Search York

the King had made the last February ; and three heralds,

viz. Somerset, Rouge Dragon, and Blewmantel ; and ap-

pointed them handsome allowances for their diet : the chief

king had 20*. a day, and the rest 6s. 8d. The noblemen

and officers that attended the King had each a band of men

to ffo with them, which amounted to the number of four

thousand: but the country being very poor, both m hay

and irrass and other provisions, thev were dismissed, and

only one hundred and fifty culled out to go with the Kmg.

Preparation Among Other preparations for this progress, a letter was

for the pro- ^^^^^ j^jjy 23, to Sir Philip Hoby, surveyor of tlie ordnance,

^'^*^' to be resident within the Tower, joining with the Lieutenant
of the same, to take good order for the keeping thereof, and

of the city of London, in the time of progress. He fell sick

in the Tower soon after his coming there, so that in Au-

gust the King licensed him to repair into the country. For

the King's own furniture and apparel. Sir Andrew Dudley,

who was keeper of the wardrobe in Westminster, was or-

dered to deliver to Azanius, the King's armourer at Green-

OF KING EDWARD VI. 11

wich, a yard of crimson velvet and a yard of satin, to trim CH a P.

an headpiece for his Majesty : for it seems tlie King did, in

this noble progress, sometimes ride in armour. And a war- Anno 1552.

rant was sent to Humfrey Orme, keeper of the standing

wardrobe of the Tower of London, to deliver to Thomas

Chappel, the King's bedmaker, one bed, and a bolster of

fustian, filled with down ; which, I suppose, was the King's

travelling bed. The said bedmaker received of Sir Andrew

Dudley, for the appareling of the new bed, seventeen yards

and an half of for the ceiler, tester, and double va-
lance ; six yards and an half of taffeta to line the ceiler ;

eleven yards and half of red Bruges satin to line the

tester; four yards of Turky silk incarnate; twenty yards

of crimson damask for curtains ; twenty-two yards and

three quarters of crimson capha, for a damask to the same

bed ; "seventeen yards and an half of crimson damask for a

rich counterpoint ; ten yards and an half of changeable

sarcenet to line the same ; and two papers, with part of an-

other paper, of passemain lace of gold ; containing together

sixty-seven yards, to garnish the curtains and ceilers of the

same bed.
While the King was in his progress, the Duke of North- The Duke

umberland, general warden of all the marches towards Scot- "mijeriand

land, being gone down thither, with the Earls of Hunting- goes down

don and Pembroke, to take a view there, which was by marches,

order of Council in May ; having so done, accordingly wrote

to the King the state of those places: and advised, that

some new fortifications should be made in Berwick ; that

some unnecessary expences there should be retrenched ; that

there might be a general deputy warden, and three other

wardens of the three marches; recommending one for that360

deputy. He mentioned also to the King, certain outlaws,

that is, some in the borders that had robbed and spoiled ;

how these were willing to return to their obedience upon a

pardon. To this letter of the Duke's the King in all points

agreed ; and sent an answer, in July, signifying, " that The King's

" the King thought his opinion good, and very necessary, "he'^Duke

" concerning a new piece to be made in Barwick, and the^^ere.
° "^ 1 1 f 1 • 1 Uarr, Book.
" charges thereby diminished. And therefore his pleasure

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BOOK " was, that he, the Duke, should give order and dh-ection

" there for the new plat and device, and to cause such parts

Anno 1552. « Qf ^i^g works to be first advanced as shall most need, one

" before the other. And also, his Majesty did well allow

" his good opinion, to have a deputy general over all the

" three marches, and deputy wardens there : where his

" Majesty thought none more meet than the Lord Whar-

" ton ; of whom the said Duke had thereto a good opinion.

** And finally, that the King was contented that certain

*' persons outlawed, and of their voluntary wills returned,

" should have his mercy shewed them."" Here the Duke

saw 10,000Z. disbursed, which was sent down before him.

