SP 1580 April

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April 1580, Anno 22 Eliz

Digital images of SP 12 Volume 137 are here [1]

Apr 1

  • TNA SP 12/137, 1. Letter, Baeshe to Burghley, detail of the expenditure of £4,000, estimate in setting forth Sir Wm. Wynter's ships
  • TNA SP 12/137, 2. Letter, William Holt to Principal of St. Mary's Hall, writes in favour of the Catholic religion
  • TNA SP 12/137, 3. Letter, Commissioners of Musters for Dorset, to PC, 4,000 men for defence of coast put in readiness

Apr 3

  • TNA SP 12/137, 4. Articles to be ministered to Antonio Fogaça, taken out of the matters extracted from his own letters
  • TNA SP 12/137, 5. Answer of Antonio Fogaça his intent being only to procure the advancement of the Romish religion
  • TNA SP 12/137, 6. Answer of Antonio Fogaça to certain interrogatories
  • TNA SP 12/137, 7. Note, for Mr. Secretary, to examine Lucius, the Dutchman, to discover Paul Core the priest, and Nicholas Roscaroc
  • TNA SP 12/137, 8. Letter, Commissioners of Musters to PC, Middlesex
  • TNA SP 12/137, 9. Bishop of London, certificate of the number of timber trees felled and sold by him
  • TNA SP 12/137, 10. Account of woods sold by the Bishop of London out of Hornsey park and Finchley Wood
  • TNA SP 12/137, 11. Account of woods sold by the Bishop of London out of Hornsey park and Finchley Wood
  • TNA SP 12/137, 12. Declaration of such woods and timber felled and sold by the Bishop of London
  • TNA SP 12/137, 13. Declaration to Mildmay of the receipts in the Exchequer, from Sept 29, 1579, to Easter, 1580

Apr 4 Falmouth.

  • TNA SP 12/137, 14. Letter, Ric. Byngham to Walsingham, journal of their proceedings at sea after leaving Queenborough

Apr 6

  • TNA SP 12/137, 15. Orders taken at Dorchester, the 6th of April, for the levying of 4,000 men for the defence of the shire
  • TNA SP 12/137, 16. Letter, Arthur Fawnte to his brother Anthony, to take care of his soul and the faith they had been brought up in

Apr 7

  • TNA SP 12/137, 17. The Commissioners for breeding of horses, to the Sub-commissioners for Leicester
  • TNA SP 12/137, 18. The Commissioners for breeding of horses, to the Sub-commissioners for Kent
  • TNA SP 12/137, 19. The Commissioners for breeding of horses, to the Sub-commissioners for Norfolk
  • TNA SP 12/137, 20. Letter, The Commissioners for musters to PC, for additions to the commissioners in Nottinghamshire.

Apr 8

  • TNA SP 12/137, 21. Letter, Lord Cobham to Walsingham for a separate commission for musters for the Cinque Ports

Apr 9

  • TNA SP 12/137, 22. Letter, The Commissioners for musters to Walsingham for John Syddenham to be joined in special commission

Apr 12

  • TNA SP 12/137, 23. Letter, Christopher Hodgson to his father, Christopher Hodgson, his duty and affection
  • TNA SP 12/137, 24. Letter, John Boul to his sister Ellen, desires her to persevere in the Romish religion
  • TNA SP 12/137, 25. Letter, The Justices of Middlesex to PC, Tower Hamlets should muster with the County not the Tower

Apr 14

  • TNA SP 12/137, 26. Faculty granted by Pope Gregory XIII. to Robert Parsons and Edmund Campion
  • TNA SP 12/137, 27. Copy of TNA SP 12/137, 26 made before the mutilations
  • TNA SP 12/137, 27 28. Copy of TNA SP 12/137, 26 made before the mutilations
  • TNA SP 12/137, 29. Proclamation for putting in execution the Statutes for the increase of horsemen and breed of horses for service.
  • TNA SP 12/137, 30. Fair copy TNA SP 12/137, 29 with further corrections

Apr 15

  • TNA SP 12/137, 31. Letter, Wm. Overton to Mrs. Becon. that if he become a Bishop he hoped they would come and live with him
  • TNA SP 12/137, 32. Letter, Commissioners of the musters to PC, cannot execute their commission as commissioners absent

Apr 16

  • TNA SP 12/137, 33. Letter, Bishop of Bath and Wells to the Queen. Certifies the number of timber trees felled by him
  • TNA SP 12/137, 34. Licence from Rome, for the safe passage of Mr. Edward Riston.

Apr 17

  • TNA SP 12/137, 35. Letter, George Digby to Arthur Atye, desires the speedy dispatch of his footman
  • TNA SP 12/137, 36. Letter, Mayor of Gloucester, to PC, for a separate commission of musters of their city.

