Isend you now according to my promise last week such Copies of Patents as you desired of Canons; and such other of Vicars and Archdeacons, and Rurall Deanes as you may have need of for compleating the Chapter with such light into that affaire as in these darke and confused times I could procure.

I must not omit to certifie your Lordship, that I have inserted Mr. Peter Warnefords name amongst those who are suggested here to be made Canons, and I should humbly desire he may be made such for one maine reason above others, that I have a probable hope hereby to secure the Chapter of the holy Thorne after his decease: and that is a Jewell which I am sure your Lordship values at a high rate,* as also doe all others that know thereof.

If the light I have given in the choice of such men as may com∣pleat the Chapter be sufficient to satisfy your Lordship of the me∣rits of the men suggested: Perhaps it may not be a misse to thinke of even in these uncertaine times, if for no other reason then to pre∣vent mortality, and that the Chapter might have the fuller power in its compleatnesse in case your Lordship should dy; as we that are many yeares younger cannot say but wee may dye very suddenly, and truly but for this only reason perhaps it were better deferre the filling up the Chapter till wee better times expected; yet since I writ those inclosed Papers I have refle∣cted that perhaps it may not bee amisse to compleat the Chap∣ter with all speed that may be, for however we cannot suggest unto your Lordship all our men in every County, yet I am confident we have named those that are fittest for such places in each Coun∣ty, and such as are persoually best known I beleive to your Lord∣ship for the most part of them.

As I wrote last weeke that Mr. Fittons repaire to England would not be necessary though he be chosen Coadjutor to Mr. Webster, cum jure missionis, so I write againe now upon better grounds, for God be thanked Mr. Webster mends in his health: but admit he should fall back and dy, yet even in that case per∣haps Mr. Fitton would most probably get our Chapter confirmed in his person of Deane, and this not onely through his being Page  30knowne and liked well of in Rome, but farther through his per∣ticular relation with Lord _____ who perhaps would con∣duce much towards confirming our Chapter, and Mr. Fittons per∣son and the Confirmation of our Chap: being the main thing we ayme at, moves many to thinke, that we were better choose Mr. Fitton Coadjutor then a stronger man; because if in his per∣son we get the Chapter confirmed, we can easily choose a Coad∣jutor to him in case he should not grow strong; And so by this means we effect our greatest affaire and desire. The rest is that I am, my Lord,