Add MS 48019

TRACTS AND PAPERS RELATING TO TRADE, the City of London, etc.; 16th cent. Some Latin and French. Copies. Contents list, f. iii. Some titles and notes, by Beale passim.

1. ff. 1-7b. 'A discourse touchinge clothes and clothe makinge', by John Leake, deputy alnager in the City of London; 1577. Tudor Econ. Docs., iii, pp. 210-225. On Leake, see Lansdowne MS. 60, ff. 57-59b, and Analytical Index to the Remembrancia of the City of London, 1559-1664, 1878,

pp. 69-70.

2. ff. 9-17. Regulations, etc., for the Office of Ordnance; 1568-1577, temp. Eliz. I. Other copies of the orders of 1573 (f. 17) and 1577 (f. 14) are in Harley MS. 309, ff. 52b-53 and 72-73b.

3. ff. 19-23. 'A discourse howe to redresse divers disorders in the commen wealthe': proposals for poor relief and the prevention of idleness; [c. 1536?]. A note at the end (f. 23) states that 'This bill wt the other for Shipmasters exhibited by Thomas Keyne. Smythe'.

4. ff. 24-26b. 'Articles concernynge the miserable state of the Countie of Lanc[ashire] and howe the same maye in part be reformed': a paper on the suppression of popery in co. Lanc.; 1576.

5. ff. 28-29. 'Disorders in the Colledge of Phisicyons of London'; c. 1572. Printed in G. Clark, History of the Royal College of Physicians, 1964, i,

pp. 129-130, from Lansdowne MS. 21, ff. 123-124. The present MS. lacks the marginalia of the copy in Lansdowne MS. 21, but contains petitions for amendment of the statutes of the college which do not appear in the Lansdowne MS.

6. ff. 32-40b. 'A Devise how to have speciall Lawes hereunder written put in execucion made by the L[ord] Keper [Sir Nicholas] Bacon': a project for the publication of statutes; 1575. Other MSS. are Harley MS. 249, ff. 114-118b and PRO SP 12/105/93.

7. ff. 46b-61. Memorials, etc., concerning the wool trade, mostly relating to the inquiry into the dearth of wool in June-July 1577; 1576-1577. See

P. Bowden, The Wool Trade in Tudor and Stuart England, 1962, pp. 135-141. As follows: (a) 'A collection of certen statutes towchinge the buyinge and sellinge of wolles'; 1577. See SPD 1547-1580, p. 550. f. 46b;

(b) Submission of the Staplers to the Council; 1577. See ibid. ff. 47-48; (c) Opinion of the Mayor of the Staple on reform of licences for broggers; 1577. See ibid. f. 48b; (d) 'Jhon Jhonsons discourse for the repairinge of the decaide state of ye merchants of ye staple and for the erection of certayne new staples'; 1577. See ibid. ff. 49-52b; (e) 'A discourse towchinge the buyinge and sellinge of wolles disorderlye and howe to remedye the same', by John Johnson and Lisle Cave; 1576. See ibid., p. 530. ff. 52b-55; (f) 'A collection of the commen buyers and broggers of wolle made by Sir Thomas Ofleye Knight maior of the staple of Englande'; 1577. See ibid., p. 550. ff. 55b-57b; (g) 'The opinion and answerre of the clothemen wtin the countye of Glocester towchinge the dearthe and excessive prises of wolles'; 1577. Tudor Econ. Docs., i, pp. 191-192. See SPD 1547-1580, p. 550. ff. 58-58b; (h) Memorial of clotheirs in co. Wilts. against the staplers; 1577. See ibid., p. 550. f. 58b; (i) Order to J.P.s to enforce prohibition on purchase of wool by licence; 1577. See ibid., p. 547. f. 60; (j) Names of special commissioners appointed to prevent unlawful purchase of wool; 1577. See ibid., p. 554. ff. 60b-61.

8. ff. 65-82. Papers relating to the Royal Commission on foreign exchange, 1576; 1552-1576, n.d. Included are: (a) Memorials from Dutch merchants. ff. 65b-67b; (b) Memorial from Italian merchants. Printed from the present MS. in Schanz, ii, pp. 642-646, and in Tudor Econ. Docs., ii,

pp. 169-173. ff. 68-69b; (c) Memorial from London merchants. Partly printed, from the present MS., in Schanz, ii, pp. 646-647. ff. 70-74;

(d) Report of the commissioners. ff. 79b-82.

9. ff. 82b-97b. Tracts and other papers relating to foreign exchange; temp. Eliz. I. Another copy of the tract on the shortage of sterling in France and Flanders at ff. 83b-85 is Add. 48020, art. 11.

