George Puttenham
Verse
A sequence of seventeen poems which were apparently written for intended presentation to Queen Elizabeth as a New Year's gift (c.1577-8). Extracts first published in
This sequence would appear to correspond to One oth[e]r lyttle booke of Certeyne meeters Wryten in hon[o]r of her ma[jes]t[i]e[s] name in p[ar]chem[en]t bound w[i]th greene leaves
recorded in Katherine Paulet's 1578 inventory of Puttenham's goods seized by her husband John Paulet at Puttenham's lodgings in the Whitefriars [in February 1577/8].
Copy of the sequence of seventeen poems, in a predominantly italic hand, with eleven lines at the foot of f. 170r in two other hands, headed
Edited frpom this MS in Haslewood and also in W.R. Morfill,
Prose
A treatise on the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, beginning There hath not happened since the memorie of man…
. First published, as
This MS formerly Phillipps MS 22357.
Untitled, but docketed (amidst scribbling)
Scribbling (by a juvenile hand) including the names of Thomas Phillip, John Curye, Richard Tempest, Tempest Rookes, Jonas Bookes, and also (f. 16r) John fleetewood Recorder of london
.
This MS recorded in Willcock & Walker, pp. xxiii-xiv (where it is erroneously described as containing corrections in Puttenham's own hand
). Extracts edited from this MS, with a facsimile of p. 96, in
Copy, headed
Feathery Scribe, 181 leaves. c.1620s.
Once owned Sir Robert Oxenbridge, MP (1595-1638) of Hurstbourne Priors, Hampshire; later by William Sancroft (1617-93), Archbishop of Canterbury, manuscript collector; and by Thomas Tanner (1674-1735), Bishop of St Asaph, ecclesiastical historian, scholar and book collector. It was once bought from John Jackson of Tottenham High Cross.
Described in Peter Beal,
This MS recorded in Willcock & Walker, p. xxiii (n). Beal,
Copy, headed prec xs
[10 shillings] inscribed (f. 136r) in the top border and with Dyson's signature (Hum: Dyson
).
Among the collections of Browne Willis (1682-1760), antiquary, of Whaddon Hall, near Winslow, Buckinghamshire.
This volume discussed, with a facsimile of f. 92r (Plate IV after p. 272) in H.R. Woudhuysen,
Woudhuysen tentatively suggests that Dyson's priced MSS were used as master exemplars
for subsequent copying to paying clients (but see alternative explanations by Alan Nelson (forthcoming)).
Copy, in a professional secretary hand, untitled, with Beale's supplied title It is thoght that this book was made by George Putt
.
Collected and annotated by Robert Beale (1541-1601), Clerk of the Privy Council. Including (ff. 152r-95v) a printed exemplum of Stubbs's banned tract
Yelverton MS 31, among Beale's papers descending to Sir Henry Yelverton (1566-1629), Justice of the Common Pleas, and his family.
Recorded in HMC, 2nd Report (1871), Appendix, p. 41.
Recorded (as the Calthorpe MS
) in Willcock & Walker, p. xxiii.
Copy, headed
Edited from this MS in
Copy, with lengthy formal title-page (f. 1r):
This MS recorded in Willcock & Walker, p. xxiii (n).
Copy, headed
A transcript of
Copy, on 22 folio leaves in a 38-leaf section (including
This MS recorded in Willcock & Walker, p. xxiii (n).
Copy, headed
Among papers of the Mellish family, of Hodsock, Nottinghamshire.
Headed
Owned and inscribed in 1867 by Sir Thomas Edward Winnington, Bt, MP (1811-72), of Stanford Court, Worcestershire.
Edited from this MS (described as the original MS
, but also as a copy of some other MS.
) in Camden Society edition. Recorded (as
Copy, headed This apology in the reading answered not my expectation: it mainly insists on the lawfullnesse of detaining the Queene of Scots prisoner. But as for her crimes, it gives the world noe satisfaction on that point, and a maine one is that shee twice designed to bee married. The manner of her Triall is pitifully defended and some ignorance shewed of our proceedings at law in cases of Triall; and (which is worst of all) it uses the great massacre of the Protestants in ffrance as a medium to justify the execution of the Scottish Queene
, on 100 folio pag
Formerly Mostyn MS 261, from the library of Mostyn Hall, near Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, seat of Sir Thomas Mostyn, second Baronet (c.1651-1700?) and of Sir Roger Mostyn, third Baronet (1675-1739). Sotheby's, 13 July 1920, lot 35, to Maggs. Maggs's sale catalogues Nos 423 (1922), item 1127, and No. 550 (1931), item 987.
Recorded in HMC, 4th Report (1874), Appendix, p. 361.
This MS mentioned in Woudhuysen, pp. 151-2.
First published, anonymously and dedicated to Lord Burghley, in London, 1589. Edited by Gladys Doidge Willcock and Alice Walker (Cambridge, 1936). Edited by Frank Whigham and Wayne A. Rebhorn (Ithaca & London, 2007).
Extracts.
This MS volume discussed in Katherine K. Gottschalk,
See
Translations
A political monarchist discourse by Claude de Seyssel (d.1520), Bishop of Marseilles and Archbishop of Turin, written c.1515 and first published, as
Cap. xviij How the prince sought to entreat the stae of nobillitee in generall; then
Cap xix° how the prince in allowinge the state of the nobilletee his premyn ences shoold haue regard that it become not ouer insolent; and
Cap xx how respect shoold be had that the state of nobillitee shoold not be impovrished p thother estates, ending
…since this only excesse is on of the suckers that of all other drawth most bludd owte of this misticall bodye., on ten folio pages, with stubs of excised leaves beforehand, in vellum.
Seyssel's book is listed in two notebooks (browght from mystres ffranklins howse
(Willis, p. 394).
Among the papers of the Jervoise family, of Herriard.
Identified as a translation from Seyssel by Eric Lindquist.
Unpublished translation (possibly of extracts only) into English. Suetonius is the source of several references (to Tiberius and others) in
Evidently relating to Puttenham's autograph notes sent to his brother-in-law Sir John Throckmorton concerning his defiance of the Privy Council.
1578.This MS recorded in Willcock & Walker, p. xxii.
