89 (Index, p. 195); Repertory 40, fos. 266b, 272.

309 Repertory 40, fo. 278b. "London has lent the king L25,000 _sic_,
scarce enough to buy a dozen points," wrote a contemporary. Cruse to
Lady Carnsew (July?).--Cal. State Papers Dom. (1625-1626), p. 392.

310 Lords of the council to mayor and aldermen, 6 July.--Remembrancia,
vi, 90 (Index, p. 195).

M121 A demand for 4,000 men and 20 ships, July-Aug., 1626

311 Journal 33, fos. 267b _seq._; Cal. State Papers Dom. (1625-1626), p.
376.

312 Journal 33, fos. 279b _seq._; Remembrancia, vi, 98 (Index, p. 249).

313 Mead to Stuteville, 24 July, 1626.--"Court and Times," i, 130.

314 Journal 33, fo. 280. Letter to Mead, 11 Aug.--"Court and Times," i,
136, 137.

315 Repertory 40, fo. 338b; Journal 33, fo. 280b, 282.

M122 The sum of L18,000 to be raised for fitting out the vessels.

316 Repertory 40, fos. 299b, 300b, 303b.

317 "Court and Times," i, 148, 149, 150, 153, 154; Repertory 40, fos.
400b, 407b; Journal 34, fos. 3b, 16b, 41, 56. As much as L6,000 was
paid out of the chamber in respect of the fleet of twenty ships in
the months of January and February, 1627.--Repertory 41, fos. 90b,
92, 104b, 133b.

M123 Unpopularity of the Duke of Buckingham.

318 Journal 33, fos. 304, 319; Journal 34, fo. 27; Remembrancia, vi, 96,
97 (Index, p. 249). Pory to Mead, 17 Aug., 1626.--"Court and Times,"
i, 141.

M124 The Forced Loan, 1626.

319 Letter to Mead, 6 Oct., 1626.--"Court and Times," i, 154. It was not
until June, 1627, that pressure was brought to bear upon the
citizens themselves to contribute. Beaulieu to Puckering, 20
June.--"Court and Times," i, 244.

320 Journal 33, fo. 318b.

M125 The loan declared illegal.

M126 Ten of the city's ships to be victualled for a descent on Spain,
Nov., 1626.

321 Journal 34, 19b.

322 Id., fo. 20b.

323 Id., fo. 21.

324 Pennington to Buckingham, 28 Dec, 1626.--Cal. State Papers Dom.
(1625-1626), p. 507.

M127 The City and the Forced Loan, 1627.

325 Remembrancia, vi, 105 (Index, p. 195).

326 Letter to Mead, 30 June, 1627.--"Court and Times," i, 249.

327 Beaulieu to Puckering, 7 Nov.; Letter to Mead, 16 Nov.--"Court and
Times," i, 283, 285.

M128 The expedition to Rochelle, 1627.

328 Remembrancia, vi, 101, 102, 103 (Index, p. 250); Journal 34, fos.