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out molestation of any of her officers : because that house

was formerly so used to be for the keeper of the capital

house. She granted him also the perpetual chantry with-

in the manor of Eltham, and the mansion, called commonly

the chantry priesfs house, within the outer part of the

manor aforesaid. To him she granted also, and to farm

letten, her manor or house of Eltham, with the appurte-

nances; and all and singular lands, tenements, meadows,

woods, &c. as well within the said park, as without; and a 30

house or place called Corbyhal or Corbynhal, and a cottage

with a garden near the parish church of Eltham, and all

other lands, tenements, rents, reversions, services, liberties,

courts, &c. with reasonable fire-boot, cart-boot, plough-boot,

hedge-boot, within the woods of the said manor, as it ran

in the Queen's patent, and the annual rent of twenty shil-

lings, and the service of John Roper, granted him and his

heirs by King Henry VIII. for his lands and tenements in

the parish of Eltham. The rent the Queen reserved for

all this was 31/. 8*. 4d. She granted Jerningham,' over

and above all this, the reversion of the office of keeper of

the garden within her said manor of Eltham, which office

John Brickhed had for life, with the fee accustomed. Be-

fore which Brickhed, John Colyson and Richard Hert had

that office. She granted him also the office of purveyor of

the said manor of Eltham, together with the bailivate of

the town of Eltham ; and of the keeper and surveyor of the

woods, and of all the houses and edifices, with their appur-

tenances, situate in the store- yard without the gates of the

46 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL

CHAP, said manor which John Brickhed, and, before him, John

III
Tirrel had, and the fees thereof: and, lastly, the office of

Anno 1553. steward, and keeper of the manor of Eltham, with the fee

of forty shillings per annum. After this manner did she

reward the service of this gentleman, soon after giving him

a knighthood, and constituting him captain of her guards.
dow denriv- Thus was Sir John Gates stripped of all, and of his life
edofher too ; and, which was somewhat hard and unjust, his wi-

dow too of her jointure ; which she was fain to sue for at

law, but could not recover. For there is extant in Dyer's

Reports the case of Mary, the widow of Sir John Gates,

attaint of treason, by brief of dower, against Wiseman, that

pleaded in bar of the attainder. She pleaded, that her

dowry was made long before his attaint, and out of lands

of which he was seized in fee before the committing; treason.

But she was barred of her dowry by the opinion of all the

Judges, by a statute of the 5th and 6th of Edward VI.

" Proviso, that the wife of any man attainted of any man-

" ner of treason whatsoever, shall in no wise be received to

" ask, challenge, demand, or have dower of any of her hus-

" band's lands, during the force of that attainder. But it

" was noted, that the lands alienated before treason com-

" mitted, were never subject to any forfeiture or escheat, as

fouo b P ' " m tne case °^ Vavasor, in the end of chapter De Dower,

" in Littleton." And, therefore, the Lord Dyer observed,

that Sergeant Brown was very angry at the foresaid judg-

ment.

31 CHAP. IV.
The cares for the north. A tax remitted. The ordnance

of the Tower. John Lord Duddley's obsequies. The co-

ronation. The Queen'' sjirst Parliament. A Convocation.

Points defined there. Popish service by proclamation

established.
The Earl of J. HOUGH the Queen were now in the throne, yet was

sent into she not without apprehensions of disturbances to arise to

the north.

UNDER QUEEN MARY I. 47

her in divers places of her dominions. Against which she CHAP,

made as good provisions as she could. And seeming to fear '

something particularly from the north, where the Scots Anno 1553.

might so easily come in to assist the disaffected, she hastily,

towards the latter end of August, sent down the Earl of

Shrewsbury into those parts, whom she had appointed the

President of her Council there ; though his commission

were not yet signed ; that he might give an awe to the

country by his presence, and provide against any tumults.

And having settled matters there in safety, to return to her

again.
This right noble Earl shewed himself very forward in his His for-

zealous service for the Queen. A passage to illustrate this, ^.g"^ to

was remarkable at the trial of Sir Nicolas Throgmorton, Queen,

thereat he was a commissioner. For when Throgmorton

nad prayed the court not to make too much haste with him,

nor to think long for their dinner; for that his cause re-

quired leisure, and they had well dined, when they had

done justice truly, as he said; the Earl, somewhat dis-

turbed, asked him, if he came there to check them? and

that they would not be so used ; and that, for his own part,

he had forborne his breakfast, dinner, and supper too, to

serve the Queen. Throgmorton presently replied, to mol-

lify his former expression, that he knew it right well, and

that he meant not to touch his Lordship. For his services

and pains were evidently known to all men.

