^ " Marieyn Colledge: Mr. Thorns Will/on": Has not been identified v/ith any Thomas Wilson of Oxford. ■♦ '9 ' ' Rychard .Savell " : Not in Wood. 20 "Rychard Ratclife" : See Index of Names, s.n. Not in Wood. 21 "Mr. Byckley Hurlstore" : See under Dr. Bickley ; but the present imkno\\'n. 22 "John Byrche": Not in Wood. ^ " Nicholes Whilhalghe'" : " Nicholas Whithalk, a Theologist of Losanne, studied severalyears in ISIerton College, for the sake of the warden thereof. Dr. Bickley, with whom he had contracted an acquaintance while he was an exile in the time of qu. Mary, but whether he took a degree, though supplicate he did for one, it appears not. He hath written ChristiantE fidei ac verce religionis .... 1575, Oct., dedic. to Sir Will Cecill lord Burleigh. No doubt there is but he hath published other things, but such I have not yet seen. In 1577, I find him Sacrist of Corpus Christi Coll., but how long he continued there I cannot tell. He was also alive in 15S2; much respected by Mr. Camden and Tho. Saville for his learning." (Wood's Athena;, vol. i, p. 425.) •* " Nicholes niorice" : Not in Wood. "^ " . . . . th sylke^': A prebendary, "master Silke" is casually named by Wood {Athena, vol. i, p. 272.) Le Neve writes under 5th stall, Bristol: "Thomas Sylke, A.M., admitted (after the death of Williams) 4th June, 1546. How long he lived after 1571 is uncertain" (vol. i, p. 231.) This may have been his son. =8 " in/lm 7vylkes" : B.A., Dec. 2nd, 1572, of Merton ColL [Fasti, vol. i, p. iSS); M.A., June 25th, 1577 {ibid, p. 206); B.D., Dec. 17th, 1583 {ibid, p. 224); D.D., June, 1585 {ibid, p. 232). '7 " Anborne hall : Sr peter Byngleye" : Not in Wood. '^ " Christofer Baghshawe" : A'oi (probably) the notorious Dr. Bagshaw of the same name — of whom see Wood's Athence, vol. ii, pp. 389-90. He was Fellow of Balliol College, and sometime Principal of Worcester College ; but the person named in the text more likely was Christopher Bagshaw, collated Prebendary of Lichfield, 29th Aug., 1578. (Le Neve's Fasti, vol. i, p. 608.) 205 (Page 109 of the MS., folio 8i.) {sic =82.) Corpus Christie College Samwell Becke^ ... xx^ Willm Mane2 xx^ John feller^ xx^ Charles Bencham'* x^ Rychard Turnebull^ v^ John Cole^ v^ Georges hansone^ x^ Thorns wattes^ v* Thorns Cole9 x^ homfrey cole^^ v, Willm Leche'i x^ Willm meatcalfe^- Vs Rychard hoocker'^ xxs Magdalen colledge M-- Crickei4 x^ M"^ Willm Inckforbye^s xs d Christofor gregorie^^ x' s d Inckforbye^7 Xs d hopkines^^ x^ John Traveres^s Xs Thorns fparke^*' x* Samwell ffisher^^ x» John Barbon^- x^ John Batemane"^ x^ Samwell Cranmer--* x^ Theoder Tanseye^s Xs Samwell Allen"6 xl^ Willm Judsonn-7 xs John ffarrer^s x^ Rye Boughton"9 vj^ viij*^ Brasen Nose colledge m"" Richard harries^" xx* mr Mylls whitworthe^^ xx^ Rafife Tompson33 xx^ m'' Thorns holden^^ xx^ m' Thorns Knowles^* x^ rS xxji> vj^ viij*^ 206 Notes and Illustrations. » " Ennis Johns" : Not in Wood. ^John Bro7c>t'u"=]ohn Brown — impossible of identification among the many Browns, Smiths, Joneses, and Robinsons. 31 " 7'/io//is Cabell" : Not in Wood. (109) * ^' Corpjis Christie College. Sainwell Becke" : See Index of Names, s.n. 2 " Willm Mane'' : Not in Wood. 3 " John Seller" : July 5th, 1610, M.A. John Seller of Corpus Christi College, a minister's son of Kent, was admitted batchelor of arts l8th February, 1611, and master 2nd July, 16 14. Being a learned man, Mr. Richard James numbered him among his learned acquaintance, and therefore wrote divers epistles to him. He be- came clerk of Corpus Christi College 1608, and chauntor 1613. See Wood's Basil, vol. i, p. 339; also our Index of Names, s.7t. He was no doubt of the Whalley family of Sellers, connexions of the Nowells, and often named in the A/S. * " Charles Bencham ": Not in Wood. ^ " J^y chard Ttirnebitir': "was born in Lincolnshire, admitted scholar of Corpus Christi College, 9th November, 1566, aged thirteen or thereabouts, and was afterwards made fellow, 20th August, 1569; master of arts and a priest. At length being beneficed in London he was much followed for his edifying way of preaching" (Wood's Athencc, vol. i, p. 751, where is a note of books published by him). Dr. Bliss adds: " Ric. Turnball A.M. admiss. ad eccl. S. Panerasij Soperlane, Lond. 26 Sept. 1582, per mort. Will'i Knight, ex coll. ar'ep'i Cant. Reg. Grlndall. Abraham Fleming cler. ad eund. eccl. 19 Oct. 1593 per mort. Ric'i Turnball. Reg. IVhltglft" {ibid). Kennet notes that his Exposition "upon the xv Psalm" (1592) is dedicated to Henry Voele, Esq. This is a mistake. It is Henry Noell. The present Plditor has virgin copies of all Turnbull's matterful writings as published by himself. « ''John Cole": Not in Wood. ' ," George hansone"'. See Index of Names, s.n. 8 ''Thonis Wattes": Ibid. ^ ^^ Thorns Cole": See Index of Names under "Thomas Wattes," j?<'/rrt. A Thomas Cole, A.M., is noted as "coll. ad. archid. Essex, per privat. Tho. Darbyshire " in the same place in the Fasti (vol. i, p. 147) with Thomas Wattes. The double occurrence of the two names together is curious, but neither (probably) was of our names. 1" " hovifrey cole" : Not in Wood. " "WlllmLeche": ibid. " " Willm meatcalfe" \ ibid. 13 " Rychard hoocker" : //^^ "judicious Hooker." See our Introduction. '^ " Magdaie7i col ledge 7nr Crlcke" \ Cricke, Richard, of the county of Suffolk ; res. 1564; matr. 1564; B.A., 26 April, 1566; Prob. F. 1564-1571 ; M.A. 30 April, 1570; B.D.andD.D. 12 July, 1578; Greek Lect. 1567, 1568, 1569, 1570; Sen. D. of Arts, 1571. " Richard Cricke was Chaplain to Parkhurst, Bishop of Norwich, andmuch com- mended for his learning and sobriety. In the year 1573 he preached at St. Paul's CrooS, and having in his Sermon commended Cartwright's reply to Whitgift, a special messenger was sent from Archbishop Parker to apprehend him. Thougli at that time he escaped the snare, he afterwards fell into the hands of the High Commissioners, by whom he was deprived of his preferment in the Church of Norwich. Dr. Cricke being silenced, and many of his brethren in the same Diocese, they united in pre- senting a Supplication to the Council that they might be restored to their beloved ministry, and allowed again to preach the glad tidings of the Gospel. This Supplica- tion was dated Sept. 25, 1576. Afterwards he and many of his brethren, being the silenced ministry in that Diocese, presented their humble submission to their Diocesan, dated Aug. 21, 1578. In this submission they request to be restored to their ministry, promising to subscribe to the Articles of Faith, and the Doctrine of the Sacraments, according to the laws of the Realm. They profess at the same time that the ceremonies and government of the Church are so far to be allowed, that no man ought to withdraw from hearing the Word, and receiving the Holy Sacraments on account of them. They also offer to the Bishop their reasons for refusing to subscribe, requesting to have their difficulties removed, without which they could never subscribe in the manner required. This excellent Divine therefore remained a long time under deprivation. Though he was afterwards restored to his ministry, yet upon the publication of Whitgift 's three Articles he was again suspended, with many others, for i-efusing subscription." (Brook's Lives of the Puritans, vol. i, pp. 278, 450. See also Strype's Archb. Parker, book iv. chap. 35, p. 451.) — (Dr. Bloxam, as before, vol. iv, p. 163.) 207 Notes and Illustrations. 15 " iVillm Inckforbye" : See Index of Names, s.fi. '" "(f Chrisfofor gregorie" : Entered at Magdalen in 1562, aged 14 ; of the county of Warwick ; re5. 1567 ; Prob. F. 1567-15S5 ; B.A. 12th Oct., 1568 ; M.A. 14th July, 1572 ; Rector of Cornwall, in the county of Notts ; Prebendary of Ampleford, Cathedral of York, 15th Aug., 1577 ; Archdeacon of West Riding, York, 1597 ; died, 1600; Will, dated 8th Sept., proved 20th Oct. (Bloxam, as before, vol. iv, p. 161.) '7 "a' Iiickforbye" : Roger Inkforby, of Magdalen, son of Andrew Inkforby, mer- chant, of Ipswich, and brother-indaw of President Humfrey. Res. 1 567 ; Prob. F. 1567-1578; B.A. I2th Oct., 1568; M.A. 24th March, 1571-2; B.D. 24th Jan., 1579- 1580; D.D. 9th May, 1597; Rector of Stanlake 1581-1599; died 1599. (Bioxam's Reg. of Mag. Col., vol. iv, p. 161.) '* " d hopkines ": = Hopkins, but not to be identified. '^ '* yohn Traveres": " John Travers," previously noticed. ™ ^'Thorns Spa)-ke": Sparke, Thomas, of the county of Lincoln. Res. 1569; Prob. F. 1569-72; B.A. 23rd October, 1570; M.A. June, 1574; B.D. 8 July, 1575; D.D. 1st July, 1581. Coll. Archdeacon of Stowe, Cath. Lincoln, 25th Jan., and installed 6th March, 1575-6; res. March, 1581-2. Coll Prebendary of Sutton in Marisco, Cath. Line, 7th March, 1 581-2; installed 26th September, 1582. Died 1616; buried 17th October, 1616. " Thomas Sparke," says Wood (/^/'/^. vol. ii ; Bliss, col. 189), "received his first breath in Lincolnshire, at South Somercote, as it seems ; became Perpetual Fellow of Magdalen College in 1570, in which year he was admitted Bachelor of Arts. Soon after, by the favour of Arthur, Lord Grey, he was preferred to the parsonage of Bletchley, in Buckinghamshire, where he was held in great esteem for his piety. In the year 1575 he was admitted to the reading of the Sentences without ruling in Arts, and about that time was Chaplain to Dr. Cooper, Bishop of Lincoln, who that year bestowed the Archdeaconry of Stow upon him. In 1581 he proceeded in that of Divinity, being then in great renown for his learning. But his Dignity being remote from his cure, which he could not therefore well attend, he gave it up out of conscience sake in 1582, and contented himself only with Bletchley. This Dr. Sparke was the person who, being noted for a great Non-conformist and a pillar of Puritanism, was, by Letters from the King's Council, called to the Conference at Hampton Court, A.D. 1603, where appearing in the behalf of the millinaries, as it is said, or rather with John Rainolds, as a Proctor for the Precise Party, not in a Priest's Gown, or Canonical Coat, but such as Turkey merchants wear, received then so great satisfaction from His Majesty's most ready and apt answers to the doubts and objections there and then proposed, that he, though he spoke not one word, did not only for the time following yield himself in his practice to universal conformity, but privately by word or writing, and publicly by his brotherly persuasion. He was a learned man, a solid Divine, well read in the Fathers, and so much esteemed for his profoundness, gravity, and exemplary life and conversation, that the sages of the University thought fit, after his death, to have his picture painted on the wall in the School-gallery among the English Divines of note there, viz. , between that of Dr. John Spencer of Corpus Christi College, and that of Dr. Richard Eedes of Christ Church." [After enumeration of his various books, there follows this.] " Our author also had in Queen Elizabeth's time written a Book of Succession, for which, being brought into trouble. King James, who before had received intimation of the matter, sent for him the next day after the Conference at Hampton Court, and talking with him about it, the King at length was so well satisfied with what he had done, that he then gave him his most gracious countenance. He died at Bletchley before-mentioned, in the winter time, in 1616, and was buried in the Church there, leaving then behind him three learned sons, who then or soon after had been trained up in the Schools of the Prophets, — Andrew of Peterhouse in Cambridge; Thomas, Fellow of New College in Oxford; and William Sparke of Magdalen College, whom I shall mention hereafter." (Dr. Bioxam's Rtgister of Magdalen College. ) "^^ " Saimuell ffisher" : Aged 17 ; in the county of Oxford; res. 1569; Prob. F. 1569-1575 ; B.A. 23rd Oct,, 1570 ; M.A. 20th July, 1574; died, 1575. (Dr. Bloxam, as before, vol. iv, p. 171.) -- " yokn Barlwn" : John Barebone, of Magdalen, 1567; aged 16: of the county of Gloucester ; res. 1571 ; B.A. 23rd, Oct., 1570 ; Matriculated, 8th Oct., 1571 ; Prob. F. 1571-1578 ; M.A. 9th July, 1574 ; Vice-Principal, 1578 ; described in 1574 as " a noted and zealous Romanist." (Dr. Bloxam, as before, vol. iv, pp. 170-I.) ^ ''John Batcmane" : Aged 16 ; of the county of Warwick ; res. 1571 ; B.A. 23rd Oct. 1570. (Dr. Bloxam, as before, vol. iv, p. 166.) 2* " Sannvell Cj-anmer": Aged 17; of the county of Kent; res. 1572; Matri- culated, 8th Oct., 1571 ; Prob. F. 1572-1576 ; B.A. 1st April, 1573. (Dr. Bloxam, as before, vol. iv, p, 173.) "* " Theoder Tanseye'" : " Theodore Tansie, aged 16, of the county of Kent ; res. 208 Notes and Illustrations. 1571 ; B,A. 23rd Oct,, 1570 ; Prob. F. 1571-82 ; M.A. 21st June, 1574 ; Prob. Log. 1572; First Rector of Horsington, in the county of Lincoln, ist Alay, 1581, (Dr. Bloxam, as before, vol. iv, p. 164.) '^ " Sa?nwc'll Allen": Allen or Allyn ; Demy 1585 ; of the county of Berks; Fellow 1571-1582 ; B.A. 28th Oct., 1570; Dean of Divinity, 1578. (Dr. Bloxam as before, vol. i, p. 165.) *^ "IVillm yiidsonn": "Judson, William, aged 16, London; res. 1571; Matr. 8th October, 1571 ; B.A. 22nd October, 1570; Prob. F. 1571-5; Prx-l. Rhct. 1572, 1573, 1574; Sen. D. of Arts, 1575. Died 25th April, 1575; Buried in the Chapel. On a plain white stone in the Antechapel was the following inscription: Anno Domini 1575, cstatis Slice 2^, Aprilis 25, ledissimo jnveni Gitlidmo yudson, Londinensi, hiijits Collegii Socio, Artimn Magistro, Moriifn Censori, TheologicE imprimis stitdioso, in Jlore cstatis extiiuto non sine luctu. His death was the occasion of the expulsion of several scholars from Magdalen College in 1575." (Dr. Bloxam, as before, vol. iv, p. 118 and p. 170.) ^^ ^'Jolut ffarrer": "Farrer, John, aged 19, Cheapside, London; res. 1575; Matr. 8th October, 1571; B.A. 27th April, 1573; M.A. nth June, 1577; Prob. F. 1575- 1591; Bursar, 1581, 1582, 1584, 1587, 1589; Sen. D. of Arts, 1583; Vice-President, 1588, 1590. He was presented to the Vicarage of Washington, in the county of Sussex, in 1581, but resigned it the same year. (Dr. Bloxam, as before, vol. iv, p. 173. ) 29 ** Rye, Bonghton ": See former notice. Index of Names, s,n. ^ " Brasen Nosecolledge : mr. Richard harries": Richard Harris, Principal in 1574. A Richard Harris, A.M., was installed Prebendary of Worcester 6th May, 1576 ; and another Richard Harris was collated Prebendary of Hereford 13th Nov., 1575. (Le Neve, vol. i, p. 517, and vol. iii, p. 84.) ^' " Afylls whihvorihe" : Not in Wood. This surname is indigenous to Lancashire. 3' " Bajfe Tompson": D.D. March 27th, 1579. Ralph Tomson, of Brasen-n-coll. He was now one of the chaplains to the queen, and dying i8th Aug., I59lj was buried in the Church of Settrington (of which he was rector), in Yorkshire. (Wood's Fasti, yo\. i, p. 213.) ^ " Thorns holden ": See Index of Names, s.n., for other references, and a note on this Lancashire scholar. ^ " Thorns Knowles " Not in Wood. 209 (Page no of the MS., folio 8i, sic 82 verso) d Thorns fperme^ x^ d Josias pope^ x^ d Thorns barker^ x^ Rychard hollande'i vj^ viij'i George NycoUs^ vjs viij^ Thorns Scarboroughe^ ^f '^lU"^ Rye. harries for James rifleye^ vj^ viij'^ Thorns Stonnes vj^ viij^ Thorns BankesS vj^ viij'i Raffeheye^o vj^ viijd Edward Belcherei^ vj^ viij^ Thorns powelli2 vj^ viijd Raffe Dyckinesi3 vj^ viijd Robte Cotton^^ vj^ viijd Rychard holkere^s vj^ viij "Orie-l I colledge: Sr Rye. Kerbye": Not in Wood. 33 ''Sr Strowede" : Ibid =» " Thorns petyfyer" : Ibid. 3< " IVillm Bennete'^: This William Bennete (or Bennet) not in Wood. ^ ^^ Allsoll colledge: mr Raynoldes" : Not to be identified. 2" "Sr Goldinge": This Goldinge (or Golding) not in Wood. 27 ^' mr ho^veden" : "Robert Hovedeen (or Hoveden), B.A. July 5th, 1566; M.A. April 28th, 1570; B.D. July 1st, 1581, and Warden of All Souls' College; D.D. and Vice-Chancellor July 12th, 1582. (Wood's Fasti, vol. i, pp. 171, l85, 21S, 220.) "■'' ^''Ste Johanns colledge: Sr Kinge"; Not identified. *' ^'Sr Shingleton'": (See Index of Names, s.n.) This was Robert Shingleton of St. John's College, M.A. and Fellow, who died in the college in 1577 ; and on the wall of the college is a brass plate with the effigy of a man kneeling, over whose head' is this inscription : — " Robertus Shingletonus natus Lecestri;^, honesta familia, Magis- ter Artium, Socius hujus Collegii, mortuus est Julii 29, anno 1577, cum vixisset annos 29 et 7 menses." ^ "6"; holden": .See Index of Names under "Thomas Holden. " P 2 211 (Page 1 1 1 of the MS., folio 83.) Magdalen hall Thorns Rawlensi vj^ viij"^ Willm Lyttliton^ x^ Willm Shortred3 vj^ viij^ Magdalen CoUedge Ambrose Rogeres'^ vj^ vnj d John morgan^ xx George hunte6 xx^ Rowland Duberye^ vj« viij** Rychard Cove^ vjs viij^ Anthony Lynne'^ vj^ viij^ ffraunces fflower^o vj'' viijxs ;th xij''" of December A'' {570 ) >-xx* To John Lylly fonne of Peter lylly ' by thandes of m"" henry Sythe^ the xxijtii of December A" 1570 as apperethe by his accquitance Geven the vij*^ of January to Mathewei Eaton, '0 fcholler of christe churche in Oxforde and fonne to m'' Eaton pfonne of >xs S*** Leonardes in Easte chipe A° i570 ^ To one Glover^i in Oxforde by Robte '^ the xxviijt^ of October as apperethe by Vx' an abstracte j To the vsher of poules fcolle^^ ^q geuei to his cosins in Oxforde as apperethe >xx' by an obstracte of the xxviij*^ of October j to iiij poor fcholleres the xiij*^ of february \ , {569 of Magdales colledge , j ^ viiji^ v»/ 214 Notes and Ilhistrations. (112) » ''Adraye Whvtker": Not in Wood. 2 '' Willm ffryi'the'' : Ibid. ' " Thorns Morrey" : See Index of Names, s.n., for other mention of him, * " Westfaliiige": See Index of Names, s.Jt. * "Thorns Coop: Lawrance hiimfrey: homfrey westfalinge: Thonis BycMey. Willm Cole": See Index of Names, s.n. * " Rychard Smythe scoller of magdalen College''': Richard Smith, bom at Abingdon, Berkshire, son of Richard Smith, and grandson of Richard Smith, gentleman-usher to Queen Elizabeth. Admitted of Magdalen College, aged 17, in 1571 ; res. 1576; matr. 8th October, 1571 ; B.A. 17th December, 1576. He died at Stilton, 28th August, 1638. By his ■w'ife Martha, daughter of Paul Dayrell, Esq., he had a son Richard Smith, an author of repute. (Dr. Bloxam, as before, p. 186.) ' "■habraham fowler '': See Index of Names, s.n. ® " Rychard waringe tnr Ky chard Grenakares''' : Neither in Wood. ' "John Lylly sonne of Pttcr lylly mr henry Sythe": This was undoubt- edly John Lylie, or Lylly, known as "The Euphuist," from his EupJmes : tli£ Anatomy of Wit (1581). He became "a student in Magd. coll. in the beginning of 1569, aged 16, or thereabouts" (Wood's Ath., vol. i, p. 676; and see his full notice, pp. 676-7S). He was born in the Weald of Kent in 1553 or 1554; but the name of his father, before unknown, is supplied by this entry in our I\IS., viz., Peter Lilly. He died soon after 1601. See also the biographical authorities. " Henry Sythe " has not been identified: perhaps " Smythe." '" " Mathrtve Eaton'" : Described as scholar of Christ Church, son of Mr. Eaton, parson of St. Leonard's in East Chepe. " "Glover'''': See Index under John Glover. " "vsherof paules scolle": See under St. Paul's. 215 (Page 1 1 3 of the MS., folio 84.) Foular^ "1 To Abraham a scholler of Christe I „ churche in Oxforde the xvj^^ | Jenuary A^ 1570 J To Docter homfrey the 16 of februarye xl^ to be bestowed of Gideon Kam^, Anthony Morebreade^, Jeninges^ and heley^ Vi'j'' Itmxxs for John Morgen^, Rychard fpringhani'' | A" {570 J Geven to m*' Samsone, to the vse of Rychard ^ Gilbie^ scoller in magdalen colledge vxx^ the 16 of february Ao i570 j to m'' Ashton of Whallaye^ to the vse of S'' ) ,g Seller^° of corpus christie colledge in Oxforde j ' Geven more to m'' Docter homfrey the 13 of februarye, to iiij"^ fcholleres of Magdaline colledge Namede xxs wch m"" Smarte ^ fwardebearerof London^^gaveme,/&xx*ofmy Vxl^ brother Robtes goodes j vijli x^ To Willm Massye^^ a poor fcholler of brodgattes | ^ in Oxforde the xxvij'^i of Aprill A" i57i ... j ^ To John Bridgman^^ fcoller of all Soulls colledge \ in oxforde by thandesofm'^henywoode in Kente^* Vx^ Esquier./ 10 of May A** i57i j To one Edwarde Browen^^ bachlere of^ arte of the vniuJfitie colledge in oxforde, the Vv^ xiij*^ of maye A° i57i j To m' Evelieghe fonne'^ the xij*^^ of maye ) . ..-j of Oxforde A" i57i } ^"^""'^ ^'"^ To one John Smythe^^ a poor fcholler of^ Magdalyne colledge in Oxforde the viij of Viij^ iiij*^ June A" i57i j To one Davyde Dee^^ the xj*^^ of June A° 1571 \ ...g ....^ of S*^® Mary haull in oxforde j ^ ^ To one Thoms Daye^^ of Magdalen Haule ) ...g ....^ the xijth of June j ■' ^ To one Edwarde Shawecrose^^ a poor fcholler ' of christes church in Oxforde, the xxv^'^of June >-v* 1571 . To Rycharde hauU^^ Late fcholler of Newe colledge in Oxforde comynge vppe to be ^v* a fcholem'' the xvijt^^ of June To m'' Gee22 of Chester beinge dep^ved of ) ,g his Lyvinge, the xxvj''^ of maye i57i /' 216 Notes and IlliLstrations. ("3) ' "Abraham Foular ': See Index under "Abraham Fowler." » ''Gideon Kam": Not in Wood. * "■ Anthotty Morebreade''^ : From Dr. Bloxam I get these items: "Anthony More- bread, aged 17, of the county of Kent; res. 1577; chorister 1567; matr. i^"]!; pkb. Jil. Devon; Prob. F. 1577-1620 ; B.A. 3rd July, 1579; M.A. 24th Oct., 1583; Prael. Gr£Ec. 1586; Bursar 1589, 1595, 1608, 1609, 1612, 1614, 1617 ; Dean of Div. 1590, 1593, 1596, 1602, 1610; V. Pres. 1591, 1615 ; died 1620; Will proved 1st Feb., 1620-1." Heylin the Diarist writes : "1620. Aug. 14. My good friend Mr. Mor- bread died." He was author of certain Latin lines on the death of Wm. Grey, 1606. * " jfenfiings": See Index of Names, j.w. 5 "/leley": Ibid. * "John Morgan'''': See Index of Names under "John Morgan." 7 " Kychard Spyinghatn^'': Dr. Bloxam notes, in his record of Demies of INIagdalen, respecting this scholar : " Richard Springham, aged 18, of the county of Middlesex ; res. 1578; matr. 3rd March, 1573-4;//^/^.//.; Prob. F. 1578-1589 ; B.A. 1st Feb., 1577-8; M-A. 7th April, 1581 ; presented to Selborne 2nd Aug., 1588; res. 5th June, 1594." * "Mr. Samsone .... Rychard Gtlhie": Richard Gilby, of the county of Lincoln, aged 19, 1572 ; res. 1577 ; matr. 8th Oct., 1571 ; pJcb. ftl. ; B.A. Lincoln College 9th Dec, 1578; M.A. Exeter College 2nd July, 1582." ' " mr Ashton of IVhallaye": Richard Ashton of Whalley, Esq., third son of Ralph Ashton, of Great Lever, Esq., wus the first of the family settled at Whalley and Dowmham. In 1553 Richard Ashton acquired half the manor of Whalley, sold by the Crown, being part of the escheated estates of Whalley Monastery. His pur- chase included the abbey buildings, and there he resided in the Abbot's house. In 1550 he purchased the neighbouring manor of Downham. In the Herald's Visitation of Lancashire in 1567, Richard Ashton, Esq., is entered as "Receiver to the Queen." He died in 1578, seized of Whalley manor and monastery, Downham manor, and of lands^in Blackburn, Billington, and Gaynforth, in the county of Lancaster ; Malham, Fountains Fells, and Staynton, in the county of York ; and in Sledwitch, in the county of Durham. He had no son, and his estates passed to his great-nephew and namesake, Richard Ashton, of Downliam. The schollar, Sellers, for whom he re- ceived this gift, was a son of one of Mr. Ashton's tenants at Whalley. '" " Sr Seller''^: See Index of Names under "John Seller." " " mr Smarte fivorde bearer of London'''' : Unknown. '2 " Willin Massye .... brod gattes" : "B.A. Feb. 3. 1573 Will. Massie of Brasen- nose coll." (Wood's ^(7J-/'/, vol. i, p. 193); "M.A. June 25, i^Tj" (Ibid, p. 206); " B. D. July 4. 1586. He was bom in Cheshire, and was at this time chaplain to Sir Edmund Trafford of Trafford in Lancashire. He hath published A Sermon preached at Trafford in Lancashire at the Marriage of a daughter of Sir Edm. Trafford, Kn' 6 Sep. 1586. on Ps. 128. I, 2. Oxon. 1586. Two years after he was removed from his fellowship, and perhaps did publish other things." {Ibid, p. 237. ) There are other entries in the 3IS. relating to this scholar, in one of which he is designated " Willm. Masseye, at Manchester," who had 20J-. " towardes the apparalinge and bringinge of him to Oxforde about Julye the xx"" dale A" 1569 when my mr. was in Lancashire." (See the next page, and Index of Names, s.n.) '2 "John Bridgman .... allfonlls": Probably kinsman of Dr. John Bridgman, Bishop of Chester, who died in 1652, aged 77 years (Wood's Athence, vol. iv, pp. 863-4). He was incorporated B.A. 1597 {Fasti, vol. i, p. 276). He had been rector of Wigan, Lancashire, and of Bangor {ibid, p. 286). He was father of Sir Orlando Bridgman. See later references and relative note. '* " fiir henyiuoode in Kente^^: This name was abundant in Kent. '" " Edwarde Broaven v)iiz'\ilie colledge": This Edward Browen (or Brown) not in Wood. 1^ "mr Evelieghe": A John Evelegh of Exeter College was Proctor April 29, 1590 (Wood's Fasti, vol. i, p. 250). '' '■'John Smyt/ie .... Magdalyne" : "John Smith, aged 18, of the county of Suf- folk ; res. 1572; matr. 8th Oct., i^^ji ; pleb. fiL; B.A. 1st April, 1573; Preb. F. 1575-1579; ^I--A- 8th July, 1577." (Dr. Bloxam, as before, vol. iv, p. 1S7.) 18 " Davyde Dee .... Ste Mary hanll": " Of Shropshire, Rector of Great S' Bar- tholomew's Church, London. Dav. Dee A.M. coll. ad preb. consumpt. per mare 27 Junii 1598, quam resign, ante 13 Dec. eodem anno; admiss. ad eccl. S. Barthol. magni Lond. 15 Jun. 1587 eadem deprivatus ante 8 Dec. 1605. Kennet." (Wood's Fasti, vol. i, p. 300.) " " Thorns Daye of Magdalen Haule": This Thomas Daye not in Wood. ^ " Edwarde Shawecivsf . . . . christes church'''': See Index of Names, s.n. 21 "Rycharde Haidl . . . . m-weco/iedge": This Richard Haull (or Hall) not in Wood. * "?nr Gee of Chester " (this entry is erased in the MS. ) See Index of Names, s.n. , for a former similar entry and note thereupon. 217 To (Page 1 14 of the MS., folio 84 verso) Rycharde Smithe & Georges hunt^ poore fcholleres of Magdalen colledge in Oxforde, by Docter humfrey xx^ a pece the xnij'ii of Novembre i57i To m"^ Callmadye, to the ■xls vse of m' Evelieghe vnj' iiij' & to the the xxnij th X >VS fonne^ xxvj^ vse of his tuttor xiij^ of Novembre A" i57i To willm Turnebull^ of Corpus christie^ colledge in Oxforde, the xxx^^ of Novembre Ao i57i: To m^s wemehirste fonne^ & Late poor fcholler.of ^ Westm^, & nowe of christe church in Oxforde Vx^ the 27 of Novembris Ao i57i J To Abraham fFowler^ fonne to m'" fowler "| the barber, the seconde of Januarii A° i57i >v^ of christes churche in oxforde J xv^ "^ Is more to the said Abraham fowler A aganste his procedinge bachler of arte, beinge a I very poor & towardie fcholer & hathe but l XXS poore frendes, beinge allfo of christe churche in Oxforde, the said feconde of JenuaryeJ To John hillyarde^ poore fcholler of christes '^ church in Oxforde the fowerthe of Jenuarye Vvj^ viij^ A° i57i j To John ffarrare^ the x'^'^ of Januarye A \ poor fcholler of magdalen colledge in Oxtorde >v* by thandes of m"^ Garbrande j To Willm massie a poor fcholler of brodgattes in Oxforde the xv'i^ of October A^ 1569 w^^ more pleanly appearethe in m' Swetes letters )>xxx8 amongestes m"^ Swettes accomptes for yonge Tristram michell^ and in the letter. / G _ To the said willm masseye at machester"" towards the apparralinge & bringinge of him to oxforde about Julye the xx^^^ dale A° i569, when my m"^ was in Lancashire^ ...^ 1 >-xxs 318 Notes and Illiistratioiis. ' ^^ Rycharde Smithe Qt* Georges hunt'''': See Index of Names, s.n., for both. ' ^^ Mr Callmadye iur Evdieghe sonne": The former not in Wood : for " Evelieghe" see Index of Names, s.n. ^ ' ' ivillm Ttirnebidl .... corpus christie" : This WilHam Tumebull not in Wood ; but see Index of Names under " Richard Turnbull." ■• " nirs 7ve»te/iirsU so9!ne": See Index of Names, j-.«. * '■'■Abraham ffoT.oler .... the ba?-ber" and infra: Ibid. Be it noted here that "the barber " would similarly have been required for the illustrious Jeremy Taylor, whose name in the college has after it "pauper schola7-is"- — noi ignobly. * '■^ John hilly arde . . . . chrisles chnreh": See Index of Names, s.n. ^ " John ffarrare Rlr Garbrande'": See for "ffanare" Index of Names under "John Farrer." " Mr Garbrande" was John Garbrand, alias Herks, son of Garbrand Herks, a Dutchman and a bookseller and the friend of John Foxe. He was a protege of Bishop Jewel whose "Remains" he collected and edited in various volumes. He died in 1589. See Wood's Athena, vol. i, pp. 556-7 for a full notice. ^ " Mr Swete Tristram micheW'': The former not in Wood : The second name is that of a ward of Dean Nowell's ; of whom Churton writes: "In the beginning of 1570 he [DeanNowell] was appointed guardian of Tristram Mitchell, son and heir of Richard Mitchell, Esq., of the county of Somerset," the patent for which "gave him seven years' arrears of an annuity of 13/. 6s. 8d. reserved in the royal coffers since the death of his ward's father" {Life of No7oell, p. 150). This ward has been named twice previously in the AIS., on payment of his yearly board to one Mr. Coole of Devonshire (see p. 56 and p. 70 ante). ^ ' ' when my mr. was in Lancashire." This allusion informs us that Dean Nowell made a journey into his native county in the- summer of 1569. Many of his charities in Lancashire probably were dispensed during this sojourn. Churton refers to the Dean's preaching tour in Lancashire in 1568, before his brother Robert's death, but does not mention any visit in 1569, of which most likely he had no evidence. 219 yxi^ J } VS (Page 115 of the MS., folio 85/) To m'' Docter Cole^ p^fydente of Corpus christe' Colledge in Oxforde, to the vse of tow poor fchollers the one ys Named Thorns Cole'^, the other Rychard hooker^ the xxx^^ of Januarye A" {^ji & Thorns Coole hade xxx* of theys p^cell & thother xs, as appeareth by m'' Coole bill To Edmunde fhawecrose^ of magdalen colledge the xij*^'^ of februarye Anno 15/1 To Richard hooker of Corpus christie colledge the xij*^^ of februarye Anno 157! to bringe ^-ij v]^ hym to Oxforde j To John Hopkins^ of brodgattes, whoe wente w*^^^ Willm Wilde^ to Oxforde the xij''^ of februarye >-xs A« 1571 j To Fetter Shakerley^ of Magdaline collidge in ^ Oxforde the xij*^ of februarye A" 1571 m"" V-x^ fliakerley of grayes Inne, his sonne j To one Davyde Dee^, batchler of arte, of S*® marie hall '^ in Oxforde the v'f°- of Martch A" 1571 to bringe Vxf vj*^ him to oxforde j To one higfonne^ of To one Thorns hixon'^ of Christes church in Oxforde, \ the vij'^ of martch. Anno i57i by thandes & at [-xx^ the requieste, of m'^ Archdeacon wattes^i J To Rychard fmythe and Georges hunte'^^ towe poor fcholleres in magdaline colledge in Oxforde, by thandes of m"^ Docter humfrey xxs a pece, in the whole ^ To one homeffrey Coole, fonne vnto m"" Coole of") Bowe'^, a poor fcholler of Corpus christie colledge Mij^ iiij*^ in Oxforde, the xxij^ii of Maij A" 1572 j To Thoms Coole^'*, of Corpus christie colledge in Oxforde the xiijt'^ of June A'' i572. whoe Delyu ed my m"" an apistlie'^ To one willm Coxe^^ a poore fcholle"^ of Magdalen colledge, the xvj° of June A° 1572 To one John Bridgman^^ a poore fcholler of , g all fowles Colledge the same xvj of June A^ 1572' j To one John TatterfalP^ a poor fchollereS of brasnose in oxforde the xxiiij" of Julye V-v' A° i57i j To willm massie^9 a poore fcholler of brod gattes "^ in oxforde the xxiiij'^ of Julye, A" {572 ( .. ^ sent by Rycharde Tattersalpo father of the f ^"•'' "^J' said John aforesaid the some of xiij^iiij"^ I saye ) ^xl3 >\f vjd lv3 -I'i'is WVA 220 Notes and Illustrations. (115) ' " mr Cole": See Index of Names under "Doctor Cole." ' " Thorns Cole": See Index of Names, s.n. ^ '^ Ryckanl hooker," and infra : The "judicious Hooker": See Index of Names, s.n , and our Indroduction. This and another entry below relating to Hooker I have had produced \vl facsimile for the large paper edition. * "■ Edinunde Shavoecrose" \ See Index of Names, s.n. 8 '■^John hopkins of bjvdgattes" : Ibid. A John Hopkins was collated 10 May, 1576, to a Prebendal stall of Hampton episcopi, in the Cathedral of Hereford. ^ "IVillm ivilde": Not in Wood ; but see our Index of Names for various Wilds or Wylds, kinsfolk of the Nowells, among whom this scholar several times recurs. 7 "Fetter Shakerley of Alagdaliiie collc'dge": Not in Wood or Dr. Bloxam. Geoffrey Shackerley of Lancashire, gent., had a son Piers, named in Flower's Visitation (1567), but I cannot pronounce as to whether the Peter Shackerley here entered was the same person or a kinsman. Peter Shackerley's father is said in the text to have been "of Grayes Inne." 8 "Bavyde Dee" See Index of Names, s.n. 3 " higsonne''' (this entry erased). ^^ "Thorns hixon of Christes church": See Index of Names under "Higson" " "Archdeacon wattes": Thomas Watts, A.M., Prebendary of Totendale, was collated (as Archdeacon) 31st Jan. 1560-1 : void by the resignation of Nowell. He died before 28th May, 1577 (Le Neve's Fasti, vol. ii, p. 380). '- " Rycharde Stnythe and George himte''^: See Index of Names, sm., for both. ^ "homefrey Code . . . . of Bo7ve" : Not in Wood, His father, Mr. Robert Cole, Vicar of Bow Church in London, has pre\'iously occurred in the MS., and been noted as a leader of the Puritans. (Index of Names, s.n.) " "Thorns Coole of Corpus christie": See Index of Names under " Thomas Cole." •3 "apistli" = epistle or letter. '^ "'■wilhn Coxe . . . Afagdalen eolledge": Not in Wood or Dr. Bloxam. '7 "John Bridgman": See Index of Names, j.??. '^ " Johji Tatlersall . . . . of bra^nose": This surname belongs to East Lancashire; his father, named at the foot of this page of the text, was Richard Tattersall. Several Tattersalls of Burnley, Habergham, Read, &c., occur onward as receiving gifts ; among them, a Richard Tattersall, veiy possibly the father of this scholar. '' "-willm ?iiassie": See Index of Names, s.n., for various references and relative note. 20 "Rycharde Tattersall": See note supra. 221 >-VlJ° (Page ii6 of MS., folio 85 verso.) To one henry mawdesley^ poor fcholler of Brasen' nose in Oxforde, the iiij*^ of auguste A° i572" in pte of paymente of michalmas q^^i" To m"^ holden^ ffellowe of Brasen nose the "i fame iiij''^ of Auguste A" 1572 >-vij* towardes the chardge of the faid madisley, & him to oxforde j To one a poor fcholler, of corpus- S Christie colledge, who was in ther compaynes the >-iij^ fame iiij'' of Auguste A° 1572* J To John Seller^ Bachler of art, the iiij'^ of^ Auguste A<' i572' of corpus christie colledge by Vvij^ thandes of m'^ holden of Brasenose in oxforde J Willm colledge Gairstane*, a in Oxforde, resorter the XIX th auguste To a Bameforde^, a in oxforde To one Exciter A° 1572- one Randall battler in A° 1572- To one Willm pennington^, Braysenose in Oxforde the, the x* of Attourney generally A" by m'' Docter wythyer ?s... greatrackes^, a poor fcholler of Christes churche in auguste poor rth resorter the xix*'^ fcholler & comendide by m'' 1572" & comendid allso To and auguste xx= fifrances very towarde r Oxforde the xij*^ of Septemb"^ A°- 1572 and comendid by m"^ Docter Cradocke^", J To one John feller a poor fcholler of co''puschristie ) Colledge in Oxforde, the xij**^ of Ao 1572- September Vvj' to one Thoms m'" A hoolte'i ;th >xxs r xvj^ viij*^/ when he wente to Oxforde the XV j^^ Day of September A° 1572 whoe is allso of Brasynoose colledge in Oxforde To one Thoms Seller^^ a poor fcholer latly"! come forthe of Lancashir, and beinge in oxforde >x« at the xviijt^ of SeptemiD'' A^ 1572- ...J To one Lawerance Towenley^'^ whoe ys Latly comen out of lancashire, the viij'^ of October A° i572- whoe remanethe aboute oxforde To one George pollarde^* [erasure] [erasure] the viij*^ of October \vhoe ys allso Latly coiiien out of lancashire A" i572' whoe ys about Brasynnose in oxforde To one willm Gregsonn'^ the ^ fame viij^^^ of octob"^ A" i572- whoe Vxvj' viij-iijs viij*^ (Page 117 of the MS., folio 86.) Too one Rycharde Cove^ Late Bachler of arte of magdelyne Colledge in oxforde the viij° of octobr A" i572- _ To one Thorns merrie^ of Christe churche ) g in Oxforde the viij° of octob^' A° i57i- j ^ Too one Smithe a poor fcholler ] of Brasynnoose in Oxforde, by m"^ Docter coole i p^fydente of corpus christie Colledge in Oxforde , the xxixo of Octob"^ A^ {572^ J To one Willm Slyfolde* fcholer of magdahn ^ hall at his gowinge to Oxforde the x*^ of Vx^ December A« i572" j Too one Lewes Ambrose^ of Colledge in \ Oxforde, at the suet of m'' Coole psonn of Bowe church liijs iiij< in London the xxv* of martch A^ 1573- j Too Edwarde fhawcrose^ of newe college) .. in Oxforde the viij* of Aprell A'' 1573 ]^^ Too one John Litle^ of Magdalin colledge in Oxforde \ the xxvdij'^ii of martche A^ i573 j^* Too Abrahame fowler^ of Christes churche | in Oxforde the xxviij" of martch A° 1573 j ^ Too John Sandes^ poor fcholer of Orriall \ Colleddge in Oxforde at the sute of f"" Thoms Vx^ heskethe''' the xxviij''^ of martche A^ i573" j To one Rycharde hooker'^ fcholler of corpus-christie | ...g ....j Colledge in Oxforde the viij° of marthe A" 1573" j"-' "'•' Too m' Raynarde Woulffe^^ {q^ Cathachis- ^ mies in greake & Latten, to gyve poor fcholers Iv'i the xiijt^ of Martche A** i572- j Too one Willm Coxe'^ the xx'^ of maye A" i573" ) of Magdalen Colledge in Oxforde ^^^^ Too one Willm Crane comendyde by m' \ ffarrington of Lancashire** the xx*^ of aprill I x^ Anno i573- of Oxforde j Too m'' Rogeresi"*, yonge fonne, fcholler ofS Oxforde, by m"^ peter the xxvj'^ of aprill lxx» A« 1573 J To Thoms Achley'^ fcholler of Broodgattes ) ...g ....^j in Oxforde the v'f^ of June A" i573 : |iijsiiij Too John Brigmanei7 the vj^^^ of June | - A" 1573: ^J' Too one Samuell Beeke'^, of Corpus Christie'] College in Oxforde, the :s.-x^^ of februarye I ^ , Ao 1573 at the suet of m^ Docter Coole ^^^"'^ pfydente of the same Colledge 224 Notes and Ilhistrations. (IT7) ' '* Rycharde Cove'''''. See Index of ^Cames, s.n. ^ " Thorns nierrie . . . .». . christe churche": He recurs in the MS., and in one instance, in the handwriting of Dean Nowell, is entered — "To Thomas Morrie of Christ Church in Oxforde whom he entred into the ministerie toward the charges, 29 Martii, 1578, x'." Quite possibly he was a kinsman of Dean Nowell's first wife, who was a daughter of Robert Mery or Merry. Meriy and Morrie may have been convertible names ; and it is to be noted that, while Dean Nowell's amanuensis writes the name "Merrie," the Dean himself writes it "Morrie." (See Index of Names, sn.) 3 ^^Too one Sf/iithe^': This whole entry is crossed out in the MS. See Index of Names under "John Smythe." * ''VVillm Slyfolde magdaHn": Not in Wood. * "Lewes Ambrose mr Cook psonn of Bozve church : Ibid. For Mr. Coole (Cole), see Index of Names, s.7t. ^ " Edivarde Shawcrose'": Ibid, but see Index of Names, s.n. 1 ''John Liile of Magdalin" : Not in Wood or Dr. Bloxam, ^ ^^Abrahamefozvler": See Index of Names, j. ;;. ' "John Sandes Ori'iall": Not in "Wood. Probably of the I.ancashire family of Sandys, which gave to the church Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York, 1576-1588. 10 c^j, Thorns heskeihe": Sir Thomas Hesketh, knt, of RufiFord, in the county of Lancaster, whose favourite residence was at Martholme (the manor-house of Great Harwood), which he rebuilt in 1561. This mansion was nigh to Read Hall, the seat of the Nowells, the two parks being only separated by the river (Calder). Sir Thomas Hesketh was knighted in 1553 ; sheriff of Lancashire 1563; died 20th June, 1588. '^ '■^Rycharde hooker'''': See Index of Names under Hooker, and our Introduc- tion. , '* ''Rayitarde Woulffe": Not in Wood. '^ " IVillm Coxe": See Index of Names, s.n. '* "JFi/l/n Crane Mr ffarrington of Lancashire'''': Crane not in.W'ood. His patron was William ffarrington, Esq., of Worden Hall, Pa. Leyland, and Audley Hall, Blackburn, a gentleman of excellent repute in Lancashire, whose interesting biography is well written by Canon Raines in his Introduction to the Stanley Papers (Chetham Society). William ffarrington, Esq., died 3rd July, 1610. The scholar, William Crane, would also be a native of Lancashire. The surname is local in Preston and the Fylde of North Lancashire. A John Crane of Eccleston, near Mr. ffarring- ton's estate, occurs in 1561 ; and John Crane is a witness to Dame Anne Langton's Will in 1572, of which Mr. William ffarrington was an executor; so this William Crane may have been son of John Crane. 15 '■^ Mr Roger es": See Index of Names under " Ambrose Rogers." ^^ " Thorns Achley Broodgattes": Not in Wood. I am inclined to think this was that son of Thomas Achelly, the translator of Bandello's History of Didaco and Violenta (1576), to whom Mr. J. P. Collier conjecturally assigns the "Massacre of Money" (1602) in his Bibl. Account. '^ '■^'John Brigmane'": See Index of Names under "John Bridgeman." In a pre- vious entry he is described as "a poore scholler of all sowles colledge. " Bearing the same name with John Bridgeman who became Bishop of Chester in 1619, it is not unlikely the John Bridgeman of All Souls' in 1573 was of the same stock (the Bridge- mans of Devonshire), but a generation earlier. Was he the John Bridgeman, brother of Thomas Bridgeman, the bishop's father, who is named on the Bridgeman pedigiee as living in 1571 ? '8 ^'Saviuell Beeke'": Not in Wood. "5 • VS >v* (Page 1 18 of the MS., folio 86 verso.) To one Showcrose,^ the xj^i" of Decemb'" \ ^ A° i573 of Christe church in Oxforde ) To Abraham fowler^ late of Christe church | g in Oxforde the xij^^ of December A^ 1573 j ' * To John Thorpe,^ Sonne in Lawe to m""" escoate, fcholler of magdaline College in I Oxforde, by his mother the xx^^ of februarye j Aoi573 J Too Willm farmer^ a fcholler in Oxforde ij^ vj^ To one John Brigman^ fcholer of Allfowles \ College in Oxforde, the xx*^ of februarye A" Vvj^ vj^ 1573 3 To one Thorns* Morre^ of Christes^ Church in Oxforde, the xvj'^ dale of I Martch A*' i573 at the comendacion | of m'^ Docter CadwelT J To one James lyllys^, fonne to m" lylly' of Canterburie the xxvj* daye of maye A" i574 : Too one wylliam hicksonne^, of College in Oxforde the xxiij^i^ of november A^ 1574: Too John Bridgman, of all foules college in Oxforde, the vj*^ of februarye A° {574: Too one Thoms hollande^" of Ballyoll" college in Oxforde, the xxxj*^ of niltch A** 1575 ^ ^ at the comendation of m"" allderman Langlay j •' ^ & m'^ ffrances Bowyeare^^ ..J sent more to the said Thoms hollande, by mj ) g squier^^^ of baylioll College the xxvj*^ of aprell 1575 j Too f"" huker'2 of Corpus christie college in ) g Oxforde, the xxviij'l^ of aprell 1575 : j Too Richarde WignalP^ ofl magdalin hall in Oxforde, the xxviij*^ Aprell >xx* A« i575'-- J Too one Willm Coxe'^ the xxx*'^ of aprell ^ Ao 15 75- n^y Nowell godfonne Vx^ of magdalin College in Oxforde j Too one Robt fForte,'^ poore Bachler \ Too one f"" Barker' 7 a of arte of the ( g Newe college in Oxforde, the xi*^ of maye C A° 1575: ; To one S"" hakeluite'^ ^ Bachler of arte of Christe college in oxforde /-xV the xijtii of maye: by Docter humfrey j 226 Notes and Ilhistrations. (ii8) ' '^ Shower ose'''': See Index of Names, j.;/. ^ ^' Abraham foioler'": Ibid. ^ "-yo/iii Thorpe. . . i?ir escoate" (this entry is erased in the i1/^. ) John Thorpe was a servant of our Nowell. See Will in our Introduction and Index of Names, s.it. " Mr Escoate " — not identified. * " IVaim. farmer": See Index of Names, s.n. * "John Brigman" and infra : See Index of Names under "John Bridgman." ^ " Thorns Alorre Christes Chtnrh": See a note about Thomas Morrie on the previous page. 7 "-Doder Cadzvell" : Probably Richard Caldwall, or Chaldwell, Dr. of Medicine, who was educated at Brasen-nose College, Oxford. His "Tables of Surgery" {1585) is still remembered. He died in 1585. (Wood's .^//^(?««-', vol. i, pp. 5, lo-il.) * " fames lyllys CaiiterburiL'" : No doubt same as Lillye or Lillie, and of the Euphuist's family. See Index of Names under "John Lilly." 3 " IVylliaiit hicksoime''': Not in Wood. •" " Thorns hollandc of Bally oil college" and infra : "He was born at Ludlow in Shropshire, and was elected Socius Sacerdotalis, commonly called chaplain-fellow of Baliol College, 13th Jan., 1573, being then B.A. and a most noted disputant in that house, and in 1575> proceeding in that faculty, he became a rabid preacher." (Wood's AthencE, vol. ii, pp. 111-112.) He died 17th March, 1611. For a full notice of him see Wood as supra. '^ " allderman Langlay and mr ff ranees Bonyeare" : See Index of Names, s.n. •' " mr sqiiier of baylioll College": Adam Squire, M.A., of Balliol, elected Master of the College 13th May, 1571 ; afterwards D.D.; collated to the Archdeaconry of Middlesex, June, 1577; died before 26th Oct., 1588. Said to have been "a learned but very fantastical man." '^ "6"r //«/'(?r" = Richard Hooker: See Index of Names, s.n., and our Introduction. " "'jRicharde Wignall of magdaUn hall" [" Brasynoose hall" is written and erased in the MS.\ : Not in Wood. 15 " lyi/if/i Core": See Index of Names, s.n. '^ '' Robte fforte" (this entry is erased in the MS.) : Not in Wood. •'' " Sr Barker": See Index of Names, s.n. '^ "6>- /ia/^t.'//^zV^"= Richard Hakluyt : See Index of Names, s.jt., and our Intro- duction. 227 To f' (Page 119 of the MS., folio 87.) hunte^ Batchelare of arte of masfdalin college in Oxforde the xij^t of maye A° 1575 : comendid by Docter humfrey & sent the same allsoe by hym To one f"" hackcluett^ the iiij^i^ of Christes churche in Oxforde 1575 :. i'XXX.s. / of June whiller, ,9 Y^ m Bowyer,' Collecters } ijs vj< Toe m'^ Alldersaye, m m' Backhowse and to m' Yonge^ appoynted, for the getheringe of certeyn money of ,^ ^ the vniu^fities of Oxforde, and for the poore fcollers [ of bothe the vniu'^fities of Oxforde, & Cambridge, the fyrste of June i575 _^ Too Edmunde Scolfylde* fcholer of mydleton" whoe and cam hadd w .th my his Ire noose, the xx*^^ of fcole in Lancashire, to me into Sussex, principall of Brasyn A° i575 : : Too martyn Read^ fcholer of Poules fchole to Oxforde the fyfte of October i575 To m^ Docto"^ coole, to the vse of Spenfer^ of Corpus christie father to the l>xxs Septemb'" gowinge nj^ nij ;d Oxforde the vij* of november Anno 1575 Colledge md fent the same tyme the vijth of novemb'' m''' docf coole, the some of vij^' x^ for the exhibition of Wij'i. x^ one James Bell^ latt of Oxforde fyrste of December A'' 1575 } To , the fyrste of December A'' IS75 : j "^^ Too one m' Seller^ of Corpus christie colledge \ g in Oxford the xvj'*^ of februarie A° 1575 : j Too one Bare foot'*^ a poor fcholer of cor ) j, pus-christie colledge in Oxforde the xxj*'* of Decemb' J Too one TurnebulP^ of corpus christie in Oxforde the xxijt'^ of December A" 1575 Too one Tathane^^^ a poore fcholler of marten | colledge in Oxford the xx*^ of December 1575 : j Too one Rogere Browen^^ when he went to Oxford the xx* of december A^ 1571 Too m"" Beasleyi* of Sainct nij*- colledge jiij^ mj' ,-9 nj* nij' Oxford the xviij*^ of hall in A° 1575 •••••••. To one m Springham'^, fonne, fcholler of Oxford the xx*^ of December 1575 Too one Willm nealsonne^'' hall in Oxford, the xx*^ of to fcholer, martch mane- ^ December Vx^ send to his "| Colledge in Vxl^ of S**^ marie ^ 1575 : att the y-s.^ sut of m^ ffrances Bowyere, & m'^ Sellare^^ j 228 Notes and Illustrations. (119) ' " Sr hiinte''' : See Index of Names under "George Hunte." ' " Sr HackclneW : See /^/a' under "Richard Ilakluyt." * "Mr Alldersaye: mr whiller : nir Bowyer ', mr Backhowse &' Mr Yonge •" See Index of Names, s. n. * '■^ Ednmnde Scolfylde mydleton scale": See Index of Names, s.n., for earlier reference and relative note respecting this Middleton scholar. * " 7?iartyn Read of Ponies Sckole"\: Not in Wood, and as before one has to deplore the loss of the School's Register. See another reference to him at p. 166 ; and Index under " St. Paul's School." 5 "John Spenser^': John Spenser of Corpus Christi, born in Suffolk about 1560; he became first Clerk of the College; then, being but Bachelor of Arts, Greek Reader in 1578; and the next year a Fellow; subsequently D.D. Dr. John Spenser was sworn President of Corpus Christi, 9th June, 1607. He died 3rd April, 16 14. A mural monument to him is in the College Chapel. 7 " Sr Willm Pickringc Schollers''': See Index of Names, s.n. 8 "James Bell": A James Bell translated John Fox's De oliva Evangelico : Concio in baptismo &fc. 1578. (Wood's Athena:, vol. i, p. 532.) 9 "mr Seller": See Index of Names under "John Seller." A George Seller, Fel- low of Corpus Christi, and perhaps a brother of John, died in College in 1619. '« "Barefoot": John Barefoot, of C. C. Coll.; D.D. Jan. 19th, 1578; chaplain to Ambrose, Earl of Warwick. In 1581 he became Archdeacon of Lincoln, in the place of Dr. John Robinson. He died in 1595. (Wood's Fasti, vol. i, p. 210.) There was a John Barefoot, M.D. July nth, 1581 [ibid, p. 218), who may have been our name. " " TurnehiilV: See Index of Names under " Richard TurnbuU." '2 " Tathame . . . . marten colledge": This was John Tatham of Merton College, admitted M. A. Oct. 30, 1567. He was afterwards Rector of Lincoln College (Wood's Fasti, vol. i, p. 179). He was Proctor April l, 1573 {ibid, p. 192). 13 '^ Ro'^ere Browen": A Roger Browne (1601) is casually named by Wood {Athena:, vol. i, p. 745) B.D. as Canon of Windsor ; sometime of King's College, Cambridge. 1* " mr Beasley ofSainct marie hall": Not in Wood. i» " w' Springham" : See Index of Names under " Richard Springham." i« " Willm nealsonne" : Not in Wood. This name recurs. (Index of Names, s.n.) '^ "ffrances Bozvyere ^ m' Sellare": See Index of Names, s.7t. 229 (Page 1 20 of the MS., folio 87 verso.) Too m'' Barfott' m^ of Art, of corpuse "^ Christie college, and to m.^ Seller^, of the Vk.^ same college, the xj'^ of maye 1576: J Too one Willm Nealsonne^, the xxxjt'^ of maye ] ^ 1576: att the comendation of m'^ Sellare j Too one Olyver hallowell* of magdalin hall \ ^ in Oxford the xxxj*^ of maye 1576 j^ Too m^ Sellare** of Corpuschristie Colledge ) ^ the vth of July 1576: j^ To one Richard harnons^, a poore fcholer, of \ magdalin Collige in Oxforde the iiij*^^ of [-x^ Juliei576: .j To one Beseley^ poore fcholer of Oxforde \ ^ the xiiij'^ of Julie 1576: |^ more to the same Beseley v^ Too one Rychard Springham^, of magdalyn "i college in Oxforde the xvj*^ of februarie )-xxs 1576 j Too one Willm Coxe*^ of magdalin \ ^ Collegge in Oxford the xxx*i^ of Aprill 1577: j^^ Too f'' Ofboston^, of the vniu^sitie college \ ^ in Oxforde the xxvj*^ of June 1577: J^ Too one Crane^" of S*^ marie hall in Oxforde \ ^ the xii^^ of aprill 1577: j^ Too one Garstange" a poore fcholler of Oxforde the) ^ } xxijt^ of June |^^ Too one John Spensore'^ the ix'^ of October 1577:") of magdalyn colledge in Oxforde the daye [-v^ aforesaid j Too m'^ wygnall'^ of magdalyn hauU in Oxford \ ^ , the xx*^ of november 1577 J To m"" Kynge preacher^* hys wieffe iourneynge towardes | ^ her husbande by Doctor Humfrey 29° Martij 1577... j ^ Too one hughe Ortonn^^ comended by m^ mullins | ^ the fyrste of male iS 78 : j ^ Too one m' Nycollson^^ dwellinge ab*0 of Corpuschristie college in Oxforde \^^^ att the comendacions of m^ doctc Coole, the xxiiij^i^ of auguste 1578 : Too one Thoms Pye'^ of colledge in Oxforde the fyrste of Januarie i578 :. the ij'ti of Januarie 1578 : 7.. j "^ ^j'^ Too one m^ Barefoote of Corpuschristie \ ...jj .^ ...^ College the xxvij^^i of martch 1579: j ^'-^ ^■' ^'^-^ Too one Pye, Servant to Coranus^^, the xxiiij*^ \ ~, of Aprell 1579 : j ^'' 7'XO Notes and Illustratiois. {120) ' " mr. Barfott," and infra : See Index of Names under "John Barefoot," and note on preceding page. - "mr. SW/ar," and iii/m : Hid under "John Seller." ' " Willm A^ealsotme" : Ibid, s.n. The name is now spelled Nelson. * "Olyverkallozvellofmagdalin hall" : Not in Wood or Dr. Bloxam. From the name, I suppose he came out of Lancashire. A Nicholas Hellewell (Halliwell) of Middleton, Lancashire, a suitor to be of Brasenose College, is named on p. 168, ante. * " Richard harmons'" : Ibid. 6 " Beseley''' : See Index of Names, s.n. 7 " Rychard Springhain" : Ibid. 8 " IVillm Coxe'' : Ibid. 9 " fr Osboston" : Osboston is a local contraction for the Lancashire surname of Osbaldeston ; and the Sir Osboston named in the text as of University College, Ox- ford, in 1577, may have been Robert Osbaldeston, a native of Blackburn parish, in the county of Lancaster, who was instituted to the vicarage of Whalley in that county 9th October, 1581. He is described as "preacher of the Word at Blackburn" on 7 August, 1599. He died, it is conjectured, about 1609. (See note by Canon Raines in Chetham Miscellanies, vol. ii, p. 42.) 1" " Crane" : See Index of Names, s.n., William Crane. " " Garstange" : See Ibid, under "Gairstane." '•• "John Spensore" : See Ibid, under "John Spenser." '3 "mr. Wygnair : See Ibid, under " Wignall." '^ "Air. Kynge preacher" '. Not identified. '5 "hughe Ortonn" : Not in Wood. ■5 ";;;;-. Nycollson" : Not identified. '7 " Thorn's Pye," Tind infra: [This] is one that had learning enough to be a dean or a bishop, yet could never rise higher than a vicar and a pedagogue. He was born at Darlaston, near Wednesbury, in Staffordshire, educated for the most part in logicals and philosophicals in Merton College, of which he became one of the chaplains in 1 58 1, being then esteemed among the learned to be one of them. Afterwards taking the degrees in divinity as a member of that house, he became vicar and schoolmaster of Bexhill, near Hastings, in Sussex, about 1590, being then, and before, accounted an eminent linguist, excellent in sacred chronology, in ecclesiastical histories and polemical divinity." (Wood's Ath. , vol. ii, pp. 59-60 — where is a note of various books by him.) He died in 1609. See Wood, as supra, for a fuller notice. 