Miscellaneous
Comprising: a list of debts, 12 October 1574, and money owed to him, to 14 January 1576 (f. 1v); lists of manors belonging to his wife (f. 2v) and sold by Lord Edward Windsor, wer the Queen hath nothinge in them
(f. 3r); accounts of annual household expenses, including wages of his men and women servants (f. 4r), of his rents, 25 March 1575 (f. 4v), money spent in behalf of Mr Woodes during the tyme of his trowble
, 1 August 1575 (f. 5v), expenses abowte the keapinge and cawses
of his wife Lady Windsor in 1574-75 (f. 6r), and other miscellaneous expenses, June 1575 (f. 6v); notes about the current state of his lawsuits in various courts, with reference to my bookes therof
, the bookes that must be copied owt
, and related writinges…in a box with Sr Jhon Throckmorton
, 1575 (ff. 8r-9v); The inventary of all my bookes and library
, comprising some 84 items in Latin, Italian, French and English, 10 [or 18?] November 1576 (f. 16v); expenses paid to my farmor Will
for making copies and legal work (ff. 18v-19v); a list of witnesses to the payment of money and acquitances of Sir Francis Fleming, including servants of George and Richard Puttenham (f. 22v); Remembrances of deades and writinges concerninge herrierde title
(ff. 23v-24r); a list of items, largely household stuff, given by Lady Windsor to Katherine Paulet and Mary Ayshe (ff. 24v-25r); An inventory of my pewter at London 1576
(f. 25v); and an inventory of clothing and jewellery, c. 1575; on 27 leaves (including a few blanks), folio, together with three loosely inserted notes of different size: namely: (1) an autograph receipt signed twice by George Puttenham for bookes & writinges
given to him by Richard Paulet, including se
and legal documents, and also one letter of Queen Maryes
, 26 August 1582; and (2 and 3) autograph lists of the contents of a chest, travelling expenses, Thinges browght from Herrierd to Vpton the xijth of october 1575
, debts, 10 May 1576, and clothing.
Among the papers of the Jervoise family, of Herriard Park.
Facsimile pages in Willis, pp. 420-2.
A catalogue of the booke[s] yt I browght from mystres ffranklins howse(listing over 40 books in French, Latin, Italian and English, and
wryten booke[s] of myn owne dyvers), 88 leaves, in a vellum wrapper taken from an older document in Hebrew.
Not in Puttenham's hand, but possibly compiled by members of the Paulet family.
Late 16th century.This volume is discussed, as if by Puttenham, in Willis, pp. 387-96.
George Putenhm), the text in the secretary hand of a scribe, to Mr [Thomas] Browne and Mr [Wiliam] More (i.e. Sir William More (1520-1600), the Commissioners of the Musters in Surrey), requesting exemption from taxation for the county musters since he is not a resident of Surrey but only temporarily borrowed
an other mans howsein the shire to
serve her matie, referring to
my lord Threasurers warrantand to his serving the Queen (
wherein beside[s] myne ordynary charge I am by comaundment spec[ially] ymployed), on one (now mutilated) folio page, with address panel on verso, from Putney, 20 December [1560s?]. 1560s?.
Among the Loseley Papers of the More family.
Geo. putenham), to his wife Lady Windsor, concerning a debt of £200 and admonishing her not to make
frivolous demands. c.1576-7?.
Quoted, with a facsimile, in Willis, pp. 426-8.
owtrages comytted uponhim by Lord Thomas Paulet and his family and
seruante[s], whose
malliceput him
in danger to be murdredand brought him
into this great obloquye and distresse that the worlde seeth, so that Puttenham objects to hazarding his liberty by appearing before the Council
only to sarue myn enemyes turnes, and to be noted for a fable to all the courte seekinge to answere a cowple of shameles weemen who neuer knowe tyme to make an ende, on twelve folio pages, endorsed
A long lre drawne to the ll. [Lords] of the Councel. from Mr Georg Puttenham, [25 October] 1578. 1678.
…there is never a man in englande hathe knowne me so tender ovr my carcase, as that I wold not willinglie expose it to all dangers for my frende[s] sake…), including notes on the matter as an endorsement, on two folio pages, [? 17 December] 1578. 1578.
Mr George Puttenham. The maters concerninge Sr John Throgmarton & him self drawn owte in tables, [? December 1578]. 1578.
trowblesand how Throckmorton should conduct himself on his appearance before the Council; on one folio page [c. December 1578]. 1578.
determynationto pursue his case, his unwillingness for Throckmorton to go to prison for his sake but insistence that he should
gyve away nothingewithout Puttenham's consent (
…my ll. [Lords] nor any man lyving shall gyve away any off my goode[s] or lyv[ing]e[s] but by order off lawe…); on one half-folio page, [c.December 1578]. 1578.
Geo. putenham) to Sir Richard Paulet, requesting him to find for him in his
boxes of evydencethat he had in the Whitefriars and
in the yron bounde chestean indenture between Puttenham and Kellham Throckmorton relating to Herriard (
for I must needs vse all the writinges which are contayned in a schedule inclosed), on one folio page, 11 May 1586. 1586.
Consideracionsby George Puttenham
to be vsed by syr Jhon Throck[morton].before his appearance before the Council, with Throckmorton's autograph answers and comments written in the margin, on three folio pages, [? June] 1579. 1579.
corruptly and disceitfullyecheating him out of his legacy
betwen them…by indirecte, and sinister meanes, whereby they also caused him to be confined for twelve months in prison where he lived in misery and
in greate daunger of ffamyne, 28 April 1564; separate answers by Thomas Councell and George Puttenham, dismissing his allegations as
vntrue; and the replication to both answers by Thomas Brooke, on four membranes of vellum, [1564]. 1564.
Assignment by Robert Wursham (or Wonersham) to William, Lord Windsor, of lands in Weston Corbet and elsewhere, on one membrane of vellum, 23 September 1555.
Extract, in court hand, from a rent roll for Lord Windsor's property at Bentworth, on both sides of a broadsheet.
whereby he was put in greate feare and parell of his Lyfe, including their stealing his goshawk on 7 October and
beyng Ryotously arayed wt Sworde Buckler and daggeron 22 and 23 October, Thomas Paulet's attacking Puttenham on horseback and inflicting
two great and Large woundesin his
hedde wt his daggar; and Paulet's answer, detailing how he was moved to give Puttenham
one litle Stroke vpon the headand, when attacked,
one other litle Stroke, on two membranes of vellum, [c.November 1560]. 1560.
Recorded in Eccles, pp. 108-9. Quoted in Willis (as SC 5,P46/11
), pp. 385-6.
safely prservePhilip's
escriptes writtinges and munymentes, as well as his title, and costs on Philip's behalf borne both by Puttenham and Philip's sister Elizabeth, on two membranes of vellum. c.1560s.
for his pryvate gayneresulting in their being
defraudedof their rights; the lengthy answer to this by George Puttenham and Lady Windsor, denying that any such deed of gift was made; a brief summary of this answer; and the replication to this answer by the four complainants, insisting that a
Suffycyent wrytyngewas made by their mother
wth her whole minde and full consentand
Seyled wth her Seyle and by her lawfully as her deyd of Grant dylyuryd, on four membranes of vellum, undated. c.1560s.
with pollecye and subtill invention, out of the benefice and parsonage of Shaldon, Hertfordshire, which he let Puttenham take possession of and subsequently grant to John Bardolphe under the promise that Puttenham would secure the necessary dispensation from the Bishop of Winchester, which he failed to do, ultimately resulting in Moore's arrest; with Puttenham's answer, dismissing the allegations as
vntrue and insufficient in the lawe, on two large membranes of vellum, [undated, but before 1566]. c.1560s.
