Reproves him at length for his communications with the Nun of Kent, and replies to seven reasons given by Fisher for not reporting her revelations to the King. Advises him to lay aside excuses, and beg the King’s mercy.
Reproves him at length for his communications with the Nun of Kent, and replies to seven reasons given by Fisher for not reporting her revelations to the King. Advises him to lay aside excuses, and beg the King’s mercy.
My lorde in my right hertie wise I commende me to yourlordship doing you to vnderstand that I haue receyued yourletteres dated at Rochester the xviijthof this moneth. In whiche ye declarewhat craft and cunnyng ye haue to persuade and to set a good countenaunce vpon an yl mater. Drawing som scripturesto yourpurpose whiche wel weyed acording to the placeswhereof they be taken. make not so muche for yourpurpose as ye allege thaim for. And wherein the first lefe of yourletters ye write that ye doubt nothing neither before god, nor befor the worlde if nede shal that require: so to declareyourself. whatsoeuer hath been said of you. that ye haue not deserued suche hevy wordesor terrible thretesas hath been sent from me vnto you by yourbrother[807].
How ye can declare yourself afforegod and the world when nede shal requireI can not tell, but I think verely that yourdeclaration made by thes letteres is far insufficient to prove that ye haue deserued no hevy wordesin this behalf and to sey playnly I sent you no hevy wordesbut wordesof great comfort wylling yourbrother to shewe you how benigne and merciful the prince was. And that I thoug[ht] it expedient for you to write vnto his highnes and to recognise youroffence and desirehis pardon, whiche his grace wold not denye you now in youraige and sikkenes. Whiche my counsel I wold ye had folowed, rather than to haue writen thes letteres to me excusing yourself as thoughe there wereno maner of defaute in you. But my lord if it werein an other mannys caas than yourowne and out of the mater whiche ye fauor I doubt not but that ye wold think him that shuld haue doen as ye have doen non only worthy hevy wordesbut also hevy dedys. For whereye labor to excuse yourself of yourhering believing and conceling of the nunnys fals and faynid reuelations, and of yourmanyfold sending of yourchapley[n] vnto her, by a certeynintent whiche ye pretende yourself to haue had, to knowe by commonyng withher or by sending yourchapellaine to her, whether her reuelations wereof god or no. alleging diuerse scriptures. that ye werebound to prove thaim, and not to reiecte thaim afforethey wereproued My Lord whether ye haue vsed a due meane to trie her and her reuelations, or no. It appereth by the processe of yourowne letteres. For whereye write that ye had conceyuid a greate opinion of the holines of the woman for many considerations rehersed in yourletteres comprised in vi articles, whereof the first is grownde vponthe brute and fame of her, the secunde vpon her entreng into religion after her traunsesand disfiguration, the third vpon rehersall thather gostly father being lerned and religious shuld testifie that she was a maide of greate holines. The fourth vpon the report that diuerse other vertuose prestesmenof good lernyng and reputation, shuld so testifie of her, withwhiche gostly father and preestesye never spake as ye confesse in yourletters. The fyveth vpon the prayse of my late lord of Canterbury, which shewed you (as ye write) that she had many greate visions the sixt vpon this saing of the prophete Amos, Nonfaciet dominus deus verbum, nisi reuelauerit secretumsuumad seruos suos prophetas by whiche considerations ye wereinduced to the desireto know the very certente of this mater, whether the reuelations whiche werepretended to be shewed to her from god weretrue reuelations or nott? yourlordship in al the sengle[808]of yourletteres shewe not that ye made no ferther trial vpo[n] the trueth of her and her reuelation, but only in commonyng withher and sending yourchapellaine to her, withIdle questions as of the thre mary magdalens. by whiche yourcommony[ng] and sending, ye tried out nothing of her falshed, nouther (as it is credibly supposed) entended to do, as ye myght haue doen many weyes moreeasely than withcommonyng withher or sending to her; for litel credens was to be gyven to her affirmyng her owne fayned reuelations to be from god.
For if credence shuld be gyven to euery suche lewd person as wold affirme himself to haue reuelations from god what redyer wey werethereto subuert al common we[l]thes and good orders in the worlde.
