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VISITATIONS   OF  CHURCHES   IX  THE  PATRONAGE  OF  ST.  PAUL'S 
CATHEDRAL. 

'•THE  SPOUSELLS"  OF  THE  PRINCESS  MARY.  1508. 

A  COLLECTION    OF   ORIGINAL   LETTERS   FROM   THE    BISHOPS    TO 
THE  PRIVY  COUNCIL,  1564. 

PAPERS    RELATING    TO    THOMAS  WENTWORTH,   FIRST    EARL   OF 
STRAFFORD. 

HAMILTON  PAPERS.     ADDENDA. 

MEMOIRS  OF  NATHANIEL,  LORD  CREWE. 

THE  JOURNAL  OF  MAJOR  RICHARD  FERRIER,  M.P.,  1687. 


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COUNCIL  OF  THE  CAMDEN  SOCIETY 

FOE  THE  YEAR  1894-5. 


President. 

THE  EIGHT  HON.  THE  EARL  OF  CRAWFORD,  K.T.,  LL.D.,  F.E.S.,  &c,  &c. 

JAMES  J.  CAETWRIGHT,  ESQ.,  M.A..  F.S.A.,  Treasurer. 

KEY.  J.  SILVESTER  DA  VIES,  M.A..  F.S.A. 

REV.  J.  WOODFALL  EBSWORTH,  MA...  F.S.A. 

JAMES  GAIRDNEE.  ESQ..  Secretary. 

SAMUEL  KAWSON  GARDENER.  ESQ.,  M.A.,  LLA^.,  Director. 

REV.  F.  A.  GASQUET,  D.D. 

DAY  ID  II  ANN  AY.  ESQ. 

REV.  WILLIAM  HUNT,  M.A. 

ARTHUR   \V.  HUTTON,  ESQ.,  M.A. 

J.  BASS  MULLIXGER,  ESQ.,  M.A. 

REV.  CHARLES  NEIL,  M.A. 

J.  E.  L.  PICKERING,  ESQ. 

II.  C.  SOTHKHAX,  ESQ. 

HENRY  R.  TEDDER,  ESQ. 

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VISITATIONS  OP  CIUBGHES 
BELONGING  TO  ST.  TAIL'S  CAIHEDEAI 

19  ,." — 1252. 


KDiTiiD  FROM  DRlGDfAX  maxus. 

BY 

W.   SPAKKOW  SIMPSON  P.P..  F.S.A.. 

SUB-PEAX   AND  LIBRARIAN   OF    ST.   F.vrL':?   CA  THE 

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INTRODUCTION. 


The  Visitations  of  Churches  now  printed  are  of  earlier  date  than 
those  contained  in  tlie  Camden  Society's  volume  entitled  Visitations 
of  Churches  belonging  to  St.  Paul's  Cathedral  in  1297  and  in  1458. 
The)'  are  transcribed  from  a  manuscript  amongst  the  cathedral 
records  known  as  Liber  L.,a  a  volume  of  so  great  importance  that 
Mr.  Maxwell  Lyte  devotes  nearly  seventeen  closely  printed  columns 
to  a  calendar  of  its  contents  in  the  ninth  report  of  the  Historical 
Manuscripts  Commission. 

Archdeacon  Hale,  in  the  preface  to  his  Domesday  of  St.  PauVs, 
observes  that  "  this  is  a  most  interesting  volume."  It  is  thus 
described  in  Lisieux's  b  Catalogue  :  u  Contenta  in  quodam  antique 
et  notabili  Begistro,  de  tempore  Will'i  Conquestoris,  clauso  cum 
uno  nodulo  in-  medio,  2°  folio  in  Rubriea  Privilegium,  signatus  cum 
litera  L."  The  book  in  its  present  state  answers  in  every  respect 
to  the  description,  except  that  the  nodv.lus,  or  button,  by  which  it 
was  fastened  has  been  taken  away.  Xo  part  of  it  will  bear  out  the 
statement  of  its  very  early  date  but  the  first  twenty-six  folios  ;  the 
remainder  of  the  book  is  of  the  latter  part  of  the  twelfth  and 
thirteenth  centuries,  with  some  insertions  (on  parchment  larger  and 
smaller  than  the  original  manuscript)  written  in  the  fourteenth 
century. 

Mr.  Maxwell  Lyte  assigns  the  earlier  part  of  the  volume  to  the 
middle  of  the  twelfth  century. 

*  See  pages  CO  b— 60  a.    The  press  mark  of  the  MS.  is  W.  P.  •*• 
b  Thomas  Lisieux,  Ueau  of  St.  Paul's,  H41-14.r>6. 


IV  INTRODUCTION. 

The  Visitations  now,  for  the  first  time,  edited,  were  made  during 
the  years  ranging  from  1219  to  1252.  The  churches  visited  arc 
those  of  which  a  sufficiently  full  account  has  been  given  in  the 
volume  of  Visitations  already  referred  to,  and  it  will  not  therefore 
be  necessary  to  repeat  in  this  place  the  topographical  details  which 
have  there  been  supplied.  Nor  has  it  been  thought  necessary  to 
repeat  explanations  of  words  which  were  dealt  with  in  the  other 
volume,  to  which  this  is  indeed  a  supplement. 

In  1249  and  1250  Willesdon  and  Tillingham  were   visited;    in - 
1251    Twyford,    Navestock,    Walton,   and   Kirkby,    and   probably 
St.  Pancrus  and  Thorpe;  and  in  1252  Chiswick,  Aldbury,  Pelham 
Arsa,  and  Pelham  Furncaux,  and  probably  Westlee,  Barling,  and 
Heybridge. 

During  the  period  occupied  by  these  Visitations  Henry  de 
Cornhill  was  Dean  of  St.  Paul's.  Dugdale,  in  his  list  of  deans,8 
dismisses  him  in  two  lines  ;  and  Henry  Wharton  b  grants  him  only 
fifteen,  in  which  brief  notice  there  is  very  little  of  interest  unless  it  be 
thought  worth  while  to  record  that  he  bestowed  upon  the  cathedral 
some  vestments  and  a  book.  The  vestments  were  a  cope,  chasuble, 
dalmatic,  and  tunic,  "  de  purpurea  sameto  cum  garbis  breudatis,"  c 
and  the  book,  was  a  "  Liber  Ordinarii  secundum  Albcricum,  per 
eundem  in  aliquo  emendatur,  qui  habet  Kalcndarium  in  principio. 
Incipit  Ecce  dies  veniunt,  ct  continet  Capital  armm,  et  Collectarium, 
Antiphonarium,  et  Ympnarium,  et  finit  in  Ympno  Eerum  Deus; 

■  Dngdale,  History  of  St.  Pavl's,  224. 

*  Hhtoria  de  Ij>iscoj>is  et  Decants  Londinensibus,  207,  309. 

«  An  inventory  of  the  plate,  vestments,  &c.s  belonging  to  St.  Paul's  Cathedral, 
taken  in  1245,  records  another  valaahle  gift  :— 

"Pannns  iriagnns  sericas  ruhens,  euro  magnis  rotis  et  binis  leonibns  cristatis  in 
rotis  pnrpnreis  et  (lores  inter  rotas.      Rex  dedit  Decant/,  et  Decanus  postea  dedit 

Ecclesiae." 

Possibly  also  another  entry  may  indicate  a  gift  from  the  same  liberal  donor  :— 
"Capafascadepanna  serico  breudata  cam  minatis  gladeolis  ct  minatis  bisanciis 

et.  floribns  minatis.    Hanc  brendarc  fecit  Henricns  Caaccllarittfi  ct  postea  Dccanns." 

Printed  in  Arehaeolo/jia,  vol.  50. 


INTRODUCTION.  V 

et  Psalterium  imponitur,  de  novo,  effigitur  per  cathenam  in 
vestibule."  His  obit  was  kept  yearly  at  St,  Paul's  "  expending 
thereat  xiijs.  iiijd."  a 

But  Henry  do  Cornliill  is  not  to  be  dismissed  in  quite  so 
summary  a  manner.  He  played  his  part  manfully  in  a  xery 
stirring  incident,  endeavouring  to  maintain  the  liberties  of  the 
Bishop  of  London  and  the  cathedral  against  the  encroachments,  as 
he  deemed  them,  of  Archbishop  Boniface. 

-  The  venerated  Bishop  Roger  Niger,  "  canonised  by  popular 
acclamation,"  had  passed  to  his  rest  on  Michaelmas  Day,  1241. 
For  three  years  the  See  of  London  was  allowed  to  remain  vacant, 
and  was  at  length  filled  by  Fulk  Basset,  a  nobleman  of  old  Norman 
blood,  of  whom  Dean  Milman  has  much  to  say  in  his  Annals  of 
St.  Paul's}'  Fulk,  Lord  Basset,  of  Wycombe,  was  a  baron  by 
tenure.  He  had  been  Provost  of  Beverley  and  Dean  of  York,  and 
w7as  consecrated  Bishop  of  London  in  12-14.  Pie  was  a  firm 
supporter  of  the  national  party,  and  certainly  no  lover  of  the  proud 
prelate  who  ruled  the  province  with  a  rod  of  iron. 

Boniface,  a  son  of  Thomas,  Count  of  Savoy,  was  enthroned  at 
Canterbury  on  All  Saints'  Day,  12-19;  Queen  Eleanor  of  England, 
daughter  of  his  sister  Beatrice  (herself  the  mother  of  four  queens), 
was  present  at  the  gorgeous  ceremonial. c  He  soon  resolved  to 
make  a  visitation  of  his  province,  a  scheme  which  encountered  a 
determined,  though  useless,  resistance.  As  part  of  his  plan,  he 
gave  notice  that  he  would  visit  St.  Paul's  Cathedral. 

"  On  the  day  appointed  he  appeared,  with  an  armed  retinue,  at 
the  great  west  door.  Here  he  was  met  by  the  Dean,  a  venerable 
old  man,  well  versed  in  ecclesiastical  affairs,  Henry  of  Cornhill. 
The  Dean  was  attended  by  the  Chapter.  The  Dean  and  Chapter 
respectfully  represented  that,  by  their  statutes,  the  Bishop  of  the 

-    ■  Dtigdale,  History,  310,  321,  323,  32S. 

b  Annuls,  second  edition,  5«J  ct  seqq. 

c  Dean  Hook,  Lives  of  the  Archbishops  of  Canterbury,  in.  229,  230. 


VI  INTRODUCTION. 

Diocese,  and  not  the  Metropolitan,  was  their  visitor.  The  Arch- 
bishop gave  orders  to  his  attendants,  and  they  forced  an  entrance 
into  the  cathedral.  The  cathedral  was  empty.  The  usual  forms 
and  ceremonies  adopted  when  a  visitor  entered  a  church  were 
omitted.  No  organ  Bounded.  There  was  no  array  of  the  priests  ; 
no  choir.  The  .  silence  was  only  broken  by  the  tramp  of  the 
Archbishop's  attendants,  whose  step  was  martial,  though  their 
outer  garments  were  sacerdotal.  The  primate  approached  the 
choir;  the  doors  were  closed.  He  went  to  the  Chapter  House, 
there  to  admonish,  as  he  said,  the  clergy  ;  but  he  could  not  obtain 
admission.""  Greatly  enraged,  he  excommunieated  the  Dean  and 
Chapter  for  having  resisted  the  rights  of  the  See  of  Canterbury. 

That  it  required  no  little  courage  thus  to  withstand  the  proud 
Archbishop  will  be  sufficiently  evident  to  those  who  read  the 
graphic  account,  given  by  Dean  Hook,  of  the  primate's  visit  to  the 
priory  of  St.  Bartholomew  on  the  day  following  his  entry  into  the 
cathedral.  Here  also  solemn  protest  was  made  against  his  intrusion, 
and  it  devolved  upon  the  sub-prior  to  utter  the  firm  but  modest 
protest  of  his  brethren.  "  A  blow  from  the  young  Archbishop's  fist 
was  the -first  answer  which  the  aged  sub-prior  received  :  and  when 
he  was  felled  to  the  earth  the  Archbishop  rushed  at  him  with 
uncontrollable  fury,  dealing  blow  after  blow,  now  on  his  head,  now 
on  his  face,  now  on  his  breast  ;  cursing,  swearing,  calling  for 
a  sword  to  make  an  end  of  him,  and  shouting  in  his  madness, 
4  Thus,  thus  will  I  deal  with  these  English  traitors.'  The  canons 
rushed  to  the  rescue  of  their  sub- prior.  A  tumult  ensued  ;  but 
nothing  could  appease  the  rage  of  the  Archbishop.  Tie  crushed  the 
poor  olcl  man  between  two  of  the  stalls,  and  redoubling  his  blows 
at  the  same  time  almost  annihilated  him.  The  blood  of  the 
English  was  now  fairly  up.  They  rushed  upon  the  Archbishop  ; 
they  dragged  him  from  his  victim.  As  they  dashed  him  aside  the 
rattle  of  armour  was  heard,  and  tearing  off  his  rochet,  they  exposed 

»  Dean  Hook,  Lies*  of  the  Archbishops  of  Canterbury,  in.  2.">.">. 


INTRODUCTION.  Vll 

to  public  view  the  Primate  of  All  England  holding  his  Visitation 
encased  in  armour.'1  B 

The  story  is  very  picturesquely  told  by  Dean  Hook  in  the  passages 
just  cited.  Those  who  desire  to  compare  this  account  with  the 
original  authority  should  turn  to  Matthew  Paris.**  The  Dean  docs 
not  at  all  exaggerate  the  ferocity  of  the  Archbishop.  Matthew 
Paris  says:  "  Iratus  valde.  et  comminans,  Decanum  et  quosdam  alios 
de  dignioribus  ecclesiae  praecipitantcr  in  spiritu  irne  et  furoris  ex- 
communieavit."  Whilst  in  recording  the  incident  at  St.  Bartholo- 
mew's his  words  are  full  of  life  and  force:  — 

"  Quod  c  audiens  Archiepiscopus,  in  iram  secus  quam  deceret  aut 
expediret  furoris  conversus,  irruit  in  suppriorem,  suacque  conditionis 
et  suorum  antecessorum  sanctitatis  immemor,  ipsum  sanctum  virum, 
sacerdotem  et  religiosum  in  medio  ecclesiae  existentem,  pugno  impic 
turn  percussit,  turn  in  pectus  senile,  turn  in  faciem  venerabilem, 
turn  in  canum  caput  impulit  truculenter  multotiens,  clamosa  voce 
dieens  :  c  Siccine,  siccine,  decet  Angiicos  proditores  impetere  ' ;  et 
horribilius  cum  jurumentis  irrecitabilibus  delirans,  gladium  suum 
expostulavit  festinanter  afFerri.  Et  cum  multiplicarentur  tumultus, 
et  niterentur  canonici  suum  suppriorem  de  manibus  tarn  violenter 
opprimentis  liberare,  ipse  Archiepiscopus  capam  illam  preciosam, 
qua  supplier  indutu's  erat,  dilaceravit,  et  firmaculum,  quod  yulgar- 
iter  morsus  dicitur,  avulsit,  et  inter  pedes  catervatim  irruentium 
conculcatum  est  et  amissum,  quod  auro  et  argento  et  gemmis  fuerat 
pretiosum  ;  sed  et  ipsa  capa  nobilissima  conculcata  et  distracta 
irrestaurabiliter  violabatur;  nee  aclhuc  aversus  est  furor  archiepis- 
copalis.  Ipsum  namque  sanctum  virum  impetu  violento  repellens 
et  rctroire  cogens,  ad  unam  spondam,  quae  duos  de  stallis  dividebat 
et  pro  podio  facta  fuit,  adeo  senile  corpus  pressit,  ut  ossa  cum 
medullis  conquassaret  et  praecordia  collideret  furibundus." 

*  Dean  Hook,  Lives  of  the  Archbishops  of  Canterbury,  iii.  257,  258. 
0  Matthew  raris,  Chronica  Mojora,  v.  121-123,  and   Additamcnta,  vi.  198,  Sic, 
iu  the  blaster  of  the  Rolls  scries. 
e  That  is,  the  snb-prior's  protest. 


Vlll  INTRODUCTION. 

The  hot  blood  of  the  Archbishop  must  have  made  him  a 
dangerous  antagonist:  and  when  to  his  extreme  violence  the 
juramenta  irrccltabilia  were  added,  the  very  sanctuary  itself  in  no 
way  restraining  him,  it  is  not  surprising  that  four  of  the  canons  of 
St.  Bartholomew's  carried  the  matter  to  the  King,  displaying  before 
him  the  "  ictuum  vestigia,  cruorem  scilicet,  livorem,  et  tumorem, 
et  vestes  laceratas."  The  sub-prior,  meanwhile,  lay  groaning  in 
the  infirmary,  unable  to  recover  from  the  shock.  The  King,  how- 
ever, defended  the  Archbishop. 

Certainly  Henry  de  Cornhill  was  a  brave  man,  when  he  with- 
stood to  the  face  this  turbulent  prelate.  The  Dean,  of  course, 
appealed  to  the  Pope,  and  the  excommunication  was  for  a  while 
suspended.  But  u  the  uncle  of  the  Queen  of  England,  the  now 
wealthy  Primate  of  England,  could  not  but  obtain  favour  with 
Innocent.  The  Dean  of  St.  Paul's  was  compelled  to  submit  to  the 
supreme  archiepiscopal  authority."  a  The  papal  decree  of  Innocent 
IV.,  compelling  the  submission  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter,  was  issued 
in  1252,  just  at  the  very  time  when  these  parochial  Visitations  were 
in  progress. 

It  is  interesting  to  notice  that  when,  some  centuries  after,  Arch- 
bishop Laud  proposed  to  visit  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  the  Dean  and 
Chapter  protested  strongly  against  such  exercise  of  jurisdiction. 
Their  petition  to  the  King  is  printed  in  Dugdale,  and  in  it  they 
state  that  "  it  doth  not  appear,  by  any  records  belonging  to  His 
Grace  or  to  the  Church,  that  the  Dean  and  Chapter  have  ever  been 
visited  by  any  Metropolitical  power,  notwithstanding  the  rest  of  the 
diocese  hath  been  so  visited."  b 

Had  they  forgotten  Archbishop  Boniface? 

Their  protest  was  unavailing,  the  King  commanding  their  sub- 
mission. 


*  Milman,  Annals  of  St.  Paul's,  second  edition,  58. 
b  Dugdale,  St.  Paul's,  415. 


INTRODUCTION.  IX 

As  the  Introduction,  to  the  Visitations  of  1297  and  1458  is  some- 
what full,  it  will  only  he  necessary  in  the  present  instance  to  draw 
attention  to  any  features  in  which  this  earlier  series  of  Visitations 
differs  from  the  later,  and  to  add  a  few  details  omitted  from  the 
former  volume. 

It  is  certainly  worth  while  to  exhibit  the  exact  mode  of  pro- 
cedure in  these  parochial  Visitations,  and  this  can  hardly  be  better 
accomplished  than  by  printing  the  Articuli  Visitationis  Ecclesiarum 
as  found  in  the  Statuta  Majorat  a  fine  manuscript  still  preserved  at 
St.  Paul's  Cathedral.  The  original  document  contains  not  only  the 
articles  for  the  visitation  of  churches,  but  also  those  for  the  visitation 
of  Manors  and  of  Firmae)  and  the  full  title  is  here  retained,  although 
the  portion  relating  to  the  churches  alone  is  printed.  The  docu- 
ment may  be  dated  circa  A.D.  1320. 

"  Articuli  Visitacionis  Ecclesiarum,  Maneriorum,  et  Firmariim 
Capituli  Sancti  Pauli  Londoniarum. 

Primo  de  Spiritualibus. 

§1.  An  cancellae  et  ecclcsiae  cum  suis  cimiteriis,  in  ornamentis, 
libris,  vasis,  .operimentis,  clausuris,  et  ceteris  necessariis,  prout 
convenit,  custodiantur:  et  si  non,  qui  sunt  defcctus,  et  cujus 
estimacionis. 

§  2.  Item,  de  moribus,  vita,  et  conversacione  Vicariorum,  Capel- 
lanorurn,  ct  Clericorum  ecclesiis  serviencium,  an  sint  sufficicntes  ad 
regendum  curus  eis  commissas,  et  an  Vicarii  sint  residcntes,  prout 
artantur;  et  si  per  eorum  defectum  ecclcsioa  ofliciunij  vel  devocio 
parochianorum  minuatur,  vel  si  aliquis  parochianorum  obierit  sine 
viatico,  vel  sacramentis  ecclesiaj:  qui  et  qualiter. 

§  3.  Item,  an  predicti  Vicarii,  Capellani,  vel  Clerici,  seu  aliqui 
de  parochianis  sint  diffamati  de  usura,  adulterio,  fornicacione,  vel 
aliis  crlminibus:  qui  et  de  quibus. 

§  4.    Item,  qui  parochiani  debeant  redditus,  in  pecunia,  cera,  vel 

"  ■  Statuta  Jfajora,  folio  90.  The  volume  is  called  Statuta  Majora  on  account  of 
the  large  bokl  character  in  which  it  is  written  :  the  Statuta  Minora  contains-  more 
statutes  than  the  larger  volume. 

CAMD.  SOC.  b 


X  INTRODUCTION. 

oleo,  aut  rebus  aliis  ad  dcfectus  ecclesiae  reparandos,  vel  lurainaria 
stistentanda :  et  si  aliqua  shit  subtracts,  quae  et  per  quern."  a 

It  is  greatly  to  be  regretted  that  very  little  is  recorded  with 
regard  to  the  matters  treated  of  in  the  second  clause,  as  much 
valuable  information  in  respect  ot'  local  customs  and  usages  might 
have  been  gathered  from  the  answers  to  such  enquiries.  A  few 
hints,  indeed,  are  given,  but  that  is  all;  and  these  are  only  of  small 
importance.  Thus  at  Pelhani  Arsa  in  1458, b  complaint  is  made 
that  the  vicar  keeps  his  horse  in  the  churchyard  "  contra  honesta- 
tern  ecclesiae";  and  the  Tnquisitores  further  say,  "quod  Vicarius 
multum  exercet  forum  contra  honcstatein  suam,  ct  quod  dictus 
Vicarius  non  publicat  sententenciam  excommunicacionis,  etc.  Et 
dicunt  quod  Vicarius  inter  solempnia  horarum  canonicarum  con- 
fabulat  cum  parochianis  suis,  aliquando  cum  viris  et  aliquando  cum 
mulieribus." 

Answers  to  the  enquiries  arising  out  of  Clauses  1  and  4  are  very 
fully  given. 


A  few  notes  relating  to  the  service  books,  vestments,  chrisoms, 
lights,  surnames,  etc.,  will  suffice  to  make  this  volume  intelligible 
if  read  in  connection  with  the  Introduction  prefixed  to  the  Visita- 
tions of  1297  and  1458. 
Service  boohs.  The  service  books  enumerated  do  not  call  for  special  mention. 
Some  are  found  in  poor  condition,  some  deficient  of  leaves  and 
sections,  some  with  an  inaccurate  text,  whilst  in  many  cases  the 
binding  is  defective. 

At  Aldbury  the  books  appear  to  have  been  grievously  neglected, 
and  the  visitors   have  to   set   down  a  Missal  "  habens  multa  folia 


»  Archdeacon  Hale,  Domesday  of  St.  Paul's,  Camden  Society,  p.  156*.     (The 

mnnberings  of  the  sections  are  not  found  in  the  MS.) 
b   Visitations  in  1-97  and  145S,  p.  105. 


INTRODUCTION.  XI 

rupta  ";  a  Breviary  "  male  ligatus  et  male  custoditus  ";  an  ancient 
Psalter  "  male  sufficiens,  quia  male  eustoditum";  an  Antiphonary 
"cum  foliis  ruptis  et  male  custoditus";  and  a  Liber  Ordinalis  in 
quires  unbound. 

Occasionally,  as  at  Chiswick,  the  treasurer  of  St.  Paul's  had  sent 
a  Missal  to  replace  a  defective  volume;  or,  as  at  Kirkby,  the  Chapter 
had  sent  an  Omeliarium,  as  indeed  they  had  also  presented  a  good 
Vcsthnentum  Principale. 

Of  the  ancient  use  of  St.  Paul's,8  an  Antiphonarium  is  found  at 
Willesdon,  and  an  Ordinale  at  Tillingham.  At  Aldbury  it  is 
specially  observed  that  the  gradual  is  "non  de  Usu  London 
Ecclesic,"  from  which  it  may  perhaps  be  inferred  that  in  other 
cases  tills  service  book  was  of  that  use.  A  similar  notice  occurs  at 
Xavestock.  At  Kirkby  is  a  Missal,  an  ancient  book  "  nulliua 
ordinis";  and  at  Pelham  Furneaux,  a  Breviary  "quod  in  parte  non 
est  notatum,  nee  London  nee  Sarum  ordinem  continet."  At 
Chiswick  was  a  w  vctus  liber  leccionarius  cum  Missis  intersertis  per 
loca  de  usu  monachali."  It  is  clear  that  there  was  no  rigid 
uniformity  as  to  the  office  books  in  use  even  in  churches  all  of 
which  were  under  the  same  rule  and  patronage. 

At  Tillingham  is  an  interesting  entry  of  "  panni  crismales  lvj."  Pauni  Cris 
The  Cltrisom  was  a  cloth  with  which  children  were  wrapped  when 
they  were  brought  to  the  font.  "  At  the  churching  of  the  infant's 
mother  the  chrisom  was  presented  to  the  priest  to  be  used  for 
making  surplices,  or  coverings  lor  the  chalice,  or  for  some  similar 
purpose."  b 

A  child  dying  within  a.  month  of  his  baptism  was  buried  in  his 
chrisom.  A  monumental  brass  of  the  sixteenth  century  at  Chesham 
Bois  Church,  in  Buckinghamshire,  represents  an  infant  enveloped  in 
this  robe.  It  is  figured  in  Dr.  Lee's  Glossary  of  Ecclesiastical  ayul 
Liturgical  Terms.     The  inscription  is: 

■  See  Visitations  in  1297,  etc,.,  \>y.  lv.,  hi. 
b  Willi  ott,  Sac-ivd  Archaeology. 


xi|  INTRODUCTION. 

Of  Roor  Lee  gentilma'heee  lyeth  the  son  Benedict  Lee 

CBYSQM    WHOs    SOULE    IHU    EDO. 

In  the  ancient  Ritus  Baptizandi?  printed  in  the  Monumenla 
Ritualia,  the  rubric  orders  that  after  the  actual  Baptism  : 

"  Postea  induatur  infans  veste  chrismali,  sacerdote  interrogated 
nomen  ejus,  et  dfaente  sic  : 

11  N.  accipe  vestem  candidam,  sanctum,  et  immaculatam,  quam 
perferas  ante  tribunal  Domini  nostri  Jesu  Christi,  ut  habeas  vitam 
aeternam  et  vivas  in  ssecula  sccculorum.     Amen. 

"Licitum  est  autem  pannum  chrismedem  secundo  linire  chrismate, 
el  super  alium  baptizatwm  immittere,  tamen  ad  communes  usus  non 
debet  pannus  Me  assumi  :  scd  ad  ccclesiam  reportari  et  in  usus 
ecclesiae  resei>vari." 

In  the  Constitutions  of  St.  Edmund,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
about  the  year  1236,  it  is  ordered  in  Section  13  :b 

"  QuodpoAini  chrismales  tantum  cedant  in  usum  ecclesiae. 

"  Pannietiam  chrismales  non  nisi  in  usus  ornamentorutn  ecclesiae 

convertantur  ;  similiter  alia   ornamenta  ecclesiae,  quae   pontilicalem 

accipiunt  benedictionem,  nullo  modo   in   usus  profanos  deputentur. 

Et  Arcliidiaconus   in   suis  visitationibus,  an  hoc  observetur,   dih- 

genter  inquirat." 

The  number  of  these  chrisoms  at  Tillingham  seems  remarkably 
lar^e  but  the  handwriting  of  the  record  is  clear  and  the  figures 
distinct,  At  Pelham  Furneaux  there  were  "ad  sacrarium  parva 
manutergia  de  crismalibus." 

At  Navestoek,  two  old  and  useless  chasubles  "  jussae  sunt  destrui 
et  fieri  f'rontalia." 
Font.  At   Chiswick,   the   Font  is  in  a  bad   condition.     At    Twyford, 

occurs  the  curious  entry,  "  plumbum  est  ibi   rotundum  pro  bap- 

»  Occasional  offices  selected  from  the  Manual  and  Pontifical  of  the  Church  of 
Salisbury.     MoHumtnta  liitualia,  second  edition,  i.  27>. 
*>  Wilkins'  Concilia,  i.  C3G. 


INTRODUCTION.  Xlll 

tistario  ; "  as  if  a  leaden  bowl  may  have  been  used  for  that 
purpose.  In  the  Visitation  of  1297,  the  visitors  report,  "  Bapti?- 
terium  plambeum  sine  serrura"  at  Twyford;  and  at  Chiswick, 
11  Baptisterium  marmoreum  intus  plumbatum  cum  serrura."  In  the 
latter  case,  the  Visitation  had  produced  a  good  effect,  and  a  marble 
font  had  replaced  the  "  fons  debilis  et  ruptus  sine  sera."  ■ 

Few  relics  are  enumerated,  but  those  which  are  found   are  of  Belies. 
interest.      At   Tillingham  is  a  small  long    comb    which    formerly 
belonged  to  St.  Thomas  of  Canterbury  :  "  ut  dicitur,"  as  the  cautious 
scribe  says.     And   at  Walton  is   a  cross,  the  gift  of  G.,  a  former 
vicar,  in  which  is  preserved  a  piece  of  the  True  Cross. 

At  Heybridge  are  five  banners  "  et  unus  draco,"  that  is  to  say,    Draco, 
the  effigy  of  a  dragon   to  be  carried  in    procession  :     a    symbol, 
Ducange  says,  either  of  the   devil  or  of  heresy,   over  which   the 
Church  triumphs. 

Only    once    in    these    Inventories,   at     Barling,    are    Wimples    Wimples, 
mentioned.     Here  there  are    eight  :  four   of  silk,  three  of  linen, 
and  one,  also  of  linen,  good  and  new. 

Nor  does  the  word  Chalun  or  Chalon   occur  in  the  later  Inven-    Chalon. 
tories.     It  is  found  at  Burling  and  at  Walton :  at  the  latter  place 
with  the  explanatory  words,  "  ad  exequias  mortuorum."     It  seems 
to  be  a  funeral  pall. 

At  Heybridge,  the  maintenance  of  the  bridge  from  which  the  Heybridge. 
parish  takes  its  name  appears  to  have  been  a  charge  upon  certain 
of  the  parishioners.  "  Isti  tenent  oves  ad  emendacionem  pontis." 
Six  names  follow,  and  these  persons  have  in  all  nine  sheep  available 
for  this  purpose.  The  Hota  or  Rowell  light  was  maintained  at 
Heybridge  by  the  same  kind  of  assessment. 

At  St.  Pancras  is  a  pax  of  somewhat  unusual  form  and  material  :  Pax. 
"  parvus  lapis  marmoreus  ornatus  cupro   ad   pacem   deferendum." 
It  is  more  fully   described   in  the  Inventory   of  1297   as   "  unum 
osculatorium  ligneum  cum  laminibus  cupreis  cum  lapide  marmoris 

a    Vi.iifat>07ts  of  1207  rud145S,  pp.  57  and  63. 


XIV  INTRODUCTION. 


fixo  in  medio."      The  earlier  entry  might  have  been  perplexing  but- 
for  the  later  commentary. 

Vestments.  ^he  vestments  here  enumerated  have  little  to  distinguish  them 

from  those  more  fully  described  in  the  Inter  Inventories.  Several, 
however,  are  said  to  be  just  good  enough  for  funerals,  or  even  as 
not  sufficiently  good  for  the  exposure  which  a  burial  service  in 
foul  weather  might  entail.  Thus,  at  Aldbury,  there  is  a  chasuble 
M  vetus  et  rupta  sed  sepulture  tantum  apta";  at  Pelham  Furneaux, 
a  "  vestimentum  vetus  et  insumciens,  aptum  sepulture "  ;  at 
Pelham  Arsa,  a  chasuble  of  fustian  a  cum  corporalibus,  sepulture 
vix  sufheiens  "  ;  whilst  at  Xavestoclc,  tiiere  are  "  clue  albe  veteres 
sepulture  defunctorum  tantum  sufFiciens." 

Field  nanus.  Qf  field  names  only  one  appears,  Yppele  or  Ippelega,  at 
Willesdon;  unless,  indeed,  Assarting  at  Xavestock  and  Pastorel 
at  Willesdon  are  to  be  included  in  this  category;  it  is  doubtful, 
however,  Whether  any  save  the  first    should   be  considered   as  real 

field  names.' 
Lights  of  the  rrj]ie  provigion  made  for  the  lights  of  the  churches  is  in  some 
cases,  especially  at  Thorp,  Walton,  and  at  Kirkby,  set  forth  with 
great  fulness.  Each  light  in  the  last-named  church  seems  to  have 
had. its  special  Gustos  or  guardian;  and  here,  the  paschal  candle, 
the  light  before  the  Altar  of  the  Blessed  Virgin,  before  the  Cross, 
before  St.  Peter,  before  St.  Michael,  the  two  lights  in  the  Chancel, 
and  the  Rowell  light  or  Potella,  had  each  its  several  Custos  and 
its  body  of  parishioners  bound  to  contribute  to  its  support. 

At  Pelham  Furneaux  and  at  Pelham  Arsa  the  provision  for 
lights  seems  to  have  been  left  almost  entirely  to  voluntary  gifts, 
««  totum  votivum  et  nichil  certum."  "But  for  the  paschal  taper 
there  was  a  special  collection,  towards  which  tenants  holding 
eighteen  acres  contributed  one  penny,  and  tenants  holding  half 
that  quantity  of  land  paid  in  proportion.  There  was  no  rowel  light 
at  the  former  parish,  and  the  mention  of  the  absence  of  the 
Rotella  seems  to  indicate  that  it  was  found  in  almost  every  other 
place.     At  Pelham  Arsa,  indeed,  a  farthing  was  taken  from  every 


INTRODUCTION.  xv 

Louse  by  custom  for  the  paschal  light,  and  one  Galfridus  Sarvors 
gave  two  acres  of  land  to  supply  two  lights  on  the  High  Altar,  but 
of  late  the  land  had  been  unproductive.  It  is  added  that  "  re- 
lictum  luminare  ecclesiae  toluin  votivum  est."  In  other  parishes, 
the  organisation  for  the  supply  of  these  lights  was,  as  Ins  been 
indicated,  very  complete. 

The  names  of  the  several  parishioners  are  of  some  interest.     A   Names  of 
large  number  of  them  are  designated  from  their   place   of  abode,   PW1S  WRer8, 
as  : — 

Gerardus  de  Vcnella,        Adam  de  Marisco,  Elyas  dc  Campo, 

Henricus  de  Ponte,  Gervasiusdc  Ecclesia.       Petius  de  Grace. 

Clemens  ad  Moram,  Johannes  ad  Portam, 

Others  from  their  trade,  or  profession,  as  : — 

Willielmus  Permentarius,  Wyot  Sutor, 

Eadulphus  Portarius,  Randulphus  Textor, 

Fioger  Pistor,  Alexander  Clericus, 

Eudo  Mercator,  Eicardus  Prepositus, 

Elyas  Molendinarius,  Willielmus  Bercarius,, 

Richardus  Carpentarius,  Johannes  li  Poter, 

WilHfelimis  de  Bruere,  Hugo  Carectarius. 
Jordanus  Faber, 

Many  from  their  father's  Christian  name,  as: — 

Gerardus  et  Stephanus  filii  Symonis, 
Thomas  filius  Hugonis, 
Eadwardus  filius  Davidis. 

Some  possibly  from  a  personal  peculiarity,  as: — 

Eadmundus  le  Brun,  Stephanus  le  Petit. 

Whilst  one  has  the  somewhat  unusual  name  of 
Ricardus  Diabolus. 


XVI  INTRODUCTION. 

It  would  have  been  easy  to  extend  this  fasciculus  and  the  volume 
to  which  it  is  a  companion  to  double  or  treble  their  present  dimen- 
sions by  introducing  illustrative  documents  relating  to  the  several 
parishes  from  the  rich  store  of  unpublished  material  existing  in  the 
Record  Room  at  St.  Paul's.  The  temptation  to  do  so,  no  slight  one, 
has  been  steadily  resisted.  But  no  rule  is  without  its  exception, 
and  two  important  documents  relating  to  Navestock  selected  from 
the  great  mass  of  deeds  preserved  in  the  Cathedral  appear  to  be  of 
sufficient  interest  to  permit  of  a  short  notice  in  these  pages. 
Navestock.  The  first  is  a  Demise  by  the  Dean  and  Chapter  to  Master  Adam 

Murymouth,  canon  of  the  Cathedral,  "  on  account  of  his  residence, 
of  the  Manor  of  Navestock,  with  its  tithes  and  all  other  appur- 
tenances, to  hold  so  long  as  he  shall  be  a  canon,  and  shall  serve  them 
well,  and  shall  not  be  elected  and  confirmed  as  a  bishop,  rendering 
yearly  three  firtria*  to  the  bake-house,  the  brew-house,  and  the 
almonry  of  St.  Paul's,  and  with  each  firina  forty  shillings,  and  for 
the  tithes  and  revenue  of  the  church  of  Navestock  twenty  marks  a 
year  to  the  Chamberlain." 

The  house  is  thus  described  in  the  Inventory: 

"  Recepit  etiam  sub  uno  tecto  domum  ad  pistrinam  et  daieriam, 
unam  eoquinam  cum  furno  et  duobus  plumbis,  unum  gallinar,  et 
unam  aulam  cum  buteleria  et  dlspensa  ad  occidentem  aule,  et 
cameram  ad  orientcm  cum  tresanciis,  et  unam  cameram  cum  celario 
et  solario  tegulis  cocpertara,  et  ad  ipsam  cameram  unam  capellam 
de  plastro  de  Parisis  tendulis  coopertam,  et  unum  granarium  vetus 
cum  quatuor  interfiniis  et  unam  Thoralliam  veterem,  et  unam 
parvulam  domum  ad  vitulos  extra  portam,  et  unam  fabricam,  unam 
Bercariam  extra  portam,  unum  Molcndinum  ventriticum." 

The  list  of  utensils  is  as  follows: 

"  Quatuor  mensas,  quatuor  tripodes,  unam  securim,  unum  scacca- 
rium,  unum  tabularium  cum  aleis,  unum  ciphum  de  mazero  cum 
pede  et  circulo  argenti  precii  octodecim  denariorum,  duas  mappas 

*  Firma  :  food  for  a  siuglc  week.     Hale,  Domesday,  xlvi. 


INTRODUCTION.  Xvii 

de  canabo,  unum  manutergium,  sexaginta  ciphps,  centum  squdcllos, 
viginti  duas  platellas,  decern  Balsaria,  unum  salsarium  stagnenm, 
duas  ollas  eneas,  unam  quinque  galonum  et  aliam  triura  galonum, 
unam  parvam  ollam  eneam  dimidii  galonis,  unam  craticlam,  unum 
tripodem,  unum  grate,  unum  lavatorium,  unam  patellam,  unam 
pelam,  sex  cuvas,  tres  tynas,  quatuor  dolia,  unam  scalam,  unam 
mensuram  quae  continet  unum  quartum,  aliam  rnensuram  quinque 
busselles,  tercium  mensuram  tres  busselles,  quartam  mensuram  duos 
busselles."a 

This  document  is  dated  Michaelmas,  1335.  Canon  Adam 
iiurimuth,  or  Merimouth,  or  Meremonth,  is  the  well-known 
author  who  "wrote  the  history  of  this  country  from  1302  to 
1380."*  and  the  Inventory  of  his  goods  possesses  considerable 
interest.  A  short  glossary  of  some  of  the  more  difficult  words 
which  occur  in  it  will  be  found  in  the  note  at  the  foot  of  the 
page."  Without  some  such  assistance  the  deed  might  be  found 
rather  perplexing  to  a  student  versed  only  in  classical  Latinity. 


•  Mr.  Maxwell  Lyte's  Calendar,  Historical  Manuscripts  Commission,  Report  ix., 
3Sa. 

b  Lc  Neve,  Fasti  Ecdesiac  Anglicanac,  edition  1854,  p.  3S3. 

e  Pistrina  :  a  bakehouse.  Thonllia  :  thorallum,  or   tornllum,    is   a 
Daieria  :  a  dairy.  mound    (perhaps,    in  this  case,    a  heap 

Coquina  cum  fnrno  et  duobos  plumbis  :         of  manure). 

a  kitchen  with  an  oven  and  two  leaden  Bercaria  :  a  sbeepfold. 

▼ats.  Molendinum  ventriticum  :  a  windmill. 

Buteleria  :  a  buttery.  Ciphus  de  mazero  :  a  mazer  bowl. 

Tresancia  :  "  tresens,  that  is  drawen  over  Squdelli :  probably  baskets. 

an  estates  chambre-ciel."—  Palsgrave.  Platellre  :  probably  pi tues. 

"  Ciel  :  the  inner  roof  in  a  room  of  Salsaria  :  salt-cellars. 

state."— Cotgrave.      "  A  corridor."—  Craticla  :  a  giidiron. 

Stratrnann.  Patella  :  a  pan. 

Celarium  :  a  cellar.  Pela  :  a  baker's  peel. 

Solarium  :  an  upper  chamber.  Cava;  :  vats. 

Tendnlis  or  cendnlis  :  shingles.  Tyna; :  tubs. 
Granarinm :  a  granary. 

CAMP.  SOC.  c 


XV111  INTRODUCTION. 

The  second  document  relating  to  Navestock  is  a  Demise  by  the 
Dean  and  Chapter,  between  1-122  and  1441,  to  Reginald  Malyns, 
Esq.,  of  the  Manor  of  Navestock,  reserving  to  themselves  certain 
feudal  rights.8  Among  the  utensils  specified  in  the  Inventory 
these  are  the  most  interesting: 

"  Unum  tabularmm  cum  aleis,  decern  salaam  de  ligno,  unum 
mortar,  unum  tripidem,  unam  molam  manualcm,  unum  plumbum 
in  deiria,  unum  meschfatte,  unum  yilyngfatte,  unum  cowyll,  unum 
sigillum  ad  sigillandum  mensuras,  unum  bikorn,  unum  scythe, 
unum  mallium  magnum  pro  officio  fabri,  unam  scalam,  unum 
pelvem  cum  lavacro  de  latone,  unum  par  de  stokkes,  duo  plumbea 
in  pandoxatria,  unum  markyng  yren  pro  ovibus,  unum  cornu 
ceratum  ad  suflandum  in  autompnum."  ,J 

It  is  curious  to  observe  how  the  scribe  is  compelled   to  fall  back 
upon    the  vulgar  tongue,  when    he    has   to    set    down    such  very 
English    objects    as  a    par  de  stokkes,   a   mortar,  a    scythe,    or    a 
markyng  yren  for  sheep. 
Willesdoii .  A    very    lute    Inventory,  of  about    1547,    says    Lysons   in    his 

Environs  of  London,0  notes  that  there  were  then  at  Willesdon, 
"  Two  masers  that  were  appointed  to  remayne  in  the  church  for  to 
drynk  yn  at  bride-ales." 


The  text  has  been  scrupulously  followed  as  regards  the  spelling  of 

■  Mr.  Maxwell  Lyte,  Calendar,  38,a. 

b  Here  also  a  short  glossary  may  be  useful :  — 

Molam  mannalem  :  a  hand-mill. 

Meschfatte  :  Mash£at,  the  vat  which  contained  the  malt  in  brewing. 

Yilyngfatte  :  Gylcfattc,  the  vat  in  which  ale  is  worked.     Gyle,  wort. 

Bikorn  :  probably  the  same  as  bica,  a  beehive. 

Fandoxatria  :  a  brew-house. 
c  Second  Edition,  vol.  ii.,  part  2,  p.  8  IS. 


INTRODUCTION.  XIX 

the  words,  with  two  exceptions.  The  scribe  has  written  indifferently 
vas  or  tms,  vestimcntum  or  vcstimentum  :  in  this  transcript  the 
uniform  reading  of  vas,  vestimentum,  etc.,  has  been  adopted.  In 
like  manner  it  has  been  thought  better  to  print  j  instead  of  i,  in 
such  words  as  maior,  maius,  iniunctum,  and  the  like.  The  names 
of  the  several  parishes  here  inserted  in  capital  letters  in  the  text  for 
convenience  of  reference  do  not  occur  in  the  original  manuscript. 


VISITATION  OF  CEETAIN  CHUBCHES 


BELONGING  TO  TUE 


DEAN  km  CMfTES  OF  ST.  PAUL'S  CATIIEDBAL 

IN   THE   YEARS    1219-1252. 


"WlLLESDON.*  p.  i3Gb. 

Status  ecck-siarum  que  pertinent  ad  capitulum  tempore  PL  decani. 

Omncs  d'jcime  garbarum  de  tota  paroohia  do  Willcsdon    cediint    Hic®^ 
in  usus  Canonicoruin.     Totum  altaragium  habet  Vicarius  et  domum 
qiiarridam  prope  ecclesiam  cum  ortho  p  et  terrain  ad  eandem  ecclesiam 
pertinentem,  et  portat  lionera  d  ecclesie  debita  et  consueta. 

Ornamenta  illius  ecclesie  que  reliquidc  J.  Vicarius. 

Parvum  missale  bonum  plenum  sine  nota  cum  kallendano. 
Item  aliud  missale  majus  et  vetus  habens  canonem  misse  in 
principio  sine  nota  et  grossioris  litere  satis  sufficiens.  Antiphonar- 
ium  cum   kaiendario    contiuens    legenda    de    bona    litera  et    bene 

•  At  the  top  of  the  first  page  are  the  words  "  Visitante  Anno  Domini  M°  CC°  xlix° 
ct  lmo  nt  patet  primo." 

b  Henry  de  Cornhill,  Dean  of  St.  Paul's  from  15  August,  1243,  till  his  death  on 
9  April,  1254. 

c  Cum  ortho,  that  is,  cum  horto  :  with  a  garden. 

d  What  these  oncra  were  in  Neweourt's  time  will  be  seen  in  his  Rcpertjrium, 
5.,  760. 

e  Reliipiii]  :  so  in  MS.  for  reliquit. 

CAMD.   SOC.  B 


2  VISITATION  OF  CIIUECHES  BELONGING  TO  THE  DEAN  AND 

notata,  habena  literam  auream  in  principio  libri,  et  p°.  c  .  secundum 
ordinem  ecclesie  London.  Item  antiphonarium  notatum  de  debili 
percamenob  plenarium  et  competens.  Duo  gradalia  bona  et  bene 
notata,  et  iij  c  vetus  et  notatum  cum  parvo  tropario  in  fine.  Item 
ij  tropariu  bona  et  bene  notata,  et  iij  c  troparium  paivum  nota- 
tum et  competens.  Item  liber  manualis  cum  exorcismis  plenariis. 
Item  unum  psalterium  vetus  et  competens.  Item  calix  argenteus 
interius  deauratus  habens  pomellum  deauratum,  et  in  patena  manum 
deauratam  bencdicentem,d  ponderis  circiter  xx  s.  Item  unum  vesti- 
mentum  plenarium  cum  paraturis  et  casula  de  serico  veteri  integro. 
Item  aliud  vestimentum  cum  paraturis  et  cum  veteri  casula  de 
serico  competent!  sed  minus  bono.  Item  iij c  vestimentum  sollempne 
cum  paraturis  et  casula  de  viridi  senduto  cum  panno  croceo  interius. 
Item  quartum  vestimentum  bonum  et  novum  et  plenarium  cum 
casula  de  arista  et  paraturis  de  eodem  cum  superpellicio  bono  et 
novo  et  roclietto  de  dono  quondam  J.  vicarij.  Item  iiij01'  rocheti 
et  iij  superpellicia  majus  trita.  Item  vj  palle  altaris  benedicta  c  et  j 
pannus  de  Mediolano  '  vetus  ante  altare.  Item  cum  quolibet  vesti- 
mento  corporalia.  Item  vexillum  rubeum  cum  yconia  beate  Yirginis 
de  auripe]leg  de  dono  J.  vicarii  et  duo  alia  vexilla  antiqua  et  tria.h 
Item  velum  qnadragesimale  vetus  et  tritum,  et  velum  ad  cooperien* 
darn  crucem  in  ecclesia  de  canopo.     Item   vas  aquarium    stagneum 

»  So  in  the  MS. :  perhaps,  principio  cajus. 

b  Percameno,  that  is,  Pcrgameno  :  parchment,  so  called  because  it  is  said  to  have 
been  invented  by  Eumenes.  King  of  Pergamum. 

c  Et  iij,  that  is,  tcrtiiun. 

A  Manum  :  the  hand  of  the  Deity  in  benediction. 

*  Benedicts  :  so  in  MS. 

f  De  Mediolano  :  Dr.  Bock  observes  that  Lombard y  (and  especially  its  capital, 
Milan)  Mas  famous  for  itc  fine  silk-weaving.  There  is  a  good  specimen  of  this  cob- 
web weaving,  opus  araneum,  in  the  South  Kensington  Museum.  No.  £2oi.  Textile 
Fabrics,  p.  1C2. 

s  Auripellum,  says  Ducange,  a  Gall,  auripcau,  aurichalcnm,  lamina  auricalcea. 
He  also  refers  to  anrirulatimi,  metal  semUant  a  orcbal. 

h  Tria  :  probably  for  trita. 


CHAPTER  OP  ST.   PAUL'S  CATHEDRAL  IN  THE  TEARS  1249-1252.       3 

ct  sufficient,  due  cruees  in  altari  portatiles  de  esmallo.a  Item  vas 
dc  corco  ad  reponenda  corporalia.  Item  pixis  eburnea  ad  Corpus 
Domini  reponendum  super  altare  in  pixide  de  coreo  cum  bonis 
seris.  Item  duo  vasa  crismatoria  sta^nea  et  aliud  vas  starrncum 
honestum  ad  circumferendum  Corpus  Domini  ad  egrotos.  Item 
offer  tor  ium  de  panno  rubeo  subtili.  Item  due  magne  iconee  ct 
sculptc  de  beata  Virgine. 

Sunt  in  dominico  ecclesie  de  "Willesdon  per  particulas. 

Due  aero  in  campo  que  dicitur  yppele  b  et  j  acra  in  campo 
quondam  pastorcl  prope  yppele.  De  terra  Eal win i  de  Tuifcrd  j 
acra.  De  terra  Radulphi  filii  Richardi  dimidia  acra.  De  terra 
Walteri  Pugnat?  dimidia  acra.  De  terra  Richardi  Bestien  dimidia 
acra.  Dc  terra  Willielmi  del  Hek  j  virgata.  De  terra  Richardi 
Carpentarii  j  acra.  De  terra  Radulphi  Blik  c  j  acra.  De  terra 
Willielmi  dc  la  Slade  dimidia  acra.  Dc  terra  Ilugonis  Achere 
dimidia  acra.  De  terra  TV.  Blundi  dimidia  acra.  Dc  terra 
Eadwardi  Blauet  dimidia  acra.  De  terra  Eylwyni  dc  Wdeton 
j  acra.  De  terra  Gilbert!  dc  Wdeton  j  acra  et  dimidiuin.  De 
terra  Leuine  j  mesuagium  ad  portam  cimiterij  cum  domo  super 
prebendam  Magislri  R,  de  Barthonad  quam  I.  Virdeman  defendit 
versus  dominum. 

Quarum  Sum  ma  j  virgata  xij  acre  et 

j  messuagium  ad  portam  cimiterij 

*  Esmallo  :  enamel. 

b  Yppele,  or  Ippelega,  as  it  is  called  in  two  deeds  preserved  at  St.  Paul's.  Sec 
Mr.  Maxwell  Lyte's  Calendar,  33b. 

c  One  "  Tho.  le  Blic,  son  of  Ralph  de  Blic,by  his  deed  (but  without  date)  granted 
to  the  Church  of  the  Blessed  Mary  of  Willesdon  half  an  acre  of  land,  which  licth 
in  Ilurlaud  near  Kalewestricke,  in  pure  and  perpetual  alius." — Newcourt,  Reper- 
torium,  i.,  7G0. 

d  Robert  de  Barthona,  or  de  Barton,  was  prebendary  of  "Willesdon  ;  he  became 
Precentors  of  St.  Paul's  iu  1246,  and  Dean  in  1250. 


4  VISITATION  OF    CHURCHES    BELONGING    TO    THE    DEAN    AND 

TUIJ-EJU). 

Status  Capelle  de  Tuiferd. 

1C«^^  Ecclesfa   Sancti   Pauli  recipit  a   Capella   de    Tuiferd    xijd    pro 

deeimis  annone,  pro  decimis  ovium  et  capranim,  que  quidem 
capella  non  est'  alitor  vicinarum  ecclesiarum  appcndula  scd  per- 
misst!  capituli  Sancti  Pauli  baptizat  infantes,  sepelit  mortuos 
quomodo  voluerit,  dum  modo  non  ad  aliquam  ecclesiarum 
Episcopi,  et  in  spiritualibus  rcspondet  Becana  et  Capitulo. 

In  Capella  de  Twiferd  in  crastino  Conversionis  Sancti  Pauli  invents 
sunt  ornamenta  subseripta,  Anno  Domini  M0CC°l°j0. 

Calix  argenteus  in  limbo  pedis  deauratus  cum  patena  alba  et 
manu  benedicta  deaurata ;  calix  aliquantulum  ruptus  in  pede. 
Altare  lapideum  non  dedicatum,  et  superaltare  benedictum  et 
sufficiens,  et  j  palla  altaris  vctus  et  lupta,  et  frontale  lincum  et 
incisum.  Item  aliud  frontale  sericum  rubeum  honestum  et 
sufficiens.  Item  due  palle  altaris  benedicte  et  integre  et  suf- 
ficientes,  quarum  una  babel  para tu ram  striclam  de  serico  operatam 
acu  cum  iimbriis  sericis.  Item  vestimentum  pulcrum  cum  apparatu 
serico  et  casula  de  serico  sufficient  post  tergum  aurifrigio  largo,  et 
corporalia  ad  illud  vestimentum  Integra  et  suffieiencia ;  et  illud 
vestimentum  habct  aliud  amictum  integrum  et  ornatum  serico. 
Item  fuit  ibi  aliud  vestimentum  magis  trituin  et  ornatum  serico 
et  corppralibus  integris  sed  infusis,  cum  casula  alba  de  histamine* 
non  ornata,  et  aliud  frontale  sericum  honcstum  cum  furura1'  linea. 
Item  sunt  ibi  duo  altaria  extra  chorum  cum  tabuiis  ligncis  et 
veteribus  frontellis  parvis,  et  duabus  pallis  vetcribus  ut  vidctur  non 

*  Fnstameti  :  fustian. 

b  Furnra  :    the  only  meaning  given  by  Dncange  is  Fellitium,  Gall.  Fourrvre. 
The  text,  however,  seems  to  require  the  sense  of  a  border  or  fringe. 


CHAPTER    OF    ST.    PAUL'S    CATHEDPAL    IN    THE    YEAPS  1249-1252.       5 

bencdictia.  Item  inventa  sunt  ibi  superpellicia  duo,  majus  quod  est 
ruptum  et  parvum  quod  est  integrum  ;  ct  duo  roebctti,  minor  qui 
e>t  integrum  et  major  qui  est  defrustis."  Item  fuit  ibi  parvum 
missale  et  insufficieris  sine  rota,  et  destructe  rubric©  in  canone 
misse  et  alibi  in  locia  pluribus,  sine  kalendario,  plurcs  haben? 
defectus.  Item  fuit  ibidem  gradale  et  troparium  in  uno  voluminc 
et  aliquantulum  sufficiens  notatum.  Item  inventum  est  ibi  anti- 
plionarium  cum  ympnario  capitulario  et  eolleetario  do  ordine  Sarum. 
haben s  kallendarium  in  capite  notatum  et  aliquantulum  sufficiens. 
Item  !egenda  vetus  et  rupta,  multos  babens  defectus  in  principio  et 
in  fine.  Item  est  ibi  psalterium  cissum  et  male  paratum  :  si  esset 
ligatum  sufiiceret.  Item  liber  manuale  plures  babens  missas  ct 
oflkium  divcrsum  pro  vivis  baptizandis,  ungendis,  et  pro  defunctis 
sepeliendis,  babens  in  fine  Commune  Sanctorum  de  antipbonario 
non  notatum  et  aliquantum  sufTicicns  si  esset  ]i<raturn.  Item  est 
ibi  pixis  vetus  ad  reponendum  Coipus  Domini  sine  sera,  et  vas 
crismatorium  ligneum  sine  sera  et  insufficiens.  Item  due  pbiale 
stagnce  integre.  Item  est  ibi  crux  una  super  altare  lignca  depicta. 
Item  v*"c  candelabra  stagnca  integra.  Kullus  redditus  est  ibi  ad 
luminare  nisi  de  gracia  domini  ville.  Item  plumbum  est  ibi 
rotundum  pro  baptistario.  Item  vaS  aquarium  sta^ncum.  Item 
x  aree  habitate.  sunt  in  parochia  sine  curia.  Item  Capellanus  babet 
x  acras  tcrre  arabilis  et  unum  mansum  cum  tribus  domunculis,  et 
est  capella  de  patrcnatu  Bartbolomei  de  Capella  qui  prcsentat 
Decano  et  Capitulo  ut  ordinario  rectorem  perpetuum  ad  capellam, 
sed  non  sufficit  ei  ad  sustentacionem.  Item  sunt  ibi  due  campane. 
Item  unum  tunibulum  vetus, 

S.  Pancracitjs.  p-  i^b- 

Status  ecclesie  de  Sancto  Pancracio. 
Est  ibi  missale  vetus  sed  sufficiens  et   notatum    et   plenarium 
*  Dtfrustis  :  torn.. 


6  VISITATION  OF  CHURCHES  BELONGING  TO  THE  DEAN  AND 

habens  kalendarium  in  capite.  Item  gradale  bonum  plenarium 
et  notatum  et  sufficiens.  Item  liber  antiphonarius  bonus  et  notatus 
et  sumeiens  cum  ordinall  intcrsertum.  Item  legenda  buna  et 
sumeiens  in  uno  voiumine,  Temporale  scilicet  et  Sanctorum.  Item 
duo  psalteria  satis  sufficientia.  Item  duo  libri  manuales  satis 
sufficientes.  Item  liber  troparius  notatus  ct  eonvenientcr  sufficiens. 
Item  collectarium  et  capitularium.  Item  calix  argenteus  albua  de 
piano  opere  pondens  xxs.,  cum  patena  satis  sufficiens.  Item  iiijor 
pallee  altaris  bencdiete  bene  sufficientes.  Item  tria  paria  vesti- 
mentorum,  quorum  duo  sunt  cotidiana  Integra  et  convenienter 
sufliciencia,  cum  una  casula  alba  veteri  et  debiii,  et  tercium  magis 
sufficiens  cum  una  casulade  serico.  Item  sunt  ibi  tria  superpellicia 
sufliciencia  et  unus  rcchetus  vetus.  Item  superaltare  benedictum 
integrum  et  sufficiens.  Item  unum  frontale  sericum  bonum  et 
integrum.  Item  j  vetus  et  parvi  precij.  Item  vas  aquarium 
stagneum  et  sufficiens.  Item  due  phiale  stagnee  et  trite.  Item 
unum  turribulum  parvum.  Item  vas  erismatorium  sine  sera. 
Item  vas  stagneum  ad  reponendum  Corpus  Dominicum  sine  sera. 
Item  fons  lapideus  sufficiens.  Item  duo  candelabra  stagnea  Vetera. 
Item  parvus  lapis  marmoreus  ornatus  ciipro  ad  pacem  deferendum. 
Item  ad  Iuminare  ecclesie  nisi  iiijor  denary,  quos  dedit  quondam 
Johannes  Pigun  per  manus  heredis  sui  perpetuo.  Ada  de  Basing 
habet  tenementum  ct  forciavitH  per  viij  annos.  Item  j  denarius 
quern  assignavit  Ilenricus  de  la  Ilulle  per  manual  heredis  sui 
perpetuo  quern  reddit.  Item  sunt  in  parochia  xxxvj  raeeuao-ia, 
exceptis  mesuagiis  de  Tothale,  Ruggemere^  et  Northb[ur]i,  et 
Alkichesbri.  De  aliis  mesuagiis  redditur  ob  >lus  ad  rotellam,  et 
j  quadrans  ad  cereum  pasclialem. 
'^S^  Item    Vicarius    perpetuus   habct    edificia    prope    ecclesiam    que 

Vicarius  K.  bene  clausit  et  edificavit.  Item  habet  iiij°r  acras  terre 
arabilcs  et  omnes  minutas  decimaa  paroch'udes  et  prcterea  de 
majoribus  decimis  rccipit  c.  s.  ex  assignacione   Capituli.     Item  est 

*  Forciavit  :  has  held  forcible,  or  wrongful  possession. 


CEAPTKB  OF  ST.  FAUlAs  CATHEDRAL  IN  THE  TEAKS  ]  249-1252.         7 

ibi  ad  nuuilonem  ecclesie  alia  area  ubi  colliguntur  deeirne  majores, 
c-t  introitM  ad  illam  aream  obstrictus  est  per  Rlagistnim  W.  do 
Lichfa  et  f'acit  ibi  viani  per  majus  altara.1'  Item  est  ibi  defectus 
fenestrarum  et  muris  cancelli  extrinsecus. 

Chesewith. 

Ornamenta  inventa  apud  Chesewith  die  Sanctorum  Johannis  et 

Pauli c  Anno  Domini  M°CC°L0  secundo. 
Missale  bonum  et  sufficiens  missum  ibidem  de  Thesaurario 
Sancti  P&uU.  item  duo  gradalia  suffieiencia.  Unum  troparium 
Bufficiens  sed  male  ligatum.  Item  vetus  liber  leccionarins  cum 
missis  intersertis  per  loca  de  usu  monachali.  Item  antiphonarium 
bonum  et  sufficiens  bene  notatum.  Item  psalterium  bonum  et 
sufficiens.     Desit  manuale. 

Item  calix  argenteus  parvus  et  parvi  prccij  titubans.'1  Item  una 
casula  de  sameto  rubeo  bene  ornata  aurifrigio.  Item  vestimentum 
integrum  instratum  paraturis  bonis.  Item  aliud  vestimentum  cum 
alba  casula  debili  et  rupta  intcrius,  cum  dupplicibus  manipulis  et 
Stolis.  Item  tria  eorporalia  benedicta.  Item  vquu  palle  altaris 
benedicte  et  integre,  epiarum  una  habet  paruram  de  rerieo.  Item  p.  !•*« 
pannus  scricus  de  aresta,  quam  quidem  parochianus  dedit  ecclesie 
integre.  Item  crismatorium  vetus.  Item  unum  vexillum  bonum 
et  sufficiens.  Item  nulla  pixis  ad  reponendum  Corpus  Domini. 
Item  duo  candelabra  enea  et  duo  candelabra  stagnea.  Item  iijor 
phiale  stagnee.     Item  fons  debilis  et  ruptus  sine  sera. 

Item  cancellum  debile  et  coopertum  male.  Item  ad  luminare 
nichil    certum,    nisi    collecta    ad    ccreum    paschalem,    scilicet    de 

»  "William  de  Lich.  or  do  Lichefeld  was  canon  and  prebendary  of  St.  Fuucras  in 
12^0  and  1258. 

b  Altara  :  so  in  MS.  for  altare. 

•.Die  sanctorum  Johannis  et  Tauli,  martyrnm,  that  is,  Jnnc  20.  See  the  Calen- 
dar of  the  Sarum  JJrcviuri/. 

d  Titubans:  probably,  leaning  on  one  side. 


8  VISITATION  OF    CHURCHES    BELONGING    TO    THE    DEAN    AND 

qualibet  domo  obolus.  Item  injunctum  est  parochianis  similcm 
collectam  ad  rotcllam.  Item  Johannes  Bclemenis  a  habet  dimidiam 
maream  ad  caneellum  emend uiri  de  tcstamento  quondam  A. 
^^2^  Thesaurarij.b  Item  ecclesla  non  est  dedicata.  Item  Vicarius 
habet  totum  altaragium  cum  xij  acris  terrc  arabilis,  et  unain 
acram  prati,  et  unam  maream  argenti  per  manum  Camerarij.0 

ECCLESIE    DE    LA   LEE. 
Status  ecclesio  de  la  lee.d 
Descriptus  anno  eodem  in  crastino  Processip  et  Martyris  Ecclesia 
ista  in  medietate  subjecta  est  Decano  et  Capitulo,  sed  tamen  nichil 
recipient  de  pensione  annua  propter  ejus  paupertatem. 

Ornamenta  ejusdem  ecclesie. 
Calix  argenteus  parvus  intus  deauratus  ponderis,  ut  creditor, 
dimidie  marce.  Unum  par  vestimentorum  integrum  et  sufficiens, 
et  una  alba  preter  illud  par.  Due  palle  benedicte  et  una  non 
benedicta.  Tria  paria  corporal! um.  Pannus  depictus  ante  majus 
altare.  Unum  superpellicium.  Unua  Ilochetus  debilis.  Nullum 
missale  integrum  ;  Unum  tamen  vctus  ab  adventu  usque  ad  Pascha 
et  a  Pascha  usque  ad  adventum,  in  quodani  libro,  non  ligato, 
continente  psalterium,  ympnarium,  pars  temporalis.  Duo  manu- 
alia    bona.      Temporale    integrum    non    ligatum.       Antiphonarius 

*  John  Belemeus,  or  Belemeyus,  was  prebendary  of  Cuiswick  in  1223  and  in 
1252. 

b  That  is,  probably,  Alexander  Swerford,  Treasurer  of  St.  Paul's  from  January, 
1231-32.  He  died  in  124G,  and  was  buried  in  the  Cathedral.  He  appears  to  have 
resigned  his  office  sonic  few  years  before  his  death. 

c  Camerarius  :  the  Chamberlain  of  St.  Paul's. 

a  Ecclesia  de  la  Lee:  called  in  the  later  Inventories  Westlee.  The  parish  at 
this  early  date  appears  to  have  been  very  poor.  Later  on  the  church  fell  into 
ruins. 

e  St.  Processus,  July  2  or  July  9.  His  name  occurs  in  a  Litany  in  the  Sarum 
Breviary,  Fasciculus  ii.,  p.  209  of  the  reprint. 


CHAPTER   OF  ST.  PAUL'S    CATHEDRAL   IN   THE   TEARS    1240-1252.      9 

dcbilis.  Gradale  dcbile  cum  tropario.  Gradate  novum  et  bonum. 
Quidam  liber  non  ligatus  continens  partem  Missalts  sanctorum 
temporalis  et  psalterij.  Turribulum  sufficiens.  Pixis  stagnea 
sine  sera  in  qua  deponitur  Eukaristia.  Crismatorium  ligneum 
sine  scrura.  Sacrarium  contritum  ct  dampnatum.  Baptisterium 
piumbeum  sulficiens.  Non  est  ibi  redditus  a=sisus  ad  luminare, 
nisi  tan  turn  niodo  de  collecta  inter  paroebiinos. 


Berling. 

Inventarium  apud  Berling  post  mortem  Walteri  vicarij  et 
traditum  Petro  vicario  tempore  II.  Decani. a 

Fron< ale  sericum.  Tres  palle  altaris  benedictc.  Duo  manu- 
tcrgia  nova.  Tria  manutergia  Vetera.  Pannus  lineus  ad  lectrinum. 
Tabula  nova  depicta  ante  magnum  altare.  Trabs  nova  depicta 
super  antiquam  tabulam  ante  altare.  Item  vij  Wimple''  quarum 
iiij'-r  de  serico  et  tres  linec.  Item  una  bona  nova  et  linea.  Item 
unum  superpellicium  cum  uio  roebcto.  Item  unum  lintbeamen 
et  unum  cbalun.c  Item  una  arcba  ad  vestimenta  de  abieted  cum 
sero  ferro  ligata.  Item  una  crux  de  admallo  et  alia  lignea  depicta. 
Item  tria  lectrina  ad  libros.  Item  fons  novus  et  bene  paratu?. 
Item  lintbeamen  retro  crucem.  Item  ymago  sancti  Eirydij. 
Item  psalterium  bonus.  Item  dimidia  Marca  ad  calicem,  de  legato  P  137b. 
Walteri.  Item  alba  nova  cum  parura  et  amita  cum  parura.  Item 
Yque  candelabra  stagnea  ad  cereos.  Item  iiijor  ampulle  ad  vinum 
et  aquain.  Item  crismatorium  cum  sera.  Item  baculus  depictus 
ad  crucem  portandam.      Item  feretrum  ad  mortuos,  et  iij  sconse 

•  That  is,  between  1243  and  1254. 

b  Wimple:  Halliwell  says,  a  kind  of  cape  or  tippet  covering  the  neck  anil 
shoulders.  Ducange  gives  Wimpla,  Pepluru.  Vide  Guimpa,  under  which  word 
he  says,  •'•  Pepltrra,  velum  muliebre,  quo  etiamnnm  utuntur  monachal." 

'  Chalun  :  probably  a  funeral  pall.     See  infra,  p.  27. 

d  Archa  de  abietc  :  a  chest  of  fir  wood. 

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10  VISITATION  OF  CHUUCHES    BELONGING  TO  THE  DEAN  AKD 

ad    candelas.      Item   vaa   etagneum   ad    aquam   bencdietara   cum 
aspersorio.     Item  pelvis  stagnca  ad  sacrarium  ct  due  campane. 

Status  ecclesie  de  Barling. 

o 

Capitulum  saneti  Pauli  habet  omnes  majores  decimas  de  dominlca 
et  parochia  ad  luminare  ecclesie  beafi  Pauli.  Vicarius  autem  habet 
unam  virgatam  terre  in  dominico  cum  manso  honesto  et  domibivs 
bene  edificatis.  Item  etiam  omnes  minores  decimas  tocius  villate 
et  decimas  minutas  de  tolo  villenagio  et  aliis  terris  antiquis  que 
tracts  sunt  ad  dominieum.  Habet  ciium  tricesimam  partem  minu- 
tarum  decimarum  de  toto  veteri  dominico,  et  portat  onera  ecclesie 
debita  et  eonsueta.     De  spiritual  bus  respondet  Decano  et  Capitulo. 

Item  Reginaldus  Wile  habet  xij  matrices  oves  de  testamento 
Walteri  Pavery  ad  inveniendum  eereum  ante  altare  saneti  Eoidij. 
Item  habet  unam  ovem  de  Walterd  Upeton'  ad  eereum  ante 
crucem.  Item  habet  unam  ovem  dc  testamento  .Ao-netis  de  la 
Weylete  ad  eereum  ante  ymaginem  saneti  Nicholai.  De  qualibet 
ove  annuatim  ij  denary.  Item  Petrus  Faber  habet  v  oves  ad 
eereum  ante  crucem.  Item  Absalon  habet  xvj  oves,  de  quibus 
iiijor  oves  sunt  ad  lampades  et  alie  ad  eereum  ante  crucem  et  ante 
ymaginem  saneti  Xicholai.  Pern  Willielmus  filius  Baudewini  habet 
x  oves  ad  eereum  ante  ymaginem  beate  Yirginis.  Item  Bricius 
tenetur  invenire  eereum  ante  altare  saneti  Egidij,  dicit  quod  de 
quad  am  terra  quam  dedit  ei  pater  suqs.  Item  Johannes  Crabbe 
habet  vj  oves  ad  eereum  beate  Yirginis  et  saneti  Xicholai.  Item 
Screwind  habet  unam  overn  ad  eereum  beate  Yirginis.  Item  relicta 
Cestre  babet  iij  oves  ad  ruele8  et  eereum.  Item  "Willielmus  Per- 
mentariusb  habet  ij  oves  ad  eereum  ante  crucem.  Item  Ricardua 
capellanus  habet  iiij01'  oves  ad  eereum  ante  crucem. 

Summa  ovium  ad  luminare  ") 

ecclesie  tempore  hujus  descripcionis  J     X^' 

■  Ruele  :  the  Rotniulale,  or  Rowel  light. 

b  Pewnentarins,  sen  parmentarins,  ex  paramentarivs,  qui  vestes  parat,  id  est, 
ornat  :  iiostris  olim  I'annciitur,  qui  hodie  tafflevr  d'habits. — Ducan^e. 


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HeybregI* 

Hec  sunt  orhamenta  ecclesie  de  Heybreg. 

Duo  Gradalia  scilicet  unum  bonum  ct  aliud  vetus  et  tercium  fere 
nullius  prccij.  Ur.um  temporale  cum  )rmpnario  Sanctorum  per 
sc,  consuctudinarius  quia  nullus.  Duo  antiphonarij,  unus  novus  et 
bonus,  ct  alius  tritus  et  inveteratus.  Unus  portebors.a  Unum 
processionalc.  Unum  bonum  missale.  Duo  psalteria,  unum  retus 
et  unum  bonum  novum  ex  dono  dcmiai  Gosselmi  in  presencia 
domini  Decani.  Unus  calix  argenteus  bene  deauratus  ihtus  et 
exterius.  Tria  paria  vestimcntovum  dobilium  cum  ornamentis  suis, 
ct  post  aliud  bonum  cum  bona  easula  de  serico.  Quatuor  pallee 
altaris  benedicte  et  quinta  non  bencdicta.  Unum  velum  quadra- 
gesimale.  Unum  lintlieamcn  ante  crucem.  Tria  paria  corpora- 
liura.  Una  pixis  stagnca  ad  deponendum  Corpus  Domini.  Unum 
crismatorium  competens  cum  sera.  vquc  vexilla  et  unus  draco. b  p.  13. 
Una  crux  cuprea,  ct  alie  trcs  depicte  lignee.  Tres  tabule  ad 
magnum  altare  posite  gradatim  in  assensu,c  et  una  tabula  coram 
altari  beatc  Marie,  et  alia  tabula  coram  altari  beati  Jacobi.  Duo 
superpellicia  et  ij  rocheta.  Ecclesia  dedicata  est  in  honore  sancti 
Andree  die  translacionis  sancti  Benedieti.d  Eodem  die  xxx  dies 
veniales.6     Item  fons  baptismalts  bonus  et  novus. 

Ex  legato  Radulphi  sacerdotis  ad  lampadem   in    cancello  ante 

*  Portehors  :  a  breviary. 

b  Draco  :  Effigies  draconis,  qua;  curn  vexillis,  in  ecclesiasticis  processionibns 
deferri  solet,  qua  vel  Diabolus  ipse,  vel  haresis  designantur,  de  quibus  triumpbat 
Ecclesia. — Ducange.  Diabolus  enim,  ut  ait  S.  Aagustinus  (Horn.  30"  in  Scripturis 
Sanctis),  Lro  et  Draco  est :  Leo  propter  imjictttm.  Draco  propter  inshlias. 

c  Gradatim  in  ascensa  :  this  arrangement  does  not  reeur  in  these  Inventories. 

d  Translatio  S.  Benedicti :  July  11.  Here,  as  in  many  other  instances,  the  day  of 
the  patron  saint  is  not  the  day  of  the  Dedication  of  the  Church. 

c  Triginta  dies  Venialcs  :  an  indulgence  of  thirty  days  of  pardon  to  those  who 
beard  Mass  on  this  day. 


12  VISITATION  OF  CHUHCHES   BELONGING  TO  THE  DEAN  AND 

altare  bcati  Andree  j  ovcm.  Bartholomcus  Faber  j  ovem.  Egidia 
vidua  j  overn.  TVillielmus  de  Crabeham  j  ovem.  Bartholomcus 
Tuber  respondet  et  lampadam  sustinct  modo  Gunilda  uxor  ejus. 
Item  ad  cereum  faciendum  in  vigilia  bears  Marie.  Egilia  de  la 
Hale  dedit  j  ruscam  n  et  j  vaccain,  de  quarum  exitu  Roger  lc  Ilert 
modo  responded  ad  sustcntacionem  unius  lampadis  imperpetuum 
ante  altare  beate.  Marie.  IdemTioger  j  angnnm  b  de  legato  habet, 
modo  est  ovis.  Johannes  films  Galfndi  Meifey  habet  j  ovcm. 
Willielmus  tester  j  ovem.  Gilbcruis  prepositus  j  ovcm.  Juliana 
filia  Willielmi  Gobbe  j  ovcm.  Johannes  de  Fonte  j  ovem  de 
testaments  Johannis  filij  Willielmi  Standliard  pro  qualibet  dabitur 
ijd.  In  vigilia  sahcte  l  rinitatis  Alexander  de  Boseo  recipet  iiijor 
matrices  oves  ex  tcstamento  Cristmc  filie  Sirich  But,  pro  quibus 
dabit  viijd  annuatim  ad  luminare  trium  altarium  et  ante  crucem. 
Memorandum  quod  Paganus  de  Boscho  recepit  j  vaccain  precii  iiij  s. 
et  iij  oves  prccij  iij  s.  de  tcstamento  Johannis  de  Araz,  ad 
sustentacionem  unius  lampadis  ante  crucem  imperpetuum,  ct 
ardebit  singulis  annis  per  iiij"r  noctes  festivales. 

De  ponte  de  Hegbreg. 

Isti  tenent  oves  ad  emendacionem  pontis.c  Roger  pistor  d  j  ovem. 
Bncius  pistor  iij  oves.  Jordanus  de  Bosco  ij  oves.  Alexander 
Sprot  j  ovcm.     Ilieardus  Buell  j  ovem.     Pctrus  de  cruce  j  ovem. 

Isti  sunt  tcnentes  oves  ad  rotam.  Eadmundus  de  Marisco  ij 
oves,  Iiicardus  Saucgel  j  ovcm,  Eadwardus  pistor  iiij  oves,  Ro«er 
Sprot  j  ovem,  Eadwardus  Seldarke  j  ovem,  Villefredus  Heselet  ij 
oves,  Matilda  de  Mora  j  ovem,  Matillda  buclt  j  ovem. 

•  Kusca  :  Apinm  cubile  voce  Hvtca  revera  inteiligendum  esse  confirrnant  charta 
annum  circiter  10S0,  c  tabulario  S.  Allini  Andcgavensis.  Vide  Thomani  Blount 
in  Nomolexico  Anglicano,  et  supra  vocem  Hatha,  ubi  Hugta  butyri  meinoratnr 
pro  certa  botyri  qnantitatc  seu  mass*  ruscam  apium  fortcan  referente. — Dncange. 

b  Angnnm  :  that  is,  agnnm. 

c  Pons  :  the  bridge  from  which  Ileybridge  is  so  called. 

d  Pistor  :  the  miller. 


CHAPTER  OF  ST.  TATTL's  CATHEDRAL  TK  THE  TEARS  1249-1252.         13 

Status  ecclcsic  de  Hcgbreg. 

David  vieariu?  perpetuus  habet  domos  bonas  ct  aream  propc  <<; 
ecclesiam.  Infra  vicaria  habet  altaragium  cum  tcrris  pertinentibus 
ad  vicaviam  de  curia  et  de  tota  villata,  sed  inter  festum  ad  vincula* 
non  reditur  decima  de  caseo  vcl  lacte  curie,  nee  de  ATolendinoquia 
est  in  dominico.  Decima  dominij,et  parocbie  datur  integraliter  de 
garbis  ad  luminare  beati  Pauli.b  Keddit  ecclesia  synodales  et 
denarios  ut  in  prima  inquisicione  \Yillielmic  Decani  Eadulphi.  d 

Tenentes  de  ecclesia  dc  Heubrcg. 

Clemens  ad  Moram  v  acris  in  duabus  croftis  et  reddit  xx  d. 
Johannes  Gobbe  j  acra  et  reddit  vj  d.  Walter  Seler  v  acris  et 
reddit  xij  d.  Jobannes  ad  portam  j  parvam  grovam  et  reddit  iiij  d 
sed  grava  destructa  est.  Johannes  Herde  iij  acras  et  reddit  xij  d 
per  Magistrum  W.  de  Purle.  Walter  Trip  j  curtiiagium  et  reddit 
vj  d  per  Magistrum  W.  de  Purle. 

TlLLINGIIAM.  p   138b 

Ornamcnta  ecclesie  de  Tillingbam  in  die  Translaeionis  beati 
Wlstani  Wvgomiensis  Episcopi,c  Anno  gracie  M°  CC°  xl°  nono. 
Yisitante  Henrico  Decano. 

Missale  satis  bonum  et  novum  notatum  cum  littera  aurea  in 
principio.  Item  missale  vetus  sine  nota.  Item  ordinale  de  usu 
sancti    Pauli.       Item    gradale    cum    suo    tropario    notato.       Item 

*  Ad  vincula  :  that  is,  S,  Peter  ad  vinculo,  August  1. 

b  Beati  Pauli  :  St.  Paul's  Cathedral. 

c  Willielmi  Decani  :  Up  to  this  period  three  deans  of  St.  Paul's  had  borne  the 
name  of  William.  The  first,  William.  11 J 1-1138  ;  the  second,  William  de  Basinges, 
about  1212  ;  the  third,  William  de  Sancta  Maria.  1241-1243. 

d  Badnlphus  :  There  is  no  Ralph  amongst  the  list  of  deans  until  the  well-known 
Ealph  de  Baldock,  1291-1306.  The  name  Williehni  is  marked  with  dots  below  it, 
as  for  erasure,  and  the  name  Badulphi  is  inserted  by  a  somewhat  later  hand ;  but 
probacy  the  original  reading  is  correct. 

«  Translatio  beati  Wlstani :  that  is,  June  7. 


14  VISITATION  OF  CHURCHES  BELONGING  TO  THE  DEAN  AND 

gradate  sine  trbpario  bonum  ct  novum.  Item  antiphonarium  cum 
collectario,  capitulario,  ympnario,  in  magno  volumine.  Item 
legenda  bona  cum  p.salterio  in  principio.  Item  ij  psalteria  Vetera. 
Item  processionale  bonum.  Item  tropatium  in  uno  volumine  per 
Be  bonum  ct  bene  notatum.  hem  manuale.  Item  martylo^ium 
satis  bonum  et  novum.  Item  antiphonarium  sine  collectario  capell'" 
ympnario. 

Item  ij  paria  vestimentovum  festivalium  parata  serico,  quorum 
unum  hnbe't  casulam  de  serico  cum  laeia  aurifriwiis.  Item  vesti- 
mentum  pcrtinens  ad  altare  sancte  Marie  cum  casula  de  vetcri 
serico.  Item  ij  paria  vestiinentorum  fori  ilium  trita  cum  casula  de 
fust.iminc.  Item  iiijnr  paria  corporalium.  Item  ij  albe  cum  una 
amicta  de  aurifrigio  in  trib-is  liustis,  quarum  una  bene  parata 
serico,  et  alia  sine  paratura.  Item  casula  vetus  non  magni  precij. 
Item  x  palle  bencdicte  quarum  due  parate  una  serico  ct  altera 
aurifrigio.  Item  eapa  cliori  crocea  cum  duobus  tasseilis  h  brusdatis 
Majestate0  et  Maria.  Item  ij  superpellicia  et  nullum  rochetum. 
Item  velum  bonum  ct  novum  de  pannis  tinctis  incisis.  Item  ij° 
manutergia.  Item  iiijor  lintlieaminia  ad  altarc.  Item  tres 
panni  vetercs  ad  cooperiendum  altare.  Item  tria  tapeta  Vetera. 
Item  panni  crismajes,  lvj.d  Item  ealix  argenteus  intus  ct  deforis 
deauratus.  Item  alius  calls  tantummodo  deauratus  cum  pomello 
deaurato.      Item    crux    cooperta    argento.      Item    due    pelves    de 

•  *  Capcll':  probably  for  capitolario. 

.  b  Tassellas  :  pro  humerali  pluvialis  seu  anrco  argentcove  ant  serico  textili,  qno 
tribes  sacra;  postica  para  adnrnamr. — Ducange, 

c  Majestas  :  figura  l'atris  retcrui  in  throno  sedentis,  ant  Crucilixi  imn^o,  quit  in 
anliqnis  missal ibas  picta  est  ante  canonem  ....  nnde  in  qnibusdam  legitur  ha;c 
rubriea,  Osculctur  Majcsta*,  aut  QteuTetitr  Majcstatem. — Ducange. 

d  lvj  :  so  in  MS.  "  It  would  seem  ib:it  tbese  chryeoms  formed  a  part  of  tbe 
small  revenues  of  a  parish  church,  being  kept  and  lent  on  occasions  to  people  too 
poor  to  provide  decent  ones  for  themselves.  In  tbe  odd  collection  of  miscellaneous 
matter  called  Arnold's  Chi'onidc,  we  find  an  entry  in  '  the  valew  and  styut  of  tbe 
benefyee  of  Saint  Magnus  at  London  brydge  ;«erly  to  tbe  person,'  as  follows  : 
'  C[  O'^soms  and  pre  ivy  tythes.'  " 

This  is  in  1494.    Monument^  Jiitualia,  second  edition,  i.,  27. 


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asmallo.  Item  duo  urcci  a  de  stagno.  Item  duo  urcei  de  asmallo. 
Item  turribulum  vetus.  Item  navicula  ad  imponendum  incensum. 
Item  unum  lavatorium  ereum.  Item  iiij01'  arche  ad  imponenda 
vestimenta  et  alia  ornamenta  eeelcsie.  Item  pixis  argentea  ad 
Corpus  Domini.  Item  teca  yburnea.  Item  tria  vexilla  nova 
parata  aureis  pellis  de  nrmis  Regiis.h  Item  iiij°r  vexilla  non  nova. 
Item  reliquiare  in  fere'ro  ligneo  deiurato.  Parvus  pecten  longum 
quondam  beati  Thome, c  ut  dicitur.  Item  parvum  ferctrura  de 
ossibus,  cum  parvis  reliquiis. 

Item  ad  luminare  ejusdem  ecclesie  eodem  tempore  Pndulphus  dc 
I  lore  tenet  j  ovem  pro  ij  d  per  annum,  Kadulphus  Crux  iij  oves 
]>ro  vj  (1,  Godefridus  Groin  j  ovem  pro  ij  d,  Eobertus  fi'ius  Hugelot 
j  ovem  pro  ij  d,  Roger  del  Perer  iij  oves  pro  vj  d.  Eudo  mereator 
iiij  oves  pro  viij  denariis  et  obolo  et  manet  extra  parochiam, 
Johannes  Snot  ij  oves  pro  viij  d  et  manet  extra  parochiam,  Adam 
de  Gii-le  j  ovem  pro  ij  d,  Petrus  de  Gaysle  j  ovem  pro  ij  d, 
Ricardua  Manctildus  ij  oves  pro  iiij  d,  Ricardus  Passeauaunt  j 
ovem  pro  ij  d,  Henrieus  Oches  ij  oves  pro  iiij  d,  Eadwardus  Brid  j 
ovem  pro  ij  d,  Walterus  King  ij  oves  pio  iiij  denariis,  Radulphus 
de  Campo  j  ovem  pro  ij  d,  Adam  Tik  ij  oves  pro  iiij  d,  Williemus 
Passeauant  ij  oves  pro  vj  d,  Johannes  de  Estware  j  ovem  pro  ij  d 
(t  manet  extra 'parochiam,  Walterus  Passeauant  ij  oves  pro  iiij  d, 
Waltcrus  Pcrmentarius  j  ovem  pro  ij  d,  Mcholaus  Bercher  j  ovem  p<  \m. 
pro  ij  d,  Reginuldus  Bruri  j  ovem  pro  ij  d,  Johannnes  filius 
Aylwini  ij  oves  pro  iiij  d,  Johannes  Cok  j  ovem  pro  ij  d. 
Kadulphus  Hore  tenet  j  vaccam  ad  lumen  Sancte  Marie.  Leticia 
uxor  Gilbert!  j  vaccam  et  j  ovem  ad  cereum  Sancte  Marie. 
Henrieus  Persona  j  vaccam  ad  lumen  Sancte  Marie  et  j  ovem  ad 
lnmen  Sancti  Michaelis.  "Walterus  Clericus  tenet  j  equum  et  j 
ovem  et  j  a^num  precij  viij  S  ad  inveniendum  cereum  ante  crucem. 
Hugo  Koc  v  oves  pro  x  d.     Godefridus   filius   Payn  viij    oves   pro 

•  Urceus  :  a  pitcher. 

b  Vexilla  :  banners  -with  the  "Royal  Anns. 

c  The  comb  of  St.  Thomas  a  Uccket. 


16  VISITATION  OF  CHUECHES    BELONGING  TO  THE  DEAN  AND 

xvj  d  per  annum,  et  sunt  in  arreragio  xvj  s  de  xvj  annis,  de  quibus 
Saerus  Vicarius  fuit  executor.  Gunnor  uxor  Symonis  iij  oves 
pro  vj  d,  et  detinet  ij  oves.  Rogerus  Godsaule  j  ovem  pro  ij  d. 
Johannes  Bereher  j  ovcm  pro  ij  J.  Johannes  filius  Philippi  ij 
oves  pro  iiij  d.  Odo  Carpentaria  j  ovem  pro  iij  d  ob.  Waltenw 
filius  Beyneri  iiij  oves  pro  viij  d.  Godefridus  Comes  iij  oves  pro 
vj  d.  Thomas  filius  Buldewini  ij  oves  j)ro  iiij  d.  Eustachius  iiij 
oves  pro  viij  d.  Symon  de  Slo  v  oves  pro  x  d,  et  delinct  omnes. 
Badulphus  Pach  j  ovem  pro  ij  d.  O«!o  le  Poter  v  oves  pro  xxd. 
Odo  de  Gardino  j  ovem  pro  ij  d.  Elyas  Molcndimuius  j  ovem  pro 
ii  d.  Gervasius  ij  oves  pro  iiij  d.  Matilda  Bosse  j  ovem  pro  ij  d. 
Ipolitus  ij  oves  pro  iiij  d,  extra  parochiam.  Johannes  Bosse  ij 
oves  pro  iiij  d.  Willielmus  de  Hida  ij  oves  pro  iiij  d.  Bon-erus 
Grom  j  ovem  pro  ij  d.  Sawale  Dote  j  ovem  pro  iij  ob.  Gumfridua 
Hacun  ij  oves  pro  iiij  d,  extra  parochiam.  Bobertus  Otewy  ] 
ovem  j  d,  extra  parochiam. 

Status  ecclesie  de  Tyllingham  deficit  hie  quoad  vicariam. 


Aldebiri. 

Status  ecclesie  de  Aldebiri  inventus  est  in  festo  Sancti  Marci  Anno 
grade  M°  CC°  Iij. 

Missalc  vetus  cum  gradali  bene  notato  et  de  bona  littera  in 
debili  percameno  et  male  ligatum,  habens  multa  folia  rupta.  Item 
Gradalc  vetus  et  notatum  male  ligatum  ncn  do  usu  London  ecclesie. 
Item  liber  troparius  notatus  in  debili  percameno  et  paret  sufficiens. 
Item  liber  breviarius  cum  antiphonario  notato  de  bona  litcra,  veteri 
male  ligatus  et  male  custoditus,  habens  in  capite  kalendarium 
vetus.  Item  liber  manual  is  cum  collcctis  et  capitulia  et  quibusdam 
exorcismis,  et  cum  ympnis  in  fine,  non  ligatis,  aliquantulum  bene 
sufficiens.  Bern  psalterium  vetus  male  sullieiens,  quia  male  custo- 
ditum.  Item  aliud  psalterium  aliquantulum  sufficiens.  Item  pars 
antiphonarij,  incipiens  a  dominica  prima  post  octabas  Pcntecostes 


CIIAPTEB   OF   ST.   PAUL'S    CATHEDRAL   IN   THE    YEAUS    1249-1252.     17 

usque  nil  priraam  dominieam  mensis  Augusti;  temporalis,  scilicet 
tio«tinodum  sequituT  Officium  Trinitatis  cum  scquentibus  festivita- 
tibus  Sanctorum  usque  ad  festum  Sancti  Andree.  Item  offieium 
Dedicacionis  Ecclesie,  et  postmodum  Commune  Sanctorum.  Anti- 
phonarium  usque  commune  Officium  de  Virginibus  totum  notatum 
cum  foliis  ruptis  et  male  custoditis.  Item  parvus  liber  ordinalis  in 
quaternis  non  ligutis. 

Item  calix  argenteUs  albus  exterius  cum  tupsa*  dcaurata  intcrius 
cum  cupa  vacillante,  alius  sufliciens.  Item  unum  vestimentum 
velus  et  plenarium  cum  corporalibus,  sed  casula  ejusdem  vetus  et 
rupta  .^ed  scpullure  tantum  apta.  Item  aliud  vestimentum  melius 
cum  paraturis  de  panno  serico  plenarium  et  sulliciens  cum  corporali- 
bus,  el  cum  casula  de  panno  serico  ornato  paupere  aurifrigio  dissuta 
antcrius,  alias  sufliciente.  Item  iiij01'  palle  altaris  benedicte  quarum 
ij'  habent  paraturas.  Item  vas  crematorium  stagneum  et  sufliciens 
bed  non  habet  seram.  Item  nullum  vas  ad  reponendum  Corpus 
Domini,  nisi  tamen  una  pixis  ad  portandum  ad  egrotos. 

Item  j  rocbettum  et  duo  supcrpellicia.  Item  units  pannus  de  p.  13%. 
reins,1'  ut  videtur,  ad  cooperiendos  mortuos.  Item  iij  panui 
fron tales  de  f'emisc  sullicientes  aliquantulum.  Item  manutergium 
unum  ad  sacrariufn  integrum  et  sufliciens  et  aliud  pjtrvum  ad 
lcctorium.  Item'  crux  stagnea  et  depicta  super  maju<  altare,  et 
alia  parva  et  portabilis  ad  efTerendunu  hem  iiij°r  phiale  stagnee 
aliquantulum  sufHcientes.  Deficit  vas  aquarium  et  candelabra 
Btagnea  deiliciunt  et  calix  stagneus.  Dcficiunt  et  cathene  de 
turribulo. 

Ite*n  due  lampades  sunt  coram  majori  altari  quas  invenit  Jamus  d 

*  Tnpsa.     So  in  MS.     Did  the  scribe  intend  to  write  capsa  ? 

b  De  rems  :  that  is,  cloth  of  Rheims. 

1  l)e  i'einis.  So  in  MS.  Perhaps  of  Venice  work.  "The  looms  of  Lucca, 
Florence,  Genoa,  Venice,  aftd  Milan  earned  for  themselves  a  good  repute  in  some 
particulars,  and  a  wide  trade  for  their  gold  and  silver  tissues,  their  velvets,  and  their 
figured,  silken  textiles."— Rock,  Textile  Fabric*,  Ixxi. 

d  Junius.  The  scribe  seems  to  have  lapsed  into  English  with  a  Latin  termi- 
nation. 

CAMO.  SOC.  D 


18  VISITATION  OF  CHURCHES  BELONGING  TO  THE  DEAN  AND 

fratcr  Johannia  de  Patemore  ex  gracia  et  quidera  alii  pafochiani 
terciam  lampadcm  continue  ardentem  in  officio  debent  invenire; 
Thesaurarius  non  invenit,  sed  habet  vij  acras  terre  arabilis  de  dono 
quondam  Symonis  Baard  ad  istam  inveniendam.  Item  cereum 
paschalem  invenit,  parochia  per  domos  et  fainillas  et  rotcllam  simili 
tnodo.  Item  cereos  et  aliud  luminarc  votivum  inveniunt  parochiani 
secundum  sua  votaj  item  vexilla,  quia  nulla.  Item  f'ons  baptismalis 
in  pariete  undique  discoopertus.  Item  cancellum  vetus  et  male 
obseratum  ad  quod  reparandum  quindeeirn  marcc  sunt  prompte  de 
legato  quondam  A.  Thesaurarii.8  De  quibfls  :nx  solidi  libeiantur 
magistro  Willielmo  procuratori  F.  Thesaurarii h  ad  minutos  lapidea 
eolligendos  per  parochiam.  Item  ecclesia  non  est  dedicata. 
Dicitur  quod  J.  Bayard  habuit  magnam  partem  illorum  lapidum. 
Ecclesia  in  lateribus  male  eooperta  et  instrieta.  Cirniterium  malam 
habet  claustratn.  Item  Capellanus  qui  ministrat  ibidem  habet 
totum  altaragium  cum  minutis  decimis,  et  solvit  Thesaurario  xl§. 

Pelliiam  Fornell. 

Status  ecclesie  de  Pellham  fornell c  inventus  in  i'esto  Sancti  Marci 
Anno  Domini  M°CC°  lij. 

Inventum  est  Missale  plenaiiuin  cum  gradali  bene  notato  et 
suffieiens,  habens  kalendarium  in  eapite,  finiens  in  collectis 
omnibus  pro  defunctis.  Item  in  uno  volumine  troparium  et 
gradale  satis  plena rium  et  notatum,  Fed  male  ligatum  cum  foliis 
ruptis  ct  veteribus.  Item  in  uno  volumine  legenda  bona  et 
sumcienSj  temporale  cum  psaltcrio  bono  post  legendam  terminans 
in  fine  cum  antiphona  naive  JRegitut.  Item  legenda  sanctorum  in 
quaternis,  incipiens  a  festo  Sancti  Andree  et  terminans  in  brevi 

■  A.:  that  is,  probably,  Alexander  Swcrford,  Treasurer  of  St.  Paul's  Cathedral, 
1231-1233,  or  later. 

b  F.:  tbat  is,  probably,  Fulk  de  Sannford,  Treasurer  of  St.  Paul's. 

1  Pellhaw  Fornell:  otherwise  called,  as  in  the  later  inventories,  Pclham  Furncaux. 


CFIAPTER  OP  ST.  PAUL'S  CATHEDRAL  IN  THE  TEAKS  1249-1252.       19 

lc<*cntla  in  Dedicacione  Ecclesie,  sine  legenda  de  Communi 
Sanctorum.  Item  in  alio  volumine  male  iigato  est  breviarium 
habena  kalendarium  in  capite,  collectarium  interraixtum  cum 
anliphonario  notato  et  psalterio  et  ympnario,  et  cum  proprio 
officio  Sanctorum  quod  in  parte  non  est  notatum,  nee  London  ncc 
Sarum  ordinem  continet,  Aniens  in  officio  plurimarum  Virginum. 
Item  deest  liber  manualis  cum  exorcismis  et  officio  mortuorum  et 
baptismi.     Item  est  ibi  pavvuni  psalterium  bonum  ct  sufilciens. 

Item  inventum  est  ibi  vestimentum  plenum  paratum  dc  serico, 
cum  casuli  de  serico  Integra  et  sufficient!,  et  cum  corporalibus 
intcgris,  ct  cum  tribus  pallis  altavis  bencdictis,  quarum  due  habent 
p.uutunts  de  serico  veteres.  Item  aliud  vestimentum  minus  festivale, 
or na turn  paraturia  sericis  tritum  ct  debile,  cum  casula  de  Histamine 
rubeo  veteri  et  debili  cum  corporalibus.  Item  aliud  vestimentum 
vctus  et  insuflicicns,  aptum  sepulture.  Non  est  ibi  rocbettus,  sed 
sunt  ibi  tria  superpellicia  quorum  duo  integra  et  tercium  tritum. 
Item  calix  parvus  vix  ponderis  x  solidorum  alba  cum  cupa  interiua 
dcaurata.  Item  crismatorium  stagneum  sufficiens  tamen  sine  sera. 
Item  vetus  pixis  ossea,  continens  parvam  pixidem  stangneam  ad  P-  110- 
reponendum  Corpus  Dominicum,  res  nihil  et  vilis.  Item  frontale 
nullius  precij  ad  majus  altare,  et  majus  altare  habet  tabulam 
lapideam  bonam  et  suffieientera  non  benedictam.  Item  tamen 
Buperaltare  parvum  bencdictum  et  sufficiens  ad  tempus.  Item 
unicum  est  ibi  manutergium  ad  ablucionem  manuum  sacerdotis 
integrum.  Item  parvum  velum  quadragesimale  vetus,  nullius 
precij.  Item  ad  sacrarium  sunt  parva  manutergia  de  crismalibus. 
Est  ibi  turribulum  parvum.  Item  iiijcr  candelabra  stagnea  ad 
ccreos  portandos  Vetera.  Item  iiijor  pliiale  stagnee  veteres.  Item 
tantum  unica  crux  ad  portandum  et  ad  offerendum.  Item  sunt  ibi 
extra  cliorum  iiij  altaria,  quorum  tria  habent  lapideas  tabulas  bonas 
et  honestas,  quart um  est  de  fragmentis  et  nullum  benedictum. 
Item  ad  altare  Sancti  Nicholai  frontale  habet  honestum  de  panno 
inpiso,  et  pallam  altaris  bordatam  dc  panno  serico  ex  provisione  et 
gracia    R.    Capellani.       Item  est  ibi  fons  lapideus  intus  vestitus 


20  VISITATION    01'    CHURCHES    BELONGING    TO    THE    PEAN   AND 

plumbo    BufficienSj    sed    non    habct   scram.       Item    ecclesia   bene 
cooperta. 

Item  nullus  redditus  assisus  est  ad  luminare,  nee  est  ibi  rotella. 
Cereus  paschalis  colligitur  fortuito,  tamen  tenentes  decern  ct  octo 
acras  dant  obolum,  tenentes  medictatem  solvunt  pro  medictate. 
Reliqui  cerei  et  lampades  coram  cruclbus  et  altaribua  totum  votivum 
et  nichil  eertum.  Item  archa  est  in  custodia  Capellani  ad  reponenda 
vestimenta  et  Iibros  ccclesie.  Item  desunt  vitrlnc  due  in  cancello. 
Item  iiijor  vexiila  ad  nichil  apta.  Item  deficit  vas  aquarium 
stagneum.  Item  cimiterium  pessime  clausum  veteribus  spinis. 
Ik^j^  Item  Capellarius  ibidem  niinistrans  habct  totum  altaragium  cum 
minutis  decimis  et  solvit  xx  solidos  Thesaurario. 

Pelham  Arsa. 

Status  ccclesie  de  Pelham  Arsam  inventus  in  crastino  Sancti  Marci 
Ewangeliste  Anno  Domini  M°CCMijn. 

Missale  cum  kalendario  cum  gradali  bene  notato  plenarium  et 
sufliciens  sed  male  ligatum.  Item  gTadale  in  uno  volumine 
silfliciens  sed  male  ligatum.  Item  troparium  in  quaternis  non 
ligatum  et  semiplenum.  Item  breviarium  in  duobus  voluminibus 
temporale  per  se,  cum  antiplionario  bene  notato  cum  psalterio 
ordinato  pro  majori  parte.  In  alio  [vo]lumine  Proprie  Sanctorum 
et  Commune  Sanctorum,  cum  antiphonario  nullius  ordinis  et 
pessime  utrisque  ligatis.  Deilicit  autem  ibi  liber  manualis  et  liber 
ordinalis  et  media  pars  troparij. 

Item  calix  argenteus  albus  cum  pomello  deaurato  et  circulo  pedis 
et  eupa  interius  deaurata,  ponderis  circitcr  j  marce.  Item  est  ibi 
unum  vestimentum  cum  casula  vetcri  ct  insufficient!,  et  cum  cor- 
poralibus  et  plenarium.  Item  est  ibi  aliud  vestimentum  vcterius  et 
minus  sufliciens,  cum  casula  vcteri  de  fiistamine,  cum  corporalibus 
sepulture  vix  sufliciens.  Item  vctus  superpellicium  et  ruptum, 
nullum  rocliettum.  Item  iiijor  palle  altaris  benedicte,  quarum  ij 
p.  140b.  iusufficientea  ct  rnpte.     Item  est  ibi  frontale  dc  serico  honestum. 


CHAPTER  OF  ST.  PAUL'S  CATHEDRAL  IN  TEE  YEARS  1249-1252.         21 

Item  aliud  frontale  incisum  de  pannis  lineis  tinctis.  Item  nulle 
palle  ad  eacrarium  nee  ad  manus  sacerdotis.  Nullum  velum  quad- 
ragcsimale'  est  ibi.  Unuui  vexillum  de  serico  parvnm  crocco  et 
rubeo.  Item  vas  crismatorium  Btagncum  sufficiens  sed  sine  sera. 
Item  parvula  pixis  Btagnea  ad  Corpus  Domini  reponendum  debilis 
et  insufficient,  in  bursa  pendens  super  altare  in  periculo.  Item  est 
ibi  tabula  lapidea  satis  sufficiens  ad  ma  jus  altare,  non  benedicta. 
Jtcm  superaltare  benedictum  et  sufficiens.  Parietes  cancelli  sine 
linoamento  cementi.  Deest  vitrina  ubi  sedent  ad  psallendum.  Est 
ibi  fons  lapideus  interius  instructus  plumbo  sine  sera.  Unica  crux 
est  ibi  in  majori  altari  nee  altera  ad  efrerendum.  Item  tres  veteres 
pliialc  stagnee.     Item  turribulum  parvum  et  parum  sufficiens. 

Ad  luminare  ejusdem  eeclesic  est  nichil  certum,  sed  cereus 
paschalis  coliigitur,  scilicet,  quadrans  de  quolibet  mesuatdo  ex 
consuetudine.  Item  ij  candelabra  stagnea  Vetera.  Due  acre  de 
done-  quondam  Galfridi  Sarvors  sunt  in  dominico  Thesaurarii,  pro 
duobuS  ecrcis  inveniendis  in  majori  altari,  sed  tempore  F.a 
Thesaurarii  niehil  inde  ministravit  ecclesie.  Relictum  luminare 
ecclesie  totum  votivum  est.  Altaragiuin  preter  medietatem  primi  s?^ 
legati  reddit  j  marcam.  De  residuo  sustentatur  Capellanus  et 
Clericus  suus  animus.  Ecelesia  est  de  beata  Yirgine  et  non 
dedicata.  Capellanus  hospieiolum  habet  prope  cimiterium  in  fundo 
ecclesie.  Palle  non  dantur  eis  ad  stauramenta  ecclesie.  Item  deest 
aquarium.  Due  parve  earnpane  sunt  ad  efferendum  coram 
defunctis.  Item  cimiterium  pessime  clausum.  Gradus  ante  altare 
majus  lutei  sunt  sine  lapide  sine  ligno  et  sine  cemento.  Deest  pixis 
ad  hostias. 

■  F.  Thesanrarii  :  see  supra,  p.  18. 


22  VISITATION  OF  CHTJBCHES  BELONGING  TO  THE  DEAN  AND 


Nastok.  a 

Ornamenta  apud  XastoK  inventa  in  crastino  Sancti  Gregorij  Anno 
Domini  ^PCC'lj0.1' 

Missale  novum  et  plenarium  et  bene  notatum,  habens  in  capite 
kalendarium,  illuminatum  auro,  et  duas  primas  literas  ejusdem 
missalis  illumiaatas  auro,  et  terminamr  post  Oflicium  Defunctorum 
in  tribus  collacionibua  do  Sancta  Kadegunda.  Item  bona  lcLrer.da 
in  duobus  voluminibus  paribus  et  ligatis  in  asseribus.  Item  duo 
libri  antiphonariis  bene  notatis,  sed  non  secundum  consuetudinem 
London,  quorum  alter  male  ligatus.  Item  gradale  bonum  et  bene 
notatum  sed  male  ligatum,  cum  tropario  bene  notato.  Item  aliud 
missale  bonum  et  bene  notatum  ted  magis  tritum.  Item  psalterium 
bonum  et  sufficiens.  Capitularium  et  ympnarium  bene  notatum, 
habens  in  fine  Commune  Oflicium  Sanctorum  notatum  et  kalen- 
darium  in  principio.  Item  parvus  liber  manualis  non  ligatus  cum 
oflicio  defunctorum.  Item  liber  qui  dicitur  ordinalis  de  bona  litera 
sed  male  ligatus,  habens  kalendarium  debile  in  capite.  Item  calix 
argenteus  ponderis  xiiijs  et  parum  plus  tenuis.  Item  ad  majus 
altare  sunt  tres  palle  benedicte  et  iiimm  frontale  vetus.  Ad  altare 
beate  Marie  sunt  tres  palle  benedicte  et  bone.  Ad  aliud  altare 
Sancti  Jacobi  sunt  nlie  palle  non  benedicte.  Item  sunt  ibi  tria  ves- 
timenta  plenaria  cum  tribus  casulis,  quorum  unum  magnum 
sollempnc  et  sufficiens,  reliquum  cum  casula  de  serico  debili  et 
paupere  auiifrigio,  tercium  minus  sufliciens  cum  casula  de  albo 
fustamine.  Item  duo  paria  corporalium  Integra  et  sulliciencia. 
Item  due  ampulle  et  una  pelvis  stagnea. c     Item  unum  turribulum  de 

■  In  the  margin  is  the  following  note  :  "  Deficit  Lie  et  infra  de  statu  ecclcsiaram 
prtterquam  de  enaamentia.  Nastok', Thorp',  Walton',  Kyrkeby,  Belcham,  Wvkham, 
Tylliugham,  Chingelford,  Berncs,  Draytone,  RonevreH." 

'"  St.  Gregory's  day  is  March  12. 

c  In  the  margin  is  a  note  :  "  Ornameuta  apud  Nastok'  inrenta  in  crastino  Sancti 
Gregorij,  Anno  Domini  M0CC°lj°.M 


CHAPTER  OF  ST.  PAUL'S    CATUEDEAL  IN  THU  YEAES    1249-1252.       23 

tempore  Limoniocensi.*  Item  crux  una  de  codem  opere.  Item 
crismatorium  stngneum  aliquantulum  suilieiens.  Item  pixis  eburnea  P*  UL 
ad  Corpus  Domini,  sed  non  habet  vaa  in  quo  reponatur.  Item  ij 
Buperpeflicia  sufficiencia  et  unum  b  vetus  minus  sufliciens.  Item  ij 
rochctti  veteres.  Item  ij  veteres  casulc  inutiles  preter  supradictas, 
jusse  suM  desttui  et  fieri  frontalia;  et  duo  albe  veteres  sepulture 
defunctorum  tantum  suflicientes.  Item  ad  rotellani  colliguntur  per 
villatam  xxxij  d,  scilicet  de  mesuagio  obolus,  et  tantum  colligitur  ad 
cereum  paschalem.  Propter  supradicks  denarios  constitutus  est 
roddituc  per  Johannem  de  Bellies:  scilicet,  xxiij  d,  de  Waltero 
Tcrri  et  heredibus  suis,  et  j  d  de  liadulpho  le  Bunde  de  terra  que 
vocatur  Assartum  quam  Johannes  de  Bernes  tenuit  de  Johanne 
Wig  ct  solvitur  ad  Pascha  ad  duosc  cereos  ante  altare  beate  Virginis. 
Item  ccclesia  dedicata  iuit:  ruptum  et  post  superaltare.  Item 
velum  quadragesimale  vetus  et  debile. 


Torp. 

Ornamentn  inventa  in  ecclesia  de  Torp'.d 

Calix  argenteus  fi actus  et  parvi  piecij.  Item  missale  vetus  et 
notatum  habeas  kalendarium  in  capite  aliquantulum  suilieiens. 
Item  gradale  vetus  et  notatum,  non  ligatum  et  male  sufficiens. 
Item  breviariuin  vetus  cum  psaltcrio  in  capite  et  cum  antiphonario 
non  notato  inter  legend  a,  et  male  ligatum  et  ruptum.  Item  anti- 
phonarium  in  asseribus  vetus  et  notatum,  multos  habens  delectus 
et  male  ligatum,  continens  Officium  Sanctorum  cum  temporale. 
Item    liber    portehors,    qui    est  Yicarij,   de    minuta    litera   habens 

°  Of  Limoges  work. 

b  The  scribe  has  written  unus,  but  he  has  placed  a  mark  of  erasure  under  the  filial 
letter. 

*   The  scribe  has  written  ad  duos  temiincs,  but  has  erased  the  last  word. 
-  Torp':  that  is,  Thorpe. 


24  VISITATION  OF  GHUBCHE8   BELONGING  TO  THE  DEAN  AND 

legendam  et  plura  rcsponsoria  et  ympnarium  cum  capitulario  et 
collectario  et  psalterio.  Item  parvus  liber  ympnarius  sine  asseribus. 
Item  liber  ordinalis  in  asseribus  habens  ofTieium  quarandam  pro- 
cession um  in  fine.  Item  allud  gradale  vetus  in  ass&ribus  et 
notatum  sine  regula,  habens  troparium  in  fine  m-ale  sufficicns. 
Item  aliud  veius  notatum  in  asseribus.  Item  ij  vestimenta 
plenaria  sunt  ibi  cum  casulis,  quarum  una  vetus  et  trita,  et  alia 
nova  de  serico  bona  et  sufficicns.  Item  iij  pille  altaris  novc  et 
benediote.  Item  iij  veteres  quarum  alio  benedicte  et  j  insufficiens. 
Item  parva  pixis  argcntea  ad  Corpus  Domini  reponendum,  sed 
deest  lignea  sine  sera  ad  illam  claudendam.  Item  ij  paria  corpora- 
Hum  sordida  sed  Integra.  Item  vas  erismatorium  vetus  et  ruptum 
et  sine  sera.  Item  tres  phiale  cum  pelvi  stagnea.  Item  turribulum 
ferreuin  et  vetus.  Item  velum  quadragesimale  vetus  et  omnino 
insufficiens.  Item  duo  superpellicia  et  anus  rochettus  nullius 
precij.  Item  alia  manutcrgia  ad  sacrarium  sordida  et  rupta. 
Item  vas  aquarium  stagneum  ct  sufficiens.  Item  ij  yconie  beat© 
sialic  honestc  ad  ma  jus  altare,  ct  tabula  depicta  loco  frontalis. 
Item  ymago  lignea. 


Isti  subscripti  tenent  peeora  ad  sustentacioncm  luminaris  ecclesie 
de  Torp',  scilicet  oves. 

Ricardus  Sap    .         .                ij         Gervawus  Derman    .  .  ij 

p.  141b.           Hugo  earectariua       .         .     iij         Edilda  vidua  j 

Andreas  Turben        .         •       ij          Wiilielmus  de  Hida  .  .  j 

Radulphus  Belle        .          .    iiij          Johannes  filius  Kicardi  .  j 

Alicia  relicta  Almere         .       ij         Radulphus  portarius  .  ij 

Heymuudus  filius  Marci    .       ij          Wiilielmus  Bercarius  .  ij 

Sa^rim                                         ij          Thomas  filius  Symonis  .  ij 

Summa  xxviij  et  de  qualibet  redduntur  ij  d  ] 

per  annum  ad  roteliam.  j 


CHAPTER  OF  ST.  PAUl/s    CATHEDRAL  IN  THE  YEARS  1249-1252.        25 


J  tern  alia  pccora  ad  luminare  ad  cercos  coram  cruce. 


Thomas  filius  Symonis 
Tholnas  Crol    . 
liogerus  Goldwin 
Kicardus  Gulidcnkewold  n 
Eadmundus  Campe  . 
"Walterus  Hubert 

Summa   x>: 


Sagfim     . 

Radulphus  dc  Duna 
Ricavdus  Diabolus  h 
Walterus  Baz  . 

Cristina  vidua  . 
Robertus  Walsrorum 


de    qualibct    redduntur  ij   d  ad    / 


ccreos  coram  cruce. 


Item  alia  pccora  ad  luminare  Sancte  Margarcte. 


E  idmundua  Campe  . 
WilHelmus  bercarius c 
Johannes  li  ooter 


Hugo  eareetarius 
Hevmundus  sutor 


J 

"J 

J 


Summa  vj  et  de  qualibet  redduntur  ij  denarij  ^ 
ad  luminare  beate  Margarcte  in  capella  > 
extra  ecclesiam  per  annum.  ) 

Item  alia  pccora  ad  luminare  Sancte  Marie  in  capella  extra  ecclesia'n. 


Robertus  Walgor      .  .        j  Eadmundus  Campe  . 

Hugo  Sagor  j  Heymundus  sutcr 

Johannes  Blundus     .         .        j 


Summa  v  et  de  qualibet  redduntur  ij  denorij  ad 
luminare  beate  Marie  in  capella  extra  ecclesiam 
per  annum. 

■  The  fourth  letter  in  this  name  has  a  dot  beneath  it,  marked,  probably,  for 
erasure. 

b  Kicardas  diabolus.     Is  this  a  village  nickname,  or  can  it  possibly  be  an  attempt 
to  latinise  Devillc  ? 

c  Uercarius:  a  shepherd. 
CAMD.  SOC.  K 


26  VISITATION    OF    CHUECIIES    BELONGING   TO   THE    DEAN   AND 

Item  alia  pecora  ad  cereos  coram  beata  Yirginis"  juxta  majus  altare. 

Hugo  Horencok        .         .  ij  StephanUs  li  Petit     .  .  iiij 

Gervasius  de  Ecclesia         .  j  YTalterus  Godcholt    .  .  j 

Matilda  relio.ta  Hcymundi.  vj  Thomas  Barkere       .  .  j 

Gervasius  filius  Jordani     .  ij  Kicardus  prepositus .  .  ij 

Thomas  Grim  j 

Summa  xixb  et  de  qualibet  redduntur  ij  denarij  } 
per  annum  ad  cereos  coram  beata  Yirginc  > 
juxta  majus  altare.  ) 

Item  de  dono  Symonis  Yicarij  ad  sustentandum  cereum  in  qualibet 
missa  majoris  altaris. 

Una  marcata  ovium  vel  aliorum  de  suo  proprio  dum  vixit  et  de 
bonis  ipsius  defungentis  providcnda  ut  sir  lumen  perpetuum.  Item 
de  dono  Andree  filij  Stephani  ad  cereum  unum  in  perpetuo 
sustinendum  modo  simili  super  majus  altare  j  vacca  prccij  v 
polidorum  et  vj  oves  qualibet  precij  xij  d.  1st  a  tradita  sunt  in 
manu  Roberti  Fabri  qui  rcddct  inde  xij  soliuos  in  festo  Sancti 
Laurencij  ad  coram  emendam.  Item  de  legato  Kieardi  filij  Thome 
unam  vaccam  precij  vj  s,  est  in  manu  relicte  ipsius,  et  reddet  inde 
xij  d  per  annum  ad  alium  cereum  ad  predictum  festum.  Xullus 
redditus  est  ad  cereum  paschalem.  Item  de  legato  quondam 
Asceline  de  Campo  v  oves  ad  unum  cereum  sustinendum  coram 
altari  predicto  bcate  Virginia  precij  cujusque  xij  d.  Et  sunt  in 
manu  Eieardi  lilij  Atatilde  et  reddet  inde  x  denarios  per  annum. 

Walton. 

Ornamenta  invents  in  ecclesia  de  Walton'. 
Inventum    est   ibi    dominica  passionis c  Anno  Domini  M°CC°]j0. 

»  Beata  Yirginis.     So  in  MS. 

b  xix.     So  in  MS.,  Lnt  the  sum  is  xx. 

c  Domiuica  i>assionis  :  Passion  Sunday, the  fifth  Sunday  in  Lent. 


CHAPTER  OF  ST.  PAUL'S    CATHEDRAL  IN  THE  YEARS  1249-1252.        27 

Miotic  optimum  ct  notatum  ct  suiliciens  ct  plenarium  habens  in 
capite  kalendarium  ct  in  fine  partem  troparii.     Item  allud  missale 
debiie.      Item    antiplionarium    in    duobus   voluminibua    optimum   p.  u:. 
suiliciens  et  plenarium  cum  legenda  psalterio  capitulario  collectario, 
ct    notatum   secundum    medietatcm   anni   et    aliud   antiplionarium 
minoris   precij,     Item   unum  ordinale.     Item  j    gradale.     Item  j 
troparium.      J  tern  j  manualc.     Item   calix   argenteus  cum   duobus 
paribus   corporalium.       Item    ij    paria   vestimentorum   quorum  j 
casulam  dc  serico  est  dc  proquisito a  Alcxandri  et  parocbianorum. 
Item   iij    ivdle   bcncdictc  ad    majus   altare   et   ij    ad    altare    beafe 
Virginis.     Item   capa  serica   ornata  aurifriiriis  de  dono    Magistri 
It.    dc   Stanford.1'     Item    ij    superpellicia    debilia    et  j    rochectus. 
Item    ij    candelabra.       Item   j    chalonc    ad    exequias    mortuorum. 
Item   j    cista    parva    ex    donacione    G.    quondam    Yicarij,    plures 
rcliquic  ex  donacione  ct  concessione  predict!  G.,  cum  quadam  cruce 
in  qua  est  pars  al'iqua  de  Dominico   ligno.d     Item   est  ibi  defectus 
vasis  crismatorij  et  pixidis  ad   rcponendum  Corpus   Domini.     Item 
lapis   sacrarij    nimis    humilis    est    et    exdtandus.      Item    ij    tabule 
lapidee.     Desunt  duobus  altaribus  inferioribus  duelibst  est  nunc  ex 
ij   frustis  et  non  possunt   dedicari.      Item   desunt   tres   lucerne  in 
tribus   parochiis c  ad   precedendum   Corpus  Dominicum.     Item   est 
parva  navieula  ad  incensum.     Item  ij  phialestagnee.      Item   turri- 
bulum  bonum.     Item  fons  lapideus  bonus   tamen  sine  sera.     Item 
velum    quadragesimale    vetus    et    ruptum.       Item    crux    portabilis 
honcsta    et    suiliciens.     Item    alia    crux    bona    et    suflieiens    super 
majus  altare.     Item  desunt  tres  calices  stagnei  in  tribus  parochiis. 
Item  eeclesia  est  dedicanda.     Item  tabula  depicta  loco  frontalis. 

^  *  De  proquisito.     So  in  the  MS. 

^  Kulke  of  Stanford  was  Archdeacon  of  Middlesex  from  April,  1214,  for  a  short 
period.  He  was  also  Prebendary  of  Ealdiand.  Perhaps  the  person  named  in  the 
text  may  have  been  a  kinsman. 

c  Chalon  :  ehalo.  chalonus,  pars  supelleetilis  lecti,  straguli  species.— Dueange. 
1'robably  a  funeral  pall. 

d  Domiuicum  lignum  :  the  wood  of  the  Cross. 

*  Probably  ihe  three  parishes  called  N  The  Sokeus,''  Walton,  Kirkby,  and  Thorpe. 


28 


VISITATION  OF  CHURCHES   BELONGING  TO  THE  DEAN  AND 


Isti  tenent  pecora  ad  sustentacioncm  himinaris 
de  Walton'  ad  rotellam. 

Eicardus  li  But  j  ovem 

solvet 
Wiilielrnus  filius  Galfmli 

ij  ovcs 


Eadwardus    le    May    ij 

ovcs 
Alicia  relicta  Tixtoris  ij 

ovcs 
Eadmundus  le   Brun  j 

ovem 
Adam   filius  Cecilie   de 

Marisco  v  oves 


iiijd 
iiij  u 
iiijd 

ft* 

xd 


Ricardus  filius  Ileyneri 

vij  oves     .  .  .    xiiij  d 

Johannes  de  la  Hulle  j 

ovem 
Galfridus     Hamelin     ij 

ovcs 
Juliana    de    la    Holtc  j 

ovem 
Alicia  relicta   Blanci  ij 

oves 


Summa a  iiij  sot,  viij  d. 

Item  ad  luminare  ante  crucem. 