A detailed and systematic listing [? by Paulet] of some 100 deeds, bills, leases, bonds, acquitances, agreements, releases, certificates, wills, statutes, rentals and other documents, alphabetically arranged in groups, on ff. [1r-5v]; followed (on ff. [6r-8r]) by A note of suche wrytinge[s] and Evidence[s] as have been delivrede to Sr John Throckmorton mr Puttenhn and theire servante[s] since the takeinge of the white ffryards
.
Quoted in Willis, p. 457.
Quoted in Willis, p. 459.
wyth force and Armes and in Ryotous forcible and vnlawfull manner…wyth Billes gleves Staves swordes and other weapons Invasyve and Defensyve…dyd beate and grevouslye hurte and eville intreatehim, pulling away a great part of his beard, to the fear of his life, an assault repeated about 7 August 1566 by George Puttenham and
dyvers of his Srvauntes to the Number of viij or ix p[er]sons, who did also violently
break and throwe downe the dores of the said p[ar]sonage howseand
Caste hymne vpoon the ground and trode vpponhim
wyth their fete; Sir Richard Apryce's answer to this complaint; and the answer of Alice Mylles to Bardolphe's bill of complaint, on three membranes of vellum, [1566]. 1566.
had good frendes which weare in good favor and estimacion with the saide ladie Quene Marie; the answers of Puttenham's refuting Ashe's
slanderousallegations; and Ashe's replication to these answers, on three membranes of vellum, 1566. 1566.
Recorded in Eccles, p. 108. Quoted in Willis, p. 385.
ignorantlyduped, Puttenham being described as
a man of suche lewde lascivious, and wicked disposit[i]on in his lyvinge (to shamefull and to abomynable herein to be resyted)which he maintained
wth cullorable and indirecte practisesand whose
detestable liefand
oppressions of poorer men, such men as Thomas Brooke, Thomas Moore, Thomas Lipscombe, Thomas Puller, Thomas Ordeney, Giles Moore, John Bardolph and others have
friendly and secretlytried to persuade him to forsake, 29 April 1567; with Puttenham's answer, dismissing these allegations as
most of them…ymagyned and subtilly devysedslanders, on two large membranes of vellum, [1567]. 1567.
Quoted with a facsimile, in Willis, pp. 396-9.
is a notorious enemie to god's trutheand
Sure his evel Life, his troublesom behavour is not vnknowne, 21 January 1568/9. 1569.
HMC, Salisbury MSS, Part I (1883), p. 392. Quoted in Willis, pp. 398-9.
a verye poor and Aged man) about George Puttenham's unlawful removal of bedding from his house to Puttenham's dwelling house in Trinity Lane, London, about 1564-65 [September or October 1565], and his withholding for three years of a £5 annuity due to him according to his deed of 5 April 1565, [1569]; the answers of George Puttenham to Hartilpoole's bill of complaint, 17 May 1569; the replication of Hartilpoole to Puttenham's answers, 19 May 1569; interrogatoreis to be administered on behalf of Richard Hartilpoole to George Puttenham; Depositions of Edmund Walwyne, Richard Price, Richard Dyckenson and John Francis Maganza in answer to interrogatories by Puttenham, 6 June 1569; and (at the top) a warrant by the Queen and Master of Requests for the arrest and imprisonment of George Puttenham because of his disobedience,
To the manyfeste contempte of vs and or said Counsaill, of their decree and other letters of injunction relating to Hartilpoole's bill of complaint, on five membranes of vellum and five folio pages, 24 July 1569. 1569.
Quoted in Willis, pp. 401-12.
soughthis
byllnot by
Mr Secretary[William Cecil] but by
my Lorde of Leycesterwho
ys the chyck that sytteth next the hennes yt ys he that shall mary the Quene when all his doon) and denying that Puttenham ever accused Cecil of being
a corrupt manor of offering money to anyone to kill him or of saying anything against the honour of either Leicester or
his good and gracious Ladyethe Queen; also referring to his letters attempting to
purchase her Mate[s] favor, wch by vntrewe reporte[s] p[er]haps of late hath been w[ith]drawen; written in the secretary hand of a clerk and signed at the foot of each page by Puttenham himself (
Ge. putenham), on 7 folio pages, 20 February 1569/70. 1570.
Petition to Queen Elizabeth.
Quoted, in English translation, in Willis, p. 412.
Dasent, VII, 364.
coffersor
chesteswhere they had found
secretly hidden and laied vpp to no good purpos certen coapes Vestemente[s] masse booke[s] Stolles Supaltarries…and soche lyke trumperie fitt for the s[er]vice of the masse and other Papisticall Service nowe abolisshed, on five membranes of vellum, November 1570. 1570.
Quoted in Willis, pp. 399-400.
dyvers other Ryotouse and evyll disposed p[er]sonnes…in vearye Ryotouse forcible warlike Rebellious and vnlawfull mannr…wyth Swordes Bucklers longe piked Staves welshe hookes and other weaponsto break into the water mill at Sherfield and
in most Cruell and vnlawfull manner assault beate and woundehim to the
greate p[er]ille and Daunger of his lyffeand alleging that this happened
oftentymes[May 1571]; the answer of Puttenham and Thomas Baker to this bill, alleging that Morris
did falcelye and most maliciously corupte abette and p[ro]cure c[er]ten lewde p[er]sons to accusePuttenham
of sundry greate and daungerous matters to th intent to bringe him to vtter discredyte and confusyon, that Morris and others broke into his mill and
brake vp all his cofers stonderds and cheste[s] locked and ransackt and ryfled his goods…lyinge secretle in wayte to assaulte beate hurte wounde or killhim; and the replication of Francis Morris to Puttenham's answer, defending himself against the accusations
most sclaunderously and falselymade by Puttenham, on three large membranes of vellum, [1571]. 1571.
the principall worker of George Puttenh[a]ms trobles, and his slanderous
accusacionsagainst him, including whether Cater had said that
all the Judges in England were corrupted by the said George Puttenh[a]mand whether he tried to
subborne p[er]swade or stirrePooley or Godsen
to accuse impeche or sue testifie or disclose matter against hym concerninge any cryme or offence against the Quenes Ma[jes]tie or the estate of this Realme; and the answers signed by Pooley and Godsen, generally disavowing knowledge of whether Cater was chiefly responsible for Puttenham's
trobles, on one membrane of vellum and three folio pages, [1571-2]. 1571-2.
not ill contentif Puttenham appeared before the Council
for that the Lordes of the counsell knewe you well enough, And that the said George Puttenh[a]ms credit was cracked, and whether he wrote encouraging Puttenham
to seeke revenge vpponFrancis Morris and wanted him to burn his letters
lest yor conferringe wth hym might be knowne; and the answers to this signed by William Cater, on five long membranes of vellum and seven folio pages, 22 May 1572. 1572.
Geo. Putenam) on three of them, 31 May 1572. 1572.
true Landlorde and lawfull mast[e]r, alleging that Francis Morris was responsible for the breaking into his manor where they
brake open all his cases locked and ransacked all his moveables goods wrytinge[s] ch[arte]rs leases bookes of Accompte Inventoryes, etc., as well as
many other the lyke outrage[s] Demolishinge of houses…and vnlawfull facte[s], on one membrane of vellum, [c.1572]. 1572.
