[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.
[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.