Add MS 48162

NAVAL AND MILITARY PAPERS AND STATISTICS, etc.; 1565-1621. Copies, 17th cent. Mostly printed in APC or SPD. The contents (table, f. 2), which are mostly in chronological order, include:

1. f. 2b. Tables of precedence of the nobility and officers of state according to the statute 31 (MS. 21) Hen. VIII c. 10.

2. f. 3. Opinion of David Lewis and Valentine Dale, civil doctors, for Walsingham and the Privy Council, on the cases of Nicholas Herbert, John Thomas Bruer and William Richards, accused of aiding pirates; June 1577.

3. ff. 4-5b. Advice from Sir John Norris and others (including Sir Walter Ralegh and Sir Francis Drake) to Walsingham on the deployment of defence forces; Nov. 1587. Not in APC or SPD.

4. ff. 6-27. Royal and Privy Council letters and abstracts of letters, etc., about defence against the Armada, and the 'Counter-Armada'; 1588-1590. Inclu-ded are the following, not noticed or more briefly noticed in APC or SPD: (a) Letter from Elizabeth I to Lords Lieutenant requesting the raising of larger numbers of troops; June 1588. ff. 7b-8; (b) Letters from the Queen to Lord Henry Seymour and Daniel Rogers; Aug. 1588. ff. 13-13b;

(c) Privy Council letter to Lord Huntingdon; 13 Aug. 1588. ff. 15-16; (d) Points to be considered by a Council of War; 4 March 1590. ff. 19b-

20; (e) Proclamation against vagrant soldiers and others; 13 Nov. 1589. Includes a model for the passport required therein not found in the version printed in Hughes and Larkin, iii, 1969, pp. 46-48. ff. 21b-22b; (f) Privy Council letter to Sir Francis Drake and Sir John Norris; 17 April 1589. Minuted in APC 1589, p. 134. ff. 23b-26; (g) Minute of Privy Council letter to Lords Lieutenant; 13 May 1589. ff. 26b-27.

5. ff. 27b-31b. Privy Council letters to Lords Lieutenant concerning defences; 17 Aug., 15 and 19 Nov. 1595, 31 Oct., 6 Nov. 1596.

6. ff. 31b-43b. State of the army for the voyage to Cadiz; 1 June 1596. Followed by (ff. 32b-42b) the duties of officers in the expedition, and

(ff. 42b-43b), the names of the Captains in the several regiments. See also art. 11 below.

7. ff. 44-67. (a) Abstract of defence measures put in hand; Jan. 1598. ff. 44-45; (b) Privy Council letters to Lords Lieutenant, etc., concerning defence measures against Spain; July-Aug. 1599. The Privy Council Register 21 April 1599-23 Jan. 1600 is missing.

8. ff. 67-75b. Orders for repelling invasion in Kent or elsewhere presented to the Privy Council; 1585. Not in SPD or Add. 11402 (an abstract of Privy Council Registers 1550-1610); the Register for June 1582-Feb. 1586 is missing.

9. ff. 75b-83b. Privy Council letters, etc., concerning the defence of Ireland; 1595-1600. The following are not in SPD, APC, or Add. 11402: (a) Letters to Lords Lieutenant; 14 June and 6 Sept. 1595. ff. 75b, 76; (b) Muster returns from Ireland for the half-year to 31 March 1598, from Sir Ranulph Lane, Muster-master. The non-receipt of these returns is continually complained of in APC. ff. 77-78; (c) Army establishment list for Irish service, with costs; 6 Feb. 1600. ff. 78-80b.

10. ff. 84-90b. Privy Council discussion of the Palatinate question; 13 Jan. 1621. See APC 1619-1621, pp. 332, 333. With a report to the Council on the costs of furnishing an army; 13 Feb. 1621.

11. ff. 91-91b. Ports, maritime towns and creeks in England, with the names of those required to furnish ships for the Cadiz voyage; 1596. See also art. 6.

12. ff. 92b-93. Privy Council rulings concerning: (a) Lawsuits in Jersey and Guernsey; 18 June 1565. Fuller than the account in APC 1558-1570, p. 221. f. 92b; (b) Lawsuits in Jersey; 25 May 1572. ff. 92b-93.

Paper; ff. 94. Contemporary pagination, 1-181, on ff. 3-93. Sm. folio. Mid XVII cent. Written in one secretary hand, which also occurs in Add. MSS. 48155 and 48168. 'No 174', f. 1, apparently in hand of text. Vellum binding with green laces. Spine: 'S' and '174'.

County of Hertford: Letters to Lord Lieutenants of: temp. Eliz: Copies.

Army; England: Military papers and statistics: temp. Eliz.-early 17th cent: Copies.

Spain, General: Papers conc. English defensive measures against: 1587-1600: Copies.

