On this Day in History ... 25th June

Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough. For Louis, Duke of Bavaria, who occupied the kingdom of Germany, wrote to Edward, King of England, in this form: "Louis, by the grace of God, ever-August Emperor of the Romans, to Edward, King of England, our dearest brother, greeting and the affection of brotherly love. Although countless and weighty affairs press upon our shoulders and distract us in many and constant ways, yet the discord which has arisen between you and Philip, King of France, our beloved kinsman, presents itself to our view, and weighs especially upon our mind. Unless it is resolved, it could bring to you and your kingdom the loss of many persons and possessions in the future. This stirs and compels us to apply our study and effort toward removing it. Therefore we wish you to know that the aforesaid Philip, at our request, has granted us by his letters the authority to negotiate between you and himself concerning the discord that has arisen between you. We, believing that this would in many ways be advantageous to you and your kingdom, having carefully considered all your circumstances and those of your allies, urge you in friendship, and earnestly exhort you, to give your consent, so that we may recall you both to concord and arrange a treaty of peace between you. To this we are willing to devote ourselves with a willing heart and to expend labour in its burdensome pursuit. If you are willing, as we hope, to agree and consent to our counsel in this matter, please grant to us also by your letters the authority to negotiate the said concord, and to arrange truces for a year or two. Let it not trouble you that there is friendship between us and Philip, King of the French. For, since you accepted truces and fixed dates for negotiating concord with the said King of France without our knowledge, will, or consent, it seemed to the counsel of our princes, who know our treaties, pacts, and alliances, that we could, without dishonour to ourselves, make concord and friendship with the said King of France and unite with him; and we have revoked, for certain causes, the vicariate which we had granted to you. Know for certain that in our negotiations we will make such fraternal provision for you that, if you will yield to our counsel, your cause will, by our mediation, be brought to a good conclusion. To inform your friendship more fully of our intention in these matters, we are sending to you the religious man Brother Eberhard, lector of the Order of the Hermit Friars of Saint Augustine, and special chaplain of our court; we ask that you send him back promptly once these matters are concluded. Given at Frankfurt, in the seventeenth year of our reign as Emperor¹."

Scripsit enim Ludovicus dux Bavariæ regnum Almanniæ occupans Angliæ regi Edwardo sub hac forma. "Ludovicus, Dei gratia, Romanorum imperii semper Augustus, Edwardo regi Angliæ, fratri suo carissimo, salutem, et fraternæ dilectionis affectum. Licet innumera grandiaque negotia nostris incumbant humeris, et circa illa multipliciter et assidue distrahamur, tamen cum discordia inter te et Philippum regem Franciæ, affinem nostrum prædilectum orta, tibi et tuo regno quamplurium personarum et rerum dispendia, ipsa non sedata, in futurum poterit generare, et nostris se repræsentat obtutibus, mentemque nostram specialiter angit, et excitat ut ad tollendam ipsam studium et operam nostræ sollicitudinis apponamus. Propter quod te scire volumus quod præfatus Philippus, ad requisitionem nostram, dedit nobis suis literis potestatem tractandi inter te et ipsum super discordia inter vos suscitata. Quam et tibi et tuo regno, pensatis diligenter omnibus conditionibus tuis et alligatorum tuorum, multipliciter expedire credentes, amicitiæ tuæ persuademus, teque cum diligentia hortamur, ut ad hoc tuum assensum præbeas, quod te et ipsum revocare possimus ad concordiam, et inter vos pacis fœdera ordinare, ad quæ libenti animo vacare volumus et impendere onerosa prosecutione labores. In quo si consiliis nostris consentire volueris et acquiescere, ut speramus, placeat et nobis tuis literis dare potestatem præmissam tractandi concordiam, et treugas ad annum vel biennium ordinandi. Nec te moveat amicitia inter nos et Philippum regem Francorum inita et contracta; nam ex quo in treugas et certos terminos ad tractandum de concordia inter te et prædictum regem Franciæ accepisti absque nostro scitu, voluntate et assensu, de consilio nostrorum principum, qui ligias, pacta, et uniones nostras noverunt, quibus visum fuit quod hoc, salvo honore nostro, facere possemus, concordiam et amicitiam cum dicto rege Franciæ contraximus, et unionem univimus; vicariatum, tibi per nos commissum, ex causis revocavimus Pro firmo sciturus quod in tractatibus nostris sic tibi fraterne providebimus, quod si nostris consiliis acquiescere volueris, causa tua ad finem bonum, mediante nostro consilio, perducetur. Super quibus tuam amicitiam de nostra intentione plenius informandam, religiosum virum fratrem Ebarhardum, lectorem ordinis Fratrum Heremitarum Sancti Augustini, specialem nostræ curia capellanum, tuæ fraternitati transmittimus; quem petimus, super præmissis, celeriter expeditum remitti. Datum Fraunchunfordiæ, etc., anno imperii nostri XVII.

