Royal Appendix MS 89

STATE PAPERS, temp. Hen. VIII; bound with other papers of various dates. Contents:-

1. Inventories, &c., relating to naval matters, temp. Hen. VIII, viz. (a) The inventory of the 'great barke, vyeuwyd by youre humble seruant Christoffer Morres'; 6 Oct. 1531. Letters and Papers, Hen. VIII, v, no. 469. f. 1;-(b) 'The wages of xxi ships for a moneth to kepe the sees . . . wherof xiiii ship are appointed to kepe the narrow sees with the Vice Admyrall', with list of ships appointed to different stations; n. d. [1522-1524]. f. 5;-

(c) Instructions given by Sir William Fitzwilliam to James Bettes and Richard Palshyd, 'Custumers of the port of Hampton', for the controlling of the fortifications and ships at Portsmouth, and 'thordring of the artillarye and vitailles' in the said ships; followed by memorandum of 'the wages of the gonners with the maisters of ships and maryners' [circ. 1522?]. f. 10;-(d) Richard Palshid to Cardinal [Wolsey], stating 'what caske is here remayning'; dat. Portsmouth, 24 July [1524?]. With a list of the ships that have 'conveyed awaye the Kinges caske, begynnyng ther vitailling and wages the furste daie of Aprill the xiiiith yere of our soueraigne lorde King Henry the VIIIth vnto the lastc daie of December then nexte the xvth yere of our saide soueraigne lorde' [viz. 1 Apr.-31 Dec. 1523]. f. 12.

2. Table, endorsed 'The yerelie fees of deputie and other the Kinges officers in Calayes with a note of their retinew'; temp. Hen. VIII. f. 14.

3. Inventory of 'thinges [naval stores, &c.] remaynyng in the Kynges Mates storehouse at Dover'; temp. Hen. VIII. f. 16 b.

4. Memorandum about raising 500 men, endorsed a devise for fottemen and haquebuters'; temp. Hen. VIII. In the hand of Thomas Wriothesley. f. 20.

5. Sir Christopher Morres's 'booke of rates for capitaines constables deputies souldeours porters and gonners for the saulf keping of the Kinges castelles and bullwerkes of late newe divised by his Maties commaundement'. With corrections (ff. 24-25) in the King's hand. Letters and Papers, Hen. VIII, xv, no. 323, where dated 9 Mar. 1540. f. 23.

6. Note of the money paid out of the Exchequer to [Robert Dudley,] the late Earl of Leicester, for which Sir Thomas Sherley gave his acquittance into the Exchequer, 'which mony was to haue made a sommer warr withall in the Lowe Cuntryes, but tooke noe effecte', and of other sums; n.d. [after 1588]. f. 28.

7. Inventories, &c., relating to the Royal Jewels and Household, temp. Hen. VIII, viz. (a) 'Certen jewelles of the Kinges highnes which be trussed and inclosed within a faire deske of wodde Maser colour', with list of other jewels in various boxes (ff. 29-32 b are in the same hand as Cotton MS. Titus B. 1, f. 433). f. 29;-

(b) Memoranda of the return of jewels to the King by Thomas Cromwell, as Master of the Jewel-House (the first item received by Cromwell, 6 Oct.); dat. 7 and 4 Oct. 1532. Signed by Cromwell in three places.

7 C. XVI, f. 40, is another portion of the same MS. Letters and Papers, Hen. VIII, v, nos. 1399 (2), 1385. f. 38;-(c) 'Certeyn newe yeres gyftes gevon vnto the Prynce grace'; 1 Jan. 1539. Ib. xiv, pt. i, no. 5. f. 41;-(d) 'Remanencia capta in diuersis officiis hospicii domine princepis' [Mary]; dat. 'Theokisbury' [Tewkesbury, co. Glouc.] 1 Jan. 1526. f. 43;-(e) List of victuals presented to the princess [Mary] chiefly by abbots of various monasteries, 'ab xio die Augusti vsque primum diem Jan. anno xvi et xvii Regis Henrici VIII' [11 Aug. 1524-1 Jan. 1561. Lat. f. 44;-(f) 'A boke made of the remayndre of si[l]kes and velwettes'. Ib. xii, pt. i, no. 925 [circ. 13 Apr. 1537]. f. 47;-(g) 'An abbridgement touching the money, plate, stuff, store, and paymentes at St. Johns' [Priory of St. John of Jerusalem, Clerkenwell]. Ib. xv, no. 646, where dated 6 May, 1540. f. 54;-

