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Record Id:

032-002093277

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002093277

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Add MS 41257

Title:

BILLS for expenses of prisoners in the Gatehouse at Westminster, rendered quarterly to the Privy Council by successive Keepers of the prison, and signed by members of the Council; 29 Sept. 1596-24 June 1606, with gaps. The Keepers for the period are Morrys Pykeryng, Hugh Parlor, William Okey, Anne Okey, his widow, with her son, Thomas Harlowe. The identity of "Christopher Marlowe als Mathews, a Seminary preist" on f. 29 b is the subject of letters from Sir Israel Gollancz and J. B. Whitmore in The Times, 23 June, 24, 27 July 1925. Paper; ff. 40. Folio. A.D. 1596-1606. No. 164 in P. J. and A. E. Dobell's Catalogue, July 1925. Purchased with the help of contributions collected by Sir Israel Gollancz.

Scope & Content:

London Secular Institutions. Prisons: Bills of the Gatehouse: 1596-1606.

Privy Council, The: Bills of the Gatehouse Prison, Westminster, signed by: 1596-1606.

Prisons: Bills of the Gatehouse Prison, Westminster: 1596-1606.

Accompts: Bills of the Gatehouse Prison at Westminster: 1596-1606.

includes:

ff. 1-4 Morris Pickering: Bills as Keeper of the Gatehouse Prison: 1596, 1597.: Signed.
f. 2 William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham: Gatehouse Prison bill signed by: 1596.
ff. 2, 4, 6 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Signatures to Gatehouse Prison bills: 1596-1597.
ff. 2, 4, 6 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Signatures to Gatehouse Prison bills: 1596-1597.
ff. 2, 4, 6, 12, 14 Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere; 1st Viscount Brackley: Signature to Gatehouse Prison bins: 1596-1600.
ff. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 Roger North, 2nd Baron North: Gatehouse Prison bills signed by: 1596-1599.
ff. 2-38 passim Sir John Fortescue, Chancellor of the Exchequer: Signatures to the Gatehouse Prison bills: 1596-1606.
ff. 2-40 passim Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Signatures to Gatehouse Prison bills: 1596-1606.
ff. 2-40 passim Thomas Sackville, 1st Baron Buckhurst; 1st Earl of Dorset: Signatures to Gatehouse Prison bills: 1596-1606.
ff. 4, 6, 10, 12, 14 John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury: Signatures to Gatehouse Prison bills: 1597-1600.
ff. 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 37 b Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham: Signature to Gatehouse Prison bills: 1597-1606.
ff.4,6,10,14,24,26 Sir William Knollys, Viscount Wallingford 1616; 1st Earl of Banbury 1626: Signatures to Gatehouse Prison bills: 1597-1602.
ff. 5-8 Hugh Parlor: Bills as Keeper of the Gatehouse Prison: 1597-1599.: Signed.
ff. 9-40 William Okey: Bills of, and of his widow Anne, as Keepers of the Gatehouse prison: 1599-1606.
ff. 10, 12, 18, 24, 32 Sir John Popham, Lord Chief Justice: Signature to Gatehouse Prison bills: 1599-1605.
ff. 10, 14, 16, 20 George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon: Gatehouse Prison bills signed by: 1599-1601.
f. 12 Vincent Skynner, Knight 1603: Note to Gatehouse Prison bins: 1600.
ff. 14, 20, 22, 30, 32 Sir John Herbert, Secretary of State: Signature to Gatehouse Prison bills: 1600-1605.
f. 28 Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton: Signature to Gatehouse Prison bill: 1604.
ff. 28, 40 Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury: Signatures to Gatehouse Prison bills: 1604, 1606.
ff. 30, 34, 38 Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton 1603: Gatehouse Prison bills signed by: 1604-1606.
ff. 38, 40 Sir Edward Stanhope: Signatures to Gatehouse Prison bills: 1606.
ff. 39, 40 Thomas Harlowe: Bin as Keeper of the Gatehouse prison: 1606.
f. 40 Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk: Signature to Gatehouse Prison bill: 1606.
f. 40 Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester: Signature to Gatehouse Prison bill: 1606.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002093277

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Hierarchy:

032-002093277

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1596

End Date:

1606

Date Range:

29 Sep 1596-24 Jun 1606

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Custodial History:

P. J. and A. E Dobell; booksellers: Owned: 20th cent.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Brooke, William, 10th Baron Cobham, 1527-1597
Carey, George, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, diplomat, politician, and courtier, 1548-1603
Cecil, Robert, Viscount Cranborne, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 1563-1612
Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley
Devereux, Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex, soldier and politician, 1565-1601,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121382245
Egerton, Thomas, 1st Baron Ellesmere, 1st Viscount Brackley, 1540-1617
Fortescue, John, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Harlowe, Thomas
Herbert, John, Sec of State
Howard, Charles, 1st Earl of Nottingham
Howard, Henry, Earl of Northampton, 1540-1614
Howard, Thomas, 1st Earl of Suffolk, 1561-1626
Knollys, William, Viscount Wallingford 1616; 1st Earl of Banbury 1626
North, Roger, 2nd Baron North, nobleman and administrator, 1531-1600
Okey, William
P J and A E Dobell, booksellers
Parlor, Hugh
Pickering, Morris
Popham, John, Speaker of the House of Commons and judge, c 1531-1607
Privy Council, The
Sackville, Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset, poet and administrator, 1536-1608,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108650890
Skynner, Vincent, Knight 1603
Somerset, Edward, 4th Earl of Worcester, 1550-1628
Stanhope, Edward
Talbot, Gilbert, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury
Whitgift, John, Archbishop of Canterbury
Wotton, Edward, 1st Baron Wotton 1603