Note 1. MS. Harl, 655. The copy of this document, printed in Rymer, is correctly dated: "Dat' Franchinfordiæ XXV die mensis Junii, anno regni nostri XXVI imperii vero XIV." i.e. "Given at Frankfurt on the 25th day of the month of June, in the 26th year of our reign [1341], and the 14th of our empire."

Rymer's Fœdera Volume 2. For Ralph de Stafford, concerning wages.

The king, to the collectors, etc. Since our beloved and faithful Ralph de Stafford has undertaken, before us and our council, to set out in our service to the regions of Brittany with fifty men-at-arms, of whom the said Ralph himself and two others shall be bannerets, sixteen knights, and thirty-one squires, and with fifty mounted archers, at our wages, each of them receiving per day, namely: each banneret, four shillings; each knight, two shillings; each squire, twelve pence; and each archer, six pence, for as long as they remain in our service there;

We, wishing the aforesaid Ralph to be satisfied, for himself and his aforesaid men, for such wages for one quarter of a year, which amount to four hundred and fifty-five pounds, have, by the advice of our said council, assigned to the same Ralph fifty-seven sacks of wool from our aforesaid wool, each sack valued at eight pounds;

Which fifty-seven sacks of wool, according to that valuation, amount to four hundred and fifty-six pounds, to be had and received through your hands toward his aforesaid wages.

And therefore we command you that you deliver to the same Ralph, or to his attorney in this matter, the said fifty-seven sacks of wool from our aforesaid wool, to be thus collected by you in the said county, by indenture to be made thereupon between you and him in due form, toward his aforesaid wages, as aforesaid;

And we shall cause due allowance to be made to you for this in your account.

Witness the king at Woodstock, on the twenty-fifth day of June [1342].

By bill of the treasury.

Pro Radulpho de Stafford, super vadiis.

REX, collectoribus, &c. Quia, dilectus & fidelis noster Radulphus de Stafford assumpsit, coram nobis & concilio nostro, proficisci, in obsequium nostrum, ad partes Britanniæ, cum quinquaginta hominibus ad arma, undè idem Radulphus ms duo alii baneretti, sexdecim milites, & triginta & unus seutiferi erunt, & quinquaginta sagittariis equitibus, ad vadia nostra, quolibet eorundem capiente per diem, videlicet, baneretto, quatuor solidos : milite, duos solidos : scutifero, duodecim denarios : & sagittario, sex denarios ; dum in obsequio nostro steterint idee:

Nos, volentes præfato Radulpho pro se, & hominibus suis prædictis, de vadiis suis hujusmodi per unum quarterium anni, quæ ad quadringentas, quinquaginta, & quinque libras, se extendunt satisfieri, de avisamento dicti concilii nostri assignavimus eidem Radulpho quinquaginta & septem saccos lanæ, de lanis nostris prædictis, quemlibet, videlicet, saceum in pretio octo librarum;