Eadulphus  de  Marisco  j  Gerardus  filius  TVyberti 

ovem         .          .  i j  d              j  ovem 

Walterus  filius  Goldive  Eicardus  Crisp  j  ovem  . 

j  ovem       .          .  ij  d          Henricus  Crisp  de  dimi- 

Walterus  filius  Davidis  dia  ovev    . 

j  ovem      .         .  iij  ob 

Summa  b  x  denarij. 


iiij  d 
iiij  a 


job 


Item  luminare  beate  Yirginis.c 
Alicia  mater  Hcnrici   j  Hugo      filius      Davidis 


ovem 


yd 


ij  oves 


iiijd 


*  Snraina.     So  in  MS. ;  lege  iiij  sol.  iiij  d. 
b  So  in  MS.;   lege  xij  den.  ob. 

c  At  the  foot  of  the  page  is  a  note  :  "Isti  tenent  pecora  ad  sustentaeionem  lumi- 
naris  tie  Walton'  ad  rotellam  ;  "  but  it  is  not  clear  to  M'hoin  it  refers. 


CHAFTEB  OF  ST.  PAUl/s    CATHEDEAL  IN  THE  YEAKS  1249-1252.      29 


Willielraus    filius    Gal- 

fridi  y  ovcs 
Ricardus  le  Buc  j  ovcm 
Jacobus    de    Marisco    ij 


xd 


oves . 

iiij  d 

Eadwardus 

filius  David 

is 

j  ovcm 

. 

8« 

"Walterus 

Tubbing 

j 

ovcm 

• 

ya 

S  a  ful     filius    Alani     iij 

ovcs .  .          .  .       v j  d 

Brumman    Ewe   ij   ovcs     iiij  d 
Thomas    filius    Kobcrti 

iiij  ovcs 
Sabina  de  Spina  j  ovcm 
Ricardus     Bancum     vj 

oves .... 
Ricardus  Hcndi  j  ovem 
Eadmundus  le  Brun    ij 

ovcs .  .  . 

Radulphus  tixtor  j  ovcm 
Jordanus  de  Olta'vj  oves     xij  d 
Henricus     Turstan     vj 

oves .         .         .         .     xij  d 
Walterus  Band'  j  ovem        ij  d 

Summa  a  xj  sot  iiij  d  et  oft 


viij 

A 

ij 

6 

x»j 

d 

]*j 

d 

i»j 

c1 

ij 

a 

Radulphus  de  Marisco 
j  ovem       ..        ..        .        ij  d 

Alicia  rclicta  Jordani 
j  ovem       . ,        . ,       .        ij  d 

Robertas   David  ij  oves     iiij  d 

Walterus    de.   Stroda  j 

ovcm  .  .  ij  d 

Matilda  filia    Roberti  j 

ovcm  .  .  .         ij  d 

Galfridus      Hamelin     j 

ovem  .  .  .        ij  d 

Henricus      Crispus      de 

dimidia  ove       .  j  ob 

Robertas   de    North    ij 

oves ....      iiij  d 

Henricus  de  Ponte  pro 
anima  W.  de  Burn- 
ham  .  .  .  xij  d 

Idem    Henricus    de    vj 

ovibus        .  .  xij  d 

Ricardus    de     Stroda    j 

ovem  .  .  .         j  d 

Alexander    filius    Rich- 

olde  j  ovem        .  .        ij  d 


Item  ad  luminare  beati  Michaelis. 

Gerardus  filius  Wyberdi  Johannes  Kio-bel  v  oves 

j  ovem       .         .  ij  d         Robertus    de     North    j 

Willielmus  filius  Galfridi  ovem 

iij  ovcs      .          .          .  vj  d 

■  So  in  MS. ;  lege  y)  J. 


p.  I  12b. 


xd 


30  VISITATION  OF  CHUBCHES  BELONGING  TO  THE  DEAN  AND 

Alicia    relieta    Livig'  j  Alexander     Clericua     ij 

ovcm          i j  d  oves.          .  •        .          .      iiij  d 

Alexander    li     Gant    ij  "Walterus      Goldive      ij 

oves .          .          . .        .  iiij  d  oves ....      iiij  d 

Eadiiiuiidus  de  la  Dune  Andreas  filius  Aldivc  j 

ij  oves        .          .          .  iiij  d  oveni          .          .          .         j  d 

Summa  iij  sot  iij  d. 

Item  ad  luminare  ad  altare  mains, 

Jordanus       Kelbel       ij  Eobertus     de    north     j 

oves  .  ...  .     iiij  d 

Eadwinus     de     Marisco 

sive  relieta  ejusdem  j 

ovem  .  .  ij  d 

Ead.wardus  lc   May   viij 

oves  ....  xvj  d 
Saphul    filius    Estrad    ij 

oves  .  •        .  .  •        .       iij  d 

Eicardas       Buucun      iij 

oves  .  .  .  .      iiij  d 

Summa"  iij  s  vj  d. 

Item  ad  luminare  ad  idem  altare, 

Ricardusle  Brit  viij  oves     xvj  d         Relieta  Dannani  iiij  oves  iiij  d 

Alicia    relieta    Joliannis                       Alexander     Clericus     j  .:  . 

Livig  j  ovem      .          .         jd              ovem           .          .          .  ij  d 
Summa  xxiij  d 

Summa  tocius  reddendo   xxvs  v j  d  ot>  non  est  aliquis  redditus  ad 
cereum  pasehalem.b 

a  So  in  MS. ;  lege  vij  d. 

b  The  total  is  correct  if  the  amounts  given  by  the  scribe  are  accepted.     It  will 
require  slight  modification  if  the  totals  are  taken  as  amended. 


ovem 

. 

ya 

Andreas  le  Grant  j  ovem 

8* 

Walterus  de  la  Strode 

j 

ovcm 

y* 

"YYillielmus  filius  Galfri 

ili 

j  ovem 

. 

ij" 

Randulphus      textor 

j 

ovem 

. 

U* 

Robcrtus        David 

ij 

oves 

. 

iiij  d 

CHAPTER  OF  ST.  RAUL'S    CATHEDRAL  IN  THE  YEARS  1249-1 2f>2.        31 

KlRKEEY. 

Ornamcnta  invcnta  in  ecclesia  de  Kirkeby. 

Jnventum  est  ibi  Dominica  Passionis  Anno  Domini  j\I0CCc,]j° 
Missale  vetus  nullius  ordinis  cum  gradali  noil  nototo.  Item 
gradalia  duo  quorum  imuin  cum  tropario  et  aliud  non  ligatum 
sine  tropnrio.  Item  tropariutn  parvum  et  vetus.  Item  antiphona- 
riuin  bonum  et  notatum  in  asseribus  sufficiens  et  bene  ligatum. 
Item  liber  manualis  habens  psalterium  in  capite  collcctarium 
capitularium  et  ympnarium,  cum  omnibus  antiphonis  ad  Laudes  et 
super  Benedict  us  ct  Magnificat)  tarn  in  tcmporali  quam  in  festis 
Sanctorum.  Item  legenda  vetus  insulliciens  et  non  ligata.  Item 
alia  legenda  ab  Adventu  usque  ad  Dominicam  in  ramis  palmarum, 
cum  historiis  legenda  et  ympnis  de  Sancto  Michaele  a  et  introitu 
misse.  Item  omeliariurn  bonum;  temporale  a  Pascha  usque  ad 
Septuagesimam  de  dono  Capituli  Sancti  Pauli.  Item  calix 
argenteus  ponderis  x  solidorum  habens  pedem  debilem.  Item 
pixis  eburnea  ligata  argento  ad  Corpus  Domini  reponendum.  Item 
crismatorium  vetus  ct  omnino  insufficient  Item  aliud  novum 
stagneum  et  suMiciens.  Item  tres  fiale  stagnee.  Item  pelvis 
stagnea.  Item  duo  candelabra  stagnea.  Item  vas  aquarium  stag- 
neum  et  suiliciens.  Item  turribulum  vetus  eneum  et  insufllciens. 
Item  crux  processionalis  lignea  aliquantulum  suiliciens.  Item  p.  HO 
quatuor  palle  benedicte  ad  majus  altare,  quarum  due  suiTicientcs 
ct  alie  due  fracte  ct  minus  sufScientes.  Item  tria  paria  corporalium 
sufTiciencia.  Item  duo  paria  vestimentorum  plenaria  cum  casulis 
et  aliis,  quorum  imum  bonum  principale  cum  easula  de  sameto  do 
dono  Capituli,  et  aliud  minus  suiliciens  cum  casula  de  i'ustanno,  et 
tercium  vestimentum  omnino  insufficiens  et  fr actum  et  suspensum. 
Item  duo  frontalea  de  linea  tela.  Item  tabula  depicta  loco  frontalis 
coram  major!  altari  ct  omnes  lapides  majoris  altaris  dissoluti  sunt. 

•  Tbe  church  of  Kirkby  was  dedicated  to  St.  Michael. 


32  VISITATION  OF  CHUJBCHES  BELONGING  TO  THE  DEAN  AND 

Missa  est  post  mod  um  tabula  lapidea  bona  et  sufiiciens.  Duo  alturia 
inferius  in  ecclesia  unum  de  beata  Virgine  et  aliud  de  Sancto  1'etro 
cum  tabulis  depictis:  nichil  est  eis  depositum  ad  benedicendum.0 
Item  fons  marmoris  sufiiciens  sed  sine  serum. 

Ad  cereum  paschalem  rcdditus,  custos  Alexander  filius  Robcrti. 

Augus  Artur  .         .  j  bidentem  Alexander  Rewere  .  j  bidentem 

Robertus  Cora          .  j  bidentem  Willielrnus  de  Geu- 

Jurdan  de  Holm       .  j  bidentem  deford           .          .  j  bidentem 

Kicardus  do  Campo.  j  bidentem  Agnes  de  Fercles      .  j   bidentem 

Ad  luminare  beatc  Marie,  custos  Jordanus  Dives  ct  Robertas 
de  la  Bruere. 

Jonannes filius  Gode-  Aliz  Luteras   .         .  ]  bidentem 

lote     .         .         .  iiij  bidentes  Agneta  de  Flck        .  j  bidentem 

Robertas       de       la  StephanusdeVenelta  j  bidentem 

Bruere          .         .  iij  bidentes  Thomas  de  Tilers     .  iij  bidentes 

Johannes  de  Bruario    ij   bidentes  Robertus  Laude       .  viij  bidentes 

Felix       .          .          .  j  bidentem  llicardus  de  Campo  j   bidentem 

Robertus  May           .  j  bidentem  Ely  as  filius  Mii        .  j  bidentem 

Willielrnus  Credepol  j  bidentem  Johannes  del  Hel     .  j   bidentem 

Thomas  Hamiger     .  j  bidentem  Johannes  Cok           .  j   bidentem 

Cristiana  de  Britii    .  ij   bidentes  Gilbertus  de  Villa    .  viij  bidentes 

Ad  luminare  ante  crucem,  custos  Alexander. 

Willielrnus  Chabot  ij  bidentes  Agnes  de  Ferkel  ij  bidentes. 
Andreas  filius  Kadulphi  ij  bidentes. 

Ad  cereum  Sancti  Petri. 

Thomas  de  Fiulerfb      .     iiij  A         Willielrnus  Bidunt     .        .  vj  d 

Cors  .  .  .  .  i j  d  Domina  Lucas  .  .  .  ij  3 
Felix    ....     viij  d 

»  Probably  no  relics  h;ul  been  inserted.  *>  Finleif  or  Fuilcrf. 


CHAPTER  OF  ST.  PAUl/s  CATHEDRAL  IN  THE  YEARS   1249-1252.         33 

Ad  luminare  Sancti  Petri,  custos  Johannes  Turstan. 

Johannes  Turstan  .  vj  bidentes  Tredepel  .  .  .  j  bidentem 
Radulphus  dc  IJulc  .  j  bidentem     Felix     .  .  .     j  bidentem 

Eedditus  ad  Rotain. 

Pctms  de  Mariseo  .  xj  bidentes  Wyot  sutor  .  j  bidentem 
RaduJphus  del  Hel  .  ij  bidentes  Tredepel  .  .  ij  bidentes 
Thomas  (iiius  Hugonis     ij  bidentes 

Ad  luminare  Sancti  Michaelis. 

Gerardus  de  Venella  iij  bidentes  Benjamin       dc       la 

Aliss  Lucas       .          .  j  bidentem          Brucrc          .          .  ij  bidentes 

Walterus  Sugge        .  j  bidentem  Jordanus  Dabrehe    .  ij  bidentes   Tl>  jj  ■,». 

Robcrtus  de    Gelde-  Elyas  de  Campo       .  ij  bidentes 

lord     .          .          .   j  bidentem  Agnes  de  Ferkel      .  j  bidentem 

liobcrtus  Gendei'ord  j  bidentem  AYillielmusdeBrucrc  ij  bidentes 

Johannes   llereward  j  bidentem  Adam  dc  Mariseo     .  ij  bidentes 

Alive  de  Frene         .  j  bidentem  Hugo  Tredepel         .  ij  bidentes 

Sumnia  vij  sot  x  den. 

Ad  duas  lampades  in  Caneello. 

Ricardus  Fugge   .    ij  bidentes     Alexander  de  Rewere  .     ij  bidentes 

Aug  films  Luce   .  j  bidentem      Gerardus  et  Stephanas 

Barchalot    .  .  j  bidentem  filij  Symonis     .  .  j  bidentem 

Ad  luminare  ante  erueem,  custos  Gerardus  dc  Ycnell-.i. 

Adam  de  Mariseo  .  vij  bidentes  Jordanus  Faber  .  j  bidentem 
Aliz  Liicas       .  .  j  bidentem     Ricardus  Scavi         .  j  bidentem 

Henrieus  Ailmariis  .   j  bidentem 
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INDEX    OP    NAMES    OE    PERSONS 
AND    PLACES. 


Aldbnry,  iv.,  x.,  xi.,  xiv.,  16 
Alkichvsbri,  6 

Baldoek,  Ralph  de,  Dean,  13 

Hurling,  iv.,  xiii.,  <J 

Barling,  Walter  and  Peter,  vicars  of,  9 

Bartholomew,  Priory  of  St.,  Archbishop 

Boniface  visits,  vi.,  viii. 
Bartholin,  Robert  de,  Dean,  3 
Basset,  Fulk,  Bishop,  v. 
Bclcmeus,  or  Belemeyus,  Johu,  Preben- 
dary, S 
Blic,  Thomas  de,  3 
Boniface,  Archbishop,  v. — viii. 

Ilis  visitation  of  St.  Paul's  Cathedral, 

v. 
His  violence  at   St.  Bartholomew's 
Priory,  vi.,  viii. 

Chcsham  Bois,  Bucks,  monumental  brass 

at,  xi. 
Chiswick,  iv.,  xi.,  xii.,  xiii.,  7,  S 
Cornhill,  Henry  de,  Dean,  iv. — viii. 

His  courage  in  withstanding  Arch- 
bishop Boniface  at  St.  Paul's,  vi. 

Edmund,  St.,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
constitution  of,  xii. 

Hale,  Archdeacon,  his  Domesday  of  St. 

Paul's  quoted,  iii.,  x.,  xvi. 
Heybridge,  iv.,  xiii.,  1 1 

David,  vicar  of,  13 

Maintenance  of  the  bridge  at,  xiii., 


Kook,  Dean,  his  Lives  of  the  Archbishops 

of  Canterbury  quoted,  v.,  vi. 
Hurl  and,  3 

Innocent  IV.,  Pope,  viii. 
Ippelega,  a  field  at  Willesdon,  3 

John  and  Paul,  Saiuts,  7 

Kalcwestrickc,  3 

Kirkby,  iv.,  xi.,  xiv.,  27,  31 

Laud,  Archbishop,  his  Visitation  of  St. 

Paul's  Cathedral,  viii. 
Lee,  Benedict,  monnmentaLbrass  to,  xi. 
Lee,  Parochia  de  la,  8 
Lich,  or  Lichfield,  William  de,  Canon,  7 
Lisieux,  Thomas,  Dean.  iii. 
London,  St.  Magnus,  14 
St.  Pancras,  iv.,  xiii.,  5 

Malyns,  Reginald,  xviii. 
Matthew,  Paris,  quoted,  vii. 
Milman,  Dean,  his  Annals  quoted,  viii. 
Murymout.h,  Meremouth,  Adam,  Canon, 
xvi.,  xvii. 

Navestock,     iv.,    xi.,    xii.,    xiv.,    xvi.- 

xviii.,  22 
Niger,  Roger,  Bishop,  v. 
Northbnri,  t> 

|   Pelhain  Arsa,  iv.,  x.,  xiv.,  20 


. 


SGO'\L 


INDEX. 


Pelham  Fnrneanx,  or  Forncll,  iv.,  xi., 

xii.,  xiv.,  18 
Processus,  Saint,  S 

Radegumla,  Saint,  22 
Kicardns  Diabolus,  xv.,  25 
Rnggemere,  6 

Saunford,  Fulk  dc,  treasurer,  IS,  21,  27 
Swerford,  Alexander,  treasurer,  8,  18 

Thomas  of  Canterbury,  St.,  relic  of,  xiii., 

15 
Tliorpe,  iv.,  xiv.,  23,  27 
Thorpe,  Simon,  vicar  of,  2G 


Tillingham,  iv..xi.,  xii.,  xiii.,  13 
Tillinghaiii,  Saeras,  vicar  of,  1(1 
Tothale,  6 
Twyford,  iv.,  xii.,  xiii.,  4 

Walton,  iv.,  xiii.,  xiv.,  2G 

AVestlee,  iv.,  8 

Willesdon,  iv..  xi.,  xiv.,  xviii.,  1 

Willesdon,  Pastorel,  a  field  at,  xiv.,  3, 

Yppele,  a  field  at.  xiv.,  3 
William,  Dean  of  St.  Paul's,  13 
Wlstani,  translatio  bcati,  13 

Yppele,  or  Ippclega,  name  of  a  field  at 
Willesdon,  xiv.,  3 


II. 


INDEX   OE   MATTERS. 


Admallnm,  asmallmn,  enamel,  9,  15 
Arena  de  abietc,  a  chest  of  firwood,  9 
Assartnm,  terra  qu;e  vocatnr,  xiv.,  23 
Auripcllnm,  2 

Bcrcaria.  a  sheepfold,  xvii. 
Bcrcarins,  a  shepherd,  25 

Bikorn,  or  biea,  a  beehive,  xviii. 
Books,  service,  x. 

Treasurer  of  St.  Paul's  provides  a 

missal,  xi. 
Chapter  of   St.  Paul's  provide   an 

omeliurium,  xi. 
Badly  kept  at  Aldbury,  x. 
Butcleria,  a  buttery,  xvii. 

Camcrarius,    the    Chamberlain    of    St. 

Paul's,  S 
Celarium,  a  cellar,  xvii. 
Chalon,  or  chalun,  a  funeral  pall,  xiii., 

9,27 
Chrisom  child,  a  monumental  brass  to, 

xi. 
Chrisoms,  constitution  relating  to,  xii. 
Ciphus  de  mazero,  a  mazer  bowl,  xvii. 
Coquina  cum  i'urno  et  duobus  plumbis, 

xvii. 
Craticla,  a  gridiron,  xvii. 
Cri^males  panni,  xi.,  xii.,  14,  19 
Cuva,  a  vat,  xvii. 

Daieria,  a  dairy,  xvii. 
Defrustis.  5 
Dies  veniales,  11 
Dominica  passionis,  26,  31 

Draco,  at  Hey  bridge,  xiii.,  11 


Esmallum,  enamel,  3 

Pemi*,  panni  frontales  de,  17 

Field  names,  xiv. 

Firma,  xvi. 

Forciavit,  6 

Fnrnra,  4 

Fustamen,  fustian,  4 

Granarium,  a  granary,  xvii. 

Bights,  in  churches,  xiv. 

Bights,  the  custos  of,  xiv.,  32,  33 
s 

Majestas.  14 

Masers  for  use  at  bride-ales,  xviii. 
Meschfatte,   the    vat    which    contained 

malt  in  brewing,  xviii. 
Milan,  silk-weaving  at,  2 
Molendinum    ventriticum,   a    windmill. 

xvii. 
Mola  manualis,  a  handmill,  xviii. 

Names  of  parishioners,  xv. 

Orthus,  for  hortns,  1 

Pandoxatria.  a  brewhouse,  xviii. 
Panni  crismales,  14,  19 

Patella,  a  pan,  xvii. 

Pax  of  wood  and  marble  mounted  with 

plates  of  copper,  xiii.,  0 
Pela,  a  baker's  peel,  xvii. 
Fercamenuii),  parchment,  2 
Pcrrnentarius,  a  tailor,  10 
Pistor,  the  miller,  12 
Pistrina,  a  bakehouse,  xvii. 


38 


INDEX. 


Platellffl,  plates,  xvii. 
Portchors,  a  breviary,  11,  23 

Relics,  xiii.,  27 

ltelic  of  St.  Thomas  a  Becket,  xiii.,  15 

Rems,  pannus  de,  17 

Powell    light,    Rota,    Rotellum,    xiii., 

xiv.,  10 
Rosea,  a  beehive,  12 

Salsaria,  salt-cellars,  xvii. 
Solarium,  an  upper  chamber,  xvii. 
Squdelli,  probably  baskets,  xvii. 
Statuta  Majora  et  Minora,  ix. 

Tassellas,  11 

Teodulis,  or  cejidolis,  shingles,  xvii. 


Thorallia,  xvii. 

Tresancia,  x\  ii. 
Tyme.  tubs,  xvii. 

Urcen-;,  a  pitcher,  15 
Use  of  St.  Paul's,  Autiphonarium  of,  xi. 
Ordinale  of,  xi. 

Vcxilla  with  the  Royal  Arms.  15 
Visitation  of  churches  belonging  to  St. 
Paul's,  articles  of  enquiry  at,  ix. 

Wimpla,  a  wimple,  xiii.,  0 

Yilingfatte,   the   vat    iu   which    ale    is 
worked,  xviii. 


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PREFACE. 


IK  the  year  1814  Mr.,  afterwards  Sir  Henry,  Ellis  called  the  atten- 
tion of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  to  an  English  tract  printed  by 
Pynson,  of  which   a  unique  and  fragmentary  copy  existed  in.  the 
British  Museum,  giving  an  account  of  a  really  remarkable  event  in 
the  end  of  Henry  VII. 's  reign,  of  which  very  little  notice  had  been 
taken    by    historians.        This    was  the    reception    of   an    embassy 
from  the  Emperor  Maximilian  to  make  a  final  conclusion,  so  far  as 
diplomacy  could  do  so,  of  the  marriage  already  negociated  between 
Henry's  daughter  Mary,  said  to  be   then  about  eleven  years  old 
(though   I  am   afraid  she   was  a  little   older) a  with  Maximilian's 
grandson,  Charles  Prince  of  Castile,  a  boy  in  his  ninth  year,  who 
ultimately   became   the  renowned  Emperor    Charles  V.       Of  the 
contents  of  this  tract,  or  of  the  portions  then  extant,  Mr.  Ellis  gave 
a  pretty  full  description,   accompanied   by  copious  extracts,   in  a 
letter  to  Mr.   Samuel  Lysons,  which  was  printed  in  the  eighteenth 
volume  of  the  Archceologia;  and  in  1818  the  whole  of  the  existing 
text  wus  reproduced  in   lithographic  facsimile  by  the   Koxburghe 
Club.      Such  an  interesting  typographical  curiosity,  illustrated  as  it 
was  by  two  woodcuts — the  one  a  frontispiece,  the  other  a  colophon 
with   Pvnson's  mark  and  an  ornamental  border — seemed  well  to 

»  Sec  note  as  to  Mary's  age  at  the  end  of  this  Preface. 


iv  PREFACE. 

deserve  reproduction  by  lithography.  The  unique  original  copy 
had  certainly  been  maltreated  ;  the  existing  leaves  were  slightly 
mutilated,  and  from  the  stain  upon  the  margin  they  seemed  to  have 
been  used  for  the  interior  of  a  book-cover.  The  original  remains 
to  this  day  a  very  imperfect  copy;  but  one  leaf  of  the  lost  portion 
lias  since  been  recovered,  and,  having  been  purchased  by  the  British 
Museum  from  the  Trustees  of  Canon  Greenwell  in  1SS5,  it  is  now 
inserted  in  the  tract. 

A  narrative  of  such  a  description  printed  by  Richard  Pynson 
must  of  course  have  been  published  by  authority;  but  Ellis  was 
not  aware  that  it  was  published  at  the  time  in  Latin  as  well  as  in 
English.  Nor  would  the  fact  be  readily  discovered  even  now  by 
searching  book  catalogues  under  the  name  of  Mary  or  of  Charles; 
for  the  Latin  edition  did  not  bear  either  name  upon  the  title  page. 
The  existing  copy  in  the  Grenville  library  appears  to  be  perfect; 
and  the  only  title  that  it  bears  is  '"'  Petri  Carmeliani  Carmen," 
which  is  merely  that  of  the  introductory  poem.a  It  is  most 
sumptuously  printed  upon  vellum  in  a  rather  larger  type  than  the 
main  text  of  the  English,  and  illustrated  with  four  woodcuts,  two  of 
which  are  identical  in  design  with  those  which  adorn  the  English 
edition,  but  are  finer  in  execution.'1  The  other  two  were  probably 
not  included  in  the  English  edition  at  all;  both  the  beginning  and 
the  end  of  the  English  tract  are  perfect,  and  though  there  is  no 
pagination,  it  is  pretty  certain   from   the  signatures   of  the  sheets 

a  It  seemed  to  me  at  first  that  a  title  page  must  have  preceded  the  prefatory  poem 
and  been  lost  ;  hut  the  leaf  which  contains  the  1  toe  in  is  dearly  the  first  leaf  of  the 
first  sheet,  the  next  leaf  bearing  the  signature  A  ii.  This,  in  the  opinion  of  Mr. 
Graves  of  the  British  Museum,  proves  that  there  could  hare  been  no  general  title- 
page.  The  title  prefixed  in  this  Edition,  "  Solennes  Ceremonial  et  Triumphi,"  is 
borrowed  from  the  text.     See  page  2. 

b  The  two  sections  of  the  lower  part  of  the  frontispiece  may  be  from  the  same 
blocks  in  both  editions  ;  but  the  higher  part,  though  the  design  corresponds  in  the 
minutest  details,  is  much  coarser  work  in  the  English  edition  than  in  the  Latin. 


PREFACE.  V 

that  the  text,  apart  from  the  title  page  unci  colophon,  extended 
only  to  twenty-three  pages;  while  the  Latin,  omitting  the  illustra- 
tions, the  title  page,  and  the  poem  at  the  end,  to  which  there  i.- 
nothing  corresponding  in  the  English,  amounts  actually  to  forty- 
three  pages.  Now,  though  the  exact  proportion  varies  in  different 
parts  of  the  narrative,  a. page  of  the  English,  which  is,  with  the 
exception  of  the  first  paragraph,  in  a  smaller  type  than  the  Latin 
throughout,  generally  contains  all  but  a  few  lines  less  than  the 
matter  contained  in  two  pages  of  the  other.  It  would  seem,  there- 
fore, that  the  twenty-three  pages  of  the  English  tract  must  have 
been  fully  occupied  by  letterpress,  and  that  there  was  no  room  for 
the  two  other  illustrations. 

The  Latin,  therefore,  was  the  finer  and  more  sumptuous  edition 
of  the  two,  being  intended  for  the  use  of  a  more  refined  and  highly- 
educated  public,  abroad,  no  doubt,  as  well  as  at  home.  The  English, 
which  was  probably  translated  from  the  other  (for  it  does  not 
strike  me  as  being  the  original),  was  most  likely  a  cheap  edition  to 
gladden  the  hearts  of  Henry's  own  loyal  subjects.  The  text  of  the 
Latin,  like  the  prefatory  poem  and  the  poetical  epilogue  by  which 
it  was  accompanied,  was  probably  the  work  of  Peter  Carmelianus, 
Henry  YIl.'s  Latin  Secretary. 

The  original  frontispiece  prefixed  to  both  editions  of  this  tract 
has  been  drawn  and  engraved  on  wood  by  my  friend  Mr.  Ebsworth, 
who  had  generously  offered  to  make  drawings  of  the  three  other 
woodcuts  also  and  engrave  them  himself  for  this  edition.  Un- 
happily his  state  of  health  has  prevented  him  from  fulfilling  this 
intention,  and  the  reader  must  now  be  satisfied  with  the  descrip- 
tions of  the  other  woodcuts  given  by  the  Editor  in  the  places  where 
they  occur  in  the  text. 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  two  tracts  are  printed  here  on  the  same 
pages,  one  above   the   other,   so    as  to  enable   the  reader  easily  to 


VI  PREFACE. 

'  compare  the  two.  The  translation  is  on  the  whole  pretty  close, 
but  there  are  parts  where  the  Latin  gives  somewhat  fuller  details 
than  the  English,  as,  for  instance,  at  pp.  28 — 31,  where  the 
English,  although  the  text  is  perfect  here,  omits  altogether  the 
substance  of  some  paragraphs,  and  condenses  others  so -much  that 
it  only  gives  a  single  page  to  what  occupies  four  pages  in  the  Latin 
edition. 

So  much  for  the  form  of  these  original  documents,  and  for  what 
concerns  the  editing.  It  remains  to  say  a  word  or  two  about  their 
substance  and  historical  value.  To  the  modern  reader  it  may 
perhaps  appear  that  their  contents  are  litilc  more  than  a  flourish  of 
trumpets  over  an  ambitious  project  which  led  to  no  result.  And 
it  is  true  the  project  itself  was  in  a  few  years  set  aside.  The  future 
of  Europe  was  not  actually  shaped  in  accordance  with  the  patient 
and  skilful  diplomacy  which  seemed  to  be  crowned  with  such 
brilliant  success  in  December,  1508.  But  if  we  are  to  dismiss  from 
the  page  of  history,  as  unworthy  of  serious  attention,  all  the  pro- 
jects which  have  ended  in  smoke,  we  shall  take  pretty  nearly  the 
whole  life  out  of  the  record.  The  tilings  for  which  men  strove 
(whether  statesmen  or  common  men  J  deserve,  surely,  quite  as  much 
attention  in  history  as  the  things  which  they  accomplished. 

The  "  espousal,"  or,  as  we  may  call  it,  the  betrothal  of  his 
daughter  Mary  to  young  Charles,  Prince  of  Castile,  was  a  master- 
stroke of  Henry  the  Seventh's  policy  achieved  at  the  very  end  of 
his  rehni — only  four  months,  in  fact,  before  his  death.  It  was  not 
altogether  without  important  results  during  the  five  years  follow- 
in<*,  and  it  was  really  a  far  more  wholesome  piece  of  business  in 
itself  than  what  the  other  leading  powers  of  Europe  were  nego- 
tiating during  that  very  month  of  December  at  Cambray.  Partly, 
no  doubt,  it  was  a  move  of  Henry,  with  a  view  to  pay  off  old 
scores  against  Ferdinand  of  Arragon,  who,  though  still  an  ally,  had 


PREFACE,  vii 

treated  him  very  badly.  But  the  main  object  was  to  increase  the 
power  and  influence  of  England  all  over  Europe,  and  secure  for  the 
King  of  England's  daughter  a  most  enviable  position  by  allying 
her  with  a  young  prince,  the  possibility  of  whose  succession  to  a 
large  number  of  rich  and  important  kingdoms  was  even  then  quite- 
visible  to  the  eye  of  a  politician. 

The  uncertain  thing  about  it,  of  course,  was  whether  the  House 
of  Austria  could  be  relied  on  to  fulfil  its  engagements.  But  these 
were  made  as  binding  in  the  meantime  as  such  engagements  could 
be  ;  and  the  mere  prestige  of  what  was  actually  done  was  a  con- 
siderable guarantee  for  its  ultimate  completion.  The  cyc'3  of 
Europe  were  dazzled  by  the  alliance,  and  when  the  ambassadors 
come  and  Lord  Berghes  as  the  proxy  for  the  young  prince  actually 
set  the  ring  upon  the  finger  of  the  girlish  bride,  England  really 
seemed  to  have  taken  quite  a  new  position  in  the  world.  The  Bed 
Bose  of  the  Tudors,  to  use  the  flowery  simile  of  the  narrator,  now 
bloomed  in  Imperial  gardens ;  and  whatever  statesmen,  who  knew 
its  secrets,  may  hove  thought  of  the  glory  of  the  Holy  Roman 
Empire,  it  is. certain  that  it  had  a  powerful  influence  still  on  the 
popular  imagination. 

The  Emperor  Maximilian,  indeed,  was  unsteady  enough,  and 
Henry  was  undoubtedly  aware  that  all  the  securities  taken  would 
have  been  quite  insufficient  to  hold  him  to  his  engagements  if  at 
any  time  hereaft?r  more  tempting  offers  were  held  out  to  him  else- 
where. But  for  the  present  there  was  no  fear.  Always  in  want  of 
money,  and  not  least  so  now  when  bewitched  by  France  into 
a  league  for  the  spoliation  of  Venice,  he  looked,  to  Henry  as  a 
money  lender  and  pledged  to  him  a  valuable  jewel  for  50,000 
crowns.  Henry,  who  had  warned  Venice  beforehand  of  her  danger, 
had  no  sympathy  with  the  plot  which  his  other  allies  were  hatch- 
ing, and  did  not  expect  Maximilian  to  reap  much  profit  from  it  ; 


Vlll  PREFACE. 

there  were  too  many  other  freebooters  engaged,  far  more  sharp- 
sighted  than  the  Emperor.  But  he  had  a  plan  of  his  own  to 
suggest  that  would  do  Maximilian  good  and  himself  too.  Maxi- 
milian, if  he  played  his  cards  judiciously,  might  use  his  new  friend- 
ship with  France  to  cool  that  which  had  lately  sprung' up  between 
France  and  Arragon,  and  then  he  could  effectually  demand  of 
Ferdinand  the  government  of  Castile,  in  right  oi"  his  grandson 
Charles.  This  was  the  policy  which  Henry  was  secretly  urging 
Maximilian  to  pursue,  and  it  is  a  curious  question  whether  the 
English  King,  if  he  had  lived  but  a  few  years  longer,  would  not 
have  succeeded  in  using  the  Emperor  as  an  automaton  to  wrest  the 
government  of  Castile  from  Ferdinand  and  to  govern  it  himself.11 

That  such  was  Henry's  intention  there  can  be  very  little  doubt  ; 
and  Ferdinand  very  well  knew  that  it  was  his  intention,  though 
Englishmen  at  home  were  profoundly  ignorant  of  it,  and  have 
remained  so  almost  ever  since.  Lord  Bacon,  indeed,  in  his  History 
-of  Henry  VI I.,  says  that  this  was  "a  tradition  in  Spain  though  not 
with  us,"  and  he  evidently  thinks  it  not  at  all  improbable,  though 
later  historians  have  passed  over  the  matter  in  silence.  But  the 
diplomatic  records  brought  to  light  in  our  day  have  made  the 
matter  certain  ;  and  the  following  extract  from  a  ciphered  despatch, 
of  John  Style,  Henry  VII.'s  ambassador  in  Spain,  will  show  how 
well  Henry  had  studied  the  situation,  and  how  valuable  the  little 
treatise  we  are  discussing  was  in  promoting  the  object  that  ho  had 
in  view.  Style's  English,  it  is  true,  is  a  little  uncouth,  but  there  is 
no  mistake  about  his  meaning : — 

"  And  it  please  your  Grace,  I  delivered  unto  the  King  of  Arragon  the 
copy  written  in  Latin  of  the  noble  triumph  of  the  noble  marriage  of  my 
lady  Mary  your  noble  daughter  and  the  Prince  of  Castile.  The  Bang 
commanded  Almacan  to  copy  it  into  Castelyas;  howbe  that  your  Grace 
may  be  right  well  insured  that  it  is  much  more  displeasure  to  the   K\n<r 

*  Sec  my  Letters  ami  Papers,  Ric.  III.  and  Henry  VII.,  i.  HGO-t. 


PREFACE.  IX 

and  all  his  affinity  than  comfort  to  hoar  of  the  said  nohle  marriage  ; 
insomuch,  and  it  please  your  Grace,  that  they  say  and  will  not  believe 
that  the  said  excellent  marriage  is  so  concluded.  x\.nd  the  true  Cas- 
tilians,  as  the  Great  Captain,0  and  many  other,  to  whom  I  have  given 
copies  written  in  Castilian,  they  do  believe  it,  and  take  great  rejoicing 
therein,  and  thereby  they  do  trust  for  to  have  right  much  succour  and 
comfort.  And  as  to  the  said  Great  Captain,  as  by  my  other  letters  of 
late,  1  have  certified  unto  your  Highness  that  he  was  determined  for  to 
do  his  service  unto  your  Grace  and  unto  the  Emperor,  and  in  tin  right 
and  fa voi  of  the  Prince  of  Castile,  his  natural  lord  ;  how  be  that  the 
saying  of  the  said  Dukeb  is,  and  it  please  your  Grace,  that  he  of  late 
eonsidereth  the  great  slackness  that  is  in  the  Emperor  in  many  ways, 
saying  that  it  is  nearby  a  whole  year  that  a  servant  of  his  hath  been  in 
the  Emperor's  court  for  to  know  his  pleasure,  of  the  which  he  can  have 
none  answer;  the  which  putteth  him  in  great  fear  how  that  he  and  his 
company  should  be  entreated  in  case  that  he  and  they  came  thither. 
And  also  he  saycth  that  he  saith  not  what  service  that  he  should  do  in 
that  parts,  unless  that  the  Prince's  coming  should  be  hithenvarls 
shortly.  That  notwithstanding  the  said  Duke's  saying  is  that  in  case 
that  your  Highness  shall  please  for  to  command  him,  or  the  Emperor  or 
the  Prince's  Council  will  write  unto  him,  assuring  him  that  he  shall  be 
by  them  entertained  and  entreated  to  his  honor,  that  then  immediately 
he  will  repair  unto  them  with  all  diligence  to  him  possible,  the  which  he 
may  not  do  without  great  danger  or  jeopardy  of  the  losing  of  a  great 
part  of  his  goods  here,  and  all  the  lands  that  he  hath  in  the  realm  of 
Naples  ;  for  in  case  so  were  that  the  said  Duke  were  departed  from 
hence,  all  this  land  should  be  in  trouble  and  his  friends;  how  be  that, 
and  it  please  ycur  Gran.e,  that  no  man's  departing  from  this  land  may  be 
more  to  the  comfort  of  the  Prince  and  to  the  displeasure  of  the  King  of 
Arragon  than  this  Great  Captain,  the. which  as  yet  lie,  nothcr  his  friends. 
have  not  been  favorably  dealt  withal  by  the  King  of  Arragon.  How  be 
that,  and  it  please  your   Grace,  now  daily  I  understand   that  the  King 

*  Gonsalvo  Fernandez  of  Cordova. 

b  Gonsalvo  had  the  title  of  Duke  of  Terranova.     See   Calendar  of  State  Tapers 
of  Henry  VIII.,  Vol.  I.,  No.  3533,  at  the  end  of  Style's  despatch. 


X  PREFACE. 

maketb  moans  to  the  said  Groat  Captain  and  to  the  Marquis  de  Plego, 
the  Count  dc  Cabra,  and  other,  for  to  have  them  incline  unto  him ;  the 
which  I  fear  me  that  tiny  will  so  do  of  very  necessity,  unless  that  they 
shall    shortly   have  other  comfort  from   your  Highness   and  from    the 
Emperor  and  the  Prince's  Council.     As  unto  the  Marquis  dc  Villena 
and  the  Count  de  Benavci.te,  the  King  hath  rewarded  them  with  great 
rents,  so,  and  it  please  your  Grace,  that  the  said  Marquis  and  Count  do 
continue   in  this  Court  with  the   King,  how  he   that  trust  his   Highness 
hath  none  unto  the  said  Marquis.     Many  great  estates  he  well  minded  to 
the    Prince,  but    in    especial    the   Puke   de  "Najara  and  the   Count   de 
Miranda,  and  in  no   wise   there  can  no  man  be   suffered  to  pass  into 
Flanders  ;  for  many  lords,  gentlemen,   and  other  would  depart   in  case 
that  they  might  pass,  and  such  as  that  be  taken  going  or  coming  from 
the  Prince  be  sore  prisoned  without  favor. 

"  Your  Grace  may  he  well  insured  that  the  King  of  Arragon  is  sore 
displeased  with  the  conclusion  of  the  marriage  of  the  Prince  of  Castile, 
and  so  the  bishop  Don  Pedro  said  unto  me  in  secret  that"  the  King  his 
lord  had  reason  so  for  to  be  discontented,  seeing  the  Prince  which  that 
should  be  his  inheritor  for  to  be  married  without  his  assent,  the  said 
bishop  saying  it  would  grieve  a  poor  man  for  to  see  his  inheritor  for  to  be 
married  without  his  assent,  and  much  mure  a  great  prince  as  that  the 
King  my  lord  is."a 

Ferdinand  was  relieved  from  many  apprehensions  by  the  death 
of  the  astute  king  who  had  made  this  dangerous  move  against 
him.  Henry  Y1II.  succeeded  his  father  and  established  at  once 
better  terms  with  Spain  by  marrying  Katharine  of  Arragon,  But 
the  marriage  of  Charles  of  Castile  with  Mary  was  not  dropped. 
Ferdinand,  indeed,  did  not  love  it  much  better  than  before,  but  he 
agreed  to  ratify  it,  and  not  only  told  the  English  ambassador  that 
he  was  entirely  satisfied  with  it,  but  promised  to  make  his  satis- 
faction publicly  known  in  Spain. b      How  could  he  do  otherwise? 

»  Memorials  of  Henry  VII.  (Rolls  Seres),  pp.  433 -440. 

">  Calendar  of  Henry  VIII.,  Vol.  I.,  Nos.  27,  240,  100  (p.  GS). 


■I,«».te.»«i*ll',-.^»..^w. 


ERRATUM. 


P.  70,  fur  VneJulle  read  Uvedalle. 


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PREFACE.  XI 

The  thing  had  gone  too  far  not  to  be  frankly  recognised.  Xot 
only  had  the  proxy  marriage  been  effected,  but  the  young  bride- 
groom had  actually  written  to  Mary  calling  her  his  wife,  and  to 
her  father  calling  him  his  father,  and  to  her  brother  calling  him 
his  brother.  So  far,  we  are  told  (see  pages  33,  34),  Charles  had 
actually  committed  himself,  or  rather  been  committed  (for  it  must 
be  remembered  he  was  not  yet  nine  years  old),  soon  after  the 
return  of  the  embassy;  and  though  the  letters  to  Henry  VII,  are 
not  extant,  nor  to  his  son  Prince  Henry,  there  is  one  to  Mary 
herself  which  seems  to  have  been  written,  not  after  the  return  of 
the  embassy  in  December  1508,  but  while  it  was  yet  in  England. 
It  is  couched  in  the  following  terms  : — 

Charles  of  Castile  to  the  Princess  Mary. 
Ma  bonne  eompaigne,  le  plus  cordialement  que  je  puis  a  v[ostre] 
bonne  grace  me  reeommandc.  Jay  charge  le  Sieur  de  Uerghfez]  et 
auties  mes  ambassadeurs  ordonnez  par  de  la  vous  deviser  [de  la]  dispo- 
sition dc  ma  pcrsonne  et  de  mes  affaires,  vous  priant  l[es]  vouloir 
croire  ct  par  eulx  me  faire  savoir  de  vostre  sante  [et  autres]  bonnes 
nouvclles,  qui  est  la  chose  que  plus  je  desire,  c[omme]  scet  le  benuit 
Filz  dc  Dieu,  auquel  je  prie,  ma  bonne  com[paigne],  vous  donner  par  sa 
grace  ce  que  desirez.     A  Malines,  [ce]  xviijc  jour  de  decembre. 

Vostre  bon  mary 
(Signed)         Charles. 
(Countersigned)  P.  Haxeto[n] 

(Addressed)  :  A  dame  Marie  ma  bonne  compaigne.a 

This  letter  has  been  hitherto  attributed  to  the  year  1513  and 
is  noticed  under  that  date  in  the  Calendar  of  State  Papers  of  Henry 
VIII.,  Vol.  I.,  No.  4G06.  Even  in  that  case  it  is  the  earliest 
letter  extant  (so  far  as  I  am  aware)  of  the  future  Emperor  Chaik-s 
V.      But   there   is   no    other  evidence   of   the    Sieur    de    Cerghes 

•  MS.  Cott.,  Galba  B  III.  93.    The  original  letter  is  slightly  mutihued. 


xii  PREFACE. 

having  been  sent  to  England  in  embassy  in  December,  1513, 
though  he  had  negotiated  with  Henry  VIII.  at  Lille  in  the  pre- 
vious October.  And  here  it  is  to  be  observed  that  Eerghes  is  not 
only  ambassador  for  the  young  prince  in  England,  but  it  is  dis- 
tinctly indicated  that  he  had  colleagues  with  him  in  his  embassy. 
Moreover,  the  extremely  boyish  signature  attached  to  the  docu- 
ment (the  subscription  "  vostre  bon  mary,  Charles,"  is  all  that 
is  in  his  handwriting)  is  much  more  like  that  of  a  lad  in  his 
ninth  year  than  that  of  one  in  his  fourteenth.  And  this  argu- 
ment gains  strength  when  we  compare  it  with  a  signature  of  his 
after  he  had  just  completed  his  fifteenth  year,  that  is  to  say,  in 
his  letter  to  Henry  VIII.,  written  on  the  8th  March,  1514[-15].a 
Here  the  handwriting  is  already  that  of  a  well-practised  writer. 
Charles  was  evidently  precocious  in  bis  handwriting,  as  in  other 
things,  and  his  signature  at  fifteen  has  a  freedom  and  vigor  about 
it  quite  beyond  his  years.  But  the  words  «  vostre  bon  mary, 
Charles  "  in  the  letter  above  transcribed,  though  very  well  written, 
are  distinctly  in  the  hand  of  a  young  schoolboy.1' 

Ferdinand  could  easily  afford  to  wait  a  year  or  two  before  in- 
triguing to  set  aside  the  match.  Young  Henry  VIII.  was  not  yet 
such  a  skilled  diplomatist  as  his  father  had  been.  He  at  once 
celebrated  his  own  marriage  with  Ferdinand's  daughter,  which  his 
father  had  purposely  delayed,  and  seemed  disposed,  for  his  part, 
to  cultivate  the  best  relations  with  his  father-in-law.  Not  many 
years-,  however,  elapsed  before  he  had  bitter  experience  of  Fcrdi- 

■  MS.  Cott.  Galba  B.  III.,  138.     Calendar  of  Henry  VIIL,  Vol.  tl.,  No.  234. 

b  One  arsmnent,  indeed,  scoma  to  militate  against  the  (hue  of  this  letter  being 
150S  It  is  countersigned  by  Iluneton,  who  \sa>  actually  n  member  of  the  embassy 
then  in  Englaud.  But  it  is  dear  that  it  was  written  and  prepared  for  signature 
some  time  before  ic  was  actually  signed;  for  both  the  mouth  and  the  day  of  the 
month  were  originally  left  blank,  aud  the  "xviij"  and  "  deccmlre  "  have  been 
distinctly  filled  up  iu  the  blank  spaces  by  another  h:ind. 


PREFACE.  Xlll 

nand's  perfidy  as  an  ally  when  he  himself  was  engaged  in  a  war 
"with  France  ;  and  shortly  afterwards  he  became  well  aware  of  the 
King  of  Arraeon's  intrigues  to  break  off  the  marriage  between 
Charles  and  Mary.  There  was  nothing  Ferdinand  dreaded  so 
much  as  the  coming  of  Charles  to  Castile;  and  it  was  credibly  said 
that  he  would  be  glad  if  the  young  prince  died.a  Even  after 
the  match  was  broken  off.  it  was  believed  that  he  paid  a  pension  to 
Margaret  of  Savoy  to  keep  him  in  the  Netherlands.11  But  he  took 
care  not  to  show  his  hand  in  what  he  did.  It  was  no  use  saying 
anything  against  the  marriage  so  long  as  Maximilian  and  the 
Prince's  own  councillors  did  not  raise  objections;  and  while  Maxi- 
milian was  co-operating  with  Henry  in  the  war  against  France  in 
1513,  not  a  syllable  was  uttered  against  it.  The  marriage  was  to 
take  place  just  after  the  Prince  had  completed  his  fourteenth  year 
(it  was  a  shameful  'fashion,  but  it  was  the  fashion,  to  make  marriages 
so  early),  and  it  was  more  definitely  fixed  by  a  treaty  made  at 
Lille  in  October,  1513,  to  take  place  before  the  15th  May  follow- 
ing.6 Ferdinand  himself  once  more  expressed  his  assent  to  itd;  and 
everything  seemed  going  smoothly,  although  Henry  very  well 
knew  that  his  father-in-law  was  secretly  trying  to  interrupt  it.e 
Nay,  we  find  Henry  VI II.,  when  at  the  camp  before  Therouenne, 
granting  an  annuity  of  20/.  to  a  Fleming  named  John  de  Serffe 
until  the  marriage  should  take  place. f  But  as  the  time  drew  near 
in  1514  the  Prince's  councillors  began  to  raise  objections.  They 
disliked  the  disparity  of  age,  and  Maximilian  was  anxious  about 
his  grandson's  health.  "When  the  English  proposed  that  the  mar- 
riage  should   be   at    Calais,  Margaret  of  Savoy  could  not  be  got  to 

>  Calendar  of  Henry  VIII..  Vol.  I.,  Xo.  403S. 

b  Venetian  Calendar,  Vol.  II.,  No.  5G4. 

c  Calendar.  Vol.  I.,  Xos  4  50;;,  4512,  45G0. 

d  lb..  Xo.  42:<o,  ii.  «  lb.,  Xo.  432S. 

f  lb.,  Xo.  4416,  and  Kymer.  XIII.,  374. 


XIV  PREFACE. 

answer.  She  delayed  and  put  off  as  long  as  she  could,  to  consult 
her  father  the  Emperor,  and  Maximilian,  who  was  then  in  Austria, 
wanted  it  put  off  at  least  to  the  end  of  May,  in  order  (forsooth) 
that  he  might  he  present.'1 

The  explanation  of  it  all  was  this.  Ferdinand,  after  the  death 
of  Isabella,  depended  generally  on  an.  alliance  with  France  to  secure 
him  in  possession  of  Castile.  Soon  after  the  conclusion  of  the 
league  of  Cambray,  however,  it  seemed  as  if  France  was  ^oino-  to 
win  all  the  profits,  and  Ferdinand  made  a  league  with  Henry  VIII. 
against  France.  An  English  army  landed  in  Guipuscoa  expecting 
aid  from  Ferdinand  to  conquer  Guienne.  Their  presence  helped 
him  to  obtain  possession  of  Xavarre,  but  he  sent  not  a  single  soldier 
to  join  them,  and  when  he  had  secured  his  own  object  he  made  a 
separate  truce  with  Louis  XII.  From  that  time  he  took  no  plea- 
sure in  the  success  of  the  English,  and  his  neutrality  was  of  the 
highest  value  to  Louis.  It  became  the  policy  of  France  to  promote 
the  interest  of  Ferdinand;  the  chief  councillors  of  the  Prince  of 
Castile  in  the  Low  Countries  were  always  French  at  heart,  and  the 
Emperor.  Maximilian  was  very  easily  won  over. 

But-before  many  months  had  passed,  Henry  was  able  to  requite 
the  double-dealing  alike  o^  Ferdinand  and  of  Maximilian.  "While 
the  Emperor  was  still  wasting  breath  and  energy  in  insincere  ex- 
cuses which  Henry  declined  to  accept,1"  Henry  had  struck  the  final 
blow  and  caused  Mary  to  renounce  the  marriage.0  He  had  turned 
the  tables  on  his  enemies,  and  laid  the  foundation  of  an  advantageous 
peace  and  alliance :  and  Mary,  instead  of  being  the  bride  of  a  boy 
four  years  her  junior,  was  now  destined  for  an  old  man  on  the  verge 
of  the  grave,  Louis  XII. 


■  Calendar,  Henry  VIII.,  Vol.  I.,  Nos.  4932,  497G,  501$,  5029,  5030. 
*>  Calendar,  Nos.  5041,  5126,  5162,  5290. 
•  lb.,  No.  5212. 


PREFACE.  XV 


NOTE  AS  TO  THE  AGE  OF  THE  PRINCESS  MARY. 

A  lady's  age  is  often  a  delicate  subject  when  she  is  alive,  but 
it  is  perplexing  to  find  that  the  best  authorities  are  contradictory 
centuries  after  she  is  dead.  Here  the  Latin  tract  (and,  of  course, 
the  English  said  the  same)  tells  us,  perhaps  with  studied  ambiguity, 
that  she  was  "about"  eleven  (agebat  circitcr  undecimv.m  atalis 
annuni)?  ]f  she  was  in  her  eleventh  year  she  must  have  been 
born  in  1497  or  149S.  But  the  spring  of  149(3  is,  as  we  shall  sec, 
the  very  latest  date  to  which  we  can  refer  her  birth.  Her  own 
brother  Henry  VIII.,  writing  to  the  Pope  when  her  engagement 
was  broken  off,  tells  him  that  she  was  betrothed  at  thirteen  or 
when  she  was  nearly  thirteen  {cum  vix  annum  tertium  decimum 
atiigissct)  to  the  Prince  of  Castile,  then  in  his  ninth  year  {annum 
tunc  nonum  agcnti).h  There  is  no  doubt  he  gave  the  age  of  the 
Prince  correctly,  and  he  could  have  had  no  object  in  attempting 
to  deceive  the  Pope  as  to  that  of  his  own  sister,  who,  from  what  he 
wrote,  must  have  been  born  either  in  149G  or  in  the  very  end  of 
December,  1495.  This  date,  moreover,  is  confirmed  by  a  news 
letter  of  1st  March,  1499,  written  from  London  (Calendar  of 
Venetian  Papers,  Vol.  I.,  No.  790),  which  says  that  Henry  had 
just  told  the  Duke  of  Milan's  ambassador  that  he  declined  to  give 
his  daughter  to  the  Duke,  she  being  then  three  years  old.  Further, 
Erasmus  in  a  letter  to  Botzheim  (Catalogus  Erasrni  Lucubrationum, 
Basle,  1523),  describes  a  visit  that  he  paid  to  the  royal  household 
at  a  date  which  we  can  fix  with  certainty  to  the  latter  part  of  the 
year  1499,  or,  at  latest,  January,  1500.     Arthur,  Prince  of  "Wales, 

*  See  page  19. 

b  See  the  letter  iu  Fabronio,  Leouis  X.  Vita,  27S. 


XVI  PKEFACE. 

was  then  absent,  but  Erasmus  saw  his  brother  Henry  (afterwards 
Henry  YIIT.),  who,  he  says,  was  then  nine  years  old  (he  was  born 
in  June,  1491),  Margaret  (afterwards  Queen  of  James  IV.),  who 
was  "  nearly  eleven  "  (.-he  was  born  in  November,  14^9),  Mary, 
who  was  four,  and  Edmund  (born  in  February  1499,  and.  dead 
within  a  year  after),  an  infant  in  arms.  The  reckonings  of 
Erasmus,  it  is  clear,  are  not  absolutely  accurate,  but  they  are 
pretty  close;  and  they  also  would  place  Mary's  birth  either  in 
1495  or  in  1496.  Further,  there  is  positive  evidence  that  it  could  not 
have  been  later  than  the  early  part  of  149G,  and  that  it  was  probably 
in  March  ;  for  Mrs.  Green  discovered  long  ago  a  Privy  Seal  Bill 
authorising  a  payment  of  50  shillings  to  the  child's  nurse,  Anne 
Skeron,  for  a  quarter's  salary  due  at  Midsummer,  11  Henry  VII. 
(1496),  along  with  the  usual  half  yearly  payments  of  some  other 
attendants  at  the  Court.  The  nurse,  therefore,  was  probably 
engaged  in  March  (see  "  Lives  of  the  Princesses,"  Vol.  V., 
p.  2  note). 


SOLENNES  CEEEMOXLE  ET   TEITJMPHI. 


Petri   Cannelloni  Carmen. 

Anglia,  pcrpetuos  fcibi  dat  rosa  rubra  triumphos, 

Perpetuum  nomeo,  perpctuumque  decus. 
Hec  tua  Ccsareis  rcdolcns  crosa  rescit  in  liortis. 

Atque  aquilam  llgnis  jungit  utranque  suis. 
Septimus  Henricus,  sapiens  Rex,  regula  morum, 

Celeste  ingeniuin  cum  probitate  tenens, 
Ad  tantos  solus  vigilans  te  vexit  honores. 

Ergo  abs  te  debet  jure  volente  coli. 

Below  these  verses  is  a  frontispiece  (reproduced  in  fac- 
simile opposite),  filling  three-quarters  of  the  page,  re- 
presenting the  royal  arms  supported  by  angels,  with  the 
Tudor  double  rose  and  portcullis  below. 


\_English  Edition.'] 

The  Solempnities  &  triumph es  cioon  &  made 
at  the  Spouselles  and  Manage  of  the  Kjiiges 
donghter  the  Ladye  Marye  to  the  Piynce  of  Castile 
Archeduke  of  Austrige. 

Below  this  is  a  reproduction  of  the  engraving  described  above. 

I) 


2  THE  SrOUSELLES  OF 

Hoc  present]  libello  humili  stilo  cdito  ad  faciliorem a  legentium  b 
iutellectum  cont'mentur  henorifica  gesta,  solcmnes  ceriinonic  ct 
triumphi  nuper  habiti  in  suseipienda  magna  atque  egregia  sacratissimi 
principis  Maximiliani  Romanorum  Impcratoris  semper  Augusti, 
simul  et  Illustrissimi  ac  potentissimi  sui  filii  Karoli,  Principis  Cas- 
tellc  Archiducis  Austrie  legatione  ad  serenissimum  potentissimnm- 
que  principem  Henricum  Septimum,  Anglic  et  Francie  Regem 
dominumque  Hybornie  destinata,  pro  sponsalibus  et  matrimonio 
inter  prcfhtum  Illustrissimum  principem  Karolum  et  illustrissirnam 
ac  nobilissimam  principem  Dominam  Mariam,  prenominati  Piegis 
Henrici  filiarn  charissimam  cotrahendis  ;  Xecnon  Eitus  et  ordo  in 
hujusmodi  sponsaliorum  et  matrimonii  celebratione  adhibiti  et  ob- 
servati,  cum  immenso  gaudio  ct  mutua  hinc  inde  leticie  expressione 
ac  demostratione,c  simul  et  hylari  atque  jucundo  vultu,  munifi- 
cientia  et  liberalitate  ipsis  Oratoribus  qua[m]diu  in  Regno  Anglic 
immorati  sunt  exhibiti?  ac  demonstratis. 


IIerafter  folowe  and  ensue  suche  honourable  and  notable  actes, 
solempnyties,  ceremonyes  and  triumphes  that  were  lately  doon  made 
and  shewed,  as  well  for  the  reeeyvynge  of  the  great  and  noble 
Ambassade  lately  sent  to  the  Kynges  hyghncs  frome  the  moost 
excellent  Prynce  his  inoost  dfere]  and  entierly  beloved  Broth.erand 
cousyn  Them  per  onre  and  his  good  sone  Charles  the  vonge  Prynce 
of  Castell,  Archeduke  of  Aostriche,  for  the  spouselles  and  manage 
to  be  had  and  made  betwixt  the  said  Prynce  and  the  kynges  right 
dere  and  noble  doughter  the  Ladyc  Marye,  nowe  Pryncesse  of 
Castyle.  As  also  suche  forme,  ordre  and  maner  as  was  used  and 
had  in  the  solempnvsacion  and  oontractynge  of  the  sayd  spouselles 
and  mariage,  with  the  cherefull  and  honourable  entretaignynge  of 
the  sayd  Ambassadours  durynge  their  abode  within  this  Peainc. 

*  Misprinted  u  facmorem."  b  Lcgetiu  in  original.  c  Sic. 


THE  LADYE  MAltYE.  o 

Et  primum  qnidem,  quoniam  inter  oratorea  dictorum  Imperatoris 
et  principis  Karoli  ex  una,  et  Oratores  antedicti  liegis  Anglic 
Ilenriei  S^vtimi,  ex  altera  parte,  in  oppido  Calisie  tractatus  eon- 
ventio  et  concluslo  perantea  esset  habita  et  determlnata  ;  non 
solum  pro  perpetua  pace  et  amicicia  inter  ipsos  Imperatorem a  et 
Karolum  principcm  ac  Pegcm  Anglie  invicein  ineunda  et  percu- 
tienda,  scd  etiam  pro  jugali  federe  sponsaliorum  et  matrimonii 
inter  prefatos  illustrissimos  priheipea  Karolum  et  Mariam  feriendo. 
Idcirco,  pro  plehiore  complemento  eorum  omnium  que  prius  con- 
clusa  et  determinata  in  dicto  oppido  fuissent,  prenominatus  Doini- 
nus  Imperator  suam  magnain  et  laudabilem  legationem  octo 
insignium    virorum    ad    ipsum    serenissimum    Regeni    Ilemicum 

ox  o 

misit. 

Quorum  primus  fuit  dominus  de  Bergis,1'  ex  majoribus  patric 
illius  dominia  unus. 

Secundus  vcro  gubernator  Brissie,c  vir  magni  honoris  et  esti- 
mationis. 


Firate,  where  as  here  tofore  a  treatie,  convencion  and  conclusion 
was  had  and  taken  at  ye  townc  of  Calays,  betwixte  the  kynges 
Ambassadoura  on  y-  one  partie.  And  Thambassadours  of  the  said 
Emperoure  and  yonge  Pryncc  on  the  other  partie,  as  well  for  a 
perpetuall  peax  and  amytie  betwixt  the  sayde  Emperoure,  the 
kynges  highnes,  and  the  said  yonge  Prynee  Charles,  As  also  for 
mariage  to  be  made  betwixt  the  same  Prynee  an[d  the]  kynges 
said  right  dcre  doughtcr  the  ladyc  Marye :  So  it  is  y1  for  the 
perfects  accomplisshement  of  all  suche  thynges  as  were  there  passed 
the  sayd  Emperour  now  of  late  sente  his  right  great  and  honourable 
Ambassade,  beynge  in  nomhre  eyght  parsonages  : — Whereof  the 
firstc  was  the  lord  Bargezb  oon  of  the  gretest  lordes  of  those  parties. 
The  secondc  was  the  govcrnour  of  Bresse,c  a  baron  of  great  honour. 

•  Misprinted  "  Irnpocatore." 

•  b  John  lord  of  Benches,  the  Emperor's  Chamberlain. 
c  Laurence  de  Gorrevod,  eovernor  of  I5rcsse. 


*  TIIE  BPOUSELLE8  OF 

Tertius,  Doctor  Splonke,"  non  medlocris  apud  Cesarcam  !Mnjcs- 
tatei;    .uctoritatis  homo. 

Quartus,  Presidens  Flandrie,1'  vir  admodum  prudens  et  litte- 
ratus  ac  magno  in  precio  habitus. 

Quintus,  dominuo  Andreas  de  Burgo,  Eques,  Cesarec  -majestatis 
consiliarius,  singularis  sapientie  doctrine  ct  experientic  Orator. 

SextuSj  Casselcnsis  propositus,0  vir  prestans,  littcratus  et  cir- 
cumspectus. 

Septimus  vero,  Secretarius  unusd  apprime  inodestus  ac  moribus 
compo&itus. 

Octavus,  e  Regibus  Armorum  Anrei  Vellcris  unus. 

Orcnes  sane  honorifico  amictu  et  splcndido  apparatu  conspicui, 
simul  et  decora  ac  decenti  familia  stipati.     In  quorum  societatem 


The  thirde  doctoure  Fploneke,"  in  great  favour  and  auctorite 
■with  Themperoure.  The  fourth  Avas  the  president  of  Flaun- 
dres,b  havyng  grcatc  wysdome,  lcrnyng  and  auctorite.  The  fvfthe 
Meayi  Andrea  dc  Burgo,  a  knyght  of  Themperours  Counsayll, 
of  great  wysedome,  lernynge,  and  experience,  The  sixth  the 
provost  of  Cassell,c  a  goodly  personage,  right  discrete,  sadde  and 
vrell  lcrned.  The  seventh  a  secretary.'1  And  yc  eyght  a  kyng  at 
armys  called  Toysan  dore.    All  bcyng  honourably  appoynted  and  well 

*  Splonke.  Fploneke.  The  name,  which  was  really  Pflug,  is  misprinted  both  in 
the  English  and  in  the  Latin.  In  Uynier  it  appears  in  one  place  (Vol.  xiii.  22S) 
as  Pileng,  and  in  another  as  Plough  £238);  while  Wolsey,  in  his  despatches  to 
Henry  VII.,  calls  him  Dr.  Flncke.  His  Christian  name  was  Sigismnnd,  and  his 
degree  was  Doctor  vtrhifijuc  juris  or  LL.D. 

b  Jean  le  Sauvaigc. 

c  George  de  Theimscke,  of  whom  Sir  Thomas  More  speaks  in  Lis  Utopia  as  "a 
man  not  only  by  learning,  but  also  by  nature,  of  singular  eloquence,  and  in  the  laws 
profoundly  learned  ;  but  in  reasoning  and  debating  of  matter,  what  by  his  natural 
wi*  and  what  by  daily  exercise,  surely  he  had  lew  fellows." 

d  This  was  Philip  iIanctou,thc  Emperor's  rirst  secretary  and  audiciitiarius.—Sce 
Rymer  xiii.  2M0. 


THE  LADYE  MARYE.  5 

complurcs  magni  generosi  ac  domini  vencvunt.  Inter  quos a 
Dominus  de  Boners,1'  Dominus  de  Walleync  ct  alii  itidem  ejus 
patrie  nobilcs,  numero  non  mediocri  ct  valde  honorifico. 

Pro  tanta  igitur  Legatione  suscipienda  ct  a  littore  maris  usque 
ad  Picgis  present iam  adducenda  plurimi  magnates,  turn  ecclesiastici 
turn  scculures,  Equites,  insuper  scutiferi,  ac  alii  nobiles  innuiucri, 
vaiiis  locis  e  regie-  mandate-  sunt  constituti  ac  deputati. 

Ut  primum  itaque  oratorcs  ipsi  Calisiam  applicuere,  confestim  a 
regio  inibi  deputato'1  atque  ab  ofiiciariis  ct  armigeris  ejus  oppidi 
bumaniter  atque  honorificc  sunt  exeepti  hospitatique,  ct  benigne  ac 
libcraliter  tractati  :  simul  ct  omni  co  tempore  quo  ibidem  moram 
traxere  pluribus  muncribus  donati. 

Inde  vcro  prefatus  regius  deputatus,  vir  nobilis  ac  strcnuus, 
decenter  apparatus  ct  arsociatus,  una  cum  ipsis  oratoribus  ct  eorum 
sequacibus,  simul  ct  tota  illorum  familia  ac  caterva  comitante  ab 


accompanyed.  In  whose  company  there  came  dyverse  ^reat  lordes, 
as  monsyr  de  Beversb  and  monsire  de  Walieync  and  other  o-entylmen 
of  those  parties,  a  good  and  honourable  nombre. 

For  the  me-tyng  and  comluctynge  of  whiche  Ambassadours  at 
and  from  ye  see  syde  to  the  kynges  presence,  there  were  at  sundrye 
places  deputed  and  assigned  many  and  dyverse  great  Lordes,  bothe 
spiritucll  and  temporall.  And  also  knyghtes,  squyers  and  other 
gentyll  men  to  a  great  nombre. 

And  firste,  after  that  y°  sayd  Ambassadours  at  ye  kynges  towne 
of  Calays  had  ben  by  the  kynges  deputied  and  the  hedde  oiucers 
with  all  the  Retynue  there  goodly  receyved,  honourably  lodged, 
cherefully  cntcrtaigncd  and  presented  durynge  theyr  abode  in  the 
sayd  towne  ;  the  kynges  sayd  depulie,  well  appoynted  and  accom- 

*  Misprinted  "  quoe." 

b_A(lulphc  de  Bourgogne,  Seigneur  dc  Bcrres  (Beverenj. 

«  John  de  Berghcs  Seigneur   de  Wnlhain    eldest  son  of  John  lord  of  Berghes 
ahove  mentioned. 
J  Sir  Gilbert  Talbot. 


THE  SPOUSELLES  OF 


ipso  oppido  Calisie,  quod  Caletum  veterea  dixere,  mare  fcrajecit  atque 

ad  portum  Dobre  secundo  vcnto  applicuit :  ubi  Prior  Eeclesie 
Christ!  Gantuarie8  et  dominus  Edwardus  Ponynghs,  Eques,  primum 
ipsos  oratores  exceperunt :  eosque  ad  civitatem  usque  Cantuariam, 
primariam  Regni  metropolim,  honorific^  adduxcrunt  :  tradito 
fills  et  assignato  in  eadem  Christi  ccclesia  hospitio.  Quo  iu  loco 
Abbas  Sancti  Augustini,b  majorque  et  priniarii  ejus  urbis  cives, 
aldermanui  vulgo  nuncupati,  ipso?  oratores  salutarunt,  pluribusque  et 
egregiis  donis  atque  humaniseimig  ofliciis  sunt  cos  prosecuti. 
Deiiide  a  dictis  Priore  et  deputato  Calisie  ac  domino  Edwardo 
Ponynghs  aliisque  multifariani  nobilibus  eomitati,  ad  oppidum 
Sittyngborne  vocatum,  atque  abindc  ad  aliuu  oppidum,  Darford 
nuncupatum,  adventarunt ;  ubi  comes  Salopic,c  Regie  domus  mag- 
nus  Senescallus,  necnon  et  Episcopus  Wyngorniensisd  ac  prior 
sancti  Jobannis,e  simul  et  dominus  Thomas  Brandon,  Ordinis  Gar- 
terii  Eques,  ac  Dominus  Doctor  West,f  Regius  comiliarius,  egregie 


panyed,  passed  with  them  from  tbense  to  Dovoure,  where  the 
pryourc  of  Cristes  Churche8  at  Caunterbury  and  Sir  Edwarde 
Ponyn«res  receyved  the  sayd  Ambassadours,  and  conductynge  theym 
to  thcCy'tie  of  Caunterbury,  lodged  theym  in  the  pryoure  of  Cristes 
OLurchc  lodgyng,  where  thahbot  of  say  net  Augustines,''  the  flayer 
and  Aldremcn  of  that  Cytie  welcomed  theym  and  give  great  pre- 
sentes  and  pleasures  unto  theym. 

From  thensc  they  were  conveyed  by  the  sayde  Pryoure,  the 
deputie  of  Calays  and  Sir  Edwarde  Ponynges  well  aoeompanyed 
with  dyucr  [From  this  point  name  pages  in  the  English  text  are 
missing. ~\ 

■  Thomas  Gohlstone.  b  John  Dygon. 

f  Georire  Talbot,  seventh  Earl  of  Shrewsbury. 

c  John  de  Giglia  Bishop  of  Worcester,  Pupal  agent  in  England. 

r  Sir  Thomas  Docwra,  prior  of  the  Knights  of  St.  John  at  ClerkenwelL 

f  Dr.  Nicholas  W'c-t,  afterwards  Bishop  of  Ely. 


THE  LADYE  MABTE.  7 

apparati,  plurimis  Equitibus,  scutiferlg  et  nobilibua  sumptuoso 
habitu  et  equitatu  associati  ipsis  oratoribus  facti  sunt  obvii ;  eosque 
ad  civitatem  usque  Londonianim  perduxere,  eisdem  continue 
assistentes. 

Porro  Alnjora  et  Ablcrmanni  ejus  urbis  simul  et  ordines  artificum 
raox  in  unum  recta  linea  congregati  sunt  ad  eos  oratores  exci- 
piendos,  et  ut  eorum  adventui  gratificarentur  ;  sicque  per  urbem 
leniter  adequitantes,  ad  preparata  illis  diversoria,  ditissimis  auleis 
tapetibusque  et  aliia  ornamentis  decora,  ac  nccessariis  quibusqne  et 
oportunis  rebus  provisa,  tandem  sunt  adducti.  Erat  equidem  dies 
quinta  Deeembris  currente  anno  a  Natale  Christiano  ]\Iil]eno 
Quingenteno  octavo,  et  serenissimi  Regis  Henrici  Septimi 
vicesiino  quarto. 

Poslera  vero  die  illucescente  "Revercndissimus  Arcbiepiscopus 
Cantuariensis,b  Anglic  Cancellarius,  ac  illustris  comes  Oxonie, 
Magnus  Camerarius  et  Admirallus  Anglic,  ipsos  oratores  (Rege 
mandante)  visitarunt  salutaruntque,  eorum  aduentui  gratulantes. 
Inde  Consul  urbis  quern  majorem  vocant,  simul  et  })lebis  tribuni 
quos  vulgus  Scliirifos t  appellat,  et  ipsi  dictos  Oratores  visitarunt, 
egregia  munera  illis  offerentes.  Prcterea  mercatores  Stapule  et 
alii  quaniplmimi  cives  proxima  post  illam  die  adveniente  itidem 
feccrunt.  Cum  itaque  oratores  ipsi  biduo  in  primaria  ipsa  regni 
Urbe  commorati  essenl,  sese  a  longi  itineris  turn  terrestris  turn 
maritimi  tedio  atque  incommodis  susceptis  reficientes,  Regia  majes- 
tas  Palatio  suo  Grenwici  existens  ecclesiasticis  ac  secularibuS  sui 
regni  dominis,  proceribus,  equitibus,  scutiferis,  et  nobilibus  ad 
Eegale  suum  obsequium  convocatis  ac  dispositis  ditissime  apparatis, 
cum  aurcis,  videlicet,  sericeisque  omnifarium  vestimentis,  torqui- 
bus  item  aureis  innumeris,  ipsos  Oratores  a  dicto  domino   Senescallo 

\_Uere  the  English  text  is  lost.-] 

■  The  mayor  this  year  was  Sir  Stephen  Jennings,  merchant  taylor. 

b  William  Warluun,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury. 

c  The  sheriffs  this  year  were  Thomas  Exinewc  and  Richard  Smith. 


8  THE  SrOUSELLES   OF 

atquc  aliis  primoribus  regni  dominis  acciri.  associarique,  ct  in  sue 
majestatis  conspectum  adduci  jussit,  per  Humeri  Thamesim  cum 
magna  quadam  ae  decora  sumptuosaque  regia  cymba  tunc  nuper 
fabrLata,  atquc  pro  illis  advehendis  constitute  et  apparata.  Quod 
si  enarrem  fastigiosum  ilium  ac  ditissimum  tanti  regis  et  sue  regie 
domus  apparatum,  sinnil  et  honorificentissimum  ordincm  ad  ipsos 
Oratores  denuo  susc'ipiendos  constitutum,  difficile  namque  mibi 
esset  admodum  et  nimis  prolixum.  Nichilo  tamen  minus,  quanto 
brevius  et  magis  compendiose  potero  aliquam  ejus  rei  partem  hie 
informs  perstvingam. 

Primo  namque  Oratores  ipsi,  tit  primum  in  regiam  introisscnt, 
per  inferioris  aule  medium  non  invenustis  aulcis  apparate  ducti 
sunt,  Ecgiis  magistratibus  et  ministris  seriatim  dextra  levaque  con- 
stitutis  ;  illincque  primum  in  amenissimam  porticum,  quam  galeviam 
vulgo  numcupamus,  non  multo  antea  ab  ipso  re^e  erectam.  Mox 
in  magnum  cubiculum  rcirium  sunt  introducti  :  ubi  milites  Penrie 
Custodie*  quam  plurimi  aiiuere  sumtuoso  acdecenti  apparatu  amicti, 
breviori,  videlicet  quisque  chlamide  auro  et  argento  intexta,  aureo- 
que  panno,  veluto  et  sericeis  cujusvis  coloris  adornata.  Post  hec 
in  aliud  anterius  cubiculum  p  netrarunt,  quo  Capitaneus  re<Tie 
Cnstodie  plurimis  equitibus  scutiferis  ac  nobilibus  secum  astantibus 
aderat  atquc  una  cum  ii>  puerorum  Regii  status  ma»ister,  necnon  et 
ipsi  pueri,  quos  nostri  pagios,  Galli  vero  Infantes  honoris  vocant, 
cerulei  veluti  chlamidulis  induti,  rubeis  magnis  rosis  ac  liliis  den- 
sissimo  auro  intextis.  Ilic  Oratores  aliquantulam  moram  fecere, 
i'rigus  quod  c  flumine  Tliamesi  contraxerant  igneo  secus  caminos 
colore  pellentes. 

Cum  itaque  rex  inierea  temporis  in  suo  cenaculo  sub  sui  status 
aurco  tentorio  mancrct,  Serenissimi   Regis  Aragonum   Oratorem b 

[lle>c  the  English  text  is  lost.] 


■  The  Knights  of  the  Royal  Body,  called  frequently  milites  pre  carport  llrrjis. 
*>  Rodxigo  de  Prtcbla,  LL.D. 


THE  LADYE  MAE YE.  9 

penes  sc  a  dcxtro  latere  liabens,  pauloque  inferius  abeodem  latere 
non  parvuin  dominorum  spiritualium,  archicpiseoporum  et  episco- 
porum  numerum,  atque  a  leva  manu  Illustrissimum  Wallie  princi- 
pcm,a  Cornubie  ducein,  ac  Cestrie  comitem,  filium  suum  cbarissi- 
mum,  una  cum dominis  secularibus,  Ducibus  et  Comitibus,  aliquanto 
inferius  ab  eodem  latere  stantibus;  insuper  cenaculurn  ipsurn  quan- 
tumvis latum. et  dimensum  ingenti  procerum,  Dominorum,  Equitum 
et  Consiliariorum  regiorum  numero  rcpletum  esset;  jussit  Oratores 
predictos  in  suum  conspectuni  adduci.  Quibus  adductis,  post 
humilem  ac  debitam  eorum  obedientiam  prestitam  atque  in  redden- 
dis  Cesaree  Majestatis  litteris  singularem  eommendationem  factam. 
Rex  nobilissimus  atque  omnium  regum  pisstantissimus  divinam 
potius  quam  humanam  pre  se  ferens  maj estate m  ac  veram  regie 
dignitatis  excellentiam,  humanissimis  gratiosissimisque  illos  suscepit 
verbis,  dicens  cos  bene  et  feliciter  ad  sese  et  suum  regnum  adven- 
tasse.  Quo  facto  Oratores  ad  scdilia  illis  assignata  paulum  retro- 
ccssere. 


Here  occurs  a  ivhole  page  illustration,  representing  the 
King  on  his  throne,  and  the  President  of  Flanders,  whose 
back  is  turned  to  the  spectator,  di recti g  opposite  to  him,  in 
the  act  of  addressing  him,  the  lords  on  either  side  being 
seated. 

•  Henry  Prince  of  Wales,  afterwards  Henry  VIII. 


10  THE  SPOUSELESS  OF 

Rege  sub  suo  aureo  tcntorio  sedente,  Oratoreque  regis  Arago- 
mim  ac  spiritualibus  dorninis  a  dcxtro  comuj  ut  dictum  est,  in 
declivi  loco,  atque  Illustrissimo  principe  genito  regio  prcdicto 
aliisque  secularibus  dorninis  eque  ac  pari  modo  a  sinistra  manu, 
item  et  Oratoribus  predictre  ex  Regis  adverso  consedentibus,  turn 
presidens  Flandrie  Latinam  concionem  propalam  habuit,  adventus 
suoruni  eollegarum  ct  suiipsius  causa  in,  vimque  legationis  ostendens; 
Cujus  quidem  tenor  ac  sensus  hie  fu.it:  quod  scilicet  pro  extrema 
manu  imponenda  iis  omnibus  que  jampridem  in  oppitlo  Calisie  super 
amicicia  ct  matrimonio  predictis  transacta  ct  conciusa  fuissent,  ad 
serenissinuun  Anglic  Regem  Venissent  a  Cesarea  majestate  destinati. 
Cui  quidem  eoncioni  Reverendissimus  Dominus  Arehiepiscopus 
Cantuariensis,8  Anglie  Cancellarius,  liege  mandante,  dignum  atque 
honorificum  dedit  responsum. 

Cum  itaque  hec  sic  acta  cssent  Screnissimus  Bex  Oratores  ad  se 


And  thus,  the  kinges  highncs  beyng  under  his  clothe  of  estate, 
the  Ambassadoure  of  Aragon  and  the  iord.es  spirituell  syttyno'e  on 
his  right  hande  downewarde,  and  my  lorde  the  Prynce  with  other 
Lordes  temporall  syttynge  in  like  wyse  on  the  leftc  hande.  and  the 
sayd  Ambassadours  syttynge  also  dircctely  before  his  grace,  the 
president  of  Flaundres  purposed  a  proposicion  contaignynge  the 
cause  of  their  eommynge;  which  was  for  the  parfect  accomplissemcnt 
of  all  thynges  passed  and  concluded  fur  the  saydc  amiticand  Mariage 
at  the  towne  of  Calays. 

To  which  proposition  Tharchebysshop  of  Caunterburv  chaunceller 
of  Englonde  by  the  kynges  commaundeincnt  made  a  good  and 
honourable  ana  we  re. 

This  doon  the  kynges  grace  called  the  Ambassadours  unto  hym, 

■  William  W'arham. 


THE  LADYE  MAEYE.  11 

accivit  et  illos  est  allocutuscum  taut  a  verborum  majcstate,  gravitate 
et  facundia,  at  Orator  insignia  atque  cxccllens  a  cunctis  audien- 
tibus  judicatus  sit  ct  immcnsam  sui  admirationem  atque  incredibilc 
gaudium  omnibus  qui  aderant  reliquerit. 

Qui  cum  finem  dicendi  fecisset,  urbano  supra  modum  vultu  ac 
regio  gestu  Oratores  ipsos  in  penetralius  suum  et  magis  sccretum 
cubiculum  secuin  adduxit :  Ubi  de  magnis  ac  secretis  non  parvi 
ponderis  rebus,  diu  invicem  sunt  collocuti. 

Que  cum  acta  essent  Oratores,  prima  ilia  babita  audientia,  Serenis- 
simo  Regi  pro  eo  die  vale  facientes,  Londonias  sunt  rcversi  a 
dominis  supra  recitatis  honorifice  reducti. 

Sequent!  vero  luce  Reverendissimi  Domini,  Archiepiscopus  Can- 
tuariensis*  et  Episcopus  Wyntoniensis,b  Comes  HarundeUie,c  com- 
pluresquc  alii  magni  domini  et  consiliarii  regii,  liege  jubente, 
eosdem  Oratores  visitarunt,  ut  commissionem  auctoritatemque 
quam  a  suis  principibus  haberent,  simul  et  scripta  que  secum  attu- 
lissent   pro    pcrfcctione    singulorum    tractatuum    et    conclusionum 


and  famylierly  entred  communycacion  with  tbera  upon  many  and 
goodly  devyses,  bryngynge  tlieym  into  his  Inner  chambre,  where 
after  the}'  had  longe  contynued  and  talked  of  and  upon  many  great 
and  weyghty  matieis  they  departed  for  that  tyme  to  London  accom- 
panyed  with  the  lordes  and  others  before  wryttcn. 

The  daye  folowynge  Tharchebysshoppe  of  Cauntcrbury,  the 
Bysshop  of  Wynchcstre,  Therll  of  Arundell,  with  dyverseand  many 
great  lordes  and  other  of  the  kynges  counsayll  by  the  kynges  coni- 
maun dement  reasorted  to  y°  sayd  Ambassadours  to  se  and  examyne 
suche  commyssions  and  wrytynges  as  they  had  brought  with  them  for 
thaccouiplisshement  of  all  and  synguler  suche  treaties  and  conclusious 

a  William  Warham.  b  Kichard  Fox. 

c  Thomas  Fitz-Alan,  10ih  Earl  of  Aruu<]el. 


12  TI1E  SPOTJSELLES  OF 

perantea  in  oppido  Calisie  habitorum  diligenter  viderent  ct 
examinarcnt. 

Que  sane  omnia  scripta  postquain  visa  et  lecta  essent,  graviterque 
et  mature,  ut  in  tanta  re  conveniebat,  examinata,  adeo  per  feet  a  plena 
et  Integra  atque  effectualiter  confecta  reperta  sunt  pro  dietorum 
amicitie  et  matrimonii  corroboratione,  ut  perfectiora  pleniorave  aut 
mtegriora  vel  mngis  efficacia  esse  nullo  modo  possent. 

Quoniam  in  lis  primum  eontineretur  Acceptatio  et  confirmatio 
Cesaree  majestatis  suo  nomine  pro  dicta  amicicia  tantopere  lata  et 
ampla  quantopere  excogitari  queat;  sua  sub  manuali  signatura  et 
ma<;no  sl^illo. 

Deinde  Confirmatio  ejusdem  Cesaree  majestatis  tanquam  tutoris 
proteetorisque  et  defensoris  illustrissimi  Karoli  principis  Castelle 
prenominati,  insimul  vigorose  junpta  et  per  ipsos  lmperatorem  ac 
principem  facta  sub  eoruradem  manualibus  signaturis  et  si^'illis. 

Peramplius  inter  ea  scripta  certc  obligationcs  et  pene  ipsorum 
Impcratoris  et  principis  eonjunctim    ac   divisim    separatimque    in 


as  were  taken  at  the  sayde  towne  of  Calays  ;  whiehe  wrvtynges  by 
good  deliberation  well  and  substantially  seen,  the  same  were  founde 
as  perfyte  and  effectuell  as  coudebc  devysed  to  be.  So  that  for  the 
corroboracion  of  yc  sayd  amy  tie  and  manage  there  can  not  by  marines 
reason  more  be  desyred  to  be  had. 

For  there  is  first  Thempcrours  acceptacion  and  confirmacion  by 
hymselfe  of  ye  said  amytic,  which  is  as  large  as  can  be  thought, 
under  his  signe  and  scale. 

There  is  also  a  confirmacion  tor  the  sayd  Emperoure  as  tutor  and 
manborne  of  the  said  yonge  Prynce  joynctely  togydre,  substancially 
made  by  the  sayde  Emperoure  and  prynce  with  their  signe  manu- 
ellis  and  scales. 

There  be  also  obligations  and  baudes  of  the  sayd  Emperoure  and 


THE   LAPYE   MAETE.  13 

solidum  fucrant  apposite,  sese  ac  suos  heredeSj  terras  et  subditos  in 
magna  pecuniarum  summa  obligantium,  quam  quidem  sum  mam  et 
pecuniariam  penam  pint  fofisfacturi  casu  quo  istud  matrimonium 
inter  Illustrissimum  principem  Karolum  predictum  et  serenissimi 
Regis  filiam  predictam  suum  non  sortiatur  effectum. 

Ad  hec  eidem  Blustrissime  principi  regie  filie  in  patria  pjusdcm 
Illustrissimi  domini  princip'is  honorifica  dos  est  assignata,  in  terris 
videlicet  et  prediis  ac  dominiia  quorum  ipse  princeps  ad  presens  est 
pacificus  possessor,  atque  etiam  in  aliis  terris  fundis  et  dominiis 
que  illi  imposterum  accrescere  vel  quovismodo  obvenire  poterunt, 
longe  largior  et  amplior  quam  aliqua  Burgundie  ducissa  antca 
unquam  fuerit  assecuta. 

Pro  qua  nempe  dote  sufficiens  et  idonea  cautio  ac  fidojussio  est 
prestita  ;  atque  ex  super  habundanti  terre  et  subditi  ejusdem  illus- 
trissimi I'rincipis  Karoii  de  auctoritate  et  consensu  sacratissimi  Im- 
peratoris  in  consimiles  penas  obligantur. 


yonge  pryrice,  aswell  joynctcly  as  a  parte  and  severally,  byndyno- 
themself,  thcyr  beyres,  landcs  and  subgiettes,  under  right  great 
sommes  of  money  for  penalties  whiche  tbey  shall  for  fay  te  in  caas  this 
mar i age  betwixt  ye  yonge  prynee  and  the  kynges  doughter  take  not 
effect. 

There  is  also  an  honourable  dower  assigned  to  the  kynges  sayd 
doughter  in  the  sayd  yonge  Prynceslandes  that  he  is  nowe  possessed 
of  and  that  shall  in  any  maner  wyse  discende  unto  hym  herafter, 
largelycr  thenne  ever  had  any  duchesse  of  Borgoyne,  and  good 
assurauhce  made  for  the  same. 

The  landes  countrayes  and  subgettes  of  the  sayd  yon^e  Prynee 
by  the  Emperours  auctoritc  and  assent  be  also  bounden  in  lyke 
penalties. 


14  TIIE  SPOUSELLES  OF 

Qua  in  re  illustrissima  quoque  domina  Margarets  ducissa  Sabau- 
die  relicta,  pro  sua  parte,  eodem  modo  sub  magnia  penis  est 
obligata. 

Postremo,  magnus  dominorum  vulgariumque  populorum  sub 
obedientia  dicti  principle  Karoli  existentium  numerus  pari  modo  in 
similes  penas  sub  eorum  manualibus  subscrlptionibus  et  sioillis  obli- 
gatur. 

Consimilique  et  pari  modo  pro  dictarum  rerum  omnium  comple- 
ment ex  parte  dicti  domini  Regis  atque  etiam  pro  pcrfectione 
matrimonii  et  dotis  solutione  a  sua  maj estate  dicte  sue  filie  assimilate 
et  coneesse  pro  suo  connubio,  que  larga  admodum  et  honorifica  est, 
obligationcs  et  seciiritatcs  prestite  sunt  in  cadem  forma  et  tenore  ac 
consimilibus  penis. 

Quare  ex  premissis  constat  banc  confederationem  et  affinitatem 
tanta  cum  maturitate,  circumspectione  et  consilio  stabilitam  ac  firma- 
tam  esse,  et  utrinque  indissolubili  nodo  conncxam,  ut,  nisi  morte 
alterius  horum  duorum  principum  (quod  Deus  avertat)  contino-ente 


The  duehesse  of  Sauoye  is  also  bounde  in  lyke  wyse  undre  a 
greate  penaltie  for  hyr  parte. 

And  over  that  a  great  nombre  of  the  lordes  and  townes  under 
tbobeissaunce  of  the  sayd  yonge  Prince  be  semblably  bounden  in 
lyke  penalties  under  theyr  signcs  and  scales. 

And  for  thaccomplisshemcnt  of  all  the  sayde  matiers  on  the 
kynges  partie,  as  well  for  the  perfeccion  of  the  Manage  as  the  pay- 
ment of  the  dote  to  be  yeven  by  his  grace  with  his  sayd  dou^hter 
for  hir  mariage,  whiehe  is  right  large  and  honourable,  lyke  bandes 
and  suerties  be  made  under  semblable  penalties. 

By  the  premysses  it  is  manyfestc  and  opennc  that  this  aliaunce  and 
alVinite  is  by  so  great  aforo  sight  and  deliberacion  suerly  establisshed 
and  knytte  on  both  parties  that  it  can  not  be  dissolved  or  broken 
oonles  it  be  by  dctbe  of  any  ol  the  bothe  parties  contrahent.    Whiehe 


THE  LA  DYE  MAP.  YE.  15 

neque  dissolvi  ncque  infringi  quovismodo  possit  aut  valeat.  Quod 
si  mors  etiam  superveniret,  nihilorninus  amicitia  et  confcdcratio  in 
sua  plena  vinutc  et  robore  permaneret. 

Certissimum  est  autem  absque  ulla  prorsus  hesitatione  quod  nus- 
quam  antea  aliqua  amicitia  confederatiove  inter  aliquos  alios  prin- 
cipes  inita  est  et  conelusa,  meliore  animo  et  magis.  sinceva  mente, 
absque  ullo  fraudis  seu  doli  vel  simultatis  astu  interveniente,  quam 
hec  ipsa  una,  que  inter  sacratissimum  Romanorum  Imperatorcm  et 
serenissimum  Anglic  ac  Francie  Regem  ad  presens  est  inita  et 
conelusa.  Que  haud  dubie  hoc  tempore  est  nobilior  confederatio, 
simul  et  grandius  matrimonium  quod  in  tota  re  publica  Christiana 
existat :  attentis  presertim  consideratisque  tot  regnis,  patriis  et  re- 
gionibus  quas  dictns  lllustrissimus  princeps  Karolus  vero  et  justo 
titulo  sibi  debitas,  vita  coinite,  faventcque  Altissimo,  est  recepturus 
hereditarias.  Qua  ex  re  qualis  quantusve  honos  potestas  et  forti- 
tude dictis  Imperatori,  Regi  et  Prineipi  atque  eorum  patriis,  dominiis 
et  subjectis  obvenict,  babentibus  ex  hujusmodi  confederatione  Ger- 


God  defende.     Howe  be  it  thamitie  neuertbeles  sbal  stande  in  full 
strength  and  vigour. 

And  it  is  of  trouth  and  undoubted  that  there  was  never  amy  tie  or 
aliaunce  hertofore  made  aud  concluded  betwixt  any  Prynces  with 
better  wyll  and  mynde,  without  coloure  or  dissymulacion,  then  this 
that  nowe  is  taken  betwixt  the  sayde  Emperour  and  the  kvnges 
hyghncs,  whiche  at  tin's  daye  is  the  most  noble  aliaunce  and  gretest 
Manage  of  all  Christendome.,  consideryng  the  sundry  and  manyfolde 
Regions  and  Countrayes  that  the  saydc  yonge  Prynce  by  right  nyghe 
possibilite,  if  God  sende  hym  lyf,  shal  enherite.  And  what  honour, 
strengthe  and  coramoditie  shal  ensue  unto  the  saydc  Emperour  the 
kynges  iiighncs  and  the  yonge  Prynce,  thcyr  landes,  countrayes  and 
subgcttes  havynge  by  this  aliaunce  Almavne,   Englonde,  Castile, 


•16  THE  SPOUSELLES  OF 

maniam,  Angliam,  Castellam,  Legionem,  Granatam  ac  omnes  in- 
feriorcs  Flandrie  partes  sibi  adjunctas  ct  innodatas,  non  facile  judi- 
cal! potest,  ob  multos  egregios  ac  notabiles  efTectus  exinde  secuturos, 
tnm  ad  honorem,  commodum  et  securitatem  utriusque  partis  quam 
etiam  confedcratoruui  et  alligatorum  suorum,  necnon  et  eorundem 
regnorura,  patriarum  ac  subditorum. 

Hoc  igitur  pacto  serenissimus  Rex  Anglic  Ilenricus  Septimus,  pro 
sua  celesti  et  incomparabili  sapientia  ac  procidentia,  binas  sins  filias 
duobus  maximis  prineipibus  sibi  vicinis  ac  propinquis  matrimonio 
locavit ;  Regi  videlicet  Scocie  Illustrissimo  alteram  natu  gran- 
diorem,"  et  clarissimo  principi  Castelle  Archiduci  Austrie  aliam. 
Quo  fit  ut  hoc  Anglic  regnum  cum  eisdem  principibus  et  eorum 
regnis  dominiis  ac  patriis  lute  ac  secure  magnoque  cum  lionore  ac 
dignitate  et  auctoritatc  versetur. 

Postea  A_ero  quam  ea  scripta  perfecte  ac  legittime  confecta  reperta 
sunt  at  que  bine  inde  vicissim  tr.-idita  et  accepta,  illico  Rex  ad 
castellum  suum  dc  Richmonte*  pro  sponsalibus  et  matrimonio 
inter  prefatos  illustrissimos  Castelle  principes  Karolum  et  Mariam 
contrnhendis  et  celebrandis    inovit  ;  ad  quern   locum   dicti   Oratores 


Lyons,  Granate,  and  all  these  lowc  Countrayes  knytte  and  joynetl 
tcgydres,  it  can  not  lightly  be  estemed  ;  for  many  great  ar.d  notable 
eflectes  maye  and  shall  undoubtedly  ensue  thereby,  aswel  to  the 
honour,  weale  and  suertic  of  both  parties,  theyr  confederates  and 
lilies,  as  also  to  their  Realties,  countrayes  and  subgettes. 

[Her«  occurs  another  gap  in  the  English  text.] 

0 
*  Margaret  married  to  James  IV.  of  Scotland. 

b  The  old  palace  at  Sheen,  as  the  place  was  tlien  called,  was  burned  down  on  the 

21st  December,  1497.    It  bad  since  been  rebuilt  in  most  snmptnons  fashion,  and 

called  by  Henry  Richmond  iron,  the  title  which  he  bore  before  he  was  King.     The 

locality,  it  is  needless  to  say,  is  known  by  that  name  still. 


TIIE  LADYE  MARYB.  17 

pluribus  et  mngnis  dominie  ac  nobilibus  comitati  fuerunt  adducti 
(fuitautcm  sextadecima  dies  mensis  Decembris  supra  nominati).  Ubi 
non  solum  fucrant  omnes  hospitati  in  separatis  semotisque  et  dis- 
junctis  cubiculis,  diti.-simis  auleis  tapetisque  et  lectis  supra  quam 
credi  possit  apparatis,  sed  etiam  quinque  aut  sex  dierum  spacio 
continuato  honorificentissime  tractati  et  applausi  regio  sumptu  fuere. 

Quod  si  ipsius  regie  domus  de  Ricbemonte  decorem  et  ornatum 
atquc  tarn  Sacelli  illius  et  magne  aule  quam  cubiculorum  preciosis- 
simum  apparatum  litteris  maudare  velim,  longum  sane  et  mirum 
admodum  ac  perdifficile  opus  esset.  Potissimum  in  recitanda  poin- 
posa  et  supc-rba  illorum  structura  ac  eorum  apparatu  splendidissimo, 
simul  et  loci  atquc  aeris  amenitate  ac  salubritate,  una  cum  artificio- 
sissimis  ac  ditissiuiis  auleis  tapetisque  quibus  eo  tempore  domus 
ipsa  fulgebat  et  tota  erat  corusca.  Quibus  rebus  facile  judicari 
potuit  talem  tamque  magnificam  domum  toto  terrarum  orbe  com- 
periri  non  posse  ;  quandoquidem  terrestrem  magis  paradisum  quam 
domum  aliquam  sive  palatium  representabat. 

Aula  siquidem  ditissimis  auleis  auro  argentoque  et  serico  contextis 
undique  nitebat.  Qua  fuit  magnus  et  excelsus  abacus  vasis  argenteis 
inauratis  onustus,  ferine  a  terra  usque  ad  altissima  laquearia  erectus, 
miri  quidem  et  rion  facile  estimabilis  valoris  aut  precii ;  ubi  diversi 
panni  status  au'rei  preciosi  valde  in  altum  erecti  tendebantur. 

Sacellum  vero  quo  res  divina  celebratur  pannis  aureis  ditissimis 
opertos  parietes  habuit.  Altare  autem  Regium  totmagnis  sanctorum 
imaginibus,  partial  auro  partial  argento  inaurato  fabricatis,  quibus 
preciosorum  lapiduin  et  margaritarum  immensus  numerus  erat  infixus 
opertuai  fuit  ut  non  potucrint  plures  superiaiponi.  Insuper  omnia 
tarn  magaa  quam  parva  cubicula,  non  solum  quibus  Rex  utitur,  sed 
quibus  defuncta  Kegina,*  dum  in  huaianis  agerct,  usa  est,  et  tunc 
iliustrissiaia   princepa  regia   filia  utebatur,  exquisitissimis  preciosis- 

\_IIcre  the  English  text  is  lost.'] 

•  Elizabeth  of  York,  Queen  of  Henry  VII.,  died  on  the  11th  February,  1503. 

D 


18  THE  SPOUSELLES  OF 

simisque  auleis  auro  et  serico  intextis  fucrunt  apparata  cum  pannia 
statuum  aureis  accomodatissimis. 

Ad  hec  duo  ampla  cubicula  in  proprio  liegis  diversorio  fuere  pre- 
ciosis  mirum  in  modum  et  supra  omnem  fidem  pannis  aureis  parietcs 
opertos  habentia  cum  ditiovibus  et  magis  preciosis  lectis  quam  usquam 
visi  fuevunt  auvo  margaritis  et  carioribus  gemmis  consutis.  Sed  ne 
longior  fiam  quam  meuin  fuerat  institutum,  hoc  pulcherrimum 
palatium  absque  aliquo  alio  pari  palatio  apparatum  relinquo.  Hoc 
unum  tautum  adjiciena  :  quod  neque  Cresi  Lidorum  regis  gaza, 
neque  Hide  Phrygutn  opes,  aut  Tagi  Pactolive  sen  Padi  a.uree  arene 
hujustanti  Regis  opibus  conf'erri  queant.  Scdjam  redeo  ad  egregiam 
excellentium  sponsaliorum  et  matrimonii  solermitatem,  que  habita 
est  die  dominica  proxima,  qui  sextus  decimus a  ejusdem  mensis 
antedicti  fuit  dies.  Quo  die,  post  sol  is  or  turn,  ubi  Oratores  precioso 
amictu  induti  magnum  Illustrissime  principis  domine  Marie  Re^ie 
filie  cubiculum,  preciosissime,  ut  antca  dictum  est,  ornaturn,  et  innu- 
meris  dominis  ac  magni  honoris  matronis  decentissime  ornatis  reple- 
tum,  ingressi  sunt:  Turn  Pex  a  suo  cubiculo  secus  ipsam  iliustris- 
simam  dominam  posito  movcns,  illuc  cum  suis  primoribus  dominis 
et  Consiliariis  ac  aliis  magnatibus  concessit,  ipsosque  Oratores 
placidis  et  benignis  verbis  ad  pauculuin  temporis  detinuit,  donee 
illustrissima  princeps  ejus  (ilia,  ab  Illustrissima  Principe  TVailie, 
Eegis  Aragonum  et  Rcgine  Hellisabet6  nuper  Castelle  genita,  aliis- 
que  nobilissimis  et  dignissimis  matronis  associata  ad  predictum  cubi- 
culum pervenisset. 

Pro  declaranda  autem  et  litteris  mandanda  eximia  tantc  principis 
forma  modestia  et  gravitate  quam  pre   se   tulit   ac  aliis  laudabilibus 

[Here  the  English  text  is  lost."] 


*  This  is  an  error,  for  the  16th  December  was  Saturday  in  JoOS.  Of  course  the 
reading  should  have  been  decimus  scptim.ua.  The  ICtfa  of  the  mouth  has  been 
already  mentioned  in  the  narrative  (p.  17). 

b  Isabella  the  Catholic. 


THE  LADYE  MARYE.  ]  9 

gestibus  et  moclis  tante  principi  pertinentibus  eo  tempore  in  ilia 
compertis  ac  deprehensis,  hand  dubia  non  essct  in.  mea  potestate 
ullo  sermonc  vel  pagitia  comprelicndere.  Illud  tamen  non  preter- 
mittam  quod  ad  formam  venustatemque  alterius  cujusvis  principis 
sen  regine  ca  in  etate  tain  tenera  constitute  (agebat  namque  circiter 
undecimum  etatis  annum)  vel  nulla  vel  rarissima  admodum  fieri 
posset  comparatio.  Sua  namque  regia  liumanitas  et  nobilis  ac  vere 
paterna  quantum  tenera  etas  patiebatur  gravitas  omnibus  advenien- 
tibus  cxhibita  ;  habitus  insuper  ac  gestus  et  bonorum  morum  com- 
positio  tanta  fuit  ut  libcre  ailirmare  possim  tantas  tamquc  ogregias 
ac  certe  Regias  virtutes  apud  aliquam  aliam  etiam  provectiorem  quara- 
cumque  principem  aut  dominam  in  his  tam  magnis  mysteriis  diutius 
exercitatam  educatamve  depreheirdi  nusquam  posse. 

Quicquid  enim  revercntie  aut  humilis  subjectionis,  simul  et  gravi- 
tatis  ac  continentie,  suo  sercnissimo  patri  debebatur  ;  et  quicquid 
insuper  humanitatis  atque  afFabilitatis  erat  Oratoribus  prestandum  : 
id  totum  tanquam  veterana  et  sapientissima  princeps  exhibult. 

His  itaque  cerimoniis  sic  peractis,  illustrissima  princeps  filia  Regia 
in  altiorem  locum  honorifice  pro  ilia  suscipienda  apparatum  se 
recepit,  ubi  sola  sub  aureo  tentorio  stetit,  predicta  principe  "Wallic 
spacio  multum  inferiore  permanente. 

Here  occurs  a  full  page  illustration  representing  the  Prin- 
cess under  the  gilded  canopy  giving  her  hand  to  lord  Berghes 
on  her  right  hand,  the  King  and  Prince  Henry  standing 
by.  Catherine  of  Arragon,  Princess  of  Wales,  is  on  -the 
left,  and  a  number  of  spectators  occupy  the  foreground. 


20  THE  SPOUSELLES  OF 

Moxque  aliquantula  temporis  intercapcdine  ct  silentio  b-abitis, 
Arcbiepiscopus  Cantuariensis,a  Angelie  Cancellarius,  clcgantem  ac 
iloridam  habult  orationem,  non  modo  matrimonii  dignitatem  et 
illius  commendation.em,  sed  etiam  sanguinis  et  prosapie  utriusque 
partis  quas  inter  id  matrimonium  esset  eelcbrandum,  necnon  et 
utrarumque  progenitorum  exccllentiam  tangentem;  inultiplices  de- 
nique  bonos  effectus  qui  exinde  sequi  possent,  tarn  pro  utraque 
parte  et  earum  regnis  patriis  et  subjectis  quam  etiam  pro  universe 
rei  publico  Cbristiane  conservatione  commodo  et  accrement:). 

Qua  oratione  finita  presidens  Fiandrie,  unus  oratorum,  partem 
ejus  orationis  babite  reassumens,  novum  atque  elegantem  liabuit 
orationem,  laudes  amieicic  matrimoniique  ac  ubercs  multifariam 
fructus  ex  iis  manantes :  simul  et  immensa  atque  incredibilia  bona 
ex  hujusmodi  nova  confederationc  et  ailinitate  secutura  com- 
memorans. 

Quibus  sic  actis,  quoniam  dominus  de  Bergis  solus  auct.oritate 
fultus  erat  ad  id  matrimonium  cum  dicta  illustrissima  principe 
nomine  prefati  illustrissimi  principis  Karoli  contrabendum,  intcrro- 
gatus  est  si  quam  sccretiorem  faCultatem  aut  magis  speeialem  ultra 
generalia  cum  suis  collegis  mandata  haberet.  Qui  quidem  dominus 
commissarius  et  procurator,  suiRcienti  ct  plena  auctoritate  in  hac 
parte  siiffuhus  suam  comrriissionem  ct  privatam  procurationem 
palam  exbibuit  atque  ostendit;  que  distincte  et  aperte  lecta  est;  per 
quam  sufriciens  et  ample*  potestas  atque  auctoritas  ad  contruhendum 
dictum  matrimonium  validiori  et  magis  eflicaci  quo  fieri  posset 
modo  per  Imperatorem  ac  principem  predictos  conjunctim  ac  divi- 
sim  f'uerat  illi  tradita. 

Qua  re  cognita  ac  pcrspecta  causavit  rex  ipsuin  dominum  de 
Bergis  una  cum  aliis  oratoribus  ad  catbedram  status  qua  illustrissima 
princeps  manebat  appropinquare  pro  dictorum  sponsaiiorum  et 
matrimonii  eclcbratione  ac  perfectione  fienda  :  ubir  dominus  ipse  de 

[Here  the  English  text  is  lost."] 

■  William  "Warliam. 


THE  LADYE  MARYE.  21 

Bcrgis,  post  debitas  reverentias,  humiliori  quo  fieri  protuit  ac 
debuit  modo  ct  forma  exhibitas,  ostensamque  maximam  afFectionern 
et  commendationem  illustrissimi  principis  Castelle  erga  illam, 
accipiens  ipsam  illustrissimam  dominam  per  man  us,  reeitansque 
auetoritntem  sibi  ad  contrahendum  cutn  ilia  matrimonium  nomine 
dicti  illustrissimi  principis  Karoli  concessam,  legit  juxta  informa- 
tionem  predicti  president.is  verba  perfectum  et  lcgittimum  inatri- 
monium  per  verba  de  prescnti  contrahentia.  Que  quidera  verba 
perantea  in  scriptis  posita  i'uerant  atque  effectualiter  previsa  et  pre- 
meditata,  tuiu-que  per  cundem  Dominum  de  Beigis  prolata  et 
ostensa,  prout  presidens  ipse  ea  sibi  de  verbo  ad  verbum  legit. 

Post  bee  vero  utraque  manus  dextra,  tain  Jllustiissime  principis 
doniine  Marie  filie  regie  quam  ipsius  domini  de  Bergis,  invicem 
juncta  est  et  inde  disjuncta,  veluti  in  tali  contractu  moris  est  et 
fieri  consuevit.  lllustrissima  siquidem  princeps  tenens  dictum 
dominum  de  Bergis  per  dextcram  manum  maxima  cum  prudentia 
et  regali  continentia  absque  ulla  prorsus  sibi  matrimonialia  verba 


And  after  due  reverence  in  moost  humble  maner  shewed  and 
doon  by  the  sayde  Lord  Bar[ges]  with  moost  effectuous  recommenda- 
cio[nm]ade  on  the  behalf  of  the  Pry  nee  of  Castile,  he  then,  takynge 
my  sayd  lady  by  the  hande,  and  eftsoncs  declaryng  thauctorite 
yeven  unto  hym  to  contracte  matrimony  with  hir  for  and  in  the 
name  of  the  sayde  ydnge  Prynce,  rehersed  and  uttred  at  the  infor- 
macion  of  the  sayd  presydent  the  wordes  of  parfect  matryhionye 
per  verba  de  present!  whiehe  were  before  substantially  devysed, 
put  in  writyng  and  by  the  sayd  lorde  Barges  then  spoken  and  uttred, 
lyke  as  the  said  president  redde  theym  unto  hym. 

And  that  doon,  the  handes  withdrawen  and  dysulosed  as  the 
manor  is,  the  Kynges  sayde  doughter,  eftsoncs  takyng  the  sayd  loid 
Barges  by  the  hande,  with  moost  sadde  and  pryncely  countenaunce, 
havyngc  noo  maner  of  persone  toreherse  the  wordes  of  inatrymonye 


22  TnE  SPOUSE LLES  OF 

recitantc;  perfecte  pro  sua  parte  ac  distincte  ipsa  verba  lingua 
Gallica  longo  intervallo  protulit. 

Que  quiJem  verba  rationc  commissionis  dicto  domino  de  Bcrgis 
facte  fuerant  admodum  prolixa:  nihilo  tamen  minus  ab  ipsa 
Dornina  absque  ulla  prorsus  animi  perturbatione  morave  aut  inter- 
ruptionc  sunt  prolata. 

Que  res  sane  eomplures  diversosque  nobiles  et  alios  astantes 
atque  audientes  non  solum  mirari  et  obstupesccre  sed  etiam  pre 
nimio  gaudio  et  cordis  dulcedine  in  laciirimas  ferine  coetjit 
irrumpere. 

Postca  vera  quam  ea  verba  pronunciata  sunt,  prefatus  dominus 
de  Bergis,  illustrissimi  principis  Karoli  prcdicti  procurator,  pro 
corroboratione  ac  confirmationc  dicti  contractus,  non  modo  scriptia 
omnibus  superinde  confectis  verba  matrimonii  continentibus  per 
ipsum  tunc  osfcensis  se  subseripsit,  prout  ipsa  quoque  illustrissima 
domiria  Maria  pro  sua  parte  fecit,  Sed  etiam  omni  cum  revcrentia 
dictam   dominam  est  exosculatus,  atque   uni  illius   digito   aurcum 


to  hir  utterd,  spake  parGttely  and  distinctely  in  the  frensche  tonce 
by  a  longe  circunstaunce  the  wordes  of  matrimonye  for  hir  partie, 
v/hichc  by  reason  of  the  rehersall  of  Ins  commission  were  vcraye 
longe.  Howe  be  it  she  spike  the  same  without  any  basshin"  of 
countenaunce,  stoppe  or  interrupoion  therin  in  any  behalf;  whichc 
thyng  caused  dyvcrsc  and  many,  as  wel  nobles  as  other,  then 
beynge  present  and  hcrynge  the  same,  not  oonly  to  mervayle  but 
also  in  suche  wyse  to  rejoyse  that  for  extreme  cont[en]tc  and 
gladnes  the  tcrvs  passed  out  of  thevr  ies. 

After  the  prolaciOh  and  utterance  of  whiche  wordes  yc  snyd  lord 
Barges,  as  ]>rocuratour  to  the  sayd  yonge  Pryncc,  for  corroboracion 
and  confirmacion  of  the  s.iyde  contract,  not  oonly  subscribed  the 
wrytyng  conteignynge  the  wordes  of  matrymonyc  by  hym  then 
uttred,  lyke  as  my  forsayed  ladye  dydc  also  for  her  partie,   but  also 


THE  LADYE  MAEYE.  23 

annulum  imposuit :  proque  dicti  contractus  sic  celebrati  testimonies 
tabellionea  duo  interfuere  ab  utraque  parte  rcquisiti,  at  dc  ea 
re  publica  conficerent  instrumenta :  Omnesque  doraini  ac  domine  et 
nobilcs  premissa  intuentes  et  audientes  tunc  ibidem  instanter 
sunt  requisiti,  quatenus  de  iis  que  in  eorum  prcsentia  essent  acta 
testes  essent  et  apud  omnes  omni  tempore  verum  perhibcrent  testi- 
monium. Mpx  tube  ad  classicum  clangentes  et  innumcra  cuj us- 
que generis  musica  instrumenta  increpuerunt,  suosque  ad  longum 
temporis  spacium  sonitus  dederunt,  tante  rei  geste  tantique  triumphi 
gaudium  ct  exultationem  indicantes.  Statimque  Rex  serenissimus 
Dominum  de  Bergis,  Commissarium  prcdictum,  Cesaree  legationis 
caput,  per  dextrum  cub i turn  apprehendens.  ceteris  oratoribus  magno 
atque  honorifico  dominorum  cetu  associates  preeuntibus,  ad  suum 
sacellum  perrexit,  altam  et  solemncm  missam  auditurus  que  eo 
die  ab  episcopo  Londoniarum  a  inibi  csset  celebranda. 


tbe  sayd  lorde  in  reverent  maner  kyssed  the  sayd  ladye  Glaive 
and  put  a  Evng  of  golde  on  hir  fynger,  and  in  wyttenesse  and 
testymonye  of  the  sayd  contract  there  were  two  notaries  there 
beynge  present,  requyred  on  bothe  parties  to  make  instrumentes  upon 
the  same.  And'all  thelordesladyes  and  nobles  heryng  and  seyngthe 
prcmysses  then  and  there  were  desyred  to  here  wyttenesse  therunto. 

This  doon  the  Trumpettes  and  other  Instrumentes  to  a  great 
nombre  blewe  and  played  by  a  good  space  upon  theyr  Instrumentes 
in  rejoysynge  this  noble  Acte  and  triumphe. 

Then  immediatly  the  Kynges  grace  taking  the  Lorde  Bargis, 
beynge  pryneypall  of  Thambassadours  by  the  arme,  all  the  other 
Ambasradours  accompanyed  with  many  great  Lordes  and  nobles 
goynge  before  his  grace,  passed  and  resorted  unto  his  closet.to  here 
the  hyghe  and  solempne  Masse  that  daye  sayd  by  the  Bysshop  of 
London  a  in  his  Chapell. 

a  Eicbard  Fitz j  aruei. 


24  THE  SPOUSE LLES  OF 

Cumque  in  suum  tentorium  ex  purissimo  panno  aurco  confectum 
se  recepisset,  tibi  rem  divinam  audire  assolet,  Oratorcs  in  proximum 
contiguumque  majus  saeellum  sunt  adducti,  in  quo  pro  illis  suscipi- 
endis  locus  status  locupletissime  fuerat  apparatus. 

Ut  vero  majori  misse  finis  est  datus  et  psalmus  Te  Deum  lent- 
damns  cum  cantus  jubilatione  et  veneratione  decantatus,  Oratorcs 
in  aliud  saeellum  quo  Regem  reliquerant  reducti  sunt;  Ubi  rex 
inodo  ac  forma  supradictis  prefatuin  dominum  de  Bcrgis  sccum 
assumens,  aliis  ut  dictum  est  Oratoribus  anteeuntibus,  ad  suum  unde 
fuerat  egressus  cubiculum  retroversus  est,  immensa  Dominorum 
Equitum  Scutiferoru.no  que  et  aliorum  n  obi  Hum  ditissime  apparatorum 
precedente  sequenteve  caterva. 

Quo  die  Rex  voluit  cundem  dominum  de  Bergis,  necnon  et 
gubernatorem  Brissie  secum  epulari.  Reliqui  autem  oratorcs  ad 
aliud  proximum  contiguumque  cenaculum  diverterant;  ubi  hono- 


And  when  the  Kinges  grace  was  entred  into  bis  travcrs,  which 
was  of  pure  and  fyne  cloth  of  golde,  the  sayd  Ambassadours  were 
brought  in  to  the  Chapell,  where  was  a  place  richely  appointed  and 
ordeigned  for  theym. 

And  after  the  byghe  Masse  was  doon,  and  Te  Deum  laudamus 
with  great  rejoysyng  songe,  the  sayd  Ambassadours  were  eftsones 
broughte  into  the  kynges  closet.  Where  the  kynges  highnes  in 
fourmc  and  marier  as  before  is  sayd  tokc  yc  sayd  Lorde  Barges  by 
the  armc.  And  all  the  other  Ambassadours,  goyngc  before  his 
grace,  went  and  entred  into  his  Chambre,  accempanyed  with  a  ri«*ht 
great  nombre  of  Lordes,  Knightes,  squyrcs,  and  other  nobles  richely 
appointed.  '  ' 

That  daye  the  kynges  highncs  caused  the  lorde  Barges  and  the 
Govemourc  of  Bresse  to  dyne  with  hym  at  his  owne  table,  thother 
Ambassadours  departyng  to  another  chambre  next  adjoynyngc,  where 


THE  LADYE   MAE YE.  25 

rificum  pro  illis  prandium  fuerat  provisum.  Quibuscum  divcrsi 
turn  spirituals  turn  ternporales  regni  Anglic  domini  commessati 
sunt.  Missa  faciam  in  presentiarum  adhibitam  scrvicia,  solemni- 
tates  ordinesque,  lautas  insuper  atque  exquisitas  dapes:  simul  et 
varia  ac  preciosa  vinorum  genera,  neenon  et  auream  argenteamque 
inauratam  supellcctilem,  qua  regie  majestati  atque  oratoribus  eo 
die  est  ministratum.  Certissimum  est  autem  nullum  craterem 
calieemve  aut  ciatiim  vel  urccum  sive  salinum  vol  gutturnium, 
nullamque  aliam  supellcctilem  iis  mensis  fuisse  appositam  que  non 
veia  ex  perfectissimo  auro  denso  ac  lato  margaritis  preeiosisque 
gemniis  ornato,  aut  saltern  ex  argento  tarn  dense  inaurato  esset 
f'abricata  ut  integrum  purumque  aurum  appareret. 

Finite-  autem  tarn  regali  et  sumptuoso  prandio  atque  amotis 
mensis,  ailuerunt  illico  diversi  domini  ac  strenui  Equites  armati 
ad  torniamenta  seu  hastiludia  in  decus  et  ornamentum  ac  laudem 
ejus  solemnitaris   facienda   parati.       Cum  quibus   Eex  una  secum 


provysion  was  made  for  tlicm  in  moost  honourable  maner,  and  there 
dyned,  accompanyed  with  dyverse  of  the  grettest  Lordes  sperituall 
and  temporall  of  the  Ilea  me. 

I  shall  not  reherse  what  solempnitie  and  ordre  in  servyce,  what 
delicate  and  sumptuous  metes,  wdiat  dyversytie  of  pleasaunt  wynes, 
what  plate  of  gold  and  silver  gilted,  the  kynges  grace  had  and  was 
served  with  that  daye.  But  this  is  certaync  that  there  was  no  sake, 
cuppe  or  layer  that  that  daye  was  set  on  the  horde  but  it  was 
of  fyne  glod,b  great  and  large,  preciously  garnysshed  with  perles 
and  stones,  ne  yet  noo  dische  or  sawcer  but  it  was  gilte  and  as 
bryght  as  golde. 

The  dyner  fynisshed,  there  were  dyvers  grete  Lordes^and  valiaunt 
knyghtes  armed  and  preprayredb  to  Justin  ye  honoure  of  that  feest; 
whiche    to    se    the    Kinges   grace    with    the    sayde    Ambassadours 

•  vel  non  in  orijr.  b  Sic. 


26  THE  SrOUSELLES  OF 

Oratorcs  chicens  quo  lancearum  eoncursus  et  ipsos  armatos  invicem 
congredientes  videret,  in  magnam  atque  egregiam  ejus  palatii  por- 
ticum,  quam  galeriam  vocant,  superior! bus  ranis  miro  ac  sumptuoso 
opcrc  a  se  edifieatam  se  convertit.  Ibi  namquc  patentes  fenestre 
plurime  sunt  ex  adverso  loci  quo  futurus  erat  eoncursus  ad  tntissi- 
muin  apertissimumque  spectaculum  accommodate.  Erat  autem 
ipsa  porticus  ■  auleis  tapetibusquc  decenter  ornata,  tot  preterea 
musicis  et  variis  ludorum  instrumentis  fertilis  et  copiosa,  ut  nulla 
ferine  honesta  volupras  quam  quisquam  optaret  ibi  deesset.  In 
quern  quidem  locum  prefata  illustrissima  domina  Maria  jam  prin- 
ceps  Castelle,  simul  et  illustrissima  prince}. s  Wallie,  non  parvo 
decentissimarum  dominarum  uumero  comitate,  insimul  spectandi 
gratia  venerunt, 

Interea  milites  ipsi,  fortibus  equis  armisque  et  ceteris  rebus  ad 
mili  tar  em  disciplinam  pertinentibus  abunde  ailluenterquc  et  preciose 
provisi,  tentoriis  videlicet;  phaleris  cquorum,  lanceis  et  omnifariam 
bellicis  instrumentis  ac  quibuscunque  ad  ipsa  torniamenta  conducenti- 
bus  ornamentis,  apparatibus  insupcr  multis  aurifabrorum  artificio 
fabricatis,  panno  identidem  aureo  sericeoque  et  cam  pan  is  ac  nolis 
arfTcntcis  atque  aliis  multimodis  preciosis  et  novis  rebus,  quas 
nimis  loftgumcsset  recitare,  ad  ineundum  inter  sese  certamen  presto 
erant. ' 


reasorted  to  his  galarye,  bcynge  ricbely  hanged  and  appointed  ;  and 
.vhyther  also  came  my  saide  lady  Marye  Pryncesse  of  Castile  and 
the  Pryncesse  of  Wales,  aecompanyed  with  a  goodly  nombre  of 
fayre  Ladycs.  Howe  well  horsed  and  harneissed,  howe  richly 
appoynted  were  the  said  lordes  and  knyghtes,  with  pavylyons, 
trappers,  bardes,  and  other  ornamentes  and  ap^areyll  of  goldsmyth 
werke,  clothe  of  golde,  silke  and  other  ryche  garnyssynge.  ana  with 
belles  of  silver  and  many  diverse  devises,  it  were  to  longe  a  pro- 
cesse  to  wryte.     For  by  the  space  of  thre  dayes  these  justis  con- 


TIIE  LADYE  MAEYE.  27 

St'abat  etenim  e  regione  loci  quo  congressus  illc  futurus  erat 
circiter  medium  locus  prominens  et  editus  in  facicm  lati  et  oblongi 
pulpiti,  tabularum  structura  erectus,  super  quo  heraldi  regii 
splendido  apparatu  et  amictu  decori,  una  cum  regiis  tubicinibus 
consedebant  ut  bellatorum  ictus  annotarent  et  eorum  qualitatem 
tubis  (ut  moris  est)  clangentibus  indicarent  conscriberentquc. 