10. ff. 100-109b. 'A device for trayninge of Soldiers': directions for muster and training of the militia; with an account of the training of the army of the Duke of Tuscany and the reply of the Commissioners of Musters for Surrey to the articles sent to them by the Council concerning the training of harquebusiers; 1569. Apparently the same as PRO SP 12/54/11 (SPD 1547-1580, p. 339).

11. ff. 111-113. Petitions of the 'Meare Merchants' trading into France for incorporation as a company; 1579. See SPD 1547-1580, p. 619.

12. ff. 114-116b. Memorial concerning the prohibition on use of train-oil, whale and fish oils in making soap; 1578? See ibid., p. 606.

13. ff. 117-126b. 'Divers Notes touching the Controversie betwene The Marchant Adventurers: and the Dutche Hanse or Stiliarde'; 1553-1558. As follows: (a) Decree by Mary I concerning the liberties of the Hanse; 1553. Latin. ff. 117-117b; (b) Orders by the Privy Council; 1555-1556.

ff. 118-120; (c) 'A discourse of the trade of the merchants of the dutche guilde called the hanse'; 1578. See ibid., p. 603. ff. 120b-126b.

14. ff. 128-142. 'Certen Notes touching Marchandises'; n.d. Memoranda concerning types of commodities, weights and measures, exports of different countries, etc.

15. ff. 143-152. Ordinances of the Court of Common Council of London for Bridewell Hospital; 1579. See E. O'Donoghue, Bridewell Hospital, 1923, i, pp. 200-204.

16. ff. 158-164b. Letter from Sir Henry Cobham, as ambassador in Paris, to the Lords of the Council, enclosing proposals of Jean de Moy, Seigneur de la Mailleraye, Lieutenant-General in Normandy, for the suppression of piracy; 23 Feb. 1580. See SPF 1579-1580, no. 182.

17. ff. 167-177. Regulations for the control of plague in London; 1578. Copies. Explanatory marginals in Beale's hand, ff. 167, 170b. (a) Twenty-two articles sent to the Lord Mayor by the Privy Council; Nov.? 1578. See: SPD 1547-1580, p. 488; F. Wilson, The Plague in Shakespeare's London, 1927, p. 20, n.2; P. Slack, The impact of plague in Tudor and Stuart England, 1985, p. 213. ff. 167-169; (b) Orders prepared by the City in response to the preceding articles and laid before the Privy Council; late 1578. Twenty-eight articles with two concluding paragraphs. Beale (f. 170b) states that marginals were personally added to the document by Burghley at the council meeting: presumably these are the marginals reproduced in the present copy. ff. 170b-177.

18. ff. 180-186. 'De officio Admirallitatis', translated into Latin by Thomas Rowghton; temp. Hen. VI. See Black Book of the Admiralty, ed. T. Twiss, RS, 1871, i, pp. 221-244. A note by Beale (f. 179b) states that 'These articles following touching the Admiralty were written out of a printed copy lent unto me by Mr D[octor, afterwards Sir, Julius] Cesar Judge of the Courte of the Admiralty, wch lacked both the beginninge and the ende, so as it did not appeare by whome they were printed nor in what Kinges time they were published.' This presumably refers to the edition probably printed in 1540 (STC 7682), which was apparently issued without a title page.

19. ff. 192-195. 'The Lawes of the market. Anno. 1562': regulations against forestalling, nuisances, etc., in London; 1562. Taken from the printed edition of John Cawode, STC 16704. 6. A facsimile of the 1595 edition was printed in The English Experience, no. 676, Amsterdam and New York, 1974.

20. ff. 197-238b. Extracts from Richard Arnold, The Customs of London, 2nd ed., 1521.

21. ff. 240-242. 'The fees pertayninge to the Constable of the Tower and other under officers'; temp. Richard II.

22. ff. 243-243b. Notes on the number of strangers in London; 16th cent.

23. ff. 245-251. The Book of Orders for the strangers of Norwich; 1571. Printed in W. Moens, The Walloons and the Church at Norwich, Publications of the Huguenot Society of London, i, 1887-1888, pt.ii, pp. 255-261. Another copy is Lansdowne MS. 155, ff. 65-71b.