Qui quidem quinquaginta & septem sacci lanæ, juxta idem pretium, ad quadringentas, quinquaginta, & sex libras, se extendunt, habendos & percipiendos per manus vestras super vadiis suis prædictis;

Et ideò vobis mandamus quod eidem Radulpho, vel ejus in hâc parte attornato, dictos quinquaginta & septem saccos lanæ, de lanis nostris prædictis, per vos in dicto comitatu sic colligendis, per indenturam, indè inter vos & ipsum modo debito conficiendam, liberetis super vadiis suis prædictis, sicut prædictum est;

Et nos vobis indè, in compoto vestro, debitam allocationem habere faciemus.

Teste Rege apud Wodestok, XXV. die Junii.

Per billam thesaurariæ.

Chronicle of Jean le Bel Volume 2. The noble king gave the lady a great feast and great honour, and so did all the other lords, because she defended herself so valiantly and pursued her husband's cause. Then the noble king, on the advice of Sir Robert d'Artois¹, told her and promised her that before the truces had expired he would send such aid there that she would be supremely avenged upon her enemies, even if he had to leave all other business aside. And at once, without delay, the noble king urged the said Sir Robert d'Artois, the Earl of Salisbury, the Earl of Suffolk [aged 44]², the Earl of Pembroke³, the Earl of Kent, the Baron Stafford⁴, and many other lords⁵, to take on enough soldiers to have up to four thousand men in armour, ten thousand footmen, and as many archers, and to prepare themselves to put to sea, and to spare nothing until they had restored the valiant countess to her inheritance despite all her enemies; and furthermore, if need be, he would go there himself with all his power.

Le noble roy fist à la dame grand feste et grand honnour, et aussy firent tous les aultres seigneurs pour tant qu'elle se deffendoit si vassaument et pourchassoit la besongne de son mary. Si luy dit le noble roy, par le conseil de messire R[obert] d'Artois, et luy promit que ainchois que les treves fussent faillies, il y envoyeroit Lel secours que elle seroit souverainement vengée de ses anemis, voire et deust il laisser toutes aultres besongnes. Et prya tantost le noble roy, sans delay, audit messire R[obert] d'Artoys, au conte de Salbry, au conte de Suflort, au conte de Pennebroch, au conte de Kenfort, au baron de Staflortt et à mains aulires seigneurs qu'ilz prissent de souldoiers tant qu'ilz eussent jusques à IIII^M armeures de fer, X mille hommes à pyé el autant d'archiers, et s'apareillassent d'entrer en mer, et n'espargnassent riens tant qu'ilz eussent remis la vaillant contesse en son heritage malgré tous ses anemis, et encores, se ille faloit, iliroit celle part à toute sa poissance.

Note 1. As early as 10th March, Robert d'Artois was preparing to cross over to Brittany. On that date, Edward gave him forty pounds from his own treasury. See Record Office, Liberate Rolls, no. 601, m. 10. By letters of 3rd July 1342, Edward III ordered his collectors to ensure the wages of Robert d'Artois, who was to cross to Brittany with four bannerets, twenty-nine knights, eighty-six squires, and one hundred and twenty archers. See Rymer 2.1201: 'For Robert d'Artois, about to set out for the regions of Brittany. The king, to the collectors and receivers of our wool in the county of Suffolk, according to the apportionment of ten thousand sacks of wool within our kingdom of England for the present year, greeting. Since, by the advice of our council, we have assigned to our beloved and faithful Robert d'Artois, who, with one hundred and twenty men-at-arms, of whom the said Robert and four others shall be bannerets, twenty-nine knights, and eighty-six squires, and with one hundred and twenty archers, is about to set out to the regions of Brittany in our service, according to the ordinance made thereupon, at our wages, one hundred and fifty-eight sacks of wool from our aforesaid wool to be collected by you in the aforesaid county, each sack valued at six pounds, for his loan and subsidy, beyond the custom of half a mark due thereon, to be received through your hands toward the wages of the said Robert and his aforesaid men: namely, the said Robert receiving eight shillings, and each of the others, that is, each banneret four shillings, each knight two shillings, each squire twelve pence, and each archer four pence, per day; We command you that you deliver without delay to the same Robert, or to his attorney in this matter, the said one hundred and fifty-eight sacks of wool from our aforesaid wool from the aforesaid county, each sack being of the weight of twenty-six stones, each stone containing fourteen pounds, by indenture to be made thereupon in due form, at the aforesaid weights, as aforesaid; and we shall cause due allowance to be made to you for this in your account. Witness the king at the Tower of London, on the third day of July. By bill of the treasury.'