Ceptum  est  igitur  inter  ipsos  belligeros  atrox  prelium,  quod 
absque  ulia  iniermissione,  quantum  lux  diurna  post  meridiem  passa 
est,  continuis  tribus  dicbus  fuit  continuatum  :  quolibet  eorum 
armatorum  singulo  quoque  die  durante  co  triduo  cum  recentiore 
splendidioreque  ac  snmptuoso  magis  apparatu  in  campum  pro- 
deunte. 

Aderat  ingens  ntrineque  sexus  tarn  nobilium  quam  populariuni 
nmltitudo,  que  videndi  gratia  illuc  confluxerat  :  et  que  fractarum 
Iancearum  fragore  audito  ac  tubarum  clangore  lignum  dante  intel- 
lecto  innnenso's  ad  celum  clamores  mittebat  et  modo  uni  modo 
alteri  armato  prout  sua  cujusque  in  eorum  aliquem  major  inerat 
devotio  majores  favores  voce  prestabat.  Pulchrum  autem  erat 
in  tanto  certamiue  innumeras  lanceas  armis  collisas  atque  hinc  inde 
confractas  videre  :  et  earuni  frusta  in  altissima  usque  aera  sepenu- 
mero  conscendcre. 

Eadem  die  dominiea  civitas  omnisLondoniarum  invicem  gaudens 


tynued,  and  day  by  day  every  lorde  and  knygbt  bad  dyversite  and 
cbaungc  of  appareilles  every  day  richer  than  other. 

And  finally  on  the  last  day  was  also  a  goodly  torneye,  and 
certaynly  all  the  sayd  lorde?,  knyghtes  and  men  of  amies  acquited 
theymself  soo  valiuuntly  as  well  in  justes  as  tourney  that  they 
atteigned  and  had  mervaylous  great  prayse,  both  of  strayngicrs  and 
others. 

The    sayde  sondaye   nyght    also    in    rejoysynge    this    fcest    and 


28  THE  SPOUSELLES  OF 

his  tarn  celeberrimis  ct  memorandis  triumphis  ad  omnia  festivitatis 
et  leticie  signa  se  convertit :  nocturnos  ignes  pvrasque  ct  lignorum 
altas  congeries  succensas  cxigens  :  Organis,  tympanis,  lyris,  citha- 
risque  ct  crotalis  ac  musicis  quibusquc  instruments  undique  per- 
sonantibus  ;  innnptis  virginibus  ac  nuptis,  pueris  juvenibus  et  gran- 
devis  largos  ignes  cirenmeuntibus,  choreasque  sonoro  ac  jubilo  cantu 
admixtas  dueentibus,  dulci  mcro  ct  saccaro  conditis  aromaticis  non- 
nunquam  sc  rcficieritibus,  donee  nox  intempesta  ad  quietem  somnum- 
que  cunetos  invitaret. 

Cum  autem  tertius  dies  torniamentorum  adventasset  et  lancearum 
incursui  primum  data  esset  opera  non  sine  pari  aut  non  multum 
absimili  omnium  certantium  laude  et  gloria,  tandem  lanceati  ipsi 
lanceis  desposifis,  fortibusque  in  earum  locum  gladiis  assumptis, 
fortiter  ac  strenue  insimul  dimicantes,  tantum  dc  sese  experimentum 
fecerunt  ut  non  minorem  in  eo  genere  pugne  quam  in  priore 
hastarum  ccrtamine  lauclem  apud  omnes  astantes  sint  consecnti,  et 
tarn  curialium  quam  advennrum  ct  exterorum  omnium  judicio 
magnopere  fuerint  commendati.  Nullus  etenim  gladius,  quantum- 
vis  forti  et  sincero  metallo  fabricatus,  in  ca  gladiatoria  pugna  extitit,. 
qui  vcl  non  in  partes  confringeretur  vcl  prorsus  recurvus   aut  con- 


triumphe  fyres  were  made  in  diverse  and  many  places  through  the 
cytie  of  London  with  other  demonstracions  and  signes  of  joye  and 
gladnesse. 

Thus  with  dyverse  and  many  other  goodly  sportes  passed  the 
tyme  by  the  day,  and  at  night  sumptuous  bankettes  were  made. 
AVhcre  at  some  tyme  the  kynges  grace  havynge  the  sayd  Ambassa- 
dours  with  hym  aceompanyed  with  a  goodly  nombre  ofladves  were 
present.  And  at  oon  of  yc  whiche  Lankettes  the  sayde  Ambassa- 
dours  delyvcred  thre  goodly  and  right  richc  tokens  and  Juelles  to 
iny  sayd  ladye  Marye,  oon  frome  Themp^roure  conteignvn»-e  an 
orient   rubye   and   a  large  and  a   fayre  diamondc  garnvsshed  with 


THE  LADTE  MAR YE.  29 

tusus  vel  inutilis  mancret :  Sicquc  his  etaliis  ludis  jocisque  ct  honcs- 
tissimis  voluptalibus,  utpote  ferocium  equorum  taurorumve  indomi- 
torum  atque  ursorum  cum  ingenti  mordacissimorum  canum  nuinero 
certantium,  dies  illi  jucundidatis  et  leticie  peracti  sunt.  Prius 
namque  et  aucupiis  et  venatibus  cervorum  damarumque  La  utroque 
vivario  regio  quod  ipsi  regie  domui  adjacet  non  parvam  animi 
voluptatem  oratores  ipsi  susccperant :  Quorum  quidem  vivariorum, 
quos  pareos  vulgus  appellat,  alterum  innumeris  mire  magnitudinis 
cerviSj  aliud  vero  damis,  quarum  nonnulle  toto  prorsus  corpore 
candent  spectaculum  de  se  prcbcntes  est  repletum. 

Postquam  autem  nox  tertie  diei  supervenisset  sumptuose  admo- 
dum  private  cene  parate  sunt,  ad  quas  Rex  nobilissimus  atque 
omnium  regum  sapientissimus  et  human issiraua  Oratores  ipsos  mag- 
numque  cum  his  delectarum  matronarum  numerum  secum  adduxit; 
cepitque  primus  conscedere,"  deinde  alios  omnis  ad  conscssum 
in  vita  re. 

Quibus  concessisb  Oratores  in  quadam  e  pluribus  mensa  tria  pul- 
cherrima  ae  preciosissima  dona  illico  prefato  lllustrissime  principi 
domino  Marie  dono  dedere;  quorum  ummi  ab  sacratissimo  Romano- 
rum  imperatore  Maximiliano  missum  erat,  rubeus  scilicet  lapis 
Zndicus  qui  a  nostris  rubimis  dicitur.  Magnus  siquidem  et  pre- 
ciosus  simul  et  adamas  magnis  unionibus  munitus. 

Aliud  vero  ab  illustrissimo  principe  Karolo  destinatum  littera 
K.  aurca  fuit,  nomen  Karoli  represcntans,  preciosis  adamantibus  ct 
margaritis  munitum  :  Quo  quidem  monili  hec  verba  inscripta  lucre, 
videlicet,  Maria  optimum  partem  elegit,  que  non  auferetur  ab  ca. 


great  perles,  ye  other  from  the  vonge  Prynce,  which  was  a  K.  for 
Karolus,  garnysshed  with  diamondes  and  perles,  wlierin  those  wordes 
were  written  :  Maria  optimum patrem*  elegit,  que  non  auferetur  ab  ca, 

*  Sic,  for  cantidere.  b  £/&J!or  cvrisessis.  c  Sic. 


30  THE   8POUSELLES  OF 

Tertium  autem  ab  illustrissima  principe  domina  Margareta 
Ducissa  Sabaudie  relicta  fuerat  profectum,  Balagius  scilicet,  quem 
balasion  vulgus  nominat,  preciosis  margaritis  circumdatus. 

His  igitur  ccnis,  turn  Iautis  tamque  oprparis  ut  nihil  omnino 
egregium  quod  vel  terra  vcl  freto  aut  ilumine  creseat  illis  ab- 
fuerit,  non  defuerunt  ludi  Mauroi  quas  morescas  dicunt,  ct  sal- 
tantium  juvenum  generosa  virensque  propago,  simul  et  comedianim 
tragediarumque  hystrionica  et  ludicra queque  spectacula  previsa  sane 
prius  ac  sumptuose  preparata.  Ea  nocte  dominus  de  Bergis"  Cesaree 
majestatis  et  illustrisshni  principis  Karoli  predict!,  jam  serenissimi 
Regis  Anglie  filii  dilectissimi,  instantissime  petiit  a  Regia  Majcstate 
et  illam  requisivit  quatenus  placeret  ei  dictum  principcm  Carolum 
snum  filiuni  nobilis  Ordinis  Garterii  Equitem  eligere  ac  creare. 
Quod  Iiex  optimo  animo  atque  ex  corde  concessit,  providitque 
illico  ut  ipse  priueejps  suus  fiiius  non  solum  in  unum  sociorum 
equitum  dicti  Ordinis  essct  elcetus,  sed  etiam  ut  ipsa  Gartera  cum 


and  ye  thirde  from  the  duchesse  of  Savoye,  wherein  was  a  o-0odly 
balas  garnysslied  with  perles.  Att  whiche  banket  there  was  no 
cuppe,  salte  no  layer  but  it  was  of  fyne  golde,  ne  yet  noo  plate  of 
vessayll  but  it  was  giltc. 

There  lacked  no  disguysynges,  inoriskcs  nor  entreludos  made  and 
appareiiled  in  the  beste  and  richest  maner. 

That  nyght  the  lord  Barges,  on  the  behalfe  and  by  the  commaunde- 
ment  of  Thcmperoure  and  the  kynges  good  sone  y°  yono-c  Prvnce 
made  instant  request  and  desyre  that  it  woid  please  his  grace  to 
elect  and  make  the  sayd  Prvnce  knyght  of  his  noble  ordre  of  the 
Gartier.  Whereunto  the  Kynges  grace  with  right  herty  wyll 
graunted.  And  not  oonly  hath  caused  hym  to  be  electid  as  oon  of 
the  companyons  and  knyghtes  of  that  ordre,  but  also  entendeth 
•  Apparently  the  word  mandatu  has  been  omitted  here. 


THE  LADTE  MARYE.  31 

omnibus  ornamentis  ad  illam  spectantibus  brevi  ad  ilium  mit- 
tcretur. 

Postremo,  cum  omnia  negocia  commissionem  dictorum  oratorum 
conccrnentia  essent  cxecutioni  mandate,  quoniam  dies  Xatalis 
Domini  appropinquaret,  Oratores  ipsi,  ad  propria  rcdire  cupientes, 
a  sercnissimo  Rege  veniam  abeundi  supplices  expostularunt. 

Bex  autctn,  quanquam  mngnopere  cuperet  eorum  prescntia 
diutiug  frui,  et  illos  in  dies  magis  ac  magis  sua  munilieentia  et 
liberalitate  confovere,  ad  illorum  tamen  prccipuam  instanliam  et 
gingularetn  rcquisitioncm  ipsos  dimisit  magnis  ac  prcciosis  mune- 
ribus  argentce  supellectilis,  necnon  et  levibus  equis,  Oliuis  nun- 
cupatis,  falconibus  canibusque  et  pluribus  aliis  non  injucunuis  don  is 
donatos. 

Postea  vero  quam  dicti  oratores  tan  to  Pegi  vale  iecissent  et 
honestissima  hincinde  gratulationis  et  intiine  amicicie  signa  essent 
ostensa,    prefatus    lllustrissimus    princeps    Karolus,    post    oratorum 


within  brief  tyme  to  sende  unto  the  said  Prince  the  Gartier  with  all 
other  ornamentes  belongynge  to  the  sayde  ordre. 

And  whan  all  matiers  concernynge  the  commyssion  of  the  sayd 
Ambassadours  ■were  accomplisshed,  for  asinoche  as  the  feste  of 
Cristmas  approched,  They  desyred  to  take  theyr  leve  of  the 
kynges  highnes  to  reatourned"  tc  their  countraye. 

And  albe  it  the  kynges  grace  was  greatly  desyrous  that  they 
sliuld  have  lenger  taryed,  yet  at  theyr  instaunte  poursuyte  his  grace 
despeched  they  in,  and  with  mervaylous  great  and  honourable  giftes 
of  goodly  plate  rewarded  theym,  besydes  horses,  hobies,  hawkes, 
hoondes,  and  many  other  goodly  pleasures. 

And  for  further  coniirmacion  and  approvyng  of  yc  forcsayd 
mariage,  the  sayd  yonge  prince  sythens  the  departyng  of  his 
Ambassadours  hathe  sente  dyverse  letters  subscribed  with  his  ownc 


32  THE  SPOTJSELLES  OF 

suorum  legationcm  solutam,  pro  ampliore  confirmatione  et  appro- 
batione  dicti  Matrimonii  sepe  ac  scpius  suas  litteras  propria  sua 
manu  subscriptas,  tain  ad  Sercnissiuuim  Regem,  nominando  et 
acceptando  ilium  in  suum  bonum  patrem,  et  ad  illustrissimum 
principem  Henricum,  fiiium  regium,  nominando  et  aeceptando  eum 
in  suutn  amantissimum  fratrem,  quam  etiam  ad  ipsam  Illustrlssimam 
dominam  Mariam  suam  sponsam  dedit,  exprinaahs*  ac  norninans  illam 
suam  uxorem  et  consociam,  cam  aliis  gratioribus  atque  amicabilio- 
ribus  verbis  quam  vel  seribi  vel  excogitari  valeat. 

Gaude  ergo  giudio  magno.  Gaude,  inquam,  et  letare,  0  feli- 
cissima  hoc  tempore  Anglia,  atque  tuo  nobilissimo  victoriosissi- 
moque  et  sapientissimo  supremo  Regi  Henrico  septimo  da  laudein, 
honorcm  et  gratias  sempiternas,  quandoquidem  pro  sua  innata  pru- 
dentia,  studio,  ingenio,  et  providentia  non  solum  in  pace  (iima  ac 
quiete,  tranquil  lit  ate  et  justicia  es  posita,  eum  summa  rcrum  omnium 


hande,aswell  to  the  kyngeshighnes,namyngeand  acceptyng  his  grace 
for  his  good  fader,  and  to  my  lorde  the  Prince,  takyng  and  callyng  hym 
his  lovyng  Brother,  as  also  to  my  sayd  lady  Marye,  expressely 
callyng  hir  his  wyfe  and  compayn,  with  other  as  kyndc  and  lovyng 
wordea  as  can  be  devysed  to  be  written. 

Kejoyse,  Englande,  and  to  thy  mooste  noble  victorious  and  fortu- 
nate sovcrayne  lorde  and  Kinge  yeve  honoure,  prayse  and  thankes, 
by  whoes  hyghe  wvsedome,  studie  and  provydence  thou  arte  not 
oonly  set  and  establysshed  injustice,  peace,  rest  and  tranquilite  with 
habundauuce  of  all  commodities  necessarye,  but  also  thy  honoure  is 
in  suchc  wyse  nowc  enhaunced  and  exalted  that  all  Christen  regions 
poursue  unto  the  for  aliaunce,  confederacion  and  amytic.  Thy 
ilorisshyng  redde  roses  be  so  planted  and  spredde  in  the  highest 
imperial!  gardcyns  and  houses  of  power  and  honoure  that  by  suche 
spectous11  buddes  and  braunches  as  by  Goddes  grace  shall  proceed  of 
them,  all  Christen  regions  shall  heraftcr  be  unite  and  alied  unto 

•  Sie. 


TIIE  LADYE  MARYE.  33 

tibi  necessariarum  copia,  fertilitate  ct  affluentia,  sed  etiam  tuum 
omne  decus  splendor  et  gloria  in  tantum  attollitur  et  sublimatur 
at  Christiana  omnia  religio  cupiat  et  optet  finno  tibi  amicicie  et 
confederationis  nexu  ac  vinculo  adjungi. 

Tue,  siquidem,  tue  iste  redolcntes  rubee  rose  liac  tempestate  adco 
crevcre.  patuleque  et  prominentes  facte  sunt,  suusquc  radices  ad 
altissimos  usque  imperialcs  hortos  ac  domos  potentie  et  honoris  ex- 
tenderunt  ac  propagamnt,  ut  ex  eorum  gemmulis  ct  palmitious 
generalis  totius  rei  publice  Christiane  Pax  unio  et  confederatio  Deo 
favente  sit  proventura.  Ad  quern  quidem  honoris  cumulum  et 
dignitatis  apicem  ante  hac  nusquam  potuisti  attingcre  :  Ilic  est 
nempe  tuus  nobilissiinus  suprenms  doininus  et  Rex  qui  to  ad  tain 
subliincm  glorfe  statum  evexit,  quern  non  modo  colore  venerarique 
et  observare  jure  meritoque  debes,  atque  illi  fidelitcr  libenterque 
servire,  veruni  etiam  pro  i'elici  diuturnoque  illius  statu  incolumitate 
et  continue*  sueccssu  ac  quotidiano  incremento  tuis  devotis  et 
continuis  precibus  teneris  Altissiinutn  deprecari. 


the,  whichc  honqure  tyll  now  thou  coudes  never  attaigne.  This  is 
thy  noble  sovcrayne  lorde  and  Kyng  that  to  so  hyghe  honoure 
hathe  the  avaunced.  ^'hoiu  thou  hast  cause  not  only  to  love  and 
truely  serve,  hut  for  whoes  noble  estate  with  longe  and  happye  eon- 
tynuaunce  in  prosperous  helth  thou  arte  specially  hounde  with 
devoute  orisons  contynuelly  to  praye. 

Imprynted  at  London  in  Fletestrete  at  the  Sygne  of  the  George 
by  Eicharde  Pynson  prynter  unto  the  Kynges  noble  grace. 

[Colophon,  as  in  the  Latin  edition.     See  p.  35.] 


34  THE    BPOUSELLES    OF 


Petri  CarmeHanipe  illmtrissimorum  principum  Caste! le 

Karoli  et  Marie  spousal/bus  Carmen. 

Festa  dies  ftrtget,  cunetis  mortalibus  Evi  : 

Et  solito  Titan  clarior  orbe  micat. 
Vir  bonus  et  pradens  et  qtiisquis  pacis  araator 

Gaudeat,  et  supero  dot  pia  thura  deo. 
Ang]ica  Burgundc  domui  domus  inclyta  elare 

Sanguinis    cterno  fodcro  juncta  manet. 
Ecee  datur  Karolo  Maria  speciosa  puella, 
Virtute  insignia,  moribus  atque  nitens. 
Septimus  Henrieus,  Hex  inclytus,  est  pater  illi, 
Qui  gemma  est  regum,  precipiramque  deeus. 
Regina  Hellisabet  mater,  dum  viveret3  orbis 

Inter  reginas  floruit  absque  pari. 
Henrieus  frater  princeps,  eui  nemo  secundus, 

Oonspicuum  toto  fundit  in  orbe  jubar. 
Margarets  soror  Regi  conjuneta  potenti 

Scotoram,  sapiens,  pulcbra,  venusta,  decens. 
Defnnctos  taceo  fratres  simul  atque  sorores, 

Qui  Ieti  in  eelo  regna  beata  tenent. 
At  Karolo  genitor  fuerat  Rex  ille  Philippus, 

Quern  brevis  (ah  nimium!)  substnlit  bora  sibi. 
Cesaris  Augusti  spes  unica,  filius  unus, 

Magnanimus,  prestans,  strenuus  atque  potens. 
Sed  Regina  sibi  est  genitrix  prcclara  Joanna, 

Ileres  regnoruni  non  dubitata  trium. 
Ipse  tamen  tanto  prineeps  orbate  parente  r 

Rursus  babes  patrem,  sorte  favente  novum, 
Hie  est  Henrieus,  qui  te  et  tua  jura  fovebit, 
Hostibus  imponens  fortia  frena  tuis. 


THE    LADYE    MARYE.  35 

Hie  est  qui  pacem,  sua  cum  vexilla  inovebit, 
Gentibus  et  regnis  imperilarc  potest. 

Ast  igitur  laudes  Supero,  dominoque  potenti, 
Reddamus,  nobis  qui  bona  tanta  dedit. 

Utque  salutiJerum  sit*  nobis  omnibus  istud 
Conjugium,  demus  noete  dieque  preces. 
U  Laus  Deo. 

[Colophon,   a  very  ornamental   woodcut  with  Richard  Pynson's 

name  and  design  in  a  central  square  surrounded  by  a  square  border 
with  various  figures.  In  the  left  hand  at  the  bottom  is  a  Virgin 
crowned,  with  the  Child  in  her  arms.  On  the  other  side,  opposite,  is 
a  portrait  of  the  princess  crowned,  standing  erect,  and  behind  on  a 
lower  level  her  father  with  crown  and  sceptre.  Onh  the  upper  part 
of  his  body  is  seen,  down  to  the  right  arm,  which  holds  the  sceptre 
and  seems  to  be  resting  on  a  table.] 


INDEX. 


Admiral    of    England.     See    Oxford, 

Earl  of 
Almayue.     See  Germany. 
Arragon,  Ferdinand  King  of,  18 
. Ambassador     of. 

See  Paebla,  ftodrigo  de 
Arundel,  Thomas  Fiizalan,  lGth  Earl 

of,  11 
Austria,  Aiehdukc  of.     See  Charles 

Berghes,  John  lord  of ,  chambcrlaia  to 
the   Emperor  Maximilian,  .'J,  1!»,  20, 
21,  22,  23,  24,  30 
Berghes,  John  dc,  Seigneur  do  Wal- 

hniu,  son  of  the  preceding,  5 
Bevreaj  Adolphc  dc  Bonrgogne,  seig- 
neur de,  5 
Borgoyne  (Burgundy),  13 
Brandon,  Sir  Thomas,  K.G.,  6 
Bresse,  governor  of.    See  GorrevOd 
Burgo,  Andrea  de,  knight,  of  the  Em- 
peror's council,  4 
Burgundy  (Borgoyne),  duchess  of,  13 
Burgundy,  house  of,  31 

Calais,  5,  6,  10,  12 

,  deputy  of.     See  Talbot,  Sir  G. 

Canterbury,  6 

-.  archbishop  of.     See  War- 


ham,  "W. 


church.  6 


-,  cathedral  priory  of  Christ- 
prior  of,     See 


Goldstone,  Thomas 

,  St.  Augustine's,  abbot  of,  0 

mayor  and  aldermen  of,  G 


Caruielianus,    Petrns,     Henry    VII.'s 

Latin  secretary,  his  poems,  1.  34 
Cassel.    provost    of.     See    Thcimscke, 

George  de 
Castile,  16,  17 

,  Prince  of.     See  Charles 

— ,  Princess  of.     See  Mary,  d.  of 

Henry  VII. 
Catherine.     See  Katharine 
Chamberlain  of  England.    See  Oxford, 

earl  of 
Chancellor,  lord.     See  Warham,  W. 
Charles  I'rinceof  Castile.  Archduke  of 

Austria,  1.  2,  3,  12,  13,  14,  15,  10. 

20.  21,  22,  2'.),  30,  31,34  ;  embassy 

of,  2,  3,  et  passim 
Chester,  earl  of.    See  Henry,  Prince  of 

Wales 
Cornwall,  duke  of      See  llenrv,  Prince 

of  Wales 

Hartford,  Kent,  6 

Docwra.    Sir    Thomas,   prior    of    the 
Kuiyhts  of  St.  John  at  Cierkcnwell.  G 

Elizabeth  of   York,  Queen  of  Henrj 

VII.,  17.  31 
Ely,  bishop  of.     See  West,  Dr.  X. 
England,  15,  18 
Exmewe,  Thomas,  shcrilf  of  London,  7 

Ferdinand,  King  of  Arragon,  18 

Eit/.james,  Pic.,  bishop  of  London,  23 
Flanders,  or  Lou-  Countries,  1G 

,  president  of.     See  Sauvaige, 

Jean  le 


INDEX. 


37 


Fox,  Richard,  bishop  of  Winchester,  11 
Fploncke.     Sec  lJilug 

Garter,  order  of  the,  30,  31 

Germany  ^or  Almaync),  15 

Giglis,  John  de.  bishop  of  Worcester,  G 

Goidstone.  Thomas,  prior  of  Christ- 
church,  Canterbury,  G 

Gorrevod,  Laurence  de,  governor  of 
Ercsse,  3,  21 

Granada  (Granate),  1G 

Greenwich,  palace  at,  7 

,  the  gallerv  at,  built 

by  Henry  VII.,  S 

Haneton,  Philip,  Maximilian's  secre- 
tary and  audlentiarivs,  A 

Henry  VII.,  ],  2,  7,  8,  9,  10,  15,  1G.  23, 
25,  32,  31 ;  his  wealth,  18 

Henry,  prince  of  Wales,  duke  of  Corn- 
wall, and  carl  of  Chester.  9,  10,  32 

i!  Ilobies  "  (obini),  light  horses,  31 

Isabella  (Elizabeth),  the  Catholic, 
Queen  of  Castile,  18 

James  IV.  of  Scotland,  10 

Jennings,  Sir  Stephen,  mayor  of  Lou- 
don, 7 

Joanna,  Queen  of  Castile,  mother  of 
Prince  Charles.  34 

*'  Just'"  (to  tourney),  25 

Katharine  of  Arragon,  princess  of 
Wales  (widow  of  Arthur,  prince  of 
Wales,  and  affianced  to  prince 
Ilenrv),  daughter  of  Ferdinand  and 
Isabella,  17, 18,  26 

Leon  (or  Lyons),  kingdom  of,  1G 
London,  7,  11,  27.  29 

,  mayor  and  aldermen  of,  7 

,  sheriffs  of,  7 

,  Fleet     Street,      sign     of    the 

George,  33 

,  bishop  of.  See  Fi.'/jamcs,  Eic. 

Low  Countries.     See  Flanders 

Lyons  (Leon  in  Spain),  kingdom  of,  1G 

Margaret,  daughter  of  Henry  VII., mar- 
ried to  James  IV.  of  Scotland,  1G 


Margaret,  duchess  of  Savoy,  Regent  of 
the  Netherlands,  14,  30  " 

Mary,  daughter  of  Henry  VII.,  1,  2,  3, 
13,  14,  16,  17.  IS,  19,  21,  22.  28,  29, 
31,  34  ;  her  deportment,  beauty,  and 
grace,  18,  19 ;  called  princess  of 
Castile  (after  her  proxy  marriage), 
2G 

Maximilian,  the  Emperor,  2,  10,  -12. 
15,  20,  29,  30  ;  embassy  of,  2,  3,  ct 
passim  ;  his  letters,  9 

"  Moriskcs"  (morris  dances),  30 

Obini.     See  "  Ilobies." 

Oxford,  John  de  Vere,  thirteenth  earl 

of.  Great  Chamberlain  and  Admiral 

of  England,  7 


Pflug,  Sigismund,  LL.D.  [his  name. 
misprinted  by  Rynson  "  Splonke  " 
and  "  Fploncke  "]  4 

Philip  I.  of  Castile,  father  of  Prince 
Charles,  34 

Ponynges  (or  Povnings),  Sir  Edward, 
G 

Pucbla,  Rodrigo  de,  LL.D.,  Ambassa- 
dor of  Ferdinand,  King  of  Arragon,  8 

Pynson,  Richard,  printer  to  the  king, 
33,  35 

Richmond,  castle  or  palace  of.  1G.  17 
— — — — ,  gallerv   at,  built  by  Henry 

VII.,  2G  <** 
Royal  Body,  knights  of  the,  8 
,  captain  of  the,  S 

St  John's,  prior  of.  See  Docwra,  Sir 
Thomas 

Sauvaige,  Jean  le,  president  of  Flan- 
ders,'^, 10,  20,  21 

Savoy,  duchess  of.     See  Margaret 

Sheen  (Richmond),  palace  at,  1G  note 

Shrewsbury,  George  Talbot,  seventh 
earl  of,  steward  of  the  king's  house- 
hold. G,  7 

Sittingbourne,  in  Kent,  G 

Smith,  Richard,  sheriff  of  London,  7 

Staple,  merchants  of  the,  7 

Steward  (scnescaUux)  of  the  king's 
household.     Sec  Shrewsbury,  earl  of 


38 


INDEX, 


Talbot.    See  Shrewsbury 

Talbot,  Sir  Gilbert,  deputy  of  Calais,  o 

Thames,  the  river,  S 

Theimseke,    George    dc,    provost    of 

Cassel,  1 
Toisou  d'Or,  king-at  arms,  4 
Tournaments,  2.~>-29 

Wales,  prince  of.     See  Henry 

,  princess  of.     See  Katharine 


Walbain,  John  de  Berghes,  seigneur 
ile,  5 

Warbam,  "William,  archbishop  of  Can- 
terbury, lord  chancellor,  7,  10. 11,  20 

West,  Dr.  Nicholas  (afterwards  bishop 
of  Ely),  i> 

Winchester,  bishop  of.  See  Fox, 
Richard 

Worcester,  bishop  of.  See  Giglis.  John 
dc 


PBISTED  BT  NICHOLS  AND  SONS.  25,  I'AltLlAMENT  STREET,  WESTMINSTER,  S.W. 


COLLECTION  OF  ORIGINAL  LETTERS 


FROM 


THE  BISHOPS  TO  THE  PEIYI  COUNCIL, 

'       '    1504, 

WITH    RETURNS    OF    THE    JUSTICES    OF    THE    PEACE    AND   OTHERS 

WITHIN  THEIR  RESPECTIVE  DIOCESES,  CLASSIFIED  ACCORDING 

TO   THEIR    RELIGIOUS    CONVICTIONS. 


EDITED    1?Y 


MARY  BATESON. 


PRINTED  FOR  THE  CAMDEN  SOCIETY 

MDCCCXCIII. 


PREFACE. 


IN  the  calendar  of  the  MSS.  of  the  Marquis  of  Salisbury,  Pari  I., 
p.  306  (No.  1024),  will  be  found  a  brief  summary  of  the  contents 
of  a  MS.  preserved  at  Hatfield    House   (pressmark,  c.  c.  5),   which 
contains  the  replies  sent  by  the  archbishops  and  bishops  to  questions 
put  to  them  by  the  Privy  Council  in  a  letter  of  October    17,  1584. 
This  letter  is  not  now  known  to  be  extant,  but  from   the  answers 
of  the  bishops  it  appears  that  they  were  asked  to  classify  those  who 
were  already  justices  of  the   peace   according  as  they  were   favour- 
able, indifferent,  or  hostile  to  the  proceedings  of  the   Government 
in  matters  of  religion,  and  also  to  name  the  persons   who   in    their 
opinion  were  fit  to  be  put  into  office  and   those   who  should  be 
removed  from  office.      To  this  end  they  were  asked  to  consult  those 
of  the  leading  men  of  their  dioceses   who    were   favourable  to   the 
Government,    and    with    their   help  to   make  suggestions  for   the 
remedying  of  disorders,  for  the  fuller  repression   of  popery,  main- 
tenance of  justice,  promotion    of  God's  gospel,  and   punishment   of 
those    who    afflicted    the  honest   and   godiy    and   maintained  the 
perverse  and  ungodly.     As  the  same  method  is  not  adopted  by  each 
bishop  it  is  difficult  to  tabulate  the  results  with  accuracy  ;  roughly 
estimated,  the  total  of  justices  marked  favourable  is  431  ;   marked 
indifferent,  neuter,  or  not  favourable,  2G4  ;  hinderers  or  adversaries, 
157.     The  dioceses  reported  to  be  most  hostile  to  the  Government 
were    those    of   the    north    and    west  ;    Carlisle,  Durham,   York, 
Worcester,    Hereford,    and     Exeter    were    strong    in    opposition. 
Staffordshire  was  troubled  by  a  knot  of  "  hinderers"    led   by   the 
Yernons,  and  in   Buckinghamshire  Sir  Robert   Dairy,  Sir  Robert 
Peckham,  and  Sir  "William    Dormer   were   the    leaders  of  a. large 


IV  PREFACE. 

band  of  men  "  not  lit  to  ho  trusted."  Where  the  towns  are 
mentioned  these  are  found  to  be  in  nearly  every  case  more  hostile 
to  tire  Government  than  the  counties.  Xewcastle-on-Tyne  alone  is 
an  exception. 

These  lists  serve  as  a  measure  of  the  progress  which. the  doctrines 
of  the  Reformation  had  made  among  the  middle  classes,  for  the 
administrators  of  local  government  arc  here  classified  as  they  sup- 
ported or  opposed  tire  doctrines  of  the  Church  of  Rome  :  the  bishops 
were  not  as  yet  concerned  to  exclude  the  advanced  reformers  from 
office,  and  there  is  nothing  in  these  lists  to  show  that  they  included 
among  the  men  "not  fit  to  be  trusted"  any  persons  other  than 
those  who  were  reputed  to  have  leanings  towards  Roman 
Catholicism.  These  lists  should  prove  valuable  to  local  historians, 
lor  they  give  a  complete  religious  census  of  the  leading  men  of 
each  county.  Most  of  the  names  may  be  identified  in  the  large 
county  histories,  but  as  a  rule  genealogical  evidence  alone  is  here 
forthcoming;  the  bishops'  remarks  give  to  many  a  distinct  political 
and  religious  identity. 

It  would  be  interesting  to  trace  the  results  which  attended  the 
Council's  efforts  to  secure  a  body  of  justices  willing  to  carry  out 
its  wishes,  but  this  cannot  be  done  with  any  completeness  until  the 
lists  of  justices  of  the  peace,  which  may  be  found  on  the  backs  of 
the  Patent  Rolls,  have  been  printed.  So  far  as  I  have  been  able 
to  compare  these  lists  it  docs  not  appear  that  the  Council  effected 
any  sudden  changes  ;  hinderers  and  persons  not  conformable  some- 
times remained  in  office,  and  signed  the  Act  of  Supremacy  in 
15G9.a  Several  of  the  bishop-  were  obliged  to  recommend  the 
retention  of  the  services  of  men  who  were  u  noted  adversaries  of 
religion,"  either  by  reason  of  their  intimate  acquaintance  with  the 
law  or  because  they  could  not  recommend  any  persons  as  fit  to  fill 
their  places.  The  steady  increase  of  the  powers  of  the  jtistices  of 
the  peace  in  religious  matters  which  went  on  throughout  the  reign 
is  proof  enough  that  the  Council  found  that  it  could  secure  the  co- 

■  KHz.  D.S.I*.  Ix.  22. 


PREFACE.  V 

operation  of  this  body.  It  was  the  Act  of  the  preceding  year 
(5  Eliz.  c.  i.)  which  necessitated  an  inquiry  at  this  particular 
time,  for  the  Council  had  begun  a  new  system  when  not  justices 
of  assize  only,  but  also  justices  of  the  peace,  were  made  respon- 
sible within  the  limbs  of  their  commission  for  the  execution  of  the 
Act  for  preserving  the  power  ol  the  Crown  against  the  usurpation 
of  the  see  of  Rome. 

Only  favourers  of  religion  and  godly  proceedings  could  afford  to 
laugh  with  Falstaffat  "  Robert  Shallow  esquire/-'  "  in  the  county  of 
Gloster  justice  of  peace  and  coram"  ay  and  cust-alorum.  ay  and 
rato-lorum  too,  "a  gentleman  who  writes  himself  armigero on  evety 
bill,  warrant,  quittance,  or  obligation  arrrdgefo"  but  men  not  staid  in 
religion  trembled  when  Robert  Shallow  esquire  made  a  Star  Cham- 
ber matter  of  their  doings  or  let  the  Council  know  of  them. 

The  same  careful  watch  which  the  Council  kept  on  justices  of 
the  peace  was  kept  upon  the  corporations,  especially  when  the 
aldermen  were  by  their  municipal  privilege  also  justices  of  the 
peace.  From  lists  like  these  the  Council  got  the  information 
which  enabled  it  to  decide  who  should  be  appointed  as  mayor, 
aldermen,  and  capital  burgesses  when  charters  of  incorporation 
were  to  be  granted  or  "confirmations"  of  old  charters  drawn  up  in 
which  only  the  most  important  sentences  of  the  originals  were 
changed.  Since  the  mayor,  aldermen,  and  capital  burgesses 
appointed  in  the  first  instance  were  to  fill  up  all  vacancies  in  their 
ranks  by  co-option,  care  had  to  be  taken  to  avoid  the  appointment 
of  adversaries  of  religion." 

These  returns  afford  a  most  characteristic  illustration  of  that 
infinite  care  for  detail  and  love  of  minute    inquiry   which   inspired 

*  Take  for  instance  the  charters  granted  to  Leicester,  15S8,  1599  (J  Thompson, 
pp.  2S5  and  307)  ;  in  the  second  the  major,  bailiffs,  and  burgesses  are  all  named  ■ 
so  too  at  STewbnry  (Jleney/p.  228)  in  13JW,  the  mayor,  six  aldermen,  and  twenty 
fooj  capital  burgesses  are  singled  out  by  name;  at  Beverhy  (l'oulson,  p.  12)  the 
charter  of  15  KHz.  names  the  governors  to  he  called  the  Common  Council,  they  are 
to  appoint  to  all  vacancies.  An  interesting  collection  of  cases  of  this  kind  mfght  be 
made  to  illustrate  the  growth  of  oligarchy  in  Kurdish  towns. 


VI  PREFACE. 

the  Elizabethan  Government.  The  lists  of  justices  of  the  peace 
contain  the  great  names  of  each  county,  for  it  was  not  beneath 
the  dignity  of  a  member  of  Her  Majesty's  Privy  Council  to  sit  at 
quarter  sessions,  but  they  also  contain  the  names  of  many  small 
men  unskilled  in  the  Laws  ;  all  were  watched  with  equal  zeal  by  the 
Council's  jealous  eye  ;  nobody  could  hope  to  k"eep  his  religious 
convictions  a  secret  from  the  Council ;  however  outwardly  con- 
formable, if  inwardly  he  was  frowardly  superstitious  the  Council 
knew  it.  Matthew  Parker  alone  shrinks  from  ticketing  the 
religion  of  every  man,  and  writes  tartly  when  he  sends  the  list  of 
names  commended  to  him  for  the  dioceses  of  LlandafTand  Oxford  a 
that  "  what  these  be  nnd  what  others  be  your  honours  of  the 
Council  know  much  better  than  we  can  inform  you,  and  as  for 
myself  J  know  them  not  and  sometime  informers  serve  their  own 
turn  and  gratify  their  friends."  The  remedies  for  disorders  sug- 
gested by- the  bishops  are  the  favourite  remedies  of  the  time  and 
show  no  originality  ;  they  recommend  those  in  authority  to  receive 
the  communion  frequently  in  order  to  set  a  good  example,  and  to 
hear  sermons  and  discourses  before  quarter  sessions  in  order  to  keep 
their  religious  duties  well  in  mind  ;  oaths  cannot  be  too  frequently 
administered  to  suspected  persons  and  to  those  in  authority.  The 
evil  of  privileged  jurisdictions  exempt  from  their  control  is  one 
which  several  bishops  were  anxious  to  remove. 

My  best  thanks  are  due  to  the  Bishop  of  Peterborough,  who 
drew  my  attention  to  this  manuscript,  and  to  Mr.  R.  T.  Gunton, 
the  Marquis  of  Salisbury's  secretary,  who  kindly  made  arrange- 
ments for  my  convenience  in  copying  it.  Owing  to  the  exigencies 
of  space  it  has  been  found  necessary  to  print  the  names  in  lines 
instead  of  in  lists,  and  in  some  minor  particulars  to  abandon  the 
arrangement  of  the  manuscript.  Abbreviations  arc  expanded,  and 
square  brackets  used  where  the  sense  is  doubtful. 

Mary  Bateson. 

*  Then  vacant. 


LETTERS  FROM  THE   BISHOPS  TO   THE 
PRIVY  COUNCIL,   1564. 


1024.  f.-la.     Press  mark,  c.  c.  5. 

My  dutie  humblie  remembrid ;  your  Lordships  letters  datid  the 
xviitU  of  this  instant  I  rcceavid  the  xxth  of  the  same  at  night,  and 
acordiag  to  my  bounden  dutie  I  haue  with  all  diligencie  travelled 
to  accoinplishe  your  commaundement,  and  have  herinclosed  sent 
unto  your  honors  a  true  Certifieat  aunswearing  the  Seucrall  pointes 
of  your  lettres  acordinglie.  I  thank  god  I  am  well  acquainted  with 
my  floeke  and  namelie  with  the  affections  of  such  as  be  bell  weathers 
and  leaders  of  the  Same.  Sure  I  am  I  haue  dealt  fkithfullie  herin, 
for  in  this  my  report  neather  haue  I  fearid  partis  or  respectid  person 
but  Simplie  folowed  a  plaine  truthe,  vsing  the  aduise  of  Such  as  be 
zelous  in  religion,  skillfull  in  the  state  of  their  Countreie  and  good 
members  of  the  commenwealthe.  Ffor  Worcester  Shire  1  vsed  the 
Counsell  of  Sir  Thomas  Russell,  knight,  for  t^e  Citie  of  Worcester 
I  vsed  the  Counsell  of  Christopher  Dighton,  a  grave  and  a  wise 
Citizin.  Ffbr  the  Towne  of  Warwick  and  that  percell  of  my 
dioceses  there  I  vsed  the  Counsell  of  William  Huddisdon,  gent, 
and  Nicholas  Jackson,  person  of  I Ldfoid.  I  wold  haue  consulted 
with  mo  in  this  matter,  but  Such  as  I  thought  most  meete  for  the 
purpose  were  out  of  the  Countreie  and  men  are  loth  to  meddle  in 
matters  that   may    tuine   to   their  displeasure.     The  repressing  of 

caiid.  soc.  B 


LETTERS  feom  the  eishops 


poperic,  the  punishement  of  Offendors/ the  reforming  of  religion, 
the  raaintenaunce  of  Justice  and  the  promoting  of  goddes  gospel], 
I  referre  to  your  honorable  consideration?,  authorise  and  wisedomes. 
God  graunt  good  Successe  to  your  godlie  intendementes.  The 
right  waie  to  Stablishe  a  kingedonie  is  first  to  rectiiie  religion  ; 
where  god  is  trulie  Sought,  there  is  greate  Safetie  ;  and  if  he 
keepe  not  the  Cine,  the  watchmen  labor  but  in  vaine.  Goddes 
kingedome  is  first  to  be  Sought,  his  house  is  first  to  be  built, 
his  church  is  first  to  be  pourgid.  Josophat,  Ezechias,  Josias,  the 
good  princes,  wrought  this  waie.  Christ  entering  into  Jerusalem 
first  pomged  the  temple.  The  Church,  Saieth  Chrisostome,  is  as 
the  Stomack  of  a  man;  yf  the  stoma ke  be  pourged  and  made 
eleene,  the  bodie  wil  be  Safe  from  Sicknes.  Sainct  Paule 
wold  haue  old  leaven  cast  out.  The  Shipp  was  not  Safe  vntill 
Jonas  was  hurled  into  the  Sea.  But  wine  trouble  I  your  wise- 
domes  with  wordes.  Seing  that  ye  can  not  forgett  to  remember 
these  matters,  zeale  carieth  me  further  than  becomith  me.  I 
praie  your  honors  pardon  me.  Meanes  to  redresse  Such  thinges 
as  be  amisse  your  wisedomes  can  best  Consider,  yet  forsomuche  as  it 
plenseth  your  Lordshippes  to  require  my  poore  aduise,  I  will 
Simplie  Saie  that  which  vpon  the  Sodaine  I  thinck. 

If  all  Such  as  mislike  and  contemne  true  religion,  now  by 
common  order  Set  forth,  were  put  out  of  auctoritie  and  publique 
office. 

Yftheothc  for  the  queues  maiesties  Supremacie  were  tenderid 
to  all  Such  as  beare  rule  or  be  of  auctoritie  in  their  Countreie  and 
yet  knowen  to  be  adversaries  to  true  religion. 

If  Such  as  be  put  in  Commission  foi  he  peace  or  arc  callid  to 
other  offices  in  the  common  wealth  Should  take  their  othes  openlie 
at  the  Sessions  or  some  other  publique  place  for  the  Queues 
Supremacie. 

Yf  the  Justices  of  Assise  at  eyerie  of  their  Sessions  should  first 
heare  a  s(ermon). 

Yf  Justices  of  Assise  and  also  of  the  peace  in  their  Sessions  wold 


TO   THE    PETTY    COUNCIL,    1564.  3 

diligentlie  enquire  of  matters  of  religion  and  effectuouslie  punishe 
transgressera  of  the  Same. 

Yf  gcntillmcn  and  Such  as  be  in  auctoritie  were  Inyoined  everie 
quarter  once  to  receave  the  Communion  and  to  hcare  a  Sermon 
to  the  good  example  of  others. 

f.  lb. 

Yf  popishe  and  perucrse  pricstea  which,  misliking,  religion  hauc 
forsaken  the  ministerie  and  yet  line  in  corners,  are  kept  in  gentill- 
mens  houses  and  had  in  grcate  estimacion  with  the  people,  where 
they  marvailouslie  pervert  the  Simple  and  blaspheme  the  truthe, 
were  restrainid  of  their  libertic  &  put  to  the  othe  lor  the  quenes 
Maiesties  Supremacie. 

Yf  commaundement  were  giuen  to  Cities  and  tonnes  Corporate 
that  they  should  specialise  regard  to  those  Such  officers  as  were  wise, 
godlic  and  favorers  of  the  truthe. 

Yf  Justice  and  iudgement  were  severelie  without  respect  of 
person  executed,  and  vice  and  Sinne  in  all  Sortes  of  people  sharplie 
punished. 

Yf  the  ministers  of  goddes  word  were  all  compelled  to  consent  in 
one  truth  and  preachc  one  doctrine,  faithfullie  and  prudentlie  with 
all  diligeneifi  to  do  their  oilice  and  to  Hue  in  good  order. 

Then  I  wold  not  doubt  but  god  should  haue  his  glorie,  this 
realme  should  florishe,  the  prince  Hue  in  greate  comfort,  and  the 
people  in  good  order  and  much  quietnes.  Tims  praing  the  all 
mightie  god  to  graunt  you  the  Spirite  of  wisedome,  that  you  may 
governc  to  his  glorie,  the  honor  of  the  prince  and  to  the  good  of  the 
Commenwealthe,  I  Commend  your  honors  to  ms  gratious  direction 
and  merciefull  tuition. 

Ffrom  my  house  at  Hartilburie,  this  xxviitu  daie  of  October  156-i 
Your  honors  humble  at  Comandement, 

E.    S.   AVlGORN.* 

*  Edwiu  Sandvs. 


4  LETTERS    FROM    THE    BISHOPS 

f.  2a. 

[The  first  column  contains  a  list  of  "  Gentillmen  of  anie  worshipp 
or  name  now  abiding  in  Worcestershire  \"  these  are  then  classified 
as  below.  To  avoid  repetition  the  names  of  the  residences  which  it 
supplies  have  been  added  to  the  classified  list.  The  only  names 
not  classified  are  those  of  Richard  Hobble  of  Elmsleie  Castell,  gent. ; 
Anthonie  Wollmore  of  Kington,  gent.;  and  John  Hall  of  ITallowc, 
gent.  The  note  is  added  that  John  Talbot,  Esquier,  and  Gilbert 
Talbot,  Junior,  are  now  not  resiant  within  the  shire. 

The  second  column  contains  a  list  of  the  "  Justices  of  peace 
resiant  within  Worcestershire."  To  avoid  repetition,  the  informa- 
tion this  column  supplies  is  added  to  col.  4.     It  then  continues:] 

Col.  2. 

Kedde  officers  and  other  rulers  temporall  within  the  countie  of 
Wigorn : 

Sir  Edward  Saunders,  knight,  Lord  chief  baron,  iustice  of 
assise  ;  Thomas  Cams,  esq.,  Sergiant  at  Lawe,  Justice  of  Assise  ; 
William  Sheldon,  esq.,  custos  rotulorum.  ;  Sir  Thomas  Baskervile, 
knight,  High  Sherif ;  Sir  Robert  Throckmorton,  knight,  Hi^he 
Steward  of  the  landes  of  the  dissolvid  monasterie  of  the  abbaie  of 
Evesham  ;  Sir  Robert  Throckmorton,  knight,  llighe  Steward  of 
the  landes.  of  the  bushopp  of  Wigorn. 

Sir  John  Bourne,  knight,  high  Steward  of  the  landes  of  the 
House  of  Wigorn  ;  Sir  Thomas  Russell,  knight,  Surveior  of  the 
landes  of  the  bushop  of  Wigorn  :  William  Conniers,  esq.,  Surveior 
of  the  queues  majesties  landes  with  in  the  countie  of  Wigorn;  John 
Wallwen,  gent.,  Surveior  of  the  landes  of  the  house  of  Wigorn  ; 
William  Cookeseie,  esq.,  vndersteward  of  the  landes  of  the  dissolvid 
monasteiie  of  Evesham  ;  Clement  Swalow,  gent.,  vndersteward  of 
the  landes  of  the  bushop  of  Wigorn  ;  Thomas  Ceeill,  gent.,  vnder- 
steward of  the  landes  of  the  house  of  Wigorn  ;  Edmund  Colles  the 
queues  maiesties  Excheater  for  Worcestershire;  John  Hornieold,  esq., 
Auditor  aswel  of  certen  of  the  queenes  landes  as  also  of  the 
busshoppes  whole  Landes. 


TO   THE    PRIVY   COUNCIL,    1564.  5 

[Col.  3  contains  a  list  of  Coroners,  whose  names  will  be  found 
below;  of  "  Htdde  officers  within  the  Citie  of  Wigorn,"  whose 
names  will  be  found  below  except  that  of  John  Throckmorton, 
esquire,  recorder ;  a  note  that  "  The  bailiffee  and  aldermen  are 
allwaies  Justices  of  the  peace  with  in  the  Citie  by  their  Corporacion  ; 
of  Hedde  officers  for  the  ecclesiasticall  politic,  whose  names  and 
offices  are  entered  below ;  "  and  a  note  that  "  Bailiffes  of  small 
corporate  Townes  arc  here  omitted  because  they  are  remoYeablc 
everie  yeare." 

Col.  4. 

Favorers  of  true  religion  : 

Edwinus  episcopus  ;  Sir  Thomas  Russell,  knight,  of  Strensham, 
Justice  of  peace  rcsiant  within  Worcestershire  ;  Sir  Thomas 
Pakington,  knight,  of  Hampton  ;  William  Ligon,  esq.,  of 
Madresfield  ;  John  Littelton,  esq.,  of  Frankleie  ;  Thomas  Blount, 
esq.,  of  Kitterminster  ;  Robert  Hunckes,  esq.,  of  Bloekleie ;  Miles 
Sandcs,  esq.,  of  Fladburie  ;  Anthonie  Daston,  esq.,  of  Bradwaie  ; 
William  JeiTreis,  esq.,  of  Homme  Castell ;  Richard  Smith,  esq.,  of 
Upton  on  Severn  ;  Frauncis  Welsh,  esq.,  of  Shellesleie  Welsh  ; 
Anthonie  Washburn,  esq.,  of  Wichenford  ;  John  pakington,  esq., 
of  Chaddesleie  ;  Thomas  Horton,  esq.,  of  Staunton  ;  Edmund 
Harewel,  gent.,  of  Besford  ;  Gilbert  Littleton,  gent.,  of  Claines  ; 
Roger  Littleton,  gent.,  of  Grovcleic ;  William  Bouse,  gent.,  of 
Aberton  ;  Robert  Gower,  gent.,  of  Witleie  ;  Kettilbie,  gent., 

of  Codderidge  ;  Thomas  Barnabie,  gent.,  of  Bockleton  ; 
Bartholomewe  Hales,  gent.,  of  Fladburie  ;  William  Harrison, 
Coroner,  of  Parshor;  Thomas  Doding,  bailif,  of  Wigorn  ;  Richard 
Bullingham,  alderman  there;  John  peddar,  deane  of  the  Cathedral 
Church;  Thomas  powell,  Chauncelor  and  Archdeacon. 

Nota. 

Adversaries  of  true  religion  : 

Sir  Thomas  Baskervile,  knight,  of  Birlingham  (High  Sheriff)  ; 
Sir    John    bourne,  knight,    of   Holt ; a     Henry  Dingleie,   esq.,   of 

■  Signs  at  J.  P.  to  Act  of  Uniformity,  1509.  On  his  enmity  to  Sandys,  see  State 
Papers,  p.  223. 


6  LETTERS    FKOil    TEE    BISHOTS 

Croptliorne  ;  John  Knottesford,  esq.,  of  Greate  Malvern*  William 
Cookcscie,  esq,,  of  Stulton,  Justices  of  peace  resiant  within  Worces- 
tershire ;  Michaell  Ligon,  esq,,  of  Powikc  ;  William  Conniers, 
esq.,  of  Belbroughton  ;  John  middemore,  gent.,  of  Kingesnovton  j 
William  Sparrie,  gent.,' of  Kingesnorton  ;  William  Heath,  gent,, 
of  Allchurch ;  Robert  Blount,  gent.,  of  Asteleie  ;  Thomas  Lewkener, 
gent.,    of  Allchurch  ;  Lench,   gent.,   of  Dardall  ;    JefFreie 

Markham,  esq.,  of  Feckenham  ;  Arthur  Wood,  gent.,  of  Claines; 
Thomas  Bourne,  gent.,  of  St.  Johns  ;  Connand  Richardson,  gent., 
of  Parshor;    William   Moore,   gent.,    of  Powike  ;  Morgan, 

gent.,  of  Hanburv;  Richard  Badland,  (Bailiffe  in  the  eitie  of 
Wigorn)  ;  John  Concher,8  alderman  (in  the  Citie  of  Wigorn); 
Thomas  Cecil! ;  Thomas  p(o)pe  of  .Malvern,  Coroner;  Edward 
Darnell,  (Town  clerk)  ;  William  Warmesbrcie,  Register. 

Col.  5. 

Indifferent  in  religion  or  else  of  no  religion  : 

William  Sheldon,  Esq.,  of  Beoleie  (Gustos  Rotulorum),  John 
ffolliot,  esq.,  of  Pivton,  Edmund  Colles,  esq.,  of  Lighe,  John  Rouse, 
esq., of  Rouselench,  Justices  of  peace  resiant  within  Worcestershire  ; 
William  Gower,  senior,  esq.,  of  Woddall ;  Charles  Acton,  esq., 
of  Elmeleie  Lovet  ;  Walter  Bl-unt,  esq.,  of  Sillingtou  ;  John 
Hornieold,  esq.,  of  Biakmore  park ;  Erauncis  Braze,  esq.,  of  Dardoll  ; 
John  Abington.  esq.,  of  lLllowc  ;  William  Xani'and,  gent.,  of 
Berrowe  ;  Nicholas  Clifton,  gent.,  of  Clifton  ;  William  Gower, 
Junior, gent., of  Boulton;  William  Gower,  gent.,  of  Witleie;  Richard 
Barnabie,  gent.,  of  Acton;  Henry  field,  gent.,  of  Kinges  Norton, 
Coroner  ;  William  Child,  Clerik  of  the  peace  ;  Thomas  Cottcrell, 
of  Erlescrome,  Coroner. 

Men  fit  to  be  Justices  of  the  peace  in  the  countie  of  Wigorn  : 
Episcopus  ;    Sir  Thomas  Russell,  knight ;     Sir  Thomas  paking- 
ton,   knight ;     William    Ligon,   csquier  ;     John    Littelton,   esq.  ; 

■  Signs  Act  of  Uniformity,  15C9 


TO   THE    PRIVY    COUNCIL,    1664.  7 

William  Sheldon,  esq. ;  Thomas  Blounr,  esq. ;  Robert  Hunckes,  esq.; 
Miles  Singles,  esq  ;  John  flblliot,  esq.  ;  Edmund  Colics,  esq.  ; 
Anthonie  Daston.  esq. ;  Richard  Smith,  esq  ;  John  Rouse,  esq.; 
"William  Jeffreis,  esq.,  mort.a  ;  Prauncis  Welsh,  esq.;  John 
Abington,  esq.  :  Edmund  Harewell,  gent.  ;  John  Peddar,  deane  ; 
Thomas  Powel,  chauncclor. 

Men  fit  to  be  Shiriffes  : 

Sir  Thomas  Russell,  knight ;  Sir  Thomas  Pakington,  knight ; 
William  Ligon,  Esq.  ;  John  Littleton,  esq. ;  William  Sheldon,  esq. ; 
Eobert  Hunches,  esq.  ;  Thomas  Blount,  esq. ;  John  ilolliot,  e:q. ; 
Anthonie  Daston,  esq.  ;  Frauncis  Welsh,  esq. 

[Col.  0  contains  a  list  of  "  Justices  of  peace  in  that  part  of  War- 
wickshire which  is  within  the  dioceses  of  Wigorn,"  whose  names  are 
classified  below  ;  of  "  Iiedde  ofiicers  and  other  rulers  within  that 
part  of  Warwickshire" — Sir  James  Diar,  knight,  Justice  of 
Assise  ;  Sergiant  Benlose,  Justice  of  Assise,  &  the  High  Sheriff  & 
the  Queen's  Receiver  (see  below)  ;  &  of"  Hcdd.  ofiicers  in  the  ton 
of  Warwick,"  whose  names,  except  that  of  John  Ditch,  are  classified 
below  as  Governors.] 

Col.  7. 

Ffavorers  of  true  religion  : 

John  ffisher,  esq.,  high  shirif;  Thomas  Lucie,  esq.,  of  Charle- 
cote,  Clement  Throkmorton,  e.-q.,  of  Haseleie,  Justices  of  peace  in 
that  part  of  Warwickshire  ;  Robert  gibbes,  esquier,  of  Honington; 
Giles  Palmer,  gent.,  of  Barton  on  the  heath  ;  William  Huddcsdon, 
gent.,  of  Warwick,  Governor;  James  Langwurth,  gent.,  of  Tisoo ; 
Charles  Ramesford,  gent.,  of  Wotton  Worwcn. 

Adversaries  of  true  religion  : 

Sir  Robert  Throkmorton,  knigh(t),  of  Coughton,  Justice  of  peace 
in    that    part    of   Warwikshire ;     Sir    William    Wigston,    knight, 
*  Note  in  Burleigh's  hand,    "  William  Jeffreis "  is  scratched  out. 


8  LETTERS    FROM    THE    BISHOPS 

recorder  ;  John  Somerfield,  esq.,  of  Eddenston  ;  Frauncis  Smith, 
esq.,  of  Wotton  Worwcn  ;  Edward  ferrys,  esq.,  of  Cock  Levington; 
Thomas  fisher,  esq.,  of  Warwik,  tlic  queues  rcceaver ; 
Thomas  Ynderhiil,  esq.,  of  Etington ;  John  Vnderhill,  esq.,  of 
Grimstoke  ;  Thomas  Knottcsford,  gent.,  of  Studleie  ;  Hedgock, 

gent.,  of  Salford  ;  John    Comes,  gent.,   of  Stratford  ;  G  rami  I, 

gent.,  of  Snitterfield ;  William  Skinner,  gent.,  of  Rowington  ; 
Clement  Swalow,  gent.  ;   Richard  Roo.  bnilif. 

Richard  ffisher,  John  ilisher,  Thomas  Barrett,  William 
Edmundes,  Richard  Towncsend,  Roger  Edgeworth,a  town  clerk, 
Govc(rnors). 

Indifferent  in  religi(on)  (or)  of  no  religion  : 

Sir  John  Conwaie,  knight  of  Arrowc  ;  fouke  grivell,  esq.,  of 
Beauchamp  Court  ;  Thomas  Throkmorton,  esq.,  Justice  of  Peace  in 
that  part  of  Warwickshire  ;  Anthonie  Trussell,  esq.,  of  Billesleie  ; 
Anthonie  Ingram,  esq  ,  of  Litle  Wolford  ;  Thomas  llowleie,  gent., 
of  Utlecote  ;  Richard  Middlemore,  gent.,  of  Studleie  ;  Richard 
Hall,  gent.,  of  Utlecote. 

John  Butler,  Thomas  Oken,  John  Xason,  William  Hill,  governers. 

Robert  Gibbes  is  a  fit  man  to  be  a  J(ustice)  of  peace. 

Endorsed  :  To  the  queues  Maiestie  most  honorable.  Privie 
Counsell. 

f.  5. 

My  dutie  humbly  considered.  Ynderstandinge  by  your  honorable 
lettres  the  Queues  maiesties  most  earnest  intention  for  thadvaunce- 
ment  of  true  religion  to  reprcsse  obstinate  adversaries,  as  I  greatly 
reioyce,  so  haue  I  employed  my  endevour  (as  shortnes  of  tyme 
would  suffer)  to  satisfie  your  lordshippes  commandement  requiring 
spcad.  Ffirst,  thankes  be  to  ahnightie  god,  through  the  Quenes 
most  gracious  government,  assisted  by  your  lordships  providente 
circumspections   this  Countye    of   Sussex  whereof,   as   an   humble 

■  Written  Sogwortb  in  col.  6. 


TO    THE    PRIVY    COUNCIL,    1564.  9 

scrvitour,  I  execute  the  ecclesiasticall  Jurisdiction,  is  fre  from  all 
violent  attemptes  eyther  to  afllite  the  godlye  or  to  distourbe  the 
stablisshed  (rood  orders  of  this  Realme.  Notwithstanding  I  doubte 
of  secrett  practises  which  perhappes  myght  breake  oute  into  open 
violence,  were  yt  not  for  feare  of  your  Lonlshippes  vigilante 
Aucthorite.  It  is  to  be  wished  that  men  of  honour,  whyles  they 
be  resiante  in  the  sheire,  to  haue  learned  preachers  of  their  own  or 
others,  shewinge  themselves  wyllinge  to  hcare  the  worde  of  god, 
whose  example  draweih  a  nombre  of  people  after  them.  Con- 
cc-rnino-c  the  matter  I  haue  vsed  conference  with  Mr.  Dean  of 
Sarum  and  Mr.  Augustine  Bradbridge,  my  Chancelour,  bothe  of 
them  borne  in  the  shire  and  thoroughly  acquainted  with  the  state 
of  the  same.  I  refrayned  to  communicate  so  franckly  with  others 
because  I  doubted  of  there  secretnes,  that  retinue  and  alliance 
bein^e  so  great  in  theis  partes.  Also  the  chefest  to  be  trusted 
nighe  vnto  me  at  this  pointe  were  from  home.  Thus  commendinge 
your  honours  to  the  tuition  of  our  saviour  christe, 
Ffrom  Allingborne  the  xxviitie  of  this  Octobre, 

Humblie  at  Commandment, 

W.    CllESTKEN.* 

f.  7. 

The  countye  of  Sussex  very  narrowe  in  breadeth  is  about  lx  myles 
in  Length  and  is  devided  into  two  partes  East  and  West. 

Col.  1. 

In  the  west  parte: 

Justices  of  peace  which  be  favourers  of  religion  and  godlye 
orders : 

Sir  Thomas  Palmer  of  gadwode,  knight.  A  fainte  furtherer;b 
Mr.  Henry  Goringe  of  Westburton;  Mr.  Jhon  Apleye  of  Thacham, 
learned  in  the  lawe; b  Mr.  Henrye  mervin  of  Eogate  j  Mr.  William 
Bartlett  of  Stopham. 

*  William  Barlow,  Bishop  of  Chichester.  b  Xotes  iu  another  ink. 

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10  LETTERS    FROM    TTIE    BISHOPS 

Justices  of  peace  which  be  myslykers  of  religion  and  godlye 
procedures  ; 

Mr.  William  Shelley  of  michelgrovc ;  Mr.  William  Dautrcy  of 
moore^  Ycrye  supersticious  ; a  Mr.  Edmonde  Forde  of  Chartinge, 
Extremely  perverse;" 

Gentlemen  being  no  Justice?  favourers  of  godlie  procedinges: 
Mr.  Jhon  ffennour  of  Amberley;    Mr.  William  Stanney   of  the 
manwoode;  Mr.  Richard  Crulie  of  Cackhara. 

Gentlemen  beinge  no  Justices  myslykers  of  godlie  orders: 
Mr.  Richard  Lewknour  of  Ttrotton  ;  Mr.  Thomas  Stoughton  of 
Stanstedj  a  stoute  scorner  of  godlines; ;'-  Air.  Thomas  Lewknour  of 
Tangmer;  Mr.  William  Devenishe  of  Chichester;  Mr.  William 
Stapleton  of  Ovinge,  wickedly  obstinate; 8  Mr.  Arthure  Gunter  of 
Rack  ton. 

Col.  2. 

In  the  East  parte  : 

Justices  of  peace  which  be  favourers  of  Religion  and  godlie  order: 

Mr,    George     Goringe     of    Ovingdean,    learned     in     the    lawe'; 

Mr.  Jeferye  of  Chittinglye,1'  learned  in  the  lawe  ; a  Mr.  Jhon  Hussey 

of    Gukfilde;     Mr.    Richard    Eklerton    of    Wiston;     Mr.    John 

Limmesford  of  Easthothly. 

Justices  of  peace  which  be  myslykers  of  religion  and  godly 
procedinges : 

Sir  Edward  Gage  of  ffeile;  Mr.  Jhon  Thatcher  of  "Westham; 
Mr.  Richard  Coverte  of  Slowham;''  Mr.  William  Culpeper  of 
Ardinglie;  Mr.  Henry  Poole  of  Dcchelinge;  Mr.  Edward  Bellingham 
ofNewtymber;  Mr.  Thomas  Parker  of  Wellington  j  Mr.  Thomas 
Dorrell  of  Stackney  ;  Mr.  Robertes. 

Gentlemen  being  no  Justices  favourers  of  godly  procedinges: 

Mr.   Anthony   Pelham   of  ;    Mr.   Jhon    Pelham   of 

*  Notes  in  another  ink. 

b  Signed  ilie  Act  of  Uniformity,  1569.     D.S.P.  Ix.  22. 


to  TriE  privy  council,  15G4.  11 

Lawghton;"     Itr.     Jhon     Selwyn     of    iTiiston ;     "Sir.    Laurence 

Ashbumeham    of    Gcstlinge  ;    Mr.    William    Morleye   of    Glyne ; 

Mr.  Anthony  Stapley  of  ffranfeld  ;   Mr.  fTrunecs  Spilmaa  of  Hartfeld. 
Gentlemen  beinge  no  Justices  mysHkers  of  godlie  orders: 
Mr.  James  Gage  of  Broyle,  A  common   herborer  of  obstinates  ; b 

Mr.  Shelley  of  Patchinge;  Mr.  Drewe  Barrcntynof  llorstid  kayncs; 

Mr.  Scott  of  Edon.  .     . 

On  the  back  (f.  Ga),  Col.  1. 

The  tonnes  in  the  west  parte  : 

Laurence  Andreu,  maior,  Rafe  Cliantelor,  Steward,  notorious 
obstinate  aduersaries.1' 

Thomas  Addams,  Thomas  Palmer,  Jhon  Moyses,  Jhon  Cooke, 
Thomas  fiaringdon,  frowardly  supcrsticious.b 

Of  whom  the  last  three  he  Justices  of  the  peace  within  there 
Liberties  by  a  late  Commission  which  were  better  for  gover(n)mente 
of  the  poors  Citie  to  be  revoked  and  the  Cittizens  to  be  as  they 
were  before  vnder  som  order  of  the  Justices  at  Large. 

Col.  2,  parallel  column. 

The  tonnes  of  the  east  parte: 

Rye,  Hasttnge,  Lewes,  and  Brighthelmeston  ar  governed  with 
suche  officers  as  be  fay  th  full  favourers  of  goddes  worde  and  earnestly 
given  to  mainteyn  godly  orders. 

Endorsed    f.    8  b.:     To    the  right  honorable  Lordes  of  the 
Queues  majesties  privie  counsell. 

f.  9a. 

My  dewtei  most  .humbly  vnto  your  honors  remembred.  These 
ar  to  aducrtise  the  same  that  I  reccaved  your  most  honorable 
letters  the  20  of  October  dated  at  S.  James  the  17  of  the  same 
monthe  :  which  according  to  my  bounden  dewtey  I  haue  with  all 
diligence  considered  and  altho  I  am  persuaded  that  to  certefie  your 
honors  according  to  your  commaundment  maie  procure  me  moare 
hatered  (which  neadcth  not)  and  what  as  hatered  can  do,  yet  my 

■  A  J.  P.  Oct,  13G9.  b  Notes  in  another  ink. 


12  LETTERS    FROM    THE    BISHOPS 

dewte  of  obedience  to  your  honors,  the  advauncement  of  goddes 
honor  and  the  comfort  of  good  and  faithfull  subiectes  (winch  your 
honors  will  me  herein  to  respecte)  bathe  for  the  present  driven 
awaie  fearfulnes  of  offending  any  person.  So  that  I  haue  frely, 
planely  and  also  truly  (so  far  as  either  myne  owne  skill  and  know- 
lege  or  the  skill  and  knowlcgo  of  others  whome  in  this  matter  I 
hauc  vsed  can  reache)  certefied  your  honors  to  euery  point  of  your 
said  letters. 

ffor  tliis  certeficat  (because  my  chauncelor  doeth  ordenarely  ride 
abought  my  diocese  vi  or  vii  tyraes  yeareley  and  therfor  like  to 
hauc  good  knowlege  of  gent(lemen)  in  the  same)  I  vsed  his  counsell 
and  advise.  In  like  manner  1  vsed  the  dcane  of  the  cathedrall 
church  of  Hereford  and  singularly  euery  deane  rurall  for  his  owne 
deanery  wherin  he  ys  deane,  which  do  best  knowe  the  gent(lcmen) 
in  their  severall  deaneris  and  thus  thorowe  their  skill  and  myne 
owne,  I  haue  certefied  as  foloweth  ;  most  humbly  beseching  your 
honors  to  take  in  good  parte  owr  simple  &  plain e  dealing  and  by 
your  discrete  and  godly  wisedomes  so  to  \ise  and  order  both  us  and 
this  good  cause  that  we  be  not  brought  hereby  in  to  further 
hatered,  contempt  or  daungcr  tnan  must  neades  folowe. 

Your  honors  to  comma und 

Jo.  Hlref.8 

The  names  of  soche  peisons  as  now  boarc  rule  in  the  countei  of 
Hereford  and  diocese  of  the  same  which  be  denied  not  favorably  to 
this  religion  : 

John  skudamor  b  of  Home,  esq.,  one  of  the  counsell  of  the 
Marshes  of  Wales  iustice  of  peace.  Custos  rotulorum.  Hie  stuard 
of  vrching  fic(l)d  and  stuard  of  the  cytye  of  Hereford. 

Richard  Seborne  of  Sutton,  esq.,  on  of  the  said  cowncell  *k  iustice 
of  peace  ;    John   skudamor  of  Kenchurch,c  esq.,  iustice   of  peace  ; 

*  John  Scory. 

b  Signed  the  Act  of  Uniformity,  1569.     D.  S.  P.  lx.  22. 

■  Refused  to  sign. 


TO    THE    PRIVY    COUNCIL,    1564.  J  3 

Thomas  Havard  of  Hereford,  esq.,  justice  of  peace;  Thomas  Clynton 
of  Estenor,  esq.,  iustice  of  peace  ;  John  Huband  abbots  Hybottcsa 
of  Hampton,  esq.,  iustice  of  peace  ;  Richard  Harford  of  bosbery, 
esq.,  no  iustice,  but  the  Queues  majesties  generall  surveior  (as  I 
haue  learned)  of  all  Hereford  shere,  and  receivor  to  her  majestei 
of  Soche  landes  as  belonged  lately  to  the  bishop  of  Hereford  ;  John 
Clarke  of  Hereford,  gent.,  no  iustice,  but  he  ys  clarke  of  the  peace 
and  exerciseth  the  office  vndcr  Mr.  Hggen  of  bishopes  castell  in 
Shropshire  which  favoreih  not  this  religion. 

John  James  of  Stretton  ;  John  Crouse  of  brobery,  no  iustices, 
but  thci  be  the  crowners  for  the  county  of  Hereford. 

f.  9b. 

The  names  of  soche  persons  as  now  beare  rule  in  the  cowntei  of 
Hereford  and  diocese  of  the  same  which  be  derned  newters  in 
religion. 

Sir  James  baskervile,1'  knight    of  ,  iustice    of  peace ; 

John  Harleyb  of  bramton,  esq.,  iustice  of  peace  and  rular  of 
Wigmures  land  ;    Symon  Apparry b  of  ,   esq.,  iustice   of 

peace  ;  george  Apparry  b  of  paston.  Hie  Shrefe  of  the  countei 
of  Hereford  the  yeare  now  past  and  ended  ;  Richard  monington  of 
Sarnisfeld,  iustice  of  peace  ;  gregory  price  of  Hereford,  esq.,  iustice 
of  peace. 

The  names  of  soche  as  now  bcarc  rule  in  the  countei  of  Hereford 
and  diocese  of  the  same  which  be  iuged  favourable  to  this 
religion. 

John  b  bushop  of  Hereford  on  of  the  counsell  of  the  marshes  & 
iustice  of  peace. 

Sir  James  Acroft,  knight,  of  croft,  iustice  of  peace,  Sii  Robert 
Whitney  of  Whitney,  knight,  iustice  of  peace  ;  Hughe  Apparry  b  of 
Aconbury,  esq.,  iustice  of  peace  ;  Walter  Vauhan  of  brodwardene, 
esq.,  iustice  of  peace. 

•  Culled  below  John  Hi!>otes  of  Hampton.  b  Signed  in  1569 


14  LETTERS    FROM    THE    BISHOPS 

James  Warmecombe a  of  Wington,  iustice  of  peace;  John  Pats  ill 
of  the  forde,  esq.,  iustice  of  peace  ;  James  boyle  of  Hereford,  esq., 
insiice  of  peace.     These  iii  be  learned  in  lawes  of  the  realise. 

John  Abrall  of  Eustane,  esq.,  iustice  of  peace. 

The  names  of  soche  as  be  now  no  iusticcls  in  the  countci  of 
Hereford  which,  for  t lie  favourc  which  thei  beare  to  this  religion 
and  of  good  giftes,  are  mete  to  be  called  to  be  iusticeis. 

John  Ellys,8  deane  of  the  cathedrall  churehe  of  Hereford,  a 
divine. 

Edward  threlkeld  of  ledbcry,  doctor  of  the  lawes  and  chauncelar 
of  the  dyocese  of  Hereford  ;  Edmond  Horwcll  of  Cradley,  esq. 
This  gentleman  (because  part  of  his  house  standeth  in  Worcester- 
sherc  notwithstanding  bothe  his  bedchamber  and  parishe  churehe 
called  cradley  aforesaid  ar  in  Hereford  shere)  aeeounteth  himselfe 
of  &  with  that  shere  of  Worceter  &  neverthe(less)  because  ther  be 
moarc  in  Woreetershire  that  favore  this  religion  than  be  in  Ilere- 
foidsherc.  your  honors  shuld  do  very  well  to  command  him  to 
seme  the  Queues  iniiestie  in  Hcrefordshere. 

Nicholas  Debden  of  ludford,  esq. ;  John  Howard  of  ledbery, 
gent,  ;  John  myntrige  of  cradley,  gent. ;  John  gar  nans  of  Hereford, 
gent.,  meanely  learned  in  the  lawes  of  (the)  realmc  ;  Thomas  Kirll 
of  Walford,  gent.,  learned  in  the  lawes  of  the  realme. 

f.  10a. 

The  citei  of  Hereford  ys  fraunchesed  and  ys  governed  by  a 
Mayer  whomc  thecomens  do  yearcly  chose  of  the  common  cowncell 
or  election. 

The  names  of  the  common  counscll  or  election  which  be  denied 
no  favorers  to  this  religion. 

Thomas  Havard,  iustice  of  peace,  which  by  common  fame  ys  a 
daily  dronkard,  a  receivar  «fc  mayntainar  of  thennemcys  of  religion, 
a  mayntener   of   supersticion   and  namely  of  abrogated  hclydaies. 

a  Signed  in  1509. 


TO    TJ7E    PRIVY    COUNCIL,    15G1.  15 

Pie  vseth  to  praie  vpon  a  Iaten  primer  full  of  supersticions.  His 
wife  <fc  maydens  vse  bedes  and  to  be  short  he  is  a  mortall  ennemy 
to  Christen  religion  (thus  doeth  Mr.  Pcane  of  hcreford  write  vnto 
me,  which  I  partly  knowe  and  partly  beleave  to  be  true.) 

Rowland  rice  ;  Harry  Dodson  ;  Walter  caredyne  ;  Thomas 
churche;a  William  raulyins;  Richard  partriche,*  Senior ;  Richard 
partriche,  Junior  ;  William  runell  ;  James  EUon ;  John  Clarke, 
tounc  clarke;  John  Darnell;  Richard  bromwich  ;  John  Seward; 
Father  Chalice;  Mathewe  gc fires  ;  John  Clyotes,  an  atturney  at 
the  lawe  ;  John  Hyde  ;  John  partriche  of  bothale  ;  Humfre 
Wilbram  ;  William  benct. 

The  names  of  soche  of  the  said  councell  or  election  that  be  raged 

CD 

neuters  in  religion: 

John  gibbes ; a  John  maylar;*  mayer  for  this  yeare ;  Thomas  boyle ; 
Richard  vele;  Harry  grene;  John  pearle;  Thomas  russell ;  Thomas 
currant;  John  AYhitlache  :   Edward  Welche; 

So  that  of  the  holl  counsall  or  election  ther  is  not  on  that  ys 
counted  favourable  to  this  religion. 

f.  10b. 

The  names  of  soche  persons  as  nowe  bcare  rule  in  the  countei  of 
Salope  that  dwell  in  or  vei  i  neurc  the  diocese  of  Hereford  which  be- 
demed  not  favorable  to  this  religion. 

"William  gatacre  of  clarely.  esq.,  iustice  of  peace;  Adam  "Watley 
of  pitsfoid3  esq.,  iusticc  of  peace  ;  Richard  amytton  of  Salope,  esq., 
iustice  of  peace:  Thomas  eyton  of  e-iton,  esq.,  in-tice  of  peace;  John 
farmer,  dwelling  in  Briggonorth  paike,  esq.,  iustice  of  the  peace. 

The  names  of  soche  persons  as  now  bcare  rule  in  the  countei  of 
Salope  and  dwell  in  the  diocese  of  Hereford  which  be  counted 
newters  in  religion  : 

Sir  gcorge  blunt,  knight  of  Ivcnlet,  Hie  shrefe  of  Shropshire  this 

a  Siirncd  in  15C0. 


16  LETTERS    FROM    THE    BISHOPS 

last  yeare now  almost  ended;  Charles  Soye  of  bromfild,  esq.,  Secre- 
tory to  the  counsell  of  the  marshes  and  iustice  of  peace  ;  Richard 
Cornewall  of  burford,  esq.,  iustice  of  peace. 

The  names  of  soche  persons  as  now  beare  reule  in  the  countie  of 
Salope  which  be  denied  favorable  to  this  religion  and  dwell  m 
Hereford  diocese: 

Harry  lord  Stafford  of  Cawas  iustice  of  peace;  Edward  leighton 
of  Wattesborowe,  esq.,  iustice  of  pence  ;  Symon  Kemsei  of  ponsbery, 
esq.,  iustice  of  peace;  Thomas  Willyams  of  Wollaston,  esq.,  iustice 
of  peace.  This  gent  maye  also  serue  in  mungommery  shere  because 
he  dwell  very  neare  that  s(here). 

The  names  of  soche  as  be  favorers  of  this  religion  in  the  countei 
of  Salope  and  dwell  in  the  diocese  of  Hereford  not  yet  in  office, 
neuertheless  thought  mete  to  be  called  to  be  ius'ices: 

Richard  lawley  of  Wenlocke,  esq.  ;  Thomas  lodlowe  of  the 
morehouse,  esq.,  baily  of  "Wenlock  ;  William  leighton  of  p'ashe, 
esq.,  learned  in  the  lawes  of  the  realme  ;  Rowland  lacon  of  "Willey, 
esq. ;  Lewes  Jones  of  bushopes  castell,  esq. ;  John  Hopton  of  Mor- 
caild,  esq.;  Fraunceis  Cresset  of  Staunton  lacey,  gent.  ;  Edmond 
Cornewall  of  burford,  gent. ;  Edward  Hoptou  of  bitterley,  gent.; 
Adam  lutley  of  broniscroft,  gent. 

f.  11a. 
Radnor  : 
The  tounes  of  old  r  ad  nor,  new  radnor  and  prestene  be  in  the 

diocese  of  Hereford  and  veri  litle  moare  of  that  cowntei  ys  in  the 
said  diocese,  whereas  none  of  the  iustices  of  peace  that  be  now  in 
office  ar  cownted  favorers  of  this  religion  but  the  best  of  them  ys 
iu^ed  but  a  newter. 

Ther  names  be  : 

John  bradshawe  theldar  of  prestene,  esq.,  iustice  of  peace;  John 
bedo  of  prestene,  iustice  of  peace;  Perse  lloyd  of  prestene,  iustice 


TO    THE    PEIVY    COUNCIL,    15G4.  17 

of  peace ;  Roberd  Vauhan  of  prestenc,  iustice  of  peace,  but  counted 
a  poore  man ;  Edward  pre  of  Kington,  esq.,  iustice  of  peace;  Thomas 
lewes  of  old  radnor,  iustice  of  peace. 

The  names  of  soche  as  favoure  this  religion  in  the  countei  of 
radnor,  and  dwell  in  the  diocese  of  Hereford,  which  ax  now  no 
iusticeis  hut  yet  meete  to  be  called  thervnto  : 

John  blayney  of  Stcpleton  in  the  parish  of  prestene,  gent.;  John 
madockes  of  barlanton  in  the  parish  of  old  radnor,  esq.  ;  Edward 
threlkcld  of  ledhcry,  doctor  of  the  lawes  and  chauncelar  of  flercford 
(because  he  rideth  ordenarely  vi.  or  vii.  tymes  yearely  in  to  that 
part  of  radnorshere  that  ys  in  Hereford  diocese  as  well  as  in  to 
others,  might  serve  well  ther  in  the  place  of  a  iustice  of  peace 
considering  ther  ys  so  lille  choise  of  soche  as  be  favorable  to  this 
religion. 

Worcetorshcre  : 

Certeinc  villages  also  of  Woreetershere  be  in  the  diocese  of  Here- 
ford, whearas  be  iii.  gentlemen,  The  first  ys  John  throgmorten  of 
ribbisford,  esq.,  on  of  the  councell  of  the  marshes  and  iusticeis  ther, 
denied  not  favorable  to  this  religion.  The  second  ys  William 
genres  of  Homme  Castcll,  esq.,  now  iustice  of  peace  and  iuged  to 
favoure  this  religion.  The  iiillc  ys  fraunces  Welshe  of  litle  shelseyf 
esq.,  accounted  a  favorer  of  this  religion,  no  iustice  now  but  mete 
to  be  called  thervnto. 

monmoth  : 

The  toune  of  monmoth  ys  in  the  diocese  of  Hereford  and  no 
moare  of  that  countey,  and  ys  gouerned  by  a  mayer  which  ys 
yearely  chosen  by  the  commens  of  the  toune  and  ii  balies. 

The  names  of  soche  as  be  not  counted  favorable  to  this  religion 
in  the  toune  of  monmoth  : 

!More  Appowell,  recorder  of  the  towne. 

CAMD.    BOO.  D 


18  LETTERS    FE03I    TIIE    EISHOrS 

William  G[ui]ll[i]m,  Thomas  Williams  of  the  priory,  Roberd 
Williams,  his  sonne,  of  the  common  counsell. 

The  names  of  soche  as  he  denied  favorable  to  this  religion  in"  the 
toune  of  monmoth  : 

"William  bunting,  mayer  this  year. 

Huegh  baker,  Edward  Ag[ui]l![i]m,  balies  this  year. 

John  knight,  Crown  ar,  John  Waters,  ckrke  of  the  peace,  James 
leifhton,  gent.,  insanely  learned  in  the  lawes  of  this  realme. 

f.  12a. 

Hereford  : 

The  toune  of  lempster  in  the  countci  &  diocese  of  Hereford 
ys  fraunchesed  and  gouerned  by  a  baley  yearely  elected. 

George  Monons  a  balei  this  ycare  a  simple  man  and  a  neuter  in 
religion  denied. 

The  favorercs  of  religion  in  the  said  toune  as  counted  to  be  these 
folowing  : 

Fraunces  Philips,  gent. ;  John  Hingeley,  gent.  ;  John  strete  ; 
Thomas  Dallow,  gent.  ; b  Richard  stede  ;  John  poll,  baker. 

I  cannot  heare  of  any  ennemcis  to  this  religion  in  the  said  towne 
that  be  of  any  reputacion. 

Sal  ope  : 

The  towne  of  lodlowe  yn  the  conntei  of  salope  &  diocese  of 
Hereford  ys  also  a  fraunchesed  towne,  whear  the  counsell  of  the 
marshes  do  commonly  lie. 

The  names  of  soche  as  ar  denied  to  favoure  this  religion  in  the 
said  towne  ar  these  : 

Laurence  Beck,  Richard  raskall/  bailies  this  yeare. 

«  Monox.     G.  F.  Townsend,  p.  203.  b  Bailiff.  Townsend,  p.  203. 

c  Minor  tor  Men  of  Ludlow,  p.  107.  Ric.  Baskoll,1596,  was  pot  into  the  new  corpo- 
ration made  by  Elizabeth,  with  William  Beck,  Richard  Blashfiekl,  and  —  Walker. 


TO    THE    PRIVY    COUNCIL,    1564.  19 

•Simon  thornton,  Scolemaster  ;  Nicholas  Delxlen  of  lodford,  esq., 
he  dwellith  hard  by  the  said  townc ;  Richard  Walter,  gent., 
learned  in  the  lawes  of  the  realm e  ;  Thomas  Blasfeld,  gent. 

The  rest  of  this  towne  are  cownted  either  enncmeys  or  newters. 

Hereford  : 

Ther  be  also  in  this  diocese  and  conntey  of  Hereford  diucrse 
fostered  and  nrcayntayned  that  be  iuged  &  estemed  some  of  them  to 
be  learned,  which  in  Queue  -Marys  daies  had  livinges  and  oflieeis  in 
the  ehurche,  which  be  mortal!  and  deadly  ennemys  to  this  religion. 
Their  names  be  blaxton,  mugge,  Ardcn,  Ely,  frier  gregory,  Howard, 
Rastall  of  gloeeter,  Jonson,  menevar,  Oswald,  Hamerson,  ledbery 
and  certcyne  others  whose  names  I  knowe  not.  These  go  from  on 
gentlemans  house  to  another,  whear  thci  know  to  be  welcome  which 
(as  S.  Paule  writcth  of  some  soche  like  totitus)  tolas  domus  subuer- 
tuntj  docente's  quae  non  oportet,  turpis  lucri gratia* 

The  cheafe  and  principall  receivers  &  maynteners  of  these  ar 
William  lnson,  canon  residensari  of  Hereford,  the  vecars  of  the 
q\tere  ther,  Thomas  Havard  of  Hereford,  iustice  of  peace.  John 
skudamor  of  Kenchurchc,  iustice  of  peace;  John  Hibottcs  of 
Hampton,  iustice  of  peace;  Richard  Harford  of  bosbery,  esq. ; 
Thomas  Croft  of  Ocley,  esq. ;  William  berington  of  Winsley,  esq.  ; 
Thomas  Clynton  of  Esttior,  iustice  of  peace  ;  Thomas  berington  of 
cowarne,  gent ;  James  eiton,  William  Russell,  John  Ely  ec  John 
Hide  citezens  of  Hereford  and  of  the  common  counsell  ther. 

And  of  these  ther  be  certeine  thought  to  haue  masseis  in  their 
houseis,  which  come  very  seldome  or  not  at  all  to  ehurche,  which 
neucr  received  the  communion  since  the  Quenes  majesties  raigne 
openly  in  the  church,  which  keape  as  it  wer  scoles  in  their  houses 
of    popery,    deriding    and   mocking   this  religion  &   the  ministers 


Titus  i.  11. 


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LETTERS    FEOM    THE    BISHOPS 


therof,  which  be  a  marvelous  stombling  block  to  the  Quenes 
majestes  loving  subiectes  in  this  countei.  Being  in  them  and  som 
tyme  also  hearing  of  them,  sochc  contempt  of  religion  without 
correction  or  controlment  as  for  my  part  I  remember  the  wise  saing 
of  iesus  the  sonne  of  Syrac,  index  evadere  ue  contendas,  ne  inique 
factis  par  esse  non  posfis.*  I  must  neades  confesse  that  I  am  not 
able  to  reforme  these,  except  I  shuld  be  mightcly  backed  by  your 
honorable  auctorite,  and  haue  those  Worshipfull  iusticeis  which  ar 
denied  favorers  of  religion  to  be  more  emestly  ayding  than  thei 
haue  ben  ;  to  enterprise  a  matter,  and  not  able  to  finishe  the  same 
accordingly,  shuld  encrease  furtlie  derisiott,  contempt  and  hatcred 
with  out  profit.  Therfor  1  referre  this  to  your  most  honorable 
consideracion  and  godly  wisdom. 

I  13a. 

Hereford : 

Further  whearas  your  honors  willed  me  by  your  said  honorable 
letters  that  I  shuld  also  acluertise  the  same  yf  ther  war  any  other 
thing  within  the  said  diocese  of  heieford  that  might  tende  to  the 
redresse  of  the  disorder  you  wrote  of,  (which  you  meane  to  remedei) 
Maye  yt" please  your  honors  to  be  advertesed  that  yf  the  psthedrall 
churche  of  Hereford  war  reformed,  the  citei  also  and  the  countei  of 
hereford,  yea,  the  holl  dyoccse,  wold  sone  be  by  goddes  grace  be  (sic) 
in  like  maner  reformed.  Besides  myne  owne  knowle^e  Mr.  John 
Ellvs,  deane  of  the  said  churche,  hathe  certcfied  me  as  foloweth  : 
thet  all  the  canons  resedensaries  ("except  Jones,  qui  elicit,  et  i<on 
feicit  which  ys  rashe,  hastei  and  ondiscrete),  ar  but  discemllers  and 
rancke  papistes.  And  these  banc  the  rule  of  the  churche,  and  of 
all  the  ministres  and  officers  of  the  same,  and  ar  neither  subieet  to 
the  ordenary  iurisdictyon,  neither  of  the  deane,  nor  of  the  bushop 
but  war  reserued  inmediately  to  the  vsurped  iurisdiction  of  the 
bishop  of  romc,  and  nowe  to  the  Queues  mojestei  (as  thei  saie) 
which  thei   clay  me  and  hold  by  prescription.      So    that   now   thei 

1  Eccl.  vii.  G.     Ed.  Tigurina. 


TO    THE    PRIVY    COUNCIL,    1 5G4.  21 

maie  do  what  thei  list  without  controlmcnt.  Tliei  neither  obserue 
the  Queues  mnjestes  iniunctions  given  vnto  them  in  her  highnes 
visitacion,  nor  the  archebusshope  of  Cantorbcris  iniunctions  given 
them  in  his  visitacion,  nor  yet  the  iniunctyons  of  the  Queries 
maiestes  hie  commissioners  (wherof  I  send  herein  vnto  your  honors 
a  copei).  The  communion  wus  not  ministred  in  the  cathedrall 
churche  since  ester  (as  I. am  enformed).  The  canons  will  neither 
preache,  reade  homelis  nor  minister  the  holy  communion,  nor  do 
any  other  tiling  to  commend,  beautefie  or  set  foi  wardes  this  religion, 
but  mutter  agenst  yt;  receive  and  mayntaine  the  ennemys  of  reli- 
gion. So  that  this  churche  which  shuld  be  the  light  of  all  the 
diocese  ys  very  darkenes,  and  an  ensample  of  contempt  of  true 
religion,  whome  the  citei  and  countre  abought  fblowe  apase. 

The  said  deane  hathe  also  ccrtefied  me  that  the  vecars  of  the  Quere, 
the  deacons  and  sextons  be  all  mortall  ennemys  to  this  religion, 
receivears  and  mayntenars  of  soche  as  themselves  be. 

S.  Paulo  compareth  false  doctrine  and  religion  to  the  kanker 
called  ganyrena  which  (except  yt  be  quickly  cured  &  healed) 
neuer  ceaseth  creping  and  infecting  on  part  &  member  after  another, 
tyll  )t  hath  distroied  the  holl  bodey. 

Your  honors  by  your  wisdome  can  consider  howe  daungcrous  and 
perlous  vnto  -the  holl  eccles'asticall  and  politicall  body  of  this 
dyocese  this  fretting  and  creping  canker  ys,  when  yt  doth  once 
posscsse  the  heade  churche  of  all  the  diocese.  The  only  remedy 
wherof  ys,  that  yt  maie  please  the  Queues  majestei  to  committe 
either  an  ordinary  iurisdiction  or  soche  auctorite  as  shall  please  her 
highnes,  to  whome  yt  shall  please  her  majestei,  that  maie  and  will 
vrge  them  either  to  do  as  becommeth  good  christean  subiectes  and 
faith  full  ministers  or  els  to  place  others  in  their  rom  ther  that  will 
do  accordingly. 

f.  13b. 

Die  veneris  xx  die  februarii  a0  dni  1561  pad  lambeth  coram  Iievm0 
patre  Matheo  Cantuar  archiepiscopoao  IlevJu  patro  Edm.mdo  London 
episcopo  et  lloberto  ^Veston  legum  doctorc  cemmissioniariis  regiis. 


99 


LETTERS    FROM    THE    BISHOPS 


Hereford  : 

An  order  for  Mr.  William  hison  prebendary  of  Hereford  and 
others  the  prebendaries  thcr,  enyonved  vnto  them  by  the  said  com- 
missioners to  be  executed  and  red  inmediatly  after  the  reading  of 
the  homelys  every  daie  in  their  order  and  corse. 

Good  people,  yt  ys  very  requisite  that  some  publike  testification 
be  made  that  the  ministers  of  the  church  consent  and  agre  in  on 
vnitc  of  doctrine  and  religion,  by  reason  wherof  yt  ys  very  "".veil 
ordered  in  this  ehurche  agreable  to  the  Queues  maiestes  iniunctyons 
that  the  principal!  ministers  of  the  same  sliuld  so  do  by  preehing, 
reading  of  homelys  and  other  declaration,  that  no  scruple  shuld 
remayne  in  the  myndes  of  the  people  of  any  difference  or  dissentyon 
to  be  emongst  vs,  and  therfor  for  my  part  do  willingly  testefei  my 
assent  to  the  godly  publike  reformacions  established  by  the  lawes  of 
this  realme  and  namely  in  these  two  artikells  folowing: — 

Ffirst  I  am  in  conscience  persuaded  that  the  ehurche  of  en  gland 
ys  a  true  member  of  the  holy  cathoiike  ehurche.  And  that  the 
Qucnes  maiestei  ys  by  right  and  iuste  title  the  supreme  gouernor  •  of 
the  same  ehurche  of  England  next  and  inmediatly  vndcr  our  saveor 
iesus  christ,  bothe  in  matters  ecclesiasticall  and  temporally  and  that 
neither  the  bushop  of  romc  nor  any  other  foreine  povrre,  pote:itate 
or  prelate  hathe  or  ought  to  haue  any  maner  auctorite  or  iurisdic- 
tyon  in  or  o ver  the  said  ehurche  of  England.  c„ 

I  am  also  persuaded  and  do  confesse  that  the  order  of  adminis- 
traeion  of  saeramentes,  the  common  praires  and  other  rytes  and 
ceremoneis  prescribed  by  the  boke  of  common  praire  ar  sincere, 
true  and  good,  and  consonant  to  the  doctrine  of  holy  scriptures, 
and  the  auncient  vsagc  of  the  holv  catholiko  ehurche  of  christ. 

Item,  that  the  said  Mr.  luson  shall  minister  the  communion  in 
the  cathedrall  ehurche  of  Hereford  on  some  sondaie  or  holy  daie 
after  thendc  of  ester  wcake  next  eomming. 

Item,  that  he  shall  rcade  the  homely  of  salvacion  on  that  daie  or 
some  other  sondaie  in  the  said  cathedrall  ehmvhe  before  the  first 
daie  of  mayc  next  eomming,  so  that  en  of  the    Canons   of   the   said 


TO    THE    PKIVT    COUNCIL,    15G4.  23 

cluirche,  being  no  prechar,  doo  reade  on  before  him,  and  all  other 
canons  of  the  said  churche  being  no  prcchars  to  do  the  like  in  their 
tuines,  on  soche  daies  as  ther  shall  be  no  sermon. 

Concordat  cum  regisiro,  William  bedell. 
f.  14a. 

Yf  your  honors  wold  cause  these  formal  iniunetions  to  be  put  in 
execution,  yf  the  canons  thcmeelues  wold  not  receive  any  good 
therby,  yet  I  trust  that  the  people  shuld.  or  at  lest  this  good  must 
neadcs  come  hereof,  that  thei  shuld  discredite  thcmselucs,  yf  thei 
shuld  in  secret  speake  ayenst  that  "which  thei  had  confessed  openly 
in  ther  churche  :  because  I  cold  not  get  any  of  the  canons  that 
dwell  in  Hereford  to  reade  the  fiist  homely  according  to  the  formar 
order,  I  sent  in  to  shropshere  to  on  Parson  Normcrote,"  a  canon  of 
that  church  of  Hereford,  to  come  and  reade  an  homely  according  to 
the  said  order  :  who  did  yt,  and  that  very  well  :  whervpon  I 
thought  that  Mr.  luson  &  the  rest  wold  have  folowed  but  thei  did 
not,  nor  never  will  except  thei  be  forced  by  auctorite  &  cetera. 

Endowed  :    To    the    moste    honorable    the     Queues    maicstes 
privei  cownsell  my  veraie  good  lordes. 

f.  15a. 

Blessed    be   the  almighty  and  everlasting  god,  in  whose  handes 

ar  the  hartes  of  all  kynges  and  princes,  who  hath  moved  the  harte 
of  our  most  gratiouse  Soverayne,  and  the  hartes  of  her  maiestes 
most  honorable  cownsell,  to  consydcr  in  tyme  the  state  of  goddes 
true  religion,  daungerously  declyning  in  the  most  partes  of  the 
churches  in  this  realme.  Our  heavenly  father  who  hath  moved  her 
maiestes  harte  and  yours  also  graunt  your  Maiesti  and  you  all  her 
honorable  cownsell,  as  godly  courage  as  god  wisshed  and  gave  to 
Moses,  Josue,  David  and  opershis  godly  gouernours,  to  thintent  this 
realme  may  be  blessed,  and  goddys  holy  name  glorified,  et  vos 
rep&rtetis  immarcessibilem  gloriae  coronam,h     Now  for  answere  to 

*  Kojrer  Normecote,  collated  £3  March,  15G0-1.     Le  KeTe,  i.  505. 
b  1.  Peter  y.  4. 


24  LETTERS    FORM    THE    BISHOrS 

your  honours  letter.  Towching  the  Justices  in  Cambridge  shyre, 
I  haue  conferred  with  Mr,  Chicheley,  Mr.  Hutton,  Mr.  Hynde  and 
Mr.  Pygot.  Towelling  the  Justices  of  the  Isle  of  Ely,  I  haue 
conferred  with  Mr.  Hopkins,  Mr.  Dixon  and  .Mr.  Adam.  Towchino- 
the  Justices  for  Cambridge,  I  haue  conferred  with  Dr.  Hawforde, 
Dr.  Ithel,  Dr.  Stokes,  Dr.  Kclke,  &  William  Mownsey  now  Maior, 
and  in  Cambridge  it  is  most  requisite  to  have  Justices  of  good 
religion.  And  as  I  can  learne,  there  ar  iii  sortes  of  Justices  con- 
cerning godly  religion,  sum  good,  whom  J.  haue  noted  with  this 
letter  "g."  Sum  conformable,  whom  J  haue  noted  with  this 
letter  "c."  Sum  mislyked,  npon  whom  I  haue  sett  no  signe. 
And  because  your  honours  do  rcquyre  me  to  signifie  whom  I  thinke 
most  mete  for  service  that  way,  who  commonly  serue  in  the 
quorum,  I  have  enterprised  to  note  my  fansye  with  this  letter 
uq"  apon  their  heads,  who  ar  thought  metest.  And  further 
because  your  pleasure  is,  that  if  I  consyder  of  any  other  thing, 
tending  to  your  godly  meaning  for  the  redresse  of  this  disorder,  I 
shulde  signifie  the  same  to  your  honours,  I  have  noted  my  poore 
opinion  in  a  by  papyr,  to  be  expended  of  your  wisdoms.  And 
thus  I  trust  I  haue  answered  your  honours  expectation  after  my 
rude  maner.  Ffor  my  parte  I  will  after  my  poore  witt  and  vnder- 
standing  trayaile  according  to  your  most  godly  meaning,  and  call 
apon  god  with  my  harty  prayers,  alwayes  to  assiste  you  in  this 
most  nedeful  busyncs.  The  lorde  Jesus  prosper  all  your  fodiy 
affayers.  Ffrom  Ely  the  vith  of  Xouember,  1564. 
Youre  honours  to  coramaunde, 

ElCHARDE   ELY.a 

f.  16. 

Commissioners  for  the  peace  with  in  the  countye  of  Cambrydf*e  : 
g.  c.  Edwarde  Lord  Northe  of  Kellynge;  q.c.  Sir  Gyles  Alvmrton 

of  llorshed;  Sir  Robert  Chester  of  Royston;  q.cj.  Sir  Roger  Northe; 

Sir  John  Coton  of  Landnad  ;  q.  c.  Barnet  Ffrevell  of  Shelforde  : 

•  Cox. 


•V- 


TO    THE    PRIVY    COUNCIL,    1564.  25 

q.  c.Mr.  Robert  Payton  oflsleam;  g.  Mr,  Frauncys  Hynde  of  Mading- 
Icy  ;  g.  Mr.  Henrye  Pygot  of  Abyngton  ;  q.  g.  Mr.  John  Hutton  of 
Drydrayton;  c.  Mr.  Jhon  Myllccent  of  Berham;a  Mr.  Thomas 
Homes  of  Barrogrene  ;  q.  g.  Mr.  Chycheley  not  in  commission. 

Commissioners  for  the  peace  in  the  Isle  of  Elye  : 
q.  g.  Mr.  Antonye  Stapleton  cheffe  iustyce  hear. 

Commissioners  rcsiant  with  in  the  Isle  : 

g.  Mr.  Gefferey  Colvill  of  Newton  ;  q.  g.  Mr.  Robert  Balam  of  Wys- 
biche;  g.  Mr.  Edwarde  stewarde  of  Chatteresse;  g.  Mr.  Thomas  Wren 
of  Hadnam  ;  q.  g.  Yvillyam  Adam  of  Tyd  ;  g.  Mr.  William  Bryan  of 
Leneryngton ;  q.  g.  Mr.  William  Hopkyns  of  El}-e ;  g.  Mr.  Raffe 
Dyxon  of  Duddyngton. 

Commissioners  of  peace  not  resiant  in  the  Isle: 

<7.  Mr.  ffrauneys  Hynde ;  c.  Mr.  Robert  Payton  ;  g.  Mr.  Henrye 
Reppys;  c.  Mr.  Rycharde  Payton  ;  g.  Mr.  William  Thorneton  ;  g. 
William  Adam  of  Ely,  mete  to  be  in  commission  ;  q.  g.  Dr.  Ithell 
channcelar,  to  the  Bysshope. 

Commissioners  for  the  peace  in  Cambridge  : 
The  vycechauncelar  and  the  mayor  for  the  tyme  beyno-e. 
Jhon  Poryc  b  Dr.  of  Dhiinitye  ;  c.  Henrye  Hervey,''  D.  of  Lawe  ; 
Alexander  Raye,  Alderman ;  g.  Robert  Shutt,  recorder;0    Phylyp 
baker,  D.  of  Dyuynytye  ;  q.  g.  Thomas  Ventris,  Alderman ;  c.  Henrye 
Searle/  Alderman  ;  g.  Roger  Slegge/  Alderman. 


•  All  these  signed  the  Act  of  Uniformity,  15G9. 
b  Signed  the  Act  of  Uniformity. 
e  M.P.  1571.     See  Cooper's  Annah. 

d  Enquiries  on  their  conduct  in  State  Papers,  Addenda,  1504,  No.  29,  p.  553. 
See  too  State  Papers,  September  11  and  October  21,  loG4. 
CA3ID.  SOC.  E 


26  LETTERS    FROM    THE    BISHOPS 

Men  mete  for  the  commission  there  : 

q.  <j.  Dr.  Hawforde,  Master  of  Christes  college  ;  q.  g.  Dr.  Bewmant, 
Master  of  Trynytye  college  j  q.  g.  W.  Mounsey  nowe  maior  ;  g.  Dr. 
Stokes,  Master  of  Queues  College.  The  multitude  of  Justices 
thought  not  ncdefull. 

Endorsed  :  To  the  Quenes  Maiestes  most  honorable  cownsell. 

f.  18a. 

My  dewtie  first  accordinglie  remembered  to  your  honours.  Hit 
may  please  the  same  to  be  aducrtisedd  that  for  the  accomplisshinge 
of  your  pleasures  yttered  vnto  me  in  the  lettres,  which  I  receaved 
the  xxth  daye  of  October  last  paste,  1  haue  conferred  with  certen 
archdecons  Comissaries  ande  Officialla  exercisinge  Jurisdiction 
within  the  precincte  of  my  office  whom  I  know  to  be  men  bothe 
learned  and  honeste,  and  likewise  to  have  good  knowledge  bothe 
of  them  that  are  in  auctoritie  and  in  commission  for  the  peace  at 
this  present  in  the  place  where  they  exercise  Jurisdiction  ande  also 
of  others,  beinge  owte  of  commission,  who  in  their  opinions  are 
mcete  to  be  called  R  therevnto.     The  efFecte  ensuinge   of 

that  owre  conference  your  honours  shall  perceaue  by  the  shedells  or 
papers  he-revnto  annexed.  In  the  which  allso  I  haue  written  certen 
articles,  which  in  my  opinion  may  scrue  for  remedies  of  certen 
disorders,  levinge  the  same  to  your  godly  consideracions  ande 
commendinge  yowr  honors  to  the  blessed  gouermente  of  all 
myghtie  godd.     Ffrom  Bugden  this  viith  of  November  lofi-f. 

Your  honours  to  commaunde 
f.  20a.  N.  Lincoln.'' 

Lincoln : 

Justices  of  pece  there  : 

Richard  Dismy,  armiger,  Edmund  Hall,  armiger,  Robert  Garr, 
esquier,  Anthonie  Harrold,  earnest  in  religion. 

Ivoberte  Dymocke,  esquier,  Roberto  Ilarringtonnc,  mort,c  esquier, 

William  Tharrold,  esquier,  hindereis. 

■  A  word  illegible.  b  Nicholas  LulliiiyLam. 

*  Note  in  Burleigh'a  haad. 


TO    THE    PBIVY   COUNCIL,    1564.  27 

Kesteven : 

Richard  Bartie,  esquier,  Thomas  Saintpoll,  esquier,  John  Aclmer, 
archdeacon  of  lincoln,  Thomas  Godwine,  canon  residenciarie  of 
lincoln,  William  Porter,  esquier,  Charles  Wynfeld,  gent,  Richard 
Meares,  armiger,  James  Harrington,  gent.,  Earnest  in  relligion  and 
to  be  trusted  there. 

Justices  of  peace  there  :  „ 

Adland   Welbie,   esquier,  Hunston,   esquier,    Johnne 

Manne,  gent.,  earnest  in  relligion. 

Leonard  Irbie,  gent.,  Holland,  esquier,  Ogle,  gent., 

indifferent. 

Holland  : 

Richard  Bartie,  esquier,  Thomas  Saintpoll,  esquier,  John  Aclmer, 
Archdecon  of  lincoln,  Thomas  Godwine,  canon  residenciavy  of 
lincoln,  Edmundd  Lyall,  esquier,  "William  Derbie,  esquier,  Laurence 
Meares,  esquier,  Earnest  in  relligion  and  to  be  trusted  there. 

f.  20b. 

Justices  of  peace  : 

Sir  Richard  Thimelbie,  knyght,  Sir  William  Skip  with,  knight, 
Thomas  Saintpoll,  esquier,  Roberto  Mounson,  esquier,  Laurence 
Meares,  esquier,  Adumd  Welbie,  esquier,  Earnest  in  relligion 

Sir  Edward  Dymocke,  knight,  Richard  Bolles,  esquier,  Charles 
Willoughbie,  esquier,  Cristofer  Wraw,a  esquier,  James  Smyth, 
esquier,  Tristrame  Tirwhite,  esquier,  William  Manbie,  esquier, 
Antonie  Tomenev,b  esquier,  Richard  Craicroft,  esquier,  Indifferent. 

Sir  Roberte  Tirwhite,  knight,  Johnne  Copledicke,  esquier, 
Humfrey  Litlebury,  esquier,  hiuderers. 

Richard  Bartie,  esquier,  John  Aelmcr,  Archdeacon  of  Lincoln, 
Thomas  Godwine,  canon  residenciary  of  lincoln,  Thomas  Morrisonne, 
gent.,  earnest  in  relligion  and  fitt  to  be  trusted  there. 

*  I  Wraye,in  S.  P.,  il  17.  L  2  Tourney,  in  S.  T.,  ii.  17. 


28  LETTERS    FROM    THE    BISHOPS 

f.  21a. 

Countie  of  the  citic  of  Lincoln  : 

Aldermen  there  : 

Iohn     Hutchinson,     Maior,     Nicholas     Ffawkoner,    earnest    in 
relligion. 

Thomas  Wright,  George  Stampe,  William  Goodknap,  William 
Kent/  George  Porter,1'  Ffulbecke,c  Leon  Ellys,u  indifferent. 

Richard  Caiter,e  William  Scolfeld/  Edward  Hallelary/  hinderers. 

Martine  Hollingwourth,  late  alderman,  veray  earnest  in  relligion, 
honest  and  pollitique. 

The  names  of  them  with  whom  I  haue  conferredd  : 

Mr.  Jhon  Aelmar,  archedecon  of  lincoln,   Mr.  Thomas   Taylor, 
regester,  Mr.  Thomas  Sainctepoll,  esquyer. 
f.  21b. 

The  Corporacion  of  Grauntham,  Combiirgisies  (sic): 

Ro^er  Jonsonne,  Thomas  Tilson,h  John  Tailor,  earnest  in  relligion. 

Simon  Hanson,  Gabriel  Best,  John  Picke,  Thomas  Sympson, 
Robert  Gibbon,  indifferent. 

Humfrey  Duckar,  alderimm,  George  Atkinson,  Roberte  Wright, 
John  Brotherton,  Edward  Mortonne,  hinderers. 

f.  22a. 

Bedfordshire: 

All  Justices  now  in  commission: 

Lewes  Mordent,1  esquyer,  Lewes  Dyve,1  esquier,  Thomas  pygott, 
esquier,  John  Thomson,1  esquier,  Thomas  Leigh, i  esquier,  Robert 
Xedegate,1  esquier,  Earnest  in  religion. 

Humfrey  Katlilf,'  knight,  Peter  Gray,1  esquier,  Raulf  Astrye,' 
esquier,  indilFerent. 

John  Gascoync,1  knight,  John  Cowlbeck,1  esquier,  John  Ffuller,' 
esquier,  hinderers. 

*  Mayor  1572.     See  Liucolu,  names  of  Mayor?,  &c  b  Mayor  1575. 

c  Mayor  15G5.  d  Mayor  1 57-'.  *  Mayor  1577. 

f  Mayor  157C.  *  Mayor  15G7. 

b  Robert  Gibbon  scratched  out. 

1  All  in  Tat.  RolL,  0  Eliz.,  pt.  3,  mem.  1. 


TO    THE    PRIVY   COUNCIL,    15G4.  29 

Henry  Cheney,  knight,  Reynold  Grey,  esquier,  John  Burgoyne, 
esquier,  John  Swif'te,  esquier,  Thomas  Snager,  esquier,  Henry 
Ackworth,  irent.,  earnest  in  religion  and  fvtt  to  be  trusted. 

The  Corporacion  of  Bedford.      Out  of  Comission: 
Thomas  Leigh  esquier,  Thomas  Dyve  gent.,  Earnest  in  religion. 
Eye-herd  Laurence,  William  Bull,  hinderers. 
Henry    Laurence,  Alexander  Hunt,  Earnest  in  religion  and  fytt 
to  be  trusted. 

The  names  of  them  with  whom  I  have  conferred: 
Maister  Addams,  minister,  Maister  leighe,  esquyer. 

f.  22b.     • 

Huntingdonshyre : 

All  Justices  now  in  Comission  : 

Robert  Tyrwhit,  knight,  Rychard  Darington,  esquier,  earnest  in 
religion. 

Laurence  Tallard,  knight,  William  Laurence,  esquier,  Gylbert 
Smithe,  esquier,  Robert  Fi'orest,  esquier,  indifferent  in  religion. 

Thomas  Cotton,  esquier,  a  hindcrer  of  religion. 

Oute  of  Comission: 

Henry a  Cromwell,  knight,  William  Mallary,  esquier,  Thomas 
Worlcge,  gent.,  Robert  Awdeley,  gent.,  earnest  in  religion  and 
fytt  to  be  trusted. 

Thauncient  of  the  corporacion  of  Huntingdon  r 

William  Symcotes,  gent.,  Thomas  Harrys,  Robert  Blynethorne, 
John  Turpen,  earnest  in  religion. 

Henry  Backhand*  gent.,  "William  Wallys,  William  Bushe,  John 
Rychardes,  hinderers  in  religion. 

Charles  Rigges,  Rychard  May  re,  Anthony  Dixon,  indifferent  in 
religion. 

■  Henry  scratched  out. 


30  LETTERS    FEOil   THE    BISHOPS 

I  haue  conferred  with  maister  William  Slacd,  eomyssary  for  this 
shere. 
f.  23a. 

Hertfordshere : 

Justices  and  now  in  comission: 

John  Broeketc,  esquier,  George  Horsey,  esquier,  Thomas  Dock- 
wray  esq.,  Rowland  Lutton,  esq.,  Nyeholas  Bristow,  esq.,  earnest  in 
religion. 

John  Butler,  knight,  John  Twynco,  esquier,  Mr.  Burgoyne,  esq., 
Mr.  Purvey,  esquyer*  hindcrers  of  religion. 

Oute  of  Comission: 

Mr.  Tucke,  esquier,  John  Nedam,  esq.,  earnest  in  religion  & 
fyt  to  be  trusted. 

1  haue  conferred  for  this  shore  with  Mr.  William  Slayd,  comissarie 
and  Maister  smythe,  minister. 

f.  24a. 

Leicestershire  : 

All  Justices  n owe  in  commission  : 

Sir  Thomas  Novell  of  Holt,  knight,  George  Hastingcs,  esquier, 
Adriane  Stookes  de  Barrowe,  esquier,  Ffrancisce  Cave  de  Baggrave, 
esquier,  Brians  Cave  de  Ingersbie,  esquier,  George  Turpyn  de 
Knaptoft,  esquier,  Nicholas  Beamount  de  Coloverton,  esquier, 
Brokesbie  de  Sholbie,  esquier,  Leonard  Dan  net  t  de  dannet  hall, 
esquier,  Ffrancisce  Broune  de  Ivilbie,  esquier,  earnest  in  religion. 

Migliell  Purefey,  esquier,  George  Vincent  de  peckleton,  esquier, 
Smyth  de  dalbie  purva,  esquier,  indifferent. 

William  Skevington  de  Skevington  armiger,  hinderer ;  Maurice 
Bartlcy  de  Womendham,  esquier,  indifferent ;  Laurence  Saunders, 
gent.,  hinderer. 

Mr.  Outreade  de  Burton  lazars,  esquier,  learned  and  wise,  William 
Blounte  de  Osbaston,  gent.,  Thomas  Boose  de  Lutterwourth,  gent., 
Thomas  Ashebie  de  Loscbie,  gent.,  1  nomas  Brahm  de  Barrowe, 
gent  ,  John  Xowell  de  Willesborough,  gent.,  Temple   de 

eadfcin],  gent.,  earnest  in  relligion  and  fit t  to  be  trusted. 


TO    THE    PRIVY    COUNCIL,    1 5G4.  31 

f.  24  b. 

The  Oorporacion  of  Leicestre.  Aunceantes  of  the  Corporacion 
there  : 

William  Manbie,  Johnnc  Hericke,a  Richard  Davie,''  Parker/ 
Inglish,d  Clarke/  Gillott f  senior,  earnest  in  religion. 

Halame,s  Raignoldes,u  Stamford,'  Tatham,J  indifferent 

Nix,  Maior,k  Ffletcher,  Ffowler,1  Morice,"1  hindcrers. 

The  names  of  them  with  "whom  I  haue  conferred  : 

Maister    John  Aelmer,    Maister  Thomas  Larke,  comissary  and 

officall. 

f.  20a. 

Buckinghamshyre  : 

Justices  and  now  in  comission  : 

Paule  Parrcll,  esquier,n  Thomas  Pygott,  esquier,0  Thomas 
Fflitwood,  esq.,11  John  Cheney  of  Amersham/1  Mr.  Cade  .  of 
Dorney,  John  Doyley,  esquier,  Willelmus  Day,  prepositus  Eton, 
Thomas  Tyrringham,  esq. 

William  Garrett,  knight,  Edmund  Ashfield,  esquier,1"  John 
Goodwyn,  esquier,5  Nicholas  West,  .esquier,'  William  Ilawtree, 
esquier,"  Richard  Hamden,  esquier,  indifferent  in  religion. 

Robert  Druryc,  knight, v  Edmund  Wyndzore,  esq.,  John  Cheney 
of  Chessham  boves,w  hinderers  of  religion. 

*  J.  Thompson.  Leicester,  p.  251,  gives  him  as  Mayor,  1572. 

b  /*.,  15G3,  1575.  c  lb.,  1560.  d  lb.,  1570. 

'  lb.,  15G9.  f  lb.,  1571.  s  lb.,  1561,  1574. 

h  lb.,  15G2.  '  lb.,  1573.  J  lb.,  1567,  1577. 

k  lb.,  156-1.  '  //'.,  15G5.  °>  ?  Noryce,  ib.,  1579. 

0  Lipscombe,  I.  xvii.,  High  Sheriff,  15G2.  °  lb.,  1570. 

p  lb.,  1503.  t  Ib.,1567.  r  High  Sheriff,  15GS. 

*  lb.,  15G1.  *  Signed  the  Act  of  Uniformity. 
0  High  Sheriff,  155S  ;  signed  the  Act. 

T  High  Sheriff,  15G0  ;  signed  the  Act.  w  High  Sheriff,  15G5. 


32  LETTERS    FROM    THE    BISHOPS 

Oute  of  C omission  : 

Henry  Lee,  knight,  Thomas  Packington,  knight,  Robert  Stafford, 
knight,  "William  Filitwood  of  the  temple,  Robert  Mordant,  gent., 
By  chard  Craiford,  gent.,  Roger  A 1  ford,  gent.,a  John  Purefrey, 
gent.,  John  Burlacye,  gent.  ,b  Wilkin  Shepherd,  gent.,  Mr.  Croke  of 
Chilton,  gent.,c  Pauls  Went  ford,  gent.,  earnest  in  religion  &  fitt 
to  be  trusted. 

f  25b. 

Thomas  Pigott,  esquier,d  Mr.  Tyrill,  esquier,  Rychard  Hichcok, 
gent.,  Alexander  Denton,  gent.,  Mr.  Harcote  of  lecnamstede,  William 
Cornewalle,  gent.,  William  Biseley,  gent.,  Thomas  Rede,  gent., 
Thomas  WTayncman,  gent.,  William  Clarke,  gent.,  Bobert  Xewde- 
gate,  gent.,  Walter  Wynzore,  esq.,  William  Wyndzore,  esquier, 
]\Jr.  Pymme,  Baron  of  thexchecour,  Bychard  Payne,  esquier, 
indifferent  in  religion. 

Bobert  Pcekham,  knight,6  William  Dormer,  knight/  Robert 
Pygott,  gent.,  Thomas  Giflord,  esq.,  Mr.  Hamdon  of  JIartwell,  Mr. 
Scrope  of  Hambledon,  Davy  Pen,  gent.,  John  Xewdegate,  gent., 
George  Hansley,  George  Peckham,  gent.,s  Edward  Ardes,  gent., 
Bychard  F  farmer,  gent.,  Half  Hay  don,  gent.,  Mr.  Rookes  of  Ffawley, 
hindcrers  of  religion. 

These  bee  they  with  whom  I  did  conferre  : 

Jolin  Lon  gland,  Archdeacon  of  Buckingham,  John  Cheney, 
esquier,  Mr.  Ffyssher,  preacner. 

f.  27a. 

Remedies  for  disorders  : 

1.  A  comission  tobegraunted  to  certen  chosen  persons  bothe  of 

the  Clergie  and  laitie  to  extende  as  well  to  places  exemptc  as  not 

*  Signed  the  Act.     "  Mr."  is  corrected  to  "  lioger."  b  Signed  the  Act. 

c  High  Sheriff.  1574.  d  High  Sheriff,  1570. 

«  Died  at  Rome,  IV..  451.  *  High  Sheriff.  1567. 
e  High  Sheriff,  1572. 


TO   THE    PEIVY    COUNCIL,    1564.  33 

exerhpte,  •within  liberties  and  withoute,  for  reformacions  of  disorders 
in  religion. 

2.  That  the  said  comissioners  haue  auctoritie  to  reform  all  suehe 
papistical!  orders  and  wages  in  cathedrall  and  collegiat  cherches  as 
by  theire  discrecion  shall  appeere  woorthie  reformacion. 

3.  Som  conuenyente  order  to  be  taken  with  the  romisshe 
sectuaries,  as  well  beinge  in  durance  as  straglinge  abrode,  for 
reformacion  of  theire  obstinaeie  which  dothe  mvtche  harm 
amongstc  the  people  of  god  and  the  queen  her  maiestes  subiectes. 

4.  The  iustices  of  pens  to  be  charged  to  be  present  at  everie 
quarter  sessions  where  the}''  shall  cawse  the  articles,  accorded  vpon 
for  vniformitie  in  religion,  to  be  openly  redd  and  then  to  be 
confyrmed  and  allowed  of  by  theire  severall  actes  in  subscribinge 
openly  to  the  same. 

5.  That  thenqueste  then  to  be  panyelled  may  be  charged  to 
certifie  in  theire  veredictes  all  suche  whom  they  shall  learn  to 
maynteyn  any  contrarie  opinion,  and  that  the  forsaid  comissioners 
may  haue  auctoritie  to  reforme  suche  offendours  accordinglie. 

G.  That  the  archedecon  comissarie  and  officiall  or  the  woorthiest 
of  them  may  be  in  the  commission  of  peas  with  in  the  circute  of 
his  office  and  that  the  same  haue  in  charge  to  be  presente  at  everie 
quarter  sessions,  where  on  of  them  or  som  other  learned  man  vpon 
theire  appointement,  shall  make  a  sermon  concerninge  the  setting 
forthe  of  the  doctrin  conteyned  in  the  said  articles. 

f.  27b. 