The noble Earl left his Countess at court at Richmond ;

where the Queen shewed her all respect, and told her, that

she would be her husband, to comfort her under her Lord's

absence, and uttered many kind words both to her and

concerning the Earl. An account of which, and of the

Queen's earnestness to hear news of the affairs of the north,

and what she was to expect from thence, I had rather give

from the Countess her own letter to the Earl, wrote Sept. 3,

from Richmond ; which was to this tenor :

" After my most hearty commendation to your good The Coun-

ss's le

him.

Lordship, the same shall be advertised, that yesternight, J* 88 ' 8

48 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL

CHAP. " as the Queen's Majesty came from evensong, which was

" sung in the chapel by all the singing-men of the same,

Anno i553.« w\th playing of the organs of the solemnest manner, her

Com. Salop. " Highness called me unto her, and asked me, when your

vol. -f. in " Lordship rode toward the north ? And when I had told

inor. " her Grace, she held up her hands, and besought God to
32" send you good health, and soon to see you again; and

" also prayed God to send you good success in her affairs

" in that country ; with many other good and comfortable

" words toward your Lordship, too long here to write.

" Whereby I perceive her Highness to be somewhat doubt-

" ful of the quietness of that country. Wherefore, good

" my Lord, let her Highness have a letter from you, as

" soon as you come to York, of the state of the country

" thereabouts, and how they take her Grace's new service:

" wherewith her Highness much rejoiced to hear her sub-

" jects well pleased. And after that, by reason the warrant

" for the commission for the presidentship was not signed,

" I moved her Grace for it. And she was sorry it was so

" delayed: and straightway commanded my Lord of Arundel

" [to speak to] my Lord Chancellor for it ; and so signed

" it straightway. Her Highness was so much my good Lady,

" that she commanded me, whatsoever I lacked, I should

" be bold to come to her Grace, for she would be my hus-

" band, unto your Lordship's return again.
" My Lord, you shall understand, that my Lord of Arun-

" del shewed himself very friendly unto me, and hath been

" with me divers times, and asked me what I lack very

" gently. Other news here is not yet, but that my Lord

" Courteney this day shall be created Earl of Devonshire.

" And what other things shall chance here, worthy adver-

" tisement, your Lordship shall be sure to hear from me,

" from time to time, by the grace of our Lord : who send

" you long good health. From Richmond this 3d of Sept.

" 1553.
" Your Lordship's loving wife,

" G. Shrewsbury."

UNDER QUEEN MARY I. 49

The Queen, being minded to shew some act of grace at CHAP.

this entrance into her reign, and to qualify some severities.

already shewed among the people, did forgive a part of a Ann0 l553 -

tax, given to King Edward in the latter session of his last re ^^ u * ea

Parliament. For the King's debts growing heavy upon part of a

him, by monies owing to his servants and subjects, and also ^ y a f orn)er

to merchants strangers, that Parliament granted him two Parliameat -

dismes, and two fifteens, and one subsidy of four shillings,

to be raised of the lands, and two shillings and eight pence

of the goods and chattels. But the King died before this

tribute was collected. The Queen remitted the four shil-

lings and the two and eight pence. And moreover declared,

" that she would pay her brother's debts in convenient

" time : which she charged upon the ill government of the

" realm under that arrand traitor, the Duke of Northum-

" berland, the treasure being marvelously exhausted since

" he bare rule : expecting for this her favour to her sub-

" jects, that if the honour of the realm should so require,

" they should at all times exhibit their service: she ac-

'* counting their loving hearts and prosperity as her own

" weal, and the chiefest treasure that she desired."' 1 And

all this she divulged by proclamation, dated Sept. 1, which

I have, for the preserving such transactions of state as much 33

as I may, placed in the Catalogue of letters, &c. Numb. VI.
And as she found the treasure much exhausted, so did A cornmis-

she the Tower disfurnished of stores and ammunition, ^j*^"

Whereupon, to make a scrutiny into such important needs, ordnance

she issued out a commission to Sir Richard Southwel, Sir otn0 £. n.

William Drury, and Sir Henry Bedingfield, Knights, who

were of her Privy Council, and Sir Arthur Darcy, Kt. cer-

tifying them, " that being informed (according to the im-

" port of the commission) that the office of her ordnance

" was presently in some disorder, and unfurnished of such

" necessary munitions, as were fit should be in store and

" readiness for the better furtherance of her service, when

" occasion should require, she had appointed them, for the

" special trust she had in their approved wisdom and fide-

" lity, to view, survey, and consider the state of her said

VOL. III. e

50 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL

CHAP, "ordnance: and that it was her will and pleasure, that

" they four, or three of them at the least, should call be-

Anno 1553. « fore them Sir Philip Hoby, Kt. Master of the ordnance,

" and Sir Frauncis Fleming, Lieutenant of the same, and

" also such other of her officers of the ordnance, as they

" should think convenient ; and understanding of them,

" by the examination of their books and records, or by such

" other means as they shall think fit, what old ordnance

" remained, or ought to remain ; what new had been made;

" what powder and other munition had been bought and

" provided ; where, how, by whom, and by what warrant

" the same had been bestowed : they should consider, whe-

" ther such of the said ordnance, or other munition, as had

" been by the said officers, or any of them, delivered out,

" had been duly called for again ; or remaining in any

" towns, castles, or fortresses on this side or beyond the

" seas, were fit to continue in the place where it then re-

" mained. And in case they should perceive it was not ne-

" cessary, or served not to any importance there, then they

u should give order, that the same should be brought from

" the several places where it then remained and did not

" serve, unto the Tower of London, to remain there for

" her store. And if such of her ordnance and other muni-

" tion as remained in places, where they should think it fit

" to continue, should want any supply or reparation, they

" should, in that case, give order that the same might be

" looked unto, and put into such good and substantial or-

" der, as might best serve for the advancement of her ser-

" vice, and surety of her said fortresses. Finally, her plea-

" sure was, that they should generally survey the whole

" state, order, and condition of the said office of ordnance ;

" and understanding particularly what wants and lack were

" in the same, and what were meet to be supplied for the

" surety and furtherance of her service, and of the several

" sorts and quantities of all kinds of her ordnance, powder,

" and other munition, and of the several places where any

" part thereof remained, they should recal it. And of all

" the rest of their doings in this behalf, to make report in

UNDER QUEEN MARY I. 51

M writing unto her Privy Council; to the end that order CHAP.

" might by them be indelayedly taken for the furniture,

and provision thereof accordingly. " Anno 155s.

The Queen's coronation was now all the care ; which was 34

resolved to be very splendid and glorious, being to be per- £ repara ~

formed on the 1st of October. Against which day, the London for

Queen being to pass through London, it was the citizens' J!'„ e n M1 ° na "

province, according to old custom, to adorn the city :

which they therefore began to do Sept. 12, that is, to

paint and trim up the conduits, to repair and beautify

Ludgate, and the cross in Cheap, to hang the streets, to

provide children, speeches, and music, and to make tri-

umphal pageants : which were to be erected at Fan-church,

Grace-church, Leadenhall, at the conduit in Cornhill, at

the great conduit in Cheap, at the standard there, at the

little conduit there, in St. Paul's church-yard, and at the

conduit in Fleet-street. And, besides, to provide places for

the standing of every company. Which stations were after

to remain unto every hall for ever, when they should have

need on the like occasions.
Sir John Duddley, Baron of Duddley, happening to die at T » e fune-

Westminster, his obsequies were celebrated on the 21st of Lord Dud-

September, honourably ; but with the old popish ceremo- dle >'-

nies ; that is to say, priests and clerks going before, and

singing in Latin. Then a priest wearing a cope; then a

clerk having the hallywater sprinkle in his hand. After, a

mourner bearing this Lord's standard. After him, another

bearing his great banner of arms, gold and silver; another

bearing his helmet, mantle, and crest, a blue lion's head

standing upon a crown of gold. After, another mourner

bearing his target, and another his sword. Next came Mr.

Somerset, the herald, his coat armour of gold and silver.

And then the corse, covered with cloth of gold to the

ground, and four of his men bearing him ; his arms hang-

ing upon the cloth of gold ; and twelve men of his servants

carrying twelve staff-torches burning to the church. In the

choir was an horse made of timber, covered with black, and

arms upon the black. And after came the mourners, mak-

e 2

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MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL

CHAP.

IV.

Dr. Feck-

nam at

Paul's

Cross.
The Lord

Paget re-

stored to

the order.

ing a great company. After the dirge began, the herald

. came to the choir door, and prayed for his soul by his style.

Anno 1553. And so the dirge song began in Latin, and all the lessons.

And then the herald prayed for a soul-mass. And so the

mass was sung in Latin. And after, this nobleman's helmet,

coat, and target, were offered. And after all ended, the

standard and banner of arms were offered. And so the

company repaired to the house whence they set out. Then

followed ringing of bells and a great dole.

The Sunday se'nnight before the great day of the Queen's

inauguration, being Sept. 24, preached at Paul's Cross, Dr.

Fecknam, as a preparatory to that great solemnity.
The Queen's coronation now ready at hand, she being

the fountain of honour, thought fit to distribute her honour

upon several persons. And the Lord Paget, an old and

able statesman, who had been ignominiously degraded from

the order of the garter under King Edward, she restored, in-

tending to make great use of him. And the ensigns of this

noble order were not with more disgrace taken from him

before, than with honour restored to him again by a decree

of chapter holden at St. James's the 27th of September.

And, in confirmation of this Lord's restoration, he had the

garter forthwith buckled on his leg again by two of the

knights companions present, and the collar of the order

put about his shoulder, with the George depending thereat.

