Journal House of Commons, 3 July, i. 251, 252.
The Merchant Taylors displayed no little jealousy at the Clothworkers having forestalled them; and as the mayor for the time being—Sir John Watts—happened to be a Clothworker, it was thought that he would do his best to prevent Prince Henry also from joining the Merchant Taylors. They accordingly declined to invite the mayor and aldermen to the banquet.—Clode's "Memorials of the Merchant Taylors' Company," pp. 147-160.
Journal 26, fos. 241b, 243b; Cf. Letter Book BB, fos. 288, 289b.
Letter Book BB, fo. 259b.
The king to the lords commissioners [for the plot], 6 Nov.—Cal. State Papers Dom. (1603-1610), p. 241. The "gentler tortoures" were to be applied first, "et sic per gradus ad ima tenditur."
Journal 27, fos. 3b, 7.
Id., fos. 2b, 5b, 6.
Journal 27, fo. 4.
Journal 27, fo. 5; Cf. fos. 14b, 15, 19.
Id., fo. 8b.