To  everie  cathedrall  cherche  the  dean  and  residensaries  shall  by 
coarse  make  everie  of  them  ones  in  a  quarter  a  sermonde.  And  in 
the  same,  after  the  prayers,  shall  read  openly  and  distinctly  the 
said  articles  of  religion  allowingc  then  of  the  same  by  his  open 
confession  and  shall  allure  others  therevnto. 

Endorsed :  To  the  moste  honorable  lordes  of  the  queen  her 
maiestes  priuie  cowncell. 
camd.  soc.  F 


34  LETTERS    FROM    THE    BISHOPS 

f.  30. 

Certavnc  brefe  notes  of  vour  honors  to  be  considered  : a 

1.  F  first  the  learned  aduersaries  being  ecclcsiasticall  persons  to  be 
ether  banished  or  scquestred  from  conference  with  such  as  be 
fawtors  of  there  religion,  or  elles  the  othe  to  be  tendrcd  vnto  them. 
Forthwith,  considering  thei  haue  so  litle  passed  of  the  Queues 
maicsties  clemeneve,  to  them  shewed  these  six  yeares,  whereby  it 
doth  appeare  that  they  be  more  stubburne  &  more  incoraged  than 
thei  ware  before. 

2.  Item,  that  the  stragling  doctors  &  pricstcs  who  haue  libertie 
to  stray  at  there  pleasures  within  this  realme  do  much  hurte 
secrettlve  and  in  corners,  therefore  it  weare  good  that  thei  might  be 
called  before  the  highe  commissioners  and  to  shew  there  con- 
formitie  in  religion  bv  subscribing  or  open  recantacion  or  elles  to 
be  restrained  from  there  said  libertie. 

3.  Item,  a  proclamation  to  be  sett  forth  by  the  quenes  maicsties 
aucthoritie,  to  represse  the  bold  talk  and  bragges  of  the  aduersaries 
of  good  religion,  and  by  the  same  proclamation  that  the  ministers 
of  goddes  word  might  be  incoraged  to  vse  there  function  without 
feare,  who  be  now  in  a  manner  nothing  estemed. 

4.  Item,  a  commission  to  be  awarded  as  the  highe  commis- 
sioners haue  at  London  at  this  present,  whearein  the  bysshopp  of 
the  diocesse  and  other  lei  nod  men  &,  good  gentellmen  might  haue 
aucthoritie  bothe  to  inqnyre  and  reforme  the  aduersaries  of  good 
religion  and  to  represse  the  fawtors  of  the  same. 

5.  Item,  whereas  Kcgestcrs  for  the  most  parte  haue  there  office 
by  patent  being  corrupt  in  religion,  who  do  more  hurte  knowing 
the  state  of  the  diocesse  and  being  in  greate  estimacion  with  the 
aduersaries  of  good  religion  then  the  prechers  are  able  to  do  good 
nthenvaves,  therefore  it  weare  mete  that  the  bysshopp  might  haue 
aucthoritie  to  remove  them  owt  of  there  roomes  allowing  them  a 
ceitayne  resonable  stypend  and  to  place  theim  that  did  lavor  the 
setting  forth  of  good  religion. 

»  This  appears  to  be  from  the  Bishop  of  Peterborough,  Edmund  Scambler, 


TO    THE    PEIVY    COUNCIL,    156  i.  3-5 

6.  Item,  whereas  the  chefe  Constables  of  euerye  hundred  which 
be  rino-e  leders  of  the  people  and  whom  the  people  haue  in  greate 
credytt  and  for  the  most  parte  he  fa w tors  of  naughtie  religion,  that 
it  might  be  provyded  that  the  commissioners  by  the  consent  of  the 
the  bysshopp,  vppon  iust  occasion  might  haue  aucthoritie  to  remove 
them  and  to  place  other  in  there  places. 

7.  Item,  there  be  diuerse  gentellmen  of  euell  religion  that  kepe 
scholemasters  in  there  houses  pmatelye,  who  be  of  corrupt 
iudgementes  and  do  exceding  greate  hurte  as  well  in  those  houses 

O  DO 

where  thei  teaches  as  in  the  Oountrie  abrodc  abought  them,  that  it 

might  be  provyded  that  the  sayd  gentellmen  should  not  kepe 
privatelve  in  there  houses  no  maner  of  scholemasters  but  ssuch  as 
should  be  examined  by  the  hysshop  of  the  diocesse  and  admitted 
thereunto  bv  licence  vndcr  his  scale  of  office. 

f.  30b. 

8.  Item,  that  the  Prebendaries  of  euerye  Cathedral!  churche 
mayc  be  inforced  by  aucthoritie  to  make  a  manifest  and  open 
declaration  of  there  faithc  before  the  congregacion  by  thappoynt- 
ment  of  the  Bysshopp  of  the  diocesse,  and  in  there  said  declaration 
to  sett  forthe  the  aucthoritie  of  this  religion  by  parliament 
established  and  by  goddes  word  confirmed,  and  that  thei  do  openly 
professe  and  geve  there  consent  to  the  same,  detesting  all  other 
religion  to  the  contrarye,  and  also  shall  subscrybe  to  the  articles  of 
Religion  agreed  vppon  in  the  presence  of  the  Bysshopp  and  other 
commissioners  appoynted  for  the  reformation  of  religion. 

f.  31b. 

Comitatus  Northamton  : 

^sowe  in  the  commission  of  the  peace  : 

Sir  Walter  Mvldmaye,  knight,  Sir  Eoberte  Lawe,  knight,  Mr. 
Edwarde  Mountague,  esquyer,  Edmonde  Elmes,  esquier,  George 
lynne,  Mr.  Moungomerye,  Mr.  Wattes,  esquiers,  earnest  furtherers 
of  religion* 


36  LETTEES   FEOM   THE    BISHOPS 

Mr.  Ffrauncys  Saunders,  esquyer,  Thomas  Spencer,  esquyer, 
indifferent  in  religion. 

Nowe  in  the  commission  of  the  peace  : 

Mr.  Valentyne  Knightley,  Sir  John  Spencer,  Sir  Thomas 
Gryfiyn,  Sir  John  Ffarmcr,  knightes,  Edwarde  gryffyn,  Mr. 
Cateshye  of  Whyshyn,  Thomas  Lovett,  esquiers,  greate  letters  of 
religion. 

And  now  owt  of  the  commission  of  the  peace  : 

Edmounde  Brudenell,  John  Wake,  esquiers,  John  ffosbrooke, 
Bartholomew     Tate,    Jhon     Pyckeryng,     Mr.  Coope     of 

cannonsashbye,  John  Dreyden,8  James  Crewes,b  Roberte  Pemberton, 
gentellmen,  Mr.  Anthonye  Burton,  bachelor  of  diuinitie  and  chan- 
cellor of  Peterboroughe,  earnest  furtherers  of  religion  and  worthic 
to  be  trusted. 

f.  32a. 

Burgh  Socon  being  a  peculiar  libertic  : 

Esquiers  and  now  in  the  commission  of  the  peace  of  that 
libertie. 

Koberte  TYyngfelde  thelder,  Fraunceys  Quarles,  Eoberte 
"Wyngfelde  the  younger,  Boberte  Browne,  earnest  furtherers  of 
Religion. 

Jhon  Mounstwing,  gentellman,  a  greate  letter  of  religion,  and 
now  in  commission  for  the  peace  within  the  same  libertie. 

Peter  Kemppe,  gentellman,  an  earnest  furtherer  of  Religion 
within  the  same  libertie,  and  now  owt  of  the  commission  of  the 
peace. 

The  Corporacion  of  Northampton  : 

Mr.  Bawgyc,  Mr.  Cole,  earnest  furtherers  of  religion  and  now  in 
the  commission  of  the  peace  within  the  same  towne. 
1  Jhon  Wake,  scratched  out.  k  Wake  corrected  to  Crewes. 


TO    THE    PRIVY    COUNCIL,    1564.  37 

Conitatus  (sic)  Rutland  : 

James  Harrington  csquyer,  earnest  furtherer  of  religion  and  now 
in  the  commission  of  the  peace  there. 

Mr.  Dyckbye  of  Stoke,  indifferent  in  religion. 

Mr.  Anthony  Collye,  Mr.  John  Hunt,  Mr.  Calcott,  esquyers, 
greate  hynderers  of  religion  and  now  in  commission  of  the  peace 
there. 

Mr.  Anthonye  Burton,  Bachelir  of  divinitie  and  Chancellor  of 
Peterburgh,    Mr.  Mack  worth,    Mr.    Jhon    Harrington    of 

Exton,  Mr.  Fflowre  of  "Whytwell,  earnest  furtherers  of  religion 
there  &  worthy  to  be  trusted,  and  now  owt  of  the  commission  of 
the  peace  there. 

f.  34a. 

Eight  honorable,  after  my  most  humble  commendations,  it  maye 
please  your  honors  to  understand,  that  upon  your  honours  letters 
lately  directed  unto  me,  I  have  considered  of  the  Justices  for  the 
peace  wythin  the  counties  of  Wiltshyre,  and  Barkshire,  whiche 
counties  bothe  lye  wythin  the  dioces  committed  to  my  charge,  and 
in  seueral  schedles  haue  noted  owt  bothe  theire  names  and 
dwellinge  places,  and  also  theire  sundrie  inclinations  towardes  the 
furtherance  of  Goddes  truethe,  and  that  sincerely,  and  uprightly, 
and  wythout  al  partialitie,  accord inge  to  the  trust  that  your  honours 
haue  reposed  in  me  toutehinge  the  same,  wherin  also  I  haue  used 
thaduise  of  sutche  gentlemen  as  in  the  seueral  schedles  unto  your 
honours  maye  appeare.  Thus  I  humbly  take  my  leaue  and  wyshe 
unto  your  honours  the  sprite  of  wysedome,  and  thencrease  of 
Goddes  grace. 

From  my  poore  house  in  Sarum,  9  Xouemb.  1564. 

Your  honours  most  humble 

Jo.  Sarum.5 

•  Jewell. 


38  LETTERS    FROM    TIIE    BISHOPS 

f.  3.5*. 

The  names  of  the  Justice?  for  the  peace  wythin  Wiltshire  : 
John  Meruin  of  Fountel,  knight,  Xo  hinderer  ;  John  Thinne  of 
Longleate,  knight,  A  furthercr  earnest;  John  Zouche  of  Ansty, 
knight,  A  furtlierer  earnest ;  George  penruddock  of  luychurche,  A 
furthercr  earnest  ;  Nicolas  Snel  of  Kington  S.  Michaelis,  No 
hinderer;  Edward  Baynton  of  Rowdon,  Xo  hinderer  ;  Edward 
Baynard  of  Lakeham,  A  furthercr  earnest;  Henry  Sharington  of 
Lacockc,  A  furtherer  earnest ;  Richard  Kingesmyl  of  Ouerton,  A 
furthercr  earn(est);  Jo.  Sainctjohn  of  Lidiard,  Xo  hinderer;  Jo. 
Byre  of  Chalfyld,  Xo  hinderer;  Christofer  Willugbee  of  Litle 
Knoelj  Xo  hinderer  ;  Christofer  Dodington  of  Meere,  A  furthercr  • 
Jo.  Berwike  of  Wilcote,  Xo  hinderer;  Jo.  Hooper  of  Sarum, 
Xo  hinderer  ;  Giles  Thistlethwaite  of  Winterslowe,  A  furthercr  • 
Henry  Boddinham  of  Fulstone.,  Xo  hinderer. 

Other  gentlemen  of  your  honours  to  be  consydered  : 
George  Ludlowe,  a  furthercr,  Laurence  Hyde,  a  furtlierer,  Henry 
Clyfford,  a  furthercr,  Al  wysc  and  politique  and  liable  to  serue. 
Wyth  thaduise  of  Sir  Jo.  Zouche. 

f.  30a. 

The  names  of  Justices  for  the  peace  wvthin  the  Countie  of 
Berkshyre  : 

Henry  Xeuil  of  Rnscombe,  knight,  A  furtherer  earnest;  Richard 
Warde  of  Hurste,  as  it  ys  supposed  no  hinderer  ;  Thomas  Welden 
of  Cookham,  A  furtherer;  Thomas  Stafford  of  Bradfild,  A furtherer- 
John  Winchcomoe  of  Bucklelmry,  A  furthercr;  Edmund  plowden 
of  Shiplake,  as  it  ys  supposed  a  hinderer  ;  Jo.  Cheyney  of  AVood- 
hay,  A  furtherer  ;  Griffith  Curteis  of  Greenham,  A  furtherer  earnest- 
Roger    Yonge    of    Bustyldeane,  A   furtherer  earnest;     William* 

*  Cor.  fruni  Jo. 


TO    THE    PRIVY    COUNCIL,    1564.  39 

Dunche  of  Litle  Wittenham,  A  furtherer  earnest  ;  Jo.  Fetiplace 
of  Beselslygh,  A  furtherer ;  Robert  Kelaway  of  Shallingford,  A 
furtherer  ;    William  Hyde  of  Denchworthe,  No  furtherer. 

Jo.  Yate  of  Buckland,  neuer  yet  received  the  holy  Communion 
sythence  the  beginninge  of  the  queues  maiesties  reigne,  and  there- 
for nowe  excommunicate,  and  returned  into  the  kinges  bench  for 
the  same. 

One  gentleman  of  your  honours  to  be  consydcred  : 

Edmund  Dokwra,  of  Chamberhouse,8  a  furtherer  and  learned. 

Wythe  thaduise  of  John  AVinchecombe  and  Griffith  Curteis. 

Endorsed :  To  the  right  honorable  and  my  singular  good  Lordes, 
the  Lordes  of  the  queenes  maiesties  most  honorable  privy 
councel. 

f.  38a. 

Rioht  honorable  <fc  mv  verv  irood  lordes,  with  all  humblenes  tliesc 
may  be  to  signifv  vnto  you,  that  having  receaved  the  xxvi'1'  day  of 
October  tast.vour  honores  lettcres,  bearing  date  the  xviith  day  of  the 
same  monethe,  according  to  my  bounden  duety,  with  all  speed  and 
diligence  that  I  cold  vse  in  suche  diepnes  of  waies,  and  distance  of 
the  persones  from  me  with  whom  I  might  confer,  I  have  ende- 
voured  mv  self  taccomplishe  vour  commaundement,  and  answer 
your  expectation  in  certifying  of  suche  Justices  of  the  peace  as  ar 
communly  resiaunt  within  the  severall  shyres  of  my  Dioces  or 
Jurisdiction.  Wherin  for  my  better  procieding,  I  first  vsed  the 
counsell  of  Mr.  Nowell,  Dean  of  Lichfield  &  James  Weston,  my 
Eeo-istcr,  men  godly  <Sc  zelous,  of  lunger  continuance,  and  therby 
of  more  knolegc  and  experience  in  my  Dioces  than  I  ;  by  whose 
advvse  I  sent  for  suche  persones  as  were  thoght  most  miet,  for  love 

*  Inserted. 


40  LETTERS    FE03I    THE    BISHOrS 

to  Justice  &  zeal  for  religion,  to  confer  with  for  suclie  effect  as  in 

your  honoures  letteres  is  specified,  and  so  vsing  &  folowing  their 

advise  to  that  end,  I   have   first  simply  made  certificate  after   the 

same,  adding   consequently   that   opinion   which   I  have   of    them 

severally  conceived,  hy  commun  reporte  of  suche  credible  men  as  I 

have  to   do  with  in  my  dioces,  and  myn   oun   daily  experience  : 

Partly  that  your  honores  may  vnder stand  the  opinion  of  those  with 

whom  I  have  conferred,  and    partly  what  I  here  &  vnderstand  of 

them   by  commun   reporte  of  good   men  otherwys.     And  Wheras 

vour  honoures  moved  me   to  advertise    you    of  anv  other  thinges 

tending    to  the    redres  of    disorderes  within    my   dioces,   ffor    the 

county  of   Stafford  where   my  habitation   is,  by  mcanes  wherof   I 

have  better  vnderstanding  of  the  commun  doinges  then  in  other 

places,  thies  few  thinges   I   have  to  signify,   vnder  your  honores 

correction. 

ffirst,  for  the  county  of  Stafford  bicaus  ther  be  not  many  learned 
men  in  the  same,  it  is  thoght  a  great  hinderance  to  Justice,  that 
they  which  be  lerned  &  Justices,  ar  also  commun  counselleres  in 
the  shyr,  by  which  meanes  ether  the  Quenes  maiestie  is  not  faith- 
fully served  or  the  clientes  not  iustly  helped  ;  of  thies  I  here  diverse 
complain. 

Secondly,  the  number  of  attorneis,  frequenting  the  assizes  and 
sessiones  at  Stafford,  are  raged  to  bried  and  norishe  matters  of 
stryf  &  contention  betwien  party  &  party  for  their  lucre  sake  : 
which  if  it  might  be  otherwys  helped,  is  thoght  good  to  many 
men. 

Thirdly,  wheras  the  cuntry  is  to  miche  hinderly  in  all  good 
thinges  perteining  to  religion,  yet  the  abyding  of  Doctor  Poole, 
late  bishop  of  Peterboro,  in  that  shyr  with  Bryan  ffowler,  esquier, 
a  litle  from  Stafford,  causeth  many  pieple  think  wurs  of  the  regi- 
ment &  religion  then  els  they  wold  doo,  bicaus  that  diverse  lewd 
priestes  have  resort  thither  :  but  what  conferens  thev  have,  I  can 
not  learn.     "VYherfor  if  it  pleas  your  honores  to  remove  him  from 


TO    THE    I'PJVY    COUNCIL,    15G4.  41 

thens,   you  shall   doo    miche    good   to   the   cuntry,   and    frustrate 
thexpectation  of  evill  disposed  pcrsones. 

ffourthly,  1  have  bien  moved  diverse  tymes  by  many  godly  men, 
to  labour  vnto  the  Queues  maiestie  or  to  your  honores  for  a  com- 
mission, wherby  I  might  better  do  my  deuty,  for  that  many 
ofFenderes  ar  ether  born  with  by  M  [aster] ship,  which  I  alone  can 
not  redres,  or  els  fly  into  exempt  places  &  peculiar  Jurisdictiones 
and  so  avoid  ordinary  correction,  not  "without  great  offence  and 
slaunder  bothe  of  the  gospell  &  ministeres  therof,  which  thing 
I  refer  to  your  godly  wisdom  to  consider  as  occasion  shall  move 
you. 

f.  38b. 

Last  of  all,  the  greatest  disorder  within  my  hool  Dioces,  hathe 
bien  in  great  tounes  corporate ;  for  there  when  I  have  required 
thassistaunce  of  the  bailiffes  or  other  officercs,  I  have  found  open 
resistance  in  matteres  of  charge,  wherof  it  is  niedfull  to  place  good 
men  in  office  there  :  &  yet  presently  I  am  not  able  to  make  certifi- 
cate who  be  best  affected  in  those  tounes,  for  that  many  of  them  ar 
visited  with  the  plage.  And  therfore  thies  may  be  to  desyr  your 
good  honores  to  take  this  certificate  in  good  parte,  even  so  com- 
mitting the  same  to  the  mighty  &  mercit'ull  protection  of  almighty 
God,  who  kiep  you  all  in  long,  peacefull  and  helthfull  lyf. 

this  xth  of  November  1564,  at  Eccleshall  Castle. 

Your  good  honores  with  ail  humblenesand  obedience  to  command 

Thomas  Coven.  &  Licn.a 

f.  40a. 

An  Information  or  Certificate  made  to  the  Quiens  maiesties 
most  honorable  privy  Counsell  by  Thomas,  Bishop  of  Coventrv  & 
Lichfield  of  all  the  Justices  of  peace  resiaunt  within  the  severall 
shyres  of  his  Dioces,  and  of  suchc  pcrsones  as  ar  miet  to  be  called 
to  the  said  office  as  folowethe.     Novembris,  10,  a0  1564. 

*  Bcntham. 

CAMD.  SOC.  G 


42 


LETTERS    FIIOM    THE    BISIIOPS 


Of  Stafford  shyr,  after  tliadvicc  of  Thomas  Wirley,  John  Lane 
&  Roger  ffoullc,  esquieres. 

The  Lord  Viscount  Hereford  of  Chearkley,  The  Lord  Stafford  of 
Stafford  Castell,  The  Lord  Dudley  of  Wombnm,  Sir  William 
Snede  of  Brood  wall,  knight,  Sir  George  Blunt  of  Knightley,  knight, 
Sir  Baffe  Bagnall  of  Delacres,  knight,  Humfrcy  AYells  of  Horecros, 
esquicr,  Baffc  Okover  of  Okover,  esquier,  Thomas  Wirley  of 
Hamstede,  esquier,  Edmund  James  of  Corbenes,  esquier,  John 
Levcson  of  Wolverhampton,  esquier,  Rafe  Adderlcy  of  the  Holt, 
esquier,  Bryan  ffcwler  of  the  .Manor  of  Sowe,  esquier,  miet  to 
continue  in  oiBee. 

Sir  Edward  Aston  of  Tixall,  knight,  Sir  William  Greisley  of 
Colton,  knight,  Simon  Harecourt  of  Ranton,  esquier,  a  knot  hurt- 
full  to  Justice  &  great  Alainteincres. 

Henry  Vernon  of  Hilton,  esquier,  an  adversary  of  rellioion. 

Sir  Edward  Litleton  of  Piliknoll,  knight,  Sir  Raffe  Egerton  of 
WreinhiH,  knight,  John  Rotte.-ley  of  Rottesley,  esquier,  John  Lane 
of  Hyde,  esquier,  Roger  ffoulke  of  Gonstone,  esquier,  miet  to  be 
called  to  the  office. 

f.  4.0b. 

The  Bishopes  advise  &  opinion  for  the  Justices  of  Staffordshvr 
as  foloweth. 

Althogh  by  thopinion  of  those  men  whose  advvse  I  vsed  for 
Stafford  shyr,  dyvcrsmen  be  thoght  miet  to  continue  in  office 
of  whom  I  hear  litle  eommciuk.cion  otherwvs,  Thies  may  signify 
vnto  your  honoures  that  by  the  conunon  report  of  many  men  godly 
&  credible  &  by  that  know  lege  &  vnderstanding  that  I  have,  thies 
persones  folowing,  viz.  : — 

Sir  William  Snede,  knight,  Sir  George  Blount,  knight,  Humfrey 
Wei?,  esquier,  John  Leveson,  esquier,  Rafe  Adderley,  esquier, 
Bryan  ffowler,  esquicr,  ar  accounted  of  good  men  adversaries  to 
religion  &  no  favoureres  therof,  nether  in  died  nor  woorde. 

Concerning  the  hurtfull  knot   &   Henry    Vernon  esquier,  I   nied 


TO    THE    PEIVY    COUXCIL,    15G4.  43 

say  no  more.  Ffor  I  looke  that  that  which  is  by  otheres  confessed 
wilbe  laid  to  my  charge,  if  you  stand  not  my  good  Lordes. 

As  touching  suche  pcrsones  as  ar  tlioglit  miet  to  be  called  to  the 
office,  I  have  nothing  to  say  to  the  contrary  bicaus  I  hear  well  of 
them  all. 

The  best  learned  in  the  county  of  Stafford. 

Thomas  Wirley  of  H'amstcd,  Edmund  James  of  Corbenes,  Roger 
ffonlk  of  Gunstone,  no  Justice  as  yet,  favourerea  of  Relligion  & 
Lerned. 

Humfrey  Wells  of  Horecros,  Rafe  Adderley  of  the  Holt,  Bryan 
Ffowler  of  the  manor  of  So  we,  no  favoureres  of  Religion  but  better 
learned  than  the  rest. 

f.  41a. 

01'  Darby  shyr,  after  thadvyse  of  Sir  Thomas  Kockein  Knight, 
AY  altar  Horton,  esquier,  ct  Aden  Berisford,  esquier,  as  foloweth  : — 

Sir  John  Zouche *  of  Codner castle,  knight,  Sir  William  Sentlow 
of  Chattesworth,  knight,  Sir  George  Vernon  of  nether  Haddon, 
knight,  Sir  Ff rauncis  Lekea  of  Sutton,  knight,  Sir  Thomas  Cockeina 
of  Ashburn,  knight,  Godfrey  fluliambe*  of  Walton, esquier,  Thomas 
Stanhope''  of  Ai-bley,  esquier,  Thomas  Sutton  of  Over  Haddon, 
esquier,  James-  Hardwik b  of  Hardwik,  esquier,  Antony  Gell  of 
Iiopton,  esquier,  miet  to  continew  in  office. 

Sir  Humfrey  Bradborn*  of  Lee,  knight,  Henry  Vernon  of 
Sudbery,  esquier,  adversaries  to  religion. 

Richard  Blakwall'1  of  Calk,  a  lawier,  Godfrey  Boswell6  of 
Beighton,  esquier,  miet  to  be  omitted. 

Walter    Horton   of  Catton,  esquier,  George  Curson  of   Croxall, 

esquier,  Thomas  Kniveton1  of  Mirkaston,  esquier,  Richard  AA^enslow 

of    Wenslow,    esquier,  Aden    Berisford    of    Bently,  esquier,   Rafe 

*  Signed  for  the  supremacy.  b  Absent  at  the  signiug. 

e  Sheriff,  1503,  lo7i.     Other  sheriffs  were  Zouche,  Leke,   Cockeiu,  Ffuliambo, 

Stanhope. 

d  Not  a  Justice,  15C0.  e  Signed  the  supremacy,  1509. 

f  A  Justice,  15G9. 


44  LETTERS    FR031    THE    BISHOPS 

Sacheverell  of  Staunton  or  Eadburn,  good  men  &  miot  to  be  called 
to  office. 

r.  4ib. 

The  bishopes  advyse  concerning  the  Justices  of  Darbyshyr. 

Concerning  the  certificate  made  before,  I  judge'  all  very  well 
done,  according  to  my  knolege  and  vnderttanding  save  only  in 
two  persones  viz  : — 

Sir  George  Vernon,"  knight,  is  knowen  to  be  a  great  Jester  at 
Religion  as  well  as  in  all  other  thinges. 

Also  I  have  a  good  opinion  of  Mr.  Blakwall,  a  man  of  good 
learning  with  whom  I  have  diverse  tymes  talked  &  so  do  lyke  well 
of  him  and  think  him  miet  to  continew  in  office. 

And  as  touching  those  which  are  thoght  miet  to  be  called  to  the 
oflice,  they  all  have  a  good  reporte  bothe  for  civill  Justice  and 
favour  to  religion  as  any  men  that  I  know  or  hear  of. 

Anthony  Gcllb  of  Hopton,  esquier,  is  accounted  learned. 

f  42a. 

Of  the  countie  of  Salop,  after  thadvyse  of  Sir  Andrew  Corbet 
knight,  Sir  Richard  Newport,  knight,  and  George  leigh,  Bailiff  of 
Salop,  as  foloweth  : 

In  dioeesem  Coventry  etc.  : 

Justice  Corbet  of  Stoake  super  Tern,  Sir  Andrew  Corbet0 
of  Mourton  Corbet,  knight,  Sir  Richard  Newport0  of  Arcoll 
Magna,  knight,  Sir  Arthur  Manwavring  c  of  Hight field,  knight, 
Kichard  Corbet  of  Painton,c  esquier,  Georg  Bramley  of  Worfield, 
esquier,  James  Barker  of  Haghmond,  esquier,  Adam  Otley  ° 
of  Pitehford,  esquier,  Thomas  Seriven c  of  iTVodisley,  esquier, 
Humfrey  Onslow  of  Salop,  miet  to  continew  in  office. 

Extra  dioeesem  Coventrv : 

Edward  I.eighton  c  of  Wattelsboro,  esquier,  Simon  Kensey  of  the 

*  Not  a  Justice,  L'.GO.  b  Signed  the  supremacy,  15G9. 

c  Signed  the  Act  of  Uniformity. 


TO    THE    PRIVY    COUNCIL,    15G4.  45 

Okes,  csquier,  Thomas  Powell R  of  Whittington,  esquier,  Lewis 
Johnes*  of  Bishopes  castell,  esquier,  Charles  ffox  of  Bramhill, 
esquier,  Pichard  Cornwall  a  of  Burford,  esquier,  miet  to  continew 
in  office. 

William  Charlton  of  Wombmlge,  esquier,  "William  Yong  of 
Kainton,  esquier,  Thomas  Eton  of  Eton,  esquier,  William  Gatacre8 
of  Gatacre,  esquier,  adversaries  of  religion. 

Robert  Corbet  of  Stannerton,  esquier,  .Robert  Neidham  of 
Shcnton,  esquier,  John  Ilourd  of  Bridgnorth  esquier,  George 
Leigh  of  the  toun  of  Salop,  bail  if,  William  Gratewood  of  Adderley, 
esquier,  Pafe  Cliff  of  Wayvart.  esquier,  Peter  Banister  of  Hadnall, 
esquier,  Miet  to  be  called  to  office. 

f.  42b. 

The  bishopes  advyse  for  the  countie  of  Salop  : 

Concerning  the  certificate  before  made  of  the  Justices  of  the 
county  of  Salop  I  iudge  it  to  be  well  done,  so  that  I  can  nether 
iustly  chaunge,  add  or  take  any  thing  away,  for  that  knolege 
which  I  have  :  and  yet  I  do  know  well  all  the  persons  save  only 
those  which  be  extra  diocesem  Coventry,  etc. 

I  know  the  learning  of  none  muche  reported,  but  of  Justice 
Corbet,  and  George  Bramley. 

As  touching  the  toun  of  Salop : 

Humfrey  Onslow,  csquier,  Edward  Hosier,  esquier,  George  Leigh, 
now  bailif,  Robert  Ireland  tlielder,  Robart  Ireland  theyonger,  alder- 
men cv  counselleres  of  the  toun  miet  to  bear  office,  bicaus  many  tymes 
corrupt  men  ar  chosen  to  be  bailifes. 

Thomas  Aston,  Scholemaster,  and  a  worthy  man  emon^st  them. 
Ffor  Bridgnorth  : 

John  Ilourd  esquier,  a  wyse  and  godly  man. 

Of  Warwikshyr  after  thadvyse  of  Edward  Eglamby  esquier. 

Sir  Piichard  Verney  of  Compton  Yerney,  knight,  Thomas  Lucie 
*  Signed  the  Act  of  Uniformity. 


46  LETTERS   FROM    THE    BISHOPS 

of  Chalcot,  esquier,  Basill  Fiielding  of  Munkeg  kirby,  esquier, 
Clement  Throckmorton  of  Ilaselye,  esquier,  Simon  Arden  of 
Warden,  esquier,  John  fifisher  of  Packington,  esquier,  Edward 
Eglamby  of  Meryden,  esquier,  Henry  Godyer  of  Polesworth,  esquier, 
Good  men  &  miet  to  continew  in  office. 

Sir  William  Wlgson  of  Woolston,  knight,  William  Devereulx  of 
Meryvallj  esquier,  Simon  Rawleighe  of  Ffarmboro,  esquier,  John 
Hibalt  of  Ipsley,  esquier,  John  Middlemore  of  Edgebaston,  esquier, 
Thomas  Lysley  of  Moxall,  esquier,  indifferent  pcrsones. 

Sir  Robert  Throckmorton  of  Conghton,8  knight,  Thomas  Throck- 
morton of  Morehall,  esquier,  Michael  Purefey  of  Caic&t,  esquier, 
no  favoureres  of  religion. 

The  bishopes  opinion  touching  the  certificate  made  of  the 
Justices  of  the  county  of  Warwik. 

Fforasmiehe  as  rnyn  abyding  is  far  of  frome  that  parte  of  my 
Dioces,  and  partely  through  good  Justices  of  peace,  &  partly  bv  the 
diligence  of  myn  Archdeacon  Mr.  Leaver,  £  other  Rurall  Deanes, 
I  have  bien  litlc  trebled  with  any  matters,  by  meanes  wherof  I 
have  not  travilled  so  miehe  that  way  to  get  any  vnderstanding  by 
myn  own  experience.  I  do  here  confes  to  your  honorcs  that  I 
iudge  this  former  certificate  made  good  and  sufficient  for  that  shyr. 
Adding  this,  that  I  wrote  &  sent  for  mo  of  that  shyr  to  confer  with, 
namely  for  Clement  Throckmorton,  esquier  &  Henry  Goodvere, 
esquier,  who  presently  be  at  London,  or  els  the  certificate  had  bene 
witnessed  with  mo. 

Now  if  it  may  stand  with  your  honores  pleasure  to  consider  of  suche 
a  commission  as  in  my  lctteres  is  meneioned  with  humble  (f  43b) 
peticion,  and  think  the  same  miet  to  be  graunted.  Then  thica  may 
signify  vnto  you  with  lyke  humblenes,  the  names  of  certain 
Ecclesiasticall  persones  whom  I  do  think  &  iudge  miet  for  that 
purpose  to  be  Joyned  with  suche  of  the  reste  as  your  wisedomes 
may  appoint,  being  noted  ether  as  miet  to  continue  or  to  be  called' 
vnto  office,  within  this  former  certificate,  viz.  : 

»  Corrected  from  Morehail. 


TO   THE    l'lUYY   COUNCIL,    1564.  47 

Lauren cius  Xowell,  Decanus  Lichfield  ;  Robertus  Weston, 
Cancellarius  Episcopi ;  Thomas  Levir,  Archidiaconus  Coven- 
try ;  Thomas  Bickley,  Theologiae  Baccalaureus  ;  Arthurus 
Bedle,  Legura  Baccalaureus  ;  Thomas  Ashton,  Clericus,  Ludima- 
derator  (sic)  Salop  ;  Robertus  Aston,  Rector  de  Muccleston ; 
Petrus  Morwing,  Rector  de  Langforde  ;  Augustinus  Bernhear, 
Rector  de  Southam. 

Thomas  Coven.  &  Lich. 

f.  44L. 

A  certificate  of  the  Justices  within  the  Dioces  of  Coventry  & 
Lichfield. 

Endorsed  :    To  the  right  honorable  and  his  very  good  lordes  of 
the  Quienes  majesties  Privy  Counsell  thies  be  given. 

f.  45a. 
Suffolk. 

]\iy  humble  dutie  vnto  your  honours  remembred,  pleaseth  it  the 
same  to  be  advertised  that  having  rcceved  your  honorable  lettres  to 
certefie  such  Justices  and  hed  officers  of  the  Shire  of  Suffolk  as  be 
eyther  favorers  or  myslikers  of  the  orders  of  this  Realme  established 
for  thccclesiasticall  pollicye  of  the  same,  and  that  I  shold  do  the 
same  by  thadvice  of  such  men  of  gravitie  and  knolege  as  I  shall 
thinke  mete  for  that  purpose  to  enforme  me  for  the  vnderstondino- 
therof,  having  the  rule  and  authoritie  evther  as  Justices  of  peax  or 
other  hed  oilicers  within  my  Jurisdiction,  being  not  favorable  to 
the  ordinary  good  procedinges  of  this  Realme,  in  the  orders  and 
cawses  of  Religion,  and  likewise  who  they  be  that  be  well  o-even 
and  mete  to  continew  in  ofiice,  with  their  names  and  dwelling 
places,  as  I  haue  donne  for  the  shire  of  Norffolk  as  may  farther 
appere  to  your  honours  by  my  certifieat  of  the  same,a  and  meaning 
to  do  the  like  for  Suffolk  where,  perceving  ther  ys  some  discention 
as  well  for  religion  as  otherwise,  least  the  mallice  of  the  one  part  or 

*  Below  f.  58. 


48  LETTERS    FROM    THE    BISHOPS 

the  other  might  be  occasion  for  me  to  certifie  more  than  trutlie, 
and  yet  not  meaning  to  omitt  my  dutie,  I  haue  thought  good  to 
vse  thonlie  advice  of  myne  officers  there,  by  whom  I  vnderstond 
that  thes  persons  vndenvritten  are  not  so  well  bent  vnto  the 
advauneement  of  the  godlie  procedinges  of  this  Realme  in  cawses 
ecelesiasticall  as  other  the  Justices  of  that  Shire  be  :  viz.  :  Sir 
Clement  Higham  and  Sir  John  Tyrrell,"  knightes.  Mr.  Talmach 
of  Helmingham,  Mr.  Robert  Gosnall  of  Otley,  Mr.  John  Sowthwell 
of  Buitham,  Mr.  Fibster  of  Copdoek,  Mr.  Payne  of  Burie, 
Mr.  Barbour,  baylif  of  ypsewich,  and  yet  I  must  tcstefie  as  in  my 
certificat  of  Kornblk  that  I  nether  know  or  yet  can  lerne  probablie 
of  anie  fact,  that  cyther  Sir  Clement  Higham  or  Mr.  Gosnoll  are  to 
be  charged  withall,  but  for  the  rest  I  dare  not  testiGe  so  farr,  beino- 
not  by  common  fame  accompted  of  such  zeale  and  good  affection 
toward  the  religion  now  established  as  ys  necessarilie  required  in 
men  of  their  authoritie  and  calling,  the  displacing  or  reformacion 
of  which  I  must  holie  committ  to  your  honorable  consideracions,  as 
one  having  little  aceesse  thither  or  acquaintance  among  them.  And 
so  loving  farther  to  troble  your  honours  I  commend  the  same  to 
the  protection  of  Almightie  god.  Ffrom  Norwich  this  sixth  of 
Xovembcr  1564. 

Your  honours  humble  to  commaund 

John  NoEwic.h 

f.  46a. 

In  most  humble  manner  ccrtifiethe  vnto  your  honours  that 
accordinge  to  your  letters  to  me  directed  and  dated  the  xviith  of 
October  I  have  hadd  conference  with  suche  grave,  wyttve  men, 
good  in  Relligion  as  favourers  of  the  policie  of  the  Realme  nowe 

■  State  Papers,  vol.  00,  Xo.  G2,  iv.    Among  those  who  have  been  of  the  Commission 
and  presently  be  not. 
b  Parkhnrst. 


TO    THE    PRIVY    COUNCIL,    1564.  49 

established,  namelye  Mr.  Alane  Bellingham,  Mr.  George  Lamp- 
leughc,  Mr.  Henry  Towson,  Mr.  Richard  Dudley,  Mr.  George 
Seroope,  sub-warden  ;  for  with  men  of  eontrarye  Relligion  I 
durst  haue  no  conference.  And  haue  send  vnto  your  honours  the 
names  of  all  the  Justices  of  peace  of  the  two  shyers  within  my 
dyocese,  herin  enclosed,  with  notes  of  Relligion,  Learninge  and 
wysedome  bothe  according  to  myne  ownc  knowledge  and  that  I  by 
conference  could  learne,  and  lykwise  the  names  of  suche  as  in 
Relligion  are  syncere  &  favouringe  the  politie  are  most  fytt  men  to 
be  appoynted  in  place  of  some  of  the  other.  And  as  concerning 
other  officers,  in  myne  opynyon  ther  is  nothinge  that  more 
hyndreth  the  good  Successe  of  the  policies  estableshcd  nor  dothe 
the  perpetuall  contynuaunce  of  the  SherifFwyke  of  Westmorland, 
by  which  nieanes  ther  is  allways  suche  in  office  as  in  no  wyse 
favors  the  true  way,  and  suche  are  suffered  to  passe  through  the 
countre  vnapprehended  as  talke  at  their  pleasure,  and  some  haue 
in  the  wyld  mountaynes  preached  in  Chappells.  The  Quenes 
llcceyvours  and  other  officers  of  the  lower  sort,  being  not  good 
them  selfes,  discourage  often  suche  as  darre  not  displease  them. 
And  to  speake  plainly  to  your  honours,  the  nohlemens  tenauntes 
in  this  countre  Darre  not  be  knowen  to  favour  that  way  for  feare 
of  losse  of  their  fermholdes.  And  finally  the  Justices  of  Assyse 
which,  only  making  a  good  face  of  Relligion  in  gevihge  of  the 
charge,  in  all  other  their  tulkes  and  dooinges  shewe  them  selfes  not 
favourable  towardes  any  man  or  cause  of  Relligion,  which  the 
people  mochc  marke  &  talke  of.  And  thus  according  to  my 
dewtie  and  the  trust  which  your  honours  have  putt  in  me,  not 
fearing  any  man  but  setting  god  before  myne  eyes,  I  have  doon 
my  best  endevours  to  avaunee  the  glory  of  god  by  youe,  prayenn-e 
god  to  preserve  the  Queues  highnes  in  long  healthe  of  bodye, 
contynuaunce  of  this  good  mynde  and  your  honours  harttes 
prepared  of  god  to  contynue  in  the  diligent  &  most  faythfull  service 
of  god  and  the  Quenes  maiestie  as  youe  haue  to  your  great  praise 
CAMD.  soc.  H 


50 


LETTERS    FROM    TflE    BISHOPS 


begonne.      Ffrom  tlic  Piose  Castle  in  "Cumberland  the  xviiith  of 
November  lofU. 

"iour  licnours  most  humble  at  comandment 

JOANKES   CaRLIOLEX.8 

f.  4Sa. 

Justices  of  peace  at  this  pointe  viz.  a0  dni  loC-i  within  the 
Countie  of  Cumberland,  scilicet : 

The  bushoppe  of  Carlill,  The  Lord  Dacre.  My  Lord  Dacre,  butt 
especial!;/  my  Lady  his  wyfe,  are  to  be  reformed  in  Relligion. 

Sir  Thomas  Dacre  of  Lanncrcost,  Knight  custos  Rotulorura 
within  the  Countie  of  Cumberland,  to  be  admoneshed  iu  Relligicn 
and  verie  vnfytt  for  that  ofiice. 

Hcnrye  Curwen  of  Workington,  armiger,  William  Pennington  of 
Muncastcr,  armiger,  John  Lampleugh  of  Lampleugh,  armiger, 
Thomas  Myddleton  of  Skyrwith,  armiger,  In  Relligion  good  &  meat 
to  contynue  &  the  said  myddleton  lerned  somethinge  in  the 
Lawes. 

John  Aglionby  of  Carlill,  armiger.,  Richard  Blanneihasset,  deade, 
armiger,  not  staid  in  Relligion  but  to  be  admoncshedd  and  within 
the  liberties  of  the  Getie  of  Carlill  none  other  able  but  poore 
men. 

Richard  Salkeld  of  Corby  or  Rosgill,  armiger,  not  good  in 
Relligion. 

William  Myddleton,  gent.,  William  Pyckringe,  gent.,  in  Relligion 
evcll  &  not  meatt. 


Justices  to  be  appoynted  at  your  honours   election  and   pleasure 
for  the  said  countie  : 

Henry    Lord   Scroope,  Lord   Warden,  Mr.   George   Scroope,  his 

brother. 


Best. 


TO    THE    PPJVY    COUNCIL.    15G4.  51 

George  Latnplcuglie  of  Cockermouth,  armiger,  Henry  Towsone 
ofBrydekyrk,  armiger,  Thomas  Laytonof  Dalemayne,  armigcr,  Mr. 
Anthony  Twhattes  of  vnerigg,  clerk,  men  of  wysedomc  &  good 
Relligion,  experyent  and  Icrned  but  not  in  the  Lawes. 

Thomas  Carleton  of  Carleton.  gent.,  Andrewe  Huddlestonc,  gen- 
tleman, in  Relligion  good  &  wyttye  men. 

f .  48b. 

Justices  of  peace  at  this  pointe  a0  dni  1564  within  the  countie  of 
Westmorland,  scilicet: 

Sir  Thomas  Wharton  of  TVhartone,  knight,  evill  of  Belligion. 

Alane  Bellingham,  armigcr,  de  Hclsone  lethes,  Walter  Streyck- 
land  dc  Syzer,  armiger,  Anthony  Duckett  de  grarigg,  armiger,  all 
thrc  of  goo  1  Relligion  c^  meat  men,  and  the  said  Bellingham  Icrned 
in  the  Lawc. 

John  Myddleton,  gentleman,  John  Prestone,  armigcr,  not  of  the 
shier,  Richard  Salkcld  de  Corkby  &  Rosgill,  armiger,  Oliuer 
Mvddlcton,  sent.,  Richard  Kiizce,  armiger,  not  c;ood  in  Relligion, 
not  fytt  men. 

Justices  to  be  appoynted  at  your  honours  election  and  pleasure 
for  the  said  countie  : 

Thomas  Warcoppe  dc  Smerdale,  armiger,  Lancelott  Pyckring  de 
Crosby  Rawnrwath;"  armiger,  Richard  Dudley  of  Yenwath,  armi- 
ger, Henry  Crakenthorpe  de  Xebyging.  armiger,  William  Gylping 
of  Kentmyer,  armiger,  all  verie  good  in  lielligion  &  fytt  men. 

JOAKNES    GaKLIOLEX. 

f.  4 fa. 

Glocestershire  : 

Myne  humble  dutie  to  your  Lordships  remembred,  hauinge 
receaued    your    honorable    Lcttres    dated    the    xyiith    of  this    lastc 

•  Kavcuswortb. 


52  LETTERS    FROM    THE    BISHOPS 

octobre,  wherin  yt  pleased  your  Lordships  to  command  me  to  eon-' 
sydre  the  state  of  my  dyocesse  touching  th'obseruacion  of  lawes 
established  for  the  ecclesiasticall  pollicie  and  therof  with  others  to 
certyfie  your  honors.  It  may  please  the  same  to  be  adu^rtysed  that 
hauinge  had  conference  with  Sir  Thomas  Throckmorton,  knight, 
Richard  Pate,  esquier,  and  other?,  touchinge  the  contentes  of  your 
Lordships  lettres  for  the  reporte  of  discorde  in  Justices  of  the  peace 
and  men  placed  in  auctoritie,  doo  signifie  vnto  the  same,  that  (god 
be  praised)  their  arc  no  Justices  nor  men  placed  in  auctoritie  within 
my  dyocesse,  eyther  by  them  selfcs  disordered,  or  meynteyners  of 
disordre  in  others,  but  have  alwayes  shewed  them  selfcs  redie  to 
represse  suche  arrogansic  and  contempt  of  auctoritie  as  hath  at 
any  tyine  bene  offered  before  my  beinge  placed,  and  sythence 
verv  redie  and  willinge  for  myne  assistance  when  node  hath 
required.  I  farther  thinke  there  is  nothing  that  bredeth  at 
this  tyme  more  vnquietnes  and  lesse  credyt  to  the  Queues  maiesties 
moste  godly  and  honorable  procedinges  then  that  some  regard 
Jy tie  or  nothin^e  such  ordre  as  is  alredie  established  by  the 
Queues  highnes  ffor  ecclesiasticall  pollicie,  whom  I  haue  called 
and  wylled  to  kepe  ordre  sett  forth,  but  they  contynue  disor- 
dered as  before,  to  whome  lawe  semeth  to  be  no  lawe  &  ordre 
no  ordre*  Ther  is  also  a  preacher,  a  man  of  great  zeall  &  competent 
Iearninge,  whom  many  of  the  countrie  follow  from  place  to  place 
and  rcceaue  the  communyon  at  his  hand  far  from  theire  owne 
parisshes.  I  here  men  of  good  credyt,  that  he  ys  to  populcr  in  his 
sayenges,  the  redresse  wherof  I  leaue  to  your  Lordships  wysedomes. 
The  worshipfull  of  this  countrie  can  certefie  your  honors  farther 
herein,  yf  they  (f.  49b.)  be  required.  Theise  thinges  I  can 
rayther  lament  then  amend  and  refourme,  or  gcue  your  honoures  so 
mete  advise  tendino-e  to  the  redresse  therof  as  your  create  wysc- 
domes  of  your  sclfes  can  conceaue,  beinge  indede  a  man  of  smale 
experyence  and  lytic  obseruacion  in  matters  of  pollicie  &  govern- 
mente;  trystinge  that  your  Lordships  wyll  take  in  good  parte  this 
my  vnskyliull  dealinge   in   these  causes,  for  that   I   haue  not   bene 


TO   THE   ritlVY   COUNCIL,    1564.  53 

trailed  therm  and  yet  with  all  humblencs  moste  redie  to  doo  mve 
dutie,  so  far  as  my  poore  knowledge  wyll  serue  and  as  I  shall  be 
commaunded.  Greate  dysordrc  groweth  of  indyfferent  thinges, 
which  are  in  the  appoyntment  of  the  pryncc,  wherin  I  wyssh  we 
might  draw  one  waye,  acceptinge  them  with  onto  supersticion  or 
geuinge  to  lytle  estimaeion  to  auctoritie  and  ordre  by  which  they  ar 
established.  1  thinke  also  good  to  put  your  Lordships  in  remem- 
braunce  as  well  of  wylliam  Reade  of  Boddington  and  George 
Huntley  of  Fforocctor,  esquiers.  Late  shrifes  of  this  shire,  to  be 
placed  agavne  in  commyssion  of  the  peace,  as  also  of  John  Hunger- 
lord,  esquieiv,  a  man  of  worship  and  faire  possessions,  dwellinge 
moste  communlie  in  this  shire  at  Downe  auney,a  wher  ther  services 
in  thoffice  and  Admynistracion  of  Justice  ar  verie  nedefull  as  I 
here  &,  as  I  thinke  yt  may  therfore  please  your  Lordships  to  con- 
sydre  of  them  accordinglie;  And  so  moste  humblie  takinge  my 
lcaue  I  commytt  your  Lordshipe  to  the  tuycion  of  the  almightie,  who 
prcserue  you,  from  Gloucester  the  xxth  of  Xovembre  1564. 
Your  lordshippes  most  humble  to  commaund 

Ric.  GLouc.b 

Endorsed  :  To  the  right  honorable  and  my  moste  singuler  good 
Lordes   of   the  Queues  maiesties  moste  honorable  preuye 
Counsell.' 
f.  51a  endorsed  ibid. 
f.  52b  endorsed  ibid. 

Hast  hast  hast 
Hast  with  all  diligence. 
f.  53b. 

To  the  Quene  her  maiesties  most  honorable  Prjwie  Councell. 

f..54b. 

My  duetie   in  moste  humble  wise  to   your   honors.       Maie    it 
please    the    same    to    be    advertised     that    accordinge     to    your 
honors  late   requeste  to  be  certified  by    me    of    the    favorers    and 
»  Atkins,  p.  401,  Ainnoy.  l  Cheyjiey. 


54 


LETTERS    rr:OM    THE    BISHOPS 


mislikers  of  tli3  present  estate  of  religion,  T  have  for  aunswei 
thereunto  diligcntlie  conferred  with  Sir  William  Kcilwcye,  Sir 
Adrian  Poyniuge?,  Mr.  "William  Vnedall,  Mr.  William  Kyngesmill, 
Mr.  Richard  Xbrton,  Air.  William  Jephsonrie,  Mr.  James  Pagett 
and  others  of  good  religion.  And  for  liable  and  mecte  menne 
to  be  putt  in  commission  for  the  peace  besides  those  (that  I 
have  hereafter  .noted  to  be  favorers),  I  think  vnder  your  honors 
correction  it  shalbe  verie  expedient  aswell  that  the  savd  favorers 
continewe  in  commission  as  that  Air.  Thomas  Carye,  capitaine  of  the 
Hurst  Castle,  Mr.  William  Bowyer  of  hambled(on)  and  Air.  IL.mrie 
Clifford  of  Fl'awleye  were  ioyned  vnto  them  and  also  that  by  your 
honorable  wisdoms  the  Lordcs  herewith  certified  might  be  moved 
to  favor  religion  and  to  countenaunce  the  fautores  and  folowers 
thereof.  And  the  two  younge  Lordes,  thole  of  Southampton  and 
the  Lord  S.ti  rules,  might  no  we  in  there  youthe  be  so  trayned  in 
religion  that  hereafter  when  they  come  to  there  aucthoritie  and 
rule  they  shoulde  not  hinder  the  sime.  And  because  the  citie  of 
Winchestre  is  moste  noted  in  hampshiere  either  for  good  example  or 
evill  (all  that  bear  aucthoritie  there  except  one  or  two  bcinn-e 
addicte  to  thold  supcrsticion  and  earnest  fautores  thereof),  It  should 
be  well  donne  to  associate  for  the  commission  in  the  sayde  citye 
the  Bueshopp  of  Winton,  Sir  Henrye  Seamour.  William  Vnedall, 
henrye  Wallopp,  John  ffoster  and  George  Aeworthe,  the  bussliopps 
chauncelour,  and  for  hecld  oflicers  there,  and  in  other  tounes 
fraunchised  with  Liberties,  as  Southampton,  Basingstoke,  Andevcr, 
Romescye,  Petersfvelde  and  Portesmouth,  Lymmington  and  Newport 
in  thisle  of  Wight  and  through  the  whole  shicre,  for  cunstables  and 
bayhffes  of  hundredes  and  for  gencrall  enquestcs  by  graund  Juries 
that  by  your  honors  Litres  earneste  chardge  and  commandement  be 
given  to  the  whole  bodie  of  the  commissioners  and  oflicers,  that  non 
be  app  >ynted  vnto  nor  continue  to  exercise  anie  of  the  sayde  ollices 
or  callinges  but  they  whose  religion  is  approved,  nor  none  likewise 
placed  or  displaced  by  one  or  two,  but  by  the  common  consent  (of) 


to  the  prnvy  council,  15G-J.  55 

the  beriche  at  some  generall  session,  which  will  easelie  drawe  the 

common  p(cople)  to  one  good  conformityc  when  they  in  aucthoritie 
goe  all  one  wave,  or  dothc  not  crosse  or  hinder  the  well  doinges  of 
another.  As  for  Surrey,  (by)  reasonne  of  my  smale  continuance 
and  lacke  of  acquayntaunce  there,  I  (have)  not  vsed  suche  advise 
whearby  throughlie  to  satisfie  your  honors  but  but  (sic)  partelie 
by  credible  reporte  and  partelie  by  myne  ownc  knowledge  have 
gathered  this,  and  for  incorporations,  fraunchises,  liberties  and 
hundrede(s)  within  this  shicre,  suche  ordere  were  good  as  is  before 
mentioned  for  hamp(shire)  as  shalbe  best  consydered  by  your 
Lordshippes  wisdomes,  whome  I  praie  almightie  (God)  Longe  to 
prosper  and  maynteinc  in  honorable  estate  to  his  glorie  and 
government  of  his  rcalmc.  ffrom  ffarneham  the  xiuth  daie  of 
November  a0  1JG4. 

Your  honorable  Lordshippes  moste  humble  to  commaunde, 

Hon.   WlNTON.8 

f.  54b.,  Col.  a. 

The  Justices  of  peace  in  Hampshicre,  Ffavorers : 
The  Busshopp  of  Winchester;  Sir  John  Masson  ofWintney; 
[Sir]  "William  Pawlett  ;  [Sir  "William]  Keilwave  of  Bockborne; 
[Sir]  Hemic  Seamer  at  Maxwell;  [Sir]  Adrian  Poyninges  at 
Portesmoutfo;  [Sir]  John  Barcktley  at  Christchurdi ;  [Sir] 
Richard  Pexall  at  stevington ;  [Sir]  Oliver  ^\allopp  at  Ffar- 
lcighe  ;  William  Ynedall  at  Wykham  ;  [William]  Kingesmyll  at 
Sydmanton;  Richard  Kingegmill,  learned  in  the  lawe;  John 
Thomborough    at  ;    Richard    GyfTord    at    Kingesstun- 

borne ;  Ilenrie  Wallopp  at  fifarlcighe  ;  William  Jephsonne  at 
ffroyle  ;  Richard  Norton  at  Tistyd ;  Thomas  Dearinge  at  Lyese; 
James  Pagctt  at  Burie ;  John  fibster  at  Badisleye ; 
Worsleye  capten  of  thisle  of  Wight;  George  Milks  in  the  wight ; 
George  Acworthe,  doctor  of  the  eivill  lawe,  the  bushopes 
chauncelor. 

*  Honie. 


56  LETTERS    FKOM    THE    BISHOPS 

Mislikers  or  not  favorers: 

The  Lord  S*  John  at  Lettley  (sic)  castle;  The  Lord  Chidiock 
Pawlett  ;  William  Pawlett  of  Ypclatford  ;  William  Bulckley  at 
ffordyng- bridge;  Robert  Pcnrodocke  of  Charforde  ;  Thomas 
Shellcye  of  Buryton. 

John  White  of  Southwirk,  whoe  notwithstandinge  for  skyll  <fc  liis 
good  administration  of  Justice  maie  is  it  veine  so  good  to  your 
honors  continue  still  in  the  Commission  (s/'c). 

In  the  Citie  of  winchestre  mislikers  of  religion  of  the  chiefe 
aucthoritie. 

Hodsonne  the  Maiorj  Bethcll  thelder  and  Bethell  the  younger; 
William  Lawrence;  White  towardes  the  La  we  &  Potteno-er; 
Coreham  towardes  the  Lawe  and  Skinner,  Ffavorers. 

Added  at  the  side  in  Burleigh's  hand  : 
Favorers  in  the  Citie  of  Wynchester  : 
Colley  ;  Bran  tor. 

Col.  b.  ' 

The  Justices  of  Surrey,  Ffavorers  : 

Mr.  John  Birche  barron;  [Mr.]  Gilbert  Gerard,  atturnie  general!- 
William  Moore  of  Loseleye;  Richard  Onsclowe  of  Cranluye;  John 
Egmundsham  of  Hursleye;  Thomas  Browne  of  Biechworthe  • 
Thomas  Doile,  stewerd  to  my  Lord  Caunturburies  grace;  William 
Bowyer  of  Camerwell. 

Indifferent  ministers  of  Justice  within  the  countic  of  Surreye  : 
Sir  Thomas  Saunders  of  Cherl[\vood] ;  Nicholas  Lee  of  Adino-- 

ton;     John    Skinner    of    JRigat    thelder;    ^Nicholas     Steydol     of 

Mickleham. 


TO    THE    PRIVY    COUNCIL,    15G4.  57 

Gentlemen  to  be  putt  in  commission  of  peace  in  Surrey e  : 
Thomas  Litle,  keapcr  of    Bagshott  parckc ;    Thomas   Dodmare 

dwelling  aboute  kea.  .   .  .  ;  John   Skinner  the  younger  of  Rigat  j 

John  Hurleston  towardes  the  Lawe. 

Endorsed^  f.  55  b  :   To  the  right  honorable   the   Lordes   and 
others  of  the  Queenes  maiesties  privie  Counsell. 


£.  5G. 

Pleasith  it    your  honorable  estates  to  be  advertised  that  after 

your  Lettres  directed  vnto    me   for  your  informations    what  per- 

sonagis  maye  be  thought  mete  to  be  placed  orcontynued  as  Justices 

of  the  peace  and  who  ought  to  be  removed  from  the  same,  within 

my   diocese  and    Jurisdiction   of    Cantcrberv,    I    haue   the   longer 

differred  my  answere  for  want  of   such  sufficient   Instructions  as  I 

laubored  for  to  haue  had.     But  concernyng  the   Countye  of  Kent 

I  haue  conferred  with   certen  wise   men   therof.      So  that  I  haue   ?,lr  Jhomas 

Htton> 
gathered   partly  by  myn  owne   knowledge  and  bi  conference  with   Mr  John 

others  that  these  parsons  in  shedule  inserted  maye  wel  contynue   tnttou- 

to  serue,  with  iii.  others  lastly  named,  of  all  which  parsons  though 

not  of  like  zeale  in  religion  yet  such  as  I  must  save  that  the  fufdest 

of a  in  fauorable  affection  toward  the  state  of  religion,  be  outwardly 

men  conformable  and  not  chargeable  to  my  knowledge  of  any  gretc 

extremyties   vttered   bi   them  in  afflicting   the  honest  and  godly, 

or   in    mayntenyng    the    perverse    and   ongodly,    as   your    Letters 

do  speke. 

Thus    trusting    that    I    haue    satisGed    your   honors    request,    I 

wysshe  the  same  long  preseruacion  in   grace   and   fauorable   estate. 

Ffrom  my  house  at  Lamhith  this  xxiiii,h  of  Xovembre. 

Your  honors 

Matthue  Cantuar. 

»  For  "  off." 
CAMD.    SOC.  I 


5°  LETTERS    F20M    THE    BISHOrS 

f.  lvii. 

^  Percivallus  Hart,  Martiims  Bowes,  Willelmoa  Damsel],  Henricna 
Cripse,  Thomas  Kempc,  Georgiua  Howard,  Thomas  Cotton,  Chris- 
tophorus  Aleyn,  Henricus  Cheyney,  milites. 

Thomns  Wotton,  Warhamus  Sl  leger,  Puchardus  Baker,  Johannea 
Cobham,  Johannes  Tuiton,  Thomas  Scott,  AVillelmus  fetey,  Hum- 
fredus  Hales,  Willehnns  Cromer,  Johannes  Lennard,  Anthonins 
Weldon,  Thomas  Stanley,  Thomas  Ashelcy,  Robertas  Rudstone, 
iMcholaus  Barnam,  Thomas  Watton,  Rogcrug  Manwood,  Willelmug 
Lovelace,  Johannes  Meyney,  Thomas  Lovelace,  Radnlfus  Bos^evile 
Georgins  Darrell,  Robertas  Bynge,  Thomas  Doyley,  Johannes 
Beere,  Robertas  Riches,  Hugo  Cartwright,  Georgins  Moulton, 
Georgins  Ffame,  Johannes  Goldwell,  Thomas  Honywood,  Thomas 
Hales,  Hugo  Darrell,  Edwardus  Boys,  Gualterus  Robcrtcs 
Nicliolaus  Sf.  Leger. 

f.  58.  • 

Norfolk. 

My  bounden  dutie  vnto  your  honours  humblie  remembred,  for 
answer  of  your  honorable  lettres  reeeuid  the  xxvii'1'  of  Oetobe/and 
dated  the  xviilh  of  the  same,  yt  may  like  yov  to  be  advertised  that 
vppon  conference  and  good  advice  taken  with  the  duke  of  Norffolk 
his  grace,  Sir  Edmund  Windham,  Sir  Christofer  heydon  Sir 
William  Buttes,  Sir  Thomas  Wodhowsc,  Sir  Nicholas  Lestran-e 
kmghtcs,  the  metest  men  in  my  opinion  in  this  shire  of  Xorffolk 
for  this  required  serui,e,  by  whose  advice  and  certified  vnto  me  the 
Justices  of  peace  of  this  Shire  be  verey  well  affected  and  -even  to 
the  executing  of  the  orders  and  lawes  of  this  Realmc  established  for 
the  ecclesiasticall  policie,  except  Sir  Thomas  Lovell,  Sir  Thomas 
Tyndall,"  knightes,  Edmund  Bowpre  and  M».  Gybon  of  Lynne 
Espuires,  who  are  not  thought  by  common  fame  to  be  so  well  bent  as 
the  other,  yet  I  assure  your  honours,  I  know  not  of  my  part  nor 
yet  can  lcrne  by  anie  probable  meane,  of  anie  fact  that  anie  of  them 
•  Sheriff,  t.  Elk.  Fuller's  Worthies, 


TO  THE   raivY  COUNCIL,    1564.  59 

are  to  be  charged  with,  and  so  leve  it  to  your  honorable  eonsidera- 
cions.  And  for  augmenting  of  the  number  of  the  Justices  of  this 
Shire,  although  there  he  divers  mete  parsons  and  well  affected,  yet 
considering  (thankes  be  to  god)  the  Shire  being  alredie  in  so  good 
quiet  with  the  advice  of  the  above  written  persons  I  thinke  the 
number  sufficient  for  this  Shire.  And  so  leving  to  troble  your 
honours  I  humblie  take  my  leave,  beseching  god  to  send  you  much 
encrese  of  honour,  ffrom  Norwich  this  xvii*  of  November  156-1. 
Your  honours  humble  to  commaund 

John  Noinvjc.a 
f.  59. 

It  maye  please  your  honours  to  be  advertised  that  accordinge  to 
the  tenour  of  your  honorable  letters  directed  vnto  me  I  haue 
sente  herewithe,  according  to  the  forme  in  your  said  letters  pre- 
scribed, a  certificate  in  writinge,  conteyninge  the  names  as  well  of 
those  Justices  of  the  peace  who  are  iudged  not  to  be  favourable  to 
the  ordinarie  good  proccadinges  of  the  Realm  in  the  ordrcs  and 
causes  of  lieligion,  as  also  the  names  of  those  Justices  that  are  well 
geven  and  mcete  to  continue  in  office.  And  with  all  the  names  of 
some  thought  meete  to  be  called  to  the  said  office.  Of  the  which 
it  may  please  your  honours  to  have  suche  consideracion  as  to  vour 
honorable  wisJomes  shall  seme  good.  Thus  ceassinge  to  trouble 
your  honors,  I  humblie  commend  the  same  to  the  grace  of  god. 
Ffrom  my  house  at  Powles  this  xviith  of  November,  1564. 
Your  honorable  Lordshippes 
att  Comman dement 

EDM.    LONDON.b 

f.  60. 

Diocese  London. —  Ciultas  London. 

The  state  and  governcment  of  the  Cittyc   of  London  is   allwaies 
subiecte   vnto   the  eyes  of  your  honors  and  therfore    I    haue   not 
thought  it  greatlie  necessarie  to  make  anie  reporte   at   this   time  of 
•  Parkehnrst,  b  Grindal. 


60  LETTERS    PEOM   THE    BISHOPS 

the  governours  therof  being  well  ynoughe  knowen,  and  in   myne 
opinion  (as  in  suchc  a  state)  not  to  be  misliked  at  this  present. 

f.  60  b. 

Nomina  Justlciariorum  pads  1564, 

Middlesex. 

Thomas  Wrothe,  miles,  Edwardus  Warner,  miles,  favourers  of 
godlie  Religion. 

Rogerus  Cholmeley,  miles,  Martinus  Bowes,  miles,  indifferent. 

Thomas  Chamberleinc,  miles,  Thomas  Sackeford, Master  Requists, 
Gabriel  Goodman,  Decanus  christi.  Gilbertus  Gcrrard,  attorney 
general,  Willelmus  Rosewell,  sollicitor,  Ricardus  Onslow,  recordator 
Civitatis  London,  Robertas  Now  ell,  attornatus  Curie  Wardae, 
Johannes  Asheldy,  Edwardus  ffitzgaret,  Kobertus  lluycke,  Petrus 
Osborne,  Edmundus  Marten,  Jasperus  Fiisher,  Tho.  Wilson,  legum 
doctor,  Kobertus  Chidley,  Anthonius  Stapleton,  Johannes  Newdi- 
gate,  all  favourers. 

f.  61  a. 

Edwardus  Bashe,  I  know  not  his  Religion. 

Johannes  Marshe,  Armigill  Wade,  favourers  of  Religion. 

Edwardus a  Randolphe,  Indifferent,  Henricus  Iden,  A  favourer, 
Robertas  Harris,  Indifferent,  Rogerus  Carewe,  A  favourer,  Thomas 
Elrington,  not  persuaded  in  Religion  (as  I  am  enforraed).  but  in 
his  outwarde  doinges  semethe  to  me  conformable. 

Edwardus b  Taylour,e  Johannes  Leake  de  Edmunton,0  hindercrs. 

Christoferus  Richc,  indifferent. 

Item,  for  the  better  governement  of  this  Countie  of  Middlesex,  it 
is  to  be  considered  that  sithens  the  death  of  Mr  Hamondesham 
there  is  never  a  Justice  of  the  peace  resient  in  the  bodie  of  the 
Shiere,  for  Mr  Elrington   liethe  altogether  in   Surrey,  Mr  Newdi- 

■  Corr.  from  Barnavdus.  b  Corr.  from  Edus. 

c  The  Leakes  of  Edmonton  occnr  as  recusants  in  Middlesex  Sessions  Bolls 
(County  Records)  ;  also  Edm.  and  Edw.  Taylor. 


TO    THE    PEIVY    COUNCIL,    1564.  61 

gate  moste  parte  in  Buckingham  shier  e,  Mr  Pithe  (*/r)  moste  com- 
rnonlie  at  Lincolns  Innc,  Mr  Carew,  Mr  Taylour  and  Mr  Leake  are 
in  one  extreme  parte  of  the  Shiere,  the  restc  remaine  about  the 
Courte  and  about  the  Cittie  :  And  yet  for  remedie  herof.I  cannot 
hitherto  finde  owt  anie  apte  men  dwellinge  in  the  harte  of  the 
shiere  to  exercise  tlioffice  of  Justice  other  then  be  alredie  named. 

f.  G2a. 

Nomina  Jusiiciariornm  Pads  in   Comitatu  Hartford. — Commoro.n- 
tinm  intra  diocesan  London. 
Hartford  : 

Radulfus  Sadler,  [Radulfus  Rowlet],  milites,  favourers. 

Ri  card  us  Lee"  [miles],  indifferent;  Robertus  Chester*1  [miles],  an 
hinderer;  Edwardus  Caple  [miles],  indifferent  but  a  verie  good 
Justicer. 

Alex.  Nowell,  decanus  Sancti  Pauli,  Willelmus  Barleve,  Thomas 
Barrington,  Georglus  Gill,  favourers. 

Edwardus  Bashe,  vide  supra  in  Middlesex. 

Fraunciscus  Walsingham.  a  favourer. 

f.  C2b. 

Georglus  Penruddocke,  "Willelmus  Hide,  favourers. 

Georglus  Iladley,  Thomas  Hauehet,  Edwardus  Taylor,  hinderers. 

Meete  men  to  be  put  in  the  Commission  of  the  peace  in  this 
Countie  of  Haiford  : 

Mr  Thomas  Laventhorpe  of  Albery,  esquier,  a  favourer;  and 
William  Ilamond  of  Moudon  gent.,  a  favourer  and  skilfull  in  the 
Lawe. 

Item,  there  is  one  Birkehead,c  clerke  of  the  peace  in  the  said 
Countie,  a  notoriousc  adversarie  to  religion  of  myne  oun  knouled^e, 
and  a  great  afilieter  of  the  godlie  and  well  disposed  persones,  whose 
removinge  frcm  that  office  (if  it  maye  be  lawfull)  should  do  moche 
good. 

*  Got  monastic  property.     Clutterbuck,  iii.,  p.  7. 

b  A  Sheriff.    Fuller.  «  Cor.  from  Dirkebead. 


62  LETTERS    FEOM    THE    BISHOPS 

f.  02.  (sic.)      ' 

Nomina  Justiciariorum  pacis,  15G4.     Besides  the  Lordes  Counsel- 
lours  &  two  Justices  of  the  coinmone  pleas. 

Essex : 

Robertus  Rich?,  Authonius  Cooke,  milites,  favourers  of  Religion. 

Johannes  Wentworth,'  [miles],  an  hinderer. 

Thomas  Wrothe,  Franciscus  Jobson,  Thomas  Smythe,  milites, 
•  favourers. 

Thomas  Goldinge,  miles,  indifferent. 

Willelinus  Bendlowes,  Seruiens  ad  legem,  an  hinderer. 

Thomas  Sackeford,  vnus  magistorum  curie  Requistorum,  favourer. 

Thomas  Mildmiye,8  [Thomas]  Powle,  indifferent. 

Willelmua  Waldgtave,  Thomas  Lucas/  Kenelmus  Throkmorton, 
Willelmus  Aylife,a  [Willclmus]  Cardynall,  E  lwardus  Barret,8 
Thomas  Barrington,"  Edwardus  Berye,  Johannes  Tomworthe, 
favourers. 

Comitatus  Essex. 

George  Iladley,  a  hinderer  ;  Georgius  Xicolles,  favourer,  learned 
in  the  lawe  and  to  be  trusted. 

Jacobus  Altham,  indifferent.  Edwardus  Bockino-e,  George 
Christcpias;  these  two  in  wordes  seme  to  favour  Religion,  but 
are  (as  I  am  enformed)  not  favourable  to  the  ministers  of  the 
same,  and  are  besides  noted  to  governe  vndiscretlie,  and  in_-vn- 
cerelie,  makinge  gaine  ot  the  office,  and  this  is  affirmed  to  be 
true  by  divers  graue  and  godlie  persones  of  that  countrey  with 
whom  I  haue  conferred. 

Rogerus  Amys,  Clemens  Syceley,  favourers. 

Willelmus  Cheshull,  an  liinderer.  Thomas  ffranke,  reported  to 
be  an  hinderer,  but  in  his  wordes  to  me  he  hathe  protested  the 
contrarie ;  yt'  it  be  thought  good  he  maye  be  tried  for  a  time  till  I 
may  searehc  owt  the  truthe  more  certeinlie. 

Henry  Goldinge,  Edwardus  Daniell,  favourers. 
*  Sheriff.     Puller's  Worthies. 


TO  THE  FKIYY  COUNCIL,  1564.  63 

f.  63. 

ad  hue  Essex, 

Johannes  Wiseman,  an  hindercr ;  Mattheus  Bradburic,  indif- 
ferent ;  Edwardus  Riche,  favourer. 

Men  meete*  in  myne  opinion  to  be  putte  into  the  Commission  of 
the  peace  within  the  Oduntie  of  Essex  which  hitherto  haue  not 
bene  in  the  Commission,  viz. : 

Mr Edward  Tsacke,  Esqitier,  a  favourer  &  of  good  trnste;  Mr John 
Moore,  of  Orsette,  gentleman,  a  favourer  skilled  in  the  lawes  and 
trustie. 

Item,  it  is  to  be  wisshed  that  one  Jerome,  longer,  who  moche 
afflictethej  vnder  colour  of  arrerages  of  theX chequer  bothe  the  poors 
ministers  and  also  other  simple  people  beyond  good  ordre,  maybe 
vtterlie  excluded  from  all  directs  and  indirecte  exercise  of  anie  office 
vnder  the  Queues  maiesty  and  namclie  for  anie  recept  of  money  or 
levieng  thinges  dewe  to  the  prince. 

f.  64. 

Somerset  tshy re  : 

In  most  humble  wise,  as  to  dewtie  appartayneth,  it  maie  please 
your  honors  to  be  advertised  that  I  vppon  the  sight  of  your  Lettres 
concerninge  the  iustices  of  Peace  wrote  immediatelie  to  Sir  Morrys 
Barckley,  Sir  Eaff  llorton  and  to  Mr.  John  Homer  to  have  their 
advice  accordinge  to  the  tenor  of  the  same.  And  for  further 
intelligent  I  have  ppmmoned  with  Justice  Wealche,  harry 
Portman,  William  llalley  and  John  Hipetley,  iustices,  and  can 
understand  nothinge  of  them,  but  that  everie  iustice  in  the  shire  of 
Somerset  doo  diligently  (as  they  saie)  cxequute  their  ofryce.  I 
have  not  muche  to  saie  against  any  man,  but  only  by  reporte, 
where  with  to  trouble  your  honors  I  have  not  thought  it  good.  I 
have  hard  ffood  commendations  of  one  Mr.  John  Carre,  late  of 
Bristoll,  who  nowe  dwelleth  in  the  said  sheire  in  a  place  called 
Brent"  Mearsche,  the  Countrey  there  ys  verie  rcwde  and  there  ys 
•  Corr.  from  "might." 


64  LETTERS    EEOM    THE    BJSTIOTS 

no  Justice  nighe  save  only  ]Mr.  Cuffer,  who,  for  wantc  of  healpe,  ys 
not  able  to  answcre  everie  suyter,  the  said  Mr.  Carre  I  knowe  to 
be  wise,  sobre,  wealthio,  and  verle  well  affected  to  religion.     There 
ys  also  commended  one  William  Hyll  of  the  Towneof  Taunton,  elder 
brother  to   Robert   Hyll,  one  that  ya   well  eastemed.  amonges  his 
neighbours,  and  verie  well  knowen  of  all  those   that  professe   the 
Gospell,  to   be  a  sincere   favorer  thereof.     There  ys  also  one  John 
Sydenham  of  Dulvcrton    in    the  west   parties   of   the   said   sheire, 
where  there  ys  no  Justice  nighe,  savinge  Sir  John  Wyndhara,  who 
for  age,  sickenes  and  other  cawses  ys  not  nowe  verie  mete  to  doo 
service  in  that  Offyce.    The  said  John  Sydenham  ys  well  knowen  to 
be  wise,  sobre  and   discrete,  verie  well   affected   to  religion,  a  man 
well  esteamed  of  his  neighbours  rounde  aboute  him.     My  humble 
suyte  vnto  your  honors  ys,  that  for  the  better  performans  of  dewtie 
it  might  please  youe  to  take  Order,  that  every  one  that  nowe  ys,  or 
hereafter  shal  be,  called  to  the  Office  of  a  Justice,  maie  personallie 
take  a  solenme  Othe  before  such  as  please  your  honors  to  appointe. 
And  further  if  it  be  thought  good  to  your  honors,  that  they  shall 
subscrybe  their  names  to  that  Commission,  that  shall  first  be  geven 
out  to  the  Sheriff  of  everie  Sheyre.     1  iudge  verilie  God  shuld   be 
better   served,    his  worde  more  reverenced,  the    Queues    maiesties 
procedinges  more  humblie  obeied,  lessc  grudge,  and  dowte  amon^e 
the  common  people,  and  so  God  fynallie,  and  on  everie  parte,  most 
amplic    glorified  and    all  wee  the   Queues    maiesties    most    faithe- 
full    and    humble  subiectes   bound    to   praie    pcrpctuallie    for    her 
highncs  longc   and   most  prosperous  raigne,   and   for  your  honors 
godlie    successe    in    all    your    doynges    durvnge    our    Lyves.       At 
London,  this  xxviif  of  Xovembre  Anno  15G4. 

Your  honors  humble  and  dailie  Orator, 

Gil.  Batue  &  \Yelles.6 
Endorsed  :  f.  65  b. 

To  the  right  honorable  my  verie  good   Lordes  the   Lordes  of 
the  Queues  Maiesties  most  honorable  privey  Councell. 
1  Berkeley. 


TO    THE    I'EIVY    COUNCIL,    1564.  65 

f.  66  a. 

My  singular  good  lordcs  for  answer  to  your  honorable  letters  of 
the  xvii"1  of  Gctobre  and  received  by  me  the  xxv"1  of  the  same, 
may  it  please  your  Wisdomes  to  vnderstand  thus  muche.  I  have 
conferred  Acording  to  your  apointment  with  suche  menne  as 
hereafter  he  named  in  this  schedule,  concerning  sucli  Justices  as  be 
in  autoritie  for  their  aptness  to  the  same  and  favoring  of  religion 
and  also  for  suche  as  be  not  placed  and  yet  fitt  for  that  place,  and 
hane  declared  your  honors  their  opinions  severally  as  they  send  me 
theim  in  writing.  And  bicause  it  was  your  farther  pleasure  that  I 
shuld  declare  severally  my  opinion  also  of  suche  other  thinges  that 
doe  hynder  these  gudd  procedinges,  in  the  latter  ende  I  have  done 
it  also.  I  wold  have  answered  soner  butt  that  they,  dwelling  farre 
of,  did  something  prolong  the  tyme,  and  partly  I  my  self  have  bene 
troubled  with  sickenes  of  late.  Praised  be  the  lorde  of  hostes  that 
hais  putt  this  zelous  mynde  in  to  the  Queues  maiestie,  not 
onely  to  scke  his  glorie  so  zclouslye  butt  also  to  represse  the 
hinderers  of  the  same.  And  godd  grant  yor  honors  that  contynuall 
erncst  love  of  Justice,  that  thexequlion  of  suche  godly  lawes  may 
be  dulic  practised  and  such  good  example  come  from  you  that  the 
peple  may  be  encoraged  to  doe  the  like.  Thus  with  the  commen- 
dation of  my  se  .'ce  I  commend  your  honors  to  thahnightie,  who 
for  hi3  vndeserved  mercy  sake  long  preserve  her  highnes  and  your 
honors  to  thadvanccment  of  his  glorie  and  cumfort  of  his  peple. 
ffrom  Awcland  the  xxiilh  of  Xovembre  1564. 

Your  honors  most  bounden  &  obedient 

Ja.  Dtjresme.8 

f.  68  a     x 

My  Lord  of  Bedford  sais  that  within  his  charge  there  is  never  a 
Justice  of  peace  nor  none  that  he  can  commend  as  mete  for  that 
purpose. 

»  Pilkington. 
CAMD.  SOC.  K 


66  LETTERS    FKOM    THE    BISHOrS 

Sir  John  ffoster,  Lord  Warden  of  the  mydell  marche,  thinkes 
these  menne  mete  to  be  Justices  and  vsed  in  service. 

Northumberland  : 

Cuthbert  Lord  Oyle,  Sir  Ilenry  Percie,  [Sir]  John  Witherington, 
[Sir]  J.  George  Ratclif ;  Robert  lawson,  Cuthbert  Horsley,  skilled 
in  the  lawes  ;  Johu  Dalavell,  George  Heron,  Nicholas  Rydly, 
Cuthbert  Carneby,  Robert  Mydelton,  Sir  Rauf  Gray,  Shiref  vnder 
my  Lord  of  Bedford,  Sir  Robert  Ellercar  he  sais  is  a  verie  papist 
and  all  together  vnlerned.  lie  mislikes  also  Thomas  Bates  of 
Morpeth,  and  Sir  John  Mitforde  of  High  ill  he  dowtes. 

The  towne  of  newcastell  hais  tenne  aldermen,  a  maier  and  a 
shiref.  everie  alderman  by  their  privilege  is  a  Justice  of  peace  as  I 
here,  they  say  that  both  theimseli'es  will  be  obedient  to  the  lawes 
and  kepe  the  towne  so  to  with  all  their  diligens,  and  surely  if  welth 
made  theim  not  willfull  both  of  their  owne  substance  and  the  towne 
chamber  by  their  impost  of  sea  coole:i  it  wold  be  one  of  the  best 
townes  on  this  side  trent.  The  poorer  sort  hire  theimselfes  a  precher 
butt  none  of  theim  or  few  gives  litell  or  nothing  to  the  precher. 

Sir  Robert  Brandling,  maior,  Cuthbert  Ellison,  Bertram  An- 
derson, Richard  Hodshon,  Christofer  mytford,  Oswold  Chapman, 
Robert  Ellison,  Cuthbert  Musgrave,  John  Wilkinson,  William 
Dent,  Robert  Anderson. 

f.  67  b. 

In  the  Bishoprioke  of  duresme,  my  Lord  Evers  and  I  think  gudd 
to  commend  these  Justices  to  your  honors. 

Charles,  erle  of  Westmoreland,  William  Lord  Ewrie,  [William] 
"Whittingam,  deane,  Sir  George  Bowes,  Thomas  Calverley,  [Thomas] 
louton,  lawers. 

1  Brand,  Newcastle,  ii.  p.  200.  The  corporation  was  receiving  £10,000  per 
annum  from  its  duty  on  coal  of  lii.  per  chaldron, 


to  tiie  rrjYY  council,   15G4.  67 

These  other  live  quietly  and  obey  the  lawes: — Sir  George 
Conyers,  [Sir]  William  Bellas-e,  Robert  Tempest,  John  Blaxston, 
Robert  Swyfte,  chancelor  spirituall,  William  Hilton,  Thomas 
My  del  ton,  Francis  Bambrigge,  Robert  Bowes,  Shiref,  Cluistofer 
Chaitcr,  Gerrerd  Salvyn,  Ed  word  Parkinson,  William  Smyth, 
Robert  Lawson.  John  Swynborne  kept  a  preist  to  say  him  masse 
butt  he  hais  paid  his  fyne  for  it. 

There  be  twoe  other  thinges  in  ray  opinion  which  hynder 
religion  here  muche.  The  Seottisshe  preistes  that  are  fledde  out  of 
Scotland  for  their  wiekednes  and  here  be  hvred  in  parisshes  on  the 
borders  bicause  they  take  lessc  wages  than  other,  and  doe  more 
harmc  than  other  woldc  or  colde  in  disswading  the  peple,  I  have 
done  my  diligence  to  avoide  theim,  butt  it  is  above  my  power.  The 
other  thing  is  the  grcte  number  of  scholers  borne  here  about  nowe 
lieng  at  lovan  a  without  lycense,  and  sending  in  bokes  and  letters 
which  caiise  many  tvmes  evill  rumors  to  be  spredde  and  disquiet  the 
peple.  They  be  mayntened  by  the  hospitals  of  the  newcastell  and 
the  welthiest  of  that  towne  and  this  shire  as  it  is  iudged  and  be 
their  nere  cousins. 

f.  69a. 

My  humble  duetic  considered  vnto  your  honors,  whereas  by  your 
honors  lettres  I  was  cominaunded  to  signifie  vnto  youe  the  names 
as  well  of  those  Justices  of  peace  as  of  others,  placed  by  atrie  meanes 
in  auctoritie  within  my  iurisdiction,  whlche  are  not  well  allected  to 
the  moste  godly  state  and  order  of  theeclesiasticall  policie  of  this 
Realme  of  England,  But  are  rather  of  contrarie  dispositions,  and 
afflicters  or  at  the  leaste  hindcrers  of  the  sayde  ecclesiastical  state, 
and  that  also  I  should  certifie  your  honors  of  suche  persons,  who 
are  well  o-even  and  mecte  to  be  called  to  oilice,  withe  thevrc  names 
and  dwellinge  places,  These  are  to  advertise  your  Lordships  that 
I  have,  abowte  this  your  will  and  commaundemente,  conferred  and 
vsed  thadvise  of  the  moste   worshipfull  and   wiseste  of  my  dioces, 

*  Louvain. 


68  LETTERS  FROM  THE  ElSHOrS 

namelie  Sir  Peter  Carewe,  Sir  John  Chichester,  Sir  John  Moore, 
Mr.  Soathcotte  of  Shillimrforde,  Mr.  John  Parker  of  Northmolton, 
Mr.  John  Carewe  of  Bickleyo  by  Tiverton,  who  all  withe  good 
advisement  and  deliberacion  gaue  notice  vnto  me  of  suche  persons, 
as  well  of  thone  to  be  displaced  owte  of  office,  as  the  other  to 
be  by  the  Qucenes  maiestie  and  your  honors  placed  in  oflice  and 
auctoritie,  whose  names  I  have  written  in  the  schedule  heare 
inclosed,  setting  the  names  of  the  disi'avorcrs  of  this  case  on  the  one 
side,  and  the  names  of  the  godlie  affected  on  thother  side  and  do 
moste  humblie  beseche  youre  honors  to  take  in  good  parte  this  my 
shorte  and  rude  answer  vnto  your  Lordshippcs  lcttres.  And 
especiallie  that  youe  will  not  be  offended  for  that  I  haue  not  certified 
your  honors  withe  suche  expedition  and  convenient  speede  as  youe 
required  me.  My  onlie  staye  and  Lette  of  no  sooner  answering' 
was  thexpectinge  the  rcturnc  of  Sir  Peter  Carewe  and  Sir  John 
Chichester  from  the  vttermoste  partes  of  Cornwall,  where  than  they 
were,  in  exploitinge  theyr  diligence  vpon  certaine  vrgente  affaires 
of  the  Qucenes  highnes,  and  your  honours  eommandemente,  abowte 
vewing  the  portes  of  this  whole  countrie.  And  because  it  was 
verie  Longe  or  they  returned,  I  thought  it  good  to  suspend  mine 
answer  vnto  your  honors  vnto  suche  tyme  as  I  mighte  vse  theyr 
advises  and  counsels.  Thus  moste  humblie  subinittinge  my  self 
vnto  your  honours,  I  committe  the  same  to  the  tuition  of 
Almightie  god,  who  Longe  preserue  youe  in  most  prosperous 
healthe  and  wealthe  vnto  his  goalie  will  £  pleasure,  from  Excestre 
the  xxvith  of  November  1564. 

your  humble  suppliante  to  commaunde, 

Will.  Exox.a 

f.  70. 

The  names  of  suche  Justices  as  were  in  the  countie  of  Cornwall 
as  in  the  countie  of  Devon,  who  are  enemies  or  at  the  Lsaste,  no 
favourers  of  thecclesiasticall  policie  of  this  llealme. 

»  Alky. 


TO    THE    PKIVY    COUNCIL,    15G4.  69 

Cornwall : 

Inprimis,  John  Bevoll/1  Justice  of  peace,  but  a  verle  greate 
enemye.     Item,  [John]  Polewhecle,  Justice,  but  an  extreme  eneraie. 

Ite;->i,  John  Reskimer,''  Justice,  but  an  extreme  enemy  and  an  ill 
Jiver.     Item,  Richard  Riskeracke,  Justice,  yet  a  Verie  cnemye. 

The  names  of  those  whiche  are  mecte  to  be  Justices  and  to  be 
called  to  office  in  the  saydc  Countie  o(  Cornwall  : 

Inprimis,  John  Killigrewc  the  younger.  Item,  John  Carminowe. 
Item,  Nicholas  [Carminowe].  Item,  Richarde  Trevanion.  [Item], 
John  Traiawine.1'  Item,  Samson  Mainton.  Item,  Kichard  Chaman. 
Item,  John  Andevton.     [Item],  Mr.  Movie  of  saint  Germans. 

Devon  ; 

Tlie  names  of  these  whiche  are  not  counted  worthic  to  be 
Justices  in  the  Countie  of  Devon  : 

Inprimis.  Marke  Slader.  Item,  Christofer  Copston,  althoughe  he 
be  no  enemie,  yet  he  is  not  thoughte  to  be  rneete  for  the  office  of 
Justice  by  the  reason  ot  diuerse  disorders.  Other  there  be,  who  are 
not  so  carneste  to  mainteync  thecclcsiasticall  policie  as  they  are 
wished  to  be,  but  yet  for  theyre  Learningc,  knowlege  and  wisdome 
they  are  thoughte  mecte  men  to  continue  in  the  saide  office  of 
Justice  sliippe. 

The  names  of  them  who  are  counted  meete  to  be  placed  in 
authoritie  in  the  countie  of  Devon  : 

Inpiimis,  Mr.  Edgccome.0  Item,  Mr.  Butteshead.  Item,  Mr. 
John  Care  we  of  Bickleye. 

f.  70  b. 

The  names  of  those  whiche  are  no  Justices,  yet  being  of  some 
auctoritie  are  iudged  no  favorers  of  the  foresaide  state: 

Inprimis,  the  greate  Arundell  d  of  Cornwall.     Item,  one  Tregian 

*  Sheriff.     Fuller.  b  Sheriff.     Fuller  and  Fohvhele. 

c   Sheriff.     Fuller. 

d  Sir  John  Arundell  of  Lanherne.     See  Oliver's  Catholics,  p.  1G. 


70  LETTERS    FROM    THE    BISHOPS 

of  Cornwall.  Item,  one  John  Tremame.  [Item,  one  John] 
Tregudicke.  Item,  John  Hill.  [Item],  William  Cavill  of  Cornwall. 
[Item],  Robarte  Winter  one  of  the  Justices  of  the  citie  of  Exeter. 
Item,  one  Harte,  the  tosvne  Clerke  of  Exeter.  [Item,  one]  fYleayre. 
[Item,  one]  Kirkham  of  Pinhovve  by  Exeter.  [Item],  other  there 
be  whicae  are  of  a  contrarie  disposition  but  these  be  the  chief  est  e 
or  at  the  leaste  so  counted. 

The  certificate  of  Thomas a  Arehbysshoppe  of  Yorke  to  the 
righte  honorable  the  Lordea  and  others  of  the  Quccnes  Maiesties 
moste  honorable  piivie  counsel].  Towchinge  and  concerninge 
theyre  lettres  for  Justices  of  peace  within  the  Countie  of  Yorke 
and  Cittye  of  Yorke  parcelles  of  the  diocese  of  Yorke. 

Westrydinge: 

Thomas  gargrave,  miles,  Johannes  Yorke,  [miles],  Richardua 
Corbett,  Georgius  browne,  Henricus  Savill,  Thomas  Waterton, 
Willelmus  Lyster,  Richardua  Beamond,  Richardua  goodricke, 
Brianus  Bayles,  Willelmus  Wombwell,  Willehnus  Swyfte, 
Hugo  Savile,  Johannes  lambart,  Junior,  Willelmus  tancard, 
ar(migeri),  Justices  that  be  favorers  of  Religion. 

Westrydinge: 

Willelmus  Vavasour,  miles,  [Willelmus]  Ingleby,  [miles], 
vicecomes,  Thomas  Danby,  Willelmus  Mallory,  Milites,  Frunciscus 
"Woodrofe  ar.,  Edwardiis  Elltoftes  ar.  Necessarye  men,  frunciscus 
Palmes,  ar.,  Willelmus  Ilamond,  ar. ;  Willelmus  Hungate,  [ar.] , 
Johannes  Laeye  of  Cromwel  bothom,  Henry  Gryce  ar.,  Justices 
that  be  no  favorers. 

Westrydinge : 

ffruneiscus    slirtgesbye,    Richardua    Malwerey,     Rcbertus    Lee, 

*  YouDir. 


TO    THE    PRIVY    COUNCIL,    1564.  71 

Johannes     Beverley,     Richardua     Ashcton,     R[ichardus]      Buny, 
ar[migeri],  men  mcetc  to  be  Justices  of  peace  A:  favorers. 

Estrydinge  : 

Thomas  gargrave,  miles,  henricua  gate,  miles,  Johannes  Vaghan, 
Christoferua  Estofte,  Henricus  Savile,  Johannes  Eglesfyld, 
Thomas  Eyuns,  Christoferua  Hylliard,  Willelmus  S'rickeland, 
Anthouius  Smcthlecy,  Radulfus  counstable  de  sepuleres,  Thomas 
Boyneton,  aiTmigeriJ,  Justices  that  be  favorers  of  Religion. 

Estrydinge  : 

"Willelmus  Babthorope,  miles,  a  Justice  of  peace  &  no  favorer  of 
religion. 


Estrydinge  : 

John  Counstable,  Knight,  Symon  Musgrave,  George  Dakyns, 
Arthur  [Dakyns],  Bartholomewe  Abbott,  ar[migeri],  mcete  to  be 
Justices  of  peace  &  favorers. 

f.  72a. 

Xorthrydinge  : 

Thomas  Gargrave,  mile?,  ^sicholaus  ffiyrefaxe,  [miles],  Henricus 
gate,  [miles],  Georgius  Bowes,  [miles],  Rogerus  Dallton,  Roger 
Ratelyf,  Johannes  Herbert,  Walterus  Strickland,  Thomas  Lay  ton, 
"Willelmus  Davell,  Averedus  Vnedall,  ar[migeri]j  Justices  and 
favorers  of  Religion. 

Xoithrydinge  : 

Christoferus  Danbye,  miles,  Leonardus  dacre,  Thomas  Rookeby, 
Johannes  Sayrc,  Machaell  YVandesiurth,  Anthouius  Catteracke. 
a>[nngcri]3  Justices  and  no  favorers  of  Religion. 


72  LETTERS    FROM    THE    BISHOPS 

Northrydinge  : 

Christoferus  Metcalfe,  miles,  "Willelmus  toncaH,  Thomas  Gowcr, 
Thomas  Savile,  Rohertus  Barneton,  Radulfus  Bowrehyer,  ar[migerij, 
meete  to  be  Justices  &  favorers. 


Justices  of  peace  within,  the  Cittie  of  Yorke  : 

James  Sympson,  maior,  Robertus  Hall,  Thomas  Apleyard, 
Rohertus  Ilekleton,  Johannes  Bene,  Willelmus  Cowpland,  [Willel- 
mus]  Bcckkewh,  Robertus  Pecocke,  Thomas  Stanevcn,  Thomas 
Law  son  j  Percyvall  crayforth,  Justices  &  no  f'avores  of  religion. 

"Willelmus  Wattson,  Radulfus  Hall,  Justices  there  &  favorers  of 
Religion. 


f.  73  a. 

The  certificat  of  Thomas  Archbysshoppc  of  Yorke  to  the  righte 
honorable  the  Lordes  and  others  of  the  qucenes  maiesties  piivie 
Counsell  towchinge  &  concerningc  theire  lettres  for  Justices  of 
peace  within  the  countie  of  Nottingham  parcell  of  the  diocese  of 
Yorke. 

Comitatus  Nottingham,  Justices  of  peace  there  and  favorers  of 
religion : 

,  Sir  John  Herrsye,  knight,  [Sir]  William  Meringe,  [knight], 
Robert  Markeham,  esquier,  John  Byron  the  younger,  George  Nevill, 
Bryan  Staplcton,  "William  Burnell,  [esquier s],  Justices  of  peace 
there  and  no  favorers  of  religion. 


Comitatus  Nottingham  predictus  : 

Sir  Gervys  clyfton,  knighte,  Sir  John  Byron  [knighte],  bothe 
good  subicctes  &  necessarie  for  service  in  theire  countrie  but  in 
religion  vcaric  cold. 


TO    THE    FRIVY    COUNCIL,    15G4.  73 

Sir  Anthony  Styrrley,  [knight],  [Sir]  William  Holly s,  [knight], 
John  Mannors,  esquier,  Thomas  Stanhoppe,  esquier,  Ffrauncis 
Mullenax,  esquier,  nowe  sheryf,  Gabriell  Barewicke,  [esquier], 
Nicholas  Powtcrell,  [esquier],  sargent  at  lawe. 

f.  80. 

Chester :  , 

This  cittie  is  governed  Lie  xxiiii1^  Aldermen,  out  of  which 
Noraber  the  Maior  is  yerelie  chosen,  who  immediatlic  apon  his 
othc  taken  is  a  Justice  of  peace  and  so  after  Continueth  duringe  his 
lief  and  albeit  the  grauote  of  their  Charter  is  so  ample  that  neither 
Alderman  nor  Justice  of  peace  can  he  displaced,  yet  I  have  signified 
who  be  favorers,  who  be  not,  and  who  be  most  mete  bothe  for 
zeale  and  habilitie  to  be  made  Aldermen  as  any  Rowme  shall  fall. 

Justices  favorable: 

Laurence  Smith,  knight,  William  Gcrrard,  Esquier,  John 
Websbow,  Henry  Hardware,  Raffe  Goodman  senior,  John 
Cow  per. 

Justices  not  favorable: 

Richard  Poole  maior,  William  Sneide,  knight,  John  Walley, 
John  Smith,  Thomas  Smithe,  John  Oilley,  William  Aldersey, 
Handle  Bamvile. 

Col.  1. 

Aldermen  not  Justices  yet  favorable: 

Richard  Harper,  armiger,  sergeant  at  law,  William  Leche  senior, 
Adam  Goodman,  Morris  Williams,  Thomas  Grene. 

Col.  2. 

Aldermen  not  Justices  neither  favorable: 

Randle  Manwaringe,  Roberto  Walley,  Roberts  Johns,  RafFe 
Goodman. 

CAMl).    SOC.  L 


74  LETTERS    FE03I    THE    MSnOI'S 

Col.  3. 

Meete  to  be  Aldermen  for  their  zeale  and  habilitie  : 
Richard   Sutton,  William    Hanmet,  Henry  Lethe,  John  iTisher, 
Oliuer  Smithe,   Edward  Marten,  Edward  Ilanmer,  John  Hankie, 
Christopher  Morvile,  William  Croi'ton,  John  Yerworthe. 

ff.  81-83  are  here  arranged  in  tabular  form  to  save  space. 

In  the  original  the.  names  are  arranged  in  three  columns  under 
the  hundreds  or  parcel! s. 


TO    THE    PRIYY    COUNCIL,    1564. 


75 


f.  81. 


Countie  Chester. 


Hundred  de  Eddes- 
bury 


Justices  favorable. 


Not  favorable. 


John  Savage  de 
Clifton  knight 

Raffe  Dent  de  Vt- 
kinton,  anniger 


Hundred  de  Bulkley  j  Raffe  Leycester  de 
tofte,  knight 


Hundred  de  Maccles- 
field 


Edward  Ffitton  de 
Gawswerth.  knight 


John  Bryne  de 
S  tap  leford, 
armiger 


John      Dutton      of 
Dutton,  armio-or 


Henricua     Bierton 

do      hani'ord, 

knight 
William  Davenport 

d  e    b  rom  hal  1, 

knight 
Roberte  Tatton  de 

With  en  sh  a  we, 

armiger 
Piers      Leighe     de 

Lime,  knight 
John     Warren     de 

Pom  ton,  armiger 


Mccte  to  be  Justices. 


George  Bieston  de 
Bieston.  armiger 

Richard.  Birkenhed 
of  Manley,  Gentle- 
inen  Learned  in 
the  La  we 

Richard  Brooke  de 
Norton,  armiger, 

Thomas  Leighe  de 
Leighleighe,  ar- 
miger 

John  Grinnsdiche 
de  grinnsdiche. 
armiger,  Learnec 
in  the  Lawe 

Thomas  Stanley  de 
Wever,  armiger 

Richard  Sutton  de 
Sutton,  armiger 

Raffe  Arderne  de 
Hardeine,  armiger 

William  Dokenfield 
de  Dokenfeld,  ar- 
miger 

Jaspar  "Worthe  de 
Dittrington,  armi- 
ger 


76 


LETTERS    FROM    THE    BISHOrS 


Justices  favorable. 


Hundred  de  Naunt- 
wich 


Hundred  de  North- 
wiche 


Hundred  ue  Broxon 


Hundred  de  Wirrall 


Laurence  Smith  de 
Houghe,  knight 

John  Delves  de 
Aington,    armiger 


Non  to  my  knoledge 


Hugh  Chohnondley 

de    Cholmondley, 

knight 
George  Calvcley  de 

Ley,  armiger 
Richard    Ilurleston 

d  e     P  i  c  k  t  o  n  , 

armiger 

Richard       Houghe 
d e    Leighton, 

armiger 
William    Glastor, 
armiger 


Not  favorable. 


Meete  to  be  Justices. 


Nontomyknoledge      jonn    Mushull    de 
Mushull,  armiger 
Edmond   Griffin  de 
Barihcrton,  armi- 

Yernam 


Thomas  Yenables 
de  Kinderton, 
knight 


ger 

Roberte 
de 


Non  to  my  knoledge 


armiger 

Henry  Manwaringe 
de  caringham,  ar- 
miger 

Charles  M  a  n  - 
waringe  de  Crox- 
ton,  armiger 

William  Liversage 
de  Whelock,  ar- 
miger 

Richard  Clyve  de 
Huxlev,  armiger 


William   Massie  de  j  John   Poole  de 
Podington,"  j     Poole,  armiger 
armiger,    a    good 
Ju.^tice 


■  Sheriff.     Fuller's  Worth  its. 


TO    THE    PRIVY    COUNCIL,    1564. 


/  / 


f.  82. 


COUNTIE    LaNC' 


Jnstic  favorable. 

Not  favorable. 

Meete  to  be  Justices, 

Hundred    de 

Lons- 

Thomas  Cants  Ser- 

Francis  Tunstall  de 

Xon  to  my  knoledge 

dale 

geaunt,  ar' 

Thurland,  ar' 

Hundred  de  A 

moun- 

Thomas  Calvert  de 

George  Browne  de 

Xon  to  my  knoledge 

denies 

Sokerham,  ar' 

lubchester,  ar' 
Richard    Shirburne 

de  Stannehurst,  k' 
John  Rigmaiden  de 

Garstoinge,  ar' 

Hundred    de 

Blag- 

Xon  to  my  knoledge 

John      Sothworth n 

Giles      Parker      de 

burne 

de  Sampsbury,  k' 
John  Osbaldestonde 

Osbaldeston,  ar' 
John  Townley "  de 

Townley,  ar' 
Richard  Ashton  de 

Whalley,  ar' 
John     Brad  ill     de 

Whalley,  ar' 

Harropforth,  gent 

Brian  Parker,  gent, 

learned  in  the  lawe 

Hundred  de  L 

eyland 

John      FIctewodde 

Thomas  Hesketh  de 

Thomas  Asliall    de 

de      Pen  worth  am, 

Rusforth,  knight 

Hill,  ar'b 

ar' 

Edward  stan dish  de 

Thomas  Butlour  de 

standishe,  ar' 
Hugh  Anderton  de 
Yexlon,  ar' 

Bewsay,  ar' 

■  Harland,  p.  70,  conformable. 


b  Above  scratched  out  Thomas  Stanley  lie  Wimveke. 


78 


LETTERS    FROM    THE    LISIIOPS 


Hundred  dc  Derby 


Hundred  de  Saulge- 
ford 


Justic  favorable. 


X'»t  favorable. 


Meete  to  be  Justices. 


John   Atherton   de-     Richard  MoHnex  de     Thomas  Stanley  de 
Athcrton,  knight  Sefton,  knight  Winweke,  knight 

Henry    Halsail    de  :| 

Halsall,  ar' 
Laurence      Ireland 
de  hdeute,  ar' 


Edward  Holland  do 

denton,  ar1 
Edniond  Asliton  de 

Chatterton,    armi- 

ger 


William  Radcliffc 
deordishall,  knight 

Roberto  Barton  de 
Smethclles,  ar' 

Raffe  Ashton  de 
Lcyver,  ar' 


Thomas  Herle,  gar- 

dian  of  Mancester 

Edfmond     Trafford 

de  Trafford,  ar' 
Charles       Eatcliffe 

Todmerdcn,  ar' 
Richard     Ratcliffe, 

gent,ofxxuLandes, 

zealous  and  wise 
John   A  s  h  e  t  o  n . 

Clark,  zealous  and 

learned 


TO   THE    PRIVY   COUNCIL,  15G-J. 


79 


f.  83. 

The  Archdeacon  rye  of  Iiichmondc  is  in  my  Jurisdiccion  Conteyneth  in  hit 
diuerse  Parcelles  of  sundric  Countries,  viz. : — 


Justic  fitVomLlc. 

Justic  not  favorable. 

Mete  to  be-  Justic. 

Parccllof  the  Count! e 

Walter     Strickland 

William      Tankard 

Poorer    brourdi     de 

York    wherein    be 

de  Croftc,  ar' 

de  borrobrigge,  ar' 

1  >rough,  ar' 

theis  Justic 

John     Saier     de 

Christopher  Danbie 

William    Peper  de 

Merske,  ar' 

de  Well,  knight 

Richmond,  gent 

Avery  Ynedalle  de 

Machaell    Wandis- 

j.i  o  b  c  r  t  e    11  e  b  1  c  - 

Mcripk,  ar' 

furth    de    Pickall, 

thvaite,    com- 

ar' 

missary    of   my 

Theis  be  good  Jus- 

Archdeaconry    of 

tic  altho  not  very 

Richmond 

favorable 

William      Inglebie 

4e  lxipley,  knight 

Richard  Xorden  de 

■ 

Wath,  ar' 

Christopher  Wivell 

de  Masharo,  ar' 

William       Wicliffe 

de  W  icliile,  ar' 

Antony  Caterick  de 

stan wick,  ar' 

Antony  Rokby    de 
liokbie,  ar' 

ParcelloftheCountie 

William     Penning- 

Henry Cm  wen    de 

Xon  to  my  knoledge 

Cumberland  -where- 

ton de  Moncustcr, 

Workington,  ar' 

in  be  theis  Justic 

ar1 

John  Lampluffe  de 

Lampluile,  ar' 

80 


LETTERS    FROM    THE    BISHOPS 


Justic  favorable. 

Justic  not  favourable. 

Mete  to  be  Justic. 

Parcell  of  the  Countic 

Alane  Bellingharae 

John  Middleton  de 

William  Gilpen  de 

Westm  or  elan  d 

de  Kendall,  ar' 

lonsdale,  ar' 

Kenttnaire,  ar' 

wherein     be     theis 

Antonie  Duckett  de 

Justic 

Kendall,  ar' 

Theis  be  good  Jus- 
tic altho  not  very 
favorable 

Oliucr  Middleton 
dc  Bithonie,  gc.it 

Parcell  of  the  Countie 

Non  to  myknoledge 

Antony  Kirkby  de 

John      Preston     of 

Lane'   wherein    be 

Kiikbie,  ar; 

fTorncs,  ar' 

theis  Justic 

A  good  Justic 

TO  THE  I'EIVY  COUNCIL;   15G4.  81 

f.  81b  is  endorsed  To  the  right  honorable  the  Queens  Maiesties 
Privie  Counsell.  On  the  remaining  folios  numbered  xci-xevi  the 
lists  of  "mislikcrs"  and  of  men  (it  to  be  justices  arc  again  copied  out. 

f.  97  (unnumbered). 

Syr.  I  send  your  honor  the  namys  of  such  as  be  commended  to 
me  in  these  sbiers ;  what  these  be  &  what  others  be,  your  honors 
of  the  councell  knowe  mcche  better  than  we  can  enforme  youe,  and 
'as  for  myself,  I  know  them  not  and  somtymc  enformers  serve  ther 
own  turnc  &  gratifie  ther  frendes. 

As  for  bristowe  diocesse  the  commendatory  therof  shuld  haue 
sent  his  ccrtificat.     thus  Jesus  be  with  your  honor, 

Yours  euermore 

Mattbue  Cantuar. 

In  the  dioces  of  Landaff: 

Glamorganshire. 

Sir  George  Herbard.  Mr.  Edward  Manxel),  [Mr.]  Roberte 
Gamage,  [M*.»]  Edward  Lewes,  [M*;]  The.  Lewes,  [Mr/]  Myles 
But  tan  j  comes,  "William  Evans,  ehancellour,  Christopher  Turber- 
feild,  Mr.  Dauid  Evans  of  Xorth,  Mr.  Lesam  price  [Mr.] 
William  Jenkin. 

Momworthe  Shire. 

The  Erie  of  AVorceter,  Mr.  Tho.  Mawgan,  [Mr.]  Charles 
Somerset,  [Mr.]  Tho.  llerberd,  [Mr.]  William  John  stroger3 
[Mr.]  Evans,  Chauncellour. 

In  the  dioces  of  Oxford  : 

Sir  Tho.  Benger,  knight,  Hen  rye  Nores,  Esquicr,  Mr.  Wayman, 
[Mr.]  fynes,  [Mr.]  John  Doyly,  [Mr.]  Roberte  [Doyly,]  [Mr.]  Tho. 
Wynchecombe,  [Mr.]  Gibbons,  [M1.]  Cowper,  [Mr.]  Moore,  Mr. 
Lea,  [Mr.]  Davas,  Ambros  Dormer. 

CAJ1D.  SOC.  M 


82  LETTERS  FBOH  THE  BISHOPS 

Justices  of  pcax  in  the  Citio  Oxon  : 

Doctor    White,    [Doctor]    Warner,    Mr.   1'odde,    MM    Taverncr, 
Denton,  Brostron,  Chareltjm,  Croker,  Rawlyns. 

Endorsed :     To    the    right    honorable     Sir   William     Cecyll, 
knin-ht. 


Then  follows  an  index  of  dioceses   &   counties:    thus   f.  lxxxv. 
(sic)  :— 


f.  64 

48 
48 
57 

7 
80-81 
82 
83 
83 
41 
40 
42 
43 
68 
1G 
70 
70 
40 

9 
10 
11 
11 
12 


Com.it  at  us. 

Bath  &  Welles 

Somerset 

Carlile 

Cumberland 

Westmoreland 

Canterbury 

Kent 

Chichester 

Sussex 

Chester 

Chester 

Lancaster 

parcell     Yorkshire 

of        Westmoreland 

Coventry  & 

Derby 

Lichfield' 

Stafford 

Salop 

Warwick 

Duresmc 

Northumberland 

Ely 

Canterbridge 

Exeter 

Devon 

Cornwall 

Glowcester 

Glowcester 

Bushops  of 

Hereford 

Hereford 

Salop 

Wigorn 

Radnor 

Monmouth 

TO  THE  PHIVY  COUNCIL,  15G4.  83 

Lincoln                                       Lincoln  20-21 

Bedford  22 

Huntington  22 

Herts  23 

Leicester  24 

Bucks  20 

London                             •       Middlesex  Gl 

Essex  G3 

Herts  G2 

Norwich                                    Norffolk  58 

Suffolk  4G 

Peterborough                            Northampton  31 

Rutland  32 

Sarum                                          "Wiltshire  35 

Berks  36 

Winchester                               Southampton  54 

Surrey  54 

Wigorn                                      Worcester  2 

Warrick  3 

York                                        Yorkeshire  71 

Nottingham  73 

Then  follow  3  endorsements  of  letters  to  the  Privy  Council  & 
the  volume  concludes  : 

"  Collection  of  original  letters  of  divers  Bishops  sent  to  the 
Privic  Councill  in  the  beginning  of  the  Reigne  of  Q.  Elizabeth  & 
certifying  the  names  of  persons  qualified  or  disqualified  for  the  Com- 
mission of  the  Peace,  as  they  are  affected  or  disaffected  to  thestablished 
Religion.      A0  15GJ." 


INDEX    TO   DIOCESES. 


Bath  &  Wells 

pp.  63-64 

Carlisle 

48-5  L 

Canterbury 

57-58 

Chester 

73-80 

Chichester 

8- 11 

Coventry  ec  Lichfield 

39-47 

Durham 

65-G7 

Ely 

23-26 

Exeter 

67-70 

Gloucester 

51-53 

Hereford 

11-23 

Llundaff 

81 

Lincoln 

26-33 

London 

59-63 

Norwich 

47-48  &  58-59 

Oxford 

81-82 

Peterborough 

31-37 

Salisbury 

37-39 

Winchester 

53-57 

Worcester 

1-8 

York 

70-73 

PAPERS 


RELATING  TO 


THOMAS  WENTWORTH, 

FIRST  EAEL  OF  STRAFFORD. 

FROM  THE  MSS.  OF  DR.  WILLIAM  KNOWLER. 


EDITED  BY 

C.  H.  FIRTH,  M.A. 


PRINTED  FOR  THE  CAMDEN  SOCIETY 


ai.Dccc.xc. 


PREFACE. 


The  papers  hereafter  printed  are  taken  from  the  Manuscripts  ot 
Dr.  William  Knowier,  editor  of  the  two  volumes  of  Strafford  letter? 
published  in  1739. 

On  the  death  of  William  second  Earl  of  Strafford  in  1605  the 
title  of  Lord  Baby  passed  to  his  cousin  Thomas,  grandson  of 
William  Wentworth  younger  brother  of  the  first  Earl  of  Strafford. 
This  Thomas  Lord  Raby  was  created  Earl  of  Strafford  in  1711, 
and  was  one  of  the  negotiators  of  the  treaty  of  Utrecht.  But  the 
second  Earl  of  Strafford  had  devised  most  of  his  estates,  including 
Wentworth  "Woodhouse,  to  his  nephew  Thomas  Watson,  son  of 
Edward  second  Lord  Rockingham,  and  Anne  daughter  of  the  first 
Earl  of  Stratford.  Thomas  Watson  Wentworth,  son  of  this  Thomas 
Watson,  and  therefore  great  grandson  of  the  first  Lord  Stratford, 
was  created  successively  Baron  Maiton  (1728),  Earl  ot  Maiton 
(1734),  and  Marquis  of  Rockingham  (1746).  lie  undertook  the 
publication  of  a  selection  from  his  ancestors'  papers.  They  were 
"  selected,"  says  the  dedication  which  the  editor  addressed  to  his 
patron,  a  from  a  vast  treasure  of  curious  manuscripts  by  yourself, 
and  published  according  to  your  Lordship's  own  directions  and 
instructions,  to  vindicate  his  memory  from  those  aspersions,  which 
it  is  grown  too  fashionable  to  cast  upon  him,  of  acting  upon 
arbitrary  principles,  and  being  a  friend  to  the  Roman  Catholics." 

Of  Dr.  William  Knowler,  the  editor  of  the  two  volumes  printed 


IV  PREFACE. 

in  1739,  Nichols  gives  the  following  account:  "William  Knowler 
was  the  third  son  of  Gilbert  Knowler,  gent,  of  Stroud  House  at 
Heme  in  Kent;  baptised  May  9,  1G99.  lie  was  educated  at  St. 
John's  college  Cambridge;  B.A.  1720;  M.  A.  1724;  LL.D.  Com. 
Reg.  1728.  He  was  chaplain  to  the  first  Marquis  of  Rockingham, 
who  presented  him  first  to  the  rectory  of  Irthlingborough  (commonly 
called  Artleburrow,  between  "Wellingborough  and  Higham  Ferrers), 
and  afterwards  to  the  more  valuable  one  of  Boddington,  both  in 
Northamptonshire.  He  died  in  December  1773."  Dr.  Knowler  pre- 
pared for  the  press  in  17GG  a  translation  of  Chrysostom's  Commentary 
0:1  St.  Paul's  epistle  to  the  Galatians,  which  was  never  published 
(Nichols,  Literary  Anecdotes  of  the  Eighteenth  Century,  vol.  ii., 
p.  129;  see  also  for  further  particulars,  vol.  viii.,  401,  and  Illustra- 
tions of  Literature,  iv.  427). 

It  is  possible  that  in  the  editing  of  the  Strafford  letters  Dr. 
Knowler  had  some  assistance  from  William  Oidys.  "  From  the  year 
1724  to  1730  Oldys  resided  in  Yorkshire  and  spent  most  of  his 
time  at  the.  seat  of  the  first  Earl  of  Malton,  with  whom  he  had  been 
intimate  in  his  youth.  In  1729  he  wrote  an  '  Essay  on  Epistolary 
Writings,  with  respect  to  the  Grand  Collection  of  Thomas  Earl  of 
Strafford,  inscribed  to  the  Lord  Malton  ' :  (Thorns,  Memoir  of 
William  Oldys,  1862,  p.  viii.).  Mr.  Thorns,  following  the  lead  of 
Mr.  Bolton  Corney,  suggests  that  this  Essay  may  have  been  of  some 
service  to  Lord  Malton  and  his  chaplain  in  the  selection  of  letters 
for  printing  (Bolton  Corney,  Curiosities  of  Literature  Illustrated, 
p.  113).  The  Essay  itself  is  probably  still  at  Wcnlworth  YVood- 
housc. 

It  remains  now  to  give  some  account  of  the  source  of  the  papers 
which  follow.  They  are  entirely  derived  from  copies  found  amongst 
Dr.  Knowler's  papers.  In  1884  I  purchased  from  Mr.  George,  the 
well-known  Bristol  bookseller,  a  box  of  Dr.  Knowler's  papers, 
which  he  had  bought  from  the  Rev.  T.  W.  Openshaw,  of  Bristol 


PREFACE.  V 

Grammar  School,  whose  wife  is  descended  from  the  editor  of  the 
Strafford  papers.8  The  contents  of  the  box  were  of  a  very 
miscellaneous  nature.  There  were  a  number  of  Dr.  Knowlcr's 
sermons,  two  imperfect  copies  of  the  Strafford  letters  in  sheets, 
the  manuscript  from  which  that  work  was  printed,  and  a  number 
of  miscellaneous  notes  made  by  the  editor  during  its  preparation. b 
There  were  also  copies  of  several  papers  relating  to  Strafford, 
some  of  which  are  now  printed.  There  was  in  audition  a  brief 
correspondence  between  Dr.  Knowler  and  a  certain  Henry  Goddard, 
which  throws  some  light  on  the  principles  adopted  by  the  former 
in  editing  the  letters. 

11  Sir, 

"  I  sd  have  made  an  earlier  acknowledgment  for  ye  civilities  I 
recd  fm  you  at  Wentworth  but  was  desirous  to  send  you  at  the  same 
time  a  copy  of  ye  odd  remark  made  by  Sir  John  "Wentworthc  upon 
y*  celebrated  Ire  of  LJ  Straffords  to  King  Charles  to  persuade  him 
to  give  his  assent  to  yc  Bill  of  Attainder,  wch  I  mentiond  to  you 
\vn  you  communicated  yr  design  of  publishing  the  whole  collection 
cv  sA  have  sent  you  much  sooner  but  have  been  confmd  by  ye 
weather  &  did  not  get  to  Howsham  till  yesterday.     The   remark  is 

0     Rev.  John  Knowler,  LL.D.  in.  1749,  Mary  Dalton. 

Mary  Knowler  m.  ]  772.  Edward  Derby,  of  Boddick,  Oxon. 

I 
Mary  Derbv  in.  1S0G,  Rev.  John  Hyde,  Rector  of  St.  Martin's, 

|  [Oxford. 

Edward  Hyde   m.  1836,  Rachel  Early. 

Anne  Hyde  in.  Rev.  T.  W.  Openshaw. 

b  Dr.  Knowlcr's  keys  to  the  cyphers  employed  in  Strafford's  letters  are  now  in  the 
Bodleian  Library. 

c  Sir  John  Wentworth,  of  North  Elmsal,  Yorkshire,  was  created  a  baronet 
July  28,  l(i'J2,  and  died  April  25,  1720.  aged  17.  The  family  of  Wentworth  of 
North  Elmsal  was  an  early  offshoot  of  the  family  of  Wentworth  Woodhonsc,  to 
which  Strafford  belonged  (Hunter,  South  Yorkshire,  ii.  pp.  82,  151).  The  late 
Lord  Strafford  referred  to  is  William,  second  Earl,  who  died  in  \C<d3  (Collins,  ix. 
410). 


V1  PREFACE. 

in  Sir  John's  hand  as  follows,  They  say  my  late  TJ  Stratford  hath 
if  original  Ire  under  his  father's  hand  $  if  this  was  but  tomovepity, 
no  desire  to  die. 

"  As  all  the  best  Historians  are  clear  in  y°  particular  of  L'1 
Sn-affords  writing  yt  Ire  to  the  King  one  can't  I  think  well  doubt 
of  yc  truth  of  it,  but  in  my  opinion  tis  so  farr  fm  behur  a  irood 
reason  for  the  Kings  passing  the  Bill  yl  He  is  less  excusable  than  if 
Ld  StraiFord  had  never  wrote  such  a  letter. 

"  In  looking  over  Sir  John  YTentworth's  papers  for  this  remark 
I  found  copies  of  several  Ires  wch  by  y«  dates  &  subject  matter  of 
them  must  have  been  wrote  by  Ld  Strafford  wn  L(1  Deputy  of 
Ireland,  &  in  case  they  be  not  in  y*  collection  I  will  send  'you 
copies  of  them,  I  have  taken  down  yc  directions  &  a  few  lines  at  ye 
beginning  of  each  Ire  by  w<*  you  will  easily  see  whether  they  be 
copies  of  those  you  already  have." 

Mr.  Goddard  then  gives  a  list  of  eight  letters,  copies  of  which 
were  amongst  Sir  John  Wentworth's  papers. 

•"  There  are  several  more  letters,  but  I  imagine  you  have  y« 
originals  &  shall  therefore  trouble  you  no  more  at  present  nor  untill 
I  have  ye  pleasure  of  hearing  fm  you  w<*  I  hope  will  be  as  soon  as 
tis  convenient  &  yt  you  will  be  so  good  to  let  me  know  if  you  have 
these  Ires,  if  not  I  shall  copy  them  over  at  leisure  &  send  em  ye 
first  opportunity. 

