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conduct money of soldiers passing from beyond the seas to

their countries, 200Z. To Richard Taverner 333/. 13^. M.

in prest, to be employed towards the payment of wages of

certain English soldiers of the band of captain Cuff, Co-

niers, Barry, and others of Boloign, appointed to attend

upon the King's person. To Lucas Fringar, one of the

commissaries for the Almain soldiers, as well for his pains

taking with Mr. Grimston for mustering the seven hundred

Italians and Albaneis [Almains] that came from the north,

[where they had been, I suppose, in the army against Scot-

land, with which country peace was lately made,] as for

conducting them from London to Dover, there to see them

transported to Calais: and thence to take their jour-

neys, for twenty days going and coming, after 106'. a day

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for him and his servants, and their two horses, in the CHAP.

whole 10/. To the same Fringar, several sums to be paid ^^'

by him to certain captains for their household servants ; that Anno i56i.

is to say, to captain Hans van Brumswick, for his clerk and

his boy, his two halberds, for his chirurgeon and his man,

for his interpreter, his cook, his housekeepers ; and the like

to captain George Stener. To the Lord Waldeck 557/.

14?. which, with the sum of 226/. already by him received

in prest, amounted to 784/. 14^. being the full payment of

the entertainment of himself at 10.y. per day, sixteen horse-

men, and two coritsers, every at 12 gilders, making 4,9. of

sterling money by the month for thirty days ; amounting

for a month's payment to 57/. 4^. and so for a month's

conduct, and also twelve months and an half of service

from the 12th of May, that he hath served with the said

horsemen, by the Council's order and appointment; and

now was discharged.
April 7, was the creation of Sir Thomas Darcy, Knight, Darcy cre-

(a great man in this reign,) and the heirs male of his body, ^^' ""^

to the title of Baron of Chiche in the county of Essex, by Lands given

the voice of the Parliament. At the same time, together with

his honour, he obtained a noble gift of the King, namely,

the house and site of the late monastery of Chiche St.

Osyth, with the appurtenances, in the county of Essex.

Which house and site the lady Mary had during her life,

with divers other lands, &c. together with a further gift

unto him of the manor of Lucton, alias Loughton, with

divers other lands, &c. in the county of Devon. All which

extend to the yearly value of 83/. 7^. IS^d. paying yearly

out of the manor of Thorp Kirby, alias Kirkby, and Wal-

ton, alias Walton-hall, in the county of Essex, which he

hath in fee-tail, 29/. 12,?. 6^d. and for the tenths and tithes

of the said late monastery of Chiche St. Osyth, after the

death of the said Lady Mary, 37^. And for the manors of

Thorp Kirkby and Walton, 11/. 16s. at the Court of Aug-

mentations. And out of the manor of Lucton, which he

had in fee-simple, 15/. 10,y. 6d. And for the tithes and 259

tenths of the said manor, 51. 6s. And for the manor of

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BOOK Shingford Paul, 5^s. And for a close called Ancars Yngs,

^^' ISs. ^d. And for the lands in Knighton, 5s. 8d. And to

Anno 1551. take the profits from Michaelmas last. And to the rest,

add his preferment to the office of Lord Chamberlain of the

King^^s household, upon the decease of the LordWentworth.