18 "Coranus": See Index of Names, s.n., for frequent entries of this name. He was Anthony de Corro, or Antonius Corranus or Corrano. He was a native of Seville, in Spain, " educated there from his childhood in the Roman Catholic religion, and was at length an Ascetic, but whether a monk or fryer, I know not. Afterwards he left his order and religion, and being desirous to embrace the reformed doctrine, fled from his country, went into England, in 1570 [1568] or thereabout, and at length to London, where he became a frequent preacher." (Wood's Athena, vol. i, pp. 578, 579; where is a full Memoir, pp. 578-81.) He died in 1591. The Parker Society books furnish various interesting notices of this remarkable if somewhat stormy-natured Polemic, eg., Grindal, p. 309, &c.; Parker, p. 340 n.; 2 Zurich, pp. 254 n, 261; his contest with one Hieronymus, Grindal, p. 309, &c. ; the Bishop's judgment on the case, ibid, pp. 313, 314; reader at the temple of divinity, &c., ibid, p. 312 n.; thought to preach erroneous doctrine, Parker, p. 476; Grindal, p. 353 n.; 2 Zurich, pp. 254, 255, 261; disliked commentaries, Rogers, p. 196; his death, Grindal, p. 312 «.; his books, Parker, P- 339 «•; letter from him to Bullinger — a very fine one, 2 Zurich, p. 254; letter to him, Parker, p. 339. The entries of our RIS. give us pathetic glimpses of this refugee, and he is only one of many who "endured straits" for "conscience sake" contem- poraneously. The Editor possesses his " Notse in Concionem Solomonis" (1579) — and it is a very penetrative book. 231 (Page 12 1 of the MS.) Too one John Batner^ of S'« Johannes college") in Oxforde, the xv*'^ Dale of februarye Vx^ anno 1578: J Too one Rychard lateware^, and ffrances^ Cooke,3 late fcholars of the marchant Talo"" fchole the xvj*^ dale of June A° 1579 : W* said fcholars are fent from the said fchole to S*® Johannes ^iij^' vj^ viij*^ Colledge in Oxforde, some ,9 of "J I'li and vjs w*^^ said money vnj' the was dd exchaunge the to m^ Radclief* by to theire vse Too one Thorns Knight,^ of Corpus christie college in Oxford the x^^ of Januarie 1579: whoe was comendid by one of the closett of the Queenes chapell one John of the closett Too one Gierke^ of Corpus christie College in Oxforde, comendid by m' martyn >>xs the 1579 ., Too one xviij*^^ of februarie >xx' Pullyn7, of Corpus christie Collegge' m Oxford the xx*^ of februarie 1579 >xs comendid & by m^ docto' coole, presidente of the same house Too one leonard Gressett,^ Comendid by m^ Docto'' weste falie^, the xx'^ of februarie !^iii* iiij^ 1579: of Christes church in Oxforde. Too one college 1580: .., Too Ste the Too ni'' Sellar^" of Corpus christie in Oxforde, the x'^ of Aprell >xx3 one John Yorke^', marie haull in xxiiijt^i of October 1580. one late of Oxforde 00 one Latham '2 comendid by Sankey • M'' Attournes man xxvj*!^ of martch i58i I m^ the Vv'S IjS Vjc [Verso — blank.] 232 hJoies and IlliLstrations. (121) ^ '^jfokn Batner^': He recurs twice in the MS. He is here described as of St. John's College, in February, 1578-9; but he had been previously of Magdalen, and Dr. Bloxam notes: — "1572. John Batner aged 18, in the county of Sussex; res. 1574; matr. 8th October, 1571; pleb. fil.; Prob. F. I576-I579; B.A. 25th June 1577; M.A. 31st May, 1581; ejected 1578." {Magd. Coll. Regr., vol. iv, p. 188. At p. 171 of the same work the cause of his expulsion is recorded.) Our LIS. in this entry shews that Tohn Batner, after leaving Magdalen in 1578, betook himself to St. John's, and was there entered; and while there, received money from Dean Nowell. * '■^ Rychard lateware": "A Londoner bom, educated in Merchant-Taylors' school, became scholer of S' John's coll. 1580, and eight years after M. of arts, and a noted preacher. In 1593, he was elected one of the proctors of the university, being about that time rector of Hopton in Suffolk. Afterwards he became rector of Finchley in Middlesex, D. of D. and at length chaplain to the illustrious hero Charles Lord Mountjoy, lieutenant of Ireland. He was a most ingenious Latin poet, as his epigrams & copies of verses, occasionally printed in books published in his life-time do shew." (Wood's y^//?. vol. i, pp. 709-10, where is a luller notice.) He died in 1601 and is buried in the church at Armagh, where is a monument to him in still excellent preservation. There is another monument on the north wall of the chapel of St. John's College, Oxford, inscribed to " Richardo Latewar, Londinensi, hujus Collegii olim Socio et Academise procuratori," &c., on which the date of his death is given as 27th July, 1601, when he was aged 41 years. His father, Thomas Latewar, erected this mojiument. '^ "-ffrances Cooke": Not in Wood ; but from a Register of Merchant Taylors' School I find that "Francis Cooke, son of Thomas Cooke, cloth maker," was entered as a scholar of that foundation 8 Sept., 1570 ; he had therefore been nine years at Merchant Taylors', when he was sent thence to Oxford as here i-ecorded in 1579. The sum granted by Dean Nowell to the use of the scholar and his fellow Lateware was considerable. * "■' m' •Radclief'': See Index of Names, s.n. s " Thorns Knighf: Not in Wood. ' " Gierke'' (this entry is erased in the AIS.): See Index of Names under "Thomas Clarke." 7 "Piillyn": Not identified. 8 '' h-onard Gressett": Not in Wood. » '^Doctor Westefalie": See Index of Names under " Westfalinge." w ";«' Sellar": See ibid wnAtr "John Seller." " "John Yorke'': Not in Wood. 12 « Latham .... ;«' Sankey Mr Attournes man " : Unknown further. "^U Bachlers (Page 122 of the MS) '^^ A note^ of sutch money as is bestoweae m c.^v, Colledge of Brasynoose sethence o"" broth"" Julye Robte depted vntell the xxiiij't'^ a of A" 1572. John Lawrance xiij^ Thorns hoolden^ viij^ to the same Thoms holden more xx^ Rps Rycharde harries xx^ Myles Whytworthe xx^ Rauffe Thomsonne xx^ Thoms hoolden xx* Thoms Knowles Bachlere x^ Thoms Sperme x^ Josyas Pope x* Thoms Barker x» fchollers Rycharde hollande v Georges Nicholes v Thoms Scarboroughe y Rycharde harries for James risleyj y Thoms Stonne y Thoms Banckes y Rauffe hey v Edwarde Bylcher y Thoms Powell y Rauffe Dickens y Robte Cottone y Rycharde holkere y John Bullocke y Willm Chythame y henry fhawe y more to m*^ hoolden by his brother the \ 3 vnj'i s viijd s viijd * viijd s viijd 3 viijd s viijd s viijd » viijd s viijd 8 viijd =* viijd s viijd s viijd s viijd xiij'^ of februarye A*^ 1572' xnijii Geven to fchollers of Brassynnose sethence the the xxiiijt'i of Julye Anno i572" as hear^fter follow* To Willm massie xvjs viijd To John Tattersall xvj» viijd To henry mawdisley xvj* viijd To Randall Bameforde xvj^ viijd To Willm Lee xvj' viijd To Stanley xvj^ viijd ^ot^fT^rjose To Lawrance Towenley xvj' viijd To Georges Pollarde xvj* viijd To Willm Gregsonne xvj* viijd Too m"" holden, fellowe of Brasynnose vij^ Too m"" holte when he wente to oxforde xx^ laste To the same iij A scholleres of lancashir when they went \-\f & viij^' xix* to Oxforde towardes ther chardges 234 Notes and Illustrations. (122) 1 ^' A note,'''' &c. The names that follow on the present and succeeding pages occur in the foregoing entries. Therefore each name may be traced with relative Notes by the Index of Names, under each. It would serve no end to repeat prior notices in this summary of the Names. A very considerable proportion of these Brasenose scholars can be recognised by their names as from Lancashire, and they were chiefly scholars from Middleton, Burnley, Whalley, and Clitheroe grammar schools, for the benefit of which Dean Nowell, partially out of his brother's estate and partially also out of his own estate, founded a number of scholarships at Brasenose. These Lancashire men in the list on the present page of the MS. may be enumerated, most of whom have been noticed in precedent annotations : John Lawrence, Thomas Holden, Miles Whitworth, Rauffe Thomsonne, Thomas Barker, Rychard Holkere, Wyllm. Chythame [Chetham]; Henry Shawe, a second Holden [Robert] brother to the former ; Willm. Massie, John Tattersall, Henry Mawdisley, Randall Bameforde, Willm. Lee, [Thomas] Stanley, Lawrence Towenley, George Pollarde, Willm. Gregsonne, T. Holte. To the last names on the page the entry is attached : "To the same iij late schollers of Lancashire when they went to Oxforde towardes ther chardges," &c. John Lawrence and Thomas and Robert Holden were of Clitheroe School ; Richard Holker, Thomas Barker, George Pollard, and William Gregson probably of Whalley School ; John Tattersall, Henry Shawe, Ralph Thomson and Lawrence Towneley, from the Burnley School ; Henry Mawdsley from Blackburn ; William Massie and William Chetham from JNIanchester ; and Randal Bamford and Thomas Holt from Middleton or Rochdale ; Lee and Stanley I cannot locate, but they were Lancashire surnames. The Christian name of Stanley is here left out ; but from .a later^entry 1 find it was Thomas. 2 " Thofiis koolden" : This Thomas Holden probably became a sers'ant to Dean Nowell, and was the person named in the following item of Dean Nowell's Will : " To his sen-ant Thomas Houlden five marks." ^35 the names certen schoUers, sutlers to be of Brassyn- nose, fuetters to be of Brasynnoose (Page 123 of the MS.) To Willm Garstaine x^ To Willm Pennington^ at the suet \ ^^3 of m'' Attourney j To ffrances Greatracke x« To Thorns Seller2 x^ § 1^ all these fchollers of Brasynnoose in this leafFe before named are entred allso before in this Booke amongste the fchollers of the vniu^sitie of Oxforde more planl}^, the Daye, & allsoe the yeare./ and these that are hear after named are not entred before, in any pte of this booke, and so the whole some w*'^ ys bestowed vpon the fchollers of that howfe ys xxv^^ ix^ as nexte before apperethe./ Too mylles Smythe^ the xij'^ of octC A"^ is 7 2' at the comendacion of m'" Doctor yxvj^ viij*^ homefrey ) Rycharde Wylde^ at the comendacions^ of the psonne of Middliton^, the fcholmaster, ( ^^^ ^-.^ & the ushere, the same xij'^ of Octobere f , •' Ao 1572- 3 To the said myles Smythe, & Rycharde S Wylde, towardes theyr chardges toe Oxforde the > i'f v}^ fame xij'ii of October A<» 1572- J Too one hughe Whitakers^ [erasure] \ the xvij« of Octobe' A° 1572- j To one Robte Jacksonne^ the same xvij" ) of octob"^ A« i572- j To one Rychard wylde before named vij yeardes & iij qt^rs of ffrise^ at xviij^^ i ^-^ .^ ^^ the yarde, the xvij" of octob''. A^ 1572-'^'^ ■' to be the same wylde a gowen for two eiles & a half of locoram^ to be the same Rycharde wylde a flierte the same . •••g --a xvijo of octob' Ao 1572- at xu}^ the '^ ^ ^ eile in the whole for clothe to be ruffes for the same flierte \ .-^ for makinge of the same sherte j for ij eills & a halfe of Locarome at ^ xiiij*^ the eille for one myles fmyth viij" i}^ the xvii" of octob'' A" 1572- j for clothe to be ruffe & for makinge of) --^j the same sherte / Notes and Illustrations. {123) ' " Wilhn Penington": Connected, very likely, with the Lancashire family of Pen- nine-ton, and related in some undefined degree to Dean Nowell, who by his Will be- queathed to his "cousin" Robert Pennington and his son Robert 10/. each. See Index of Names, s. n. , for a prior reference to this scholar. ' " Thorns Seller" : For other references and notes on the Sellers family, see Index of Names, s. n. * "Myles Sniythe": Afterwards Bishop of Gloucester, on whom see our former an- notation. In the previous reference in the MS. Myles Smith is placed among several "retainers of Corpus Christi College." Here, however, he appears among "suitors to be of Brasenose" College, in October, 1572. Both items usefully fix dates to events in the college life of this eminent dignitary of the church — his entrance of Corpus Christi, and his removal to Brasenose. Before are other items of money given to Myles Smith out of the Nowell bounty, among them, of payments for locoram for a shirt for him, and for other cloth for a ruff to the same shirt. * " Rye hard Wylde": Various other references to him, and note, will be found by means of the Index of Names, s.n. » '■' psonne of Middliton, the fcholmaster, and the ushere" : The parson (rector) of Middleton Parish at this date was John Asheton, instituted in 1563, died in 1584. The schoolmaster of Middleton School in 1572 is unnamed; but the usher is mentioned onward in the MS. : "Edmund Blumley usher of Middleton Schole." « '■'■Hughe Whitakers" : Doubtless of the Lancashire tribe of Whitakers. ' ^' Robte Jackso7ine'" : A "Robert Jackson of Edinburgh in Scotland" was incor- porated B.A. 14th Nov., 1629 (Wood's Fasti, vol. i, p. 452), but he would be too late for identity with this scholar. 8 "■ffrise" : Frieze was a coarse woollen cloth, supposed to have derived its name from its having been first produced in Friezeland. Shakespeare uses the word in Merry Wives of IVindsor, where Falstaff asks : — "Shall I have a coxcomb oi frize?" meaning a fool's cap made out of Welsh cloth or frieze. 9 '■'■locoraju . . . . a skerte": Locoram or lockram was a coarse linen cloth, used for under-raiment by the poorer classes at this period. Shakespeare has it in Coriolanus (act ii, scene l):— " The kitchen malkin pins her richest lockram 'bout her reeky neck." The outfit of this Lancashire lad, paid for by Dean Nowell, furnishes a good illustra- tion of the dress of a poor scholar at an English university three centuries ago — a gown of frieze, at 18^, the yard; a shirt of lockram; and ruffs of some finer kind of linen cloth. 237 (Page 124 of the MS.) Too one Alexander Aspinall^ a poore" fcholer, the xxv" of Octob'" A° 1572- at the sute of Brasynoose & comendacion of the vice principall A m"" ^xiij* iiij*^ Rycharde harries^, m"" James whitakeres^, ande WiUm Clowther'* fellowes of the same house of Brasynnoose colledge in Oxforde _ Too frances Greatracke^ more the xxviij^i of octob''"] A<> 1572* by thandes of fir James Bachler ! ^^ of arte, of Christe church in Oxforde, w<=^^ said | ffrances is belonginge to the said James^^ Too one Smithe^ a poor fcholer oP Brafynnoose in Oxforde, by thandes of m^ Docter Coole p^fydent of Corpus christie W^ Colledge, in Oxforde, the xxix° of October | Anno 1572' J Too one Thoms Lawe^, late of pishe of Whalley^ & sethence of lincolne Colledge in Oxforde, & I --s as he sayethe at this tyme, of Brasynnoose f ^ the xij*'^ of februarj^e A'' 1572 J Too one Rycharde hollande^ an other poor fcholler"^ at the comendacionsofm'' Docter wytheres^^thesame >ij* xij*^ of februarye A** i572* to bringe him to OxfordeJ Miiij« A-^ 1573 J M*^ that my m^ hathe sente at iij severall tymes to the vice p'^ncipall & fellowes of Brafynnose college the viij*'» of martche A" 1573 at )>lxi' michalmes, Christenmas, & at o"" ladies daie A° 1573 at eu^ tyme or feaste xx'' _ to willm kirkame'2 poor fcholler of brasynnose ) ...g jj-.^ college in Oxforde the viij of martch A° 1573 / To Rycharde ffynche^^ poor fcholler of] Brafynnose Colledge in Oxforde at the fute I _,,;:;= :::;d c r^ ^ ^ c o 9T-^I. 1 >XXlljS Ulj'* these pcells of mr Docter humfreye, & m Docter cole f are entred by m"" harries, & iij^ iiij'^ to him selfe _ Too one Robte Jacksonne^* the xxij*'^ of novemb"" A" 1573 J ^ ■'^ are in the iijd leaf nexte after./ 238 Notes and Illustrations. (124) ' ^'Alexander Aspinair': In the Matriculation Book of Brascnose this scholar is described as "of Lancashire." I dare say he belonged to the Aspinalls of Standen, near Clitheroe, for "Alexander" has long been a favourite Christian name in that family. There was another branch of Aspinalls, yeomen, in Blackburn, of whom was Miles Aspinall, a Lancashire minister, in 1590, and, probably, Richard Aspinall, named further on in this MS. (See Index of Names, s.n.) * " Rycharde harries, vice priiicipall of Brasy noose," and infra: Richard Harrys, M.A., born in the county of Hereford; elected Principal of Brasenose i6th February, 1573; resigned 22nd August, 1595, being then Bachelor of Divinity. He was installed Prebendary of Worcester 6th May, 1576; and died at Worcester. » "James IVhiiakeres" : Of the Lancashire Whitakers, doubtless; of whom see Index of Names, s.n., for many notices. * ''VVillm Cloivther" : Unknown. * "frames Girairacke" : His name appears also on the preceding page, and before in the MS. (See Index of Names, s.n,) 6 "Sir James'': Not known. 7 ^'■Smithe": Either Myles Smith, noticed on the previous page, or Henry Smith, who is named infra. 8 " Thorns La^oe," and infra : See Index of Names, j.k., Lawe family of Whalley. 5 '^Rycharde hollande," and inf-a : I have no doubt this poor scholar was from Lancashire, where are numerous branches of a family of Holland. He is linked with Thomas Lawe (of Whalley, in Lancashire), as joint recipients of favours from Dean Newell. I cannot trace Richard Holland's subsequent history. '" " Docte? wythe)-es": See former reference and Index of Names, s.n. " " Henry Smythe" : Among numerous Henry Smiths in Le Neve and the other authorities, the only one who can be conceived to be identical with this scholar is Henry Smith, Prebendary of Lincoln in 1611 ; and this is doubtful. ^ ^^Willm Kirkame'': All from this crossed out in the MS., and the reason of the erasure is given in the right-hand margin, because "these parcels are entered in the third leaf next after." William Kirkham's name recurs. I think he belonged to Lancashire. (See Index of Names, s.n.) 13 " Rycharde ffynche" : Unknown, but see Index of Names, s.n. " " Kobte Jacksonne": Unknown. See the name also on preceding page. 239 w'thin the pishe of Gyllingham./ (Page 125 of the MS.) vse of the Itm paid more to the A college of brasynnose to m"" henry Poole of Dalbye^ in the countie of Lacester esquier the xxviij° of Aprill A° 1573- the some of cxx^^ for an )>cxx r^Ax annuytie of a year for xvj^ea yeares. Itm paide or gyven into the handes of m'' willm Tocke the elder & yonger", one Annytie of v^i ayeare for -iZ-vf^ yeares yet to come W ch >lxxxii Annuytie amontethe to the fome of Ixxx^i Item to the fcrevener at feu^all tymes, wrytinge the same wrytinges the some Itm for the knoledginge of a recognisance xxx' ■x« '■\ nli for ) of I be-i for a nr' of the chancery the some of | x« at seu'all tymes A^ 1573- aboute the xxviij" daye of Aprill in the same yeare, all this money on this syde the leaffe aboue wr}^ten was disbused by my m^ as more planly appereth^ Too a fcrevener forwritingethe bookes betwextthe"! College of Brasynnoose, and m^ Cotton^ the xj*^ >-xx' of June Anno 1573: J pd the xx*^ of June to father howe \v<=^ was"^ fente to Londone the m^-s and principall and fellowes of Brasynnoose to the vse the poore scholleres J pd to my Lorde Cheney*, for certen"' called Vpbuiy in Kent 1 , Landes A to the vse of the Collegeof Brasynnose j the xxij* of December A« i573: ccccccccc J pd to mr leech^ to the College of Brasynnose~] ^ych niy L, Cheney did giue to be devided ^-xxx^^ emonges the fchollers J gyven to m"" Solifciter xlv' gyven to mr Docter hamonde xx^ to ij of m^ Bowyer^ men for wrytinge x^ to one of M^ Anslowe^ men for wrytinge vj^ vuj' for partchmente iiij^ the chardges of fuenge out of the letter pattens ) xxxixli xij' & ij Duplicattes | to m"^ fowle mane other fees for the same bookes x'* viij^ iij"^ xvj" xnj" uij vcccc^' ;d nd Vllj' m' booke"^ yS x 1574 to one that cam w'^ him the same tyme Too one Rycharde wylde of Brasynnose the xx*^ of September } xs ij« X8 xij"^ xs M<^ that my m^ dide dischardge, and paye all thinges for the College of Brasynnose, and of the fchole m'^ and vsheres wagges of meddleton fchole, vntell the Annuciacion of the blessed virgen S'® marie, W^^ was in the yeare of o"" Lorde Godde A thousande fyve hundrethe threescore & fowertenn, vnto m^ Leeche^, and vnto the fcholemaister, & vsher of mydleton fchole as by their seu all acquitances appereth./ Itm my ,9 m fente more by"! the some of v^* W* michaell A'* i574j the fcholemaisters' hathe allsoe m' Docter humefrey^ at the feaste of S*® and my m^ sente of medleton scole & vshers A accquitances by m^ flowed^ p^rencipall of Jesus College to Oxforde the w<=^ schole maisters & vshers wagges due at michalmes A° i574- my m sente by m^ Banester^ of th nf nrf-nVi^t- Ao iC74" Altam. the xx^i^ of October A° > a ^ O o2 w o y m^ receyved of m^ Archdeacon wattes^i the xxvj*^ of aprell A° 1575: the some of s)^ w'^^ said some was receyvid of the Deane & Chapter of powles, to the vse of the Principall, fellowes, & Scholleres, of Braysynnoose college in Oxforde. and receyvid more the same tyme of hyme the some of xlvj^ viij*^ for the moytie of Boyton hall, wherof paid of the fame to the fcholmaister^^ of the Quenes ma^i^s free schole of myddleton, for his half yeares stypende due at the Annunciation of the blessed virgin S<^® marie laste paste vj'^ xiij^ iiijd and iij^i vj^ viij^^ to the vsher due at the same tyme. and gyven more to the said vsher of free will xiijs iiij^. & so rem in my m"" handes xxxiij^ iiij<^ of the sum recepd. 242 Notes and IlhLstratious. (126) ' *■' mr. fysher'''' : An officer of the law who had his fees for enrolling the deed of conveyance, &c., between Lord Cheney and Dean Nowell. 2 "Z Ckejiey" : See last page. ' "Rychard ivylde, " and infra (these five entries are crossed ourin the MS.): See ante and post for this scholar, who was one of a family of Wilds in Lancashire, many of whose members received gifts from the Nowell bounty as kindred of the Nowells. * '■' inr. hoolte'" : This surname is meant for " Holt." See Index of Names, s.n. 5 " Ediiiiinde blmnhy Vsher 0/ ynedleton fchole" : See Index of Names, s.n., for a prior allusion to him. s " jnr. Leeche" : See the previous page. This is an important record of Dean Nowell's large responsibility as refounder and supporter of Middleton School, and of the scholars from that school sent to Brasenose, from some time previous to the year '574- 7 " Doder kuvtefrey" : See Index of Names, s.n., for frequent notices. * '^ ?nr. flozued" : The scribe has apparently miscopied "Flowed" for "Lloyd" in his master's memorandum. No Mr. Flowed was Principal of Jesus College, but Dr. Griffith Lloyd was Principal of that college from 1572 until his death in 1586. ' " mr. Baiiester of Altam" : Nicholas Banaster of Altham Hall, parish of Whalley, in the county of Lancaster, who carried this money from Dean Nowell to Middleton School, was a near neighbour of the Nowells of Read Hall, his hall and estate at Al- tham being about a mile from Read Hall, on the opposite or south bank of the Lanca- shire Calder. Nicholas Banaster died in August, 1612. His great-grandson, Natha- niel Banaster, Esq., married a Nowell (Mary, daughter of Roger NowelL, Esq., of Read). "> "John ivorstoncrofte of Burr ie Cotton man''' : This is a very early instance of the description of a Lancashire maker or dealer in textile fabrics as a " cotton-man." John Worstoncrofte was "of Bury," in Lancashire. " " A>rkdeaco7i 2vaites" : See Index of Names, j-.«. " '^fcholmaister," &c. : These items supply the information that the stipend of the master of Queen Elizabeth's Free School at Middleton, as paid by Dean Nowell, in 1575, was 13/. 6j-. 8(/. per annum, paid half-yearly ; and the stipend of the usher 61. ly. ^d. 2 R 243 entered in the fecond leaf nexte after (Page 127 of the MS.) Too one henry muncke\ of Brasynnose college! in Oxforde, comendid by m"" Norries, mr Gylberte )>x8 Garrarde Clearke^, the x*^ of februarye A^ {574: J To one m"" Lytley L for the fyne of the"^ [erasure] write of Covenante {■■•n the Thursdaye the Daye the xvij*^ of februarye [ ^ A" 1574: J the mr "] for the Dedymus Potestatem to a of the rooles^ I ■•^ --^ clarke one m"" meacalf the xxvj*^ of february [ AM574: ^ wryttinge for A the wrytt of Couenante the fame tyme ij^ vj^ To Rycharde wylde* of Brasynnose college"^ viijo yardes of frysse at xvjx^' xv*^ daie of martch A° {574: in golde J pd for a purse to putt the same in, the same tyme ... xl« To f'" Smith9 of Brasymnose College ) ^ in Oxforde, the xxviij^'i of Aprell A" i575: f ^^ Too one Robte ffbrte^°, a poore fcholer of Brasynnose college in oxforde at n'd >xvj id the comendacion preacher of m Crowley'^ "X= 244 Notes and Illustrations. * " hettry ftmncke" : This entry is crossed out in the MS. A Henry Munckes is named in the Will of Robert Ravalde of Kersall in Manchester, dated 20th Feb., 1577-8, as owing testator ^y. 4d. {Aanc. and CJies. Wills, vol. iii, p. 44.) * " Gylberte Garrarde Clearke": i.e., the clerk or secretary of Gilbert Gerrard, Esq., the Queen's Attorney-General. ' "w;- of the rooks ( = Master of the Rolls) OJie nir Meacalf" : Unknown. * " Rycharde wylde''^: See the item four pages earlier of a gift of frieze for a gown to this scholar at Brasenose, a relative of the Nowells. * '■^ Rychai'de fullmystone'" : This name is spelled "fullmyster" in another entry lower on this page. ^ '■^Thorns Bozvyeare^'': See a notice of him onward, and Index of Names, s.tt. "> ^'fidlmysier to Thorns Cheney'": See Lord Cheney in Index of Names, s.n., and see Note 5 supra. ^ '■'■ Ladic cheney'''': Lady Cheney having some interest in the estate conveyed by her husband to the Nowell trustees, receives a sum of 10/. (in a purse which cost 40j-.)from Dean Nowell, for her goodwill, at the acknowledging of the fine and recovery of the estate, 15th March, 1574-5. ' -'fr Smith'' (these two entries are crossed out in the MS.): See Index of Names, s.n. '" '^ Robte fforte" : Not known. His name recurs. " "■ mr C7-oiijley preacher''' : See Index of Names, J. w. 24: Laid out for the ffees of the exem- plification. (Page 128 of the MS.) Too m'' ffarrande^ & m^ lytley^ w*^ otliQr for' the fyne of the wrytte of the recoverie the xxx*^ of Aprell A° {575. in the Bowyeare^ beinge a doble voucher p^sence of m Thorns J X' Clerkes of the "| To m'-' Beale, to gyve to the fignett & p^vie feale, the xxx*^ of aprell 1575 : W for ther fees for wryttinge the booke for mortemane j Toe m^ poole^ Clearkes, for wryttinge & enro-"^ linge the fame booke for mortemayne, & for enrolinge the fame the ffees of the greate seale beinge gyven by my Lord as the feale xl^ vij*^ writtinge & xlvj® vij'^. waxe lease & examynacion the dockette xij'i toto iiij^i xij^ iiij*^ Too m^ Thorns Bowyere the xi'^ of"^ June, the some of fyftie shillinges w<=^ was Gryffytt, m^ Justice for pte of the chardges x^ inrolinge iiij' Thorns some paid to m'" Southcoate^ clearke for the recoverie M^ laid out the laste terme. A" i575 J Bowyer, the Laste paymente fyfte of^ of the fyne, ! |.. m^ Greffett, m^ Justice South- the daye haymon7 a in Oxforde x^ and to liiij^ iiij ;" = Sir Nicholas Bacon. See Index of Names, s.n. * " mr. Justice Sonthcoate," and infra : See Index of Names, s.7i., for a previous reference to this Judge and a relative biographical note. 7 " Williti Iiaymon'" .... "James Stacie''' : These two poor scholars of Brasenose are not found in any published record of the College or of Oxford University. ■47 (Page 129 of the MS.) m'' Thorns Bowyere^ when he wentel London about my L. chene busynes 1 ,3 the College of Brasyn '^ noose the f Too to for xx*^ of december 1576 Too one John haywoode,'^ fcholare of Brasyn noose colledge in Oxforde, the xxj^^^ of Januarie 1576: Too one John Batner^ of S'® Johannes in the XXV th daie of februarie r XS Oxforde A" 1578: J Too one Talbott Sonne in lawe to"] m"^ Corbett*, att his gowinge to Oxforde )>xs the xix of Aprell isSo: J Too henry Parraye^, fcholare oi~\ Corpus Christie college in Oxford )>x* the xij*^ of December 1580: .J Too one Arthure hoppwood^ poore fchollar, of midleton fchole, when he went to Oxforde the x*^ of j novembris 1580: -.J Too John Ryve of m' mulcaster fchole^^ )>xV when he went November i58o: to Oxforde the xv th of Wja 2 A. Notes and Illustrations. (129) ' '*Tko»is Bozuyere": See Index of Names under " Bowyer," and also under "Lord Cheney " (same as " Chene " here). 2 "yokn hayivoode^' (this entry is crossed out in the MS.): I conjecture John Heywood might be of the family of Heywood of Hepvood, in the county of Lan- caster, to which belonged a later John Hej^vood, rector of Walton-on-the-Hill, near Liverpool, who died in 1664, aged 48. His grandfather, Peter Heywood, who died about 1600, had a younger son Peter Heywood, described as "of the city of West- minster." ' "yo/in Bmfner": This entrj' is erased in the AfS. John Batner appears elsewhere. He was first of St. John's College, later of Magdalen. (See Index of Names, s.n.) * "Talhott Corbet f': Unknown. * "henry Parraye": This was the notable Henry Parry, afterwards Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester in succession. He was, as here stated, of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and was a benefactor to the library of the college, as recorded in Wood's history of the college: — "Mr. Hen. Parry, sometime Fellow, gave divers [books] in his lifetime, and in the year of his decease, an. 1627, of which some were choice A/SS." He was installed Dean of Chester 1st August, 1605 ; elected Bishop of Gloucester 12th June, 1607 ; confirmed 9th July, and consecrated I2th July, 1607 ; translated to the see of Worcester, elected Bishop of Worcester, 13th July, 1610 ; confirmed 5th October following. He died I2th December, 1616, and was buried in his own cathedral. His Will is in the Prerogative Office of Canterbury. (Le Neve, vol. iii, p. 66, &c.) ' "Art/uar hoppwood^': A scholar of Middleton School. Arthur Hopwood belonged to one of the branches of the Hopwood family, kindred of the Nowells, who appear in the MS. as dwelling at Rochdale, Oldham, Manchester, and other places in South Lancashire. (See Index of Names, s.n., for other Hopwoods. ) 7 ''jfokn Ryve vir mtdcaster SchoW'': Probably this was the "John Reve, son of John Reve, fletcher" (=arrow-maker), entered at Merchant Taylors' School (Mr. Alulcaster named in the text being head-master) 9th December, 1569. Reve, Reves, and Ryve, are merely various spellings, common at this date, of the sAue surname. 249 >xxiij3iiij'i ) y iij' iiij' } x^ IJ^ ■(Page 130 of the MS.) anoteofcerten Xqo ottc Willm Kirkam,^ a poore fcholler of^ nt:!T.^c°hhaThTad Brasyii noose colledge in Oxford, the viijtb of Vxiij^ iiijd wd^d^Sl^on martchAM573 • ••••••• J fchoie^ / Too one Richard fynch of Brasyn noose college in Oxforde, att the sute of m^ Docto' humfrey, m^ Docto"" Cole, and m^ harries xx^ & iij* iiij*^ as putt in by him self ^ Too one Robte Jacksonne, the xxijt^ °^l ;;,-s ;;;,-d november A^ 1573 Too one Richard wild of Brayfyn noose college, the xxx'^ of martch 1574: To nr' holte of Brafynnoose the same tyme i574- Too one Edmund Blumeley^ vsher of] ^^ mydleton fchole the xx.^^ of maye {574: j ^ To Richard wild of Brasyn noose the \ xx^h of September i574 } Too one muncke of Brasyn noose college S the x*^^ of februarie comendid by m^ Vx^ Norries, m^ Garrard mane J Too Richard wyld of Brasyn noose college^ the xxvijth of februarie 1574: for viij^h Ix^ viij'^ yardes of frisse'* j To S"" Smith of Brasyn noose college } in Oxford, the xxviij*^ of Aprell i575: ) To one Robte forte a poore fcholler of \ Braysynoose colledge in Oxforde att { the comendation of m'^ Crowley the preacher f' the xx*!^ of Aprell 1575: ) To one Richard Wild the xxx^li of martch ) A° i5 76: of Braysyn noose colledge j Too one Raphe Bamford the kx^^ of ) Januarye 1574 j • x^ Too the same Raphe more the xij^^^ of] Aprill Anno 1576: j Too one Robte Lawe^ of Brasyn noose college ] X the xii of Julye att hadham 1576 / Too Rauffe Bamford^ more, fent by his ^ vnckell of manchester the xix*^ of maye /-x' i576: j To one Willm nealsonne, the xxx*^ of June i576:7 fente to Brasyn noose, att the comenfement \ & w^^^ a bucke, & for wyne*^ w^b the keps fifee, by Vxxx^ m^ norton, the vj'^ of Julye 1576: j Too one Lawrance mawdisley, the xxviij'^ ] ,, of June i576: ) Too one Robte lawe of Braysyn noose } ^ the x*^^ of Januarie 1577 : the some/' 250 Notes and Illustrations. (130) ' " sethence the fowidatmi of mydleton fckole" : Most of the names in this page have aheady occurred. Therefore let the Index of Names, j.«., be consulted for each and relative notes. "^ " IVillm lurkaiii" : By a manuscript without date, in Lansdozvne MS., No. 107, cod. 116, one William Kirkham, a minister, imprisoned in the Gate House, West- minster, humbly petitions Queen Elizabeth for his liberty, and shows how he has been wronged by the persons who brought his calamities upon him. ^ " Ediinind BhiDiehy^' : There is a previous allusion to this usher of Middleton School. Index of Names, 5. «. * "frisse^^= frieze. See note on this fabric, p. 237. • * *■' Robte La7oe" : On this and the next two pages of the AIS. there are the follow- ing entries relating to this Lancashire scholar at Brasenose : " To one Robte Lawe, of Brasynose college the x"' of Julye att Hadliam 1576, x'." " To one Robte Lawe of Braysyn noose the x"" of Januarie 1577 the some xv'." "Too one Robte Lawe poore schoUare of Brasynnoose the xxth daye of September 1578, iii''." "Too Robte Lawe of Brasynnoose college in Oxforde, the xx"» of februarie, 1578, towarde his p'cedinge Batchelare the same tyme xx*. To the same Lawe more att Christmas laste, the xx"" of December, 1579, x'." "Too the yonger Lawe of Brasyn noose College in Oxforde the xxx"" of Aprell 1581 wich is entred in another booke, xx'." These entries cover five years of Robert Lawe's university career, from 1576 to 1581. But he has before been named (see ante, p. 172) as at Oxford in 1570, and as then under the tuition of the learned William Whitaker. Onward in the MS. gifts to several members of this scholar's family at Whalley are mentioned, and where I add a note on the genealogy. An elder brother, Thomas Lawe, was at Brasenose at the same time as Robert Lawe. (See ante, page 238.) Robert Lawe was a younger son of Robert Lawe of Wiswall, near Whalley, yeoman, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Wolton, yeoman ; thus he was nephew of John Wolton, Bishop of Exeter (whom I notice hereafter), and sister's grandson (great-nephew) of Dean Nowell. Robert Lawe appears to have been at home in 1569, but in that year or early in 1570 was sent to Oxford and entered at Brasenose. Our JIIS. shows the frequent pecuniaiy assistance afforded to this youth by Dean Nowell during eleven years he was at the University; and supplies the fact that he proceeded B.A. in 1579-80. Afterwards he took the M. A. degree. On leaving the University, about 1582, he became beneficed at Ashwater. Being taken under the patronage of his uncle John Wolton, who had been created Bishop of Exeter in 1579, Robert Lawe, M.A., was collated to the archdeaconry of Barnstaple in that diocese the 7th January, 1582-3. On the 3rd December, 1584, Robert Lawe, Archdeacon of Barum, was collated Treasurer of the see of Exeter (Le Neve, vol. i, pp. 407, 416.) He held the office of Treasurer until his death. In 1585, among other charges made against Bishop Wolton by certain spiteful adversaries, it was represented that he had given " the archdeaconry of Barnstaple to one Lawe, his kinsman, who by his own con- fession had but 20/. by the year out of the same, and the benefiee of Ashwater." To this Wolton's answer was : — "I gave the archdeaconry of Barnstaple to my cousin [nephew] Mr. Lawe, a Master of Arts of three years' standing ; a man of as great towardness in the tongues, liberal arts, and divinity, as any is of his time in England ; and is so at this day reported in Oxenford ; who now resideth in Exeter as divinity lecturer in the latin tongue to the ministers of this diocese, that list to repair to it. I suppose he had not above 20/. yearly out of the same, the which [arch]deaconry, together witii the house, being before his time let out to lease, and the portion he had out of Ashwater, which benefice was given him by Mr. Arscot, I think could not be much," &c. Robert Lawe died before June, 1629, when Robert Hall was appointed Treasurer of Exeter, vacant "per mort Lawe." ® '■'' Kauffe Bamford" : He occurs thrice on this page, and see Index of Names, s.ii., for a previous reference and relative note. ^ This entry is erased in the MS. ^ ^ biicke &^for ivyne" : A frequent aristocratic gift at the period. 2?T (Page 131 of the MS.) Too the exhibition of the towe Glovers' ) jj in Brasyn noose colledge the xx^^^^ of novemb'' J ^ Too one John haywoode,^ fcollar of Brafyn noose ) g -^ College in Oxforde. the xxj'''^ of februarie 1576:/^ ^•^ Too one Willm hamon^, a poore fchollare, the ) g xxviij*^ of februarie. A'* {576: j ^ Too one Thorns Stanley* of Brasyn noose, \ g colledge in Oxford the vj*'^ of maie i577:j^ Too one Edmund fcofeild^ att his gowinge S to Oxforde the vij^^i of June 1577: ^x^ of Brasyn noose college j Too Rycharde Parkes'' poore fchollare of] g Braysyn noose, the x^i^ of June iS 77 :j Too one S'' Gredgsonn^, of Brasyn noose colledge 1 in Oxforde the xv*^ of Julye 1577: j^ Too one Rauffe husson^, a poore fchollare ) ..g -^ of Oxforde the xxij^t of June 1577 : j ^-^ ^^ Too one William hamon, fchollare of Brasyn S noose college in Oxforde, the v*^ of October Vx* A" 1577:. J Too one Richard dalton^ of Braysyn noose colledge ) in Oxforde the xxx'^ of december 1577 : j ^ To Thoms Morrie'o of Christes churche in S Oxforde whan he entred in to the ministerie >-x» toward his charges 29 Martij 1578 j Too one willm hamon the xxviij^^i of Aprill 1578 "j late of [Trinitie College in Cam — erasure] Braysyn Vxij^ noose in Oxforde, the some of xij' j To one John Crowther^^ a poore scolare ) of Brasyn noose the xv^^ of June 1578/^^ To one Robte Lawe'^ poore schollare of Brasynnoose the xx^'^ daye of September 1578 Too one Richard Taller'^ of Brasyn noose ] ..g .^ colledge in Oxford the v^^ of martch i578 : | 'J ^'J Too one Crowther''*, of Brasyn noose college in Oxford comendid by m^ Attourney of the Dutchie,'^ the second of maie 1579: Too one Richard AspinalP^ of" Brasyn noose college in Oxforde, comendid by m^ farrington'7, of Lancashire, the seconde of Julie 1579: J Too one Robte Lawe'^ of Braysn ^ noose college in Oxforde the xxj^^^ of februarie Ix^ Ao 1579:/) xx* x^ 2^3 Notes and Ilhistrations. (13O ' " totve Glovers" : Laurence Nowell, Dean of Lichfield, brother of Dean Alexander Nowell, married a Mrs. Glover, who had two sons by her former husband, named Daniel and Edward Glover ; and these two step-sons had each a bequest of lo/. by Dean Laurence Nowell's Will. The Dean of Lichfield died about October, 1576; and it will be seen that this entry is dated November (1576). Dean Alexander Nowell here pays 5/. for the exhibition of Daniel and Edward Glover at Brasenose College. * '^yohn hayivoode^'' : See Index of Names, s.n. ' " IViUm /laiiion," and infra : Ibid, and again infra. * " Thorns Stanley" : Noted previously as a Lancashire scholar. * ^' Edmund fcofeiUV : He is named before (see page 228) as a scholar at Middleton School in 1575, and here occurs ongoing to Oxford in June, 1577. He belonged, it may be assumed, to a branch of Schofields seated at Stakehill, in Middleton. Canon Raines has contributed the following items concerning this family : "The Schofields of Stakehill (the house now a good old yeoman's house in Middleton, belonging to the Buckleys) often occur in the Middleton Parish Books. They seem to have been wealthy yeomen. At Rochdale Manor Court, 17 March, 37 Eliz. (1594), Edmund Schofield of Stakehill, in Middleton, and his wife surrendered 21 acres and one messuage in Hundersfield to the use of Jennet Wolstenholme of Wolstenholme, widow. The 18 March, 40 Eliz. (1597), Edmund Schofield of Stakehill, gent., and Anne his wife sur- rendered a messuage and lands to the use of Jennet Wolstenholme, widow, and then in her occupation. This Jennet was daughter of Mr. Edmund Schofield of Stakehill, and had married John Wolstenholme of Wolstenholme, gent., who died in 1555. She was buried at Rochdale, 14 June, 1598." * " Rycharde Parkes" : Unknown. ^ "fr Gredgsonn" : See Index of Names under " WiUiam Gregson." ^ " Ranffe hiisson" : Unknown. ' " Richard dalton" : It is not improbable he was Richard Dal ton. Prebendary of Bullingham in Hereford Cathedral, collated i6th January, installed 6th February, 1 60 1 -2. ■" " Thorns Morrie" : See page 225, Note 2, for previous notice of him. " " yohn Crowiher" : He is named again below, and on the next page. " '•'■ Robte Lawe,^' and ittfra : See preceding page for biographical notice of him. " "Richard Taller" : Not known. " " CrowlAer" : See supra. ^ " mr. Attoiirney of the Dictchie^' : See Index of Names under "Sir Ralph Sadler." '* " Richard Aspinall" : Mr. William Farington of Worden, and Audley Hall, Blackburn, had among his Blackburn tenants a family of Aspinalls ; and one of them. Miles Aspinall, was at Christ Church College, Oxford, in 1580, when he wrote a letter (published by Canon Raines in the Stanley Papers) from college to his patron, Mr. Farington. He was a minister in Lancashire in 1590. I think it veiy likely that this Richard Aspinall, at Brasenose in 1579, and commended by the same gentleman, Mr. Farington, was a brother of Miles Aspinall, the minister, or at least of the same family. '7 " mr. farrington" : See Index of Names, s.n. '8 " Robte Lawe" : (This entry is crossed out in the MS.) 253 (Page 132 of the MS.) t?,;s scholar ^00 OHC of Brasvii noose Colle^e^ isoicorpuse ^-\ /- 1 1 •••*!, r t • • 1 I Christie college. ^ Oxforde the viij*" 01 Januane 1579: whoe I Avas comendid to my nr' by one of | the clofett the same daie aforesaid' J Too Robte Lawe^ of Braysn noose college in \ Oxforde the xx*^ of februarie i57o: towardes Vxx^ his pcedinge Batchlare the same tyme j Too the same Lawe more at Christmas laste, the xx*^ of december {579: Too one Crowther^, of Brasyn noose in oxforde "j att the handes of S"^ George bromley knight"* Vxx^ the •s}^ of auguste 1580: j Too the yonger lawe^, of Brasyn noose ^ College in Oxforde the xxv*'^ of Aprell Vxx» i58i : w<=^ is entred in an other booke J ixs [ Verso — blank.] 254 Notes and Illustrations. ' This entry is crossed out in the MS. ' " Robte lawe" and i>ifra : See biographical note two pages antty and Index of Names, s.n. 3 " Crowther" : Ibid. * ^'' Sr George Brouley, Knight": Sir George Bromley, Knt., Justice of Chester, temp. Elizabeth; he was son of George Bromley, Esq., of the Inner Temple, and elder brother of Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor. In "Two Curious Lists of Land- owners, temp. Queen Elizabeth," from Lansdow>ie MSS. No. 613, under date "June, 1576," in an enumeration of "The names of certayne lawyers in euery of the foure Innes of Courte," under "Th'inner Temple," occurs " Mr. George Bromley, Attorney of the Duchie. " {Notes and Queries, 5th S., vol. vii, p. 23.) * "yonger lawe" : See supra. Robert Lawe is here styled "yonger" to distinguish him from his elder brother Thomas, who also was at Brasenose. *55 (Page 133 of the 3IS., folio 88.) money Lente to certen [nedy & poor peoplie, — erased] to be repayed agayne Lente to Raffe morries of Bekesborne^ in Kente' as appereth by his bill dated the xxj*^ day of february A° xj° Elizabethe to be repayed )>v^^ \v*hin eight dayes after the feaste of the Nativitie of S*« John babtiste John Satterley2 havinge eighte' to ftore his fearme as apperethe accquitance dated the A" xjo Elizabethe RRes at michallmes nexte after Lente to children, by his martch repayed day to the date be ^^ to herof To Thorns Bowyer^ againe the some of tene of Octob'' Ao {569 Lente to one Roger Edwardes'* Thys beyng pte payed by Spryghm the is forgyven. be repayed Uh agame Lente to him Anno is 70 to more the be repayed poundes, the xxvnj to be repayed) j3 third of Jenuarye ) x^^ Repayed v^i agame XS xxvij^' x^ To one Rycharde Coattes^ the viij*'^ daye of decemb'^ A" 1572' w*^'^ fholde be repayed agayne at the feaste of S*® John Babteste nexte ■xs shoulde be Ao i572- to the vicare of Crowedone^, w'^'^ repayed at Christemas nexte vl* as I rememb'" Toe one John wade of coventrie^, the xij* of) December i575 : w'^^ he pmysed to paye againe / Too one Anne Astley^ a poore wyddowe It is repayed xs xls vppon towe ringes was pawned, by her faid ringes are not worth paste xxvj^ viij*^ Too one m"^ Carter^, a preacher att manchester w ch xl^ gyve XX' m to be repayed agame the xxti» of y xls gyven Lancashire, martch A" 1575 Too one of the tenantes of Manchester the same time xx^ Delyu^ed to them more the same tyme xx^ To one m'' henry Goldinge^^ the same tyme xx^ gyve More to M'' Carter of Machester as by hys bylle ) ,^ appeareth xl» & so in the whole iiij^i j ^ lent to XX th (Page 134 of the MS., folio 88 verso) Olyv^er Carter^ of manchester the ) of november {576 j v»> Lent to one Anthony Irbye^, to be repaied againe the xxti» of novembe'' i577:;=-x» Wch was sente the Laste of October 1577 lente to m"^ Knesse,^ the xx'^ of maie 1578' ") to be paid againe the fyrste of December nexte J [Next leaf is left blank in the MS. No page 135.] x'./ 256 Notes and Illustrations. ( 133) ' " Raffe morries of Bekeshorne^^ : Not traced. ' ^' yo/ut Satterley" : See Index of Names, s.it. ' " Tho77is Bmvyer" ; Ibid. (This entry is crossed out in the MS.) * " Roger Edzvardes^' : Unknown. * '^Rychard Coattes" : Unknown. ^ " vkare of Cro7vedone" : Crowedone = Croydon, in the county of Surrey. ' ^^ yohn -wade of coventrie'''' : Unknown. * ^^ Anne Astley" : This widow, from her name, may have belonged to Lancashire. ' ";«r. Carter" and infra: Oliver Carter, Fellow of the Manchester College. There are two entries relative to Mr. Carter on this folio of the MS. , the record at the foot of the page being in the handwriting of Dean Nowell himself; and at the top of the next page is a third reference. Oliver Carter was a native of Richmondshire, in the county of York; was admitted a scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge, on the Lady Margaret's foundation; admitted a fellow, i8th ISLirch, 1561-2; appointed humanity examiner, 5th September, 1563 ; junior bursar, 9th January, 1564-5 ; senior bursar, 1 6th January, 1567-8; sacrist, 24th Januaiy, 1568-9; B.A., 1559-60; M.A., 1563; admitted senior fellow, 28th April, 1564 ; became college preacher, 25th April, 1565 ; university preacher, 1567; B.D., 1569. Mr. Oliver Carter was elected a Fellow of Manchester College under Queen Maiy's foundation, about the year 1570. Canon Raines ( 6"/(Z«/£j /'(?/ 1570 j To m' Thoms Nowell & to m"^ Thoms bowyere^° \ the xiijt'i of februarye A" {570 at ther gowinge )-x» into fuffexe ..J xij^ xiiij^ ij' To wiHm \vylde, the x*^ of maye A" 15 /i^ v^ to Lawrance Turnere ij* vj'*, to Robte Vx' hudsonne ij^ vj'^ as apperethe by ther bill j fente vnto James reedfearnes mother ^^ the ) g fyrste of June A" 157! ,. / To Lawrance wylde^^ ^he x*^ of June )...,, .•..^, Ao i57i : |"jVmj'^/ To John Dean^3 o'' cosine fervante to my ) ^g, Ladye metreveres the fyrste of Julye A° i57i ... ) To John Reedfearne C cosine the iiij'^ oi\ Julye, A° i57i whoe dwellethe in Worcester >-xxV & brother to James reedfearne J To Wyllm wylde fcholler of myddliton fchole by thandes of Edmonde Dunstere of the fame pishe in the p'fence of Robte clayton fervante as he sayethe to the psonne of Middliton the vj*^ of Julye A" i57i Wl o»' kinsmane 260 Notes and Illustrations. (137) * " Goodwief Tode": She is described as having been daughter of a Nowell, and of kin to Robert Nowell, Esq. She is the " Joane Todd " of Robert Nowell's Will, unto whom he left a legacy oi aps. The kinship was not very near, I suppose. ^ ^'7i'ilkinso9i" and infra : See Index of Names, s.n. * " Elizabeths Marsten ": Perhaps mother of Gabriel Marston, named elsewhere, s.n. * " vir JVeiie afysh Alonger'''': See /;?/rrt', Note 8. * " Tkoms Auncidl of Runcton": Thomas Nowell, of Runcton, in the county of Sussex, who here receives 7/. lOi-. in three items, was a first cousin of Dean Nowell and Robert Nowell, Esq. I do not rest the assertion of his exact relationship upon the use of the word "cousin" in the MS., which might signify almost anything in remote kinship ; but by considerable trouble in searching for evidences to eluci- date the numerous obscure ramifications of the Nowell connexions indicated in the MS. (in which I have had the valuable help of Colonel Chester and Rev. C. J. Robin- son), I have made out everything about this Thomas Nowell that is needed, excepting only the name of his father, which is nowhere to be met with. That he was first cousin of Robert Nowell is proved in this way : In his Will, cited m abstract below, Thomas Nowell gives to "hisj/>/c';- Anne Wilkinson" a legacy of 5/. This Anne Wilkinsoa was wife of one Wilkinson, living in London, and Robert Nowell, in his bequest to her children, describes them as "the children of my nncle's daughter that married Wilkinson," and also names the mother "Anne Wilkinson." She being Robert Nowell's uncle's daughter, her brother, Thomas Nowell, was uncle's son = cousin to Robert Nowell, Esq., and so to Dean Nowell likewise. Thomas Nowell's father was one of the several younger sons of Dean Nowell's grandfather, Roger Nowell, Esq., who are not mentioned in any printed pedigree of the Nowells. (See the genealogy in our Introduction.) To him, as his "cousin Thomas Nowell," Robert Nowell, Esq., left a legacy of 20/., and Thomas Nowell was a \\atness to the codicil to the Will. Subsequently, Thomas Nowell married, about the date of this entry (1569), Joan Cassie, widow of George Cassie, citizen and grocer of London. (He had died 20th August, 1568 ; a son, Robert Cassie, is referred to elsewhere in the AIS.) Her name before her first marriage was Joan Bowyer, and she was daughter of Thomas Bowyer, citizen and grocer of London, by his wife Jane, who after his death (13th Sept., 1558), became the y?;-i-^ wife of Alexander Nowell, Dean of St. Paul's. Thus, singularly. Dean Nowell manied Jane Bowyer, widow, the mother of Joan Bowyer, whom the Dean's cousin Thomas married for her second husband. After his marriage {by which he had no issue) Thomas Nowell settled at Runcton, in the parish of North Mundham, in the county of Sussex, upon an estate of the Bowyers' which he heldy«;r uxoris. It will be noted that in another entry upon this page of the MS., "Mr. Thomas Nowell and Mr. Thomas Bowyer" (his brother-in-law) had money on 14th Feb., 1570, "at ther gowinge into Sussexe"; and on the following page is ano- ther allusion : " To our cosine Thomas Nowell when he came from Lathorne," in Oct., 1571- (Lathorne, or Leighthorne, is another estate in the same parish of North Mundham, then the seat of Thomas Bowyer, Esq., the son.) Thomas Nowell lived about a dozen years longer, and died at Runcton, 5th Sept., 1583. Rev. C. J. Robinson kindly furnishes the entry of his burial from the North Mundliam Parish Register : " Anno 1583. Uppon Thursday being the fift day of September in the year 1583 de- ceased Mr. Thomas Nowell of Runcton, seconde husbande to Jone Nowell sister to Mr. Tho: Bowyer, anno Elizabethe 25, and was buried the 7 day of the said moneth being Saturdaye anno eodem." The Will of "Thomas Nowell of Rounghton Co. Sussex," is dated 4th May, 1583. Testator gives to his brother, Charles Nowell, 20/.; to his cousin, Hamlett Ashton (see ante, p. 89, Note 4) 20/. ; to his (testator's) two sisters, Elizabeth and Jane, each 10/., and to each of their sons and daughters 5/.; to his godson, Cundlyff, son to his sister Grace, 40J-. (Grace Nowell married, at Whalley Church, 22nd June, 1539, Christopher Cunlyfe); to his sister, Anne Wilkin- son, 5/., and each of her sons and daughters 20s.; legacies to servants; to the poor of North Mundham 40^-., and of Heyshott 20s. ; to Marmaduke Christopher 3/. 6.f. 8(/. ; to "my wife Jone my house at Petworlh called Norman Place, for life, and after her death the same to Robert Cassye and the heirs ot his body; also to my said wife my lands at Heyshott which I purchased jointly with my brother Richard Bowyer, and after her death the same to the said Robert Cassye "; residue to Jone, testator's wife, and ap- points her executrix ; overseers, "my loving good cousin Mr. Deane of Powles, and my brethren-in-law Mr. Thomas Bowyer and Mr. Richard Bowyer." — i^A'w. that the Will was found 5th Sept., 1583, presently after testator's death. Proved i6th Sept., 1583, by Jone Nowell, relict and executrix. The widow, Jone Nowell, died just a year after her husband, on 21st Sept., 1584. The Will of Jone Nowell, of Rounghton, in the county of Sussex (in margin "widow"), is dated 8th Aug., 1584. Testator to be buried "near my husband "; gives to the high church of Chichester 20s.; to the church 261 (Page 138 of the MS., folio 91.) To one Wylde^ a poore maiden of" Midliton pishe in Lancashire, o'" kinse woman the xiiij*^'^ of Novembre A" \^ji To my fyster Elizabethe' by John ^ Seller the xxiij'^ of Auguste A" Vxx^ 1571 To John wief by feller James wief, wolton^ & the Robte same Lawe "I xxiij*^^ \-x^ * To of Auguste Ao i57i v^ a pece Willkinson* o cosm To of as he cam the xxiiij*^^ of Auguste A<> a poor maid whoe sayethe she Nicholes wilde^ of the wood howse Cambridge from 157 cam ^ •A' 1J»VJ I'd 01 iNlCIlOieS WllUC" Ul LIIC VVUUU llUVVbC r at the sute of m' frende^ the x*^ of octob' J To o"" cosine Thoms Nowell when he \ If vjt Lathorne-' the xxvj*^ of octobre W" Neve x^ fonne vnto ] marriedge \sic\ grace I xxv*^ of Novemb"" ( xx^ cam frome A" is/i To o"" cosin Anthonie Rycharde Neve, whoe Nowell^ other x^ the Anno i57i w*^^ said ric ys a fyshmonger J To henry fpeller of Ediiinton^ his wieffe "1 beinge of kyne to my brother Robte & vs the >v^ 27 of Novembre A" i57i j To one Willam Irelande fonne to James Irelandei""^ Sonne whose father a poor man, a dwellinge by the in London, and beinge o"" brother Robte kinsmane & o'"^ yVf v']^ fayethe hade the fyrste allso ij of Jenuarye ij^ vj*^ eills of locarom as he whoe A" i57i ; To one Rycharde Readfearne, a poor kinsmane of o"") brother Robte, dwellinge in Bewdley^' the vij* of ^-x^./ Martch A^ 1571 j To one Janne Teytlowe'^ a poor agede woman 1 & beinge of longe forsaken of her husbande I ^g , and as she sayethe o'' brother Robte kinswoman [ '' the xxv^t of Aprell A" 1572 J To one ffrances hopewoode one of the daughters of^ "^^ hopewoode as she fayethe whoe married one ^ m^ Robte fowler'^, the iiij*'* of maie A" {572 Geven to one NowelU* whose mother dwelleth in ware, beinge him felf borne in Yorlce fliire fervante to the Earle of Rutlande, the same v^^^ of maie A" 1572 ....; W«./ 262 Notes and Illustrations. of North Mundham, 6s. Sd.; to the poor of North Mundham 20^'., of Ileyshott los.; to "my brother Mr. Thomas Bow'yer, a gold bracelet tliat was my mother's that hath T B on it, and to my sister Bowyer his wife the other bracelet that hath T B on it"; to said brother 40i-. to be bestowed on the chancel of North Mundham; to brother Richard Bowyer 5/.; to cousins Emma llanbery, Ainie Dawkes and Timothie Milles each an angel ; cousins Catherine Aston and Elizabeth Malyn each 6s. 8d. ; to each god-child in Sussex I2r?'