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Dec.
B.M. Galba C. 1. 3. | 174. Embassy to Philip II. |
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| Commission by Queen Elizabeth to William, Lord Howard
of Effingham, Chamberlain of the Household, and Nicholas
Wotton, Dean of Canterbury and York, to treat with the
Commissioners of King Philip, confirmatory of the treaties
of peace of 1542, 1546, and 1553.—London, [blank] Dec.
Eliz. [1558]. |
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| Edges burnt. Lat. Pp. 2. |
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Dec.
B.M. Sloane, 4142. 81. | 175. Another copy of the above. |
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| Forbes' transcript. |
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Dec.
R. O. | 176. Embassy to Philip II. |
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| "Instructions given by the Queen unto the Lord Hawarde of
Effingham, Lord Chamberlain, and to Mr. Doctor Wotton,
Dean of Canterbury and York, being sent to the King of
Spain, for the purposes following, the [blank] of December,
1558." |
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| 1. Having understood by the Conte de Feria, lately sent here
by the King, and by letters addressed to the Earl of Arundel,
the King's amity, she thanks him for the same, and has sent
her Commissioners to obtain from him the full establishment
of the old continual league and friendship as it was between his
and her progenitors. |
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| 2. They shall enlarge upon the necessity of mutual traffic
and defence against the common enemy of them both. Should
the King make any difficulty or sticking therein, they shall
remind him of his promises in the treaty of marriage betwixt
him and the late Queen Mary, of which they shall endeavour
to obtain a new confirmation, whereby (that foundation being
once laid) both the subjects of either dominions, and also the
enemies abroad, shall be well assured and out of all doubt
of the indissoluble knot of this strict amity. |
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| 3. She shall be informed if there be any new matter
required to be treated of; nevertheless they shall obtain as
soon as they can the confirmation of the said treaties, "for
that the present time and state of things suffereth not now
any long talks, and yet leaving him not without some hope
that the said new matters shall hereafter be given ear unto as
time and occasion shall serve." |
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| 4. Understanding from the Conte de Feria that an abstinence
from arms has been agreed upon between the Kings of France
and Spain, to continue until 1 Feb., they are to inform Philip
that she means to continue the treaty upon the expiration of
the term specified. |
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| Dec. | 4. Since the Scots have made war with England only b
the French procurement, she wishes that peace should be concluded
with them also, that the Queen of that realm be
principal contrahent therein, without which Elizabeth can take
herself to be at no peace at all, the wars in Scotland being now
more maintained by Frenchmen than by the Scots themselves. |
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| Finally, she intends to send over some fit person to be
ambassador resident with him. |
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| Their principal charge being the confirmation of the old
treaties, they shall take with them copies of the treaty of
perpetual peace, the "esclarissement" of the same, with an
article of confirmation of the said treaties inserted in the
treaty matrimonial. |
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| Copy. Endd.: Void for Spain. Pp. 4. |
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Dec.
R.O. 171. B. 1, 2. | 177. Another copy of the above. |
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| Modern transcript. |
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Dec.
R.O. | 178. Gresham's Transactions at Antwerp. |
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| "Instructions given to Thomas Gresham, Esq., sent by the
Queen to Antwerp as her factor." |
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| 1. He shall proceed with the commission given him by the
late Queen for borrowing 32,333l. 6s. 8d. from the merchants
of Antwerp. |
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| 2. He shall pay 20,000l. at 21s. 8d. for the pound, to certain merchants adventurers there, to be paid by them here to
the Queen. |
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| 3. He shall employ the remainder in the purchase of munitions, according to the instructions of the Privy Council. |
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| 4. He may employ a portion upon his own expenses
according to a scale here mentioned. |
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| 5. If the money now permitted to go into Flanders be there
called down, he shall have a proportionate allowance. |
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| 6. He shall, over and above the sum already mentioned,
take up the sum of 20,000l. additional. (fn. 1) |
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| Copy. Endd. by Cecil: Dec. 1558. Pp. 3, with slip inserted. |
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Dec.
R.O. 171 B. | 179. Another copy of the above. |
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| Modern transcript. |
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Dec.
B. M. Galba, C. 1, 2. | 180. Abstract of the above instructions. |
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| P. 1. |
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Dec.
R. O. | 181. Gresham's Transactions in Flanders. |
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| "Thomas Gresham, the bonds" due to the following
merchants, Pairellus Van Dalle, Lazarus Tucker, Andreas
Lixhalls, Gilles Housmann, Philip Bone, Christopher Prewne,
Sebastian and Christopher Flechamore, and Balthezer and
Condratt Schettz, with the dates when payment is due and
the percentage. |
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| Endd. by Cecil. Pp. 2. |
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| R.O. | 182. "Munitions and armour sent from Antwerp by Thomas
Gresham," viz., powder, saltpetre, hand guns, bucstaves,
daggs, and watches. P. 1. |
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| R. O. | 183. to Thomas Pacy. |
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| It is reported that the Queen of England is dead, and that
so was Sturmius advertised from Brussels. |
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| Add.: To Thomas Pacye, Esq. Fragment, apparently the
postcript to a letter headed "Argentino." P. 1. |
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| R. O. | 184. Allowances to Ambassadors |
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| Memorandum, by Thomas Felton, of the sums allowed per
diem to the Viscount Montague, Ambassador with the King
of Spain, and to Dr. Wotton, Ambassador with the French
King, for their diets.—1 Eliz. |
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| Endd. Pp. 2. |
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| R. O. | 185. Hamburg. |
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| The petition of Joachim Wirckes, Peter Lutkins, and the
guardians of the children of John Schuarten, citizens of
Hamburg, to John, Duke of Sleswic and Holstein, against
Captain Holloway, of Plymouth, and Sir Arthur Schamerlung, (fn. 2) who had seized a ship of their's laden with salt hides,
trading between Dublin and "Cimalum (fn. 3) in Britania, provincia
Galliæ," and for which they had ineffectually sought redress
in the Admiralty Court of London. |
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| Endd.: 1558. Lat. Pp. 7. |
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