Indenture For the benefit of the King^s town of Calais, an indenture

the KiT^- was made in April, between the King's Majesty and the

and Calais, mayor, constable, and fellowship of merchants of the staple

of the town of Calais, witnessing, that the King hath given

licence to the said mayor, &c. for one whole year, from the

first of April last, until the last of March then next coming,

to ship and transport out of this realm unto the staple of

Calais, all those their wools and woolfels, and fells called

shorlings and moi'Ungs ; and to have like conduct and wast-

ing [wafting] for the sure conveyance of their goods unto

Calais, as heretofore they have had ; paying no more or

larger sums of money, than for so much goods of staple

merchandize as they shall ship and transport unto the staple

of Calais, during the said year. And the said mayor,

constable, and fellowship of merchants of the said staple,

covenanteth to pay to the King's Majesty, at the 6th of

April, and 6th of October, in the town of Calais, to the

treasurer thereof, the customs or subsidies of the said mer-

chandize, as they have been accustomed. And if the said

mayor, &c. be destitute of any sum or sums of money in

Calais, or at the arrival of their goods there, for the per-

formance of their customs and subsidies at their days of

payment prefixed, that, upon the notice thereof given to the

Council, they shall have his Grace's licence of passport and

safe conduct, to convey over out of the realm unto the said

town of Calais, for as much money as they shall need from

time to time, for that only purpose, and none other. When

as otherwise, money in specie was not to be conveyed out of

the nation. And this indenture was for the King's conve-

nience, as well as the merchants, that he might have his

money ready there for his use, without the change and

danger of transporting.

The King's charges were such, that his own revenue

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would not suffice, but he was fain now, in the beginning of CHAP.

this year, to take up money at high interest of foreign mer- ^^'

chants, and chiefly of one Anthony Fugger, a vastly rich Anno 1551.

man, and his nephews, bankers of Antwerp. For which he l^l^J^^^^

gave several recognizances. One was to him and his ne- money.

phews, for the payment of 381,440 florens, Carols Flemish,

at Antwerp the last of February next, or for every floren

20 stivers Flemish, dated April 15. Another recognizance

of the same date to the same persons of 84,000 florens Ca-

rols, to be paid at the same place the last of April 1552.

Another of the same date of 272,743 florens Carols, payable

May 15, 1552. Another of the same date of 261,918 florens

Carols, to be paid Aug. 15, 1552.

As good King Edward had been the author of many The King

pious foundations for learning and the service of God in ^pj\"^^ ]^

England, so about this time he was excited to such a work Gaiway.

in Ireland. There was a grant by him made, April 16, to

the mayor, burgesses, and commonalty of the town of Gal-

way in Ireland, and their successors, of the impropriation of

the vicarages of Gaiway, Mary, Rawyn, MoccuUy, Fowran,

More, Roseau, Clare, and Kilcomen, Scowre, Serine, and

one parcel of tithe in Gaiway aforesaid, called the Bishop's 260

quarter, towards the sustentation of priests to minister the

sacraments in the college of Gaiway. And that Patrick

Blake shall be guardian of the same, and Thomas French,

Darby Choyssen, John Talman, Darby Oucwain, and three

more, to be singing vicars thereof. And that the said mayor,

after the decease of any of them, may choose new in their

rooms, to minister the sacraments and sacramentals at their

discretion, so they be meet and able for the same.
The King did in this month of April appoint, by a com- The Coim-

mission, a council for the government of Wales, consisting '''^"^^^^^^*-

of a president, who was Sir William Herbert, and thirty

persons more: whereof the Earl of Worcester, Viscount

Hereford, the Bishop of St. Asaph, and the Lord Powis,

were of the nobility. To these were given instructions, con-

sisting in twenty-eight articles, by order of the King and his

council. And a warrant also was signed to Sir John Wil-

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BOOK Hams, to pay to the said president, and others appointed

commissioners with him, for their diet, stipend, fees, wages,

Anno 1551. after a rate there set down ; that is, for the diets yearly after

the rate of 20/. per week. And for their yearly fees, to

some 13/. 6s. 8d. and to others 10/. But to fifteen were no

salaries at all assigned. And to have their foreign expences

after the rate of 100/. a year. And for the wages of Wil-

liam Carter, armourer, for the keeping of the armour and

artillery of Ludlow, six-pence per day.