. ; to Richard Cassye 40s.; to " my brother Charles, my cousin Ashton, and my sisters Elizabeth and Jane in Lancashii^e each an angel ; to Grace daughter of my sister Wilkinson 20^. ; to my cousin Overton that was my cousin Shep- herd's daughter ^os. ; to my cousin George Chatfield 30^-. ; to my cousin Paul Fox 4.0s. ; to my cousin Jane Payne, my cousin Catherine Rocroft, my cousin Susan and my cousin Robert Fox each 20J'.; to my cousin Jane Bartlett 20s.; to Alice Carter in Mark Lane 6j-. 8d.; to servants, &c. ; to my cousin Margery Sutton of Petworth lOj. "; executors '' to pay the legacies yet to be paid which my good husband Thomas Nowell left in his last Will; residue to my son Robert Cassye," and appoints him sole executor; over- seers, "my good brethren Mr. Thomas Bowyer and Mr. Richard Bowyer." — Mem. that testatrix died 2ist Sept., 1584. Will proved 2lst Nov., 1584, by Robert Cassye the executor. ^ ^'' Alexander feller'''' : Anothername of the family of Sellers. (Index of Names, j.«.) ^ " f?tr. Jiaj'key" : Probably Edmund Starkie, of Huntroyd, Esq., a near neighbour of the Nowells, of Read. The three youths he brought up to London out of Lanca- shire were members of local families noted elsewhere. (See Index of Names, s.n.) 8 " the old 7nane that tnarried Grace Nowell" : Richard Neve, the fishmonger, is the "old man" referred to. (See ante, p. 31, Note 4.) ' " mrs. Shcpparde'" : See Index of Names, s.7i. '•' " Thorns No%oell &= to mr. Thorns boioyere'''' : See note supra. '• ^^ James reedfearnes mother," and infra: An attempt to connect the various Redfearnes named in the MS. in a family gi"oup will be found at a subsequent page of our annotation (Index of Names, s.n.) '2 '^ Laura nee zvylde" : See post for a genealogical note upon the Wilde family, (Index of Names, s.n.) '^ "■John Dean'" : It was William Dean, not John, who elsewhere occurs as servant to Lady Maltravers. (See p. 80, Note 7, for an extended sketch of the Deane family.) (138) ' "wylde" : See Index of Names, s.n., frequenter, ' " 7)iy fyster Elizabethe" : Dean Nowell's sister, Elizabeth Whitaker, mother of Dr. William Whitaker. (Index of Names, s.n.) 3 "■ John Seller" : " Robte Lawe" : " James woltoti" : See Index of Names, s.n., frequenter. * " Willkinson" : Ibid. ^ ^^ Nicholes wilde of the wood hoavse" : See Note i, supra. ^ " mr frende" : Unknown. 7 " Thoius Notvell . . . . Lathorne" : See biographical note on Thomas Nowell of Runcton on the preceding page. 8 '■'■ Anthonie Neve Rychard Neve grace NozvelV : See ante, p. 55, Note 4. 9 ^' henry Speller of Edmunton'" : On the next page it is mentioned that this Henry Speller of Edmunton had married a daughter of Mrs. Shepherd. (See, for other allu- sions. Index of Names. ) '" ""ivilliam Irclande James Lrlande" : See post for note on the Ireland family. (Index of Names, s.7i.) 11 '■'■ Rychard Readfcarne .... Bewdley'" : A sketch of the Redfearnes will be given hereafter. 12 '■'Jaime Teytknue" : It is not possible to prove the degi-ce of relationship of this aged forsaken creature to Dean Nowell. The Dean probably did not know it himself, but took her word for it, and gave her 20^. " "ffrances hopwoode Robte fowler" : See Index of Names, under " Hop- wood." 14 « Nmvell" : (This entry is crossed out in the MS. ) .63 XX" (Page 139 of the MS., folio 91 verso.) Geven to one John Nowell, whose mother dwelleth' in Ware, beinge borne in yorkeshire him self fervante to the Earle of Rutlande brother Robte whoe saycth he ys o'' f^ kinsmane' the vj*^ of maye Anno 1572 To one Thoms Trusse of Northamton'^ ^ the xxj^i of maye AP 1572* whoe fayethe ys Vx* o'' kinsmane J To olde father Neve^ that married o'' fyste'' \ g the xxiiijo of Julye A" 1572- j ^ To Ellen Irelande* a poore wydowe, by thandes o'^ cosine Irelande her Nephe the xxiiij° of j-v^ Julye Ao i572- Too one Anne wylde Daughter of James wylde the xix*^ of auguste A» i572' at the suet & comendacione of hughe takington^ of manchester )'Xxx' & others, & whoe allso sayethe she is o"" brothe Robte kinswomane _ To my Syster Elsabethe whitaker '\ the ix*'^ of September by my ( g Brother John Towenley^ his mane C w'5 broughte the nagge A** i572' ) Too one John Nowell f^'vante to myS Lorde of Rutlande^, whose mother dwellethe f . in wayre, the xv]*"^ of Aprill A° i573 C who sayethe he ys o' kynsmane ' To one Elis Readfearne^ o"" kynsmane the ") ...g ....^ xvjt^of Aprell A" 1573 /"J "^J To one marie haughton borne at pendltonS in Lancashire, the viij^' of martch A^ 1573' Mj^ v]^ by thandes of m^" chapmane of londone^ j To m^s Shep'de'^ a poor widdowe the x*^ of) , Maye A" {573 j ^' To one Robte Wylde, to the vse of John \ Wylde'' his sonne, a fcholler the ix*'* of Julye yi]^ A*> i573 ; ) Too one willm Wylde the xxvj* daie of) g Auguste Ao i573 j ^ Too one wilde father to the vse of one Thoms wylde his sonne fcholler at Berrie'- in Lancashire, the xvj^'^ of 1 Septemb"' A^ 1573 Ju Too one henry fpcller wieff daughter ^ to meistres flieparde'^, the xxix'^ of >-v' Januarye A^ 1573 j 264 Notes and Ilhish^ations. (139) ' "■ he ys or brother Rohte Mnsmane" : See last page for the same entry (crosscl out.) * Thorns Tncsse of Northa?nton" : Unknown. ^ father N'eve" : See Index of Names, s.n. This entry proves that Richard Neve married a "sister" of Dean Nowell, and an entry on the preceding page proves her name to have been Grace Nowell. * "Ellen Irelande" : Index of Names, under "Ireland." ^ '^ Anne wylde . . . . hughe talcington of manchester'''' : Unknown. * '^ Elsabethe 7vh!taker John Toiuenley" : Dean Nowell sent this gift to his sister Elizabeth Whitaker at Holme in Cliviger by the hands of a man-servant of John Towneley, Esq., who had brought a "nag" up to London from Towneley Hall. ^ "jfohn A^O'well , . . . Ridlande" : This John Nowell (who is evidently a different person from the John Nowell, son of Andrew and brother of Charles, named elsewhere in the MS. ) is thrice mentioned on this and the preceding pages, and in each instance is described as a sen'ant to the Earl of Rutland. It is also repeated, that his mother (Marie Nowell) was living at Ware in 1572-3, and that he was "born in Yorkshire." His relationship to Nowells of Read was not very apparent, for it is merely said that "he sayeth he ys our brother Rob'te kinsmane." One of a branch of the Nowells settled somewhere in Yorkshire, of which we have no information. The Earl of Rut- land, to whom John Nowell was servant, was Edward Manners, third Earl of Rutland, who succeeded to the title on the death of his father in 1563, and died in 1587. His wife was Isabel, daughter of Sir Thomas Holcroft, knt., of Vale Royal Abbey, in the county of Chester. His only child, Lady Elizabeth Manners, was wife of Sir William Cecil (Lord Burghley). * " Elis. Readfearne" : See Index of Names, s.n. ' " marie haughton . . . . mr chapmane of londone" : Mary Houghton was the eldest of two daughters and co-heirs of John Houghton of Pendleton Hall, near Clitheroe, in the county of Lancaster, gent. RIary Houghton was unmarried in 1573, but afterwards became the wife of George Singleton of Staining, gent. 10 "^/;-j-_ Shepharde''^ : See Index of Names, s.n. " " Robte Wylde .... John PFylde," and others of the same name infra : Ibid. " " Berrie" = Bury, in Lancashire, where, it would seem from this entry, there was a public school in 1573. '^ ^^ henry fpeller . . . . meistres JJiepharde" : See Index of Names, s.n., and note on the page preceding. 265 (Page 140 of the MS., folio 92.) To Johanne Wylde', Daughter to Rycharde Wylde or brother Robte kynswomanc the xxx'^'^ Y'^^-l of m^tch A" 1574: j Too mestres fhepparde the xx*^ of m'^tch A° ] g , 1574: by thandes of Reedfearne j To m^s fhepparde the xx'^ of maye ] , Ao 1574 r, * ToomeistresWylkinsonn o'' brother Robte kynswoman ) vj^ viij'^ the xij**^ of Januarye A^ 1574 : j * Too her daughter grace wylkynsone the sam tyme xx*^ Too m'' neve, the fyshmonger the xiij* of"i Januarye whoe married o"" brother Robte Vx^ kynswooman ; A" 1574: J Too goodwyff Spyller of Edmunton ) ..g -^ the seconnde of Januarye A^* i574: j the fyshmonger his \ Too m"^ chnt^ A Daughter, Or brother Robte kyns- ( ...|; .g ...^ woman towardes her marriadge the xiij*^ of {_________ Aprell Ao i575 : ; Too one Reedfearne of Budley the ] .--g ....^j XXX* of aprell A" 1575 : j" "-* "'•* To one Rycharde wylde, whoe cam vppe forS the suet of the vicare of Sylke ftonne in >-xxs Yorke fliir^ the xxx^i^ of Julie i575 : j coosin ^ Too o'' A alice nowell"*, m^ Thorns nowells >-xliijsiiij<^ wiefife of Reade, the x* of februarie A" iS7S'-) Too one father neve whoe married Or brother ^ Robte kynswoman the xj* of februarie A" i575 : Vvj^viij*^ a poore old man j Too the wiefife of one henry Speller of} .-g -^ Edmundton, the fyrste of martch A^ i575 : j Too one fifather neve a poore old man the^ whoe married Or brother Robte kynswooman, the >v* xxvjtii of Aprill A" 1576: J Too one meistres overton^, Or brother Robte ^ kynswooman, to one of her children, the xx*^^ >-xxx* of Aprell 1576: J Too o"" Syster, Whitaker, by her sonne in | , Lawe m'^ Smythes, the fyrste of Julie i576 : j Too one Reedfearne the xvj* of Julie 1576 x^ Too m"" John woulton^ of Exciter, the ) ...jj xxv*'^ of June 1577 . . j "-^ Too m VVhitaker of trinitie colledge in Cambridge } ...jj to paye for his p'bend'' the xxv*^ of Aprill 1577 ... j "■' TooAlexanderHarrysonne^mygod sonnei577: 14 Julie v* 266 Notes and Ilhistratio^is. (140) ' " Johannc JVylde" : In this page names before and frequently recorded and noticed occur. For each see the Index of Names, s.?z. ' " A/r. rlini" : It seems Mr. Clint was remotely akin to the Nowells, but the nature of his connexion is not apparent. ' '''' Rycharde ivylde , . . . vicare of Sylke Jlontie in Yorke JJiir" : Unknown. * *^ Alyce Ncnuell" : See ante, p. 71, and Introduction, for notices of this second wife of the lord of Read, Thomas Nowell, Esq. * "meistress Overton'''' : She was a daughter of Mrs. Shepherd, widow, and is again named on the next page. Her husband, Richard Overton, is mentioned on page 36, ante; and the wife also is named on page 8, as " Mrs, Overton Sheparde daughter." 5 "mrjohn Woolton, of Exciter'" : This was John Wolton (or Woolton) Bishop of Exeter. By this entry Bishop Wolton had a gift of 3/. from Dean Nowell on the 25th June, 1577 ; and eight years before (in September, 1569,) according to other entries on the last leaf but one of the MS. there had been given to "John Wolton and his father in lawe xxxj-." John Wolton, the Bishop, was a near kinsman of the Nowells of Read. He was born near Whalley, in Lancashire (not at Wigan, as repeated in several accounts of him), about the year 1535. His father was John Woulton or Wolton, who held lands in Wiswell, about a mile north of Whalley village, in leasehold. His mother was Isabella, one of the younger daughters of John Nowell, Esq., of Read Hall, and sister of Dean Alexander Nowell and of Robert Nowell. James Wolton, his brother, is noticed in the Introduction as servant or secretaiy to Robert Nowell, Esq., and to Dean Nowell in succession, and as proba- bly the Scribe of the AIS. By his wife Isabella Nowell, John Wolton, the father, also had daughters, Elizabeth, who was wife of Robert Lawe of Wiswell, yeoman, and mother of Robert Lawe, Archdeacon of Banstaple (see Index of Names, s.n.); Bettris (Beatrice), whomamed, in 1553, Mr. Thomas Hammond, of Whalley (/«a'), from whom descended the celebrated Dr. Henry Hammond ; and Alice, who was wife of Myles Bancroft, and is described in the MS. s.s " widow" in 1569. In 1552 and 1553, "Uxor John Woulton" (mother doubtless of the future Bishop) contributed to the assessment on Wiswell to the Easter Roll of Whalley Church, of those years {Cheth. Miscel. vol. v, pp. 7, 17.) It was, I think, her son James Wolton, brother of John, who occurs in 1568 as " James Woulton," plaintift'in a suit in the Chancei-y Court of I>ancas- ter, claiming by the grant of Sir Thomas Hesketh, knight, as seized in fee, against Anthony Watson and others, trespassers, in breach of promise of a grant, upon a tenement and lands in Wiswell Town and Fields, in Lancashire {Cal. to Plead. vol. iii, p. 373.) John Wolton, the son, entered at Brasenose College, Oxford, at the age of 18 years, the 26th October, 1553 ; and he supplicated the degree of B.A. 26th April, 1555. His religious opinions compelled him to quit England temp. Mary, when he betook himself to his uncle at Strasburg. On Elizabeth's accession the Protestant exiles returned to their native countiy. Wolton was ordained deacon by Bishop Grindal, the 25th April, 1560; and priest on 4th June following. Tlie name is entered in the Bishop's Register as " John Wolton, born at Whaley [\Vhalley] in Cheshire, aged 23 ; " but the word " Cheshire " refers to the diocere, not to the county. The same year Wolton was made Prebendary of St. Paul's and Canon Residentiary of Exeter ; he was admitted to the rectory of Spaxton, diocese of Wells, in 1563 ; and on the 4th May, 1570, to the vicarage of Braunston, diocese of Exeter ; the 28th July, 1578, he was constituted by charter a warden of Manchester Collegiate Church. "John WoUon, S.T.P., was elected Bishop of Exeter 2nd July, 1579, con- firmed on the 26th of the same month, and consecrated the 2nd of August following." (Le Neve, vol. i, p. 379.) Wolton appears to have been a stout opponent of the Puritan party within the Church, and did not escape the attacks and misrepresentations of personal enmity. In 1585, a series of articles accusatory of Bishop Wolton were drawn up by one Paget, and sent to the Primate. Among fifteen distinct charges, it was said that he had never visited the whole diocese ; that he preached seldom, and " would be in his stable among his horses, or in his kitchen among his servants, when there 'were sermons in the church hard by his house ; " that he sold the vicarage of Newbye for 100/. and bought for his son a benefice in Somersetshire for 100 marks ; that he gave the archdeaconry of Exon, in marriage with his daughter, to one Barrit (Thomas Barritt, instituted 14th January, 1 582-3, on the presentation of James Wol- ton, gent., and another: died 23rd November, 1633, aged 82), who had been "an ordinary serving man, and unlearned ; " and gave the archdeaconry of Totnes to one Cole (John Cole, collated 24th November, 1580 ; died 1583), who had little or nothing from it, and died in debt ; that he gave the archdeaconry of Barnstaple to one Lawe, his kinsman (see ante, Robert Lawe, page 251, note 5); that he made his own son minister, being but 18 years old ; that he made his first wife's father a minister, who had been the Duke of Somerset's cater, and unlearned, &c. Wolton received these articles with a letter from the Primate, 29th April, 1585, and answered them fully ; both in respect to the neglect of visitation, and to the charges of nepotism. The 267 '579 Too (Page 141 of the MS., folio 92 verso) one of m^ weekes^ clerkes the v^^ of September ") , for wrytten, a draughtc of an obligacion, 1577 : J houghton^, Too one of o"" coosins December 1577: Too one Jane, Ao 1577 : Robte Too yonge a Lawe'^ x^ii of Scptemb^ 1578 this of Lawe Theise pcell A are entreed in accomptes. 01 my m kynsmen To Irelandes fonne- the xiij^'i of) / the x^h of february ) x« of Brasyn noose, the bookes IX th Too the o'' daie o^ nowelH daughter o' or xth of coosyn Charles of December 1578 : coosin, meistres Anne of November John Townley, esquier coosin Katherin nowcll^ brother of lytchfield november {578: coosine Shephardes daughter, one Overton^, the ix*^ of Townley^ ' 1578: >-x' Too to of To o'- maried i578: ;... To o"" coosin daie of daughter ] the xxtJi \ X whoe I whitakers of xxx*^ nr wmtaKers 01 Cambridge^ Januarie 1578 : when he Januarie tiie' ■I went to r'^v* the Cambridge . Too o^ coosyn Irelande daie of June i579 the some of ... Too his fonne the v*^ of June 1579 Too o"" coosin wilkinsonncs second J daughter^" the [erasure] xxix*^ of november 1579: by thandes of o"" coosin Viijii vj^ viij nij' tiiiii' Thomas nowell Too o"" coosin Whitakers of J the fyrste fell owe of IS Cambridge Januarie Trinitie of Brasyn noose [erased] the daie aforesaid coosin whitaker the i579 : iiij yardes & a Cambridge"^ 1579 A whoe I li % college in Too o"" Martch london broode clothe att Robte Too o'' coosin A Ratclief the i58o: fcholemaister of RatchdalP' To Sara nowelP^^ the i58o: or brother daughter Too one Anne Bowyere'^, th ^rth Daughter my good ) the iiij'^^ of maye J x^ m all received f|i> - 10' - lo'^ / 13^^ 13s 268 Notes and Illustrations. Bishop showed that he had given Newbye vicarage to a grave learned minister, Mr. Blewit, wlio gave in excliange another benefice, which the Bisliop gave to his son, aged 23, a student tlien in Cambridge ; that Mr. Barrit, who had the archdeacom-y of Exeter, liad been trained up in learning at both Universities, and was a giaduate ; and married Wolton's daughter a year after he had tire archdeaconry ; that Mr. Cole, a master of arts of eiglit years' standing, had lived in the Bishop's house, with his family, for two years before he had the archdeaconry of Totnes ; that he made not his father-in-law a minister, for he had been admitted ten years before Wolton was a bishop, and he had not his benefice from him ; and " touching my son, whom I made minister, he being two-and-twenty years of age, and one that was to procede batchelor of arts the next act, and at that time of sober and honest disposition," but " became intractable afterwards," when "I removed him immediately from that calling and from his little living ; and for his lewdness myself layd him in a common jayle, with irons upon him," &c. The bishop added this personal reference: — "I was, in the later days of trouble, an exile in Germany ; and have been a preacher, admitted and exercised therein, these twenty-three years. I read the Divinity lec- ture in Exeter twice weekly for years, and preached twice every Sabbath. I only, with one other, remained here in Exeter in the Great Plague time, preaching pub- licly, and comforting privately such as were infected with the plague. This last summer Ijing at my commendam in the country, I preached every Sunday, and elsewhere have had a dutiful care of my charge." The account of Bishop Wolton's death, which happened in his 56th year, 13th March, 1 593-4, furnishes an interesting illustration of his character. His complaint was asthma; and two hours before his departure he was dictating a letter on important business, when being admonished to be careful of his health, he replied with an adaptation of the well-known words of the Emperor "Vespasian, that a bishop " ought to die standing ;" (Suetonius, Vesp. c. 24.) Soon after which, as he was walking in his chamber, he suddenly fell, and expired in the arms of those who hastened to his support, at the age of 58. Besides his Christian Manual (1576) he published these little works : («) "An Armour of Proufe : very profitable as well for princes, noblemen, and gentlemen, as all others in authoritie, showing the firm fortness of defence and haven of rest in these troublesome times and perilous dayes," 1576, Svo. {b) "A Treatise on the Immortalitie of the Soule ; wherein is declared the origine, nature, and powers of the same, together with the state and condition thereof, both as it is conioyned and dissolved from the bodie," 1576, i6mo. {c) " A Newe Anatomic of the Whole Man, as well of his Bodie as of his Soule, declaring the condition and constitution of the same in his first crea- tion, comiption, regeneration, and glorification," 1576, Svo. (d) "The Castell of Christians and Fortress of the Faithfull beseiged and defended, now almost six thousand years," 1577, Svo. (e) Discourse of the Conscience, wherein is declared the unspeakable joys and comfort of a good conscience and the grief of an evil con- science," 1576, Svo. I have not seen any of these; but the titles promise more than the "Manual" which, forsooth, is more scholastic than spiritual. Bishop Wolton was buried on the south side of the choir of Exeter Cathedral, and a Latin epitaph upon his tomb is said to have been written by his son John Wolton. The Bishop's Will is in the Prerogative Office. It is dated l6th July, 1593, and was proved 20th May, 1594; testator names his son Mathew, daughters Alargaret Bar- ritt, Susan Godwin, Mary Baber, and Hester and Alice Wolton ; son-in-law Thomas Barritt ; and eldest son, John Wolton, late fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford, then dwelling at Exeter, who was sole executor and residuary legatee. John Wolton, the Bishop, was twice married ; his first wife was daughter of a clergyman and died about 1581. His second wife also apparently predeceased him. I do not know the names of either of the Bishop's wives. His children, all by his first marriage, were, sons, John Wolton, sometime fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford, and a graduate in physic ; and Matthew Wolton, living in 1593 ; daughters, Margaret, wife of Thomas Barrett, archdeacon of Exeter, 15S2-1633 ; Susan, wife of Francis Godwin (collated sub-dean of Exeter, nth June, 1587 ; consecrated bishop of Llandaff 22nd October, 1604 ; trans- lated to the see of Hereford, loth November, 1617 ; died in April, 1633) ; Mary, wife of — Baber; and Helen and Alice, both under twenty years of age at the bishop's death. ' "w' IVhitaker . . . . to pay e for his f bend'''' : See our Introduction and Index of Names, s.n. The prebend William Whitaker had about this date, of which Dean Nowell paid the charges, was the sixth stall in Norwich Cathedral, in which he was in- stalled 3 February, 1577-8. (Le Neve, vol. ii, p. 501.) 8 " Alexander I/aryysonne" : A member of the family of Harrison, in some way akin to the Nowells, of whom Mr. Harrison and his wife were legatees under Dean Nowell's Will. (See ante, p. 155, Note 8.) (141) • ^' nC weekes" : Unknown. » " Irelandes sonne" and infra : See Index of Names, s.n.,frequmter. 269 (Page 142 of the MS., folio 95.) [These entries under 161 4 have been written on blank leaves of the MS. properly belong to it. Yet, as they are here, and have curious details, it has well to give the whole.] The ix*^^ of may 1614 receued of my unckle 1 fordiging lareijdayes hedging in the more Close one day and thorning the graing close ditch ij dayes % They do not'i been deemed ji Christopher Townlcy' the sum of vj' Imprimis the xv*^ of may paid vnto Preestley and ffoster for other of the fiue dayes Work at vj^ the daye fyue fliiling &c. eodem paid vnto Georg Liming iij dayes diginc^ for catching of moles for ditching in the lane adioyning to the dufcot close Sturley his quarters waiJges for seruing the thatcher for Thatching for ditchin tooe dayes in the more Close and the rest easting lere for grauing and dressing of turnes for weading Corne lor mawmg. day for Edward dicon fonnes garth for catcher more wch lare at vj"^ the Ite one shilling to boule in The xvij of may paid vnto The mole for three moles iij'^ itc receued one mole was due vnto you and beefore paid fore The xxj^'^ of may paid vnto Preestley and ffoster for other of the vj dayes worke at vj*^ the day foure dayes ditching and the other seruing the Thatcher The xxix^i^ of may fwinerd his quarters wais'e Paid vnto Preestley them vj dayes worke the day ite et code Worke o o Paid vnto fturley the and scrumg ffoster the for ether Thatcher at ot VJ id paid to the last hee haueing to Waig x'^ one the Thatcher weeke and the the day paid vnto for rest vij this dayes weeke The x*^ of June ffoster the one for fiue day and the other for six dayes at Paid vnto Preestle and Preestley ;d and the dayes worke at vj the fame rate foster for graue 4150 roods at iiij'^ viij^ the hundreth paid the xxix*^ of June The xxix'^ of June paid and her doughter for at iiij'^ the day iij^ ffoster and her daughter at iij<^ the day iij^ Daubney for six dayes weading at vnto Elizbeth Daubney for foure Preestley Ite^ at for Ite^ ij^ the daye viij^ fyue dayes weading vn to Jenet ftore iiij^ the day ij^ vn dayes weading at the sa Tvlathew dawfones manne and vn to vxor a leauen dayes viij'^ It^ vn to for a leauen dayes d Ite^ vn to Mary the same rat ij* dayes weading weading Vxore weading vnj' eode^ at for vnto nd to ,9 vxor fturley nij" the day js viij*^ six dayes weading at vxor Pell for foure Ite^ vnto dayes at iij'^ the Paid the xx^i^ Coepteners for day of July mawmg medowe at xij*^ the acker to XX j rat j« n\f maid for other three ij3 sa^ xvij Preestley and ackers on the new his 270 vs .. o ... Y j» ... VJ^' idl o ... o .. llj O ... VJs... QdJ j o ... iij^..iiij'^ ... J o .. nj^ . Qd^ O ... V ... x"^ 1 O ... V ... V^' o ... 27... vj^ O ... 21 .. O Notes and Illustrations. * ^^Jane ko2(ghton" : I am not sure of the identity of this recipient with any Jane Hoghton, unless the name l)e meant for Joan Hoghton, named ante, p, 88. * Vot/gd Robte Lazut'" : See Index of Names, s. it., frequenter. * " Charles nowell" : He has before been named in the A/S., and noted as brother of John Nowell, and, probably, also of Thomas Nowell of Runcton, and a cousin of Dean Nowell. * ^'- meistres Anne Tcnvniey" : Anne Towneley, fourth daughter of John Towneley of Towneley, Esq.; she aftenvards married, first, William Middleton, Esq., and secondly. Sir Edward Osborne, knt. 7 " Katkei-in nowell" : A daughter of Lawrence Nowell, Dean of Lichfield. (See our Introduction for account of the Dean's family. ) 8 '' Shephardes daughter . . . . Oz'erton" : See Index of Names, s.n., frequenter. * " w' zahitakers of Cambridge,'''' and infra : //'/(/. 'o " wilkinsonnes daughter'''' : The gift was sent by her uncle, Thomas Nowell of Runcton. (See Index of Names, s.7t.) " " Robte Ratclief . . . Scholcmaister of RatchdaW' : Canon Raines very kindly supplies the following note on this Rochdale schoolmaster : Robert Radcliffe of Rochdale was the third son of Charles Radcliffe of Todmorden Hall, Esq. (J. P. ), by his first wife Margaret, daughter of Thomas Savile of Exley, Esq., and grandson of Edward Radcliffe of Tod- morden Hall, by his wife Matilda Maria, daughter of Roger Nowell of Read, through whom he was first " Coosin" to Robert Nowell, the testator. He was appointed the first Master of Rochdale Grammar School, by Archbishop Parker, the founder, in the year 1565, Charles Radcliffe of Todmorden being a principal agent of the Primate in the building of it. He had probably resigned the office of Head Master before June 6, 15S9, in which year another master seems to have been a])pointed. He married Katherine, daughter of Arthur Assheton of Clegg Hall, gent, (an attorney), and sister of the Rev. William Assheton, M.A., Rector of Middleton (the presentation to which was pur- chased for him). He was the father of Samuel Radcliffe, D. D., Principal of Brase- nose College, Oxford, who names in his Will that he was brought up in the house of his grandfather at Todmorden, but was born at Rochdale. Robert Radcliffe, who being styled "gentleman" and not "clerk," was probably a layman, was buried within Rochdale church, i November, 1605, and his widow on the 12 May, 1609. Her Will is dated 7 April, 1609, ami was proved at York, 2 August, 1612. (Canon Raines's Lane. MSS., vol. xiii, pp. 225, 227 ; and Aleinorials of Rochdale Gramtnar School, I2mo, 1845.) ^ ^' Sara norvelV : Sarah Nowell is described in the entiy as "our brother's daugh- ter," i.e., Dean Lawrence Nowell's. This daughter of the Dean of Lichfield was about ten years old when she had this gift. (.See Introduction.) '^ ^^ Anne Bowyere" : See Index of Names, s.7i. (142) ' The scribe of this interpolated writing, which is dated 1614, names his "unckle Christopher Townley." Some loose scraps in the same handwriting found witli the MS. (but which I do not print), prove that the scribe's name was Robert Sherburne, e.g., "the ix"" of May 1614, received of my unckle Christopher Townley the sum of six pounde by mee Robte Shirburne." The "uncle" must have been Christopher Towneley (a younger son of John Towneley, Esq. , the executor of Robert Nowell), who died at Pcndle Hall in 1623. His niece Ellen married Henry Sherbiurne, but she could not have been mother of Robert Shirburne. Probably a sister of Christopher Towneley may have married a Sherburne not named in the Towneley pedigree. Robert Sherburne was evidently a farm bailiff at Towneley. The fact that he wrote these entries in the MS. proves that it was left in possession of the Towneleys in 1614, six years after the death of John Towneley, Esq., the co-executor with Dean Nowell. 27 I for thatching for seruing the thatcher (Page 143 of the MS.) July i6i4. The xxviij'^ of July Paid vn to Preestlcy and his Coepteners for maw- ing the bondmon inges being 14 ackers at xijX8 marled Treheron the XXX th doug hter ] To [erasure the therd towards their of auguste J •ij Childr] Geffrey Shircom^^^'1 day of Decemb'' A'' 1570 I ofr j charofes m out a lease of the psonage of sumge bridgwater. xx"- J Geven to m' Ketchine^^ of graies Inne, o' brother^ Robte olde frende, towardes his chardges when he was reder in graies Inne, the v'^ of >xlV Martch Anno i57i J Too one m^ Randall worsley^* the xxiiij'i of) g Novembr A^' i573 : gent husher / 274 N^otes and Ilhcstrations. (MS) ' '^Certeyn p'sonns of wealthe": The description in the heading only applied, I fancy, to a portion of the recipients named below. * "T/io7}ts kolnay", and infra i A second reference inf7-a infonns us that this Thomas Holnay married a daughter of "Treheron." I believe the father of his wife was the eminent Puritan minister, Bartholomew Treheron. Dorothy Treheron had a handsome marriage gift from Dean Nowell in November, 1569; but it was perhaps a sister of hers who married Thomas Holnay about May of the same year. (See ajtle, pp. 108-109.) ^ ^^ Tcrweji of Bridgwaiter": Bridgewater, in the county of Somerset, an ancient corporate town. Dean Nowell was making a tour in the west countiy in the autumn of 1569, visiting his kinsman John Wolton, of Exeter, and other friends. The Dean tarried some days at Bridgewater ; and besides the 10/. here entered as given to the town, he gave 6/. to " the mene of Bridgewattere," and 10/. to "the mendinge of the way at Bridgewatere," as entered in the last leaf but one of the 3IS. * ^'tnr IVyliorne'"'. Dr. Percival Wybume, on whom see note at page 115 ante. ' ^^Robte Clcnudley"', Entered before (see page 4) as third butler of Gray's Iim. ' " £dzua7'd iviese" : Not known. 7 "IVillmhirHs": Not known. 8 «' Willm Calthorfe" : Not kno^vn. ' "■Alice Alhthorpe'" Not known. *" '■'marie NcnvelV : Mother, I think, of John Nowell, named in the text four pages earlier, and elsewhere. (See Index of Names.) " "gabraell Marsden": See for a previous reference Index, j.«. '* " Geffrey Skircoiu" : Not known. '^ "mr Ketchine of graies Inne": This old friend of Robert Nowell is named before (p. 76) as receiving, in jNIay, 1569, 5/., and a gown faced with martens. In a list of "certayn lawiers in euery of the foure Innes of Courte," dated June, 1576, occurs, under " Greis Inne," among the "Double Readers": — "Mr. Kitchin of the counsel! of t-lie Citie of London, of good wealthe." {N'otes and Qnenes, ]:\.n. 13, 1S77. ) " "m Randall 7aorsley" — l<^ni\\\\Yih.: He occurs in other places in the iJ/J. (See Index of Names, s.ti.) He is here described as "gent husher," i.e., gentleman usher. 2T 27 s (Page 146 of the MS.) for a Byble^ w^ the service geven to the children of one Chadwieke in Lancashir ^ix^ sviij'i^ of Januarye A° i573 ffather Neue,^ a poor old mane ) .^ xx^^ of January A^ 1573" } o"" Coosyn Wylkinsonne a poore ) the To the Too woman, the xxth of februarye A" 1573 | ■' Too o'' coosyn Christofore Irelande^ whoe ^ nij' hadde his child chrestened the xxij*'^ of Vxlvjs viij*^ November 1576: j To the childe w*='^ was christenned xiij* iiij*^ Too one mestres wylkynsonne, the xx*^ of) ...„ ....o a learned gent / xl3 februarie A° 1576 Too one Jeffrey fenton'* the fame xx*'^ of februarie . Too one W^^ m^ Barnabie^ comendid v^ Too one Barthelmewe holney^ a Sussex"* :} mane beinge m futes m lawe >x^ ;th the Too in 1580 .... Too one in some iS8o: .... Too xxj''! of februarie 1576 : one m'' flowed^ wante, the ^'^'^^^ Richard distres, xij Cotton^ a of gentleman Decembris ■xxs the xnj th being xiij* Too his iSSo one Thoms in some of October 1580: Alexander mother, the a gentleman ^ of October Vx^ Church yeard ^ distress the >x^ wyclief by 'I viij^^ of martch >xs I 276 Notes and Ilhistratioiis. (146) ' *'Byble": This Bible and service was given by Dean Novvell to the children of a kinsman in Lancashire — one Chadwick, probably a son of his sister, Mrs. Chadwick. * "ffather A''cHe" : For this and other frequently occurring "kindred" names on this page see Index of Names, s.n. 2 '■'■ Chrisiofore h-elande'''' \ See Index of Names, under "Ireland." * ^' Jeffrey fonton''' : This was the author of the following (now) excessively rare books':— (rt) "Certaine Tragicall Discourses written oute of Frenche and Latin, by Geoffraie Fenton, no less profitable then pleasaunt, and of like necessitye to al degrees that take pleasure in antiquityes or forreine reaportes. 1567." 4to. (Another edition 1579.) {I/) "Monophylo, done into English by Geffray Fenton. A pliilosophical discourse, and diuision of love. 1572." 4to. * "/« Barnabie": Unknown. * "■ Barlhehiieive holney'''' : Brother, perhaps, or near kinsman, to Thomas Holnay, noted in the preceding page. 7 "fui'flcTcved": Unknown, probably Floyd. 8 "J\ic/iard Cotton'''': Unknown. ' "Too one Thorns church yeard beinge in some distres" : This entry presents an interesting circumstance in the life of an Elizabethan poet of no mean reputation — Thomas Churchyard. He was born at Shrewsbury, about 1520, and therefore was aged 60 at the time of receiving from Dean Nowell this succour in his "distress." The accounts of Churchyard say that at the age of 17 his father gave him a sum of money, and sent him to court, where he lived freely while his means held out. He was sometime servant to the Earl of Surrey; tlien turned soldier, and fought in several campaigns in Ireland, Scotland, and Flanders. Once he was taken prisoner, but was assisted to escape by a lady of rank. In 1569 he gave information to the Government of a rendezvous of Roman Catholic gentry at Bath. Strype records {Life of Gnndal, p. 138) : " Thomas Churchyard (in that age an excellent soldier, and a poet), a man of honest principles, gave the Secretary notice of all this from the Bath He told the Secretary, that he suspected these troops of gentlemen of some dangerous plot a-hatching." An extraordinary shock of earthquake was felt in England on 6tli April, 1580; and Churton [Life of Noivell, p. 268) mentions that "Churchyard the poet * set forth in verse and prose ' a book of the earthquake, addressed to the good Deane of Paules, which his fertile muse produced in two days." The title of this production is : "A warning to the wise, a feare to the fond, a bridle to the lewde, and a glass to the good ; written of the late Earthquake, for the glory of God, and benefit of men, that warely walke, and wisely can judge." It may have been in acknowledgment of the dedication of this piece to him, that Dean Nowell sent the sum here entered to the poet somewhat later in the same year (15S0). Churchyard lived to be a very old man (eighty-four), and is spoken of by Isaac Disraeli, in his Calamities of Authors, as "one of those unfortunate men who have written poetry all their days, and lived a long life to complete the misfortune." Thomas Churchyard died in London, in 1604, and was buried in the church of St. Margaret, Westminster, 4tli April, 1604. The Tragcdie of .S/^i??-/ J- wz/i' (enlarged 1593), and his Worthinesse of I Fates (i$So), are considered the best of his numerous poetical works. A complete collection of his Works is an urgent desideratum. Only crass ignorance speaks lightly of his unique genius — as I hope some day to shew. 277 T 9 • Inp mis Boughte (Page 147 of the MS., folio iio.) Boughte Lynnen clothe frome the 3° of July 1569 vntcU the tenthe Day of the same monthe to be bestowed vpon the poor of the pishes of Whalley Brunley & other pishes in Lancashire^ at preston^ the thirde of July of the prices of v^ ob. and vj** the yarde the some of cclxx yardes paid for the Carriage of the fame frome prestone to Towenley _ Boughte of Leoner[d] BertweselP the' same tyme at vj*^ the yard cij yardes. and v^ the yarde liij yardes, and at iiij<^ ob. the yarde, xv yeardes Rycharde haworthe* Boughte of Rychard hayworthe ccxvj*^'^ yeardes at v*i ob. the yearde iiji> xix^ more of him cxxxviiij yeardes iijli ixs more of him Ixxxiii yeardes at V^ the yearde xxxiij^ more of him Ivj yeardes at iiij'^ ob. the yeard xxj^ James Buterworthe^ clxv yeardes di. at vj<^ the yearde iiij^' ij® ix'^ more of him xl yeardes at v^ the yearde xvj^ wn]^ Nicoles Lache^ xxxix yeardes at vj^ the ^vj^i iij3 vj"^ xiid Viiijli xj'J vj 'A m the savmge more of him xv yeardes at iiij^ ob. yearde whole y® yearde d ^xjl' iijs vij"* f- iiij^> xix^ v^ — xxxiiijsviij*^ } injs iji iijs ix'^ >xvjs ijd James whitheade^ by John Seller xvj yeardes di. at v]'^ \ -..^ the yearde j ^"-^ ^ •' more of him x yeardes at v<^ the yearde. . . more of him x yeardes at iiij*^ ob. a yearde Willm*^ Lache® boughte of willm'^ Lache xx*i yeardes at vj<^ Nicoles fagere^ booughte of Nicholes Sagere Ixxx yeardes di. wherof xvij*> di. of vij y^ yearde xxxiiij yardes at vj'^ the yearde and xxix yeardes at v^ the yeard in the whole iij*^ of Julij John Smith'" boughte of John Smithe xiij*^^ yeardes at xvj<^ the yearde abatinge i]^ in y« whole George pollarde'i boughte of George pollere xxvij yeardes ... Willm^ Kinge'2 boughte of willm kinge firste xvj* yeardes xvij yeardes di. xviij yeardes xv*^'^ yeardes iij qters xvij'^i yeardes xviij *^° yeardes and Edwarde Inghame'^ Qf i-^ji^ jyj yeardes Di. at xvj'^ the yearde more of him xv yeardes j qt«r at xiij*^ the yeard James Whitaker xxvi* yeardes at xviij<^ the yearde Thomes Ingham xxxix^ii yeardes di. at xvj^ the yearde John Narram'* viij yardes at xvj"^ the yearde more of the said John viij yeardes at xiij"^ y° yeard xix^ iiij^ 278 U'/xixs iiijd ■vjii xvj» iiij<^ iiij^i xj^ x^ xxxix^ lijs viij*! Notes and Illustrations. (147) ' " Whalley .... Bninley ^r' other pishes in Lancashire" : It was during the month of July, 1569, when Dean Newell was down in Lancashire (see ante, p. 219, Note 9), that he purchased these quantities of linen and woollen cloth of the chapmen of that county for distribution among the poor of Whalley, Burnley, and other parishes. The distribution of this cloth is entered in detail onward in the 1\1S. ^ ^^ Boiighte at Preston,'''' &c. : Most of the goods were bought from traders in Black- burn, Harwood, Burnley, and other places in Blackburn Hundred, but this first pur- chase was made at Preston, and the cost of carriage of the parcel from Preston to Towneley (where the Dean was sojourning with his half-brother and co-trustee John Towneley, Esq.) was \2d. The distance from Preston to Towneley is about twenty miles. This manufacture of strong linen cloth was a considerable one in Lancashire temp. Elizabeth, and for two centuries onward, until the present cotton manufacture sprang up and displaced it. Most of the small farmers, as well as the cottagers in the hill-country of East Lancashire, had the spinning wheels and hand-looms set up in their houses, the spinning being done by wife and daughters and the weaving chiefly by the men and lads of the household. These entries in our JMS. afford a better idea of the largeness of the trade of the local chapmen in these wares and of the prices of the Lancashire cloths in the middle of the sixteenth century than any other published re- cord of that period. By purchasing all this cloth on the spot, the Nowell trustees reveal their wish to encourage a useful local industry and manufacture, at the same time that they bestowed upon the families of all the poor inhabitants of the district the material for clothing. It was in both respects more thoughtful to do this than it would have been to have given an equal sum away in money-gifts. 3 " Leoner Bertiuesell" : The Birtwistle family were of Huncoat Hall, near Accring- ton. A Leonard Birtwistle was a younger brother of Oliver Birtwistle, gent. ; and Leonard Birtwistle of Hapten, Jenet his wife, and their children, are named subse- quently in the MS. in the distribution of cloth in that township. (Index of Names, s. n. ) * " JRychard haywortke'''' : The Haworths of Green Haworth, Acci-ington, of Craw- shawbooth in Rossendale, and of Blackburn and Lower Darwen, all traded in linen goods and checks from an early period. * "James Bittotvorthe": Perhaps of a clan of Butterworths of Rochdale parish. A Katherine Butterworth occurs later in the MS. (Index of Names, s.n.) * " Nicholes Lac he" : Nicholas Lache has been named ante (p. 125), as having married Agnes, daughter of Ralph Pollard of Billington. ' "James whithcade" : A James Whitehead of Habergham Eaves (among other Whiteheads) is named onward in the statement of the distribution of gifts of cloth. 8 " Willm Lache'" : A kinsman, perhaps, of Nicholas Lache sKpra. Both William and Nicholas Lache may have been related to Edward Lache, who married Elizabeth Shepherd, {^qs post, by Index of Names, s.n.) " " Nicoles fagere" : Sagar was then, and is yet, a localised surname in Burnley and its outlying townships. The most considerable family of Sagar was of Catlow, midway between Burnley and Colne by the old road. *» "John Smith" : Perhaps he was a John Smythe of Burnley whose wife had a gift of cloth in the distribution of these cloths. (See Index of Names, s.n.) I' " George pollarde" : The Pollards were small freeholders and chapmen at Whalley and Billington. (See ante, p. 125, Note 6.) There was also about this date a George Pollard of Hapten, near Burnley. 13 " Wittm King" : He recurs two pages onward. 13 "Edzvarde Inghame," "James Whitaker," " Thomes Ingham": Inghani and Whitaker are Burnley names. Several Inghams of Read occur in the distribution of cloth later in the record. " "John JVarra7ti" : John Narram of Read township occurs in the Easter Roll of Whalley for 1553. {Chetham Miscellanies, vol. v, p. 16.) He married Jane Sellers of Whalley, " cousin" of Dean Nowell. (Index of Names, s. n. ) 279 (Page 148 of the MS., folio iio verso.) Willnv' wigen.* boughte of willm wigen xlj yeardes di. at xiiij^ yearde a the yearde xvij yeardes di. at xvj*^ xvij yeardes j q^er at xvj'^ a yearde xvj yeardes at xvj'* a yearde ix yeardes at xij'^ a yearde. >vjii vs vij I'd Winm.Ducksburie.^bought of willm Ducksburiexviij*^° yeardes q^^^'at xxij^ x^ more of him viij yeardes at xviij^ the yearde xij^ Willm. wiggen. boughte of willm wigen xviij yeardes q*"' at ^ xxvij^ iiij^ Richarde Ingham^ boughte of Richard Ingham xviij *^^ yeardes atxvj'^' a yearde favinge vj** in the whole iiij"^ peces more contevnina;e xxviij yeardes apece lackinge conteynnige vj"i in eu^y pece at xvj"^ the yearde iij peces >-ix*i xvj*i contemmge iten XVIJ ^"^^ yeardes id in eu y apece at xvj" y« more yarde favinge vj" m eu'y pece Thorns Childers^ boughte of him xvj yeardes iij q*®'^^ at xij^ayearde xvj Nicholes hallsteade^ boughte of him xviij'*=° yeardes at xiij^ a yearde ^ ix° xnj' xiij< a yearde >\v\f ix^ ob a yearde J more of him xviij yeardes at more of him xvij yeardes di. at iij peces more of him conteyninge xviij^^'i yeardes ) ..-li apece at xvj** a yearde J ^ vj peces more of him conteyninge xviij'^'^'i yeardes }vjii xijs xv° •lvj3 iiij^ apece at xv** a yearde. Willm wigen. boughte of willm wigen xiiij'®" yeardes of geliflower \ -^ ••••^ collor at xvj** a yearde j Ric Shorocke^ boughte of Ric. Shorocke v yeardes at xij^ a yearde v^ Nicholes Lache? boughte of Nicoles Lache xviij** at xv** y^ yearde" savinge six pece in the whole pece more of him xvij yeardes di. at xviij** y® yearde more vj yeardes at xvj** the yearde Robte hutchine^boughteof Robte hutchinxvij'*'"yeardes at xvij** yearde xxxviij^ iijd Christofor Jackson^ bought of Cristofor Jackson xvij yeardes at xvj** ] ~ ...j the yearde j-xxi^^viij^ Cristofor hindlie'°boughte of Christofor hindlie xxiiij* yeardes at xvj**^ y® yearde more of him ij peces conteyninge xviijten yeardes apece, at xv** ayearde xvj'*^" yeardes at xxs vj** xvj<^^° yeardes at xij** the yearde George Ingham^i boughte of George Ingham xxvj yeardes at xxxiiij^ iiij** Ric^ Ingham boughte of Richard Ingham xvij^^i yeardes q^" ^t" ■v** xiiijs v^ xvij ten Nic. xvj** the yearde, a yearde xvij yeardes xvij yeardes di. at yeard q}-^^ xvij^e" yeardes qt*^'" iiij yeardes di. at xij** a yearde yeardes q^^'' at xvj** iij qt^" at xvj** ayearde xvj** a yearde xvij iten )»VJ" XVIJ^ ix*" at xij** ayearde halsted'2 bought xvj** a yeard. of Nicoles halstead xvij'e° yeardes at' more xvij yeardes at xvj** a yearde. more of the same Nicholes xviij^^n yeardes c^'^^ batinge xij** in the whole, more xviij^^n yeardes iter abaitinee XIJ* m the whole xvijten yeardes iij qters at xvj** ayearde xvj'en yeardes qter at xvj** ayearde, xvij'^n yeardes at xvj** a yearde ^x** iij3 j<* xxxiiijt* yeardes the yearde di. of fhepes Russette at xv** 280 Ixiiij'* v' j** ob. Notes and Ilhtstrations. (148) 1 " Willm Wigen," and infra : A century later, a namesake of this chapman, and doubtless a descendant, William Wigan, was pursuing the same trade of a clothier in the neighbourhood of Blackburn. 2 " Willm DHcksburie" : He would belong, I think, to a family of Duxbury, small gentry and traders, in Great Harwood. He sold a finer kind of cloth than some of the chapmen, being valued at 18^. the yard. He is again mentioned at the foot of the next page of the MS. 3 " Richarde Ingham" and i7ifra : Richard Ingham of Cliviger occurs onward in the list of persons to whom gifts of cloth were made. (Index of Names, s.n.) * " Thorns Childers" : His name recurs two pages onward. Childers is not a local surname in East Lancashire. 6 " Nic hole's hallsteade," and infra: See Index of Names, s.n. The measurement of the pieces of Lancashire cloth woven in 1569 is given in this and other entries. The pieces are said to have mostly contained 18 yards the piece; but some were of 17 yards and lyi yards the piece; and one of John Narram's pieces measured 19 yards. The shortest pieces were some of 1 5 yards the piece, sold by Nicholas Lache. * " Ric. Shorocke" : The Shorrocks occur early as yeomen and chapmen in Eccles- hill, near Blackburn. 7 " Nic holes Lache": See last page, Note 5. 8 " Robie hutchine" : Named again two pages onward. 9 '^ Chnsiof or Jackson" : He is again named two pages onward. A Christopher Jackson of Ightenhill ]\Ianor is met with in 1563; and a Christopher Jackson of Burnley appears among the names hereafter in the record of the distribution of these cloths. This Christopher Jackson also occurs in a list of freeholders in Cliviger in 1558. '" " Christofor hindlie" : Some Hindles or Hindleys of Great Harwood and Rish- ton in Blackburn parish occur once and again as local traders in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This Christopher Hindle was one of the earliest chapmen in his famUy. About a century later than the date of these entries, i.e., between 1660 and 1670, Laurence Hindle, John Hindle, William Wigan, Robert Pollard, John Pollard, and others, descendants and successors, doubtless, as the names suggest, of the men who sold their cloths to Dean Nowell in 1569, describing themselves as "clothiers" in Great Harwood, Billington, Whalley, and Rishton, petitioned the county justices for redress of injuries sustained by them from the monopolist trading companies of Preston. (Abram's History of Blackbjirn, p. 202.) ^' " George Ingham" : He was related, no doubt, to Richard Ingham and Edward Ingham, also named among these traders in Lancashire cloths. '- ^' N'ic. halsted," and supra : Among the present parcel of cloths is named 344 yards of woollen fabric called "shepes msette," selling for \^d. the yard. "Russet" cloth was a cheap woollen fabric worn by the common people, and is said to have derived its name from its colour, a dingy brown. Nicholas Halsted of Padiham occurs in 1552, in the assessment of the Easter Roll of Whalley Church. (Cheth. Miscel., vol. v, V- 3-) 281 (Page 149 of the MS.) Tho. Childres^ boughte of Thomes Childres xviij*^^" yeard(^ at xvij*^ y^ yearde xxv^ Nicoles Lache^ boughte of Nicoles Lache xviij*®° yeardes at \ ...jj ^ TT^^ more of him xxxv*i yeardes at xvj^ the yearde j ^J ^ ^^^J Robte hindhe^ bought of Robte hindHe x peces eu^y pece \ ..j^ ...^ xviij'^'^ yeardes at xvj<^ a yearde & ij yeardes more j "^^-^ "•* more of him xviij'®° yeardes di. at xyj*^ a yearde xxiiij* viij"^ Jenkin hindHe* boughte of Jenkin hindhe ij peces of xviij^en \ , ...g ::t^ yeardes apece di. eu J •' ■' Willm. Wigen^ Boughte of willm wigen ij peces the one of^ xviijten the other of xvij'e'i at xvj^ the yearde {■■■•\\ • g ••••a more of the same mane ij peces, of xviij*^*^ t ^ yeardes apece at xvj^ the yearde ; Christofor Boughte of Christofor hindhe xiiij^^n peces" hindhe^ in eu^y pece xviij*^'^ yeardes. at xxiijs a pece I --li ••••g more of the same mane xviij*'^'^ yeardes at xviij^ \ the yearde & iiij yeardes q*" at xvvj'* xv^j^ iiij' & xviij*^'^ yeardes Edmunde Boughte of Edmunde Ingham Ivj*^ yeardes "I ...,: . , ^ ^ - ^ ■'•'.., Mil" xix^ X' Ligham^* at xvj " Tho Ckilders" : See last page. ' " Alcoles Lache," s.rvd infj-a : Ibid. 3 " Robte Ju'ndlie," zxiA infra : Ibid. * " Jenkin hindlie^' : One of the family of HindJes to which Robert and Chris- topher belonged. * " Will III Wio-en" : See Index of Names, s.n., and previous page for reference and relative note. * " Christofor hindlie" : See last page. ^ " yohn kcapf" : See a second mention of him two pages onward. * " Edwarde BerhvesilV : James Birtwistle, gent., of Huncoat Hall, who died in 1597, had a younger brother, Edward Birtwistle, who may have been the chapman of this entry. ^ ^' Nicoles haworthe" : This trader may have been Nicholas Haworth of Black- bum, a governor of Blackburn grammar school, who was taxed on his goods to a queen's subsidy in 1570, and died in 1597. 1" '■^ yohn narham" and infra : See Index of Names, s.n. '' "yohn Smithe^'' : See a prior allusion two pages ante. '' " George follarde" : See reference and note two pages ante. 13 «« Willm Kinge''^ : See previous mention of him two pages ante. '^ " Edimtnde Ingham" : Named two pages before as " Edwarde Ingham." •* " yaines Whitaker" : James Whitaker occurs before in this category of Lancashire clothiers, two pages ante. He married Isabel Sellers, kinswoman of Dean Nowell. (See Index of Names, s.n., for other mention of James Whitaker.) '^ " Tho. Ingham'''' : A Thomas Ingham of Habergham Eaves, near Burnley, is named afterwards in the account of the distribution of these cloths. (Index of Names, s.n. ) '7 " IVillm Ducksbune" : See a reference on the page preceding, and relative note. 283 Richarde Ingham' Boucrhte (Page 150 oi the MS.) of Richarde Ingham xvnj ten" yeardes at xvj<^ the yearde batinge vj*^ more iiij paces of xvij^en yeardes di. apece at xvjd ayeard batinge yj' m 9 eu y pece i-xxii xix9 j"i more iij peces of xvij'^eu yeardes apece at xvj-xxiij^i viijs jd ;d yearde, ij peces of xviij*®*^ yeardes q*^'^'' apece at xvj xxxv^i yeardes at xvj'^ a yearde, iiij yeardes at xviiij'i the yearde iijii xvj^ viijxxijii xviij^ v< xxxnijs jiijc 284 Notes and Illustratiofis. (150) ' "Richarde Ingham": See his name two pages ante. ' "Robfe htithin ": See two pages ante for other reference to him. ' *' Cristofor Jacksonn" : Previously named two pages a«/:?. * '^Cristoforhindlie"; Named on the two preceding pages. * " George Ingham" '. Named two pages aw/^. 285 {Page 150 of the MS. continued from p. 284.) Robte hindlie Boughte of Robte hindlie xviij'e'* yeardes more of him ij peeces the one of xxiiijs viij'i xviijten yeardes di. at xiij*^ the yearde the other xviijten yeardes iij q^^''^ at xiij'^ the yearde John heape^ Boughte of John heape ij peces the one of xviij*^'^ yeardes the other xvij^^'i yeardes at xijd ayearde ■ lijli vjs >-xxxvs Ixxxxiij^ vij id \ ys vij' (Page 151 of the MS., folio 112.) Edwarde Boughte of Edward Bertwesill' xij peeces ^ BertwesilP of xviij*'^^ yeardes apece & at xxij» viij<^ the >xiij^i ix* peece savinge in the whole ij yeardes di. ... J Nicoles Boughte of Nicoles haywoorthe^ xiij^ei^ ") .^ ...^ haywoorthe yeardes at xv*^ the yearde /_______ Willm hindlie Boughte of willm hindlie xlj*' yeardes ) r -, , ^ ...^ iij q*ers at xvj"^ the yearde \\ \ ^ Ric. Sager Boughte of Richard Sagere^ xviij^^'^^ yeardes at xviij^ the yearde xvij*™ yeardes vxliiij^ at xijs the yearde J Robte hodshin^ Boughte of Robte hodshin'* ij peeces ) , ...g of xviij*®'^ yeardes apeece at xvj"^ the yearde / ^_ xxj^^ xij 8 xj^ this note I fonde of my m' hande. / as followtii./ Suina totalis of wollen clothe./ mrn.ccccl yeardes ) , ...ji .^ ...^ whiche Amonteth vnto clsiijii vjs viij*i J J J J^ Suina totalis in Lynen clothe amontethe } , ^ m. viij^ yeardes / w*^^ in money amontethe j Suriia^ tota^ of bothe wollen & linen in money... ccviij'^ vj^ viij*^ these pcells are as I haue caste them cccxxvij^' iiij^ ix<^ ob, the fome of the clothe boughte ) .^^^^^jju jjij, j^d ob. m Lancashire^ j •* ■' [ Verso — blank.] a86 Notes and Illush'atioiis. ' '■'John heape": This surname is now met with in some parts of South-East Lan- cashire. Altogether I find the names of about thirty of the local chapmen to whom Dean Nowell and John Towneley, Esq., gave a share of this patronage ; a circum- stance which sliows that the manufacture and merchandise in linen and woollen cloths were rather extensively diffused in the Blackburn and Burnley districts of East Lanca- shire to which these traders chiefly belonged, in the first years of Elizabeth's reign. The thirty names are these: Leonard Birtwistle, Edward Birtwistle, Richard Ilaworth, Nicholas Haworth, James Butterworth, Nicholas Lache, William Lache, James "Whitehead, Nicholas Sagar, Richard Sagar, John Smith, George Pollard, William King, Edward Ingham, Thomas Ingham, Richard Ingham, George Ingham, John Narram, William Wigen, William Duxbury, Thomas Childers, Nicholas Halsted, Richard Shorrock, Robert Hitchine (Hutchine or Hodshin), Christopher Jackson, Christopher Hindlie (Hindle), Robert Kindle, William Hindle, John Heape, James Whitaker. (151) ' "Edwarde BertiuesilV: See two pages ante. Note 8. ' ''^Nicholas Baywoorthe": See previous entry and relative note'two pages ante. ' '^ Ricka)-d Sagere'': See note on Nicholas Sagere, p. 279 ante. * '^Robte hodshin": Probably this is the person named Robert Hutchin in fore- going entries. * ' ' Stune of the clothe boiighte in Lancashire " : The total sum expended in this instance in Lancashire upon cloth for charitable distribution by Dean Nowell and his co- executors was 327/. 4^-. '^\d., which would be equal to about 3,500/. in modern money, computing that a shilling of Elizabethan coinage was worth from ten to twelve shillings of Victoria, on the basis of the relative rentals of land and rates of artizans' wages then and now. In quantity there was stated to have been purchased 2,400 yards of woollen cloth, and 1,800 yards of linen cloth. 387 (Page 152 of the MS., folio 113.) Geven by the executo''3 of Robte Nowell esquier deceased, Late of grayes Inne to his poor Kynsfolkes in Lancashire in clothe and other wiese of the Goodes of the said Rofete as hearafter follow^^ Anno Dni 1569 et regni regine Elizabeth undecimo the xx^^ of June. 21° Junij 23" Junij 27 Junij 30 of Junij } VS >-xviij« To his Cosin Oliver hawoorthe ot" Manchester^ havinge many children xxx^ in the psentes of George berch^ m"^ DanyelP b>xxx8 M"" haule* & others of Manchester & m^^ Langlaye^ To his Aunte Elizabethe reedfearne at Towenley haule To Anne reedfearne^ her doughter v' To or brother John Towenley^ iiij"" children ] and Thorns Whitaker and willm Thomson I ...jj vij yardes & a di. of brood new coUered clothe . ^ at viijs the yarde in the hole J To his cosin James Bri^ge^ havinge iij"^" children, iij yardes in brood London clothe of the pishe of holdam To his cosin James Bridges wiefe of Robte heyley9 havinge one childe of the pishe of Ratchdale iij yardes of brod London clothe To Thoms Casson"' husband to Elizabeth^ Bridge, his cosin havinge ij Children of the pishe of Ratchdale, iij"" yardes of brode London clothe. & in money v]^ apece _ these brought the Testimonies of Cuthberd Scofild^^ Roger Garshead^^ ^nd Arthur Ashtonn of RatchdelP^ gent- men And delyu ed in the p sentes of willm Barcrofte John Seller, Thoms Jackson, James woolton^* To his Cosin Richard hardman of middliton'^ \ ij» whoe hathe v children, iij'' yardes of brood I London clothe & ij^ in money, aud vij yardes f Lynen J To John hopwoode of Ratchdale^^ pishe ^ one yarde & a halfe of London clothe & Vvj*^ v]^ in money J Delyu^ed in the pfentes of vs whose names are heyr subscribed George Seller John Seller. '^ v'J iiij*./ in money 288 Notes and Ilhisti^ations. (152) ' " Olwer hatvorthe of Manchester" : I cannot fix the connexion of this person with the Nowells, unless he was a son of John Havvorth named on the next page, whose wife Alice was a Hopwood, and daughter of a sister of Dean Nowell's mother. ' "George berch" : George Birch, gent., of Manchester, younger son of George Birch, Esq., and brother of Thomas Birch of Birch, Esq. 3 "■ fur Daiiyell" : Nicholas Daniel, or, as he described himself, Nicholas ap Evans Daniel, B.D., was Fellow of the Collegiate Church of Manchester 1568. He was vicar of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, London, but apparently deprived for nonconformity (Newcourt's Reperl., vol. i, p. 687). He afterwards became vicar of Preston-in- Amounderness, and in a long and singularly interesting letter addressed by him to Bishop Downham, dated Preston " dominica in albis, 1574," he details the griefs and difficulties he had encountered in his parish. (Canon Raines's Lane. MSS., vol. xxii, pp. 150-154.) Various charges were brought against him, chiefly for nonconformity and heterodoxy, before the Archbishop of York's commissioners, in the Chapter House, Manchester, in 1571, and as he is not named in the Charter of 1575 it is not quite clear that he was at that time a member of the Collegiate body. Archdeacon Mullins of London, one of the Marian exiles, was his friend. [Ibid, vol. xli, pp. 127-9.) ■• "Mr haitle'': Richard Hall, younger son of Thomas Hall, by his wife Alice, daughter of John Valentine, and brother of Thomas Hall, priest, the friend and correspondent of John Bradford the martyr (Bradford's Letters, p. 10). Richard Hall was ordained deacon by John, Bishop of Chester, 23rd December, 1541, on the title of Peter Warburton of Arley, knight; and priest, loth March, 1542, on the same title. (Bishop's Liber Ordin. Ceslr.) He was a Fellow of the Collegiate Church, Man- chester, 1559, and appears to have professed Theology, Philosophy, Physic, and Medicine. He laboured under the suspicion of not being a hearty Protestant and ably defended himself. He was bursar of the college and deputy or curate for Dean Nowell, which is the strongest argument that could be adduced for the soundness of his creed, his learning, ability and character. In October, 1584, he records "Mr. Allex. Nowell, Deane of Paules owes mee for Wages xxx'','' and various other persons were indebted to him. {Inventory of Debts. ) He is the " Sir Hall " who had an annuity of x" granted to him out of the Collegiate revenues, and which Lord Burghley advised Bishop Chad- derton "to stale the pajmient thereof," and adds, that if he should repair to the Bishop for the same, his Lordship was to direct him to apply to Burghley for an answer, who says, "being such a man as you describe I cannot favour him." This was written on the I2th September, 1581. His "annuitie and arrearages" were probably paid, and the warden was found to be the culprit. (Peek's Desid. Cur., vol. 1, lib. iii, p. 37.) He lost his Prebendal stall at Worcester, but retained that of Manchester until his death. His Will is dated 22nd October, 1584, and he was buried in the Collegiate Church, in January, 1584-5, and his widow Margerie, on the 5th January, 1588. {Lives of Fel/ows of iManch. Coll., Lane. JIISS., vol. xli, pp. 129-30 ; — communicated by Canon Raines.) * "Mrs Langlaye'''' : May have been Cicely Langley, widow of Robert Langley of Agecroft, Esq. He died early in the reign of Elizabeth. ® '■'■Elizabethe and Anne reedfearne": See, for numerous Redfearnes, Index of Names, s.n, 7 " JoJui To7uenley": The four children of John Towneley, Esq., named in this entry would be Richard, born in 1566 ; John, born in 1567 ; and Jennet and Frances, his two eldest daughters. All the other sons and daughters, ten in number, were born after this date (June, 1569). ^ *' yames Bridgge" : The relation of the Bridges to the Nowells is indefinable. Some of them are named again some pages onward. ^ " Robfe heyley" : Thomas Healey of Lower Healey, in the manor of Rochdale, gent., holdeth by deed dated 22nd April, 4 Phil, et Mar., made by Thomas Healey, father of the said Thomas, to Robert Buckley of Buckley, gent. ; John Wolstenholme of Wolstenholme, gent. ; Arthur Whitehead of Dearnley, gent. ; and others as feoffees in trust for the use of Robert Healey his eldest son, and Elizabeth his ivife, and the heirs of their two bodies lawfully begotten, and for default of such issue, to remain to the said Thomas and his right heirs, a faire house in Healey, and divers lands worth 20/. a year adjoining to the lands of Abel Buckley of Buckley, Esq. (Note by Canon Raines, from Lane. MSS., vol. xxi, p. 210.) '" " Tho7ns Casson": Thomas Casson held copyhold lands at Wroe, in Spotland, paidsh of Rochdale, 12th June, 1571; and on the 30th April, 4 Jac, Thomas Holt of Stid, near Ribchester, Esq., conveyed lands in Spotland, near Rochdale, to Caleb, son of Wilfred Casson. (Raines's Lane. MSS., vol. vii, p. 26.) Samuel Casson held these lands in 1695, and John Casson in 1706. {Ibid, pp. 265, 27S. ) " "CiithberdScofild": Cuthbert Schofield was the son of James Schofield of Schofield Hall, in the parish of Rochdale, gent. He died without issue, and the family descent U 289 30 Junij 1569 Delyu^'ed John To his pishe Dothe London (Page 153 of the MS., folio 113 verso.) Cousin Elys Reedferne of Ratchdale' ^ o'" Aunte Elysabethe Reedfearne { ^ . one yard & a half of brood t ^ v^ in money ) in the p'fentes of vs ^ Seller^, Gylbarte Towenley, V w' whom remayn, clothe & Robte pyckringe, Alexander bradshayj ' Julij To his Cosin Ales wilde nowe wief to Edward Turnall ij yardes & a half, and to her husbande, one yard & a half, and to their Doughter Catherin Turnall,^ ij yardes & a half of London brode clothe, for a gowen yVi']^ in money at her mariage in the whole vj yardes & a half and in money to his faid Cosin & her husbande ijs & to her doughter to be delyu^ed by them at her marriage v* of the pishe of Ratchdale ,9^ J • ^i_ ") Delyu ed in the p sentes of vs Thoms haymons, Robte Pyckringe Thoms Jackeson henry Coney* & others. a" Julij 'po his Cosin Agnes Turnall wiefe to Rychard' Myller,^ ij yardes & a half of brod London clothe Sonne brood Rafife clothe Miller, and to and her eldeste yarde & a halfe of one of her other Number ij^ apece money in the pishe Delyu^ed in the p'^sentes of vs. Robte Towenley, John houghton Robte whitakers, willm huntington, Thoms Jacksone^/ I i 1 Children in the of holdam beinge whole feven xiiijs one eu^y )>xiiij8 in mone; in in 4» of Julij M'i that Ales hopwoode wiefe to John haworthe^ mother | to the iij nexte followinge, hade the xxv^^ of Junij in I vi Towenley v^ for her self, & for eu^y of her children xij*^ | " besyde the somes nexte vnder written in the whole viij^.. ^ To his Cosin John haworthe havinge a sore legge, & for his wief, of Burry parrishe havinge one childe, xxx^ in money to by them a cowe^ w'hall _ To his Cosin Rychard haworthe his wief^ one child, havinge noe house to dwele ij3 m money. * >xxxs m mone^ havinge in haworthe To his remainmge rth W Delyu^ed pishe in the w mother their of Ratchdale pishe cosin margerett haworthe mother Ales haworthe in Ales xxx^ m mon< John houghton, James otheres./ p sentes of vs. dwellinge "i Rachdale >\^ in money Gylbarte Towenley woulton Robte pyckringe^ w* v^i iiij^ in mo^; besydes clot:. 290 Notes aitd I llustrations. was continued in the issue of his brother Alexander Schofield, who succeeded him in the estate. Canon Raines has a note respecting a suit pursued in the Bishop's court, in 1561, by Cuthbert Schofield of Schofield, gent., for a divorce from Anne his wife, who was a natural daughter of Sir John Byron, on the ground of adultery, committed by her with one Michael Goodrich, gent., in the house of her husband, called Schofield Hall. On being discovered in her infidelity, Mrs. Anne Schofield fled with her paramour to Rochdale, thence to Ireland. " Cuthbert Scholfild of Scholfild, buried June 5th, 1605," at Rochdale. {Reg. Bk.) '2 ''Roger Gai-s/u-ad": This is meant for Roger Gartside, gent., of the family of Gartside of Gartside and Oakenrod, in Rochdale and of Ewood Bridge, near Haslingden. '=' "-Arthur Ashtonn of Ratchdale, gent.'" : Canon Raines, in a note to the Chetham Society's edition of Nicholas Assheton's "Journal," supplies information respecting this personage and his descendants. Arthur Assheton of Rochdale, attomey-at-law, was father of William Assheton of Clegg Hall, Esq., and of Edward Assheton, M. A., Rector of Middleton from 1584 to his death in June, 1618. Arthur Assheton, gent., had also eleven daughters. He died in 1593 ; and in his Will, dated 15 May, 33 Eliz. (1591), gives a legacy to his son Edward, "parson of Middleton," and nominates him and testator's dear friend Robert Holt of Ashworth, gent., and Robert Holt, his son, overseers of the Will. In 4 Elizabeth (1561), Richard Midgeley, clerk. Vicar of Rochdale, was against Arthur Assheton, Richard Holt, and others, in a suit as to glebe lands belonging to Rochdale Vicarage. {Cal. to Pleadgs., Due. Lane.) " "IVillm Beirerofte, John Seller, Thorns Jciekson, James -woolton'^ : (See Index of Names, s.n., for other occurrence of these names.) '* "Riehard hardnian of niiddliton" : Nothing appears on inquiry to enable me to identify this Richard Hardman of Middleton, described as "cousin" of Dean Nowell. Some other Hardmans, also "cousins" of the donor, are named two pages onward. The name frequently occurs m the Middleton Registers. '" "John hopwoodc of Ratchdale'": He may be connected with other Hopwoods named two pages onward. 17 * ^George Seller, John Seller": See Index of Names, s.n., for numerous "Sellers." (153) ' " Elys Reedferne of Ratchdale" : See Index of Names, s.n. ^ "John Seller, Gylbmte Tozoenley, Robte fyekringe, Alexander brad s hay" : John Sellers, Robert Pickering, and Alexander Bradshaw are heretofore named and noted as servants of Dean Nowell. Gilbert Towneley may have been a kinsman-dependant of John Towneley. I see no Gilbert of this period in any of the Towneley pedigrees. He was in holy orders, for he is named four pages onward in the text as " Gylberte Towenley, clerke." ' " Ales wilde Edward Turnall . . . . Catherin Turnall": See some pages onward for notes on Wyldes and Tumalls. * " Thonis hayvions, Robte Fyekringe, Thorns Jackeson, henry Coney": These witnesses of the payments, as those above, were either servants or kinsmen of Dean Nowell and John Tojvneley, Esq. « "Agnes Turnall. . . . Rychard Myller Raffe Miller": Richard Miller of Oldham Parish had, it appears, married Agnes Turnall, whose mother was a Wylde, and a relative of the Nowells. Richard Miller in 1569 had eight children, Ralph being his eldest son. ® "Robte Towejiley, John honghton, Robte Whitakers, wilhn huniitigtoft, Thovis Jaelisone": See Notes 2 and 4 supra. 7 " Ales hopwoode . . . John haworthe": These Haworths of Rochdale and Bury, who seem to have been in poverty and misfortune at this time, evidently owed their kin- ship to the Nowells to the circumstance of the mother of the family, "Ales hopwoode, wief to John Haworth," being a Hopwood ; and a previous entry at page 78 ante describes her as a widow and as a daughter of Pleniy Hopwood. I believe that her mother was Eleanor Kay, sister to Elizabeth Kay, Robert Nowell's and Dean Nowell's mother. If so, Henry Hopwood was the name of the member of the Hopwood family whom Eleanor Kay wedded, John Haworth by his wife Alice (Hopwood), had, as here stated, sons John Haworth and Richard Haworth, each married and having one child in 1569, when the second son, Richard, was living with his widowed mother at Rochdale, as was also her unmarried daughter, Margaret Haworth. On the next two pages other Hopwoods are named. ^ " to by them a cowe": Thirty shillings were given to this family of poor kinsfolk to purchase them a cow. That sum would buy a good cow in 1 569. In the Household Books of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe in Lancashire, from various entries relating to the buying and selling of cattle I take this as an example : " 1583. Bought in Blackburne the firste daye of Maye, one cowe, ids. lod." ' " Gylbarte Towettley, John honghton, James woulton, Robte pyckringe": See Note 2 supra. 2 U 291 S^of Julij (Page 154 of the MS., folio 113 sic) To his Cosin Lawrance wylde^ one yard & a half of brood London clothe, and to his wiefe iij yardes of whit Lancashir clothe, at xvj^ the yarde, and to his iij doughters, Anne, Jenet, and Dorethie eu y of them iij yardes at xv^ the yarde, to his doughters ^x^ in money, Janne, Catherin, and Ales, eu^y of them, ij yardes. to his sonnes Lawrance & willm wilde, eu'y of them one yeard & a half of London brood clothe, of the parishe of Ratchdale & eu^y of them beinge x in nomb"^ jli']^ apece_^ To his Cosin Edmund Turnall^ of Ratchdale parishe one yard & a half of brood London cloth, to his iij"" doughters Marie, Grace, & Ales, eu^ of them ij yeardes ,^ -^ .^^ money of Lanc'^ white, & to his wief iij yardes, at xv*^ the { •' ^' yeard, and ij^ vj"^ in money to him self & for eu y of his childrene xij*^ apece in the whole To his Cosin Janne wilde wiefife to Thoms Jacksonne' ij yeardes & a half of brood London clothe, to her husbande one yard & a half of the same to her sonne Robte one yard & a half of the same, and to the Janne wilde, iij^ yeardes of fyne_ Lacashir white, and to y^^.. .^ .^^ ^^^^^^ her doughter Elizabethe iij yardes of the fame at | ' ■' •' xviij*^ the yearde, in money to her self v^ & to her doughter v^, to her sonn Thoms Jackson v^ & to her sonne Robte ij^ v]^ of Brunley parishe in money in the whole more to the said Elizabethe Jacksonne^ for that ^ she was o'' mother Goddoughter ij yardes & a half V of London brood clothe to make her a gowen j Delyu ed in the presence'* of Gylbarte Towenley George feller, John houghton, Robte Pyckringe yth of juiij To his Cosin John hopwood^ one yarde & a half of brood London clothe, to his wieffe iij yeardes of fyne Lancashir white, at xviij<^ the yearde, toe I beinge )>iij^ in money to his his doughter Elizabethe, & Katherin childrene iij yardes of the same white, sonne Robte hopwood, one yard & a half of the fame & iij^ in money To his Cosin Rycharde hopwoode one yarde & a half] xij*^ in money. of brood London clothe & xij<^ in money f To his Cosin James hardman^, one yard & a half of brood London clothe, to his wifife Katherin hardmane iij yardes of Lancashir ^iij^ in money, white at xv*^ the yarde, & to their sonne I Edmunde hardmane ij yardes of the fame & iij^J To his Coson Robte Collinge^, one yeard & a ) ^..^j • „„„„„ half of London Clothe & xijiijs in money Lancashire white. to apece in the whole Delyu^ed in the p^'sentes of Gylberte Towenley.^ Thorns holden, Robte Pyckringe w'^ otheres vjt" of Julij A» 1569 To his cosni Robte hopwoode^ fonne to Barten ) ..,, . 1 J J tpr c xij^ m money hopwood one yard q*^'^ money j •' •' To his fyster Elizabethe hopwoode ii yardes )••<,. / ^ r 1] in money quarter, m money J •* •' Delyu'^ed in the p^sentes of Gylberte Towenley. John houghton. Robte pyckringe w'^^ others To his Aunte Elizabethe Chadwiecke* whoe~] was married to henrye Reedfearne, wyddowe | ij yardes & a half of brod London clothe, and iij^ ^vj^ viij'^ in money yeardes of Lancashir white to make her a :. petticoate of Ratchdale parishe in moneye J To his Cosin Thoms Reedfearne her' fonne, one yard & a half of London clothe & iij yeardes of Lancashir white for his wiffe & to his iiij Children vj* yeardes of white their Names are Elizabethe, henry, James i >n]^ m']^ in money and Jane & iij^ m]^ in monev ;;;d To his Cosin Janne Reedfearne married to peyres Tayller ij yeardes & a half of London clothe & iij yeardes of Lancashir white, and 1 ...g ■■■•^ • to her husbande v^ in money, to her 1 children Rycharde Bonaventure arthure & j ■} Elys vj yardes of white & iij^ 'iiijd J Delu'^ed in the p''fentes of Gylberte Towenley hughe Shuttellworthe, Thoms holden. To o'' Aunte hopwoode^ x^ ^ I To Raffe hopwood wyffe iij lyncn & iij^ iiij ' To Raffe hopwood vj'^ children, John^ hopwood, Anne hopwood, Jenet, and Janne I ...^ , hopwood marie & m geret, vj yeardes woollen f •' j & vj Lynen & to eu^y of them in money vj'^J J [ To o^' Cosin Rogere Nowell of Symondestone^ his ij fonnes John & Thoms Nowell : ij yeardes J-x^ in gold & a half of brood London clothe and in money To C Cosin Georges feller iij Childrene ij yeardes & a half of London clothe. & iij yeardes of fyne white wollen xlv^ viij*^ in money 1 besydes clothe. )>xvjs iiij*^ in mone 294 Notes and Ilhisti^ations. (155) ' " cosin ivylde'''' : A genealogical note on all the Wyldes named in the MS. is in- serted two pages onward. * " Gylberte Tawneley,^'' and hif7-a : See the name on pages preceding. ^ " Kobte Hoptvoode'''' : See infra for note on the Hopwood family. * ^^ Attnte Elizabdhe Chadiviecke^'' : This dame must have been a sister of Robert and Dean Nowell's father, for their mother being herself named Elizabeth could not have had a sister Elizabeth. In the Nowell Pedigree a daughter of Roger Nowell, Esq., and aunt of Dean Nowell, named Elizabeth, is entered as wife of Robert Challoner. Elizabeth Nowell's second husband may have been Henry Redfeame. This entry proves that she survived him, and then married one Chadwick, and was again a widow and living in Rochdale parish in 1569. To Henry Redfeame she bore several sons and daughters mentioned in the AIS. In the very next entiy appears her son Thomas Redfeame, his v/ife, and their four children, Henry, James, Elizabeth, and Jane. Another son was Ellis Redfeame (see two pages ante) of Rochdale parish, "with whom our Aunte Elizabethe Reedfearne dotlie remayn" ; he is elsewhere mentioned as of St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1578. James Redfeame was another son, named ante in an entiy of a gift of money sent in 1571 to Dean Nowell's aunt, "James Redfeame's mother" ; and John Redfeame of Worcester, "brother to James Red- feame," so described ante, was another of the sons. I tiave no doubt that Richard Redfeame, dwelling at Bewdley in 1571, and described as Robert Nowell's kinsman, was a fifth son. There were also daughters, Anne Redfeame, and (named on this page) "Jane Reedfearne, married to Peyres Taylor," who had children, Richard, Bonaventure, Arthur, and Ellis. From other sources we get slight allusions to this family. Henry Hamer of Hamer, parish of Rochdale, in his Will dated 1572, gives to " Agnes, the wife of Thomas Redfeame," I3J-. 4^. This Thomas Redfeame, whom 1 take to be the Thomas, eldest son of widow Redfeame of our MS. , died before the 44 Eliz. (1601), when the escheator's inquisition found that he had died seized of mes- suages, lands, and woodlands in Redfeame in Spotland and Wolstenholme in Spotland. He would be the Thomas Redfeame of the following notes by Canon Raines, from his Lane. MSS. " On the 20 April, 12 James I. (1614), certain lands in Spotland were sun-endered by Fi-ancis Wolstenholme, gent., and Elizeus and James Schofield, to Thomas Redfeame of Redfeame, senr., who held lands in Spotland by grant dated 2 October, 32 Eliz. (1589). James Schofield, gent., surrendered lands on Knoll More in Spotland, 30 August 1593, to Thomas Redfeame, senr. Thomas Redfeame of Redfeame, junr., held lands called Fallos in Spotland, by copy dated 20 October, 22 Eliz. These lands passed to James Redfeame, and 4 October, 3 Chas. I. (1627), Samuel Bamford of Bamford surrendered to him other lands for the lives of Mary, Martha, and Hester Redfeame. Gabriel Redfeame succeeded to the lands of his father Thomas Redfeame, senr." * " otcr Ajcnte Hopwoode" : Dean Nowell's aunt Hopwood was Eleanor Kay, his mother's sister, who married (as I make out by means of entries in the MS. previously noted) Henry Hopwood of Rochdale, gent. The husband was apparently dead in 1569, when aunt Hopwood is named more than once as still living (as in the present entry). The sons and daughters of Henry and Eleanor Hopwood were, I think, the following : sons, John Hopwood (who had a son Robert Hopwood and daughtei-s Elizabeth and Catherine) ; Ralph Hopwood of Heywood parish, living in 1569 (he had a son John Hopwood, and daughters Ann, Jenet, Jane, second wife, in 1580, of William Assheton of Clegg Hall, gent., Marie and Margaret) ; Richard Hopwood ; Bertin Hopwood (who had sons John Hopwood and Robert Hopwood, and a daughter Elizabeth) ; daughters, Alice Hopwood, living in 1569 (wife of John Ilaworth of Rochdale) ; Joane Hopwood (wife of Thomas Me)Ts) ; and Frances (wife of Robert Fowler). This family of Hopwoods was a branch of the ancient stock of Hopwood of Hopwood. No pedigree of this branch is found in any of the heraldic visitations, and the descents given above are wholly based upon entries in our MS. Canon Raines obligingly notes for us among his collections the following references to Hopwoods connected with the locality of Rochdale temp. Eliz., some of whom I believe will prove to be among those named in the MS. : — Married at Rochdale, "Edmund Hopwood cum uxor xvi Mail, 1585"; "Robert Hopwood, Par. Mydleton," married at Roch- dale 5 Dec. 1586. John Hopwood, son of Robert Hopwood, bapt. at Rochdale 2 April 1585 ; Robert Hopwoud, son of John Hopwood, bapt. 27 March 1585. John Hopwood, son of Thomas Hopwood, bapt. 2 April 1585. Richard Hopwood, dead in 1593, had a son John, bapt. at Rochdale 15 Jan. 1586. Robert Hopwood of Miln- row, husbandman, in his Will, dated 21 Dec. 1591, refers to lands he held of John Collinge, gent., by indenture of lease dated 23 May, 33 Eliz. (1590), which he gave to Mary his daughter ; appoints his wife Grace and daughter Mary executrixes ; trusty friends Mr. William Butterworth of Little Howarth, and his brother Edmund Hop- 295 vii,'" JuHj A" i56y half of bridges' )>xis vj^ in money >vnf nij'i in mone (Page 156 of the MS., folio 114,) To Jeames Bridge his Cosin' whoe hadde iij yeardes of brode London clothe & vj^^ in money as before the xxvijt'* of June apperethe more now in money to his iij Childrne, John Bridge, Elys brid & Anne bridge eu y of them a yeard & a Lancashir woollen clothe & to them vj^ a pece To Owen brocke his Cosin, margeret deceased her husbande, one yearde di of L. Clothe & iij^ iiij*^. and to his children, Elys Broke, iij yeardes of Lancashire white, ij yeardes of Leynen and in moneye ij^ To his fonne Rychard Brocke iij yeardes of wollen ij yeardes Lynen & xij^^ in money to his doughf brocke ij yeardes iij q*^'^^ wollen. & ij yeardes Lenen ijs money To his Cosin Rycharde wyld^ of mydlieton parishe ^ deceased his wieffe beinge a wyddowe iij yeardes of >-ij^ in money Lancashir wollen ij yeardes di Lynen & in moneye ... J To his & her children, to Ales wylde married to "j Willm Tayler of holdam parishe iij yeardes wollen V ijMn money & ij yeardes & a di Lynen in moneye ...j To her husband a yeard & a di of London clothe to her & his iij children Anne Tayller ij yeardes wollen & a yeard & iij qte» Lynen. To Ales Tayller a yearde , ^^^ „ ^^ money iij q*^''^ wollen a yeard & a half Lynen to margerie j -' ^ Tayller a yeard & a half wollen, a yeard q**^'^ Lynen | & to eu^y of them vj*^ in money J To his Cosin mary wilde Dough ter to Rycharde wilde deceased iij yardes of wollen, ij yeardes & a di of Lynen & ij^ in money to her sonne Rubine. ij yeardes & a di. wollen To his Cosin Isabell wylde another doughter of the said Rycharde wilde iij yeardes wollen & ij yeardes & a di. Lynen & in money To Tanne wyld iij yeardes wollen & ij yeardes & a di. ) ... . T •' o ■ > i]3 m money. Lynene. & m money j •' -^ To Elizabethe , doughter vnto Edmond wylde S deceased iij' yeardes wollen ij yeardes & a di. [-xij^ in money Lynen & xij** in money j To his Cosin Lawrance Turnall fonne'1 vnto Edmunde Turnall one yearde & a half >ij' in money of London clothe ij yeardes Lynen & in moneyj Delyu ed in the p sentes of Gylberte Towenley, Thoms holden, Even haddocke, James woulton, Thoms crabtree, and John Sellere./ xxxiiijs iiij"^ besydes clothe. ■ij» in money. ij' in money. 296 Notes and Ilhistrations. wood, supervisors ; names James Hopwood, Cuthbert Schofield, gent., James Hamer, Henry Holt, &c. Grace Hopwood the widow married, 5 Sept. 1592, Robert Mayall or Meall, yeoman, of Butterworth Hall. William Assheton of Clegg Hall, Esq., married Jane, daughter of [? Henry] Hopwood of Spotland Gate, gent.; she died 10 April 1589, leaving issue, two sons and three daughters. Theophilus Assheton, the eldest son, names in his Will, 17 James I. (1619), his uncles, James, Leonard, Anthony, Richard, and Daniel Hopwood, all younger sons of Hopwood of Hopwood. Some of these Hopwoods settled in ^Ianchester. In 1562, Ralph Hopwood had a suit with George Preudlove, about a messuage, cottages, and gardens in Manchester ; and in 1565, the same Ralph Hopwood, claiming to be seized in fee, prosecuted James Chetham, Katherine his wife, and John Travers, as trespassers upon a burgage or tenement in Milnegate, Manchester. Robert Nowell, in his Will, gave to each of his aunt Hopwood's children then living, a legacy of 7/. * " Roger Nowell of Symondcstone" : He is described as "cousin" of Dean Nowell, and was very likely son of an unrecorded son of Dean Nowell's grandfather. He had two sons living in 1569, John Nowell and Thomas Nowell. Symonstone is a town- ship adjoining Read, on the east. (156) 1 '■^Jeames Bridge Ms cosin'''': Intended for James Briggs ; named four pages a7tte, along with his daughter, the wife of Robert Heley, and Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Casson. Here, three other children, John, Ellis, and Anne, are named. Margaret Bridge, deceased, of the entry following, may have been his sister ; she was wife of Owen Brock (? Brook), and mother of Richard Brock. Canon Raines informs us that James Briggs' son, Ambrose Briggs, was, in June, 1598 (and in 1601) one of the chaplains or curates of the Collegiate Church of Manchester. {Lane. MSS., vol. xliii, p. 35.) ' " Rychard Wyld," and other Wildes on this page : See note to entiy on next page. 3 " Lazvrance Tiirnall Edward Turnall": See ante, p. 293, Note 2. 297 d (Page 157 of the MS., folio 114 verso) ^"/"''j To his cosin Lawrance wilde^ of Midlieton pished one yeard & a half of brode London clothe ij yeardes !-xijtie) his sons Edmund, Laurence, William and Ellis ; and daughters Ann, Jenet, Margaret, Dorothy,Jane, Catherine, and Alice. His son Edmond Wilde, by Alice his wife, had sons Edmond, William, Ralph, and Laurence ; daughters Jenet, Elizabeth, and Alice. William Wilde, another son of Laurence, and Ellis Wilde his brother, are named ; also their sisters, Margaret Wilde, and her son Thomas ; and Jenet Wilde, late wife of James Lees, of Oldham Parish, and her children, John, Laurence, Edmond, Elizabeth, and Jenet Lees. 2. Richard Wilde of IMiddleton Parish, "cosin" of Dean Nowell ; he had a son Abraham Wilde ; and brothers John Wilde ; " Laurence Wilde of Chatterton of holdam parishe;" and Edward Wild of Middleton; all named on this page of the A/S. 3. Robert Wilde of Oldham Parish, named in the text two pages back as "cosin Wylde of Oldham Parish ;" who, by Margery his wife, had sons Ottewell Wilde and John Wilde, and a daughter Margaret. I connect the "cosin Wylde of Oldham" with "Robert Wylde" of an entry at page 264, who had in July, 1573, a gift of money for his son John Wylde, a scholar. The son, John Wilde, is met with subsequently as Minister of Saddleworth, in the county of York, who died in 1592, and in his Will, dated 23rd December, 1592 (cited by Canon Raines in his admirable edition of Bishop Gastrell's iXoiitia Cestrieitsis, vol. ii, pt. i, pp. 144-5), mentions his brother Ottiwell Wilde named above. John Wilde the minister bequeathed the benefit of certain leases he had " to a godly preacher to be provided and nominated " to succeed him at Saddleworth, on condition that six sufficient men of Saddleworth should deliver into the hands " of my two brethren in the parish of Oldham to pay in one year unto Ottiwell Wild, my younger brother, 20/., for the use of John Wild his son, to spend in books and learning, both in the country and at one of the Univer- sities," &c. Among other legacies, testator gives "to my brother Ottiwell Wild of Cowleyshaw, a pair of bed-stocks; and I appoint him my executor." Canon Raines informs me that the Wildes of Cowlishaw, in Shaw, par. of Oldham, were an old yeoman family, and that from them sprung the Wilds of Thornham, in j\Iiddleton Parish. " Edward Atkinson of Castleton, yeoman, holdeth by deed dated I Apr. 14 Jac. I., granted by Edmund Milne of Whitfield in Oldham parish, James Scholes of Chadderton and Ottiwell ^/^j'A/t- of Buerdsall, yeoman, a copyhold messuage and 51a. 3r. on Buerdsall Moor, valued at 22/. los. a year." (Lane. A/SS., vol. xxi, p. 25.) 4. Richard Wilde of Middleton Parish, named on the preceding page ol the A/S. as "cosin" of Dean Nowell, and deceased before 1569, when his widow had a gift of money. This Richard Wilde had daughters, Alice (wife of William Taylor of Oldham Parish, who had children Anne, Alice, and IMargery Taylor) ; Mary Wilde, Isabel Wilde, and probably Jane Wilde. He had also a son, mentioned previously as "Wilde of Middleton parishe in Lancashire," along with "his mother Wyddow Wilde" and his "syster IsabcU \Yylde." 299 (Page 158 of the MS., folio 115.) To Eliz' fliepard' married to Edwarde Lache iiij | ..^ yeardes wollen. & iiij yeardes Lynen & in money j ' •^ To her husbande Edward Lache one yearde ) ..^j & a di. London clothe. & ij yeardes & a di. lynene / " ■' To Robt wild fonne vnto Olyu^ wylde. iiij yeardes ) ..^ of wollen & ij yeardes & a di. of lynen j ' ^ To his Cosin Anne Dean^ douehter vnto John ^ Deane of Towenworthe in blakeborne parishe iij yeardes wollen. iij lynen & ij' in money Delyu'ed all the Laste Leaf & these in the p''sentes of vs Gylber[t] Towenley. Even haddocke, John feller, Robte Ingham. James woulton Alexander bradshaye Y^y xn" of Julij A» 1569 To the children of Christofor wilde^ of holdam parishe' Elizabethe, henr\^, Thoms & Ales, eu-^y of them ij yeardes di. Lynen, and to Isabell Valantine Elis eu y of them, ij yeardes wollen & one lynene in the whole vij yeardes wollen & tenne Lynene To the Children of Randell wylde to Adam, Raffe, Edwarde eu y of them, ij yeardes di. lynen & in the whole vij yeardes di. and to Dynnes & IMary, ij yeardes di. to eyther of them in the whole v yeardes. To the children of henry wilde, Thoms, Anne, & John, to eu y of them ij yeardes di. Lynen, tota'^ vij ydes di. and to Edmunde, henry, and Elizabethe eu^y of them ij. yeardes tota'^ vj yeardes ^xvij' To the children of Raffe wylde of Rachdall parishe John, Grace, Anne, eu^y of them ij. di. Lynen tota vij di. Lynen. and to Alis, Janne, & jMichaell, eu^y of them. ij. wollen. in the whole vj yeardes. To the children of Edmond pishe, to Anne, Janne, Edmonde, eu^y of them, ij whole xij di. Lynen, and henry, James, eu^y of them, tota' viij" yeardes. & to euerie pece beinge xxxiiij'^ in nomber. to them all Delyu'ed in the p^sentes of Gylberte Towenley Clearke, Thoms Pyrry, Thoms Jacksonne, w'^' others. 22" besydes the clothe./ m mone wylde, of Rachdall margeret, Thoms, di. Lynen, to Jenet, ij yeardes. of them m the ALirie, wollen. vj'i a tota''' in money 300 Notes and Ilhistrations. 5. Oliver Wilde, on the next page of the MS. ; he had sons, Robert, and James (who had a daughter Anne). 6. Christopher Wilde of Oldham Parish (see next page of MS.). He had sons, Henry, Thomas, Valentine, and Ellis ; daughters, Elizabeth, Alice, and Isabel. 7. Randall Wilde, whose sons Adam, Ralph, Edward, and Dynnes (Dennis), and daughter Mai-v, are named. 8. Henry ^Vilde, whose sons Thomas, John, Edmund, and Henr}', and daughters Anne and Elizabeth, are named. Canon Raines notes that on 29 Sept., 1658, Henry Wilde a blacksmith, Adelicia his wife and Robert their son conveyed lands on Cas- tleton Moor to Lawrence Gaskell, gent. (Lane. MSS., vol. vii, p. 87.) 9. Ralph Wilde of Rochdale Parish, whose sons John and Michael, and daughters Grace, Anne, Alice, and Jane, are named. 10. Edmond Wilde of Rochdale Parish, whose sons Thomas, Edmond, Henry, and James, and daughters Anne, Jane, Margaret, Jenet, and Marie, are named. Canon Raines has a note that ^'Edmund Wylde of Castleton in Rochdale yeoman, holds by deed dated 20 Apr. 1 591 a messuage and half a moiety of a parcel of land called Fermeliill, being loa. 2r. 3p., valued at 14'' a year." {Lane. MSS., vol. vii, p. 87.) 1 1. Edmond Wilde of Middleton parish, "cosin " of Dean Nowell, named two pages onward in the MS. He had, by his wife Anne (besides a daughter Isabel), sons, Richard (married before 1569, when Ellen, his wife, is named), Thomas, Roger, John (servant with his brother, Owen), and Owen. The last named was probably an elder son than John, Thomas, and Roger. He is specially described in \X\q. MS.: — "To Owen Wilde, servante to Mr. Beron and sonne to olde Edmunde, whoe hath iij chil- drene, James, Catherine, and Jane." His wife also is mentioned, but not by name. Owen Wilde's master, Air. Beron, was John Byron of Clayton, Esq., heir to Sir John Byron. 12. Ralph Wilde, whose wife Margery, and children, Geoffrey, William, and Mar- geiy, are named. 13. Thomas Wilde of Oldham parish, "cosin" of Dean Nowell, named six pages onward in the MS. By Margaret, his wife, he had a son Christopher, and a daughter Anne. 14. Adam Wilde of Rochdale parish, whose wife Isabel!, and children, James, Edmund, Isabel, and Johanne, are named. 15. Edward Wilde of Oldham parish, whose wife Isabel, and their five children, James, Thomas, Anne, Alice, and Elizabeth, are named. 16. Nicholas Wilde of Oldham parish, whose wife is referred to, and whose six children, Edward, Ottiwell, Alice, Agnes, Margaret, and Isabell, are named. He probably was the same with "Nicholes Wilde of the Wood-house," of a prior entry. (Index of Names, s.n.) Besides these distinct households of Wildes, individual members are frequently named, e.g., William Wilde, scholar of Middleton School; Richard Wilde, at Braze- nose College, from Middleton School ; Richard Wilde, who came to London at the suit of the vicar of Silkstone, in the county of York; Thomas Wilde, scholar at Buiy School; Alice Wilde, whose husband was Edward Turnall; "cosin" Jane Wilde, wife of Thomas Jackson ; Elizabeth Wilde, daughter of Edward, deceased; Agnes Wilde, wife of Henry Scholes of Oldham parish; Alice Wilde, wife of Chadwick, son of Alice Chadwick; Margaret Wilde, wife of Henry Clege (Clegg) of Rochdale parish, whose children were, Henry Clegg (his children, Henry and Beatrice), Ottiwell, Alice, and Elizabeth ; Hugh Wilde of Oldham Parish, and Margaret Wilde of the same parish ; with others. Canon Raines notes : — " Henry Clegg holds copyhold lands in Buerdsall in the manor of Rochdale granted by Sir John Byron and others by deed dated 8 March, 6 Jac, to his father Francis Clegg, and formerly held by his grandfather Henry Clegg deceased, called Halfacre Gate." [Lane. A/SS., vol. xxi, p. 27. ) All these Wildes, being classed as kinsfolk of the Nowells, must have sprung from a common progenitor within not more than two generations. (158) 1 " Eliz Shepard" and James and Margaret Sheparde in the last entries on preceding page : See note on the Sheppard family two pages onward. * "■ An7ie Dean": See ante, p. 80, for a note on the family of Deane of Tunworth in Blackburn parish. ' •' Christofor Wilde'": See note to preceding page, supra, on all the Wildes. 301 • •■ten XllJ (Page 159 of the MS., folio 115 verso.) juiij To his cosin Anne hopwood^ "1 ^° ^^^'^ doughter to rafife hopwood of hawod parishe ^xij*^ iij' yeardes wollen ij di. Lynen in money j To his cosin Edmonde wilde^ of middliton parish ) ..^ one yeard di. of brode clothe in money j ' ^ To his wyffe Anne Wilde iij"^ yeardes wollen xij'^ iij yeardes of Lynen & in money f •• To Isabell wylde Daughter to Edmonde y^i' To Rychard Wilde, sonne to the said Edmonde ) r Wylde iij yeardes wollen & in money j To Ellen wild wifife to the said Rycharde \ -^ iij yeardes wollen & in money j ■' To Thoms wilde & Roger wilde, sonnes to the said Edmunde, beinge children. iij ^xij** yeardes q*^"^ wollen, & xij'^ in money To John wild fonne to the said Edmunde servante w*^ his brother Owen, beinge m'^ }-xij*^ beron his servante, iiij yeardes lynen To Owen wilde fervante to m' Beron" ij di. lynen & vj*^ & fonne to olde Edmunde whoe hathe iij childrene, James Catherin, & Janne, beinge children iij. yeardes wollen, & ij yeardes Lynene & vj<^ a pece in money _ To his wifife their mother, iij. yeardes wollen vj^ To Andrewe Sheparde^ of Ratchdale parishe ) .^ ij yeardes di. Lynen & vj*^ in money j ■' To his wifife margerie Shepard. iij wollen & vj*^ To their iij children, Thoms, Margeret") & Lawrance, beinge very yonge iiij yeardes >-xviij<^ wollen & in money j To Isabell Shepard wyddow late wifife to John ) .^ Sheparde iij yeardes wollen & in money j ^ To her vj children Gilberte ij lynene vj'^ To Lawrance Sheparde ij lynen & vj<^ To her sonne James, Ann, Agnes, ^l"s Margeret beinge yonge ix yeardes di. wollen j ^ To Margeret Shepard. iij. wollen. nowe ) .^ wifife to Lawrance Shawe & in moneye j ^ To Margerie Shepard nowe wifife to James \ .^ hill, iij yeardes wollen in money j •^ To the said James hill "iij* Lynen vj'^ To their. iij* children. James, Andrewe,"^ Isabell, Elizabethe, v. yeardes wollen & to eu^y Vij^ of them v}^ apece J Delyu^ed in the p^sentes of George Seller, Alexander Bradshay, Thoms Jacksonn, 20'/besydes John houghton & James woulton.^ the clothe. 302 Notes and Illustrations. (159) 1 " Anne kopwood" : See. ante, p. 155, Note 5, for general account of the Hopwood famOy. * " Edmonde Wilde", and other ])ersons named Wilde on this page: See annota- tion on all the Wildes of the MS. two pages ante. s '^ Andrrwe Sheparde,'" and other persons of that name on this page : See account of the Sheppard family on the following page. Note i. * " George Seller, Alexander Bradshay, Thomas Jaekson, John hoitghton, Javies Woulton^': See Index of Names, s.n., for other references and relative notes on these servants of Dean Nowell, &c. 303 xhj° Julij A» 1569 xijd (Page 160 of the MS., folio 116.) To Ellen Shepharde' now wiffe to willm Scofild of Burie parishe iij yeardes of wollen, to the said r ■•■^ Scofild to his yonge child Jenet Scofild one ' ■' yeard q*®"" & in money to theym To Agnes Shepard now wifife to roger tayler of Ratchdale parishe iij wollen }'-"^ij*^ To the same Roger ij di. Lynen , To Grace Shepard nowe wiffe to James filden^ iij yeardes of wollen, To the said James filden | ij yeardes di. Lynen. To his iiijr children )>iij Margaret, Jenet, James, Elizabethe iiij Lynen & iij wollen in money To Elizabethe Shepard now wiffe to Edward Lache, & to the said as before To Anne wild Daughter to James wilde^ whoe was Sonne to Olyu"^ wilde iij wollen & in money To Agnes wild wiffe to henry Scholes of holdam parishe.^ iij. wollen & ij yeardes di. lynen To her husbande. ij" di. Lynen To her children Thorns, ij di. Lynen To Isabell ij yeardes di. Lynen ^iiij^ vj To Elizabethe. ij di. Lynene Maget ij di. lynen .. To henry one di. wollen To ann one woolen To Jeane j yeard wollen. [To margarett Casson iij' Lynen — erasure] tota^ in money To margeret Cassone"* iij Lynen To her vj'^ childrene Agnes casonne ij yeardes di. Lynen To Catherin ij yeardes Lynene To Ales ij yeardes Lynene r^i'j'* ^j To James one yeard di. Lynene To Elizabeth one yeard di. Lynen To Rye. one yeard Di Lynene in the whole xv'-'^ in Lynen. & in money To her husband John Dawson, ij. yeardes di. Lynen Chadwicke^ fonne to his cosin alis to his wiffe & to his fe.xe childrene yv^ Lynen & v^ in money I id 1 To Ales Wilde, xv^eii di Delyu^ed in the p^sentes of George Seller Alexander Bradshaye John houghton James woulton 198 / 6"^ besydes clothe. 304 Notes and Ilhtstrations. (i6o) ' " Ellen Sheparde," Sec: The persons named Sheparde, in this and several pre- ceding pages of the Tl/i"., doubtless were sons and daughters of Ehzabeth Sheparde, or Shepparde, widow, who has been before noted (see ante, p. 79, Note 3) as a kins- woman of Robert Nowell, and a legatee under his Will. Whether this widow was aunt or cousin of Dean Nowell and his brother cannot be shown. Her husband was dead before 1568, and his name does not occur in the MS. "Mrs. Shepharde, Widdow," and her daughter Mrs. Overton, had black gowns at the funeral of Robert Nowell (see ante, p. 8.) Five years later, in 1573, she is mentioned as "Mrs. Shep- herde, a poor widdowe," and had then a gift of 10s. from Dean Nowell. In 1574, she had two gifts of 20s. and loj-. She was mother, I think, of the following: — i. Andrew Shepparde of Rochdale parish (see preceding page) who by his wife Margery had issue, Thomas, Lawrence, and Margery ; 2. John Shepparde, dead before 1569, whose widow, Isabell Shepparde, is named, with her children, Gilbert, Lawrence, James, Ann, Agnes, and Margaret ; 3. James Shepparde of Rochdale parish, described (two pages a«/t) as Dean Nowell's "cosin," whose wife was Margaret Shepparde; 4. A daughter unnamed, wife of Henry Speller of Edmunton (see ante, pp. 262-3, 264-5); 5- A daughter unnamed, described as "Mrs. Overton, our Brother Rob'te Kynswoman," and as " Sheparde daughter," — she had issue ; 6. Elizabeth Shepparde, wife of Edward Lache (see two pages aiiteTvad infra on this page of the text) ; 7. Mar- garet Shepparde, wife of Lawrence Shasve ; 8. Margery Sheppard, wife of James Hill, who had in 1569 four children, James, Andrew, Isabell, and Elizabeth ; 9. Ellen Shepparde, of the present entry, wife of William Scofild of Bury parish, who had in 1569 a young child Jenet Scofild ; 10. Agnes Shepparde, wife of Roger Taylor of Rochdale parish; and 11. Grace Shepparde, wife of James Filden, who had in 1569 four children, James, Margaret, Jenet, and Elizabeth. Edward Lache (popular pro- nunciation of Leach), named as having married Elizabeth Shepparde, probably was father of a later Edward Leach, yeoman, who held lands in Levengreave in Whitworth hamlet by copy dated 17 Nov., 1603, called I^ewbank, being 12a. or. 3op. On the 7 Oct., 1652, Edward Leach is described as being blind, old, and decrepit, but still living ; and that Edward Leach, sen., and Edward Leach, jun., then surrendered this land to Mr. Raphe Hamer of Steade, excepting two acres which Theophilus Assheton, Esq., of Clegg Hall, conveyed 28 April, 12 Jac, to John Duckworth, father of James Duckworth, who then held the same. (Canon Raines' Lane. AISS., vol. xxi, p. 223.) "^ "Anne Wild James Wilde" : See ante, pp. 229-301, for annotation upon the whole family of Wilde. 3 "Henry Scholes of Jioldham" : He had married Agnes Wilde, a daughter of one of the Wildes before noted, kindred of the Nowells, and had children, Thomas, Henry, Isabel, and Elizabeth. ■* " Margarett Casson'''' : Her husband is named John Dawson below, but as her children are named Casson the husband's name should be John Casson. He might be akin to Thomas Casson, named and noted ante, pp. 288-9. * ^^ Ales chadwicke" : See ante, p. 295, for note on the family of Chadwick. X 305 xiii» Julij To A« 1569 -^^ } xijd yx.^ (Page 161 of the AIS., folio 116 verso.) his cosins the children of Lyonerd cronshey' by his later wifife Eliz Whitaker his fysters Daughter & fyrste to Mary cronshaye ij yeardes di. wollen & ij yeardes Lynen To Robte cronshey. ij yeardes q^er wollen & one di. lynen )>ixs To Ellen cronshey. ij. yeardes wollen & one y*^« j q^^r lynen To Eliz cronshey. one yeard wollen one lynen .., to eu^y of them xij11JS (Page 163 of the 3IS., folio 117 verso.) To his cosin Thorns wilde' of holdam pishe to margaret wilde his wifife, to Christofore wilde his sonne, to Anne wyld his daught^ to tham all vj yeardes lynen & in money To Adam wilde of Ratchdale ^ishe ~ To Isabell his wiffe, To his iiij' children James, Isabell, Johanne, Edmunde, to them all vij. yeardes lynen _ To Isabell wild & to her husbande Edwarde wilde, of holdam pishe & to their fiue children, Anne, James, Ales, Elizabeth di. & Thorns to them all xj yeardes a lynen & in money To Margerie wild beinge vnmaried iij. yeardes ] .^ lynen & in money J ^J To Nicholes wild of holdam pishe his wiffe \ & vj children. Ales, Edwarde, Agnes, marget Miij® otewell, & Isabell to them xij yeardes di. lynen & j To his brother raffe wilde, his wiffe & iij S>iiij« all IJ^ VJ ;d children, Geoffrey, magrie, willm to them V yeardes Lynen & in money to Margerie wild his wief & ij children to them ] ...^ all V yeardes lynen & in money j" ^^ To Isabell wilde maried to Thoms lee of R. pishe \ & to her. iij. children, IMarget, Edwarde, Viij^ Otewell Elizabethe to them all vj lynen &j To Agnes Chitam Nice to Edmund wylde^ whoe was maried to Robte Bowker of holdam^ r iiij" pishe J To Isabell Anderton Nice to ]\Iargerie wilde ] ..^ of burie pishe. iij yeardes of Lynen & in money j ^ To her fyster & to her ij. children, Samwell ") ..^ .^ & John, ij yeardes Lynen & ij^ v]^ in money XV th their iij^ M.^ that these aboue written hadde the Day of Julie emongeste them, for charges at Brunley^ To Lawrance holker* & his wiffe xij*! To Katherin Butterworthe^ [erasure] that ) .^ cam w*^ them j •' Delyu'ed in the p^sentes of them whose Names are fubscribed, Robte Dalton, Rychard Ashton, Robte Pyckringe.^ iiij*! iiij ^* xij yardes in broade Lodon clothe^ at vij* y« yarde. xxxi^i iiij^ 32^/10'^; in money besydes clothe./ 310 Notes and Illustrations. (163) 1 " Thorns Wilde'" : For note on this and other members of the family of Wilde named on this page, see ante, page 299, Note i. " '^ Agttes Chitam Rob'te Bo^vker of holdam" : "Chitam" stands for Chet- ham. Robert Bowker I do not identify. 3 " Charges at Bninley " : Some of these kinsfolk from Rochdale district I dare say came to Burnley to receive the gifts of cloth and money Dean Nowell had for them • and the Dean gave them extra money to defi-ay some charge incurred at a Burnley hostelry. * " Lawrance Holker" : See Index of Names, s.n., for other mention of the Holker family, who belonged to Read township (the seat of the Nowells), near Whalley. ^ '■'■ Katherin Bitttetivorthe" : Index of Names, s.n. * ^' Rob'te Dalton, Rychard Ashton, Robte Pyck/'inge" : The last of these was Dean Nowell's servant. I do not identify Robert Dalton and Richard Ashton. 7 " Broade Lodon clothe," &c.: This entry is in the handwriting of Dean NowelL ,11 Whalley. yth of Julij A" 1569. XIJ' vij° Julij A° 1569. (Page 164 of the AIS., folio 120.) Geven to the poor of the parishe of Whalley' To his cosin Isabell Nowell Daughter to christofor"" Nowell. some tyme baylyf of whalley^ ij yeardes of wollen. iij. yeardes of Lynen for her self, and for ^ij« her childe one yeard of wollen & one of Lynen & in money To Rychard Thorpe of wiswalP one yeard di. of) London clothe & in money j Deliuered in the p^sentes of them whose names are subscribed, John Seller, Thorns hamonde, James walton.* To the Towen of whalley^ to fhr James Jenynges p^ste.^ iij. yeardes of London clothe, iij. London cloth to willm Cooke iij wollen to Tohn Cooke ) .... , , !: -^ ^ , - nil yeardes lynen James Cooke J Blinde Jenet^ iij yeardes wollen John Attoughe^ iij yeardes wollen Agnes Atough ij yeardes lynen. Robte Atoughe one di. Lynen Anne Atoughe one yeard di. linen. Janne, Jenet Atoughe ij yeardes di. linen. Vx Willm Mitton ij yeardes di. linen. henrie Mitton one yearde di. linen. Rychard ij yeardes di. wollen. Willm mitton ij yeardes wollen. Robte, Jenet, mitton iij yeardes wollen. Thoms Mitton (blinde man) ... iij yeardes wollen. Margaret Claiton iij yeardes di. lynen Isabell clayton ij yeardes linen Catherin claiton ij yeardes Linen Elizabethe one yeard di. wollen Ric^ Parkinson ij yeardes linen Elizabethe parkinson iij yeardes wollen Margeret ij yeardes linen Elizabethe one yeard di. linen Johann Robte ij yeardes di. wollen Vx Jacob Johnson iij yeardes wollen John Grison ij yeardes linen Rychard Graisone one yearde di. lynen Marget ij yearde wollen Janne one yeard di. Linen. Margeret Coore ij yeardes i Janne Binson ij yeardes lynen. Jenet Sourbuttes^ ij yeardes di. linen Thoms Bailief'° ij yeardes di. wollen Raffe ffilden'i ij yeardes one q*^"^ wollen Thoms Lawe'2 ^ jj yeardes linen Margerie Lawe iij yeardes wollen. henry Lawe ij yeardes linen Edward Lawe ij yeardes linen iij* in money besydes clothe./ ^12 1 qter -vvollen. Notes a?td Illustrations. (164) ' '■'poor of the parishe of W/ianey" : These gifts of cloth to the poor of the district in Lancashire with which Dean Nowell and his brotlier Robert were connected by birth and family attachment, were made by Dean Nowell in person during his visit to Lancashire in July, 1569. The distribution extended to the families of tenant farmers and peasantry in the townships of Whalley, Padiham, Symonston, Read, Wiswell, Pendleton, Hapton, Bumley, Habergham Eaves, Cliviger, Worsthome-cum-Hurstwood and Extwistle-cum-Briercliffe, in the parish of Whalley ; of Little Mitton township in Mitton parish ; and of Billington township in Blackburn parish. Altogether, in round figures, about 1,600 persons in this corner of Lancashire shared in this bounty, and, in the winter of 1569-70, so many poor people might have been found comfortably clad in garments made out of the linen and woollen cloths so freely dispensed by Dean Nowell and John Towneley, Esq., as executors of the charitable trust of Robert Nowell, Esq. 2 " Isabell N'owell, daughter to Christofor Nowell, some tyme haylyf of Whalley" : I think it very likely that Christopher Nowell, sometime bailiff of Whalley, was an uncle of Dean Nowell, i.e. Christopher Nowell, son of John Nowell, Esq., who is named among the sons of the latter in the inquisition after his death in 1525. He was probably dead before the date f'1569), but had left a daughter, described as "cosin" of the Dean, who received a gift of cloth for herself and her child, and 2s. in money. ^ " Rye hard Thorpe of IViswair' : The same person " Ric. thropp" of Wiswell town- ship near Whalley, was assessed to the Easter Roll of Whalley Church in 1553. (Cheth. MiseelL, edited by Canon Raines, vol. v, p. 17.) * " jfokn seller. Thorns hainonde, James Wolton" : These attestors of the gifts were each Whalley men ; the last-named, James Wolton, was Dean Nowell's secretary ; Thomas Hammond was his brother-in-law ; and John Sellers also was a kinsman. '" " To-cuen of Whalley" : That is, the Township of Whalley. Whalley is not, and was not then, what in modern usage of the word we call a town, but a pretty village. ® "'Jlir fames Jenynges, p'ste " : Sir James Jenings, priest, of this entry, was not vicar of Whalley at this time ; and being designated priest, I infer that he was one of the pre-reformation priests of the district (some of whom were discharged on small pensions upon the accession of Elizabeth in 1558), who was living at Whalley in 1569. Dean Nowell included the old priest in the distribution of gifts, Puritan though he was himself. ' " Blinde yenet" : The surname of this poor blind woman is omitted; — she is described, as she would be spoken of by the villagers of Whalley, simply as "Blind Jenet." ^ yohn Attotighe," &c. : This surname is still found in Blackburn and Whalley, but is now spelled Eatough ; yet is probably pronounced as anciently spelled — Atough. * "Jenet Soitrbitties" : A family of Sowerbutts, of Sowerbutts Green in Samlesbury, were concerned in the Lancashire Witchcraft Trials in 1612 (see Potts' Discoverie of Witcheraft, in Chetham Society's publications). The surname is still met with locally. '" Thoms Bailicf" : The modern spelling of this name is Bailey or Bayley. ^' " Raffe filden" : This local surname is now changed to Feilden. ^* " Thoms Laive" &c. : These several persons of the name of La we in Whalley would be of the same clan with the Lawe family noted previously (see ante, p. 307). 