[1583, Jan. 14-Feb. 6. Notes of credentials of Worcester's men, shown at Leicester in March 1584; for text of entries in Hall Papers, cf. ch. xiii, s.v. Worcester's.]
(a) [Jan. 14]
Abstract of warrant of licence and recommendation from William Earl of Worcester.
(b) [Feb. 6]
Abstract of article in indenture of licence from Edmund Tilney, Master of the Revels.
lxvii.
[1583, April 19. Proclamation against Retainers (Procl. 768).]
This is substantially similar to Procl. 663 of 3 Jan. 1572 (v. No. xix).
lxviii.
[1583, April 27. The Lord Mayor to Mr. Young, a Justice of Middlesex,
printed M. S. C. i. 62, from Remembrancia, i. 498. The letter referred to
in the first sentence was one from the Privy Council on April 21, intimating
the Queen's surprise that no plague hospital had been built outside the
City (Remembrancia, i. 497; Index, 336). 'Ill May daie' was that of
1517, on which a riot took place against the aliens resident in London.]
Mr. Yong. I and my brethren haue lately receiued lettres from
the LLs. of the most honorable counsell for auoiding of all perills of
infection, in which lettres we haue also a most ernest significaton
of maiesties pleasure to that end with verie greuous charging vs with
negligence and defalt. Ther ar certain fencers that haue set vp billes
and meane to play a prise at the Theatre on Tuesday next, which is
May eue. How manie waies the same maie be inconuenient and
dangerous, specially in that they desire to passe with pomp through
the citie, yowe can consider, namelie the statute against men of
that facultie, the perill of infection, the danger of disorders at such
assemblies, the memorie of ill May daie begon vpon a lesse occasion
of like sort, the weakenesse of the place for ruine, wherof we had
a late lamentable example at Paris garden. For these causes, in
good discretion we haue not only not geuen them licence, but also
declared to them the dangers, willing them at their perill to forbeare
their passing both thorough the citie, and their whole plaieng of such
prise. Now bicause yowe know how much this mater importeth the
whole citie, and how from time to time the LLs. of the counsell haue
willed the iustices of the cowntie geue assistance for auoideng of such
perills, we pray yowe hartely, in confidence of your good diligence
in her maiesties seruice and the safetye of this citie, that yowe will
both looke vnto it your self, and so deale with the rest of the iustices,
that no such prise be suffred, or assemblie had, specially in this time
of infection and those daies of speciall danger, considering also the
like danger in plaies at that place. And so praieng yowe to remember
that, if we be blamed for suffering, we must say that we admonished