Commis- And as the King took this care of Wales, by setting those

justices and over that principality, so in the next month he took the like

*'f th^"^"*^ care of all the parts in England, by one and twenty corn-

counties, missions directed to the chief nobility : who were to be the

King's justices for the counties, " to inquire of all treasons,

" (as the commissions ran,) misprisions of treasons, insur-

" rections, rebellions, unlawful assemblies and conventicles,

" unlawful speaking of words, confederacies, conspiracies,

" false allegations, contempts, falsehoods, negligences, con-

" cealments, oppressions, riots, routs, murders, felonies, and

" other ill deeds, whatsoever they were ; and also all acces-

" saries of the same : and to be his lieutenants also, for the

" levying of men, and to fight against the King's enemies

" and rebels, and to execute upon them the martial law ;

" and to subdue all invasions, insurrections, &c. as should

" chance to be moved in any place, as they should repair to

" the limits of their respective shires ; with commandment

" to all officers to assist them.'*"' These commissions not to

be prejudicial to the commissions of oi/er and terminej', be-

fore given out. The names of these lords justices and

lieutenants were; the Duke of Somerset, for Bucks and

Berks ; the Earl of Rutland and the Lord Clinton, for Lin-

coln and Nottingham ; the Earl of Sussex, Sir Roger Towns-

end, Sir William Fermor, and Sir John Robertson, [perhaps

Robsert,] for Norfolk ; the Earl of Warwick, the Viscount

Hereford, and the Lord Paget, for Staffordshire ; the Earl

of Arundel, and the Lord La Ware, for Sussex ; the Lord

Chancellor, Lord Rich, the Earl of Oxon, the Lord Darcy,

and Sir John Gate, for Essex ; Sir William Herbert, for

Their

names.

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Wilts; the Bishop of Ely, for the isle of Ely ; the Earl of CHAP.

Warwick, for Warwick and Oxford ; the Lord Marquis of ^'-

Northampton, for Surrey; the Lord Cobham, and Lord Anno 1551

Warden of the Cinque Ports, Sir Thomas Cheny, for Kent

and Canterbury ; the Earl of Huntingdon, for Leicester and

Huntingdon ; the Earl of Derby, for Lancashire ; the Earl 26 1

of Shrewsbury, for Derby ; Sir William Herbert, for the

principality and marches of Wales ; the Lord Darcy, Lord

Wentworth, and Sir Anthony Wyngfield, for Suffolk ; Sir

Robert Tirwhyt and Mr. Thomas Audley, for Huntingdon;

the Lord Marquis of Northampton, for Northampton, Bed-

ford, Hertford, and Cambridgeshire; the Earl of Bedford,

for Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall; the Lord

Treasurer, Earl of Wiltshire, for Southampton ; the Lord

Paget, and Sir Roger Cholmely, for Middlesex.
Care was also taken in May for fortifying the kingdom,

and especially in the parts against France, for security

against such a powerful neighbour. Two new forts were

resolved upon for Jersey. And for the rendering the isle

of Scilly more useful, provision was made for the better

peopling and strengthening it. For the effecting whereof,

certain commissions were given out, dated in May.
As, one for Jersey, to Helier de Carteret, John Clark, Two for-

Clement Lemprier, esqrs. Ninian Saunders, gent. Lewis be buiit^at

Hampton, clerk; Charles Mabion, clerk ; Richard Dinna- Jersey,

rick, Nich. Lemprier, Edw. Denmarick, Laurence Hamp-

ton, jurats; Hugh Perrin and Nich. Solomont, gentlemen;

or to any six of them, whereof De Carteret and Clark, or

one of them at least, to be one. These had power and

authority to call before them the inhabitants of Jersey, by

the advice of Sir Henry Powlet, knt. captain there : and to

assess every of them to be contributaries, according to their

goods and lands, towards the building of two fortresses, the

one in the ilet of St. Helier, and the other in the ilet of St.

Obyn [Albin] there. And also for a perpetual pension to

be gathered of their lands, for the charges of the safe keep-

ing of them. And to put their said order and cessement in

writing, that it might remain for ever. With an authority

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BOOK also given them to appoint officers^ to make all manner of

• provision for the edification of the said fortresses.