313 (Page 165 of the MS., folio 120 verso.) ^AOi^g vx Edward Craven' iij. yeardes wollen John Dilworthe iij. yeardes wollen Willm^ Gregsonne^ ij. yeardes di. wollen. Jenet Gregsonne ij. yeardes linen. Janne Gregsone ij. yeardes wollen. Thorns hatherwood ij. yeardes linen. Georges hallidaye iij. yeardes wollen. Isabell foster ij. yeardes linen. Catherin foster ij. yeardes linen Marie one yeard di. linen. Thorns foster ij yeards iij q*®''^ wollen. Isabell Gregson iij. yeardes of woollen. Margerie Sager iij. yeardes wollen. Willm Licase one yeard wollen, & ij linen. Agnes Lycas iij. yeardes wollen. Thorns & Rychard Lycas iij. yeardes wollen Lawrance haye iij yeardes wollen. Jenet haye iij. yeardes wollen. Arthur.... one yeard di. linen. James holker^ & margerett iij yeardes wollen. Janne Isabell iiij yeardes linen. Elen, Agnes, Ric, Elizabethe, holker v yeardes di. wollen. Grace Bradell* iij yeardes wollen. John, Jenete, bradell iiij yeardes linen. Elizabethe Margaret breadell iij yeardes hnen. Cicily bradell one yeard wollen. Ales mane iij. yeardes. wollen. John halton ij" yeardes wollen. Jane Dobson one yeard iijq'^^''^ wollen. Eles Breres ij ■ yeardes linen Grace, Isabell, Elizabeth Breres) ... , ,, ... ,. o ^ . > nj yeardes wollen ni hnen, & margerete breres ) ^ ■' ■' Elizabethe Dean ij yeardes linen. vx Johns Kerbie iij yeardes linen. Elizabethe, Agnes Kerbey iij yeardes di. linen. Agnes Brighte iij ■ yeardes wollen Milles Craven ij yeardes wollen. Robte Craven one yeard di. linen Edmund Turnere ij yeardes linen. Isabell iij yeardes wollen Margerie ij yeardes di. linen. Rogere one yeard di. wollen. Janne ij yeards lynen. John foster ij yeardes one q*^ wollen John marcer ij yeards lynen. John haule ij yeardes di. wollen. John Smalley ij yeardes linen John Dean ij yeardes wollen ij linen. '^ 3M Notes and Illustrations. (165) ' ^^vx Ed-ward Craven" : A family of Cravens have been for three centuries, and yet are, owners of a freehold farm in Dinckley, parish of Blackburn, about two miles from Whalley. There were other Cravens in Billington and Whalley. Edward Craven, William Craven, Thomas Craven, and the wives of Richard Craven and Nicholas Craven, all occur under Whalley township in the Easter Roll of Whalley ' parish in 1553. {Cheth. Miscell., vol. v.) William Craven and Robert Craven are named on this page of the text, inf7'a. ^ " ]Vill)n Gregsoiiiie," &c. : The Gregson family of Whalley are found early as tenant farmers and yeomen. Matthew Gregson, F. S.A., of Liverpool, author of a folio volume of historical Frag>nents relating to Lancashire, descended from the Greg- Sons of Whalley ; his father, Thomas Gregson, son of Jvlatthew Gregson, yeomen, of Whalley, quitted Whalley early in the last century and settled in Liverpool. * '■'James Holker,^' &c. : These Holkers in Whalley were of the same stock as the Holkers of Read, yeomen, noticed onward under Read to\vnship. ■' " Grace B?-aden," : She, and John, Jenet, Elizabeth, Margaret, Cicely, Alice, and Marie Braddyll named in the list, would be some of the poorer connexions of the family of Braddyll of Portfield in Whalley, represented, in 1569, by John Braddyll, Esq., the successful trafficker in monastic estates, who died in 1578, and by his son Edward Braddyll, gent., who married, in 1554, Ann, daughter of Ralph Asheton of Great Lever, Esq. 315 (Page 1 66 of the MS., folio 121.) Rychard wood^ ij. yeardes. wollen Elizabethe Deane iij. yeardes wollen Elizabethe Carney^ one yearde wollen. Elizabethe Crosleye iij yeardes wollen Agnes Carney, Elizabethe, '^ Edward, Janne, marie, margaret [-viij yeardes wollen. Rychard, Nicholes, John carney j viij yeardes linen John & Thorns Lawe^ iiij yeardes wollen & to them ij iiij yeardes linen 116 Notes and Illustrations. (i66) ' " Hychard Wood'" : Of the local family of Wood was Richard Wood, chantry priest at Great Harwood Church, in Blackburn parish, who occurs in 1534, 1548, and 155 1. * '■^ Elizahethe Carney'''' : Richard Carney of Whalley appears on the Easter Roll of Whalley parish in 1553, before referred to. 3 '■'John and Thorns Lawe" : See ante, p. 307, for note on the family of Lawe. 317 Padiham pishe' vlj- Julij A» 1 56.;. (Page 167 of the AIS., folio 121 verso.) To Jane Ryley ij yeardes di. lynen Isabell ij" yeardes di, lynen Margeret Webster^ ij- yeardes di. lynen Jenet hey one yeard di. wollen. Nicholes Turner ij yeardes linen Elen Turner ij yeardes di. linen John Turner one yeard j q*'' wollen Margeret Buccocke^sen^o'' ij yeardes di. linen Margeret the yongere ij yeardes Linen Oulyu Dodsonne Ellen ij yeardes di. linen Thorns .. ij yeardes linen Jenet one yeard di. wollen. Nicholes one yeard j q*'" wollen. Willm Sonkey^ ij yeardes linen Mawd Sonkey ij yeardes di. linen John ij yeard linen Elizabethe ij yeardes linen Thorns one yeard j q^" linen Lawrance one yeard j q*^®"^ linen John Shorrocke Janne ij yeard di. linen henry one yeard di. linen Rye one yeard j q*'' wollen Agnes one yeard di. linen Isabell Cunlief'* ij yeardes di. linen Margerie Irelande ij yeardes linen Robte Coop iij yeardes wollen Ellen ij yeardes di. linen John one yeard di. linen Ellene one yeard j q*®'' linen Janne one yeard wollen. Isabell Reyley ij yeardes linen Leonarde Cronshey^ iij yeardes wollen Isabell ij yeardes di. linen Anne ij yeardes linen Grace haye ij yeardes linen John Webster one yeard di. wollen. Nicholes Whitaker one yeard di. wollen. Ales houghton iij- yeardes wollen. Margerie Whitaker iij yeardes wollen. Robte Sharpe ij yeardes linen Anne ij yeardes di. linen John one yeard wollen Willm one yeard j q'^'' wollen Isabell one yeard j qt^"" linen 318 Notes and Illustrations. (167) ' " radi/ia?n fiske^' : Padihara was not strictly an ancient parish, but a parochial chapelry under Whalley Church, and a township in Whalley parish. It is now a con- siderable manufacturing town of some 6,000 or 7,000 population. Nearly 270 persons, including children, are named in the categoiy of inhabitants of Padiham township who had gifts of cloth from Dean Nowell in July, 1569. About 120 separate heads of families and households appear to be distinguished. This must have included all but the families of a few of the chief gentry in Padiham at that date. ^ " 3Iargeref Webster''' : Besides her, there are named in the Padiham list of recipients several persons of the name of Webster, viz., John Webster, Marger}' Webster, John Webster, Hugh Webster, Jenet Webster, and Margaret Webster. Lieut. -Col. Fish- wick remarks : " The Padiham Registers show that at this time there were several families of this name ; but the above must not be mistaken for the Websters of Har- greave (or, as it was then written, Horgreve) who lived on their o\\ti estate for upwards of 400 years, being settled at Hargreave in the fifteenth century. " A pedigree of this family is in the possession of Lieut. -Col. Fishwick, who is a descendant from one of the daughters of Richard Webster, the last male representative. Richard Webster of Hargreave, gent., died about 1570, and by his wife Margery left issue, sons, Francis Webster, who died in 1579 5 and Roger. 3 " VVillm Sonkey .... Aland Sonkey" : Matilda (Maud) wife of William Sankey, was buried at Padiham church, 27 September, 1587. (Extracts from Padiham Regis- ters, by Lieut.-Col. Fishwick, in Reliquary for October, 1871.) * " Isahell Cimlief" : Isabel Cunliff of Padiham appears on the Easter Roll of Whalley in 1552. * '■^ Leonarde Cronshey" : See ante, p. 307, Note i. 319 (Page i68 of the MS., folio 122.) aH"6^ Janet Bradley iij yeardes wollen John walker one yeard di. linen Grace houghton iij yeardes wollen hughe Cookshute' ij yeardes wollen Jenet Ketchin ij yeardes linen margery webster ij yeardes di. linen John , one yeard wollen henry dodson^ ij yeardes linen margeret one yeard di. linen Adam horrege^ iij* yeardes wollen Agnes ij yeard di. linen Elizabethe Dodsonne ij yeardes linen Robte Wilkinson* ij yeardes linen Ales iij yeardes wollen Isabell ij yeardes linen Anne ij yeardes linen Jenet one yeard di. linen John ij yeardes wollen Lettis more iij yeardes wollen margeret Grenshaye^ ij yeardes linen Peter Reyley iij' yeardes wollen Edward Cooke iij' yeardes wollen Ales Buthe one yeard di. linen Elizabethe Billinghton iij yeardes wollen Elizabethe walshaye ij yeardes linen Ellen Smy the one yeard di. wollen Ellen pyckope iij yeardes. wollen Elizabethe pykcope^ ij yeardes linen Anne ij yeardes lynen Margete . . one yeard di. linen Janne one yeard di. linen John one yeard di. wollen Ales ij yeard linen John Cockshute ij yeardes linen Jenete ij yeardes di. linen Isabell ij yeardes linen John fenio' ij yeardes lynen John ij yeardes linen Elizabethe one yeard di. linen Rychard one yeard di. linen Thoms one yeard j q*®'' linen Marget one yeard j q'^"" hnen Janne Wilkinson' ij yeardes di. Hnen Jenet ij yeardes. linen Thoms one yeard di. linen Christofore one yeard di. linen Rychard Cockshute iij yeardes wollen. 320 Notes and Illustrations. (i68) 1 "■Hughe Cookskiite" : Three other families of this name (Cockshutt) are entered mfra, those of John Cockshutt, of John Cockshutt, senior, and of Richard Cockshutt. '^ ''Henry dodson" : Henry Dodgeson of Padiham, and also Christopher Dodgeson with his mother, appear on the Easter Roll of Whalley in 1553. 3 " Adam /lorrege" : Adam Horwich of Padiham was assessed on the Easter Roll of Whalley in 1552. * " Robte Wilkinson'" : The wife and two children of Robert Wilkinson were buried at Padiham chapel, 9 June, 1579. ^ " margvret Grenshaye'" : Perhaps this surname should be Grimshaw, * '' Elizabeihe pykcope'' : This surname, derived originally from Pickop Bank, at the head of Haslingden Grane, at the south-east extremity of Blackburn parish, is common in Blackburn district, and is now spelled Pickop, or Pickup. '' "Janne 7inlJdnson" !/ra : The Holkers of Read were tenantry of the Nowells ; but between this date and the middle of the last century I meet with successive representatives described as "gent." or "yeoman." John Holker of Read, the principal man of the family about this period, appears on the Easter Roll of Whalley in 1552 and 1553. A younger John Holker, probably a son of this John, married, at Whalley, 20 October, 1572, Ellen Braddyll ; and John Holker of Wiswell and John Holker of the Crosse are named in the Will of John Braddyll, Esq. (157S). John Holker, gent., occurs as a juror in 1585. A Richard Holker, of this family, was a scholar at Brazenose College, Oxford, in 1572, (See anfe, pp. 210- 11, 234.) * " Olyuer whithall" : The surname is now spelt Whittle. * ^^Johanes Browen et vx" : John Browne of Reade appears on the Easter Roll of Whalley in 1553. (176) * " Litlie Alitton'''' : This small township is situated on the left bank of the Ribble, just below Clitheroe. ^ '* Johannes Briiscoe^^ : This surname is Burscough, here spelt as locally spoken, "Bruscoe." ' ^' Leonard paslowe" : A connexion, it is likely, of the family of Paslew of Wiswell Hall, to which belonged John Paslew, last abbot of Whalley, executed for high treason in 1537- * '^ Edward NccvelV : I have no information concerning this bearer of the honour- able name of Nowell. 335 Wiswall' the vii'" of Julij (Page 177 of the MS., folio 127.) Margerie Law ij yeardes linen. Anno^isflr' Tliome Dudgdall2 one yeard di. wollen Isabell Dugdall one yeard di. wollen Willm Rydinge ^ Thorns Rydinge V iiij • yeardes di. wollen. John Rydinge J Grace Reydinge iij yeardes wollen Georges Reydinge ij yeardes. linen Margeret Knowles iij yeardes. wollen Robte hollidaye^ iij yeardes wollen Isabell hollydaye iij yeardes wollen Thorns hollydaye ij yeardes wollen Robte hollydaye ij yeardes. wollen John hollydaye ij yeardes j q*r wollen Grace ij yeardes wollen Jenet ij yeardes j q^^ wollen John Law et vx* vj. yeardes. wollen Ales Joane iij yeardes wollen Jenet Ratclife^ ij yeardes di. lynen et vxor Johannes Ratclif ij yeardes di. linen Agnes Ratclief ij yeardes di. linen Margerie & Margeret Cooke vj. yeardes. wollen Elizabethe Knowles iij yeardes wollen Thorns Dobson^ \ Edmunde Dobson )- iiij' yeardes iij q*" wollen Rafife Dobsonn J Jenet Dobsonn iij yeardes. wollen. James Leighe Thorns leighe vj yeardes wollen James holker^ iij yeardes. wollen Ellen iij. yeardes. wollen Robte ij yeardes. wollen Willm ij yeardes. wollen. Leonard ij. yeardes. wollen James & Thoms holkere iij yeardes. wollen. henry holker one yeard. wollen. henry Browen ij yeardes. linen Lettis, fybill, Browen iiij. yeardes. wollen Cislye Browen ij yeardes iij q''^ wollen Ellen Browen one yeard. di. wollen Ales Lawe ij yeardes linen vx Rycharde Green iij yeardes. wollen John Green ij. yeardes. linen 336 Notes and Ilhcstrations. (177) ' " WirtvalV : Wiswell is a township next to that of Whalley on the north. There is a village of old thatched cottages with high pitched roofs, many of them now tenant- less and decaying. Between fifty and sixty families seem to be included in this distri- bution of cloth, and the population was then perhaps about equal to what it is now. 2 " Thorns i)2(gdaH" : A yeoman family of Dugdales have held a small freehold estate in Wiswell down to the present generation ; originally, I dare say, they were of the same clan as the Dugdales of Clitheroe, about two miles from Wiswell, one of whom was father of Sir William Dugdale the herald and antiquary, historian of War- wickshire. ^ " Robte HolUdaye" : The name is spelt Hallidaye on the next page, which is the form in which it is now usually met with. * " John Law et z'jc" : I have before generally noticed the family of Law of Wiswell (a«/^p. 307). 5 "Jenei Ratclief" Slc: Perhaps Jenet was the "wife of William Radcliffe" of Wiswell, assessed to the Easter Roll of Whalley in IS53- John Radcliffe appears on the same Roll, and the " vxor John Ratclif" of the next entry might be his widow. * " Thorns Dobson" : He and several of these Dobsons of Wiswell appear on the Easter Roll of Whalley, 1552-3. 7 " jfa/nes holker,'^ &c. : The Holkers are found in several townships about Whalley, and we have before noted the Holkers of Read. These Wiswell Holkers were of the same stock. (See Note, two pages ante. ) 337 (Page 178 of the MS., folio 127 verso) Elizabethe Green one yeard di, wollen Ales ij yeardes linen Anne one. yeard di. wollen Samwell fylden ij. yeardes wollen henry one yeard di. linen Agnes ij yeardes di. wollen Georges ij. yeardes linen Vx"^ ffrances Green^ iij* yeardes. wollen Willm ij yeardes wollen marget, Ales iij. yeardes linen Georges Agnes iij yeardes wollen Willm ij. yeardes j q'" wollen Robte Seller^ ij yeardes iij q*"^ wollen Edward Parker^ ij yeardes di. linen Elizabethe ij yeardes linen Edward ij yeardes di. wollen Jenet Lawe iij yeardes. wollen John walton* one yearde di. wollen Ellen walton one yeard di. wollen Vx Johnes Rychardsonne^ iij yeardes wollen Isabell Sagere iij yeardes wollen Vx henry Seckes iij yeardes wollen Willm one yearde wollen, Vx. Rychard hindlie ij yeardes di. linen Jenet wood iij yeardes wollen Vx Christofor hallidaye iij yeardes wollen John hallydaye ij yeardes j qt^r wollen Willm hallidaye one yeard iij q'^"" wollen Thorns hallidaye one yeard j q^^r wollen Ales Lawe iij yeardes. wollen Marget, Gyles one yeard iij q'^^s wollen Agnes Greenells ij yeardes di. linen. Elizabethe Lawe ij. yeardes j c^^^ wollen James Coocke one yearde j q'^er wollen vx Edmund Tattarshall iij yeardes wollen John one yeard j qt«r wollen John Ingham Lettes iiij yeardes linen Ellen ffogge ij yeardes di. wollen John Dean^ ij yeardes di. linen et vx iij yeardes wollen. I .I.3S "Notes and Illustrations. (178) ' " Vxr ffi-ances Green . . . Willm. {Green)," &c. : William Grene with his mother, and George Grene of Wiswall, were assessed to the Easter Roll of Whalley in 1553. 2 " Robte Seller" : See ante, p. 309, for a general note on the Sellers family. 3 '■^ Edward Parker" : "Yeoman Parker" of Wiswell, appears on the Easter Roll of Whalley in 1553. ^ " John laallon . . . Ellen rvalton" : See ante, p. 267, for an account of the Wolton family of Wiswell, to which John Wolton, bishop of Exeter, belonged. * Vx Joknes Rychardsonne" : John Ric'son (contraction of Richardson), was assessed to the Easter Roll of Whalley in 1553. He might be dead before 1569, when his wife had this gift of cloth. s "-John Dean": John Deane (misprinted "Deant" in the Chetham Society's volume) of Wiswell, was assessed to the Easter Roll of Wlialley in 1552. i 2 z 339 (Page 179 of the MS., folio 126.) Janne Deane one yearde di. lynen Jenet feller^ iij yeardes woUen Elizabethe Jaine feller ij yeardes linen Margeret hancoate^ one yeard di. linen Elizabethe hancoate ij yeardes. linen Isabell hancoate one yeard di. linen Jenet Dean iij yeardes woUen Isabell hill ij yeardes di. linen Thorns hill one yearde iij q*^"'s wollen Anthony hill ij. yeardes wollen Vx christofore Cocke^ ij yeardes di. linen Georges Thorpe iij yeardes wollen John hauU ij yeardes linen Margeth Thorpe ij yeardes di. wollen Anne heye ij yeardes di. linen Alys Tomlinson iij yeardes. wollen Christofor Greenfild'* ij yeardes iij q*" wollen Thorns Dobsonn iij yeardes wollen Willm Ratclief ij yeardes wollen Jenet Neigham ij yeardes linen Lawrance Shottellworthe^ Rychard ffilden one yeard j q*®' wollen Marget Dobson Vx Christofor woode iij yeardes. wollen Ellen woode one yeard linen ."uo Notes and IlUistratiojis. (179) ' " Jenet feller'''' : See anle, p. 309, for a general note on the Sellers family. - ■ ■ iJargeret hancoate" &c. : These names the scribe has misvvritten for liuncoat, a <5urname derived from the name of the hamlet of Huncoat near Accrington, one of the .^» places in East Lancashire mentioned (as Htinicot) in Domesday Book. A family Huncoats in cd in Wisvvell, and George Huncote with his mother were assessed to J.ie Easter Roll of Whalley in 1552 and 1553. ^ " Vx christofore Cocke" : Christopher Coke with his father were assessed to the Easter Roll of Whalley in ijj2 and 1553. * " Chiistofor GreenfiW : He was of a family of Greenfields living at Wiswell and Whalley which a centmy la.e/ had attained the rank of gentiy ; and one of whom. Sir Christopher Greenfield, kn^, was a lawyer in Preston temp. William and Mary. * '■^ Lawrance Shottellwor'Ye" : A person, probably, of no position, but he may have been remotely connected w'th one of several good families of Shuttleworths then seated .- the Whalley district. 341 (Page 1 80 of the 31 S., folio 126 verso.) Penhuitonn Willm Sastaiiftall^ et vx ij yeardes di. linen iij wollen vij^'h^f juilj Rychard Sellere^ iij yeardes wollen A" is69 Ales Sellere iij yeardes wollen Marget iij yeardes wollen Janne ij. yeardes di. wollen. Ales ij. yeardes wollen Ellen ij. yeardes wollen Mylls ij. yeardes wollen Anthony wamsley* iij yeardes wollen Jenet iij yeardes wollen. Isabell wamsley ^ ■r , ^ >- ix. yeardes wollen. & Ellen wamsley ' Isabell Marsten iij. yeardes wollen John Lawe ij yeardes di. wollen Lyonell woulton^ iij yeardes wollen Isabell woulton iij yeardes wollen Ellen Carrie iij. yeardes wollen Thonis Shutlieworthe ij yeardes j q^^"^ wollen. Thorns iitearnshed ^ Johne & V v. yeardes wollen. Elizabethe J Christofor Whippe ij yeardes j q*®"^ wollen. henry walton ij yeardes di. wollen. John Dugdall ij yeardes di. wollen. Elizabethe Eaton , iij. yeardes wollen. John Bowker^ ij yeardes iij qt^"" wollen John Ratclief iij 'yeardes iij q*rs wollen. henry Rosse^ . iij yeardes wollen Isabell Rosse iij yeardes. wollen Thorns Bawdrone .. ij yeardes wollen. Margeret brockcsope^ ij yeardes di. linen. Anne hunte iij. yeardes. wollen Margery whitaker iij yeardes. wollen Elizabethe Dorvvin iij yeardes wollen, Jaine Eaton iij yeardes. wollen 342 Notes and Illustrations. (i8o) ' " Penhultonn Tcnven" : The township of Pendleton near Clitheroe in Lancashire derives its name from its situation on the westerly slope of Peiulle-hill, the chief mountain of North-East Lancashire, 1,831 feet high. At Pendleton Hall a family of Hoghtons, a branch of Hoghtons of Hoghton Tower, was seated from early in the fifteenth century to the seventeenth. Pendleton is in two parts, designated respectively Great and Little Pendleton. The names of recipients of gifts below are those of the families of tenant farmers and cottagers domiciled in Pendleton in 1569. * " Will in Sastanjlall et zx": The surname of Sastanstall is not found in the district. It is cognate to that of Saltonstall, owned by a respectable family in the West Riding of Yorkshire ; but there occurs an Edward Saltonstall, who, in the 9 Eliz, (1567) disputed possession with tienry Banester and others of lands and tenements in Great and Little Marsden in Ightenhill Manor and Colne Manor. ( Cal, to Pleadgs. Due. Laiic.) 2 " Rychard Sellere," &c. : These Sellers would be of the same clan with the Sellers of Whalley, previously noticed. * " Anthony ivamsley" : "Wamsley" is an abbreviated vulgarised spelling of the common Lancashire surname of Walmcsley or Walmsley. * ' ' Lyonell wonlton " : Lyonell Woulton of Pendleton was assessed to the Easter Roll of Whalley in 1552 and 1553. {Chcih. Miscell. vol. v.) ^ " Johti Bozvker" : John Bowker of Pendleton appears on the Easter Roll of Whalley in 1553. ^ "henry Rosse" : Ross is not a local surname, and this is evidently miswritten for Rossall ; for Hemy Rossall of Pendleton occurs on the Easter Roll of Whalley in 1553. * ^' Margeret brockesope" : This surname is now generally spelt Broxup. 343 (Page i8i of the MS., folio 129). Rychard Parker ij. yeardes. wollen. Ales wood iij. yeardes. wollen Lawrance wood one yeard j q*^*^"" wollen. Elizabethe higgen one yeard iij q*''^ wollen Rycharde higgen one yeard wollen. Robte one yeard di. wollen. James ij yeardes iij q'l's wollen Jeriete wolton iij yeardes wollen, Margery Sedgreues^ ij yeardes wollen Ales ij yeardes iij q^''^ wollen Agnes waddington iij yeardes wollen. Ales Seller iij yeardes wollen. Lawrance Seller one yeard wollen Ellen Turner ij yeardes linen Robte fifearsheade iij yeardes wollen Ales — iij yeardes wollen. Anne Whipe^ one yeard linen Ellen one yeard linen Rychard haymone ij yeardes wollen Thorns Seller iij. yeardes wollen Lawrance Bouthamton^ iij. yeardes wollen Rychard Stones ij yeardes wollen Elizabethe Patefild ij yeardes linen Agnes houghtonn* ij yeardes iij q'''^ wollen Rycharde forte et vx^ iij yeardes wollen ij yeardes di. linen 344 JMotes and Itmstrations. (i8i) ' ' ' Ma7-gery Sedgreues " : Perhaps widow of William Sedgreve of Pendleton, who appears on the Easter Roll of Whalley in 1552. * ^^ Anne Whipe" : A Robert Whippe and an Oliver Whippe, both of Pendleton, occur on the Easter Roll of Whalley in 1553. • ' '^ Laivrajice Boiithamton" : I think this is a miscopied surname, which should be Bouthman = Boothman, a modern surname found in the hilly country of Pendle Forest, derived, one may suppose, from the occupation of some early progenitor appointed to tend one of those upland farms in the forest called Booths or Vaccaries. ^ ' ' Agnes houghtonn " : A poor connexion, may be, of the Hoghtons of Pendleton Hall. * " Hycharde forte ei vx " : It is not improbable that this Richard Forte of Pendleton was ancestor of a local family of Forte, of the rank of yeomen or chapmen before the latter part of last century, when a representative, Richard Fort, made a fortune by calico-printing, and became the purchaser of Read Hall and Manor, which the Nowells had been forced to alienate. The first of the Forts named in the short pedigree in the new edition of Whitaker's Histoiy of Whalley is Richard Forte of Hard, father of Richard the calico-printer. The son of the latter was John Fort, Esq., of Read Hall, M.P. for Clitheroe, 1832-41, whose son, Richard Fort, Esq., also sat in Parliament as member for Clitheroe, 1865-68. Of this family of Fortes was Henry Forte, master of Whalley Grammar School in 1670. 345 vij'" of Julij A" 1569 (Page 182 of the MS., folio 129 verso.) ^^^^'^T.^l^ Ellen Machi'n iij. yeardes wollen Lawrance Bouthe ij. yeardes wollen Isabell honv<=ii , iij. yeardes wollen Agnes Aspeden iij. yeardes wollen John Bakere ij yeardes wollen Adam Whitheade iij yeardes wollen Jenet wibster ij yeardes linen Sibill ffletchere ij yeardes iij q^^s wollen Marie Tomsonn ij. yeardes iij q*" wollen Elizabethe haye ij yeardes woll. j di. linen Jenet Chaliner ij yeardes iij q^i's woll. John heyes wieffe^ iij yeardes wollen Leonard BertwesilP iij . yeardes. wollen Jenet Bertwesill iij yeardes wollen Edmunde ^ Leonarde & >- iij yeardes di. wollen Ellen j Elizabethe Stop forth & Jenete vj yeardes wollen Brian Shuttelhvorthe^ iij yeardes wollen Isabell iij }'eardes wollen James ij yeardes di. Avollen Willm ij yeardes iij q*''^ wollen Anne ij yeardes di. wollen Joan & Jenete iij yeardes wollen Vx' Alexander Ryley^ iij yeardes wollen Jenete ij yeardes iij q^^s wollen Rycharde, & henry Reyley iij yeardes wollen Thorns Simson ij yeardes di. wollen Ellen Symsonne iij yeardes wollen James & Jenet Symsonn iij yeardes wollen Esabell Robtes, Rycharde, Anne, ") John, Ales, James and )-xij yeardes wollen Milles Robtes^ J and ij yeardes di. linen John wayde, Elizabethe wayd | iij yeardes wollen and Rychard wade j & ij yeardes di. linen James Smythe, Ellen Smythe \ viij. yeardes wollen Isabell, Georges, henry, Thoms j and ij yeardes linen Ellen Stopfforde' ij yeardes linen Marget Bertwisill ij yeardes linen Marget holte ij yeardes linen John hey ij yeardes linen Margerie Reade ij yeardes di. linen (Page 183 of the MS., folio 130.) Raffe Readei, henry Reade, ) . , ,, Ales, marie Reade ' j vj yeardes wollen Ellen Durden2 ij yeardes di. linen Christofore hargreues ij yeardes linen 346 Notes and Illustrations. {182) ' ^^haptonn ": Hapten township is situated to the west of Burnley and Towneley; its pasture-lands extend northward from the base of a lofty nigged fell, called Hapton Skouts. The manor of Ilapton lielonged to the Townelcys from an early time, and contained an ancient park and a castle; the latter demolished about the sixteenth cen- tury; the former extended by Sir John Towneley until the park of Hapton was said to be the most extensive in Lancashire, excepting Knowsley. In the midst of the park Sir John Towneley built a second residence, called Hapton Tower, and there he died in 1539. Tower and park alike have long been destroyed. Hapton was one of the eight townships dependent upon Whalley Parish Church, and is the most distant from that church. Here it is named last among the places under Whalley Parish. 2 "John Juyes ivieffe" \ John Hey of Hapton was assessed to the Easter Roll of "Whalley in 1552. ' '■' Leonard BertwesUV: Leonard Bertwistle, Jenet Bertwistle; their children, Edmund, Leonard, and Ellen; and Margaret Bertwistle below, all may be taken as related to the proprietary family of Birtwistle of Huncoat Hall, a short distance west of Hapton. Edward Birtwistle, Oliver Birtwistle, and John Birtwistle, all of Hapton, appear on the Easter Roll of Whalley in 1552. Richard Birtwistle of Huncoat Hall, gent., who lived temp. Henry VIH., had among his younger children a son Leonard, who might be the Leonard Bertwesill of the present entry. * " Brian Shntidlworlhe": Shuttlevvorth Hall in Hapton was the original seat of the Lancashire Shuttleworths; and this Brian Shuttleworth, living in that township in 1569, is pretty certain to have been a not very flourishing branch of the old stem. * " Vx" Alexatider Ryley": He and the Jenet, Richard, and Hemy Ryley, who follow, would be connected with the family of Riley of High Riley in Accrington, of whom was Alexander Ryley of Accrington, gent. , living about the end of the sixteenth century. 6 " Milles Eobtes" &LC.: "Robtes" is a contraction for Roberts. The surname of Roberts is localised in the vicinity of Burnley. In Hapton, an Edward Robert and an Edmund Robert (Roberts) were assessed to the Easter Roll of Whalley in 1552. ^ '^ Ellen Stopfforde": This surname is spelt Stopforth in a previous entry on this page. On the Easter Roll of Whalley (1552) occurs "Thomas Stopper" of Hapton. (183) ' "■Raffe Reade," &c. : The surname of these Reades is derived from the name of the township of Read near Whalley. ^ "Ellen Burden ".• The name is now spelt Duerden, and is common about Burnley. 347 (Page 184 of the MS., folio 130 verso.) BronnieyMhe -^-^ Johanncs Parker iij yeardes wollen A" 1569 '^ vx^ Rychard fwingliehurste iij yeardes wollen Isabell ij yeardes di. linen Isabell Smythe iij yeardes wollen John Towen ij yeardes di. linen at vx iij yeardes. wollen henry hindlie ij. yeardes linen et vx iij yeardes wollen John Robynsonn ij yeardes di. wollen et vx ij yeardes linen Marget one yeard j q*^*^"^ linen Willm higgen ij yeardes linen John higgin iij yeardes wollen Rogere ij yeardes linen henry ij yeardes linen vx^ Nicholes Greenshawe^ ij yeardes di. linen Elen close ij yeardes di. linen Robte Lee ij yeardes linen et vx ij yeardes di. wollen John Lee ij yeardes di. wollen Rychard one yeard di. linen Robte one yeard di, linen vx Willm Whitaker^ iij. yeardes. wollen Alexander Bolton ij. yeardes linen Marget ij. yeardes di. linen Margerie iij. yeardes wollen Vx Thorns Towenley iij. yeardes wollen Vx Edmunde Robtes iij yeardes wollen Thorns Robtes ij. yeardes wollen Margete ij yeardes linen Alexander Willsonne et vx ij, yeardes linen Jenet Willsonn ij. yeardes di. linen Isabell Willsonn ij yeardes linen Marget Willsonne ij yeardes. hnen Marie one yearde di. wollen John Willsonn one yearde di. wollen Ales Willsonn one yeard di. wollen Symone Tayler iij. yeardes. wollen Vx Alam whitaker iij. yeardes. wollen J enet Whitaker ij yeardes di. linen Christofor Bridge ij yeardes linen et vx ij. yeardes di. wollen Ales Bridge one yearde wollen Vx'^ Johannes Whitwhain ij yeardes di. wollen Anne Whitwham one yearde di. wollen Elizabethe Whitwham one yeard di. wollen. 148 Notes and Illustrations. (184) > " Bromihy": The name of Burnley was anciently Eronley or Bninley, meaning the low fields by the Brim, which is the name of a mountain stream that here discharges into the Lancashire Calder. The modern large manufacturing town and borough of Burnley occupies the ground of two townships, Burnley and Habergham Eaves. The two lists in our MS. of recipients of gifts of cloth at the hands of the trustees of Robert Nowell's charity, within the two towmships of Burnley and Habergham Eaves, contain about 700 names. Very young children were not, as a rule, included in the distribution, I conjecture. A few families of local gentry would not deign to seek the benefit of the bounty. With these exceptions, the lists before us may be supposed to represent nearly the whole of the households of residents in Burnley and Habergham Eaves 300 years ago. The nomenclature is that of the present native population of Burnley. The commonest Burnley surnames, then as now, were those of Parker, Hiudle, Robinson, Whitaker, Towneley, Roberts, Wilson, Taylor, Whitham, White- head, Smith, Barcroft, Hargreaves, Foulds, Spenser, Hartley, Pollard, Jackson, Bannister, Holgate, Clayton, Ingham, Sagar, Tattersall, Halsted, Boothman, Mutter, Stansfield, Holden, Robertshaw, Riley, Bridge, Fletcher, Cronshaw, Wood, Haydock, Midgley, Aspden, Heap, Greenwood, Eastwood, Leigh, Ormerod, Barnes, Sutclifie, &c. 2 " Vx^ Nicholes Greenshawe" : "Greenshawe" is probably miswritten for Grimshaw. ^ '' Vx Williii. Whitaker^': The Whitakers were one of the most numerous clans about Burnley at this period. Some scores of them are named in this and the succeeding lists under Habergham, Cliviger, &c. To distinguish most of them is impossible. .-^49 (Page 1 85 of the MS., folio 131.) Allisonn Kante^ iij. yeardes wollen Jane Kante ij. yeardes di. linen vx Mills Robtes ij. yeardes di. linen Robte whitheade ij. yeardes. wollen Agnes Parker iij. yeardes wollen Sarra Towenley iij. yeardes. wollen vx Johnes Smythe ij. yeardes di. linen homfrey Smythe ij. yeardes. wollen. Anne Smythe ij. yeardes. wollen. Marget one yeard di. wollen Isabell Brighte iij yeardes. wollen James Whitaker ij. yeardes linen. vx henry wood iij. yeardes. wollen John woode ij. yeardes. wollen. John Avillsonn iij. yeardes. wollen et vx iij. yeardes. wollen Rychard Willsonn ij yeardes linen. & iij yeardes wollen Marget Willson ij yeardes. wollen. Ellen ij. yeardes di. linen. Anne Willsonn one yeard wollen. Jenet Willsonn one yeard wollen. John Robartshawe^ iij. yeardes wollen. et vx iij yeardes wollen. henry fhawe ij. yeardes linen. Margerie fliawe ij. yeardes linen. Edmunde ij yeardes iij q'^^'s linen. Edwarde fliawe ij. yeardes wollen. Robte Barcrofte^ ij. yeardes iij q'^''^ wollen John Barcrofte one yearde di. wollen James Smythe one yeard di. wollen Ales Towenleye ij yeardes di. linen. hughe Johnsonne iij yeardes wollen. et vx iij yeardes wollen. Georges Johnsonn one yeard di. wollen Edwarde Johnsonne one yeard wollen. vx Georges hargreuies iij . yeardes wollen. vx Georges hargreuies sen ** ij yeardes di. linen. John hargreves one yeard di. wollen. Marget hargreves ij yeardes j q*®"' linen. Isabell , ij yeardes linen. vx Willm Whitakere ij yeardes di. wollen. Abrayham Colthourpe^ ij yeardes wollen. Jenet ffouldes ij yeardes di. wollen. vx Robte Whitaker^ iij. yeardes. wollen. henry whitakere ij yeardes wollen. Thoms whitakere ij yeardes. wollen. Isabell whitaker one yeard di. linen. 350 Notes and Illustrations. (185) ' " Allison Kante" : A peculiar name, and not at all a familiar one in Lancashire. It is perliaps mis-spelt. * '^yo/in Robartshauie" : Some Robertshaws of Burnley, Marsden, and Great Har- wood occur later as chapmen and lesser gentry. 3 " Robte Barcrofte," Si.c.: The local Barcrofts spmng from a stock of gentry, seated at Barcroft Hall in Cliviger, about two miles east from the town of Burnley. ^ '' Ux George Hargreues, sen."": The family of Hargreaves is indigenous to Pendle Forest and the neigliloourhood of Burnley, and in recent times has furnished several branches of respectable landed gentry and affluent merchants, such as, Hargreaves of Bank Hall, Burnley ; Hargreaves of Broad Oak, Accrington, and Whalley Abbey; and Hargreaves of Haslingden. * ^'Abrayhame Colihourpe" : The name should be Abraham Colthorp or Calthorpe. ^ " Vx Robte IVhitaker": See note under Habergham Eaves list, post, on the branch of Whitaker of Healey, to which the Robert Whitaker of Burnley, whose family is here named, was, I think, related. 351 (Page 1 86 of the MS., folio 131 verso.) Margete Ryley ij. yeardes iij q'"^ wollen Vx^ Ric. Baron^ iij. yeardes wollen Alysonn Baron one yeard di. wollen. Margerie Baron one yeard di. wollen. Peter Barron one yeard j q*®^ wollen. John Spincke ij yeardes linen et vx iij. yeardes wollen. vx Johannes Michell iij yeardes wollen. Isabell Dlchouse''^ iij. yeardes wollen Ellen Bentham ij yeardes wollen Anne Lacie one yeard di. wollen Roger Aspeden ij. yeardes. linen. et vx iij yeardes wollen. John Aspeden ij yeardes wollen. Margerie Aspeden ij yeardes wollen James Dichouse et vx iij yeardes wollen. Georges Dicouse ij yeardes. linen. James Dicouse ij. yeardes wollen. Ales Dicouse one yeard di. wollen. Janne Walker ij. yeardes di. wollen. Jenet Denbey iij yeardes wollen. Mills Smythe et vx ij yeardes di. linen. Robte Smythe one yeard iij q*^" wollen. James Smythe one yeard di. wollen. Elizabethe Smythe. ij. yeardes linen. Isabell .. one yeard di. wollen. Rychard Smithe.. ij. yeardes wollen. Edmunde Spenser^ iij. yeardes. wollen. Ellen marten one yeard di. linen. James hargreues ij. yeardes wollen. Ellen Butterfild ij. yeardes di linen. Jenet fclatere ij. yeardes di. wollen Grace Johnsonne iij. yeardes wollen. vx Robte Jackesonn iij. yeardes. wollen. Robte Jackesonn iij. yeardes wollen. Willm Jackesone ij yeardes wollen. Rye Jacksonne one yeard di. wollen. Christofor Jackesonne* one yeard. wollen vx Robte horwicke iij yeardes. wollen. Charles Bridge one yeard di. wollen. vx Rychard Thymblie-^ iij. yeardes. wollen. margerie Themblie ij yeardes di. linen. 352 " Notes and Illustrations. (i86) ^ "Vx Ric. Baron ": Baron, as I have before mentioned, though a singular surname in England generally, is a rather remarkably common one in the Blackburn and Bumley districts of Lancashire. - " yames Dickoiise" : I have never seen the surname of Dichouse in any record of this part of Lancashire excepting in this instance, and I suspect it should be some- thing else here. 3 '■'■ Edmunde Spenser": This is one of two or three persons, dwelling in the district of Burnley, who are named in the MS., bearing the same name as the illustrious author of the Faerie Qiieene ; being also contemporary with the poet Edmund Spenser. There can now be no reasonable doubt that the poet was related to the Sjjenscrs of this part of East Lancashire. (See Index of Names, s.n., for references to other Spensers of the MS. ) * " Christofor yackesonne " : See ante, p. 281, for note on a Christopher Jackson, who appears among the chapmen of whom Dean Nowell purchased cloth. * '■''Vx Rye hard Tkyinblie": This surname, now not met with hereabouts, is spelt by our Scribe three various ways, i.e., "Thymblie," "Themblie," and "Thimblie." A A 3S3 (Page 187 of the MS., folio 132.) Marget Themblie ij yeardes linen Thorns Thimblie ij yeardes linen Isabell Thimblie ij yeardes. linen Robte hayrope^ one yeard woUen John fifletcher^ ij. yeardes linen. Edward ffletcher ij yeardes wollen Isabell ffletcher ij yeardes di. wollen. Isabell Stansfilde one yeard j q^^r wollen Jenet one yeard j q*'^'" wollen Willm Rydinge ij. yeardes wollen et vx iij yeardes wollen. Mills Rydinge ij yeardes linen. Jenet Rydinge ij yeardes. linen. Willm Rydinge one yeard j q*^*" wollen. vx Johannes harteley^ ij. yeardes di. linen. Isabell hartleye ij. yeardes wollen. John hartleye ij. yeardes. wollen. Nicholes harteleye ij yeardes j q'«' wollen Marget harteleye one yeard wollen. Rychard Brockesope ij yeardes linen. et vx ij yeardes di. linen. Jenet Brocksope ij yeardes linen. Ellen hartleye one yeard di. wollen. vx James Smithe ij. yeardes di. wollen. Rychard willsonne ij. yeardes wollen. Isabell willsonne ij yeardes wollen. Robte Jackesonne ij yeardes wollen. vx Johannes hargreues'^ ij yeardes di. linen. Elizabethe one yeard di. linen. Ellyno'^ hargreues one yeard wollen. Marget Pollarde ij yeardes linen. Jenet Pollerde Jenet Browene ij yeardes linen. Ales higgens , ij. yeardes linen. Isabell Smithe ij. yeardes wollen. Jenet Callye ij yeardes linen. Thomes Smithe ij yeardes linen. Marget Aspden iij. yeardes. wollen. vx John Jackesonne iij yeardes wollen. James Jacksonne iij yeardes linen. Geffrey Jackesonn ij yeardes. linen. Marget Jackson one yeard di. linen. John Jackesonne one yeard wollen 354 Notes and Illustrations. (187) ' " Robte hayrope'" : This surname is correctly Harrop, derived from a place of that name in Craven, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. ' " John ffletcher'' : The surname of Fletcher is more frequent in Cheshire than in Lancashire; but a family of tenant farmers or yeomen of this name has been represented in Burnley and Ightenhill Manor for many generations, of which these Fletchers of Burnley, named in the AIS., would be members, living in 1569. In the last century, John Fletcher of Ightenhill Park, who died in 1792, was father of another John Fletcher, born in 1760, who was a worsted manufacturer in Burnley. ' " zx yohannes harteley": Hartley is at the present time one of the commonest and most localised surnames in Burnley and townships adjacent. The John Harteley and Isabell Harteley here named in the text may have been the persons mentioned in a record of a suit in the Chancery Court of Lancaster in the 6 Elizabeth (1564), in which "John Hartley, in right of Isabell his wife, daughter of Edward Emmet, who had held the lands in fee, was against John Robinson and others, the dispute being con- cerning a messuage called the Fence, with lands, in Pendle Chace and Ightenhill Manor." {Cal. to Pleadgs.) * "vx Johannes Hargreiies" : I have before noted that the name of Hargreaves (anciently Hartgrroes) is indigenous in Pendle Forest and the district skirting the old bounds of the Forest. 2 A A 355 (Page 1 88 of the MS., folio 132 verso.) John Whitaker^ ij. yeardes linen vx Rycharde Banistere iij yeardes wollen EHzalDethe Banister ij. yeardes linen. Jenet Banister ij yeardes linen Isabell Banistere one yearde di. linen. Ellen Banister one yearde di. linen. Lawrance one yeard di. wollen. Margerie one yeard wollen. Jenet Drap iij yeardes wollen. Reynolde whitaker iij yeardes wollen. John ffletcher^ ij yeardes linen. et vx ij yeardes di. linen. Geffrey ffletcher ij yeardes linen. henrie, Anne and Lawrance iiij yeardes wollen Lawrance yeate fcolmaister^ Willm Dicksonn Curate* James Smithlearke^ ij. yeardes linen. Isabell ij yeardes linen. John one yeard di. wollen. Margerie ij. yeardes. linen. Anne ij yeardes linen. Isabell one yeard di. wollen. Lawrance holgate^ ij. yeardes wollen. George holgate ij yeardes wollen. Ales holgate ij yeardes di. linen. Elizabeth holgate i j yeardes q*"^ linen Isabell holgate ij yeardes linen. Willm Claiton ij yeardes linen. et vx iij yeardes wollen. Willm clayton, Elizabethe ) •■•• , ,1 i-o ijAi i. c ii'J yeardes wollen. and Rychard Claytone j ^ •' Vx Rychard Claiton iij yeardes wollen. Marget Claiton ij yeardes di. linen. Elizabethe habargham^ iij yeardes wollen. John Ingham^ ij yeardes linen et vx ij yeardes di. linen. John Ingham ij yeardes wollen. Jenet Ingham ij yeardes linen. Willm Ingham one yeard di. wollen. Elizabethe Ingham one yeard j q'^r wollen. Robte Ingham one yeard j q*"' wollen. Rychard Whitaker ij yeardes wollen. Isabell Spensere^ iij yeardes wollen. 356 Notes and Illustrations. (i88) ' '■^John IVhitaker" : See Index of Names, s.n., for references to the numerous families of Whitakers mentioned in the AIS. ^ ^' yohn fflelcher": See note on preceding page respecting the Fletchers. ' " Lawrance yeate, /col/naister^^'. The Free Grammar School of Burnley existed temp. Ed\A'ard VI. ; and William Whitaker, afterwards famous as Dr. William Whitaker, the Elizabethan scholar and Protestant writer, had the nidiments of his education at this school, under one Mr. Hargreves, the then master. But our MS. here gives the name of a master of Burnley School not found in the list of masters made out by the late Mr. T. T. Wilkinson, F. R.A. S., and printed in the new edition of the //w/fry of Whalley. Mr. "Lawrance Yeate, scolmaister" of Burnley, in 1569, may subsequently have been master at Blackburn Grammar School, and if so, he would be the Mr. Yates mentioned in the biography of Rev. Robert Bolton, the Puritan author and divine, as the singular good master there and tutor of Bolton between 1580 and 1590. * " IVillm Dicksonn Citrate": The MS. here, too, adds a lost name to the category of the succession of Ministers of Burnley Church since the Reformation. Mr. William Dickson, curate in 1569, must be inserted between " Sir" John Aspdene, who died in 1567, and "Sir" William Duxbury, who died in 1583. * '' jfames r'nitklearke" : This is plainly a miswriting for James Smith, clerk. He would be the parish clerk of Burnley, and so is named along with the schoolmaster and curate. ^ ^' Lazvrance kolgate" : The surname of Holgate, a contraction, perhaps, of Holt- gate, or of Hall-gate, is often found in the annals of Burnley, down to the present time. ^ ^^ Elizabethe habargham ": This female recipient may have been a connexion of the proprietary family of Habergham of Habergham Hall in Habergham Eaves, then represented by Lawrance Habergham, gent., who was connected by his second marriage with the Towneleys. A Robert Habergham of Burnley, and Elizabeth his wife, also occur some years before the date of this MS., and our Elizabeth Habergham, living in 1569, might be widow of Robert. * ^^yohii Ingham eiiLx": The principal family of Ingham in Burnley occupied an old house at Fulledge, at the entrance to Towneley Park, in the wall of which is a stone inscribed with the initials " R Y E " (perhaps for Robert and Elizabeth Yngham or Ingham), and the date " 1576." It will be observed that among the Inghams on this page of the text occur an Elizabeth and a Robert Ingham. ^ '■' Isabell Spensere" : The mother of Edmund Spenser the poet was named Eliza- beth or Isabell ; and here we have an Isabell Spenser (probably then a widow, as no husband is named) living in Burnley in 1569. (See the remark on this entry of Mr. Knowles, cited in our Introduction, p. xxi. ) Agnes Spenser, whose name is first on the next page, probably was a daughter of Isabell Spenser. 357 (Page 189 of the MS., folio 133.) Agnes Spensore iij yeardes. wollen. vx Willm Sager, James Sagere^ ... iiij yeardes. iij q'^^ wollen. Edward fouldes^ ij. yeardes. linen. Agnes ffouldes iij yeardes. wollen. Willm Isope^ ij yeardes linen. Isabell Isope iij yeardes wollen. Rychard Isope one yeard iij q*" wollen. Elizabethe Isope ij. yeardes linen. Willm holgate iij yeardes. Avollen. Ales vx ij yeardes di. linen. Ales holgate ij yeardes linen Jane holgate ij yeardes linen. Willm holgate , one yeard iij q*" wollen Thoms Sager one yeard di. linen. Robte Sagere Ales Sagere iij. yeardes wollen. Anne Blackey* ij yeardes linen. vx Edwarde Clayton iij yeardes wollen. Isabell Barone ij yeardes linen. Isabell ffilden ij yeardes di. linen. John Parker ij yeardes. wollen. Margeret hargreues ij yeardes di. linen. Ellen & John hargreues iij yeardes. wollen. Ales Tattershall ij yeardes linen. Jenet Boucocke ij yeardes linen. Ales michell ij yeardes linen. Jenet hartley ij yeardes linen. Ellen Bouthman^ ij yeardes linen. Marget hey ij yeardes linen. Ellen Stockes one yeard di. linen. Jenet Cotton ij yeardes linen. Margeret holgate iij yeardes w'ollen. Ales Claiton .. ij yeardes linen. henry whitaker ij yeardes wollen. John & Anne watemoughe iiij yeardes di. w'ollen. Jenet Smithe ij yeardes iij q*" wollen Marget Pollarde ij yeardes linen John Pollarde ij yeardes. linen. et vx iij yeardes wollen. James Clearke iij yeardes di. wollen. vx Willm Launde ij yeardes di. linen. Elizabethe Whitham ij yeardes linen. Ellen Towen ij yeardes di. wollen. Grace Tayler one yeard di. linen. Willm halsted^ ij yeardes di. wollen. 35S Notes and Illustr'atio7is. (189) * ^^vx IVillin Sager, James Sagere": Below, on this page of the text, are named also Thomas Sager, Robert Sager, and Alice Sager. The Sagers of Lancashire all spring from the district about Burnley. William Sagar, gent. , of Catlow near Burnley, occurs in 1590. 2 '■' Edward fmildes''^ X The local clan of Foulds had at this date and still has its most respectable representative in the family of Foulds of Danes House, a gabled structure, built perhaps about the latter part of the sixteenth century. " WQliam Foldes de Dancer House, gent.," is found on a list of free tenants dated 1584, 3 " Wilhn Isope": Rather a strange surname, which is not met with locally now. * " Aline Blackey": This surname should be Blakey, perhaps. A very old family of inferior gentry or copyholders was that of Blakey of Blakey Hey (now spelled and pronounced Blackho) near Colne, near the road from Colne to Gisbum in Craven. * "■Ellen Boiiihman": See Index of Names, s.n., for a previous note on the probable origin of the name of Boothman. 6 «' Willm halsied''-. The Halsteds of High Halsted, and of Rowley, near Burnley, a stock of lesser gentry, had no lack of humbler kinsfolk in the neighbourhood. 359 (Page 190 of the MS., folio 133 verso.) Allisonn finne iij yeardes wollen. Jenete Nuttere iij yeardes wollen. Anne wood ij yeardes. linen. Marget Boulton ij yeardes j q^'^'' linen. John Nutter & Robte Nutteri v yeardes di. wollen, Grace Insley one yeard di. linen. Ales watton ij. yeardes di, linen. Sibell Lande ij yeardes linen. Rychard hallidaye ij. yeardes. linen. Margete Parkere ij yeardes linen. Janne Towenley ij yeardes di. linen. Anne Blackaye ij yeardes di. linen. Grace ftansfilde iij yeardes wollen. Edmund Taylere iij yeardes wollen. John whitaker ij yeardes iij q^^s wollen Rychard Leighe ij yeardes di. linen. Thorns ffletchere^ ij yeardes linen. Alise Dobsonne ij yeardes wollen. Marget higgen ij yeardes linen. Willm fHetchere ij yeardes linen. Towenley howsolde^ Thorns watmoughe ij yeardes wollen Willm Lawe* ij yeardes wollen. John Browenbirkes^ ij yeardes wollen. Rychard heape ij yeardes wollen John Lee iij yeardes j q*®' wollen James Claiton ij yeardes wollen. John Claiton ij yeardes wollen. James Rob'tes ij. yeardes. wollen Peter iij yeardes wollen. Rychard Jacksonne iij yeardes. woollen. Willm Willsonne iij yeardes Avollen. Robte Inghame^ ij yeardes. wollen. John Thornbere iij yeardes. wollen. Thoms Stansfilde ij yeardes wollen. Willm Lawe ij yeardes. wollen. henry Leighe ij yeardes wollen. henry Bouthe ij yeardes. wollen John Ballarde ij yeardes. wollen Elizabethe Whitaker^ iiij yeardes wollen, Margeret Whitakere iij yeardes j qt^r wollen. To m's Towenleys Nurse at the ) ij yeardes di. of London sute of my Ladye Towenleye^ j brode clothe. Jenete holte iij yeardes j q'" wollen. Janne Eastewoode iij yeardes wollen. Marget pereson iij yeardes. wollen. 360 Notes and Illustrations. (190) * '^John N'litter &' Robte A'lilter": I liave before referred to the local Nutters as an old stock of copyholding tenants in Pendle Forest. (Index of Names, s.n.) 2 " 7'ho»isffletc/iere": See three pages atiU for note on the Fletchers of Burnley. I find a Thomas Fletcher among tlie tenants of Lawrance Habergham and Richard Tattersall, gents., in Burnley and Ightenhill Manor, in 1566. * " Towenley howsolde": Here are the names of thirty-eight domestic servants or resident dependants of the Towneleys of Towneley Hall, who each received gifts of cloth. It is noteworthy that thirty of them were men-servants, and only eight females. ■* " Wilbn Lazue": Perhaps of the Lawes of Whalley and Wiswell. (Index of Names, s.it.) On the last page of the J\IS. occurs a William Lawe, a poor sick man, to whom Dean Nowell sent money by the hands of his wife, in 1573. * "John Broivcnbirkes ": Brownbirk is now a rare surname in this part of England. ' ^'' Robte Ingham": One of the Inghams of Fulledge by Towneley Park, before noted, two pages ante. 7 '■' Elizabeflie Whitaker, Alargeret IVhitakere"" : Two of the eight maid-servants or attendants at Towneley Hall were of the Whitaker family, not improbably daughters of one of the members of the Holme or Flealey WHritakers. ^ " mrs. Tozuenleys N'lirse at the stite of nty Ladye Towenleye" : The nurse, at the suit of her mistress, had a more handsome gift than the others, namely, 2^ yards of London broad cloth, an expensive fabric which would be much desired by a Lanca- shire nurse of the period. "My Lady Towenley "was the wife of John Towneley, Esq., Dean Nowell's co-trustee, and being the daughter and sole heir of Sir Richard Towneley, Knt. , she was the actual lady of Towneley in her own right, and her cousin and husband John Towneley was only in possessiony//;Y iixoris. Mistress Towneley gave birth to her third son, Charles, in November of the year of this entry (1569), 36. (Page 191 of the MS., folio 134.) Anne Denbie iij yeardes. wollen Anne Lawe iij yeardes di. wollen. John Parker^ ij yeardes wollen. Thorns holden ij yeardes wollen. John houghtone^ ij yeardes. wollen John Yatt ij yeardes wollen. Lawrance Towenleye^ ij yeardes wollen. Thorns Jacksonne , ij yeardes wollen. Thorns Smithe ij yeardes wollen. John Towenleye ij yeardes. wollen. Willm huntington iij yeardes. wollen. Willm Lawe iij yeardes wollen. henry Bell ij yeardes wollen, Ry chard Towenley ij yeardes wollen 362 Notes and Ilhish'ations. (19O * ^^yolin Parker": The Town el eys had tenants of the name of Parker, and this recipient might be a son of one of them. * '■^John houghtoiie" : I imagine John Hougliton was one of the confidential personal servants of Johh Towneley, Esq., and that it was the same John Houghton who is named frequently in the MS. in company with Dean Nowell's men, James Wolton, Alexander Bradshaw, George Sellers, &c., as witnessing payments of bequests and donations, and occasionally as himself disbursing money on account of Robert Nowell's trust. 3 " Laivi-ance Tmvenleye" : Three of the male attendants at Towneley Hall bore the name of the lords of Towneley, viz., this Lawrance Towneley, and John Towneley, and Richard Towneley, infra. Each of the trio is likely to have been related to the Master or Mistress of Towneley ; the Christian names of John and Richard are among the favourites in the chief lineage of the Towneleys, and that of Lawrence is frequent in the branch of Towneleys of Barnside, to which I think it likely the Lawrence Towneley of this entry belonged. 