Verily my lord if ye had entended to trie out the trueth of her and of her reuelations ye wold haue taken an other wey withyou, first ye wold not haue been contented withthe vayne voycesof the peple making brutesof her traunses & disfigurationBut like a wise discrete and circumspect prelate ye shuld haue examined (as other haue) suche sad and credible persons as werepresent att her traunses & disfigurationes, not one or two, but a good number by whoes testimony ye shuld haue proued whether the brutesof her trauncesand disfigurations weretrue or not And likewise ye shuld haue tried by what craft and persuasion she was made a religious woman. And if ye had been so desirous as ye pretende to enquireout the trueth or falshed of this woman and of her reuelations, it is to be supposed ye wold haue spoken withher good religious and wel lerned gostly father (as ye cal him) or this tyme: and also withthe vertuose, and wel lerned preestes(as they wereestemed) of whoes reaportesye were informed by thaim whiche herd thaim speke[809]ye wold also haue been mynded to se the booke of her revelations whiche was offerd you. of whiche ye myght haue had moretrial of her and of her reuelations, than a hundred communications withher, or of as many sendings of yourchapellen vnto her. As for the late lord of Cauntreburys seying vnto you that she had many greate visions, it ought to move you never a deale to gyve credence vnto her or her reuelations, For the said lord knew no morecertente of her or of her reuelations than ye dyd by her owne reaport. And as towching the saing of Amos the prophete, I thinke veryly the same moved you but a litell to herkyn vnto her, for sythe the consummation and thende of thold testament and sythens the passion of Christ god hathe doen many greate and notable thingesin the worl[d]e, whereof he shewed no thing to his prophetesthat hath commen to the knowlege of men. My lord all thes thinges moved you not to gyve credence vnto her, but only the very mater whereupon she made her fals proficyes to whiche mater ye were so affected (as ye be noted to be on al maters whiche ye enter ons into) that nothing could com amysse that made for that purpose
And hereI appelle yourconscience and instantly desire you to aunswer. Whether if she had shewed you as many reuelationsf or the confirmation of the kingesgracesmarriage whiche he now enjoyeth as she did to the contrary, ye wold haue gyven as muche credence to her as ye haue doen, and wold haue let the trial of her and of her reuelations to ouerpasse thes many yeres, whereye dwelt not from her but xx mylys, in the same shire, whereher traunses and disfiguringesand prophecyes in her traunses weresurmised and countrefeyd. And if percaas ye wol sey (as it‹is›not vnlike but ye wol sey mynded as ye werewont to be) that the maters be not like, for the Law of god in youropinion standeth withthe one and not withthother. Suerly my lord I suppose this had been no greate cause moreto reiect the one than thother for ye know by histories of the bible that god may by his reuelation dispense withhis owne Law, as withthe[810]Israelitesspoyling the egiptians and withJacob to haue iiij wifes, and suche other[811].
Think you my lord that any indifferent man considering the qualite of the mater and youraffeccion, and also the negligent passing over of suche lawful triallesas ye myghthaue had of the said nunne and her reuelations, is so dull, that can not perceyue and discerne that yourcommonyng and often sending to the said nunwas rather to here and know moreof her reuelations, than to trie out the trueth or falshed of thes same And in this behalf I suppose it wol be hard for you to purge yourself biforegod or the worle, but that ye haue been in greate defaut hering beleuyng and conceling suche thingesas tended to the destruction of the prince And that her reuelations werebent and purposed to that ende . it hathe been duely proued, affore as greate assembly and counsel of the lordesof this realme as hath been seen many yeresheretoforeout of a parliament. And what the said lordesdemed thaim worthy to suffer, whiche had beleued and conceled thees fals reuelations be moreterrible than any thretesspoken by me to yourbrother
And whereye go abought to defende that ye be not to be blamed for conceling her reuelations concernyng the kingesgrace, bicause ye thought it not necessary to reherse thaim to his highnes. for vij causes folowing in yourletteres afforeI shewe you my mynde concernyng thees causes, I suppose that albeit ye percaas thought it not necessary to be shewed to the prince by you. yet that your thinking shal not be your triall, but the Law must diffine whether ye owghted to vtter it or not.