Copy of a royal injunction on Puttenham for Paulet's debts, in Latin, on an oblong folio page, January 1572/3.
wth swoordes drawnethey pulled her out
by the heare of her hed and thrust owt her servant and…a suckinge childe…in the Snowe, where they were like to have perished for colde, and their entering the mill at Sherfield and wounding
wth a swoordeone of Puttenham's servants, 5 May 1573; the lengthy answers to this by William Cater and Richard Hedd, referring to Puttenham as
a man well knowen to the worlde to be vniu[er]sallie malicious, inventious vnquiette full of brables of subtyll practyses and slanderous devyses…overconnynge in defacinge of truthe by wordes & speache eloquente and in invenc[i]on of myscheiffe verie p[er]fytte; and the answer of Alleyne Eglebye, dismissing Puttenham's complaint as
full of faults…vntrue reportes and malicious pre[cee]dinges, on three membranes of vellum, [1573]. 1573.
Dasent, VIII, 274.
Geo. putenham) against various answers on two pages, on 5 folio pages in all, 11 May 1575. 1575.
Wheather dyd you of yopr owne accord make seale & deliu[e]r vnto the said La: in the name of the said John poulet ane writinge obligatorie of the some of fowre thousand pounde[s] sufficientlie to dischardge the said John poulet his heire[s] Assignes and eu[e]ry of them; and answers to the interrogatories by Richard Scopham, Williams Woodes (signed), and Edward Fylder, on two membranes of vellum and eleven folio pages, 11 May 1575. 1575.
deade or deades of guyfte supposed to be made by the Lady Elizabeth windesoreof money, plate, jewels or other goods
to any of her chyldren, 27 June 1575; and the answers of Katherine Paulet, mentioning that
the saide dedewas drawen up by Haryson, though she did not know
who in groste it, and referring to another
being in paper, on one membrane of vellum and three folio pages, 30 June 1575. 1575.
Quoted in Willis, pp. 413-14.
Dasent, IX, 39-40.
Dasent, IX, 96.
A note in Latin on the Puttenham-Windsor case, on two folio pages, 14 March 1575/6.
Quoted (in English translation) in Willis, p. 413.
for that the Ladies case seemeth Lamentable and her husbandes dealinge[s] extreme considering he hath all his Livinge[s] by her, 20 April 1576. 1576.
Dasent, IX, 107.
A certificate of John Kingsmill, in Latin, concerning an ecclesiastical grant of absolution made to Puttenham and others in connection with the incident when they fought in Herriard churchyard on 9 May 1576, on a small membrane of vellum.
wh[i]ch he hath heretofore contemptuouslie refused to do, or else appear before the Council,
and not to faile in any wise as he will aunswer to the contrarie at his p[er]ill, 19 June 1576. 1576.
Dasent, IX, 144.
Copy of a Privy Council order concerning the Puttenham versus Lady Windsor dispute, on a folio page, June 1576.
wicked and incontynent lyfand
evill demeanres towardes herand his subsequent failure to honour his
promyses of reformaconor financial obligations
being retorned to his former wicked Liefwith consequent debts to her and Paulet, and alleging that a bill obligatory
supposed to be mad to the said George Puttenhmby Paulet was
false & forged & not the very deed of yor said Subiect…forged & made (as yor said Subiect thincketh) by the said George Puttenhm or some other persone, [1576]; and Puttenham's answer to this, accusing Paulet of being maliciously intent on ruining Puttenham's
good name and fameand of
beinge noted a man of hym selfe weake of iudgement…ruled by other mens Counsell, and defending the genuineness of the disputed bill obligatory for 1,000 marks, on two large membranes of vellum, 11 July 1576. 1576.
Geo. putenham), on one folio page, 15 July 1576. 1576.
he hath had as he thinketh many l[ett]res and other writinge[s] sent vnto himby Paulet); written in the cursive secretary hand of a clerk and signed by Puttenham (
George putenham~), on three pages of two folio leaves, 21 November 1576. 1576.
A note on a hearing in the Star Chamber, on one page with an endorsement, 16 November 1576.
What is the name & Surname of the wryter …and what are the seurall names & srnames of the wytnesses to the sealinge & deliuringe of the same Billand
What Specialtyes or wrytinges haue you in yor custodye signed & sealed wth the complainante[s] owne hand &c And how manye & what are the Contente[s] therof, on one membrane of vellum, [1576]. 1576.
Bill obligatorie of a M[1,000] m[ar]cke[s] which puttenham hathe supposed and averred to be dwe debt to him, whether Assunden had
skill or knowledge in the Law and the Lattyn tounge to make suche a deedby himself and whether Paulet did; and William Assunden's answers signed, denying his knowledge of Latin himself, on one membrane of vellum and two folio pages, 5 December 1576. 1576.
vsed any tyme to be putt in trustbetween the respective parties
to wryte & make leases indentures obligacions dedes or suche other wrytyngesand whether the obligation for 1,000 marks made by Paulet to Puttenham was
all of yor owne writynge; and William Assunden's answers signed by him, on one membrane of vellum and three folio pages, November [1576/7]. 1576.
An obligation between John Paulet and George Puttenham, signed by Paulet, on a membrane of vellum, 15 February 1576/7.
A detailed list (on ff. [2v-12v]) of some 370 numbered documents or groups of documents, in addition to a quantity of unnumbered items (more in the same red cheste
, etc.), followed (on ff. [12v-14r]) by a list of 112 Bookes
(English, French, Latin and Italian), including items at the end such as Two pap booke[s] in pchmt one wryten in Rym dyalog
, one lytle book in velim Contayning a dialog wrytten in Romane hand
, One othr lyttle booke of Certeyne meeters Wryten in honr of her mate[s] name in pchemt bound wth greene leaves
, A pap booke bownde in pchmt entitled a book of Accompte[s] betwene me & my ffarmers of heryard at or lady daye 1574
, and a nomber of papers some Rimes. Riddles and othr Ragged loose papers
.
your lordshipconcerning the Lady Windsor versus Puttenham dispute, on eight broadsheets, 3 February 1577/8. 1578.
A scribbled note (? by John Paulet) about their losing [? Puttenham's] Artycles
because they woer of so lytle purpose that we nevr tooke care to prserve them
, endorsed Artycles of Message betwene Powlet & Puttenha[m] vpon the special labor of Putte[n]h[am] by mr Owen
, on two folio pages, Easter Term 1578.
A letter to Sir Nicholas Bacon by commissioners reporting on the supplication of Lady Windsor to Secretary Walsingham against George Puttenham who laborethe to be discharged of his xcomunycation (for not payment of the sayd somme of xliiijli)
, on a pair of conjugate folio leaves, 30 April 1578.
Quoted in Willis, p. 453 (as to Lord Bughley (?)
).
Goodes or wrytynges wthin the white ffryers, on an oblong slip, 8 May 1578. 1578.
goodes and howsehold stufeat his lodgings in the Whitefriars
nere flete strete in London to be delyured in extent to John Pawlet esquier and Thomas Ashe gentleman, including carpets, hangings, plate, furniture, etc., among them
iij greate chestes,
ij greate boxes of wood for writinges with little lockes on them, and
viij quiers of paper, on three folio pages, 16 May 1578. 1578.