Apr 18

  • TNA SP 12/137, 37. Letter, Richard Sugeham to Wm. Birde. thanks for his courtesies
  • TNA SP 12/137, 38. Letter, Robert Owen to Dr. Humphry Ely at Rheims, he is finely lodged in Rome
  • TNA SP 12/137, 39. Reasons for the Bishop of London for dilapidations to be determined by the Council

Apr 19

  • TNA SP 12/137, 40. Receipt by the Bishop of Ely, and others, of letters from the Council for the musters in Ely and Cambridge

Apr 21

  • TNA SP 12/137, 41. Letter, Commissioners of the musters in Norfolk to PC, delayed by the plague and other occasions

Apr 22

  • TNA SP 12/137, 42. Letter, Commissioners of Musters for Staffordshire to PC, o know if Stafford should muster with the county
  • TNA SP 12/137, 43. Letter, Justices of Oxfordshire, to PC, for separate musters for New Woodstock

Apr 23

  • TNA SP 12/137, 44. Letter, Commissioners of Musters for Suffolk to PC
  • TNA SP 12/137, 44. 1. Certificate of musters for Suffolk
  • TNA SP 12/137, 44. 2. Certificate of musters in Suffolk, amounting to 3,894 able men
  • TNA SP 12/137, 45. List, the Sovereign's Lieutenants on St. George's day, since 16th year of the Queen's reign

Apr 25

  • TNA SP 12/137, 46. Letter, Steward of New Woodstock to Secretary Wilson. foe a separate commission for the musters for Old Windsor

Apr 26

  • TNA SP 12/137, 47. Letter, William Gifford, Fellow of the English College at Rome, to Wm. Middelmore, for news of England

Apr 27

  • TNA SP 12/137, 48. Letter, Commissioners of Musters Lincolnshire, to PC, Certify their doings in the musters
  • TNA SP 12/137, 48. 1. Certificate of the musters for the Division of Lindsey in the county of Lincoln.

Apr 30

  • TNA SP 12/137, 49. Letter, John Middelmore to his son William, at Paris. Desires him to continue firm in the Romish religion

April undated

  • TNA SP 12/137, 50–53. Abstracts and notes of Orders in Council, respecting the breed and keeping of horses, keeping musters
  • TNA SP 12/137, 54. Brief of the Archbishop of Canterbury's defence and answer to the articles of dilapidations
  • TNA SP 12/137, 55. Reply of the Bishop of London to the answer of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, dilapidations
  • TNA SP 12/137, 56. Letter, City of Norwich to PC, for a separate commission for musters within their city
  • TNA SP 12/137, 56. 1. The names of such of the city of Norwich as the Mayor and Aldermen desire to becommissioners for musters
  • TNA SP 12/137, 57. Letter, Queen to the Justices of the Peace in the counties. for the levying of horsemen for Ireland.
  • TNA SP 12/137, 58. Letter, Commissioners of Musters for Norfolk to PC, Certifying their doings in the musters
  • TNA SP 12/137, 59. Certificate of musters of able men and horsemen for the county of Cambridge
  • TNA SP 12/137, 60. Certificate, musters Alton, Hampshire
  • TNA SP 12/137, 61. Certificate, musters Portsdown, Hampshire
  • TNA SP 12/137, 62. Certificate, musters Andover, Hampshire
  • TNA SP 12/137, 63. Certificate, musters Fawley, Hampshire
  • TNA SP 12/137, 64. Certificate, musters Redbridge, Hampshire
  • TNA SP 12/137, 65. Certificate, musters Basingstoke, Hampshire
  • TNA SP 12/137, 66. General certificate of musters of the whole county of Southampton
  • TNA SP 12/137, 67. Certificate of the musters of footmen and horsemen within the city of Winchester
  • TNA SP 12/137, 68. Book, Gentlmen and freholders in the county of Warwicke
  • TNA SP 12/137, 69. Book, Gentlmen and freeholders in the County of Warwick
  • TNA SP 12/137, 70. Note, the provision of armes and furniture most apt and fit for light horsemen.
  • TNA SP 12/137, 71. Certificate of the Musters for the City of Lincoln
  • TNA SP 12/137, 72. Letter, Bishop of Hereford to the Queen, certifies his doings touching the felling of timber trees
  • TNA SP 12/137, 73. Articles objected against the Bishop of London for the sale of timber trees within his see; with his answers
  • TNA SP 12/137, 74. Note of liberties claimed for the dissolved houses of the Black and White Friars from the city of London
  • TNA SP 12/137, 75. Note of letters sent by the Commissioners for the increase and breed of horses, into various shires.
  • TNA SP 12/137, 76. Letter, Parson of Haddon to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the state of his suit against T. L.


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