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Show .• t j L~tter' to tbe King, touching Peacbams C a~tfe~ .A Letter;to tl,eKing, touching Peachams Caufe. January 27. 1614. It may plea{t your excellent Majefiy, . . H' IX!.Y in the Afternoon, was read, your MaJeftus Letters, T 0 /birelhon, touching Peacham; which .hccaufe it concern~th ro crl the Duty of my Place, I thoug~n lt fit, for me, to gtve P p y · ,fl. both a f.}' ecd.y and a l)f!Vate, Account thereof; Your MaJt.J~J ' ·. ' · 1 1 r. That our Ma;eHy knowmg Tlungs, clearly, 10W t 1cy paJ.s, n?ay have yt l 1e true Frut't ' .o f your own Wifdotn, and cle·a r-Sccmg Judcrement, in Governing the ~ufinefj·. , _ . F?ril' for the ReguLarity, whJch your A~alefl~, (as a. ~aftc:r 1ll Bufincfs ofEftate,) doth prudem~y ptef~nbe, m Ex~mt~mg, aJ_kl k'n Examinations, I fubfcnbc to 1t; Onely, ~ w!ll iay f~r • ~~/, ?elf; that I was not, at ·this time, the PnnCipoil Examt-ne~ or the Cour[e, your Majefty direCl:cth, and c?mrnandeth, .f~r l f. 1· of the Judoes of the Kings Bench, thetr Several Optnt· t 1C CC 1110" ~ ' d · : · d. d ons, by dffiributing our Selves, anc. e~1;oynfmg SLecrdcccy ; 1 _ we hlo firfi, fi.ndc an Encounter, in the ~pmwn, o m~ or ?OK~; w feemcd to affirm, that [uch parncu~ar, and2 (as he call d !t,) Au·. · l T k1',1cr 0 1 Opinions was not accordmg to the Cuftom of rtcu at a · l'l 1 ' . • • • ... h 1 i rhis Realm ; And fecmed to dtvm~, that 111s BDret ren, wour. c never doe it. But when I replycd, that lt was ou~ uty, t? tur1ue .your Majeftits DireCl:ions; And it were not am1fs, for hts ordjhtp, to leave his Bretbren, to their own Anfwcrs; It was _foco~cluded;and 1. L J/L. · d1' :\ defire that I mought conferr wnh Hunfelf; And l L11S OrMJ'Af> l ' " { k · h J ,(J.' r'. k Mr. Serjeant Mountague, was named, to pea Wlt u~~t_ct r, roo. e; Mr. Serjtant crew, with Juffiu Ho!lgbton; a~1d Mr. Sol/tetter, wtt_h Jufiice DodderidJ?.e This done, I took my Fellows a~de, and advtfed, that they {hould prefenrly [peak with th~ 3· Judf<eS, before I could fpeak with tny Lord Cooke, for doubt of Infufion; And th~t. th T{houldnot, inanycg,fe,makcanydoubtto_t~cJudges, as tf th~ mifrruH:ed, they would not deliver any Op1:11on apar~, but fpehk refolurely to them, and ondy m~ke thetr Comm1ng. to be, to know, wnat time they wou.l:l appomr, to be ~~ten:lcd With the p ~1pers. This fort~d not amtis; For Mr. Sol/tetter, carne ro n1e this Evenin0' and related to me,that he had found Judge Dodderid: oe very rea~y to give Opinion, itl fecret ; And fell upon the fame~·~afon, whicl1 upon Y?ur M aie~its _firft Letter, I had u[ed tO my Lord Cooke, at the Counctl Table_; wh_tch was, tha~ every Jud~t', was bound, exprdly, by his Oath, to g1vcyour M~Jefty_ C ounfd ~ when he was called ; And whether he fhould doe 1t, Joyml y, or {everally, that rdl:ed, in your Maie~ies good p1eafu_rc, as ~o u would rec1uire it. And though the Ordmary Courfe., was tO affemble . l . - A Letter, to the I(ing, touching t>eachams Caufe. I 4 . ·-----. , 9 __ affemble th em, yet there mougll t inter vene Cafes , whc rein the / other C ourfe was more convcnir nr. T he iike An[ wer made ]uftice crook. ]u_~ice HouJ?,hton) who is a foft I\1an, fecmel\ dd i1·ous, fi r fl: , ro{ confcrr;Alleging,that the other 3 .Judges, had all [crved the CrorPn, before they were Judges, bur that he had not been rnuch a cquain-ted, with Bufincfs, or this Nature. . VVc purpofe therefore, forthwith, th ey i1.1_all be made acqua inted witn the Papers; And if that could be dQne, as fuddainl y, a ~ this was, I ibould 1nake finall doubt of their Opinions : And howfocver, I hope, Force ot Law, and P rcftdcn r, will bind. them to the Truth: N either am I wholly out of hope, that my Lord Cooke himfelf, when I have, in fomc dark manner, put him in doubt, that he iliall be left alone, will not continue fin o-u. lar. CJ For Owen, I know not the reafon, why there tbotild have been no Mention n1adc thereof, in the la ft Advcrtif~m~nt : For I mufl: f.:1y for my Self, that I have loft no moment ofTime in it, as my Lord ofCanterhury can bear ine wirnefs. For having received, from my Lord, an Additional, of great Importance; \Vnich was, that Owen, ofhis own Accord, after Examiilation, tbould compare the Cafe of your Majefty, ( if you wete Exrommunicatf,) to the Cafe, of a Prifoner, Condemned at ~he Barr; wl1ich Additional was fubfcribed by one Witnefs; but yet I perceived it was fpoken aloud, and in the Hearing of others; I prefently fent down a Copy thereof, which is now come up, attcH:ed witll the Hands, of 3· more, left there {hould have been, any Scruple; of Singular-is . Teftis; So as for this Cafe, I may fay, Omniaparata; Apd we expeel:, but a DireB:ion, from your MaJe(ly, fer the Acquainting the Judges feverally; Or the 4. Judges; of the Kings Bench, as your Majesty {ball think good. I forget not, nor forflow not, your Majtfties C01nmandemcnt) touching Recufants; Of which, when it is ripe, I will give your Majefty, a true Accounr,and what is poffiblc to be done,and where the Impediment is. Mr. Secretary, bringeth Bon am Vvluntatem, but he is not verfed tnuch, in thefe things; ~nd fomerimes urgeth the Conclujion~ without the premi[es, and by haH:c hindreth. . I~ is my Lord Treafurer, and the Exchequer·, 1n1:1il help it, ~f ~t be holpen. I have heard more waycs than one, of an ofter of zoooo !: per .4nnum, for farming, the P enalties ofRecufanrs, not including any Offence Capital, or of Premunire; wherein I 'will prefumc to fay, that my poor Endeavours, i1nce I was, by your great, and [ole grace, your &Atturney, have been no [mallS purrs, to make them teel your Laws,and feek this Redemption; Wherein,! mufl: aHo fay, my Lord Cooke hath done his part : And I doc affure yqur .lvlajtfty, I know ir,[omewhat inwardly,and groundedly,that by the Courfes we have taken, they contorm daily, and in gi'eat Numbers; And I would to God; it were as weH a Converjion, as a Conformity; G gg~ But |
