[474] State Papers, Dom. Mary i, 23. Although calendared under the first year of Mary the return goes on with a list of those ‘decayed since the death of Edward VI to the present time,’ numbering sixty-two of 9170 tons. The date assigned to this document cannot therefore possibly be correct and it probably belongs to the reign of Elizabeth.

[475] Journal of Edward VI, 14th February 1552.

[476] 2 and 3 Ed. VI, c. 19.

[477] State Papers, Dom. Ed. VI, xv, 41.

[478] Ibid., xv, 11.

[479] Supra [p. 94].

[480] Pipe Office Accounts, 2195. According to State Papers, Dom. Eliz., ii, 30, the Primrose had been sold for £1800, but only £1000 had ever been paid.

[481] Acts of the Privy Council, 4th October 1553.

[482] Machyn’s Diary, Camd. Soc.

[483] Cecil MSS. Cal. Pt. I, No. 846. The credit to be attached to this paper is discussed in the English Historical Review, ix, 711.