And as to the first of said vii causes. Albeit[812]she told youe that she had shewed her reuelations concernyng the kingesgrace to the king herself, yet her seyng or others discharged not you but that ye were bound by yourfidelite to shewe to the kingesgrace . that thing whiche semed to concerne his grace and his reigne so nyghly . for how knew you that she[813]shewed thes reuelations to the kingesgrace but by her owne seyng, to whiche ye shuld haue gyven no suche credence as to foreberethe utterance of so greate maters concernyng a kingeswelth And why shuld you so sinisterly iudge the prince that if ye had shewed thees same vnto him, he wold haue thought that ye had brought that tale vnto him morefor the strenghing and confirmationof youropinion then for any other thing els. Veryly my lord what so eueryouriudgement bee . I se dayly suche benignite and excellent humanite in his grace that I doubt not but his highnes . wold haue accepted it in good part if ye had shewed the same reuelations vnto him as ye werebounden to do by yourfidelite.
To the secunde cause. Albeit she shewed you not that any prince or other temporal lord shuld put the kingesgracein daingerof his crowne yet there were weyes Inoughe, by whiche her said reuelations myght haue put the kingesgrace in dainger, as the foresaid counsel of lordes. haue substancially and duely considered And therefor Albeit she shewed you not the meanes whereby the dayngershuld ensue to the kinges[grace] yet . ye wereneverthelesse bounden to shewe him of the dainger.
To the third. Think you my lord, that if any person wold com vnto you and shewe youe that the kingesdestruction wereconspired against a certen tyme, and wold ferther shewe you, that he weresent from his maisterto shewe the same to the king and wol sey ferther vnto [you] that he wold go streyct to the king, wereit not yet your duety to certifie the kingesgrace of the relation, but also to inquire whether the said person had doen his foresaid messaige or no, yes verely. And so wereye bound, thoughe the nunne shewed youe, it was her messaige from god to be declared by her to the kingesgrace.
To the iiiithhereye translate the temporal duety that ye owe to yourprince, to the spiritual duety of suche as be bounde to declarethe worde of god to the peple, and to shewe vnto them the perill and punisshement of synin an other worlde, the concelement whereof perteyneth to the iudgement of god, but the concelement of this mater perteyneth to other iudgesof this realme.
To the vthther could no blame be arrested to you if ye had shewed the nunnys reuelations to the kingesgrace, albeit they wereafterward found fals for no man owght to be blamed doing his duety And if a man wold shewe you secretly that there werea greate mischief entended . against the prince, wereye to be blamed if ye shewed him of it, albeit it werea fayned tale, and the said mischief werenever Imagined.
To the sixt . concernyng an Imagination of masterPacy. It was knowen that he was beside himself, and thereforethey werenot blamed that made no report thereof, but it was not lik in this caas For ye toke not this nunne for a mad woman, for if ye had ye wold not haue gyven vnto her so greate credence as ye dyd.
To the final and viithcause whereye lay[814]vnto the charge of oursoueraine, that he hath vnkyndly entreacted you . withgrevous wordesand terrible letters for shewing his grace trowthe in his greate mater, whereby ye werediscomforted to shewe vnto him the nunnys reuelations. I beleue that I know the kingesgoodnes and natural gentilnes so well, that his grace wold not so vnkyndly handle you, as you vnkyndly write of him, onles ye gave him other causes than be expressedin yourletters. And what so euerthe kingesgrace hath sayed or writen vnto you heretofore, yet that notwithstonden, ye wereneverthelesse bounden to vtterto him thees pernicious reuelations.
Finally Whereye desirefor the passion of christ that ye be no morequykkened in this mater for if ye be put to that straite ye wyl not lose yoursoule, but ye wyl speke as yourconscience ledeth you withmany moo wordesof greate curraige. My lord if ye had taken my counsel sent vnto you by yourbrother and folowed the same, submitting yourself by yourletters to the kingesgrace for youroffenses in this behalf, I wold haue trusted that ye shuld never be quykkened in this matermore. But now whereye take vpon you to defende the hole mater as ye werein no default. I cannot so far promise you[815]. And suerly my lord if the matercomto triall: yourowne confession in thes letteres besidesthe wittnes whiche be against you wolbe sufficient to condemne you Wherefor my lord I wol eftsones aduise you that laying apart al suche excuses as ye haue alleged in yourletters whiche in mynopinion be of smal effect as I haue declared ye beseche the kingesgrace by yourletters to be yourgraciou[s] lord, and to remitte vnto you yournegligence ouersight and offence committed against his his[816]highnes in this behalf And I darevndertake that his highenes shal benignely accepte you into his gracious fauor, al maters of displeasirepast afforethis tyme forgoten and forgyven.