Reports There was notice taken by the people, that the Duke of

ihike's not Northumberland went not ^vith the King in his progress :

going w-ith which made some surmise, and others talk abroad, ac-

cording as they would have it, that the Duke was in dis-

favour at court, and Avas commanded to be absent. This,

when it came afterward to the Duke''s ears, was not to be

put up by him : and the complaint was brought before the

Council ; and the reporters, some of them, were found and

punished. For so Ave meet with this order of Council in

September.

Some com- " Sept. 25, one John Kyrton was committed to the Fleet,

reporting " ^^^ reporting that the Duke of Northumberland should

i*^' " be commanded to be absent from the court, with other

" slanderous reports. And one John Burrough was com-

" mitted to the Tower for the like matter."

A match While the King Avas in his progress, he endeavoured to
the Lord S^'^^^fy ^his Duke, by forAvarding a match betAvcen the Lord
Guildford Quildford, his son, and a dauohtcr of the Earl of Cumber-

Dudley and ' . '. '^

the Earl of land. For this marriage had been earnestly laboured to be
land's '^'^ brought to pass ; and the more, for that there were great

daughter impediments pretended. Whether the Earl had no inclina-

voured. tions thereto, and to conceal the same (for it was not safe to

deny North mnberland any thing) gave out these impedi-

ments : perhaps some precontract ; or, more probably, be-

cause she came of a family related to the royal blood. For

Warr. Book, this pui'pose, there Avas a letter Avrit by the King, in July,

to the Earl of Cumberland, " desiring him to grow to some

OF KING EDWARD VI. 13

good end forthwith, in the matter of marriage between CHAP,

the Lord Guildford Dudley and his daughter; with li-

" cence to the said Earl, and all others that shall travail Anno 1552.

" therein, to do their best, for conducement of it to effect ;

" any law, statute, or other thing to the contrary notwith-

" standing." And that the Duke was the impulsive cause

of the King's writing this earnest letter in his son's behalf,

may appear by a letter which he forthwith sent to the said

Duke, signifying as well his Majesty's writing and speaking

to the said Earl heretofore, for this matter of marriage, as

his writing again at this present, for the permitting thereof,

with licence thereof to the said Duke, his son, or any for

them, to travail therein, any law, statute, or other thing to

the contrary notwithstanding. But though this, whatever

the cause was, succeeded not, (and perhaps the forwarding 36 1

this match might be one of the ends of his going down into

the north,) yet the next year the ambitious Duke had his

desire fully, and joined this his son to the Lady Jane, of

the blood royal, (though it proved his own and their de-

structions,) and his elder son, Sir Andrew, to the said Earl

of Cumberland's daughter, as we shall see in due place.

The King, this July, made an exchange (for the benefit An ex-

of some of his craving courtiers) with the Bishop of Bath J,,e'^sJJ^p

and Wells. The King to have the chief mansion of the of Bath,

deanery of Wells, with the lands within the precinct there-

of, and the manor of Westoker, and the patronage of the

parsonage thereof, and the borough of Wellington and

Stogursey, in the county of Somerset, and the park of

Wedmore, and an annuity coming out of the manor of

Glastonbury: and the Bishop to have the chief mansion

belonging to the Bishop of Bath's see, commonly called the

Bishop of Bath and Wells' palace, and all within the pre-

cinct of the same ; and the house in Wells appointed for

the safe custody of clerks convict, and the manors in Wells

and Westborough, and the borough of Wells, and the hun-

dred of Wells, and all the appurtenances ; which lately the

said Bishop had made over to the Duke of Somerset, and now

were forfeited to the crown, and so reverted again upon

14 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL

BOOK tliis exchange: but he was to pay yearly to the King for

''• the manor of Wells 10/. For this there was an indenture

Anno 1552. between the King and the said Bishop, viz. that the Bishop

had bargained and sold to his Highness, his heirs, and ex-

ecutors, the chief mansion, &c. And then the King made a

gift to the said Bishop, in consideration of the said bargain

and sale, and to his successors, of the chief house of the

see, &c. to be holden in pure alms.

