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love I shall make knowne to his Ma^tie, and shall oblige me uppon all occac̄ons to retorne my thankfullnes & best respects to yo^r Lo^p, desireing w^th all speed possible to receave yo^r answer and what assistance I may expect from y^u.

ffrodsham Castle yo^r Lo^ps affectionate ffrend and servant

ffebr. iiij^to 1638[9] Savage."^[1]

It does not appear what answer was given by the bishop to this appeal which will have been made to him in respect of his temporal possessions. But for his share of the clerical subsidy he contributed the sum of £200, the whole contribution from the clergy of the diocese being £809 17s. 7d.

A few days later he received another letter concerning his proportion of armour for the war:

"Salutem in Xp̃o.

My very good Lord. I have received your lr̃es of the 13^th of this moneth, and am glad to heare that you conceive soe good hope of the clergie's forwardnes to further the service required of them. I wrote the last weeke to my Lo: of Canterbury that it was now a dead time w^th many of the clergy that are now to pay theire tenthes, w^ch few of them doe pay till they have received their Easter reckonings, and that I did thinke it might advance his Ma^ties service if some longer time was given them for payment then was prefixed: to which motion hee returned mee this answere, that hee thought it would be well taken to give them twoo times of payment if that may induce them to advance this his Ma^ties service; the one presently after Easter, the other about Michaelmas, w^ch course I intend to hold, and I presume you may doe the like. And for your own particuler, I think you have propounded to your selfe a good proportion, both for contribution in money and furniture of horse and foote armes. And I have made the like provision of furniture for my selfe, for ten horses, 20 musketts and 20 corsletts. I doe not conceive that it is required of you, that you should in person attend his Ma^tie heere at Yorke. I have not hitherto received any such direction, and therefore cannot advise you what to doe, either to come or not to come, but must leave it to your owne discretion. Nether can I advise

1. Family Evidences.