[817]As towching the speking of yourconscience, it is thought that ye haue writen and haue spoken as muche as ye can . and . many thinges(as som right probably beleaue) against yourowne conscience. And men report that at the Last conuocation ye spake many thingeswhiche ye could not wel defende. And therefor it is not greatly ferede what ye can sey or write in that mater. howsoeuerye be quykkened or strayted And if ye had takenetc.
R.O. Cal. vii. 383. Mar. 28‹1534›.
In order to prevent any infringement of the King’s rights in the lands of Sir John Dunham, lately deceased, the council considers it expedient that those persons who dwell near the lands should be impanelled to inquire for the King.
In order to prevent any infringement of the King’s rights in the lands of Sir John Dunham, lately deceased, the council considers it expedient that those persons who dwell near the lands should be impanelled to inquire for the King.
Maister Sheryff I commend me vnto yow and being Infformyd of the dethe of syr Jhon Dunham Knyghtewhyche in his lyffe helde of the kingesgrace certayne landesand tenementesin the County of Yorke In Capite. And by cause that the kyngesrighte shall not be hydde ne cloked It is therfor considered by the kyngesmost honorable counsell that suche persons who hath the most knowlege sufficient of freeholde and dwellys next vnto the Landesof the saied syr John Donham be impanelled to inquyre for the kyngesgrace the namys of whom herein enclosyd I do send yow who are extemyd and reputed to be men of good worship and conscience as I am credably enformed Aduertysyng yow that vpon a precept to yow dyrected by the kyngesexchetourye do retourne a suffycient Inquest of the same persons to inquyre for the kyngesgrace of the tenure of the saied landes. And in yourso doyng ye shall do the kingesgrace a righte acceptable seruyce to his contentatyon And so fare ye well from London the xxviiitidaye of march.
Endd.mynute of a lettere.
B.M. Add. MSS. 25,114, f. 348; Cal. vii. 535. Apr. 24‹1534›.
Requests for a friend the advowson of the parsonage of St. John’s of Sherborne, in Hampshire, the yearly value of which is 10 or 11 pounds.
Requests for a friend the advowson of the parsonage of St. John’s of Sherborne, in Hampshire, the yearly value of which is 10 or 11 pounds.
My Lord in my right hertie wise I commende me to you. And as I haue been, and wolbe glad and redy, to do you suche pleasireas I myght or may. so I desire you to graunt vnto me to the behoue of a dere frende of myne. the aduocation of the parsonaige of S. Jhons of [Shire]borne in hampshirebeing of yourgift. whiche is of the yerely value of x or xjliand not aboue (as I am informed) by the gyft whereof ye shal shewe vnto me a right acceptable pleasire. whiche I wol not forgete when I may in recompense thereof . do the thing that may be to your contentation. And of yourbeniuolent mynd in this behalf, I desireyou not only to certifie me by yournext writing but also to direct yourletters to yourvicar generall and to the priour and conuent of yourchurche . for thexpedition thereof to be made in due forme, and to be deliuered vnto me withsuche spede as shall pleace you to commaunde thaim . the xxiiijthday of Aprile.
Yourlordshippis assuryd freeind
Thomas Crumwell.
Add.To my verey loving Lord my lord of wynchester.
Edd.the xxiiij of April Mr. Secretary
R.O. Cal. vii. 500.‹Apr. 1534.›
The King considers it expedient that More and Fisher be compelled to swear to the preamble of the Act of Succession as well as to the Act itself: otherwise it might be taken as a confirmation of the authority of the Bishop of Rome.
The King considers it expedient that More and Fisher be compelled to swear to the preamble of the Act of Succession as well as to the Act itself: otherwise it might be taken as a confirmation of the authority of the Bishop of Rome.
