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CXXXIII.

1604?

LETTER and five pound waight of tobacco promised, hath sold the tobacco and reteyneth my mony; finding mee now fitt for all men to tread on. Hee hath goods in a shipp of Mr. ALOBLASTER'S, which Mr. ALOBLASTER advised mee to attach, but he hath cunningly shippt them in other men's names, so as I have lost a charge. Arrest hyme I cannot, nor sew hyme, because the law knowes me but for dead.

My humble sute is to have a pursevant, and my Lord's letter to take hyme. Hee meanes to go away for Spayne in Mr. ALOBLASTER'S shipp; so as, if the pursevant find hyme not this Sonday, he will imbarck one1 Munday, onless it would pleas my Lorde to write a cummandment to the master of Mr. ALOBLASTER'S shipp, called The Prudence, of London, to command the master not to take hyme abord, here or elcewher, till hee have payd me the mony.

If yow thinck it not offencive, good Mr. LEVINUS, procure it; if yow do, I must have patience, till God geve end to my miseres or to mee.

Your poore frinde assured,

Addressed:

W. RALEGH.

To my loving frinde, Mr. LEVINUS; or, in his absence, to Mr.
BRUERTON, Secritore to my Lord of CRANBORN.

Endorsed: "Sir Walter Raleg;" and, in a later hand, "To Mr. BRUERTON,
Secretary to Lord CRANBORN."

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CXXXIV.

TO THE LORD TREASURER BUCKHURST, ΤΟ
SECRETARY LORD CRANBORNE, AND OTHERS,
LORDS OF THE COUNCIL.

From the Original. Cecil Papers, vol. cix. § 14 (Hatfield). Holograph.
Without date.

LETTER CXXXIV.

1604.

To Lord

Buckhurst and others. [From the Tower. ] Particulars

of his Estates at

&c.

IF ther be any more rents then thes,1 to my knowledg, but the herbage of the Parks, which was never in mee, but purchased in my child's name, tenn year since, and a Lease of Pinford grounds in Mr. HERIOT, for 58 years, then I refuse all grace of and from His Majesty, -except I may miscast a matter of foure or five pound in the whole, or leve out sume five or six akers of ground in sume quillet. But this is the substance of all, uppon my alleagence; Sherborne, and, therfore, if it pleas your Honors to make further inquiry, I submit my sealf unto it; and I beseich your Lordships that a coppy hereof may be delivered to the Commissioners. All that greevs mee herein is that so infamus and detested a wrech as MEERE2 is made a Commissioner, as hee hath vaunted and sent me worde, -and who dares not, otherwise, shew his face, having so many executions agaynst hyme; and hath not forty shilling-worth of ground in the world, but of my gift, and who now rooteth up my copps-woods and promiseth to pay all his creditors with the part promised hyme out of Sherburn; spreding it abrod that sume one of your

1 See the Schedule, hereafter.

2 See Letters XCVIII. CII. and CVI., heretofore; pp. 227, 237, 245.

LETTER

CXXXIV.

1604.

Honors hath imployed hyme, withe a purpose to procure this (the remaynder of all which I had in the world) of His Majesty, and to turne my poore wife, child, and famely a begging. But I trust that God hath not geven so cruell a hart to any worthy man,-whom the spoyle of me and myne cannot inrich; but that all your Lordships will in charety stand my good Lords herein,— having lost allreddy £3,000 a yeare.

And I shall remayne your humbell sarvant,

W. RALEGH.

[SCHEDULE.

Wholly in Sir W. Ralegh's hand, and written on the first leaf of the shot
The letter printed above being written on the second leaf]

The Manner of Sherburne, with the
Hundred and Liberties, with the Park,
Farm, and all other demayn grounds,
are of the yearly rent of assize.
The Village called Casteltoun, wherin the

.£150 16 41

old Castell standeth, is of rent of assise 003 12 0 A secound street or Village within Sher

burn towne, called Newland, is of rent
of assize

A Village in the country, three mile from
Sherburn, being a member of Sher-
burn, called Caundell Byshope, is of
the yearly rent of assyze of

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. . 021 11 2

A Village without the park wall, parcell
of Sherburn, and a member therof, is
of the old rent of assyze

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But this Manner is a kind of Fee simpell in the
Tenants, and the Lord hath but a small

fine att every death or alienation.

Sum totall of the old rent

The Farm of Sherburn is worth by improvement, besyds all reprises, if it do

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£30 or £40 a yeare; so as all these
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LETTER CXXXIV.

1604.

Brought forward

I have also half of a demayns1 in Pinford,
called Pinford Manner, of the yearly

old rent of.

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I have also the moyty of the Manner of
Prunsley, of the yearly old rent of 007
I have also a Mill in Sherburn which I
purchased of her late Majestie, which
was in leas to ARTHUR SWAYN for
3 lives, of the old rent of.

I have also a Close behind the Castell of five
akers, and too or three other littell closes

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which, to bee lett, ar worth by the year 006 50

The totall of the rent charg. £22 10

The totall of the old rent.

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In fees dew to Officers and others 044 13

Besyds payments to the King for the Hous

hold and other small charges.

Butt wheras in this deduction of fees the

Bayly is to have £8. a yeare, and the 334 13 0
Receiver sume £7. a year, I do not
pay the Baylife, because he is myne
enemy, and hath abused mee; and
the Receiver, being my sarvant, douth
not exact it of mee. Butt yet all thes
be dew, and have ever bynn payd.

So remayneth clere, £295 0

1 demerne.

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