Dasent, X, 255.
Dasent, X, 260.
Articles to be administered to Henry Burr, deputy to the Under-Sheriff of Middlesex, on behalf of Lady Windsor, concerning George Puttenham's imprisonment, on two folio pages, 24 June 1578.
Quoted in Willis, pp. 451-2.
Dasent, IX, 148.
Quoted in Willis, pp. 453-4 (as to Thomas Ashe (?)
).
moved with compassionfor Lady Windsor and granting Puttenham twenty days to retrieve £120 from Lord Windsor before he appears before the Council, 26 October 1578. 1578.
Dasent, X, 355-6. Quoted in Willis, p. 454.
Dasent, X, 363.
some orderinto the Puttenham-Lady Windsor dispute, 6 November 1578. 1578.
Quoted in Willis, pp. 455.
some orderinto the Lady Windsor dispute, 6 November 1578. 1578.
Dasent, X, 375-6. Quoted in Willis, pp. 454-5.
an evill prankplayed by him when in Richard Puttenham's service; written in the hand of a clerk on two broadsheets (a third continuing with a deposition by Thomas Temple), each signed by Puttenham (
Geo. putenham), 28 November 1578. 1578.
Recorded in Eccles, p. 108.
the byll signed by her matie was staied and Revokdby his means, on a membrane of vellum and two broadsheets, 2 December 1578. 1578.
Dasent, X, 430.
wth some difficultie) of his brother-in-law George Puttenham and requesting leave now to repair to his own house, 21 December 1578. 1578.
HMC, Salisbury MSS, Part 2 (1888), p. 226.
The answer of George Puttenham esquire, to the articles propoundedby the Lordes of the Councell, concerning his dealings with Sir John Throckmorton,
this xij or xv yeares, written in the secretary hand of a clerk and signed at the end by Puttenham (
Geo. Putenham), on four folio pages, 22 December 1578. 1578.
Dasent, X, 435. Quoted in Willis, p. 455.
Ingrate dealingeand the
so greate & continualland apparently
endlestrouble he causes his friends and relations, all of whom he has now alienated, [31 December] 1578. 1578.
Quoted in Willis, pp. 456-7.
Quoted in Willis, pp. 396, 412 and 457.
the hand in Wrytingeof Puttenham or whether he knows if Manzaga
was eur detectyd of eney foergerey or other fallshood, on a long strip of paper, [1578]. 1578.
A draft letter by Lady Windsor, on the back of an unrelated letter, to Dr Lewis and the Commissioners of the Court of Delegates concerning her lawsuit, on four folio pages.
beinge malycyously bent and aptto do anything to hinder Puttenham's marriage with Paulet's mother Elizabeth, Lady Windsor, of persuading her
by fair words and slye practisesbefore the marriage to sign a blank sheet of paper (
the hand of the sayd Ladie Elizabeth so well knowen) and then of forging a deed of gift to Paulet in 1571-74, with which they, John Harrison and others have tried to get hold of goods and chattels inherited by Lady Windsor from William, Lord Windsor; the separate answers to this by Cuthbert Bradford, 13 June 1575, Katherine Paulet, 25 June 1575, and John Paulet, 27 November 1575, dismissing the allegations and claiming that Puttenham
wastfully and as the common reporte is, very dishonestlyetook advantage of
all the goodde[s] chattels and Juels of the Lorde Windsor and Richard Powlette w[i]thowt any p[er]formanceof Lord Windsor's will; and the replication of George Puttenham to these answers, confirming his claims, on five membranes of vellum, [1575, but docketed Trinity 1578]. 1578?.
Puttenham's replication quoted in Willis, pp. 447-8.
Before the lls [i.e. Lords], [1578?]. 1578.
Articles exhibited by George Puttenham to the Archbishop of Canterbury and ecclesiastical commissioners, concerning the malice
of Lady Windsor and her children, including allegations that she cohabited with her late husband's most mortall enemies
and sought to defraud him, on four pages of two pairs of conjugate folio leaves.
Quoted in Willis, pp. 439-41.
Details of Puttenham's revenues by Lady Windsor, on one broadsheet.
Lady Windsor's allegations against George Puttenham exhibited before the ecclesiastical commissioners, to get a divorce, on two broadsheets.
A draft list of interrogatories, about whether an unnamed witness knows George Puttenham and can throw light on wrytinge[s]
concerning Herriard, on a small folio page.
Notes touching fraudulent deedes of guifte
, on one quarto page; a two-column list of obiections of Sr J. Throckmorton
and Answere of [John] Poulett
, endorsed, possibly by Puttenham, Pawlete[s] demandes
, on two folio pages.
Quoted in Willis, pp. 428-9.
A bill of complaint of Lady Windsor against George Puttenham, enumerating her troubles with him for fifteen years (…not havinge the feare of god before his eyes [he] most wikydlie hather eur since lyved most incontene[n]t geving him self our to whoredome and other ungodly lief…not only wasted and consumed all [her] landee[s] and goode[s], But also in the same tyme moche [misabused?] her wth c[o]r[po]rell stripes beatinge[s] and other vnseamely acte[s] and demeanoures
wasting her revenues in the mainteynaunce of most vnhonest women and Nursinge of his Base borne children by him begotten of them
), on three broadsheets.
Quoted in Willis, pp. 434-6.
A statement in Latin about the Puttenham-Windsor case, on two folio pages.
Geo. putenham), presumably to the Paulet family, requesting them to
yelde me myne owne wth quyetnesand let the bearer Mr Owen have
the Inventory you haue take of my goode[s] or a copie therof, on a small slip of paper. c.1578.
Lady Windsor's answers to George Puttenham's articles, passionately accusing him (so wicked a man voyd of all conscyence
who maried the Landes and the liuinge and not the woman
) of vildlie
treating her more like a kytchin slaue then like a wyfe
(Latelie ye haue most wickedlie attempted…to spoile me of my life wch beyng so I way ye ar no man for me to keepe any socyetie wth
), threatening to reveal such matters as his sclawnderouse tounge hath Ranged
as he will spedelie Repent
, contemptuously dismissing his various allegations (you feare yor owne shadow
), swearing you shall not still play the p[a]rte of Oliuer omrant as hetherto yor glorious hed p[er]swadeth you still that you daunce in a net so as no bodie may espye yor devises
, and declaring that he has consumed and spoiled almost all
and that what she herself has carried away scarse amonteth to a payre of hose to my legge[s]
, on three folio pages.
Quoted in Willis, pp. 438-9.
An autograph draft letter by Lady Windsor to yor worshipps
about Puttenham's false sugestions
(he hath such power to abuse you…he derideth you all, to yor owne faces
) and his cruelties to her (tendringe to the immynent danger of my life The manr whereof at large I am Ashamed for womanhed…to dilate vnto you
). Written on the back of an address leaf addressed by Katherine Paulet to her husband John Paulet, on a pair of conjugate folio leaves.