1. Dès le 10 mars, Robert d'Artois s'apprétait à passer en Bretagne. A cette date, Édouard lui donnait sur son propre trésor quarante livres. (Record Office, Liberate Rolls, n° 601, m. 10.) Par lettres du 3 juillet 1342, Édouard II manda à ses col lecteurs d'assurer les gages de Robert d'Artois, qui devait passer en Bretagne avec quatre bannerets, vingt-neuf chevaliers, quatre-vingt-six écuyers et cent vingt archers. (Rymer t. II, II^e partie, p. 1201.)

Note 2. Edward III had given Robert d'Ufford, Earl of Suffolk, 500 marks as the price of his ransom. He had them paid to him in November 1342 to cover the heavy expenses he had had to incur for the expedition to Brittany. See Record Office, Privy Seals, file 287, no. 15163.

2. Édouard III avait donné à Robert d'Ufford, comte de Suffolk, 500 marcs pour prix de sa rançon. Il les lui ft solder en novembre 1342 pour le couvrir des grosses dépenses qu'il avait dû faire pour l'expédition de Bretagne. (Record Office, Privy Seals, file 287, n° 15163.)

Note 3. On 26th September 1342, the Earl of Pembroke had not yet left England. On that date, Edward III requested the chancellor, Robert Parvyng, to order Henry Peverel, Theobald de Monteny, Baldwin de Stapleton, and John de Bitterley to charter and equip all available ships for the passage of the aforesaid earl to Brittany, and to assemble the flotilla at the port of Dartmouth. See Record Office, Privy Seals, file 286, no. 15038.

3. Le 26 septembre 1342, le comte de Pembroke n'avait pas encore quitté l'Angleterre. A cette date, Édouard Ill priait le chancelier Robert Parvyng de donner ordre à Henri Peverel, Thiébaud de Monteny, Baudoin de Stapelton et Jean de Bitterlé de noliser et d'équiper tous les bateaux disponibles pour le passage du susdit comte en Bretagne, et de réunir la flottille au port de Dartmouth. (Record Office, Privy Seals, file 286, n° 15038.)

Note 4. By letters of 25th June 1342, Edward III ordered his collectors to ensure the wages of Ralph de Stafford, who was about to cross to Brittany with two bannerets, sixteen knights, thirty-one squires, and fifty mounted archers. See Rymer 2.1201: 'For Ralph de Stafford, concerning wages. The king, to the collectors, etc. Since our beloved and faithful Ralph de Stafford has undertaken, before us and our council, to set out in our service to the regions of Brittany with fifty men-at-arms, of whom the said Ralph himself and two others shall be bannerets, sixteen knights, and thirty-one squires, and with fifty mounted archers, at our wages, each of them receiving per day, namely: each banneret, four shillings; each knight, two shillings; each squire, twelve pence; and each archer, six pence, for as long as they remain in our service there; We, wishing the aforesaid Ralph to be satisfied, for himself and his aforesaid men, for such wages for one quarter of a year, which amount to four hundred and fifty-five pounds, have, by the advice of our said council, assigned to the same Ralph fifty-seven sacks of wool from our aforesaid wool, each sack valued at eight pounds; Which fifty-seven sacks of wool, according to that valuation, amount to four hundred and fifty-six pounds, to be had and received through your hands toward his aforesaid wages. And therefore we command you that you deliver to the same Ralph, or to his attorney in this matter, the said fifty-seven sacks of wool from our aforesaid wool, to be thus collected by you in the said county, by indenture to be made thereupon between you and him in due form, toward his aforesaid wages, as aforesaid; And we shall cause due allowance to be made to you for this in your account. Witness the king at Woodstock, on the twenty-fifth day of June [1342]. By bill of the treasury.' As early as April, the sheriff of the county of Kent had requisitioned bridges, hurdles, and empty barrels for the embarkation of Ralph's horses. See Record Office, Exchequer Accounts, Q. R. 21, 39.