My Lorde after myne humble commendacions it may please yourgrace to be aduertesed that I haue receyued yourletteres and shewed the same to the kingeshighnes who perceyuing yourmynde and opynyon is that it were good that the bisshop of Rochester and Mr. More should be sworn to the acte of the kingessuccession and not to the preamble of the same, thinketh that if their othe should be so taken it were an occasion to all men to refuse the hole or at the lest the lyke. For in case they be sworn to the succession and not to the preamble it is to be thought that it might be taken not onelie as a confirmacion of the Bisshop of Rome his auctoryte but also as a reprobacion of the kingessecond mariage wherefore to thintent that no such thingesshould be brought into the heddesof the people by the ensample of the saide Bisshop of Rochester and Mr. More the kingeshighnes in no wise willeth but that they shalbe sworn aswell to the preamble as to the acte of Succession[818]in no manerof wyse Wherfore his grace specyallye trustyth that ye wyll in no wyse Suppose attempt or move hym to the Contrarye For as hys grace Suppossyth that that manerof Sweryng yf yt sholde be sufferyd myght be an vtter destruccyon to his hole Cause and Also to the effecte of the law made For the same
Endd.mynute.
R.O. Cal. vii. 593. May 1‹1534›.
Desires them to grant to Thomas Lowley the lease of Okinbold farm, in Shropshire, at the rent which his father paid.
Desires them to grant to Thomas Lowley the lease of Okinbold farm, in Shropshire, at the rent which his father paid.
In myn harty maner I commende me unto youe And wheras ye haue nowe in yourhandes and disposicion again, the ferme of Oxinbold belonging to that Monastery. These shalbe to desire and hartely pray youe, for my sake to graunte a sufficient lease therof to my Freende Thomas Lowleyeseruaunt to Mr. Norreys vnder yourconvent seale for the terme of xl yeres yelding and payeng vnto yow suche rent for the same, as his father whiche was fermourtherof hertofore paid vnto your monasteryat that tyme that he had it in ferme. Desiring you in noo wise to alienate it to any man but only to this tyl ye shal knowe further, in case ye shal not condescende to this my request, and to aduertise me by yourLetteres withspede of yourproceding in this Behaulf And thus Fare you hartely well From Stepnaye the first daye of Maye
YourFreendThomas Crumwell.
Add.To my loving freendes the prior and Convent of the Monasteryof Wenlok.
R.O. Cal. vii. 655. May 13‹1534›.
Requires him to appoint a bishop to ‘execute’ at the Court, as the Bishop of Chester is unable to be present.
Requires him to appoint a bishop to ‘execute’ at the Court, as the Bishop of Chester is unable to be present.
Mr. Deane, after my right hertie commendations Forasmoche as my lorde of Chester is not onelie destitute of Myter Crosier and other thingesnecessarie but also shall to morowe be enbusied and occupied aboutesother the kingesaffaires I shall therefore hertelie requyre you to appoynte som other Bisshop to execute to morowe before the kingeshighnes at the Courte, till my saide Lorde of Chester shall be better Furnysshed as appertyneth Wherein ye shall do him moche pleasure. And so Fare ye well. At Stepney the xiii day of Maye.
Your assuryd Freend
Thomas Crumwell.
Add.To the right worshipfull Mr. DoctourSampson dean of the kingeschappell be this youen.
B.M. Vit. B. xxi, f. 107; Cal. vii. 707.May 24, 1534.
On behalf of William Gilbank, whose ship was captured near Sandwich and taken to Lübeck, with goods worth 53 pounds sterling.
On behalf of William Gilbank, whose ship was captured near Sandwich and taken to Lübeck, with goods worth 53 pounds sterling.
{Henricus Dei gratia Rex Angliae, et Franciae, fidei defensor, ac DominusHiber[niae]. . .Consulibus, et} Senator{ibus}esCiuitatis Lubicensisetc.Amici{s} nostri{s} Carissimi{s} {salutem} plurimamSalutemet Commen. . .