Anno 1551. The Commission for the isle of Scilly was directed to Sir

sulv/yrd!"' ^"^il^iam Godolphin, knt.-John Killigrew and John Godol-

phin, esqrs. The contents whereof was, for them per-

sonally to repair thither, and to make a perfect, diligent

survey of all the same isle : and to set out the number of

acres of land within the same ; and to divide the same into

so many parts as may serve for tenants and householders of

husbandry, allowing them sufficient land for tilling, and

sufficient pasture. And to grant the same for one and

twenty years, reserving to the King reasonable rents. And

for their better instruction, the King had sent them certain

instructions inclosed. And lastly, to signify their doings in

the Chancery, in distinct writing in parchment under their

hands, within three months after they should accomplish

the same commission.

And a fort Which was followed by another commission in June to

' John Killigrew, to take up and provide all manner of work-

men and labourers of all sorts, and all such stuff, of what

kind soever, as should be thought requisite or needful for

furtherance and finishing of the new fortification within the

said isle of Scilly.

Dover The King also, in the said month of June, sent letters for

surveyed, the survey of Dover castle, and according to the defects of

it, to set speedily, without delay, upon the sufficient repair

thereof.

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Embassies and businesses abroad into Scotland, and France,

and to the Emperor. Dr. Wotton sent. His business

about the Lady Mary's mass. The affairs of Ireland,

The match with France. The French ambassador comes

about it. Herman, Archbishop ofColen.
-L HIS was a busy year for embassies and agencies abroad

with the Scots, the Emperor, the Irish, and the French.

OF KING EDWARD VI. 467

Quarrels and contests were continually bred between the CHAP.

English and Scots, bordering so near upon one another.

And so they were now again, since the late treaty of peace Anno 1551.

concluded between King Edward and the French King,

wherein Scotland was included. Commissioners therefore Comrais-

were appointed, April 6, for the limits between England and ^"borders

Scotland : who were the Bishop of Litchfield, or of Norwich, of England

Sir Robert Bowes, Sir Leonard Beckwith, and Sir Thomas i^nd.

Chaloner. They were to determine with the Queen of Scots,

or her commissioners, the controversy lately risen about the

borders : and also for taking and dehvering of pledges, and

all manner of spoils and piracies, and other attempts, done

by either of their subjects. The meeting was to be about

the 10th of May, upon the limits beyond Barwick, dividing-

England and Scotland. The commissioners on the Scots'

part were the French ambassador, Monsieur de Lansac,

then in Scotland, the Bishop of Orkney, or of Ross, the

masters of Ruthen and Ayrskin. The Council sent to the

Bishop of Litchfield to advertise him of his being one of the

said commissioners, and to require him, in case he were in

good health, (for he was now well aged,) to prepare for his

journey, and to expect their further instructions. But, it

seems, he got himself excused. For April 13, the Bishop of

Norwich was ordered to repair to the borders of Scotland

by May the 1st, or within three days after : and the com-

mission, which was sealed April 15, was to Thomas Bishop

of Norwich, and the three other before named.

This commission was set on foot by the French King's The French

motion, out of his care for Scotland : who, in January last, „pon King

sent his ambassador Lansac to the King, requesting favours Edward for
*-^ -"^ ^ this corn-
for the Scots; as, to determine the debatable grounds for mission,

allowance to the Scots peaceably to traffick, and to fish in

Tweed, restoration of certain Scots hostages, that had re-

mained in England ever since King Henry's time. And

this the French King backed with his own letters. To the

which letters and embassy the King gave a favourable an-

swer, both by his letters and his ambassadors Mason and

Pickering. And though he had a right, as he said, to the

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Anno 1561.

Dr.Wotton

goes in em-

bassy to the

Emperor.