4. Par leures du 25 juin 1342, Édouard III manda à ses collecteurs d'assurer les gages de Raoul de Stalford, qui était sur le point de passer en Bretagne avec deux bannerets, seize chevaliers, trente et un écuyers et cinquante archers à cheval. (Rymer LH, I° partie, p. 1201.) Le shériff du comté de Kent, dès le mois d'avril, avait réquisitionné des ponts, des claies, des tonneaux vides pour l'embarquement des chevaux de Raoul. (Record Office, Erchequer Accounts, Q. R. 21, 39.)

Note 5. On 20th June 1342, Edward III ordered that all the ships needed for the passage of the Earl of Northampton to Brittany with an army be assembled at Portsmouth; this crossing was to take place within the fortnight following the coming feast of Saint John the Baptist [24th June]. See Rymer 2.1201. On 3rd July, he arranged for the wages of William Kildesby, who was to cross to Brittany with ten knights, thirty-nine squires, and one hundred archers. See Rymer 2.1202. On the 13th of the same month, Edward arranged for the wages of Robert, Earl of Suffolk, who was taking with him one banneret, fourteen knights, thirty-five squires, and fifty mounted archers; of Reginald Cobham, with forty men-at-arms; of Philip de Weston, with twenty men-at-arms; of Thomas Hatfield, with twenty men-at-arms; of Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, with eighty men-at-arms; of John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, with forty men-at-arms; of Michael de Poynings, with fifteen men-at-arms; of Thomas de Bradeston, with twenty men-at-arms; of Maurice de Berkeley, with twenty men-at-arms; of Hugh Courtenay, Earl of Devonshire, with fifty men-at-arms; and of Hugh Audley, Earl of Gloucester, with one hundred men-at-arms. See Rymer 2.1203.

5. Le 20 juin 1342, Édouard III manda de réunir à Portsmouth tous les navires nécessaires pour le passage du comte de Northampton en Bretagne avec une armée; ce passage devait avoir lieu dans la quinzaine de la prochaine fête de saint Jean-Baptiste. (Rymer t. II, Il° partie, p. 1201.) Le 3 juillet, il fait assurer les gages de Guillaume Kildesby, qui devait passer en Bretagne avec dix chevaliers, trente-neuf écuyers et cent archers. (Ibid., p. 1202.) Le 13 du même mois, Édouard fait assurer les gages de Robert, comte de Suffolk, qui emmène avec lui un banneret, quatorze chevaliers, trente-cinq écuyers et cinquante archers à cheval, de Regnault de Cobeham, avec quarante hommes d'armes, de Philippe de Weston, avec vingt hommes d'armes, de Thomas de Hatfeld, avec vingt hommes d'armes, de Thomas de Beauchamp, comte de Warwick, avec quatre-vingis hommes d'armes, de Jean de Veer, comte d'Oxford, avec quarante hommes d'armes, de Michel de Ponynges, avec quinze hommes d'armes, de Thomas de Bradeston, avec vingt hommes d'armes, de Maurice de Berkeley, avec vingt hommes d'armes, de Hugue de Courtenay, comte de Devonshire, avec cinquante hommes d'armes, de Hugue d'Audeley, comte de Glocester, avec cent hommes d'armes. (Ibid., p. 1203.)

