Item 1a (dated 1616-1624): The proceedings in the Starrchamber against Sir John Hollis and others [Sir John Wentworth and Mr Lumsden] for speeches used by them to Weston at the time of his execution at Tyberne about the death of Sir Thomas. Overbury, November 10, 1615. 1616-1624.

Item 1b (dated 1485-1509): In Camera Stellata tempore Regis Henrici septimi. 1585-1509. Written in England, after 1615. In the tyme of this most prudent Prince the Courte of Starrchamber did examine Ryotts...[etc] as it may in part appeare by the Presidents following, the Courte then would heare of ante matter... [followed by legal and historical notes arranged chronologically, 1-23 Henry VII.]

The wife of Robert Carr, Viscount Rochester (later Earl of Somerset), disliked the poet Sir Thomas Overbury, had him put in the Tower, and poisoned by the jailer, Richard Weston, in 1613. The scandal broke in 1615, and Weston was executed--it was a notable scandal. John Holles (circa 1565-1737), the author of the work, was a friend of Rochester's, and at the gallows pressed Weston to admit that his confession was false, and when Weston was hanged called the deed an injustice. The Court found his words slanderous in nature, tending to imply that the verdict was not a true verdict.

There are glosses in the margin.