"  Y*  method  of  publishing  the  letters  I  think  farr  preferable  to  yt 
of  subscription  on  many  accounts,  all  who  either  are  or  wou'd  be 
acquainted  with  english  history  will  be  desirous  to  have  them  so  yt 
you  need  not  fear  ye  impression  will  lie  long  on  yr  hands;  the 
arguments  you  have  drawn  up  in  defence  of  1>  Strafford's  conduct 
in  some  particulars  y*  are  objected  to  him  seem  to  me  very  just  & 
clearly  &  strongly  exprcss'd,  but  if  I  may  take  ye  liberty  of  giving 
you  ray  opinion  you  have  confined  yrself  too  much  by  bringing  them 
into  yr  dedication  to  L*  Malton,  whose  zeal  for  y«  true  intefrest]  of 
his  Country,  the  worth  of  his  private  character,  [and]  well  piae'd 
generosity  as  a  Patron  &c,  will  afford  subject  enough  for  y<  part  of 


PKEFACE.  vii 


yr  work  &  I  think  ought  not  to  be  passed  by  at  a  time   wn  it  must 

be  own'd  the  moral  taste  is  not  very  fashionable.     Your   defence 

also  of  Ld  Strallbrds  conduct  might  be  somew*  enlarg'd,.  I  imagine, 

by  ye  assistance  of  yc  letters  &  you   wd  probably  meet  with  some 

circumstances  in  the  historians  of  yl  remarkable  period  for  yr  purpose, 

I  remember  a  passage  in  Dr.  Welwood's  memoirs,  by  wc»  it  plainly 

appears  yt  his  principal  Accuser  (&  I  suppose  yp  rest  of  yc  purty  of 

wch  Mr.  Pym  was  a  leader)  hod  resolved  to  endeavour  his  ruiue  long 

before  it  was  possible  for  him  to  give  them  any  just  grounds;  this  is 

•yc  passage  in  Welwood  p.  45."     When   the   Earl,  then   Sir  Thos 

i  Wentworth  was  upon  making  his  peace  with  y°  Court,  he  gave  Mr. 

I  Pym  some  obscure  intimation  of  it.     Pym  understanding  his  drift 

<  stopd  him  short  with  this  expression,  You  need  not  use  all  this  art  to 

I  tell  me  y*  you  have  a  mind  to  leave  us:  But  remember  w4 1  tell  you, 

I  you  are  going  to  be  undone:  &  remember  yt  though  you  leave  us 

^now  I  will  never  leave  you  while  yr  head  is  upon  yr  shoulders.    I 

shall  not  trouble  you  with  any  other  apology  for  ye  freedom  I  have 

us'd  with  you  on  this  occasion  except  yt  of  yc  obligation  J  thought 

myself  under  to  give  you  my  opinion  with  sincerity  wch  is  too  often 

an  excuse  for  impertinence  in  others  as  well  as,  Sir, 

u  Yr  oblig'd  hmble  servt 

"  Henby  Goddakd. 

"  P.S.  The  length  and  dullness  of  my  Ire  may  I  fancy  have  prepaid 
you  to  relish  ye  following  piece  of  wit : 

11  A  receipt  to  preserve  a  Man 
"  Set  him  in  ye  Sunshine  of  a  Court  till  his  Volatile  Spirits  are 
evaporated,  take  his  Reason  and  place  it  under  a  Shade  till  it  is 
perfectly  cool.  Consult  y1'  Herbal  to  find  in  a  proper  soil  an  arm- 
full  of  yc  following  Spring-flowers,  Youth,  Beauty  &  cheerfulness, 
then  take  two  Summer  Plants  Economy  &  Serenity  &  mix  these 
well  together  with  an  equal  quantity  of  self  denyal  &  discretion; 
when  yr  man  is  fitly  prepaid  add  these  ingredients  to  him  &  set  him 

a  Memoirs  of  tbc  most  material  transactions  in  England  for  the  last  hundred  year 
preceding  the  Revolntion  in  1688,  hy  Janus  Welwood,  M.D.  1700,  p.  48. 


Vlii  PREFACE. 

in  a  quiet  place  till  they  are  all  incorporated  together  &  you  will  find 
He  is  com  plea  tly  Preserved. 

"  N.B.  This  is  a  Sweetmeat  delicate  to  ye  eye  hut  exquisite  toy* 
Taste.  Confectioners  often  miscarry  by  putting  sower  &  bitter  into 
ye  composition,  the  best  rec'  is  at  Marston  in  ye  good  Ladys  own 
keeping  &  the  sweetest  flowers  for  ye  use  are  thought  to  grow  at 
Oswaldkirk.  [This  was  pinnd  into  the  Lady's  recf-book  by  her 
husband]. 

"Direct  to  me  at  Foston  near  York,  to  be  left  at  Mr.  Stainton's 
on  ouse-bridire  in  York. 

O 

"To 

"The  Revd.  Dr.  Knollcr 

at  the  Right  Iloiiblc  the  Earl  of 
Maltou's  at  Wentwortli  House, 

near  Rotherhani, 

Yorkshire." 


Dr.  Knowler  replied  to  Mr.  Goddard  in  the  following  letter,  of 
which  a  rather  illegible  draft  is  preserved  amongst  his  papers. 

"  Sir, 

"  I  am  much  obliged  to  you  for  your  kind  Letter,  and  the 
trouble  you  so  generously  offer  to  undertake  to  complete  the  Col- 
lection of  my  Lord  S  t  ratio  rde's  Letters.  Those  that  you  have  are 
undoubtedly  his,  but  four  or  five  of  them  are  imperfect,  &  want  a 
complementary  Introduction  of  four  or  five  lines.  I  could  wish 
you  would  look  into  yl  from  Sr  Arthur  Hop  ton,  Nov.  24,  163S, 
about  yc  middle  you  will  find  this  Passage,  /  must  not  neglect  to 
tell  your  Lordsliip,  that  I  find  very  good  Inclinations  brought 
hither  from  308  concerning  411.  Who  308  is  I  am  uncertain, 
perhaps  vou  may  have  it  in  words,  411  is  the  Prince  Palatine  outed 
at  the  time  of  his  Patrimony.  My  Lord  Strafforde's  Reply  to  this 
in  your  Copy  is  imperfect,  it  begins  with  a  Passage  concerning 
Tyreonel,  an  Irish  Hebell  &  Fugitive,  and  in  speaking  of  him  is 
used  some  Cypher,  which    I  am  forced  to  turn  into  Asterisk,  not 


PREFACE.  IX 

knowing  how  to  read  it.  I  shall  bo  obliged  to  you  for  a  Copy  of  2 
of  my  Ld  Str.  Letters — 

"  Feb.  10,  1638,  to  Cottington,  and 

11  Feb.  28,  1638,  to  L'1  Admiral. 

11  These  I  never  saw,  tho'  they  are  to  two  favourites,  whom  his 
Lordship  would  be  open  to,  &  they  fall  in  a  critical  time,  which 
makes  me  mare  inquisitive  &  desirous  to  see  them.  I  shall  not 
trouble  you  for  any  more,  because  it  is  not  intended  to  publish  every 
Letter,  but  the  Principal  ones;  there  is  four  or  five  times  the 
number  of  Letters  uncopied  for  one  transcribed.  &  yet  I  believe 
those  that  shall  glean  them  over  again  wont  find  many  things 
material  omitted. 

"  Historians  give  a  Letter  of  yc  4th  of  May  to  the  King8  &  give 

very  different  Reasons  for  it,  some others  strong  desire  to 

settle  yG  Peace  of  yc  Kingdom,  as  the  letter  itself  bears,  Sir  John 
Wentworth,  art ;  where  Sr  John  Wentworth  learnt  my  Lord  Straf- 
forde  ye  son  had  it,  I  know  not,  but  neither  my  Lord  nor  his 
Father  ever  saw  it. 

"  The  first  Reason  depends  upon  ye  credit  of  Sr  W"  Balfour,  the 
second  is  contradicted  by  his  dying  Speech,  where  he  begs  the 
Audience  to  consider,  wr  the  beginning  of  a  Reformation  sha  be 
written  in  blood,  that  he  thinks  they  are  in  a  wrong  way:  and  the 
oa  He  was  not  capable  of.  Indeed  the  whole  is  contradicted  by  y 
ejaculation  of  his  upon  the  Bill's  being  past,  Put  not  your  trust  in 
Princes,  hinting  at  yc  story's  solemn  Promise,  that  he  should  not 
suffer  in  Life,  Honour  or  Estate.  However  be  it  as  it  will  I  have 
no  thoughts  of  cntring  into  disquisitions  of  this  nature,  my  business 
being  solely  to  copy  and  print  faithfully,  &  then  leave  the  world  to 

■  The  authenticity  of  the  letter  is  attacked  by  Carte,  Life  of  Ormond,  eil.  1851, 
vol.  i.  pp.  275-278.  He  affirms  it  to  lie  a  forgery,  and  quotes  a  report  that  the 
second  Earl  of  Strafford  used  to  say  that  his  father  told  him,  on  the  night  before 
his  death,  that  "  he  had  never  wrote  any  such  letter,  and  that  it  was  a  mere  forgery 
of  his  enemies,  in  order  to  misguide  the  King  to  consent  to  his  death."  But  the 
evidence  of  Sir  George  Radciiffe  is  conclusive  proof  of  its  genuineness.  See 
Gardiner,  History  of  England,  ix.  3G1,  where  the  question  is  discussed. 

CAMD.  SOC.  b 


X  PREFACE. 

judge  from  these  Letters  wrote  when  the  things  were  in  agitation 
long  before  any  Impeachment  was  thought  of  or  feared.  Whether 
his  Lordship  had  these  traiterous  Intentions  in  every  act  he  did 
which  the  Articles  charge  him  with.  This  point  'tis  true  is  already 
cleard  up  in  his  Answers  upon  Trial  in  Rushworth's  Collection,  but 
that  is  so  long  as  I  fear  f^w  have  patience  to  read  it,  otherwise  I 
think  it  would  give  them  full  satisfaction.  But  1  must  have  done 
&  not  tresspass  too  far  upon  your  good  nature.  I  have  no  such 
Eeceipts  to  send  back  you  gave  me.  &  but  little  News,  perhaps  it 
may  not  be  disagreeable  to  Lady  W.  to  know,  .Mr.  TYVilijye  cc  his 
Lady  are  expected  in  a  few  days  at  Eewerficld,  they  have  loft 
Scotland  above  a  week,  but  this  'tis  probable  is  no  News  to  her 
Ladyship.  Pray  make  my  Compliments  at  Housham,  and  return 
my  thanks  for  this  favour,  as  I  heartily  do  to  yourself  &  am 
u  Your  obliged  humble  Servt, 

"  W.  Know[leb]. 

"  TYentworth  House, 
"Oct.  22J,  17o7/' 

In  a  second  letter  which  is  not  now  in  existence,  Mr.  Goddard 
sent  copies  of  the  two  letters  to  Cottington  and  Northumberland, 
as  desired  by  Dr.  Knowler.  They  are  printed  on  pp.  7.  8.  He 
also  added  a  list  of  several  others  which  were  amongst  Sir  John 
Wentworth's  papers."  ' 

■  As  the  originals  are  at  present  inaccessible,  a  list  of  those  letters  which  are  not 
iu  the  printed  collection  is  subjoined  : — 

(1).  The  Lord  Deputy  to  the  Lord  Keeper  npon  his  requesting  that  Lord  Holland 
might  be  examined  its  a  witness  in  the  Star  Chamber  case  betwixt  him  and  Sir  Pier* 
Crosby,  dated  Dublin,  Dee.  10,  163S. 

(2).  To  the  Lord  Keeper,  1G  April,  1639,  on  the  same  subject. 

(3).  To  the  Lord  Admiral,  April  15,  1039. 

(4).  To  Lord  Cottington,  April  IG,  1639. 

(5).  To  Sir  Henry  Vane,  Dublin,  April  29,  1G39. 

(G).  To  Sir  Henry  Vane.  Dublin,  11  May,  1639. 

(7).  24th  May,  Strafford  to —  (no  address). 

(S).  To  the  Lord  Admiral.  i'G  May,  1C39,  Dublin. 

(9).  To  Sir  H.  Vane,  Dublin,  30  May.  1639. 


PREFACE.  XI 

Dr.    Knowler  acknowledged   the   copies    and    enclosures  in    the 
following  letter : — 

"  Dear  Sir, 

u  I  return  you  now  not  only  my  own,  but  what  is  much  more 
valuable,  my  Lord  Malton'a  thanks  for  yc  trouble  you  have  taken 
about  ye  E.  of  Str.  Letters.  I  drew  out  a  List  of  those  not 
transcribed  &  presented  it  to  his  Lordship,  who  upon  consulting  his 
books  over  again  found  every  one  of  them,  &  told  me,  He  had 
passed  over  them  by  design,  &  did  not  think  them  proper  to  be 
made  publick  at  present.  Indeed  there  was  y*  care  taken  by  my 
Ld  Str.  himself  in  having  his  Letters  entered  into  Books,  y1  I  am 
now  persuaded  there  are  none  but  w*  my  Lord  Mai  ton  has,  and 
those  which  have  been  copied  by  some  particular  friends  have  not 
been  copied  entirely,  but  yc  principal  parts  only,  as  these  of  Sr 
John's  appear  to  be  by  ye  beginnings  of  them,  the  Letter  you  sent 
of  28  feb.  38' to  yL'  Ld  Adm.  has  some  pretty  flowers  in  it,  yet  yr 
matter  is  much  yc  same  wth  y*  of  yc  10  of  the  same  month  &  year. 
How  ye  Q.  was  instrumental  to  Straffordc's  Death  I  am  not  able  to 
say/  but  this  I  know  that  there  was  no  love  lost  between  them. 
He  ca  not  be  at  her  superstitious  worship,  &  had  disobliged  her  in 
not  suffering  the  Papists  to  resort  to  S*  Patrick's  Well  in  Ireland 
for  miraculous  cures,  &  I  am  persuaded  all  of  that  party  rejoiced  at 
his  Death.  I  know  nut  yet  on  w-  footing  they  will  be  published, 
can't  guess  at  the  Price  of  a  Copy,  nor  yc  Number,  but  be  thev 
more  or  less  I  doubt  not  but  to  be  able  to  procure  any  number  for 
your  friends,  &  I  believe  they  won't  think  their  money  ill  laid  out. 
I  am  entirely  against  Subscriptions,  so  that  there  will  be  no  need  of 
any  application  till  it  be  near  finished,  &  then  yc  quicker  thev  are 
called  for,  the  better  certainly  for  me,  &  I  will  make  bold  to  trouble 
you  with  a  Letter  when  y*  time  comes.     On  Wednesday  morning 

a  The  notion  that  the  Queen  was  instrumental  to  Strafford's  death  is  founded  on 
the  mistaken  belief  that  she  was  his  enemy;  any  hostility  to  Strafford  on  her  part  had 
ceased  to  exist  long  before  his  trial.     Sec  Gardiner,  History  of  England,  ix.  366. 


Xll  PREFACE. 

Lady  M.  was  safely  delivered  of  a  d.  The  day  is  highly  honoured 
by  the  birth  of  the  Princess  Louisa  the  dutchess  of  Cleveland  & 
now  of  ye  Lady  H.  W.  I  made  your  compliments  to  Mr.  Wellby. 
lie  intends  for  London  after  Xstmas  &  I  hear  has  some  hopes  of 
sitting. 

"  I  am,  Dr  Sir,  vour  obliged  humble  seiV, 

"  Wn  K." 


ERRATUM. 


Page  v.,  line  1  of  footnote,  for  Rev.  John  Knowler,  LL.D., 

read  Rev.  William  Knowler,  LL.D. 


PAPERS  RELATING  TO  THOMAS  WENTWOKTH, 
FIRST  EARL  OF  STRAFFORD. 


PAGE. 
I. — Sir  Thomas  "Wentworth   to   Sir  Robert  Askwith, 

Dec.  7,  1620     .....  2 

II. — The  Lord  Mohun  to  the  Lord  Deputy,  Nov.  30, 

1633     ......  3 

III. — Sir  Francis  Windebanke  to  the  Lord  Deputy,  Oct, 

22,  1635  .....  4 

IV. — The  Lord  Deputy  to  my  Lord  Cottington,  Feb.  10, 

1638     ......  7 

V.— The   Lord    Deputy  to   the   Lord   Admiral,    dated 

Dublin,  2Sth  of  February,  1638  .  .  8 

VI. — A  perfect  narrative  of  the  days  and  times  of  the 
Larl  of  Straliorde's  first  and  second  Journeys 
from  Ireland  into  England  ;  as  also  of  his  Lord- 
ship's Journey  from  London  to  the  North,  and 
so  back  to  London,  1639,  1640  .  .  11 

VII. — Mr.  John  Cooke  to  the  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland  14 

VIII. — How  the  King  should  behave  when  the  Bill  of 
Attainder  against  the  Earl  of  Strafforde  is  pre- 
sented to  him  for  the  Royal  Assent        .  .  20 


CAMD.  SOC. 


PArERS  RELATING  TO  THOMAS  WENTWOETH 


I. 

Sr  Thomas  Wentworih,  Bar1,  to  Sr  Robert  Askwilh,  K'. 

Sir, 

Having  been  enjoined  by  some  of  my  nearest  friends  to  stand  at 
this  Election  for  Knight  for  the  Parliament  with  Sr  George  Calvert 
his  Majesty's  Principal  Secretary,  and  having  now  declared  our- 
selves, are  to  try  the  affection  of  our  friends,  among  which  number 
I  have  of  long  esteemed  yourself  to  be  unto  me  well  assured.  I 
must  therefore  hereby  move  you  very  effectually,  earnestly  to  solli- 
cite  all  your  neighbours  and  friends  that  you  have  interest  in,  in 
York,  to  give  their  voices  with  us  at  this  next  choice,  which  is  to 
be  made,  upon  Christmas  day,  which  your  kind  and  respectfull 
endeavours,  as  I  shall  ever  be  mindfull  to  requite,  as  an  argument 
of  your  true  a  flection  towards  me,  and  in  the  nature  of  an  espcciall 
curtesy,  so  will  1  undertake,  when  I  come  at  London  (for  I  know 
we  shall  have  you  a  Member  of  the  House)  to  carry  you  to  Mr. 
Secretary,  make  you  known  to  him,  not  procure  you  only  many 
Thanks  from  him,  but  that  you  shall  hereafter  find  a  readiness  and 
cheerfulness  to  do  you  such  good  Offices  as  shall  lie  in  his  way 
hereafter.  Lastly,  I  hope  to  have  your  Company  with  me  at  Dinner 
that  day,  where  you  shall  be  most  welcome.  And  so  desiring 
answer,  I  remain  your  very  assured  and  affectionate  friend, 

Th.  "Wentworth.* 

"Wentworth  Woodhouse, 
Dec.  7, 1620. 


a  Sec  Strafford  Letters,  i.-ll,  where  this  letter  was  originally  to  hare  been  printed. 
On  second  thoughts  Dr.  Knowler,  or  possibly  Lord  Malton,  decided  to  omit  it. 


FIRST  EAKL  OF  STRAFFORD.  a 

II. 
The  Lord  Mohun  to  the  Lord  Deputy. 

Mr  arosT  honoured  Lord, 

Your  great  and  weighty  cause  received  two  days ;  the  first  in 
proofs,  the  second  in  censure.  Your  envious  and  ingrate  enemy 
(as  may  they  all  be)  is  utterly  confounded.  Your  Honour  is 
advanced  and  sett  off  to  that  politick  advantage  as  the  mouths  of 
the  clamorous  are  stopped, -and  the  hearts  of  your  hidden  Enemies 
are  convicted,  as  conscious  of  your  Integrity  and  Honour.  The 
Court  had  a  full  Presence  both  days,  though,  unfortunately,  my 
Lord  Cottington's  sickness  held  him  thence,  delations  of  particulars 
are  so  exactly  given  your  Lordship  by  others  as  (though  1  have 
quoted  all)  I  spare  them  as  tilings  which  I  fear  would  be  imperti- 
nent and  troublesome. 

Some  observations  of  discernings  between  man  and  man  in 
passage  of  the  censure  shall  in  due  time  be  rendred  by  your 
servant.  Let  envy  now  mutter,  she  dare  not  talk.  It  was  a  brave 
chosen  cause,  and  directed  by  God  for  future  ends  of  his  own  glory 
in  you. 

I  have  also  dived  into  the  heads  of  the  ablest  Irish  here,  with 
whom  1  have  had  good  Relation  since  my  Lord  Chichester's  time, 
in  accusation  of  whom  they  were  then  imployed.  And,  I  protest, 
my  Lord,  for  ought  1  can  discern,  they  all  contribute  their  generall 
affections  to  your  Lordship's  praise  and  honour,  and  vow  they  have 
not  greater  hope  in  the  Gods*  than  in  your  \Yisdom  and  Worth, 
for  the  Reduction  of  that  Country  from  Barbarism  to  Civility. 

My  Lord,  your  servant  is  now  settled  with  his  family  in  London 
expecting  your  Commands,  wherein  he  may  do  service,  for  other- 
wise lie  will  assume  the  modesty  to  be  spare  in  writing,  knowing 
how  flat  a  tiling  Complement  is,  to  a  man  of  your  Fire  and  Xature. 
That  Modesty  shall  shorten  these  sudden  lines,  whose  closure  must 
give  your  Lordship  this  assurance  (that  for  ought  your  servant  can 
yet  discern,  for  my  Lord  is  not  yet  in  London),  the  house  of  Clare 


4  PAPERS  RELATING  TO  THOMAS  WENTWORTH, 

stands  affected  as  it  was,  which  I  beseech  your  Lordship  believingly 
to  receive  from  the  assured  Faith  and  Duty  of 
Your  Lordships 

Most  humble  Servant, 

J.  Okehampton  a 

NovbrIj  nit0,  1G33. 


III. 

[This  letter  marks  one  of  the  stapes  of  the  quarrel  between  Strafford 
and  Richard  Boyle,  Earl  of  Cork.  Cork  was  cited  before  the 
Castle  Chamber  for  illegally  possessing  himself  of  Church  lands — 
the  lands  belonging  to  the  College  of  Youghal  being  specified.  The 
progress  of  the  case  is  noted  in  Strafford's  Letters  (vol.  i.  pp-  305, 
347,  370,  449).  A  detailed  history  of  it  is  given  in  the  diary  of  the 
Earl  of  Cork  recently  printed  by  Dr.  Grosart  (Lismore  Papers, 
Series  I,  vol.  iv.  pp.  40,  53,  59,  61,  6S,  83,  106,  113-118).  Find- 
ing himself  in  danger  of  a  heavy  sentence,  Cork  sought  to  obtain 
leave  to  come  over  to  England,  and  submit  himself  and  his  cause  to 
the  King  (ibid.  pp.  117,  125).  On  Oct.  20,  1635,  his  messenger 
returned  with  letters  in  his  favour,  including  that  from  YVindebrmke 
which  is  now  printed.  The  letters,  says  Cork,  "  signified  his 
Majesty's  pleasure  that  when  all  examinations  in  the  Starr  Chamber 
sute  were  taken  and  published,  and  that  the  Lord  Deputy  had 
certefied  the  state  of  the  cawse  and  his  opynon  therof,  that  then  I 

• 

•  John  Mohun  of  Bocounock,  Cornwall, -was  created  Lord  Mohan  of  Okchampton, 
co.  Devon,  13  April,  1628,  and  died  in  1644  (Dugdale  Baronage,  p.  461).  See 
Forster"s  Life  of  Sir  John  Eliot, patsim.  The  cansc  mentioned  is  the  suit  hetween 
WentuorthaudSirBavidruulis.  SeeKuilnw>rth,ii.215;  Strafford  Letters,  i.  145,167. 


FIRST  EABL  OF  STRAFFORD.  O 

should  be  licensed  to  carry  them  over  and  present  them  to  his 
Majesty,  and  submitt  myself  to  his  own  censure.  I  delivered  those 
two  letters  to  the  Lord  Deputy,  who  was  veary  muche  offended  with 
me  for  procuring  them,  as  if  I  had  appealed  from  his  justice,  and 
from  the  power  and  integretic  of  this  State,  affirming  he  Avould  wryte 
to  answer  his  Majesty  and  alter  that  direction  if  he  could  and  would 
reccav  a  new  command  from  the  King  cr  he  would  obey  this ;  we 
discoursed  privately  in  his  gallery  three  howres  at  the  least  and  in 
conclusion  he  promised  me  to  forbear  doin<r  or  writing  anything  till 
his  certeficate  was  prepared  till  after  examination  and  publication" 
(ibid.  p.  130).  Strafford  however  had  before  this,  on  2G  August, 
1G35,  written  to  Laud  arguing  very  strongly  in  anticipation  against 
the  course  of  action  ordered  in  Windebank's  letter  (Strafford  Letters, 
i.  459).  He  now  wrote  a  brief  Jetter  to  the  King,  pointing  out  that 
the  directions  given  in  Windebank's  letter  were  directly  contrary  to 
those  given  him  in  a  letter  of  Oct.  4,  from  Laud,  and  asking  which 
he  Was  to  follow  (ibid.  p.  477).  He  succeeded  apparently  in 
obtaining  power  to  proceed  with  the  case,  or  to  stav  further 
proceedings  as  he  thought  fit.  The  Earl  of  Cork  was  eventually 
obliged  to  pay  a  fine  of  £15,000,  to  avoid  public  disgrace  and  a 
heavier  sentence.  u  I  prayed  him  to  consider  well,"  says  Cork, 
"  whether  in  justice  he  could  impose  so  great  a  fyne  upon  me. 
Whereunto  he  replyed,  Gods  wounds,  sir.  "When  the  last  Parliament 
in  England  brake  upp,  you  lent  the  King  fifteen  thousand  pounds. 
And  afterward  in  a  very  uncivill  unmannerly  manner  you  pressed 
his  Majestic  to  repay  it  you.  Whereupon  I  resolved,  before  I  came 
out  of  England  to  fetch  it  back  againe  from  you,  by  one  meanes  or 
other.  And  now  I  have  gotten  what  I  desired,  you  and  I  wilbe 
fronds  hereafter"  (Lismore  Papers,  Series  II.  iii.  257).] 


6  PAPERS  RELATING  TO  THOMAS  WENTWOBTH, 

Mr.  Secretary  Windebank  to  the  Lord  Deputy,* 
My  Lokd, 

His  Majesty  hath  been  pleased  to  command  me  to  acquaint  your 
Lordship  -with  a  proposition  lately  made  to  him  by  the  Lord 
Chamberlain  and  the  Earl  of  Salisbury  in  favour  of  the  Earl  of 
Corke;  who  having  offered  to  submit  the  business,  for  which  he  is 
now  questioned,  entirely  to  his  Majesty,  and  to  make  such  acknow- 
ledgements of  his  offence,  and  pay  such  sums  of  money  by  way  of 
Pecuniary  Mulct,  and  to  restore  to  the  Church  such  lands  and 
possessions  as  he  is  charged  to  leave  unduely  gotten  from  it,  as  his 
Majesty  shall  think  fit,  when  the  cause  shall  be  certified  by  your 
Lordship.  And  lastly,  that  this  shall  be  done  with  such  reservations 
of  Respect  and  Honour  as  are  due  to  your  Person,  and  to  the 
Place  you  hold  under  his  Majesty  there,  humbly  imploring  your 
favour  and  concurrence  herein.  Their  Lordships  have  hereupon 
been  humble  Suitors  to  his  Majesty  to  take  these  Offers  into  his 
Princely  Consideration,  and  to  remitt  only  that  part  of  the  publick 
censure,  which  carries  with  it  not  only  a  present  but  a  future  note 
and  stain  to  remain  upon  Record  to  Posterity  upon  him  and  his 
house.  His  Majesty  therefore,  well  weighing  these  Offers,  and  in 
his  goodness  liking  well  this  dutifull  Submission,  which  deserves 
some  mitigation,  especially  in  a  person  of  his  quality  now  in  the 
declination  of  his  years,  and  that  heretofore  had  so  eminent  a  part 
in  the  government  of  that  Kingdom,  and  finding  them  not  altogether 
disproportionate  to  his  offence  as  it  now  stands  charged,  hath 
commanded  me  to  signify  his  pleasure  to  your  Lordship,  that 
immediately  upon  Publication  had  in  this  cause,  you  make  certificate 
thereof,  and  of  the  true  State  of  this  Business  to  his  Majcstv,  and 
that  you  forbear  to  proceed  to  an  hearing  untill  you  shall  have 
demanded  of  him,  whether  he  will  fully  and  freely  submitt  to  his 

a  The  Strafford  Letters  contain  the  Lord  Deputy's  answer  to  this  letter,  which  is 
addressed  to  the  King  (i.  477;  see  also  pp.  449,  459,  479). 


FIRST  EARL  OF  STRAFFORD.  7 

Majesty  or  not  ;  which  if  he  do,  then  you  arc  to  suffer  the  said 
Earl  of  Corke  (otherwise  not,  but  to  proceed  against  him  according 
to  Law)  to  repair  hither  immediately  into  England  (any  former 
signification  of  his  Majesty's  Pleasure  to  the  contrary  notwithstand- 
ing) to  give  his  personal  attendance  upon  his  Majesty,  that  so  his 
Majesty  may  receive  from  himself  such  submissions  and  satisfactions 
as  shall  be  thought  fit.  In  the  meantime,  his  Majesty  expects  that 
together  with  that  Certificate  your  Lordship  shall  send  your  advice, 
what  Sum  of  Money,  and  what  other  satisfaction  it  is  fit  he  should 
give  both  to  his  Majesty  and  to  the  Church,  together  with  what- 
soever else  your  Lordship  shall  find  most  conducing  to  his  Majesty's 
Honour  and  Advantage.  His  Majesty  is  pleased  to  yield  thus  far 
at  the  Intercession  of  the  Lord  Chamberlain  and  xhe  Earl  of 
Salisbury,  who  desire  nothing  but  to  preserve  this  nobleman,  now 
so  nearly  allied  to  their  family,  from  publiek  disgrace;  which  his 
Majesty  holds  not  unreasonable  upon  the  motives  and  grounds 
before  represented. 

This  being  all  I  have  in  charge  from  his  Majesty  at  this  time,  I 
present  my  humble  service  to  your  Lordship  and  rest 
Your  Lordship's 

Most  humble  &  faithful]  servant, 

Fran:  Windebank. 

Westminster. 
Oct.  22,  1635. 


IV. 

Tlie  Lord  Deputy  to  my  Lord  Cottington,  dated  lJublin,  Feb.  10, 

1638." 

I  am  extremely  overjoyed  to  understand  of  the  greate  forwardness 
expressed  in  England  towards  his  Majesty  on  this  great  occasion, 
and  his  Majesty's  so  speedy  advancing  to  Yorke  will  give  a  greate 

•  Copied  by  GodJard  from  Sir  John  Wentworth's  papers  and  sent  to  Dr.  Kuowkr; 
see  preface,  p.  ix. 


8  PAPERS  RELATING  TO  THOMAS  WEKTWOETH, 

countenance  to  tlic  cause  itself;  all  here  are  for  peace,  and  the  Scots' 
amongst  us  very  quiet,  but,  however,  wee  will  bee  watchfull  over 
thein.  Our  standing  army  of  3, 000  horse  and  foote  are  in  good 
condition  ;  I  shall  have  by  Whitsontide  eight  thousand  spare  armes, 
twelve  field  pieces,  and  eight  great  ordinance  ;  I  am  commanded  to 
quicken  my  Lord  of  Antrim  to  have  his  forces  in  readiness,  but  I 
protest  I  neither  know  nor  can  I  learne  of  any  he  hath,  I  knowing 
that  this  terine  an  extent  goes  against  all  his  lands  for  three 
hundred  pounds.  It's  appointed  mce  to  furnish  him  with  armes 
but  were  it  not  best  think  you  to  kecpc  them  for  ourselves,  at 
least  unless  we  know  how  to  be  paid  for  them,  etc., 

Wbntworth. 


The  Lord  Deputy  to' the  Lord  Admiral,  dated  Dublin,  28th  of 
February,  163&.a 

The  use  that's  made  of  my  absense  I  feclc  most  sufficiently,  and 


a  This  letter  was  scut  by  Henry  Goddard  to  Dr.  Knowler  ;  see  preface,  pp.  tL,  Lx. 
The  list  of  letters  which  he  gives  includes  several  to  Vane  and  Northumberland, 
printed  in  vol.  ii.  of  the  Strafford  Papers. 

Lord  Holland  had  for  some  time  been  hostile  to  Wentworth,  and  had  carried 
stories  against  him  to  the  King  (Strafford  Letters,  ii.  125,  ]£'.•)•  He  objected  to  be 
examined  as  a  witness  in  Wentworth's  case  against  Mr  Tiers  Croabj  in  the  Star 
Chamber,  and  pleaded  his  privilege  as  a  Privy-councillor  {ibid.,  230.  277).  Though 
be  was  finally  compelled  by  the  King's  command  to  give  evidence,  it  does  not  appear 
to  have  been  of  much  value  (p  307).  See  the  reports  of  Crosby's  ca>e,  Rnsb worth, 
vol.  iii-  8S8-90O,  Cal.  State  Papers.  Dom.  1039.  Wentworth  had  also  just  received 
from  the  Earl  of  North  amber  laud,  then  Lord  Admiral,  the  news  that,  thanks  to 
the  influence  of  the  Queen  and  the  Marquis  of  Hamilton,  Holland  had  been 
made  General  of  the  Horse,  for  the  northern  expedition,  in  place  of  Essex  (Strafford 
Letters,  ii.  270).  "With  reference  to  Wilmot,  an  old  opponent  of  the  Lord  Deputy, 
the  latter  observes  iu  a  letter  to  Northumberland,  "The  cmleavonres  I  bear  to 
bring  in  my  Lord  Wilmot  and  some  arc  pleased  to  affect  it  the  rather,  as^that 
which  would  much  displease  me  "  {ibid.,  p.  2Su). 


FIRST  EARL  OF  STRAFFORD.  9 

in  consideration  of  it  had  once  obtained  leave  to  come  over  this 
spring;  but  since  his  Majesty  hath  ordered  my  stay,  which  I  shall 
readily  submit  to.  The  question  betwixt  my  Lord  Holland  and  me 
touching  his  examination  by  him  avoided  by  mee  pressed  is  not  so 
much  whether  I  shall  have  any  advantage  by  it  as  whether  1  shall 
have  it  at  all  or  noe,  so  as  to  my  understanding  I  have  granted  as 
much  as  I  coveted,  although  not  in  so  full  a  manner  as  I  ought  to 
have  had  it,  and  yet  why  his  Lordship  should  boast  so  much  of  his 
gains  good  faith  I  see  not,  onely  little  things  pleaseth  some  folks, 
and  [  am  willing  it  should  be  so  providing  I  suffer  not  by  it.  The 
cause  were  very  barren  out  of  which  that  noble  gentleman  could  not 
fetch  something  to  magnifie  himselfe  by,  and  a  happyness  perchance 
it's  to  some  natures  that  can  delight  and  entertain  themselves  with 
small  things,  with  these  nowc  and  then  a  gathering  of  cockle  shells 
on  the  Germain  Coaste  is  a  conquest  of  Britain;  but  his  Lordship  is 
able  to  do  yet  more,  can  gather  glory  to  himselfe  by  making  my 
Lord  W'ilmot  Governour  of  Newcastle,  nay  that  he  had  many  yeares 
since  obtained  of  his  Majesty  the  making  my  Lord  \Vilmot  a 
Barron  of  England,  his  Lordship  may  go  on,  as  Sir  K.  Swift  said  to 
a  gentleman  that  had  extremely  wearied  all  the  company  with  a 
most  tedious  and  impertinent  discourse,  but  for  all  that  his  Lordship 
shall  be  examined,  and  find  it  a  very  hard  matter  to  slip  from  under 
my  fingers,  but  I  shall  advantage  my  cause  as  much  bv  the  setting 
forth  his  priviledgc  as  a  Councillor  to  the  concealing  of  a  truth  as  if 
he  had  ingeniously  and  nobly  expressed  it. 

It  troubles  me  to  find  your  Lordship  no  better  satisfied  as  to  the 
councells  and  purposes  now  a  f'oote  for  the  defence  of  his  Majesty 
and  these  Kingdoms;  those  great  armies  we  speake  of  will  I  believe 
leave  most  men  to  seeke  where  the  money  can  be  raised  that  must 
defray  them,  for  this  not  well  foreseene  aud  provided  for,  to  brinee 
so  greate  a  number  together  &  leave  them  for  the  nccessitys  of  life 
to  plunder  our  own  country  were  a  remedy  worse  than  the  disease, 
&  no  meanes  as  yet  being  settled  in  that  important  point  motives 
me  to  be  of  opinion  his  Majesty  is  of  beliefe  that  by  the   name   of 

CAilD.  SOC.  C 


10  PAPERS  RELATING  TO  THOMAS  WENTWORTH, 

those  greatc  armies  and  some  other  private  intelligences  he  hath 
there  is  yet  (in  the  King)-  some  hopes  of  allaying  the  storme  and 
quieting  the  watters,  wherein  I  beseecne  God  lie  may  not  find  him- 
selfe  mightily  mistaken,  and  so  indeed  dangerously  mistaken,  and 
that  his  Majesty's  greate  secresie  turn  not  in  a  business  of  so  many 
pecces  mightily  to  the  prejudice  of  his  affaires ;  for  he  must  be  a 
fortunate  servant  indeed  as  well  as  wise  that  untaught,  unguided  by 
his  Master's  word  and  directions,  can  be  able  to  serve  according  to  the 
mind  and  liking  of  his  superiors;  it  would  be  well  for  our  greate 
chiefs  that  whilest  they  speakc  of  these  powerfull  armies  they  would 
not  scorn  to  take  care  oH  lesser  matters  which  may  bee  effected, 
especially  the  securing  of  Carlisle  and  Berwick;  good  my  Lord,  press 
the  King  home  in  it  especially  to  secure  Berwick;  it's  reported  four 
thousand  arc  to  be  put  into  Newcastle,  what  I  beseech  your  Lord- 
ship is  your  opinion  if  brought  together  under  that  pretence  they  seize 
upon  Barwick,  which  they  may  march  day  and  night  too  having 
their  vituals  carried  by  sea;  certainly  this  would  be  a  greate 
security  to  the  English  and  a  greate  reputation  to  his  Majesty's 
prudence  and  conduct:  the  bringing  in  the  Earl  of  Holland  was  a 
strain  of  power  God  knows  to  little  purpose  considering  that  I 
do  not  take  him  to  be  so  learned  a  Doctor  in  the  Art  as  shoud 
render  him  worthy  to  be  contended  for  to  the  discontentment  of 
those  who  were  placed  before  and  every  way  as  deeply  skilled 
in  the  practise  and  profession  as  himselfe ;  but  now  it's  done 
if  I  may  speake  it  without  offence  to  his  Lordship's  imaginary  pleni- 
potence,  I  am  most  confident  it's  more  done  than  Holland's  power 
was  able  to  do  for  himself  alone,  and  that  he  owes  the  glory  of  it 
checfly  to  the  Marquess'' — it's  not  my  opinion  without  grounds  that 
the  Marquess  reserves  some  private  expedient  communicable  only 
with  the  King,  whereby  he  fcedes  perchance  the  passion  that  most 

■  Note  by  Mr.  Goddard: 

"  N.B.  Tbc  Moras  above  in  the  King,  tbo'  vi-it  exactly  as  I  have  transcribed  thciu, 
in  tbe  copy,  I  look  upon  as  a  wise  remark  of  Sir  John  Wentworth's  by  -way  of 
explanation." 

b  i.e.  the  Marquis  of  Hamilton. 


FIRST  EARL  OF  STRAFFORD. 


11 


reigns  in  us  with  a  belicfc  to  wind  up  all  in  conclusion  with  peace; 
so  long  as  he  keeps  all  in  that  temper,  he  is  sure  to  have  a  full 
measure  of  grace  and  trust;  but  when  wee  shall  to  our  costs  feele 
ourselves  disappointed  of  that  expectation,  and  by  that  means  be 
cast  fearfully  bchinde  in  the  way  to  our  preservation  (which  on  my 
faith  I  believe  will  prove  true),  then  perchance  we  may  give  our  eyes 
the  liberty  to  look  about  them,  and  shall  plainly  discern  that  our- 
selves which  we  will  not  allow  any  other  so  much  as  to  point  at,  etc. 

Wejntwouth. 


VI. 


A  perfect  account  of  the  days  and  times  of  the  Earl  of  Strafforde 's 
first  and  second  Journeys  from  Ireland  into  England ;  as  also  of 
his  Lordship's  Journey  from  London  to  the  Nortli,  and  so  bach  to 
London,  as  folloiceth  : — 


My  Lord's  first 
Journey  from  Ire- 
land, Sept.  1G39. 
[By  Mr.  Littell]. 


Upon  thursday  yc  12lh  of  September,  1G39, 
his  Lordship  came  from  Dublin,  took  Ship, 
and  landed  upon  friday  ye  13th;  that  nio-ht  to 
Chester. 

Saturday  the  14th  to  Cholmondley. 

Sunday  the  latU  to  Stone. 

Monday  the  16th  to  Litchfield. 

Tuesday  the  17lh  to  Coventry. 

Wednesday  yc  IS'1'  to  Daventry. 

Thursday  the  10*  to  Stony  Stratford. 

Friday  the  20th  to  S*  Albans. 

Saturday  the  21st  to  London  to  his  Lord- 
ship's House  in  Covent  Garden. 

His  Lordship  remained  at  London  until 

from    London  to      thursday  the  5th  of  Mar.  1G39,  on  which  day 

Ireland,  Mar.  his  Lordship  began  his  Journey  towards  Ire- 

1G39.  land,  and  in  three  laid  Coaches  came  yc  sd 

5th  of  March  to  Stony  Stratford. 


My  Lord's  Journey 


12  PArERS  RELATING  TO  THOMAS  WEKTWORTH, 

Friday  the  6th  of  March  to  Daventry. 

Saturday  the  7th  to  Coventry. 

Sunday  yc  8th  after  Sermon  and  Dinner  to 
Litchfield. 

Monday  ye  9!h  to  Stone. 

Tuesday  the  10,h  to  Chester. 

Wednesday  ye  11th  to  Hollywell. 

Thursday  yc  12th  to  Conway. 

Friday  ye  13th  to  Place  Newith  in  Wales. 
Sr  Art.  Tirringham's. 

Saturday  the  14"'  ibidem. 

Sunday  15th  ibidem. 

Monday  the  lGth  to  Lea. 

Tuesday  yc  1  7th  at  Lea. 

Wednesday  the  18th  to  Dublin,  and  there 

his  Lordship  staid  untill  Good  Friday  the  3d 

of  Apr.  1640. 

My  Lord's  2d  Jour-  Upon    friday   the    3d   of  April    1G40,   his 

ney  from  Ireland,      Lordship  came  from  Dublin,  took  Ship,  and 

Apr.  1640.  landed  upon  the  day  following,  beino-  Easter 

Eve  the  4th;  about   12   o'clock  at  night  his 

Lordship   came   sick   to    Chester,    and  there 

continued  sick  at  the  Bishop's  house  all  the 

week    following,    untill    Saturday    the    11th, 

and  y1  night  in  a  Litter  to  Mr.  Wilbraham's 

house  at  Namptwich. 

Sunday  the  12th  of  April  in  Sr  Thomas 
Delves  his  Litter  to  Stone,  and  so  all  the  way 
to  Lond.  in  ye  same  Litter. 

Monday  the  13th  to  Litchfield. 

Tuesday  the  14th  to  Coventry. 

Wednesday  the  15th  to  Daventrv. 

Thursday  the  16th  to  Stony  Stratford. 

Friday  ye  17th  to  St.  Alb.ms. 


FIRST  EARL  OF  STRAFFORD.  13 

Saturday  yc  18Ul  to  London,  to  my  Lord 
of  Leicester's  House,  where  his  Lordship  re- 
mained from  the  said1"  18  of  Apnl  until 
Monday  the  24th  of  August  following,  and 
the  most  part  of  that  time  very  dangerously 
sick. 
My  Lord's  Journey  Monday  ye  24th  of  Aug.  in  laid  Coaches  to 

to  the  North,  Huntingdon. 

Aug.  1640.  Tuesday  yc  25th  to  Newark. 

Wednesday  yc  26th  to  York. 

Thursday  27th  ibid. 

Fryday  yc  28t'1  towards  night  his  Lor  Iship 
being  sickly  to  Topcliffe. 

Saturday  ye  29rh  to  Darington. 

Sunday  ibid- 
Monday  ye  31st  back  to  North  Allerton  wth 
ye  Army. 

Tuesday  ye  1st  of  Sept.  to  Topcliffe. 

"Wednesday  the  2d  to  Tollerton. 

Thursday  the  3d  to  York. 
And    back     to  His  Lordship  continued  at  York  from  the 

London,  Nov.  1640.  said  third  of  September  until  Monday  the  2(i 
of  Nov.  that  night  late  to  his  Lordship's 
House  at  Wentworth  Woodhouse. 

Tuesday  the  3(1,  Wednesday  ye  4th,  and 
Thursday  ye  5th  ibidem. 

Fryday  ye  6th  at  Newark. 

Saturday  yc  7th  at  Stamford. 

Sunday  ye  8th  at  Huntingdon. 

Monday  ye  9th  of  Nov.  his  Lordship  came 
of  Horseback  to  Koyston,  and  in  two  laid 
Coaches  from  thence  to  London. 


14  PAPERS  RELATING  TO  THOMAS  WENTW0RTH, 

VII. 

[The  John  Cooke  who  addressed  the  following  letter  to  Strafford 
was  the  man  who    afterwards  as  solicitor  for  the  Commonwealth 
conducted  the  case  for  the  prosecution  during  the  trial  of  Charles  I. 
A  royalist  newspaper,  Mercurius   Elenticus  No.  5G,  published  in 
1649  a  somewhat  scandalous  sketch  of  Cooke's  early  life.     After 
describing  him  as  leaving  England  for  Ireland  from  reasons  very 
much  to  his  discredit,  it  continues  "  Xow  in  Ireland  we  have  him 
strutting  in  his   plush  and  velvet,  cringing  for   acquaintance   and 
screwing  into  the  favour  of  the  Earl   of  Strafford,  who   at  length 
took  notice  of  his  fair  deportment,  and  saw  something  in  him  that 
might  deserve  his  countenance,  but  all  this  while  knew  none  of  his 
qualities;  nevertheless  the  statutes  at  large  being  then  to  be  printed 
the  Lord  Deputy  commits  the  care  thereof  to  this  Cooke,  whom  he 
appoints  to   revise   the   same    and    sec    they  were   faire   and  truly 
printed.     And  deposited  a  large  summc  of  moneys  in  his  hands  to 
defray  the    charge   of  printing.      But  this  worshipful    gentleman- 
instead  of  correcting  the  prooves  proves  the  second  time  a  publique 
trecherous  knave,  for  he  run  into  Italy  with  the  monev,  where  he 
became  a  papist."     For  the  mere  fact  of  the  identity  of  the  Cooke 
employed  in  Ireland  with  the  solicitor  for  the  Commonwealth  this 
evidence  seems  sufficient.     The  references    to    Geneva,  and    other 
places  where  the  regicide  is  known  to  have  been  durino-  his  travels 
serve  to  complete  the  proof] 

Mr.  Cooke  to  the  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland. 
Right  Honourable, 

1  owe  your  Lordship  more  than  I  am  worth  for  the  r-racious 
aspect  vouchsafed  me  in  Ireland,  where  had  I  not  been  wanting  to 
myself  I  might  have  passed  that  time  in  a  comfortable  practise, 


FIRST  EARL  OF  STRAFFORD.  15 

which  has  been  spent  in  a  disconsolate  Pilgrimage.  However,  no 
man  honours  you  more  than  myself,  who  do  as  cordially  pray  for 
your  Lordship's  Happiness  as  ever  I  did  for  my  own  Recovery,  and 
not  knowing  how  better  to  express  my  humble  Duty  than  by 
presenting  my  humble  mite  (which  is  but  as  the  pissing  of  a  Wren 
to  the  Sea  of  your  learned  Counsell's  Experience)  I  presume,  in  the 
lowest  Degree  of  Humility  that  dutifull  observance  can  imagine,  to 
beseech  your  Honour  not  to  disdain  these  few  abrupt  considerations 
proceeding  from  an  heart  fraught  with  Zeal  to  do  you  service 
Quod  si  fenesiratum  ford,  cevneret  Dominatio  vestra  have  fixam 
hand  jictavx  fdem.  Your  Lordship  though  now  confined,  vet  I 
hope  like  Gold  refined  your  Integrity  by  this  Trial  will  be  more 
conspicuous. 

We  young  Lawyers  conceive,  that  the  Article,  which  most 
intrenches  upon  your  Lordship  is  for  supplanting  and  subverting 
Municipal  Laws,  and  attempting  to  reduce  all  in  the  nature  of  a 
Lex  Rcgia,  which  only  the  absolute  Power  of  a  Parliament  can  do. 
I  lived  in  Ireland  almost  two  years,  and,  si  ex  pede  Hereulcm  I 
believe  your  noble  Soul  is  not  guilty  of  any  one  such  single  Cogi- 
tation. I  have  known  many  that  have  felt  the  reviving  Heat  of 
your  Lordship's  speedy  Justice,  whose  very  Entrails  now  bless  you; 
and  if  upon  lamentable  Petitions,  that  poor  Suitors  were  not  able  to 
contest  with  the  great  ones  in  a  circular  course  of  Justice  ytnir 
Lordship  have  justly  relieved  them  (that  Tantalus  like  have  spent 
many  years  in  other  Courts)  in  a  speedy  way  of  Justice,  certainly 
this  is  not  supplantatio  but  plantatio,  not  subversio  but  sitpportatio 
Legis,  for  bis  dat  qui  cito  dat:  Delay  of  Justice  being  a  kind  of 
Denial  of  Justice,  it  being  speedy  Justice,  which  like  spcedv  Reme- 
dies, cure  the  consumption  of  State.  Your  Lordship  alwavs  observed 
Quod  dubiies  ncfeceris,  never  making  any  Order  till  clearly  resolved 
by  the  Reverend  Judges,  neither  did  your  Lordship  take  cogni- 
zance of  any  causes  but  such  as  had  been  long  depending  in  Courts 
of  Justice,  or  those  that  concerned  the  Church,  whereof  there  was 
great  necessity,  for  that  I  have  known  Juries  to  go  strangely  against 


16  PAPERS  RELATING  TO  THOMAS  WEKTWOBTH, 

the  Evidence  in  those  matters.  But  dato  non  coacesso,  'tis  clear 
that  such  an  article  is  no  Treason  within  the  Statute  of  25  E.  3,  4, 
as  being  rather  an  advancement  than  a  depression  of  the  King's 
Honour.  For,  if  a  Judge  shall  deny  the  View  and  Essoigns  and 
other  Legal  Advantages  this  cannot  he  Treason,  for,  if  the  Common 
Pleas  should  hold  Plea  of  Murder,  it  would  be  a  nullity,  but  no  dis- 
loyalty. And  if  that  statute  be  only  declaratory,  yet  there  is  a 
clause,  that  if  any  doubtfull  case  arise,  the  Determination  thereof  is 
referred  to  the  next  Parliament.  For,  no  penal  Statute  is  to  be 
extended,  the  reason  whereof  is  rendered  in  that  famous  arraignment 
of  Sr  Nicholas  Throckmorton  recorded  by  Hollinshead  in  the  Life 
of  Queen  Mary,  that  considering  the  private  affection  of  the  Judges 
in  that  they  were  men,  and  subject  to  Error,  it  would  be  dangerous 
to  the  subject  to  rcferr  the  extending  construction  of  penal  Statutes 
to  them,  which  might  cither  through  Fear  of  higher  Powers  be 
seduced,  or  by  ignorance  and  folly  abused.  Which  report  containing 
much  excellent  learning  about  Treason  is  well  worth  your  Lordship's 
second  Readings  It  was  doubted  upon  that  Statute  of  25,  whether 
to  go  about  to  deprive  the  King  were  Treason,  because  the  words 
are,  imagine  the  Death  of  the  King,  without  which  Intention  there 
might  be  a  Deprivation,  and  thereupon  Statutes  were  made  Temp. 
Hen.  8  <Sc  E.  6  to  that  purpose,  as  the  Book  is  in  Be  Treason  24. 
And  the  putting  of  an  old  Seal  to  a  new  Patent  is  not  Treason,  with 
many  other  cases.  That  the  Judgment  in  Treason  being  so 
ponderous,  the  Judges  are  not  to  extend  any  Laws  beyond  the 
genuine  Interpretation,  and  if  any  one  had  gone  about  to  deprive 
before  those  Statutes,  although  the  next  Parliament  had  made  it 
Treason,  yet  such  a  patty  would  not  have  been  guilty,  because 
penal  Laws  are  never  retrospective,  and  a  man  may  not  regularly 
be  attainted  by  Relation.  Mutare  formulas  Legis  non  est  Prodltio, 
saith  Bartolus,  quia  non  sunt  dc  Essentia  Legis,  for  suum  caique 
tribuere  is  the  principal,  and  the  several  forms  of  proceeding  are  but 
-as  the  Cabinet  to  preserve  the  Jewell.  All  Justice  is  originally  in 
the  crown,  and  his  Majesty  constitutes  his  Judges,  ut  Labor  ei  esset 


FIRST  EARL  OF  STRAFFORD.  17 

levior,  and  it  is  requisite,  that  every  Magistrate  should  keep  his  own 
Jurisdiction,  but  if  one  pro  zelo  Justitia  should  encroach,  this  can 
be  no  traitorous  Intention,  for  to  make  Justice  pass  with  an  easy 
charge,  that  those  brambles  of  needless  expence  that  grow  about  it 
might  be  rooted  out,  must  needs  be  most  beneficial  to  the  Subject. 
Amulio  Secretary  to  Grand  Cosmio  was  accused  quod  proditorih 
Leges  antiques  Etruria  violasset,  qui  respjondet  ilium  ecleriorem 
exequi  Justiciam  omissis  Juris  quisquilliis,  cut  concordatum  est 
formulas  Juris  non  esse  ipsum  Jus,  and  expedite  Justice  can  no 
more  be  called  Treason,  than  Mithridate  may  be  called  Poyson. 

That  your  Lordship  should  assume  regal  Power  is  very  generally 
reported,  but  presumptive  answer  may  stand  for  presumptive  objec- 
tion. 'Tis  true  you  were  Lord  Deputy  not  Assignee  of  Ireland, 
nothing  in  your  own  Plight,  but  loco  Regis,  non  aliud  est  esse  talem 
aliud  est  haberi  pro  tali.  I  conceive  it  is  high.  Treason  to  kill  a 
Lord  Deputy,  as  it  is  of  a  Prorex  by  the  Civil  Law,  and  I  believe 
your  Lordship  never  extended  your  Commission.  That  your  Lord- 
ship hath  born  tod  strict  an  hand  in  your  Goverment.  Who  knows 
what  bridle  is  best  for  any  horse  'till  he  knows  his  conditions?  the 
Asiatic  must  always  be  curbed,  else  all  is  lost.  1  know  nothing, 
but  whilst  I  was  in  Ireland  the  poor  cried  never  so  good  a  Lord 
Deputy  before,  as  it  was  said  of  Pius  Y  felix  est  electio  quia  gaudent 
pauperes,  those  that  durst  not  speak  to  your  Lordship,  ignorahant 
dementiam  vestram,  and  in  nil  cases  your  Lordship  did  patenter 
audirc,  persjdcuv  diseemere,  and  reete  judicare. 

That  your  Lordship  did  exercise  Marshal  Law  tempore  Paris  : 
for  which  some  say  there  are  Precedents  that  is  High  Treason,  quod 
non  capio.  For,  exercising  military  Discipline  being  Bell  urn  rcpre- 
sentativum  and  done  in  forma  Guerra?,  the  same  proceedings  may 
be  used  as  in  a  real  war ;  (or,  represent ans  debet  ei*e  similis  et  par 
reprcesentato,  the  Copy  to  the  Original,  as  to  abuse  the  Picture  of  a 
Nobleman  hath  been  punished  in  the  Star-chamber;  and  the  tender 
of  a  Gentlewoman's  picture  has  been  decreed  to  be  good  in  the 
Court  of  "Wards  for  the  double  value  of  the  marriage.     And  for 

CAM  I).  SOC.  D 


18  PAPERS  RELATING  TO  THOMAS  WENT  WORTH, 

Precedents  Sr  Edward  Cooke  says,  that  duo  sunt  ad  omnes  res  ton- 
firmandas  instrumental  saltern  ratio  et  autltoriias'.  in  authority  we 
fee  by  other  men's  eyes,  in  reason  with  our  own,  but  sapientis  est 
proprio  lumine  videre.  It  was  formerly  Murder  to  kill  a  man  se 
defendendo,  and  some  Judgments  arc  only  Lex  temporis  ad  unum 
intenta,  qvee  non  debent  train  in  cxemplum:  but  in  all  Treason 
there  must  be  either  some  Inimicitia  against  the  King,  or  that 
which  the  Civilians  call  Crimen  Perduellionis,  quando  quis  aliquid 
directe  molitur  contra  Rempublicam  talis  est  hostis  Patrice,  as  was 
in  Dr  Story  13  Q.  Eliz*  which  tends  to  the  Destruction  of  the 
King,  for  Majestas  est  major  potestas:  can  a  Lord  Deputy  committ 
Treason  against  the  State  of  Ireland  ?  If  your  Lordship  did  mistake 
the  Law,  can  that  be  Treason  ?  I  conceive  the  Lord  Kilmallotkes 
case  did  much  more  approximate  the  nature  of  Treason  than  your 
Lordship's.  Stanley's  case,  tempore  Hen  7,  is  not  ad  rem,  for  those 
Tfi  and  Ands  did  imply  a  doubt  of  the  King's  Title,  which  is  crimen 
extbyandce  Mujcstatis.  Xor  the  Duke  of  .Norfolk's  Case  any  jot 
parallel,  and  Brooke  in  his  reading  upon  25  Ed.  o,  2G,  to  do 
Injustice  no  Treason.  That  'your  Lordship  should  tell  a  Peer  of 
Ireland,  that  he  should  have  no  other  Justice  than  what  was  in  this 
breast.  These  words  may  admitt  a  fair  construction;  for  Rex  cen- 
setur  habere  omnes  leges  in  scrinio  pectoris  sui,  and  your  Lordship 
being  Lieutenant  may  intend  by  that  to  do  pure  Justice,  and  Sr 
August,  lib.  de  Haer.  cap.  SG,  defends  Tertullian,  quod  dixerit 
Dcia?i  habere  corpus,  nam  potuil  intelligere  de  corpore  concerto, 
cum  non  sit  quid  ina?ie,  sed  omnino  aliquid,  et  toiics  ubique.  no?i 
autem  uii  corpus  discretum  habens  partes  majores  et  mincres  prout 
liabent  corpora  nostra,  ergo  non  est  Id asp/ton ia,  quia  melius  est 
reddere  Deo  rationem  de  Misericurdia  quam  de  Crudelitaie.  And  I 
know  all  good  men  desire  your  Lordship's  Justification,  that  bein^ 
more  honourable  for  all,  as  it  is  more  credit  for  a  Physician  that  his 
patient  recover  than  to  die  under  his  hands. 

That  your  Lordship  should  be  over-indulgent  to  the  Catholicks 
more  than  what  Reason  of  State  did  require,  I  do  not  believe,  for  I 


FIRST  EAIIL  OF  STRAFFORD.  19 

knew  your   Lordship  zealous  to  suppress  Mass-1  louses  in  Dublin, 
which  were  converted  to  Temples,  and  if  it  be  not  too  much  pre- 
sumption  I  would  say  what  Monsieur  Provost  of  Geneve  said  not 
long  since  of  your  Lordship,  Ce  Seigneur  quandil  estoit  icy  parvvj 
nous  avait  une  tres  genereuse   ame,  et  assurcment  il  estoit  en   Vested 
de  Grace,  from  which  there  is  no  falling.     What  Acts  are  Treason 
our  French  Advocates  discourse  copiously;  and  Popham  says  that 
Wblfgangue,  Treasurer   to    Maximilian,  spent  the    Emperor   four 
millions,  and  yet  they  could  not   proceed   capitally  against  him. 
And  that  case  in  the  11th  Report,  fol.  91,  that  to  embezzle  Trea- 
surc-trouve  should  be  Treason,  is  such  a  wasting  whereby  a  King- 
dom is  actually  endamaged,  and  then  causa  causa  est  causa  causati. 
Your   Lordship's    Sentence   left   with  Monsieur   Cardonie   (who 
rejoices  to  show  the  Bed  your  Lordship  lay  in)    Qui  nimis  notus 
omnibus  ignolus  moritur  sibi*  where  there  is  this  likewise,  Quamvis 
injuria  nullos.  invidia  viultos  parit  inimicos.     'Tis  a  high  Presump- 
tion (unless  your  Lordship  please  to  give  it  another  name)  thus  to 
interrupt  your  serious  affairs,  but  I  hope  your  Lordship's  Goodness, 
as  it  doth  exceed  your  greatness,  so  it  will  excuse  this  boldness,  and 
according  to  the  Divine  Nature  (whose  dear  servant  you  are)  accept 
of  my  afiectual  desires  because  voluntas  est  mensura  actionum,  t)- 
impotentia  excusat  legem.      I  beseech  your  Lordship  not  to  wrong 
my  good  meaning,  to  think  that  1  do  any  wav  presume  to  advise 
your  sublime  wisdom  (though  if  Solomon  should  demand  an  Opinion, 
he  should  receive  si    non    bonum   saltern  jidele  consilium).     This 

B  "Among  Milton's  introductions  at  Geneva  through  Diodate  or  otherwise  was 
one  to  the  family  of  Camillo  Oerdogni  or  Cardouin,  a  Neapolitan  nobleman,  who  had 
been  resident  in  Geneva  since  1C0S  as  a  Protestant  refugee  and  a  teacher  in  Italian. 
The  family  kept  an  album,  in  which  they  liked  to  collect  autographs  of  strangers 
passing  through  the  city,  and  especially  of  English  strangers.  Many  Englishmen, 
and  some  Scotchmen,  predecessors  of  Milton  in  the  usual  continental  tour,  Lad 
already  left  their  signatures  in  this  album,  and  among  them  no  less  a  man  than 
Wentwcrth.  whose  autograph  appears  in  it  under  date  1612"  (Mosson,  Life  of 
Milton,  i.  833,  ed.  1SS1).  The  album,  according  to  Professor  Masson,  was  once  in 
the  possession  of  Charles  Sumner,  and  is  still  in  America.  Strafford's  motto  is  from 
Seneca.     Pope  was  fond  of  quoting  the  same  lines  (Courthope's  Life  of  Pope,  p.  72). 


20  PAPERS  RELATING  TO  THOMAS  WENTWOBTH, 

humble  presentation  of  my  service,  being  only  what  I  can  testify  of 
it,  might  any  way  avail  your  Lordship,  which  is  a  Debt  that  I  owe 
to  Verity.  I  trust  in  God,  your  Lordship  will  acquit  yourself,  as  did 
the  Lord  Wentworth  1  EHz.  for  which  end  my  unhallowed  prayers 
shall  horarily  attend  your  Honour.  The  Lord  of  Life  multiply  the 
days  of  your  Lordship's  Life,  what  Period  better  than  Prayer. 
Je  suis, 

Monseigneur, 

Vostre  tres  humble  serviteur  a  jamais, 
John  Cooke. 


viii. 

[This  paper  seems  to  have  been  written  by  Strafford  himself,  for 
the  writer,  whilst  usually  referring  to  Strafford  as  "  the  Earl,"  twice 
relapses  into  the  first  person  and  uses  the  word  "  me."  It  is  undated, 
but  from  the  mention  of  Strafford's  letter  of  May  4,  and  of  the 
passage  of  the  Attainder  Bill  through  both  Houses,  it  must  have  been 
written  on  or  after  May  8,  on  the  morning  of  which  day  the  bill 
passed  the  Lords.  At  nine  o'clock  on  the  evening  of  the  9th  the 
King  at  last  gave  way,  and  promised  to  pass  the  bill.  The  royal 
assent  was  actually  given,  by  commissioners,  on  the  morning  of  the 
10th.  This  paper  therefore  must  have  been  written  on  the  8th  or 
9th,  most  probably  on  the  former  day.  Eushworth  prints  a  letter 
from  Strafford  to  his  secretary,  Guilford  Slingsby  (Trial  p.  774). 
Unfortunately  this  letter  also  is  undated,  but  it  is  said  by  Eushworth 
to  have  been  written  "  immediately  after  the  Bill  of  Attainder  did 
pass  both  Houses."  "  Your  going  to  the  King,"  writes  Strafford, 
4 '  is  to  no  purpose,  I  am  lost,  my  body  is  theirs,  but  my  soul  is 
God's;  there  is  little  trust  in  man,  God  may  yet  (if  it  please  him) 
deliver  me."     Then  he  goes  on  to  refer  to  some  scheme  which  is  his 


FIRST  EARL  OF  STRAFFORD.  21 

last  hope,  such  as  it  is.  M  The  person  you  were  last  withal  at  Court 
sent  to  move  that  business  we  resolved  upon,  which  if  rightly 
handled  might  perchance  do  something  ;  but  you  know  my  opinion 
in  all,  and  what  my  belief  is  in  all  these  things." 

It  is  possible  that  Strafford  was  referring  to  some  plan  for  his 
escape  from  the  Tower.  According  to  Sir  "William  Balfour's 
deposition  of  2  June  "  the  Earl  of  Strafford  sent  for  him  some  three 
or  four  days  before  his  death,  and  did  strive  to  perswade  him  that 
he  might  make  an  escape;  and  said,  for  without  your  connivance  I 
know  it  cannot  be;  and  if  you  will  consent  thereto  I  will  make  you 
to  have  20,000  pounds  paid  you  besides  a  good  marriage  for  your 
son'"  (Husband's  Exact  Collection,  p.  233). 

It  is  however  more  likely  that  lie  referred  to  some  such  plan  as  the 
one  described-  in  this  paper.  Strafford  had  evidently  no  great 
confidence  in  the  success  of  the  plan  he  refers  to.  "  That  business 
we  resolved  upon,"  I  take  to  be  the  plan  that  the  King  should 
attempt  to  save  Strafford's  life  by  a  guarantee  that  he  should  never 
again  possess  political  authority  or  influence.  The  person  who 
"  sent  to  move  that  business "  I  suppose  to  be  either  Bristol  or 
Savile,  the  prompters  of  the  King's  declaration  of  May  1  in  which 
a  similar  compromise  was  offered.  This  paper  resembles  that 
declaration  in  some  of  its  expressions  and  statements.  Each  alike 
insists  on  the  tact  that  the  King  was  present  all  through  the  trial 
and  was  not  convinced  by  what  he  heard.  Each  alike  insists  on  the 
necessity  of  respecting  the  King's  conscience,  and  proposes  the  life- 
long exclusion  of  Strafford  from  power  as  the  sole  solution  which 
unites  satisfaction  for  the  fears  of  the  people  with  respect  for  the 
conscience  of  the  King.  It  is  the  same  policy  developed  and  brought 
up  to  date,  with  one  new  argument  in  its'  favour  added,  viz.  the 


22  PArERS  RELATING  TO  TIIOMAS  WENTWORTH, 

unconstitutional  pressure  by  which  the  Bill  of  Attainder  had  been 
carried.  In  obedience  to  the  suggestion  thus  conveyed  to  him,  and 
in  order  that  the  "  business"  might  be  "rightlY  handled"  Strafford 
seems  to  have  drawn  up  these  notes,  "  How  the  King  should  behave 
when  the  Bill  of  Attainder  against  the  Earl  of  Strafford  is  presented 
to  him." 

It  was  probably  sent  to  the  King  on  the  night  of  the  Sih  of 
May.  Strafford's  letter  to  RadelifFe,  written  on  the  morning  of  the 
9th,  is  less  hopeless  than  his  letter  to  Slingsby.  "  Let  us  see  the 
issue  of  to-morrow,"  he  says  (Whitakcr's  Life  of  Sir  George  Kad- 
cliffe,  p.  224).  His  only  hope  must  have  been  in  the  possible 
success  of  the  expedient  propounded  in  this  paper.  "  If  the  King 
will  speak  thus  much  resolutely,  it  is  thought  the  Earl  might  yet 
be  saved/'  No  doubt  'he  expected  that  the  King  would  at  least 
make  the  attempt,  though  he  can  hardly  have  expected  that  it 
would  succeed.  Hence,  what  is  otherwise  unexplained,  the  sorrow- 
ful surprise  with  which  Strafford  received  the  news  that  the  King 
had  given  his  assent  to  the  Bill.  The  news  is  said  to  have  reached 
him  through  Sir  Dudley  Carlelon,  one  of  the  Clerks  of  the  Council. 
"  The  Earl,  amazed,  seriously  asked  him  whether  his  Majesty  had 
passed  the  Bill,  as  not  believing,  without  some  astonishment,  that 
the  King  would  have  done  it.  And  being  again  assured  that  is 
was  passed  he  arose  from  his  chair,  and  standing  up  lift  his  eyes  to 
Heaven,  clapt  his  hand  upon  his  heart,  and  said  '  Put  not  your 
trust  in  Princes,  nor  in  the  sons  of  men,  for  in  them  there  is  no 
salvation/  "  This  story  first  appears,  I  believe,  in  William  San- 
derson's History  of  the  Life  and  Reign  of  King  Charles,  165S.  It 
is  not  in  the  "  Brief  and  Perfect  Pi  elation  "  of  Strafford's  trial,  pub- 
lished in  16-47,  nor  in  L'Estrange's  "  Reign  of  King  Charles/'  pub- 


FIHST  EAKL  OF  STKAFFOKD.  23 

lislicd  in  1654,  though  L'Estrange  is  particularly  full  in  his  account 
of  the  passing  of  the  Attainder  Bill. 

Whitelocke's  version  of  the  story  is  copied  almost  verbatim  from 
Sanderson. 

A  third  argument  that  this  paper  actually  reached  the  King 
seems  to  be  afforded  by  the  King's  letter  to  the  House  of  Lords  on 
May  11.  He  asks  them  to  allow  him  to  show  mercy  "  by  suffering 
that  unfortunate  man  to  fulfil  the  natural  course  of  his  life  in  a  close 
imprisonment:  yet  so  that  if  ever  he  make  the  least  offer  to  escape, 
or  offer  directly  or  indirectly  to  meddle  in  any  sort  of  public 
business,  especially  with  me,  by  either  message  or  letter,  it  shall 
cost  him  his  life  without  further  process"  (Lords'*  Journals,  iv., 
245).  Strafford's  paper  had  suggested  "  A  Bill  to  disenable  me 
from  all  publick  employments,  or  giving  any  counsel  directly  or 
indirectly,  and  if  the  Earl  should  offer  any  such  thing  to  make  it 
high  treason,  and  he  to  suffer  accordingly."] 

How  the  King  should  behave  when  tlie  Bill  of  Attainder  against  the 
Karl  of  Strojj'ordc  is  presented  to  him  for  the  Royal  Assent. 

After  the  title  of  the  Bill  of  Attainder  read,  first  his  Majesty  to 
cause  the  Earl's  letter  of  the  fourth  of  May  to  be  read.  Then  may 
his  Majesty  speak  something  to  this  purpose:  That  although  here 
are  the  votes  of  both  Houses,  and  the  consent  of  the  Party  concerned 
for  the  passing  of  this  Bill,  yet  his  Majesty  may  not  forbear  to 
declare,  that  he  hath  found  himself  exceedingly  perplexed  in  his 
thoughts,  whether  or  no  to  give  the  Royal  Assent  to  the  Bill, 
wherein  every  man  ought  to  be  so  charitable  as  to  believe  accord- 
ing as  Truth  is;  that  he  doth  and  will  verily  preferr  the  Peace  of 
his  own  Conscience  above  all  other  respects  whatsoever;  that  his 
Majesty  had  been  throwout  at  the  hearing  of  the  cause,  and  now  in 
the  conclusion  must  have  the  Libertv  allowed  him   to  direct  his 


24  PAPERS  RELATING  TO  THOMAS  WENT  WORTH, 

actions  uprightly  according  to  what  he  finds  in  his  own  heart.  That 
he  understands  this  Bill  endured  a  great  Debate  in  the  Commons 
House,  and  finally  a  considerable  Party  gave  their  negative  votes  to 
the  Bill,  and  amongst  them  most  of  the  ablest  and  best  learned 
Lawyers  of  the  House.  That  likewise  there  were  in  the  Upper 
House  a  very  considerable  Party  of  the  Lords,  which  also  voted 
against  the  Passing  of  the  Bill.  Which  difference  of  opinions 
leaves  a  greater  Latitude  in  his  Majesty,  with  the  same  freedom  to 
discharge  his  conscience  as  others  in  either  House  have  done,  and 
that  more  especially  in  regard  it  is  immediately  the  King  that  owes 
an  account  to  God  for  the  Life  of  the  very  meanest  of  his  subjects. 
Besides  there  are  other  two  considerations  which  weigh  very  much 
with  his  Majesty,  and  which  in  his  opinion  set  a  great  Prejudice 
upon  this  Bill. 

The  first  that  the  names  of  such  as  voted  against  the  Bill  in  the 
Lower  House  were  in  an  infamous  manner  posted  up  and  down  in 
several  places  of  the  town,  to  affright  and  take  from  men  the  free 
delivery  of  their  own  opinions,  which  to  endeavour  is  in  itself  the 
greatest  Breach  of  Parliament  Privilege,  and  the  most  dangerous 
subverting  of  Fundamental  Laws  that  can  be,  thus  endeavour  in  <>•  to 
corrupt  the  Fountains  whence  we  receive  and  where  all  Laws  are 
preserved. 

The  second,  that  to  the  great  scandal  and  offence  of  the  Justice 
of  the  Land,  the  Lords  have  been  in  a  tumultuary  way  pressed 
upon,  sundry  of  them  very  uncivilly  treated  both  in  words  and 
actions,  others  by  those  means  absenting  themselves  to  avoid  the 
Danger,  and  others  as  may  be  thought  less  at  Liberty  to  give  their 
votes  than  otherwise  they  might  have  been. 

That  he  must  profess,  as  in  the  Presence  of  God,  he  in  his  con- 
science holds  the  Earl  of  Straflorde  free  from  any  act  or  intention 
of  Treason  at  all,  and  for  those  words  charged  and  spoken  in  his 
Majesty's  presence,  he  also  avows  them  truly  to  have  been  spoken 
as  the  Earl  hath  set  them  forth  in  his  answer  and  not  otherwise. 
And  as  foi  the  bringing  the  Irish  Army  over  to  reduce  this  King- 


FIRST  EARL  OF  STRAFFORD.      .  2i> 

dom,  there  was  never  any  such  thing  spoken  in  his  presence,  or  eve  1 
in  the  thought  of  him,  or  any  of  that  Committee  to  his  knowledge, 
that  any  part  of  that  Army  should  have  come  on  English  ground. 
Hereupon  to  tell  them  absolutely  he  dare  not  become  guilty  of 
shedding  bloud  by  pressing  the  Bill,  but  desire  them  to  accept  of  a 
Bill  to  disenable  me  from  all  publick  employment,  or  giving  any 
counsell  directly  or  indirectly,  and  if  the  Earl  should  offer  any  such 
thing,  to  make  it  High  Treason,  and  he  to  suffer  for  it  accordingly, 
which  he  will  faithfully  promise  to  observe,  and  so  no  possibility 
left,  that  the  Earl,  if  he  had  a  mind  to  do  it,  could  procure  ill  to 
any  body. 

Or  else  that  his  Majesty  would  pass  the  Bill  conditionally,  that 
the  Houses  would  consent  that  his  Majesty  might  at  after  follow  the 
guide  of  his  own  conscience,  to  pardon  the  Earl  his  Life. 

That  thus  every  man's  Conscience  and  Fears  might  be  provide'! 
for,  and  his  Majesty  receive  from  the  two  Houses  a  irreat  argument 
of  their  Love  towards  him,  without  danger  to  any  body,  and  in  some 
degree  enjoy  the  Quietness  and  Repose  of  his  own  Conscience  by 
their  means.  If  neither  of  these  could  be  obtained  at  his  earnest 
intreaty,  that  so  the  publick  Peace  might  more  speedily  be  settled 
to  the  contentment  both  of  King  and  People,  wherein  he  would  be 
wholly  counselled  by  them,  he  must  declare  absolutely,  that  for  no 
respect  or  fear  in  the  world  would  lie  be  constrained  either  actively 
or  passively  to  take  away  the  Life  of  a  man,  where  his  Conscience 
was  fully  informed,  He  was  not  guilty  of  the  Crime  wherewith  he- 
was  charged. 

And  yet,  if  the  King  will  speak  thus  much  resolutely,  and  move 
the  Lords  one  by  one,  as  also  Mr.  Solicitor,  Pym,  and  some  of  the 
Principal  Lower  House  men,  and  in  the  mean  time  strictly  to 
command  Newport*  to  have  vie  and  this  place  in  safe  custody  upon 
the  peril  of  his  Life,  it  is  thought  the  Earl  might  yet  be  saved. 

a  The  Constable  of  the  Tower. 

CAMD.  SOO.  E 


INDEX. 


Antrim,  Earl  of  (Randal  Macdonell),  8 
Askwith,  Sir  Robert,  letter  to,  2 

Balfour,  Sir  William,  ix.  21 

Lerwick,  10 

Bristol,  Earl  of  (John  Digby),  21 

Calvert,  Sir  George,  2 
Cardcnie,  Monsieur,  10 

Carletou,  Sir  Dudley,  22 

Carlisle,  10 

Charles  I.  (King  of  England)  hopes  to 
come  to  terms  -with  the  Scots,  10;  how 
to  behave  when  the  attainder  bill  is  pre- 
sented to  him,  23  ;  reasons  for  passing 
ir,  v.  ix. 

Chester,  11, 12 

Chichester,  Lord,  3 

Cholmondley,  11 

Conway,  12 

Cooke.  John,  career  in  Ireland,  1-1  ; 
advice  to  Strafford,  14 

Cork,  Earl  of  (Richard  Boyle),  quarrel 
with  Stra£L'ord,4;  intervention  of  the 
King,  5 

Cottington,  Lord,  3;  letter  from  Strafford 
to,  ix.  7 

Covent  Garden,  11 

Coventry,  1 1 

Crosby,  Sir  Piers,  8 

Darington,  13 

Davcutry,  11,  12 
Dublin,  11,  12 

Eoulis,  Sir  David,  4 

Geneva,  19 


Goddard,  Henry,  letters  to  Dr.  Knowler 
v.;  from  Dr.  Knowler,  vii.  xi. 

Hamilton,  Marquis  of  (James  Hamilton), 

8,  10 
Henrietta   Maria  (Queen  of  England), 

xi. 
Holland,  Earl  of  (Henry  Rich).  8,  0,  10 
Holywell,  12 
Hopton,  Sir  Arthur,  viii. 
Huntingdon,  13 

Knowler,  Dr.  AYilliam,  life,  iv. ;  letters, 
vii.  xi. ;  pedigree,  v,  2 

Lea,  12 

Leicester,  Earl  of  (Robert  Sidney),  13 

L'Estrange,  Hamon,  22 

Lichfield,  11,  12 

Littell,  Mr.  11 

Loudon,  11,  13 

Mohun.  Lord  (John  Mohan),  letter  to 
Strafford,  3 

Nantwich,  12 

Newark,  13 

Newcastle,  9,  10 

Newport,  Earl   of  (Mountjoy   Blount), 

25 
Northallerton,  13 
Northumberland,    Earl     of     (Algernon 

Percy),  letter  to,  10 

Oldys,  "William,  iv. 

Pembroke.  Earl  of  (Philip  Herbert),  7 
Place  Newy  th,  12 


28 


INDEX. 


Provost,  Monsieur,  19 
Pym,  John,  vii.  25 

Radcliffe,  Sir  George,  ix.  22 
Roystou.  13 

Salisbury.  Karl  of  (William  Cecil),  7 

Sanderson,  William,  22 

Savile,  Lord  (Thomas  Savile),  21 

Slingsby,  Guilford,  20 

St.  Alban's,  1 1 

St.  John,  Oliver,  25 

Stamford,  13 

Stone,  11.  12 

Stony  Stratford,  11 

Swift,  Sir  Robert,  9 

Thorns,  Mr.,  iv. 
Tirringham,  Sir  Arthur,  12 
Toller  Foil,  13 
Topelifl'e,  13 
Tyrone,  Earl  of,  viii. 

Welwood,  James,  viii. 
Wentworth,  Sir  John,  v.  vi.  ix.  8 
Wentworth,     Thomas,     first     Earl     of 
Strafford,  at  Geneva,  19  ;   stands  for 


Yorkshire,  2  ;  quarrel  with  Sir  David 
Eonlis,  4;  quarrel  with  the  Earl  of 
Cork,  4;  quarrel  with  the  Earl  of 
Holland,  8;  criticisms  of  his  gorern- 
ment  of  Ireland.  3,  li>-llJ;  itinerary  in 
England  1639,1640,11;  advice  to  con- 
cerning his  defence,  14 ;  his  suggestions 
to  the  King  concerning  the  attainder 
bill.  23;  his  reception  of  the  news  that 
the  bill  was  passed.  22 ;  letters  from, 
v.  2,  7,  8;  letters  to,  3,  6,  14;  letter- 
books,  xi.;  motto,  19 

Wentworth,  Thomas  (Earl  of  Strafford, 
1711),  i. 

Wentworth,  Thomas  Watson,  Lord 
Malton,  etc.,  i.  ii.  sL 

Wentworth,  William  (Second  Earl  of 
Strafford),  iii.  vi.  ix. 

Wentworth  Woodhonse,  13 

Whitclocke,  Bulstroue,  24 

Wilbraham,  Mr.  12 

Wilmot,  Viscount  (Charles  Wilmot),  8,  9 

Windebanke,  Sir  Erancis,  6 

York,  2,  13 
Youghal,  4 


STRAFFORD   PAPERS.  29 


A  letter   from  the  Earl  of  Strafford  to  Sir  Edward  Otborne  anal 
the  Council  of  the  North* 

[This  letter  is  printed  (rem  a  copy  amongst  the  Wharton  papers 
now  forming  part  of  the  Carte  Collection  in  the  Bodleian  Library 
(vol.  Ixxx.,  fo.  32).  On  the  importance  of  the  petition  of  the  York- 
shire gentlemen,  see  Gardiner,  History  of  England,  ix.,  177.  The 
text  of  the  petition  is  given  in  Bushworth,  Hi..  1214.  On  its  origin 
see  Strafford's  Trial,  pp.  GOO-G32,  and  the  Memoirs  of  Sir  Hugh 
Cholmley,  pp.  G1-G4.  It  was  presented  to  the  King  by  Lord 
Wharton.  The  answer  of  the  Privy  Council  on  the  King's  behalf  is 
veiy  similar  in  its  terms  to  this  letter  of  Strafford's  (Cal.  State 
Papers,  Dom.  1040,  p.  595)]. 

[The  Earl  (if  Strafford  to  the  Vice-President  of  the  Council  of 
the  North.] 

After  my  heartv  commenJacions  unto  you.  Being  this  aftcr- 
noone  at  the  Couneell  Board,  there  was  sent  by  his  Majestie  to  be 
read  and  advised  there  a  petieion  to  the  King  from  the  Gentrie  of 
Yorkshire,  wheieunto  I  observed  sundry  of  your  hands  subscribed. 
The  petieion  was  much  misliked  of  all,  as  well  for  the  matter  as  the  - 
way  of  expression,  and  held  to  be  unusual  in  sueh  numbers  and  in 
such  high  tcarmes  to  gee  eo  familiarly  and  immediatly  to  the  King 
himselfe,  passing  by  as  cyphers  not  onely  the  Lord  Lieutenants  but 
my  Lords  of  the  Couneell  also,  both  which  we  conceive  should  have 
been  first  acquainted  therewith.  And  albeit  I  confesse  it  was  my 
hope  that  you  (being  my  Deputy-Lieutenants,  and  my  readynesse 
to  serve  that   Country  considered)  would  not  have  directed  com- 

*  Asl  did  not  meet  with  this  kttcr  till  after  the  others  had  heen  printed  off,  it 
has  been  necessary  to  place  it  after  the  Index. 

CAMD.  SOC.  F 


30  PAPERS   RELATING    TO   THOMAS    WENTWORTII. 

plaints  of  that  nature,  which  concernc  so  immediately  my  charge,  to 
any  other  hands  then  mine  owne,  yet  that  shall  not  Iett  me  from 
doing  the  hest  offices  to  the  service  of  tlie  Country  that  I  can. 
Your  answere  to  the  peticion  you  are  to  expect  from  the  Lords, 
onely  this  I  will  say,  If  you  had  been  pleased  to  have  a  litle  advised 
therein  with  me,  I  am  per s waded  I  could  have  putt  you  in  to  a 
better  way  for  the  ease  and  protection  of  tint  people,  and  with  lesse 
exception  and  disadvantage  to  yourselves.  However  I  moved  his 
Majestic  in  the  behalfe  of  the  country,  ami  (bund  him  graciously 
mindfull  of  the  good  affections  he  mett  with  there  the  last  yeare, 
and  resolved  to  use  all  possible  speed  and  care  to  represse  the  insol- 
ency  of  the  soldyers,  and  so  to  provide  for  his  good  people  as  that 
none  of  them  should  lose  a  penny  through  any  injury  offered  by 
that  unruly  company  ;  to  which  purpose  my  Lord  Gcuerall  wrytcs 
instantly  to  all  the  officers  of  the  army,  most  severely  to  punish  any 
soldier  which  shall  trespasse  in  that  kinde,  and  by  example  to 
deterre  others  from  anv  the  like  insolency  to  be  offered  to  the 
Country  people.  His  Majestic  hath  likewise  been  certified  of  a 
desire  (it  seems)  made  to  the  Vice- President  and  the  rest  of  the 
Deputy-Lieutenants  and  Justice*  of  Peace  by  Sir  Jacob  Ashley, 
that  in  case  his  Majesties  Treasury  might  chaunce  to  arrive  some 
few  daves.  to  late,  you  would  be  pleased  to  give  the  soldiers  credit 
in  the  places  where  the)'  dyett  for  their  vietualls  some  seaven  or 
fowevtecn  dayes,  with  assurance  that  none  should  lose  a  penny  by 
that  trust,  which  motion  of  his  was  not  yeilded  unto  as  I  desire  it 
had,  in  regard  I  am  most  certaine  the  money  wilbe  justly  and  pre- 
ciselv  payd  that  had  been  upon  that  ingagement  issued.  Therefore 
I  doe  most  earnestlv  desire  your  present  endeavours  herein,  and  that 
you  Mr.  Vice-President  would  presently  goe  to  Sir  Jacob  Ashley, 
and  use  your  best  perswasion  with  the  country  to  give  the  common 
soldiers  credit  for  their  vietualls,  allwayes  provided  they  trust  them 
not  to  a  oreater  proportion  then  six  pence  a  day,  and  to  move  them 
that  dvett  the  soldiers  in  my  name  to  be  contented  to  doe  his 
Majestic   this  momentany  service,  and   I   doe   hereby  assume  and 


FIRST   EARL    OF   STRAFFORD.  31 

oblige  my  selfc,  not  onely  in  point  of  law  but  in  the  word  of  a 
Gentleman,  that  in  case  they  should  not  he  repavd  (as  indeed  I  am 
most  sure  they  will)  what  is  due  to  them  by  the  Treasurer  of  Warr, 
I  will  not  receive  one  penny  of  my  rents  in  Yorkshire  untill  I  have 
thereout  satisfied  every  man  what  shalbe  due  unto  them  in  that  kind 
and  upon  this  occasion. 

I  doe  ngaine  and  againc  recommend  this  particular  service,  and 
that  you  would  use  your  uttermost  endeavours  and  diligence  therein  ; 
the  rather  for  that  I  know  it  will  not  onely  prevent  all  inconveni- 
ences that  may  happen,  but  turne  finally  extreamflfry  to  the  advantage 
of  the  Country,  as  I  shall  make  use  thereof  and  applie  it  to  their 
good  andbenefitt;  and  if  it  doe  not  prove  soe,  I  wilbe  content 
never  to  expect  their  credit  or  beleife  hereufter,  which  in  good  faith 
1  would  not  deservedly  lose  for  any  thing  that  could  be  added  unto 
me  in  this  world.  And  so  desyring  to  heare  from  you  with  all 
possible  speed  how  you  proceed  and  prosper  in  this  businesse  1 
remaine, 

(Signed)  Your  most  affectionate  faith  full 

friend  and  servant 

STBAFFOKD. 

London  this  last 
of  July,  IG40. 

Directed 

To  my  honourable  good  friend 
Sir  Edward  Osborne,  Vice-President  of 
his  Majesties  Councell  established  in 
the  North,  and  the  rest  of  the 
Deputy-Lientenants  there, 

July  last  1640. 
[Eudoi-sed  : — ]     My  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland's 

letter  to  vicepresident  and  deputy 
Iientenaants  of  Yorkshire. 

1.  About  thevr  Petition  to  the 
King  for  removal  of  soldiers. 

2.  About  billeting  them  on  the  conntryes 
trust  for  7  or  14  days. 


HAMILTON    PAPERS. 

ADDENDA. 


EDITED  BY 


SAMUEL  RAWSOX  GARDINER.  LL.D. 


PRINTED  FOR  THE  CAMDEN  SOCIETY. 


M.DCCC.XCIII. 


PREFACE. 


The  following  are  the  greater  part  of  the  letters  which  I  was 
unable  to  copy,  when  I  prepared  the  volume  of  the  Hamilton 
Papers  for  the  Camden  Society.  Most  of  them  are  to  a  great 
extent  in  cipher,  the  deciphers  being  enclosed  in  square  brackets. 
I  succeeded  in- deciphering  these  passages  by  the  help  of  other 
ciphered  letters  accompanied  with  the  deciphers  in  the  collection 
of  the  Duke  of  Hamilton,  which  I  was  allowed  to  see  some  years 
ago  with  the  sanction  of  His  Grace  and  the  kind  permission  of 
Sir  W.  Fraser,  who  at  That  time  had  charge  of  the  papers. 
Only  four  or  live  of  the  letters  forming  part  of  Lanark's  cor- 
respondence in  1G48  are  omitted,  as  I  had  no  clue  to  the  cipher 
in  which  they  were  written. 

If  some  of  the  phrases  used  by  the  writers  are  still  unintelli- 
gible, this  is  probably  owing  for  the  most  part  to  mistakes  made 
by  the  writers  in  committing  them  to  cipher.  If  some  of  them 
are  due  to  myself  I  can  but  plead  that  a  very  short  time  was 
allowed  me  for  making  the  copies,  and  that  I  have  not  since  had 
it  in  my  power  to  collate  my  copies  with  the  originals. 


HAMILTON  PAPERS. 

ADBEXDA. 


.   Doc.  31. 


1.    MUNGO   MURRAY   TO    THE    EAEL   OF    L AN  ASK. 

My  Lord,  .  Jan' llic  10- 1G48- 

[Sur  William  Flemingo  is  to  bo  dispacht  with]  in  to  or  thre 
days;  for  the  Queen  and  Prince  is  to  be  at  Paris  this  day.  Sir  J  »;  jan.  10. 
John  Barklay,  who  is  governor  to  the  Prince  is  to  go  from  this 
to  Holland  and  some  other  of  the  Deukes R  servants.  [The  ship 
that  Sir  "William  comes  in  is  to  go  with  the  Loutenante  of  ■ 
Iriand.p  Sir  William  [is  to  rescve  aumnition,  amies,  and 
monies.]  I  hope  that  [greate  and  noble  worke  you  have  in  hand 
may  not  stope  upon  the  expectasion  of  that,  nor  the  Prince  his 

cominge  to  you].     They  [would  lever  [?]  hav  the  worke ?c 

withoute  you]  for  whill  ther  is  one  other  [houpes  you  will  fynde  . 
delay esj.     What  I  have  writen  to  your  Lo:  heirtofore  yow  may 
belive  and  so  that  I  am 

Your  Lop  humble  and 

faithfull  servant 
It  is  preste  harde  heir  to  have  Latherdacl. 

*         *         *         *   . 


2.  Mungo  Murray  to  the  Earl  of  Lanark. 

My  Lo.,  Jun-  tbe  17,  1G48. 

Sir  William  Fleminge  went  from  hence  the   15,  and    [is   gon   164$.  Jan. Tv 

*  The  Duke  of  Hamilton.  b  The  Marquis  of  Ormoud. 

c  The  cipher  appears  to  give  "  one." 
CAMD.    S0C.  B 


*  HAMILTON    PAFEBS. 

to  Ancardam*  wlar  lie  iis  to  requve  b  sum  ermsc  and  ainoniseon 
and  mone  d  when  [?]  they  [?]  have  it,]  and  not  know  whar  els 
to  bestow  it,  and  so  [shal  you  have  the  Prince  when  they  know 
not  whar  els  to  sende  him.  I  most  say  that  [my  Lorde  New- 
castel]  and  the  Louetcnant  of  Irlande  [profescs  in  ouch  to  you, 
and  fanialy,  and  ne.>ion.e]  The  feu  clarge*  we  have  heir  ar  as 
beter  againe  yow  and  the  whole  nation,  as  your  own  unhape  B 
clerge  and  profeses  that  they  rather  have  the  indepent1'  prevell 
then  yow.  I  have  often  As-ret  to  your  Lo:  and  ons  mor  lat  me 
take  the  freedom  to  tell  yow  [that  it  mouch  concerns  you  and 
the  whol  nesion  to  proviyde  is]  that  you  may  be  habell  to  stond 
upon  your  own  layges  '].  They  mouch  pres  to  have  monesj  heir 
for  the  Prince  removal,  hot  hes  mani  delays  put  upon  them. 
The  Queen  and  Prince  ar  both  heir  and  is  resolved  [the  Prince 
to  go  to  pales  when  and  wher  from  thence  as  ocasion  shal  ofer] 
I  shall  humbly  wish  your  Lo  :  to  be  sparinge  in  your  opinion  of 
the  disposal  of  the  Prince  in  ane  sorte  whatsoever.  We  have 
great  houpes  heir  that  Rente  and  the  asosiat  Connies  will  doe 
the  bisenes  without  yow  (God  grant  it  may  be  done)  but  it  will 
not  be  weill  for  yow  if  yow  have  no  hand  in  it.  I  often  wrette 
to  your  Lo.     I  know  not  if  they  cum  to  your  handes. 


3.  Lord  Digby  to  the  Earl  op  Lanark.11 

My  Lord, 
lGi8,  Jan.  ?  I  }iave  received  from  [my  brother  Dives,]1  and  from  [my  secrea- 

•  Amsterdam.  b  Receive. 

•  Arms.  a  Money. 

•  Nation.  '  Clergy. 

&  Unhappy.  h  Independents. 

1  Legs..  J  Monies. 

k  The   Scottish   Commissioners,   of    whom   Lanark   was  one,   left    London    on 
January  21. 

1  Sir  Lewis  Dyves,  half-brother  of  Lord  Digby. 


ADDENDA.  O 

tarie  who  waited  on  you  at  London]  an  aocompt  of  such  noble  lfi48»  Jftn-  ? 
expressions  of  yours  concerning  us,  notwithstanding  those  mis- 
fortunes that  with  a  lesse  just  and  generous  nature  might  have 
exposed  me  to  lasting  prejudices,  that  I  am  encouraged  by 
them  to  make  this  addresse  unto  you  of  my  most  humble  service 
aud  acknowledgements;  noe  way  doubting,  but  that,  since  you 
are  pleased  to  admitt  of  so  faire  an  interpretation  of  what  reall 
I  ever  esteemed  the  greatest  unhnppinesse  of  my  life  (I  meane 
the  part  what  I  was  necessitated  to  beare  in  some  disservice  to 
you  and  your  noble  brother)  nowe  that  [wee  are  united  in 
publick  interests]"  as  to  lett  you  and  him  see  by  my  constant 
faithfulnesse,  and  zeale  to  your  service  how  unnatural  and 
forced  a  motion  any  thing  was  in  mee  to  the  contrary  of  what 

becomes 

My  lord 

Your  most  humble  and 

most  affectionate  servant 

G,  2,  7,  10,  41,  20,  31,  40,*  13. 


4. to  the  Earl  of  Lanark. 

My  Lord, 

Your  expressions  highly  endeare  and  might  if  possible  make  1648,  Feb.  T'T- 
mee  more  yours:  at  this  time  there  is  nothing  of  moment  to  give 
you  any  informations  of.  The  Generall  dines  this  day  at  the 
Tower,  where  I  believe  some  results  wilbe  about  the  Citty  :  what 
you  shall  know  by  my  next.  The  busines  wee  whisper' d  about 
I  am  in  hope  may  succeed.  I  sent  a  messenger  thereabout,  and 
with  probable  instructions  for  the  accomplishment :  and  since 
it  is  more  then  a  weeke  and  noe  returne  made,  I  conceive  it 
well  takes  as  to  the  project,  and  desire  the  continued  conjunc- 
tion .of  your  prayers  as  to  the  successe,  having  soe  litle  of 
consequence  at  present  to  write,  I  shall  referr  my  enlargement 

*  Something  is  omitted  in  this  involved  sentence.     • 


4  HAMILTON    PAPERS. 

1043,  Feb.  Ty   in  it  to  the  next  opportunity,  against  when  I  shall  doubtle  sse  be 
furnished   with   abundance  (and  if  expectations  with  eminent 
wishes  fade  not)    of  pleasing  newes.      I  am    and    shall   to    the 
highest  manifestations  I  am  capabl  of  appear 
My  Lord 

Your  LoP3 

most  humble  servt. 

400. 

February  the  first 

As  I  was  sealing  up  this,  my  messenger  brought  this  inclosed 
and  assurance  tilings  goe  well  in  the  whisper'd  businis,  but  not 
a  word  thereof  for  your  love  sake. 

T  had  an  other  wcU  I  delivered  to  your  wife  concerning  my 
father. 


5.  James  Fenne  to  Edward  Edgar. 

Feb.  the  3,  1647. 
1(147,  Feb.  yV-  I  presume  you A  that  have  we  goode  intelligence  will  not  care 
for  what  falleth  beside  the  cuppe,  for  mine  is  of  noe  more  con- 
sequence then  such.  Leate  not  to  omitte  servying  of  you,  I  have 
sente  you  what,  this  weeke,  hath  beene  any  waies  advertised  to 
me.  Abusnehag1'  shall  come  again  to  the  King  upon  a  new 
undertaking  treatye,  therefore  conseqnentelie  imagine  ex  tmgue 
leonem.  The  Queen  [is]  in  grcatc  irresolution  whether  [the  Prince 
maye  bee  trusted  with  the  Scots]  or  noe.  Uulesse  you  will 
give  [Germyn,  Digbye,  et  cetera,]  such  conditions  as  I  believe 
wille  neether  bee  thought  consistent  with  the  safctie  nor  hon- 
nour  of  the  future  transactions;  otherwise  'tis  a  contradiction 
in  ytselfe,  and  muste  consequently  debauch  more  moderate  men 

*  Feune  is  evidently  an  Englishman,  and  Kdgar  probably  stands  for  Lanark. 
b  Sic.    l'erhnps  Ashburnham,  sfe  Hamilton  1'opcrs,  150. 


ADDENDA.  O 

from  the  service  of  [the  Nobility  of  Scotland]  then  y*  can  gaine  1647f?eb.  ■&. 
or  pacefye  the  violent  and  unusefull.  For  my  owne  perticular 
I  confess  I  agree  totallie  -with  your  principales,  never  to  foment 
a  new  warre  in  case  yt  can  be  avoyded,  but  rather  endeavour  to 
comprimize  all  interests  by  troatye,  because  noe  partye,  choose 
wch  you  will  of  the  3,  but  is  unsecuro  enough  withoute  yt.  How- 
ever, if  yt  bee  decreedc,  you  nor  I  cannot  prevente  y t ;  nor  doth 
any  thing  afterwardcs  remaine  to  bee  don  onely  to  maneige  yt 
to  the  best  advantage  with  a  pcrpetuall  reflexion  towardes  peace 
and  the  ancient  liberties  of  our  respective  counetries.  Theiro 
is  att  this  present  anew  cntercourse  of  negotiation  now  begnnne 
between  [the  Queen]  and  [Ireland]  by  [Musire's  a]  mediation, 
purposely  to  retarde  [the  Prince  going  into]  Scotland,  hoping  by 
that  meanes  to  frustrate  the  alliance  by  destroyeing  the  season 
of  the  confidence.  All  matters  here  continew  much  in  the  pos- 
ture you  lefte  them,  onely  they  bring  troopes  more  or  lesse 
dayelie  into  the  Citty  and  doubtless  meane  to  garrison  severall 
greate  towns  that  ar  conveniently e  [seated]  for  itt.  The  reso- 
lution of  your  Convention  is  that  we  all  looke  uppon  as  the 
guide  starre  of  the  daye,  and,  in  the  interim  little  Avill-bee 
publick  of  intentions  to  the  future.  Eemembcr  in  yt  the  olde 
rule  ut  paces  jeut  integral  and  a  little  sacrifice  the  greateness 
and  injuries  of  your  familye  to  the  publick  rather  then  obsti- 
nacye  or  disdaine,  for  uulesse  there  be  [a  general  remission]  of 
sinne  in  Scotland,  noething  will  come  of  all  this  seede  ;  Avherein 
even  [Muntrose]  himselfe  muste  not  bee  omitted,  though  I  knowe 
'tis  durus  sermo.  I  am  confident  considering  the  tyme  hee  hath 
had  to  looke,  and  experience  of  the  King  and  Queen,  will  bee 
no  harde  matter  to  lett  him  see  the  to  much  fougge  b  of  his 
former  zealc;  and  to  enclyne  him  altogether  to  the  publick. 
These  I  guesse  ma}-  bee  considerations  equaly  proper  whether 
you  make  warre  or  peace,  because  besides  the  obligation  yt 
careeth  along  with  yt  of  restoring  men  to  there  owne  homes,  't  will 
»  Perbaps  Mazaric.  b  Fougue. 


O  HAMILTON    PAPERS.- 

1047,  Feb.  Tv  bee  safe  and  withowte  wch  noe  other  peace,  but  every  minute  will 
Lee  tottering  into  a  warre  againe.  [The  Westerne  parts]  will  bee 
unanimously  yours,  if  the  Prince  come,  of  wch  now  all  my  doubtes 
are  knoweing  how  many  officious  ignorant  persons  there  be 
theire  have  ever  beene  averse  to  the  publick ;  and  I  beleeve  so 
that  [Culpeper],  whoe  is  the  oracle  of  that  place,  out  of  [Ash- 
bunams]  consideration  is  like  enough  to  oppose  yt  with  all  his 
rethorick.  Yf  yt  happen  soe,  I  cannot  suspect  then  that  I,  whoe 
have  ever  beene  a  sufferer  visiblye  for  the  publick,  and  perticu- 
larlye  disgraced  for  avowcing  I  thought  yt  better  the  buisnes 
shoulde  ende  by  a  peace  then  victorye,  shall  bee  as  well  looked 
uppon  as  those  have  don  noething  but  the  contrarye,  and  now,  as 
they  save  in  Frauncc,  sont  Irs  penitents  au.v  abboyes  de  la  morte, 
therefore  beeing  happilye  the  negotiation  maye  bee  further  ad- 
vanced from  thence  with  you  then  I  can  have  notice  of  att  this 
distance,  bee  pleased  to  tako  care  of  your  servant  both  by  yr 
brother's  meanes  and  your  owne  in  that  poinete,  else  as  Cardi- 
nall  d'Ossat  writte  to  Hen.  the  4  from  Rome,  I  shall  wish  I  had 
don  soe  toe ;  and  holde  yt  rather  a  weakeness  then  vertu  to  bee' 
honncst-.  Truely  I  can  shew  soe  goode  cardes  uppon  this  occasion ; 
.  as  if  ever  there  bee  a  place  of  publick  audience  amongst  vou 
for  such  as  I  am,  I  will  not  be  atfrayed  to  laye  both  my  com- 
plaintes  and  pretences  uppon  the  carpett;  though  I  hope  yet  I 
am  not  soe  inconsiderable  to  bee  putte  to  that  waie  of  mendican- 
cye.  I  am  confident  the  breaches  heere  are  never  to  bee  peeced 
upp.  Take  heede  of  Soliman's  beeing  carried  in  a  litter  to  the 
iielde  againste  you;  for  every  little  matter  giveth  such  an  abun- 
dance of  jealousie.  Yt  is  to  copious  a  held  for  soe  narrowe  a 
substance  as  the  capacityo  of  man  to  manure  as  yt,  wch  maketh 
mee  conclude  as  confusedlye  as  1  beganne  desireng  speedilve  to 
heare  from  you. 

Your  fayethfull  frend  ever 

and  humble  servant, 

J.  Fen. 


ADDENDA. 


6.  499  to  the  Eael  of  Lanark. 

My  LORD,  [London,  Feb.  10  ?]  1648. 

Soe  unworthy  of  yon  are  my  papers  tliat  I  should  not  reason-  jg^g  y^  j.o 
ably  send  you  a  second  and  yet  they  being  soe,  I  may  verie 
pardonably  hasten  another  to  apologize  for  that  which  went 
before.  Besides  other  defects,  it  was  much  wanting-  in  the 
use  of  the  cypher,  to  which  way  of  writing,  I  confess  myself 
•  not  much  used.  All  men,  my  Lord,  are  here  about  at  gaze, 
looking  Northward  for  a  better  settling  to  their  expectations, 
and  are  soe  impatient  of  waiting  for  your  resolves  that  men 
undertake  to  spread  them  as  things  already  declared.  Most 
talk  wildly,  and  tell  strange  stories,  bringinge  your  judgments 
to  theires.  Some,  not  without  confidence  assure  ns  by  diverse 
demonstracions,  that  Scotland  will  not  discountenance  the 
present  proceeds  of  England  :  others  say  that  Scotland  will  not 
neglect  the  honour  and  advantage  of  being  a  ballance  heere; 
an  issue  to  these  our  hopes  and  feares  wee  violently  long  for. 
And  truly  My  Lord  (but  that  I  may  seeme  to  favour  myself  by 
the  intimation)  I  would  have  your  leave  to  say  that  it  will  bee 
verie  necessary  some  persons  (whom  you  may  have  faith  in) 
bee  helped  to  understand  at  least  your  publick  counceils  and 
transactions  in  which  both  kingdomes  are  concerned,  by  which 
the  truth  may  oftetimes  bee  faierly  vindicated  from  such  gloss 
as  the  art  of  malice  will  studiously  asperse  it  with.  But,  my 
lord,  1  am  now  too  bold  with  you,  and  am  gonn  beyond  the 
instructions  given  mee  by  241.  The  varieties  of  this  weeke 
have  not  bin  many.  The  declaracion  justifying  the  votes 
against  the  King'1  hath  spent  most  of  it.  Some  apprehends  it 
to  bee  a  long,  tedious,  unsatisfactory  satisfaction :  wherein  are 
enumerated  all  his  faults  and  errors  charged  home  upon  his 
single"  selfe  :  some  clauses  are  recommitted  (or  pcrhapps  laied 
•  Taken  into  consideration  on  Feb.  5,  passed  the  House  of  Commons  on  Feb  11. 


8 


HAMILTON    PAPERS. 


1648,  Feb.  $«  ?  l,yj  0ne  concerning  the  death  of  K.  James,  another  touching 
the  design e  a  of  destroying  severall  lords  and  commanders  of 
Scotland.  Tomorrow  it  will  bee  againe  reported.  Mr.  Sadler's 
pen  laced  it  together,  which  hath  allsoe  finished  an  answer  to 
the  Commissioner's  papers.  The  Presbiterie  is  reviving  and 
seemes  to  bee  strongly  encouraged  for  present  satisfaction,  and 
it  is  not  doubted  but  that  [Mr.  Ashurst]  will  bee  able  to  satisfy 
[their  clergic]  though  it  bee  feared  that  [Marshall  is  noe 
more  in[so]much]  reputation  will  [them  as  heretofore].  Sir 
Jo:  Maynard  made  the  Lords  merry,  denyed  them  right  of 
judicature,  refused  to  kneelc,  but  as  a  compliment  (as  hee  said) 
hee  bowed  as  low  as  a  Bishopp  to  the  altar.  The  lords  fined 
him,b  and  gave  him  a  further  timo  to  consider  his  duty.  The 
Lords  gavo  baile  this  morning  for  fcheire  appearance,  they  beeing 
to  answere,  the  11th  instant.  [The  arruie]  continues  still  in 
the  principles  for  [levelling]  which  spread  afreshe.  [Soldiers 
are]  a  stomachfull.  Som  [Colonells  arc  discontented.]  Rich 
(upon  the  score  of  Sir  II.  Vane)  is  one.  Sir  II.  Vane  disclames 
.  earnestly,  and  [Ireton]  is  not  pleased,  though  I  think  not  on 
the  same  ground.  The  Lifeguard  are  to  disband  presently, 
but  I  do  [?]  no c  that  it  is  to  be  done,  so  — ?  though  no[?] 
Colonell  Arison  is  not  pleased  :  his  regiment  is  said  to  be  dis- 
banded or  purged  as  affected  too  much  to ?d 

I  have  my  lord  troubled  you  too  long,  I  shall  make  hast  there- 
fore to  the  subscription 

My  lord 

most  humble ? 

and  servant 


i.e.  the  Incident.  b  On  Feb.  5.  •  Know.  <>  ?  the  Levellers. 


ADDENDA. 


7.  Dr.  Alexander  Fraser  to  the  Earl  of  Lanark. 

Sir, 

Your  [slow  journey  and  the  adjourning  of  your  meeting]  1Mft> Fcb  **• 
hath  only  multiplied  teares  and  jealousies  [in]  cavaliers  [and 
other  persons]  (ignorant  and  enviefull  of  [Scots'  honour  and 
honesty)].  This  day  [the  English  Commi.ssioners'  letter  there8 
reade  ill  Parliament]  in  which  they  [assure  the  Parliament 
they  have  found  more  friends  to  Parliament  and  army  then 
they  thought  to  have  fund.  Upon]  Friday  lastb  at  the  voteing 
of  [Parliament's]  of  the  declaration  of  the  Commons  of 
England  [Cromwell  made  a  sever]  invective  [against  King 
and]  monarchicall  government.  [They  sent  messenger 
Cromwell  to  the  Lords,  that  if  the  Lords  would  pass  the  four 
bills  and]  disclaim  [Scots'  assistance,  they  would]  suppress 
[their  declaration.  The  lords  contemned  their —  ? ,  and] 
expressed  [much]  aversion  [to  army,  Parliament  and  all  that 
party].  Upon  the  return  of  this  messenger,  Parliament  voted 
five  thousand]'  soldiers  [to  go c  King  and  messenger  Crom- 
well to  bo  one  of  the  Lords  in  bedeehamber,  and  it  is  confidently 
beleivedthat  [upon'1  Cromwell  will  inarch]  forthwith  [with  the 
best  part  of  his  horse  and  foot  to  the  Xorth,  and  if  they]  pos- 
sesse  Beruic  and  Carlil,  your  part  will e  ]  small  and  of  no 
consideration.  I  much  apprehend  [thai]  some  f  of  [your  great 
Lords]  in  his  wonted  perplexed  way  looks  here  and  in  France]  to 
pcrswade  the  Queen  that  [no]  considerable  action  [can  be] 
expected  [from  Scotland  unless  Argyll  be  the  head  of  party] 
acting  [for  the  King  in  Scotland,  and]  powerfull  person  [is 
despatched  to  Queen  with  instructions  for  that  purpose.  I 
assure  your   Lordship   that  there   is   underboard  dealin]  :   the 

•  i.c7.  the  letter  of  the  English  Commissioners  in  Scotland.     See  C.  J.,  v.  4»".2. 
b  Febr.  11.  «  ?  to  guard.  *  ?  upon  this. 

<■  ?  will  he.  f  ?  some  one. 

CAMD.    SOC.  C 


30  HAMILTON    PAPERS. 

1648,  Feb.  $§.  particulars  you  may  Lave  [from  a  friend]  That  monster  of 
follie  and  knaveric  (Disington8)  is  come  from  France,  who] 
openly  professes  [that  P.  of  "Wales  hath  no  desire]  nor  affection 
[to  come  to  Scotland]  and  [looks  to]  perswade  and  assure 
[Parliament  that  France  will  not  part  with  P.  of  Wales,]  with 
manie  other  thing's  [of  treasonable  nature,  of  which]  you 
shall  heare  more  fully  [when  I  shall]  discover  [the  design]  ; 
till  with  tyme  [I  shall]  give  [intelligence  tobreake  the  design, 
being  bound  to  silence.  It  will  lit  to  send  a  veri]  prudent 
[man  of]1'  no  faction  [to]  aquaint  you  how  [affairs  goes,  that  ;c] 
not  that  I  distrust  [the  Queen,  T.  of  Wales,  Jermyn,  but]  some 
inferiour  disaffected  persons  [to  the  design.  If  you]  compose 
not  in  tyme  your  differences  (if  anie  be)  [you  will  louse  your 
friends  and  party  in  England.  Ormond  and  his  J.  Berkeley  are 
shiped  and  gone  to  France,  and  that  and  other]  newes  from 
Ireland]  hath  much  dejected  this  day  [Cromwell  and  his  party. 
Lord  Northumberland  willd]  presently  gone  for  France;  Norfolk0 
looks  much  to  disswade,  but  all  in  vaine,  and  passionatly  they 
desire  [Northumberland  [  ?  ]  to  meet  Prince  of  Wales  in 
Flanders]  which  is  more  impossible  then  anie  thing  they  could 
desire.  I  have  [no  more]  of  consequence  [to  impairt  to 
your  lordship],  but  well  ever  remainc  [your  Lordships 
servant. 

London,  15th  Febri':. 


8.  282  to- 


SlR,  February,  15. 

That    the  declaration   ag!t    his   Matief    is  past  the  House   of 
Commons  and  wilbee  publike  in  2  or  3  days  I  am  confident  wilbe 

■  Disbington.  b  ?  will  be.  c  ?  there. 

*  ?  wUl  be.  ■  ?  Norwich. 

'  Justifying  the  Vote  of  No  Addresses. 


ADDENDA.  11 

no  newes  :    [then  what  to  expect  is  evident,  yet]  'tis  saved  the  1648,Feb.£§. 

King  is  well  and  merry    [but  what  they  intend  you  may  judge 

by  their  voting  the  shipps  for  f\m  somers'  fleet  the  [Parliament 

of  England*'  not  his  Majesty's]  is  the  [Hollanders  till  they  [had 

got]  the  mastery   [used  the  King  off  Spaine's  name.    The  Earle 

of  Denbeigh's  going  for  France  is  a  fable  ane  a  I  hope  as  false  as 

that    yee    and    they    here   are    agreed    which    is]    confidently 

affirmc[d    but    not    belcived].       However    [they    fayle   not  to 

irperse  b  yee  as  much  as]  may    [be.       Since  my  last  I  have  had 

twice  advide  c    from  France]    implying  that  they  persue  their 

interest  as  actively  as   rely  on  your  declareing,  and  then]  the 

Prince  is  for  Holland].     Pray  Go d,    [theypersue  their  interest 

as  actively  as  they]  ought.     Our  party  here  is  all  for  yee,  and] 

discontent  [s  the  more  then  ever.]      The  Diumall  will  tell  you 

[publike   actions,  but    1]    speake    [from   men    of    honour  and] 

interest    [who  expect]  nothing   [more  then   your  presence,  and 

then  the  tide  will   qickly  tunic.     1   have]    offered    [my  way  to 

France  of  serveing  them  and  yee.     If  they  comply]  with  [it.     I 

shall  act   my  part.]    how  [ever],  in   confidence    [of  your  reality 

to  serve   our  distressed    King,   you   shall   as   I  may  have d  the 

weakly  advice  of 

Your  faithfullest  servent 

282. 
Shrovetuesday 

15  Feb.  1647. 

The  Ld  Willoughby  of  Parham  hath  wisely  absented  hiinselfe 
a  weeke  since,  and  the  declaration  is  come  forth  this  day. 


*  aud.  b  asperse.  c  advice. 

d  Perhaps  "  the  power  "  is  omitted. 


12 


HAMILTON    PAPERS. 


9.  Edward  Andrews  to  the  Earl  of  Lanark. 


1G18, 


My  LiORDE,  February  20. 

Feb.  20.  I  have  here  enclosed  sent  your  Lop?  yc  cypher  I  promised  you, 
ilarTT.  which  I  had  sooner  performed  if  my  very  urgent  occasious  had 
afforded  nice  tyme  to  have  composed  it.  As  soone  as  I  knowe 
that  it  is  come  safely  to  your  hands,  I  shall  constantly  (by  all 
opportunityes  which  I  can  lay  holdo  on)  give  your  Lopr  the 
best  advertisements  of  such  occurrences  here  as  I  can  come  to 
the  knowledg  of,  and  shall  not  fayle  to  apply  my  ondeavoures 
to  whatsoeDver  may  best  manifest  mee  to  bee  what  I  really  am 
My  lord  your  lop1* 

moste  humble 

moste  faithfull  and 

moste  obedient  servant 

Ed  :  Andre wes. 

Feb.  the  20th,  164  7. 

If  your  LopP  knowes  mee  not  by  this  name  my  Ld  Lauderdalle 
well  informe  you. 


10.  James  Fenne  to  Mr.  Edward  Edgar." 

Feb.  21  !§f§  ncw  stile-b 
1CIS,  F.-— -2i-  I  heare  you  have  beene  ill  since  yr  returne,  else  I  presmne  I 
shoulde  have  hearde  from  you  in  answer  to  some  of  those  I 
have  written.  They  save  Ormondis  gon  from  his  uncle's  howse 
[into  Ireland0]  with  approbation  of  the  Parlf  of  Scotland  [to 
comand]  the  armie  in  Ireland,  Scots  army.]  He  is  a  most 
gallant  man,  yeate  was  bredde  att  the  feete  of  Gamaliel  and  a 
greate  frend  of  Digbyes,  as  you  may  see  yf  you  please  in  print, 

•  See  p.  4,  note  \ 

b  This  probably  (iocs  not  refer  to  the  day  of  the  month. 

e  Should  this  be  M  France  "  ?     See  the  next  letter. 


ADDENDA.  13 

therefore  though  the  consideration  bee  most  proper  in  yt  selfe  1CAS  Feb.  21. 

't  well  deserve  very  much  caution  to  mingle  the  to  physikes  in 

that  oue  prescription  togcither  soe  equalye  the  chimicall  maye 

not   totalie  overcome  the  safety e  of  the  Galenistes ;  otherwise. 

remember   the    olde   verse    01c   vos   non   vobt's,    and    prepare    yr 

lodgings  before  hand  att  [Ludlow]  and  [Pendenis].     A  greate 

deale  of  candor  to   your  service  maketh  me  save  this  and  noe 

private  ende  or  consideration  of  my  owne,  therefore  praye  soe 

esteeme  of  yt.    The  hopes  of  that  and  the  underhand  propositions 

made  by  the   [Papists  in  Irland]    [to]  the  Queen,  yf  anything 

doe,  maye  retarde  the   [cloca  of  the  Prince  in  al  union  with 

Puritans    in    England.]      This    cometh    to    mee    uppon   noe   ill 

ground,  however  I  confess  I  holde  faste  to  my  former  positions 

to  praye  for  an  accomodation  by    treatye   yf  yt  bee  possible ; 

wherein  you  shall  finde  mee  fixed.     I  have  noe  more   now  to 

saye,  but  to  pray  for  yr  well  dooing  and  rccoverye  if  there  bee 

cause,  not  doubting  youl  letfe  mee  heare  shortely  from  you,  and 

take  that  care  of  your  servants  they  have  formerly  expressed 

towardes  you. 

Ja  :  Fen. 


1L.     282  to 


My   EVER   HONORED   LORD,  [London]  February  22. 

I  have  received  yors  of  the  15  and  cannot  but  really 
acknowledge  your  favor  [in  communicating  your  proceedings,  of 
which  I  shall  make  the  best  use  I  can  to  encourage  our  party] . 
And  I  must  as  perticularly  give  you  thankes  for  your  resolution 
[in  order  to  my  advantage  with  which  I  am  exceedingly 
satisfied.]  In  retornc  of  wch  I  can  only  say  that  since  my 
last,  it  is  discovered   that  the  Marq3  of  Ormond  is  gonne  into 

•  Sic. 


1648,  Feb.  22. 


14  HAMILTON    PAPERS. 

1G48,  Fob.  22.  Fraunce  where  t'is  believed  that  hoe  meetes  the  Ldj  Antrim  and 
Muskery,  commissioners  from  Ireland  to  setle  the  Kingdome  in 
order  to  Lis  Mau  service,  and  'tis  reported  tliat  all  parties  are 
agreed  in  Ireland,  and  that  Inchiquen  is  joyned  in  the  confed- 
eracy wth  them  :  [if  so  yon  will  have  more  helpe  then  wes 
expected.  Doubtles  M.  Orniond  suddaine  departure  is  nob 
but  for  some  good  end.  From  France  I  have  not]  heard  [lately 
only  they  heere  have  intercepted  letters  from  the  Queen  to  the 
Kinge,  and  it  is  reported  an  other  letter  from  the  D.  of  Yorke 
to  his  Ma.tlc  was  taken  implying  his  obedience  to  his  father's 
commands  of  speedily  getting  for  Scotland.  Uppon  this  'tis 
said  hee  is  to  bee  confined  to  the  Tower :  others  say  that  hee, 
his  brother  and  sister  are  to  bo  sent  to  the  He  of  Wight  (though 
not  to  theire  father)  that  so  one  guard  ma}r  suffice  for  all. 
Yesterday  Judge  Jenkins  was  brought  to  the  Comon's  bar  and 
there  refused  to  kneele  and  boldly  denyed  theire  jurisdiccion  : 
however  they  intend  speedily  to  condemno  and  execute  him  by 
au  Ordinance,  and  then  by  this  example  who  wilbee  safe  ?  He 
was  exceedingly  applauded  by  the  people  in  his  passage  to  and 
from  the  House.  Fcmbrookc  Castle  still  holds  out  against  the 
Army,  [and  all  Wales  expects  but  a  faire  advantage  to  gett  out 
of  slavery];  Plymouth  likewise  disputes  it  with  them  about 
arreares ;  and  to  stop  theire  mouthes  GOOO11  is  ordered  them, 
W*  the  Citty,  as  I  am  told,  refuse  to  lend.  As  yett  Fairfax  is 
heere,  but  hath  made  made  no  further  entry  uppon  the  Citties 
priviledges,  who  keepe  theire  armes  and  stand  on  theire  owne 
leggs.  [Mr.  Ashburnham  and  his  party  still  hover  about]  in 
the  country  and  sometimes  in  the  Citty,  and  I  heave  ave  as  much 
trusted  [by  his  Matie  as  ever].  Some  say  [they  have  a  designe 
to  act]  some  [what  to  cleare  of  all  aspersions  if  it  prove  for 
his  ]\iatie3  advantage  I  am  sure  you  wish  it  success.]  " 

And  so 

Your  faithfull 

humble  srvant 

282. 
22  Feb.  1G47. 