Chronicle of England by William of Worcester. Also, on the same day of that month [25th June 1460], the Earls of March, Warwick, and Salisbury, along with the Lord Fauconberg and two thousand armed men, came to Sandwich. They then rode through Kent with the legate of the pope, and when they arrived at Blackheath, they had twenty thousand men with them. At that time, Lords Hungerford¹⁷⁵ and Scales¹⁷⁶, with the Sheriff of Kent, John Delamare of Berkshire, and many other armed men, entered the Tower of London. Also, the bishops namely, William Gray, Bishop of Ely, and George Neville, Bishop of Exeter, brother of the Earl of Warwick, with armed men, met the Earls of March, Warwick, and Salisbury in Southwark, and escorted them into the city of London over the bridge. However, on their way, thirteen of the strongest armed men among the bishops were suffocated, falling to the ground due to certain holes there, and they could not rise again due to the excessive crowd and the weight of their armour. On the following day, at the ninth hour, the Earls themselves entered the city, and in the presence of Archbishop Thomas Bourchier of Canterbury and the aforementioned two bishops, they swore upon the cross of St. Thomas of Canterbury that they had intention nothing disloyal against King Henry VI.

Item [....] die ejusdem mensis comites Marchiæ, Warwici, et Sarum, ac dominus de Fawcunbrigge, cum duobus millibus armatorum, venerunt ad Sandwycum, et sic per Kantiam equitaverunt cum domini papæ legato, et cum fuerint venti apud Blakehethe habuerunt viginti millia hominum. Tunc domini Hungreford et Scalys, cum vicecomite Kantiæ, Johanne Dalamare de comitatu Berkes, et plures alii armati, intraverunt Turrim Londoniæ. Ac etiam domini episcopi (scilicet Willelmus Gray, episcopus Elensis, et Georgius Nevyle, episcopus Excestre, frater ejusdem comitis Warrwici), cum gente armata obviaverunt dominis comitibus Marchiæ et Warrwici et Sarum in Sowthwerke, et introduxerunt eos in civitatem Londoniæ super pontem. Turn in eundo suffocati sunt, tredecim de fortioribus armatorum ipsorum episcoporum, cadentes in terram propter quædam ibi foramina, et non valuerunt surgere præ nimia multitudine populi et propter gravitatem ac ponderositatem armorum. Sequenti vero die, hora novena, intraverunt ipsi comites civitatem, et in ecclesia Sancti Pauli, in præsentia domini Thomæ Bonser, archiepiscopi Cantuariæ, et dictorum duorum episcoporum, juraverunt ipsi comites super crucem Sancti Thomæ Cantuariæ quod nihil intenderunt contra legentiam regis Henrici Sexti.

Note 1. Robert Hungerford, 1409-1459. Succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Hungerford in 1449.

Note 2. Thomas Scales, 1399-1460. Succeeded his brother as 7th Baron Scales in 1418. Murdered 20th July 1460 - see below.

Memorials of the Montgomeries Volume 2. Decree of Divorce by the Minister and Elders of the Kirk of Edinburgh, of Hugh Earl of Eglingtoun [aged 31] from Jane Hammiltoun, his wife, 25th June 1562.

