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No. XXIII. 



Warrant signed by King Charles L, for the corpse of Robert Lord 

 Beauchamp (son of William Marquis of Hertford) to pass from 

 London to Bedwyn, 23 Jan.. 1615. See page 162. 



" Charles R. 



Charles by the grace of God King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, 

 Defender of the faith &o= To all our commanders, Governors Officers and 

 Souldiers Maiors, Sheriifs, Justices of the Peace, Constables and other our 

 Ministers and loving Subjects whome it may concerne Greeting. Our command 

 is that at sight hereof ye permitt the Corps of the Lord Beauchamp (Sonne to 

 the Lord Marquis Hertford) frely to pass all Guards and Scouts from London to 

 Beding iu Wiltshire where he is to be interd, and that ye permitt the gentlemen 

 and others appointed to attend the same thither, in all thirteen persons, together 

 with their coaches, Horses and necessaries, to accompany the corps without any 

 lett or impediment, and afterwards to returne peaceably to London without any 

 trouble or hinderance. Wherein ye may not faile. And for so doing this shal 

 be every your sufficient warrant. Given at O r Court at Oxford the 23th day of 

 January 1645. By his Ma ies Command, 



'Edw. Nicholas." 



No. XXIV. 



Receipt for tbe value of the tapestry and bed-room furniture worked 



by Queen Jane Seymour. See page 163. 



[These articles had been given in 1647 by King Charles I. to William Marquis 

 of Hertford, but in lfit52, 3 years after the King's death, the Commissioners for 

 the sale of the King's property, made the Marquis pay for them. A very in- 

 teresting account of the dispersion of King Charles the First's magnificent col- 

 lection of plate, jewels, pictures, tapestry, &c, is given in Disraeli's Curiosities 

 of Literature (1st Series, Vol. iii., p. 383. The catalogue of them forms a fine 

 folio MS., being Harl. MS., 4898).] 



"Whereas William Lord Marquess of Hertford hath caused the sum of sixty 

 pounds to be paid unto the Treasurer for sale of the late King's goods in obedi- 

 ence to a former Order of this committee, which is a satisfaction for Five Pieces 

 of Chequerd hangings of a coarse making, having the Duke of Somersett's [i.e. 

 Protector Somerset's] Arms in them, And one furniture of a Bed of Needlework 

 with a chaise [a chair~\ and cushions suitable thereunto, And are said to be 

 wrought by the Q,ueene the Lady Jane Seymaure with a gilt Bedsted thereto. 

 All wich things were delivered to the said Marquess by the late King's warrant 

 dated A 0 1647 at Hampton Court. These are therefore by virtue of two Acts 

 of Parliament for Sale of the late King's goods in consideration of the money 

 so payed as aforesaid, to acquit and discharge the said William Lord Marquess 

 Hertford his Heyers and Successors of all and singular the said goods. In 

 witness whereof we have here unto sett our hands and seales this 22th of March 

 1652. John Fooke, 



Ralphe Grafton, 

 Henry Creech, 



Somerset House. A. Mildmay." 



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