ADDENDA.  15 


12.  James  Fenxe  to  Mr.  Edwards  Edgar. 

Feb  :  the  28  ?  1647, 
My  last  weekes  dispaclit  I  hope  you  received.     I  contineu  Feb.  28? 

this  onely   to   lett   you   see   my  vigilauuee  towards    yr    service  Mar-  y- 

and  those  where  you  ar.  We  heare  [The  Prince's  resolution 
is  taken  withowt  more  ceremonye  [to  come  into  Scot- 
land.] Yf  that  bee  soe  wch  questionless  you  ar  Lest  able 
to  informs  mee  of,  have  a  care  to  rivetto  your  owne  partyc 
soe  before  hand  that  new  men  doe  not  interpose  to  the  de- 
struction of  the  whole  designe,  for  the  same  violent  persons  you 
knew  and  suffered  under  before,  will  come  theyther  along 
withowte  dispute,  but  what  disputes  theyle  make  yf  they  maye 
have  an}-  influence  uppon  the  counsells,  God  knoweth.  You 
see  how  disunion  ruined  us  before.  Yf  wee  ar  borne  to  perish 
the  seconde  tyme  by  the  same  disease  'tis  better  never  to  doe 
any  thing  but  bee  passive  in  all  rather  then  fall  oute  of  the 
friing  pan  into  the  fire.  You  see  my  honnest  plaineness  is  ever 
the  same,  I  confessc  I  abhorre  all  that  violent  caball  from  my 
hart e ,  whoc  noething  but  studdied  to  hinder  as  accomodation 
by  treatie  att  Oxford,  wdi  hath  brought  the  monarchic  of  both 
kingdoms  to  the  sad  posture  att  this  present  they  ar  in.  Secure 
mee  in  this  scruple  therefore  speedelye,  aud  noething  else  can 
hinder  all  you  desire  from  hence.  In  the  meane  tyme  bee  con- 
fident noe  accommodation  can  bee  made  with  [the  Indepen- 
dents] by  [the  Scots],  [The  English  Parliament]  beginne 
now  to  raise  great  hopes  to  themselves  from  these  disunions 
approaching  the  publick  and  doe  not  stick  almost  to  declare 
yt.  The  buisness  I  wrote  laste  to  you  of  in  Ireland  is  all 
this  tyme  machinating  by  them  both  there  and  in  France. 
They  as  a  tribe a  meditate  noething  but  revenge  and  hate  the 
libertyes  of  the  counctrys,  which  indeede  is  my  proper  quarrel! 

*  ?  that  meditate. 


16  HAMILTON    PAPERS. 

1G48  Fcb-  2R  ?  to  them.  The  Queene,  letters  saye  from  Fraunce,  hath  settled 
'Mar.  it.  tjie  prince»s  howseholde  aparte  from  hers.  My  lord  Gerrard  is 
greatly  in  favour  with  him  upon  Prince  Rupertes  score,  malum 
omen  futuri,  therefore  I  conclude  as  I  beganne,  make  sure  of 
a  counter-ballaunce,  and  that  those  persons  they  woulde 
not  have  come  oute  of  that  respect,  as  haringe  to  public  sowles 
bee  sure  they  are  not  for  that  reason  omitted,  when  they  come 
by  waie  of  demanding  right  and  justice,  yf  noe  other  capacitye  : 
for  in  this  case  the  interest  of  any  one  private  person  soe 
enclyned  or  persecuted,  is  the  interest  of  the  whole  publick 
weale,  soe  desiring  to  hcare  att  large  from  you  what 
Youl  coiuaund  yr  humble  Servant 

I  rest 

Ja  :  Fen. 


13.  Edward  Andeewes  to  the  Earl  of  Lanark. 

My  Lorde, 
164S,  Mar.  T]T.        I  have  received  your  Lop?s  of  ye  21st  of  Feb.  yesterday,  and 
shall  bare  great  care  y*  ye  enclosed  bee  securely  conveyed  to 
your  cozen ;  having  this  day  a  good  opportunity.     By  the  laste 
poste  I  sent  your  Lopp  a  cypher  which  I  hope  is  come  (ere  this 

tynie)    to   your    hands.     The  late    [ ?   can on T\ 

well    be    to    [ ?    hath]     almoste    rendered    the    Duke     of 

York's  escgape]  impossible  :  at  least  [for  a  tyrue  he  hath  en- 
gaged himself  to  the  powers  not  to  escape  but]  if  in  order  to  the 
necessity  of  having  at  (in  the  present  conjunction  of  afiayres) 
effected,  it  shall  be  thought  expedient  [to  persuade  him  that  a 
promise]  of  that  prejudice  [to  King  and  himself  without  his 
father's  knowledge  or]  consent  [can  not  bind]  him  and  by  that 
means  prevayle  [now  with  D.  of  Y.  to  be  willing],  the  way  I 
once  proposed  to  [you]  is  feseable    [and  unsuspected]  ;  but  it 


ADDENDA.  17 

must  be  yr  work  of  a  little  tyme;  and  if  your  Lop*  shall  thiuke  1G4S.  Ma 
fitt  to  give  it,  I  shall  desire  your  oppiniou  concerning  it.  [My 
way  of  adress  to  the  King  is  yet  sure  and]  I  thinke  the  [one 
remaining.]  The  business  of  association  is  very  hopefull,  and 
I  am  most  confident  of  what  has  been  formerly  promised  by 
some  persons  in  the  cittie  be  performed,  which  I  finde  will  not 
bee  done  withoute  the  continuance  of  [Scotland,]  as  substan- 
tial] [assistance  may  thence]  he  reived  on.  I  shall  adil  noc 
more  for  the  present,  but  that  I  am  my  Lordo  jour  Lop'15 
mostc  humble  and  moste  faithful!  servant 

Ed.  Andrewes. 

March  ye  1st,  1G47. 

The  enclosed  from  the  [King]  came  hither  the  last  week, 
whilest  I  was  in  the  country,  but  not  to  my  hands  till  this  even- 
ing. I  was  not  sure  it  was  for  [you],  it  not  being  mentioned 
iu  mine  whoe  it  was  for  till  Mr.  [Horwod]  informed  mee. 


14.  ?  to  the  Earl  of  Lanakk. 

March  3. 
I  moght  have  been  in  great  disorder  as  weal  as  other  of  your  lots,  Mar.  ,' 
friends,  if  your  letter  hade  not  come  very  seasonably  for  to 
convince  the  reports  of  those  mutino[us]  Scots  would  invade 
the .  natione.  Thanks  be  to  the  wisdome  of  vour  powerfull 
army,  that  give  them  work  att  home.  Hop  of  gayne  and  per- 
ticular  animositye  may  secure  our  fears,  if  we  can  be  faithful! 
to  our  pious  principles,  and  purge  the  hous  and  army  of 
malignants  such  as  [Lanerick]  a  we  are  safe.  Great  industry 
has  b  used  to  Kinge  party].  Be  sure  to  mak  [that]  yours  [eon- 
cerne,  else  vow  are  ruined.     Argyll]  will  be  right    [when  Par- 


•  I*  this  a  joke  or  is  the  right  name  wrongly  ciphered  ? 
b  ?  has  been. 


CAJ1D.  S0C. 


18  HAMILTON    PAPERS. 


1648,  Mar.  ,V  lament]  has  [paid].8  Doc  all  you  can  to  [gain  England].  Mak 
[hast]  if  you  expect  [assistance]1'  Northumberland]  or  other 
[lords]  you  will  be  deceaved.  It  is  believed  M.  Harford  is  not 
vigilant  [in  frends],  Must  be  [flatteredc:  Cliurcli]  kept  humble. 
Carlyll  co.c  is  yours  hartily. 
March  3. 


15.  James  Fexxe  to  Edward  Edgar. 

March  6,  1647. 
1048,  Mar.  TV  I  have  received  onely  2  letters  from  you  with  this  but  for  the 
addresse  I  conceive  H*3  Edgar -never  fayleth,  therefore  yf  there 
bee  any  stoppe  'tis  farther  of.  The  papour  I  desired  from  you 
I  saye  noemoreof,  leaving  yt  wholie  to  your  discretion,  as  I  did 
then  :  onely  I  beleeve  you  I  heare  speediiye  of  the  Princes 
remove  onto  of  Fraunce,  and  then,  yf  the  occasion  present  yt 
selfe,  with  his  presence  amongst  you  I  presume  you  Avill  reco- 
mend  yrc  servants  attendaunce  as  hee  shall,  when  the  scene 
varies  to  Other  partes,  fayethfullye  intend  yr  goode,  and  yr 
Brothers.  The  resulte  of  ower  parliaments  in  Scotland  plese 
to  write  to  me,  with  the  sooner,  as  alsoe  some  opinion  touching 
my  particular,  by  wave  of  advise  to  the  fayethfullest  of  your 
creatures 

James  Fexxe. 

I  consider  when  my  freindes  can  not  write  what  they  would 
they  says  leasts  of  those  perticulars  as  remedclisse,  though  I 
am  not  soe  wedded  to  my  fancye  as  not  to  parte  with  yt  very 
easilye  neare  the  presence  of  y1'  judgement. 

*  Argyll  had  money  owcil  to  him  by  the  English  Parliament,  and  the  suggestion 
is  that  he  would  join  the  llamiltons  as  soon  as  he  received  it. 
b  "  From  "  seems  to  be  omitted.  c  The  Countess  of  Carlisle. 


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16.     282  to  the  Eat:l  or  Lanaiik. 

My  ever  iionoked  Lobs, 

Yours  of  the  29th  past  came  safe,  yett  was  not  altogeather  so  101g  ^Iur  - 
full  of  assurance  as  tke  former  though  I  hope  by  this  time  yee 
have  overcome  the  difficulties  [the  Kirk  gives  you  :  otherwise 
I  may  feare  wee  of  the  Nobility  may  fall  iuto  the  same] 
prejudice  [all  those  of  honour  have  hcere  by  the  violence  of 
that  spirit!;  but  1  hope  yee  are  too  wise  and  couragious  to  be 
swayed  by.!  persons  [so  much  your  dependents].  I  can  say  no 
more  of  that  subject,  but  shall  acquaint  you  with  what  hath  lately 
come  to  my  knowledge,  first,  from  Fraunce  I  heare  both  the 
Queen e  and  Prince  are  prepareing  to  quitt  that  kingdome,  but 
whether  they  intend  is  not  yett  discoverd,  only  thus  much  the 
Queen  intends  to  runne  the  Prince's  fortune.  1  believe  they  will 
receive  no  stop  there,  for  Air.  Ellis,  a  lawier  of  the  House  of 
Comons,  is  retorned  theare  unsatisfied,  beeing  sent  to  enQ'ao-e 
Card11  Mazarini  and  the  State  to  stop  the  Prince  his  journey. 
Those  that  come  from  Ireland  report  that  Kingdome  to  bee  in  a 
maniier  lost  to  'the  Parliament  party,  and  Inchequin  and  Sir 
C.  Coote  discontented,  lleere  the  Houses  have  been  busied  in 
perfecting  theire  answere  to  your  declaration,  which,  beeino- 
past  the  Comons,  was  likewise  on  Satterday  past  in  a  full  House 
of  the  Lords  (being  five),  whereof  Manchester  beeing  one  dis- 
sented. 'Tis  reported  that  lice,  the  E.  of  Holland  and  Countess 
of  Carlisle  are  goeing  to  the  Spa  to  avoyde  the  storme  they 
have  just  cause  to  feare.  The  Lords  have  likewise  sent  downe 
to  the  Comons  an  ordinance  of  indempnity  for  all  those  that 
with  the  Speakers  deserted  the  House  and  went  to  the  Army, 
which  was  debated  on  Satterday  in  the  Commons  House,  who, 
insteed  of  concurring,  referred  it  to  a  Committee  to  report  on 
Thursday  the  reasons  why  they  deserted  theire  charges,  and 
'tis  thought  they  may  rather  suffer  then   bee   acquitt.  for  the 


20  HAMILTON   PAPERS. 

1648,  Mar.  -,77-.  Presbiterian  party  carried  this  against  them,  'tis  reported  like- 
wise that  the  Speaker  of  the  Conn  nous  House  shalbe  discharged 
and  Mr.  Grimston  seated  in  his  chaire.  Theire  great  scale 
is  taken  out  of  his  and  Manchester's  hands  and  disposed  to  the 
custody  of  the  E.  of  Kent,  Sir  TLo:  Widderington  and  Mr. 
Whitlocke.  Uppon  the  dispute  on  Satterday  Martin  prayed  the 
House  not  to  differ  so  much;  but  eyther  to  bee  all  for  the  King 
or  all  against  him.  The  Army  is  still  mutinous,  and  the  Liefe 
Guard  so  discontented  as  that  a  Regta  of  Horse  seeing  the  ill 
usage  those  had  received  in  the  manner  of  disbanding  without 
money  or  good  words,  have  sent  to  require  satisfacion  on  theire 
behalfe.  Theerenppon  the  disbanded  are  this  day  to  attend 
Cromwell  and  to  receive  such  satisfacion  as  heo  hopes  may 
please  them.  The  Army  hath  lately  condemned  7  souldiers  for 
severall  crimes  but  dare  not  execute  them,  martiall  law  beeino- 
growen  odious  amongst  them.  But  the  news  of  this  day,  if  it 
bee  true  is  best  of  all,  wch  is  that  Morgan  late  Goveraour  of 
Glocester  is  at  the  head  of  3000  men  in  that  county  and  hath 
encountred  some  of  the  Army,  slayne  about  30,  and  taken  above 
100  prisoners.  His  Mahe  for  any  thing  I  heere  is  as  much  a 
prisoner  as  formerly,  yctt  it  is  constantly  aflirmed  the  2  Houses 
endeavor  and  desire  a  treaty  with  him  and  desire  hee  would 
write  to  require  it,  but  'tis  said  hee  refuscth  except  yours,  and 
all  interests  may  bee  satisfied  if  they  intend  any  such  thiuo-. 
'Tis  believed  they  will  speedily  bring  him  to  Hampton  Court. 
Besides  I  am  assured  they  have  underhand  invited  the  Citty  to 
peticion  them  for  a  personall  treaty  with  his  Matie  but  they 
refuse,  because  thereby  they  may  offend  the  Scotts  who  are 
theire  freinds,  and  likewise  incurre  the  danger  of  the  votes. 
The  Citty  hath  also  refused  to  lend  them  2000001  uppon  the 
security  of  Cole-pitts  in  the  Bishopricke  of  Duresme,  and  for 
anything  I  can  heere  or  observe,  these  old  freinds  of  theires  are 
now  totall  averse  from  them,  and  theire  proceedings.  To  con- 
clude,   [if  your  kirk  can   oppose  your   intentions,  thev  will   be 


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guilty  of']  perpetual!  warre  and  division  [amongst  us;  whereas  if 
yee  appeare  this  cloud  will  vanish,  and  all  of  us]  enjoy  the  hap- 
pines  of  peace  wch  is  the  prayer  of 

Yor  most  faithfull  servant 

333,  57,  282,  3G2,  40  [?] 

7th  of  March. 


17.     409  to  the  Earl  op  Lanark. 

My  Lord, 

I  feare  you  forgett  you  have  a  servant  in  these  parts  or  take  1G48,  Mar.  T7f 
not  mee  for  one,  otherwise  I  had  been  made  happy  with  a  more 
frequent  receipt  of  your  letters.  [Yours  to  the  King  I  have 
sent  and  shall  send  you  an  answer]  shortly.  [I  doubt  not  if 
designe  faile  not]  he  will  make  [his  escape  and  be  with  you] 
before  you  can  hope  it,  soe  well  have  I  ordered  the  busines,  as 
nothing  but  [himseife  can  lett]  it.  \Yhat"  service  I  mav  doe 
you  for  I  shall  hold  a  constant  correspondence  [with  him,  but 
as]  faithfull  with  you.  Lot  mee  understand  by  the  impose  fate) 
how  much  I  have  attained  the  ambition  of  being 

My  Lord 

Your  Lop11' 

Acknowledged  servant, 

409.b 

March  7, 
1647. 


■  ?  Let  me  know  what.  b  f  irebrace. 


22 


HAMILTON    PATERS. 


18.  The  Marquis  of  Ormoxd  to  the  Dcke  of  Hamilton 
AND  THE  EiBL  of  Lanark   [decipher]. 

Saint  Jcrinins,  17"1  March,  lt'AS. 
1G48,  Mar.  ^.  Your.Lop5  havcing  perticuler  and  frequent  intelligence  from 
hence  I  shall  only  remember  you  of  some  thinges  were  men- 
tioned at  our  meeting  more  perticulier  to  the  parte  designed 
for  me,  and  first  your  Lop.  may  be  pleased  by  the  next  safe  con- 
vcyence  to  send  heather  effectual]  orders  to  those  commanding 
the  Scots'  armie  and  garrisons  in  Irland  to  obay  my  orders  as 
his  Matiea  governor  of  that  King-dome,  that  when  1  have  pre- 
vailed for  those  assistances  I  expect  from  hence  (where  of  I 
have  good  hopes),  1  be  not  forced  to  delaye  my  goeing  over 
for  want  of  soo  necessary  ane  encouragement  :  in  the  next 
place,  you  may  please  imediatly  to  give  order  to  yo1'  forces  in 
Irland  to  give  all  possible  safe  aversion  a  to  Oeu  Oneill  that  if 
he  intend  interuption  to  those  that  wee  heare  are  well  inclyned 
to  returne  to  there  due  obedience,  he  maybe  forced  to  looke 
homewards.  I  the  rather  mynd  yo''  Lop5  now  of  these  perticu- 
lers,  for  that  I  understand  the  gentleman  I  imployed  tob  is 
safely  with  him,  and  that  these  c  concur  so  many  good  sio-nes  of 
his  declaiming  with  us  in  the  King's  service  if  I  be  furnished 
with  what  is  further  necessary j  hasten  over  to  you1'  Lops  most 
Humble  Servant. 


10.  James  Fenne  to  Mr.  Edwards  Edgar. 

The  12  of  Marc'..,  1647. 

1648,  Mar.  £$.       Your  laste  to  nice  whereof  noething  was  written  iu  scypher 

maketh  me  wonder  att   the  forwardeness   wee  dayelie  here  the 

a  Sic,  ?  niis-eiphercd  for  *:  diversion."  b  ?  Inchiqnm. 

«  SU;  ?  '•  there." 


ADDENDA. 


23 


allay  res  of  [Scotland]  ar  in,  because  I  praesume  were  the  rela-  ltus.  Mar.  \\ 
tioDS  true  in  ajiy  parte  1  should  have  received  some  intimation 
from  you  to  that  effect ;  however  yf"  the  intermission  of 
ower  letters,  any  thing  to  that  effect  hath  happened,  1  expect 
the  rcsultes  of  yt  first  from  your  selfo,  as  Leeiug  individuall  in 
my  respect,  withoute  making  these  addresses  to  others.  I 
wrote  you  one  very  long  letter,  and  fear  that  there  was  to  much  of 
my  owne  perticular  in  yt ;  'tis  a  faulte  I  can  easilie  mende,  though 
againsle  [the  Prince  of  Wales]  take  his  joiirny.  1  humbly 
beseech  you  in  convenient  tymc  to  thincke  -of.  me,  unless  you 
believe  the  subject  uncapable  of  the  pretence  ;  [then  the  passe] 
desired  before  maye  be  neccssarye.  Att  leaste  such  a  recom- 
mendation iu  general!  to  [the  Queene]  and  [Prince  of  "Wales] 

of  [meo]  by  the  Marquis  of  A'T ],  or  whoe  you  have  or  doe 

thincke  fo'tte  [to  sende  into  France];  it  maye  be  visible  to  them. 
I  am  one  will  be  avoued  [in  Scotland.  The  Prince  of  Wales] 
dott  not  remove  this  G  weekes  nor  can  sooner  possiblye  be 
readye.  I  received  lastc  weeke  to  letters  from  him  all  written 
with  his  owne  handes;  the  tenure  of  them  being  I  should 
speedily  receive  orders  whether  to  repayre  unto  him.  [The 
Queen's  counsayle]  ar  hugely  devided;  to  of  them  beeing  dealt 
with  from  henee  and  the  only  to  c  that  have  power  to  oppose 
[Scotland]  all  they  can,  and  devert  the  [Prince  of  Wales]  from 
yt.  This  1  can  assure  you  is  truth,  though  I  heare  with  all  'tis 
not  likelie  to  prevayle,  since  the  generality's  of  English  in 
France  second  [the  Queen's]  inclynation  to  [Scotland.] 
Xewes  here  is  none  but  that  the  armye  and  the  Parlia- 
ment have  indemnified  one  another  like  the  brothers  of  the 
Sword  in  the  f  King  and  noe  King/  wch  was  don  by  a  publick 
vote  of  both  houses.  The  ablest  amongste  them  pretend  to 
desire  an  accomodation,  and  that  the  King  maye  be  restored 
to  some  moderate  power  again.  I  feare  a  lapwing  cryeth. 
farthest  from  the  nest  ;  else  eertainely  'tis  the  true  interest  of 
■  "By"  is  probably  omitted.  "  Antrim.  c  Two. 


24  HAMILTON    TAPERS. 

1648,  Mar.  £5. '  both  King-domes  to  accomodate  this  present  difference  specdilye, 
and  to  applye,  as  you  saved,  lenitives  rather  than  corrosives.  To 
conclude  in  the  worlde  you  have  not  a  fayethfullcr 

serveut  then 

J.  Fen. 
By  the  post  cometh  I  beseech  you  lett  mee  heare  from  you. 


20.     ■ to  Lord  Lanark-. 

My  Lord, 
1G48,  Mar.  £*.        Senco  my  last  to  [your  Lordship  little  of  any]   moment  hath 
passed   here    more  then    the    emission    of    [the    Parliament's] 

answere    to    [ ]  papers    (the    woorke     of     [Master    Nat 

Feenes])  and  the  impeachment  of  the  foure  Aldermen  in  the 
Tower,  whom  when  they  could  not  iuvite  to  submitt  to  their 
wayes  they  now  will  force  by  their  authoritie  and  power.  Their 
[design]  now  on  foot  is  to  [adjourn  the  Parliament]  that  therby 
they  may  be  the  more  easily  dispose  [of  their  army  and]  the 
other  advantages.  I  observe  [King's  party]  and  Presbiteriari 
too  much  to  apprehend  this  [design.  No  thing  can  hinder] 
this,  [but  your  armies  march  into  England.]  It  is  true  Com- 
missary Copley  in  Headsoare n  hath  desired  me  to  acquaint 
[your  Lordships  with  a  bussiness  of  great]  consequence  [and  it 
is]  this  [Henry  Martin]  (notwithstanding  all  his  severe  speeches 
and  writings  [against  the  Scots'  affairs)  sente]  to  [Commisary 
Copley]  intreating  him  to  [use  his  best  endeavours]  to  recon- 
cile him  [to  Scotland]  ami  that  [ho]  and  [his  party]  (wcU  would 
appeare  for  Monarchic)  might  be  [received  into  that]  of  [Lords] 
and  that  nothing  '•  wdl  they  would  not  do  to  [destroy  Cromwell 
and  his  party]  who  was  the  falsest  of  mankinde ;  and  if  [Scot- 
land would]  give  him  [assurance]  and  countenance  [his]  actions 

*  i.e.  lladsor.  b  J  there  was  nothing. 


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in  [Parliament]  lie  doubted  not  lint  lie  should  [defeat  Cromwell  1G1S,  Mar.  £j. 
and  his  party];  assuring  withall  [he  had  four  regiments]  ready 
at  his  [service]  and  indeed  [that  party  is]  at  this  [time  very] 
mutinous,  and  expects  a  faire  [opportunity]  to  decline  [Crom- 
well's commands]  (hearing"  [Fairfax's  and  Cromwell's]  resolu- 
tion is  to  [despatch]  the  chief  heads  and  abaters11  of  that  paitic) 
and  therfore  [Master  Copley]  finding  yl  [design]  of  so  great 
consequence  encouraged  him  to  porsne  [his  design],  assnreing 
him  [that  little]  interest  [he  had  in  Scotland]  should  be  heartily 
employed  for  so  good  a  purpose,  and  he  doubted  not  to  give  him 
a  good  accompt,  provideing  y1  he  would  be  as  constant  to  these 
second  thoughts  as  he  had  been  to  the  first.  The  consideracion 
of  this  will  not  be  unworthie  of  your  serious  [council]  and  [to] 
returne  [your  opinion  what  is  fit  to  be  done.  Colonel  Ledger  is 
gone  to  York]  weell  advised  to  [  be  h  the  Scots  party]. 

[Your  friends  in  France]  are  much  astonished  y*  [they  hear 
nothing]  both  of  [your]  declarations  [and]  actions  wch,  as  I 
conceave,  is  the  true  cause  yl  vow  have  so  litle  assurance  of 
arms  and  money.  Otherwise  [?]  you  need  not  apprehend  anie 
thing  of  inconstancie  or  irresolution  in  there  counsells,  but  the 
particulars  1  leave  to  [Captain  Moyle's  letter.] 

It  is  observable  that  these  two  last  dayes  the  Cabinet  coun- 
sall  men  are  much  busied  and  destracted  in  their  waves,  and 
men  of  good  judgement  here  conceaves  that,  if  vow  have  no 
division  amongst  yourselves,  they  are  confident  this  armie  can. 
never  be  brought  unanimous  to  a  rendezvous  to  ingage  against 
that  party  whieh  will  declare  for  Monarchic,  and  thogh  great 
art  and  diligence  is  employed  for  the  raiseing  of  money,  and 
much  money  is  alreadie  gathered,  yet  the  distempers  and  dis- 
contents of  their  armie  are  so  manic  that  they  dare  not  pay  the 
souldyers  anie  part  of  the  arreares,  fearing  that  they  would 
desert  the  service.     The  consideration  of  these  and  manie  other 

*  i.e.  abetters.  b  ?  be  of . 

CAMD.  SOC.  E 


2G  HAMILTOH    l'APLIIS. 

1648,  Mar.  $$.  acccdents  hath  much  encouraged  all  honest  men  of  Hie  Citie  to 
stand  constant  to  their  resolution  and  nothing1  can  make  them 
weavre  hut  your  delayes.  This  is  all  1  have  to  represent  to  you 
at  this  tjme  being  late  and  I  indisposed  to  write.  God  prosper  all 
your  loyall  and  religious  endeavours. 
London,  14th  March. 


21.    MlINGO    MtJERAY  TO    THE    Eaul   OF   IjAXAUK. 

My  Lord, 
1648,  Mar.  £g.  [The  schipes  that]  should  a  ben  [in  Scotland]  sax  weekes 
[ago]  is  turned  in  on,"  which  [com  to  Deipe]  sax  days  [ago]  and 
[Sir  vTilliem  Fleniinge]  is  this  day  to  he  [despacht  with  his  to] 
Scotland.  Ther  [comes  letters  and  reports  dayly  heir  that  putes 
us  in  greate  fearsj  Lot  the  Queen  and  Prince  [ar  much]  cher- 
falcr1'  [sine  Magecr  Putharfourde's  [cuminge.  The  Prince]  is 
altogether  sete  [for  goinge  to  Scotlande.]  The  Irish  makes 
[great  prefers  and  wolde  have]  the  [Prince  to  thar.]c  Mr. 
[Ashhurnham  the  clarge  d  of  Englande]  ar  joyned  with  all  their 
pouer  to  make  some  reconsiliation  [betwixte  the  Kino-e  and 
ermye]  and  at  least  if  yon  should  enter  England  with  an  erme,c 
it  is  beleved  [that  will]  bringe  the  Kinge  upon  thade]  of  tharsf 
and  doe  all  thingos  [in  hes  nem?]  to  deceaue  [thepeipil.]  The 
French  [wiris ''  of  u^.]  Cod  grante  by  his  power  you  may  be 
the  maine  instrument  of  reestablishinge  the  Kin^e  and  his 
posterity  and  recoveringe  your  cuntrie's  honor.  It  shall  be  my 
studeto  express  myself  yor  to 

faithful  and  htunbol  servant. 
March  the  2:,,  1CAS. 

*  i.e.  returned  in  one.  b  Chccrfnller.  e  ?  to  »ro  there. 

d  i.f.  the  clergy.  e  i.e.  an  army.  I  ?  the  head  of  theirs. 

I  i.e.  name.  ''  Wearies. 


ADDENDA.  27 

22.  Ld.  Jermyn?  to  the  Earl  of  Lanark  ?  [decipher.] 

j\Iy  Lord, 

Give  me  libertic  to  add   some  tiling  besids   what    is    newes   lW8,Mar.££. 

wreten  to  you  by  my  lord  Leiutenants,  wch  is  that  you  wilbe 
pleased  to  take  care  and  soc  give  order  that  the  Scotish  forces 
in  Ireland,  by  there  corespondence  with  Oeu  Oneill,  and  those 
of  the  Irish  forces  lying  next  to  them  give  not  him  or  those 
forces,  such  assurenccs  of  sccuretie  as  maye  leave  them  at 
libertie  to  drawe  there  forces  towards  the  southern e  countries 
of  lrland,  to  molest  those  of  the  Irish  there  that  are  better 
affected  to  joyn  in  the  service  now  designed  for  the  King. 
Oeu  Oneill  being  jelous  of  the  other  Irish  forces  is  resolved  to 
drawe  his  forces  towards  them,  wch  wilbe  a  great  interruption  to 
the  service  if  some  course  be  not  in  that  case  taken  by  the  Scots 
to  use  a  diversione,  wch  I  presume  maye  be  done  with  such  wari- 
ness as  it  neid  not  at  all  ind anger  the  Scotish  partie.  The 
bearer  Sr  William  Fleming  gocth  hence  soe  full  of  the  know- 
ledge of  all  affaires  here,  he  being  also  desired  by  Marq8  Ormond 
to  speake  perticulerly  witli  you  of  all  concerning  your  ownc  98. 
4.  and  those  of  1  GO  Countie,  in  relation  therunto,  that  1  need 
not  at  this  time  be  any  further  troublesome  to  yow  with  any 
other  relations  then  such  as  he  is  able  and  authorised  to  make 
onto  yor  Lop.  The  Queen  and  Prince  of  AVales  aud  all  that  are 
considerable  there'  have  placed  ther  conlideuce  in  yow  and  the 
Duck  Hamilton,  though  these  want  not  those  here  that  wola 
doe  yow  prejudice  and  lave  hould  on  Marqs  representations 
from  some  freinds  of  yours  out  of  Scotland.  But  upon  my 
lyffe,  they  have  no  poure  to  begett  any  mistrust  of  yor  affections: 
this  1  imparte  only  to  yor  Lo1'. 

From  yor  Lop3  most 

faithfull  and 

humble  servant. 
*  tSic,  ?  here. 


28  HAMILTON    PAPERS. 


23.  143  to  the  Earl  of  Lanark. 

My  Lord, 
iG4S,Mar.  Your  Lop1'3  of  yc  7l!l  of  March  i.s  come  to  niee»;  the  enclosed  I 

shall  deliver  as  sooue  as  I  can  finde  him  to  whome  it  [is] 
directed,  weh  yet  I  cannot,  but  am  in  hope  I  shall  tynie  enough, 
that  he  may  give  your  Lopp  an  accounte  of  the  receipt  of  it  him- 
self. 624  tokle  me  that  1  sent  you  from  571  was  for  yourLop!\  J 
have  fowndc  means  to  [have  private  conference  with  the  Duke 
of  York],  whoe  is  resolved  notwithstanding  [503  his  engage- 
ment to  Parliament  willing.  I  tokle  him  he]  cowltle  [onder1*  not 
make]  any  ingagement  [in  a  bnssines  of]  soc  publiqae  concern- 
ment in  [relation  both  to  K.  and  Kdoms  without  his  fathcre's] 
consent.  If  [King  come  in  and  him  which  he  coneeaves  will 
absolve  him  from  his  pro]mise.  to  which  you  will  I  hope  finde 
617  [sally  don.  Shortly  the  designo  of  022  c  crowning  in  case 
there  he  a  necessity  [that  monarchi[i]  call  govern]  ment 
[must]  continue,  is  freshly  thought  upone  ;  this  for  the  present 
/is  all  I  shall  trowble  your  Lop1'  with,  being 
My  Lorde,  Your  Lopr's 

Moste  humble  and 

most  faithfull  servant 

143. 


24.  Earl  of  Lanark  to  D1'  A.  Fraser. 

o  Edinburgh.  April  12. 

1648   \      13        Upon  Munday  last  I  received   yours  of   the  4'h  of  this  month. 
Mv  hopes  that  this  expresse  will  come  sooner  to   jou  than  the 

»  ?  Bamfield.  b  Under  age. 

c  ?  The  iHtke  of  Gloucester. 


ADDENDA.  20 

ordinary  post  keeped  »ee  from  -writing- to  you  by  it  last  night.  1648,  Apr.  12. 
I  findc  you  have  been    informed   of  my   sickues.se.     One   day  I 
confesse  it  overcame  me,  but  noe  more,  and   I  hope  you  shall 
sooner  hear  of  my  death  then  that  I  shall   be   soe  keeped  from 
performing-  of  my  dutyes  at  this   time;  yet  before  you  hear  of 
either,  I  despaire   not   Lut   you  will   fmde  that  the  prophctick 
Lord  whose  prudence  and  asiatique  eloquence  you  soe  much 
admire  may  he  mistaken  ;  for  all  that  hetherto  hath  heen  done 
[in  the   House   of  Lords  a   hath   boon   carryed   in   dispight   of] 
Argyle  and  "will  be  see  still,  if  good  be  done  at  all,  for  yesterday1' 
it  was  voted  in  Parliament  that  all  the  articles  of   the  covenant 
were  highly  broken   in   the   sight   of  God,   Angells,   and   men  ; 
and.  many  articles  of  the  treaties  were  violated  three  demands  to 
the  Houses  of  Parliament  wer  concluded  upon.     The   first  con- 
cerning the  coven  [au]t  and   religion,  the   establishing  of  Pres- 
byteriall  Government],  and  against  toleration  :  the  second  that 
his  Matie  may  come  to  some  of  his   houses   in  or   neere  London 
with  honour  freedom  and  safety,  whore  the  Parliaments  of  both 
Kingdomes  may  make  their  applications   to  him  for   settling  a 
religious  and  Well  grounded  peace.      The  third  is  that  to  the  end 
all  the  members  of  both  Houses  who  have  been  faithfull  in  this 
cause  may   with   safety    returne  and   attend   their  charges,  the 
Parliament    may   sitt   and  rot   in  freedome  and  safety.     Both 
kingdemes  without  interruption  may  make  their  applications  to 
his  Matie,  and  the  settling-  of  Religion  and  Peace  be  not  longer 
hindered  or  obstructed.     The  present  army  under  the  command 
of  Thomas  Lord  Fairfax  of  Cameron  may  be  disbanded.     To  all 
these  and  all  the   disputes   concerning  them   only  Argyle    and 
Cassillis,  Waristou   and   L.  of  B.   were  discentiug.     Balmerino 
and  diverse  others  of  that  party  were  ashamed  of  their  imperti- 
nent opposicion  and   voyced  with   us.      Traquar   and   Calander 

*  There  must  l>e  a  mistake  lure.     One  would  expect  Parliament  to  l>e  indicated. 
b  April  11,  Acta  »f  Purl,  of  Scvtl.,  vol.  vi.  part  ii.  23. 


30 


HAMILTON    PAPERS. 


1C48,  Apr.  12.  were  not  soe  mucli  as  present  at  the  debates  soe  as  what  is  done 
is  carried  against  the  one  and  without  the  assistance  of  the 
other  parly.  Yon  may  possibly  think  our  demands  concerning 
religion  impertinent :  I  doe  soe  too.  Yet  certainly  they  are  most 
necessary  at  this  time  and  the  more  unreasonable  the  better, 
for  then  wee  are  sure  to  have  chem  dcnycd  and  without  a  pre- 
text of  religion  it  is  impossible  to  engage  this  Kingdom.  Be- 
fore these  demands  be  sent,  which  we  most  resent,  the  orders  is 
to  be  passed  and  sent  through  the  country  for  [puting]  (which  is 
only  to  be  by  a  messenger  who  is  to  have  a  time  limited  to  him 
for  his  returne)  [the  Kingdome  in  a  pistur*  of  defence]  and  to 
be  ready  to  march  as  they  shall  be  commanded.  This  wee  are 
to-morrow  to  resolve  upon  in  Pari1,  together  with  ane  an s were 
to  eight  demands  presented  to  us  by  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Kirk,  wherein  wee  have  resolved  to  goe  a  very  extraordinary 
length- to  give  them  satisfacion.  [Yet  we  know  it  to  be]  impossi- 
ble, [and  so  will  be  free  to]  proceed  to  our  dutyes  [without  them], 
wherin  I  confesse  we  make  but  a  very  dull  and  lazie  progresse ; 
yet  this  last  week  hath  sett  us  now  [soe]  agoeiug,  as  nothing  but 
[the  Parliament's  granting]  Lords  a  treaty  [can  preventt  our 
enga[g]ment  though]  ic  will  yet  take  a  long  time  ere  [we  can  be 
ready  to  march  with]  an  [army,]  but  believe  it,  that  nothing 
imaginable  is  left  undone  by  [some  of  us.] 


25.     to  James  Giesox.'' 

S'  Aprill  24. 

Am  "4        I  was  made  believe   that   your  servant  who  brought  me   the 

May*,      last  favour  from  you  was  to  returne   so   suddenhe   that    I  could 

scarslie  give  you  thanks  for  it,  butt  I   finde  his  stay  to  be  now 

such  that  1   may  give  you   a  further  trouble,  for   certainlie  all 

4  for  "posture/'  '•  ?  Lanark. 


ADDENDA.  31 

tliat  ever  1  can  say  may  justli   have  tliat    title  though  you  are    j-.g  Apr.  24. 
still  pleased  to  bee  more  civil!  then  to  forbid  it  me.     Itt  is  much  "V  4- 

rejoycing  to  your  servant  that  you  so  perfectlie  overcome  all 
difficulties  of  health  as  those  of  bussnesse,  for  what  can  suceede 
happilie  ever  to  us,  I  am  certaine  comes  from  your  care.  The 
greatest  part  of  honest  persons,  beleeve  now  bussnesse  in  all 
placs  in  a  reasonable  good  condition  so  doth  I  am  confident 
301 ;  for  I  spoke  with  one  that  saw  how  ycvv  merrie  too  daies 
since' those  that  have  the  kindnesse  306  hath  to  313  have  faith 
enough  to  thinek  they  3,95  bee  1G4,  but  generally  people  are- 
afraid  of  examination  55  was  afraid  702  would  nott  [?■]  239  strictly 
presse  a  conscience  to  it,  therfore  left  it  bee  forgotten.  If  you 
doe  nott  258,  552,  37,  to  032,  275,  98  this  king  [?]  domes  affaire 
without  285  healpe  [heere  they  make  that  busenessc  nothing) 
315  said  it  would  bee  but  ton  daie  more  troable,  butt  one  of  the 
chiefe  men  of  their  parts  told  185,  200,  258,  134,  270,  02  his 
strength  271,  202,  05,  253,  98,  00,  205  against  20-1  they  were  so 
united  and  resolved  there  is  yett  no  certaintie  abroad  of  what 
the  Dukes  though  sometime  they  said  it  was  gone  80,  284.  I 
shall  wish  all  they  may  contribute  to  the  30,  142,  17  of  258, 
301  glorie  205,  258,  312,  there  is  some  thing  this  day  discovered 
that  much  incensess  258,  07  which  I  know  you  will  have  a  bettre 
relation  of  the  from  300.  AVee  expect  every  day  80,  103  now 
that  284,  138"  done  her  no  good.  I  shall  hope  to  live  to  see  284 
to  understand  that  affaire,  and  confirme  you  much  more  my 
beeing 

Yr  constant 

humble  servant. 


?  bath. 


32  hamilton  tapers. 

2(3.  Thomas  Howtox  to  - 


Sir, 
1CI8,  Mny  T\.  We  are  Lore  about  nine  score  officers  and  gentlemen  of 
quality  mounted  and  very  nere  an  100  gents  on  foote.  There 
are  commmge  out  of  the  countrcy  good  store  of  foote  (as  the 
gentlemen  promise)  but  most  part  unarmd.  We  make  use  of 
the  townesmen  for  ordinary  guardes,  and  places  confidents  of  our 
owne  upon  all  places  of  consequence,  but  we  rely  upon  our  owne 
selves,  for  wcU  purpose  wo  for  the  most  part  of  us  are  togeather 
all  the  night  either  in  the  streete  or  in  some  place  coveniont  to 
be  in  readinesse  upon  all  occasions.  We  want  amies  exceed- 
ingly, here  being  divers  bronchos  that  will  require  fire  amies.  I 
thanke  vow  for  your  infinite  favours  to  me,  and  to  the  messenger 
that  brought  vow  the  newes.  Be  confident  whatsoever  is  in  my 
power  shall  conduce  to  your  interest.  I  have  herewith  sent  the 
cipher  desired,  and  begge  your  pardon  for  this  plaine  expression 
of  myselfe,  it  beinge  your  commande  shall  be  obeied  by 

Your  most  humble  servant 

Thomas  Howtox. 

Berwicke, 

30  April],  1G1S. 

It  is  reported  the  post  that  brought  the  pacquett  was  staied 
at  Belfourdor  Morpeth,  and  sent  bakke  to  Newcastle.  If  it  had 
corned  hether  it  should  have  passed.  Sir  Will.  Selby  is  in  this 
towne  come  that  day  we  came  hither  from  Sir  Arthur  Hesel- 
rigge,  to  whome  he  promised  to  secure  this  towne  from  the 
cavaliers.  Mr  Maior  brought  me  the  commissioners'  letter  to 
desire  him  to  be  caret' ull  of  the  towns  accordinge  to  the  treaty  and 
to  hinder  the  cavaliers  from  the surprizall  therof.  He  returned 
them  noe  answere,  as  he  afirmes. 


ADDENDA.  33 


27.     282  to  the  Eahl  of  Lanark. 

My  ever  honored  Lord 

Although  this  possibly  may  miscarry  and  fall  into  the  hands  16-18,  May  -^ 
of  Sir  Arthur/  yett  hee  shall  not  find  any  thing  to  please  him, 
because  the  successe  of  loyal]  undertakings  are  everyday  more 
visible,  nor  shall  I  repeat  what  wee  heare  from  our  freinds  in 
the  north,  because  the}"  are  better  knowen  there,, — but  shall 
assure  you  that  our  friends  in  Wales  are  still  prosperous ;  that 
they  have  taken  the  Towno  and  Castle  of  Cardiffe,  the  most 
considerable  in  those  partes;  that  North  Wales  hath  associated 
with  them  and  intend  speedily  to  appeare,  into  wch  associacion 
the  Marches  of  Wales  and  Staffordshire  are  said  to  bee  included, 
and  the  Lord  Byron  is  reported  to  bee  on  foote  in  Lancashire, 
with  a  good  body  of  horse,  intending  fo  assist  the  Welsh.  It  is 
most  certaine  that  Cromwell  was  advanced  as  far  as  Abingdon 
ag*  these  with  5000  horse  and  foote  and  a  trayno  of  9  peeces  : 
some  say  hee  is  by  this  time  at  Glocester,'*  but  the  generall 
rumor  is  that  hee  is  privately  retorned,  havcing  in  a  mutiny  of 
his  forces  about  Abingdon  killed  2  or  3  of  his  souldiers,  who 
notwithstanding  have  seyscd  on  his  artillery  and  amunicion  and 
declared  ag<  him  (wee  say  for  the  King.)  Tis  most  certaine  his 
forces  are  mutinous  enough  :  yesterday  the  general  sent  againe 
to  have  the  2  Regiments  drawen  from  Whitehall  and  the  Mews 
who  have  the  same  spiritt  of  disobedience  and  say  they  will  not 
march.  From  the  West  1  here  that  Bristoll  is  staggering,  that 
Plymouth  hath  not  accepted  a  garrison,  and  that  Pendennis  is 
not  yett  delivered  ;  but  this  is  certaine  the  Cornish  are  highly 
discontented,  because  at  this  time  S*  H.  Waller  is  disarmeing  and 

•  i.e.  Sir  Arthur  Etazlerigg,  Governor  of  Newcastle. 
b  Cromwell  reviewed  his  forces  at  Gloucester  on  May  8. 
CAMD.  SOC.  F 


1C48,  May  ^ 


34  HAMILTON    PAPERS. 

secureiug  all  those  hee   cannot   boo  confident  of.     Thus  much 
for  the  matter  of  Avar;  as  for  peace  the  Houses  yett  cannot  find 
the  way  to  it,  yett  Marten  on  Thursday  saved  that  hitherto  hee 
had  been  agl  the  King,  but  because   they  would   have   one   hee 
was  contented,  as  seeing  no  possibility  to  bee  governed  without 
one,  and  therefore  hee  proposed  that,  although  they  had  very 
hardly  used  both  the  King-  and  his  party,  yett  that  they  might 
joyne  to  restore  them,  and   not   to   submitt  to  the   Bcotts,  who 
would  ruine  them   all.       This   part   as  from   him,  and   nothing 
was  donne  upon  it.     That  day  the  Essex  peticion  was  brought 
through  London  by  at  least  2000  horse  and  foote,  who  were,  as 
they  passed,  received  with   infinite    expressions   of  joy  by  the 
Citty,  but  theire  answere  at  Westminster  was  not  so  acceptable, 
as  you  will  find  in  the  printed  relation,  which  have  so  exasperated 
them  as  they  have  forced  the  E.  of  Warwick  to  signe  warrants 
to  put  them  all  m  a  posture  of  defence  ag*  this  day  seavennight : 
besides   the  whole   county  is  resolved    to  pay  no   more   excise, 
■  taxes,  or  free  q[uarter].     Theire  neighbours  of  Norff.  and  Snff. 
are  following  theire  example.      On  Friday  and    Saturday  the 
Houses  were  busy  about  raiseing  of  new  forces,  and  putting  the 
Kingdome  into  a' posture,  and  yett  they  voted  they  would  main- 
teyne  the  union  betweene  the  2  Kingdomcs  and  the  Covenant, 
and  send  againe  the   proposicions  delivered  the  King  at  Hamp- 
ton Court,  but  did  not  name  the  King  or  any  addresse   or  per- 
sonal! treaty  with  him.      Yesterday   I  heare  they  voted  that 
theire  General  1  shall  have  authority  to  levy  men   and   money  at 
his  pleasure  for  the  defence  of  the  Kingdome  and  Parliament,  a 
power  they  never  thought  fitt  to  bee  in  the  King  or   consistent 
with  the  safety  of  the  people.     To  conclude  they  heere  make  a 
shew   of   complyance   \v,h    yee,  but  feare   nothing  more  then   a 
treaty  with  the*  King   (&  wch    is   your  second  proposicion)    and 
intend    nothing    lesse.       Therefore    the    [mere  active    yee  are 
espetially  with  an  army,  the  more  yee  will  shew  your]  affection  [to 
his  Matic  and  his  cause  and  if]  a  treaty  ensue  [make  yours  and  his 


ADDENDA.  35 

conditions]  the  better.    If  the  present  distractions  slionld  hinder  1648,  May  -;\ 
future  entercourse,  yett  I  desire  still  to  bee  esteemed 

Your  most  faithfull  and 

obliged  servant 

■282. 

9  May  1648. 

It  were  only  the  Lords  that  yesterday  voted  the  General!  the 
power,  but  not  concurred  to  by  the  Comons,  and  this  day  the 
Comons  have  voted  the  Citty  to  have  theire  Militia  and  to  place 
the  Ll  of  the  Tower. 


28.    McNGO    MUSRAY    TO    THE    EAKL    OF   LANARK. 

My   LOED,  •  Paris,  the  30  of  May. 

I  have  litell  to  say  to  your  Lo.  bot  what  I  have  wreten  in  my  1648,  May  §3. 
formar  and  parteculnrly  in  niy  last  3  befor  the  [last  weeks 
newes.  Wee]  wer  exalted  [but,  upon  that  blow  the  Welch 
got,  we  were  humbled  a  litel;  at  this  day's  news  upp  againe]. 
The  Prince  is  unexpresably  disirous  of  himself  and  unpascient 
to  [be  amonges  you]  ;  for  the  Queen  and  hee  ar  heir  [soliciting 
for  moneys;]  fur  what  was  [asayndto  the  Queen]  the  French 
has  [disposed].  The  lousing*  of  Cutrie"  is  a  great  hindrance, 
and  the  discontentes  of  the  peipcll  increases.  I  [belive  Sr 
William  Fleminge]  his  [dispaeli  will  not  be  so  soon  as  you  ex- 
pect] for  we  are  heir  of  a  slow  mosion.  Late  nothinge  rctarde 
yow  from  that  greate  and  nobell  worke  in  preserveinge  and 
delayveringe  your  king  and  your  nation  and  famalay.  [Let 
nothing  hinder  Lord  Duke  from]  beinge  [Generall],  altho  ther 
besume  [rubes]  east  in  heir  from  whence  [sover.]      It  is  thought 

■  Court  mi. 


36  HAMILTON*    PAPERS. 

1648,  ^lav  |g  that  this  sursesicm  in  Irlande  will  contribeut  mouch  to  the  good 
woorke  in  liande.  The  [Leiutenant  of  Ierland  grows  impasient 
at  ther  delayes  and  so  at]  the  "Welch.  I  shall  think e  myself 
hape  in  resevinge  your  Lo.  commandes  for  I  am  sincerlay 

Your  Lo.  faithfnll 

and  humhcl  servant. 

Lat   this  present   my  most   humbal   service  to  1113*   Lo.    Tre- 
soronr  by  Sr  William  Fleminge.     I  will  wret  to  his  Lo. 


20.  to 


Sir, 
1648Qanfl  6.  Upon  the  returne  of  103,  and  that  I  feare  all  154  misfortunes 
157,  3,  3,  were  concluded  to  bee  altogether  81,  302  action  306 
was  so  much  concerned  that  155  resolved  to  begg  the  favour  of 
knowing  some  thing  in  that  affaire,  for  it  is  impossible  300  can 
beleeve  284,  244,  l<8,  66,  2G5,  230,  '161  handsomely  as  303 
would  make  it  appeare  253,  185.  I  con  fosse  it  might  be  likelv 
enough  to.  have  it  in  28-1  power  to  revenge  some  little  pretended 
injury  and  that  I  could  consent  to,  butt  to  act  against  that 
honour  302  hath  more  then  all  the  world  beside  155,  243,  20, 
creditt,  but  from  285,  -10,  233,  726.  I  believe  it  never  in  their 
powers  to  doe  284  any  discourtesie  if  it  were  300  cannot  think 
303  worthy  of  any  friendship  if  they  could  but  imagine  those 
uuworthinesscs,  it  is  a  great  wisdom  to  trie  many  more  then 
trust,  therefore  155  beseech  302  to  put  30G  kindness  to  the  toueh- 
stone  b}-  some  sense  that  284  may  see  how  greedily  155  should 
inibrace  death  to  serve  302  in.  I  am  sory  this  must  bee  with 
you  before  they  can  bee  any  certain  account  given  of  what  wee  doe 
inKentjthe  expresse  that  the  [Pari  iament]  bad  yesterday  118,201 
commissioners  277  2SG,  to  declare  nothing  that  I  can  heare,  but 
of  an  answeare  given  you  which  they  much  boast  of  as  a  perfect 


ADDENDA.  37 

Victoria  over  all  that  hath  bin  given  in   against   them.     They   ,.„   May  27 

fe  B  J    1648, —  -      ..• 

make  very  inconsiderable  both  what  you  can  doe  or  say,  though  Jun(?  '■>• 

I  believe  they  will  nott  have  so  much  ocasion  to  brag  before 
you  ieave  them.  Theythinck  Lambert  enough  to  destroy  you 
all,  therfore  the  General  is  hastening  with  his  strength  to  the 
Kentish  men.  They  have  already  maid  good  to  Deepford  a7id 
taken  some  troupes  of  the  Parliaments  take  all  horses  whoa  they 
can  get  of  that  side  presoners.  They  have  force  enough  butt 
there  is  yett  no  head  declard  they  solicitt  much  310.  Gentlemen 
are  fearfull  of  engaging  before  that  appeare.  The  Cittie  hath 
made  a  new  promises  of  fidelitie  to  [the  Parliament];  butt  their 
[Mayor]  tolde  the  House  that  hee  could  nott  finde  there  would  tow- 
men  goe  out  of  a  ward,  therfore  they  were  best  to  keep  those  in 
towne  of  thearmie  that  they  had  orderedto  remove.  They  sent  out 
five  hundred  horse  last  night,  butt  they  deard  goe  no  further  then 
Southwarke.  It  is  thought  whatsoever  the  masters  consent  to, 
the  apprentices  will  bee  in  a  body  on  Tuesday,  the  day  for 
Kent,  almost  twenty  thousand.  It  is  beleeved  by  matiy  that 
part  of  284,  151,  77,  some  253,  2(3.1,  allready.  Certainly  there 
can  be  no  such  opertunitie  as  250  if  312,  82  ready;  for  258,  25-1, 
146,  ]324,  50,  will  bee  drawne  most  259,  272.  There  maybe- 
little  appearances  of  our  docing  good  amongst  ourselfes  ;  but 
186  hopes  72,  157,  258,  312,  therfor  lctt  them  nott  deceive  any 
that  beleeves  well  of  them.  You  will  have  by  many  I  doubt 
nott  the  story  of  the  Prince  of  Kent.1'  It  hath  discovered  a  great 
affection  of  the  people  ;  for  the  Lo.  Thanett  that  was  the  first 
man  desired  to  command  in  that  countrey  and  brought  up  the 
relation  of  the  affaires  there,  lice  professed  the  multitudes  were 
so  great  to  see  the  t hinge  that  called  himself e  Prince  of  Wales, 
that  the  House  was  in  a  possibilitie  of  beeing  pulled  downe  by 
crouding.  Hee  hath  gotten  many  presents  of  gold  and  rich 
clothes,  if  hee  can  now  make  an  escape  with  them.  I  have  some 
ocasion  to  keep  me  a  little  in   towne,  though   I   cannot   beleeve 

•  ?  "They  take  all  horses  and  who." 

*  An  impostor  bad  personated  the  Prince  of  Wales. 


38  HAMILTON    PAPEES. 

May  27.  myselfe  very  secure  bear.  31 G  hath  left  the  towne  with  all 
'  'June 6.  his  familie  and  ventured  towards  your  quarter.  There  is  only 
to  encourage  me  303  and  313  whose  feares  are -great  enough  j 
butt  they  are  in  phisick  and  cannot  yett  gde  out  of  towne,  or 
otherwise  they  would  daylie  pray  the  Almightie  to  preserve  302 
that  155  may  live. 

Your  constant 

humble  servant 

320. 
May  27. 


30.     450  to  ?  the  Duke  of  Hamilton. 

Mi  Lord 

Be  mine  to  Lanerick  and  to  Laua[derdale]   you  will  perceave 

1C4S,— Iay  27'    the    aecompt   of    that    hath    passed   since  Sir  Will    Fleamings 

June  0.  L  ,  .      ..   .  .        ,  ,.  .  T 

and  "Will  Murray  s"  arrival!  is  remitted  to  the  next  occasion.     1 

am  too  full  of  the  sense  1  have  of  the  honour  you  have  donne 
mee  to  use  y*  method,  and  I  will  keep  the  same  as  long  as  I  live, 
not  to  let  any  one  occasion  escape  mee  that  may  shew  you  with 
how  much  care  I  will  bring-  on  my  part  all  that  shall  invite  yon 
to  continue  it.  I  think  it  not  irregular  to  publick  considera- 
tions that  vou  should  know  you  may  dispose  of  nice  with  all 
authority  nor  nothing  more  agreeable  to  truth  and  justice  then 
that  vou  should  bee  confident  of  it,  [and  so  had  as  much  con- 
tentment in  the  vowd]  assurances  they  [receaved  of  your 
affections  as  you  can  have]  in  the  demonstrations  ;  [and  will  lie 
no  lessc  careful  in  their]  acknowledgments  then  you  have  been 
to  [obliJge  them].  There  will  be  oecasion  now  of  saying  much 
to  you  daily,  but  I  will  not  expect  from  you  you  should  take  tho 
trouble  of  writing,  you  love  it  not.  My  lo.  Lanerick  will  ease 
-  you  therein.  1  have  advised  with  Doctor  Baylye,  and  shall 
referre  you  to   him   for  my  behaveoir  in  that  busines.     I  will 

•  i.c.  LiiuJmlule. 


ADDENDA.  39 

now  adde  noe  more  but  intreat  vow  to  beleive  y1  I  am  with  iq-is,  -^flv  27- 

unfeined  zeal  and  truth  most  perfectly 

98,  412,  94,  236,  29,  18,  116,  62, 
47,  290  most  obedient  faithfull 
servant  28,  450. 


31.    Ml'NGO    MUKRAY    TO    THE    EaBI    OF    LANARK. 

]\jy  Lo.  Jula.v  the  c> 1'''18- 

My  intensions  was  to  a  cnm'd8  in  this  ships  my  self  [a  purpos   . „ ,,  Jnne  26. 

to  a  seine  you,  Lot  Hay  croste  in  it [?]  as  in  moste  things  I  Jul-V  h- 

intend.]  The  Prince  gos  from  this  on  Thursday  next  the  9  of 
this  month.  The  first  night  he  was  with  the  Prince  of  Counte  b 
the  Prince  of  Conde's  brother  who  lies  invayted  him,  for  hishous 
lays  on  the  way  to  Callcs.      [My  Lord  German   sal  go  to   Cales 

with  him  and  to  Holand]  and   I  am   confident  he   wil [?] 

deliver  him  into  our  hands.  It  is  mouch  fearde  by  sum  heir 
that  the  Prince  wil  say  [?]  Lo.  Gerr.c  tales'1  then  he  intendes. 
The  shipes  and  all  the  Kinges  counsall  that  ar  in  France  ar 
to  meete  the  Prince  at  dales.  Prince  Rupert  gos  with  him,  and 
is  to  continew  Generall  as  befor.  I  have  harde  nothing  from 
Sir  "William  Flemiuge  since  he  went  from  hence,  but  I  am  tould 
heir  that  they  belive  he  is  in  Scotland   before   this.      [My  Lord 

Newcastle  is  disconted  e  heir ?  '  can  nether  get  mone  nor 

comision.  It's  belived  he  is  to  greate  a  freind  to  the  Scotes, — 
and  I  have  more  then   reson  to  belive    [that   Sir  Mermdeuke 

Laugedel  wil [?]    hand   the   design.      I  have  reseved  bot 

on  letter  from  your  LoP  since  Sir  William  Flemminges  cumming 
heir.  Ther  lu-.  not  on  weeke  oscapte  me  that  I  have  not  wreten 
to  you  Lo  :  this  in  heart  which  I  shall  ever  be  so  to  expres  my 
self  your  Lo.  fathfull  and  humbell  servant. 

•  Have  come.  b  Conti.  e  ?  Gerard. 

*  Tell  him  more  tales.        *  Discontented.  f  The  cipher  reads  t  s  d. 


HAMILTON    PAPERS. — ADDENDA. 


41 


INDEX. 


Argyle,  Marquis  of,  the  Queen  hopes  to 
win,  9  ;  prospects  of.  winning,  17 

Asbburnham,  John,  negotiates  with  the 
King,  4;    continues   in  England,  14; 

tries  to  reconcile   the  King   and   the 
army,  20 


B 


Berkeley,  Sir  Johu,  movements  of,   1 ; 

goes  to  France,  10 
Berwick,  Scottish  garrison  in,  32 


Charles  I.  said  to  be  merry,  11 

Charles,  Prince  of  Wales',  movements  of, 

1,2;  places  confidence  in  Hamilton, 

24;  starts  for  Calais,  39 
Copley,  Commissary,  receives  overtures 

from  Marten,  24 
Cromwell  inveighs  against   monarchy, 

9;  rumours  of  a  mutiny  against,  33 


1) 


Declaration   justifying   the    vote  <>f   no 

addresses,  7,  9,  10 
Denbigh,  Karl  of,  reported  intention  to 

visit  France,  1 1 
Digby,  Lord,  letter  of,  2 
Disbington,  alleged  knavery  of,  lu 


Fairfax,  Sir  T.,  dines  in  the  City,  3 


Fienncs,  Nathaniel,   the  author  of  an 

answer  to  the  Scots,  2-i 
Fleming,  Sir  VV.,  to  be  sent,  to  Scotland, 

1  ;    sent  again   to    Scotland,    26,    27  ; 

delay  in  sending,  35;  sets  out,  '.i'J 
F:ascr*  Dr.  A.,  letter  of,  9 


G 


Gerard,  Lord,  in  favour  with  the  Prince, 
10 


H 

Hamilton,  Dnke  of,  1,  22,38 


Harrison,  dissatisfaction  of,  6 

Henrietta  Maria,  movements  of,  1  ;  is 
irresolute  about  trusting  her  -on  to  the 
Scots,  4  ;  divisions  in  the  Council  of, 
23  ;  confidence  iu  Hamilton  27 


Ireland,  news  from,  14,  19;  the  Prince 
oi  Wales  invited  to,  20;  proceedings 
of  O'Neill  in,  27 

Ireton,  dissatisfaction  of,  8 


Jenkins,   Judge,    brought  to  the  Com- 
mons' bar,  14 
Jermyii,  Lord,  letter  of,  27 


CAMD.    SOC. 


42 


INDEX. 


M 


o 


Manchester,   Earl  of,   dissents  from  an 

answer  to  the  Scots,  ][) 
Marten,   Henry,    offers    to   support   the 

Scots,  24;  wishes  to  restore  the  King, 

31 
Maynard,  Sir  John,  anecdote  of,  S 
Montrose,  Marquis  of,  to  be  included  in 

an  agreement  with  the  Scots,  5 
Murray,  Mango,  letters  of,  1,  20,  35,  39 


N 


NorUiumberland,  Ear!  of,  rumoured  in- 
tention to  leave  England,  10;  help 
not  to  be  expected  from,  18 


O'Neill,    Owen,    jealous   of    the    other 

Irish  forces,  27 
Orniond,  Marquis  of,  sails  for   France, 

1,   10;    rumoured  journey  to  Ireland 

of,   12;    arrives   in    France,    13;    his 

letter  to  Hamilton,  22 


Scotland,  proceedings  in  the  Parliament 
of,  20 


Vauc,  Sir  II.,  dissatisfaction  of,  8 


MEMOIRS 


NATHANIEL.  LOBD  CREWE. 


EDITED  BY 


.Rev.  ANDREW  CLARK 


PRINTED  FOR  THE  CAMDEN  SOCIETY. 


M.DCCC.XCI1I. 


PREFACE. 


These  Memoirs  are  published  from  a  quarto  MS.  which  was 
bought  by  Lord  Crewe's  Trustees  in  the  summer  of  1891  for 
the  library  at  Bamborough  Castle. 

The  author  of  'An  examination  of  the  Life  and  Character 
of  N.C.  .  .  .  wherein  the  writings  of  his  several  biographers  .  .  . 
are  critically  reviewed  and  compared  with  a  manuscript  never 
before  published  containing  curious  anecdotes  of  that  Prelate/ 
published  at  Loudon  in  1700  (111)  pages,  8vo),  Lad  access  to  a 
MS.  closely  resembling  this  but  apparently  not  identical  with 
it.  With  that  exception,  the  matter  now  published  appears  to 
be  as  yet  unprinted. 

The  Memoirs  add  very  little  to  the  facts  of  Lord  Crewe's  life 
as  set  forth  in  ordinary  biographical  works;  but  they  have 
the  interest  of  being  written  from  the  point  of  view  of  an 
admirer,  and  are  thereforo  in  strong  contrast  to  other  bio- 
graphies, which  are  uniformly  depreciatory  in  tone.  At  the 
same  time,  the  conception  of  a  bishop's  duties,  by  reference  to 
which  the  writer  praises  his  patron,  is  so  widely  different 
from  our  own,  that  it  furnishes  a  pleasing  example  of  uncon- 
scious but  bitter  satire. 

I  have  to  thank  Lord  Crewe's  Trustees  for  permission  to 
transcribe  the  MS.,  and  their  Librarian,  the  Bev.  H.  F.  Long, 
for  his  kind  offices  in  the  matter. 


IV  PKEFACE. 

The  Memoirs  proper  occupy  39  folios  of  the  MS.,  written  on 
one  side  only  of  the  leaf.  The  hand  is  a  neat  copy-book  hand 
of  the  eighteenth  century,  and  there  are  several  bad  mistakes 
which  show  that  the  scribe  had  difficulty  in  reading  the 
original  and  was  without  the  meagre  knowledge  of  history 
and  geography  which  would  have  helped  him  through.  From 
this  I  infer  that  he  was  an  illiterate  writing-master,  employed 
to  transcribe  from  the  author's  MS.  because  he  wrote  a  good 
hand. 

A  former  owner  of  the  MS.  has  written  a  few  notes  in  the 
Memoirs  proper,  and  has  added  at  the  beginning  and  end  a 
great  many  excerpts  from  Dugdale's  Baronage,  Guillim's 
Heraldry,  Browne  Willis,  etc.,  about  the  Crewe  family  and 
their  monuments  in  the  chapel  at  Stcane.  I  have  called  this 
writer  "the  second  hand,"  but  have  omitted  those  of  his 
7iotes  which  have  no  direct  bearing  on  the  actual  text  of  the 
Memoirs. 

The  second  hand  has  prefixed  this  title  : — 

"  The  Life  of  the  R*  Hon1,le  Nathaniel,  Lord  Crew,  Bishop  of 
Durham,  compiled  from  the  Minutes  of  the  Bevd  Dr  John  Smith,11 
Prebendary  of  Durham  ;  with  some  curious  Memoirs  communi- 
cated to  him  by  his  Lordship  to  whom  he  was  sometime  Chap- 
lain ; 

"With  an  accou[n]t  of  the  Monuments  of  this  Family  in 
their  Burial  place  at  Steane  chapel  ; 

"  And  a  copy  b  of  Dr.  Grey's  Deposition  c  concerning  ye  Dis- 

*  John  Smith  was  installed  iu  tbe  7th  stall  at  Durham,  26  Sept.,  1695,  ami  held  it 
till  his  death, on  30  July,  171.").  He  graduated  D.D.  of  Si.  John's  College,  Cambridge. 
in  1  GOO,  and  was  buried  in  the  chapel  there. 

b  This  copy  is  written  on  a  folio  sheet  inserted  in  the  MS.,  by  a  different  hand. 

c  The  deposition  of  Richard  Grey  is  printed  at  the  end  of  the  18S8  edition  of  Tht 
Laudian  Code  of  Statutes. 


PREFACE.  V 

tribution  of    Bishop   Crew's  Benefaction  to  the  University  of 
Oxford. 

"N.B.,  a  copy  of  tin's  MSS."  is  in  Lincoln  College  Library." 
As  Dr.  Smith  died  in  1715,  the  compiler  must  have  added 
from  other  sources  the  account  of  the  closing-  years  of  Crewe's 
life.  This  last  part  of  .the  narrative  is  meagre  in  the  extreme. 
I  have  therefore  appended  some  additional  matter  for  the  years 
1717  to  1722  from  contemporary  papers  among  the  Rawlinson 
(Thomas  Hearne's)  and  Ballard  (Arthur  Charlottes)  MSS. in  the 
Bodleian. 

Andrew  Claret. 

a  This  can  refer  only  to  the  deposition,  which  is  fonnd  in  a  college  MS.  called 
Exemjilificatio  Chartarum,  written  by  William  Yesey,  Fellow  L703-1753.     No  copy 

of  John  Smith's  MS.  Life  of  Lord  Crave  is  known  to  exist  in  Lincoln  College. 


MEMOIBS 

OF 

NATHANIEL,  LORD  CREWE. 


Sr  Thomas  Crew,  Knight,  King's  Serjeant  at  Law,  &  Sona  to 
Sr  Randolph  Crew  of  ye  antient  Family  of  ye  Crews  of  Crew  in 
Cheshire,  dy'd  in  Loudon,  Jan.  31st  in  yc  Year  1633.  He 
was  Speaker  of  ye  House  of  Commons  in  ye  last  Parliam1  of 
King  James  I.  &  also  in  yc  first  of  Charles  I.,  &  one  of  ye  Lords 
Justices  of  Ireland  before  ye  war.  He  marry'd  a  Daughter  of 
Reginald  Bray,  Esq1".,  of  Steene  who  was  a  Coheiress. 

His  eldest  Son  John  Crew,  Esq'.,  was  Member  of  Parliam* 
for  ye  County  of  Northampton.  Petitions  for  ye  Redress  of 
Greivances  were  sent  up  to  him  from  ye  County.  The  King 
and  Counsel  insisted  upon  his  laying  those  Petitions  before 
ym,  but  he  decli'u'd  doing  it,  for  fear  of  being  thought  unfaithful 
to  his  Trust.  He  was  committed  to  y*  Tower  for  this  Refusal, 
&  went  in  at  ye  Iron-gate,  thro'  which  none  but  Tray  tors  were 
us'd  to  Pass.  His  Estate  was  about  4000£  a  Year.  He  was  in 
ye  Country  during  part  of  Lord  Strafford's  Tryal,  &  therefore 
when  he  came  to  Town,  he  declin'd  voting  agl  y*  Lord.  Where- 
upon Letters  were  sent  into  ye  Country  wth  these  expressions, 
"  Crew  is  a  Strafi'ordian,"  "  Crew  is  a  Papist/'  At  Uxbridge  he 
was  one  of  yf'  Commission™  for  ye  Parliam*.  The  king  walk'd 
wtu  him  in  yc  Garden  at  X1  Church  in  [Ox] ford  b  &  discoursed 
particularly  concerning  Episcopacy  wth  him;    &  Mr.  Crew  said, 

*  The  second  hand  corrects  "son''  to  "yonnger  brother." 

b  Two  letters  here,  and  several  on  corresponding  places  in  folios  2-S,  are  eaten  oat 
by  worms. 

CAMD.    S0C.  B 


2  MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,    LORD    CREWE. 

f  as  far  as  he  could  Judge,  yc  kins'  understood  yc  Controversy 
as  well  as  any  of  his  Chaplains.     At  this  Treaty  yc  king  said  of 
him,  "  Crew,  tho'  he  be  agf  me,  is  an  honest  Man."0     In  1346, 
lie  was  one  of  yc  Parliam*  Commission"  who  rec'1  yc  king  from 
ye     Scots    at    Newcastle,     &     carry  'd     him     to    Holdenby    in 
Northamptonsh.    June    yc    4*    1017,    ye    king    &    all    f     Com- 
mission'8 were  seiz'd  by  Cornet  Fryce,1*   &  carry'd  away   from 
Holdenby.     In  September   1648,  he  was  sent   a  Commissioner 
from  r  Parliam*  to  y8  king  m  yc  Isle  of  "Wight,  &  in  ye  same 
Year,    December   ye    5th,    he    voted    ye    kings    Concessions    a 
Sufficient  ground  for  a  Treaty.     The  Day  following,  he  &  many 
others   were    excluded   yc    House   by   yc   Army,  &  confin'd  in 
Lodgings  in  yc  Strand.     He  &  all  ye  other   secluded  Members 
were  restored,  Feb.  2Pf,  by  Monk  in  yc  Year   1659,     And  in 
order  to  ye  accomplishing  the  Bestauratiou,  there  was  a  Meeting 
at  Mr."  Crew's   House  in   Queen   Street,   wth   General   Monk   & 
some  of  ye  most  eminent   Citizens  of  London.     They  had   not 
been  there  above  an  Hour,  before  a  Troop  of  Horse  came  and 
beset  ye  House  ;  upon  wdl  all  yc  Company   was  let  out  yc  back 
way  thro'  the  Stables,  &byyl  means  a  Discovery  was  Prevented. 
When  ye  king  was  invited  Home  by  yc   Parliam',   Mr.   Crew's 
eldest  Son  was  one  of  ye  Six  Commission13  sent. over  upon  y* 
occasion,  &  was  knighted   by  his  Majesty.     His   Father   con- 
tribited  much  to  y*  Kcstnuration,  &  if  yl   had  not  Succeeded, 
had  inevitably  lost  his    Estate.      In   1660,    he   was    therefore 
created  Baron  of  Stecne,  &  yc  Chancellors*  of  ye  Exchequer 
was  offer' d  to  him,  wcU  he  refund.     Three  Months  after,  he  was 
•     ask'd  again  if  he  would  take  it,  &  again  rei'us'd  to  accept  of  it. 
He  was   wont   to    say,  f  if  he  was  to  be  [gin  e  ye]  World  again, 
he  wo*  never  be  concern'd  in  Publick  affairs.     Before  he  was 
created  a  Baron  he  was  first  chosen  Member  of  Parliam1  for 
Agmondesham  by   yc   Earl    of   Bedford's  Interest,  &  afterwda 
for   ve  County   of  Northampton.     Ho  was  a   Man    of    Perfect 
»  FoL  2.  b  Sic,iov  "Joyce."  c  Letters  eaten  out  by  worms. 


MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,    LORD    CREWE.  6 

Manners  &  good  Breeding,  of  Piety  and  Learning,  &  Particu- 
larly a  Critick  in  yc  Latin"  Tongue.  He  dy'd  Decr  12th  1G49. 
He  had  7  Sons  &  2  Daiirs  by  his  Lady  Jemima  who  was  Daur 
to  Edw.  Walgrave  Esq*  of  Lanford  in  yc  County  of  Essex. 
Nathaniel  was  ye  5th  Son  &  born  JanT>r  31,  1633.  He  had  so 
delicate  an  Ear,1'  y*,  when  he  was  in  his  Nurse's  Arms,  upon 
hearing  Discord  in  Musick,  he  said,  ffye  Musick  cries." 
In  1642,  he  was  sent  to  London  &  plac'd  under  ye  care  of 
one  Mr.  Bishop,c  who  had  been  a  Westmiust1'  Scholar,  &  Student 
of  Xr  eh.  He  quickly  made  so  great  a  Proficiency  in  yc  Latin 
Tongue,  y*  ho  Perfectly  understood  .  .  .d  and  acted  a  part  in 
2  of  his  Plays.  From  this  Private  Mast1,  he  was  remov'd  to 
ye  Publiek  School  at  Cheynell  in  Bnckinghamsh.,  whereof 
Mr.  A^all  was  Mast1',  who  bred  up  many  excellent  Scholars. 
He  continu'd  here,  till  lie  was  Head  of  ye  School  &  become  a 
good  Mast?  of  yL'  Greek  &  Latin  Tongues.  The  low  &  sinking 
State  of  yu  University  prevented  his  going  thither  immediately 
from  School,  &  therefore  he  was  assisted  in  his  Studies  for 
some  time  at  Steene,  by  Mr.  Hickman  ye  ja  Lecturer  of 
Brackley.  He  was  also  attended  by  Masters  of  Musick,  & 
made  such  Improve  m1  undr  ym  at  leisure  hours,  to  divert 
himself  from  his  more  Serious  Employing  y*  he  was  able  to 
prform  on  Several  Instrumts  at  Sight,  &  in  Consort. 

In  Sepfc1  1052,  he  was  sent  to  ye  University  of  Oxon,  &enterd 
Commoner  of  Lincoln  College,1'  where  his  good  parts  &  Diligence 
recommended  him  so  effectually  to  y'  favour  of  yc  Society,  y*  he 

■  Fol.  3. 

b  But  see  Wood-*  Life  anil  Times  (edit.  Clark,  1801).  i.  2G4. 

c  Henry  Bishop,  see  Alumni  Wettmtm. 

d  Blank  in  MS.  ;  '•  Terence  *'  is  to  be  supplied. 

e  In  the  University  Matriculation  Register,  under  date  23  May,  1C53,.  we  have 
"  Nnthanael  Crew,  pxaiigeri  filius  "  and  '■  Samuel  Crew,"  Nathaniel's  brother.  The 
second  hand  notes  here  that  "  Dr.  .1  n.  Barnard  was  his  "  (Nathaniel's)  "  Tutor  :  vide 
Dr.  YVm.  King's  Hemaint,  page  25.''  John  Barnard,  Fellow  of  Lincoln  1G4S-1G5G  ; 
D.D.  G  July,  1GG9. 


4  MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,    LOUD    CREWE. 

■was  Chosen  fellow  of  yc  College  as  soon  as  lie  was  Batchelor  of 
Arts  in  y*'  3-ear  1650."  In  Xovemb1  yc  same  Year  lie  was  appointed 
Moderator  of  yc  Disputat"3in  Logick  &  Ethicks,''  being  known  to 
be  abundantly  Qualify ed,  tho'  lie  was  BO  Young,  for  yc  Discharge 
of  y*  Office;  &  yet  Lis  great  Proficiency  in  Philosophical  Studyes 
had  not  interfcrd  wtb  his  Progress  in  Classical  Learning.  For 
he  was  exceedingly  well  versd  in  yc  best  Roman  &  Greek 
Writers.  He  was  wont  to  repeat  an  Iliad  in  Homer  every  week 
for  his  Diversion,  &  wtl  often  say,  yl  if  .  .  .  .e  could  have  puzl'd 
him  in  Homer  he  w'1  have  givQH  him  leave  to  whip  him.  His 
Emulation  wlh  his  Servitour,  who  was  a  Man  of  Parts  it  an  In- 
defatigable Student,  made  him  rise  at  ye  Earliest  hours  &  spend 
ye  day  in  yc  Closest  Application,  being  apt  to  be  fir'd  w,h  Emu- 
lation, &  unable  to  bear  y''  thoughts  of  being  out  Done.  His 
Father  sent  him  some  Books  wth  an  advice  to  read  Multum,  & 
not  Multa.  Dr  Watts/1  yn  fellow  of  yc  College,  declared  to  c  the 
Fellows  upon  Mr.  Crews  being  chosen  Moderator,  y4  he  did  not 
at  all  doubt,  but  he  wd  be  chosen  Rector  if  yc  old  Rector  f  did 
but  live  7  Years;  which  happen'd  aceordingly. 

In  1058,  he  took  y1'  Degree  of  M.A.,  &  was  appointed  by  ye 
Proctor  Seniour  of  y*  Act;8  &  there  being  no  Doctor  in  any 
Faculty,   y1    Year,   he    entertain'd,   as   ye   Statutes    directs,    ye 

*  Nathaniel  Crew  and  Samuel  Crew  took  their  B.A.  on  1  Feh.,  1655-6.  Nathaniel 
was  elected  into  a  Lincoln  diocese  fellowship  on  V  May,  1656. 

b  The  College  titles  of  the  offices  are  the  Moderator  in  Logic,  who  presided  over 
the  disputatious  of  undergraduates,  and  the  Moderator  in  Philosophy,  who  presided 
over  the  disputations  of  Bachelors  of  Arts.     N.  Crewe  held  both  ofiiees  from  6  Nov., 

1656,  to  5  Nov.,  165S.    The  combination  of  the  two  offices  was  unusual,  and  perhaps 
dne  to  domestic  dissensions  in  the  College. 

c  Name  or  word  lost,  eaten  out  by  the  worm. 

d  Gilbert  Wats,  Fellow  of  Lincoln,  9  Fee.,  Kill,  F.D.  1  Nov.,  ir,42,  died  9  Sept., 

1657.  lie  had  been  Senior  Fellow  since  li'Ao. 
«  Fol.  4. 

'  Paul  Hood,  D.L\  ;  elected  Rector  20  Nov.,  J620  ;  died  2  Aug.,  lfiGS,  aged  83. 
p  N.  Crewe  took  his  M.A.  on  29  June,  1658,  and  in  the  Act  in  July  that  year  was 
"  prior  opponens"  i.t.  "  senior  inccptor  "  (in  Arts). 


MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,    LOUD    CREWE.  0 

whole  University  (The  Heads  of  Houses,  Doet",  &c.)  at  a 
Vesper  Supper  in  Lincoln  College  Hall  wth  equal  Generosity  & 
Politeness,  &  was  at  y*  time  taken  Notice  of  as  a  Grentlem*  of 
fine  parts  &  ye  most  accomplished  good  Breeding.  In  ye  same 
Year,  Mr.  Thynne,a  a  Gentleman  Commoner  of  X1  Ch.,  afterwds 
Ld  Weymouth,  being  in  Private  one  Nignt  wtb  Mr.  Crew  at  Lis 
Chambers  in  Lincoln  College,  Mr.  Crew  said,  "  now  we  are 
alone,!  declare  to  you,  I  am  for  ye Restanration  of  KingCliarles 
&  ye  Bpsj  n  &  Mr.  Thymic-  used  vo  talk  of  this  oftentimes,  after 
y°  Ikstanration,  to  Mr.  Crew's  Honour  &  advantage.  Some 
time  after,  Dean  Chvfeft b  happening  to  see  Mr.  Crew  pass  by, 
said,  "there  goes  a  rotten  Cavalier." 

Xovr.  G,  1G59,  being  ys  time  of  choosing  ye  Coll.  Officers,  Mr. 
Crew  voted  himself  Bursar,1'  but  notwithstanding  y*  instance  of 
his  Modesty,  y°  Society  elected  him,  young  as  he  was,  Bnb- 
Rector.  "Whose  Office  it  is  to  govern  in  ye  Hector's  Absence,  to 
take  care  of  yc  Exercises  of  yc  undergraduates,  to  Moderate  in 
ye  Bachelors'  Disputations  in  Physicks  &  Metapkysicks,  &  also 
in  y°  Divinity  Disputations'1  amongst  ye  Fellows  in  ye  Chap  pel. 
And  his  Discharge  of  this  Impotent*  office  gave  so  general  a 
Satisfaction,  y'y0  Society  chose  him  again  into  yc  same  office  every 
Year  for  5  Years  together.  In  ys  Year  he  went  to  Cambridge, 
&  was  admitted  ad  eundem,  &  because  he  had  been  Seniour  of 
ye  Act  at  Oxford,  ye  University  of  Cambridge  made  him  one  of 
ye  Caput  Senatus. 

*  Thomas  Thymic,  created  Viscount  Weymouth  11  Dee.,  M82l 

b  John  Owen,  (intruded)  Dean  of  Ch.  Ch.  from  l.6"»0-l  to  11  March,  IG^O-OO. 

c  The  Bursarship  and  iSubrectorehip  of  Lincoln  College  were  annual  offices,  elected 
into  every  0  Nov.  The  procedure  was  that  candidates  were  named  on  the  evening 
of  d  Nov.,  the  Rector  asking  the  Fellows  "  wfeooffers  himself  for  the  Bursarship  ?  " 
or  '-thc  Sub-rectorship?"  and  the  election  took  place  the  next  morning  in  Chapel. 
Crewe  was  Sub- rector  from  6  Nov.,  16D9,  to  o  Nov.,  ifUJl,  and  from  0  Nov.,  lG0;i,  till 
his  election  to  the  Rectorship  in  IGtiS. 

d  The  Theology  disputations  took  place  on  each  Friday  in  Term  and  had  to  be 
attended  by  all  members  <>1"  the  College  of  MA.  standing  or  over. 

*  Sic,  in  error  for  "  important.'' 


6  MEMOIRS    OF   NATHANIEL,    LORD    CREWE. 

In  1G60  lie  was  ye  1st  who  appeared  at  Chappel  in  his  Surplice 

&  hood,  before  any  order  relat*  to  yc  Habits  &  Ceremonies  came 
out.  The  Rector,  Dr  Uood,  questioned  him  about  it;  Mr  Crew 
answ'd,  he  thought  every  Body  understood  his  Duty  in  so  plain 
a  case,  &  therefore  there  seem'd  no  Necessity  for  a  Meeting  of 
ye  Society  to  settle  it.  About  y*  time,  there  being  an  Appeal  to 
ye  Visitor/  ho  waited  on  T)r  Sanderson  Bp.  of  Lincoln,  &  in  ye 
absence  of  yc  Bp's  Officers  drew  up  an  Appeal  himself  yc  same 
Evening  yc  came  to  Bugden.  Whereupon  y6  Bp.  said,  "  Mr. 
Grew  has  excellent  parts."  The  next  day  yc  Bp.  Admitted  Mr. 
Crew  to  his  Presence  and  heard  the  Appeal  read,  butb  being 
unable  by  reason  of  his  Weakness  to  attend  to  Business, 
appointed  Dr  Piene,c  Dr  Bailey  and  Dr  Fell,  Ueads  of  Magdalen 
and  Sl  John's  College  and  Xt.  Church,  his  Commissioners  to 
deteimiine  it.  In  1663  yc  choice  of  a  Proctor  of  ye  University 
belonging  to  Lincoln  College,  Mr.  Crew  was  elected  Proctor; '' 
at  which  time0  yL'  King  &  all  ye  Court  came  to  Oxford,  &  were 
entertained  wth  a  Banquet  in  y'  Publick  Library,  where  Mr 
Crew  made  a  Speech  to  y"  King.  This  was  ye  1st  of  his  being 
personally  known  to  his  Majesty;  and  yc  Opportunity  of  being 
made"  known  in  these  Circumstances  was  very  favourable,  for  as 
no  Man  Understood  good  Speaking  &  Address  better  yn  King 
Charles,  So  no  Man  spoke  hotter,  and  address'd  wtU  greater 
Advantage  yn  Mr.  Crew.     After  his  Speech  ye  King  wo(l  have 

»  The  Bishop  of  Lincoln  is  by  statute  Vi.-itor  of  Lincoln  College.  The  appeal 
was  made  bv  John  Robinson  and  Henry  Fonlis,  fellows,  in  behalf  of  Christopher 
Pike,  M.A*,  against  the  admission  of  William  Adams,  B.A.,  Wadh.,  to  the  fellow- 
ship  to  which  he  had  been  elected  on  13  Dec.,  1662.  The  question  at  issue  seems  to 
have  been  about  the  particular  preference  given  by  the  Statutes  to  natives  of  the 
parish  of  Kotherhain,  Yorks.  The  Visitor's  Commissioners  deeided  in  favour  of 
Adams. 

b  Tol.  5. 

c  Sic,  in  error  for  "  Tierce." 

<*  On  29  Apr.,  1663. 

*  Sept.,  1003  ;  see  a  narrative  of  this  Royal  Visit  in  Wood's  Life  and  Times, 
i.  490. 


MEMOIRS    OF   NATHANIEL,  LOUD    CREWE.  / 

conforr'd  ye  Honour  of  Knighthood  upon  him,  but  y*  Favour 
was,  at  his  own  desire,  &  by  yc  Heads  of  yR  University,  Pre- 
vented, both,  because  lie  designed  to  go  into  Holy  Orders,8  & 
also,  of  its  being  unnecessary  for  liim  who  was  yc  Son  of  a  Peer. 
In  the  close  of  his  Proctors*  he  delivered  up  ye  black  book,b  wth 
this  remark  "  Ne  vel  Una  macula  nigriori/5  And  yc  Convoca- 
tion gave  a  Publick  Testimony0  of  v1'  great  Satisfaction  in  Lis 
conduct. 

In  1664,  lie  was  created  Dr  of  Laws;'1  ho  Lad  this  degree  & 
his  Bachelor's  conferred  upon  him  as  a  favour  by  Accumulation, 
fur  having  deferred  to  take  his  Bachelor's  Degree  on  Account 
of  Lis  Proctors*,  &  on  condition  of  Lis  Answering  ye  D1"5  at  the 
Publick  Act.  Sr  Lionel  Jenkins  was  Moderator  at  ye  Act  &  ye 
Question  he  disputed  upon  "  An  Solius  Principis  E  sit  Leges  inter- 
pretari?"  Dr  Pienef  President  of  Magdalen  College  took 
great  Notice  of  his  Accuracy  in  Disputing,  &  Laving  given  him 
his  thanks  for  it,  very  earnestly  desired  him  to  enter  into  holy 
Orders.  Dr  Crew  reply'd,  he  "was  Apprehensive  of  some 
People's  entertaining  unjust  and  groundless  Opinions  of  him 
on  Account  of  his  Education,  &  he  was  unwilling  to  undertake 
that  Office,   while   there   was   any    Suspicion   that   he   was  not 

a  A*  he  was  required  to  do  by  the  statutes  governing  bis  fellowship.  On  21  Jan., 
\C>u\,  Crewe  bad  a  dispensation  from  the  College  to  defer  taking  priest's  orders  till 
12  July,  ltW',:>  ;  and  OB  »>  May.  1664,  he  received  a  further  dispensation  to  defer 
taking  Holy  Orders  till  Ember  Week  in  the  next  Lent  following. 

b  The  Liber  Niger  Procuratorum  is  a  register,  in  enstody  of  the  Senior  Proctor, 
of  the  graver  sentences  inflicted  by  the  Proctors. 

c  Probably  only  by  applauding  his  speech.  Wood  thought  it  "  a  light  vaiue  sillie 
speech."     {Life  and  'Dintvs,  ii.  la.) 

d  All  the  Fellows  of  Lincoln,  except  the  Canonist,  were  required  to  graduate  in 
Divinity.  Crewe  had  been  elected  into  the  Canonist  fellowship  on  22  March,  1658- 
(I,  and,  as  there  was  now  no  degree  in  Canon  Law,  was  on  21  Jan.  166J  ordered  by 
the  College  to  graduate  iu  Civil  Law,  before  July,  16G3.  lie  tookD.C.L.  on  2  July, 
1664. 

«  Pol.  6 

1  i.e.  Pierce. 


8  WEM0IIJ3   OF   NATHANIBLj    LORD    CKEWE. 

thoroughly  well  affected  to  ye  Service  of  yc  Church."  After- 
wards when  these  Jealousies  were  vanished,  he  went  up  to 
London  &  was  ordained  at  y°  Xew  Chureh  in  Westminster  by 
ye  Bishop  of  Winchester  (Dr  Morley)  who  was  also  Dean  of  ye 
Royal  Chappel.  lie  had  a  faculty  from  yc  ArchBp.  for  being 
Ordained  Deacon  and  Priest  ye  same  Day.  D1.  Dolben,  Dean  of 
Westminster  and  Clerk  of  ye  Closet,  as  Arch  Deacon  presented 
Dr  Crew,  &  another  Person,  who  was  to  be  Ordained  with  Him, 
&  told  Dr  Crew  yl  he  must  Examine  him.  Accordingly  he 
required  him  to  turn  this  into  Latin,  u  1  have  examind  ym,  and 
find  ym  qualify'd."  Dr  Crew  immediately  answer'd  "  Satis  Ex- 
ploraios"  habui,  eosque  idoneos  judico  ut  in  sacros  ordines 
initeautur."  The  Dean  immediately  reply'd  "  0  111  examine  you 
no  further."  After  he  was  Ordained;  Bp.  Morley  Presented 
him  to  the  King,  Acquainting  his  Majesty  y*  he  was  in  Holy 
Orders.  Whereupon  ye  King  said,  "  i  am  glad  y*  Gentlemen 
takes  upon  ym  ye  Service  of  yu  Chureh,  &  I  promise  to  take 
Particular  care  of  you." 

In  1GGG,  upon  yL  5th  day  of  Xovembr,  ye  Earl  of  Manchester, 
Ld  Chamberlain  of  yc  Household,  enter'd  Dr  Crew  one  of  his 
Majestie's  Chaplains  in  Ordinary;  &  as  he  Officiated,  ye  Kino- 
took  b  XotiGe  of  him,  and  said  "  he  has  an  Honest  Countenance." 
This  was  told  Dr  Crew  by  Mr  Crofts.  In  1GG7  ye  Kinr>-  gave 
him  a  Sinecure  in  Lincolnshire.  Upon  ye  Chances  at  Court  LJ 
Clarendon  being  dimiss'd,  ArchBp.  Sheldon's  Interest,  Bp. 
Morley's,  &  Dean  Dolben's  fell  w1'1  him.  D1'  Crofts,  Bp.  of 
Hereford,  was  made  Dean  of  ye  Chappel,  Dr  Blandford  Warden 
of  Wadham,  Clerk  to  ye  Closet,  *v  Dr  Crew,  his  Deputy.  In  a 
little  time  Bp.  Crofts  using  some  Freedom  w"1  ve  Kin"-,  wUl 
regard  to  his  Mistresses,  &  laying  before  him  ye  Inconsistency 
of  some  Practices  w'1'  ye  receiving  yc  Holy  Sacram1,  and  bavin*' 
a  cold  answer,  immediately  desired  Lave  to  retire.     AVhen  L<( 

•  u Exploratcs,"  in  MS.  k  Fol.  7. 


MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,  LORD  CREWE.  9 

Clarendon  was  sent  for  to  ye  King  in  order  to  bo  dismiss'd  yc 
Lariy  Castlemain  seeing  him  come  out  of  Whitehall  without  ye 
Mace  &  Purse,  got  into  a  Balcony  over  agf  him  and  clapt  her 
Hands  to  testify  her  joy.  Whereupon  my  Lord  look'd  up  and 
said  "  0  Madam  is  it  you,  pray  remember  y*  if  you  live  you  will 
grow  old."  It  was  remark'u  by  Cardinal  Mazarin,  upon  Ld 
Clarendon's  Marrying  his  Daughter  to  ye  Duke  of  York,  yl  it 
was  far  from  beingo  Wisdom  in  so  great  a  Politician  to  marry  a 
Daughter  into  the  Royal  family. 

Great  Notice  was  taken  at  Court  of  Dr  Crew's  good  breeding; 
&  King  Charles  wou'd  often  use  him  with  familiarity  &  freedom 
of  Conversation  wdl  he  well  knew  how  to  receive  in  ye  manner 
y1  became  him.  In  1GG3  Dr  Hood  Hector  of  Lincoln  College 
dyes  a  <k  ye  Society  Unanimously  desired  Dr  Crew  in  a  Letter 
sent  to  him  at  London  y1  he  wou'd  please  to  accept  of  ye  Headsp. 
He  did  so,  and  went  down  to  Oxford,  his  absence  being  dis- 
pens'd  with  by  the  King,  at  the  request  of  yc  Lord  Chamber- 
lain, who  h  informed  yc  King  of  w1  ye  College  had  done.  He 
went  from  London  on  Monday,  &  got  to  Oxford  by  Tuesday 
Noon,  and  being  Sub  Hector  Summon'd  a  Meeting  of  ye  Fellows 
&  on  Thursday  morning  his  Election  was  unanimously  agreed 
to.c  He  went  away  y'  evening  to  Henley,  &  on  Fryday  Morn- 
ing appeared  at  Court  &  officiated  before  his  Majesty. 

In  1608,  he  was  appointed  a  Lent  Preacher.  His  1st  Sermon 
was  upon  these  Words  "  If  we  say  we  have  no  Sin  we  deceive 
ourselves,  &c."     The  King  stood  up,  all  y«  while;   &  ye  Sermon 

•  Paul  Hood  died  2  Aug.,  1668,  in  the  S3rd  year  of  his  age  aud  the  48th  of  his 
Rectorship. 

b  Fol.  8. 

c  On  Tuesday,  11  Aug..  the  election  of  Rector  was  fixed  for  Wednesday,  12  Aug., 
and  on  th-it  d:iy  Crewe  was  unauim  >udy  elected,  and  a  letter  sent  off  to  the  Visitor 
(William  Fuller,  l>p.  of  Line.)  requesting  his  admission.  On  Sth  Sept.  he  was 
admitted-Rector  l>y  the  Visitor;  and  oa  17th  Sept.  after  the  2nd  lesson  at  Morning 
Prayers  installed  Rector  K  in  the  chiefest  seat  of  the  quire  of  All  Saints  Church'" 
(Oxford). 

CAMD.   SOC.  C 


10  MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,  LORD  CREWE. 

was  highly  Applauded.  The  Duke  of  York  wish'd  his  father 
had  heard  him;  weh  wish  was  chiefly  owing  to  his  having  used 
this  Expression  in  his  Prayer  "  Remember  not  Ld  our  Offences 
nor  the  Offences  of  our  Forefathers." 

About  this  time  yc  Dean  of  Windsor  Dr  Reeves  was  Danger- 
ously ill;  &  ye  Kiug  was  asked  by  Prince  Rupert,  who  was  to 
be  his  Successor;  yc  King  said,  D1'  Crew;  but  ye  Deau  re- 
covered . 

In  1GG9  yc  Deanery  of  Chichester  became  vacant;  Dv  Bland- 
ford  told  y°  King  of  it,  &  recommended  Dr  Crew  to  his  Majesty; 
ye  King  said,  "  if  it  was  Worth  D1'  Crew's  Acceptance,  he  sh'1 
have  it;"  D1'  Blandford  reply 'd,  "  it  was  not  so  much  yc  Profitt 
Dr  Crew  consider'd,  as  it's  being  a  Mark  of  his  Majestic's 
favour  "  :  yc  King  said,  he  shd  have  it.  In  the  Patent,  leavo 
was  given  him  to  hold  yc  Deanery  w'h  any  other  P'fcrnr1  in  ye 
same  Church. 

The  Presentorship  of  ye  Church  wch  his  Predecessor  held 
being  in  the  Gift  of  ye  Bp,  Dr  King,  he  offered  it  to  him  wo!l  ho 
accepted  and  was  collated  to  it  April  28,  1(309,  &  ye  day  follow- 
ing instairda  Dean.  After  this,  he  was  elected  by  y*  Chapter 
to  be  one  of  yr  Body,  and  thereby  entitled  to  ye  Common  Dividend. 
Some  time  after  an  Impropriation  held  by  Lease  from  the  Dean 
and  Chapter  was  to  be  renewed,  &  ye  fine  was  set  for  1000£. 
but  ye  Dean  proposed  and  prevailed,  y*  500£  of  it  sh(1  be  apply'd 
to  ye  Augmentation  of  yc  Vicarage,  &  ye  rest  Divided  amongst 
ye  Chapter. 

His  Turn  falling  out  upon  ye  Feast  of  yc  Annuntiation  of  ye 
Blessed  Virgin,  as  a  Lent  Preacher,  &  he  having  prepared  a 
Discourse  on  y*  Festival,  observed  amongst  other  Things,  y* 
f  some  of  ye  Moderns  were  so  far  from  doing  Honour  to  ye 
Virgin  Mary,  yl  thev  will  not  so  much  as  allow  her  ye  respect 
wcU   is   due    to   her   Memory':      Ld    Saville    &    others   having 

■  Fol.  .9 


MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,    LORD    CREWE.  11 

publickly  and   Shamefully   cast    Reproaches    upon   her.      This 
was  thought  a  very  Seasonable  Remark  at  y1  time. 

He  was  Desired  by  the  Heads  of  Houses  in  Oxford,  (Arch  B? 
Sheldon  who  was  then  Chancellor"  declining  to  Act,  &  thereupon 
leaving  ye  choice  of  a  A' ice-Chancellor  to  yc  University)  to 
accept  of  y*  office,  but  he  excused  himself  on  Account  of  his 
Obligations  to  attend  at  Court. 

In  May  1070  while  ye  King  and  Court  were  at  Dover,  he 
beg'db  leave  of  vc  Kim>-  to  go  over  with  his  Ambassador,  who 
was  sent  to  Complement  ye  King  of  France,  on  his  return  from 
viewing  his  Conquests  in  Holland.  The  King  of  France  staid 
at  Calais  wth  his  whole  Court  a  few  days/  and  Sr  Henry  Jones 
Captain  of  y°  Band  of  Pensioners,  shew'd  ye  Doctor  every  thing 
that  was  to  be  seen  to  ye  utmost  Advantage.  Some  time  after 
his  return,  in  discourse  wth  yc  Dutchess  of  York,  he  told  her  he 
"  much  admired  ye  Paintings  in  ye  Chnppel  of  Calais,  &  thought 
they  were  indeed  very  fine,  if  they  were  put  to  a  good  use  " — 
her  Answer  was,  "  put  to  a  good  use ! "  wch  shewd  her  early- 
Inclinations  to  Popery.  April  1G71  he  was  elected,  &  on  ye 
16th  of  June  confirmed,  B^  of  Oxon;  July  yc  2d  he  was  con- 
secrated &  gave  so  noble  an  Entertaium1  yx  ye  ArchB1'  said  it 
was  the  finest  he  ever  saw.  The  Duke  of  Buckingham  had 
endeavoured  to  get  ye  Bishopriek  of  Worcester  for  D1'  YVilkins  : 
but  he  faild  in  y*  Point,  yu  Duke  of  Ormond  having  obtained 
y*  See  for  yc  Bp.  of  Oxon  Dr.  Blandford:  by  which  means 
way  was  made  for  advancing  Dr.  Crew  to  Oxford.  And  Hen- 
shaw  Bp  of  Sarum  was   used   to  say  it  was   Crewe's   Interest, 

a  "  Vice  Chancellor  "  in  MS.  in  error.  Archbishop  Sheldon  was  eloctcd  Chan- 
cellor of  Oxford  University  20  Dec,  1C67,  and  nominally  held  it  till  his  resignation 
on  31  July  16G9;  But  he  was  never  formally  installed,  and  the  powers  of  the 
Chancellor  were  excreised  informally  either  by  tho  Heads  of  Houses  or  by 
Convocation. 

k  "bag'd"  in  MS. 

<=  Fol.   lft 


12  MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,    LORD    CREWE. 

y4  push'd  Blandford  up  to  Worcester.  At  the  Arch  Bp'4  request 
yc  Rectory  of  Witney  in  Oxford-Shire,  worth  abl  G00£  a  Year, 
was  given  him  by  ye  King,  to  be  held  in  Oommendam  w"1  his 
Bprick,  &  lie  was  collated  to  it  before  his  Consecration. 
Bp  Cozens  told  kirn  vn,  if  he  were  but  old  enough,  he  beh'iv'd 
he  wd  be  his. Successor  at  Durham. 

He  held  yc  Bpriek  of  Oxon  &  yc  Rectory  of  Lincoln  College 
together8  for  one  Year,  wdl,  D*  Fell  told  him,  was  improper, '•  but 
yc  Bp  had  a  good  reason  to  Offer  for  it,  Yiz{,  That0  the  College 
Statutes  Permitted  ye  Headshp  to  be  held  cum  quocunque 
Beneticio  Ecclesiastico,  <.V  y*  having  no  house  belonging  to  ye 
See  to  live  in,  he  could  no  where  more  properly  reside  w1-1, 
regard  to  ye  care  of  his  Diocese  yn  in  ye  very  Centre  of  it. 

October  IS,  1072  he  resigned  ye  Headship  of  Lincoln  College; 
he  had  been  some  days  there,  &  had  entertained  ye  Society  in 
ye  Handsomest  and  most  generous  manner  y*  was  possible. 
Upon  his  .going  away,  yp  Society  attended  him  to  his  Coach,  & 
as  soon  as  he  was  gone  out  of  ye  College  Gates  he  gave  them 
his  Resignation,  thinking  it  Proper  to  continue  Governour  of  ye 
College  as  long  as  he  was  in  it. 

In  1072  The  Dnke  of  York  having  been  absent  from  Church 
on  Good  Fryday,  Easter  Eve  &  Easter  clay,  upon  ye  Tuesday 
after,  ye  Bp.  step'd  out  of  \°  King's  Court,  in  his  Lawn  Sleeves, 
to  the  Duke's  Apartment,  &  desired  to  speak  with  him.  He 
was  admitted,  and  said,  he  was  Sorry  to  observe  y*  his  Royal 
Highness  had  been  so  long  absent  from  Chappel.  The  Duke 
answered j  he  could  not  Dissemble  wth  God  and  Man  any  longer, 
&  y*  he  wod  come  no  more.     The  Bp.  of  Oxon  said,  Whosoever 


•  "  Togather,"  in  MS. 

6  Dr.  Fell  afterwords  withdrew  his  censure,  on  the  conjunction  of  a  Headship  with 
a  Bishopric  and  held  the  Deanery  of  Cb.  Ch.  in  eormnendum  with  the  Bishopric,  of 
Oxford  1676-lOeo. 

<  Fol.  11. 


MEMOIRS    OF  NATHANIEL,    LORD   CREWE.  13 

advised  his  Royal  Highness  to  tins,  -was  none  of  his  Friend; 
The  Duke  replyd  "My  Lord,  1  take  nothing  ill  y*  you  say." 

The  Bp.  upon  Occasion  of  Yates's a  Plot,  represented  to  the 
King  ye  great  Mischief  done  ye  Xation  by  the  Jesuifes;  to  wcU 
ye  King  said  Hy*  Truth  is,  they  are  an  odd  Sort  of  People." 
From  these  two  Passages  we  cannot  but  take  Xotice  of  his 
Watchfullness  agth  the  Influences  of  ye  Papish,c  or  any  ye  least 
Deviation  in  ye  King  or  Duke  from  ye  Established  Church  & 
consequently  ye  Injustice  of  those  who  wd  reproach  Ins  Lordship 
with  having  been  a  favourer  of  Popery. 

In  1G72  The  Fail  of  Sandwych,  who  had  marry'd  yc  Bp's 
Sister,  was  blown  up  and  drowned  in  Sole  Bay.  Whereupon 
the  Bp  having  spoke  to  the  King,  His  Majesty  vas  pleased  to 
say,  ylhe  "he  had  a  grout  loss  of  him;  "  The  Bp  replyed,  "since 
he  is  lost,  Fine  glad  it  was  in  yr  Majesty's  Service." 

The  Duke  of  York  in  lG7o'  entered  into  a  Treaty  of  Marriage 
with  the  Princess  of  Modeua,  &  desired  ye  Bp  of  Oxon  to  Marry 
them.  This  being  known,  ye  House  of  Commons  immediately 
voted  an  Address  to  y*  King  ag(  ye  Marriage,  &  sent  it  up  to 
the  Lords  for  their  Concurrence.  While  this  was  debating,  ye 
Duke  said,  y'  if  yc  Address  shd  puss  both  Houses,  he  wa  by  no 
means  put  y1'  Bishop  upon  doing  y!  Office.  But  the  Lords  putting 
a  Negative  upon  it,  ye  Duke  immediately  sent  ye  Bp  to  Lambeth, 
to  Arch-Bp  Sheldon  to  know  in  wl  manner  he  marry'd  King- 
Charles  and  Queen  Catherine.  The  Earl  of  Shaftesbury  said  to 
ye  Bp,  "I  hope,  if  you  marry  yc  Duke  you  will  be  so  wise  as  to 
take  out  ye  broad  Seal,  "  intending  not  to  grant  it,  &  so  to 
hinder  yc  Bp  from  having  this  Honour.  The  Duke  told  him, 
"my  Lord,  y1  you  may  be  Safe  in  what  you  do,  the  King  will 
Empower  you  under  his  Signet." 

uThe   Bp   marry'd   ym  at   Dover,  &  upon  his  return  to  Town, 

*  Sic  in  MS.  *  Fol.  12. 

c  Probably  a  slip  for  "  Papists."  d  Fol.  13. 


14  MEMOIRS    OF   NATHANIEL,    LORD    CREWE. 

ye  Duke  said  in  his  Drawing  room  yc  next  Morning,  y*  he  shd  be. 
ready  to  do  the  Bp  any  kindness,  &  yc  Dutches  w'1  willingly  join 
wth  him  in  it.  Upon  wcl'  ye  Bishop  waiting  upon  y°  Duke,  about 
a  Week  after  told  his  Royal  Highness  he  was  pleased  to 
Encourage  him  to  ask  some  favour;  y*  there  was  but  one  Thing- 
vacant  yn  in  y"  Church,  which  was  so  great  a  Pfeferm*  y*  he 
durst  not  presume  to  Mention  it.  The  Duke  said,  "  what  is  it  "  ; 
ye  Bp  answered  "  yc  Bprick  of  Durham."  The  Duke  said  he 
wd  Speak  immediately  wth  yc  King,  &  use  all  his  Interest  for 
him.  Great  Interest  was  made  for  Dean  Dolben  ;  Dr.  Compton a 
also  apply 'd  very  Strenuously  to  ye  Duke  of  York,  &  magnify'd 
yc  Loyalty  and  Sufferings  of  his  Family;  oc  upon  ye  Article  of 
Family  Services,  took  ye  Liberty  of  railing  very  much  ag1  y*  of 
ye  Bp  of  Oxon.  The  Duke  of  York  told  him,  that  this  great 
Bprick  wo4  not  be  given  to  one  who  was  not  already  a  Bishop, 
&  Dr  Compton  was  decently  put  off  with  this  Answer. 

The  Duke  of  York  told  y-  Bp  he  had  a  great  many  Enemies; 
the  Bp  reply'd,  he  "  valued  y,a  not,  if  Ins  Royal  Highness  wd 
please  to  be  his  Friend  "  ;  iC  My  Lord,"  says  yc  Duke,  "  I  promise 
you,  I  will  stick  by  you."  A  Man  of  Quality  took  occasion  to 
say  something  to  the  Bp's  Disadvantage  in  ye  Drawing  room 
before  the  Duke  of  York;  Whereupon  yc  Duke  said,  "  My  Lord 
of  Oxon  is  my  Friend." 

b  The  Bp's  Youth  was  objected  to  the  King,  who  reply'd 
"  y*  is  a  fault  which  will  mend  every  day."  The  Bp  was  taken 
Notice  for  speaking  well  in  the  House  of  Lords  agl  ye  Duke  of 
Buckingham  and  y°  Earls  of  Shaftsbury  &  Danby.  Bp 
Reynolds  left  his  Proxy  wlh  him,  yc  Bp  told  some  of  yc  Lords 
y*  he  had  it,  &  yl  how0  he  would  make  him  vote  right. 

The  King  delaying  still  to  till  up  ye  Bprick  of  Durham,  Dr. 
Crofts  Bp  of  Hereford  waited  on  yc  King  it  ask'd  him  why  his 
Majesty  did  not  give  orders  for  a  Conge  d'elire  to  elect  yc  Bp 

•  Henry  Compton,  Cauon  of  Ch.  Ch.  since  lOG'J  ;  be  succeeded  Crewe  in  the  see  of 
Oxford. 
*»  Fol.  14. 
e  A  slip  for  "  now.*' 


MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,    LORD    CREWE.  15 

of    Oxon  j    ye    King   answered,  "  my    Lord,  lie   shall   be    sure 
of  it," 

On  the  18th  of  August  ye  Bp  was  elected  by  ye  Chapter  by 
vert  no  of  ye  Conge  d'elire,  yc  return  to  his  Majesty  &  yc  Archbp 
of  York  under  yc  College  Seal,  in  order  to  his  Translation. 

Before  ye  Bp  was  chose,.  Duke  Lauderdale"  said  he  beleived 
ho  sh'1  "eat  a  peck  of  Salt  before  ye  13prick  of  Durham  wou'd  bo 
filled ."  b    The  Bp  was  enthrond  by  Proxy  yc  10  of  Xovembr  J  C7-1, 

His  Lords1*3  Entry  &  Reception  upon  his  1st  going  down  to 
Durham  was  exceeding  Pompons  &  Magnificent.  The  Bp  had 
two  Coaches  and  Six,  Six  Gentlemen,  12  led  Horses  &  a  great 
Number  of  running  footmen  arid  Servants  on  horse-back. 

The  long  Vacancy  of  ye  See  prevented  all  enquiries  into0 
Dilapidations,  w'h  at  the  Bp's  own  Death  amounted  to  no  more 
yn  100£.  The  Bp  was  created  Lord  Leiutenant  of  ye  County 
Palatine  &  Admiral  of  Sunderland  Loth  wc!l  high  Offices  were 
so  commonly  Tested  in  ye  Bps  of  Durham,  y*  till  yc  year  1588 
they  were  look'd  upon  as  belonging  to  ye  See.  One  of  yc  titles 
of  ye  Bishop  of  Durham  is  Earl  of  Sadburgh.  He  constantly 
entertains  ye  Judges  of  Assize  and  yc  Justices  at  yc  Quarter 
Sessions;  &  yc  Civil  Offices  of  Chancellor,  Attourney  General, 
Sollicitor  General,  High  Sheriff  &  Undersherifi  are  in  his 
Disposal. 

April  23,  107*3,  he  was  Sworn  Privy  Councellor.  The  Bp 
thank'd  the  Duke  of  York  for  it,  &  kiss'd  his  hand  as  soon  as 
they  were  come  out  of  ye  King's  Presence.  After  the  Duke  of 
York  was  disabled  from  sitting*  in  ye  house  of  Lords,  ye  Bp 
spoke  to  ye  King  to  this  Purpose  yc  Duke  being  only  present  in 
his  Bedd  Chamber,  "  Sr3  yc  great  Drift  and  Design  of  Your 
Majestie'srEncmies,  is  to  Divide  yr  Majesty  &  yr  Brother,  for 
who  can  bo  supposed  to  be  so  entirely  yr  Majestie's  friend  as  yr 
own  Brother." 

•  MS.  Lis  "  Landerdak." 

b  Bp.  Coin  .lied   15   Jan.,  1671-2.     Wood  (Life  and   limet,  ii  241)  says  "his 
bishoprick  waa  kept  void  to  please  a  woman." 
1  Fol.  15. 
d  Sic,  for  "  Bed." 


16 


MEM0IP9    OF    NATHANIEL,    LORD    CREWE. 


In  167G  yeBp  made  his  first  Visitation  in  his  Diocese,  wcl>  was 
very  Solemn  and  Pompous.  He  preach'd  himself  at  Newcastle,- 
in  S4  Nicholls  Church,  Sr  William  Blackett,  Mayor,  &all  ycAlder- 
man  in  their  Scarlett  attending  his  Lordship.  At  Alnwick  yc 
Clergy  appeared  before  him,  &  ye  next  day  he  went  to  a  Bentrick,b 
where  ye  Governor,  ye  Duke  of  Newcastle's  eldest  Son,  had 
given  Orders,  to  receive  ye  Bp,  wth  yc  same  Formalities,  as  they 
did  Himself.  The  Garrison  consisting  of  500  Men  were  drawn 
up  to  receive  his  LordsP  who  was  conducted  by  ye  Mayor  to  his 
Lodgings  where  two  Soldiers  stood  Gentmels,  &  yc  Bp  gave  yc 
Word  to  ye  Garrison  every  night.  He  slayd  there  3  or  4  days 
&  confirm'd  most  of  yc  Garrison  besides  a  great  Number  of 
other  Persons.  When  he  went  to  Church  for  y*  Purpose  yc 
Mayor  and  some  of  ye  Aldermen  who  waited  on  his  Lordship  to 
ye  Door,  desired  to  be  excused  from  going  any  farther  because 
they  were  of  Different  Principles  from  ye  Church  of  England. 

The  next  Morning  ye  Bp  went  round  ye  works  of  yfc  Garrison 
&  yc  Mayor  desired  him  to  see  the  Bridge,  wth  stood  upon 
Many  Arches.  When  they  came  to  yc  middle  of  it  ye  Mayor 
laid  down  his  white  staff  &  said  yr  Lords'1  is  now  in  yr  own 
Country. 

In  the  same  Year  y°  Bp  Visited  the  Dean  &  Chapter  of 
Durham.  The  Dean  c  was  a  Morose  Man.  &  sate  down  upon  his 
Name  being  called  ;  yc  Bp  said  to  him  "  Mr  Dean,  yr  Posture 
does  not  become  you."  The  Dean  roply'd,  "My  Lord,  your 
Predecessors  always  bid  us  sit;''  y°  Bp  Answered  "when  I  bid 
you,  do  so." 

In  November  1G77  ArchBp  Sheldon  Dyed  ;  Mr  Mountanroe/ 
afterwards  Duke,  sent  to  ye  Bp,  to  desire  him  to  stand  for  ye 
Archbprick.     Bp   Compton  also  was  a  Candidate  for  it.     These 

■  Fol.  16. 

b  An  error  for  Berwick. 

«  Dr.  John  Sudbury,  admitted  Dean  21  Dec.,  1C61,  died  in  1GS4. 

»  Fol.  17. 


MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,    LORD    CREWE.  17 

2  families  were  so  great  and  Powerfull  &  yc  Duke  of  York  being 
unwilling  to  have  our  Bp  put  by  for  Dr  Compton,  as  ye  Duke  of 
Leeds  was  loath  to  haw  Bp  Compton  set,  aside  by  my  Lord's 
Superiour  Interest,  yc  ArcliBprick  was  given  to  Dean  Sancroft/1 
by  yc  Interest  of  Lord  Bellasyse  a  Roman  Catholick,  Jjord 
Falconbridgc  (a  Protestant,  who  marry'd  Cromwell's  Daughter), 
&  other  Popish  Lords,  who  iniagin'd,  1)0  never  wod  hurt  ye 
Popish  Interest,  tho'  he  bad  taken  yfl  Covenant  at  Cambridge. 

The  Bp's  Lather  said  to  him,  "  Son,  I  pray'd  that  you  might 
not  be  removed."  Insomuch  yl  yc  Bp  wo'1  sometimes  say 
pleasently,  y1  he  "lost  this  Preferment  by  his  Lather's  Prayers." 
This  is  yc  only  attempt  he  ever  failed  in  during  yc  whole  Course 
of  his  life.  And  considering  yc  Difficulties  he  must  have  been 
involved  in,  if  he  had  succeeded,  his  falling  short  of  this 
Preferment  was  not  so  much  to  be  counted  a  Disappointment, 
as  a  Providential  Deliverance. 

Soon  after,1' yc  ArchLp  said  to  King  Charles  ye  2'1,  "  Sr  yr 
ArcliBprick  of  York  is  vacant."  It  was  twice  offer'd  to  him,  & 
yc  Bp  answerd,  "  I  humbly  thank  y1'  Majesty  for  ye  PrefermT  1 
have  already,  but  I  dont  want  y*  Grace." 

In  1079  ye  Duke  of  Monmouth  was  sent  to  command  as 
General  ;igf  ye  Rebels  in  Scotland,  &  ye  Bp  was  dispatch'd  from 
London  to  raise  ye  Militia  at  Durham.  He  set  out  from  thence 
on  Monday  and  came  to  Ins  Castle  at  Aukland  near  Durham  by 
Fryday  noon;  °  and  yc  Deputy  Leiutenants  being  Suinmond, 
they  waited  upon  him  at  Dinner;  at  wch  time  an  Express  came 
to  yc  Castle  w,h  an  Order  from  yc  Council  to  raise  y*  part  of  ye 
Militia,  w'1'  is  near  Berwick. 

After  y°  Duke  of  Monmouth  had  Defeated  ye  Rebels,  in  his 
return  he  call'd  at  Durham  Castle,  where  he  was  Nobly  enter- 

*  William  Sancroft,  Dean  of  St.  Paul's,  was  consecrated  Archbishop  of  Canter- 
bury, "27  Jan.,  1 077-8. 

b  Archbishop  Sterne  dwd  IS  June,  1683,  and  was  succeeded  by  John  Dolben. 
e  lot.  IS. 
CAMD.  SOC.  D 


18  MEMOIKS    OF   NATHANIEL,    LORD    CEEWE. 

tamed  by  yc  Bp  at  Dinner;  nfter  wch  lie  say'd  he  wd  ride  Post 
to  Darlington,  wch  was  14  Miles  in  yc  road  towards  London. 
The  Bp  Proffered  to  lend  him  his  Coach,  wcl1,  he  said,  sh'1  carry 
him  in  as  short  a  time  ns  any  Post  horse  could.  AYch  he  did  & 
went  thither  in  less  y"  2  hours,  &  observed  upon  it,  y*  he  was 
never  Driven  so  fust  in  any  of  ye  King's  Coaches.  In  this  time 
of  Absence  yc  Bp  lost  much  of  his  Interest  at  Court,  chiefly  by 
means  of  ye  Earl  of  Lauderdale.8  Secretary  Coventry  said,  he 
heard  yl  ye  Scots  were  come  Even  to  Durham.  This  and  such 
Tilings  were  given  out  as  Insinuations  y*  ye  Bp,  as  Lord 
Lieut enaut,  was  not  a  good  Governour. 

In  November  1079  he  entertained  ye  Duke  &  Dutchess  of 
York  for  2  or  3  days  at  Durham  Castle,  as  ye  Duke  was  going- 
Commissioner  to  Scotland.  The  Bp  received  him  at  ye  Hall 
steps,  &  ye  Duke  kiss'd  him  as  an  high  mark  of  las  favour;  & 
gave  a  Private  Intimation  that  no  Paptisi  sh''  come  to  him, 
while  he  stayd  at  Durham.  The  Bp  went  with  his  own  Coaches, 
attended  by  all  the  Coaches  of  y"  Country,  &  a  grent  Numbei  of 
Horse-Men  as  far  as  Pearco  bridge  wch  was  12  miles  from 
Durham,  to  Welcome  their  Royal  Highnesses  into  yc  Countrv. 
He  also  raised  a  Company  of  Militia  to  attend  y1".  In  yc  \Ya\- 
from  Piarce  bridge  a  Bottle  of  Wine  was  offered  to  ym  on  vc 
Part  of  one  Air.  Smith  a  !'  Roman  Catholick,  by  the  hands  of  his 
Brother  Narrative  Smith.  The  Duke  and  Dutchess  both  drank 
a  Glass,  not  knowing  ye  P'son  who  presented  it  to  ym.  After- 
wards, when  they  did,  yr  Dutchess  said,  she  wd  have  thrown  ve 
Glass  in  his  face,  had  she   known    it    sooner.       The  Entertainm' 

was  remarkably  great  &   Sumptuous,  &  all  vc  Duke's  Attendants 

.  *  ' 

who  could  not   be  recd  in   ye   Castle,  were   provided  for  at   my 

Lord's  expence  in  yc  Town.     The  Duke  took  particular  Notice 

of  this  great  Instance  of  his  Respect,  and  often  mentioned  it    to 

yc  Bp's  Honour. 

»  MS.  has  "  Landerdale.'  *•  Ful.  19. 


MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,    LOED    CfiEWE. 


19 


Duke  Lauderdale  a  also  when  lie  went  High  Commissioner  to 
Scotland,  &  his  Dutchess,  were  cntcrtain'd  by  yeBp  at  Durham. 
At  Dinner  y"  Duke  said,  "  v\y  Lord,  ye  Major  part  of  ye  Nobility 
of  Scotland  are  now  at  yr  Lords*3  Table."  The  Bp  had  sent  two 
Gentlemen  as  far  as  Berwick  to  invite  ym.  The  Duke  said,  his 
Attendance  was  too  Numerous:  ye  Reply  was,  "  ye  greater  ye 
Number,  y°  more  Welcome  they  will  be  to  my  Lord/' 

In  1679  ye  Earl  of  Danby  was  impeach'd.  ArchBp  Sancroft 
ask'd  ye  Bp  "  why  he  was  so  great  an  Enemy  to  ye  Earl  of 
Dvanby."  The  Bp  reply 'd,  ''because  he  is  an  Enemy  to  yc  Duke 
of  York  my  Principal  Friend."  Upon  ye  Question  for  committing 
ye  Earl,  ye  Bp  wont  out  of  ye  house,  and  two  other  Bps  his 
friends  followed  him.  He  was  committed.  These  Votes  wd 
have  sav'd  him. 

About  this  Time,  Oates  was  at  Dinner  one  day  at  ye  Chap- 
lains' Table,  when  yfi  Bp  was  there  as  Clerk  of  ye  Closet. 
"Pray,"  says  ye  Bp,  "Mr.  Gates,  who  was  to  have  been  Bp  of 
Durham  if  ye  Plot  had  Succeeded  ;  "  "  My  Lord,"  said  he,  Such  a. 
One,  naming  ye  Man.  Tho  attempts  were  made  to  blacken  ye 
Bp,  this  Confession  of  b  Oates  being  abundantly  attested,  no 
harm  could  be  done  to  him. 

December  12,  1G79,  yc  lip's  Father  Dyes,  &  is  Succeeded  in 
his  Estate  and  Honour  by  his  Eldest  Son,  Thos.  L*1  Crewe. 

In  1081,  Mr  John  Crewe  yc  Bp's  Brother  dies,  &  leaves  to  y- 
Bp  ye  Manor  of  Newbold  in  Leicestershire,  worth  about  5  or 
GOO  £  a  Year,  well  Wooded  and  Water'd  w,u  a  tine  Park  &  all 
ye  Conveniences  &  Ornaments  of  a  good  Seat.  He  said  he 
would  "  leave  it  to  one  y*  wou'd  make  ye  Chimney  smoak," 
alluding  to  ye  Bp's  Hospitable  &  generous  Spirit. 

On  Fryday  Feb?  6Ul  10.S1  King  Charles  ii'1  dyes.  The  Bp 
scarce  ever  stirr'd  from  him  day  or  Night  during  his  illness ; 
having  Lodgings   in  ye  Palace  as   Clerk  of  ye  Closet.     On  ye 

•  MS.  has  "  Lauderdale."  k  FoL  20. 