3 5 And a command was then given to Garter, that his achieve-

Institution me nt should be publicly set up over his stall at Windsor,

of the gar- being the same he before possessed, viz. the ninth on the

ter - Sovereign's side : as Sir Elias Ashmole hath gathered out of
the blue book in the registry of the Knights at Windsor.

In this case the said learned author observed, that the very

records of the order brand his degradation with injustice

upon the foresaid pretence ; [that is, that he was not a gen-

tleman of blood ;] as inferible thence, that when honour is

conferred upon the score of virtue and great endowments,

the consideration of these supplieth the defect and obscurity

of extraction. Whence it came to pass, that the then Sove-

reign, (whose prerogative it was to declare and interpret the

UNDER QUEEN MARY I. 53

statutes,) being at that time present in chapter, thought fit CHAP,

to qualify the law, and give him this honourable com-

mendation, that he had highly deserved of the nation by Aw Anno isss.

prudence and counsel.
The Thursday after, that is, Sept. 28, she, in order to The

her coronation, removed from St. James's, where she was r0 nation. C °

at present, and so to Whitehall. There she took her barge

to the Tower. And there were to wait upon her the Lord

Mayor and Aldermen, and all the companies in their barges,

with streamers and trumpets, waits, shawmes, and regals,

together with great volley-shots of guns, until her Grace

came into the Tower, and some time after. The next day Knights of

she made fifteen Knights of the Bath ; who were knighted ie

by the Earl of Arundel, Lord Steward of the Queen's house,

by commission from her. The first was the Earl of Devon-

shire ; the next, the young Earl of Surrey ; the third, the

Lord Burgany ; then the Lord Cardiff", the Lord Barkley,

the Lord Mountjoy, the Lord Lumley, Sir William Paulet,

Sir Harry Parker, Sir Hugh Rich, the Lord Rich's son, Sir

Harry Clinton, Sir Harry Paget, Sir Robert Rochester, Sir

Harry Jerningham, Sir Edward [or William] Dormer.
The oath then administered to them was in these words ;

" Right dere brother, gret worshyp be thys ordre unto you. Their oath.

" Almyghty God geve you the presynge of al knyghthode.

" Thys is the ordre of knyghthode : you shal honour God

" above al thyngs ; yee shal be stedfast in the feith of holly

" Church, and the same mayntaine and defend to your

" power. You shal love your Sovereygn above al earthly

" creatures : and for your Sovereygn and Sovereygnes right

" and dygnite, lyve and die. Yee shal defend wydowes,

" maydens, and orphelyns in theyr ryght. Yee shal suffre

" no extortion as far furth as ye may ; nor syt in place

" where any wrongful judgement shal be geven to your

" knowledge. And as grete honour be thys noble ordre

" unto you, as ever it was to any of your progenitours."

The next day, Sept. 30, Saturday, she came from theHertri-

Tower through London to Westminster, riding triumph-"™^ *

antly in an open chariot to be seen. All the windows as through the
e 3 city -

54 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL

CHAP, she passed were garnished with cloth of tapestry, arras,

' cloth of gold, cloth of tissue, and with cushions of the same,

Anno 1553. fl our J s j im g with streamers and banners, as richly as might

be devised. And in many places were goodly pageants, and

devices therein, with music and eloquent speeches. At the

little conduit in Cheap, next to Paul's, stood the Aldermen.

Where was presented unto the Queen, by the Chamberlain

of London, in the name of the Mayor and Aldermen, a

1000 marks in gold in a purse. For which her Highness

gave them most humble thanks. The glory and splendour

3 6 of this cavalcade through the city is described at large by

Stow, and Holingshed after him, and therefore I shall

omit it. Only where they are brief, or wholly silent, I shall

give some relation. Immediately before the Queen, the

sword was borne by the Earl of Arundel, Lord Steward of

the Queen's household, (not the Earl of Oxford, as Stow,)

on the right hand thereof the Earl of Oxford, Lord Great

Chamberlain, and on the left the Duke of Norfolk, Earl

Marshal. Then the Queen in her litter, richly garnished

with cloth of gold, with two traps of white damask and

cushions, and all things appertaining. She herself was richly

appareled with a mantle and kirtle of cloth of gold furred

with mynever pure, and powdered ermins, having upon her

head a circlet of gold set with rich stones and pearls : her

footmen, with their rich coats, went about her Grace on

both sides.

The ladies In the first chariot, after the Queen, sat the Lady Eliza-

ed the beth and the Lady Ann of Cleves. Then rode on horse-

Queen, back four ladies of estate, appareled in crimson velvet, and

their horses trapped with the same : and these great ladies

were the Duchess of Norfolk, the Marchioness of Exeter,

the Marchioness of Winchester, and the Countess of Arun-