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18th April, 1570. Here was John Jagger sayth that he was nevˀ a
councell or knoleg of any pˀmoter beyng set to trouble the Company
for the state of o{r} yeomanry And also John Wyllet denyeth the byll
& wyll not confesse any thinge w{th}oute the pˀsentꝭ of his accuser
but for knowledge of the pˀmotter he nevˀ meante yt he said befor
god. And Thomas Warren saed he hathe kepte all to hymsylf & nevˀ
mynded nor thoughte to trouble in any respecte and denyeth the byll
also. And yt is ordered that they shall agree brotherly together and
here after they nor any of them shall move or speake or make any
rehersall of any matter as consernyng the state of the yeomãry upon
payne of ip̃rysonment. And Thom̃s Warren John Wyllet & John Jagger
shall take y{r} romes & placꝭ and brotherly they have eyther of them
taken one a nother handes & so these matters nevˀ to be reported any
more here after.
This brotherly amity did not long continue, for:--
23rd May, 1570. Here was John Warren & John Wyllet is comytted to
warde for dysobedyence, and Thomas Newens said that one Husto an
informer his neyghbo{r} saide that the company sholde be arẽsted[183]
upon a statute & y{t} yt is one of o{r} company did sett the enformer
to do yt but he founde not the statute to holde w{th} them & y{r}fore
he wolde not deale, but to name the pˀte[184] he wolde not.
[183] _i.e._ Sued.
[184] Party.
Warren and Wyllet must have been sent straight off to prison, as a
further minute states that on the same day “after diner,” Warren was
brought up out of the Compter for examination.
On the 29th May, Wyllet made submission and was released from prison.
19th September, 1570. Warren and Wyllet seem to have been cantankerous
brethren, for they were complained of by the Wardens of the Yeomanry
for refusing to take upon themselves the office of Wardens to which
they had been elected.
7th October, 1572. Wyllet is again complained of for going to law with
another member of the Company without license from the Masters, to
which he pleaded that under a statute 19 Henry VII, cap. viii, he could
lawfully do so. The result of this contention is not expressly stated,
though there is not the least doubt but that Wyllet revisited the
Compter, and ultimately withdrew his suit.
5th March, 1573. It was ordered--
That where there hath ben an order that the whole bodye of the
yeomanrye of this mysterie were compelled under a certeine fyne
and penaltye to meet theire wardens at a certeine place by them
appointed beinge by the beadle warned, to go to offre at the weddings
of their brethren at all times when any of them weare married w{ch}
was to their great trouble, and divers inconvenyences grewe thereoff
as absence from sˀrvice and sermons one sonday mornyngs and other
unmeate and inconvenient meetinges in steed therof. Wherefore, the
said order was declared henceforth to be void.
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