1566.—Pleasure,—fee £50 Irish. He was Chief Remembrancer of the Exchequer, which he surrendered 8 Dec., and appeared in Chancery the 15, on his being appointed Master of the Rolls.—9 Eliz. d. 1.—Patent not inrolled.
Nicholas Whyte, of Whyte's Hall, Knt.,—Draycott deceased,—Privy Seal, 18 July, 1572,—patent, 1572.—Life.—Fee, £50, This patent is not finished on the Roll and so there is no date. "We understand that the Mastership of the Rolls is void by the death of Henry Draycott, whom we always esteemed as a faithful good servant, and therefore we are sorry to have lost such a one, hut that we trust he hath won a better state hy exchange of this worldly life; and perceiving also that commendation is made from you of one Nugent, and from others there of one Dillon, both of that country birth, we ourselves, for the knowledge we have of the sufficiency of Nicholas Whyte, who is now here present with us, and perceiving by your late letters written to us on his behalf, how much you esteem him for a councillor, and how earnestly you desire to have him return for your assistance, have resolved to appoint him to he Master of the Rolls, which we think yourself will also host allow; and therefore we will that you shall make a grant to him of the said office, by our Letters Patent under our Great Seal of Ireland, to have the same in like and as large manner and estate as Henry Draycott, John Parker, Sir Patrick Bamewall, or Sir T. Cusake had the same:
