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A VOLUME of the Collections made by Sir Julius Caesar, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and Master of the Rolls, temp. James I containing the following miscellaneous Papers and Letters. Certificate of the inhabitants of the precinct of St. Katharine's, in favor of Hugh Davies, clerk, minister of St. Katharine's;-Case of the leases granted by Alexander Nowell, Dean of St. Pauls, Joan, his wife, and Thomas Bowyer, his stepson, II Eliz., of the farm of Rounghton, co. Sussex, questioned in Chancery, by Sir Richard Grobham ;-.Notes touching suits tirade and to be made to the Kin,,, 29 July, 1604 ; -Answer of Sir Robert Mansel, Treasurer of the Navy, to the Lords of the Council, against allegations of abuses in the Accompts of the navy ;-Letter of Walter Jefferies sending the three following tracts to Sir J. Cocsitr, " A Short viewe of the Life of Henry the Third" "My Lord of Northumberlands Conceipt concerning Friends and Friendshipp Whence proccedeth the little securitie of favourites," from the Spanish;-Commission of James I. for relief of the poor, and suppressing of idle rogues and vagabonds, 1619 ;-Petition to Sir J. Cæsar, and the other Commissioners from the Mayor, Aldermen, etc. of Norwich, respecting the worsted weavers there, 31 Jan. 1618 ;-Allegations on behalf of the worsted weavers;-Case of Lodowick [Stuart] Duke of Richmond, against the weavers of Norwich and Norfolk, touching the patent of new draperies granted to Sir George Delves, Wilham Fitzwilliams, Esq. 3 James I.;-Case of the Decree in the case between the Mayor and Commonalty of Norwich. etc. against Dame Elizabeth Cleere, 17 Feb. 1617 ;-Letter of Sir Nathaniel Bacon to Sir J. Cæsar, touching his cause against his tenants in Langham, co. Norf. 24 Jan. 1619;-Record of bonds discharged in the Exchequer, and delivered up to Cæsar Adelmare, M.D. 6 Eliz.; Lat. ;-" Reasons wherefore Wm. Harwarde and his wife desire to have the use of the bookes of Accompts remaineinge in the hands of Robert Draper ;"Petition of the poor of the College of Queen Elizabeth at Greenwich to Sir J. Cæsar, as President of the College, 1619 ;-Letters between Filippo Adimari, of Florence, and Sir J. Cæsar, 1619, 1620, Ital. ;-" Articles concerning the Admiralty of En-- land, and the jurisdiction thereof, 21 July, 1591 ;" printed, with MS. notes by Sir J. Cæsar;-Letter of Frances [daughter of William Brydges, Lord Chandos] Countess of Exeter, to Sir J. Cæsar, 12 Nov. 1619 ;-Letter of Lodowic [Stuart] Duke of Lenox to the same, 26 June. 1620;-Letter of Sir Henry Hobart, Chief Justice C.P. to the same, 29 May, 1620;-Letter, of Sir Edward Coke, Chief Justice K. 13. to the same, II All.. 1620;-Letter of Sir John Davys, Justice of Assise, to the same, relative to his son, 16 Aug. 1620;-Notes by Sir J. Cæsar touching the suit respecting tawed leather, granted by patent to the Earl of March, 30 Dec. 1619;-Papers respecting the incorporation of the Glovers and Leatherdressers of Westminster, and the Company of Leathersellers in London, 1619, 16:20;-Copy of the Will of John Hamond, Doctor of Laws, 21 Dec. 32 Eliz.;-Copy of the Will of Valentine Dale, Doctor of Laws, proved 3 Oct. 1590;-Draft of a report from Sir J. Cæsar, etc. to the Lord Treasurer [ Thomas Sackville. Lord Buckhurst, afterwards Earl of Dorset] respecting, some pieces of ordnance clandestinely brought to Harwich, 6 Nov. 1602 ; -Copy of letter from Thomas Fleming, Robert Clarke and John Savile, Barons of the Exchequer, to the Lord High Treasurer [Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury] certifying the qualifications of Thomas Cæsar of the Inner Temple to be a Baron of the Exchequer, in the room of Nowel Sotherton, 27 Oct. 1608 ;-Copy of Letter from Sir Thomas Lake to the Earl of Dorset, Lord High Treasurer, on the same subject, 4 July, 1605 ;-Copy of Letter from Barons Robert Clarke and John Savill to the Lord Treasurer, on the same subject, 17 Feb. 1603 ; -Names of the sureties for the portions of Mary and Elizabeth Dent, [daughters in law of Sir J. Cæsar] 26 April, 1597 ;-Note of the fees of all grants under the Exchequer seal, 1 Jan.-31 May, 1607 ;-Copy of the Will of Edward [Manners], Earl of Rutland, dat. 20 Nov. 1583, [he died 14 April, 1587] ;-Draft of a grant from Thomas, Lord Howard of Walden, [afterwards Earl of Suffolk] to Sir J. Cæsar, of the first vacancy in the advowsons either of Kyngham, co. Oxon., Aeno super Montem [Aynho] co. North. Debden, co. Essex, or Walden, co. Essex, Lat.;-Unexecuted deed of grant on vellum to Henry Cæsar, D.D. of the Deanery of Ely, in the room of Humphrey Tindall, Lat., certified by Sir Francis [Bacon [1614] ;-Draft of an Indenture between Sir Walter Leveson, of Lylleshull, co. Salop, and Sir J. Caesar, respecting the manor of Trentham, co. Staff, 31 July, 36 Ehz. ;-Notarial Instrument on vellum, by which Abraham van Tongerlo, merchant of Amsterdam, as Attorney for Francesco Moriziini of Venice, hypothecates the ship Santa Agatha of Venice, as security for £1000. paid by Queen Elizabeth, to the bursar of the ship, in part payment for a cargo of wheat delivered to the Queen's Commissioners at Portsmouth, 20 March, 159 6/7; Lat. ;-Draft of in Indenture between Sir Richard Leveson, of Sherif hales, co. Salop, and Sir J. Cæsar, touching the manor of Trentham, co. Staff. demised to the former by his father, Sir Walter Leveson, 1 Oct. 37 Eliz.;-Letter of Sir Robert Duddeley [son of the Earl of Leicester and afterwards titular Duke of Northumberland] to Sir J. Cæsar, offering for sale the estate of Aldersbroke, co. Essex, 29 Nov. 1593 ;-Letter of Robert, Lord Riche, [afterwards Earl of Warwick] to the same, respecting Aldersbroke, 28 Dec. 1593 ;-Copy in Sir J. Cæsar's hand of the Award of the Lord Treasurer, the Lord Admiral, and Lord Buckhurst, in an action of slander brought by Sir J. Cæsar against Philip Cursiny, a foreign merchant, 7 Jan. 1593 ;-Argument of Albericus Gentilis, Regius Professor at Oxford, on the question, " An eligi in collegium possit, qui annum ingressus est septimum decimum, stante statuto Collegii de co cligendo, qui compleverit septimum decimum," with a short address to Sir J. Cæsar prefixed, Lat. ;-Copies on vellum of the Sentences delivered by Sir J. Cxsar, in the Admiralty case of Don Juan de Taxis, the Spanish Ambassador, and Lopez Serrano Botelho, a Portuguese, against Henry de Younge, 1604, Lat. ;-Claim of William Hickling to lands in Aldrington, co. Wilts.;-Draft of Sir J. Cæsar's table to his book touching the Court of Requests at Whitehall, [printed in 1597; see Lansdowne MS. 125.]-Order of Thomas [Sackvillel Earl of Dorset, [Lord High Treasurer], and Sir J. Cæsar (Chancellor of the Exchequer,) to Nicolas Leigh, collector of Essex, to pay the arrears of his receipts, 17, Sept. 1607 ;-Letter of Sir Thomas Edmondes, [Treasurer of the Household] to Sir J. Cæsar, 26 Aug. 1607; -Power of Attorney from Peter Jhanson, alias Gladlippe, of Zwart Wall, in Holland, to Lawrence White, of Shoreham, and John Awoode, of Arundell, co. Sussex, 20 March, 1585, on vellum ;-Articles of Agreement between Sir Richard Martyn, and Henry Goodere, gent. for the marriage of Nathanaell Martyn and Cyslye Goodere, 30 July, 1593;-Conclusion made by the Council for-the government of the revenue, A.D. 1555, Lat. ;-The Subcommittees opinion touching the same;-Notes by Sir J. Cæsar of Mr. Pimm's arguments against the letting of the casualties of Manors, 28 Jan. 1619;-with Papers respecting the collection of the Revenue, 1619;-" Certificate of all such his Majesties Honors and Mannors as are owte of lease, with theire values." 16 Feb. 1619;-Objections against the King's Auditors and their Answers, signed by Fra. Goston and Ric. Sutton, 30 Dec. 1616;-

