Stowe MS 571

Vol. II. (ff. 204). LISTS of officers of the various departments of the Royal Establishment, and their fees, in the times of King Edward VI., Qu. Mary and Qu. Elizabeth, as follows:-

1. Establishment list for 1552 :-(a) Officers of the Courts of Revenue. ff. 6-16;-(b) Officers and ministers of Justice. ff. 17-20;-

(c) "Secretaries and Clerks, Postes and Currors." f 21;-

(d) Officers and Ministers of the following Establishments, viz. Admiralty, f. 21 b; Ordnance, f. 22; Armoury, f 22 b; Office of Arms, Heralds, etc., f 23; Mint, f 24; Works, f 24 b; Great Wardrobe, f 25; Butlerage of England, f 25b; The Tents, ib.; The Revels, ib.; Hunting, f 26; Musicians and Players, f 27; Surgeons, Physicians, Apothecaries and Astronomers, f 27 b; The King's Barge, f. 28; Artificers, ib.;-(e) Officers and Servants of the Household. ff. 29 b-38;-(f) Towns of war, castles, bulwarks and fortresses. f. 38 b;-(g) Keepers, officers and ministers of castles, houses, parks, forests and chaces. f. 48.

2. Copies of warrants, lists of officers, fees, etc., for the army raised against the King of France in 1557, amongst them being:-

(a) Warrant to William [Herbert], Earl of Pembroke, as Lieutenant and Captain General of the army in France; 3 July, 1557. f. 78;-

(b) Warrant to William Wightman, as Treasurer of the army in France; 2 July, 1557. f 79 b;-(c) Warrant of William, Earl of Pembroke, to W. Wightman "of the particularities of the ordinarye charges of the saide armye for one whole monethe"; 15 Sept. 1557. f. 80 b;-(d) List showing the constitution of the said army with the daily allowances for each office. f 83;-(e) "The warrante for th' intertaynment of noblemen and gentlemen," with their names and fees. f. 85;-(f) "The Muster booke," showing the officers' names and the numbers of their troops. f 87 b;-

(g) "Charges of certayne Milles and Ovens made at the commandemente of . . . my L. of Pembroke for the use of the Kinge and queenes Ma^ties warres, laid out by . . . Robert Colshill," with warrant of the Treasurer for payment; 28 July, 1557. f. 90;-

(h) "Disbursementes for necessaryes in this jorney about th' ordinance defrayed by the L. Roberte Dudley." f. 93;-(i) Allowances of the Treasurer and his men; 2 July-17 Nov. 1557. f. 95; -(k) "Warrantes for conducte monye, coates and transportation outwards" in July and August. f. 97;-(l) "Warrauntes for conducte and transportation homewardes" in October. f. 115 b.

3. Establishment list similar to Art. 1; undated, but for a year between 1575 and 1580. Only a few names are given. f. 133.

4. "The valuation of all the severall livings of all the Bishoppes of Englande, with the Tenthes that every one of them payethe." f. 155;-and of the Deaneries. f. 156 b.

5. Tables of precedency of the Bishops and Nobility. ff. 157, 158.

6. Establishment list similar to Artt. 1, 3, for a year between 1587 and 1590. Only a few names are given. f 159.

7. "Summary collection of all such Subsidies, Dismes, Fifteens, Relefes, Contributions, Taxes, Giftes, Grauntes, Benevolences and Payments . . . exacted and levyed of the Subjects of . . . England since the Conquest": being an historical account arranged under each reign from William I. to Henry VIII., extracted from various chronicles and authorities, references to which are given in the margins. f. 176. For another copy see above, No. 541, art. 6.

Elizabeth I of England: Lists of Civil, Naval and Military establishments: temp. Eliz.

Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Notes on lists of officers of State: 1572-1601.

includes:

• ff. 6-76 b Household, Royal: Establishment list: 1552.
• f. 78 William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke: Warrant to, as Captain-General of the Army in France: 1557.: Copy.
• f. 78 Army; England: Warrants, lists of officers, fees, etc., for the army against France: in 1557.
• ff. 79 b, 80 b William Wightman: Warrants to, as treasurer of the army in France: 1557.: Copies.
• f. 90 Robert Colshill: Charges of mills and ovens for the army in France by: 1557.
• f. 93 Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester: Expenses of journey into France: 1557.
• ff. 133, 159 Household, Royal: Establishment lists: [1575-1580], [1587-1590].: Imperf.
• ff. 155, 156 b England, Ecclesiastical History: Number of churches,valuation of livings, etc.: 16th cent.
• ff. 157, 158 Precedency: Tables of the Bishops and Nobility: temp. Eliz.
• f. 176 Revenue: Summary of subsidies, fifteenths, benevolences, etc., tempp. Will. I - Hen. VIII.