At Edinburght, the tuentie fyve day of Junii, the zeir of God I^M V^e thre scoir and twa zeiris: The quhilk day, anent the actione and cans perseuit be Jane Hammiltoun, dochter to ane nobill and mychtie Lord and Prence, James Duke of Chattellarault, Erie of Arrane, Lord Hamiltoun. etc., makand mentione, that quhair in the zeir of God I^M V^e fyfde four zeiris, the said Jayne was joynit and ouppillit in lauchfull matrimonye with Hew Erie of Eglingtoun, traisting to haif lenit with him in that holie band senoeirlie and purelie according to GDddis institutione, and that the said Jaync for hir pairt had sa behad hir self towart the said Erie, baith in boddie and in mynd, that the warld on that ane pairt can beir recoird that scho hes nocht offendit outwartlie to him; ewin likwayis hir conscience on that vther pairt accusis hir nocht of ony offence conmiittit be hir to the said Erie sen thair first joyning in the said iand: Nochttheless the said Erie, on that vther pairt, be the space of halff ane zeir immediatlie preceiding the ziii day of December, the zcir of Grod I^M V^e. Ix, and thairthrow hes ceissit this lang tyme to be heid of the said Jayne, bot hes diuorceit him selff fra hir .... in manifest contempt of God and his woird, that he is becummin the member or seroand to ane harlat, and sa diuorceit him selff fra the said Jayne that scho ceissis and hes ceissit this lang tyme bipast, baytht of the law of God and man, to be ony mair flesche of his flesche, or member of his bodie, and being in this maner repudiat be him, and diuorceit in presens of God; zit becaus the said Jane wantit declaratour of the kirk, scho menit hir to the Loirdis of Secreit Coimsale to the effect scho niycht be declairit frei; and the saidis Loirdis considdering hir caice, gaif commissioun and command to the minister of Glasgow, senioris, and kirk thereof, to cognosce and decyd in the said cans, and to deceme and declair quhither the said Jayne wes frie or nocht; quha causit summond the saidis pairteis, and at the day of compeirance did na thing thairin, bot maid ane pretendit continewatione without compeirance of the pairtie aduersar, and the said minister of Glasgow depairtit in Ingland, and the elderis thairof gaif plane ansuer of refuis, that without his presence thai wauld do na thing; and in this tyme the said Jane wes haldin bound and hie frie, according to his pleisour (althocht syin be na libertie), to do quhat him lykit, and pas quhair he pleissit, and than intendit, lik as he did pas in France, to tak lairger rcinzeis to sin, and to hauld hir in greit boundage: Quhairfoir, sen the said Jane hes suttit the declaratour of the said actione within the diocic quhair bayth the saidis pairteis duellis, and could nocht haif it onlie throw the absence of the said minister, and vtheris occasionis notour to the saidis Loirdis, directit thair conunissioun to the minister and elderis of the kirk of Edinburght, quhair plentie of cunning men mycht be had, with Ttheris sax personis nominat in the said commissioun, or ony tua of thame, to be present with the saidis ministeris, elderis, and deaconeis, at all the substantial! deuteis of the said actione; committing thame power to call baytht the saidis pairteis befoir thame, and tak cognitione in the said mater, and to pronunce thair sentence thairintill, according to the ewangell and law of Otod\ as at mair lenth is contenit in the said conmiissioun, and Jaynis libellit precept gevin in befoir the sudis jugis thairvpoun: The said Jayne Hammiltoun compeirand personalie in jugment be Maister Dauid Boirthuik, hir procuratour, on that ane pairt, and the said Erie being lauchfullie vaimit be our souerane ladeis letteris to haif hard sentence pronuncit in the said cans, on that yther pairt, oftymeis callit, lauchfull tyme of the day biddin, and nocht compeirit; the rychtis, ressonis and allegationis of baytht the saidis pairteis hard, senc, considderit and vnderstand, to^dder with the depositionis of diuers famous witnessis, chosin, suome and admittit thairto, the said Minister and Elderis of the kirk of Edinburght, that is to say, Johne Knox, minister, Mr. Johne Spottiswod, superintendent of Louthiane, Maister Johne Spens, aduocat to oure soueranc ladie, Alexander Outhrie, Mr. Eichert Strang, Maister Johne Marioribankis, Maister Clement Littill, Maister Robert Glen, Alexander Park, Andro Sclaitter, Andro Armiestrang, Williamc Harlaw, Alexander Hoip, James Aikman, Eobert Johnestoun, Johne Freir, Johne Weir, Alexander Lyell and Johne Gaimis, Elderis and Dcaconeis of the said kirk; Maister James Makgill of Eankelour Nather, clerk of regester, and Dauid Forres, gennerall of the cunzehous, tua of the leirnit and nobill men appoyntit be the saidis loirdis of secreit counsall to be adioynit to the said minister and elderis at the principall dyettis of the said actione, being at lenth ryplie awysit with the haill proces led and deducit in the said caus, togidder with the depositionis of the haill witnessis rcssauit, suome, and admittit in the samyn; findis be cognitione talking, that the tyme abone writtin the said Jayne, as is notour, wes joynit in lauchfull matrimony with the said Hew Erie of Eglingtoun, traisting to hau leifit with him in that holie band according to Ooddis institutionc, and sen syn the said Jayne hes so behad hir selff towart the said Erie in hir bodie, that he, nether zit the warld, is abiU to imput to hir ony offence or cryme; Nochttheless the said Erie, be the space abone writtin, hes .... and thairthrow hes ceissit, baytht of the law of Ood and man, to be ony mair flesche of his flesche or member of his bodie: Heirfoir decernis and ordanis the said Jayne to haif bene sen the tyme foirsaid, and to be in all tymeis cuming, the frie pcrsone, als fre of the libertie grantit to hir of the woird of God to marie of new in the Loird quham scho pleisis, as that scho had neuer contractit manage with the said Erie of befoir; and separatis, diuoydis and diuorcis the said Jayne fra the said Erie, his bodie, cumpany, and bed, in all tymeis cuming, be ressone of the adultrie committit be him foirsaid, notoriuslie and planelic prowin be the saidis witnessis, and pronuncis the said Erie to hau bene sen the tyme foirsaid the filthie adulterar, lowing him alvayis for committing of the cryme foirsaid to the puneishment of the ciuil jugement, as is requirit of the law of God: Bccaus the said Jayne cleirlie prewit the said adulterie, as wes notorius to the saidis jugis: Extractit fiirth of the buik and regester of the kirk of Edinburght be me, Michael Marioribankis, clerk thairof, keipar of the regester of the samyn, witnessing heirto this my handwrit and signe manuall.