Dr. Haddon About this time the King and Council had provided two

recom- ^^^y masters for two colleges ; the one in Cambridge, the

president of Other in Oxford. Dr. Walter Haddon, a very learned and

Magdalen, }-j()j^ggj. n^aji doctor of the civil law, that had lately been

removed from King's college to be master of Trmity hall

in Cambridge, (of whom the King had made great use in

his proceedings, and in commissions for religion,) was in-

tended to be promoted to the presidentship of Magdalen

college in Oxford; Dr. Oglethorp, the present president,

having been dealt withal to resign. So, July 20, Dr. Mowse

was recommended to be master of Trinity hall in Cam-

bridge: and, August 14, Dr. Haddon was appointed to be

elected master of Magdalen college, Oxon, at Michaelmas

next, when Oglethorp promised to resign. But it happened,

that neither Oglethorp was after willing to resign, nor the

fellows to elect Dr. Haddon ; which caused the King, after

one letter written to that college in behalf of Haddon with-

out success, to send them a second angry one. But at last

he was placed there.

Sir Andrew Sir Andrew Dudley, brother to the Duke, having been

Dudley pre- p^ptain of Guisnes, an hieh and honourable post esteemed

ferred. ^ • i i i i • i
in those tmies, and got mto debt by the service there, was

now, in October, sent for home, to prevent the inconveni-

ences of a feud between him and the Lord Willoughby,

captain of Calais: whereby he became nearer about the

King''s person, and was made one of the four principal gen-

tlemen of the King's privy chamber ; he was also keeper of

the King's wardrobe in Westminster. He it was, that in the

362 beginning of the King's reign, being in the Pauncey, one of

the King's ships, met at sea with the Lion, a principal ship

OF KING EDWARD VI. 15

of Scotland, and giving her a broadside, did so maul her, CHAP,

that he took her. ^I^-

The King took care of the Tower; and now, in October, Anno 1552.

established articles and ordinances for Sir John Gaffe, con- 9"^'"'"^""*
1 1 1 <> 1 • '=' ' for the
Stable thereof, and Sn* Edward Warner, newly made lieu- Tower,

tenant, and for the yeomen of the guard, with others, ap-

pointed to give attendance in the said Tower of London,

for the sure keeping of the same, to be observed and kept,

upon pains therein limited. Sir Anthony Darcy was lieu-

tenant hitherto; but in the month of October, the said Sir

Anthony received a letter, to deliver by indenture to Sir

Edward Warner the charge of the Tower, with the pri-

soners, and all other things thereunto belonging.
And for the relief of the country, and for the making Prod ama-

corn more cheap and plenty, a proclamation came forth in ^^"°^

November, willing and charging all justices of the peace,

diligently to have respect to the due execution of a statute

made the last session of Parliament for tillage, to be used

as it was in any one year since the first year of the reign of

King Henry VIII.
It was the King''s pressing need, I suppose, that occa- Commis-

sioned somewhat a severe commission to be issued forth this !"?" °^

taKing away
year, not only to take away out of churches all garments goods from

and other utensils used formerly in superstitious worship,

but to take, for the King's use, all goods belonging to the

churches that could be spared : and then, to be sure, little

enough would be left. Now in November, a letter was di-

rected to " to take all certificates and returns of the

" late commission, directed to divers countries, for the said

" survey of church goods, and to devise the best means for

" the bringing and converting to the King's use such goods

" as could be spared in the churches." Among other things

that came into the King's possession by virtue of this commis-

sion, was good store of linen, good and bad, as surplices, altar-

cloths, towels, napkins, &c. used for the celebration of mass.

These the Bishop of London, as it seems, as much as was

found in the churches of London, or of his diocese, begged

for the poor children of Christ' s-church : and accordingly a

and Free-

man.

