Feb. 5.Lease to Francis, Earl of Cumberland, of lands, co. Cumberland, parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster. [Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 42.] Feb. 5.65. Examination of Tho. East, waterman, on the sayings of — Procter. [See 3 Jan.] Feb. 5. Durham.66. Dean James to Salisbury. Arrest and examinations of John Sicklemore, alias Ward, a priest; curious specimens of his equivocation. Salisbury's Exposure of Equivocations is greedily read. Wm. Tailbois, Percy's man, indicted for murder of Roger Smith. Incloses, 66. I. Note of the examination of Rob. Hawkesworth relative to Sicklemore, and his equivocations. Feb. 5. Durham. Feb. 6. Edinburgh.67. Earl of Mar to Salisbury. Regrets his illness. Hopes the Scotch Parliament will be over by St. George's day. Recommends Sir Henry Carmichael. Thinks Sir Edward More shoots at him (Mar), in a bill which he has brought into Parliament for satisfaction of all leases granted in her late Majesty's time. Begs that the affair may be settled by Common Law. From: British History Online Source: James I: Volume 18: January-February, 1606. Calendar of State Papers Domestic: James I, 1603-1610, Mary Anne Everett Green (Editor) (1857). URL: _http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=15003_ (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=15003) Date: 13/09/2004 © Copyright 2003 University of London & History of Parliament Trust