Quoted in Willis, pp. 441-2.
Extract from a quitclaim, in court hand, by William, Elizabeth and John Paulet to Ralph and John Knight, on two broadsheet pages.
A note of the first takinge of [Puttenham's] house in the Whitefriars
, a copy of various depositions in the case, on three folio pages, February 1578/9.
A declaracion of the true value of all soche Rente[s] Anuyties and Lande[s] as were graunted by George Puttenham Esquier vnto Sr John Throckmorton knight…xvij ffebruarie &c 1578
, on both sides of a broadsheet.
greate vyolens, dispossessing tenants and delivering lands to Sir Richard Paulet, on four folio pages, 18 March 1578/9. 1579.
outragecommitted upon him by Thomas Lord Paulet and others; the main text written in the hand of a clerk, on both sides of two membranes of vellum, [1578-79]. 1578-9.
Copy, in court hand, in Latin, of the final concord between Lady Windsor and Jane Kydwelly about land at Herriard and elsewhere, on two folio pages.
Draft of Lady Windsor's responses to George Puttenham's allegations, on four folio pages.
Briefe: notes declaringe sundrye devises and p[er]swasions vsed by mr Puttenhm to the Ladye Windsor his wiefe; and others, as meanes to accomplyshe his foule and ravenous practyse of disseason in the Manor of heriard to the…spoile of John Poulett
, on a broadsheet.
The Lady windsors answere to the vntrue Allegacons of George Puttenhm to the Lo Archebysshopp of Cant and the Lorde of London
, including her claims about in what meane estate she tooke him
which should have caused a man of honest and good disposyc[i]pon to haue had a great deale more care and regard for the maintenance of her happy dayes
, about his cruell and vnmanly handlinge of her thourough Stripes. pynches. and suche lyke
, the beastlyke demeanures
of so incestyous and vnsatyable a man wth diurse lewd women
, and other offences by him so that She thinkethe also herselfe bound to abandone the company of so evill & vytious a p[er]son least she should be partaker of his iust punyshm[en]t for the same
, on six folio pages.
Quoted in Willis, pp. 442-5.
Concerning financial matters partly relating to George Puttenham and his wife and mentioning his own search of a nomber of papers and bookes confusedly scattered in dyvers places
concerning his debts, mentioning also in a postscript the violent and outrageous manner in which the Sheriff of Hampshire has entered the manor of Herriard and dispossessed all the tenants to deliver the estate to the Paulets; subscribed with a note signed by Paulet's wife Katherine.
Dasent, XI, 61.
Allegations exhibited 10 May 1577 and the response of Lady Windsor, on one folio page, Easter 1579.
George Puttenham's replication to the severall Answeres
of Lord Thomas Paulet, Katherine Paulet, Richard Paulet, Francis More, Thomas Welche, William Dodd, John Halle, Thomas Ayshe and John Wooldrige, on seven broadsheet pages, 17 May 1579.
Quoted in Willis, pp. 447-8.
Dasent, XI, 129-30.
Including: Two bills of complaint to the Queen by Puttenham, one for 3 February 1577/8, referring to the Paulets' breaking in most riotous & violent manner
into his lodgings in Whitefriars and into two cheste[s] & iii or iiij caskette[s] deskes & hampers that co[n]teyand nothinge but evidence[s] deeds & wrytinge[s]
of his and others committed to his charge concerninge lande[s] tenemente[s] goode[s] cattell debte[s] righte[s] and intereste[s] to a very greate valewe
and forcibly abducting and imprisoning him in Middlesex; answers to his bill of complaint by Lord Thomas Paulet (31 January 1578
), Richard Paulet, Thomas Welche (referring to Puttenham's troublous nature and Malicious mynd
, 23 January 1578
), John Wooldrige (3 February 1578
), John Hall (who executed the writ of excommunicatio capiendo on Puttenham), Richard Paulet (again), Francis More and William Dodd; Puttenham's interrogatories to be admininstered to John Hall (including whether he did assaute the sayde Putenhm by the highway syde as he roode, and pursed & Chased hym a myle or twoo wth yor sworde drawen
, and Hall's answer); and The replicacone of George Putenham
to certain of the answers; a note in Latin on the examination; and a fragment dated 18 May 1579.
Quoted in Willis, pp. 448-40 (as STAC 5/P33
).
Petitionsby George Puttenham
to be exhibited by yow whan ye haue tried all that can be doon of the former pointe[s], drafted for Throckmorton's use, with interspersed autograph comments by Throckmorton; on one folio page, [June?] 1579. 1579.
Concerninge the court. pointe[s] for Sir T[hrockmorton]. to consider ofin order to
rydde owreselvs of this trowble at the courtbut stressing that his appearance before the Council would
vttrly destroyPuttenham; on three folio pages, [June?] 1579. 1579.
Lady Windsor's petition agianst George Puttenham and Sir John Throckmorton, concerning the sinister dealinge[s] of them therin
with respect to lands at Herriard, docketed with a note about the delivery from Sir Francis Walsingham of relevant documents concerning Herriard, on a broadsheet, 3 July 1579.
Geo. putenham~), countersigned by his former wife Elizabeth Lady Windsor (
Elizabethe wenser), for a settlement between them, specifying his allowances to her and overseeing by Sir John Trockmorton or someone else appointed by the Council, Puttenham's text considerably emended in the hand of Lord Burghley, who has also added the names of the Lords of the Council; on one folio page, tipped into Volume IV of the Privy Council Registers, Greenwich, 13 July 1579. 1579.
Dasent, XI, 188-9.
Dasent, XI, 168.
Articles of agreement between Lady Windsor, George Puttenham and Sir John Throckmorton, written and signed in her hand, on a folio page, c.July 1579.
Dasent, XI, 299.
The Coppye of the Inventory of the plate goode[s] and catalle[s] of the right honerable will[ia]m lorde wyndesor, on a roll of 24 broadsheets.
A declaraco[n] of the waste made in and vppo[n] the houses and growndes at heriarde by George Puttenhm Esquire, on a broadsheet, undated.
A copy of mr putenam Apeale
, in Latin, on two folio pages.
