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CHAP, ber of them so many as was informed. He acknowledged that 

 in the years 1577, 1578, and 1579, he sold sixscore acres of 



wood by the arbitrement of the Lord Dyer and consent of 

 the tenants, and allowed two lopped and doated trees to each 

 acre; which he would justify to be an increase of wood: for 

 that for which he had received 3001. at the next fall (the 

 spring being kept) would be worth 500/. And that whereas 

 it was informed, that the sales of these woods amounted to 

 1000Z. he shewed they came but to 6001. And in the whole, 

 he desired that it might be considered, that in these three 

 years he had paid, and must, to the Queen, 1800/. besides 

 his housekeeping, wherein he had threescore persons young 

 and old ; that he bought his fuel at Fulham wholly ; and 

 that at London and Harnsey he used coals, sparing wood, 

 which came to sixscore pounds yearly : in the whole, in 

 fuel eighteen score pounds. Moreover, the burning of his 

 house (at Harnsey, if I mistake not) put him to 200 mark 

 charges. And lastly, he was able to prove, that whereas 400 

 acres of wood were destroyed by his late predecessor, and 

 threescore more in his time, the see was the better by 1001. 

 a year. 



Forbid to But, in short, this business of the wood still depended ; 

 more of his ^ or ^ & n & tnat about half a year after, the Queen sent her 

 wood. letters to the Bishop, and some others, to inquire into the 

 felling of those woods; to which the Bishop, with the others, 

 prepared their answer, and wanted only to know whether 

 they should direct their letters to the Queen immediately, 

 or to the Lord Treasurer, who might inform her Majesty 

 concerning their answer : and for direction herein the Bi 

 shop craved the said Treasurer s advice. This ended at 

 length with a restraint from her Majesty, that the Bishop 

 hereafter should take down no more of his woods. 

 Endeavours Now also the business of dilapidations came on between 

 sion for di- our Bishop and the Archbishop of York, his predecessor ; 

 lapidations. wherein also the Archbishop of Canterbury, predecessor to 

 him of York, was involved. In the beginning of the year 

 1577 he had laboured to procure a Commission for that 

 end, and made use of Secretary Walsingham therein. The 