20  MEMOIRS   OF   NATHANIEL,    LORD    CBEWE. 

Sunday  before,  ye  King  Supp'd  at  ye  Dutchess  of  Portsmouth's, 

&  eat  a  Swan's  egg  Wcb  lay  heavy  on  his  Stomach.  The 
Dutchess  wd  have  been  admitted  to  Kiss  ye  King's  hand;  but  J* 
King,  as  soon  as  lie  saw  her,  said,  "  pray  Madam,  dou't  come 
near  me." 

One  day  at  Dinnor  ye  Bishop  waiting  as  Clerk  of  yc  Closset 
upon  King  Charles,  recommended  Dr  Tully  who  had  been  long 
a  Chaplain,  &  was  a  very  learned  Man,  to  the  Deanery  of 
Rippon;  yc  King  immediately  granted  ye  Bp's  request,  & 
gave  orders  to  Secretary  "Williamson  for  yc  Warrant.  The  first 
time  Dr  Tillotson  preached  before  King  Charles,  ye  Bp  desired 
ye  King  to  Command  ye  Sermon  to  be  Printed,  we!l  was  immedi- 
ately done,  &  yc  Bishop  ordered  to  carry  ye  Message.  Dr  South's 
Promotion  to  X1  Ch.  or  Westminster  was  entirely  owing  to  yc 
Bp.  Great  Minds  are  forwd  in  Advancing  Worthy  Men,  & 
happy  it  is  for  a  Prince  to  "have  such  discerning  &  faithfull 
Men  about  him. 

The  Bp  was  very  constant  &  diligent  in  his  Attendance  upon 
ye  King  as  Clerk  of  ye  Closset,  but  happen'd  one  Morning  tc  be 
Absent*  when  ye  King  went  to  Chappel.  He  beg'd  Pardon  for 
it  &  told  yc  King  he  had  been  Marrying  a  Couple.  The  King 
said,  "my  Lord,  1  hope  youask'd  forgiveness  of  ym,  before  you 
did  it." 

The  Bp  assisted  as  Supporter  to  King  James  on  his  Ptl  hand, 
at  his  Coronation,  wl'!l  is  ye  Antient  Privilege  of  ye  Bps  of 
Durham. 

In  a  Short  time,  ye  King  dismissal  Dr  Compton  from  being 
Dean  of  yc  Chappie,  &  offer'd  yc  Place  to  ye  Bp  of  Durham ;  my 
Lord  beg'd  to  know,  if  Bp  Compton  had  offended  his  Majesty, 
ye  King  reply 'd,  "  my  Lord,  I  am  positive,  he  shall  not  be  there." 
The  Bp  said,  "  since  yr  Majesty  is  resolved  upon  it,  &  I  cannot 
have  ye  Honour  of  being  so  near  to  yr  Majesty,  as  I  was  to  yr 
Royal  Brother  in  ye  Chappie,  I  shall  be  very  glad  to  receive 

»  Fol.  21. 


MIMOIES    OF    NATHANIEL,    LORD    CKEWE.  21 

this  mark  of  yr  Majesty's  favour/'  &  accordingly  he  was  made 
Dean  of  yc  Chappie.  This  was  rather  a  Constraint  yn  a  Satis- 
faction to  him. 

He  was  Sworn  a  Privy  Counsellor  soon  after  the  King's 
Accession  to  ye  Throne.  In  yc  Year  1685,  Lord  Cheif  Justice 
Jeffreys  went  yc  Northern  Circuit  &  laid  a  fine  of  5  £  upon 
Mr  Badily  a  Coroner,  for  not  rising  up  when  his  Name  was 
call'd,  Saying,  "you  are  so  Lazy,  you  can't  rise  up  when  you're 
call'd,  but  ill a  make  you  pay  for  it."  At  Dinner  time  Badily 
came  into  yc  Room,  where  yc  La  Cheif  Justice  Dined  wth  ye  Bp. 
"  How  now,"  says  the  Cheif  Justice,  "I  suppose  you  are  come  to 
Beg  off  yr  Fine;"  "No,"  Says  y°  Bp,  "my  Lord,  there  can  be  no 
such  thing  done;  you  have  Maid  it,  but  no  body  can  take  it  off 
but  my  self;""  which  put  ye  Cheif  Justice  much  out  of  Counten- 
ance. For  Fine.-  and  Amercements  are  always  excepted  out  of 
ye  King's  Commission  of  Assize  for  Durham,  as  of  right  belong- 
ing to  yc  see;  &  .therefore  ye  Bp  wo'1  not  allow  Ld  Cheif  Justice 
Jones  to  read  yc  Common  Assize  Commission  there,  wch  he  wd 
have  done,  as  in  other  Places. 

In  1080,  ye  Bp  hinderd  Dr  Cartwright's  being  made  a  Bp, 
but  he  Struck  in  wth  F.  Peters,  &  by  his  Interest  Succeeded.0 
In  ye  same  Year,  }e  Commission  for  Ecclesiastical  Affairs  were 
set  up.  The  Bp  was  then  at  Durham.  ArehBp  Sancroft  did 
not  oppose  it  in  Council,  but  when  was  spoke  to,  rose  up,  as 
giving  a  tacit  Consent  to  it.  All  ye  Judges  yn  Prsent,  except 
one,  declar'd,  they  thought  it  was  legal.  The  Bp  was  sent  for 
from  Durham  by  order  of  Council  to  appear  at  ye  opening  of 
this  Court,  wrh  he  did.  The  ArehBp  being  call'd,  did  not 
appear  in  ye  Court.  A  Messenger  was  sent  to  give  him  Notice 
of  their  second  Meeting,  but  still  he  did  not  come.  The  Bp,  ye 
next  time  he  saw   his  Grace,  discoursed  with  him  about  it,  & 

•  Sic  in  MS.,  for  "  I'll." 
b  Fol.  2C. 

*  Tboiraa  Cartwri^ht,  Dean  of  Iiipon,  was  consecrated  Bishop  of  Chester,  17  Oct., 
1086. 


22  MEM0IKS    OF    XATIIA.NIEL,    LORD    CREWE. 

particularly,  represented  his  having  given  a  tacit  assent  to  it, 
by  rising-  up,  when  he  was  call'd  upon  in  yp  Privy  Council. 
This  gave  yc  ArchBp  great  Uneasiness,  but  still  he  did  not 
appear.  At  Hounslow  yc  ArchBp  waited  on  yc  King,  who  told 
him  of  his  Consenting  to,  &  approving  of  it,  upon  wohhe  reply'd, 
yl  upon  farther  Consideration  he  could  not  Act,  &  beg'd  his 
Majesty's  Pardon  for  not  appearing ;  wcL  he  never  wJ  do. 

In  August  168G  ye  Bishop  of  Loudon  was  Suspended.  Upon* 
which,  yc  Bp  of  Durham  said  in  Court;  "my  Lords,  I  suppose 
yr  Lords'15  mean  only  a  Suspension  abOiRcio;"  &  his  Motion 
was  agreed  to,  Commissioners  taking  care  of  ye  see  of  London 
were  nominated  at  y1'  same  time,  &  they  allow'd  ye  Bp  himself 
to  dispose  of  all  ye  preterm*  in  his  Grift  as  they  fell.1' 

October  20,  1080,  The  Bp  w'1'  ye  other  Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners  pass'd  Sentence  of  Degradation  upon  Johnson.0 
It  was  said,  y*  they  order'd  him  to  be  whip'd,  but  y*  was  false, 
for  it  was  done  by  order  of  ye  Chief  Justice  of  y*  King's  P>euch. 
'Die  Bp  2  Years  before  ye  Revolution  orderd  5001  to  be  paid 
him  in  Consideration  of  his  Sufferings,  by  Yearly  Paymt3  of 
100£  a  Year  for  5  Years,  it  my  Lord  should  so  long  continue 
Bp  of  Durham. 

When  .the  Duke  of  Monmouth  was  making  his  attempt  in 
King  James's  Reign,  Suspicions  were  raised  at  Court  ag*  yc  Bp, 
upon  ye  Account  of  his  having  shewn  so  great  respect  to  yc 
Duke  when  ho  went  into  Scotland,  lie  was  therefore  not 
thought  so  Proper  a  Person,  to  be  trusted  as  Ld  Leiutenant,  in 
raising  ye  Militia,  on  yl  Occasion.  Wliereupon  Sr.  John  Penwick 
was  ordered  to  raise  ym,  We!l  he  did,  &  kept  y"1  up  14  Days;  & 
according  to  ye  Account  lie  had  given  the  King,  his  Majesty 
was  pleased  to  tell  ye  Bishop,  y1  ye  Militia  of  Durham  was  y* 
most  regular   &  best  Disciplin'd   of  any  in  ye  Kingdom.     This 

»  Pol.  23.  '•  MS.  has  "  sell." 

•  Siiinticl  Johnson,  author  of  Julian  th  ■  Apogtrfe. 


MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,    LOUD   CKEWK.  23 

was  said  to  soften  my  Lord  upon  Sr  John's  being  put  over 
him. 

Upon  the  Revolution  when  King  William  &  Queen  Mary 
came  in,  ArcliBp  Tillotson  desired  yc  Queen  to  give  leave  to  yc 
Bpa  of  Durham  to  "Wait  upon  her  &  ask  her  Pardon  for  what  he 
had  done  in  ye  late  Reign.  And  accordingly  ye  next  day  he 
Waited  upon  her  Majesty,,  being  introduced  by  yc  Arch-Bishop, 
and  upon  his  asking  her  Pardon  she  was  pleased  Graciously  to 
Answer,  y'  she  did  forgive  him.  The  Bp  desired  ye  ArchBp 
also  to  introduce  him  io  kiss  ye  King's  hand.  His  Majesty 
demurred  upon  it  ;  ye  ArchBp  said,  "  Sr,  ye  Queen  has  forgiven 
him,  &  besides,  S1'  'tis  now  near  X*mas,  which  is  a  Solemn 
season  of  Exercising  forgiveness."  Whereupon  vc  King  crave 
leave,  y*  he  shd  be  admitted  to  kiss  bis  Hand. 

No  Person  was  Suspended  by  ye  Bp  (as  Eachard  b  asserts,  but 
wth  great  untruth)  for  not  reading  ye  Declaration.  As  for  D1' 
Morton0  who  is  mentioned  Particularly,  this  is  ye  Truth  of  ye 
Case.  D1' Morton  did  not  appear  at  yc  Bp's  Visitation,  &  said  he 
was  excused  as  an  Arch  Deacon;  &  for  this  he  was  Suspended, 
&  removed  from  being  ye  Bp's  Chaplain.  But  so  great  was  yc 
Bishop's  goodness  towards  him,  in  forgiving  his  Offence,  &  in 
Testifying  ye  true  Spirit  of  a  X'iun,  y1  he  afterwds  removed  him 

•  Fol.  24. 

b  Laurence  Kchard,  in  his  History  of  England,  vol.  iii  (pnbl.  1718)  p.  S7G. 

c  John  Morton,  fellow  of  Lincoln  College  166S-167^,  B.D.  11  Nov..  1074,  D.D. 
6  Apr.,  1692;  Prebendary  of  6th  stall  in  Durham,  9  Nov.,  1G7G  ;  removed  to  1l> 
stall,  13  July,  lGSo  ;  Archdeacon  of  Northumberland,  o  Oct.,  1685  ;  Hector  of 
Egglescl'ffe,  co.  DurhM  lii7('»  ;  Rector  of  Sedgefield,  co.  Durh.,  1711.  Thomas 
Hcarnc  has  the  following  note,  MS.  Collections  vol.  143,  p.  o  :  '•  1731,  July  2r>, 
Thursday.  Mr.  Baker  t,in  his  letter  to  ine  from  Cambridge  of  the  4th  inst.)  observes 
that  Dr.  Bcnth  goes  on  at  Trinity  College  there  as  formerly,  not  wtu  standing  the 
Bishop  of  Ely's  sentence,  hut  he  notes  that  he  would  be  under  some  tryal  this  month 
when  the  Bishop  should  visit  his  diocese  and  come  to  Cambridge,  being  one  of  his 
Clergy.  When  Mr.  Baker  was  in  the  Bishop  of  Durham,  Dr.  Crew's,  family  in  ldiss 
he  remembers  one  of  hi<  Arch-Deacons  was  suspended  for  contempt,  only  for  tot 
appearing  at  his  Visitation,  tho'  another  reason  was  probably  at  the  bottom.  Mr. 
Baker  hop'd  there  would  be  no  occasion  for  it  here." 


24  MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,    LOUD    CHE  WE. 

from  a  lesser  Prebend  to  one  of  ye  best  in  ye  Church,  &  from  a 
small  Parsonage  to  ye  very  best  in  ye  Diocese.  Sr  Thomas 
Ilaggerson,  Bar*,  a  Considerable  Roman  Catholick  in  Northum- 
berland, as  be  pass'd  thro'  Durham,  enquired,  whether  ye  Bp 
had  taken  care  to  Lave  yc  Declaration  Bead,  &  was  answered, 
No;  he  reply'd,  "  if  he  does  uot,  care  may  be  taken  to  have  a 
Bpyt5Will/* 

The  Bp  of  Durham  with  three  others  of  yc  Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners  were  appointed  to  Visit  Magdalen  College  in 
Oxford.  "\\ "hereupon  a  the  Bishop  went  to  Windsor  &  desired 
his  Majesty  to  excuse  him,  &  accordingly  he  did  not  appear. 
When  ye  Proceedings  at  Magdalen  College  were  finished,  yc 
three  Commissioners  came  up  to  London,  &  w'1  have  made  a 
report  to  ye  General  Board  of  y1'  Ecclesiastical  Commissioners, 
but  yc  Bp  of  Durham  moved  y'  theirs  being  a  Particular 
Commission,  it  did  not  belong  to  ye  General  Board  to  receive 
y«  Report  of  it.  But  this  was  overuld,  and  y*  Beport  received, 
&  ve  three  Commissioners  were  admitted  into  y"  General 
Commission. 

The  Story  of  yc  Bp's  meeting  yc  Pope's  Nuntio  was  entirely 
false.  Tho'  so  much  respect  was  then  shewn  to  him,  y!  ho 
Dined  wth  my  Lord  Mayor,  &  Sate  above  ye  foreign 
Ambassadors. 

In  10S7  Father  Peters  was  Sworn  Privy  Counsellor,  unex- 
pectedly. The  Bp  not  knowing  it,  was  Surprized  when  he 
Saw  him  at  yc  Council  Table.  After  this  his  Lordship  declin'd 
going  to  Council;  whereupon  La  Preston  wrote  to  ye  Bp,  by  ye 
Kim'-s  Order,  his  Majesty  having  observed,  y1  he  had  not 
appeared  at  Council  for  a  Month.  The  Bp  waited  upon  ye 
Kin"-  about  it,  &  his  Majesty  used  this  Expression  to  him,  umy 
Lord  you  abandon  mc."  The  Bp  said,  y*  he  could  not  come  to 
Council  while  F.  Peters  was  there;  ye  King  reply 'd,  "y*  my 
Lord,  he  shall  come  there  no  more ;  M  wch  he  did  not.     At  the 

»  Fol.  25. 


MEMOIRS    OF   NATHANIEL,    LORD    CREWE.  25 

Council  Table,  ye  King  sfl,  "  lie  that  is  not  with  me,  is  against 
me." 

After  King  James  was  gone  off,  ye  Bp  going  to  yc  Privy " 
Council,  there  were  but  Six  Present,  &  fewer  cannot  make  or 
Sign  any  order.  The  Bp  joined  wlh  ym  in  an  order  for  appre- 
hending Father  Peters,  ye  Warrant  Was  accordingly  issued  out, 
but  yc  F.  Slip'd  away  beyond  Sea,  before  it  could  take 
effect. 

In  1G87,  ye  Queen  was  with  Child.  Whispers  were  spread 
about  in  yc  Court  of  her  Miscarriage.  The  King  said,  "there 
was  a  Rumour  of  y?  Queen's  Miscarriage,  but  it  was  not  so,"  & 
all  was  hush'd.  At  yc  Pretender's  Birth,  June  10,  1688,  yc 
Bp  was  at  Durham,  &  Did  not  see  him  till  3  Months  after,  &  yn 
seem'd  to  him  to  be  8  Months  old.  The  Dutchess  of  Powis's 
Observation  was,  y*  it  lifted  up  its  Eyes  to  Heaven. 

In  1G88  ye  High  Commission  Courts  was  Dissolved.  The  Bp's 
Pardon  was  Dated  October  ye  20"'  in  ye  same  Year.  It  was  su'd 
out  by  Judge  Dormer,  &  dated  a  day  or  two  before  ye  time  yT 
King  "William's  Exceptions  took  place.  The  Bp  of  Sarum,  Dr 
Burnet,  mov'd  yc  Queen,  to  have  the  Pardon  examined,  to  see 
whether  it  was  Valid.  Mr.  Wortley  SenT  produced  it  at  ye 
Attourncy  General's  Lodgings  ;  S1'  Francis  Pemberton  said  it 
was  a  good  one,  <v  of  yc  same  Opinion  was  ye  Attourney  General, 
who  was  to  make  ye  Report  of  it. 

In  108S,  King  James  ask'd  several  Bps,  according  to  their1' 
Seniority,  beginning  with  yc  ArchBp,  Whether  they  were 
concerned  in  inviting  ye  Prince  of  Orange  over;  &  when  he 
ask'd  our  Bp  yl  Question,  he  said,  "  Who,  I,  Sr,  I  know  nothing 
in  ye  World  of  it ;  1  sh?  be  a  Monster  if  I  sha  do  it."  The  King 
yn  said  to  ye  Bps,  '■'  My  Lords,  you  have  ruin'd  me,  iv  I  have 
ruin'd  you."  Arch-Bp  Saucroft  at  y*  time  made  such  Strong  it 
full  Professions  of  Duty  to  ye  King,  y*  Perhaps  this  was  one 

•  Fol  20.  b  Fol.  27. 

CAMD.  SOC.  E 


26  MEMOIBS   OF   NATHANIEL,    LOKD   CKEWE. 

reason  afterw'1*  why  he  wa  not  take  ye  Oaths  to  King 
William. 

The  Association  was  brought  up  to  y°  Ll1s  house,  being 
Signed  by  thousands  of  People  Voluntarily.  The  Bp  being 
moved  to  Sign  it,  said,  "when  it  is  Law,  I  will,  but  not 
before." 

In  the  same  Year  December  ye  1G  King  James  returu'd  to 
London  ;  yc  Bp  waited  upon  hiui,  &  kneeling  down  to  kiss  his 
Majesty's  hand,  he  took  y1'  Bp  by  ye  hand  &  seem'd  very  glad 
to  sec  him.  The  Bp  being  spoke  to  concerning  the  Question 
for  declaring  yc  Prince  of  Orange  King  or  Regent,  could  not 
remember  y*  he  was  in  ye  house  at  yl  time. 

In  the  Latter  end  of  Febry  Wj^S,  ye  Bp  went  over  to  Holland, 
about  ye  time  yl  yfi  Princess  came  hither.  lie  heard  ye  Guns  in 
Essex  on  his  Journey.  Before  he  went,  he  committed  ye  care 
of  his  Library  and  Manuscripts  &  some  other  A'aluable  things 
to  Dr  Eyres''  one  of  his1'  Chaplains  who  was  y"  in  London.  The 
Dr  placed  'em  in  yc  house  of  his  Taylor  M1  Miller,  who  soou 
after  broke,  &  had  all  his  Effects  Seiz'd  on  for  Debt,  unknown  to 
ye  D1.  Quickly  after  ye  Bp's  return,  D'  Eyres  Dy'd,  &  by  y* 
means,  my  IP*  Sermons,  &  a  Noble  Collection  of  Books,  k  other 
Things  of  Value,  were  irretrievably  lost.  This  is  one  Reason, 
why  ye  World  is  depriv'd  of  ye  Benefit  of  many  Excellent 
Discourses,  from  one  who  was  a  Lent  Preacher  at  Court  20 
Years,  wth  yc  utmost  applause. 

The  Bp's  caution  was  very  remarkable,  in  never  admitting 
any  Stranger  whatsoever  to  discourse  alone  w,h  him  ;  but  in 
ordering  always  some  of  his  Servants  to  stay  in  ye  Boom  with 
him  ;  wc]l  has  often  defended  him  from  several  designs  y'  were 
form'd  ag'  him.  Three  Gentlemen  once  came  to  his  Boor  at 
Midnight,  and  ask'd  y°  Porter  where  he  was;  yc  Porter  assured 

»  Samuel  Kyre,  Fellow  of  Lincoln   1C71-1CSJ,  D.D.  S  July,  10S7,  Prebendary  of 
Durham,  It  Oct.,  1G90  ;  ilie-.l  in  IC'Ji. 
b  Fol.  28. 


MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,    LOL'D    CEEWB.  27 

ym  y*  lie  was  in  Bed,  wch  was  yc  Truth,  but  they  Vehemently 
affirm' d  at  yc  Door,  yf  he  was  y"  at  Mass. 

When  he  went  into  Holland,  he  took  along  w1'1  him,  as  his 
Companions,  Mr  James  Mountague,  his  Nephew,  Son  to  ye  Earl 
of  Sandwyoh,  a  good  Master  of  ye  French  Tongue,  and  Mr  J. 
Turner  an  ingenious  pleasant  man,  who  was  fellow  of  King's 
College  in  Cambridge.  He  took  a  also  a  SeiV  in  Holland,  an 
English  $£an,  who  Spoke  Dutch.  He  went  over  in  a  New 
Yatch  wdl  He  hired,  and  had  but  four  Seamen  w,h  him,  and 
was  in  a  Violent  Storm  for  5  Days.  They  S.teer'd  the  Vessel! 
into  ye  Brill,  ye  Wind  being  turu'd  fair,  but  the  Tide  contrary. 
He  was  ever  particularly  delighted  w'1'  yc  105th  Psalm,  which  is 
read  ye  22d  day  of  ye  Month,  ye  day  of  his  being  in  ye  Storm. 

On  Sunday  about  Xoon  he  got  to  Rotterdam,  where  as  soon 
as  he  had  refreshed  himself,  he  went  to  church,  to  bear  a  part 
in  their  Publick  Devotions.  He  staid  there  three  days  and  y11 
went  to  hayden,1'  where  be  continued  three  Weeks,  &  Went  to 
Church  every  Sunday.  He  appear'd  in  a  Wig  &  Sword,  &  was 
supposed  by  yc  Dutch  to  be  some  great  Man  in  disguise,  &  Par- 
ticularly they  took  him  to  be  ye  Earl  of  Northumberland.  He 
was  never  in  ye"french  Dominions. 

King  William  and  Queen  Mary  were  Crown' d  during  ve  Bp's 
stay  abroad.  He  was  kindly  invited  to  assi[s]t  at  ye  Coronation, 
&  had  yL'  Promise  of  a  Welcome  Reception,  but  excused  himself. 
He  return'd  to  England  in  July,'  1G89,  but  was  becalm'd  in  his 
Passage,  so  y'  he  got  to  London,  but  two  Days  before ye  Expira- 
tion of  yc  time  appointed  for  taking  the  Oaths.      The  House  of 

•  Fol.  29. 

b  An  error  for  '•'  Lcyden." 

c  The  second  band  iroces  here  : — "Vide  l)r  Denis  Granvill,  yc  Dean  o£  Durham's, 
Letter  to  Lord  Crew,  Bishop  of  Durham,  Dated  from  Koucn,  July  1,  1  689,  upon 
yc  Revolution  v."1  ye  reasons  of  his  abdication  and  his  not  complying  wth  his 
Lordship's  advice,  \v'"  other  particulars  therein  recited.  The  said  Letter  was 
published  by  ye  Dean  in  his  Book  intituled  Y*  Resigned  <y  Re&olvd  Xt'n  <j- 
Faithfull  tf  undaunted  Ifoyalist,  iu   ll",  very  scarce  &   hard  to  be  met  with." 


28  MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,    LOUD    CKEWE. 

Lords  was  adjourned  for  tho.se  two  days,  so,  ye  Oaths  could  not 
be  taken  there.  The  Lord  a  Mayor  was  desired  by  Sr  Thomas 
Stampe,  Aldermen,  to  call  a  guild  upon  ye  Bp's  Account,  and 
he  took  ye  Oaths  at  Guild-hall.  The  News  of  this  was  presently 
carry  d  to  Court,  and  rec'1  wlh  some  Surprize.  L(1  Falconbridge 
said,  lie  had  done  Wisely.  In  a  little  time,  ye  Bp  went  down 
into  Leicestershire  &  whilst  he  was  there,  ye  Puhlick  Papers, 
particularly  the  Gazette,  reflected  upon  him,  as  being  gone  over 
to  France,  and  added  oilier  Things,  very  false  &  injurious  to 
his  honour.  Narrative  Smith  came  to  him  at  y*  time,  and 
desired  to  speak  with  him  in  Private,  3  or  4  of  my  L,Ti  Gentle- 
men were  in  ye  room  ;  y8  Bp  desired  him  to  let  him  know  what 
his  Business  was,  and  commanded  his  Servants  to  observe  what 
passed.  Whereupon  Smith  quickly  took  leave,  &  went  away  in 
great  Disappoinm'  ami  Confusion. 

Sr  William  Bowes  al/  yl  Time  told  ys  Bishop  he  was  asked 
whether  there  was  not  some  Address  intended  from  Durham, 
Wch  his  Lords1'  was  concern' d  in  ?  &  added  y'  he  shd  be  asked 
ye  same  Question  again,  and  therefore  desired  ye  Bp  to  tell  him 
w4  answer  he  shd  give  to  it  ;  y°  Bp  reply'd  "  say  all  you  know." 
In  King  William's  Ac!  of  Oblivion  yc  Bp  was  expected;''  but 
this  could  not  do  him  any  great  Prejudice^  tho'  it  was  a  Mark 
of  ye  King's  Displeasure.  My  Lord  Spoke  upon  this  Occasion 
in  the  House  of  Lords.  llisc  Speech  was  Applauded  by  many 
■who  heard  it,  who  ( )lTorM  his  Lords1'  to  speak  to  yc  King  for 
him,  to  take  off  y'1  Exception.  He  thank'd'em,  but  said  he  wod 
not  desire  it.  Afterwards  he  was  wont  to  say  to  his  Private 
Friends,  y*  he  wo'1  have  y'  Exception  engraven  upon  his  Tomb 
Stone.  Aubrey,  Earl  of  Oxford,  said  in  ye  Court  of  Bequests 
"  ye  Bp  of  Durham  has  Spoke  like  an  Angel. "  L(l  Maulesfield 
said  to   ye   Bp   himself,   "  'Twas   your    Speech    y*    sav'd    you." 

»  Fol.  30.  b  Sic,  for  "  excepted."  c  Fol.  31 


MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,    LORD    CREWE.  29 

Stillingfleet,  as  Bp  Ball  reported  from  him,  said,  y*  "  ye  Bp's 
Speech  was  ye  most  natural  piece  of  Oratory  lie  ever  heard  in 
his  Life  ;  "  &  said  also,  as  Dean  Sharp  declared,  y*  it  was  "  ye 
best  Speech  he  ever  heard  in  y*  house."  The  Speech  was 
this, 

"  My  Lords, 

"  I  am  very  unfit  at  any  time  to  speak  before  yr  LordsP3 ; 
much  more  now,  upon  such  an  Occasion  as  this,  when  so  many 
thousands  have  ye  Benefit  of  this  Act  of  Pardon,  &  I  am  to  be 
one  of  these  few,  y*  are  excepted  out  of  it. 

"My  Lords,  I  am  very  far  from  envying-  ye  Happiness  of 
those  who  are  thus  Pardoned  ;  nay,  rather  I  heartily  congratu- 
late ym  upon  it,  for,  God  forbid,  y1  when  ye  King's  Eye  is  good, 
mine  should  be  Evil.  My  Lords,  I  remember  when  an  Act  of 
this  Kind  was  sent  down  to  this  House  in  Treasurer  Clifford's 
time  (I  )n  had  the  Honour  to  sit  *  here),  in  y*  Act  there  was  no 
Exception  of  Persons  ;  only  Crimes  were  excepted.  If  yc  same 
forme  had  been  observed  in  this,  I  humbly  conceive  there  wod 
have  been  more  room  for  Justice  ;  I  am  sure  there  would  have 
been  less  reason  for  so  long  a  Debate  as  this. 

u  My  Lords,  I  am  very  far  from  going  about  to  Justifve  mv 
own  Conduct ;  nay,  father  I  am  heartily  Sorry  for  it,  &  be^ 
Pardon  of  Heaven,  Pardon  of  yr  Majesties,  Pardon  of  all  vr 
Lords/5,  and  more  Particularly  I  ask  this  Pievd  Prelate's  pardon'" 
(laying  hand  upon  y°  Bp  of  London's  Shoulder)  "  which  I  have 
already  done  in  Private,  &  am  glad  I  have  an  Opportunity  of 
doing  it  again  in  Puhlick  before  all  yr  Lords''3. 

"But  one  great  Satisfaction  to  rue,  is,  y'  1  never  had  a  hand 
in  Blood.  The  truth  is,  I  was  hurry'd  on  wth  such  a.  Notion  of 
Obedience,  as  I  will  never  be  Guilty  of  again,  for  ye  greatest 
King  or  Prince  in   Xtendom.       Xo,  my  Lords,   I  resolve   for 

•  Fol.  32. 


30  MEMOIRS   OF   NATHAMIELj    LORD    CREWE. 

ye  future,  to  Make  The  Laws, — The  Standard  of  my  Actions, 
according  to  y°  Royal  Example. 

"  A  Golden  Sentence,  This  indeed,  drop'd  down  from  the 
Throne  above,  for  I  dare  he  bold  to  say,  'tis  yc  first  time  it  was 
ever  delivered,  from  that  Throne.  My  Lords;  seeing  yta  this 
Pardon  is  so  necessary  for  Preserving  ye  Pnbliek  Peace  of  this 
Nation,. &  y*  you  may  see  how  much  I  am  a  Well- Wisher  to  ye 
good  of  my  own  Country,  rather  y"  I  shd  give  any  further  delay 
to  ye  Passing  of  it,  ]  wd  throw  my  self  up  for  a  Sacrafice,  &  am 
willing  yc  Bill  sh1'  Pass." 

Then  ye  Bp  w,hdrew,  Avhilc;  ye  Question  was  put.  It  was 
imagin'd,  y*  ye  Duke  of  Leeds  was  y*  cheif  occasion  of  his  being 
excepted,  on  Account  of  yc  Bp's  going  out  of  yc  House,  when  ye 
Question  was  put  for  Committing  his  Grace  to  ye  Tower  in  1G79. 
The  Bp  stood  excepted  5  or  6  years,  and  nothing  was  alleged 
agl  him'. 

In  Confutation  of  wf  Bp  Burnet  says  y*  yc  Parliam*  in  King 
James's  ye  2l!'s  Reign  was  made  up  of  Weak,  poor  inconsiderable 
Persons,  I  have  heard  from  very  good  Hands  y*  King  James 
Closetted  four  of  ycmost  considerable  Members  of  it,  SrChristoph. 
Musgrave,  my  Ld  Preston,  Mr  Finch,  and  Mr  Cholmondley  of  Vale 
Royal,  and  y*  they  all  refused  to  come  into  his  Measures  in 
taking  off  yc  Test,  except  my  L'1  Preston,  and  y*  Sr  Christoph* 
Musgrave  told  ye  King,  his  Majesty  might  Strip  him  to  his 
Shirt,  if  he  pleased,  but  y'  he  wl1  sell  y'  Shirt,  if  he  had  nothing 
else,  for  a  Sword  to  tight  for  his  Majesty. 

When  ye  Bp  went  down  to  Durham,  a  few  Weeks  after 
Dr  SaeheverelTs  Trvall,  ye  Bells  rung  in  all  ye  Towns  as  his 
Ldship  pass'd,  &  when  he  came  to  )c  Elvetmore  about  a 
mile''  from  Durham,  he  was  met  by  3  or  4,000  People  (Sr  Harry 
Bellasyse  said  they  were  5,000  Horse),  all  yc  Gentry  and  Clergy. 

•  Fol.  33.  b  Fol.  ?,i. 


MKMOIKS    OF    NATHAMIEL,    LORD    CBEWE,  31 

&  other  Principal  Inhabitants  of  yc  Country,  &  received  wtb  a 

Speech  by  Mr  Henry  Lambton,  Attourney  General;  &  yc 
Trading  Companies  appear* d  on  yc  Moor  wth  yr  Banners.  In 
a  short  .time  after,  yc  Bp  held  a  Visitation  of  ye  Dean  and 
Chapter  &  spoke  to  y1"  as  follows  : 

"  .My  Brethren  of  y('  Chapter  and  Clergy,  Is  this  another 
Triennial,  or  rather  is  it  not  my  Primary  Visitation  ?  So  extra- 
ordinary has  been  my  Reception  this  Tear,  in  this  obliging 
Country,  justly  cnll'd  yr  Bprick.  So  yl  instead  of  yc  36th  Year, 
this  may  not  be  improperly  stiled  ye  first  of  my  Translation. 
Which  is  enough  to  set  my  Dial  back,  &  to  renew  my  age,  tho' 
drawing1  near  y*  of  Labour  and  Sorrow,  by  filling  it  wth  Joy  & 
Exultation.  But  I  pray,  my  Brethren,  wherefore  is  all  this  ? 
Why  ?  what  good  have  I  done  more  than  my  duty,  if  so  much  ? 
y*  I  shl1  Merit  this  more  y"  double  Honour,  altogether  unsought 
by  me,  &  indeed  unthought  of,  'till  after  I  heard  of  ye  Unani- 
mous &  most  obliging  Resolutions  of  ye  Gentry,  Clergy  and 
Multitudes  of  others  to  signalize  yr  Approbations  of  my  poor 
Endeavours  to  serve  her  sacred  Majesty,  &  the  Apostolical 
Church  of  England.  A  Church,  wch  tho'  often  struck  at  in  all 
Ages,  yet  still  keeps  its  ground,  holy  ground,  as  being  founded 
on  a  "Rock,  y1  is  impenetrable  &  can  never  be  a  Sap'd  or  under- 
min'd  by  its  Adversaries. 

"Neither  Atheism,  Deism,  nor  Papism  on  y°  one  hand,  nor 
ye  Corahs,  Dathans  and  Abirams,  w!h  such  like  Republicans  on 
ye  other,  can  ever  be  able  to  touch  yc  Border  of  vs  Mount,  this 
rock,  wlhout  being  Split  and  dash'd  in  Peices  y™  selves.  While 
ye  Monarchy  wth  its  just  Prerogatives  &  ye  Church  wUl  it's 
Hiercrety b  and  Wonted  Discipline  are  thus  secure  from 
Danger,  What  Blessings  may  we  not  expect  from  this  most 
excellent     Constitution  ?       And     more    especially    under     so 


Fol.  r>5.  >'  Sic,  for  <;  Hierarchy. 


32  MEM01ES    OF    NATHAKIEL,    LORD    CREWE. 

Gracious  a  Queen,  who  is  ye  Tutelar  Angel,  &  true  Defender 
of  our  Faith. 

"  A  Queen  who  by  her  Exemplary  Ticty,  &  unparalleld 
Virtue,  who  by  her  indefatigable  pains  &  her  own  Particular 
Inspection,  labours  to  convey  these  Blessings  safely  down  to 
ye  latest  Posterity,  y*  they  may  enjoy  yc  same. 

"And  now,  my  Brethren,  having  thus  Introduced  myself  here 
amongst  you  wUl  this  Breviate  of  Home-Occurrences,  this  Short 
Narrative  of  this  Summer's  Domestick  Campagne,  I  shd  proceed 
to  y*  wch  is  more  properly  the  Business  of  yc  day,  Expecting 
your  Answers  to  my  several  Articles  of  Enquiry;  but  your 
Dean  being  not  yet  returned,  the'  Shortly  expected,  I  shall 
adjourn  this  Visitation  to  another  day,  &  because  I  will  not 
trouble  you  again  wth  uoisc  &  Procession,  I  do  appoint  it  to  be 
at  my  Castle  on  ...  R  betwixt  y*  Hours  of  9  &  12  in  ye 
Forenoon,  &  accordingly  this  Visitation  is  ihusb  adjourned. 
In  ye  Mean  time  God's  Blessing  light  on  you  all." 

Bp  Ken  was  once  Sumtnond  to  appear  before  y*  Privy  Council 
where  he  told  King  William  there  was  nothing  to  be  feared  from 
him,  nor  any  Matter  yl  could  give  Offence,  to  be  charged  upon 
him,  unless  it  were  he  was  reduced  to  be  a  beggar.  When  he 
was  Withdrawn,  !>'  Compton,  Bp  of  London,  being  yn  Present 
in  ye  Council  Chamber  said,  it  see  in  d  hard  upon  Bp  Ken  to  be 
sent  for  so  far  when  there  was  nothing  to  be  alleged  afl  him.  & 
so  beg'd  leave,  y:  he  might  invite  him  to  take  a  Lodging  at 
Fulham.  King  William  said,  "  my  Lord,  you  have  encouraged  too 
many  of  my  Enemies  already."  When  Bp  Compton  told  this 
to  ye  Bp  of  Durham,  he  said,  "  My  Lord,  it  was  worth  your 
Paius  indeed  to  do  yl." 

The  Bp  of  Durham  was  to  have  marry'd  Bp  Croft's  Daughter, 
and  her  Portion  was  to  be  o()00£,  but  she  Dy'd  of  ye  Meazles. 

m  Blank  in  MS.  b  Fol.  30. 


MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL.    LORD    CREWE.  33 

In    1G91,  on  Sl  Tho9  day,  yc  Lady  Tynt,  Widow  of  Sr  Hugh 
Tynt,  was  Marry 'd  to  ye  Bp. 

The  Bp  attended  S1'  John  Fenwick's  Tryal  constantly  &  Sate 
up  till  3  in  yc  morning;,  on  yc  last  day  of  it,  &  enter' d  his  Protest 
in  favour  of  Sr  John  three  times.  On  this  Account,  King-  James 
who  was  not  pleased  wth  yc  Bps  Compliance  at  ye  Revolution, 
said,  as  my  Lord  was  told,  y*  he  forgave  him n  every  thiug. 
Lord  Portland  ask'd  yc  Bp  on  this  Occasion,  why  he  left  yra, 
alluding  to  King  William's  having  pardoned  him;  my  Ld  said 
'  because  he  could  not  Answer  it  to  his  Conscience,  to  do  other- 
wise. The  Bp  always  waited  on  y°  King  &  Queen  upon  his 
coming  to  Town,  &  going  to  yc  Country. 

Nov-  30:  1G97.  Ld  Tho  :  Crew  yc  Bp's  Brother  dyes,  &  yc 
Barony  and  av,u  it  an  Estate  of  3000JL  a  Year  falls  to  ye  Bp,  his 
Brother  having  cutt  off  yp  Entail  of  about  3000£  a  Year  more, 
wch  belong'd  to  3"e  Family.  From  this  Time  he  was  summon'd 
to  Parliament  by  two  Writs,  one  by  L'1  Crew,  ye  other  as  Bp  of 
Durham.  He  was  constantly  in  his  Diocese  every  Year  'till  his 
Sickness  in  London  in  17 15-1 G  iv  yc  82nd  Year  of  his  Age.  His 
Visitations  till  yf  time  were  Constantly  Triennial,  &  his  Confir- 
mations Annual." 

A  Divorce  was  su'd  for  in  y°  House  of  Lords  betwixt  ye  Earl  of 
Anglesy  iv  his  Lady,  now  Dutchess  of  Buckingham;  The  Bp 
was  for  yc  Divorce  &  it  was  carry'd;  upon  wcl'  Bp  Burnet  said 
to  my  Lord,  "you  Encourage  Whores." 

In  1713  yc  old  Duke  of  Leeds  met  wth  my  Lord  at  Court,  & 
said  to  him,  "  how  does  yr  L''ship  do  ?  I  have  known  you  a  long 
time;"  "yes,"  says  my  Lord,  "above  40  Years,  you  have 
rememb'red  me  ever  since  1679."  My  Lord  attended  yc  house 
very  late  at  Night  to  yc  Hazard  of  his  Health,  when  Ld  Oxford 
was    sent    to    ye    Tower,    &    voted    against   his   Imprisonment.1* 

1  Fol.  37.  h  FoJ.  33. 

CAMD.  SOC.  F 


34  MEMOIRS    OF   NATHANIEL,    LORD    CEEWB. 

August  1,  1714:  Q.  Anne  Dyes;  y*  V>]>  proclaimed  K.  George 
of B  Durham  &  assisted  as  ye  R*  hand  Supporter  at  li is  Majestie's 

Coronation.  L'1  "Wharton  said  to  y*  Princess,.  ye  Bp  yn  standing 
by,  "Madam,  La  Crew  is  four  score;'"  my  La  reply'd,  "may  it 
please  y1'  R.  H.  I  am  above  80  Years  of  Age,  &  Ld  Wharton 
remembers  me  yc  greatest  part  of  y*  time."  The  Bp  went  to 
wait  on  K.  George,  but  no  Bed-Chamber  Man  was  in  ya  Way  to 
introduce  him;  Whereupon  he  said  to  some  Person  Present, 
"pray  tell  ye  King,  1  only  came  to  pay  my  Duty  to  him,  for  I 
have  nothing  to  ask  of  him;"  The  King  gave  orders,  y*  when- 
ever y*  good  Man  came  to  see  him,  he  sh'1  be  admitted  immedi- 
ately. When  ye  Bp  of  Sarum  dy'd,  my  L(1  said  to  ye  King; 
"  I  have  Buried  my  Successor  j  "  The  Xing  reply'd,  he  hop'd  it 
wcl  be  many  Years  before  he  sh'1  name  his  Successor. 

InOctoV  1715''  Lady  Crew  dy'd  k  f  Winter  my  Lf1  fell  Sick 
at  London.  The  next  Year  he  came  to  Steene,  his  Seat  in  ye 
Country,    &    resided    there    by    reason   of   his    Infirmity    (wch 

*  li  Of,*'  in  eiTor  for  "at." 

b  The  second  band  notes  here  : — "  i  7 1  (T  :  vide  JUat.  Hegr.  p.  70.  Lord  Crew's  2' 
Lady  was  ye  Dan*  of  Sr  \Yni  Forstor  of  Balmborough  Castle  iu  Korthnsibd  who  was 
to  have  been  his  first  wife,  and  when  bis  L'ship  asked  her  Ladyship  bow  she  came 
to  refuse  his  first  offer,  she  replyd  y1  she  was  '  so  many  years  older,  and  hy  con- 
sequence so  nmch  wiser,  nnd  therefore  ye  fitter  for  his  Lordship.'  She  resided  in 
her  Infancy'  ranch  at  Durham  :  at  wcU  time  Mr.  [Joseph]  Smith  (afterwards  [1730- 
1756]  Provost  of  Queen's  College  [Oxford!)  going  frequently  to  her  Father's 
(Mr.  Foster),  thev  were  play  Fellows  together,  &  v\"in  company  w"1  him  wn  they 
grew  np.she  w1  take  a  pleasure  in  talking  of  ye  little  Tricks  in  their  Youth,  &  being 
of  a  lively  Temper  &  disposition  mj  occasionally  he  very  jocular,  and  among  other 
things  relate  his  taking  her  up  in  his  arms  and  setting  her  hare  upon  a  cold  stone  in 
ye  Garden,  when  she  said  "  by  my  Faith,  you  have  nsd  me  very  senrvily,  you  took 
Dp  my  Cloaths  &  set  mc  upon  my  bar  Breach'.'"  Thomas  Hearne  has  a  note  (MS. 
Collections,  vol.  i>-\  p.  Dl)  :  "  1722,  Sept.  -C,  Tuesday.  I  am  told  that  the  late 
Bishop  of  Durham's  second  lady  was  sister  to  Foster  that  acted  treacherously  lately 
al  Freston,  that  she  was  the  prettiest  young  Woman  in  England  (in  so  much  that 
she  was  commonly  called yretty  Dolly  Foster)  but  that  she  never  enjoyed  her  self 
after  Marriage  but  pin'd  away,  the  bishop  being  old.'' 


MEMOIRS    OF   NATHANIEL,    LOUD    CREWE.  35 

prevented  his  Appearance  either  in  yc  Parliament,  or  at  his 
Diocese)  till  his  Death. 

Aug*  12,  1717  yc  13p  wont  to  Lincoln  College.11  On  ye  same 
day  of  ye  Month  1G6S'J  he  was  chosen  Rector.  Such  respect  was 
shew'd  him  there  by  ye  City,  as  well  as  University,  y*  anc  order 
from  ye  Court  of  Chancery  being  sent  at  that  time,  for  his 
Paying-  ICOO.C  Costs  of  Suit  betwixt  his  Ld  Ship  &  Sr  Henry 
Lyddall,  there  was  no  Attonrney  in  Oxford,  yx  could  be  prevail*  d 
on  to  Serve  ye  Writ. 

The  13 p  was  ye  kindest  Master  to  his  Servants,  &  Landlord  to 
his  Tenants,  of  his  time,  Scarce  any  of  his  Fines  or  Rents 
having  even  been  raised  by  him.  His  Hospitality  and  Charity 
at  Steene  was  remarkable ;  as  also  ye  Care  he  took  of  his 
Diocese,  in  Appointing  Commissioners  to  give  Institution,  and 
to  Perform  all  Acts  except  those  which  requir'd  ye  Presence  of 
a  Bishop. 

He  gradually  dcclin'd  for  several  "Weeks  ;  expected  his 
Death  with  Perfect  Satisfaction  &  case  ;  was  entirely  resigned, 
compos'd  and  Serene,  &  kept  his  parts  and  Memory  to  ye  last 
Moment  of  his  Life;  &  expired,  while  his  Soul  was  Recom- 
mended to  God  in  y'  form  wch  yc  Church  appoints  to  be  used  on 
such  Occasions. 

His  Will  contains  an  Account  of  his  Benefactions  wch  was  to 


*  Tbe  visit  was  to  intimate  to  the  College  that  he  was  going  to  execute  in  his  life- 
time the  provisions  of  his  will  for  the  benefit  of  the  College.  On  8  Oct.,  1717,  he 
nominated  bis  first  twelve  exhibitioners  ;  and  a  College  order  of  '21  Julv,  171S, 
provides  that  tbe  directions  lie  bad  given  about  tbe  allocation  of  his  benefaction  of 
£47-4  6s.  8rf.  a  year  to  the  College  (including  tkc-e  exhibitioners),  which  sum  he 
had  already  began  to  pay,  "be  engrossed  ou  vellum  and  placed  in  the  College 
treasury  amongst  tbe  rest  of  our  archives  as  a  perpetual  monument  of  our  duty  aid 
gratitude  to  bis  Lordship." 

b  ''  1078 "'  in  MS   iu  error. 

c  FoJ.  3i>. 


36  MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,    LORD    CREWE. 

have  been  here  Inserted  if  these  Memoirs  had  been  Printed  by 

[Dr.a  Smith]  as  were  intended.1' 

a  "  Dr.  Smith  "  is  inserted  by  the  second  hand,  in  error. 

b  At  the  end  of  the  MS.,  among  other  notes  by  the  second  hand,  is  this  following  : 
— "  Mr.  [John]  Offley  [husband  of  Anne  Crewe]  chaugd  his  name  to  Crew  as  being 
heir  to  Sr  J"  Crew.  He  was  Father  to  Mr.  [John]  Crew  of  Crew-hall,  who  mard 
Sarah  King  who  was  Chamber  Maid  at  ye  Crown  Inn  at  Oxford  belonging  to  Sr 
Sebastian  Smith.  She  was  much  followd  by  Lord  Brook's  son  of  X1  Church  &  as 
she  was  a  strong  well-made  woman  she  made  nothing  of  throwing  j*  nobleman's  son 
into  y°  bason  in  yc  great  Quadrangle  there  :  and  afterwds  being  drove  out  of  Oxford 
by  Mr.  [Joseph]  Smith,)0  [in  170!  Senior]  Proctor  of  y«  University,  for  keeping 
company  w,b  ye  Gownsmen,  and  particularly  w!''  y*  young  nobleman  &  Mr.  Crew,  she 
■went  to  London,  &  Mr.  Crew  was  to  fired  w:h  y*  beautiful  &  excellent  frame  of  her 
Person  y*  to  allay  them  he  went  after  her  to  London  k  was  there  tempted  to  marry 
her  altho'  he  had  before  two  illegitimate  sons  by  her.  [John]  the  eldest  of  them  was 
obligd  to  procure  an  Act  of  Parliam'  for  bis  naturalisation  before  he  cJ  make  a 
settlement  on  his  marriage  wth  Miss  [Anne]  Shuttleworth  ye  Dan*  of  Mr.  [Richard] 
Shuttleworth,  member  for  Lancash*  :  otherwise  Dr.  Joseph  Crew  who  was  the  3d, 
and  only  son  born  in  wedlock  wa  have  been  ye  lawfull  Heir.  He  took  his  name 
from  Dr.  Joseph  Smith,  as  he  was  undesignedly  ye  Instrument  of  his  Lather's 
maT=e.  This  rash  act  of  Mr.  Crew's  mar1-''"  to  her  did  at  first  cive  great  disgust 
to  the  Family  ;  hut,  contrary  to  expectation,  she  behaved  so  extremely  prudent  >.v: 
was  so  courteous  and  obliging  to  her  Hush'1'3  Friends  y'  she  soon  gaind  their  esteem  & 
by  her  good  management  &  Frugality  she  not  only  paid  of  [f  ]  a  considerable  debt  y* 
was  owing  on  ye  Estates  but  savd  Ten  Thou-andp'*  apeice  for  her  younger  children. 
Dr.  Joseph  Crew  was  ye  3'1.  &  only  son  born  in  wedlock  :  this  gentleman,  who  is  pre- 
ferred to  ye  considerable  living  of  Crew  hall,  mar1  a  Daur  of  Mr.  Haywood  of 
Oxford." 


APPENDIX 
TO    THE    MEMOIRS    OF    LORD    CREWE. 


The  very  imperfect  account  of  Lord  Crewe's  declining  years 
given  in  the  MS.  ma}-  be  supplemented  from  contemporary 
diaries  and  letters. 

1717:  Lord  Crewe's  visit  to  Oxford.  This  attracted  much 
attention  at  the  time,  and  is  noticed  at  some  length  in  Thomas 
Hearne's  Diary. 

Hearne  MS.  Collections,  vol.  64,  p.  93:— "Aug.  16,  Ffriday, 
1717.  Dr.  Crew,  Bishop  of  Durham, is  now  in  Oxford.*  He  is  four- 
score and  eight  months  old.'"  Ibid.,  p.  109: — "1717,  Aug.  26l1', 
Monday.  The  Bishop  of  Durham,  Dr.  Crew  (who  continues  still 
in  Oxford)  hath  given  (as  I  hear)  an  hundred  Pounds  to  the 
new  Building  (which  is  designed  for  a  Library)  carrying  now 
on  on  the  south  side  of  Peckwater  Quadrangle  at  X1  Church, 
an  hundred  Pounds  to  the  carrying  on  of  Queen's  College,  an 
hundred  libs,  for  an  Altar  Pk-ce  at  the  new  church  of  All- 
Hallows,  two  hundred  libs,  towards  the  spire  of  the  said  Church 
of  All-Hallows,  and  withall  hath  augmented  the  Eectorship  of 
Lincoln  College  twenty  libs,  per  an.,  and  the  fellowships  of  the 
same  college  ten  libs,  per  an.,  which  Augmentations  are  to  bc"-in 
at  Michaelmas  next.     He  Lath,   likewise   given  Exhibitions   to 

*  A  dinner  was  given  to  Lord  Crewe  in  Lincoln  College  Hall  on  the  occasion  of 
this  visit.  The  dinner  cost  £0  15,?.  Gd.  ;  new  table-linen  was  provided  for  the  High 
Table,  costing  "  for  linen  and  making  cloths  and  napkins,  £2  4*.  Qd."  The 
Accounts  mention  also  "  for  wine  in  ball  at  entertainment  to  the  Bp.  of  Durham 
our  Benefactor,  £3  15s.  0</.:  to  the  University  musick  at  the  same  time,  £1  1*.  G</." 


38  MEMOIRS    OF    XATITANIEL,    LORD    CREWE. 

the  same  College.  So  that  this  Bishop  may  he  looked  upon  as 
a  good  Benefactor  to  the  University  of  Oxon."  Ih'ul.,  p.  Ill  : — • 
"  1717,  Aug.  29,  Thursday.  On  Tuesday  last  (Aug.  27)  at  two 
clock  in  the  Afternoon  was  a  Consort  of  Mnsick  in  the  Theatre 
for  the  Bishop  of  Durham;  who  was  there.  This  was 
Dr.  Charlett's  contrivance  and  is  laugh'd  at.  For  indeed  it  was 
not  at  all  proper  to  entertain  him  with  Musick,  unless  there  had 
been  also  a  Speech,  which  would  have  been  decent  enough,  and 
it  should  have  been  spoken  by  one  of  the  ffellows  of  Lincoln 
College,  to  which  College  he  hath  keen  so  great  a  Benefactor, 
as  I  have  observed  above.  I  am  told  the  Exhibitions  he  hath 
given  arc  about  12,  and  all  20  libs,  per  an.  But  I  am  not  yet 
certain.  He  hath  likewise  augmented  the  Income  of  four 
Churches  (ten  Pounds  each)  belonging  to  that  College,  viz.  All 
Hallowes,  Oxon.,  St.  Michael's,  Oxon.,  Comb  by  Woodstock, 
and"  [Twyford  m  Bucks].  Ibid.,  p.  114  :—"  1717,  Aug.  31, 
Saturday.  The  Bishop  of  Durham  went  out  of  Town  on  Friday 
Morning  last.  I  do  not  find  that  it  holds  true  that  he  hath 
given  an  Hundred  libs,  to  Queen's  College.3  Dr.  Lupton  b  is 
his  Chaplain,  and  he  was  with  him.  Old  Mr.  Giffard  tells  me 
that  he  was  formerly  well  acquainted  with  the  Bishop. 
Mr.  Giffard  offered  to  make   a  visit   to   his  Lordship,  and  the 

1  The  second  hand  in  John  Smith's  MS.  has  this  note  : — "  Cop}'  of  the  Register 
of  13p.  Cress's  benefaction  to  Qneen's  College  as  it  is  entered  among  the  rest  of  the 
benefactors  of  that  College  : — Capellae  Omnium  Sanctorum  in  Coll''  Keg"  Bcnefac- 
tores — N:tthul,  Baro  Crew,  EpM  Dun''5.  Ut  actios  deo  opt0  max"  dicatae  pulchrius 
enitescerent,  utqne  in  atrio.  tarn  clcganti  qnam  sancto  Rcginenses  Domm  adorarent 
suam  esse  voluit  enram  suae  aetatis  praeaul  omnium  munificentissimus,  »',  permiss. 
Div.  Dun''*  cpu*,  it  Baro  Crewe  <le  Steane,  qui  nt  opus  adco  pium  promoverct  ex 
innata  auimi  benigftitate 'ccntnm  libras  lubcntissime  donavit.  Idem,  no  in  cacteris 
acdificiis  erigendts  deficeret  socictas,  anno  inscqucnte  centum  aureos  largitus  .>t.'' 

b  William  Lupton  was  adm.  Fellow  of  Lincoln  22  Dee.  169S,  and  died  13  Dec. 
172G.  lie  had  been  promoted  by  Crewe  to  the  9th  stall  at  Durham,  13  Sept.  1715. 
A  note  by  the  second  hand  in  John  Smith's  MS.  say-  : — "Dr.  Lupton  was  recom- 
mended to  his  Lordship  for  his  chaplain  by  Dr.  John  Smith,  prebendary  of  Durham, 
who  had  a  particular  interest  in  the  Bishop.'1 


MEMOIES    OF    NATITAXJI-L,    LOKD    CREWE.  39 

Matter  was  made  known  to  Dr.  Lupton,  tlio'  Mr.  Giffard  desired 
that  his  Ldship  might  know  that  lie  was  a  Non-Juror, 
Dr.  Lupton  when  lie  heard  this  said  that  the  Bishop  did  not 
(  care  to  have  a  vi.sit  from  any  stranger/  So  Air.  Giffard  did 
not  go.  He  afterwards  was  informed  that  he  did  not  care  to 
see  Non-Jurors."  Ibid.,  p.  115: — "I  find  that  the  Bishop  of 
Durham  is  older  than  I  said  he  was.  lie  is  fourscore  and  four, 
as  I  have  it  from  many  hands.  He  hath  given  twelve  Exhibi- 
tions to  Lincoln  College,  of  twenty  Pounds  per  an.  each." 

The  visit  is  noticed  also  in  contemporary  letters :  e.g.,  MS. 
Ballard  32,  fol.  42,  a  letter  from  William  Bishop  of  Gray's  Inn 
to  Dr.  Arthur  Charlett  (Master  of  Univ.  1602-1722),"  dated 
29  Aug.  1717  : — "  W  the  Good  bishop  of  Durham  has  don  lately 
is  wonderfully  great  and  Good,  and  He  is  commended  and 
praised  by  All  here,  yl  wish  well  to  our  Church  and  Univer- 
sities." 

1718  :  a  further  gift  to  All  Saints'  Church,  Oxford.  In  MS. 
Ballard  83,  fol-.  10Gv,is  a  letter  from  Francis  Taylor  to  Dr.  Charlett , 
dated  Univ.  Coll.  15  May  1718,  which  contains  this  sentence: — 
"On  Monday  y('  Bp  of  Durham  sent  a  100"'  by  Mr.  Gray"  of 
Lincoln  for  carrying  on  ye  New  Steeple." 

1710:  Lord  Crewe  is  offended  by  Lincoln  College. 

The  second  hand  in  John  Smith's  MS.,  on  fol.  39b  and  fol. 
40,  has  this  note  : — "  Having  no  children  (not  marrying  till 
King  "William's  time,  in  whoso  reign  the  title  fell  to  him  which 
is  now  by  his  death  extinguishd)  he  became  a  great  benefactor 
to  the  University  of  Oxford,  and  particularly  to  Lincoln  College 
where  he  founded  several  scholarships  and  augmented  ye  head- 
ship and  fellowships,  tlio'  he  wou'd  have  been  a  better  bene- 
factor to  that   College,  if  they  had  not  disobligd  him  in  refusing 

*  Richard  Grey,  adm.to  Lincoln  Coll.  as  servitor  on  20  June  1712  :  B.A.  lb  May 
1710  ;  num.  bj  Lord  Crewe  on  8  Oct.  1717  to  the  rlr>t  of  his  newly  founded 
Exhibitions  in  Line.  Coll.;  M.A.  1718-9;  D.D.  17i>l  ;  died  Archdeacon  of 
Pedford  28  Feb.  1771. 


40  MEMOIRS  OF  NATHANIEL;  LORD  CREWE. 

of  his  recommendation  of  Dr.  \Vni  Lupton  (then  prebendary  of 
Durham,  and  sometime  his  Lordship's  chaplain)  to  succeed  Dr. 
Adams  in  the  Rectorship  of  that  College,  after  thn  College  had 
actually  paid  a  compliment  to  his  Ldship  to  leave  it  to  his 
nomination  to  fix  upon  a  proper  person  for  them.  This  extra- 
ordinary proceeding  of  that  society  was  occasioned  by  the 
apprehension  they  were  under  of  Dr.  Lupton's  being  too  great 
a  disciplinarian/'  and  the  inclination  they  had  of  bringing  in  Dr. 
Morley.  Therefore  they  hastened  their  election,  pretending 
afterwards  for  their  excuse  that  they  did  not  receive  his  Lord- 
ship's letter  of  commands  in  due  time.  However  Dr.  Lupton 
was  in  all  respects  well  qualifyed  for  that  station  and  his  Lord- 
ship had  so  great  an  opinion  and  regard  to  him  that  he  made 
him  executor  of  his  will  in  conjunction  with  auditor  Harley  and 
Dr.  [Thomas]  Eden,  prebendary  of  Durham,  uncle  to  Sir 
Eobert  Eden  of  "West  Auckland,  Bar*.  His  Ldship  gave  Dr. 
Lupton  by  his  will  a  dozen  silver  plates  besides  his  picture 
which  the  Dr.  since  deposited  in  the  picture  gallery  in  Oxford.'* 
In  Hearne's  Diary  we  have  these  notes,  MS.  Collections, 
vol.  S3,  p.  74  :— "  1  710,  June  29ft,  Mond.  On  Saturday  last  dyed 
in  the  evening  aV  9  clock  Dr.  Ffitzherbert  Adams,'1  Rector  of 
Lincoln  College  and  Prebendary  of  Durham.  He  died  of  the 
Gout  in  the  Stomach."'  Hid.,  p.  77  :— "  1 719,  July  1,  Wedn. 
Last  night  between  8  and  9  clock  the  Rector  of  Lincoln  Dr. 
Adams  was  buried  in  All  Hallows  Church  Oxon."     Hit.,  p.  02  : 

*  According  to  Anthony  Wood  (IAfe  and  Times,  \\\.  112)  the  same  consideration 
had  determined  the  prccediug  election  :  "  May  2,  Sat.,  1»;S.">,  Fitzherbert  Adams 
chose  rector  of  Line.  Coll.  against  Dr.  George  Hickes.  He  had  'J  voices  and  l)r. 
Hickcs  but  3.  Occasioned  by  John  Radcliffc  and  Edward  Hopkins  that  they  might 
have  agovcrnour  that  they  might  govern.  Radcliffe  represented  Hickes  to  he  a 
turbulent  man,  and  that  if  lie  should  l>e  rector  they  should  never  be  at  qnict  " 

b  Fitzbcrbert  Adams,  adm.  Fellow  of  Line.  Coll.  17  Oct.  1672a  res.  2i>  Sept. 
1GS4  ;  elected  Rector  2  May  ICS5.  He.  had  long  been  a  persona  grata  to  Lord 
Ciewc,  who  ultimately,  on  11  April  1711,  conferred  on  him.  the  11th  stall  (the 
4i  golden  prebend  "  )  at  Durham. 


MEMOIRS  OF  NATHANIEL,  LORD  CREWE.  41 

— "1719,  Saturd.  July  18th.  This  Morning  Dr.  John  Morley, 
D-D.,  was  chosen  Rector  of  Lincoln  College  in  opposition  to  Dr. 
William  Lupton  D.D.  Dr.  Morley  had  niuc  votes  and  Dr.  Lupton 
only  three.  Dr.  Morley  is  a  very  honest  worth  Man.  Dr.  Lupton 
is  also  a  worthy  Man,  but  not  being  near  so  standi  as  Morley." 

According  to  College  tradition,  the  Fellows  had  asked  Lord 
Crewe  to  indicate  to  them  the  person  he  wished  to  see  elected 
Rector.  He  refused  at  first;  but,  upon  a  second  or  third 
request,  he  nominated  Dr.  Lupton.  The  College  Register  states 
that  Morley a  was  elected  "  unanimi  consensu  sociorum  b  prae- 
sentium ; "  so  that  Lupton's  three  votes  must  have  stayed 
away  from,  the  election.  They  were  Lupton  himself,  Knightley 
Adams,  and  William  Watts. 

Contemporary  letters  sufficiently  indicate  the  Bishop's  morti- 
fication and  the  amazement  of  the  public  at  the  action  of  the 
College.  In  MS.  Ballard  2i,  fol.  210*,  is  a  letter  from  Robert 
Shippen  to  Dr.  Charlett,  dated  Oxford,  2  Aug.,  1710,  which 
says  : — 

"The  Bp  of  Durham  has  received  the  new  Rector,  with  great, 
very  great,  coldness;  said  he  {  knew  nothing  of  him '  when  he 
sent  up  his  name.  The  Bp.  asked  '  if  he  had  any  busyness;  ' 
he  answered  '-onely  to  pay  his  duty.'  Went  away  immediately 
after  dinner,  and  made  Mr.  Watts0   his   Chaplain   that  day,  by 


a  John  Morley  was  adm.  Fellow  of  Line.  Coll.  30  Nov.,  1689,  and  res.  27  May,  1712. 
In  the  interval  he  had  been  Rector  of  Scotton,  co.  Liuc.  He  died  12  June,  1731,  and 
was  buried  in  Scotton  church. 

b  Morley  'a  will  directed  a  mourning-ring  to  be  given  to  each  Fellow  who  had  been 
present  at  his  election.  It  appears  from  the  accounts  of  his  executor  that  nine  ring* 
were  paid  for. 

«  William  Watts,  adm.  Fellow  of  Lincoln  22  Dec,  1706, resigned  20  Sept..  1721. 
Dr.  Adams,  the  deceased  Rector,  had  been  the  Bishop's  Chaplain  ;  Crewe  passed 
over  Morley,  the  new  Lector,  and  made  Watts,  who  had  strongly  opposed  Morley"s 
election,  his  Chaplain.  Other  promotion  soon  followed.  In  MS.  Ballard  33, 
fol.  ir>()v,  is  a  letter  from  Francis  Taylonr  to  Dr.  Charlert,  dated  Univ.  Coll., 
Oxou.,  9  Aug.,  1719,  which  says  :  — "  Mr.  Watts  of  Lincoln  goes   down  to  Durham 

G 


42  MEM0IKS    OF    NATHANIEL,    LORD    CliEWE. 

way  of  Indignation,  he  being  always  for  Lupton."  In  MS. 
Ballard  18,  fol.  44v,  is  a  letter  from  Anthony  Hall  of  Queen's 
College  to  Dr.  Charlett,  dated  7  Aug.,  1719,  in  which  lie  says  : — 
ff  It  is  matter  of  wonder  to  some  people  why  Ly  [n]coln  College 
should  chusc  Dr.  Morley,  after  the  Bp.  of  Durham,  their  great 
Benefactor,  had  recommended  Dr.  Lupton."  In  MS.  Ballard 
8,  fol.  118,  is  a  letter  from  Thomas  Lindsay,  Archbishop  of 
Armagh,  to  Dr.  Charlett,  dated  13  Aug.,  1719,  in  which  he 
says:— "At  the  same  time  I  am  much  troubled  to  hear  \x 
Lincoln  College  have  lost  so  great  a  Bene fac tour  as  the  Bp.  of 
Durham  by  refusing  of  Dr.  Lupton." 

1719:  Visit  of  John  Robinson,  Bishop  of  London.  The 
Bishop  of  London  paid  a  visit  to  Oxford  in  August  this  year, 
and  went  over  to  Stene.  In  MS.  Ballard  21,  fol.  200v,  is  a  letter, 
dated  "Trim  Coll.  Aug.  [13  or  15]  1719,"  from  Will Jam  Dobson 
to  Dr.  Charlett.  Here  it  is  said  : — "  Yesterday  morning  at  5, 
he,"  the  Bishop  of  London,  "took  yc  Vicechancellor  a  with  him 
in  his  Coach  to  Stene.  The  Bishop  of  Durham  having  some 
Intimation  of  his  Intent  recd  him  with  great  Solemnity,  in  his 
princely  purple  Robes ;  had  a  very  real  Dinner  for  their 
Entertainment,  having  for  that  purpose  procured  (from  his 
Neighbour  Mr.  Cartwright)  a  fat  Buck,  and.  good  French  wine, 
which  uses  to  be  a  Rarity  at  Stene.  The  Bishop  brought  the 
Vicechancellor  home  the  same  night." 

1720:  Gift  to  the  Bodleian  Picture-Gallery.  Hearne  in  his 
Diary,  MS.  Collections  vol.  8»,  p.  152,  says  :— "  1720,  July  9th, 
Saturday.     This    afternoon   I  heard  of  five  Pictures  that   the 


this  week  to  be  Xnstall'd  prebendary  "  [of  the  fith  stall,  rice  John  Dollen  removed 
tothc  11th  stall,  vacant  by  Dr.  Fitzherbert  Adams'  death].  "The  Bishop,  he  says, 
has  promisd  to  give  him  a  living,  his  Design  being  never  to  prefer  any  in  his 
Church,  hut  to  give  the  Benefices  likewise  in  his  Diocese  to  his  Residentiarics." 
Watts  in  1720  was  presented  by  Lord  Crewe  to  the  Rectory  of  Hinton,  Xorthts., 
and  in  1721  to  that  of  Wolsingham,  co.  Durh. 
»  Robert  Shippea  Principal  of  Brasenose. 


MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,    LORD    CREWE.  43 

Bishop  of  Durham,  Dr.  Crow,  hath  given  to  the  Bodlejan  Gallery 
viz.  K.  Charles  II  and  his  Queen,  K.  James  II  and  his  Queen, 
and  a  picture  of  himself  (the  Bishop)."  In  MS. Ballard  83,  fol.  lo7, 
is  a  letter  dated,  London,  18  July,  1720,  from  Francis  Taylor  to 
Dr.  Charlett,  which  says  : — "I  have  lately  had  a  kind  letter  from 
Cos11  Bourne  of  C.  C.  C.  telling  yc  Benefactions  of  ye  Bishop  of 
Durham  to  ye  Picture.  Gallery." 

1721  :  Lord  Crewe's  episcopal  jubilee.  At  the  end  of  John 
Smith's  MS.  there  is  a  note  by  the  second  hand: — "Lord 
Crew  had  a.  grand  Jubilee  at  Stone  on  ye  day  of  his  being 
oO  yrs  Bishop.  On  wcU  occasion  he  invited  over  ye  A'ice- 
chaur  of  Oxford/  all  yc  beads  of  yc  Colleges  and  Halls,  and 
ye  proctors;  and  they  all  went  in  their  formalities;  and  a 
Grand  entertainm*  was  provided  for  ym  w,h  a  band  of  musick 
playing  yc  whole  time.  The  Bishop  set  at  ye  Head  of  ye  1st 
Table;  Dr.  Lupton,  of  ye  2d  Table;  and  Dr  [Thomas]  Mangoy, 
at  ye  head  of  ye  3d  Table." 

Thomas  Hearne's  note  about  this  is  as  follows  (MS.  Collec- 
tions, vol.  91,  p.  212):— "1721,  July  3d,  Monday.  Yesterday 
being  the  day  on  wcl'  Bp.  Crew,  now  Bp.  of  Durham,  was  conse- 
crated Bp.  of  Oxon.,  this  day  a  Visit  was  pd  him  by  our  Yice-Ch., 
both  the  Proctors,  and  several  others,  at  his  Ldship's  seat  at 
Stean  in  Xorthamptonsh.,  purely  to  flatter  the  Bp.  and  to  try 
for  Money." 

1721:  Lord  Crewe  and  Anthony  Wood's  Aihenae  Oxonienses. 
Wood's  venom  against  Crewe  was  well-known,  and  the  gossips 
of  the  day  were  on  the  alert  to  find  out  what  Y\"ood  had  said 
about  the  Bishop  in  the  continuation  of  his  Aihenae,  which  on 
his  death-bed  he  had  entrusted  to  Thomas  Tanner  (1095),  and 
which  was  now  on  the  eve  of  publication. 

Tanner  baulked  their  expectations.  In  MS.  Ballard  4,  fol.  131, 
is  a  letter  from  Tanner  to  Dr.  Chanctt  dated  Norwich,  22  Apr., 

*  Sbipi'cn,  again. 


44  MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,    LOED    CREWE. 

1 7 19,  which  contains  the  following  passage  : — "  Some  .  .  .  will 

be  disappointed  in  not  finding"  [in  the  new  edition  of  Wood's 
Athcnae]  "  so  much  Scandal]  as  probably  they  might  expect.  I 
believe  a  good  deal  was  confounded  in  the  bonefiro  a  made  by 
his  order  a  little  before  his  death.  Otherwise,  I  would,  I  think, 
have  met  wth  the  Life  of  that  worthy  old  Gent",  your  Friend, 
Dr.  Walks,  not  set  forth  to  advantage— against  whom,  you 
know,  Mr.  W[ood]  had  entertained  a  g1  aversion1' — but  I  never 
had  any  such  Paper.  Some  few  others  I  also  want.  The  worst 
in  truth  that  1  have  is  that  of  L'1  Bp.  of  D[urham],  which  by 
chance  came  uppermost  to  the  sight  of  a  certain  Archdeacon, 
to  whom  I  last  summer  shew'd  these  Papers  for  half  a  quarter 
of  an  hour,  and  who,  unwarily  and  ag-'  the  confidence  I  reposed 
in  him,  mention'd  it  at  Cambridge,  where  it  got  wind,  and 
about  which  I  could  tell  you  a  good  deal  if  it  was  worth  while 
or  time  could  permit.  In  shore,  a  Northern  Dr  told  me  if  such 
a  Paper  had  been  in  his  possession  he  would  have  managed  it 
so  as  to  have  got  a  prebend  of  Durham;  but  my  Ld's  reputa- 
tion and  character  is  safer  in  the  hands  it  is,  of  one  that  scorns 
such  mercenary  views,  and  without  such  is  inclined  to  let 
nothing  pass  which  is  inconsistent  with  good  manners  and  that 
regard  that  ought  to  be  paid  to  his  high  station  in  the  Church, 
or,  however,  to  Ids  late  Benefactions  and  Charity  which  should 
cover  him  from  many  reflections." 

Heariie's  Diaries  contain  several  notices  of  this  matter.  MS. 
Collections  vol  83,  p.  83  :— "  1719,  Wedn.  July  8"'.  Dr  ffouikes 
also  told  mn  that  he  was  assured  that  the  Athena*  Oxon.  were 
either  now  printing  or  ab{  to  be  printed  at  London  again  with 
Additions  and  yl  D1'  'Fanner  had  declared  that  he  had  surren- 
dered up  Mr.  Wood's  Papers  to  another  but  y*  he  had  no  hand 


■  Wood's  Life  and  Times,  iii.  49S. 

b  Wood's  Life  ami  Timest\.  :>•',!',  (Wallis  "lives  upon  rapine  and  perjury''); 
ii.  424.  4SS,  i89,  507-508  :  iii.  S4,  320,  oOt!. 


MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,    LORD    CREWE.  45 

in  the  Edition  it  self.  If  so,  this  is  base  in  the  Dr  who  hath  be- 
trayed his  Trust,  when  he  promised  to  print  the  Papers  faithfully 
himself  and  to  perfect  and  compleat  them.  But  he  is  a  Whig,  and 
is  therefore  afraid  he  shall  disoblige  the  Party/*  MS.  Collec- 
tions vol.  92,  p.  42  :— "  1 721 ,  Aug.  28th,  Monday.  On  Thursday 
the  Vice-Chancellor  was  very  busy  about  a  new  Edition  of 
Athenae  Oxon  that  has  come  out  tho'  I  have  not  yet  seen  it,  and 
he  toJd  my  Friend  that  there  is  a  Passage  in  it  about  the  Bp.  of 
Durham,  which  he  would  not  for  all  the  World  the  Bp.  should 
see.  It  seems  the  Bp.  is  said  in  it  to  have  been  first  a  Puritan, 
then  a  Papist,  and  at  last  an  Orangian.  As  I  do  not  look  upon 
this  to  Lave  been  written  by  Ant.  a  AVood,a  so  I  suppose  and 
believe  that  there  are  many  such  spurious  Additions/  so  that 
this  Edition  will  be  of  little  or  no  Authority,  with  respect  to 
the  first.  Tho'  Bp.  Crew  was  an  Olivarian  and  stuck  in  with 
the  wicked  Revolution,  and  hath  been  always  a  Trimmer  and  a 
very  stingy  ungenerous  Man,  yet  he  never  was  a  Papist,  and 
therefore  the  Passage  on  that  account  is  false."  Ibid.,  p.  44  : — 
"  1721.  Aug.  30,  Wedn.  Yesterday  I  saw  the  new  Edition  of 
Athenae  Oxon.  The  Words  ab1  Bp.  Crew  are  not  just  as  repre- 
sented above"/    Yet  I  cannot  but  think  from  manv  Thinsra  in  the 

*  o 

»  Spluttering?  of  Wood's  ill-will  to  Crewe  will  be  found  in  Wood's  Life  and 
Times  i.  268,  332-333,  500  ;  ii.  It'.  ;  iii.  2SS,  I'DS. 

b  Heafnc  several  times  speaks  of  the  1721  edition  of  the  Athenae  Oxon.  in  terms 
of  extreme  depreciation.  A  careful  examination  of  the  sources  of  the  edition  has 
convinced  me  that  Hcarne's  suspicions  are  quite  unreasonable. 

e  The  reflections  on  Crewe  are  as  follows  :— "  At  the  Restoration  .  .  .  Mr.  Crew 
.  .  .  turn'il  about,  and  no  man  seemed  greater  for  the  royal  cause  and  prelacy  than 
lie  ....  [He  showed]  himself  ready  to  keep  pace  with  the  humour  of  King 
James  II.  .  .  .  But  when  Dr.  Crew  fully  saw  that  the  Prince  of  Orange  would  take 
place  he  began  in  some  respects  to  flinch  from  and  desert  his  master,  by  sneaking 
after  and  applying  himself  to  the  Orangian  party."  —  Athenae  Oxon.  edit.  1721,  vol. 
ii.  eol.  1177,  1178.  What  I Iearne  had  heard  "is  therefore  a  concise  but  not  unfair 
summary  of  what  is  found  in  the  printed  text.  It  must  be  borne  in  mind  that  it  had 
been  positively  reported  that  Crewe  '"  bad  declared  himself  a  Roman  Catholic,"  and 
that  Wood  had  noted  this  in  his  Diary,  3  Apr.  10S7 — Wood's  L\fc  and  Times,  iii. 
217  ;  Lnttrcll's  Diary,  i.  o'J'J. 


46  MEMOIRS    OF    NATHANIEL,    LORD    CREWE. 

Book  that  A  nth.  a  Wood  would  never  own  abundance  that  is  in 
it,  were  he  living.  No  doubt  Tricks  have  been  plaid  and  Dr. 
Tanner  hath  neither  done  Justice  to  Anthonv  nor  erot  am- 
Credit  by  letting  the  Papers  come  out  in  this  manner." 

In  MS.  Ballard  2,  fob  IS,  is  a  letter  from  R.  R.  {i.e. 
Dr.  Richard  Rawlinson)  to  Thomas  Rawlins,  dated  15  Apr.,  1737, 
in  which  it  is  said  : — "  Bp.  Tanner  has  assured  me  that  there 
was  no  alteration  in  any  one  character,  except  an  omission  in 
that  of  Bp.  Crew,  who  was  spared  as  he  had  been  a  great 
benefactor  to  the  University  and  Lincoln  College.  The 
original  was  left  many  months  in  the  bookseller's  hands  for  the 
satisfaction  of  all  that  were  curious." 

1721  :  Lord  Crewe's  death.  At  the  end  of  John  Smith's  MS. 
is  the  following  note  by  the  secondhand  : — "  lie  dy'dn  Sep1'  18, 
1722,  and  was  buryd  at  Stenc.  He  held  ye  Bishoprick  of 
Durham  47  years  as  he  had  done  y*  of  Oxford  3,  continuing  a 
Bishop  50  years  3  months  and  2  days;  being  a  longer  time  yn 
any  Englishman  ever  enjoyd  yl  Honour,  except  Thomas 
Bouchier,  ArchBishop  of  Canterbury,  who  held  ye  sees  of 
Worcester  Ely  and  Canterbury  51  years  and  21  days.  He  was 
succeeded  by  Wm  Talbot,  Bishop  of  Oxford  and  then  of 
Salisbury."  Hearings  Diary  notices  the  death  in  these  terms, 
MS.  Collections,  vol.  02,  p.  83:— "1722:  Sept.  20,  AVednesd. 
On  Monday  night  last  [Sept  18]  died  Dr.  Crew,  Bp.  of 
Durham,  at  his  Seat  at  Stene  in  Northamptonshire,  of  a  great 
Age.  He  died  ab{  0  Clock."  Ibid.,  p.  01:— "1722:  Sept.  27, 
Wednesday.  Mr.  Catteral  of  Oriel  College  hath  just  put  to  the 
Theatre  Press  a  Poem  upon  the  Death  of  Bp.  Crew.  This  is 
the  same  Catteral  who  published  a  Poem  about  Socrates,  and 
another  call'd  The  Conflag ration. " 


E  There  was  a  service  of  commemoration  held  in  Lincoln  College,  on  which  occa- 
sion the  College  allowed  Richard  Hutching,  Fellow,  two  guineas  "  for  a  speech  in 
chapel  upon  the  death  of  the  Bishop  of  Durham." 


INDEX. 


Adams.  Dr.  Fitzherbert,  40,  il 
Anne,  Queen,  32,  84 

Baker,  Thomas,  of  Cambridge,  23 

Belasyse,  John,  1st  Baron,  17 

Bentlcy,  Dr.  Richard,  2:3 

Berwick,  l  (J.  19 

Blandford,  Bishop  of  Worcester,  83  10- 

12 
Buckingham,  George,  2nd  Duke  of,  11. 

14 
Buckingham,  Catherine,  Duchess  of,  33 
Burnet,  Bishop  of  Sarum,  25,  3u, 33,  34 

Calais,  11 

Cambridge,  5,  23,  44 

Cartwright  of  Aynbo,  42 

Cartwright,  Bishop  of  Chester,  21 

Castlemaine,  Lady.  9 

Charles  I.,  1,2 

Charles  II.,  2.  6,  8-15,  17,  19,  20,  43 

Cbariett,  Dr.  Arthur,  v..  3S-43 

Cheyncli  ( "').  in  Bucks,  3 

Chichester,  10 

Clarendon,  Edward,  1st  Earl  of,  8,  9 

Comptou,  Bishop  of  London,  14.  1G,  17, 
20,  22, 29,  32 

0>sin>,  Bishop  of  Durham,  ]2 

Crewe  of  Crewe,  family  of,  1,  36 

Crswc  of  Steane,  family  of,  iy.,  1 

Crewe,  John,  1st  Baron,  of  Steane,  1-3, 
17,  19  ;  John  (ab.  1681),  19  ;  Natha- 
niel, 3rd  Baron, passim  ;  ^ir  Thomas 
(ob.  1C34),  1  ;  Thomas,  L'nd  Baron,  2, 
19,  33 

Croft,  Bishop  of  Hereford,  S,  14.  32 

Danl.y,  Thomas,  1st   Earl   of.  14.   19  ; 

created  (1694)  1st  Duke  of  Li-ed?,  17, 

30,  33 
Declaration   for    liberty  of  conscienee. 

23,  21 


Dolben,  Archbishop  of  Yoik,  8,  14,  17 

Durham- 
City  and  di>trict,  17.  18,  30,  31 
Prerogatives  of  the  See  of,  15-17,  20, 

21,31 
Chapter  of,  16, 31 
Militia  of,  17,  IS,  22 

Ecclesiastical  Commission,  the,   21.  22. 

24,  25 
Eyre,  Dr.  Samuel,  26 

Fancohberg,  Thomas,  2nd  Viscount,  17. 

28 
Fell,  Bishop  of  Oxford,  C,  12 
Fenwick,  Sir  John,  22.  33 
Forster,  Dorothy,  34 

George  I.,  34 

Grey,  Dr.  Kiekard,  iv.,  39 

Halifax,  Marquess  of.  see  Savile 
llearne,  Thomas,  v.,  23,  34,  37,  40,   44- 

4(". 
Hickman,  llenrv,  3 
Holland,  11,  2G,"27 
Homer,  4 
Hood,  Dr.  Faul,  4,  G,  9 

James.  Duke  of  York,  9,  10,  12-15,  17- 
1'.';  James  II..  20-22,  24-2G,  30,  33, 
43.  45 

Jeffreys.  Chief  Justice  of  King's  Bench, 
21 

Jenkins,  Sir  Lcoline.  7 

Johi^on,  Samuel  ("  Julian  "),  22 

Ken,  Bishop,  32 

Lauderdale,  John,  Dnke  of,  15,  18,  19 
Leeds,  Duke  of.  see  Danby 
Luptou,  Dr.  William,  3S-43 


48 


INDEX. 


Mary,  the  Virgin,  10 

Mary  Beatrice,  Queen,  see  Y"ork 

Mary,  Princess  of  Orange,  20 ;  Queen, 

23*,  25,  27,  33 
Mazarin,  Cardinal,  9 
Militia,  the,  17,  IS,  22 
Monk,  George,  2 
Monmouth,  Duke  of.  17,  22 
Montagu,  Ralph,  1st  Duke  of,  16 
Morlev,  Bishop  of  Winton,  S 
Morlev,  Dr.  John,  40-42 
Morton,  Dr.  John,  23 
Musgravc,  Sir  Christopher,  30 

Newbold,  county  Leicester,  19 
Newcastle,  16 
Non-jurors,  26,  32,  39 

Oates,  Titus,  13,  19 
Orange,  Prince  of,  see  William 
Ordination,  farcical  examination  for,  8 
Owen,  Dr.  John,  5 
Oxford.  Robert  Harley,  Earl  of,  33 
Oxford- 
Christ  Church,  1,  30,  37 

Lincoln  College,  3-7,  9,  12,  3.".,  37-41, 
40 

Magdalen  College,  24 

Queen's  College,  34,  37,38 

All  Saints  Church,  9,  37-40 

Crown  Inn,  30 

Picture  Gallery,  40,  43 

Proctors'  Black  book,  7 

Vesper  Supper,  5 

Petre,  Edward  ("Father''),  21,  24.  25 
Portsmouth.  Duchess  of,  20 
Preston,  Richard,  1st  Viscount,  21.  30 
•'Pretender,''  the,  25 

Rawlinson,  Dr.  Richard.  40 
Robinson  ,  Bishop  of  London,  12 


Running  footmen,  15 

Sacheverell,  Dr.  Henry.  30 

Sancroft,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  17. 

19,  21,  22,  25 
Sanderson,  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  0 
Sandwich,  Edward,  1st  Earl  of,  13,  27 
Savile,  George,  afterwards  Marquess   of 

Halifax,  10 
Scotland,  17-19 

Shaftesbury,  Anthony,  1st  Earl  of,  13, 14 
Sheldon,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  8, 

11.  13,  16 
Shippen,  Dr.  Robert,  41-13 
Smith,   Dr.  John.   iv..  38;   Dr.   Joseph, 

31.  30:  ';  Narrative,"  IS,  f?S 
South.  Dr.  Robert,  20 
Steane,  countv    Northampton,  iv.,  1,  34, 

35,42,43,46 
StillinjjhVet,  Bishop  of  Worcester,  29 
Surplice,  (i 

Tanner,  Thomas,  43-40 

Tillotson,    Archbishop    of    Canterbury, 

20,  23 
Tully,  Dr.  Thomas,  20 

Wallis,  Dr.  John,  44 
Watts,  Gilbert,  4;  William,  41 
Weymouth,  Thomas,  1st  Viscount,  5 
Wharton,  Thomas,  1st  Manjuess,  34 
Wilkins,  Bishop  of  Chester,  11 
William,  Prince  of  Orange,  25,  20,  45  : 

William  III.,  23.  25-29,  32,  33 
Witney.  H' 
Wood,  Anthony,  40,  43-40 


York,  Duke  of,  see  James 
Anne,  Duchess  of,  9.  11 
Maria,    Duchess    of,    13, 
Queen.  25 


14,     IS  ; 


THE    JOURNAL 


OF 


MA  JOE  RICHARD  FERRIER,  M.P., 


WHILE   TRAVELLING  IN  FRANCE  IN  THE   YEAH  1087. 


WITH  A  BRIEF  MEMOIR  OF  HIS  LIFE. 


COMPILED    BY 


RICHARD   F.    E.   TERRIER 

AND 

JOHN   A.    II.   FERRIER, 


TWO    OF    HIS    LINEAL    DESCENDANTS. 


PRINTED   FOR  THE   CAMDEN   SOCIETY. 


M.DCCC.XCIV. 


NOTE  ON"  THE  DATE  OF  THE  JOURNEY. 

As  Major  Ferricr  in  his  Diary  gives  an  account  of  the  statue  of 
Louis  XIV.  set  up  in  1GSG,  the  journey  cannot  have  been  earlier  than 
1687.  As  it  could  not  have  taken  place  after  war  had  been  declared 
between  England  and  France,  it  cannot  have  been  later  than  168S. 
Of  the  two  possible  3"ears,  16S7  is  shown  to  be  the  right  one  by  the 
date  of  Monday,  March  28th,  given  at  the  commencement. 


MEMOIR    OF    THE    LIFE 


OF 


MAJOR    RICHARD    FERRIER 

MJEYFOH   GREAT  YARMOUTH  IN   1708,  1710,  AND  1713. 


Major  Riciiakd  Ferrier,  the  author  of  this  interesting  journal,* 
a  descendant  of  a  family  who  had  for  200  years  supplied  mayors 
to  Norwich  and  bailiffs  to  Yarmouth,  was  the  only  son  and  heir 
of  Richard  Ferrier,  Esquire,  and  Judith,  one  of  the  daughters  and 
co-heirs  of  Major  Thomas  \\  ilde.1' 

The  family  flourished  during  the  fourteenth  and  fifteenth  cen- 
turies in  "West  Norfolk,  occurring  lords  of  the  manors  of  Grcssen- 
hall,  Weudling,  and  neighbouring  villages.  About  the  middle 
of  the  fifteenth  century  a  younger  branch  of  the  family  settled  in 
Norwich,  where  they  soon  became  prominent,  Richard  Ferrier 
having  been  elected  mayor  of  that  important  city  no  less  than  five 
times  in  1473,  1478,  1483,  1493,  and  1493.  His  son  Robert  was 
elected  mayor  of  Norwich  in  1520,  and  took  a  prominent  part  in 
the  quelling  of  Rett's    Rebellion,   and  his  son   Richard    was  also 

■  The  journal  which  follows  was  bequeathed  with  many  other  interesting  family 
documents  to  one  of  the  writers  of  this  Memoir  by  Miss  Judith  Terrier,  of  Hemsby, 
a  great-great-granddaughter  of  the  author. 

b  The  Wildes  resided  at  Lowestoft,  and  were  a  family  of  old  standing:  there. 
Early  iu  life  Major  Wilde  resided  iu  Yarmouth,  where,  says  Swindon,  he  was  in 
1G1S  appointed  Lieutenant  of  the  Horse  raised  for  the  defence  of  the  town  when 
threatened  with  an  attack  by  the  fleet  which  joined  the  Duke  of  York  at  the  Hague. 
Ilis  epitaph  says  he  was  "  slayn  by  the  Dutch  in  the  defence  of  bis  King  and 
country." 


4  MEMOIR    OF   THE    LIFE    OF 

elected  mayor  of  that  city  in  1596.  Robert,"  his  son,  was  the 
first  of  the  family  to  settle  in  Yarmouth,  and  ever  since  that  time 
the  family  have  resided  there.1'  Ho  soon  began  to  take  a  leading 
part  in  the  troublous  times  of  his  day.  In  conjunction  with 
John  Carter/  his  brother-in-law,  lie  had  been  prominent  amongst 
those  who  came  forward  with  voluntary  loans  of  plate  and  money 
for  the  payment  of  the  parliamentary  soldiers  at  the  beginning 
of  the  civil  war,  contributing  on  that  occasion  £'20  lis.  8d.  in 
plate.     He  was  elected  bailiff  of  Yarmouth  in  1613. 

Robert,  his  eldest  son,  was  for  many  years  an  alderman  of 
Yarmouth.  He  married  Elizabeth,  the  second  daughter  of  Sir 
George  England,  and  left  one  son  Benjamin,  who  married  Eliza- 
beth, the  heiress  of  Nathaniel  D'Eye  of  Eye,  Esquire,  and  left  one 
son  Robert,  an  attorney-at  law,  who,  on  August  21st,  1739,  was 
appointed  town  clerk  of  Yarmouth,  and  being  chosen  mayor  in 
17o0  was  allowed  to  carry  out  the  duties  of  town  clerk  by  deputy  ; 
but  on  the  3rd  February,  1753,  when  probably  the  political  power 

11  '•  In  1630  there  was  an  appeal  to  the  Privy  Council  as  to  the  right  of  Mary,  the 
•wife  of  Holiert  Ferrier,  to  sit  in  a  pew  in  Sr.  Nicholas  Church,  Great  Yarmouth, 
appropriated  to  the  wives  of  aldermen.  Such  were  the  tritles  about  which  the  Lords 
of  the  Privy  Council  were  at  t lie  time  troubled."  (Palmer's  Pcrlustratioa  of  Gri\  at 
Yarmovth.y 

Robert  Ferrier  by  his  will,  made  in  1G48,  bequeathed  <;  To  upholding  and  main- 
taining the  Artillery  Company  in  Yarmouth,  £10." 

b  The  following  will  of  Richard  Terrier  of  Thame,  near  Great  Yarmouth,  and 
dated  in  14,  is  very  carious  : — 

"  1  will  that  my  dead  body  be  handsomely  trussed  up  in  a  black  bullock's  hide 
and  he  decently  burred  in  the  churchyard  of  Thnrne  at  the  chancers  end  there.  .  . 
lu  witness,  &c  ,"  "  and  thus  I  take  my  leave  of  this  world  Deo  Gloria,  Ainicis  Gratia, 
mild  misericordia,     Amen.     11.  Ferrier." 

c  John  Carter  married  Alice, one  of  the  daughters  of  Richard  Ferrier  ;  their  son 
Nathaniel  married  at  Stoke  Xcwington,  iu  L(i7S,  Mary,  daughter  of  General  Ire  ton, 
and  granddaughter  of  the  Lord  Protector. 

John  Carter  was  appointed  bailiff  in  1642,  and  two  years  afterwards  the  Earl  of 
Manchester,  the  Parliamentary  General,  appointed  him  commander-in-chief  of  the 
militia  of  Yarmouth  with  authority  '•  to  execute  martial  law  upon  all  offenders  and 
delinquents." 


MAJOR    RICHARD    FERRIER.  5 

of  his  party  had  waned,  the  corporation  resolved  on  a  ballot  of 
29  to  20  that,  unless  Air.  Ferrier  resign  his  office  of  alderman, 
he  no  longer  remain  towii  clerk,  and  he,  refusing  to  give  up  that 
office,  was  dismissed. 

Shortly  after  his  appointment  to  the  town  clerkship  Avar  was 
declared  against  Spain,  and  Ives,8  in  his  diary,  informs  us  that  on 
the  31st  October,  1739,  Mr.  Mayor  and  a  body  of  gentlemen  met 
at  the  town  hall  and  thence  proceeded  to  the  cross,  where  the  town 
clerk  (Mv.  Robert  Ferrier),  read  the  declaration  for  war  against 
Spain  with  the  naked  sword,  thence  to  the  bridge  foot  and  read  the 
declaration,  and  thence  drank  success  to  his  Majesty's  forces  by 
sea  and  land. 

He  possessed  considerable  landed  cstntes  in  Norfolk  and  Suffolk, 
and  died  in  17G8,  and  was  buried  in  Starston  Church,  Suffolk, 
where  there  is  a  mural  monument  to  his  memory.  He  left  one 
son,  Robert  England  Ferrier,  of  Cuius  College,  Cambridge,  who 
died  s.  p.,  and  two  daughters,  Catherine  and  Elizabeth.  Cathe- 
rine married  William  Blake,  Esquire,  of  Swanton  Abbotts.  Norfolk, 
who  assumed  by  Royal  license  in  1837  the  arms  and  surname 
of  Jex,  and  Elizabeth  married  Robert  Purvis,  Esquire,  of  Beccles, 
Suffolk,  and  left  several  children,  two  of  whom  entered  the  Royal 
Navy.  ' 

Richard,  the  second  son  of  Robert  the  Bailiff,  in  1013,  also 
interested  himself  greatly  in  the  politics  of  his  day,  having  been 
for  many  years  an  alderman  of  Yarmouth.  He  was  elected  to  fill 
the  office  of  Bailiff  in  1691,  and  then  had  the  honour  of  receiving 
at  his  house,  Dr.  Moorc,b  Bishop  of  Norwich,  on  his  primary 
visitation. 

He  married,  as  has  been   stated,  Judith,  one  of  the  daughters 

*  John  Ives,  Suffolk  Herald  Extraordinary,  author  of  the  remarks  upon  the 
Garianonnm  of  the  Romans. 

b  The  Bishop  had  previously  been  waited  upon  by  a  deputation  of  the  Corporation, 
who  presented  his  lordship  v  iili  half  a  tun  of  wine  and  desired  him  to  take  a  bed  at 
Mr.  Bailiff's.     ^Palmer's  JPtrlmtrat ion  of  Gnat  Yarmoutli.') 


6  MEMOIR   OF   THE    LIFE    OF 

and   co-heirs   of  Major  Thomas  Wilde,  and  left  one  son,  Major 
Richard  Ferrier,  the  author,  of  the  following  journal. 

Major  Richard  Ferrier  headed  what  was  then  known  as  the 
Jacobite  or  High  Church  Party  in  Yarmouth,  and  took  a  great 
interest  in  the  affairs  of  his  native  town.  At  the  age  of  19  he  was 
chosen  a  common  councilman,  and  shortly  after  this  at  the  age  of 
23  he  was  elected  to  fill  the  aldermanic  chair,  vacant  by  the  death 
of  his  uncle  John  Ferrier,  who  had  played  so  conspicuous  a  part 
in  the  affairs  of  the  town,  having  been  for  many  years  an  alderman 
of  Yarmouth  and  Bailiff  in  1680,  when  he  had  the  honour  of  enter- 
taining the  Puke  of  York,  afterwards  James  II.  upon  his  visiting 
Yarmouth  on  the  10th  March,  1681,  in  one  of  the  Royal  yachts. 

At  the  very  early  age  of  21  Major  Ferrier  was  for  the  first 
time  elected  to  till  the  office  of  Bailiff,  when  great  exertions 
were  made  to  equip  a  powerful  fleet  to  counteract  the  designs 
of  France,  which  threatened  an  invasion,  and  Mr.  Ferrier,  writing 
to  his  "dear  partner,"  Mr.  Godfrey,  his  co-bailiff,  then  in  town, 
savs : — "The  Admiralty  have  directed  the  convoy  to  stay  till 
further  orders ;  1  suppose  on  the  news  of  y'-  French  taking  so 
many  ships  bound  to  Ostend.  Last  post  came  orders  to  Captain 
Stephens,  Commander  of  ye  '  iioebuek,'  a  pretty  frigate  of  32 
mms,  to  attend  our  directions  as  Captain  Lvall  did.  T'would 
do  well,  did  you  as  one  of  the  Bailiffs  wait  on  yc  board  and 
thank  them  on  behalf  of  ye  Corporation,  and  pray  the  continuance 
of  their  ldsps  further  favour,  perhaps  such  an  address  may  do  us 
more  favour  than  you  are  aware  of,  for  great  men  will  be  courted, 
and  'twere  pity,  for  want  of  a  little  smoolh  language  to  lose  what 
is  of  so  much  importance  to  or  trade.  You  had  not  better  carry 
Mr.  Fuller  (then  member  for  the  town)  with  you.  His  deport- 
ment is  not  very  pleasing  to  yc  board  ;  and  'tis  thought  here  he 
has  done  us  great  dis-servicc  by  his  carriage  to  those  com- 
missioners (but  this  inter  nos)."* 

In  1695  he  married  Ellen,  one  of  the  daughters  and  co-heirs  of 
a  Palmer's  continuation  of  Manshifts  History  of  Great  Yarmouth. 


MAJOR    RICHARD    TERRIER.  ( 

Robert  Longe,"  of  Rcymerstonc  and  Spixworth,  by  Ellen  bis  fourth 
wife,  one  of  the  daughters  and  co-heirs  of  Thomas  Gurney,  Esquire, b 
of  West  Barsham,  "and  on  his  return  to  the  Town  for  the  first 
time  after  his  marriage,  the  inhabitants  made  great  preparations 
with  marks  of  the  utmost  honour  and  respect.  A  great  many  flags 
and  banners  were  set  out  along  the  quay  from  the  bridge  to  the 
south  fate.  The  ships  in  the  river  had  all  their  colours  set  the 
whole  day  and  their  guns  charged  to  salute  him,  a  great  many  of 
the  inhabitants  going  out  to  meet  him.  Between  seven  and  eight 
in  the  evening  they  entered  the  town,  the  cavalcade  consisting  of 
about  300  horse,  which  marched  in  good  order  along  the  quay 
from  the  bridge  to  Major  Ferrier's  house.  After  the  horse  followed 
a  considerable  number  of  chaises  and  chariots,  and  his  own  closed 
the  procession,  which  was  very  fine  and  gave  great  satisfaction  to 
several  thousands  of  spectators  who  were  assembled  to  behold  it, 
and  the  ringing  of  bells,  firing  of  guns,  and  the  loud  acclamations 
of  the  people,  sufficiently  demonstrated  what  great  and  just  esteem 
and  respect  they  had  for  so  generous  and  worthy  a  gentleman."  c 

In  170G  he  was  for  the  second  time  elected  mayor.  In  1708  he 
was  returned  to  Parliament  for  the  borough  of  Great  Yarmouth 
with  Colonel  the  Honourable  Roger  Townshend,  and  at  the  general 
election  in  1710  "  Captain  Ferrier,"  as  he  was  then  called,  was 

•Robert  Longe  of  Reymerstoue  married  four  times,  and  by  Elizabeth  Lis  wife, 
daughter  of  Sir  Francis  Bacon,  Chief  Justice  of  the  King's  Bench,  was  the  father  of 
Francis  Longe,  who,  through  the  influence  of  Major  Kuban!  IVrrier,  who  had 
married  his  half  sister,  was  appointed  Recorder  of  Yarmouth  in  1712.  The  latter 
gentleman  married  Susannah,  daughter  and  heir  of  Tobias  Frere  of  Redenhall,  ard 
died  in  1724.  The  Longes  have  for  several  centuries  maintained  a  good  position  in 
the  county  of  Norfolk.  They  are  at  present  represented  by  Robert  Bacon  Longe, 
Esquire. 

b  The  old  knightly  house  of  Do  Goumey  in  the  main  line  thus  became  extinct, 
this  lady  representing  them  in  right  of  her  mother.  According  to  Mr.  Gurney  in 
the  Record  of  tin  House  of  Gournay  the  Gurncys  of  Noiwich  and  Kcsw  uk  descend 
from  Francis  Gournay,  sixth  son  of  Henry  Gournay,  of  "West  Barsham,  by  Ellen 
Blennerhassett,  his  wife,  and  John,  his  grandson,  born  in  16C5,  is  stated  to  have 
settled  in  Norwich,  and  became  the  founder  of  the  present  family. 

e  Palmer's  Prrht  strut  ion  of  Great  Yarmouth. 


O  MEMOIR   OF   THE   LIFE   OF 

returned  at  the  head  of  the  poll,  having  Benjamin   England3  for 
his  colleague,  the  numbers  on  the  poll1'  being — 

Ferrier 278 

England 2G9 

Townshcnde 231 

Ellysd 173 

On  this  occasion  a  sum  of  £1.3  was  voted  to  Mr.  Ferrier  to  buy 
wine  "  as  a  token  of  respect  for  his  services." 

Mr.  Palmer  tells  that  Ferrier  and  England  were  of  the  "  honest 
Church  Party,"  which  meant  they  were  supporters  of  Dr.  Sache- 
verell,  then  at  the  height  of  his  ephemeral  popularity,  and  thev  were 
returned,  said  their  friends,  "  notwithstanding  the  undermining 
tricks  usual  to  the  Whigs."  The  names  Ferrier  and  England  were 
inserted  in  the  "  true  and  exact"  list  of  those  "'worthy  patriots"  who 
had  remedied  the  evils  of  the  then  late  ministry  and  to  their  "eternal 
honour  "  had  supported  and  retrieved  the  credit  of  the  nation  and 

*  lie  was  the  tbird  son  of  Sir  George  England,  who  was  knighted  ou  the  occasion 
of  Charles  the  Second's  vi-ic  t<>  Great  Yarmouth  in  1671.  Major  Ferrier  was  a 
connection  of  the  England*  through  the  marriage  of  his  uncle  Robert  with  Elizabeth, 
the  second  clang-brer  of  Sir  George  England.  The  Englands  played  a  conspicuous 
part  in  local  politics  during  the  latter  part  of  the  seventeenth  ami  the  .beginning  of 
the  eighteenth  centuries.  Mr.  George  Kugland,  eldest  son  of  Sir  George, represented 
Yarmouth  in  the  six  Parliaments  1C79.  168G,  1681,  1690,  109$.  1700,  and  also  in  the 
Convention  of  1CSS.  He  was  also  Recorder  of  Yarmouth,  and  his  nephew,  Major 
Ferrier,  writing  to  his  "  dear  partner"  in  London,  on  the  10th  of  February,  lii'Jtf, 
says, "T7e  yesterday  ended  ye  Sessions.  I  begin  to  abate  of  my  hopes  of  Mr. 
Recorder's  recovery — he  seems  to  decay  now  sensibly.  I  pray  God  restore  him  to 
us,  for  we  shant  be  presently  aware  of  y*  greatness  of  our  loss  should  it  please  God 
to  take  him  from  ns." 

b  Dec.  10th,  1710. — The  Chamberlyos  were  ordered  to  pay  the  charges  of  the 
booths  of  the  several  candidates  of  the  late  election  of  burgesses. 

e  Second  son  of  the  first  Viscouut  Townshend. 

riLc  Neve,  amongst  his  pedigrees  of  knights,  tempore  Car.  II.,  gives  a  pedigree  of 
Anthony  F.Ilys,  of  Great  Yarmouth.  His  grandson,  Anthony  Ellys,  married  Judith, 
sister  of  Major  Ferrier.  Chalmer's  Biograj.hie.nl  Dictionary  contains  an  interesting 
life  of  their  sou  Anthony,  who  afterwards  became  Bishop  of  St.  David's. 


MAJOR    RICHARD    FERRIER.  9 

preserved  the  Church  from  being  overthrown  by  fanatics — Mr. 
Terrier's  name  appearing  in  eveiy  division  in  favour  of  the 
Doctor. 

He  was  returned  a  third  time  in  1713,  and  as  a  reward  for  his 
political  services  was  in  tin's  year  made  a  coasting  waiter  in  the 
port  of  London,  a  sinecure  place,"  which  was  confirmed  to  him  on 
the  accession  of  George  I.  "  with  all  the  profits,  perquisites, 
'advantages,  and  emoluments'*  to  the  same  belonging,  and  was  the 
same  year  appointed  a  Major  b  of*  the  Battalion  of  Fusileers  of 
Militia  of  Great  Yarmouth.  Ever  anxious  for  the  welfare  of  his 
town  he  was  mainly  instrumental  in  the  building  of  the  Town 
Hallc  (then  called  the  New  Hall)  in  1715,  also  in  the  Guildhall 
and  Charity  School  and  in  obtaining  an  act  for  making  a  cause- 
way  between  Yarmouth  and  Caister. 

He  took  a  great  interest  in  church  matters,  for  many  years 
acting  as  one  of  the  churchwardens  at  the  old  parish  church,d  an 
appointment  his  ancestors  had  hold  on  several  occasions.  He  also 
interested  himself  in   obtaining   what   was  then  a  long-felt  desire, 

*  This  patent,  beautifully  engrossed  on  -vellum,  with  the  king's  portrait  engraved 
and  also  the  major's  commissions,  are  now  in  the  possession  of  the  family. 

b  The  commission  as  "  Major  of  the  Battalion  of  Fusileers  of  Militia  of  Great 
Yarmouth  in  1713  was  granted  by  James,  Duke,  Marquis  and  Karl  of  Ormonde. 
Earl  of  Ossory  and  Brecknock,  Viscount  Thinks,  Baron  of  Arklow.  Dingwell, 
Langtheny  and  Moon:  Park,  Lord  of  the  Regalities  and  Liberties  of  the  County 
Palatine  of  Tipperary,  one  of  Her  Majesty's  Most  Honourable  Privy  Council, 
Knight  of  the  most  noble  order  of  the  Garter,  Lord  Lieutenant  General  and 
General  Governor  of  Ireland,  Lord  Lieutenant  of  the  County  of  Somerset,  Lord 
Lieutenant  and  Gusto-  l'otuloriun  of  the  County  of  Norfolk,  Chancellor  of  the 
Universities  of  Oxford  and  Dublin,  High  Steward  of  the  Cities  of  Westminster, 
Bristol,  and  Exeter,  Colonel  of  the  1st  Regiment  of  Foot  Guards,  Captain  Genera] 
and  Commander-in-chief  of  all  her  Majesty's  forces,  etc.*' 

c  This  building  was  in  ltWJO  demolished  and  the  preseut  town  hall  erected  in  its 
place. 

d-Manshi]>  in  his  History  ef  Yarmouth,  referring  to  St.  Nicholas  Church, 
says  "  a  gallery  was  als  >  constructed  across  the  arch,  leading  into  the  chancel-  from 
CAMB.    SOC.  li 


10  MEMOIR   OF   THE   LIFE   OF 

namely,  a  church,  or  chapel-at-ease,  in  the  south  part  of  the  town 
of  Great  Yarmouth,  and  it  was  by  his  exertions  that  an  act  was 
obtained,  lie  being  then  one  of  the  town's  representatives  in 
Parliament." 

The  chapel  was  consecrated  by  the  Bishop  of  Norwich  in  1715, 
and  the  sermon  preached  at  the  consecration  by  the  liev.  Barry 
Love1'  was  printed  and  dedicated  to  the  "  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and 
Councillors  and  to  Major  Richard  Ferricr."  c 

In  1720  he  was  for  the  third  time  elected  mayor.  He  resided 
in  a  fine  old  Jacobean  house  situate  at  the  south  end  of  the  Quay 
erected  in  the  17th  century  by  Roger  Drury,  where  he  gathered 
around  him  a  large  circle  of  literary  and  other  acquaintances. 
Dean  Davies  during  his  stay  in  Yarmouth  having  been  a  constant 
visitor  at  his  house. d 

the  south  trancept  ;  when  this  gallery  was  removed  in  1846  it  was  found  to  rest 
upon  four  columns  bearing  these  inscriptions — 

Anno  doin.  S.  Mortimer. 

loOO.  R.  Ferrier. 

R.  Woolhcrase.  C.  W. 

J.  Harris.  T.  II.  B.  T. 

*  A  facsimile  in  silver  gilt  of  the  corporation  mace  in  miniature  was  presented  to 
him  as  a  souvenir  of  hi>  services  in  connection  with  this  movement. 

b  Mr.  Love  was  minister  of  Yarmouth  from  1  GDI  to  1722.  The  Rev.  William 
Lyng,  father  of  the  Rev.  Benjamin  Lyng,  who  married  Anne,  one  of  Major 
Ferrier's  daughters,  succeeded  him  as  lecturer  of  Yarmouth  in  1*»7^. 

c  In  1720  Lis  nephew,  Anthony  Ellys,  afterwards  Bishop  of  St.  David's,  was 
appointed  minister. 

d  The  Bean  in  his  Diary  makes  frequent  mention  of  Richard  Ferrier,  the  bailiff 
in  1691,  and  his  son,  Major  Richard  Ferrier. 

On  July  18th,  1080,  he  says  :  "  I  spent  this  evening  with  Dr.  Ilutson  in  company 
with  Captain  Ferrier  and  Mr.  Fuller." 

On  Oct.  20th,  1089  :  **  I  went  and  waited  npon  Br.  Godfrey,  Mr.  Ferrier,  Captain 
Ferrier,  Mr.  England,  Captain  Fuller,  and  Mr.  Bransby,  and  then  came  home  and 
supped  with  Lieutenant  Ellys  and  his  lady,  who  presented  me  with  a  broad  piece  of 
gold." 

Feb.  ICth,  1691  :  "I  preached  my  farewell  sermon,  after  which  I  waited  upon 
Mr.  England  and  the  Bailiff,  then  on  Mr.  Ferrier,  who  gave  me  a  broad  piece." 

Bee.  22nd,  1001  :  '*I  dined  this  day  at  Alderman  I'errier's." 


MAJOR   RICHARD   FERRIER.  11 

He  also  enjoyed  a  considerable  estate  at  Hemsby,  Norfolk, 
where  lie  had  a  house  in  which  the  family  partially  resided  for 
generations.  His  town  house,  as  •well  as  that  of  his  son,  is  depicted 
on  Corbridge's  map."  He  died  in  1728,  aged  57,  when  he  was, 
says  Ives,  interred  in  St.  Nicholas  Church  with  great  pomp  and 
splendour,  and  very  much  lamented  by  all  who  knew  him,  and 
there  is  a  highly  laudatory  epitaph  to  his  memory  there,  as 
follows  : — 

"  Eichdi  Ferrier  Armigeri 

Hujus  Burgi  et  decoris  ft  desiderii 

Exundantem  Ingenii  Font  em,  morum  Snavitatem, 

Et  qua:  gencrosam  ornant  ct  cohoncstant 

Dicant  Familiarics  ; 

Eximiam  rei  politicae  pcritiam, 

Regni  Comitia  ; 

Labores  indefessos,  et  pne  cieteris  Delicias, 

Solum  Xatalc. 

Qua;  snscepit  mania  (et  varia  certe) 

Grariter  explevit,  aifabrc  expolivit 

Vixit  fatis  parrhe 

At  qnantula  est  aura  popularis 

Quantula  gloria  fluxa  et  fragilis 

Vixit  ct  sibi  et  suis 

Obiit  die  quarto  Calend  XblU 

A  f  (Etat  57mo 

Anno   -i. 

L  Domini  1720VO" 

But  there  were  those  who  decried  him  and  by  them  a  free 
translation  was  circulated,  of  which  the  following  are  some  of  the 
verses : — 

"Beneath  this  stone  lies  Richard  Ferrier,  Esquire, 
Of  this  Boro'  the  ornament  and  the  desire, 
Who  in  sweetness  of  manner  and  generous  o'erflowing 
Was  in  all  that  belongs  to  a  gentleman.  Knowing. 
His  acquaintance  this  vouch — for  his  politic  skill, 
"We  refer  to  his  votes  on  the  French  Commerce  Bill. 
The  posts  he  enjoyed  tho'  quite  varied  in  kind, 
Could  not  he  more  varied  than  was  his  own  mind. 

»  This  map,  published  in  17:?.j,  is  a  south-west  prospect  of  Yarmouth,  containing 
views  of  the  public  buildings  and  principal  houses  then  existing. 


12  MEMOIR    OF   THE    LIFE    OF 

The  mayor— the  member — the  placeman  being  proof, 
Till  his  country  cried  out  he  had  lived  long  enough. 
How  transient  is  popular,  honour,  and  glory 
May  be  learned  from  the  sum  of  this  famous  man's  story."  *■ 

He  left  one  son,  Richard,  upon  whom  the  following  satirical 
poem  "was  written  : — 

"  Here  lies  the  body  of  Richard  IT.. 
Whose  genius  and  manner  of  life  being  reckoned. 
We  all  must  admit  was  Daddy's  own  son, 
As  witness  my  hand,  Tom  Missenden."  '' 

This  gentleman  had,  like  his  father,  served  his  town  politically 
and  was  elected  mayor  in  172-1,  and  it  was  during  his  mayoralty 
that  Dr.  Camil,  1  vector  of  Brad  well,  Suffolk,  preached  his  famous 
sermon  reflecting  upon  the  conduct  of  certain  gentlemen  holding- 
positions  of  power  in  the  town.  This  sermon  much  offended  the 
mayor,  who  called  the  council  together,  and  then  sent  for  the 
clergymen  and  severely  reprimanded  them  for  allowing  Dr.  Camil 
to  preach  such  a  sermon  in  the  parish  church,  and  ordered  them 
to  forbid  him  to  enter  the  pulpit  again.  Thereupon  the  doctor 
published  his  sermon,  to  prove  that  it  only  contained  some  expres- 
sions against  the  crying  vices  of  the  age.c 

Besides  the  above-mentioned  Richard,  Major  Ferrier  left  the 
following  daughters  •. —  Ellen,  who  married  Dr.  Gallant,*1  an  eminent 
physician:  Judith,  who  married  Joshua  Smith,6  Esquire,  of 
Thrigby  Hall,  Norfolk ;  Anne,  who  married  the  Rev.  Benjamin 
Lyng,   rector   of  St.  Lawrence,  South  Walsham  ;  Elizabeth,  who 

*  These  verses  are.  given  in  Palmer's  "Per  lust  ration  of  Great  Yarmouth." 

b  "  Tom  Missenden  was  lecturer  here,  and  doubtless  an  unwarrantable  use  was 
made  of  his  name."     (l'almer's  Perlustrativn  of  Yarmouth?) 

c  The  late  Charles  John  Palmer,  F.S.A.,  says,  "  Just  fancy  the  mayor  offended 
with  the  sermon,  calling  the  Council  together  and  reprimanding  the  clergy  for  too 
much  freedom  of  speech  in  the  pulpit." 

a  This  family  of  Gallant  is  extinct. 

e  This  family  of  Smith  is  also  extinct,  their  estates  and  property  passed  to  their 
descend  act,  Mi*s  Lydia  Buret,  and  thence  to  the  Terriers. 


MAJOR    RICHARD    FERR1ER. 


13 


died  unmarried,  and  Mary,  who  married  Thomas  Milles,  Esquire, 
of  Billockly  Hall,  whose  only  child  Mary  married  James  Iliddell, 
Esquire,  of  Caistcr,  created  a  baronet  in  1778  by  the  title  of 
Sir  George  Iliddell,  of  Ardnamurchan,  and  left  two  sons,  Sir 
Thomas  Milles  Iliddell  and  George  James  Iiiddell. 

George  James  Iliddell  died  in  a  duel  in  1783,  aged  24.  Sir 
Walter  Scott,  in  his  last  edition  of  the  "  Minstrelsy  of  the  Scottish 
Border/'  in  reference  to  the  duel,  says :  "A  circumstance  more 
painful  to  the  feelings  of  a  father  and  a  man  of  high  sense  of 
honour  cannot  be  imagined  than  that  which  befel  Sir  James 
Iliddell,  Bart  By  some  accident  (the  particulars  of  which  I  have 
forgotten)  he  became  possessed  of  a  letter  which  he  knew  con- 
tained a  challenge  for  his  son.  If  he  concealed  the  letter,  his 
son  would  incur  the  disgrace  of  having  avoided  a  duel  without 
sufficient  cause ;  and  if  he  suffered  the  letter  to  reach  his  son 
and   lie  should  fall,  his   father  might  be   considered  accessory  to 

his  death." 

tl  He  determined  to  allow  the  matter  to  take  its  course.  The 
son  accepted  the  challenge  — went  out  and  received  a  wound  of 
which  he  died  on  the  following  day  (the  22nd  April,  1783)/' 

There  is  an  engraved  portrait  of  this  unfortunate  young  man, 
Mho  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  second  troop  of  Horse  Grenadier 
Guards,  under  which  is  an  inscription  stating  that  "  His  conduct 
as  an  officer  and  a  gentleman  was  agreeable  to  the  sentiments  of 
his  corps,  and  it  met  with  the  approbation  of  his  king,  who 
expressed  the   greatest    concern    and    regret    at    his    unfortunate 

fate."  a 

"Richard  II."  married  Elizabeth,  one  of  the  daughters  of 
John  Smith,  Esquire,  of  Yarmouth,  and  died  in  1739,  aged  -14, 
leaving  two  sous,  Richard  and  Robert,  and  one  daughter  Judith, 
who  married  Captain  James  Smith,  R.N. 

Captain  James  Smith  afterwards  married  Lady  Ward,  who, 
Bays    Palmer,    in   his    PerJustration    of   Yarmouth,    lived    in    the 

•  The  diary  of  the  lute  Charles  John  Palmer. 


14  MEMOIR    OF   THE    LIFE    OF    MAJOR    RICHARD    FERRIER. 

household  of  a  Yarmouth  butcher.  One  day  the  butcher  invited 
some  friends  to  dinner,  and  Mary  Fair,  for  that  was  her  name, 
made  ready  the  table.  Ilc-r  mistress  wanting  her  found  her 
seated  at  the  head  of  the  table  dispensing  imaginary  good  things 
to  her  supposed  guests  seated  round  it,  all  of  whom  she  addressed 
by  titles  of  honour.  She,  however,  could  not  abandon  the  idea 
that  she  should  one  day  really  preside  at  such  a  table,  nor  was 
she  disappointed,  for  in  178S  John,  third  Viscotmt  Dudley  and 
"Ward,  fell  in  love  with  and  married  her. 

Richard,  the  eldest  son  of  "  Richard  II.,"  held  a  commission 
in  the  army,  and  died  s.p.,  while  his  brother  Robert  was  a  captain 
in  the  Royal  Navy.  Robert,  on  the  death  of  his  brother  Richard, 
retired  from  the  navy  and  went  to  reside  on  the  family  estate  at 
Ilemsby,  but,  unlike  his  ancestors,  took  no  active  part  in  politics. 
His  rrrandson,  the  late  Mr.  Richard  Ferrier,  for  many  years  one 
of  the  leaders  of  the  Yarmouth  lory  party,  died  in  1S68,  leaving 
one  son  and  two  grandsons,  the  compilers  of  this  memoir  .resident 
in  Yarmouth. & 

Great  Yarmouth, 

September,  1S03. 

*  The  arms  borne  by  the  family  aie,  Argent,  on  a  bend  sable  three  borseshoes  of 
the  first ;  crest,  a  na^VfewiJ  erased  argent. 


JOUENAL 

OF 

MAJOR    RICHARD    FERRIER. 


