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of Pembroke and Leicester and Sir William Cecill, that he has 

 ascertained beyond doubt, that the minerals dug up at New- 

 lands belong to him only, and that the workers thereof are 

 trespassers on his land. 



He also wrote letters to the Queen, the Lord Treasurer, the 

 Lord Chief Baron, and other Barons of the Exchequer, praying 

 that the injunction respecting the ore dug up on his lands at 

 Newlands may be dissolved. 



March i6. Meanwhile, Thomas Thurland writes to the Earl of 

 Leicester and Sir William Cecill, and complains of the obstacles he 

 has encountered by the Earl of Northumberland. 



March 20. Daniel Hechstetter, writing to the Queen from 

 Keswick, complains that the Earl has obstructed the mining oper- 

 ations at Newlands. 



The controversy between the Earl of Northumberland continued, 

 the former rejecting every attempt to come to an arrangement. 



May 10. George Nedham writes from Keswick to the Queen, 

 and reports his proceedings on conveying her letters to the Earl 

 of Northumberland, requiring the delivery of certain ores stayed 

 by him at the mines in Cumberland. 



May 25. George Nedham writes to the Secretary of State, and 

 recommends an exchange of certain lands between the Queen and 

 the Earl of Northumberland. Nothing seems to have come of 

 this, for we find (August 29) the Earl by his officers objecting to 

 the working of a mine called "The Copper Plate," (Ellers, 

 Borrowdale,) as not within the compass of Newlands. It is inci- 

 dentally mentioned the quantity of copper which the six furnaces 

 will smelt daily. 



September 29. Thomas Thurland writes to the Queen, that 

 they have at length attained to making fine and perfect copper, of 

 which he sends her a specimen. He says the mines promise well, 

 wanting nothing but workmen. 



On the same date, Daniel Hechstetter and Hans Louver write 

 to the Queen, that they can now make copper, and have sent some 

 to London. They say they will make trial if the copper ore 

 contain silver and gold ; and they conclude by recommending that 