Mtchael Mabiorybankis.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 25th June 1660. With my Lord at White Hall, all the morning. I spoke with Mr. Coventry about my business, who promised me all the assistance I could expect. Dined with young Mr. Powell, lately come from the Sound, being amused at our great changes here, and Mr. Southerne, now Clerk to Mr. Coventry, at the Leg in King-street. Thence to the Admiralty, where I met with Mr. Turner¹ of the Navy-office, who did look after the place of Clerk of the Acts. He was very civil to me, and I to him, and shall be so. There came a letter from my Lady Monk [aged 41] to my Lord about it this evening, but he refused to come to her, but meeting in White Hall, with Sir Thomas Clarges, her brother, my Lord returned answer, that he could not desist in my business; and that he believed that General Monk [aged 51] would take it ill if my Lord should name the officers in his army; and therefore he desired to have the naming of one officer in the fleet. With my Lord by coach to Mr. Crew's [aged 62], and very merry by the way, discoursing of the late changes and his good fortune. Thence home, and then with my wife to Dorset House, to deliver a list of the names of the justices of the peace for Huntingdonshire. By coach, taking Mr. Fox part of the way with me, that was with us with the King on board the Nazeby, who I found to have married Mrs. Whittle, that lived at Mr. Geer's so long. A very civil gentleman. At Dorset House I met with Mr. Kipps, my old friend, with whom the world is well changed, he being now sealbearer to the Lord Chancellor, at which my wife and I are well pleased, he being a very good natured man. Home and late writing letters. Then to my Lord's lodging, this being the first night of his coming to Whitehall to lie since his coming from sea.

Note 1. Thomas Turner (or Tourner) was General Clerk at the Navy Office, and on June 30th he offered Pepys £150 to be made joint Clerk of the Acts with him. In a list of the Admiralty officers just before the King came in, preserved in the British Museum, there occur, Richard Hutchinson; Treasury of the Navy, salary £1500; Thomas Tourner, General Clerk, for himself and clerk, £100.