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BOOK letter came from the King and Council to the Bishop of
^^' London, to deliver to the Governor of the hospital of
Anno 1552. Christ' s-church in London, such linen vestures and other
linen cloth not employed for the ministry in the said
churches, as of the King's gift, for the poor orphans, and
other poor people.
The King The King was now selling away apace the rectories and
sells away ^dvowsous of such churches as came into his hands by act
rectories. _ •'
Book of of Parliament, either from the monasteries, chantries, and

free chapels, or by exchanges. I will here give an account

of a few of these purchases.

To Reve Thomas Reve and George Cotton purchased the par-

an o on. g^^j^rjgg ^f East Pury, alias Potterspury, with the appur-

tenances, in the county of Nottingham, with divers other

lands, to the yearly value of 85/. lis. 6d. for the sum of

1421Z. 8*. 5|(Z. paid to the treasury.

To Whiting A patent was granted to John Whiting and Thomas

Freeman, of the county of Leicester, gentlemen, of the pa-

rish and church of Wissenden, in the county of Rutland,

lately belonging to the priory of Sempringham, in the

county of Lincoln ; and the parsonage of Moulton, and the

363 advowson and right of the vicarage of the parish chmxh of

Moulton ; and the parsonage of Winswick, and the advow-

son and right of patronage of the vicarage of the parish

church there, in the county of Huntingdon, lately belong-

ing to the priory of Huntingdon, &c. Et illis est concessum

rectorias prcedictas ad pi-oprios iisiis. Dated Nov. 18, 155J2.

For which they paid 1224/. 13*. lO^d.

To Brad- A patent granted, and stands in tlie book next to that

shaw. mentioned before, to John Bradshaw the elder, of the par-

sonage and church of Prestend, with the right of the pa-

tronage of the vicarage of the same, in the county of Here-

ford, late parcel of the monastery of Wigmore, in the same

county, with all corn and hay in the parish of Prestend. Et

illis est concessum converfere, &c.

To Marga- Another purchase of the great tithes in the town and

re rown. ^^^^jg ^f Wyke, and in Pershore in Worcestershire, by one

Margaret Brown, for the sum of 2661. 4fS.

OF KING EDWARD VI. 17

A patent was granted to Sir Rowland Hill, knt. [and al- CHAP,

derman of London,] for the sum of 408Z. 10*. 8d. of the. ^^^ '

parsonage and church of Sainton upon Hyne Heath, in the^"no i^^^.

To SirRow

land Hill.

county of Salop; and the advowson, donation, and free dis-^°^""^°'^'"

position, and right of patronage of the vicarage of the

church, and one rectory in the county of Chester ; and the

rectory of Sherf, with the appurtenances, in the counties of

Salop and Stafford : to have to him and his heirs, of the

yearly value of 17/. 17*. 9^d. Ei quod convertere possit

prcBd'ictas rectorias ad proprios usus.
To which I will add another purchase, (though it hap- And to

pened two or three months after,) made by Thomas Cecyl, ceqT^

son or relation to Sir WiUiam Cecyl, secretary, and John

Bell, for the sum of 2055/. 19*. '^Id. of the parsonage of

Canfield, with the advowson of the same, and divers other

advowsons and chantry lands, and lands given to the

maintenance of priests, to sing soul masses, and to the

maintenance of obits, &c. in divers shires ; which were ex-

tended to the clear yearly value of 94/. 3*. M. to them and

their heirs, to be held in soccage, and part in capite. Dated

Feb. 9.
These sales were made for raising money for satisfying Commis-

the King's debts : and as a commission came out lately to sal" ofThe

certain persons for the sale of 1000/. lands, so a warrant king's

in November came to the Lord Chancellor, signifying to

him, that it was his Majesty's pleasure, that immediately

upon the determination of the said commission, he should

make out three other like commissions, one after another,

under the great seal, putting into every of them 1000/.