Wotton's

instruc-

tions.
Concerning

the English

ambassador

in the Low

Countries.

aforesaid places, yet offered to stand to conditions to be

agreed on by the commissioners on both sides.
Nicolas Wotton, Dean of Canterbury, was sent ambas-

sador to the Emperor this April, and to take the Lady Re-

gent of Flanders in his way. It was intended chiefly to

satisfy the Emperor, who had interceded for the Lady

Mary to have the use of the mass continued in her family,

viz. why it could not be permitted any longer, the laws being

in force to the contrary : and because she was a subject, and

so could not be exempted from the laws : and to expostulate

with the Emperor, who had denied the King''s ambassador

in Brussels the exercise of his religion. In Wotton's cre-

dential letters to the Emperor, he is said to be one of the

King''s Council, and that the King had sent him his ambas-

sador for the better continuance and preservation of the old

amity and love between them. A letter also was framed

for him to deliver to the Lady Regent of Flanders, to this

import, that where the King had sent the said Wotton his

ambassador, he could not suffer him to pass without visiting

of her, and bringing his letters of commendation. For the

defraying his expences, a warrant was made to pay to the

said Nicolas Wotton from the 25th of March last past, until

his return unto the King's presence, after the rate of five

marks by the day for his diet, and to advance him for five

months beforehand : and to allow him from time to time

such money as he shall signify by letter he hath defrayed,

for the posting of himself and his servants, with their trans-

portation both outwards and homewards. Wotton went in

Morison's room, who now came home from the Emperor ;

and by his discoursing somewhat freely of religion to the

Emperor and D' Arras, became unacceptable to him : which

was the chief reason of his revoking.

Wotton was instructed to deliver himself thus to the Em-

peror, concerning the restraint of the English ambassador

in the Low Countries from using his religion, " that setting

" apart such offence as the Emperor had conceived against

" the King's former ambassador, by his proceedings herein

" with the Emperor, that had for divers considerations so

OF KING EDWARD VI. 469

" much reason for the King to require it, that he looked CHAP.

" not to be denied it of the Emperor, as long as he should '

" have any respect of honour or friendship. That as the Anno i65i-

*' King required any thing of the Emperor, so he was ready
" to do the like to him, minding to be answerable in any
" point of good-will and friendship. That he required no
" otherwise of the Emperor, than his ambassador had in
" England ; nor any more than what was granted and suf-
" fered by others to his ambassadors in other realms and
" dominions ; and the thing also was such as was usually
" granted in all policies and commonwealths : nay, that the
" Christians, where they hved in the ethnics' subjection,
" retained their manner of religion ; and the Turks among
" Christians retained theirs ; and the Jews likewise* Where-
" fore that the King did not doubt, but the Emperor, his
" good brother, considering that they differed not in any
" substance of their religion, but only in the form of certain
" ceremonies and usages, having the same Christ and Sa-
" viour, the same books of Scripture that the Emperor had,
" would agree hereunto, as reason and friendship required ;
" seeing the King's request was lawful, and usually granted
" him in other places, and by the King not denied to the
" Emperor, nor meaning thereby any disquiet in the Em-
" peror's countries. Otherwise the King must not think,
" that the Emperor had so much consideration either of
" friendship or honour, as others had. Of which thought,
" he would be very sorry to have any such earnest occasion
" given him by the Emperor.""
Another point of the ambassador's business was, about 2o4

a letter sent by the Emperor to the King, importing his jj^^'J^Lldy "^

motion, that the Lady Mary might use her accustomed Mary,

religion for a further time, according to an assurance made,

as he pretended, by the King to the Emperor. Concerning

which, the ambassador was instructed to say, " that there

" was no assurance or promise ever made by the King, but

*' only that he was content to bear, at that time when the

" motion was made by the Emperor's ambassador, with her,

** and to spare the execution of the laws for a time, until he

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saw some proof of her amendment. And that nothing

^^- " else was promised, the Emperor's ambassador had seen

umoi55i." and heard by several testimonies of the Council. And

" that both the Lord Paget and Sir Philip Hoby, ambas-