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you ; and so far to respect him for my sake, as your lordship shall see him 

 grounded upon equity and reason, which is no more than I assure myself your 

 lordship will grant readily, as it is desired by 



Your Lordship s faithful friend and servant^ G. BUCKINGHAM. 

 Indorsed, Nov. 17, 1617. 



To the Lord Keeper. 



My honourable Lord, His majesty hath been pleased to refer a petition of 

 one Sir Thomas Blackstones to your lordship, who being brother-in-law to a 

 gentleman whom I much respect, Sir Henry Constable, I have, at his request, 

 yielded to recommend his business so far to your lordship s favour, as you shall 

 find his case to deserve compassion, and may stand with the rules of equity. 

 And so I rest your Lordship s faithful friend and servant, G. BUCKINGHAM. 

 Newmarket, Dec. 4. Indorsed, 1617. 



To the Lord Chancellor. 



My honourable good Lord, Whereas in Mr. Hansbye s cause, (a) which 

 formerly, by my means, both his majesty and myself recommended to your 

 lordship s favour, your lordship thought good, upon a hearing thereof, to decree 

 some part for the young gentleman, and to refer to some masters of the Chan 

 cery, for your farther satisfaction, the examination of witnesses to this point j 

 which seemed to your lordship to be the main thing your lordship doubted of, 

 whether or no the leases, conveyed by old Hansbye to young Hansbye by deed, 

 were to be liable to the legacies, which he gave by will ; and that now I am 

 credibly informed, that it will appear upon their report, and by the depositions 

 of witnesses, without all exception, that the said leases are no way liable to 

 those legacies : these shall be earnestly to intreat your lordship, that upon con 

 sideration of the report of the masters, and depositions of the witnesses, you 

 will, for my sake, shew as much favour and expedition to young Mr. Hansbye 

 in this cause, as the justness thereof will permit. And I shall receive it at 

 your lordship s hands as a particular favour. So I take my leave of your lord 

 ship, and rest your Lordship s faithful friend and servant, G. BUCKINGHAM. 

 Greenwich, the 12th of June, 1618. 



To the Lord Chancellor. 



My honourable Lord, Lest my often writing may make your lordship con 

 ceive that this letter hath been drawn from you by importunity, I have thought 

 fit, for preventing of any such conceit, to let your lordship know, that Sir John 

 Wentworth, whose business I now recommend, is a gentleman whom I esteem 

 in more than an ordinary degree. And therefore I desire your lordship to shew 

 him what favour you can for my sake in his suit, which his majesty hath referred 

 to your lordship ; which I will acknowledge as a courtesy unto me, and rest 



Your Lordship s faithful friend and servant, G. BUCKINGHAM. 

 Newmarket, Jan. 26, 1618. 



To the Lord Chancellor. 



My honorable Lord, I being desired by a special friend of mine to recom 

 mend unto your lordship s favour the case of this petitioner, have thought fit to 

 desire you, for my sake, to shew him all the favour you may in this his desire, 



(a) This seems to be one of the causes, on account of which Lord Bacon was 

 afterwards accused by the House of Commons ; in answer to whose charge he 

 admits, that in the cause of Sir Ralph Hansbye there being two decrees, one 

 for the inheritance, and the other for goods and chattels ; some time after the 

 first decree, and before the second, there was 500/. delivered to him by Mr. 

 Tobie Matthew ; nor could his lordship deny, that this was upon the matter 

 pendente lite. 