[lands per ann.] to be sold by the said commissioners in

like manner as the other. These commissioners were, the

Bishop of Norwich, Sir John Gates, Sir Philip Hoby, &c.
The King now took care of the merchants of Bristow, The mer-

and allowed one Edward Prince, Thomas Hicks, and Ro- bhsIIw*''^

bert Butler, merchant adventurers of that city, to choose amadeacor-

master of that mystery, and two wardens, and made it a warr!'Book.

corporation for ever : which makes it seem as though there

were no corporation of merchants before in that city, but all

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BOOK free traders: unless pcrliaps this corporation was esta-
blished for the traders into some particular parts of the
Anno 1552. world, which are not mentioned in the manuscript.
364 Two embassies were now, Decemb. 2, preparing to be
Ambassa- despatched. Sir Andrew Dudlev was g-oino- to the Em-

dors sent to ^ .GO

the Em- peror : and a letter was sent to Morison, ambassador in
French" ^^^^^ court, wherein the affairs of the ambassade of the said

King. Sir Andrew was commended to him. And Sir Henry Syd-

ney was ambassador to the French King : and letters were

sent to Sir William Pickering, lieger there, touching the

business about which Sir Henry was sent.

The niagis- About this time letters were sent to the King from the

Strasbur"-h magistrates of Strasburgh, (from which place the learned

send for Peter Martyr came last into England,) to permit the same

Peter IVIar- o ^/ r
tyr, reverend man to return again to them ; for that they needed
him in their public schools. But the King, and Archbishop
Cranmer, and as many as favoured sincere religion and sound
knowledge in divinity, were loath to lose him from Oxford,
where he now was placed the King"'s professor. Therefore a
letter from the King was sent to Christopher Mount, the
King's agent in those parts, residing there, to make relation
The King's to the said magistrates of Argentine, " that Peter Martyr,
answer. ^ whom they desired to return thither for the government
" of their schools, could not depart hence, he being already
" appointed reader of the King^s Majesty's public lectures
" of divinity at Oxford, and was admitted free denizen :
*' and to desire them to accept his Majesty's doings herein
" in good part."
Naval stores The King took care of his shipping: and to supply him-
brought HI ggj|> from the east country with cables, cordage, and other
byconiposi- _ • 1
tion, naval stores, in the month of February he agreed to allow
ten clothiers of Suffolk to make five hundred coarse cloths,

for the use of Richard Crag, of I^ondon, draper, to be

transported to Dansig, and the eastern parts; commanding

the customers to take bond of the same person, to bring in

the said naval provisions, as much as should amount to the

value of the said cloth.

OF KING EDWARD VI. 19

CHAP. XV. 365
A commission for inquiry into heresies. The new service.

The Bishop of Durham'' s troubles: deprived. A synod.

Articles of Religion, and a Catechism, confirmed. Arti-

cles Jhr uniformity. Gilpin's sermon at court.

INOW for a few matters relating to religion, or religious Anno 1552.

men. A commission was directed this year, dated in Octo- A commis-

ber, to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, ce^"ain'^he-

and other worshipful persons in Kent, to make inquiry after resies in

sundry heresies lately sprung up ; and for the examination

and punishment of erroneous opinions, as it seems, of the

Anabaptists and Arians : of which sort some now, notwith-

standing former severities, shewed their heads. Under pre-

tence of this commission, some Papists of that country did

hope to biing divers honest professors of the gospel into

trouble. And indeed these were the chief procurers of this

commission, and were joined with the Archbishop in it:

dissembling, nevertheless, to be indifferent in the matters of

religion. The Archbishop and commissioners sat at Ash-

ford. Among others questioned at this commission, a man

and a woman of good life, and professors of religion, living

at Ashford, were accused falsely by several employed for

that purpose, to have been lewd together in an house :

where, the witnesses said, they saw them by moonshine, at

eleven o'clock at night, in an entry on such a side of the

house, and on such a day of the month. And they cried

out to the Archbishop, for exemplary punishment to be

taken on them. The Archbishop going that day to dinner. The Arch-

passed by the side of the house where this lewdness was pre- sagacFtJ.

tended to be committed : where making a stop, by consider-

ing found that the moon, on the day sworn, shone on the