61. Garrett Symon, a Gunner of the Tower, wishes to Lord Burghley, that Sir T. Cecill might be Master of the Ordnance; he wants leave to export four tons of beer to Flushing or Ostend, 1597. A very artful letter.
62. John Grew's trade of cap-making at Coventry being decayed by the now common wearing of hats, he hopes Lord Burghley will let him rent some of the Queen's waste grounds at Follyshull, 1591.
63. Guy Marepert, Merchant, complains that though he has a warrant to export woad, John Leake, a Mercer, has prosecuted him for it, 1594. The indorsement says, "Leake answered he was a malapert fellow."
67. Mr. Robert Tighe's petition to Lord Burghley to be admitted his Chaplain, being in great streights through the late Bishop of Winchester dying 80l. in his debt, 1595.
68. An unnamed person begs of Lord Burghley to he discharged from a Privy Seal requiring him to lend the Queen 501. which he cannot do, March 20, 1596.
70. Robert Sampson's request, that as he had conferred benefits on Sir T. Cecill, so he hopes that Lord Burghley will allow him an equivalent by certain exports. With Lord Burghley's answer indorsed.