Depositions by seventeen persons in answer to Lady Windsor's allegations about George Puttenham's adultery with various women, the children they bore him, and the physical violence he had inflicted upon herncluding various testimonies that Puttenham was reputed in the country to lead a very evill and dissolute lyfe
, a verye vngodlye life
, living incontinently
, wth dyvers women a longe tyme
, and to keep a young woman secretly
, being a hansome comelye younge woman
; that he kept at his own charge Elizabeth Johnson (who, by one account, named herselfe Besse Malon
) at a house in Upton Grey and that he was seen to visit her secretlye
at various times for half an hour or more at a time in a chamber with the door kept shut; Elizabeth Johnson's own testimony confirming that, after having her brought to a house in Paddington, Puttenham wth much adoe had his pleasure carnallye wth her
and then kept her at his charge in various houses over a period until his wife Lady Windsor and others found her at Upton Grey and brought her to Herriard Manor; others, including widwives, reporting that a wenche
named Eleanor and Katherine Kirby both had children by Puttenham, who paid for their nursing, and that Eleanor was now Nicholas Newbold, the parson of Bradley's, wife; Thomazine Harte also testifying that Puttenham and his man James Kirby had made repeated attempts, with greate offers of rewarde[s]
, to allure her Daughter to consente…to satisfye his fylthye lustes of concupisence and fornicac[i]on
, offers which she vtterlye abhorred
, which led to much discorde and displeasure
; with further reports that Puttenham had often tymes beaten and struken the saide Ladye Eliz his wiefe and behaued him selfe very Rigorrouslye by punchinge and throwinge her downe by violence
, on one occasion, in his rage and furye
, throwing his wife downe like to burste her backe & Rybbes
, in Latin and English, in a folio booklet of 22 pages.
Quoted in Willis, pp. 415-18.
The cause of complaynte Wronge[s] and Iniuries sustayned by the Lad Elizabeth Windesor By George Puttenham her husband by the space of these xv yeres last past
, about Puttenham's lewd dealinge[s], accusing him of adultery with Izarde Cawley
, her servant and gentlewoman, whom he tried to marry off the better to geave Colloure to his incontinente Dealinge[s] wth her
the very thought of which had almost coste the sayd La[dy] her lieffe
, his harrassment of another waitinge gentlewoman…of tender yeres called Mary Champneys
, as well as one Jane Woodes (he assaulted the said maiden in moste wicked maner and therewth also shewed her what thraldome and miserye she should sustayne and therefore the next way was to assente vnto him in his Carnall Desires…after that he brote her wth child and Carried her to Antwrappe in fflanders…where she was Deliured of child…and lefte her in there in grete misery
), his getting a house cook with child which he fathered…vpon one of his Servinge men
, his getting one Elenor chambre maide
with child who was then Conveid to one Nicholas Newbollte Clarke his howse
where she was subsequently kepte and deliured of Child
, and his taking wth greate Violence one Elizabeth Johnsone and in Moste Detestable and brutiyshe maner
using her for three yeres last paste
, as well as having most wickedlie assailled the wyfe
of one of her neighbours, on one broadsheet, undated.
Quoted in Willis, pp. 414-15.
Two petitions by Puttenham to Queen Elizabeth and the Privy Council, in a minuscule calligraphic hand, one requesting the Queen to confirm the recommendation of the Council for a booke to be made in that case requisite, and fitt to passe your Royal Signe: thereunto presented by Mr Secretary Walsingham
, on two oblong folio pages, endorsed a petycon to the Queen Elizabeth from mr Puttenham a very odd one
, undated.
Notes on lands that George Puttenham had by Lady Windsor, on a broadsheet.
Quoted in Willis, pp. 452-3.
Answers of Lady Windsor to George Puttenham's false Allegac[i]ons…laide against her to the Lorde[s] of the Counsell
, including her recollection of the earlier occasion when wth a weapon called a bastynadoe
he beatte the said p[er]sons in very contemptuous maner and brake one of their heds very sore
and other outrage
by him, her trusting that the Lords will not blame her for separating her self from the company of soe evell a man, and better late then never, havinge so longe forborne to vtter the vnspeakeable myseryes
she had endured wth modestye
which womanhed did forbid
her to disclose; appealing to the Lords not over lightlie
to give credit to his gloryous and paynted speache whose custome is all supreme authorities and ordynarye & civill governement as a mockarye to vse
, who in greate glorye and boaste of his owne witt and invenc[i]on
defied the summons to appear before the Lords, and where she and her children did thincke to haue Cloyed him wth the aucthoritie of the higher powers he was then sicke sicke sicke
, on three folio pages, undated.
Quoted in Willis, pp. 445-7.
The answer of M. Paulet to George Puttenham concerning the Riott in the White friars
, on four broadsheet pages.
A brief note of costs for places wasted & damage[s]
and an account of the damages, on a slip of paper and one folio page.
A list of points relating to Throckmorton etc., endorsed Brief of poulette[s] petycon to my lorde Threaseror
, on a quarto leaf.
A briefe of mr George Puttenhms practyses against Richard Poulet wherin he the said Richard requirethe redresse
, on a broadsheet page.
All the demaunde[s] that Mr Pauwlett can make (as I suppose)
and [?Puttenham's] answer, in a cursive secretary hand, on three folio pages.
Quoted, with facsimiles, in Willis, pp. 423-6.
in thoffice of his clark and in other busynes and affairesat an annual salary of £10 but who had accrued in Puttenham's service expenses of £40 which Puttenham
wthout respect of any vpright dealinghad refused to pay, having also
by his synister practises and subtill p[er]swasions and devyces procured and alluredThackham in Puttenham's affairs
to spende and consume…the some of C [100] m[a]rke[s], on one membrane of vellum, undated. c.1570s-80s.
Geo. Putenham), for an indenture dated 20 December 1559 received from Richard Paulet and also referring to a release of 27 July 1565, on an oblong octavo page, 18 October 1580. 1580.
Quoted, with a facsimile, in Willis, p. 460.
one paper note…touchinge certen wrytinge[s] that was to be delyurd vnto Willm Woode[s], on a small strip of paper, 22 October 1580. 1580.
Geo. putenham), for the return by Richard Paulet of ten specified books of Puttenham, on a single page, 22 October 1580. 1580.
Quoted in Willis, with a facsimile, pp. 457-9.
A note of my lorde W[indso]rs & lord Tresorers lre to my La. Throckmrton
concerning her late husband's lease with George Puttenham and title to Heriard, on two folio pages, after 22 May 1580.
Geo. Putenham), relating to a
wrytingreceived from Sir Richard Paulet concerning an annuity of £240 granted to Puttenham by Paulet on behalf of Lady Windsor on 4 June 1565, the receipt witnessed by the scrivener John Browne before the notary John Hunte, on a single page, 4 November 1580. 1580.
Quoted in Willis, p. 459.
Geo. putenham), relating to an indenture of 30 November 1562 received from Sir Richard Paulet concerning legacies and obligations between Puttenham and Edward Lord Windsor, on one folio page, 5 June 1581. 1581.
Dasent, X, 93.
Dasent, XIII, 162.
Dasent, XIII, 203-4.
A breyfe of the controversye betwene ffredericke L: Wyndesor, and George Puttenham Esquier, with reference to the annuity granted to Elizabeth Lady Windsor and Puttenham's
lewde and covenous practyses, [1582?]. 1582?.
In Willis, pp. 459, 461.
Concerning George Puttenham's alleged attempt to gain possession of land.
22 October 1583.Quoted in Willis, pp. 461-2.
mons[ieu]r puthnam, who as usual excused not paying, telling him he had
vgne assigna[ti]onby the Queen signed by most of the Council but which Walsingham has delayed and remitted to the judgement of [Sir Philip] Sidney (
…Il ne restoit que vous de laider & fauoriser & que sur ugne petite difficulte p[ar] opposition qui est extreme[?] vous aves retarde son affaire requettant son affaire a congnoistre p[ar] Monseigneur de sidnay), about which Puttenham is joyful (
Joyeux), saying he would gladly pay £100 to Sidney or anyone else to get the matter settled, 29 May 1584. 1584.