363 (Page 192 of the MS., folio 134 verso.) habergham Eues Ightnell Parke, and fillye close* Vxor Johannes Ingham iij yeardes wollen John Ingham et vxore^ iij yeardes wollen Thoms Ingham ij yeardes wollen Robte Ingham one yeard di. wollen Elizabethe Ingham one yeard di. linen Isabell Ingham one yeard di. linen. Anne Inghame one yeard wollen. Georges halsted et vxor^ ij yeardes linen. Ales halsted , one yeard j q^'" wollen vxor James Pollarde ij yeardes di. linen Grace Pollarde one yeard di. linen Marie Pollarde one yeard di. wollen Thoms Tattershall* ij yeardes linen et vx , ij yeardes j q*®'' linen. Barthelmew tattershall ij yeardes linen. John Tattershall one yeard di. linen. henry foulde^ ij yeardes di. linen. et vx iij yeardes wollen James foulde one yeard j q^^"" linen. Thoms ffoulde one yeard wollen. henry Bancrofte ij yeardes di. linen et vx iij yeardes wollen John Bancrofte ij yeardes linen. henry Bancrofte y® yongere ij yeardes. linen. Isabell Robertshaye ij yeardes di. linen Willm Bouthe ij yeardes linen. et vx ij yeardes di. linen. Grace Bouthe ij yeardes di. linen. Isabell hallidaye ij yeardes di. linen. Janne Stansfilcle vx Alexander Ryley^ ij yeardes di. linen. Lawrance Ryley one yeard di. linen. John Ryley one yeard di. linen. Robte Ryley one yeard j q*®'' wollen Rychard Ryley one yeard di. linen. Agnes Ryley ij yeardes. linen. Rychard Bridges ... ij yeardes. linen. et vx , iij yeardes wollen. Agnes Bridges one yeard di. linen Ales Bridges one yeard di. wollen. Ellen Bridges one yeard di. wollen. Isabell hartley e ij yeardes. linen. Willm Smithe ij yeardes linen. Leonard hargreues ; ij yeardes linen. James Bouthmane ij yeardes di. linen. .364 Notes and Ilkistrations. (192) * ^' Habargham Eves, Ightiicll Parke, and Jillye close": The modem spelling of the names of these places is, Habergham Eaves, Ightenhill Park, and Filley Close. Habergham Eaves is next township to Burnley on the west, and now includes half the borough of Burnley. Ightenhill Park lies immediately to the north of Habergham Eaves. The park was an ancient Royal demesne; but in 1569 the estate belonged to the Towneleys of Towneley. ' It is now the property of the Shuttleworths of Gaw- thorpe Hall, whose mansion is on the north-westerly verge of Ightenhill Park. On the summit of Ightenhill the foundations of the King's manor-house of olden time may still be traced. Filley Close, an ancient vaccary in Pendle Forest, adjoins Ightenhill Park on the north, separated by the river Calder. 2 " John Iiig/mm ei vxo)-e," and oiher lng\\a.n-\s infra. See previous note (p. 357) on the Ingham family of Fulledge, &c. ' " George hahtcd et vxor^'' : One of numerous Halsteds in this vicinity, who derived their strictly localised surname from the old estate of High Halsted on the Moors near Worsthorne, a mile or so east of Burnley. * " Thoiiis Tailershall," &c. : This, too, is a surname indigenous to Burnley and the district around. The most important of the Tattersalls were those of Ridge, near Burnley. Richard Tattersall, gent., who died before 1529, was found to have been seized at death of a freehold estate, consisting of messuages, lands, and woodlands in Briercliff and Burnley. * " henry foulde," &c. : See three pages ante, Note 2, for a prior reference to the Foulds family. ' "vx Alexander Ryley^^: See Index of Names, s.n., for other entries of this name. 36s (Page 193 of the AIS., folio 135.) Jenet Bouthmane' one yeard di. linen Ales Bouthmane one yeard j q*®'" woll. Ellen Bouthmane one yearde wollen Isabell fletchere ... ij yeardes linen. Marget ffletcher ij yeardes. linen. Nicholes one yeard di. wollen. Agnes Bridge ij yeardes linen. Jenet Bridge ij yeardes linen. Elizabethe willson ij yeardes iij q'^''^ wollen vx John halstede iij yeardes wollen. Elizabethe halsted one yeard di. linen. Jenet Ingham ij yeardes di. linen. John Aspdene'^ ij yeardes linen. Ales Crowder iij yeardes di. wollen. vx Rychard Bannester ij yeardes j q*" linen. Rychard Banistere one yeard di. linen. Robte Boody^ ij year-des linen. et vx iij yeardes. wollen. Lawrance Boodie ij yeardes. linen. Ellen Boodie ij yeardes linen. John hodgsonne iij yeardes wollen. et vx ij yeardes di. linen. ' Elizabeth hodgsonne one yeard di. linen. Jenet hodgsonne one yeard j q*'' linen. Rychard Cronshaye ij yeardes linen. et vx ij yeardes di. linen. Lawrance Smythe et vx iij yeardes wollen. et vx Rychard Bawdwene ij yeardes di. linen. John Bawden one yeard di. linen. Margaret Bawdwene one yeard di. linen. Willm ffletcher iij yeardes j q'Mvollen. Thorns fcale ij yeardes linen. Elizabethe Austene ij yeardes. linen. Margeret Ingham ij yeardes linen. Isabell Willsonn ij yeardes j q*^"" wollen. vx Lawrance Smithe ij yeardes di. linen. Thoms Smithe one yearde di. linen. Anne Smithe one yeard di. linen. henry one yeard di. linen. vx Thoms Grundie ij yeardes di. linen. Thoms ffletchere* iij yeardes wollen. John wrighte ij yeardes linen. Elizabethe Bannister ij yeardes. linen. Elizabethe Kente ij yeardes iij q*'"^ wollen. Elizabethe myllere ij yeardes di. wollen. 366 Notes and Illustrations. ( 193 ) ' " yenet Bouthmane," &c. : See ante, p. 345, for a note on the local surname and tribe of Boothman. ' "-John Aspdene": Not unlikely he was a kinsman of "Sir" John Aspdene, who was curate of Burnley in the first years of Queen Elizabeth's reign, and had died in 1567, two years before the date of this entry. 3 " Robie Boody": Not a common local or Lancashire surname. * " Thorns ffletchere'" : See the note three pages ante, on another Thomas Fletcher of Burnley. On this page, supra, occur a William Fletcher, and several other reci- pients of the same name. 367 (Page 194 of the MS., folio 135 verso.) vx Robte Spensere^ iij yeardes wollen Edmund Spencere one yeard di. wollen. Phillipe fpencere one yeard j q^^'^ wollen Ales fpencere one yeard di. wollen Robte fpencere ij yeardes linen. Agnes Cowp ij yeardes di. linen. vx Willm Ravin ij yeardes di. linen. Lawrance Parkere^ ij yeardes. linen. et vx iij yeardes v/ollen. Robte parkere one yeard di. linen. Margeret one yeard di. linen. Ellen one yeard di. linen. Jenet parker one yeard di. linen. Anne parkere one yeard di. linen. Janne parker one yeard di. linen. vx willm ffletchere iij yeardes wollen. m^geret parkere ij yeardes linen. Ales ffletchere ij yeardes linen. Vx hughe hargreues ij yeardes di. linen. John Morley ij yeardes linen. et vx ij yeardes di. linen Isabell Cronshaye one yeard di. wollen. vx Anthony Whitakere ij yeardes di. linen. Isabell Nowell ij yeardes di. linen. vx James Greens ij. yeardes di. linen. Edmunde leighe iij yeardes. wollen. Lawrance Smithe ij yeardes linen. et vx iij yeardes wollen Willm Smithe ij yeardes linen Georges Smithe one yeard di. linen. Nicholes Smithe one yeard di. linen, Jenet Smithe one yeard di. linen Anne one yeard j q*^^"^ wollen James Rothwell ij yeardes linen. et vx iij yeardes wollen. Janne Rothwell one yeard di. wollen Anne Rothwell one yeard j q*®"^ wollen. John Ellott iij yeard iij q*^i" wollen. Thoms haughtone ij yeardes. linen. Marget Rypon ij yeardes linen. Thoms houghtone one yeard di. linen. Jenet haregreues one yeard linen. vx Rychard ffouldes^ ij yeardes di. linen. marget fouldes one yarde di. linen, James ffouldes one yeard j q'^'' linen. 368 Notes and Illustrations. ( 194) ' "vx Robte Spensere, Edmuud Spencere," &c. : There are here five persons named Spenser mentioned together, viz., the wife of Robert Spenser, whose husband probably was then dead, and Edmund Spenser, PhiHp Spenser, Robert Spenser, and Alice Spen- ser, who were, I dare say, the widow's sons and daughter. It is a conjecture that may be indulged with some reason that these were relatives of the poet Spenser. (See the remarks of Mr. R. B. Knowles on this MS. cited in our Introduction. ) Robert Spenser, deceased in 1569, may have been a brother of the father of Edmund Spenser the Poet ; and this Edmund Spenser here named his son, a first cousin (as he was namesake) of the author of the Fae>-ie Qiicene. In generation after generation of these Burnley Spensers, Edmund was a favourite Christian name. Lawrence, Robert, and John were other frequently worn names among these Spensers. Three pages onward in this same list of recipients appears a Jenet Spensere ; and for others see six pages ante, and relative note. 2 ^' Laturance Parke>-e" &c. : He was a tenant, perhaps, of Ightenhill Park, of which his ancestors had been, in the Plantagenet time, park-keepers or parkers, hence the surname. The Parkers of Extwistle and Cuerden (now represented by R. Towneley Parker, Esq., and his son Rev. Canon Parker, Vicar of Burnley Church) descend from the ancient Parkers of Ightenhill. ^ '^vx Rychard ffoiildes''^ : See ante, p. 359, for note on the local family of Foulds. B B 369 (Page 195 of the MS., folio 136). John woode ij yeardes Hnen EHzabethe woode ij yeardes Hnen Edwarde wood one yearde di. hnen Isabel! woode one yeard j q*^'' linen James woode one yeard j q*^" linen Rycharde Towenley^ ij yeardes linen. Elizabethe Towenleye ij yeardes linen. Marie Towenley j yeard di. linen. Janne Towenley one yearde j q^^r linen Elizabethe Bradshaye^ ij yeardes linen. Agnes Bradshaye one yeard di. wollen John Bradshaye ij yeardes di. linen. vx Robte whitaker^ ij yeardes linen. Littes Whitaker ij yeardes linen. Janne Whitaker one yeard di. wollen. Georges Whitaker ij yeardes di. linen. vx James houghtone ij yeardes linen. vx Peter whitaker ij yeardes linen. Rycharde Whitaker one yeard j q^^'' linen. Christibell Ingham ij yeardes di. linen. Ales Bouthe ij yeardes linen John leighe ij yeardes linen vx Edward haddocke'* ij yeardes linen. Anne haddocke one yeard linen Rychard haddocke one yeard linen. vx John Tayller ij yeardes di. linen, Rychard Tayllere ij yeard linen. Georges Tayllere one yeard iij q^''^ linen. Lawrance Tayller one yeard di. linen. Isabell Tayllere one yeard di. wollen. marget Tayllere ij yeardes di. linen. John Tayller ij yearde linen. vx Thorns ffletcher^ iij yeardes wollen. vx Lawrance ffletcher ij yeardes di. linen. John fletchere one yeard di. linen. Anne fletchere one yearde wollen. Agnes forstere ij yeardes di linen Isabell Bouthe ij yeardes di. linen John harcrere^ Isabell harg-er ") .... , ... .„ ,, j-DUJi, c iiiJ yeardes nj q" wollen and Rycharde nargere j ^ ■^ ■' ^ Ellen hargere one yearde j c^^^ wollen Willm hargere ij yeardes linen. Isabell hargere iij yeardes wollen. Jenet hargere ij yeardes di. wollen Christofor Cockshaye ij yeardes linen. .370 Notes and Ilkistrations. ( 195 ) ' " Rycharde Tmvenley,^^ Sec: A family of Tovvneleys in a comparatively humble position, doubtless, and probably tenants on one of the estates of /he Towneleys of Towneley Hall, either in Habergham Eaves or Ightenhill Park. ' " Elizabetke Bradshaye" : This is the familiar Lancashire surname now spelled Bradshaw. ' "vx Robte 'ivhitaker" &c. : The Whitakers of Healey Hall in Habergham Eaves were of the gi^ade of lesser gentry at this period, and of the same stock as the Whita- kers of Holme. These recipients of that name living in the same township, viz., the wife of Robert Whitaker, and Lettice, Jane, and George Whitaker, also, infra, the wife of Peter Whitaker, and Richard Whitaker, may be supposed to have been of the same original stock. On the next page are named the members of two other families of Whitaker. ^ '^vx Edward kaddocke": This surname, common in Lancashire, is now usually written Haydock. The Haydocks of Hesandford, near Burnley, were an old stock of respectable gentry, represented in 1569 by Simon Haydock, gent. • "vx Thoiits jfetc/ier," &c. : See Index of Names, s.n., for numerous Fletchers in these local lists, and relative note. ® " yohn hargere," &c. : I cannot connect this name, as written by the Scribe, with any similar surname, of that period or the present, found in the district. 2 B B 371 (Page 196 of the MS., folio 136 verso.) Ales Duckworthe ij yeardes linen Ellen yeate iij. yeardes j q*^"" linen. Janne & henry yeate iiij. yeardes wollen Rycharde Miglaye^ iij yeardes wollen. et vx ij yeardes di. linen. henry Migley ij yeardes linen. Isabell Migley ij yeardes di. linen. Ellen Migley one yeard di. wollen. Rycharde Migley one yeard di. linen. Vx Willm foulde iij. yeardes wollen. John Reyshton^ iij. yeardes di. wollen. & ij yeardes di. linen. Thorns Whitaker^ ij yeardes linen. et vx Rycharde whitaker^ John, Jenet, James and >-x yeardes wollen. Isabell Whitaker J Rychard haregreues ij yeardes wollen. Edward Whitaker iij yeardes linen et vx, John Whitaker, Robte, "j Marget, Johann, willm, Vxj yeardes di. wollen Lawrance, James, marie j Ellen hodgsonne one yeard di. linen. vx. Mills Aspden, Ellen, aspden ) ... , „ T 1 n o A A A > viij yeardes wollen. Isabell xl thandes of the said Lawrance Nowell J to certein fpeciall poor ther iij** iiij To certein poore at Whallay and Altam ^ Churche*, by thandes of the said Lawrance Vx^ whoe preacher there J To the churche wardens and collectors ^ for the poor of the parishe of Colnne^ by >-xl» thandes of the faid Lawrance j to other speciall poor ther xvj^ To Margeret Scofild of Ratchdain parish e^ a poor blinde & Aged womane Viij yeardes wollen iij yeardes of Lancashire white^ J To Thorns Ramsbothom a poor man ou^ chardged w^'^ children, bothe by thandes of John hopewood at xv<^ the yearde in the p'"sentes of Robte, Collines & others _ To Isabell Burden^ of Rossindell pishe ^ ij yeardes di. linen. a poore dombe womane ii yeardes di. linen f ... . ,, ^ ^1 ... J f T 1- >n) yeardes wollen to her more iij yeardes of Lancashire i •' •' yxxY to) ... Xlj" } clothe at xij^ the yearde & m money To Thoms Reedfearne xij** to geue Rychard Sheparde^ a poor old mane To Elizabethe Chadwicke xij^ to geve to ) ..^ Ales Nuttere, a poor maiden j •' ; To Adam Chatmies wiefife of Altam iij ) iij yeardes wollen yeardes of white wollen & in money xij*^ / xij*^ in money. To Elizabethe Dudgdall of Blackeborne ] iij yeardes wollen. parishe'^ iij yeardes white wollen & in money j & in money viij*^ I To Marie Smithe of higham & Isabell ) .... , ,. ,. , J 1 , .. .,.»..,.,. Mil] yeardes di linen her daughter ij yeardes linen ij di linen j •* -^ To Claiter wief of higham & Castele parishe^ ^ ij yeardes linen. To Jenet Claiter her daughtere ij yeardes linen. To Thoms Claitere her sonne one yearde iij q**''^ linei To willam whitaker her sonne one yeard i q^^"' linen. if"" J IS / 10^ I xvs ij'" I 384 Notes and Ilhisti'atiotis. (203) ' " Wig^ine parishe" : i.e., Wigan parish, in West Lancashire. The three entries relating to the parishes of Wigan, Bolton, and Colne are erased in the MS. ^ "Lmorance jVowdl Dean of Lyic/ifilJe" : It has before been mentioned that Dean Alexander Nowell's brother, Lawrence Nowell, Dean of Lichfield, was one of the three executors under Robert Nowell's Will. He did not often act in the trust, but he seems to have been in Lancashire at this time (June and July, 1569) along with his brother, and to have taken charge of these sums of money for bestowal upon the poor in certain Lancashire parishes. 3 " paris/ie of Bolton" : The parish of Bolton-in-le-Moors, in South Lancashire. * ^' WhaUey and Altain Chiirche": Altham Church is a parochial church in the parish of Whalley, distant from the Mother Church about three miles. The words at the end of the entry, " whoe preacher there," is an inquiry as to who was the curate of Altham. The name of the curate of Altham in 1569 has not been noted. * " farishe of Colnne" : The parochial chapelry of Colne, at the eastern verge of Whalley Parish, is distant from the Mother Church at Whalley about ten miles. ^ ^^ Margeret Scofild of Ratchdall parishe" : See Index of Names, s.n., for other mention and note on the Schofields of Rochdale district. ^ " Lancashire ivhite": This name appears to have been given to a description of woollen cloth, something of the nature of flannel, then woven in Lancashire. * '■'■ Isahdl Burden": This "poor dombe [dumb] woman" is named again three pages onward. ^ " Thorns Reedfearne Ry chard Sheparde" : For notes on Redfeames and Chadwicks see Index of Names, s. n. '" " E/izabethe Diidgdall of Blackeborne parishe": She perhaps was of the Dugdales of Great Harwood, in Blackburn Parish. ^1 ^^ highani. &^ Castcll parishe" : The hamlet of Higham in Pendle Forest is within the extra-parochial tract attached to Clitheroe Castle, and so called Castle Parish. c c 385 (Page 204 of the MS., folio 142 verso.) vij juiij Xo a poor maiden beinge a Crepell"|.. , ,, whose name is Rychard \sic\ Robfonne n rl ■ ^ •••vi , ^ -^ ^r ^ ■ ■■■■A •* ( & HI monev 1111« yeardes white Kersey' m moneye inj^ ) ■' i. To a poor naked boy one Thoms ) ij yeardes woll^ Tayller ij yeardes wollen & iiij*^ in money j in money iiij*^ To a poor woman of midhton parishe ^ Claye Brearley & to her Daughter !-iiij yeardes di. Hnen Elizabethe iiij yeardes hnen j To Ales Newell of Ratdall parishe ij yeardes ) jjj. .^^g ^j jj^^gj^ di. linen & to her daughter ij yeardes linen j To a blinde maid one Ales Colhnsonn ofl-. _, ,. Churche parishe ij yeardes hnen j •'•' To a poor man of _Cletherall pishe^ ^^^ ]- iij yeardes wollen Chnstofor hodgsonn iij yeardes wollen j To Anne Coup of Ratchdall parishe a ) ij yeardes di. woll poor wyddow ij yeardes. di wollen | in money iiijd To her daughter Elizabethe Cowp ) ij yeardes wollen ij yeardes di. wollen | in money iiij^ To Ales Cowp ij yeardes di. wollen ij yeardes di. linen in money iiij^ To James hollowell of Ratchdall | -q pishe j ^ ixjuiij To John Greenough of burry pishe ij* To Elizabethe Green of Ratchdall pishe ij yeardes di. linen To Lawrance Green of Ratchdall pishe ^.. , ^1- , ii at the sute of John Hopwood Barten hope- )- 1- ' --a , ., ■' ^ ^ ( & in money xii'' wood sonnc^ J ■' ■' xij juiij to Katherin Clege of holdham pishe ij yeardes di. linen. to willm Crosley of Ratchdall pishe ) vj yeardes linen havinge v Children & in moneye j and in moneye xij<^ To Tane Corbet wyddowe havinge iij poor) .... , ,. 1 •;, , .... J T fa J r "■ 111] yeardes hnen children, iiij yeardes linen j ■' ■' To Jenct Dobsonn havinge vj children vj yeardes linen xiijjuhj To John wolffinden a poor fcoller of ) •• , ,. /- i. 11 ■ \ s ■■ J 1- ' ij yeardes linen Castell parishe'* ij yeardes linen j ■'•' To Agnes whitworthe of Middliton ) .,, • 1 - VI'' parishe j ■' To Janne whitworthe of the said pishe vj*^ To Elizabethe Duckeworthe of Burie pishe ... vj*^ To the wief of Thoms haworthe of ) .,, r VI burrie parishe j ■' To willm wordley of Ratchdall parishe vj^ To Ellen Sallisburie of Billington vj^ To Owen Stell of middliton pishe vj^^ to Edward Ashworth of haslingden pishe vj*^ to Rychard wadsworthe of clevengere^ vj'^ to Jenet Shuttellworthe of Dinkley in ) .^ the parishe of Blackborne^ j ^ to her iij Children v yeards of linen v yeardes linen & in money vj^ to Katherin haregreues of Bronley parishe \ v yeardes linen V yeardes linen & in money j vj'iin money. to Edwarde Gleydell of the parishe of ) .^ heptonstalP | ^J to Lawrance Ridiox of Bronley parishe^ vj<^ 386 /iy/2^ Notes and Illustrations. (204) ' "'white K'ersey": I think this would be the same sort of woollen cloth elsewhere called " Lancashire white." ^ "poor Dian of Clet/terall piske'": Clitherall =Clitheroe. Nearly all the recipients of gifts named on this, the preceding, and the following pages, are shown by their de- scriptions to have been persons in poverty and affliction, such as blind, dumb, or aged people, cripples, or destitute of clothing, as the "poor naked boy " of the entry above ; and other pitiful objects of charity, found by Dean Nowell or his servants in many parts of East Lancashire. 3 "at the sute of John Hop-d'ocd Barten hope^oood sonne ": See ante, page 295, for an- notation on the Hopwood family of Rochdale, &c. •* "John xvolffindcn a poor fcollei- of Castell parishe'''' : See Index of Names, sm. ^ " Rychard wadnvorthe of devengere ": " Clevengere " is the scribe's mode of writing Cliviger, the district beyond Towneley Park, noted ante, p. 375. * '■'■ yenet Shiittellworthe of Dinkley in the parishe of Blackboj-ne ": Dinkley is a small township on the left bank of the Ribble in Blackburn Parish, about two miles west from Whalley village. 7 "parishe of heptonstall" : Heptonstall is a township some miles eastward from Burnley, in the parish of Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire. * " Laivrance Ridiox of Brontey parishe": " Bronley "= Burnley. The surname here given as Ridiox is the modem Ridihalgh, borne by a family in the vicinity of Burnley at present. 2 CC 387 (Page 205 of the MS., folio 143.) To Elizabethe Huntington of Castell pishe ij yeardes linen & vj** in mon. To Rychard Bouthe of cleveger ij yeardes di. linen. To Rafie Phillipe of Blakborne parishe vj^ in money & iiij*^ to father Cooke of Midliton parishe xij^ to a poor man of Ratchdall parishe Vn']^ to RafFe Dyedney of hallyfex parishe' iiij*^ to Raffe Diconsonn of preston^ ijd to fli'" Rychard Shirbourne man^ towardes the ) ...^ ....j marriage 01 a poor maiden j ■' •' to the Collecte's towardes the buyldinge of) .^ hodder bridge* / ' to henry Browen at London xij^ to James harrwood y* cam frome fh'' Thoms ) ..g ..j heskethe^ , j ^^ ^•' toapoorblindmanoneJohnholkerofRybchester ] -.^ parishe i •* to m'^ Bannester^ to bey Rychard Duckworthe ) ...g ■■■■^ a coate j •' ^ to fh'^ Robte Tomlinsonn a poor preste of CletheralP vj^ to the Curet of Midliton^ ijs to ffather whitheade v]^ to Elizabethe horwiche god daughter to | --^ o'" mother of Brunley parishe j ^ to Rychard Cartmell ij yeardes wollen. to a poor man of Tottellworthe parishe^ one \ Robte waterhouse who said he was o' >v^ brother Robte god sonne j to a blind man of Littell harwood'° one Rychard Claiton xij"^* to one Rychard Bouthe ijs to Georges Bertwesills maid whoe broughte ) -^ trotes to my m'' j ^ to Margeret Tingnell of Whallay parishe ) iij yeardes linen who was fente by m^^ Morley ^ ' iij yeardes linen j ij^ in money. to one hughe wild of holdam'2 parishe xx<^ to Margeret wild of the .same parishe ij^ to a poor woman one Ellen Romsden of^ Roffendell parishe'^, and to her poor >xx*^ children of whom one is blinde J to m"" Ashton to geue a poor fcoUer one ) g Thoms felleri* ]^ Some Ivij^ ij*^ to one Cartmeal wief of harwood parishe viij'^ to the wief of Gylls Grime of burrie parishe xijne}i that Broiighte wimberies": The small black wild fruit called bil- berries in many parts of England are always named ' ' wimberries " in East Lancashire. They are plentiful on some of the local moorlands, and when ripe are gathered for sale by poor women and children. 389 (Page 206 of the MS., folio 143 verso.) To Elizabethe Drap of Totm^den' ij yeardes linen & vj*^ in money To Thorns Bridges of Totm^den ij yeardes linen & vj^ in money To John welch of blakborne To Marie Cooke of pendlie" vj'^ To Rychard Runde of Ratchdall iiij*^ To Jenet horwicke iiij^ To Agnes hindlie iiij*^ To henry peyrsonn xij^ To James wullfinden vj*^ To Rycharde Runde of Ratchdale x'^ To Georges Norcrosse fcholler of CletheralP ^ ij wollen ij yeardes wollen&ij linen Siiij^iiij*^ in money Vij yeardes linen j & iijs iiij*^ in money itxvjthjuiij To Thoms Edliestonne of Waddington ] ..g parishe'* j ^ To a poor man that had his house burnte iiij^ To one Thoms Johnsonn of Whalley ) -.^ parishe a poor lame mane j' ^ To marget Aunceworthe of burrie parishe^... xij*^ To Jenet Slaiter of Whalley parishe iiij** To John Dean of Whalley pishe^ iiij* To henry Browen to make vpe his vj' ) ...^....^ v'nf (x^) I"-* "^-' Sume xvj^ iiij<^ to Rolande ffrethe of halifax parishe iiijiane": Professional minstrels were hired for festal occasions by the gentry of the period ; and William Cowp (contraction of Cowper or Cooper) was one of these "singing-men." ^ " o?ie Nozuell of Clitkerair': Perhaps John Nowell of Clitheroe, father of a Richard Nowell, named ante, p. 168. ^ "Ales Bert-u'esilV: From this entry the right side of the page has been wilfully cut off to the bottom, leaving the record imperfect. 393 (Page 208 of the MS., folio 144 verso.) To Dorethe Reyshton & to Ales Reyshton ") .-g of hepdenstall parishe^ j •' m*^ that Cunlief of Sparthe- hade \ vjs -^ych i^g hade ou^ Rickned to him I .^ self at fli^ Thorns heskethes in his C ■' clothe * Willm Watmoughe ij yeardes linen To Wiggen ij yeardes linen To Grauesonns wieffe & her sonne ] .-^ .^ comended by m^' Ashton of whalley^ ••• X To one Law wief of whalley parishe xij*^ SAoUersof Schollers to henry lyvesey Rycharde Bretherton, henry Tayller, John Lawrance, willm swinlharfte Rycharde )>ix* hartley, for eu''y of them xii'^ | ece & to other iij moe iij" in the whole ...J Law & John haymond^ ) ..^ lley & Cletherail j ^^ xxijs vj<^ 394 Notes a? id Illustrations. (208) ^ *' hepdenstall parishe" : Heptonstall, in West Yorkshire, before mentioned. ' '■' Cunlief of Sparlhe,'" &c. : This is a memorandum that Mr. Cunliffe of Sparth, a local chapman, had received by an over-reckoning six shillings too much on account of some parcels of cloth he had delivered to Dean Nowell " at Sir Thomas Hesketh's," i.e., at Martholme manor-house. Sparth is the name of an old messuage and freehold situate in the township of Clayton-in-le-Moors, about three miles from Martholme, four from Read Hall, and five from Whalley. It was the property of a branch of the family of Cunliffe of Cunliffe in Billington, parish of Blackburn (afterwards of Hollins in Accrington, Wycoller Hall, near Colne, and of Liverpool). The "Mr. Cunliffe of Sparthe " of this entry, was probably Robert Cunliffe. The descent of the Cunliffcs of Sparth may be thus briefly indicated : — Robert Cunliffe, yeoman, the first of Sparth, was a younger son of Nicholas Cunliffe of Hollins, by his wife Christabel, daughter of Henry Hindle. Robert Cunliffe, by Grace his wife, had sons, Robert and Christopher. Robert Cunliffe, the father, died in 1563. His son, Robert Cunliffe, of Sparth, the "Mr. Cunliffe" of the MS., died before the year 1600, when Isabell Cunliffe, his widow, paid a gift he had made to Blackburn Grammar School. " Christopher Cun- liffe of Sparth, gent.," 1 think brother of Robert, is so named on a list of free tenants dated 1584. Christopher Cunliffe, gent., of Sparth House, died on the 19th of October, 1614, seized of an estate held in socage, of 73 acres (about 130 statute acres). By Jeneta his wife, who survived him, he had a son and heir, Robert, aged eleven years at the time of his father's death. This was Robert Cunliffe of Sparth, Esq., a prominent Parliamentarian in the Civil War, and a member of Cromwell's "Little Parliament " in 1653. In a pedigree of Cunliffe of Hollins in the new edition of Whitaker's History of ]V}iallcy, he is erroneously entered as a younger son of John Cunliffe of Hollins. Robert Cunliffe, Esq., M. P., died December 4th, 1653, leaving a son, Christopher, and a daughter, Jenet. The son, Christopher Cunliffe, gent., died about 1656, without issue, and probably unmarried, and his sister and co-heir, Jenet Cunliffe, married John Grimshaw of Clayton Hall, gent., who died without issue, December i6th, 1663. ^ '■' mr Ashton of whalley": Richard Ashton of Whalley Abbey, Esq. See ai!li% p. 217. * "fchollers of Cleike7-alP^ : Six scholars of Clitheroe Grammar vSchool are named in this entry, viz., Henry Livesey, Richard Bretherton, Henry Tayller, John Lawrance, Willm Swinlehurst, and Richard Hartley. One of them, Richard Bretherton, has been mentioned twice before in the JIIS., and noted, see the preceding page, and at pp. 162-3 ; and another, William Swinlehurst, occurs on the preceding page. * " Laii) &■ John haymond" : See Index of Names, s.n. Part of this entry has been cut away. .">95 (Page 209 of the MS.) xxvijth juiij To Lawrance Whitakeres maid whoe broughte | ..g ij capons & xl egges* j ^ To m'" Roger Nowell his wief Daughter^ whoe "| ^ broughte iiij caponns xij chekens half a mutton ... j To Nicoles halsted his wief^ who broughte ij ) ••, Capons X chekens j ■' To John Sellers wief"* & his maid whoe broughte ) g iiij"" capons j To John Narrham wicf^ & his maid whoe ) •••, broughte iiij capons j To Tames whitakeres wief^ & his maid whoe ) •••, . . - ni broughte iiij'' capons j ■' To Robte Ingham wief whoe broughte iij capons ij^ To John Ingham wief whoe broughte ) --g ij capones / ^ To John Browen wief whoe broughte ij capons ij^ To Edward Ingham wief whoe broughte one capone xij^ To Christofor Sillers wief whoe broughte a capone... xij"^ To one that broughte ij capons from Thoms Ingham ij^ To henry whitaker whoe broughte ij capons \ X chikens j To Georges Seller maid whoe broughte ij ) ..^ capons half a Mutton J ^ To m''^ habargham maid^ whoe broughte a lambe ... vj^ To m''^ RatcHef mane^ whoe broughte ij greene ) ..^ geyse^ j •' To m' Thoms Towenleys maides'*' whoe broughte ) ^ •■■^ ij capones half a mutton )' ^ to Willm Bolton father^^ whoe broughte a pigge xviij'^ To henry Reyley of the Green^^ -whoe broughte ) •••g ij capons & half and lambe | ^ To Rychard marcer'^ & his syster whoe broughte ) •••, ...-j .. -^ -^ c n]S mi° ij capones ) ■' ■' To m"" Towenley to make vpe a Some of|...g -^ money'"* W^^ he hade before received in gold j ^ ■' to my lady Langhton man who broughte a ) •••j salmon & ij mortes'^ | ■' To Lawrance Cowp who broughte a base ij^ To m" Morles maides'^ whoe broughte a capon & ) --^ peyzen'7 j J To m'** Stansfildes maid^^ whoe brought a ) ^--^ ij^ }. capon & ij Chescakes ) •" To f'' Thoms heskethe horskep & his marleres xviij*' To Lawrance wild^^ his maid whoe broughte ( --^ a capon & a chescake j •' To Cunlief wief~° whoe broughte iij capons iij^ To a poor man of Ratchdall parishe vj<^ To my Lady Langton man who broughte ) ^--^ half a bucke / ■' for showinge the horses"' v^ vij^ for ottes at harwood-2 for the Gyldinges xviij*^ to Sager for his penknyfife vj*^ to fli"^ Raffe Lacester man iiij^ 396 //3^V'7*/9^ Notes and Ilhistrations. (209) ' ^^ Lawrance Whitakeres mmd who broiighte ij capons &* xl egges'''': Capons (cock- chickens) were at this period a usual comphmentary present from gentry to each otlicr; and on the occasion of Dean Nowell's sojourn in Lancashire in the summer of 1569, when he probably stayed chiefly with his half-brother and co-trustee, John Towneley, Esq., at Towneley Hall, most of the gentlefolk thereabouts sent him presents of capons and other things named on this and the following page of the text. ^ "Mr. Roger Nowdl his luief Daughter'' : Roger Nowell, Esq. , was Dean Nowell's nephew (see the genealogy of the Nowells in our Introduction); but "Mr. Roger Nowell's wife's daughter" of this entry was not Roger Nowell's daughter, but a daughter of Mrs. Nowell by her first husband, Lawrance Starkie of Huntroyd, Esq. ; albeit no daughter of that scion is named in the Starkie pedigree. ^ " AUcholas halstcd his wief": The wife, I dare say, of Nicholas Halsted, chapman, who sold several parcels of cloth to Dean Nowell. (See atite, pp. 280, 284, and relative note, p. 281.) * '■'■John Sellers wief^: See ante, p. 308, and note, p. 309. * '■'John Nar7-ham wief^': See the name, ante, p. 282. ^ "James whitakeres ivief": See ante, pp. 308-9, for another mention of James Whitaker, and relative note. ' " il/rs. Jiabei gluvn niaid^'': Mrs. Habergham, wife of Richard Habergham, gent., of Habergham Hall, in 1569, was Margaret, daughter of Nicholas Hancock, gent. Her first son, Lawrence, was born in 1556, and she died in 1604. ^ "Mrs. Ratclief mane''''-. Probably this Mrs. Radcliffe was Margaret, wife of Charles Radcliffe of Todmorden, Esq., and daughter of Thomas Savile of Eccesley. ' " grecne geyse" =^ Green Geese. 10 " j[f,: Thorns Towenhys inaid''^: The servant, I conjecttn-e, of Mr. Thomas Towneley of Dutton, near Ribchester, whose grandson, Thomas Towneley of Dutton, died 40 years later, in 1609. " " IFilhn Bolton father": Perhaps he was father of William Bolton, yeoman, of Bank-hey, in Little Harwood, parish of Blackburn, who died in 1594. A sketch of this family is given in Mr. Abram's History of Blackburn Parish. '' '"^ hemy Reyley of the green" : The Rileys of The Green (a messuage and free- hold in Hoghton, a little to the south of Hoghton Tower) were an old stock of Lanca- shire yeomen. Henry Ryley del Greene was a juror in 1482, on the Inq. post niort. of Sir Richard Towneley, knt. The herald. Flower, in the Lancashire Visitation of 1567, gives a descent of three generations of this family, beginning with Henry Ryley of the Greene (he would live in the early years of the sixteenth century), whose son and heir, Thomas Ryley, married Jane, daughter and co-heir of James Whitaker of Henthome, gent., and had issue, sons, Thomas, James, Henry, Hugh Ryley of New Sarum, who was steward to Bishop Jewell (a noteworthy circumstance); and datighters, Eliza- beth, wife of John Robinson ; Ellen, wife of William Starkie of Twiston ; Margaret, wife of George Holroyd of Yorkshire, and Isabel, wife of Heniy Salker. So far Flower. A few items about these Rileys are derived from other sources. I think the "Henry Riley of the Green" in 1569, named in this entry of our MS. must have been Henry, third son of Thomas Riley, as above, and brother of Bishop Jewell's steward, Hugh Riley. The elder brother, Thomas Riley de Greene, gent., occurs in a list of free tenants in 1584. He was progenitor of a later Thomas Riley of the Greene, who married Susan, daughter of John Orrell of Turton, Esq., and is named in the Will of her mother, Elizabeth Orrell, widow, dated 1606: — "Unto my daughter Susan, now wiffe of Thomas Riley of the Greene, one silver tune and the third part of all my lynen." {Lane. Wills, Cheth. Socy., vol. ii, p. 143.) This Thomas Riley, gent., appears in 1 62 1 in a categoiy of freeholders. Perhaps a son, Henry Riley, married, at Black- burn, February 24th, 1622, Elizabeth Mercer. 13 "■ Rye hard marccr ": See Index of Names, for several Mercers named in the lilS. '* "Mr. ToiaenLy to viake up a some of money," &c. : John Towneley, Esq., Dean Nowell's co-trustee. '* "my Lady Langhton man 7i'ho broughte a salmon 6^ ij mortes": Dame Anne Langton, wne of Sir Thomas Langton, Knt., baron of Newton and lord of Walton-in- le-Dale (she was daughter of Thomas Talbot, Esq.), was at the date of this reference a widow, her husband. Sir Thomas, having died early in the same year (1569). Lady Langton would be residing at Walton Hall, near Preston, and the present of fish, a salmon and two morts, her man brought to Dean Nowell, would be taken out of the Ribble, in which the Langtons, as lords of Walton, had an ancient fishery privilege. Lady Langton's man also brought a present of "half a bucke" to the Dean, as entered tJifra on this page. This dame died three years subsequently, in April or May, 1572. ^8 "mrs morles maid": Mrs. Morley, of Dinkley Hall, before noticed at page 389, ante. '' " peyzcJi"-. The word is intended, I imagine, for "pea-hen." 18 ^'■Mrs. Stansfildes maid 'whoe broughte a capon cS^" ij chescakcs": Mrs. Stansfield 397 (Page 210 of the MS) To m" Towenleis maid ot the Rayle' whoe ) ^.-^ broughte a capone J ■' To Barnard haregreues whoe broughte ) ..^ a capone / ■' To James fhr Thoms heskethe minstrelP xij*^ To m*" Bradell men^ for their paynes x^ To EHzabethe Lee that broughte a capon iij^ To EHzabethe Reyshton that brought a capon iij^ To James Chuese wief"^ whoe broughte ) -^ iij Chekens ) ■' To George Shuttelhvorthe wieffe^ xviij"^ To the keperes of Hapton parke^ vj^ viij'^ To one Browen my Lady Towenleys man ij^ /xxjs iiij^ Whallay Towen ^Viswall Peiidliton Simonston (Page 211 of the AIS., folio 146.) Money Geven to the poor of the parishe of Whallay' To m'^ Parrys C brother Robte Godfather^ xxx^ to m"" Ashton^ to geue to the manage of) g a poor maide | to Margette Robtes & her iij childrene iiij*^ Roeer Grecfson lUj' id id vx James wood & John wood iiij Agnes Breares marget Margerie & Isabell... iiij Cislie hogsone j*^ vx John tineste & John & Georges iiij^^ Ry chard hogson & will Rypon ij^ John Sedell ij<^ Wiswall Anthony hill 'f Jenet woode j'^ Ales Lambere iiij*^ Isabell hindlie iiijir Ashton": Richard Ashton, Esq., of Whalley Abbey, named and noted before. (Index of Names, s.n.) * " willm flaiter''' : From this line a portion of the page is torn off. 399 (Page 212 of the MS., folio 146 verso.) Padgham« Margct hackin iiij** Ellen Bawdwein John & Rycharde xi]^ Marget Michell mj d 'fc> Isabell Dodson nij*! Isabell Raffe & John Whitakere xij^ Isabell Nowell iiij'^ Ales & Katherin Buckcocke iiij*^ iijs viij' (Page 213 of the 3fS., folio 148.) Money Cjeven to dyvers Towens' aboute whalley & brunley to certen poor at Towenley gattes the xxx^Ji of June To certen poor in the Towen of Billington ) ..^ as apperethe by the bill therof j to certen poor of blakeborne Towene as | ^.^ apperethe by the bill therof j to certen poor of castell pishe as apperethe ) ^-^ by the bill therof I' •' to certen poor of yorkeshire as apperethe ] -g ..-a by the bill therof r . to certen poor of Ratchdall xj X^i X<^ vntell o'cominge agayne from thence out by Robte Pyckringe^ of auguste Anno 1569 the xxj*^^ of Septemb"' A° 1569 as more plainly apperethe by the bill therof Laid out more frome the xxiiij'^'^ of feptemb"^ {569 vntell the xxvj*^ of Septemb'' 1569 as apperethe by the same bill Robtes hande , out more ffrome the xxix'^'^ of feptemb'"'] A° 1569 vntell the 3 of October* as apperethe Vxiiij^ by the bill of the said Robtes pyckringe J Laid out by Alexander Bradshawe^^ ffrome the xxix*'^ of auguste A° {569 vntell the xxviij*'^ of September as more pleanly apperethe by the bill of the faid Alexandere Laid out by John houghton* ffrome the" of Aug-uste A" 1569 vntell the firste Inp'^imes frome vntell Ao Ao of Laid I'd J>vli xiijs W]^ xxix^li writmge nth of October Ap 1569 as more appearethe by the bill of the hand of the said John Laid out by James wolton^ ffrome the xxvj of Septembi" A*' 1569 vntell the -seconde of October A° 1569 as apperethe by the bill of the said James hande [Line obliterated.] ye22ti&2StioffeptembrTo the mcuc of bridge Avattere^ the) ;th pleanly S-v^' vij^ vij« .li IX" vnj" J id n'U all these pcell Laid out & rceyved by James dothe apper by his bill of accompte. XVllJ li xxvij"-" Oi Septemb'' by James f •' To my mr in gold at m"" Jeninges his house' | the xxijth of feptemb'' A" 1569 j more Laid out by James wolton as apperethe \ by his bill frome the xx^^ of Septemb'" vntell [-xxxvij^ viij*^ the xxvij*** of Septembere A" 1569 j Laid out more by the said James wolton"^ ffrome the firste of feptemb"" vntell the x*^ of the same monthe A*> 1569. as ^vj^* xiij^ iiij' more pleanly apperethe by the said James I bill Ixxv^^ J 402 Notes and Ilhistrations. (214) ' " A note of ihe charges in the westecontry," &.C.: In June and July, 1569, as we have seen, DeanNowcll was in his native district of East Lancashire, dispensing charities in accordance with his iDrother's dying request tliat the poor of those paTts might be cared for. In August of the same year he again started from home, in London, upon a journey into the " Weste Contry," i.e., through Berkshire into Wiltshire and Somersetshire. It was about the end of September when he returned home. Dean Nowell was accompanied on this journey by his two kinsmen, Thomas Bowyer, Esq., and Thomas Nowell of Runcton, gent, (whose travelling charges the Dean seems to have paid), and by his four servants, James Wolton, Robert Pickering, Alexander Bradshaw, and John Hoghton. Among the friends the Dean sojourned with in the west were, Mr. John Wolton, his nephew, then rector of Spaxton in the diocese of Wells ; "parson Jeninges," and Mr. Perle, "preacher of Salisbury." The Dean's chief object in this tour was, apparently, that of distributing money of his brother's trust in charity, and the large sums entered as laid out by his servants, though no detail of the expenditure is recorded, may be supposed to include many small sums given to deserving indigent persons. * ^^ Laid out by Robte Pyckririge''^ : He is described in the first instance of his name occurring in the MS. as " Robte Pyckringe, Mr. Deane of poulls mane " (see ante, p. 32). As a trusty servant of the Dean he had several commissions to pay money on account of this trust ; and he received a gift of 40^^. for himself on one occasion (see ante, p. 84). In this western journey he laid out on account of his master three sums of i \l. ly. i \d., 10/. \od., and i\s. ^ " Alexander Bi-adshawe'''': Another of Dean Nowell's men-servants, noted (ante, p. 33) as having been still in his service in 1592, and a legatee under the Dean's Will. * " jfohri Houghton ": He occnrs fj-eqiienier as a witness to gifts, being in the service of Dean Nowell, and also, if I am not mistaken, sometime of John Towneley, Esq. 5 "James JVo/ton": In the Introduction will be found a statement of my reasons for believing that this servant of Dean Nowell (who had previously, too, been Robert Nowelfs confidential servant) was the person who kept these accounts of the trust, and the Scribe of the MS. James Wolton is the chief custodian of money and pay- master of the party during this journey, as shown by several entries infra and on the succeeding page. Observe that in the margin below is written: "All these pcell [parcels] laid out and receyved by James [Wolton] dothe apper by his bill of accompte," and opposite this is entered a payment by the said James, "to my nV in gold at m' Jeninges his house," &c. The words "to my master" could thus only have been written in the MS. by James Wolton in this instance, and the handwriting here is that of the whole AIS., excepting a few entries notice?! as being in Dean Nowell's own handwriting. James Wolton was brother of John Wolton, Bishop of Exeter. (See ante, notes at p. 7 and p. 267.) 8 " the mene of Bridgeu'attere": At Bridgewater, in Somersetshire, James Wolton was almoner for the Dean of a sum of 8/. dispensed to the inhabitants. ^ "at mr. yeninges his house": See entry on next page, and relative note. 40.3 Money Laid by my mr him selfe the same Jorney unto the waste coutrie'- (Page 215 of the MS., folio 153 verso.) The xxiijt^ of feptemb"^ Geven to ) ,g m"^ psonne Jeninges five children^ j To m'^ Bowyer^ xxx* To my old m"" Godsonn one clevengere'* v^ To a poo*'scoller one Thorns Knighte vj^ To John wolton & his father in lawe^ xxx^ To his father for debte for carriage of haye vijMiij** To psonn Jeninges his wief^ xxvij^ To James Reedfearne at Welse^ xx^ To m"^ Thoms Bowyer & m"" Thoms ) ...u Nowell^ for there paynes j ^ to them more at Salisburie xx^ to iij fcholleres at Salisbury, one Christofor )^ ,g Whither, Ambrose Rogeres & John wattes^ j at the requieste of m'' boulde m'^ poclere w*^ others To m'' perle preacher of falysbury'^ xx^ To m^ Dj-are^^ xl^ to a poor scoller by thandes of the pson of] ^ Bridgwatere j To Kerrie & his wiefe at Newberrie^^ ^^ To the Mendinge of the way at Bridge ^ watere'^ the 27 of Septemb"" I ^jj wherof vj^i "was paid by James as f apperethe by his bill j xxixii ij8 iiij*^ 404 Notes and Illustrations. (2T5) 1 "■Money laid [out] by my inr him selfe the same jorney into the weste contrie ": Here follow sums whicli Dean Xowell bestowed with his own hand. 2 " mr f Sonne Jeninges five children ": By a previous reference on the last page, it is seen that Dean Nowell was staying at Mr. Jennings' house on the 22nd of Septem- ber, 1569. This gift to the minister's children was made on the day following, the 23rd September. Who was this "Parson Jeninges"? Was he a relative of the Nowells ? It is probable he was ; but there is no means of showing the nature of the connexion. A Parson Jennings of Whalley is named before (see p. 312); but this minister was beneficed somewhere in Somersetshire, perhaps at Bridgewater. I con- clude he is the same with Richard Jeninges, minister, named on page 128 ante. ^ " To mr BoTvyer," and " mr Thorns Bowyer," infra : I may insert here a short account of the family of the Bowyers of London, &c. , several of whom have been met with in the AIS. At page 261 ante, and in the Introduction, is pointed out the con- nexion by marriage of this Thomas Bowyer, who was a lawyer of the Inner Temple, with Dean Xowell and the Dean's first cousin, Thomas Nowell of Runcton. The genealogy of the Bowyers at this period is as follows ; a portion of which is from Harl. MS. I. 159 : — William Bowyer, Esq., of Petworth, in the county of Sussex, had issue four sons, viz., Thomas, eldest son and heir, Robert, John, and Edmund Bowyer. Taking first the record of the younger sons — Robert Bowyer of Chichester, second son of William, had issue, sons, Robert Bo\\Ter, his heir (married Ann, daughter of Groner of Tempelytton, and had daughters, Margaret, ^lartha, Elizabeth, and Ann) ; John Bowyer (who had a son John Bowyer) ; Francis Bowyer, citizen of London, third son of Robert (who married Elizabeth, daughter of Tihvorth of London); William Bowyer, fourth son (married Ann, daughter of Sir John Harcourt) ; and Henry Bowyer, fifth son. John Bowyer of Petworth, third son of the first named William Bowyer, married Margaret, daughter of Darkley of Winchelsea, and had a son, William Bowyer of Pet- worth (who married Eve, daughter of the heirs of Hemerford of Somersetshire, and had recorded issue a daughter, Grace Bo\\yer); and daughters, Parnell (wife of Thomas AtkiiTson, who had a daughter, Benedicta); Rose (wife of Symond IMarston, and mother of James Marston); and Alice (wife of Mr. Richard Mills, who had a daughter, Mary). I now come to the senior descent of the Bowyers, with w'hich we are more particularly concerned here. Thomas Bowyer, Esq., citizen and grocer, of London (first son of William Bowyer of Petworth), married Jane, daughter of Robert Merry of Hatfield, Esq., and had issue, sons, Thomas Bowyer, eldest and heir (of whom see below); and Richard Bowyer, citizen and grocer, of London ; and a daughter, Joan Bowyer, who married, first, George Cassey of London, grocer (who died 20th August, 1568, leaving a son, Robert Cassey), and, secondly, Thomas Nowell of Runcton, gent. (see p. 261, ante), and died 24th September, 1584. The father, Thomas Bowyer, citizen and grocer of London, died 13th September, 1558, and was buried at North Mundham, in the county of Sussex. His widow, Joan Bowyer, afterwards married Alexander Nowell, Dean of St. Paul's, and died in August, 1579, and w^as buried at North Mundham 14th August. Her son, and Dean Nowell's stepson, Thomas Bo\v}'er of the Inner Temple (named here in the text and often elsewhere in the i\IS. ), married Mawdelyn, daughter of Bartholomew Treheron, the eminent Protestant divine, who died in exile temp. Mary. Mawdelyn Bowyer had a sister, Dorothy Treheron, who is named in the MS. (p. 108), on the occasion of her marriage, when Dean Now^ell sent her a gift by the hands of her sister's husband : — "To Thorns Bow^ere tow^ards the marriage of Dorethe Treherone the 16 of Novembr A". 1569, hi. \y. 4d." Thomas Bowyer's wife is named early in the MS. (see p. 6) as " Magdaline Bowyere "; but when annotating that portion of the text I was not m possession of the facts now- presented aboui the Bow^yer family. Mrs. Bowser of the Old Jury (wife, I think, of Francis Bowyer, cousin of Thomas Bowyer, of the Inner Temple), is named on the same page. Concerning the posterity (if any) of the last-named Thomas Bowyer I lack information. * ^^ my old mr Godsonn one clez'engere^'': The Scribe speaks of Robert Nowell, Esq., as his "old master," which tends to confirm my notion that he was none other than James Wolton, who had been Robert Nowell's man before he was Dean Nowell's. The "godson" is unknown. Perhaps his name was not " Clevengere " but Cliviger, derived from the district of that name in Lancashire. * "John wolton dr^ his father-in-law'''': John Wolton, then rector of Spaxton, subsequently Bishop of Exeter, of whose career and family I have given an account (see ante, pp. 267-269). His father-in-law, named along with him in the present reference, was a clergyman ; his name I have not ascertained. * "p'son Jeninges his 7vief": On preceding page is another reference to Parson Jennings, and relative note. 7 " To James Reedfearne at Welse": "Welse," no doubt, stands for Wells in our Scribe's peculiar speUing. 405 (Page 216 of the MS., folio 177). To a poor Wyddowe^ m''s ftrange the xx'^ of) ^ Aprill Anno 1573 | To Nicholes Reyshton^ a poor fycke mane \ the xvij*^^ of June A" 1573 : w'"'^ came frome >xiijs iiij^ the Baythe J To one Lieche a poor prisoner in the m^fhallsey \ ^^ the xviij'^^^ of June A^ 1573 ) To one m''^ Bartlete a poor wyddowe^ the xviij*'^ ) ^ daye of June A" 1573 J^ To one m''^ Rawcrosse* the xviij*'^ of June \ ^ A« 1573 /'' To one Rycharde newe a poor fyshe mongere^ ) ...^ ....^ the xviijth of June A° 1573 | "^ "'^ To tlie wieffe of one harmane Barkstede^ \ whome was comendide by m"" Dean of Lytchfilde )-v' the xx^^^ of Auguste A" 1573 J given by my m^ to a poor man^ at an offringe ^ at hatfilde whoe hade his howse bornte the wj^ xxjth of auguste A^ 1573 j geven to dyvers other poor men at or about ) ...g ....^ the same xxj'^'^ of auguste A** 1573 ) ^ ^ Too ra"" ffoxe of Cheapesyede^ the iiij*^^ ofS Septemb"" A° i573 when he wente Vx^ towardes Irelande J Too one m'' Stowarde a booke bynder in London^ ] ..^ the xijth of October A" i573 j ^■' Too a poor mane w*^^ lacked fervice w*^'^ came w* ] ..^ the psonn of Wydeforde^o the xij*^^of October A° 1573 f ^ Too a poor mane w'^^ lackede service, w*^^^ came \ ..^ wt m"" Walhvyne the xij'^i of octob"" A° 1573 j' ^-^ To one henry ducker'\ a poore Tick mane, lyinge ) ..j ficke at green wych, the xxiiij*'^' daye of Novemb*" j •' To one Robte Goore the same xxiiij^^ daie \ of November j To one Leonarde Camp a poore mane 4 feconde of December A° 1573 ^ lS l3 406 Notes and Ilhistrations. ^ '■'■ mr Thorns Boivyer &^ mr Thorns NoT.velV: As to Mr. Thomas Bowyer, see note supra, and respecting Mr. Thomas Nowell (of Runcton), see note at p. 261. ' ^^ to iij scholleres at SalisbiDj, one Christofor Whither, Ambrose Rogei-es (Sr' John Wattes'': Of this trio of Salisbury scholars, the first, Christopher Wither, I do not identify ; Ambrose Rogers has before occurred in the MS., and has been noted as a younger son of the eminent John Rogers (see ante, pp. 160-I, 212-13, 225). John Watts may have been the son of Richard Watts of London, Taylor, named twice in the MS. ante, at p. 196. 10 " !)ir Perle, preacher of Salysbiiry'': I find no information at hand respecting this preacher. " ''^ mr Dyare'" : Named before in the MS. as Mr. Dyer. (See p. 274.) '^ "/^ Kerrie &= his 'wiefe at .Wioeberrie'" : Probably Humphrey Kerry, named at pp. 4, 40, 76, no, 274. Humphrey Kerrie and Margery his wife are named in Robert Nowell's Will as legatees (see the Will in the Introduction). Humphrey Kerry was probably employed sometime as verger at St. Paul's, for in one case he is entered " Humfrey Kerrie verger" (p. 40). Newberrie, where he had this payment of \os., was, I presume, Newbury in Berkshire. ^^ "■ to the inendinge of the -ivay at Bridge 'LL'tttere": Finding the highway at Bridge- water in bad condition, no doubt. Dean Nowell gave the town authorities a handsome sum of 10/. to secure its proper repair. (216) * ^' To a poor IFyddoiue," &c. : This last leaf of the MS. appears to have got out of its original place in the accounts, for the items belong to a diiferent set of payments to those foregoing, and to a date four years later (1573). Mrs. Strange, the "poor wyddowe," is unknown. * " AUcholes Reyshton from the Bay the": This poor sick man bears a Lan- cashire name (Rishton), although he had come up to London from Bath ("the Baythe "), whither, perhaps, he had resorted on account of his disorder. ^ "^?rrs Bartlete a poor ivyddoiue": She occurs before (p. 128) as "good wief Bartlet" and as " Bartlettes wieff "; and at p. 156, as "meistres Bartlett." * ^' mrs Rawcrosse" : Probably the same with "Mrs. Rowcrofte" of an earlier entry (p. 158). * ^ Rychard IVeive a poor fyshemottgere": Meant for Richard Neve, fishmonger, several times met with and noted as connected by marriage with the Nowells. (Index of Names, s. n. ) ® "wieffe of one harmane Barkstede," &c. : Some poor woman, wife perhaps, of a foreign Protestant refugee (for the Christian name, Herman, is a foreign one), whom Mr. Lawrence Nowell, Dean of Lichfield, had commended to his brother's notice. ^ '^geven by my mr to a poor man," &c. : This gratuity was given by Dean Nowell at an "offring" (offering or collection) at Hatfilde (Hatfield, in Hertfordshire), to a poor man who had been burnt out of his house. ^ " mr ffoxe of Cheapesydc," &c. : The Foxes of London are several times mentioned in the AfS. (Index of Names, s.n.) I conjecture they were of the same family with, and perhaps nearly related to, John Foxe the Martyrologist, who was then also living in London, and, we may be sure, a good friend of Dean Nowell's. The Mr. Foxe of Cheapside of the present entry had this gift "when he wente towardes Irelande." 3 ^' mr Stoioarde a bookbynder in London": A poor journeyman bookbinder, who, one can suppose, had become known to the Dean of St. Paul's by repairing the covers of old tomes in his library, and now was out of occupation and in need of chanty. '" '■^ psonne of 7vydeforde" : As this entry and the one below it are identical, excepting that, in the first, the man who lacked service had come with the "parson of Wyde- forde," and, in the second, "with Mr. Wallwyne," I conclude that Mr. Wallwyne was the same person with the parson of Wydford (probably Widford near Chelmsford, in Essex). " '' Henry ducker," kc.\ Described as a poor sick man, lying sick at Greenwych (Greenwich). 407 (Page 217 of the MS., folio 177 verso.) Too a poor fervinge mane^ comendide by m''^ Tunstall the feconde of December A^ 1573 Mij^ iiij** namede Recharde Wallton j To a poor p^soner one Philhpe Bambrige^ ) ^ the yi'f" of Decenib"" A^ 1573 |^ To a poor man one Robte Broke the xx*'*^ ) g of December A" 1573 ) To dyvers other poore by Rychard Smyth \ AUexander Bradshowe^ the xx*^^ of ^ viij* viij*^ December A" 1573 j To one Thoms lewes p^soner in the^ m^shallsey at the sute of m' wycHeff I ..g & m Clearke**, the xxix*^ of Januarye [ ^ A« 1573 ^ Too iiij"" poor fhypp men of Sussex robbed by ) g pyrattes^ the v''^ of decemb'' A° i573 j " To one Wilhn Lawe a poore sicke mane the viij*'^ \ ...^ ....^ of Decemb-^ A" 1573 j "J "^^ To one Saundersonns wief a poore womane the \ ..