Life and times of Robert Gib > Volume 2

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— Removal of Mary Queen of Scots to Westminster Abbey
this year — Illness of Prince Henry from typhoid fever — His
death on 6th November 1612 — Henry Gib a clerk of the
Signet — Pension to him of £200 per annum, and he is made a
Groom of the Bedchamber to King James, . . . .107
CHAPTER XXXV.
Marriage of Princess Elizabeth, February 1613, to the Elector Pala-
tine — Special mission of Henry Gib and others to the Low
Countries, and warrant for the payment of their expenses in
November — A free gift of £100 to him in the previous October
— The rage for duelling — Threatened duel between Henry
Howard and the Earl of Essex — Henry Gib sent by King James
to Calais in September in time to stay it — Grant of lands in
Yorkshire to Henry Gib in August, and gift of goods of Dr.
Benjamin Davies in December 1614, 120
CHAPTER XXXVI.
The Earl of Somerset, his history and trial for the murder of Sir
Thomas Overbury — Henry Gib hands Lumsden's relation to the
King concerning Weston, and Sir Francis Bacon's remarks
thereon in his speech in the Star Chamber — Conviction of all
concerned — Death of the Confederates, and ultimate pardon of
the Earl and Countess — Henry Gib is the bearer of an offensive
message from Somerset when Lord Chamberlain, and his dis-
grace for burning letters and papers before his trial in 1616 —
Explanation thereof — Various grants to Henry Gib in 1616 and
1617, 127
CHAPTER XXXVII.
Grant to Henry Gib of fee-farm rent of £715, lis. out of lands of
Lord Paget in 1620 — Grant of reversion relating to same in
August, and of fee-farm rent out of manor of Ivor, Bucks, in
November 1622 — Their surrender in 1623 for other rents of
same value — Pension to Henry Gib and Anna his wife, of £200
out of Court of Wards, December 1620 — Grant to him of two
fines of £1000 each, in February 1621 — Letter from Locke to
Carleton, has let his house to Henry Gib, October 1621 — Grant
to him of four recognizances of £600 each, February 1622 —
Letter from Chamberlain to Carleton, July 1622 — One from
Lumsden to Conway, April 1623— Minutes of Conway to Henry
Gib, etc., February and March 1625, ..... 143