432 LETTERS RELATING TO 



Austen ; I have thought fit to desire your lordship 

 to give the said Thomas Hukeley a favourable hear 

 ing when his cause shall come before 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, November 17, 1617. 



TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR*. 



MY HONOURABLE LORD, 



I HAVE heretofore recommended unto your lordship 

 the determination of the cause between Sir Row 

 land Egerton and Edward Egertonf, who, I under 

 stand, did both agree, being before your lordship, 

 upon the values of the whole lands. And as your 

 lordship hath already made so good an entrance into 

 the business, I doubt not but you will be as noble in 

 furthering the full agreement between the parties : 

 whereunto, I am informed, Sir Rowland Egerton is 



* Sir Francis Bacon had that title given him January 4. 



f This was one of the causes mentioned in the charge of the 

 House of Commons against the lord Bacon ; in his answer to 

 which, he acknowledged, that some days after perfecting his 

 award, which was done with the advice and consent of the lord 

 chief justice Hobart, and publishing it to the parties, he received 

 300Z. of Mr. Edward Egerton, by whom, soon after his coming 

 to the seal, he had likewise been presented with 40(H. in a 

 purse. 