March  yc  28th  being  Monday  we  left  Yarmouth  and  in  ye  stage 
'coach  rode  to  London  in  which  City  we  arrived  two  dayes  after 
where  having  stayed  about  a  week  and  furnished  ourselves  with  all 
things  necessary  for  our  ensuing  voyage  we  did  on  ye  eighth 
A  prill  following  lake  boat  for  Gravesend  just  stopping  at  Eriffa 
small  village  by  ye  Thames  side,  from  whence  we  proceeded  up  to 
Town.  We  rested  nut  long  there  but  forthwith  hired  horses  to 
Suttenborn  (where  we  lodged  y*  night)  passing  through  a  great 
many  little  country  towns  before  we  came  to  Rochester,  which 
lying  in  our  way  ought  to  be  mentioned,  and  also  Chattum  in  which 
river  we  saw  seyerall  of  His  Majesties  Men-of-AYar  (ships  of  great 
bigness)  at  anchor.  \\  e  also  passed  by  a  great  many  pleascnt 
plantations  of  cherry  trees  which  in  yl  part  of  England  are  very 
frequent.  From  thence  we  did  ye  day  following  ride  to  Canter- 
bury (not  meeting  anything  in  any  way  worth  our  observation), 
where  we  lodged  at  ye  King's  Head  and  were  treated  very  civilly ; 
ye  first  thing  we  took  notice  of  in  ye  city  was  ye  Cathedral],  yl 
report  of  which  we  had  heard  before  our  approaching  it ;  it  is  a 
very  fine  building  beautified  on  y°  outside  with  severall  small 
turretts,  2  large  steeples  and  a  spire,  one  whereof  (it  being  y* 
which  we  ascended)  is  accounted  by  all  to  be  as  high  if  not 
exceeding  y1'  Monument  of  London  in  height ;  at  your  entrance, 
within  with  eighteen  stately  pillars  which  support  ye  body  of  it. 
Passing  further  we  descended  some  steps  into  y*  French  Church, 


16  JOURNAL    OF   MAJOR    RICHARD    FERRIER. 

which  being  under  the  Quire  is  upheld  with  a  great  many  small 
arches,  it  is  somewhat  dark,  but  very  large,  and  contains  a  vast 
number  of  people,  they  being  there  reputed  to  be  near  half  ye 
town.  Coming  from  thence  at  yc  west  end  of  ye  church  we  saw 
several!  tombs  one  whereof  we  took  particular  notice  of,  which  was 
of  Dean  Forthesby  being  covered  with  black  alabaster,  and  on  the 
sides  cut  all  yc  bones  of  man's  body.  There  is  another  of  Nicholas 
AVotton,  yc  first  Archbishop  of  ye  Diocess,*  over  against  them  is 
that  of  Henry  the  Fourth  and  his  Queen,  and  hard  by  them  lies 
Edward  the  Black  Prince  curiously  cut  out  in  brass,  with  his 
sword  by  him,  at;  his  feet  at  leopard,  and  over  his  head  his  coat  of 
mail  and  head  peicc.  Something  lower  is  the  monument  of 
Cardinal  Pool  and  abundance  more  of  less  note.  There  arc  two 
windows  shewing  all  ye  places  and  stories  in  scripture  most  finely 
painted,  not  far  from  whence  is  yc  place  where  St.  Thomas'  shrine 
stood,  nothing  in  y''  least  remaining  to  be  seen  but  yc  stones 
wheron  they  kneeled,  which  are  very  much  worn.  There  is  in  ye 
Cathedrall  2  Quires,  one  whereof  is  not  now  used,  the  roof 
of  which  is  of  Irish  Oak  that  no  vermine  may  breed  in 
it ;  the  other  is  no  ways  curious  but  adorned  like  others  of  vc  same 
nature.  The  City  of  Canterbury  is  old  and  not  very  lar^e  though 
yc  circumference  of  y°  walls  runns  out  a  great  way,  there  are  six 
gates,  and  on  yc  south  side  of  y*  town  a  decayed  castle  stands 
opposite  to  a  high  mount  which  is  there  cast  up.  There  is  but  one 
good  street  running  East  and  \\  est  with  other  small  lanes  and 
allyes  crossing  it.  There  are  17  Parishes  all  of  which  are  small  & 
to  one  or  two  of  ym  not  above  12  persons  resort.  Ir  is  situated 
very  pleasently  at  ye  bottom  of  a  valley  &  and  has  delicate  gardens 
&  greens  to  walk  on  which  are  delightfull.  Aprill  ve  eleventh  in 
ye  morning  we  came  forward  for  Dover  riding  for  yc  most  part 
over  hills  and  vales,  yc  way  being  also  very  stony  ;  after  having 
taken  up  our  lodgins  we  visited  yc  Castle,  which  east  of  ye  town  is 

1  Wotton  was  the  first  dean. 


JOURNAL   OF   MAJOR    RICHARD    FERRIER.  17 

seated  on  ye  Clifts,  from  whence  we  could  easily  perceive  those  of 
Callicc.     It  is  strong  having  much  cannon  and  being  guarded  with 

O  O  O     CD 

a  exceeding  thick  wall  on  all  sides  onely  yf  which  ye  sea  defends 
up  which  ye  hills  being  so  steep  is  no  ascent.  Ye  square  Castle  is 
full  of  decayed  old  roomes,  which  we  passed  through  but  were  afraid 
lest  by  ye  giving  way  of  yp  rotten  planchers  we  should  have  (alien 
to  ye  bottom;  there  is  a  small  chamber  where  at  y°  King's  being  in 
those  parts  he  used  to  lay,  it  is  cut  out  of  yc  main  wall  &  is  fourteen 
foot  &  a  half  in  thickness ;  yc  leads  wherewith  y°  Castle  is  covered  are 
very  thick  Sc  on  one  side  near  ye  walls  we  saw  ye  King's  foot  cut 
out.  In  ye  Court  there  is  an  old  Church  which  w"  a  garrison  kept 
there  was  frequented  but  is  since  run  to  ruin,  there  are  ye  remains 
of  a  great  many  fine  tombs  wrh  now  can  just  be  seen  to  have  been 
such.  The  Cannon  y*  Queen  Elizabeth  gave  to  be  placed  there  is 
twenty-four  foot  long  &  is  ever  since  in  remembrance  of  her  called 
Iter  pocket  pistol.  The  Town  is  small  standing  just  by  yc  sea,  they 
have  a  very  good  harbour  which  dos  flow  15  foot  at  }-e  nape  tides. 
There  is  very  strange  fish  taken  on  yL'  beach,  yR  body  like  an  ele,  a 
long  beak  &  a  broad  tail,  &  on  ye  stones  yrt  lyes  there  there 
dos  grow  a  very  pleasant  flower  called  Coles  which  they  eat  with 
their  boil'd  meat,  yL  top  whereof  tasts  like  speragrass  &,  yc  bottom 
like  collyfiower.  Aprill  yc  13,h  we  came  from  Dover  at  8  of  ye 
clock  in  yfc  morning  in  yc  packet  boat  towards  Calais,  which  having 
a  fair  wind  we  ran  in  five  hours  &  an  half,  but  could  not  by  reason 
of  yc  lowness  of  ye  water  cither  goe  into  harbour  with  our  ship  or 
goe  ashore  at  seaside  with  ye  boat.  \Ve  got  as  near  ye  shore  as  we 
could,  which  was  about  a  bow  shott  from  whence  we  were  bv  men 
who  wctt  themselves  on  purpose  carryed  &  sett  on  land.  We 
walked  into  town  &  took  up  our  lodginsaf  ye  Golden  Lyon,  a  house 
standing  close  to  ye  market.  \Ve  stayed  there  two  days  &  yu  hired 
horses  for  Dunkirk,  the  way  thither  lying  by  yc  seaside.  We 
passed  through  a  great  many  villages  before  we  came  to  Graveling, 
which  being  a  place  of  good  importance  ought  not  to  be  passed 
through  without  some  observation.  It  is  garded  with  a  double 
CAUD.  SOC.  C 


lo  JOURNAL   OF   MAJOIi   RICHARD   FERRIES. 

mote  &  double  wall,   very    strong    gates,    k   draw   bridges,    we 

going  over  them  -were  taking  by  ye  soldiers  k  cfirryed  before  yL' 
.Mayor,  who  giving  us  leave  to  pass  we  were  no  more  stopped  till 
we  came  to  Dunkirk,  where  riding  over  six  bridges  we  were 
hindered  from  proceeding  any  further  till  we  had  told  our  names 
&  of  what  country  we  were,  which  having  done  we  came  into 
Town.  It  is  surrounded  with  a  treble  wall  &  six  motes  onelv  on 
yc  side  towards  ye  harbour  which  to  admiration  d<>s  flow  twenty- 
five  foot,  ye  peers  running  into  sea  near  half  a  mile  ;  at  ye  end  of 
ym  stands  a  very  strong  castle  called  yc  Ricebanck,  which  is  well 
fortified  &  wherein  is  continually  a  good  garrison  of  soldiers. 
Afterwards  demanding  leave  of  yc  Governor  we  went  into  yc 
cittadle,  which  in  circumference  is  bigger  yu  ye  town  itself  &  is 
very  much  stronger  it  being  defended  with  a  high  wall  & 
rampierd,  &  just  within  that  a  broad  mote  which  is  filled  or 
emptied  by  yu  sea  according  to  pleasure,  &  next  such  strange 
fortifications  y*  as  one  would  think  they  were  impossible  to  be 
taken  so  they  are  impossible  to  be  described.  From  thence 
Ave  walked  to  see  yc  dock  ye  King  of  France  is  making 
to  lay  his  men  of  war  in.  It  is  cut  out  of  a  very  hi^h  hill 
on  ye  west  side  of  the  River.  There  are  continually  a  great 
number  of  soldiers  at  work  in  it  they  having  for  their  labour  3d.  a 
day,  their  ordinary  pay  being  so  small  y*  without  some  addition  to 
it  they  could  never  subsist.  Dunkirk  itself  is  handsome  ye  streets 
being  large  &  yc  houses  high  ;  but  ye  noblest  part  of  y"  town  is 
yc  place  whereon  they  exercise  yc  soldiers,  which  is  a  square  that 
can  contain  above  1,000  men  placed  in  order.  "We  staved  there 
but  just  so  long  as  to  take  a  view  of  its  fortifications  &  other 
curiosities,  which  was  one  night,  &  so  returned  back  to  Calais. 
We  there  took  up  our  old  lodgins,  it  being  not  far  from  ye 
Messenger's  &  a  eivill  house.  The  town  is  very  full  of  inhabitants 
though  they  be  for  ye  most  part  very  poor;  it  is  surrounded  with 
a  double  wall  &  rampiers  &  very  strong  gates  which  are  always 
garded  with  musqucters. 


JOURNAL   OF    MAJOR    RICHARD    FERRIER.  19 

Aprill  ye  28t!l  Ave  took  horse  for  Paris,  being  fourteen  in  com- 
pany, not  meeting  any  tiling  considerable  (onely  a  small  Castle 
standing  about  half  a  league  from  ye  town  which  seemed  rather  a 
pallace  yn  a  fortified  place)  till  our  comming  to  Bulloign,  which  is 
a  small  walled  town  seated  on  a  hill,  below  which  is  ye  Basyillc, 
which  is  neither  defended  by  walls  nor  strengthened  with  ammuni- 
tion, where  we  lodged  that  night  &  yc  next  day,  by  five  of  ye  clock 
went  forward  &  dined  at  Montroil,"  a  place  situated  like  ye  former. 
There  runs  through  each  of  ym  a  harbour  with  a  strong  stream, 
and  in  ye  last  is  a  fine  small  church  adorned  with  all  things  y*  can 
make  it  pleasent  or  delight  full  to  ye  sight.  We  brought  night 
with  us,  from  thence  to  Barny,1'  a  small  village  where  we  stayed 
that  night,  and  ye  morning  following  rode  to  Abbeville  (which 
is  accounted  ye  half  of  ye  way  between  Paris  &  Calais),  ft  is 
a  town  seated  like  all  great  ones  in  France  in  a  valley,  there  are 
in  it  several!  fine  churches  wch  being  beautified  with  spires  dos 
at  your  approaching  it  when  on  y°  hills  give  a  very  pleasent 
prospect.  We  were  there  at  yc  time  of  ye  fair  &  so  saw  what 
there  chief  merchandise  consisted  of — namely,  flax,  hemp,  sheep, 
horses,  mules,  &  such  like,  &  pistols  also  which  are  there  made 
&  sold  in  great  quantities,  it  being  a  place  for  that  sort  of  work 
ye  most  remarquable  in  France.  We  laved  y*  night  at  Poix,  a 
small  village,  &  ye  next  day  dined  at  Beauvois,  where  is  nothing 
considerable  but  ye  Cathedrall  which  is  nowise  beneath  y*  in 
Canterbury  but  in  ye  smallness  of  it,  it  being  set  forth  with 
monuments,  stately  pillars  of  brass  &  marble,  fine  paintings 
&  carved  work.  From  thence  we  rode  &  rested  at  Tilliard,  & 
betimes  ye  morning  following  went  to  Beaumont,  a  cleanly  town 
situated  by  a  River's  side,  with  severall  small  churches  &  old 
buildings.  We  that  evening  got  to  Paris,  ye  way  being  paved 
with  stones  &  ye  rain  yl  then  fell  hindring  us  from  riding  fast. 
We  could  not  see  ye  city  till  we  were  in  y*  subburbs  it  standing 
at  yc  back  of  severall    very  high   hills.     We  lodged  in  La  Piue 

•  Montrenil.  b  Benmy. 


20  JOURNAL    OF   MAJOR   RICHARD    FERRIER. 

Truanderie  from  whence  we  went  to  take  a  view  of  its  curiosities. 
Ye  first  thin<r  we  took  notice  of  waa  ye  kind's  statue  which  is 
called  La  Yictoire  seated  all  most  by  yfi  Louvre  in  a  large  square 
built  round  with  houses  of  stone  of  a  great  height  ;  it  stands  on 
a  pedestall  sixteen  or  eighteen  foot  high,  of  marble.  Ye  image 
is  gyant  like  wearing  ye  cloathes  he  had  on  at  his  Coronation  ;  his 
posture  is  upright  with  a  reed  in  his  hand  treading  on  a  lyon 
&  an  angel  behind  him  in  token  of  Immortality  crowning  him 
with  laurels.  There  are  at  ye  corners  of  ye  Pedestall  4  skives 
signifying  yc  4  seasons  of  yc  year  sitting  on  old  armour  being 
chained  to  it  with  gold  chaincs  ;  it  is  round  about  full  of  his  titles. 
Just  under  his  feet  is  written  :  Yiro  immortali a  Augustus,  toto 
jam  nullis  hostibus  orbe  Paccm  agit ;  armato  Lodoix  pacem 
imperat  orbi. 

Something  lower  is  written  : 

Ludovieo  magno  patri  cxereituum  [etj  duetori  semper  felici. 

Domitis  hostibus,  protectis  sociis,  adject  is  imperio  fortissimis 
populis,  extructis  ad  tutelam  finium  firmissimis  arcibus,  oceano 
&  mediterraneo  inter  se  junctis,  predari  vetitis  toto  mari  piratis, 
emendatis  legibus,  dclata  Calviniana  impietate,  compulsis  ad  revc- 
rentiam  nomin[is],  gentibus  [r]emotissimis  cunctisque  summa 
providentia  &  virtute  domi  iorisque  eompositis.  Franciscus  vice- 
comes  D'Aubusson  dux  de  la  fuillade  ex  Francice  paribus  &  Tribunis 
equituin,  unus,  in  Allebrogibus,  prorex  <!t  prretoraniorum  peditum 
prefeetus  ad  memoriam  posteritatus  sempitcrnam.     P.D.C. 

Sa  ferniite  en  ses  douleurs  rasseura  ses  peuples  desolcs  au  mois 
de  Kovcmbre  1G8G. 

II  avoit  sur  Pied  240,000  homines  d'lnfanterie,  et  C.0,000 
chevaux  sans  les  troupes  de  ses  amies  navales  lorsquil  donna  la 
paix  a  l'Europo  en  Tan  1678. 

*  The  inscriptions  are  given,  with  an  engraving  of  the  monument  itself,  in 
"  Description  da  Monument  erige  a  la  gloire  du  Boy,"  par  M.  le  Mareschal  Due 
de  la  Feuillade,  a  Paris,  par  Sebastieu  Mabre-Crainois,  Imi>rimeurs  dn  !\<>y  et 
Directeur  de  Imprimeric  Koyale,  MDOLXXXYI.  Corrections  on  the  text  made 
from  this  book  are  placed  in  square  brackets. 


JOURNAL   OF   MAJOR    RICHARD    TERRIER.  21 

This  is  written  on  ye  front.     On  ye  right  side  is — 

Seqnanicam  [Cesar  gemmo]*  vix  vineere  gente  Mense  valet 
Lodoix  ter  quinta  luce  subegit.1'  Hie  laaclnm  cumulus  Ludovico* 
vindice  vietrix  Kcligio  et  Pulsus  male  partis  sedibus  error. d  II  a 
basti  plus  dc  cent  eglises  quils  ont  de  Revenues  considerables,  ct  il 
a  ctnbli  l'entretien  de  quatre  cens  jcuncs  damoiselles  dans  la 
magnifique  maison  de  S*  Cyr. 

Deux  cent  &  dix  places,  fortes,  cittadelles.  portcs  &  liavres 
fortifiez  &  revestus  depnis  1681  jusqua  1G84,  J  40,000  homines  de 
pied  30,000  chevaux  payez  par  mois  asseurent  ses  front  teres. 

Behind  him  is; — • 

Indocilis  quondam  [potiori  eederc]  e  Gallos  Ponit  Iber  tumidos 
fastus  et  cedere  discitf  A  Louis  lc  Grand  le  pere  &  conducteur 
des  Armees,  avoir  vaineu  ses  eunemis,  protege  ses  Allies,  adjoustes 
do  trcs  puissants  ?  peuples  a  son  empire,  asseure  les  frontieres  par  les 
places  impreghables,  joint  1 'ocean  a  la  mediterranec,  chasse  les 
pirates  de  toutes  les  mors,  rcformc  les  loix,  detrui  1'lieresie,  porte 
par  la  bruit  de  son  horn  les  nations  les  plus  eloignees  a  le  h  venir 
reverer  des  extremites  de  la  terre  &  regie  parfaictement  toutes 
choses  audedans  ct  an  dehors  par  la  Grandeur  de  son  courage  &  de 
son  genie. 

Le  nombre  de  G0,0(:0  matelots  enroles  dont  20,000  sont 
employe/,  a  son  service,  &  les  40,000  autrcs  au  commerce  de  ses 
sujets  marquez  la  Grandeur  &  bon  ordre  de  sa  marine.  11  a  basti 
un  superbe  &  vaste  edifice  pour  les  orficiers  &  soldats  que  l'age  Sc 
les  blessures  rendent  incapables  de  servir  k  il  a  attache  500,0001. 
de  rente. 

*  C;usar  peniino. — MS. 

b  Referring  to  ';  La  derniere  oourjueto  dc  la  Franche  Comtc,  1C74." 

*  Lndovicc.  -  MS. 

*  Referring  to  "  L'bx-resic  dctruite,  lGSo." 
e  "Potere  inderc." — MS. 

f  Referring  t<>  "  La  prestmce  de  la  Fiance  Reconnne  par  1'Espngne,  1CG2.' 
k  Puissante. — MS. 
h  La.— MS. 


22  JOURNAL    OF   MAJOR    RICHARD    TERRIER. 

On  his  left  hand  is, 

Granicuni  Macedo,  Rhenum  secat  agmine  Gallus.  Quisquis 
facta  voles  conferre  &  flumina  conferre"  Impia,  quae  licuit  licgum  b 
componerc  nulli  Prcolia,  voee  tua,  Lodoix,  composta  quicscunt,c 
Apres  avoir  fait  dutiles  reglements  pour  le  conimerce  &  reforme* 
lcs  abus  dc  la  justice  il  donna  un  grand  exemple  d'equite  en 
jugeant  centre  ses  propres  interests  en  faveur  des  habitants  de 
Paris  dans  un  affaire  de  plusieurs  milliers. 

Six  mille  jeunes  Gentilshommes  separez  par  compagnies  gardent 
ses  cittadelles,  il  on  rempli  les  officiers  de  ses  troupes  et  leur 
education  &  est  digne  de  leur  naissancc. 

The  whole  is  mighty  stately  &  magnificent,  it  was  made  by  Mr. 
do  Feuilladc  a  gentleman  of  ye  city.  There  was  a  young  noble- 
man in  ye  King's  presence  not  long  since  who  speaking  to  ye 
Duke  de  Feuillard  among  other  discours  brought  out  this  verse — 

Fcnillard  par  bleu  sc  croy  que  tu  nous  heme, 
l'our  metfcrc  le  SoleU  entre  quatrc  lanternea. 

Its  said  ye  King  smiled  to  hear  him  ;  ye  English  of  it  is, 
Feuillard  by  bleu  I  belieue  you  laugh  at  us,  to  put  ve  sun 
between  four  lanterns.  There  being  at  4  corners  of  ve  square 
4  lanterns  which  are  to  give  light  in  ve  night  time  to 
yc  guard  which  is  continually  there  kept.  We  walked  after 
haying  taken  a  full  view  of  yc  statue  to  ye  Goblins,  ye  place 
where  are  all  sorts  of  artificers  at  work  for  ye  King,  there  is 
doubtless  yc  finest  tapestry  y4  eyes  can  look  on,  it  being  made  of 
silver  silk  &  gold,  &  so  naturally  done  y*  no  painting  whatsoever 
can  represent  both  men  women  &  all  sorts  of  creatures  more 
lively  yn  they  are  there  exprest.  There  is  a  gallery  y*  is  going  to 
Versailles  which  is  made  of  a  certain  stone  every  inch  whereof  is 
worth  a  great  deal  more  yu  gold,  it  is  of  a  white  &  grayish 
colour.     There  is  also  a  man  that  is  making  a  table  of  stone,  he 

*  Referring  to  "  Le  Passaic  da  Khin.  1G72." 

b  Kcgum  lieuit  in  MS. 

c  Referring  to  "  Les  Duels  Abulia." 


JOURNAL   OF   MAJOB   RICHARD   FERBIEB.  23 

has  been  about  it  these  3  years  &  has  not  yet  finished  it,  it  is  full 
of  birds  and  beasts  (onely  at  ye  corners  where  are  to  be  yc  King's 
arraes).  It  is  not  painted,  but  stone  inlaid  so  artificially  y*  in 
ones  judgment  there  is  nothing  wanting  to  set  it  forth.  We  being 
so  near  would  not  neglect  seeing  ye  observatoir  where  lives  ye 
chief  Astrologer  of  yc  city  ;  it  is  a  square  house  built  of  stone  of 
an  indifferent  height  standing  on  a  hill.  He  has  made  severall 
engines  wch  we  saw  but  could  understand  none  ofyra;  there  is  a 
burning  glass  of  so  strange  a  force  y*  it  would  melt  a  copper 
farthing  in  a  moment  &  burnes  all  things  y*  comes  near  it  if  set 
in  yc  sun.  And  also  in  ye  side  of  y°  hill  he  has  built  a  small  room  ; 
it  is  square,  &  if  you  put  your  mouth  into  any  of  yc  corners  & 
another  pat  his  into  any  of  y°  others  &  whispers  never  so  easily 
you  shall  understand  him  very  plain,  when  standing  at  his  back 
you  shall  not  hear  \c  least  noise. 

As  for  fine'  buildings  in  yc  city,  they  are  innumerable  :  ye 
chief  we  took  notice  were  ye  pallaco  otherwise  ve  Foeuvre. 
ye  pallaec  of  Luxenbourg,  ye  pallace  of  Monsieur  ye  Kings 
Brother,11  &  ye  Jnvalieles.  The  Lceuvre  is  a  very  stately 
building  of  stone  &  so  large  y*  it  makes  a  small  town  of 
itself,  though  ye  back  part  of  it  be  not  finished  neither  doe  anv 
supj)ose  it  will  by  this  King's  days,  he  taking  no  delight  in  ye 
City.  On  the  west  side  is  ye  garden  of  ye  Tuilleres,  which  is 
accounted  one  of  ye  finest  in  Europe,  there  being  so  many  fair 
gravel  walks  &  fountains,  so  fine  a  grove  and  a  theater  on  which 
heretofore  they  used  to  act,  y*  yc  like  arc  rarely  seen.  The 
walks  arc  so  made  y*  at  ye  end  ofym,  which  is  near  a  mile, 
you  see  either  a  tower  or  a  large1  portal  of  y*  part  of  yc 
l'ceuvre  yl  fronts  hit*)  the  Garden,  which  is  very  noble.  Next  ye 
Lauivrc  comes  ye  Pallace  of  Luxembourg,  which  dos  also  front 
into  a  garden  larger  y"  that  of  ye  Tuilleres,  though  it  comes  near 
it  in  nothing  but  yc  walkes,  which  are  both  long  and  beautiful  1 ;  vc 
house  is  very  large  &  is  built  exactly  uniform,  which  adorns  it 
*  The  Duke  of  Oilcans. 


24  JOURNAL    OF   MAJOR    RICHARD    FERRIER. 

very  much.  After  y*  ye  pallace  of  Monsieur  yc  King's  Brother3  is 
a  very  fine  building,  though  neither  y*  nor  yc  Garden  y1  belongs  to 
it  he  near  either  of  yc  former  in  bigness,  there  are  continually  a 
great  number  of  people  walking  in  those  walks  every  night  because 
when  it  once  begins  to  be  dark  they  are  not  so  easily  permitted 
into  ye  former.  The  Invalides  is  an  edifice  worth  yc  noting,  ye 
King  has  lately  built  it  for  those  soldiers  of  his  y*  either  age  or 
wounds  has  made  uncapable  of  serving  hiin.  It  is  a  building  of  all 
yc  Hospitals  in  France,  I  daresay  even  in  Europe,  y°  most  noble,  it 
seeming  to  be  rather  ye  pallace  of  a  great  Prince  v11  what  it  really 
is.  There  is  in  it  at  present  2,000  soldiers,  every  one  of  whom  has 
his  bed  by  himself,  and  is  served  every  flesh-day  with  a  quarter  of 
pound  of  meat  both  noon  &  night,  every  fish  day  with  four  eggs 
at  each  meal,  a  pint  of  wine,  &  for  bread  they  have  a  pound  for 
two  days.  They  are  kept  in  very  good  order,  being  governed  by 
officers  y*  are  in  yc  same  condition  with  themselves.  They  keep  a 
good  guard  there,  being  continually  six  hundred  in  amies.  These 
are  ye  chiefest  rarities  we  made  remarque  of  in  yc  city :  nothino- 
now  remains  but  a  slight  description  of  ye  whole  city  &  those 
curiosities  which  are  to  be  seen  without.  The  City  of  Paris  is  of  a 
great  liigness,  though,  in  all  our  opinions,  when  we  viewed  it  from 
one  of  their  steeples  it  came  not  near  London  bv  a  third.  It.  is 
roundish  &  in  ye  largest  place  is  not  a  league  from  one  side  to 
another.  It  is  adorned  with  abundance  of  fine  pallaces  there  being 
scarce  a  nobleman  but  has  his  house  in  ye  City.  There  is  several  1 
indifferent  good  streets  which  would  show  a  great  deal  better  were 
they  adorned  as  those  in  London  with  handsome  shops,,  but  there 
you  shall  scarcely  see  any  but  seems  rather  to  be  a  Cooler's  hole  vn 
of  any  trade,  &  pittifull  signs  to  set  ym  forth,  they  counting  it  a 
very  noble  one  if  it  cost  1  b  or  twenty  livers.  There  are  severall 
fine  Churches  but  y*  which  they  bragg  of  so  much  is  that  of  Xotre 
Dame  which  was  built  by  y*  English.1*     Those   they  have  newly 

»  The  Palais  Royal.  *>  This  is  untrue. 


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built  seem  on  ye  outside  like  dovehouses,  though  they  he  very  fine 
within.  Ye  Chief  are  yc  Grand  Jesuits,  yc  Val  de  Grace  &  yc 
Carmelites  de  chausse,8  in  which  is  Madame  la  Valiere  who  is 
turned  Nun.  The  River  Sein  y*  runns  between  ye  city  & 
subburbs  is  not  very  broad  or  extraordinary  deep,  it  is  worth  yc 
seeing,  to  see  what  huge  flat-bottom  boats  they  make  use  of  to 
carry  their  marchandise  up  &  down  yc  river,  there  being  some  of 
ym  yt  wjjj  eon tnin  six  or  seven  hundred  tunns  &  whose 
rudders  are  four  or  five  &  twenty  foot  long.  There  is  several! 
fine  bridges  over  it.  New  Bridge  is  y*  whereon  is  con- 
stantly ye  greatest  concourse  of  people,  it  being  about  y° 
heart  of y°  city,  yc  River  dos  there  divide  itself:  in  yc  middle  of  it 
stands  yc  late  King  on  horsback,  and  on  ye  end  next  ye  City  is  a 
fountain  casting  up  water,  with  our  Saviour  and  ye  Samaritan 
Woman  standing  by  it.  The  houses  through  ye  whole  city  are 
of  a  great  height  being  some  seven,  some  8,  &  some  nine  stages 
high;  but  there  .being  very  few  together  of  ye  same  height  it 
shows  but  badly. 

As  for  those  curiosities  which  we  made  note  of  out  of  the  town, 
we  visited  one  after  another,  namely  Versailles,  St.  Clue,b  &  yc 
tresor  at  Saint  Denys. 

First  we  went  to  Versailles,  where  a  mile  before  our  approaching 
ye  town  we  had  a  prospect  of  ye  pallace,  it  looking  down  into  ye 
main  rode  at  your  going  up  to  it  you  pass  through  two  very  large 
courts  ye  least  whereof  is  near  a  furlong  square  where  you  have  a 
view  of  as  fine  a  building  as  one  can  possibly  make,  it  being  built 
of  stone  &  set  forth  with  a  great  number  of  turrets  &  lanterns 
which,  being  guilded,  dos  almost  da/.le  your  eyes  to  look  up.  As 
you  proceed  ascending  some  steps  you  pass  into  a  garden  where 
before  you,  down  a  large  gravel  walk,  you  see  a  fair  small  River 
which  yc  King  has  there  cut  to  take  his  pleasure  on,  there  being 
severall  yotts,  one  whereof  was  brought  from  England  by  land,  a 

»  Descbaussces.  b  St.  Cloud. 

CAMD.    SOC.  D 


26  JOURNAL   OF   MAJOIt   RICHARD    FERRIER. 

galley  royal!  &  severall  other  boats  for  his  attendants.  On  yQ 
right  &  left  hands  are  two  groves  wherein  are  all  manner  of  birds 
which  do  there  fly  up  &  down  &  sing  very  melodiously.     There  is 

through  the  whole  garden,  which  is  of  a  vast  bigness,  such  curious 
water  works,  as  horses,  cows,  toads,  &  such  like,  casting  up  water 
out  of  their  noses,  eares,  mouths,  k  eyes,  as  is  very  strange,  &  in 
yt  grove  on  ye  left  hand  you  see  all  Esops  Fables,  namely  all  yc 
birds  beasts  &  other  creatures  spitting  water  one  at  another. 
There  are  also  ye  finest  images  of  marble  y*  can  be  seen,  &  so  well 
done  y*  you  can  hardly  perswade  yourself  v'  they  are  dumb  statues. 
After  having  walked  about  ye  garden  &  viewed  ye  vast  number  of 
strange  flowers  &  plants  that  were  there,  we  went  into  y*  Pallace, 
where  we  had  ye  honour  to  see  ye  King,  Monsieur,  &  ye  Dauphi- 
ness  at  dinner  with  abundance  of  ye  nobility  standing  round  yc 
table.  Ye  Dauphin  was  that  day  gone  a  hunting  ye  wolf,  a  sport 
lie  takes  great  delight  in,  though  not  long  after  we  saw  him  at 
Paris  by  ye  place  of  Yietoire.  The  dinner  ye  King  had  was  but 
ordinary,  there  being  a  dish  of  soupe,  some  chickens  &  a  quarter 
of  lamb,  of  all  which  he  made  no  scruple  to  cat  though  on  a  Friday. 
Before  our  entrance  into  ye  Chamber  we  had  a  caution  given  us 
by  one  of  ye  company  to  take  care  of  our  pocketts,  though  ye  same 
person,  before  he  stir'd  out  of  yL'  chamber,  had  six  or  seven  guineas 
&  a  louis  do'r  taken  out  of  his.  From  thence  we  walked  to  ye 
Minagerie,  where  are  all  yf  strange  creatures  ye  King  has.  We 
saw  there  a  muscovite  cat,  a  leopard,  a  red  &  white  fox,  a  bird 
y*  has  neither  wings  nor  feathers  but  a  kind  of  hair  all  over  his 
body,  severall  ostriches,  ^ce&e  and  ducks  of  all  sorts,  &  colours, 
&  yl  we  took  for  ye  greatest  raritie  were  ye  pelicians,  they  have 
their  body  about  y1'  bigness  of  a  goose,  their  neck  &  leggs  being 
short,  a  long  bill  with  a  fleshy  matter  hanging  on  it,  they  did, 
contrary  to  our  expectation,  take  ye  water  as  freely  as  any  other 
birds.  After  having  took  notice  of  y,u  all  we  went  back  to  the 
Pallace  where  (ye  King  being  ye  next  day  to  part  for  Luxembourg) 
we  had  a  sight  of  his  mules,  who  being  laden  were  just  then  a  going 


JOURNAL    OF    MAJOR    RICHARD    FERRIER.  27 

away,  they  are  stately  beasts  &  all  of  ye  same  height  &  colour. 
But  to  return  to  yc  Castle  as  tis  called,  it  is  a  saying  of  ye  French 
that  after  having  seen  Versailles  there  remains  nothing  worth  ye 
seeing  in  France,  and  certainly  nothing  can  by  art  be  made  more 
noble,  but  it  is  almost  impossible  for  a  person  yl  never  saw  it  to 
judge  of  ye  greatness  of  ye  work,  yc  greatest  fault  that  can  be 
found  with  it,  is  in  its  situation,  which  is  extraordinary  bad,  it 
being  in  ye  summer  time  nothing  but  dust,  &  in  ye  winter  but 
dirt.  The  noblemeifs  houses  y'  are  round  about  it  are  verv  high 
&  well  built,  they  are  all  of  stone  &  being  new  do  show  mighty 
well.  There  is  a  latin  verse  on  a  pillar  wcU  we  took  great  notice 
of,  ye  words  I  have  forgot  but  y°  sence  I'me  sure  in  English  is 
thus : 

This  was  heretofore  a  chaos  but  at  ye  word  of  Louis  yc  fourteenth 
all  these  things  appeared. 

The  next  curiosity  we  saw  was  ye  Palla.ce  of  Monsieur  ye  King's 
Brother  at  Saint  Clue,  a  small  town  about  2  leagues  from  Paris,  it 
is  counted  by  all  that  see  it,  for  pleasure  to  exceed  Versailles,  and 
onely  by  reason  of  its  situation,  it  being  seated  on  a  hill  of  a  creat 
height  from  whence  you  have  a  full  prospect  of  yc  City.  On  ve 
side  of  y°  hill  there  being  so  many  delicate  medows,  at  ye  bottom 
ye  garden  &  at  yfi  back  of  yl  y  Rivet  Sein,  which  is  y':  great 
cause  of  its  being  so  continually  clean  yc  water  draining  into  ve 
River.  Ye  house  is  very  fine  within,  but  not  anyways  beautiful! 
without,  ye  greatest  satisfaction  vl  is  hereto  be  taken  is  in  seeing 
ye  gardens,  &  ye  walks,  which  are  so  shaded  in  summer  yl  tis 
impossible  for  sun  or  rain  anyways  to  molest  you,  they  are  not 
gravePd  but  are  nevertheless  very  hard  there  being  men  always 
beating  ym.  It  is  set  forth  throughout  with  all  things  y*  can 
please  either  sight  or  smell,  for  yc  smell  with  flowers  Sc  lor  ye  sight 
with  both  Images  and  Fountains  not  much  inferior  to  those  at 
Verseilles. 

After  y*  we  visited  ye  Thresor  at  St.  Denys  which  is  kept  by 
Benedictine  Friars  in  y1'  Church.     There  are  a  great  many  relieks, 


28  JOURNAL   OF   MAJOR   RICHARD   FERRIER. 

which  being  garnished  with  all  manner  of  precious  stones,  silver, 
and  gold,  are  of*  inestimable  value.  First  in  a  great  Cross  of  Gold 
enricht  with  pearlcs  and  jewels  there  is  a  piece  of  yc  true  cross  on 
which  Our  Saviour  was  crucified,  there  is  a  thorn  of  his  Crown,  a 
piece  of  ye  sponge  &  some  of  vc  water  &  blood  y*  came  out  of  His 
side,  one  of  the  nails  wherewith  He  was  nailed,  &  one  of  yc  pitchers 
wherein  was  ye  water  He  changed  into  wine,  one  of  the  lanterns 
y*  was  with  Judas  when  ho  betrayed  Him,  all  full  of  stones  and 
pearles.  There  is  alsoy*  sword  of  Joan  of  Arc,  ye  head  of  St.  Denys 
which  he  brought  with  him  from  ye  Suburbs  of  Paris  under  his  arm 
after  it  was  cut  of,  set  in  gold  &  so  many  other  relicks  as  teeth, 
pieces  of  ye  sculls  of  their  Saints  &■  such  like  as  would  fili  y'  book 
to  describe  \m.  After  we  had  seen  ym  ail  we  went  down  into  ye 
Church  where  all  ye  Kings  Queens  and  Princes  of  France  are 
emtombed.  We  took  notice  of  nothing  there  y*  was  curious  ye 
monuments  being  raised  frora  yc  ground  with  ye  Portraitures  of 
those  who  were  enterred  under  y1"  very  plainly  cut.  At  our  return 
from  thence  into  ye  City  we  met  with  a  great  procession  of  Priests 
who  carried  ye  thigh  of  Saint  Honore  wdl  the  Pope  had  sent 
thither,  it  cost  a  hundred  thousand  livers,  it  delivers  all  women 
from  their  pains  when  they  pray  to  it,  &  dos  many  more  miracles 
which  1  have  now  forgotten.  After  having  seen  it  pass  we  returned 
to  our  lodgins,  where  we  stayed  some  small  time  till  we  had  taken 
places  in  ye  coach  &  did  on  ye  eleventh  of  May  proceed  towards 
Lyons,  y8  first  day  dining  at  Meloin,a  a  small  village  not  having 
anything  in  it  worth  ye  noting.  From  thence  we  rode  to  Pont,1' 
where  we  stayed  that  night.  \Ve  passed  not  through  any  towns  of 
importance  till  our  coming  to  Sens,  which  is  but  small  consisting 
but  of  one  good  street,  though  it  be  an  xlrchbishop's  seat.  We 
that  forenoon  dined  at  Arse  c  and   so  rode  to  Ancillafranck,'1  we 

•  Melrfn; 

b  Pont-snr-Yonne. 

c  Arces. 

d  Aricv-le-Fraric.     St.  Florentor  lies  between  Arces  and  Ancv-le-Franc. 


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lodged  there  and  vc  morning  following  went  to  Florentine'1  &  so 
direct  on  to  Dijon,  which  is  a  large  town  &  of  indifferent  trade,  Sc 
wherein  is  yp    Parliament   kept    for   ye    Province    of  Burgogne. 
We  from   thence  rode  to   Chalon ; ''  yc    coach   going  no  further 
we  there  took  water  for  Macon,  where  laying  we  did,  on  Sunday 
ye  -fifteenth  of  May,  arrive  at    Lyons.     We   had  a  very  pleasant 
journey    &    good    weather,   y°   way   is    very  smooth  we  going  for 
ye   most   part   over  plains,  some  of  which  are   ten  leagues  over. 
Yc    Provence  of   Burgogne,   being    heretofore    a    Sovereigniv    of 
Itself,  there  is  scarce  a  town,  though  never  so  small,  but  is  walled, 
though    now    they    fall    to    decay,    being    no    wise    looked     after. 
Besides   y*    Provence   we   came   through    part    of  Madmoisclles e 
country,  which  is  called  Doinbe,  yc  People,  there  acknowledging 
no  other  Prince  yu  her,   &   ve  Lawyers  doing  all  tilings  in  her 
name.     We   passed    by    Trevoux,    a   small   walled    town    in    her 
Provence  ;  it  is'  at   present   ye  only  soveraing  place  in  France  :  it 
stands    by    ye    side    of  yc    Soanc.     It   goes  to  nothing  now  every- 
day there  being  few  or  no  houses  in  it.     At  our   arrival!  at  Lyons 
we  took  up  our  Iodgins  at  yc  Golden  Tunn  y*  being   near  ye  heart 
of  yc   City.     The   first  place   we  visited   was  ye  Jesuits  Colledge 
in  ye  Court,  whereof  we   saw  all  manner  of  Pictures  so  excellently 
well    drawn    y*    all    France    cannot   show  ye  like.     They  shew  us 
their  Library,  which  is  large^  there  is  above   ten   thousand  books 
of  all  sorts  both  historical!,  philosophical!    &  sacred    &    vet  they 
are  going    to    enlarge   it.        \\  e    saw    yc    Holy    Scripture   trans- 
lated ten  or    twelve    severall   waves   by   their  Fathers  &    Saints. 
Some  time    after    we    went    to    Sl    John's    Church,11    which    is 
very   fine,   adorned  like    others  of  ye  same  nature  with  Crosses, 
Pictures  ec  such  like  ;  but  yc   chief  rarity  that  is  here  to  be  seen 
is  ye  clock.     I  shall  say  no  great  matter  of  it   but  refer  you  to  ye 

*  This  seems  to  be  a  mistake. 

b  Chalon-sor-Saone. 

c  La  Grande  Mademoiselle,  daughter  of  Gaston,  Duke  of  Orleans. 

d  The  Cathedral. 


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description  I  have  of  it,  which  I  do  assure  you  is  both  full  &  true. 
From  thence  we  went  to  the  Hospitall  where  are  all  manner  of 
sick  &  aged  persons  who  knowing  no  ways  to  help  themselves  are 
taken  in  here.  It  is  a  handsome  building,  but  not  like  yc  Charity, 
which  being  near  also  visited.  It  is  of  a  great  circumference  & 
being  of  stone  seems  like  some  lord's  habitation  yn  yc  dwelling  of 
inferme  persons.  It  dos  contain  a  vast  number  of  people  of  all 
ages  &  conditions,  there  are  at  least  two  thousand  bastards  which 
are  put  out  to  nurse  at  its  charge  &  almost  as  many  y1  are 
continually  there  who,  as  they  grow  up,  do  work,  some  of  whom 
twister,  others  net,  &c.  We  saw  there  several!  protestant  women 
who  are  coop't  up  into  a  little  yard  &  are  fed  with  nothing  but 
bread  &  water.  We  would  fain  have  gone  into  their  yard  to  have 
talk't  w,h  them,  but  demanding  leave  were  answered  y*  it  was 
not  permitted  to  any  to  goe  to  them.  We  ascending  some  steps 
went  into  their  corn  chamber,  we  seeing  it  large  measured  it  & 
found  it  an  hundred  and  fifty  paces  long  &  twenty  five  broad. 
It  was  full  of  wheat  from  one  end  to  ye  other,  there  is  GO  ryemen 
to  turn  it  every  day,  they  eat  very  good  victualls  of  all  sorts  & 
drink  nothing  but  Ptisanne  which  an  Apothecary  (whom  they 
there-  maintain)  dos  make.  There  number  mav  be  guest  if  yu 
consider  y€  quantity  of  bread  they  eat,  there  being  baked  every 
week  six  hundred  loafs  weighing  six  pounds  a  piece.  The  next 
&  greatest  rarity  &  which  was  really  worth  yc  going  from  Paris 
thither  to  see,  is  3Ir.  Cervierc's  Cabinet,  a  Gentleman  of  vc  City, 
Curiosities  y1  he  himself  has  made  since  twenty  years,  he  is  about 
four  score  years  old  ye  greatest  part  of  which  time  he  has  spent  in 
ye  King  of  France  his  service,  but  his  decaying  age  as  he  told  us 
he  thought  he  could  better  spend  in  employing  it  yn  idly.  There 
arc  so  many  strange  things  y*  tis  impossible  to  relate  ye  hundred 
part  of  them,  ye  first  lie  shew,  &  which  he  made  since  he  began  to 
be  lame  was  a  chair  which  running  on  wheels  can  by  a  scrue  be 
guided  by  those  y*  set  in  it  with  yc  greatest  ease  imaginable  either 
backwards  or  forwards  as  they  please,  after  he  shew  us  perpetual! 


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motion  contrived  several]  ways,  one  whereof  is  by  an  hour  glass 
which  standing  before  a  great  box  dos  when  yc  sand  is  run  from 
yc  upper  into  yc  under  glass  turn  of  itself  &  on  yc  front  of  ve  box 
one  after  another    appears    all    ye  houres  of  ye  day  very  exact  & 
when  once  set  true  never  fails — ye  other  are  wyers  placed  round 
on    which    you    put    a    ball  which    being  at  ye  bottom   is  by  an 
engine   cast  up    again   &  .so  goes    continually.      He   has   a  clock 
which    stands    on    an    instrument  lie    has  made  of  thin   dale  & 
tapring    round    down    y*  height    of  two    foot    it    goes  from  the 
top    to    ye    bottom     once    a    week    at    ye    term    of    which    time 
it    is    removed    up    again ;    it    is    made    so    artificially    that    if 
it  be  set  on  an   even   table  or    stool    it  goes    not    at  all    but    on 
its    own   instrument,   never   stops  till  it   be  taken  of.     There  are 
all    sorts    of    engines    for    fortification    and    battery    made    very 
ingeniously,  there  is  a  bridge  )-t  lias  neither  pillars  to  support  or 
nails  to  hold  it  together  &  yet  is  very  strong  t£  handsome.     There 
is  another  he  made  for  ye  King  when  he  had  Mars  in  Flanders 
built  on  a  boat  to  be  drawn  wth  wheels  when  on  places  where  little 
water,  it  is  to  be  doubled  up  for  ye  more  convenience.     He  has  for 
those  that  understand  ye  Mathematieks  all  manner  of  curiosities ; 
he   has  turned  xevy  fine  things  on  Ivory,  to  say  plainly  there  is 
hardly  any  thing-  y*  is  curious  to  be  named  but  you  find  it  there. 
He  is  almost  blind  &  yet  he  takes  yc  greatest  delight  imaginable  in 
showing  ym  not  to  every  person  but  to  those  y*  look  any  way  civil] 
he  makes  no  scruple  at  all. 

At  our  being  at  Lyons  we  one  day  took  boat  for  Neuve  Yille  a 
a  small  town  about  two  leagues  from  ye  City,  to  see  ye  Arch- 
bishop's house ;  it  stands  by  y'  water  side  very  pleasentlv.  33s  an 
old  Castle  though  no  ways  fortified,  there  is  on  yc  backside  a  park 
of  at  least  three  leagues  about  &  for  all  its  great  circumference  it 
is  walled  round  with  a  very  high  wall.  There  are  in  it  abundance 
of  deer  of  ye  largest  size.     He  is  a  great  lover  of  hunting  &  to  y* 

•  KeuTille-sur-Suoiip. 


32  JOURNAL   OF    MAJOR   RICHARD    FE BRIER. 

end  lie  keeps  a  stable  with  a  great  many  good  horses  &  a  hundred 
&  fifty  hounds  yc  finest  that  ever  I  saw,  some  of  yin  are  as  high  as 
any  ordinary  greyhound.  AVe  saw  him  as  lie  was  walking  in  his 
garden  after  dinner,  he  is  a  little  old  man  cloathed  like  yc  meanest 
Paisant  of  all ;  every  thing  he  had  on,  if  at  a  mart,  I  dare  say 
would  not  have  sold  at  ten  shillings;  he  is  about  80  years  old  &  is 
also  much  troubled  with  ye  gout  &  yet  he  is  one  of  those  that 
follow  ye  stagg  yc  closest,  &  for  ye  most  part  is  nearest  him  at  his 
death.  The  garden  is  small  but  there  are  in  it  fine  walks  covered 
overhead  so  thick  with  roses  &  sucklings  y*  at  your  being  under 
ym  besides  ye  pleasant  smell  they  give,  they  hinder  the  sunn  from 
troubling  you.  There  are  both  fountains  &  images  but  there  beino- 
nothing  extraordinary  in  y"1  shall  pass  them  by.  At  ye  end  of  one 
of  ye  walks  there  is  a  Banqueting  house,  which  is  painted  in- 
differently well,  but  there  is  a  small  black  table  of  stone  which  did 
deceive  us  all  there  being  a  pack  of  cards  so  curiously  well  inlaid 
in  ye  stone  y*  we  offered  to  take  them  up  &  when  we  saw  how  it 
was  Ave  could  the  least  ditrerence  between  them  &  reall  ones. 
After  having  taken  a  view  of  all  y*  Ave  thought  anyway  curious  Ave 
returned  to  Lyons,  Avhere  we  saAv  on  ye  Feste  Dieu  which  was  ye 
day  after  ye  great  procession  which  is  constantly  every  year  made 
on  y1  Feast;  first  there  went  four  or  five  thousand  men,  each  one 
carrying  a  lamp  in  his  hand,  next  Avent  ye  Priests  in  their  surplices 
singing  as  they  passed',  two  of  ye  last  of  them  cast  Incense  before 
ye  host  which  after  Avas  carried  by  a  Priest  under  a  Canopy 
supported  by  four  more  ;  after  them  Avent  almost  as  many  men 
as  there  Avere  before ;  it  shew  very  finely  &  y'  which  added  to  its 
setting  forth  Avere  y°  streets,  which  were  hung  A;  adorned  with 
Altars  ifc  Crucifixes. 

The  City  of  Lyons  is  large  &  a  place  of  extraordinary  great 
trade,  they  having  some  privileges  beyond  any  other  city  in  France ; 
it  is  seated  on  two  rivers  ye  Soan  &  ye  lihosne,  OAer  each  of  which 
is  a  fair  stone  bridge,  the  Avails  run  out  a  great  way  beyond  yp 
houses,  the}-  are  not   strengthened   by  ammunition  but    are  very 


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strong  as  built  on  a  perfect  rock.  From  Lyons  yc  twenty-fifth 
May  avc  came  forwards  Rohan"  dining  at  La  breele,b  a  small  town 
of  little  note,  we  laved  y1  night  at  Terrara0  such  a  place  as  ye 
former  &  ye  next  morning  got  to  Sf  cefarioir4  &  so  to  Roan,  where 
we  took  water,  it  is  a  pretty  town  having  yc  River*  coming  up  to 
the  walls  ;  it  being  extrecm  bad  weather  at  our  being  there,  we  had 
not  yc  opportunity  of  seeing  it.  We  took  boat  the  twenty-seventh 
of  May  about  9  of  ye  clock  in  ye  morning  &  y4  night  something 
late  £ot  to  Digofn,  from  whence  betimes  v-  morning  following  we 
went  towards  Decisc'  where  Ave  arrived  about  ten  of  yc  clock,  &  so 
saw  nothing  of  ye  town,  which  nevertheless  Ave  perceived  to  be  but 
small.  Ye  next  day  avc  came  to  la  Charite,  a  small  Availed  toAvn 
with  a  bridge  cross  y°  River  supported  with  sixteen  or  18  arches, 
from  thence  ye  forenoon  after  avc  got  Nevers,8*  which  being  ye  half 
of  ye  way  &  a  pretty  place  we  stopped  an  hour  to  dine.  There 
they  make  all  maimer  of  glass  toyes  as  snufF  boxes  &  ye  stones  of 
rings,  some  of  which  are  donne  so  well  as  seem  to  be  reall.  That 
night  Ave  stayed  at  Gene,1'  between  which  place  and  Chatteauneuf 
where  Ave  lodged  ye  night;  after  avc  took  notice  of  Saucer,1  a  Availed 
town  about  half  a  league  from  y*  River  seated  on  a  high  hill  which 
Charles  yc  Fifth"  besieged  with  an  army  of  fifty  thousand  men  for 
yc  space  of  six  weeks  and  at  last  was  forced  shamefully  to  raise 
his  siege.  We  intended  to  go  that  day  for  Orleans  but  ye  wind 
blowing  something  harder  then  ordinary  &  our  boatmen  not  being 
accustomed  to  such  Aveather  avc  laved  six  leagues  short;  but,  ye 
wind  appeasing  y°  next  morning,  avc  soon  got  to  town  ;  Ave  stayed 
there  three  or  four  days  to  see  it,  it  is  indifferent  large  &  very 
clean  with  good  streets  &  well  built  houses,  though  ye  churches 
that  be  there  be  no  ways  fine.     There  are  several  handsome  Walks 

*  Hoanne.  b  L'Arhresle.  c  Tarare. 

'  St.  Simphorien.  e  The  Loire.  fDeeize. 

B  This  is  another  mistake,  Severs  lying  between  Dccize  and  La  Charite. 
k  Gien. 

1  Saneerre  really  lies  between  La  Charite  and  Gien. 
CAAID.    SOC.  E 


34  JOURNAL   OF   MAJOR    RICHARD   FERRIER. 

one  whereof,  which  is  a  decayed  Mell,  being  set  thick  -with  trees, 
is  mightily  frequented  especially  at  or  about  midnight,  at  which 
time  all  ye  young  persons  of  ye  town  are  without  fail  there.  There 
is  a  fair  bridge  over  yc  River  at  one  end  whereof  is  placed  ye 
statue  of  Joan  of  Arc  la  pucell  D'orleans  with  our  Saviour  on  her 
lap,  two  warriors  playing  by  her  &  behind  her  a  cross  crowned 
with  laurells.  Every  year,  on  a  certain  day,  all  yc  soldiers  of 
ye  town  are  in  amies  to  preserve  her  memory.  The  second  June 
about  nine  of  y,e  clock  we  took  boat  for  Blois,  where  we  arrived 
before  sunset ;  we  stayed  there  two  or  three  days  to  see  its  rarities 
"which  we  expected  to  have  been  a  great  many  more  yn  we  found 
them  to  be,  it  being  a  town  next  after  Paris,  as  much  spoken  of 
as  any  in  France,  but  contrariwise  did  find  it  a  small  place  with 
scarce  one  good  house  &  not  one  good  street  in  it.  The  reason  of 
its  being  so  much  resorted  to  is  y°  pleasentness  of  its  situation, 
there  being  on  ye  other  side  yc  water  very  fine  plains  &  two 
large  forests  y'  are  full  of  deer.  Behind  it  abundance  of  curious 
walks,  some  of  which  are  near  two  miles  Long". 

June  ye  4th  we  came  to  Amboise,  a  small  town  on  ye  River,  there 
is  nothing  extraordinary  but  ye  Castle,  which  dos  also  now  fall  to 
decay  every  day,  it  is  of  a  good  bigness  &  could  be  made  very 
strong,  it  being  built  en  yc  side  of  a  hill,  but  it  being  in  an  inland 
town  it  is  not  regarded.  In  yc  chappell  y*  is  in  it  hangs  those 
famous  buck's  horns  we  had  heard  so  much  discourse  of  in  our 
travelling.  We  took  great  notice  of  them,  they  being  eleven  foot 
and  a  half  long  and  eight  over.  There  is  also  a  bone  that  came 
out  of  his  neck  which  ordinarily  is  not  above  6  inches  about,  ec  is 
there  above  three  foot.  There  are  also  4  of  his  ribs  which  are  two 
yards  and  a  half  long,  lie  was  nine  hundred  years  old  at  his 
taken,  and  tis  three  hundred  since.  From  thence  we  took  boat  for 
Tours,  not  remarking  anything  in  our  way  but  ye  chappell  of  Xotre 
Dame  de  bon  desire,  where  are  "wrought  miracles  every  day  at 
Tours.  We  took  up  our  quarters  at  S(  Louis,  where  we  staid  two 
davs  to  see  ye  town.     It  is  about  ve  bigness  of  Orleans  but  seated 


JOURNAL    OF   MAJOR    RICHARD    FERRIER.  35 

on  a  plain  where  as  yc  other  is  seated  on  a  hill,  there  are  in  it 
pleasent  streets  running  from  one  end  to  ye  other  and  several}  high 
spires  especially  two  on  yc  Cathedral!  which  adorns  the  Town. 

June  ye  Sixth  we  came  to  Saumnr  where  we  were  set  ashore  at 
ye  famous  Chappie  of  Notre  Dame  des  Ardiliers,  who  is  there  wor- 
shipped &  who  dos  work  a  great  many  more  miracles  y"  ever  our 
Saviour  did  in  curing  all  sorts  of  distempers.  The  image  is  small 
&  of  stone  holding  her  son  on  her  lap  with  one  of  his  armes  hanging 
down.  They  say  it  was  sent  from  God,  no  one  knowing  its  origin* 
The  Chappie  it  stands  in  is  very  tine  there  being  constantlv  a  great 
concourse  of  Pilgrims  from  all  parts  who  come  to  pay  their  devo- 
tions to  Our  Lady,  there  being  Mass  said  night  &  day.  AVe  from 
thence  went  into  town,  where  staying  two  days  we  took  notice  of  it 
but  saw  nothing  rare  in  it,  ye  houses  being  old,  no  handsome  streets 
&  ye  circumference  of  ye  whole  not  great. 

June  yc  Eight  we  came  to  Angers,  which  is  a  fine  Town  set  forth 
with  large  streets,  well  built  houses  So  neat  curious  Churches,  but 
is  since  this  last  persecution  very  much  depopulated.  Our  stay 
there  was  but  short  being  willing  to  be  at  Nantes  where  we  arrived 
ye  10th  about  four  o'clock  in  yc  afternoon  ;  we  were  all  of  us  tired 
with  being  in  ye  boat  so  long  &  so  were  resolved  to  rest  ourselves 
there  some  days,  in  which  time  had  leisure  to  view  ve  whole  town 
whieh  is  indifferent  large,  high  houses  &  a  good  kev  for  their  ships, 
it  stands  about  30  miles  from  y*  sea  &  is  yc  last  town  of  note  on  y* 
River  Loire  ;  this  River  runns  up  into  countrey  very  near  two 
hundred  leagues;  ye  greatest,  fault  there  is  is  its  want  of  water ; 
there  being  above  Nantes  bridge  not  four  foot  water  &  in  some 
places  not  two,  yet  something  lower  yu  yc  town,  ships  of  good  burther 
ride  at  anchor ;  there  are  at  least  twelve  or  fourteen  bridges  over 
this  River,  ye  most  considerable  whereof  is  y*  at  Orleans,  which  is 
supported  by  three  or  four  and  twenty  arches. 

June  ye  lath  we  took  horse  for  Rennes  dining  at  a  small  village 
called  Lout  de  Lois,  which  consisted  not  of  above  three  or  four 
houses,  one  of  whieh  being  an  Inn  received  all  passengers  y*  o-oe 


3G  JOURNAL    OF   MAJOR   "RICHARD    FERRIER. 

y*  way,  there  being  no  other  town  near.  That  night  Ave  layed  at 
Deervall a  a  little  villnge  from  whence  ye  next  morning  we  got  to 
Bien,1'  where  dining  we  got  into  Rennes  betimes  ;  we  stayed  there 
some  short  time  to  see  it,  but  took  notice  of  nothing  extraordinary 
but  yc  Paliaoe ;  which  is  a  very  fine  piece  containing  severall 
large  Roomes  especially  that  where  ye  Parliament  sitts,  which 
is  both  painted  and  hung  with  curious  Tapestry  of  Silk,  ye 
other  roomes  are  for  ye  most  part  cieled  with  wanscot  carved. 
The  Parliament  which  used  constantly  to  be  here  for  ve 
Provence  of  Bretagne  is  now  removed  to  Vannes,  a  town  of 
less  rcmarque.  From  Rennes  we  took  horse  towards  Cain  ; 
passing  to  Sautager c  (where  we  dined).  We  were  forced  to 
goe  through  a  very  dangerous  forest  which  though  small  there 
are  a  great  many  people  loose  their  lives  in  it.  There  were  not 
above  a  week  or  8  days  before  our  being  there  severall  men  taken 
out  &  condemned.  We  layed  that  night  at  Montnnall d  &  next 
morning  took  in  our  way  some  small  observation  of  .Mount  St. 
Michell,  a  rock  so  called.  It  is  about  a  musquett  sliott  from  ye 
shore  &  has  a  fair  Chappie  built  on  it,  wherein  are  kept  thirty 
fryars  ;  there  are  abundance  of  Pillgrims  goe  thither  from  all 
parts.  We  soon  got  to  Avranche,  where  dining  we  rode  to  Pont 
farci.0  "We  layed  there,  ye  day  following  we  stopped  at  Blanche 
maison,  from  whence  by  five  of  ve  clock  we  crot  to  Caen.  We  lodged 
there  four  or  five  nights  finding  it  very  pleasant.  The  town  is 
seated  in  a  large  valley  having  on  ye  south  side  meadows  with 
such  fine  walks  as  when  out  of  yc  walks  you  seem  rather  to  be  in 
ye  Country  then  near  so  great  a  place.  It  is  large,  beautified  with 
good  Streets,  well  built  houses  &  stately  spires.  There  are  ten 
Parish  Churches  besides  i8  Convents,  which  have  every  one  their 
Chappel.  Yc  most  remarqueable  is  ye  Abbay  of  S*  Stephen,  which 
is  kept  by  Benedictines,  it  is  of  a  great  bigness,  in  ye  heart  of  it 

4  Derval.  b  Bain-de-Bretagne. 

c  Can  this  be  St.  Alibin  ?  d  Montanel. 

'  1'ont  Farcy,  on  the  Yire. 


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stands  ye  monument  of  William  ye  Conquerour  covered  wth  a  black 
marble  stone  about  eight  foot  long,  at  each  end  arc  his  coat  of 
Amies  &  on  yc  sides  arc  written  : 

Hoc  Sepulehrrmi  invictissimi  juxta  &a  clementissimi  Conques- 
toris  Gulielmi,  clum  vixeret,1'  Ano-lorum  lieiris,  JSTormanorum, 
Cenomarumqiic c  Principis,  hujus  insignis  Abbatiae  pissimid 
fundatoris.  Cum  A.i>.  1562 e  vesano  lueretieorum  furore  direp- 
tum  fuisset ;  pio  tandem  nobilium  ejusdem  Abbatize  Religiosorum 
gratitudinis  sensu  in  tarn  Beneficium/  Largitorem  instauratum 
fuit,  a.d.  1612.  Domino  Joanne  de  Baiihnchc  acceterij  8  proto- 
priore.h 

On  ye  other  side  : 

Qui  rexit  rigidos  Normanos  atquc  Britannos 

Audacter  vicit,  fortitcr  obtinu.it, 
Et  Cerromanenses  virtute  eocrcuit  enses 

Imperijquc  sui  legibus  applicant. 
Eex  magnus  parva  jacet  Gulielmus  in  urna 

Suflicit  &  magno  parva  Domus  Domino 
Tcr  septem  gradibus  so  volverat  atque  duobus 

Yirginis  in  grcmio  Phoebus '  .  .  hie  obijt. 

We  lodged  at  the  Royall  PJace,  which  is  a  fine  square,  in  ye 
middle  whereof  stands  yc  King's  statue  of  white  marble  and  on  ye 
pedestall  are  written  a  great  many  of  his  deeds,  which  being  of  yL' 

»  "  Juxta  et "  is  emitted  in  the-  inscription  as  given  by  Hippcan,  L' Abbaye  de  Saint 
Etienne  de  Caen,  Caen,  ISSo. 

b  Yiveret,  Hippenn. 

c  Coenonianornmqne,  lb. 

d  Piissimi,  lb. 

e  Anno,  lh. 

f  Bcneficnni,  lb. 

£  Asceterii,  lb. 

b  Hippeau  adds  tbat  tbc  following  was  added  according  to  a  MS.  published  by 
Boucl  and  M.  Bordcau,  but  omitted  by  Ducarel  : — "  Per  Mathamm  de  la  Dangie  dc 
Bench!,  Doctorem  et  celerarinm  hujus  Abatise,  D.D." 

1  "et"  is  omitted  after  Phoebus. 


38  JOURNAL    OF    MAJOR    RICBAUD    FERRJEE. 

same  nature  with  those  on  ye  place  of  Yictoire  at  Paris,  I  .shall 
omit  them.  Their  harbour  is  not  worth  ye  naming,  it  seeming-  to 
be  liker  a  Dike  y"  a  receipt  for  ships. 

From  Caen,  June  ye  21  Ave  came  for  Rouen,  dining  at  Pont 
Eveque.a  We  got  to  Pont  can  do  mcr,1'  where  laying  we  the 
next  day  arrived  by  3  of  ye  clock  in  ye  Afternoon  in  yc  City.  We 
stayed  some  small  time  there  to  see  it,  but  found  it,  though  bigger, 
neither  so  handsome  nor  so  pleasent  a  place  as  Caen,  ye  houses 
being  old  and  ye  streets  very  narrow.  It  is  a  town  of  great  trade, 
being  full  of  shops  from  one  end  to  ye  other.  There  is  a  fine  key 
which  on  that  side  dos  show  very  well,  ye  Churches  are  fair,  so  is 
yc  Pallace,  which  is  great  help  to  ye  adorning  of  yc  Town. 

June  ye  25th  we  came  from  thence  to  Diepe  where  (being  desirous 
to  get  something  more  then  we  had  in  yc  French  languidge)  we 
stayed  a  moneth,  at  ye  end  of  which  time  we  went  to  board  about  3 
leagues  in  ye  Country  for  as  much  longer,  which  being  also  expired 
we  returned  to  town,  in  order  to  our  passing  through  Flanders  & 
Holland.  It  is  a  place  of  good  bigness,  there  is  in  it  2  parishes  & 
4  or  5  good  streets,  the  chief  whereof  &  which  is  not  much  inferior 
to  any  I  have  seen  in  France,  is  ye  Grand  Rue,  noty*  the  buildings 
are  any  way  sumpteous,  but  that  they  are  of  an  even  height,  and 
extraordinary  streight.  August  ye  25th  we  took  horse  for  St. 
Omcr,  dining  at  Eu,  a  small  walled  town  about  half  a  league  from 
ye  sea.  There  is  in  h  ye  house  of  Mademoisell  yc  King's  Aunt/ 
which  is  without  gardens.  It  fronts  into  ye  coast  and  has  pleasent 
walks  on  either  side  it.  She  was  not  there  that  day,  being  gone  to 
a  farm  of  hers  about  three  miles  from  thence.  We  laid  at  Abbey  - 
ville  &  ye  morning  following  got  wet  through  to  y*  skin  to  Edin,d 
a  place  which  has  heretofore  been  a  frontier  &  so  is  of  good  strength. 
We  were  carried  before  ye  Mayor,  who  was  very  civill  &  seemed  to 
be  mighty  angry  that  ye  Guards,  after  having  declared  ourselves  to 

*  Pont  l'lEvcqae.  b  Pont  Aiulcmer. 

c  The  Kiris's  first  cousin.  a  Kesdin. 


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39 


be  English,  should  offer  to  stop  us.  \Ve  could  not  get  that  night 
to  St.  Om'er,  wherefore  took  up  our  lodging  at  Fruges,  from  whence 
ye  next  day  got  soon  to  town.  The  first  thing  we  visited  was  ye 
English  Jesuits  Collodge,  which  is  now  rebuilding,  the  greatest  part 
of  it  being  about  3  years  since  burnt  to  the  ground,  it  will  be  very 
fine  when  finished  but  as  yet  can  sec  little  of  it. 


40  JOURNAL    OF   MAJOR    RICHARD    FERRIER. 


£'s.   d. 
April    G.  For  a  Coat  ...     1   15     6 

For  a  Sword  ...     1     0     0 

„       S.  For  my  passage  to 

Graresend  ...    0    2    0 

For   liorse    hire    to 
Sittenborn  ...     0     5     0 

,,       9.  For      charges      at 

Sittenborn  ...     0     2     4 

For    horse    hire    to 
Canterbury  ...     0    4     8 

„      10.  For      charges       at 

Canterbury  ...     0    7     G 

„      11.  For    hors    hire     to 

Dover  ...  ...     0     4     3 

„      12.  For  charges  at  Dover    0     7     0 
For      passage       to 

Callice 0     8     0 

For      carriage      of 
cloaths    and     boat     0     2     0 


0     0 


\    ' 


\y' 


\  , 


\ 


% 


JOURNAL   OF    MAJOR    RICHARD    FERRIER.  41 

£     s.    (1. 


April  13.  Received    of 

Mr. 

Hays*... 

20 

0 

0 

„     16.  Received    of 

Mr. 

Hays  ... 

55 

0 

0 

75 

0 

0 

71 

0 

0 

4 

0 

0 

Ls. 

sous. 

%    '  " 

■  ' 

April  13.  For  landing 

0 

13 

;     r 

.,      1-1.  For  money  paid 

at 

Custom  House 

... 

2 

0 

For      charges 

at 

Callice... 

... 

1 

1G 

„      15.  For      charges 

at 

Dunkirk 

... 

o 

18 

For      charges 

at 

Manlike 

0 

12 

For  washing 

1 

0 

„      1C.  Fur       charges 

at 

Callice ... 

2 

7 

„     17.  For      charges 

at 

Callice... 

... 

1 

17 

„      18.  For    hors     hire 

to 

Dunkirk 

4 

10 

For    hors     hire 

to 

Paris    ... 

30 

0 

For       portage 

of 

s 

hardcs  to  Paris 

1 

18 

For  sealing  yc  port- 

mantles 

0 

5 

For  Father  A  than 

ase 

0 

10 

For  charges  at  Cal 

ais 

o 

10 

,.      23.  For  yf  Messenger 

1 

14 

For  charges   on 

y 

road 

2 

0 

For  portage  hardes 

to  lodging 

0 

3 

,.      24.  For  yc  barber 

0 

4 

For      charges 

at 

Marqnise 

... 

0 

9 

For  a  whip 

0 

13 

,,      2G.  For       charges 

at 

l'Image  St.  Jaqoey 

3 

0 

For       change 

of 

Flanders   money 

0 

13 

For      Sisors       and 

Flute     ... 

... 

0 

12 

.,     27.  For  a  Cravat  String 

1 

10 

*  The  amounts  in  France  are  in  livres  and  sous. 
CAMD.   SOC.  F 


42 


JOURNAL   OF   MAJOR   RICHARD    FERRIER. 


Ls.  sous. 


April  25.  Rest       due  other 

siile       ...  ...     4 

Received    of  Mrs. 

Couteulx  ...210 

May    10.  Received    of  Ditto 

Messieurs  ...120 


334 
141 


192 


17 


April  28.  For  housekeeping... 
For  my  coat 
„     30.  For    mending     my 
shoes     ... 
For  houskeeping  ... 
May    1.  For  a  letter 

For  dinner  abroad... 

„       2.  For    hois    hire     to 

t      Versailes         ^    ... 

For  charges  there... 

,.  •     3.  For  "coach  hire   to 

Bois  Vinceut  and 

charges...  ...     3 

„       4.  For    coach    hire   to 
St.      Denys      and 
charges...  ...     3 

„       5.  For  boat  hire  to  and 

from  St.  Clou 

For  charges  there... 

„       6.  For  yc'  Chirurgeon... 

For     charges     and 

coach    hire    to    ye 

incurables 

„       7.  For  seeing  y°  opera 

For  washing 
,,     11.  For  charges  at  Paris  1 
For    washing     my 
hose 
For  our  chambers . . . 
For        seeing        yc 
comedy... 
„     12.  For     expenses     at 
Paris    ... 
For    supper    given 
Mr.  Cox  &  Coy  on 
coming  from  Paris     3 


Ls. 

sous 

2 

10 

G8 

0 

0 

9 

24 

0 

0 

10 

1 

0 

4 

6 

1 

10 

16 


0 

8 

3 

14 

2 

0 

3 

0 

1 

10 

1 

10 

11 

0 

0 

18 

10 

0 

1 

10 

3 

0 

141 


JOURNAL    OF    MAJOR   RICHARD    FERRIER.  43 

Ls.     sous.  Ls.  sous. 

Rett  due  p' other  side  ...192       17         May     12.  For      Coachirc     to 

140        3  Lyons  ...  ...  75         0 

For      portage       of 
hardes  to  couch  ...    0      12 
For       portage      of 
hardes  to  Lyons...     2       12 
For     expenses      at 

Paris 1       10 

,.     15.  For  yc  Coachman...     1        0 
For     carriage     of 
hardes  to  Lodgings     0         3 
For  boat  hire  up  yc 
River    ...  ...     0       15 

For    spent    on    ye 
road      ...  ...     3        0 

„     17.  For  paid  at    Post- 
house    ...  ...     0        4 

„      „    For     mending    my 

cloaths 0        8 

„     18.  For    ye     Clock     S* 

Johu 0       12 

F,or  a  writing  book    0        S 
For      seeing      Mr. 
Cuvier's  Cabinet...     1       10 
For      charges      at 
Lyons  ...  ...     7         0 

.,     20.  For  boathire  to  and 

from  N.  Ville     ...     0       15 

For  charges  there...     2         0 

.,     21.  For  washing  ...     I         0 

For     seeing    ye     2 

hospitalls  ...     1       12 

For    mending    my 

sword   ...  ...     1         0 

„     23.  For       charges      at 

Lyons  ...  ...     9        0 

For  a  letter  ...     0       10 

For     clou  thing     yc 

boy       3       12 

for      expenses      at 
Lyons  ...  ...     2         0 

June  1.  For    charges    from 

Ljon  to  Orleans...  24        0 

140        3 


44                          JOURNAL    OF   MAJOR  RICHARD   FERRIER. 

Ls.  sous.  Ls.  sous. 

Jane    2.    P,c?t   due    p'    other  June      1.  To  a  pay' shoes   ...     3  0 

side       ...             ...51       14  „        2.  For  wash  in-         ...     0  1-1 

Keceived     of     Mr.  Fortfpay'glores...     1  0 

Geunebaml          ...48        0  „       3.  For  a  knife           ...     0  ? 


99       14 
42        8 


For  an  iukhorn    ...     0         G 
For      charges      at 
Orleans  ...     7       10 

57         G  For      hoath  ire      to 

Bloys    ...  ...     1         (i 

„        4.  For       charges       at 

Bloys    ...  ...     6       10 

For      boathire      to 
Tours  ...  ...     1 

„        „    For      carriage      of 

cloaths...  ...     0        4 

„       G.  l\»r  charges  there...     4         5 
For      boathire     to 
Amboisc 
„       7.  For  charges  there...     3 
For  seeing  yc  homes     0 
„        8.  For  charges  at  M. 
Turro  ... 
For      boathire      to 
Saurnur 
I\jr  charges  there... 
„        9.  For      boathire      to 
Angers... 
For  charges  there... 
10.  To      boathire       to 

jS'antes...  ...     1 

For      carriage      of 

things  ... 
For  ye  barber 
For  washing 
For     mending     my 

coat 
For     mending     my 
shoes    ... 


1 

0 

3 

0 

0 

3 

2 

13 

1 

0 

3 

5 

1 

0 

2 

0 

.     0 

4 

.     0 

4 

.     0 

10 

0 

15 

0 

Q 

42 

8 

JOURNAL    OF    MAJOR    RICHARD    FEBRIER. 


45 


Ls. 
June  10th.  Rest  p'  other  side  57 
Received   of      Mr. 
Devonnc  Lucas  ...  GO 
,,       20.  Received     of     Mr. 

Mimtel...  ...  92 

July     27.  Received   of    ditto 

Miimel  ...  30 


sous 
0 


239 
110 


12S       11 


June   14.  Por       charges      at 
Nantes... 
For      horshire      to 
Rcnnes... 
Tor       portage      of 
cloaths... 
Por  given   Messen- 
ger 
,,      10.  Por      charges       at 
Rennes... 
Por  a  false  scabbard 
„       17  Por  horshire  to  Caen 
Por   given    Messen- 
ger 
,,       „    Por  given  Servants 
from      Lyons      to 
Caen 
For  expenses   from 
Lyons  to  Caen    ... 
Por  a  payr  Shoes  ... 
Por  our  male 
,.      20.  Por  charges  at  Caen 
Por  j*  Dog 
Por      horshire      to 
Rouen  ... 
„      23.  For  charges  there 
,      24.  Por      horshire      to 
Diepe    ... 
For      charges       at 
Diepe    ... 
27.  For      horshire      to 
Lunary 
For  Ivory  toys 
For  Franeiou 
For      letters     from 
Merseillc 
2$.  For  a  letter 


Ls. 

12 

11 


10 
0 
0 

10 

0 
5 
0 

15 


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
10 

0 

0 

10 
0 


110       15 


46  JOURNAL    OF   MAJOR    RICHARD    TERRIER. 

Rent  due  p'  other  side 


Ls. 

sous. 

Ls. 

sous. 

128 

11 

June 

28. 

For  washing 

1 

0 

55 

4 

„ 

30. 

For  a  Sundial 

1 

10 

July 

1. 

For      eharges 

at 

73 

7 

Diepe   ... 

... 

7 
1 

10 
10 

;> 

4. 

For  Don  Quixot  ... 

For  a  letter 

0 

G 

For  yc  Barber 

0 

•1 

For       eharges 

at 

Diepe   ... 

3 

5 

For     mending 

my 

cloaths . . . 

0 

10 

?: 

7. 

For      charges 
Diepe    ... 

at 

5 

10 

?) 

8. 

For     washing 
hose 

my 

0 

12 

For  a  pay*  gloves... 

I 

0 

5) 

11. 

For      charges 
Diepe    ... 
For  a  caue 

at 

5 
1 

0 
5 

11. 
15. 

For       charges 

Diepe    ... 
For  yc  bobins 
For  a  letter 
For  a  letter 
Fur  washing 
For     mending 

shoes     ... 

at 
Bay 

i 
7 
0 
0 

1 

0 

10 
0 
3 
G' 
3 

S 

>» 

19. 

For      charges 
Diepe   ... 

at 

7 

0 

For  y*  cane  hea 

ds... 

3 

0 

»? 

20. 

For  toys  sent  Sister 

1 

1G 

For  a  letter 

... 

0 

G 

For  y*  barber 

0 

4 

55 

i 

JOURNAL    OF   MAJOR    RICHARD    FERR1ER.  47 

July 


Ls. 

sons. 

Rest  dne  as  p' 

other 

side  ... 

...  73 

7 

.tig.  24.  To  a  liver  miscast  up     1 

(l 

Received     of 

Mr. 

Minull  ... 

...  50 

0 

124 

7 

.  62 

1ft 

CI 

S 

An- 


La. 

sons. 

20 

.  To  washing 

0 

10 

22 

.  To  a  pr  garters     ... 

0 

7 

23 

,  For      charges      at 

Diepe  ... 

G 

6 

To       horshire       to 

Lunary... 

1 

10 

27. 

To  clear  at  Diepe... 

4 

10 

For  given  servants 

0 

15 

Pd  &  spent  while  at 

Diepe    ... 

G 

0 

For  portage  of  hardes 

to  Lunary 

0 

10 

C. 

For  charges  at  Diepe 

G 

0 

For  a  map  of  France 

1 

10 

For  ye  Place  da  Vic- 

toire 

0 

2 

For  ye  king's  picture 

0 

1 

For  my  sword  mend- 

ing  &   for  a   new 

scabbard 

1 

10 

7. 

For  paper 

0 

4 

For  pens  and  ink  ... 

0 

2 

»j 

For      needles     and 

thread  ... 

0 

2 

For  Reveille  matin 

0 

12 

For  my  shoes  mending 

0 

12 

For   portage  of    ye 

Dictionary 

0 

3 

24. 

For    board     in     ye 

country... 

25 

0 

For  bringing  hardes 

to  Diepe 

0 

0 

25. 

For  a  payr  shoes  ... 
For       charges      at 

3 

0 

Diepe    ... 

2 

15 

For  y*  Tailour 

0 

S 

G2 


48  JOURNAL    OF    MAJOR    RICHARD    TERRIER. 

Ls.     sous.  G.     st. 

Rest  due  p'  other  side  ...Til        8        Aug.  25.  For    greasing    my 

29        9  boats     ...  ...     0         G 

„      28.  For     horshire    and 
charges     from 
Dieppe  to  S*  Oir.er  25       10 
For  my  hat  ...     3       10 

For  a  letter  ...     0        3 


By  31  livers  19  sol? 
French  is  gilders 
Received  of  Col  Brown 


25 

lla 

60 

0 

85 

11 

G4 

■1 

21 

7 

29 

9 

G. 

St. 

28. 

For    charges  at 

S1 

Omer   ... 

2 

0 

For      boathire 

to 

Dunkirk 

0 

14 

29. 

For      charges 

at 

Dunkirk 

1 

15 

For      boathire 

to 

Fnrsne ... 

... 

0 

0 

30. 

For  charges  there 
For  waggonhire 

to 

1 

5 

Ostend... 

0 

15 

For  charges  there 

0 

10 

31. 

For      boathire 

to 

Bruges... 

0 

15 

For  charges  there 

1 

11 

For      portage 

of 

har-des  thither 

... 

0 

16 

For      boathire 

to 

Newport 

... 

0 

7 

For  charges  there... 

0 

7 

For      boathire 

to 

Slays    ... 

... 

0 

10 

For  charges  there... 

6 

17 

For       passage 

to 

Rotterdam 

... 

1 

1G 

1>J  portage 

0 

a 

FJ  at  quarters 

... 

0 

10 

For      passage 

to 

Turgow 

0 

H 

l>d  on  ye  road 

... 

0 

i 

Fd  for  Will 

15 

0 

Fd  Mr.  John 

27 

0 

(U 


Remaining  as  p' other  side    21         7  To       charges       at 

Tnrgow  ...     1         0 

»  Amount  in  Gilders  and  Stivers. 


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Council. 

ELECTED  MAY  2,  1894. 


James  J.  Cartwright,  Esq.,M.A.  F.S.A., 

Treasurer. 
Rev.  J.  Silvester  Davies,  M.A.  F.S.A. 
Rev.  J.  Woodfall  Eesworth,  M.A.  F.SA 
Jambs  Gairdner,  Esq.,  Secretary. 
Samuel  Rawson  Gardiner,  Esq.  LL.D., 

Director. 
Rev.  F.  A.  Gapquet,  D.D. 
David  IIannay,  Esq.  . 

auditors 


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Arthur  W.  Hutton.  Esq.  M.A. 
J.  Bass  Mulling er,  Esq.  MA. 
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J.  E.  L.  Pickering,  Esq. 
II.  C.  Sotheran,  Esq. 
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Percy  M.  Thornton,  Esq.  M.P. 


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matter  relating  to  the  history  of  our  country  during  the  sixteenth,  seven- 
teenth, and  eighteenth  centuries,  which  is  of  so  varied  and  interesting  a 
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PUBLICATIONS  OF  THE  CAMDEN  SOCIETY. 
New  Series. 

Till  lately  it  has  not  been  the  practice  of  the  Society  to  offer  its 
current  publications  for  sale  to  the  general  public :  but  to  accommodate 
those  who  do  not  desire  to  become  Members,  it  has  been  thought  advisable 
to  issue  a  priced  list  of  the  Rooks  of  the  New  Series  begun  in  the  year 
1871,  so  that  single  volumes  of  this  as  well  as  of  the  Old  Series  may  be  had 
separately  on  application  to  Messrs.  Nichols  and  Sons,  25,  Parliament 
Street,  of  whom  they  may  henceforth  be  procured  through  any  bookseller. 

The  following  are  the  books  of  the  New  Series  from  its  com- 
mencement : — 

1.  Letters  and  Tapers  of  John  Shillingford,  Mayor  of  Exeter,  A.D.  1417 
— 1450.     Edited  by  STUAKT  A.  MOOBE,  Esq.     i>s. 

Valuable  as  throwing  light  on  the  practical  -working  of  onr  institutions  and 
the  administration  of  the  law  in  the  reign  of  Henry  VI. 


THE  CAMDEN  SOCIETY.  3 

2.  The    Fortescue   Papers,    principally   consisting   of  letters   on  State 

affairs,  collected  by  John  Packer,  Sccretarjrto  George  Villiers,  Dnkc  of  Buckingham. 
Edited  by  Samuel  Rawson  Gardiner,  Esq.  LL.D.  Director.     5s. 

Consists  chiefly  of  a  misrfllaneous  collection  of  letters  which  were  apparently 
thrown  aside  by  the  Duke  of  Buckingham  after  he  had  read  them.  One  paper  is 
of  peculiar  importance  as  relating  to  Raleigh's  trial. 

3.  The  Cheque  Book  of  the  Chapel  Royal  from  the  Reign  of  Elizabeth 
to  the  Accession  of  the  House  of  Hanover.     Edited  by  Dr.  Rimbaltt.     5s. 

Full  of  notices  of  English  Musicians  connected  with  the  Chapel,  and  of 
minute,  particulars  of  royal  ceremonies,  funerals,  coronations,  churchiiiL's. 
baptisms,  marriages,  &c. 

4.  A  True  Relation   of  the  Life  and  Death  of   William    Bedell,   Lord 

Bishop  of  Kilmore.    Edited  by  Thomas  Wharton*  Jones,  Esq.  F.B.S.    5s. 

Interesting  not  only  for  the  light  it  throws  on  the  working  of  the  Church  of 
Ireland  at  a  most  important  period  in  its  history,  but  also  for  the  personal 
character  of  Bishop  Bedell  himself. 

5.  The  Mayor  of  .Bristol's  Calendar,  by  Robert  Ricart,  Town  Clerk 
of  Bristol  temp.  Edward  IV.     Edited  by  Miss  Toulmin  Smith.     5*. 

Illustrative  of  municipal  antiquities. 

6.  Notes  of  Debates  in  the  House  of  Commons  in  1025.  Edited  from  a 
MS.  in  the  Library  of  Sir  Raiuald  Knightlev,  Bart.,  bv  S.  R,  Gardiner,  Esq 
LL.D.  Director.     5s. 

Throws  additional  light  on  the  quarrel  between  Charles  I.  and  the  House  of 
Commons,  and  contains  new  facts  relating  to  Sir  John  Eliot. 

7.  A  Military  Memoir  of  Colonel  Bireh,  Governor  of  Hereford  durino" 
the  Civil  War.  Edited  bv  the  late  Rev.  John  Webb,  M.A.  F.S.A.  and  the  Rev  T 
W.  Webb,  M.A.    8*. 

A  storehouse  of  curious  facts  relating  to  the  period  of  the  Civil  War. 

b  and  9.  Letters  addressed  from  London  to  Sir  Joseph  Williamson 
while  El  en  i  potent  iary  at  the  Congress  of  Cologne  in  the  year  1073.  Edited  by  W. 
D.  Christie,  C.B.    Two  vols.,  5j.  each. 

Eull  of  news  from  the  Court  of  Charles  II. 

10.  Account  of  the  Executors  of  Richard,  Bishop  of  London,  1303,  and 
of  the  Executors  of  Thomas,  Bishop  of  Exeter.  1310.  Edited  by  the  late  Venerable 
W.  H.  Hale,  M.A.,  and  the  Rev.  II.  T.  Ellacombe,  M.A.  F.S.A.    5s. 

Eull  of  curious  details  on  the  household   and   ecclesiastical   furniture  of  a 
bishop  of  the  fourteenth  century. 


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11  and  20.  Wriothesley's  Chronicle  of  English  Affairs  from  the  .accession 
of  Henry  VII.  to  the  first  year  of  Queen  Elizabeth.    Edited  from  a  MS.  in  the  possession 

of  Major-Gen.  Lord  Henry  Percy,  by  W.  D.  HAMILTON,  Esq.  E.S.A.      Two  vols., 
5*.  each. 

Contains  particulars  not  in  other  chronicles  of  the  period.  The  Editor  has 
printed  in  an  Appendix  to  the  L"ir»t  Volume  the  records  of  the  trial  of  Anne 
Boloyn. 

12.  Documents  relating  to  the  Quarrel  between  the  Earl  of  Manchester 

and  Oliver  Cromwell  ;  with  Fragments  of  a  Historical  Preface  by  the  late  J.  Bruce, 
Esq.    Annotated  and  completed  by  Professor  Masson.    5.h\ 

Gives  information  about  the  proceedings  of  Manchester  and  Cromwell  from 
the  battle  of  Mars  ton  Moor  till  after  the  second  battle  of  Newbury,  and  also  the 
arguments  on  both  sides  of  the  dispute  which  ensued. 

13.  Autobiography  of  Lady  Halket,  in  the  reigns  of  Charles    I.  and 

Charles  II.    Edited  by  the  late  John  Gough  Nichols,  Esq.  F.S.A.     5.?. 

The  subject  is  a  pious  lady  of  the  days  of  the  Commonwealth  and  the 
Restoration. 

14.  The  Camden  Miscellany.  Vol.  VII.,  containing  : — 

1.  Two  Sermons  preached  by  the  Boy-Bishop.  Edited  by  the  late  J.  G.  Nichols. 
"With  an  Introduction  by  Dr.  RlMBACXT.  2.  Speech  of  Sir  Robert  Heath  in 
the  case  of  Alexander  Leigh  ton.  Edited,  with  a  Preface  by  the  late  J.  BBUCE, 
Esq.,  by  S.  R.  Gakdiner,  Esq.  3.  Notes  of  Sir  G.  Croke'a  Judgment  in  the 
case  of  Ship  Money.  Edited  by  S.  R.  Gaisdixek,  Esq.  4.  Letters  relating  to 
the  Mission  of  Sir'  T.  Roe  to  Gu-tavus  Adolphus,  1C29— 1630.  Edited  by  S.  R. 
Gardixjt..  Esq.  5.  Accounts  of  the  Expenditure  in  building  Bodmin  Church. 
Edited  by  the  Lev.  J.  J.  Wilkinson,  M.A.  Rector  of  Lanteglos.     os. 

15.  Letters  of  Dean  Pridcanx.  Edited  by  E.  Maunde Thompson,  Esq.   5*. 

The  letters  contain  amusing  descriptions  of  life  at  Oxford  and  in  the  country 
at  the  close  of  the  seventeenth  and  beginning  of  the  eighteenth  century. 

16.  Milton's  Common  Place  Book.   Edited  by  A.  J.  HORWOOD,  Esq.   m2s.  6d. 

It  is  unnecessary  to  point  ont  the  interest  of  Milton's  notes  and  jottings  on  a 
variety  of  subjects,  political,  social,  moral,  and  literary. 

17.  Historical  Collections  of  a  London  Citizen  in  the  Fifteenth  Century. 
Edited  by  James  Gaikilnef.,  Esq.     7*.  Qui. 

Printed  from  a  MS.  Tlie  poem  is  a  very  graphic  original  account  of 
the  Siege  of  Rouen  by  Henry  V.  The  chronicle  is  unique,  ending  in  the  middle 
of  Edward  IV. 's  reign. 

18.  Papers  relating  to  the  Life  of  AYilliam  Prynne,  with  the  Fragment  of 

a  Biographical  Preface  by  the  late  J.  BlilCE,  Ksq.  *  Edited  by  S.  K.  Gardin  JK,  Esq. 
LL.l).  Director.     [>f. 


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29.  Christ  Church   Letters  relating  to  the  Priory  of  Christ   Church, 

Canterbury.     Edited  by  J.  B.  SHEPPABD,  Esq.     5.9. 

Mostly  of  tlia  fifteenth  century,  and  some  of  political  importance,  relating  to 
embassies,  Sec. 

21.  Harpsfield's   Treatise    of  the  Pretended    Divorce   between  Henry 
VIII.  and  Catharine  of  Aragon.     Edited  by  the  Rev.  N.  Pocock.    5.<?. 

An  early  authority  for  many  facts  hitherto  considered  questionable  concerning 
Henry  VIII. *s  reign,  which  are  now  more  generally  accepted  than  they  were. 

22  and  23.  Correspondence  of  the  Family  of  Ilatton,  1(301 — 170-1.    Edited 
by  E.  M.  Thompson-,  Esq.     12s.  Gd. 

Fnll  of  news  and  possip.     May  be  taken  as  a  fair  sample  of  the  correspondence 
of  a  family  of  the  higher  classes  in  the  seventeenth  century. 

24.  Notes   of  the  Debates  in  the  House   of  Lords   officially    taken   by 
II.  Eking  1624  and  \G2G.     Edited  by  S.  It.  Gaedinkk,  Esq.     5s. 

25.  The  (Economy  of  the  Fleete.     Edited  by  Dr.  A.  Jessopp.     7s.  Gd. 

An  account  of  the  state  of  the  Fleet  Prison  in  the  time  of  James  I. 

26.  Documents  relating  to  St.  Paul's  Cathedral.     Edited  by  the  Rev.  W. 
Sparrow  Simpson,  IXD.  F.S.A.    T.v.  Gd. 

Ranging  from  the  thirteenth  to  the  beginning  of  the  eighteenth  century 

27.  The    Hamilton    Papers,    1638 — 1648.     Edited   from   the   Originals 
at  Hamilton  Palace  by  S.  K.  GARDINER.,  Esq.     7.*.  Gd. 

Important   for   the   history  both   of  England  and  of  Scotland  during  that 
troubled  period. 

28.  Three  Fifteenth  Century  Chronicles.     Edited  by  James  GrAJRDNEB, 

Esq.     7$.  Gd. 

20.  The  Puritan  Visitation  of  the  University  of  Oxford.     Edited  by 
Professor  Montagu  Burrows,  F.S.A.    10*. 

30.  Catholicon  Anglicum.     Edited  by  Sidney  J.  Hekhtage,  Esq.    10s. 

,"-..■         A  mediaeval  Latin  glossary  of  great  interest  from  a  philological  point  of 
view. 

31.  The  Camden  Miscellany,  Vol.  VIII. .  containing: — 

Four  Letters  of  the  Earl  of  Strafford,  and  a  Poem  on  his  illness.     Edited  by  S.  R. 
.  ■  GaRDINEE,  Esq.  LL.D.  Director.     Memoir  by  Madame  de  Motteville  on  the  Life 

of  Henrietta  Maria.    Edited  by  M.  G.  Uaxotau.x.    Papers  relating  to  the  Delin- 
quency of    Thomas. Viscount  Smile,    1642 — 1646;   Fi\e  Letters   from  Richard 


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Thompson  to  bis  brother  Henry  Thompson,  of  Escrick,  afterwards  M.P.  for  York. 
Edited  by  J.  J.  Cabtwrj.^ht,  Esq.  M.A.  Treasurer.  Papers  relating  to  Secret 
Negotiations  with  Charles  I.  1643 — 1044.  Edited  by  Mrs.  B.  M.  GARDINER.  A 
Letter  to  the  Earl  of  Manchester  on  the  conduct  of  Cromwell  ;  Loiters  addressed  to 
the  Earl  of  Lauderdale.  Edited  by  Osmund  Airy.  Esq.  Letters  of  the  Duke  of 
Monmouth.  Edited  by  Sir  George  Duckett,  Bart  Correspondence  of  the 
Family  of  Haddock,  1057 — 1719.  Edited  by  EDWARD  Maunde  THOMPSON,  Esq. 
75.  Brl. 

32.  The  Voyage  to  Cadiz  in  1G25.     Edited  by  Dr.  Grosart.     5*. 

33.  Diary  and  Letter  Book  of  Gabriel  Harvey,  1573- -1580.  Edited  by 
Edward  J.  L.  Scott,  Esq.  M.A.    5s. 

Throws  light  upon  university  life  at  Cambridge  in  the  age  of  Elisabeth. 

34.  36*,  and  38.  Selections  from  the  Papers  of  the  Duke  of  Lauderdale, 
temp.  Car.  II.  Edited  by  Osmund  AlRY.Esq.  Three  Volumes.  Vol  I.  1639—1667. 
os.     Vol.  II.  1CC7— 1073.     7s.6d.     Vol.  ILL     1073—1079.     7s.  G(7. 

Illustrative  of  the  period  of  the  Restoration  in  Scotland. 

35.  Political  Memoranda  of  the  Fifth  Duke  of  Leeds.  Edited  by  Oscar 
Browning,  Esq.  M.A.    5s.. 

37.   Papers  relating  to  issue  of  the  Second  Prayer  Book  of  Edward  VI. 

Edited  by  the  REV.  N.  POCOCK.     5s. 

39.  Proceedings  in  the  Star  Chamber  and  Court  of  High  Commission 

in  the  year  1032.     Edited  by  S.  R.  GARDINER,  Esq.  LL.D.  Director.    10s. 

40.  The  Correspondence  of  Sir  Edward  Nicholas,  Secretary  of   State, 

and  of   his  son    Sir  John   Nicholas.  Clerk  to  the   Privy  Council,  VoL  I.     Edited  by 
George  F.  Warner,  Esq.  M.A.    10*. 

Supplementary  to  correspondence   printed  in  Evelyn's  Diary,  with  matter 
relating  to  the  Court  of  Charles  II.  during  his  exile. 

41.  Custumals  of  Battle  Abbey,  temp.  Edward  L,  from  a  Manuscript  in 
the  Public  Record  Office.     Edited  by  Samuel  R.  Scaegill  Bird,  Esq.  F.S.A.     10;?. 

Throws  light  on  the  tenure  of  land  and  manorial  customs  in  the  thirteenth 
century. 

42  and  44.  Bishop  Pococke's  Travels  in  England  in  1750,  &c.  Two  Vols. 
Edited  by  James  J.  Cartwright,  Esq.  M.A.  Treasurer  of  the  Society,     a  1. 

43.  Monastic  Visitations  in  the  Diocese  of  Norwich.  Edited  by  the 
Rev.  Augustus  Jesscf-p,  D.D.    15s. 

These  visitations  show  the  state  of  monastic  life  in  the  diocese  of  Norwich 
on  the  eve  of  the  Reformation. 

45.  Papers  relating  to  the  Impeachment  of  the  Duke  of  Buckingham  in 
1620.    Edited  by  S.  R.  Gardiner,  Esq.  LL  D  Doctor.     15s. 


THE    CAMDEN    SOCIETY.  7 

Issues  for  1889-90. 

46.  Memoirs   relating   to  Lord   Torrington.     Edited  by  John  Knox 

Laugh  ton,  Esq.  M  A.  E.N.    S.f. 

Illustrative  of  naval  affairs  in  the  end  of  the  seventeenth  and  beginning  of 
the  eighteenth  century. 

47.  Essex  Papers,  Arol.  I.     Edited  by  Osmund  Aibt,  Esq.     12s. 

Contains  new  matter  relating  to  the  Court  of  Charles  IE  and  to  the  govern- 
ment of  Ireland  in  his  reign. 


Issues  for  1890-1. 

48.  Visitations   of  the    Collegiate    Church   of  Southwell.      Edited  bv 
A.  F.  Leach,  Esq.    B*. 

A  set  of  visitations  different  in  character  from  those  in  No.  43,  and  most 
important  to  a  complete  study  of  clerical  life  in  pre-Ecfornmtion  times. 

49.  The  Clarke  MSS.     Vol.  I.     Edited  by  C.  H.  Fir.TH,  Esq.     12s. 

More  important  for  the  life  of  Cromwell  than  any  book  published  since  the 
well-known  work  of  Carlvle. 


Issues  for  1891-2. 

50.  Nicholas  Tapers,  Vol.  II.     See  No.  40.     12s. 

51.  Accounts   of  the    Obedienliars   of  Abingdon    Abbey.     Edited    bv 
R.  E.  G.  Kibe,  Esq.    10*. 

Issue,  for  1892-3. 

52.  Wardrobe  Accounts  of  Henry  Earl  of  Derby  (afterwards  Henry  IV.). 

Edited  by  Miss  Toulmin  SMITH,  with  tbe  co-operation  of  the  Historical  Society 
of  East  Prussia. 


Issue  for  1893-4. 

53.  The  Camden  Miscellany,  Vol.  IX.,  containing: — 

1.  Wentworth  Tapers.  Edited  by  C.  II.  FlBTH,  Esq.  2.  Addenda  to  the  Hamilton 
Papers.  Edited  bj  S.  K.  Gardiner,  Esq.  LL.D.  3.  "The  Sponsells  ?'  of  the 
Princess  Mary,  daughter  of  Henry  VIE,  to  Charles  Prince  of  Castile.  Edited  by 
.  James  Gaibdneb,  Esq.  i.  A  Collection  of  Woodcnts  illustrating  rare  ballad 
broadsides  in  the  time  of  the  Stuarts.  Edited  by  the  Rev.  J.  W.  EB6W0BTH. 
o.  Terrier's  Journal  of  a  Tour  in  Trance,  A.l).  1G87.  Edited  by  TuciJABD  T.  E. 
Terkjer,  Esq. 


THE   CAMDEN    SOCIETY. 
In  Preparation. 
The  Clarke  Papers.     Vol.  II.     To  be  edited  by  C.  II.  Firth,  Esq.,  M.A. 


Suggested  Volumes. 

1.  Visitations  of  Churches  in  the  Patronage  of  St.  Paul's  Cathedral  To  be  edited 
by  the  Lev.  W.  Sparrow  Simpson,  D.D.,  F.S.A. 

2.  Barnngton  Correspondence,  from  MSS.  in  the  British  Museum. 

3.  Henry  jElsing's  Notes  of  Proceedings  in  the  House  of  Lords  during  the  Parliament  of 
1G28,  from  the  original  MSS.  iu  the  possession  of  Colonel  Carcw,  of  Crowcombe  Court, 
Somerset.     To  he  edited  by  S.  1?.  Gardiner,  Esq.  LL.D.  Director. 

4.  Selections  from  the  Despatches  of  Al rise  Valaresso,  Venetian  Ambassador  in  England 

in  the  years  1623  and  1621.     To  be  translated  and  edited  bj  S.  B.   Gardiner,  "Esq. 
LL.D.  Director. 

5.  Unpublished  Papers  relating  to  English  Poman  Catholics  at  the  end  of  the  reign  of 
Elizabeth.     To  be  edited  by  T.  G.  LAW,  Esq. 

G.  Narrative  of  Political  Events,  17GD — 17G7,  by  the  Duke  of  Newcastle.  To  be  edited 
hy  Miss  Mary  Batesos. 

7.  A  Life  of  Bishop  Crewe.    To  be  edited  by  Andrew  Clark,  Esq.  M.A. 


the  camden  society.  9 

Old  Series. 
Volumes  having  no  prices  attached  to  them  are  out  of  print, 

1.  Historic  of  the  Arrival]  of  Edward  IV.  in  England  (1-171).    Edited 

by  J.  Bruce. 

2.  Kynge  Johan.     A  Play  in  two   Parts.     By  John  Pale.     Edited  by 
J  *  P.  Collier. 

3.  Alliterative  Poem  on  Deposition  of  Richard  II. :  Ricardi  Madiston 

de  Concordia  iuter  Hie.  II.  cl  Civitatem  London.     Edited  by  T.  WEIGHT. 

I.  Plumpton  Correspondence.     Letters  written  in  the  reigns  of  Edward 
IV.,  Richard  III.,  Henry  VII.,  and  Henry  VIII.    Edited  by  T.  StaYleton. 

5.  Anecdotes  and  Traditions,  illustrative  of  Early  English  History  and 
Literature.    Edited  by  W.  J.  Thoms. 

6.  The  Political  Songs  of  England,  from  the  reign  of  John  to  Edward  II. 

Edited  and  translated  by  T.  Wrigiii. 

7.  Annals  of  the.  first  Four  Years  of  the  Beign  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  by 

Sir  J.  Hay  ward.     Edited  by  J.  Bruce. 

8.  Ecclesiastical  Documents:  viz. — 1.  A  brief  History  of  the  Bishopriek 

of  Somerset  from  its  Foundation  to  1 174.     2.  Charters  from  ibe  Library  of  Hr.  Cox 
Macro.     Published  by  tbe  Rev.  J.  Hunter.     3*.  Gd. 

9.  Speculi  Britannia?  Pars:  an  historical  and  geographical  Description 
of  Essex,  by  Jobu  Korden,  1594.    Edited  by  Sir  H.  Ellis.     3*.  Gd. 

10.  A  Chronicle  of  the  First  Thirteen  Years  of  the  reign  of  Edward  IV., 
by  John  Warkworth,  D.D.    Edited  by  J.  O.  IIalliwell. 

II.  Kemp's  Nine  Daies  Wonder,  performed  in  a  Daunce  from  London 
to  Norwich.    Edited  by  Rev.  A.  DTCE.     3*.  Gd. 

12.  The  Egcrton  Papers.     Temp.  Elizabeth  and  James  I.     Edited  by 
J.  P.  Collier. 

13.  Chronica  Jocelini  dc  Brakelonda,  de  rebus  gestis  Samsonis  Abbatis 
Monasterii  Sancti  Edmundi.     Edited  by  J.  G.  Bokewode. 

14.  Narratives  of  the  Contests  in  Ireland  in  1611  and  1690.     Edited  by 
T.  C.  Crokee.    It.  Gd. 

15.  The  Chronicle  of  William  dc  Rishanger,  of  the  Barons'  Wars,  and 

the  Miracles  of  Simon  de  Montfort.     Edited  by  J.  O.  IIALLIWELL. 

1G.  The  Latin  Poems  commonly  attributed  to  Walter  Mapes.     Edited 
by  T.  Weight. 


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17.  The  Second  Book  of  the  Travels  of  Nicander  Kudus,  of   Corcyra. 

Edited  by  Kev.  J.  A.  CttAMBK.     2s.  Gd. 

18.  Three  Early  English  Metrical  Romances.    Edited  by  J.  Robson.    3s. 

19.  The  Private  Diary  of  Dr.  John  Dec,  and  the  Catalogue  of  his 
Library  of  Manuscripts.    Edited  by  J.  O.  Halliwell.     2s.  Gd. 

20.  An  Apology  for  Lollard  Doctrines,  attributed  to  Wieliffe.  Edited 
by  J.  H.  Todd.     . 

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Times  of  Henry  VII.  and  Henry  VIII.    Edited  by  W.  Jlrdax.     3s. 

22.  The   Diary  of  Dr.  Thomas  Cartwright,   Bishop  of  Chester,   from 

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23.  Original  Letters  of  Eminent  Literary  Men  of  the  Sixteenth,  Seven- 
teenth, and  Eighteenth  Centuries.     Edited  by  Sir  Jl.  Ellis,     is. 

24.  A  contemporary  Narrative  of  the  Proceedings  against  Dame  Alice 
Kyteler,  prosecuted  for  Soreery  in  1324,  by  Richard  de  Ledrede,  Bishop  of  Ossory. 
Edited  by  T.  Wright.    2s.  Gd. 

25.  54, and  80.  Promptorium  Parvulorum  sive  Clericorum,  Lexicon  Anglo- 
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Episcopi,  Northfolciensi,  a.d.  circa  1440.  Edited  by  A.  Way.  Part  E  5*.,  Part  11.5.?., 
Part  III.  out  of  print. 

26.  Three  Chapters  of  Letters  relating  to  the  Suppression  of  Monasteries. 
Edited  by  T.  Wright. 

27.  Correspondence  of  Robert  Dudley,  Earl  of  Lcyccster,  1585  and 
I58G.     Edited  by  J.  Bruce.     4s. 

28.  The  French  Chronicle  of  London.  Depuis  Tan  44  Hen.  III.  jusqu'a 
l'au  17  Edw.  111.     Edited  by  G.  J.  Anngiet    2s.  Gd. 

29.  Three  Boohs  of  Polvdore  Vergil's  English  History,  comprising  the 
Beigus  of  Henry  VI.,  Edward  IV.,  and  Richard  III.    Edited  by  Sir  II.  Ellis.    :>s  Gd 

30.  The  Thornton  Romances.  The  Early  English  Metrical  Romances 
of  Perceval,  Isumbras,  Eglamonr,  and  Degravant.  Edited  by  J.  U.  Halliwell 
3s.  Gd. 

31.  Verney  Papers.  Notes  of  Proceedings  in  the  Long  Parliament, 
temp.  Charles  I.    Edited  by  J.  Bruce.    3*. 

32.  The  Autobiography  of  Sir  John  Bramston,   K.B  ,  of  Skreens,  in 

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33.  Letters  from  James,  Earl  of  Perth,  Lord  Chancellor  of  Scotland,  Sec, 
to  his  Si-tor  the  Countess  of  Erroll,  and  other  members  of  his  Family.  Edited  by 
W.  Jeedax.    2s.  Gd. 

34.  De  Antiquis  Legibus  Liber.  Cronica  Maiorum  et  Vicecomitum 
Londoniarum,  117S  to  1274.     By  T.  Stapleton.     Price  it. 

35.  The  Chronicle  of  Calais,  in  the  reigns  of  Henry  VIL  and  Henry  VIII. , 
to  1540.     Edited  by  J.  G.  Xichols.     2*.  Gd. 

36.  Tolydore  Vergil's  English  History,  prior  to  the  Norman  Conquest. 
Edited  by  Sir  II.  Ellis,     3s.  6£ 

37.  A  Relation,  or  rather  a  True  Acoount,  of  the  Isle  of  England,  about 

1500.     Translated  from  the  Italian  by  Charlotte  AUGUSTA  Sxeyd.     2a-.  Gd. 

38.  Documents  relative  to  the  Foundation  and  Antiquities  of  the  Colle- 
giate Church  of  Middleham,  Co.  York,  and  notices  of  the  Castle  and  Town.  Edited  by 
Kev.  W.  Atthill.    2.v.  Gd. 

39.  The  Camden  Miscellany.     Vol.  I.  :  — 

1.  Register  and  Chronicle  of  the  Abbey  of  Abereomvay.  Edited  by  Sir  II.  Ellis. 
2.  Chronicle  of  the  Rebellion  in  Lincoln>hire,  1470.  Edited  by  J.  G.  iSichols. 
B.  Ball  of  Pope  Innocent  VIII.,  on  the  Marriage  of  Henry  VII.  with  Elisabeth  of 
York.  Commnnicircd  by  J.  P.  Collier.  4.  Journal  of  the  Siege  of  Rouen, 
1691.  Bv  Sir  T.  Coningsby.  Edited  by  J.  G.  Nichols.  5.  Eetter  from  George 
Fleetwood  to  his  Father,  giving  an  account  of  the  Battle  of  Lutzen.  Edited  by 
Sir  P.  dc  Malpas  Grey  Egerton,  Bart.  G.  Diary  of  Dr.  Edward  Lake.  Archdeacon 
and  Prebendary  of  Exeter,  kc,  in  1077  and  1G78.    Edited  by  G.  P.  ELLIOTT.    3s. 

40.  A  Commentary  of  the  Services  and  Charges  of  William  Lord  Grey 
of  Wilton,  by  bis  sou  Arthur  Lord  Grey  of  Wilton.  Edited  by  Sir  P.  DC  Malpas 
Gkky  Lgertok,  Bart.    3?. 

41.  Diary  of  Walter  Yonge,  Justice  of  the  Peace,  and  M.P.  for  Honi- 

ton.     1604  to  1026.     Edited  by  G.  ROBERTS,     3s. 

42.  The  Diary  of  Henry  Machyn,  Citizen  and  Merchant  Taylor  of 
London,  from  1550  to  1563.    Edited  by  J.  G.  Nichols,     is. 

43.  The  Visitation  of  the  County  of  Huntingdon  under  the  authority  of 
William  Camden,  Clarenceux  Kiug  of  Arms,  1613.    Edited  by  Sir  II.  Ellis.    3s.  Gd. 

44.  The  Obituary  of  Richard  Smyth,  Secondary  of  the  Poultry  Compter, 

London.     1027  to  1G74.     Edited  by  Sir  II.  Ellis.     3s. 

45.  Certaine  Considerations  upon  the  Government  of  England.  By  Sir 
Roger  Twysden,  Kt.  and  Bart.     Edited  by  J.  M.  Kemble.     3s    Gd. 

46.  Letters  of  Queen  Elizabeth  and  James  VI.  of  Scotland.  Edited  by 
J.  Bruce,    is. 

47.  Chronicon  Petroburgense.     Edited  bv  T.  Stapleton.     3s.  6d. 


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48.  The  Chronicle  of   Queen  Jane,   and  two  years  of   Queen  Mary. 

Edited  by  J.  G.  NICHOLS.     3$.  %d. 

49.  Wills  and  Inventories,  from  the  Registers  of  the  Commissary  of 
Bury  St.  Edmund's  and  the  Archdeacon  of  Sudbury.     Edited  by  S.  Tym.ms.     3*.  »'.//. 

50.  Gualteri  Mapes  do  Xugis  Curialium  Distinctiones  quinque.  Edited 
by  T.  Weight.    3*.  Gd, 

51.  The  Pylgrymage  of  Sir  Richard  Guylforde  to  the  Holy  Land,  1506. 
Edited  by  Sir  11.  Ellis.     2s.  M, 

52.  Moneys  received  and  paid  for  Secret  Services  of  Charles  II.  and 
James  11.     1674)  to  KISS.     Edited  by  J.  Y.  Akiuimax.     3*.  Gd. 

53.  Chronicle  of  the  Grey  Friars  of  London.  Edited  by  J.  G. 
Nichols. 

54.  (See  No.  25.) 

55.  The  Camden  Miscellany.     Yol.  II.  : — 

1.  Account  of  the  Expenses  of  John  of  Brabant,  and  Henry  and  Thomas  of  Lanca-ter, 
12f)2-3.  Edited  by  J.  Burtt.  2.  Household  Expensesof  the  Princess  Elizabeth  at' 
Hatfield,  1551-2.  Edited  by  Viscount  Stiiaxofoud.  3.  TiWBeq nest  and  Suite 
of  a  True-hearted  Englishman,  written  by  William  Cholmloy.  Londyncr,  in  1553. 
Edited  by  \V.  J.  Thoms.  4.  Tbe  Di>covery  of  the  Jesuits'  College  in  Clcrken- 
well  in  March,  1627-8.  Edited  by  J.  G.  Nichols.  5.  Trelawnv  Papers.  Edited 
by  W.  D.  COOPEK.  6.  Autobiography  and  Anecdotes,  by  William  Taswell,  D.D. 
Edited  by  G.  P.  Elliott. 

56.  Letters  and  Papers  of  the  Yerney  Family,  to  the  end  of  1630. 
Edited  by  J.  BRUCE.     3*. 

57.  The  Ancren  liiwlc.  Rules  and  Duties  of  Monastic  Life.  Edited 
by  J.  MOSTOK,  B.D. 

58.  Letters  of  the  Lady  Brilliana  Harlcy.     Edited  by  T.  T.  Lewis.    8*. 

59  and  62.  Household  Expenses  of  Richard  de  Swinfield,  Bishop  of 
Hereford,  12S9-90.     Each  Vol.  3*.  6«Z. 

60.  Grants,  &c,  from  the  Crown  during  the  reign  of  Edward  Y.  and 
two  Speeches  for  opening  Parliament,  by  John  Russell,  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  Lord  Chan- 
cellor.   Edited  by  J.  G.  Nichols.    3s.  ' 

6 1 .  The  Camden  Miscellany.     Vol  III.  :— 

1.  Papers  relating  to  Proceedings!  in  Co.  Kent.  1G42-1G46.  Edited  by  R. 
Almack.  2.  Ancient  Biographical  Poems,  on  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  Viscount 
Hereford,  the  Earl  of  Esscx,and  Queen  Elizabeth.  Edited  by  J.  P.  Collieb 
3.  A  Relation  of  some  Abuses  w  hich  are  committed  n  gainst  the  Common-Wealth. 
1629.  Edited  by  Sir  F.  Maddex,  K.H.  1.  Inventories  of  the  Wardrobes,  Sec,  of 
Henry  b'itzRoy,  Duke  of  .Richmond.  And  of  Ivatherinc,  Princess  Dowager  at 
Baynard's  Castle.     Edited  by  J.  (J.  Nichols.    'J>s. 


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62.  (See  Xo.  59.) 

63.  Letters  of  Charles  I.  to  Queen  Henrietta  Maria.  Edited  by  J. 
Bruce.    3*. 

64.  An  English  Chronicle  of  the  reigns  of  Richard  II.,  Henry  IV., 
Henry  V*  and  Henry  VI.    Edited  by  ReY.  J.  S.  Daviess,  M.A.     3c?. 

G5.  The  Knights  Hospitallers  of  England,  1338.  Edited  by  Rev.  L.  B. 
Larkixg,  M.A.    3&  Gd. 

66.  Diary  of  John  Rous,  Incumbent  of  Santon  Downham,  Suffolk,  from 
1625  to  1642.    Edited  by  Mary  Anxe  E.  Greex.     is. 

67.  Trcvelyan  Papers  prior  to  1558.     Edited  by  J.  P.  Collier,  4s. 

68.  Journal  of  the  Very  Rev.  Rowland  Davies,  LL  D.,  Dean  of  Ross, 
1688-1690.     Edited  by  R.  Caulfield,  B.A.     3s. 

69.  The  Domesday  of  St.  Paul's,  1222  ;  or  Registruin  de  Visitatione 
Maneriornm  per  Robertum  Decanum,  Sec.    Kditcd  by  W.  II.  Hale.     Gs. 

70.  Liber   Fameliens   of  James    Whitelocke.    a  Judge  of  the  Kind's 

Bench  in  the  reigns  of  James  I.  and  Charles  I.     Edited  by  J.  Bruce.    '3s. 

71.  Savile  Correspondence.  Temp.  Charles  II.  and  James  II.  Edited 
by  VV.  1).  Cooper.     4s. 

72.  The  Romance  of  Blonde  of  Oxford  and  Jehan  of  Dammartin. 
By  Philippe  de  Reimes,  a  Trouyere  of  the  Thirteenth  Century.  Edited  by 
M.  Le  Roux  de  Lixcy.    3*.  0</. 

73.  The  Camden  Miscellany,     Vol  IV.  : — 

1.  A  Loudon  Chronicle  during  the  Reigns  of  Henry  VII.  and  Henry  VIII.  Edited  by 
C.  Hopper.  2.  The  Expenses  of  the  Judges  of  Assize  riding  in  the  Western 
and  Oxford  Circuits.  151HJ-1601.  Edited  by  W.  I).  Cooper.  3.  The  Skryvcner's 
Play,  The  Incredulity  of  St.  Thomas.  "Edited  by  J.  P.  Collier.  4.  The 
Childe  of  Bristowe,  a  Poem  by  John  Lydgate.  Edited  by  C.  Hopper.  5.  Sir 
Edw.  Lake's  Account  of  his  Interviews  with  Charles  I.  on  being  created  a 
Baronet.  Edited  by  T.  P.  LAXG-MEAD.  6.  The  Letters  of  Pope  to  Atterbury, 
when  in  the  Tower  of  London.  Edited  by  J.  G.  Nichols.  7.  Supplementary 
Note  to  the  Discovery  of  the  Jesuits'  College  in  March,  1T.27-S.  Edited  by 
J.  G.  Nichols.    3.y. 

74.  Diary  of  the  Marches  of  the  Royal  Army  during  the  great  Ciyil 
War,  kept  by  Rie.  Symonds.    Edited  by  C.  E.  Loxg.    4s. 

75.  Original    Papers   illustrative    of  the    Life   and   Writings   of  John 

Milton.     Edited  bv  W.  Lb  HAMILTON.     3s.  G<!. 


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76.  Letters  of  George  Lord  Carew  to  Sir  Thomas  Roc,  Ambassador  to 

the  Court  of  the  Great  Mogul,  1015-1017.    Edited  by  J.  Maclean.     &». 

77.  Narratives   of  the   Days  of  the   Reformation.     Edited   by   J.    G. 

Nichols.    4.?. 

78.  Correspondence  of  James  VI.  of  Scotland  with  Sir  Robert  Cecil  and 
others  in  England,  temp.  Elizabeth.    Edited  by  J.  Bruce.     4s. 

79.  Letters  written  by  John  Chamberlain  during  the  reign  of  Queen 
Elizabeth.    Edited  by  Sabah  Williams.    ds. 

80.  Proceedings  principally  in  Co.  Kent,  in  connection  with  the  Parlia- 
ments called  iu  1040.    Edited  by  Rev.  L.  B.  Lacking.     is, 

81.  Parliamentary  Debates  in  1610.     Edited  by  S.  P.  GARDINER.     45. 

82.  Lists    of  Foreign    Protestants,  and    Aliens,   resident   in    England, 
1G1S-1088.    Edited  by  W.  D.  CuorJF.n.    3.*. 

83.  Wills    from    Doctors'    Commons,    1495- 1G95.      Edited   by   J.    G. 
Nichols.    4*. 

84.  Trevelyan    Papers.      Tart    II.       144G— 1G43.       Edited    by    J.    P. 

COLLILK.      OS. 

85.  The   Life   of    Marmaduke    Pawdon    of     York.       Edited   by    P. 
Davils.    45. 

86.  Letters  of  Queen  Margaret  of  Anjou   and  Bishop  Beckington,  and 
others.     Temp.  Henry  V.  and  Henry  VI.     Edited  by  C.  Monro.     3*. 

87.  The  Camden  Miscellany.     Vol.  V.  :— 

1.  Five  Letters  of  Charles  II.  Communicated  by  the  Marquis  of  Bristol.  2.  Letter 
of  the  Council  to  Sir  Thomas  Lake.  3.  Documents  relating  to  Sir  Walter 
Raleigh's  last  voyage.  Communicated  by  S.  R.  Gardiner.  4.  A  Catalogue  of 
Early  English  Miscellanies  formerly  in  the  Harlcian  Library.  Edited  by  W.  C. 
Hazlitt.  .".  Letters  selected  from  the  collection  of  Autographs  in  the  possession  of 
William  Tite,  Esq.  6.  Sir  Francis  Drake's  Memorable  Service  done  against  the 
Spaniards  in  15S7.  By  Robert  Leng,  one  of  lii-  co-adventurers.  Edited  by  C. 
HOPPElt.  7.  Inquiry  into  the  Genuineness  of  a  Letter  dated  February  3rd,  1013, 
signed  "  Mary  Magdalino  Davers."    3*. 

88.  Letters  from  Sir  Pobert  Cecil  to   Sir  George   Carew.     Edited   by 

J.  MACLEAN.     3s. 

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90.  Letter?  and  other  Documents  illustrating  the  Relations  between 
England  and  Germany  at  the  commencement  of  the  Thirty  Years'  War.  Edited  by 
S.  B.  GABDISER.     As.     (Sec  also  I'S.) 

91.  Registrum  sive  Liber  Irrotularius  et  Consuetudinarins  Prioratus 
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92.  Tope  Alexander  VII.  and  the  College  of  Cardinals.  Ey  John  Bar- 
grave,  D.D.    Edited  by  J.  C. ROBERTSON,    ite. 

93.  Accounts  and  Papers  relating  to  Mary  Queen  of  Scots.  Edited  by 
A.  J.  Crosby,  and  J.  Bruce,    as.  (id. 

91  and  97.  History  from  Marble.  Compiled  in  the  reign  of  Charles  II. 
by  Thomas  Dingley.  Printed  in  Photolithography  by  Vincent  Brooks.  Edited  by 
J.  G.  NICHOLS.     Some  copies  of  Vol.  II.  at  10*.  6a. 

95.  Manipulus  Vocabulorum.  A  Dictionary  of  English  and  Latin 
words,  by  Peter  Levins,  1570.     Edited  by  II.  15.  WHEATE-2Y.     7*. 

96.  Journal  of  a  Voyage  into  tne  Mediterranean,  by  Sir  Kenclm  Digby, 
1628.    Edited  by  J.  Bruce.    3*. 

97.  (Sec  No.  9-1.) 

98.  Letters  and  other  Documents  illustrating  the  relations  between 
England  anil  Germany  at  the  commencement  of  the  Thirty  Years'  War.  Second 
series.     Edited  by  S.  B.  Gardener.     3*.     (See  'JO.) 

99.  Diary  of  John  Manningnam.     1602-3.     Edited  by  W.  Tite.     4a. 

100.  Notes  of  the  Treaty  carried   on  at   Ripon  between   Charles   I.  an 
the  Covenanters  of  Scotland,  1040,  taken  by  Sir  John  Borough,  Garter  King  of  Anns. 
Edited  by  J.  BRUCE.     3*. 

101.  El  hecho  de  los  Tratados  del  Matrimonio  pretendido  por  el  Principe 
dc  Gales  con  la  serenissima  Infanta  de  Espana  Maria,  .ve.  Narrative  of  the  Spanish 
Marriage  Treaty.    Edited  aud  translated  by  S.  R.  Gardiner.    3a.  0«7. 

102.  Churchwarden's  Accounts  of  the  Town  of  Ludlow,  in  Shropshire, 
from  1540  to  the  end  of  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth.    Edited  by  T.  Weight.    3s. 

103.  Notes  of  the  Debates  of  the  House  of  Lords.     By  Henry  Hiking, 

Clerk  of  the  Parliament,  10-1.     Edited  by  S.  K.  Gardiner.     3s~ 


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104.  The  Camden  Miscellany.     Vol.  VI.  :— 

1.  Life  of  William  Whittingham,  Dean  of  Durham.  Edited  by  Mary  Axxe  E. 
Gr.eex.  ■  2.  The  Earl  of  Bristol's  Defence  of  bis  Negotiations  in  Spain.  Edited 
Ly  S.  1>.  GABDIXEB.  '.L  Journal  of  Sir  Francis  Walsingham,  December,  1S70,  to 
April,  1DS3.    Edited  by  C.  T.  Martix.    Zs.  GJ. 

105.  Trevelvan   Papers.     Part  III.     Edited  by  SlB  Walter  and  Sir 

Charles  Trevelyax.    4s. 


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