Nuper apud {nos}. . .humiliterconq[uestus est]. . .s, ac fidelis {noster potentissimi nostri Regis} eius subditus Willelmus gylbanke quodquum superioribus mensibus nauis quaedam cui Hugo ship. . .[prae]erat, ex harmywe Zelandiae vico hoc {nostrum} inclytum Regnum uersus nauigatura soluerat, ac varij generis merces ad u[alorem]. . .quinquaginta triumlibrarumsterlingorum in ea onerasset, commercij gratiahuc aduecturus, accidit, ut dicta nauis iam. . .[n]auigationis cursu {et nostrum} in eiusdem serenissimi Domininostr[i] Regis portumSandwicensemferme ingressa, a vestra Classe quae belli praetextu, quod aduersus hollandos. . .bat, per hoc {nostrum} mare excurrebat capta, et una cum dicti {nostri subditi} Willelmi bonis, ac mercibus in ciuitatemistam vestram. . .abducta fuit; erit longe quidem praeter veteremmutuamque{nostram} amicitiam cum Serenissima hac Regia Maiestate, et ingenti {eiusdem subditi nostri Willelmi eius subdi[ti]} prefati sui subditi detrimento, id q[u]od quum inscijs vobis a vestrae classis praefectis {commissum fuerit, voluimus} eadem Regia Maiestas commissumfuisse plane credat, iussit ut suo nomine nostris his litteris hanc causam vobis impresentia commendaremus: Vos igitur quos prointimis amici[s] habet impense rogat, ut pro vest[ro] erga iustas quasquecausas studio, pro mutuaque{nostra} secum coniunctione, vestra authoritate efficere velitis quodpraedicta bona sic ablat[a] eidem {nostro subdito} Willelmo uel eius procuratori in integrum restituantur, id quod {ut nobis} ut [e]idem Regie Maiestati maxime gratum, et iustitiae consentane[um] erit, ita {nos} ipsam ad parem beneuolentiam erga subditos vestros, data occasione, exhibendam propensior ardentiorque {efficiem[ur]} reddetur. Et bene valete. Ex Regia nostra Richemondiae Die xxiiij MaijMDXXXIIII.
De nobis vero possunt vestrates omnes in iustis suis hic occurrentibusnegocijs apud han[c] RegiamMaiestatem omne humanitatis officiumsibi polliceri quod suo loco et tempore cumulate praestabim[u]s
Vester bonus amicus
Thomas Crumwell
Add.Magnificis Dominis Consulibus, et Senatoribus Ciuitatis Lubicensisetc.Amicis nostris Carissimis.
R.O. Cal. vii. 790. June 4‹1534›.
Desires him to repair to London as soon as possible, as he is executor of Edw. Watson, deceased, who was in danger to the King.
Desires him to repair to London as soon as possible, as he is executor of Edw. Watson, deceased, who was in danger to the King.
Mr. SapcottesI commende me vnto you. And For as moche as ye were executour and admynistratourof the goodesof Edwarde Watson decessed who was in daungier to the kingeshighnes, I shall therefore aduertise and require you that vppon the sight of these my letteres for that matier withother thingesthat I haue to sey vnto you ye do put yourself in a redynes to repayre vnto me withall conuenient celeryte. And at your commyng ye shall knowe Ferther of the kingespleasure. So Fare ye well From my house at Canbery the iiiithday of June
YourFreend
Thomas Crumwell.
Add.To his louing frend Mr. Henry Sapcottesbe this youen at Lyncoln.
Ellis Letters, 2nd Ser. ii. 135; Cal. vii. 973. July 13‹1534›.
Thanks him for his zeal in apprehending a hermit, who has been examined, and is to be tried by the justices of assize, and punished according to the law.
Thanks him for his zeal in apprehending a hermit, who has been examined, and is to be tried by the justices of assize, and punished according to the law.
After my right herty commendacions to your Lordship, I have by this bearer your servaunt, bailly of Chesterfeld, receyved your Lettres and the byll therin enclosed concernyng th’ Ermyte, the whiche being by me examyned, answered that he could not tell whither he spake ever the same trayterouse words or not. I have caused an Inditement to be drawen therupon whiche your Lordeship shal receyve herwith; and also I have thought convenient to retorn the said Hermite unto you agayn, there befor the Justices of Assise to be tryed and to th’exemple of all other to be punyshed according to right and the King’s lawes. I thank evermor your Lordeship for your good zele, diligence, and dexterate in repressing and apprehending suche perniciouse and detestable felons: and therof shal I not faile to make true raport to his Highnes who I am assure shal tak the sam in most thankfull part. ThusI beseche our holy Creator to sende you prosperite and long liffe. From Cheleshith this xiijthof July.