(h) Inventory of the Royal Wardrobe, under Edmond Harman's keepership; signed 'E. H.' Followed by a list of 'Stuff also at the litle parke of Windsowre, viewed by the saied Edwarde Lloyd'. Mutilated. Ib. x, no. 1240, where dated June, 1536. f. 55;-

(i) Estimate of men employed and material used during seven weeks ending 4 June, 1541, at Hampton Court, Oatlands, and Nonsuch (five weeks). Note at end, dat. 26 May, 1541, signed by Richard Benese, surveyor, and T. Marten, comptroller. Ib. xvi, no. 865. f. 67;-

(k) Wages due to 'workefolkes in the Kinges gardyng at the Freer Austyns' [Austin Friars, London]; dat.

17 July, 1540. With request for payment of board wages due to Martyn Aylesbury from 19 June to 17 July 'in overseying the worfolke afforsayd '. Ib. xv, no. 894. f. 70;-(l) Estimates for re-gilding the King's harness and other items; 1544-5. f. 71;-(m) Charges of the King's Armoury. f. 75;-(n) Estimate of charges of the Royal Household for the year beginning 1 Oct. 1539, 'as also of suche redy money as hathe ben or by estimacion shalbe received by the cofferar within the saied space for the paymentes of the same'. f. 78.

8. Rental of Bretts Manor in West Ham, Essex, renewed 3 Feb. 1540, by view of John Babham and Oliver Franklyn. Lat. Ib. xv, no. 157. f. 80.

9. List of the Fees and Annuities 'going ought of' the lands granted by Hen. VIII to Anne Boleyn. Ib. vii, no. 352, where dated 2I Mar. 1534. f. 83.

10. 'The manner of the seremony of the coronacion of the late Qwene Mary'. In a hand of temp. Eliz. f. 93.

11. List of noblemen, &c., to be present to receive the French Admiral [July, 1546]. Letters and Papers, Hen. VIII, xxi, no. 1384 (ii). f. 103.

12. Inventory of plate, &c., endorsed 'Rewardes gyven to thambassndours ['orators' in a second endorse. ment] of the dukes of Sax[onie] and Cleve and to other of the quenes graces trayn which cam wt her grace into Englonde', i. e. Anne of Cleves. Ib. xv, no. 80, where dated 18 Jan. 1540. f. 106.

13. Note by Roger Amyce, receiver at Glastonbury, of 'clere money' remaining in his hands from the revenues come to him on the determination of the ministers' accompts there for the year ended Michaelmas 31 Hen. VIII [1539]. Ib. xiv, pt. ii, no. 532, where dated 16 Nov. 1539. f. 111.

14. 'Penc[i]ons apoynted vnto the late gouernours of surrendrid monasteries and priories'; n. d. [1539- 1540]. Lat. Endorsement gives total of £8430 6s. 8d. f. 112.

15. Memoranda alleging corrupt dealings by [Sir Richard Rich,] Chancellor of the Court of Atigmentations, in the granting of leases, &c., of monastic lands; signed by Thomas Pope, Robert Southwell, and Christopher Lascelles. One of the allegations refers to 22 Sept. 28 Hen. VIII [1536]. Ib. xi, no. 481. f. 119.

16. Memoranda of grants by Hen. VIII of offices, &c., to Sir William Compton and others, from 1509 to 1516, followed by copy of grant to Sir William of the office of Constable and Keeper of Kenilworth Castle, Keeper of the Royal park and forests, and Bailiff of the liberty of the duchy of Lancaster in co. Warwick, dat.

