Respon. — I  answere,  that,  after  the  letter  of  the  5"'  of  March
directed  to  me,  there  came  an  other  letter  of  the  21  of  the  same
from  your  Lordship  to  me  and  the  rest  of  the  Oounsell  at  Yorke,
whereby  authoritie  was  geven  to  search  the  recordes  of  the  As-
sises, before  denyed  ;  and,  bicause  my  health  did  not  well  serve
me,  I  sent  to  my  Lord  of  Limerike  M"^.  Hales  and  M^  Feme,
who  then  onely  were  at  Yorke,  praying  them  to  send  for  the
Clarke  of  the  Assises  to  search  the  records  of  that  court,  which
I  understand  was  done  verie  diligently.  And,  after  the  Olarke
had  retourned  his  search  to  the  Oounsell,  subscribed  with  his
hand,  my  Lord  of  Limerike  and  others  then  at  Yorke  did  sub-
scribe their  names,  and  sent  it  up  ;  neither  Sir  Thomas  Fairfax
nor  JVP.  Atturney  being  then  at  Yorke.  But  what  they  found,
and  what  they  certified,  they  did  not  make  me  privie  neither
before  their  certificate  nor  after  ;  yet  since  (I  hear)  they  found
in  the  records  that  the  late  Lord  Ewre  toke  place  of  them  once
or  twice,  and  the  same  confirmed  by  some  witnesses,  which  is
said  to  differ  much  from  my  certificate.  But  (under  reformation)
albeit  there  is  contradiction  betwene  those  whom  I  did  examine
by  vertue  of  the  first  letter,  and  those  that  were  examined  by
the  Oounsell  at  Yorke  by  the  later,  yet  there  is  no  contradiction
betwene  the  certificates,  but  a  difference  onely  secundum  magis
et  minus,  for  bothe  may  be  true,  &c.
Ohjectio  3. — But,  immediately  upon  receipt  of  your  Lordships'
letter,  I  writt  a  private  letter  to  Sir  Edward  and  M".  Atturney,
that  my  opinion  was  that  Barons  Vice-Presidents  should  take
place,  &c.
166  CORRESPONDENCE,    ETC.
