The Expedition of Thomas Stukeley in 1578

The one record of the justices of labourers for this period is in a roll already identified as containing similar records for an earlier date; Indictment Boll 19, Chester, 37-38 Edw. EL ' Ipdictamtnta Villa* et Hundredi de Hacclesfeld ooram Bartholomaeo de Bnrghmsh.' H Most of the membranes for the later years contain proceedings before de Barghermh, but m. 42 B " has the following heading: ' Indictamsnta corun Boberto de Legh, Iohanne de Danenport de Wheltrogh, et Adam de Kyngeslegh irotiaariis ad hoc assignatu per oommissionein Hnmim apod Macdesfeld die Lane proximo ante festnm Sanctd Bamabe apostoli anno regni regis Edwardi Terod post oonqnestum tnoesimo sptimo/ The indictments are all for offences against the statutes of labourers. No record of th appointment of the above as justices of labourers stem* to oocnr on the Recognizance Rolls,** but they may be identified by the following heading in Eyre Boll 14, Chester, 37-39 Edw. m, m. 17: ' Fines operanonLm et senrientiiun facti ooram Boberto de Leghe et Iohanne de Daoenport de Wheltzogh ad hoc aasignatu per oommiasiooem donuoi apod Maoclesfeld die Mercorii proximo ante festum Penteoostes anno regni regis Edwardi Term post oonquestum tnoesimo qmnto.' m The Expedition of Thomas Stukdty in iyj8 THE extract which I have copied below from the Vatican MS. Vat. Lat. 5385 is a narrative of the expedition of Thomas Stukeley in 1578. It was apparently designed for an invasion of Ireland, and the pope, who had conferred on Stukeley the title of marquess of Leinater, pat him at the head of six hundred infantry, levied for the purpose by Paolo Giordano Umno. 1 StukeJey'a career as adventurer is well known ;' and the Calendars of State Papers contain many referenoes to this expedition,' though the various correspondents send exaggerated and somewhat TnjwWHing reports. It seems to have caused considerable alarm to the KngHflh government, to judge from the elaborate preparations that wese rniMift in defence, but the apprehension was mainly due, we are told, to the belief that the king of Spain was a party to the attempt. Stukelsy, on his way to Italy, had stayed for some time in Marh-iH, and had been received there with ** SM OU, xxi. SSI, sad my book, pp, pp. 146-8. " Ntv immbirinf. w Than * mrrtrtl rtwnmJmiooM to fcctfaet af labomtxs onUtd i Qnttar, Boofnfcino BOIIJ, iJ, m. I ; 4fi, m. 1; *S, m. 1 i " CL alt, nL Ml, n-lit

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