^ xjt'i of Decemb'' A" i573 j ^•' To one George Gylpyn^ a decayede m chante \ ^ the xj'ii of decemb'' A^ {573 j ^ Too one Thirsbye a yonge mane a p'^sonner the xiij* of December A° 1573 ... Too Abraham fowler^ late of Christes College in Oxforde the xxvij*'^ of Decemb'' Ao 1571 To one Samesonne a poore lame boye the fyrste of Januarye A° 1573 To one hojDewoode a poore maide the fyrste ] of Januarye A" 1573. j ^-^ To willm Lawe^ a poore fykman by his \vief|..g the seconde of Januarye A° 1573 j ^ To one [erasure] Grymsdich a poore mane beinge of kyne to ^ m"" Grymsdych of Cheshire^ the 4 of January Vij* v]^ A« 1573 • j To father of western a poore ^ --g bl}'nde mane the sexte of Januarye A° 1573... j o one willm Mortonn a poore decayed \ ^ ttizen the x*^ of Januarye A" {573 J o one Robte vnderhill a very poore mane \ the pishe of S'® Sepulcres the x*^ of Viij^ iiij*^ L. ary A« 1573 j 1J3 ij3 yji l9 408 N'oies a?id Ilbistratioiis. (2^7) ' ^' a poor servinge mane,'" &c. : His name was Richard Walton, and he was com- mended by Mr. Tunstall. Mr. Tunstall might be some Icinsman of Francis Tunstall, Esq., then of Thurland Castle, in Lonsdale, in the county of Lancaster. ■■^ "« poor fsoner one Philip Bambrige": I do not think these poor prisoners helped by Dean Nowell were ordinary offenders against the law. It is more likely they were honest and worthy persons who had been incarcerated either for debt through misfortune, or possibly for their religious opinions. The remark applies to the poor prisoner Philip Bambridge of this enliy, and to Thomas Lewes, prisoner in the Marshalsea, and one "Thirsbye a yonge mane a p'soner" of two other entries infra. ^ '■' dyvers other poore by Rychard Smythe, Alexander B)-adsho7ue": Richard Smith and Alexander Bradshaw, two of Dean Nowell's men, dispensed this sum to several poor persons. * " mr wyclieff &' mr clearke''^'. Persons of repute in London, friends of Dean Nowell, probably clergymen, though I cannot identify them. An Alexander Wyclief occurs ante, p. 276; the second, Mr. Clearke, might be the Nicholas Clearke, named as a "poor minister," ante, p. 124, or even Dr. Bartholomew Gierke, Dean of Arches, &c. * ^^ iiij poor e shy pp men of Sussex robbed by pyrattes" : Pirates in that age infested many of the seas in which English ships of commerce entered, and these four poor shipmen (mariners) of Sussex had reached their native shore destitute, after being plundered by the pirates. * " George Gylpyn a decayed m^chante" : This decayed London merchant was of an eai-lier generation than his namesake, John Gilpin of Cowper's ballad, the "linen- draper bold," of " credit and renown." It is pleasing to know that the fortunes of the Gilpins looked up between the time of the decayed merchant, George Gylpyn, and of the prosperous John Gilpin. ^ '^ Abrahame fowler" : This entry is erased. Abraham Fowler, a. protege of Dean Nowell, ocz\3x% freqttenter in the MS., and has been noted at p. 197. (For other references, see Index of Names, s.n.) 8 " VVillm Lawe": See Index of Names, s.n. ' ^' Mr Grymsdych of Cheshire''' : Mr. J. P. Earwaker, F. S.A., historian of East Cheshire, kindly notes for us, that "the family of Grimsdich of Grimsdich is an old Cheshire family who held lands at Grimsdich in Nether Whitley, in Bucklow Hundred, for many generations. They had a grant of lands there about 1300, and continued seated there till about 1 7 10, when John Grimsdich, the then representative of the family, sold the estates. They do not appear to have entered at any of the Cheshire Visitations, and their pedigree has not been worked out. The Mr. Grimsdich of 1573 was probaljly the same as 'John Grimsdiche of Grimsdiche, Esq.,' who occurs in a list of Cheshire gentry in 1579." K E 4<50 INDEX OF PERSONS. #*^ It should be pointed out that in the frequent instances in which a person is named more than once on the same page the single entry in the Index is meant to cover each of sucli references. Also, that where several persons of the same name appear in the text, whom it would not be convenient to distinguish in the Index, one insertion of the name has been deemed sufficient. For example, the name Roger Nowell belongs to several representatives in the Nowell genealogy; yet we have not deemed it requisite to attempt to mark each member out" in indexing, but have attached all the references to the one entry of that name. For most practical uses this will be found enough. But persons of historical distinction, e.g., Edmund Spenser, the Poet, have been carelully entered in the Index apart from others of similar name who may occur. ABBOT, Edward, 200. Abbotte, Thomas, 1 70-1. Aboot, Mr., 122-3. Abote, Henry, 174. Abram, W. A., x, xxvii, 80, 281, 397. Aburgham, William, Vicar of Croston, xxix. Achley, Thomas, 224-5. Acrowede (Ackroyd), 380-I. Adames, Widow, 152. Adderton, Christopher, 176. Adishede, Anne, 152. Adlington, William, 30- 1. Agnes (maid), 8-9. Agnew, 65, loi, 103, 105, 107. Ainsworth (Aunceworthe), Margaret, 390- 1. Alarde, Robert, 12. Albaney, William, 27, 38-9. Albrighte of Parish Garden, 146. Aldersey, Thomas, 1 14. Alexander, Mr., 120-3. Nicoles, 84. (Reformer), 103. Alldersaye, Mr., 228. Allein, Richard, 201. Allen (Allyn), Bp. Edmund, 126-7. Mrs., 126-7. Richard, 198, 20I Samuel, 206, 209. Allso, Hugh, 34. (See Hall- sail. ) Allsthorpe (Althorpe), Alice, 126, 274-5. Allvey.Richard, 108-9, 1 1 2- 1 3. Mr., 1 90- 1. Allystree, Hugh, 12. Alyne, John, 16. Ambrose, John, 80. Lewes, 224-5. Maud, 80. William, 80. Ameridithe, Julyan, 140. Amyas, Mr., 1 12-13. Amyes, Roger, 90, 96. Anderton, Isabel, 310. John, 310, 390. Samuel, 310. Andrewe, Martha, 138. Andrewes (Androwes), Lan- celot, Bp. , xxii, xxiii, xxv, 29, 79, III, 184-5. Andrews, Agnes, 8-9, 76, 78-9. Angell, Thomas, 144. Anger, Mother, 140. Anthony, Mr., loi. Antylls, Henry, 92-3. Anslowe, Mr., 240. Aperde, Richard, 16, 20- 1, 26. Applegarthes, Mr., 244. Applieyarde, Mr., 134, 144. Apuleius, 31. Arber, Edward, 37, 43, 99, III. Argoell, 66. Arminius, 65. Arscot, Mr., 251. Arundel, Earl of, 80. Ascham, 103. Ashbye, William, 176-7. Everard, 177. Asheton (Assheton, Aston, Ashton), Arthur, 271, 288- 9, 291. Edward, 291. Hamlet, xxxii, 88-9, 261. John, 237, 389. Katherine, 263, 271. Nicholas, 81, 183, 291, 307- - — Ralph, 217, 315. Richard, 83, 216-17,310- II, 388-9, 394-5, 398-9. Theophilus, 297, 305. • William, 271, 291, 295, 297. Ashmer, 18. Ashworth, Edward, 386. Aske, Mr., 48, 94-5. Aspeden, Agnes, 346, 372. Anne, 374. Ellen, 372, 374. Isabel, 372, 374. John, 352,357, 366-7. Margaret, 354. Margery, 352. Miles, 372. Roger, 352. Aspinall, Alexander, 238-9. Myles, 239, 253. Richard, 252-3. Astley, Anne, 256-7. Dr. Richard, 20I. Atherton, Samuel, 194-5. 412 Index of Persons. Atherton, Thomas, 1 12-13, Banastre (Banester, Bannis- Bartlett, Mr., 158. 182-3. ter, Mr., 242-3. Mrs., 156. Atkins, Richard, 134. Nathaniel, 243. Bartley, Tomason, 140. Atkinson, Benedicte, 405. Nicholas, 242-3, 388-9. Barton, Andrew, 77. Florence, xxxiii. Richard, 356, 366. Johan, 140. John, 148. Roger, xxx. Ralph, 1, li. Hi, 76-9. Reginald, xxxiii. Thomas, 16-17. Robert, xxxvii, 77. Sr, 194-5. Bancrofte, Alice, 82-3. Thomas, xlvii, 14. Thomas, 405. Abp., 185. Barw7ke, 18. Attoughe, Agnes, 312. Henry, 364. Steven, 176. ■ Alicocke, 382. John, 364. Basket, Anne, 152, 159. Anne, 312. Myles, 82-3, 267, 306-7. Basse, Vincen, 100, 103, 107. Jane, 312. Bankes, Thomas, 210-11, 234. Bates (Batte), Johan, 108-9. Jenet, 312. Sr, 226-7. John, 324. John, 312-13. Barbon, John, 206, 208. Thomas, 108-9. • Margaret, 382-3. Barcrofte, John, 350. Widow, 152. Aubrey, Thomas, 1 60-1. Lawrance, 382-3. William, 182-3. Audeley, 144-5. Robert, 350- 1, 382-3. Bateman, John, 206 8. Aughton, Thomas, xxxii. William, 176, 2S8, 291, Bath, Earl of, xlviii, 68-9, 74. Austene, Elizabeth, 366. 382-3. Batten, Sr., 198, 201. Margery, 152. Barefoot, 190, 228-9, 230- 1. Battersbie (Batesby), 8-9. Thomas, 16. Barksdale, 103. Peter, 4, 7. Aylmer, Bp., 119, 183. Barker, Ambrose, 178. Bawd wen (Bawden), Ellen, Ayre, John, 54. Christopher, 99. 400. Richard, 334. John, 182, 366, 400. 3 ABER, Mary, 269. 3 Backhowse, Mr., 228, William, 12. Margaret, 366. Barkstede, Harmann, 406-7. Richard, 366, 400, Bacon, 15, 85. Barley, Robert, 73. Thomas, 342. Ladv, 84-5. 35- Baxter, John, 329. SirNich.,77, 79, 246-7. William, 16-17. Nathaniel, 198, 200. Baelden, Jacobe, 102. Barlowe, 50. Richard, 14- 1 5. Bagge, Richard, 124-5. William, 107, 132. Bayne, John, 174. Bagshawe, Cristofor, 204-5. Barnaby, Mr., 276-7. Baynbrydge, Peter, 16-17. Bailey, 399. Barnarde, Hugh, 212-13. Beale, Mr., 246. Bailiff", Thomas, 312-13. John, 130. Beamounte, 30-1. Baker, John, 18, 346. Nicholas, 16. Hemy, 178. Peter, 146. Barnes, Alice, 378. Beane, John, 14. William, 14, 146. George, 174. Beardmore, John, 152-3. Baldwyne, Justinian, 204-5. John, 202-3. Beasley, Mr., 228-9, 231-3. Thomas, 16. Mr., 62. Becke, Samuel, 202-3, 206-7, Balgay, 119. Barnsdale, Dr., 186-7. 224-5- Ballarde, Goodwife, 140. Baro (Barrow), Dr., 62-4. Beck with (Bickwithe), Mr., John, 360. Peter, xxvi, 62-4, 106-7. 41, 118-19. Balmye, John, 196. Samuel, 63. Roger, 160-1. Bambrige, Philip, 408-9. Baron, Alison, 352. Bedell(BeddelI),Mr.,78,8o, Bamford, Ralph (Randall), Anne, 324. 109. 222-3, 234, 250. Isabel, 324, 358. Bedforde, Amos, 159. ■ Samuel, 295. ■ Margaret, 324. Earl of, 199. William, 9, 13, 223. Margery, 352. Beesleye, Robert, 178. Banastre (Banester, Bannis- Nicholas, 324-5. Bege, Richard, 182. ter), Eliz., 356, 366. Peter, 352. Belarmine, Cardinal, 199. Ellen, 356. ■ Richard, 325, 352-3. Belchere, Edward, 210-II. Grace, 52-3. Barre, Vin. de la, 103. Bell, Christopher, 144. Henry, 343. Barritt, Margaret, 269. Heniy, 362. Isabella, xxx,. 356. — — Thomas, 267-9. James, 228-9. Jenet, 356. Barthelmewe, Hemy, 1 2- 1 3. Kathei'ine, 126. Laurence, 356. Bartlett, 129. Margaret, 330. Margery, 356, Goodwife, 128, 406-7. Bellamye, John, 212-13. Index of Persons. 413 Bellamye, Thomas, 168-9. Bellicis, Anton., 113. Benall, Nicholas, 14, 26. Benchman, Charles, 206-7. Benett, Margaret, 140. Benham (Bonham), William, 19-20. Bennett, William, 180-I, 210- II. Bensiriuz, 106-7. Benson, James, 312. Bentham, Ellen, 352. Bentley, John, 174. Berengenius, 146-7. Bergavenny, Lady, 59, 79. .Sir James, 79. Bernard, iSIrs., 56-7. Berne, Widow, 152. Bernhere, Augustine, x.xvi, 146-7, 154-5. Clement, 146-7. Katherine, 154-5- Thomas, 146-7. Ursula, 154-5. Bertwesill- (Birtwistle) family, of Huncoat, 279. Ahce, 392-3. Edmund, 346-7. Edward, 282-3, 286-7, 347- Ellen, 346-7. George, 388. James, 283. Jenet, 279, 346-7. John, 347. Leonard, 278-9, 346-7. Margaret, 346-7. Oliver, 279, 347. Richard, 347. Beson, Thomas, 136. Bettonus, Anthony, 202-3. Bexwicke, George, 4, 7. Beyson, Grace, 152-3. Beza, 105. Bickley, Dr., 204-5. Billington, Elizabeth, 320. Jenet, 390. Bilson (Bylson), Bp., xxii, xxiii, XXV, 198, 201, 211, 213. Bingham, Dr., 169, 188. Birch, George, 288-9. Thomas, 289. Birchbeck, Simon, 197. Bird (Byrde), Richard, 173, 178-9, 182-3. Sr, 172-3. Birram, Richard, 174. Bitese, Richard, 28-9. Blackley, Anne, 358-9. Blaidge, Richard, 144. Blewitt, 269. Blocke, John, 134. Thomas, 196. Blomfield, 31. Blondworth, 72. Blount (Blunt), Thomas, xl, 123. Mr., 122-3. Bloxam, Dr., xi, 29, 93, 163, 199, 200, 203, 207-9, 213, 215, 217, 221, 225, 231, 233- Blumley, Edmund, 237,242-3. Blunden, Widow, 152. Boddington, Stowe, 140. Bodley, Mr., 258-9. Sir Thomas, 259. Bodsonne, George, 176. Boget, John, 22-3. Boie, William, 174. Bolte, 148. Bolton, Alexander, 348. Anne, 152. Catherine, 82. Father, 12. James, 82-3. John, 152. Margaret, 348. Margeiy, 348. Nicholas, 86. Oliver, 144. Robert, Rev., 357. William, 32, 356-7. Bond, Nicholas, 153, 176-7. Bonner, Bp., xxxix. Boody, Ellen, 366. Lawrence, 366. Robert, 366. Booth (Bothe, Bouthe), Alice, 320, 370. Elizabeth, 382. Frances, 144. Grace, 364. Henry, 360, 378. Isabel, 370. Jane, 380. Laurence, 346. Richard, 388. Samuel, 378. Sir Wm., 328-9. Boothman(Bouthmane), Alice, 366. Ellen, 358-9, 366. Jane, 364. Jenet, 366. Lawrence, 344-5. Bordman, Andrew, 175,1 76-7. Bosvile, Mr., 68, 74. Boswell, Reynold, 175. Botterell, John, 148-9. Boucocke, Jenet, 358. Boughton, John, 108. Richard, 198, 200, 206. Boulde, Mr., 404. Bounde, Widow, 152-3. Bourne, Mr., xxxLx. Wm., 257. Bousefilde (Bowsfield, Bus- filde), Bartholomew, 185. Francis, 185. Harry, 185. — — Mr., Preacher, 184. Thomas, 1 84-5, 1 88-9. Bowker, Edmund, 334. Jenet, 392. John, 342-3. Robert, 3 10- 11. William, 398. Bowland, William, 1 14. Bowname, Hugh, 1 22-3. Bowyer, Alice, 405. Anne, 54-5, 268, 271, 405- Edmund, 405. Elizabeth, 405. Francis, xxxix, 9, 34-5, 90-1, 98-9, 104, 126,405. Grace, 405. Henry, 405. Jane, 261, 405. Joan, xl, xli, 261, 405. John, 405. Magdaline, 6, 9, 405. Margaret, 405. Martha, 405. Mrs., of Wimbledon, 6, — Mrs., of the Old Jury, 6, 9, 405. Parnell, 405. — Robert, 405. — Richard, xli, 76, 104, 116, 126, 130-I, 261, 263, 405. Rose, 405. Thomas, of Lathome, xl, xli, 72-3, 108-9, 240-1, 244-5, 260-1, 263, 403-5. Thomas, of London, xl, xli, 9, 34. 54, 126,261,405. William, of Petworth, 405. Braddyll of Portfield, 125. 414 Index of Persons. Braddyll of Portfield, Alice, xiv, 314-15- Cicely, 314-15. Edward, xxxiv, 125, 314. Elizabeth, 314-15. Grace, 314-15. Jenet, 314-15- John, xiv, 309, 314-15, 398-9- Letitia, xxxiv. Margaret, 3 14- 1 5. Marie, 314-15. Bradford, 155. John, 289. Bradley, Jenet, 32. Robert, 56, 72. - William, 178. Bradock (Braddockes), Thos., 166-7. Bradsliaw (Bradshowe), Agnes, 370. Alexander, liii, 32-3, 114-15, 290-1, 300, 302, 304, 363, 402-3, 408-9. Charles, 18, 26. Christopher, 10, ^if^. Elizabeth, 370. John, 370. Roger, 164-5. Bragden, John, 142-3. Bramsgrave, John, 132. Brand, John, 34. Brandenwood, Father, 1 34-5. Brasbridge, Thomas, 196-7. Brassett, Margery, 154, Brathwaite, Mr., 142-3. William, 178-9. Braune, Edward, 180. Brearley, Clay, 386. Elizabeth, 386. Breares (Breres), Agnes, 398. Elizabeth, 314. Ellis, 314. Grace, 314. Isabel, 314, 398. Margaret, 314, 398. Margery, 398. Brecke, Mr., 62. Bretherton, John, xxxiv. Richard, 162-3, 390-1, 394-5- Breton (Bryton), Nicholas, 37, 200. Brickbecke, Mr., 1 96- 7. Bridge (Briggs, Bridges), Agnes, 364, 366. Alice, 348, 364. Ambrose, 297. Bridge ( Briggs, Bridges ) , Anne, 296-7. Charles, 352. Christopher, 348. Elizabeth, 288-9. Elk 564. — Elys, 296-7. — James, 288-9, 296-7. — Jenet, 366. — John, 296-7. Margaret, 296-7. Marty n, 180-1. — Richard, 22, 144, 364, 372. Thomas, 390, 392. Bridgeman (Brigmane), John, 216-17, 220-1, 224-5. Sir Olando, 217. Thomas, 225. Brighte, Agnes, 314. Edmund, 90-1. Isabel, 350. Widow, 126. Brock, Margaret, 296-7. Owen, 296-7. Richard, 296-7. Brockesmouthe, Jeffrey, 146. Brockesope (Broxup), Jenet, 354- jNIargaret, 342-3, 382. Richard, 354. Brodgate, William, 136-7. Brogden, Elizabeth, 326. Richard, 326. Broke, Robert, 408. Bromley, Sir George, 254-5. George, 255. Sir Thomas, 255. Brook (Brooke), 29. Mr., of Essex, 2, 5. Brook's Puritans, 119. Broughtone, Hugh, 178. Brownbrokes, John, 360-1. Brown (Browen, Browene), 12, 13. Anne, 390. Cicely, 336. Edward, 216-17. Elizabeth, 334. Ellen, 336. Father, 148. Henry, 388, 390. Jenet, 354. John, 204-5, 309, 334-5= 396. Lettice, 336. Margaret, 334. Nicholas, 174, 182-3. Brown (Browen, Browene), Richard, 76, 79, 166. Robert, 18. Roger, 228-9. Sybil, 336. Thomas, 1 80- 1. Uxor, 272. Bruges, William, 79. Bruister, Mr., xlvii. 80. Bruscoe, Edmund, 334. Gilbert, 334. John, 334-5. Bryan, George, 144. of Clerkenwell, 146. Bryckett, John, 1 12- 13. Brygge, John, 166-7. Bryggote, 113. Bryskey, John, 22-3. Bryster, Oliver, 132. Bucer, Martin, 103. Buckcocke, Alice, 40. Catherine, 400. Margaret, 308. Buckeridge, Bishop, III, 185. Buckley, Abel, 289. Elizabeth, 374. Isabel, 374. Margaret, 374. Richard, 374. Robert, 289, 374. Thomas, 374. Rev. W. E., xi. Budd, Father, 136. Budgler, Agnes, 152-3. Buere, 12. Bulden, Margaret, 152. Bull, John, 18-19. Bullocke, John, 210-11, 234. William, 20. Bunney, Frances, 196-7. Edmund, 199. Burch, Thomas, 212-13. Burghley, Lord, xxxvii., 63, 71>, IS, 123, 125, 179, 181, 187, 241, 265. Burie, Henry, 176. Burtby, Edward, 148. Burton, Edward, 180- 1. Marke, 20. Mr., 43. Richard, 170. Busby, Thomas, 52-3. Bushe, John, 16. Buste, John, 196-7. Butler, Edward, 200. Butterfield, Ellen, 352. Butterworth, James, 278-9, 287. Index of Persons. 415 Butterwoi'lh, Katherine, 310, 390- William, 295. Byckley, Thomas, 214, Bygges, Richard, 130. Bylboroughe, Richard, 22. Bylcher, Edward, 234. Bymmgton, Agnes, 322. Bynge, Dr., 168. Byngley, Sir Peter, 204-5. Byrde, Margaret, 376. Byrch, John, 204-5. Byrom, 147. John, xxxii. John, 301, Sir John, 291, 301. Byxen, WiHiam, 22. CABELL, Thomas, 204, 207. Cadwell, Dr., 226-7. Calcot, Thomas, 176. Callinedge, Mr., 218. Callye, Jenet, 354. Calsehill, Richard, 204-5. Calthorpe, 274-5. Calvin, John, 65, 199. Camden, William, ix, 31, 205. Camp, Leonard, 406. Camparte, Leonard, 130. Campion, 3, 81, 145. Candvvell, George, 146. Canterbury, my L. of, 1 60- 1. Cape, Mr., 142-3. Cardes, 56-7. Carelesse, 148. Carney, Agnes, 316. Edward, 316. Elizabeth, 316-17. Jane, 316. John, 316. Margaret, 3 1 6. Marie, 316. Nicholas, 316. Richard, 317. Carnot, Margery, 1 52-3. Carrall, Cuthbearde, 10. Carre, Roger, 174. Carrie, Ellen, 342. Carter, Abraham, 257. Alice, 138, 257. — — Dorothy, 257. Goodman, 12. Hamlett, 192-3. John, 180, 257. Mary, 257. Oliver, 169-70, 256-7. of Wandsworth, 136. Cartmell, Anne, 330. Edmund, 330. George, 330-1. Isabel, 330. Jenet, 330. John, 331. Margaret, 330. Richard, 388. Cartwright, Thomas, 119, 196-7, 207. Carus, Anne, 149. Christopher, 149. Griselda, 149. Sergeant, 148-9. Thomas, 149. William, 149. Carver, Roger, 144. Cassidorus, 62-3, 65. Cassie (Casey,Cassey,Cassye), George, xl, xli, 261, 405. Joan, 261, 405. John, 10. Mr., 34-5. Mrs., xlvi, la, 6, 9, 77. Richard, 263. Robert, xlvii, xlviii, 9, 76-7, 261, 263, 405. Cassou (Cassonne), Agnes, 304- Alice, 304. Caleb, 289. Catherine, 304. Elizabeth, 304. James, 304. John, 289, 305. ALirgaret, 304-5. Richard, 304. Samuel, 289. Thomas, 4, 6, 288-9, 305. Wilfred, 289. Castelton, Andrewe, 178. Cater, Widow, 154. Caton, Mr., 156. Cave, Richard, 198, 200. Caverley, Richard, 14. Cecil, Mr. Secretary (Sir William), xliv, xlix, 1, li, 32-3, 767, loi, 136-7, 205. Lady, 84-5. Sir Thomas, 173. William, 173, 265. Chaderton, Bishop, 289. Chadwell, 31. Chadwick, Alice, 301, 304-5. Elizabeth, 294-5, 3^4- Mrs., 276-7. Challoner (Chaliner), Jene 346. Mr., 1. Robert, xxxi, 295. Chalmers, Air., xv. Chamberlean, Mr., 214. Chambers (Chamberes), 451. Henry, 10. John, 58. Mr., 2, 5. Chamblere, John, 198, 20I. Chaple, Barthelmew, 194. Chapman (Chapemane), John, 172-3, 182-3. Mr., 264. Charke, William, 3. Chatburne, Jenet, 332-3. John, 334. Margaret, 334. Robert, 332-3, 334. Thomas, 332-3. Chaterton, Adam, 108-9, Chatfield, George, 263. Chatmies, Adam, 384. Chaundler, Thomas, 22. Cheeke, Robert, 176. Cheney, Lord, 240-3, 248. Lady, 244-5. Thomas, 244-5. Chester, Colonel, xl, xliv, 31, 149, 261. Nycholes, 132-3. Chetham (Chitham, Cheet- hame), Agnes, 310-II. WiUiam, 210-II, 234. Chevalier, Anthony, 103. Jael, 103. Mary, 103. Oliver, 103. Robert, 103. Rodolphus, XX vi, 100- 1, 103. Samuel, 103. Childers, Thomas, 280-5, 287. Chivall, William, 142-3. Christie, John, 148. Christepeney, Robert, 146. Christmas, Thomas, 16. Christopher, Marmaduke, 261. Christofore, 88. Chroke, Mr., 192. Chue (Chew), James, 398-9- Churche, Robert, 1 78-9. Churchyard, Mr., 1 16-17. Thomas, xxvi, 152, 276- 7- Widow, 152-3. 4i6 Index of Persons. Churton, Rev. Ralph, xxvi, xxxvi, xxxviii, xliv, 3, 35, 49, 71. 73> 8o-i> 123, 219, 277. Claiter, Jenet, 354. Thomas, 354. Claiton (Claton, Clayton, Cleaton), Alice, 358. Catherine, 312. Edward, 170-1, 358. Elizabeth, 312, 356. Isabel, 312. James, 360. John, 360. Margaret, 312, 356. Richard, 356, 388. Robert, 260. William, 322-3, 356. Clapham, Edmond, 32. • John, 32. Mrs., 6, 9, 154, 156. Clarendon, 185. Claye, Edward, 146. Cleare, Father, 50. Clearke (Clarke, Cleark, Clerke), Barthol., 409. Benet, 10. Homfrey, 180-1. James, 358. John, 18. Mr., 408-9. Nicholas, 124, 409. Thomas, 16-17, 192-3- William, 171. 194- Clegg (Clege), Alice, 308. Beatrice, 301, 308. Elizabeth, 308. Francis, 301. Henry, 301, 30S. Katherine, 386. IMargaret, 301, 308. Otwell, 308. Clifford, Agnes de, 51. Clint, Mr., 266-7. Clivengere (Cliviger), 404-5. Clode, C. M., 27, 29, 39, 45, 47, 53, I", 143, 163, 167, 185. Close, Ellen, 348. Jenet, 378. Clowdesley, Robert, 4, 7, 114,274-5. Clowley, Mr., 148. Clowther, William, 238-9. Coare, Margaret, 312. Coates, Richard, 256-7. Cobliam, Lady, 45. Cockshay, Christopher, 370. Cockshutt, Alice, 326. Barnard, 330. Elizabeth, 320. Hugh, 320-1, Isabel. 320, 322. Jenet, 320. John, 320-1, 330. Lettice, 322. Margaret, 320. Richard, 320- 1. Susan, 322. Thomas, 320, 322. Coke, Christopher, 340-1. John, 390. Thomas, 196-7. Colclough, Adam, 178. Coldinge, John, 198, 20I. Cole (Coole), Dr., 204-5, 214-15, 220-1, 224, 228, 231-2, 238, 250. Homfrey, 206-7, 220- 1. John, 206-7, 267, 269. Mr., 70. Mr., of Devonshire, 56- 7, 219. Mr. Robert, Vicar of Bow Church, 220-1, 224-5. Thomas, 206-7, 220- 1. Coleman, Anne, 52. Coleridge, 59. Colet, 29. Colffe, Edmund, 205. Isacke, 168-9, 205. Richard, 204-5. Colier, J. Payne, xv, 225. Collet, AHce, 138. CoUinge, John, 295. Robert, 292-3. Collins (Collines), Abigail, 116. John, 146. - Richard, 12, III. Robert, 146, 148, 384. Collinson, Alice, 386. Richard, 70. Colthorpe, Abraham, 350- 1. Colthurst, Edward, 398. Commat, Joan, 152. Compton, 21. — — Edward, 22. Coney, Heniy, 290- 1. Constable (Cunstable), Sir John, 156-7. Sir Marmaduke, x8i, 308. Cooke, Sir Anthony, 85, loi. Edward, 320. Cooke, Father, 38S, Frances, 232-3. James, 312, 338. John, 12, 24. Margaret, 336. Margery, 336. Marie, 390- 1. Robert, 42-3. Thomas, 233. William, 312. Coop (Cooper), 31. Ellen, 318. Jane, 318. John, 318. Mr. Dr., 196-7, 204-5, 214. Mr., of Westminster, 146. Richard, 14. Robert, 318. Cooper's ^///if«« Cantab., 109, 115, 119, 127, 137, 159, 161, 165, 167, 173, 175, 177, 179, 181, 183, 185, 187, 189, 191, 193, 195. Coosins, 62. Jean, loi, 104, 107. — — Mr., xxvi., 104-5. Corannus, Anthonius, xxvi, 63-5, loo-i, 103-4, 106-7, 230-1. Corbett, Jane, 386. Mr., 248-9. Cordall, Sir William, 39. Cornwallis, John, 45. Cottesforde (Cotesford,Coots- ford), Robert, 172-5. 29. Samuel, 178, 185, 193. Cottingham, James, 200. Cotton, Edward, 1 74-5, 180. Ellen, 138. Jenet, 358. Richard, 276-7. Robert, 2 10- 11,234,240. William, 240-I. Coulle, Phemy, 16. Coup (Cowp), Agnes, 368. Alice, 386. Anne, 386. Elizabeth, 386. Lawrence, 396. Roger, 392. Thomas, 146. William, 392-3. Courtney, Peter, 68. Cove, Richard, 212-13, 224-5. Cowell, William, 10. Index of I ^ersons. 4^7 Coxe, Mr., 32. William, 161-3, 220- 1, 224-7, 230-1. Crabtree, Anne, 82-3, 306-7. Jenet, 306-7. John, 306-7. Marie, 306-7. Thomas, 82-3,296,306-7. Cradocke, Dr., 222-3. Crane (Creane), John, 132, 225. Nicholas, xxvi, 118- 19. William, 224-5, 230-1. Cranmer, Archbishop, 103, 107. Samuel, 206, 208. Crashaw, Richard, 45. Craven, Edward, 314-15. Myles, 314-15- Nicholas, 315. Richard, 315. Robert, 314-15- William, 315. Cricke, Mr., 206, 208. Crine, James, 146-7. Crippes, John, 14. Crocke (Croke), John, 165. Richard, 165. Thomas, 1 12-13. Croder (Crowder), Alice, 366. Gyles, 390, 392. Crombocke, John, xxxiv. Cromwell, Oliver, 389, 395. Cronshey, Anne, 318. — — • Christopher, 329. Elizabeth, 82-3, 306-7. Ellen, 306-7. George, 328-9. Isabel, 318, 368. Leonard, 82-3, 306-7, 318-19. Mary, 306-7. Richard, 366. Robert, 306-7. Crooe, Agnes, 112. Crosley, Margaret, 378. William, 386. Crosse, Richard, 41, 118-19. Crowley, Robert, Rev., 92-3, 96-7, I20-I, 142-3, 154-5, 160, 172, 244-5, 250. Crucke, John, 164-5. Cunbery, James, 4, 5, 18-19, 26. Cunliffe (Cunlyfe),Christabel, 395- Christopher, 261, 395. Grace, 395. Cunliffe (Cunlvfe), Isabel, 318-19, 396,'399. ■ Jenet, 395. John, xxxiv, 395. Mr., of Sparthe, 394-5. Nicholas, 395. Robert, M.R, 395. Cunney, Robert, 178. Curley, Thomas, 28-9. Currer (Currare), Thomas, 114, 154. Curteys, Richard, Bp., 159. Curtyese, William, 20-1. Curzon, Catherine, 399. DALE, Johan, 322. John, 48. — Nicholas, 326. Dallissonne, William, 12. Dallydone, Thomas, 72. Dallyfayus, Robert, 104, 107. Dalton, John, 1S2. — — Richard, 252-3. Robert, 3 10- 11. Daniel, Nicholas, 288-9. Daughter, 52. Danyell, William, 1 84-7, 1 90-5 . Darliyshire, Thomas, 207. Daubney, Elizabeth, 270. Mary, 270, 272. Davidge, John, 164-5. David, 4. Da vies (Daves, Davis), Alex- ander, 144. 165. of Hereford, 59. Sir John, 45. Peter, 14. Davisonn, Richard, 176. Dawkes, Anne, 263. Dawson, Cooke, 48. John, 304. Dawsones, Mathew, 270. Day fDaye), Thomas, 130, 216-17. William,Provost of Eton, 144-5- Dayrell, Paul, 215. Deane (Dean, Deyne), Anne, 80, 300-1. Elizabeth, 316. Henry, 80. James, 80. — — Jane, 340. Jennet, 78, 80, 340. John of Tunworth, 78, 80-3, 260, 263, 300-1, 314, 338-9. 390-1. Deane (Dean, Deyne), Maud, 83- Nicholas, 80, 82-3. Richard, 80. William of Tunworth, &c., xxxi, xlvii, 80, 83, 263. Dearste, Jenet, 352. Dee, David, 124-5, 212-13, 216-17, 220-1. De la Faye, 167. De Lano, Adrianus, r02, 105. De la Riviere, 103. Denbey (Denbye), Alice, 322-3- Anne, 322, 362. Henry, 322. Jenet, 322, 352. John, 322-3. Margaret, 322. Denkine, Roland, 202-3. Denton, Christabel, 378. Isabel, 378. John, 378. Richard, 378. Deodmane, Widow, 1 54- 5. Derby, Earl of, 43. Henry, Earl of, 257. Deremane, Thomas, 14. Derham, Henry, 49. De Thorn, 103. Dewhurst (Dewishe), 127. Katherine, 126-7. Dichouse, Alice, 352. George, 352. Isabel, 352. James, 352-3. Dickens, George, 196-7, 212- 13- Rauffe, 2 10- 1 1, 234. Dickinson (Dicconson, Dyc- konson), Ralph, 388. Richard, 144. William, 17S. Dickson, William, Curate of Burnley, 356-7. Dicon, Edward, 270. Digbv, Edward, 174-5, 182-3. 'Everard, 175, 179. Digges, Goodman, 136. Dighton, Roger, 176. Dilworth, John, 214. Dineley, Henry, 332-3. Dinsdale, Robert, 10. Disraeli, Isaac, 277. Dixon (Dy.xon), Richard, 16, 58- William, 94-5, 136. Dobson, Anne, 360. FF 4i8 Index of Persons. Dobson, Anthony, 174. Edmund, 336. Jane, 314. Jenet, 336, 386. John, 376. Margaret, 340. Ralph, 336. Thomas, 336-7,340,382. WilHam, 376. Dodd (Dod, Dodde, Doode), Anthony, 166-7, 186. ffrances, 114. John. 202-3. Dodmer, Mr., 74. Dodson (Dodsonne), 1 14. Ahson, 324. Christopher, 321. Ehzabeth, 320. - Ellen, 318. > J' 14- Henry, 320- 1. Isabel, 400. Jane, 322. Jenet, 318. Margaret, 320. Nicholas, 318. Oliver, 318. Robert, 324-5. Thomas, 318. Dolmane, Mr., 162-3. Dompayne, Thomas, Donne, Dr., 7. Dorman, xli. Dorwin, Elizabeth, 342. Doughtie, Joell, 174, 182. William, 134. Douglas, Anne, 328. Elizabeth, 328. Henry, 328. Isabel, 328. John, 328. Margaret, 328. Marion, 328. Dove, John, 189. Thomas, 186-7. Downes, William, 1 79-81. Downhall (Dounhill), George, 29. Gregore, 28-9. Dracke, William, 20. Drant, Mrs., 158-9. Thomas, 159. Drap, Elizabeth, 390. Jenet, 356. Draper, John, 4, 6. Robert, 43. Drayton, Michael, 15. Driwood (Drywood), George, 30-1. Driwood (Drywood), Wil- liam, 1 60- 1. Drury, Sir D., 81. Drusius, 106-7. Dryden, John, 44-5. Duberye, Rowland, 2 1 2- 1 3. Ducker, Henry, 406-7. Ducksburie (Duxbury), Sir William, 357. William, 280-3, ^^7. Duckworth, Alice, 372. Elizabeth, 386. James, 305. John, 305. Richard, 388. Dugdale, Elizabeth, 384-5. Isabel, 336, 390-1. John, xxxiv, 342. Mr., 70, 74. — — Thomas, 336-7. Sir William, 45, 337. Dunbeiy, Gaves, 18, 19, 26. Dunstere, Edmund, 280. Du Poncel, Anthony, 103. Durden, Agnes, 392. Ellen, 346-7. George, 186. Isabel, 384-5, 390-1. Lawrence, 392. Dyare (Dyer), Mr., 274, 404, 407. Dychell, Elizabeth, 152. Dyedney, Ralph, 388. Dyghton, Roger, 180. Dyke, Augustin, 178. Dynsey, Richard, 26. Dyrrey, Richard, 20. Dyshere, Goodman, 12. Dyson, William, 18, 174. Dytton, John, 10. EANNAM, Mr., 194. Eastwood, Elizabeth, 378. Isabel, 376. Jane, 360. Margaret, 376, 378. Miles, 378-9. Richard, 378. Eaton (Eyton), Brian, 164-5. Elizabeth, 342. George, 128-9, 166-7. Archdn. Guy, 167-8. Jane, 342. John, 4, 6, 20, 1 60- 1, 214-15. Eaton (Eyton), Matthew, 26, 36-7, 214-15. Mr., 122. Thomas, 50, 52-3, 90, 95- wife, 8-9. William, 10. Edleston, Thomas, 390-1. Edlinge of Hendon, 56. Edmondes, John, 22. Edmundes, Henry, 12. Edward III., 2. IV., 80. King, 244. VI., 85, 99, loi, 103. Edwardes, John, 14, 16, 18. Roger, 256-7. William, 182-3. Edes, Dr., 208. Egerton, Anne, 80. Dorothy, 156. Tliomas, 80. Eglesfield, Francis, 29. Egliefield, Anthony, 28-9. Eglies, Goodman, 130. Elizabeth, Queen, xxiii, xxxvii, xxxix, 3, 31, 39, 43. 57, 59, 63, 65, 77, 81, 99, loi, 103, 105, 113, 115, 159,181,208,214-15,255-6. Elkyn, Mr., 58. Ellis (Elys), 1 20- 1. Katherine, 149. John, 148. Sergeant, 116-17. Ellott, John, 36S. Elyes, 88. Elyote, Thomas, 14. Emmet, Edward, 355. Enderbye, Walter, 199-200. Essex, Robert Earl of, 175. Elheredge, George, 30-1. Evans (Evanes), Richard, 3. Thomas, 4, 7, 70-2. Evattes, Henry, 4, 6. Evelieghe, Mr., 216-19. Exoate, Mr., 226. Exton, Bryan, 165, 184-7, 190-5. FABYAN, Robert, 45. Facye, Widow, 152-3. Fagins, 103. Failhfull, F. G., xvii. Ffarer, Henry, 130. Farington (ffarington), John, lO-II. Mr., 224-5, 252-3. Index of Persons. 419 Ffarlee, John, 12. Farmer (iTarmer), Edward, 3. John, 144. Mr., 2-3, 98-9. Thomas, 212-13. William, 226-7. Ffarrande, Mr., 246-7. Farrante, Mr., 52. Farrer (ffarrer), Edward, 382. Elizabeth, 388. John, 206, 209, 218-19. Lettice, 382. Nicholas, 21. William, 20, 22-3. Faulkes, Mr., 32. Favell, Richard, 204-5. Fawcete, George, 180-1. Fayreborne, John, 10, ill. Fearnshead, Alice, 344. Elizabeth, 332, 342. Henry, 332-3. Jenet, 332. John, 332, 342. Lawrence, 332. Richard, 332. Robert, 344. Thomas, 342. Fell (ffelle), Dr., 81, 181. Thomas, 176-7, 182-3. Ffenner, Peter, 2 1 2- 1 3. Fenton (ffenton), Jeffrey, 276-7. John, 178. Ferabie, James, 176. Fering, 89. Field (Filde), John, 121, 125. Mr., xxvi. , 124-5, 202-3. Dr. Richard, 201. Filden, Agnes, 326, 338. Anne, 326. Elizabeth, 304-5. Florence, 326. George, 338. Henry, 338. Isabel, 326, 358. James, 304-5. Jenet, 304-5, 324,326-7. John, 382. Margaret, 304-5. Ralphe, 312-13, 382. Richard, 340. Samuel, 326, 338. Thomas, 390. Fir.ne, Alison, 360. Ffirman, Phillip, 146. Fisher (tifysher), 43, 72. Mr., 56-7, 242-3. Richard, 170- 1. Fisher (ffysher), Samuel, 206-8. Fishwick, Lt.-Col. H., 81, 319- Fitzwilliam, 59. Fleetwood, Recorder, 81. Richard, xxxiv. Thomas, xxxv. Fleming, Abraham, 207. William, xxxi, 180-1, 188-9. Flemmyng, Samuel, 178, 184-5. Fletcher, Agnes, 326. Alice, 36S. Alison, 326. Anne, 336, 370. Edward, 354. Geffrey, 356. Gyles, xxvi, 178-9. Heniy, 356. Isabel, 354, 366. John, of Hampsted, li, 34-5, 76, 78. John, 354-7, 370. Lawrence, 356, 370. Margaret, 366. Nicholas, 366. Sybil, 346. Thomas, 179, 366-7, 370-1. 360-1, •William, 360,366-8. Flowdde, Lewis, 14-15. Flowed, Mr., 242-3, 276-7. Flower, Frances, 212-13. the herald, 397. John, 176. Floyd, Hugh, 198, 200. Ffogg, Ellen, 338. Ffoote, John, 160-1. Forde, John, 196-7, 202-3. Fordroof, John, 120-1. Fors, Edward, 149. Forster, Agnes, 370. Alice, 324. Benet, 382. Mother, 152. Richard, 22. Fort (Fforte), Heniy, 345. John, M.P., 345. Richard, 344-5. Richard, AI.P., 345. Robert, 226-7, 244-5, 250. Foster (ffoster), 270, 272. Catherine, 314. Charles, 273. Isabel, 314. Foster (ffoster), John, 314. Margaret, 273. Marie, 314. Thomas, 314. Fouldes, Agnes, 358. Edward, 358-9. Henry, 364-5. James, 364, 368. Jenet, 350. Margaret, 368. Richard, 368-9. Thomas, 364. William, 359, 372. Fowler, 218-19, 262-3. Abraham, 196-7, 204-5, 214-19, 224-7, 408-9. Gyles, 130. Robert, 295. Fox (ffoxe), Mr., of Cheap- syde, 406-7. Mr., 36. Mrs., 6, 9, 156-7. daughter, 50-1. John, 120-3, 219, 229. John, the Martyrologist, 407. Paul, 54-5, 263. Robert, 12, 263. Robert's wife, 1 38-9. Susan, 8-9, 263. Thomas, 14. Ffoxley, Edmund, 20. Pfrances, 162. Francois, Richard, 103. Ffrankeyn, Father, 1 18-19. Franklin (Ffrankleyn), Ben- jamin, II. John, ion, 119. • Sir John, 1 1. Ffreare, Clement, 22-3. Ffreeman, John, 134, 140- 1. Ffrende, Goodwife, 152. Mr., 262-3. Ffreth, Roland, 390. Ffrise, Charles, 132. Frith fffrythe), John, 141. Widdow, 140-I. William, 214-15. Froddsame, John, 148. Fry, Mrs., 59. Ffryar, Clemente, 20, 26. Fuerwyn, Theodore, loi. Fulke, 201. Fuller, Dr. Thomas, x, 9, 1S5. Fullingster, 244. Fullingstone, Richard, 244-5. Furmarye, John, 176. Fydlinge, Richard, 182. 420 hidex of Persons. Fyere, Thomas, 178. Fylcle, William, 20. Fynch (ffynche), Mrs., 165, 184, 186. Richard, 238-9, 250. Fynkell, 176. Fyshe, Alice, 392-3. • Elizabeth, 372. Richard, 392. Ffyshman, Robert, 134. Fytton, Amabil, xxvii. Elizabeth, xxvii. Maud, xxvii. Richard, xxvii. William, xxvii, xxviii. /^"^ ACE, William, 163, 192- Garbrande, 106-7. Mr. (John), 218-19. Garefforde, William, 32. Gargate, Gabriel, 322. Margaret, 322. Ganiett, James, 22. Garratt, William, 10 Garscia, Phillip, 146-7. Garshead (Gartside), Roger, 2S8-9, 291. Garstange (Gairstane), 223. William, 222-3, 231, 236. Garves, Mr., 107. Garvey, Henry, 1 62-3. Gastrell, Bishop, 299. Gatacre, Mr., 11 8- 19. Gaultier, 157. Gaye, Richard, 144. Geaie, Henry, 18. Gee, Mr. (Edward), 122-3. Mr., of Chester, 216-17. Geffreys, Thomas, 182-3. Geninges (Geninge), 74, 164. Gente, Thomas, 20. Gerer, Goodwife, 152. Germeyne, Edward, 180. Gerard (Garrarde, Gerrard), Baron, 77. of Bryn, 77. Catherine, 9, 77. Frances, 77. Sir Gilbert, I-li, 32-3, 76-7, 223, 244-5, 250. — — James, of Ince, 77. Margaret, 77. Radclifte, 77. Sir Thomas, 9, 77. Thomas, 77. Gifford, Humfrey, 52, Gilbert (Gylberte), John, 12, 45- son of Widow, 52. Gilbie, Richard, 216-17. Gilfillan, Dr. James, 177. Gills (Gylles), Ralph, 144. Amyes, 154. • — — Goodwife, 154. Gilpin (Gylpin), Bernard, 63. George, 408-9. John, 409. Gilstorpe, Amis, 154-5. Glasher, William, 14. Gleydell, Edward, 386. Glover, 214-15. Daniel, xliii, 253. Edward, xliii, 253. John, 196-7, 204-5. Mrs. Mary, xliii, 9, 253. one, 214-15. Richard, 120-1. Glovers, two, 252-3. Goodwin, Francis, 269. Susan, 269. Goldinge, Henry, 256. John, 372. Sir, 210-II. Goodlande, 74-5. Goodman, 146. Goodrich, Michael, 291. Goodshaw, Edward, 398. John, 292, Eettice, 330. Richard, 330-1. Goodwyn, 205. Goore, Robert, 406. Goose, John, 12-13. Gorannus, 62-3. Gore, William, 162-3. Gorton, 390. Gosnell, Peter, 176. Goss (Gosse), 13. Edmunde, 13. Gottesford (Gootsford), 29. Samuel, 192-3. Gough (Goughe), 50. John, 123. Ml-., 122-3. Goyter, William, 18, Grafton, John, 48. Graison, Jane, 312. Margaret, 312, Richard, 312. Grave, Christopher, 12. Graves, Hugh, 108-9. Graveson, wife, 394. Gravette, Thomas, 178. Gray, Henry, 132. Greatrackes, Frances, 222-3, 236, 238-9. Greave, Jenet, 334. Christopher, 334. Greenacres,S ir Richard,xxviii , Greene, Agnes, 338. Alice, 338. Anne, 338. Christopher, 174, 392. Edward, 334. Elizabeth, 334, 338, 386. Francis, xxxvi, 338-9, Georse, 338-9. James, 334, 36S. John, 20, 130. Lawrence, 386. Margaret, 338. Nicholas, 382. Randell, 390. Richard, 336. Widow, 152. William, 398-9. Greenells, Agnes, 338. Greenfield, Christopher, 329, 340-1. Gilbert, 328-9. Greenough, John, 386. Greenshaw (Grenshay), Mar- garet, 320-1. Nicholas, 348-9. Greenwood. James 309. • Raynold, 374. Gregorie, Christopher, 206, 208. Gregson (Gregsonn, Gredg- sonn), one, Sir, 252-3. Isabel, 314. • Jane, 314. Jenet, 314. Matthew, 223, 315. Roger, 398. Thomas, 315. William, 222-3, 234, 314-5- Grend 362. Holdesworth, Dr., 169. Holgate, Alice, 356, 358. Elizabeth, 356. George, 356. Isabel, 356. Jane, 358. Laurence, 356-7. jNLirgaret, 358. William, 358. Holker (Holkere), Agnes, 314. Edward, 334-5. Elizabeth, 314. Ellen, 314, 336. Henry, 309, 336. James, 3i4-i5> 336-7- Jane, 314. John, 309, 334-5, 388, 392.^ Katherine, 326. Laurence, 310-11. Leonard, 336. Margaret, 314. Richard, 2 10- 11, 234, 3I4> 339- Robert, 336. Thomas, 336. William, 334-6. Hollande (Holland), 21. John, 14 Hollande (Holland), Phillip, 178. Richard, 210-11, 234, 238-9. Thomas, 226-7. W'illiam, 16. Holliday, (}race, 336. Isabel, 336. Jenet, 336. John, 336. Robert, 336-7. Thomas, 336. Hollingham, John, 144. Hollinguorthe, 257. Holloway, John, 1 18-19. Holly, Robert, 14. Hollywell, James, 386. Jenet, 334. Ralph, 334. Holmes, Elizal:)cth, 138. Holnay, Bartholomew, 276-7. Thomas, 274-5. Holroyd, George, 397. Holsolte, Robert, 18. Holt (Holte, Hoolte), George, 132. Heniy, 297. Jenet, 360. John, 12, 178. Margaret, 346. Mr., 234, 242-3, 250. Richard, 291. Robert, 291. Thomas, 222-3, 392- Hooke, Mr., vicar, 120. Hooker (Hoockcr, Huker), Richard, xxii, xxv, 206-7, 220-1, 224-7. Hooper, 15. Hoper, Daniel, 160-1. Hopkines, Henry, 196-7. John, 220-1. Mr., 52, no, 206, 208. Hopton, Ralph, xxxiv. Hopwood, S3. Alice, 78, 80, 290-1, 295- Anne, 294-5, 302-3. — ■ Anthony, 297. Arthur, 248-9. Benin, 294-5, 386-7. — Catherine, 292, 295. Daniel, 297. Edmund, 295. Eleanor, xxxi, 80, 83, 88-9, 294-5. — - Elizabeth, 292, 294-5. — Frances, 262-3, 295. 424 Index of Persons. Hopwood, Grace, 295, 297. Henry, 78, 80, 83, 291, 295- J'lnies, 297. Jane, 294-5. Jenet, 294-5. Johannaor Joan,8o,295. John, xxxi, 288, 291-5, 3S4, 386-7. Leonard, 297. Mr., 262. Margaret, 294-5. Marie, 294-5. Ralph, 82-3,294-5,297, 302. Richard, 292, 295, 297. — Robert, 292, 294-5. Thomas, 295. Hornby, Richard, 334-5. Home [Charles], 30-1, 160- 1. ■ Christopher, 1S2-5, 188- 9. Robert, 16. Horrege (Horwiche), Adam, 320-1, 326. Agnes, 320. Elizabeth, 388. ■ Grace, 326. Isabel, 326, 346. Jenet, 390. John, 326-7. Robert, 352. Horsey, John, 180. Hovenden (Howeden), Robert, 2 10- 11. Hovill, Thomas, 146. Howard, John, 59. Howe, father, 240. Howell, Margeret, 154. Howland, Mr., 194-5. Hucke, Mr. Dr., 240. Hudson (Hudsonne), 22. John, 38. Mr., 50. Richard, 32. Robert, 260. Hughe, Robert, 178. Hughsonne, Hugh, 18. John, 18. Hulson Robert, 39. Hulton, Katherine, xxxv. Humphrey (Homfrey, Hum- freye), Mr. Dr., xxii, xxiii, 106-7, 196-9, 201-4, 214, 216, 218, 220, 226-8, 230, 236, 242-3, 250. Lawrence, 63. Huncoate, Elizabeth, 340. George, 341. Isabel, 340. Margaret, 340-1. Hunnis, William, 29. Hunt (Hunte), Anne, 342. Ellen, 76. — — George, 9, 28-9, 177, 202-3, 212-13, 218-21, 228- 9- Joan, 109, 1 12-13. John, 29, 176-7. Mother, 8-9,88-9, 152-3, 258-9. Widow, 154-5. Huntington, Elizabeth, 388. my lord, 96-7. William, 290-1, 362. Hurlston, Mr., 204-5. Hurstwood, Alice, 378. John, 378-9. Husniss, W^illiam, 2S-9. Hussey, Richard, 14. Hutchane, Charles, 272-3. Hutchin, Robert, 2S0-I, 2S4-5, 2S7. Hutchinson, Sr, 1S8-9, 190- I. Huth, Henry, liv. Hmson, Anthony, 132. Hutton, Anthony, 146. John, 160-3. Thomas, 10. Hyckson, John, 138-9. Hyde, Hamnet, xxxv. Sr, 212-13. Hygges, William, 132. Hyll, Edmund, 22. Mr., 164. Hyllyarde, George, 134. John, 134-5. I XGHAM (Inghame), Ag- ne- > jj''' J 76. Alison, 332. Anne, 364. Beatrice, 332. Catherine, 376. Christabel, 370. 287 ) OJ 2. Henry, 332, 376. Isabel, 364. Jenet, 356, 366. Edmonde, 282-3. Edward, 278-9, 287, 332-3, 396. Elizabeth, 356-7, 364. George, 280-1, 284-5, Ingham (Inghame), John, 332, 338, 356-7, 364-5. 396- Laurence, 332. Lettice, 338. Margaret, 332, 366, 376. Richard 280-I, 284-5, 287, 332, 376-7. Robert, 300, 332-3, 356-7, 360-1, 364, 376, 396. Thomas, 278-9, 282-3, 287, 332-3, 364, 396. William, 356, 376. Ingrame, Thomas, 18. Inkforby (Inkforbve), Roger, 208. William, 198, 200, 206, 208. Insley, Grace, 360. Irbye, Anthony, 256-7. Irelande, Christopher, 276-7. Cousin, 264, 268-9, Ellen, 264-5. James, 262-3. Roger, 258-9. Widow, 50, 52, 152. ■ William, 262-3. Irne, 42. Irtone, John, 176-7. Isope, Elizabeth, 358. Isabel, 358. Richard, 358. — William, 358-9. Ive, Henry, 28-9. Robert, 20. T ACKEMANE, Edmund, J 90. Jackeson (Jackesonne, Jacson, Jacsonn, Jaxsone), Alice, 378. Anne, 378. Arthur, 182. Benet, 380. Catherine, 374. Christopher, 182-3,280- 1, 284-5, 287, 352-3, 378- 9- Edmund, 378. Elizabeth, 292-3, 374, 380. — Geffrey, 354. — Isabel, 378. — James, 354. — Jane, 380. — Jenet, 378. Index of Persons. 425 jackeson{Jackesonne,Jacson, Jacsonn, Jaxsone), John, 20, 90, 354, 380. Margaret, 354, 378, 380. Ralph, 392. Richard, 146, 352, 380. Robert, 236-9, 250, 292- 3> 352, 354- Sethe, 1 18-19. Thomas, 288, 290-3, 300, 302, 362. WiUiam, 35: Jacobe, Goodwife, IIO-II. ■ one, 62. James I., 1, 81, 177, 185, 213. James, 44, 46-7. Janine, Robert, 398. Jarves (Jarvyes, Jervis), George, 148. Mr., 106-7, 160-I. Jaspare, Edward, 18. Jeffraye, Thomas, 183. Jeninges (Jenninges, [enyn- ges), 216-17. Henry, 134. Sir James, 312-13. Mr., 402-5. Parson (Richard),404-5. — — ■ Richard, 12, 74, 11S-19. JerHtus, Jerominus, 100, 103, 108-9. Jewell, Bp. of London, 2, 5, 32-3. I03> io7> 155. 161, 167-9, 202, 204, 397. Joans, Elizabeth, 140. the bookbynder, 1 2- 1 3. Johannes, 174. Lewis, 22-3. Johanson, John, 144. Richard, 142-3. Johans, Raffe, 140. John, K, of France, 45. Johns, Evins, 204, 297. Richard, 176. Johnson (Johnsonn, Johan- sonne), Abraham, 186. one, 31. Edward, 350. George, 350. Grace, 352. Henry, 16-17. Hush, 350. — Jacob, 312. — John, 18, 20. — Ralpl-L, 134. — Richard, 3S-9, 1 82. — Thomas, 390. Joltrin, Mr., 1 14. Joner (Joyner), Robert, 94-5, 118-19, 138-9, 196-7. Jones, Richard, liv, 37, 207. Judson (Judsonn), Richard, 176. William, 206, 209. KAIES, Sr, 192-3. Kale, Robert, 148. Kam, Gideon, 216-17. Kante, Alison, 350- 1. Jane, 350. Karpenter, George, 4 Kay (Kaye, Key, Alexander, 178-9. Eleanor, 78, 80, 6. Keye), 291, 295- Elizabeth, xxxi, xxxv, 291, 299. Francis, 193-5. James, 178. Jenet, 324. John, 329, 392. Richard, 202-3. Robert, xxxi. William, 324. Keine, John, 114. Kelbridge, John, 186. Kelleway, Robert, 85. Kelly, Robert, 22. Kempe (Kempte), Dorothy, 108-9. John, 172. Kennet, 207, 217. Kensey, Mr., 52-3. Kent (Kente), Eliz,, 366. Widow, 156. Kenyon, Goodwife, 128. Kerbie (Kerbey), Agnes, 314. Elizabeth, 314. George, 144. John, 314. Richard (Sr), 2IO-II. Kerrie (Kerry), Goodman, 124-5. Goodwife, 8-9, 76, iii, 404, 407. Hunifrey, Iii, 4, 40-1, 76, IIO-II, 274, 404, 407 Johan, IIO-II, 138. Katherine, 8-9, III. Margerie, Hi. Keyne, Thomas, 4, 7. Kimpton (Kympton), mund, 39, 142 Ed- King (Kinge, Kynge), Mr., 230-1. Roger, 14. Sr, 210-II. William, 278-9, 282-3, 287. Kingsmil, 29. Kingston, John, 136, 202-3. Kitchine, Jenet, 320. John, 174. Mr., xxxvii, 76, 79, 274-5- Kirkhame, William, 238-9. Knesse, ^Ir., 256-7. Knight, Thomas, 232-3, 404. Knoles, Henry, 102, 104-5. KnoUys, Sir Francis, 105. Henry, 105. Knowles, Elizabeth, 336. Margaret, 336. Mr. R. B., xiii, xvi, xxiii, 357, 369. Thomas, 206, 209, 234. Knox, John, 63. Kyen, Raphaell, 122. Kylley, 26. Kyllingworth, Nicholas, 134- 5- Kyrke, Sr (Edward Kirke), xxiv, 188-9. Kytson, Sir Thomas, 189. LABORXE (Layborne), Mr. 74. William, 70. Lache (Leach), Edward, 279, 300, 304-5. Mr., 1 18-19. Nicholas, 125, 278-9, 282, 284, 287. William, 27S-9, 287. William, 27, 38-9, 142-3. Lacie, Anne, 352. Lacye, ffather, 22. Lake, Joan, 39. Osmonde, 62, 68. Lambarde, William, xliii. Lambere, Alice, 398. Lance, Thomas, 238-9. Lancelette, Goodwife, 86. Landen, Claude, loi, lo8. Lange, John, 182-3. Langher (Langherne), 95. Katherine, 95. Richarde, xvi, xxvi, 94-5, 172-3- Thomas, 95, 180. Langley (Longlaye), Aldn., 226. G G 426 Index of Persons. Langley (Longlaye), Lady, 54-5- Mrs., 288-9. Robert, 289. Sir Robert, 55. William, 19. Langton, James de, xxix. John, 72. my Lady (Anne), 225, 396-7- Sir Thomas, 397. William, xxix. Langtree, xlvii. Gilbert, 5. John of Langtree, 5. Lambert, lii, 2, 5, 76-7. Lante, Richard, 134-5. Lasco, John a-, 103. Lateware, Richard, 232-3. Thomas, 253. Latham, 232-3. Latimer, Bp., 147, 155. Laton (Leaton), Anthony, xlv, 81. Jane, 83. Laud, C, 59. Launde(Lande), George, 372. Margaret, 386. Sibil, 360. William, 358, 372. Lawe (Law), 172-3. Alice, 83, 306-7, 336, 338. Anne, 362. Catherine, 83, 306-7. Edmund, 307. Edward, 212-13. Elizabeth, 338. Giles, 338. Henry, 83, 306-7, 312- Isabel, 83, 306-7. James, 83, 128-9, 306-7. Jenet, 338. — Joane,336. John, xxxiv., 144, 260, 307, 316-17, 336-7, 342, 392-3- Margaret, 338. Margery, 83, 306-7, 312- 13. 336. Archdeacon Robert, 13 266, 307. Sr Robert, 83. Robert, 82-3, Lawe (Law), Thomas, 4, 5, 1, 83, 238, 25i> 255 , 306- 7, 312-13, 316-17. Widow, i^. Wife, 394. William , 307, 360-2, 374, 408-9 Lawrance (Laurence, Law- rence), 52, 380. John, 198, 201 234, 394-5- — Richard, 3-4, 42-3. — Thomas, 162, 1 82-3, „. 250-T, 252-5, 267-8, 271, 306-7. — Robert's wife, 262-3, 306-7. 190. Lawson (Lawsonne), Agnes, 154- Goodwife, 154. Richard, 178. Thomas, 398. Laxtere, Christopher, 146. Laylande, Joan, 70, 152-3. Layton, 83. Leaver (Levere), Thomas, xxvi, 188-9. Margaret, 50-1. Le Blount, 165. Ledsonne, ffather, 146. Lee, Edmund, 372, 378. Edward, 310. 578. Elizabeth, 310, 398. Isabel, 310. John, 348. Margaret, 310, Otwell, 310. Richard, 348. Robert, 348. Thomas, 310. William, 167, 234. Leeche (Leche), William, 206-7, 240-3- Leeke, Mr., 41. Robert, 72. Le Grimecieux, Elizabeth, lOI. Lees, Edmund, 298. Elizabeth, 298. James, 298. Jenet, 298. John, 298. • — — Lawrence, 298. Leicester, Sir Ralph, xlvii, 80, 390-1, 396. Earl of, xliii. Leigh (Leeghe), Anne, 378. Edmund, 368. Ellen, 374. Henry, 360, 374, 380. Isabel, 374. Leigh (Leeghe), James, 336. John, 360, 370. Mr., xlvii, 80, 259. Peter, Esq., 77. Richard, 360. • Robert, 380. Thomas, 336. Leminge, George, 270, 272. Thomas, 18, 21. Leonard, Thomas, 160. Leonards, Widow, 152. Letsame, John, 14. Leventhrope, Mr., 50, i lo-i I. Lever, Ralph, 199. Levions, Sybestian, 102, 105. Levisns, Edmund, 28-9. Lewen, William, 190-1. Lewes (Lewis), xxiii. Geffrey, 196-7, 204-5. Griffith, 197, 205. Henry, 176-7- John, 130. Mr., 184. Richard, 1 36-7. Robert, 1 80- 1. Thomas, 408-9. Licasse (Lycas), Agnes, 314. Richard, 314. Thomas, 314. William, 314. Lilbourne, John, 197. Lilesse, Robert, 178-9. Lilly (Lyllie, Lylly), 1 70-1. James, 226-7. John 21, 214-15, 227. Mrs., 226. Peter, 214. Linch, R., 179. Linman, Barbara, 138. Litle, John, 224-5. Littelton, William, 202-3, 212-13. Lloyd, Dr. Griffith, 243. Lobley, William, 10. Lockeys, William, 1 16-17, 120-1. Lockyer, Nicholas, 117. Longe, William, 71, 120-r. Longethorpe, Robert, 40. Longworthe, Dr., xxii, 174-5. Lonsdale, Elizabeth, 324. Loveden, Robert, 198, 201. Lower, 23. Lowndes, 43. Lucas, 114. William, 144. Ludetiie, William, 1 98-200. Ludforde, ffather, 136. Index of Persons. 427 Ludham, John, 192-3. Lupton, Rev. J. H., 29. Luson, Mr., xlv. Lyde, William, 40-1. Lydsam, Henry, 196. Lyke, John, 40-1. Lylies, Robert, 186-8. Lyndleye, Mr., 180. Lynne, Anthony, 198, 200, 212-13. Lyskey, David, 176. Lytley, Mr., 244-7. Lytton, Mr., 166-7. Thomas, 1 68-9. Lyvesey, Henry, 394-5. MACCLESFIELD, Earl of, 77. Machett, Mr., 124-5. Machin, Ellen, 346. Maddocks, John, 1 14. Maden, Roger, 10- 11. Madenhead, 18. Madwell, wife, 138-9. Maitland, 31. 33, 59> 71,87, 95, 99, 103. Malyn (Malyine), 169, 194. Elizabeth, 263. Thomas, 24. Mane, Robert, 14. William, 206-7. Manver, Roland, 148. Manners, Edward, Earl of Rutland, 265. ■ Lady Elizabeth, 265. Manwoode, Sargeant, 84-5. Maperley, Anne, 50. William 50. Marbury, Edward, 3. March, Earl of, 45. Marcke, Ludloo, 144. Margett, Elizabeth, 140. Markes, William, 20. Markhame, Gervase, 5, 49. Widow, 152. Marley, Bryan, 180, 183. Marlowe (Marlooe), Anthony, 20-1. Christopher, 21. Marrowe, Humfrey, 18-19. Marsden, Agnes, 81. Gabriell, 162-3, 261, 274-5- Nicholas, 392. Robert, 81. Marshall, Jane, 324-5. Jenet, 324-5. John, 325-6. Marshall, Thomas, 325. Marsten (Marson, Marston), Elizabeth, 260-1. George, 7. Isabel, 342. James, 405. John, 7. Rose, 138, 405. - Symon, 4, 7, 405. Marten (Martin, MartjTi), Elizabeth, 8-9. Ellen, 352. Henry, 134. Matthew, 378. Mr., 2, 5, 232. William, 118-19. Widow, 140. Martyr, 103.. Marvyn, Archd. Edmund, 113- • Johann, 112-13. Mary, Queen, 9, 77, 91, 99, loi, 105, 109, 113, 115, 119, 125, 161, 165, 181, 183, 199. Massie, William, 216-18, 220-1, 234. Matheas, 104, 107. Mathewe, John, 12. Thomas, 204-5. Matravers, Lady Ann, xlvii, 80, 260, 263. Henry, Lord, 80. Maudsley (Mawdesley), 195. of Blackburn, 223. Henry, 222-3. Lawrance, 250. Sr, 194-5. Thurstan, 223. May, Dr., Bishop of Carlisle, 173- Mayor, Prof, xi, 21, 175, 179, 181. Meadforde, Sr, 212-13. Meale, George, loi. Meatcalfe (Metcalf), INIr., 244. William, 206. Meddope (Myddope), Steven, 182-3. Thomas, 182. Medley, John, 36, 184-8, 190-2, 194-5. Mrs., 128, 136, 158. Medlicott (Mydlccot), 25. Arthur, 24-5, 26-7. Thomas, 27. Meeke, John, 4, 40. Mercer, Agnes, 332. Elizabeth, 397. Jane, 332. John, 328, 332-3. Margaret, 332. Richard, 396-7. William, 328. Mergates, Widow, 126-7. Mericke, Richard, 178. Merlay, Stephen de, xxvii. Merrie (Merry), Jane, xl. John, 32-3. Robert, xl, 405. Thomas, 224-5. Merj'dethe, Richard, 1S2-3. Meyle, Edward, 146. Meyres, Joane, 88-9. Johanne, 78, 80. Thomas, 78, So, 295. Michel! (Mychell), Alice, 358- John, 352. Margaret, 400. Mr., 132. Richard, 219. Thurstan (Tristram), 56-7, 68, 70, 218-19. Middleton, William, 1 78-9. Midgley, Ellen, 372. Henry, 372. Isabel, 372. Richard, 291, 372-3. Mildmay (Myldmade), Thomas, 85. Sir \\'alter, 84-5. Milford, John, 184-5. Miller (Myller), Elizabeth, 366. Goodman, 12. Mrs., 6, 9. Ralph, 290-1. Richard, 290-1. Mills (Milles, Mylls), ]\Ir., xxxvii, 12, 34. Mr. Hemy, li, lii, 44, 56, III. Thomas, 148. Timothy, 263. Milton, 155, '185. Mitton, Grace, 382. Henry, 312. Jenet, 312. Richard, 312. Robert, 312. Thomas, 312. Wilham, 312. Molenius, Claudius, 104, 107. Molyneux, Sir Richard, 77. 428 Index of Persons. Monepennys, 126-7. Moore (More, Morre), Ellen, 78, 80-1. of Fence-in-Pendle, 81. Hugh, 81. Sir Jonas, 81. Lettice, 323. Myles, 1 76. ■ Nicholas, 81. Thomas, 172. "WilHam, 21-2. Morebread, Anthony, 2i6- Morecrofte, Richard, 14, 18. Morgan (Morgane), Jesree, 28-9. ■ John, 199-200. 212-13, 216-17. Mr., 58,98. Morley, John, 368. ]Mrs. (Isabel), 396-7- Robert, 389. 202- 388-9, Morrey (Morrie), Tliomas, 214-15, 225-7, 252-3. Morrice (Morrise), Nicholas, 204-5. ■ William, 144, 390. Morries, Ralph, 256 Mortimer, 45. Moreton (Morton), Gilbert, 5- John, xxxiv, 4-5, 116. Katherine, xxxiv. William, 408. Morwyn, Peter, xliii, 199. Mosley, Charles, 176. Motten, Robert, 12-13. Mounson, Sir Thomas, 7. Mounte, Mr., 40. Moyses, Rachel, iio-n. Mulcaster (Muncaster), Mr. (Richard), xvii, xxvi, no- il, 166-7, 186-7, 188-9, 248-9. Mullins, Mr., 230. Muncke, Henry, 244-5, 250. Munday, Henry, 144. Munde, Richard, 212-13. Mundy, Mr., 299. Musculus, Abraham, 62-3. Wolfgang, 6}). Mychaell, 62. Myddley, Meistres, 52. Mylles, Phillippes, 52. Myllnes, Alderman, iio-ii. Mynton, John, 20. NALLER, William, 38. Napper, William, 198, 201. Narram, Agnes, 308. Anne, 308. Grace, 308. Isabel, 308. Jane, 308-9. John, 278-9, 282-3, 287, 308-9, 396-7. Nealsonne, \Villiam, 228-31, 250-1. Nebbes, John, 2. Necome, Elyas, 178. Needham, 168-9. Robert, 12. Neigham, Jenet, 340. Neve, Le, 3, 31, 35, loi, 113, 119, 121, 167, 183, 197, 200, 203, 205, 209, 213, 221, 223, 239, 249, 251, 267. Neve (Neave, Neue), Antho- ny, 55, 262-3, 266, 276-7. Richard, xxxii, 54-5, 88- 9, 148-9, 258-9, 260-5, 406-7. New, Thomas, xvi. Newce, Thomas, 172-3, 176. Newcourt, 3, 5, 31, 43, 91, 95, 109, 113, 119, 171,200. Newell, Alice, 3S6. Thomas, 196. Newman (Neman), Christo- pher, 168-9, 192. Margaret, 136. Newport e, Thomas, 1 16. Newton, Widow, 152. Nichol, Puritan Commenta- ries, 3. Nicholas (Nicolas), Sr, 45, 49, 51, 57, 79- 32-3. Nicholls (Nycholles, Nycolls), George, 2 10- 11, 234. Roger, 130. William, 74. Nicholson (Nycholsoiie, Ny- collson), 5- John, 172-3. Mr., 230-1. William, 146. Noble, 43. Noell, Hemy, 207. Nollarde, Lewis, 58. Norcott, Samuel, 1 80- 1. Norcrosse, David, 165. Elizabeth, 52. Norcrosse, George, 164-5, 390-1. Heniy, 165, 391.^ Norham, Ed«'ard, xlvi. Norries, Mr., 244, 250, Norryes, father, 14. Northenby, John, 114. Northinge, Alice, 154. Northumberland, Duke of, 97- Earl of, 129, 137. Norton (Nortonn, George, 18. Henry, 16. Mr., I12-13. William, 408. 250. Norwoode, 16. wife, 56. Nowell, Adam, xxvii, xxviii, XXXV. Alexander, Dean of SL Paul's, XX, XXV, xxvi, xxx, xxxii, XXXV, xxxvii-xlv, xlvii-1, lii-liv, 3, 7, 9, 29, 32-3, 47-9, 55, 71, 73-75, 77, 80-1, 83, 85-6, 89, 91, 95, 97-9, 105, 107, 109, 111-13, "9, 123, 129, 145, 147, 151, 155, 157, 163, 165, 167, 169, 171, 173, 175, 189, 191, 193, 196, 204, 218-19, 221, 223, 225, 233, 235, 237, 239-43, 253, 257, 261, 265, 267, 275, 277, 279, 283, 287, 289, 291, 293, 295, 299, 305, 307, 309, 3", 313, 319, 333, 353, 361, 363, 385, 387, 389, 391, 393, 397, 399, 401, 403, 405, 407- Alexander, xxix, xxx. xxxiv, xliii. — Alice, xxxi-iii, 71, 266-7. Alison, 334-5. Andrew, xxxi, xlviii, 259, 265. Anne, xxxi-ii, xxxiv-v, 392-3- Arthui", xxviii-ix. Beatrice, xxxi, 78, 80-1, Benedicta (Benet), xxxiii, 71. Catherine (Katherine), xxviii, xxxiv-v, xliii, 268, 271. — Charles, xxxi, 84-5,'258- 9, 261-3, 268, 271. it Index of Perso7is. 429 Nowell, Christopher, xxxi-ii, 312-13- Dowse, xxxi. Edward, 258-9, 334. Edward, (Rev.), 88-9, 120-1, 124-5, 186. Eleanor, xxxi, 83. Elizabeth, xxv, xxxi-iii, xxxv-vi, xli, xlix, 83-5, 88-9, 261, 295, 307. Fleetwood, xxxv. Florence, xxxiii-iv. Frances, xxxv. • George, xxxv. Gilbert, xxviii. Grace, xxx-iii, 55, 68, 71, 115, 260-3, 265, 334. Gyles, 334-5, 399. Henry, xxxv. Isabella, xxx, xxxii, xxxiv, xlv, 267, 307, 312- 13. 334-5» 368, 400. Jane, xxxi-ii, xl, 89, 261. • Joane, 261. JohnjXxviii-xxxvi,xxxix, xlviii-ix, 80-1, 85, 89, no- il, 168-9, 258-60, 262-3, 265, 267, 297, 309, 313, 335. 392-3- Lawrence, Dean of Lichfield, xxv, xxxi-ii, xlii- vi, xlix. Hi, liv, 8-9, 34-5, 76-7, 85, 88, 96-7, 1 12-13, 122,253,271,384-5,406-7, 409- Lawrence, xxviii-ix, xliii. 