Add MS 48028

MISCELLANEOUS HISTORICAL PAPERS, concerning London, the Cinque Ports, etc.; 13th-16th centt. Partly Latin and French. Copies, late 16th cent.

1. ff. 1-140. Inspeximus and confirmation of the charters of the City of London by Elizabeth I; 28 Jan. 1559.

2. ff. 141-153b. 'The Libertyes Franchises and Customes of the Citye of London'. Title (f. 141) by Beale, who adds 'Vide plurima in libro chartaceo signato littera' (see? Add. 48161, artt. 1 and 3, the latter a copy of the present text) and 'This Collection was made by Mr William Fleetewood sergeant of lawe, and Recorder of the city of London'. See also Add. 24259, Hargrave MS. 419, and Lansdowne MS. 170, ff. 3-15.

3. ff. 154-157. Treatise concerning corporations. Another copy is Lansdowne MS. 170, ff. 45-46b.

4. ff. 160-165. Act of Attainder of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex; 29 June 1540. Heading by Beale.

5. ff. 168-179b. Expenses of the City of London on the Tower postern, etc.; 13th-16th centt. Partly Latin. An account apparently prepared in connection with the City's jurisdictional disputes with the Tower Liberty, see [W. H. Overall], Analytical Index to . . . the Remembrancia of the City of London 1579-1664, 1878, p. 426, n.1.

6. ff. 180-184. Admiralty statutes of Edward Clinton, Lord Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln 1572, Lord High Admiral; [14 Nov. 1568]. For the date see another copy, Lansdowne MS. 170, ff. 275b-279b.

7. ff. 185-217. Transcript of the Black Book of the Admiralty, corresponding to vol. i, pp. 3-220, in Sir T. Twiss's edition, RS, 1871. Latin and French. Of the MSS. collated and listed, ibid., pp. lxxvii sqq., the present text agrees best with Bodleian Library MS. Arch. Seld. B.27.

8. ff. 221-231. Joint custumal of the Cinque Ports in English, possibly the version drawn up in 1504-1505 mentioned in the preamble to the revised joint custumal of 1527-1528 in Add. 28350, ff. 40-58, see M. Bateson, Borough Customs, i, Selden Soc., xviii, 1904, pp. xxi-xxii. Heading and opening words by Beale. Another, incomplete, copy of the present text is Add. 48161, art. 1.

9. ff. 231-238b. Confirmation of the charters of the Cinque Ports by Edward VI; 23 March 1547.

10. ff. 238b-241. Proclamation to be made at the time of the Great Yarmouth herring fair; n.d.

11. ff. 241-244. Ordinances regulating affairs between the Cinque Ports and Yarmouth; 11 May 1331. English translation.

12. ff. 244-246. The Statute of Herrings; 1537 (31 Edw. III, St.2, c.1; Statutes, i, 1810, pp. 353-355). English translation.

13. f. 246b. 'The copie of the commission to greate Yarmouthe'; 10 Sept. 1553.

14. ff. 247b-248. 'An abbreviate of the pointes of the Charters and liberties of Yarmouth now in question'; c. 1576?

15. ff. 248b-250. Award of the commission of justices in the dispute between the Barons of the Cinque Ports and Yarmouth; 1576.

Paper; ff. iii + 251 + (152*, 177*). 16th-cent. foliation to art. 1, continued by 17th-cent. foliation from f. 141. Folio. Late XVI cent. Several 16th-cent. hands. Vellum binding with remains of leather ties, titled on the front cover and numbered '32' on the spine.

William Fleetwood, Recorder of London: Collections on the customs and liberties of London: n.d.

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:

• ff. 1-140 Elizabeth I of England: Confirmation of the City of London charters: 1559: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 1-140 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Confirmation of the City charters by Qu. Elizabeth: 1559: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 141-153b London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Liberties and customs of, compiled by W. Fleetwood: late 16th cent: Copies.
• ff. 141-153b William Fleetwood, Recorder of London: Liberties and customs of London compiled by: late 16th cent: Copy.
• ff. 154-157 Law OF ENGLAND: Tract on the voiding of acts of bodies corporate: late 16th cent.
• ff. 160-165 Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex: Act of Attainder of: 1540: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 160-165 England; Parliament: Attainder of Thomas Cromwell: 1540.
• ff. 168-179b Tower of London: Expenses of the City on the Tower Postern, 13th-16th cent: late 16th cent.
• ff. 180-184 Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln 1572; alias Fiennes: Admiralty statutes by, as Lord High Admiral: 1568: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 180-184 Court of Admiralty: Lord Clinton's Admiralty statutes: 1568: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 185-217 Court of Admiralty: Transcript of part of the Black Book of the Admiralty: late 16th cent.
• ff. 221-231 Cinque Ports: Joint custumal: 1504-1505: Two copies, late 16th cent.
• ff. 231-238b Cinque Ports: Confirmation of their charters by Edward VI: 1547: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 231-238b Edward VI of England: Confirmation of the charters of the Cinque Ports: 1547: Copy, late 16th cent.
• ff. 238b-250 Cinque Ports: Documents rel. to their dispute with Great Yarmouth: 14th-16th cent: Copies, late 17th cent.
• ff. 238b-250 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk: Documents rel. to dispute with the Cinque Ports: 14th-16th cent: Copies, late 17th cent.