NOTE EEE. 



lake use of the short time left him to cast up his accounts for another world, 

 &quot;he king gave the seal, and the place of Lord Chancellor, to Sir Francis Bacon, 

 iis attorney general ; and the old Lord Ellesmere wore out the remnant of his 

 life in quiet, dying in a good old age, and full of virtuous fame, leaving a noble 

 isterity, who enjoy a great estate, with the title of Earl of Bridgwater. 

 ilson s History of Great Britain, page 97, pub. 1616. 



Upon the 21st of July, 1 Jac. Sir Thomas Egerton was raised to the degree 

 )f a baron of this realm, by the title of Lord Ellesmere ; also, upon the 24th of 

 he same month made Lord Chancellor of England ; and lastly, viz. 7 Nov. 14 

 Tac. advanced to the dignity of Viscount Brackley. Dugdale s Baronage of 

 England, vol. ii. page 414, pub. 1675. 

 The following is a copy of the patent : 



Pro Francisco Bacon, milite, domino custode magni sigilli Angliae. 



James, by the grace of God, &c. To the Treasurer and Barons of our 

 Exchequer, and to the auditor or auditors of the accompt of the clerk or keeper 

 of our Hanaper in our Chancery, and of our chief butler of England, and of 

 our keeper of our great garderobe, and to the clerk or keeper of our said 

 Hanaper, to our said chief butler of England, and to the keeper and clerk of 

 our said garderobe, and to every of them that now be, and for the time hereafter 

 shall be, greeting. 



Whereas we, of our grace especial, certain knowledge and mere motion, for 

 the great trust and confidence that we have in the wisdom and dexterity of our 

 right trusty and well beloved counseller Sir Francis Bacon, knight, lord keeper 

 of our great seal of England, and for certain other special causes us moving, 

 have given and granted unto the said Sir Francis Bacon, knight, the office of 

 lord keeper of the great seal of England, and given authority to the said lord 

 keeper to hear, examine, and determine causes, matters, and suits as shall 

 happen to be, as well in our Chancery as in our Star Chamber, like as the 

 chancellor of England, or keeper of the great seal of England of us, or our pro 

 genitors, for the time being, heretofore hath used, done, and practised, with all 

 and singular manner of fees and commodities to or with the same room or office 

 of chancellor or keeper of the great seal of England, in any wise, or by any 

 manner of mean, due, appertaining, used or belonging in like, and in as ample 

 manner and form as any lord chancellor of England or lord keeper of the great 

 seal of England either in the time of King Henry the Eighth or King Edward 

 the Sixth, or in the times of Queen Mary or Queen Elizabeth, or in our time 

 hath had, enjoyed, perceived, and received for and in the same. And therefore 

 we will, charge and command, not only the clerk or keeper of our Hanaper, in 

 our said Chancery, for the time being, that ye, of such our money as is, or 

 shall come to your hands of ours, or to our use, do content and pay, or cause 

 to be contented and paid unto the said Sir Francis Bacon, knight, from time to 

 time, for his wages, diets, robes, and liveries of himself and the masters of our 

 Chancery like fees and rewards, and in as large manner, and as large sum and 

 sums of money, as any of the said lord chancellors, or lord keepers of the great 

 seal had and perceived for the same room or office of lord chancellor or lord 

 keeper of the great seal ; that is to say, five hundred forty-two pounds and 

 fifteen shillings sterling by the year, for and from the seventh day of this instant 

 month of March hitherto, and from henceforth as long as the said Sir Francis 

 Bacon shall exercise the said room or office of lord keeper of our great seal of 

 England ; and also for his attendance in our said Star Chamber, after the rate 

 of fifty pounds sterling every term, and after the rate of three hundred pounds 

 by the year from the said seventh day of this instant month of March hitherto, 

 and from henceforth, as long as the said Sir Francis Bacon shall execute the 

 same room or office of our lord keeper of our great seal, over and above the said 

 allowance, in like manner as the aforesaid lord chancellors or lord keepers of 

 the great seal before this time at any time had and perceived. And also that 

 ye, our chief butler of England for the time being, content and pay, or cause 

 to be contented and paid to the said Sir Francis Bacon, after the rate of 

 threescore pounds for twelve tons of wine by the year, and so after the same 



