Westminster, Whitehall Palace, 1612

Privy Council Letter to the Lord Mayor of London

LMA: COL/RMD/PA/01/003

ff 67–8 (8 November) (Whitehall)

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After our very hartie h Commendacions to your Lordshipp/ Whereas it hath pleased the Almightie God, to take awaie the most Noble and worthie Prince of Wales, to the exceedinge greate sorrowe and Greef aswell of theire Maiesties, as of all theire deere and lovinge Subiecte/. And | that these tymes doe not suite with such playes and idle shewes, as are daily to be seene in and neere the cittie of London, to the scandall of Order and good governement at all occasions when they are most tolerable, As wee haue allreadie addressed lettres to the Iustices of peace of Middlesex and Surrey for the suppressinge of any playes or shewes whatsoever within those Counties, soe wee doe heereby require your Lordshipp to take speedie and speciall order for the prohibitinge of all Playes shewes Beare baytinges, or any other such sighte, within that cittie and liberties thereof and vtterlie to restraine, the vse and exercise thereof vntill you shall receave further order from vs/. And yf you shall finde anie person offendinge therein, to commytt him or them to Prison without favour or connyvauncie, and to acquainte vs therewith/. And soe wee bidd your lordship / Hartelie farewell/. ffrom Whitehall the viij^th of November /./ 1612/.

Your Lordships verie loving frindes/.

T Ellesmore Cancellarius H Northampton: T Suffolk:

E Wotton Stanhop/.

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Marginalia
- ffrom the Lordes, for the suppressinge of Stage plaies, Bearebaytinges, and idle shewes, vpon the death of Prince Henry/.
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Footnotes
- After our: in display script with decorated initial A
- that these: also written at foot of previous folio as catchwords
- T Ellesmore Cancellarius: Thomas Egerton (1540-1617), first Viscount Brackley, appointed lord chancellor, 1603
- H Northampton: Henry Howard (1540–1614), ninth earl of Northampton
- T Suffolk: Thomas Howard (1561–1626), eleventh earl of Suffolk
- E Wotton: Edward Wotton (1548–1628), first Baron Wotton
- Stanhop: John Stanhope (c 1540–1621), first Baron Stanhope of Harrington
Glossed Terms
- connyvauncie n connivency, connivance, action of conniving
Document Description

Record title: Privy Council Letter to the Lord Mayor of London
Repository: LMA
Shelfmark: COL/RMD/PA/01/003
Repository location: London

This copy of a letter from the privy council, preserved in the city's Remembrancia, follows the premature death of Henry, prince of Wales, on 6 November 1612. Neither the original letter, nor that addressed to the JPs of Middlesex and Surrey, survive in the Acts of the Privy Council.

October 1610–October 1614; English; paper; 206 + i; 420mm x 330mm; modern pencil foliation (used here) over ink foliation started anew for each mayoral year, modern entry numbers; some pages repaired; each new mayoralty is marked by an illuminated title page, pasted into the volume; bound in white vellum on boards, with tooled heraldic shield, title on spine in black ink (first word written sideways): Remembrancia. | III | 1610 | 8. Jac. I. | 1614 | 12. Jac. I.

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