Stowe MS 362

" A JOURNALL of the Parliament holden " 24 Oct. 1597-9 Feb. 1598, "concerning the passages in the house of Commons. Which is the first parliament I [Heyward Townesend, or Townshend, of Lincoln's Inn, see ff. 56, 89] was of, being nowe Burges for Bushops Castle in Shropshire." Followed by (a) " a Journall . . . of and concerninge such things as passed in the vpper house," 1597-1598. f. 31 ;-and (b) " The journall or abstracto of soe much as passed in the Lower House att the Parliamente holden " 27 Oct.-l9 Dec. 1601. f. 56. Included also are (c) speeches delivered by the Lord Keeper, Sir Thos. Egerton, in the Star Chamber after the closing of Parliament, 14 Feb. 1598, 14 Feb. 1600 sic, 1602]. ff. 27, 283 b; -(d) A list of Members of the House of Commons in 1601, f. 271; -(e) " The Coppie of the Spanish Generalls [Juan de Aguila] letter for Ireland written to the Irish Catholiques and shewed by Mr. Secretary Cecill to the Parliament house," in 1601. f. 281. The two journals of the House of Commons differ considerably from those contained in Heyward Townshend's Historical Collections, or an exact account of the proceedings of the Four last Parliaments of Q. Elizabeth, 1680; but the Journal of the House of Lords, together with the rest of the contents, agrees with the printed text. For other copies of the, Journal for 1601 see Egerton MS. 2222 ; and below, No. 363. Paper; ff. 288. xviith cent. Folio.

England; Parliament: H. Townshend's Parliamentary journals: 1597-1601.: Copies, 17th cent.

Heyward Townshend, MP for Bishop's Castle: Parliamentary journals: 1597-1601.: Copies, 17th cent.

includes:

• ff. 27, 283 b Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere; 1st Viscount Brackley: Speeches in the Star Chamber: 1598, 1599, [1602].
• f. 281 Roman Catholics: The Spanish General's letter to the Irish Catholics: 1601.
• f. 281 Juan de Aquila, Spanish General: Letter to the Irish Catholics: 1601.: Lat.: Copy.