1-i. — Letitia (Lettice), xxii, xxxiv, 30S-9, 334-5. — Margaret, xxx, xxxii, 7, 83- Margery, xxxii. Marie, xxxiv, 265, 5- Mary, xliii, 274- 83, 156-7, 243- Maud, xxxi, 80, 83. Mrs., of St. Pauls, 6, 9. — — Mrs., of Lytchfilde, 6, 9. Nicholas, xxviii-xxxi. Otwell, xxviii-ix. Penelope, xxxv. Ralph, xxxv. Richard, xxviii, xxxv, 168-9, 192-3, 393- Robert, Esq. , of Gray's Inn, ix, xi, xiii, xv, xx, xxii, xxxi-ii, xxxv-viii, xl-liv, 1-2, 5-9, 27, 34-6, 42, 47, 49, 51, 54-7, 67-74, 76-7, 79-81, 83, 85-6, 89, 109, 114, 116, 118, 126, 130, 143, 145, 152-3, 155, 159, 169, 174, 196, 203-4, 216, 219, 223, 232, 234, 258-9, 260-2, 264-7, 274-5, 288, 291, 299, 305, 307, 309, 313, 349, 363, 377, 385, 388-9,391,398-9,403,405, 407. Robert, xxxi, xxxiv-v, xliii, 335- Roger, xxvii-viii, xxx-v, xlv, 5, 71, IIS, 186-7, 243, 261, 295, 297, 307-9, 335, 396-7, 399, 400-1. Samuel, xliii. Sarah, xliii, 26S, 271. Simon, xxvii. — Thomas, of Read, xxxii- V, xliii, 2, 5-7, 36, 54, 60, 71, 76, 258-9, 266-7, 333. Thomas, of Runcton, xxxi, xl, li, 260-4, 268, 271, 403-5- Thomas, 297, 335. Walter, 1 16. Nutter, Alice, 322, 384. Christopher, 380. Edward, 322-3. Ellen, 322. Henry, 380. Hugh, 322. Jenet, 322, 360. John, 360-1. Margaret, 322. Nicholas, 322. Robert, 360-1. Nuttinge, Henry, 146. John, 56. OGLETHORPE, xlvii. Oldesworth, Arnolde, 166-9. Orenge, Edsvard, LL.D., 19. Orm erode, Anne, 378-9. Richard, 267. Orrell, Elizabeth, 397. John, 397. of Orrell, 7. Thomas, 4, "J. Orringe, John, 18. Ortonn, Hughe, 230- 1. Orwell, 66. Osbaldeston (Osboston), Jenet, 374-5. Osbaldeston (Osboston), Robert, 231. Sir, 230-1. Osborne, Henry, 34. Overton, 263. Mrs., 156-7, 266-7, 268, 271, 305- Richard, 36, 267. Bp. William, 159. Owen (Owene), Hughe, 178. Dr. John, 201. Ower, John, 4, 7, 40. Oxford, Earl of, xliii. PAGE, John, 144. Paget, 267. Pagge, Oliver, 132-3. Paidge, father, 34-5. Palgrave, 113. Palmer (Pallmer), Bartholo- mew, 178. Jeffray, 1 14. Goodman, 136-7. Gyles, 14-15. Henry, 160-1. Herbert, 15. John, 179. Mr., 146-7. Dr. William, Panell, Sr, 184-5. Parcke, Goodman, 146. Parkens, Samuel, 184-5. Parker, Agnes, 350. Anne, 368. Archbishop, lOl, 137- 103, 123, 125, 207, 271, — ■ Barnard, 322. — Canon, 369. — Edward, 338-9. — Elizabeth, 338, 3S0- I. Ellen, 368. Jane, 368. Jenet, 368, 380-1. John, 79, 348, 358, 362- 3, 380-1. Lawrence, 368-9. ALirgaret, 360, 368. Oliver, 380-1. Richard, 344. Robert Towneley, 369, Robert, 184, 368, 378, 381. Thomas, 382. William, 10S-9, 398. Parkes, Richard, 252-3. Parkines, Richard, 192. Parkins, Dr., 168-9. Parkinson, Christopher, 169, 430 hidex of Persons. Parkinson, Elizabeth, 312. Johanna, 312. Lawrence, 1 68-9. Margaret, 312. Richard, 312. Robert, 312. William, 134. Parkhurst, Bp., 125, 207. Parraye, Bp. Henry, xxvi, 248-9. Parrys, Richard, 18. Robert, Vicar of Whal- ley, 398-9- Parvers, 168-9. Paslew, John, Abbot, 335. Leonard, 334-5. Patefield, Elizabeth, 344. Patensonn, Dorothy, 126. Patente, Mr., 186. Paterson, 146. Patlcinson, Thomas, 20. Paule, John, 196-7, 204-5. Pamrde, John, 182. Paycocke, Thomas, 1 78. Payne, Jane, 263. Mr., 46, 122-3. Mrs., 8-9, 1 12-13. Peek, Desid. Curios., 285. Peele (Pele), EHzabeth, 125. Mr., 403-5. Nicliolas, xviii. Pell, tixo?', 270, 272-3. Pembertone, Widow, 126. ■ William, 174. Pembroke (Peni)rocke), my Lord of, 56-7. father, 146-7. Pennington of Pennington, 223. Robert, 237. William, 222-3, 236-7. Peperell, Thomas, 198, 201. Percival, Edmund, 43. Percyvall, Richard, 148. Pere, Anne, 138. Pereson, Henry, 390. Margaret, 360. Perion (Peryam, Pyrryne), 76, 79- Anne, 79. Elizabeth, 79. Lady, xlix, 76, 79. Sir William, 79. Perne, Andrew, 63. Perrot, Sir John, xlii. Perse, Steven, 178. Peter, Mr., 224. Shr, 108. Peterell, Nurse, 126. Petssey, Henry, 32. Pettiser, Nicholas, 124. Pettit, Robert, 162-3. Petyfyer, Thomas, 210-11. Petzey, 60-1. Peynes, Widow, 152. Phillip, Ralph, 3S8. Phillips (Phillippes), Marga- ret, 154. John, 30. Phillpotts, John, 120-I. Pickering (Pyckringe), Ro- bert, lii, liii, 32-3, 76, 84, 1 14-15, 162-3, 290-2, 310- II, 402-3. SirWilHam, 1 88-9, 228- 9- Pilkington (Pylkington), Bp., 29, 175- John, Rector of Bury, xxix. Thomas, 176-7. Pine, 62. Pius v., Pope, 103. Place, Mr., 1. Plomtonn (Plumstone), John, 196, 204-5. Plume, Joan, 152. Poclere, Mr., 404. Pollard (Pollerde), Agnes, 125, 279. Alice, 125. Christopher, 125. Edmund, 125, 330-1. Elizabeth, 125. Ellen, 125. Ellis, 124-5, 223. Emota, 125. George, 125, 222-3,234, 278-9, 282-3, 287. Grace, 364. Isabel, 330. James, 125, 364, 372. Jenet, 354. John, 125,281,331,358. Margaret, 330>354>358, 376. Marie, 364. Ralph, 125, 279. Robert, 28 1. William, 125. Foisted, Mr., 162-3. Poole, 10- II. Goodwife, 152. Henry, 76, 79, 240-1. j\Ir., of Dalbey, 74-5, 246-7. Pope, Josias, 210-11, 234. Poprell, John, 198, 201. Porder, ]\Ir., 122. Poredge, Mr., 154. Porter (Porther), Margaret, 398. Peter, 180-1. Richard, 114. William, 114. Potter, Ellen, 125. Pounde, John, 174. Widow, 152. Powell, James, 72. Johan, 152, 205. John, 196-7, 205. Sir, 204-5. Thomas, 197, 210-11. William, 198, 200. Pratte, 244. Prentise, Robert, 178. Presse, John, 172-3. Preste, Thomas, 130. Prestmane, John, 212-13. Nicholas, 18. Preston, Adam, 144. Elizabeth, 78, 80- 1. Richard, 78, 80-1. Thomas, 81, 149. William, 22. Price, Goodman, 12. Priestley (Preestley), 270, 272-3. Priste, Mother, 154. Procter, Cuthbert, 34. John, 43. Mary, xxxiv. • Thomas, xxxui. Pryme, John, 198, 201, 210- II. Puddell, Robert, 18. PuUyn, 232-3. Punte, John, 14-15, 25-7, 98- 9, 172-3- Pursott, Widow, 140. Pyckaner, Richard, 204-5. Pyckarde, Richard, 176. Pye, Thomas, 230-1. Pyersonne, Thomas, 10. Pyghill, Thomas, 388. Pykcopc, Alice, 320. Anne, 320. Elizabeth, 320-1. Jane, 320. I John, 320. Margaret, 320. Pymminge, James, 20, 26. Pynder, William, 20. Pynner, Mother, 150. Pyrrin, Widow, 128. Pyrry, Thomas, 300. Q UESTE, 122-3. Quinten, 2, 5. RADCLIFFE (Radclieff, Ratclieff, Ratcliffe),;?. Agues, 336. Charles, 271, 397. Edward, xxxi, 271. Jenet, 336-7. John, 336-7, 342. Mr., 2, 5, 145, 232-3. Mrs. (Margaret), 376-7. Margaret, 271. Richard, 204-5. Robert, 268, 271. Samuel, D.D., 271. Thomas, 77. William, 337, 340. Raines, Canon, xi. Si, 225, 23i» 253, 257, 271, 289, 291, 293, 295, 299, 301, 305, 307- Rainolds, Dr. John, 201, 20S. Ralph, 198, 200. Ramsbottom, Thomas, 384. Ramson, Christopher, 198, 201. Randall, Mr., 50. Randulph, Thomas, 51- Rannaye, Robert, 378. Ranner, 34. Rapesede, Widow, 152-3. Ravalde, Robert, 245. Rawcrofte, 128. Mr., 156. Rawcrosse, Mrs., 406-7. Rawin, William, 368. Rawlin { Rawlyn, Rawlens, Rawlins), Agnes, 54. John, 178. Thomas, 212-13. W^idow, 54. Rayner (Reyner), Thomas, li, 6, 7, 34, 36, 76-7- Raynes, Gabryell, 1 12-13. John, 1 12-13. Raynoldes, Mr., 2 10- 11. Reade, Alice, 346. father, 50. . Henry, 346. John, 12. Margerie, 346. Marie, 346. Martina, 166-7, 228-9. Robert, 144-5. Index of Persons. Rebecka, Lady, 159. Redfearne (Reedfearne), 156- 7- Agnes, 295. Anne, 288-9, 295. Elizabeth, 288, 290, 294-5- Ellis, 194-5, 264-S, 290- I, 294-5. Gabriel, 295. Henry, 294-5. Hester, 295. James, 157, 260, 263, 266, 294-5, 404-5. Jane, 294-5. John, 157, 260, 295. Martha, 295. Mary, 295. — — Richard, 262-3, 266, 295. Thomas, 294-5, 384-5- Reed, Isaac, xix. Remyngton, Agnes, 328. John, 326-7. Reskiner, Mrs. Alice, xlvi. Reynold, 146. Richardson (Rychardsonne), Anthony, 136. George, 12, 14, 18. John, 338-9. Mr., 108-9. Thomas, 20. Rickesmond, John, 167. Ridiox, Lawrence, 386-7. Ridley (Rydley), 11, 155. Bp., xlii. William, lo-il. Rigby, 21. Rignot, Nicholas, 62-3. Rilton, 121. Rishton (Ryeston, Rushton), 135- Alice, 394. Dorothy, 394. Elizabeth, xxxii, 398. Henr3% 172-3. James, 134. John, 372-3. Nicholas, xxxii, 406-7. Ralph, xxxi. Risley, James, 210-11, 234. Robbeman, Theoph., 106-7. Roberta, widow, 58. Roberts, Alice, 346, 376. Anne, 346, 376. Edmund, 347-8. Edward, 347. George, 14, 144. Roberts, Isabel, 346. James, 346, 360. John, 346, 376. Lawrence, 376-7. Margaret, 326, 348, 376, 392, 398. Miles, 346-7, 350. Peter, 360. Richard, 346, 376. Robert, 378-9. Thomas, 348. William, 376. Robertshaw, Isabel, 364. ^^John, 350-1. Robins, Elizabeth, 149. William, 149. Robinson (Rob}Tison), Eliza- beth, 334. Rev. C. J., xi, 261. George, 182. Dr. John, 229. John, 178-81, 348, 355, Margaret, 348. R., 199. Richard, 392. Robson, Richard, 386. • • William, 16. Rocroft (Rowcrofte), Cathe- rine, 263. Mrs., 158. Rodolphus, Anthonie, lOl. Rogers (Rogeres), 16. Ambrose, 160-1,212-13, 225, 404, 407. Henry, 144. John, 407. Mr., 224-5. Thomas, 103, 197. Romsden, Ellen, 3S8. Rooe, William, 16. Rose, Mychaell, 20. Rosse, Henry, 342-3. Isabell, 342. IMrs., 112. Thomas, 112-13, 116- 17- Rothwell, Anne, 368. Henry, 324. James, 368-9. Jane, 368. Rounde, Richard, 390- 1. Rouse, Anthony, 176. Rowe, Sir Thomas, 143. Rowlande, father, 134. William, 144. Ruddocke, Frances, 1 20- 1. Ruderby, Walter, 198-200. Russell, 104-5. 432 Lndcx of Persons. Russell, Rev. A. T., 185. Sagar (Sager), Isabel, 338. Schofield (Schofylde), Cuth- David, 63. James, 358-9. bert, 2S8-9, 291. Jerome, 63. John, 148. Edmund, 168-9, 228-9, Mr., 62. Lawrence, 330- 1. 252-3- Robert, 28-9. Margerie, 314. Elizeus, 295. Rustine, Lambert, 106-7. Mr., 2, 3. James, 289, 295. Rutland, Earl of, 262, 264-5. Nicholas, 27S-9, 287. Jenet, 304. Rychard, Lewis, 182. Richard, 286-7. Margaret, 384-5. Rycroft, Thomas, xxxii. Robert, 358-9. Scholes, Agnes, 304-5. Rydale, Frances, 1 18-19. Thomas, 358-9. Anne, 304. Rydinge, George, 336. William, 358-9. Elizabeth, 304-5. Grace, 336. Salisbury (Sarisbury), Bp. of. • Henry, 301, 304, 305. Jenet, 354. 2, 5, 32, 160. Isabel, 304-5. John, 336. Earl of, 45. James, 299. Myles, 354. Ellen, 3S6. Jane, 304. Thomas, 336. Salker, Henry, 397. Margaret, 304. William, 336, 354. Samsone (Sampsonn, Sam- Thomas, 304-5. Ryghsby, Henry, 18. sonne, Sanson), 408. Seacombe, 43. Rylands, J. P., 211. Mr., 162, 216-17. Seaton, 96-7. Ryley of the Green, 33. Bishop Richard, 1 1 2- 1 3. -Secare, Dominick, 22-3. . of High Riley, Accring- Sisley, 136-7. Sedell, John, 398. ton, 33. Dean Thomas, 106-7. Sedgreve, Alice, 344. Agnes, 332, 364. Thomas, 132. ■ Margery, 344-5. Alexander, 346-7, 364-5. Samwell, 182, 184. William, 345. Alice, 332. Mr., 1 20- 1. Seekes, Henry, 338. Anne, 322. Sandersonne, Robert, 182. William, 338. ■ Edmund, 332. wife, 408. Sellers (Seller, Sellare), Alex- Ellen, 332, 397. Sandes, John, 224-5. ander, 260. Grace, 332. Sandys, Bp., loi, 181, 225. Alice, 342, 344. Henry, 32-3, 332-3, George, 15. Anne, 85, 88-9, 308-9. 346-7, 396-7. Sankey, Mr., 232. Beatrice, 308-9. Hugh, 397. Sastanstall (Saltanstall), Ed- Christopher, 396-7. Isabel, 318, 322, 397. ward, 343. Elizabeth, 340. James, 397. William, 342-3. Ellen, 342. Jane, 318, 397. Satell, Tenet, 380. George, 229, 288, 291- Jenet, 346-7. William, 380. 2, 294, 302, 304, 306, 308- John, 332, 364. Saterbey, Judith, 8-9. 9> 36^, 396. Lawrence, 364. Satterley, Abraham, 32. Grace, 308-9. Margaret, 332, 352, 397. John, 256-7. Isabel, 283, 308-9. Peter, 320. Saunders, William, 58. Jane, 279, 308-9, 340, Richard, 346-7, 364. Savage, John, 198-9. 342. Robert, 364. Savaige, Joan, 152. Jenet, 308-9, 341-2. Susan, 397. Savile (Saville), 205. John, 56-7, 70,72,82-3, Thomas, 1 18-19, 397- Thomas, 271, 397. 88-9, 206-7, 223, 228-9, Rypon, Margaret, 368. Saxton, 104-5. 262-3, 278, 288,290-1,296, • William, 398. Saywarde, Mr., 41, 11S-19. 300, 306, 308-9, 312-13, Rysome, Robert, 10. Scale, Jenet, 390. 396-7- Ryve, Goodman, 108-9. Thomas, 366. Lawrence, 84-5, 344. John, 348-9. Scarboroughe, 234. Margaret, 309, 342. Nicholas, xxxiv. Mr., 228-33. QABOTHE, Anne, 154-5. Sackeforde, Mr., 48-9. Thomas, 210-II. Myles, 342. Scarlett, Agnes, 140. Richard, 342-3. Sackville, Sir Thomas, 51, Mr., 11S-19. Robert, 338-9. Sadler, Sir Ralph, 51, 85, Schmidt, 5. Sir, 216-17, 222-3. 252-3. Schofield (Schofylde) family, Thomas, 222-3, 236-7, William, 28-9. 169, 253. 309, 344, 388-9. Sagar (Sager), Alice, 358-9. Alexander, 291, Selvius, 1 02. Henry, 372-3. Anne, 291. Sengreius, 104-7. Index of Persons. 433 Seres (Series), William, 43, 98-9, 147. Sethe, ]\Ir., 116. Sewall, 68. Sevvell, Dr., 200. Shakspere, xv, 5, 49, 237. Shafilde, Anne, 326. Elizabeth, 322, 328, Isabel, 322. John, 326. Shakerley, Mr., 220- 1. Peter (Piers), 220- 1. Shalcrofte, Edward, 212-13. Shaler, Michael, 40. Shalfoote, Mathew, 190. Shande, Edward, 1 44-5. Sharpe, Anne, 318. Isabel, 318. John, xxxiv, 318. Robert, 162-3, 176, 178- 9- Widow, 154. W^illiam, 31 8. Sharpsparrowe, 29, 18 1. John, iSo-i. Shawe (Showe), George, 16. Edmund, 350. Edward, 350. Henry, 210-II, 234, 350. — Lawrence, 302, Margery, 350. 305- Shawecrosse (Shacrosse), Ed- ward, 198, 201, 216-17, 220-1, 224-5, 226-7. Shepherd (Sheparde, Shep- ard, Sheppard, Shepharde), 22 3- — Agnes, 302, 304-5. — Andrew, 302-3, 305. — Anne, 302, 305. — Cosin, 162-3. — Elizabeth, lii, 279, 300-I, 304-5- — Ellen, 304-5. — Gilbert, 302, 305. — Grace, 304-5. — Isabel, 302, 305. — James, 223, 298, 302, 305- — Jenet, 304-5. — John, 302, 305. — Lawrence, 302, 305. — Mr., 8-9, 172-3. — Mrs., 8-9, 78-9, 88-9, 258-60, 263-8, 271. — Margaret, 298, 302, 305. — Margery, 302, 305. Shepherd (Sheparde, Shep- ard, Sheppard, Shepharde), Nicholas, 179, 180-1. Richard, 384-5. Thomas, 302, 305. Shepleys, Thomas, 10. Sherburne, Grace, xxxii. Henry, 271. SirRichard,xx.Kii,388-9. Robert, 271. Sherries, James, 146-7. Sherrington, Mr., loi. Shircom, Geffrey, 274-5. Shore, Robert, 380. Shorrock (Sharrocke, Sher- rocke), Agnes, 318. AHce, 382. Henry, 318, 328. Jane, 3 1 8. John, 318, 382. Richard, 280- 1, 287, 318. Robert, 68. 2S4, Shortred, William, 212-13. Shott, 74. Shower, Christopher, 380. John, 380 Margaret, 380. Shrappshire, John, 94-5, 136. Shrewsbury, 45. Shuttle worth family, 29 1. Anne, 346. Barnard, 331. Brian, 346-7. Elizabeth, 330. George, 398, Hugh, 294. Isabel, 346. James, 347. Jenet, 346, 386-7. Joan, 346. Laurence, 340- 1. Lettice, 330-1. Nicholas, 323. Oliver, 309. Robert, 389. Thomas, 342. William, xxxiii-iv, 347, 379- Sibbes, Dr., 3. Sidlinge, Richard, 1 74. Sidney, Sir Philip, 31, 57, 161, 181, 183, 200. Simmes, Valentine, 199. Simones (Simons), Goodman, 108-9. John, 144. Simson, Ellen, 346. James, 346. Jenet, 346. Thomas, 346. Singleton (Shingliton), Alice, 82-3. Elizabeth, 81. Jane, 85. John, 81-3. Sr, 210-11. wife's children, 86-7. 7 *- Sihckler (Sinkler), Jonah, 107. Mr., 11S-19. Slacke, Thomas, 16. Sladel, Christopher, 273. Slatere (Clalere), 23. Ellen, 322. Goodwife, 154. • Gyles, 322-:;. ■ Isabel, 322. Jenet, 322, 352, 390. William, 322, 398. Slaughter, George, 22-3. Robert, 16-17. Slyfolde, William, 224-5. -Smalley, John, 314. Smarte, Mr., 216-17. Smiles, Samuel, 105. Smith (.Smithe, Smythe, Smyth, Smythes), 154, 162, 192-3, 238-9. Alexander, 175. Alice, 257, 392. Anne, 350, 356, 366, 368, 382. Edward, 380. Elizabeth, 352. Ellen, 320, 346. George, 346, 368. Henry, 23S-9, 346, 366. Humphrey, 350. Isabel, 346, 348, 350, 352, 354, 356, 372, Z^''-, 384. James, 1 80- 1, 346, 350, 352, 354, 356-7, 392. Jenet, 358, 368, 398. John, 16, 20, 22, 24, t44, 216-17, 225, 278-9, 282-3, 287, 350, 356. Lawrence, 366, 368, 392. JNIargaret, 334, 350, 380. Margery, 356. INIarie, 384. Mother. 112. Mr., 174-5, 266. Mrs., 188. HH 434 Index of Persons. Smith (Smithe, Smythe, Smyth, Smythes), Myles, Bp., xxvi, 212-13, 236-7. Myles, 352. Nicholas, 289, 368. Richard, 178-9, 182-3, 190-1, 214-15, 218, 220-1, 352, 408-9. Robert, 16, 132, 162-3, 352. Sr., 244-5, 250. Sophany, 178. • Steven, 180- 1. Thomas, 362, 366. William, 154, 364, 368, 374- Snodace, John, 176. Soitell, Isabel, 380. Somerscales, John, 180. Somerset, Duke of, 267. Sonkey, Elizaljeth, 318. John, 318. Laurence, 318. Maud, 318-19. Thomas, 318, William, 3 18- 1 9. Sorocold of Barton, 17 1. Ralph, 171. Thomas, 170-1. Sourbutts, Jenet, 3 1 2- 1 3. Southcoate, John, 149. Justice, 148-9, 246-7. Nicholas, 149. William, 149. Southworth, Sir John, 170-1. Sowan, William, 16. Sparke, Thomas, 201, 203, 206, 208. William, 208. Sparre, Anthony, 174. Sparrowe, Mr., 108-9, 122-3. Speede, 192-3. Speller (Spellar, Spyllcr), Goodwife, 266. Hemy, 88, 258-9, 262- 5, 305- Spenser (Spencere, vSpensore), Adree, 140-1. Agnes, xxi, 358. Alice, XX!, 368-9, 378-9. Edmund (the Poet), xiii- xxii, xxiv, 28-9, 159-61, 164-5, 172-3, 189. 309> . 352-3, 357, 368-9, 379, 381. Edmund, xx, xxi. Elizabeth, xiv, xxi. Ellis, xxii, 308-9. Spenser (Spencere, Spensore, Isabel, xxi, 356-7. Jenet, xxi, 369, 374-5. Johanne, 1 1 o- 1 1 . Dr. John, 208. Sir John of Althoi-pe, xiv. John, xviii, xx-xxiii, 194.-S, 228-31. Lawrence, xxii, 308-9. Lettice, 308-9. Nicholas, xviii, 39. Philip, XX, 368-9. Robert, xviii, xx, xxi, 368-9. Speringe, Dr., 148-9. Sperke, John, 27, 38-9, Sperme, Thomas, 210-11,234. Speyre, John, 196-7. Spinke, John, 352. Springfilde, Anne, 108-9. Springham, Mathew, 162-3. Richard, 163, 216-17, 228-9, Spynny, 12. Squier, Adam, 210, Mr., 226-7. Stacie, James, 246-7. Stafford, Sir Humphrey, 157. Joyce, 157. Stainton, Lawrence, 1 80- 1. Stallon, Samuel, 174. Standbridge, Elizabeth, 8-9. Standworth, Lawrence, xxxiv. Stanleghs, 234-5. Stanley, Sir James, 5. Thomas, 252-3. Stannaye, Widow, 154. Stansfield, (Stansfilde), Gyles, 377, 399- Isabel, 354. Jane, 364. Jenet, 354, Mrs., 396-7, Oliver, 377. Richard, 376-7. Thomas, 360. Stanton (Staunton), How.ard, 29, 31, 33- John, 40, 146. Richard, 130. W., 154. Stapleton, Ilumfrey, 392. Starkey (Starkie), Edmund, 260, 263. Edward, 323. Lawrence, xxxiii, 397. William, 397. Stear, Mr., 184, Steed, 97, 99, 105. Stell, Owen, 386. Stevenson, Agnes, 324, Anne, 324. ■ Ellen, 324. Isabel, 324. Jenet, 324, John, 324, Nicholas, 324, Roger, 324. Steward, Mr., 406-7. Thomas, 1 61. Still, Bp., xxv, 188-9. Stilton, Richard, 132. Stirill, William, 1 60- 1. Stirrope, William, 10, Stithe, Mr., 160. Stock er, John, 14. Stockes, Ellen, 35S, John, 324. Richard, 324. Stockson, William, 94. Stones, Richard, 344. Stonne, Thomas, 2 10- 1 1, 234, Stoopes, James, 184-5, ^86. .Slopes, Mr., no. Stopforth, Elizabeth, 346, Ellen, 346, Jenet, 346. Thomas, 347. Store, Jenet, 270. Stowarde, Mrs., 158, 161. Stow, John, 39, 49. Stowell, Mr., 202-3. Strange, Mrs., 128, 406-7, Strasham, 186. Strickland (Strycklande),i8o. Anne, 54. .Strowede, Sir, 210-II. Stryngere, William, 144. Strype, 5, 63, 1 71, 207, 257, 277. Sturley, 270, 272-3. Sturton, 60. Sudell, Richard, xxxiv. Suffolk, Duchess of, 155. Sutcliffe, Lawrence, 378-9. Sute, John (Joan), 52-3. Sutton (Suttone), Margeiy, 263. Robert, 176-7, 196-7. Swale, Sir Richard, 176-7, Swallow, Roger, 14-15. Swane, Elizabeth, 154. Thomas, 154, William, 20. Sweetes, Mr., 218. Index of Persons. 435 Sweswell, Anne, 136. Swinglehurste, Agnes, 392. Isabel, 348. Ricliard, 348. William, 390-1, 394-5- Swynehed, Margery, 138. Sylke, Thomas, 204-5. Sylvester, father, 10. Symball, PVances, 132. Symsonne, Mr., 170-1. Sythe, Henry, 214-15. T A KINGTON, Hugh, 264. Talbot, 248-9. Thomas, the antiquary, XXX. Thomas, 397. Taller, Richard, 252-3. Tanseye, Theoder, 206, 208. Tarbutt, William, 125, 167. Tattersall (Tattershall), 221. Agnes, 332. Alice, 358. Bafthol., 364. 338, 361, Edmund, 338. John, 220-1, 234, 364. Richard, 220-1, 365, 376- Thomas, 364-5. William, 332-3. Tauson, John, 100, 103. Taylor (Tayler, Tayller), Ahce, 296. Anne, 296. Arthur, 294-5. Bp. Jeremy, 219. Bonaventure, 294-5. Edward, 360. Elizabeth, 330 Ellis, 294-5. George, 30-1, 370, 376. Grace, 358. Henry, 394-5. Isabel, 370. Jenet, 330. John, 120-1, 146, 370. Lawrence, 370. Leonard, 2, 5. Margaret, 370. ■ Margery, 296. Piers, 294-5. Richard, 1 18-19, 294-5, 370, 388. Roger, 304-5. Senior, 348. The Water Poet, 47. Taylor (Tayler, Tayller), Thomas, 386, 392. William, 296. Templie, Robert, 202-3. Tetlow, Jane, 262-3. Widow, 156. Thackwell, Roger, 30- 1. Thimbleby, Dr., 159. Thirsby, 408. Thomas, Edward, 376. John, 12, 31, 166-7, 190-1, 376. 198, 201. Ralph, 167. Richard, 376. Robert, 376. Thomas, 186-7. Thompson (Thomsonne, Tompson,Tomsonn), Chris- topher, 18. Ellen, 138. Grace, 388. James, 32. John, 392. Marian, 306. Ralph, 206, 208-9, 234. Thomas, 20. Widow, 154. William, 288. Thormanbye, George, 146. Thornber, Alice, 334, 378. John, 360. Thornburghe, Cicilia, 149. Thornehill, William, 174. Thorpe, George, 340. John, 6, 34, 36, 76-7, 226-7. Margaret, 340. Mrs., 140. Richard, 312-13. Thrott, Richard, 130. Thymblie, Isabel, 354- Margaret, 354. Margery, 352. Richard, 352-3. Thomas, 354, Thyrlande, Mr., 116. Tineste, George, 398. John, 398. Tingnell, Margaret, 328, 388. Tobie, Bp., 199. Todde(Tode), Gilbert, 12,138. Good wife, 260-1. Joane, lii, 8-9. John, 76-7. Mother, 138. Mr. , XV. Richard, xxix. Todgill, xlviii. Henry, 2, 5-7, 56-7, 76, 79- Tomkins, Mary, 154. Tomlinson, Alice, 340. Jenet, 378. Sir Robert, 388-9. Touge, Mary, 138. Tooke (Tocke, Tucke), Ange- lot, 73- Mr. Auditor, 72. Mr., xlviii, 68, 72-5. Ralph, 73. Thomas, 73. Walter, 73. William, 240- 1. William, Esq , of Popes, 73- Torperleye, Thomas, 2 1 2- 1 3. Tottingham, 70. Towne, Ellen, 358. John, 348. Richard, 328. Towneley (Towenley), Alice, 35°- Anne, 258-9, 268, 271. Benedicta, xxxiii, 71. Charles, xxxii, 79, 361. Christopher, xiii, xiv., xxix, 270-1. Colonel, of Towneley, xiii-xv, xvii, xix-xx, xxii-iiL Edward, of Royle, 379. Elizabeth, 370. Frances, 289. Gilbert, 290-2, 296, 300. Grace, xxx, 5, 83. Jane, 360, 370. Jenet, 289. John, Esq. , of To^^Tle- ley, xxx, xxxii, xlv-vi, xlix, 1, lii, liv, 34-5, 79, 88-9, 223, 264-5, 268, 271, 287-9, 291, 313, 361, 3(^3. 390, 396-7, 399-400, 403. Sir John, 347. John, lii, 362-3, Mrs. (Katherine), 398-9. Lady, 360-1, 398. Lawrence, 222, 228, 234, 362-3. Marie, 370, 378-9. Mignet, 378-9. Mr., 72, 142-3, 162-3, Mrs., 6, 9, 360-1. Nicholas, 259. Sir Richard, 323, 361, 397- 436 hidex of Persons. Towneley (Towenley), Rich- ard, xiv, XXX, xxxiii, 71, 83, 2S9, 362-3, 370-1. Richard, of Carr, xiv. Robert, of Boston, xlvi, 76, 79, 290-1. Sarah, 350. Thomas, 348, 396-7. William, 378-9. Townsend, Richard, 388. Toye, Mr., no. Trafford, Sir Edmund, 217. Tramsaw, 146. Trappes, Richard, 16. Traveres, John, 198, 200, 206, 208. Treheron (Trayherone, Tre- herone), Bartholomew, 109, 175, 274-5, 405- Dorothy, 8-9, 108-9,275, 405- Mawdelyn, 405. Nathaniel, 174, 1 80-1. Tremayne, Mr., 202-3. Tremellius, Emanuel, loi, 103, 105. Trevett, 202-3. Trindell, Thomas, 134. Trusse, Thomas, 264-5. Tunstall, Francis, 409. Mr., 408-9. Turnall, Agnes, 290-1. Alice, 293, Catherine, 290-1. Edmund, 292-3, 296. Edward, 290-1, 308. Grace, 293. Humphrey, 308. Lawrence, 293, 296. INIarie, 293. Turnebull, Mr., 190-1. Richard, 203, 206-7, 219. William, 218-19. 344- Turner (Turnere), Edmund, 314- Ellen, 318, 326, George, 182-3. Isabel, 314. Jane, 314. John, 318. Lawrence, 260. Margery, 314. Mrs., 126-8. Nicholas, 318. Richard, 122-3. Roger, 314. Twyde, Richard, 20. Tydinge, John, 144. Tyle, Thomas, 14. Tylson, William, 1 82-3. Tylsworth, John, 22. UNDERHILL, Robert, 408. Upton, Walter, 18. Ushere, Henry, 176. VAGHAN, Hugh, Richard, 183. Widow, 152. Valentine, Alice, 289. John, 289. Valere, Ciprian, 1 00, 259- 180-1, 103. Vallerious (Vellerious, Ville- rius), 62-3, 104, 106-7. Vancher, 16. Varley, Edmund, 334. Isabel, 334. Veale, Thomas, 61. Vencentus, 104, 107. Vespasian, 269. Villers, 63, 107. Voele, Henry, 207. WADDINGTON, Ag- nes, 344. Sr, 168-9, 188-9. Wade, Christopher, 198, 200. Elizabeth, 346. - John, 1 14, 256-7, 346. Richard, 346. Wadsworth, Agnes, 3S2. Richard, 374, 386-7. Wagington, William, 94-5. Walbrande, Edward, 2, 5. Waldgi-ave, Charles, xxxvi, xlix. Sir Edward, xxxvi. Waldraine, Edward, 38. Walgrave, Mr., 136. Walkden (Walkinden), 21. Geffrey, 20- 1. Sampson, 108-9. Walker, Jane, 352. Johan, 128. John, 14, 320. Mother, 8-9, 138. Mrs., xlvii. Mrs., of Holborne, lO. Richard, Dean, 127. Robert, 70- 1. Widow, 126-7. Walle, Richard, 148. Wallwoode, Tobias, 174. Wallwyne, Mr., 406-7. Walmsley (Wamsley), An- thony, 342-3. Ellen, 342. Isabel, 342. Jenet, 342-3. John, 342. Thomas, 342. Walshay(Wallsey), Elizabeth, 320. John, 380. Thomas, 176. Walshe, Goodman, 12. John, 186. Walton, Isaac, I. John [see Wolton). Warburton, Peter, 289. Warde, Joane, 136. Thomas, 12, 14. Wardiuer, John, 130. Wardley, Isabel, 390. William, 386. Waringe, Richard, 2 14- 1 5. Warner, William, 14- 1 5. Warren, Sir Ralph, 39. Richard, 39. Warton, Dr., III. Warwick, Earl of, 229. Washington, Lawrence, 1 60- 1 . Watemoughe, Anne, 358. John, 358. Thomas, 360, 382. William, 394. Waterhouse, Andrew, 12. Robert, 388-9. Watersall, Agnes, 138. Watkins (Watken), Nicholas, 180-1. T. H., 180-1. Watson, Anthony, 267. John, 1 30. "William, 134. Wattam, Phillip, 16. Wattersone, Thomas, 20-1, 23- Wattes (Watts), Archdeacon, 29, 167, 220-3. Dr., xix. John, 196-7, 404, 407. Mathew, 182-3. Mr., 186, 196-7. Richard, 196-7, 202-3, 407. Thomas, 198, 201, 206-7. Watton, Alice, 360. Webbe, Mr., 74. Webbes, 58. Index of Persons. 437 JO Webster, 182-3. Francis, 319. Hugh, 319, 324. Isabel, 330-1. Jenet, 319, 326, 346. John, 318-19, 320. Margaret, 318-19, 326, ;o. xMargeiy, 319-20, 330. Richard, 319. Roger, 319. Weekes, Mr., 268. Weldon, Sir Anthony, 7. Wells, Richard, 180. Wenthorpe, Mr., 102, 105. Welshe, John, 390. Nicholas, 196. William, 182-3. W^emhurste, Mr., 218-19. Wemster, John, 160-1. Wentworthe, Sir John, 80. Weste, Richard, 12. Westfalinge ( Westphaling ), Dr., 156-7, 204-5, 2i4-'i5, 232-3-- Westminster, Dean of, 148-9. Westmoreland, Earl of, 129. Weston, Raynold, x6o-i. Whalley, William, 29. Wharton, James, 118, 122-3. John, 123. Whasle, Mr., 128. Whealwrighte, John, 164-5. Wheeler, Jones, 199. Whiller, Mr., 228. Whipp, Agnes, 324. Anne, 344. Christopher, 328, 342. Elizabeth, 324. Ellen, 344. John, 324. Lionel, 324-5. Oliver, 345. Robert, 345. Whitaker (Whitacre) family, of Holme, 80, 223. Adam, 348. Agnes, 324. Anne, 83, 306-7, 309, 380. :;68. Anthony, ~,\ Barnard, 376-7. Beatrice, 81, 308-9. Edward, 174-5, 372-3. Elizabeth, xxv, xlv, xlix, 83, 262-6, 268, 271, 306-9, 360-1, 373-4- — Ellen, 388. Whitaker (Whitacre), George, 309, 370-1. Grace, 308-9, 380. Henry, xxxi, 62-3, 326- 7, 350. 358, 396. Hugh, 236. Isabel, 308-9, 350, 372- 3> 376-7, 380-1, 400. ■ James, 238-9, 278, 282- 3, 287, 306-7, 350, 372-3, 396-7- — Jane, 85, 306-7, 309, 370-1, 380. Jenet, 30S-9, 348, 372-3, 378-9- — Johan, 372-3. — John, 14-15, 324, 326, 330-1, 356-7, 360, 372-4, 376-9, 400. — Lawrence, 82-3, 178, 222-3, 309, 330-1, 372-3, 396-7- — Lettice, 370-1. Margaret, 308-9, 326, 328, 360-1, 372-3, 376-7, 380. — Margery, 318, 342. — Marie, 308-9, 372-3, — Myles, 331, 378-9. — Nicholas, 318. — Peter, 370-1. — Ralph, 400. — Reynold, 356. Richard, xlvii-viii, 2, 5- 7,36,78,80,258-9,308-11, 356, 372-4, 376-7, 380. — Robert, 82-3, 290-1, 308-9,350-1,370-5,378-80. Thomas, of Holme, xxv. xxxii, 5, 83-5, 288, 307-9, 324-5, 330, 350, 372-4, 380. Dr. Thomas D., xiii, xiv, xxvii, XXXV, 5, 81, 169, 375. William (Dr. ), xxii, xxv, xli, xlvii, li, 2, 5, 36, 63-5, 78, 80, 82-3, 86-7, 172-3, 179, 183, 187, 192, 194, 200, 251, 258-9, 263, 266, 268, 309, 348-50, 357, 372- 3, 375, 384- White, Alexander, 10-11,26. Alice, 326. Edward, 326. George, 326. John, 144. Lady, 3S-9. Richard, 328. Sir Thomas, 39. Whitehead, Adam, 346. Alice, 376. Anne, 326, 328. Arthur, 289. Ellen, 372. F'ather, 388, 392. Florence, 326. Hugh, 322. James, 278-9, 287, 372. John, 21-2, 26, 376. Luke, 326. Margaret, 372, 376. Mr., 184-5. Richard, 372. Robert, 350. — — William, 326, 376. Whitgift, Dr. (Abp.), xxii, 63, 172-4, 180, 189-90, 207. Whithalgh, Nicholas, 204-5. Wliither, Christopher, 404, 407. Whitline, Ralph, 42-3. Whittingham, Lucas, xxxiv. Whittle, Agnes, 334. Anne, 390. Humphrey, 334. Jenet, 390. Nicholas, 334. Oliver, 334-5. Whitwham, Anne, 348. Elizabeth, 348, 358. Jane, 85. John, 7, 84-5,306-7,348. Robert, 306-7. Whitworthe, Agnes, 386. Jane, 386. Myles, 206, 234. Whitcombe, John, 198, 201. Whytker, Adraye, 2 1 4- 1 5. Whyttes, Hugh, 182. Wickham, John, 196-7. William, 197. Wignall, Richard, 226-7, 229- 31- Wilcoke, Henr)% 178. Wilde (Wyld, Wylde), Abra- ham, 298-9. Adam, 300-I, 310. Adelicia, 301. Agnes, 301, 310. Alice, 292, 296, 298-9, 300-1, 304, 310. Anne, 264-5, 292, 299, 301-2, 310. Catherine, 292,299,301- II. Christopher, 300-1, 310- 438 Index of Persons. Wilde (Wyld, Wylde), Den- nis, 300-1. Dorothy, 292, 299. Edmund, 296, 298, 300- 3. 310. Edward, 300-1, 310. Elizabeth, 296, 298-9, 300-1, 310. — Ellen, 301-2. — Ellis, 298-301. — Father, 264. — Geffrey, 301, 310. Grace, 301. • Henry, 300- 1. Hugh, 301, 388-9. Isabel, 258-9, 296, 298- 9, 301-2, 310. — James, 264, 301-2, 310. Jane, 292, 296, 299, 301-2. — Jenet, 292, 298-9, 301. Johanne, 266-7, 3°!) 310. John, 264-S, 294, 298-9, 300-2. Laurence, 260-3, 292-3, 29S-9, 396, 399. Margaret, 294, 298-9, 301, 308-10, 388-9. Margery, 294, 299, 301, 310. Marie, 301. - — - Mary, 296, 299, 300-1. of Middleton, 258-9, 266. Michael, 301. Nicholas, of the Wood- house, 262-3, 301, 310. Oliver, 300-1. Otwell, 294, 299, 301, 310. — Owen, 301-2. Ralph, 298-9,300-1,310. Randal, 300-1, Reuben, 296. Richard, 236-7, 242-3, 266, 296, 298-9, 301-2. Robert, 264-5, ^94, 299, 300-1. Roger, 301-2. Thomas, 264, 298-9, 300-2, 310-11. Valentine, 300- 1. Widow, 258. • — William, iio-ii, 220-1, 260, 264, 292, 29S-9, 301, 310. Wilford, John, 191. Thomas, 181. Wilkenes, Thomas, 146-7. Wilkin, father, 130. Wilkinson (Wilkinsonne, Wyllkinson), xlvii, 54-5, 258-9, 260-3. Alice, 320. Anne, lii, 54-5, 79, 261, 320. Christopher, 320. Doughter, 268, 271. Grace, lii, 8-9, 54, 79, 86-7, 266, 322. Isabel, 320. Jane, 320-1. Jenet, 220-1. Joan, 79, S6-7. John, 2, 5, 34-5, 79, 328-9. Mrs., 8-9, 36, 7S-9, 266, 276. Richard, 150-1,176,222. Robert, 320-1. Thomas, 80, 84-5, 144, 320. T. T., 357. William, 1 78. Wiihelmi, 105. Willet, William, 109. 119. \\ illiams, Richard, 20 Williamsonne, Robert, lO-ll, 190-5. Willotte, Thomas, 71. Willoughbye, John, 204-5. Thomas, 30-1, 40. Willson (Willsonne, Wyll- son), Alexander, 348. Alice, 348. Anne, 350. Elizabeth, 366. Ellen, 350. fathei", lo-ll, 146-7. Isabel, 348, 354, 366. Jenet, 348, 350. John, 348, 350. iNlargaret, 348, 350. Marie, 348. Mr., 124-5. Richard, 350, 354. • Thomas, 182-3, 204-5. William, 360. Wilson, Dr. H. B., xvii, xix. Winckley, Geffrey, xxx. Windlie, jenet, 378. Wilkes (Wylkes), Thomas, 210-1 1. Wilkes (Wylkes), William, 204-5. Windsor, Lord, 45. Wingfiekl, 77- Withes, Edward, 114. W^olstenholme, Francis, 295. Jenet, 253. John, 289, 253. — - 293- Wolton (Walton, Woulton), Alice, 83, 267, 269, 290-1, 306-7. Beatrice, 81, 267, 306-7. Elizabeth, 83, 267, 306-7, 392. Ellen, 338. — Helen, 269. Henry, 342. — Isabella, xxxii, xlv, liii, 267, 307. 342. James ( the probable scribe of the MS.), xlvi, 1-iii, 6-7, 23, 34-6, 44, 46- 7, 108-9, 260, 262-3, 267, 288, 291-2, 296, 300, 302, 304, 307, 312-13, 363, 392- 3, 402-4. — Jenet, 344. •John, ofWhalley, xxxii, liii, 81, 83, 251, 267, 269, 307, 338-9- John, Bishop of Exeter, xxvi, xxxii, liii, 7, 81, 266-7, 269, 275, 307, 403-5. Lionel, 342-3. Margaret, 269. Mary, 83, 269. Matthew, 269. Richard, 408-9. Susan, 269. Wood ( Woode, Woodes ), Alice, 344. Anne, 360. Anthony-a-, 7, 19, 29, 31, 63, 93, 107, 185, 197, 199, 200-1, 203, 205,207-9, 211, 213, 215, 217, 219, 221, 223, 225, 227, 229, 231, 233, 237. Christopher, 340. Edward, 370. Elizabeth, 140, 370. Ellen, 340. Goodwife, IIO. Henry, 350. Isabel, 370. James, 5, 370, 398. Jenet, 338, 398. Index of Persons. 439 Wood (Woode, Woodes), Lawrence, 344. Mr., 2, 5, 68. Richard, 316-17. Robert, 58, 74, 176. William, 196-7, 202-3. Woodmall, Thomasin, 138. Woodnute, John, 43. Wooley, Joan, 154. John, 185. Wordsworth, Bp., 3. Wornham, 1. Worsley, Anne, 324. Edward, 324. Grace, 324. Jenet, 324. Margaret, 324. Randall, 146-7, 274-5. Richard, of Mearley, 80. Worstoncrofte, John, 242-3. Woulfe, Reynard, 224-5. Woulfinden, Isabel, 380. James, 390. Johii, 386-7. Wowsenden, John, 156. Wright (Wryghte), John, 146, 366. Robert, 74-5. Wright (Wryghte), William, 132. Wnghtington, Agnes, 80. Wrightone, John, 178, Wyatt, John, 14-15. Wyborne, Percival, D. D., xxvi, 114-15= 121, 274-5. Wyclief, Alexander, 276. James, 24-5. Mr., 408-9. Wyllcockes, Thomas, 120-I, 125. Wyller, Thomas, 22. Wyllforde (Wyldforde), 58. Gersonne, 190- 1. James, 180-1. Mr., 162-3. Williamsonne, George, 130. Wyllmote, Robert, 190-1. Wymherste (Wymchurste), John, 164-5. Mrs., 164. Wynge, Godfrey, lOO, 103. Wyther, Dr., 222-3, 228. Wytheres (Wetheres), Fran- ces, 144 5. Mother, 140- 1. Mr., 122-5. V-ARD, Mr., 160-2, 183- 4, 190. Yate,jChristopher, 322-3. Elk 372. Henry, 372. Hugh, 326. Isabel, 328. James, 326, 329. Jane, 372. John, 326, 362. Lawrence, 356-7. Thomas, 328-9. Yellverton, Mr., 240. Yerton, Thomas, 178. Yonge, Dr., 188. James, 90-2, 96, I20-I, 142-3, 146-7, 228-9. John, 20. Mr., of Cambridge, 154. Thomas, 178. Yorke, John, 232-j. • Richard, 182. z ACHIUS, 102. Zagere, Mrs., 26-9. INDEX OF PLACES AND THINGS. t In instances where a name of place or thing is repeated on the same page, one entry in the Index has been thought to suffice. ACCQUITANCES, 38, et freqiieiiter. Accrington, 279, 395. Albanie, 113. Alborne (Aubome),HaIl, 198, 201, 204-5. Ale, 44-5. Allabaster, 40- 1. Alklersgate, 50. Allhallowes in the Wall, 1 20- 1. All Souls' College, Oxford, 199, 201, 210, 216-17, 220- I, 225-6, 269. Allynacion, 240. Alston, 165. Altham Church, 384-5. Hall, 389. Althorpe, xiv. Ampleford, Prebend of, xliii. Anthony, St., School, xvi. Anunciation of o"' Ladye, 56. Apistlie (Epistle), 220-1. Apotecarie (Apothecary), 146-7. Apparell, xlix. Applibie (Appleby), 128-9. Arkesay, xxx. Arnley, xxxiv. Armore, coate, 40-2. Ashwater, 251. Asterleigh, xxxiii, 399. Auditour, 68. Audley Plall, Blackburn, 225. Austin's foundation, 161. Austria, Don John of, 105. BACKGATT, 10. iJailcy, 167. Baines' Lancashire, 125, 175. Baker's Chronicle, 185. St. John's, 175, 177, 179, i8i. Baker, 72. Bamford, 293. Banbury, 199. Bank Hall, 351. Bank Hey, 397. Barbarie, prisoners in, 98-9. Barcrofte Hall, 351, 383. Barley, 17. Barnarde Castle, 98. Barnside, 363. Barnstaple, 251, 267. Bartholomew Fair, 39. Base, 396-7. Baskettes (Baskets), 48. Bath, 406-7. Battler, 222-3. Bayley (Balliol) College, Ox- ford, 212, 214, 226-7. Bayly ft', 156-7. Bedd, fether, xlvi, 1, 76. Beddelles (beadles), 32-3. Bedington, no. Bedlim, 90-1. Bedstede, 1. Beir (Beer), 44-5, 56-7. Beckesbourne, 256-7. Bell-ringers, 4, 7, 40. Benet College, Cambridge, 190. Berkshire, 403. Bewdley, 262-3, 266. Beyf (beef), ribbe of, 44-5. Bible (Byblie), 275-6. Bishop's, 97. Great, 96-7. Billington (Byllington), xxxi, i24-5> 217,279,313,382-3, 386-7, 395, 399-401. Blackburn, xxvii, 77, 80, 85, 125, 134-5, 171, 211, 217, 223, 225, 231, 239, 253, 279, 281, 283, 290-1, 313, 384-8, 390-1, 397, 400-1. Grammar School, 283, 357, 393- Blackburn, History of, 281, 397- Blacke byrdes, 46. Blakey Hey, 359. Blue Coat School, 59. Bodie, 68. Bodleian Library, xliii. Bogett maker, 2, 5, 8-9. Bolstere, 76. Bolton Parish, 384-5, 390. Bondman inges, 272. Bookebynder, 12-13, 406-7. Booke of clothe, 49. Bookes, 1. Boord, 56-7. Bo we Churche, 108-9. Bowe Lane, xviii. Boyes, 35. Boyton Hall, 242. Bradford East, xxxv. Brad street, 152. Brasennose College, Oxford, xxxvi, xxxviii-xlii, 73, 75, 125, 168-9, 171, 198,201-3, 206, 208-9,211, 217, 220-4, 227-8, 231, 234-7, 240-1, 243-55- Braunston, 267. Braunton, 7. Brearcliffe, 380-I. Breastes of veale, 44. Brewer, 72. Bribander, 105. Bricks, 48. Bridge master, 108-9. Bridgewater, 274-5, 402-7. Broad Oak, 351. Brocke, 50-1. Brodgattes College, Oxford, 198, 201, 212-13, 216, 218, 220, 224-5. Brome(broom),Kychine,48-9. Brydge Howse, 50- 1. Brydwell, 90-1. Index of Places a7id Things. 441 Bucke and wyne, 250-1. Buck, 396-7. Bucklow Himdred, 409. Buckrame, 42. Buntingforde, 122-3. Burdsall Moor, 299. Burn, loi, 103, 105. Burnley (Brunley), xiv, xxi, xxii, xlv, 3, II, 83-5, 235, 278-9, 307, 310-11, 3I3» 347-9, 351, 353, 355, 357, 359, 361, 365, 367, 371, 381, 386-8, 390-3, 400-1. Church, 357, 369, 390-1. Grammar School, 357- Bury (Burrie) Parish, 243, 264-5, 290-1, 304, 386, 388, 390-2. Church, xxix, Butler, 4, 7. Butter, 46. Butterworth, 298. Byrom, xix. Byshopp's Prison, 90-1. CAEN in Normandy, loi, 103. Caius College, Cambridge, 177, 179, 188. Calder, 349, 365, 375. Caliver, 159. Calloces, xxxiv-v. Cambridge, xiv, xvi-xvii, xix, xxi-ii, xli, xliii, 159-61, 164- 5, 167-9, 171-2, 174-5, 177, 179-81, 183-95. University Transactions, 179. Candlesticks, xlvi. Canons, petty, 40-1. Canterbury, 103, 162, 164-7, 226-7. Prerogative Court of, lii. Capons, 46-7, 396-7. Cappes, 6, 36-7. Captive, 62. Cardiganshire, xxxvi. Carew Castle, xlii. Carlyll (Carlisle), 128-9. Carpenter, 1, 114. Carpet, xlvi. Carr, xiv. Carter Lane, 10. Cashalton, 108-10. Castle Parish (Clitheroe), 308-9, 384-8,400-1. Castleton, 299, 301. Catechismies (Catechisms), 99, 224-5. Catechisvius, Dean Nowell's, xli. Catherine Hall, 185. Catholics, Roman, 81. Catlow, 279, 359. Cattle, xlvi. Chadderton, 298-9. Chakhvell, 32-3. Chamberlain wood, Prebend of, 159. Change, Old, 4-5, Chaplain of Gray's Inn, 2-3. Chatburn, 333. Cheescake, 396, 399. Chepseyd (Chipsyed, Cheap- side), 6-9, 50, 154-5, 406-7. Chepe, 134-5. Cheshire, xlvii, 259, 408-9. Cheswicke, 124, 146. Chichester (Cathedral) Church, xliii, 261. 405. Chickens, 396-8. Chiefe Mourners, 48. Chirche ( Church - Kirk Parish), xxix, xxxii-iii, XXXV, 386. Christ Church Coll., Cam- bridge, 157, 166-7, 172-3, 177, 179, 181, 189, 192, 194-5- Christ Church, Oxford, 167, 196-7, 202-5, 212-14, 216, 218, 220-4, 226, 228, 232-3, 238, 252-3, 408. Christes Hospital, xli, 58-9, 89-90, 98, 186. Christeninge, 106. Chyste (Chest), 1, 77. Clapham, 52. Clarkenwell, 146. Clayer Hall, Cambridge, 168. Clayton, 301. Hall, 395. Clegg Hall, 271, 291, 295, 305- Gierke, 59. Cletherall (Clitheroe), xxvii, 9, 163-4, 168-9, 186, 235, 309, 333, 335, 337, 386-91, 394-5- Grammar School, 395, 401. Cliviger, 281, 349, 351,374-5, 383, 386-8. CJoke, xhai. Cloth, Lancashire, li, et fre- quenter. London broad, 268, et frequenter. Cloths (various), 278, 288. Coale (coal, cooles), great, 46-7. Small, 46-7, 96-7. Load of, 74. Coat, xlvi-vii, 1. Coattes, black, 32-3, 36. Coller (colour), newe, lo-ii, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 30, 33, 36, 94, 120, 126, 130, 132, 134, 136, 140. Collingbourne-Ducis, 29. Colne, 384-5, 390, 392, 395. Condemned man, 96-7. Cooke, master, 4, 7. of the Wardes, 34-5. under, 34, 48. 144. Cooplie, 108-10. Coringham, 43. Corne, 1. Cornwall, xxxvi, 258. Corpus Christi College, Cam- bridge, 185. Oxford, xiii, xx, 190, 198, 201-3, 205-7, 212-13, 216-18, 220, 222, 224-6, 228-33,237-8,248-9,254-5. Cote, 2. Cotton-man, 243. Cotton MSS., XXX. Coult, 50. Councel, 102. Counter (Prison) in South- wark, 58-60, 90-1, 98. in Wood-street, 58-60, 74, 90-1, 98, 112. Coutcher, 159. Coventrie, 256-7. Cow, 1, 290-1. Cowlishaw, 299. Cranbroke, Kent, 124-5, 166. Craven, 21. Crepell-gate, 92-3. Croston Church, xxix. Crowedone (Croydon), 256-7. Guerdon, 369. Cunliffe, 395- Cuppc, 54-5. Curleyeus (curlews), 46-7. Currier, 159. D AGGE, 159. Dalbye, 240. I I 442 Index of Places and TJii7igs. Damask, dyaper, 76, 78. Danes House, 359. Danington, 35. Darwen, 393. Lower, 279. Dates, 26-7, 53, 66-8. Dedymus potestatem, 244-5. Diaper, xlvi. Dinkley, xxxiii, xxxv, 386-7. Hall, 389, 397. Doblet (doublet), xlvii, 1, 76, 112-13. Dooe, 46-7. Dort, Synod of, 213. Downham, 217. Draperes, 38, 142. Drayton Basset, xlii. Dunker's Oxfordshire, 200. Dunstane, 272. Durham Place, London, 114- 15- Dutche churche, 10, 102-3. Dutton, 397. Dyneley Knoll, 333. Dynner, funerall, 44-5, 48-9. EASTEHAM, 1 20- 1. Easter Roll of Whal- ley, 279. Eastwood, 379. Eatone, 160-1, 164, 172, 179, 187. Eccesley, 397. Eccles Rectory, 399. Eccleshill, 2S1. Edmunton, 88-9, 94-5, 162, 258-9, 262-3, 266, 305. Egges, 46, 396-7- Elcar, 399. Emmanuel College, Cam- bridge, 85. Essendon (Essyngden), xlviii, 74-5. 241. Essex, 2. Estrenged, 74-5. Exemplificacion, 246-7. Exeter, 266-7, 269. Bishop of, 266-7, 269, 275- Cathedral, 269. College, Oxford, 217, 222-3. Exley, 271. Extwistle, 369, 3S0-I. FARMEIHLL, 301. Fan?ter MS., 12,"]. Fearing, 258-9. Fearne, 256. Feltham, 43. Fence-in-Pendle, 355. Fermar (farmer), 146-7. Ferring, Prebend of, xliii. Fesantes (pheasants), 46-7. Fetherbed, xlvi, 1. Filley Close, 364-5. Fire, Great, of London, xlii. Fleete (prison), 56, 59, 116, 144. Fleming Hall, xxxi. Fletcher =arrow-makei-, 249. Forster lean (lane), 152. Foss's Judges, 85. Fot (foot) Boy, 150. France, 62. Frankfort, xxxix. Freese (frieze), 36, 236-7, 244-5> 250-1. Frenchmen, larned, 62-3. French Church, 100, 103. Crown, a, 116. Friday Street, 154-5. P>isian, 106-7. Fulledge, Burnley, 357, 361, 377- Fuller Woi-thies' Library, 45, 57, 179- Funerall Dynner, 44. Furred Gowen (gown), 77. Fyne, 68. Fyshmonger, 54-5. GABANDES, 170-1. Garstange, 82, 85. Gatehouse, 90-1. Gawthorpe, 291, 323, 329, 365- Gaynforth, 217. Geldinge, xlvi, xlix, 76, 396, 399- Glocester, 166. Godmanchester, 121. Goldsmith, 48. Gonwell College, 138. Goodman, 9, et freqncJiter. Goodwife, 8-9, 36, et fre- quenter. Goodshaw Booth, 331. Goosnargh, History of, 81. Gowne, xlvii, 1, li. Gownes (Gowens), blacke, 2, 6, 48-9, 100, 118, 130, 142. of the new color, 10- 1 1, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26. 28-30, 33. 49. 76- furred, 77. Grantham, 114. Grave-place, 40- 1. Gray's Inn (Grayes Inne), xvi, xxxi, xxxvi, xxxvii, xliv, 1, li, 2-4, 6, 34-5, 56, 66, 72, 76-7, 274-5, 288. Great-daughter, 88-9. Green Geyse (geese), 396-7. Greenwich, 406-7. Grimsdich, 409. Grocer, 38, 44-5. Gyllingham, 240-1. HABERGHAM Eaves, XX, 279, 283, 349, 357, 364-5, 371, 384. Hall, 357, 397. Hacking, 389. Hadham, xl, 13, 34-5, 50-2, 58,60-1,96-7, 108-9,122-3, 156, 194. Hadleigh (Hadley), 31, 39- Halifax, 387-90, 400- 1. Halsted, High, 359, 365. Hamlet, 88-9. Hampsted, 34-5. Hampton Court, 208. Hanginges, 1. Hapton, 279, 346-7. Park, 398-9. Harbarte, 1. Hargreve, 319. Harleia7i MSS., 81. Harpinden, I, liii. Harquebuske, 159. Harroldes (heralds), 42, 58. Harrold (herald), Chester, 42-3- Harrop, 355. Harrowe Hill, 146-7. Harteforde, xlviii. Hai-tingforthburie, xlviii. Harwood, Great, xxvii-viii, 281, 327, 333, 351, 385, 388, 390-2, 396, 399. Little, 388-9, 397. Haslingden, 2, 5, 165, 291, 351, 386, 392-3. Hasted's Keiit, 205. Hatfield, xl, 405-7. Haughton, xliii. Haworth, Little, 295. Healey Hall, 351, 371. Heathfield, 124. Hebrew Lecture, 62, loo-i, 103. Henden, xxxvi, xlv-vi, liii, 2-3. 34-5, 42-3, 56-7. 68, I Index of Places and Things. 443 74, 76, 78, 80, 86, 96-7, 112, 146. Hennes, 46. Henthorne, 397. Heptonstall, 386-8, 394-5. Hereford, 269. Hesantford, 371, 377, 399. Hey, xxxiv. Heyshot, 261. Heywood, 302. Higham, 323, 384, 400-1. Historical Commission, xiii. Hodder Bridge, 38S-9. Hoghton Tower, 397. Hogshead, 44-5. Holborne, St. Andrew's in, xlv, 10,34,42, 56, 72,86-7, 96-7. Holdam (Oldham), 294. Hollins, 395. Holme, XXV, xxxii, 265, 307, 371- Horsekeeper, 32-4, 51. Horselitters, 159. Horsington, 209. Horwich, 327. Hose(howsen, hosen), 6, 36-7. black, xlvi, 36. Hospitals, 90. St. Thomas's, 7. Huguenots, 103. Huncoat Hall, 279, 341, 347. Huntroyd, 323, 331. Hurstwood, 378, 381. IGHTENHILL Manor, 281, 355, 361. Park, 323, 364-5, 369, 371, 373- Immanuel College, Cam- bridge, 179. Incke, 272. Indentures, 72. JESUS College, Oxford, 242-3. Jewelles, xlvi. Jury, Old, 6, 9, 405. KALLANDER, 244. Karpenter, 56, 70. Katherine Hall, Cambridge, 172. Kelderkine, 44-5. Kente, 1, 246. Kersey, white, 1, 96-7. Kinges Bench, 58-60, 90-1, i 98, 114, 124-5. I King's College, Cambridge, 164-5, 179, 184-90, 192-5. Kingsbuiy, xv. Kingstone, 160-1. Kinrede, 88-9. Knights, King James's, 3. LABORNE'S Landes, 68, 70-1, 74. Lacester, Lord of, 184. Lacestershire, 82. Lambe (lambes), 46, 396. Larkes, 46-7. Lancashire, xiv, xxxviii, xl, 313. 409- East, 389, 393, 403. Cloth, 281, 292, 294, 377. 384-5- Dean No well in, 218-19, 258, 260, 262-5, 276-9, 286-8. Lancaster, xxxii, 168. Landeres, 70, 152-3. Laiisdcnvne AISS., xxviii, xliv, 80-1, lOI. Lathom House, 171. Lathonie, xl, 261-3. Leeds, 191. Levengreave, 305. Levisons Lands, 74. Librarie, 1. Lincoln, 273. Lincolnshire, 74. Lincolne College, 212-13,217, .238. , Lincoln's Lin, xviii. Linen Cloth, 278-9, 2S6-8. Litchfield (Lichfield), xliii, 6, 9, 34, 268, 271. Llandafif, 269. Lockrame (locarom), 48-9, 119, 236-7, 262. Loftus, xxxv. London, xiv, xix, xxii, xxxii, xxxix, xli, xlvii, 1, 127, 258, 262-4, 3S8. Cathedral of, xxxix, — — Cloth, 288, 290, 292, 294, 298, 310-12. Lonsdale, 409. Loo, borough of, xxxix. Lowes, 34. Loynes, 44. Ludgatt (Ludgate), 58, 90-1, 96, 98. Ludlowe, 164. Luton, 113. Lyme, Walloons' church at, 102, 105. Lynn-Regis, 63. Lyon White (Prison), 58-9, 90-1. MADSTOX (Maidstone), 102, 105. Magdalen College,Cambridge, 186. College, Oxford, 29, 163, 173. 196, 199, 206-7, 209, 212-21, 224-6, 22S, 230, 249. Hall, 165, 184, 202, 212, 216, 224-6, 230. Malmesey, 445. Man, Anatomy of, 269. Manchester, xxxiii, 71, 264-5, 288. College, 257. CollegiateChurchjXXxiii, 7, 267. Alanual, Christian, 269. March Panes, 48-9. Marcroft Gate, 293. Margaret's (Lady) Founda- tion, 161, 177, 179. Maribons, 46-7. Marleres, 396. Marsden, Great and Little, 343- Marshal- Knight, 91. Marshalsey (Prison), 58-9, 90-1, 144, 406, 408-9. Marten ( Merton ) College, Oxford, 198, 201, 204-5, 228. Martens, 76, 78. Martholme, 225, 3S9, 391, 395> 399- Mary, Queen, 29. Matteris (Mattress), 1. Mearley, Great, xxvii-viii, xxxi. Little, 309. Mercers' Hall, 168. Merchant Taylors, 38-9, 45, 47, 52-3. 109, I", 123, 126, 135, 172, 181, 185, 189, 191. Merchant Taylors' School, xv-xx, 28-9,39, III, 160-3, 166-7, 181, 185, 187, 1S9, 191, 195, 203, 225, 232-3, 391- History of, xvii. Metall, 42, 444 Index of Places and Things. Middlesex, xxxvi. Middleton, 260, 262, 271, 291, 295, 298-9, 302, 386, 388. parson of, 260, 271, 291. School, xxvi, xxxvii-ix, xlii, III, 168-9, 228-9, 2^1, 55-6, 242-3, 248-9, 250-1,253,260, 301. Ministers, poor, 112, 126. Minstrell, 398-9. Mitton, 396. Little, 334-5, 389. Mole catcher, 270. Moles, 270. Money, relative value of Eli- zabethan and Victorian, 25, 287. Morteniane (mortmain), 246. Morts, 396-7. Mountjoy, Lord, 233. Mourners, chief, 48. Mundham, North, xl, 261-3, 405- Muschove (Muscovy ), Duke of, 102. Musket, 159. Muttons, 44-5. Myleend (Mile End), 13S-9. Myller, xlviii, 34-5. Myndinge, 70-1. NAPKINS, xlvi. Nettellhedd, 146. Newbank, 305. Nevvburie, 404, 407. Newbye, 267, 269. New College, Oxford, 164, 198, 200-1, 210, 216-17, 224-6. Newchurch, 400-1. Newgatt (Newgate Prison), 58-9, 90-3> 96-7, i24-5> 148, 157- Newton, 397. Nichols' Literary Anecdotes, 73- Noctone, 273. Norbury, xxxv. Northall, 39. Northampton, 264-5. Norwiche, 102, 105. Norwich Castle, 269. OATES, 396, 399. Offatory, 48-9. Old Bayley (Prison), 157. Oldham, 294-5, 298-9, 300- 1, 310, 386, 388-9. Orgaynes (organs), 40. Oriell College, Oxford, 210- II, 245. Oranges, 46-7. Osbaldeston, 375. Oscropp, xxxv. Oxford, XX, xxii-iii, xxxvi, xxxviii, xlii, 196, 408. University, Scholars of, 196, et seq. PADIHAM, 318-19, 321, 323-5, 327, 331- Chapel, 328-9. Pannes (pans), xlvi. Panyermane, 34-5. Paparators, 66. Paper ryall, 42. Parish Garden, 146. Parker Society, 155,157,231. Park Head, 399. Partchment, 66-7, 240. Partreges (partridges), 46-7. Paul's (Poulls, St.) Church, xxviii, xl-ii, 4, 6, 7, 9, II, 40, 50-1, 70, 88, iio-ii, 159, 228. Churchyard, 156. • School, xiv, 26, 28, 165- 8, 170. Wharf, 2-3. Pawned, 256. Payles, 48. Pembrock Haule (Pembroke Hall), Cambridge, xvi, xix, 172-3, 184-90, 192-5. Pendle Forest, 17, 81, 323, 355.361,365,390-1,400-1. Pendle Hill, 270, 343. Pendleton, 81, 259, 342-3, 345, 398. 264-S, Hall, ', 389- Penknyfe, 396. Pennon, 40, 42. Penshurst, 81. Percy Society, 165. Peterhouse, Cambridge, 172- 3, 177, 183-4, 195. Pet worth, 261, 405. Peyzen, 396-7. Pigge, 396- Phescian (Physician), Dutch, 148-9. Pistole, 159. Pistollet, 159. Plague in London, the, xxxvii, xlvi, 58-9, 98-9, 156, 269. Homily on, xli. Plasteur, 148. Plate, xlv. Players, 399. Plover, 56-7. Ploveres, green, 46-7. Pontefract, 377. Ponthalgh, 31. Poor, the very, 10, 98-9, II4- 15, 138, 140, 144-5. Poorer sort, the, 2, 7-9, 26, 49- Popery Alley, 144. Porks, 45. Portfield, 309, 315, 399. Potter Ford, 399. Potles, xlvi. Prentice, 36. Presse, 56-7, 70-I. Preston, xxxiii, xxxv, 278-9, 289, 329, 388-9, 397- Battle of, 389. Prickes, 46-7. Priest, 258-9. Prisons, 58-9, 90-I, 98-9. Prisoners, poor, 94, 148. Probacie (probate), 54-5, 66- 7- Psalter, 99. Pultrie (Poultry, in London), 50-1, 58. Pursuyvante, 2-3. Pycke (peck), 46-7. Pylleres, 40. Pyllowes, 76. Q UEEN'S Chapel, 50. College, Cam- bridge, 175, 179, 181, 188-92. Oxford, 197. Quernmore, 149. Quyer, 40. Quyrester (chorister), 36. RATCHDALL (Roch- dale), 78, 80, 83, 156, 268, 271, 288, 290-5, 298- 302, 304, 308, 3 10- 1 1, 384-8,390,392,396,400-1. School, 271. Read ( Read Hall,ReadManor, Read Park), xxviii-xxxv, xxxvhi, xhi, li, 17, 70- 1, 80-3,211,225,258-9,266-7, 279, 309, 331-3, 337, 345, 3S9, 395, 399, 401. Read (red) Coyne, 56-7. Rebellion, 128. Index of Places and Things. 445 Recognizance, 242. Red feme, 295. Registere, 88. Resorters, 212- 1 3, 222. Reverend, 3. Reteyners, 212-13. Ribchester, 165, 388, 391-2, 397- Ribble, 397. Ribblesdale, xxvii. Ridge, 365. Rimmington, 327. Ringe (ringes), xliii, xlix-li, 54, 77, 256. Rishton, 281, 389. Risley, 189. Rooles (Rolls), Master of the, 244-5- Rossendale, 279, 388-9, 392, 400-1. Rowley, 359. Royle (Rayle), 258-9, 398-9. Ruffes, 236-7. Rufford, 389, 392-3, 399. Runctou, xl, 260-1, 263, 405. Runlett, 44-5. Rushowes (rushes), 40-1. Russet cloth, 28 1. Rye, 81. Rymer's Feodera, 200. SABDEN, 400-1. Bridge, 400-1. Brook, 399. Saddleworth, 299. Salisbury (Sarisbury), 213. Salmon, 396-7. Salte, white, 46. Salters, 143. Saltwood, xxxix. Saluric, 83, Samlesbury Hall, 171. Sanda Sanctor, 40-1. Sandwich, 102, 105. Sarum, New, 397. Sattine, 1. Schofield, 289, 291. Scholeres, poor, 159-60. of Cambridge, 172-3. Scollmeister ( schoolmaster ), 120-1. Scollyon (scullion), 132-3. Scootishe(Scottish)mane,l04. Screvener, 74, 114, 240. Scutchions, 42. Selborne, 217. Separatists, 119. Sermon leane (lane), 124-5. Settrington, 209. Sexten, 40, 42. Sheldon, xliii. Shertes, 72, 236-7. Shingle or Chingle Hall, 87. Showes (shoes), 36. Shrewsbury, 277. Shuttleworth Accounts, 80. Hall, 347. Shypmen, 408-9. Silk Fields, xlvi, 50. Silkstone, 301. Vicar of, 266-7. Singinge men, 50. Skynner, 72. Smithfield, East, xiv. Smytlie (Smith), 4, 7, 72. the, of Wydforde, 52-3- Snapehanch, 159. Snypes, 46. Soderinge, 40-1. Solne, 201. Somersetshire, xxxvi, 74"5, 267, 403. Somner, 132-3. Soothworke (.Southwark), 58- 9, 96-7, 1 18-19. Southampton, 102, 105. South Ockendon, 31. Soygers (Soldiers), 128. Spanyardes, 90-1. Sparthe, 394-5. Spaxton, 7, 267, 403, 405. Spittell, 146. Spittes, xlvi. Spoones, 27. Spotland, 289, 295. Springe, 89. Spyce, 44-5. St. Andrewes (Church), Hol- borne, 42-3, 86-7, 90, 94-7- St. Anne's, 152. St. Anthony's School, 28-9. St. Bartholomew, Massacre of, lOI. -—(Church), 118. The little, 90-r, 152. St. Benettes (Church), 120-1. St. Botolphes, 92-5, 144. St. Brydes, 114, 146. .St. Christopher's, 152. St. Edmondes in Lumberd strete, 1 18-19. St. Edmondes Hall, Oxford, 185. St. Fayeth (Church), 98-9. St. Galbroughes, 92-3. St. George's, 92-3. St. Gregories, 2-3, 27, 58, 94-5, 98-9, 1 10- 1 1. St. Gyles, 52, 92-3, 154. without Cripplegate, 114. St. John's, College, Cam- bridge, 159, 163, 169, 175, 177, 179-81, 183-90, 194-5- Oxford, 39, 167, 2 10- 1 1, 232-3, 248-9. St. Katherine's (Church), 92-3- St. Margaret, Westminster, 136. 154- St. Marie, 50, 154. St. Marie Magdalen, 92-3, 152. St. Martens, 70, 98-9, 154. St. Mary's, Spital, 159. Hall, Oxford, 208, 212- 13, 216, 220-1, 230-3. St. Olive's (Church), 92-3. in Silver Street, 144. St. Peter's, 2-3. in Chepe, 1 34-5. St. Saviour's, 92-3. School, 30-1. St. Sepulchre's (Church), 92- 5, 126, 146, 408. St. Thomas's the Apostle in Southwark, 1 18-19, 146, Hospital, 4, 6, 90-1. Staffe, 159. Stande, 44-5. Staninge, 11 8- 1 9. Stanley Papers, 257. Standene, 50-3. Stapleford, 166-7. Stationere, 146-7. Stationers' Company, 37, 99, 147. Staves, conditor, 42. Steade, 305. Steduents (students), 180. Stempaiuis, 63. Stocknewington, 118. Stonyhurst, xxxii, 3S9. Stoward (stewaid), 5^-7- Stranger, 62-3, 148. Strangers, 102, 114. 446 Index of Places and Things. Stydd, 289. Suett, 46. Sugar, coarse, 44. fyne, 44- 5, 49. Sussex, x], 260-1, 263, 276, 405, 408-9. Sutton Coldfield Grammar School, xlii. Swinerd, 270. Sword and buckler, 159. Sword bearer, 216-17. Sylke, fyne, 44-5. Symonston, xxxv, 294, 297, 330-1, 398. T ABBES, 48. Table cloth, xlvi, 76. Tanborne, Vicar of, 1 22-3. Tappes, 44-5. Targette, 159. Taunton, 164. Taylors, 10- 11, 14-16, 18,20, i22, 24-8, 38-9. Temple, Inner, 405. Thatcher, 270, 272. Thornham, 299. Thurgarton, 125. Thurland Castle, 409. Todmorden, 390-1, 400-1. Hall, 271. Totenhall, Prebend of, xl. Totnes, 267, 269. Tottingham, xxxvi, xlvii, 77, 1 18-19, 138-9. Tottleworth, 388-9. Towell, xlvi, 76. Tower Hill, 146. Towneley (Towenley) Hall, xiii, xiv, liv, 278-9, 288-9, 360-1, 363, 365, 371, 389- 92, 397. 399-401- Park, 333, 357, 375, 379- 387. 399- . Towneley ]\ISS., ix, xiii, xx, xxviii, liv. Tremynge, 40. Trencheres, 44-5- Trinity College, Cambridge, li, 86, 171-3, 175, 179, 181- 94, 252, 265-6. Oxford, 210-II. Trottes, 388. Tucke, 159. Tunbrige, 162. Tunworth, xxxi, 78, 80, 82-3, 300-1. Turckes, 104-5. Turnogh, 293. Turton, 7, 397. Turves, 270. Twiston, 397. UNIVERSITIE College, Oxford, 212-13, 230-1. Upbury, 240, 244. Upholster, 50. Ussher of Court of Wardes, 2, 5- VALE Royal Abbey, 265 Valor Ecclesiasticits, 399- Vargeres (vergers), 7, 40-1. Varges (verjuice), 46-7. Veale, 44-5. Velvet, 1, li, 77. Veneger (vinegar), 46. Vicares, 40. Vidimus, 246-7. Virgins, poor, 51. TT HADDINGTON, 330- Hall,' 391. Wagges (wages), 42. Waggons, 159. Wakefield, xxx, xxxv, 170. Church, xxx. Wallingforde, lio-ii. Walton Hall, 397. Wandsworth, 119, 137. Wantage, 1. Ward, Queen's, 56-7. Wards, Court of,xxxvi-viii, li, 2, 5- W^are, 156, 262, 264-5. • Warwick, xlii. Waterbearer, 12-13. Waterkarrer (water-carrier), 22-3. Watters (waiters), 48-9. Wayhouse (W^eigh-house), 134-5- Wells, 404-5. Wenchester (Winchester), 168. Weutbridge, xxxv. Wesleyan Methodists, 3. Westechester, 168-9. West Country, si, liii, 402-3. Westlow, 81. Westminster, 146, 148, 160, 162, 164, 168, 170, 408. Westminster School, xvi, xxxix, 30-1, 33, 161, 183, 218. Prebend of, xxxix. Westone, xliii, 72. Weylande, xlvii. Whalley, xxviii, 5, 71, 81, 84-5, 125,211, 216-17,223, 231, 23s, 238, 267, 278-9, 307, 312-13, 319, 327. 331, 335. 337. 339, 34i. 343, 347. 361, 383-5. 387-93, 398-9- Abbey, xxvii,xxxv, xlv, 307, 399- Church, xxx, Xxxiii, xxxiv, 307, 319, 347. Grammar School, 345. Grange, 307, 392-3. History of, xiii, xxvii, xxxv, 309, 395, 399. Banks, Padiham, 328-9. Wheate Meale, 46. Whitaker, High, xxxi, 331. Whitechapel, 146. Whiteficld, 299. Whitley, Nether, 409. Whitworth, 305. Whystone, 56. Wife, buying of a, 80. Wigan Parish, xxix, 267, 384-5- Wildland, Prebend of, xxxix. Will, Dean Alexander Nowell's, xli. John Nowell's, xxxii. Dean Lawrence Nowell's, xliii. Robert Nowell's xxxviii, xliv-lii. Wiltshire, 403. Wimberries, 388-9. Wimbliedone (Wimbledon), 6,9. Winckley, xxx. W^indsor, Canonry of, xl. Wiswell (Wiswall), 267, 307, 312-13, 335-7, 339, 341, 361, 390. Witchcraft Trials, 313. Witton, 327. Wodcockes, 46-7. Woldes, 74-5. Wolstenholme, 293, 295. Women of Wealth, 6. Poor, 152-3. Wood, 72. 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