Complaints of the prisoners in the Fleet against Alexander Harris, Warden, with his Answers, 1619; with other papers relating to the same;-Case of Sir George Reynell, against Sir Rob. Tirrell, 19 Dec. 1615, with notes by Sir. J. Cæsar,-Letter of [Alexander Seton] Earl of Dunfermelyne [Lord Chancellor of Scotland] to Sir J. Cæsar, in favour of Sir James Hamilton, 18 June, 1618;-Five Letters of Archibald Douglas, Ambassador of Scotland, to the same, respecting small sums of money, given by Sir J. Caesar to poor Scottishmen, May, 1589-May, 1600;-Letter of Sir Robert Melvin, Scottish Ambassador, to the same, that he had signified to the King [James VI.] Sir J. Cæsar's love to his subjects, 22 July, 1594;-Letter of James Hudson to the same, on the same subject, I April, 1599 ;-Letter of Christopher Huygpens, on the part of the States of Holland, to the same, in favor of Cornelius Leynsson, and others, vij. Kal. Oct. 1588, Lat.;-Twelve Letters of Janies VI. of Scotland to the same, in favor of different Scottishmen, Aug,. 1588- Apr. 1599;-Letter of William Cecill [afterwards Lord Burghley], to [William Paulet] Marquess of Winchester, Lord High Treasurer, relative to the delivery of Dr. Cæsar [father of Sir J. Cæsar] and his wife from prison, 5 Feb. 1565;-Two letters of [Alexander Seton] Earl of Dunfermelyne to Sir J. Cæsar, on the business of Sir James Hamilton, etc. 15 April 1616, 17 Oct. 1617;-Letter of thanks from Henry, Prince of Wales, to the same, 29 Aug. 1612 ;-Letter of Frederic, Elector Palatine, to the same, respecting the payment of his wife's dowry, 13 July, 1614, Fr. ;-Letter of Elizabeth [daughter of James l.]Electress Palatine, to the same, in favor of her servant Sandill, 6 Jan. 1615;-Letter of the same to the same, to pay her jeweller Jacob Hardret, for rings given away by her when going abroad, 20 April, 1613 ;-Letter of Frederic, Elector Palatine, to the same, requesting a bill of Guillaume de Weely, a jeweller, to be paid, 15 April, 1613, Fr.;-Letter of the Princess Elizabeth to the same, in behalf of her footman William Allen, 11 April, 1609 ;-Letter of Sir Henry Wotton, Ambassador at Venice, to the same, touching the attempts to capture Brochetta, the murderer of Sir J. Cæsar's son, Julius, at Padua, 17 April, 1609;-Letter of Francis [Clifford,] Earl of Cumberland, to the same, 7 Oct. 1612 ;-Three letters of Edward, Lord Zouche, to the same, relative to the manor of Warnborough, co. Hants. etc. Dec. 1608-July, 1612;-Letter of [James Ramsay] Viscount Hadington [afterwards Earl of Holdernesse] to the same, 9 Dec. 1613 ;-Two letters of Sir Roger Aston to the same, sending venison from the Kin., 26 July, 5 Sept. 1609 ;-Letter of Sir William Heart, [deputy Chief justice of Scotland] to the same, 24 Nov. 1608;-Two letters of [Thomas Egerton] Lord Ellesmere, [Lord Chancellor] to the same, 23 Aug. 1608; 28 Aug. 1609;-

Three Letters of [Charles Howard] Earl of Nottingham to the same, Sept. 1608, June 1609 ;-Receipt of Barnard Lyndsay, Groom of the Bedchamber, to Sir J. Cæsar, for £500 lent to him by order of the King,11 July, 1614 Letter of Nicholas Thonmson to Sir J. Cæsar, 15 May, 1597 ;-Power of Attorney from William Kermpe to Sir J. Cæsar, 12 Feb. 1595;-Account of the debt of the Turkey Company to Michael Lok, [Sir J. Cæsar's stepfather] 16 Oct. 1596;-Letter of John Popham [Attorney General, afterwards Lord Chief Justice] to Sir J. Cæsar, concerning Edward Giles, 22 Oct. 1590;-

Bond of Richard Pett and George Boleyn, in £1000 for the good behaviour of their ship, 26 Feb. 1585;- Similar Bond of Benedick Heynes and John Nicholls in £2000., 26 Sept. 1590;-Similar Bond of Thomas Canndyssh and Stephen Hare, in the sum of £2000. 28 May, 1586;-Letter of Sir Francis Drake to Sir J. Cæsar for the security of the latter against Mitchellet and others, for the insufficiency of the sureties, 16 Sept. 1586 ; -Letter of Thomas Howard [afterwards Earl of Arundel] to the same, in favor of Capt. George Norton, 23 Feb. 1591. Folio. [12,504.]