Your lordshippis assuryd
Thomas Crumwell.
Add.To my very good Lord Therle of Shrewesbury Lorde Stuarde to the Kings Matie.
R.O. Cal. vii. 990. July 20‹1534›.
Orders him to arrest four murderers from Yorkshire, who first fled into Scotland, but have now returned to Durham, where they ride about at their pleasure.
Orders him to arrest four murderers from Yorkshire, who first fled into Scotland, but have now returned to Durham, where they ride about at their pleasure.
In my Right harty manerI commend me vnto you and where as I am enfourmed that one percyvall worme, wylliam Corneforthe John bygott and wylliam dobson lately commytted a detestable mourdourin the Countye of Yorke and beyng Indyttydtherof thei ther vpon flede into Scottlond where astheither Remayned as yt ys thought tyll now of late, that thei lyttyll dreadyng god nor the lawes of this Realme arne comme into the byschopryche of Durham wher as thei doo Ryde in all placestherof at ther pleasures to the greate boldnes and peryllous example of all other suche [ev]yll dysposed personnes. And therfor my mynd ys that ye withdylygence do attach or cause the said persons to be Attachyd, And them to deteyne in pryson vntyll such tyme as thei schalbe by the order ofthelawes acquyted or otherwyse dyscharged as ye wyll aunswere to the kyngeshighnes at yourperyll. Wretyn at my house in londonthe xxthday of July.
R.O. Cal. vii. 1007. July 25‹1533[820]›.
Requests him to settle his differences with the bearer, whose father could have had many offices of the abbot and his predecessor. As the bearer has his brothers and sisters to support, the abbot ought to do as much for him as he would have done for his father.
Requests him to settle his differences with the bearer, whose father could have had many offices of the abbot and his predecessor. As the bearer has his brothers and sisters to support, the abbot ought to do as much for him as he would have done for his father.
My Lorde Abbot I recommende me vnto you etc. and where as George Goldwyn the bryngerhereof hathe byn A continuall sutourvnto me A great tyme to haue A Warde made betwene you and hym[821]I shall hertelye desire & praye you vppon the sight hereof to take some reasonable wayewith hym so that I be no longer molestyd by hym and his contynuall Sute and whereas his Father myght haue had[822]of yourlordshyp & yourpredecessourdyuers offers who alwayes refused them yet neuertheles me thinkyth yourlordshyp now can no lesse doo then to graunte hym so moche in consciens[823]as ye woolde have yovyn his Father For he ys moche[824]chargyd withthe dettes of his Father as he affirmyth and also withthe Fyndyng of his Brethern and sisterne[825]. Whereffor in myn oppynyon it shalbe well doon that ye take an ende withhym Yow know his Father dyed in pryson at yourSute and thus commyttyng this matyer to god & yourConscyens & thanking yow For my hawke & bydde yow hertelye Fare well at london the xxvtidaye of July
Endd.mynute of a lettere.
B.M. Harl. MSS. 283, f. 203; Cal. vii. App. 33. July 30‹1534›.
Directions about the administration of ‘the farm of the parsonage.’ Promises to attend to the monks of which Cobham speaks, if he will send them up.
Directions about the administration of ‘the farm of the parsonage.’ Promises to attend to the monks of which Cobham speaks, if he will send them up.
I commend me vnto yourgood lordship yn my right harty maner, Aduertisyng you that I have receyvyd your letteres and the Inventory accordyng to your wrytyng. And touchyng the ferme of the parsonage I desire your lordship to cause the corne and other dutyes to be getherd together, and as for the rent I will order your lordship therin at our metyng. And your Monkes of whome ye write if ye send theym hither I wil be contentyd to common withtheym and to do therin as the case shall requyre. I pray yourlordshyp to have me commendyd vnto my good lady in my right harty maner and so to geve hir thankes for the foule that she hathe sent vnto me. And thus our lord have you yn his kepyng. At Stepenhey the xxxthday of Julye.
