CCXXXV111 LIFE OF BACON. 



after the award was made in his favour by the Chancellor 

 Awbrey and Lord Hobart;(#) and in the cause of Awbrey and 

 Bronker Bronker 100 was presented on behalf of Awbrey, before 

 the decree, by his counsel, Sir George Hastings, and a 

 Grocers severe decree was made against Awbrey. (b) 

 thecaries&quot; ^ n a re ^ erence between the company of Grocers and 

 Apothecaries, the Grocers presented 200, and the Apothe 

 caries a taster of gold, and a present of ambergris, (c) 



() To the first article of the charge, namely, &quot; In the cause between 

 Sir Rowland Egerton and Edward Egerton, the Lord Chancellor received 

 300 on the part of Sir Rowland Egerton, before he had decreed the 

 cause :&quot; I do confess and declare, that upon a reference from his majesty of 

 all suits and controversies between Sir Rowland Egerton and Edward 

 Egerton, both parties submitted themselves to my award by recognizances 

 reciprocal in ten thousand marks apiece ; thereupon, after divers hearings, 

 I made my award with the advice and consent of my Lord Hobart; the 

 award was perfected and published to the parties, which was in February. 

 Then some days after, the 300, mentioned in the charge, was delivered 

 unto me. Afterwards Mr. Edward Egerton fled off from the award ; then 

 in Midsummer term following a suit was begun in Chancery by Sir Row 

 land to have the award confirmed, and upon that suit was the decree made 

 mentioned in the article. 



(i) To the sixteenth article of the charge, namely, &quot; In a cause between 

 Sir William Bronker and Awbrey, the Lord Chancellor received from 

 Awbrey 100:&quot; I do confess and declare that the sum was given and 

 received, but the manner of it I leave to witnesses. See in note GGG 

 the proceedings of 17th March, where it appears that &quot; a killing order was 

 made against Awbrey.&quot; 



(c) To the twenty- fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth articles of the charge, 

 namely, the twenty-fourth, &quot; There being a reference from his majesty to 

 his lordship of a business between the Grocers and the Apothecaries, the 

 Lord Chancellor received of the Grocers 200.&quot; The twenty-fifth article, 

 &quot; In the same cause, he received of the Apothecaries, that stood with the 

 Grocers, a taster of gold worth between 400 and 500, and a present of 

 ambergrease. 7 And the twenty-sixth article, &quot; He received of a new com 

 pany of Apothecaries, that stood against the Grocers, 100 :&quot; To these I 

 confess and declare, that the several sums from the three parties were 

 received ; and for that it was no judicial business, but a concord of compo 

 sition between the parties, and that as I thought all had received good, and 

 they were all three common purses, I thought it the less matter to receive 