24. ff. 253-267b. Papers concerning the dispute between the Merchants of the Staple and the Merchant Adventurers; 1495-1583. As follows: (a) 'A copie of the decree made between the adventurers and staplers in the Starre chamber'; 1504. Printed in Schanz, ii, pp. 547-548, from the Patent Roll for 20 Hen. VII, pt.1, m. 24, Add. 4618, ff. 98-101 and the present MS. ff. 253-253b; (b) 'Abstracte out of the ordinaunce . . . for a free marte to be holden at Calis'; 1495. f. 254; (c) Allegations of the Staplers, with replies of the Merchant Adventurers; c. 1583. Printed in Schanz, pp. 588-589, from the present MS. ff. 255-256; (d) Statutory proofs offered by the Merchant Adventurers; c. 1583. ff. 258-260; (e) Opinion of Sir Robert Catlin, afterwards Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, and others on the statute 12 Hen. VII, c. 6; 1552. ff. 261-261b; (f) Reports by Sir Christopher Wray, Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, Sir Gilbert Gerard, Master of the Rolls, and Sir Roger Manwood, Chief Baron, to Lord Burghley; 1582-1583. ff. 262-266; (g) Reply of the Privy Council to a petition from the Merchant Adventurers; 1579. ff. 267-267b.

25. ff. 269-274b. Ordinances for the conservation of swans; 1524, temp. Hen. VIII? A note on f. 269 states that they are 'out of an old book of Mr Justice Monsons' [Robert Monson, Justice of Common Pleas]. As follows: (a) 'The true copie of a parchmente rolle touchinge the swannerye delivered to me R. Manson by Mr Mathew Nayler now officer thereof under Mr Secretarie this June. 1570', containing ordinances by a commission for the preservation of swans on the River Witham, co. Linc.; 1524. ff. 269-272; (b) 'The true copies of owlde paper towchinge the swannerye, founde amonge my fathers [William Monson of South Carlton, co. Linc.] books and entitled a copie of the ordinaunces for swans & c. now written oute anew this June [1570?]', containing ordinances for the conservation of swans in cos. Linc., Northt., Hunt. and Camb.; temp. Hen. VIII? ff. 272b-274b.

26. ff. 276-277b. Pseudo-Cnut, Constitutiones de Foresta; 12th cent. Latin.

27. ff. 278-313. George Treherne, Reading on the Carta de Foresta; c. 1520. Other MSS. are: Harley MS. 72, ff. 2-52; Hargrave MSS. 37, ff. 185-207b, and 200; Add. MSS. 25254 and 36114.

28. f. 321. 'A Note touching Weights and Measures'; aft. 1532.

29. ff. 323-348b. 'Matters touching the Minte and making of Monneyes': extracts from treatises, etc., including the Dialogue of the Exchequer, concerning the Mint, standard of weights, assays, etc.; 16th cent. Includes (ff. 329b-330b) 'The Reaporte and opinion of the Lordes and others her maties Commissioners towchinge the controversie in the mynte matters', 1578, other MSS. of which are Lansdowne MSS. 26, ff. 24-25b and 48, ff. 53-53b, Harley MS. 698, ff. 93b-94 and Add. 10113, f. 171. See also Add. 48047, art. 10.

30. ff. 351-363. Notes, precedents, etc., relating to the creation of noblemen, installation of Knights of the Garter, etc.; 1469-1567. Partly Latin and French. ff. 351-361b. Followed (ff. 362-363) by the Ordinances of Thomas, Duke of Clarence, for the government of the office of arms; 1411-1421. French. Printed in A. Wagner, Heralds and Heraldry in the Middle Ages, 2nd ed., 1956, pp. 136-138. For other copies see: Add. MSS. 4101, ff. 62-64 and 6297, ff. 84b-97; Harley MS. 5798, ff. 70-71; Lansdowne MS. 285, ff. 207-209.

Paper; ff. xii + 388. Contemporary foliation, lacking nos. 107 and 172 from the sequence, but without loss of text. Folio. Late XVI cent. Contemporary vellum binding. Letter 'S' on front cover. Numbered '20' on spine and back cover. Also numbered '70' on spine and titled. On back cover is a note 'Ro: Yelverton . . . Henry Yelverto[n] . . . hous in Aldersgate Street'; possibly a reference to Sir Henry Yelverton's son Robert. 18th-19th centt. pencil note, '£ s d 5-5-0', f. ii.

Trade and Commerce: Tracts, etc., rel. to: 1495-1583, n.d.: Chiefly copies, 16th cent.

Elizabeth I of England: Papers of R. Beale, Clerk of the Council: 16th cent.

Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Correspondence and papers.

includes:

• back cover Robert Yelverton, son of Sir H Yelverton: Name written: early 17th cent.
• ff. 1-7b Cloth: J. Leake, `A discourse touchinge clothes and clothe makinge': 1577.
• ff. 1-7b John Leake, deputy alnager in London: `A discourse touchinge clothes and clothe makinge': 1577.
• ff. 9-10b Elizabeth I of England: Commission for survey of the Ordnance: 1568: Copy.
• ff. 9-10b Sir Francis Knollys, KG: Treasurer of the Royal Household: Commission to, for survey of Ordnance: 1568: Copy.
• ff. 9-10b Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer: Commission to, for survey of the Ordnance: 1568: Copy.
• ff. 9-10b Sir Edward Rogers, MP; Comptroller of the Royal Household: Commission to, for survey of the Ordnance: 1568: Copy.
• ff. 9-17 England; Ordnance Office: Regulations: 1568-1577, temp. Eliz. I.
• f. 17 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Orders for the Ordnance office by: 1573: Copy.
• f. 17 Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer: Orders for the Ordnance office by: 1573: Copy.
• ff. 19-23 Political Tracts: `A discourse howe to redresse divers disorders in the commen wealthe': [1536?].
• ff. 24-26b Roman Catholics: Articles conc. catholics in co. Lanc: 1576.
• ff. 24-26b County of Lancaster: Articles conc. the state of Lancashire: 1576.
• ff. 28-29 London; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS: `Disorders in the Colledge of Phisicyons of London': c. 1572.
• ff. 32-40b Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper: Project for publication of statutes: 1575.
• ff. 32-40b Law OF ENGLAND: Project for publication of statutes, by Sir N. Bacon: 1575.
• ff. 46b-61 Wool: Memorials, etc., conc. the wool trade: 1576-1577.
• ff. 46b-61 Cloth: Memorials, etc., rel. to wool and cloth trade: 1576-1577.
• ff. 47-52b, 55b-57b Merchants of the Staple: Submissions, etc., to commission into dearth of wool: 1577.
• ff. 49-52b John Johnson, merchant: `Jhon Jhonsons discourse for the repairinge of the decaide state of ye merchants of ye staple': 1577.
• ff. 52b-55 Lisle Cave, merchant: `A discourse towchinge the buyinge and sellinge of wolles disorderlye' partly by Lisle Cave: 1576.
• ff. 52b-55 John Johnson, merchant: `A discourse towchinge the buyinge and sellinge of wolles disorderlye' partly by John Johnson: 1576.
• ff. 55b-57b Sir Thomas Offley, Lord Mayor of London: List of buyers, etc., of wool made by, while mayor of the Staple made by Sir Thomas Offley: 1577.
• f. 57 Cirencester, Gloucestershire: Buyers and sellers of wool at: 1577.
• f. 58b County of Wilts: Testimony of the clothiers in, against the staplers: 1577.
• ff. 58-58b County of Gloucester: Opinion of the clothmen on the price of wool: 1577.
• f. 65 Edward VI of England: Proclamation conc. foreign exchange: 1553: Copy.
• ff. 65b-82 Exchange: Papers rel. to commission on foreign exchange: 1576.
• ff. 82b-97b Exchange: Tracts and other papers rel. to: temp. Eliz. I.
• ff. 100-109b Army; England: Directions for muster and training of militia: 1569.
• ff. 102b-107b Cosimo I; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Account of military training in Tuscany: c. 1569.
• ff. 108-109b County of Surrey: Reply of Commissioners of Musters to articles on training of harquebusiers: 1569.
• ff. 117-126b Hanseatic League: Papers conc. dispute with Merchant Adventurers: 1553-1578: Partly Lat.
• ff. 117-126b Company of Merchant Adventurers: Papers conc. dispute with Hanse merchants: 1553-1578: Partly Lat.
• ff. 143-152 London; Secular Institutions. Hospitals and Charitable Institutions. Bridewell: Ordinances for Bridewell Hospital: 1579.
• f. 158 Henry Brooke, alias Cobham; diplomatist; d.1592: Letter, as Ambassador in Paris, to Lords of the Council: 1580: Copy.
• ff. 159-164b Jean de Moy, Seigneur de la Mailleraye; Lieutenant -General in Normandy: Proposals for suppression of piracy: 1580.
• ff. 159-164b Piracy: Proposals for suppression of, by J. de Moy: 1580.
• ff. 167-177 Plague, The, and Pestilences: England; Privy Council: Regulations for control of plague in London: 1578.
• ff. 167-177 London; Lord Mayor, Corporation, etc: Regulations for control of plague: 1578.
• ff. 170b-177 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Regulations for control of plague, annotated by: 1578: Copy.