11 May, 1514. Lat. f. 120.

17. Accompts by John Gostwyk, Treasurer of Tenths and First Fruits, viz. (a) of money in his hands unknown to the Earl of Essex [Thomas Cromwell], and of sums disbursed by him. Endorsed 'A declaracon of money in Gostwikes handes, ix die Julii ao xxxii, [1540]. Ib. xv, no. 862. f. 127;-(b) of money paid by Gostwick to the King by way of prest and other. wise since 7 November last. Ib. xv, no. 642 (2), where dated 5 May, 1540. f. 130 b.

18. Draft of letter, temp. Hen. VIII, to-, concerning a promised licence for 'vndrest clothes', and requesting a licence for exporting 2000 quarters of wheat to Spain, with an account of further ventures in Barbary, &c., to be undertaken if this request is granted. f. 132.

19. Copies of Privy Council letters, dat. Whitehall, 9, 13, and 9 April, 1603, to the commissioners for the sale of the 'Carick goodes' at Leadenhall, concerning the sale in question and a reward to Sir Richard Leveson, who captured the 'Carick' from the Spaniards. f. 134.

20. Portion of a 'valor' of lands in co. Hunt., including property late of the Priory of Stoneley, in Kimbolton, and other dissolved monasteries. Followed by an alphabetical list of place-names. Lat. After 1545.

143/4 in. x 11 in. f. 138.

21. Rental of lands in cos. Wilts. and Berks., with copies of grants, &c., in cos. Wilts., Berks., Hertr., and Midd., relating to the families of Weyhenolte [Wydenholte, Wygenholte, Wyhenolte], Darell, and others, from 2 Edw. II to 10 Hen. VI. Lat. and Engl. In a hand of 15th cent. Vellum. f. 153.

22. 'A inventorye of all the goodes and cattells late Richarde Fermers in the manour of Estone [Easton Neston, co. Northt.] and other places hereafter expressyd.' Letters and Papers, Hen. VIII, xv, no. 650 (3), where dated 8 May, 1540. f. 158.

23. Inventories relating to Sir Adrian Fortescue (a) 'The inventorie of all moveable and vnmoveable perteignynge to Sir Adrian Foskewes howse made the xviii daye of Februarie in the xxxtie yere of the reigne of owr soueraigne Lord Kinge Henry the VIIIth' [1539]. Ib. xiv, pt. i, no. 317. f. 175;-(b) 'Att Sir Adrian Foskewes loging besides the Black Freers in Londone', followed by note of a 'cheste with evidences' at Mr Maddox's house in Cheapside. Ib. no. 317, ii, iii. f. 187.

24. Letter from Dr. James Chambers to Charles I, headed 'The submissive aunswere of Doctor Chambers to a letter of the grave and learned judges directed unto the right honorable the Lord Keeper and Lord Treasurer, in aunswere to yor maties letters written to the judges'; dat. Richmond, 24 Oct. 1634. f. 189.

Paper (ff. 153-157 vellum); ff. 194. Folio. XV, XVI, XVII centt. Formerly numbered Cotton App. xxviii, but the resemblance of such papers as those in art. 7 to the contents of 7 C. XVI renders it probable that they came from the same collection ; and others, such as art. 24, are not likely to have been in the Cotton Library. A note by Sir F. Madden in a copy of the Cotton catalogue says of App. xxvii, xxviii, 'Neither of these volumes appears to have 'belonged to the Cottonian Collection, but to have been made up out of the Refuse of the Old Royal Library'.

includes:

• f. 5 Accounts: Wages of 21 ships, etc.: temp. Hen. VIII.
• f. 22 Accounts: Rates for captains, etc., for the new fortresses: 1540.
• f. 28 Accounts: Money paid out of the Exchequer to the Earl of Leicester: post 1588.
• ff. 29-79b Accounts: Accounts of wardrobe stuff, etc.: temp. Hen. VIII.
• ff. 71-77 Accounts: Estimate for regilding harness, etc., for the royal armory: temp. Hen. VIII.
• f. 111 Accounts: Money remaining in the hands of the receiver at Glastonbury: 1539.
• f. 112 Accounts: Pensions to the late governors of surrendered monasteries: 1539-1540.
• ff. 127, 130b Accounts: Accounts by John Gostwyk, Treasurer of tenths and first-fruits: 1540.
• f. 139 Accounts: Valor of manors in co. Hunt.: post 1544.