Aft{r} my very hearty commendac͠ons I have thoughte good to signifie unto you his Ma{ties} pleasure That I should have to attend me in this my ambassage into Spayne Mr. Xpõfer ffrederick one of the nowe Governors of yo{r} Company w{ch} by reason of the place hee bereth amongest you can hardely be spared nevertheles because the necessytie of the service urgeth the same It is thought fit by his Ma{tie} that hee shall noĩat and appoynt such a sufficient man to execute his place in his absens as formˀly hath borne that office, wherefore I doubt not but you will admitt and allowe of such a one as for that purpose hee shall noĩat to sit in his absens as his deputy who shalbe answerable for all matt{s} as if M{r} ffrederick were there himself So to continue eyth{r} untill the tyme of the yere that you make choyce of some other pˀsone fit for the same or M{r} ffrederickꝭ retorne oute of Spayne w{ch} shall first happen, of whose ready care to satisfie the Kinges expectac͠on and my desyre I dowbte not And evenso I bid you righte hartely farewell. ffrom Arnedell howse the ix{th} of March 1604.[157] [157] 160-4/5. Yo{r} very lovinge frend Notingham[158] I do praye you that Will{m} Martin be excepted[159] in his place till M{r} ffrederickꝭ retorne          Notingham [158] Lord High Admiral. [159] Accepted. 26th March, 1605. This daye M{r} James Hodson one of the tenaunts of this Company accordinge to an order of a Court of Assisstance payd to the M{rs} his fyne of L{li} for his lease And had lycence graunted unto him to demyse the tenement w{ch} hee holdeth of this Company or any pt̃e thereof And did pˀmise to geve unto this howse one hogshead of clarret wyne when it should for the use of this howse be called for & demaunded. 9th April, 1605. This daye it is ordered that Humfrey Gorston bringe in his fyne at the next Courte for teachinge of a forren his Art. 16th April, 1605. This daye Stephen Abraham was commaunded [to] geve over his keepinge a barbors shop in Phillip Lane untill hee shalbe made free of this Company uppon payne of imprisonment. 23rd April, 1605. This daye it is ordered that Stephen Abraham be committed to the Compter for contempt of the M{rs} order heretofore set downe. Abraham must have instantly obeyed the order, and shut up his shop in Phillip Lane, and directly afterwards have opened another in Finch Lane, for we read:-- 30th April, 1605. This daye it is ordered that Stephen Abraham shall take downe his basons and geve over his shop in ffynch Lane and shall continue w{th} his mr̃is mr̃is Smyth orels to be committed to prison.