Reports the making of patterns for the King’s collar, and the accounts of the King’s jewels. Edmund Knightley has been committed to the Fleet for contempt of the King and his laws.
Please it yo_ur_ highnes to be adu_er_tised that according to yo_ur_ grac_i_ous co_m_maundement I haue caused patrons to be drawen after yo_ur_ grac_es_ Deuyse albeit I haue wyllyd yo_ur_ goldsmyth not to p_ro_cede to the making of any thing In p_er_ffeccyon vntill yo_ur_ grac_i_ous pleasure shalbe Ferther knowen for the which purpose both he and I shall repayre vnto yo_ur_ highnes on Saterday night or Sondaye in the morning and to the Intent yo_ur_ grace may determyn yo_ur_ pleasure I haue Sent by this berer the patron of yo_ur_ Coller of balasys and Dyamond_es_ drawn according to yo_ur_ graces fyrst deuyse touching a certen matier in varyaunce betwixt thexecutours of Sir[790] Will_ia_m Spencer disceasyd and[791] my ladye spencer whereas informacion was made vnto yo_ur_ highnes that grete Spoyle of the good_es_ of the saide _Sir_[790] Will_ia_m Spencer was made by the saide executours and how that the executo_ur_s wold haue put owt my ladye late the wyff of the sayd Will_ia_m from the execucyon of the testament the matier hath ben harde here before my lorde the kep_er_ of yo_ur_ grete seale S_ir_ Willya_m_ Poulet and me[792]. And as it appereth by thexamynacion as well of the executors as by Edmond Knyghtley and Rychard his brother the hole spoyle and eloyning[793] of the sayd goods & plate was made onely by the sayd Edmond Knyghtley his brother Rychard and the sayd ladye spencer thayr suster notw_i_t_h_stand_ing_ that ther was Agrement made betwene the executors and the ladye spencer that she sholde entyr into bargayn w_i_t_h_ yo_ur_ highnes and also into the execucyon of the testament w_i_t_h_ them as an executrix which vndowtydly she hadde done yf Edmond Knyghtle hadde not bene Which Edmonde Knightley hathe not onelie trauayled asmoche as in him is to sett pyke betwene the sayd ladye and the executors and to defeate yo_ur_ grace of yo_ur_ title to the heire of the saide Spencer but also Justeffyed the same befor my sayd lorde kep_er_ of _th_e gret Seale wher on the other partye it was openlye p_ro_uyd that yo_ur_ grace hade good tytyll and all his allegacyon vntrew yet neuertheles for the reducing of the same his vntrew p_ur_pose to effecte and to the Intent to slaunder yo_ur_ gracys tytill and others he hathe caused to be made certen proclamacions in yo_ur_ Countyes of Warwyke leycest_er_ & Northampton in dyu_er_s of yo_ur_ highnes Towns there to the high contempte of yo_ur_ grace and yo_ur_ lawes For it hathe not ben seen nor herd that any Subiecte w_i_t_h_in this Realme sholde presume to make p_ro_clamacion w_i_t_h_in this yo_ur_ realme but onelie in yo_ur_ grac_es_ Name Wherefore for his offenc_es_ and other contempt_es_ ayenst yo_ur_ highnes in that behalf my lorde the kep_er_ of yo_ur_ grete ‹seal› takyng that matyer to be a greuous offens ayenst yo_ur_ Crown & Imperyall magestye hathe co_m_mytted the sayd Edmond Knyghtley to yo_ur_ pryson of the Flete where he now remayneth vntyll yo_ur_ high plesure shalbe Ferther knowen in that behalf. As touching the Cup of golde & Corporas Case I sent yo_ur_ highnes woorde by Thomas Alvard the treuthe whereof this berer Stevyn Vawhan can Informe yo_ur_ grace who hathe made p_er_fytte bokes aswell of the sayd Cuppe & Corporas Case as also of all other yo_ur_ highnes Jewell_es_ now being in the hand_es_ of Cornelys to be orderyd according to yo_ur_ grac_es_ plesure and thys the holye trynyte p_re_serue yo_ur_ most royall estate of yo_ur_ most excellent magestye