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:

• f. 3 David Lewis, alias Lewes; DCL; MP: Opinion to Privy Council: 1577: Copy.
• f. 3 William Richards, of Cardiff: Charges against: 1577: Copy.
• f. 3 Nicholas Herbert, Sheriff of Glamorgan: Charges against: 1577: Copy.
• f. 3 Valentine Dale, DCL; MP: Opinion to Privy Council: 1577: Copy.
• f. 3 John Thomas Bruer, alias Brewer: Charges against: 1577: Copy.
• f. 4 Sir Thomas Leighton, Governor of Guernsey and Jersey: Advice to the Privy Council: 1587: Copy.
• f. 4 Sir Ranulph al. Ralph Lane, Muster Master in Essex and Ireland: Advice to Privy Council: 1587: Copy.
• f. 4 Sir Richard Bingham, Governor of Connaught: Advice to Sir F. Walsingham: 1587: Copy.
• f. 4 Sir John Norris, military commander: Advice to the Privy Council: 1587: Copy.
• f. 4 Sir Walter Ralegh, alias Raleigh; military and naval commander; author: Advice to the Privy Council: 1587: Copy.
• f. 4 Sir Francis Drake, circumnavigator: Advice to Sir F. Walsingham: 1587: Copy.
• f. 4 Sir Roger Williams: Advice to the Privy Council: 1587: Copy.
• f. 6 Sir John Perrot, Lord-Deputy of Ireland: Privy Council letter to: 1588: Copy.
• f. 6 Sir John Norris, military commander: Payment to: 1587: Copy.
• f. 6 Thomas Morgan: Payment to: 1587: Copy.
• f. 6 Sir Thomas Leighton, Governor of Guernsey and Jersey: Payment to: 1587: Copy.
• ff. 6b, 49b, 57 Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke: Privy Council letters to: 1588, 1599: Copies.
• f. 8b Sir Robert Constable, Lieutenant of the Ordnance: Privy Council letters to: 1588: Copies.
• f. 9 Sir Simon Musgrave, Master of the Ordnance at Berwick and Newcastle: Privy Council letters to: 1588: Copies.
• f. 12 Richard Drake, MP; groom of the Privy Chamber: Privy Council letter to: 1588: Copy.
• f. 12 Henry Radcliffe, 4th Earl of Sussex: Privy Council letter to: 1588: Copy.
• f. 13 Henry Seymour, Admiral in the Narrow Seas: Privy Council letter to: c. 1588: Copy.
• f. 13b Daniel Rogers, Clerk to the Privy Council: Privy Council letter to: 1588: Copy.
• f. 15 Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon: Privy Council letter to: 1588: Copy.
• f. 23b Sir John Norris, military commander: Privy Council letter to: 1589: Copy.
• f. 23b Sir Francis Drake, circumnavigator: Privy Council letter to: 1589: Copy.
• f. 27b William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Privy Council letter to: 1595: Copy.
• f. 27b County of Essex: Privy Council letter to Lord Lieutenant of: 1595: Copy.
• f. 29 Lincolnshire, county: Privy Council letter to Lord Lieutenant of: 1595: Copy.
• ff. 31b-43b, 91-91b Cadiz, Spain: Preparations for expedition against: 1596: Copy.
• ff. 46b-59 London; Lord Mayor, Corporation, etc: Letters to, from the Privy Council: 1579, 1598-1599: Signed, draft and copies.
• f. 47 Sir Walter Ralegh, alias Raleigh; military and naval commander; author: Privy Council letter to: 1599: Copy.
• f. 47 County of Cornwall: Privy Council letter to Lord Lieutenant of: 1599: Copy.
• f. 47 Sir Francis Vere, soldier: Letter to, from Elizabeth I: 1599: Copy.
• f. 47 Elizabeth I of England: Letter to Sir F. Vere: 1599: Copy.
• f. 49b George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland: Privy Council letter to: 1599: Copy.
• ff. 49, 54 John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury: Privy Council letters to: 1599: Copies.
• ff. 49, 55 George Carew, Earl of Totnes; alias Cary: Privy Council letters to: 1599: Copies.
• f. 50b Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester: Privy Council letter to: 1599: Copy.
• ff. 50-51 County of Kent: Privy Council letters to Lord Lieutenant of: 1599-1600: Copies.
• ff. 50-51 Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham: Privy Council letters to: 1599: Copies.
• f. 56 Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent: Privy Council letter to: 1599: Copy.
• f. 56 Bedfordshire: Letter to Lord Lieutenant of, from Privy Council: 1599: Copy.
• f. 56b County of Surrey: Privy Council letter to Lord Lieutenant of: 1599: Copy.
• f. 56b Sir Ferdinando Gorges, military and naval commander: Privy Council letter to: 1599: Copy.
• ff. 56b, 61, 64b Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham: Privy Council letters to: 1599-1600: Copy.
• f. 57 Sir Christopher Heyden: Privy Council letter to: 1599: Copy.
• f. 59 William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath: Privy Council letter to: 1599: Copy.
• f. 59 Devonshire: Privy Council letter to Lord Lieutenant of: 1599: Copy.
• f. 59b Hambden Pawlet, Deputy Lieutenant, county Hampshire: Privy Council letter to: 1599: Copy.
• f. 59b Sir Edward West, Deputy Lieutenant, county Hampshire: Privy Council letter to: 1599: Copy.
• f. 59b Southampton, Hampshire: Letter to deputy lieutenants of: 1599: Copy.
• f. 63 Sir John Stanhope: Commission as Treasurer at War: 1599: Copy.
• f. 64 William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh: Commission to: 1599: Copy.
• ff. 75b-83b Ireland: Papers relating to English defensive measures in: 1595-1600: Copies.
• ff. 77-78 Ireland: Muster returns: 1598: Copy.
• f. 92b Island of Guernsey: Lawsuits in: 1565: Copy.
• ff. 92b-93 Island of Jersey: Lawsuits in: 1565, 1572: Copies.