²⁹³ Dr Edward Stanhope, LLD Trinity College, Cambridge, adm. Doctors' Commons 15 January 1576, ktd. 25 July 1603, d. 1609: see Squibb, Doctors Commons, p. 160.

²⁹⁴ The Court of Arches at Saint Paul's, the highest court of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Unfortunately almost no Court of Arches records survive from the sixteenth century.

²⁹⁵ 1593.

²⁹⁶ i.e. ‘cozen’ – to cheat or deceive (OED).

²⁹⁷ i.e. ‘sheriff’.

²⁹⁸ i.e. have her imprisoned.

²⁹⁹ Robert Snagge (son of Thomas Snagge, sergeant-at-law), adm. Middle Temple 3 August 1584: see Middle Temple Register, vol. 1, p. 53. For Thomas Snagge senior, see Baker, Serjeants at Law, p. 538; Sainty, Law Officers, p. 16.

³⁰⁰ ‘Pauper [admitted in forma pauperis] 19 November 1595. Writ under privy seal directed against the defendant to appear immediately under pain of £100 etc.’

³⁰¹ Julius Caesar, Master of Requests 1591–1606 (see Appendix 2).

³⁰² 27 January 1596.

³⁰³ The top right-hand corner of the membrane is damaged.

³⁰⁴ i.e. ‘descended’.

³⁰⁵ Thomas Lord Sandys (d. 1560): see G.E. Cokayne, Complete Peerage . . ., revised edition, 14 vols (London, 1910–1959), vol. 11, p. 444.

³⁰⁶ i.e. ‘assured’.

³⁰⁷ i.e. ‘colour’ – a fraudulent mispresentation.

³⁰⁸ i.e. ‘taverns’.

³⁰⁹ To limit his future liability.

³¹⁰ The Guildhall.

³¹¹ William Lewen, the ecclesiastical lawyer. See R. Houlbrooke, ‘Lewen, William’, in Oxford DNB; M.R. Pickering, ‘Lewin, William’, in History of Parliament 1558–1603.

³¹² i.e. ‘bankrupt’.

³¹³ ‘Cause to be made’, a writ of execution requiring the seizure of property for the payment of a judgment debt.

³¹⁴ The remainder of the bill is heavily water damaged, with faded text and double images.

³¹⁵ i.e. Alington.

³¹⁶ William Methwold, adm. Lincoln's Inn 20 February 1581, bar 1589, serjeant-at-law 1612: see Lincoln's Inn Admissions, vol. 1, p. 92; Prest, Barristers, p. 379.

³¹⁷ 7 February 1596.

³¹⁸ The Court of Arches at Saint Paul's (see 11.1 above, p. 121).

³¹⁹ Master Julius Caesar presiding.

³²⁰ Possibly William Hale of London, adm. Gray's Inn 14 November 1586: see Gray's Inn Register, p. 69. Another candidate is Thomas Hale, adm. Gray's Inn 3 November 1581, although he was referred to as ‘ancient’ on 3 July 1598: Gray's Inn Register, p. 59; Gray's Inn Pension Book, p. 137.

³²¹ Master Julius Caesar presiding.

³²² i.e. ‘coven’ – secret contrivance (OED).

³²³ Masters John Herbert and Julius Caesar presiding.

³²⁴ Thomas Caesar, Julius Caesar's brother, b. 1561, adm. Inner Temple 1582 (bar 1591, bench 1607), ktd. 25 June 1610, d. 18 July 1610. See E.L.C. Mullins, ‘Caesar, Sir Thomas’, History of Parliament 1558–1603; Foss, Judges, vol. 1, p. 148.

³²⁵ Monday 14 June.

³²⁶ Masters John Herbert and Julius Caesar presiding.

³²⁷ See p. 124, note 299 above.

³²⁸ ‘Bande’ is an older form of ‘bond’.

³²⁹ i.e. ‘colourably’ – deceitfully or by a fraudulent misrepresentation.

³³⁰ Trinity Term [11–30 June] 1596.

³³¹ ‘Depositions taken at Westminster on 24 June 1596 on the part of Joan Spraggin, plaintiff, against Richard Levens and others, defendants’.

³³² i.e. ‘evilly’.

³³³ i.e. ‘heard’.

³³⁴ The previous membrane is also signed.

³³⁵ The original mistakenly reads ‘Richard’.

³³⁶ i.e. ‘bankrupt’.

³³⁷ Thomas Langton, MD Cantab 1577, was President of the College of Physicians in 1604. See Pelling, M., Medical Conflicts in Early Modern London: patronage, physicians, and irregular practitioners 1550–1640 (Oxford, 2003), p. 62Google Scholar.

³³⁸ This is a correction for ‘xiiij’.

