MSS. from the British Museum. 



52 



of may appear to ibee what addresse he 

 her used. We will tbairfor earnestlie re- 

 quest you to use the said Jhone sa favor- 

 abtie as the said Jhone may fiud this our 

 requeist to desarve sumquhat at your 

 haiidis. And thus, not dowling of your 

 guid and constant affection, towards whom 

 williuglie we mynde to requyt quhou an 

 occasion may serve. We comitt you to 

 the eternell. At our pallace of Halyrud- 

 hous, the sevent day of Januare, 1590. 

 Your very g-uid Freind, 



James R. 

 To our Right Irustie and u-eillbelovUf 

 The Lord Trecuvrer of England. 



OxFonn and cAMBRinoK. 

 Sir John Harrington, in his Brief view of 

 the Church, says, " Before His Majesty's 

 coming- to Oxford, 1 was in Oxford Li- 

 brary, and some of ijood quality of both 

 the universities ! and one of iheir chief 

 doctors said merrily to a Cambridge man, 

 That Oxford had formerly a good library, 

 till such lime, said he, as a Cambridge 

 man became our chancellor, and so can- 

 celled, and catalogued, and scattered our 

 books, as from that time to this, we could 

 never recover them. The other strait re- 

 plie.l, Then you are even with u*, for one 

 of your Oxford men hath sealed so many 

 good deeds of our good Bishopricke in 

 Cambridgeshire, that till they be can- 

 celled, it will never be as good as I hey 

 should be." Cole, xiii. 175. 



PRIESTS the FIRST PII VSICI.i XS. 



In the remotest ages the Egyptians had 

 no other phjsicians than their priests. 

 This custom likewise obtained amongst 

 the Syrians and Hebrews. Asa first used 

 the assistance of proper physicians, and 

 was reproved for it. '2 Ctiron. xvi. V2. 

 The same custom prevailed in India, and 

 all over the East. The iinlient Tartars 

 and Mongouls had no other physicians 

 than their priests; and we find it so at 

 present among all the savage nations of 

 Sibcrin, and even in America. 

 Account of the nations of the Ktixsian 



Empire. Cole, vol. xiii. 60. 



RKIWCK o/" ST. GPORGR. 



In l.'VOi the Cardinal of Rouen sent as a 

 present to King Henry 7. the right legoflhe 

 Martyr St. George, by an Abbot of the 

 order of Augustine, near iMeaux his chap- 

 lain': this relick was solenuily received 

 at thi) Palace of Greenwich, by the Choir 

 of the Royal Cliapcl there, with the 

 Bishoi) of Lichfield, attended by many of 

 the Knights of the Garter, and carried in 

 procession to the King's Chapel, where the 

 King received it, and offered it upon the 

 altar, the Bp. of LichBcId singing mass 

 upon the occasion. 



Ashmole's Hist, of the Garter, lf>62. 



Cole, xiii. 105. 



[Feb. 1, 



A Schedule of the T)vKB 0/° Buckingham's 

 Debts. 

 Delitr, principal. Interest. 



Sir Ed. Aj'scongh, and Mr. 



John Norris 1.5,000 1350 



To the Lord Rockingham 4000 



Sir Richard ChiverlOD .HOOO > -.„ 



Wm.Meggs 3000 9 



Mr. Wm. I.egg, .Mrs. Wash- 



inglon 6000 720 



the Duke of Albemarle 30,009 3900 



Mr. Jiimes and John Clilliero 4000 StiO 

 Sir Robert Siiwyer 5000 600 



Theodore Hech 1000 I'iO 



Thomas Cole 2500 300 



Jonah Moone 3000 270 



Lady Sheffield 9500 1S5 



Mr. Johnson and Brightbnrst 3750 337 

 Mr. Wise and Mr. Avery 500 45 



Mr. Waterson and Maase 5.500 330 

 Col. Titus 11,590 1390 



Mr. Brankerand his Lady 5000 

 Nicholas Vanance 800 



To several oilier persons by / 10,000 



specialties iiiid eonlract* ^ 



Tolal Priijcipal 123,140 



Total of the Interest 9097 



Rental of His Grace the ddkb ^ Buck- 



IXOHAM, 1668. 



f Blecbly, Kalon, S. 

 J Slrai"(ord,Wliad 

 'J don, Winslow 1507 

 ( Bi<llesden 680 



llelmslpycuniMeni- 

 I hris 5150 



jNewby 120 



f Rich Deighton 235 



Co. Leicester. Dalhy & Brongh- 



ton 1510 



f Shepeshead, Ga'- 

 1 row den and 

 I Wraftby 1725 H 



Aflineton 652 8 



Co. Bucks 



Co. York. 



Co. Lincoln.- 



I Burley, ICgleton, 



^Grealhani 1789 11 

 Co. Rullaiid jLeiglifield Fo- 



f rest 652 10 



Hambleslcu 12S0 4 



Oklisham 473 8 



Tallingion 216 4 



) York House, & 



I Tenements in 



the Strand 1359 10 



Co. Hertford. Hatfield Cbace 1228 

 In Ireland. Yilliers in Ireland, 



.so called 600 



Creation Money 103 6 



PrizageofWino 21 13 



Co. Middlesex. 



Total 19,306 18 2 



N. B.Ann. 1664, The Rental was more by 

 736 10 5^ For Blecbly Eaton, S. Strat- 

 ford and Wioslow were then 1716 18 2. 

 And Bitlesden was 708 4 1. So that 

 the Bucks Eisiates were sunk in their value 

 near 1401. per Ami. Cole, volxx. 



'<■ Letter 