• ff. 179b-186 Sir Julius Caesar, judge: Extracts from a book in his possession: 1584-1601: Lat.
• ff. 180-186 Thomas Rowghton, Registrar of the Admiralty(?): Court of Admiralty: `De officio Admiralitatis' by Thomas Rowghton: temp. Hen. VI: Lat: Copy, 16th cent.
• ff. 192-195 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: The laws of the market: 1562.
• ff. 197-238b Richard Arnold, antiquary: The Customs of London: 1521: Partly Lat: Extracts.
• ff. 197-238b London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: R. Arnold, The Customs of London: 1521: Partly Lat: Extracts.
• ff. 240-242 Tower of London: Fees of the Constable of the Tower, etc.,: temp. Ric. II: Copy.
• ff. 243-243b London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Number of strangers in: 16th cent.
• ff. 243-243b Aliens: Number of strangers in London: 16th cent.
• ff. 245-251 Norwich: Book of Orders for strangers: 1571.
• ff. 245-251 Aliens: Book of Orders for the strangers of Norwich: 1571.
• ff. 253-267b Merchants of the Staple: Papers conc. dispute with Merchant Adventurers: 1504-1583: Partly Lat.
• ff. 253-267b Company of Merchant Adventurers: Papers conc. dispute with Merchants of the Staple: 1504-1583: Partly Lat.
• ff. 261-261b Sir Robert Catlin, judge: Opinion by: 1552.
• ff. 262-266 Sir Gilbert Gerrard, alias Gerard; judge: Reports conc. dispute betw. Merchant Adventurers and Staplers: 1582-1583.
• ff. 262-266 Sir Christopher Wray, judge: Reports conc. dispute betw. Merchant Adventurers and Staplers: 1582-1583.
• ff. 263-266 Sir Roger Manwood, Chief Baron of the Exchequer: Reports conc. dispute betw. Merchant Adventurers and Staplers: 1582-1583.
• ff. 269-272 Matthew Naylor, swannery officer: Copy of a roll in his possession: 16th cent.
• ff. 269-274b Swans: Ordinances for their conservation: 1524, temp. Hen. VIII(?): Copies, 1570.
• ff. 269-274b Robert Monson, judge: Extracts from a book in his possession: 16th cent.
• ff. 276-277b Woods and Forests: Constitutiones de Foresta: 16th cent: Lat: Copy.
• ff. 278-313 George Treherne, of Lincoln's Inn: Reading on the Carta de Foresta: circa 1520.
• ff. 278-313 Woods and Forests: G. Treherne, Reading on the Carta de Foresta: circa 1520.
• f. 321 Weights and Measures: Memoranda conc.: 16th cent.
• ff. 323-348b Mint: Treatises, etc., conc. practice at the mint, etc.,: 16th cent: Mostly extracts.
• ff. 329b-330b Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper: Report, as commissioner to investigate the mint: 1578: Copy.
• ff. 329b-330b Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer: Report, as commissioner to investigate the mint: 1578: Copy.
• ff. 329b-330b Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State: Report, as commissioner to investigate the mint: 1578: Copy.
• ff. 329b-330b Sir Christopher Hatton, Lord Chancellor: Report, as commissioner to investigate the mint: 1578: Copy.
• ff. 329b-330b Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester: Report, as commissioner to investigate the mint: 1578: Copy.
• ff. 329b-330b Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex; alias Ratclyffe: Report, as commissioner to investigate the mint: 1578: Copy.
• ff. 329b-330b William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Report, as commissioner to investigate the mint: 1578: Copy.
• f. 353 Thomas Darcy, Baron Darcy of Chiche 1551: Account of his creation as peer: 16th cent.
• f. 356 Maximilian I; Emperor of Germany: Oath, on his behalf, as K.G.: 1490: Lat.
• ff. 356-358b Orders Military. Garter: Forms of oaths, etc., for: 16th cent: Fr. and Lat.
• ff. 356b-357 Charles the Bold; Duke of Burgundy: Commission for presentation of the Garter to, etc.,: 1469: Fr: Copies.
• ff. 357b-358b Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Oath, etc., as K.G.: 1523: Fr.
• ff. 360-361b Orders Military. St Michael: Oath, etc., of the Duke of Norfolk and Lord Leicester, as Knights of the Order: 1565-1566: Fr.
• ff. 360-361b Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk: Oath, etc., as Knight of Order of St Michael: 1565-1566: Fr.
• ff. 360-361b Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester: Oath, etc., as Knight of Order of St Michael: 1565-1566: Fr.
• ff. 362-363 Thomas, Duke of Clarence: Ordinances for the government of the Office of Arms: 1411-1421: Fr: Copy.