Diary of Walter Yonge, Esq

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: '. There are many Londoners committed daily for refusing to lend. The money lent in Cornwall was remitted, and paid them again for billeting of soldiers, and fortifying their coast There was 1200i bestowed for the fortifying of the castle of St Mary, Isle in Scilly; and 800/. upon a castle lying at the...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: '. There are many Londoners committed daily for refusing to lend. The money lent in Cornwall was remitted, and paid them again for billeting of soldiers, and fortifying their coast There was 1200i bestowed for the fortifying of the castle of St Mary, Isle in Scilly; and 800/. upon a castle lying at the western point of Falmouth haven, for the better furnishing of which Sir Robert Killigrew procured 50 pieces of ordnance from the King. It is said that the Archbishop, George Abbot, was confined for prohibiting a sermon to be printed, (which was preached before him at Croydon, ) which maintained the lawfulness of the loan now granted to the King, and that it is lawful for princes to impose taxes on their subjects. His faculties and ecclesiastical privileges are taken from him. July 21, 1627. About two months since the Lord Petre's two sons were taken, going to the university in Spain; and were this week, together with the Lord Harbert's son, committed to the custody of the Bishop of London. The Bishop of Lincoln f is confined to his house. The gentlemen who were imprisoned for withstanding the loan are appointed to be sent abroad into divers countries, on Wednesday, the 25th of this month, and committed to the custody of some in the country. And the like course is taken for such citizens as refuse. ]] The isle of Rhe, before Rochelle, was taken by our English fleet, the Duke of Buckingham being there in person. In taking whereofwere slain of the English 50 men only, of which 5 were captains, viz. Thomas Goring, Joseph Glynne, Sir John Haydouke, Babing- ton, and Grenfield: and of the French 125 men of special note, besides common soldiers. ]]?False. Monmouth by George Roberts, vol. ii. 289. The Dissenters, the representatives of the Puritans, were much pestere...