Your lordshippis assuryd
Thomas Crumwell
Add.To my very good lord my lord Cobham this be delyueryd.
R.O. Cal. vii. 1132. Sept. 4‹1534›.
Asks assistance for two men who are going into those parts on the King’s business.
Asks assistance for two men who are going into those parts on the King’s business.
I commend me vnto you.‹and›Advertise you that the kingeshighnes at this tyme dothe send George Whelpeley and John Brawne about certayne besynes geven vnto theym in charge to be done in those parties, withsoche spede and diligence as they convenyently may requyryng you and euery of you to permytt and suffer the same George and John to execute and do in euery thyng, as the kyngesgrace hath commaundyd theym without any yourympedymenteslet or interupcion in and about the same. And in case any ill disposed persone or persones will disobey or gaynsay the same, I farther requyre you yn the kyngesbehalf to assiste ayde and counsaill theym in and about thexecucion of their purpose. As ye will advoyde the kingeshigh displeasure. And thus fare ye well. At london the iiiithday of September.
Your FreendThomas Crumwell.
Add.To the Mayres Sheriffesand Bayliffes Custumers Comptrollers and Serchours within the townes and portesof Suthampton Portesmouthe and Pole and euery of theym and the Crekesbelongyng to theym and euery of theym this be youen.
Endd.My mre. lettere for George Whelpeley
R.O. Cal. vii. 1134. Sept. 6‹1534›.
The King desires them to repair to Cromwell to answer to the charges made against them.
The King desires them to repair to Cromwell to answer to the charges made against them.
I comend me vnto you And these shalbe to aduertise you that the kingespleasure is that ye ymmediately vppon the sight of these my letteres shall repayre hither to answer vnto suche thingesas then shalbe leyed and obiected to you on the king our saide souereigne lordesbehalf. Fayle ye not thus to do as ye will avoyde ferther perill and inconuenyence.So Fare ye well From my house at Canbery the vithday of Septembre.
Thomas Crumwell.
Add.To Sir Roger Reynoldespriest Masterof the Hospitall of Saynt Johns in Huntingdon Robert Wolf Baylif there and John Kytche and to euery of them be this youen.
R.O. Cal. vii. 1179. Sept. 21, 1534.
The King, hearing that the searchers of Calais are remiss, and permit things to be conveyed out of the realm contrary to law, has appointed Nicholas Caldwell and John Gough to aid them.
The King, hearing that the searchers of Calais are remiss, and permit things to be conveyed out of the realm contrary to law, has appointed Nicholas Caldwell and John Gough to aid them.
In my right herty manerI commende me vnto yourgood Lordshippes. So it is that the KingesHighenes is certaynly informyd that dyuers and many thingesarne dayly conveyd ouit of this realme into the partyes of beyond the sees contrary to the statutesand provisions in suche casse ordeinyd and provided. and for as muche as the serchours in the towne and Marchys of Calais arne remysse and negligent in thexamynacion of their officeshis highenes therfor well considering the same, and also perceyving that his trusty servauntesNicholas Caldwall and John Gowghe byn men of good circumspiccion meate to make serche and fynde owt the same, hathe ordenyd and constitutyd them Joyntly and severallie to be attendant and vigilant abouit the serching of the same within the saide toune and marchys and the havon Longing to the same for this tyme. Wherfor aduertesing yourLordshippes of the kingesplesurtherin I requyre you in the kingesbehalff to assist and ayde the same Nicholas & John and eyther of them in execucyon of this the kingesplesurand commaundement as often and as the casse shall requyre as the kingestrust is in you. and thus the blyssed trinitie preserue yourgood Lordshippesat Candbery the xxi of Septembre
thus subscribyd
YourLordshippesassuryd Frynd
Thomas Cromwell.
The superscripcion. To the right honourable and my Veray good Lordesmy Lord Lyssle depute of Calas and my Lorde Edmonde Howard Comptroller ther and to eyther of them be this yeven
Endd.Copia of Mr. CromwellesLettere for the serche to John Gowghe and N. caldewall 22 Septembre. 1534.
R.O. (Museum) Cal. vii. 1271. Oct. 17‹1534›.