Copies of such writings and euidence as perteine to the sute of Mr George Puttneham
for the Queen's return of a £1,000 forfeiture which he might have saued
if he had shewed him self eyther an vnhonest or vnthankfull subiect
, the Council's agreeing that Francis Morris took unfair advantage of him and ordering that Mr Secretarie
should moue
the Queen in Puttenham's favour, 8 February 1584/5.
Writinge[s] to be deyuerd by Ric pawlet, on a folio page, 11 May 1586. 1586.
writinge[s]left by Paulet's father which Puttenham requested and which he will send him via his
coosen waller, on an oblong octavo page, 23 May 1586. 1586.
Geo. putenham), for various
parcells of writingesfrom Sir Richard Paulet via John Waller, on one folio page, 26 May 1586. 1586.
acte of free p[ar]donof 15 February 1586/7, as also the validity of the transcript made by Edward Orwell, registrar of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Court; and answers and counter-claims to this petition by William Kingsley, George Farmer, Edward Orwell and Paul Powle, on four membranes of vellum. c.1587-8.
in consideratione boni veri & fidelis & acceptabilis servicii nobis) of the reversion of the leases of the rectories of Marten, Wiltshire, and St Botolphs without Aldgate, London, at annual rents of £18 and £22 respectively, [May 1588]. 1588.
A lease in Revercon graunted vnto George Puttenham esqr of the p[ar]sonage of Marten in the County of Wilteshr & ye personage of Sr Botholphe wthout Aldgate London for the terme of xltie, yeare[s] Rent xlli, & noe fyne in consideracon of service Sub: by the L: T[reasu]rer, & Sr Walter Mildmay. Procured by Mr wyndebancke, May 1588. 1588.
Geo. putenham), one signed twice, 5 March 1588/9. 1589.
Recorded in Eccles, p. 109.
Articles to be inquired of executed and p[er]formed for and on the behalf of her matie in the Counties of Staff warwick and Oxford, inquiring about outstanding debts to the Queen of Sir John Throckmorton deceased and George Puttenham, in seventeen several bonds of £40, the document signed by Sir John Fortescue, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on one membrane of vellum, [undated, but between 1589 and 1603]. c.1589-1603.
longe, and chargable Sutes in Lawewith George Puttenham to his own
great hinderance and almost vtter vndoinge, mentioning Puttenham's suit to the Queen for the return of £1,000 paid by him into the Exchequer (
And to that purpose had yor honors & others the lle[s] of the cownsells order for a booke to be drawne for yt & passte her hignes signet, yet he was crossed therin (I thinck thoroughe gode[s] p[ro]vydence for his lewdnes) by Mr Sackford, so as he receyved yt not) and requesting this repayment be bestowed upon him instead, on a folio page, 3 December 1593. 1593.
Tax assessments of George Puttenham in St Margaret's parish, Westminster, for £10 a year in lande[s]
, in a register of the taxation of lands and fees in the county of Middlesex in 1581 and 1594.
Recorded in Eccles, p. 109.
Certeyn sentences collected: concerninge maryadge
, endorsed (? by Sir Richard Paulet), with a memorandum about where he had laid his own books, including: On the left hand of the chest beyinge opening I lawyd and Packt all the bookes I had of Mr Puttenham, wch reached halfe way the chest…next mr Puttenhams bookes aforesaid I layde all my Lattyne bookes, greeke…and suche like
, on two folio pages, 18 December 1596.
in rioutous manner wth Iron Barrsentered Puttenham's house at Whitefriars, arrested him and removed certain goods, and Paulet's answer (of 18 November 1611) referring to George Puttenham as his grandmother's
most…lewde husband, seven items, seven pages in all, folio and octavo. 1610-13.
yr poore and distressed subiectMary Simmes, widow, administratrix of George Puttenham's Will, against Sir Richard Paulet, demanding restitution for the chattels, books and
diuers Evidence[s], Indentures Leases, statuts, Obligac[i]ons, bonds, bills, defesants [defeasances], certificats, and other Writings, all
of a very greate valewe, which his parents John and Katherine Paulet had violently taken away from Puttenham's lodgings in Whitefriars [in 1578], referring to the inventory of
Nine Leavesthey had delivered to Puttenham's servant John Cresset about November 1579
as a trew coppy, the goods kept by the Paulets being worth £1,000 or more, and explaining how she had looked after Puttenham in his sickness, spending
not only the little goods she had but also her timein his service, being now reduced to extreme poverty; Sir Richard Paulet's lengthy answer, defending the lawfulness of his family's proceedings (in which, however, he took no part, being then only a youth) and summarizing related matters concerning title, valuation and subsequent legal and financial arrangements, mentioning a letter by
Humfrye Moseley secondarye of woodstreetabout a jury's valuation of
so many of ye said Puttenhms goode[s]…at twentie three pounde[s] four shillinge[s] and two pence, referring to Puttenham as
an ill disposed man, much bent to troubles, who
as the world knoweth by keeping the plaint[iff] or other leawd women giving cause of divorcehad
much abusedPaulet's grandmother, Lady Windsor, 29 April (docketed 5 May) 1613; and Mary Simmes's replication to this answer, insisting that the goods the Paulets had originally taken were worth £5,000, referring to another inventory of certain of George Puttenham's goods left in Herriard House to the value of £2,000 or more which Richarde Paulet gave to John Cresset about November 1597, and demanding restoration or recompense, on three membranes of vellum, 4 July 1613. 1613.
Recorded in Eccles, p. 109 (as Req 2/414/196).
slanderousbill of complaint against him by John Lee and others, on three folio pages, 28 March 1614.
Mentioning the great suite[s] in law
he and his father had with George Puttenham who married Sir Richard's grandmother and would have defeated him of his land, yf yt had not ben holpen in the highe court of Starchamber
, by which means he was left muche indebted at his fathers deathe Chardged wth divers Legacies
, [c.March-April 1614]; one of eight items concerning complaints against Sir Richard's magistracy in 1606-14.
intangledher grandfather
in bondes…in ye Lady Winsors time. c.1630s.
A later inventory of Lord Windsor's goods, on two quarto pages.
obligac[i]ions, to
Marye Sym[m]es wydowe his servaunt…for the good service she did hym, written in the presence of Sebastian Archebold scrivener, James Clerke, William Johnson
and dyvers others,
aboute the fyrste day of September Anno d[omi]ni 1590; proved according to a subsequent inscription in Latin, 14 October 1594. 1594.
prisoner in her maties Bench, bequeathing all his goods to
my verely, reported and reputed daughter Katherin Puttenhamand appointing
my trustye frinds John Armatage and John Peteras his
overseers, witnessed by William Blithe, John Calvert, Frances Syckes, Thomas Blithe and John Peter; made 22 April 1597, proved 2 May 1597. 1597.