³³⁹ B for Betts.

³⁴⁰ The L is formed out of part of the G.

³⁴¹ An apothecary.

³⁴² Not paginated. Master Julius Caesar presiding.

³⁴³ Master Julius Caesar presiding.

³⁴⁴ John Nightingale (see next entry). The only John Nightingale I can find in the published Inns of Court registers was only admitted to Gray's Inn on 23 February 1594 (Gray's Inn Register, p. 84).

³⁴⁵ Master Julius Caesar presiding.

³⁴⁶ The Fleet prison, situated on the east bank of the River Fleet, off the Farringdon road.

³⁴⁷ Masters John Herbert and Julius Caesar presiding.

³⁴⁸ Master Julius Caesar presiding.

³⁴⁹ 10 February.

³⁵⁰ Masters John Herbert and Julius Caesar presiding.

³⁵¹ Master Julius Caesar presiding.

³⁵² Masters John Herbert and Julius Caesar presiding.

³⁵³ 7 May.

³⁵⁴ Masters John Herbert and Julius Caesar presiding.

³⁵⁵ 31 May.

³⁵⁶ Masters John Herbert and Julius Caesar presiding.

³⁵⁷ Collusive or fraudulent (OED).

³⁵⁸ Masters John Herbert and Julius Caesar presiding.

³⁵⁹ See also REQ 1/48.

³⁶⁰ There are no orders relating to this case for the month of June recorded in the draft order book REQ 1/48.

³⁶¹ Master Julius Caesar presiding.

³⁶² ‘Bande’ is an older form of ‘bond’.

³⁶³ Fraudulently.

³⁶⁴ 27 January–2 February.

³⁶⁵ i.e. ‘proofs’.

³⁶⁶ 27 January–2 February.

³⁶⁷ Richard Oseley, Clerk of the Privy Seal and the Court of Requests.

³⁶⁸ ‘To be returned in the quindene of Hilary next [27 January–2 February 1598]’.

³⁶⁹ ‘The execution of this commission appears in a certain schedule with the parts attached’.

³⁷⁰ Sir Thomas Walsingham of Scadbury, adm. Lincoln's Inn 30 October 1542, ktd. 12 August 1573: see Lincoln's Inn Admissions, p. 54; Shaw, Knights, vol. 2, p. 75.

³⁷¹ William Barns, son of William, of Worcs, adm. Lincoln's Inn 27 May 1566 (Lincoln's Inn Admissions, vol. 1, p. 30).

³⁷² No Edmund Cooke is mentioned in published Inns of Court registers for this period.

³⁷³ A writ directed to a sheriff authorizing execution of a judgment for debt or damages.

³⁷⁴ 7 May–2 June or 20 June–9 July 1595.

³⁷⁵ A kind of fine white linen, originally made at Cambray in Flanders (OED).

³⁷⁶ A kind of fine linen resembling cambric (OED).

³⁷⁷ A collar or article of female dress covering the neck and breast (OED).

³⁷⁸ A small basin or bowl from which soup, broth, porridge, or children's food is eaten (OED).

³⁷⁹ A bottle, cap, or upper chamber of a still – although the first published example of this meaning dates from 1694 (OED).

³⁸⁰ A small metal pot or vessel for boiling, having a handle and three feet (OED).

³⁸¹ A coarse, narrow woollen cloth, often ribbed (OED).

³⁸² i.e. ‘kirtle’ – a skirt or outer petticoat (OED).

³⁸³ A stout, durable woollen cloth (OED).

³⁸⁴ Adorned or embroidered (OED).

³⁸⁵ A large cupboard, often recessed into the wall (OED).

³⁸⁶ Danish.

³⁸⁷ A silk, worsted, woollen, or partly woollen fabric originally from the Flemish town of Doornik (Tournai in modern Belgium) (OED).

³⁸⁸ Stuffed with cotton or wool (OED).

³⁸⁹ An ell was a measure of 45 inches, supposedly the length of Henry I's arm.

³⁹⁰ The original reads ‘wont’.

³⁹¹ Pillowcases (OED).

³⁹² Master Julius Caesar presiding.

³⁹³ 6 May.

³⁹⁴ Master Julius Caesar presiding.

³⁹⁵ Master Julius Caesar presiding.

³⁹⁶ Master Julius Caesar presiding.

³⁹⁷ Master Julius Caesar presiding.

³⁹⁸ Master Julius Caesar presiding.

³⁹⁹ ‘Bande’ is an older form of ‘bond’.

⁴⁰⁰ 20 June.

⁴⁰¹ 12 October.

⁴⁰² For further litigation between Martin Spragin and John Passmore, see REQ 1/18, pp. 611, 666, 674, 832, 837, 847, 850.